Good afternoon, we want to
welcome everyone to the 2020
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Secrets Unsealed Summit.
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We pray that all these
meetings have been a blessing.
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Today we're going to
be talking about a subject
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titled, Stones of Fire;
The Glory of God Restored.
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God has told us
through the prophet Haggai,
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when they were
rebuilding the temple of God
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after they had
come out of Babylon,
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He said, "When you see
this temple, I want you to know
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that the glory of the
latter house is going to be
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greater than of the former."
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That story in
Haggai, Ezra, and Nehemiah,
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it was actually a
prophecy of our day.
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For now in our day through
the three angels' messages
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God is calling His people
again to come out of Babylon
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so that His
temple can be rebuilt.
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And His temple is us.
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Let's open in
Galatians chapter 3.
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Galatians 3:16
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Remember, we talked
earlier about the fact that
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there was going to be a shaking,
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and that the Elijah message
was going to have to sound,
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and that the latter
rain had to be poured out
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before the loud
cry could go forth.
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So this is what we're
looking at in this one,
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is the promise
of the latter rain.
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In Galatians 3:16
the Lord tells us...
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In verse 29 the Lord tells us...
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This whole series
that we have been sharing
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and looking at
together with you,
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we have found
through the Word of God
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as well as through the
testimonies given by His Spirit
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that we have to be in Christ.
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We have to
become one with Christ.
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We have to be His bride.
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Otherwise, everything
we're doing is for naught.
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The Lord tells us here
that if we are Christ's
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we are Abraham's seed,
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and we are heirs
according to every promise.
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2 Corinthians 1:20 tells us...
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Speaking of Jesus Christ.
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Now I want to
show you something,
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because I don't want
anyone to misunderstand
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what I'm presenting here.
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It says, "all
the promises of God."
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Now we know, speaking of God,
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we're talking
about almighty God.
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Jehovah, El Shaddai, Yahweh;
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however, you want
to pronounce that.
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Whatever is best for you.
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We know we're talking
about the person of God.
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But when you look the
word, "God," up in Greek,
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the Greek word is, "Theos."
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And it only has two definitions.
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It means deity
or supreme divinity.
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All the promises
of God, almighty God,
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are also the
promises of being partakers
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of the divine nature.
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They are the
promises of divinity.
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And God tells us
that all these promises
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are in Christ
Jesus, both yea and amen.
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The Bible tells us that
Christ is both the author
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and the finisher of our faith.
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He is the Alpha and the Omega.
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He is the promise made, and
He is the promise fulfilled.
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That's what this
verse is telling us.
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Listen to this statement.
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This is from, Review
and Herald, May 27, 1862.
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We are told...
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The last conflict deals
with the battle of Armageddon,
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but it also
deals more importantly
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with the time of trouble.
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And specifically the
time of Jacob's trouble.
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That means we will grow
up and mature in Christ.
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We will be filled, not
just have a partial fulfillment.
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The time of Jacob's
trouble, a lot of people don't,
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they don't
understand what that means.
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And what I have found
is, the easiest thing to do
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is go back to the first
reference of Jacob's struggling.
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That reference can be
found in Genesis chapter 32.
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And if you'll go
back and study that story
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of Jacob wrestling
with Christ, in Genesis 32,
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you'll begin to
understand what it is
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that we have to go through
now before the time of trouble.
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"As the third message
swells to a Loud Cry..."
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Look at that word,
"...the faithful..."
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Faith full.
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Those that are full of faith.
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Sister White told us
that many had written to her
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asking if the
third angel's message
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was righteousness by faith.
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They struggled when
they heard Jones and Waggoner
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presenting righteousness
by faith in Minneapolis
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at the General
Conference that year in 1888.
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And Ellen White
replied, "Righteousness by faith
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is the third
angel's message in verity."
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In verity.
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So when we look at
the three angels' messages
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and we get to that third
angel which calls people out of
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Babylon and talks
about the mark of the beast,
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we need to also identify that
righteousness by faith is there.
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Turn with me in your
Bible to Revelation chapter 14.
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I want to look at this
and show you something that
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the Lord has helped me to see.
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Most people think about
the third angel starting in
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verse 9 of Revelation 14.
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And then it goes on in
verse 11 and it talks about
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these people that
receive the mark of the beast,
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their destruction.
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And verse 11 says...
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They have no rest.
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Do you know that
the seventh day Sabbath
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is the sign that we rest in the
power and the promises of God,
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not in our own works.
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Our works are
Christ in us, not our own.
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And then it says in verse 12...
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Now look at verse 13.
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And there's
different aspects of this,
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but I want to present just one.
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The Bible says we
were crucified with Christ.
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"Nevertheless, I live.
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Yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me."
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In Romans 6:1-6, the Bible
says that when Christ died,
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we were buried with
Him by baptism into death.
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Here it says,
"Blessed are the dead,
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those that have
died in the Lord.
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Yea, saith the Spirit, that they
may rest from their labors..."
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From their own works.
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"...and their
works do follow them."
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God is telling us, blessed
are they that have appropriated
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Christ's death as their own.
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For they will rest
from their own works.
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It is Christ's work in
them that will get them through.
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The Bible tells us...
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The word, "living,"
means life-giving in Greek.
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It's not just that God is
alive. The devil is alive.
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So what makes the difference?
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God is the living,
the life-giving, God.
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And He gives His
life through His Spirit.
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The apostle Paul
tells us, "Know ye not
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that the Spirit of
God dwells in you?"
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He also says,
"Grieve not the Holy Spirit
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whereby you have been sealed
unto the day of redemption."
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Many Christians are still
begging God for His Spirit,
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and God is saying, "When
I gave the Spirit to My Son,
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you were in Him.
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And what He
received, you received.
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if you are willing
to surrender and accept
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by faith His life as yours."
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Remember to
lookup that reference in,
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Desire of Ages, page 161.
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From the beginning of
creation it was God's purpose
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that every created
being, including the seraphim,
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should be a temple
for Him to dwell in.
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That was the thing
that Satan did not want.
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Satan said, in
effect, "I'm a big boy.
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I can do right on my own.
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I don't need Your help."
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You can read, Patriarch
and Prophets, chapters 1 and 2,
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and Satan actually
told the Lord in heaven
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before he was kicked
out, he said, "You made us,
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as the angels, holy.
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We can no more sin than You can.
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I don't need You inside of
me, and I sure don't need Christ
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in me to do that."
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That was what caused the fall.
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God tells us through 2
Corinthians chapter 6...
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God has told us all
the way back in Psalms,
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"Do you not
realize that you are gods?"
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And it doesn't mean that
we're God, like the new age.
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It means, "Do you
not realize you are gods,
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and all ye are
children of the Most High?"
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I want to give that
reference to you just in case.
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It's in Psalms 82:5-6.
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Not realizing who
they are in Christ.
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Do you know that the
apostle John tells us
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almost the very same
thing in 1 John chapter 3?
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He says, "Beloved, now
are we the sons of God.
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And it doesn't not yet
appear what we shall be,
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but we know that when He appears
we will be just like Him.
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For we will see Him as He is."
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You know, it's interesting,
because when a husband
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and his bride come
together at the wedding,
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he can't see her
because she's wearing a veil.
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Paul talks about this
in 2 Corinthians chapter 3.
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God is telling us
that before Christ returns,
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that veil has to be removed
so that Christ, the Husband,
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and we as His
bride can become one.
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Signs of the
Times, November 27, 1879,
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listen to what we are told.
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How many of us
have been through that?
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How many of us have battled
with temptation, or with sin,
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or with a
stronghold in our life?
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How many of us have
battled in our homes,
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with our marriages, our
spouse, or with our children
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and we have fought
with the arm of flesh?
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Do you know, that's something
that I will never forget
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my wife told me
when I was struggling.
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Like we talked about last
time with the relationship
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between my son and I.
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My wife told me something.
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She said, "Eric, if
you're spending 30 minutes
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lecturing them," she said,
"why not take the 30 minutes
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and go in the bedroom
by yourself alone with God
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and get on your knees?"
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And you know, I
began to do that.
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And God started
revealing to me His power.
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Because I can't win
the heart of someone I love
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by my ability.
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But God can win their
heart if you will pray
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and claim His promises in faith.
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The Lord told us...
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This is telling us what
the time of Jacob's trouble is.
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We have to learn to
wrestle with Christ in faith.
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Do you know what Jacob did?
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Jacob's name
actually means, a deceiver.
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A heal catcher.
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That's somebody
who's running in a race
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and they trip the
guy in front of them
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by catching their heal to
cause them to stumble and fall
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so that they can
pass them and win.
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Every time Jacob met
somebody and they asked him
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what his name was, he had
to reach out his hand and say,
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"I'm a deceiver.
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I'm a heal catcher."
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How do you think that
went over for him in his life?
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I mean, how would that be
if you went up to everybody
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you met and you told
them, "Hey, my name is Liar.
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I'm a liar. I mean, I'm a liar."
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They would never trust you.
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But Jacob, in that night
of wrestling with Christ,
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the Angel of the
covenant, he took hold on Him.
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And Jesus told him, "Let go
of Me, for the day is breaking.
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It's almost daylight, and
you can't see Me face to face."
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And Jacob took
hold of Him and he said,
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"I will not let Thee
go, except Thou bless me.
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Except You fulfill
every promise that You swore
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to my grandfather, Abraham."
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And do you know what Christ did?
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He blessed him.
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And He said, "Your
name is not Jacob anymore.
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For as a prince, a son
of God, thou hast prevailed
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with God and men."
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And He changed
his name to Israel;
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one who overcomes.
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God would fully make known
here that it was divine power
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and grace alone that can
give us the life and peace
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which we crave.
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It tells us that
in Luke chapter 4.
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He came to set
the captives free,
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to heal the broken-hearted,
to open the eyes of the blind.
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God told me one day when
I was crying out for help,
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I said, "Lord,
which definition is the
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right one for, 'salvation'?"
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He said, "Which
one do you need today?"
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And He says that to you and I.
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"God designed to
arouse the dormant energies of
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His people to look
away from ourselves
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to the One alone who can
bring help and salvation."
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Now I want to show you something
that really is encouraging.
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We must not wait
for the latter rain.
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I have many people that tell
me, "Well, when the latter rain
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falls, then I know
this will start happening."
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Listen to what Ellen White says.
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"We must not wait
for the latter rain..."
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The word, "grace," in
Greek literally means,
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the divine influence upon
the heart and its reflection
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as it is seen in the life.
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God is encouraging us.
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The latter rain will
come if we will claim it,
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and believe it,
and thank Him for it.
00:20:51.55\00:20:54.52
"When we gather up
the fragments of light,"
00:20:54.98\00:20:58.05
the light from God's Word, "when
we appreciate the sure mercies
00:20:58.59\00:21:03.16
of God who loves
to have us trust Him,
00:21:03.19\00:21:07.60
then every promise
will be filled full.
00:21:08.26\00:21:12.50
And the whole earth is to be
filled with the glory of God."
00:21:12.80\00:21:16.67
Do you know, there's nothing
that can set a church on fire,
00:21:17.47\00:21:22.01
and I mean on
fire in a good way,
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.28
there's nothing that
can change a family dinner
00:21:24.48\00:21:28.02
or a family worship than
for someone to speak faith.
00:21:28.05\00:21:31.79
When everything
around us is crashing and
00:21:32.25\00:21:35.56
it seems like
it's going up in smoke,
00:21:35.59\00:21:38.53
God wants men and
women and children
00:21:38.93\00:21:42.03
that are willing to
speak faith in His promises.
00:21:42.06\00:21:46.17
Instead of looking at the
darkness, instead of looking
00:21:46.53\00:21:49.44
at the poisoned
wounds of the serpent,
00:21:49.47\00:21:51.94
the Lord's servant tells
us to look to the power of God
00:21:52.14\00:21:56.04
which cannot fail.
00:21:56.08\00:21:57.51
Speak faith, she says,
and we will have faith.
00:21:58.28\00:22:02.38
Now I want to show
you what God's Word says
00:22:05.59\00:22:08.19
about the promise of the Spirit.
00:22:08.22\00:22:10.06
In Luke the Lord
tells us, Luke chapter 11...
00:22:10.63\00:22:15.10
"And I say unto you..."
00:22:15.76\00:22:17.57
You. Put your name in there.
00:22:17.77\00:22:20.07
That's a promise.
00:22:23.94\00:22:25.91
Now what you have to do
is, you have to ask yourself,
00:22:30.48\00:22:32.95
"Is God deceiving me, or
is He telling me the truth?"
00:22:32.98\00:22:36.99
I have people tell me, "Yeah,
but it doesn't mean that."
00:22:37.55\00:22:41.09
"Well, but..."
00:22:41.12\00:22:42.52
There is no, "Well, but..."
00:22:42.56\00:22:44.23
Jesus said, "Ask,
and it shall be given.
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.63
Seek, and you will find.
00:22:48.60\00:22:52.03
Knock, and it shall
be opened unto you."
00:22:52.83\00:22:56.30
There's a parable the Lord
told us in the gospel of Luke.
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I believe it's Luke 18.
00:23:00.51\00:23:02.21
And he talks about a widow
that was struggling because
00:23:02.98\00:23:07.22
she had an adversary.
00:23:07.25\00:23:08.68
Probably somebody wanting
to take the property that
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.45
had been left
her from her husband.
00:23:11.49\00:23:13.56
So she was
struggling and she could not
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.16
get rid of this adversary.
00:23:16.19\00:23:17.83
So she went to the
king or to the unjust judge.
00:23:18.56\00:23:22.53
He was not a righteous man.
00:23:22.56\00:23:24.27
But she went and
she knocked on his door.
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.67
And the servant came
to the door and answered
00:23:28.00\00:23:30.84
and said, "What is it?"
00:23:30.87\00:23:32.21
She told what the
problem was and the king said,
00:23:32.24\00:23:35.14
"I don't have time for this.
00:23:35.18\00:23:36.51
I don't have time for it."
00:23:36.54\00:23:37.88
And she came the next day.
00:23:37.91\00:23:39.61
And the next
day. And the next day.
00:23:39.65\00:23:42.18
And finally one morning at
probably 5 am in the morning,
00:23:42.22\00:23:45.92
the king hears that knock again.
00:23:46.12\00:23:49.32
And the servant
goes to see who it is,
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.39
and he comes back
and tell the king,
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.09
"It's that crazy woman again.
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.66
She's banging on the door."
00:23:55.70\00:23:57.33
And the king says, "Ooh.
00:23:57.37\00:23:59.83
You know what, bring her
into my chamber, my throne room.
00:24:00.77\00:24:05.14
I'm going to take care
of this problem for her
00:24:05.51\00:24:07.88
once and for all,
lest she wears me out
00:24:07.91\00:24:10.95
by her continual knocking."
00:24:10.98\00:24:13.75
Jesus says, "Knock, and
it shall be opened unto you.
00:24:14.65\00:24:18.85
For if you then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts
00:24:19.55\00:24:25.29
unto your children, how much
more shall your heavenly Father
00:24:25.33\00:24:29.90
give the Holy Spirit
to them that ask Him."
00:24:30.17\00:24:34.37
The Bible tells us
in James chapter 1...
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.01
We must ask in faith.
00:24:53.09\00:24:55.82
And I asked the
Lord one time, I said,
00:24:55.92\00:24:57.79
"How do I ask in faith?
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.23
How do I drum up faith
when I don't feel any?"
00:24:59.26\00:25:02.86
And the Lord answered
in His Word, Romans 10:17.
00:25:03.60\00:25:07.37
Faith will come by hearing,
and hearing by the Word of God.
00:25:07.47\00:25:13.21
So as you begin reading out
loud those specific promises
00:25:13.44\00:25:20.02
for your need, your faith
will grow and take hold of them.
00:25:20.05\00:25:24.65
And Christ will
fulfill His word.
00:25:25.42\00:25:28.89
For He has promised,
"My word has gone forth,
00:25:28.92\00:25:31.69
and it shall not
return unto me void."
00:25:31.73\00:25:34.53
In Hebrews 11:6,
the Lord tells us...
00:25:36.46\00:25:39.23
That's why His name is, "I AM."
00:25:52.05\00:25:54.55
I am what?
00:25:54.85\00:25:56.18
"I am your salvation.
00:25:56.22\00:25:57.72
I am the Lord
your righteousness.
00:25:57.75\00:26:00.36
I am your deliverer.
00:26:00.39\00:26:02.26
I am your great physician.
00:26:02.29\00:26:04.33
I am your healer.
00:26:04.36\00:26:06.13
I am the restorer of your
marriage and your family."
00:26:06.16\00:26:10.03
God says, "I said
not to the seed of Jacob,
00:26:24.75\00:26:28.28
'Seek ye Me in vain.'"
00:26:28.32\00:26:29.95
"If you seek Me with all of
your heart, you will find Me."
00:26:31.02\00:26:35.79
In Mark 11, Jesus
makes this even clearer.
00:26:38.86\00:26:43.80
He says in another
place, "You believe in God,
00:26:54.98\00:26:57.58
believe also in Me.
00:26:57.61\00:26:59.25
I am the word of God."
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.28
Do you know, I have
asked so many Christians,
00:27:28.58\00:27:31.58
even pastors, "What
does that verse mean,
00:27:31.61\00:27:34.65
'If you say to a
mountain, "Be removed,"
00:27:34.68\00:27:36.52
and it shall be
cast into the sea."'"
00:27:36.55\00:27:38.55
And they say, "Well,
it means the mountain of
00:27:38.59\00:27:40.76
difficulty in your life."
00:27:40.79\00:27:42.42
Well, it means
this. It means that.
00:27:42.46\00:27:45.19
Do you know what?
00:27:45.29\00:27:46.63
Jesus said, "If you say
to a mountain, 'Be removed
00:27:46.76\00:27:50.77
and cast into the sea,' and
shall not doubt in your heart,
00:27:50.87\00:27:55.30
it will be done."
00:27:55.34\00:27:57.81
That doesn't mean
Jesus has given us a license
00:27:59.37\00:28:01.98
to run around just
speaking things everywhere.
00:28:02.01\00:28:05.81
But it means, if Jesus
is living in your heart,
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.12
God's Spirit will
speak to you and inspire you
00:28:09.65\00:28:14.36
in every situation
exactly what to say
00:28:14.39\00:28:17.99
and what to believe.
00:28:18.03\00:28:19.36
You can expect God
to do the impossible.
00:28:19.89\00:28:23.03
Ellen White says the
reason that we receive such
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.43
meager showers or
scantiest showers of blessings
00:28:26.47\00:28:30.41
is because we expect
so little from our God.
00:28:30.44\00:28:33.54
If He parted the red
sea, what makes you think
00:28:33.91\00:28:37.25
He can't do a
greater miracle today?
00:28:37.28\00:28:40.22
They were living
in the Old Testament.
00:28:40.75\00:28:43.05
We're living on the
bright side of the cross.
00:28:43.08\00:28:46.49
We should expect
even greater miracles
00:28:46.69\00:28:49.69
than what the children of Israel
saw 4000 and 5000 years ago.
00:28:49.72\00:28:54.26
Jesus goes on in
Mark 11 and says...
00:28:56.00\00:28:58.77
That's powerful.
00:29:15.15\00:29:16.48
But do you know what hit me?
00:29:16.72\00:29:18.25
How can I do that?
00:29:18.62\00:29:19.95
How can I know that
You're going to answer?
00:29:20.06\00:29:22.59
There's one way
that you can be assured.
00:29:23.29\00:29:27.10
Find one place in
God's Word where He has
00:29:27.56\00:29:31.03
promised you something,
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.47
and then you know it's His
will and that He will do it.
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.44
Because God's
promises are yea and amen.
00:29:36.47\00:29:39.44
He cannot lie.
00:29:40.04\00:29:41.44
It's impossible for God to lie.
00:29:41.48\00:29:43.78
Whatsoever things we
desire, when we pray,
00:29:45.08\00:29:48.68
when we pray, we are to
believe that we receive them,
00:29:49.08\00:29:53.12
and we shall have them.
00:29:53.15\00:29:54.59
That's the
wrestling with God in faith.
00:29:54.86\00:29:57.86
Taking God's
promises to Him and saying,
00:29:57.89\00:30:00.50
"God, You promised me that
You will save my children."
00:30:00.76\00:30:04.47
"God, You
promised me that You will
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.74
create in me a clean heart."
00:30:06.77\00:30:09.10
Sometimes I have
Christians that will come to me
00:30:09.40\00:30:12.07
and they'll say,
"Yeah, but you have to know
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.91
if it's God's will."
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.31
You know, "How do I
know it's God's will
00:30:17.25\00:30:19.21
to do such a thing?"
00:30:19.25\00:30:20.92
"How do I know it's God's
will to save my children?"
00:30:21.98\00:30:24.99
Find a place in the Bible
where He says it's His will.
00:30:25.35\00:30:28.26
Let me show you an example.
00:30:28.92\00:30:30.53
Turn with me if you have
your Bible to Ezekiel 36.
00:30:31.03\00:30:34.36
And I'm just going to skip
through a couple of statements
00:30:34.40\00:30:38.03
from verse 22 all
the down through 36.
00:30:38.13\00:30:43.71
In verse 23 God says, "I
will sanctify My great name."
00:30:44.61\00:30:49.54
He says, "I will."
00:30:49.64\00:30:51.31
Therefore, you and I
can know that's God's will.
00:30:51.88\00:30:55.98
If He says, "I
will," it is His will.
00:30:56.02\00:30:59.69
Then He says in verse 24,
"I will take you from among
00:31:00.66\00:31:06.36
the heathen and gather
you out of all countries,
00:31:06.39\00:31:09.53
and I will bring
you to your own land."
00:31:09.56\00:31:12.97
Verse 25 He says, "I will
sprinkle clean water upon you."
00:31:13.27\00:31:18.84
That's a promise.
00:31:19.07\00:31:20.48
But God wants you to claim it.
00:31:20.68\00:31:23.11
Then He says in verse 25,
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.78
"I will clean you
from all your filthiness."
00:31:26.82\00:31:30.42
Verse 26 He says, "A new
heart also will I give you,
00:31:30.82\00:31:36.42
and a new spirit
will I put within you."
00:31:36.46\00:31:39.93
These are
promises that God has made.
00:31:40.60\00:31:44.13
But they're only ours if we will
claim them with strong faith.
00:31:44.77\00:31:50.31
As you claim the
promises out loud to God,
00:31:50.97\00:31:55.11
Take His word to Him.
00:31:55.14\00:31:57.05
Ellen White said
there's nothing that makes God
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.32
have more joy
than to see us wrestle.
00:32:00.35\00:32:03.39
Do you know, in the Bible it
talks about that in the gospels.
00:32:03.52\00:32:06.49
Jesus actually said,
"The kingdom of heaven suffers
00:32:06.76\00:32:10.99
violence, and the
violent take it by force."
00:32:11.03\00:32:14.33
And I read that and I was
like, for years I was like,
00:32:14.36\00:32:17.13
"God, what does that mean?"
00:32:17.67\00:32:19.67
And then I found
where the Lord revealed it
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.54
through His servant Ellen White.
00:32:22.57\00:32:24.24
The kingdom of
heaven suffering violence,
00:32:24.64\00:32:27.61
it means it tolerates you
violently beating on the door.
00:32:27.64\00:32:32.71
It tolerates, just
as Jesus tolerated Jacob
00:32:32.75\00:32:37.39
taking hold on Him.
00:32:37.42\00:32:39.29
Jesus is almighty God.
00:32:39.52\00:32:41.76
And yet, He tolerated.
00:32:42.06\00:32:44.09
He suffered Jacob
to wrestle with Him.
00:32:44.13\00:32:47.73
The kingdom of
heaven suffers violence,
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.97
and the violent
take it by force.
00:32:52.00\00:32:55.04
Just like Jacob did, we
have to lay hold on that promise
00:32:55.07\00:32:58.81
and not let go.
00:32:58.84\00:33:00.58
Even if Jesus
tells you, "Let go of Me.
00:33:00.61\00:33:03.78
It's daybreak."
00:33:03.81\00:33:05.15
Jacob said, "No."
00:33:05.48\00:33:07.28
Can you imagine that?
00:33:08.15\00:33:09.65
Do you know, in the
gospels the same thing happened.
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.92
A woman came to Jesus
one day when He was there
00:33:12.39\00:33:14.89
surrounded by His
disciples, and she had a child
00:33:14.92\00:33:18.03
that was possessed.
00:33:18.06\00:33:19.39
I think it's a little girl
that was possessed with a demon.
00:33:19.43\00:33:21.86
And you know, Jesus probably
had hundreds, if not thousands,
00:33:21.96\00:33:24.90
of people around Him.
00:33:24.93\00:33:27.04
And the disciples
stayed close to Him.
00:33:27.30\00:33:29.14
And you kind of had to
get through the disciples
00:33:29.17\00:33:31.24
to get to Jesus.
00:33:31.27\00:33:32.61
So they were
like, "Lord, this woman
00:33:33.07\00:33:35.44
keeps trying to get to You.
00:33:35.48\00:33:36.81
You know, send her
away. Send her away."
00:33:36.85\00:33:39.11
Jesus said, "Let me
see what she wants."
00:33:39.15\00:33:40.95
And she came to
Jesus and she said,
00:33:41.45\00:33:43.18
"I need you to deliver
and set my little girl free
00:33:43.22\00:33:46.02
from this demon."
00:33:46.05\00:33:47.39
And Jesus looked back at
His disciples, and then He
00:33:47.69\00:33:50.03
looked at her, and He said,
"It's not right that I should
00:33:50.06\00:33:53.70
give the
children's bread to dogs."
00:33:53.73\00:33:57.07
Most women today, you
know what they would do
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.57
if Jesus said that to them?
00:33:59.60\00:34:01.00
They would say,
"Talk to the hand.
00:34:01.20\00:34:03.41
Whatever. I don't
need anything from You.
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.34
You called me a dog."
00:34:06.37\00:34:07.78
But do you know
what this woman did?
00:34:08.11\00:34:09.84
She humbled herself.
00:34:10.15\00:34:11.88
She got on her
knees and she said,
00:34:12.18\00:34:14.02
"Yea, Lord, but even
the dogs eat the crumbs
00:34:14.05\00:34:18.42
from their master's table."
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.19
And Jesus, you know His
face had to just light up.
00:34:20.76\00:34:24.29
And He said, "According to
your faith, be it unto you."
00:34:24.49\00:34:27.63
We have got to
hold on and not let go.
00:34:28.36\00:34:31.97
We have got to press our
cases to the throne of grace.
00:34:32.00\00:34:35.97
No matter what
the circumstance is.
00:34:36.00\00:34:38.37
God will hear and He will
answer if we will not faint.
00:34:38.41\00:34:43.51
God says that in
that story in Luke 18,
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.92
"If they faint not..."
00:34:47.95\00:34:50.15
Zechariah 10:1-2,
the Lord tells us,
00:34:54.56\00:35:01.40
"Ask ye of the Lord..."
00:35:01.43\00:35:04.17
Remember what Jesus just said?
00:35:04.20\00:35:05.97
"Ask, and ye shall receive."
00:35:06.00\00:35:08.00
Zechariah tells us...
00:35:08.04\00:35:09.87
Men and women have
been turning to idols.
00:35:37.77\00:35:41.34
That means, things which
we have sought comfort from.
00:35:41.60\00:35:45.51
You know, if I've got a sick
person, I run to this person
00:35:45.74\00:35:49.41
or that person, or this doctor,
or to this new age healer,
00:35:49.44\00:35:52.95
I'm going to run to
acupuncture or to iridology.
00:35:52.98\00:35:56.32
And God is like, "Why
don't they seek to Me?
00:35:56.52\00:35:59.45
Why not seek your God
instead of seeking these idols?"
00:36:00.09\00:36:04.99
Deuteronomy chapter 32.
00:36:08.16\00:36:10.07
This is a verse that
was really eye opening.
00:36:10.10\00:36:12.60
Speaking of the latter
rain, listen to what we're told
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.60
in Deuteronomy 32:1-2.
00:36:15.64\00:36:18.71
The latter rain is not
God sprinkling magic dust
00:36:46.77\00:36:51.37
on top of us.
00:36:51.41\00:36:52.77
It's God's word that is
being proclaimed from heaven.
00:36:53.44\00:36:57.51
And we are hearing, for
the first time many of us,
00:36:57.55\00:37:01.38
and we're believing.
00:37:01.42\00:37:02.92
In Hebrews chapter 12 it
talks about the latter rain
00:37:04.05\00:37:08.19
and it talks about
the fact of God's voice
00:37:08.22\00:37:11.53
is what shakes the
heavens and the earth.
00:37:11.56\00:37:14.20
In Hosea 10:12,
listen to what the Lord says.
00:37:15.36\00:37:20.37
Do you remember in Isaiah
63:1, and Isaiah 45:17-19?
00:37:38.85\00:37:47.56
God says, "I am the Lord.
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.96
I speak righteousness
and I make things right."
00:37:50.00\00:37:55.64
If you have a
problem in your family,
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.77
are you going to
fix it by striving?
00:37:58.81\00:38:01.71
No.
00:38:02.21\00:38:03.55
You fix the problem by
seeking the One who can.
00:38:03.58\00:38:08.48
You go to God, you claim
His promises for your life,
00:38:08.78\00:38:12.59
and for your wife,
and for your husband,
00:38:12.62\00:38:14.52
and for your children, or
whoever it is in your family
00:38:14.56\00:38:17.56
that's lost.
00:38:17.59\00:38:18.93
You wrestle in faith.
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.26
And God promises.
00:38:21.56\00:38:23.20
We are to sow in righteousness.
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.90
That means,
speak God's promises.
00:38:25.93\00:38:28.20
Speak God's promises
over your loved ones.
00:38:28.70\00:38:32.21
Even if they don't hear you,
that doesn't stop God's word
00:38:32.51\00:38:36.14
from doing what He promised.
00:38:36.18\00:38:38.48
When my wife and I
were separated and divorced,
00:38:38.98\00:38:41.98
and she was wrestling
for those four and a half,
00:38:42.02\00:38:44.55
almost five years, she came
to me for the first two years
00:38:44.59\00:38:49.19
battling with the flesh.
00:38:49.39\00:38:51.43
"Eric, you're a man of God."
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.40
"Eric, you're my husband."
00:38:54.43\00:38:56.10
"Eric..." And you know what?
00:38:56.13\00:38:57.67
The more she talked, the
farther away from her I ran.
00:38:57.70\00:39:02.17
And the Lord spoke to her
one night when she was outside
00:39:02.90\00:39:06.17
crying unto him at our house.
00:39:06.21\00:39:08.48
And He said, "Sarah,
are you willing for Me to do
00:39:08.71\00:39:13.25
what only I can do?"
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.82
And she said, "Yes."
00:39:15.38\00:39:16.92
And He said, "Then I need
you to get out of the way.
00:39:16.95\00:39:19.89
Stop trying to
change Eric's heart.
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.49
Because I'm the only
one that can do heart work
00:39:23.59\00:39:27.20
without causing death."
00:39:27.23\00:39:28.96
"Sow in righteousness..."
00:39:31.00\00:39:32.93
My wife began
speaking promises over me,
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.40
and I didn't even
know she was doing it.
00:39:36.44\00:39:38.31
But God's word did
not return unto Him void.
00:39:38.41\00:39:41.94
He fulfilled
what He had promised.
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.11
"...reap in mercy..."
00:39:45.11\00:39:46.95
If you have a child that
has wondered from the Lord,
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.35
You're not going to
win them by telling them,
00:39:50.65\00:39:53.05
"Probation is almost closed.
00:39:53.09\00:39:54.99
You need to get right."
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.36
You win their hearts and
you seek the Lord so that He can
00:39:56.73\00:40:00.60
win their hearts on your knees
claiming promises for them.
00:40:00.63\00:40:04.50
You speak faith in them.
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.84
"I know that you're a good boy."
00:40:07.17\00:40:08.77
"I know that
you're a good girl."
00:40:08.80\00:40:10.54
"You are such a help to me.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.17
Thank you so much
for what you did."
00:40:12.21\00:40:14.48
My wife has told my son
from the day that he was born,
00:40:14.51\00:40:18.65
God spoke to her while
he was still in the womb and
00:40:19.51\00:40:22.62
told her he's
going to be like David.
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.42
And she has told my
son, "You are like David.
00:40:26.99\00:40:29.89
Yes, you many have
fallen, but God is going to
00:40:29.92\00:40:32.56
raise you up as
He did King David."
00:40:32.59\00:40:34.93
Do you know what?
00:40:34.96\00:40:36.30
That same promise we had
to claim for our daughter.
00:40:36.33\00:40:39.13
That God would win
our daughter's heart
00:40:39.17\00:40:41.37
when she was struggling.
00:40:41.40\00:40:42.84
My mother and my grandmother
did the same thing for me
00:40:42.87\00:40:46.47
when I was struggling.
00:40:46.51\00:40:48.31
God will not fail you.
00:40:48.74\00:40:50.81
The Lord tells us...
00:40:52.11\00:40:53.45
You try to break up
somebody else's fallow ground
00:41:01.62\00:41:04.36
and you're going to
have a fight on your hands.
00:41:04.39\00:41:06.29
Now listen to what it
says in Hosea chapter 6.
00:41:18.21\00:41:21.34
This is beautiful.
00:41:21.38\00:41:22.71
"Come, and let us
return unto the Lord."
00:41:23.28\00:41:25.95
This is our
response to God's calling.
00:41:25.98\00:41:29.65
We're calling our family.
00:41:30.09\00:41:31.75
"After two days,
He will revive us.
00:41:43.90\00:41:47.57
And in the third
day... He will raise us up,
00:41:47.80\00:41:51.07
and we shall live in His sight."
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.27
That's a promise in
Romans 6 and in Ephesians 2.
00:41:53.68\00:41:56.78
The Bible says that
when Christ died, we died.
00:41:57.05\00:42:00.45
And on that
morning of the third day
00:42:00.85\00:42:03.28
when He was raised, we
were in Him being raised
00:42:03.32\00:42:09.02
to walk in newness of life.
00:42:09.06\00:42:12.09
The apostle Paul tells
us in Ephesians chapter 2...
00:42:12.19\00:42:15.36
And I'm actually going to
turn there because this is
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.83
too important to
just misquote it.
00:42:17.87\00:42:21.70
Ephesians chapter
2, it says, verse 5,
00:42:22.40\00:42:25.97
"Even when we were
dead in our sins..."
00:42:26.01\00:42:29.51
That means, your
son, your daughter,
00:42:29.54\00:42:31.65
your husband, your wife,
whoever you're praying for.
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.92
"Even when they
were dead in sins,
00:42:34.95\00:42:38.19
they were quickened
together with Christ.
00:42:38.22\00:42:42.02
For by grace ye are saved.
00:42:42.22\00:42:45.79
And God hath
raised us up together
00:42:46.13\00:42:50.10
and made us sit
together in the heavens
00:42:50.13\00:42:53.47
in Christ Jesus;
00:42:53.50\00:42:55.24
so that in the ages to come He
might show the exceeding riches
00:42:55.44\00:43:00.44
of His grace and His kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus."
00:43:00.48\00:43:06.41
God has torn, but He will heal.
00:43:08.48\00:43:12.55
Hosea goes on and says...
00:43:14.06\00:43:16.36
John 17:3 tells us,
"This is life eternal;
00:43:25.53\00:43:30.87
that we might know
God and Jesus Christ
00:43:30.91\00:43:35.44
whom He has sent."
00:43:35.48\00:43:36.91
And the Bible tells us
that Adam knew his wife Eve,
00:43:37.25\00:43:41.68
and they were one flesh.
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.15
To know God is to
become one with Him.
00:43:44.25\00:43:47.66
"Then shall we
know," we shall understand,
00:43:49.59\00:43:53.16
"if we follow on
to know the Lord;
00:43:53.19\00:43:56.16
that His going forth,"
00:43:56.46\00:43:58.57
His springs, "are as
faithful as the morning."
00:43:58.60\00:44:02.94
God shall come to us.
00:44:05.97\00:44:09.04
Turn with me in your
Bible to John chapter 14.
00:44:16.48\00:44:19.49
And this is a
familiar passage of Scripture.
00:44:20.76\00:44:23.56
But I want to show
you something that is
00:44:23.76\00:44:25.33
really, really inspiring.
00:44:25.36\00:44:27.76
John 14:15
00:44:28.50\00:44:32.97
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:44:34.34\00:44:37.57
There's another
way to read that.
00:44:38.91\00:44:40.74
"If you love Me, I promise
you will keep My commandments."
00:44:41.04\00:44:45.31
Ellen White said
every command is a promise.
00:44:45.35\00:44:48.78
Accepted by the will
and received into the heart,
00:44:48.82\00:44:51.99
it brings with it the
life of the Infinite One.
00:44:52.02\00:44:55.59
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:44:56.39\00:44:59.49
For I will pray the
Father, and He will give you
00:44:59.69\00:45:03.97
another
Comforter so that He," God,
00:45:04.00\00:45:09.27
"may abide with you forever."
00:45:09.30\00:45:11.34
Do you know that Jesus said
in this section of Scripture,
00:45:11.97\00:45:16.41
He said, "The Father is in Me.
00:45:17.25\00:45:21.92
While I'm talking to
you, the words I'm speaking,
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.62
it's not Me speaking them,
but the Father that is in Me."
00:45:24.65\00:45:28.06
God was in Christ reconciling
the world unto Himself.
00:45:28.49\00:45:33.56
And the
disciples were worried now.
00:45:33.60\00:45:36.43
Because Jesus is telling
them, "I've got to leave."
00:45:36.93\00:45:39.67
And Jesus is giving
them an assurance here,
00:45:39.70\00:45:42.40
"You don't have to worry."
00:45:42.60\00:45:44.37
I remember in John...
00:45:45.01\00:45:46.78
Oh, forgive me. I
think it's John chapter 8.
00:45:48.04\00:45:50.95
Let me look here real quick.
00:45:50.98\00:45:52.48
Actually no, it's in John
chapter 14, the same chapter.
00:45:53.52\00:45:56.15
Philip asked Him, "Show us
the Father and it sufficeth us."
00:45:56.18\00:46:00.16
And Jesus said, "Have I
been so long time with you
00:46:00.19\00:46:03.46
and yet you have not known Me?"
00:46:03.49\00:46:05.26
God was in Christ
while Christ was here.
00:46:06.39\00:46:09.90
And the disciples now became
afraid because they thought,
00:46:10.87\00:46:13.80
if Jesus is
leavings, God is leaving.
00:46:13.84\00:46:16.81
And Jesus gives us this promise,
"He shall give you another
00:46:16.84\00:46:20.91
Comforter so that He
may abide with you forever,
00:46:20.94\00:46:24.68
even the Spirit of truth
whom the world cannot receive
00:46:25.15\00:46:29.98
because it seeth Him
not, neither knoweth Him.
00:46:30.02\00:46:33.15
But you know Him,
for He dwelleth with you
00:46:33.79\00:46:39.36
and shall be in you.
00:46:39.56\00:46:42.63
I will not
leave you comfortless.
00:46:43.77\00:46:46.53
I will come to you."
00:46:46.63\00:46:49.20
Praise God.
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.07
Through His Spirit, God and
our Savior dwell inside of us.
00:46:51.11\00:46:57.78
And I don't want
anyone to misunderstand me.
00:46:58.08\00:47:00.75
Ellen White says, and you
can send me an email and I'll
00:47:02.15\00:47:04.55
send you the quote, she
says for us to try to understand
00:47:04.59\00:47:09.02
the nature and the
presence and the being of God,
00:47:10.03\00:47:13.86
she said it's a mistake.
00:47:13.90\00:47:15.43
She said this is a
mystery that has been left to us
00:47:15.63\00:47:19.53
that we have got
to accept by faith.
00:47:19.63\00:47:23.30
So I don't try to wrestle
and I don't contend with people
00:47:23.34\00:47:26.71
about the presence of God and
the presence of His Holy Spirit
00:47:26.74\00:47:30.81
and the presence of Christ.
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.31
But we can know that
through the Holy Spirit,
00:47:32.35\00:47:36.08
God and His Son
dwell inside of us.
00:47:36.12\00:47:39.79
Joel chapter 2,
turn there with me.
00:47:42.82\00:47:45.43
Joel 2:23
00:47:45.46\00:47:48.50
There's a promise there.
00:47:52.27\00:47:53.60
It says, starting in
verse 23, Joel chapter 2...
00:47:54.94\00:47:58.21
That's you and I.
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.05
Every one of us.
00:48:04.08\00:48:05.55
All of us that are
watching and hearing.
00:48:05.75\00:48:08.25
Christ is not sad.
00:48:15.92\00:48:17.83
He is praising God.
00:48:18.23\00:48:20.30
The joy of the
Lord is our strength.
00:48:20.33\00:48:22.96
Most of us, myself
included, have never even
00:48:46.29\00:48:48.92
paid attention to that.
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.43
We know when the
latter rain is going to fall.
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.43
God tells us in His Word.
00:48:53.56\00:48:55.26
In the first month.
00:48:55.30\00:48:56.70
And people say, "Well,
how do I know when that is?"
00:48:56.73\00:48:59.17
Exodus chapter 12, when God
brought the children of Israel
00:48:59.20\00:49:03.00
out of Egypt, He
told Moses, "This month
00:49:03.04\00:49:07.01
shall be the first
of months unto you."
00:49:07.04\00:49:10.05
It's springtime.
00:49:10.45\00:49:11.78
It's the month when
Passover took place.
00:49:11.81\00:49:14.48
That tells us that
we're on the verge.
00:49:15.45\00:49:17.95
It could be this coming spring,
00:49:17.99\00:49:19.82
it could be the
following spring.
00:49:19.85\00:49:21.76
But with the way that
things are escalating now,
00:49:21.79\00:49:24.29
I don't think we
have long to wait.
00:49:24.33\00:49:26.36
Now is the time for us
to be seeking the Lord.
00:49:26.56\00:49:29.60
Acts 2:33
00:49:32.83\00:49:36.14
Let's turn there and
look at this, Acts 2:33.
00:49:36.74\00:49:43.14
Listen to this promise.
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.28
Do you remember when
Jesus was with the disciples
00:49:46.61\00:49:48.75
in the beginning of Acts?
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.19
He had went to
heaven and He'd come back,
00:49:50.22\00:49:52.45
and He was telling them,
giving them their instructions.
00:49:52.49\00:49:55.26
And He told them, "I
want you to wait in Jerusalem
00:49:55.29\00:50:00.20
until you are endued,
imbued with power from on high."
00:50:00.23\00:50:07.10
He was speaking about the
promise of the Holy Spirit.
00:50:08.10\00:50:11.51
Listen to what He says
here in verse 32, Acts 2:32.
00:50:12.61\00:50:19.28
Now Peter goes on and
he's preaching and proclaiming
00:50:56.69\00:51:00.66
these glad tidings to the
men there and the women there.
00:51:00.69\00:51:04.23
And then it says in verse 37...
00:51:04.96\00:51:07.26
Look up what Ellen White says
about the baptism of Christ.
00:51:32.99\00:51:36.19
Look it up online or
look it up on her CD-ROM,
00:51:36.22\00:51:39.36
look up every place she talks
about the baptism of Jesus.
00:51:39.69\00:51:43.57
Because she says
when Christ was baptized,
00:51:43.77\00:51:46.97
we were in Him being baptized.
00:51:47.00\00:51:50.77
That's why the apostle Paul
tells us, "There is one baptism,
00:51:50.81\00:51:55.21
one faith, one Lord."
00:51:55.24\00:51:57.85
It's Jesus' baptism that
when we go into the water
00:51:57.88\00:52:01.62
we are claiming as ours.
00:52:01.65\00:52:04.05
"Then said Peter,
'Repent and be baptized,
00:52:04.79\00:52:08.26
every one of you,
in the name of Jesus
00:52:08.29\00:52:11.63
for the remission of sins..."
00:52:11.93\00:52:14.93
Remission, forgiveness,
deliverance, freedom from sin.
00:52:14.96\00:52:20.47
God tells us in Romans
chapter 6, sin does not
00:52:20.80\00:52:24.97
have dominion over us.
00:52:25.01\00:52:27.11
It does not.
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.34
It has no power over us.
00:52:29.58\00:52:32.15
And people say,
"Yeah, but I fell yesterday."
00:52:33.18\00:52:35.85
God is saying, "Today
is the day of salvation.
00:52:35.88\00:52:39.22
If you will believe
what I promised you,
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.89
you will not fall again."
00:52:41.92\00:52:44.03
"Repent and be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ..."
00:52:45.83\00:52:49.23
The gift, not the wages.
00:52:55.74\00:52:58.21
It's a promise.
00:53:12.45\00:53:13.96
But we have looked at
the latter rain as if it were
00:53:14.69\00:53:18.23
something that we earn by
straightening ourselves up.
00:53:18.26\00:53:23.33
We've got to seek the
Lord because we want Him
00:53:24.37\00:53:27.07
with all of our
heart to fill His temple
00:53:27.10\00:53:30.77
of our body and our lives.
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.84
Now turn with me
back to Joel chapter 2.
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.91
Let me show you what
this gift of the Holy Spirit
00:53:39.51\00:53:42.15
God promises is
going to do for each of us.
00:53:42.18\00:53:45.55
Joel chapter 2
starting at verse 24.
00:53:46.19\00:53:49.72
That means, the people in
your life, the family members
00:53:55.80\00:53:59.03
that seem like
they're impossible to reach,
00:53:59.07\00:54:01.54
God says they're
going to become wheat.
00:54:01.57\00:54:03.84
You remember the
wheat and the chaff?
00:54:03.94\00:54:06.14
The chaff gets
tossed to the side.
00:54:06.17\00:54:08.18
God promises that our floors
"shall be full of wheat..."
00:54:08.51\00:54:14.32
"...and the vats..."
00:54:14.35\00:54:15.68
That meant the
big pots that you kept
00:54:15.72\00:54:17.59
the grape juice and the oil in.
00:54:17.62\00:54:20.39
Has Satan devoured
20 years of your life
00:54:32.43\00:54:36.71
of you and your
husband or you and your wife,
00:54:36.74\00:54:38.94
or your children?
00:54:38.97\00:54:40.44
Have your children been gone
from the Lord for 10 or 15 years
00:54:40.48\00:54:44.58
and you think there's no
way God can get them back?
00:54:44.61\00:54:46.98
He says, "I will
restore unto you the years
00:54:47.18\00:54:51.05
that the locust has eaten."
00:54:51.09\00:54:52.65
Because of our
sins and our unbelief,
00:55:01.03\00:55:03.50
God allowed, He removed
His hedge of protection,
00:55:03.53\00:55:07.14
and Satan came in to destroy us.
00:55:07.17\00:55:09.57
But God promises,
"And then ye shall know..."
00:55:10.67\00:55:14.98
If you have
believed on God's word,
00:55:29.26\00:55:31.66
God will not put you to shame.
00:55:31.76\00:55:34.46
When my wife was praying for
me, that one woman came to her
00:55:35.43\00:55:39.17
at church and said, "Sarah,
all of us are praying for you,
00:55:39.20\00:55:42.97
but we're worried
because we're afraid that
00:55:43.00\00:55:45.71
your children, you
telling your children
00:55:46.07\00:55:48.14
their daddy is going to
come home, if it doesn't happen
00:55:48.18\00:55:51.48
they're going to
stop believing in God."
00:55:52.01\00:55:54.08
And my wife looked at
that lady and she said,
00:55:54.12\00:55:56.45
"Ma'am, if you don't believe
my husband is coming home,
00:55:56.48\00:55:58.95
don't pray for me."
00:55:58.99\00:56:00.32
She said, "God's word
says he's coming home.
00:56:00.52\00:56:03.63
There is no 'if he doesn't.'"
00:56:03.66\00:56:06.19
Jesus says in John 4:35...
00:56:09.20\00:56:13.57
There are thousands
of people in the town,
00:56:31.62\00:56:34.56
in the community where
you live that are waiting
00:56:34.59\00:56:37.39
to hear God's promises
spoken to them in faith.
00:56:37.43\00:56:41.26
Our closing
verse, Isaiah 61:10-11.
00:56:43.33\00:56:48.14
Listen to what the Lord says.
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.41
Remember Ellen White
says we have to appropriate
00:57:11.89\00:57:14.93
Christ's
righteousness as our very own.
00:57:15.13\00:57:18.23
That means, claim it as
yours because God says so.
00:57:18.27\00:57:22.04
Not because you deserve
it, not because you feel it,
00:57:22.07\00:57:25.44
but because God has promised.
00:57:25.47\00:57:27.41
Amen.
00:58:06.78\00:58:08.12