Participants: Phillip Sizemore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000029
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore, 00:05 the Lord of the harvest, that he will, 00:07 he will send forth laborers into his harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:17 Then said I, "Here am I, send me, send me". 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you to be an 00:25 effective harvester for the Lord. 00:27 We now invite you into our 00:29 classroom to come, experience Life. 00:43 Welcome back again to the 00:44 Lay Institute for Evangelism. 00:46 Right now we're gonna be discussing part two 00:48 of a study we started just 00:50 a little while ago on the Remnant Church. 00:52 We're gonna be discussing the Remnant Church 00:53 that God has from Bible Prophecy you might say, 00:57 it's the Remnant Church of Bible Prophecy. 00:59 Many people that they hear someone it, 01:01 something say like oh it's the Remnant Church, 01:04 it almost sounds like you're being exclusive like 01:06 there is no other Remnant and well, that's true. 01:08 Biblically there is only one true Church 01:10 in the world in the last days. 01:12 And as you look at these identifying characteristics, 01:14 I want you at home and all of us here 01:16 actually to ask yourself, is the Church 01:18 that I'm going to or maybe 01:19 you're not going to any Church at all. 01:20 But the Church that I'm attending, 01:21 does it fit these characteristics 01:23 and if it doesn't, maybe it will benefit us 01:25 to be looking for the Church that does 01:27 fit the characteristics that God has. 01:28 He's gonna have a remnant in the 01:29 last days according to the Bible. 01:31 And that's what we're gonna be studying more 01:32 so now as we get into the second half 01:34 of the remnant church Bible study 01:36 here at Pine Lake Retreat. 01:39 In the, once again, beautiful sunny Florida. 01:42 It's not quite as beautiful as it is in Kentucky, 01:45 but it's really beautiful, I like it. 01:47 You know, I like the heat, I got to admit 01:49 I like the heat here but, and I like the humidity. 01:52 I just love that, I love going outside 01:53 and getting all hot and sweaty, 01:54 no problem with that. But there's no hills. 01:58 And there's like nobody here that lives in a hallway. 02:02 So, you know, that's one of the things 02:03 I missed about Kentucky is being in the hills, 02:05 you know, being in the hills. 02:06 Other than that I love it here at 02:07 Pine Lake, here in Florida. 02:08 And I know that God has us here for a purpose 02:10 and the purpose specifically 02:12 right now is to help other people 02:14 become effective soul winners for Christ. 02:16 And then one of the ways we're doing that, 02:17 learning to become effective soul winners is, 02:19 as we're going through marking 02:20 our Bibles up with these Bible studies. 02:22 We're gonna be take our Bibles 02:23 and go into homes and go into people, 02:25 whether it be in our homes or just on 02:26 our workplace or wherever we're at. 02:28 And share the truth of God's word from just the Bible. 02:31 So I wanna encourage you guys here to continue 02:32 marking your Bibles up and have them all done. 02:34 You'll be glad you did and I wanna encourage 02:35 the people at home to be doing the same thing. 02:37 Get your Bibles out, get your pencils out. 02:39 You know, the best thing 02:40 to use as far the pencil goes, 02:41 for the people at home or not for sure. 02:44 I think we covered it with you guys 02:45 but seems like we did before we entered the classroom. 02:48 But one of the best pencils you can have 02:49 and mine happens to be missing, 02:50 usually sits up here. But I like to get the, 02:52 it's a five millimeter lead, that smaller lead. 02:54 You can get a three millimeter lead 02:56 but it tends to sometimes tear 02:57 through the paper and things like that. 02:59 But with a five millimeter lead, 03:00 one of those clicker pencils, you know, 03:01 you click the lead, make it come out. 03:03 You can, it make, it writes this small enough, 03:04 so you can get in between all the lines 03:05 and everything in your Bible and get it all marked up. 03:08 And I put notes in there and you know, 03:10 go to this text, go to that text. 03:11 And what's really nice too, Tim is, sometimes 03:14 like I'll be put on a spot, I be like at 03:16 a Church or something, they'll say, hey, 03:17 can you handle the evening worship 03:19 or the evening devotionals. 03:20 And I have that times, 03:21 when I put on a spot like that. 03:22 I'll just go to one of our Bible studies 03:23 I have here and just take part of it out. 03:26 And use that as a message. 03:27 You know, just cut out some of the 03:29 part of it and just preach from that, 03:30 give a devotional, it's the word of God in truth. 03:33 And so it's still a powerful presentation, 03:35 a powerful message, not because 03:37 of the messenger understand. 03:38 But because of the messages being given. 03:40 So you having your Bible marked up like this, 03:41 you also learn that as you're studying 03:44 the Lord will give you an idea and you'll say, 03:46 just out of habit, you'll start putting 03:47 a little bit of note in your Bible. 03:48 I got little stars and highlights 03:50 and stuff all through my Bible. 03:51 I thought about when I left my Church in 03:53 Louisville auctioning it off, 03:54 you know, like somebody can have all the 03:56 sermons and everything all marked out. 03:57 But we could have given it to the 03:59 pathfinder or something like that. 04:00 But there were several people say, 04:02 I like to have, as a matter of fact, 04:03 one lady actually brought me 04:04 a brand new Bible, just like the one I have. 04:06 And I think she is kind of thinking 04:08 I would give her my old one. 04:10 And I think I'm gonna go ahead 04:12 and do that after I get my new one all marked up. 04:14 So I'll give her my old one so. 04:16 There's something about going through 04:17 marking your Bible up and studying it that way, 04:20 to where you always have something to give. 04:22 You always have something to give somebody else 04:23 from the word of God if you do that. 04:25 So some people think that some, 04:28 really bad to write in the Bible, 04:29 mark in the Bible. I'm not changing 04:31 the words of the Bible understand, 04:33 I'm not going and saying, oh I don't like this 04:35 and writing over the words. 04:36 I'm just making notes along the sides. 04:38 So we're not defiling the word of God here, 04:39 we'r just writing in the pages beside it. 04:42 Okay, now they got that out of the way, where was I? 04:44 Oh we've just finished the first 04:48 half of the Remnant Church study 04:50 and we're going in the second half now. 04:51 Here the title of the study 04:52 once again is, the Remnant Church. 04:54 And the purpose of the study we looked that already 05:00 is to show that God, show that Christ word 05:02 is leading all of His sheep into one fold. 05:05 God does have one fold in the last days, 05:06 one flock, and how they can't tell who that is. 05:08 And the description doesn't come 05:10 from a name of a Church. 05:11 Remember to look at that, the description comes from 05:13 what the Bible teaches that 05:15 His people will be doing, the characteristics. 05:16 That's how you have to find the Church to go to. 05:19 You know, in U.S. some people go to Church 05:21 because it's the closest Church to their home. 05:23 Other people go to Church because 05:24 well that's what I was raised to do. 05:26 I was raised to go to this Church, right. 05:28 Other people go to the Church because 05:29 they think the pastor is good looking. 05:30 That wasn't the cast at my Church. 05:33 Well maybe, no, I'm just kidding. 05:35 I'm gonna say, Pastor Scott's Church. 05:37 Anyway, but people go to Churches 05:39 for different reasons don't they. 05:41 They go to Church for different reasons 05:42 and the only reason, the only main reason you 05:44 should go to attend the Church that you attend 05:46 should be because they teach what the Bible teaches. 05:49 And if you looked at the Bible you said okay, 05:50 the Bible teaches this, I'm gonna follow that. 05:53 And I got to find a Church that teaches what the 05:54 Bible teaches and then you go find that Church. 05:56 Some people do it the other way around, 05:57 you know, they just saying, well I'm gonna find 05:59 a Church that tells me what the Bible teaches 06:00 and I'll believe what they teach. 06:02 And that's not, that's not the appropriate way 06:04 or because my parents did it or whatever. 06:06 And we're gonna be doing, what we're doing here 06:08 this is a difficult study 06:09 for many people to understand, 06:11 because in most people's mindset. 06:12 You know, just think about it, 06:13 you're raised a certain way, 06:15 you're raised with a certain number of beliefs 06:16 and certain kind of beliefs no matter 06:18 what whether it's Christian or non-Christian like I was. 06:20 But you just, you're raised 06:22 with a certain kind of belief. 06:23 So therefore if you ever decide, 06:24 you know, like the Spirit of God's working 06:26 on your heart, you wanna go find a Church. 06:27 Sometimes, most of the time people just say well, 06:29 I got to go find somebody that believes what I do. 06:32 Without ever even investigating the Bible. 06:34 So what you believe must first come through 06:35 the Bible and the Church you attend. 06:37 You want it, also what comes in the Bible, don't you. 06:39 And that's why we're going through this study. 06:40 We're gonna look at the identifying characteristics, 06:42 all of them that shows that God does have 06:44 His sheep in the last days. 06:46 He has the one fold, the one flock, 06:47 we just got to find it. All right. 06:51 And now we're looking at the center 06:52 of the study, we're centering it. 06:53 Of course every study is centered on Jesus Christ. 06:56 Though we start off here, Jesus has a true Church 06:58 in the last, the word day should be inserted in there. 07:01 It should say the last days, just like He had 07:04 a true Church in the time of the disciples. 07:06 So after Christ was the ascended, 07:08 and went up to heaven. 07:09 Did you know that Peter and James 07:11 and John and Matthew and all the disciples, 07:14 did you know that they did go like start 07:15 one Church over here on this corner 07:17 called the Church of Matthew, 07:18 and over here was the Church of Paul 07:20 and over here was the Church of Jesus, 07:22 and over here was the. They didn't do that, right. 07:25 They had all things in common 07:26 the Bible says, right. 07:28 And they had the same beliefs 07:30 and the day of Pentecost when they preached, 07:32 they all didn't preach different messages. 07:34 They were all preaching the same truth from God's word. 07:36 And the Church that was born right there, 07:38 all had certain characteristics 07:39 and certain ideas and certain plans. 07:42 And that has carried through the centuries. 07:45 An obscurity at times, but it's carried through, 07:46 and it's carried through all the way down 07:47 to these last days, the times we're living in. 07:50 There is a people, there are people, 07:51 how do you say that, somebody that knows English. 07:54 There is a people or there are a people? 07:56 No one else knows? Well I feel better. 07:59 There are a people, okay. There is a people. 08:03 This half says, there are people, 08:04 and this half says, there is people. 08:05 And so the solution will be the guy at home 08:08 who is an English professor and he's throwing things 08:09 at his television right now. There is a group of people. 08:13 But there is a group of people 08:15 that's keeping God's truth alive. 08:18 They always have been, has been. 08:22 Let's carry on. Remember we left off, 08:25 we've done the first half, 08:26 we're into the second half now. 08:27 We left off in the first half 08:28 and we discovered according to Revelation chapter 12, 08:32 we looked at verse 1, and there appeared 08:33 a wonder in heaven; they had a woman 08:35 standing on the moon, clothed with the sun, 08:36 had the stars about her head, 08:37 that kind of thing, right. 08:38 And we know it's symbolic and we know 08:40 that it's representing God's Church or God's people. 08:43 And when the devil could not destroy them 08:45 by attacking the sun, who is Jesus Christ, 08:48 it couldn't attack him anymore because 08:49 he was taken away to heaven. 08:50 Then the devil turned his focus to who? 08:53 The Church or God's remaining people. 08:55 That's where he turned his focus to. 08:57 The remaining people or who remained in the remnant. 08:59 And so the woman according to verse 6, 09:01 went into the wilderness, 09:03 and she had a place prepared there of God 09:05 for 1260 days and we looked at when we finished 09:09 off that according to the Bible we have Ezekiel 4:6, 09:13 Numbers 14:34 and Luke 13:31 through 33 09:18 that teaches us that if you have 09:19 a biblical prophetic lay when you're talking 09:22 symbolically in the Bible if you have 09:23 a day it equals to a year. 09:25 So there are 1260 days will literally be 1260 years. 09:29 And you remember, we've done the 09:30 anti-Christ study we found out that in the Bible, 09:34 you have that term, that 1260 year time frame 09:38 is the most prevalent time prophecy in all the Bible. 09:41 It's in there how many times does anybody remember? 09:44 Seven, you all remember that seven, 09:46 you know, the perfect number is seven, right. 09:48 And so it's in there seven times. 09:49 It's like four times in the Book of Daniel, 09:51 No three times in Daniel and four 09:52 in Revelation, the other away round. 09:53 I'm not remembering right now, 09:54 often top of my head but its one or the other. 09:56 Total seven times. And this is one of them here 09:58 and that timeframe that timeframe is the time 10:01 that the anti-Christ power will be suppressing 10:03 God's people and we know that 10:05 lasted through the dark ages. 10:06 And that timeframe was from 10:07 538 to 1798, that's exactly right. 10:12 I got one person answering all the questions up here, 10:14 I'm so glad that Shalita sits in the front row. 10:17 She loves it when I embarrass her like that. 10:19 But she gives me all the answers, 10:20 I know that there are those people at home 10:22 can't hear it and some people can hear her here. 10:24 I know the folks here all know the answers, 10:26 but she is the one who is voicing it for me. 10:27 I appreciate it, Shalita. Thank you. 10:30 So anyway, the Church then according 10:33 to what we looked at, it says here in verse 6, 10:35 that we would go into the wilderness for how long? 10:37 1260 years. So would God's 10:41 Remnant Church be in open and everybody seeing 10:44 knowing where it is during that time. 10:46 No, it will be in hiding. 10:48 But then after that time of 10:49 hiding you know it's gonna come up. 10:50 And look what happens when it comes up, 10:51 and that's where we're picking up now in verse 13, 10:53 Revelation chapter 12 and verse 13. 10:55 And if I'm not mistaken I believe Bill was 10:58 reading verses two to six wasn't he? 10:59 No, it was Danielle. You were reading verses two. 11:04 okay you read two through six, all right. 11:05 So I want you to go ahead and read verse 13 11:06 for us as well since we're there. 11:10 Now, when the dragon saw that 11:11 he had been cast to the earth, 11:12 he persecuted the woman 11:14 who gave birth to the male child. 11:16 So when the dragon, who is the dragon? 11:18 Satan. Okay give me a scripture. 11:20 How do we know that the dragon is Satan? 11:22 Revelation 12:9, you got it brother, 11:25 thanks, Tom. Revelation 12:9. 11:27 Yeah it's right there. Remember that, 11:29 because you say, oh we know that the dragon here, 11:31 we know that it is, it is the devil. 11:33 And then someone says, well how do you know that. 11:35 Well its good to have a verse, isn't it to say. 11:37 By the way isn't it fascinating that 11:39 back in the Book of Genesis, that the serpent comes as, 11:42 the devil comes as a serpent right. 11:44 And by the time you get to Revelation 11:45 he is no longer a serpent but what he is? 11:47 A dragon, you all know why it grew to be so big? 11:49 Because we all kept feeding him. 11:51 All right. So he starts off 11:53 as a serpent and he becomes a dragon. 11:54 All the way through the Bible 11:55 he grows into this dragon by the time you get 11:57 to the Book of Revelation and he is angry. 11:59 And who is he angry at? The woman, the Church. 12:03 And why is he angry at her? 12:04 That's what we're gonna go to and find out 12:06 as we're keep moving along here. 12:07 Now I gonna had to skip the next slide 12:09 because it's Ezekiel 4:6 and that was the day 12:11 for your Bible Prophecy we've already covered that. 12:13 We're going to the next slide here which is 12:15 Revelation chapter 12 and verse 17 12:18 and we're gonna see now why it is that the 12:20 devil was angry at this woman? 12:23 Why was he angry at her? Revelation 12:17. 12:27 Is there anybody that has not read that today? 12:30 Anita. All right sister, 12:32 I'm glad you volunteered. 12:33 That smile gave you away sister, 12:34 I know would have guessed. 12:35 I thought you already read once. 12:36 I want you to read Revelation 12:38 chapter 12 and verse 17. 12:40 And look real nicely right into the camera over there. 12:42 You should almost be able to quote 12:43 this one from memory, but go ahead. 12:45 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, 12:48 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 12:51 which keep the Commandments of God, 12:53 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 12:56 All right. As we're giving 12:58 this Bible study, this text that you just read is. 13:02 Do I have something on my feet. 13:05 Shelly looking my feet, I got something on me. 13:06 This text you just read is packed with so much stuff. 13:12 I mean, let's just think about it. 13:14 The dragon. Who is the dragon? 13:15 The devil. He is wroth with the woman. 13:17 Who is the woman? A Church now, 13:20 and we covered, we talked about this 13:22 just a little bit in the first half of the study. 13:25 But you know you want to be a part of this Church, why? 13:28 Because the devil hates her. 13:30 If the devil hates her, if the devil's mad at her, 13:32 that's who you want to be a part of. 13:34 If the devil likes her and it's kind of like 13:36 helping her and encouraging her, 13:37 do you want to be part of that. 13:38 Or you want to be right now, 13:39 in this earth because many people do is like well, 13:41 you know, look at how well, how wealthy they are 13:44 and all the things they have 13:45 and all the stuff they're doing. 13:46 If it's not for God, who is blessing them, right. 13:51 And so you can't just be looking at just the blessing 13:53 or the good things that are happening. 13:55 Because according to the Bible the devil is gonna be 13:56 attacking God's people, right. 13:59 He couldn't do anything to them, 14:02 to Jesus because after 14:03 he killed Him, he could do nothing else 14:04 and Jesus has now ascended to heaven. 14:06 So now he turns his attention to God's Church. 14:08 And by the way this Church if you wonder 14:10 who they're and how to identify them. 14:12 This is the next identifying characteristic and... 14:15 I wanna stop here just for second. 14:17 I'm sorry. Just so everybody 14:18 is caught up on the same page. 14:20 What's that identifying characteristics 14:22 through the Church we looked up so far? 14:24 Number one is the pillar and ground of truth. 14:26 They will be teaching God's truth, 14:27 from his word, right. 14:29 Number two is, it will be a woman 14:31 and the devil, the devil would hate her, 14:33 but during a time, there is a certain time 14:34 in earth's history that she'd be hiding. 14:36 What would that timeframe be? 14:37 Yeah, The Dark Ages from 538 to 1798. 14:42 So this group of people that would come on the scene, 14:45 they would had to come on 14:46 the scene sometime after 1798. 14:49 So if you're like a member of a Church. 14:51 It's your Church, let's say my Church 14:53 came in being back in, back in 600. 14:55 Back in year 600 or 700 or something like that. 14:58 Or maybe it came into being in the year 1598 15:01 or some just pick a year, 15:03 that's when my Church came into existence. 15:05 Where would God's Church be during the time of the 15:07 Dark Ages 1260 years? In hiding. 15:11 So if it came on the scene as a prevalent, 15:13 you know, prominent denomination 15:14 or prominent Church during that time, 15:16 can it be part of God's Remnant according 15:17 to that identifying characteristic? 15:19 No. Now we're gonna 15:20 look at another identifying characteristic, 15:22 which is actually even to me it's 15:24 more and more powerful one's and somebody might say, 15:27 well I don't really buy into that whole 1260 years thing. 15:30 I'm not sure that the Church 15:31 will be in obscurity during that time. 15:32 Okay, well if you wanna set that one aside 15:35 that's one of the identifying characteristics. 15:36 But you can set that one aside if you want to, 15:38 but you can't set this next one aside. 15:40 Look at this, Revelation 12:17, 15:43 says the dragon was angry or wroth with the woman, 15:46 and went to make war with the 15:47 remnant of her seed, which do what? 15:49 Keep the Commandments of God, 15:51 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 15:52 We want to tackle these things one at a time. 15:54 They keep the Commandments of God. 15:58 Now what commandments do you suppose 15:59 this is talking about? The Ten Commandments. 16:01 How do we know? Read the text, Romans 7 16:05 and this is not in your study guide, 16:07 but we'll just this remember this, so you'll know. 16:08 How do we know, it's talking about the Ten Commandments. 16:11 Romans 7, I hope it is, verse 7, you got it. 16:15 Paul says writing to the Romans, 16:18 what shall we say then, is the law sin? 16:23 God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, 16:27 but by the law: for I had not known 16:31 lust or covetousness, I will not know 16:34 lust except the law had said, 16:36 Thou shall not covet. 16:39 So speaking of the law, what law do you suppose this is? 16:41 What law is this talking about. 16:42 This is the tenth of Ten Commandments, right. 16:44 There's nine others besides this. 16:46 I get it. I get tickled sometimes, 16:48 somebody will say, we just keep the 16:49 Commandments that are found in the New Testament. 16:50 Our Church is a remnant church, 16:52 we keep the Commandments of God. 16:53 We just keep the ones found in the New Testament. 16:56 Well, it must be interesting there is one commandment 16:58 that I've never been able to find 16:59 directly in the New Testament. 17:01 Its all about taking God's name in vain. 17:05 I've never had anybody show it that 17:06 where that is quoted in the New Testament. 17:08 The only closed thing that I found to it, 17:09 Jesus where prayed, our father, 17:11 which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 17:13 And so somebody says well that's the example 17:15 of the commandment in the New Testament. 17:17 Following here, is a commandment, 17:20 is an example of Jesus keeping the Commandment. 17:24 Is that in the New Testament, 17:25 an example of Jesus keeping the commandment, 17:26 is that showing that the commandment 17:28 is in the New Testament? 17:30 Yes, you wanna see the Commandments 17:31 which shows when Jesus kept the Sabbath? 17:34 Right, you know that he kept the Sabbath as well, 17:35 because it says as was his custom, 17:36 he went into the synagogue 17:38 on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read. 17:39 He was accustomed to obey and keep that commandment. 17:41 Jesus kept all Ten Commandments. 17:43 And so to say that like the fourth Commandments 17:45 not in the New Testament like somebody will 17:46 try to say or other things like that. 17:48 If you use the example of the one that you 17:51 find about him taking God's name in vain 17:53 and he find that in New Testament well Jesus 17:55 obey that commandment He also 17:56 obeyed the Sabbath commandment. 17:58 All ten of these Commandments. 17:59 So Revelation chapter 12 and verse 17 and it says, 18:01 He went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 18:04 which keep the Commandments of God. 18:05 It has to be talking about the Ten Commandments, 18:08 all Ten Commandments. 18:10 You know, I've never went into 18:12 a Church myself personally. Well he said, oh yeah. 18:15 We don't believe in keeping the 18:16 Commandments of God, have you? 18:18 So everybody is going to be claiming to keep the 18:20 Commandments of God, aren't they? 18:22 But now this is a client, this client here 18:24 in Revelation 12:17 specifically talking about 18:27 they're not only to be claiming to be doing this, 18:29 but they are gonna be keeping them. 18:31 And let me just be straight up with you. 18:32 We've been to enough of the studies, 18:33 I'm just gonna like shoot in the hip a little bit, 18:35 maybe get myself in trouble. 18:36 If you're in a Church that's not keeping the 18:38 seventh day Sabbath as the commandment says, 18:40 you cannot be in the Remnant Church. 18:42 Oh, that sounds so harsh doesn't it. 18:44 And when I give the study 18:45 or when I preach this in evangelism, 18:47 I say that very same thing. 18:49 I believe that Jesus is coming soon 18:51 and as I study the disciples and I study the Bible, 18:54 when it came to solid truths in the Bible 18:56 and people's souls hang in the balance. 18:59 Jesus or none of the disciples 19:00 ever mushed it down, and like took the potato 19:02 and turned it into mash potatoes. 19:04 You know, they never made it real soft, 19:05 so you can swallow it. 19:06 They just gave what the truth was, in love. 19:10 And so, if you're in a Church that's saying 19:11 that don't have to keep the fourth commandment. 19:13 You're not fitting the Church that's given here 19:15 in the description of Revelation chapter 12 19:17 of God's Remnant Church. 19:20 That's pretty harsh, isn't it? 19:22 But, do you love somebody so enough to tell them that. 19:27 So God's Remnant Church are going to be keeping all ten. 19:31 And if you're not, you're not 19:33 part of God's Remnant Church. 19:34 You know, it makes it nice because not even going 19:35 to the phone book and he's gotta go find a Church. 19:38 That's gonna be keeping all Ten Commandments. 19:41 And you just look at it and say, 19:42 Sunday service, Sunday service, 19:45 Saturday service, okay that maybe it. 19:47 You don't know for sure, you don't know for sure 19:49 that Church will be it, but you do know 19:51 that there was a down quite a bit, 19:52 like he put the whole list of Churches up 19:53 there and you just say okay, 19:54 are they keeping the Ten Commandments, 19:56 you can narrow it down pretty quick. 19:57 Are you following that? So if you're looking, 19:59 if you're at home or looking for a Church 20:00 to be a member of, to be a part of, 20:01 that's it's fitting the characteristics that God 20:04 has for his Remnant Church, 20:05 one of those characteristics is gonna be 20:07 that they're keeping all Ten Commandments, 20:08 which includes the fourth commandment. 20:12 So it's gonna be the pillar in the ground of truth, 20:14 it's gonna be an obscurity during time of the dark ages 20:17 right, until 1798 it will be relatively obscure 20:20 because it will be in the wilderness. 20:22 And now we're looking here that the devil is gonna be 20:23 mad at her and she is gonna be 20:25 keeping the Ten Commandments. 20:26 Teaching that you've to keep the Ten Commandments of God, 20:28 not in order to be saved, but because you're saved. 20:32 Again you're accused of saying I think 20:34 you don't get my obedience. 20:36 If the Bible says that God's people gonna obey the 20:38 Ten Commandments and you won't be part of 20:40 God's people then you all obey the Ten Commandments. 20:44 And if you reject it, can you be the remnant? 20:48 It has nothing to do with the name, does it. 20:50 We haven't mentioned any names as far as what we, 20:52 as far as finding the description here. 20:54 We're just finding the identifying characteristics. 20:56 Well, you know, there is another identifying 20:57 characteristic and we're gonna look at it now 21:00 in the same verse that the same chapter 21:02 Revelation chapter 12 and verse 17. 21:04 It says that they also have 21:06 the testimony of Jesus Christ, 21:08 the testimony of Jesus Christ. 21:10 It's like well, every Church has 21:11 a testimony of the Jesus Christ, 21:12 I mean, that means they're testifying 21:13 about Jesus, right. 21:15 We know that Bible gives a description 21:16 as to what the testimony of Jesus Christ is. 21:19 And so we can like put our opinions on. 21:22 Like I would say what's the testimony of Jesus 21:24 and we can all say, well I think it's this. 21:26 And I think it's that and I think it's because 21:27 the preacher preaches about Jesus, 21:29 I think it's because the preacher 21:30 preaches about love. I think it's because 21:31 we're feeding the poor, we can have all kinds of 21:33 ideas as to what we think the 21:34 testimony of Jesus is about. 21:36 But, you know, there is a Bible text 21:38 that tells you exactly what the testimony of Jesus is 21:43 and at this time we're gonna go to that text, 21:45 Revelation chapter 19 and verse 10. 21:48 And I think we'll have Gloria, 21:50 do you mind reading that for us Ms. Gloria. 21:52 Keep the microphone there, get it all arranged, 21:54 and while you're getting arranged 21:55 we'll all get our Bibles turned there. 21:56 Revelation chapter 19 and verse 10. 21:59 Now it's a very easy one to find, 22:02 it's the next to the, next to the, 22:04 next to the last chapter of the 22:06 last book of the Bible, all right. 22:08 Revelation chapter 19 and verse 10, 22:12 go ahead, Gloria. 22:14 And I fell at his feet to worship him. 22:17 But He said to me, see that you do not do that. 22:22 I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers 22:25 who have the testimony of Jesus. 22:27 Worship God for the testimony of Jesus 22:30 is the spirit of prophecy. Thank you, Gloria. 22:33 She read that with all kinds of path pathos. 22:35 Is that the word you use there, 22:37 there was something there when she read that. 22:39 The testimony of Jesus is what? 22:41 The Spirit of Prophecy. Now I'm gonna ask you, 22:45 we went through a study already. 22:47 And we saw that right now there is, 22:50 well I'm just gonna say it. 22:51 I guess can say this now, 22:52 the Seventh-day Adventist Church 22:54 has a prophet in it's midst, the Spirit of Prophecy. 22:55 Now I'm gonna say something that's gonna also sound 22:58 a little bit outrageous to 22:59 some folks and it's simple this. 23:02 According to the Bible, the Remnant Church 23:03 is gonna keeping the Ten Commandments of God 23:05 and they're gonna have a prophet 23:07 the midst, the Spirit of Prophecy. 23:11 They're gonna have the 23:12 Spirit of Prophecy in the midst. 23:14 It is gonna be a prophetic movement 23:15 with a prophet in it. 23:16 So if you're in a Church that does not have a prophet 23:21 can you be part of God's Remnant Church? 23:25 Sounds harsh doesn't it, 23:27 but are we getting this from the Bible. 23:28 Well some people say well, how can you be sure 23:30 that this is talking about having a prophet, 23:32 after all it just says, the Spirit of Prophecy. 23:34 Well, what is the Spirit of Prophecy, 23:35 did Daniel have the Spirit of Prophecy? 23:38 Because he was a prophet. 23:41 John had the spirit of Prophecy 23:43 because he was a prophet. 23:44 And if you notice right there in a text it says 23:46 when He says don't worship me 23:47 I'm one your fellow servants. 23:49 And then he says worship God, 23:50 for the testimony of Jesus is the Sprit of Prophecy. 23:53 He is talking to a prophet when he says this, 23:55 one of your fellow servants 23:57 is the Spirit of Prophecy, you're Prophet John. 24:01 The testimony of Jesus that you're giving 24:02 is the Spirit of Prophecy. 24:05 And so the Church would have to have that. 24:06 Now we've done a study, yeah, 24:08 we've done that actually a couple of days ago, 24:10 I guess for us it will be yesterday. 24:12 And we looked at, we looked at the 24:14 Spirit of Prophecy in God's Remnant Church 24:16 and you remember that, 24:17 how we went through the slides there. 24:19 I'll do a quick review there, just... 24:21 The people at home that haven't seen that study yet, 24:23 they can go back and watch it and find out how, 24:25 you know, find out where we got this from how, 24:27 while we're saying this. 24:29 Do you remember when we found that 24:30 that every time God raises up 24:31 and has a prophet give a timeframe prophecy. 24:34 He would always at the other end of that prophecy time 24:36 and raise up another prophet to 24:38 announce that it's coming to an end. 24:39 That's why he used Enoch to 24:40 prophesy the flood would come. 24:41 And then when it got ready to come He raised up Noah. 24:44 And then after that, He said, 24:46 had Abraham give up a predictive prophecy 24:48 saying that the children of Israel are 24:49 going into bondage for 400 years. 24:51 After that 400 years they would 24:52 come out with a great deliverance. 24:54 And when it got to the end of the 400 years, 24:55 God just left them to themselves. 24:57 No, He raise up another prophet 24:59 by the name of Moses and God used Moses to deliver them 25:02 And then we went to the Book of Jeremiah. 25:03 I remember Jeremiah 25:05 predicted that, you know what? 25:07 You guys have been disobeying God 25:08 and you been not doing what God wants. 25:10 And so that why everybody always 25:11 hates the prophet right, the contemporary prophet. 25:13 So they all hated Jeremiah and said he is a liar. 25:15 But then they ended up still going in the bondage. 25:17 And Daniel at end of 70 years, 25:19 God raised Daniel up and said, you know, what? 25:21 The 70 years is coming to an end 25:23 God's getting ready to deliver us, 25:24 Daniel 9:2 where you find that out. 25:26 Then Daniel gets a timeline prophecy. 25:29 Daniel's timeline prophecy says that, 25:32 it's gonna go from 70 weeks. 25:34 Remember the 70 weeks were determined 25:35 upon your people and upon the 25:36 holy city for the Messiah to come. 25:38 And then at the end of that timeframe, 25:40 the 70, at the end of 69 week part of that, 25:42 first part of the time prophecy God raised up 25:45 John the Baptist so now the time 25:47 prophecy is coming to an end. 25:48 Then Daniel gives another timeline prophecy, 25:50 do you remember what it was. 25:51 The 2300 days, and that ran out in what year. 25:55 1844 which would have been after 1798, right. 26:00 And during that time God raised up another prophet, 26:03 and the devil raised up all kinds of 26:04 prophets during that timeframe. 26:05 But God raised up another 26:07 prophet and who was it? Ellen White. 26:08 Ellen White and she came with 26:10 a message pointing us back, pointing us back to say, 26:12 you know, what the 2300 days has come to an end. 26:15 The sanctuary has been cleansed 26:16 in heaven, after that takes place. 26:17 After the sanctuary is cleaned according to the 26:19 biblical pattern shown to us in the sanctuary service 26:23 after the Day of Atonement or the Day of Judgment 26:25 or the sanctuary is cleansed what would happen? 26:27 Jesus would come. And so we know 26:29 at that time we would been through the last days. 26:31 And, you know, its fascinating 26:32 because the Church that I've happen to be 26:35 fellow shipping with not the Church that I was raised in. 26:38 I was raised a heathen, but the Church 26:39 that I found when I started studying the Bible 26:41 and found out that the Bible has distinctive 26:44 characteristics for God's Remnant Church. 26:47 In the Bible, when you go look at these things 26:49 that there is one that fits all those is the 26:50 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 26:52 And so my understanding or maybe like 26:55 what my relationship with the Lord 26:57 led me to that not because of how I've been raised 27:00 but because what I studied and found. 27:02 And I'm gonna encourage all of us 27:04 even if you're a Seventh-day Adventist Christians 27:05 sitting here right now. 27:07 I hope you're not here just because 27:08 you're raised that way, because if you are, 27:11 eventually what's gonna happen is there 27:13 gonna be things happening in this world and in your life, 27:14 that the devil is gonna bring about your way. 27:16 And if you're not grounded 27:17 in truth of God's word, you too will turn away. 27:20 And so if you're in your Church 27:21 just because you was raised that way, 27:23 you better make sure you've grounded 27:25 and the foundation found in the Bible. 27:27 And so according what we found now 27:29 is that they will be keeping the 27:30 Ten Commandments of God and they're gonna have 27:31 a testimony of Jesus, which is the Spirit of Prophecy, 27:33 they'll have this prophecy in their midst. 27:35 So let's do a quick review again. 27:37 All right. They're gonna be the 27:38 pillar in the ground of truth. 27:40 They're gonna be presenting the truths of God's word. 27:42 And you notice here to what we've been learning 27:44 through this Bible study series, 27:47 there is a lot of truths that are in God's word, 27:50 that very few people are teaching. 27:52 Like when you die you're waiting on the resurrection. 27:54 That's what the resurrection is about 27:56 to bring the dead out of the grave, right. 27:58 What's the purpose of the resurrection 27:59 if Christ talks about if you die 28:00 and you go straight to reward. 28:01 There is no purpose there, 28:02 if you're already there, I'm not coming back. 28:04 I had enough of this place, right. 28:05 And so there is a resurrection so Christ 28:08 is gonna come and raise the dead, 28:09 people that are sleeping in Jesus. 28:11 That's the truth we find in God's word 28:12 that's being obscured for the most part. 28:14 So if you're Church is gonna be 28:15 the pillar in the ground of truth, 28:18 it would have to be that truth as well. 28:20 And so all these truths you been learning 28:22 through these Bible studies series, 28:23 those truths have to be applied to the Church 28:26 that you wanna be a member of. 28:27 But they're not teaching those truth 28:28 then you need to go look for somebody that does. 28:31 It has to be the pillar in a ground of truth. 28:33 The second identifying characteristics, 28:34 the characteristics we looked at 28:36 is there will be this pure woman. 28:38 And this pure woman would be in obscurity for how long? 28:41 The 1260 days. Have me missed a point, 28:43 was there anything I missed right there. 28:44 Okay, and then we went to the third one 28:46 we just looked at, they're gonna be 28:47 keeping the Ten Commandments all ten of them. 28:51 Did you know that even people in prison 28:53 keep like eight, nine, seven of the Commandments? 28:58 You know, when I was growing up, 29:00 Mike maybe able to go with me on this here too, 29:02 because he had, you know, 29:03 a worse background then I had, 29:04 I guess you could say. 29:06 Tell the whole world that, Mike. 29:07 But I can remember like in school and stuff, 29:09 I had this friend, one friend I had, 29:10 he had thirteen and half tattooed on his arm, 29:12 he was in high school and I went and asked him, 29:14 what was thirteen and half for. 29:16 He says, twelve jury, one judge, half a chance. 29:20 He's like a junior high school within us. 29:22 He thought that, you know, 29:23 he had it on there, twelve jury, 29:24 one judge, half a chance, thirteen and a half. 29:26 And so, did you know this guy had very, 29:28 he wouldn't like steal. 29:31 You know, he had done all kinds of 29:33 ordinary things out there, but he would never steal. 29:34 Never considered stealing. 29:36 But I mean he was a womanizer 29:38 and these kinds of things. 29:39 You know, he just like a, he been on drugs, 29:42 he's been on all kinds of things, 29:43 but he wouldn't steal. 29:45 Everybody keep some of the Commandments, 29:46 you know, we've our own moral standards don't we. 29:49 And even in Churches, you know, 29:51 there is Churches that teaching, 29:52 you got to keep all these Commandments, 29:55 but they like to throw out one. 29:58 So it's important to keeping all of the 30:00 God's Commandments and not throwing out 30:02 one here and then picking and choosing. 30:03 And so that was another identifying characteristic, 30:05 they kept all Ten Commandments. 30:07 And then the next characteristics 30:08 we just looked at that one too 30:09 and it was in order to be part of God's Remnant Church 30:12 they would also have to be have a prophet in the midst. 30:16 Have a prophet in the midst. 30:17 Now we're gonna to the next part of the series. 30:21 Remember John chapter 5, verse 39, 30:24 that's the next text does anybody know 30:25 that one at the top of the head. 30:27 John 5:39 Search the Scriptures, 30:30 for and then you think you have eternal life 30:32 and there they to do what? Testify me. 30:36 So also you have the part of that testimony of Jesus, 30:39 the part of testifying is the fact that 30:40 the spirit of prophecy would be testifying of Jesus. 30:44 So the spirit of prophecy is where 30:46 they've given the testimony of Jesus. 30:47 The scriptures testify of him. 30:49 So both the old and the New Testament 30:52 would testify of him, scriptures. 30:53 When John wrote this, when Jesus spoke this 30:56 and John wrote it. Search the scripture for him 30:58 you think you have eternal life 30:59 and there they testify me. 31:01 What would he had been being referring to? 31:04 The New Testament or the Old Testament? 31:06 Specifically, here the Old Testament, right? 31:08 Because the New Testament hadn't been written yet. 31:10 So if your Church, now I'm just throwing in 31:12 an identifying characteristic, 31:13 it wasn't one of the labeled ones, 31:14 I don't think, but yeah it is. 31:17 It's number 5, so number one was, 31:20 it's foundation of truth, number two 31:22 is it came up publicly after 1798. 31:25 Number 3, it keeps the Commandments. 31:26 Number 4, it has a prophet 31:27 and number 5, we're looking at John 5:39, 31:31 it would actually believe in both the 31:32 old and the New Testament. 31:34 You know, you can go to some Churches 31:36 or you go into a Church and you sit down 31:38 and they supply everybody with New Testaments 31:40 and they don't do the Old Testament. 31:41 When I was doing Bible working 31:42 one time in Michigan, this fellow that I got 31:45 talking with and was sharing with. 31:47 When I've done the studies with him, 31:48 he had never opened his Bible to the Old Testament. 31:50 And he said in his Church, they said the 31:51 New Testament Christian, new covenant Christians, 31:53 so they only used the New Testament. 31:54 They only teach from Matthew forward. 31:56 But now according to Jesus himself, 31:58 when He was going with the 31:59 two guys on the road to Emmaus. 32:00 He was going with the two disciples 32:02 on the road to Emmaus, you remember that story? 32:03 In Luke. That as He went 32:05 with them on the road to Emmaus. 32:07 He shared with them all the things 32:09 in the scriptures concerning himself. 32:12 Well, starting at Moses all the way to Malachi, right? 32:16 All the things in the Scriptures 32:17 concerning himself. If you throw out 32:19 the Old Testament, if your Church 32:20 throws out the Old Testament. 32:21 Can you be part of God's remnant? 32:23 No, they had to believe in the old whole Bible, 32:25 that both Old and New Testament. 32:26 And maybe to some people shock 32:27 and surprise the Old Testament 32:29 does not contradict the New Testament 32:31 or the New Testament the Old, it fits together. 32:34 Somehow somebody saying, somebody thinks, 32:35 I've heard that, heard it say that 32:36 they contradict one and other so. 32:38 So we got to get rid of one or the other 32:40 and so, that's not the case at all. 32:42 All right, so they're gonna keep all Ten Commandments. 32:45 They're going to have a prophet in the midst, 32:46 they're gonna believe both the Old Testament 32:48 and the New Testament, 32:49 they're gonna teach from both. 32:51 Though, if the Church that you're a part of, 32:53 has not covered these characteristics, 32:56 frankly, you may need to looking for another Church. 33:00 And just for us here, I guess for those of you 33:02 at home they may be given this Bible study later. 33:04 We need to realize that, you know, 33:09 the kind of people who were going crazy when I do that. 33:11 I look at the wrong camera every time 33:12 I am talking to the people at home. 33:13 I will try harder next time guys. 33:15 So for the people at home, if you're part of a Church 33:19 that doesn't fit these characteristics. 33:22 You may be looking for another Church. 33:24 You may be needing to do that. 33:26 And I know that sounds kind of harsh, 33:28 but it is biblical. Did you know that 33:32 Jesus himself changed his Church? 33:35 Did you know He did that? 33:36 Don't you remember at the end of His ministry, 33:38 He goes into His Church and He says your house 33:39 is left unto you desolate and he left. 33:43 He says, you guys, 33:44 this is your Church now, it's not mine. 33:46 Prior to that, you can come in there, 33:47 He cleansed the temple and he turned off the table 33:50 and stuff and he says, my father has said, 33:53 you know, the Bible says, that this, 33:55 my house has become a den of thieves, right? 33:58 He says that my house was gonna be a house of prayer, 33:59 but you've made it a den of thieves. 34:00 That's how it's quoted, right? 34:02 My house is to be a house of prayer, 34:04 but you made it a den of thieves. 34:05 But at the end of His ministry, 34:07 He left his Church and He says, 34:09 your house is left to you desolate. 34:11 He didn't call it His house anymore. 34:13 He left his Church and then 34:14 a new Church was established. 34:15 The New Testament Church what we call today 34:17 with the apostles and things like that, 34:18 the disciples, does that make sense? 34:20 So even he himself when he realized that 34:22 his Church had been so far the wrong way. 34:25 He said you know what? I'm sorry I got to leave 34:28 and he did just that, he left it to them. 34:31 Hard to do isn't it? Yeah, 34:34 but is what the Bible teaches 34:35 then it's important that we follow what the 34:37 Bible teaches and not what man teaches. 34:39 Remember Peter, we ought to obey God rather than men. 34:43 In Revelation 12, I mean Revelation 14 now, 34:46 and these characteristics here. 34:47 This is powerful, you've heard of the 34:48 three angels message, right? 34:51 Well, we will look at three angels message here 34:52 in Revelation chapter 14 now 34:54 and we're gonna have different people read. 34:56 Somebody else read here, 34:57 Revelation Chapter 14 verse 6, and 7 34:59 and I'll probably stop and interrupt whoever it is, 35:01 I gonna let Tim do this. 35:02 Revelation chapter 14, verses 6 and 7. 35:05 Tim, I want you to read this for me. 35:06 And again, I'll probably stop you 35:08 and interrupt you and I know I can do that with you, 35:10 because you have that nice smile. 35:11 And you'll just let it go and won't be angry with me. 35:14 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 35:18 having the everlasting gospel 35:20 to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, 35:22 and to every nation, and kindred, 35:24 and tongue, and people. 35:25 Okay, hold on. Okay. 35:26 According to the Bible here there is gonna be 35:28 a message it's gonna go out. 35:29 This angel symbolically this angel's gonna come down. 35:32 And we know that the angels don't actually come 35:33 and preach that God uses His people to preach. 35:35 So this is symbolic here of God's people, 35:37 they're going out and preaching. 35:38 And Tim, they're gonna be preaching 35:40 what kind of message, what's gonna be the 35:41 message that's gonna be the... 35:42 The everlasting gospel. The everlasting gospel 35:44 and where are they gonna take it to? 35:46 They're gonna take it to the earth. 35:47 Every nation, kindred, kindred, and tongue. 35:49 All right, you know what that's telling us.. 35:52 That God's people in the last days, 35:54 in order for it to be God's remnant Church, 35:56 they're gonna have to be going to all of the world. 35:59 They say, well, my Church is going 36:00 all over the world, we send missionaries out. 36:03 No, going to all of the world simply means 36:05 that every part of the Globe 36:06 is gonna be hearing this message. 36:08 Now, let me give you some facts 36:09 about the Seventh-day Church. 36:11 There are basically two Churches right now 36:13 that are in all of the world 36:15 like every country in the world, 36:16 that are in every part of the globe, 36:19 every part of the world. 36:20 You know, what those two Churches are? 36:22 The Catholic and the Seventh -day Adventist Church. 36:25 You know, most of the Churches, 36:27 you know, like North America, 36:29 when you're talking about North American Churches 36:30 and things like that, that's where they are. 36:33 Primarily North America there will be 36:34 a few countries here, and a few countries there, 36:36 but you won't find them all over the earth. 36:39 And according to this message 36:40 here that we are look at. 36:41 That this message is gonna go 36:42 when it's preached in all the world. 36:43 In other words they're gonna have 36:45 a presence in every part of the world. 36:47 I remember, I haven't done very much traveling 36:49 as far as outside of Kentucky, 36:51 prior to moving to Florida. 36:52 But I do remember one time when I, 36:54 one of the company I was working for, 36:55 send me to Egypt, Cairo Egypt 36:57 and I was gonna be there for over a week. 37:01 And you know, the dilemma I had, 37:02 I wanna find a Adventist Church. 37:04 Well, sure enough, you know, I get there. 37:06 And they have McDonald's, 37:08 they had KFC Kentucky fried chicken, 37:11 I didn't eat at either place. 37:12 I'll have you know, so don't send me any letters, 37:13 I didn't eat at either place. 37:15 But they also had a Seventh-day Church 37:17 just a couple of miles away. 37:18 Oh that's interesting, right there in Cairo, 37:20 you know it's a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cairo. 37:22 But I can understand, you can go to 37:23 anywhere in the world and you know, 37:24 what's interesting about that. 37:25 When I went to the, when I went to the 37:26 Church there in Cairo, Egypt. 37:28 They had, they had both the 37:29 English Sabbath school class 37:31 and another one they spoke in Arabic, 37:36 whatever the language is there, right? 37:37 I didn't understand anything they were saying. 37:39 But in the English Sabbath 37:40 school class, I understood perfectly. 37:42 In the Sabbath school quarterly, 37:43 the lesson that they're using to teach 37:44 to everybody, you know, the same one 37:45 I've been studying all week. 37:47 In other words, listen, the Church is teaching 37:49 the same message all over the world. 37:51 You go any of the Sabbath school 37:53 anywhere in the world and basically 37:54 you're gonna teach the same thing. 37:56 I will tell you this is the little note here 37:58 I thought was interesting. 37:59 The guest speaker that they had at 38:00 the Church that day was from China. 38:02 So, and he spoke broken English. 38:05 He preached the sermon in broken English 38:07 and they translated into Arabic. 38:11 I was so confused, I mean, 38:13 as I was listening to him preach, 38:14 I was picking up the words here, 38:15 his English is pretty poor, you know. 38:17 So I am picking up what he is saying listening closely 38:18 then they would translate into Arabic there. 38:20 You know, they will translate and.. 38:23 it was a little confusing but we made it through. 38:26 But I think it's interesting that anywhere you go, 38:28 you do find those things. You know, you find 38:31 a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 38:32 In other words, if your Church 38:33 isn't going to all the world it can be God's remnant. 38:37 That's another identifying characteristic, 38:39 pretty potent isn't it. 38:40 I mean, then there was a down quite a bit. 38:42 I wish I had that graph, I've seen it before, 38:44 it's a little chart that's put out by... 38:48 I can't think of the group that puts it out. 38:50 But they took all the denominations 38:52 that claim to be denomination, 38:53 but certainly not a membership 38:54 and things like that. And they list them 38:55 down a list, this side here. 38:58 And then across the top, they list all the nations. 39:01 Across the top like this, 39:02 and all of the countries right, 39:05 and then, you can go find new denomination 39:07 and it will have a little black dot everywhere 39:09 in every country that they have a presence in. 39:12 And when you get down to 39:13 Seventh-day Adventist, you're just like 39:14 straight across Catholic, straight across, right? 39:16 And then they got like say, say the Baptist, 39:18 they maybe like, I don't know 39:19 how many countries, just for a number's sake 50. 39:21 That's something like 270 or more then that. 39:24 Now, I don't know how many countries are 39:25 exactly in the world, but there was only 39:28 two they had dots in almost like 39:29 in every nation, every country. 39:32 And the other ones had a large presences 39:34 but there is only two going all around 39:36 isn't that interesting that they are two going 39:37 all around are the two opposing forces there. 39:41 Very interesting. And so God is 39:43 finishing the word, God is sending it out. 39:45 And if you're in a Church 39:47 that's not going to all the world. 39:49 What we just read it is gonna go to every nation, 39:51 kindred, tongue and people. 39:53 That's what Tim read there. 39:54 So that's the next identifying characteristic 39:56 I think we on our list if you are following on, 39:58 it's a worldwide organization. 40:00 Now, let's look at another identifying characteristic 40:03 of God's remnant Church 40:04 as we continue even in the same text. 40:06 Go ahead and keep reading. 40:08 Oh, actually back up where it says, 40:10 they will be preaching the everlasting gospel 40:11 and read from there down. Okay. 40:14 Having the everlasting gospel 40:15 to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, 40:18 and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue 40:20 and people saying with a loud voice, 40:23 'Fear God, and give glory to him, 40:25 for the hour of his judgment is come. 40:26 The hour of his judgment is come. 40:28 Okay, so this people they gonna be preaching 40:31 everlasting gospel and then the next verse says, 40:33 we covered this already, but I like to 40:34 reiterated just a little bit. 40:35 The next verse says what is the everlasting gospel? 40:38 Well, it says right there in the next verse, 40:39 they will be going to all the world saying 40:41 with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him 40:43 for the hour of his judgment is come. 40:46 So you see that, they're gonna be 40:47 preaching a present tense, 40:49 Judgment hour message. All right. 40:53 It so if you're in a Church it says, 40:54 you know what, that the judgment that doesn't, 40:56 all that took place, was way back 40:58 in Christ at the cross like some people say. 41:01 Right, that was the judgment or they'll say, 41:03 with the judgment, you have a future, 41:04 you die, you go straight to heaven, 41:05 you stand up before the God like the cartoons portray. 41:07 You know, that's what I used to believe, 41:08 because that was the cartoon, 41:09 Tom and Jerry, remember that's where 41:10 I got theology before I started training. 41:12 Studying the Bible, I got it from my childhood. 41:14 And so, you know, one at a time, 41:15 you know they're dying, they're coming to heaven, 41:16 you got Saint Peter standing up there. 41:17 And he got the little book open, 41:18 and you stand before the judgment there 41:20 and you get rewarded they go into the gate. 41:22 Or you got to go the other place back down 41:23 through the earth and get in the center. 41:25 You know the whole idea is right like that? 41:26 No, the judgment is a present tense 41:28 judgment hour message. 41:30 It's tied with the sanctuary, 41:32 you know like we looked at already with the sanctuary. 41:33 In other words, in the Old Testament 41:35 you had the sanctuary service 41:37 with the Day of Atonement and the judgment took place. 41:39 Now you have remnant taking place in heaven with 41:41 Jesus Christ in the most holy place now, 41:43 with the judgment taking place. 41:44 Our judgment is going on right now, 41:47 that's what we have to be surrender our hearts 41:49 to hearts to Lord Jesus Christ 41:50 and living for him everyday. 41:51 Because we don't know 41:52 at what hour that judgment will close. 41:54 So this Church is gonna be going to all the world 41:56 with a judgment hour present tense message. 41:59 If is not, it is teaching that if your in 42:02 a Church that is teaching oh nothing about the judgment. 42:04 You know, just like wait like you're 42:06 getting ready to die and say, 42:07 I believe in Jesus and everything will be fine. 42:09 That's not a judgment hour message. 42:12 Now, I am not saying that I don't believe 42:13 in death bed confessions and being saved, 42:15 we got a thief on the cross as an example of that right. 42:17 I mean, he gave his heart to the Lord on the cross there. 42:19 Those things do happen, but I sure 42:21 won't wanna be taking that chance. 42:24 What if you die in a car wreck? 42:26 You don't have that chance to say, 42:27 oh Lord, forgive me, you know, 42:28 and give your heart to him. 42:29 God wants us to give our heart to him now, 42:31 because the judgment also is taking place now 42:34 and one day it will end. 42:35 So the remnant Church to review, 42:40 they're gonna be the foundation of truth. 42:44 We have a thus saith the Lord, 42:47 for everything we believe. 42:50 You understand that, not everybody can say that 42:53 I mean for instance you don't have 42:56 a thus saith the Lord for Sunday-keeping, 42:57 Sunday sacredness. 42:59 You have a thus saith tradition, 43:01 but not a thus saith the Lord, 43:02 we've already covered that in previous lessons. 43:04 And for those at home this is the first time 43:06 you are joining us and you're thinking 43:07 what is this guy talking about well you can go back 43:09 and read, and study the previous lessons 43:11 and find out, that the Bible teaches what we're saying. 43:13 I don't have time to cover all these truths again. 43:15 That's why you've come in toward the end of these, 43:18 Bible studies and then so 43:20 we're doing these for the last part here. 43:22 And so, they're gonna be the foundation of truth. 43:24 They're gonna be teaching the truths of God's word, 43:26 and they're gonna be bringing those back out. 43:27 And God's remnant are gonna be bringing those 43:29 back out of obscurity, back to the frontlines. 43:31 And if you're not in a Church 43:32 of teaching these truths, then obviously 43:35 you're not in God's Remnant for the last days 43:36 and God wants to bring us together. 43:38 Remember, we already looked at that. 43:39 The next part, the next part here 43:40 what we're looking at, that was the, 43:41 that was the first identifying characteristic. 43:43 The second one, it would be in relative 43:46 obscurity from the years 538 to 1798, 43:49 they would be there but they would be in hiding. 43:51 You won't see them on 3ABN or the Hope Channel 43:53 or things like that during that time 43:54 right because 3ABN didn't exists. 43:56 Not only for that reason, but they had to go into 43:59 hiding because of the prosecution. 44:01 Remember, we studied that already. 44:02 So they would be in hiding 44:03 because of the persecution during that time. 44:05 So that's the second identifying characteristic. 44:07 The third identifying characteristic we're looking 44:09 at is going to be keeping all nine Commandments. 44:13 Thank you, Shalita. All Ten Commandments, 44:16 even the fourth Commandment, 44:17 that dreaded fourth commandment 44:19 that much of the world has rejected. 44:20 Now, I've heard people say, you Adventists, 44:23 all you do is talk about the Fourth Commandment. 44:24 No, it isn't. No, it isn't. 44:26 We talk about the one about adultery too, 44:27 because everybody is breaking that one too. 44:31 You know, we tend to put that one, 44:33 an emphasis on that, you want to know why. 44:35 Because it's the only that starts with the remembrance, 44:36 it's the only one that the world's saying forget. 44:39 You know, the churches, the leaders other saying 44:40 well forget that forth commandment. 44:42 Forget the forth commandment. 44:43 And so we bring that one out because 44:44 that's what God would have us do. 44:46 If the whole church is breaking 44:47 a particular commandment, 44:49 you want to point him back and say, 44:50 you know what its just as important 44:51 as the other nine and there are whole churches 44:52 breaking the whole seventh commandment as well. 44:55 So we're pointing him back to that one too, right. 44:59 Okay, so then we're keeping all Ten Commandments 45:01 and teaching men to do so. That was number three. 45:04 Number four, they would have a prophet in their midst. 45:08 And we studied the Spirit of Prophecy study, 45:10 we already recovered that one yesterday 45:12 and on a previous video, if you want to go back 45:14 and look at that one, it's title number 18, 45:16 the Spirit of Prophecy number 18. 45:20 They believed in both the Old and the New Testament, 45:23 the whole Bible will be the role faith. 45:25 So let's get to here, the Bible, the Bible only, 45:27 the role of faith, right. 45:29 And then also there will be a worldwide organization. 45:31 There won't be some secluded little, 45:33 local non denominational church 45:35 here in accordance say, this is God's Remnant Church. 45:36 We know we are because we don't believe anything. 45:38 That's not, that's not what we'll be looking for. 45:40 We're gonna be looking for one that's 45:41 standing for God's truth and going to all the world. 45:44 If you want to be in God's church, 45:46 now if you want to be in the convenient Church 45:48 you can pick whatever you want. 45:49 But God's church you're gonna have 45:50 certain principles and certain truths, all right. 45:53 We're still in the review. 45:54 They're gonna have a present tense 45:56 judgment hour pre advent judgment. 45:58 This is going to be taking place. 45:59 In other words, the judgment of God 46:00 is gonna come before the second advent of Christ. 46:04 Now, Tim, I'm gonna pick up that catch again, 46:06 continue to read there in verse 7 46:08 and finish it up. Start from verse 7, 46:11 chapter 14, Revelation 14, verse 7, 46:14 just read the whole verse now. Okay. 46:17 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, 46:18 and give glory to Him; 46:21 for the hour of His judgment is come: 46:23 and worship Him that made heaven, 46:25 and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 46:28 Okay. So this Remnant Church 46:30 is also is gonna calling people back to worship God 46:34 as the creator God, to worship Him as the creator. 46:37 Now that was that one identifying 46:38 characteristic necessarily, but that's definitely 46:41 one of the things that's gonna be doing, 46:42 calling people back to worship God as the creator. 46:48 You know, in a world where many churches are saying, 46:51 its okay to believe in evolution, 46:53 isn't it nice to have a people that believe 46:54 that God actually done it in six days 46:56 and rested on the seventh day. 46:57 And you can believe what the Bible says and follow that. 47:00 And we're calling him back to God as the creator. 47:03 Calling people to worship Him as their creator. 47:05 In other words, God kind of knew, 47:08 I think God definitely knew, that in the last days, 47:11 you would have people that 47:12 didn't believe God was a creator. 47:14 That he evolved out of some kind of slime. 47:16 And so God is calling us 47:18 back to trust in Him as the creator. 47:20 Now there is another one here 47:21 and actually it wasn't on my slide, 47:22 so I'm gonna have to just point it out short to you. 47:24 Let's move on down to verse 9, actually that should be 47:27 Revelation 14 verse 6 through 9. 47:30 Six through nine is what should be not six and seven. 47:34 So if you want to make a correction there 47:35 on your notes or whatever six through nine 47:36 will be a better, better for that. 47:38 And Tim, I'm gonna go ahead 47:39 and read this last part for you okay. 47:40 I'll give you a break, brother. 47:41 Thank you. Your welcome. 47:44 Verse 9 says, and the third angel followed, 47:48 it has a second angels message 47:49 and I'll just read verse 8 to just to fill the context. 47:52 And there followed another angel, 47:53 second angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen 47:55 that great city, because she made all nations 47:57 drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 47:59 So that's the second angel. Then, it fits that as well, 48:03 calling people out of Babylon. 48:05 Babylon being spiritual confusion, okay. 48:08 Third angel followed, saying with a loud voice, 48:11 If any man worship the beast and his image, 48:14 and received his mark in his forehead, 48:15 or in his hand, the same shall drink 48:18 of the wine of the wrath of God, 48:19 which is poured out without mixture 48:21 into the cup of his indignation; 48:22 and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone 48:24 in the presence of the holy angels, 48:26 and in the presence of the Lamb. 48:27 So according to verse 9 I just want to had 48:29 note pass it there, this remnant people 48:31 that will be preaching a message that tells 48:34 people how to avoid the mark of the beast. 48:37 In other words, there won't be saying 48:39 we don't know what the mark of the beast is, 48:40 it could be this or could be that. 48:41 And for those of you at home and for those of us here, 48:44 that Pastor Scott is going to be teaching us next. 48:47 He is going to be teaching us 48:48 what the mark of the beast is 48:49 and how we can avoid the mark of the beast. 48:50 He is going to be actually be teaching that 48:51 for us here a little bit later on. 48:53 I'm not sure that the next study 48:54 or the one after but I know its coming very soon. 48:58 We already had him. 49:00 He already taught to you guys before. 49:01 I'm sorry, I'm not in here all the time, 49:04 Scott has already taught you about the mark of the beast. 49:06 You can find that on the 49:07 earlier studies is that right, 49:08 it goes before that, right. 49:12 You do have it. Yeah, its number 17. 49:16 As we're carrying on here, they're gonna have 49:17 a present tense judgment hour message, 49:20 and they're gonna be teaching the 49:21 mark of the beast, okay. 49:22 So they're gonna understand what the mark is. 49:24 Have you been to a church and they say 49:25 oh I wonder what the mark of the beast is. 49:27 And he says, well I don't know 49:29 and they'll say I'll tell you what I think it is. 49:31 Its barcode labels, don't buy 49:34 anything with a barcode label. 49:35 Do you know, I used to say that. 49:36 Oh that's the mark of the beast. 49:37 You know, you know, why you don't hear 49:38 people say that anymore? 49:40 Because those people starved to dead a long time ago, 49:43 they didn't buy anything with barcodes. 49:44 And so they've all kinds of theories out there 49:46 about what the mark of beast is. 49:47 But according to the Bible, that God's Remnant Church 49:50 are gonna know exactly what the mark of the beast is. 49:53 And that's why it says they're gonna be 49:54 warning people away from that. 49:55 Let me read it again the verse 9. 49:57 The third angel followed saying with a loud voice, 49:59 If any man worship the beast and his image, 50:01 and receive his mark in his forehead, 50:02 or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine 50:04 of the wrath of God. So they've been warning 50:06 people not to receive the mark of the beast. 50:07 Would it be fair for God to say I'm gonna have 50:10 the people warning people about the mark of the beast. 50:12 And then say well, God, what is the mark of the beast. 50:14 And He says well that's for me 50:15 to know and for you to find out. 50:18 Doesn't make sense would it? 50:19 So these guys are gonna have, 50:20 a group of people according 50:21 to what was read here in Revelation, 50:23 that's gonna be warning people 50:24 away from that mark of the beast. 50:25 And how to avoid and what it is. 50:27 And since you already, you already discovered that 50:29 with Pastor Scott study there. 50:30 You know what the mark of the beast 50:32 is and how to avoid it. 50:33 And they're gonna actually giving that, that message. 50:38 That's one of the identifying characteristics. 50:40 So I think I've given about nine or ten, 50:43 but we only had eight listed. 50:44 I'm gonna go with those eight again real quick. 50:46 And when you give your study and you go with these 50:49 eight identifying characteristics 50:50 I can promise you this. You've a lot of questions. 50:55 People gonna say what about this or that, 50:57 unless you cover everything really good 51:00 when you do the rest of your studies. 51:02 In other words, you don't go like 51:04 when you give your studies. 51:05 You don't from the word of God study 51:07 to the Remnant church study. 51:10 That you understand why we've been progressing 51:12 from these studies, the way we've been 51:13 progressing through them. 51:14 Because if you don't understand the fact 51:16 that God has a Remnant Church 51:17 it's going to be like, if you don't 51:19 understand how important it is 51:20 to keep the Ten Commandments, 51:21 then you won't understand the Remnant study. 51:23 If you don't understand how important 51:25 it is like for instance, to understand 51:27 the day for your principle. 51:28 And understand that God when He gets things 51:30 symbolically that the use of day for your, 51:32 you don't understand the Remnant Church study. 51:34 So all these studies that you been learning 51:35 as we're making them in your Bibles, they're progressive. 51:38 And we've led up to this is like, 51:39 this is almost like, almost a climactic event here, 51:41 where he's saying, you know what, 51:43 if you're in a church, if you're among 51:44 a group of people and you're worshiping with them. 51:46 And they're not the pillar in the ground of truth. 51:48 If they're not going into all the world, 51:50 if they're not teaching the truth about 51:51 the mark of the beast, if they're not teaching 51:52 these things then you need to leave. 51:57 That's harsh, but can you continue to grow an error, 52:02 and expect to be ready when Jesus comes? 52:05 And I wanna just point out something here 52:07 because some people say, well are you saying 52:09 that all my relatives that didn't obey these things 52:12 that you're saying in the Bible are going to be lost? 52:13 No, I'm not saying that at all. 52:15 Let me point out something to you, 52:18 and I think I've done this in earlier study. 52:19 I remember doing that in the early study 52:21 but we're just gonna touch on it again. 52:24 We look at the story of Noah in his day. 52:26 Noah's great, great, grandfather was Enoch. 52:30 And Enoch didn't had to know 52:31 anything about building an ark. 52:32 In order to him being saved, did he. 52:34 Then Bible says he wasn't not anymore 52:36 because the God just took him. 52:38 He was whisked away to heaven, right. 52:40 And then he got a son, 52:41 Enoch did by the name of Methuselah. 52:43 And you know Methuselah didn't have to 52:44 build an ark to be saved. 52:46 No, he died right when the flood came, didn't he. 52:49 And Methuselah also had a son his name was Lamech 52:52 and Lamech didn't either know how 52:53 to build an ark in order to be saved. 52:56 Apparently he didn't have to know how to build an ark. 52:58 He could have been saved, he saved have been saved 52:59 anyway likely, could have been anyway. 53:01 We don't know where he ended up, 53:02 when he died and stuff, the Bible is silent on that. 53:04 Well what about Noah, could Noah looked at, 53:07 when God come to Noah and said, 53:08 here is the present truth Noah 53:09 for your day, here is the truth. 53:10 And Noah says, well I know that's truth 53:12 but you know what my ancestors 53:14 didn't follow that truth and they were all saved. 53:16 I'm not going to follow it. 53:17 Could Noah have rejected the present day truth 53:19 and still been saved? No. 53:22 So as you learn things, as you and I are 53:24 learning things that they're from the Bible. 53:26 And if we tend to say, well I don't care about 53:28 what these truths are, because my parents 53:30 or my grandparents or whoever, 53:32 they didn't follow this truths 53:33 and I think they still gonna be 53:34 saved like way in the truth is. 53:35 If they had a relationship with 53:37 Jesus Christ they will be saved. 53:39 But when God has come to you 53:41 and He has given both you and He has given me, 53:43 new insider or some present day truth, 53:46 it is very dangerous for us to say, 53:48 hey, you know what, it really doesn't matter, 53:50 I'm just go on and do my own thing. 53:52 Very dangerous to do that. 53:53 If God is calling you out of the Church 53:56 that you're part of, and you reject that truth 53:59 and you refuse to come out. 54:01 Then it's the same as rejecting God. 54:05 I can picture Jesus there as He walked out of the 54:07 Temple the last time when he said your 54:08 house is left unto you desolate. 54:10 I can just picture tears in His eyes as He is leaving. 54:15 Wishing that they would all come with him too. 54:18 We're running a little short on time and so, 54:20 I wanna just point out this one other thing here 54:23 that just may help people to understand it a little more. 54:26 When we read this story in John chapter 6, 54:28 this is the whole chapter of 54:29 John chapter 6, it's very interesting. 54:31 At the beginning of the chapter, 54:32 Jesus begins the chapter by feeding the multitudes, 54:36 doing what we would call, what we would call work, 54:38 you know, what do you call it 54:39 when a Church does all that work. 54:40 We call it outreach, you know, 54:42 or community service, community service, right. 54:45 He is feeding the multitude, 54:46 He is feeding the thousands, right. 54:47 And he has 10,000 people, 54:48 5000 plus the women and children. 54:50 They're all following around 54:51 he feeds them all and they're all happy, 54:52 they love him and they're following Him. 54:54 John chapter 6, the beginning of the chapter. 54:56 The next time we read about Jesus doing 54:57 in John chapter 6 an right after that 54:59 He has the multitudes all standing there 55:01 and he begins to preach a sermon to them. 55:03 It preaches a very difficult sermon because 55:05 in John chapter 6 verse 63 he talks about 55:08 how these words I've just spoken at you, 55:10 they were spirit and their life. 55:11 They're spiritual words right, 55:13 He is speaking to them. 55:14 And he talks about how His body is the 55:17 bread you must eat, His blood 55:19 is the juice you must drink. 55:21 And the people were like, what's he talking about. 55:22 And He says I'm speaking to him spiritually 55:24 and he said he said it's too hard we can't handle it. 55:26 And all 10,000 of them leave. 55:28 So at the beginning of John chapter 6 55:30 He is doing community service 55:31 following Him. 55:32 At the end of John chapter 6 55:34 He preaches one sermon 55:35 and all 10,000 leave except His disciples. 55:38 Can you imagine what the conference 55:39 would do to me, or if the church would do to me 55:40 if I have 10,000 at a evangelist meeting at 55:42 the end of the first night, 10,000 people were there. 55:45 And the next night nobody shows up 55:47 except the church members. 55:48 They'll say, you're not preaching 55:49 here again right, thank you very much. 55:51 So this happened to Jesus but here is the point. 55:54 After everybody else left Jesus turns to His disciples 55:57 and he says, hey, are you gonna leave too? 55:59 And what was Peter's answer. Where are we gonna go. 56:02 You have the words of life. 56:05 They were following Jesus not because 56:07 the multitudes were following Him. 56:08 But they were following Jesus 56:10 because He had the words of life. 56:12 That must be the reason that we attend any church 56:14 we're at or we're going to, 56:15 we must have the place that has the words of life. 56:18 Let's go to our closing text, 56:19 John chapter 10 and verse 16. 56:22 I'm gonna take this one myself, 56:23 John chapter 6, John chapter 10 rather, 56:26 I'm still having John 6 in my head. 56:27 John 10 and verse 16. 56:30 By the way that story there in John chapter 6 56:34 it's a good sermon to preach. 56:36 If you wanna turn that into one, there is a lot there. 56:39 John chapter 10 and verse 16, 56:42 Jesus says this in his appeal. 56:46 Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: 56:49 them I also must bring, and when they hear my voice; 56:53 there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 56:57 Jesus is calling His people right now 56:59 that are hearing His voice. 57:00 Right now while you're hearing His voice. 57:02 He is calling you into one fold or those one shepherd. 57:05 Right now, presently on this earth there is 57:08 one church that fits the description of 57:09 everything we've looked at today 57:10 and that's the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 57:13 If you're a member of your church 57:14 for any other reason rather than 57:16 these identifying characteristics, 57:17 you need to think about what you're doing. 57:19 So I wanna invite you guys here 57:21 to continue to go along with us in our studies. 57:23 And you people at home, I wanna invite you 57:25 to come with us here, you can come to LIFE. 57:27 You can find out more information 57:28 on how to come to LIFE at comeexperiencelife.com 57:32 or you can download these studies 57:33 online at the same place. 57:35 And we hope to see you again here for our next study. 57:38 And thank you for showing up 57:39 and being here with us today. |
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