Like a bride
waiting for her groom
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We'll be a church ready for You
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Every heart longing for our King
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We sing Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Even so come Lord Jesus come
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Try that with us.
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Like a bride
waiting for her groom
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We'll be a church ready for You
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Every heart longing for our King
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We sing Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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All of creation All of the earth
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Make straight a
highway, a path for the Lord
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Jesus is coming soon
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Call back the
sinner wake up the saint
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Let every nation
shout of Your fame
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Jesus is coming soon
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Like a bride
waiting for her groom
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We'll be a church ready for You
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Every heart longing for our King
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We sing Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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So we wait
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We wait for You
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God we wait
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You're coming soon
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So we wait.
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So we wait
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We wait for You
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God we wait
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You're coming soon
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Like a bride.
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Like a bride
waiting for her groom
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We'll be a church ready for You
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Every heart longing for our King
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We sing Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Like a bride
waiting for her groom
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We'll be a church ready for You
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Every heart longing for our King
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We sing Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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Even so come
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Lord Jesus come
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And when He comes,
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I promise you we
won't be sitting,
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we'll be standing.
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So I'm gonna invite
you to stand right now
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because I want us to picture
for a moment in our hearts
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and in our minds
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that Jesus is
coming in the clouds
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and what we will see
is totally indescribable.
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From the highest of heights
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To the depths of the sea
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Creation's
revealing Your majesty
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From the colors of fall
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To the fragrance of spring
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Every creature unique
in the song that it sings
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All exclaiming
Indescribable, uncontainable
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You placed the stars in the
sky and You know them by name
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You are amazing God
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All powerful, untameable
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Awestruck we fall to our
knees as we humbly proclaim
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You are amazing God
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Who has told
every lightning bolt
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Where it should go
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Or seen heavenly
storehouses laden with snow
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Who imagined the sun and
gives source to its light
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Yet conceals it to
bring us the coolness of night
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None can fathom
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Indescribable, uncontainable
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You placed the stars in the
sky and You know them by name
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You are amazing God
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All powerful, untameable
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Awestruck we fall to our
knees as we humbly proclaim
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You are amazing God
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You are amazing God
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Indescribable, uncontainable
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You placed the stars in the
sky and You know them by name
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You are amazing God
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Incomparable, unchangeable
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You see the depths of my
heart and You love me the same
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You are amazing God
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
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I lift up my
voice I lift up my voice
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Great are you, Lord
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Great are you, Lord
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Great is the Lord
He is holy and just
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By His power we
trust in His love
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Great is the Lord,
He is faithful and true
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By His mercy He
proves He is love
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord,
He is holy and just
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By His power we
trust in His love
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Great is the Lord,
He is faithful and true
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By His mercy He
proves He is love
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great is the Lord
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Great is the Lord
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Amen. Amen.
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Hallelujah. You may be seated.
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My hope is built on nothing less
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Than Jesus'
blood and righteousness
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
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But wholly trust in Jesus' name
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My hope is built on nothing less
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Than Jesus'
blood and righteousness
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
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But wholly trust in Jesus' name
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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When Darkness
seems to hide His face
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I rest on His unchanging grace
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In every high and stormy gale
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My anchor holds within the veil
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My anchor holds within the veil
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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When He shall
come with trumpet sound
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Oh, may I then in Him be found
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Dressed in His
righteousness alone
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Faultless stand
before the throne
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Dressed in His
righteousness alone
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Faultless stand
before the throne
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Well, my goodness.
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This is a crowd, isn't it?
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I'm going to tell you a story
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about something that
happened a long, long time ago,
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even before you could remember.
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And this happened to me
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when I was on the
other side of the world.
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I was preaching an
evangelistic series
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up in the village of Limuru
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and every day I had to drive
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with the head elder
who's the one who drove.
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Then he would drive me up
into the village of Limuru
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out of this city.
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And there were three things
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that frightened
me about that drive.
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Firstly, have your
parents ever complained
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about the roads
in Berrien Springs?
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Yes.
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Well, the roads up
to the village of Limuru
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were even worse than the
roads in Berrien Springs,
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if you can imagine that.
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And the drivers
were even more dangerous
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than the drivers
of Berrien Springs,
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if you can imagine that,
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because the drivers
on the road up to Limuru
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didn't necessarily
care about left or right.
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They didn't care
which side of the road
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they were supposed to be on.
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They drove on
whatever side they wanted,
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whatever speed they wanted,
up these windy mountain roads.
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And so there was one other thing
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that frightened me
about the drive to Limuru also
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and that was the
car that we rode in,
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because it was not
exactly up to standards.
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It looked like it
was going to fall apart.
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And when I sat in
the passenger seat,
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I could look
down between my legs
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and there's a hole in the ground
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and I could
watch the road go by,
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right between my legs.
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And so the entire
drive up to Limuru,
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every single day to preach,
I spent the time praying,
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praying that I would
make it all the way to Limuru
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and that I would
make it all the way home.
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But one day, after I
had finished preaching,
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we got in the car to head
back, and we went over a bump.
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Bu-bump.
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And as we went over the
bump, yes, it was terrifying.
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As we went over the bump
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and the lights
in the car went out.
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And when it,
the lights went out,
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it got dark because
there were no street lights,
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there were no lights
in the homes there either
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because there
was no electricity,
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going up on the road to Limuru.
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And so the lights
went out and it was dark
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and we went over
another bump, bu-bump,
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and the lights came back on.
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And this kept happening.
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Bu-bump, lights
off. Bu-bump, lights on.
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Bu-bump, lights off.
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And then we went over a bump.
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Bu-bump, lights off.
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And there were some people
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before the lights went
off at the bottom of a hill
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walking across the street.
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And we passed those people
and then the lights came on,
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I don't know what
happened, we didn't hit them
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'cause I would have known.
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But you better
believe I was praying
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and then as we
were driving along.
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Bu-bump, we went over a
bump, the lights went off,
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and the road turned.
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But we didn't
know the road turned
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because, well,
the lights were off.
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And so the road
turned, and we didn't,
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and we went off the road.
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Luckily, it wasn't on
the side of a precipice,
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instead we just
came grinding to a halt,
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and then we saw
a huge group of men
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running towards the car
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and I had heard terrible stories
00:19:02.64\00:19:04.64
about what happens
on the road to Limuru.
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They said, "Be careful.
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Don't get in an
accident on the road to Limuru,
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because if you do,
if you're in a car,
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people are going
to assume you're rich
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and so they'll rob you."
00:19:16.75\00:19:19.22
And so, here,
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men were running towards the car
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and I was
praying and I was praying
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and they grabbed
a hold of the car.
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These were big men
00:19:27.13\00:19:28.43
and they grabbed
a hold of the car
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and they pulled us
back on to the road.
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We made it all the way home
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from there without
the lights going off.
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But the next day,
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when the head
elder came to pick me up,
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I asked him a question
before I got in his car,
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did you know that?
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I said, "Did you fix the lights?
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Because I'm not getting
in your car if you didn't."
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That reminds me
of a Bible verse,
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Psalms 119:105.
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"Your word is a lamp to my
feet and a light to my path."
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We wouldn't get in a car
without lights, would we?
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I should hope not.
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But also God has given us
light of His word, hasn't He?
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And we shouldn't
be leaving our house
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without spending time
with the light, should we?
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How many of you
children know how to read?
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This is an impressive number.
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This is good. You
guys are doing well.
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So I assume if you
guys know how to read,
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you're reading the
Bible on your own already,
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aren't you?
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No, you should
be, you should be.
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And those of you who
didn't raise your hand,
00:20:44.41\00:20:46.84
you should be
asking your parents
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and your grandparents
to read the Bible to you
00:20:48.28\00:20:51.11
because not reading the Bible
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is like getting in
a car without lights
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and you wouldn't want
to do that, would you?
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Is there somebody
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who would like to
pray for us this morning
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and thank God for His worthy?
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And what is your name? Sarah.
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Sarah, why don't you pray for us
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and thank God for
giving us the Bible?
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Let's bow our
heads and close our eyes.
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Father, thank you that
today has been a good day.
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Please help us to read the Bible
00:21:22.08\00:21:24.85
and know that You
love us and care for us.
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Please help us to
have a good Sabbath. Amen.
00:21:27.62\00:21:30.95
Amen. Thank you so much, Sarah.
00:21:30.99\00:21:33.72
And thank you all
for coming forward,
00:21:33.76\00:21:35.46
as you go back to your seats,
00:21:35.49\00:21:36.83
remember that God has
given us a wonderful light.
00:21:36.89\00:21:41.73
The latest sun
00:22:32.65\00:22:36.65
Is sinking fast
00:22:36.69\00:22:40.72
My race is almost run
00:22:40.76\00:22:48.26
My strongest trials now are past
00:22:48.30\00:22:55.90
My triumph is begun!
00:22:55.94\00:23:02.61
O come, angel band
00:23:02.64\00:23:09.88
Come, and around me stand
00:23:09.92\00:23:17.43
O bear me away
00:23:18.93\00:23:22.16
On your snowy wings
00:23:22.20\00:23:27.44
To my immortal home
00:23:27.50\00:23:33.04
O bear me away
00:23:33.07\00:23:38.05
On your snowy wings
00:23:38.08\00:23:43.28
To my immortal home
00:23:43.35\00:23:49.99
I know
00:24:07.94\00:24:10.25
I'm near the holy ranks
00:24:10.28\00:24:16.38
Of friends and kindred dear
00:24:16.42\00:24:23.43
I brush the dew
00:24:24.66\00:24:28.60
Of Jordan's banks
00:24:28.63\00:24:32.70
The crossing must be near
00:24:32.73\00:24:39.81
O come, angel band,
00:24:39.84\00:24:47.75
Come, and around me stand
00:24:47.78\00:24:55.76
O bear me away
00:24:57.13\00:25:00.66
On your snowy wings
00:25:00.73\00:25:05.57
To my immortal home
00:25:05.60\00:25:13.51
O bear me away
00:25:13.58\00:25:17.18
On your snowy wings
00:25:17.25\00:25:22.58
To my immortal home
00:25:22.62\00:25:29.39
I've almost gained
00:25:58.69\00:26:02.99
My heav'nly home
00:26:03.02\00:26:07.23
My spirit loudly sings
00:26:07.23\00:26:13.54
The holy ones
00:26:15.17\00:26:19.14
Behold, they come!
00:26:19.17\00:26:23.35
I hear the noise of wings
00:26:23.38\00:26:30.39
O come, angel band
00:26:30.42\00:26:35.49
Come, and around me stand
00:26:38.73\00:26:45.87
O bear me away
00:26:46.47\00:26:51.51
On your snowy wings
00:26:51.54\00:26:56.48
To my immortal home
00:26:56.51\00:27:02.85
O bear me away
00:27:04.95\00:27:08.06
On your snowy wings
00:27:08.09\00:27:16.03
To my immortal home
00:27:18.73\00:27:26.57
August 6, 1945,
00:28:03.58\00:28:05.45
paved in the deadly
globe with single atomic bomb
00:28:05.48\00:28:07.75
over Hiroshima, Japan.
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.22
The world finds itself
ushered into the atomic age.
00:28:09.25\00:28:12.59
Four years later, deep
behind The Iron Curtain,
00:28:12.62\00:28:14.92
the Soviet Union
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.29
conducts their first
test of an atomic weapon
00:28:16.32\00:28:17.96
sparking in arms,
00:28:17.99\00:28:19.33
raised the like of which
the world has never seen.
00:28:19.36\00:28:22.33
Apprehensive scientists
00:28:22.36\00:28:23.70
and intellectuals debate
the ominous fate of the planet.
00:28:23.77\00:28:26.37
Three days before his
death on April 18, 1955,
00:28:26.40\00:28:29.67
American
scientist Albert Einstein
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.41
joins British
philosopher Bertrand Russell
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.58
in signing the
Russell-Einstein Manifesto.
00:28:33.61\00:28:36.21
The prospect for the human race
00:28:36.24\00:28:37.65
is somber beyond all precedent,
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.75
mankind are faced with
a clear-cut alternative.
00:28:39.78\00:28:42.42
Either we shall all perish
00:28:42.45\00:28:43.79
or we shall have to acquire
00:28:43.82\00:28:45.15
some slight
degree of common sense.
00:28:45.19\00:28:47.29
Soon after,
00:28:47.36\00:28:48.69
in the village of
Pugwash, Nova Scotia,
00:28:48.72\00:28:50.53
22 scientists
including 10 noble laureates
00:28:50.56\00:28:53.60
gathered to ponder
00:28:53.63\00:28:54.93
how to avert the
cold war's threat
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.63
of nuclear obliteration
00:28:56.67\00:28:58.17
and forge a
plan of global peace.
00:28:58.20\00:29:01.04
And half a century
later, the quest still goes on.
00:29:01.07\00:29:03.84
Call it The Pugwash Factor,
00:29:03.87\00:29:05.64
because if those
who know do not act,
00:29:05.67\00:29:07.61
the planet is doomed.
00:29:07.64\00:29:09.18
Unless you've been away
from this planet this week,
00:29:15.05\00:29:17.45
the pictures
you're about to see,
00:29:17.52\00:29:20.39
you've already seen them.
00:29:20.42\00:29:21.76
The most recognizable
face on the planet today,
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.46
let's put it on the screen.
00:29:24.49\00:29:26.73
Pope Francis, Pope Francis.
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.26
Listen, no matter
00:29:28.30\00:29:29.63
what your religious
persuasion is or is not,
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.67
you are going to have to agree
00:29:32.70\00:29:36.17
that this man
00:29:36.20\00:29:38.74
is immensely
popular on earth today.
00:29:38.77\00:29:43.04
Hailed as a rock
star by the young,
00:29:43.08\00:29:44.95
and I love this picture.
00:29:44.98\00:29:48.18
Revered by the
normally irreverent
00:29:48.22\00:29:51.59
secular press as holy father,
00:29:51.62\00:29:54.26
that was their
language all this week,
00:29:54.29\00:29:58.43
agilated.
00:29:58.46\00:29:59.89
Pope Francis has literally
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.83
taken this planet by storm.
00:30:01.86\00:30:06.94
January 18 this year in Manila,
00:30:07.00\00:30:09.44
over a six million Filipinos
00:30:09.47\00:30:12.47
crowded into that city,
00:30:12.51\00:30:16.71
to what is probably,
00:30:16.75\00:30:18.08
and I'm quoting
London Telegraph now,
00:30:18.11\00:30:19.58
"Probably the largest
people mass in history
00:30:19.61\00:30:21.72
in the crowning event
of an astonishing tour
00:30:21.75\00:30:23.85
of the world's new Super Pope."
00:30:23.89\00:30:26.72
That newspaper
declared him to be.
00:30:26.76\00:30:29.42
Amazing!
00:30:29.46\00:30:32.16
The smart phone
crowd, you see them there.
00:30:32.19\00:30:34.83
Then Francis' journey to Brazil.
00:30:34.83\00:30:38.23
This is an
amazing picture as well,
00:30:38.27\00:30:40.07
for a picture's
worth a thousand words,
00:30:40.10\00:30:41.80
that ought to say something.
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.54
First international trip,
00:30:43.57\00:30:45.27
1.3 million tweets generated
00:30:45.31\00:30:49.04
with over 36 million retweets.
00:30:49.08\00:30:53.58
In a fact, an anticipation
00:30:53.65\00:30:54.98
of what's happening
today in Philadelphia,
00:30:55.02\00:30:56.82
as we speak right now,
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.49
the rise in an AT&T got together
00:30:59.52\00:31:01.56
and invested in advance
00:31:01.59\00:31:02.99
another $49 million
00:31:03.02\00:31:05.09
to avoid what the USA today
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.80
put, ungodly strain
00:31:06.83\00:31:09.00
on their cellular networks.
00:31:09.03\00:31:12.10
Reading John Donovan of
AT&T to declare this papal trip,
00:31:12.13\00:31:15.00
the equivalent of 15
00:31:15.04\00:31:17.61
Super Bowls.
00:31:17.64\00:31:21.08
Pope Francis' approval
rating in the United States
00:31:21.11\00:31:23.85
now leads all
other political leaders
00:31:23.91\00:31:26.78
including President Obama.
00:31:26.82\00:31:29.95
Just after his election,
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.32
Forbes magazine named him
00:31:31.35\00:31:32.89
the world's
most powerful Latino,
00:31:32.92\00:31:36.39
number four
powerful man on earth
00:31:36.42\00:31:39.49
behind Putin of
Russia, Obama of the US,
00:31:39.53\00:31:41.86
and Chi of China.
00:31:41.90\00:31:44.67
Amazing.
00:31:44.70\00:31:46.03
What's the secret to this?
00:31:46.07\00:31:47.40
Religious leader's
phenomenal popularity,
00:31:47.47\00:31:49.34
I think Rick Hampson in
USA Today captured it well.
00:31:49.37\00:31:53.31
I am quoting now,
00:31:53.34\00:31:54.68
"His appeal stems from
his openness, humility,
00:31:54.71\00:31:57.81
and relative informality.
00:31:57.85\00:32:00.62
He lives in a modest guest house
00:32:00.65\00:32:02.62
instead of the
lavish papal apartments.
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.72
He spontaneously calls
ranking file Catholics.
00:32:04.75\00:32:07.99
He tweets, He
tweets in nine languages."
00:32:08.02\00:32:13.53
And I love this picture.
00:32:13.60\00:32:15.40
Yeah.
00:32:15.43\00:32:17.57
The people feel
he's, he's one of us.
00:32:17.60\00:32:21.30
He suddenly has
become what I would call
00:32:21.34\00:32:22.94
"The Pope of the open door."
00:32:22.97\00:32:25.81
In a flight back
from his visit to Brazil,
00:32:25.84\00:32:27.34
when asked by one of
the reporters on-board,
00:32:27.38\00:32:28.94
his attitude
towards homosexuality,
00:32:28.98\00:32:31.91
Francis replied,
"If someone is gay,
00:32:31.95\00:32:34.45
and he searches for
the Lord, and has goodwill,
00:32:34.48\00:32:37.25
who am I to judge?"
00:32:37.29\00:32:40.62
And as a result
that little query,
00:32:40.66\00:32:42.56
"Who am I to judge"
00:32:42.59\00:32:44.03
has become the news
media's favorite quotable quote
00:32:44.09\00:32:46.49
from this Pope, "The
Pope of the open door."
00:32:46.53\00:32:51.30
In an earlier homily
00:32:51.33\00:32:52.67
Pope Francis would famously say,
00:32:52.70\00:32:55.17
"The Lord has
redeemed all of us, all of us,"
00:32:55.20\00:32:58.77
You can hear him preaching
00:32:58.81\00:33:00.21
"With the blood
of Christ, all of us,
00:33:00.28\00:33:02.04
not just Catholics, everyone,
00:33:02.08\00:33:04.05
you say, 'Father,' the atheist,
00:33:04.08\00:33:05.78
even the atheist, everyone."
00:33:05.81\00:33:09.65
The Pope of the open door.
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.45
In August, the Pope issued
a call to embrace Catholics
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.46
who were divorced and remarried,
00:33:13.49\00:33:14.82
saying such couples
always belong to the church.
00:33:14.86\00:33:19.56
Couple of weeks before
flying to this country,
00:33:19.59\00:33:23.26
Pope Francis announced
00:33:23.33\00:33:24.67
that all priests
will have the authority
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.33
to forgive the
Catholic sin of abortion
00:33:26.37\00:33:29.24
during the year of
mercy, beginning this December.
00:33:29.27\00:33:31.91
He said, "Women who
have suffered an abortion
00:33:31.94\00:33:34.18
have suffered long
enough, bring them in."
00:33:34.24\00:33:37.98
The Pope of the open door.
00:33:38.01\00:33:42.45
Mike Griffin,
00:33:42.48\00:33:43.85
professor at Holy Cross
college here in South Bend
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.02
was on the South
Lawn of the White House,
00:33:46.05\00:33:49.66
last Wednesday
with 11,000 others
00:33:49.69\00:33:52.03
observing the
Pope and the President
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.86
standing there together
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.20
and he gave this quote
to the South Bend Tribune,
00:33:55.23\00:33:58.03
"Pope Francis," he says,
00:33:58.07\00:33:59.40
"Pope Francis brings
00:33:59.43\00:34:00.84
so many people in
the church together,
00:34:00.87\00:34:03.07
in some sense,
00:34:03.10\00:34:04.44
that's one of the
most meaningful things
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.51
this Pope does.
00:34:06.54\00:34:07.88
He brings so
many people together."
00:34:07.91\00:34:11.41
Perhaps,
professor Griffin is right.
00:34:11.45\00:34:14.02
He brings so
many people together.
00:34:14.05\00:34:18.42
The Pope of the open door.
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.69
And perhaps it's that open door
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.73
that is Francis'
agenda for this nation.
00:34:23.76\00:34:29.60
What open door?
00:34:29.63\00:34:31.43
Hey, I know,
00:34:31.47\00:34:33.80
you listened to the broadcast
or telecast of his address,
00:34:33.84\00:34:37.47
his papal address to
congress on Thursday.
00:34:37.51\00:34:40.28
Me too.
00:34:40.34\00:34:42.08
In every sense of the word,
this first time in history,
00:34:42.11\00:34:45.91
apart if I stood,
00:34:45.95\00:34:47.28
in the well of the US congress
00:34:47.32\00:34:48.65
to address the
nation was historic,
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.05
the talking had
just kept using the word,
00:34:50.09\00:34:51.42
"Historic, historic, historic,"
00:34:51.45\00:34:53.62
And what a picture?
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.39
He cut, dressed there
00:34:55.42\00:34:58.96
in his white papal robe.
00:34:58.99\00:35:01.63
Carving a starving,
00:35:01.66\00:35:03.00
a stark contrast
00:35:03.03\00:35:05.90
with all those dark
suits gathered at his feet,
00:35:05.93\00:35:09.44
it's spoken as quite
sometimes, halting English,
00:35:09.47\00:35:12.14
not only did the
politicians gathered inside
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.18
but to all those
outside who are listening
00:35:14.21\00:35:16.75
and these are,
these are his words,
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.71
"Today I would like
not only to address you,
00:35:18.75\00:35:22.82
but through you
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.19
the entire people
of the United States."
00:35:24.22\00:35:27.56
Tens of thousands of
room according to the reports
00:35:27.59\00:35:29.86
were gathered there on the
mall of the capital building
00:35:29.89\00:35:32.33
to watch on these
massive Jumbo Trans,
00:35:32.36\00:35:34.96
Jumbo Trans reserved normally
00:35:35.00\00:35:37.60
for presidential inaugurations.
00:35:37.63\00:35:41.50
Wow!
00:35:41.54\00:35:44.17
And what's not I like
about what he preached,
00:35:44.21\00:35:48.14
in that papal address.
00:35:48.18\00:35:49.58
Go to the golden
rules, Jesus words.
00:35:49.61\00:35:51.85
And I love that line.
He says, you know what?
00:35:51.88\00:35:53.48
"The yard stick you
use to measure others
00:35:53.52\00:35:55.68
will be the yard stick one day
00:35:55.72\00:35:57.05
that will be
used to measure you."
00:35:57.09\00:36:00.19
What's wrong with that?
00:36:00.22\00:36:02.42
He called for a compassion,
00:36:02.46\00:36:03.96
and this is why
00:36:03.99\00:36:05.33
he has won the hearts
of this world, the planet.
00:36:05.36\00:36:07.23
He called for compassion
for the disenfranchise,
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.13
the alienated, for
the refugees in here,
00:36:09.16\00:36:12.23
for the
immigrants, for the poor.
00:36:12.27\00:36:17.51
No wonder he's beloved by all.
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.87
Anyone hit the
pause button right there.
00:36:19.91\00:36:22.94
Sometimes, now listen,
00:36:22.98\00:36:24.55
sometimes we think
00:36:24.58\00:36:26.95
we're the only ones
00:36:27.02\00:36:28.98
that can speak for God.
00:36:29.02\00:36:33.05
And if anyone else claims to,
00:36:33.09\00:36:34.66
we try to belittle her message
00:36:34.69\00:36:36.76
or denigrate his point.
00:36:36.83\00:36:41.36
But we make a mistake.
00:36:41.40\00:36:42.86
Let me share three quotations
with you to illustrate this.
00:36:42.90\00:36:47.04
Pope Francis,
00:36:47.10\00:36:48.44
after he was
elected as the pontiff
00:36:48.47\00:36:50.61
wrote a book, title of the book,
00:36:50.67\00:36:53.01
"My door is always open."
00:36:53.04\00:36:54.38
He's the Pope
with the open door.
00:36:54.41\00:36:57.45
In the book, these
words, put it on the screen.
00:36:57.51\00:36:59.61
In the book, these words,
00:36:59.65\00:37:01.05
"The proclamation of
the saving love of God
00:37:01.08\00:37:03.62
comes before moral
00:37:03.65\00:37:05.89
and religious imperatives."
00:37:05.92\00:37:10.39
That's pretty good.
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.79
Now look at five foot three inch
00:37:12.83\00:37:15.36
woman named Ellen White, a
century in ten years earlier
00:37:15.40\00:37:18.60
wrote a sentence like this,
we'll put that on the screen.
00:37:18.63\00:37:21.60
"The last rays
of merciful light,
00:37:21.64\00:37:24.57
the last message of
mercy to be given to the world,
00:37:24.61\00:37:28.08
is a revelation of
God's character of love."
00:37:28.11\00:37:33.55
So which one of them is wrong?
00:37:33.62\00:37:36.89
Are you kidding?
They're both right.
00:37:36.92\00:37:39.99
Saint Paul, here's how Paul,
00:37:40.06\00:37:43.43
here's how Paul puts it
from the dungeon in Rome,
00:37:43.46\00:37:46.39
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:37:46.43\00:37:47.76
This is Philippians 1:15.
00:37:47.76\00:37:49.96
Paul writing,
00:37:50.03\00:37:51.37
"It is true
00:37:51.40\00:37:52.73
that some preach Christ
out of envy and rivalry,
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.70
but others out of goodwill."
00:37:54.74\00:37:57.07
Keep reading.
00:37:57.11\00:37:58.44
"The latter do so out of love,
00:37:58.47\00:37:59.81
knowing that I am put here
for the defense of the gospel."
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.88
But Paul goes on.
00:38:01.91\00:38:03.24
"The former preach
Christ out of selfish ambition,
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.35
not sincerely, supposing
00:38:06.38\00:38:08.05
that they can
stir up trouble for me
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.45
while I am in chains."
00:38:09.48\00:38:10.82
Now here comes the punch line.
00:38:10.85\00:38:12.19
"But what does it matter?
00:38:12.22\00:38:14.62
The important thing
is that in every way,
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.76
whether from
false motives or true,
00:38:17.79\00:38:19.79
Christ is preached.
00:38:19.83\00:38:21.13
And because of this I rejoice."
00:38:21.16\00:38:23.97
I don't care who says it,
00:38:24.00\00:38:25.40
I don't care what
context it is said,
00:38:25.43\00:38:27.54
if Christ is being
preached, I rejoice.
00:38:27.57\00:38:31.17
What's wrong with
that? That's Paul's point.
00:38:31.21\00:38:35.04
We need to remember that point.
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.75
God will get His,
God will get His love,
00:38:37.78\00:38:40.32
God will get the
picture of His character
00:38:40.35\00:38:42.45
out anyway He chooses
00:38:42.48\00:38:44.65
and we ought to rejoice
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.12
with every fresh revelation
00:38:46.15\00:38:50.76
which is not a suggest.
00:38:50.83\00:38:52.76
I agree with all that
Francis said in his address.
00:38:52.79\00:38:56.26
In fact, I wanna
share with you now,
00:38:56.30\00:38:58.47
where I believe He's
standing on very thin ice.
00:38:58.50\00:39:03.94
So now, let's go
back. Pause button's off.
00:39:03.97\00:39:05.94
Let's go back to that
people congress address.
00:39:05.97\00:39:09.68
New Super Pope standing in front
00:39:09.71\00:39:11.55
and he did
this, I saw him do it.
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.28
He took his finger,
he raised his finger
00:39:13.31\00:39:14.88
and he pointed at
a figurine of Moses
00:39:14.92\00:39:18.19
on the opposite wall
high above the assembly
00:39:18.22\00:39:22.52
and then he spoke these words.
00:39:22.56\00:39:24.66
They're on the screen for you.
00:39:24.69\00:39:26.09
"Yours," he's speaking
to the politicians now.
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.23
"Yours is a work which
makes me reflect in two ways
00:39:28.26\00:39:32.00
on the figure of Moses.
00:39:32.03\00:39:33.64
On the one hand,
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.00
the patriarch and lawgiver
of the people of Israel,"
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.94
he speaks of the
divine law, we call it,
00:39:37.97\00:39:39.81
the ten commandments,
00:39:39.84\00:39:41.18
"On the one hand,
00:39:41.21\00:39:42.54
the patriarch and
lawgiver of the people of Israel
00:39:42.58\00:39:44.38
symbolizes the need
of peoples to keep alive
00:39:44.41\00:39:48.12
their sense of unity by
means of just legislation."
00:39:48.15\00:39:51.75
In other words,
Moses reminds you
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.56
in this
building of the just laws
00:39:53.59\00:39:55.59
you must enact in this place.
00:39:55.62\00:39:59.16
Then he goes on,
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.53
"Moses provides us with a
good synthesis of your work.
00:40:00.60\00:40:04.67
You are asked to
protect, by means of the law,
00:40:04.70\00:40:08.70
the image and
likeness fashioned by God
00:40:08.74\00:40:11.74
on every human face."
00:40:11.77\00:40:15.48
Did you catch that?
00:40:15.51\00:40:17.11
Let me repeat that,
00:40:17.15\00:40:18.48
"To protect, by
means of the law,
00:40:18.51\00:40:20.95
the image and likeness
of God on every human face."
00:40:20.98\00:40:27.22
Is it the duty of a
nation's legislators
00:40:27.26\00:40:29.92
to enact laws
00:40:29.99\00:40:31.33
to protect the likeness of God
00:40:31.36\00:40:34.23
in the citizens of the nation?
00:40:34.30\00:40:38.10
And if you answer, yes,
00:40:38.13\00:40:40.67
then who's God?
00:40:40.70\00:40:44.24
Will it be the God of the Jews
00:40:44.27\00:40:46.91
or the God of the Muslims?
00:40:46.94\00:40:49.61
Will it be the
God of the Christians
00:40:49.64\00:40:51.21
or the God, the no
God of the atheist?
00:40:51.25\00:40:56.32
That's, of course, he
meant the God of the Christians.
00:40:56.35\00:40:59.19
Oh, good.
00:40:59.22\00:41:00.96
Which God?
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.66
The God of the Baptists?
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.89
Or the God of the Lutherans?
00:41:04.93\00:41:07.03
The God of the Mormons?
00:41:07.10\00:41:08.40
Or the God of the
Jehovah's Witnesses?
00:41:08.43\00:41:09.76
The God of the Anglicans?
Or the God of the Catholics?
00:41:09.80\00:41:14.00
Which God's
image is to be shaped
00:41:14.04\00:41:18.37
in the lives of the citizens
through the enforcement of law?
00:41:18.41\00:41:22.94
You'll say, "Oh, come on,
Dwight, what's the big deal?"
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.78
He was just making
a little nice comment
00:41:29.82\00:41:31.45
on the way to his main point.
00:41:31.49\00:41:32.85
Oh, really.
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.42
Are you suggesting
00:41:35.46\00:41:36.89
that this Jesuit scholar Pope
00:41:36.93\00:41:38.63
hadn't thought
through the implications
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.70
of his carefully chosen
words and crafted sentences?
00:41:40.76\00:41:44.93
No.
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.30
Everybody in the room,
the press, the politicians,
00:41:46.33\00:41:50.84
the people, and the Pope,
00:41:50.87\00:41:52.34
all recognize
that this was a moment
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.01
very much having to
do with God and nation,
00:41:55.04\00:41:59.15
this nation.
00:41:59.18\00:42:01.45
And who can possibly be opposed?
00:42:01.48\00:42:02.82
So natural linkage
between God and nation,
00:42:02.85\00:42:05.55
especially on the lips of
one so popular and beloved.
00:42:05.59\00:42:08.89
I mean, please,
what could be more likely
00:42:08.92\00:42:10.33
than for the Pope doing
00:42:10.36\00:42:11.69
turn the value
of God and nation,
00:42:11.73\00:42:13.60
is now what religious figures
00:42:13.63\00:42:14.93
and spiritual
leaders are supposed to do,
00:42:14.96\00:42:16.50
to be sure, no doubt,
00:42:16.53\00:42:18.43
however, however,
00:42:18.47\00:42:22.34
let us remember,
00:42:22.37\00:42:24.47
it is but a small
step from God and nation,
00:42:24.51\00:42:29.41
the unity of God and nation,
00:42:29.44\00:42:32.41
to the union of
church and state.
00:42:32.45\00:42:37.35
Just a small step.
00:42:37.39\00:42:40.16
Let us also be reminded
00:42:40.22\00:42:42.19
that this beloved
and popular Pope Francis
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.99
is not only head of a church,
00:42:45.03\00:42:47.73
he is head of a state.
00:42:47.76\00:42:52.33
He in his very person embodies
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.70
the union of church
00:42:55.74\00:42:58.64
and state.
00:42:58.67\00:43:01.68
The separation
of church and state
00:43:06.28\00:43:08.22
has been a historical genius
of America from the beginning,
00:43:08.25\00:43:12.62
from our founders who fled
to these shores, shores rather,
00:43:12.65\00:43:16.76
to raise a state without a king
00:43:16.83\00:43:20.63
and a church without a Pope.
00:43:20.70\00:43:24.07
The United States' constitution
00:43:24.13\00:43:25.73
preserves and protects
00:43:25.77\00:43:28.04
the separation of church
00:43:28.07\00:43:30.27
and state.
00:43:30.31\00:43:34.88
Wow!
00:43:34.91\00:43:36.31
Clearly, it is this
church and state thing
00:43:36.34\00:43:39.35
that is very much on the heart
00:43:39.38\00:43:41.75
of the Pope of the open door.
00:43:41.78\00:43:47.12
At the end of his address,
00:43:47.16\00:43:48.49
Pope Francis referred to
the world meaning a family,
00:43:48.52\00:43:50.69
he's conveying today, in
fact, going on right now,
00:43:50.73\00:43:52.73
they're expecting a million plus
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.36
in this city of brotherly love.
00:43:54.40\00:43:56.80
At the end of the address,
these are the words he spoke.
00:43:56.83\00:43:59.67
On the screen for you.
00:43:59.70\00:44:01.10
"I will end my visit
00:44:01.14\00:44:02.57
to your country in Philadelphia,
00:44:02.60\00:44:05.27
where I will take part
00:44:05.31\00:44:06.78
in the World
Meeting of Families.
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.41
It is my wish that
throughout my visit
00:44:09.44\00:44:11.58
the family should
be a recurrent theme.
00:44:11.61\00:44:14.58
How essential
the family has been
00:44:14.62\00:44:16.72
to the building of this country!
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.29
And how worthy it remains
00:44:18.32\00:44:19.99
of our support
and encouragement!
00:44:20.06\00:44:21.86
Yet I cannot hide my
concern for the family,
00:44:21.89\00:44:25.23
which is threatened,
perhaps as never before,
00:44:25.26\00:44:28.10
from within and without."
00:44:28.13\00:44:30.23
And who would disagree?
00:44:30.27\00:44:34.44
But perhaps you are unaware
00:44:34.47\00:44:37.27
that during his
two-year pontificate,
00:44:37.31\00:44:39.64
Pope Francis has
intentionally bound together
00:44:39.67\00:44:42.14
the importance of family
00:44:42.18\00:44:44.55
with the
importance of Sunday rest.
00:44:44.58\00:44:48.52
In fact, in the catechism
of the Catholic church,
00:44:48.55\00:44:52.05
catechism number
2188, are these words.
00:44:52.09\00:44:57.09
Put them on the screen for you,
00:44:57.13\00:44:58.73
"In respecting religious liberty
00:44:58.76\00:45:01.33
and the common good of all,
00:45:01.36\00:45:02.70
Christians should
seek recognition of Sundays
00:45:02.73\00:45:06.23
and the Church's
holy days as legal,
00:45:06.27\00:45:10.21
"now I added
the emphasis there,"
00:45:10.24\00:45:12.17
as legal holidays.
00:45:12.21\00:45:15.34
They have to give everyone
a public example of prayer,
00:45:15.38\00:45:18.48
respect, and joy and
defend their traditions
00:45:18.51\00:45:20.92
as a precious contribution
00:45:20.95\00:45:22.62
to the spiritual
life of society."
00:45:22.65\00:45:25.82
And then in a
general audience said,
00:45:25.85\00:45:27.36
Francis gave back in
August, he spoke these words,
00:45:27.39\00:45:30.63
I read the script.
00:45:30.66\00:45:31.99
On the screen.
00:45:32.03\00:45:33.36
"The obsession
with economic profit
00:45:33.40\00:45:35.03
and technical efficiency
00:45:35.06\00:45:36.83
puts the human
rhythms of life at risk.
00:45:36.87\00:45:39.83
Moments of rest,
especially on Sunday,
00:45:39.87\00:45:43.41
are sacred because
in them we find God.
00:45:43.47\00:45:47.74
May we always
recognize the family
00:45:47.78\00:45:50.05
as the privileged
place to understand,
00:45:50.11\00:45:52.71
guide and sustain the gifts
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.62
which arise from
our celebrations,
00:45:54.65\00:45:56.55
especially the
Sunday Eucharist."
00:45:56.58\00:46:01.32
How did he put it
in his papal address,
00:46:01.36\00:46:03.66
48 hours ago?
00:46:03.69\00:46:06.53
"You are asked to
protect, by means of the law,
00:46:06.56\00:46:11.63
the image and
likeness fashinoed by God
00:46:11.67\00:46:14.94
on every human face."
00:46:14.97\00:46:18.04
By means of the law.
00:46:18.07\00:46:22.28
Apparently, the
Pope of the open door
00:46:22.31\00:46:26.15
wants to open the door
00:46:26.18\00:46:28.45
to enacting
legislation that enforces,
00:46:28.48\00:46:30.89
"By means of the law,
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.02
the image and likeness of God
00:46:33.05\00:46:36.06
on every human face."
00:46:36.09\00:46:40.40
But doesn't the
apocalypse describe any image
00:46:40.43\00:46:43.10
that will one day be
formed on every human face?
00:46:43.13\00:46:49.57
Revelation 13.
00:46:49.60\00:46:53.84
Open your Bible.
Do it if you have it.
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.68
Revelation 13.
00:46:55.71\00:46:57.05
Let me read just a
few selective verses here,
00:46:57.11\00:46:59.48
Revelation 13.
00:46:59.51\00:47:01.68
The Bible's last book,
the apocalypse, verse 1.
00:47:01.72\00:47:06.29
"The dragon stood on
the shore of the sea.
00:47:06.32\00:47:08.12
And I saw a beast
coming out of the sea.
00:47:08.16\00:47:11.43
It had ten
horns and seven heads,
00:47:11.46\00:47:13.06
with ten crowns on its
horns, and on each head,
00:47:13.09\00:47:15.50
a blasphemous name."
00:47:15.53\00:47:16.87
Verse two.
00:47:16.90\00:47:18.23
"The beast I saw
resembled a leopard."
00:47:18.27\00:47:20.24
Let me hit the
pause button right there.
00:47:20.27\00:47:22.17
Don't read it now
but in my blog today,
00:47:22.20\00:47:24.54
I'll tell you about
an Adventist film maker
00:47:24.57\00:47:26.24
who's put together one and
a half hour movie entitled,
00:47:26.27\00:47:29.31
Leopard Vision.
00:47:29.34\00:47:30.68
If you'll go to that
blog, you have the links,
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.42
go online to get it
00:47:33.45\00:47:34.78
if you're live
streaming with us right now,
00:47:34.82\00:47:36.18
it's already there.
00:47:36.22\00:47:39.59
Leopard Vision,
don't read the blog now,
00:47:39.62\00:47:41.59
you'll go and look it up,
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.53
you will view this and
view it in one sitting.
00:47:43.56\00:47:47.96
You got an hour
and twenty six minutes,
00:47:47.96\00:47:49.60
view it in one sitting.
00:47:49.63\00:47:50.97
All right.
00:47:51.00\00:47:52.33
Verse two, "The beast I
saw resembled a leopard,
00:47:52.37\00:47:54.67
but had feet
like those of a bear,
00:47:54.70\00:47:56.27
and a mouth like that of a lion.
00:47:56.30\00:47:57.64
The dragon gave the beast
his power, and his throne,
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.61
and great authority."
00:48:00.64\00:48:01.98
Verse three, "One of
the heads of the beast
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.01
seemed to have
had a fatal wound,
00:48:04.08\00:48:06.68
but the fatal
wound had been healed
00:48:06.75\00:48:09.15
and the whole world
was filled with wonder
00:48:09.18\00:48:13.09
and followed the beast."
00:48:13.12\00:48:16.76
Verse seven,
00:48:16.79\00:48:18.29
"The beast was
given power to wage war
00:48:18.33\00:48:20.53
against God's holy
people and to conquer them.
00:48:20.56\00:48:22.66
And it was given
authority over every tribe,
00:48:22.70\00:48:24.97
people, language, and nation."
00:48:25.00\00:48:26.47
Verse eight, "All
inhabitants of the earth
00:48:26.50\00:48:28.94
will worship the beast,
00:48:28.97\00:48:30.94
all whose names
had not been written
00:48:30.97\00:48:32.84
in the Lamb's book of life,
00:48:32.87\00:48:34.21
the Lamb who was slain
00:48:34.28\00:48:35.61
from the creation of the world."
00:48:35.64\00:48:37.28
Isn't that
something jammed in the center
00:48:37.35\00:48:39.88
of this apocalyptic depiction
of the last chapter on earth?
00:48:39.91\00:48:44.42
Jammed in the
center is Calvary's cross
00:48:44.45\00:48:46.69
and Him who is the Lamb,
the Savior of the planet.
00:48:46.76\00:48:50.76
The whole story in that chapter
00:48:50.83\00:48:53.06
is about the Savior.
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.83
The whole story is His end game
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.33
to win every man, woman,
and child to Him as He can.
00:48:57.37\00:49:02.87
But there is another beast.
00:49:02.90\00:49:05.01
Verse 11, "Then I
saw a second beast
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.91
coming out of the earth.
00:49:07.94\00:49:09.28
It had two horns like a lamb,
but it spoke like a dragon.
00:49:09.31\00:49:12.45
It exercised all the authority
00:49:12.48\00:49:14.05
of the first
beast and its behalf,
00:49:14.08\00:49:15.45
and made the earth
and its inhabitants
00:49:15.48\00:49:17.32
worship the first beast,
00:49:17.35\00:49:18.89
whose fatal
wound had been healed.
00:49:18.92\00:49:20.39
And it performed great signs,
00:49:20.42\00:49:21.96
even causing fire to
come down from heaven
00:49:21.99\00:49:24.06
to the earth in
full view of the people."
00:49:24.09\00:49:25.53
Verse 14.
00:49:25.56\00:49:26.93
"Because of the signs
00:49:26.96\00:49:28.40
it was given power to perform
on behalf of the first beast,
00:49:28.43\00:49:31.30
it deceived the
inhabitants of the earth.
00:49:31.33\00:49:33.94
It ordered them
to set up an image
00:49:33.97\00:49:37.04
in honor of the beast
00:49:37.11\00:49:38.44
who was wounded by
the sword and yet lived."
00:49:38.47\00:49:40.21
Final verse, 15.
00:49:40.28\00:49:41.61
"The second
beast was given power
00:49:41.64\00:49:44.05
to give breath to the
image of the first beast,
00:49:44.08\00:49:47.22
so that the image could speak
00:49:47.25\00:49:48.88
and cause all who
refused to worship the image
00:49:48.92\00:49:51.72
to be killed."
00:49:51.75\00:49:54.36
Wow!
00:49:54.39\00:49:55.89
What is going on?
00:49:55.92\00:49:59.06
It is absolutely clear
00:49:59.09\00:50:01.26
that what we have our
two colossal global powers
00:50:01.30\00:50:05.53
symbolized by
two roaring beasts.
00:50:05.57\00:50:09.70
The first power is a
religious institution
00:50:09.74\00:50:12.41
that turned political.
00:50:12.44\00:50:13.78
The second power is
a political institution
00:50:13.84\00:50:16.21
that turns religious.
00:50:16.24\00:50:18.68
And clearly before
the end of the world,
00:50:18.71\00:50:20.72
these two colossal global powers
00:50:20.78\00:50:22.88
unite in a confederation
of church and stay,
00:50:22.92\00:50:25.95
because worship is mandated.
00:50:25.99\00:50:30.03
And through enacted law,
00:50:30.09\00:50:33.03
they will mandate the
image on every human face,
00:50:33.06\00:50:39.07
only it will not be the image
00:50:39.10\00:50:41.97
and likeness fashioned by God.
00:50:42.00\00:50:44.81
In that apocalyptic
classic great controversy,
00:50:48.31\00:50:51.01
I need you to catch this.
00:50:51.05\00:50:52.51
Put it on the screen for you,
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.25
"Let the principle
once be established
00:50:54.28\00:50:56.62
in the United States"
00:50:56.65\00:50:57.99
that would be the
second power of Revelation 13,
00:50:58.02\00:51:00.26
"That the church may employ
00:51:00.29\00:51:01.89
or control the
power of the state;
00:51:01.92\00:51:04.03
that religious
observances may be enforced
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.26
by secular laws;
00:51:06.29\00:51:07.60
in short, that the
authority of church and state
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.43
is to dominate the conscience,
00:51:10.47\00:51:12.27
and the triumph of Rome,
00:51:12.30\00:51:13.80
" that would be the
first power of Revelation 13,
00:51:13.84\00:51:16.34
"In this country,"
00:51:16.37\00:51:17.71
that would be the
second power of Revelation 13,
00:51:17.74\00:51:20.84
"and the triumph of Rome
in this country is assured."
00:51:20.88\00:51:25.18
I believe
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that what we have witnessed
in these last few hours
00:51:31.45\00:51:35.42
is the high drama
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.59
of accelerating
apocalyptic fulfillment.
00:51:37.63\00:51:45.17
You can't make this
stuff up, you just can't.
00:51:45.20\00:51:49.74
It's happening in
front of our eyes.
00:51:49.77\00:51:53.17
But the question is,
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.01
are our eyes open?
00:51:55.04\00:51:57.78
Now listen,
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to the classes 65
in Sabbath school,
00:52:02.35\00:52:05.22
beautiful
testimonies, beautiful.
00:52:05.25\00:52:09.22
You've come back 50 years later
and we honor that you have.
00:52:09.26\00:52:14.30
Now the 50 years,
00:52:14.30\00:52:17.33
sharpened your vision
00:52:17.37\00:52:20.30
or dimmed your understanding.
00:52:20.34\00:52:26.34
All we need,
00:52:26.37\00:52:28.11
this is not rocket
science, you know it's true.
00:52:28.14\00:52:31.05
All we need is one crisis
00:52:31.08\00:52:33.78
to unite the two powers
00:52:33.82\00:52:36.99
and then it's curtains.
00:52:37.05\00:52:38.69
Are our eyes open?
00:52:41.96\00:52:45.09
Holy scripture declares,
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.96
"We did not follow
cunningly devised fables,
00:52:47.00\00:52:49.23
but we have the
prophetic word confirmed
00:52:49.26\00:52:51.83
which you do well to heed
00:52:51.87\00:52:53.20
as a light that
shines in a dark place,
00:52:53.27\00:52:55.00
until the day dawns
00:52:55.04\00:52:56.44
and the morning star
rises in your hearts."
00:52:56.47\00:52:59.01
As Jesus cryptically put it,
00:52:59.04\00:53:00.58
"I have told you
now before it happens,
00:53:00.61\00:53:03.08
so that when it does
happen you will believe.
00:53:03.11\00:53:06.38
Look, in the world
you will have tribulation,
00:53:06.41\00:53:08.85
but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world.
00:53:08.88\00:53:12.85
And behold, I am coming quickly,
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.26
and My reward is with
Me to give to every one
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.13
according to his work.
00:53:17.16\00:53:18.86
Even so, come Lord Jesus!
00:53:18.89\00:53:22.76
The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ
00:53:22.80\00:53:25.33
be with you all.
00:53:25.37\00:53:26.84
Amen."
00:53:26.90\00:53:29.37
And amen.
00:53:29.40\00:53:31.61
Let us pray.
00:53:31.64\00:53:34.31
Dear God,
00:53:34.34\00:53:35.68
thank you for the
privilege of living now.
00:53:39.85\00:53:45.69
Open our eyes
00:53:45.72\00:53:48.06
and then open our mouths,
00:53:48.09\00:53:49.69
there has to be a
gracious loving Christ
00:53:49.72\00:53:52.16
like way to share
this revelation of Jesus.
00:53:52.19\00:53:55.66
Teach us how,
while we have the time.
00:53:55.70\00:54:00.94
In Christ's name.
00:54:00.97\00:54:03.61
Amen.
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.21
I will follow Thee, my Savior,
00:54:27.20\00:54:32.50
Wheresoe'er my lot may be
00:54:32.53\00:54:38.31
Where Thou goest I will follow
00:54:38.34\00:54:43.41
Yes, my Lord,
00:54:43.45\00:54:45.78
I'll follow Thee
00:54:45.81\00:54:49.35
I will follow Thee, my Savior,
00:54:49.38\00:54:55.12
Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
00:54:55.16\00:55:01.10
And though all men
should forsake Thee,
00:55:01.13\00:55:06.94
By Thy grace
00:55:06.97\00:55:09.54
I'll follow Thee
00:55:09.57\00:55:14.51
Though the road
be rough and thorny,
00:55:14.54\00:55:20.22
Trackless as the foaming sea
00:55:20.25\00:55:25.62
Thou hast trod
this way before me,
00:55:25.65\00:55:31.16
And I'll gladly follow Thee
00:55:31.19\00:55:37.33
I will follow Thee, my Savior,
00:55:37.37\00:55:43.17
Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
00:55:43.20\00:55:49.41
And though all men
should forsake Thee,
00:55:49.44\00:55:55.65
By Thy grace
00:55:55.68\00:55:58.32
I'll follow Thee
00:55:58.35\00:56:03.96
Though I meet with tribulations,
00:56:03.99\00:56:09.60
Sorely tempted though I be
00:56:09.63\00:56:15.84
I remember Thou wast tempted,
00:56:15.87\00:56:21.61
And rejoice to follow Thee
00:56:21.64\00:56:27.98
I will follow Thee, my Savior,
00:56:28.02\00:56:34.29
Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
00:56:34.32\00:56:41.00
And though all men
should forsake Thee,
00:56:41.03\00:56:47.34
By Thy grace
00:56:47.40\00:56:50.47
I'll follow Thee
00:56:50.51\00:56:58.25
He who testifies
to these things says,
00:56:58.28\00:57:00.58
"Yes, I'm coming.
00:57:00.65\00:57:02.68
Amen.
00:57:02.72\00:57:04.05
Come, Lord Jesus.
00:57:04.12\00:57:05.72
The grace of the Lord
Jesus be with God's people."
00:57:05.75\00:57:09.72
Amen. Amen.
00:57:09.76\00:57:12.93
I wanted to take an extra moment
00:57:23.64\00:57:25.04
to let you know how grateful
I am you joined us today.
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I hear from viewers
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and I'm thankful
because it's to the generosity
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