We have heard a joyful sound
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Spread the gladness all around
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Bear the news to every land
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Climb the steeps
and cross the waves
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Onward, 'tis our Lord's command
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Waft it on the rolling tide
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Tell to sinners, far and wide
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Sing, ye islands of the sea
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Echo back, ye ocean caves
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Earth shall keep her jubilee
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves.
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Sing above the battle's strife
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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By His death and endless life
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Sing it softly through the gloom
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When the heart for mercy craves
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Sing in triumph o'er the tomb
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Give the winds a mighty voice
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Let the nations now rejoice
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Shout salvation full and free
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Highest hills and deepest caves
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This our song of victory
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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My God is awesome, He
can move the mountains
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Keep me in the valley
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Hide me from the rain
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My God is awesome
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Heals me when I'm broken
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Gives strength
where I've been weakened
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Forever He will reign
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My God is awesome
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Awesome
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Awesome
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Awesome
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My God is awesome
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Awesome
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Awesome, Awesome
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My God is awesome
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Savior of the whole world
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Giver of salvation
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By His stripes I am healed
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My God is awesome,
today I am forgiven
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His grace is why I'm living
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praise His holy name
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My God is awesome
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My God is awesome
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My God is awesome
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Awesome
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My God is awesome
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Sing it out.
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Awesome, my God is awesome,
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Awesome
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He's mighty He's mighty
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He's mighty He's mighty
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He's mighty He's mighty
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He's mighty He's mighty
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Awesome
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Awesome
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He's my help
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My help, my Deliverer
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My God is My God is awesome
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awesome
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My protector
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Protector, protector,
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protector, protector
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Awesome
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My God is awesome
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Awesome
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He can move mountains
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Keep me in the valley
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Hide me from the rain
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My God is awesome,
heals me when I'm broken
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Gives strength
where I've been weakened
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praise his Holy name
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My God is awesome
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My God is awesome
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My God is awesome
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Awesome
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Is awesome
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Is awesome
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Awesome, awesome
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Our God is an
awesome God He reigns
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From heaven above
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With wisdom power and
love Our God is an awesome God
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Our God is an
awesome God He reigns
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From heaven above
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With wisdom, power and
love Our God is an awesome God
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When he rolls up His sleeves
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He ain't just
puttin' on the Ritz
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Our God is an awesome God
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There is
thunder in His footsteps
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And lightning in His fists
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Our God is an awesome God
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Well the Lord He wasn't jokin'
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When He kicked 'em out of Eden
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And it wasn't for no reason
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That He shed His blood
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His return is very close
and so you better be believin'
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That our God is an awesome God
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Our God is an
awesome God He reigns
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From heaven above
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With wisdom, power and
love Our God is an awesome God
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Sing it out.
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Our God is an
awesome God He reigns
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From heaven above
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With wisdom, power and love
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Our God is an awesome
God Our God is an awesome God
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Our God is an awesome God
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Our God is an awesome God
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Well, good
morning, boys and girls.
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Nice to see you on this
last Sabbath of October.
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Hard to believe.
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Oh, you are looking
just as fine as ever.
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Nice to have all of
you, thank you, thank you,
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that's so kind of you.
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Bless you.
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See I got a
little show and tell here
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but I want to
thank my story scout.
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I got a couple of story scouts,
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they are always
finding good stories,
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so this one is
from Sharon Dujon.
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Thank you, Sharon.
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This is story from...
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Well, it actually is from Utah
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that ends up in the Turks
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and Caicos Islands.
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Young man from Utah
named Clint Buffington.
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Clint is out
walking on the beach.
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Do you like walking on
the beach to see that...
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in come the waves,
you walking on the beach.
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And while Clint was walking
on, oh, look at that shell.
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We don't have those in Utah.
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We don't have those kind
of shells in Utah, trust me.
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Oh, wait a minute, what is that?
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He could not believe his eyes.
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He looked, he
got a little closer,
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he said, what in
the world is that
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because he saw something
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sticking up
above about like this,
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but sticking up above
the sand about like this.
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Can you see it?
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What is it?
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It's a bottle.
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He said that's a
bottle. He got down.
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I wonder, what
kind of a bottle it is?
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Looks like it's
been here a while
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so he dig in
around the sand out,
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out, out and oh,
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wow, still has a cork in it.
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Wow, something is in it.
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It's a piece of paper.
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It has writing.
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Now how am I gonna get this out?
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How am I gonna get
this piece of paper out?
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Break the bottle.
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I should have thought of that.
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Break the bottle.
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Well, to save breaking a bottle,
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I have an exact duplicate
of the paper in my pocket
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and exact duplicate here.
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Anybody know how to
read in this big group here?
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Does anybody read,
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and listen don't
just be tricking me.
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I need to know do
you know how to read.
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Somebody up close, all right.
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Lilly Rose, I want
to ask you to read this.
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Now listen, he broke the bottle,
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he pulled the note out
and here is what he read.
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You can start right up here.
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"Return to 419,
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Ocean Boulevard
and receive a reward...
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A reward of how much?
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A hundred and...
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Sorry for the handwriting.
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A $150 from...
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Tina, owner of the Beachcomber.
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That's a motel.
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A $150 turn this
in and you get a $150.
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Wait a minute, it doesn't say,
it just says the beachcomber,
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it doesn't say where?
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So you know what Clint did,
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he put in his pocket
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and when he was to
vacationing east of Cuba
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on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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He flies back to Utah
and he gets to Google.
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Well, obviously
there is nobody in Turks,
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and he kept trying the
address and guess what?
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It finally popped up.
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He found where the
bottle had come from.
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I want to put it on the screen.
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First I want to
show, okay, here is Clint.
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Yo Clint.
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There is a paper inside.
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Next picture, please.
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Wow, the bottle came
from the top of that map,
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all the way down to the
Turks and Caicos Islands.
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The bottle came
from Hampton beach,
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New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire,
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1,500 miles...
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all the way down.
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Well, you know
what I'm going to do?
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I'm going to go find,
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I'm going to find
the person that sent this
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and so he got on a
bus, he got on the train,
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he finally ended
up in Hampton beach,
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New Hampshire.
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And he says anybody
know the beachcomber?
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Yeah, that used
to be a motel here.
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He's not any more?
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No, the people that
owned it they're dead.
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No.
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Yes.
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They owned it in 1960.
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They figured this
note was put in a bottle
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in the 1960-1961.
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This note had been in the bottle
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for 53, 54, 55 years
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just bouncing around
on the Atlantic currents.
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Well, but they have a daughter.
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Her name is Paula.
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Well, I want to see Paula.
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Let's put Paula on
the screen with Clint.
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There they are in Hampton beach,
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New Hampshire.
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Hey Paula, she says,
that's my daddy's handwriting.
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Wow.
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Do I get the money?
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She said, because
my daddy wrote that,
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you get a 150 bucks.
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Can you believe that?
00:14:00.04\00:14:02.07
This bottle look, look, look,
00:14:02.10\00:14:03.44
this bottle,
boing, boing, boing,
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just wherever
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and it ends up 1,500 miles away.
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Sometimes we think our
life, look you see this bottle,
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see this bottle,
sometimes we think
00:14:16.89\00:14:18.22
our life is just like that,
00:14:18.25\00:14:19.59
we're bouncing
around, nobody cares,
00:14:19.62\00:14:20.96
nobody is in
control, wrong, wrong, wrong.
00:14:20.99\00:14:23.86
Sometimes we
think about America,
00:14:23.89\00:14:25.36
'cause we're
talking about America today.
00:14:25.39\00:14:26.73
Sometimes we think
America is just bouncing around,
00:14:26.76\00:14:29.70
nobody is in control, not so.
00:14:29.73\00:14:32.53
America is not
like a floating bottle.
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You're not like
a floating bottle,
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God has His eyes on you.
00:14:35.70\00:14:37.74
He has His eyes on you
00:14:37.77\00:14:39.17
and He's going to lead
you every step of the way.
00:14:39.21\00:14:43.18
You're not an
accident where you are now,
00:14:43.21\00:14:45.25
Jesus is still leading.
00:14:45.28\00:14:47.45
How many are
thankful that Jesus leads us,
00:14:47.48\00:14:49.15
no matter what's
going on in our lives
00:14:49.18\00:14:51.25
and who would like to
thank Him for leading us.
00:14:51.29\00:14:54.62
And oh, Jesus would you
please lead America too?
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Can I have a young man
now 'cause I had a girl read.
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So I want a young
man, you come here sir.
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Yep, you come on up.
00:15:02.90\00:15:05.80
All right, now
let's fold our hands,
00:15:05.83\00:15:07.90
let's close our eyes
00:15:07.94\00:15:09.74
and we're going
to pray together.
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What's your first name? Dovey.
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Davey? Dovey.
00:15:13.61\00:15:14.94
Dovey. Yeah.
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Davey, all right.
00:15:16.34\00:15:17.68
Hey, we're going
to close our eyes
00:15:17.71\00:15:19.05
and pray with Davey.
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All right, close
your eyes and, Davey,
00:15:20.45\00:15:21.78
thank Jesus for
leading us please.
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Okay, dear Jesus,
thank You for this day,
00:15:23.18\00:15:25.45
thank You for
everything You've given to us,
00:15:25.49\00:15:27.56
thank you for buzzing us
00:15:27.59\00:15:28.92
and please lead us to Your home,
00:15:28.96\00:15:32.29
so we could be
with You for eternity.
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Amen. Amen.
00:15:34.80\00:15:36.13
Davey. Beautiful prayer.
00:15:36.16\00:15:37.67
As you go
quietly, thank you, Davey.
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As you go quietly
back to your seats,
00:15:39.37\00:15:40.87
you can say that
Jesus I'm not a bottle,
00:15:40.90\00:15:43.84
you're leading me and
I thank you very much.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Sing to the Lord Sing a new song
00:16:54.28\00:16:58.71
Sing to the Lord
00:16:58.75\00:17:00.92
Sing, all the earth
00:17:00.95\00:17:03.49
Sing to the Lord Bless His Name
00:17:03.52\00:17:08.02
Sing to the Lord
His glory proclaim
00:17:08.06\00:17:12.79
I will sing a new song
00:17:20.80\00:17:26.21
I will sing, yes, I will sing
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To the Lord
00:17:30.48\00:17:31.81
I will sing, yes, I will sing
00:17:31.85\00:17:36.15
Sing a new song I
will sing, yes, I will sing
00:17:36.18\00:17:39.79
Sing a joyful song I
will sing a joyful song
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Sing to the Lord Sing a new song
00:18:37.68\00:18:42.15
Sing to the Lord
Sing, all the earth
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Sing to the Lord Bless His Name
00:18:47.02\00:18:51.43
Sing to the Lord
His glory proclaim
00:18:51.46\00:18:56.13
I will sing a new song
00:19:04.21\00:19:09.41
I will sing, yes, I will sing
00:19:09.44\00:19:13.78
To the Lord Sing a new song
00:19:13.82\00:19:15.48
I will sing, yes, I will sing
00:19:15.52\00:19:21.46
Sing a joyful song
00:19:21.49\00:19:26.76
I will sing a joyful song
00:19:32.73\00:19:37.71
Amen.
00:20:13.78\00:20:15.11
Very well done,
that was beautiful.
00:20:19.98\00:20:22.25
Thank you very much
00:20:22.28\00:20:24.29
"Sing to the Lord", Hallelujah.
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.62
Oh, God we mean
that with all our hearts,
00:20:26.65\00:20:29.42
that was You, You
were in our midst,
00:20:29.46\00:20:33.06
same You, same midst right now.
00:20:33.09\00:20:37.27
Take these
moments that are left.
00:20:37.30\00:20:40.50
We're at a critical moment
00:20:40.54\00:20:43.20
in the history of this
nation and this planet.
00:20:43.24\00:20:47.24
How should we
engage society now?
00:20:47.28\00:20:51.81
What should we be doing?
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.82
Make it clear
through ancient scripture,
00:20:53.85\00:20:56.95
we pray in Christ name, amen.
00:20:56.99\00:21:01.22
Anybody know where
this country is headed?
00:21:01.26\00:21:03.39
The following people
listed in alphabetical order,
00:21:07.33\00:21:09.90
please catch that.
00:21:09.93\00:21:11.27
Listed in alphabetical order.
00:21:11.30\00:21:13.27
There are some
sensitivities here.
00:21:13.30\00:21:14.74
The following people
listed in alphabetical order
00:21:14.77\00:21:17.34
do not know.
00:21:17.37\00:21:19.77
Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson,
00:21:19.81\00:21:25.21
Jill Stein,
00:21:25.25\00:21:27.95
Donald Trump.
00:21:27.98\00:21:30.42
There is only one being alive
00:21:30.45\00:21:34.76
who knows where we were headed.
00:21:34.79\00:21:37.03
Don't you wish you
knew the mind of God?
00:21:37.06\00:21:39.69
Oh, my.
00:21:39.73\00:21:41.10
What he knows?
00:21:41.13\00:21:42.83
What he knows at
this very second in time?
00:21:42.86\00:21:46.80
I read a very
provocative piece this summer
00:21:46.84\00:21:48.90
in Liberty magazine entitled
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.27
" Slouching Toward
Democratic Totalitarianism,"
00:21:50.31\00:21:52.81
it's apiece
written by Elijah Mvundura.
00:21:52.84\00:21:56.68
Fascinating.
00:21:56.71\00:21:58.21
He looks at the
20s and 30s in Europe,
00:21:58.25\00:22:01.22
The rise of fascism,
00:22:01.25\00:22:02.58
the rise of Nazism,
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.05
these would be totalitarian,
tyrannical regimes.
00:22:04.09\00:22:06.99
And he suggests
we're at the time again,
00:22:07.02\00:22:11.79
astounding.
00:22:11.83\00:22:13.16
His words on the screen.
00:22:13.19\00:22:14.53
"Primal passions: fear, egoism,
00:22:14.56\00:22:17.37
anger, and hatred,
00:22:17.40\00:22:18.73
the kind that Mussolini
00:22:18.77\00:22:20.67
and Hitler
exploited and mobilized,
00:22:20.70\00:22:22.87
are once again potent factors
00:22:22.90\00:22:25.51
in the politics of
Western democracies.
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.44
Driving these passions
is the same disillusionment
00:22:28.48\00:22:31.68
with liberal democracy..."
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.25
I know this feels
like a civics class,
00:22:33.28\00:22:34.92
but it better be,
00:22:34.95\00:22:36.28
you better be awake
to what's happening.
00:22:36.32\00:22:39.09
Let me repeat that,
00:22:39.12\00:22:40.46
"Driving these passions
is the same disillusionment
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.09
with liberal democracy,
00:22:42.12\00:22:43.53
the same gnawing
sense of overwhelming crisis
00:22:43.56\00:22:46.16
that things are falling apart
and the center cannot hold.
00:22:46.19\00:22:50.10
The parallels with Europe
00:22:50.13\00:22:51.47
in the 1920s are
ominously striking."
00:22:51.50\00:22:54.04
And then he notes
00:22:54.07\00:22:55.60
some of the brightest thinkers
00:22:55.64\00:22:56.97
and intellectuals of the
time who were totally caught,
00:22:57.01\00:23:00.94
flatfooted, had no clue.
00:23:00.98\00:23:03.04
And it makes me wonder,
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.45
how many of our leaders today
on this planet have no clue.
00:23:04.48\00:23:08.38
What's next?
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.59
Elijah's words
back on the screen.
00:23:10.62\00:23:13.15
Now with much greater detail.
00:23:13.19\00:23:15.19
This is rather apprehension
in my humble opinion.
00:23:15.22\00:23:17.53
"Not only do we today have
a thoroughly interconnected
00:23:17.56\00:23:20.80
and interdependent
global economy..."
00:23:20.83\00:23:22.46
Check, check,
check, we know that's true.
00:23:22.50\00:23:24.77
"Not only do we
have social media
00:23:24.80\00:23:27.10
that connects people globally,
00:23:27.14\00:23:28.77
that allows them to
speak with one voice."
00:23:28.80\00:23:30.64
Let me just tell you
this about Hope Trending,
00:23:30.67\00:23:32.01
there are two
reports in today's bulletin,
00:23:32.04\00:23:33.64
they'll still be in the bulletin
00:23:33.68\00:23:35.01
when the service
is over so hold it.
00:23:35.04\00:23:36.38
There are two
reports, read them both,
00:23:36.41\00:23:38.21
870 plus thousand and
it's rising as we speak
00:23:38.25\00:23:43.59
this is to Facebook
Live and Hope Trending,
00:23:43.62\00:23:46.35
870, 000 plus we're
going to hit a million,
00:23:46.39\00:23:51.26
in social media today,
00:23:51.29\00:23:52.63
first time in history.
00:23:52.66\00:23:54.00
The churches see social
media and did what you did.
00:23:54.03\00:23:57.13
Elijah is right,
00:24:00.34\00:24:01.67
"Social media
connects people globally
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.04
which allows them to
speak with one voice.
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.41
Now imagine a catastrophic
global economic collapse...
00:24:04.44\00:24:09.21
Lot of doom and gloom
talking heads out there
00:24:09.24\00:24:11.18
speaking of that,
against a background,
00:24:11.21\00:24:13.15
oh here is the key.
00:24:13.18\00:24:14.52
"Against a
background of social unrest,
00:24:14.55\00:24:16.92
radical jihadist..."
00:24:16.95\00:24:18.62
Think of the Orlando nightclub
00:24:18.65\00:24:20.52
that was shot up in
the name of a religion.
00:24:20.56\00:24:23.32
Jihadist and anarchist violence,
00:24:23.36\00:24:25.66
think also of
hordes of extremists
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.83
inflaming passions and speeches,
00:24:27.86\00:24:30.10
think also of blogs or tweets
of demagogues going viral,
00:24:30.13\00:24:34.94
and new totalitarianisms
become conceivable.
00:24:34.97\00:24:39.44
As a matter of fact,
00:24:39.47\00:24:40.81
democracy has been
in retreat worldwide.
00:24:40.84\00:24:43.65
This drift toward
authoritarianism brings to mind
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.02
Christ's words,
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.38
'If people do these
things when the tree is green,
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.72
what will happen
when it is dry?"'
00:24:50.75\00:24:56.36
For a few moments
00:24:56.39\00:24:57.73
I invite you
please to reflect with me
00:24:57.76\00:25:01.26
on three critical
divine biblical premises
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.87
that must guide our thinking,
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.73
as believers
within the community
00:25:05.77\00:25:08.07
of the Unites States.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.07
And by the way
00:25:10.11\00:25:11.44
let me disabuse
you of the notion
00:25:11.47\00:25:12.81
that this sermon is only
00:25:12.84\00:25:14.18
for those who live in America,
of course that's all of us,
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.58
but only those
who belong to America.
00:25:16.61\00:25:17.95
No, no, no, this is
for every nation on earth.
00:25:17.98\00:25:20.92
Andrews University,
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.28
you saw the flags flying over
our president's inauguration
00:25:22.32\00:25:24.75
this last week beautiful scene,
00:25:24.79\00:25:26.12
beautiful service.
00:25:26.15\00:25:27.49
And we're almost
a hundred nations
00:25:27.52\00:25:29.36
here at Andrews University,
00:25:29.39\00:25:30.73
so let's keep that in mind.
00:25:30.76\00:25:33.70
There will be some specific,
you'll see it as we come to it.
00:25:33.73\00:25:36.53
There will be
some specific realities
00:25:36.56\00:25:39.47
that only America understands.
00:25:39.50\00:25:41.74
We'll get to that.
00:25:41.77\00:25:45.14
I want you to take your
study guide and let's go.
00:25:45.17\00:25:46.88
Three premises,
00:25:46.91\00:25:48.48
put your study
guide out, let's go,
00:25:48.51\00:25:49.84
jot them down.
00:25:49.88\00:25:51.21
Ushers, thank
you for making sure
00:25:51.25\00:25:52.58
everybody here
has a study guide.
00:25:52.61\00:25:53.95
Thank you friendly
ushers, there you are.
00:25:53.98\00:25:55.58
Put your hand up,
00:25:55.62\00:25:56.95
if you didn't
get the study guide,
00:25:56.99\00:25:58.32
you will want the
study guide, trust me,
00:25:58.35\00:25:59.69
you will want the study guide.
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.06
In the back, okay,
and then in balcony,
00:26:01.09\00:26:03.43
we'll make sure you get it.
00:26:03.46\00:26:05.13
Those of you who
are watching right now,
00:26:05.16\00:26:06.49
we're delighted to have you.
00:26:06.53\00:26:07.86
This is a significant
time, in just a few days
00:26:07.90\00:26:09.23
this nation goes
to the ballot box,
00:26:09.26\00:26:12.53
what will happen in America.
00:26:12.57\00:26:13.90
Before you vote,
00:26:13.94\00:26:15.27
we're having this
quiet moments together.
00:26:15.30\00:26:17.51
This is continuing
our little series #RxF4Now
00:26:17.54\00:26:22.21
tangentially but it
will deal with part of it
00:26:22.24\00:26:24.31
as you'll see in a moment.
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.61
You go to our website,
00:26:26.65\00:26:27.98
you'll see the
title of this teaching,
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.58
"If
Righteousness Exalts a Nation,
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.49
" Pastor Jose
just led us in that.
00:26:31.52\00:26:33.15
"If
righteousness exalts a nation,
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.72
what's going to
happen to the USA?"
00:26:34.76\00:26:36.86
Well, let's find out.
00:26:36.89\00:26:38.89
Take your study guide please.
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.26
Three premises, jot them down.
00:26:40.30\00:26:41.63
Here comes premise number one.
00:26:41.66\00:26:44.17
Premise number
one, God is in control.
00:26:44.20\00:26:47.04
He rules.
00:26:47.07\00:26:49.40
Our God is an awesome God,
00:26:49.44\00:26:50.84
as we just sang a moment ago.
00:26:50.87\00:26:52.57
He rules heaven and earth, amen.
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.64
God rules.
00:26:55.68\00:26:57.61
Go to the Book of Daniel 2.
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.71
Daniel 2, let's go.
00:26:59.75\00:27:01.45
Daniel 2:1,
00:27:01.48\00:27:04.22
I'm in the New
International Version.
00:27:04.25\00:27:05.59
You didn't bring your Bible,
00:27:05.62\00:27:06.96
pull the pew Bible
out in front of you.
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.32
It's page 596, Daniel 2:1,
00:27:08.36\00:27:11.03
"In the second
year of his reign,
00:27:11.06\00:27:12.89
Nebuchadnezzar..."
00:27:12.93\00:27:14.26
By the way hit the pause button.
00:27:14.30\00:27:15.63
We're talking
rank pagan, all right,
00:27:15.66\00:27:17.57
rank pagan monarch.
00:27:17.60\00:27:20.87
"In the second year of his reign
00:27:20.90\00:27:22.24
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams,
00:27:22.27\00:27:23.61
his mind was troubled
and he could not sleep."
00:27:23.64\00:27:25.91
You know the story,
00:27:25.94\00:27:27.31
the king calls his
wise men and astrologers in,
00:27:27.34\00:27:29.71
"Hey, guys, I had a dream.
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.08
Tell me it.
00:27:31.11\00:27:32.45
We can't king,
too bad, you're dead."
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.35
Why because he knew them,
00:27:34.38\00:27:35.72
they've been playing a
charade this whole time,
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.09
this is just a...
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.55
Daniel and his young
companions are also counselors
00:27:38.59\00:27:40.36
to the king but
they were not there
00:27:40.39\00:27:41.72
when he summoned them in.
00:27:41.76\00:27:43.09
Daniel hears about it,
00:27:43.12\00:27:44.46
and he rushes into
the king's attendant.
00:27:44.49\00:27:46.29
Time out, please give me time.
00:27:46.33\00:27:49.13
We got to pray.
00:27:49.16\00:27:50.53
Daniel and his three
buddies, Hebrew buddies,
00:27:50.57\00:27:53.57
they pray all
night, all night they pray.
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.91
By the way we're
having a prayer meeting
00:27:56.94\00:27:58.27
this Wednesday night,
00:27:58.31\00:27:59.64
I'll say more
about it in a moment.
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.01
A prayer meeting
for the United States
00:28:01.04\00:28:02.78
and every nation on this planet.
00:28:02.81\00:28:05.38
It's time to pray, trust me.
00:28:05.41\00:28:09.35
They had a prayer
meeting all night.
00:28:09.38\00:28:10.72
And what's so astounding,
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.09
God not only
answered their prayers,
00:28:12.12\00:28:13.56
he gave Daniel the very dream
00:28:13.59\00:28:15.29
and the interpretation
that goes with the dream
00:28:15.32\00:28:17.09
that the king had.
00:28:17.13\00:28:19.23
Daniel embrace into song,
00:28:19.26\00:28:20.60
when he gets that word from God.
00:28:20.63\00:28:22.33
Pick it up in
verse 19, Daniel 2:19,
00:28:22.36\00:28:25.07
"During the night
the mystery was revealed
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.67
to Daniel in a vision.
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.04
Then Daniel
praised the God of heaven
00:28:28.07\00:28:29.44
and he said", verse 20,
00:28:29.47\00:28:30.81
"Praise be to the name
of God for ever and ever,
00:28:30.84\00:28:32.84
wisdom and power are his.
00:28:32.87\00:28:34.48
He changes times and seasons,
00:28:34.51\00:28:36.68
he deposes kings
and raises up others.
00:28:36.71\00:28:39.08
He gives wisdom to the wise
00:28:39.11\00:28:40.55
and knowledge
to the discerning."
00:28:40.58\00:28:41.92
Verse 22,
00:28:41.95\00:28:43.28
"He reveals deep
and hidden things,
00:28:43.32\00:28:44.65
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him."
00:28:44.69\00:28:50.53
That is a power
packed word of praise
00:28:50.56\00:28:55.50
because of what
it reveals about God.
00:28:55.53\00:28:57.40
You want to know why?
00:28:57.43\00:28:58.77
Premise number one is true,
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.14
God is in control and He reigns.
00:29:00.17\00:29:01.50
There are four portraits,
00:29:01.54\00:29:02.87
I want you to
jot them down here.
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.24
There are four portrayals of God
00:29:04.27\00:29:05.61
that in the verses we just read.
00:29:05.64\00:29:06.98
Jot them down
portrayal of God number one,
00:29:07.01\00:29:08.68
"He is the
ultimate time keeper."
00:29:08.71\00:29:10.35
What did he just say?
00:29:13.75\00:29:15.08
He changes times and
seasons, I love the New Living.
00:29:15.12\00:29:16.65
He determines a
course of world events.
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.02
In other words,
00:29:18.05\00:29:19.39
God is not an absentee landlord.
00:29:19.42\00:29:21.12
God is writing
earth's history in advance,
00:29:21.16\00:29:25.36
not making the decisions,
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.30
but He's making
the observations.
00:29:27.33\00:29:29.16
He's writing our
calendar in advance.
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.57
Desire of Ages,
I like this line.
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.27
"But like the stars
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.84
in the vast circuit
of their appointed path,
00:29:34.87\00:29:37.67
God's purposes know
no haste and no delay."
00:29:37.71\00:29:42.48
Listen to me, my friend,
00:29:42.51\00:29:43.85
your life right now
feels like a twisted pretzel,
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.51
you are torn with anxiety,
00:29:46.55\00:29:49.38
you're twisted with fear,
00:29:49.42\00:29:50.75
you have no idea
what's coming ahead.
00:29:50.79\00:29:53.96
I need you to take a
deep breath right now.
00:29:53.99\00:29:56.56
Take a deep breath
and remind yourself,
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.49
there is a God who is
in control and He rules.
00:29:59.53\00:30:04.03
He rules.
00:30:04.07\00:30:06.37
You can trust Him.
00:30:06.40\00:30:08.77
He's not too early, I love that.
00:30:08.80\00:30:11.11
He's not too late,
no haste, no delay.
00:30:11.14\00:30:13.41
He's always on
time for you, He rules.
00:30:13.44\00:30:16.98
You may trust Him,
00:30:17.01\00:30:18.41
even in the US of A
He rules by the way.
00:30:18.45\00:30:21.45
All right, portrayal number two,
00:30:21.48\00:30:22.82
portrayal
number one was this God
00:30:22.85\00:30:24.32
who is the ultimate time keeper.
00:30:24.35\00:30:25.69
Here comes the God who
is the ultimate king maker.
00:30:25.72\00:30:28.09
We just read that, didn't we?
00:30:28.12\00:30:29.46
He takes down kings,
00:30:29.49\00:30:30.83
deposes kings
and raises others up.
00:30:30.86\00:30:32.43
He is the ultimate king maker.
00:30:32.46\00:30:36.06
We have nothing to fear
for the upcoming election.
00:30:36.10\00:30:38.33
Nothing to fear.
00:30:38.37\00:30:40.00
God gets the last word.
00:30:40.04\00:30:41.57
You may vote the way you
wish, He gets the last word.
00:30:41.60\00:30:44.77
Vote anyway you wish,
He will get the last word.
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.64
It won't be you, it will be He.
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.98
Is that clear?
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.45
You have nothing to fear
for the impending election.
00:30:51.48\00:30:54.58
And by the way,
may I just remind you,
00:30:57.85\00:31:00.42
God hangs around some
00:31:00.46\00:31:02.29
very surprising kinds of people.
00:31:02.32\00:31:05.33
Not the kind of people
you and I would hang with.
00:31:05.36\00:31:08.40
I mean, you won't talk
about Nebuchadnezzar, let's not.
00:31:08.43\00:31:10.23
Four portrayals,
00:31:12.93\00:31:14.57
we get to
Nebuchadnezzar in just a moment.
00:31:14.60\00:31:17.24
Portrayal number one,
the ultimate time keeper.
00:31:17.27\00:31:19.01
Portrayal number two,
the ultimate king maker.
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.08
Here comes the
portrayal number three,
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
he is the
ultimate mystery solver.
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.08
I love that in verse 22,
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.61
He reveals deep
and hidden things.
00:31:25.65\00:31:29.48
That's why I love this promise,
00:31:29.52\00:31:30.85
I've been claiming this
promise since this summer,
00:31:30.89\00:31:32.29
Jeremiah 33:3,
00:31:32.32\00:31:33.79
I claimed it for a long time,
00:31:33.82\00:31:35.66
but I particularly hang
on to these words of God.
00:31:35.69\00:31:38.96
"Call on Me, and I
will show you great
00:31:38.99\00:31:42.06
and unsearchable
things you do not know."
00:31:42.10\00:31:48.80
I can tell you.
00:31:48.84\00:31:51.11
I'm not going to show you
everything you want to know,
00:31:51.14\00:31:53.88
but I promise to show
you what you need to know,
00:31:53.91\00:31:56.31
you call on Me, you
ask Me, you trust Me.
00:31:56.34\00:32:00.18
Four portrayals of
God in this power packed
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.49
bit of praise from Daniel.
00:32:03.52\00:32:05.49
Number one, He's the
ultimate time keeper.
00:32:05.52\00:32:07.76
Number two, He's
the ultimate king maker.
00:32:07.79\00:32:09.12
Number three,
00:32:09.16\00:32:10.49
He's the
ultimate mystery solver.
00:32:10.53\00:32:11.86
Number four, jot it down,
00:32:11.89\00:32:13.23
He's the ultimate light shiner.
00:32:13.26\00:32:16.83
I find great
comfort in verse 22,
00:32:16.87\00:32:18.80
He knows what lies in darkness
and light dwells with Him.
00:32:18.83\00:32:23.67
You know who
they're speaking about,
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.27
when they're
singing that praise?
00:32:25.31\00:32:26.64
They're speaking about
the one who will come to earth
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.01
and eventually say,
I'm the light of the world.
00:32:28.04\00:32:30.88
They're speaking of Jesus.
00:32:30.91\00:32:32.95
He is the ultimate light shiner.
00:32:32.98\00:32:36.82
We have nothing to fear.
00:32:36.85\00:32:38.19
What's happening
with these confederacies?
00:32:38.22\00:32:40.12
What's
happening with the cabals?
00:32:40.16\00:32:41.86
What's happening
in secret chambers?
00:32:41.89\00:32:44.36
We have no idea,
00:32:44.39\00:32:46.26
but there is somebody
who is there with him,
00:32:46.29\00:32:48.36
writing it all down.
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.87
Check, checkmate.
00:32:53.90\00:33:00.04
He never loses.
00:33:00.08\00:33:01.41
He can't lose.
00:33:01.44\00:33:03.21
It can look like
losing to you and me.
00:33:03.24\00:33:05.48
Look what just
happened to America?
00:33:05.51\00:33:07.35
And God is
saying are you kidding,
00:33:07.38\00:33:09.22
do you understand
what I'm about to do?
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.35
Calvary is the greatest defeat
in the history of the universe
00:33:11.39\00:33:14.36
we thought.
00:33:14.39\00:33:16.99
Seventy-two hours later
00:33:17.03\00:33:18.36
turns out to be the
most spectacular triumph
00:33:18.39\00:33:21.10
in the history of time.
00:33:21.13\00:33:22.46
Amen. Come on.
00:33:22.50\00:33:24.73
He never loses, He can't lose.
00:33:24.77\00:33:27.07
How can He lose when you win?
00:33:27.10\00:33:29.70
He can't lose.
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.67
Wow, the ultimate light shiner.
00:33:31.71\00:33:34.48
Reminds me of these
words of Ellen White,
00:33:34.51\00:33:36.08
put them on the screen for you.
00:33:36.11\00:33:37.45
"Those who place
themselves under God's control,
00:33:37.48\00:33:38.81
to be led and guided by him,
00:33:38.85\00:33:40.18
will catch the
steady trend of events
00:33:40.22\00:33:42.18
ordained by him to take place."
00:33:42.22\00:33:45.25
I know what
lies in the darkness,
00:33:45.29\00:33:47.62
you can trust me.
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.76
Isn't this something,
00:33:49.79\00:33:51.13
all that in that
little bit of praise
00:33:51.16\00:33:52.56
that Daniel lifts
up in gratitude to God.
00:33:52.59\00:33:57.03
Four portrayals of God
that prove true the premise,
00:33:57.07\00:33:59.93
God is in control, He rules.
00:33:59.97\00:34:02.00
Yeah, but Dwight,
come on, time out, please.
00:34:02.04\00:34:04.67
How does this possibly
inform the upcoming election
00:34:04.71\00:34:07.98
in just a few days?
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.34
Wow, you need to ask God that.
00:34:09.38\00:34:13.48
But here is what I can tell you.
00:34:13.52\00:34:16.58
God will put the
individual in office
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.02
who will advance
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.49
His ultimate plan
and will, trust me.
00:34:20.52\00:34:23.93
He will.
00:34:23.96\00:34:26.66
And quite frankly
00:34:26.70\00:34:28.66
which one of
the major candidates
00:34:28.70\00:34:30.03
would fit most neatly and nicely
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.40
into God's strategic master plan
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.77
is beyond our
ability to discern.
00:34:32.80\00:34:37.57
It is reported that
one candidate consoles
00:34:37.61\00:34:41.41
for the spirit of
Eleanor Roosevelt.
00:34:41.44\00:34:44.38
I heard the candidate's
spouse say so himself.
00:34:44.41\00:34:48.72
It is reported that
both candidates play fast
00:34:48.75\00:34:51.59
and lose for the
truth and integrity
00:34:51.62\00:34:52.95
and money personal and public.
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.49
It is reported that
one candidate is embraced
00:34:55.52\00:34:58.63
at particularly
in moral lifestyle
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.96
to the place Christianity today
00:35:01.00\00:35:02.56
and a scathing editorial
has already rendered judgment,
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.60
and what it calls
one candidate's idolatry
00:35:05.63\00:35:07.84
that defines
that candidate's life.
00:35:07.87\00:35:11.31
Both candidates are
significantly flawed enough.
00:35:11.34\00:35:14.74
It is reported that the
public has already rendered
00:35:14.78\00:35:17.85
unusually high unfavorable
ratings for them both.
00:35:17.88\00:35:23.02
Are we surprised?
00:35:23.05\00:35:26.05
Apparently God is not surprised.
00:35:26.09\00:35:29.79
He has on His hands
with Nebuchadnezzar,
00:35:29.82\00:35:31.49
the worlds' greatest narcissist,
00:35:31.53\00:35:33.29
egoist and abuser,
00:35:33.33\00:35:39.23
and political hack.
00:35:39.27\00:35:42.74
And God looks
at that pagan king,
00:35:42.77\00:35:44.11
He says you know what,
00:35:44.14\00:35:45.47
Gabriel, I think I can
do business with this guy.
00:35:45.51\00:35:50.61
And spends a rest of
Nebuchadnezzar's life
00:35:50.65\00:35:52.81
trying to save Nebuchadnezzar.
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.68
Don't you ever
write anybody off.
00:35:55.72\00:35:58.29
Our little
sensibilities that are offended,
00:35:58.32\00:36:02.06
God says, not a problem for me.
00:36:02.09\00:36:06.26
And by the way not
just Nebuchadnezzar,
00:36:06.29\00:36:07.73
the king of
Nineveh nameless as he is
00:36:07.76\00:36:10.37
with a bloody reputation.
00:36:10.40\00:36:14.04
God says, let me get a
hold of that king, Jonah.
00:36:14.07\00:36:17.11
Vagabond preacher boy,
go preach in that city.
00:36:17.14\00:36:19.87
I'm going for the king.
00:36:19.91\00:36:21.24
He gets the king and
everybody down from the king
00:36:21.28\00:36:22.81
to the slave in
the stall repents
00:36:22.84\00:36:26.25
and we have city wide revival.
00:36:26.28\00:36:28.42
God can revive any
nation when He wants
00:36:28.45\00:36:30.05
if there is a willing heart
and He found it at the top.
00:36:30.09\00:36:32.55
You never would have
picked the king of Nineveh,
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.02
nor would I.
00:36:34.06\00:36:35.39
You know what?
00:36:35.42\00:36:36.76
Perhaps you and I
are a bit to quick
00:36:36.79\00:36:38.19
for God's liking when it
comes to judging the moral worth
00:36:38.23\00:36:41.10
of those he has to deal with.
00:36:41.13\00:36:42.66
Since you don't
have to deal with him,
00:36:42.70\00:36:44.03
why don't you just lay off?
00:36:44.07\00:36:45.63
Judge not that
you be not judged.
00:36:45.67\00:36:47.24
Four candidates, two candidates,
00:36:51.34\00:36:54.58
judge not that
you be not judged.
00:36:54.61\00:36:57.48
Pharaoh one,
00:36:57.51\00:36:58.85
I can do business
with him with Joseph.
00:36:58.88\00:37:00.72
Pharaoh two, bad,
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.69
can't do business with him.
00:37:03.72\00:37:05.05
Pharaoh three, with
Josiah, Pharaoh Neco,
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.99
I can do business with him.
00:37:07.02\00:37:08.36
Two out of three is
not bad for pharaohs.
00:37:08.39\00:37:11.79
And then there is Cyrus,
and then there is Darius,
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.56
and then there is Xerxes
and then there is Artaxerxes
00:37:13.60\00:37:15.63
and then along comes Tiberius,
I can do business with him.
00:37:15.66\00:37:21.90
God will do the
ultimate choosing in the end.
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.87
Will He not?
00:37:23.91\00:37:25.24
Tell me, will He not?
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.84
Come on. I didn't
know you were here.
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.38
Can He not do the
ultimate choosing in the end?
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.51
Yes or no? Yes.
00:37:32.55\00:37:33.88
Come on, He can.
00:37:33.92\00:37:35.25
Wake up, we got election coming.
00:37:35.28\00:37:39.75
Premise number two,
00:37:39.79\00:37:42.29
"God's purpose in
Earth politics is always
00:37:42.32\00:37:44.49
to display His character
00:37:44.53\00:37:45.86
as revealed in His people
who carry out His mission."
00:37:45.89\00:37:51.37
There's a mouthful right there,
but there is a lot in that.
00:37:51.40\00:37:54.10
In other words,
00:37:54.14\00:37:55.47
God longs for the rulers
of the world to know Him.
00:37:55.50\00:38:00.74
Don't you think He loves them?
00:38:00.78\00:38:02.54
Are you the only privileged one?
00:38:02.58\00:38:04.28
Come on,
00:38:04.31\00:38:05.85
He loves us as if there
were nobody else on the planet
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.92
except that one candidate.
00:38:07.95\00:38:11.65
That explains by
the way the life,
00:38:11.69\00:38:13.32
the life stories
of Daniel and Esther,
00:38:13.36\00:38:15.56
the three friends
of Daniel by the way,
00:38:15.59\00:38:16.93
Joseph and Paul
all friends of God
00:38:16.96\00:38:19.59
that God maneuvered to
get them in front of a leader
00:38:19.63\00:38:23.63
He wanted to save.
00:38:23.67\00:38:27.27
That's what He
does for His living,
00:38:27.30\00:38:28.64
saving people,
00:38:28.67\00:38:30.01
that's all He does
for living, saving people.
00:38:30.04\00:38:31.37
There is no more effective
ambassador for God by the way,
00:38:34.18\00:38:36.41
no more effective
ambassador for God
00:38:36.44\00:38:38.21
than a personal friend of his.
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.52
I mean, if we just
living ourselves to the story
00:38:40.55\00:38:42.15
in Daniel it's all there.
00:38:42.18\00:38:43.55
Daniel 2,
00:38:43.59\00:38:44.92
what does Nebuchadnezzar
do at the end of that?
00:38:44.95\00:38:46.42
Wow, there is a
God in this universe
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.59
who knows a future.
00:38:48.62\00:38:49.96
Hallelujah, it's Daniel's God.
00:38:49.99\00:38:51.33
What's happening in Daniel 3?
00:38:51.36\00:38:52.69
Nebuchadnezzar wow,
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.06
there is a God in this
universe who stand by his men
00:38:54.10\00:38:56.56
and they're in the
fire and He delivers them.
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.93
All world, take
a look at that God.
00:38:58.97\00:39:01.30
What's happening in Daniel 4?
00:39:01.34\00:39:02.97
Wow, there is no
God in the universe
00:39:03.00\00:39:05.21
and I'm the greatest.
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.11
God says fine.
00:39:07.14\00:39:08.48
I'll give you seven
years of insanity boy.
00:39:08.51\00:39:10.81
I'll take you out of office
00:39:10.85\00:39:13.52
'cause I'm going to get you.
00:39:13.55\00:39:15.52
And when it's over
the end of Daniel 4,
00:39:15.55\00:39:17.62
all the verses are
all in your study guide.
00:39:17.65\00:39:18.99
And when it's over
the end of Daniel 4,
00:39:19.02\00:39:21.49
there is a God in the
universe and He is my God.
00:39:21.52\00:39:24.16
Amen.
00:39:24.19\00:39:25.53
Wow, took all of that
00:39:25.56\00:39:28.10
to just get one
narcissist on his side.
00:39:28.13\00:39:32.47
Oh, and by the way
Daniel in the lions' den,
00:39:35.77\00:39:38.77
I'm dealing with
the new empire, am I?
00:39:38.81\00:39:40.38
I want Darius as well, got him.
00:39:40.41\00:39:43.75
There is a God
that Daniel serves,
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.88
let all the empire worship Him.
00:39:46.92\00:39:48.85
Come on, God
knows what He's doing.
00:39:48.88\00:39:52.05
He isn't caught by
surprise, He wasn't sleeping.
00:39:52.09\00:39:55.26
Something is happening
00:39:55.29\00:39:56.73
we're watching
history in advance,
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.13
that's what's happening.
00:39:59.16\00:40:01.70
So whatever the
outcome of this rough
00:40:01.73\00:40:03.06
and tumble election,
00:40:03.10\00:40:04.43
the good news is God will be
maneuvering behind the scenes,
00:40:04.47\00:40:06.43
and one day He may get
you in front of that leader.
00:40:06.47\00:40:11.37
You say not me, not my homeland,
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.48
Yes, you in your
homeland or this land.
00:40:13.51\00:40:18.05
Premise number
three, the last one.
00:40:18.08\00:40:19.41
Premise number three,
00:40:19.45\00:40:20.78
"God expects political leaders
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.15
no matter their
religious persuasion,
00:40:22.18\00:40:23.95
or lack thereof,
00:40:23.99\00:40:26.49
to abide by the
principles of righteousness."
00:40:26.52\00:40:29.46
Write that down, righteousness.
00:40:29.49\00:40:31.13
What's righteousness mean?
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.49
It means right
doing, this little #RxF4Now,
00:40:32.53\00:40:37.13
I'll just tell you the secret,
00:40:37.17\00:40:38.50
the R certainly
stands for righteousness.
00:40:38.53\00:40:40.47
In case you haven't been
able to figure out the rest,
00:40:40.50\00:40:41.84
we'll get back to it next week.
00:40:41.87\00:40:44.07
Righteousness.
00:40:44.11\00:40:45.64
Proverbs 14:34,
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.01
Jose read it just a moment ago.
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.38
"Righteousness, right
doing, exalts a nation,
00:40:48.41\00:40:50.88
but sin that
would be wrong doing
00:40:50.91\00:40:53.11
condemns any people."
00:40:53.15\00:40:54.78
That's true for
America by the way.
00:40:54.82\00:40:58.29
Proverbs 16:12,
00:40:58.32\00:40:59.65
"Kings detest
wrongdoing, for a throne,
00:40:59.69\00:41:01.56
and
administration is established
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.89
through righteousness,
through right-doing."
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.03
You want a good administration,
it will do right.
00:41:06.06\00:41:10.53
Proverbs 20:28,
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.07
Love Chesed,
that's a covenant love,
00:41:12.10\00:41:14.47
the deepest love
in the Hebrew, Chesed,
00:41:14.50\00:41:17.07
"Love and faithfulness
keep a ruler, a king,
00:41:17.11\00:41:22.84
a president safe,
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.21
through love his
administration is made secure."
00:41:24.25\00:41:27.98
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:41:28.02\00:41:29.35
just mark this down
before you leave today.
00:41:29.38\00:41:30.85
There is a moral character
00:41:30.89\00:41:32.45
that God expects
of an elected leader
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.19
in any land at any time.
00:41:34.22\00:41:37.33
There is a moral character
God expects of a nation,
00:41:37.36\00:41:41.16
in any land at any time.
00:41:41.20\00:41:44.80
You don't live up
to this, you're gone,
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.20
do you understand me.
00:41:47.24\00:41:48.57
Read my lips.
00:41:48.60\00:41:49.94
You're gone.
00:41:49.97\00:41:52.41
Tapping again and again.
00:41:52.44\00:41:55.24
In the United States,
00:41:55.28\00:41:56.61
now here is where we're
going to get very specific
00:41:56.64\00:41:57.98
and so the rest
of you listen in.
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.61
In the United States the
two major political parties
00:41:59.65\00:42:03.32
each champion a
particular moral issue.
00:42:03.35\00:42:06.45
See if this doesn't
make sense, all right.
00:42:06.49\00:42:08.49
The champion
each of the two major
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.29
a particular moral issue.
00:42:10.33\00:42:11.89
Party number one,
00:42:11.93\00:42:13.36
prides itself and championing
00:42:13.40\00:42:14.96
the rights and
equalities of minorities.
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.70
Racial
minorities, gender minorities,
00:42:17.73\00:42:19.90
sexual minorities,
economic minorities, all right.
00:42:19.93\00:42:22.94
We stick up for the little
guy, and they're proud of it.
00:42:22.97\00:42:27.58
Party number
two, also champions.
00:42:27.61\00:42:31.35
It champions is
quite proud of it,
00:42:31.38\00:42:32.95
it champions the
rights of the unborn.
00:42:32.98\00:42:38.42
Before you even
born were defending you.
00:42:38.45\00:42:41.92
Two different parties.
00:42:41.96\00:42:43.32
What's sad is it both
are right in what they affirm
00:42:43.36\00:42:47.03
and both are
wrong in what they deny.
00:42:47.06\00:42:49.30
You see this party
says, we're not that.
00:42:49.33\00:42:52.33
And this party
says, we're not that.
00:42:52.37\00:42:54.34
Two truly moral
issues facing the human race
00:42:54.37\00:42:59.11
in the United States
today and they're divided,
00:42:59.14\00:43:02.18
we'll take one but not two.
00:43:02.21\00:43:03.95
And God is saying,
what are you thinking?
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.61
Are you saying the
racial divide in this country
00:43:06.65\00:43:08.28
is of no concern to you,
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.65
just 'cause you're
concerned for the unborn?
00:43:09.68\00:43:12.55
What are you thinking God asks?
00:43:12.59\00:43:14.89
Your concerned
for the racial divide
00:43:14.92\00:43:19.59
and you're saying
nothing for the unborn.
00:43:19.63\00:43:23.40
How can you just sit here?
00:43:23.43\00:43:25.70
You know, what you're doing?
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.07
You're voting your wallet,
that's what you're doing.
00:43:27.10\00:43:29.30
You're voting
what will bless you,
00:43:29.34\00:43:31.91
not me, God says.
00:43:31.94\00:43:35.58
I want that economic hedging.
00:43:35.61\00:43:37.48
Always looking
out for numero uno.
00:43:37.51\00:43:40.12
Who's looking out for these?
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.48
Both issues are valuable to me,
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.55
righteousness is
revealed in both.
00:43:45.59\00:43:49.26
A care of the
minority, I'll tell you what.
00:43:49.29\00:43:52.96
If you don't want
the care of the minority,
00:43:52.99\00:43:54.46
your days are
limited on this planet.
00:43:54.50\00:43:56.06
I'll just tell you
this, it's between you and me.
00:43:56.10\00:43:58.20
Proverbs 24,
00:44:02.04\00:44:03.37
God is speaking to both issues
00:44:03.41\00:44:05.84
when He speaks these words.
00:44:05.87\00:44:07.21
"Rescue those
being led away to death,
00:44:07.24\00:44:08.91
hold back those
staggering toward slaughter,
00:44:08.94\00:44:10.88
the unborn, the minorities.
00:44:10.91\00:44:13.05
If you say, 'But we
knew nothing about this,
00:44:13.08\00:44:14.72
' does not he who
weighs the heart perceive it?
00:44:14.75\00:44:17.69
It does not he who
guards your life know it?
00:44:17.72\00:44:20.16
Will he not repay everyone
00:44:20.19\00:44:21.86
according to
what they have done?"
00:44:21.89\00:44:23.43
I know what you know and
I know what you're doing.
00:44:23.46\00:44:26.56
Zero, not or nothing.
00:44:26.59\00:44:27.93
I like the way Eugene
Peterson renders this, is good.
00:44:32.73\00:44:35.70
"Rescue the perishing,
00:44:35.74\00:44:37.44
don't hesitate
to step in and help.
00:44:37.47\00:44:38.94
If you say, 'Hey,
that's none of my business,'
00:44:38.97\00:44:41.64
will that get you off the hook?
00:44:41.68\00:44:43.01
No.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
Someone is watching
you closely, you know,
00:44:44.41\00:44:45.78
someone not
impressed with weak excuses."
00:44:45.81\00:44:51.65
The fact is Proverbs
24 hits the bull's-eye
00:44:51.69\00:44:56.12
with the two major moral issues
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.33
that the two major political
parties are championing.
00:44:58.36\00:45:02.76
And it has Proverbs 24,
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.87
everything to do
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.23
with how we respond to
the rights of the minority
00:45:06.27\00:45:08.60
and how we respond to
the rights of the unborn.
00:45:08.64\00:45:12.24
You can't half see, half see.
00:45:12.27\00:45:15.04
I'll take this
half, you take that out.
00:45:15.08\00:45:16.44
No.
00:45:16.48\00:45:17.81
Righteousness exalts a nation.
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.28
Sin brings it to an end.
00:45:19.31\00:45:24.49
Wow.
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.39
What did Jesus say? Put
His words on the screen.
00:45:26.42\00:45:28.12
"Inasmuch as you did
this or did not do this,
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.83
to the least of these,
00:45:30.86\00:45:32.19
you did or did not do it to me."
00:45:32.23\00:45:34.60
Jesus has injected Himself
into this political campaign.
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.10
It's about me.
00:45:37.13\00:45:38.47
Righteousness is my domain,
not your political platform.
00:45:38.50\00:45:42.80
We are culpable
whether we vote or not,
00:45:47.18\00:45:51.38
that's the point for us.
00:45:51.41\00:45:54.18
America clearly is at a
critical moral crossroads.
00:45:54.22\00:45:59.22
This land of the free,
this land of the persecuted,
00:45:59.25\00:46:01.72
this land, this
home of the brave is now
00:46:01.76\00:46:04.29
erected upon a moral foundation
that is crumbling before us.
00:46:04.33\00:46:08.93
I tweeted last night,
00:46:08.96\00:46:11.43
we are watching in this election
00:46:11.47\00:46:13.03
and beyond it,
00:46:13.07\00:46:14.40
we are watching a slow...
00:46:14.44\00:46:15.94
We're watching a
train wreck in slow motion.
00:46:15.97\00:46:19.44
We know what's going to happen.
00:46:19.47\00:46:22.88
November 9 we
will be more divided
00:46:22.91\00:46:26.61
than we were on November 8.
00:46:26.65\00:46:28.85
You think the country
is rallying around some...
00:46:28.88\00:46:32.42
Doesn't matter who.
00:46:32.45\00:46:34.82
The American
writer Ellen White...
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.96
Oh, she had a
heart for this nation,
00:46:36.99\00:46:38.96
because this was
the birthing place
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.26
for an apocalyptic movement
00:46:41.30\00:46:42.93
that would last till
the return of Christ.
00:46:42.96\00:46:45.13
She wrote
describing this nation,
00:46:45.17\00:46:46.90
the words on the screen,
00:46:46.94\00:46:48.27
you have them all
in your study guide.
00:46:48.30\00:46:49.64
"The Lord has done
more for the United States
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.01
than for any other country
upon which the sun shines.
00:46:51.04\00:46:55.14
No country more blessed.
00:46:55.18\00:46:57.08
Why?
00:46:57.11\00:46:58.45
Here He provided an
asylum for His people,
00:46:58.48\00:47:00.72
where they could worship Him
00:47:00.75\00:47:02.08
according to the
dictates of conscience.
00:47:02.12\00:47:03.69
Here Christianity has
progressed in its purity."
00:47:03.72\00:47:06.72
In the beginning,
00:47:06.76\00:47:09.46
something has
happened to America.
00:47:09.49\00:47:13.19
Something has changed.
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.53
In fact Ellen White identifies
00:47:15.56\00:47:16.90
the secret to national
greatness in the beginning.
00:47:16.93\00:47:19.33
This is the apocalyptic
classic Great controversy.
00:47:19.37\00:47:21.50
She's speaking about
the time of the pilgrims,
00:47:21.54\00:47:23.20
they are colonies.
00:47:23.24\00:47:24.57
Put the words on the screen.
00:47:24.61\00:47:25.94
Back then, "The Bible was
held as the foundation of faith,
00:47:25.97\00:47:28.84
the source of wisdom,
and the charter of liberty.
00:47:28.88\00:47:32.21
Its principles were
diligently taught in the home,
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.58
in the school,
and in the church..."
00:47:34.62\00:47:35.95
Please note it.
00:47:35.98\00:47:37.32
It does not say,
00:47:37.35\00:47:38.69
its principles were diligently
taught by the government.
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.06
No, no, no, Roger
Williams, Rhode Island,
00:47:40.09\00:47:43.93
we're all very clear,
00:47:43.96\00:47:45.29
we're standing with
that Baptist preacher,
00:47:45.33\00:47:47.03
keep church and state apart.
00:47:47.06\00:47:48.60
We're all agreed on it.
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.17
She knew that was the secret
for America is the separation.
00:47:50.20\00:47:53.87
Tragically it
will collapse one day.
00:47:53.90\00:47:57.21
"Its principles were
diligently taught in the home,
00:47:57.24\00:47:59.31
in the school, and in the church
00:47:59.34\00:48:00.68
and its fruits
were manifest in thrift,
00:48:00.71\00:48:03.28
intelligence,
purity, and temperance..."
00:48:03.31\00:48:05.18
Last line, "It was demonstrated
00:48:05.21\00:48:07.48
that the principles of the Bible
00:48:07.52\00:48:08.98
are the surest safeguards
of national greatness."
00:48:09.02\00:48:13.15
The principles,
righteousness, morality,
00:48:13.19\00:48:16.39
that's what
determines national greatness.
00:48:16.42\00:48:20.26
Something has
happened to America.
00:48:20.30\00:48:23.06
The safeguards of the Bible
have been long ago abandoned.
00:48:23.10\00:48:29.30
Nowhere to be found.
00:48:29.34\00:48:32.91
Our house is
divided, and it cannot stand.
00:48:32.94\00:48:38.05
Our morality is compromised,
00:48:38.08\00:48:41.65
and we're falling.
00:48:41.68\00:48:44.62
We have abandoned God
00:48:44.65\00:48:47.29
and now we reap the whirlwind.
00:48:47.32\00:48:49.92
Ellen White again,
she see this progression,
00:48:53.06\00:48:56.83
she's worried now.
00:48:56.87\00:48:58.33
"As nations forget God,
00:48:58.37\00:49:00.40
in like proportion
they become weak morally.
00:49:00.44\00:49:04.14
It is sin that is
ruining nations today.
00:49:04.17\00:49:08.44
A disregard for God's law
has brought the sure result."
00:49:08.48\00:49:13.28
She will later
scribble this line.
00:49:13.31\00:49:15.38
National apostasy
will lead to national ruin.
00:49:15.42\00:49:20.06
Curtains finish, it's over.
00:49:20.09\00:49:22.92
Is it too late now for America?
00:49:27.90\00:49:30.30
Time magazine
just a few days ago,
00:49:30.33\00:49:31.90
on the screen.
00:49:31.93\00:49:33.27
"Whatever the
outcome in November,
00:49:33.30\00:49:35.14
none of this
division in America will end.
00:49:35.17\00:49:37.47
A Clinton victory will
not usher in a return to truth
00:49:37.51\00:49:39.97
and accuracy or restore
American faith in institutions.
00:49:40.01\00:49:43.14
If anything, a Trump loss
could convince his supporters
00:49:43.18\00:49:46.61
that the system
is just as rigged
00:49:46.65\00:49:48.08
as they've been
led to believe it is.
00:49:48.12\00:49:49.85
Pandora's box has,
and I'm adding the word,
00:49:49.88\00:49:52.32
already been opened,
00:49:52.35\00:49:54.46
and once enough people
believe something is false,
00:49:54.49\00:49:59.36
it begins to sound almost true."
00:49:59.39\00:50:03.60
The day is coming,
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.23
when a rumor will
start, it will be false.
00:50:05.27\00:50:08.64
But by the time it
crosses the nation,
00:50:08.67\00:50:12.11
the public will
believe that lie is true.
00:50:12.14\00:50:17.95
They will believe a
delusion, 2 Thessalonians,
00:50:17.98\00:50:21.25
they will believe a lie.
00:50:21.28\00:50:24.39
The day is coming
and Time Magazine says
00:50:24.42\00:50:26.69
where Pandora is opened.
00:50:26.72\00:50:29.86
Is it too late for America?
00:50:29.89\00:50:31.66
It is not.
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.50
It is time to pray for America
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.10
as we have never prayed before.
00:50:36.13\00:50:40.60
My friend Daniel
Augsburger Jr. sent me
00:50:40.64\00:50:43.10
and a few of us a quotation
in September that he found.
00:50:43.14\00:50:48.34
They are right here.
00:50:48.38\00:50:51.01
Taking notes all around it.
00:50:51.05\00:50:52.38
I'm not going to
read the quotation to you,
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.02
it's too sensitive.
00:50:57.05\00:50:59.95
I gave you the reference,
you look it up for yourself.
00:50:59.99\00:51:03.86
Wednesday night,
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.83
I want to unpack
this in the choir,
00:51:05.86\00:51:07.46
no live
streaming, no radio, nothing.
00:51:07.50\00:51:11.83
Just a few people who
want to pray together.
00:51:11.87\00:51:14.74
Wednesday night, I
want to unpack this.
00:51:14.77\00:51:18.04
You better wake up.
00:51:18.07\00:51:19.94
We had better suck in fresh air
00:51:19.97\00:51:24.65
and get ready.
00:51:24.68\00:51:27.55
You thought it
would never happen.
00:51:27.58\00:51:29.75
It's happening.
00:51:29.78\00:51:31.12
We laughed it off.
00:51:31.15\00:51:32.49
I've been hearing
that since I was a kid,
00:51:32.52\00:51:34.39
nothing to it
Dwight, nothing to it.
00:51:34.42\00:51:38.46
My friend, something to it.
00:51:38.49\00:51:43.43
We must pray,
this is a time to pray.
00:51:43.47\00:51:46.94
America can still be reached.
00:51:46.97\00:51:48.70
Her heart and
soul can yet be healed
00:51:48.74\00:51:51.61
but we must pray as we
have never prayed before.
00:51:51.64\00:51:53.34
Look at the back
cover of your bulletin,
00:51:53.38\00:51:54.94
just put that on your
dormitory bulletin board.
00:51:54.98\00:51:57.61
Put it on your refrigerator.
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.55
Wednesday night, 7
o'clock in this place
00:51:59.58\00:52:01.65
right here in the sanctuary.
00:52:01.68\00:52:03.32
Let's pray, if it's
just you and me there,
00:52:03.35\00:52:04.95
we'll pray.
00:52:04.99\00:52:06.32
We'll have a
great season of prayer.
00:52:06.35\00:52:07.92
I'm going to keep it
long, but we got to pray.
00:52:07.96\00:52:10.46
How can we go to this election
and just wring your hands oh,
00:52:10.49\00:52:12.69
I don't know
what's going to happen.
00:52:12.73\00:52:14.06
Who cares, God knows.
00:52:14.10\00:52:17.40
And we need to
call upon the almighty.
00:52:17.43\00:52:19.83
We need to call
upon Him. Take out.
00:52:19.87\00:52:22.74
Listen, listen,
00:52:22.77\00:52:24.11
look if the maker of all
things loves and wants me
00:52:24.14\00:52:27.81
and that was a
one line for ten times
00:52:27.84\00:52:30.25
Hope Trending took to the world.
00:52:30.28\00:52:31.91
The maker of all
things loves and wants me,
00:52:31.95\00:52:33.75
ten times we took
that to the world.
00:52:33.78\00:52:35.58
If that line is true,
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.22
the maker of all
things loves and wants me,
00:52:37.25\00:52:39.45
then we can trust
Him to the max right now.
00:52:39.49\00:52:43.36
Call upon me in
the day of trouble,
00:52:43.39\00:52:45.06
Psalm 50:15,
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.43
"Call upon me in
the day of trouble,
00:52:46.46\00:52:47.80
and I will deliver you.
00:52:47.83\00:52:49.16
And you will
glorify me, you call on me."
00:52:49.20\00:52:51.63
I'm not going to
do your work for you.
00:52:51.67\00:52:53.54
How serious are you with this?
00:52:53.57\00:52:55.17
Call on me, ask me.
00:52:55.20\00:52:59.57
I'm going to pray with you
00:52:59.61\00:53:00.94
and then I'm
going to sing, listen,
00:53:00.98\00:53:04.85
and bring him together.
00:53:04.88\00:53:06.21
Let's pray, oh God, here we are
00:53:06.25\00:53:10.25
before the God of the universe,
00:53:10.29\00:53:11.95
whom we can
implicitly and utterly trust
00:53:15.36\00:53:19.46
with our private lives
and our very public nation,
00:53:19.49\00:53:26.43
the nations of the
world, oh, God we give to you.
00:53:26.47\00:53:29.60
Do whatever it takes.
00:53:29.64\00:53:32.67
We're running
out of time, please.
00:53:32.71\00:53:35.88
You do whatever it
takes and we will trust You,
00:53:40.92\00:53:46.52
and we will tell
the truth about You
00:53:46.55\00:53:49.22
through every
open door You provide.
00:53:49.26\00:53:52.99
Have had it dear
God, have had it now,
00:53:53.03\00:53:56.20
we pray in Christ name, amen.
00:53:56.23\00:53:58.43
Once to every man and nation
00:54:23.59\00:54:28.73
Comes the moment to decide
00:54:28.76\00:54:35.27
In the strife of
truth with falsehood
00:54:35.30\00:54:41.34
For the good or evil side
00:54:41.38\00:54:47.52
Some great
cause, God's new Messiah
00:54:47.55\00:54:53.89
Offering each
the bloom or blight
00:54:53.92\00:55:00.20
And the choice goes by forever
00:55:00.23\00:55:06.17
Twixt that
darkness and that light
00:55:06.20\00:55:13.88
Though the cause of evil prosper
00:55:13.91\00:55:20.35
Yet 'tis truth alone is strong
00:55:20.38\00:55:26.49
Though her
portion be the scaffold
00:55:26.52\00:55:32.43
And upon the throne be wrong
00:55:32.46\00:55:39.00
Yet that
scaffold sways the future
00:55:39.03\00:55:45.34
And behind the dim unknown
00:55:45.37\00:55:51.71
Standeth God within the shadow
00:55:51.75\00:55:58.25
Keeping watch above His own
00:55:58.29\00:56:04.43
Oh, God, that
standeth within the shadow
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.37
keeping watch above His own.
00:56:12.40\00:56:15.47
Praise be to Your
name forever and ever
00:56:15.50\00:56:18.21
for wisdom and power Yours.
00:56:18.24\00:56:20.91
You change times and seasons,
00:56:20.94\00:56:23.11
You depose kings
and raise up others,
00:56:23.14\00:56:25.25
You give wisdom to the wise
00:56:25.28\00:56:27.15
and knowledge to the discerning.
00:56:27.18\00:56:29.55
You reveal deep
and hidden things,
00:56:29.58\00:56:31.35
you know what lies in darkness
and light dwells with You.
00:56:31.39\00:56:36.32
All light of the
world shine upon these,
00:56:36.36\00:56:39.13
who go force into the
world that awaits him.
00:56:39.16\00:56:42.43
May the light of Christ,
00:56:42.46\00:56:43.80
illumine their pathway
and shine upon this nation,
00:56:47.04\00:56:53.21
You are yet
longing to save, amen.
00:56:53.24\00:56:57.91
May I take an
extra moment with you
00:57:00.85\00:57:02.18
and let you know
how grateful I am
00:57:02.22\00:57:03.75
that you joined
us in worship today?
00:57:03.79\00:57:05.59
I hear from viewers
like you across the nation,
00:57:05.62\00:57:07.96
and literally around the world,
00:57:07.99\00:57:09.52
and I'm thankful.
00:57:09.56\00:57:10.89
If you'd like to explore further
00:57:10.93\00:57:12.26
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In the meantime,
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may the grace and
peace of Jesus be yours
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every step of
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