Open the eyes of my heart
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I want to see You
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I want to see You
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Open the eyes...
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Open the eyes of my heart,
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Lord
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Open the eyes of my heart
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I want to see You
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I want to see You
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To see You high
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To see You high and lifted up
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Shinin' in the
light of Your glory
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Pour out Your power and love
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As we sing holy, holy, holy
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Ladies, sing open the eyes...
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Open the eyes of my heart,
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Lord Open the Eyes of my heart
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I want to see You
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I want to see You
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Okay, gentlemen, it's our turn.
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Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
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Open the eyes of my
heart I want to see You
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I want to see You
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Let's sing it all together.
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To see You high and lifted up
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Shinin' in the
light of Your glory
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Pour out Your power and love
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As we sing holy, holy, holy
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To see You high and lifted up
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Shinin' in the
light of Your glory
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And sing...
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Pour out Your power and love
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As we sing holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy...
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Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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I want to see You
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Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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I want to see You.
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Amen. Amen.
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We're in the presence
of God this morning, amen?
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This morning
we're gonna sing a song
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that might not be
too familiar to you,
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but we're gonna
learn it together.
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As we've seen Jesus as,
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God has opened
the eyes of our heart.
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All we can do is
stand up and be amazed
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and how marvelous and
how wonderful Jesus is.
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So I invite you to stand with us
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this morning as we sing,
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I stand amazed to
have Jesus Christ.
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I stand amazed...
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I stand amazed in the presence
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Of Jesus the Nazarene
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And wonder how He could love me
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A sinner condemned, unclean
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Let's sing out again.
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I stand amazed in the presence
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Of Jesus the Nazarene
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And wonder how He could love me
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A sinner condemned,
unclean How marvelous
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How marvelous!
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How wonderful!
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And my song shall ever be
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How marvelous! How wonderful!
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Is my Savior's love for me!
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He took my sins and my sorrows.
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He took my sins and my sorrows
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And made them His very own
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He bore the burden.
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He bore the burden to Calvary
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And suffered, and died alone
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How marvelous
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How marvelous!
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How wonderful!
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And my song shall ever be
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How marvelous! How wonderful!
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Is my Savior's love for me!
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When with the ransomed in glory.
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When with the ransomed in glory
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His face I at last shall see
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'Twil be my joy through the ages
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To sing of His love
for me How marvelous...
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How marvelous!
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How wonderful!
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And my song shall ever be
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How marvelous! How wonderful!
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Is my Savior's love for me!
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How marvelous!
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How wonderful!
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And my song shall ever be
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How marvelous! How wonderful!
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Is my Savior's...
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Love for me.
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Amen. Amen.
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This morning
we're gonna give you
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the opportunity to come
before the Lord in prayer.
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And we're gonna sing this
song called, Take My Life.
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Talks about taking our
heart, taking our soul,
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taking our mind,
giving it to Jesus
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and allowing Him to transform us
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through Himself.
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And this morning,
we're gonna ask for holiness,
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and faithfulness, and
purity, and righteousness.
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So during this song,
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I will invite you
forward to the front for parable
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Let's sing together, Holiness.
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Holiness,
holiness, is what I long for
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Holiness is what I need
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Holiness, holiness
Is what You want from me
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What You want from me
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Take my heart and form it
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Take my mind transform it
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Take my will conform it
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord
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Righteousness...
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Righteousness
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Righteousness is what I long for
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Righteousness is what I need
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Righteousness, righteousness
s what You want from me
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Take my heart and form it
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Take my mind transform it
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Take my will conform it
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord.
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At this point if you
haven't come forward,
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the Lord's tugging
on your heart saying,
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"There's something
you need to give up to Me.
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Pray to Me this morning
for holiness and righteousness,
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that the
sanctification of Jesus Christ
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will come into your life."
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It's not too late.
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I invite you this
time to come forward,
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come forward and lay your burden
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before the Lord
cast it out of His feet
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and watch Him wipe it
away with the blood of Calvary.
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Join me as we sing Purity.
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Purity, purity
is what I long for
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Purity is what I need
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Purity, purity Is
what You want from me
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Take my heart and form it
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Take my mind transform it
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Take my will conform it
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord...
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Faithfulness.
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Faithfulness,
faithfulness is what I long for
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Faithfulness, is what I need
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Faithfulness,
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faithfulness Is
what You want from me
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As much you want from me
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Take my heart and form it
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Take my mind transform it
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Take my will conform it
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord
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To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord.
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Nice to see you on this,
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what is this, the
Sabbath of November?
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Glad you're here, I have
a perfect story for today.
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Baseball season
has just ended, right?
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Yeah. Yeah, okay.
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So this, the young
Desmond, eight years old.
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Anybody here eight?
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Let me see the eight-year-olds,
come on, be proud of it.
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Yup, yup, yup,
yup, yup, your age.
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Desmond loved to play baseball.
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One day he's
running through the grass,
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he trips and falls,
there's a broken piece of glass.
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His hand lands on the
glass, it slices his hand open,
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mother rushes him to
the doctor, the doctor says,
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"Oh, this is bad,
this bad, this is bad"
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as he tried to sew it up.
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He said, "You'll
never be able to play sports
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with two hands again.
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I can't believe it.
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One Sabbath,
because young Desmond,
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Seventh-day
Adventist, eight-year-old,
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one Sabbath he went
to church and they said,
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we have a woman in the
hospital who is very sick,
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she needs blood,
would anybody willing,
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be willing to come,
and few hands went up
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and Desmond raised
his hand, "I'll go."
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He went, they
tested all the blood
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and only his blood
was the perfect match
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and he gave his blood
and saved that woman's life.
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Something happened in
young Desmond's heart.
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Something about saving life.
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Isn't that
something, I got wounded,
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but I bet I could help
people save their lives,
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and so this is what happened.
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Big war comes to the
country where he lives,
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which is America,
and now America's in war
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and young Desmond
says, he's the loader now,
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he says, "I want
to join the army,
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that's what I'm gonna do,
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and I'm not going
to carry gun, no sorry,
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I am not going to
kill a single human being,
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I will be a medic,
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I will only help heal
people who had been hurt."
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He went and
signed up for the army,
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they gave him a
classification, he said, "Okay."
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But once he got
in, sergeant said,
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"All right guys, here it is."
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And he said, "I
will not use that gun."
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"What do you mean you
will not use this gun,
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this is the army?"
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"I will not use that gun, I
will not kill a single soul,
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I'm here to help."
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They went all the
way up to the generals,
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the generals
listened to it and said,
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"Boy, do you
understand what this is,
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do you understand?"
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"I understand, I joined
the army to heal not hurt."
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"All right, you're on your own."
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And guess what,
he was on his own.
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When he headed
over to a little island
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called Okinawa.
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I have been to that island.
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I've seen the place where he is.
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Let's see Desmond on
the screen right now please.
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There he is Desmond Doss,
Seventh-day Adventist medic,
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77th Infantry Division,
there he is in Okinawa.
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And this is a big battle.
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All right guys, you ready?
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Tomorrow morning early,
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we're gonna
climb that big cliff.
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I got to see the
big cliff right now.
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We're gonna
climb that big cliff.
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And the ones that were fighting
against are all along the top,
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so this is going
to be a bloody moment
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but let's go.
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And early in the next
morning, those soldiers climb.
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Can you see him climbing
right up, Hacksaw Ridge.
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That's the name of
that rocky escarpment.
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Hacksaw Ridge, and
when they got to the top.
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They were ducking as low
as they could but boom, boom.
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The medic
Desmond is up on top now.
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And he's realizing
all his fellow soldiers,
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they're getting just cut down.
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He begins to
crawl, I can't get in,
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I can't stand
up, I had to crawl.
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And he'd be, hit,
medic, medic, help.
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He begins to crawl to those
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who are wounded
and he grabs them.
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I can't stand up,
you can't stand up,
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we're gonna have to crawl.
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I got to drag you,
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I'm gonna drag you all the
way to the edge of that cliff
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and now I'm gonna let you down,
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careful,
careful, careful, careful.
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Medic, another
called back and forth,
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12 hours, 12 hours, no gun,
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only his little
healing medic pack.
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12 hours, one by one,
drag, drag, don't give up.
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I'm gonna get you
down, over the edge.
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Seventy five of
his fellow soldiers
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he lowered over that cliff,
and then went down himself.
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When the war was over
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the president of
the United States,
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Harry Truman
says, "Desmond Doss,
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I'm gonna give
you the highest honor
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we can give to an
American citizen."
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There's the picture right there,
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you have just
received a Medal of Honor,
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Mr. Seventh-day
Adventist won't hold a gun,
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refused to kill anybody soldier.
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Wow!
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You know what got me though?
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When he was eight years old,
it began to grow in his mind,
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Jesus wants me to help people.
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I'm gonna be one
who heals people.
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You know what?
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Jesus doesn't wait
till you're big old grown up
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to tell you what
He hopes you'll do.
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He starts right now.
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Thoughts you're
having in your mind
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right now He's saying,
"I have plans for you."
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And whenever He calls you to be,
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I promise you this,
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you're gonna
help Him save people,
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because that's why we live.
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Jesus Himself saved us.
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Saved us, so that we
could help Him save others.
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How many are thankful
for a Savior like that?
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Oh, my, my, my,
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who would like to thank
Jesus for being that savior?
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Hale, come on up here.
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Had a little
girl in first service,
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we'll go with the
guy in second service.
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Let's close our eyes
and let's pray with Hale
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who is gonna thank
Jesus for saving us.
00:17:15.50\00:17:19.00
Dear Jesus,
thank you for this day
00:17:19.03\00:17:21.40
and thank you for helping us
00:17:21.44\00:17:24.57
to be obedient
and kind to others.
00:17:24.61\00:17:29.54
Thank you for the Thanksgiving
that's coming up soon.
00:17:29.58\00:17:33.62
Thank you Jesus
for the Sabbath day
00:17:33.65\00:17:36.28
and this story.
00:17:36.32\00:17:37.65
Thank you Jesus in
Your name we pray, amen.
00:17:37.69\00:17:39.32
Amen. Thank you, Hale.
That was a beautiful prayer.
00:17:39.35\00:17:42.09
As you go quietly now
00:17:42.12\00:17:43.46
and reverently
back to your seats.
00:17:43.49\00:17:44.99
You can say that in
your heart, thank you, Jesus.
00:17:45.03\00:17:48.16
Thank you for being the
one who saved us, thank you.
00:17:48.20\00:17:52.40
Thank you, Byron
Graves, that's beautiful.
00:22:15.80\00:22:19.03
Within the darkest
nights, a song on Gethsemane.
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Powerfully rendered with a deep,
00:22:23.81\00:22:25.71
even a deep bell and chime.
00:22:25.74\00:22:29.34
Thank you for that.
00:22:29.38\00:22:30.75
Oh, God, You really
have paid the deepest,
00:22:35.48\00:22:39.72
the deepest price of all,
00:22:39.75\00:22:42.59
to rescue this
race of earth's children
00:22:42.62\00:22:48.43
trapped on the
precipice of time.
00:22:48.46\00:22:54.80
For that gift we thank You.
00:22:54.84\00:22:56.17
Open up our minds as we
plunge into today's teaching.
00:22:56.20\00:22:59.94
Make it clear we
pray in Christ's name.
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Amen.
00:23:02.64\00:23:03.98
Last night I did something,
00:23:05.01\00:23:06.35
I've never done
in my life before.
00:23:06.38\00:23:09.88
That is I stood
outside a theater,
00:23:09.92\00:23:12.69
Friday night,
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.49
greeting the
Americans as they came out.
00:23:14.52\00:23:18.63
I was with 11
Andrews University students,
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.73
two theaters we
covered last night
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.76
Niles and Mishawaka.
00:23:22.80\00:23:24.30
And why were we there?
00:23:24.33\00:23:25.67
Because we had for all those
coming out of Hacksaw Ridge,
00:23:25.70\00:23:29.30
we had the complimentary book
00:23:29.34\00:23:32.61
that
accompanies that production.
00:23:32.64\00:23:35.24
Incredible response by
the way, 300 of these books.
00:23:35.28\00:23:39.18
If we've had, if we've
had had couple more boxes
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.58
we could have given that
many, that much more out.
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.75
This is hero... excuse me.
00:23:44.79\00:23:46.82
Hero of Hacksaw Ridge,
the story of Desmond Doss.
00:23:46.86\00:23:51.19
Wow.
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.86
And the response of
the public, amazing.
00:23:52.89\00:23:58.23
You know, this
is a Mel Gibson film
00:23:58.27\00:23:59.73
and last night was the
opening night across the nation.
00:23:59.77\00:24:03.20
Friend of mine
Torres Montgomery,
00:24:03.24\00:24:04.57
who pastors our
Benton Harbor campus church,
00:24:04.61\00:24:07.64
called Harbor of Hope.
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.08
Torres was telling
me yesterday he said,
00:24:09.11\00:24:10.58
"Hey, Dwight, I wanna tell you,
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.25
I have an Adventist
friend who's a movie critique."
00:24:12.28\00:24:15.12
He went to a showing
of this Hacksaw Ridge
00:24:15.15\00:24:19.12
with fellow movie critiques,
00:24:19.15\00:24:20.49
they filled up a
theater in Denver.
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.46
At the end of the film,
00:24:23.49\00:24:25.19
the critique, Adventist told me,
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.70
"At the end of the film
00:24:27.73\00:24:29.06
the entire audience of
critiques rose to their feet
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.87
and for five
minutes gave an ovation."
00:24:31.90\00:24:36.07
This Adventist
critique said to me,
00:24:36.10\00:24:37.67
"Do you
understand what this film is?
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.84
It is a 100 million
dollars of free marketing
00:24:39.87\00:24:45.21
for the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in America."
00:24:45.25\00:24:48.58
Unbelievable.
00:24:48.62\00:24:50.85
So the response
of people, look at...
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.32
One guy comes to it, Notre Dame,
00:24:52.35\00:24:53.69
so he's got the
Notre Dame's sweatshirt on,
00:24:53.72\00:24:55.82
he's on
crutches, athletic injury,
00:24:55.86\00:24:59.06
and he says, "Man" I said,
00:24:59.09\00:25:01.13
"Hey, was that
inspiring or what?"
00:25:01.16\00:25:03.06
He said, in fact you could see,
00:25:03.10\00:25:04.43
you could see the gospel
woven all the way through this."
00:25:04.47\00:25:06.13
He said,
00:25:06.17\00:25:07.50
"Dwight, 'I'm a
Catholic, I'm a Christian'."
00:25:07.54\00:25:08.87
I said, "Oh, good."
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.24
He said, "Are
you guys Adventist?"
00:25:10.27\00:25:11.61
I said, "Yeah, we're
from Andrews University."
00:25:11.64\00:25:13.64
He said that film is gonna
00:25:13.68\00:25:18.31
impact the American
society in a way, he said,
00:25:18.35\00:25:21.15
"Well, Mel Gibson,
Passion of the Christ."
00:25:21.18\00:25:24.92
Another guy
came through he said,
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.52
"Can you tell I've been crying?"
00:25:27.56\00:25:29.59
He said, "I'm not
even from this country."
00:25:29.62\00:25:30.96
I said, "What
country are you from?"
00:25:30.99\00:25:32.33
He said, "I'm
from Saudi Arabia."
00:25:32.36\00:25:34.23
You from Saudi Arabia?
00:25:34.26\00:25:35.80
One of the Andrews
students on our team
00:25:35.83\00:25:38.77
there in Mishawaka
was from Saudi Arabia,
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.60
I said, "Come
here" and these guys
00:25:40.64\00:25:42.17
started yakking together,
they got phone numbers.
00:25:42.20\00:25:47.34
We weren't just
chilling in the night,
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.31
'cause it was cold last night.
00:25:49.34\00:25:52.05
I tell you what?
00:25:52.08\00:25:53.42
We ran out of these, we
would do it again tonight,
00:25:53.45\00:25:55.58
I invite you to come.
00:25:55.62\00:25:57.19
ABC bookstore,
you can pick these up,
00:25:57.22\00:25:59.69
any friend you've
got, any neighbor you got,
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.19
you just hand it to him.
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.56
I know you're
gonna see Hacksaw Ridge.
00:26:02.59\00:26:03.93
This book is the inspiration
00:26:03.96\00:26:05.29
that will keep
the inspiration going.
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.93
My friend Doug
Bachelor's written
00:26:07.96\00:26:09.30
about the last five chapters.
00:26:09.33\00:26:11.17
What did Desmond Doss
believed that made him
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.30
kind of American citizen he was.
00:26:13.34\00:26:16.20
It's a sharing book.
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.01
Pick some up, hand them out
where you work, where you play.
00:26:18.04\00:26:21.78
Wow.
00:26:21.81\00:26:24.01
Reporter once asked the great
Swiss theologian Karl Barth.
00:26:24.05\00:26:27.68
Mr. Barth, can you summarize
the Bible in one sentence?
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.29
Barth stopped, paused
for a moment and said,
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.19
"Yeah, I think I can.
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.69
Jesus loves me this I know
for the Bible tells me so."
00:26:35.72\00:26:41.83
To simplistic an answer?
00:26:41.86\00:26:43.43
I don't think so.
00:26:43.47\00:26:44.80
We just spent 10
nights at hope trending,
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.40
telling the
world and the nation,
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.37
every single night,
00:26:49.40\00:26:50.74
"The maker of all
things loves and wants me."
00:26:50.77\00:26:55.24
I believe that is the
most compelling truth,
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.18
the deepest, the
most profound truth
00:26:57.21\00:26:58.81
any human mind
can possibly grasp.
00:26:58.85\00:27:01.62
So this summer I get
a book from my writer
00:27:01.65\00:27:03.69
and pastor
named Clinton Meharry,
00:27:03.72\00:27:05.75
he's out in the Northwest.
00:27:05.79\00:27:08.26
Wonderful book,
title of the book,
00:27:08.29\00:27:09.62
The Compelling Love of God.
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.53
In the book,
00:27:11.56\00:27:14.46
he points out
how this little song
00:27:14.50\00:27:16.26
Jesus loves me this I know
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.83
has five
foundational truths about Jesus,
00:27:18.87\00:27:23.27
the giver of security and peace.
00:27:23.30\00:27:26.47
I'm so moved by that list,
00:27:26.51\00:27:27.84
I'm gonna have you
write it down right now.
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.21
Pull out your study guide.
00:27:29.24\00:27:30.58
You got a study guide in
your worship bulletin today,
00:27:30.61\00:27:31.95
please pull it out.
00:27:31.98\00:27:33.31
Let's jot these five down.
00:27:33.35\00:27:34.68
Amazing, amazing.
Didn't get a study guide?
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.52
I've got...
00:27:36.55\00:27:37.89
We've got some
great and friendly ushers
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.92
who are going to help
you get a study guide.
00:27:39.95\00:27:41.92
Just hold your hand up.
00:27:41.96\00:27:43.29
They're gonna go, there they go.
00:27:43.32\00:27:45.03
Hold your hand up,
they're coming your way
00:27:45.06\00:27:46.93
and while you're
getting those study guides,
00:27:46.96\00:27:48.36
those of you
watching on live streaming
00:27:48.40\00:27:50.77
right now or television,
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.13
you go to our
website www.newperceptions.
00:27:52.17\00:27:54.60
You see it on the
screen, it's rather small
00:27:54.64\00:27:56.47
newperceptions.tv.
00:27:56.50\00:27:58.51
Go to that website,
00:27:58.54\00:27:59.87
you're looking for
the series #RxF4Now
00:27:59.91\00:28:04.48
and the teaching
today 2nd Hand Faith.
00:28:04.51\00:28:07.05
Click on there,
you'll have this study guide.
00:28:07.08\00:28:09.15
You have these five
profound foundational truths.
00:28:09.18\00:28:12.62
But before we jot them
down, we got to sing, come on.
00:28:12.65\00:28:14.76
Jesus loves me this I know
00:28:14.79\00:28:19.59
For the Bible tells me so
00:28:19.63\00:28:24.63
Little ones to him belong
00:28:24.67\00:28:29.44
They are weak but He is strong
00:28:29.47\00:28:34.68
Yes, Jesus loves me
00:28:34.71\00:28:39.55
Yes, Jesus loves me
00:28:39.58\00:28:44.59
Yes, Jesus loves me
00:28:44.62\00:28:49.02
The Bible tells me so.
00:28:49.06\00:28:54.86
So based on what we
just sang Clinton Meharry,
00:28:54.90\00:28:57.47
five foundational
truths, jot them down.
00:28:57.50\00:28:59.57
Number one: When I
know I am loved by Jesus,
00:28:59.60\00:29:03.41
as we just sang,
I am drawn to Him.
00:29:03.44\00:29:07.21
Yeah.
00:29:07.24\00:29:08.58
Number two:
00:29:08.61\00:29:09.94
When the conviction
that He loves me is based on
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.68
what the Bible says,
rather than my feelings,
00:29:11.71\00:29:16.15
I will be able to experience
inner peace and security,
00:29:16.18\00:29:18.29
no matter what
circumstances I am in.
00:29:18.32\00:29:20.66
It's good.
00:29:20.69\00:29:22.02
Number three:
00:29:22.06\00:29:23.39
When I understand that I belong,
00:29:23.43\00:29:25.73
little ones to him
belong, when I belong to Jesus
00:29:25.76\00:29:28.20
because He created
me and redeemed me,
00:29:28.23\00:29:30.07
the maker of all
things loves and wants me,
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.63
I am free to serve Him
out of love and appreciation,
00:29:32.67\00:29:35.54
rather than out
of fear of punishment
00:29:35.57\00:29:37.64
or a desire to earn His favor.
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.87
Number four:
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.24
When I remember that
I am weak and helpless
00:29:41.28\00:29:43.21
to do anything good on my own,
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.18
I will remain humble
and dependent on Him.
00:29:45.21\00:29:47.78
And finally, number five:
00:29:47.82\00:29:49.48
When I remember
that He is strong, yes,
00:29:49.52\00:29:52.05
He is strong and has
already conquered the enemy,
00:29:52.09\00:29:57.73
I am free to live without fear,
00:29:57.76\00:29:59.89
trusting in His
power and providence
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.93
every single day.
00:30:01.96\00:30:04.37
Ain't that beautiful?
00:30:04.40\00:30:05.73
Beautiful little analysis
00:30:05.77\00:30:09.50
of our childhood song.
00:30:09.54\00:30:10.87
It really is true,
00:30:10.91\00:30:12.24
the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:30:12.27\00:30:14.34
You get that
truth, you discover,
00:30:14.38\00:30:16.14
you chance upon that,
00:30:16.18\00:30:17.51
your life will
never be the same again.
00:30:17.55\00:30:19.08
You say, yeah,
but Dwight, come on,
00:30:19.11\00:30:20.45
what does all this have
to do with where we're at?
00:30:20.48\00:30:22.35
Why this
reiteration? I'll tell you why.
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.29
Because I am concerned
00:30:24.32\00:30:27.29
that as we plunge deeper
into this series #RxF4Now,
00:30:27.32\00:30:31.29
I am concerned that we may
be tempted to think that RxF...
00:30:31.33\00:30:33.93
By the way what
does RxF stand for?
00:30:33.96\00:30:36.70
Righteousness by
faith, you nailed it, good.
00:30:36.73\00:30:38.80
I'm concerned that RxF,
00:30:38.83\00:30:41.87
justification,
sanctification, glorification,
00:30:41.90\00:30:45.41
that we may somehow conclude
00:30:45.44\00:30:48.34
that righteousness by
faith is some archaic language
00:30:48.38\00:30:51.25
to describe
theological, jurisprudence,
00:30:51.28\00:30:54.28
legal niceties to
allow God to save us
00:30:54.32\00:30:56.55
and not violate
His own character.
00:30:56.58\00:30:58.59
You know what I'm
really concerned about.
00:30:58.62\00:30:59.95
I'm concerned about
00:30:59.99\00:31:01.32
that we will
turn RxF into 1880ish
00:31:01.36\00:31:05.16
rather than 2016ish.
00:31:05.19\00:31:07.96
So it's RxF for now.
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.37
Let's go back to it,
00:31:11.40\00:31:12.73
could it be the
maker of all things
00:31:12.77\00:31:14.60
is the imbedded truth
00:31:14.64\00:31:16.00
in this grand old
teaching of scripture.
00:31:16.04\00:31:19.97
We got to remind
ourselves of course
00:31:20.01\00:31:22.18
that righteousness by
faith is really a story,
00:31:22.21\00:31:25.31
it's a plot, it's a narrative,
it's about that moment
00:31:25.35\00:31:27.28
when the creator of the universe
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.65
stepped out
into pitch blackness.
00:31:28.68\00:31:32.12
And He spoke a word,
00:31:32.15\00:31:33.49
and because when
He speaks the word,
00:31:33.52\00:31:34.86
the word immediately
creates what the word describes.
00:31:34.89\00:31:38.13
When He spoke this word,
when he Said galaxies plural,
00:31:38.16\00:31:43.06
guess what He got?
00:31:43.10\00:31:44.43
A billion, billion
galaxies, just like that.
00:31:44.47\00:31:49.60
This maker of all
things who loves and wants me,
00:31:49.64\00:31:52.17
who is in love
with all creation,
00:31:52.21\00:31:54.61
every creature precious to Him.
00:31:54.64\00:31:56.75
We were made for His pleasure.
00:31:56.78\00:31:59.48
He says, "I exist
for your pleasure.'
00:31:59.51\00:32:05.89
Righteousness by faith is
a narrative, it's a story.
00:32:05.92\00:32:08.46
He's a being
questing for friends.
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.29
Even by the way
00:32:10.33\00:32:11.66
when the human
race crashes and burns,
00:32:11.69\00:32:13.46
explosions and bombs
00:32:13.50\00:32:19.93
bursting in air.
00:32:19.97\00:32:21.47
We're talking
about the Garden of Eden.
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.81
What does He do?
00:32:23.84\00:32:25.17
The maker of all things
00:32:25.21\00:32:26.54
hurries through
the cool eventide
00:32:26.57\00:32:28.41
in search of these two.
00:32:28.44\00:32:30.75
The two He loves.
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.41
Now incinerated,
charred, sinners Adam and Eve.
00:32:32.45\00:32:39.22
First words,
00:32:39.25\00:32:42.16
it's called the Protoevangelium,
00:32:42.19\00:32:43.96
the first hint of the gospel.
00:32:43.99\00:32:45.93
"Yo, I'm gonna come,
00:32:45.96\00:32:47.46
I will come, I will
become one with you.
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.80
I'll be born of the woman
00:32:49.83\00:32:52.20
and I will conquer
that dastardly enemy.
00:32:52.23\00:32:54.90
He will kill me,
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.27
but I will shatter his kingdom
00:32:56.30\00:32:57.77
and I'll bring you home again."
00:32:57.81\00:32:59.27
It's a gospel,
righteousness by faith, why?
00:32:59.31\00:33:03.68
Because the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:33:03.71\00:33:06.01
So when Abraham
comes into the story,
00:33:06.05\00:33:08.08
thank you,
Michael for reading it.
00:33:08.12\00:33:09.48
Let's just turn to Romans 4:3,
00:33:09.52\00:33:13.29
when the narrative now
switches to a man named Abraham,
00:33:13.32\00:33:16.16
and by the way it's
the middle of the night,
00:33:16.19\00:33:17.56
starry, starry night.
00:33:17.59\00:33:20.23
Abraham is sound asleep,
00:33:20.26\00:33:21.60
when God tiptoes into
Abraham and Sarah's tent,
00:33:21.63\00:33:23.87
where they're lying,
they're beside each other
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.40
and God taps Abraham,
00:33:25.43\00:33:26.77
"Shh, we don't wanna
wake, we don't wanna wake Sarah,
00:33:26.80\00:33:29.84
I need to talk to you,
00:33:29.87\00:33:31.21
can you come
outside for a moment?
00:33:31.24\00:33:32.97
So Abraham rubbing
his sleep out of his eyes
00:33:33.01\00:33:35.51
stumbles out of that tent
00:33:35.54\00:33:36.88
and now he's standing
under the panoply of heaven.
00:33:36.91\00:33:40.78
I was up at 5:30
this morning, I was,
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.58
just happen to
go outside to look,
00:33:42.62\00:33:44.02
and I'm telling you
00:33:44.05\00:33:45.39
the stars this
morning at 5:30 crystal clear,
00:33:45.42\00:33:47.86
not a drop of
smog where we live.
00:33:47.89\00:33:51.96
Stunning.
00:33:51.99\00:33:53.76
That's the same way it
was that night and God says,
00:33:53.80\00:33:56.03
"Yo" as Abraham
is just going wow.
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.63
God says Abraham, "Do
me a favor, will you?"
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.04
"Count the stars" he says,
"You got to be kidding me."
00:34:00.07\00:34:04.34
"No, I'm serious,
count the stars" "Why?"
00:34:04.37\00:34:08.04
"Because that's
how many children
00:34:08.08\00:34:09.41
I'm gonna give to you."
00:34:09.44\00:34:10.78
"That's how many
children You gonna give to us,
00:34:10.81\00:34:12.15
we don't even
have a single child,
00:34:12.18\00:34:13.52
what do you mean?"
00:34:13.55\00:34:14.88
Roman 4:3,
00:34:18.42\00:34:22.96
"What does the Scripture say?"
00:34:22.99\00:34:24.33
Because Genesis
15 describes this
00:34:24.36\00:34:25.76
under the stars moment.
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.20
"What does the Scripture say?
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.56
'Abraham believed God,
00:34:28.60\00:34:30.43
and it was credited
to him as righteousness.'
00:34:30.47\00:34:34.10
"Do you know what
happens under the stars?
00:34:34.14\00:34:35.80
When Abraham hears that voice,
00:34:35.84\00:34:37.17
count the stars 'cause that's
how many I'm gonna give you.
00:34:37.21\00:34:39.31
Abraham looks to where the voice
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.24
is coming from.
00:34:41.28\00:34:42.61
Somewhere under
the stars, in the dark,
00:34:42.64\00:34:43.98
he looks toward that voice
00:34:44.01\00:34:45.45
and there is
this pregnant pause.
00:34:45.48\00:34:48.92
He's thinking about it,
00:34:48.95\00:34:50.52
I'm gonna have
that many descendants?
00:34:50.55\00:34:52.95
And he looks at that spot
where he thinks the voice is,
00:34:52.99\00:34:56.06
and he says one
word, he says, "I'm in."
00:34:56.09\00:35:02.46
He doesn't know
what else to say,
00:35:02.50\00:35:03.83
just amen.
00:35:05.43\00:35:07.54
And in that split
second, what happens to Abraham?
00:35:07.57\00:35:11.14
What does he become?
00:35:11.17\00:35:12.51
Ladies and gentlemen, tell
me what does Abraham become?
00:35:12.54\00:35:13.98
In that spilt
second, he becomes,
00:35:14.01\00:35:16.44
he becomes righteous.
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.75
Universe I want you
all to look down on Earth
00:35:18.78\00:35:21.45
because there's
a man named Abraham
00:35:21.48\00:35:22.82
and he just
became the righteous,
00:35:22.85\00:35:25.19
the righteous one.
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.82
Here's a question.
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.19
What did Abraham do to
have to become righteous?
00:35:29.22\00:35:31.66
What did he do?
What did he do? Hmm?
00:35:31.69\00:35:35.76
Nothing, zero,
nada, nothing, nothing.
00:35:35.80\00:35:39.47
He just said, "Ah,
man, wow," that's it.
00:35:39.50\00:35:44.51
I believe oh,
maker of all things,
00:35:48.18\00:35:51.51
I believe that when you speak,
00:35:51.55\00:35:53.82
it is as the
Psalmist said in Psalm 33,
00:35:53.85\00:35:56.82
"By the word of the
Lord were the heavens made
00:35:56.85\00:35:58.42
and by the breath of his
mouth all the host of them."
00:35:58.45\00:36:01.49
Verse 9, "For He
spoke and it was,
00:36:01.52\00:36:04.06
He commanded and it stood fast"
00:36:04.09\00:36:06.19
I believe oh, God that
when You speak the word.
00:36:06.23\00:36:09.06
When the word is spoken,
00:36:09.10\00:36:10.57
it creates in
that half a nano second
00:36:10.60\00:36:13.64
the reality the word
describes, I believe that.
00:36:13.67\00:36:16.50
I believe in what
You said in Isaiah 55:11,
00:36:16.54\00:36:18.97
"My word that
goes out of my mouth:
00:36:19.01\00:36:20.34
It will not come
back to me empty,
00:36:20.38\00:36:21.71
but it will
accomplish the purpose
00:36:21.74\00:36:23.08
for which I sent it."
00:36:23.11\00:36:24.45
It will succeed in
the vision I have for it.
00:36:24.48\00:36:26.68
I believe that oh, God.
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.25
I believe that
when the maker was here
00:36:28.28\00:36:31.19
and stood among us and He
said, "So it is with my words,
00:36:31.22\00:36:33.96
they are Spirit
and they are life."
00:36:33.99\00:36:37.23
Amen.
00:36:37.26\00:36:38.83
I believe.
00:36:38.86\00:36:40.43
And it was credited to
Abraham as righteousness.
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.67
No visible evidence by the way,
so I'm driving to church today,
00:36:47.44\00:36:51.11
driving by Apple Valley market.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.47
I got to drive by
Apple Valley market
00:36:52.51\00:36:54.54
every time I come to this place.
00:36:54.58\00:36:55.91
Maybe you do too.
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.55
They have a sign out,
not the cost of cantaloupes,
00:36:57.58\00:37:02.28
they got a sign out,
00:37:02.32\00:37:03.65
they put a little
saying up for the Sabbath.
00:37:03.69\00:37:06.12
So I saw the sign
so while I'm driving,
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.62
I'm finding a pen and
finding a piece of paper
00:37:07.66\00:37:09.96
so I can write this down.
00:37:09.99\00:37:11.33
I got here and
then scribbled it down.
00:37:11.36\00:37:13.03
Here's the sign Apple Valley,
00:37:13.06\00:37:14.53
when you just
see when you go home.
00:37:14.56\00:37:15.90
Faith is daring
the soul to go beyond
00:37:15.93\00:37:20.24
what the eyes can't see.
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.47
Boy, I like that.
That was a gospel.
00:37:23.51\00:37:24.84
They just preached the
gospel on their EVM sign.
00:37:24.87\00:37:29.21
Daring the soul to believe
what your eyes cannot see.
00:37:29.24\00:37:31.48
That was Abraham. Amen.
00:37:31.51\00:37:34.58
You got it.
00:37:34.62\00:37:35.95
Look at verse 4,
"Now to the one who works,
00:37:40.89\00:37:44.36
wages are not created as a
gift but as an obligation."
00:37:44.39\00:37:47.56
Look it, I put
in 40 hours for you,
00:37:47.60\00:37:48.93
you don't come to me,
00:37:48.96\00:37:50.30
you don't you dare come to me
at the end of the week and say,
00:37:50.33\00:37:51.67
"I got a little
gift for you, Dwight?
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.03
You don't have a
gift for me I earned that,
00:37:53.07\00:37:54.40
that money belongs to me.
00:37:54.44\00:37:55.77
That's the way it is with wages.
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.14
But go on to verse 5,
00:37:57.17\00:37:58.51
"However, to the
one who does not work
00:37:58.54\00:38:01.14
but trusts God who
justifies the ungodly,
00:38:01.18\00:38:05.05
their faith is
credited as righteousness."
00:38:05.08\00:38:08.62
Do you remember
what righteousness means?
00:38:08.65\00:38:10.22
It means right living.
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.85
It means right doing.
00:38:11.89\00:38:13.22
It means right being.
00:38:13.25\00:38:14.59
It means right thinking.
00:38:14.62\00:38:15.96
It means being right
just like God is right.
00:38:15.99\00:38:18.09
You become like God
when you're righteous.
00:38:18.13\00:38:20.70
That's what it means.
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.60
Amen.
00:38:22.63\00:38:23.97
You're it, just
like me, God says.
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.34
Wow.
00:38:28.30\00:38:29.64
God justifies, He
equips, He pardons,
00:38:29.67\00:38:31.97
He forgives the
ungodly, the wicked.
00:38:32.01\00:38:34.84
I mean, look at,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:34.88\00:38:36.58
this RxF,
00:38:36.61\00:38:38.78
this righteousness
by faith proposition
00:38:38.81\00:38:41.42
that God is offering us
00:38:41.45\00:38:42.78
in this little
series is so simple,
00:38:42.82\00:38:45.19
it is so compellingly simple
00:38:45.22\00:38:48.39
that any man,
any woman, any child
00:38:48.42\00:38:51.43
no matter how
pagan, no matter how lost.
00:38:51.46\00:38:53.19
Any one who chances upon,
anyone who happens to overhear,
00:38:53.23\00:38:57.30
anyone who gets
just a little peak
00:38:57.33\00:38:59.27
somewhere along the week,
00:38:59.30\00:39:02.77
anyone who overhears the truth,
00:39:02.80\00:39:07.31
the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:39:07.34\00:39:10.75
If the heart leaps
toward that truth...
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.71
All he has to do,
00:39:18.12\00:39:19.92
all she has to do is
raise one little pinky,
00:39:19.95\00:39:24.59
one little finger.
00:39:24.63\00:39:26.13
That's all you
have to do. Got it.
00:39:26.16\00:39:28.13
You've ever been to an auction?
00:39:28.16\00:39:30.33
You've ever been to an auction,
00:39:30.37\00:39:31.70
come on you
remember the auctioneer.
00:39:31.73\00:39:33.07
I tell you what?
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.44
When you got to an
auction, you don't wanna,
00:39:34.47\00:39:35.80
you don't want an itchy nose
00:39:35.84\00:39:37.17
and just going up
here and scratching nose.
00:39:37.21\00:39:38.54
Just like that. Why?
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.38
Because the auctioneer
is paid to have eagle eyes,
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.98
he's looking for
an excuse to give,
00:39:43.01\00:39:45.28
sell this product,
00:39:45.31\00:39:48.15
and the moment
your finger goes up,
00:39:48.18\00:39:50.02
so to the man in the fourth row,
00:39:50.05\00:39:52.05
three cheers in.
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.46
The divine
auctioneer is the same way.
00:39:54.49\00:39:57.09
All you have to raise is
one, just one little finger.
00:39:57.13\00:40:03.67
Sold to the woman in
the balcony right now.
00:40:03.70\00:40:07.87
I was visiting with a
young man a few days ago,
00:40:11.44\00:40:14.88
here at the church
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.78
and he shared with me
his shame and his pain
00:40:16.81\00:40:19.25
over his moral meltdown.
00:40:19.28\00:40:20.62
I mean, trashed his life,
00:40:20.65\00:40:22.65
but not beyond the whisper
of the maker of all things,
00:40:22.68\00:40:25.85
who loves and wants him.
00:40:25.89\00:40:28.06
And when he came back
to God, I tell you what,
00:40:28.09\00:40:29.59
I wish everybody knew this.
00:40:29.62\00:40:31.89
I wish everybody could
somehow lock on to this law,
00:40:31.93\00:40:35.90
the truth of
God's omnipotent word
00:40:35.93\00:40:38.43
because when God
speaks purity over you.
00:40:38.47\00:40:40.77
When He speaks purity over
you, you got it, just like that.
00:40:40.80\00:40:44.07
When God speaks
honesty over you,
00:40:44.11\00:40:46.71
you have it just like that.
00:40:46.74\00:40:49.28
You just say amen.
00:40:49.31\00:40:50.68
And all you have to do
00:40:55.48\00:40:57.52
is whisper back, wow, amen.
00:40:57.55\00:41:01.79
Though your sins be scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow,
00:41:03.83\00:41:07.66
though they be red like crimson,
00:41:07.70\00:41:09.03
they shall be as wool.
00:41:09.06\00:41:12.03
Amen.
00:41:12.07\00:41:13.40
Where did they go? They're gone.
00:41:13.44\00:41:15.20
They're gone.
00:41:15.24\00:41:17.74
Do you understand?
00:41:17.77\00:41:19.11
You have nothing to
fear in this life ever again.
00:41:19.14\00:41:24.81
Nothing.
00:41:24.85\00:41:28.12
One word, just one
word, one word He speaks.
00:41:28.15\00:41:34.99
You got it.
00:41:35.02\00:41:38.16
Camron Schofield in his book
00:41:38.19\00:41:39.93
Heralding the Loud Cry observes.
00:41:39.96\00:41:41.30
Put Camron's word up
there on the screen for you.
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.77
"God says it, I
believe it, I assent to it,
00:41:44.80\00:41:47.30
and God counts
it as righteousness.
00:41:47.34\00:41:49.40
Can you see how simple it is?
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.94
It takes a bit of sinking in
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.28
because it's almost too simple."
00:41:54.31\00:41:56.51
If some of this is
sounding repetitious
00:41:56.54\00:41:58.48
is because it's
almost too simple,
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.52
and I'm afraid you're not
gonna get it the first time
00:42:00.55\00:42:02.95
or the second but maybe
the third or the fourth time
00:42:02.98\00:42:05.39
it will take
and you will lock in
00:42:05.42\00:42:07.26
and your life will
be changed forever.
00:42:07.29\00:42:10.03
Your life will
be changed forever.
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.96
I already told you my story
00:42:12.99\00:42:14.33
in the first
part of this series,
00:42:14.36\00:42:15.70
you didn't hear it?
00:42:15.73\00:42:17.07
Go to that website,
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.43
first part's sitting
there and that story is true.
00:42:18.47\00:42:19.80
He say, Camron writing he says,
"It takes a bit of sinking in
00:42:22.77\00:42:25.07
because it's almost too simple."
00:42:25.11\00:42:26.44
In the Romans 5:1 it says
and now he quotes Roman 5:1,
00:42:26.47\00:42:28.84
"Being justified, being
declared righteous by faith
00:42:28.88\00:42:31.58
we have peace with God
00:42:31.61\00:42:33.35
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.78
That's it.
00:42:35.82\00:42:37.15
Then he goes on, "Hey
guys, did you get that?
00:42:37.19\00:42:39.12
We have peace with God."
00:42:39.15\00:42:40.92
Now he says, I thought rather
interesting juxtaposition,
00:42:40.96\00:42:43.63
now connect that with Amos 3:3,
00:42:43.66\00:42:46.16
"Can two walk together
except they be agreed?"
00:42:46.19\00:42:48.86
Hey listen,
00:42:48.90\00:42:50.23
"If God says a
thing and we agree,
00:42:50.27\00:42:52.23
then we have peace with God.
00:42:52.27\00:42:53.77
Peace with God is
righteousness by faith."
00:42:53.80\00:42:56.81
"What does the Scripture
say, 'Abraham believed God,"
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.45
he said, amen,
00:43:05.48\00:43:06.82
and it was credited to
him as righteousness.'"
00:43:06.85\00:43:09.08
And but did you know
this? Did you notice this?
00:43:09.12\00:43:11.29
God declares to Abraham
that he's gonna be the father,
00:43:11.32\00:43:14.36
he is the father of many nations
00:43:14.39\00:43:16.02
before he has
even a single child.
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.49
You got that point?
00:43:18.53\00:43:19.86
I want to show you
why God can do that.
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.33
Now this is huge for you.
00:43:21.36\00:43:23.67
This is for you.
Watch this and me.
00:43:23.70\00:43:26.40
Drop down to verse
17, same chapter verse 17,
00:43:26.43\00:43:31.21
"As it is written:
'I have made you,"'
00:43:31.24\00:43:34.61
God is speaking, "Abraham
a father of many nations."
00:43:34.64\00:43:37.35
He has not a
child to his name, okay.
00:43:37.38\00:43:39.31
"I have made you a
father of many nations."
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.58
Now Paul says, "He Abraham,
00:43:41.62\00:43:43.02
is our father in
the sight of God."
00:43:43.05\00:43:44.79
Father Abraham had many sons
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.92
Many sons have father Abraham.
00:43:47.96\00:43:50.73
That's it, it's too long,
way too long to sing that.
00:43:50.76\00:43:53.56
All right, so,
00:43:53.60\00:43:54.93
"He is our father
in the sight of God,
00:43:54.96\00:43:56.73
in whom he believed."
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.23
Now notice this, here it comes,
00:43:59.27\00:44:00.90
don't miss the ending here,
00:44:00.94\00:44:02.27
"The God who gives
life..." Who is this God?
00:44:02.30\00:44:04.41
"The God who
gives life to the dead
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.44
and calls things that
are not as though they were"
00:44:06.47\00:44:09.54
what where as if they exist.
00:44:09.58\00:44:15.88
Did you catch that?
00:44:15.92\00:44:17.25
God is a God, who
gives life to the dead
00:44:17.29\00:44:18.75
and calls things that
are not as though they were.
00:44:18.79\00:44:22.92
God does not
call you as you are.
00:44:22.96\00:44:26.16
No, He calls you
as you will become
00:44:26.19\00:44:30.57
when He's with you.
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.43
Wow.
00:44:37.07\00:44:38.84
I love the story.
00:44:38.87\00:44:40.21
I love the story of a man
00:44:40.24\00:44:41.64
who's down at the
bottom of the pit.
00:44:41.68\00:44:43.08
This guy is, you know
00:44:43.11\00:44:44.71
why this guy is at
the bottom of the pit?
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.88
There's enemy in the
land and this guy is a...
00:44:46.92\00:44:49.28
just a real chicken.
00:44:49.32\00:44:51.39
He didn't want to
be seen by the enemy,
00:44:51.42\00:44:52.82
he doesn't want them to
know that he's threshing weeds
00:44:52.85\00:44:55.16
and they might come and steal it
00:44:55.19\00:44:56.86
so he's down at the bottom
of the pit and guess what?
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.09
Almighty God, the
God of the universe,
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.93
the pre-incarnate
Christ, because this being,
00:45:01.96\00:45:04.33
this tall majestic being
00:45:04.37\00:45:05.70
that's standing
on the lip of the pit
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.44
is the Angel of
the Lord, Capital A,
00:45:07.60\00:45:10.21
so we know it's Christ.
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.57
The pre-incarnate one.
00:45:11.61\00:45:13.27
This tall being
looks down at the man
00:45:13.31\00:45:15.41
hurdled at the
bottom of this pit
00:45:15.44\00:45:16.98
and he calls out,
00:45:17.01\00:45:18.51
"The Lord is with
you, you mighty warrior"
00:45:18.55\00:45:24.92
Gideon looks up,
00:45:24.95\00:45:28.02
is there somebody else in
here, who are you talking about?
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.49
Me?
00:45:30.53\00:45:32.49
Unbelievable.
00:45:32.53\00:45:33.86
Jot this down,
will you? Unbelievable.
00:45:33.90\00:45:35.96
God calls
things that are not yet
00:45:36.00\00:45:39.07
as though they already are.
00:45:39.10\00:45:42.80
I'm talking about you
boy, Gideon, Mr. Warrior Man.
00:45:42.84\00:45:48.91
God sees what is going
to come to be, to pass.
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.88
And I'm calling you that now,
00:45:51.91\00:45:53.25
I'm treating you
that way right now.
00:45:53.28\00:45:55.28
What's that have to do with me?
00:45:55.32\00:45:56.65
Maybe he calls you
righteous in advance.
00:45:56.69\00:45:58.89
Hey, there's a thought.
00:45:58.92\00:46:00.66
Here's another one,
"Yo, I'm Jesus of Nazareth,
00:46:00.69\00:46:03.59
nice to meet you Simon.
00:46:03.63\00:46:05.09
Hey, Simon, I'm
changing your name,
00:46:05.13\00:46:06.56
I don't like Simon,
how about Kefas and Petrus,
00:46:06.59\00:46:09.76
that means rock."
00:46:09.80\00:46:11.13
"Time-out, time-out,
you call this guy a rock,
00:46:11.17\00:46:14.40
this guy can't
even walk on water,
00:46:14.44\00:46:15.90
he sinks like a rock
00:46:15.94\00:46:17.34
and he's gonna
trash your friendship."
00:46:17.37\00:46:20.38
What's going on?
Amazing, unbelievable.
00:46:20.41\00:46:22.64
God calls things that are
not as though they already are.
00:46:22.68\00:46:30.25
"Yo! Abraham,
00:46:30.29\00:46:31.92
father of many
nations that you are.
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.76
I don't even have one."
00:46:36.26\00:46:39.93
Unbelievable,
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.30
God calls
things that are not yet
00:46:41.33\00:46:42.66
as though they already are.
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.17
They aren't yet,
00:46:44.20\00:46:46.07
but says as if
it's already there.
00:46:46.10\00:46:48.34
Desire of Ages on
the screen for you,
00:46:48.37\00:46:49.70
"God counts the things
00:46:49.74\00:46:51.07
that are not as
though they were.
00:46:51.11\00:46:52.44
He sees the end
from the beginning,
00:46:52.47\00:46:53.81
and beholds the
result of His work
00:46:53.84\00:46:55.18
as though it were
accomplished now."
00:46:55.21\00:46:58.38
You, Dwight, what's this have
to do with you and me, however?
00:46:58.41\00:47:00.75
Great question.
00:47:00.78\00:47:02.68
I'll tell you what it
has to do with you and me.
00:47:02.72\00:47:04.85
Because you see now
listen, listen, listen,
00:47:04.89\00:47:08.56
God has faith in you.
00:47:08.59\00:47:13.36
Everybody thinks righteousness
00:47:13.40\00:47:15.43
by faith is about
us having faith in Him.
00:47:15.46\00:47:17.27
No, God has faith in you.
00:47:17.30\00:47:22.50
I mean, why else could God
name Gideon, mighty warrior,
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.97
when he was
cowering like a chicken
00:47:25.01\00:47:26.34
in the bottom of the pit.
00:47:26.37\00:47:29.14
If God did not have faith,
00:47:29.18\00:47:30.51
that one day Gideon
would have faith in Him.
00:47:30.55\00:47:32.68
I have faith,
that you'll have faith.
00:47:32.71\00:47:35.92
How can you call Simon a
rock, when he is shifting sand?
00:47:35.95\00:47:40.42
Because God knows, I
have faith that one day,
00:47:40.46\00:47:43.22
you'll have faith in me.
00:47:43.26\00:47:46.13
God has faith in you.
00:47:46.16\00:47:48.46
Why does He call
you the righteous one?
00:47:48.50\00:47:50.73
I'm talking about the way
you and I live so unrighteously
00:47:50.77\00:47:53.44
during the week, we're
pretty good on Sabbath,
00:47:53.47\00:47:55.00
but during the week?
00:47:55.04\00:47:56.37
How can you call
me the righteous one?
00:47:56.40\00:47:57.84
I have faith, that
you will have faith
00:47:57.87\00:48:01.01
in my faith in you.
00:48:01.04\00:48:02.38
God has the first faith.
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.02
He obviously sees something,
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.22
that in tandem with Him
00:48:09.25\00:48:11.85
will turn you
into a mighty warrior
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.82
for the kingdom.
00:48:13.86\00:48:15.36
It will turn you into a prince,
a princess, a righteous one.
00:48:15.39\00:48:22.60
So if God has the first
faith, what faith do I have?
00:48:22.63\00:48:25.50
Second hand faith,
jot it down, will you?
00:48:25.53\00:48:29.14
Second hand faith
is my faith in the God
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.17
who has faith in me.
00:48:31.21\00:48:34.51
I have faith in God,
because He has faith in me.
00:48:34.54\00:48:36.48
Hey, by the way
it's that way with love.
00:48:36.51\00:48:37.95
1 John 4:19, "We love Him
because He first loved us."
00:48:37.98\00:48:44.42
That's the way
it works with faith.
00:48:44.45\00:48:45.79
We trust Him
because He first trusted us.
00:48:45.82\00:48:51.46
Jesus loves me this I
know, for the Bible tells me so.
00:48:51.49\00:48:57.37
The Maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:48:57.40\00:49:02.27
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:02.30\00:49:03.64
it is a very heart and
soul of the everlasting gospel.
00:49:03.67\00:49:07.24
That truth,
righteousness by faith,
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.71
it's the very raison d'être
of righteousness by faith.
00:49:09.74\00:49:14.02
The maker of all
things loves and wants me
00:49:14.05\00:49:15.98
is the essence
of the 1888 message,
00:49:16.02\00:49:20.46
once upon a time. Ellen
White, the American writer
00:49:20.49\00:49:24.33
described that message this way,
00:49:24.36\00:49:25.69
I put her words on
the screen for you.
00:49:25.73\00:49:27.36
"The Lord in His great mercy
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.86
sent a most precious
message to His people
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.93
through Waggoner and Jones.
00:49:31.97\00:49:34.27
This message was to
bring more prominently
00:49:34.30\00:49:35.97
before the world
the uplifted Savior..."
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.11
By the way to the
world supposed to be sharing
00:49:38.14\00:49:39.81
this outside theaters, guys,
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.51
this is to the
world, you understand?
00:49:41.54\00:49:45.11
To the world,
"the uplifted Savior,
00:49:45.15\00:49:47.08
that sacrifice for
sins of the whole world,"
00:49:47.12\00:49:48.78
now keep reading,
00:49:48.82\00:49:50.15
"Many had lost sight of Jesus,"
00:49:50.19\00:49:51.52
boy, and America
headed for the polls,
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.69
is that true today or what?
00:49:53.72\00:49:55.06
"Many had lost sight of Jesus,
00:49:55.09\00:49:56.42
they needed to have
their eyes redirected..."
00:49:56.46\00:49:58.49
Oh, this is beautiful
too, "His divine person,
00:49:58.53\00:50:01.00
His merits, and His changeless
love for the human family."
00:50:01.03\00:50:06.33
Yes, Jesus loves me.
00:50:06.37\00:50:09.10
The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:50:09.14\00:50:13.17
Wow.
00:50:13.21\00:50:15.71
Could it be that
this very simple message
00:50:15.74\00:50:19.75
is the heart,
00:50:19.78\00:50:22.88
the quintessence of this message
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.96
to make ready a
people prepare for the Lord.
00:50:26.99\00:50:29.19
Could it be this is the
message we've been waiting for?
00:50:29.22\00:50:32.56
We have overcomplicated
everything we touch,
00:50:32.59\00:50:37.10
we debated till
we're blue in the face,
00:50:37.13\00:50:39.03
everything now, we got
a building that debates.
00:50:39.07\00:50:45.01
Could it be that God
has reduced the truth
00:50:45.04\00:50:49.18
to save the human race, to
the compelling recognition,
00:50:49.21\00:50:52.18
the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:50:52.21\00:50:56.79
One last time, Camron Schofield,
00:50:56.82\00:50:58.92
this is very interesting
what he's gonna suggest you.
00:50:58.95\00:51:01.32
You're gonna have to kind
of like us read this slow.
00:51:01.36\00:51:04.19
You got it in your
study guide, later.
00:51:04.23\00:51:06.49
"When," Camron writes,
"We're at the point where,
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.46
whatever it is that God
says to us, we will say,
00:51:09.50\00:51:12.97
'Lord, it is so!"'
In other words, amen.
00:51:13.13\00:51:15.60
"And we will
believe it and assent to it,
00:51:15.64\00:51:18.54
assent to it, then..."
00:51:18.57\00:51:21.01
Now this is unusual,
00:51:21.04\00:51:22.38
"Then Jesus can
come soon, very soon!"
00:51:22.41\00:51:26.61
Now watch what
he does with this,
00:51:26.65\00:51:28.52
"Can you see that?"
00:51:28.55\00:51:29.88
well, we'll reason
with him, "Because God says,
00:51:29.92\00:51:32.95
'Righteousness!'
00:51:32.99\00:51:34.46
and even though you
don't see righteousness,
00:51:34.49\00:51:35.96
not in you and I
can't see it in me,
00:51:35.99\00:51:39.16
"If you believe it,
there is righteousness."
00:51:39.19\00:51:42.83
You have it, those
italics are his, you got it.
00:51:42.86\00:51:45.97
"And what's He waiting for?
He's waiting for righteousness.
00:51:46.00\00:51:48.30
When He sees His
righteous character..."
00:51:48.34\00:51:50.81
Now the key word there is His,
00:51:50.84\00:51:52.37
"When he sees His
righteous character
00:51:52.41\00:51:54.54
perfectly
reflected in His people,
00:51:54.58\00:51:56.64
then He will come
and take them home.
00:51:56.68\00:51:58.91
So Camron concludes,
we are simply waiting,
00:51:58.95\00:52:02.28
"He is waiting
for us to believe,
00:52:02.32\00:52:05.75
because when we
believe, then He can say,
00:52:05.79\00:52:08.32
'Yo, there is righteousness,
00:52:08.36\00:52:09.96
and I can come and
take them home now."'
00:52:10.09\00:52:14.30
Wow.
00:52:14.33\00:52:17.20
This kernel imbedded
in righteousness by faith,
00:52:17.23\00:52:22.04
the truth that the
maker of all things
00:52:22.07\00:52:23.41
loves and wants me.
00:52:23.44\00:52:24.84
Wow, that's the truth.
00:52:24.87\00:52:28.18
When it, when it becomes mine,
00:52:28.21\00:52:34.32
I say, amen, it becomes mine.
00:52:34.35\00:52:36.35
Wow.
00:52:39.55\00:52:42.92
And then the
nation that will cast
00:52:42.96\00:52:44.29
its ballets in a few hours,
00:52:44.33\00:52:47.46
in a nation that is terribly
uncertain about its future,
00:52:47.50\00:52:53.90
in a time when the maker
of all things is tugging it,
00:52:53.94\00:52:56.00
every available mind and heart
00:52:56.04\00:52:59.07
to draw the thanking one to Him.
00:52:59.11\00:53:01.88
If somehow,
00:53:05.58\00:53:09.58
we could share the word...
00:53:09.62\00:53:11.89
just believe, say amen to that.
00:53:14.29\00:53:18.83
And every gift He
has is yours in Christ.
00:53:18.86\00:53:22.20
If somehow we
could get the word out,
00:53:22.23\00:53:25.70
the maker of all
things loves and want me.
00:53:25.73\00:53:28.04
Wow.
00:53:28.07\00:53:30.64
Apparently, I'm thinking
Camron's on to something.
00:53:30.67\00:53:34.28
Apparently, that's all God needs
00:53:34.31\00:53:36.08
to take His children home.
00:53:36.11\00:53:38.61
Sooner rather than later.
00:53:38.65\00:53:43.18
Sooner rather than later.
00:53:43.22\00:53:46.05
Jesus loves me this I
know, evens so come Lord Jesus.
00:53:46.09\00:53:52.66
Amen.
00:53:52.69\00:53:54.20
Oh, that's an all caps AMEN,
00:53:54.23\00:53:55.66
and I got to hear an
all caps AMEN from you.
00:53:55.70\00:53:57.50
AMEN. AMEN.
00:53:57.53\00:53:59.10
AMEN, and AMEN.
00:53:59.13\00:54:02.27
You believe it, you got it.
00:54:02.30\00:54:05.51
God is on the throne.
00:54:05.54\00:54:07.34
We can trust
Him, with His nation,
00:54:07.38\00:54:09.71
we can trust
Him with our hearts.
00:54:09.74\00:54:11.08
I wanna pray with you.
00:54:11.11\00:54:12.45
Oh, God, crazy times to be sure,
00:54:12.48\00:54:17.12
but the rock solid assurance
00:54:17.15\00:54:19.39
that the one who sits on
the throne of this universe,
00:54:19.42\00:54:22.06
is the maker of all things.
00:54:22.09\00:54:23.66
And the maker of all
things loves and wants us.
00:54:23.69\00:54:27.86
That's righteousness by faith.
00:54:27.90\00:54:30.43
The amen to that.
00:54:30.47\00:54:33.64
Envelops us in your
strong love and your desire,
00:54:33.67\00:54:37.97
I love and want you,
girl, I love and want you, boy.
00:54:38.01\00:54:43.65
Let's go.
00:54:43.68\00:54:45.01
Oh, Father, we
all say, amen to that
00:54:45.05\00:54:50.32
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:54:50.35\00:54:52.69
I know not why
God's wondrous grace
00:55:04.70\00:55:10.87
To me He hath made known
00:55:10.91\00:55:15.91
Nor why,
unworthy, Christ in love
00:55:15.94\00:55:21.58
Redeemed me for His own
00:55:21.62\00:55:27.29
But "I know whom I have believed
00:55:27.32\00:55:33.09
And am persuaded that He is able
00:55:33.13\00:55:39.50
To keep that
which I've committed
00:55:39.53\00:55:45.47
Unto Him against that day"
00:55:45.51\00:55:53.25
I know not when my Lord may come
00:55:53.28\00:55:59.25
At night or noonday fair
00:55:59.29\00:56:04.76
Nor if I walk the vale with Him
00:56:04.79\00:56:11.03
Or meet Him in the air
00:56:11.07\00:56:16.94
But "I know whom I have believed
00:56:16.97\00:56:23.45
And am persuaded that He is able
00:56:23.48\00:56:30.55
To keep that
which I've committed
00:56:30.59\00:56:37.79
Unto Him against that day."
00:56:37.83\00:56:45.47
And now may the grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:56:49.47\00:56:53.31
and the love of God,
00:56:53.34\00:56:55.41
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:56:55.44\00:56:57.01
be with you all.
00:56:57.05\00:56:59.11
Amen.
00:56:59.15\00:57:00.48
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00:57:13.40\00:57:14.73
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00:57:17.20\00:57:19.53
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