Participants: Pr. Dwight K. Nelson
Series Code: NP
Program Code: NP161105A
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00:39 Open the eyes of my heart
00:42 I want to see You 00:47 I want to see You 00:49 Open the eyes... 00:52 Open the eyes of my heart, 00:54 Lord 00:56 Open the eyes of my heart 00:59 I want to see You 01:03 I want to see You 01:05 To see You high 01:07 To see You high and lifted up 01:12 Shinin' in the light of Your glory 01:17 Pour out Your power and love 01:19 As we sing holy, holy, holy 01:25 Ladies, sing open the eyes... 01:27 Open the eyes of my heart, 01:30 Lord Open the Eyes of my heart 01:35 I want to see You 01:39 I want to see You 01:41 Okay, gentlemen, it's our turn. 01:44 Open the eyes of my heart, Lord 01:48 Open the eyes of my heart I want to see You 01:55 I want to see You 01:58 Let's sing it all together. 01:59 To see You high and lifted up 02:05 Shinin' in the light of Your glory 02:09 Pour out Your power and love 02:12 As we sing holy, holy, holy 02:16 To see You high and lifted up 02:21 Shinin' in the light of Your glory 02:25 And sing... 02:26 Pour out Your power and love 02:28 As we sing holy, holy, holy 02:35 Holy, holy... 02:36 Holy, holy, holy 02:40 Holy, holy, holy 02:45 Holy, holy, holy 02:48 I want to see You 02:50 Holy, holy, holy 02:53 Holy, holy, holy 02:58 Holy, holy, holy 03:02 Holy, holy, holy 03:06 I want to see You. 03:13 Amen. Amen. 03:14 We're in the presence of God this morning, amen? 03:17 This morning we're gonna sing a song 03:19 that might not be too familiar to you, 03:21 but we're gonna learn it together. 03:22 As we've seen Jesus as, 03:25 God has opened the eyes of our heart. 03:27 All we can do is stand up and be amazed 03:31 and how marvelous and how wonderful Jesus is. 03:33 So I invite you to stand with us 03:35 this morning as we sing, 03:37 I stand amazed to have Jesus Christ. 03:49 I stand amazed... 03:52 I stand amazed in the presence 03:57 Of Jesus the Nazarene 04:03 And wonder how He could love me 04:08 A sinner condemned, unclean 04:12 Let's sing out again. 04:14 I stand amazed in the presence 04:19 Of Jesus the Nazarene 04:24 And wonder how He could love me 04:30 A sinner condemned, unclean How marvelous 04:35 How marvelous! 04:38 How wonderful! 04:41 And my song shall ever be 04:46 How marvelous! How wonderful! 04:51 Is my Savior's love for me! 04:57 He took my sins and my sorrows. 05:00 He took my sins and my sorrows 05:05 And made them His very own 05:09 He bore the burden. 05:11 He bore the burden to Calvary 05:16 And suffered, and died alone 05:19 How marvelous 05:22 How marvelous! 05:24 How wonderful! 05:27 And my song shall ever be 05:32 How marvelous! How wonderful! 05:38 Is my Savior's love for me! 05:44 When with the ransomed in glory. 05:46 When with the ransomed in glory 05:51 His face I at last shall see 05:57 'Twil be my joy through the ages 06:02 To sing of His love for me How marvelous... 06:07 How marvelous! 06:10 How wonderful! 06:12 And my song shall ever be 06:17 How marvelous! How wonderful! 06:23 Is my Savior's love for me! 06:31 How marvelous! 06:34 How wonderful! 06:37 And my song shall ever be 06:42 How marvelous! How wonderful! 06:49 Is my Savior's... 06:52 Love for me. 06:58 Amen. Amen. 07:00 This morning we're gonna give you 07:02 the opportunity to come before the Lord in prayer. 07:05 And we're gonna sing this song called, Take My Life. 07:08 Talks about taking our heart, taking our soul, 07:11 taking our mind, giving it to Jesus 07:12 and allowing Him to transform us 07:16 through Himself. 07:18 And this morning, we're gonna ask for holiness, 07:20 and faithfulness, and purity, and righteousness. 07:25 So during this song, 07:26 I will invite you forward to the front for parable 07:27 Let's sing together, Holiness. 07:36 Holiness, holiness, is what I long for 07:42 Holiness is what I need 07:48 Holiness, holiness Is what You want from me 07:56 What You want from me 07:59 Take my heart and form it 08:06 Take my mind transform it 08:12 Take my will conform it 08:19 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord 08:25 Righteousness... 08:27 Righteousness 08:28 Righteousness is what I long for 08:33 Righteousness is what I need 08:40 Righteousness, righteousness s what You want from me 08:51 Take my heart and form it 08:57 Take my mind transform it 09:04 Take my will conform it 09:10 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord. 09:17 At this point if you haven't come forward, 09:20 the Lord's tugging on your heart saying, 09:21 "There's something you need to give up to Me. 09:23 Pray to Me this morning for holiness and righteousness, 09:25 that the sanctification of Jesus Christ 09:28 will come into your life." 09:29 It's not too late. 09:30 I invite you this time to come forward, 09:32 come forward and lay your burden 09:34 before the Lord cast it out of His feet 09:36 and watch Him wipe it away with the blood of Calvary. 09:40 Join me as we sing Purity. 09:43 Purity, purity is what I long for 09:50 Purity is what I need 09:56 Purity, purity Is what You want from me 10:08 Take my heart and form it 10:14 Take my mind transform it 10:21 Take my will conform it 10:27 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord... 10:33 Faithfulness. 10:35 Faithfulness, faithfulness is what I long for 10:42 Faithfulness, is what I need 10:48 Faithfulness, 10:50 faithfulness Is what You want from me 10:55 As much you want from me 10:59 Take my heart and form it 11:06 Take my mind transform it 11:12 Take my will conform it 11:19 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord 11:25 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord 11:32 To Yours, to Yours, oh Lord. 11:45 Nice to see you on this, 11:47 what is this, the Sabbath of November? 11:49 Glad you're here, I have a perfect story for today. 11:53 Baseball season has just ended, right? 11:55 Yeah. Yeah, okay. 11:57 So this, the young Desmond, eight years old. 12:00 Anybody here eight? 12:01 Let me see the eight-year-olds, come on, be proud of it. 12:03 Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, your age. 12:05 Desmond loved to play baseball. 12:06 One day he's running through the grass, 12:08 he trips and falls, there's a broken piece of glass. 12:11 His hand lands on the glass, it slices his hand open, 12:15 mother rushes him to the doctor, the doctor says, 12:17 "Oh, this is bad, this bad, this is bad" 12:20 as he tried to sew it up. 12:21 He said, "You'll never be able to play sports 12:23 with two hands again. 12:26 I can't believe it. 12:29 One Sabbath, because young Desmond, 12:32 Seventh-day Adventist, eight-year-old, 12:35 one Sabbath he went to church and they said, 12:37 we have a woman in the hospital who is very sick, 12:41 she needs blood, would anybody willing, 12:44 be willing to come, and few hands went up 12:46 and Desmond raised his hand, "I'll go." 12:49 He went, they tested all the blood 12:52 and only his blood was the perfect match 12:54 and he gave his blood and saved that woman's life. 12:57 Something happened in young Desmond's heart. 12:59 Something about saving life. 13:02 Isn't that something, I got wounded, 13:04 but I bet I could help people save their lives, 13:09 and so this is what happened. 13:11 Big war comes to the country where he lives, 13:14 which is America, and now America's in war 13:17 and young Desmond says, he's the loader now, 13:20 he says, "I want to join the army, 13:22 that's what I'm gonna do, 13:23 and I'm not going to carry gun, no sorry, 13:26 I am not going to kill a single human being, 13:28 I will be a medic, 13:30 I will only help heal people who had been hurt." 13:34 He went and signed up for the army, 13:36 they gave him a classification, he said, "Okay." 13:38 But once he got in, sergeant said, 13:40 "All right guys, here it is." 13:41 And he said, "I will not use that gun." 13:44 "What do you mean you will not use this gun, 13:45 this is the army?" 13:46 "I will not use that gun, I will not kill a single soul, 13:48 I'm here to help." 13:50 They went all the way up to the generals, 13:51 the generals listened to it and said, 13:52 "Boy, do you understand what this is, 13:54 do you understand?" 13:55 "I understand, I joined the army to heal not hurt." 13:59 "All right, you're on your own." 14:02 And guess what, he was on his own. 14:04 When he headed over to a little island 14:05 called Okinawa. 14:07 I have been to that island. 14:08 I've seen the place where he is. 14:10 Let's see Desmond on the screen right now please. 14:12 There he is Desmond Doss, Seventh-day Adventist medic, 14:17 77th Infantry Division, there he is in Okinawa. 14:21 And this is a big battle. 14:23 All right guys, you ready? 14:25 Tomorrow morning early, 14:26 we're gonna climb that big cliff. 14:28 I got to see the big cliff right now. 14:29 We're gonna climb that big cliff. 14:32 And the ones that were fighting against are all along the top, 14:37 so this is going to be a bloody moment 14:40 but let's go. 14:42 And early in the next morning, those soldiers climb. 14:44 Can you see him climbing right up, Hacksaw Ridge. 14:47 That's the name of that rocky escarpment. 14:50 Hacksaw Ridge, and when they got to the top. 14:55 They were ducking as low as they could but boom, boom. 14:59 The medic Desmond is up on top now. 15:03 And he's realizing all his fellow soldiers, 15:06 they're getting just cut down. 15:10 He begins to crawl, I can't get in, 15:12 I can't stand up, I had to crawl. 15:13 And he'd be, hit, medic, medic, help. 15:18 He begins to crawl to those 15:19 who are wounded and he grabs them. 15:20 I can't stand up, you can't stand up, 15:22 we're gonna have to crawl. 15:24 I got to drag you, 15:25 I'm gonna drag you all the way to the edge of that cliff 15:29 and now I'm gonna let you down, 15:30 careful, careful, careful, careful. 15:33 Medic, another called back and forth, 15:35 12 hours, 12 hours, no gun, 15:39 only his little healing medic pack. 15:42 12 hours, one by one, drag, drag, don't give up. 15:46 I'm gonna get you down, over the edge. 15:52 Seventy five of his fellow soldiers 15:55 he lowered over that cliff, and then went down himself. 16:01 When the war was over 16:03 the president of the United States, 16:04 Harry Truman says, "Desmond Doss, 16:06 I'm gonna give you the highest honor 16:08 we can give to an American citizen." 16:10 There's the picture right there, 16:12 you have just received a Medal of Honor, 16:15 Mr. Seventh-day Adventist won't hold a gun, 16:17 refused to kill anybody soldier. 16:20 Wow! 16:22 You know what got me though? 16:24 When he was eight years old, it began to grow in his mind, 16:28 Jesus wants me to help people. 16:30 I'm gonna be one who heals people. 16:33 You know what? 16:34 Jesus doesn't wait till you're big old grown up 16:36 to tell you what He hopes you'll do. 16:38 He starts right now. 16:39 Thoughts you're having in your mind 16:40 right now He's saying, "I have plans for you." 16:43 And whenever He calls you to be, 16:45 I promise you this, 16:46 you're gonna help Him save people, 16:48 because that's why we live. 16:52 Jesus Himself saved us. 16:57 Saved us, so that we could help Him save others. 17:01 How many are thankful for a Savior like that? 17:03 Oh, my, my, my, 17:05 who would like to thank Jesus for being that savior? 17:08 Hale, come on up here. 17:10 Had a little girl in first service, 17:11 we'll go with the guy in second service. 17:13 Let's close our eyes and let's pray with Hale 17:15 who is gonna thank Jesus for saving us. 17:19 Dear Jesus, thank you for this day 17:21 and thank you for helping us 17:24 to be obedient and kind to others. 17:29 Thank you for the Thanksgiving that's coming up soon. 17:33 Thank you Jesus for the Sabbath day 17:36 and this story. 17:37 Thank you Jesus in Your name we pray, amen. 17:39 Amen. Thank you, Hale. That was a beautiful prayer. 17:42 As you go quietly now 17:43 and reverently back to your seats. 17:45 You can say that in your heart, thank you, Jesus. 17:48 Thank you for being the one who saved us, thank you. 22:15 Thank you, Byron Graves, that's beautiful. 22:19 Within the darkest nights, a song on Gethsemane. 22:23 Powerfully rendered with a deep, 22:25 even a deep bell and chime. 22:29 Thank you for that. 22:35 Oh, God, You really have paid the deepest, 22:39 the deepest price of all, 22:42 to rescue this race of earth's children 22:48 trapped on the precipice of time. 22:54 For that gift we thank You. 22:56 Open up our minds as we plunge into today's teaching. 22:59 Make it clear we pray in Christ's name. 23:02 Amen. 23:05 Last night I did something, 23:06 I've never done in my life before. 23:09 That is I stood outside a theater, 23:12 Friday night, 23:14 greeting the Americans as they came out. 23:18 I was with 11 Andrews University students, 23:20 two theaters we covered last night 23:22 Niles and Mishawaka. 23:24 And why were we there? 23:25 Because we had for all those coming out of Hacksaw Ridge, 23:29 we had the complimentary book 23:32 that accompanies that production. 23:35 Incredible response by the way, 300 of these books. 23:39 If we've had, if we've had had couple more boxes 23:41 we could have given that many, that much more out. 23:44 This is hero... excuse me. 23:46 Hero of Hacksaw Ridge, the story of Desmond Doss. 23:51 Wow. 23:52 And the response of the public, amazing. 23:58 You know, this is a Mel Gibson film 23:59 and last night was the opening night across the nation. 24:03 Friend of mine Torres Montgomery, 24:04 who pastors our Benton Harbor campus church, 24:07 called Harbor of Hope. 24:09 Torres was telling me yesterday he said, 24:10 "Hey, Dwight, I wanna tell you, 24:12 I have an Adventist friend who's a movie critique." 24:15 He went to a showing of this Hacksaw Ridge 24:19 with fellow movie critiques, 24:20 they filled up a theater in Denver. 24:23 At the end of the film, 24:25 the critique, Adventist told me, 24:27 "At the end of the film 24:29 the entire audience of critiques rose to their feet 24:31 and for five minutes gave an ovation." 24:36 This Adventist critique said to me, 24:37 "Do you understand what this film is? 24:39 It is a 100 million dollars of free marketing 24:45 for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in America." 24:48 Unbelievable. 24:50 So the response of people, look at... 24:52 One guy comes to it, Notre Dame, 24:53 so he's got the Notre Dame's sweatshirt on, 24:55 he's on crutches, athletic injury, 24:59 and he says, "Man" I said, 25:01 "Hey, was that inspiring or what?" 25:03 He said, in fact you could see, 25:04 you could see the gospel woven all the way through this." 25:06 He said, 25:07 "Dwight, 'I'm a Catholic, I'm a Christian'." 25:08 I said, "Oh, good." 25:10 He said, "Are you guys Adventist?" 25:11 I said, "Yeah, we're from Andrews University." 25:13 He said that film is gonna 25:18 impact the American society in a way, he said, 25:21 "Well, Mel Gibson, Passion of the Christ." 25:24 Another guy came through he said, 25:27 "Can you tell I've been crying?" 25:29 He said, "I'm not even from this country." 25:30 I said, "What country are you from?" 25:32 He said, "I'm from Saudi Arabia." 25:34 You from Saudi Arabia? 25:35 One of the Andrews students on our team 25:38 there in Mishawaka was from Saudi Arabia, 25:40 I said, "Come here" and these guys 25:42 started yakking together, they got phone numbers. 25:47 We weren't just chilling in the night, 25:49 'cause it was cold last night. 25:52 I tell you what? 25:53 We ran out of these, we would do it again tonight, 25:55 I invite you to come. 25:57 ABC bookstore, you can pick these up, 25:59 any friend you've got, any neighbor you got, 26:01 you just hand it to him. 26:02 I know you're gonna see Hacksaw Ridge. 26:03 This book is the inspiration 26:05 that will keep the inspiration going. 26:07 My friend Doug Bachelor's written 26:09 about the last five chapters. 26:11 What did Desmond Doss believed that made him 26:13 kind of American citizen he was. 26:16 It's a sharing book. 26:18 Pick some up, hand them out where you work, where you play. 26:21 Wow. 26:24 Reporter once asked the great Swiss theologian Karl Barth. 26:27 Mr. Barth, can you summarize the Bible in one sentence? 26:31 Barth stopped, paused for a moment and said, 26:33 "Yeah, I think I can. 26:35 Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so." 26:41 To simplistic an answer? 26:43 I don't think so. 26:44 We just spent 10 nights at hope trending, 26:47 telling the world and the nation, 26:49 every single night, 26:50 "The maker of all things loves and wants me." 26:55 I believe that is the most compelling truth, 26:57 the deepest, the most profound truth 26:58 any human mind can possibly grasp. 27:01 So this summer I get a book from my writer 27:03 and pastor named Clinton Meharry, 27:05 he's out in the Northwest. 27:08 Wonderful book, title of the book, 27:09 The Compelling Love of God. 27:11 In the book, 27:14 he points out how this little song 27:16 Jesus loves me this I know 27:18 has five foundational truths about Jesus, 27:23 the giver of security and peace. 27:26 I'm so moved by that list, 27:27 I'm gonna have you write it down right now. 27:29 Pull out your study guide. 27:30 You got a study guide in your worship bulletin today, 27:31 please pull it out. 27:33 Let's jot these five down. 27:34 Amazing, amazing. Didn't get a study guide? 27:36 I've got... 27:37 We've got some great and friendly ushers 27:39 who are going to help you get a study guide. 27:41 Just hold your hand up. 27:43 They're gonna go, there they go. 27:45 Hold your hand up, they're coming your way 27:46 and while you're getting those study guides, 27:48 those of you watching on live streaming 27:50 right now or television, 27:52 you go to our website www.newperceptions. 27:54 You see it on the screen, it's rather small 27:56 newperceptions.tv. 27:58 Go to that website, 27:59 you're looking for the series #RxF4Now 28:04 and the teaching today 2nd Hand Faith. 28:07 Click on there, you'll have this study guide. 28:09 You have these five profound foundational truths. 28:12 But before we jot them down, we got to sing, come on. 28:14 Jesus loves me this I know 28:19 For the Bible tells me so 28:24 Little ones to him belong 28:29 They are weak but He is strong 28:34 Yes, Jesus loves me 28:39 Yes, Jesus loves me 28:44 Yes, Jesus loves me 28:49 The Bible tells me so. 28:54 So based on what we just sang Clinton Meharry, 28:57 five foundational truths, jot them down. 28:59 Number one: When I know I am loved by Jesus, 29:03 as we just sang, I am drawn to Him. 29:07 Yeah. 29:08 Number two: 29:09 When the conviction that He loves me is based on 29:11 what the Bible says, rather than my feelings, 29:16 I will be able to experience inner peace and security, 29:18 no matter what circumstances I am in. 29:20 It's good. 29:22 Number three: 29:23 When I understand that I belong, 29:25 little ones to him belong, when I belong to Jesus 29:28 because He created me and redeemed me, 29:30 the maker of all things loves and wants me, 29:32 I am free to serve Him out of love and appreciation, 29:35 rather than out of fear of punishment 29:37 or a desire to earn His favor. 29:39 Number four: 29:41 When I remember that I am weak and helpless 29:43 to do anything good on my own, 29:45 I will remain humble and dependent on Him. 29:47 And finally, number five: 29:49 When I remember that He is strong, yes, 29:52 He is strong and has already conquered the enemy, 29:57 I am free to live without fear, 29:59 trusting in His power and providence 30:01 every single day. 30:04 Ain't that beautiful? 30:05 Beautiful little analysis 30:09 of our childhood song. 30:10 It really is true, 30:12 the maker of all things loves and wants me. 30:14 You get that truth, you discover, 30:16 you chance upon that, 30:17 your life will never be the same again. 30:19 You say, yeah, but Dwight, come on, 30:20 what does all this have to do with where we're at? 30:22 Why this reiteration? I'll tell you why. 30:24 Because I am concerned 30:27 that as we plunge deeper into this series #RxF4Now, 30:31 I am concerned that we may be tempted to think that RxF... 30:33 By the way what does RxF stand for? 30:36 Righteousness by faith, you nailed it, good. 30:38 I'm concerned that RxF, 30:41 justification, sanctification, glorification, 30:45 that we may somehow conclude 30:48 that righteousness by faith is some archaic language 30:51 to describe theological, jurisprudence, 30:54 legal niceties to allow God to save us 30:56 and not violate His own character. 30:58 You know what I'm really concerned about. 30:59 I'm concerned about 31:01 that we will turn RxF into 1880ish 31:05 rather than 2016ish. 31:08 So it's RxF for now. 31:11 Let's go back to it, 31:12 could it be the maker of all things 31:14 is the imbedded truth 31:16 in this grand old teaching of scripture. 31:20 We got to remind ourselves of course 31:22 that righteousness by faith is really a story, 31:25 it's a plot, it's a narrative, it's about that moment 31:27 when the creator of the universe 31:28 stepped out into pitch blackness. 31:32 And He spoke a word, 31:33 and because when He speaks the word, 31:34 the word immediately creates what the word describes. 31:38 When He spoke this word, when he Said galaxies plural, 31:43 guess what He got? 31:44 A billion, billion galaxies, just like that. 31:49 This maker of all things who loves and wants me, 31:52 who is in love with all creation, 31:54 every creature precious to Him. 31:56 We were made for His pleasure. 31:59 He says, "I exist for your pleasure.' 32:05 Righteousness by faith is a narrative, it's a story. 32:08 He's a being questing for friends. 32:10 Even by the way 32:11 when the human race crashes and burns, 32:13 explosions and bombs 32:19 bursting in air. 32:21 We're talking about the Garden of Eden. 32:23 What does He do? 32:25 The maker of all things 32:26 hurries through the cool eventide 32:28 in search of these two. 32:30 The two He loves. 32:32 Now incinerated, charred, sinners Adam and Eve. 32:39 First words, 32:42 it's called the Protoevangelium, 32:43 the first hint of the gospel. 32:45 "Yo, I'm gonna come, 32:47 I will come, I will become one with you. 32:49 I'll be born of the woman 32:52 and I will conquer that dastardly enemy. 32:54 He will kill me, 32:56 but I will shatter his kingdom 32:57 and I'll bring you home again." 32:59 It's a gospel, righteousness by faith, why? 33:03 Because the maker of all things loves and wants me. 33:06 So when Abraham comes into the story, 33:08 thank you, Michael for reading it. 33:09 Let's just turn to Romans 4:3, 33:13 when the narrative now switches to a man named Abraham, 33:16 and by the way it's the middle of the night, 33:17 starry, starry night. 33:20 Abraham is sound asleep, 33:21 when God tiptoes into Abraham and Sarah's tent, 33:23 where they're lying, they're beside each other 33:25 and God taps Abraham, 33:26 "Shh, we don't wanna wake, we don't wanna wake Sarah, 33:29 I need to talk to you, 33:31 can you come outside for a moment? 33:33 So Abraham rubbing his sleep out of his eyes 33:35 stumbles out of that tent 33:36 and now he's standing under the panoply of heaven. 33:40 I was up at 5:30 this morning, I was, 33:42 just happen to go outside to look, 33:44 and I'm telling you 33:45 the stars this morning at 5:30 crystal clear, 33:47 not a drop of smog where we live. 33:51 Stunning. 33:53 That's the same way it was that night and God says, 33:56 "Yo" as Abraham is just going wow. 33:58 God says Abraham, "Do me a favor, will you?" 34:00 "Count the stars" he says, "You got to be kidding me." 34:04 "No, I'm serious, count the stars" "Why?" 34:08 "Because that's how many children 34:09 I'm gonna give to you." 34:10 "That's how many children You gonna give to us, 34:12 we don't even have a single child, 34:13 what do you mean?" 34:18 Roman 4:3, 34:22 "What does the Scripture say?" 34:24 Because Genesis 15 describes this 34:25 under the stars moment. 34:27 "What does the Scripture say? 34:28 'Abraham believed God, 34:30 and it was credited to him as righteousness.' 34:34 "Do you know what happens under the stars? 34:35 When Abraham hears that voice, 34:37 count the stars 'cause that's how many I'm gonna give you. 34:39 Abraham looks to where the voice 34:41 is coming from. 34:42 Somewhere under the stars, in the dark, 34:44 he looks toward that voice 34:45 and there is this pregnant pause. 34:48 He's thinking about it, 34:50 I'm gonna have that many descendants? 34:52 And he looks at that spot where he thinks the voice is, 34:56 and he says one word, he says, "I'm in." 35:02 He doesn't know what else to say, 35:05 just amen. 35:07 And in that split second, what happens to Abraham? 35:11 What does he become? 35:12 Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what does Abraham become? 35:14 In that spilt second, he becomes, 35:16 he becomes righteous. 35:18 Universe I want you all to look down on Earth 35:21 because there's a man named Abraham 35:22 and he just became the righteous, 35:25 the righteous one. 35:27 Here's a question. 35:29 What did Abraham do to have to become righteous? 35:31 What did he do? What did he do? Hmm? 35:35 Nothing, zero, nada, nothing, nothing. 35:39 He just said, "Ah, man, wow," that's it. 35:48 I believe oh, maker of all things, 35:51 I believe that when you speak, 35:53 it is as the Psalmist said in Psalm 33, 35:56 "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made 35:58 and by the breath of his mouth all the host of them." 36:01 Verse 9, "For He spoke and it was, 36:04 He commanded and it stood fast" 36:06 I believe oh, God that when You speak the word. 36:09 When the word is spoken, 36:10 it creates in that half a nano second 36:13 the reality the word describes, I believe that. 36:16 I believe in what You said in Isaiah 55:11, 36:19 "My word that goes out of my mouth: 36:20 It will not come back to me empty, 36:21 but it will accomplish the purpose 36:23 for which I sent it." 36:24 It will succeed in the vision I have for it. 36:26 I believe that oh, God. 36:28 I believe that when the maker was here 36:31 and stood among us and He said, "So it is with my words, 36:33 they are Spirit and they are life." 36:37 Amen. 36:38 I believe. 36:40 And it was credited to Abraham as righteousness. 36:47 No visible evidence by the way, so I'm driving to church today, 36:51 driving by Apple Valley market. 36:52 I got to drive by Apple Valley market 36:54 every time I come to this place. 36:55 Maybe you do too. 36:57 They have a sign out, not the cost of cantaloupes, 37:02 they got a sign out, 37:03 they put a little saying up for the Sabbath. 37:06 So I saw the sign so while I'm driving, 37:07 I'm finding a pen and finding a piece of paper 37:09 so I can write this down. 37:11 I got here and then scribbled it down. 37:13 Here's the sign Apple Valley, 37:14 when you just see when you go home. 37:15 Faith is daring the soul to go beyond 37:20 what the eyes can't see. 37:23 Boy, I like that. That was a gospel. 37:24 They just preached the gospel on their EVM sign. 37:29 Daring the soul to believe what your eyes cannot see. 37:31 That was Abraham. Amen. 37:34 You got it. 37:40 Look at verse 4, "Now to the one who works, 37:44 wages are not created as a gift but as an obligation." 37:47 Look it, I put in 40 hours for you, 37:48 you don't come to me, 37:50 you don't you dare come to me at the end of the week and say, 37:51 "I got a little gift for you, Dwight? 37:53 You don't have a gift for me I earned that, 37:54 that money belongs to me. 37:55 That's the way it is with wages. 37:57 But go on to verse 5, 37:58 "However, to the one who does not work 38:01 but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, 38:05 their faith is credited as righteousness." 38:08 Do you remember what righteousness means? 38:10 It means right living. 38:11 It means right doing. 38:13 It means right being. 38:14 It means right thinking. 38:15 It means being right just like God is right. 38:18 You become like God when you're righteous. 38:20 That's what it means. 38:22 Amen. 38:24 You're it, just like me, God says. 38:28 Wow. 38:29 God justifies, He equips, He pardons, 38:32 He forgives the ungodly, the wicked. 38:34 I mean, look at, ladies and gentlemen, 38:36 this RxF, 38:38 this righteousness by faith proposition 38:41 that God is offering us 38:42 in this little series is so simple, 38:45 it is so compellingly simple 38:48 that any man, any woman, any child 38:51 no matter how pagan, no matter how lost. 38:53 Any one who chances upon, anyone who happens to overhear, 38:57 anyone who gets just a little peak 38:59 somewhere along the week, 39:02 anyone who overhears the truth, 39:07 the maker of all things loves and wants me. 39:10 If the heart leaps toward that truth... 39:18 All he has to do, 39:19 all she has to do is raise one little pinky, 39:24 one little finger. 39:26 That's all you have to do. Got it. 39:28 You've ever been to an auction? 39:30 You've ever been to an auction, 39:31 come on you remember the auctioneer. 39:33 I tell you what? 39:34 When you got to an auction, you don't wanna, 39:35 you don't want an itchy nose 39:37 and just going up here and scratching nose. 39:38 Just like that. Why? 39:40 Because the auctioneer is paid to have eagle eyes, 39:43 he's looking for an excuse to give, 39:45 sell this product, 39:48 and the moment your finger goes up, 39:50 so to the man in the fourth row, 39:52 three cheers in. 39:54 The divine auctioneer is the same way. 39:57 All you have to raise is one, just one little finger. 40:03 Sold to the woman in the balcony right now. 40:11 I was visiting with a young man a few days ago, 40:14 here at the church 40:16 and he shared with me his shame and his pain 40:19 over his moral meltdown. 40:20 I mean, trashed his life, 40:22 but not beyond the whisper of the maker of all things, 40:25 who loves and wants him. 40:28 And when he came back to God, I tell you what, 40:29 I wish everybody knew this. 40:31 I wish everybody could somehow lock on to this law, 40:35 the truth of God's omnipotent word 40:38 because when God speaks purity over you. 40:40 When He speaks purity over you, you got it, just like that. 40:44 When God speaks honesty over you, 40:46 you have it just like that. 40:49 You just say amen. 40:55 And all you have to do 40:57 is whisper back, wow, amen. 41:03 Though your sins be scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, 41:07 though they be red like crimson, 41:09 they shall be as wool. 41:12 Amen. 41:13 Where did they go? They're gone. 41:15 They're gone. 41:17 Do you understand? 41:19 You have nothing to fear in this life ever again. 41:24 Nothing. 41:28 One word, just one word, one word He speaks. 41:35 You got it. 41:38 Camron Schofield in his book 41:39 Heralding the Loud Cry observes. 41:41 Put Camron's word up there on the screen for you. 41:44 "God says it, I believe it, I assent to it, 41:47 and God counts it as righteousness. 41:49 Can you see how simple it is? 41:51 It takes a bit of sinking in 41:54 because it's almost too simple." 41:56 If some of this is sounding repetitious 41:58 is because it's almost too simple, 42:00 and I'm afraid you're not gonna get it the first time 42:02 or the second but maybe the third or the fourth time 42:05 it will take and you will lock in 42:07 and your life will be changed forever. 42:10 Your life will be changed forever. 42:12 I already told you my story 42:14 in the first part of this series, 42:15 you didn't hear it? 42:17 Go to that website, 42:18 first part's sitting there and that story is true. 42:22 He say, Camron writing he says, "It takes a bit of sinking in 42:25 because it's almost too simple." 42:26 In the Romans 5:1 it says and now he quotes Roman 5:1, 42:28 "Being justified, being declared righteous by faith 42:31 we have peace with God 42:33 through our Lord Jesus Christ." 42:35 That's it. 42:37 Then he goes on, "Hey guys, did you get that? 42:39 We have peace with God." 42:40 Now he says, I thought rather interesting juxtaposition, 42:43 now connect that with Amos 3:3, 42:46 "Can two walk together except they be agreed?" 42:48 Hey listen, 42:50 "If God says a thing and we agree, 42:52 then we have peace with God. 42:53 Peace with God is righteousness by faith." 43:02 "What does the Scripture say, 'Abraham believed God," 43:05 he said, amen, 43:06 and it was credited to him as righteousness.'" 43:09 And but did you know this? Did you notice this? 43:11 God declares to Abraham that he's gonna be the father, 43:14 he is the father of many nations 43:16 before he has even a single child. 43:18 You got that point? 43:19 I want to show you why God can do that. 43:21 Now this is huge for you. 43:23 This is for you. Watch this and me. 43:26 Drop down to verse 17, same chapter verse 17, 43:31 "As it is written: 'I have made you,"' 43:34 God is speaking, "Abraham a father of many nations." 43:37 He has not a child to his name, okay. 43:39 "I have made you a father of many nations." 43:41 Now Paul says, "He Abraham, 43:43 is our father in the sight of God." 43:44 Father Abraham had many sons 43:47 Many sons have father Abraham. 43:50 That's it, it's too long, way too long to sing that. 43:53 All right, so, 43:54 "He is our father in the sight of God, 43:56 in whom he believed." 43:59 Now notice this, here it comes, 44:00 don't miss the ending here, 44:02 "The God who gives life..." Who is this God? 44:04 "The God who gives life to the dead 44:06 and calls things that are not as though they were" 44:09 what where as if they exist. 44:15 Did you catch that? 44:17 God is a God, who gives life to the dead 44:18 and calls things that are not as though they were. 44:22 God does not call you as you are. 44:26 No, He calls you as you will become 44:30 when He's with you. 44:37 Wow. 44:38 I love the story. 44:40 I love the story of a man 44:41 who's down at the bottom of the pit. 44:43 This guy is, you know 44:44 why this guy is at the bottom of the pit? 44:46 There's enemy in the land and this guy is a... 44:49 just a real chicken. 44:51 He didn't want to be seen by the enemy, 44:52 he doesn't want them to know that he's threshing weeds 44:55 and they might come and steal it 44:56 so he's down at the bottom of the pit and guess what? 44:59 Almighty God, the God of the universe, 45:01 the pre-incarnate Christ, because this being, 45:04 this tall majestic being 45:05 that's standing on the lip of the pit 45:07 is the Angel of the Lord, Capital A, 45:10 so we know it's Christ. 45:11 The pre-incarnate one. 45:13 This tall being looks down at the man 45:15 hurdled at the bottom of this pit 45:17 and he calls out, 45:18 "The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior" 45:24 Gideon looks up, 45:28 is there somebody else in here, who are you talking about? 45:30 Me? 45:32 Unbelievable. 45:33 Jot this down, will you? Unbelievable. 45:36 God calls things that are not yet 45:39 as though they already are. 45:42 I'm talking about you boy, Gideon, Mr. Warrior Man. 45:48 God sees what is going to come to be, to pass. 45:51 And I'm calling you that now, 45:53 I'm treating you that way right now. 45:55 What's that have to do with me? 45:56 Maybe he calls you righteous in advance. 45:58 Hey, there's a thought. 46:00 Here's another one, "Yo, I'm Jesus of Nazareth, 46:03 nice to meet you Simon. 46:05 Hey, Simon, I'm changing your name, 46:06 I don't like Simon, how about Kefas and Petrus, 46:09 that means rock." 46:11 "Time-out, time-out, you call this guy a rock, 46:14 this guy can't even walk on water, 46:15 he sinks like a rock 46:17 and he's gonna trash your friendship." 46:20 What's going on? Amazing, unbelievable. 46:22 God calls things that are not as though they already are. 46:30 "Yo! Abraham, 46:31 father of many nations that you are. 46:36 I don't even have one." 46:39 Unbelievable, 46:41 God calls things that are not yet 46:42 as though they already are. 46:44 They aren't yet, 46:46 but says as if it's already there. 46:48 Desire of Ages on the screen for you, 46:49 "God counts the things 46:51 that are not as though they were. 46:52 He sees the end from the beginning, 46:53 and beholds the result of His work 46:55 as though it were accomplished now." 46:58 You, Dwight, what's this have to do with you and me, however? 47:00 Great question. 47:02 I'll tell you what it has to do with you and me. 47:04 Because you see now listen, listen, listen, 47:08 God has faith in you. 47:13 Everybody thinks righteousness 47:15 by faith is about us having faith in Him. 47:17 No, God has faith in you. 47:22 I mean, why else could God name Gideon, mighty warrior, 47:25 when he was cowering like a chicken 47:26 in the bottom of the pit. 47:29 If God did not have faith, 47:30 that one day Gideon would have faith in Him. 47:32 I have faith, that you'll have faith. 47:35 How can you call Simon a rock, when he is shifting sand? 47:40 Because God knows, I have faith that one day, 47:43 you'll have faith in me. 47:46 God has faith in you. 47:48 Why does He call you the righteous one? 47:50 I'm talking about the way you and I live so unrighteously 47:53 during the week, we're pretty good on Sabbath, 47:55 but during the week? 47:56 How can you call me the righteous one? 47:57 I have faith, that you will have faith 48:01 in my faith in you. 48:03 God has the first faith. 48:07 He obviously sees something, 48:09 that in tandem with Him 48:11 will turn you into a mighty warrior 48:13 for the kingdom. 48:15 It will turn you into a prince, a princess, a righteous one. 48:22 So if God has the first faith, what faith do I have? 48:25 Second hand faith, jot it down, will you? 48:29 Second hand faith is my faith in the God 48:31 who has faith in me. 48:34 I have faith in God, because He has faith in me. 48:36 Hey, by the way it's that way with love. 48:37 1 John 4:19, "We love Him because He first loved us." 48:44 That's the way it works with faith. 48:45 We trust Him because He first trusted us. 48:51 Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. 48:57 The Maker of all things loves and wants me. 49:02 Ladies and gentlemen, 49:03 it is a very heart and soul of the everlasting gospel. 49:07 That truth, righteousness by faith, 49:09 it's the very raison d'être of righteousness by faith. 49:14 The maker of all things loves and wants me 49:16 is the essence of the 1888 message, 49:20 once upon a time. Ellen White, the American writer 49:24 described that message this way, 49:25 I put her words on the screen for you. 49:27 "The Lord in His great mercy 49:29 sent a most precious message to His people 49:31 through Waggoner and Jones. 49:34 This message was to bring more prominently 49:36 before the world the uplifted Savior..." 49:38 By the way to the world supposed to be sharing 49:39 this outside theaters, guys, 49:41 this is to the world, you understand? 49:45 To the world, "the uplifted Savior, 49:47 that sacrifice for sins of the whole world," 49:48 now keep reading, 49:50 "Many had lost sight of Jesus," 49:51 boy, and America headed for the polls, 49:53 is that true today or what? 49:55 "Many had lost sight of Jesus, 49:56 they needed to have their eyes redirected..." 49:58 Oh, this is beautiful too, "His divine person, 50:01 His merits, and His changeless love for the human family." 50:06 Yes, Jesus loves me. 50:09 The maker of all things loves and wants me. 50:13 Wow. 50:15 Could it be that this very simple message 50:19 is the heart, 50:22 the quintessence of this message 50:26 to make ready a people prepare for the Lord. 50:29 Could it be this is the message we've been waiting for? 50:32 We have overcomplicated everything we touch, 50:37 we debated till we're blue in the face, 50:39 everything now, we got a building that debates. 50:45 Could it be that God has reduced the truth 50:49 to save the human race, to the compelling recognition, 50:52 the maker of all things loves and wants me. 50:56 One last time, Camron Schofield, 50:58 this is very interesting what he's gonna suggest you. 51:01 You're gonna have to kind of like us read this slow. 51:04 You got it in your study guide, later. 51:06 "When," Camron writes, "We're at the point where, 51:09 whatever it is that God says to us, we will say, 51:13 'Lord, it is so!"' In other words, amen. 51:15 "And we will believe it and assent to it, 51:18 assent to it, then..." 51:21 Now this is unusual, 51:22 "Then Jesus can come soon, very soon!" 51:26 Now watch what he does with this, 51:28 "Can you see that?" 51:29 well, we'll reason with him, "Because God says, 51:32 'Righteousness!' 51:34 and even though you don't see righteousness, 51:35 not in you and I can't see it in me, 51:39 "If you believe it, there is righteousness." 51:42 You have it, those italics are his, you got it. 51:46 "And what's He waiting for? He's waiting for righteousness. 51:48 When He sees His righteous character..." 51:50 Now the key word there is His, 51:52 "When he sees His righteous character 51:54 perfectly reflected in His people, 51:56 then He will come and take them home. 51:58 So Camron concludes, we are simply waiting, 52:02 "He is waiting for us to believe, 52:05 because when we believe, then He can say, 52:08 'Yo, there is righteousness, 52:10 and I can come and take them home now."' 52:14 Wow. 52:17 This kernel imbedded in righteousness by faith, 52:22 the truth that the maker of all things 52:23 loves and wants me. 52:24 Wow, that's the truth. 52:28 When it, when it becomes mine, 52:34 I say, amen, it becomes mine. 52:39 Wow. 52:42 And then the nation that will cast 52:44 its ballets in a few hours, 52:47 in a nation that is terribly uncertain about its future, 52:53 in a time when the maker of all things is tugging it, 52:56 every available mind and heart 52:59 to draw the thanking one to Him. 53:05 If somehow, 53:09 we could share the word... 53:14 just believe, say amen to that. 53:18 And every gift He has is yours in Christ. 53:22 If somehow we could get the word out, 53:25 the maker of all things loves and want me. 53:28 Wow. 53:30 Apparently, I'm thinking Camron's on to something. 53:34 Apparently, that's all God needs 53:36 to take His children home. 53:38 Sooner rather than later. 53:43 Sooner rather than later. 53:46 Jesus loves me this I know, evens so come Lord Jesus. 53:52 Amen. 53:54 Oh, that's an all caps AMEN, 53:55 and I got to hear an all caps AMEN from you. 53:57 AMEN. AMEN. 53:59 AMEN, and AMEN. 54:02 You believe it, you got it. 54:05 God is on the throne. 54:07 We can trust Him, with His nation, 54:09 we can trust Him with our hearts. 54:11 I wanna pray with you. 54:12 Oh, God, crazy times to be sure, 54:17 but the rock solid assurance 54:19 that the one who sits on the throne of this universe, 54:22 is the maker of all things. 54:23 And the maker of all things loves and wants us. 54:27 That's righteousness by faith. 54:30 The amen to that. 54:33 Envelops us in your strong love and your desire, 54:38 I love and want you, girl, I love and want you, boy. 54:43 Let's go. 54:45 Oh, Father, we all say, amen to that 54:50 in Jesus' name, amen. 55:04 I know not why God's wondrous grace 55:10 To me He hath made known 55:15 Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love 55:21 Redeemed me for His own 55:27 But "I know whom I have believed 55:33 And am persuaded that He is able 55:39 To keep that which I've committed 55:45 Unto Him against that day" 55:53 I know not when my Lord may come 55:59 At night or noonday fair 56:04 Nor if I walk the vale with Him 56:11 Or meet Him in the air 56:16 But "I know whom I have believed 56:23 And am persuaded that He is able 56:30 To keep that which I've committed 56:37 Unto Him against that day." 56:49 And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 56:53 and the love of God, 56:55 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 56:57 be with you all. 56:59 Amen. 57:13 I wanted to take an extra moment 57:14 to let you know how grateful I am you joined us today. 57:17 I hear from viewers and listeners like you 57:19 all across this nation and literally around the world, 57:22 and I'm thankful, 57:23 because it's through the generosity of the members 57:25 of this congregation and people like you, 57:27 that we're able to bring you this program. 57:29 So if what we shared today has touched your heart, 57:31 I like to invite you to become a financial partner with us. 57:34 Just give us a call. 57:35 Toll free number 877, the two words HIS-WILL, 57:38 877-HIS-WILL, 57:40 or if you'd rather go to our website www.pmchurch.tv. 57:45 Either way, your generosity will bless a new generation 57:48 in cyber space all over this planet, 57:51 so thank you. 57:53 Thank you very much for your partnership. |
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