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[ "Lord of All Creation" plays ]
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>> "Lord of All Creation."
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[ Congregation sings ]
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¤ God of wonders ¤
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>> ¤ Lord of heaven and Earth
¤ ¤ Lord of heaven and Earth ¤
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>> ¤ Lord of all creation
¤ ¤ Lord of all creation ¤
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¤ Lord of all creation
¤ ¤ Lord of all creation ¤
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>> "Hallelujah."
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¤ God of wonders
beyond our galaxy ¤
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¤ You are holy, holy ¤
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[ Song ends, "My
Hope Is Built" plays ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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¤ All other
ground is sinking sand ¤
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¤ All other
ground is sinking sand ¤
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¤ All other
ground is sinking sand ¤
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¤ All other
ground is sinking sand ¤
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¤ Christ alone ¤
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>> Amen. Praise
God. >> Amen. Amen.
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>> Amen. [ "Still" plays ]
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>> "Hide me now."
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[ Congregation sings ]
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"Find rest, my soul."
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"In Christ alone."
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¤ I will be still
and know You are God ¤
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This morning, we want to give
you an opportunity to just be
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still and know God.
We're gonna have a prayer in a
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moment asking God, beseeching
Him to be Lord of our lives no
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matter where we are.
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And if, this morning, you feel
that the tempest roars in your
life and you're seeking some
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type of peace, some type of
calm, no matter where you are, I
invite you this morning to come
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up at this time. Come
forward now. Jesus is calling.
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You'll find rest at the
foot of the Cross. Jesus endured
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everything for you. So, this
morning, no matter your burden,
no matter what you're
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going through, Christ promises
to shelter us underneath His
wings, that we may find rest in
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Christ alone. Let's sing that
together, "Find rest, my soul."
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[ Congregation sings ]
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¤ I will be still
and know You are God ¤
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[ Piano flourish, song ends ]
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>> Well, good morning, boys and
girls. Nice to see you on this
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sunshiny third Sabbath of the
new year. Nice to have you here.
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[ Exhales sharply ] And is
it like spring or what? Perfect!
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So, we're coming back this week
from California, where we were
to say goodbye to my mother --
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coming back late in the night to
O'Hare Airport, where our car is
parked, and then we drive the
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long drive to Berrien Springs.
So, we get our bags. We come out
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from the baggage. We go across
to -- They have a train station
in O'Hare. It's called a tram.
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They have a train up on a high
track, and that train goes to
terminal 1, terminal 2, terminal
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3, terminal 5, and then to the
remote -- to the faraway
parking, where our car was.
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So, we went down under the
track, waiting for the train...
and waiting for the train.
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And, finally, there was a voice
over the PA. "Thank you for your
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patience. The tracks are being
repaired. Our train will be with
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you shortly." "Aw, great. This
is the night when they're
repairing the tracks.
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Isn't that something?" So we
keep waiting. A friend of ours
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named Darius Jankiewicz, he
comes down, and, you know, he's
standing with us, and we're all
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yakking away. It felt
like hours were going by.
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No, it's just maybe 20,
30 minutes. I don't know.
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Another PA -- "Thank you for
your patience. We are working on
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the tracks. The train will be
with you shortly." "Well, that's
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the third time you've said it --
or fourth." And about 20, 30
minutes later, [Exhales deeply]
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here comes a tram. No engineers
on the tram. These things are
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run by computer. So we get
-- [Exhales deeply] Doors open.
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Now the platform is just
crowded. Everybody pushes into
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the train because a lot of
people have been coming. And so
we're crowded into the
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train. Now [Exhales sharply]
the doors close behind us.
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[ Exhales deeply ] The train
begins to move. But something
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very interesting happens when
we're leaving station number 2.
And that is, as we get -- The
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doors close. More people
are on board. As we get past the
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station, there's a little X
there. There's an X in the
tracks. That means the train
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that's on this track goes to
this one and the train that's on
this track goes to that.
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So the X is to help the train
change to the other track. We're
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now taking the X. We're in the
middle of the X when all of a
sudden -- [ Sputtering, clicking
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tongue ] [ Exhales deeply ]
Power went off! Power went off!
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We're on the X -- part on one
track, part on the other. Not so
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bad... except I look out the
window, and I say, "Darius, do
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you see that? There's another
train coming this way. It's
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coming this way. It has no
engineer. It can't see a thing!
It's just gonna keep coming, and
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it's gonna hit -- it's gonna hit
the cars behind us that are on
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its track!" [ Inhales
deeply ] "Hold on!" But all of a
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sudden... [ Sputtering, clicking
tongue ] Its lights went out. [
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Exhales deeply ] Stop. [
Sighs deeply ] [ Laughs ]
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We were glad... except that now
we waited and waited and waited
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and waited. There's no engineer.
There's nobody to ask questions.
The people in the other car are
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looking at us. We're
looking at them. "Yo.
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No, no, we're not going either.
Mnh-mnh." Waiting, waiting,
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waiting. 20 minutes, 30 minutes,
3 hours -- well, it felt like
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three hours. It's really only
about -- [ Laughter ] 20
minutes, 30 minutes.
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Nothing, nothing. We don't know
anything, when, all of a sudden,
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[Exhales deeply] our doors open.
"Whoa! That's a long ways down!
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Don't go there! Don't go near
the door!" And all of a sudden
-- I tell you the truth -- a
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tiny little lady climbs up.
[ Imitating pitter-patter ] [
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Gulps ] She jumps in. "Whew!"
She says, "I'm the engineer."
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[ Laughter ] "Well, we
are glad you are here, lady."
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[ Laughter ] She says, "Scuse
me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse
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me, scuse me." She spends 15
minutes up on the other side of
the car. We have no idea.
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She's -- [ Exhaling sharply
] She says, "I am now going to
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manually drive you to
your stop." [ Exhales sharply ]
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Guess what. We made
it! But I want to tell you
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something. Oho! It is
bad news -- This is what I
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learned. Oh, it is bad news
to be stuck on the track with no
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power. Because when you have no
power, you're going nowhere. No
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power, nowhere. Oh, I don't want
to be stuck on the track of this
Earth with a storm coming and
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going nowhere. I want power. And
your mommies and daddies are
studying a lesson this very
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month about the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said, "But when the Holy
Spirit comes on you, you
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will have...power." Acts 1.
Jesus says, "I'm not gonna leave
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you stuck on the tracks. I'm
not gonna leave you with a storm
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coming. I'm gonna give power."
You're gonna have power right
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through the storm. Oh, what a
Jesus. Aren't you glad that He
doesn't leave us stuck on the
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track? Aren't you glad He has
the power? How many want to say,
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"Thank You, Jesus, for that
power, for the Holy Spirit"? And
with the other hand, say,
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"Jesus, please fill me
with that spirit." Amen.
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Who would like to thank Jesus?
Thank Jesus for the power -- Oh,
sissy, come on up here.
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Thank Jesus for the power of
the Holy Spirit. Can you make it
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through there? Can you make it
right through? Come here. There
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you go. All right. Let's thank
Jesus for the power that He
gives us. We don't have to be
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stuck on the track. What's
your first name? >> Kristen.
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>> Kristen. Let's close our eyes
and fold our hands as Kristen
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thanks Jesus. >> Dear Jesus,
thank You that we could have a
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nice time and that we could...
and that we could have power. In
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Jesus' name, amen. >> Amen.
Thank you, Kristen. Beautiful
prayer. As you go quietly and
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reverently back to your seats,
just like Kristen prayed, thank
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You, Jesus. You're not leaving
us stuck on the tracks. We have
Your power, the power of
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Your spirit.
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>> ¤ Guide me, oh,
Thou great Jehovah ¤
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¤ Pilgrim through this barren
land ¤ ¤ I am weak, but Thou art
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mighty ¤ ¤ Hold me
with Thy powerful hand ¤
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¤ Bread of heaven ¤ >> ¤ Bread
of heaven ¤ >> ¤ Feed me till I
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want no more ¤ >> ¤ Want no more
¤ >> ¤ Feed me till I want no
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more ¤
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¤ Open now the crystal fountain
¤ ¤ Whence the healing waters
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flow ¤ >> ¤ Let a
fiery, cloudy pillar ¤
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>> ¤ Lead me all my journey
through ¤ ¤ Strong deliverer,
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strong deliverer ¤ ¤ Be Thou
still my strength and shield ¤
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¤ Be Thou still my
strength and shield ¤
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¤ When I tread the verge of
Jordan ¤ ¤ Bid my anxious fears
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subside ¤ ¤ Bear me through
the swelling current ¤ ¤ Land me
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safe on Canaan's side ¤ ¤
Songs of praises ¤ >> ¤ Songs of
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praises ¤ >> ¤ I will ever give
to Thee ¤ >> ¤ Give to Thee ¤ >>
¤ I will ever give to Thee ¤
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[ Song ends ] >> Amen. >> Amen.
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>> Well, thank you, Sanctuary
Choir and Jeannie, again.
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That's a prayer for the
uncharted journey ahead of us --
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"Guide me, oh,
Thou great Jehovah."
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Before I pray and before we
pray, Karen and I want to thank
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you for your thoughtful
expressions of love and
00:21:23.65\00:21:29.58
sympathy, your kindness...
notes and cards and prayers,
00:21:29.58\00:21:38.26
flowers.
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Bless you. You've just blessed
us, and we love you for it.
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So thank you, and thank God.
Thank God we have the blessed
hope of Jesus' soon return.
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Yeah, we got it. We got it.
Let's pray. Oh, God, that's our
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prayer. Guide us. Guide us, oh,
Jehovah. Uncharted, the journey
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before us. The nation,
just hours ago, commenced the
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journey. We're caught up as a
people in it. What does it mean?
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Crazy times. Storm coming.
Help us, please. In Jesus, amen.
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>> Amen.
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[ Dramatic music plays ]
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>> A month ago, Time magazine
came out with a stunning
prediction about our nation, and
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I need to share it with you.
It's an op-ed piece written by
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Ian Bremmer. Title -- "The Era
of American Global Leadership Is
Over. Here's What Comes Next."
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Now, look, I realize we're
a campus of almost a hundred
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nations here. But this is about
all of us, as you're about to
hear. He opens up, a month ago,
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predicting what happened
yesterday. That would be the
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inauguration. And so he writes
it a month in advance. "As in
the past, the day will be
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cold." Well, he got that
part right. January 20 is always
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cold. "Melania will hold the
Bible." She actually held two
Bibles -- Abraham Lincoln's
00:24:29.36\00:24:34.84
Bible and a Bible given to
Donald Trump by his mother when
he was a child. "The kids will
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stand by proudly." You saw them.
"The new President will recite
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his lines carefully, smile
broadly, and change history."
00:24:42.58\00:24:48.45
Now, here we go. "And American
international leadership, a
constant since 1945, will end
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with the presidential
inauguration of Donald J. Trump
on January 20, 2017."
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Yesterday. "That's not because
Trump is bound to fail where his
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predecessors have succeeded."
"Oh, no," the editorial goes on,
three pages worth, observing
00:25:05.50\00:25:12.87
that there is a latent populism
across the face of this Earth,
and he checks off the major
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nations one by one -- populism,
meaning raw power going back to
00:25:18.88\00:25:25.35
the people. A new leadership
vacuum -- he's making the case.
In fact, he calls it "a world
00:25:25.35\00:25:30.93
without strong leadership, a new
G-zero era." You've heard of the
00:25:30.93\00:25:35.50
G7 nations, the seven most
powerful nations on Earth. Then
they have the G8, and they
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have the G20. He's calling this
G-zero now. Now, this is his
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line on the screen.
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I want you to see it...
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Now, look, I happen to believe
that there is a rapidly emerging
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power that will step into this
vacuum on its own, but that is
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neither the point of his
editorial nor this sermon.
00:26:04.83\00:26:09.93
Ian Bremmer goes on to describe
the world as we live in it right
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.53
now. Look at these words.
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They'll be in your study guide.
You'll be able to take them
00:26:13.77\00:26:16.17
home. On the screen -- "The
00:26:16.17\00:26:18.37
international order
itself is unraveling."
00:26:18.37\00:26:21.98
Right now. "In the
past eight years alone,
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the world has seen the worst
financial crisis in decades..."
00:26:25.11\00:26:28.12
Wow. Another writer, also an
00:27:01.72\00:27:05.45
American, made a most
prescient prediction herself.
00:27:05.45\00:27:11.89
I'll put her
words on the screen.
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"The present..." [ Chuckles ]
00:27:14.73\00:27:17.50
Ominously, this
sounds like today.
00:27:17.50\00:27:22.37
"The present..."
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You and I could find a dozen
talking heads who would bob
their heads right now.
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"On the verge of a
stupendous crisis"? No kidding.
00:28:00.78\00:28:06.61
But of course. But there's more
to this particular prediction.
00:28:06.61\00:28:10.89
Sentence back up on the
screen -- "Angels are now
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restraining the winds of strife,
that they may not blow until the
00:28:13.92\00:28:18.23
world shall be warned of
its coming doom; but a storm --"
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There's that word
again. But a storm.
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"But a storm is gathering..."
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Storm. "Finding
Jesus in the Gathering
00:28:37.51\00:28:42.75
Dark" -- a new series for a
new year in the Pioneer pulpit.
00:28:42.75\00:28:49.46
And that website,
www.newperceptions.tv, that's
00:28:49.46\00:28:53.29
where you'll find the
"Storm" every single week.
00:28:53.29\00:28:56.93
And the study guide in a moment.
Because the only good storm --
00:28:56.93\00:29:03.64
the only good storm is
a storm you're ready for.
00:29:03.64\00:29:07.21
Question -- are you
ready for the storm?
00:29:07.21\00:29:10.88
Jesus asks the question in
peculiar words. Actually, He
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raises the question. But I
wonder, if He were here today,
would He ask the same
00:29:15.08\00:29:19.12
question with these peculiar
words? Open your Bible with me
00:29:19.12\00:29:22.99
to the Gospel of Luke, chapter
18, Luke chapter 18. What are
00:29:22.99\00:29:27.03
you talking about, Jesus?
Luke chapter 18. I'm in the NIV.
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You didn't bring a Bible, grab
the pew Bible in front of you.
It's page 706 in your pew
00:29:30.93\00:29:36.27
Bible -- Luke 18:8. Go to the
very last line of verse eight,
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the very last line of verse
eight. Do you see it there?
Bright red letters in mine --
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Jesus speaking...
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Now grab your study guide
because that's in your study
00:29:51.75\00:29:54.72
guide. It's the first blank to
fill. Will He find faith on the
Earth? Did you not get a study
00:29:54.72\00:29:58.63
guide? Hold your hand up. We got
some friendly ushers here who
will come your way.
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.23
If you didn't get a study guide,
you'll want this particular
00:30:01.23\00:30:06.23
string of text. Hold your hand
up, and we'll get that to you.
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.80
Jot it down. "When the Son of
Man comes, will He find faith on
the Earth?" You got to admit,
00:30:08.80\00:30:12.67
it's a rather probing question.
"When I return," Jesus asks us
-- "When I return, when I
00:30:12.67\00:30:16.71
return to the storm generation,
the endgame generation, am I
gonna find faith among you?"
00:30:16.71\00:30:22.75
Is it a rhetorical question?
Does He mean the answer is, "But
of course You will," or does He
00:30:22.75\00:30:26.96
mean the answer is, "No, of
course I'm not going to"? What's
00:30:26.96\00:30:30.69
the answer? "When I come back,
will I find faith on this
Earth?" You say, "Dwight, what's
00:30:30.69\00:30:35.33
the big deal about this faith
thing as far as an endgame
storm?" You want to see what the
00:30:35.33\00:30:38.87
big deal about this is? Let
me run them by you now, a whole
00:30:38.87\00:30:41.87
string of these. Keep your hand
moving. We go. 1 John 5:4.
Here's a text that you haven't
00:30:41.87\00:30:48.84
read in a long time. I've never
preached from it. 1 John 5:4.
00:30:48.84\00:30:52.98
Take a look at this. Just
before the Book of Revelation.
00:30:52.98\00:30:55.58
There they are --
1, 2, 3 John and Jude.
00:30:55.58\00:30:58.15
1 John 5:4. "For
everyone born of God
00:30:58.32\00:31:02.69
overcomes the world."
Now, here comes the line.
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.66
"This is the victory that
has overcome the world, even our
00:31:05.66\00:31:11.40
faith." Write that in.
00:31:11.40\00:31:12.73
"Even our faith." What's
the big deal about faith?
00:31:12.73\00:31:15.24
What's the big deal about
this endgame storm and faith?
00:31:15.24\00:31:19.54
Ah, faith is the determining --
it is the deciding, defining
factor between victory and
00:31:19.71\00:31:25.28
defeat, between life and death.
You remember the old gospel
00:31:25.28\00:31:29.85
hymn? ¤ Faith is the victory ¤ ¤
Faith is the victory ¤ ¤ Oh,
glorious victory that
00:31:29.85\00:31:37.36
overcomes the world ¤ Old
gospel hymn. It's the truth.
00:31:37.36\00:31:41.20
Faith -- we just read it. "Faith
is the victory." When the storm
00:31:41.20\00:31:44.67
strikes, faith clearly is the
demarcation between overcoming
and being overcome.
00:31:44.67\00:31:48.74
[ Exhales sharply ] Right there.
So, how do we get this faith?
Next text. Look it up.
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John 16:23. Thank you,
Elizabeth, for reading that text
00:31:54.51\00:31:59.35
in your mother tongue --
powerfully done, I think. [
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Laughter ] Beautifully done.
We can put it that way. It's
00:32:03.99\00:32:07.76
beautifully done. She just read
John 16. These are the last
words of Jesus before He prays
00:32:07.76\00:32:13.16
the great prayer of John 17
to His Father. The last words --
00:32:13.16\00:32:17.40
here they are. This is
John 16:33. Jesus -- red letters
00:32:17.57\00:32:20.67
again. "I have told you these
things, so that in me you may
00:32:20.67\00:32:25.71
have peace. In this
world, you will have
00:32:25.71\00:32:29.04
trouble. But take heart!"
00:32:29.04\00:32:31.48
I like it in the New
King James -- "But cheer
00:32:31.48\00:32:35.22
up! Be of good cheer.
00:32:35.22\00:32:39.39
I have overcome the
world." Hey, listen, guys.
00:32:39.39\00:32:43.86
Figure this out with me, will
you? We're only three weeks into
00:32:44.03\00:32:47.13
this new year, and already some
of us are going through big
trouble. We're talking about
00:32:47.13\00:32:51.40
trouble with a capital T. So,
I'm in chapel. I'm in chapel on
00:32:51.40\00:32:54.54
Thursday. And one of the co-eds
comes up to me, and she says,
00:32:54.70\00:32:56.57
"Oh, Pastor, you're not gonna
believe what a friend of mine is
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.61
going through." And
she begins to list all that
00:32:58.61\00:33:00.11
has happened in
this new year already.
00:33:00.11\00:33:02.84
Oh, my!
00:33:02.84\00:33:06.55
Jesus says, "Hey, you going
through trouble right now? Be of
good cheer. Take heart.
00:33:06.72\00:33:13.62
I have overcome the world.
I have overcome the lord of
00:33:13.62\00:33:22.63
trouble. So, child, my friend,"
He whispers in your heart right
00:33:22.63\00:33:28.54
now. "Don't be afraid. I
am with you. And I have won."
00:33:28.54\00:33:35.91
Oh, by the way, I would say
rather radical, radical faith.
This is the night before His
00:33:35.91\00:33:43.45
crucifixion, and He's already
declaring He's won. "I have
overcome this world."
00:33:43.45\00:33:48.86
Unshakeable faith. Where do
we get this kind of faith from?
00:33:48.86\00:33:54.46
Obviously, it's from Jesus. Did
Jesus live with this faith? Are
00:33:54.46\00:33:59.50
you kidding? I want you to go to
a passage you never thought was
Jesus talking, but this is
00:33:59.50\00:34:02.94
actually quoting Jesus when He
was here, and you will not find
these words in the Gospels.
00:34:02.94\00:34:06.11
Go to the Book of Hebrews, Book
of Hebrews chapter two. This is
00:34:06.11\00:34:11.51
something else. We get an
insight into the mind of the
Word made flesh as in no other
00:34:11.51\00:34:16.58
place. Hebrews chapter two.
Hebrews chapter two. Let's begin
00:34:16.58\00:34:24.89
in verse 10. Hebrews 2:10. "In
bringing many sons and daughters
00:34:24.89\00:34:30.40
to glory, it was fitting that
God, for whom and through whom
everything exists, should make
00:34:30.40\00:34:35.50
the pioneer of their salvation
--" Ladies and gentlemen, who is
the pioneer of our salvation?
00:34:35.50\00:34:39.54
Who's the pioneer? That's the
Lord Jesus Christ. This is the
00:34:39.54\00:34:43.01
Pioneer Memorial Church. That's
the Lord Jesus Christ. He would
make -- how does it
00:34:43.01\00:34:48.18
read here? -- "the pioneer
of our salvation perfect through
00:34:48.18\00:34:54.26
what He suffered." Now, those of
you going through capital T
Trouble right now -- three weeks
00:34:54.26\00:34:58.39
into the new year, and you're
already in trouble -- I have
good news for you. That's the
00:34:58.39\00:35:08.04
path of God. There is no way we
will get out of this life
without going through trouble.
00:35:08.04\00:35:12.47
It's just like it is in
athletics. "No pain, no gain."
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.88
What do they say when you
bulk up? "No pain, no gain."
00:35:15.88\00:35:20.78
Going through trouble right now
-- "I have overcome the world."
00:35:20.78\00:35:26.89
Jesus says, "Listen, been there
and done that when it comes to
00:35:26.89\00:35:30.26
trouble. I know all about it.
Stay with me. Stay with me." All
right. But I digress.
00:35:30.26\00:35:36.67
Verse 11. But, "Both the one who
makes people holy --" that's the
00:35:36.67\00:35:40.50
Lord Jesus -- "and those who
are made holy are of the same
00:35:40.50\00:35:44.07
family. So Jesus is not ashamed
to call them --" He's not
ashamed to call us brothers and
00:35:44.07\00:35:48.34
sisters, He says. Now, here
is quoting the mind of Christ.
00:35:48.34\00:35:51.85
He says, verse 12, "I will
declare Your Name, oh, God, to
my brothers and sisters in the
00:35:51.85\00:35:56.55
assembly. I will sing Your
praises." And now here it comes
00:35:56.55\00:36:00.19
and, again, quoting His mind, "I
will put my trust in Him. I will
put my trust in Him."
00:36:00.19\00:36:06.26
Would you jot that down, please?
"I will put my trust in Him." I
will put my trust in God.
00:36:06.26\00:36:14.74
Those are the words of Christ.
And that is precisely how the
faith of Jesus manifested itself
00:36:14.74\00:36:20.74
when Jesus was here. I mean,
lookit, Lucifer suddenly
[Exhales sharply] materializes
00:36:20.74\00:36:25.21
in an explosion of light,
purporting to be an angel of
light -- emaciated Christ, 40
00:36:25.21\00:36:31.05
days of fasting, and he looks
down at that emaciated specimen
of humanity, and he says, "Yo.
00:36:31.05\00:36:39.83
You daddy's boy. You see these
stones here? Turn 'em to bread."
00:36:39.83\00:36:46.60
Ladies and gentlemen, all three
of that massive and aggressive
onslaught of temptation -- all
00:36:46.60\00:36:52.24
three of the temptations, Jesus
responds the same way. You know
00:36:52.24\00:36:55.88
how He responds? What you just
read. "I will put my trust in
Him. No, I'm not gonna do it."
00:36:55.88\00:36:58.98
"Aw, come on here. Throw
yourself off the temple, and see
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.08
what God will do." "I will put
my trust in Him. I will not do
it." "Come on! Bow down to me!
00:37:02.08\00:37:05.49
I'll give you the whole planet
and no Calvary." "I will put my
00:37:05.49\00:37:11.19
trust in Him." Three times.
Mortal combat. And how does He
respond? "I will put my trust in
00:37:11.19\00:37:23.37
Him." We're talking radical,
unshakeable faith. And guess
00:37:23.37\00:37:30.31
what. Hold on to your pew now.
Because this is precisely the
kind of faith He gives to you --
00:37:30.31\00:37:39.39
the same! You don't
believe it? I'll show it to you.
00:37:39.39\00:37:42.36
Next text in this chain.
Here we go. Revelation 14:12.
00:37:42.36\00:37:45.59
You may have read these words
before. Revelation chapter 14.
00:37:45.59\00:37:49.26
Go back to the end of your Bible
-- Revelation 14:12. Here's that
00:37:49.26\00:37:55.24
line. "Here --" speaking of this
storm generation, the endgame
00:37:55.24\00:37:59.54
generation. "Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
those who keep the commandments
00:37:59.54\00:38:05.71
of God and --" the word "keep"
is understood because it's
continuing -- "those who keep
00:38:05.71\00:38:11.62
the commandments of God and keep
the faith of Jesus." Would you
00:38:11.62\00:38:18.56
jot that down? "Here are they
who keep the commandments of God
and keep the faith of Jesus."
00:38:18.56\00:38:23.23
There will be a generation in
Earth's last storm that will
hold on -- keep the faith,
00:38:23.23\00:38:29.27
baby -- that will hold on to the
faith of Jesus no matter what.
Isn't that amazing?
00:38:29.27\00:38:36.91
I mean, think about this. Wow.
And because they cling to that
00:38:36.91\00:38:45.69
faith, guess what. Because they
cling to the faith of Jesus,
guess what they get. They get
00:38:45.69\00:38:50.66
the victory of Jesus. Do you
know that? Come on, I'm telling
you the Gospel truth.
00:38:50.66\00:38:53.73
Next text. Look at it. 1
Corinthians chapter five -- 15,
00:38:53.73\00:38:56.83
rather. Boy, these are the words
you read in a funeral homily or
00:38:56.83\00:39:01.70
at a graveside. This is such
powerful stuff. Lookit. 1
Corinthians chapter 15.
00:39:01.70\00:39:06.78
Paul... This exclamation of his.
This would be verse 30 -- verse
00:39:06.78\00:39:12.31
57, rather. 1 Corinthians
15:57. "But thanks --" Come on.
00:39:12.31\00:39:17.09
"Thanks be to God! He gives
us the victory through --" write
00:39:17.09\00:39:23.99
that word down -- "through
our Lord Jesus Christ." Can you
00:39:23.99\00:39:29.53
believe that? Astounding. First,
the Bible establishes that our
faith must come from
00:39:29.53\00:39:34.34
Christ. It's His faith.
And now the Bible declares that
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.94
our victory will come through
Christ -- it's His victory --
showing once again that, when it
00:39:37.94\00:39:43.45
comes to salvation, from stem to
stern, from A to Z, from alpha
to omega -- "Because I am the
00:39:43.45\00:39:48.85
alpha and the omega and all the
letters in between." It's the
00:39:48.85\00:39:53.19
Greek alphabet. It's all about
Jesus. The faith of Jesus is
what gives us the victory of
00:39:53.19\00:40:01.83
Jesus. Wow. No wonder the
greatest Christian who ever
00:40:01.83\00:40:07.10
lived wrote this testimony down,
and I hope you memorize it. You
probably already have it
00:40:07.10\00:40:10.77
memorized -- Galatians 2:20. I
like it in the King James, and
so go to your study guide
00:40:10.77\00:40:15.28
because it's in the King
James right there. Paul...
00:40:15.28\00:40:18.05
Where is Christ? Where is Christ
for the disciple, the follower?
00:40:24.72\00:40:27.76
He's in me. He's in me. Christ
lives in me. Now keep going.
00:40:27.76\00:40:31.96
"And the life which I now
live in the flesh --" in my
00:40:32.13\00:40:35.03
humanity -- "I live by the
faith --" write that down -- "I
00:40:35.03\00:40:39.37
live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me, and
00:40:39.37\00:40:42.54
gave Himself for me." You
see, the faith of Jesus is
00:40:42.54\00:40:45.61
something you can have.
00:40:45.61\00:40:47.18
It's not something that you are.
It's not your faith. It's not my
00:40:47.34\00:40:50.95
faith. "I live by the faith
of Jesus, who loved me, and gave
00:40:50.95\00:40:55.82
Himself for me." It's His faith!
It's His faith. Takes all the
00:40:55.82\00:41:02.22
worry out of wondering, "Will
I be saved or not?" No, no, no,
00:41:02.22\00:41:05.06
no, no, no. It's not your faith
that saves you. It's his faith.
00:41:05.06\00:41:07.96
"I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave
00:41:07.96\00:41:13.74
Himself for me." Wow. It is the
faith of Jesus that makes all
the difference in the
00:41:13.74\00:41:19.44
world -- not your faith, not my
faith -- because the faith of
Jesus brings the victory of
00:41:19.44\00:41:25.18
Jesus. Amen.
00:41:25.18\00:41:31.85
One more text. One
more text in this string.
00:41:32.02\00:41:33.79
This is it. Revelation
3. You got to go back.
00:41:33.79\00:41:36.76
I want you to see
this in your Bible.
00:41:36.76\00:41:38.33
Revelation 3. To an
end-time generation --
00:41:38.33\00:41:40.06
This would be
the storm generation.
00:41:40.06\00:41:41.53
This is the endgame generation
because this is Laodicea.
00:41:41.53\00:41:44.53
You may have
heard that name before.
00:41:44.53\00:41:46.60
This is a promise to Laodicea,
the endgame people, which you
00:41:46.60\00:41:51.41
and I, by the grace of God,
long to be a part of, right?
00:41:51.41\00:41:55.38
Okay, so Revelation chapter
three. Red letters again.
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.58
Boy, the red letters are not
just in the Gospel. You got them
00:41:58.58\00:42:02.05
all over the opening to the
Apocalypse because it's the
revelation of Jesus, so He's
00:42:02.05\00:42:05.92
doing a lot of speaking, as He
should. Drop down to verse 21.
00:42:05.92\00:42:09.12
Fill this in even as we read
it. "To the one who overcomes, I
00:42:09.29\00:42:14.56
will give the right to sit with
me on my throne --" now, key
00:42:14.56\00:42:19.87
words now -- "just as -- just as
I overcame and sat down with my
00:42:19.87\00:42:27.98
Father on His throne."
The Greek word for "overcome"
00:42:27.98\00:42:34.95
and "victory," it's
all the same Greek word.
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.42
It's all the same.
"Overcome," "victory,"
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.72
"conquer," it's all the same.
So that's why the NIV renders
00:42:39.72\00:42:42.66
this -- I'll put the
NIV on the screen for you...
00:42:42.66\00:42:45.66
"Just as I was victorious, just
as I overcame --" And how did
00:42:52.63\00:42:56.54
Jesus overcome?
How did He overcome?
00:42:56.54\00:42:59.04
His faith. "I will put my
trust in Him." Radical faith.
00:42:59.21\00:43:04.68
Unshakeable faith. And that's
the faith he says, "I will it to
00:43:04.68\00:43:09.92
you." Because when you have
the faith of Jesus, you have the
00:43:09.92\00:43:14.42
victory of Jesus. Put that on
the screen for us. When you have
the faith of Jesus, you have the
00:43:14.42\00:43:19.66
victory of Jesus. Faith is the
victory. Isn't that the song?
00:43:19.66\00:43:22.96
"Faith is the victory." The
victory is not me [Exhaling
sharply] swashbuckling
00:43:22.96\00:43:27.84
my way through life. The
victory is His faith. He won!
00:43:27.84\00:43:34.28
And I put my hands out, and I
say, "Amen, Jesus. Give me that
00:43:34.28\00:43:37.31
faith." Boom! His victory
becomes my victory. For an
00:43:37.31\00:43:43.89
end-time, storm generation, I
make one more promise to her who
overcomes, to him who overcomes
00:43:43.89\00:43:56.10
and has the faith of Jesus. "You
will sit on the throne with me
like I sit on the throne with
00:43:56.10\00:43:59.93
the Father." It doesn't
get any better than that.
00:43:59.93\00:44:05.61
So, the question that begs to be
asked right now is, "Yo, Dwight,
hey, how do I have this?
00:44:05.61\00:44:11.35
How can I live the faith of
Jesus?" You know, that's a very
00:44:11.35\00:44:16.99
critical question. I'm glad you
asked it. Because, remember, we
00:44:16.99\00:44:19.85
opened up with Jesus' rather
sobering announcement. "When the
Son of Man comes, will
00:44:19.85\00:44:24.49
He find faith on the Earth?"
There is a possibility,
apparently, that vast swaths of
00:44:24.49\00:44:31.40
people will be faithless when He
returns. I don't want to be in
00:44:31.40\00:44:36.91
that group. No. I'm
gonna leave one line with
00:44:36.91\00:44:43.55
you from a classic on the
parables of Jesus called
"Christ's Object Lessons."
00:44:43.55\00:44:48.28
This line will tell you how you
will get the faith of Jesus and
you will have it for the rest of
00:44:48.28\00:44:53.99
your life. One line. Page
149. I'll even give you the page
00:44:53.99\00:44:58.63
number. "Christ's
Object Lessons," page 149.
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.50
Fill it in, please. "All
that Christ received from
00:45:01.66\00:45:05.47
God we, too, may
have." Did you catch that?
00:45:05.47\00:45:08.77
"All that He received
from God we, too, may have.
00:45:08.77\00:45:12.41
Then ask and receive.
With the persevering faith of
00:45:12.41\00:45:16.91
Jacob --" midnight
assailant, sweaty torso.
00:45:16.91\00:45:19.55
He's hanging on. He
now knows he has God in his
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.38
arms, and he cries out, "I will
not let You go unless You bless
00:45:22.38\00:45:25.99
me." "With the
persevering faith of
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.59
Jacob, with the unyielding
persistence of Elijah --" who
00:45:28.59\00:45:32.53
prayed not once -- after
Mount Carmel -- God has nuked
00:45:32.53\00:45:36.33
the summit of Mount Carmel.
But Elijah said, "I got to have
00:45:36.33\00:45:39.67
more. I got to have rain.
00:45:39.67\00:45:40.97
We have to have rain." He
prays not once, he prays not
00:45:40.97\00:45:43.54
twice, he prays not three times,
he prays not four times, he
00:45:43.54\00:45:46.44
prays not five times, he prays
not six times -- seven times, he
00:45:46.44\00:45:49.51
says, "God, have mercy on me.
Make me an unobstructed channel
00:45:49.51\00:45:55.52
for You to be
released to give us rain."
00:45:55.52\00:45:58.92
"With the un..."
How does it go here?
00:45:58.92\00:46:02.26
"With the unyielding persistence
of Elijah --" oh, I love this --
00:46:02.26\00:46:06.49
"claim for yourself
all that God has promised."
00:46:06.49\00:46:10.00
Now, I've had an extra 48 hours
to brood over this quotation.
00:46:10.00\00:46:14.04
You haven't, so
I'm gonna help you out.
00:46:14.04\00:46:16.07
I'm gonna speed up
your brooding right now.
00:46:16.07\00:46:18.31
I want you to circle some words.
Circle the words that I draw to
00:46:18.31\00:46:21.41
your attention.
Circle the first "all," will
00:46:21.41\00:46:24.11
you, please? "All."
00:46:24.11\00:46:25.65
"All that Christ received
from God --" Hey, what did Jesus
00:46:25.65\00:46:28.95
receive from God?
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All. I mean, give me some
"alls." What are some "alls"?
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The spirit of joy? Didn't
He receive that from God, the
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spirit of joy? How about the
spirit of obedience? Did He
receive from God the
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spirit of obedience? How
about the spirit of holiness?
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Was He holy, devoted to God?
But of course. How about faith?
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Did Jesus receive faith
from God? Of course He did.
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All that Christ received you and
I can have. The faith of Jesus?
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Yep. So circle the "all," and
then would you circle the word
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"ask"? "Then ask."
James chapter four says, "You
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don't have,
because you don't ask."
00:47:05.69\00:47:07.49
That's half our problem.
We got it convinced up here --
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we just don't ask. We
think God's gonna just bring
00:47:10.36\00:47:13.03
it on a silver platter.
"No, I'm not gonna force you.
00:47:13.03\00:47:15.76
You have free choice. Ask
me, and I'll give it to you.
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Then ask." Circle another word.
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Circle the word
"claim." Oh, I like that one.
00:47:20.30\00:47:23.10
"Claim for yourself all --"
circle the last "all --" "all
00:47:23.10\00:47:27.18
that God has promised." Oh, wow.
00:47:27.18\00:47:34.35
Do you remember this great law
of the universe we've been
learning over the last few
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months together? Goes like this.
See if it gets completed in your
00:47:44.66\00:47:48.66
mind. When the Omnipotent
God speaks a word, the moment He
00:47:48.66\00:47:55.50
speaks the word, the word does
what? It creates the reality it
describes, so that when God
00:47:55.50\00:48:04.48
says, "Let there be light,"
in less than half a nanosecond,
00:48:04.48\00:48:12.22
there was...light. And wouldn't
you know it? I had a
mathematician in first service
00:48:12.22\00:48:15.59
sitting there, listening. And
you know what he did? He gave me
00:48:15.59\00:48:19.09
this card, and he said, "Listen,
Dwight, I've calculated just how
long a half a nanosecond is."
00:48:19.09\00:48:24.10
With all the formula on it. It's
very intimidating to preach in
00:48:24.10\00:48:29.70
this congregation. I'm just
telling you. [ Laughter ] You
can't say nothing about
00:48:29.70\00:48:32.87
nothing, and somebody's got a
PhD in it. Or they're doing an
00:48:32.87\00:48:38.95
honors project on it, and they
know more than the professors.
They do in those cases.
00:48:38.95\00:48:44.05
Half a nanosecond. In
half a nanosecond... light.
00:48:44.05\00:48:54.10
So, what if God did this?
You say, "Dwight, I love that, I
00:48:54.10\00:48:57.80
love that. 'Let there be light.'
There's light." What if God
00:48:57.80\00:49:01.47
said, "Do you let there be faith
in your life"? Would you say
amen to that if He said it to
00:49:01.47\00:49:05.61
you? Of course I would. If You
say -- God, if You say to me,
"Let there be faith," I
00:49:05.61\00:49:09.78
will say amen, and I'll take it
right now in half a nanosecond.
00:49:09.78\00:49:13.88
Guess what. God says it for you.
I'll put it on the screen. Don't
you lose that study guide.
00:49:13.88\00:49:17.02
Romans 12:3...
00:49:17.02\00:49:18.52
The most pagan of pagans on the
planet today -- Of those 7
billion, the most pagan of
00:49:21.42\00:49:25.83
pagans has a seed of faith
already in her, already in him.
Everybody's been granted a
00:49:25.83\00:49:33.37
measure of faith. Now,
it's true, guys -- you don't get
00:49:33.37\00:49:37.54
faith fully grown. Nope.
"No pain, no gain." Come on. You
00:49:37.54\00:49:43.65
ever work out? Most of you have
not worked out. I can just see
that by looking at you.
00:49:43.65\00:49:46.75
[ Laughter ] It's okay. I
haven't either. [ Laughs ]
00:49:46.75\00:49:50.62
But the deal is faith can come.
You get this little mustard seed
of faith, but if -- just like a
00:49:50.62\00:49:57.26
muscle, if you begin to exercise
that faith, the muscle that
exercises the faith, the faith
00:49:57.26\00:50:04.13
in the faith of Jesus -- you
exercise that muscle, that
muscle begins to grow.
00:50:04.13\00:50:11.01
Your faith begins to grow. "I've
given to everybody on this
planet," God says, "a measure of
00:50:11.01\00:50:15.41
faith." And now one more.
You want Jesus to tell it to you
00:50:15.41\00:50:17.61
plain? Come on, Jesus.
Say, "Let there be faith in me,"
00:50:17.61\00:50:19.61
and I will say amen to
it, and I'll receive it.
00:50:19.61\00:50:22.02
Here it goes.
Mark 11:22. Come on.
00:50:22.18\00:50:24.99
Jesus says -- red
letters -- "Have faith in God."
00:50:24.99\00:50:28.26
You want faith? Jesus
says to you, "Have faith."
00:50:28.26\00:50:32.33
You may have it.
"Let there be faith."
00:50:32.33\00:50:34.76
And in half a nanosecond,
however you calculate that, you
00:50:34.93\00:50:41.90
got it. You see
what's going on here?
00:50:41.90\00:50:43.97
God has made everything
available to you in the
00:50:44.14\00:50:48.71
universe. "All that
Christ received from
00:50:48.71\00:50:53.05
God we may also have."
You say, "Dwight, I want
00:50:53.05\00:51:01.59
miracle-working power."
"Don't be playing games with me,
00:51:01.59\00:51:04.63
boy. Are you
serious about that?"
00:51:04.63\00:51:06.80
"Yeah, I want miracle-working
power." I want to tell you
00:51:06.96\00:51:10.83
something. Listen carefully. If
you sincere about
miracle-working power and you
00:51:10.83\00:51:19.07
are living as Jesus lives -- "I
place my trust in Him --" then
you will receive miracle-working
00:51:19.07\00:51:29.42
power at the moment you need
that miracle -- not a second
before and not a second later.
00:51:29.42\00:51:37.59
Because if it's for, "Yo, guys,
watch me do this!" that's
exactly what Lucifer was up to
00:51:37.59\00:51:42.66
in the wilderness. "Let's watch
it, daddy's boy. Let's see you
00:51:42.66\00:51:46.10
do it." No. If you're living --
"I put my trust in Him --" when
00:51:46.10\00:51:53.64
you need a miracle, you will get
a miracle. Don't you tell God
when to jump to and when not to.
00:51:53.64\00:52:02.72
You just trust Him. "I place my
trust in Him." "Desire of Ages,"
00:52:02.72\00:52:12.43
page 143. Every miracle Christ
performed was by the power of
God through the angels.
00:52:12.43\00:52:17.03
He didn't do it one -- It was
not in Him. He didn't have hot
00:52:17.03\00:52:21.70
fingers that suddenly -- [
Exhales sharply ] "Whoo! What
00:52:21.70\00:52:25.11
was that?" It was not in Him. He
came to live exactly as you and
00:52:25.11\00:52:30.41
I live. There's nothing in me
either. "I will put my trust in
Him." That's how the power came.
00:52:30.41\00:52:36.62
You say, "Dwight, I'd like to
have the power of discerning
what a man is thinking right
00:52:36.62\00:52:40.99
now. I want to know what that
woman is thinking right now.
00:52:40.99\00:52:44.09
Looking in her eyes, I need to
know." If you're serious about
00:52:44.09\00:52:47.66
that -- No, seriously. If you're
serious, because it will glorify
00:52:47.66\00:52:53.07
God for you to know, then just
like Peter -- When Ananias and
Sapphira stand in front of him,
00:52:53.07\00:52:59.87
he reads their minds. And he
says, "You're lying." Who told
00:52:59.87\00:53:07.35
him that? The third Person of
the Godhead. [ Exhales sharply ]
"All that Christ receives from
00:53:07.35\00:53:16.36
God, we, too, may have." How
about self-control and purity?
00:53:16.36\00:53:22.46
Would you like
self-control and purity? Please.
00:53:22.46\00:53:27.10
The faith of Jesus -- When you
get the faith of Jesus, you get
00:53:27.10\00:53:30.57
all these gifts. What the faith
of Jesus looks -- Here's how it
operates. Jesus has a beautiful
00:53:30.57\00:53:35.98
woman. She's beautiful. She's
pouring perfume all over His
00:53:35.98\00:53:40.58
feet. She's kissing His feet.
She's weeping over His feet.
There is no arousal taking place
00:53:40.58\00:53:48.99
sexually. "I put my trust in
Him." Instead, He sees a sinner
00:53:48.99\00:53:56.46
hungry for God, and He responds
just like that. You don't have
00:53:56.46\00:54:03.84
to worry. Whatever you need, the
faith of Jesus is yours. And
when you need it...
00:54:03.84\00:54:14.22
you will have it. Ah.
Wow. Wow. What's the big deal?
00:54:14.22\00:54:23.93
Here's the big deal. "We
are on the verge of a stupendous
00:54:23.93\00:54:31.60
crisis." You don't have to
believe me. You don't have to
00:54:31.60\00:54:35.24
believe me at all. You got a
bright mind. Figure it out. "We
are on the verge of a
00:54:35.24\00:54:41.14
stupendous crisis." And in all
candor, you can believe me here
00:54:41.14\00:54:49.02
-- I worry for God's people. I'm
worried that somehow we'll just
00:54:49.02\00:54:57.73
blow this off. "It's not a
big deal. We'll get over it."
00:54:57.73\00:55:00.40
We're not gonna
get over this one.
00:55:02.56\00:55:04.83
A storm is coming the likes of
which the Earth has never seen.
Question -- are you ready for
00:55:08.94\00:55:15.68
that storm? No, seriously.
Are you ready for that storm?
00:55:15.68\00:55:19.75
Are we here on this campus,
are we ready for that storm? [
00:55:19.75\00:55:27.89
Inhales sharply ] The only way
you and I will be ready, I
repeat, is if we have the faith
00:55:27.89\00:55:35.66
of Jesus. It's a gift. It is a
gift of Jesus to us. And so this
00:55:35.66\00:55:43.84
sermon ends with a plea.
It ends... with a heartfelt
00:55:43.84\00:55:52.61
invitation. Won't you please
begin asking for the faith of
Jesus? You have enough Bible
00:55:52.61\00:56:02.62
texts to which you can say,
"Amen, let it be so." And I
believe -- And I stand
00:56:02.62\00:56:08.00
before you to declare I believe
that, when you ask, this gift
00:56:08.00\00:56:14.57
you will receive. "All that
Christ received from God we may
have." I want to pray. Oh, God.
00:56:19.21\00:56:28.75
That's it, the faith of Jesus.
An endgame generation, the storm
generation will keep the faith
00:56:28.75\00:56:37.86
of Jesus. Grant that everyone
watching on live streaming,
00:56:37.86\00:56:43.26
everyone here, that all of us --
that in this New Year moment,
we'll send the prayer to heaven
00:56:43.26\00:56:51.11
today and today and today until
Jesus comes. "I will put my
trust in You." Grant us His
00:56:51.11\00:56:59.28
faith. The battle on multiple
fronts in our hearts, but the
faith of Jesus is the one gift
00:56:59.28\00:57:08.86
that brings the victory of
Jesus. So grant us His faith. We
pray in His name. Amen.
00:57:08.86\00:57:17.77
Amen.
00:57:17.77\00:57:18.73
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