Purity.
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Purity through
the blood of the Lamb.
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Lord God, You are holiness,
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You are love, You are purity.
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But the Apostle Paul says,
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"I am captured in sin,
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I do not do
good that I would do,
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and I do evil
that I would not do.
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All wretched man, that I am,
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Lord God of purity,
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how can we be pure?"
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A hymn writer says,
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"What can wash away my sin?
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Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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What can make me whole again?
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Nothing but the blood of Jesus."
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Holy, holy, holy!
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Though darkness hide Thee
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Though the eyes of sinful ones
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Thy glory may not see
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Only Thou art holy
There is none beside Thee
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Perfect in power
In love, and purity
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Lord Jesus for this
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I most humbly do seek I wait,
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Blessed Lord At Thy
crucified feet By faith,
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For my cleansing
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I see Thy blood flow
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Now wash me
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And I shall be whiter than snow
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Whiter than snow Yes,
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Whiter than snow
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Now wash me
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And I shall be whiter than snow
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Peace through the
blood of the Lamb.
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Scripture says,
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"The wisdom that is
from above is first pure,
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then peaceable.
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But evil is in fierce
conflict with righteousness.
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Lord God of peace,
how can we be at peace?"
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Hymn writer says,
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"This is all my hope and peace,
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nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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This is all my righteousness,
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nothing but the blood of Jesus."
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Peace,
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Perfect peace In
this dark world of sin?
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The blood of Jesus
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Whispers peace
within Prince of peace,
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Control my will
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Bid this struggling
heart Be still Bid my fears
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And doubtings cease
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Hush my spirit into peace
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Thou hast bought
me With Thy blood
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Opened wide the gate
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To God Peace I ask,
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but peace must be Lord,
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in being one with Thee
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Sweetly echo the gospel call
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Wonderful words of life
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Offer pardon and peace
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To all Wonderful
words of life Jesus,
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only Savior Sanctify forever
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Beautiful words,
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wonderful words
Wonderful words of life
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Beautiful words,
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Wonderful words
Wonderful words of life
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Peace and purity
through the blood of the Lamb.
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We shall now in anthem,
these words from a hymn.
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All Holy Father,
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I will be a child of peace
and purity for well I know.
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Thy hand will bless the
seeker after righteousness.
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O Holy Father
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I will be A child
of peace and purity
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For well I know
Thy hand will bless
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The seeker after righteousness
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O Holy Father
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I will be A child
of peace and purity
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For well I know
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Thy hand will bless The
seeker after righteousness
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O Holy Father
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I will be A child
of peace and purity
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For well I know
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Thy hand will bless The
seeker after righteousness
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O Holy Father
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I will be A child
of peace and purity
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For well I know
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Thy hand will bless The
seeker after righteousness
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For well I know
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Thy hand will bless
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The seeker after righteousness
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We are thinking
about American apocalypse,
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but the truth of the matter is,
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what a week this
has been for America.
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Tuesday night,
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the pundits are
still trying to analyze it.
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Friday morning,
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we woke up with the news
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that the
President and the First Lady
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had both contracted COVID-19.
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Friday, late
afternoon we watch live
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as Marine 1 choppers
off the White House lawn,
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a 10 minute flight
to Walter Reed Hospital
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where the
President is at this moment.
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What a week for America.
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The Apostle Paul makes a point
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to the fledgling Christian
Church in the Roman Empire
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that we need to know in
this season of the political
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that would not hurt
us to be reminded of.
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And so I'm asking
you to open your Bible,
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before we pray to 1
Timothy, 1 Timothy Chapter 2.
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Paul's saying,
hey, guys, listen up.
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I want to talk about,
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I want to talk
about political leaders.
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Well, they are much
on our minds these days,
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as a nation and as a world.
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So let's go to this.
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What can we learn from this?
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1 Timothy 2:1,
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"I urge then first of all,
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that petitions
prayers, intercession,
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thanksgiving be made
for all people, for kings."
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Okay, now he moves
into political leadership.
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"For kings and all
those in authority."
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Why?
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"That we may live peaceful,
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quiet lives in all
godliness and holiness."
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Now keep going.
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"This is good and pleases
God our Savior when we pray."
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Why should we pray?
Keep going, verse 4.
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"God, our Savior,
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who wants all
people to be saved,
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and to come to a
knowledge of the truth."
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God makes a play for
every leader's heart,
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anywhere on the planet,
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anytime in history, why?
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He loves leaders.
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If He can get a
leader, He can get the people.
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He made a play for a
king named Nebuchadnezzar.
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Got him.
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He made a play for
governor named Pilate.
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Lost him.
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Just the odds that God faces,
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but He still makes
the play for the leader.
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And so it feels within my soul
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that it would be
appropriate for us today
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as a university congregation,
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to bow our heads again
00:14:02.34\00:14:05.04
and to pray for the
leader that is much in the news.
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So let's pray right now.
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Oh God, our God,
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for the President
of the United States,
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we lift up our prayers.
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Save him spiritually, for
we know that is Your will.
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Heal him physically, for
we pray, that is Your will.
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For how can You
save a soul spiritually,
00:14:28.83\00:14:31.63
if you do not
prolong her life physically.
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So draw near to our
President and his wife
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and may the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ
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who stood before
both Nebuchadnezzar
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and Pilate draw out
00:14:44.28\00:14:46.55
Donald Trump's heart to You.
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That in You,
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he might find his
healing, for body and soul.
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In the name of Jesus
Christ, who loves him.
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Amen. Amen.
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The truth of the matter is
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we are living in a war
00:15:04.53\00:15:10.24
that is
intensifying by the hour.
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Now just look at this week.
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Open your Bible
to the apocalypse,
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our theme book for
this season's series.
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Go back to the
Book of Revelation.
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Come on, let's go,
Revelation Chapter 12.
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Revelation Chapter 12
drop down to verse 12.
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We are in a war and
the battle is intensifying.
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And I've got the proof
right here for the reason,
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for the reason.
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Here it is,
you're about to read it.
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Revelation 12:12,
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I'm in the New
International Version,
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"Therefore rejoice,
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you heavens and
you who dwell in them!
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But woe to the
earth and the sea,
00:15:46.74\00:15:48.41
because the devil
has gone down to you.
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He is filled with fury,
00:15:51.28\00:15:53.88
because he knows
that his time is short."
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We are in a war and
the battle is intensifying.
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Why is it intensifying?
00:16:00.16\00:16:01.76
Because the less
time the dragon has,
00:16:01.79\00:16:06.70
the more rage the
dragon displays, that's why.
00:16:06.73\00:16:11.43
He knows that his time is short.
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Question, do we know
that our time is short?
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Think about that.
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An American writer
wrote over a century ago,
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I'll put the words
on the screen for you.
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"Commotions in the nation,"
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she's talking
about the United States.
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"Commotions in the nation
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will bring such
scenes in the world
00:16:30.22\00:16:32.12
as we have
heretofore been strangers."
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Craziness in this country
means craziness in the world.
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And one day we're already in it.
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It feels one day,
00:16:41.83\00:16:44.43
we will see such strange events
00:16:44.47\00:16:49.40
that heretofore have
never occurred to us.
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What's ahead of us?
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There's not a
soul that knows today.
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We didn't know last Tuesday,
00:17:02.02\00:17:03.72
we didn't know Friday yesterday.
00:17:03.75\00:17:05.65
We don't know today
the Sabbath or Saturday.
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It is the life we live
00:17:09.06\00:17:11.16
that we are in a war and
the battle is intensifying.
00:17:11.19\00:17:16.00
Why is the dragon so furious?
00:17:19.53\00:17:21.84
Was that line we just read,
00:17:21.87\00:17:23.20
because he knows
that his time is short.
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So how then shall we survive
in this intensifying battle
00:17:27.98\00:17:30.85
that we cannot escape?
00:17:30.88\00:17:33.55
What would happen if
we operationalize the line
00:17:33.58\00:17:36.62
just before verse 12?
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Okay, so we just read verse 12.
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Come on,
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what would happen if we
operationalized verse 11.
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So your Bibles already
opened. So we go to verse 11.
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"They," those are the
friends and followers of Jesus,
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"triumphed."
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Some of your translations read,
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overcame, were victorious.
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"They triumphed over
him," who's this him?
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It's the dragon
of Revelation 12.
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It's the accuser of
the brothers and sisters.
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Pastor Jenifer just
read through us a moment ago,
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this is the devil.
00:18:01.74\00:18:03.08
"And they
triumphed over the dragon
00:18:03.11\00:18:04.45
by the blood of the Lamb
00:18:04.48\00:18:06.08
and by the word
of their testimony,
00:18:06.11\00:18:07.58
they did not love their lives
00:18:07.62\00:18:09.22
so much as to
shrink from death."
00:18:09.25\00:18:11.02
One day your line
will be on the life
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and you will have the choice.
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Shall I shrink or
shall I go forward?
00:18:14.56\00:18:17.43
That's what that
line is all about.
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We'll deal with that a
little later in this series.
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Put that line up, please.
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"And they triumphed over him
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by the blood of the Lamb."
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There's something
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you need to know
about the dragon.
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Number one, he is not a dragon.
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Come on.
00:18:37.65\00:18:38.98
He's already identified in
verse 9 of the same chapter
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just lines above
what we just read.
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What's he identified there as?
00:18:43.08\00:18:44.42
He's called that ancient serpent
00:18:44.45\00:18:46.12
called the devil or Satan.
00:18:46.15\00:18:48.72
We know him well.
00:18:48.76\00:18:50.09
The dragon is no dragon.
00:18:50.13\00:18:51.66
Dragon is simply
00:18:51.69\00:18:53.03
an apocalyptic prophetic symbol.
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That's all it is. It
represents a fallen angel.
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A brilliant fallen angel.
00:19:00.54\00:19:04.67
But as it turns out,
00:19:04.71\00:19:06.04
our culture has
gone gaga over dragons.
00:19:06.07\00:19:07.48
Have you noticed,
00:19:07.51\00:19:08.84
thanks to DreamWorks and Disney,
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.25
nobody has to imagine
what a dragon looks like.
00:19:10.28\00:19:12.38
DreamWorks came along
00:19:16.05\00:19:17.39
and put a little
funny story together
00:19:17.42\00:19:19.35
about an animated movie
How to Train Your Dragon.
00:19:19.39\00:19:22.86
It's a sweet story
of a friendly dragon
00:19:22.89\00:19:24.23
befriended by a boy who
00:19:24.26\00:19:25.59
just didn't fit in and a
girl that came to like the boy
00:19:25.63\00:19:27.70
will happen to like the dragon.
00:19:27.73\00:19:29.23
Figured that one out.
00:19:29.26\00:19:32.83
And thanks to J. R. R.
00:19:32.87\00:19:34.20
Tolkein, Smaug also brought
to this big silver screen.
00:19:34.24\00:19:39.17
You know what?
00:19:42.94\00:19:44.85
If I weren't...
00:19:44.88\00:19:46.21
If I were the devil,
00:19:51.89\00:19:57.53
you can be thankful I'm not.
00:19:57.56\00:20:01.30
If I were the devil,
00:20:01.33\00:20:03.23
man, I'd want to,
00:20:03.26\00:20:04.63
I want to have
dragons everywhere.
00:20:04.67\00:20:06.13
I want the kids to
bring dragons home,
00:20:06.17\00:20:07.84
I'd want dragons
00:20:07.87\00:20:09.20
every little square inch
of American entertainment,
00:20:09.24\00:20:11.37
you know why?
00:20:11.41\00:20:12.74
Because you play
the dragons enough times
00:20:12.77\00:20:15.01
people will believe it's
just, this is all make believe,
00:20:15.04\00:20:16.85
don't you understand this,
00:20:16.88\00:20:18.21
these are just cartoon,
this is just, this is nothing,
00:20:18.25\00:20:19.91
there's no truth to this.
00:20:19.95\00:20:21.38
And then I would work very hard
00:20:21.42\00:20:22.98
so that they would just
slip in the notion as well,
00:20:23.02\00:20:24.79
they wouldn't
know they were doing it
00:20:24.82\00:20:26.15
but you know what?
00:20:26.19\00:20:27.52
The folklore and mythology
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that the devil
belongs in that same category
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there is no devil,
00:20:31.13\00:20:32.46
there are no dragons, forget it.
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Wrong.
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The first thing to
remember about the dragon
00:20:38.17\00:20:39.63
is he is no dragon.
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Who is he?
00:20:44.41\00:20:47.24
He is the insanely brilliant
00:20:47.28\00:20:50.01
but demented numero uno
00:20:50.05\00:20:52.11
created being in
God's wide, wide universe.
00:20:52.15\00:20:57.15
He stand right
beside the throne.
00:20:57.19\00:21:00.26
He is the prime,
00:21:00.29\00:21:01.62
he was the prime
minister of the cosmos.
00:21:01.66\00:21:05.59
Wherever the
government of God extended,
00:21:05.63\00:21:07.53
he extended.
00:21:07.56\00:21:08.90
The highest created being.
00:21:08.93\00:21:13.13
Perfect and beauty,
00:21:13.17\00:21:14.50
Ezekiel tells us
00:21:14.54\00:21:15.87
until he coveted the
throne of the Almighty,
00:21:15.90\00:21:17.24
Isaiah informs us,
00:21:17.27\00:21:18.61
deceit a third of
heaven's brightest minds
00:21:18.64\00:21:21.58
the apocalypse reminds us
00:21:21.61\00:21:23.18
and was cast out of
eternity to this planet.
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Where so furious he
is over losing his face
00:21:27.05\00:21:30.09
and his place in heaven,
00:21:30.12\00:21:32.02
he has vowed to get revenge
against Christ the creator
00:21:32.05\00:21:35.46
by devouring and
destroying every human
00:21:35.49\00:21:38.09
baby born on this planet
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.66
as soon as it's
born, if he could.
00:21:40.70\00:21:45.70
That's who we're up against.
00:21:45.73\00:21:49.24
There's something you
need to know about the dragon,
00:21:49.27\00:21:50.91
he is not a dragon.
00:21:50.94\00:21:52.44
With a snap of event
of his angelic finger,
00:21:52.47\00:21:56.18
he is a shining being of light.
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You want to know
00:22:00.72\00:22:02.05
what he really
looks like right now?
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I'm gonna put before your eyes
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a word picture you
have never seen before,
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.22
but you will never
forget this word picture
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.53
that you see right now.
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.09
Let's put it on the
screen for us, please.
00:22:12.13\00:22:14.30
"I was shown
Satan as he once was,
00:22:14.33\00:22:18.77
a happy, exalted angel.
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.24
Then I was shown
him as he now is.
00:22:21.27\00:22:24.27
He still bears a kingly form.
00:22:24.31\00:22:26.88
His features are still noble,
for he is an angel but fallen.
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But the
expression of his countenance
00:22:31.48\00:22:33.58
is full of anxiety, care,
unhappiness, malice, hate,
00:22:33.62\00:22:37.69
mischief, deceit and every evil.
00:22:37.72\00:22:40.36
That brow which
was once so noble,
00:22:40.39\00:22:43.26
I particularly noticed."
00:22:43.29\00:22:44.89
Keep reading.
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"His forehead commenced
from his eyes to recede."
00:22:46.29\00:22:49.06
Now your forehead
goes up from your eyes,
00:22:49.10\00:22:50.93
minds goes up,
00:22:50.97\00:22:52.30
but his goes back from the eyes.
00:22:52.33\00:22:57.11
"I saw that he had so
long bent himself to evil
00:22:57.14\00:23:00.44
that every good
quality was debased,
00:23:00.48\00:23:02.48
and every evil
trait was developed.
00:23:02.51\00:23:04.98
His eyes were cunningly sly,
00:23:05.01\00:23:07.88
and showed great penetration.
00:23:07.92\00:23:09.75
His frame was large,
00:23:09.78\00:23:11.12
but the flesh hung loosely
about his hands and his face.
00:23:11.15\00:23:14.69
As I beheld him,
00:23:14.72\00:23:16.06
his chin was
resting upon his left hand.
00:23:16.09\00:23:18.46
He appeared to
be in deep thought.
00:23:18.49\00:23:20.10
A smile was
upon his countenance,
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.36
which made me tremble,
00:23:22.40\00:23:23.73
it was so full of
evil and satanic slyness.
00:23:23.77\00:23:27.54
This smile is the one he wears
00:23:27.57\00:23:29.47
just before he
makes sure of his victim,
00:23:29.50\00:23:35.58
and as he fastens
the victim in his snare,
00:23:35.61\00:23:38.01
this smile grows horrible."
00:23:38.05\00:23:42.72
He is no dragon.
00:23:42.75\00:23:44.09
Number two, learn
this about the devil.
00:23:50.43\00:23:55.50
He is driven to frenzy.
00:23:55.53\00:23:58.23
When an earth child calls
upon the blood of the Lamb
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for deliverance,
00:24:04.11\00:24:05.44
never forget that for
the rest of your life.
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.91
He's driven a frenzy. Why?
00:24:07.94\00:24:10.31
Because the Lamb
took him a few hours
00:24:10.35\00:24:14.12
to figure out this
baby born beneath the star.
00:24:14.15\00:24:17.72
But he figured it out quicker
00:24:17.75\00:24:19.09
than most human beings have.
00:24:19.12\00:24:23.09
He spent his whole life
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.93
the life of that baby growing up
00:24:24.96\00:24:26.90
and eventually Nazareth.
00:24:26.93\00:24:30.80
Consumed a being
you just saw described
00:24:30.83\00:24:36.47
2000 years less
deformed than he is now.
00:24:36.50\00:24:40.54
Consumed with a
passion to destroy that child.
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.91
Just kill him, kill him,
kill him, kill him, kill him.
00:24:43.95\00:24:48.28
This was Emmanuel,
this is God with us,
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.62
who came down and laugh
with us and wept with us,
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.02
ate with us and slept with
us and eventually died for us
00:24:53.05\00:24:56.93
hoisted,
hoisted by a Roman cross
00:24:56.96\00:25:01.60
suspended
between heaven and earth.
00:25:01.63\00:25:06.03
We're all a part of
the dragon's last play.
00:25:06.07\00:25:11.17
But Lucifer,
00:25:11.21\00:25:13.84
who has always
overplayed his hand,
00:25:13.88\00:25:17.68
signs his own death
warrant in that play,
00:25:17.71\00:25:23.15
you lose.
00:25:23.18\00:25:26.25
When Jesus throws his head back,
00:25:26.29\00:25:28.89
all that pent up breath
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.86
that is for His final gasp
00:25:30.89\00:25:33.46
and he cries
out, it is finished.
00:25:33.50\00:25:37.47
Every bell, I promise you,
00:25:42.14\00:25:45.14
every bell in the
universe began to wildly peal.
00:25:45.17\00:25:51.08
Do you know why the
bells were wildly pealing?
00:25:51.11\00:25:53.98
Watch this the
apocalyptic classic,
00:25:54.02\00:25:55.45
Great Controversy on the screen.
00:25:55.48\00:25:57.59
"In the Savior's
expiring cry, 'It is finished,
00:25:57.62\00:26:00.36
' the death knell
of Satan was rung.
00:26:00.39\00:26:03.56
The great controversy
which had been so long
00:26:03.59\00:26:05.73
in progress was then decided,"
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.63
keep going.
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.00
Next slide, please.
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.37
"And the final
eradication of evil,"
00:26:10.40\00:26:12.70
what's that? What
are those next two words?
00:26:12.73\00:26:14.90
Was made what?
00:26:14.94\00:26:16.37
"Was made certain."
00:26:16.40\00:26:18.11
Do you understand,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:26:18.14\00:26:19.47
that when He cried
out it is finished,
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.98
that war, that war
was in that split second,
00:26:22.01\00:26:26.08
immediately won.
00:26:26.11\00:26:28.58
Do you know that
He won 2000 years ago?
00:26:28.62\00:26:32.25
This being that you saw
00:26:32.29\00:26:33.96
in that word
picture a moment ago
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.36
who's, who's watching
you, his chin on his left hand,
00:26:35.39\00:26:39.79
what's he gonna do?
00:26:39.83\00:26:41.16
What's that boy going to do now?
00:26:41.20\00:26:42.53
He's watching you like a hawk
00:26:42.56\00:26:43.90
because if he can get you
to make the wrong move, gotcha.
00:26:43.93\00:26:46.84
That being, do you know what?
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.37
That being is a
loser. He has already lost.
00:26:48.40\00:26:53.78
He's dead meat and he knows it.
00:26:53.81\00:26:57.05
That's why
because his time is short,
00:26:57.08\00:26:59.01
I'm taking every boy and
girl on this planet that I can.
00:26:59.05\00:27:02.48
He is working around
the clock, he never sleeps.
00:27:02.52\00:27:06.76
While you're
sleeping, he's on somebody else.
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.02
And when you awaken,
boom, he's right back with you.
00:27:09.06\00:27:12.59
He sometimes is
even in your dreams.
00:27:12.63\00:27:17.33
Why?
00:27:17.37\00:27:18.87
One,
00:27:18.90\00:27:21.37
one wrong decision
00:27:21.40\00:27:26.01
and I have that boy forever.
00:27:26.04\00:27:28.21
I have him forever.
00:27:28.24\00:27:30.68
He's not only a
loser, he's a liar.
00:27:30.71\00:27:35.58
That's not true.
00:27:35.62\00:27:37.09
That's not true at all.
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.99
Jesus, the Lamb of
God can pull you out
00:27:39.02\00:27:42.79
of any predicament
you're in right now.
00:27:42.82\00:27:46.66
I was in Sacramento, California.
00:27:46.70\00:27:50.63
I went out there
to preach a weekend,
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.00
I was in the Carmichael Church.
00:27:52.03\00:27:54.04
And my sister Carrie
and her husband Keith
00:27:54.07\00:27:56.34
are pastors of
that church today.
00:27:56.37\00:27:58.47
This is before they were
pastoring that congregation.
00:27:58.51\00:28:00.81
Anyway it's Friday night,
00:28:00.84\00:28:02.18
I'm sitting right up
here in the front row,
00:28:02.21\00:28:03.81
waiting for the
meeting to start.
00:28:03.85\00:28:05.18
I turn around and I see,
00:28:05.21\00:28:06.55
I see a young men
00:28:06.58\00:28:07.92
come right down
the center aisle.
00:28:07.95\00:28:09.28
Young man and he's
wearing a black t-shirt.
00:28:09.32\00:28:11.02
Nothing wrong
with a black t-shirt.
00:28:11.05\00:28:12.79
But I can see even
from where I'm sitting
00:28:12.82\00:28:15.29
he has a name on the t-shirt
with big all cap red letters.
00:28:15.32\00:28:19.49
Satan. Satan.
00:28:19.53\00:28:25.30
Is this the right address?
00:28:25.33\00:28:26.67
Is this the right meeting?
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.50
Satan and he's coming
straight down the aisle
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.77
and he's looking at me now.
00:28:30.81\00:28:32.14
And I said,
"Man, I am in trouble."
00:28:32.17\00:28:33.51
But then he, as he gets close,
00:28:33.54\00:28:34.88
he breaks into the
smile and he gets close enough
00:28:34.91\00:28:36.64
to extend his hand
which we can't do anymore.
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.81
He extends his hand,
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.18
I reach out and
when he's that close,
00:28:40.22\00:28:41.92
I see that under
the giant red Satan
00:28:41.95\00:28:44.35
are two little
white lettered words.
00:28:44.39\00:28:48.79
Satan is defeated.
00:28:48.82\00:28:52.56
Please, listen guys, seriously,
00:28:56.46\00:29:00.44
if you ever decide
to get that t-shirt.
00:29:00.47\00:29:03.67
I have a humble
little bit of counsel,
00:29:03.71\00:29:05.04
listen for what it's worth.
00:29:05.07\00:29:06.44
What you do is this?
00:29:06.47\00:29:07.81
The black
t-shirt is fine with me.
00:29:07.84\00:29:09.24
But just very tiny in
red, Satan, right up here.
00:29:09.28\00:29:14.82
And then under it,
00:29:14.85\00:29:16.18
under it with the largest
font that that store has,
00:29:16.22\00:29:19.35
Satan is defeated.
00:29:19.39\00:29:23.22
That's the truth.
00:29:23.26\00:29:24.59
That's the truth
of this cross here.
00:29:24.63\00:29:27.53
That's the truth,
00:29:27.56\00:29:28.90
by the blood of the Lamb
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.73
they overcame the dragon.
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.30
That is the truth.
00:29:32.33\00:29:33.67
He was whopped,
he was shattered,
00:29:33.70\00:29:36.37
he was beaten 2000 years ago.
00:29:36.40\00:29:39.47
This is all a mop up operation
for the kingdom of heaven.
00:29:39.51\00:29:41.98
Now I want to get that
boy, I got to get that girl,
00:29:42.01\00:29:43.75
I got to get that boy,
I got to get that girl,
00:29:43.78\00:29:45.48
so that's why
heaven continues to wait.
00:29:45.51\00:29:47.78
They're waiting for
you, they're waiting for me,
00:29:47.82\00:29:49.72
but Satan has
already been defeated.
00:29:49.75\00:29:52.02
Can I get an amen to that? Amen.
00:29:52.05\00:29:53.82
He's already defeated.
00:29:53.86\00:29:57.23
Death now has
sounded and he knows it.
00:29:57.26\00:30:00.83
Oh, Man, thanks to
Calvary, thanks to Calvary,
00:30:00.86\00:30:06.84
we have the
chance for life eternal.
00:30:06.87\00:30:10.51
Thank you, Jesus.
00:30:10.54\00:30:11.87
Which means that
you can pray this prayer
00:30:15.34\00:30:16.95
every single day of your life
that's left until Jesus comes.
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.81
Oh, go to the Gospel of Matthew.
00:30:19.85\00:30:21.38
Come on, let's go to Matthew.
00:30:21.42\00:30:22.78
I want you to see
this in your own Bible,
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.35
we're gonna put
it on the screen.
00:30:24.39\00:30:25.72
But come on, if
you've got your Bible,
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.09
I know that it will
stick in your mind longer
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.69
if you just see this.
00:30:28.72\00:30:30.06
Let's go to Calvary.
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.43
Let's go to the
story of Matthew.
00:30:31.46\00:30:32.79
Matthew Chapter 27.
It's a story of the cross.
00:30:32.83\00:30:35.53
And speaking of Pilate,
00:30:35.56\00:30:38.43
the governor that
Jesus made a play for
00:30:38.47\00:30:40.37
very clearly in John 18.
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.44
It's talking about Pilate here.
So this is a story of Calvary.
00:30:43.47\00:30:47.44
Matthew 27, drop
down to verse 24.
00:30:47.48\00:30:49.44
"And when Pilate saw
that he was getting nowhere,
00:30:49.48\00:30:53.25
but that instead an
uproar was starting,
00:30:53.28\00:30:55.58
he took water
00:30:55.62\00:30:56.95
and washed his hands
in front of the crowd.
00:30:56.99\00:30:59.42
'I am innocent of
this man's blood,'
00:30:59.45\00:31:01.46
he said.'"
00:31:01.49\00:31:02.82
Liar, liar.
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.19
"'It is your responsibility.'
00:31:04.23\00:31:06.36
And all the people answered, '"
00:31:06.39\00:31:07.83
now this is the verse I
want you to take home today,
00:31:07.86\00:31:09.20
please.
00:31:09.23\00:31:10.57
"And all the people answered,"
00:31:10.60\00:31:11.93
verse 25, "His blood," be where?
00:31:11.97\00:31:15.74
'His blood be on us
and on our children.'"
00:31:15.77\00:31:18.97
That blood,
00:31:21.08\00:31:22.74
the blood of the cross
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
that the men were
singing of a moment ago,
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.11
that blood let that be
on us and on our children.
00:31:26.15\00:31:32.22
Oh, by the way, this
is a very short prayer.
00:31:32.25\00:31:35.19
It can be this short,
00:31:35.22\00:31:36.76
"His blood be on me."
00:31:36.79\00:31:38.13
Because you have nobody else
you're praying for right now.
00:31:38.16\00:31:39.86
His blood be on me.
00:31:39.89\00:31:41.30
Pray that prayer every
morning before you go out,
00:31:41.33\00:31:43.13
out of that dormitory
room and out into the world
00:31:43.16\00:31:45.47
where the dragon is
roaring and waiting,
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.60
before you go out
his blood be on me today.
00:31:47.64\00:31:50.21
It'd be a beautiful prayer,
you can pray it every morning.
00:31:50.24\00:31:53.11
But you might because
there's only one of you
00:31:53.14\00:31:54.71
and one of you
that you're praying for
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.14
but you could
also pray this way,
00:31:56.18\00:31:57.51
"His blood be on us."
00:31:57.55\00:31:58.88
Because there are
two of you in that room.
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.92
There are two of
you in that marriage,
00:32:00.95\00:32:02.52
His blood be on us.
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.02
Just the two of you, fine.
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.95
Pray that prayer
every day before you go out
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.82
but there may be more.
00:32:07.86\00:32:09.19
Let's put the last line up,
00:32:09.22\00:32:10.93
"His blood be on us
and on our children."
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.70
You can say His blood be
on us and on our children
00:32:13.73\00:32:15.36
and our grandchildren.
00:32:15.40\00:32:16.73
You can say His blood be on,
00:32:16.77\00:32:18.10
His blood be on me
00:32:18.13\00:32:19.47
and all my
students in my classes,
00:32:19.50\00:32:21.04
His blood be on me
00:32:21.07\00:32:22.40
and all the employees in
that office where I work.
00:32:22.44\00:32:24.67
His blood be on me
00:32:24.71\00:32:26.14
and all the
neighbors in my neighborhood,
00:32:26.17\00:32:27.84
His blood be on us today.
00:32:27.88\00:32:30.38
You go out every
day with that prayer.
00:32:30.41\00:32:32.31
And I tell you what,
00:32:32.35\00:32:33.88
what, they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:32:33.92\00:32:36.48
You are on the winning side
00:32:36.52\00:32:37.89
when you apply
that blood to you.
00:32:37.92\00:32:40.76
His blood be on
me, His blood be on me.
00:32:40.79\00:32:45.03
Maybe,
00:32:45.06\00:32:46.39
you want to know
how effective by the way
00:32:46.43\00:32:47.76
this blood is.
00:32:47.80\00:32:49.13
This is gonna
knock your socks off.
00:32:49.16\00:32:50.50
You want to know how
effective this blood is
00:32:50.53\00:32:51.87
if you pray that prayer
every morning, watch this.
00:32:51.90\00:32:53.23
This is incredible.
00:32:53.27\00:32:54.60
Same author, back on the screen.
00:32:54.64\00:32:55.97
"Dear brother."
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.34
I love this kind of
familiar moment here.
00:32:57.37\00:32:59.17
"Dear brother, dear sister,
00:32:59.21\00:33:01.14
when Satan would fill your
mind with despondency, gloom,
00:33:01.18\00:33:05.28
and doubt,
resist his suggestions.
00:33:05.31\00:33:08.68
Tell him of the," what?
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.45
"Tell him of the blood of Jesus,
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.15
that cleanses from,"
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.52
how much?
00:33:14.56\00:33:15.89
"All sin." Keep reading.
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.29
"You cannot save yourself
from the tempter's power."
00:33:17.33\00:33:19.76
No, no, no, no, no.
00:33:19.79\00:33:21.13
"But he trembles,"
00:33:21.16\00:33:22.50
and what's the next word?
00:33:22.53\00:33:23.87
He does what?
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.23
"He flees when the merits
00:33:25.27\00:33:26.63
of that precious
blood are urged."
00:33:26.67\00:33:28.47
Isn't that amazing?
00:33:28.50\00:33:29.97
He flees,
00:33:30.01\00:33:32.77
might as well start
your day with him fleeing
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.54
rather than entering.
00:33:34.58\00:33:36.68
Let him flee as you begin today.
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.35
Oh God, I'm awake now.
00:33:38.38\00:33:40.45
The blood of the
Lamb be upon me now
00:33:40.48\00:33:43.49
and for the whole day, please.
00:33:43.52\00:33:46.22
Be on me, be on her, be
on them, be on all of us.
00:33:46.25\00:33:50.56
Pray that prayer every day.
00:33:50.59\00:33:52.36
That's how
powerful the blood is.
00:33:52.39\00:33:55.60
Maybe we ought to take a
play out of the Israelites.
00:33:55.63\00:33:58.17
Remember the children of Israel.
00:33:58.20\00:33:59.53
They're going to
escape Egypt tomorrow.
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.74
This is tonight.
00:34:02.77\00:34:04.11
They're going to escape Egypt,
the Exodus will be tomorrow.
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.51
Do you remember what they did?
00:34:06.54\00:34:07.98
They killed a little lamb.
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.34
And do you remember
what they did with the lamb?
00:34:09.38\00:34:10.71
Come on, tell me out here.
What did they do with the lamb?
00:34:10.75\00:34:13.28
With a little pan
00:34:13.31\00:34:14.65
and then where
did they go with it?
00:34:14.68\00:34:16.32
They went to the doorposts,
the lintel, the doorpost.
00:34:16.35\00:34:19.45
Every house under the blood.
00:34:19.49\00:34:22.99
So at midnight
00:34:23.02\00:34:24.39
when the destroying
angel would pass over Egypt
00:34:24.43\00:34:29.36
the houses under the blood,
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.87
the families under the blood,
the marriages under the blood,
00:34:31.90\00:34:36.07
the roommates under the blood,
00:34:36.10\00:34:38.71
under the blood meant salvation.
00:34:38.74\00:34:42.81
My, maybe that's
what we ought to do.
00:34:42.84\00:34:46.72
What if we go to our
laptops and our smartphones?
00:34:46.75\00:34:48.98
Come on, let's go to
our laptops and smartphones.
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.59
And with that screen
right in front of you,
00:34:50.62\00:34:52.19
you and your mind.
00:34:52.22\00:34:53.56
Come on,
00:34:53.59\00:34:54.92
paint the blood of the
Lamb all over that screen.
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.89
That means, Jesus,
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.26
I am dedicating
the screen to You,
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.80
anything that
comes up on the screen
00:35:01.83\00:35:03.30
that is not in
harmony with Your will
00:35:03.33\00:35:04.67
for my life, turn me away.
00:35:04.70\00:35:07.84
I'm dedicating
this laptop to you.
00:35:07.87\00:35:10.71
Any pornography that appears
on this screen, I reject,
00:35:10.74\00:35:14.74
I rebuke the
enemy who put that in,
00:35:14.78\00:35:20.62
put it on our
doorpost of our laptops
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.55
and our smartphones.
00:35:23.59\00:35:24.92
How about the
doorpost of our refrigerators
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.65
up one side, top across
the top of the refrigerator,
00:35:26.69\00:35:29.12
down again, why?
00:35:29.16\00:35:30.49
So that everything
that is on that shelf,
00:35:30.53\00:35:32.73
on those shelves
will bring glory and honor
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.03
in my body to God.
00:35:35.06\00:35:36.77
There'll be nothing there
00:35:36.80\00:35:39.03
through which I
might dishonor God.
00:35:39.07\00:35:42.20
Everything.
00:35:42.24\00:35:43.57
How about painting
our social media...
00:35:43.61\00:35:48.48
on trace?
00:35:48.51\00:35:49.84
Right as you enter
into the social media,
00:35:49.88\00:35:51.68
you just painted up right there.
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.05
Jesus, anything I
write right now may it be,
00:35:53.08\00:35:55.18
may it, please Jesus,
may keep it out of the blood.
00:35:55.22\00:35:58.85
Don't let me, don't
let me participate in that
00:35:58.89\00:36:01.09
which is destroying
somebody else, please Jesus.
00:36:01.12\00:36:03.63
Keep me under the blood.
00:36:03.66\00:36:05.89
Come on, what if we did that?
00:36:05.93\00:36:07.80
Would be wrong with that?
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.16
My playlist?
00:36:09.20\00:36:10.53
How about my play this Jesus?
00:36:10.57\00:36:11.90
You know what?
00:36:11.93\00:36:13.27
Everything in this
playlist needs to honor you.
00:36:13.30\00:36:15.44
You say, Dwight,
you're just ruining my life,
00:36:15.47\00:36:18.17
that's exactly
what you're doing.
00:36:18.21\00:36:19.54
This is awful.
00:36:19.57\00:36:21.04
Hey, listen, my friend,
00:36:21.08\00:36:22.41
I hope this does not come
as an unwelcome shock to you.
00:36:22.44\00:36:24.85
But listen up,
the party is over.
00:36:24.88\00:36:29.32
The party is over for America.
00:36:29.35\00:36:33.36
The party is
over for you and me.
00:36:33.39\00:36:35.82
Party on. No, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:36:44.77\00:36:47.17
Look, I'm not saying
00:36:47.20\00:36:48.54
that we can't
be filled with joy.
00:36:48.57\00:36:49.90
I'm not saying that
00:36:49.94\00:36:51.27
we can't be filled with the zest
00:36:51.31\00:36:52.64
and the
flourishing of our Lord Jesus.
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.31
Every time I
walk out of that room,
00:36:54.34\00:36:55.68
and I step back into life.
00:36:55.71\00:36:57.05
I'm not saying that,
00:36:57.08\00:36:58.41
that isn't a moment
00:36:58.45\00:36:59.78
just to be
cherished to look forward to.
00:36:59.81\00:37:01.72
There's nothing wrong
with living life to the max.
00:37:01.75\00:37:04.22
But there is an enemy
00:37:04.25\00:37:05.59
who does not want you to realize
00:37:05.62\00:37:06.96
that we're running out of time.
00:37:06.99\00:37:08.32
There is an enemy
who works by distraction.
00:37:08.36\00:37:09.79
Don't worry about it.
00:37:09.82\00:37:11.16
I got it, hey, look, look, look,
00:37:11.19\00:37:12.53
look, look, look at me now.
00:37:12.56\00:37:13.90
There is an enemy.
00:37:13.93\00:37:15.26
That's all.
00:37:21.84\00:37:23.41
Nobody's trying
to be a kill joy.
00:37:23.44\00:37:25.37
I mean, come on.
00:37:25.41\00:37:28.24
He doesn't want me to get ready,
00:37:28.28\00:37:29.61
I get that part.
00:37:29.64\00:37:30.98
He doesn't want me to
notice I'm running out of time,
00:37:31.01\00:37:32.98
I get that part.
00:37:33.01\00:37:35.88
The apocalyptic classic
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.25
Great Controversy on
the screen here, please.
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.29
"We are living in
the most solemn period
00:37:39.32\00:37:41.09
of this world's history.
00:37:41.12\00:37:43.19
The destiny of
earth teeming millions."
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.59
Let's just read this this way.
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.10
"The destiny of you and
me is about to be decided."
00:37:47.13\00:37:51.50
Is that okay to
read it like that?
00:37:51.53\00:37:52.93
Okay, keep reading.
00:37:52.97\00:37:54.47
"We need to humble
ourselves before the Lord,
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.50
with fasting and prayer,
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.14
and to meditate
much upon His Word."
00:37:58.17\00:38:02.31
Man, Dwight,
00:38:02.34\00:38:03.68
you are really getting boring
00:38:03.71\00:38:05.05
as this sermon nears an end.
00:38:05.08\00:38:06.65
I mean, wouldn't.
00:38:06.68\00:38:09.45
Hey listen, guys, what
did you want me to say?
00:38:09.48\00:38:12.75
What am I supposed to say?
00:38:12.79\00:38:15.92
This planet is
about to be obliterated,
00:38:15.96\00:38:18.66
have a good time.
00:38:18.69\00:38:21.10
Ignore what is
happening all around you,
00:38:21.13\00:38:23.73
be unattached to life
00:38:23.77\00:38:25.67
as it's being
lived beyond this campus.
00:38:25.70\00:38:31.17
I went out
running one Sunday morning
00:38:31.21\00:38:32.54
and I ran by a
church here in town.
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.74
I ran by a church
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.11
that had this sign
in front of the church.
00:38:36.14\00:38:38.88
The party inhale
00:38:38.91\00:38:40.38
has been
canceled due to the fire.
00:38:40.42\00:38:43.12
This nation and this planet
is about to go up in smoke
00:38:50.43\00:38:55.30
and you'd rather party.
00:38:55.33\00:38:56.67
Give God a break.
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.03
Let me read that
line one more time
00:38:58.07\00:38:59.40
from Great Controversy.
00:38:59.43\00:39:00.77
"We are living in
the most solemn period
00:39:00.80\00:39:02.14
of this world's history.
00:39:02.17\00:39:03.51
The destiny of
earth's teeming millions,
00:39:03.54\00:39:04.87
read you and me,
00:39:04.91\00:39:06.24
is about to be decided."
00:39:06.27\00:39:07.61
Listen, guys, you're
living at a time nobody,
00:39:07.64\00:39:08.98
four years ago,
00:39:09.01\00:39:10.35
the students
here were not living
00:39:10.38\00:39:11.71
what you're living in now.
00:39:11.75\00:39:13.08
Four years ago, the
people in your office
00:39:13.11\00:39:14.45
were not living in
what we're living in now.
00:39:14.48\00:39:15.82
There's never
been a time like this.
00:39:15.85\00:39:17.19
Do you understand that,
just this week has shown us.
00:39:17.22\00:39:19.42
"We need to humble
ourselves before the Lord,
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.59
with fasting and prayer,
00:39:24.63\00:39:26.43
and to meditate
much upon His word."
00:39:26.46\00:39:31.07
Okay, that's it.
00:39:31.10\00:39:35.00
So every morning, you pray it,
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.64
His blood be upon me
or His blood be upon us
00:39:37.67\00:39:43.11
or His blood be
upon us and our children,
00:39:43.14\00:39:45.01
just pray it every day.
00:39:45.05\00:39:47.98
Every day,
00:39:48.02\00:39:49.35
live with the promise
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.99
and they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:39:51.02\00:39:55.42
Be of good courage.
00:39:55.46\00:39:57.69
Look at the devil's
been doing a number.
00:39:57.73\00:39:59.36
The dragon, dragon on your life,
00:39:59.39\00:40:02.66
coming after you
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.03
with that same old
temptation, doesn't it?
00:40:04.07\00:40:05.60
Where is his creativity,
00:40:05.63\00:40:07.20
why do you have to keep coming
back to me with the same thing?
00:40:07.24\00:40:09.30
Change your mind.
00:40:09.34\00:40:10.67
No, he knows my soft buttons.
00:40:10.71\00:40:13.44
You tired of that?
00:40:15.34\00:40:17.05
There's one other way
I'm going to tell you,
00:40:17.08\00:40:18.41
there's one other way
you can whoop the dragon
00:40:18.45\00:40:20.72
in his own game.
00:40:20.75\00:40:23.18
And that's not
just praying the prayer
00:40:23.22\00:40:24.95
His blood be upon me.
00:40:24.99\00:40:26.82
That's taking us,
00:40:26.86\00:40:28.52
taking advantage
of a super bonus gift.
00:40:28.56\00:40:33.23
And that is when
you take the bread
00:40:33.26\00:40:35.26
and you take the cup
00:40:35.30\00:40:37.83
at the Lord's
Supper, you are turbocharged,
00:40:37.87\00:40:41.57
you are supercharged
to the symbols of Calvary.
00:40:41.60\00:40:47.68
You are
supercharged for victory.
00:40:51.48\00:40:55.88
Oh, the victory
will never come from you,
00:40:55.92\00:40:57.25
the victory has
to come from Him.
00:40:57.29\00:40:59.49
But if you take the symbols
00:40:59.52\00:41:00.99
as we're about to
do in a split second,
00:41:01.02\00:41:03.99
man, don't, don't leave now.
00:41:04.03\00:41:06.16
This is when victory,
00:41:06.19\00:41:08.20
victory is ingested
into your very system.
00:41:08.23\00:41:11.27
When you take the
symbols of this victory,
00:41:11.30\00:41:14.94
you will never
be the same again.
00:41:14.97\00:41:16.50
We do this four times a year.
00:41:16.54\00:41:18.51
This was your lucky day,
you came on the right Sabbath
00:41:18.54\00:41:21.38
because today we're going
to do this COVID-19 and all,
00:41:21.41\00:41:24.25
we're going to do it right now.
00:41:24.28\00:41:26.18
Why?
00:41:26.21\00:41:27.72
Because ingesting
the bread and the wine
00:41:27.75\00:41:33.99
brings in a level
of spiritual victory
00:41:34.02\00:41:39.16
that the victim on
that cross assured us,
00:41:39.19\00:41:41.90
you do this until I
come and you'll be fine.
00:41:41.93\00:41:46.23
You'll make it you.
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.10
You okay with that?
00:41:48.14\00:41:49.80
I say, let's do it right now.
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.47
Come on right now.
00:41:51.51\00:41:52.84
COVID-19, sealed packets,
we're good to go. Let's pray.
00:41:52.87\00:41:56.01
Father, we're here, we got it.
00:41:56.04\00:42:00.78
That cross is the
symbol of our eternal victory.
00:42:00.82\00:42:04.79
The dragon has been whooped,
00:42:04.82\00:42:07.32
but he keeps lying to us
00:42:07.36\00:42:09.42
that he's the
prince of this world.
00:42:09.46\00:42:11.46
And if we just yield to him,
00:42:11.49\00:42:12.83
we'd have everything
our heart's desire, liar.
00:42:12.86\00:42:17.67
We hear the lamb instead.
00:42:17.70\00:42:20.64
Do this in remembrance of me
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.81
so that you may overcome
that dragon by My blood,
00:42:23.84\00:42:28.61
My sacrifice right now.
00:42:28.64\00:42:33.52
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
00:42:33.55\00:42:36.79
We're gonna do it right now.
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.15
It's COVID-19.
00:42:38.19\00:42:39.52
Did you get the
emblems when you walked in?
00:42:39.55\00:42:41.59
I hope you did.
00:42:41.62\00:42:42.96
But if you didn't,
00:42:42.99\00:42:44.33
we're going to activate
this because we're going,
00:42:44.36\00:42:45.79
come on, we'll get
some ushers standing.
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.70
If you didn't get the emblems,
00:42:47.73\00:42:49.06
you're going to
want to do this with us.
00:42:49.10\00:42:50.73
You're not, you
don't have to go anywhere.
00:42:50.77\00:42:52.10
We're gonna stay right here,
00:42:52.13\00:42:53.47
the service will
end in 12 minutes.
00:42:53.50\00:42:55.87
But you need to take the emblems
00:42:55.90\00:42:58.71
and ingest them.
00:42:58.74\00:43:00.08
Not just because
it's like vitamin C.
00:43:00.11\00:43:01.98
No, it's because
you are declaring
00:43:02.01\00:43:04.15
to the God of the universe
00:43:04.18\00:43:05.68
come into my life,
empower me, power me up,
00:43:05.71\00:43:09.98
so that I might
live a life of victory
00:43:10.02\00:43:11.79
in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ by His blood,
00:43:11.82\00:43:15.26
by His blood the
victory is gained.
00:43:15.29\00:43:18.66
Those of you who
are watching online,
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.13
you've been to the
church, you've picked him up.
00:43:20.16\00:43:21.53
I saw some of you come
today. I'm glad you did.
00:43:21.56\00:43:23.87
I'm glad you're back
at home safe and sound.
00:43:23.90\00:43:26.23
Take out those
emblems right now.
00:43:26.27\00:43:29.44
We're good to go.
00:43:29.47\00:43:31.87
Now listen,
00:43:31.91\00:43:33.68
there's a beautiful collage
00:43:33.71\00:43:35.84
that our media
team has put together
00:43:35.88\00:43:39.01
All right, it's sight
and sound for two minutes,
00:43:39.05\00:43:42.08
it's now going
to run on the screen
00:43:42.12\00:43:43.55
in this place and
on your screen at home.
00:43:43.59\00:43:46.39
That's fine.
00:43:46.42\00:43:48.06
When you come
back, pulpit's gone,
00:43:48.09\00:43:50.49
communion table here
00:43:50.53\00:43:51.86
and Pastor Jenifer
and I will lead you
00:43:51.89\00:43:53.50
through the simple
short Lord's Supper.
00:43:53.53\00:43:56.63
So let's start rolling that tape
00:43:56.67\00:43:58.40
and, deacons, let's go.
00:43:58.43\00:44:00.17
The only pandemic on Jesus mind
00:46:51.94\00:46:55.58
that night was
a pandemic of sin.
00:46:55.61\00:47:00.02
He knows tomorrow, He
will hang on that cross,
00:47:00.05\00:47:03.92
the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world.
00:47:03.95\00:47:08.99
But tonight, it's Thursday,
00:47:09.02\00:47:11.89
these are the closest
people on earth to Him,
00:47:11.93\00:47:15.06
He must leave something for them
00:47:15.10\00:47:19.07
that will keep them
fighting until He comes again.
00:47:19.10\00:47:24.11
The sacred record
here in Mark Chapter 14
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while they were
eating, "Jesus took bread.
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.18
And when He had given thanks,
00:47:28.21\00:47:29.54
He broke it and gave it
to His disciples saying,
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.25
'Take it, this is my body.'
00:47:32.28\00:47:35.12
And then He took a cup.
00:47:35.15\00:47:36.48
And when He had given thanks,
00:47:36.52\00:47:37.85
He gave it to them all
and they drank from it.
00:47:37.89\00:47:42.22
This is My blood of the covenant
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.33
which is poured out
for many He said to them,
00:47:44.36\00:47:46.66
'Truly I tell you,
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.03
I will not drink again
00:47:48.06\00:47:49.40
from the fruit of
the vine until that day
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when I drink it new
in the kingdom of God.'"
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Before we ingest these emblems,
00:47:55.27\00:47:59.44
Pastor Jenifer is
going to ask God's blessing
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on what we're about to partake.
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Let us pray.
00:48:05.65\00:48:08.82
Lover of our souls,
00:48:08.85\00:48:11.95
blessed
Redeemer, wonderful Savior.
00:48:11.99\00:48:16.83
Jesus,
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Your love has
brought us here today.
00:48:19.59\00:48:23.50
We come with grateful hearts,
00:48:23.53\00:48:25.87
asking that You
bless these symbols.
00:48:25.90\00:48:30.37
Your body is
represented in the broken bread.
00:48:30.41\00:48:35.94
The wine represents
00:48:35.98\00:48:38.51
the cleansing
blood that You shed.
00:48:38.55\00:48:42.75
As we partake of them today
00:48:42.78\00:48:45.55
we ask that Your
life giving power
00:48:45.59\00:48:48.96
will revitalize our lives,
00:48:48.99\00:48:51.66
transform our hearts and
fill us with joy and peace.
00:48:51.69\00:48:56.67
Amen.
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.23
And so Jesus turns to us
00:49:16.85\00:49:18.65
and He invites us to partake.
00:49:21.72\00:49:25.53
Now it's a bit of a
trick with this sealed packet,
00:49:25.56\00:49:31.37
but you'll see there are
two, there are two lips to it.
00:49:31.40\00:49:33.84
One is cellophane.
00:49:33.87\00:49:35.44
If you'll take
just the cellophane lip
00:49:35.47\00:49:37.77
and just pull it towards you.
00:49:37.81\00:49:41.54
There is your wafer.
00:49:41.58\00:49:43.04
So take the wafer in
your hand with me please.
00:49:48.58\00:49:51.02
Jesus turn to those who
are dearest on earth to Him
00:49:51.05\00:49:54.46
as He turns to us right now.
00:49:54.49\00:49:56.99
Take this,
00:49:57.03\00:49:59.13
this symbol of My
body broken for you,
00:49:59.16\00:50:01.96
do this in remembrance of Me.
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.17
And then we
just read the record,
00:50:26.82\00:50:28.16
He took the cup.
00:50:28.19\00:50:29.52
So you do the same,
00:50:29.56\00:50:30.89
turn it away from you
00:50:30.93\00:50:32.26
so that in case
it's under pressure,
00:50:32.29\00:50:33.63
it won't spurt out on you.
00:50:33.66\00:50:36.50
You don't have to
take the whole lid off
00:50:36.53\00:50:38.97
and get it just far enough
00:50:39.00\00:50:40.97
to where you
can drink from this.
00:50:41.00\00:50:43.00
Jesus turns to us
as He did to them.
00:50:46.84\00:50:50.15
And He says, now, please,
00:50:50.18\00:50:52.51
the cup,
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.68
which is a blood
of my new covenant,
00:50:54.72\00:50:56.65
I will never drink the
juice of the vine again
00:50:56.69\00:51:02.56
until you're home with me.
00:51:02.59\00:51:06.63
Do this in remembrance of Me.
00:51:06.66\00:51:09.33
Isn't that beautiful?
00:51:32.52\00:51:34.12
Is it?
00:51:34.16\00:51:35.76
Now they had two customs left
00:51:35.79\00:51:37.63
for the suppers of the Passover.
00:51:37.66\00:51:41.06
One custom was they
would receive an offering
00:51:41.10\00:51:42.66
for those in need,
and we're going to do it.
00:51:42.70\00:51:45.23
When the deacons
usher us out today,
00:51:45.27\00:51:46.97
they're going to
have a little basket
00:51:47.00\00:51:48.94
or an offering plate,
00:51:48.97\00:51:50.37
just put an offering in there.
00:51:50.41\00:51:51.74
If God has blessed you
over the last three months,
00:51:51.77\00:51:53.51
come on, put a
little offering in there.
00:51:53.54\00:51:55.48
We have people from
all over Berrien County
00:51:55.51\00:51:57.68
who come here knowing that
00:51:57.71\00:51:59.05
we have the finances
to be able to serve them.
00:51:59.08\00:52:02.18
It's because of your generosity.
00:52:02.22\00:52:03.55
So the deacons will
come by in just a moment.
00:52:03.59\00:52:05.85
But it also,
00:52:05.89\00:52:07.22
the other tradition
they had is they sang a hymn,
00:52:07.26\00:52:12.66
now we can't sing anymore.
00:52:12.69\00:52:15.06
But there is a beautiful,
00:52:15.10\00:52:16.50
a beautiful song
00:52:16.53\00:52:17.87
that the girls
standing behind me Canta Bella.
00:52:17.90\00:52:21.10
They sang it in first
service it'll bless you,
00:52:21.14\00:52:23.27
now it's going to be in Spanish
00:52:23.30\00:52:24.64
but it's going
to come in English,
00:52:24.67\00:52:26.01
you'll get all the language
00:52:26.04\00:52:28.01
and you know that
00:52:28.04\00:52:29.38
they are singing of the God
00:52:30.81\00:52:32.81
who lacks nothing
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.18
and the last
line is so beautiful.
00:52:34.22\00:52:36.99
God is enough.
00:52:37.02\00:52:40.32
Meditate as they sing now.
00:52:40.36\00:52:42.32
Let nothing frighten you
00:53:50.86\00:53:53.76
All things are passing
00:53:53.80\00:53:57.43
God never changes
00:53:57.47\00:54:00.74
Those who love God
They will lack nothing
00:55:08.30\00:55:12.41
Let nothing frighten
you All things are passing
00:55:20.42\00:55:26.25
God never changes
00:55:26.29\00:55:29.89
God,
00:55:57.79\00:56:02.09
God is enough
00:56:02.12\00:56:04.99
Think of the last
time someone said,
00:57:08.32\00:57:10.83
"I'm praying for you."
00:57:10.86\00:57:12.33
Didn't it give
you a sense of peace
00:57:12.36\00:57:14.26
and reassurance that
somebody cares for me.
00:57:14.30\00:57:16.46
I know how I feel
00:57:16.50\00:57:17.83
when I get an email from
one of our viewers saying,
00:57:17.87\00:57:19.20
"You know, Dwight,
00:57:19.23\00:57:20.57
I've been
praying for you lately."
00:57:20.60\00:57:21.94
There's nothing like knowing
someone is praying for you.
00:57:21.97\00:57:23.81
So I want to offer you
an opportunity to partner.
00:57:23.84\00:57:26.47
Let me, let us
partner with you in prayer.
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.81
If you have a
special prayer request
00:57:28.84\00:57:30.45
or a praise of thanksgiving,
you'd like to share with us.
00:57:30.48\00:57:33.21
I'm inviting you to contact
one of our friendly chaplains.
00:57:33.25\00:57:36.15
Simple to do,
00:57:36.18\00:57:37.52
you can call our
toll free number 877,
00:57:37.55\00:57:39.35
the two words,
HIS-WILL, 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:39.39\00:57:43.16
That friendly voice
it answers, you tell him,
00:57:43.19\00:57:45.56
you tell her what
your prayer need is,
00:57:45.59\00:57:47.70
we'll join with
you in that petition.
00:57:47.73\00:57:50.50
May the God who
answers prayer journey with you
00:57:50.53\00:57:52.47
these next few days
00:57:52.50\00:57:53.84
until we're right
back here together
00:57:53.87\00:57:55.24
again next time.
00:57:55.27\00:57:56.81