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>> God is good? >> All the time.
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>> And all the
time? >> God is good.
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>> God is good. Please
stand with us as we enter
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into our praise and worship.
Just have fun, praise God, and
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sing with us. Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen. Our
Scripture reading this
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morning is taken
from Revelation 14:6-7.
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Then I saw another angel flying
midair, and he had the eternal
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gospel to proclaim to those who
live on the earth -- to every
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nation, tribe,
language and people.
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He said in a loud voice, 'Fear
God and give Him glory, because
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the hour of His
judgment has come.
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Worship Him who made the
heavens, the earth, the sea,
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and the springs of water.'"
And with that in mind, let us
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place Jesus at the center of
our lives and give Him all the
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glory, for He is
worthy to be praised.
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>> Amen. >> Amen.
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>> Amen. >> You may be seated.
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>> Oh, I wished
you'd keep playing.
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That is a
beautiful, beautiful hymn.
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"Nothing but
the Blood of Jesus."
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>> Hallelujah. >>
"Hallelujah" is right. Yep.
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Blood of the lamb. We
are under it right now.
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Every doorway that you
walk through when you enter this
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sanctuary has been prayed over,
that the blood of the lamb would
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be on it, that you would come
through the blood of the lamb
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into this worship moment.
They're putting the final piece
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in a journey that has taken us
through winter, and spring is on
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the way. >> Yes.
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>> Yep. >> Yes.
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>> One last critical piece.
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If we left this out, it wouldn't
have been right. We couldn't
have told the whole
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truth. This is not a comfortable
truth, as you're about to hear,
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but it's part of the whole
truth. And, so, the lamb of God
and His spirit are here.
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We're gonna watch this video
clip one more time, but I want
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to pray first. O God, Jesus, the
center of it all. I never heard
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that one before, and I love it.
Jesus, the lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world.
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Oh, we love that truth. And
through the spirit, He's here.
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He's receiving our worship now.
Let it be acceptable in Your
sight, and may our minds be open
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and hearts receptive to what
You're about to say through the
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Holy Scripture. We
pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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I'm still relishing my favorite
part of this little clip is when
the guy falls into the bed.
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I'm saying, "Bring it on. Get me
in that bed. What am I doing up
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here?" [ Laughter ]
Ahh! Alright. My friend Glenn
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Oftehauer, a dear friend of
mine, years ago, gave me a
four-line poem. Never heard it
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before, but I've never forgotten
it since. I'm gonna share it
with you, line by line, and I'm
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praying you will never forget
this poem for the rest of your
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life, alright? We'll take it
line by line. "Some men die by
shrapnel." My, these real-time
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images being satellited out of
Ukraine. Shrapnel -- we know it
now. [ Imitates explosion ]
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"Some men die by shrapnel. And
some go down in flames." We've
seen those flames, those
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high-rises -- the missile
hit, crumbling. "Some men die by
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shrapnel. And some go down in
flames. But most men --" and
most women -- "perish inch by
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inch. Playing silly games."
Isn't that something? That's the
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truth of life. Apathy,
disconnect, not really living,
no real life. Aah. Feels like we
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ought to have an altar call
right now. For the young in
particular. Hey, listen up,
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guys. You're gonna have to die
for something someday. Professor
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of mine in the seminary once
said, "You can only be a martyr
once, so choose your cause
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carefully." Ooh, that's good.
Yep. "Some men die by shrapnel.
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Some go down in flames. But
most men perish inch by inch.
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Playing silly games." So, what
are you giving your life for?
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Hmm? Here's the altar call.
If only we had a young man here
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who was willing to lay down his
life for Jesus. An old man, too,
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would be fine. If only we had a
young woman here who was willing
to lay down her life for her
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savior. Older woman would be
fine. I'm telling you what,
you're gonna have to die for
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something, sis. Yo, bro,
you can only be a martyr once.
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Die for Jesus." That's what
I'm thinking -- die for Jesus.
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Got to sit down right now and
let the Holy Spirit kind of
massage our minds and hearts
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with that thought. But I'm not
gonna sit down, 'cause I have
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something to say. And I'm
praying that, through every word
you're about to hear, the Holy
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Spirit will be there right
beside you, getting you ready to
make a decision in this place
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right now. Open your Bible right
now, please, to the mighty last
book of the Bible, the
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Apocalypse. Come on, find the
Book of Revelation. My, oh, my.
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Part 7 of "Banner Unfurled."
We're going to the Apocalypse
together, you and I.
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And on these pages, I want to
show you a depiction of the last
generation of friends Jesus has
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on Earth. The last generation of
loyalists, the last generation
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of disciples. I'm gonna
show you the picture right here.
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You say, "Dwight, how do
you know this is the last
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generation?" I'll tell you how I
know. Because take a look at
this. Follow my finger.
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Just follow my finger right
up there. You're looking at the
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rose window, the famous rose
window of the Pioneer Memorial
Church. Who's that?
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That's Jesus sitting on a cloud.
He's coming back, the Second
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Coming. And, by the way, you
don't know what an honor it is
for me to preach in this space,
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where I stand at the foot of a
cross, and it's embedded, in
dark wood, in this wooden
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platform. And I stand beneath
the highest point of this
church, which is a stained-glass
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depiction of the return of our
Lord, Jesus Christ. So, I want
you to take a look.
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Take a look at the line. We're
in Revelation 14. If you open
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your Bible to Revelation
14, let's go to Revelation 14.
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There's one line. See if the
line works. See if it fits. The
stained glass, I'm talking
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about. Here's the
line. Revelation 14:14.
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"I looked, and there before me
was white cloud --" Now, wait a
minute, wait a minute.
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Is there a white cloud? Yep,
check. We got the white cloud.
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"And seated on the cloud was one
like a son of man --" Is there
-- Yep, seated on the
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cloud, there He is. "With a
crown of gold on his head --"
check, check -- and a
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what in his hand? A sharp
sickle. That's the picture right
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there. Revelation 14:14 is
the return of Christ. It's being
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portrayed. It's a word picture.
We just saw it. It's a graphic
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depiction of that moment we live
for. But just before -- Hey,
come on. Just before that
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picture is a graphic depiction
of the generation that will be
alive, loyalists of the Lord,
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Jesus Christ, Himself. Just
before. So Jesus comes in Verse
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14. We got to go -- Verse 12.
Take a look at Verse 12. This is
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the generation. Here we go.
Revelation 14:12. "This calls
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for patient endurance on the
part of the people of God who
keep his commands and remain
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faithful to Jesus." David
Bentley Hart, in his critical
one-man translation of
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the New Testament -- You know,
in this series, we had Robert
Alter with the one-man
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three-volume translation of
Hebrew -- of the Old Testament
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in Hebrew. This is in Greek.
One man translated the whole New
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Testament. Here's how he
renders this verse. "Here is the
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endurance of the holy ones --"
They've been holyized. "Here is
the endurance of the
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holy ones who keep the
commandments of God and the
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faith of Jesus." Wow! And with
only that single line, if that's
all we had, what would
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we know about the last
generation? Number one, we would
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know that they are radically
obedient, because they keep the
commandments of God.
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And, number two, we would know
that they are passionately
Christocentric, because they
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have -- they keep the faith of
Jesus. That's all we needed to
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know. That's it. In fact, the
elderly John -- Used to be John
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Boy when he was growing up with
Jesus. But the elderly John,
earlier in his book, has already
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described them. This is just his
second -- "In case you missed it
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the first time" -- that's what
he's saying -- "here it is
again." But let me show you the
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first time. This is
Revelation 12:17 and the dragon.
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Who know who the dragon is?
Who's the dragon? You help me
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out. Who's that dragon?
>> Satan. >> That is Satan.
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That is that old serpent, that
ancient serpent called the
devil, who deceives the whole
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world. You got it right.
"And the dragon --" Satan --
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"was enraged over the woman."
That's the faith community
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through all time. He's enraged
over the faith community, and he
goes off to wage a war with the
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rest -- they're coming at the
very end -- the rest of her
seed, her children.
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Who are these children? "Who
keep the commandments of God and
hold to the witness of
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Jesus." There they are,
the same two identifiers.
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Radical obedience, passionate
Christ-centeredness. Jesus
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lights their fire. That's who
this last generation is. Jesus
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lights their fire. My.
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Knowing what we know now, we are
not gonna be surprised at what
we are about to discover.
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In case you haven't discovered
this before, hold on, watch
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this. Okay, so, here it is.
Revelation 14:14, Jesus comes.
Just before it, Verse 12, okay,
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this is the generation, these
radical loyalists, passionate
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for Jesus. Okay, that's Verse
12. Now...verse 6 and 7 is the
final message, God's last appeal
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to the human race that He will
send through these loyalists to
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the entire planet. They're just
a small band. How could a small
band reach the whole planet?
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You watch. You'll see it
happen in your lifetime, I pray.
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But I want you to catch this
message. Fascinating message.
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Wow. Here we go. This is Chapter
14. Now we've gone up to Verse
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6. "Then I saw another angel
flying --" And angelos -- it
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means "messenger." So it's a
symbol of messengers. You're one
of the messengers. I'm one of
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the messengers, I pray. "Then I
saw another angel flying in
midair, and he had the
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eternal gospel." Gospel means
"good news." So this is very
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good news. "He had the eternal
gospel to proclaim to those who
live on the earth -- to every
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nation, tribe, language, and
people. And he said in a loud
voice --" And in the Greek,
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megalófoní -- that is the two
Greek words, and we get the
English word "megaphone."
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So this is not a whimper. This
is not a whisper. He is
megaphoning this to the
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entire human race. "Then he said
in a loud voice, 'Fear God and
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give him glory, because the hour
of his judgment has come. And
worship him who made the
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heavens, the earth, the sea, and
the springs of water.'" I mean,
did you catch that?
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"Worship him who made the
heavens, the earth, the sea, and
the springs of water."
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In other words, capital-"C"
Creator. Worship the Creator.
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And I find -- I don't know about
you, but I find this line
absolutely stunning.
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You know why? Because you think
about it. God's last appeal to
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the human race will be a call to
return to the creator God of the
universe. Now, get this, get
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this, get this. A call to a
generation, a civilization that
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has intellectually, culturally,
academically, socially, and even
theologically written off the
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existence of a creator god.
"There is no god." That's this
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generation. Just like at social
media. Just look at the
entertainment. Just look at the
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big thinkers, the big brains in
the nation. That's this
generation. And here's what's so
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stunning. 1,900 years earlier,
God says, "Write this down, John
Boy. Write this down, because my
00:25:05.83\00:25:11.94
last generation will have to
take a message to a world that
has no concept or no heart for a
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creator. 1,900 years in advance,
He said, "That will be the final
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message. That will be my last
word to the human race." Whew!
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And wouldn't you know it? I
don't suppose we ought to be
surprised about this at all.
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The very last line, the very
last line of this global appeal
is the very last line of the
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Fourth Commandment. I'm
gonna show it to you right now.
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I'll put the Fourth Commandment
up. Now, we're talking about the
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Greek, because this is written
in the Greek. And we have a
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Greek Old Testament. It's called
the Septuagint. So, watch this.
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This will amaze you. Okay,
so, let's just put the Fourth
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Commandment up. Everybody knows
the Fourth Commandment. Exodus
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20:8-11. In the Greek, it reads
this way. This is the English.
"Remember the Sabbath day, to
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keep it holy. For in six days,
the Lord made the heaven and the
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earth and the sea and all that
is in them and rested the
seventh day." Watch now.
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The final appeal of God to
the human race, in the Greek
00:26:18.11\00:26:22.54
language. Watch this and note
the words that are underlined.
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Revelation 14. We just read it.
"Worship Him who made the heaven
and the earth and sea and
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springs of water." Look at the
two lines. They're identical.
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Identical. What's going on here?
Well, if you were a reader that
knew Greek when this was written
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and you were new in the
Christian faith, which had its
basis in Judaism, you would have
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recognized immediately. "Wait a
minute, wait a minute, wait a
minute, wait a minute,
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wait a minute. That's the
same line. That's a line."
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It's the Fourth Commandment.
And, yes, it is. Isn't that
00:26:59.18\00:27:06.92
amazing? Here are these people.
God's last appeal to the human
00:27:06.92\00:27:13.06
race. And what is it? Eight
words in the English, eight
words in the Greek, which,
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for me -- Okay, for me, being
interpreted means God -- For the
final generation on this
00:27:18.63\00:27:23.20
planet -- that means everybody
on the planet -- God puts a
glowing halo around the
00:27:23.20\00:27:29.08
Fourth Commandment. He pulls it
out. He isos it. He pulls it out
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and says, "I want you to look at
those words very carefully. My
final appeal to you is based
00:27:34.22\00:27:39.82
on that Fourth Commandment." Am
I making this up? You can't make
00:27:39.82\00:27:47.23
this up. Embedded through the
millennia, and now we see it.
Whoa. God's final appeal.
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The maker of all things loves
and wants me. That's right.
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That's the capital-"C" Creator
of the universe. "Come back to
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me. I do exist. I am your
life. Without me, it's curtains.
00:28:07.45\00:28:14.06
Come now. Come." The angel --
shoo! -- is flying. "Come quick.
00:28:14.06\00:28:20.43
Come now. Come back. I
made you. I am yours." Whew!
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That means that God's last
friends, God's last loyalists on
this planet will be
00:28:29.34\00:28:33.54
Sabbatarians, alright? They will
be the keepers of God's
seventh-day Sabbath.
00:28:33.54\00:28:39.68
We've spent seven parts
reminding ourselves that that is
an incontrovertible truth in
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Scripture. Wow. And guess who
his ward against Sabbatarians
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from the get-go -- Who do you
suppose his ward against them?
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Oh, you know. That old serpent,
that ancient serpent called the
00:28:55.70\00:29:00.94
devil -- Satan, who
deceives the whole world.
00:29:00.94\00:29:03.57
Yep, that dark and demonic
enemy of the Creator God and His
00:29:03.57\00:29:06.44
universe and this planet
-- he causes a war in heaven.
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.11
There was war in
heaven. And guess what.
00:29:09.11\00:29:11.18
Now we got war on Earth.
You know why we have war on
00:29:11.18\00:29:13.78
Earth? Because
he's here. That's why.
00:29:13.78\00:29:15.72
We're all fingering a
human cause to this war.
00:29:15.72\00:29:19.69
There's a demonic cause behind
the human agent, and the demonic
00:29:19.69\00:29:24.46
cause is none
other than the dragon.
00:29:24.46\00:29:27.00
You know why? If you
read my blog this last
00:29:27.00\00:29:29.53
week, because into Christ-less
graves, he can sweep masses of
00:29:29.53\00:29:33.03
humanity. "Too
late! You're dead.
00:29:33.03\00:29:35.90
No chance now.
No chance for you."
00:29:35.90\00:29:38.51
That's why he can do
it at a massive scale.
00:29:38.51\00:29:44.35
Nah. But he's had his eye on
Sabbatarians from the get-go.
00:29:44.35\00:29:47.75
"Can you prove that, Dwight?"
00:29:47.75\00:29:49.68
I sure can. I'm gonna run five
short stories by you right now,
00:29:49.72\00:29:52.69
okay? Check them out. Count
them. Make sure I don't leave
one out. Five stories.
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.89
Story number one. Once upon
a time, there was a Sabbatarian
00:29:55.89\00:30:01.70
queen of a pagan nation. Go
figure. Yep, it's true. And she,
being a young Jewess,
00:30:01.70\00:30:06.13
was marked by the dragon for
extermination, along with her
fellow Jews, her fellow
00:30:06.13\00:30:11.74
Sabbatarians throughout
the empire. Yeah. Why?
00:30:11.74\00:30:17.88
Because from the beginning, the
dragon has despised -- pshh! --
00:30:17.88\00:30:23.45
the Creator God. That's why. Any
evidence of him, any shred that
would direct my mind to
00:30:23.45\00:30:32.06
him, get it, remove it, destroy
it, kill them. Just kill them."
00:30:32.06\00:30:38.97
And this Sabbatarian queen was
marked -- and all of her people.
00:30:38.97\00:30:48.88
Yeah. "Then Haman said to King
Xerxes," the king of the empire,
"'There is a certain
00:30:48.88\00:30:55.68
people dispersed among the
peoples in all the provinces of
your kingdom who keep themselves
00:30:55.68\00:31:01.56
separate.'" They weren't
separatists. They blended into
00:31:01.56\00:31:07.40
the culture. But this is the
sell line. Someday, these words
will be repeated -- mark my
00:31:07.40\00:31:15.70
words. Keep reading. "'Their
customs are different from those
00:31:15.70\00:31:19.21
of all the other people,
and they do not obey the king's
00:31:19.21\00:31:22.28
laws.'" Mnh-mnh! "'It is not in
the king's best interest to
tolerate them.'" O King, live
00:31:22.28\00:31:26.58
forever. "'So if that it pleases
you, let a decree --'" Let that
word remain in your mind, as
00:31:26.58\00:31:31.69
well. "'Let a decree be issued
to destroy them, and I will give
ten thousand talents of silver
00:31:31.69\00:31:36.76
to the king's administrators for
the royal treasury.'" "I'll take
care of them, O King.
00:31:36.76\00:31:41.60
It will be adios, because the
world never likes something that
pricks its conscience.
00:31:41.60\00:31:50.81
Get rid of them." [ Clicks
tongue ] But for the
intervention of the
00:31:50.81\00:31:56.31
Creator himself, an entire
generation of Sabbatarians would
have been exterminated just like
00:31:56.31\00:32:00.62
that. All right, I said there
are five stories: here comes
00:32:00.62\00:32:03.85
story -- here comes stories
number two and three! Once upon
00:32:03.85\00:32:07.96
another time, four Hebrew young
Sabbatarians were marked for
extermination; three of them end
00:32:07.96\00:32:14.93
up in a raging fiery inferno
because they wouldn't bow down
to an image. You'll hear that
00:32:14.93\00:32:21.27
word again: they wouldn't bow
down to the king's idol. They
are thrown into the fire,
00:32:21.27\00:32:25.91
and guess what -- in the fire
they are greeted by the Creator
God of the Universe as they walk
00:32:25.91\00:32:31.71
and talk together untouched and
unfazed. Apparently He can take
00:32:31.71\00:32:37.32
care of His loyalists. Can I get
an amen for that? He can take
00:32:37.32\00:32:42.36
care of you. You lose job, He'll
take care of you. You get cut
off, He'll take care
00:32:42.36\00:32:47.66
of you. They turn on
you, He'll take care of you.
00:32:47.66\00:32:53.34
It's been a lot of Sabbatarians
from the beginning, don't you
apologize for what you are.
00:32:53.34\00:33:00.48
And one of those four boys --
not -- not -- not on that day,
with the three -- he goes even
00:33:00.48\00:33:07.02
higher into the politicals, uh,
infrastructure of the empire,
and now he is marked, because
00:33:07.02\00:33:14.82
he's Sabbatarian. And they
go into another -- another king.
00:33:14.82\00:33:20.50
Daniel 6:6, "So these
administrators and satraps" --
or political, uh, associates of
00:33:20.50\00:33:26.27
Daniel, they "went as a group
to the king and [they] said, 'O,
00:33:26.27\00:33:32.41
king! Darius! Dar-- Darius! Live
forever!' The royal
administrators, the
00:33:32.41\00:33:37.01
prefects, the satraps, the
advisors, the governors, we have
all agreed -- yes, we have --
00:33:37.01\00:33:41.58
that the king should issue an
edict and enforce the decree" --
oh, there's that decree again --
00:33:41.58\00:33:46.12
"and enforce it" -- ah, that's
becoming familiar language --
"that anyone who prays to any
00:33:46.12\00:33:51.33
god or human being during the
next 30 days, except to you,
Your Majesty, shall be thrown
00:33:51.33\00:33:58.10
into the lion's den. Now, Your
Majesty, issue the decree and
put it in writing so
00:33:58.10\00:34:03.27
that it cannot be altered -- in
accordance with the law of the
Medes and the Persians, which
00:34:03.27\00:34:08.51
cannot be repealed.' So
King Darius put the decree in
00:34:08.51\00:34:12.55
writing." There's that word
again, it keeps coming up --
a... governmental decree...
00:34:12.55\00:34:19.69
against Sabbatarians. So they
throw Daniel into the lion's
00:34:19.69\00:34:25.13
den. He's not gonna pray to a
king. He's not gonna pray to a
00:34:25.13\00:34:28.96
human being. "I will only bow my
knee to God, I will not bow to a
human." Throw 'im in the lion's
00:34:28.96\00:34:36.20
den! King realizes too late he
was tricked. Everybody knows the
00:34:36.20\00:34:40.14
story and loves it. Because
God sends His angel. [ Grunts ]
00:34:40.14\00:34:45.91
The devil is a lion that's
walkin' about, seeking whom he
may devour -- yeah, it was the
00:34:45.91\00:34:51.12
devil's den that Daniel
got thrown into. Yeah, wow.
00:34:51.12\00:34:57.73
So for the inter-- but for the
intervention of the Creator,
that -- that high governmental
00:34:57.73\00:35:02.63
official would have been
exterminated just like that. It
has been the dragon's quest:
00:35:02.63\00:35:07.20
Get rid of 'em all, kill 'em.
Oh, here comes, uh, story number
two -- once upon another time,
00:35:07.20\00:35:13.34
a faithful band of loyalists
high in the Italian Alps quietly
went about preserving the long
00:35:13.34\00:35:18.08
line of Sabba -- Sabbatarians
through human history. Their
refusal to bow their knee
00:35:18.08\00:35:23.18
to the image of a counter-power,
an institution that commanded
their allegiance, their refusal
00:35:23.18\00:35:30.16
marked them, and the Piedmontese
massacre that John Milton ended
up composing his famous English
00:35:30.16\00:35:37.97
poem about -- men, women and
children slaughtered, bloody!
Wave after wave of bloodthirsty
00:35:37.97\00:35:45.61
armies sent into those...
northwest Alps of Italy, sent
00:35:45.61\00:35:52.61
from Rome. Yeah. As I say...
Even in death, the Creator
00:35:52.61\00:36:00.26
preserves their intrepid witness
as Sabbatarians -- these... who
would keep the commandments
00:36:00.26\00:36:08.26
of God...and the faith of Jesus.
Radically obedient, passionately
00:36:08.26\00:36:13.47
-- Christ.
00:36:13.47\00:36:14.84
And then again, here comes
number five. Once upon another
00:36:17.07\00:36:21.54
time, the raging dragon turned a
maniacal despot in Germany
against the Sabbatarians of
00:36:21.54\00:36:28.72
Europe and six million of them
were exterminated while the
world watched in horror.
00:36:28.72\00:36:34.76
Gone! Six million Sabbatarians.
Call 'em what you will.
00:36:34.76\00:36:39.29
And I think of what we're
doing now, the whole world is
00:36:43.77\00:36:47.70
watching. We're not -- we
can't do anything. [ Scoffs ]
00:36:47.70\00:36:52.21
Obviously. What we've spent this
winter brooding over bears huge
00:36:52.21\00:36:56.81
and eternal consequences. Shall
Sabbatarians lay down their
lives for the Creator God?
00:36:56.81\00:37:02.78
Question: Would you?! Would you?
Let's not make it hypothetical:
00:37:02.78\00:37:07.86
would you?
00:37:07.86\00:37:08.96
Revelations 13... That's
the chapter between 14 and 12.
00:37:14.00\00:37:19.40
Revelations 13. And by the way,
I spent se-- several chapters of
00:37:19.40\00:37:24.81
my new book, "American
Apocalypse," that the
publisher's just begun to
00:37:24.81\00:37:30.71
market... I spend several
chapters -- and I'm gonna spare
you the details here, you can --
00:37:30.71\00:37:34.92
you can read it later. Detailing
how this nation -- "American
00:37:34.92\00:37:42.12
Apocalypse" -- how this nation
is drawn into the end game. Let
me put on the screen kind of
00:37:42.12\00:37:50.07
a summation from Revelations 13.
Revelations 13:11 -- "Then I saw
a second beast coming up out of
00:37:50.07\00:37:55.77
the earth and it had two horns
like a lamb! But it spoke like a
00:37:55.77\00:37:59.81
dragon, like the devil himself.
It exercised all the authority
of the first beast on its
00:37:59.81\00:38:03.78
behalf, and it made the earth
and its inhabitants do
something" -- I want you to note
00:38:03.78\00:38:08.08
this word and call it out to me
-- what is this word here? The
00:38:08.08\00:38:13.72
word is "worship." The word is
"worship." We've already heard
that word, haven't we?
00:38:13.72\00:38:16.73
"Worship Him who made Heaven and
earth and sea and the springs of
00:38:16.73\00:38:20.86
water," hmm? Now we run into it
again. This beast power is going
to force the earth not to
00:38:20.86\00:38:26.67
worship the almighty Creator God
-- no, no! You'll worship this
00:38:26.67\00:38:30.94
institution!
You'll worship this power.
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.21
"He made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first
beast, whose fatal wound had
00:38:35.78\00:38:40.28
been healed." So whatever's
going on here, obviously the key
00:38:40.28\00:38:45.05
word is "worship." Because
worship is the heart and soul of
God's final appeal to
00:38:45.05\00:38:50.53
the human race, isn't it? Yeah!
This beast power is actually
00:38:50.53\00:38:55.13
forcing the worsh-- forcing the
world to worship a counterfeit,
little-"g" god on earth,
00:38:55.13\00:39:01.54
so that what you have here is a
little-"g" god, and a cap--
big-"G" God, through their
00:39:01.54\00:39:07.24
surrogates, are meeting in
the end game. And it's not the
00:39:07.24\00:39:12.71
Colosseum. It's real life...war.
Ideological. At a price.
00:39:12.71\00:39:23.36
It's a battle for worship and
allegiance between the
surrogates or loyalists at
00:39:23.36\00:39:28.53
the end of time. The dragon has
the people he leads, God has a
00:39:28.53\00:39:33.97
people who keep the commandments
of God... and...keep the faith
of Jesus. Okay, here's verse 15
00:39:33.97\00:39:40.41
-- same chapter. This is all I'm
gonna share. "The second beast
00:39:40.41\00:39:43.88
was given power to give breath
to the image" -- wait a minute,
have we had that word "image"
00:39:43.88\00:39:48.72
before? Yes, we have -- "to give
breath to the image" -- the
whole world is commanded to
00:39:48.72\00:39:53.25
worship this image, bow down to
it -- "to give breath to the
image of the first beast, so
00:39:53.25\00:39:57.29
that the image could speak and
cause all who refused" -- to do
00:39:57.29\00:40:01.43
what? To do what? To worship,
to worship. The image. "To be
00:40:01.43\00:40:07.94
killed." You will, or else!
That's it. Not -- not rocket
00:40:07.94\00:40:16.34
science to figure that out. It's
exactly what's written there.
00:40:16.34\00:40:21.55
My, oh, my, oh, my.
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.92
The universal showdown in the
end game. Please mark this down
00:40:25.99\00:40:31.86
in your -- in your heart: the
universal showdown in the end
game is a showdown over
00:40:31.86\00:40:38.90
authority. That's what it'll be.
Who has the authority to command
me to do something?
00:40:38.90\00:40:45.57
A human power? A divine being?
Whom will you -- whom will
00:40:45.57\00:40:54.35
you obey? Whose authority
will be ultimate in your life?
00:40:54.35\00:41:00.46
That's a rather provocative
question, and I s'pose I oughta
00:41:00.46\00:41:04.99
be asking it now.
Whose authority...
00:41:04.99\00:41:05.93
Reigns in my life?
00:41:09.26\00:41:10.67
Wow, worship plain and simple,
the end game, bloody and cruel.
That will be the price that once
00:41:13.30\00:41:19.87
again Sabbatarians must pay as
loyalists of the Creator on a
planet finely ruled by
00:41:19.87\00:41:25.71
the iron fist of the bloody
dragon -- "you will." "You
00:41:25.71\00:41:32.15
will." And then shall the end
come -- that's it, it's over. [
Imitates explosion ]
00:41:32.15\00:41:35.39
That picture comes
true. He's on the cloud.
00:41:35.39\00:41:38.83
So where do you stand? Where do
I stand? It's a good question.
00:41:40.96\00:41:47.77
I'm reading a book now by Rod
Dreher. Fascinating book, thanks
00:41:47.77\00:41:51.57
to the kindness of two
viewers who sent me the book.
00:41:51.57\00:41:53.78
The title of the book, "Live Not
By Lies." It's a line straight
00:41:55.64\00:42:01.82
out of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's
final essay to the -- to his
beloved Russian people before he
00:42:01.82\00:42:07.42
is exiled forever, forbidden
to ever return to his homeland.
00:42:07.42\00:42:15.73
Live not by lies. It's a
troubling book, though Dreher
writes nothing about
00:42:15.73\00:42:20.24
Sabbatarians, please be clear on
that. Instead he focuses on the
ex-- on -- on -- on an inspire--
00:42:20.24\00:42:24.77
inspiring examination of the
Christian dissenters in Eastern
00:42:24.77\00:42:29.24
Europe. World War II and right
after, when Communism is a
totalitarian power was just
00:42:29.24\00:42:34.62
takin' over that whole -- that
whole region. Ah, it's stories
from the -- from, uh,
00:42:34.62\00:42:39.42
Czechoslovakia, the former
Czechoslovakia -- stories of
clerics who stood up, who
00:42:39.42\00:42:44.69
gathered small groups of the
young, and began to nurture
them, began to train them. "Hey,
00:42:44.69\00:42:50.17
listen, here's the real story."
Because everything is about
changing the story.
00:42:50.17\00:42:54.94
So that the young never
find out... the real story.
00:42:54.94\00:42:59.37
Anyway. But he -- he -- he --
he -- he makes a point here, and
00:42:59.37\00:43:03.28
I'm gonna put it on the screen,
because the moment I read these
words, I said, "That has
00:43:03.28\00:43:06.75
Sabbatarian written all
over it." He's not talkin'
00:43:06.75\00:43:09.62
Sabbatarian, but you watch.
So... Before we get there, just
00:43:09.62\00:43:13.62
a reminder, we're talkin' about
the contest between worship, and
there it is, as plain as the
00:43:13.62\00:43:18.16
nose on your face, we have, one,
God's final appeal to the -- to
the earth, "Worship Him who made
00:43:18.16\00:43:22.86
the heavens, the earth, the sea
and the springs of water, or --
it's a choice of authority --
00:43:22.86\00:43:27.30
"Worship the image of the beast
and receive the mark of the
00:43:27.30\00:43:30.34
beast." Everybody knows about
the mark of the beast. It comes
00:43:30.34\00:43:33.44
straight outta that story. So
now Dreher -- look what he says:
"To those who want to keep
00:43:33.44\00:43:38.75
cultural memory alive" -- and
I'm thinkin' immediately of the
culture of Sabbath keeping.
00:43:38.75\00:43:43.99
We have spent seven Sabbaths
together -- why? Because we've
00:43:43.99\00:43:48.22
lost the culture, we've lost the
memory, it has no longer become
a way now, it's just a day, it's
00:43:48.22\00:43:53.23
no longer the way, we have to go
back to the way of the Sabbath.
And that's why we spend this
00:43:53.23\00:43:58.00
valuable time. What's he sayin'?
"To those who wanna keep the
00:43:58.00\00:44:01.80
cultural memory alive" -- you do
and I do -- "it is not enough to
00:44:01.80\00:44:06.54
pass on historical information
to the young." This parish is so
00:44:06.54\00:44:11.08
blessed -- I'm gonna tell ya
how. With hundreds of men and
women who do nothing but spend
00:44:11.08\00:44:15.38
their time standing in front
of the young. You can start with
00:44:15.38\00:44:18.92
elementary school, you can move
up to secondary education, you
can m-- move up to, uh,
00:44:18.92\00:44:23.49
undergraduate, you can move up
to graduate; these are
professional men and women who
00:44:23.49\00:44:28.23
stand in front of the young...
Casting a vision, shaping a
generation, and his point to
00:44:28.23\00:44:35.64
them and to me is this: "It
is not enough," Dwight, "just --
00:44:35.64\00:44:40.18
just to pass on historical
information to the young." They
don't need more history.
00:44:40.18\00:44:43.31
Watch this, keep reading. "The
truths carried by tradition must
be lived out subjectively."
00:44:43.31\00:44:49.68
It has to be happenin' in my
life; I can't make it as a
lecture and expect you to go
00:44:49.68\00:44:53.15
out and believe it. Until
you can see it in me, you won't
00:44:53.15\00:44:56.49
believe it. These kids are not
gonna believe. No, I'm watchin'
00:44:56.49\00:45:01.40
you! I'm watchin' you. Fair
enough. "That is, they" -- these
00:45:01.40\00:45:07.00
men and women called to stand
before the young -- "they must
be not only studied" -- these
00:45:07.00\00:45:13.17
truths -- "but also embodied in
shared social practices --
words, certainly, but more
00:45:13.17\00:45:18.98
important, deeds." Keep reading:
"Communities must have living
00:45:18.98\00:45:22.48
models" -- and I praise God for
who you are -- I praise God --
there's no parish with as many
00:45:22.48\00:45:26.52
teachers in it as this one, I
don't think. Anywhere. I praise
00:45:26.52\00:45:31.89
God. For the "living models of
men and women who enact these
truths" -- and I'm talkin'
00:45:31.89\00:45:36.83
Sabbath now -- "enact these
truths in their daily lives.
Nothing else works."
00:45:36.83\00:45:41.54
Unless I see it in you, I don't
believe it. You can keep talkin'
00:45:41.54\00:45:44.61
till you're blue in the face;
Dwight, you can keep preachin'
till you're blue in the face,
00:45:44.61\00:45:47.91
I'm not gonna believe it. I
wanna see it in you. Prove it to
00:45:47.91\00:45:51.68
me. They have a right to...ask.
00:45:51.68\00:45:55.05
Why -- because it is when
you live out the truth of the
00:45:57.42\00:46:01.19
Sabbath... By the way you keep
the commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus, that others
00:46:01.19\00:46:05.53
realize the high calling of
being a Sabbath-keeping loyalist
00:46:05.53\00:46:09.83
of Christ himself. They see it
-- "I got it, I got it." The
young have to -- the --
00:46:09.83\00:46:13.44
the young have to see it in you,
and in me. And not just hear it
00:46:13.44\00:46:19.87
from you and from me. I gotta
see it in you. So now we come to
00:46:19.87\00:46:25.78
the altar call. I promised
you we would. We need a new
00:46:25.78\00:46:30.35
generation of Sabbatarians, I'm
tellin' you. We need a new
generation. We can be the new
00:46:30.35\00:46:36.12
generation. We need a new
generation of Sabbatarians
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.73
unapologetic about their loyalty
to the Creator, uncompromising
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in their
practice of the Sabbath,
00:46:43.43\00:46:44.57
unafraid to unfurl the banner of
God's seventh-day Sabbath.
Unafraid and unashamed.
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Who will take up their cross
and lay down their lives for the
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Lord Jesus Christ. How's that
little rhyme go? "Some men die
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by shrapnel, and some go down in
flames, but most men perish inch
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by inch playing
silly games." Not you!
00:47:08.49\00:47:11.03
Not you, not me, no, no, no.
00:47:11.03\00:47:13.66
So, what are you -- what are you
gonna give your life for? May I
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ask that? What are you gonna
give your life for? If only we
had a young man here.
00:47:18.87\00:47:23.41
Or maybe not so young. Who was
willing to put it all on the
line for Jesus and the
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Sabbath. If only we had a young
woman here in the back of the
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balcony, in the front of the
sanctuary, who was willing to
put it all on the line for her
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savior... as lord of the
Sabbath. Hey, listen, sis,
you're gonna have to die for
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somethin'. Yo, bro, you can only
be a martyr once. So what will
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you die for? It's even harder to
ask the question, what will you
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live for? That's the hardest
of all -- it's easy to die, it's
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harder to live. Anybody here
willing to do -- to do just
that? Lay down your life for
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Jesus? And His Sabbath? Are you
willin'? I'm gonna give you an
00:48:05.88\00:48:10.69
imitation right now. If you're
willin' to be one of those
00:48:10.69\00:48:16.22
loyalists... I'm gonna ask you
to get outta that pew and come
straight here to the front,
00:48:16.22\00:48:19.53
right now. Just come -- there's
no music playin'. This is not an
00:48:19.53\00:48:23.97
emotional moment. It is an
intellectual decision. If
there's somebody here to be that
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young man... If there's somebody
here to be that young woman --
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or not-so-young... I want ya to
come here. Don't s-- don't just
stand up, just come -- come
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here. Come to the front.
00:48:38.95\00:48:40.42
You willing to put your life
on the line? In front of your
00:48:43.42\00:48:47.76
students? Willing to stand for
the Lord of the Sabbath? In
front of your friends?
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Radical obedience, who keep the
commandments of God? Passionate,
Christ-centeredness,
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and keep the faith of Jesus? How
'bout from the balcony? How
'bout the teens up there?
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You come on down. Go 'head and
come on down from the balcony.
00:49:12.61\00:49:16.85
We won't go anywhere. Gonna
be good -- be good to have you
00:49:16.85\00:49:21.59
here. We need to see the young.
We need to see the young. I'm
not askin' ya to get up
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because everybody -- "Yeah, but,
Dwight, you're puttin' a lotta
pressure on me" -- I'm not
00:49:27.76\00:49:30.53
puttin' any pressure on
you. I've -- we've spent seven
00:49:30.53\00:49:34.37
Sabbaths together. Don't talk to
me about pressure. It's the word
of God: we have to make a
00:49:34.37\00:49:39.84
decision about. We can just say,
"Oh, that's wonderful, what --
next!" We can't do that.
00:49:39.84\00:49:44.68
We have to stop now, and say,
"Okay, what am I doin' with what
00:49:44.68\00:49:49.48
I've heard? What am I doing with
what he teaches? What the spirit
00:49:49.48\00:49:53.19
of God teaches me?"
00:49:53.19\00:49:54.12
Come on, I see you from the --
from the balcony comin' on in,
come on, good for you.
00:49:56.32\00:50:00.96
God bless our teens.
00:50:00.96\00:50:03.03
You don't come because somebody
else is comin', you just come.
00:50:05.70\00:50:08.40
There's nothin' -- You're not
comin' to me, you're not comin'
to a church, you're
00:50:10.61\00:50:15.51
comin' to the capital-"C"
Creator of the Universe, who
says, "I -- I gave it all.
00:50:15.51\00:50:21.08
I laid it all on the line in a
place called Calvary. I was
willing to die forever so
00:50:21.08\00:50:26.99
that you might live forever.
Give me your life." The bible
says remember now your
00:50:26.99\00:50:32.83
Creator in the days of your
youth -- Ecclesiastes 12:1. This
is the time, while you're
00:50:32.83\00:50:39.23
young, to stand for Him. I'm
so proud of you. Nobody can take
00:50:39.23\00:50:45.17
this away from you. And one day
-- one day -- this moment will
00:50:45.17\00:50:50.38
come back to your memory...
for your blessing... for your
00:50:50.38\00:50:57.95
encouragement.
One day you remember.
00:50:57.95\00:51:01.26
So, God bless you
all. God be with you.
00:51:05.03\00:51:08.13
I wanna put, uh, the words
of James... Russell Lowell, an
00:51:10.77\00:51:18.41
American poet, "Once to every
man and nation comes the moment
to decide in the strife of truth
00:51:18.41\00:51:24.88
with falsehood for the good or
evil side, by the light of
burning martyrs, Christ, Thy
00:51:24.88\00:51:31.45
bleeding feet we track, toiling
up new Calvaries ever with the
00:51:31.45\00:51:37.69
cross that turns not back."
It's a big deal. Your decision.
00:51:37.69\00:51:43.70
And I'm proud of ya.
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.33
I'm -- I'm gonna join ya right
now, I'm gonna stand right here
at the front, want the singers
00:51:46.97\00:51:51.37
to come out, this makes -- this
is -- is a powerful hymn. It's
00:51:51.37\00:51:57.05
an ancient hymn. But we will
sing it with 'em... as our
expression, of our commitment.
00:51:57.05\00:52:03.55
And by the way, let me just say
to those who are watchin' live
stream, we're really glad to
00:52:03.55\00:52:07.39
have you -- obviously, you can't
walk forward. If you'll go to --
00:52:07.39\00:52:12.46
if you just, uh, text "banner6"
-- just text "banner6" to our
number -- 269-281-2345, just
00:52:12.46\00:52:20.20
text "banner6," you can make the
same decision we're makin' right
now. Just go, and y-you'll see
00:52:20.20\00:52:25.64
it. And, singers, come on.
Sing this with all your hearts.
00:52:25.64\00:52:28.38
Oh, God, who stands in the
shadow... keeping watch over his
00:55:33.23\00:55:40.04
own... We stand before You
in humility... but sincerity...
00:55:40.04\00:55:46.71
It isn't about us. It's all
about our Creator... who became
00:55:46.71\00:55:56.35
our redeemer... and will one
day, sitting on that white
cloud, become our deliverer.
00:55:56.35\00:56:02.26
We have a world to reach. We
have a generation to inspire.
Thank you for these thought
00:56:02.26\00:56:11.53
leaders, who've come forward
today -- men and women, young
00:56:11.53\00:56:17.81
and ancient... Parents...
And teachers. Use them, almighty
00:56:17.81\00:56:25.91
Creator God, use them. Cast your
vision through them. Ignite this
00:56:25.91\00:56:32.22
fire of which we sang. And if
it means, with a cross, we climb
00:56:32.22\00:56:41.13
that last hill, we shall do so
with honor and gratitude... to
the Lord Jesus Christ...
00:56:41.13\00:56:48.27
in whose name we commit
ourselves to you now. Amen.
00:56:48.27\00:56:54.68
>> Amen. >> Amen.
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Think of the last time someone
said, "I'm prayin' for you."
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Didn't it give you a sense
of peace and reassurance that
00:57:12.06\00:57:15.10
somebody cares for me?
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.43
I know how I feel when I get an
e-mail from one of our viewers
saying, "Yo, Dwight, I been
00:57:16.46\00:57:20.24
prayin' for ya lately." There's
nothing like knowing someone is
00:57:20.24\00:57:23.67
praying for you. So I wanna
offer you an opportunity to
partner -- let me -- let us
00:57:23.67\00:57:27.54
partner with you in prayer -- if
you have a special prayer
request or a praise of
00:57:27.54\00:57:31.95
thanks-giving you'd
like to share with us,
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I'm inviting you to contact
one of our friendly chaplains.
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Simple to do, you can
call our toll-free number:
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877, the two words,
"HIS WILL," 877-HIS-WILL.
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That friendly voice that
answers, you tell him, you tell
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her what your prayer need
is, we'll join with you in
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that petition.
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May the God who answers prayer
journey with you these next few
days until we're right back here
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together again next time.
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