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[ "Build My Life" begins ] ¤¤
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¤¤ >> ¤ Ride on, King Jesus!
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¤ No man can hinder me!
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¤ Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
¤ No man can hinder me ¤ No man
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can hinder me >> ¤ For He is
King of kings ¤ And He is Lord
of lords ¤ Oh, Jesus Christ,
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first and last, no man works
like Him ¤ >> ¤ For He is King
of kings ¤ And He is Lord of
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lords >> ¤ Oh, Jesus Christ,
first and last, no man works
like Him ¤ >> ¤ King Jesus rides
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a milky-white horse ¤ ¤ No man
works like Him >> ¤ The river of
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Jordan He did frost ¤ ¤ No man
works like Him >> ¤ For He is
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King of kings >> ¤ And He is
Lord of lords ¤ Jesus Christ,
the first and last, no man works
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like Him ¤ ¤¤ ¤ King Jesus
rides in the middle of the air ¤
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¤ No man works like Him ¤ He
calls the saints from everywhere
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¤ ¤ No man works like Him ¤ Ride
on, King Jesus! ¤ No man can
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hinder me! ¤ Ride on, King
Jesus, ride on ¤ No man can
hinder me ¤ Ride on, King Jesus!
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¤ No man can hinder me! ¤ Ride
on, King Jesus, ride on ¤ No man
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can hinder me ¤ No man can
hinder me ¤ No man can hinder me
¤ Ride on, King Jesus!
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[ Applause ]
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>> Good morning, boys and girls.
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So, today, I have a story for
you about a little six-year-old
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girl that lived in
South Korea. Do you guys know
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where South Korea is?
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No? Some of you do. Well, this
girl lived in South Korea, and
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unfortunately, she was from a
very poor family. Now, most
six-year-olds don't really know
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when their family's poor because
they're just happy to play and
let their parents deal with
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all the stress of being poor.
But this little six-year-old
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girl really did not like being
poor. And the reason was her
teachers at school were not nice
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to kids that were poor. They
would treat kids that weren't
poor, that were rich,
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very nicely and very well. But
all of the poor kids just
weren't treated that well,
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weren't treated very nicely.
So she really did not like being
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poor. Now, this little girl came
from a Buddhist family, so her
mom would sometimes
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take her to the Buddhist temple
and she would watch her pray and
do all the things that
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you do in a Buddhist temple. But
even though she was Buddhist,
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this little six-year-old girl
really liked going to church.
There was a small tent
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at the end of her street, and
the people there would give the
neighborhood kids chocolate
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and then sing Bible songs
with them and tell them Bible
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stories. And she loved to attend
whenever she had the chance. So
she would attend church there
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in that little tent. But then,
one day, the church disappeared.
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So she didn't have a place to
go anymore. She was about eight
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years old at this time. So
she decided to go find another
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church to attend. So she walked
around her town, and then she
finally found a building in
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which a church congregation met.
So she decided to go there
instead of the little tent
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she used to go to. Now,
remember, she didn't like being
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poor, right? And the reason was
because people weren't nice to
her because she was poor.
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Well, unfortunately, this church
that she started going to had
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church members that did that
very thing. They weren't nice to
people that were poor.
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And she saw this as an
eight-year-old and she really
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did not like it. So she decided
to stop going to church. But the
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thing is, she was sad about
that. So she prayed and she
said, "God, I want to go to
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church, but I will go when
you show me the right church. So
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please show me the right church
so I can go there." And, so, she
forgot about that prayer as she
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was growing up because a lot of
other things happened to her.
She went to a Christian high
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school, but unfortunately, the
teachers in that Christian high
school did the same thing.
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They just weren't nice to
poor kids. So that lessened her
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esteem of Christianity even
more. And then, something really
sad happened when she was 15.
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Her dad had a heart attack.
And when her dad was in the
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hospital, she prayed and said,
"God, if you're there, please,
please save my dad."
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But unfortunately, her dad
passed away. And, so, after
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that, she lost all interest
in going to church and tried to
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drown her pain with
distractions, music, having fun
with friends. And this went on
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for another seven years. But
even though she forgot about the
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prayer she prayed when she was
eight years old, God didn't
forget. And when she was 22
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years old, she met a very
interesting boy. Now, this boy
was from America, so he wasn't
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Korean. And he stood out very
much among the people in her
town since there were no
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foreigners at that time.
And this boy really liked this
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little girl. He thought she was
very pretty. So he wanted to
date her. And this little girl
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wanted to learn English. So she
decided, yeah, I'll date him
just so I can learn English.
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Well, she noticed that a lot of
things were different about this
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boy. First off, he didn't drink.
He didn't stay up late at night
going to clubs and parties.
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He was vegetarian and he was
nice to everybody, even to the
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poor people. And he treated
everybody the same. So she
thought this boy was
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a very nice boy. She started
to like him more. Well, one day,
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they were in a park together,
and they started talking about
religion. And this boy said,
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"Well, I go to church on
Saturday." When the girl heard
that, she was like, "That's
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strange. What kind of weird
religion is this guy in?" But
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the boy said, "It's not weird at
all." And he went to the Bible
and showed her in the Bible
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where it says that we should
worship on the seventh day of
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the week. And as soon as she saw
that, the prayer she had prayed
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14 years before, when she was
eight years old, came to her
mind. And she knew in that
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moment that God was answering
her prayer and showing her which
was the right church to go to.
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So she started studying with the
boy, and eventually, she became
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an Adventist. And eventually,
she married that boy. And her
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family -- her mom, her sister,
her brother -- all became
Adventist with time. And I know
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this little girl is very happy
that she found God because that
little girl is my mom.
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And because of her prayer when
she was eight years old, I had
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the privilege of growing up as
Adventist and knowing Jesus. So,
boys and girls, even though
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sometimes it seems like God has
forgotten all about your prayer,
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he never forgets. And he's just
waiting for the right time, the
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right person to answer your
prayer, especially when he knows
that it will be a blessing
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to many people. Do I
have a volunteer for prayer?
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Would anyone
like to pray for me?
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>> Dear Jesus, thank you that
we are here. Help us to be good.
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Help us to be strong and
courageous in your holy name.
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Amen. >> You may all
go back to your seats.
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¤¤ ¤¤
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>> ¤ When I survey the wondrous
cross ¤ ¤ On which the Prince of
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Glory died ¤ ¤ My
richest gain I count but loss ¤
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¤ And pour contempt
on all my pride ¤ ¤¤
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¤ Forbid it, Lord, that I should
boast, that I should boast ¤ ¤
Save in the death of Christ
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my God! ¤ >> ¤ Christ my God
>> ¤ All the vain things that
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charm me most ¤ ¤ I
sacrifice them to His blood ¤
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¤ See from His head, His
hands, His feet ¤ >> ¤ His feet
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>> ¤ Sorrow and love flow
mingled down! ¤ ¤ Did e'er such
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love and sorrow meet ¤ ¤ Or
thorns compose so rich a crown?
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¤ ¤¤ ¤ Were the whole
realm of nature mine ¤
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¤ That were a present far too
small ¤ ¤ Love so amazing, so
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divine ¤ Divine ¤
Demands my soul ¤ My life
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¤ My all ¤¤ ¤ Amen
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>> Amazing. [ Applause ]
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>> Oh, Prince of Glory, we
pour content on all our pride.
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What is what we have? And
in comparison to all you have
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poured out for us. Speak to us.
Teach us. Empower us. We humbly
pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Woke up way too
early this morning.
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Not the time of the alarm. I
don't know what was going on.
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So I went outside.
Looked up into the heavens.
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Wow. Orion. This is
the season where Orion,
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for our driveway, is
just right there looking
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down like we got --
we're keeping an eye on you.
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I love the constellation
Orion. And since I was up,
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I tried to imagine what would
it have been like that morning?
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Maybe the constellation
was in the same position.
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It would have to
be, I'm guessing.
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178 years ago,
this very early morning,
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what would it
have been like? I know
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if you and I had been alive
178 years ago this very morning
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and afraid to touch the
floor as we awake, and we said,
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"This is it."
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Cold floor. No heat in
the house. This is what?
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This is the day Jesus comes.
Do you understand that? Today,
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October 22, 178 years after
1844. My, oh, my, oh, my. Thanks
to that Baptist farmer
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turned preacher, William Miller.
Entire cities up and down the
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Eastern seaboard had been set
ablaze by -- You can go and
Google it. The Millerite
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revival, the Millerite movement.
Men and women and children
scrambling because the Bible
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date had finally been calculated
to everybody's satisfaction.
Miller believed that
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Daniel 8:14 -- that was his key
text -- "the sanctuary shall be
cleansed," he says.
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That's the return of Jesus. This
planet will be ablaze in flame,
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and that's it. We don't
understand that. We don't
understand that kind of urgency,
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do we? I mean, look at you and
me. So sophisticated, so suave.
Our collection of toys
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and trinkets and things of this
world freighted and pinning us
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to the Earth. Who even thinks
about Jesus coming soon anymore?
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Not you. Not me. But they did.
My, oh, my. Maybe what we need
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is what King Hezekiah faced.
Instant annihilation in hours.
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Maybe we need a sense of
urgency. Maybe we need something
to cut us loose from everything
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that's weighting us down. I tell
you what, the air is hot with
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high-wire tension. This drama
that we turn to right now. Bad
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news for the king. And by the
way, when the news is really,
really bad, I mean, when you get
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a phone call at 2:00 in the
morning. When the doctor says,
"We need to sit down.
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I want to talk about the results
to your tests." When the lawyer
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calls, when the police call.
When your addiction clutches you
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in a choke hold, asphyxiating
your very soul. What then? May I
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suggest that this panicked king
may have found what we need, as
well. Open your Bible, please,
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to Isaiah chapter 37. Let's go.
Come on. Dramatic to the core.
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Isaiah 37. We'll begin
in verse one. Isaiah 37.
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I'm in the NIV. Whatever
Bible you have, just open it up.
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Let's go together.
Isaiah 37. And here it is.
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"When King Hezekiah heard
this".... He received a message,
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FedEx'd to him from the
commander of 185,000 crack
warriors who now are suffocating
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his church in their siege. Here
comes the note. "Surrender or
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you're dead." "Surrender or
you're dead." The enemy has
always worked -- have you
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noticed this? -- always thought
by intimidation. That's the way.
And here's the FedEx message
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right here.
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Rubbish.
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Nope, nope, nope. "Surrender
or you're dead." Intimidation.
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New Testament, 1 Peter 5:8...
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Do you know why a lion roars?
Paralyzes prey. You can't run.
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You're pinned.
Gotcha. Intimidation.
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"Be alert and of a sober mind.
Your enemy, the devil, prowls
around like a roaring lion
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looking for someone to devour."
Wesley Duewel, in his stirring
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masterpiece. Oh, I wish I could
give this book to everybody
sitting in this sanctuary right
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now. You'd get one from me.
Stirring masterpiece. Mighty
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prevailing prayer. Here he goes.
"Many Christians have a morbid
fear of the devil."
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You may be in that camp.
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Martin Luther, that great,
"A Mighty Fortress" hymn. And in
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our opening music, our organist
bringing back those refrains.
There's a line tucked away
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in "A Mighty Fortress" that goes
like this. "And lo, his doom is
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sure." But he still fights.
He knows he's lost the war.
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Calvary's clear. You lose,
loser. In fact, Colossians 2:15
declares that Jesus made a
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public spectacle of the enemy,
the powers and authorities, the
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devil himself, and conquered him
at the cross. Lucifer has been
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shamed at Calvary for the rest
of his existence. No, he knows
he's lost the war. But guess
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what? There are still the little
battles. And that's where you
00:28:57.47\00:29:00.34
and I fit in. There's still the
little skirmishes, and his
strategy is in furious
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desperation to take as many of
us with him into oblivion as is
humanly and diabolically
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possible. "Come on, girl. I'm
getting you, boy. Surrender or
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you're dead." Duewel goes on,
"As a created being" -- speaking
of Satan -- "he is limited in
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power. Only God is all-powerful.
As a created being, he is
limited in knowledge.
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Only God has all-knowledge." And
here's a little bracketed line.
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"The devil cannot read your
mind." I stuck that in there.
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Some people are absolutely
intimidated by the devil. Do you
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know that he can't read your
mind? He cannot read your mind.
The angels can, the Holy Spirit,
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of course, all the time is
tracking you through your mind.
But the devil cannot
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read your mind. Oh,
don't be fooled. He may not
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be able to read your mind, but
he can read your face. And when
00:29:50.39\00:29:55.49
you walk past that second piece
of chocolate cake... he watches
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your eyes. And those eyes light
up. He watches. He can see your
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taste buds. And when they start
squirting, he says, "She's ready
to go. Move in for the kill.
00:30:06.53\00:30:10.44
Go for the second one. Come
on, girl. Go, go, go." No, it's
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brilliant. He can't read
your mind, but he can tell what
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.75
you're thinking. He can tell
just by watching you. He's hung
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around you just long enough,
yeah. Okay. "As a created being,
he is limited in presence.
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Only God is everywhere present."
You don't have Satan on you.
Somewhere on this planet,
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there's a bigger battle than you
or me right now, and he's there.
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But if you start giving him
resistance, another little demon
that's been assigned to you is
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calling for help and there's
a second demon brought in, and
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that is more help. And by the
way, help's coming from the
other side. He may one day
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be on your doorstep saying,
"I'm going to get this girl, I'm
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going to kill her. I'm going
to kill him this time." Don't
00:30:53.92\00:30:59.89
minimize him. You don't have to
live intimidated. But don't
minimize our enemy.
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My, my, my, my, my, my. Luther
wrote in his song. "For still
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our ancient foe Doth seek to
work us woe; His craft and power
are great, And, armed with cruel
00:31:11.90\00:31:17.11
hate, On earth is not his
equal." There's nobody that can
00:31:17.11\00:31:21.01
match him. Not you, boy. You are
no match for him. Give it up.
00:31:21.01\00:31:25.51
You are no match for him. No
wonder Paul, himself an intrepid
warrior for Christ,
00:31:25.51\00:31:32.59
described it this way, read just
a moment ago by my young friend,
00:31:32.59\00:31:37.93
John. Ephesians 6:12.
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.66
Those who study heavenly
cosmology, or we could call it
00:31:50.27\00:31:54.64
angel cosmology, you know, the
order of things, all agree that
verses like these remind us
00:31:54.64\00:32:00.95
of a multitiered hierarchy and
thus alert us to the fact that
both sides -- light, God;
00:32:00.95\00:32:12.86
darkness, fallen Lucifer -- both
sides are armed to the teeth and
organized to the hilt.
00:32:12.86\00:32:23.07
Nobody's dinking around in this
battle. The only people dinking
00:32:23.07\00:32:26.04
around in this battle are you
and me. They got this thing down
00:32:26.04\00:32:30.81
to a science. "Kill
her." "I need help." "Go."
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.65
"I need more." "Go."
00:32:33.65\00:32:36.62
But in any case -- and always
hallelujah -- God and his angel
00:32:41.22\00:32:45.29
armies rule the day and night.
Can I get an amen to that? They
rule the day and the night,
00:32:45.29\00:32:49.13
but poor King Hezekiah. My, my,
my. Surrender or you are dead.
00:32:49.13\00:32:55.40
But watch this. In the strategic
battle plan of the divine,
00:32:55.40\00:32:58.67
Hezekiah seizes one weapon
that's available to you and it's
00:32:58.67\00:33:03.85
available to me. And if we will
simply seize it as he did, we
00:33:03.85\00:33:11.02
shall win. Watch. Chapter 37, a
few verses later. So he's torn
his garments, he's in the
00:33:11.02\00:33:15.62
temple. Here we go, and
"Hezekiah received that letter
from the messengers and read it"
00:33:15.62\00:33:18.93
-- surrender or you're dead --
"then he went up to the temple
of the Lord and he spread it out
00:33:18.93\00:33:23.60
before the Lord." I love
this. He comes to the front
00:33:23.60\00:33:25.50
of the church, nobody's there.
He spreads out that FedEx, and
00:33:25.50\00:33:32.17
he says, "My God." That's
exactly what he says. And
Hezekiah prayed to the Lord.
00:33:32.17\00:33:37.65
"Lord Almighty." Now the New
International Version, God bless
them, they just didn't like
00:33:37.65\00:33:41.12
"Lord of Hosts." I think it's
to their loss. They decided we
00:33:41.12\00:33:45.45
won't call this "sabaoth," we'll
just call it "Almighty." But
it's really the Lord of
00:33:45.45\00:33:50.13
Angel armies. And we need to
be reminded He commands angel
00:33:50.13\00:33:55.73
armies. And they're on your
side. Do you understand that?
"Lord Almighty" -- Lord Sabaoth,
00:33:55.73\00:34:01.34
Adonai Sabaoth -- "the God
of Israel, enthroned between the
00:34:01.34\00:34:06.84
cherubim" -- What are cherubim?
Angels. The highest of high
angels. "Enthroned between the
00:34:06.84\00:34:12.58
cherubim, you alone are God over
all the kingdoms of the Earth.
You have made Heaven and Earth."
00:34:12.58\00:34:17.95
That is an absolutely beautiful
Adventist prayer. Did you notice
00:34:17.95\00:34:22.46
that? First of all, it's talking
about the Creator God. We serve
only one Creator God.
00:34:22.46\00:34:26.53
He's the creator
of Heaven and Earth.
00:34:26.53\00:34:30.20
That's why, as a Seventh Day
Adventist, we will never yield
00:34:30.23\00:34:33.17
the Bible seventh day Sabbath,
no matter how much pressure
00:34:33.17\00:34:36.04
is put on us, no
matter what the offer
00:34:36.04\00:34:38.64
is to walk away from
it. We will never walk away
00:34:38.64\00:34:42.14
from the seventh day
Sabbath because it identifies,
00:34:42.14\00:34:45.18
every seventh day, who
our Savior and Creator is.
00:34:45.18\00:34:49.68
We'll never walk away.
Don't you ever let anybody
00:34:49.68\00:34:52.12
try to dissuade you. Crazy.
00:34:52.12\00:34:56.59
It's an Adventist, it's a really
Adventist prayer. 'Cause you get
00:34:56.62\00:35:00.96
this line right here, right
here. "O Lord of angel armies,
00:35:00.96\00:35:06.63
the God of Israel, enthroned
between the cherubim." That's
language straight off the top of
00:35:06.63\00:35:14.11
Mount Sinai, wrapped in
thundering lightning and fire,
and God is at the top
00:35:14.11\00:35:19.11
with his dear friend, Moses, and
God is instructing Moses. "Now,
there's one last piece
00:35:19.11\00:35:24.25
we need to make for this little
portable church called the
00:35:24.25\00:35:27.69
tabernacle. It's called the Ark.
Let me give you the dimensions."
Here's what's going on
00:35:27.69\00:35:32.16
right here. Exodus 25:18-22.
00:35:32.16\00:35:35.60
That little golden box. In the
most holy place. In space that
00:35:49.78\00:35:59.75
is perennially white with fire
and glory. The physical presence
00:35:59.75\00:36:07.13
of Almighty God. "I'll meet you.
Between the cherubim." Hezekiah
00:36:07.13\00:36:13.67
prays, "Oh, God. Oh, God who
dwells beneath the cherubim." Do
you know that that phrase
00:36:13.67\00:36:18.07
is used only seven times? It's a
unique phrase, seven times in
all of holy Scripture.
00:36:18.07\00:36:23.71
Wow. Hezekiah appeals to that
God, surrounded as he is today
00:36:26.21\00:36:32.32
by imminent death, spreads out
that surrender or you're dead
00:36:32.32\00:36:36.93
letter on the temple floor and
pleads with the God enthroned
00:36:36.93\00:36:40.36
between Heaven's cherubim. "Save
us, deliver us." Oh, I love that
00:36:40.36\00:36:45.73
prayer. I think
I'll memorize it.
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.44
I beg of you, save us. It's a
Daniel 8:14 kind of prayer, is
00:36:53.34\00:36:59.25
it not? For only once a year,
Yom Kippur -- come on, you know
the story -- Yom Kippur,
00:36:59.25\00:37:02.85
the day of atonement. Only
happens once a year. When in a
ritual symbolic of the
00:37:02.85\00:37:08.16
final cleansing in Heaven's
sanctuary and Heaven's records,
prophesied by Daniel to take
00:37:08.16\00:37:14.00
place just before the
cataclysmic end of the world.
00:37:14.00\00:37:16.53
The high priest -- only one day
of the year -- parts that veil.
00:37:16.53\00:37:20.37
His heart is in his throat.
White light, glory. And he steps
00:37:20.37\00:37:28.91
into that divine presence,
physical presence. "Oh, God
enthroned between the cherubim,
00:37:28.91\00:37:38.75
save me, save us." Even at 2:00
in the morning. You have no idea
who's calling at this unearthly
00:37:38.75\00:37:46.26
hour. "God save me." Even at
midnight, when our overheated
00:37:46.26\00:37:53.40
laptop surfs the dark web. Where
our addicted souls need somebody
00:37:53.40\00:38:01.38
to step in quick and deliver us
from the lair of the cruel
lion's den, who will take us
00:38:01.38\00:38:07.08
deeper and deeper
into that darkness. Stop.
00:38:07.08\00:38:10.75
Prayer ends. "Now, Lord our
God, deliver us from the enemy's
00:38:15.06\00:38:20.26
hand, so that all the kingdoms
of the Earth may know that you,
Lord, are the only, only God."
00:38:20.26\00:38:25.57
Hezekiah, in a moment of
crippling danger, grasped the
00:38:25.57\00:38:29.90
most potent weapon he has, and
it is the most potent weapon you
and I have. Three times God will
00:38:29.90\00:38:34.94
use the identical Hebrew formula
to describe this weapon. And
here we go. Here it is.
00:38:34.94\00:38:40.25
Jot these down in your
mind. Psalm 50:15, God speaking.
00:38:40.25\00:38:43.65
Psalm 91:15, the great
protection Psalm. "He will call
00:38:50.39\00:38:54.93
on Me"... You already got it.
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.53
Jeremiah 29:12. Verse
11. "'And I know the plans
00:39:03.71\00:39:07.34
I have for you,' says the Lord.
'Plans to prosper you and not to
00:39:07.34\00:39:10.18
harm you, plans to give you a
hope and a future.'" As soon as
00:39:10.18\00:39:12.68
he makes that
promise, he says...
00:39:12.68\00:39:14.78
"Call on me. Call on me. Call on
me. Dwight, why don't you ever
00:39:21.06\00:39:24.59
call on me? You're calling on
yourself. You're calling on your
00:39:24.59\00:39:27.83
friends. You're calling on
the authorities. You're calling
00:39:27.83\00:39:30.50
somebody. You're calling
everybody. You don't call on me.
00:39:30.50\00:39:35.60
Why? Do you think you can
save yourself out of this? You
00:39:35.60\00:39:40.98
cannot. Call on me. Call
on me and I'll deliver you."
00:39:40.98\00:39:46.35
Some people think you have to be
trained to pray this prayer. You
need no training at all
00:39:46.35\00:39:49.78
because the prayer is
one word long. "Help!"
00:39:49.78\00:39:54.86
That's all you have to
pray. "Help me, God between the
00:39:54.86\00:40:04.63
angels' wings. Deliver me now.
Please." "Yeah, but, Dwight,
00:40:04.63\00:40:13.31
I'm too much of a sinner.
I'm too addicted. I'm too weak.
00:40:13.31\00:40:21.82
I'm too much of a loser."
You know, my friend, even if you
00:40:21.82\00:40:32.03
were right, even if you were,
you need to pray only one prayer
00:40:32.03\00:40:38.37
before this one. And this prayer
will open this prayer we just
learned for your immediate
00:40:38.37\00:40:44.47
access. And here's the prayer.
Jesus told a story once upon a
00:40:44.47\00:40:47.44
time about two men who went to
church. One sat in the front and
said I'm the greatest guy on
00:40:47.44\00:40:50.28
Earth. The other sat in the back
pew of the church, pounding,
beating his chest, Jesus said,
00:40:50.28\00:40:54.65
praying the one-sentence prayer.
"God be merciful to me." And in
the actual language
00:40:54.65\00:41:00.39
of Luke, which is the language
Jesus was intending through
Aramaic, the emphasis
00:41:00.39\00:41:05.99
he is intending to make, "God,
be merciful to me, the sinner. I
00:41:05.99\00:41:12.03
am the sinner." Some of you are
convinced today that you're the
sinner sitting in this
00:41:12.03\00:41:16.04
sanctuary. You're these sinners
here because you know your life.
00:41:16.04\00:41:19.27
None of us does. But you know
your life. Oh, but we also know
our lives. "God, be merciful to
00:41:19.27\00:41:24.81
me, the numero uno sinner."
That's not so unusual. The
mighty Apostle Paul
00:41:24.81\00:41:30.35
comes along and he says, "Here
is a trustworthy saying worthy
00:41:30.35\00:41:35.52
of all acceptance. Christ Jesus
came into the world to save
sinners of whom I am the worst.
00:41:35.52\00:41:40.63
I'm the worst."
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.20
My, oh, my, oh, my.
00:41:45.20\00:41:47.34
Wow.
00:41:49.90\00:41:51.51
How critical is this prayer
at this time? "Prayer is the
00:41:54.78\00:41:58.55
greatest means" --
This is Duewel now.
00:41:58.55\00:42:00.22
Keep reading. "Apart from God
Himself and His heavenly beings,
00:42:08.49\00:42:13.70
prayer is the greatest danger to
the enemy's purpose, the enemy's
plans, and the enemy's
00:42:13.70\00:42:19.30
activities." Prayer is the most
-- is the mightiest weapon you
have. The greatest, the most
00:42:19.30\00:42:27.04
powerful. "Call on me in the day
of trouble, and I'll deliver
you." Here's Duewel again.
00:42:27.04\00:42:30.98
Nah.
00:42:36.62\00:42:38.42
And by the way, you not only
pray for yourself, but you have
00:42:47.46\00:42:51.27
people you're praying for. Never
back down praying for the people
00:42:51.27\00:42:55.04
that you love. It might be your
parents back at home, and
they're going through a mess
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.84
right now. You keep praying for
your parents. This weapon is not
00:42:57.84\00:43:03.48
just for me, me, me, me. You
can use it for others, as well.
00:43:03.48\00:43:08.28
Ellen White concurs, by the way,
"Satan cannot endure" -- Oh,
00:43:08.28\00:43:13.42
this is something. "Satan cannot
endure to have his powerful
rival appealed to." Who do you
00:43:13.42\00:43:18.53
suppose is his powerful
rival? The Lord Jesus Christ, of
00:43:18.53\00:43:22.40
course. He's been jealous of
Jesus from the get-go. "Satan
cannot endure to have
00:43:22.40\00:43:26.70
his powerful rival appealed
to, for he fears and he trembles
00:43:26.70\00:43:31.67
before Jesus' strength and
majesty. At the sound of fervent
prayer, Satan's whole host
00:43:31.67\00:43:38.65
trembles. He continues to call
legions." Come on, he's praying.
00:43:38.65\00:43:42.78
She's praying. Give me -- Send
in reinforcements. "He continues
00:43:42.78\00:43:46.86
to call legions of evil angels
to accomplish his object. And
when angels, all-powerful,
00:43:46.86\00:43:52.03
clothed with the armory of
Heaven," show up, as they will
00:43:52.03\00:43:55.33
-- When you pray, they show
up. "When angels, all-powerful,
00:43:55.33\00:44:01.04
clothed in the armory of Heaven,
come to the help of the
fainting, pursued soul" --
00:44:01.04\00:44:05.74
That's one person. That's
not the whole church praying.
00:44:05.74\00:44:08.68
That's one person. That's little
you and little me. When you
00:44:08.68\00:44:13.72
pray, you unleash forces. Who
rush to your side to defend you
00:44:13.72\00:44:21.32
from the killer who has
determined that today's your
day. "I will destroy you today."
00:44:21.32\00:44:25.29
No. Satan -- Oh, boy.
I've got to read this again.
00:44:25.29\00:44:29.83
"And when angels, all-powerful,
clothed with the armory of
Heaven, come to the help of
00:44:29.83\00:44:34.14
the fainting, pursued soul" --
one soul -- "Satan and his host
fall back, well knowing"
00:44:34.14\00:44:40.61
the battle's over, guys. Find
somebody else. She's protected
00:44:40.61\00:44:45.18
now. He's protected. Keep an eye
on him. I can't be back here.
00:44:45.18\00:44:47.98
You keep an eye on him. He'll
let his guard down. Trust me,
00:44:47.98\00:44:50.89
he'll let his guard down. We've
been through this before. Just
00:44:50.89\00:44:56.76
stay on him. We're in a war,
folks. Nobody's dinking around
00:44:56.76\00:45:00.13
out there. Why are we dinking
around in here? It's stupid.
00:45:00.13\00:45:06.40
It's foolish. We ought not to be
doing it. 178 years ago, people
took life really serious.
00:45:06.40\00:45:12.97
You know why? Because they
believed Jesus was coming soon.
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.44
It's time to resurrect the
advent hope in Adventism today.
00:45:16.48\00:45:20.48
Jesus is coming soon.
Just because you don't believe
00:45:20.48\00:45:23.72
it, doesn't mean
he's not coming soon.
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.45
That's your problem.
00:45:25.45\00:45:28.66
And by the way, if you die on
the way home, God forbid, Jesus
00:45:28.69\00:45:33.90
just came for you. There you go.
He just came for you. Now, don't
00:45:33.90\00:45:40.17
put it off. All right. One
more line. "And when they humbly
00:45:40.17\00:45:47.04
entreat the mighty conqueror for
help, the weakest believer" --
00:45:47.04\00:45:50.81
By the way, I'm the weakest
believer. Anybody else the
weakest believer in the
00:45:50.81\00:45:53.92
sanctuary right now? Put your
hand up if you are the weakest
00:45:53.92\00:45:56.22
believer. I'm easily the weakest
believer. Which is why this
promise is so good for me.
00:45:56.22\00:46:02.72
"When they humbly entreat the
mighty conqueror for help, the
00:46:02.72\00:46:06.19
weakest believer in the truth,
relying firmly upon Christ, can
successfully repulse Satan
00:46:06.19\00:46:11.87
and all his
armies." All of them.
00:46:11.87\00:46:18.84
You. It's not in your power.
00:46:18.87\00:46:20.94
You know that.
That's not your power.
00:46:20.94\00:46:23.35
It's Jesus' power.
Jesus ready to shoo!
00:46:23.35\00:46:27.75
"You call?" "I did.
00:46:27.75\00:46:31.92
God of Angel Armies,
enthroned between the cherubim,
00:46:31.92\00:46:35.36
save me now."
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.33
Why are we so hesitant to ask?
"Call on me. Call on me. Call on
00:46:37.36\00:46:43.33
me. I'll come. You
call, I come." Hmm. I...
00:46:43.33\00:46:52.74
Do not let the devil -- I
scribbled this down here. Do not
00:46:52.74\00:46:57.55
let the devil use your sin
because he knows your sin better
than you do. Do not let the
00:46:57.55\00:47:02.62
devil use your sin or your
sinful record. He knows your
addiction. Do not let him use
00:47:02.62\00:47:07.29
your sinful record to hold you
back from calling on God night
00:47:07.29\00:47:12.93
and day. The God who dwells
between the cherubim. "Save me,
00:47:12.93\00:47:17.07
please." Call on him. Last
quote. I have this written in
00:47:17.07\00:47:20.84
every Bible I have because this
is my dynamite. This is just so
00:47:20.84\00:47:24.91
favorite. This is from my
favorite book, "Desire of Ages."
00:47:24.91\00:47:27.84
"We are to contend with
supernatural forces, but we are
assured of supernatural help."
00:47:27.84\00:47:31.98
Hallelujah. "All the
intelligence of Heaven are in
00:47:31.98\00:47:37.32
this army." This is the army
that comes when you call. The
entire intelligence
00:47:37.32\00:47:42.69
of Heaven in this army.
"And more than angels are in the
00:47:42.69\00:47:46.23
ranks." Keep reading.
00:47:46.23\00:47:47.93
For you, madam, for you, sir,
all Heaven is at your disposal.
00:47:52.80\00:48:00.54
Now here comes the line. He
said, "Dwight, I'm just -- I'm a
00:48:00.54\00:48:05.55
loser. I cannot avail myself of
this power." You are so wrong.
00:48:05.55\00:48:11.75
You are so wrong.
00:48:11.75\00:48:13.96
What matters to God is not
your track record, mnh-mnh.
00:48:27.07\00:48:32.41
What matters to God is
not your sin that counts. Mnh.
00:48:32.41\00:48:38.45
It's grace. It's grace. My grace
is sufficient for you. "Dwight,
did you want something
00:48:38.45\00:48:44.62
more than my grace?"
"No, Lord. Grace is enough."
00:48:44.62\00:48:48.49
"Call on me." The hill's guard
hands outstretched at Calvary.
00:48:57.37\00:49:01.27
What's he saying? He's
saying, "Call on me. Call on me
00:49:01.27\00:49:06.11
and I will deliver you. And you
will glorify me. Yes, you will.
00:49:06.11\00:49:11.78
You will glorify me." And guess
what? That dark night, when
00:49:11.78\00:49:18.82
troubled King Hezekiah finally
drifted off to sleep after his
desperate and passionate prayer,
00:49:18.82\00:49:25.16
sometime in that night, his
prayer was answered. When, the
00:49:25.16\00:49:33.47
next morning, 185,000
enemy warriors woke up dead.
00:49:33.47\00:49:38.71
Gone. "Call on me, the
God between the cherubim.
00:49:41.78\00:49:49.52
Call on me. Commune
with me, worship me. Ask me."
00:49:49.52\00:49:56.46
It doesn't get any
better than this, my friends.
00:49:56.46\00:50:00.86
I learned a song in a prayer
conference in Hawaii some years
00:50:06.20\00:50:10.94
ago where I'd gone to speak.
Never forgotten the song. Came
00:50:10.94\00:50:15.21
back and shared it with the
congregation. and the minister
of music. Ken Logan and I went
00:50:15.21\00:50:20.18
deep into our computers and
we said, "Yep, we can find the
00:50:20.18\00:50:24.55
music to that." It's a very
simple song. It's a beautiful
prayer, and I'm going to invite
00:50:24.55\00:50:28.46
you to stand, and I'm gonna
invite you to pray this prayer
with me. There are three short
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stanzas to it. The first one
goes like this. Commune with me
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between the wings of the
cherubim, commune with me. The
second one goes like this.
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I worship you between
the wings of the cherubim,
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I worship you. And the
final one goes like this.
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I'll meet you there, between
the wings of the cherubim,
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I'll meet you there. Stand to
your feet, please. Picture Jesus
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standing between the cherubim
right now in the most holy place
of the heavenly sanctuary,
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where he is at this very moment.
He's standing there. And let's
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sing our prayer
to him right now.
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[ "Commune with
Me" begins ] ¤¤ ¤¤
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All right. Let's
sing together, all right?
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Here we go.
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>> I want to call an audible
here, and I want to add that
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fourth stanza,
"Hallelujah, hallelujah,
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then I'll worship you."
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>> O God who dwells between
the wings of those cherubim...
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...we cry out to you today. You
must save us, too. The enemy has
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pulled tightly about us. We
can't escape. Send the angel
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armies. O God on that throne
between the cherubim, send the
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angel armies. Renew our courage,
revitalize our hope, empower our
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lives. We have this prayer
entrusted to us. Oh, and as
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Jesus taught us to pray, deliver
us from evil. Deliver us from
the evil one. Yours is the
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kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
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