Did you miss me a
little bit? I missed you a lot.
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And because of John 15 verse 12,
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"This is my commandment,
that you love one another
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as I have loved you."
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I can say freely
and without hesitation,
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I love you, as
they say in Uganda,
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[Foreign Language]
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May I ask you another question?
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Do you like me
just a little bit?
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I didn't say I love,
I won't be that bold,
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but do you like me
just a little bit? Amen.
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Do you promise tonight
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to tolerate me
just a little bit. Amen.
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Well, in return
for your kindness,
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I promise tonight
not to rough you up.
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Did you enjoy the
roughing up last night? Amen.
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I'm glad you did.
I enjoyed doing it.
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I really did.
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But I want to tell
you in all seriousness
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that all during the
day I have been encouraged
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by the comments I
have received of people
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who told me to said,
"Elder, preach the word." Amen.
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"If you step on toes,
preach the word." Amen.
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And when God's people say that,
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you know that
something is happening.
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Preach the word. Amen.
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If you read John Chapter 6,
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Jesus said, "Eat My
Flesh and Drink My Blood."
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And some of the listeners
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including the
disciples did not like it.
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And they said,
"This is a hard saying."
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And Jesus turned
and said unto them,
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"Does this offend you?"
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Now the Bible says,
I believe in verses 66
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and thereafter from that
point many of His disciples left
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and walked no more with Him.
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Why? Because he roughed them up
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and their left in
such large numbers.
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The Bible says that he
turned to the twelve and said,
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"Will ye also go"
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And the
implication seems to be that
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all the disciples
left except the twelve,
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you will remember
he also had 70 unnamed
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but disciples none the less
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and the word is that a specific
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many of his disciples left
him and walked no more meaning,
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they've ceased to live
the Christ like life, why?
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Because Jesus said
something they did not like.
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Did that make Jesus
softened His message?
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No. No.
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You know why people
don't like the straight truth?
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Because we are born with
a nature that is anti-truth.
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We are born with a
nature that is anti surrender.
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We are born with a
nature that is anti obedience.
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And so we find ourselves
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even the converted men or women
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finds himself or herself
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from time to time
with an internal struggle.
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That is why we
have to die once a week.
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Daily, daily.
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And that word
die is very literal
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because not all
dying has to physical,
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it is literal,
we must die daily.
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And so I just
want you to know that
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my love for you
will not cause me
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to dilute God's message.
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It won't be one
part of the message
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and 47 parts of water.
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It will be all the
message in concentrate form.
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Some of you have also told me,
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"Elder, we've
been praying for you,"
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and I am deeply appreciative
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and profoundly
grateful for those of you
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who have been praying for me.
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Let me tell you why.
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I told you perhaps on
the first night of this week
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that preaching is
not a person activity,
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you hear one voice.
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But it is a complete
activity. I speak, you pray.
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Now why do I say that,
if you read Acts Chapter 2,
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the Pentecost chapter,
when Peter stood up to preach,
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verse 14, Acts
Chapter 2, the Bible says,
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"Then Peter
stood with the eleven."
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I hope you get the
significance of that.
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"Then Peter
stood with the eleven."
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They heard one voice
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but it was a 12
voice presentation,
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Peter stood with the eleven,
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meaning that all 12 disciples
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were together in
this presentation.
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And you see the evidence of that
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because in verse 37, verse 38,
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the Bible says, "Now
when they heard this,
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they were
pricked in their heart,
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and said to Peter
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and to the rest of the apostles,
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Men and brethren,
what shall we do?"
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Because they
understood that the message
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that came from the lips of Peter
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also came from the lips
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and the hearts of the
other eleven disciples.
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And I say to you tonight,
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I want to stand with the eleven,
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is that the best "Amen"
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you can give
God's man servant? Amen.
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I want to you to
stand with me not now,
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not physically
but I want to feel
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you're with me as I preach.
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Jesus in the
Garden of the Gethsemane,
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He said, "can you pray with me?"
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He needed support.
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Well if Jesus needed it,
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you can imagine how
much this poor fellow needed.
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So you pray with
me, you pray for me,
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you lift me up. Amen.
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Let's bow our heads now.
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Our Father in heaven,
we come again this evening
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because Your word was
found and we did eat them,
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we have esteemed Your word
more than our necessary food.
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And Father, I
ask You one more time
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to fill me Your
manservant with Your Spirit,
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the spirit of truth.
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I pray that you
touched the hearts
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and the minds of
those seated before me
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and in Your presence.
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Father, let the Holy
Spirit, take these words,
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sharpen them and pierce
every heart with conviction
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that lives maybe
change tonight to Your glory
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and Your glory
alone and their salvation.
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I offer this
prayer in Jesus name
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and for His sake, let
everyone say with me, Amen.
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And amen.
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Now you'll
notice I began tonight
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not quite as early
as I normally get up.
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What that means.
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You must be prophetic,
how can you read my mind.
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But let me tell
you for those of you
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who don't have the gift.
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What that means is
that I may have to trespass
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into unknown territory
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which probably goes beyond
9 O'clock, I'll try not to.
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One of my problems is
I try to finish too soon
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and I must learn to stop that.
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So if necessary I may find
myself inching past 9 O'clock.
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If I do that let there
not be a second Exodus.
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Are you with me?
Yes. Say, amen. Amen.
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Those of you in the
back, can you hear me
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wave your hands, in the back.
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Ah, there you are, full
of energy, full of life.
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Good, I feel much, much better.
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New age, new life, not new age,
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I was listening
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to a very well known
preacher on the television.
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His name is Creflo Dollar,
have you ever heard of him?
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Well, I'm glad too
many of you have not
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and I hope he's not
listening to me now.
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Then again I hope he is,
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because Jesus died
for everybody. Amen.
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This man, his text came
from Genesis 1:26 and onward,
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the passage where man is made.
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His argument followed this line,
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he began in Genesis 1 verse 9,
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"And God said, 'Let the
waters under the heavens
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be gathered
together unto one place,
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and let the dry land
appear, and it was so'.
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And God called
the dry land Earth,
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and the gathering together
of the waters called He Seas,
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and God saw that it was good."
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And God said, 'Let the
Earth bring forth grass,
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the herb yielding seed,
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and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind,
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whose seed is in itself,
upon the Earth and it was so.'
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And he hung on to the expression
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after his kind and the
Earth brought forth grass."
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Verse 12, Genesis 1,
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"And herb yielding
seed after his kind,
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and the tree yielding
fruit, whose seed was in itself,
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after his kind, and
God saw that it was good.
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And the evening and the morning
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were the third day."
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Producing after
their kind so that
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this bush will
produce a bush just like it.
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And a maple tree
produces a maple tree
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and an apple tree
produces an apple tree
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this is by God's arrangement.
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And I had no argument with that.
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Then he skipped the
creation of the sun,
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morning and stars
Genesis 1:14 through 19
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because there are
inanimate objects,
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they don't
produce after their kind
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and he went on the creation
of the creatures of the sea
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and the creatures of the
air, verse 20 of Genesis 1.
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"And God said, Let
the waters bring forth
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abundantly the moving
creature that hath life,
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and fowl that may
fly above the Earth
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in the open firmament of heaven.
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And God created great whales,
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and every living
creature that moveth,
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which the waters brought forth
abundantly after their kind,
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and every winged
fowl after his kind,
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and God saw that it was good.
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And God blessed them, saying,
be fruitful, and multiply,
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and fill the waters in the seas,
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and let fowl
multiply in the Earth."
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Now, he said, here's my proof
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that God created creatures
to produce after their kind.
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And he was right.
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Now he came to the
creation of the animals.
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Verse 21, "And God said,
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Let the Earth bring
forth the living creature
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after his kind-- Verse 24
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"And God said, Let
the Earth bring forth
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the living
creature after his kind,
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cattle and creeping thing,
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and beast of the Earth
after his kind, and it was so.
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And God made the beast
of the Earth after his kind,
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and cattle after their kind,
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and every thing that creepeth
upon the Earth after his kind,
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and God saw that it was good."
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And again he proclaimed
that it was God's will
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that living things
produce after their kind.
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And of course I
had no disagreement
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with Brother Creflo Dollar Bill.
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Then he came to
verse 26 and he said,
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"And God said, Let us
make man in our image,
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after our likeness, and let them
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have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
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and over the fowl of the air,
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and over the cattle,
and over all the Earth,
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and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the Earth.
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So God created
man in his own image,
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in the image of
God created he him,
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male and female created he them.
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And God blessed them,
and God said unto them,
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be fruitful, and multiply,
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and replenish the
Earth, and subdue it."
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Then he said, here we see
God producing after his kind.
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His argument was
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and you will not
believe it anymore than I.
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He said on the basis of
Genesis 1:26 through 28,
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that we are Gods,
because God produced how?
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After his guide.
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So we, he said, are
Gods as much as lion produces
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after his kind a
lion produces a lion,
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and a maple tree
produces a maple tree,
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God produced Gods.
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And so He said, we are
Gods trapped in this body.
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For those of you who may
be tempted to even sip that.
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Let me tell you now
in my clearest English,
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Deuteronomy 6
verse 4 "Hear, O Israel,
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The Lord our God is one God"
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and that's not you. Amen.
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And that's not me, and
that's not Elder Paulsen. Amen.
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By the way who is
Elder Paulson, who?
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The general--you all
know who your people are.
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The General
Conference President.
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"The Lord our God is one Lord
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and that is not
you that is one God,
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three in one, Father, Son,
Holy Spirit and that is it.
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But let me go
back to Genesis 1:26,
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because as much as one
tree produced after its kind
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as much as an apple
tree produces apple trees,
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as much as a
lion produces lions,
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as much as a cow produces cows,
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God wants to produce in us
not Gods but godly people. Amen.
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So that He requires of us,
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that we be
God-like and we be godly.
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Does not our beloved
writer Ellen White tell us
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"Higher than the
highest human thought can reach
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is God's ideal
for His children."
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Finish that quotation with me.
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Godliness, godlikeness
is the goal to be reached.
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God as goal for you
and He has goal for me
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and that goal is
godliness, godlikeness He needs
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and He desires
and He yearns for you
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and for me to be like Him. Amen.
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The purpose of the gospel
is to restore in us, what?
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The image of God.
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The purpose of the gospel
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is to restore in
you individually,
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the image of God.
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That's the only
image God is interested in.
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And so in the Second Commandment
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he says, "Thou shalt not
make unto thee any," what?
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"Graven image.
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Not a likeness of
anything that is in heaven
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or that is in the Earth beneath,
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or that is in the
water under the Earth."
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The only image unlikeness to God
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is concerned with is His image
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and His likeness, in His people.
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We must act like God.
We must think like God.
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We must treat each like God.
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We must deal with
the world like God.
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We must take care of
our business like God
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everything the
converted man or women does
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must be done like God. Amen.
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How is that possible,
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because since
Adam made his mistake,
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we have been
saddled with something
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called the sinful nature.
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And so one night
in John Chapter 3
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reading from verse
1, a well known fellow,
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brother Nicodemus
"There was a man of the Jews
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of the
Pharisees named Nicodemus,
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a ruler of the
Jews" John 3 verse 1,
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"The same came
to Jesus by night,
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and said unto him, Rabbi,
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we know that thou
art a man send from God
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for no man can do these miracles
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that thou doest,
except God be with him.
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" Verse 3, "Jesus
answered and said unto him,
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verily, verily, I say unto you."
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Now the
expression of verily, verily
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is only found in
the gospel of John.
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The gospel written by the man
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who most perfectly reflected
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the character of Jesus
Christ, John the beloved.
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You find verily
in the other gospels,
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you only find
verily, verily in John.
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John understood
the mind of Jesus.
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John was written,
John Chapter 20 verse 31,
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that we might
believe in Jesus Christ,
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and so Jesus says,
"verily, verily I say unto you.
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Except a man be born again,
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he cannot see the
kingdom of heaven."
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Can see it.
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Here, here in
any form or fashion,
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except a man be born
again, he cannot see,
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he can't see the need
for the kingdom of heaven.
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I was canvassing in
Canada many years ago,
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all my sales were in homes
where the people appeared to be
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unable to afford the books.
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I couldn't make one
sale in wealthy homes
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because they
could not see the need
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for what I was offering.
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When you go home
tonight, read Job Chapter 21,
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when did I say you
should read it? Amen.
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Don't start now.
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Job 21 when you go home
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the wicked you
see in that Chapter
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Job is talking about
the prosperity of the wicked
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and the wicked say in verse 14,
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what profit is
there in praying to God."
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There is none for them why?
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Because they have
everything the wicked rich.
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Now that's not a
condemnation of wealth,
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Genesis 13:2 says
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"Abraham was
very rich in cattle,
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in silver, and in gold."
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" But the rich
wicked see no need for God.
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And so Jesus says,
except a man be born again,
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he cannot see,
it makes no sense,
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he cannot perceive
that he has a great need
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and that need is to be
saved in God's kingdom,
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can't see it.
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Can I tell you a secret?
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They are many
members of the church
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who can't see it either.
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Nicodemus says unto Him,
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"how can a man be
born when he is old?
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Shall he enter the second
time into his mother's womb,
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and be born?"
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Jesus said to him in verse 5,
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"Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit,
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he cannot enter into
the kingdom of heaven."
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In verse 3 you can see it,
in verse 5 you cannot enter,
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in verse 3 it
makes no sense to you,
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you cannot perceive,
you cannot visualize,
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you cannot conceptualize
something called life
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where there is no sin,
where there is no wickedness,
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you cannot even
conceptualize that fact.
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And in verse 5 you can't enter.
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But Jesus said to this man,
you've got to be born again.
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Now Jesus
Christ could have said,
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you've got to
improve your behavior.
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But conversion
is not improvement,
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are you following me?
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Anyone sleeping?
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Conversion is not improvement.
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Many people come to
Jesus Christ to be improved.
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Now improvement
means they are some areas
00:21:38.16\00:21:41.74
that need some work.
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Conversion means
there is nothing good
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about the whole thing.
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I heard a young
man say to a preacher,
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conversion is like this.
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Here is a house the house
is you or the house is me.
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Jesus Christ comes driving
a bulldozer call Calvary.
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What does he do?
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He levels the house,
digs up the foundation,
00:22:10.94\00:22:17.70
removes it and then he
builds a brand new structure
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that bears no resemblance
to the one just demolished.
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Someone put it this way,
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conversion is like car
that has been an accident,
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it's dented from front to back,
00:22:38.90\00:22:40.99
both sides, the
top, damage underneath,
00:22:41.00\00:22:45.01
it goes into the repair shop.
00:22:45.02\00:22:49.01
And it comes
out with no evidence
00:22:49.02\00:22:53.01
whatsoever that it
had been in a crash.
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It looks like an entirely a
different car because it is.
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God made us to reflect him.
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God made us to be
godly and to be God like.
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The new age
says, you are divine.
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The new age says you're a God.
00:23:19.17\00:23:23.80
Ultimately you're accountable
to no one but yourself,
00:23:23.81\00:23:27.79
you are God, you
are a little God,
00:23:27.80\00:23:31.02
that's the teaching of
new age, you are divine.
00:23:31.03\00:23:33.47
And so the new age
essentially teaches people
00:23:33.48\00:23:35.64
to bring out that divinity.
00:23:35.65\00:23:39.14
The Buddhist tell
you, you can reach
00:23:39.15\00:23:40.43
the state of enlightenment,
00:23:40.44\00:23:41.93
so that you
become your own Buddha,
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Buddha meaning
enlightenment one,
00:23:44.32\00:23:46.02
it is a journey
towards full enlightenment
00:23:46.03\00:23:48.31
and when you reach
that point you are Buddha.
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God gives us
through Christ new life,
00:23:55.99\00:24:01.99
but it has nothing
to do with new age.
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We are not God,
but we must be godly.
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We must be born again,
00:24:12.71\00:24:16.74
meaning, you
start all over again
00:24:16.75\00:24:22.42
because no part of the
whole journey is worth saving.
00:24:22.43\00:24:27.71
Did you hear me?
00:24:27.72\00:24:29.25
No part of the prior
journey is worth saving,
00:24:29.26\00:24:32.89
Jesus canceled it
from beginning to end
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and He gives you a
brand new beginning.
00:24:35.36\00:24:39.56
Meaning that all that was
in the prior life is worthless.
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And so in verse 6
of John 3 he says,
00:24:50.82\00:24:52.75
"That which is born
of the flesh" is what?
00:24:52.76\00:24:55.75
Flesh that which is born
of the Spirit is Spirit."
00:24:55.76\00:25:00.98
You notice, Jesus
does not mix the two.
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He says this is
flesh, this is Spirit.
00:25:06.12\00:25:10.14
Too many church
members are Spirit-flesh.
00:25:13.77\00:25:20.06
You know, we're
African Americans,
00:25:20.07\00:25:22.67
African-American,
we are Irish-American,
00:25:22.68\00:25:26.71
we are Mexican-American.
00:25:26.72\00:25:28.82
We have these
hyphenated relationships
00:25:28.83\00:25:31.84
on a cultural level.
00:25:31.85\00:25:34.90
We are Filipino-American,
Korean-American,
00:25:34.91\00:25:40.92
Japanese-American and I
have no particular of that
00:25:40.93\00:25:45.04
but we carry that
into the spiritual life.
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And so you have
people who are Spirit-flesh,
00:25:47.53\00:25:52.65
save-lost, Christian-hypocrite,
00:25:52.66\00:25:58.77
vegetarian- carnivore.
00:25:58.78\00:26:01.09
We have all
these hyphenated people
00:26:01.10\00:26:03.88
in the church and
there are very few
00:26:03.89\00:26:05.59
who are just one
thing, no hyphen,
00:26:05.60\00:26:07.82
I'm just one thing, I'm godly,
00:26:07.83\00:26:09.82
I'm a child of God,
I'm not Spirit-flesh. Amen.
00:26:09.83\00:26:15.99
It's okay to be
an African-American,
00:26:16.00\00:26:17.74
it's not okay to
be Spirit-flesh. Amen.
00:26:17.75\00:26:22.48
You're either
Spirit or you're flesh.
00:26:22.49\00:26:27.34
A converted person is Spirit,
00:26:27.35\00:26:31.13
meaning the life of Christ
is what energizes that person,
00:26:31.14\00:26:35.40
the person's
thinking is controlled
00:26:35.41\00:26:38.38
and influenced by
the life of Christ.
00:26:38.39\00:26:42.82
Let's take a look
at our forefathers,
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the Israelites,
these things are written
00:26:46.09\00:26:48.42
for our examples,
First Corinthians 11,
00:26:48.43\00:26:51.08
I think it is.
00:26:51.09\00:26:54.77
First Corinthians 10,
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.31
the Egyptians, the
Israelites came out of Egypt.
00:26:56.32\00:26:59.93
Now they had seen
God perform ten miracles,
00:26:59.94\00:27:01.89
the ten plagues.
00:27:01.90\00:27:04.12
You know, there is
an interesting miracle
00:27:04.13\00:27:05.41
God performed that we
don't normally pay attention to.
00:27:05.42\00:27:08.68
The Egyptians
pursued the Israelites,
00:27:11.72\00:27:15.92
caught them by the Red Sea.
00:27:15.93\00:27:19.58
Now in verse 19 of
Exodus 14 the Bible says,
00:27:19.59\00:27:25.53
"And the angel of the Lord,
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.31
which went before
the camp of Israel,
00:27:27.32\00:27:29.12
removed and went behind them,
00:27:29.13\00:27:32.34
and the pillar
of the cloud removed
00:27:32.35\00:27:35.47
and stood behind them, remove,
00:27:35.48\00:27:37.81
went from before their
face, and stood behind them."
00:27:37.82\00:27:40.25
Verse 20.
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And it came between
the camp of the Egyptians
00:27:41.97\00:27:45.51
and the camp of Israelites,
00:27:45.52\00:27:48.21
it was a cloud
and darkness to them,
00:27:48.22\00:27:51.77
but it gave light
by night to these,
00:27:51.78\00:27:55.28
so that the one came not
near the other all the night."
00:27:55.29\00:27:59.73
Now, what is the
miracle, well here it is.
00:27:59.74\00:28:01.84
The Egyptians
pursued the Israelites
00:28:01.85\00:28:03.96
and the Israelite saw
them because in Genesis--
00:28:03.97\00:28:06.22
Exodus 14 verse
10 the Bible says
00:28:06.23\00:28:08.28
"And when Pharaoh drew nigh,
00:28:08.29\00:28:09.86
the children of
Israel lifted up their eyes,
00:28:09.87\00:28:11.83
and, behold, the
Egyptians marched after them,
00:28:11.84\00:28:14.30
and they were so afraid,
00:28:14.31\00:28:15.78
and the children of
Israel cried out unto the Lord."
00:28:15.79\00:28:18.41
They saw the
Egyptians coming but that light,
00:28:18.42\00:28:21.75
the Shekinah glory
that pillar of cloud
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.49
moved from its
customary position,
00:28:27.50\00:28:29.87
the leadership
role, leading the people,
00:28:29.88\00:28:32.35
it came behind the camp
and it occupied a position
00:28:32.36\00:28:38.12
between the
Israelites and the Egyptians.
00:28:38.13\00:28:40.71
The Bible says, the
same pillar of cloud
00:28:40.72\00:28:46.99
provided light that
night for the Israelites,
00:28:47.00\00:28:50.93
but it kept the
Egyptians in darkness,
00:28:50.94\00:28:54.56
so they could not mobilize,
they could not organize,
00:28:54.57\00:28:57.08
they could not attack that night
00:28:57.09\00:28:59.01
because they were
ruffed in darkness.
00:28:59.02\00:29:03.19
But the same source of darkness
00:29:03.20\00:29:06.31
was a source of light. Amen.
00:29:06.32\00:29:11.99
The Israelites saw that.
00:29:12.00\00:29:14.41
The next morning
the Red Sea was parted,
00:29:14.42\00:29:16.98
they crossed they saw it.
00:29:16.99\00:29:18.92
Even before crossing the Red Sea
00:29:21.40\00:29:22.80
they had some complaints.
00:29:22.81\00:29:25.12
Because when they saw, and
I'm talking about the heart
00:29:25.13\00:29:27.28
of those who came out of Egypt.
00:29:27.29\00:29:28.71
In Exodus 14, we just
read verse 10 verse 11,
00:29:28.72\00:29:33.75
verse 10 ends by saying,
00:29:33.76\00:29:35.10
and the Israelite
cried out unto the Lord
00:29:35.11\00:29:36.96
and they said unto
Moses," verse 11 Exodus 14,
00:29:36.97\00:29:40.46
"because there were no graves
in Egypt hast thou brought us,
00:29:40.47\00:29:44.28
taken us away to
die in the wilderness?
00:29:44.29\00:29:48.56
Wherefore hast
thou dealt thus with us,
00:29:48.57\00:29:51.23
to carry us forth out of Egypt."
00:29:51.24\00:29:53.14
They began to complain,
00:29:53.15\00:29:54.46
they're saying it
would have been better for us
00:29:54.47\00:29:56.79
to stay in Egypt,
00:29:56.80\00:29:58.18
that is not the
attitude of a converted person,
00:29:58.19\00:30:01.85
I will tell you why.
00:30:01.86\00:30:04.22
You see a converted man or women
00:30:04.23\00:30:06.46
no longer
desires the former life.
00:30:06.47\00:30:09.44
Ellen White, says, the
things he used to loved,
00:30:09.45\00:30:12.13
he now hates and the things
he used to hate, he now loves.
00:30:12.14\00:30:16.30
But too many of us
still love the things.
00:30:16.31\00:30:19.27
Am I talking truth? Yes. Yes.
00:30:22.81\00:30:25.78
In verse 12, they go on to say--
00:30:29.77\00:30:34.82
is not this is
this not the world
00:30:34.83\00:30:36.67
that we did tell thee in Egypt
00:30:36.68\00:30:38.29
saying, leave us along
that we may serve the Egyptians,
00:30:38.30\00:30:43.96
for it had been better
for us to serve the Egyptians,
00:30:43.97\00:30:46.66
than that we should
die in the wilderness.
00:30:46.67\00:30:49.24
Leave, you should
have left us in Egypt.
00:30:49.25\00:30:51.87
They are making that complaint
00:30:51.88\00:30:54.21
just a few days
after seeing the plagues,
00:30:54.22\00:30:58.75
their hearts
were still in Egypt.
00:30:58.76\00:31:02.64
Is your heart still in Egypt,
00:31:02.65\00:31:05.91
yes, your
membership is on the book,
00:31:05.92\00:31:08.04
where is your heart?
00:31:08.05\00:31:11.24
Do you have that
new life in verse,
00:31:11.25\00:31:16.00
in Chapter 16 verse 2,
the Bible says and the whole,
00:31:16.01\00:31:20.10
now they're
hungry, nothing to eat?
00:31:20.11\00:31:22.27
The Bible says in Exodus 16
00:31:22.28\00:31:23.64
"To the whole congregation
of the children of Israel
00:31:23.65\00:31:26.46
murmured against Moses
and Aaron in the wilderness.
00:31:26.47\00:31:28.71
And the children of
Israel said unto them,
00:31:28.72\00:31:30.12
Would to God we had
died by the hand of the Lord
00:31:30.13\00:31:32.71
in the land of Egypt,
00:31:32.72\00:31:33.78
when we sat by the flesh pots,
00:31:33.79\00:31:35.38
and when we did
eat bread to the full."
00:31:35.39\00:31:38.49
Again they're saying,
00:31:38.50\00:31:39.60
we preferred to
have remained in Egypt.
00:31:39.61\00:31:43.65
The very next
Chapter they're thirsty,
00:31:43.66\00:31:46.76
no water, they
complain again verse 3
00:31:46.77\00:31:49.93
"And they
thirsted there for water,
00:31:49.94\00:31:51.78
and they murmured
against Moses and said,
00:31:51.79\00:31:56.46
did you bring us,
00:31:56.47\00:32:00.07
why hast brought
us up out of Egypt,
00:32:00.08\00:32:04.28
to kill us wherefore?
00:32:04.29\00:32:07.53
For what reason, to kill us,
00:32:07.54\00:32:10.72
our children and our
cattle, with what? Thirst.
00:32:10.73\00:32:17.07
Complaining against Moses.
00:32:17.08\00:32:19.29
Each time they complained
they longed for Egypt,
00:32:19.30\00:32:25.07
but you'll notice that
00:32:25.08\00:32:26.39
the revelation of
their longing for Egypt
00:32:26.40\00:32:28.99
only occurred
in times of crisis,
00:32:29.00\00:32:32.32
we can disguise our worldliness.
00:32:32.33\00:32:36.96
Until the Lord
allows a crisis in the life
00:32:36.97\00:32:39.75
and our true love of
the world is exposed.
00:32:39.76\00:32:42.68
In Numbers Chapter 11 verse 4
00:32:44.97\00:32:49.92
they've been in the
wilderness now for a few years,
00:32:49.93\00:32:52.47
the Bible says
"And the mixed multitude
00:32:52.48\00:32:54.33
that was among
them fell a lusting,
00:32:54.34\00:32:56.21
and the children of
Israel wept again, and said,
00:32:56.22\00:32:58.15
who shall give us flesh to eat?"
00:32:58.16\00:32:59.98
Verse 5 "We remember the fish
00:32:59.99\00:33:02.44
which we did
eat in Egypt freely,
00:33:02.45\00:33:04.49
the cucumbers, and the melons,
00:33:04.50\00:33:06.35
and the leeks, and the onions,
00:33:06.36\00:33:08.02
and the garlic, but
now our soul is dried away,
00:33:08.03\00:33:10.53
there is nothing at
all beside this manna,
00:33:10.54\00:33:12.60
before our eyes."
00:33:12.61\00:33:13.78
They are complaining again,
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.28
we miss Egypt,
but it took a crises
00:33:15.29\00:33:18.14
to bring that out of them.
00:33:18.15\00:33:21.14
Numbers 21 verse 5
00:33:21.15\00:33:26.08
"And they spake
against God, and against Moses,
00:33:26.09\00:33:29.89
Wherefore have ye brought us up
00:33:29.90\00:33:31.46
out of Egypt to
die in the wilderness?
00:33:31.47\00:33:33.42
For there is no bread,
neither is there any water,
00:33:33.43\00:33:35.47
and our soul
loatheth this light bread."
00:33:35.48\00:33:37.49
Again they are missing Egypt,
00:33:37.50\00:33:40.90
a converted person does
not miss the former life. Amen.
00:33:40.91\00:33:46.75
Ren Stephen give
that powerful message
00:33:50.33\00:33:52.34
in Acts Chapter 7.
00:33:52.35\00:33:54.42
He said something in verse 39,
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.49
referring to Moses
and Moses' relationship
00:33:56.50\00:33:58.91
with the
Israelites in the wilderness,
00:33:58.92\00:34:00.40
verse 39 Acts
Chapter 7 the Bible says,
00:34:00.41\00:34:02.43
"To whom our
fathers would not obey,
00:34:02.44\00:34:05.01
and thrust him from them,
00:34:05.02\00:34:06.84
and in their hearts," did what?
00:34:06.85\00:34:11.60
In their hearts did what?
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.09
"Went back again to Egypt."
00:34:14.10\00:34:18.67
May I ask you a question?
00:34:18.68\00:34:21.53
Is Egypt still in your heart?
00:34:21.54\00:34:27.03
Does that world still occupy
00:34:27.04\00:34:29.10
some real estate in
your heart and mind?
00:34:29.11\00:34:33.54
Or have you left Egypt by
the process of conversion.
00:34:33.55\00:34:38.47
In the Book of
Hebrews, Chapter 11,
00:34:42.86\00:34:45.88
the great Chapter of faith,
00:34:45.89\00:34:48.25
let us take a
look at the thinking,
00:34:48.26\00:34:49.70
the attitude of
converted people.
00:34:49.71\00:34:54.16
Now, Egypt and
Babylon are both mentioned
00:34:54.17\00:34:57.66
in the Book of Revelation,
00:34:57.67\00:34:59.49
Egypt particularly in Chapter 11
00:34:59.50\00:35:00.95
where the two
witnesses are talked about.
00:35:00.96\00:35:03.82
Egypt is the land
where they know not God,
00:35:03.83\00:35:06.88
Babylon is a place where
there is a lot of false worship.
00:35:06.89\00:35:10.66
Either way, Babylon and Egypt
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.81
are places we need to leave.
00:35:12.82\00:35:15.89
So the Israelites
are brought out of Egypt
00:35:15.90\00:35:17.30
that's the land of sin.
00:35:17.31\00:35:18.68
Spiritually
Egypt is a land of sin
00:35:18.69\00:35:20.64
and of course we must
call people out of Babylon,
00:35:20.65\00:35:22.82
the land of false
doctrine and false teaching
00:35:22.83\00:35:25.85
mingled with the little truth.
00:35:25.86\00:35:28.42
Hebrews 11 from
verse 13 talked about
00:35:28.43\00:35:30.82
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah.
00:35:30.83\00:35:34.13
These all died how?
00:35:34.14\00:35:36.71
In faith, not having
received the promises
00:35:36.72\00:35:40.35
but having seen them
afar off and embraced them
00:35:40.36\00:35:43.62
and were persuaded of them,
00:35:43.63\00:35:45.06
and confessed
that they were what,
00:35:45.07\00:35:47.65
strangers and
pilgrims where? On the Earth.
00:35:47.66\00:35:50.82
Now a stranger on the
Earth is someone who understands
00:35:50.83\00:35:55.04
and recognizes he or she
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.38
does not belong
to this Earth. Amen.
00:35:57.39\00:36:00.61
You're a
stranger, you're a pilgrim.
00:36:00.62\00:36:02.36
You're passing
through, and so you don't live
00:36:02.37\00:36:05.34
as if you're here
for the long haul.
00:36:05.35\00:36:07.98
You're on your
way somewhere else,
00:36:10.43\00:36:12.48
and confessed
there were strangers
00:36:12.49\00:36:14.51
and pilgrims on the Earth,
00:36:14.52\00:36:16.95
for they that say
such things declare plainly
00:36:16.96\00:36:20.11
that they seek a
country verse 14.
00:36:20.12\00:36:23.54
And truly verse 15, Hebrews 11,
00:36:23.55\00:36:26.04
and truly if they had
been mindful of that country
00:36:26.05\00:36:32.04
which take him out
of, they might have had
00:36:32.05\00:36:35.80
opportunity to do what? Return.
00:36:35.81\00:36:39.53
You know that verse is saying,
00:36:39.54\00:36:42.57
Abraham did not long
for the land that he left.
00:36:42.58\00:36:48.63
If they had been
mindful of that country
00:36:52.28\00:36:54.89
from which they came
out of, which they came,
00:36:54.90\00:36:56.50
they wouldn't have
had opportunity to return.
00:36:56.51\00:36:59.96
But now verse 16, they
desire a better country,
00:36:59.97\00:37:04.31
which is a heavenly,
00:37:04.32\00:37:05.47
wherefore God is not
ashamed to be their God.
00:37:05.48\00:37:10.46
Is God ashamed
to be your God? No.
00:37:10.47\00:37:14.87
Because you still
desire this world.
00:37:14.88\00:37:17.55
The Bible says,
because their minds
00:37:17.56\00:37:19.93
were set on another country
00:37:19.94\00:37:22.36
God took pride in declaring
Himself to be their God.
00:37:22.37\00:37:26.72
You see that man Abraham
who has no desire for Hiram
00:37:26.73\00:37:29.75
and for Ur of the
Chaldees, I'm his God.
00:37:29.76\00:37:32.42
You see that man Isaac,
00:37:32.43\00:37:33.81
who no longer desires
his former life I am his God.
00:37:33.82\00:37:37.24
You see that man Jacob
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.42
who longer desires
to go back to Hiram,
00:37:39.43\00:37:42.00
I am his God.
00:37:42.01\00:37:43.16
I want the world to
know I am the God of Abraham,
00:37:43.17\00:37:45.71
Isaac, and Jacob.
00:37:45.72\00:37:48.81
People who don't
desire their former life
00:37:48.82\00:37:52.91
because they are
changed, they were converted.
00:37:52.92\00:38:00.78
I'm about to ask you a question
00:38:05.96\00:38:07.31
I want you to
answer me. Tell the truth.
00:38:07.32\00:38:12.77
All those of you
who are converted,
00:38:15.64\00:38:22.30
raise your right
hand. Hands down.
00:38:22.31\00:38:29.76
Question number two,
00:38:31.75\00:38:34.75
those of you who are not sure,
00:38:34.76\00:38:35.99
raise your right hand.
00:38:36.00\00:38:38.69
Raise them high,
you're not arthritic,
00:38:38.70\00:38:40.06
raise them high. Hands down.
00:38:40.07\00:38:44.92
Question number three,
00:38:44.93\00:38:48.04
those of you who
never ever remember
00:38:48.05\00:38:52.79
having consciously given
your life to Jesus Christ,
00:38:52.80\00:38:56.22
you're just grouping to church
00:38:56.23\00:38:57.48
and by osmosis you
became an Adventist.
00:38:57.49\00:39:00.30
You don't ever recall
00:39:00.31\00:39:02.15
having consciously given
your life to Jesus Christ,
00:39:02.16\00:39:07.01
raise your right hand.
00:39:07.02\00:39:09.78
Come on, raise
it. God bless you.
00:39:09.79\00:39:13.10
There must more
than one honest person,
00:39:13.11\00:39:14.47
God bless you.
Must be more than two.
00:39:14.48\00:39:17.03
Who else?
00:39:17.04\00:39:19.92
God bless, I saw that
hand back to the right.
00:39:19.93\00:39:21.85
There will be no
unconverted people in heaven.
00:39:26.42\00:39:28.94
All those who
enter the Pearly Gates
00:39:33.85\00:39:35.53
will do so
pulsing with the new life
00:39:35.54\00:39:40.66
that is in Jesus Christ.
00:39:40.67\00:39:42.41
You'll never be God, nor will I,
00:39:45.93\00:39:49.64
but you and I are
called to be godly.
00:39:49.65\00:39:55.15
Only a converted
person can be godly.
00:39:55.16\00:39:59.97
As we're told in First
John 2, verse 14, 15, 16,
00:39:59.98\00:40:04.68
"love not the
world neither the things
00:40:04.69\00:40:07.78
that are in the world.
00:40:07.79\00:40:09.88
If any man love the world
00:40:09.89\00:40:11.76
the love of the
father is not in him."
00:40:11.77\00:40:17.73
That doesn't mean
that God hates him,
00:40:17.74\00:40:19.16
it means he does
not really love God.
00:40:19.17\00:40:21.63
If any man love the world
00:40:21.64\00:40:23.77
the love of the
Father is not in him.
00:40:23.78\00:40:28.47
All that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh,
00:40:28.48\00:40:32.55
the lust of the eyes
and the pride of life,
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.26
we've got to avoid.
00:40:37.90\00:40:40.01
Not most of what is in the world
00:40:40.02\00:40:42.05
all of that in the world.
00:40:42.06\00:40:44.28
Jesus needs in these last days
00:40:44.29\00:40:47.07
are people so
separate from the world
00:40:47.08\00:40:52.17
that the world considers them
00:40:52.18\00:40:55.11
the strangest
phenomenon under heaven.
00:40:55.12\00:40:58.72
You know the seven
wonders of the ancient world,
00:40:58.73\00:41:01.74
the pyramids of Egypt,
00:41:01.75\00:41:03.58
the hanging gardens of Babylon,
00:41:03.59\00:41:05.83
the Jupiter's image,
the Temple of Aphrodite,
00:41:05.84\00:41:11.11
the Colossus of Rhodes,
00:41:11.12\00:41:13.27
and some tomb of Mausolous
or Mausoleum I believe.
00:41:13.28\00:41:17.67
But there needs to
be a wonder of the world
00:41:17.68\00:41:21.67
in these last days.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.70
Are you listening to me? Amen.
00:41:24.71\00:41:26.90
Now the wonder you see and
it will be a greater wonder
00:41:26.91\00:41:30.03
than the wonder of Adam
00:41:30.04\00:41:31.87
when Adam came
from the Savior's hand.
00:41:31.88\00:41:34.75
Now why do I say that?
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.83
Adam was made flawless,
00:41:36.84\00:41:38.64
faultless,
perfect, no fallen nature.
00:41:38.65\00:41:42.12
Follow me closely,
I'm not far from ending.
00:41:42.13\00:41:47.46
When Adam came forward
from the Creator's hand,
00:41:47.47\00:41:49.44
he was perfect,
sinless, flawless,
00:41:49.45\00:41:51.73
not internal urges to sin.
00:41:51.74\00:41:55.84
And God required of him
the development of Godliness.
00:41:55.85\00:42:01.17
Ellen White said
through obedience
00:42:01.18\00:42:02.54
Adam could have
developed a character.
00:42:02.55\00:42:06.23
You don't develop a
character in one day.
00:42:06.24\00:42:07.77
Adam was made perfect
but he then had to develop
00:42:07.78\00:42:10.01
a character
through constant obedience
00:42:10.02\00:42:12.53
and surrender to his father.
00:42:12.54\00:42:14.78
He didn't have it down packed,
00:42:14.79\00:42:16.40
day one really opened his eyes
00:42:16.41\00:42:17.95
and realized he was
in a glorified dirt,
00:42:17.96\00:42:20.24
he didn't even do that.
00:42:20.25\00:42:23.16
He should have now obeyed God
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.48
and in that process develop
00:42:25.49\00:42:27.14
and become more
like his Creator,
00:42:27.15\00:42:28.75
more like his
Creator, more like God,
00:42:28.76\00:42:32.26
which was the original purpose.
00:42:32.27\00:42:34.16
But Adam sinned
and bequeath to us
00:42:34.17\00:42:41.61
the burden of the sinful nature.
00:42:41.62\00:42:45.46
Now here is what is remarkable,
00:42:45.47\00:42:48.61
God did not change His standard.
00:42:48.62\00:42:53.48
You know, we use the expression,
00:42:53.49\00:42:55.09
lower the bar, the same bar
00:42:55.10\00:42:59.45
God set for Adam in
his perfect condition
00:42:59.46\00:43:04.70
is the same bar God sets for us
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.49
with the fallen nature.
00:43:07.50\00:43:11.93
Few more amens would
encourage me greatly. Amen.
00:43:11.94\00:43:17.01
Now how is this possible,
00:43:17.02\00:43:19.78
if I'm asking a man
to jump over six foot bar
00:43:19.79\00:43:24.62
and then putting
200 pounds on his back,
00:43:24.63\00:43:27.19
he can do it.
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.26
But God says to us,
this bar you can get over it
00:43:30.27\00:43:35.79
with 200 pounds
of the sinful nature
00:43:35.80\00:43:38.07
on your back if you
give your life to me. Amen.
00:43:38.08\00:43:45.09
If you give your life to Christ
00:43:45.10\00:43:46.92
and you're in Him and He in you,
00:43:46.93\00:43:49.36
then when Jesus jumps
you jump with him. Amen.
00:43:49.37\00:43:57.85
And so the world needs to
see the modern end time wonder
00:43:57.86\00:44:04.13
that is greater than
all the ancient wonders
00:44:04.14\00:44:06.00
of the world
combined and that is of people
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.74
who perfectly reflect
00:44:09.75\00:44:11.68
the character of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:44:11.69\00:44:15.29
God has to produce that people,
00:44:19.54\00:44:23.52
because the universe
has not yet seen that.
00:44:23.53\00:44:25.73
The universe has seen Enoch.
00:44:25.74\00:44:28.01
Enoch was not a
people, Enoch was a person.
00:44:28.02\00:44:32.15
The universe saw Abraham,
00:44:32.16\00:44:33.79
he was a person not a people.
00:44:33.80\00:44:35.81
The universe saw
the prophets of old,
00:44:35.82\00:44:37.89
Samuel, Elisha, Elijah
they were persons not people.
00:44:37.90\00:44:42.42
The universe saw
God's frustration
00:44:42.43\00:44:44.22
with the Israelites for
hundreds of hundreds of years
00:44:44.23\00:44:46.72
until he
rejected them physically
00:44:46.73\00:44:48.61
and then began
with spiritual Israel.
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.60
The universe has not
yet seen an entire people
00:44:50.61\00:44:56.63
that reflect the
character of Christ.
00:44:56.64\00:44:59.46
We live in the day
where that can happen.
00:45:03.57\00:45:07.68
When finally God
can say to the universe,
00:45:11.17\00:45:17.69
look, perfect
obedience to my law.
00:45:17.70\00:45:24.12
Look, not one sand
grain of the world in him.
00:45:24.13\00:45:29.39
Look, no desire
for her former life.
00:45:29.40\00:45:33.01
Look, absolutely
different from the environment
00:45:33.02\00:45:36.06
where she is.
00:45:36.07\00:45:37.06
Look at them, you'll see them
00:45:37.07\00:45:40.18
and you'll see Jesus.
00:45:40.19\00:45:44.82
And so Jesus prayed
the high priestly prayer
00:45:44.83\00:45:47.31
in John 17 verse 14 "I
have given them thy word,
00:45:47.32\00:45:50.87
and the world hath hated them,
00:45:50.88\00:45:52.46
because they are
not of the world,
00:45:52.47\00:45:54.75
even as I am not of the world."
00:45:54.76\00:45:56.90
The same way Jesus
was not of this world
00:45:56.91\00:45:59.80
He prayed that his disciples
would not be of this world.
00:45:59.81\00:46:04.61
And in verse 15 he says
00:46:04.62\00:46:05.85
"I pray not that thou shouldest
00:46:05.86\00:46:07.48
take them out of the world,
00:46:07.49\00:46:08.90
but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil."
00:46:08.91\00:46:12.49
It is possible I
say to live in a sin,
00:46:12.50\00:46:15.23
sick world and
live sinlessly. Amen.
00:46:15.24\00:46:19.46
In verse 16,
John 17 He says again,
00:46:22.56\00:46:25.19
I'm not of this world,
they're not of this world
00:46:25.20\00:46:27.74
even as I am not of this world.
00:46:27.75\00:46:29.23
In John 8:23 he tells
the scribes and pharisees,
00:46:29.24\00:46:31.96
"Ye are from
beneath, I am from above,
00:46:31.97\00:46:38.30
ye are of this world,
00:46:38.31\00:46:39.72
I am not of this
world," says Jesus.
00:46:39.73\00:46:45.74
You and I must come to the place
00:46:45.75\00:46:48.73
where we say I'm
not of this world. Amen.
00:46:48.74\00:46:55.45
I'm from above.
00:46:55.46\00:46:58.79
And indeed Paul tells us
in Philippians 3, verse 20,
00:46:58.80\00:47:02.39
"For our
conversation is in heaven,
00:47:02.40\00:47:05.19
from whence also we
look for the Savior,
00:47:05.20\00:47:06.67
the Lord Christ Jesus."
00:47:06.68\00:47:08.33
Our conservation is in heaven,
00:47:10.79\00:47:13.05
the world conversion
there means citizenship
00:47:13.06\00:47:14.92
in the Greek word
is related to the word
00:47:14.93\00:47:17.13
we get, Polish,
Politeias, meaning citizen,
00:47:17.14\00:47:20.68
Polis meaning city and we
have the English word politics.
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I'm a citizen of heaven.
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Let me say it again,
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we're citizens of heaven. Amen.
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Which means then,
every facet of our lives
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must be lived by
the principles of heaven
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not the principles
of this Earth. Amen.
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If there is a
disagreement in a church
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it must be settled by principles
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that work in
heaven not by principles
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you get from covey.
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We raise our
children by principles
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that originate from heaven
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through our beloved Ellen White
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and the word, God's word,
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not by what James
Dobson says. Amen.
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We carry on our
church work by principles
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that originate from heaven
not from what T. D. Jake says.
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We dress based on principles
that originate from heaven
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mediated through
God's work not by what Fifth
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or Madison
Avenue tells me or Gucci
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or who is the other fellow,
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Calvin Klein and whoever else.
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Because we are
not of this world.
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And so tonight I've a
burden on my heart for you,
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there is no reason
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why anyone should
leave this place tonight
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unsure of his or her
conversion and salvation.
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Conversion is the
work of an instant,
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sanctification is a
lifetime of obedience
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that extents
into the life to come.
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We're always growing in Christ.
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But conversion is
instant, justification by faith,
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instance and you can have
that instant experience tonight.
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For those of you
who're trying your best
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to shut me out I'll
pray that Holy Spirit
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will force open your
heart by the force of love
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and let the truth
come in like a hurricane,
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blow away all
that is of this world
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and replace it with
the furnishings of heaven.
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God wants you
saved, I want you saved,
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your leaders want you saved,
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and I believe somewhere
in the privacy of your heart
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when you're honest with yourself
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you want to be saved. Amen.
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How many of you want to be lost?
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Let me see your hands.
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You know what it
feels like to burn,
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have you ever
touched a hot stove,
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have you ever been burned.
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I have no desire to go to hell,
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absolutely none.
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The Bible has
positive motivation,
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it also has negative motivation.
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The Bible talks
a lot about hell,
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that's negative motivation,
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meaning here is
something to avoid.
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Ellen White says not
enough people are aware
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they have a hell to
shun and a heaven to gain
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and both must be stressed.
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I have no interest
whatsoever in hell.
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I don't burn very well.
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I want to go to
heaven in Jesus. Amen.
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Conversion means heaven
starts for us on this Earth.
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Ellen White says, in the
Faith I live by page 269,
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the life on Earth
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is the beginning
of the life in heaven.
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Heaven is both the
place and a way of life.
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The Kingdom of
Heaven is a place,
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it is a way of life.
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The face called the way
of life begins on this Earth.
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The life on
Earth, Ellen White says,
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which is the life of
the converted man or woman
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is the beginning
of the life in heaven
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and when we live the
heavenly life on this Earth
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the world will
turn and pay attention
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because the world
has never ever seen
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a people living a
heavenly life on this Earth.
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They can see it in Michigan.
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And God is tired and
waiting and eager and willing
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and wanting to
produce this people
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that He might come back quickly
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and take those
with the heavenly life
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and put them in the
heavenly environment.
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How many of you want to
be with Christ when He comes?
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Would you stand,
would you stand with me?
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You want to be with
Jesus when He comes,
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but to be with
Jesus when He comes
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you must be with
Jesus before He comes. Amen.
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You see, Jesus has
gone to get a kingdom,
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the noble man and to come back.
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When Christ comes back
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He isn't coming
back to save people,
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He's coming back to get
those who have chosen salvation
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and to get rid of
those who've chose damnation.
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Christ is not
coming back to save people,
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He is doing that now. Amen.
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If you're not saved now,
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you will not be saved
when Jesus comes back.
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Let's bow our heads,
our Father in heaven,
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we thank You so
much for the word of God.
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We thank You for the Spirit
that has taken these words
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and press them upon our hearts.
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Father, as
uncomfortable as it as,
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we thank You for the pain
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and the
discomfort of conviction.
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We ask You in the name of Jesus,
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dear God, to move upon us now
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as the service comes to a close.
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There is no need,
no need whatsoever,
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Father, for any
human being to be lost.
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Because the Bible is
so clear Matthew 25:41,
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hell was prepared for the devil
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and his angels not
for us, and yet Father,
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it's a tragedy so
many of us will be there.
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Oh, Father in the name of Jesus,
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help us to believe the Lord
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is not willing to
any should perish.
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The Lord is not willing
that anyone under the sound
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of your manservant's
voice should perish.
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Father, it is Your
will that we be saved.
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While every head is
bowed and every eye's closed,
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while hearts are
lifted up in prayer,
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that the right
hearts may be touched
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and respond to this appeal.
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Any man or any
woman who wants to say,
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Lord, tonight I give myself
to You without reservation.
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Let me repeat that.
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Father, tonight
through Jesus Christ,
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I give myself to
You without reservation.
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I'm tired living a double life,
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one foot in the world,
one foot in the church.
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I tonight by the grace of God
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and the enabling of
his indwelling Spirit,
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I give myself to you
100%, if you'll say that,
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slip out of your seats
and come like down front.
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Then I've another
appeal to make, come now.
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I give myself to you
100%, no room for the world,
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no interest in the world,
like the family of Abraham
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I do not desire my former life.
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I give myself to you
100%, this is that call. Come.
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I'm coming to give
my all to Jesus Christ
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who gave His all for me.
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If you're
physically unable to move
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you may raise your hands
in response to the appeal
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and it amounts
to the same thing.
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You're coming to say I
give myself to God 100%.
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I see the raised
hands, you may take them down,
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God bless you. I see them.
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Anyone else are at a
risk of being repetitious
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let me say it again,
you're coming to say,
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Father, by the grace of God
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and the enabling of
his indwelling Spirit,
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I have come as a
public demonstration
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of my intention to
give myself to You 100$.
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My second appeal
and I make this appeal
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as I made the first
one in the name of Jesus.
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Anyone who under the
force of the Holy Spirit
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will say, Father,
as I look at my life
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I have to confess, I've
never truly been concerted.
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Because I find of things
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I used to like
I still like them.
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And tonight I
want that experience,
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I want you with all the guts
you have to raise your hand.
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Keep your hands up.
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I've never truly been converted
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and I want that tonight,
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so that indeed I can hate
the things I used to love.
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I love only spiritual things,
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raise your hands, keep them up.
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Let's pray.
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Father, look first
at the hands raised
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in response to the appeal
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for those who've
never been converted
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but have always
been in the church.
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Father, I believe I
pray with their agreement
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and so my voice
represents the voice of many.
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In the name of
Jesus Christ their God,
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I ask You now to
touch their hearts.
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Father, give them
that new birth experience
00:57:34.13\00:57:36.75
now as they have committed
themselves to you 100%.
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They've
confessed they're sinners,
00:57:41.85\00:57:44.05
they've admitted they
never really been converted,
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and Father, as
they confess and admit
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I ask You now in the
and in the name of Jesus
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to accept them as
Your children 100%.
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Put into their hearts now,
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dear God, put into their hearts.
00:57:57.02\00:57:59.49
A hatred for this world,
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a hatred for the
things of the devil
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and a love for spiritual things.
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Put it in their hears,
and that those who know them,
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see the
difference in their lives.
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Father, the second appeal,
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the first appeal was
those who wanted to say
00:58:15.15\00:58:17.33
they're yours 100%,
I present them to you.
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Father, accept that commitment,
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drive from their
hearts all worldliness.
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Let them recommit
themselves to Your cause
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and to Your business, so
that You may have in them
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and in us, people
who live for Jesus only.
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