This song talks
about God's love of course
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and as we just heard
in the scripture reading,
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God's love is such
that if we're repentant,
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He will stoop down
and save souls like us.
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And you know we tend
to throw the word love
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around very loosely,
but sometimes I think,
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at least I personally forget
what love is truly all about.
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And specially God's
love, Jesus' love for us,
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it's the deepest
sense of the word love.
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That's love that
where Jesus created us
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and yet we rejected Him
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and He's protected us
and still we reject Him
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and yet He's coming back
for us and we reject Him.
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He died for us, we reject Him.
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But He's saying, I hope by
the time I come back for you,
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that you will
accept Me and that is love,
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that's because He loves us.
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And I would
hope that you receive
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a blessing from this song
as you listen to the words.
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In my darkness Jesus found me
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Touched my eyes and made me see
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Broke sin's chains
that long had bound me
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Gave me life and liberty
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Oh, glorious love of
Christ my Lord divine
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That made Him stoop
to save a soul like mine
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Through all my days,
and then in heaven above
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My song will silence never
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I'll worship Him forever
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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Oh, amazing truth to ponder
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He whom angel hosts attend
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Lord of Heaven,
God's Son, what wonder
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He became the sinner's friend
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Oh, glorious love of
Christ my Lord divine
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That made Him stoop
to save a soul like mine
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Through all my days,
and then in heaven above
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My song will silence never
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I'll worship Him forever
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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My song will silence never
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I'll worship Him forever
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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Amen.
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Tonight I want to talk
with you about something
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that is I think one of
the most crucial truths
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that I can address.
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And before we do go
directly to the word of God,
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allow me to add
my prayer to those
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that had been offered.
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Father in heaven and now
as the Sabbath approaches,
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we will ask that You
evict every distraction
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from this place that
would keep us from hearing
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what the spirit is
saying to the church.
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I pray that
You'll forgive the sins
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of the one who is to speak
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and that I might
be a channel of truth
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through which Jesus
can articulate His will.
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And so please be
with us and speak to us,
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inspire and encourage,
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we ask in Christ name,
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Amen. Amen.
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You know I enjoy
doing Amazing Facts
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and one of my favorite things
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is our Sunday
night radio program
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that is a challenge for me,
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because every Sunday I usually
wait till the last minutes.
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So Sunday morning I wake up
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and I start trying to find
an amazing fact, about 300 words
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that I can share with
radio audience that evening.
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But I really enjoyed
that because I learn a lot
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and I find some
interesting things.
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One in particular
that I really enjoyed
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was about the bumblebee.
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They're very
interesting little creatures.
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I understand that
a number of years ago
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some aerodynamic
engineers began to study
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the size of the bumblebee
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and his wing
span and their design
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and they concluded that it
was aerodynamically impossible
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for a Bumblebee to fly.
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How many of you
have heard this before?
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The only thing is
that they don't know
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how to tell the Bumblebee that.
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And so he continues
to fly in spite of it,
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but do you where the
word Bumblebee comes from?
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They were
initially in early America
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called the humblebee.
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Very few of you I
would wager have ever been
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stung by a bumblebee.
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They're big and they can
be very menacing to a child,
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but parents have often had
to console the children and say,
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a bumblebee will
not bite you unless
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you just really
reach out and grab it.
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They're very docile, very humble
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and children
could not say humblebee,
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and so it
evolved into bumblebee.
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How many of you have kids
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that have
trouble with spaghetti,
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they say pisghetti
or something like that?
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Anyone else out there,
they can't say ambulance or-
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The kids cant say humblebee
so they called it a bumblebee.
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And--but they
were really they're not
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a very threatening insect.
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You don't want to hit
when we're on a motorcycle,
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I've don't that
before, I thought I was shot
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but they're
really docile creatures.
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You know, if you ever
looked in C.S. Lewis book,
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"Mere Christianity"
he has a chapter in there
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called 'The Great Sin.'
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And its not that I
endures everything he said
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but he was quite a thinker.
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And you know what he
says the great sin is?
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Pride, pride.
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Spurgeon said we
should never be proud
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of race or place or
face and yet I venture to say
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that is probably one
of the biggest challenges
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that we wrestle with.
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So often when we feel slighted
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and when we're hurt or
we feel under appreciated,
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if we could boil
it down and find out
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what's really at
the heart of the pain,
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our pride has been offended.
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And I think one of
the biggest challenges
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that we face in
imitating our Savior is
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is to have the
neatness and humility of Jesus.
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Now I was under the illusion
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before I became a
Seventh-day Adventist
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that if I can just
lay aside certain things
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and once I am
baptized, then I've arrived.
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And I struggled with smoking
was a real challenge for me,
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you probable heard me say that.
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I drank up until two
weeks before my baptism.
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And, you know, the drugs
and all these typical things
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that people wrestle with
and once I was able to lay
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those things aside
and I got baptized,
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the Lord allowed me
to have a honeymoon,
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while I have the
illusion of perfection
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for a little while.
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And then he said, now Doug,
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we're going to
look on the inside.
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And as the Lord began to
show me what was in my heart,
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I realized that
these external things
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that we so often focus on
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are really very
small in comparison
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with the pride in our hearts.
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When Jesus began His ministry,
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where did He
really aim His sights?
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Did He zero in on
the publican extortion
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or the
prostitute's illicit life?
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Or did He go to the Pharisees
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and the Scribes and the lawyers,
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who had all this
form of religion,
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but they were
motivated by pride.
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They gave to be sin of men.
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They fasted to be sin of men.
They prayed to be sin of men.
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And all of the
religion was motivated by pride.
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It was pretentious.
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There's a story in the Bible
I like to use as a springboard
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to help
illustrate some of the lesson
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that I think could be
healthy for our souls.
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In Isaiah,
Chapter 39, and this story
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can also be found in of
course Chronicles and Kings.
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Whenever some thing is mentioned
three times in the Bible,
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then God wants to
get our attention.
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Three times you will
find this story recorded.
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I am going to go
to Isaiah, Chapter 39.
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And I really changed what I
thought I talk about the Lord,
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just put this on my
heart today as something
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I thought would be valuable.
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Hezekiah was
about to die, he prayed,
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God worked a miracle,
healed him of his fever,
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must have been something
connected with the boil,
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as a sign of his
healing, he prayed,
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sun went backwards ten degrees.
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Now it's never happened,
since never happened before,
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that was a first class miracle.
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People all around the
world had to notice that
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and the people in the
east, especially Babylon,
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they were not only astrologers,
they were astronomers
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and they could not help
it notice when all the sudden
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the shadow stop and
then began to go in reverse.
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And you get to see
all of the wise men
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gathered in the
courtyard with the big sundials
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and they are putting little
pebbles down in and saying,
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it is just our eyes
or is it going backwards?
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And sure enough they marked it,
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the shadow was going
backwards and it stopped again,
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and it resumed
its normal course.
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How God perform that
miracle? I don't know.
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Do I doubt it? Not a bit.
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He's God, He can
do whatever He wants.
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He can make the sun
go around the earth,
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if He wants to instead of
the earth go around the sun,
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I mean He can do
it anyway He wants.
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Well, because of this
miracle, the people in Babylon
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as well as leaders of
the world were trying to find
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what does this mean?
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This is some kind of omen.
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What was the cause of this?
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And they're all speculating
and word began to seek out
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around the world that
it was the God of Abraham
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that caused this
miracle as a result of answering
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the prayer of
Hezekiah and healing him.
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And then you read in
Chapter 39, first verse,
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"At that time Marduk-Baladan,
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the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon.
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He sent letters and a present
to Hezekiah for he had heard
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that he had been
sick and recovered."
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Now that was the
pretense for sending
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the ambassadors with the gift.
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He really wanted to find
out what kind of God this is
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that can make the sun
stop and go in reverse.
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"And Hezekiah was pleased
with them and showed them
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the house of his
treasure and the silver,
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and the gold, and the spices,
and the precious ointment,
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and all his armory,
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and all that was
found among his treasures.
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There is nothing in his
house or in all his dominion
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that Hezekiah
did not show them."
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What a tragedy, now real quick,
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Hezekiah-- good
king or bad king?
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Good king, he was
one of the best kings,
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he effected many revivals.
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Any of you
would want to have him
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as an elder in your church.
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Godly man, great integrity,
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but you know in
another passage in the Bible
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when they talks
about this it says,
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the Lord withdrew from him,
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to show him what
was in his heart.
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In spite of the fact
that he was a godly man.
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Matter of fact,
when he was dying
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and Isaiah said,
set your house in order
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you are going to
die, he began to pray,
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and he listed his
goodness to the Lord.
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He says, I've obeyed
You, I kept Your commandments,
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I've done what I supposed to do,
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answer my prayer and heal me.
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And you know he was a good man,
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but he was little
like that Pharisee
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that stood and
prayed, vest with himself,
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Lord I thank thee,
I am not as other man.
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Comparing
ourselves among ourselves,
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what does that indicate? Pride.
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And even though
he was a godly king,
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even though he
lived the holy life,
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when he saw this
eminent, these ambassadors
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who had come from Babylon
with their beautiful clothing.
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You know, the
Babylonian clothing
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was the most beautiful
in the world back then.
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You remember
Eiken could not resist
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stealing a Babylonian garment.
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And so here they come
with their beautiful apparel
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and they have got the
PhD's in the civilized world.
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That was the center of
learning and he's honored
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that people have come
from Babylon to see me.
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And he wants to
make a good impression,
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so he takes them on a tour.
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They are wanting
to know about his God
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but he's so preoccupied with
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showing them
everything in his house.
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You know, I remember
reading about Marco Polo
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and when Nicolo and Matteo Polo,
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the uncle and the
father of Marco Polo
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spend time with
the great Kublai Khan
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and the empire of the
Mongol king was so vast
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and there was so much treasure,
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millions of subjects.
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He was influenced by
some of the world view
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that even this catholic
merchants were able-you know,
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Christianity is so superior
to every religion of the world,
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I am sorry friends I am
not gonna apologize for that,
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its true. Amen.
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And he sense that
they had something superior
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and he said when you go
back, tell your great priest,
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the Pope to send a
hundred of his best priest
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to teach our people and we
will all become Christians.
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Well when they finally
made their way back to Venice
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and sent to Rome,
they told the Pope,
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the greatest opportunity for
world evangelism is before us,
00:16:18.59\00:16:22.62
the country of China is open.
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The king of China has invited us
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to send a hundred priests to
teach the people our religion
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and you know that they
just didn't take it seriously.
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They missed this opportunity
and the whole course of history
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is still different
today, because you know
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the Popes were
fighting back then,
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there're couple of
Popes that were trying
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to be Pope back then is
one of the times in history
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and they just, they thought,
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you know there
barbaric Chinese people,
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why would we waste our priest,
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they begged them.
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Finally they send two
priests, one died in rout,
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the other one
gave up and turned back
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and they never made it.
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How different
would history be today
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if even those catholic
priests had made it to China,
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incidentally, you know
00:17:10.27\00:17:11.29
where we're
baptizing people the fastest?
00:17:11.30\00:17:13.63
Catholic
countries, that's right.
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Hezekiah missed
this opportunity,
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instead of showing them his God,
00:17:20.66\00:17:23.51
he showed them
everything in his house.
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And you know what,
people will want your God,
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his God at that time
was not really Jehovah,
00:17:32.20\00:17:36.36
he had made an idle
out of his blessings.
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You have a habit
whether known or unknown
00:17:41.83\00:17:47.89
to advertise and
parade what you worship.
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What you worship is
what you'll show people.
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If you worship
Jesus, when they come
00:17:55.56\00:17:56.82
to your house you're
gonna show them Jesus.
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But in his heart,
Hezekiah, he really was in love
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with all the
blessing God had given him.
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Says he showed them
his treasure, the silver,
00:18:06.33\00:18:09.04
the gold, the spices,
the precious ointment,
00:18:09.05\00:18:10.86
all his armory, all that
was found among his treasures.
00:18:10.87\00:18:13.81
There was not found
anything among his treasures
00:18:13.82\00:18:16.34
in his house or all his dominion
00:18:16.35\00:18:17.93
that he did not showed them
00:18:17.94\00:18:19.36
except the temple or the Lord.
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Now when the Queen of
Sheba came to Solomon,
00:18:21.71\00:18:27.16
she saw the house of the Lord.
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She asked him
questions, he talked about God.
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How different it was and
when God appeared to Solomon
00:18:33.30\00:18:36.95
and said what do you want?
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You read that discourse
there in First Kings Chapter 3,
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Solomon never
even mentions his name.
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He refers to
himself as 'Thy servants'.
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You've mad thy servant
king in place of his father
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and give me a
wiser understanding
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how that I can
govern your people.
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He really had
the right priorities
00:18:55.13\00:18:57.07
that God was on the
throne and when the ambassadors,
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in the early part
of Solomon's reign,
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when people came from
around the world to Solomon,
00:19:01.76\00:19:04.29
he allowed God to
get the credit, amen.
00:19:04.30\00:19:10.78
You know, I remember learning
a painful lesson in this line.
00:19:10.79\00:19:15.41
Karen and I have a home
you've probably heard us
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talk about it if you
ever watched our tapes,
00:19:19.89\00:19:21.89
up in the hills, had
for 20 something years,
00:19:21.90\00:19:27.23
and designed it,
build it with some friends,
00:19:27.24\00:19:34.13
got gravity flow
water, solar electric,
00:19:34.14\00:19:38.12
its really nice,
dug a pound out front
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and a beautiful
view, a nice place.
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One day, I was home alone,
00:19:47.22\00:19:50.37
and I was trying to
take care of something,
00:19:50.38\00:19:51.98
I ordered some propane,
00:19:51.99\00:19:53.91
because our
refrigerator does run on propane
00:19:53.92\00:19:57.46
and this
propane truck drives up.
00:19:57.47\00:20:00.15
A handsome young
man, stocky build pops out
00:20:00.16\00:20:04.41
and looks round and
then he looks at me,
00:20:04.42\00:20:08.94
he goes so how
you're doing, Doug?
00:20:08.95\00:20:11.12
And I
surprised, he knew my name,
00:20:11.13\00:20:12.26
this is the
propane truck driver.
00:20:12.27\00:20:13.65
And I looked at
him, I looked at him,
00:20:16.38\00:20:17.86
I thought oh, he
looks really familiar
00:20:17.87\00:20:20.26
but not familiar and
finally he identified himself
00:20:20.27\00:20:24.25
and I used to teach him
00:20:24.26\00:20:26.25
when he was a
junior in Sabbath school.
00:20:26.26\00:20:29.76
Of course he grew up and
I said brother so and so,
00:20:29.77\00:20:34.97
that's so good to see you
and we chatted for a minute
00:20:34.98\00:20:38.90
and then he said you
got a nice place here.
00:20:38.91\00:20:41.67
That's all he needed to say.
00:20:41.68\00:20:44.29
And he let the
genie out of the bottle.
00:20:44.30\00:20:47.25
And I said, well,
let me show you around.
00:20:47.26\00:20:51.34
And I said, you
see this solar panel up
00:20:51.35\00:20:53.33
on the roof and
I said, you know,
00:20:53.34\00:20:54.49
we had gravity flow water,
00:20:54.50\00:20:55.67
I want to put a
Pelton wheel here
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.41
and the whole house
is powered by batteries
00:20:57.42\00:20:59.27
and you see this design,
its got southern exposure,
00:20:59.28\00:21:01.71
and I began to extol
all the virtues of our home
00:21:01.72\00:21:03.56
and the design and the things
00:21:03.57\00:21:05.21
that we had and how
we planned it, built it
00:21:05.22\00:21:10.73
and pretty soon he
looked at his watch and said,
00:21:10.74\00:21:12.34
hay I got to
make another delivery,
00:21:12.35\00:21:13.52
its been good seeing
you, he hoped in his truck
00:21:13.53\00:21:15.08
and he drove away.
00:21:15.09\00:21:16.80
And as I saw the dust
following him down the road
00:21:16.81\00:21:20.32
a little voice spoke to me,
00:21:20.33\00:21:22.27
it said, what did
he see in your house?
00:21:22.28\00:21:26.41
And it occurred to me
00:21:26.42\00:21:27.41
he hadn't been
to church in years.
00:21:27.42\00:21:30.01
And God gave me an
opportunity to talk to him
00:21:30.02\00:21:32.12
about his soul and
all I could think to do is
00:21:32.13\00:21:35.25
talk about my self really.
00:21:35.26\00:21:37.13
That's what I was doing
when I talked about my house.
00:21:37.14\00:21:41.03
And I thought oh,
that was one of the times
00:21:41.04\00:21:43.85
when I began to
realize how entrenched
00:21:43.86\00:21:49.35
these proud materialistic
00:21:49.36\00:21:54.75
feelings are in my heart.
00:21:54.76\00:21:57.63
2000 was an interesting year
00:21:57.64\00:22:01.78
and if you go to the general
conference session in Toronto,
00:22:01.79\00:22:06.43
some of your hands,
the big astrodome there,
00:22:06.44\00:22:09.68
what did they call,
it's not the astrodome?
00:22:09.69\00:22:13.60
I can't hear you
but anyway big sky dome,
00:22:13.61\00:22:15.09
ah, whatever it is,
it's an indoor stadium,
00:22:15.10\00:22:19.34
whatever that was but big place.
00:22:19.35\00:22:22.52
I went early because there
was some meetings for minister
00:22:22.53\00:22:25.48
and I was part of that and
Karen was gonna meet me there,
00:22:25.49\00:22:29.58
this time I met Karen here
and her birthday was coming
00:22:29.59\00:22:35.11
and so when I
checked into the hotel,
00:22:35.12\00:22:36.91
the hotel was
attached to the stadium.
00:22:36.92\00:22:39.70
When I checked into the hotel,
00:22:39.71\00:22:41.65
I was standing
waiting in line to get my room
00:22:41.66\00:22:44.75
and someone came up to me
and they said Brother Doug,
00:22:44.76\00:22:47.38
we sure enjoy your TV program,
that made me feel pretty good.
00:22:47.39\00:22:50.38
The clerk heard
that there in Toronto
00:22:50.39\00:22:53.25
and as it became my turn,
00:22:53.26\00:22:54.90
he said, so you
have a TV program
00:22:54.91\00:22:56.50
and I said yes, you know, I do.
00:22:56.51\00:23:00.39
Tried to look humble
and as he's checking in,
00:23:00.40\00:23:04.58
I said, let me ask you a favor.
00:23:04.59\00:23:07.07
I said, you know my
wife's gonna be joining me
00:23:07.08\00:23:09.90
and its her birthday
and I sure like to have
00:23:09.91\00:23:12.21
a nice room and if
you can give me a room
00:23:12.22\00:23:14.99
that faces the
stadium, they actually had
00:23:15.00\00:23:17.09
some rooms that you
looked down from your hotel room
00:23:17.10\00:23:20.96
into the arena
where the meetings are.
00:23:20.97\00:23:22.81
Oh, boy that would be neat
if I can get one of those rooms
00:23:22.82\00:23:24.94
and surprise Karen.
00:23:24.95\00:23:26.66
He said let me see what I can do
00:23:26.67\00:23:27.78
and so he taps away on
his keyboard few minutes
00:23:27.79\00:23:30.62
and hands me the keys and
said, I think you like this.
00:23:30.63\00:23:33.30
So I go upstairs
with my bags, I don't know
00:23:33.31\00:23:36.48
how he was able to do this,
but he gave me Papal suite,
00:23:36.49\00:23:43.40
this was the room
that the team owner
00:23:43.41\00:23:47.92
reserves for games.
00:23:47.93\00:23:50.37
It was you know if
this was the stadium,
00:23:50.38\00:23:52.35
it was the room that was
a like right in the middle,
00:23:52.36\00:23:55.19
sticks out, balcony
overlooks the whole stadium.
00:23:55.20\00:24:00.38
And I went out
there and I tell you
00:24:00.39\00:24:01.49
it just took my breath away.
00:24:01.50\00:24:04.23
I thought yeah,
Karen's gonna like this.
00:24:04.24\00:24:08.74
And it was really
something because you know,
00:24:08.75\00:24:10.85
when everybody's
meeting, if you were there,
00:24:10.86\00:24:12.61
50,000 people, Seventh-day
Adventists in the stadium.
00:24:12.62\00:24:16.06
I walked out of the balcony,
00:24:16.07\00:24:17.95
I take a little wash
cloth and I waved it from there-
00:24:17.96\00:24:21.69
I really thought
I'll go on like this.
00:24:25.54\00:24:28.35
It was something I'll tell you,
00:24:28.36\00:24:29.78
you really have to be there,
00:24:29.79\00:24:31.09
matter of fact you
know John Lomacang,
00:24:31.10\00:24:33.83
we had my parents along
Karen and John and Angie
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.15
and we all went up there
for main Sabbath session.
00:24:36.16\00:24:38.31
We sat there, we can
look down on the stadium
00:24:38.32\00:24:39.97
and it was really
something you know
00:24:39.98\00:24:41.93
when they talked about
North American division,
00:24:41.94\00:24:43.75
we all waved our
towels and shouted up there
00:24:43.76\00:24:46.68
but then this-it
was either Friday night
00:24:46.69\00:24:49.95
after getting the room,
00:24:49.96\00:24:51.02
Friday night or Sabbath
sometime, I don't remember
00:24:51.03\00:24:54.44
when all the next
speakers were gonna be
00:24:54.45\00:24:56.59
brought out and
introduce, I don't think
00:24:56.60\00:24:58.39
you can remember that.
00:24:58.40\00:24:59.39
Its probably a
lot bigger in my mind
00:24:59.40\00:25:00.55
than anyone else's mind,
00:25:00.56\00:25:01.64
but they brought
them all out and they,
00:25:01.65\00:25:03.71
they you know as they said,
00:25:03.72\00:25:05.06
here we got that
95, 96, 97, 98, 99
00:25:05.07\00:25:08.69
and I was standing backstage.
00:25:08.70\00:25:11.53
There's a point to
this, stay with me.
00:25:11.54\00:25:15.24
I was standing backstage
and there I am with Mark Finley
00:25:15.25\00:25:19.51
and Ken Cox, Lonnie
Melashanko, Dwight Nelson
00:25:19.52\00:25:25.47
and a little
voice said within me.
00:25:25.48\00:25:29.47
Oh, that is a
great company to be in.
00:25:29.48\00:25:33.10
I said and you're
almost like one of them
00:25:33.11\00:25:37.41
and I am having these thoughts
00:25:37.42\00:25:39.98
and I don't know
if you read my mind
00:25:39.99\00:25:42.39
or if the Lord just gave
him a word but out of the blue,
00:25:42.40\00:25:46.81
Dwight and I were standing
next to each other and he said,
00:25:46.82\00:25:49.98
Doug just remember,
you're never more like
00:25:49.99\00:25:53.35
the devil when you are proud.
00:25:53.36\00:25:54.56
And I thought,
00:25:57.68\00:26:00.88
man, talk about
the voice from heaven,
00:26:00.89\00:26:05.01
and you know, it took a
little wind out of my sails,
00:26:08.90\00:26:12.72
when he said that?
00:26:12.73\00:26:14.33
But, yeah, I
couldn't forget that.
00:26:14.43\00:26:16.50
Later I read something
that I think Andrew Murray said,
00:26:16.51\00:26:19.51
it's almost the same thing.
00:26:19.52\00:26:21.67
Not only is that you
never are you more like
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.74
the devil than
when you're proud,
00:26:23.75\00:26:24.88
never are you more like
Jesus than when you are humble.
00:26:24.89\00:26:30.17
Never are you harder
for the devil to reach
00:26:30.18\00:26:34.39
than when you're humble.
00:26:34.40\00:26:38.25
And so he showed him
everything in his house
00:26:38.26\00:26:40.21
and Isaiah the
prophet came to Hezekiah,
00:26:40.22\00:26:42.46
I am still in
Chapter 39 of Isaiah.
00:26:42.47\00:26:45.57
He said where
these people come from
00:26:45.58\00:26:46.87
and what did they
see in your house?
00:26:46.88\00:26:49.64
What did they see in you house?
00:26:49.65\00:26:53.78
What did they see in you house?
00:26:53.79\00:26:56.64
Your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:26:56.65\00:27:00.11
Everyday God brings us
in contact with people.
00:27:00.12\00:27:04.10
Sometimes it's our family,
00:27:04.11\00:27:06.69
most of the
time it's out family.
00:27:06.70\00:27:09.40
Sometimes its strangers
and the Lord is asking,
00:27:09.41\00:27:14.49
what did they see in your house?
00:27:14.50\00:27:17.80
Are you showing
them what you have
00:27:17.81\00:27:22.32
or are you reflecting your God?
00:27:22.33\00:27:25.47
And you know it's almost
as though he was oblivious
00:27:25.48\00:27:27.56
to the real
meaning of the question.
00:27:27.57\00:27:29.56
Hezekiah sounds
like he's begging,
00:27:29.57\00:27:31.07
he says, "Oh, yeah, this
is great I've showed them
00:27:31.08\00:27:34.24
everything that was in my house,
00:27:34.25\00:27:35.58
there is nothing
among my treasure
00:27:35.59\00:27:37.04
I've not shown them."
00:27:37.05\00:27:39.22
Then Hezekiah said, want
to hear the word of the Lord.
00:27:39.23\00:27:43.38
"Behold the days are coming
when all that is in your house
00:27:43.39\00:27:45.74
that your fathers had
accumulated until this day,
00:27:45.75\00:27:48.30
shall be carried to Babylon,
00:27:48.31\00:27:49.65
nothing shall be
left says the Lord"
00:27:49.66\00:27:55.83
People are going to
want what you promote.
00:27:55.84\00:27:59.83
They're gonna
want what you worship.
00:27:59.84\00:28:03.29
And if you
grandstand your stuff,
00:28:03.30\00:28:06.39
people aren't gonna love
you because you have stuff.
00:28:06.40\00:28:09.64
Most of the time
they will resent it, amen.
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.50
But if you advertise your
God, they gonna want your God.
00:28:16.17\00:28:19.42
They gonna want
what makes you happy
00:28:19.43\00:28:22.48
and if you act
like it's your things
00:28:22.49\00:28:24.20
that make you happy, your
possessions or your positions
00:28:24.21\00:28:28.23
that what they gonna want,
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.23
but that's not
how it works with God.
00:28:30.24\00:28:34.32
In the world we put
the value on the car
00:28:34.33\00:28:37.21
that the man drives.
00:28:37.22\00:28:40.15
God wants to know what
kind of man drives the car.
00:28:40.16\00:28:43.95
In the world they put the value
00:28:43.96\00:28:45.47
on what kind of house
does the family live in?
00:28:45.48\00:28:48.84
God is much more concern with
00:28:48.85\00:28:50.05
what kind of family
is living in the house?
00:28:50.06\00:28:53.64
In the world, they say wow,
00:28:53.65\00:28:56.10
look at the dress
that woman is wearing
00:28:56.11\00:28:59.62
and God is more concern with
00:28:59.63\00:29:00.85
what kind of woman
is wearing the dress.
00:29:00.86\00:29:03.82
We get it all backwards.
00:29:03.83\00:29:04.96
Everything you have
will be carried away
00:29:09.19\00:29:10.78
to the Babylon and
Babylon's gonna fall.
00:29:10.79\00:29:15.98
Humility is a strange
thing, someone once said,
00:29:15.99\00:29:18.55
the moment you
think you've acquired
00:29:18.56\00:29:20.05
it is the very
moment that you've lost it.
00:29:20.06\00:29:23.84
You can never get to
the place where you say,
00:29:23.85\00:29:25.48
I have arrived.
00:29:25.49\00:29:28.48
Oswald Chamber
said, there's nothing
00:29:28.49\00:29:29.88
more awful than
conscious humility.
00:29:29.89\00:29:32.58
It's the most
satanic type of pride.
00:29:32.59\00:29:36.61
So we got to be careful
about this false humility.
00:29:36.62\00:29:41.25
I don't know if you
would be willing to admit,
00:29:41.26\00:29:43.85
if you've ever seen a beauty
pageant or any part of one,
00:29:43.86\00:29:47.81
my step mother
was Miss Kentucky.
00:29:47.82\00:29:50.64
She would give me
the inside scoop on what
00:29:50.65\00:29:53.43
really happens in some of
these Miss America pageants
00:29:53.44\00:29:55.91
and some of you read
Becki Trueblood book,
00:29:55.92\00:29:58.71
who was Miss Idaho.
00:29:58.72\00:29:59.71
She used to travel
with the Heritage singers
00:29:59.72\00:30:01.89
and we knew Becki
and the other girls
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.08
that come out and
they, oh they act like
00:30:04.09\00:30:06.18
they just love each
other and they are so happy,
00:30:06.19\00:30:08.07
and when someone else win they
want to scratch their eyes out.
00:30:08.08\00:30:12.68
It's false humility.
00:30:12.69\00:30:14.49
And sometimes we
demonstrate this false humility
00:30:14.50\00:30:19.49
when someone offers us
a complement and they say
00:30:19.50\00:30:22.43
oh, you've done such a nice job.
00:30:22.44\00:30:24.04
Oh, no not me, you know,
00:30:24.05\00:30:25.83
and we think we've
done our self, yes I did.
00:30:25.84\00:30:29.57
It's like someone
saying to Tiger Woods,
00:30:29.58\00:30:30.81
you're a good golfer.
00:30:30.82\00:30:31.83
He says, no, no,
I can't golf, no.
00:30:31.84\00:30:35.36
Miniature golf may be,
00:30:35.37\00:30:36.48
but you know I am-
that's not called humility,
00:30:36.49\00:30:41.46
that's called lying.
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.35
You know in the Bible Paul
says in Romans 12, verse 3,
00:30:44.36\00:30:48.05
"That we ought to have
a realistic knowledge of
00:30:48.06\00:30:51.27
who we are and what we have,
00:30:51.28\00:30:53.66
what we don't
have, what our gifts are?
00:30:53.67\00:30:55.84
You can do that
without being proud
00:30:55.85\00:30:57.50
and without
having false humility.
00:30:57.51\00:30:59.61
Romans Chapter 12, verse 3,
00:31:00.42\00:31:01.80
"For I say though the
grace given me to everyone
00:31:01.81\00:31:03.95
who is among you,
not to think of them self
00:31:03.96\00:31:06.32
more highly than
he ought to think."
00:31:06.33\00:31:09.88
You ought to
have a realistic view
00:31:09.89\00:31:11.95
of who you are in
Christ, seems like
00:31:11.96\00:31:14.97
we've got couple of extremes.
00:31:14.98\00:31:16.94
You probably met people
that are so self conscious
00:31:16.95\00:31:19.85
that you're afraid, you walking
00:31:19.86\00:31:21.38
on in aids
whenever you're around me,
00:31:21.39\00:31:22.54
you gonna afraid
you gonna offend them.
00:31:22.55\00:31:24.12
You know these people who seems
00:31:24.13\00:31:25.43
so hypersensitive and insecure,
that is a form of pride,
00:31:25.44\00:31:29.93
because they are
preoccupied with what
00:31:29.94\00:31:32.09
every body thinks of them.
00:31:32.10\00:31:34.98
You know, something I've
learn is I could never do
00:31:34.99\00:31:38.62
what I am doing if
I was hypersensitive.
00:31:38.63\00:31:41.21
Now most you folks are here
00:31:41.22\00:31:42.22
I assume because
you might be my friends,
00:31:42.23\00:31:45.37
you might like
me, but can believe me
00:31:45.38\00:31:46.87
I get a lot of mail
that is not very friendly.
00:31:46.88\00:31:51.28
Some of it's from
outside the church.
00:31:51.29\00:31:52.98
And if I took everything,
everybody said too seriously,
00:32:00.80\00:32:04.64
I'll just implode.
00:32:04.65\00:32:06.33
You just, you got to
ask the Lord to give me
00:32:06.34\00:32:07.86
grace to be realistic.
00:32:07.87\00:32:09.82
Now somebody else
brought to my attention,
00:32:09.83\00:32:14.96
I was praying in
front of somebody one time
00:32:14.97\00:32:17.55
and I was praying
that God would give us
00:32:17.56\00:32:20.02
humble hearts and he said
00:32:20.03\00:32:21.23
you are not
suppose to pray that.
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.83
I said what?
00:32:22.84\00:32:23.83
He said no, nowhere in
Bible do you find that.
00:32:23.84\00:32:26.42
He says what you
find in the Bible,
00:32:26.43\00:32:27.69
it says humble your self.
00:32:27.70\00:32:30.57
God can humiliate you
if you exalt yourself,
00:32:30.58\00:32:33.86
He can abase you, but
what the Lord wants us
00:32:33.87\00:32:38.38
for us to choose
to humble our self.
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.76
Just think about
that as you read through
00:32:41.77\00:32:44.34
the number of
scriptures, you'll be amazed
00:32:44.35\00:32:46.63
how often it says, it's
in our scripture reading.
00:32:46.64\00:32:50.53
If we humble ourselves in pray,
00:32:50.54\00:32:52.95
that means we
choose to humble ourselves.
00:32:52.96\00:32:57.12
This is one of the
most important things
00:32:57.13\00:32:58.58
I think the church
needs to learn, you know why?
00:32:58.59\00:33:02.02
Humility will promote, first
of all, better Christianity.
00:33:02.03\00:33:07.56
When we humble
ourselves before God,
00:33:07.57\00:33:09.12
we have a lot more peace.
00:33:09.13\00:33:11.38
So much of the
trouble that we get into is
00:33:11.39\00:33:13.89
because of our pride.
00:33:13.90\00:33:16.59
So many of the
disasters that we encounter is
00:33:16.60\00:33:18.75
because of our pride.
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.64
I have a little
amazing fact for you.
00:33:20.65\00:33:23.55
I've got a scar
under my left eye,
00:33:23.56\00:33:26.47
one of my left hand, one
on my left foot, stitches.
00:33:26.48\00:33:32.14
All three times
I was showing off.
00:33:32.15\00:33:36.67
It makes me
think of the scripture,
00:33:36.68\00:33:37.87
if your eye offends you,
if your hand offends you,
00:33:37.88\00:33:39.51
if your foot offends you.
00:33:39.52\00:33:42.90
Haughty Spirit
goes before a fall.
00:33:42.91\00:33:44.39
I'll not give you the
history behind all these things.
00:33:44.40\00:33:46.75
But every time I
look at my left hand,
00:33:46.76\00:33:49.27
look in the mirror, you know,
00:33:49.28\00:33:50.60
I'm wearing glasses
now, it's my left eye.
00:33:50.61\00:33:53.85
I had a bike
accident, was showing off,
00:33:53.86\00:33:56.35
landed on my eye and
stepped on a glass bottle,
00:33:56.36\00:34:01.02
showing off I
was going to dive off
00:34:01.03\00:34:02.52
some rocks living
in there cave up there
00:34:02.53\00:34:04.96
to some tourists that came by,
00:34:04.97\00:34:07.12
stepped on a baby food jar.
00:34:07.13\00:34:10.56
I don't know what it
was doing in the creek,
00:34:10.57\00:34:11.81
I have never seen it before.
00:34:11.82\00:34:14.12
Cut my foot open and I've
just got these little reminders
00:34:14.13\00:34:18.71
and God is like
saying, you know,
00:34:18.72\00:34:21.06
a haughty spirit
goes before a fall.
00:34:21.07\00:34:23.48
And in spite of that
it is so natural for us
00:34:23.49\00:34:26.59
to gravitate back
to the selfish pride.
00:34:26.60\00:34:32.49
You know when you're
crucified with Christ,
00:34:32.50\00:34:36.36
you don't get
offended near as much.
00:34:36.37\00:34:40.14
You've ever seen a
dead person get offended?
00:34:40.15\00:34:42.90
I have done lot of
funerals and you know,
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.93
often it's an open
casket and people come up
00:34:45.94\00:34:48.35
and give a little
testimony and sometimes
00:34:48.36\00:34:49.93
they may say
something that's even bordering
00:34:49.94\00:34:51.61
and disparaging
about the deceased.
00:34:51.62\00:34:54.55
I've never heard
them complained or object.
00:34:54.56\00:34:58.81
The Bible says, he that
is dead is freed from sin.
00:34:58.82\00:35:03.51
And if we are
crucified with Christ,
00:35:03.52\00:35:06.22
that's where the
real humility comes from.
00:35:06.23\00:35:08.84
We choose to experience that.
00:35:08.85\00:35:11.45
You probably
heard the story about
00:35:11.46\00:35:13.67
when Muhammad Ali was
at the peak of his career,
00:35:13.68\00:35:17.06
he wasn't known for
being a humble boxer,
00:35:17.07\00:35:20.64
that's oxymoron, isn't it.
00:35:20.65\00:35:24.50
And he was in first
class on this airplane
00:35:24.51\00:35:26.62
traveling
somewhere and this steward,
00:35:26.63\00:35:28.95
this flight
attendant came down the isle
00:35:28.96\00:35:31.11
and asked him to
buckle his seatbelt.
00:35:31.12\00:35:34.07
And he says superman
don't need no seatbelt.
00:35:34.08\00:35:38.43
And she said, that's true,
00:35:38.44\00:35:39.43
but superman don't
need no airplane either,
00:35:39.44\00:35:41.53
so you gonna
buckle your seatbelt.
00:35:41.54\00:35:46.98
No man should think
more highly of himself
00:35:46.99\00:35:49.75
that he ought to
think, the Bible says.
00:35:49.76\00:35:53.22
Here are some
examples in the Bible of how
00:35:53.23\00:35:55.22
when we humble our self,
what a radical difference
00:35:55.23\00:35:57.91
it can make?
00:35:57.92\00:35:59.99
You remember King
Ahab, good king or bad king?
00:36:00.00\00:36:03.62
Bad. Bad king.
00:36:03.63\00:36:04.87
But you know even after
he threw his wife Jezebel,
00:36:04.88\00:36:08.71
allowed Nabeth to be murdered,
00:36:08.72\00:36:10.67
so that he could
take his vineyard.
00:36:10.68\00:36:13.51
When Elisha, the
prophet confronted him
00:36:13.52\00:36:15.13
and condemned him for that.
00:36:15.14\00:36:16.35
The Bible says Ahab
humbled himself greatly.
00:36:16.36\00:36:22.62
And you know, the Lord did,
00:36:22.63\00:36:23.93
even a wicked king like Ahab
00:36:23.94\00:36:26.14
because he humbled himself,
the Lord prolonged his life
00:36:26.15\00:36:30.90
and gave him many
more years of peace.
00:36:30.91\00:36:34.38
The Bible talks about
when Josiah humbled himself
00:36:34.39\00:36:38.06
before the Lord,
God said the curse
00:36:38.07\00:36:41.42
that I said I'm gonna
bring I'm not bring in his days
00:36:41.43\00:36:43.87
because he has humbled himself.
00:36:43.88\00:36:45.88
The worst king whoever
lived, what was his name?
00:36:45.89\00:36:50.05
Manasseh, well,
you can probably take
00:36:50.06\00:36:51.91
an election
between Ahab and Manasseh.
00:36:51.92\00:36:53.56
But Manasseh was definitely
the longest living worst king.
00:36:53.57\00:36:56.80
Offered his children, put
idols in the temple of the Lord,
00:36:56.81\00:37:01.62
55 years he reigned.
00:37:01.63\00:37:04.37
He was carried off to
prison by the Assyrians
00:37:04.38\00:37:06.42
and while in prison he
humbled himself greatly
00:37:06.43\00:37:10.42
before the Lord and
the Bible heard his prayer,
00:37:10.43\00:37:13.75
even Manasseh.
00:37:13.76\00:37:16.13
So it's a prudent thing to
do for us to humble ourselves
00:37:16.14\00:37:18.45
before the Lord,
you can help postpone
00:37:18.46\00:37:22.02
or avert disaster
and prolong your peace.
00:37:22.03\00:37:26.65
Andrew Murray said this,
00:37:26.66\00:37:28.78
humility is
perfect quietness of heart.
00:37:28.79\00:37:32.04
It is to expect
nothing, to wonder at nothing
00:37:32.05\00:37:34.82
that has done to me, to
feel nothing done against me,
00:37:34.83\00:37:38.19
it is to be at rest
when nobody praises me
00:37:38.20\00:37:41.38
when I'm blamed or despised
it's to have a blessed home
00:37:41.39\00:37:44.85
in the Lord, where I
can go and shut the door
00:37:44.86\00:37:46.89
and kneel to my father in secret
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.98
and I'm at peace as in
a deep sea of calmness,
00:37:48.99\00:37:53.77
when all around
and above is troubled.
00:37:53.78\00:37:57.28
That's why
humility offers peace.
00:37:57.29\00:38:00.65
So much of our
turmoil that we experience
00:38:00.66\00:38:03.64
is because we feel like
someone took advantage of us
00:38:03.65\00:38:07.29
or they didn't appreciate us.
00:38:07.30\00:38:09.28
Or we were slighted and
if you could trace it down,
00:38:09.29\00:38:15.17
coles into what the
real problem is, analyze it.
00:38:15.18\00:38:19.24
The computer would
spit out the word pride,
00:38:19.25\00:38:22.76
it's the great sin.
It's the sin of the devil.
00:38:22.77\00:38:26.30
It's the sin he used
to bring down the world
00:38:26.31\00:38:28.24
when He told Eve,
you would be like God.
00:38:28.25\00:38:31.11
It was pride.
00:38:31.12\00:38:33.23
If we would humble
ourselves and pray.
00:38:33.24\00:38:37.62
Haughty spirit goes
before fall, you know,
00:38:37.63\00:38:39.13
when you're going
through some form of judgment,
00:38:39.14\00:38:43.26
because you
haven't humbled yourself.
00:38:43.27\00:38:45.18
The smartest thing to do
is embrace the punishment.
00:38:45.19\00:38:49.75
Somebody once said, it
always lessens the blow
00:38:49.76\00:38:53.03
if you draw near the
one who holds the rod. Amen.
00:38:53.04\00:38:57.70
I know that my mom
was about five feet three
00:39:01.27\00:39:07.08
and she didn't
spank us very often,
00:39:07.09\00:39:09.38
she usually waited
until she was in a fit of rage
00:39:09.39\00:39:14.20
but she wasn't very good at it.
00:39:14.21\00:39:16.41
Because I mean, she never
played baseball or anything.
00:39:16.42\00:39:20.46
But she get a belt or
something and trying to spank us
00:39:20.47\00:39:23.60
and you know, my
brother and I would run around
00:39:23.61\00:39:25.74
like squirrels while
she's trying to do it.
00:39:25.75\00:39:29.63
But we found that if
we drew closer to her,
00:39:29.64\00:39:34.87
it makes it hard to hit somebody
when they're hugging you.
00:39:34.88\00:39:37.69
John, you're the
one who holds the rod.
00:39:43.87\00:39:45.93
Seven Testimonies page 210,
00:39:47.48\00:39:50.04
"Everyone has
undiscovered traits of character
00:39:50.05\00:39:52.88
that must come to
light through trial.
00:39:52.89\00:39:55.33
God allows those
who are self sufficient
00:39:55.34\00:39:57.57
to be solely tempted
00:39:57.58\00:39:59.32
that they might
understand their helplessness."
00:39:59.33\00:40:02.34
Now God often puts us to tests
00:40:02.35\00:40:04.19
like He did
Hezekiah to find out,
00:40:04.20\00:40:07.03
but God already knows it,
00:40:07.04\00:40:08.03
so we can find out
what's in our hearts
00:40:08.04\00:40:11.60
and often we find out
that what's in our hearts
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.19
is this problem of pride.
00:40:14.20\00:40:17.15
Now I want you to
consider something
00:40:17.16\00:40:18.69
that I think is one of
the most important issues.
00:40:18.70\00:40:21.69
Would you like to be
a better soul winner?
00:40:21.70\00:40:24.97
When we humble
ourselves before the God,
00:40:24.98\00:40:27.70
before the Lord, it is
the most important thing
00:40:27.71\00:40:30.46
that we can do to be
more effective for Christ.
00:40:30.47\00:40:35.27
When was it that the disciples
00:40:35.28\00:40:37.27
had the greatest
number of baptisms?
00:40:37.28\00:40:39.75
Well, you know,
it does tell us that
00:40:42.25\00:40:43.58
they baptized during
the time of Christ ministry.
00:40:43.59\00:40:46.83
Matter of fact,
they baptized more people
00:40:46.84\00:40:48.23
than John the Baptist, it
never gives us the number.
00:40:48.24\00:40:52.04
We know that by
the Day of Pentecost,
00:40:52.05\00:40:54.15
there was only a
120 in the upper room,
00:40:54.16\00:40:56.64
but they have been arguing
and fighting among themselves
00:40:56.65\00:40:59.54
which of them was the greatest.
00:40:59.55\00:41:03.11
Now I'm a pastor and so
I still speak that language
00:41:03.12\00:41:09.76
and virtually
all of the conflict
00:41:09.77\00:41:14.13
that we experience in churches
00:41:14.14\00:41:19.15
can be analyzed as pride.
00:41:19.16\00:41:21.98
Someone got a position on
nominating committee board,
00:41:21.99\00:41:24.33
that's a real
catalyst for trouble, isn't it?
00:41:24.34\00:41:27.50
If that doesn't do it for you,
its former building committee
00:41:27.51\00:41:30.13
or a decorating
committee or a music committee
00:41:30.14\00:41:35.80
and someone gets slighted,
someone gets passed up,
00:41:35.81\00:41:40.05
they're not reinstated,
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.38
also when they
stop coming to church
00:41:42.39\00:41:44.32
or they start a civil war.
00:41:44.33\00:41:47.86
You've been there, hah?
00:41:47.87\00:41:50.77
But when the disciples
put aside their differences,
00:41:50.78\00:41:53.84
stop striving for
the highest place,
00:41:53.85\00:41:57.39
that's when the Lord was able
to pour out the Holy Spirit.
00:41:57.40\00:41:59.65
Amen. Amen.
00:41:59.66\00:42:00.93
Psalm 51, King David
humbled himself before the Lord,
00:42:00.94\00:42:03.52
you know, after he
sinned with Bathsheba.
00:42:03.53\00:42:05.10
He laid on his
face for seven days.
00:42:05.11\00:42:09.19
When you humble yourself,
it's a form of repentance.
00:42:09.20\00:42:13.64
A lot of people say
they want to sin like David
00:42:13.65\00:42:16.27
and they say well,
you know, David sinned
00:42:16.28\00:42:17.48
and God forgive him,
but I found very few people
00:42:17.49\00:42:19.99
who are willing
to humble themselves
00:42:20.00\00:42:21.55
and repent like David.
00:42:21.56\00:42:24.39
I've known a lot
of church members
00:42:24.40\00:42:28.27
that have made the same
mistakes that David made,
00:42:28.28\00:42:31.77
but not the arriving
part, Bathsheba part,
00:42:31.78\00:42:36.00
but I've never seen any of them
00:42:36.01\00:42:37.00
lay on their face
for seven days and weep.
00:42:37.01\00:42:41.33
He humbled himself
00:42:41.34\00:42:42.48
and you know,
what his concern was?
00:42:42.49\00:42:43.79
Psalm 51, verse 12 and 13,
00:42:43.80\00:42:46.86
"Restore unto me the
joy of your salvation
00:42:46.87\00:42:49.24
and uphold me
with Your free spirit,
00:42:49.25\00:42:51.31
then I will teach transgressors
00:42:51.32\00:42:53.34
Your ways and sinners
will be converted onto you."
00:42:53.35\00:42:56.66
Sinners will be converted.
00:42:56.67\00:42:58.32
Humble yourself before the Lord,
00:42:58.33\00:43:00.18
sinners will be converted.
00:43:00.19\00:43:02.19
Simon Peter fell
down at Jesus feet
00:43:02.20\00:43:05.20
after Jesus filled the net,
he said Lord, depart from me,
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.06
I'm a sinful man,
he humbled himself
00:43:08.07\00:43:10.53
and you know, what Jesus said,
00:43:10.54\00:43:11.79
follow me now
and you'll catch men.
00:43:11.80\00:43:14.58
After he humbled himself,
00:43:14.59\00:43:15.79
Jesus said now I can
make you a fisher of men,
00:43:15.80\00:43:17.66
because you
know you can't do it.
00:43:17.67\00:43:20.50
Whenever I go into
an evangelist meeting,
00:43:20.51\00:43:23.76
and everything is running
smoothly I get really scared,
00:43:23.77\00:43:27.33
that meeting is
destined to flop.
00:43:27.34\00:43:30.64
But when before the meeting,
we've all these challenges
00:43:30.65\00:43:32.97
and we need to humble ourselves
00:43:32.98\00:43:34.13
and get on our
knees and beg for God
00:43:34.14\00:43:36.51
to bless for his namesake.
00:43:36.52\00:43:38.71
You know, it's
really easy for me
00:43:38.72\00:43:39.71
to get my wires crossed
00:43:39.72\00:43:41.50
and think that a
successful evangelistic meeting
00:43:41.51\00:43:44.57
is for my benefit.
00:43:44.58\00:43:47.42
And the Lord has to get my
attention every now and then,
00:43:47.43\00:43:50.07
and say Doug, the
success of this meeting
00:43:50.08\00:43:51.97
is not for your glory,
it's for My glory. Amen.
00:43:51.98\00:43:57.76
You're surprised to hear me,
admit these things, don't you?
00:43:57.77\00:44:02.56
That's true.
00:44:02.57\00:44:03.61
Only reason I'm
feeling okay about telling you
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.53
as I just figure you
probably the same way.
00:44:08.54\00:44:10.68
Isaiah falls
down before the Lord,
00:44:15.24\00:44:18.14
he says Lord, it's
me, I'm a sinful man.
00:44:18.15\00:44:20.59
I am a man of unclean lips,
00:44:20.60\00:44:21.94
and I dwell among the
midst of people of unclean lips,
00:44:21.95\00:44:24.10
for my eyes have seen the King.
00:44:24.11\00:44:26.53
And then after he
humbles himself before the Lord,
00:44:26.54\00:44:28.69
the Lord says who shall I send,
00:44:28.70\00:44:30.70
who will go for us? He
says, here am I send me.
00:44:30.71\00:44:33.88
When did the
conversion start to happen?
00:44:33.89\00:44:37.84
When they humbled themselves.
00:44:37.85\00:44:39.62
Nine testimonies 189,
00:44:41.75\00:44:44.29
"If we would humble
ourselves before God,
00:44:44.30\00:44:47.59
and be kind, notice
she says humble ourselves,
00:44:47.60\00:44:50.55
and be kind, and courteous
00:44:50.56\00:44:52.86
and tenderhearted and pitiful,
00:44:52.87\00:44:54.66
there would be a
hundred conversions to the truth
00:44:54.67\00:44:57.38
where now there is one."
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.73
If we would humble ourselves.
00:44:59.74\00:45:03.10
And I'll tell you what.
00:45:03.11\00:45:05.25
It isn't easy because
we're in the world today
00:45:05.26\00:45:11.37
that worships pride.
00:45:11.38\00:45:15.08
Everywhere you turn,
we're being bombarded
00:45:15.09\00:45:18.04
with the message
to worship yourself.
00:45:18.05\00:45:23.42
Number one magazine many
years ago used to be Life,
00:45:23.43\00:45:27.44
then look, now they
got a magazine called Self,
00:45:27.45\00:45:31.63
Life went out of business.
00:45:31.64\00:45:34.36
It tells you about the change
00:45:34.37\00:45:35.38
in people's perspectives, right?
00:45:35.39\00:45:38.03
We've become very self
worshipping in our culture.
00:45:38.04\00:45:44.49
Humility will increase wisdom.
00:45:44.50\00:45:46.29
God will give
wisdom to the humble.
00:45:46.30\00:45:48.74
Proverbs 11 verse
2, "When pride comes,
00:45:48.75\00:45:51.75
then comes shame, but
with the humble is wisdom."
00:45:51.76\00:45:56.41
Somebody said that
when your head swells,
00:45:56.42\00:45:59.18
your brain shrinks.
00:45:59.19\00:46:03.38
And isn't it true that
when a person is proud,
00:46:03.39\00:46:05.70
they make really dumb decisions.
00:46:05.71\00:46:09.01
When Absalom was
lifted up with pride,
00:46:09.02\00:46:11.18
he picked the wrong
councilors and he died.
00:46:11.19\00:46:15.48
He rejected the wise councilor
and he picked his friends,
00:46:15.49\00:46:18.76
that's what Abram
did. Pride did it.
00:46:18.77\00:46:24.18
King Sol, God
chose him and God said
00:46:24.19\00:46:26.63
when you're
small in your own eyes,
00:46:26.64\00:46:28.01
I anointed you king.
00:46:28.02\00:46:30.04
But then he became
big in his own eyes
00:46:30.05\00:46:31.65
and he was more concerned with
what the people thought of him
00:46:31.66\00:46:33.74
than what the
Lord thought of him.
00:46:33.75\00:46:35.58
He self destructed.
00:46:35.59\00:46:39.04
The devil will ultimately
self destruct as well.
00:46:39.05\00:46:44.96
Look at some of the
wisest people in the Bible.
00:46:44.97\00:46:48.88
Daniel, Bible says
though he'd be wise like Daniel.
00:46:48.89\00:46:53.07
You know when
Nebuchadnezzar said to Daniel,
00:46:53.08\00:46:54.58
are you able to
interpret the dream?
00:46:54.59\00:46:56.07
Daniel humbled
himself, he said no
00:46:56.08\00:46:57.44
but there's God in
heaven, He will tell the king.
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.38
Joseph was
brought before pharaoh.
00:47:00.39\00:47:02.33
He says I understand
that you understand dreams
00:47:02.34\00:47:04.24
and he said God will
give the pharaoh an answer.
00:47:04.25\00:47:07.17
They humbled themselves.
00:47:07.18\00:47:09.02
God was able to give them wisdom
00:47:09.03\00:47:10.61
because they would recognize
00:47:10.62\00:47:11.80
what the source of it would be.
00:47:11.81\00:47:13.58
I was thankful, I almost
said something to over Gallimore
00:47:17.89\00:47:22.05
whenever I read that
someone's gonna introduce me
00:47:22.06\00:47:24.19
that makes me very nervous.
00:47:24.20\00:47:27.93
Ah, my
secretary, bless her heart,
00:47:27.94\00:47:32.82
ah, my
mother-in-law is my secretary.
00:47:32.83\00:47:35.68
But unlike some
mother-in-laws she likes me.
00:47:40.44\00:47:44.53
And conferences,
when I go to camp meeting,
00:47:44.54\00:47:48.56
they'll say do you
have a little bio on Doug?
00:47:48.57\00:47:51.22
She sends them
three pages and figures,
00:47:51.23\00:47:53.27
they'll pick
something out of it.
00:47:53.28\00:47:56.45
I went to a camp
meeting one time,
00:47:56.46\00:47:57.83
they thought that I wanted
them to read the whole thing,
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.75
I didn't even know they got it.
00:47:59.76\00:48:02.26
And so just
before I got up to speak,
00:48:02.27\00:48:03.76
someone gets up and they read
00:48:03.77\00:48:05.04
these three pages,
it is drippy stuff.
00:48:05.05\00:48:09.14
And you know when
I got up to preach,
00:48:12.39\00:48:13.80
I felt absolutely useless.
00:48:13.81\00:48:18.45
Because I just, how can
the Lord use me after that.
00:48:18.46\00:48:22.88
And so I always tremble,
00:48:22.89\00:48:23.96
I almost said hell to Gallimore,
00:48:23.97\00:48:25.33
the less you say the better.
00:48:25.34\00:48:28.55
No, really I mean that.
00:48:28.56\00:48:30.15
Because I've just
know it's a rule of life.
00:48:30.16\00:48:32.72
If I want God to
bless me with wisdom,
00:48:32.73\00:48:34.86
matter of fact,
even while I'm preaching,
00:48:34.87\00:48:38.31
even while I'm preaching,
00:48:38.32\00:48:39.81
I'll hear the devil say,
00:48:39.82\00:48:41.06
oh, Doug that was
really a good point
00:48:41.07\00:48:43.10
and I'll say you be quiet.
00:48:43.11\00:48:44.69
Lord, thank you
for that, that point.
00:48:44.70\00:48:47.93
He didn't know I
was schizophrenic
00:48:47.94\00:48:49.35
as I stood before you, hah?
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.50
Have these
conservations within myself,
00:48:51.51\00:48:53.98
it's true, absolutely true.
00:48:53.99\00:48:56.79
And I want God to have
the glory, I really do.
00:48:56.80\00:48:59.23
And it's battle that
we fight all the time,
00:48:59.24\00:49:01.38
but you know why?
00:49:01.39\00:49:02.98
'cause the devil he
can almost neutralize
00:49:02.99\00:49:05.23
anything God wants to do in us
00:49:05.24\00:49:06.69
and through us by inflating us.
00:49:06.70\00:49:10.47
Mama whale told the baby whale,
00:49:13.17\00:49:17.10
be careful when
you get to the top
00:49:17.11\00:49:19.38
and you start to blow
is when you get harpooned
00:49:19.39\00:49:23.74
and so the more God blesses
00:49:23.75\00:49:26.34
the more careful we need to be.
00:49:26.35\00:49:29.83
Haughty Spirit
goes before a fall.
00:49:29.84\00:49:31.77
Christ's Object
Lessons, page 154,
00:49:31.78\00:49:35.74
"The evil that
led to Peter's fall,
00:49:35.75\00:49:38.14
that shut the Pharisee
out of communion with God
00:49:38.15\00:49:40.50
is proving the
ruin of thousands today.
00:49:40.51\00:49:43.58
There is nothing,
nothing so offensive to God
00:49:43.59\00:49:47.11
or so dangerous
to the human soul
00:49:47.12\00:49:50.41
as pride and self-sufficiency."
00:49:50.42\00:49:53.37
You know the condition of
the Laodicean church is, pride.
00:49:53.38\00:49:57.80
They think they
are rich and increase
00:49:57.81\00:49:59.82
with goods, its pride.
00:49:59.83\00:50:02.23
And they don't know,
what their condition is
00:50:02.24\00:50:05.03
that they are poor
and wretched and miserable
00:50:05.04\00:50:07.21
and blind and naked.
00:50:07.22\00:50:08.51
And have you notice
that as you read the Bible
00:50:08.52\00:50:10.90
God deliberately
goes out of his way
00:50:10.91\00:50:13.56
to choose the
humble instruments.
00:50:13.57\00:50:16.29
And those are the ones
you can operate through.
00:50:16.30\00:50:19.02
He did not reveal them
resurrection to Peter, James
00:50:19.03\00:50:21.74
and John or even his own mother,
00:50:21.75\00:50:24.06
but to Mary Magdalene.
00:50:24.07\00:50:26.26
He didn't show all
the treasure to the king
00:50:26.27\00:50:28.76
but he showed it to four lepers.
00:50:28.77\00:50:30.76
You know, the
story I'm talking about--
00:50:30.77\00:50:32.96
during the famine in Israel.
00:50:32.97\00:50:35.27
God chooses humble instruments.
00:50:35.28\00:50:39.72
So the more we allow
the devil's propaganda
00:50:39.73\00:50:43.57
of trying to get
route in our hearts
00:50:43.58\00:50:45.88
the less God can do through us.
00:50:45.89\00:50:50.31
We need to humble
ourselves before the Lord.
00:50:50.32\00:50:53.99
You pra for me.
00:50:54.00\00:50:56.55
You know, I want
the Lord to bless.
00:50:56.56\00:50:57.91
I want to be a great preacher.
00:50:57.92\00:51:00.04
Now do you
know, why I mean that.
00:51:00.05\00:51:02.03
I do I want to be great
for God and I mean that.
00:51:02.04\00:51:05.75
I want the Lord to use me
as much as he possibly can.
00:51:05.76\00:51:09.09
But at the same time I
want to maintain the balance
00:51:09.10\00:51:12.62
where I don't get where I
start to think that it's me.
00:51:12.63\00:51:16.77
Because I know, you
read the book of Job,
00:51:16.78\00:51:18.80
you can loose
everything in one day.
00:51:18.81\00:51:21.38
Isn't that right?
00:51:21.39\00:51:22.97
Like Nebuchadnezzar you
can loose your mind in one day.
00:51:22.98\00:51:25.24
Why did he loose his mind?
00:51:25.25\00:51:27.38
Pride, humility fosters wisdom,
00:51:27.39\00:51:30.43
pride breeds insanity.
00:51:30.44\00:51:32.74
You know, when you
meet people they're crazy.
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.47
They all think
they're Caesar and Napoleon.
00:51:37.48\00:51:40.64
They never think
they're homeless.
00:51:40.65\00:51:42.32
Have you noticed that?
00:51:44.47\00:51:45.75
One of the things
that keeps me perspective,
00:51:48.17\00:51:51.85
I don't know, if
I should say this,
00:51:51.86\00:51:55.12
and do you guys
have family radio?
00:51:55.13\00:51:57.92
Any of you in family,
any of you of heard gone
00:51:57.93\00:51:59.31
in Harold Camping?
00:51:59.32\00:52:02.47
Yeah, I think I can say this,
00:52:02.48\00:52:06.69
Harold camping bless his heart.
00:52:06.70\00:52:08.69
I've talked to him before.
00:52:08.70\00:52:09.83
He started a great
Christian radio station.
00:52:09.84\00:52:12.04
They got the
best music out there,
00:52:12.05\00:52:14.90
some of the best I should say.
00:52:14.91\00:52:16.20
There're some good ones.
00:52:16.21\00:52:17.72
And but he comes
on and he attempts
00:52:17.73\00:52:22.35
to answer Bible questions.
00:52:22.36\00:52:25.29
Matter of fact
one of the reasons
00:52:25.30\00:52:26.52
that I wanted the
Bible answer program
00:52:26.53\00:52:29.27
is because I
listen to Harold Campaign,
00:52:29.28\00:52:30.82
I heard so many bad answers
00:52:30.83\00:52:32.22
I thought someone's
got to get this right.
00:52:32.23\00:52:34.72
And the Lord opened the door
00:52:34.73\00:52:35.72
where I could have a
Bible answer program.
00:52:35.73\00:52:37.81
But his answers were
just so convoluted and weird.
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.71
I mean he predict the
second coming of Lord 1996.
00:52:41.72\00:52:45.25
Any of you've heard that.
00:52:45.26\00:52:46.93
He's got he has probably got
00:52:46.94\00:52:48.01
one of the largest
Christian radio programs
00:52:48.02\00:52:49.75
in North
America stations anyway.
00:52:49.76\00:52:52.77
It helped our
evangelistic meeting
00:52:52.78\00:52:54.09
when he predicted
the second coming.
00:52:54.10\00:52:57.22
In the town where
we were at that time.
00:52:57.23\00:52:59.47
But do you know I hear
people get on the radio.
00:52:59.48\00:53:03.92
And now they would
say, Brother Camping,
00:53:03.93\00:53:05.77
thank you for taking my call.
00:53:05.78\00:53:07.09
I just love you so much
you're such a wonderful teacher.
00:53:07.10\00:53:11.09
You've the truth and
it is going on and on.
00:53:11.10\00:53:14.79
And do you know
whenever I'm inclined
00:53:14.80\00:53:19.95
to believe the compliments
that people share with me.
00:53:19.96\00:53:23.55
I remember people
compliment Brother Campaign too.
00:53:23.56\00:53:26.16
Somebody said to me one time
compliments are like perfume
00:53:26.17\00:53:32.89
you can sniff it,
but don't swallow.
00:53:32.90\00:53:36.97
Many a bee is drowned
in his own honey, right?
00:53:36.98\00:53:40.80
So someone compliments
you just take it graciously,
00:53:40.81\00:53:44.66
but don't take it too seriously.
00:53:44.67\00:53:48.91
The main point that
I wanna leave with you
00:53:48.92\00:53:51.12
or may be before I
get to that final point.
00:53:54.58\00:53:56.70
They told me I could go to 9:15
00:53:59.66\00:54:02.33
my watch is still
on California time.
00:54:02.34\00:54:05.38
So, no I'm just kidding.
00:54:05.39\00:54:11.29
What can we do to encourage
humility in our own hearts?
00:54:13.45\00:54:18.61
Well, there are
several things we can do,
00:54:18.62\00:54:20.72
go visit Niagara Falls.
00:54:20.73\00:54:23.29
Go to the Redwood and
stand at the base of the tree.
00:54:23.30\00:54:26.16
Get out in God's creation
00:54:26.17\00:54:27.73
and you begin to get perspective
00:54:27.74\00:54:29.18
of how small we really are.
00:54:29.19\00:54:31.23
When you look
through a microscope
00:54:31.24\00:54:32.92
or look through a telescope
00:54:32.93\00:54:34.62
it really tells
you, how big God is?
00:54:34.63\00:54:38.18
And helps us realize that
we're not as much as we think.
00:54:38.19\00:54:40.98
Psalms 8, verse 3 and 4,
"When I consider the heaven
00:54:40.99\00:54:43.70
in the work of your
fingers the moon and the stars
00:54:43.71\00:54:45.70
that you've ordained what is man
00:54:45.71\00:54:47.50
that you're mindful of him.
00:54:47.51\00:54:49.43
But the son of man
that you consider him."
00:54:49.44\00:54:52.41
These are some things
you can do to stimulate it.
00:54:52.42\00:54:54.77
Look at the cross
nothing will help you
00:54:54.78\00:54:59.50
get perspective better
than if you calibrate your heart
00:54:59.51\00:55:02.49
at the foot of a cross.
00:55:02.50\00:55:05.61
Look at what
Jesus did for you, why?
00:55:05.62\00:55:07.62
Because you're sinner.
00:55:07.63\00:55:10.09
And instead of
standing and praying
00:55:10.10\00:55:12.62
Lord I think that
I'm not as other man.
00:55:12.63\00:55:15.02
You'll smite upon your breast
00:55:15.03\00:55:16.34
and say Lord have
mercy upon me a sinner.
00:55:16.35\00:55:19.99
Lord have mercy
upon me a sinner.
00:55:20.00\00:55:25.40
Philippians, Chapter 2,
verse 5 through 8, it says,
00:55:25.41\00:55:29.54
"Jesus humbled himself
taking on the form of a servant.
00:55:29.55\00:55:35.14
He humbled himself
and became obedient
00:55:35.15\00:55:36.98
even to the point of death.
00:55:36.99\00:55:38.39
Even to death of the cross."
00:55:38.40\00:55:41.15
You know, I'd like to close
with our scripture reading.
00:55:43.55\00:55:49.87
"If my people who
had called by my name
00:55:49.88\00:55:53.14
will humbled
themselves and pray."
00:55:53.15\00:55:56.31
What's the best
way to humble yourself?
00:55:56.32\00:55:58.95
In prayer ask God to forgive us
00:55:58.96\00:56:01.47
for our
selfishness and our pride.
00:56:01.48\00:56:04.50
If we do this God want
you to humble yourself, why?
00:56:04.51\00:56:07.82
If we humble
ourselves He will lift us up,
00:56:07.83\00:56:09.41
James Chapter 4 says.
00:56:09.42\00:56:10.96
He wants to lift you
up, but He can't lift you up
00:56:10.97\00:56:12.76
if you're lifting yourself up.
00:56:12.77\00:56:14.70
If we humble
ourselves and submit before God,
00:56:14.71\00:56:18.30
He can then lift us up.
00:56:18.31\00:56:20.73
He who humbles
himself will be exalted.
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If you exalt
yourself you'll be humble.
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If my people that
are called by my name
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or humble themselves
and pray and seek my face
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and turn from their wicked ways.
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You can't do that
until you humble yourself.
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Then God says, "I
will hear from heaven
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I'll forgive their
sin I'll heal their land."
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This is something God
wants to do for the church.
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He wants to pour
out the Holy Spirit.
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He wants to heal us spiritually.
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He wants there to be a revival.
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When was the revival in Israel?
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When the people
fell down on their knees
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and they fell on
their faces and they said,
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the Lord he is God
after those years of famine.
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They said the Lord he
is God, the Lord he is God.
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Then he sent the rain, amen.
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If we would humble
ourselves as they did back then.
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He has shown the
old man what is good
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and what does the
Lord require of the--
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but to do justly to love mercy
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and to walk humbly with thy God.
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If you'd like to ask the
Lord to give you the grace
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and determination to
humble yourself before Him,
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do you lift your
hands with me right now?
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Lord helps us.
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Let's pray,
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Father in heaven thank
you for this simple truth.
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We can see that all the
way from Genesis to Revelation,
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that this is not only a battle
between love and selfishness.
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It's a battle
between pride and humility.
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The spirit of Christ
and spirit of the enemy,
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Lord the devil has painted pride
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as something to be embraced.
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He's tried to make it attractive
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and he's tried to make it novel,
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but we know that it is
deadly, it's a sickness.
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We pray to you'll cleanse us
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from this
unhealthy form of pride
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and help us to have the mind
of Christ who humbled Himself.
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I pray that that
mind will be in us
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that we will let
that mind be in us.
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Please bless
these people I pray that
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as we reach the final
weekend of this camp meeting.
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We can all experience a
total outpouring of Your spirit,
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that will prepare us
for the work you've us
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to do in our
homes, in our communities
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and the second coming of Jesus
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and it's in His
name we pray, amen.
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