Well good evening and welcome
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to the Worship Center
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here at the Thompsonville
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7th Day Adventist Church.
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My you are a good looking
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bunch of people here tonight.
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Have we come to
worship God tonight?
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And be blest by
the anointed preaching
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of our Pastor C.A Murry.
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I want to welcome all of you
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and thank you for coming
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from our surrounded area
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here in Thompsonville,
in West Frankfort area.
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And I want to welcome the
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3ABN family from
around the world.
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We are so appreciative that
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you are a part of
our service here tonight.
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Tonight the name or the title
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of our service
is, of his sermon is
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Desire.
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This is the 4'th sermon
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in a series of 5
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of the Revival Live
series " Keeping the Light On. "
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And I was thinking about that
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How many of you want to be known
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as someone that has kept
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the "light on"?
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I was thinking about that
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a little earlier.
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I don't want someone to say
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about Molly Stevens someday.
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I use to know Molly and she
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really was on fire for God.
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That's not what I want anybody
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to ever say about me.
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You know what I
want them to say?
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I know Molly, and boy,
is she on fire for God.
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Isn't that every one of our
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desire here today
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is to have God
burning in our heart
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and us being a flaming witness.
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And that's what our
series has been about.
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So if you missed the first three
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this is the fourth in the series
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I just want you to encourage you
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to get the tape
they're be blessed
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won't they you that
have been here every night.
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What a blessing they have been!
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Well I want us to go
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to our Heavenly Father
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and ask him to come by his
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mighty spirit and be a blessing
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to everyone of us.
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And you know the Scripture
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say us that is the anointing
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that does us something
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What is the anointing do?
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Is the anointing that breaks
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the yoke isn't it?
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And the yoke of bondage
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and my prayer tonight
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is that all yoke of bondage
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would be brokend as
Pastor Murry preaches the word.
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And I want to just encourage
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everyone of you
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sitting here in the congregation
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to open up your hearts
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to receive God's word.
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And I want it to speak
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to everyone of you
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around the world.
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You may not be sitting
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in a
congregation, in a sanctuary
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as we are here, but it doesn't
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matter where you are
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if you are in your bedroom,
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that's your sanctuary
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when the word of God
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comes forth in
your communing with God.
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If you're in your living room
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or in a motel room,
or if you're in a cell
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a prison cell,
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when God's word is coming forth
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in your communing with God
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that becomes your sanctuary.
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So here tonight as Pastor Murry
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is bringing forth the word
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I want us to have a heart
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prepared for that word
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that it will take root
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and it will produce...
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The purpose of the word
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is for to go into our hearts
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and for us to produce the fruit
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of that word.
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Can I hear an Amen to that?
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So let's pray!
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Holly Father I come before you
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in the name of Jesus
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and Father I am so grateful
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for the power of your Spirit
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that set working in lives
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of everyone of us.
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I ask now Lord
that you would look
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into the hearts of everyone
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that's seated here in that
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sanctuary here tonight
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and everyone that is viewing
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from all around the world
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are that they hearing
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your word go
forth all over the world
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Father that you would go into
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all of our hearts
and you would plow up
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Father the hardened hearts
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and You will make them
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fertile soil for Your word
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to be planted in tonight.
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Father I just stand us all
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before You and ask Lord
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that you will do a work
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in all of our hearts tonight.
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And I thank you Father,
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for your anointing
that is resident within our
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Pastor Murry.
Father I thank you for your
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gift and your
call that's on his life
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and I ask Father now that
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you stir up that gift
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that is within Him
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breathe your breath of life
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in to him Father
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that as your word goes forth
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out at him tonight
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it will accomplish that thing
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that you would
have it accomplish
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Father this is my prayer
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in the name of Jesus
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and everybody in agreement says:
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Amen!
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We have Dave Turner coming now
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he's going to
share the Scripture
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with you, Dave
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If you would come on please
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Dave if you would come?
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And he's going to do our
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Scripture reading for us.
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Go ahead brother
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Thank you Molly
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Praise God for the
power that's in this Word
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Amen!
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If you have your Bibles
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opened with me
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the Scripture reading this
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evening is In Luke 22
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Verses 28 thru 34
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I'm not sure if we have it
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on the screen, but you can
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follow along there
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if you have your Bibles opened
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Luke 22, Verses 28
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And it reads...
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"Which you are those
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who have continued with me
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in my trials and I've bestow
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upon you a kingdom
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just as My Father
be bestowed one upon Me
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that you may eat and drink
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at My table in my kingdom,
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and sit in thrones
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judging the 12 tribes of Israel"
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And the Lord said:
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"Simon, Simon!
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Indeed, Satan has asked for you,
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that he may sift you as wheat.
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But I have prayed for you,
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that your
Father should not fail;
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that your faith should
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not fail.
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And when you have returned to Me
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strengthen your brethren. "
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But he said to Him:
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Lord, I am ready to go with You
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both to prison and to death.
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And He said:
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"I tell you, Peter, the rooster
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shall not crow this day
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before you will deny three times
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that you know Me. "
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Praise God for His word!
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Thank you Dave
that's powerful Scripture.
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We are going to be
blessed now by special music
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from an anointed
sister, Melody Firestone.
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You know something
I become to appreciate
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about Melody in this
last few years, is that
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not only has God
blessed her with a very amazing
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talent. Do I
here an Amen to that!
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She has an amazing
talent. But Melody you are also
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graced of God to
administer to His people.
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And Melody is
going to sing for us:
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"All my praise"
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My soul thirsts for You
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My heart burns for you
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No earthly love can feel
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this molded inside of me.
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I long to know you better
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Spend some time together
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You are exactly what I need
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And Lord I've come to worship
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and give You all my praise
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My Blessed Redeemer
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My hands to You I raise
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In You I find, solace
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A peaceful resting place
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With all that I have
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And all that I am
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I give You all my praise.
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Lord You are my refuge
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A haven I can run to
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You're the only perfect love
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I have ever known
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My eyes desire to see You
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My spirit longs to embrace You
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You are the lover of my soul
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And Lord I've come to worship
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And give You all my praise
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My Blessed Redeemer
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My hands to You I raise
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In You I find, solace
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A peaceful resting place
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With all that I
have And all that I am
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I give You all my praise
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With all that I
have And all that I am
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Lord I give You all my praise.
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Thank you Melody
that was truly beautiful.
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Well are you ready
to receive the word.
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There are three
things that we are required
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to bring to Church
with us every time we come.
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First thing is your
Bible. How many of you have
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the Bible? Some
people are already holding
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them up. Next is a
sacrifice of praise.
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And the third thing
is a heart prepared for
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God's word to be planted in it.
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So now I'm going to ask
Pastor C.A. Murray to come.
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You know C.A.
Murray is here at 3ABN
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for a little over
a year. And something
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I think we've all
become to appreciate him for
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is that: - C.A. you're the same!
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Rather you're in the
pulpit or when you're standing
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in front of the
cameras or when you're just in
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the office. He's
a true man of God.
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So open your hearts and
receive from him tonight.
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Molly thank you so very much.
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And I want to thank her
for that wonderful introduction
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It makes me almost
sad that during the course
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of this sermon I
have to embarrass her.
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But I pray even now
that she will forgive me
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for what I'm about to do.
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Good evening and Happy Sabbath
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And it is so good
to see you once again.
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Sadly we've come to the
last night of our sitting
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together. And time
goes by so very, very fast.
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But we have attempted
to not only lift up Jesus
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but to help each of
us, fortify ourselves for
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the battle that is to come.
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For the ongoing
struggle, because Satan never
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gives up on us. And
we're gonna talk about that
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tonight. We're going talk
about the forces that oppose us,
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that would like to
keep us from serving God.
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But we also gonna talk
about victory and Jesus.
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I need to thank two individuals
who e-mailed me today
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Christa and Karen. One
from Florida one from Arkansas.
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And I need to thank my grandson
for a very special call.
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This evening we were
discussing preaching, and we had
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a long discussion, he is
five, and incredibly wise
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and a sagacious
thinker for such a young man.
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He asked me a number of
questions, than he said:
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why do you
scream when you preach?
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And his mother
interrupted and said:
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well because he feels
the power of the Lord.
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And I told him: I
preached that way all my life,
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Marcus. When I get
excited my voice goes up.
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And he said:
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well from now on
I'm gonna scream to.
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And his mother told me
that when I'm preaching
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he stands on the couch
on the sofa with his little
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Bible in hand and just scream
from the top of his lungs.
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He's not saying
anything just screaming.
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And then he says: Amen!
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And he's finished preaching.
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I hope that when I'm
screaming I'm saying something.
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And that the word of
God is coming through me.
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Tonight we're
gonna talk about desire.
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Then on tomorrow we
will finish this short series
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together with a sermon
entitled: "Use To Was".
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I'm gonna ask you to
return with me if you will
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to the Gospel as
written by Dr. Luke.
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I also like to read in
your hearing Verse 30 & 31.
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Look the 22nd Chapter!
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And I'm going to
read Verse 31 and 32.
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Luke 22:31-32
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And the Lord said:
"Simon, Simon indeed Satan
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has asked for you. "
And I need to say here
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that, that ask was
not a little polite.
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May I have him.
That was a demand.
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That he may sift you as wheat.
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But I have prayed for you
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that your faith should not fail;
00:15:01.70\00:15:05.14
and when you
have returned to Me,
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if you are in The King James
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says: when thou art converted,
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strengthen your brethren.
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This asking in The King James
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is translated "Desire".
Satan hath desired you,
00:15:18.69\00:15:25.16
that he may sift you as wheat.
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Shall we pray!
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Heavenly Father truly your word
00:15:32.11\00:15:36.11
is a lamp unto our
feet. Father we delight in
00:15:38.41\00:15:42.31
your word. For
it is your revealed
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will for us, help us Lord to see
00:15:45.73\00:15:50.17
where we are,
how far we have come
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and how far we have yet to go.
00:15:54.79\00:15:58.27
And help us to know
that the same Jesus that has
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gotten us this far, will see us
00:16:04.78\00:16:07.99
safely home. Walk
with us this night
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dear Father. We
praise in Jesus name.
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Amen!
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His name is Simon Bar-Jonah
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But most
Christians simply know of him,
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and refer to him as
Peter Immediately when
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the name Peter is mentioned
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our minds are channeled
in a certain direction.
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The name Peter is one of those
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names that strikes a
responsive cord in our minds
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and perhaps in our hearts.
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For just about
anyone and everyone knows
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something about Peter.
Even the casual Bible student
00:16:59.53\00:17:03.98
can find something to say about
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Peter, usually bad. For Peter
is the prototypical bad guy
00:17:08.65\00:17:18.11
Peter is the
quintessential ne'er-do-well
00:17:20.06\00:17:21.89
Peter is the archetype,
00:17:23.86\00:17:25.87
the progenitor of all of
those peoples whose mouths
00:17:26.46\00:17:29.28
move faster then theirs minds.
00:17:29.73\00:17:32.27
Who feel that perhaps they can
00:17:34.41\00:17:36.11
talk their way
into and out of things.
00:17:36.51\00:17:39.48
He is the father of
all of those who spend
00:17:40.47\00:17:44.57
so much time telling the world
00:17:44.98\00:17:46.47
what great guys they are,
and rarely stop to realize
00:17:47.21\00:17:50.73
that if indeed you
are a great guy the world
00:17:51.25\00:17:55.16
would know, and you
don't have to tell anybody.
00:17:55.77\00:17:57.88
Peter is the father of
that race of biological
00:17:59.97\00:18:02.47
mutants whose
right arm has grown
00:18:02.97\00:18:05.74
and extended to such a length
00:18:06.15\00:18:08.00
as to be able to reach over and
00:18:09.52\00:18:11.52
pat him self on the back.
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He doesn't have to wait for you
00:18:15.04\00:18:16.76
to praise him, for he is far
00:18:17.17\00:18:18.72
to busy and
occupied praising himself.
00:18:19.15\00:18:22.36
Peter is the father of
that group of individuals
00:18:24.20\00:18:26.62
who get some sort of pride
00:18:27.18\00:18:28.80
out of telling people what they
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wouldn't pe caught dead do it.
00:18:31.07\00:18:32.58
And hold on to that
right up until the time they
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are caught dead doing it.
00:18:37.13\00:18:39.37
He is the kind of person
who really doesn't have time
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to allow you to praise
him, because he is quite
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able to praise himself.
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Every strength and
every weakness, every possible
00:18:54.48\00:18:59.19
good thing and
possible bad thing
00:18:59.49\00:19:01.21
contented into the very soul
00:19:01.37\00:19:04.85
of Peter. All that
is good about mankind
00:19:06.27\00:19:08.08
all that is bad about mankind
00:19:08.31\00:19:10.05
the best that man could
be, and the worst that man
00:19:10.23\00:19:12.06
could be, everything right about
00:19:12.23\00:19:13.81
man and everything
wrong about man, all of this
00:19:13.97\00:19:16.74
duel in the varied
soul of a man called Peter.
00:19:17.03\00:19:19.19
While Peter could be your best
00:19:20.56\00:19:21.92
friend and your worst enemy
00:19:22.59\00:19:24.29
at the same time, and with
00:19:25.42\00:19:28.01
friends like Peter you didn't
00:19:28.92\00:19:30.54
need many if any
enemies. A walking repository
00:19:31.07\00:19:35.42
of spiritual
convolution and contradiction,
00:19:35.45\00:19:39.77
his heart was as soft as cotton
00:19:40.39\00:19:41.81
and yet his hand was as
hard as this desk that you
00:19:42.38\00:19:44.69
see before me.
Years ago my mother use to
00:19:44.72\00:19:48.36
say hard head make soft...
00:19:48.39\00:19:53.04
Perhaps you didn't
heard that one before.
00:19:53.62\00:19:54.96
But we've heard
it almost weekly.
00:19:57.59\00:19:59.37
Next to Judas
Iscariot few names have
00:20:01.72\00:20:05.26
guard as much spiritual heat
00:20:05.76\00:20:07.98
as has the name Peter,
maybe we don't identify
00:20:08.44\00:20:12.92
with the Peter's of the world,
00:20:13.30\00:20:14.78
because we dislike
their bragging style.
00:20:15.80\00:20:19.17
Nobody likes anybody who talks
00:20:20.63\00:20:23.92
all the time.
Perhaps we have an inert
00:20:24.81\00:20:32.06
dislike for people who seem so
00:20:33.21\00:20:35.65
utterly self confident.
Who don't seem to need
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anyone or
anything. We tend not to like
00:20:40.94\00:20:45.47
Teflon icebergs,
people who walk around with a
00:20:46.14\00:20:51.07
Dacron polyester cool, a pseudo-
00:20:51.37\00:20:53.91
sophisticated self satisfied,
sanctimonious, machismo,
00:20:53.94\00:20:58.31
that poses: I am a rock
00:20:58.75\00:21:00.55
I am an island and
I don't need anybody.
00:21:00.83\00:21:03.00
Maybe we just don't
like folk with big mouths.
00:21:05.49\00:21:09.77
Or maybe we don't like people
00:21:15.72\00:21:18.06
who are insistently talking
00:21:18.47\00:21:19.87
about themselves. Or
maybe it is because there
00:21:20.06\00:21:24.33
are just so many blessed Peter's
00:21:24.60\00:21:27.15
in the church. Or
could it be, it is because
00:21:27.33\00:21:33.10
we see so much
Peter in ourselves.
00:21:33.29\00:21:36.23
Some one once said the sins that
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we hate the most in others
00:21:40.37\00:21:41.97
are the sins we
see in ourselves.
00:21:42.11\00:21:45.04
Maybe people who are
always condemning others
00:21:47.79\00:21:50.08
really hate themselves.
You see if you never have
00:21:50.27\00:21:55.42
anything good to say
about anybody, what is that
00:21:55.56\00:21:58.56
say about you?
Perhaps we in our lives like
00:21:58.70\00:22:03.25
Peter have made some
big bold self-confident
00:22:03.39\00:22:06.54
statements. Perhaps
we like this disciple
00:22:06.82\00:22:10.31
have poured ourselves
a tall frosty glass of
00:22:10.48\00:22:14.08
self-confidence, only
to be forced to use it as
00:22:14.28\00:22:18.77
chaser, to wash down
an unordinarily large
00:22:18.93\00:22:23.04
slice of humble pie.
00:22:23.19\00:22:24.72
Perhaps we to have
had to ask or beg the
00:22:26.52\00:22:29.23
Holy Spirit to perform
the Heimlich Maneuver on us
00:22:29.52\00:22:31.60
to keep us from
choking on our own promises.
00:22:31.75\00:22:36.11
So maybe ultimately, we
can identify with Peter,
00:22:39.10\00:22:43.63
and realize that even
the best laid plans of man
00:22:44.51\00:22:49.44
without God in those
plans, can never really turn out
00:22:50.38\00:22:54.74
for good.
00:22:55.02\00:22:56.37
Maybe we have realized
that cause just because
00:22:57.70\00:23:01.05
we want something to be
a certain way, doesn't mean
00:23:01.36\00:23:04.04
it will be.
00:23:04.21\00:23:05.20
Maybe just because we
say something is a certain
00:23:06.66\00:23:08.94
way doesn't mean it
will turn out that way.
00:23:09.15\00:23:11.62
And I hope you understand
me, because it is true
00:23:11.80\00:23:14.72
that only God knows
the end from the beginning.
00:23:14.93\00:23:18.59
And unless Jesus is on
the driver seat, you are
00:23:20.12\00:23:25.33
a traffic
accident waiting to happen.
00:23:25.63\00:23:29.19
None of us really has
total control, it's all in
00:23:33.28\00:23:37.26
the hands of God.
00:23:37.45\00:23:39.15
In Matthew, Chapter 14 Verse 28
00:23:40.34\00:23:42.53
Jesus is speaking to all
of disciples, but it is Peter
00:23:43.22\00:23:45.70
that says: "Lord if it is you
00:23:45.86\00:23:47.37
bid me walk with
You on the water.
00:23:47.51\00:23:49.69
In Matthew Chapter
15 Peter demands that
00:23:50.46\00:23:52.82
Christ tell him
a bed time story.
00:23:52.99\00:23:54.50
In Matthew Chapter 16, Verse 16
00:23:55.02\00:23:56.80
Peter answered:
"Lord You are the Christ
00:23:56.97\00:24:00.53
the Son of the living God.
00:24:00.76\00:24:01.91
In Mark, Chapter 10 Verse 13
00:24:02.72\00:24:04.99
Peter is among the
lead disciples rebuking
00:24:05.53\00:24:08.18
the citizentry for
bringing their children
00:24:08.38\00:24:10.70
to Jesus to be blessed.
Peter is out front saying
00:24:10.86\00:24:13.84
"The Messiah doesn't have
time for kids. Get this children
00:24:14.71\00:24:17.80
out of here!"
00:24:18.01\00:24:18.98
In Matthew Chapter 16 Verse 22
00:24:20.50\00:24:22.18
Peter interrupts Jesus as
He's discussing His death and
00:24:22.47\00:24:25.18
resurrection Peter stops
Him and says: "Don't worry about
00:24:25.31\00:24:28.47
it Jesus. It's not gonna
happen I'm gonna see to it.
00:24:28.62\00:24:32.60
There's gonna be no death,
there's gonna be no burial
00:24:32.75\00:24:34.78
there's gonna be no
Resurrection there's gonna be
00:24:34.93\00:24:36.64
no crucifixion.
I will stop that. "
00:24:36.80\00:24:39.11
In Matthew, Chapter
17 or rather Chapter 18
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Peter ask Lord:
"How many times do I
00:24:46.36\00:24:47.73
have to forgive my friend?
How many times do we have
00:24:47.97\00:24:50.05
to forgive? How many times?
00:24:50.22\00:24:52.36
One time, two
times, three times?"
00:24:52.86\00:24:54.60
And then Jesus tells
him: "You don't count,
00:24:55.14\00:24:57.09
you just forgive. "
00:24:57.49\00:24:59.13
You forgive your
fellows as long as God keeps
00:25:00.85\00:25:03.54
forgiving you. "
00:25:03.76\00:25:04.84
In Matthew,
Chapter 17 Verse 5, 6, 7,
00:25:06.53\00:25:08.90
Peter is there at the
Mount of Transfiguration.
00:25:09.32\00:25:11.81
You know the
story. Moses and Elijah
00:25:12.01\00:25:13.87
come down from
heaven, to comfort Jesus
00:25:14.02\00:25:16.27
before His time of
passion and Peter is watching
00:25:16.41\00:25:18.84
the scene, he gets so excited
he almost loses his mind.
00:25:18.99\00:25:22.77
And he begins to talk:
"Lord this is great that
00:25:24.06\00:25:26.03
we are here. This is
good that we're here!
00:25:26.06\00:25:28.02
We should never leave this
place This is a wonderful place.
00:25:28.06\00:25:29.26
This is an exciting
place! I tell You what to do.
00:25:29.87\00:25:32.34
Let's build three tabernacles.
Let's build one for Moses,
00:25:32.67\00:25:34.40
one for Elijah, let's
build one for You Jesus
00:25:34.52\00:25:36.42
and just stay
here, and never leave.
00:25:36.55\00:25:38.53
It's great! It's great!
00:25:38.69\00:25:39.81
And God from heaven had
shine a light down down to Peter
00:25:39.93\00:25:41.68
and say: "Hey Peter! Shut up!
00:25:41.82\00:25:47.36
Stop talking! This
is my beloved Son and
00:25:49.59\00:25:52.58
whom am I all pleased,
but he can't get a word in
00:25:52.72\00:25:55.82
until you stop talking. "
00:25:55.98\00:25:58.24
In Matthew Chapter 19 Verse 27
00:26:01.15\00:26:02.78
Peter begins to complain:
"Lord we had forsaken all
00:26:03.25\00:26:06.37
for You. We've given up on
our families, we've given up
00:26:06.52\00:26:09.54
our children, we've
given up our occupations,
00:26:09.68\00:26:11.63
we've given up
everything so tell me now Lord,
00:26:11.75\00:26:15.08
what's in it for me?"
00:26:15.22\00:26:17.08
In Matthew Chapter 26 Verse 33
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.92
Peter makes the first of
several very bold statements.
00:26:23.15\00:26:26.14
Peter says: "I don't
know about these other eleven.
00:26:27.00\00:26:31.66
But though all be
offended of You this night,
00:26:34.02\00:26:37.39
I got Your back Jesus!
You've got one who will stick
00:26:38.84\00:26:43.33
with You to the end. "
00:26:43.62\00:26:45.33
If they all turn tail and
run, I guarantee I'll stand
00:26:47.03\00:26:53.13
by Your side. "
00:26:53.16\00:26:54.89
And then he punctuates
that statement in Verse 35
00:26:55.96\00:26:59.00
by saying: Though I
should die with Thee
00:26:59.53\00:27:03.69
Yet I will not forsake
Thee. You can take that
00:27:03.83\00:27:11.06
to the bank. "
00:27:11.65\00:27:12.97
In John Chapter 13
Jesus is washing the
00:27:14.84\00:27:17.22
feet of the disciples.
00:27:17.52\00:27:18.73
And all goes along
smoothly until He comes to...
00:27:19.75\00:27:22.87
"Lord You will
never wash my feet!
00:27:27.31\00:27:31.39
I'm not going to allow it!
00:27:32.34\00:27:33.95
Now after three and a
half years, of dealing
00:27:35.29\00:27:38.95
with this man, I'm
sure that Jesus realized,
00:27:39.34\00:27:44.49
that He was dealing
with somebody, who had
00:27:44.67\00:27:48.63
a heart of gold, but
who just didn't know when to
00:27:48.78\00:27:53.96
shut his mouth.
00:27:54.42\00:27:56.63
And so the Lord
hastily replies to Peter:
00:27:58.30\00:28:01.94
"You can not have
fellowship with me unless
00:28:03.73\00:28:08.05
I first wash. If I
don't wash your feet,
00:28:08.58\00:28:12.42
you will never be able
to really understand the
00:28:13.35\00:28:16.72
nature of the Kingdom. "
00:28:17.56\00:28:18.67
And than Peter goes
on: "Oh Lord wash my had,
00:28:20.10\00:28:22.11
my hand, between
my toes under my arms
00:28:22.14\00:28:23.31
just wash everything. "
00:28:23.75\00:28:24.75
Later in John
Chapter 13 Verse 36 and 37
00:28:28.93\00:28:33.56
Jesus tells the
disciples: "I'm going to a place
00:28:35.00\00:28:37.99
and you can not follow. "
00:28:38.19\00:28:40.47
Now the Greek word
for place there is topos
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.98
which simply means
I'm going to a state
00:28:44.62\00:28:46.86
of mind. I'm going
into an experience, a topos
00:28:47.34\00:28:48.80
and you can not come. "
And Peter literally throws
00:28:49.47\00:28:54.29
a tantrum. "Lord I'm gonna go
00:28:54.44\00:28:56.37
with You and I'm
gonna go with You now!"
00:28:56.41\00:28:58.25
In John, Chapter 18,
00:29:02.07\00:29:03.49
The only time in The
New Testament when we have
00:29:04.55\00:29:07.47
a record, of a
disciple, trying to physically
00:29:08.04\00:29:12.43
harm somebody. Just one time.
00:29:12.60\00:29:16.68
In the whole New
Testament when there is a record
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.79
of a man of God
trying to murder someone.
00:29:21.24\00:29:25.38
Jesus didn't teach violence.
Jesus didn't go out and
00:29:26.29\00:29:30.11
say assault people
in the name of Jesus.
00:29:30.15\00:29:32.78
Only one time. In
the whole New Testament
00:29:34.53\00:29:37.62
where we have a record
of someone following Christ
00:29:39.15\00:29:41.74
trying to murder
somebody. Guess who?
00:29:42.44\00:29:45.58
Peter.
00:29:47.71\00:29:49.12
The Bible indicates, The
Spirit of Prophecy indicates
00:29:50.12\00:29:52.78
in fact Matthew, Mark and Luke
00:29:52.82\00:29:56.57
diplomatically say
one of them with Christ.
00:29:57.27\00:30:01.82
But the beloved
disciple John points an accusing
00:30:04.00\00:30:06.86
finger and
mentions that the culprit
00:30:07.37\00:30:09.81
was indeed Peter.
00:30:10.38\00:30:12.32
Inspiration tells us he
was aiming to cut off the skull
00:30:14.66\00:30:19.00
of a servant of a High Priest.
00:30:19.33\00:30:20.84
But his bark was
better that his bite, and
00:30:23.25\00:30:26.80
he was no
swordsman he succeeded only
00:30:27.18\00:30:29.34
in taking of the
ear, of Malcus servant
00:30:29.55\00:30:34.70
of a High Priest.
00:30:34.90\00:30:36.13
And Jesus replaced that
ear showing once again that
00:30:37.03\00:30:42.05
he was truly the Son of
God. But they was so focus on
00:30:42.19\00:30:45.45
destroying Him they missed that.
00:30:45.95\00:30:48.27
In retrospect I
suspect if Peter had killed
00:30:48.33\00:30:51.85
that man, Peter's life story
00:30:51.88\00:30:54.74
would have been
considerably shorter.
00:30:54.78\00:30:56.98
So Peter has had to
share that terrible burden
00:30:59.48\00:31:03.15
over this last 2000 plus years.
00:31:04.18\00:31:06.63
Liar, coward, hypocrite,
traitor but I am saying
00:31:08.51\00:31:15.82
this day that although
Peter was many things, he was
00:31:16.23\00:31:21.79
no liar, no coward,
no hypocrite no traitor.
00:31:21.98\00:31:27.09
For I believe in my heart that
every time Peter said a word,
00:31:27.88\00:31:33.30
or made a statement, I
believe that he believed
00:31:33.89\00:31:38.53
he was gonna come through.
00:31:39.19\00:31:40.38
Every time Peter maid a bold
utterance I think he believed
00:31:41.47\00:31:46.81
in his heart, that he
alone will stand with Jesus,
00:31:46.99\00:31:51.19
I believe he really
felt he was gonna stay by
00:31:52.92\00:31:56.52
the master's side.
00:31:56.73\00:31:57.95
He knew what was coming.
Christ had explained to him
00:31:58.93\00:32:02.86
the dangers that land
had. And he felt, he could
00:32:03.07\00:32:06.05
handle it. He was confident,
00:32:06.24\00:32:09.22
maybe even a little
cocky. So we must ask ourselves:
00:32:09.63\00:32:14.32
What went wrong?
00:32:14.54\00:32:16.74
Between the time
he drew his sword,
00:32:18.49\00:32:20.39
in Gethsemane when
he was willing to murder
00:32:20.71\00:32:25.39
for the Lord, to some
six short hours later,
00:32:25.79\00:32:29.91
when he denied he even
knew the Lord, what went wrong?
00:32:30.23\00:32:36.02
What changed in six short hours?
00:32:37.40\00:32:41.42
How do you become
a bold advocate for
00:32:41.89\00:32:44.72
the Lord at one
time, and six hours later
00:32:45.00\00:32:48.47
you don't even know Him.
00:32:48.68\00:32:50.03
Something had gone wrong.
00:32:51.45\00:32:52.98
Wasn't a week, wasn't a month
00:32:53.95\00:32:55.74
wasn't even a
day, six short hours.
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.70
The key lies in
Christ's statement
00:32:58.92\00:33:02.54
in Luke Chapter 22, Verse 31
00:33:03.20\00:33:05.66
Jesus said to
Peter: "Satan hath desire,
00:33:06.72\00:33:13.07
you Peter are Satan's desire"
00:33:14.61\00:33:17.01
And if you cross
reference that with the Old
00:33:18.07\00:33:19.97
Testament passages in Job
00:33:20.12\00:33:21.67
and go true a little
bit of Greek exegesis
00:33:21.80\00:33:24.19
you will find that Christ was
00:33:24.22\00:33:25.24
trying to tell Peter:
Satan is acting like you still
00:33:25.38\00:33:28.08
belong to him. And I
want you to hold on to
00:33:28.20\00:33:31.82
that point, he is
telling: Peter you have one mind
00:33:32.01\00:33:36.46
set, Satan has another and
as far as Satan is concerned
00:33:36.61\00:33:40.06
you still belong to
him. Satan hath desired you.
00:33:40.15\00:33:44.30
Now Ellen White says that
Christ was speaking to all
00:33:44.44\00:33:46.41
of his disciples. He was
telling all of his disciples
00:33:46.45\00:33:48.66
you're not out of the woods yet.
00:33:48.85\00:33:50.56
But it had special
import for Peter because of the
00:33:50.94\00:33:53.77
kind of guy Peter was.
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.25
"Peter I know your intentions.
Your intentions are good
00:33:57.34\00:34:01.45
but Satan hath desired you.
00:34:01.57\00:34:04.75
He wants to sift you like wheat.
00:34:05.09\00:34:06.90
He wants to scrabble you like
00:34:07.07\00:34:08.92
an egg. " You know I don't think
00:34:09.06\00:34:13.26
anyone comes to church goes to
00:34:13.30\00:34:17.47
Bibles studies, gets baptized
00:34:17.72\00:34:19.73
joins the church and while
the're coming up out of the
00:34:19.89\00:34:24.18
baptizmal pool, still wet saying
00:34:24.63\00:34:26.21
to them selves: you know I think
00:34:26.39\00:34:28.43
I'm gonna stay in this church
00:34:28.56\00:34:29.88
about a year or two,
then I'm gonna get slack
00:34:30.01\00:34:32.00
stay home on Sabbath, begin to
00:34:32.11\00:34:36.18
watch a little TV, not 3ABN
00:34:36.37\00:34:39.41
then I'll lose my hold on Jesus,
00:34:42.11\00:34:45.08
then I'll maybe just drift away.
00:34:45.20\00:34:46.96
Nobody plans for
that, but it happens,
00:34:47.47\00:34:51.10
doesn't it! No
man comes to the Altar
00:34:51.93\00:34:56.77
no one with good
sense, and says: you know I
00:34:58.16\00:35:01.45
think I will be faithful to my
00:35:01.55\00:35:03.52
wife for nine years and in the
00:35:03.65\00:35:06.46
10th year I think I'll
find an interest in somebody
00:35:06.61\00:35:09.23
else, and I'll ruin my life
00:35:09.34\00:35:11.63
and ruin my future
and ruin my marriage
00:35:11.72\00:35:15.93
and cheat on my mate and make
00:35:16.06\00:35:17.91
a mess of my life. No
one with good sense, plans
00:35:18.02\00:35:20.59
for that to happen,
but it happens, doesn't it!
00:35:20.72\00:35:24.24
No one says I plan on being a
00:35:25.65\00:35:29.48
methamphetamine
addict, I plan on losing my
00:35:29.63\00:35:33.38
job and losing my
health and losing my family
00:35:33.49\00:35:35.66
and losing my home and become
00:35:35.74\00:35:38.44
a derelict living in
the back seat of my car.
00:35:38.54\00:35:41.14
No one with good sense plans
00:35:41.26\00:35:43.43
for that to happen,
but it happens doesn't it!
00:35:43.54\00:35:46.38
I don't think anybody plans to
00:35:50.16\00:35:52.00
fail or that will be foolish
00:35:52.10\00:35:55.16
and yet many times it happens.
00:35:56.74\00:35:59.17
Why? Because Satan hath desire.
00:36:00.09\00:36:03.24
Step 1 we need to remember power
00:36:05.41\00:36:07.51
point: Hey the Devil is real!
00:36:07.65\00:36:09.04
If you believe in God you
got to believe in the Devil.
00:36:11.27\00:36:14.32
Not that Hollywood
red type pitch fork waving
00:36:16.29\00:36:18.49
phenomenon that the television
00:36:18.71\00:36:21.18
sets parade before us.
But a real evil Angel who is
00:36:21.34\00:36:26.36
out for our destruction.
And if you want to defeat
00:36:26.56\00:36:30.71
him you have got to have Jesus.
00:36:30.84\00:36:32.99
You cannot hope to mach
him, you cannot hope to fight
00:36:33.96\00:36:36.91
him, you cannot hope to defeat
00:36:37.00\00:36:39.06
him without Jesus.
Let me show you something
00:36:39.16\00:36:40.79
real quick! Turn
with me to Acts chapter 19
00:36:40.91\00:36:42.96
Acts chapter 19.
00:36:45.05\00:36:46.41
I'm gonna read Verses 11-16
00:36:53.69\00:36:56.92
Maybe I'll cut
it a little short.
00:36:56.96\00:37:07.33
Let's see:
Let's pick up Verse 13
00:37:08.04\00:37:09.42
Then some of the
itinerant Jewish exorcists took
00:37:09.80\00:37:12.49
it upon themselves to
call the name of the Lord,
00:37:13.10\00:37:14.58
the Lord Jesus over
those who had evil spirits
00:37:14.83\00:37:17.97
So they did this of
their on accord, work set by
00:37:18.11\00:37:20.26
God, they decided
they cast-off Devils,
00:37:20.42\00:37:23.15
let's cast-off some devils too.
00:37:23.26\00:37:25.83
Saying, We
exorcise you by the Jesus
00:37:26.24\00:37:30.12
whom Paul preaches.
00:37:30.26\00:37:31.53
Now there is your first mistake.
00:37:31.97\00:37:33.37
Cause if you don't know Jesus
00:37:33.49\00:37:34.97
for your self you don't
need to be in this business.
00:37:35.05\00:37:36.24
My Jesus can't save
you, my Jesus can't help you
00:37:36.34\00:37:39.75
your husband's
Jesus can't help the wife
00:37:39.88\00:37:42.42
the wife's Jesus
can't help the husband.
00:37:42.54\00:37:44.20
You have to know
Jesus for yourself.
00:37:44.31\00:37:46.00
First mistake.
00:37:46.40\00:37:47.37
So we're gonna cast you out by
00:37:48.21\00:37:49.69
the Jesus whom Paul preaches
00:37:49.85\00:37:51.58
Also there were
seven sons of Sceva,
00:37:51.66\00:37:53.95
a Jewish chief
priest, who did so.
00:37:54.42\00:37:56.85
Figure our father is a
Pastor let's give it a shot
00:37:57.45\00:37:59.49
And the evil
spirit answered and said,
00:38:02.09\00:38:03.61
Jesus I know, and Paul I know
00:38:05.04\00:38:08.15
but who are you?
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.73
That's the Devil talking.
00:38:13.92\00:38:15.34
We know who Jesus is,
now this knowledge is a
00:38:16.31\00:38:19.09
knowledge gained
from respect, so that's
00:38:19.29\00:38:21.88
saying basically: we
know and respect Jesus
00:38:22.00\00:38:24.19
we fear Him.
00:38:24.32\00:38:25.29
We know and
respect Paul, we fear Him,
00:38:25.70\00:38:27.45
but who are you?
00:38:27.98\00:38:29.53
We don't know you,
we don't respect you.
00:38:30.45\00:38:32.98
So let's see what happens.
00:38:33.86\00:38:34.86
"Then the man in
whom the evil spirit was
00:38:35.91\00:38:39.27
leaped on them,
overpowered them, and prevailed
00:38:39.73\00:38:43.78
against them, so
that they fled out of that
00:38:44.05\00:38:48.70
house naked and wounded. "
00:38:48.83\00:38:50.59
The Devil said let's
get down to business.
00:38:54.22\00:38:55.82
We know Jesus and we know Paul.
00:38:55.99\00:38:59.06
Who do you think you are?
00:38:59.33\00:39:00.41
Trying to cast us
out, you have to know Jesus
00:39:01.42\00:39:04.56
for your self. Or
you're gonna end up
00:39:04.68\00:39:06.59
naked and wounded,
beaten and bruised,
00:39:06.72\00:39:08.44
battered and
broken unless you know
00:39:08.57\00:39:10.81
Jesus for your self.
My Jesus can't do nothing
00:39:10.93\00:39:15.81
for you. When you are fighting
00:39:16.04\00:39:19.39
the fight of your life for your
00:39:19.51\00:39:20.98
life I'm saying to you good
00:39:21.09\00:39:22.21
intentions are not enough.
00:39:22.32\00:39:24.04
Nobody plans to
fail but failure happens
00:39:25.39\00:39:27.29
all the time, I refer
you to Revelations Chapter 12
00:39:27.50\00:39:30.85
Verse 12.
"Therefore rejoice, Ye heavens,
00:39:30.97\00:39:34.69
and ye that dwell in them!
00:39:34.81\00:39:36.48
But woe unto the habitors
of the earth and the sea!
00:39:36.52\00:39:39.96
For the devil has
come down unto you,
00:39:40.38\00:39:42.71
having great wrath. "
00:39:42.87\00:39:45.76
Satan as Danny loves to say
00:39:47.42\00:39:49.37
is out to kill,
steal and destroy.
00:39:49.52\00:39:51.65
You see I've gotten to
the point brothers and sisters
00:39:53.38\00:39:55.86
where I don't believe you
could really blame a person
00:39:56.90\00:39:59.52
for what they are.
00:39:59.75\00:40:00.88
There are people
who are naturally
00:40:04.38\00:40:06.04
what they are, and I don't know
00:40:06.78\00:40:08.38
if you can blame a person for
00:40:08.60\00:40:09.99
being what they are.
00:40:10.14\00:40:11.11
Cause people are what they are.
00:40:11.59\00:40:14.02
There are some people who are
00:40:14.99\00:40:16.29
naturally loud,
the're just loud.
00:40:16.67\00:40:18.71
We have a pastor
in our conference,
00:40:18.74\00:40:19.71
a little guy
about this tall he got
00:40:20.01\00:40:21.96
one volume switch louds.
00:40:22.11\00:40:23.61
Comes in the church, you
say: how you're doing Pastor
00:40:24.72\00:40:27.66
Williams? How you doing?
00:40:27.80\00:40:29.11
Good to see you! Hi, hi, hi
00:40:29.43\00:40:33.35
good to see you! Just loud,
00:40:33.50\00:40:34.68
can't help his self.
There are some people
00:40:35.15\00:40:37.00
and I've met them who
lie almost incontrollable.
00:40:37.13\00:40:40.25
I've had members like
that, who rather tell a lie then
00:40:43.55\00:40:47.73
the truth. Just can't seem
to help themself. Just lie...
00:40:47.87\00:40:50.32
There are some people who are
00:40:50.96\00:40:51.93
naturally sneaky. You
know just congenitally
00:40:52.17\00:40:56.29
sneaky, always got something
00:40:56.43\00:40:58.23
going. You know always
slide it up to you and say:
00:40:58.35\00:41:01.28
Did you hear
about sister so and so?
00:41:01.42\00:41:03.47
Always keeping the pot boiling.
00:41:05.50\00:41:07.25
You got some people who
are naturally hot tempered.
00:41:07.60\00:41:10.04
Doesn't take much to
set them off like a rocket.
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.94
Any little thing
they fly off the handle.
00:41:17.53\00:41:19.78
Do you know anybody like that?
00:41:19.90\00:41:22.95
You have some
people who are naturally
00:41:23.90\00:41:25.05
fault-finder.
00:41:25.29\00:41:27.08
Everything you do,
they got a complain.
00:41:29.71\00:41:33.20
Do you know anybody like that?
00:41:33.23\00:41:34.20
That's why I tell my
folk, why ulcerate yourself
00:41:34.83\00:41:37.66
trying to please people,
because there are some people,
00:41:37.85\00:41:40.45
who will find fault
with everything you do.
00:41:40.98\00:41:43.07
So spend your
time pleasing Jesus
00:41:43.10\00:41:45.86
and Jesus says: when
a man ways pleases God
00:41:46.07\00:41:49.32
even his
enemies will be at peace
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.75
with him.
00:41:51.78\00:41:56.33
So I don't know then,
if you can blame a person
00:41:56.94\00:42:02.00
for being what they are.
00:42:02.03\00:42:04.73
There are certain
influences on you that you have
00:42:05.23\00:42:07.16
no control over.
00:42:07.19\00:42:08.49
Some of them you are
bequeathed with or given
00:42:09.75\00:42:13.13
before you were even born.
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.23
Doctors are still
trying to wrestle with
00:42:15.27\00:42:17.59
and explain why one
child will come out sweet
00:42:18.47\00:42:21.36
and loving, and just
as wonderful as they want
00:42:22.03\00:42:23.73
to be, and the
other child, same parents,
00:42:24.08\00:42:27.10
just as mean and
irritable... Same parents!
00:42:27.43\00:42:30.59
Two totally
different personalities.
00:42:32.12\00:42:34.07
They say it has a
lot to do with the diet,
00:42:35.26\00:42:37.25
mental state of the
mother, the isolated
00:42:38.66\00:42:41.21
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
kids been born as drunkies.
00:42:41.24\00:42:44.28
In my book I tell a
story of a little young boy
00:42:44.32\00:42:47.33
who was born and his
mother has taken so many
00:42:48.80\00:42:50.93
drugs and so much
dope during the pregnancy
00:42:51.49\00:42:53.74
that the little
boy was born shaking.
00:42:54.29\00:42:55.86
And he shook for five days.
00:42:58.11\00:42:59.65
And the doctor said:
we can't give him anything
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.53
because his body is so
full of pharmaceuticals,
00:43:03.00\00:43:05.37
that's nothing we can
do. He's gonna have to
00:43:06.30\00:43:08.32
defeat it himself' by
his own natural process.
00:43:08.68\00:43:11.34
And the little boy
shook for five full days
00:43:11.87\00:43:14.12
and than he died.
00:43:14.15\00:43:16.12
And it was because his
mother has consistently
00:43:16.61\00:43:18.65
taken drugs
during the pregnancy.
00:43:19.04\00:43:20.57
And she passed all
of that on to her child.
00:43:20.96\00:43:22.59
So I don't know then,
if you can blame a person,
00:43:24.56\00:43:28.46
for being what they are.
00:43:28.94\00:43:30.11
Ellen White says 90
years ago that the mothers
00:43:30.91\00:43:32.91
mental state, her food intake
exert a prenatal influence
00:43:33.44\00:43:37.03
on that child. I
found some fathers
00:43:37.49\00:43:40.16
and sons who can't
get along and some mothers
00:43:40.66\00:43:42.58
and daughters
who can not get along
00:43:43.03\00:43:44.02
and the reason they
can't get along is cause
00:43:44.06\00:43:45.56
the mother is
just like the daughter
00:43:45.93\00:43:47.37
and the father is
just like the son.
00:43:47.87\00:43:49.44
I had broke up
an argument one day
00:43:49.75\00:43:51.68
between a mother
and her daughter.
00:43:52.03\00:43:53.41
And the mother
said to her daughter:
00:43:53.78\00:43:57.02
I hope you get a daughter
just like you are to me.
00:43:57.51\00:43:59.05
And that's because the
mother and daughter were clones
00:44:03.42\00:44:05.10
of each other.
Butting heads in everything.
00:44:05.13\00:44:07.66
That daughter got
married, had a baby
00:44:08.09\00:44:09.77
and that child was
just like she was to mother.
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.61
Just as irritable to her
mom and it was a sad thing.
00:44:12.00\00:44:15.06
So some parents are
saddling their children,
00:44:17.02\00:44:19.17
with all manner of
negative influences,
00:44:19.57\00:44:21.28
before the child is even born.
00:44:21.93\00:44:24.23
But here is my
point! Satan will take your
00:44:24.27\00:44:27.63
basic character
traits. Stick with me now!
00:44:28.17\00:44:30.52
He'll take your basic
character traits and use them
00:44:31.44\00:44:34.55
for your destruction.
00:44:35.34\00:44:36.70
It's like you have two armies
that probe for weaknesses.
00:44:37.84\00:44:40.74
They probe and probe
they find the weakness
00:44:41.85\00:44:43.57
and then they
exploit the weakness.
00:44:44.11\00:44:45.56
Well Satan will get
you at your weaknesses.
00:44:45.99\00:44:49.13
He studies you, he
knows you better that you know
00:44:49.66\00:44:51.44
yourself, he looks
at you, he studies you,
00:44:51.91\00:44:54.78
he finds your weaknesses
and then he attacks you
00:44:55.50\00:44:57.86
at your
weaknesses. Now listen to this!
00:44:58.34\00:44:59.31
There are three
people who know you.
00:44:59.41\00:45:00.38
The Lord knows you
better that you know yourself,
00:45:02.22\00:45:04.58
because he formed
you and he fashioned you.
00:45:05.20\00:45:06.94
Can you say Amen?
00:45:07.30\00:45:08.65
Surprise, surprise!
00:45:09.06\00:45:10.03
The second person is the Devil.
00:45:10.38\00:45:11.84
The Devil also knows
you better that you know
00:45:12.85\00:45:14.81
yourself. Because he studied you
00:45:15.19\00:45:17.16
longer that you
studied yourself he knows your
00:45:17.70\00:45:19.73
strengths and
he's been doing it for
00:45:20.37\00:45:23.43
6000 plus years.
He's pretty good at it!
00:45:23.46\00:45:26.49
Then there comes you.
00:45:27.06\00:45:28.03
You think you
know yourself, but you
00:45:30.23\00:45:35.54
don't know yourself.
00:45:35.57\00:45:36.65
You know how I know
that you don't know yourself?
00:45:36.69\00:45:39.43
Because sometimes you do
things that surprise you.
00:45:40.31\00:45:43.15
Amen!
00:45:44.26\00:45:45.39
And when you do that
you say, what's that mean?
00:45:46.76\00:45:50.55
But the truth is, Jesus
wasn't surprised, the devil
00:45:54.72\00:46:01.55
wasn't surprised the
only person that is surprised
00:46:01.97\00:46:06.89
when you do the
things you do is you!
00:46:07.26\00:46:11.04
That's because we
don't know ourselves
00:46:12.83\00:46:16.67
And so Satan will take
your basic character traits
00:46:17.48\00:46:20.15
and use them against you.
00:46:20.57\00:46:21.57
But the newsflash is,
Satan will also use your
00:46:21.73\00:46:25.81
character
strengths to destroy you.
00:46:26.12\00:46:29.24
He cannot only destroy
you with your weaknesses
00:46:30.12\00:46:32.47
Satan can destroy you
with your strong points of
00:46:32.58\00:46:36.97
character. Suppose
you have an inquisitive
00:46:37.10\00:46:40.04
mind. You're
inquisitive. My step son, my son
00:46:40.14\00:46:46.11
Kevin is like that,
loves to take things apart.
00:46:46.32\00:46:49.37
34 years old, give him
something if he is in the room
00:46:50.31\00:46:53.21
with the screw driver
long enough he will take it
00:46:53.32\00:46:54.35
apart. For the most
part he can put it back
00:46:54.38\00:46:58.46
together. For the most
part. Well suppose you're
00:46:58.59\00:47:02.52
inquisitive, you know,
you like to take things
00:47:02.67\00:47:05.53
apart, you know maybe
you want to do the electrical
00:47:05.66\00:47:08.35
work yourself, save
yourself some money that's ok,
00:47:08.48\00:47:09.57
that's inquisition.
00:47:09.60\00:47:10.62
But that's a fine line
between inquisitive and nosy.
00:47:10.65\00:47:14.71
Inquisitive good, nosy bad.
00:47:16.75\00:47:20.82
You know things are interesting
00:47:25.03\00:47:26.39
and I'm gonna run out of time.
00:47:26.52\00:47:27.49
Here in southern
Illinois the line is a little
00:47:27.59\00:47:30.14
blurry, here people
ask very probing questions
00:47:30.29\00:47:33.43
that in New York
are considered nosy.
00:47:33.56\00:47:34.72
A neighbor came
over and told me:
00:47:35.52\00:47:37.01
I'm Matt, I'm 38, my wife is 36
00:47:37.17\00:47:38.28
we tried to have 3 babies,
we missed carried 3 times
00:47:38.40\00:47:40.02
we're praying it's God's will
00:47:40.05\00:47:41.25
how much are you
paying for your house?
00:47:41.28\00:47:42.72
Now in N.Y. that's nosy.
00:47:45.92\00:47:47.81
You just crossed the
line, but here is just polite
00:47:48.92\00:47:51.94
conversation,
Clarence it's conversation.
00:47:52.09\00:47:54.17
What's your wife's
name? do you got any kids?
00:47:54.75\00:47:56.06
How much did you
pay for your house?
00:47:56.26\00:47:57.23
How much is your insurance?
00:47:57.24\00:47:58.21
What kind of car you're driving?
00:47:58.22\00:47:59.19
In N.Y. that's like,
excuse me, you're in my business
00:47:59.20\00:48:00.95
Here is just after
dinner conversation.
00:48:01.48\00:48:02.96
But that's a fine line
between being inquisitive and
00:48:05.04\00:48:07.94
being nosy. And
unless your mouth is
00:48:08.08\00:48:11.66
yeilded to Jesus
your nose can get you into
00:48:11.70\00:48:13.53
a lot of hot
water. So Satan I'm saying
00:48:13.77\00:48:18.75
will use your character
strengths and attack you
00:48:19.24\00:48:23.87
using your character strengths
00:48:24.00\00:48:25.36
Self confidence is
a good thing isn't it?
00:48:25.51\00:48:27.44
It's good to be self confidence.
00:48:27.87\00:48:28.92
But self confidence in
Jesus can become self reliance
00:48:29.43\00:48:31.94
and presumption in
the hands of Satan.
00:48:32.16\00:48:34.56
Self preservation is
a good thing, but self
00:48:35.85\00:48:38.66
preservation in Jesus can become
00:48:38.86\00:48:40.72
self indulgence in
the hands of Satan.
00:48:40.86\00:48:42.67
Self respect is a good thing
00:48:43.56\00:48:45.18
but self respect
in Jesus can become
00:48:45.64\00:48:47.54
egotistical selfcenteredness
in the hands of Satan.
00:48:47.73\00:48:50.50
Self-assertiveness,
It's good to be
00:48:51.32\00:48:53.46
self-assertive, you don't want
00:48:53.62\00:48:55.01
people to just walk over you
00:48:55.13\00:48:56.13
but self-assertiveness
in Christ can become
00:48:56.17\00:48:58.99
self-satisfied
opinionated despotism
00:48:59.29\00:49:02.84
in the hands of Satan.
00:49:02.98\00:49:03.98
Dignity and pride in Jesus
00:49:05.22\00:49:06.63
can become haughty and
proud in the hands of Satan.
00:49:07.00\00:49:09.50
Frugality and Stewardship
00:49:10.58\00:49:13.11
in Jesus can become
miserly selfishness in the
00:49:13.23\00:49:16.67
hands of Satan.
00:49:16.70\00:49:17.67
Encouragement in
Christ can become nagging
00:49:18.13\00:49:20.43
in the hands of Satan.
00:49:20.58\00:49:21.57
Thoughtlessness in
Jesus can become perfectionism
00:49:22.71\00:49:25.10
in Satan. Exactness and loyalty
00:49:25.32\00:49:28.22
in Jesus can become fanaticism
00:49:28.36\00:49:30.13
in the hands of Satan.
00:49:30.24\00:49:31.37
Even the persuit of
Godly rightfulness in God's
00:49:32.64\00:49:36.71
hands can become legalistic
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.65
opionated in the hands of Satan.
00:49:38.77\00:49:41.74
Satan will use your weaknesses
00:49:43.49\00:49:45.93
but also your character
strengths to attack you.
00:49:46.05\00:49:49.22
That's why I can't blame
a person for what they are
00:49:49.57\00:49:52.25
at any given point in time
00:49:52.28\00:49:53.59
but I can blame you if you're
00:49:53.62\00:49:54.93
not becoming what God said
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.35
you ought to be.
00:49:57.61\00:49:58.63
It's not your fault
that you are what you are
00:49:59.63\00:50:01.40
necessarily,
but it is your fault
00:50:01.51\00:50:03.08
if you're not becoming what God
00:50:03.21\00:50:05.08
has ordained you to be.
00:50:05.20\00:50:06.48
And if you are not
becoming what you should be
00:50:08.74\00:50:11.00
you will revert to
what you once were.
00:50:11.14\00:50:13.70
If you've study all
of Peter's statements,
00:50:15.41\00:50:17.49
you will find that there
were all made in a crowd.
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.63
How interesting!
00:50:21.81\00:50:23.03
Everyone of those big
bold statements, was made
00:50:23.71\00:50:26.00
when he was
standing right next to Jesus.
00:50:26.13\00:50:27.82
You see ladies and
gentleman, the test of your
00:50:28.80\00:50:30.81
Christianity is
not here in church.
00:50:30.93\00:50:32.16
This is not your test.
00:50:33.33\00:50:34.38
It's not your test.
00:50:39.89\00:50:41.54
It's not tough to be
sitting here next to everybody.
00:50:42.18\00:50:44.23
Everybody
smelling good, looking good
00:50:44.38\00:50:45.35
you got a little cologne
on, you got your heels on,
00:50:45.36\00:50:46.58
you got your suit on,
everybody looks wonderful.
00:50:47.18\00:50:48.43
This is not your test.
00:50:49.10\00:50:50.07
Your test comes
when you leave here.
00:50:50.08\00:50:52.47
It was when Peter
had to stand by himself.
00:50:53.42\00:50:56.52
That's when his knees
buckle. That's when he lost
00:50:57.65\00:51:02.62
faith in God.
That is when he denied
00:51:02.87\00:51:06.11
his Lord. Ellen White
says in the second volume of
00:51:06.22\00:51:09.42
testimony page 126 we can make
00:51:09.52\00:51:11.10
some big bold statements
00:51:11.13\00:51:12.29
in the spiritual heat.
00:51:12.43\00:51:13.64
There are some times when you
00:51:13.68\00:51:14.65
come to church, and
church is just awsome.
00:51:14.71\00:51:18.30
Ever had a time like that?
00:51:18.93\00:51:19.90
You have a need and
church just touches that button.
00:51:20.91\00:51:23.98
It's awsome, everything is good.
00:51:24.76\00:51:26.44
The song is good, the
sermon is good, the worship
00:51:26.48\00:51:28.31
is good, and you putting
in and God giving you back.
00:51:28.68\00:51:31.02
And then the context Ellen
White says that, that spiritual
00:51:31.20\00:51:33.36
heat when your
barometer begins to rise
00:51:33.46\00:51:35.62
you begin to make
some big bold statements.
00:51:35.72\00:51:37.53
Lord I will never,
ever, ever sin again!
00:51:37.90\00:51:41.65
And when you say it you mean it!
00:51:44.58\00:51:47.53
But God knows and the
Devil knows you can't keep
00:51:48.82\00:51:52.57
that promise. So before you get
00:51:52.69\00:51:56.96
out of the parking lot.
Somebody backs into you.
00:51:57.09\00:52:05.69
Or if you're fortune enough
00:52:06.59\00:52:08.61
to get home there's a phone call
00:52:08.75\00:52:10.73
Or if you are fortunate
enough to get trough the Sabbath
00:52:12.70\00:52:15.07
Sunday morning comes,
and the neighbor decides
00:52:15.22\00:52:18.91
he wants to cut
the grass at 5:30.
00:52:19.04\00:52:22.29
Or if you're fortunate
enough to get through Sunday
00:52:24.18\00:52:27.11
you got to punch
that clock Monday morning.
00:52:27.50\00:52:29.28
And you lose your keys.
00:52:30.45\00:52:31.94
And the boss said if
you slip in here late
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.65
one more time and you
put the keys on the counter
00:52:36.81\00:52:41.31
there's nobody but you
and your wife in the house
00:52:41.43\00:52:45.49
she doesn't have the key,
the dog didn't eat the key
00:52:46.51\00:52:50.07
but the keys are gone.
00:52:50.54\00:52:52.41
And so 40 minutes late
you got to come crawling
00:52:53.69\00:52:57.26
into the job with a
boss who doesn't know Jesus
00:52:57.58\00:53:00.54
and doesn't like you, why?!
00:53:00.68\00:53:06.33
Because you are Satan's desire.
00:53:07.21\00:53:09.18
And he will use
anybody, anywhere
00:53:09.93\00:53:12.61
in anytime, in
anyplace to get you to take
00:53:13.11\00:53:16.33
your eyes off your Jesus.
00:53:16.50\00:53:17.75
To get you to be destroyed.
00:53:19.16\00:53:20.38
You see ladies and
gentlemen When you say:
00:53:21.04\00:53:23.55
I have decided to
follow Jesus, Satan says:
00:53:24.23\00:53:29.16
well excuse me!
00:53:29.19\00:53:31.66
Because I have decided
you're not gonna follow Jesus.
00:53:32.55\00:53:35.14
I've got something to say
about you following Jesus,
00:53:36.06\00:53:38.30
and I've decided
you're not gonna follow Jesus.
00:53:38.33\00:53:40.41
I've decided you are
not gonna gain the victory.
00:53:40.80\00:53:43.08
I've decided you're not
gonna live in a peaceful home.
00:53:43.37\00:53:46.10
I've decided you're not
gonna get along on your job.
00:53:46.40\00:53:48.48
I've decided you're not
gonna have friends at church.
00:53:49.37\00:53:52.23
I've decided you are not
gonna have peace in your life.
00:53:52.36\00:53:54.81
I've decided you are not
gonna grow old gracefully.
00:53:54.92\00:53:57.03
I've decided you are not
gonna have a nice family life,
00:53:57.18\00:54:00.28
and perfect children.
00:54:00.38\00:54:01.45
I've decided you are not
gonna rejoins in victory.
00:54:01.94\00:54:04.34
I've decided that you
are not gonna be happy
00:54:04.42\00:54:06.82
in Jesus Christ and
in fact I've decided that
00:54:06.92\00:54:09.73
if I have anything to say
about it, you're gonna take
00:54:09.83\00:54:12.26
your place right
beside me in Hell.
00:54:12.35\00:54:15.85
Because you are Satan's desire.
00:54:19.80\00:54:20.93
And Satan is out to
kill, steal and destroy.
00:54:24.33\00:54:27.87
That is why, years
later Peter could say:
00:54:30.12\00:54:34.00
you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood
00:54:35.36\00:54:39.36
that you should show
for the praise of him,
00:54:39.57\00:54:42.34
would called you
out of the darkness into
00:54:42.48\00:54:44.34
this marvelous light.
00:54:44.43\00:54:45.57
Peter had to be
the one to say be aware
00:54:45.90\00:54:48.47
of the roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour.
00:54:48.58\00:54:51.46
Peter knew what it
was to make promises
00:54:51.58\00:54:54.18
and then choke on
your own promises.
00:54:54.28\00:54:56.61
Peter could be the one
to say you have to fight
00:54:59.14\00:55:01.38
the fight in Christ
strength and not in your own.
00:55:01.53\00:55:04.21
Because you are no
match for the Devil.
00:55:04.62\00:55:08.09
What did Martin
Luther say in that
00:55:09.88\00:55:11.11
great song A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God
00:55:11.26\00:55:13.30
a bulwark never failing
00:55:13.41\00:55:15.48
then he goes on to
say talk you about Satan,
00:55:16.09\00:55:18.89
on earth is not his
equal. You are no match
00:55:20.32\00:55:26.25
for the devil. But Jesus is.
00:55:26.38\00:55:29.20
Nothing about you
that the devil fears.
00:55:30.26\00:55:32.10
He fears who your
employer is. He fears Jesus.
00:55:32.66\00:55:36.53
He doesn't fear you.
00:55:37.13\00:55:38.10
So as long as you got
Jesus you got victory.
00:55:38.26\00:55:40.22
But you loose Jesus,
you are defeated before
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.73
you get started.
00:55:44.89\00:55:45.86
I've got a few pages but
I've got to turn them fast.
00:55:46.13\00:55:47.65
You wonder why you
have days when things
00:55:47.68\00:55:50.16
go wrong. Starts
wrong and go worse.
00:55:50.26\00:55:51.79
Because you're Satan's desire.
00:55:52.03\00:55:53.14
You wonder why you
get to the job and things
00:55:53.28\00:55:55.21
go bad. Because you're Satan's
00:55:55.31\00:55:56.69
desire. You wonder why you come
00:55:56.83\00:55:57.99
to church, and you're
all set, you got your Bible
00:55:58.02\00:55:59.37
in your lap and
somebody comes in and crawls all
00:55:59.44\00:56:01.04
over you and steps on
your toes and never says
00:56:01.21\00:56:03.10
excuse me.
Because you're Satan's
00:56:03.32\00:56:05.67
desire. And
Satan rather have you
00:56:05.76\00:56:07.16
have your mind, and that
person who crawled all over
00:56:07.25\00:56:08.76
you and was not kind to
you then on the word of God.
00:56:08.84\00:56:12.22
You are Satan's desire
but make no mistake about it,
00:56:16.17\00:56:19.58
he doesn't love you, in
fact he would rather see you
00:56:19.84\00:56:22.53
dead, than on Jesus' side.
00:56:22.65\00:56:26.07
And so he fights like a
roaring lion but praise God
00:56:27.78\00:56:31.15
we've got to
fighter on our side.
00:56:32.81\00:56:34.17
We've got Jesus,
who worketh, in us,
00:56:35.78\00:56:39.02
and through us, to
do his good pleasure.
00:56:39.31\00:56:43.81
Oh yes! We are Satan's
desire, but my Bible says
00:56:45.06\00:56:49.20
God has loved us
with an everlasting love.
00:56:49.34\00:56:52.38
And in this He
commendeth His love towards us
00:56:53.59\00:56:56.15
in that why we were yet sinners.
00:56:56.59\00:56:59.69
Christ died for us.
00:57:00.72\00:57:04.35
So I don't have to fear Satan.
00:57:05.65\00:57:06.97
Satan can't hurt me.
00:57:07.80\00:57:09.30
I'm bullet proof in Jesus.
00:57:10.05\00:57:12.15
And even if He takes
my life that's all right.
00:57:13.17\00:57:18.24
Cause the Bible says:
"those who live in Jesus,
00:57:18.89\00:57:20.83
die in Jesus,
will live forever. "
00:57:20.86\00:57:25.08