Welcome back to
North Florida camp meeting
00:01:01.96\00:01:03.75
at Camp Kulaqua. We are so glad
00:01:03.76\00:01:05.44
that you are with us.
00:01:05.45\00:01:07.40
Psalm 13:6 says "I
will sing unto the Lord,
00:01:07.41\00:01:11.19
because he is dealt
bountifully with me".
00:01:11.20\00:01:13.60
Do you feel He has dealt
bountifully with you today?
00:01:13.61\00:01:16.68
Amen. Let's sing a
new song to Him today.
00:01:16.69\00:01:22.15
Standing on the
promises of Christ my King,
00:01:22.16\00:01:26.32
Thru eternal ages
let His praises ring,
00:01:26.33\00:01:30.44
Glory in the highest
I will shout and sing,
00:01:30.45\00:01:34.51
Standing on the promises of God.
00:01:34.52\00:01:38.56
Standing, standing,
00:01:38.57\00:01:42.80
Standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior,
00:01:42.81\00:01:46.92
Standing, standing,
00:01:46.93\00:01:52.13
I'm standing on
the promises of God.
00:01:52.14\00:01:56.69
Standing on the
promises of Christ the Lord,
00:01:56.70\00:02:00.85
Bound to Him
eternally by love's strong cord,
00:02:00.86\00:02:04.97
Overcoming daily
with the Spirit's sword,
00:02:04.98\00:02:09.01
Standing on the promises of God.
00:02:09.02\00:02:13.02
Standing, standing,
00:02:13.03\00:02:17.32
Standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior,
00:02:17.33\00:02:21.42
Standing, standing,
00:02:21.43\00:02:26.66
I'm standing on
the promises of God.
00:02:26.67\00:02:31.38
Standing, standing,
00:02:31.39\00:02:35.56
Standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior,
00:02:35.57\00:02:39.78
Standing, standing,
00:02:39.79\00:02:45.06
I'm standing on the
promises of God. Amen.
00:02:45.07\00:02:52.13
You are my
strength when I am weak
00:03:06.45\00:03:09.77
You are the treasure that I seek
00:03:09.78\00:03:12.86
You are my all in all
00:03:12.87\00:03:18.96
Seeking You as a precious jewel
00:03:18.97\00:03:22.26
Lord, to give up I'd be a fool
00:03:22.27\00:03:25.40
You are my all in all
00:03:25.41\00:03:30.79
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:03:30.80\00:03:37.00
Worthy is Your name
00:03:37.01\00:03:43.16
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:03:43.17\00:03:49.18
Worthy is Your name
00:03:49.19\00:03:56.00
Taking my sin,
my cross, my shame
00:03:56.01\00:03:59.23
Rising again I bless Your name
00:03:59.24\00:04:02.37
You are my all in all
00:04:02.38\00:04:08.51
When I fall down You pick me up
00:04:08.52\00:04:11.68
When I am dry You fill my cup
00:04:11.69\00:04:14.72
You are my all in all
00:04:14.73\00:04:20.03
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:04:20.04\00:04:26.12
Worthy is Your name
00:04:26.13\00:04:31.99
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:04:32.00\00:04:38.08
Worthy is Your name
00:04:38.09\00:04:44.09
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:04:44.10\00:04:50.17
Worthy is Your name
00:04:50.18\00:04:56.10
Jesus, Lamb of God
00:04:56.11\00:05:02.13
Worthy is Your name
00:05:02.14\00:05:08.08
Amen. Amen.
00:05:08.09\00:05:09.73
Our theme here this
evening has been focused
00:05:09.74\00:05:12.37
on the kingdom
bound by the spirit.
00:05:12.38\00:05:14.70
How many of you
want to see Jesus come?
00:05:14.71\00:05:16.73
Amen. Amen.
00:05:16.74\00:05:18.72
This is an old familiar
hymn, O when shall I see Jesus,
00:05:18.73\00:05:22.92
enjoy and sing along.
00:05:22.93\00:05:24.38
O, when shall I see
Jesus and reign with him above
00:05:30.78\00:05:36.06
And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning?
00:05:36.07\00:05:41.22
And from the flowing fountains
00:05:41.23\00:05:44.25
drink everlasting love
00:05:44.26\00:05:46.58
And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning?
00:05:46.59\00:05:51.69
O, shout, glory! For I
shall mount above the skies,
00:05:51.70\00:05:57.10
When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning.
00:05:57.11\00:06:02.25
O, shout, glory! For I
shall mount above the skies,
00:06:02.26\00:06:07.45
When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning.
00:06:07.46\00:06:12.81
Ours ears shall
hear with transport
00:06:12.82\00:06:15.76
the host of heaven sing
00:06:15.77\00:06:18.02
And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning?
00:06:18.03\00:06:23.28
Our tongues shall chant the
glories of our immortal King
00:06:23.29\00:06:28.52
And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning?
00:06:28.53\00:06:33.73
O, shout, glory! For I
shall mount above the skies,
00:06:33.74\00:06:39.03
When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning.
00:06:39.04\00:06:44.16
O, shout, glory! For I
shall mount above the skies,
00:06:44.17\00:06:49.37
When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning.
00:06:49.38\00:07:00.88
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:07:00.89\00:07:04.16
I am desperate for Jesus,
the longer I'm in this world
00:07:04.17\00:07:08.56
the less everything in it means.
00:07:08.57\00:07:12.21
Let's sing "Desperate for You".
00:07:12.22\00:07:14.62
This is the air I breathe
00:07:33.37\00:07:41.00
This is the air I breathe
00:07:41.01\00:07:47.00
Your holy presence living in me
00:07:47.01\00:08:03.35
This is my daily bread
00:08:03.36\00:08:10.92
This is my daily bread
00:08:10.93\00:08:16.95
Your very word spoken to me
00:08:16.96\00:08:30.05
And I - I'm desperate for You
00:08:30.06\00:08:44.35
And I - I'm lost without You
00:08:44.36\00:09:02.07
This is the air I breathe
00:09:02.08\00:09:09.30
This is the air I breathe
00:09:09.31\00:09:15.18
Your holy presence living in me
00:09:15.19\00:09:30.92
This is my daily bread
00:09:30.93\00:09:38.23
This is my daily bread
00:09:38.24\00:09:44.03
Your very word spoken to me
00:09:44.04\00:09:57.12
And I - I'm desperate for You
00:09:57.13\00:10:10.89
And I - I'm lost without You
00:10:10.90\00:10:25.11
And I - I'm desperate for You
00:10:25.12\00:10:39.36
And I - I'm lost without You
00:10:39.37\00:10:53.25
I'm lost without You
00:10:53.26\00:11:00.61
I'm lost without You
00:11:00.62\00:11:07.90
I'm lost without You
00:11:07.91\00:11:15.26
I'm lost without You
00:11:15.27\00:11:22.85
I'm desperate for You
00:11:22.86\00:11:29.06
Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:11:29.07\00:11:32.24
Let's stand the final
time for our theme song,
00:11:32.25\00:11:35.17
"Open our eyes Lord
we want to see Jesus".
00:11:35.18\00:11:38.49
Open our eyes, Lord,
00:11:50.01\00:11:55.74
we want to see Jesus.
00:11:55.75\00:12:01.77
to reach out and touch Him,
00:12:01.78\00:12:07.77
and say that we love Him.
00:12:07.78\00:12:14.50
Open our ears, Lord,
00:12:14.51\00:12:20.02
and help us to listen,
00:12:20.03\00:12:26.45
Open our eyes, Lord,
00:12:26.46\00:12:32.25
we want to see Jesus.
00:12:32.26\00:12:38.93
Open our eyes, Lord,
00:12:38.94\00:12:44.85
we want to see Jesus.
00:12:44.86\00:12:51.06
to reach out and touch Him,
00:12:51.07\00:12:57.19
and say that we love Him.
00:12:57.20\00:13:03.89
Open our ears, Lord,
00:13:03.90\00:13:09.58
and help us to listen,
00:13:09.59\00:13:16.25
Open our eyes, Lord,
00:13:16.26\00:13:22.00
we want to see Jesus.
00:13:22.01\00:13:29.05
Open our eyes, Lord,
00:13:29.06\00:13:34.87
we want to see Jesus.
00:13:34.88\00:13:42.74
And the people said, amen. Amen.
00:13:48.58\00:13:51.00
You may be seated.
00:13:51.01\00:13:54.18
Tonight, I'd like to
welcome you out again
00:13:54.19\00:13:56.17
to Camp Kulaqua's,
North Florida camp meeting.
00:13:56.18\00:14:00.06
And I want to
ask you a question.
00:14:00.07\00:14:01.52
Has it been a
blessing this weekend?
00:14:01.53\00:14:03.27
Amen. Did I hear an amen? amen.
00:14:03.28\00:14:06.69
Think I heard
those people watching TV
00:14:06.70\00:14:09.52
a little bit louder than you.
00:14:09.53\00:14:10.70
Did somebody say
amen? Amen. Amen.
00:14:10.71\00:14:14.33
You know, it is part
of God's special plan
00:14:14.34\00:14:17.27
to bless His people,
when they come together
00:14:17.28\00:14:19.82
in these type of
convocations. Amen.
00:14:19.83\00:14:22.25
And I believe that God
is pouring His spirit out
00:14:22.26\00:14:25.65
on us tonight in this weekend.
00:14:25.66\00:14:28.38
And to get things started,
00:14:28.39\00:14:29.42
we just would like to have
a word of prayer at this time.
00:14:29.43\00:14:32.13
Shall we pray? Our
loving heavenly Father,
00:14:32.14\00:14:39.37
we praise you,
we praise your name.
00:14:39.38\00:14:43.00
And Lord, we wish that
our eyes would be open,
00:14:43.01\00:14:47.05
that we might see you clearly,
00:14:47.06\00:14:50.26
that we can behold
your love and your goodness.
00:14:50.27\00:14:53.94
We pray Lord tonight
that You pour Your power out
00:14:53.95\00:14:57.48
on the speaker
and musicians, Lord.
00:14:57.49\00:15:00.09
We feel your presence,
00:15:00.10\00:15:01.22
even now as we've
come to this place.
00:15:01.23\00:15:05.60
Thank you, Jesus, be
with us, in Jesus name, amen.
00:15:05.61\00:15:09.69
This song is for my
hero, the ultimate hero.
00:15:28.58\00:15:33.84
Must have been
cold there in my shadow,
00:15:43.99\00:15:50.08
To never have
sunlight on your face.
00:15:53.22\00:16:02.67
You were
content to let me shine,
00:16:02.68\00:16:12.09
You always walked a step behind.
00:16:12.10\00:16:21.69
I was the one
with all the glory,
00:16:21.70\00:16:30.85
While you were the
one with all the strength.
00:16:30.86\00:16:40.60
A beautiful face without a name
00:16:40.61\00:16:50.08
I never once heard you complain.
00:16:50.09\00:16:59.47
Did you ever know
that you're my hero,
00:16:59.48\00:17:09.14
And everything I
would like to be?
00:17:09.15\00:17:19.18
I can fly higher than an eagle,
00:17:19.19\00:17:28.29
You are the wind
beneath my wings.
00:17:28.30\00:17:37.41
Might have
appeared to go unnoticed,
00:17:42.97\00:17:52.33
But I've got it
all here in my heart.
00:17:52.34\00:18:01.73
I want you to
know I know the truth,
00:18:01.74\00:18:09.40
Lord, I would be
nothing without you.
00:18:11.64\00:18:21.12
Did you ever know
that you're my hero,
00:18:21.13\00:18:30.76
And everything
I would like to be
00:18:30.77\00:18:40.48
I can fly higher than an eagle,
00:18:40.49\00:18:49.86
You are the wind
beneath my wings.
00:18:49.87\00:18:59.82
Did you ever know
that you're my hero,
00:18:59.83\00:19:09.89
And everything I
would like to be?
00:19:09.90\00:19:19.94
I can fly higher than an eagle,
00:19:19.95\00:19:36.20
You are the wind
beneath my wings.
00:19:36.87\00:19:45.76
Lord, you are the wind
beneath my wings. Amen.
00:19:45.77\00:20:05.76
Well, I certainly felt
like I was flying there
00:20:16.70\00:20:18.83
for a few
seconds, praise the Lord.
00:20:18.84\00:20:22.48
Several of you've
asked, what was the outcome
00:20:22.49\00:20:25.10
of my lip experience and I
forgot to finish that story.
00:20:25.11\00:20:29.40
What happened was
I went to the doctor
00:20:29.41\00:20:31.25
and he informed me that
I probably ended up eating
00:20:31.26\00:20:35.29
something that my mouth
reacted to, something hot.
00:20:35.30\00:20:40.72
And sure enough just
a few days before I left
00:20:40.73\00:20:43.71
for South Carolina I had
eaten some very hot food.
00:20:43.72\00:20:46.33
It was the kind of food where
you eat it and you think oh,
00:20:46.34\00:20:48.16
this is okay.
00:20:48.17\00:20:49.42
And then after you eat it,
00:20:49.43\00:20:50.40
it gets hotter
and hotter and hotter.
00:20:50.41\00:20:52.94
It was Indian food,
00:20:52.95\00:20:54.53
and I think that
was the situation,
00:20:54.54\00:20:57.16
so everything
is okay now though.
00:20:57.17\00:20:59.44
Let's open our Bibles again,
00:20:59.45\00:21:00.75
this evening to
Hebrew's Chapter 12.
00:21:00.76\00:21:04.11
I would like to share
with you this evening,
00:21:04.12\00:21:08.17
what I believe is one
of the greatest dangers
00:21:08.18\00:21:10.25
facing us today as
Christians and Adventists.
00:21:10.26\00:21:15.47
It's revealed to
us in Revelation 3.
00:21:15.48\00:21:17.55
We don't need to open there.
00:21:17.56\00:21:19.56
But it is the
feeling of satisfaction.
00:21:19.57\00:21:25.94
We're blessed in the evening,
00:21:25.95\00:21:27.67
we're blessed in the morning,
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.16
and we're
blessed in the afternoon.
00:21:29.17\00:21:30.92
Have you've been blessed? Amen.
00:21:30.93\00:21:32.65
And we can come to the place,
00:21:32.66\00:21:34.76
where we feel
spiritually satisfied
00:21:34.77\00:21:38.86
and that is dangerous,
00:21:38.87\00:21:42.39
because God often
wants to give us much more
00:21:42.40\00:21:47.36
and we feel
like, we have enough.
00:21:47.37\00:21:49.11
You can see it in
the Old Testament,
00:21:49.12\00:21:50.51
there was a king
there with Elijah,
00:21:50.52\00:21:51.91
who was told to smite
the arrows on the grounds.
00:21:51.92\00:21:57.01
And he smote the arrows three
times and the prophet said,
00:21:57.02\00:22:00.26
you should have smitten
them seven times and more.
00:22:00.27\00:22:04.12
You have
limited, you have limited,
00:22:04.13\00:22:07.62
God's ability to
bless you, to empower you,
00:22:07.63\00:22:10.33
to strengthen you.
00:22:10.34\00:22:11.57
Do you believe we can limit God?
00:22:11.58\00:22:13.38
The Laodicean Church does that.
00:22:13.39\00:22:15.02
The Laodicean
Church says I feel rich.
00:22:15.03\00:22:19.53
Do you feel rich tonight?
And increased with knowledge.
00:22:19.54\00:22:26.16
But friends, the
reality is we are blind,
00:22:26.17\00:22:29.30
and wretched, and
miserable, and poor.
00:22:29.31\00:22:32.39
And we need more
of the spirit of God,
00:22:32.40\00:22:35.33
tonight that we've been
having all through the day
00:22:35.34\00:22:38.52
and last night, don't we.
00:22:38.53\00:22:40.25
We need more of the
spirit of God to fill us
00:22:40.26\00:22:43.23
to over flowing,
because we don't want it
00:22:43.24\00:22:45.27
enough not just for us.
00:22:45.30\00:22:46.85
We got to take
some home with us.
00:22:46.86\00:22:49.35
We need to share it with others.
00:22:49.36\00:22:52.17
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:22:52.18\00:22:53.22
Lets continue our
theme on the finisher.
00:22:53.23\00:22:57.40
It is actually
a two part series.
00:22:57.41\00:22:59.21
I was thinking that
it was going to take me
00:22:59.22\00:23:01.23
a little longer
than 30 minutes to share
00:23:01.24\00:23:03.05
the thoughts here, but
we left off in verse 4.
00:23:03.06\00:23:06.76
"You have not yet
resisted unto blood,
00:23:06.77\00:23:11.00
striving against sin;"
00:23:11.01\00:23:13.24
I believe that we looked at this
00:23:13.25\00:23:16.19
not literally but symbolically.
00:23:16.20\00:23:19.72
We looked at the
experience, the only experience
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.37
in the Bible of a man
who resisted unto blood
00:23:22.38\00:23:24.94
and we try to understand
from the experience of Christ,
00:23:24.95\00:23:28.38
how would is it that
we can be strengthened
00:23:28.39\00:23:31.83
to resist unto bloods.
00:23:31.84\00:23:33.80
Wouldn't you in
your own experience
00:23:33.81\00:23:36.15
want to be able
to resist unto blood.
00:23:36.16\00:23:39.52
We looked in Matthew Chapter 26.
00:23:39.53\00:23:43.73
Let's turn there this
evening Matthew Chapter 26
00:23:43.74\00:23:48.07
and we found an outline.
00:23:48.08\00:23:50.01
I'm just going to
review them quickly
00:23:50.02\00:23:51.81
of seven basic principles,
that Christ experienced
00:23:51.82\00:23:56.55
that prepared Him
to resist unto blood.
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.55
Number one, we
found in verse 30.
00:23:58.56\00:24:02.37
And by the way I
believe that one of the reasons
00:24:02.38\00:24:05.39
why we are so strengthened
by these gatherings,
00:24:05.40\00:24:08.58
camp meeting,
church, worship, praise,
00:24:08.59\00:24:11.18
fellowship is
because they hold for us
00:24:11.19\00:24:16.43
many of the experiences
that we are going to be reading
00:24:16.44\00:24:18.33
about here in
relation to Christ.
00:24:18.34\00:24:21.95
Number one, for
example verse 30,
00:24:21.96\00:24:24.02
"And when he had sung an hymn,"
00:24:24.03\00:24:27.00
a song he "went out
into the Mount of Olives."
00:24:27.01\00:24:29.23
As Jesus was on
his way to the cross,
00:24:29.24\00:24:31.01
on his way to the
Gethsemane, He sang.
00:24:31.02\00:24:33.49
We talked about
how important music is,
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.88
how powerful music is.
00:24:35.89\00:24:37.84
And when we come to camp
meeting, we engage in music,
00:24:37.85\00:24:40.98
perhaps more
than we normally do,
00:24:40.99\00:24:42.31
when are in the
world doing our work
00:24:42.32\00:24:44.52
or busy with our choice at home.
00:24:44.53\00:24:46.59
And so here we have an
opportunity to experience
00:24:46.60\00:24:49.72
parts of what Jesus did in
order to resist unto blood.
00:24:49.73\00:24:53.85
And we come away from here
and we're strengthened, amen.
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.75
Well, why don't we surround
ourselves with spiritual music
00:24:57.76\00:25:01.45
and hymns and
songs with tapes and CDs?
00:25:01.46\00:25:06.07
I know today I go into
grocery stores and I listen
00:25:06.08\00:25:08.48
to the rock and roll music,
00:25:08.49\00:25:09.57
that my mom
didn't want me listen to
00:25:09.58\00:25:10.89
when I was a teenager, right
there in the grocery stores.
00:25:10.90\00:25:13.91
And I go out of those
stores humming those tunes
00:25:13.92\00:25:16.15
that I used to hum
when I was a little kid.
00:25:16.16\00:25:19.12
And the only way I
can get those tunes out
00:25:19.13\00:25:20.65
is to put something
good and godly in, amen.
00:25:20.66\00:25:25.04
God wants us to take advantage
00:25:25.05\00:25:28.30
of the media
technology that we have today,
00:25:28.31\00:25:31.97
use it for our advantage.
00:25:31.98\00:25:33.66
That's why I have an iPod.
00:25:33.67\00:25:36.23
It took me a while, it
took me a while to be convinced.
00:25:36.24\00:25:38.87
In fact, it was Ty,
my associate, my partner,
00:25:38.88\00:25:41.80
my friend who sold
me his old one because
00:25:41.81\00:25:44.27
he wanted to get a new
one and I bought it from him
00:25:44.28\00:25:47.40
for a hundred bucks,
fifteen gig of storage.
00:25:47.41\00:25:50.98
And once I got it and started
experiencing it with the Bible
00:25:50.99\00:25:54.74
and song and books,
taking that with me on planes
00:25:54.75\00:25:58.09
and in the car,
and listening to it.
00:25:58.10\00:26:00.69
Oh, I regret
having not done it sooner.
00:26:00.70\00:26:04.17
Yeah, we can say oh,
iPods, those are for kids,
00:26:04.18\00:26:06.07
no, they are not.
They are for anyone
00:26:06.08\00:26:07.23
who wants to fortify their minds
00:26:07.24\00:26:08.52
with God's words.
Wants to fortify their minds
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.00
with godly music and keep
your minds and your spirit
00:26:11.01\00:26:14.98
uplifted and
strengthened and prepared
00:26:14.99\00:26:16.93
to resist unto blood, amen.
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.59
Number two, amen. Amen.
00:26:20.60\00:26:22.37
Okay, number two.
Number two, you know,
00:26:22.38\00:26:25.08
the reason why I believe
we don't always say amen,
00:26:25.09\00:26:27.69
is because I don't think pastor
00:26:27.70\00:26:28.98
is expected to
respond sometimes.
00:26:28.99\00:26:31.81
But, I do, I
want to encourage you,
00:26:31.82\00:26:33.79
because as you do of
course it will reinforce,
00:26:33.80\00:26:37.64
it will reinforce what you
are hearing from God's word,
00:26:37.65\00:26:40.00
it will
strengthen you personally.
00:26:40.01\00:26:41.81
Number two, we look at
this principle on verse 32,
00:26:41.82\00:26:44.81
it was the principle of hope.
00:26:44.82\00:26:47.06
Jesus said after I am crucified,
00:26:47.07\00:26:51.62
I will rise again and go
before you into Galilee, amen.
00:26:51.63\00:26:55.76
He knew, He is going
to the cross, He knew,
00:26:55.77\00:26:57.29
He is going to
Gethsemane, but He had hope
00:26:57.30\00:26:59.16
that He would
rise again. Friends,
00:26:59.17\00:27:01.36
we need to have hope.
Have you received some hope,
00:27:01.37\00:27:04.03
this weekend, the Sabbath,
00:27:04.04\00:27:05.56
in this worship,
in this fellowship?
00:27:05.57\00:27:07.41
We need hope and
we need to hold on
00:27:07.42\00:27:11.18
to the promises of God
that give us so much hope.
00:27:11.19\00:27:14.21
Number three this
one is found in verse 34,
00:27:14.22\00:27:17.03
"Jesus saith unto
him" this is Peter,
00:27:17.04\00:27:18.98
"Verily I say unto
thee, That this night,
00:27:18.99\00:27:21.55
before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me three times"
00:27:21.56\00:27:24.32
We need the truth,
we need to be honest,
00:27:24.33\00:27:27.88
sometimes without others,
sometimes with ourselves.
00:27:27.89\00:27:30.82
If we are going to be
prepared for temptation,
00:27:30.83\00:27:33.41
we need to be
honest with ourselves,
00:27:33.42\00:27:34.89
we need to be
honest with others.
00:27:34.90\00:27:36.86
When we are honest with God,
00:27:36.87\00:27:38.64
because He can read our hearts,
00:27:38.65\00:27:40.52
He can give us the strength
and the grace and the power
00:27:40.53\00:27:42.88
that we need. Let's not,
00:27:42.89\00:27:44.29
let's not walk in
this facade anymore.
00:27:44.30\00:27:46.24
Let's not pretend
that we're Christians.
00:27:46.25\00:27:48.43
Let's be open and
let's be honest with God
00:27:48.44\00:27:50.96
and allow Him to
empower us to be Christians,
00:27:50.97\00:27:54.42
to be followers of Jesus Christ.
00:27:54.43\00:27:56.25
Sometimes we're
afraid to be honest,
00:27:56.26\00:27:57.60
because we don't
want to be humiliated,
00:27:57.61\00:27:59.17
we don't want to have others
see what we're really like.
00:27:59.18\00:28:03.04
I am sure Peter felt this way.
00:28:03.05\00:28:04.68
Jesus said to Peter, and the
others you all gonna deny me.
00:28:04.69\00:28:07.01
Peter said not me, no
way, I am not going to do it.
00:28:07.02\00:28:11.48
Sometimes we feel uncomfortable,
00:28:11.49\00:28:13.45
when God reveals
ourselves to ourselves.
00:28:13.46\00:28:15.63
We're not sure
what others will think.
00:28:15.64\00:28:17.32
Friends, it doesn't
matter what others think.
00:28:17.33\00:28:19.96
What matters only
is what God thinks.
00:28:19.97\00:28:22.64
And God knows your
heart, so allow yourself
00:28:22.65\00:28:25.24
to open up and
be honest with God.
00:28:25.25\00:28:28.39
Number four, this one is found,
00:28:28.40\00:28:31.15
right here in verse 36.
00:28:31.16\00:28:33.89
Jesus says here
to His disciples,
00:28:33.90\00:28:36.67
I want you to come with Me
and I want you to sit here,
00:28:36.68\00:28:40.02
I'm going to over there and pray
00:28:40.05\00:28:41.25
and I want you to pray for Me.
00:28:41.26\00:28:43.04
He took James,
and John, and Peter
00:28:43.05\00:28:45.20
and He asked them to
pray with Him, and for Him.
00:28:45.21\00:28:48.84
Prayer is so important, amen.
00:28:48.85\00:28:52.40
I know when I spend
that time in prayer,
00:28:52.41\00:28:55.29
how does the
song go, that hymn go.
00:28:55.30\00:28:57.37
Oh, what needless pain we bare,
00:28:57.38\00:28:59.58
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
00:28:59.59\00:29:05.35
When I spend
that time in prayer,
00:29:05.36\00:29:07.05
the burdens are released.
00:29:07.06\00:29:08.99
The burdens are released,
00:29:09.00\00:29:10.39
and peace comes
back into the hearts.
00:29:10.40\00:29:12.69
Strength comes
back into the hearts,
00:29:12.70\00:29:14.99
direction, God's
presence, prayer.
00:29:15.00\00:29:19.33
Number five, verse 37,
"Again he took with him Peter
00:29:19.34\00:29:24.23
and the two sons of Zebedee,
00:29:24.24\00:29:25.45
and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy."
00:29:25.46\00:29:27.49
We need not only
to pray ourselves,
00:29:27.50\00:29:30.86
but we need to
seek the help of others.
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.37
And that's another thing
that I like about camp meeting.
00:29:33.38\00:29:35.24
We spend time here
getting into God's word
00:29:35.25\00:29:38.01
into the truth. We
spend time here singing.
00:29:38.02\00:29:40.05
We spend time here in prayer.
00:29:40.06\00:29:42.31
And we spend time encouraging
one and another, amen.
00:29:42.32\00:29:47.66
We are coming together
as brothers and sisters
00:29:47.67\00:29:49.65
to uplift and encourage
and bear one another's burdens
00:29:49.66\00:29:53.55
and Jesus needed that. He
needed the disciples to bare,
00:29:53.56\00:29:59.72
or help bare His burdens.
00:29:59.73\00:30:02.14
Where they there for
Him? No, they weren't.
00:30:02.15\00:30:06.00
But God was there for Him.
00:30:06.01\00:30:07.53
And God sent Jesus,
an angel from heaven.
00:30:07.54\00:30:11.60
Do you think God
will do that for us?
00:30:11.61\00:30:13.60
You may not have
anyone, that is there for you,
00:30:13.61\00:30:17.49
but that does not mean that
00:30:17.50\00:30:19.32
you are
forsaken of heaven, amen.
00:30:19.33\00:30:22.74
God will always
be there for you.
00:30:22.75\00:30:25.89
The Bible says in
Jeremiah Chapter 23 and verse 2
00:30:25.90\00:30:28.92
that there are pastors,
who have not visited the flock,
00:30:28.93\00:30:32.95
they have not fed and
visited the flock of God.
00:30:32.96\00:30:35.63
But God says,
I'll raise pastors,
00:30:35.64\00:30:37.95
I'll raise pastors
who visit you, in fact,
00:30:37.96\00:30:40.36
all through the New
Testament we find Jesus Christ
00:30:40.37\00:30:43.38
modeling the
essence of ministry.
00:30:43.39\00:30:45.69
You know what He did?
00:30:45.70\00:30:47.30
He walked and He visited
a lot more than He preached.
00:30:47.31\00:30:51.62
You know that don't
you? In fact in Luke,
00:30:51.63\00:30:54.06
if you look here in the
Book of Luke, Chapter 8,
00:30:54.07\00:30:57.68
I think its verse 2.
Luke, Chapter 8 and verse 2,
00:30:57.69\00:31:00.07
this is powerful
really when you look
00:31:00.08\00:31:01.46
at the life of
Christ. Luke 8 and verse 1
00:31:01.47\00:31:07.14
"And it came to pass
afterwards that He went
00:31:07.15\00:31:09.64
throughout every
city and village preaching
00:31:09.65\00:31:13.60
and showing the glad
tidings of the Kingdom of Gods."
00:31:13.61\00:31:17.92
Jesus Christ went
everywhere, He visited everyone.
00:31:17.93\00:31:23.41
John Chapter 1, bares
this out "Jesus Christ"
00:31:23.42\00:31:27.96
in John Chapter 1 "went
out of His ways," excuse me,
00:31:27.97\00:31:31.68
John Chapter 4
"went out of His way
00:31:31.69\00:31:34.49
to visit a woman in Samaria."
00:31:34.50\00:31:37.97
It says here Verse
3, "He left Judah,"
00:31:37.98\00:31:41.09
John 4 Verse 3, "He
departed again into Galilee
00:31:41.10\00:31:44.89
Verse 4 here it
is, "and He must needs
00:31:44.90\00:31:47.78
go through Samaria."
His disciple said to Him,
00:31:47.79\00:31:52.79
Jesus you've got a big crowd
of people here in Capernaum
00:31:52.80\00:31:55.72
and they really like You
and they are ready to support
00:31:55.73\00:31:58.27
Your kingdom and
to get behind You.
00:31:58.28\00:32:01.17
And Jesus said
I can't stay here.
00:32:01.18\00:32:03.69
But you are popular
here. Doesn't matter.
00:32:03.70\00:32:06.78
Jesus didn't come to
this earth to be popular
00:32:06.79\00:32:10.03
and accepted and supported.
00:32:10.04\00:32:11.24
He came to this earth,
to go to every village,
00:32:11.25\00:32:13.69
every city and
the remotest places
00:32:13.70\00:32:17.47
and to tell people about Gods.
00:32:17.48\00:32:19.76
And so He went
this Samaritan village,
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.98
where there was a woman,
who was living in adultery
00:32:21.99\00:32:24.63
had been married five
times, a Samaritan woman.
00:32:24.64\00:32:28.00
And He sat down and He
began to talk to this woman
00:32:28.01\00:32:30.33
about Kingdom of Gods. Friends,
00:32:30.34\00:32:33.14
God knows who you
are and where you are?
00:32:33.15\00:32:36.15
And even if there is
another person on the earth,
00:32:36.16\00:32:38.11
you have Jesus and He
will visit you personally.
00:32:38.12\00:32:42.52
He will minister
to you personally.
00:32:42.53\00:32:45.68
Paul, the author
of the New Testaments
00:32:45.69\00:32:49.53
began to visit the
churches on a consistent basis.
00:32:49.54\00:32:52.66
And when He got done
visiting all the churches
00:32:52.67\00:32:54.43
that he had raised up,
he started all over again.
00:32:54.44\00:32:57.44
He went back and he started
visiting the churches again.
00:32:57.45\00:32:59.50
And when they put him in
jail, he continued visiting
00:32:59.51\00:33:02.06
the churches
through letters, didn't he?
00:33:02.07\00:33:04.58
He wrote letters to all
the churches and that's why
00:33:04.59\00:33:06.56
we have, most of
the New Testament,
00:33:06.57\00:33:08.84
because Pa l
believed in visitation.
00:33:08.85\00:33:11.54
And I guess this is a
message to the pastors tonight
00:33:11.55\00:33:15.02
as well as to each
one of us as members
00:33:15.03\00:33:17.20
we need to visit
people. We need to visit people.
00:33:17.21\00:33:22.64
We need to show them
that we care about them,
00:33:22.65\00:33:25.54
by going to see them
where they are? Visit people.
00:33:25.55\00:33:30.48
So Jesus Christ in Matthew
26 was prepared to resist
00:33:30.49\00:33:35.00
unto bloods. As He
reached out for help
00:33:35.01\00:33:37.59
from others and
got their help because
00:33:37.60\00:33:39.50
they went there for
Him from heaven itself.
00:33:39.51\00:33:41.86
Number six, verse 39.
"And He went a little further
00:33:41.87\00:33:45.51
and He fell on His
face, and He prayed,
00:33:45.52\00:33:47.81
and He said Oh,
Father if it be possible
00:33:47.82\00:33:51.79
let this cup pass from me,
00:33:51.80\00:33:56.15
nevertheless not as I will,
00:33:56.16\00:34:01.49
but as thou wilt."
Jesus Christ was human.
00:34:01.50\00:34:06.65
Jesus Christ took upon
Himself our fallen human nature.
00:34:06.66\00:34:12.53
How do I know that?
Because He says right here that,
00:34:12.54\00:34:16.20
he didn't want to do His will,
00:34:16.21\00:34:18.11
He wanted to do whose will?
00:34:18.12\00:34:19.94
Gods will, and you and I
are in the same predicament.
00:34:19.95\00:34:23.63
Jesus came right where we are.
00:34:23.64\00:34:25.63
No He didn't have
propensities to sin.
00:34:25.64\00:34:27.79
He didn't had
inclinations to sin.
00:34:27.80\00:34:29.57
Jesus Christ hated sin
it was opponent to Him.
00:34:29.58\00:34:34.11
But He did have the fallen will.
00:34:34.12\00:34:36.30
He did have a will that
was not naturally inclined
00:34:36.31\00:34:40.01
to do what God wanted Him to do.
00:34:40.02\00:34:41.71
If Jesus would
have done His will,
00:34:41.72\00:34:43.35
He wouldn't have
gone to the cross.
00:34:43.36\00:34:45.26
He wouldn't have
gone to Gethsemane.
00:34:45.27\00:34:47.00
He wouldn't even
gone to the wilderness
00:34:47.01\00:34:48.16
to fast for 40 days.
His human nature shrank
00:34:48.17\00:34:50.97
from all of this as decidedly
as ours does, amen. Amen.
00:34:50.98\00:34:56.37
See, Jesus Christ
came to fight our battles
00:34:56.38\00:34:59.58
and the greatest
battle that was ever fought
00:34:59.59\00:35:01.98
is the surrender
of the will. Friends,
00:35:01.99\00:35:06.38
it's really important
for us to understand this.
00:35:06.39\00:35:08.70
Jesus Christ was
prepared to resist unto blood
00:35:08.71\00:35:12.04
by saying to the
Father openly, simply,
00:35:12.05\00:35:14.66
and frankly, I am weak.
00:35:14.67\00:35:17.40
I have a will that is weak.
00:35:17.41\00:35:19.38
My will does not
incline to do your will, amen.
00:35:19.39\00:35:23.66
And God is telling
us tonight confess it.
00:35:23.67\00:35:26.98
Don't come in here and try
to say that you are seeking
00:35:26.99\00:35:29.35
after God, that you're righteous
00:35:29.36\00:35:30.54
and that you're good.
00:35:30.55\00:35:31.54
There is no one
that's good not one
00:35:31.55\00:35:33.41
and don't be
discouraged, because you see
00:35:33.42\00:35:35.35
your real self, because
you realize that you are sinful
00:35:35.36\00:35:39.36
and evil don't be discouraged.
00:35:39.37\00:35:40.78
There is none good, no not one.
00:35:40.79\00:35:42.17
No one is seeking
after God, but praise Him,
00:35:42.18\00:35:45.38
He can deliver
this wretched man, amen.
00:35:45.39\00:35:48.55
As we cry out to Jesus,
00:35:48.56\00:35:50.20
Jesus Christ has
promised to deliver us.
00:35:50.21\00:35:54.02
And to bring us to number seven,
00:35:54.03\00:35:55.37
and what was number seven?
00:35:55.38\00:35:57.15
Christ
submitted His will to God.
00:35:57.16\00:36:01.63
Not my will He says,
but thy will be done.
00:36:01.64\00:36:07.28
Praise the Lord. Praise
God. Hebrews Chapter 12,
00:36:07.29\00:36:12.93
there is a beautiful
picture that we have here.
00:36:12.94\00:36:15.11
A picture that's in a
very real sense gets our focus
00:36:15.12\00:36:19.32
on heaven, the theme
and bonds us in the spirits.
00:36:19.33\00:36:23.95
The spirit that has been
working and developing faith
00:36:23.96\00:36:27.51
in God's people
down through time.
00:36:27.52\00:36:30.05
We looked at it Friday
night, Hebrews Chapter 12,
00:36:30.06\00:36:33.46
where for seen
that we are surrounded
00:36:33.47\00:36:36.37
with so great accord of
witnesses, let us lay aside
00:36:36.38\00:36:40.66
every weight and that sin
that's so easily entangle us
00:36:40.67\00:36:44.88
and run with patience to
race that is set before us.
00:36:44.89\00:36:48.31
That word race
is actually battle,
00:36:48.32\00:36:50.64
it's actually the
contest that is taking place.
00:36:50.65\00:36:53.18
Martin Luther put it
this way when he said,
00:36:53.19\00:36:55.74
I fear self more than I fear
the Pope and all his bishops.
00:36:55.75\00:37:01.88
That battle is the battle
against self and the only way
00:37:01.89\00:37:04.49
that we can have
the victory over self
00:37:04.50\00:37:06.81
is by looking unto, who? Jesus.
00:37:06.82\00:37:10.70
But we can also
find help. Friends,
00:37:10.71\00:37:13.93
I believe that
Hebrews Chapter 12,
00:37:13.94\00:37:17.79
lay's out for us parts of
the way that we can be prepared
00:37:17.80\00:37:22.92
to resist unto
bloods. Hebrews Chapter 12,
00:37:22.93\00:37:27.11
points us back to
Hebrews Chapter 11
00:37:27.12\00:37:30.94
and Hebrews Chapter
11 gives us the help
00:37:30.95\00:37:35.12
not just of angels, not
just of brethren here today,
00:37:35.13\00:37:37.61
but the help of all the faithful
00:37:37.62\00:37:40.22
that have gone
before us. Hebrews 12,
00:37:40.23\00:37:43.28
and the victory that
God wants us to have today
00:37:43.29\00:37:45.67
is based upon
Hebrews Chapter 11.
00:37:45.68\00:37:48.90
Wherefore because of
this, you can't go forth, amen.
00:37:48.91\00:37:53.71
Do you believe
that it is difficult,
00:37:53.72\00:37:57.44
or perhaps you
come to the conclusion
00:37:57.45\00:37:58.93
that it is
impossible to overcome sin?
00:37:58.94\00:38:00.94
It's impossible to
walk so closely with God
00:38:00.95\00:38:03.59
that we can be
translated from this earth.
00:38:03.60\00:38:05.61
We'll go back to
Hebrews Chapter 11
00:38:05.62\00:38:07.30
and look at verse 5.
00:38:07.31\00:38:08.72
"By faith Enoch was translated
that he should not see death,
00:38:08.73\00:38:13.82
and was not found
because God had translated him,
00:38:13.83\00:38:16.65
for before His translation
he had this testimony
00:38:16.66\00:38:19.45
that He,' What? 'Pleased Gods.'"
00:38:19.46\00:38:22.49
Enoch was walking with
Gods and everyday in his walk,
00:38:22.50\00:38:27.97
it would get little bit
longer, a little bit longer,
00:38:27.98\00:38:31.40
they get a little bit closer
to heaven and look further
00:38:31.41\00:38:33.79
from Enoch's
place. And finally one day
00:38:33.80\00:38:35.84
God said Enoch, you
know, we are closer to My place
00:38:35.85\00:38:40.07
today then we are to your place.
00:38:40.08\00:38:41.70
Why don't you
just come home with me?
00:38:41.71\00:38:44.76
If you have been discouraged,
if you have been fed
00:38:44.77\00:38:47.72
the lie that
you cannot overcome,
00:38:47.73\00:38:49.82
that you cannot please
God, then you need to look back
00:38:49.83\00:38:52.73
right here at the
experience of Enoch.
00:38:52.74\00:38:55.00
Enoch pleased
God or maybe you feel
00:38:55.01\00:38:59.54
that you have
doubted for too long.
00:38:59.55\00:39:02.62
Maybe you feel that you
have doubted for too long,
00:39:02.63\00:39:04.53
that you are too
weak that it's no good
00:39:04.54\00:39:05.88
that you just
can't do it any longer.
00:39:05.89\00:39:08.51
Well look at
Abraham, look at Sarah.
00:39:08.52\00:39:11.59
How many years where they
doubting the promise of God?
00:39:11.60\00:39:14.41
How many years,
five, ten, fifteen, twenty?
00:39:14.42\00:39:18.65
Twenty five years, they
doubted the promise of God.
00:39:18.66\00:39:23.65
But Enoch
excuse me, but Abraham,
00:39:23.66\00:39:25.85
stands with the faithful.
00:39:25.86\00:39:27.17
He stands within it
Enoch he stands right here
00:39:27.18\00:39:30.75
in the Chapter of
faith. Abraham and Sarah,
00:39:30.76\00:39:36.50
overcame 25 years of doubt.
00:39:36.51\00:39:39.41
Friends, these are given
for us to encourage us that
00:39:39.42\00:39:43.83
we too struggling with
doubt. We too feeling overcome.
00:39:43.84\00:39:48.63
We too feeling like its no use.
00:39:48.64\00:39:50.85
We too can get
the victory by faith.
00:39:50.86\00:39:54.83
We can get that victory.
00:39:54.84\00:39:55.89
How about Isaac?
Other times when you feel
00:39:55.90\00:40:00.34
like the sacrifice is too great
00:40:00.38\00:40:02.55
look at the experience of Isaac.
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.01
He was willing to give
His life to allow His father
00:40:04.02\00:40:10.29
to sacrifice Him to
God, or how about the Moses?
00:40:10.30\00:40:14.84
Do you struggle with the worlds,
00:40:14.85\00:40:16.59
the influence of the worlds,
00:40:16.60\00:40:18.63
all of the
pleasures of the world?
00:40:18.64\00:40:20.29
Yes, the pleasures of sin,
00:40:20.30\00:40:21.80
that's what it says
right here in Chapter,
00:40:21.81\00:40:25.66
excuse me in
verse 23, of Chapter 11.
00:40:25.67\00:40:27.78
It says by faith, verse 24,
00:40:27.79\00:40:31.83
"When Moses was come to years,
00:40:31.84\00:40:33.75
he refused to be called
the son of Pharaohs daughter,
00:40:33.76\00:40:36.34
choosing rather to suffer
affliction with the people
00:40:36.35\00:40:40.07
of God then to enjoy' what?'
00:40:40.08\00:40:43.20
The pleasure's of
sin for a season."
00:40:43.21\00:40:48.15
Now friends, that is
the problem with sin,
00:40:48.16\00:40:52.51
did you know that?
It's only for a season.
00:40:52.52\00:40:56.64
God never intended
that we would have pleasure
00:40:56.65\00:41:00.35
for a season.
The Bible says that
00:41:00.36\00:41:03.66
at God's right hand
there are pleasures.
00:41:03.67\00:41:08.36
Can you finish that?
00:41:08.37\00:41:10.54
Forever. Forever more.
00:41:10.55\00:41:12.32
Sin only offers us
pleasure for a season.
00:41:12.33\00:41:16.50
And Moses saw this, he got
his focus on heaven and said,
00:41:16.51\00:41:19.89
you know what? I think I am
going to trade in my pleasure
00:41:19.90\00:41:24.09
of sin for a season
for pleasures for evermore.
00:41:24.10\00:41:28.83
And so Moses refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh.
00:41:28.84\00:41:31.45
He turned away from
everything in the world
00:41:31.46\00:41:34.81
and he accepted the offer of
eternal pleasure and salvation
00:41:34.82\00:41:41.45
that God was
giving to Him as a gift.
00:41:41.46\00:41:44.71
Where would Moses be today,
00:41:44.72\00:41:46.71
if he had not
made that decision?
00:41:46.72\00:41:49.32
Where would he
be? Well, most likely,
00:41:49.33\00:41:52.21
Moses would be in a
museum with all of his entourage
00:41:52.22\00:41:56.39
of stuff that he gave
up heaven to hold onto
00:41:56.40\00:42:00.91
and we be paying big
bucks to go and see Moses
00:42:00.92\00:42:03.83
and all of his
stuff, isn't that right.
00:42:03.84\00:42:06.55
He would have been a Pharaoh.
00:42:06.56\00:42:08.00
He would have been in a tomb,
00:42:08.01\00:42:09.48
we would have unearthed
him and put him in a museum
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.73
and say oooh, aahh,
wow. Where is Moses today,
00:42:11.74\00:42:19.47
yeah, he is in heaven.
He is at God's right hand.
00:42:19.48\00:42:23.29
He is right now
today enjoying pleasures
00:42:23.30\00:42:28.30
for evermore. Praise God.
00:42:28.31\00:42:31.80
So if the world is
crowding in friends.
00:42:31.81\00:42:35.30
If the world is trying to
take from you the salvation,
00:42:35.31\00:42:38.28
the gifts, the pleasure that
God offers you look at Moses.
00:42:38.29\00:42:43.06
There may not be a pastor,
00:42:43.07\00:42:44.18
there may not be
another person in your church
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.35
there may not be
someone in your family,
00:42:46.36\00:42:48.07
there may not be
anyone that can encourage you,
00:42:48.08\00:42:49.92
but Moses can encourage
you, Enoch can encourage you,
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.93
Abraham and Sarah
they want to encourage you.
00:42:52.94\00:42:56.17
You are
surrounded by these people.
00:42:56.18\00:42:58.57
Just before this meeting I
was back there in the corner
00:42:58.58\00:43:02.16
with the singers and
pastor and a few other people
00:43:02.17\00:43:06.38
and they surrounded
me, they put in the middle
00:43:06.39\00:43:08.05
and they surrounded me
and they laid their hands
00:43:08.06\00:43:10.21
upon me and they prayed for me.
00:43:10.22\00:43:14.21
And I felt the
support and the strength
00:43:14.22\00:43:18.03
not only of them
but of Gods. Friends,
00:43:18.04\00:43:20.77
we are surrounded and
these, these faithful of all
00:43:20.78\00:43:25.36
are placing their hands
upon us not literally of course,
00:43:25.37\00:43:28.94
but spiritually and
they want to encourage us,
00:43:28.95\00:43:32.54
they want to strengthen
us, through their experiences
00:43:32.55\00:43:35.64
and through their words.
00:43:35.65\00:43:36.97
They want to tell us, you can
do it if you look unto Jesus,
00:43:36.98\00:43:43.05
because He is the
author and the finisher.
00:43:43.06\00:43:46.01
Well, maybe you feel
like you're totally unworthy.
00:43:46.02\00:43:52.39
You're totally unworthy
because of your life of sin.
00:43:52.40\00:43:56.57
You tried, you
failed, you tried, you failed,
00:43:56.58\00:43:58.30
you tried, you failed.
00:43:58.31\00:43:59.67
You've just been out
there, out there, out there.
00:43:59.68\00:44:03.09
Well, look at Rahab.
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.27
The Bible
records are right here,
00:44:05.28\00:44:07.78
in the faith Chapter
of Hebrew 11 verse 31.
00:44:07.79\00:44:11.72
She was a harlot, a prostitute.
00:44:11.73\00:44:15.04
She was out
there, she was out there,
00:44:15.05\00:44:18.09
selling her body day
after day, week after week,
00:44:18.10\00:44:21.02
month after
month, year after year.
00:44:21.03\00:44:23.21
Selling her body
for sin and sometimes
00:44:23.22\00:44:26.05
we've done things
like her to our bodies.
00:44:26.06\00:44:29.71
Maybe not in the same
way, maybe its been drugs
00:44:29.72\00:44:32.79
that we've been
selling our bodies to,
00:44:32.80\00:44:34.98
maybe it's been the
indulgence of appetite
00:44:34.99\00:44:36.97
that we have been selling
our bodies to either way.
00:44:36.98\00:44:41.25
Many of us
struggle with self worth.
00:44:41.26\00:44:45.80
Rahab wants to
encourage us this evening.
00:44:45.81\00:44:48.35
Rahab wants to
speak to us this evening
00:44:48.36\00:44:50.49
of her testimony, of here faith.
00:44:50.50\00:44:52.27
She wants to
tell us don't give up.
00:44:52.28\00:44:55.13
Don't give up, don't
give up, because I am here
00:44:55.14\00:44:59.64
not only in the
Chapter of Faith,
00:44:59.65\00:45:01.78
but I am in the line of
Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
00:45:01.79\00:45:06.68
He came down through me
as what she is saying to us.
00:45:06.69\00:45:10.34
So how about Samson?
00:45:10.35\00:45:12.29
Talk about a guy that
had it all and gave it up.
00:45:12.30\00:45:15.85
Talk about someone who
should have done better
00:45:15.86\00:45:18.20
and known better.
00:45:18.21\00:45:19.48
Are you that kind of a
person raised in the church,
00:45:19.49\00:45:23.36
raised in the
good Christian home,
00:45:23.37\00:45:25.27
threw it all out of the window,
went out and did whatever,
00:45:25.28\00:45:28.89
thinking maybe that you can't
come back to the Lord tonight.
00:45:28.90\00:45:33.73
Friends, whoever you
are, wherever you are,
00:45:33.74\00:45:37.20
God wants to
encourage you right now.
00:45:37.21\00:45:39.99
He is the author and
the finisher of our faith
00:45:40.00\00:45:45.32
or maybe you
have been like David,
00:45:45.33\00:45:47.68
maybe you are
feeling a little overwhelms
00:45:47.69\00:45:50.78
with the mistakes you
have made in your life,
00:45:50.79\00:45:53.08
maybe you feel
like you have lost
00:45:53.09\00:45:54.26
the respect of
family or friends.
00:45:54.27\00:45:56.91
David is there in
the Chapter of Faith
00:45:56.92\00:46:00.33
and I am telling
tonight if David is there
00:46:00.34\00:46:02.41
and if Samson is
there and if Rahab is there
00:46:02.42\00:46:04.27
and if Abraham is
there and Sarah is there,
00:46:04.28\00:46:06.44
I am telling you that each
one of us can be there too.
00:46:06.45\00:46:10.29
We are surrounded, we are
surrounded by these faithful
00:46:10.30\00:46:16.53
of past ages who
are waiting for us.
00:46:16.54\00:46:20.33
Here's what it says right
here in Verse 39 of Hebrews 11
00:46:20.34\00:46:23.46
"And all these having
obtained a good reports
00:46:23.47\00:46:28.09
through faith, received not
the promise." "God" verse 40,
00:46:28.10\00:46:36.18
"having provided
some better things for us
00:46:36.19\00:46:40.05
that they without
us should not be made."
00:46:40.06\00:46:45.36
What's the word?
"Perfect or complete."
00:46:45.37\00:46:50.40
Do you know that
there is something
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.52
about our understanding
of the second death
00:46:52.53\00:46:57.89
and of sleep that
brings a lot of meaning
00:46:57.90\00:47:01.75
to these two
verses we just read.
00:47:01.76\00:47:04.64
These faithful of vows other
than the couple of exceptions
00:47:04.65\00:47:08.64
like Enoch and
Moses are waiting.
00:47:08.65\00:47:12.83
They haven't received
the promise Hebrews 4:1,
00:47:12.84\00:47:15.80
of entering into His rest,
00:47:15.81\00:47:17.83
entering into
that Heavenly Canaan.
00:47:17.84\00:47:20.41
There are not yet walking
in the streets of Jerusalem
00:47:20.42\00:47:25.10
and if we have the
opportunity to ask them,
00:47:25.11\00:47:29.79
Abraham, Sarah, would like
to be in the heaven right now?
00:47:29.80\00:47:36.31
They might say hesitantly yes,
00:47:36.32\00:47:40.93
yes but not without
them, not without them.
00:47:40.94\00:47:47.98
I don't want to be there without
00:47:47.99\00:47:51.62
the rest of God's
people. And friends,
00:47:51.63\00:47:56.27
that is the message
that God wants to leave
00:47:56.28\00:47:58.66
with us this evening.
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.34
Do you want to be in heaven?
00:48:01.35\00:48:03.37
Oh, I long for
all of this to ends.
00:48:03.38\00:48:07.07
I long for the sin to be done.
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.31
I long for the
temptation to cease.
00:48:09.32\00:48:11.18
I long to be
changed from this mortal
00:48:11.19\00:48:12.86
into this immortal
that God has promised us
00:48:12.87\00:48:16.65
and to walk the street of gold
where there is no more pain,
00:48:16.66\00:48:18.73
suffering, or death, where
gold doesn't matter anymore,
00:48:18.74\00:48:22.71
its just pavement, but I
don't want to go without them.
00:48:22.72\00:48:30.76
Are you with me tonight?
00:48:30.77\00:48:32.46
I don't want to go without them,
00:48:32.47\00:48:35.42
without the
David's and the Job's,
00:48:35.43\00:48:41.08
without the
Mary's and the Judes,
00:48:41.09\00:48:44.15
without the multitudes
of people in every nation,
00:48:44.16\00:48:47.66
kindred, tongue and
people for whom Jesus Christ
00:48:47.67\00:48:53.13
has given His life. I
don't want to go without them.
00:48:53.14\00:48:56.72
Jesus didn't
count heaven a place
00:48:56.73\00:48:59.34
to be desired without us.
00:48:59.35\00:49:03.47
And I don't want
to go without them.
00:49:03.48\00:49:06.78
God longs for us
not to love the worlds
00:49:06.79\00:49:13.06
in the sense of
pleasure and sin,
00:49:13.07\00:49:16.10
but to love the world the
way Jesus loved the world.
00:49:16.11\00:49:18.74
And when we love the
world as Christ loved the world,
00:49:18.75\00:49:22.23
then for us His
mission is accomplished.
00:49:22.24\00:49:25.67
We are fitted for heaven,
00:49:25.68\00:49:27.65
because we have
heaven in our hearts.
00:49:27.66\00:49:30.60
And tonight God is
calling us each one of us
00:49:30.61\00:49:33.52
get your focus of yourselves,
get your focus of others,
00:49:33.53\00:49:37.39
and get your eyes on Jesus.
00:49:37.40\00:49:39.18
Verse 15 of Hebrews Chapter 12,
00:49:39.19\00:49:41.71
"Consider Him or look at
Him diligently lest any man fail
00:49:41.72\00:49:46.03
of the grace of God and
lest any root of bitterness
00:49:46.04\00:49:50.33
springing up trouble
you and many be defiled."
00:49:50.34\00:49:53.74
Tonight there are
people here right now
00:49:53.75\00:49:55.63
who are struggling
with roots of bitterness.
00:49:55.64\00:49:58.30
Tonight there are
people here who have through
00:49:58.31\00:50:00.15
terrible
experiences with the church,
00:50:00.16\00:50:02.34
with their
families in the worlds.
00:50:02.35\00:50:05.28
And the God is telling us
00:50:05.29\00:50:06.29
there is a remedy for your soul.
00:50:06.30\00:50:07.33
There is a bomb in
Gilead and the bomb is
00:50:07.34\00:50:09.70
to get your eyes on Jesus,
00:50:09.74\00:50:11.40
to look
diligently at Jesus Christ.
00:50:11.41\00:50:14.07
And when you focus on Him,
00:50:14.08\00:50:16.16
all of these roots of bitterness
00:50:16.17\00:50:18.67
will be yanked out, will
be removed by the grace of God
00:50:18.68\00:50:24.15
and those around
you will not be defiled.
00:50:24.16\00:50:27.03
God will work through
you, God will move through you,
00:50:27.04\00:50:30.22
God will speak through you,
00:50:30.23\00:50:31.70
and you will say not
without them, not without them.
00:50:31.71\00:50:37.18
I'm not ready to
go, not without them.
00:50:37.19\00:50:40.75
And then will be
fulfilled the words of Christ
00:50:40.76\00:50:44.27
in Matthew 24 in verse 14.
00:50:44.28\00:50:47.71
When this Gospel of
the Kingdom is preached
00:50:47.72\00:50:51.36
in all the worlds as a witness,
00:50:51.37\00:50:57.98
then shall the end come.
00:50:57.99\00:51:02.53
God is going to
have the people then
00:51:02.54\00:51:05.46
who will be so
filled with His love.
00:51:05.47\00:51:08.47
That we'll be
prepared to make this Gospel
00:51:08.48\00:51:13.43
so powerfully a part of
our experience that people
00:51:13.44\00:51:17.69
will be impacted and
drawn to Jesus Christ
00:51:17.70\00:51:21.32
and then we can go
to heaven with them
00:51:21.33\00:51:27.33
and all the people
say it, amen. Amen.
00:51:27.34\00:51:30.54
Are you ready to go home?
00:51:40.96\00:51:44.12
The sky shall unfold,
preparing His entrance,
00:51:44.13\00:51:58.76
The stars shall applaud
Him with thunders of praise.
00:51:58.77\00:52:11.55
The sweet light in His eyes
shall enhance those awaiting,
00:52:11.56\00:52:26.11
And we shall behold
Him, then face to face.
00:52:26.12\00:52:40.72
We shall behold
Him. We shall behold Him,
00:52:40.73\00:52:55.11
Face to face in
all of His glory.
00:52:55.12\00:53:05.12
We shall behold Him,
00:53:05.13\00:53:11.62
Yes, we shall behold Him,
00:53:11.63\00:53:19.00
Face to face,
our Savior and Lord
00:53:19.01\00:53:32.75
The angels shall sound
the shout of His coming,
00:53:32.76\00:53:46.08
And the sleeping will rise
from their slumbering place.
00:53:46.09\00:53:59.51
And those who remain
shall be changed in a moment,
00:53:59.52\00:54:14.12
And we shall behold
Him then face to face.
00:54:14.13\00:54:25.01
I can't wait for that journey.
00:54:25.02\00:54:30.00
We shall behold Him.
00:54:30.01\00:54:36.88
Yes, we shall behold Him,
00:54:36.89\00:54:44.80
Face to face in
all of His glory.
00:54:44.81\00:54:55.48
We shall behold Him.
00:54:55.49\00:55:01.85
Yes, we shall behold Him,
00:55:01.86\00:55:09.60
Face to face,
our Savior and Lord.
00:55:09.61\00:55:28.40
Face to face,
our Savior and Lord.
00:55:28.41\00:55:55.48
Amen, amen.
00:55:55.49\00:55:58.81
Tonight as we in
this convocation here,
00:56:02.40\00:56:06.71
I believe that God is
doing something special
00:56:06.72\00:56:08.97
in our midst. I believe
that He wants us to enter
00:56:08.98\00:56:13.18
into that experience
of righteousness by faith,
00:56:13.19\00:56:17.84
because Jesus is
not just the author,
00:56:17.85\00:56:20.36
but He is the
finisher of our faith.
00:56:20.37\00:56:23.18
Praise Him,
praise Him. At this time,
00:56:23.19\00:56:26.35
we just want to
close with a word of prayer
00:56:26.36\00:56:29.25
and so shall we pray together.
00:56:29.26\00:56:33.37
Our loving Lord,
you have been here
00:56:33.38\00:56:38.80
and we've felt
your presence and Lord
00:56:38.81\00:56:42.37
we believe Your
promises with all of our hearts
00:56:42.38\00:56:45.81
we believe you. And Lord,
00:56:45.82\00:56:49.13
we know we can't
fix much in our lives,
00:56:49.14\00:56:51.72
but we can fix our eyes on You.
00:56:51.73\00:56:54.89
Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you for coming
00:56:54.90\00:56:58.13
and seeking after us even
when we were straying away
00:56:58.14\00:57:04.31
from You. We praise
You God for Your love.
00:57:04.32\00:57:09.63
Bless the people now
as we go from this place,
00:57:09.64\00:57:12.60
go within, fill them with
Your power in Jesus name, amen.
00:57:12.61\00:57:18.85