I'm gonna ask
Kateena to come out LeForge
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and sing one song and then
right after that immediately
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we will blessed with the sermon
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by Pastor C.A Murray.
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There is a passage in
Revelation that speaks
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of crystal clear river
that flows from the throne
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of God and on each side of
that river is tree of life.
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As I travel a bit and I
meet more and more people,
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I get e-mails from all
over the world and they will
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tell me how they will
encourage me and tell me sing
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on the Lord has blessed you.
And I'm so blessed to receive
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that kind of encouragement.
And I know someday they
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say sometimes they will
say, I will meet you wonder
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the tree of life. And I
know for sure that we will.
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We will spend eternity
together or he says there
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is no eye that has
seen or ear that has heard,
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the wonders that he
has prepared for us.
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Shall we gather at the river,
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Where bright
angel feet have trod,
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With its crystal tide forever
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Flowing by the throne of God?
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Yes, we'll gather at the river,
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river;
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God.
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Ere we reach the shining river,
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Lay we every burden down;
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Grace our spirits will deliver,
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And provide a robe and crown.
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Yes, we'll gather at the river,
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river;
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God.
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Yes, we'll gather at the river,
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river;
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the
throne of God. Yes
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we'll gather at the
river, I will meet you there.
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I'm so very thankful for The
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network. Amen.
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And for what God is doing
to repair this wicked world
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for the second coming of our
Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
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Amen. And his coming
will not be long ladies and
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gentlemen. Amen. Soon and
very soon Jesus will come.
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I would like to speak to
you for just a little while
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on this subject,
"The Land of No Regrets."
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The Land of No Regrets
and I would ask you to turn
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with me, if you will to
a book in the Bible that we
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don't often preach from.
It is the book that follows
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Jeremiah, also written by
Jeremiah called Lamentations.
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Lamentations chapter 1 and
we will read just the first
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several verses. Somewhere
out here is a, is my wife
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I don't spot her right
now, I always have to see where
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she is sitting. Okay, my
wife Irma is here and it's,
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it's good to have a
good supportive wife. Amen.
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Who tells you when you
are doing good? That's right.
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Who tells you when
you are not doing so good?
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That's right. Shall
we pray heavenly Father,
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there is indeed a word
from the Lord and we need
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to hear that word this
day. Not what man has to say,
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but what God has to
say. Open our hearts in
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understanding even
before we open your word.
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So, that we may
hear and know, and do.
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Because it is in the doing
that we are like Christ Jesus.
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And we thank you for his
presence and his power in
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Jesus name,
amen. Lamentations 1:1,
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the word of God says,
"How lonely sits the city."
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I'm reading from
the New King James,
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"That was full of
people! How like a widow is she,
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who is great among the
nations! The princess among
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the provinces
has become a slave.
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She weeps bitterly in the night;
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her tears are on her
cheeks. Among all her lovers,
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she has none to comfort
her. All her friends have
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dealt treacherously with her;
and have become her enemies.
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Judah has gone into
captivity, under the affliction
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and a hard servitude;
she dwells among the nations,
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she finds no rest; all
her persecutors overtake
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her in dire straits. The
roads to Zion mourn, because
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no one comes to set feast.
All her gates are desolate;
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her priests sigh; her
virgins are afflicted,
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and she is in bitterness."
Verse five, "Her adversaries
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have become the
master, her enemies prosper;
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the Lord has afflicted her
because of the multitude of
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her transgressions.
Her children have gone into
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captivity before the
enemy." The land of no regrets,
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in 1974, as a
senior at Oakwood College,
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I know you throw
these dates out 1974,
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but as a senior at
Oakwood College, a group of us
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traveled to
Greensboro, North Carolina.
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We were a quire and we
were going to Greensboro,
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North Carolina to do a series
of concerts. Friday night,
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Sabbath morning,
Sabbath afternoon, and I recall
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the trip very well because
it was fraught with emotion.
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One of our co-directors
Nelson Bliss Junior had not
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been back to that
church for over a year.
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Because it was just nine
months prior that his father
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Nelson Bliss Senior, who was
the pastor to that particular
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church preached a
wonderful sermon that Sabbath.
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He retired to his
study to take off his robe,
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sat in his chair,
suffered a massive heart attack
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and died there in his
study. And Nelson Bliss Senior
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had not pretty much been
back in that church since
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that time and so
we were all worry,
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we were all a bit tenuous;
we were all drawing together
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as we came to that church
to try to bring a little cheer
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to the church and to
Nelson. But the trips stands out
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in my mind for a couple of
very important reasons one,
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I have the privilege of
meeting Elder Napoleon Smith,
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a venerable worker for
God. He had served the Lord
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valiantly, he was in is
80s. And the other reason the
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trip stands out in my mind
is because his wife was noted
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as one of the best
cooks in all of the Adventism.
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It was said, that no
one ever let Sister Smith's
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house hungry. She
gladly took on the challenge
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to feed all comers and
she like to feed college boys.
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Now, any of you know
anything about young man
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in college, they are
hungry from the time they step
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in as freshmen until the
time they leave as seniors.
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Amen. Their appetite
is never satiated as much
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as you can serve a
college age male can eat.
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And when we went to Greensboro,
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Sister Smith took on
the challenge of serving
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five of us boys,
who stayed at her house.
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And we felt we were
ready for the challenge.
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And she felt, she was
ready for the challenge
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and I recall we sat
down at the table because
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we had heard of the
legend of Sister Smith.
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And she came out with a
little plate of macaroni
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and cheese and a little
plate of vegetarian meat,
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and a little plate of greens,
and she put it before us.
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Of course, we big strapping
college age boys looked
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at this pittance of food
and said basically is that
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all there is, but
she says, you know,
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that all I'll keep
you. And then she went back
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into the kitchen and
got the big guns ready.
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Because in about 20
minutes, she came out with the
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big metal pan of
macaroni and cheese,
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and a big metal
pan of sweet potatoes,
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and a big metal
pan of, of porcelain,
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a big metal of pan
of collard greens and,
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pan after pan after
pan and we, we, we decided
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to just dive in as
we cleared the pan,
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she produce the pan,
and we cleared the pan
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and she produce the
pan, and we cleared the pan
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and she produce the
pan, and a battle was on.
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And true enough, we were
the ones that had to wave
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the white flag. She
made us cry uncle that day
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and while we were
there sliding from our chair,
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she said, now boys hold a
little room because dessert
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is on the way. And she
brought out sweet potato
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pie and pecan pie
and angel food cake and,
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and lemonade and,
and banana pudding.
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And while we were
sitting there recuperating.
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I have the opportunity
to speak with her husband
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Elder Napoleon Smith.
And as an older man he had
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a lot of wisdom and I
have, I have always been
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I want I would like to
talk to older man and pick their
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brains for wisdom and,
and I would, I would caught
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new young people. If we
get a chance to sit down
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and talk with some
of these gray heads,
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pick their brains and
listen what they have to say.
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You get little smart when
you around a little while.
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Now, I'm getting
a little bit older.
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I like to talk to
young people and give them
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the digest of, of my years.
But he told me that in 1910,
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talking about his
one life's great regret.
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He said, you know, I
have one great regret in life
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because in 1910,
Ellen White made a trip to
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Oakwood College. She
came to the grounds here
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in Huntsville. And as I
can recall there are only 3
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or 4 schools that Ellen
White, one of the co-founders
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of Seventh-Day Adventist
church with her husband
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and Joseph Bates that
were specifically designated
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by God to be on
the particular spot,
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where they are now.
One is Loma Linda that,
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that's spot was pointed
out by God. Evendale that spot,
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where Evendale sits in, in
Austria pointed out by God.
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Madison Academy
pointed out by God and Oakwood
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College. Amen. And she
came to Oakwood College
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and she did
something that she really did.
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She, she spoke
from her prepared text,
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but she also took
questions from the audience and
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she allowed time, if
anyone had any questions,
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if they needed prayer. She
said, I will stay by and talk
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with you one on one,
but Elder Napoleon Smith
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being a young man
in the early 1900,
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you know the racial
situation in the South?
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He determined that he
did not want to hear anything
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that Ellen White had to
say and so when she came
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to Oakwood College
to talk one on one,
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he made his
business to be elsewhere.
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And he said years later
when he had given his heart
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to the Lord and
entered the ministry,
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my one lives great
regret, I have done a bunch
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of things that I regret,
but the one thing at the top
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of the list as I had a
chance to sit down and dialogue
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one on one with Ellen G.
White and my pride and my
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prejudice kept me
from that occasion.
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How many times, I
have read the word of God
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or read this beautiful
prophecy and wish I could
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sit down and talk one
on one with Ellen White.
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So, he skipped
that opportunity and he
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said I have regretted
it my entire life. Amen.
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One year later as a
young pastor at New York City,
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we were all horrified
by a family there that come
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into watch the tennis
matches at Forest Hills
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and they found themselves
in these 40 seconds street
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subway station. And
someone try to grab the
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wife's purse and the
thief planted a nine inch knife
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into the heart of the
husband, who intervened and
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the corner said
he died on the spot.
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And I remember watching
television as the wife said,
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do you know, I regret
forcing my husband to come here.
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Amen. He didn't want to
come to New York, we pushed him.
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And I will regret
it as long as I live.
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Now, I want to change
gears for just a second but
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I want you to close
your eyes, if you will.
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Close your eyes and I
want you to think about heaven.
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Think about
heaven for just a moment.
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Now, over them again
because of a curse to me that
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that is a very difficult,
if not impossible request.
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Because when we speak of heaven,
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we have to speak of
heaven in terms of those things
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that won't be there.
Because we don't really know,
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what will be there?
First Corinthians chapter 2
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verse 9 says, "Eye hath
not seen, ears not heard,
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neither have entered
into the heart of man."
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What will be that, so we
don't quite know what will be
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heaven? So, we tend of
you heaven in terms of what
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will not be there? There
are only three people who really
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know what heaven is
like? That's Moses, Elijah,
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and Enoch.
Because they are there,
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the rest of us have to
guess. And it was Moses
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and Elijah you recall
that comforted Christ at the
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transfiguration. Matthew
and Mark both talk about that
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incidence and they say
they dialogue with Christ.
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I really would have loved
to have been a fly on the wall
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to hear that
conversation, wouldn't you? Yes.
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Can you imagine what
Moses and Elijah had to say
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to Jesus? I know what I
would have said. You see,
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Moses, Elijah and Enoch
were in heaven on credit.
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That's right. They were
in heaven on a promissory
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note. They were in heaven
on the condition that Christ
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would be
successful at Calvary. Amen.
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So, their future
hung on that conversation,
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I would have love to
heard that conversation,
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I would have loved to hear
Elijah will say, Jesus please
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you got to make it through
because if you don't make it,
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we got to comeback. If
Jesus were not successful
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at Calvary, you and I
could have never gotten in.
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And Moses, Elijah
and Enoch would have had
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to get out. Amen. So, I
know they told him Jesus
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you got to rely on your
father, you got to trust
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in the Holy Spirit.
Amen. Jesus you can't fail now,
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because our
passport will get rejected,
00:19:50.26\00:19:52.44
if you don't make it at Calvary.
00:19:53.38\00:19:54.48
So, we don't know
exactly what will be in heaven,
00:19:56.48\00:19:58.71
but we know
what won't be heaven.
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No more funerals. Amen.
Amen. Amen. No more sickness.
00:20:03.91\00:20:08.84
Amen. No more sadness.
Amen. No more suffering.
00:20:09.92\00:20:12.63
Amen. No more doctors.
Amen. No more Sabbathitis.
00:20:12.66\00:20:16.90
Yeah, Sabbathitis is the
inflammation of the Sabbath.
00:20:19.76\00:20:21.43
You go to bed Friday
night and everything is fine.
00:20:23.46\00:20:25.44
You wake up Sabbath
morning and Oh! Boy only
00:20:26.44\00:20:31.86
happens on Sabbath. You
put your car keys down on,
00:20:31.89\00:20:34.16
on Friday night.
They are right there;
00:20:34.99\00:20:37.26
Sabbath morning you
get up is Sabbathitis.
00:20:37.29\00:20:41.94
No more rumourtism,
no more eye glasses,
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.58
no more
hospitals, no more doctors,
00:20:45.61\00:20:47.93
doctors no more
age, no more aging,
00:20:47.96\00:20:50.82
no more slowing
down, no more cancer,
00:20:50.85\00:21:04.34
no crack cocaine, no
alcohol, no child abuse,
00:21:06.87\00:21:09.99
no sexual abuse. Amen,
amen. In fact, most of the
00:21:10.02\00:21:15.15
stuff that is in this
world you will forget my
00:21:15.18\00:21:19.56
pejorative English
it gonna be in heaven.
00:21:19.59\00:21:22.66
All of those things
that we rely on a count on,
00:21:23.80\00:21:25.85
no more cell phones
ladies and gentlemen.
00:21:26.75\00:21:28.41
Great, amen. No more
sole proprietors. Amen.
00:21:28.44\00:21:33.88
No more over coats, no
malls, no masses, no dealers,
00:21:36.81\00:21:40.64
no Cape Mart. No
weddings, no funerals,
00:21:40.67\00:21:50.33
no hair spray, no IRS, no
bills, no telephone bills,
00:21:50.36\00:21:55.84
no mortgages, no
rental pay, no aging,
00:21:56.73\00:22:04.41
don't be afraid to
tell your age. That's right.
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The other today
someone walked to me and said
00:22:07.43\00:22:08.99
how old are you? I
always say, how old I look?
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.37
She said about 45, I
said keep that. You know,
00:22:14.12\00:22:19.94
when you are in
heaven in your 2000 years,
00:22:19.97\00:22:22.90
you look just as good
as you did in 500th year.
00:22:22.93\00:22:25.10
Amen. No pain, no
heartache, no suffering,
00:22:25.13\00:22:28.44
no loneliness, no
homelessness, no starvation,
00:22:29.36\00:22:32.03
no mental retardation, all
of the things that are part
00:22:32.06\00:22:35.60
of this life
simply won't be in heaven.
00:22:35.63\00:22:38.55
No, I am sorry and no regrets.
00:22:39.28\00:22:43.52
Heaven is a land of no regrets.
00:22:44.51\00:22:47.84
How many of us have
ever done something that
00:22:49.46\00:22:50.88
you regret? Amen. Not
only like wearing brown shoes
00:22:50.91\00:22:54.81
you know, what a
black tugs you know.
00:22:54.84\00:22:56.17
I'm not telling about
that who wears a mix match
00:22:56.20\00:22:57.92
socks, I'm talking about
something you really regret,
00:22:57.95\00:23:00.57
something really
dumb. Amen. All of us have,
00:23:00.60\00:23:06.25
all of us have. Reading a
book I just finish reading
00:23:08.43\00:23:11.01
a book that called, why
smart people do dumb things?
00:23:11.04\00:23:13.48
You know, someone
says, something that shook
00:23:16.60\00:23:17.81
me the other day.
What if we came to church
00:23:17.84\00:23:19.38
today? And on the
screen instead of this sermon
00:23:19.41\00:23:22.42
there was a, a
movie being shown.
00:23:22.45\00:23:24.73
On these two
screens and it was called,
00:23:26.33\00:23:28.00
everything you have ever done,
00:23:28.03\00:23:30.19
every place you have
ever been, everything you have
00:23:31.90\00:23:34.84
ever thought for
the last 15 years.
00:23:34.87\00:23:38.34
Your life on those
screens for the world to see,
00:23:39.53\00:23:44.02
any regrets? You hear
it so often, don't you?
00:23:45.96\00:23:54.14
I regret, I said that. I
regret I didn't speak up,
00:23:55.38\00:23:59.44
I regret I went
there, I regret I didn't go,
00:24:00.56\00:24:04.31
I regret making that
decision, I regret not making
00:24:05.41\00:24:08.78
that decision, I
regret acting so hastily,
00:24:08.81\00:24:11.70
I regret waiting
so long, I regret that
00:24:11.73\00:24:16.79
I spoke so kindly, I
regret that I didn't speak
00:24:16.82\00:24:20.94
plainly enough, over
and over and over our lives
00:24:20.97\00:24:27.56
are a mess of regrets,
but praise God there is
00:24:27.59\00:24:31.52
a land of no regrets.
Amen. Heaven is a place
00:24:31.55\00:24:37.58
where you don't have
to say I'm sorry. Amen.
00:24:39.00\00:24:41.54
This second book
written by Jeremiah might well
00:24:42.30\00:24:46.21
be titled regrets. "For
when the weep and prophets
00:24:46.24\00:24:49.80
saw what god's people
had brought upon themselves,
00:24:49.83\00:24:51.74
he wrote this book and he
articulated the collective
00:24:52.50\00:24:55.33
ministry and he
called it regrets.
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.33
First Corinthians
chapter 10, verse 11 says,
00:25:00.25\00:25:01.91
"These things are
written for admonition,
00:25:01.94\00:25:04.57
upon whom that ends
of the world are come."
00:25:06.06\00:25:08.20
You see ladies and
gentlemen serving Jesus
00:25:08.23\00:25:12.86
consistently keeps you
and saves you from a lot
00:25:12.89\00:25:18.77
of regrets. Amen. The
earlier you get to Jesus,
00:25:18.80\00:25:22.86
the less regrets you have. Amen.
00:25:23.77\00:25:25.59
I don't know anybody, who
said I really regret giving
00:25:26.85\00:25:30.46
my life to Jesus? But I
know a lot will say I regret
00:25:30.49\00:25:34.86
that I didn't put my
hand in the hand of the master
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.33
years ago. Amen. There
is a lady in the Mid-East,
00:25:38.36\00:25:43.70
she is the secret e-mail
pal of mine in fact I have had
00:25:43.73\00:25:47.92
to stop writing her.
She wrote me and she said
00:25:47.95\00:25:50.97
you know, I have
been watching3ABN on the
00:25:51.00\00:25:53.01
computer. And I have
given my heart to Jesus,
00:25:53.04\00:25:56.18
but I can't tell anybody.
I have got to watch 3ABN
00:25:58.19\00:26:02.47
at 2 'o clock in the
morning for fear of my husband
00:26:02.50\00:26:06.69
because; if my family
here in this Muslim Country
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.72
found out that I was
watching 3ABN and serving Jesus,
00:26:11.75\00:26:17.07
my husband would
kill me. But she said,
00:26:17.10\00:26:23.18
I don't regret it.
Amen. She said, do you think
00:26:23.21\00:26:26.12
I'm a Christian.
I said yes you are.
00:26:27.08\00:26:30.06
And God will tell
you the time to come out
00:26:31.34\00:26:33.77
to the closet. Amen.
He will let you know,
00:26:33.80\00:26:35.95
but you keep on
serving Jesus. Amen,
00:26:37.20\00:26:38.26
She is serving Jesus at what
might be the cost of her life,
00:26:39.66\00:26:43.84
but she doesn't regret it. Amen.
00:26:43.87\00:26:46.12
The early you come to Jesus,
the less regrets you have.
00:26:47.43\00:26:49.53
The cities were
turned down, the temple was
00:26:51.03\00:26:52.53
destroyed, the women
and children were sold
00:26:52.56\00:26:54.76
into slavery. The army
was slant and destroyed,
00:26:54.79\00:26:57.39
the crops set a fire,
a nation was destroyed,
00:26:57.42\00:26:59.82
simply because they
would not obey God. Amen.
00:27:00.34\00:27:04.05
Regrets, you see
ladies and gentlemen,
00:27:06.13\00:27:09.47
salvation is pretty
simple ontologically.
00:27:09.50\00:27:13.61
It is not that
complex. John 3:6 says,
00:27:14.95\00:27:19.78
"Flesh is flesh, spirit
is spirit, so my syllogism is
00:27:20.40\00:27:29.03
obey and live, disobey and
die." It's not that complex
00:27:29.80\00:27:37.93
on paper. obey God
and live, disobey and die.
00:27:37.96\00:27:45.19
And God doesn't have to
lay awake nights planning
00:27:46.35\00:27:49.69
ways for you to suffer.
Amen. All he is got to do is
00:27:49.72\00:27:53.96
step back. That's
right. And let you run your own
00:27:53.99\00:27:57.93
life. That's right. And
you will destroy yourself.
00:27:57.96\00:28:01.77
That's right.
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:28:03.87\00:28:04.99
our protestation to
the contrary we are not
00:28:05.02\00:28:08.98
that smart. That's
right. Umm! Now J. D. Quinn
00:28:09.18\00:28:16.24
is a few hour short of
a Ph.D. I'm a few hours
00:28:16.45\00:28:20.77
and several thousand
dollars short of a Ph.D.
00:28:20.80\00:28:23.93
The pastor of the
church Reggie has a PhD,
00:28:26.18\00:28:29.82
but I found out some about PhDs.
00:28:31.06\00:28:32.55
You stay in school long
enough and give them enough
00:28:34.05\00:28:36.64
money they will give you a
PhD just to get rid of you.
00:28:38.35\00:28:40.10
That's right. It doesn't
mean you are not intelligent,
00:28:42.97\00:28:44.30
it just means you have
endurance. That's right.
00:28:45.30\00:28:47.94
We are not that
smart, I mean blesses heart
00:28:48.70\00:28:52.00
the pastor has the PhD,
but it took Danny Shelton
00:28:52.03\00:28:55.78
and Shelley Quinn, not
know Danny in that case,
00:28:56.65\00:28:58.79
not quite sure about
Shelley. I know neither
00:28:58.82\00:29:01.09
one have a PhD to write
a simple little book onto
00:29:01.12\00:29:05.67
the anointing of God.
Amen. To teach the PhD
00:29:05.70\00:29:09.34
about the Sabbath.
Amen. So, it doesn't matter
00:29:10.04\00:29:13.45
how much schooling you
have. Amen. Didn't matter
00:29:13.48\00:29:16.35
how many letters you
have behind your name. Amen.
00:29:16.38\00:29:18.98
If you got the spirit of
God in your heart. That's right.
00:29:19.01\00:29:22.59
God can raise you up.
Amen. And a high school
00:29:22.62\00:29:25.67
educated carpenter can
teach our PhD, a thing or two.
00:29:25.70\00:29:35.95
We are not that
bright. God didn't invent guns.
00:29:38.07\00:29:41.64
Amen. God didn't invent
bombs, God didn't invent
00:29:41.67\00:29:45.12
asbestos, God
didn't invent thalidomide,
00:29:45.15\00:29:49.05
God didn't invent
steroids, God didn't invent red
00:29:49.57\00:29:53.41
dye number 2, God
didn't invent crack or smack
00:29:53.44\00:29:57.53
or horse or heroin or oxycontin
00:29:57.56\00:30:00.63
or Methamphetamine.
That's right, that's right.
00:30:00.66\00:30:03.52
God didn't invent LSD,
he didn't invent RPG's,
00:30:09.32\00:30:10.29
he didn't invent
PCB's, he didn't invent STD's,
00:30:10.30\00:30:12.92
he didn't invent DDT.
We are not that bright
00:30:12.95\00:30:20.12
and without the
leading of an almighty God,
00:30:20.15\00:30:24.34
we will destroy ourselves.
Listen I say in 20 years,
00:30:24.37\00:30:27.43
we are all gonna be
under water. Amen, amen.
00:30:27.46\00:30:29.54
So, unless you know,
how to walk on water?
00:30:31.00\00:30:32.32
Lamentations chapter 1
and Lamentations chapter 4.
00:30:39.21\00:30:41.81
In fact, let's go to
Lamentations 4:12 and 13,
00:30:41.84\00:30:44.91
the clock is staring
at me and scaring me.
00:30:44.94\00:30:47.62
Lamentations 4:12 and
13, "The kings of the earth,
00:30:48.95\00:31:00.41
and the inhabitants of
the world would not have
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.99
believed that the
adversary and the enemy
00:31:04.02\00:31:06.41
could enter the
gates of Jerusalem.
00:31:06.44\00:31:08.53
Thirteen, because of
her sins of the sins of her
00:31:09.61\00:31:14.07
prophets and the
iniquities of her priests
00:31:14.10\00:31:16.65
who shed in her midst
the blood of the just."
00:31:17.51\00:31:21.43
They knew why
calamity had come upon them;
00:31:22.52\00:31:26.07
want you to get my point now.
00:31:26.10\00:31:27.07
God had told them why?
God had showed them why?
00:31:28.96\00:31:35.18
You see, when
you are going astray,
00:31:36.07\00:31:39.33
God gives you
repeated warnings. Amen.
00:31:40.47\00:31:43.74
If your spiritual
tires go flat, it is usually
00:31:45.89\00:31:51.92
not because of a blow
out. It's usually a slow leak.
00:31:51.95\00:31:58.90
You see, the tire going
down and you don't address
00:32:00.79\00:32:05.40
the problem. That's
right. And you get up one
00:32:05.43\00:32:08.13
morning and the spirit
is gone. Really someone go
00:32:08.16\00:32:14.47
from on far to God to ice
cold spiritually in one step.
00:32:15.23\00:32:20.04
You ease your way
off. And all alone the road
00:32:20.67\00:32:24.40
God's given you
warnings, you need to stop,
00:32:24.96\00:32:27.52
God's given you warnings,
you need to check yourself
00:32:28.26\00:32:29.23
as Shelley said, you
need to look at yourself,
00:32:29.24\00:32:30.29
you need to stop, you
need to stop, and you ignore
00:32:30.32\00:32:32.81
those warnings in one
time you go to find God
00:32:32.84\00:32:34.87
and God is gone.
Amen. For seven hundred
00:32:34.90\00:32:40.78
years God appealed
with his people Israel,
00:32:40.81\00:32:43.36
but rather and seeking
safety in the arms of God
00:32:43.94\00:32:46.18
they saw safety in
diplomacy. They saw,
00:32:46.21\00:32:49.44
thought, sort safety
in contracts and compacts.
00:32:49.47\00:32:56.05
You see, there
were two great thoughts.
00:32:56.75\00:32:57.87
Give your quickest through
lesson. There was Babylon
00:32:57.90\00:33:01.09
to the North, North
East, Egypt to the South,
00:33:01.12\00:33:04.96
South West. And the Jews
sought safety in diplomacy,
00:33:04.99\00:33:11.27
when Babylon would
come up, they would run down
00:33:11.30\00:33:14.93
to Egypt somebody's
daughter would marriage,
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.74
somebody's son they
sign a nonaggression
00:33:17.77\00:33:20.20
pack that wasn't
worth the paper that it
00:33:20.23\00:33:21.84
was on. Amen. And
they would safe for a while
00:33:21.87\00:33:25.05
then when Egypt
would come north,
00:33:25.08\00:33:27.24
they run to Babylon,
somebody's daughter would
00:33:27.27\00:33:30.05
marriage somebody's son,
they signed a nonaggression
00:33:30.08\00:33:32.41
treaty with
Babylon against Egypt.
00:33:32.44\00:33:34.17
And for seven
hundreds years they went back
00:33:34.20\00:33:36.60
and forth using
diplomacy instead of prayer.
00:33:36.63\00:33:40.52
And for a little
while it worked. You see,
00:33:42.00\00:33:46.63
that's the thing ladies
and gentlemen about sin.
00:33:46.66\00:33:48.60
That's what make
sin so enticing. Amen.
00:33:49.38\00:33:51.32
For a while it
works. Sin looks good,
00:33:51.90\00:33:57.39
what they did not understand is
00:33:58.91\00:34:01.57
that you're only safe
in Jesus as long as you're
00:34:01.60\00:34:06.24
following the will of
Jesus. Amen. Burglar alarms
00:34:06.27\00:34:10.02
are not gonna save
you. Amen. Lock doors
00:34:10.05\00:34:13.10
are not gonna keep you.
Amen. All of these things
00:34:13.13\00:34:16.51
cannot help you, when I
was at the Ephesus Church
00:34:16.54\00:34:18.42
in Manhattan I had
an elder buy a Cadillac
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.35
spend $47000 on it and
put an $5000 alarm system.
00:34:21.38\00:34:25.72
I don't know they had
this alarm system for $5000.
00:34:25.75\00:34:29.07
His wife said he
loves that car so much,
00:34:30.59\00:34:31.86
if he could put that
thing in a bedroom with us
00:34:31.89\00:34:33.62
he tried to do it.
The alarm system was so
00:34:33.65\00:34:37.28
sophisticated that
you didn't have to touch
00:34:37.31\00:34:40.15
the car, if you
just stood near the car,
00:34:40.18\00:34:42.20
the car would say you
are violating my faith,
00:34:42.23\00:34:45.54
my space step back.
You know, what that car is?
00:34:45.57\00:34:55.52
Well, if you know, you
need to call him because
00:34:55.55\00:34:59.02
he didn't have a clue.
Forty days, he had that car.
00:34:59.05\00:35:06.33
And they stole it right
out of his car port, took it.
00:35:07.58\00:35:11.52
I brought a car had a
club on it, had an Anti-Theft
00:35:13.53\00:35:16.90
system parked in the
conference office parking
00:35:16.93\00:35:18.97
lot in broad day light.
Twenty seconds they took it.
00:35:19.00\00:35:23.19
Accept the Lord
build a house. Amen.
00:35:26.07\00:35:30.54
Accept God watches the
house, the watchman watches
00:35:30.57\00:35:33.98
in vain. We are not
that smart. We need Jesus
00:35:34.01\00:35:41.06
to direct our steps.
Amen. And so they saw diplomacy
00:35:41.09\00:35:44.96
back and forth, back and forth,
00:35:44.99\00:35:46.71
back and forth, but
they would forgot to know
00:35:46.74\00:35:49.84
that the only safe in
Jesus as long as you stay
00:35:49.87\00:35:52.89
in Jesus. Listen
let me tell you some,
00:35:52.92\00:35:54.48
how many
husbands do we have here?
00:35:54.51\00:35:55.63
Husbands stand up, all husbands.
00:35:55.66\00:35:57.70
Stand up really
good, husbands. Gentlemen,
00:35:58.62\00:36:03.78
did you know, that you
could cheat on your wife
00:36:04.70\00:36:08.29
and she won't know? Be
seated, all wives stand up,
00:36:09.75\00:36:23.51
all wives. All wives
blessed your heart you look
00:36:23.54\00:36:28.47
good too. Hey, did
you know, that you could
00:36:28.50\00:36:32.02
cheat on your
husband, and he won't know?
00:36:32.05\00:36:34.79
Did you know that?
It's true, be seated.
00:36:36.70\00:36:41.21
Now, there is one little
thing I forgot to tell you.
00:36:42.24\00:36:43.63
You can only do it for a while.
00:36:45.19\00:36:47.36
Now, the book that I read said,
00:36:51.08\00:36:52.75
wives are much more
sagacious than husbands.
00:36:53.65\00:36:56.89
That's right. So,
gentlemen when you slip out
00:36:58.49\00:37:02.63
is gonna be a short
while. Oh! Yes. Not gonna
00:37:04.07\00:37:09.38
last long. That's
right. But that's how sin is?
00:37:09.41\00:37:13.49
That's why pastors have
to preach so hard against
00:37:13.69\00:37:16.99
sin because sin works.
Sin is firm, sin is enticing,
00:37:17.20\00:37:23.18
but what you don't
understand is that it
00:37:23.86\00:37:26.55
only works for a while.
That's right, that's right.
00:37:26.58\00:37:30.30
Then the rent comes
do. The mortgage has to
00:37:32.02\00:37:36.01
be pay. The
taxes have to be filed.
00:37:36.04\00:37:39.78
And you have to
pay on your lifestyle.
00:37:41.28\00:37:42.60
Satan gives you a little
and demands and offer a lot.
00:37:43.94\00:37:47.97
And most of us
can't keep up the payments
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.91
and your up keep
becomes your down fall and
00:37:53.50\00:37:57.62
you are left with a
mouth and a mindful of regrets.
00:37:57.65\00:38:02.56
Seven hundred years it worked,
00:38:05.62\00:38:07.86
but they forgot that
you are only God's people
00:38:09.32\00:38:12.06
as long as you
were doing God's will.
00:38:13.21\00:38:15.07
Doesn't matter, if your
name is on the rolls of the
00:38:16.43\00:38:20.97
Seventh-Day
Adventist church or any other
00:38:21.00\00:38:23.95
church that doesn't
guarantee you a place
00:38:23.98\00:38:27.19
in heaven. Amen.
Because you are only in Jesus
00:38:27.22\00:38:30.76
as long as you are in
Jesus. Amen. And if you,
00:38:30.96\00:38:35.71
you will forget my
pejorative English ate in Jesus,
00:38:36.34\00:38:38.81
you ate in Jesus. And
just because your name
00:38:40.00\00:38:43.89
is written down here,
doesn't mean it's written
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.73
up there. Amen.
Proverbs 14:34 says,
00:38:45.76\00:38:49.51
"Righteousness exalted a nation,
00:38:49.54\00:38:51.16
but sin is a reproach
to any people or church
00:38:52.36\00:38:55.89
or pastor or
person or school." Amen.
00:38:56.78\00:39:01.57
So, they ignored
God's warnings and followed
00:39:02.15\00:39:05.55
their own course. And
for a while it indeed worked,
00:39:05.58\00:39:10.22
but that's how sin is?
They were alcoholics who
00:39:11.35\00:39:21.04
function well, who fly our
airplanes and drive our cars,
00:39:21.07\00:39:27.93
and for a while it
works. You can smoke cigarettes
00:39:30.93\00:39:37.30
and not have
any visible affects.
00:39:39.08\00:39:41.73
And maybe even avoid
lung cancer for a while.
00:39:43.23\00:39:47.32
You can take drugs
and many do, and seem to
00:39:49.23\00:39:56.05
function quite well.
And do so for a while.
00:39:56.08\00:40:02.19
You can cheat on your
tests at school and you will
00:40:04.28\00:40:09.45
get by and may not
even get caught and all will
00:40:09.48\00:40:15.67
seem well for a
while. Oh! I see.
00:40:15.70\00:40:20.02
But be not deceived
God says, Galatians 6:7,
00:40:20.81\00:40:24.17
"God is not mocked."
Amen. He will not be fooled.
00:40:24.80\00:40:28.58
What you sow,
you will reap. Amen.
00:40:30.63\00:40:34.09
And April 15th comes
around every single year.
00:40:34.76\00:40:39.30
That's right. Better read
the fine print on the devils
00:40:39.91\00:40:44.94
contract. Because they
only lasts for a while.
00:40:44.97\00:40:49.41
I had a young lady that
wrote about it in my book.
00:40:51.53\00:40:53.05
I knew what she said,
the first time a young man
00:40:54.37\00:40:57.43
offered me a hit of
crack, I didn't really want it,
00:40:57.46\00:41:02.65
but I wanted him and
that's what he was offering.
00:41:03.95\00:41:06.77
So, I took it, I
lost him, but the crack
00:41:08.95\00:41:14.04
had its hold on me. And
before she died bless her
00:41:14.07\00:41:21.44
heart she got rid of him
and the crack and found Jesus.
00:41:21.47\00:41:25.67
Amen. But so many get
out there and never get back.
00:41:31.10\00:41:34.16
That's right. And are
left with just regrets.
00:41:34.19\00:41:39.58
And you see how the
devil has tricked you?
00:41:39.61\00:41:43.24
And the gold is just
fools gold. And the laugh
00:41:45.10\00:41:49.40
that you hear is no
longer the joyous rivalry
00:41:49.43\00:41:52.34
of friends and comrades.
It is the self satisfy snicker
00:41:52.37\00:41:56.99
of Satan, who
slamming the door on your cage
00:41:57.02\00:42:01.39
and leaving you with
a handful of regrets.
00:42:03.43\00:42:05.65
And so in 605 BC at
the Battle of Carchemish,
00:42:07.91\00:42:13.34
Nebuchadnezzar got tired
of the shuttle diplomacy.
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.45
And in Jeremiah 46
verse 2, Jeremiah talks about
00:42:20.89\00:42:25.09
this battle
where Nebuchadnezzar,
00:42:25.12\00:42:28.55
his father Nabopolassar,
his legend Nebuchadnezzar
00:42:29.87\00:42:35.70
conspire together to
fight and destroy Pharaoh
00:42:38.16\00:42:42.15
Necho and totally
rearrange the balance of power
00:42:42.18\00:42:46.72
in the ancient Middle
East. Egypt from that day
00:42:46.75\00:42:51.97
forward became a
second class nation,
00:42:52.16\00:42:54.20
never to raise its
head again, Babylon became
00:42:55.57\00:42:59.27
the first of the world
empire and on the way back
00:42:59.30\00:43:04.38
with the defeated
Egyptian army Nebuchadnezzar
00:43:05.99\00:43:10.24
was left to clean up
a small Jewish problem.
00:43:10.27\00:43:14.42
He came in,
Zedekiah was on the throne.
00:43:17.51\00:43:21.26
God told Zedekiah
don't fight Nebuchadnezzar.
00:43:23.05\00:43:26.21
He is my agent to
punish you. Oh! Yes.
00:43:26.82\00:43:30.36
But God's people couldn't
see how anybody could ever
00:43:32.63\00:43:35.05
teach them anything. I
see. Umm! And so Zedekiah
00:43:35.08\00:43:43.03
fought and lost and
Nebuchadnezzar decided
00:43:43.06\00:43:48.95
to slit the throat of his
two sons, which was the last
00:43:48.98\00:43:52.82
thing that Zedekiah saw
before they put his eyes
00:43:52.85\00:43:55.86
out with red hot
pokers. He was marched back
00:43:55.89\00:44:00.26
to Babylon and died on
the way. And so Jeremiah
00:44:00.47\00:44:08.40
is left now to
write Lamentations.
00:44:08.43\00:44:12.50
And no one ever thinks
its gonna be them ladies
00:44:14.73\00:44:18.93
and gentlemen.
Lamentations 4 said,
00:44:18.96\00:44:23.46
we never thought that
an army would come into
00:44:23.49\00:44:26.75
Jerusalem, but that is
the rally in cry of the damp,
00:44:26.78\00:44:31.42
2.75 million dead of
aids, we never fought.
00:44:34.14\00:44:37.81
Ten million worldwide HIV
never thought it could be me,
00:44:40.58\00:44:44.55
475,000 new using drug
addicts in New York City
00:44:45.55\00:44:50.11
alone, 1.75 million
abortions every year,
00:44:50.14\00:44:55.76
3.35 million working alcoholics,
00:44:55.79\00:45:00.45
197,000 cancer deaths
and declared cancerous
00:45:02.91\00:45:07.82
every year, and no one
ever thought it would be them.
00:45:07.85\00:45:15.45
Well, excuse me ladies
and gentlemen be not deceived,
00:45:17.96\00:45:23.56
watch your soul you reap
and you are left within regrets.
00:45:25.84\00:45:31.72
Turn with me, if
you will quickly Numbers
00:45:31.75\00:45:33.47
chapter 23 verse 32, in
fact flip that Number 32:23.
00:45:33.50\00:45:47.77
Numbers chapter 32
verse 23. Numbers 32:23,
00:45:54.57\00:45:55.98
important text,
"But if you do not do so,
00:45:57.40\00:46:01.29
then take note, you
have sinned against the LORD;
00:46:02.24\00:46:05.73
and be sure your
sin will find you out."
00:46:06.42\00:46:10.41
Ladies and gentlemen, if
we lose out on the kingdom,
00:46:14.18\00:46:15.76
it won't be God's
fault. Amen, amen.
00:46:15.79\00:46:18.27
The fault would be
ours, but praise God there
00:46:19.50\00:46:23.41
is a land of no
regret. But you know,
00:46:23.44\00:46:26.11
ladies and
gentlemen talk about regrets.
00:46:26.14\00:46:28.04
Can you imagine, what
it would be like to feel
00:46:28.99\00:46:31.54
what you are feeling now to sit,
00:46:31.57\00:46:33.01
where you are sitting
now to know about the God
00:46:33.04\00:46:35.55
of heaven and then
miss out on heaven come
00:46:35.58\00:46:37.77
judgment day. You
talk about regret.
00:46:37.80\00:46:40.05
Christ returned and you
run into the rocks and the
00:46:45.97\00:46:47.97
mountains saying fall on
us. There is gonna be a land
00:46:48.00\00:46:56.84
where nobody is
gonna hit you. Amen. Nobody
00:46:58.94\00:47:04.51
is gonna lie to you.
Nobody is gonna lie on you.
00:47:04.54\00:47:09.20
Nobody is gonna lie about you.
00:47:10.68\00:47:12.21
Nobody is gonna lie
for you. Nobody is gonna
00:47:13.79\00:47:16.97
molest you. Nobody
is gonna steal from you.
00:47:17.00\00:47:21.11
Nobody is gonna assassinate
your character. Amen.
00:47:22.23\00:47:25.21
Nobody is gonna
break into your house.
00:47:26.00\00:47:27.38
Nobody is gonna take your car.
00:47:29.07\00:47:30.36
Nobody is gonna
steal your identity.
00:47:31.87\00:47:33.56
Nobody is gonna take
your job. Nobody is gonna take
00:47:35.77\00:47:39.23
your husband. Nobody
is gonna take your wife.
00:47:39.26\00:47:42.73
Nobody is gonna take your
life. You will never be angry,
00:47:44.06\00:47:48.31
you will never be
angry. Amen. You will never be
00:47:49.48\00:47:54.71
angry, you will never
be lonely, you will never
00:47:54.74\00:48:02.50
be sick, you will never be sick,
00:48:02.53\00:48:07.21
you will never get mad,
you will never be put upon,
00:48:08.71\00:48:13.37
you will never be spit upon,
you will never be hit upon,
00:48:14.42\00:48:19.27
you will never be
ridiculed, you will never be
00:48:21.32\00:48:23.74
ostracised, you
will never get hurt,
00:48:23.77\00:48:26.65
you will never be
guilty and you will never hurt
00:48:28.00\00:48:30.61
anyone else. When the
Christ returns with 10,000
00:48:30.64\00:48:38.40
of his angels, don't
you want to be there. Amen.
00:48:38.43\00:48:42.42
With all you have
heard about heaven,
00:48:44.04\00:48:45.46
with all we have
talked and read about heaven
00:48:45.49\00:48:47.44
to miss out on heaven
Oh! My dear God talk about
00:48:47.47\00:48:51.23
regrets. Amen. And it
won't matter than because
00:48:51.26\00:48:57.89
it will be too late.
And no one will mourn you.
00:48:57.92\00:49:02.81
And Malachi says the lost
will be ashes under the feet
00:49:04.57\00:49:10.47
of the saints. And the
time is getting away from this,
00:49:10.50\00:49:14.62
so let me close,
Jill if you will come up.
00:49:14.65\00:49:16.14
I read a story some
years ago. I'm told it is true.
00:49:20.85\00:49:23.86
And so I, I will
relate it to you as such.
00:49:25.12\00:49:28.61
There was a young
man, who grow up in a very
00:49:30.41\00:49:31.71
well to do family and it
was always expected since
00:49:31.74\00:49:34.19
he was the number son
that he would take over
00:49:34.22\00:49:37.50
for his dad and run the company,
00:49:39.54\00:49:41.71
but he had other
ideas particularly once
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.55
he gave his heart to
the Lord he determined
00:49:47.58\00:49:50.60
that he wanted to
go to the mission field
00:49:51.66\00:49:53.97
and serve
humanity and serve Jesus.
00:49:57.53\00:50:00.17
Now, this didn't sit
well with his dad because
00:50:01.93\00:50:03.91
the dad pretty much
had things mapped out.
00:50:04.81\00:50:06.52
And so he said to
his son during a second
00:50:08.93\00:50:13.33
year in college. Now,
I have, I have prepared
00:50:13.36\00:50:16.14
your education, but
unless you have a change
00:50:16.17\00:50:19.16
of heart. I'm cutting
off your funds and you are
00:50:19.19\00:50:24.27
gonna have to go
on your own because
00:50:24.30\00:50:25.57
we had a plan here. And
the plan was you will take
00:50:26.46\00:50:29.66
over for me, when I
retire. And the young man,
00:50:29.69\00:50:34.87
who waved his
options, but he determined
00:50:34.90\00:50:36.84
it was better rather
to obey God even then his
00:50:36.87\00:50:40.35
own dad. And so, his
father cut off his funds
00:50:40.38\00:50:46.80
and the young man
took his Bible and he wrote
00:50:48.46\00:50:52.78
two words inside
the cover. No resources,
00:50:52.81\00:50:59.67
now since he
didn't have any money,
00:51:02.75\00:51:03.98
he had to work and
then go to school and work
00:51:05.23\00:51:07.62
and go to school. He couldn't
go strict through straight
00:51:07.65\00:51:10.56
as he had plan to, he
left the university and went
00:51:10.59\00:51:13.39
to a small missionary
college and he had to work.
00:51:13.42\00:51:16.21
So, what should have
been a 4 year educational
00:51:16.80\00:51:19.94
stand now becomes 5, become 6,
00:51:19.97\00:51:22.04
become 7 because he
got to work some years,
00:51:22.07\00:51:24.28
go to school some
years, work some years,
00:51:24.84\00:51:26.68
go to school some
years. In his junior year,
00:51:27.31\00:51:32.35
which was his six year
of college, he went home for
00:51:33.64\00:51:37.95
a visit invited by his
mother, his dad re-floated
00:51:37.98\00:51:43.18
the offer, if you
change your mind I will pay you
00:51:43.21\00:51:47.72
back debts, get you to
school, get you through
00:51:47.75\00:51:51.70
school and it
will go on as before.
00:51:51.73\00:51:54.03
He and his father
had another falling out.
00:51:55.48\00:51:56.79
Because he had
determined to serve the Lord,
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.82
left home he wrote
again in his Bible under no
00:52:01.81\00:52:07.44
resources two words
no retreat, no retreat.
00:52:07.47\00:52:11.16
Eight years of work
to complete four years
00:52:16.97\00:52:21.68
of school with a plan
to go to the mission field,
00:52:21.71\00:52:26.41
but he had work so long
and so hard that the long
00:52:28.09\00:52:31.77
nights and the cold
weather conspired to ruin
00:52:31.80\00:52:36.46
his health. And when
it was time for him to go
00:52:36.49\00:52:39.95
to the mission field, he
was physically unable to do so.
00:52:39.98\00:52:43.09
In fact, he got so ill
that the doctors feared
00:52:45.54\00:52:49.83
for his life. And they
send a call to his parents,
00:52:49.86\00:52:54.74
if you want to see your
son you need to get here
00:52:54.77\00:52:58.90
in a day or so
because we don't think he
00:52:58.93\00:53:02.89
is going to make it.
And the parents hopped
00:53:02.92\00:53:06.66
on a plane and also
rented a car and arrived
00:53:06.69\00:53:11.39
at the hospital two
hours after he died.
00:53:11.42\00:53:16.30
And the mother was
sad, but the father was
00:53:19.17\00:53:21.01
enraged. Because he
never got to the mission field,
00:53:21.04\00:53:26.07
he never got to do anything
that he had promise to do,
00:53:27.11\00:53:30.21
he never got to
take over the company,
00:53:30.79\00:53:32.49
and so they gathered
up his belongings and took
00:53:33.17\00:53:35.58
them home. And the,
the most precious of them
00:53:35.61\00:53:37.57
was that Bible. But
the father forbear that the
00:53:37.60\00:53:41.75
Bible ever be
read, ever be opened,
00:53:41.78\00:53:44.63
ever be touched and so
the mother lovingly put
00:53:45.41\00:53:49.04
it on the coffee
table in the living room.
00:53:49.07\00:53:50.77
And every year on his
birthday, she would open
00:53:52.05\00:53:54.78
it and read a
passage. But one day as she was
00:53:54.81\00:53:59.26
reading the Bible,
her husband came in and he
00:53:59.29\00:54:01.25
saw her reading the
Bible and he flew into
00:54:01.28\00:54:03.10
an absolute rage. He
said, I told you never open
00:54:03.13\00:54:08.90
that Bible, never bring
that Bible into the house,
00:54:08.93\00:54:11.19
what do you
reading that book for?
00:54:11.22\00:54:12.80
And he grabbed the
Bible and he slung it
00:54:12.83\00:54:14.94
against the wall
prepare to strike his own wife,
00:54:14.97\00:54:17.61
but as the Bible hit
the wall, a flip opened
00:54:20.02\00:54:22.50
to the last page.
And there was one of the
00:54:22.53\00:54:27.06
notation in that Bible
just two more words written
00:54:27.09\00:54:32.89
on the same day
that he passed you know
00:54:32.92\00:54:38.68
what they were, no
regrets. No resources,
00:54:38.71\00:54:44.36
no retreat, no
regrets. Brothers and sisters
00:54:46.51\00:54:54.41
there is a land of no
regrets, where the wicked
00:54:54.44\00:55:00.16
will seize from
troubling and the
00:55:00.19\00:55:03.52
people of God
will live forever more.
00:55:03.55\00:55:07.99