Matthew, we've had a
great time here this weekend.
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I've had a blast.
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And we've got great
crowd that's coming out-- Yes.
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And friendly people.
Friendly people in Huntsville.
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I like--I'm gonna
come south more often.
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Well, you should.
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I got some great friendly
people down here for sure.
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I would like to have you often.
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We mentioned this
morning about your--
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you're wearing what I
usually wear and I wear--
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I'm wearing what
you usually wear.
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Yeah, and I was
wondering what happened.
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Well, I don't-- I don't know,
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but you know, I'm
so jealous of you--
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Yeah, yeah. Take it off.
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Not wearing a tie.
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Yeah, let me hold this for you.
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Come on, there you go.
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Come on, now give this
man an applaud here, huh?
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How about that, huh?
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There you go. There you go.
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Oh, brother. All right.
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Now that looks more like
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what we're used to
looking like here, okay.
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I feel better, I know that.
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Now, I feel like
an Adventist here.
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Thank you.
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I don't know
what he-- don't clap.
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We don't know
what he meant by that.
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Do you? So--
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I hate to see a
good tie get abused.
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C.A. has taken the tie
out. He'll be wearing it next.
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You got to watch him there.
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Oh, my. Okay, all right.
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Well, it's okay to have a little
bit of fun, right? Absolutely.
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We can be
spiritual, too, but yet have--
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I think Christians
ought to be the happiest,
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excited people on planet earth.
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What do you think?
That's right, amen.
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So we don't have to go
out in the world and do--
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go to bars and do all the things
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that other people do
to have fun. Right, right.
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We used to do that and found
out it's not where life is.
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No, absolutely
not. That's right.
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Life is where, right
today where Jesus is.
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That's it,
that's it. That's life.
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And that's all, Jesus is life.
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He is the way and the
truth in the life, right?
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That's right. That's it.
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And I'm so thankful
to be a Christian today.
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I'm thankful for
Reggie and his wife Kathy
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allowing us to come here
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to this little
gymnasium to their school here.
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And Reggie is-- as for those
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that don't know if
you're just joining us,
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through the Ten Commandment
project and reading the book.
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The Ten
Commandments twice removed
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that he and his family
and his congregation here,
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they've decided that they want
to keep the Seventh-day Sabbath
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instead of Sunday that
they have for many years.
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And so we're glad
that you're doing that
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because you're doing
what God asked you to do.
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God's asked me to do it.
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And you told me
you're being blessed
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ever since you
started keeping the Sabbath.
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Actually, I believe
God told me to do it.
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Oh, He told you to do it.
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That's right. Well, He did.
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It was a commandment. All right.
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But you told me last
night that you're blessed
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ever since you
started keeping the Sabbath.
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Oh, I'll tell you, It's
just the most amazing thing.
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God just opened my
eyes to so many truths
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that's in the
Scriptures I never saw before.
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Yeah, there's just
something about it.
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When you keep that day
and you honor Him on that day,
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I believe that wonders of
heaven of spiritual things
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just open up to you.
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Has it even affected
your-- what you eat yet?
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Oh, absolutely. Really?
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Well, I don't eat my
catfish and my pork anymore.
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Yeah, yeah. All right.
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And I do love
catfish. I'm from Alabama.
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I love my catfish, but--
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Yeah, well, that
catfish is all gone now.
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That's over-- Thing in the past.
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Old things are passed away.
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You know what they do?
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They're bottom, you know,
they go along the bottom--
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We don't want to eat
those. Eat whatever is there.
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Or those pigs,
that rooting all along.
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We don't want to eat
that kind of stuff, right?
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Right, that's
right. Okay, all right.
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But now I still eat my grits.
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You still eat your grits?
Oh, I got to have my grits.
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I got to have the
grits. Well, that's all right.
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That's all right. That's okay.
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That's fine. But that's amazing.
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So you read that, you
understood the Sabbath,
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but God has shown you a lot
of other truths. Absolutely.
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So, but I thought that
you figured you knew it all.
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You've got--you've got
a doctor's in Theology.
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Well, and that
didn't mean that much.
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I thought I knew
it, but I didn't.
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Well, the main thing is that
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none of us know
everything, seriously.
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Right, right, we don't.
None of us know everything.
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And here we see
through a glass darkly
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but when we get to
heaven, it's face to face. Yes.
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But what I enjoy is interacting
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with Christians of
all denominations. Amen.
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And I believe God has
people in all churches.
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Yes, He does. And
I'm so thankful for that.
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But I'm thankful for
the people that are here,
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the closing moments
of earth's history. Yes.
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Who are coming
out of the woodworks
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to say we want to
embrace God's law. Absolutely.
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We want to uphold the
Ten Commandments. Yeah.
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And we want to
tell the world about it
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because it's a matter of
who am I gonna serve today.
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Am I gonna serve God
or am I gonna serve man?
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That's right. And
God has people like you.
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And we know of many, many
others just in this past year
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in churches and even
some congregations saying,
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"We want to make
this switch." Absolutely.
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We're excited
for what's happening,
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for what God is doing
because the end result is
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just simply means
that we don't have
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all that long to
live here on planet earth.
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And as I said this morning,
I don't want to go prematurely,
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but I would like
Jesus to come back,
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and I'm ready to experience
what C.A. talked about today.
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He got-- Absolutely.
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C.A.? Where is he?
He got me homesick.
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Did any of you get
homesick today? Yes.
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Started telling you
about all the things
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that you got to leave behind,
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but all the things that
you get and never regret land.
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And I'm telling you,
I was sent back there
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and I said, "You know, Lord,
that's what I'm waiting for."
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Amen.
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What we'd like you to do is
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give a blessing again
on this program today.
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Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father, again we're
so thankful for this afternoon
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and the riches that
are in store for us.
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We thank You that we're
children of the most High God.
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We thank You that
we're Sabbath keepers.
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We thank You that You
are the Lord of the Sabbath.
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Amen. And You're our God.
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And we come to
worship and to praise You.
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Now, would You just put
Your anointing on this place,
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on the singing, the musicians,
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the Word of God
that will be proclaimed,
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Lord, just bring Your anointing
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and bring Your
glory into this house
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we pray, in the mighty
name of Jesus we pray, amen.
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Amen. All right.
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Thank you,
Pastor. God bless you.
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We'd like to bring up a
couple of folks right now.
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Brothers In Christ.
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And I believe they are gonna
be doing "At the Midnight Hour."
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I hear the sound of
a mighty rushing wind
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And it's closer
now than it's ever been
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I can almost hear the trumpet
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As Gabriel sounds the call
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And at the midnight
cry, we'll be going home.
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When Jesus steps out On a
cloud to call His children
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The dead in Christ shall
rise to meet him in the air
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And then those that
remain Will be quickly changed
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And at the midnight
cry At the midnight cry
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When Jesus comes again
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I look around me, I
see prophecies fulfilling
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And the signs of the time,
they're appearing everywhere
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I can almost hear the Father
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As He says, Son,
go get your children
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And at the midnight cry
The bride of Christ will rise
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When Jesus steps out On a
cloud to call His children
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The dead in Christ shall
rise to meet him in the air
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And then those that
remain Will be quickly changed
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And at the midnight
cry At the midnight cry
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When Jesus comes again
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And then those that
remain will be quickly changed
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And at the midnight
cry At the midnight cry
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When Jesus comes again
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And at the midnight
cry At the midnight cry
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When Jesus comes again
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When Jesus comes again
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Amen. Good.
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We'd like to--we have
some-- I like doing this.
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I haven't got to
hear these folks sing
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and they just came
and auditioned so to speak
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a little before the
program and we're getting--
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you all have so
much talent around this.
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And I'm sure it has nothing to
do with Oakwood College, right?
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And so we're
very thankful that--
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Here we have another
group right now, it's Last Cry.
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And we'd like
for them to come out
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and maybe you all
could introduce yourself
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and tell us where you're
from and then minister to us.
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I'm Leone Phoenix.
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I am originally
from Trinidad and Tobago.
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I'm Lakisha
Gustave, I'm from New York.
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I'm Amethyst Joshua, I'm
from the U.S., Virgin Islands.
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Sonya Langlami
from Kingston, Jamaica.
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Michael Johnson
from Omaha, Nebraska.
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My name is Ray Andrews,
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and I'm from
Huntsville, Alabama.
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I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
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To worship you
Oh, my soul rejoice
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Take joy my King
In what You hear, hear
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Let it be a sweet,
sweet sound in Your ear
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May it be a sweet,
sweet sound in Your ear
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We lift up holy
hands in one accord
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Blessed be the
name Blessed be the name
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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He is worthy to
be praised and adored
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We lift up holy
hands in one accord
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Blessed be the
name Blessed be the name
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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We lift up holy
hands in one accord
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Blessed be the
name Blessed be the name
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
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Hallowed be Your name
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Hallowed be Your name
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Hallowed be Your name
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Lord and
majesty Divine authority
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Hallowed be Your name
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Hallowed be Your name
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Hallowed be Your name
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Fill this place with the praise
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Of the God of all
grace, lift Him high
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Glorify the ancient of days
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All ye saints, lift your voice,
lift your hands and rejoice
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God is here, fill
this place with praise
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God is here, fill this place
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God is here, fill this place
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God is here, fill this place
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with praise Fill this place
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Amen. Thank you, it's beautiful.
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I'd like to now
bring up Kateena LeForge
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and then after Kateena sings.
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And, Kateena,
once again thank you
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for your love for
Jesus and your ministry,
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and your husband
Joe for being here.
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And then right after she sings,
T. Marshall Kelly will bless us.
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Thank you, Danny.
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His strength is
perfect So perfect
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I can do all
things through Christ,
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who gives me strength
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But sometimes I
wonder what he can do for me
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No great success to
show No glory of my own
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Yet in my weakness, he
is there to let me know
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His strength is perfect
when our strength is gone
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He'll carry us
when we can't carry on
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Raised in His power
the weak become strong
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His strength is
perfect His strength is perfect
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We can only know
the power that he holds
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When we truly see how
deep our weakness goes
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His strength in us
begins When ours comes to an end
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He hears our humble
cry and proves again
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His strength is perfect
when our strength is gone
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He'll carry us
when we can't carry on
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Raised in His power,
the weak become strong
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His strength is perfect, perfect
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When our strength is gone
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He'll carry us
when we can't carry on
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Raised in His power
the weak become strong
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His strength is
perfect His strength is perfect
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Raised in His power,
the weak become strong
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His strength is
perfect His strength is perfect
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Amen. God bless you.
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It's a real privilege
00:24:38.62\00:24:40.80
to exalt the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:24:40.83\00:24:45.02
His strength is perfect.
00:24:45.05\00:24:48.08
And I praise God for
the songs, the music,
00:24:48.11\00:24:51.35
spoken word,
and the testimonies.
00:24:51.38\00:24:54.23
And I ask you to let us
pray before we open the word.
00:24:54.26\00:24:59.72
Eternal Father in
Heaven, I am not sufficient
00:24:59.75\00:25:05.33
to speak to these
individuals listening here
00:25:05.36\00:25:10.09
and wherever they're
listening around the world.
00:25:10.12\00:25:13.76
So I ask that Your Holy Spirit
will not let anyone leave here
00:25:13.79\00:25:21.75
without having
been spoken to by thee.
00:25:21.78\00:25:26.63
This is our prayer in the
worthy name of Jesus. Amen.
00:25:26.66\00:25:34.23
The message that was given to me
is entitled "The Two Attitudes."
00:25:34.26\00:25:41.37
There are
basically just two attitudes.
00:25:41.40\00:25:45.83
The attitude of the saved
and the attitude of the lost.
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The leader of the saved is our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:25:51.90\00:25:57.60
The attitude of the lost
00:25:57.63\00:25:59.71
is dominated by the
enemy of all righteousness.
00:25:59.74\00:26:04.03
You have your Bibles and I would
ask you to turn with me today
00:26:04.06\00:26:07.86
because I have to
read the word to you.
00:26:07.89\00:26:12.67
John 10:10, we can-- we
can say that one together,
00:26:12.70\00:26:17.45
"The thief cometh
not, but for to steal,
00:26:17.48\00:26:21.05
and to kill, and to destroy.
00:26:21.08\00:26:24.23
I am come that
they might have life,
00:26:24.26\00:26:27.46
and have it more abundantly."
00:26:27.49\00:26:32.31
The attitude of the saved is
the attitude of Jesus Christ.
00:26:32.34\00:26:40.07
Here is His attitude.
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.93
Philippians 2: 5-8.
00:26:42.96\00:26:50.21
"Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus.
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Who, being in the form of God,
00:26:58.24\00:27:00.42
thought it not
robbery to be equal with God.
00:27:00.45\00:27:03.46
But made himself
of no reputation,
00:27:03.49\00:27:06.76
and took upon him
the form of a servant,
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.67
and was made in
the likeness of men.
00:27:09.70\00:27:13.15
And being found in fashion
as a man, he humbled himself,
00:27:13.18\00:27:17.89
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
00:27:17.92\00:27:24.56
Wherefore God hath
highly exalted him,
00:27:24.59\00:27:27.94
and given him a name
which is above every name.
00:27:27.97\00:27:30.98
That at the name of
Jesus, every knee should bow,
00:27:31.01\00:27:35.19
of things in
heaven, and things in earth,
00:27:35.22\00:27:39.48
and things under the earth,
that every tongue should confess
00:27:39.51\00:27:43.93
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
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And that's the
attitude of the saved.
00:27:49.64\00:27:52.73
The same attitude that Jesus had
00:27:52.76\00:27:55.92
is the attitude all
of His children have.
00:27:55.95\00:27:59.67
He humbled Himself.
00:28:02.12\00:28:04.21
My mind goes back to John 17:5,
00:28:04.24\00:28:08.51
there He is in the
garden praying and then He says,
00:28:08.54\00:28:11.79
"And now, O
Father, glorify thou me
00:28:11.82\00:28:15.13
with the glory that I had
with thee before the world was."
00:28:15.16\00:28:19.75
His pre-existence, the
angels love to do His bidding,
00:28:19.78\00:28:24.83
the angels love
to go on His errands,
00:28:24.86\00:28:27.82
and yet, He
humbled Himself so much
00:28:27.85\00:28:31.43
that He came into this world,
00:28:31.46\00:28:34.40
not the height and
the energy of Adam,
00:28:34.43\00:28:39.74
but He came after
almost 4,000 years of sin
00:28:39.77\00:28:43.55
and He allowed Himself to
be nestled in the body of Mary
00:28:43.58\00:28:49.47
and then to be born not in
the hospital and not at home,
00:28:49.50\00:28:54.33
but to be born with the animals.
00:28:54.36\00:28:58.89
How can we ever be arrogant,
00:28:58.92\00:29:03.14
haughty and proud as Christians?
00:29:03.17\00:29:07.42
And our Savior was humble,
00:29:07.45\00:29:10.51
so humble that He gave Himself
00:29:10.54\00:29:15.66
not only to die the
death that we die by nature,
00:29:15.69\00:29:19.48
but He humbled Himself
and became obedient unto death
00:29:19.51\00:29:23.02
even the death of the cross.
00:29:23.05\00:29:25.88
I wrote down some
text here that mentioned
00:29:25.91\00:29:28.76
that Jesus obeyed His Father
the whole time He was here.
00:29:28.79\00:29:33.47
In John 15:10, "I have
kept my Father's commandments."
00:29:33.50\00:29:38.89
John 17: 4, "I
have finished the work
00:29:38.92\00:29:42.96
which He--thou gavest me to do."
00:29:42.99\00:29:47.07
"My meat," John 4:34 "Is to
do the will of Him that sent me,
00:29:47.10\00:29:52.66
and to finish His work."
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.64
He didn't choose His own way.
00:29:55.67\00:29:57.04
He said, "Because I
seek not my own will,
00:29:57.07\00:30:00.38
but the will of the
Father which have sent me
00:30:00.41\00:30:03.39
for I came down from
heaven not to do mine own will
00:30:03.42\00:30:07.18
but the will of
Him that sent me."
00:30:07.21\00:30:10.33
Psalm 40:8, "I delight
to do thy will, O my God,
00:30:10.36\00:30:14.42
yea, thy law is
within my heart."
00:30:14.45\00:30:17.89
When I think of Jesus
00:30:17.92\00:30:20.03
and I think how
He humbled Himself
00:30:20.06\00:30:23.19
and became obedient unto death,
not only of His preexistence,
00:30:23.22\00:30:27.40
but His incarnation,
and what did He have
00:30:27.43\00:30:31.13
as a nice cradle?
00:30:31.16\00:30:33.13
manger where the
animals eat their straw.
00:30:33.16\00:30:39.77
I ask you today, are you
willing to be like your Savior?
00:30:39.80\00:30:47.77
He lived a sinless life.
00:30:47.80\00:30:51.65
He never sinned once,
in word, deed or thought.
00:30:51.68\00:30:58.90
And then He gave
Himself in selfless ministry.
00:30:58.93\00:31:03.78
3ABN is about ministry.
00:31:03.81\00:31:08.03
It's not about
lifting up people,
00:31:08.06\00:31:11.15
it's about ministry for Jesus
00:31:11.18\00:31:13.92
because Jesus has so
many children out there
00:31:13.95\00:31:18.26
that don't know what you know,
00:31:18.29\00:31:21.60
that don't
understand what you understand.
00:31:21.63\00:31:26.05
And, friend of mine,
you can want Him to come
00:31:26.08\00:31:29.33
all you want to,
but He is not coming
00:31:29.36\00:31:33.71
until this gospel of the kingdom
is preached in all the world
00:31:33.74\00:31:40.23
for a witness unto all nations.
00:31:40.26\00:31:44.02
God has never just loved
a select group of people.
00:31:44.05\00:31:48.05
He has always loved the world.
00:31:48.08\00:31:50.96
That's what John 3:16 says.
00:31:50.99\00:31:53.36
Would you say it with me?
00:31:53.39\00:31:54.76
"For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son,
00:31:54.79\00:32:01.02
that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish,
00:32:01.05\00:32:04.59
but have everlasting life."
00:32:04.62\00:32:07.35
He has never just
liked one group of people.
00:32:07.38\00:32:10.35
He say--that's why, He
said, "Go into all the world
00:32:10.38\00:32:13.18
and preach the
gospel to every nation,
00:32:13.21\00:32:15.86
kindred, tongue, and people."
00:32:15.89\00:32:19.02
And allow me
right now just to pause.
00:32:19.05\00:32:24.89
And I--I want to say thank you
during this month of February.
00:32:24.92\00:32:30.96
It's called Black History Month.
00:32:30.99\00:32:34.32
But I want to thank
the Caucasian people,
00:32:34.35\00:32:39.73
who are abolitionists, who
put their life, their jobs,
00:32:39.76\00:32:46.50
their future on the line
00:32:46.53\00:32:51.92
that my people might know
00:32:51.95\00:32:55.08
the freedom
here in this country.
00:32:55.11\00:32:58.05
The first president of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:32:58.08\00:33:01.80
was John Byington.
00:33:01.83\00:33:05.16
He had an underground
railway station at his house.
00:33:05.19\00:33:10.52
Do you know what
they would do sometimes
00:33:10.55\00:33:13.44
to a person they found with
an underground railway station?
00:33:13.47\00:33:17.80
Sometimes they would
take that man's wife,
00:33:17.83\00:33:21.36
rape her in front of
him, bring the children,
00:33:21.39\00:33:25.94
kill them, and
then kill him last,
00:33:25.97\00:33:29.71
but I want you to know
there were Caucasian people
00:33:29.74\00:33:33.46
who said, "No
matter what it costs,
00:33:33.49\00:33:36.27
we're going to stand
00:33:36.30\00:33:38.25
for the freedom of
all of God's children."
00:33:38.28\00:33:41.68
And I want to
thank the individual
00:33:41.71\00:33:45.08
when I was going
down for the third time
00:33:45.11\00:33:49.31
in Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio.
00:33:49.34\00:33:52.06
I was drowning, I was
grabbing for paper on the water.
00:33:52.09\00:33:57.64
I couldn't swim.
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.10
And an African-American
and a Caucasian gentleman
00:34:00.13\00:34:03.50
jumped in the
water and pulled me out.
00:34:03.53\00:34:08.02
If you think that I'm
going to hate anybody,
00:34:08.05\00:34:15.93
just put it down, never,
00:34:15.96\00:34:18.57
especially when you claim
to be a commandment keeper.
00:34:18.60\00:34:24.74
Commandment keepers are lovers.
00:34:24.77\00:34:27.38
Did you know that?
00:34:27.41\00:34:29.75
The first four Commandments
deal with our love for God.
00:34:29.78\00:34:33.60
The last six are
love for our fellow men.
00:34:33.63\00:34:38.62
And if Jesus is our
Savior, we are compassionate,
00:34:38.65\00:34:42.80
we care about people.
00:34:42.83\00:34:45.66
The attitude of Christ is
the attitude of His children,
00:34:45.69\00:34:50.38
and I bid you, those who
keep the Commandments of God,
00:34:50.41\00:34:55.73
those who honor God's Sabbath,
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.94
please, when you talk to
people about the Sabbath,
00:34:57.97\00:35:02.97
don't let any
arrogance be in your voice.
00:35:03.00\00:35:07.25
Don't let any
self-righteousness,
00:35:07.28\00:35:10.74
be your card.
00:35:10.77\00:35:13.13
Always tell the truth in
love, never in arrogance,
00:35:13.16\00:35:19.88
never as if you
are better than others.
00:35:19.91\00:35:23.06
We have all been saved
00:35:23.09\00:35:24.74
by the precious
blood of Jesus Christ.
00:35:24.77\00:35:28.27
And if we were
more kind and courteous
00:35:28.30\00:35:34.51
and tenderhearted and
sympathetic or pitiful,
00:35:34.54\00:35:39.16
there would be 100
conversions to the truth
00:35:39.19\00:35:43.17
where now there is only one.
00:35:43.20\00:35:47.72
As we exalt God's Commandments,
as we exalt Jesus Christ,
00:35:47.75\00:35:51.70
let's do it in
Christ's spirit at all times.
00:35:51.73\00:35:57.73
After the last Ten
Commandment weekend,
00:35:57.76\00:36:00.84
I was in Washington
DC with the 3ABN family
00:36:00.87\00:36:05.64
and I will not forget.
00:36:05.67\00:36:07.16
The next day, a gentleman was
passing out 3ABN Commandments,
00:36:07.19\00:36:12.91
twice removed
and a young man said,
00:36:12.94\00:36:15.66
"Oh, there's Pastor Kelly.
00:36:15.69\00:36:17.49
Pastor Kelly, come over here
00:36:17.52\00:36:19.25
and tell these men
about the Sabbath."
00:36:19.28\00:36:22.34
I said, "The Lord didn't
tell me to come over there
00:36:22.37\00:36:25.08
and tell them about the Sabbath.
00:36:25.11\00:36:28.41
He told me to come over there
00:36:28.44\00:36:30.20
and tell them how
much the Lord loves them.
00:36:30.23\00:36:34.15
He told me to go
over and let them know
00:36:34.18\00:36:36.46
that I respect
them, that I love them,
00:36:36.49\00:36:39.20
and that I want to see
them in God's kingdom."
00:36:39.23\00:36:41.54
And they tried to get
into a little argument with me.
00:36:41.57\00:36:44.20
I said, "Brethren, I don't
need to argue about the Sabbath.
00:36:44.23\00:36:48.10
The Sabbath was here
00:36:48.13\00:36:49.60
before any of us
were in existence,
00:36:49.63\00:36:52.43
and the Sabbath will be
here after we are long gone.
00:36:52.46\00:36:55.67
So we don't make the
Sabbath holy by going to church,
00:36:55.70\00:36:58.79
the Sabbath is already
holy because God made it holy,
00:36:58.82\00:37:03.48
and I don't need to argue
with you about the Sabbath."
00:37:03.51\00:37:09.02
I said, "I love you.
00:37:09.05\00:37:10.85
You are my brethren."
00:37:10.88\00:37:13.52
And when we
finished, we left as friends.
00:37:13.55\00:37:18.20
You see, you know as well as I
00:37:18.23\00:37:22.15
that the Sunday law is
coming in this country.
00:37:22.18\00:37:26.40
No matter how much you think
it can't happen in this country,
00:37:26.43\00:37:30.16
it's coming.
00:37:30.19\00:37:31.69
Why is it coming?
00:37:31.72\00:37:33.66
Because Satan hates
everything that God loves.
00:37:33.69\00:37:39.25
God loves people.
00:37:39.28\00:37:40.65
Satan hates people.
00:37:40.68\00:37:42.47
He wants to destroy.
00:37:42.50\00:37:43.88
"The thief cometh
not, but for to steal,
00:37:43.91\00:37:46.32
and to kill, and to destroy."
00:37:46.35\00:37:49.08
So I ask you today.
00:37:49.11\00:37:51.24
Whenever you exalt
God's commandments,
00:37:51.27\00:37:54.20
whenever you preach
the Three Angels Message,
00:37:54.23\00:37:57.25
make sure that
underneath your preaching,
00:37:57.28\00:38:01.41
there is love. Amen.
00:38:01.44\00:38:04.20
Don't argue because
once you start to argue,
00:38:04.23\00:38:07.10
you don't know whether
you're doing it for Jesus
00:38:07.13\00:38:09.38
or to make yourself look good.
00:38:09.41\00:38:12.74
Tell it in love.
00:38:12.77\00:38:14.90
Tell it in love.
00:38:14.93\00:38:18.41
Two Attitudes, the
attitude of the saved,
00:38:18.44\00:38:22.65
the attitude of the lost.
00:38:22.68\00:38:25.53
The attitude of
the saved is humble,
00:38:25.56\00:38:28.58
teachable, willing
to stand correction.
00:38:28.61\00:38:33.67
In your Bible, if you would
look with me at 2 Timothy 3:16,
00:38:33.70\00:38:39.35
this is what it says.
00:38:39.38\00:38:40.96
2 Timothy 3:16, it says there,
00:38:40.99\00:38:46.68
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
00:38:46.71\00:38:51.16
and is profitable," for what?
00:38:51.19\00:38:53.17
"For doctrine, for
reproof, for correction,
00:38:53.20\00:38:57.06
for instruction
in righteousness,
00:38:57.09\00:38:59.64
that the man of
God may be perfect,
00:38:59.67\00:39:02.08
throughly furnished
unto all good works."
00:39:02.11\00:39:07.67
Apart of God's
dealing with us is correction
00:39:07.70\00:39:14.63
and reproof as
well as instructions.
00:39:14.66\00:39:20.22
The Holy Spirit of God
wants to prepare our characters
00:39:20.25\00:39:25.11
for the soon return of Jesus.
00:39:25.14\00:39:28.13
Whatever He sees in
us that is unlike Jesus,
00:39:28.16\00:39:32.27
He is going to
direct our attention to it
00:39:32.30\00:39:36.24
that we might
surrender it to Him.
00:39:36.27\00:39:40.18
Only those who have
the attitude of Christ
00:39:40.21\00:39:44.22
will accept reproof.
00:39:44.25\00:39:47.41
Those who have
the attitude of Satan
00:39:47.44\00:39:50.20
will resent the
truth, will fight the truth,
00:39:50.23\00:39:54.74
but those who have the
attitude of Christ will say,
00:39:54.77\00:39:59.00
"Speak, Lord, it may hurt me,
00:39:59.03\00:40:02.38
but it's going to
help me in the long run."
00:40:02.41\00:40:05.97
I want to share this story
that illustrates both attitudes,
00:40:06.00\00:40:12.64
and my wife is involved.
00:40:12.67\00:40:16.84
We were in the city of
Chicago, funds were low,
00:40:16.87\00:40:22.61
the amount that we were
paid for each week was $40.
00:40:22.64\00:40:29.37
I started out with $33.
00:40:29.40\00:40:32.06
And when I got married,
they add some additional funds.
00:40:32.09\00:40:38.54
And so my wife was
expecting and I was hungry.
00:40:38.57\00:40:46.24
Now, she didn't say
that she was hungry,
00:40:46.27\00:40:48.80
but I said that I was hungry.
00:40:48.83\00:40:51.06
And I had--
00:40:51.09\00:40:53.14
I think, it was
$2.40 tithe in the drawer.
00:40:53.17\00:40:59.99
And I was trying to find a way
00:41:01.42\00:41:04.77
to use that tithe
without feeling guilty.
00:41:04.80\00:41:11.60
And so I looked for a text.
00:41:11.63\00:41:13.30
You know, people
when you want to do wrong,
00:41:13.33\00:41:15.49
you try to find any kind
of text that you can find.
00:41:15.52\00:41:20.93
And I came across the text.
00:41:20.96\00:41:22.65
You know what it says?
00:41:22.68\00:41:24.38
"He that will not
provide for His own
00:41:24.41\00:41:27.91
is worse than an infidel."
00:41:27.94\00:41:31.70
And so with that
text, I felt that I could
00:41:31.73\00:41:34.69
sort of use it and put it back,
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.07
but the Lord, my
wife loves the Lord
00:41:38.10\00:41:41.84
more than she loves me,
00:41:41.87\00:41:45.56
and you should
always love the Lord
00:41:45.59\00:41:48.27
more than you love your husband,
00:41:48.30\00:41:50.39
your wife, or your children.
00:41:50.42\00:41:55.36
I came around the
corner and she said,
00:41:55.39\00:41:58.21
"There's a strange
look on your face."
00:41:58.24\00:42:00.84
She said, "If you are thinking
00:42:01.96\00:42:07.21
about taking that tithe
00:42:07.24\00:42:10.81
and buying food with it,
00:42:10.84\00:42:13.64
I won't eat it."
00:42:13.67\00:42:15.54
Now, if I had
the Spirit of Christ,
00:42:19.04\00:42:21.78
I would have
received it, but I was upset.
00:42:21.81\00:42:28.61
Here I am thinking about her,
00:42:28.64\00:42:30.69
really thinking about myself,
00:42:30.72\00:42:33.72
and she doesn't have enough
appreciation to appreciate me
00:42:33.75\00:42:38.57
and she said,
"What we need to do
00:42:38.60\00:42:40.86
is get on our knees and pray."
00:42:40.89\00:42:44.47
Well, at that time, I
wasn't in the mood to pray.
00:42:44.50\00:42:48.90
She had already just
hurt me, hurt my ego,
00:42:48.93\00:42:54.11
that false pride that we have.
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.75
It's always there.
00:42:56.78\00:42:58.21
It's right there in the wings
waiting to be invited on stage.
00:42:58.24\00:43:02.51
Self never dies.
00:43:02.54\00:43:03.98
Self is always
ready with a bow tie on
00:43:04.01\00:43:06.75
and tuxedo to come on stage
in your house and in my house.
00:43:06.78\00:43:12.75
And unless you submit your will
to the will of Jesus Christ,
00:43:12.78\00:43:15.99
self will take over.
00:43:16.02\00:43:17.55
That's why Jesus
said, "Watch and pray
00:43:17.58\00:43:20.30
that you enter
not into temptation,
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.56
the spirit indeed is" what?
00:43:22.59\00:43:24.28
"Willing," but
the flesh is what?
00:43:24.31\00:43:26.55
And the flesh never gets strong.
00:43:26.58\00:43:28.80
You can't find
one text in the Bible
00:43:28.83\00:43:30.95
where the flesh
ever gets strong.
00:43:30.98\00:43:34.31
It's a submission
to the Will of God.
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.66
And so she said, "Let's pray."
00:43:36.69\00:43:38.88
Well, I wasn't in the
frame of mind to pray.
00:43:38.91\00:43:42.54
And then she
looked at me and she said,
00:43:42.57\00:43:45.66
"I really don't think
you're in attitude to pray.
00:43:45.69\00:43:51.54
Let me pray."
00:43:51.57\00:43:53.96
And so she prayed.
00:43:53.99\00:43:57.03
And when she prayed
and I got up off my knees,
00:43:57.06\00:44:03.24
I thought I heard
a knock at the door,
00:44:03.27\00:44:08.05
but self does not
want God to answer prayer.
00:44:08.08\00:44:12.64
And so I said-- she said to me,
00:44:17.62\00:44:21.72
she said, "Did you
hear a knock at the door?"
00:44:21.75\00:44:25.06
And I said--I said, "The
Lord has answered your prayer
00:44:25.09\00:44:28.57
that fast, dear."
00:44:28.60\00:44:32.18
You may have
somebody in your house
00:44:32.21\00:44:34.98
that talks like that to you
when you want to follow God.
00:44:35.01\00:44:40.31
Don't worry about it.
00:44:40.34\00:44:42.05
Follow the Lord anyway.
00:44:42.08\00:44:45.67
And so I said, "If
there was anyone at the door,
00:44:45.70\00:44:48.48
there's a glass in the door,
00:44:48.51\00:44:50.35
you could see
who was at the door.
00:44:50.38\00:44:52.02
There's nobody at the door."
00:44:52.05\00:44:53.42
She said, "Would you
go to the door for me."
00:44:53.45\00:44:56.31
I said, "Certainly, I'll go."
00:44:56.34\00:44:57.71
I went to the
door, opened the door up.
00:44:57.74\00:45:00.19
And, ladies and gentlemen,
this didn't happen to Abraham,
00:45:00.22\00:45:03.83
Isaac or Jacob.
00:45:03.86\00:45:06.81
This happened in
the Kelly family.
00:45:06.84\00:45:11.50
There was a big box
of groceries on the steps
00:45:11.53\00:45:16.97
and a man going down the steps.
00:45:17.00\00:45:21.63
You would think
that I would be happy
00:45:21.66\00:45:25.20
that my wife's
prayer was answered.
00:45:25.23\00:45:28.77
I wasn't happy
00:45:28.80\00:45:31.69
because pride is never
happy with anybody's weight,
00:45:31.72\00:45:36.15
but its own.
00:45:36.18\00:45:38.20
So I told him
and I said, "Mister,
00:45:38.23\00:45:39.65
we didn't order any groceries."
00:45:39.68\00:45:41.78
He said, "Is your name Kelly?
00:45:41.81\00:45:43.34
I said, "Yes, it is."
00:45:43.37\00:45:45.02
She said, "These
groceries were ordered
00:45:45.05\00:45:47.01
this morning at 9 o'clock.
00:45:47.04\00:45:49.19
We're just now bringing them
after my wife finished praying."
00:45:49.22\00:45:56.78
Whenever you come
in to God's truth,
00:45:56.81\00:46:00.98
truth can cut you
one way or another.
00:46:01.01\00:46:04.33
If you have the
attitude of Christ,
00:46:04.36\00:46:06.98
you'll accept the reproof,
you'll accept the correction,
00:46:07.01\00:46:11.44
you'll accept the
instruction in righteousness
00:46:11.47\00:46:15.01
and you'll be
wiser and better for it.
00:46:15.04\00:46:18.35
When you read Proverbs
9:8-- No, I won't turn there.
00:46:18.38\00:46:21.39
When you read Proverbs 9:8,
00:46:21.42\00:46:23.42
you know what you're gonna find?
00:46:23.45\00:46:24.82
"If you reprove a
scorner, he will hate you.
00:46:24.85\00:46:28.70
If you reprove a wise
man, he will love you."
00:46:28.73\00:46:32.47
If the person has
the Spirit of Christ,
00:46:32.50\00:46:34.83
they will accept reproof.
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.26
No matter how much it
hurts, they'll accept it.
00:46:36.29\00:46:40.10
Also, the Lord will reprove us.
00:46:40.13\00:46:42.93
And one of the most difficult
things to handle is success.
00:46:42.96\00:46:50.20
Success is one of the
most difficult things to handle
00:46:50.23\00:46:53.35
because Satan is right
there to make you think
00:46:53.38\00:46:56.69
you are more than what you are.
00:46:56.72\00:47:01.04
All of God's
leaders who failed, failed
00:47:01.07\00:47:05.61
when they were riding
the crests of the waves.
00:47:05.64\00:47:12.38
Moses was just a little
while from the Promised Land.
00:47:12.41\00:47:20.09
He hadn't lost his
temper in a sinful way
00:47:20.12\00:47:23.16
all of those 40 years, but he
is almost at the Promised Land,
00:47:23.19\00:47:27.14
and God says, "Moses,
Just speak to the rock.
00:47:27.17\00:47:32.81
Speak to the rock."
00:47:32.84\00:47:36.61
Somehow Moses took
it out of God's hand
00:47:36.64\00:47:42.10
and that same temper that he had
when he killed that Egyptian,
00:47:42.13\00:47:46.63
it hadn't gone anywhere
and neither has your temper.
00:47:46.66\00:47:54.15
It's only as you
submit yourself to Jesus,
00:47:54.18\00:47:57.07
every day, morning and
night, morning and night,
00:47:57.10\00:48:00.33
those things that
have been in your flesh,
00:48:00.36\00:48:02.71
they're still there.
00:48:02.74\00:48:04.11
And once you let go
of the hand of the Lord,
00:48:04.14\00:48:06.23
you cannot be an overcomer,
but when you hold to His hand,
00:48:06.26\00:48:10.23
and Moses smote that rock
00:48:10.26\00:48:12.29
and ruined the beautiful lesson
that God wanted Israel to know
00:48:12.32\00:48:16.06
that once he smote the rock,
Christ was to die one time.
00:48:16.09\00:48:20.87
After that come in his name.
00:48:20.90\00:48:24.23
Elijah had just
come off of Mount Carmel.
00:48:24.26\00:48:31.29
Elijah had run in
front of Ahab's chariot
00:48:31.32\00:48:35.68
in the blinding driving rain
00:48:35.71\00:48:38.33
all the way back to Jezreel.
00:48:38.36\00:48:41.86
What happened?
00:48:41.89\00:48:43.67
Jezebel said she
was going to kill him.
00:48:43.70\00:48:49.09
And Elijah began to run.
00:48:49.12\00:48:52.60
When God blesses you
with talents and abilities
00:48:52.63\00:48:56.75
and skills, they
don't belong to you,
00:48:56.78\00:49:00.87
He just lends them to you.
00:49:00.90\00:49:05.34
The Lord is not
hard up for talent.
00:49:05.37\00:49:11.45
If you don't believe it,
00:49:11.48\00:49:13.62
the greatest musician that
the universe has ever known,
00:49:13.65\00:49:19.50
he put him out
because he had a bad attitude.
00:49:19.53\00:49:25.97
And He is not going to
take us in with a bad attitude.
00:49:29.00\00:49:33.51
We're going to be like Jesus
when we go into His kingdom.
00:49:33.54\00:49:39.42
The attitude of
Satan, stubborn, rebellious,
00:49:39.45\00:49:44.65
haughty, proud.
00:49:44.68\00:49:47.58
Never say I am wrong.
00:49:47.61\00:49:49.95
I look at the marriages today.
00:49:49.98\00:49:53.66
Pride is one of the
greatest breakers of marriage.
00:49:53.69\00:49:58.32
Nobody will humble themselves.
00:49:58.35\00:50:01.22
Not too far from
here there's a post office
00:50:01.25\00:50:04.46
and I was coming out
of the post office one day
00:50:04.49\00:50:07.44
and I saw these two cars,
two ladies were in the car
00:50:07.47\00:50:12.63
and they were coming and
they were facing each other.
00:50:12.66\00:50:16.31
And they were both
going into the same space.
00:50:16.34\00:50:21.53
Let me tell you what happened.
00:50:21.56\00:50:24.19
Neither lady wouldn't move,
00:50:24.22\00:50:29.78
no one would back
down, they just sat there.
00:50:29.81\00:50:34.26
Has the Lord spoken
to you in your marriage?
00:50:38.79\00:50:44.86
Has He spoken to
you about your children?
00:50:44.89\00:50:49.27
You may have said something
the Holy Spirit told you,
00:50:49.30\00:50:52.15
you need to go
back and make it right.
00:50:52.18\00:50:56.42
Are you too proud to
go back and make it right?
00:50:56.45\00:51:03.03
No matter how much
wrong the other mate has made,
00:51:03.06\00:51:06.86
nothing takes
place of your humility
00:51:06.89\00:51:10.80
to make things right.
00:51:10.83\00:51:13.90
It came to my attention
00:51:13.93\00:51:15.55
that so many times
people call for anointing
00:51:15.58\00:51:20.95
and when the anointing comes,
the one thing that must be said,
00:51:20.98\00:51:27.13
"Do you have anything
against anyone anywhere?"
00:51:27.16\00:51:31.60
I must tell you, more
than I would like to confess,
00:51:35.05\00:51:40.49
many people have said I
need to get something straight
00:51:40.52\00:51:45.02
before we have this service.
00:51:45.05\00:51:48.69
I want to invite you today
00:51:48.72\00:51:51.28
to choose the
attitude of Jesus Christ.
00:51:51.31\00:51:56.52
I've seen it so much
in church, in schools.
00:51:56.55\00:52:01.77
The attitude of the
enemy, stubborn, won't yield,
00:52:01.80\00:52:08.26
too proud to
admit that I was wrong,
00:52:08.29\00:52:12.85
unwilling to be humble
enough for God to lead you.
00:52:12.88\00:52:17.81
I'd like for you to know that
every time you go to church,
00:52:17.84\00:52:22.23
if you know someone
has something against you,
00:52:22.26\00:52:25.95
you should not go to church.
00:52:25.98\00:52:28.24
If you know that someone
has something against you
00:52:28.27\00:52:32.10
without going
and getting it right.
00:52:32.13\00:52:35.38
Those are not my words.
00:52:35.41\00:52:37.15
Those are the words of Jesus.
00:52:37.18\00:52:39.43
"If you come to the
altar and there remember
00:52:39.46\00:52:43.06
that your brother
hath ought against you,
00:52:43.09\00:52:45.58
leave there thy gift.
00:52:45.61\00:52:47.52
First, be
reconciled to thy brother
00:52:47.55\00:52:50.07
and then come
and offer thy gift."
00:52:50.10\00:52:53.61
Well, one Sabbath
morning, it was my turn.
00:52:53.64\00:53:00.88
There was a young lady
who had quite a bit against me
00:53:00.91\00:53:06.82
and had verbalized it to many,
00:53:06.85\00:53:12.05
but that morning, the
Holy Spirit said to me,
00:53:12.08\00:53:17.19
"Don't get in that pulpit
00:53:17.22\00:53:20.04
until you go to her house."
00:53:20.07\00:53:25.80
Lord, I haven't
said anything about her.
00:53:25.83\00:53:29.94
Don't get in that pulpit
until you go to her house.
00:53:29.97\00:53:36.77
Well, I haven't wrong--
00:53:36.80\00:53:38.89
"You must go."
00:53:38.92\00:53:41.14
Brothers and sisters,
if you don't allow Jesus
00:53:41.17\00:53:44.80
to give you His
Spirit, you will be too proud
00:53:44.83\00:53:48.73
to humble yourself
and to make things right.
00:53:48.76\00:53:54.91
I drove finally, I was
scared to go to the church
00:53:54.94\00:53:58.81
and I drove past her
street and I turned around
00:53:58.84\00:54:04.60
and then drove past again.
00:54:04.63\00:54:07.86
You know why?
00:54:07.89\00:54:09.29
Self doesn't
die a natural death.
00:54:09.32\00:54:13.47
It has to be
brought often in contact
00:54:13.50\00:54:16.24
with the cross of Calvary.
00:54:16.27\00:54:18.04
You must linger long
at the cross of Calvary
00:54:18.07\00:54:20.67
and see Him crucified,
naked, on that cross for us,
00:54:20.70\00:54:24.72
and then whatever things
00:54:24.75\00:54:26.19
we think are too
hard for us to do,
00:54:26.22\00:54:28.75
they're not hard to
do, they're only our pride
00:54:28.78\00:54:31.80
and that can't
go to heaven anyway.
00:54:31.83\00:54:36.08
Finally, I went down her
street and past the house.
00:54:36.11\00:54:42.08
Flesh, still fighting.
00:54:42.11\00:54:46.90
He revealed to me the cross.
00:54:46.93\00:54:49.96
How ashamed I should be.
00:54:49.99\00:54:52.99
I said, "Lord, what
am I gonna say to her?"
00:54:53.02\00:54:56.74
You are not at the door yet.
00:54:56.77\00:55:03.58
And I must tell
you that if He told me
00:55:03.61\00:55:05.74
what He told me at the door,
00:55:05.77\00:55:09.58
it would have
been a harder battle.
00:55:09.61\00:55:12.76
He said, "I want you--
when you get to the door
00:55:12.79\00:55:16.62
and when you see her,
I want you to say to her,
00:55:16.65\00:55:21.87
'Would you please forgive
me for whatever I have done
00:55:21.90\00:55:27.97
that has made you feel
the way you feel toward me?'"
00:55:28.00\00:55:32.62
By the time I got to the door,
00:55:32.65\00:55:35.85
Jesus had humbled my heart.
00:55:35.88\00:55:40.98
When I got to the
door, finally got to see her,
00:55:41.01\00:55:45.09
I said the exact words
that I was supposed to say.
00:55:45.12\00:55:50.74
She looked at me and she said,
00:55:50.77\00:55:54.05
"You haven't
done anything to me.
00:55:54.08\00:55:57.27
I've done everything to you.
00:55:57.30\00:56:00.95
Would you please forgive me?"
00:56:00.98\00:56:04.23
How was I to know
that by the age 29,
00:56:04.26\00:56:08.70
she would be dead, but
she lived such a godly life
00:56:08.73\00:56:15.31
to the day of her death.
00:56:15.34\00:56:18.34
I want to invite
you to let Jesus Christ
00:56:18.37\00:56:23.99
give you His
attitude of humility
00:56:24.02\00:56:29.33
and love and
forget the false pride.
00:56:29.36\00:56:35.67
It can't go to the kingdom.
00:56:35.70\00:56:39.26
As the Psalmist
says "Not I, but Christ
00:56:39.29\00:56:43.08
be honored, loved, exalted.
00:56:43.11\00:56:47.07
Not I, but Christ, be
seen, be known, be heard."
00:56:47.10\00:56:53.11
Please, let Jesus
perfect His character,
00:56:53.14\00:56:58.81
His attitude of loving you,
00:56:58.84\00:57:02.33
and when you read 1
John 3 where it says,
00:57:02.36\00:57:07.84
"Behold, what manner of love
00:57:07.87\00:57:11.77
the Father hath
bestowed upon us,
00:57:11.80\00:57:15.22
that we should be
called the sons of God."
00:57:15.25\00:57:16.91
And it does not yet
appear what we shall be,
00:57:16.94\00:57:21.38
but we know that
when He shall appear,
00:57:21.41\00:57:26.08
we shall be like Him for
we shall see Him as He is.
00:57:26.11\00:57:33.73
There are gonna be
two groups of people,
00:57:33.76\00:57:36.79
every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people in heaven.
00:57:36.82\00:57:44.31
Every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people in hell.
00:57:44.34\00:57:51.74
Choose which group by the
attitude you maintain now.
00:57:51.77\00:57:59.72
I pray that
Jesus' death on the cross
00:57:59.75\00:58:05.31
will not be in
vain for any of us.
00:58:05.34\00:58:10.31
Eternal Father in Heaven,
00:58:10.34\00:58:15.14
thank You for
Your example of love,
00:58:15.17\00:58:22.58
humility, service.
00:58:22.61\00:58:26.64
Make us the
people that we should be
00:58:26.67\00:58:31.73
that others
will want to know You
00:58:31.76\00:58:35.47
because we represent You.
To Your name's honor and glory,
00:58:35.50\00:58:41.13
we pray, in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:58:41.16\00:58:49.01