Well, hello, and
welcome to Spring Camp Meeting
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right here in Southern Illinois
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at Three Angels Broadcasting
Network's Worship Center.
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We welcome all of you.
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Are you enjoying camp meeting?
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Yeah!
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I want to encourage everyone
that is viewing over 3ABN.
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When you hear that
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there is camp
meeting coming to 3ABN,
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should they make
plans to come and attend?
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You're blessed mentally,
physically, spiritually,
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emotionally in every area.
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God sees that
you're ministered too.
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Well, today we have
Pastor Kenneth Cox with us.
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He's going to
present the seminar
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that we're about to
hear and the messages
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that he has brought
so far have moved me.
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How about you?
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Really are encouraging.
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But before Pastor Cox comes,
we have Dona Klein with us.
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Dona's been with
Pastor Cox for many years.
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We all know her and love her
and appreciate her very much.
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And she's going to minister
to us today on the organ
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"Swing Low Sweet Chariot."
And when she's through,
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Pastor Cox is going to
come and minister to you.
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God bless you all.
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Thank you Dona,
thank you very much.
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And welcome to each one of you,
we're glad that you're here.
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Let's take just a moment
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to invite the Lord's
presence to be with us.
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Heavenly Father, we ask
that as we look at Your Word,
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and as we open our hearts
for guidance and direction,
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and being the witnesses
that You want us to be,
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we pray that
You will be with us,
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guide and direct
us in a special way.
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We pray in your name, amen.
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Well, let's start right out
by taking care of some things
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that we need to.
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One is we ran out of
manuals, we told you,
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we would try to
get some here today.
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And so if you
didn't get a manual,
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we're going to ask them
to pass them out to you.
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If you raised
your hand yesterday
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and said you needed one,
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well, they will pass
them out at this time,
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so that everybody, we
hope, gets one and all.
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Everybody that
raised their hands.
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So we'll just try to
see that, if you were here
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and you raised
your hand yesterday
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that you needed one,
well, please raise them,
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we'll give you another manual.
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While they're doing that,
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let me take care
of some other items
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that we'll talk about
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one of the
things that I went over
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with you yesterday was on
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"Leading Someone to
the Acceptance of Christ,"
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and we talked to you
about how to do that.
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In the manual,
there is an outline
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that outlines
helps you understand
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what you need to
talk to a person about
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and accepting Christ.
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You'll find that in the manual,
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so we hope that
you'll follow that.
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If you want to listen
to a gospel presentation
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out at the table, booth,
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there is a little CD
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there called "How to
Give a Gospel Presentation."
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Stop there.
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I think they're $5 for the CD.
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If you want to pick
one up that tells you
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How to Give a
Gospel Presentation.
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What you need to do, folks,
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is not
particularly learn it verbatim.
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That's not what we're saying.
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What you need to do
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is you need to
understand the outline,
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kind of get a skeleton,
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then put your own
meat on it and make it work
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as you give a
gospel presentation.
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We're still short
of 16, Pastor Cox.
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Huh?
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Well, we had some people
that weren't here yesterday then
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that raised their
hands for manuals,
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'cause we made more
than we had hands raised,
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and now we still run out.
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So we'll have to take it
from there the best we can.
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Okay, let's move
on and take a look
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at what we're studying here.
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What we're trying to do,
folks, is to help you learn
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how to lead somebody
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in understanding
following the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And there are certain
things that over the years
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that I have found,
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and I found that
there are seven points,
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that if people are clear on,
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if you get them clear
on these seven points,
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then they progress very well.
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If you don't get them
clear on those seven points,
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they're not
going to make the step
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that they need to make.
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One of those I told you
was the acceptance of Christ.
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They have to accept
Christ as their personal Savior.
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If they do not accept
Him as their personal Savior,
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then you're not
going to get them
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to make that decision
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on down the line.
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So as you're studying with them,
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when they come to the
point that they have listened
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to the presentation or may have,
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more than one of them on
the acceptance of Christ,
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then you just need to talk
to them and need to ask them,
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"Are you clear?
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Have you accepted Christ
as your personal Savior?"
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If they don't understand,
then you need to help them
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understand what it means.
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The second point
that we talked about
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was after the
acceptance of Christ,
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the next decision
they need to make is, what?
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Baptism. Baptism.
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Bible ties baptism
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to the
acceptance of Jesus Christ.
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And so when that
person accepts Christ,
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they need to be
making the decision
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to follow the Lord in baptism.
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That doesn't mean
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they have to go in
the water immediately.
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But it means that they
need to make that decision
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that they're going to
follow the Lord in baptism.
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So you need to help them
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and the manual will
go through that with you
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and tell you what
needs to be done there.
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I have tried
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and today I will try
to hit the high points.
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There are a lot of
details in the manual
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you need to pay attention
to in working with the person.
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For instance,
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when you're taking
videotapes to people,
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if you're taking them
to more than one person,
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and like I told you one set
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will take care of
about three homes,
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you need to keep
some kind of records
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or you're going
to get all mixed up.
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So the manual will
show you how to do that,
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and you need to
take care of that.
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All right.
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As I mentioned,
there are seven points.
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Over the years, I've found
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that if a person
accepts these seven points,
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they'll accept all the rest.
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So if you get them
clear on those seven points,
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they'll come right on through.
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And I mentioned the two to you.
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The third one is the
question of the Sabbath, okay?
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Third one is the
question of the Sabbath.
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Now, folks,
there are two decisions
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that are
different than all the rest.
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Two decisions
that are different than
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all the other decisions.
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Do you know what
two decisions those are?
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Sabbath and prayer.
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Sabbath...
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Prayer?
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No.
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Most times state
of the dead comes up,
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but that's not it.
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Health. Health.
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Sabbath and health
are the two decisions
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that are different than
all the other decisions.
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And the reason for that is what?
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It requires that
person to change lifestyle.
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Therefore, you cannot
just talk to that person
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and ask them if
they're clear on this.
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If they're clear on the Sabbath,
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they may say, "Yes."
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You can't stop there.
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You've got to say that person
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does this
creative problem for you.
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And they might say, "Yes,
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I understand what
the Bible says about it,
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but I have to
work on the Sabbath."
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See, you've got to
take it a step further,
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and find out if it
creates a problem for them.
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So if you go to a
home, and the person
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has watched the video on
the Sabbath, you ask them
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if they have any
questions about it.
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And they may say, "No,
I understand the Sabbath,
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clear on it."
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And then if you say to them
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"Well, so
created problem for you?"
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Then they say, "Yes, I
have to work on the Sabbath."
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What do you do then?
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What do you do then?
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Do you just say,
"Well, I'll pray for you"?
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Is that what you do?
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How am I going to be
a help to this person
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to keep the Sabbath?
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Well, what you have to do
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is you have to
become faith for them.
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You have to
become faith for them.
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How do you do that?
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Simply by beginning to tell them
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stories of other people
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who face the same
problem and how God intervened.
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In other words,
you're telling them stories
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about other individuals
that had this problem
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and how God answered
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their prayer and
what He did for them.
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This is what you have to do.
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And as you tell
them these faith stories,
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it will increase their faith.
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Okay, couple things about this.
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One, do not ask them
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to do something you won't do.
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Do not ask them do
something you won't do.
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What do I mean by that?
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Well, we have this
lady coming to the meetings,
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spoke on the Sabbath.
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Visitation team went
out to see her, talk to her.
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She was perfectly
clear on the Sabbath,
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understood what the
scripture said and all.
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And when they asked
her, if she had a problem,
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she said, "Yes,
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I have to work on the Sabbath."`
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Well, the visitation
team talked with her.
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They asked her what
they could do to help her,
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if they could go
and talk to her employer
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with if she wanted him to.
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They did
everything and everything.
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She said, "No."
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She said, "I don't want
you talking to my employer.
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I don't want you to do this."
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So they came back and told me,
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I went out and visited the lady.
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I went through the whole
thing with her, perfectly clear,
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understood the
Sabbath, believed it everything.
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But when it came down
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to getting her
work worked out for,
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she didn't want to do anything.
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Finally, I said,
"I don't understand."
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She said, "Why
don't you understand?"
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I said, "You tell me,
you understand the Sabbath,
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you're clear, you know
that's what the Bible teaches,
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and yet you're not willing to do
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something about it.
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I don't understand that."
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And she said, "Well,
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the problem is," she
said, "I have cancer."
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And she said, "The
only insurance I have
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is with my employer.
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If I lose my job,
I lose my insurance.
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And I don't want
to take that chance."
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So what do you tell her?
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Well, I told her, "When
you accepted Jesus Christ
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as your personal Savior,
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you accepted Him
for life and for death.
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You did not
accept Him just for life.
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You turned your
life over to Him.
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Therefore you must
trust Him in this situation."
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Well, she said "Okay."
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And she went to her
employer, talk to them,
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they gave her the Sabbath off.
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And she moved ahead
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and started keeping the Sabbath,
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lived probably a couple
years and then passed away.
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But what I'm
saying is don't sit there
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and ask that person do
something you won't do.
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You need to settle that
in your own heart and soul.
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You know, that
this is what I believe,
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this is what I do
under those circumstances
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before you ask
that person to do that.
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Also be very careful
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'cause sometimes
people make the Sabbath
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a smokescreen.
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Okay?
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They make the
Sabbath a smokescreen.
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What do I mean by that?
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This couple was
coming to the meetings.
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Accepted everything beautifully,
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we got to the Sabbath.
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And Larry, he just accepted
the Sabbath came around,
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but Caroline, you can see
she was putting on the brakes.
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I mean, really
putting on the brakes.
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And I went out to see them,
and talk to them a little bit.
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And I said, "Do you
have any questions?"
00:16:14.04\00:16:15.37
And she said, "Yes."
00:16:15.40\00:16:16.74
She said, "I'm not clear
on this Sabbath business."
00:16:16.77\00:16:19.94
And I said to her,
I'll tell you what?
00:16:19.97\00:16:21.61
I said, "You scoot
your chair over here by me,
00:16:21.64\00:16:24.58
and I'll get you
clear on the Sabbath."
00:16:24.61\00:16:26.55
And she scooted
the chair over there.
00:16:26.58\00:16:28.68
And I said, "Now Caroline,
before we talk about Sabbath,
00:16:28.72\00:16:32.55
let's have word of prayer."
00:16:32.59\00:16:34.56
And I just bowed my
head and start praying.
00:16:34.59\00:16:37.26
And as I was
praying, the Holy Spirit said,
00:16:37.29\00:16:39.76
"That's not her problem."
00:16:39.79\00:16:42.33
That's not her problem.
00:16:42.36\00:16:44.50
So when I finished
praying, I said to her,
00:16:44.53\00:16:47.34
I said, "Caroline,
00:16:47.37\00:16:48.77
are you to the
place spiritually,
00:16:48.80\00:16:51.81
where if you were to die,
00:16:51.84\00:16:54.28
you would have
assurance of eternal life?"
00:16:54.31\00:16:57.71
Man, you would have thought
that I had broken her anger.
00:16:57.75\00:17:01.08
I mean, she started crying.
00:17:01.12\00:17:02.68
I'm not talking about weeping.
00:17:02.72\00:17:04.15
I'm talking about booing.
00:17:04.19\00:17:05.89
You know, I mean,
she just really crying,
00:17:05.92\00:17:09.29
and just had to do sit
there for quite a while
00:17:09.32\00:17:12.69
until she got
control of herself.
00:17:12.73\00:17:15.26
And finally, she said, "No,
00:17:15.30\00:17:17.47
I don't have any
assurance of eternal life."
00:17:17.50\00:17:20.67
And so I just gave
her a gospel presentation,
00:17:20.70\00:17:24.14
explained to her what
it meant to accept Jesus.
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And she very
beautifully accepted the Lord,
00:17:27.21\00:17:29.74
gave her heart to the Lord.
00:17:29.78\00:17:32.01
After we had done
that, and we were through,
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I said to her, I
said, "Now, Caroline,
00:17:35.78\00:17:38.25
I'll try to answer any questions
00:17:38.29\00:17:39.65
you have on the Sabbath."
00:17:39.69\00:17:41.02
She said, "I don't have
any questions on the Sabbath.
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You see, that
was not the problem.
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The problem was the surrender
of her heart to the Lord.
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And she needed to do that.
00:17:49.70\00:17:51.03
So you have to watch
when you're doing that and see
00:17:51.07\00:17:54.74
if this is really a problem.
00:17:54.77\00:17:57.07
You cannot, folks,
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you cannot answer excuses.
00:18:00.28\00:18:06.21
You can answer objections,
but you cannot answer excuses.
00:18:06.25\00:18:12.29
And when people
start making excuses,
00:18:12.32\00:18:15.42
you're not going to
be able to answer that.
00:18:15.46\00:18:17.69
You just will to pray with them,
00:18:17.73\00:18:19.69
do what you can,
00:18:19.73\00:18:21.06
but if you try to
answer, you can't.
00:18:21.10\00:18:25.40
So you just need
to get them clear
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on the question of the Sabbath.
00:18:28.44\00:18:31.57
So they understand
it, that they realized
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that they need
to step out in faith
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and start keeping the Sabbath.
00:18:36.48\00:18:38.85
Okay?
00:18:38.88\00:18:40.85
After you have cleared them
on the Sabbath, and by the way,
00:18:40.88\00:18:43.79
if you're taking them
through the DVDs, the studies,
00:18:43.82\00:18:48.72
this is the order they come in.
00:18:48.76\00:18:51.49
They're going to take the people
00:18:51.53\00:18:52.86
to the acceptance of Christ.
00:18:52.89\00:18:54.23
They're going to
take him to baptism,
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then they're going to
take him to the Sabbath.
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That's the order
it's going to go in.
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After the Sabbath,
00:19:00.84\00:19:02.70
then we're going to clear people
00:19:02.74\00:19:04.31
or present to the people
the question of the state
00:19:04.34\00:19:07.51
of the dead.
00:19:07.54\00:19:09.68
Okay?
00:19:09.71\00:19:11.05
And we're going to teach that.
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Now, state of the dead, folks,
00:19:12.45\00:19:14.52
is strictly a
matter of intellect.
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It's not a question, it
doesn't change my lifestyle.
00:19:19.65\00:19:23.06
All it does is
change how I understand it.
00:19:23.09\00:19:27.13
That's what it's for.
00:19:27.16\00:19:28.86
You face some
real challenges here
00:19:28.90\00:19:31.07
because there's so
much today that comes out
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over the
television and other places
00:19:33.90\00:19:36.40
that teaches the opposite.
00:19:36.44\00:19:38.77
And so you're faced
with that kind of thing.
00:19:38.81\00:19:41.01
But what you've got
to do is take him back
00:19:41.04\00:19:43.65
to the Word of God
over and over and over.
00:19:43.68\00:19:48.55
What you must not do
00:19:48.58\00:19:52.65
is tell somebody who said,
00:19:52.69\00:19:54.22
"Well, " like the
lady told me, she said,
00:19:54.26\00:19:59.53
"Mother told me
00:19:59.56\00:20:02.50
that when grandmother died,
00:20:02.53\00:20:05.47
she saw grandpa who
had died years before
00:20:05.50\00:20:08.00
standing at the end of the bed."
00:20:08.04\00:20:11.44
Now, folks, you
cannot tell people
00:20:11.47\00:20:14.74
that is of the devil.
00:20:14.78\00:20:18.08
If you do, you're
going to lose them.
00:20:18.11\00:20:21.32
Okay?
00:20:21.35\00:20:22.82
So what do you do
with people who have had
00:20:22.85\00:20:27.92
some kind of
experience like this?
00:20:27.96\00:20:31.89
I'll tell you what I tell them.
00:20:31.93\00:20:34.16
I tell them, one,
00:20:34.20\00:20:36.97
that sometimes
00:20:37.00\00:20:38.33
when people are in
the throes of death,
00:20:38.37\00:20:42.60
God does
certain things for them.
00:20:42.64\00:20:45.57
Sometimes God gives
them, sends the angels.
00:20:45.61\00:20:51.28
Sometimes God sends the angels
to their side to comfort them.
00:20:51.31\00:20:55.32
Can you think of
a case in Scripture?
00:20:55.35\00:20:58.22
Well, what about Jesus
in the Garden of Gethsemane?
00:21:01.29\00:21:05.19
Then He sent an angel there?
00:21:05.23\00:21:06.76
Yes.
00:21:06.80\00:21:08.13
Clearly send an
angel to comforting.
00:21:08.16\00:21:10.10
Sometimes people in the
time that they're dying,
00:21:10.13\00:21:15.30
see visions,
00:21:15.34\00:21:18.31
see certain things.
00:21:18.34\00:21:20.64
Can you think of a case?
00:21:20.68\00:21:23.98
Huh?
00:21:24.01\00:21:25.35
Light at the end of the tunnel.
00:21:25.38\00:21:27.72
Light at the end of the
tunnel, we'll see things, yes.
00:21:27.75\00:21:30.19
Can you think of
a case in Scripture?
00:21:30.22\00:21:33.42
Yeah, Stephen.
00:21:33.46\00:21:36.59
He said, "I see heaven open.
00:21:36.62\00:21:38.69
I see the Son of man
00:21:38.73\00:21:40.33
standing at the
right hand of His Father.
00:21:40.36\00:21:43.50
Sometimes, have you
ever had the experience
00:21:43.53\00:21:47.44
where you walked into a room,
00:21:47.47\00:21:49.94
where you have never been before
00:21:49.97\00:21:52.21
and had this feeling
that you've been there?
00:21:52.24\00:21:55.31
Now this is when your mind
00:21:55.34\00:21:56.68
just takes a lot
of different things
00:21:56.71\00:21:58.61
and puts that all together.
00:21:58.65\00:22:00.32
To this person who is dying,
00:22:00.35\00:22:03.92
the mind simply takes
over and puts together things
00:22:03.95\00:22:08.56
that they feel or that they see.
00:22:08.59\00:22:11.79
Help them understand
this is what happens,
00:22:11.83\00:22:14.36
but it does not
change the Scripture,
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.63
that the Scripture is clear.
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.54
And when it says, "The
dead know not anything,
00:22:20.57\00:22:23.37
" it means exactly what it says.
00:22:23.41\00:22:26.47
So you just help
them understand that
00:22:26.51\00:22:29.11
and take that
step and understand it.
00:22:29.14\00:22:32.71
You're clearing them on that.
00:22:32.75\00:22:36.28
Okay, the next step
that you need to clear people
00:22:36.32\00:22:41.56
is the question of health.
00:22:41.59\00:22:44.59
Question of health.
00:22:44.63\00:22:46.83
This is probably,
00:22:46.86\00:22:49.16
how should I put it
maybe one of the hardest.
00:22:49.20\00:22:52.50
Not particularly the
hardest for them to accept
00:22:52.53\00:22:55.10
but the hardest
00:22:55.14\00:22:56.47
for Seventh-day
Adventist to do right.
00:22:56.50\00:23:00.88
Most of the time they do wrong.
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.34
To begin with, you
are not there dear friend,
00:23:05.51\00:23:09.48
I'm sorry.
00:23:09.52\00:23:10.99
And if I upset
you, my apologies,
00:23:11.02\00:23:14.16
but you are not
there at this point in time
00:23:14.19\00:23:18.79
to make them vegetarians.
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.73
If you can help that
person, get off of alcohol,
00:23:23.77\00:23:29.54
get off of tobacco and
get off of unclean meats,
00:23:29.57\00:23:34.14
that is a miracle.
00:23:34.18\00:23:36.81
Okay?
00:23:36.85\00:23:38.18
And you don't need to
take them any farther.
00:23:38.21\00:23:41.12
Okay?
00:23:41.15\00:23:42.48
That doesn't mean
00:23:42.52\00:23:43.85
that I don't
believe in vegetarianism,
00:23:43.89\00:23:45.69
it doesn't mean
that I don't believe
00:23:45.72\00:23:47.29
that people should do that,
00:23:47.32\00:23:48.66
I just think they need to
be given a little time to grow.
00:23:48.69\00:23:53.40
And you and I need to give
them that opportunity to grow,
00:23:53.43\00:23:58.23
you know.
00:23:58.27\00:23:59.60
So don't try to dump
the whole load on them
00:23:59.63\00:24:04.21
at one time,
00:24:04.24\00:24:06.01
give them a chance to grow.
00:24:06.04\00:24:09.11
Now, how do you do that?
00:24:09.14\00:24:12.88
Well, we'll talk about
health, and that's on the DVD.
00:24:12.91\00:24:17.29
And we'll go through
00:24:17.32\00:24:18.65
what the Scripture
talks about it and all.
00:24:18.69\00:24:22.06
When it comes to
working with people...
00:24:22.09\00:24:25.46
And by the way, let me
just tell you right now,
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.86
when you go to the
home and take the DVD,
00:24:28.90\00:24:31.77
if they're sitting
there in the living room,
00:24:31.80\00:24:34.37
smoking a cigarette and
drinking a bottle of beer,
00:24:34.40\00:24:37.24
don't get upset.
00:24:37.27\00:24:40.61
And, you know,
00:24:40.64\00:24:41.98
and, how should
I say this, folks?
00:24:42.01\00:24:44.55
You cannot let
00:24:44.58\00:24:47.68
the circumstances
that's in that home
00:24:47.72\00:24:51.22
dictate to you
00:24:51.25\00:24:52.59
how you're going
to treat that person.
00:24:52.62\00:24:55.42
You cannot do that.
00:24:55.46\00:24:58.49
I don't care
00:24:58.53\00:24:59.86
what the
situation in the home is.
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.60
I'm telling you that
if you walk into a home
00:25:05.43\00:25:10.04
that is filthy,
00:25:10.07\00:25:13.34
then you are not to let that
00:25:13.38\00:25:16.28
determine how you
treat that person.
00:25:16.31\00:25:21.48
I've gone into
homes, forgive me,
00:25:21.52\00:25:25.22
but I've gone into
homes where I could not step,
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.96
where a dog had messed.
00:25:27.99\00:25:29.52
I've gone in homes
where I've sit down
00:25:32.69\00:25:34.80
on the couch and cockroaches ran
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.36
across my feet, not my legs.
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.10
I've gone into homes
where they were so dirty,
00:25:42.50\00:25:46.31
that when I left that home,
00:25:46.34\00:25:47.68
I went straight
home and took a shower.
00:25:47.71\00:25:49.54
But let me tell you something,
God can clean them up.
00:25:52.71\00:25:58.02
God can clean them up.
00:25:58.05\00:25:59.92
And so it's your responsibility,
00:25:59.95\00:26:01.69
my responsibility and
mind to present the gospel.
00:26:01.72\00:26:06.19
We are to
present the Word of God.
00:26:06.23\00:26:08.36
God does the cleaning up.
00:26:08.40\00:26:11.30
And God's Word will do its work,
00:26:11.33\00:26:13.94
if you and I will let it.
00:26:13.97\00:26:16.14
So just take it to them.
00:26:16.17\00:26:18.44
Don't say, "Well,
00:26:18.47\00:26:20.18
because he's in there
smoking and drinking beer,
00:26:20.21\00:26:23.31
I'm not going to go there,
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.75
or I'm not going to go there
00:26:24.78\00:26:26.18
because he's
smoking a cigarette.
00:26:26.21\00:26:30.45
Dear friend, you need
to surrender some things,
00:26:30.49\00:26:34.42
and you need to go in
there and talk to that,
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.19
so because he's a
soul that Christ died for,
00:26:36.22\00:26:40.43
and you need to make
the presentation to him.
00:26:40.46\00:26:43.47
And so as they go
through the tapes,
00:26:43.50\00:26:45.63
you're going to have to
develop their friendship,
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.90
you're going to have to
get acquainted with them,
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.84
you're going to have
to become their friend,
00:26:49.87\00:26:53.27
work with them.
00:26:53.31\00:26:55.71
When you are working
with the intemperate,
00:26:55.74\00:26:59.75
when you're working
with the intemperate,
00:27:02.92\00:27:07.12
you must pick
them up, pick them up,
00:27:07.16\00:27:11.76
pick them up and pick them up.
00:27:11.79\00:27:15.63
They will fall,
time and time again.
00:27:15.66\00:27:21.20
What you got to
do is pick them up,
00:27:21.24\00:27:24.17
brush them off,
encourage them to go on.
00:27:24.21\00:27:27.24
I'm going to share
something with you,
00:27:31.55\00:27:32.88
probably it's a
shock to most of you.
00:27:32.91\00:27:35.52
Couple was
coming to the meetings.
00:27:40.29\00:27:43.16
Pastor and I went
out to visit them.
00:27:43.19\00:27:46.49
Got out there and
they said, "Brother Cox,
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.83
we're very happy
you came to see us.
00:27:49.86\00:27:52.07
We appreciate you coming.
00:27:52.10\00:27:54.54
But you're wasting your time."
00:27:54.57\00:27:58.31
And I said, "Well,
00:27:58.34\00:28:00.24
why am I wasting my time?"
00:28:00.28\00:28:03.81
They said, "Because we're lost."
00:28:03.85\00:28:07.38
And they said,
"There is no hope for us.
00:28:07.42\00:28:10.89
We're lost." And I said, "What?
00:28:10.92\00:28:13.89
What do you mean?"
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.99
They said, "Well,
00:28:16.02\00:28:17.83
we've gone to
the meetings before.
00:28:17.86\00:28:20.43
This isn't the first
meetings we've been to.
00:28:20.46\00:28:22.73
We've been to several meetings.
00:28:22.76\00:28:25.10
We've tried over and
over to quit smoking.
00:28:25.13\00:28:29.57
We've never been able to quit,"
00:28:29.60\00:28:32.11
said "we've even
gone to five day plans.
00:28:32.14\00:28:35.78
They even sent out a
Bible worker to work with us.
00:28:35.81\00:28:38.38
They've done all that they
can and we just can't quit.
00:28:38.41\00:28:42.58
And so we're lost."
00:28:42.62\00:28:45.15
Said, "There's
not any hope for us."
00:28:45.19\00:28:48.09
And I said, "Well,
I didn't come out here
00:28:48.12\00:28:51.16
to ask you to join the church."
00:28:51.19\00:28:54.60
And they said, "Well,
00:28:54.63\00:28:55.96
why did you come out here for?"
00:28:56.00\00:28:58.97
And I said, "I came out here
00:28:59.00\00:29:00.34
to ask you to
accept Jesus Christ."
00:29:00.37\00:29:04.47
And they said, "Are
you trying to tell us
00:29:04.51\00:29:07.04
that we can
accept Christ to smoke?"
00:29:07.08\00:29:10.58
And I said, "That's
exactly what I'm telling you."
00:29:10.61\00:29:14.48
And they said, "Well,
00:29:14.52\00:29:15.85
let's hear what
you have to say."
00:29:15.88\00:29:18.32
So I just gave them
a gospel presentation,
00:29:18.35\00:29:21.96
explain to them what it
meant to accept Jesus Christ.
00:29:21.99\00:29:25.59
And both of them accepted
00:29:25.63\00:29:26.96
the Lord very, very beautifully.
00:29:27.00\00:29:30.43
With this little
bit, and I got ready to go
00:29:30.47\00:29:32.50
and they said, "Brother
Cox, thank you for coming."
00:29:32.53\00:29:36.30
Said, "You don't know
what that's done for us."
00:29:36.34\00:29:39.14
And I said, "You're
just more than welcome."
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.61
They said, "What
about our cigarettes?"
00:29:41.64\00:29:45.51
And I said, "Smoke,
if you want to smoke."
00:29:45.55\00:29:50.02
And I walked out the door.
00:29:50.05\00:29:51.39
They came to the
meeting that night.
00:29:54.92\00:29:57.69
They said, "You don't know
what a burden's off our back."
00:29:57.73\00:30:01.50
They said, "It just
took a burden off of us
00:30:01.53\00:30:03.80
like you can't believe."
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.53
They said, "This is wonderful!"
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.67
They said, "We just didn't think
00:30:09.70\00:30:12.31
there was any
hope for us at all."
00:30:12.34\00:30:15.18
And I said, "I'm glad
you've accepted Christ."
00:30:15.21\00:30:20.65
And they said,
"But, Brother Cox,
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.72
what about our cigarettes?"
00:30:22.75\00:30:26.69
And I said, "Smoke
if you want to smoke."
00:30:26.72\00:30:29.62
And left.
00:30:33.09\00:30:36.03
Next night, they came back.
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.00
They said, "We never
had a day like this."
00:30:38.03\00:30:41.30
They said, "The sky
is blue, the birds sing."
00:30:41.34\00:30:44.11
They said, "Everything
is wonderful, Brother Cox."
00:30:44.14\00:30:46.88
They said, "You
just don't know the joy
00:30:46.91\00:30:49.34
that's filled our hearts
00:30:49.38\00:30:50.71
and all that's
taking place in our lives."
00:30:50.75\00:30:52.68
They said, "This is wonderful!"
00:30:52.71\00:30:54.82
And I said, "That's great."
00:30:54.85\00:30:56.85
They said, "What
about our cigarettes?"
00:30:56.89\00:30:58.22
I said, "Smoke if
you want to smoke."
00:31:01.66\00:31:06.86
The fourth night they came back.
00:31:06.90\00:31:10.17
They said, "Brother Cox,
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.87
our hearts are just rejoicing,
00:31:12.90\00:31:15.64
rejoicing in the Lord,
what He's done for us?"
00:31:15.67\00:31:19.27
They said, "What
about our cigarettes?"
00:31:19.31\00:31:23.21
And I said,
00:31:23.24\00:31:24.58
"Well, smoke if
you want to smoke."
00:31:24.61\00:31:25.95
They said, "It's run us nails."
00:31:25.98\00:31:27.82
And I said, "Well,
quit if you want to quit."
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.79
They quit.
00:31:30.82\00:31:32.15
There's a little
secret there you see.
00:31:41.13\00:31:44.27
You cannot put that
person under condemnation
00:31:44.30\00:31:50.71
and them quit.
00:31:50.74\00:31:52.67
It won't work.
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.81
You've got to lift it,
then they can gain the victory.
00:31:54.84\00:32:01.02
And many people
today never quit,
00:32:01.05\00:32:06.05
because they feel condemned.
00:32:06.09\00:32:09.02
They can't break through
00:32:09.06\00:32:11.59
that so that they no
longer feel condemned.
00:32:11.63\00:32:14.20
And so they feel
condemned all the time,
00:32:14.23\00:32:16.43
and they fail all the time.
00:32:16.46\00:32:19.40
You see, sin would
rather be thought of badly
00:32:19.43\00:32:24.77
than not to be
thought of at all.
00:32:24.81\00:32:28.81
So you have to help
them, help them take that step.
00:32:28.84\00:32:32.11
And as they do,
they'll move ahead.
00:32:32.15\00:32:35.25
But your responsibility
and my responsibility
00:32:35.28\00:32:39.22
is to love them,
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.72
care for them, pick them up,
00:32:41.76\00:32:45.39
time, time, time again,
00:32:45.43\00:32:49.36
and they'll make
the grade eventually.
00:32:49.40\00:32:52.70
I can tell you
00:32:52.73\00:32:54.07
when we first started
in this message, folks,
00:32:57.11\00:33:03.01
back as we came out
00:33:03.04\00:33:05.35
from 1844 and all,
00:33:05.38\00:33:09.52
the health message wasn't there.
00:33:09.55\00:33:12.75
Did you know that?
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.69
Did you know
that they carried beer
00:33:15.72\00:33:20.56
in their lunch pails
to the Review and Herald?
00:33:20.60\00:33:23.16
Right.
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.27
So the health
message, folks, was something
00:33:33.31\00:33:36.48
that came in
gradually, and they accepted.
00:33:36.51\00:33:39.61
And all those people
didn't quit in one day.
00:33:39.65\00:33:43.45
It didn't happen.
00:33:43.49\00:33:45.09
And so you and
I, same thing, no,
00:33:45.12\00:33:48.22
we don't dilute the
message but we love the people,
00:33:48.26\00:33:53.53
care for them, help them.
00:33:53.56\00:33:55.83
That's what God
expects us to do.
00:33:55.86\00:33:59.33
Okay.
00:33:59.37\00:34:00.94
So you clear them on health.
00:34:00.97\00:34:05.07
Encourage them, help
them to take the step.
00:34:05.11\00:34:10.01
The six points you
need to clear them on
00:34:10.05\00:34:12.05
is the question of
what happens to the wicked
00:34:12.08\00:34:15.25
when they die
that they do not burn
00:34:15.28\00:34:20.19
through the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:34:20.22\00:34:24.39
That is contrary to Scripture.
00:34:24.43\00:34:28.26
Bible doesn't teach that.
00:34:28.30\00:34:30.73
It teaches that the
wicked will be burned up.
00:34:30.77\00:34:36.54
Okay.
00:34:36.57\00:34:37.91
Now, let me just share
00:34:37.94\00:34:39.27
a couple things
with you on that,
00:34:39.31\00:34:41.14
because it's
very, very important
00:34:41.18\00:34:43.35
that you understand.
00:34:43.38\00:34:44.71
What do I have to do?
00:34:48.82\00:34:50.62
Oh, let me back up.
00:34:53.62\00:34:55.56
What is the penalty for sin?
00:34:55.59\00:34:58.59
Penalty for sin is...
00:35:02.36\00:35:04.03
Death. Are you sure?
00:35:04.07\00:35:06.94
You're confident in that?
00:35:06.97\00:35:10.64
Yeah, penalty for sin is death.
00:35:10.67\00:35:14.08
That's what the
Scripture says, right?
00:35:14.11\00:35:18.85
If, listen to me,
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.88
if the penalty for sin
00:35:21.92\00:35:25.82
was to burn in
hell for eternity,
00:35:25.85\00:35:31.39
then Jesus didn't pay it.
00:35:31.43\00:35:37.13
Are you following me?
00:35:37.17\00:35:40.27
If that's the penalty for
sin, then Jesus did not pay it,
00:35:40.30\00:35:46.41
because Jesus died
for your sins and mine,
00:35:46.44\00:35:51.21
for the sins of the world.
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.21
He died.
00:35:53.25\00:35:54.58
He paid the penalty for sin.
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.49
So when people say
the penalty for sin
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.29
is to be burned
in hell for eternity,
00:36:00.32\00:36:04.09
Christ didn't pay that.
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.93
Okay, what do I have to do?
00:36:06.96\00:36:11.40
What do I have to do
to receive eternal life?
00:36:11.43\00:36:15.24
What do I have to do
to receive eternal life?
00:36:21.41\00:36:23.91
The only way on earth
00:36:33.36\00:36:36.42
that you can
receive eternal life
00:36:36.46\00:36:39.33
is by
acceptance of Jesus Christ.
00:36:39.36\00:36:43.60
The Bible says, "He
that hath the Son has life.
00:36:43.63\00:36:48.37
He that does not have the Son
00:36:48.40\00:36:51.64
does not have life."
00:36:51.67\00:36:53.84
Only way I can get eternal life
00:36:53.88\00:36:56.68
is in Jesus Christ.
00:36:56.71\00:37:01.02
Therefore, it is
totally impossible
00:37:01.05\00:37:05.39
to get eternal life in hell.
00:37:05.42\00:37:07.52
It's the only way I can get
00:37:11.16\00:37:12.49
eternal life is in Jesus Christ,
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.53
then I certainly can't
get eternal life in hell.
00:37:15.56\00:37:20.04
Just doesn't go together.
00:37:20.07\00:37:22.04
And so you just need to
help these people understand
00:37:22.07\00:37:26.07
what the Bible
teaches on those points.
00:37:26.11\00:37:29.24
The seventh point is
the Coming of Jesus Christ.
00:37:29.28\00:37:35.52
That I need to help
the individual understand
00:37:35.55\00:37:38.85
that the Coming of Jesus
00:37:38.89\00:37:40.22
is something that you will hear.
00:37:40.26\00:37:44.06
The Coming of Jesus is
something that you will see.
00:37:44.09\00:37:48.20
The Coming of Jesus
00:37:48.23\00:37:49.56
is something in
which Jesus Himself
00:37:49.60\00:37:53.74
personally is coming back,
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.50
and there will be a
glory connected with it
00:37:56.54\00:38:00.28
like this world has never seen.
00:38:00.31\00:38:04.98
Need to get them
clear, simply on their belief
00:38:05.01\00:38:09.82
concerning the
Coming of Jesus Christ.
00:38:09.85\00:38:12.12
If you clear this person
00:38:12.15\00:38:17.09
on acceptance of Christ,
00:38:17.13\00:38:19.76
you clear them on baptism,
you clear them on the Sabbath,
00:38:19.79\00:38:24.83
you clear them on
the state of the dead,
00:38:24.87\00:38:27.64
you clear them on
the question of health?
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.87
You clear them
00:38:29.90\00:38:31.24
on the destruction of the wicked
00:38:31.27\00:38:32.87
and the Second Coming of Christ,
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.48
if those people accept that,
00:38:35.51\00:38:37.55
they'll come right on through.
00:38:37.58\00:38:41.68
Okay?
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.05
That is what you have to do
to lead a person step by step.
00:38:43.08\00:38:47.92
Now I want to make
clear something, folks.
00:38:47.96\00:38:52.33
I am a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:52.36\00:38:56.13
Glad to be one.
00:38:56.16\00:38:59.67
I am not a Seventh-day Adventist
00:38:59.70\00:39:05.84
because there is a
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:39:05.87\00:39:11.21
I am a Seventh-day Adventist,
00:39:11.25\00:39:13.68
because that's
what the Bible teaches.
00:39:13.72\00:39:17.35
And I will always be that.
00:39:17.39\00:39:20.22
I'll never be anything else.
00:39:20.26\00:39:22.96
Because my faith is
built on the Word of God,
00:39:22.99\00:39:26.80
and that's where my belief is.
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.10
I hear these people saying,
00:39:29.13\00:39:30.87
well, "I just didn't
feel comfortable at church,
00:39:30.90\00:39:35.50
or they just
weren't ministering to me
00:39:35.54\00:39:38.54
like I thought I
needed to be ministered to.
00:39:38.57\00:39:41.18
And so I went
to another church."
00:39:41.21\00:39:43.68
Something wrong!
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.98
Something wrong!
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.82
The basis of their foundation
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.42
and what they
should believe is wrong.
00:39:50.45\00:39:54.29
Let me tell you something.
00:39:54.32\00:39:56.89
I'm going to go out there
and sit in a desert, on a rock,
00:39:56.93\00:40:02.86
before I will change my belief.
00:40:02.90\00:40:07.27
I believe must be
established on the Word of God.
00:40:07.30\00:40:13.01
And these people
that you're studying with,
00:40:13.04\00:40:15.68
you have to help them
00:40:15.71\00:40:17.45
build their belief
on the Word of God.
00:40:17.48\00:40:20.88
You do not say, "I believe this
00:40:20.92\00:40:23.79
because the
church believes this."
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.09
No.
00:40:26.12\00:40:27.46
I believe it because
the Word of God teaches it.
00:40:27.49\00:40:30.79
And that's where
our belief has to be.
00:40:30.83\00:40:34.46
I just got a call here.
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.93
Oh, it's been a
month or two ago now.
00:40:37.97\00:40:41.40
Back in 1984, I held a meeting.
00:40:41.44\00:40:47.01
This man came to the meeting.
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.78
What had happened
is a few weeks before
00:40:48.81\00:40:52.48
the meeting started,
00:40:52.51\00:40:55.72
this man had been led
00:40:55.75\00:40:58.39
to the acceptance of
Christ as his personal Savior
00:40:58.42\00:41:01.26
by a Methodist minister.
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.76
And then a week after that,
after he had accepted Christ,
00:41:03.79\00:41:08.96
he got the brochure in
the mail about our meeting.
00:41:09.00\00:41:12.27
Not knowing
much about the Bible,
00:41:12.30\00:41:14.77
he wanted to learn more.
00:41:14.80\00:41:17.71
And so he came to the
meetings, went along fine.
00:41:17.74\00:41:22.94
He had given his
heart to the Lord.
00:41:22.98\00:41:24.38
He understood what it
meant to accept Christ.
00:41:24.41\00:41:27.35
I preached on baptism.
00:41:27.38\00:41:28.92
He decided he
needed to be baptized.
00:41:31.99\00:41:35.12
Showed up at the meeting
one night and came up to me
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.49
and shook my hand
said, "Guess what?"
00:41:37.53\00:41:39.89
I said, "What's that?"
00:41:39.93\00:41:41.26
He said, "I'm going to
be baptized next Sunday."
00:41:41.30\00:41:44.87
He said, "My minister
is going to baptize me."
00:41:44.90\00:41:47.10
Well, you know,
00:41:47.14\00:41:48.47
I didn't turn flips over that.
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.41
And he said, "That
bothers you, doesn't it?"
00:41:51.44\00:41:53.71
And I said, "Yes, it does."
00:41:53.74\00:41:55.74
He said, "You think I'm going
to be sprinkled, don't you?"
00:41:55.78\00:41:58.91
And I said, "That's
what's going through my mind."
00:41:58.95\00:42:01.42
And he said, "Now,"
00:42:01.45\00:42:02.95
he said, "I've
talked to my minister,
00:42:02.98\00:42:04.49
" and he said, "I'm
going to be immersed."
00:42:04.52\00:42:06.86
And I said, "Well,
that's great, Max."
00:42:06.89\00:42:10.36
I said, "Have
you learned anything
00:42:10.39\00:42:11.73
in last couple weeks?"
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.90
"More than I've ever
learned in my life," he said.
00:42:13.93\00:42:16.87
And I said, "Well,
maybe you ought to have
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.83
your baptism at the close
of the meeting rather than now,
00:42:19.87\00:42:24.37
because in the next three weeks,
00:42:24.41\00:42:26.37
you might learn some more."
00:42:26.41\00:42:28.51
He said, "Yeah, it's
probably a good idea."
00:42:28.54\00:42:30.61
He said, "I'll tell my minister,
00:42:30.65\00:42:32.01
we'll do it at the
close in the meetings."
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.48
And I said, "That's fine, Max."
00:42:34.52\00:42:39.42
I don't know probably week past.
00:42:39.45\00:42:42.66
He came up to me and he said,
00:42:42.69\00:42:44.96
"I've been thinking about this,"
00:42:44.99\00:42:46.33
and he said, "I've decided,
00:42:46.36\00:42:47.96
I want to be baptized
in the Crusade Baptist
00:42:48.00\00:42:50.90
with everybody else."
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.73
And I said, "Fine."
00:42:52.77\00:42:54.10
He said, "Am I going to have
to be a Seventh-day Adventist?"
00:42:54.14\00:42:57.04
Now what are you going
to tell a person like that?
00:43:01.64\00:43:05.01
If you say, no,
you're not telling the truth.
00:43:05.05\00:43:09.85
If you say yes,
you're causing him
00:43:09.88\00:43:13.15
to make a premature decision.
00:43:13.19\00:43:16.83
So you can't say yes.
00:43:16.86\00:43:18.59
You can't say no.
00:43:18.63\00:43:22.23
So I just looked at
him and I said, "Max,
00:43:22.26\00:43:24.90
all we're asking you to do
is to follow the Scripture.
00:43:24.93\00:43:29.34
That's all."
00:43:29.37\00:43:31.91
He said, "Okay."
00:43:31.94\00:43:34.44
Man, it was every other night,
00:43:34.48\00:43:38.71
he'd come up at
the end of the meeting
00:43:38.75\00:43:40.62
and say to me,
00:43:40.65\00:43:41.98
"I'm really looking
forward to being baptized.
00:43:42.02\00:43:44.65
Am I going to have to be
a Seventh-day Adventist?"
00:43:44.69\00:43:49.12
And I'd say, "All you got to do
is follow the scripture, Max."
00:43:49.16\00:43:53.13
That went on for
the next two weeks.
00:43:53.16\00:43:57.47
He got down to Friday night,
00:43:57.50\00:44:00.60
before the
baptism was to take place
00:44:00.64\00:44:02.54
the next morning.
00:44:02.57\00:44:04.97
He came up to me and he said,
"I'm really looking forward
00:44:05.01\00:44:07.71
to being baptized tomorrow."
00:44:07.74\00:44:10.31
He said, "I'm really
looking forward to that."
00:44:10.35\00:44:13.38
He said, "Am I going to have
to be a Seventh-day Adventist?"
00:44:13.42\00:44:17.52
And I said, "Max,
00:44:17.55\00:44:20.26
have you given
your heart to the Lord?"
00:44:20.29\00:44:22.86
He said, "Absolutely.
00:44:22.89\00:44:24.49
No question."
00:44:24.53\00:44:26.19
I said, "You're clear
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.56
that you want to be
baptized by immersion."
00:44:27.60\00:44:29.80
He said, "Absolutely.
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.30
He said, "I'm really
looking forward to that."
00:44:31.33\00:44:34.14
I said, "Max,
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.30
are you clear on the
question of the Sabbath?
00:44:36.34\00:44:40.44
Do you understand that Saturday,
00:44:40.48\00:44:42.58
seventh-day of the
week is the Sabbath?"
00:44:42.61\00:44:44.95
He said, "Yes."
00:44:44.98\00:44:46.75
He said, "I am
perfectly clear on that."
00:44:46.78\00:44:48.48
I said, "Are you clear enough
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.29
that you can go to church?"
00:44:50.32\00:44:52.32
He said, "Oh, yes."
00:44:52.35\00:44:53.69
He said, "I plan
to go to church."
00:44:53.72\00:44:55.39
I said, "There's
a creative problem?"
00:44:55.42\00:44:56.93
He said, "No,
don't have to work on it.
00:44:56.96\00:44:59.39
I said, "Fine."
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.40
I said, "Max, are you clear
00:45:01.43\00:45:03.06
that when a person
dies, he doesn't go to heaven
00:45:03.10\00:45:06.43
or he doesn't go to hell
00:45:06.47\00:45:07.80
that he's asleep
until Jesus comes?"
00:45:07.84\00:45:10.44
He said, "Absolutely."
00:45:10.47\00:45:12.84
I said, "Do you understand
that your body is God's temple?
00:45:12.87\00:45:16.51
And that you're to keep it
as healthy as you can for Him?
00:45:16.54\00:45:19.45
He said, "Yes."
00:45:19.48\00:45:20.82
I said, "Do you have
a problem with tobacco?"
00:45:20.85\00:45:22.65
He said, "No."
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.02
"Have problem with
alcohol?" He said, "No."
00:45:24.05\00:45:26.02
I said, "What
about unclean meats?"
00:45:26.05\00:45:27.39
He said, "My wife
00:45:27.42\00:45:28.76
and I cleared the
refrigerator this week."
00:45:28.79\00:45:30.73
He said, "I
don't have any unclean
00:45:30.76\00:45:33.03
in my refrigerator anymore."
00:45:33.06\00:45:35.06
I said, "Good."
00:45:35.10\00:45:36.67
I said, "Do you understand
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.03
that the wicked
are not going to burn
00:45:38.07\00:45:39.80
through the
ceaseless ages of eternity?"
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.87
He said, "The best
news I ever heard."
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.14
He said,
"Absolutely clear on that."
00:45:44.17\00:45:47.58
I said, "Do you understand
that Jesus is coming back?"
00:45:47.61\00:45:51.05
He said, "Yes."
00:45:51.08\00:45:52.41
And I said, "Well, Max,
00:45:52.45\00:45:53.78
if you're clear
on all those things,
00:45:53.82\00:45:55.15
you're clear
enough to be baptized."
00:45:55.18\00:45:56.72
He said, "Yeah,
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.09
and I'm a
Seventh-day Adventist too."
00:45:58.12\00:45:59.45
You see, it has to be
00:46:05.43\00:46:09.13
based on the
Word of God, friends.
00:46:09.16\00:46:12.53
And people have to understand
00:46:12.57\00:46:13.94
this is what you
build your belief in.
00:46:13.97\00:46:17.01
I don't build my
belief on how well, excuse me,
00:46:17.04\00:46:22.94
I don't build my belief
on how well I'm treated.
00:46:22.98\00:46:26.92
I build my belief
on the Word of God.
00:46:30.09\00:46:34.46
And I stay in there.
00:46:34.49\00:46:36.26
And that's what you have to help
00:46:36.29\00:46:37.66
these people understand.
00:46:37.69\00:46:40.50
So if they accept these
points that we've talked about,
00:46:40.53\00:46:44.77
and you get down the end,
then there's not going to be
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.84
a problem of them
becoming a member of the church.
00:46:47.87\00:46:51.64
And you take them right,
on in, step by step that way.
00:46:51.67\00:46:56.58
Okay.
00:46:56.61\00:46:57.95
Let me give you
just a few suggestions.
00:46:57.98\00:47:04.09
When you invite that
person that you are studying
00:47:04.12\00:47:08.29
with to come to church,
00:47:08.32\00:47:11.09
you invite them to
go to church with you.
00:47:11.13\00:47:14.96
Some things you've got to watch,
00:47:15.00\00:47:18.10
you may need to
offer to pick them up
00:47:18.13\00:47:21.20
and take them to church.
00:47:21.24\00:47:23.37
And the reason for
that is it's very difficult
00:47:23.41\00:47:25.77
for people who have
never been in a church to walk
00:47:25.81\00:47:30.15
into it by
themselves, cold turkey.
00:47:30.18\00:47:33.48
That's hard for a lot of people,
00:47:33.52\00:47:35.62
so you may need to take them.
00:47:35.65\00:47:38.19
And if you have
become their friend,
00:47:38.22\00:47:40.56
then this is not too difficult.
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.22
So you need to just invite them,
00:47:43.26\00:47:45.29
take them to church with you.
00:47:45.33\00:47:47.33
When you get to
church with them,
00:47:47.36\00:47:52.70
watch out.
00:47:52.73\00:47:55.57
Be very, very
careful, because there are
00:47:55.60\00:48:00.81
church members
that will kill them.
00:48:00.84\00:48:03.21
They absolutely will.
00:48:08.45\00:48:11.59
All you need to do
00:48:11.62\00:48:12.95
is have some dear
brother or sister,
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.82
because this person
that you're bringing
00:48:15.86\00:48:17.76
to church might
have some jewelry on.
00:48:17.79\00:48:22.13
And they're going to
come up and have a word to say
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.20
to them about it,
which is totally wrong time,
00:48:25.23\00:48:29.84
out of place, wrong thing to do.
00:48:29.87\00:48:34.41
But you just
can't turn them to lose.
00:48:34.44\00:48:37.88
You've got to
stay by their side.
00:48:37.91\00:48:40.55
You've got to help them.
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.18
So don't just bring the
church and set them somewhere
00:48:42.22\00:48:46.09
'cause you put
them in danger, okay?
00:48:46.12\00:48:49.99
Also they don't understand
00:48:53.96\00:48:58.90
your language,
00:48:58.93\00:49:02.07
you speak a different language.
00:49:02.10\00:49:06.68
You see, you talk
about Sister White,
00:49:06.71\00:49:12.08
and they think that's
the little Catholic nun.
00:49:12.11\00:49:14.48
You talk about
investment, and they think
00:49:20.12\00:49:23.22
you're playing the stock market.
00:49:23.26\00:49:26.80
You use words that they
just don't understand, folks.
00:49:26.83\00:49:32.07
And so you've got to
be there to help them,
00:49:32.10\00:49:35.80
to help them understand
what they're talking about.
00:49:35.84\00:49:38.77
You say Spirit of Prophecy,
and they think that's a book.
00:49:38.81\00:49:44.08
I've had people go
and try to buy the book,
00:49:44.11\00:49:46.18
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:49:46.21\00:49:49.28
You've got to help them
00:49:49.32\00:49:50.82
understand the
language that you use.
00:49:50.85\00:49:55.06
But you got to
stay close to them.
00:49:55.09\00:49:58.19
You have to love
them, care for them,
00:49:58.23\00:50:01.76
take them,
00:50:01.80\00:50:04.13
introduce them to your pastor.
00:50:04.17\00:50:10.41
Take them and introduce them
00:50:10.44\00:50:13.88
to your pastor.
00:50:13.91\00:50:18.01
Tell them, "This is my pastor.
00:50:18.05\00:50:21.85
He's a wonderful man.
00:50:21.88\00:50:24.75
He will be great
help to you spiritually.
00:50:24.79\00:50:29.69
You need to build him up."
00:50:29.72\00:50:33.76
So they have
confidence in your pastor.
00:50:33.80\00:50:38.00
That's what you need to do.
00:50:38.03\00:50:39.87
That they've got to come there,
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.37
they've got to feel
part of what's there.
00:50:41.40\00:50:44.44
I don't know how
many of you, like myself,
00:50:44.47\00:50:49.74
were not raised in the church,
00:50:49.78\00:50:52.91
but came in to the church
00:50:52.95\00:50:56.02
from some evangelistic meeting
or from Bible studies or what.
00:50:56.05\00:51:00.12
But if you
remember when that time was,
00:51:00.16\00:51:04.76
you remember
everything was wonderful.
00:51:04.79\00:51:09.00
Man, when I studied that,
I mean, this was wonderful.
00:51:09.03\00:51:12.60
And I looked up on
everybody that was at the church
00:51:12.63\00:51:17.61
that they were perfect.
00:51:17.64\00:51:22.51
They were wonderful people.
00:51:22.54\00:51:25.71
And you need to
help these people
00:51:25.75\00:51:27.58
because they look
at it the same way.
00:51:27.62\00:51:31.35
And it's wonderful,
it's joyous to them,
00:51:31.39\00:51:34.52
that they have finally
found something that makes sense
00:51:34.56\00:51:38.49
and it all fits together.
00:51:38.53\00:51:41.06
And they rejoice in it.
00:51:41.10\00:51:43.20
So stay close to them,
love them, care for them,
00:51:43.23\00:51:48.77
study with them.
00:51:48.80\00:51:50.54
And the Lord will help you
00:51:50.57\00:51:53.07
as you continue
to work with them.
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.44
But dear friend,
make a commitment,
00:51:54.48\00:51:59.28
make a commitment to
win somebody to the Lord.
00:51:59.31\00:52:04.69
Pray about it.
00:52:04.72\00:52:06.45
Ask God to give you
guidance, give you direction,
00:52:06.49\00:52:09.26
help you find somebody
00:52:09.29\00:52:10.79
that you can bring
to Christ, you know.
00:52:10.83\00:52:15.06
Don't just treat it
as an everyday thing,
00:52:15.10\00:52:19.60
make it a burden.
00:52:19.63\00:52:22.37
Do you know what I mean,
00:52:22.40\00:52:23.74
if I say covet
somebody to the Lord?
00:52:23.77\00:52:27.04
In other word I'm
saying, get on your knees,
00:52:27.08\00:52:30.38
pray for that person,
pray for them by name.
00:52:30.41\00:52:35.72
Pray for them by
name and then go out
00:52:35.75\00:52:38.32
and do what you can to
lead that person to Christ.
00:52:38.35\00:52:43.96
Talk to them,
encourage them, do what you can,
00:52:43.99\00:52:47.00
but do something
to share the message.
00:52:47.03\00:52:51.10
Because I'll tell you for sure,
00:52:51.13\00:52:54.80
you don't have a
lot of time left.
00:52:54.84\00:52:59.37
What you do not do now,
00:52:59.41\00:53:06.01
you're going to do
00:53:06.05\00:53:08.58
under some very
adverse circumstances
00:53:08.62\00:53:14.99
or else you're not
going to be there, you know.
00:53:15.02\00:53:19.59
If you don't have
00:53:19.63\00:53:22.56
a love in your heart for souls,
00:53:22.60\00:53:26.57
then you probably
won't be in the kingdom.
00:53:32.51\00:53:34.74
You probably won't be there.
00:53:38.75\00:53:41.72
Because it makes it clear
00:53:41.75\00:53:44.32
that I must have
a love in my heart.
00:53:44.35\00:53:50.03
As I said to you the
other night, by this,
00:53:50.06\00:53:54.36
you may know that
you are My disciples,
00:53:54.40\00:53:59.43
if you love one another,
00:53:59.47\00:54:02.77
have to have a burden
on your heart for selves.
00:54:02.80\00:54:07.01
We don't want Jesus
Christ passing us by.
00:54:07.04\00:54:12.61
Listen as Dona plays
00:54:12.65\00:54:14.45
"Pass Me Not Oh
Gentle Shepherd."
00:54:14.48\00:54:16.55
Let's bow our heads for prayer.
00:56:28.68\00:56:31.19
Father in Heaven,
00:56:31.22\00:56:33.92
we realize that
You're sending now,
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.29
sending us out as
lambs among wolves.
00:56:36.32\00:56:40.96
But, Lord, we also realize
that You're sending with us,
00:56:41.00\00:56:44.77
Your angels, that You
promised to be with us,
00:56:44.80\00:56:49.60
to care for us,
to strengthen us.
00:56:49.64\00:56:52.87
Lord, I pray that You will
00:56:52.91\00:56:57.58
take us as weak
and frail as we are.
00:56:57.61\00:57:02.35
And fill us, give
us the words to say,
00:57:02.38\00:57:07.46
give us the faith that
we need and as we go forth,
00:57:07.49\00:57:13.06
we might speak
to others of Jesus,
00:57:13.09\00:57:17.53
what He's done for us.
00:57:17.57\00:57:19.97
And that men and women
00:57:20.00\00:57:22.24
may come to a knowledge of You
00:57:22.27\00:57:26.27
that there will be men and women
00:57:26.31\00:57:27.64
in Your kingdom
because we have spoken to them
00:57:27.68\00:57:32.41
and encouraged
them to accept You
00:57:32.45\00:57:34.65
and follow You,
00:57:34.68\00:57:36.02
for this we ask in
Christ's name, amen.
00:57:36.05\00:57:39.65