Amen. Welcome to
ASI Sabbath Evening
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Family Vespers, have you had a
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wonderful day
today? Let's sing together
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"Turn your eyes upon Jesus."
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O soul, are you
weary and troubled?
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No light in the
darkness you see?
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There's a light for
a look at the Savior,
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And life more abundant and free!
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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Through death
into life everlasting
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He passed, and
we follow Him there;
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Over us sin no
more hath dominion,
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For more than conquerors we are!
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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His Word shall not
fail you He promised;
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Believe Him, and
all will be well:
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Then go to a
world that is dying,
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His perfect salvation to tell!
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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Good evening ASI, good evening.
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So, glad you're here tonight,
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for this final section
of this 60th Anniversary
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ASI Convention. Are you eager
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to get in the
God's word? Anybody raise
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your hands both of
them if you're eager
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to study God's
word, praise the Lord.
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Please pray with
me as we seek our
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Lord's beautiful
face. Father in heaven,
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we are so eager to know you,
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we pray dear God
that You would come
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into our midst this
very moment that your
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spirit would
prevail upon our minds.
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That we would see
Jesus and all that
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He is to us, through your holy
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word this evening.
Father anoint our minds,
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our hearts give
me the ability Lord,
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the privilege to
rightly represent
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you in Jesus name, amen.
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Well not too awfully long ago,
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I had by far the
strangest and I might
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say most
enlightening experience I have
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ever had in a grocery store.
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There are
things to be learned in
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the grocery
store, my mission was
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very simple and innocent.
I was heading into this
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particular market
to secure a jar of
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salsa for the
Mexican dinner that I was
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hoping my wife was
going to be making.
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And as I entered
the grocery store,
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there was one
slight complication that I
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encountered as I
entered the salsa isle.
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There was a
woman who obviously had
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Mexican food on
her menu as well.
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And she was
positioned directly in front
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of the salsa. But,
this is in a big problem
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as you know. When somebody else
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is there first and
you find yourself needing
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to secure an item
in the grocery store
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all you do is
exactly what I did.
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I exercise the
appropriate grocery
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store etiquette and
I moved up behind her
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at a very
comfortable in safe distance,
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slightly off to her
left. And I stood there
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peering over her
shoulder reading the labels
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as best I could
patiently waiting for my
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turn at the salsa.
But, as she stood there
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peering forward
examining the salsa options,
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it was at that
moment that something very
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startling and I
might say even terrifying
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occurred. This
woman reached back her
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left hand and
tenderly classed mine.
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Obviously a case of
mistaken identities.
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And as we stood
there in the salsa isle,
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affectionately
holding hands and I guarantee
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you that the
affection was moving only
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one direction. As we stood there
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holding hands I found
myself in a profoundly
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difficult
situation. And just as I was
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about to divert my
ability identity and
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erase her
delusion. Just as I was about
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to speak, now you need to
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picture this in slow
motion because that's
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exactly how it
happened to me I was
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so nervous.
Just as she spoke out
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not my name, but
in endearing title,
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I knew I was in
trouble. She simply said
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stirring forward
medium or hot sweetie-pie.
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Now I was in a
quandary at this point as
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you might
imagine. Because on the one
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hand I knew I was
not her sweetie-pie
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nor did I have any
intentions of becoming
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her sweetie-pie.
But, on the other
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hand what
complicated the situation is
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that I do have
very definite opinions
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about salsa. And she
did in fact ask a question.
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So, I had to make a
very rapid-fire-split
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decision, do I
divulge my identity and
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release her from my
grip, or do I share my
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opinions about
salsa. And I made the
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decision that
you would have made.
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I don't want her
to go her whole life
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not knowing what
I've learned about salsa.
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So, I continued
holding her hand,
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and was just about
to speak my opinion
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as she turned toward
me get this in mid-pucker
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about to place an
affectionate wifely
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kiss upon me no
doubt. And now my adrenaline
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was pumping and
I was in a hurry to
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state my case. And so as she
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turned toward me I simply said,
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actually ma'am I
prefer mild salsa
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and the kind
without vinegar and lemon
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juice instead,
and as I was about
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to explain how necessary it is
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to develop a pallet
for mild salsa so that
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you can discern
all the subtle new
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answers of the combining flavors
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of the garlic
and the tomatoes and
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the onions and how that the hot,
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hot salsa just
really ruins the whole thing
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because you can't
really taste anything anymore,
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just as I was about
to give my explanation
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the mire hearing
of my voice as she
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turn toward me
shocked this poor woman.
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Her eyes met mine
and immediately she
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realized that I
was not you know who,
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sweetie-pie. She immediately did
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what you would have done,
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she pulled in her
pucker and she lifted
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my hand in tow
with hers throw it from
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her as though I had leprosy
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or something
worse. And she rushed off
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down the isle no doubt
in search of her true love.
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Which was no
problem for me because now
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I had access to the salsa.
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So, I secured the
salsa option that I had
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come for, and I
walked out the door of the
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grocery store
after making my purchase
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and as I sat in
the car driving down
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the road. I was
profoundly impacted
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with a sense that
that woman's experience
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is very, very
similar to the experience
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of countless
individuals in our world today.
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Think about it
with me for a moment,
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she had been deluded
and didn't even know it,
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she thought I was
someone I was not.
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And she was on a
mad rush up and down
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those isles to
find the person whose
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voice was
familiar, whose face was
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familiar to her
that she associated with
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matrimonial
love. And dear friends,
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that's what
going on in our world
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as you just look at
the statistics and the
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experiences that
you have from day
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to day interacting with people,
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you will discover
I believe that many
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people in this
world, I think perhaps the
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vast majority are
on a mad rush up and
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down the isles of what
this world has to offer,
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searching for true
love. Searching for a
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love that can only be
found in Jesus Christ.
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Searching for a very
particular kind of love,
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and they can't
help but wonder what
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the truth is, they
can't help but search
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for something
true or truer then what
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they've encountered
so far of this world's
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philosophies, of this world's
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religious options.
It's very confusing,
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the Bible calls
it Babylon and it is
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in fact confusing
to try to sort through
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all the options
this world has to offer.
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And they can't help but search,
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you can't help but search,
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I can't help bur
search because scripture
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informs us in
Ecclesiastes chapter 3
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and verse 11, that God in a
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supernatural
sense has done something
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remarkable. The
Bible says that He,
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that is God has
set or put eternity
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in their hearts.
Speaking of the human race.
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In other words
God has placed a sense
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of eternal
realities and a hunger for
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something more in
every human breast.
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The Bible
further states again King
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Solomon as in
Ecclesiastes if you
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look in the Bible
at Proverbs chapter 19
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in verse 22, and
I prefer the King
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James Version but
on this particular in
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occasion the New
International Version
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has rendered the
Hebrew more accurately
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and the Bible
simply says and I quote,
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what a man
desires is unfailing love.
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What a man desires my friends,
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what a woman
desires, what children desire
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in the deepest in more
recesses of our hearts.
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We desire a
particular kind of love,
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not the love that
the world is paddling,
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not the love that
is being constricted
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in sophisticated
theologies and taking
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the whole world by
storm, but the Bible
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says that deep
in the human heart,
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we long each of us do
for an unfailing love.
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Unfailing love of
course that can only be
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found in an
unfailing consistent God,
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who always, all the time with
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all of his heart is
love and does love every
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member of the human race.
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We long for it
of Jesus the Savior,
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before His
incarnation the Apostle John
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recorded of Him.
The pre-incarnate
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Jesus Christ. In John
chapter 1 and verse 9,
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that He had been in
all ages passed of human
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history that He
had been the true light
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who gives light
to every person who
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comes into the world.
Ellen White commenting
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upon John 1:9 in
Education page 29
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says that the
interpretation of that
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verse is that every
human being that comes
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into the world has
a sense of right and a
00:29:59.23\00:30:03.57
"desire for
goodness." Without exception
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a universal gift
bequest to the human race,
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everyone who
comes into the world,
00:30:13.81\00:30:16.38
comes into the
world with a supernatural
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deposits in their hearts,
00:30:19.70\00:30:22.26
in there
consciousness longing for
00:30:22.27\00:30:24.34
something more,
sensing the difference
00:30:24.35\00:30:26.76
between right and
wrong been repulsed
00:30:26.77\00:30:29.37
at least at certain
points in their life
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by evil, by
radical concrete evil that
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confronts them,
that they experience,
00:30:35.37\00:30:37.74
that they witness on the news or
00:30:37.75\00:30:39.41
in the neighborhood,
a sense of repulsion
00:30:39.42\00:30:43.44
or evil and more
than that inspiration
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says that every human being dear
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friends is given
the supernatural gift
00:30:49.69\00:30:53.90
of a desire for goodness.
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A desire for a
goodness that can only be
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found in the
person of Jesus Christ
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as the ultimate
and perfect revelation
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of God our father and so Solomon
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informs us that
what a man desires
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that is every man, every woman,
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every member of the human race
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what a man
desires is unfailing love.
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But, look at the
landscape of this
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world's
philosophies and religions
00:31:27.38\00:31:29.35
today and you
will quickly see that
00:31:29.36\00:31:31.59
God has been
grossly misrepresented
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and his love has
been old but completely
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obscured in
darkness. The very thing that
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we long for by
supernatural power
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upon our hearts,
the enemy of souls
00:31:45.65\00:31:48.69
is seeking to
hide from our view.
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.68
To blind the
minds of men and women
00:31:50.89\00:31:53.48
and children to
the truth about God.
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And therefore in that blindness,
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.98
in that darkness
to arouse with in us
00:31:58.99\00:32:01.96
one of two
reactions. The devil is
00:32:01.97\00:32:05.68
misrepresenting
the character of God,
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to either produce a
sense of total denial
00:32:08.39\00:32:13.10
of God's existence
that no such God as
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this could
possibly exist and so a
00:32:17.62\00:32:19.77
person may go
into agnosticism or
00:32:19.78\00:32:22.35
Atheism or on the
other hand the devil
00:32:22.36\00:32:24.79
is quite fine with
a misrepresentation
00:32:24.80\00:32:27.78
of God's character
that bows the human
00:32:27.79\00:32:30.80
spirit down under a
burden of fear based
00:32:30.81\00:32:34.46
worship of God that
is grounded in a terror
00:32:34.47\00:32:39.11
of this person,
that is the supreme
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being of the
universe. Look at the landscape
00:32:41.94\00:32:44.73
of this world's philosophies
00:32:45.00\00:32:46.27
and religions.
Just a quick breakdown
00:32:46.28\00:32:48.80
of what's
happening in our world and
00:32:48.81\00:32:50.62
these numbers are
rounded of in general
00:32:50.63\00:32:53.88
but they are
many sources for them
00:32:54.29\00:32:56.11
and this is pretty
much in the ball park.
00:32:56.16\00:32:58.40
Right now in our
world there are 6.5
00:32:58.92\00:33:02.93
billion human beings on
this globe, 6.5 billion.
00:33:03.36\00:33:08.08
Of that 6.5 billion
dear friends 1.2 billion
00:33:09.03\00:33:14.25
of them are Roman Catholic,
00:33:14.33\00:33:16.44
1 billion are protestant
evangelical Christians,
00:33:17.46\00:33:21.80
most of whom are of
the reformed theology
00:33:21.81\00:33:24.83
persuasion or what is sometimes
00:33:25.12\00:33:26.83
called Calvinism
which has its roots
00:33:27.02\00:33:30.27
in the deterministic
philosophy of Plato
00:33:30.52\00:33:33.42
and Aristotle. One billion,
00:33:33.43\00:33:36.92
I guess about 1.2
billion of earth's
00:33:37.47\00:33:40.59
inhabitants are
Muslim. 900 million quickly
00:33:40.60\00:33:46.14
approaching 1
billion of earth's populous
00:33:46.21\00:33:50.20
are Hindu. Who believe an in
00:33:50.35\00:33:52.71
endless cycle of
cruel and tyrannical,
00:33:53.06\00:33:56.62
reliving of pain
and suffering to arrive
00:33:57.49\00:34:01.69
through multiple
perhaps even millions
00:34:01.85\00:34:04.79
of incarnations
to workout the sin
00:34:04.80\00:34:08.16
problem through
suffering on their own
00:34:08.17\00:34:10.87
to erase all bad
karma and finally
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.46
to reach a state of
nirvana and perfection
00:34:13.47\00:34:17.24
and then to
merge with the cosmos
00:34:17.50\00:34:19.51
into a kind of unconsciousness
00:34:19.52\00:34:21.93
collective
whole of all creation.
00:34:22.18\00:34:25.27
Rather
nebulous, very in personal
00:34:25.61\00:34:28.31
and ultimately
there is no personal
00:34:28.46\00:34:30.30
good loving God to
encounter on the side
00:34:30.44\00:34:33.43
of this world. Approximately 500
00:34:33.44\00:34:36.43
million or one half
billion people in this
00:34:36.44\00:34:38.98
world are
Buddhist and Buddhism is a
00:34:38.99\00:34:43.13
philosophy more
than it is a religion.
00:34:43.41\00:34:46.74
Buddhism is kind of
a spiritually devoted
00:34:47.31\00:34:51.08
Atheism, because
ultimately in Buddhism
00:34:51.30\00:34:54.09
again there is
no personal God that
00:34:54.10\00:34:57.88
ultimately lies
behind the realty that
00:34:57.89\00:35:01.35
we encounter in this world.
00:35:01.36\00:35:02.80
And then there is
about a half billion
00:35:03.85\00:35:06.80
individuals who
subscribe to a verity
00:35:07.73\00:35:11.42
indigenous religions
that involve ancestor
00:35:14.85\00:35:15.82
worship, spirit
worship. That involves fear
00:35:15.83\00:35:19.76
and terror from
day to day as to what
00:35:19.77\00:35:22.78
might happen by the
hand of these spirits
00:35:22.79\00:35:26.73
or ancestors.
And then there is a
00:35:26.74\00:35:29.68
growing phenomenon
in our world right now.
00:35:29.89\00:35:32.85
Among that 6.5 billion there are
00:35:34.13\00:35:38.37
presently
approximately 850 million
00:35:38.38\00:35:43.27
Secular/Atheist /
Agnostics / I wonder
00:35:43.92\00:35:49.87
what's going on in
the universe type people.
00:35:49.88\00:35:51.99
Again quickly
approaching 1 billion
00:35:53.30\00:35:56.59
people who
subscribe to no concept of
00:35:56.60\00:36:00.36
God whatsoever because they are
00:36:00.37\00:36:02.14
reacting many of
them against the picture
00:36:02.15\00:36:05.54
of God that has
been portrayed in the
00:36:05.55\00:36:07.58
world's major
religions. Just recently I
00:36:07.59\00:36:11.15
found myself
sitting on an airplane
00:36:11.16\00:36:12.81
next to a man who
saw me reading the Bible.
00:36:12.82\00:36:15.42
I introduced
myself we became quickly
00:36:15.75\00:36:17.59
acquainted, in
the process of the
00:36:17.60\00:36:19.71
acquaintance he
learned that not only was
00:36:19.72\00:36:21.98
I reading the Bible but that I
00:36:21.99\00:36:23.60
teach the Bible. He very forth
00:36:23.61\00:36:26.88
rightly informed me
that he is an Atheist.
00:36:26.89\00:36:30.76
I said that's very
interesting because
00:36:31.49\00:36:33.24
I am an Atheist too.
He said no you are not,
00:36:33.25\00:36:36.53
you are reading
the Bible and you
00:36:36.54\00:36:37.87
teach the Bible.
You're playing with my mind.
00:36:37.88\00:36:41.33
You are not an Atheist are you?
00:36:41.49\00:36:43.06
I said no, I
absolutely I'm an Atheist.
00:36:43.28\00:36:46.82
He said come on, quit
it. I mean I don't believe
00:36:46.86\00:36:50.04
in God, but you do
and that's sounds a
00:36:50.05\00:36:51.88
little sacrilegious,
I said listen its not
00:36:51.89\00:36:55.62
sacrilegious at
all, because I'm telling
00:36:55.63\00:36:58.51
you the truth
friend. I'm an Atheist
00:36:58.52\00:37:01.84
and I'll tell you
how, I said would you be
00:37:01.85\00:37:05.18
so kind that's to
describe to me the God
00:37:05.19\00:37:09.78
you don't believe
him. He said what?
00:37:09.79\00:37:13.03
I said you heard me,
please describe to me
00:37:14.00\00:37:16.90
that character of
the God you believe does
00:37:16.91\00:37:20.60
not exist, the God
you don't believe in.
00:37:20.61\00:37:22.55
He said I never
though about it that way.
00:37:23.20\00:37:24.79
I said you do have a
conception a picture of
00:37:25.83\00:37:28.66
this God that you
don't believe in don't you,
00:37:28.67\00:37:31.12
he said well yeah I
guess and he began to
00:37:31.13\00:37:34.46
describe popular
notions of a dominating
00:37:34.47\00:37:39.02
tyrannical
eternally tormenting God
00:37:39.42\00:37:43.17
who presides over
purgatory and hell
00:37:43.37\00:37:47.52
and tortures
people for all eternity,
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.91
he begin to
describ that God that he
00:37:49.92\00:37:51.82
was raised with
and taught to believe
00:37:51.83\00:37:55.83
micromanages every
detail of life so that
00:37:56.02\00:37:59.07
every tragedy
that strikes a human
00:37:59.08\00:38:00.99
life is orchestrated by God.
00:38:01.00\00:38:02.84
And in the midst
of all this eternal
00:38:03.41\00:38:05.01
torment and determinism I said
00:38:05.02\00:38:08.69
do you see I am an
Atheist too because
00:38:08.96\00:38:12.12
I believe that no
such God as you just
00:38:12.13\00:38:14.88
described exist
anywhere in the universe
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.20
unless his name
is the devil. So,
00:38:17.36\00:38:20.62
the very Atheism
that you subscribe to
00:38:20.63\00:38:22.96
my friend, is an
Atheism that I want to
00:38:23.07\00:38:26.14
enlist that this
moment, I want to applaud,
00:38:26.15\00:38:29.53
I want to affirm your Atheism.
00:38:29.76\00:38:32.66
I want to encourage
you my friend do not
00:38:32.67\00:38:35.31
believe whatever
you do please do not
00:38:35.32\00:38:37.76
believe in that God
that you have rejected.
00:38:37.77\00:38:40.80
But, if you have a
few moments could I
00:38:41.72\00:38:44.24
please describe to you a picture
00:38:44.25\00:38:47.34
of another God,
another possibility.
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.92
And he was
listening and I proceeded to
00:38:52.53\00:38:54.62
explain to him, a
God of infinite love,
00:38:54.63\00:38:58.40
a God of what
did Solomon refer to
00:38:59.43\00:39:02.59
it as a God of unfailing love.
00:39:02.60\00:39:07.18
A God of consistent
just, holy, true, good,
00:39:07.64\00:39:13.60
merciful,
compassionate love that is 110
00:39:13.85\00:39:18.11
percent of the
time peddle to the medal
00:39:18.12\00:39:20.58
full throttle love
for every member of
00:39:20.86\00:39:22.74
the human family.
And I asked him as
00:39:22.75\00:39:25.89
he listened I said my friend,
00:39:25.90\00:39:28.22
I'm not asking you
to become a believer
00:39:29.13\00:39:30.91
and there is no
place to baptize you on
00:39:30.92\00:39:32.58
this planet, but I
wanted to ask you a
00:39:32.59\00:39:35.30
question just hypothetically.
00:39:35.31\00:39:37.58
If per chance
the God that I just
00:39:40.26\00:39:45.05
described you could
exist would you want him to.
00:39:45.06\00:39:50.52
I mean think about
it, would you desire
00:39:58.46\00:39:59.43
to spend all eternity
with that kind of God,
00:40:00.91\00:40:04.94
and he said I
would be a fool not to.
00:40:06.34\00:40:08.20
I said well I don't
think you are an Atheist,
00:40:09.73\00:40:11.31
I think you are
like maybe between be an
00:40:11.32\00:40:13.33
agnostic and a
believer because my
00:40:13.34\00:40:17.89
testimony to you
is that the God you
00:40:17.90\00:40:20.45
rejected doesn't
exist and the God I
00:40:20.46\00:40:22.95
describe to you
is the only true God
00:40:22.96\00:40:25.09
revealed in the
person of Jesus Christ,
00:40:25.44\00:40:27.59
amen. And he
became open you could see
00:40:27.60\00:40:31.28
it in his eyes,
because friends what we
00:40:31.29\00:40:33.38
have in this world
is a situation in which.
00:40:33.39\00:40:37.09
Now listen very
carefully to what
00:40:37.26\00:40:38.94
scripture teaches in
the prophetic message
00:40:38.95\00:40:41.66
of Revelation
and also in Daniel.
00:40:41.67\00:40:44.40
And that is
that the entire great
00:40:45.36\00:40:47.52
controversy
between good and evil
00:40:47.53\00:40:49.61
centers on one pivotal issue.
00:40:50.27\00:40:54.03
There is not a list
with multiple agenda
00:40:54.72\00:40:58.77
items for you and
me and for the great
00:40:58.78\00:41:00.58
controversy.
There is one issue of
00:41:00.59\00:41:03.35
paramount
importance, there is one pivotal
00:41:03.36\00:41:07.18
hinge topic and
that my friends is
00:41:07.58\00:41:11.56
that the great
controversy centers
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.55
on the character of
God. Grossly defamed
00:41:15.04\00:41:19.36
and maligned on the
one side and ultimately
00:41:19.59\00:41:23.66
to be vindicated
on God's side of the
00:41:23.67\00:41:27.39
controversy. Revelation
chapter 12 opens to us,
00:41:27.40\00:41:32.18
at the Pinnacle of
Revelation's chiastic
00:41:32.65\00:41:34.80
structure
centering on Revelation 12
00:41:34.81\00:41:38.01
as the interpretative
center from which all
00:41:38.02\00:41:41.25
the rest of
Revelation is to be considered
00:41:41.26\00:41:43.64
and understood. In
Revelation chapter 12
00:41:43.65\00:41:46.72
we are told that
war broke out where?
00:41:48.04\00:41:51.44
In heaven and
Michael and his angels
00:41:52.09\00:41:54.61
fought against the
dragon and his angels
00:41:54.62\00:41:57.37
and they fought but
they didn't prevail.
00:41:57.63\00:41:59.59
Nor was there place
found anymore in heaven,
00:41:59.99\00:42:02.16
they were cast out to the earth,
00:42:02.17\00:42:03.98
deceived the whole world.
00:42:04.19\00:42:05.91
And the declaration
is heard from heaven,
00:42:07.41\00:42:09.14
woe to the
inhabitants of the earth,
00:42:09.73\00:42:12.39
because the devil
has come down to you
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.41
with great wrath
because he knows that his
00:42:14.42\00:42:17.14
time is short.
And the contextual
00:42:17.15\00:42:19.39
setting here is
the devil has come down
00:42:19.40\00:42:22.51
in the sense
that he has imported
00:42:23.27\00:42:25.63
to our world the
issues that he has
00:42:26.01\00:42:30.26
raised against
the character of God.
00:42:30.27\00:42:33.33
That he began with
in heaven he has now
00:42:34.00\00:42:36.79
imported that
misconception of God's
00:42:37.18\00:42:39.47
character to planet earth.
00:42:39.48\00:42:41.05
If we go back
verse 7 where the Bible
00:42:41.40\00:42:43.52
says war broke
out in heaven we are
00:42:43.53\00:42:46.46
reminded that the
word war there in the
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.36
Greek is Polemos.
And it does not refer
00:42:49.37\00:42:53.86
to physical might
being measured back and fort.
00:42:53.87\00:42:57.45
This is not a
dual, this is not an arm
00:42:57.46\00:43:00.60
wrestling match,
this is not military
00:43:00.61\00:43:03.12
might with
bombs and guns or even
00:43:03.13\00:43:05.69
laser beams. Shooting forth from
00:43:05.70\00:43:08.98
the angels
fingertips is they war
00:43:08.99\00:43:11.37
and clash in
heaven. This is not physical
00:43:11.38\00:43:14.22
might being waged
against physical might.
00:43:14.23\00:43:18.23
What's transpiring
in this war is Polemos
00:43:18.80\00:43:22.76
from which we get a
number of English words
00:43:22.77\00:43:25.94
and they are polemic, politics.
00:43:26.36\00:43:30.23
In other words
what's happening in this
00:43:30.75\00:43:32.71
great controversy
the devil didn't step
00:43:32.72\00:43:35.09
forward with a
physical attack on God.
00:43:35.10\00:43:39.21
The devil stepped
forward with words,
00:43:39.72\00:43:43.01
he was a spin
doctor and began to
00:43:43.83\00:43:48.78
communicate and insinuate in the
00:43:48.79\00:43:51.53
Angels minds
untruths concerning the
00:43:51.54\00:43:55.36
character of God.
Listen very carefully
00:43:55.37\00:43:57.36
to the words of
inspiration in Education
00:43:57.37\00:43:59.35
page 154 which comes
right to the heart of
00:43:59.36\00:44:03.37
the matter and I "Unselfishness,
00:44:03.38\00:44:07.64
the principle of God's kingdom,
00:44:08.11\00:44:10.45
is the principle Satan hates;
00:44:10.85\00:44:13.77
its very existence he denies.
00:44:14.37\00:44:18.84
From the beginning
of the great controversy
00:44:19.16\00:44:21.32
that is, from the
beginning of the great
00:44:21.33\00:44:23.80
controversy he that
is Satan has endeavored
00:44:23.81\00:44:26.62
to prove God's
principles to be selfish.
00:44:26.63\00:44:33.14
Now listen to
disprove Satan's claim is
00:44:33.80\00:44:38.74
the work of Christ
and of all who bear
00:44:38.75\00:44:41.21
His name" Education page 154.
00:44:41.22\00:44:44.13
The devil launched
his controversy against
00:44:44.73\00:44:47.72
God by claiming
that God at root level,
00:44:47.73\00:44:53.11
at the very
bottom level of his heart
00:44:53.12\00:44:54.97
at the motivational
level that God is activated
00:44:54.98\00:44:58.08
by
self-centeredness. In the Great
00:44:58.09\00:45:01.50
Controversy
Revelation 12 tells us,
00:45:01.51\00:45:03.63
that as he begin to
insinuate selfishness
00:45:04.03\00:45:07.33
as the activating
principle of God's
00:45:07.74\00:45:09.79
character and what
makes God's operate
00:45:09.93\00:45:11.67
and tick and how he
governs the universe
00:45:11.68\00:45:14.14
as soon as that lie
begin to fester in one
00:45:14.35\00:45:18.45
third of the angels minds.
00:45:18.46\00:45:20.29
Inspiration
informs us that who stepped
00:45:21.24\00:45:23.81
forward in God's defense.
00:45:23.82\00:45:25.58
Michael fought
and his angels against
00:45:26.28\00:45:30.05
the dragon, now the name Michael
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.40
in scripture and
you know that every
00:45:32.41\00:45:34.18
name in
scripture has a character
00:45:34.19\00:45:36.87
significance that
describes the character
00:45:36.88\00:45:39.05
and mission of the
individual who bears
00:45:39.06\00:45:40.66
the name is that
correct? Michael is a
00:45:40.67\00:45:43.35
very unique name
in scripture because
00:45:43.36\00:45:47.54
it is not so much a declaration
00:45:47.80\00:45:50.98
as it is a question.
The name Michael means
00:45:51.10\00:45:57.61
in the form of a
question who is like God?
00:45:58.06\00:46:02.02
And so in the
person that steps forward
00:46:03.94\00:46:07.45
to God's defense
there is suspended
00:46:07.46\00:46:10.85
before the on
looking universe a hanging
00:46:10.86\00:46:14.42
question. One
question is suspended before
00:46:14.43\00:46:18.73
the universe. One
question begs an answer,
00:46:18.74\00:46:22.47
not only before the
on looking universe but
00:46:22.79\00:46:25.08
before the whole human race,
00:46:25.09\00:46:26.30
even unwittingly
when a person doesn't know
00:46:26.48\00:46:29.13
what they are searching for,
00:46:29.28\00:46:30.81
the Bible says
their in most desire is to
00:46:30.94\00:46:33.27
discover to know
and to love a God of
00:46:33.28\00:46:36.42
unfailing love.
So, Michael coming to
00:46:36.43\00:46:39.41
God's defense
steps forward and he
00:46:39.42\00:46:43.30
in his very
identity is in fact the
00:46:43.31\00:46:47.00
answer to the great controversy.
00:46:47.01\00:46:49.20
Michael steps
forward bearing the name,
00:46:50.07\00:46:52.43
who is like God?
And of course that's
00:46:52.66\00:46:55.30
the very question
that the enemy has raised,
00:46:55.31\00:46:58.91
he has insinuated
against the character
00:46:59.16\00:47:01.56
of God Michael
comes to his defense
00:47:01.57\00:47:04.56
to vindicate the
character of God.
00:47:04.80\00:47:06.91
So, is it any surprise to us?
00:47:07.18\00:47:09.75
That when Jesus comes into this
00:47:10.16\00:47:11.77
world the first
announcement about him,
00:47:11.78\00:47:15.23
is that he is Emmanuel through
00:47:16.02\00:47:19.14
the angel Gabriel. God with us,
00:47:19.15\00:47:23.60
is it any wonder
that is John the gospel
00:47:23.80\00:47:26.26
of John unfolds
that in chapter 1
00:47:26.27\00:47:29.31
and verse 14 we
are told that what has
00:47:30.16\00:47:32.53
happened in
Christ is simply this.
00:47:32.54\00:47:35.08
"The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
00:47:35.40\00:47:38.81
and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of the
00:47:39.01\00:47:44.03
only begotten of the Father,
00:47:44.04\00:47:45.99
full of grace and
truth." Jesus came to
00:47:46.17\00:47:49.17
the world
bearing the truth about
00:47:49.18\00:47:52.57
God's identity. The core realty
00:47:52.58\00:47:55.33
of the divine
characte is unselfish other
00:47:55.34\00:47:58.71
sinned love and
Jesus came to demonstrate
00:47:58.72\00:48:01.74
that
unequivocally beyond question.
00:48:01.75\00:48:04.12
In verse 19, of
John chapter 1 Jesus
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.95
stated his point of
origin he said no man
00:48:08.07\00:48:10.81
has seen God at
any time except the one
00:48:10.82\00:48:13.11
who is in the
Bosom of the Father he
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.94
has declared him.
Jesus states that his
00:48:15.95\00:48:18.79
point of origin
before his incarnation
00:48:18.80\00:48:21.64
he says you are
wondering who I am?
00:48:21.65\00:48:23.52
You are wondering
where I came from?
00:48:23.67\00:48:25.31
For all eternal
ages passed I have lived,
00:48:25.82\00:48:28.35
I have existed in
the intimate fellowship
00:48:28.36\00:48:31.20
of the Bosom of the Father.
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If anybody knows
the character of God
00:48:33.45\00:48:36.10
Jesus does, and
so he comes into the
00:48:36.44\00:48:39.39
world and
finally we fast-forward
00:48:39.40\00:48:42.33
to chapter 5 of
John and Jesus declares
00:48:42.87\00:48:46.58
to those who are
listening, to those who
00:48:46.59\00:48:48.76
are encountering
him. Jesus declares to
00:48:48.77\00:48:51.47
them with authority
that every person in
00:48:51.48\00:48:55.93
the world ultimately
acts out their picture
00:48:55.94\00:49:00.17
of God and so I
Jesus explains upwards
00:49:00.18\00:49:04.39
through chapter 8
have come to this world
00:49:04.40\00:49:06.85
to declare the
truth that will set you
00:49:07.10\00:49:08.87
free from all the
misconceptions of God's
00:49:08.88\00:49:11.56
character, because
you see friends the
00:49:11.57\00:49:13.31
truth of our basic
psychology as human
00:49:13.32\00:49:16.63
beings the way we are designed,
00:49:16.64\00:49:18.65
the way we operate
is we are reflectors by
00:49:18.66\00:49:21.80
beholding we become changed.
00:49:21.81\00:49:23.90
Whatever we
believe about God at the
00:49:23.91\00:49:26.83
bedrock level of our
being even if it's only
00:49:26.84\00:49:29.22
on an emotional
level and we can't
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.78
explain it intellectually,
whatever we believe
00:49:30.79\00:49:34.35
our basic paradigm
of the character of God
00:49:34.81\00:49:37.55
is what dictates
the way we interact
00:49:37.91\00:49:40.04
and relate with
every other person
00:49:40.05\00:49:41.59
in the world. That
comes into our proximity,
00:49:44.75\00:49:45.72
we tend to act
in a accordance with
00:49:45.73\00:49:47.74
what we believe about God.
00:49:47.75\00:49:50.73
And so Jesus issued
a warning concerning
00:49:51.03\00:49:53.82
the last days of human history.
00:49:53.83\00:49:55.65
In chapter 16 of
John verses 2 and 3
00:49:56.25\00:49:59.02
Jesus warned
that the pivotal issue
00:49:59.67\00:50:02.02
in the Great
Controversy and the end time
00:50:02.03\00:50:04.18
scenario is simply
this. The time is coming
00:50:04.19\00:50:07.34
Jesus says when those
who kill you will think
00:50:07.35\00:50:10.86
they are doing God service,
00:50:10.87\00:50:13.91
this they will do
unto you because they
00:50:14.32\00:50:16.23
have not known
me, nor my father.
00:50:16.24\00:50:18.71
But, notice they
are doing that in the
00:50:19.74\00:50:20.95
name of the
father. They are killing in
00:50:20.96\00:50:24.60
that final
persecution mission that is set
00:50:24.61\00:50:27.77
into motion at the end of time.
00:50:27.78\00:50:29.63
In that final
scenario there will be only
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.96
two groups of
people on plant earth,
00:50:33.22\00:50:35.15
those who knowing
the true character of
00:50:35.60\00:50:37.74
God in Christ
continue to put forth a picture
00:50:37.75\00:50:41.52
of God that does
not involve collision
00:50:41.53\00:50:43.98
that involves
liberty of conscience for
00:50:44.40\00:50:46.04
every member of the human race.
00:50:46.05\00:50:47.58
And those who
become the persecutors
00:50:48.42\00:50:50.55
in the name of God to
kill in God's character
00:50:50.56\00:50:55.60
perception that they
have in their hearts.
00:50:55.61\00:50:58.72
And so here we are at the end of
00:50:59.56\00:51:03.11
time and Jesus is
calling his people to a
00:51:03.12\00:51:08.18
very special and specific task.
00:51:08.19\00:51:10.34
Not simply to
figure out means and ways
00:51:10.91\00:51:14.50
and methods to
baptize as many people
00:51:14.51\00:51:16.73
as we can as fast as possible.
00:51:16.74\00:51:18.68
Our mission is more basic,
00:51:19.44\00:51:21.36
more fundamental than that,
00:51:22.01\00:51:23.61
and the soul
winning component of our
00:51:24.10\00:51:26.02
calling is the
outgrowth of this bottom
00:51:26.03\00:51:29.74
line which I bring
to you in closing from
00:51:29.75\00:51:33.15
Acts of the Apostles page 9,
00:51:33.88\00:51:36.73
from the beginning,
I "From the beginning
00:51:37.52\00:51:40.02
it has been
God's plan that through
00:51:40.12\00:51:42.67
His church shall
be reflected to the
00:51:42.68\00:51:45.51
world His fullness
and His sufficiency.
00:51:45.52\00:51:49.64
The members of the church,
00:51:50.22\00:51:52.64
those whom He has
called out of darkness
00:51:52.93\00:51:54.69
into His marvelous
light, are to show forth
00:51:54.70\00:51:58.05
His glory. Now
listen and through the
00:51:58.27\00:52:01.63
church will
eventually be made manifest,
00:52:01.64\00:52:05.77
even to the principalities and
00:52:05.78\00:52:06.99
powers in heavenly places,
00:52:07.00\00:52:08.56
the final and full
display of the love of God."
00:52:09.78\00:52:15.62
Come in full
circle back to salsa isle
00:52:18.10\00:52:20.36
I stood there
realizing in my heart
00:52:21.16\00:52:24.57
of hearts that, that woman was
00:52:24.58\00:52:27.56
deceived regarding my identity
00:52:27.57\00:52:30.25
and on second
thought, I was deeply impacted
00:52:31.26\00:52:34.41
with the
realization that perhaps
00:52:34.42\00:52:37.21
that woman and countless others
00:52:37.53\00:52:40.13
in this world are
longing to see God
00:52:40.14\00:52:45.21
for who he really
is, may we his people
00:52:45.22\00:52:48.94
be a channel
through which the world
00:52:50.59\00:52:52.95
will be fully
illuminated with the true
00:52:52.96\00:52:55.51
glory of God's
beautiful character
00:52:55.52\00:52:58.64
and become a
magnet as it were for
00:52:58.92\00:53:02.52
those who are
longing to know our God.
00:53:02.53\00:53:05.36
Father in
heaven, you are beautiful
00:53:06.12\00:53:08.19
beyond
description, may we reflect you
00:53:08.20\00:53:10.92
as such to the world
in Jesus name, amen, amen.
00:53:10.93\00:53:17.87
I will speak I will wait
00:53:32.52\00:53:38.63
I will send prophets among them
00:53:39.53\00:53:45.39
That they might
hear That they might see
00:53:45.72\00:53:52.14
And understand
how much I love them
00:53:52.17\00:53:58.20
Then they will
know that I am Father
00:53:58.56\00:54:04.01
Then they will know I am Lord
00:54:04.45\00:54:08.54
They'll walk with
Me And be My people
00:54:10.32\00:54:15.95
I'll walk with them as their God
00:54:15.96\00:54:20.58
as their God. I will
strike. I will scourge
00:54:21.45\00:54:33.93
And carry out
vengeance upon them
00:54:34.12\00:54:39.77
But I will heal
the wounds I make
00:54:39.95\00:54:45.32
And tenderly
take them back to me
00:54:45.86\00:54:51.31
Then they will
know That I am Savior
00:54:51.56\00:54:57.10
I am Redeemer and Friend
00:54:57.11\00:55:02.42
Immanuel The
God who is with them
00:55:03.07\00:55:08.69
The God who gives all He can
00:55:08.70\00:55:12.87
He is salvation
He is the kingdom
00:55:14.50\00:55:19.92
To know Him is paradise
00:55:20.14\00:55:26.63
He will come My own Son
00:55:39.09\00:55:45.06
A Word faithful
hearts can't help hearing
00:55:45.80\00:55:51.50
And by His death
With His last breath
00:55:51.97\00:55:57.21
A Father's
forgiveness comes flowing
00:55:57.82\00:56:03.14
Then they will
know that I am Father
00:56:03.69\00:56:09.11
Then they will know I am Lord
00:56:09.28\00:56:13.82
They'll walk with
Me And be My people
00:56:14.92\00:56:20.39
I'll walk with them as their God
00:56:20.58\00:56:24.92
He is salvation
He is the kingdom
00:56:26.22\00:56:31.65
To know Him is paradise
00:56:31.82\00:56:37.58
Then they will
know that I am Father
00:56:37.83\00:56:43.17
Then they will know I am Lord
00:56:43.31\00:56:47.71
I am Lord, I am Lord Amen.
00:57:05.26\00:57:06.23
Amen. I will invite
you to stand with me,
00:57:10.16\00:57:13.63
so we can lift
our hearts to the Lord
00:57:15.63\00:57:18.83
and our voices. Let us bow our
00:57:18.84\00:57:22.90
heads in prayer.
Our heavenly Father,
00:57:22.91\00:57:28.91
we have seen your
face, we have heard
00:57:30.60\00:57:36.84
and seen your
miracles, we know that you have
00:57:37.32\00:57:41.68
been with us
here. It has come time
00:57:41.69\00:57:45.65
to part and to go
back to our homes...
00:57:45.89\00:57:50.65