You know, this
message that I have today
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is kind of
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a hard message
for me in some ways.
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I have not given it very often.
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But...
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I like telling
stories, not to tell stories
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but, you know, it's hard,
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it's hard for me sometimes
to read the Bible without...
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I have got to make a
practical in my life.
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That's why Jesus told parables.
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Amen?
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You know, He talked
about the soil going forth,
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and He sold those seeds,
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and He
mentioned all these things
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so that people would
have an indelible picture,
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you know what I mean?
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When I started
speaking years ago,
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I told you, I tithe my time
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two and half hours every morning
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and I can quote scripture
after scripture, many books,
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I can quote those
books, paragraphs,
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and I thought that
alone would humble me,
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that that would take care
of my temper but it never did.
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You know, it seemed
like, the more that I memorized
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and read,
sometimes, it seemed like
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it was a bigger curse in my life
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'cause somehow
there was something else
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that needed power.
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And so I used to
bore people maybe
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with just text
after text after text
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and the Word is
what changes lives
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but I can take one text today,
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one or two texts...
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Look at in the
Parables of the Pearl,
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that's just a couple of texts
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but you know
there is a whole story
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behind that
pearl of great price.
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There is a great story.
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And you and I, for
the Bible to come alive,
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we need to get in
this and assimilate it
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into our hearts
and in our minds.
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Amen?
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And so anyways, this message,
I first gave it probably,
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I don't know, it was
probably 12 years ago
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and it was down in Florida
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with a group of,
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you know, you call
them supportive ministries,
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self-supporting ministries.
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There are ministries
that are not supported
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by finances by any church.
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And that's what
Remnant is, that's what 3ABN is
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where we call ourselves
self-supporting or supporting,
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however, you know,
you get mixed up on words,
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but we're
self-supporting to the fact that
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we're not getting
paid by any church.
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Okay?
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So there was a
big meeting down there
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and we had
people from New Zealand,
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Australia, England,
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ministers that had all
these self-supporting ministries
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and I had been a big
part of putting that on,
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I had a real burden,
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and there's one thing about
people when you become in...
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When you get into God's
Word, you get, you read a lot
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and you see things
that you should be doing
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and you start
changing those things.
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And if you're not
careful, you start,
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you obviously
you'll see sins of others
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and they're there, you know,
I mean, those red flags pop up
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and God gives us
red flags, doesn't He?
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I mean, wouldn't it be terrible
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if we didn't have any feelings?
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And you could cut
yourself and you never feel it?
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Or somebody could
come maybe to your daughter
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or your little boy
and they could be someone
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that would be was
going to come to molest them
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and you...
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I mean, you had no
clue, you had no red flags,
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whatever go up.
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God gives us red flags.
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He gives us red flags.
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That's why you also
need to read the Word of God
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because that's
how we know the truth.
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Amen? Amen.
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Okay.
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Well, after saying
that, I want to mention this.
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It's kind of,
like, not a disclaimer,
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but a balance.
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Number one, I believe that God
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does not at all condone sin.
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Amen? Amen.
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He does not condone sin.
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We're told
there's no excuse for sin.
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But Jesus paid the price
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that when we have sinned,
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it says this in
1 John, that what?
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He is able to forgive
us of those sins, right?
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When we ask for
forgiveness, and faith,
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and we forsake those sins...
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I had a guy...
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It was Pastor CD
Brookes that I heard this
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from years ago.
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He said, "Most of
us like sin so much
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that we'll ask forgiveness"
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and he says, "then it's
we're on our hands and knees
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crawling away
from sin looking back,
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hoping sin would
catch up with us."
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Because we don't want
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to get rid of
our little pet sins,
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and bottom line is if
there is sin in our heart,
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if we have evil in our heart,
will we make it to heaven.
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Will we? No.
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And I don't care how,
what church you go to,
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I don't care what you eat,
I don't care what you wear,
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even though those
things make a difference,
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I believe that,
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because we're
Christians and people see
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that we're Christians by what?
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By our testimony, not
by what we mouth to them.
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And that was my message
a little bit last night.
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I could talk to
people and tell them,
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you should be doing
this, you should be doing,
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you shouldn't be doing that.
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And yet, my own
life was messed up,
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even though I
knew all the scripture,
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not all but a lot of it.
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And so today,
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I want to share
with you this message,
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who will cast the first stone.
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When we went to this...
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When I went to this ministry
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with all these
ministers down in Florida,
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my wife and our children,
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it was kind of a fun thing,
we got a bunch of flat rocks.
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Now this rock here,
cameras will pick that up,
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I'm sure.
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I don't know if they can see it
because of mirrors right there,
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but it says Dwight,
it's got my name on there.
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Then it says, will you, okay?
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On this mirror.
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And we did this to about
a hundred other ministers
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that were there,
that had ministries
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and I knew who
was going to be there
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and I wrote their name on it,
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and I put will you
with this little mirror,
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and then we packaged it up.
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Okay?
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Now I've got felt
on the back of this
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'cause I put
that right on my desk.
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I don't want to scratch my desk.
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And every time I start
thinking of negative thoughts,
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I look at that
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and I say, "Dwight, will you?"
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I look in the mirror.
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Okay, so think
about that as we would,
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if you will right
now to set the stage,
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open your Bibles to John,
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John Chapter 8,
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starting with verse 3.
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We're at?
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John. Okay, good.
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I love hearing the
pages of the Bible turn.
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Because I can read
these texts to you,
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but, you know,
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the power is in
you reading the Word.
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John Chapter what? Eight.
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Okay, great.
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John Chapter 8,
starting with verse 3.
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And we'll read it.
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John Chapter 8,
starting with verse 3.
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It says, "Then the scribes
and Pharisees brought to him
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a woman caught in adultery."
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Now think, you
got to understand,
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she was caught red-handed.
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Now I don't know how it was.
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I'm sure she
certainly wasn't having adultery
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in the middle of the street.
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She was behind closed doors.
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By the way, she
knew it was not right.
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She understood the law of God.
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She knew it wasn't right.
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So these Pharisees caught her.
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Now maybe one of
the Pharisees went in,
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as someone that
wants to have adultery,
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commit adultery with her,
and he was setting her up.
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But in any event,
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they took this lady
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and they caught her in adultery.
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It's quite a scene if
you just put it in your mind.
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It says,
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"And when they had
set her in the midst..."
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Okay, think of it,
they caught her in adultery,
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they drug her
out, maybe by here...
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I don't even
know, they drug her out
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where Jesus is speaking
in the midst of a crowd.
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Did Jesus always bring crowds?
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Amen, He did.
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And they brought her out there.
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I don't know about
you, but if I was her,
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I would want to
shrink down to be invisible.
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And then they
said to him, "Teacher,"
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you know, it just kills
me about this, "Teacher, "
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it's like they
didn't know anything,
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"Teacher, "
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did they really
believe he was a teacher?
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Did they really love this man?
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No.
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So they brought her out.
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They were using
her to trip up who?
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Jesus.
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They said, "Teacher, this woman,
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she was caught in adultery,
we caught her in the very act.
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Now Moses in
the law commanded us
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that such should be stoned,
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but what do you say?"
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They...
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"This they said, testing him,
that they might have something
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to which to accuse
Him, but Jesus stooped down
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and wrote on the
ground with His finger."
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What was He writing?
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He was starting
to write their sins.
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Isn't that amazing?
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I want you to think about that.
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Think about that.
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He started writing their sins.
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So when they continued,
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they wasn't going
to give a teacher,
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"You're the teacher,
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you are supposed
to be the Messiah.
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If you really are from God,
tell us, what does Moses say?"
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Number one, it
wasn't Moses law, was it?
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It was God's law.
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Moses just wrote it down.
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Never get that mixed up.
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And so they're saying, "Come on.
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I mean, you're the Messiah.
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Tell us what should we do
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because this is
what the law said,
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we need to stone her."
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And so they kept
pressing and pressing
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and continued to ask Him.
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It says, "He raised
Himself up and said to them,
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'He, " excuse me, "who
is without sin among you,
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let him throw a
stone at her first." '
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You know what?
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I used to pitch when
I was in little league
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and that's a nice size stone.
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I could do some
damage with this.
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Can you imagine
getting hit with a stone?
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I would hope that
the first stone hit me
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right in the head,
and knocked me out,
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and I wouldn't
feel any more here,
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but that is not
normally what happened.
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But Jesus said,
"You who are without sin,
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you pick up the...
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You who are without
sin, you pick up that stuff
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and you cast them.
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I want to see the first...
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I just want to see
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who is bold enough
to pick up that stone.
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Throw it."
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You know, when I...
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When I rededicated
my life to the Lord
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back in about 1984,
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I tell you, I was so
on fire for the Lord.
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I still am today by the way.
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But when you
first come to Jesus,
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I don't think most of us
even look at other people
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of how bad or how
good they are, whatever.
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But I was so on
fire for the Lord,
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I had no time to
look at anybody else.
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The only thing I wanted
to do is submerse myself,
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be a sponge that would
soak up the Word of God.
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That's all I wanted.
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All I wanted to
do was be like Jesus.
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And I've shared a
few of my testimonies
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about studying,
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but it seemed
like the more I study
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and the more I found out,
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sometimes the more
bitter I became at other people,
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maybe some of you, why
aren't they doing this,
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why can't they do
that, do you know so and so.
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So I started thinking of that
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and I want to
represent something here
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as we, as we talk,
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this is a pretty nice
white shirt right here.
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But, you know, as we...
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as we go along in life,
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when we start taking
our eyes off of Jesus,
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what do we do?
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We put them on self and others,
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I've had people tell
me, "You know, Dwight,
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I'll never go back
to that church again."
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"Why?"
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"The way they treated
me, I went to that church
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and they never even said hi."
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Boy, if you
can't handle that one,
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then we're in trouble.
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I mean, what did
they do to Jesus?
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He had no sin at all.
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And so I started
looking at the sins of others.
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And, you know what?
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I want to just
want to represent...
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What I did is I said,
you know, so and so is,
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they are a pretty good person,
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but sometimes I hate that word,
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but, and so what
do I do, I take and...
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I take what people see
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and that's what I want
you to be thinking about.
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You see this,
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that big old hole
right there in the arm,
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enough to put
my hand through it.
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I started picking apart
different sins and saying,
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"You know, that person is okay
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but..."
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And I started
taking my eyes off Lord
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and, you know,
here's some of the sins
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that I did.
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I...
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I talked to him about health.
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You see, when I
came back into the faith,
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I believe that
there's three things
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that make us a
whole being for Jesus.
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You should know
what that is. It's what?
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Body, mind, and soul.
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It takes those three things
to be a complete Christian.
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Amen?
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Physical, mental, and spiritual.
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You find it all
through the scriptures.
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And so as I came back
in through eating better
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'cause I want my mind
clear, so I used to drink a lot,
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not grape juice,
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drank a lot of
alcohol years ago.
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And, you know, when
I drank enough of it,
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do you think I
got smarter or dumber?
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Dumber. I
wasn't aware of things.
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I thought I knew it all.
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I thought I knew
more the more I drank.
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"I'll tell you what."
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Isn't that
strange, how you can...?
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So what you put in here,
does affect this up here.
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Amen? Amen.
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And if this is affected
up here by your physical,
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what about the mental
and what about the spiritual?
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And so I used to...
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but I used to go in
and say, "You know what?
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Look what it says in the Bible.
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Know you know that your
bodies are the temple of God,
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and you've been
bought with a price,
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and you're not your own."
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And so you know what?
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I would go to them
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and instead of just telling them
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because I was too
afraid to tell him personally,
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see, we want to
talk about people
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but we always
want to go to the one
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that will go along with us
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'cause we don't want
someone to go against us.
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So we don't want
to share with them
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because we're too
embarrassed to tell them,
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"What would they think
of me, if I tell them?"
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So now we want to
go tell somebody else
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and, you know what?
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I started talking about health,
but I talk behind their back.
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And then pretty soon,
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you know, I
started talking about,
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you know what?
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People ought to give
more time to the scriptures.
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Why aren't they studying more,
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you know, what's
wrong with these people,
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they call
themselves a Christian.
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Now am I right?
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Should we study more?
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Amen.
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But see, I wouldn't
go up to that person.
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I would just...
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I would just start
talking behind their back
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and it's strange.
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And then as I,
as I'm doing this,
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I'd go here and I'd say,
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"You know,
Dwight, you look pretty,
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you remember that
some of you Zolder folks
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that like myself, "
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I don't consider
myself really old,
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but, you know, I
think it was happy days
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and they had the funds,
I remember the beginning
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where he looked at
himself in the mirror
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and just going to comb his hair
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and "Forget it, I
look good enough."
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But see me, I'm
not quite that naive.
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I'd say, "Well, you
know, those folks, they're okay
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but I'm not perfect either.
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You know, I need
to straighten my tie
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just a little bit here.
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But I look pretty good."
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I like being neat.
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And so I even being
neat, I would start saying,
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"Well, you know what?
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People ought to go to church,
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the way they dress
at churches amaze me."
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Now does Jesus accept
us any way that we are?
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Amen.
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But when we go see Jesus,
shouldn't we wear our best?
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Amen.
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I don't care what it
is, but we should, we're...
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We're meeting God.
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And so then I will
look at people and say,
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"I know they can
dress better than that."
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Then I will talk to somebody.
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And I would tell
him about that and say,
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"Why would they ever come
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into sanctuary
looking like that?"
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Okay? Never talked to them.
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You see what's happening here?
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What do you think?
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Well, there's one
right in the old back.
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Have you ever talked
behind someone's back?
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But, you know what?
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I'd go in the mirror and
say, "Well, you know what?
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They're okay, but now,
Dwight, make sure you look good.
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I'll put that in.
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Man, that's not bad."
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And then, you know, I
started watching television,
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like 3ABN.
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And before I ever
knew Danny Shelton...
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Man, I thought, man,
what a blessing that guy is.
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But as I got to know Danny,
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I've known him for
about 23 years now,
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I said, you know that
Danny is a pretty good guy.
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Amen? Amen.
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But you know what? He's
got a couple of problems.
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Good thing is,
this shirt is large.
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Hope you get this, Danny.
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Danny, just
because I know you so well,
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pretty well,
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I'm cutting three big
pieces right out of this shirt.
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Wow.
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Look at that shirt,
starting to get pretty holy,
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isn't it?
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And I would say, you know,
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"Danny's a nice
guy, but look at me,
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I look pretty
good, got a nice smile.
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You know, hair's
looking all right."
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Try to keep the
weight off, and exercise,
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study the Word,
look pretty good.
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Then I started watching, I
hope Doug doesn't mind this,
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Doug Batchelor.
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And that Doug,
he's a pretty nice guy,
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I mean, he's got a
following because he loves Jesus
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and he's preaching the truth.
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But, you know what?
00:18:25.10\00:18:26.43
I got to know Doug a little bit.
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Man, and I think
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if he would just
change this here,
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you know.
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Well, he needs
more than one too,
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I mean, it's not just changes.
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I mean, you know,
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I didn't like
his tie the other...
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I mean, why did he
wear that color tie,
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didn't look
good on camera to me,
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I mean, seems
like he'd have better,
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his wife probably
didn't pick it out for him.
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Seriously, it's a little
funny if you think about it,
00:18:50.96\00:18:53.43
but how often do we nitpick
our brothers and sisters?
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Until finally,
00:18:57.73\00:18:59.07
no matter what
they're preaching,
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it doesn't matter,
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we will go around
behind the backs of others,
00:19:01.84\00:19:04.87
and we will say
things about them,
00:19:04.91\00:19:06.88
and we don't even
know if they're true
00:19:06.91\00:19:09.48
because somebody told us.
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I've had people say
things about our ministry
00:19:11.78\00:19:14.12
that are negative.
00:19:14.15\00:19:15.95
And I'm thinking,
00:19:15.98\00:19:17.32
well, it's almost laughable
sometimes on what people say
00:19:17.35\00:19:20.52
but it really doesn't matter.
00:19:20.56\00:19:21.89
I mean, I cannot
worry about that,
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I have to keep my
eyes focused on Jesus.
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Amen?
00:19:25.03\00:19:26.36
If you think
00:19:26.39\00:19:27.73
that you're going to live
in this world in a glass bubble
00:19:27.76\00:19:29.10
and no one's going to
say anything about you,
00:19:29.13\00:19:30.47
the more you're
like a Christian,
00:19:30.50\00:19:31.83
the more you become like Jesus.
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Do you think you're
going to get more persecuted?
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Amen, sure.
00:19:35.24\00:19:36.57
Now, absolutely, now
where do you think that...
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Where do you
think this all started?
00:19:38.51\00:19:39.84
Started in heaven.
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Lucifer.
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Do you know what the
word "Lucifer" means?
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Shining light.
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He was a light-bearer.
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He was the brightest thing.
00:19:53.86\00:19:55.19
He was in charge of
all the angelic host.
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One of the most,
probably beautiful as angel,
00:19:58.19\00:20:00.56
he was a great singer.
00:20:00.60\00:20:02.63
I mean, this
angel had great talents.
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.90
You know what
started his problem
00:20:05.93\00:20:07.54
on his downward path?
00:20:07.57\00:20:09.67
Yeah, he...
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.04
I mean, I'm sure
they didn't wear,
00:20:11.07\00:20:12.41
but I don't like ties that
well to be honest with you.
00:20:12.44\00:20:13.91
So when I get through with here,
00:20:13.94\00:20:15.74
I'll probably
have this tore off,
00:20:15.78\00:20:17.11
but so they
probably didn't have ties,
00:20:17.15\00:20:18.95
they probably
didn't have them in heaven
00:20:18.98\00:20:20.32
but whatever he has
out there, had up there,
00:20:20.35\00:20:23.35
"Boy, I'm the greatest angel.
00:20:23.39\00:20:25.65
I'm Lucifer.
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.22
I'm the light bearer.
00:20:27.26\00:20:29.22
But, you know what?
00:20:29.26\00:20:30.59
That Jesus is a
pretty good person,
00:20:30.63\00:20:33.33
but I don't know
why is He doing this?
00:20:33.36\00:20:37.83
What's his problem?"
00:20:37.87\00:20:40.74
And then he'd go up to
some of the other angels
00:20:40.77\00:20:43.14
and they did
not, they respect him.
00:20:43.17\00:20:45.61
Absolutely.
00:20:45.64\00:20:46.98
He was in charge of them.
00:20:47.01\00:20:48.34
And he said, "You know what?
00:20:48.38\00:20:49.71
Jesus is a wonderful being.
00:20:49.74\00:20:51.55
Praise the Lord for Jesus.
00:20:51.58\00:20:53.92
But if He could just
change this one thing,
00:20:53.95\00:20:57.25
don't you think?
00:20:57.29\00:20:58.62
Wouldn't it be a better heaven?"
00:20:58.65\00:21:01.49
And he started going on and on.
00:21:01.52\00:21:04.13
Because see, he was the
accuser of the brethren.
00:21:04.16\00:21:08.30
Amen?
00:21:08.33\00:21:10.60
And so as we go around,
00:21:10.63\00:21:12.10
I come up with many more names.
00:21:12.13\00:21:15.80
And pretty soon,
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.37
this nice white
shirt right here,
00:21:17.41\00:21:20.08
you got holes in
the back and the arm,
00:21:20.11\00:21:22.01
there's holes
all over the place.
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.15
Why?
00:21:24.18\00:21:25.51
Because what
started out to be good,
00:21:25.55\00:21:30.49
people maim, they speak.
00:21:30.52\00:21:32.72
I've done it so often
and I'm so sorry for it.
00:21:32.75\00:21:37.76
I'll never make it
to heaven like that.
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.23
Let's look in your
Bibles real quick here to...
00:21:39.26\00:21:41.83
If you'd turn your
Bibles to Romans Chapter 8.
00:21:45.43\00:21:48.24
Romans Chapter 8.
00:21:51.31\00:21:52.64
And we've got to realize
this is such a serious problem
00:21:55.14\00:21:57.21
and I don't know
why, but don't you think
00:21:57.25\00:21:59.38
if the devil was
the brightest angel,
00:21:59.41\00:22:02.75
the smartest angel, whatever,
00:22:02.78\00:22:04.89
if he felt a certain way,
00:22:04.92\00:22:07.29
what is his best
tool to use on you and I
00:22:07.32\00:22:09.96
as fallen human beings?
00:22:09.99\00:22:12.09
Wouldn't it be the same thing?
00:22:12.13\00:22:14.00
If you ever find
yourself talking about people,
00:22:14.03\00:22:17.93
even if it's true, I
mean, what if it's true?
00:22:17.97\00:22:20.67
You know, isn't it strange?
00:22:20.70\00:22:22.04
I want to, before I read this,
00:22:22.07\00:22:23.41
I've got a family,
a beautiful family,
00:22:23.44\00:22:24.77
my wife Deb,
three lovely children,
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.24
you know,
they're all grown up now.
00:22:27.28\00:22:29.04
Alisha, Natasha,
Seth, I love them very much
00:22:29.08\00:22:31.58
and the son-in-laws,
00:22:31.61\00:22:32.95
David Berthiaume
that sings with one voice,
00:22:32.98\00:22:34.52
my son-in-law and
Brian, I love them.
00:22:34.55\00:22:37.45
But if they do
something wrong, you know what?
00:22:37.49\00:22:40.09
I can't wait to get up here
00:22:40.12\00:22:41.46
'cause I'm going to
tell you all about them.
00:22:41.49\00:22:43.43
I love my children,
00:22:43.46\00:22:44.79
but would you do
that to your children
00:22:44.83\00:22:47.46
or your spouse?
00:22:47.50\00:22:49.20
Are we not supposed
to be a church family?
00:22:49.23\00:22:51.50
If we're real
Christians, why in the world
00:22:51.53\00:22:54.04
would we want to go out
00:22:54.07\00:22:55.40
and tell the
world about our sins,
00:22:55.44\00:22:57.44
even if they're true?
00:22:57.47\00:22:58.84
Why would you do it?
00:22:58.87\00:23:01.74
Jesus said, "He
who is without sin,
00:23:01.78\00:23:05.45
you cast that."
00:23:05.48\00:23:06.82
I want to watch you right here.
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.18
I want you to
cast that first stone.
00:23:08.22\00:23:09.68
Romans Chapter 8
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.69
with verse 6.
00:23:19.36\00:23:22.46
It says, "For those who
live according to the flesh,
00:23:22.50\00:23:24.80
set their minds on
the things of flesh,
00:23:24.83\00:23:26.94
but those who live
according to the spirit,
00:23:26.97\00:23:28.84
the things of the
spirit for to be fleshly
00:23:28.87\00:23:32.11
or carnally minded is," what?
00:23:32.14\00:23:33.78
Death. "Death."
00:23:33.81\00:23:35.88
Eternal death.
00:23:35.91\00:23:38.58
You know, I had been so right
00:23:38.61\00:23:41.48
but been all wrong.
00:23:41.52\00:23:42.92
Amen?
00:23:42.95\00:23:44.42
You can have the truth a
100% but like Romans 1:18 says,
00:23:44.45\00:23:49.06
"If you hold the
truth and unrighteousness,
00:23:49.09\00:23:53.29
you're a castaway."
00:23:53.33\00:23:55.23
I've held the truth.
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.83
I've held that
banner up so much,
00:23:56.87\00:23:58.83
but I've held it
in unrighteousness
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.44
and I can pick
apart all kinds of things.
00:24:00.47\00:24:02.54
My parents thought
I'd be a good lawyer.
00:24:02.57\00:24:04.97
Used to love to
debate and argue.
00:24:05.01\00:24:06.81
But even when I
prove that you're wrong,
00:24:09.14\00:24:12.41
what good did it do?
00:24:12.45\00:24:14.52
What good?
00:24:14.55\00:24:15.88
Now remember what I
said before the balance,
00:24:15.92\00:24:18.22
we cannot excuse sin.
There is no excuse for sin.
00:24:18.25\00:24:20.79
Amen?
00:24:20.82\00:24:22.16
And that doesn't mean
00:24:22.19\00:24:23.53
you should never
talk to somebody,
00:24:23.56\00:24:24.89
but to go out,
and throw the dirty,
00:24:24.93\00:24:26.26
and cut their shirts.
00:24:26.29\00:24:27.63
If you want to go
there and rebuke someone
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.00
like the Bible says, go do it.
00:24:29.03\00:24:30.37
Give them the
Matthew treatment, right?
00:24:30.40\00:24:32.53
But don't go around
spreading it to other people
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.27
so you can get
people on your side
00:24:34.30\00:24:35.64
'cause you see, you know,
00:24:35.67\00:24:38.21
the only bad
thing about me right now
00:24:38.24\00:24:40.58
is that these glasses,
shows I'm getting older,
00:24:40.61\00:24:43.18
got a little gray hair.
00:24:43.21\00:24:44.55
Maybe I should
color, what do you think?
00:24:44.58\00:24:45.91
Maybe that would
make me look better.
00:24:45.95\00:24:47.32
For to be what?
00:24:51.45\00:24:52.79
"For to be fleshly or
carnally minded is death,
00:24:52.82\00:24:55.29
but to be
spiritually minded is," what?
00:24:55.32\00:24:58.19
"Life and peace."
00:24:58.23\00:25:01.46
And, you know,
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.10
as I kept cutting
the holes of people
00:25:03.13\00:25:05.70
saying they're
okay, they're okay,
00:25:05.73\00:25:08.14
when Jesus really
revealed Himself to me,
00:25:10.97\00:25:15.91
here's what I found out.
00:25:15.94\00:25:18.01
This picture of the Dwight
that looks good to you all,
00:25:18.05\00:25:21.38
like I said I'm on equal
side, I like things in order,
00:25:21.42\00:25:23.62
I like my hair
right on that way,
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.69
but you know something,
here's what I look like.
00:25:26.72\00:25:29.46
But look at...
00:25:33.56\00:25:35.00
When I've got my
coat on, you can't tell.
00:25:35.03\00:25:37.03
Can you?
00:25:37.07\00:25:38.40
Do you know why?
00:25:38.43\00:25:39.77
Because I look good.
00:25:39.80\00:25:42.60
Look at that.
00:25:42.64\00:25:43.97
Look at what I can do
with one piece of clothing.
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.47
I don't even have
to button the button.
00:25:46.51\00:25:47.84
Which one of you today
will cast the first stone?
00:25:51.91\00:25:57.59
Who is brave enough?
00:25:57.62\00:26:00.16
Who is perfect enough to go out
00:26:00.19\00:26:02.99
and cast the first stone?
00:26:03.02\00:26:06.29
It's sad to me that
when I liked casting stones,
00:26:06.33\00:26:10.40
I could never see Dwight Hall.
00:26:10.43\00:26:12.77
This is kind of embarrassing.
00:26:12.80\00:26:14.14
That's why I
don't like giving this
00:26:14.17\00:26:15.50
'cause I don't
like looking like this.
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.87
But that's me.
00:26:18.91\00:26:21.11
I don't condone it, I
do not make excuse for sin,
00:26:21.14\00:26:24.11
but when I keep my eyes on Jesus
00:26:24.15\00:26:26.85
and I say, "Lord,
00:26:26.88\00:26:29.65
put other people out of my mind,
00:26:29.68\00:26:33.76
I want to make it to heaven,
I want to be a shining light.
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.52
Lord, I need you."
00:26:40.70\00:26:42.70
You remember that
Pharisee and the Publican?
00:26:42.73\00:26:45.00
The Pharisee goes
above and asked a question,
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.20
how much
percentage of perfection,
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.87
not perfectionism,
00:26:50.91\00:26:52.64
and I want to explain something,
00:26:52.67\00:26:54.01
when you read
perfection in the Bible,
00:26:54.04\00:26:55.38
it stands for mature.
00:26:55.41\00:26:56.75
Look it up in the
Greek, it says mature.
00:26:56.78\00:26:58.65
How many of us need
to be mature Christians
00:26:58.68\00:27:00.22
to go to heaven?
00:27:00.25\00:27:02.72
Let me ask you a question.
00:27:02.75\00:27:04.09
If you're 90% given to Jesus,
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.89
90% surrendered, are you saved?
00:27:06.92\00:27:11.89
I'm gonna ask
the question again.
00:27:11.93\00:27:13.80
If you're 90% saved
00:27:13.83\00:27:16.77
and 10% lost, what are you?
00:27:16.80\00:27:19.37
Lost. Lost.
00:27:19.40\00:27:21.70
Now think of this story.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.07
Jesus was viewing and saying
about this Publican firsthand,
00:27:26.07\00:27:31.78
at first he
says, you know, Lord,
00:27:31.81\00:27:34.05
I'm so thankful to be
here, and I'm so thankful
00:27:34.08\00:27:37.09
that I do this right, and
this right, and that right.
00:27:37.12\00:27:39.92
Well, I fast once or
twice a week or whatever.
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.39
I'm paraphrasing.
00:27:42.42\00:27:43.76
"I do this, I do
that, and boy, I am so glad
00:27:43.79\00:27:46.36
I'm not like that
person, over that Publican."
00:27:46.39\00:27:48.66
Was that Pharisee saved?
00:27:52.27\00:27:54.24
No.
00:27:54.27\00:27:55.64
I don't care if he was 99%.
00:27:55.67\00:27:58.41
It doesn't matter.
00:27:58.44\00:28:00.08
And you and I need to
start taking the Bible
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.88
and making it
serious in our lives
00:28:01.91\00:28:03.81
because we can't go to
Jesus when He comes and say,
00:28:03.85\00:28:06.05
"Lord..."
00:28:06.08\00:28:07.42
Really look at...
00:28:07.45\00:28:08.78
I mean, because
we're not saved by works,
00:28:08.82\00:28:10.59
faith through Jesus
Christ, but if we love Jesus,
00:28:10.62\00:28:12.22
we'll do His works.
00:28:12.25\00:28:13.59
Is that not true?
00:28:13.62\00:28:14.96
It's a pretty
simple thing to me.
00:28:14.99\00:28:16.32
If you speak of the
plan of salvation...
00:28:16.36\00:28:18.29
Hope you don't mind me
to put my shirt back on.
00:28:18.33\00:28:22.63
Just remember
what it looks like.
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.07
Do you have a
hole in your shirt?
00:28:24.10\00:28:25.50
Your dress?
00:28:25.53\00:28:27.37
Are you good enough
to pick up the stone?
00:28:27.40\00:28:32.41
Because the angels
are putting it all down.
00:28:32.44\00:28:36.01
They're putting it
down and they write it.
00:28:36.04\00:28:37.45
And the reason I
have this mirror up here
00:28:37.48\00:28:38.81
is because of this and this,
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.18
when I look at myself
and I see Dwight Hall,
00:28:40.22\00:28:42.88
what's the problem?
00:28:42.92\00:28:44.45
Itself, through and through.
00:28:44.49\00:28:47.22
When I look at
this mirror itself
00:28:47.26\00:28:49.42
through and through.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.53
And that's why I
keep this on my desk,
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.53
because like the Publican,
00:28:54.56\00:28:57.63
he said, "Lord, "
00:28:57.67\00:28:59.23
he went on his knees,
00:28:59.27\00:29:01.10
"Lord, I don't
deserve any of Your love.
00:29:01.14\00:29:04.84
I'm a sinner.
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.88
I'm a Publican.
00:29:06.91\00:29:09.14
I am so sorry
00:29:09.18\00:29:11.01
for my sorry
person that I've become.
00:29:11.05\00:29:16.72
I don't deserve anything,
00:29:16.75\00:29:18.95
but will You
please come into my heart?
00:29:18.99\00:29:22.66
Will You come into my heart?"
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.03
I'd like to read this statement.
00:29:27.43\00:29:29.33
I've had it my Bible.
00:29:29.36\00:29:30.70
In fact, some of you
might be able to see it.
00:29:30.73\00:29:32.90
But this has been in my Bible
and I had it glued in there.
00:29:32.93\00:29:36.14
You can see it's frayed.
00:29:36.17\00:29:37.51
I've had...
00:29:37.54\00:29:39.01
In fact, I kind of
hate to tell you this,
00:29:39.04\00:29:40.38
but I might as well,
that's maybe to humble myself.
00:29:40.41\00:29:43.24
I know that you
probably can't see it real good
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.01
but, you know what,
00:29:45.05\00:29:46.61
this was typed
through the typewriter.
00:29:46.65\00:29:48.98
You know how many
years that might've been ago?
00:29:49.02\00:29:51.25
I didn't think I was old enough
to know what a typewriter was.
00:29:51.29\00:29:54.46
Not a computer.
00:29:54.49\00:29:56.19
So you can see,
that's not computer stuff.
00:29:56.22\00:29:58.83
But let me read this to you.
00:29:58.86\00:30:00.20
It has meant so much
and I read it many times.
00:30:00.23\00:30:03.57
It says,
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.97
"When a crisis comes
in the life of any soul
00:30:07.00\00:30:09.17
and you attempt to
give counsel or admonition,
00:30:09.20\00:30:11.37
your words
00:30:11.41\00:30:12.74
will only have the
weight of influence for good.
00:30:12.77\00:30:14.98
That's your own example
and spirit have gained for you.
00:30:15.01\00:30:18.11
You must be good
before you can," what?
00:30:20.25\00:30:22.98
"Before you can do good.
00:30:23.02\00:30:26.42
You cannot exert an influence
that will transform others, "
00:30:26.45\00:30:30.23
what does it say?
00:30:30.26\00:30:31.59
"Transform," what?
00:30:31.63\00:30:32.96
"You and I, others
until your own heart
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.56
has been humbled, and refined,
00:30:35.60\00:30:38.20
and made tender by
the grace of Christ.
00:30:38.23\00:30:39.63
When this change
has been wrought in you,
00:30:39.67\00:30:41.80
it will be as natural.
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.41
I love that word.
00:30:43.44\00:30:44.77
It will be as natural for
you to live to bless others
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.31
as it is for the rosebush
to yield its fragrant bloom
00:30:47.34\00:30:51.35
or the vine,
it's purple clusters."
00:30:51.38\00:30:54.08
If Christ is in
you, the hope of glory,
00:30:54.12\00:30:56.38
you will have no disposition.
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.09
How much disposition?
00:30:58.12\00:30:59.69
No disposition...
00:30:59.72\00:31:02.29
to watch others and
to expose your errors.
00:31:02.32\00:31:06.90
You won't.
00:31:06.93\00:31:08.26
If you're in Christ, you
will have no disposition.
00:31:08.30\00:31:10.47
Now what that means is
00:31:10.50\00:31:13.07
that you won't go around
00:31:13.10\00:31:14.44
talking bad about other people,
00:31:14.47\00:31:16.54
especially when you haven't
talked to the person first,
00:31:16.57\00:31:18.67
and even then you do
what Matthew 18 says,
00:31:18.71\00:31:21.34
you will not want to expose,
00:31:21.38\00:31:22.91
no different than
you'd want expose your spouse
00:31:22.94\00:31:24.38
or your family members.
00:31:24.41\00:31:27.65
I just want you to
know that my children,
00:31:27.68\00:31:29.82
Deb and I raised them,
00:31:29.85\00:31:31.19
and we tried to
raise them the best
00:31:31.22\00:31:32.55
that they can be raised
00:31:32.59\00:31:33.92
but we didn't do
everything right.
00:31:33.96\00:31:35.86
We made mistakes.
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.43
And I am so glad
that our children
00:31:37.46\00:31:38.89
didn't go on and say,
00:31:38.93\00:31:40.26
"You know, mom and
dads are mom and dad
00:31:40.30\00:31:41.63
but, boy, I wish I
could have been a genie
00:31:41.66\00:31:45.40
and changed their
ways of thinking."
00:31:45.43\00:31:47.80
I'm sure they
thought that at times
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.97
but they didn't expose
it and we didn't go around
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.54
sharing all the bad things
that our children did at home.
00:31:52.57\00:31:56.11
We had no disposition to do it.
00:31:56.14\00:31:57.65
It says, "Instead of
seeking to accuse and condemn,
00:32:02.28\00:32:06.92
it will be your
object to help to bless,
00:32:06.96\00:32:09.56
and to say, and dealing
with those who are in error,
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.76
you will need the injunction.
00:32:12.79\00:32:15.83
Consider thyself
as to also be tempted.
00:32:15.86\00:32:19.70
You will call to mind the
many times you have erred,
00:32:19.73\00:32:22.07
and how hard it was
to find the right way
00:32:22.10\00:32:24.24
when you had one...
00:32:24.27\00:32:25.61
Brothers and sisters,
is there any besetting sins
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.48
that you've been
working on for years?
00:32:27.51\00:32:30.18
Is there?
00:32:30.21\00:32:31.55
I mean, there is my life,
00:32:31.58\00:32:32.91
you know, I'll get
on my knees and I say,
00:32:32.95\00:32:34.82
"Lord, when will I ever learn?
00:32:34.85\00:32:37.65
How come my head is
so hard and so thick?"
00:32:37.69\00:32:41.06
I can blame my dad and my mom.
00:32:41.09\00:32:43.02
I've done it before.
00:32:43.06\00:32:45.29
I blamed it on the
church, blamed it on the pastor.
00:32:45.33\00:32:49.10
But the bottom line is,
00:32:49.13\00:32:51.70
it's because we don't surrender.
00:32:51.73\00:32:53.87
True? Amen.
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.24
You know, I've done this before,
00:32:55.27\00:32:56.81
but I won't have any of
you come up, but I've done it.
00:32:56.84\00:33:00.14
I've taken a pen like
this and it's got a lid on it.
00:33:00.18\00:33:04.18
Okay?
00:33:04.21\00:33:05.55
Most pens do.
00:33:05.58\00:33:06.92
And I've asked people come
up, especially young people
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.75
and I want you to
take this pen for me.
00:33:09.78\00:33:13.82
And they go to
take it, they are...
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.19
And I won't let it go
and I'm just standing there,
00:33:16.22\00:33:17.59
I got a good grip on it.
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.39
And you know
what they usually say?
00:33:19.43\00:33:20.76
"Oh, you've asked me to take
it but you won't give it to me."
00:33:20.80\00:33:24.47
Is that what we not do to Jesus?
00:33:24.50\00:33:25.83
"Lord, please take my sins,"
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.74
but we get up and never
really give them to Him.
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.47
Has that happened in your life?
00:33:30.51\00:33:31.84
It has in mine.
00:33:31.87\00:33:33.21
Are you willing to allow
Jesus to come into your life
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.51
and not worry about others?
00:33:36.54\00:33:38.21
When I have found
out in my own life
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.75
the things that I
need, this shirt right here,
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.88
when I found out
the sins that I have,
00:33:41.92\00:33:45.95
I have no time nor
disposition to accuse
00:33:45.99\00:33:50.83
and to look for sins of others.
00:33:50.86\00:33:54.56
I want to finish
the statement here.
00:33:54.60\00:33:57.50
Without that...
00:33:57.53\00:34:00.57
I will be so glad in heaven
00:34:00.60\00:34:02.90
when you don't have to
wear these things, I hate them.
00:34:02.94\00:34:05.87
Amen?
00:34:05.91\00:34:07.24
So I see some of you have them.
00:34:07.28\00:34:08.61
You know what I mean.
00:34:08.64\00:34:09.98
It says, "He who looks
often upon the cross of Calvary
00:34:10.01\00:34:14.98
remembering that his
sins placed the savior there
00:34:15.02\00:34:19.45
will never try to
estimate the degree of his guilt
00:34:19.49\00:34:22.69
in comparison
with that of others."
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.09
Did you catch that?
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.56
Amen. I love that.
00:34:27.60\00:34:28.93
That should have
been a lot more amen.
00:34:28.96\00:34:30.30
Shouldn't it?
00:34:30.33\00:34:31.67
Maybe I ought to read it again,
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.03
maybe I'm going
to read it again,
00:34:33.07\00:34:34.40
you tell me if you believe it.
00:34:34.44\00:34:35.77
"He who looks often
upon the cross of Calvary,
00:34:35.80\00:34:37.67
remembering that his
sins placed the savior there
00:34:37.71\00:34:40.51
will never," I repeat,
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.68
"will never try to
estimate the degree of his guilt
00:34:42.71\00:34:45.38
in comparison
with that of others.
00:34:45.41\00:34:47.55
He will not
climb upon the judgment
00:34:47.58\00:34:49.48
to bring
accusation against another."
00:34:49.52\00:34:51.62
Amen? Amen.
00:34:51.65\00:34:52.99
Thank you.
00:34:53.02\00:34:54.36
I believe that too.
00:34:54.39\00:34:57.13
It says, "Not until you feel
00:34:57.16\00:34:59.29
that you could
sacrifice your own self-dignity
00:34:59.33\00:35:01.83
and your life itself."
00:35:01.86\00:35:03.20
Now I have said, "You know,
I would die for that person"
00:35:03.23\00:35:06.43
and maybe I could, like Peter.
00:35:06.47\00:35:09.80
Clip that ear off.
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.17
Isn't it strange?
00:35:11.21\00:35:12.54
Peter was certainly willing
to tell the sins of others
00:35:12.57\00:35:14.28
and when Jesus was there
that night at Gethsemane,
00:35:14.31\00:35:17.35
Peter pulled that
sword out and he just whop.
00:35:17.38\00:35:20.62
You know what I would've done?
00:35:20.65\00:35:22.72
I wouldn't have
whopped one's ear off,
00:35:22.75\00:35:24.09
forget that stuff.
00:35:24.12\00:35:25.45
I mean, that's just...
00:35:25.49\00:35:26.82
I mean whop, whop,
00:35:26.86\00:35:28.19
I would have
shot both of them off
00:35:28.22\00:35:29.56
just in a split second
because that guy was wrong.
00:35:29.59\00:35:33.56
What did Jesus do?
00:35:33.60\00:35:35.36
Was that guy right?
00:35:35.40\00:35:37.27
Jesus bent down and
said, He looked at Peter,
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.30
He didn't have to say...
00:35:39.33\00:35:40.67
He looked at
Peter and, you know,
00:35:40.70\00:35:43.04
"I'm going to talk to
Peter and ask what he felt."
00:35:43.07\00:35:44.97
Jesus went down,
00:35:45.01\00:35:46.34
grabbed that ear
and put it back on.
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.74
You know why, because
you and I need our ears.
00:35:48.78\00:35:52.01
Listen.
00:35:52.05\00:35:53.42
Listen to that
still small voice.
00:35:53.45\00:35:56.38
Know what God's
asking you to do.
00:35:56.42\00:35:59.02
Remember, after
Christ's resurrection,
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.36
you remember
what happened there?
00:36:01.39\00:36:02.72
When Peter comes out and says,
00:36:02.76\00:36:04.13
but Lord, what
about so and so, what...
00:36:04.16\00:36:08.46
"Are you willing
to feed my sheep?
00:36:08.50\00:36:10.27
Why are you worried
about all the other disciples?
00:36:10.30\00:36:12.50
You need to worry...
00:36:12.53\00:36:13.87
Peter, do you understand?
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.24
You need to
worry about yourself.
00:36:15.27\00:36:16.84
You and I, I believe,
00:36:16.87\00:36:18.97
have more than we
can handle without Christ
00:36:19.01\00:36:22.34
to get ourselves
ready for Jesus to come.
00:36:22.38\00:36:26.65
Probation will close one day,
like it says in Revelation."
00:36:26.68\00:36:30.12
I don't know about you,
00:36:30.15\00:36:31.49
but how many of you
believe Jesus is coming soon?
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.05
Can I see your hands? Amen.
00:36:33.09\00:36:34.42
And everyone
that's watching out there,
00:36:34.46\00:36:35.79
you can raise your hand.
00:36:35.82\00:36:37.16
Do you believe
Jesus is coming soon?
00:36:37.19\00:36:38.53
I do.
00:36:38.56\00:36:39.89
And I believe that you do.
00:36:39.93\00:36:41.26
And if that's the case,
00:36:41.30\00:36:42.63
you can't wait
till the last minute.
00:36:42.66\00:36:44.00
Character does not
change in a heartbeat.
00:36:44.03\00:36:46.30
Character is
revealed in a crisis.
00:36:46.33\00:36:49.10
Understand?
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.07
What crisis brings
you closer to Christ?
00:36:51.11\00:36:55.01
Might appear so much for you,
00:36:55.04\00:36:56.38
and I'd like to
share just a few stories
00:36:56.41\00:36:59.25
that put this
hopefully into perspective.
00:36:59.28\00:37:01.08
With my family,
00:37:04.42\00:37:05.75
I like doing
that, like you said.
00:37:05.79\00:37:07.12
Before I do that,
I got a note here.
00:37:11.23\00:37:12.83
I didn't look at this note
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.20
but I got to share the
story of the two things.
00:37:14.23\00:37:15.86
It says,
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.23
"There can be no
more conclusive evidence
00:37:17.27\00:37:18.83
that we possess
the spirit of Satan
00:37:18.87\00:37:21.60
than the
disposition to hurt and destroy
00:37:21.64\00:37:23.94
those who do not
appreciate our work
00:37:23.97\00:37:25.97
or who act
contrary to our ideas."
00:37:26.01\00:37:28.94
You know, we all want
people to agree with us.
00:37:28.98\00:37:32.11
I've heard this so many times,
00:37:32.15\00:37:33.62
"I might not
have all the answers,
00:37:33.65\00:37:34.98
but," boy, there
goes that but again,
00:37:35.02\00:37:36.62
I might not have all the answers
00:37:36.65\00:37:37.99
but, you know what,
00:37:38.02\00:37:39.35
I'm open that so
many people coming to me,
00:37:39.39\00:37:41.36
"Dwight, what do
you think about this?
00:37:41.39\00:37:42.72
You know, I'm
open to what you said,
00:37:42.76\00:37:44.09
but I want to show you
this and this and this."
00:37:44.13\00:37:46.56
I mean, I could tell
right from the get go
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.20
when they start talking to
me that they don't want to hear
00:37:48.23\00:37:49.73
what I have to say.
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.13
They've got an agenda.
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.03
I went that way
before with an agenda.
00:37:53.07\00:37:56.47
I kind of say this,
you know, can you imagine?
00:37:56.50\00:37:59.64
I mean, God has
made other planets.
00:37:59.67\00:38:03.38
He's got galaxies out there,
00:38:03.41\00:38:04.91
you know, the Milky
Way galaxy that we're in
00:38:04.95\00:38:07.72
is one of the smaller
galaxies in the universe.
00:38:07.75\00:38:10.75
And I won't get into
that because I don't have time
00:38:10.79\00:38:12.12
but I love...
00:38:12.15\00:38:13.49
I wanted to be an
astronaut when I was smaller
00:38:13.52\00:38:15.32
and I love stuff about space.
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.06
It goes on and on forever.
00:38:17.09\00:38:18.43
Can you imagine
it? I keep thinking.
00:38:18.46\00:38:20.00
So what happens when
you go a billion years,
00:38:20.03\00:38:21.66
light years out there,
00:38:21.70\00:38:23.03
there's got to be
some kind of a door,
00:38:23.06\00:38:24.67
or a wall, or...
00:38:24.70\00:38:26.40
it's got in somewhere.
00:38:26.43\00:38:28.14
See mind, us finite beings
cannot imagine infinite things,
00:38:28.17\00:38:32.71
but I like dreaming about it.
00:38:32.74\00:38:34.18
But God has other
systems, and other planets,
00:38:34.21\00:38:37.41
and other things
out there and, you know,
00:38:37.45\00:38:39.15
I've thought about this
00:38:39.18\00:38:40.52
when I've been at my quiet time.
00:38:40.55\00:38:41.88
I thought, you know what?
00:38:41.92\00:38:43.62
When God redeems us
00:38:43.65\00:38:45.19
and the faithful
ones are in heaven,
00:38:45.22\00:38:46.79
He's going to put each one of us
00:38:46.82\00:38:48.16
on a separate planet.
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.26
And we're not going
to be able to travel.
00:38:50.29\00:38:52.69
And He's going to
put us by ourselves.
00:38:52.73\00:38:55.66
And after a million years
and we've never seen anybody,
00:38:55.70\00:38:59.20
the one that was our
worst enemy on earth,
00:38:59.23\00:39:01.10
if they come,
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
then after the
million years to visit them,
00:39:02.50\00:39:03.84
I guarantee I'll give him
the biggest hug you ever saw.
00:39:03.87\00:39:06.81
Because I love animals
and all kinds of nature
00:39:06.84\00:39:08.58
but I mean, it'd be
nice to talk to somebody
00:39:08.61\00:39:10.91
'cause I like to talk.
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.58
I mean, do you think that?
00:39:12.61\00:39:13.95
I mean, do you think
00:39:13.98\00:39:15.32
it's going to be
that way in heaven?
00:39:15.35\00:39:16.69
No.
00:39:16.72\00:39:18.05
A thousand times no.
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.99
We've got to
learn to get along here,
00:39:20.02\00:39:21.66
you and I together
right now as Christians.
00:39:21.69\00:39:23.46
We don't condone sin.
00:39:23.49\00:39:24.83
Amen.
00:39:24.86\00:39:26.19
Sometimes we
have to rebuke people.
00:39:26.23\00:39:27.56
Amen.
00:39:27.60\00:39:28.93
We need to live the
truth, amen, if we love Jesus,
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.93
but we don't go around
saying, "I am the greatest.
00:39:30.97\00:39:35.54
I just look so good.
00:39:35.57\00:39:37.64
Oh, I've got a few..."
00:39:37.67\00:39:39.01
You know, no.
00:39:39.04\00:39:40.38
A thousand times no.
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.44
Thousand times no.
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.15
You know, when we
lived out in Montana,
00:39:48.98\00:39:51.99
the reason I moved out
there from here, from Coldwater
00:39:56.69\00:40:00.43
was because I was so busy,
00:40:00.46\00:40:01.80
had a successful business
with my father, and uncle,
00:40:01.83\00:40:04.27
and my three brothers,
and we always got along,
00:40:04.30\00:40:06.57
but I was so busy working
and then I started studying
00:40:06.60\00:40:09.30
and, you know, I was
head elder in our church,
00:40:09.34\00:40:12.64
and I taught a
class, a Bible class,
00:40:12.67\00:40:14.54
and I did prayer meetings,
00:40:14.58\00:40:18.08
and I started to
run the publications,
00:40:18.11\00:40:20.08
and I did all these things.
00:40:20.12\00:40:22.05
And then I could go give a
Bible study in the evening,
00:40:22.08\00:40:25.32
and feel good
about it, and get home,
00:40:25.35\00:40:27.66
and see one misplaced
thing or something wrong
00:40:27.69\00:40:30.93
and scream or yell, not
scream, but yell at my wife.
00:40:30.96\00:40:36.10
See, I was the Pharisee.
00:40:36.13\00:40:38.13
I was at 90%,
or 80, or whatever.
00:40:38.17\00:40:42.87
And I said, "Lord,
what is my problem?
00:40:42.90\00:40:44.47
Why am I not gaining
victories over my temper?
00:40:44.51\00:40:46.47
Why am I not gaining
victory over the things
00:40:46.51\00:40:49.18
that You said I
can have victory over?"
00:40:49.21\00:40:51.08
Can Jesus give us
victory over everything?
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.85
Amen.
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.22
Then why don't we believe
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.58
and why are we
not having victory?
00:40:55.62\00:40:57.92
And then what happens
is, if we don't have it,
00:40:57.95\00:41:00.16
we'll hold high
certain standards
00:41:00.19\00:41:03.06
that seemed fairly easy for us,
00:41:03.09\00:41:04.79
but we'll step and
stomp the other standards
00:41:04.83\00:41:07.56
in the dust of the ground.
00:41:07.60\00:41:08.93
And then when we start
taking our eyes off Jesus
00:41:11.43\00:41:13.60
and we look at others,
00:41:13.64\00:41:14.97
that is the prime
reason why we do it
00:41:15.00\00:41:16.34
because when we can
see the faults in others,
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.21
that always makes
me look pretty good.
00:41:18.24\00:41:22.54
And then I can forget or
try to forget those things
00:41:22.58\00:41:26.72
that I have a problem
with and I'm not dealing with.
00:41:26.75\00:41:31.55
And so I then
went out to Montana,
00:41:33.72\00:41:36.22
and I learned to
give my temper to Jesus,
00:41:36.26\00:41:38.73
and learn to
deal with my children
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.10
in a better way
and in a spiritual way
00:41:41.13\00:41:44.00
instead of a carnal fashion.
00:41:44.03\00:41:47.74
This was after we
had been out there
00:41:47.77\00:41:49.10
for a few years
00:41:49.14\00:41:50.47
and it was the
middle of the winter.
00:41:50.51\00:41:51.84
But you know where I
lived in Montana there,
00:41:51.87\00:41:53.27
it was beautiful,
00:41:53.31\00:41:54.64
we bordered
Glacier National Park,
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.51
a 10, 000 foot rocky
mountain peaks out there.
00:41:56.54\00:41:59.78
Beautiful.
00:41:59.81\00:42:01.35
And this one particular
morning in the winter,
00:42:01.38\00:42:05.19
it was like 20 below
zero, no windshield factor.
00:42:05.22\00:42:08.89
It's cold, let me tell you.
00:42:08.92\00:42:10.36
And so our kids
always had their chore list,
00:42:10.39\00:42:12.49
so they got up and
started doing the dishes,
00:42:12.53\00:42:13.86
and so we always took a walk.
00:42:13.90\00:42:15.46
So I said, "Deb,
let's go take a walk.
00:42:15.50\00:42:16.83
I know it's 20
below, but we'll bundle up."
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.63
So we bundled up and, you know,
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.00
when it's 20 below,
once it gets 20 below,
00:42:20.04\00:42:21.80
it could be 40 below,
00:42:21.84\00:42:23.17
it really doesn't
make much difference,
00:42:23.20\00:42:24.54
cold, I'll tell you.
00:42:24.57\00:42:25.97
And so we bundled up.
00:42:26.01\00:42:27.34
I had my big old
carhartts, and my boots,
00:42:27.38\00:42:29.08
and my gloves and,
and Deb's all bundled up,
00:42:29.11\00:42:30.91
and we walk out.
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.28
It was a beautiful sunshiny day
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.65
and it's a drier
kind of a climate.
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.02
So it's not as humid.
00:42:35.05\00:42:36.38
It doesn't feel
as cold, I guess.
00:42:36.42\00:42:37.75
Whatever, it's still
cold, let me tell you.
00:42:37.79\00:42:39.65
But we were
walking up our driveway,
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.86
and we were
walking down the road,
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.22
and there's just nobody
out because where we lived,
00:42:43.26\00:42:46.03
if maybe 10 people
passed our driveway,
00:42:46.06\00:42:49.33
we were down off the main road
00:42:49.36\00:42:50.70
but the main road,
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.07
if there was 11 people
that went by there in a day,
00:42:52.10\00:42:54.00
that was a lot.
00:42:54.04\00:42:56.20
People didn't go up there.
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.57
We were way up there.
00:42:57.61\00:42:58.94
And so we're walking
down the road, hand in hand,
00:42:58.97\00:43:01.44
and talking and all of a
sudden my wife said something.
00:43:01.48\00:43:07.08
And she didn't say
it, I know that now,
00:43:07.12\00:43:10.02
she didn't say it to upset
me, but what she said upset me.
00:43:10.05\00:43:14.99
It just...
00:43:15.02\00:43:16.36
Here we're having a
great time and you know
00:43:16.39\00:43:17.73
how words can be so cutting
and you don't even know it?
00:43:17.76\00:43:20.30
I've had people come up to me
00:43:20.33\00:43:21.66
that are bold
enough to come up to me
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.10
and they said, "Dwight,
the way you said that..."
00:43:23.13\00:43:25.00
And I didn't mean it.
00:43:25.03\00:43:28.40
It's just part of me.
00:43:28.44\00:43:29.77
Now that doesn't excuse
me, I just didn't mean it.
00:43:29.80\00:43:31.37
And so we're walking
there, and she says this,
00:43:31.41\00:43:33.48
and I'm thinking,
"Oh, I can't believe,
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.31
it's a beautiful sunny day,
I can't believe she said that."
00:43:36.34\00:43:39.91
So we're walking
a little bit more
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.28
'cause she's quite
a lot shorter than me
00:43:41.32\00:43:42.65
and I got these big long legs,
00:43:42.68\00:43:44.02
so I'm walking a
little fast and kind of
00:43:44.05\00:43:45.39
almost trying to
drag her behind me,
00:43:45.42\00:43:46.76
and we're just talking, I
was thinking, what can I say,
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.99
so it didn't take me
long and fairly quick witted
00:43:49.02\00:43:51.13
and I said
something back to her.
00:43:51.16\00:43:54.76
And then she said
something back to me.
00:43:54.80\00:43:57.20
Then I said
something back to her.
00:43:57.23\00:44:00.34
Until finally I
let go off her hand.
00:44:00.37\00:44:03.57
I don't want to hang
on to her hand anymore.
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.21
What's wrong with her
anyway, she might be my wife
00:44:05.24\00:44:07.58
but I don't have to
hang onto it all the time.
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.28
And so I let it
go and I'm walking,
00:44:09.31\00:44:10.65
I'm like this in
this big muddled suit,
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.21
and she's behind me
00:44:12.25\00:44:13.58
'cause she's, you know,
00:44:13.62\00:44:14.95
and I got about
probably 100 feet ahead of her
00:44:14.98\00:44:17.45
and the Lord spoke
to my heart and said,
00:44:17.49\00:44:20.66
"Dwight, you're evil surmising.
00:44:20.69\00:44:22.42
I mean, don't
you love your wife?"
00:44:22.46\00:44:23.79
"Well, yeah,
Lord, I do love her,
00:44:23.83\00:44:25.16
but it was her
fault and, you know what,
00:44:25.19\00:44:27.40
I've been saying
I'm sorry so long,
00:44:27.43\00:44:29.66
she's going to think I'm a wimp.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.53
I'm supposed to be
the man of the house.
00:44:31.57\00:44:33.37
I'm tired of saying,
I'm sorry all the time,
00:44:33.40\00:44:35.17
especially when it's
her fault and this was her.
00:44:35.20\00:44:37.11
She started it."
00:44:37.14\00:44:40.94
Have you ever
tried arguing with God?
00:44:40.98\00:44:43.38
I've never won a battle yet.
00:44:43.41\00:44:44.98
And so as I'm walking
in, I start to slow down
00:44:47.05\00:44:50.05
and the Lord spoke, said,
00:44:50.09\00:44:51.42
"Dwight, did you
deal right with her
00:44:51.45\00:44:53.15
the way you came back?"
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.69
"What? Well, no, but..."
00:44:55.72\00:44:57.36
"But what, no, I
heard you say no.
00:44:57.39\00:45:02.00
You are the leader,
00:45:02.03\00:45:03.37
you are the
priest of the household,
00:45:03.40\00:45:04.73
you need to tell
her you're sorry."
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.33
"But, Lord,
00:45:06.37\00:45:08.04
I mean, I just want to
hear a sorry from her."
00:45:08.07\00:45:12.87
"Dwight, it doesn't matter.
00:45:12.91\00:45:15.61
What are you here for?
00:45:15.64\00:45:17.25
You came out here
to this wilderness
00:45:17.28\00:45:18.61
to learn to walk with me?
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.52
Are you going to
walk away from Me
00:45:20.55\00:45:21.88
over this small bowl
of porridge right now?
00:45:21.92\00:45:24.52
Is it so big in your life
00:45:24.55\00:45:25.89
that you're not
willing to do what's right?"
00:45:25.92\00:45:28.92
And so I was
arguing with the Lord
00:45:28.96\00:45:30.53
and pretty soon
after I was walking,
00:45:30.56\00:45:32.73
I said, "Lord, You're
right, I am so sorry."
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.63
You know, when
you finally listen
00:45:34.66\00:45:38.30
and you open your heart...
00:45:38.33\00:45:39.67
you can see a lot better.
00:45:42.60\00:45:43.94
Amen?
00:45:43.97\00:45:45.31
And so I said,
"Yes, Lord, I am sorry"
00:45:45.34\00:45:47.64
and I had a prayer right there,
00:45:47.68\00:45:49.04
"Lord, give me
courage, I'm so sorry.
00:45:49.08\00:45:50.65
Make sure that whatever's
in my voice, I don't say,
00:45:50.68\00:45:52.91
well, I'm sorry,
00:45:52.95\00:45:54.62
but you should say
you are sorry too."
00:45:54.65\00:45:56.99
And so I turn
around, and there she was,
00:45:57.02\00:45:59.52
and she was kind of
walking, kicking the snow,
00:45:59.55\00:46:01.82
you know, and had her head down.
00:46:01.86\00:46:04.73
And I said, "Deb."
00:46:04.76\00:46:06.73
And she looked up.
00:46:06.76\00:46:08.40
And I said, "I am so sorry.
00:46:08.43\00:46:12.83
Will you forgive me?
00:46:12.87\00:46:14.20
I love you so much."
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.24
And, you know,
00:46:16.27\00:46:18.91
20 below zero, the tears
didn't run down her cheeks,
00:46:18.94\00:46:22.44
they shot out.
00:46:22.48\00:46:25.31
It's like bullets. Boom.
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.92
And she said, in between sobs,
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.69
"I'm sorry too.
00:46:32.72\00:46:36.52
Will you forgive me?"
00:46:36.56\00:46:37.89
And right there
at 20 below zero,
00:46:40.66\00:46:42.86
we knelt, we hung on to
hands, and my prayer was that
00:46:42.90\00:46:45.33
"Lord, I'm sorry,
but please help my wife
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.24
to understand me better."
00:46:47.27\00:46:48.90
No, no, no.
00:46:48.94\00:46:52.37
We got on to our
knees and I said,
00:46:52.41\00:46:53.74
"Lord, I am so sorry.
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.11
I'm supposed to be
the head of the household,
00:46:55.14\00:46:56.48
I'm supposed to be the priest,
I'm supposed to be the leader.
00:46:56.51\00:46:59.61
Lord, please forgive me.
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.68
I love my wife so
much and my children.
00:47:01.72\00:47:04.69
I want to walk with You.
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.29
I want to learn
what You have for me.
00:47:06.32\00:47:09.52
I want in the end of time,
my whole family to be safe.
00:47:09.56\00:47:14.10
And I know that all
the preaching in the world
00:47:14.13\00:47:15.80
isn't going to do it, Lord.
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.17
Please Lord, help my wife
00:47:17.20\00:47:21.97
to forgive me."
00:47:22.00\00:47:23.34
And when she prayed,
she prayed the same prayer,
00:47:26.07\00:47:29.74
and when we got up,
with tears in our eyes,
00:47:29.78\00:47:33.21
we hugged each other
and kissed each other.
00:47:33.25\00:47:34.58
Amen? Amen.
00:47:34.62\00:47:37.82
Heaven is going
to be cheap enough,
00:47:37.85\00:47:39.29
I mean, these are
ridiculous things.
00:47:39.32\00:47:42.02
But at the time,
they're important.
00:47:42.06\00:47:45.43
They are important.
00:47:45.46\00:47:48.70
It starts in the
home, brothers and sisters.
00:47:48.73\00:47:50.70
It starts in the home.
00:47:55.34\00:47:57.84
If you will do what
God is calling you to do
00:47:57.87\00:48:02.88
in your home,
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.41
behind closed doors,
00:48:05.45\00:48:07.98
I tell people that
and in one of my messages,
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.52
I say, "You know,
wouldn't be something
00:48:10.55\00:48:11.95
if I had a hidden camera,
00:48:11.99\00:48:13.79
and I had it in every one
of your homes this last week,
00:48:13.82\00:48:18.46
and I went up to you
and said, you know what,
00:48:18.49\00:48:20.76
I was going to have
the sermon, but I decided
00:48:20.80\00:48:23.97
since I had these cameras
00:48:24.00\00:48:25.33
and you didn't
know they were in there,
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.37
I decided that I
was going to have you
00:48:27.40\00:48:29.04
as the sermon today.
00:48:29.07\00:48:30.71
I'm just going to...
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.07
I'm going to show
up on these screens
00:48:32.11\00:48:33.94
that you see right now.
00:48:33.98\00:48:35.31
I'm just going to show
a few clips of your life
00:48:35.34\00:48:39.51
with your spouse and
your children this week."
00:48:39.55\00:48:41.58
What would you say to me?
00:48:41.62\00:48:43.25
"Oh, boy, listen,
I've had a hard week.
00:48:43.28\00:48:46.19
I mean, you don't understand.
00:48:46.22\00:48:48.99
I mean, you don't understand
00:48:49.02\00:48:50.36
what I've been
through this week.
00:48:50.39\00:48:51.73
I've been stressed. I
mean, please, Dwight, here.
00:48:51.76\00:48:54.20
I mean, you know,
listen, what do you need?
00:48:54.23\00:48:57.77
I'll write a check.
00:48:57.80\00:48:59.13
Whatever.
00:48:59.17\00:49:00.50
Please not...
00:49:00.54\00:49:01.87
Please, don't do that."
00:49:01.90\00:49:03.61
Wouldn't it be nice
that behind closed doors
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.27
that Jesus and our angels see,
00:49:06.31\00:49:07.64
wouldn't it be nice
if you could say, okay,
00:49:07.68\00:49:11.35
if it would glorify God.
00:49:11.38\00:49:12.75
That will glorify God,
00:49:15.22\00:49:16.55
and if we cannot
learn it in the homes,
00:49:16.58\00:49:18.55
then it will be so
easy for us, like it is,
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.76
to talk bad about others.
00:49:20.79\00:49:23.89
And the accuser of the brethren,
00:49:23.93\00:49:25.33
which is Satan,
00:49:25.36\00:49:29.53
he is pretty powerful.
00:49:29.56\00:49:30.90
He's very powerful foe.
00:49:30.93\00:49:33.74
Very powerful.
00:49:33.77\00:49:35.90
And he catches
us up in our habits.
00:49:35.94\00:49:40.68
Do you all have habits?
00:49:40.71\00:49:42.24
You know, we lost our
power last night at home.
00:49:42.28\00:49:47.55
I hate it when it
does that and it's dark,
00:49:47.58\00:49:49.28
you can't see
anything, and so we went home,
00:49:49.32\00:49:52.09
and I found the
flashlight and some candles,
00:49:52.12\00:49:54.22
and put them up on the dresser,
00:49:54.26\00:49:56.06
and give a kiss to
my wife good night,
00:49:56.09\00:49:59.73
and went to
sleep, slept beautifully,
00:49:59.76\00:50:01.96
got up in the morning
00:50:02.00\00:50:03.47
and turned a little
lantern, little light on,
00:50:03.50\00:50:07.14
and Deb was still in bed
00:50:07.17\00:50:09.24
'cause I wanted
to come to Remnant
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.17
and have time with God,
where there was a light,
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.07
I could read and prepare,
00:50:13.11\00:50:15.71
my last
preparations for this message.
00:50:15.74\00:50:18.21
And so Deb's awake,
and she's laying in bed,
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.45
and so I said,
"Now listen, honey,"
00:50:20.48\00:50:21.82
I said, "since we can't
see, we have no electricity yet,
00:50:21.85\00:50:24.92
as you know, it's not come on,
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.06
we're not supposed to get
it till about noon on Sunday, "
00:50:27.09\00:50:29.22
so I said, "since we're
not going to have it," I said,
00:50:29.26\00:50:31.53
"can you make sure you
get my suit and my things
00:50:31.56\00:50:34.56
'cause I want to
run to the shop."
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.43
And she said, "No
problem, that's fine."
00:50:36.46\00:50:37.80
I said, "And so don't,"
00:50:37.83\00:50:39.17
I said, "don't fall back asleep,
00:50:39.20\00:50:40.54
it'll be easy 'cause
it's very comfortable,
00:50:40.57\00:50:41.94
and the right
temperature, and..."
00:50:41.97\00:50:44.41
"No, honey, I
won't fall back asleep."
00:50:44.44\00:50:46.07
And so we talked a
little bit about that
00:50:46.11\00:50:48.54
and the power
being out and everything,
00:50:48.58\00:50:51.01
once you know, I had
to run into our bathroom.
00:50:51.05\00:50:53.35
We have a walk
in closet, that's...
00:50:53.38\00:50:55.72
I walk in there
and what do I do,
00:50:55.75\00:50:57.35
I walk in that
bathroom and flip the light on,
00:50:57.39\00:51:01.09
just after I spent
five minutes telling her,
00:51:01.12\00:51:02.92
you know, we don't
have any power and all that,
00:51:02.96\00:51:04.43
I go into the bathroom
00:51:04.46\00:51:05.79
and I just flipped the light on.
00:51:05.83\00:51:07.20
Why do I do those things?
00:51:07.23\00:51:09.30
Because of habit.
00:51:09.33\00:51:11.13
Because you can't see
unless you turn the light on
00:51:11.17\00:51:12.83
to go into a
bathroom, so I flipped it on.
00:51:12.87\00:51:15.17
We are born with
inherent weaknesses.
00:51:15.20\00:51:19.14
Amen.
00:51:19.17\00:51:20.51
And then as we grow up,
there are certain weaknesses
00:51:20.54\00:51:22.91
that we keep doing it
and it becomes a habit.
00:51:22.94\00:51:24.81
Until finally,
00:51:24.85\00:51:26.18
we don't even know
that we're doing it.
00:51:26.21\00:51:30.05
That's why I don't want
you to become discouraged,
00:51:30.09\00:51:32.52
you know, but what
I want you to do is
00:51:32.55\00:51:34.89
start learning
that it's not worth
00:51:34.92\00:51:38.86
you trying to make
yourself look better
00:51:38.89\00:51:40.76
by cutting other people down
00:51:40.80\00:51:43.23
because that's not
going to help your bad habits.
00:51:43.26\00:51:47.34
I've got this thing
00:51:47.37\00:51:48.70
and if you have
a piece of paper,
00:51:48.74\00:51:50.07
if you can remember
this, write this down.
00:51:50.11\00:51:53.84
I learned it from a wise person,
00:51:53.88\00:51:55.74
quite a while ago.
00:51:55.78\00:51:57.11
Never forgot it.
00:51:57.15\00:51:58.85
Now if you can write this down,
put it in your Bibles, okay?
00:51:58.88\00:52:02.98
Put in your Bible, this is good.
00:52:03.02\00:52:05.65
When we're talking about fruit,
00:52:05.69\00:52:07.92
you don't have to
write this part down,
00:52:07.96\00:52:09.29
but when you're talking
about fruit, or vegetables,
00:52:09.32\00:52:11.79
or whatever, if there's...
00:52:11.83\00:52:14.30
Let's say you get a
banana and have you ever...
00:52:14.33\00:52:17.93
Any of have you
ever seen bananas
00:52:17.97\00:52:20.07
that has little brown
spots on them, bruises?
00:52:20.10\00:52:23.91
Anybody that...?
00:52:23.94\00:52:25.67
I don't know about you
00:52:25.71\00:52:27.04
but I really don't
like that mushy brown stuff.
00:52:27.08\00:52:30.01
And so what do I do,
00:52:30.05\00:52:31.61
when I peel that banana
00:52:31.65\00:52:33.01
and the rest of
it's really good,
00:52:33.05\00:52:34.98
but there's that one
bruise that might be,
00:52:35.02\00:52:36.72
you know, a spot
this big or whatever.
00:52:36.75\00:52:38.29
It's a spot on there,
that's at brown mushy stuff.
00:52:38.32\00:52:42.16
It looks ugly, that
brown dark, ugly, right?
00:52:42.19\00:52:46.39
And I just don't want
to stick it in my mouth.
00:52:46.43\00:52:48.50
And so what do you do?
00:52:48.53\00:52:50.40
You cut it out.
00:52:50.43\00:52:52.30
Take that knife, you slice,
00:52:52.33\00:52:54.10
and then the rest
of the banana is fine.
00:52:54.14\00:52:56.37
Okay?
00:52:56.40\00:52:57.74
But with human
beings, it's different.
00:52:57.77\00:53:00.88
Here's what I want you
to write down and remember,
00:53:03.61\00:53:05.81
you cannot take
people by the slice.
00:53:05.85\00:53:10.75
Okay?
00:53:10.79\00:53:12.25
You can't take
people by the slice.
00:53:12.29\00:53:15.52
I can't take my staff,
or my wife, or my kids,
00:53:19.39\00:53:23.33
I can't take them
and say, you know,
00:53:23.37\00:53:24.90
I don't like this about him,
I don't like that about him.
00:53:24.93\00:53:27.57
I mean, wouldn't it be great
if I could take Danny Shelton,
00:53:27.60\00:53:29.47
Doug Batchelor,
anyone here and say,
00:53:29.50\00:53:31.31
you know what, I
don't like this about him,
00:53:31.34\00:53:32.67
so I'm just going to take
a big old set of scissors,
00:53:32.71\00:53:34.98
that might work
better than a knife,
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.34
I'd hurt a little
more maybe to remind them,
00:53:36.38\00:53:38.11
and I just sit there and
kind of plucking them away.
00:53:38.15\00:53:43.02
You know, you can't
take people by the slice.
00:53:43.05\00:53:47.32
You either accept
them or reject them.
00:53:47.36\00:53:50.59
And you know what,
00:53:50.63\00:53:51.96
I've chosen to
accept every one of you.
00:53:51.99\00:53:53.33
Amen.
00:53:53.36\00:53:54.70
And I hope you accept me.
00:53:54.73\00:53:56.06
We don't condone
sin, but I accept you.
00:53:56.10\00:53:59.00
You know why?
00:53:59.03\00:54:00.37
Because Jesus paid
the price for your sins.
00:54:00.40\00:54:05.74
Amen.
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.98
You can't accept
people by the slice.
00:54:08.01\00:54:10.48
In closing.
00:54:10.51\00:54:11.85
A couple of years ago,
00:54:15.92\00:54:18.32
our son Seth was...
00:54:18.35\00:54:22.32
Had a part time job, he
works at our printing place,
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.29
he runs a press, runs
a folder, does things,
00:54:25.33\00:54:27.80
he's been there for...
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.33
He's been there a long time.
00:54:29.36\00:54:30.70
I mean, he was
pretty young when we got him
00:54:30.73\00:54:32.43
doing work at the press.
00:54:32.47\00:54:35.54
And so but he wanted to
make a little extra money,
00:54:35.57\00:54:37.24
and so he had a part time job,
00:54:37.27\00:54:38.61
and Deb would
take him to the place,
00:54:38.64\00:54:41.34
it was a place where he
cleaned the stables for horses,
00:54:41.38\00:54:43.91
he loves horses,
we've got horses at home,
00:54:43.95\00:54:46.11
and he loves animals.
00:54:46.15\00:54:47.48
He loves the outer doors.
00:54:47.52\00:54:48.85
And so he went there,
00:54:48.88\00:54:50.25
and it was a cold
winter day this time,
00:54:50.29\00:54:52.59
very cold, and he...
00:54:52.62\00:54:55.16
He went there,
and Deb was there,
00:54:55.19\00:54:58.36
and I think maybe Natasha,
one of the daughters was there,
00:54:58.39\00:55:01.03
and they were
sitting there talking,
00:55:01.06\00:55:02.66
and they could see Seth,
00:55:02.70\00:55:04.47
you know, cleaning
some of the stables
00:55:04.50\00:55:05.90
and getting it
done, and, and he was...
00:55:05.93\00:55:08.47
Had a hose,
00:55:08.50\00:55:09.84
and he was
watering one of the buckets,
00:55:09.87\00:55:12.01
and all of a sudden
he kind of fell forward
00:55:12.04\00:55:15.81
and he hit his
head against the thing,
00:55:15.84\00:55:17.68
you know, hard.
00:55:17.71\00:55:19.05
And then he just
kind of slid down.
00:55:19.08\00:55:21.48
And so Deb and Natasha got out,
and they ran out of the car,
00:55:21.52\00:55:26.05
and they went
there, and he had fainted.
00:55:26.09\00:55:28.39
He'd passed out.
00:55:28.42\00:55:30.26
Never had happened before
and so they shut the water off,
00:55:30.29\00:55:33.56
and all of a sudden he came to,
00:55:33.60\00:55:35.40
and he was just
white as a sheet,
00:55:35.43\00:55:36.77
and Deb called me right away.
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.13
She was frantic, and took
him to the emergency room,
00:55:38.17\00:55:40.30
and I was in
Detroit picking someone up.
00:55:40.34\00:55:43.81
And so she called me, of course,
00:55:43.84\00:55:45.54
"Hear, you're the
dad, you want to be home."
00:55:45.57\00:55:47.04
"What's wrong with my son?"
00:55:47.08\00:55:49.34
So they said, "Well,
you know, come to find out
00:55:49.38\00:55:53.15
he could have been dehydrated.
00:55:53.18\00:55:54.52
They really didn't know."
00:55:54.55\00:55:55.88
And so then we went
to a specialist and they,
00:55:55.92\00:55:58.55
and they want to
put this machine on him
00:55:58.59\00:56:00.86
to check everything.
00:56:00.89\00:56:02.69
And so I had to
wait for 24 hours,
00:56:02.72\00:56:04.13
then he was kind of going to go,
00:56:04.16\00:56:05.69
and do a stress
test, and certain tests.
00:56:05.73\00:56:07.23
So if there was something wrong,
00:56:07.26\00:56:08.66
and so he had this machine on
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and when he
came home that night,
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and I'll never forget,
00:56:14.54\00:56:18.67
I was walking by his bedroom,
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and I said,
"Goodnight, Seth, I love you."
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And there was a
pause and he said,
00:56:22.88\00:56:26.01
"I love you too, Dad."
00:56:26.05\00:56:27.38
And he I said,
00:56:27.42\00:56:28.75
"Dad, dad, could
you come here a minute?"
00:56:28.78\00:56:30.12
So I walked in
there and he said,
00:56:33.25\00:56:34.76
"Dad,
00:56:34.79\00:56:39.09
I'm kind of scared."
00:56:39.13\00:56:41.06
I mean, what would you
feel, you never had a problem,
00:56:41.10\00:56:42.90
and you got this machine on you,
00:56:42.93\00:56:44.37
and you've got to
wear it all night.
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And I said, "Well,
Seth, what are you afraid of?
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Are you...
00:56:48.54\00:56:50.71
You love Jesus?"
00:56:50.74\00:56:52.07
He said, "Yes, Dad, I do."
00:56:52.11\00:56:53.44
And I said, "I
mean even if we die,
00:56:53.48\00:56:55.84
if something happens, " I
said, "if you're faithful,
00:56:55.88\00:56:58.61
you'll be in
the heavenly kingdom
00:56:58.65\00:57:00.58
and by faith."
00:57:00.62\00:57:01.95
And he said,
00:57:01.98\00:57:03.45
"Dad, I'm not afraid of dying."
00:57:03.49\00:57:07.99
I said, "Well, then,
Seth, what's the problem?"
00:57:08.02\00:57:10.49
By this time
we've sat on the bed
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and the tears
started coming down his face,
00:57:11.89\00:57:14.13
he said, "Dad, I'm not sure that
00:57:14.16\00:57:17.60
if I die, have I really given
00:57:17.63\00:57:19.13
everything in
my heart to Jesus."
00:57:19.17\00:57:21.77
You know, I could
sit right there and say,
00:57:24.54\00:57:25.87
Don't worry about that, Son,
you need to know about this,
00:57:25.91\00:57:28.34
you need to learn this
so and so done this one,
00:57:28.38\00:57:29.98
you need this, you need
that, you need that, don't...
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What do you think I said?
00:57:32.88\00:57:34.32
I said, "Seth,
let's get underneath.
00:57:34.35\00:57:38.65
Let's make sure
00:57:38.69\00:57:40.02
that everything in
your heart is surrendered
00:57:40.06\00:57:41.49
and ask the Holy
Spirit to come into your heart
00:57:41.52\00:57:44.39
that there may be nothing there.
00:57:44.43\00:57:46.80
Set it at the altar."
00:57:46.83\00:57:48.63
I didn't try to tell them
about the birds, and the bees,
00:57:48.66\00:57:50.47
and all the other stuff about,
00:57:50.50\00:57:52.27
you know, if
you're really Christian,
00:57:52.30\00:57:53.64
you'll do this
and you know this.
00:57:53.67\00:57:55.00
No, no. It wasn't about that.
00:57:55.04\00:57:57.21
Is Jesus your personal savior,
00:57:57.24\00:58:00.08
has He made a
difference in your life.
00:58:00.11\00:58:02.51
Amen. Amen.
00:58:02.54\00:58:05.08
So often we get to cart
00:58:05.11\00:58:06.45
before the horse
and we continue...
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We continue want to
put ourselves on the stool,
00:58:08.45\00:58:12.15
on the pedestal,
00:58:12.19\00:58:13.52
so that we look pretty
good and put people down.
00:58:16.09\00:58:19.23
It's not about that.
00:58:19.26\00:58:20.60
In your life, please,
this is not fun and games
00:58:23.16\00:58:27.44
that Jesus is coming very soon.
00:58:27.47\00:58:29.17
It's not time to
cut other people down.
00:58:31.44\00:58:33.04
It's time to lift Jesus up.
00:58:33.07\00:58:36.58
Amen? Amen.
00:58:36.61\00:58:38.31
Will you please,
00:58:38.35\00:58:41.38
if you are ready to
commit your life to Him,
00:58:41.42\00:58:44.35
would you please
kneel with me right now?
00:58:44.39\00:58:46.05
Father in heaven,
00:58:53.53\00:58:55.13
Father, I pray again,
00:58:55.16\00:58:56.77
my burden is that each soul here
00:58:56.80\00:58:58.97
will be touched by Your Word.
00:58:59.00\00:59:01.40
Father, they may
give their hearts to You,
00:59:01.44\00:59:04.64
that they may not look
at others but themselves.
00:59:04.67\00:59:06.88
Father, please,
Father, be with them,
00:59:06.91\00:59:10.41
guide, and direct their life,
encourage them at this moment.
00:59:10.45\00:59:14.08
Please, Father,
let them know that
00:59:14.12\00:59:16.55
they're never a
failure until they quit.
00:59:16.58\00:59:18.62
Oh, Father, I pray
that each one of us
00:59:18.65\00:59:20.09
one day would be
in that sea of glass,
00:59:20.12\00:59:22.96
hugging one another and saying,
00:59:22.99\00:59:24.73
"Heaven is cheap enough."
00:59:24.76\00:59:26.59
Father, this is my prayer
00:59:26.63\00:59:28.43
and I pray it in
the name of Jesus.
00:59:28.46\00:59:31.13
Amen.
00:59:31.17\00:59:32.50