Good Morning! Good Morning!
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Happy Sabbath! Happy Sabbath!
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I believe it's a
good day to be in the
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house of the Lord
this morning. Amen!
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In saying that, I
would like us to repeat
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the first verse in
that song, "Give Me Jesus"
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In the morning when I rise,
In the morning when I rise,
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In the morning when
I rise, Give me Jesus.
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Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus,
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You may have all this world,
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Give me Jesus.
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Beloved, I would like
to acknowledge that can God
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can sing to us, the
program has been a blessing,
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and I must say,
as you have heard,
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that this year is
the year of evangelism.
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God is preparing us for Michael.
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But also in
saying this, we all know
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that the enemy
of souls is ahead.
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But be certain,
we want to understand
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that God is still
in control. Amen? Amen!
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Throughout my life,
I've always wondered
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why does God love me so much.
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But today, as I
stand before you,
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I understand why He loves me.
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Christ dying on the
cross should be something
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we need to be centered
on so that we can understand
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the whole plan of salvation.
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This morning before
we get into our message,
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I would like to ask you to
bow your heads in prayer...
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Heavenly Father, Oh
Lord, we come before Your
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throne of grace,
Lord, as humble as children.
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Lord, we come to You,
Lord, with our petitions,
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with sorrowful hearts, bringing
them to the foot of the cross,
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asking, Lord, that You
would take away anything, Lord,
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anything that might
stop us from seeing You.
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This morning as
we get to Your work,
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we ask for the Holy
Spirit to be with us
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to impress upon our
hearts to convict us
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into all truth.
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So Lord in heaven, we pray for
this special blessing upon us.
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I pray for all these
things in Your name... Amen
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Beloved, one great thing
about the God that we believe in
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is that He always deals with
His people with love and mercy,
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which you all know is
the most striking evidence
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of strength and
impartial judgments.
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If we look into the
history, we see that God
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always restored great
blessings upon His work.
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One example of the
infinite love of God
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was manifested when He
gave His only begotten Son
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to redeem the lost race.
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Beloved, Christ came
to this earth to reveal
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to man the character of His
Father and His life was filled
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with deeds of divine
tenderness and compassion.
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If we look at the
life of Moses, beloved,
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when Moses was called
by God, Moses was afraid,
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but when Moses
accepted the call,
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God worked through him to be
able to articulate his voice.
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Many of us today,
God will be calling us,
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but we have this fear in us...
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But beloved, I assure you,
God will give you the words.
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He will give you
courage to reach out to anybody.
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The mission is - the harvest
is great, the laborers are few.
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We need to accept His call.
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We see that God had
chosen him to lead the
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children of Israel
into the Promised Land.
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Even though the Lord
had proposed to redeem him,
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and he saw rebellious
Israel, Moses could not contend.
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Though his
trials had been great,
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he had enjoyed
special tokens of God's favor.
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He had obtained a
rich experience during his
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sojourn in the wilderness.
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He witnessed the
manifestations of God's
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power and glory and in
the communion of His love,
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he found that he had made
the right decision in choosing
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to suffer affliction
with the power of God.
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rather than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season.
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Beloved, just know God wants to
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move us from being
convinced to be a conqueror.
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Moses wasn't ready,
and the misfortune is that
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he didn't reach the
Promised Land, but saw it from
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a distance because he
failed to do one thing
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which was to give God
the glory of bringing water
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from the rock
of...? and this one sin
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barred him from
seeing the Promised Land.
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But in reading through
Scripture, that through their
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facing the problems, he
saw the things of God as just.
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Beloved, I firmly
believe that this is surely
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encouraging through trials.
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I'd like to share with
you, this morning, a story,
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and have you listen, some of
you might be familiar with it;
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some of you might not,
but an interesting story
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that I would like to
share with you this morning.
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It says, "During World War I,
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and the Nazi forces
were marching past you..."
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Listen to this, "Hitler
realized that at some point
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the Allies would seek
to invade the mainland,"
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most possible European,
the Allies hoping to throw
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Hitler off as to where the
invasion would take place."
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that's the plan.
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They took the body of a deceased
Navy sailor who had drowned
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and they dressed him up in
the garments of a high-ranking
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Naval officer.
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They gave him new
identification papers,
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and on his body, they
placed some highly classified
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documents showing a
plan for the invasion of the
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Eiffel Tower in France.
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They released the corpse
near the shore in France,
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and the German
military picked up the corpse
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and found highly
classified documents.
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They transferred it to
Hitler who became convinced
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that the Allies would
invade the mainland in...?
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He looked at his
military force in that area.
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When the invasion
actually took place,
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beloved, Hitler was
so sure and confident
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that he thought Normandy
was actually a diversion.
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He failed to transfer the bulk
of his military down to Normandy
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to fight the Allies.
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The Allies got Hitler
looking in the what? Wrong?
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Could it be, this
morning, brothers and sisters,
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that the devil
has got most of us yet
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looking in the wrong direction.
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Could it be that the
devil has got most of us yet
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distracted from
reaching the Promised Land.
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As we wait for the
return of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ, Satan
will use many people
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and many ways for us not
to reach that Promised Land.
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Beloved, it is said that we
need to fix our eyes upon Jesus.
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We are...? in the
book of Ephesians 6:12,
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it says, "For we wrestle
not against flesh and blood,
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but against
principalities of what?
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... against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness
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of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places."
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Beloved, we are at
war with the devil.
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We are at war with the devil
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the greatest
adversary that man has seen.
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This morning, we will be looking
into the perfect conquests
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that was a handful
of children of Israel.
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During this time, the
children of Israel had joined?
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and renewed faith in God...
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They had already gained
possession of that territory,
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and they were confident of
the behavior contraindicated.
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Only the people of Jordan
made it into the Promised Land
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So we ought to understand
that country so we natural
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inhabitants had been
defiled by the inhabitants
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in the public worship? Which
was at that time the deity.
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But inside of a place
that was know for adultery and
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licentiousness. The
very name he suggested files
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corruption of
people. These surrounding
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exerted a polluting
influence upon the Israelites.
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Inspiration tells us in
"Patriarchs and Prophets,"
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p.453-454, she tells us that,
"Their minds became familiar
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with the vile
thoughts constantly suggested.
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their life of ease and inaction
produced its generalizing
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effects and almost
unconsciously to themselves,
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they were departing from
God and coming into a condition
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where they would fall
and easy prey to temptation.
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Beloved, we are told
we need to give our hearts
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and our minds to Christ daily.
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Paul tells us that we
need to do it daily. Amen?
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But in saying that, I
would like to invite you
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to turn in your
Bibles to Numbers 25,
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I'll be reading from
the New King James Version,
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New King James
Version, beginning from verse 1
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It says, "While Israel
was staying in Shittim"
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Some versions
say, "abode in Shittim"
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The men began to
indulge in sexual immorality
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with the Moabite women."
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Verse 2, "Who invited them to
the sacrifices to their gods."
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The people ate the
sacrificial meal and bowed down
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before these gods."
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Verse 3, it says, "So
Israel yoked themselves
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to the Baal of Peor and the
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Lord's anger
burned against them."
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Beloved, if we look into the
lives of the children of Israel,
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had God planned this for them?
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God had planned for them
to be in the Promised Land,
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the land of milk and honey.
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But as they were
at the River Jordan,
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they ended up joining themselves
with the Baal of Peor.
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And it says in verse
3, "And the Lord's anger
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burned against them."
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In verse 4, it goes on to say
that "The Lord said to Moses,
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"Take all the leaders
of these people, kill them,
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and expose them in broad
daylight before the Lord,
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so that the Lord's fierce anger
may turn away from His wrath."
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In verse 5, it goes on to
say, "So Moses said to Israel's
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judges, "Each of you
must put to death those
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of your people who have yoked
themselves to the Baal of Peor."
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Beloved, if you
notice in verse 4 and 5,
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here, we see God talking
to Moses and what do we see
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in verse 5? We see Moses
listening to what God had said.
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As you sit there, as you are
here at this conference in 2014,
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God is trying to
talk to you, and what God
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expects from me is
to listen to His voice.
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God is looking for
soldiers who listen
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and react to the call. Amen?
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In verse 6, it goes on to
say, "Then an Israelite man
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brought into the
camp a Midianite woman
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right before the eyes of Moses,
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and the whole assembly
of Israel, while they were
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weeping at the entrance
of the tent of the meeting.
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Beloved, do we see an act of
rebellion right here in verse 6?
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So, right now, many of you
might be asking the question,
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"Why did Israel
join with the Moabites?"
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And so it is, during the time
of the encampment beside Jordan,
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Moses was preparing for
the occupation of Canaan.
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It was the object of
these women in their association
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with the Hebrews.
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Listen to these 3 points...
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To seduce them
into transgression
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of the Law of God...
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To draw their attention
to heathen rites and customs.
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Third point being - To
lead them into idolatry.
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Beloved, you remember
the story of Hitler's allies
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who devised the
plan to throw him off
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as to where the
invasion would take place.
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Here, we see that
the Midianite women,
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in their object to
cause the Hebrews to fall
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into their temptations.
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Beloved, the devil is working
24 hours, so we need to be
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24 hours in prayer, Amen?
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The enemy of souls is not happy.
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Let's move on...
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The pen of inspiration says in
Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 454,
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She says, "These motives
were studiously concealed
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under the garb of friendship."
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Let's stop for a minute...
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Some of us, we have friends
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that we cannot
share about God to.
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Sometimes I ask, "Why do
we have those friendships?"
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We need to have friendships
that we're able to even pray
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before we part ways.
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We need to have
friendships that we can sit down
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and discuss the Word of God.
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We're not saying, when we are
called to be peculiar people,
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we are called to be different.
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And as we've been
called to be different,
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doesn't mean that we're
better than everybody else.
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We're being told the need
to be peculiar and be firm
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in what you believe. Amen?
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So it goes on to say, "So
that they were not suspected
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even by the guardians of
the people." You hear that?
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They ventured upon the forbidden
ground and were entangled
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in the snare of Satan...
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Beguiled with music and dancing
and allured by the beauty
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of heathen festivals,
they cast off their filth to
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to Jehovah as they
united in mirth and feasting.
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Indulgence in wine beclouded
their senses and broke down
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the barriers of self-control.
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Beloved, this
morning you might say,
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"This is a bit too much for us."
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This is a bit too
much for us to take in.
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Some of us, we have had
friendships for 20 years,
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15 years, but God
wants you to make a choice.
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Either you choose Him
or you choose your friend
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because there is and
always will be a consequence.
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This is not to
fight in us, beloved,
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do we see that Satan
had taken control over them,
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and they had forgotten the
conquest that was ahead of them.
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Because of these
friendships, they had forgotten
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about the Promised Land
that God had promised them.
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It could be anything, beloved.
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It could be anything
that we are holding on to
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that might distract us
from seeing who God really is
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or what God has in store for us.
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In verse 6, during this time,
the priests and the leaders had
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prostrated themselves
in grief and humiliation.
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The word "prostrated"
means, they were bending down,
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weeping for the children
of Israel between the porch
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and the altar and entreating
the Lord to spare His people
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and give not His
heritage to reproach.
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Are we praying for
ourselves and for those that
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we know are taking
this path, beloved?
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That's the question we got to
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ask ourselves as we
walk out through the doors...
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as we go and lead our normal
lives after this conference.
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We have to ask
ourselves... "Are we praying?"
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Inspiration tells us that prayer
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is the key in the
hand of faith." Amen?
00:20:51.75\00:20:54.42
...To open and unlock
heaven's storehouse wherein
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you store the
boundless resources of what?
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Omnipotence...
that's what prayer is.
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She goes on to say
that, "It is talking to God
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is as to a friend."
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Those friendships -
it's the same thing as
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the gossiping, everything
that we do in our spare time.
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God wants us to talk to Him.
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I love the songwriter who
says, "I must tell Jesus."
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It takes me back when
I was living with my mom,
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and my mom was going
through so much with my dad.
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I don't like to
share this story much.
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She used to get into her room,
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and do you know
what she would do?
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She would sit
down, get a hymn book,
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and she would sing that
song, "I must tell Jesus."
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God is asking you to talk to Him
as you are talking to a friend.
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Let's move on with our story...
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In verse 7 it says,
"When Phinehas son of Eleazar,
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the son of Aaron,
the priest, saw this,
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he left the assembly,
took a spear in his hand,
00:22:15.20\00:22:19.03
and followed the
Israelite into the tent.
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He drove the
spear into both of them,
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right through the Israelite
man, into the woman's stomach,
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then the plague against
the Israelites was stopped,
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but those who died in
the plague numbered 24,000."
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Do we see what took place?
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Because of one
man's sin, 24,000 died.
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Because Adam and Eve sinned,
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the whole entire
world was cursed.
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But thanks be to
God, to Jesus Christ
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who died on
Calvary for you and I,
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we have hope - there is
still hope for every man. Amen?
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In verse 10, let's
move on to verse 10.
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Let's zone in to verse
10, it says, "The Lord said to
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Moses, "Phinehas son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron, the priest,
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In verse 10, let's
move on to verse 10.
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Let's zone in to verse
10, it says, "The Lord said to
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Moses, "Phinehas son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron, the priest,
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has turned my anger
away from the Israelites.
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Since he was as zealous for
My honor among them as I am,
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I did not put an
end to them in my zeal."
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Verse 12 says,
"Therefore, tell him I am making
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My covenant of peace with him.
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He and his descendants
will have a covenant of
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lasting priesthood
because he was zealous for the
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honor of his God and made
atonement for the Israelites."
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It goes on to say that...
"Such was the end of them
00:23:51.63\00:23:56.06
that devise in
mischief against God's people."
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Beloved, God wants to work with
us if we cooperate with Him.
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Here, we see a bold man,
Phinehas, standing firm for God.
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Here you are at
"Witness Conference, 2014,"
00:24:14.85\00:24:18.39
you are here for a reason.
00:24:18.42\00:24:20.66
You are saying, "Lord,
here I am, I am here to hear
00:24:20.69\00:24:25.49
what You want me to be
and what You want me to do,
00:24:25.53\00:24:30.10
I am here to accept the call.
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.13
I am not here to
have fun, to meet people,
00:24:33.17\00:24:38.27
and just build
friendships for fun."
00:24:38.31\00:24:42.91
But we will be
building friendships for what?
00:24:42.94\00:24:47.42
For the work,
because the harvest is great.
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Beloved, as I mentioned
earlier on, Christ is with us.
00:24:55.12\00:25:00.10
He will never leave us.
00:25:00.13\00:25:02.33
Through the
trials, He is still with us
00:25:02.36\00:25:07.00
if we only give
our hearts to Him.
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I like what the psalmist
David says in Psalm 9:15...
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He says, "The heathen are sunk
down in the pit that they made,
00:25:18.01\00:25:22.65
in the net which they
hit is their own foot taken."
00:25:22.68\00:25:27.26
So beloved, we see here
the psalmist David saying,
00:25:27.29\00:25:30.63
You have a choice... it
says, "They hid and their own
00:25:30.66\00:25:40.50
foot taken."
00:25:40.54\00:25:41.87
Beloved, Christ dying
on the cross was a covenant
00:25:41.90\00:25:44.31
set for you and I,
so that we may have
00:25:44.34\00:25:49.94
eternal life by surrendering our
will to our Savior Jesus Christ.
00:25:49.98\00:25:56.99
Many may ask,
"How do I surrender."
00:25:57.02\00:25:59.65
Beloved, Paul
talks about dying daily.
00:25:59.69\00:26:02.22
Paul talks about talking to God,
surrendering your life to Him.
00:26:02.26\00:26:08.43
The psalmist David
says, in Psalm 94:14-15,
00:26:13.44\00:26:19.77
he goes on to say
that, "For the Lord will not
00:26:19.81\00:26:21.94
cast off His people, neither
will He forsake His inheritance,
00:26:21.98\00:26:26.11
but judgment shall
return unto righteousness,
00:26:26.15\00:26:29.22
and all upright in
heart will follow it." Amen?
00:26:29.25\00:26:33.22
All who are
what? Upright in what?
00:26:33.25\00:26:37.26
In heart will follow it.
00:26:37.29\00:26:39.86
Beloved, God is in the business
transforming our hearts,
00:26:39.89\00:26:44.23
and to write His law in
our hearts and our minds.
00:26:44.27\00:26:48.97
That's what God
is doing right now.
00:26:49.00\00:26:53.04
Beloved, the Israelites
who had not been overcome
00:26:53.07\00:26:59.11
by the alms or by the
enchantments of Median,
00:26:59.15\00:27:02.48
and fell prey her harlots.
00:27:02.52\00:27:04.92
Such is the power that women
enlisted in the service of Satan
00:27:04.95\00:27:09.62
has exerted to
entrap and to destroy souls.
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As a church, today we
are falling into this trap
00:27:14.23\00:27:18.20
that Satan has set
for us, but there is hope!
00:27:18.23\00:27:22.14
Amen? There is hope!
00:27:22.17\00:27:25.71
Satan might knock us down,
but God expects us to rise up.
00:27:25.74\00:27:31.21
In Proverbs 7:26, it says
that, "She has cast down many
00:27:31.25\00:27:37.75
wounded, yea, many strong
men have been slain by her."
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If we look deep into the
Bible, throughout the Bible,
00:27:44.43\00:27:48.36
we see that it was the
children of Seth were seduced
00:27:48.40\00:27:52.83
from their integrity and
the holy seed became what?
00:27:52.87\00:27:56.67
Corrupt.
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It was that that
Joseph was tempted.
00:27:59.31\00:28:02.34
That Samson
betrayed his strength,
00:28:02.38\00:28:05.41
the defense of Israel into
the hands of the Philistines.
00:28:05.45\00:28:11.49
Here, David stumbled and Solomon
the wisest of kings, amen?
00:28:11.52\00:28:16.09
The wisest of kings,
who had thrice been called
00:28:16.12\00:28:19.36
the "beloved of his God,"
became a slave of passion,
00:28:19.39\00:28:23.97
and sacrificed his integrity
to the same bewitching power.
00:28:24.00\00:28:31.07
But I must assure you,
there is hope, like I said.
00:28:31.11\00:28:34.51
Let's turn in our Bibles
to 1 Corinthians 10:11-13,
00:28:34.54\00:28:37.95
God gives us an assurance here.
00:28:37.98\00:28:41.15
In 1 Corinthians
10:11-13, it says that,
00:28:41.18\00:28:47.06
"Now all these things
happened unto them for examples,
00:28:47.09\00:28:52.19
and they are written
for our admonition upon whom
00:28:52.23\00:28:56.53
the ends of the world are come.
00:28:56.56\00:28:58.53
Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed
00:28:58.57\00:29:02.07
lest he fall.
00:29:02.10\00:29:03.44
No temptation has overtaken
you what is common to mankind,
00:29:03.47\00:29:08.28
and God is faithful.
00:29:08.31\00:29:10.35
He will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear, Amen?
00:29:10.38\00:29:16.69
But when you are
tempted, He will also
00:29:16.72\00:29:19.69
provide a way out so
that you can endure it."
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.69
Do you hear that hope?
00:29:22.72\00:29:25.39
Beloved... the assurance
that when you are tempted,
00:29:25.43\00:29:29.86
He can find a way
for you to endure it.
00:29:29.90\00:29:39.67
Brothers and sisters, as
we approach the close of time,
00:29:39.71\00:29:42.84
as the people of God upon
the borders of heavenly Canaan,
00:29:42.88\00:29:47.22
Satan will, as of old,
re-double his efforts to prevent
00:29:47.25\00:29:52.75
them from
entering the goodly land.
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.99
He lays his
snares for every soul.
00:29:56.02\00:29:58.26
It is not the
ignorant and uncultured merely
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.96
that need to be guarded.
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.53
He will prepare his
temptations for those in the
00:30:02.56\00:30:05.60
highest positions,
in the most holy office.
00:30:05.63\00:30:09.57
If he can lead them
to pollute their souls,
00:30:09.60\00:30:12.67
he can, through
them, destroy many.
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.91
And he employs the same agents
00:30:15.94\00:30:18.55
now as he
employed 3,000 years ago.
00:30:18.58\00:30:20.95
As we've read early on
by worldly friendships,
00:30:20.98\00:30:24.05
by the charms of beauty,
by pleasure-seeking mirth,
00:30:24.09\00:30:28.36
feasting or the wine
cup, he tempts the violation
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.69
of the 7th
commandment which says,
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.93
"Thou shalt not
commit adultery."
00:30:33.96\00:30:38.10
So it is now by leading
the followers of Christ to
00:30:38.13\00:30:41.14
associate with ungodly
and unite their amusement
00:30:41.17\00:30:44.91
that Satan is most successful
in alluring them into sin.
00:30:44.94\00:30:48.98
Beloved, in 2
Corinthians 6:17, it says that,
00:30:49.01\00:30:53.98
The Lord is
crying out to His people.
00:30:54.02\00:30:56.22
Listen to what it says,
"Come out from among them,
00:30:56.25\00:31:01.06
and be ye separate,
says the Lord, and touch not
00:31:01.09\00:31:06.19
the unclean."
00:31:06.23\00:31:07.80
God requires of His people
now is great a distinction
00:31:07.83\00:31:11.13
from the world, in
customs, habits and principles.
00:31:11.17\00:31:15.20
Beloved, and what? And
principles as He required
00:31:15.24\00:31:19.27
of Israel anciently.
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.84
In Proverbs 4:23- you don't have
to turn there, I'll read for you
00:31:22.88\00:31:25.41
It says, "And keep thy
hearts with all diligence,
00:31:26.18\00:31:29.52
is the counsel of the
wise man for out of it are the
00:31:29.55\00:31:33.52
issues of life of what? Of life!
00:31:33.56\00:31:37.53
There is a verse that
talks about that we need
00:31:40.40\00:31:43.40
to guard up our loins.
00:31:43.43\00:31:47.20
We need to protect because
what's in there, comes out,
00:31:47.24\00:31:53.48
because it also goes on
to say in Proverbs 23:7 says,
00:31:53.51\00:31:57.48
"As man thinketh in
his heart, so is he."
00:31:57.51\00:32:01.62
Beloved, David's prayer should
be the petition of every soul.
00:32:01.65\00:32:09.22
In Psalm 51:10,
let's turn to Psalm 51:10.
00:32:09.26\00:32:15.36
Psalm 51:10 says, "Create
in me a clean heart, O God,
00:32:17.67\00:32:25.47
and renew the
right spirit within me."
00:32:25.51\00:32:28.21
If this is your prayer
today, beloved, I would like you
00:32:28.24\00:32:34.05
to ponder upon this; that
God create in you a clean heart.
00:32:34.08\00:32:42.26
But Lord, I've been
living this type of way.
00:32:42.29\00:32:46.66
But here at this conference,
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.46
I want to go out
as a brand new man.
00:32:48.50\00:32:56.71
I want to rise up for Your work.
00:32:56.74\00:33:00.74
I want to
participate in the church.
00:33:00.78\00:33:05.01
I want to go in
the mission fields.
00:33:05.05\00:33:08.08
We have Charissa Fong
who is always traveling.
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.55
She is going to do a
mighty work out there.
00:33:12.59\00:33:14.96
We have many
people who are going out.
00:33:14.99\00:33:16.66
Justin Turesan, right now, is
going to Indonesia to do work.
00:33:16.69\00:33:20.73
God can use you.
00:33:20.76\00:33:23.10
As Pastor Yieldin was
sharing with us yesterday,
00:33:23.13\00:33:25.60
we are all
preachers, we are all pastors.
00:33:25.63\00:33:30.51
We can do a mighty work!
00:33:30.54\00:33:32.31
As I said earlier on,
Moses couldn't articulate
00:33:32.34\00:33:36.34
his words
perfectly, but God said, "No,
00:33:36.38\00:33:39.65
I'll give you the words,
I will teach you, my son."
00:33:39.68\00:33:43.42
And God is asking
that from us today.
00:33:43.45\00:33:47.49
God wants us to accept
Him, and accept His call.
00:33:47.52\00:33:55.26
And we all know that
the devil is not happy...
00:33:57.47\00:34:03.77
As I mentioned earlier on,
the enemy of souls is not happy.
00:34:03.81\00:34:08.54
I would like to share with
you a story that took place
00:34:08.58\00:34:13.25
where I found
encouragement in sharing...
00:34:13.28\00:34:19.02
I was minding my
own business one time,
00:34:19.05\00:34:24.83
and then I went
over to this home,
00:34:24.86\00:34:27.13
I won't mention
any names because
00:34:27.16\00:34:29.26
some of you might
know where this home is,
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.40
and who these people are.
00:34:32.43\00:34:34.64
I was minding my own
business, as you all know me,
00:34:34.67\00:34:37.11
I mind my own
business, and then I got to this
00:34:37.14\00:34:42.24
house for dinner; we
started having dinner.
00:34:42.28\00:34:48.45
And this man was a minister, I
won't mention the denomination.
00:34:48.48\00:34:54.06
He was a minister of
another denomination,
00:34:54.09\00:34:56.56
and this is what he said to me.
00:34:56.59\00:34:59.46
He started knocking
down our health message,
00:34:59.49\00:35:05.33
talking about how bad
it is to be a vegetarian.
00:35:05.37\00:35:08.24
I kept quiet at that
time and I said, "Okay."
00:35:08.27\00:35:13.24
The insults kept coming,
the insults kept coming...
00:35:13.27\00:35:17.08
He started knocking
down the proper tests.
00:35:17.11\00:35:21.65
I call it the proper tests,
Sister White - that she is not a
00:35:21.68\00:35:27.36
true prophet, her writings
are not true, and after that,
00:35:27.39\00:35:34.86
we kept eating
dinner and I kept quiet,
00:35:34.90\00:35:37.97
but at the end of the
dinner, I said to him,
00:35:38.00\00:35:40.30
"Brother, can I come back
tomorrow and we have a talk?"
00:35:40.34\00:35:45.14
And the brother said,
"Yes," and I said, "Praise God."
00:35:45.17\00:35:50.11
In my heart, I said,
"Praise God he said yes."
00:35:50.15\00:35:53.21
Many would say,
"No," but he said, "Yes."
00:35:53.25\00:35:58.29
And I sought to see
that it was an opportunity
00:35:58.32\00:36:00.66
for me to go share
God's Word, to rise up and go.
00:36:00.69\00:36:07.33
So the next day, I
called him up and I said,
00:36:07.36\00:36:09.36
"Brother, I'm coming to see
you" and he said, "Yes, come."
00:36:09.40\00:36:14.10
So we sat down, spoke
about how the day was.
00:36:14.14\00:36:18.07
As we continued talking,
then he started knocking me down
00:36:18.11\00:36:24.95
with so much anger, saying
that "What you guys believe
00:36:24.98\00:36:28.32
in is not true, she
is not a true prophet,
00:36:28.35\00:36:32.45
the health message is not true."
00:36:32.49\00:36:35.12
But the funny thing
about this man was that he went
00:36:35.16\00:36:38.66
to Vanuatu to teach our
doctrines, but then I asked him,
00:36:38.69\00:36:44.87
"Brother, why is it that
you were not converted by them?"
00:36:44.90\00:36:49.94
And he said, "I just
don't believe it's true."
00:36:49.97\00:36:53.07
"So how can you be teaching
them," but we set that aside.
00:36:53.11\00:36:57.01
Then we got into the
Word, we started talking.
00:36:57.05\00:37:01.52
I started explaining to
him how to tell a true prophet.
00:37:01.55\00:37:07.82
And then he said,
"Yes, I believe you."
00:37:07.86\00:37:12.39
"Okay, fair enough."
"But I still don't believe
00:37:12.43\00:37:15.50
that Sister White
is a true prophet."
00:37:15.53\00:37:18.10
And I continued
explaining to him our beliefs,
00:37:18.13\00:37:23.77
our 28-Fundamental Beliefs.
00:37:23.81\00:37:25.91
But his main concern was about
the Investigative Judgment.
00:37:25.94\00:37:29.94
And he said, "That is not
true, that did not take place,
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where is it biblically?"
And I went into the Word.
00:37:32.31\00:37:35.95
Beloved, I was not prepared,
but I went into the Word.
00:37:35.98\00:37:41.62
I went into the Word
and I explained to him
00:37:41.66\00:37:45.33
about the
Investigative Judgment.
00:37:45.36\00:37:47.73
He was a minister
because he was boasting to me,
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.00
and he was saying,
"Brother, I know the Bible
00:37:50.03\00:37:52.10
from inside out, from
Genesis to Revelation."
00:37:52.13\00:37:54.97
And I said, "Brother,
it is not for us to boast,
00:37:55.00\00:37:59.37
we need to have
a humble spirit."
00:37:59.41\00:38:01.18
And I started explaining to him,
I started explaining to him,
00:38:01.21\00:38:04.75
and he said, "I still
do not believe it's true."
00:38:04.78\00:38:12.12
But then I took
him to Revelation 22,
00:38:12.15\00:38:18.39
and I explained to him
how to tell a true prophet,
00:38:18.43\00:38:21.76
how to we have the
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:38:21.80\00:38:24.20
Some versions, if we turn there,
let's turn to Revelation 22:14
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It says, "Blessed are they
that what? Do His commandments,
00:38:37.91\00:38:42.95
that they may have right to
the Tree of Life and may enter
00:38:42.98\00:38:46.86
through the
gates into the city."
00:38:46.89\00:38:48.86
Because the other issue was
the doing of His commandments.
00:38:48.89\00:38:53.33
He believes, as a
minister, that we do not need
00:38:53.36\00:38:56.53
to keep the law.
00:38:56.56\00:38:59.87
I was under attack, beloved,
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.74
but God gave me the
courage to continue.
00:39:01.77\00:39:07.81
God expects us to have courage,
we're surely under attack today.
00:39:07.84\00:39:17.69
God expects you
to know His Word,
00:39:17.72\00:39:22.56
to have it written in
our hearts and our minds.
00:39:22.59\00:39:26.23
This is what God wants from us,
so I continued about the law.
00:39:26.26\00:39:32.43
He said, "We do not
need to keep the law."
00:39:32.47\00:39:33.87
Praise God that this quarter
we discussing about the law.
00:39:33.90\00:39:37.87
So I had enough
information to tell him
00:39:37.91\00:39:40.48
from my previous
studies, and we ended up with
00:39:40.51\00:39:44.08
Revelation 22 and then
this man, we went on about
00:39:44.11\00:39:51.55
how Sister White is a
prophet, and I explained how
00:39:51.59\00:39:56.69
her prophecies have come
true thus far, not all but most
00:39:56.73\00:40:02.93
of them have come
true and I showed him,
00:40:02.96\00:40:06.30
and he said, "Wow, I
didn't know, I didn't know."
00:40:06.33\00:40:11.41
He took his pen, he took
his paper, he wrote it down.
00:40:11.44\00:40:15.31
He took Revelation
22:14 about keeping God's law,
00:40:15.34\00:40:19.78
that those who
do His commandments,
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.95
which pretty much means
"obey," he wrote it all down,
00:40:21.98\00:40:24.95
and do you know what happened?
00:40:24.99\00:40:27.62
He said, "Brother, thank you
for this, thank you for this.
00:40:27.66\00:40:34.76
I'm going to go study it at
home and find out for myself."
00:40:34.80\00:40:38.77
Until this day, he
has not gotten back to me.
00:40:38.80\00:40:40.57
He got my email, until this
day, he has not got back to me.
00:40:40.60\00:40:44.47
He said, "I will get
back to you, but he hasn't."
00:40:44.51\00:40:46.51
But each and every
day, I pray for him,
00:40:46.54\00:40:48.54
that through the studying,
God will show him something,
00:40:48.58\00:40:52.51
the truth in Christ Jesus.
00:40:52.55\00:40:55.98
So beloved, do not be
afraid, we are under attack.
00:40:56.02\00:41:03.02
We are to understand that Satan
lays his snares for every soul.
00:41:03.06\00:41:09.20
It is not the ignorant
and the uncultured mainly
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.03
that need to be guided.
00:41:12.07\00:41:13.54
He will prepare his
temptations for those
00:41:13.57\00:41:16.30
in the highest positions,
in the most holy office.
00:41:16.34\00:41:23.04
In Psalm 51:10, it says, "Create
in me a clean heart, O God."
00:41:23.08\00:41:29.92
Beloved, if this is
your prayer this morning,
00:41:29.95\00:41:32.85
I would like to
invite you to stand.
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.39
I would like to
invite you to stand.
00:41:35.42\00:41:36.86
Do not stand for
the sake of standing.
00:41:36.89\00:41:38.93
Stand because you want God
to create in you a clean heart.
00:41:38.96\00:41:44.57
Because the Apostle
Peter also says that the mind
00:41:44.60\00:41:47.74
should not be left to wander
at random upon every subject
00:41:47.77\00:41:51.97
that the adversary
of souls must suggest,
00:41:52.01\00:41:54.18
girding up the
loins of our minds is what
00:41:54.21\00:41:56.64
God wants for us in our hearts.
00:41:56.68\00:42:02.52
He also goes on to say
that, "We need to be sober,
00:42:02.55\00:42:05.62
not fashioning yourselves
according to the former
00:42:05.65\00:42:08.32
lusts in your
ignorance, but like as He
00:42:08.36\00:42:10.93
which called you is holy."
00:42:10.96\00:42:13.19
"Be yourselves also
holy in all manner of living,
00:42:13.23\00:42:17.63
and we must give diligent
study to the Word of God."
00:42:17.67\00:42:23.81
Beloved, only the River Jordan
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.47
lay between the
Children of Israel.
00:42:26.51\00:42:30.55
Only the River
Jordan lay between
00:42:30.58\00:42:32.98
them and the Promised Land.
00:42:33.01\00:42:34.52
Today, what is stopping us
from seeing the Promised Land?
00:42:34.55\00:42:39.79
It is us - self... we
need to let go of self.
00:42:39.82\00:42:45.69
Though the trials
may come, there is still
00:42:45.73\00:42:48.03
encouragement
through those trials
00:42:48.06\00:42:50.17
because as we read
earlier on, God is still with us
00:42:50.20\00:42:54.34
if we believe and
give our hearts to Him.
00:42:54.37\00:42:58.37
If we only what? Believe
and give our hearts to him.
00:42:58.41\00:43:06.01
God does not do
His work by accident.
00:43:06.05\00:43:10.49
That's one thing we
ought to understand.
00:43:10.52\00:43:12.92
This conference... many
people said this conference
00:43:12.95\00:43:15.59
will never happen, but
because of the belief in God,
00:43:15.62\00:43:20.43
that's why we
have this conference.
00:43:20.46\00:43:22.70
He does not do
His work by accident.
00:43:22.73\00:43:28.20
When God wants to transform
lives, He will transform lives.
00:43:28.24\00:43:32.01
Right here, right
now, someone is saying,
00:43:32.04\00:43:34.01
"Yes to Jesus, right now."
00:43:34.04\00:43:36.41
You do not rise up - if
you are not standing with God.
00:43:36.44\00:43:42.22
You do not rise up if you are
not standing on God's promises.
00:43:42.25\00:43:47.16
God has so many promises for us.
00:43:47.19\00:43:50.16
He will equip you
if you only believe.
00:43:50.19\00:43:56.53
You do not rise up if you are
not willing to stand up for God.
00:43:56.56\00:44:01.04
When I went and met the
minister, I stood up for God,
00:44:01.07\00:44:03.44
and I said,
"Lord, empty me of self
00:44:03.47\00:44:05.74
because I don't want
to get angry, I want You
00:44:05.77\00:44:10.08
to speak through me."
00:44:10.11\00:44:12.45
Phinehas stood boldly for God.
00:44:12.48\00:44:21.12
God is expecting soldiers who
are bold for Him this morning.
00:44:21.16\00:44:26.06
to be ready for the
mission work because the
00:44:28.26\00:44:30.53
harvest is what? Truly great.
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.63
In saying that, let's
bow our heads in prayer.
00:44:32.67\00:44:37.04
Father in heaven,
Lord, we come to you
00:44:37.07\00:44:40.21
this morning Lord, thanking
You Lord for the children
00:44:40.24\00:44:44.71
who have stood up, who
have asked for You to clean
00:44:44.75\00:44:47.98
and create a clean
heart in them, Lord.
00:44:48.02\00:44:51.92
Lord, it is by Your will
and if it is by Your will,
00:44:51.95\00:44:55.39
we allow this to happen to them.
00:44:55.42\00:44:58.19
They have also made a
stand, Lord, to become bold
00:44:58.23\00:45:00.90
soldiers for you through the
trials, through the destructions
00:45:00.93\00:45:06.77
that Satan
proposes in front of us,
00:45:06.80\00:45:09.40
they still want to be
bold and rise up for you.
00:45:09.44\00:45:12.01
So Father in heaven,
we pray that you may touch
00:45:12.04\00:45:15.34
our hearts, touch our
minds, so that we move from
00:45:15.38\00:45:19.58
being convinced
to become converted.
00:45:19.61\00:45:22.32
So here we are, Lord, with
our open hearts, receive us.
00:45:22.35\00:45:27.56
Receive our petitions. I
pray for all these things
00:45:27.59\00:45:30.86
in Your name, Lord... Amen
00:45:30.89\00:45:32.89