Music...
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More music...
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Singing...
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Some more singing...
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Beautiful Singing...
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Singing continuing...
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More singing continuing...
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Some more singing continuing...
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Song continuing...
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More singing...
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Some more singing...
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Song ending...
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Music.
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More music...
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Holy, Holy, Holy!
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Lord God Almighty!
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Early in the morning
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our song shall rise to thee.
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Holy, Holy, Holy...
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Merciful and mighty...
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God in three persons,
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blessed Trinity.
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Music...
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Holy...
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All the saints adore Thee,
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casting down their golden crowns
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around the glassy sea,
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cherubim and seraphim
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bowing down before Him...
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which wert, and art,
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and evermore shalt be.
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Holy...
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Holy, Holy,
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Holy...
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Lord God Almighty
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Holy, Holy, Holy...
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Though the darkness hide thee,
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though the eye of sinful man
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thy glory may not see,
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only thou art holy;
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there is none beside thee,
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perfect in power,
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in love and purity.
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Ah... hallelujah...
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Hallelujah...
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Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy!
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Lord God Almighty!
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God in three persons,
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blessed Trinity.
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Ah...
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Hallelujah...
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Hallelujah,
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We praise your name...
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Your
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Name.
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Audience: clapping...
"Amen, amen, thank you. "
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clapping...
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Amen and amen again...
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And praise the Lord
for the gift of music.
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We need to give recognition
to the Southeastern Conference
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which has been very
kind to 3ABN and to the:
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Sabbath in
Africa Study Commission.
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The President, Hubert Morel
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is an old
basketball buddy of mine,
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we used to bump heads
in Brooklyn, New York,
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when I was at Bethel,
he was at Brooklyn Temple
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but we were adversaries then...
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we are friends now.
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We have been
blessed by beautiful music
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during our time here.
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This church has been richly
blessed with musical talent
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and music does
so very, very much
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to lift our hearts...
our minds towards heaven.
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We call upon
Bruce and Olivia Turner
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to sing a very
beautiful song... "The Prayer. "
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Audience: Clapping...
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Music...
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More music...
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I pray you'll be our eyes,
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And watch us where we go.
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And help us to be wise
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In times when we don't know
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Let this be our prayer,
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When we lose our way
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Lead us to a place,
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Guide us with your grace
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To a place where we'll
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be safe.
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I pray we'll find your light...
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I pray we'll find your light,
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And hold it in our hearts.
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And hold it in our hearts...
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When stars go out each night,
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Stars go out each night,
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Remind us where you are...
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remind us where you are...
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Let this be our prayer...
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Let this be our prayer,
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When shadows fill our day...
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When shadows fill our day,
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oh... oh...
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Lead us to a place,
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oh my...
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Guide us with your grace...
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Guide us with your grace,
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Give us faith so we'll be safe.
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A world where we'll be in
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sorrow will be ended
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and every heart
that's broken will be mended
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and we'll remember
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we are all your children
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reaching out to touch You
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Reaching to the sky...
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We ask that life be kind...
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And watch us from above...
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And watch us from above,
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We hope each soul will find...
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We hope each soul will find,
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Another soul to love...
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Another soul to love,
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Let this be our prayer...
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Let this be our prayer,
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Just like every child...
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Just like every child,
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Needs to find a place,
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Guide us with your grace
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Give us faith so we'll be safe.
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Safe...
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Need to find a place,
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Guide us with your
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grace...
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Give us faith so we'll be
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safe...
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Safe...
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Audience: "Thank you, thank
you, thank you... " clapping...
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"thank you... thank
you... amen, amen, amen... "
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So very beautifully done,
thank you so very, very much.
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It is incredible how music
can lift you out of your seat
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and into the
very presence of God.
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I rather suspect
that if there was someone
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who really needs no introduction
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it is C.E. Bradford...
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He has served the
church long and well
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and with distinction.
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If you were fortunate enough
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to see the
interview that we did with him
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just a little bit ago on 3ABN,
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you know that his mother
dialogued with Ellen White,
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sat and talked with
her, served as her nurse
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and got great counsel
from that Godly woman.
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Ellen White said to
Elder Bradford's mother,
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"Do not pattern
yourself after me,
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keep your eyes on God. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And as great a man
as Elder Bradford is,
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I suspect, he would
echo that same sentiment.
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Do not pattern
yourself after him or any man
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but keep your eyes on God.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And so, this
morning without further ado,
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really the individual
who got this all started...
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who in his "retirement
years" dug into the Word of God
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and found a truth
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and others saw the
light in that truth
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and joined with him in study and
that is why we are here today.
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I ask from you for him
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your prayerful and undivided
attention... God bless you.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Please don't pattern after
me, you'll be in a bad shape.
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Audience: Laughing...
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I'm so happy to see you today,
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I've had the privilege of
speaking at many occasions...
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on many
occasions... at many places...
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General Conference Sessions,
all kinds of big gatherings,
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big folks... you understand
what I'm trying to say,
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but this rises to the
top... like cream in milk.
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It is alleged that Latimer,
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the King's chaplain...
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the King of England's
chaplain stood in the pulpit
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and said, "Latimer, Latimer,
take care what you say... "
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because he had
peeped up in the gallery
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where the King
had his special seat
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and he said, "The King of
England is in the audience"
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then after a
dramatic pause, he said,
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"Latimer, Latimer,
take care what you say,
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the King of Kings
is in the audience. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I ask... I believe
that the King of Kings
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is in the audience today.
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He is with His people... east
and west and north and south.
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Audience: "Yes. "
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All over this world...
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who are worshipping with
us through the miracle...
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the modern miracle of television
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and this
specific agency of 3ABN.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Three angels... flying
in the midst of heaven,
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having an everlasting gospel
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to preach to those
that dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
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Audience: "That's right. "
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And so I'm happy
today to come to you
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representing the King of Kings.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I trust that I bring to you...
whatever I bring to you...
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will be a
message from His throne.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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From God to you... with love.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And I want to read a
word from God's Word.
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I want to start out
with a text of Scripture.
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It is Isaiah chapter 11,
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Isaiah chapter 11 and verse 11,
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11:11... Isaiah
chapter 11 verse 11,
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we'll take our time, hear it.
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"And it shall come
to pass in that day... "
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when you read the Word of God,
sometimes you must savor words
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and sentences...
don't run away from it,
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don't eat your meal too fast,
it will give you indigestion.
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take your time,
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"the Lord shall set His
hand again the second time
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to recover the
remnant of his people,
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which shall be left,
from Assyria, from Egypt,
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from Pathros, from
Cush, from Elam, from Shinar
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and from Hamath,
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and from the
islands of the sea. "
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Let us pray, "Father God,
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send your Spirit upon us today
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pour your Spirit
upon your Word...
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and may the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
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be acceptable in your
sight oh Lord our strength,
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and our redeemer. "
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"It shall come to pass... "
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that means
something is going to happen,
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it's on its way...
there is movement...
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there is action...
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heaven is not
completely in a resting mode,
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heaven is a busy place...
they're going... they're coming,
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they're taking
your prayers up to...
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they're taking some prayers up
here from Mount Calvary today.
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I sure hope they're taking a
prayer from this poor soul today
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there is motion in heaven,
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there is no
wasted time in heaven...
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it came to pass...
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it always comes to pass
because God is the ruler
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and God is the
Creator and God is the One
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in whose hands
are... time is time.
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When He said,
"It came to pass... "
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we're speaking about
time, time is passing...
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and with the passing of
time, events are unfolding,
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things are happening.
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Actually, it is
God's plan working out
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from stage to
stage, isn't it marvelous?
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Before television,
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before these machines you
people have in your homes,
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all the money you
have and all the...
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I started to say,
"all the junk you have... "
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all the things you have...
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"Oh Lord, help me not to say the
wrong thing here, this morning"
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but, but, but... you can put...
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you can put something on...
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you can move it forward
and you can move it back,
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something like that,
what do you call those things?
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Moving forward... moving back...
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I'm trying to save up
enough money to buy one of them
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but you see,
God's plan is unfolding,
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what I would like to do as
a poor little preacher today
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is to take you and put you
in the center of God's plan.
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Ah, I would like
for us today to think
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God's thoughts after Him.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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In the Control
Center of the Universe,
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isn't that marvelous?
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You know He did say to us,
"Come to the throne of grace"
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didn't He? Come on now,
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He even told us,
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"Come boldly to the throne
of grace and find mercy... "
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grace... to help
us in time of need
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and if we ever
needed the Lord before,
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we sure do need Him now.
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Audience: "Amen. " Clapping.
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Trouble in the
east, trouble in the west,
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clouds over our heads,
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earth shaking beneath
our feet if we ever...
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and if you're thinking
about making earth your home,
00:21:32.12\00:21:36.12
you'd better
call the moving van,
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and so we're
here to put ourselves
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in the midst of heaven's plan
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God has called us,
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now here is something
that I'm going to read
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from what we call,
"the pen of inspiration"
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already here
today and last night,
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you can realize,
if you were here,
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then or now...
today... you can realize that
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these people are
tremendous scholars,
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I have... I'm the...
I'm the little pea-brain
00:22:17.70\00:22:20.64
among all these
big shots I have here,
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.70
great folks, PH.D.s and
all those names behind them
00:22:22.74\00:22:29.34
you understand all about that?
00:22:29.38\00:22:31.18
but they used to tell me,
00:22:31.21\00:22:33.58
"Son, you're
just a little popgun,"
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.28
I said, "I'm going to shoot
my little gun when God calls me
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.99
and I won't worry about
no big gun that you have...
00:22:38.05\00:22:41.16
I want to stir what I got... "
00:22:41.19\00:22:43.16
you all didn't hear what I said,
00:22:43.19\00:22:45.06
I'm going to let my
hair down here right now,
00:22:45.09\00:22:47.00
I'm going to tell you a little
experience in New York City,
00:22:47.03\00:22:49.76
New York City where I
preached for some years,
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.67
you know, you go and
get your cup of Postum...
00:22:52.70\00:22:55.50
or whatever...
00:22:55.54\00:22:57.17
and the man went
into the restaurant
00:22:57.21\00:22:59.67
and said, "Give
me a cup of coffee"
00:22:59.71\00:23:02.64
and the waitress
shoved that cup of...
00:23:02.68\00:23:05.58
you know... New York waitresses,
00:23:05.61\00:23:07.38
shoved that cup
of coffee back at him
00:23:07.42\00:23:10.42
with a little bitty cube of
sugar... it was during the war
00:23:10.45\00:23:15.02
little cube of sugar
and he looked at that...
00:23:15.06\00:23:18.19
he was mad and she
glared back at him and she said,
00:23:18.23\00:23:20.43
"Stir what you got... "
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.90
Audience: Laughter...
00:23:22.93\00:23:25.27
So I may be a
little piece of sugar
00:23:25.30\00:23:27.84
but I'm going
to stir what I got,
00:23:27.87\00:23:30.37
you all listen to me, here,
00:23:30.41\00:23:31.87
somebody ought to
help me here this morning,
00:23:31.91\00:23:34.58
do I have a
witness here this morning?
00:23:34.61\00:23:37.85
I wish I had a
praying church this morning
00:23:37.88\00:23:41.08
so I'm bringing
you from Ellen White,
00:23:41.12\00:23:45.69
I'm not ashamed to
read from Ellen White
00:23:45.72\00:23:49.42
and I want to
boast a little bit today,
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.19
I want to drop a
little name or two,
00:23:52.23\00:23:54.86
I have introduced Ellen White
to preachers of other faiths
00:23:54.90\00:24:00.04
and Leaders of Communities and
most of them have said to me,
00:24:00.07\00:24:04.47
"Brad, that's
one of the best gifts
00:24:04.51\00:24:06.88
you could ever give to me. "
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.24
So you quit criticizing
Sister White and share her
00:24:08.28\00:24:12.31
most of all, you'd better do
a little reading for yourself.
00:24:12.35\00:24:16.42
I'm just an old daddy
00:24:16.48\00:24:19.79
so I have to fuss at
you every now and then,
00:24:19.82\00:24:22.59
now, this is what Ellen
White says, Sister White...
00:24:22.62\00:24:26.36
She said, "We do
not sympathize with God
00:24:26.39\00:24:30.77
as we should... in the
salvation of the human race. "
00:24:30.80\00:24:35.57
Did you hear that?
00:24:35.60\00:24:37.87
We don't sympathize
with God as we should,
00:24:37.94\00:24:42.58
"we do not regard it in
the light in which it is viewed
00:24:42.61\00:24:48.08
by the universe of
heaven as a plan... a plan...
00:24:48.12\00:24:51.89
device from eternity
in the mind of God... "
00:24:51.95\00:24:55.69
then she says,
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.69
"The greatness of the theme
almost takes my breath away. "
00:24:57.73\00:25:02.50
"When I survey...
the wondrous cross...
00:25:02.56\00:25:09.94
on which the
Prince of Glory died,
00:25:09.97\00:25:13.81
my richest gain,
I count but loss...
00:25:13.84\00:25:18.25
and pour contempt
on all my pride. "
00:25:18.28\00:25:22.18
We don't sympathize with God,
00:25:22.22\00:25:26.49
oh yes mother... when
your boy was killed in Iraq
00:25:26.52\00:25:30.86
or Vietnam
00:25:30.89\00:25:32.36
or when your child was
run over in the streets
00:25:32.39\00:25:37.97
by a run-away
hit-and-run driver,
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.54
and when someone
who was close to us
00:25:40.57\00:25:43.91
someone close to us...
snatched away by sudden death
00:25:43.94\00:25:47.38
we cried, "Oh God, oh God... "
00:25:47.41\00:25:51.21
but let me tell you
one thing... you are finite
00:25:51.25\00:25:56.85
and your intense attention
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.45
is only focused on
the few around you,
00:25:59.49\00:26:02.52
but God has
everybody in this world
00:26:02.56\00:26:05.39
He's got the little bitty baby
00:26:05.43\00:26:08.10
in His hand...
00:26:08.16\00:26:10.10
He's got the
whole world in His hand
00:26:10.13\00:26:12.47
and He cares for
every one of them...
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.87
every hair on
your head is numbered
00:26:14.90\00:26:17.21
and we need to
sympathize with God
00:26:17.24\00:26:20.41
because He's been
suffering... my heavenly Father,
00:26:20.44\00:26:25.85
has been suffering
for all these 6,000 years.
00:26:25.88\00:26:31.82
So let's start
sympathizing with God,
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.59
"Lord, I know that you've
been suffering with me... "
00:26:35.62\00:26:42.53
come now, come on
now, let's get down to it,
00:26:42.56\00:26:45.60
get right down
to it where we live,
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.37
"Oh Lord, I know
you've been suffering...
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.80
Lord, I'm not going to
cause you anymore pain. "
00:26:49.84\00:26:51.77
It's getting
mighty quiet in here now,
00:26:51.81\00:26:55.11
I must tell my Lord, "I
will not complain and murmur,
00:26:55.14\00:27:01.35
You got your hands
full with all these people,
00:27:01.38\00:27:06.39
I'm not going to stray away
from you and cause you pain. "
00:27:06.42\00:27:09.12
Am I making it clear?
00:27:09.16\00:27:12.93
Because this
great Creator of ours
00:27:12.96\00:27:18.03
saw us and loved us
enough to redeem us,
00:27:18.07\00:27:25.07
bring us back to Him,
00:27:25.11\00:27:27.34
I want to read from 2nd
Peter, where am I going?
00:27:27.38\00:27:31.91
I'm going to 2nd Peter and
I want to read in 2nd Peter
00:27:31.95\00:27:37.75
chapter 3... I want to look at
00:27:37.79\00:27:41.82
verse 8 and 9 of chapter 3
00:27:41.86\00:27:45.93
of 2nd Peter... which says,
00:27:45.96\00:27:49.86
8... "But, beloved,
00:27:49.90\00:27:54.24
be not ignorant of
this one thing... "
00:27:54.27\00:27:58.01
I'm taking you into
the plans of God now...
00:27:58.04\00:28:01.08
"that one day is with
the Lord as a thousand years,
00:28:01.11\00:28:05.71
and a thousand
years as one day. "
00:28:05.75\00:28:09.58
What seems long to
you is short to Him
00:28:09.65\00:28:13.25
and what thing is
short to Him is long to you.
00:28:13.32\00:28:18.13
Look at verse 9, "The
Lord is not... " what?
00:28:18.16\00:28:22.90
"slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness... "
00:28:22.93\00:28:30.07
some people say,
"It's taking so long... "
00:28:30.11\00:28:34.54
even the souls
under the altar cried out,
00:28:34.58\00:28:39.01
"Oh Lord, how long?"
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.68
Pause...
00:28:40.72\00:28:45.35
But is longsuffering,
00:28:45.39\00:28:51.06
He's not slow,
00:28:51.09\00:28:52.43
His arm isn't heavy
that He can't raise it, huh,
00:28:52.46\00:28:56.67
time doesn't mean anything
to Him like it does to us
00:28:56.70\00:29:00.87
the apostle is
trying to get us to see
00:29:00.90\00:29:05.77
that little look
into the heart of God.
00:29:05.84\00:29:09.94
Let us sympathize
with God a minute here,
00:29:09.98\00:29:13.98
He' looking down upon us
and we look into His heart,
00:29:14.02\00:29:20.39
what a great
heart God must have,
00:29:20.42\00:29:22.62
come on now... isn't
that some heart He has?
00:29:22.66\00:29:26.09
His heart is big
enough to contain us all.
00:29:26.13\00:29:29.46
I was trying to think of
the words of that song...
00:29:29.53\00:29:33.44
"When you're on the
cross" or something,
00:29:33.47\00:29:35.17
"I was on your mind" ah...
00:29:35.20\00:29:37.04
even when He's dying,
He's thinking about me,
00:29:37.07\00:29:40.98
isn't that some kind of a God?
00:29:41.01\00:29:42.34
Audience: "Amen. "
00:29:42.38\00:29:43.95
Thinking about me, He
said, "Father, forgive them"
00:29:43.98\00:29:47.02
you see, we need to
look into the heart of God...
00:29:47.08\00:29:50.39
that great and wonderful...
but suffering heart.
00:29:50.42\00:29:54.82
"He is... " Peter said,
"longsuffering to us-ward"
00:29:54.86\00:29:59.23
and what is he saying?
00:29:59.26\00:30:02.30
"not willing that... " what?
00:30:02.33\00:30:05.33
"any should perish,
00:30:05.37\00:30:06.90
but that all should
come to repentance. "
00:30:06.94\00:30:11.17
What a God...
00:30:11.21\00:30:14.31
now that's...
00:30:14.34\00:30:17.35
I've been looking at a
word in the last several years
00:30:17.38\00:30:22.15
in my reading and in
my viewing of the media...
00:30:22.18\00:30:27.26
pause...
00:30:27.29\00:30:29.79
talk-show people... I
call them, "talking heads"
00:30:29.82\00:30:33.50
and others...
00:30:33.53\00:30:34.96
they use... and
military people...
00:30:35.00\00:30:39.10
they use the word,
"collateral damage"
00:30:39.13\00:30:43.17
but what is collateral damage?
00:30:43.20\00:30:46.91
Collateral damage is... you're
just standing on the street
00:30:46.98\00:30:49.74
and some fool drives down
00:30:49.81\00:30:51.31
and knocks
everybody over and kills you
00:30:51.35\00:30:53.88
that's awful but
it's "collateral damage. "
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.22
Hate to say it but you go to war
00:30:56.25\00:31:00.22
and there are
poor people over there
00:31:00.26\00:31:04.19
who are innocent of anything,
00:31:04.23\00:31:07.46
and they don't have
any political persuasion...
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.50
but they drop the bombs...
they keep dropping bombs...
00:31:09.56\00:31:12.43
in order to get one person,
they got to get everybody...
00:31:12.47\00:31:15.30
and that's "collateral damage. "
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.97
A lot of collateral damage in
this world, isn't there friends?
00:31:17.01\00:31:22.28
But I want so very
much to present to you today
00:31:22.31\00:31:26.58
a God who can reverse the
damage of "collateral damage. "
00:31:26.61\00:31:30.95
Not willing that
any should perish...
00:31:30.99\00:31:35.76
I don't know how He
does it but He said,
00:31:35.79\00:31:40.53
"It's in my hands... "
00:31:40.56\00:31:42.46
There's not a
thing the devil can do
00:31:42.50\00:31:46.87
to take you out of His hands.
00:31:46.94\00:31:48.90
Audience: "You're
right... Amen... thank you... "
00:31:48.97\00:31:51.57
That same Ellen G.
White that we quoted a bit ago
00:31:51.61\00:31:54.18
says, "He will
not let the devil go
00:31:54.21\00:31:57.78
one hair-breath closer to
you than He allows it... "
00:31:57.81\00:32:03.22
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:03.25\00:32:04.75
He can't touch me...
00:32:04.82\00:32:06.35
I haven't got
enough money for Brinks...
00:32:06.39\00:32:10.13
but if I had a
whole lot of money,
00:32:10.16\00:32:13.23
I would need Brinks plus the
angels of God... come on now...
00:32:13.29\00:32:17.10
Audience: "That's right... "
00:32:17.13\00:32:19.03
And He said, "I am with you. "
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.94
He's the only one that
can solve the "sin" problem.
00:32:20.97\00:32:29.31
Oh my sins... there are many...
like the sands of the sea
00:32:29.34\00:32:35.15
"but thy blood... oh my
Savior is sufficient for me... "
00:32:35.18\00:32:40.99
we do not need to
remind the Lord of...
00:32:41.02\00:32:44.99
of the enormity of our
sin, He knows it already,
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.46
but when we go to Him,
00:32:48.53\00:32:51.40
He says, "I will
take care of it. "
00:32:51.43\00:32:56.00
Take care of it...
00:32:56.04\00:32:59.71
Well, how does He do His work?
00:32:59.77\00:33:03.14
You see, this "sin" problem,
how is He going to handle that?
00:33:03.18\00:33:07.35
Big job... terrible folks...
00:33:07.38\00:33:11.22
all you need to do is
drive around Tampa a little bit
00:33:11.25\00:33:15.72
and you see
"terrible folks" there.
00:33:15.76\00:33:17.69
You'd better not take a
little nap at the red light...
00:33:17.73\00:33:23.67
you get some new
names added to you...
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.77
maybe something even worse...
00:33:26.80\00:33:31.11
we know that this
world is loaded down
00:33:31.14\00:33:34.88
with all kinds of
wicked, mean, ugly people...
00:33:34.91\00:33:37.91
no care for life and limb...
00:33:37.95\00:33:41.92
you're almost afraid to
put on the television news,
00:33:41.95\00:33:45.52
They have so many
babies abducted now
00:33:45.55\00:33:50.36
and killing all the
children here and there,
00:33:50.43\00:33:52.59
you don't know which
one they're talking about.
00:33:52.63\00:33:55.13
Is it one in New York
or is it one in California,
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.60
where? It's awful...
00:33:57.63\00:33:59.80
you must have blinders on
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.80
if you don't see and hear
and feel all these things,
00:34:01.87\00:34:04.41
how is the Lord going
to handle this business?
00:34:04.44\00:34:07.98
It's a big, rough business...
the "sin" business...
00:34:08.04\00:34:12.88
now come on,
let's go to Isaiah...
00:34:12.91\00:34:14.45
I want to read a text,
I want to read... Bible,
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.65
let's read... Bible...
00:34:16.69\00:34:18.29
Isaiah 55... where are we going?
00:34:18.35\00:34:21.42
Audience: "Isaiah 55."
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.22
Oh, why don't we just go
ahead and look at Isaiah 55
00:34:23.26\00:34:26.53
and read verse 11,
Isaiah 55 and verse 11,
00:34:26.56\00:34:32.07
this is great stuff here,
00:34:32.13\00:34:34.70
I'm the kind of preacher,
00:34:34.74\00:34:37.27
sometimes people
don't enjoy my preaching,
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.31
they get tired and everything,
but I have a good time anyhow.
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.74
Audience: Laughing...
00:34:41.78\00:34:44.05
Sometimes I'm in
some dead audience...
00:34:44.08\00:34:45.81
some dead people
looking at... dead... dead...
00:34:45.85\00:34:48.68
I said, "Amen" anyhow.
00:34:48.72\00:34:50.42
Audience: Laughing.
00:34:50.49\00:34:52.09
Ellen White... a
favorite writer...
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.96
she says, "We
went to the meeting
00:34:54.99\00:34:57.09
and brother so-and-so preached
00:34:57.13\00:34:59.16
and he just
spread gloom all over us
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.16
and... just waves
of gloom over us... "
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.40
but she said, "I had my chance
00:35:03.43\00:35:04.77
and then in the
afternoon I spoke
00:35:04.80\00:35:06.13
and I was lifted up
and the people were too
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.27
and I enjoyed myself. "
00:35:08.30\00:35:09.64
"I... " Paul...
said, "I'm in jail...
00:35:09.67\00:35:11.91
but glory to God
in the highest... "
00:35:11.94\00:35:14.18
he said, "The chopping
block is over there... "
00:35:14.21\00:35:16.88
but he said,
"rejoice in the Lord... "
00:35:16.91\00:35:18.38
he said, "Caesar has given
a command to destroy you... "
00:35:18.41\00:35:21.25
he said, "and
yet I will rejoice. "
00:35:21.28\00:35:23.45
So in verse 11...
chapter 55... Isaiah...
00:35:23.49\00:35:30.13
verse 11 says...
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.59
how's He going
to handle all this?
00:35:32.63\00:35:34.03
Here's the question,
00:35:34.06\00:35:35.40
"So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth:
00:35:35.43\00:35:42.64
it shall not
return unto me void,
00:35:42.70\00:35:49.18
but it shall
accomplish that which I please,
00:35:49.24\00:35:53.08
and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it. "
00:35:53.11\00:36:00.72
He does it by His Word...
00:36:00.76\00:36:04.53
Thy Word... His Word...
00:36:04.56\00:36:07.46
He speaks the Word...
00:36:07.50\00:36:10.30
He spake... and it was done...
00:36:10.33\00:36:13.60
He commanded,
and it stood fast...
00:36:13.64\00:36:16.84
He sent His word...
and He healed him...
00:36:16.87\00:36:19.87
"when I was down,
Lord, you raised me. "
00:36:19.91\00:36:23.14
"When I was sick,
Lord, you healed me. "
00:36:23.21\00:36:26.38
"I was confined in the dungeon
but you broke open the doors,"
00:36:26.41\00:36:33.72
what did it? "Your word... "
00:36:33.76\00:36:35.62
Audience: "Yes, that's true... "
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.43
Sharper than any
two-edged sword the Word...
00:36:37.46\00:36:42.30
like dynamite blasts
away the chains of Satan,
00:36:42.36\00:36:47.17
Thy Word... Thy Word,
00:36:47.20\00:36:50.34
well, it's time now
for the Lord to come.
00:36:50.41\00:37:00.02
Some people will say,
"It can never be done...
00:37:00.08\00:37:05.22
how are we
going to get it done?"
00:37:05.25\00:37:10.59
You're not going to
get it done by yourself
00:37:10.63\00:37:14.10
but you're going to
do it through His Word...
00:37:14.13\00:37:17.53
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:17.57\00:37:18.90
Pause...
00:37:18.93\00:37:25.41
I said something
about time a bit ago,
00:37:25.44\00:37:27.28
I'm just thinking of a
couple of texts to give you.
00:37:27.31\00:37:30.51
I'm going to
Daniel... where am I going now?
00:37:30.55\00:37:33.31
I'm going to Daniel... I
love to say to the people
00:37:33.35\00:37:37.85
when they open their Bible,
00:37:37.89\00:37:39.22
I say, "Let your
fingers to do the walking. "
00:37:39.25\00:37:42.02
Ah, it's wonderful to
go through that Word...
00:37:42.06\00:37:45.39
Twelfth chapter of
Daniel, Is that where we are?
00:37:45.43\00:37:48.73
Daniel 12... look at verse 4...
00:37:48.76\00:37:51.40
verse 4... good audience here...
00:37:51.43\00:37:54.00
all you people out
there around the world...
00:37:54.04\00:37:56.87
hundreds and
thousands of you listening,
00:37:56.91\00:37:59.67
come on in and sit down
with us here in Mount Calvary.
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.41
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:02.44\00:38:03.78
The Word... the Word is
here isn't it... the Word...
00:38:03.81\00:38:05.81
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.18
"But thou, O Daniel,
shut up the... " what?
00:38:07.22\00:38:13.09
Audience: "words... "
00:38:13.12\00:38:14.56
"and seal the book,
even to the... " what?
00:38:14.59\00:38:18.26
"time of the...
" what? "end... "
00:38:18.29\00:38:21.46
"many shall run to and fro,
00:38:21.50\00:38:25.33
knowledge shall be increased. "
00:38:25.37\00:38:31.31
Time of the end...
00:38:31.34\00:38:36.01
last night we
just went over quickly
00:38:36.04\00:38:39.35
I didn't even read them because
00:38:39.38\00:38:42.05
I'm sure you have
already done that so many times
00:38:42.08\00:38:47.22
but let's go
back to where we were,
00:38:47.26\00:38:49.32
let's review...
00:38:49.36\00:38:50.69
let's go to
Revelation chapter 6,
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.73
where are we going now?
00:38:52.76\00:38:54.10
Audience:
"Revelation chapter 6."
00:38:54.13\00:38:55.70
Thank you, we're going
to Revelation chapter 6.
00:38:55.73\00:38:59.13
We're going to look at
verses 13, 14 and so forth
00:38:59.20\00:39:02.57
in Revelation 6...
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.27
and what does it say?
I'm going to read it...
00:39:04.31\00:39:06.47
Let's look at
verse 12 first of all.
00:39:06.51\00:39:10.21
"And I beheld, when he
had opened the sixth seal,
00:39:10.25\00:39:16.25
and... in...
00:39:16.28\00:39:20.46
and there was a great earthquake
00:39:20.49\00:39:23.12
and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair,
00:39:23.16\00:39:26.43
and the moon
became as blood... "
00:39:26.46\00:39:28.30
okay, we talked
about that last night...
00:39:28.36\00:39:31.90
referred to it last night...
00:39:31.93\00:39:33.84
look at 14...
00:39:33.87\00:39:35.40
verse 13... "And the stars
of heaven fell to the earth,
00:39:35.44\00:39:43.78
even as the fig tree
casteth her untimely figs,
00:39:43.81\00:39:46.15
when she is shaken
of a mighty wind. "
00:39:46.18\00:39:49.02
Shaken...
00:39:49.05\00:39:51.05
Verse 14... what does that say?
00:39:51.09\00:39:54.16
"And the heaven... " did
what? "departed as a scroll
00:39:54.19\00:39:57.89
when it is rolled together...
00:39:57.93\00:40:00.23
and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places"
00:40:00.26\00:40:04.23
that sounds like
the very end doesn't it?
00:40:04.27\00:40:07.77
And then I left you last night
hanging between two verses,
00:40:07.80\00:40:14.74
huh, because verse 12 and 13
00:40:14.78\00:40:19.81
have already been
fulfilled, haven't they?
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.15
Audience: "Yeah, amen. "
00:40:22.18\00:40:23.59
Dark day, stars
falling, great earthquake,
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.49
all of that... has
already taken place,
00:40:26.55\00:40:29.36
stars fell in 1833...
00:40:29.42\00:40:33.33
so, we've been
hanging right here since 1833,
00:40:33.36\00:40:37.40
in fact, we've been
living on borrowed time
00:40:37.43\00:40:41.44
since 1833...
00:40:41.47\00:40:45.51
then the next drama...
00:40:45.54\00:40:48.94
as the song said,
00:40:49.01\00:40:52.35
"What shall the next
great stirring drama be?"
00:40:52.38\00:40:56.72
Verse 14, "the heavens
departing as a scroll... "
00:40:56.75\00:41:01.06
Old Elder
Evangelist John Schuller
00:41:01.09\00:41:05.83
used to have a sermon,
"Heaven split wide open"
00:41:05.89\00:41:09.90
I can't even
imagine that can you?
00:41:09.96\00:41:14.57
Heaven split wide
open, so we're suspended here
00:41:14.60\00:41:20.58
between verses 13 and 14...
00:41:20.64\00:41:26.55
we're suspended,
we're in space...
00:41:26.58\00:41:29.65
I hope we're not animated,
00:41:29.68\00:41:32.72
I hope we're not sleeping
00:41:32.75\00:41:35.72
because signs
are always going on.
00:41:35.76\00:41:40.66
Audience: "That's
right... that's right. "
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.06
Did you hear what I said?
00:41:42.10\00:41:44.10
Now I can read
you... I'm on strict time...
00:41:44.17\00:41:48.50
I'm not known as the
shortest preacher in line...
00:41:48.54\00:41:52.17
and that's all right,
you all better make fun of me
00:41:52.21\00:41:55.84
somewhere else, you
understand what I mean
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.45
because I may call the
bears out of the woods on you.
00:41:57.51\00:42:00.92
Audience: Laughing.
00:42:00.98\00:42:03.28
But Jesus spoke about it,
you know what Jesus said...
00:42:03.32\00:42:08.09
and in Luke... there are three
gospels that speak about it
00:42:08.12\00:42:11.26
but let's look
at the one in Luke,
00:42:11.29\00:42:13.26
let's look at what Luke
says, here's Luke talking huh...
00:42:13.29\00:42:15.86
recording the Master's words...
00:42:15.90\00:42:18.80
Luke 21 and we're going
to 25, here's Jesus now...
00:42:18.83\00:42:23.91
do you realize Jesus was
the greatest of the prophets?
00:42:23.94\00:42:28.94
yes He was...
00:42:29.01\00:42:30.68
the prophet
speaks the word of God.
00:42:30.75\00:42:32.31
"And there shall be... " what?
00:42:32.35\00:42:33.85
Audience: "signs in the sun... "
00:42:33.92\00:42:35.25
"In the sun... " in the what?
00:42:35.28\00:42:36.62
"in stars upon the
earth... distress of nations...
00:42:36.65\00:42:40.82
with perplexity... the
sea and the waves roaring...
00:42:40.86\00:42:44.29
what's next?
00:42:44.33\00:42:47.00
"Men's hearts
failing them for fear... "
00:42:47.03\00:42:50.33
the anxiety... listen...
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.23
the anxiety index
is rising every day,
00:42:52.27\00:42:56.84
people are anxious, aren't they?
00:42:56.87\00:43:00.81
They are fainting for fear
of what's coming on the earth
00:43:00.84\00:43:07.38
and then they'll see
the powers of heaven shaken.
00:43:07.42\00:43:14.86
"Then they shall see
the Son of man coming
00:43:14.89\00:43:18.06
in a cloud... " with what?
00:43:18.09\00:43:21.90
Audience: "Power... "
00:43:21.93\00:43:23.73
So between 1833... stars fell...
00:43:23.77\00:43:27.64
and the coming of Christ...
00:43:27.70\00:43:30.01
we don't have any
time periods marked off,
00:43:30.04\00:43:34.44
Daniel calls this "the
time of the end," end time,
00:43:34.48\00:43:39.55
we're living in the end-time...
00:43:39.58\00:43:42.75
now there's a little
difference between the end-time
00:43:42.78\00:43:45.39
and the time of
the end and the end...
00:43:45.42\00:43:47.96
the end of time... we're
not yet to the end of time
00:43:47.99\00:43:51.93
but we're in
the time of the end.
00:43:51.99\00:43:54.06
We're in the 9th
inning of the ball game...
00:43:54.10\00:43:57.73
we're in the fourth
quarter of the ball game,
00:43:57.77\00:44:01.37
we're in the third
period of the hockey game,
00:44:01.40\00:44:05.01
whatever game
you're in is about over.
00:44:05.04\00:44:08.08
Audience: "Amen. "
00:44:08.11\00:44:09.44
Now, all during
this time in between...
00:44:09.48\00:44:13.75
in the in-between
times... in the interregnum...
00:44:13.82\00:44:18.19
between the
"already" and the "not yet"
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.59
in this time...
00:44:21.62\00:44:22.96
He gives you
signs to wake you up,
00:44:22.99\00:44:25.93
every time you hear about an
earthquake... wake up church...
00:44:25.96\00:44:30.87
any time you hear
the howling wind...
00:44:30.90\00:44:33.47
you here in
Tampa ought to know...
00:44:33.50\00:44:36.07
you sure enough need to wake up,
00:44:36.10\00:44:38.67
when the
hurricanes are brewing...
00:44:38.71\00:44:41.21
in the south Atlantic
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.24
and the airwaves are
breaking on your Program,
00:44:43.28\00:44:47.28
you're trying to
look at a Program,
00:44:47.32\00:44:48.65
they're breaking... we
have an "event bulletin... "
00:44:48.68\00:44:50.55
the storm is getting closer,
00:44:50.59\00:44:52.45
I've been through
four of them in one year
00:44:52.49\00:44:55.39
since I've been down
here and one time I woke up,
00:44:55.42\00:44:58.59
I said, "Lord, did you really
want me to move to Florida?"
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.46
Audience: Laughing...
00:45:01.50\00:45:03.26
A little voice said, "I'm
with you everywhere you go"
00:45:03.30\00:45:06.43
come on now...
00:45:06.50\00:45:07.84
and so these signs take
place to wake up the church,
00:45:07.87\00:45:15.34
there are some among
us... some among us...
00:45:15.38\00:45:18.18
who "pooh, pooh" these signs,
00:45:18.21\00:45:20.12
Well, nothing turns their heads,
"they had these signs all along"
00:45:20.15\00:45:23.75
Jesus told you, "It
will be until the end. "
00:45:23.79\00:45:26.15
Didn't He say that...
00:45:26.19\00:45:27.52
He said, "the end is not yet...
00:45:27.56\00:45:30.36
you'll see more... and more... "
00:45:30.39\00:45:33.40
now, I want to
give you a little...
00:45:33.46\00:45:35.93
a little something here,
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.30
I like to have fun... a
bit of fun... a Godly fun...
00:45:37.33\00:45:40.00
Jesus even had a
little fun... He said,
00:45:40.04\00:45:42.67
"You're talking about a man
with something in his eye...
00:45:42.70\00:45:45.94
and you got a whole
log in your eye... "
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.81
that's kind of fun isn't it?
00:45:47.84\00:45:49.18
Jesus was making
fun of them... Jesus...
00:45:49.21\00:45:52.08
so here we are now... and
I'm going to tell you this now,
00:45:52.11\00:45:56.89
the signs wake us up...
00:45:56.92\00:46:00.72
and one of my preacher friends,
he's now sleeping in Jesus...
00:46:00.76\00:46:04.53
he said, "the problem
with the church today...
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.70
is, we are
parked between signs...
00:46:07.73\00:46:10.80
now you all didn't get it,
you will when you go home...
00:46:10.87\00:46:14.04
when you're eating
your chocolate dinner...
00:46:14.07\00:46:17.81
you'll... ah, you'll wake
up and say, you see it now...
00:46:17.84\00:46:20.21
The church is terrible...
it's parked between signs...
00:46:20.24\00:46:24.45
you know... no path in here...
00:46:24.48\00:46:28.98
but we're between
the signs asleep...
00:46:29.02\00:46:32.55
and you may say,
"We're not... I'm not... "
00:46:32.59\00:46:37.69
but Jesus said, "they
all slumbered and slept"
00:46:37.73\00:46:42.83
there was a
time of quiescence...
00:46:42.86\00:46:46.30
when the church got drowsy...
00:46:46.33\00:46:51.37
and they all
slumbered and slept.
00:46:51.41\00:46:54.18
Audience member:
I know that story.
00:46:54.21\00:46:56.95
Yes, they all slumbered...
00:46:56.98\00:46:59.35
don't come talking about this
elder, this deacon... whoever...
00:46:59.38\00:47:05.02
when you're
pointing at him, you are...
00:47:05.05\00:47:07.39
Audience:
"Pointing at yourself. "
00:47:07.42\00:47:09.52
All right now,
you're pointing at him...
00:47:09.56\00:47:11.69
you're pointing at yourself,
00:47:11.73\00:47:13.06
"I know I'm not all I
ought to be... but don't...
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.96
you quit pointing at me because
you need to wake up too. "
00:47:15.00\00:47:19.60
Audience: "Amen. "
00:47:19.63\00:47:20.97
And H.M.S.
Richards... you remember him?
00:47:21.00\00:47:23.74
My great friend...
00:47:23.77\00:47:25.87
H.M.S. Richards... man of God...
00:47:25.94\00:47:31.21
Voice of Prophecy...
00:47:31.25\00:47:33.08
he led out in all
this media business...
00:47:33.11\00:47:36.48
led out... he had a
"pocket" where he said,
00:47:36.52\00:47:39.79
"If you want me to be
on the air... the radio...
00:47:39.85\00:47:42.02
put a little
something in that pocket... "
00:47:42.06\00:47:43.46
and he took money
out of that pocket
00:47:43.49\00:47:45.69
and financed the
Voice of Prophecy.
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.83
He told a story... if I told
you you wouldn't believe it,
00:47:47.86\00:47:53.47
but he told it...
00:47:53.50\00:47:55.47
and he said that
there was a preacher...
00:47:55.50\00:48:00.61
on sustentation... retired...
00:48:00.64\00:48:03.21
he moved to a
little town in California,
00:48:03.24\00:48:06.75
nestled up under
the hills, you know,
00:48:06.78\00:48:10.02
the beautiful hills there,
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.49
and they had a
little church there...
00:48:11.52\00:48:14.59
about ten or twelve people...
00:48:14.62\00:48:16.22
they asked him...
the Conference said,
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.53
"Brother, would you go
there and preach for us?"
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.16
"Oh yes... " retired
preacher is ready to preach
00:48:22.20\00:48:24.57
any time you ask me... I'll
jump up and go to California,
00:48:24.60\00:48:26.90
you know what I mean...
00:48:26.94\00:48:28.27
preach... all right...
but he had a little problem,
00:48:28.30\00:48:32.04
he had a little
problem with sleep apnea
00:48:32.07\00:48:34.28
or whatever you call
it... sleep... something...
00:48:34.31\00:48:35.94
some
narcolepsy... he had a problem
00:48:35.98\00:48:40.45
and so, he went one
Sabbath to the pulpit,
00:48:40.48\00:48:44.12
opened his Bible,
read his text and he said,
00:48:44.15\00:48:47.72
"Brothers and Sisters...
and so... " dozing off...
00:48:47.76\00:48:55.76
a non-member...
was walking by...
00:48:55.80\00:48:59.60
it was a hot day... he
looked in the open door
00:48:59.63\00:49:03.61
and he saw the preacher's
head down... dozing...
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.41
and all the saints... dozing...
00:49:06.44\00:49:09.34
and he said, "What
kind of a church is that?
00:49:09.38\00:49:13.31
there's the preacher is sleeping
the people all are sleeping!"
00:49:13.35\00:49:17.65
But you know the Lord loves us
00:49:17.69\00:49:20.32
and He gives us a wake-up call.
00:49:20.36\00:49:22.49
Audience: "Amen. "
00:49:22.52\00:49:23.89
He said, "My
child, wake up and live...
00:49:23.93\00:49:28.16
put on the armor of light,
let all the church be awakened
00:49:28.20\00:49:34.67
because the time has come
and God arises on His throne
00:49:34.70\00:49:41.18
he said, "Time for me
to finish this work... "
00:49:41.21\00:49:45.21
Did you hear Him say it?
00:49:45.25\00:49:46.92
Romans 9:28... "He
will finish the work,
00:49:46.95\00:49:50.99
and cut it short
in righteousness"
00:49:51.02\00:49:53.12
He will take over... and
if this preacher is asleep,
00:49:53.15\00:49:57.53
he'll push him
aside... He'll say,
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.89
"If you don't do it,
I've got some stones... "
00:49:58.93\00:50:02.26
you all didn't hear
what I had to say there,
00:50:02.30\00:50:05.67
"I've got some stones...
00:50:05.73\00:50:07.90
they'll cry out... because
I am going to finish this work
00:50:07.97\00:50:14.04
and cut it short
in righteousness"
00:50:14.08\00:50:20.62
Well, I've got one
more I want to read to you.
00:50:20.65\00:50:23.72
Sometimes the Preacher
says, "I've got one more... "
00:50:23.75\00:50:28.09
but the poor
little Preacher says,
00:50:28.12\00:50:29.79
he says, "I've got another one"
00:50:29.82\00:50:31.46
but let's look at this one,
00:50:31.49\00:50:34.30
Prophets and
Kings... where is it?
00:50:34.33\00:50:36.13
Audience: "Prophets and Kings. "
00:50:36.16\00:50:37.90
This is the last
book Ellen White wrote...
00:50:37.93\00:50:41.30
"Prophets and Kings... " it
was published after her death
00:50:41.34\00:50:46.11
posthumously...
00:50:46.14\00:50:47.81
in page 188...
00:50:47.84\00:50:51.45
a great comment she makes,
00:50:51.48\00:50:55.78
inspiration of the
Holy Ghost, she says,
00:50:55.82\00:51:00.06
"Among earth's inhabitants...
" listen to this now,
00:51:00.09\00:51:04.99
scattered in every land,
00:51:05.03\00:51:08.76
there are those who have
not bowed the knee to Baal. "
00:51:08.80\00:51:14.14
Pause...
00:51:14.17\00:51:17.84
You Pharisaical
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:51:17.87\00:51:19.97
wrapping your
righteous robes around you,
00:51:20.01\00:51:22.08
looking down your long
nose at everybody in the world
00:51:22.14\00:51:24.55
and thinking
you're better than them,
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.72
remember there are thousands
00:51:26.78\00:51:28.75
who have not bowed
their knees to Baal.
00:51:28.78\00:51:31.49
Audience: "Amen. "
00:51:31.52\00:51:32.85
Sister White says,
"Like the stars of heaven,
00:51:32.89\00:51:37.86
which appear only at night,
00:51:37.89\00:51:41.36
these faithful
ones will shine forth
00:51:41.43\00:51:44.60
when the
darkness covers the earth
00:51:44.63\00:51:47.77
and gross darkness the people.
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.27
In heathen Africa,
00:51:49.30\00:51:50.64
in the Catholic lands of Europe
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.64
and South America,
in China, in India,
00:51:52.67\00:51:55.64
in the islands of the sea,
00:51:55.68\00:51:57.01
and in all the dark
corners of the earth,
00:51:57.05\00:52:00.78
God has in reserve a
firmament of chosen ones
00:52:00.82\00:52:04.85
that will yet shine
forth amidst the darkness,
00:52:04.89\00:52:08.92
revealing clearly
to an apostate world
00:52:08.96\00:52:12.26
the transforming power
of obedience to His Law. "
00:52:12.29\00:52:16.03
Then she says,
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pause...
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"Even now they are
appearing in every nation,
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among every tongue and people;
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and in the hour
of deepest apostasy,
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when Satan's
supreme effort is made
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to cause 'all,
both small and great,
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and rich and poor
and free and bond,'
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to receive, under
the penalty of death,
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the sign of
allegiance to a false day...
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a false rest day,
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these faithful
ones," listen to this now...
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"blameless and harmless,
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the sons of God, without rebuke,
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'will' shine as
lights in the world.
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The darker the night,
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the more
brilliantly will they shine. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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So I got a God who enfolds
us all in His great heart,
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that great heart of love
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goes out to everyone...
every inhabitant of the earth
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and He sends messages
to us through His Word,
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through His human instruments,
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through the printed page
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even through visions to heathens
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as a man in Philippines was
plowing with his water buffalo,
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the buffalo
stuck and wouldn't go,
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he took his
little branch stick out
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and whipped him
and he wouldn't go
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then the buffalo turned
around and this is true...
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it was in the Review,
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the buffalo said, "Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy,
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stop your sinning and
Jesus is soon to come"
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now, if a water buffalo
can preach it, come on now,
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what about you and me?
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Audience: Clapping.
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I've got to go on
and get through here,
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the Bible tells us, we
can read it, you got it...
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and we're going
to put this on DVD
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so you have to see it again.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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But my Lord said, "I
will leave no child behind"
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if you want to go,
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I'll do like... we used to sing
down in Huntsville, Alabama,
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at the Oakwood College... the
old quartet boys used to sing,
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"Back, back train... "
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and get your load...
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"and when He passes
by, reach out and grab Him
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and say, 'don't pass me by,'
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Savior, hear my humble cry. "
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I heard this story
or read it somewhere,
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it came to me... this story...
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I think from
Turkey... a big earthquake...
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everything was
covered with debris,
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people were down
under it and they...
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the poor little things...
they just were suffering
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and some were
trapped and still alive,
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they put on a very
great effort to rescue them,
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there was one little boy...
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after everything was
closed up, they said,
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"there's nobody
else... we can't go...
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everybody is dead by now"
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but one man kept
looking for his boy
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he kept
looking... he kept looking,
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he kept screaming his son's name
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and then finally, one day...
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one day it came to pass...
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one day he heard a
little faint feeble cry,
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"Father... " "My son... "
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he moved all that
rubbish, hands bloody...
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who cares about bloody hands
when your child is trapped...
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Audience: "Yes, amen. "
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He pulled every rock he
could and he got his child
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and his child
looked up at him and said,
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"Father, I knew you would come"
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"How did you know I could come?"
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"Because you said
that you would come. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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"Pass me not... "
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I didn't know what song I
wanted to talk to you again,
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these two three times...
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but I think Sister,
we'd better change...
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you know the old Evangelists...
they change all the time,
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"Pass me not... "
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go on... play a little bit...
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"O gentle Savior
hear my humble cry,
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While on others
Thou art calling,
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Do not pass me by. "
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"Where two or three
are gathered in my name,
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anywhere they are...
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I will be there... "
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So He who promised to be here,
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walking up and down
these aisles on Mount Calvary,
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walking up and
down your living room,
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wherever you are...
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He won't pass you
by... if you just say,
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"Savior... please
Savior, hear my humble cry,
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While on others
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Thou art calling... "
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open the doors
in the church now,
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"Father God, send your word,
you said you'll send your word,
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we're counting on
your word to do the job,
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help us to get
out of the way, Lord,
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take this little Preacher,
put him out of the way,
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set me aside...
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let the people only hear
Your word... Your word...
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Your powerful word...
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and Lord, move
on that heart... "
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somebody ought to say today,
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"Lord, don't leave me
behind, pass me not... "
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Brother Burton, out there,
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do you want Him to stop...
reach out His hand to you?
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what do you say, "I
will follow you... "
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you just stand up and say,
"Preacher, I'll follow Him. "
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