Welcome to the 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting:
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The Three Angels' Messages.
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Hello and welcome back
to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting
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2018. Have you
been blessed so far?
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Amen! It's been an
incredible experience
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to sit under the anointed
messages that have come forth
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from the Word of God.
We're in the middle of our
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presentation on the
three angels' messages.
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And last message was
the first angel's message:
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Fear God and give glory to Him.
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This message at this hour
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will be "The Hour of
His Judgment Has Come. "
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And I'm just looking forward
to what God is going to do
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in and through our speaker of
the hour: Pastor C. A. Murray.
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Really he needs no introduction.
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He's part of the 3ABN
family for so many years.
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We call him our
"resident theologian. "
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He's a man of the Word. He
has a grasp of the Word of God
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like few men or
women I have ever met.
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And we're so blessed that
he is going to be presenting
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the message for this hour.
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He and his wife
Irma are a blessing here
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to the ministry of 3ABN
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and I know at home they
have ministered to your lives
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as well. He's the general
manager of 3ABN Proclaim!
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And his message is titled The
Hour of His Judgment Has Come.
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Before he comes we'll
be blessed by special music
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from Celestine Barry-Dickens.
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She got married since
the last time she sang here
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so she has a wonderful husband.
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She is actually
our church secretary
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and she has an anointing on her
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when she sings. I want to
invite Celestine to come out.
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She's accompanied by her
daughter Farrah on the piano.
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And the song that
they will be doing
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is Make My Life A Prayer To You.
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After Celestine shall have sung
the next voice you will hear
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is that of our pastor
and friend C. A. Murray.
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Make my life a prayer to You
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I wanna do what you want me to.
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No empty words and no white lies
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No token prayers, no compromise.
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I wanna shine the light you gave
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through Your Son
You sent to save us
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from ourselves and our despair
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it comforts me
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to know You're really there.
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I want to thank You now
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for being patient with me.
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Oh, it's so hard to see
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when my eyes are on me.
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I guess I'll have to trust
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and just believe what You say.
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Oh, You're coming again...
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coming to take me away.
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I wanna die
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and let You give Your life to me
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so I might live
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and share the
hope You gave to me...
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the love that set me free.
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I wanna tell the world out there
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You're not some
fable or fairy tale
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that I've made
up inside my head.
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You're God the Son,
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You've risen from the dead.
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Oh, I wanna thank You now
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for being patient with me.
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Oh, it's so hard to see
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when my eyes are on me.
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I guess I'll have to
trust and just believe
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what You say. Oh,
You're coming again...
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coming to take me away.
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I wanna die and let You give
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Your life to me so I might live
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and share the
hope You gave to me...
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I wanna share the love
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that set me free.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh.
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Amen... amen.
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Just the devil.
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"The hour of His
judgment is come. "
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And as you can see this
morning we made a hard pivot
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into the heart of the messages
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of Revelation 14.
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We could talk quite
a while on all of these
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but we want to
hone in on and focus on
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the hour of His
judgment and what that has to do
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with us as a
people of the end time.
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Shall we pray? Father God,
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would You be pleased
now to be our Teacher
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and to instruct us into those
things that You would have us
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to know. Make up for the
deficiencies of the human
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instrument with divine grace
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so that we may hear
indeed a word from the Lord
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so that we may
prepare to take another step
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along that road
that leads to glory
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that we may be
informed and inspired
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and educated in
the things of God.
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Teach us so that we know;
lead us so that we follow.
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And we thank you in
Jesus' name, Amen. Amen!
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The message of the three angels
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and I choose to speak of
them as a singular message.
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Now it does not do violence
to the text to call them
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the messages of
the three angels,
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but I'm going to
call them a message
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just like I call the
New York Yankees a team.
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The three angels
fly consecutively,
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concurrently, and contiguously.
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The Bible gives no indication
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that one angel lands
before the other takes off.
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They are all
flying at the same time.
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So they carry a message.
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It is divided into sections
but it is one complete message.
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So forgive me if I say
"the three angels' message"
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because this message is relevant
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from the time they take
off until the end of time.
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Perhaps more precisely
until the close of probation.
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It is difficult
ladies and gentlemen
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to overstate the importance
of the three angels' message.
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It is crucially important
to God's end-time people.
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And I must tell you
this: it is shocking
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and it is a master
stroke of the devil
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that so few
professed followers of Christ -
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and I'm talking about the
entire Christian fraternity,
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not just Adventists... but
I'm no excluding Adventists -
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um-hmm -
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can see through the fog
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that Satan has blown
over the book of Revelation
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and the three angels'
messages in particular.
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There are many, many churches
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who don't touch Revelation.
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And since 1843-
actually a little before -
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no message is more
pertinent or relevant or crucial
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to God's end-time people
than the three angels' message.
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Amen! And I'm
not overstating that.
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And if truth be told,
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the enemy of souls
has blinded the people
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to the
importance of this message.
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Most churches don't know it.
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Most churches don't study it.
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They don't follow it.
Some churches even fear it.
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I've had
discussions with pastors who say
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"God doesn't want us in
the book of Revelation. "
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And for many it's
always been that way.
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You're going to hear
a testimony coming up
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before this Camp Meeting is over
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where someone is going to
tell you: "We go to church
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and just kind of dance
around the book of Acts.
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We never touch Revelation. "
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Ellen White saw in vision
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a very important
message from the Lord.
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She recorded it in the
book of Early Writings.
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She says that a mighty
angel came from the Lord
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Let's put it on the
screen. Early Writings page 245.
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Here's what she says:
"All heaven was interested... "
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Now, if God is going
to commission an angel
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specifically to warn us
about the coming of the Lord
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do you think He would hide that
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in a book that
nobody can understand? No!
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She goes on to say
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"That angel left
the presence of Jesus
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and an exceedingly
bright and glorious light
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went before him. " Now
that's giving you the nature
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of the message. One:
the angels are flying.
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They're up there because
they need to get going fast
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and they need to
cover the whole earth.
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This angel is
preceded by a bright light
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because that light
indicates the importance -
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the exalted
nature - of the message.
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Amen! This is not
a little side issue.
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This is a
crucially important issue.
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And from that day - the day of
the launching of this message -
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the purpose of Satan has
been to blot out that light.
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Satan doesn't want
you to walk in that light.
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That's right! Satan doesn't
want the Christian community
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to walk in that light.
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He is pleased if you never
open the book of Revelation
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or if you are fooled into
thinking you cannot understand
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the book of Revelation.
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So come now... let
us reason together.
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Here's the truth:
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if you are in a church,
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if you are part
of a religious group
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that professes or purports
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to love Jesus and to be a fol-
lower or a disciple of Christ,
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and I agree with what
John Bradshaw said last night
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even if you're part of
that confusion that is Babylon
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the one redeeming
grace that you have
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or may have is
your love for Jesus.
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You see, there are
those who are not in
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the Adventist
fraternity who love the Lord.
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Amen! Do you
believe that? Amen! Yeah!
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Every Christian
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is not a Seventh-day Adventist.
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All right! At least not yet...
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But it is also true
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that every
Seventh-day Adventist...
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Um-hmm...
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So if you're in a
church that is not Adventist
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and is part of what the
Bible defines as Babylon,
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the one redeeming
grace that you have
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is that you love the Lord.
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Amen! So you may
not know everything;
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you may not be able
to parse the 2,300 days,
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you may not know
who the 144,000 are,
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all you know is "I love Jesus. "
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Praise the Lord!
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And for now that's enough.
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You may not have
all the doctrines right
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and you may not know totally
what happens when you die
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but you love the Lord.
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Now there comes to you
an understanding, a message
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that Jesus is coming soon.
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You get the understanding
that the Lord is coming soon.
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My question then to you is:
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what should your
response be to that message?
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Now mind you, this
message comes with the impress
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and the
informator of Jesus Himself.
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He's sending a
message to the world
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"I am coming soon. "
What should your response be?
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Your excitement, your
joy, your anticipation
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would, could, SHOULD
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know no bounds.
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You ought to be
one happy individual.
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Amen! I mean,
if you love Jesus -
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come on now - and
you know He's comin'
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you ought to be
absolutely delirious.
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All right!
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You see, that's what
drove the original Millerites -
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our ancestral forefathers,
our spiritual forefathers -
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when they came
upon the understanding
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that Christ was
going to come 1843.
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Then after Samuel
Sheffield Snow 1844.
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They knew, and this
message went around the world.
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There were people
South America, North America,
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Inter America, London, Europe.
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Even in Asia there
were those who were studying
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the Word of God and
picked up an understanding
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that something REAL
BIG and REAL IMPORTANT
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was going to
happen about 1843, 1844.
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And what was their response?
They sold their businesses,
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they paid off their debts,
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I say they paid off their debts,
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PAID their debts,
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gave away their belongings,
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left their crops
unharvested in the fields,
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settled all of
their disagreements,
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preached like
they were possessed...
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and indeed they were...
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Amen! because they understood
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that Jesus was coming soon
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and they wanted nothing to
encumber them, to hinder them.
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They were gettin'
ready to go! Amen!
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Now the population about 1850
of the United States was around
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23 million. 3.2
million of those were slaves,
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and depending on who you listen
to, what historian you read,
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they say that the
Millerites, those who were
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above-board Millerites
and the closet Millerites
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were about 1 and 17.
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About one out of
every seventeen Americans
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was looking for the second
coming of the Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ. So
this was no movement
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that was being done
in a corner someplace.
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This was a public movement that
even if you did not accept it
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everybody knew about it.
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And what shocked
the angels of heaven
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was that in the early 1840's
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the churches of this
country rejected that message.
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They refused to teach it,
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refused to preach
it, refused to honor it,
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refused to investigate
it, refused to believe it
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and they kicked out or
expelled anyone who did.
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Now the third angel's
message which calls for
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coming out was preceded
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by an antipathy, an antagonism
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to the first angel's
message which revealed Babylon,
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it's malignancy by
kicking out the Millerites
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who were
preaching the second coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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That's why I Peter
chapter 4 verse 17 says:
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"Judgment must begin
at the house of God. "
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This treatment
left the Millerites
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and those early Adventists,
not Seventh-day Adventists,
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just Adventists
saddened and distressed
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and the messengers
of heaven - the angels -
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scratching their heads.
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Ellen White writes
Early Writings page 246:
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So heaven now is looking to see
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how this message is
going to be received.
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The angels are watching.
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By the way...
watching and writing.
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Um-hmm.
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You see, this was during the
days of the great, second great
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Reformation, and men
and women were professing
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a love for Jesus.
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But the message
of the first angel
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revealed that maybe they
didn't love Jesus as much
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as they pretended to because
when they heard the message
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that Jesus was coming
back to take His bride home
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they didn't want to hear it.
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"All heaven, " she says, "was
filled with indignation... "
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Heaven couldn't
understand that reaction.
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"You say you love the
Lord; you say you want to serve
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the Lord; and here comes a mes-
sage that Christ is coming back
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and you reject that message? "
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Ellen White says this:
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"The passing of the definite
time... " that is, October 22,
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1844, "the passing
of the definite time
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had tested and proved them
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and very very many
were weighed in the balances
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and found wanting. "
Judgment had already begun.
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"They loudly
claimed to be Christians
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yet in almost every particular
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they failed... they
failed to follow Christ. "
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You remember Revelation
chapter 10 says that this
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message would be sweet in the
mouth and bitter in the belly?
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That was for those who
were looking for Jesus.
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But evidently there
were a whole lot of people
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who were not
looking for the Lord.
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And when the message
came that Christ was coming
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they didn't want to hear it.
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They were not interested.
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Ellen White gives us a glimpse
into the churches at the time
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of the first angel's
message. She says this...
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again I'm in Early Writings 246:
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"In those
churches the pure and holy
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were mixed up
with the sinner in Zion
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and the
world-loving hypocrites. "
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So one of the things
that the first angel's message
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was designed to do was
separate the spiritual wheat
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from the chaff.
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It was a judgment hour message.
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So those who loved the Lord
were forbidden to even mention
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His coming. And so the first
angel's message is de facto
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a judgment hour message.
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It's got to be a judgment hour
message because it is separating
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those who really love the
Lord from those who only say
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they love the
Lord. And that message is
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still doing its work today.
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Um-hmm?
Everybody in this room...
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Let me put it this way:
let me assume something.
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Everybody here is a sheep.
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And forgive my
pejorative English:
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"we ain't got no goats. "
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Amen!
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So the first angel's
message is a de facto
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judgment hour message because
it does a number of things.
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We'll put it on the screen.
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Ellen White says this:
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"If you reject message #1
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you're not ready for 2 or 3. "
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Yeah, you've got to take #1
because it's a judgment hour
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message. And the messages -
and I heard it this morning...
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You know, the key
has always been, is now,
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will always be
worship. You know that.
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Who to worship; when to worship;
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how to worship; why to worship.
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And the message of the
three angels particularly #1
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draws that into
focus. Remember when Christ
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was talking with the woman
at the well there in Samaria
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and He was kind of
getting into her business.
00:26:37.43\00:26:39.16
"You're married;
you've got 5 husbands.
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None of them are with
you. The man you're with now
00:26:40.96\00:26:42.66
is not your husband" and
she was kind of feeling the heat
00:26:42.86\00:26:45.07
so she tried to
change the subject.
00:26:45.27\00:26:46.60
"Well where should we worship?
Should we worship on Mt. Gerazim
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or down in Jerusalem? "
Like she could dissuade Him,
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you know. "Let's
talk about something else.
00:26:51.97\00:26:53.44
let's talk about... " And
she knew that John Hyrcanus
00:26:53.64\00:26:57.01
years ago had gone up to Samaria
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.21
and burned down the
temple on Mt. Gerazim
00:26:59.41\00:27:03.25
so that wasn't there anymore.
And Christ didn't get caught
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with that. He
said: "Listen lady,
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here's what's
happening. There's coming a time
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and now is God
wants worship in spirit
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and in truth.
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Not about where...
it's who, what, when, how...
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not where. "
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God wants true worship. Where
you do that doesn't matter.
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You can do it in your
home; you can do it in your car;
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you can do it on your
job. Not so much where
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it's how and who
you're worshiping.
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Amen? Yeah. But the
issue, the key is still
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worship. Always has
been, is now, always will be.
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And so the first angel's message
00:27:40.19\00:27:42.66
prepares us for the other two
00:27:42.86\00:27:46.49
by defining who to
worship, when to worship,
00:27:46.70\00:27:50.47
how to worship, and it's
always been about worship.
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Remember when Satan got
through dancing with Jesus
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when he got down to what
he really wanted he said:
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"Listen, all this
I will give to You
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if You will fall
down and... " Worship.
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Always been about worship.
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Number two: it
speaks of judgment...
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When you talk about judgment
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you're talking about
drawing a dividing line.
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Right from wrong;
guilty from innocent.
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Judgment always divides.
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Number three: your response...
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One of the things
that the 1844 movement did:
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it showed who was
in and who was out.
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Amen. Who was in in name only
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and those who
really loved the Lord.
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Now hold onto that point because
we're going to come back to it
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.74
in just a little
bit. May I suggest then
00:29:08.94\00:29:11.25
that for the Christian, your
response, your understanding,
00:29:12.31\00:29:17.52
your acceptance of
the three angels' message
00:29:17.92\00:29:21.42
is a barometer of your
allegiance to, your love for,
00:29:21.62\00:29:26.49
your loyalty to,
and your fidelity to...
00:29:26.70\00:29:30.17
and it is an indication
of your love for Jesus.
00:29:30.37\00:29:36.14
Perhaps not the sole indicator
00:29:39.31\00:29:41.44
but it is certainly
an indication of how much
00:29:41.64\00:29:44.75
you love Jesus. And the
reason I know that is so
00:29:44.95\00:29:48.32
because when you get
further down into this
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.95
there is going to
come a message that says
00:29:51.15\00:29:53.36
"Come out of her. "
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.46
That's a message
that calls you to move.
00:29:56.93\00:30:01.03
Amen! And you can't
say "Mama was a... that"
00:30:01.23\00:30:05.07
"Daddy was a... that"
00:30:05.27\00:30:06.94
"Pastor is a... that"
00:30:07.34\00:30:09.27
This message is for YOU to move.
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.74
You can't say: "I've
been there all of my life
00:30:12.41\00:30:14.24
and I kind of
like going this way"
00:30:14.44\00:30:15.94
'cause you just sat on a tack!
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.71
And when you sit on a
tack you've got to move!
00:30:21.18\00:30:24.49
So the hour of His
judgment IS come...
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HAS come... is upon us
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and it is very very crucial.
00:30:40.14\00:30:43.24
Christians who are not
living in anticipation,
00:30:43.44\00:30:49.01
in expectancy of
the coming of the Lord
00:30:49.21\00:30:53.92
excuse me.
00:30:55.88\00:30:58.22
What kind of Christian are you
00:30:59.02\00:31:00.52
if you're not
looking for, living for,
00:31:02.36\00:31:05.76
living in anticipation of
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.53
the coming of the Lord?
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.67
Isn't that what it's all about?
00:31:12.80\00:31:14.27
We are called the
people of the eschaton
00:31:18.04\00:31:20.51
which means theologically
we start at the end
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.81
and work our way back.
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.45
Yeah. Everything we do
is done in light of the fact
00:31:28.12\00:31:31.89
that this world is not going
to be around forever. Amen?
00:31:32.09\00:31:35.29
Amen! And God is deciding now
00:31:35.49\00:31:40.26
who is and who ain't.
00:31:41.36\00:31:44.93
Amen. Amen. I heard John
Bradshaw use ain't last night.
00:31:46.84\00:31:50.74
My wife tells me:
"You use ain't too much. "
00:31:52.04\00:31:54.38
And when he said ain't I elbowed
her: "See, he said ain't. "
00:31:55.44\00:31:58.21
We find ourselves
now ladies and gentlemen
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.76
in the
antitypical Day of Atonement.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.69
This is the real deal.
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.79
We are just shy of
175 years since 1844:
00:32:12.96\00:32:17.97
the date that the brethren
thought Christ was going to come
00:32:18.37\00:32:22.40
as prophesied in
Daniel chapter 8 verse 14.
00:32:22.60\00:32:26.57
You know it well.
00:32:26.78\00:32:28.11
Christ did not
return to the earth
00:32:28.44\00:32:31.18
but He moved from the
Holy to the Most Holy Place
00:32:31.38\00:32:36.52
and active judgment began.
00:32:36.92\00:32:40.42
I'll put it on the
screen. "And he said to me... "
00:32:41.76\00:32:43.66
They missed what cleansed meant
00:32:50.87\00:32:54.44
but God had a reason for that.
00:32:54.64\00:32:58.64
Now employing the year/day
principle you know the numbers.
00:32:59.67\00:33:02.01
The beginning date was the day
00:33:15.52\00:33:19.06
that the Persian King
Artaxerxes issued the decree
00:33:19.26\00:33:23.30
to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem and its walls
00:33:23.50\00:33:27.10
the seventh year of his reign
as mentioned in Daniel 9:25.
00:33:27.30\00:33:32.84
2,300 years later we
come to the fall of 1843.
00:33:41.35\00:33:45.35
Remember there is no
year 0. You go from -1 to +1.
00:33:45.55\00:33:48.89
Not through zero... around it.
00:33:49.09\00:33:51.19
And the cleansing of the
sanctuary, the time of God's
00:33:52.23\00:33:55.26
judgment, has begun.
00:33:55.46\00:33:58.43
Now to truly understand this
00:34:00.27\00:34:02.60
in truth and in
fact judgment is upon us.
00:34:04.84\00:34:09.04
And to truly understand
the eschatological import
00:34:10.05\00:34:13.95
of what we are saying and
what we see in Daniel 8:14
00:34:14.15\00:34:17.09
and as the Millerites
saw it we have to draw a line
00:34:17.29\00:34:21.52
that connects the dots
between Daniel chapter 8
00:34:21.72\00:34:25.33
and Leviticus chapter 16.
00:34:25.53\00:34:27.86
And it amazing to me
that so few people understand
00:34:28.06\00:34:31.50
the importance of
the sanctuary message.
00:34:31.70\00:34:35.10
You've got to
combine the sanctuary message
00:34:35.87\00:34:38.37
with the judgment hour message
00:34:38.57\00:34:40.64
to truly
understand where you are
00:34:40.84\00:34:43.65
and what's going on in heaven.
00:34:43.85\00:34:45.41
But when you
put the two together
00:34:45.61\00:34:47.38
the blending is beautiful and
gives you a very clear picture
00:34:47.58\00:34:51.39
of who you are, who God is,
00:34:51.59\00:34:54.42
where you are,
how long the delay is,
00:34:54.62\00:34:57.46
and when this thing
is all going to wrap up.
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.26
In Leviticus 16 we
see an articulation
00:35:01.63\00:35:04.90
of the sanctuary
service, most importantly
00:35:05.10\00:35:09.24
the Day of
Atonement, the Yom Kippur,
00:35:09.44\00:35:12.61
which took place on the
10th day of the 7th month.
00:35:13.34\00:35:16.78
Now how do we get the 7th month?
00:35:16.98\00:35:18.65
The Jewish year
began in the Spring...
00:35:18.85\00:35:22.28
roughly the month of March
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.49
called initially Abib: A-B-I-B.
00:35:24.69\00:35:27.89
After the Babylonian captivity
00:35:28.29\00:35:30.23
that names was
turned to Nisan or Nisan.
00:35:30.43\00:35:33.29
March, April, May, June, July,
00:35:34.73\00:35:38.03
August, Sept - or 7- tember.
00:35:38.23\00:35:41.34
So the 10th day of the 7th month
began the Day of Atonement.
00:35:41.54\00:35:47.48
I happened once a year.
00:35:48.11\00:35:50.21
The high priest
went into the sanctuary
00:35:50.81\00:35:53.88
that one time to make
atonement the Bible tells me
00:35:54.48\00:35:58.32
for the sins and to
cleanse the sanctuary
00:35:58.52\00:36:01.96
from ritual defilement.
You see, when those sins were
00:36:02.16\00:36:04.86
taken from the people they were
warehoused in the sanctuary.
00:36:05.06\00:36:08.70
Symbolically. And
this was taken care of
00:36:08.90\00:36:13.50
during the Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
00:36:13.70\00:36:16.40
Now here are the key facts.
00:36:16.60\00:36:17.94
We need to run
through these quickly.
00:36:17.97\00:36:19.31
You see, ladies and gentlemen,
00:37:39.99\00:37:41.62
heaven has no Plan B.
00:37:41.82\00:37:45.79
Amen. Amen.
00:37:47.06\00:37:48.80
There is no
alternative salvation.
00:37:49.00\00:37:53.27
This ladies and gentlemen,
brothers and sisters, is it.
00:37:54.84\00:38:00.78
Um-hmm... this is it!
00:38:03.31\00:38:05.28
You've got this
lifetime to get right with God.
00:38:06.45\00:38:10.65
There will be no other.
00:38:11.79\00:38:14.09
Amen. Amen. There
will be no other chance.
00:38:15.16\00:38:19.16
There will be no
secondary reality.
00:38:19.69\00:38:23.00
This, brothers
and sisters, is it
00:38:23.40\00:38:27.04
and you've got to get right now.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.44
So we are in the
"getting right" time.
00:38:34.28\00:38:37.91
Now. Not tomorrow; not next week
00:38:38.91\00:38:43.89
because they are
not promised to you.
00:38:44.09\00:38:47.12
All you've got is here and now.
00:38:48.19\00:38:54.13
Amen! Amen.
00:38:55.86\00:38:57.60
I said "Amen. " Amen!
00:38:58.00\00:39:00.14
Did I say "Amen? " Amen!
00:39:00.34\00:39:01.84
Irma and I have this thing when
we're trying to make a point.
00:39:04.57\00:39:07.41
I'll say to her: "Do
you know what I'm saying? "
00:39:07.81\00:39:10.01
And she'll say: "I know
what you're saying, baby. "
00:39:11.11\00:39:13.45
And I'll say: "Well
that's what I'm saying. "
00:39:13.65\00:39:15.52
Do you know what I'm saying?
00:39:21.12\00:39:22.46
This is it!
00:39:23.06\00:39:24.66
All we've got is
here and now for Jesus.
00:39:26.59\00:39:31.40
So here then is the
antitypical parallel.
00:39:33.23\00:39:36.40
This is what is
happening here and now.
00:39:36.60\00:39:39.44
And so John can say 3
times in I, II, and III John
00:40:14.18\00:40:18.18
"He that is in
Christ Jesus does not sin. "
00:40:18.38\00:40:23.69
Amen. Then in I John 2 he says:
00:40:24.69\00:40:28.19
"By the way, if you do sin
00:40:28.39\00:40:30.53
you've got an
Advocate with the Father. "
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.63
Amen. Now how
does that make sense?
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.50
You don't sin but if you
do you've got an Advocate.
00:40:34.70\00:40:36.80
He's got it all
worked out. Amen!
00:40:37.70\00:40:40.70
Sin in I John, II John, III John
00:40:41.50\00:40:46.24
is called sin in
the imperfect tense.
00:40:46.44\00:40:51.78
The imperfect tense means an ac-
tion that begins and continues.
00:40:52.15\00:40:56.55
What John is saying -
00:40:56.95\00:40:58.45
some people call it linear verb
but it's the imperfect tense.
00:40:58.65\00:41:01.72
Once you come to the Lord
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.63
you don't continue in sin.
00:41:07.20\00:41:10.13
Yeah. Once you
understand that sin
00:41:12.23\00:41:14.60
by the grace of
God you cut it out.
00:41:14.80\00:41:17.77
Amen. And He's able to keep you.
00:41:18.84\00:41:21.34
BUT if you make a mistake
00:41:22.04\00:41:24.38
and you have a little slip,
00:41:28.32\00:41:29.98
you didn't intend to sin,
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.82
your mouth ran
faster than your mind,
00:41:34.89\00:41:37.29
wasn't your intent to say that,
00:41:39.83\00:41:41.80
and you are genuinely sorry.
00:41:42.53\00:41:44.53
Um-hmm.
00:41:45.50\00:41:47.27
The Bible says
for those little slips
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.41
you've got an
Advocate with the Father.
00:41:53.61\00:41:55.18
Amen? Amen! Yeah...
you've turned your life around.
00:41:55.38\00:41:59.01
You're walking with the Lord
00:41:59.21\00:42:00.65
but something got a...
old man rose up on you.
00:42:01.05\00:42:04.22
And every now and
again that happens.
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.02
You know, you
try to serve the Lord
00:42:08.62\00:42:10.63
and old man will just jump up...
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.56
or old woman.
00:42:13.76\00:42:15.10
Yeah, you've got an
Advocate with the Father
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.83
to take care of that.
00:42:20.04\00:42:21.80
And if the train
ever jumps the track
00:42:22.00\00:42:23.87
God's there to
put you right back on
00:42:24.27\00:42:26.78
and tell you: "Go and
sin no more. " Uh-huh.
00:42:26.98\00:42:31.75
So He's got that taken care of
00:42:34.62\00:42:36.35
so that when you get to
the judgment all that stuff...
00:42:36.92\00:42:40.69
Can I say stuff?
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.22
all that stuff is behind you.
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.09
Amen. Amen. Did I
say "Amen? " Amen!
00:42:45.66\00:42:49.16
That's what I said.
00:42:50.00\00:42:51.33
So Christ is
ministering the atonement...
00:42:54.34\00:42:58.77
the benefit of the atonement.
Now, how do I know that?
00:42:58.97\00:43:02.01
Isaiah 53:5.
00:43:02.21\00:43:03.78
"By His stripes we are healed. "
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.61
Now let me just clear
something real real fast.
00:43:05.81\00:43:07.92
That does not
mean... does not guarantee...
00:43:09.22\00:43:12.22
your personal healing.
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.76
The context for that
is spiritual healing.
00:43:14.12\00:43:16.93
Yeah. Any healing you get
comes through Jesus. Amen!
00:43:17.13\00:43:21.10
Spiritual healing, personal
healing, physical healing:
00:43:21.30\00:43:23.50
it all comes through Jesus.
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.03
But that's not a guarantee
that every time you get a cold
00:43:25.07\00:43:27.04
God is going to step into your
room and just clear up your cold
00:43:27.24\00:43:29.47
or anything else.
00:43:29.97\00:43:31.81
He... Christ has guaranteed
you spiritual healing.
00:43:32.44\00:43:35.44
So when you make a mistake...
when you make a mistake
00:43:35.64\00:43:38.45
Jesus cleans that up - Amen -
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.75
so there's nothing between
your soul and the Savior. Right.
00:43:41.95\00:43:44.25
Amen? Amen! Now the truth is
00:43:44.45\00:43:46.42
there is one disease from
which no one will recover.
00:43:46.62\00:43:49.06
Know what that is?
That's your last one.
00:43:50.16\00:43:53.06
Um-hmm.
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.03
So the context is
not physical healing.
00:43:58.23\00:44:01.17
We hear the word healing and...
00:44:01.37\00:44:02.70
No it's not...
it's spiritual healing.
00:44:02.74\00:44:04.77
Christ went to the cross
so that you can get to heaven.
00:44:05.17\00:44:08.71
Amen? Amen. So you've got
a right to the Tree of Life.
00:44:08.91\00:44:13.05
Amen! Amen. So
now I can boldly say
00:44:13.45\00:44:16.45
I love this text, Hebrews 13...
00:44:16.65\00:44:18.49
13:5-6. I can boldly say
00:44:18.69\00:44:22.02
"God is my Helper. "
00:44:22.22\00:44:24.89
Amen! I don't
apologize for that.
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.26
Boldly say "God is my Helper. "
00:44:28.03\00:44:29.96
So that's what's
happening in there here and now.
00:44:30.93\00:44:33.84
Christ is ministering the bene-
fits of His death on the cross.
00:44:34.34\00:44:39.34
Number 3... Well let me add this
to what I just talked about.
00:44:42.34\00:44:47.38
Let me add a
couple texts to that.
00:44:47.58\00:44:48.92
We're not going to have time
to read them but I want to add
00:44:48.95\00:44:50.29
them. Romans 12:1.
00:44:50.39\00:44:51.95
Number 3 tells me what
my response ought to be
00:44:52.15\00:44:55.09
to what Christ is
doing. That's why the sanctuary
00:44:55.29\00:44:57.19
doctrine is so important.
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.36
It tells us what's going
on but it also lets us know
00:45:00.36\00:45:03.06
what our response ought to be.
00:45:03.26\00:45:04.93
I Peter tells me
I need to be sober,
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.10
to be vigilant. I
need to be on guard.
00:45:09.30\00:45:12.27
I need to gird up my loins.
00:45:12.47\00:45:14.54
I Peter 1:13. I'm not
turning to all this stuff
00:45:14.74\00:45:16.75
or time is going
to get away from me.
00:45:16.95\00:45:18.28
I need to gird up my loins;
I need to be crucially aware...
00:45:18.31\00:45:21.62
aware of the times in
which I now find myself.
00:45:21.82\00:45:25.42
Jesus is coming soon.
00:45:25.62\00:45:27.09
You know, if there ever
was time to sort of lollygag
00:45:27.29\00:45:31.39
with the devil
that time ain't now.
00:45:31.59\00:45:33.86
And there never really was.
00:45:35.53\00:45:37.03
But the stakes are too high now.
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.40
You know, I was
telling Irma the other day
00:45:40.00\00:45:42.47
"I wouldn't mind
knocking off a few years. "
00:45:42.67\00:45:45.54
I would mind being
a few years younger
00:45:47.41\00:45:49.81
but I would never want to be
a teenager or a 20-something.
00:45:50.01\00:45:52.78
Uhn-mmm.
00:45:52.98\00:45:55.08
Not now... it's too
dangerous out there.
00:45:56.08\00:46:00.22
Amen!
00:46:00.42\00:46:01.76
You go to a party and
someone gives you a drink
00:46:01.79\00:46:04.53
and you wake up and you're
not the same person you were
00:46:05.86\00:46:08.66
when you closed your eyes.
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.37
It's dangerous out there!
00:46:11.23\00:46:13.64
And young people on the Internet
and you've got it on your phone.
00:46:13.84\00:46:18.57
Your watch can get
it... It's just dangerous!
00:46:18.77\00:46:22.31
And people trolling
people and using fake names
00:46:22.51\00:46:26.41
and meeting in secret
places and all kinds of stuff.
00:46:26.61\00:46:28.75
No, no, no, no, no!
00:46:28.95\00:46:30.59
Jesus is like American Express.
00:46:32.42\00:46:34.16
Don't ever leave
home without Him.
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.76
So the sanctuary message and
the message of the first angel
00:46:44.10\00:46:48.60
dovetail to let us know
00:46:48.80\00:46:51.57
what our response ought to be
00:46:51.77\00:46:54.91
to the times in which we live.
00:46:55.11\00:46:57.81
The Bible says:
"Let a man - or woman -
00:46:58.21\00:47:01.28
examine himself
00:47:01.48\00:47:04.65
to see that
you're in the Lord. "
00:47:06.45\00:47:07.92
You've got to check
your compass every day -
00:47:08.62\00:47:10.56
EVERY day -
00:47:12.03\00:47:13.36
to make sure you're in the Lord.
00:47:13.53\00:47:15.13
II Peter chapter 3 verse 11:
00:47:17.47\00:47:19.60
"Therefore, since all
these things will be dissolved
00:47:20.77\00:47:26.68
what manner of
person ought ye to be
00:47:27.24\00:47:32.11
in holy conduct and godliness? "
00:47:32.31\00:47:35.42
God's people ought to be serious
00:47:35.82\00:47:37.79
about the times in
which they find themselves.
00:47:37.99\00:47:39.99
Now let me put
in a little caveat
00:47:40.19\00:47:42.09
because I'm not saying
you need to walk around like
00:47:42.29\00:47:45.43
you've been sucking on lemons.
00:47:45.63\00:47:47.56
I think Christians
who really love the Lord
00:47:48.56\00:47:50.63
ought to be among the
happiest, most joyful people
00:47:50.83\00:47:53.57
in the world. Your joy in Jesus
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.97
bespeaks the
love you have for Him
00:47:56.17\00:47:58.47
and is the best
PR for your faith.
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.14
Yeah, anybody can frown
and get all bent out of shape
00:48:02.94\00:48:05.95
when stuff is going bad.
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.58
That's right. But
if you can find Jesus
00:48:07.78\00:48:10.99
or enough Jesus to
smile through the storm
00:48:11.19\00:48:13.96
that may be
attractive to somebody.
00:48:15.22\00:48:17.09
Amen? Say: "Have a
nice day" and mean it.
00:48:17.29\00:48:20.90
We talked about that yesterday
in the "GO!" Evangelism.
00:48:21.10\00:48:24.43
Yeah. Your love for Christ
ought to radiate in your face...
00:48:24.63\00:48:28.87
your face and your countenance.
00:48:29.07\00:48:31.77
Ought to be
something special about you.
00:48:32.61\00:48:34.68
You know, II Corinthians
chapter 2, is it 14 and 15,
00:48:35.14\00:48:38.95
it says: "Thanks be to
God who always causes us to
00:48:39.15\00:48:40.85
triumph in Christ
Jesus and through us diffuses
00:48:41.05\00:48:44.59
the fragrance of His grace.
" It's either I Corinthians
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.99
or II Corinthians
chapter 2 verses 14 and 15.
00:48:47.19\00:48:49.29
Look 'em both
up... it'll do you good.
00:48:49.49\00:48:50.83
Your Christianity
ought to be like perfume
00:48:55.13\00:48:59.43
to those around you. Amen!
00:49:00.34\00:49:03.20
People ought to
want to walk up to you
00:49:03.41\00:49:05.07
and just inhale you.
00:49:05.27\00:49:07.21
That's the correct response
to the troubles of the world.
00:49:11.05\00:49:14.15
This world is in bad shape,
00:49:14.55\00:49:17.19
but trouble won't last forever
and Jesus is coming soon.
00:49:17.75\00:49:22.02
Amen! And we must live in
the the understanding of that.
00:49:22.22\00:49:26.59
And the message of the
first angel bespeaks that.
00:49:26.90\00:49:31.90
It tells us where we
are but more than that
00:49:32.10\00:49:35.04
how we ought to respond
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.57
to the times in
which we find ourselves.
00:49:37.77\00:49:40.24
It's late! But the lateness
of the hour simply means
00:49:40.44\00:49:44.08
we are one step closer to the
coming of our Lord and Savior
00:49:44.28\00:49:47.25
Jesus Christ. Amen!
00:49:47.45\00:49:49.38
Christ is coming soon, and we
as His people must be prepared.
00:49:49.88\00:49:54.29
Now point #5: in our antitypical
00:49:55.39\00:49:59.46
Day of Atonement - the day
that we find ourselves in now -
00:49:59.66\00:50:02.83
is that when it's all over
00:50:03.73\00:50:07.40
it's all over. Amen!
00:50:07.80\00:50:11.84
Revelation
22:11-12. Let's go to 12.
00:50:12.24\00:50:16.34
"Behold I come quickly
and My reward is with me. "
00:50:16.54\00:50:20.98
Now that presupposes
that when Jesus comes
00:50:21.18\00:50:26.86
with His reward those who
are going to get that reward
00:50:27.06\00:50:32.16
have already been determined.
00:50:32.36\00:50:35.76
Amen. Amen! Do
you follow the logic?
00:50:35.96\00:50:38.70
You follow the sequence.
When Christ comes, He's not
00:50:38.90\00:50:42.74
coming to
determine who gets the reward
00:50:42.94\00:50:45.44
He's coming to GIVE the reward.
00:50:45.64\00:50:48.38
The determination
has already been made
00:50:48.58\00:50:53.42
which reaffirms that
judgment is going on now
00:50:53.62\00:50:59.15
because at the end
of the Day of Atonement
00:50:59.35\00:51:01.92
those who are saved are
saved - sealed - forever
00:51:02.12\00:51:07.30
and those who
are not are cut off!
00:51:08.70\00:51:14.47
No second chance; no Plan B.
00:51:16.04\00:51:19.14
"For the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout
00:51:20.58\00:51:22.64
with the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God
00:51:22.84\00:51:24.51
and the dead in Christ shall
rise first. Then we which are
00:51:24.71\00:51:26.72
alive and remain
shall be caught up together
00:51:26.92\00:51:28.75
to meet Him in the
clouds and so shall we ever
00:51:28.95\00:51:32.19
be with the Lord. " Amen!
00:51:32.39\00:51:35.46
So now is your time.
00:51:38.06\00:51:39.63
There will be no other time.
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.26
There will be no second chance.
00:51:42.46\00:51:45.27
The Bible teaches
a pre-Advent judgment
00:51:45.67\00:51:49.80
which is why the
Bible says "Today
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.97
if you hear His voice
harden not your hearts
00:51:54.01\00:51:58.78
for the hour of
His judgment IS come. "
00:51:58.98\00:52:03.99
HAS come. Is upon us.
00:52:04.39\00:52:08.02
I am so glad
00:52:13.09\00:52:15.13
that I serve a
risen Savior. Amen!
00:52:15.33\00:52:21.27
And judgment is nothing to fear
00:52:22.24\00:52:26.27
if your sins are forgiven.
00:52:27.41\00:52:29.11
Amen! See, if you're innocent
you can't wait for judgment -
00:52:29.31\00:52:33.85
Amen - because it
vindicates you. Yes!
00:52:34.05\00:52:37.92
If you're guilty, the
last thing you want is judgment
00:52:39.75\00:52:45.09
because it convicts you.
00:52:45.49\00:52:48.50
But your fate is
in your hands. Amen!
00:52:49.73\00:52:55.37
An when you give your
life to Jesus, when you put it
00:52:56.10\00:52:59.17
in His hands, your
Lawyer is your Judge
00:52:59.37\00:53:05.11
is your
Advocate is on your side.
00:53:05.31\00:53:09.78
How then can you lose
00:53:11.05\00:53:14.86
when the One who is
judging you is on your side?
00:53:16.09\00:53:22.03
Solomon said
this in Ecclesiastes
00:53:22.76\00:53:24.90
chapter 12 verses 13 and 14.
00:53:25.10\00:53:28.54
You know,
Ecclesiastes was his diary.
00:53:28.74\00:53:31.01
It was his log of
his experiment with life.
00:53:31.21\00:53:36.64
And after he had experimented
with every aspect of life
00:53:37.48\00:53:40.52
he said this:
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.88
"Let us hear the conclusion... "
00:53:43.08\00:53:46.96
Let's put a period to this.
00:53:47.16\00:53:49.76
"fear God, keep His commandments
00:53:51.59\00:53:55.26
for this is man's all...
00:53:56.30\00:53:59.03
the whole duty of man.
00:53:59.23\00:54:01.90
For God will bring every
work into... " What's that word?
00:54:02.50\00:54:05.97
"judgment
including every secret thing
00:54:06.61\00:54:11.75
whether it be good or evil. "
00:54:11.95\00:54:17.12
Make no mistake about it,
00:54:19.19\00:54:20.89
and I almost want to touch on
this in depth, but I've got to
00:54:21.92\00:54:24.13
just hit it and pass by.
00:54:24.33\00:54:25.79
We are not legalists
00:54:26.19\00:54:28.36
but the truth is:
what you do matters.
00:54:29.56\00:54:33.07
Amen? Amen. Yeah.
00:54:34.17\00:54:36.04
What comes out of
your mouth matters.
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.11
"For by thy words
thou art justified
00:54:38.31\00:54:39.77
and by thy words
thou art condemned. "
00:54:39.97\00:54:42.61
What you do matters.
00:54:43.35\00:54:44.71
What you do will
meet you in the judgment
00:54:45.65\00:54:47.82
or go before you and
Christ will take care of it.
00:54:48.02\00:54:50.29
We know you cannot work
your way into the kingdom.
00:54:52.29\00:54:56.22
But you can work your way out!
00:54:57.19\00:54:59.36
Um-hmm.
00:55:04.13\00:55:05.77
Yeah... what you do counts
00:55:05.97\00:55:07.64
because what you do
bespeaks who you are.
00:55:07.80\00:55:11.31
Amen. Amen. Did I
say "Amen? " Amen!
00:55:12.37\00:55:16.51
Yeah. If Christ
is in your heart,
00:55:18.28\00:55:21.38
righteousness flows from that.
00:55:21.88\00:55:24.79
If He's not,
unrighteousness flows from that.
00:55:26.12\00:55:30.93
So what you do matters
because it is an indication
00:55:31.29\00:55:36.03
of who you are but
it also is an indication
00:55:36.23\00:55:41.77
of the God you serve.
That's right... all right.
00:55:41.97\00:55:44.81
If you are a nasty person
00:55:45.41\00:55:48.11
carrying the name of Jesus,
00:55:49.04\00:55:51.81
then those
watching you will assume
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.28
Jesus is a nasty person.
00:55:55.68\00:55:58.39
So you've got to
represent Him rightly
00:56:00.79\00:56:03.63
and God's got to
take that into account
00:56:04.03\00:56:07.66
when He looks at your life.
00:56:07.86\00:56:09.23
Does that make sense?
00:56:10.40\00:56:11.73
So He's going to judge
you not only by what you say
00:56:14.04\00:56:16.54
but by what you do.
00:56:16.74\00:56:18.11
You cannot work your way in
00:56:19.14\00:56:20.98
but I dare say you
can work your way out.
00:56:21.18\00:56:22.98
And I Peter 4:7 tells me...
00:56:24.78\00:56:26.85
4:17 tells me...
00:56:27.05\00:56:28.38
"Judgment must begin
at the house of God. "
00:56:28.52\00:56:31.25
Peter is a pragmatic Christian.
00:56:32.15\00:56:34.92
He touches on the
behavior of God's people.
00:56:35.12\00:56:37.79
We must then live for the Lord.
00:56:37.99\00:56:40.30
The three angels' message
00:56:40.50\00:56:42.30
is prophetic, pragmatic,
00:56:43.43\00:56:46.43
ecclesiological,
and eschatological.
00:56:46.63\00:56:49.27
Now what does that say?
00:56:49.67\00:56:51.04
It is prophetic; it
deals with your everyday life;
00:56:52.04\00:56:56.04
it deals with how you do church;
00:56:56.95\00:56:59.05
and it deals with how you are
going to be at the end of time
00:56:59.61\00:57:03.02
when God is
looking over all lives
00:57:03.22\00:57:06.05
and preparing to
bring His reward back.
00:57:06.25\00:57:09.29
It encourages
us... yea, it DEMANDS
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that we live Christ-like lives
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for it will insinuate itself
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into everything we do today
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and EVERY DAY
until Jesus comes again.
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