Welcome to the 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting:
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The Three Angels' Messages.
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We are so glad
that you are joining us
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no matter if you're
watching by television or radio,
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on the Internet, on YouTube...
wherever you're joining us from
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we're very happy to have you.
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But we're also happy
to have all of you here.
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And this is a lively crowd.
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Can you say praise
the Lord? Praise the Lord!
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Whoo! I didn't even
need to hold this out!
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Well this hour is
going to be special because
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the speaker is my
pastor John Lomacang.
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He is a precious man
of God, a man of prayer.
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Great Bible
teacher; wonderful singer.
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And he is going to bring us
the message of Revelation 14:12:
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The Patience of the
Commandment-keeping Saints.
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But before he
does we have Tim Parton
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who is the general
manager of the 3ABN Praise Him!
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music channel. And
he is going to sing
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I Can Only
Imagine. Thank you, Tim.
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I can only imagine
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what it will be like
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when I walk
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by Your side.
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I can only imagine
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what my eyes will see
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when Your face
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is before me...
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I can only imagine.
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I can only imagine.
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Surrounded by Your glory
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what will my heart feel?
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Will I dance for You, Jesus?
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Or in awe of You, be still?
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Will I stand in Your presence?
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Or to my knees will I fall?
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Will I sing hallelujah?
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Will I be able to speak at all?
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I can only imagine...
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I can only imagine...
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I can only imagine.
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When that day comes
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and I find myself
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standing in the sun
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I can only imagine...
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when all I will do
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is forever
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and forever worship You.
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I can only imagine.
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Oh...
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Surrounded by Your glory
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what will my heart feel?
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Will I dance for You, Jesus?
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Or in awe of You be still?
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Will I sing hallelujah
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or to my knees will I fall?
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Will I sing hallelujah?
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Will I be able to speak at all?
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I can only imagine...
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Oh...
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I can only imagine.
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I can only imagine...
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I can only
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imagine.
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Amen!
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Heavenly Father,
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Lord, we don't
want to imagine...
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we want to be there.
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Amen! Lord Jesus,
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send the rain.
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Send Your Holy Spirit.
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Consume our hearts;
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get us ready for that day. Amen!
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I just want to be faithful.
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I just want to
be in that number.
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Speak to Your
people today, Lord Jesus,
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that we won't have to imagine
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but that we will be there. Amen!
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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"Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. "
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You see, "here are they"
is a response to the question
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"Where are they? "
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So come with me now to
the celebration of the ages.
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Heaven has been planning
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this announcement for
more than 6,000 years.
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This is the event
that strengthened Jesus
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on His road to the cross.
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He saw down through the ages
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when the saved,
when the redeemed
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all those that have struggled
for the cause of Calvary
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were standing on that sea.
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He looked down
through the portals of time
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and saw His blood
shed and lives transformed
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and people changed,
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broken at the foot of Jesus.
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When Jesus walked the road
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to Calvary this is
the event that He saw.
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It was not the pain of the whip,
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it was not the
accusation of the angry crowd,
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but He saw...
He saw the redeemed
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standing. He heard Himself say:
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"Here are they
for which I have died.
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Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. "
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When Jesus cried
"It is finished! "
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the invitations of the final
celebration were being mailed.
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When Jesus cried
"It is finished! "
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e- mails were sent
out to every nation,
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to every
kindred, to every tongue,
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and to every people.
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They have been
waiting for this day
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and now the day
has come. Here... here
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is the patience of the saints.
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Here are they
that by God's power
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keep the commandments of
God and have the faith of Jesus.
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You see, friends, this is
where the attention of Jesus
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is focused... in
only one direction.
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Matthew, the converted tax
collector, writes these words.
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He says: "Then shall
the king say unto those
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on His right hand:
'Come, ye blessed of My Father,
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inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation
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of the world. ' "
And then a ragged group,
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no longer looking
like they used to look,
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now covered in the
clothes of righteousness,
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no longer remembering
how they fell in the past
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but how they
stand in the presence,
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no longer looking at their
failures but at their victories,
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no longer remembering
how hard the journey was
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but how sweet
the destination is...
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Here they are standing. No
more sign of pain and suffering.
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No more sleepless
nights and tear-stained eyes.
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Here are they so
unrecognizable that
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someone taps John the Revelator
on the shoulder and he says:
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"Then one of the elders
answered and said to me... "
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Revelation 7:13-14...
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'Who are these
arrayed in white robes
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and where did
they come from? ' "
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And I said to him:
'Sir... ' politely... 'Sir,
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you know. These are they
that have come out of great
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tribulation and have washed
their robes and made them white
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in the blood of the Lamb. ' "
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They don't even look like
they used to. Come on, somebody,
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say amen. Amen!
Sometimes I get discouraged
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when I look at who I am.
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But I look in the mirror
and I recognize that God is
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not done with me yet. Amen!
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Jesus is not done with us yet.
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"Beloved, NOW we
are the children of God.
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And it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be
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but we do know
that when He is revealed
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we shall be like Him
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for we shall see Him as He is. "
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One day these hands of
mine will touch the hand of God!
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Amen! One day this
frail frame of humanity
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will be clothed in the
glorious immortality of Jesus!
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I look forward to that day.
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This morning when I
was walking out of my house
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I heard that song
I Can Only Imagine.
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And I was overcome
with not the imagination
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but with the reality that
one day I'll be standing there.
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No more imagination; no
more songs... but I'll be
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singing it. I'll be looking
in the eyes of my Redeemer
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saying: "Thank you. Thank
you for not giving up on me. "
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"Thank you for not
turning Your back when I fell. "
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"Thank you for sending Jesus to
bring me up to where I am now. "
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And I can hear that
day like horse's hooves
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in a restless corral.
The universal audience
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of all the unfallen
worlds gather together
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to witness the power of
the redemption of Christ.
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Brothers and sisters,
this is not Carnegie Hall.
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This is not
Radio City Music Hall.
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This stage dwarfs
the 150,000-seat stadium
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in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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This stage - built
by the blood of Christ -
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this stage - bought by
the broken body of Christ -
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this stage is where
the redeemed will stand.
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They won't sing about
their works but about His works.
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They won't sing about
what they've done to get there
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but what He has paid for
us to come into that place.
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The admission is
being paid today.
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There is no sense in being lost
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when everything has been
put together for us to be there.
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Amen! When Jesus
raises the curtain
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demons are forced to
fold their wings in defeat.
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When Jesus
points to the redeemed
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demons are helpless, powerless.
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They have seen that
they have finally lost.
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And standing front and center,
clothed in the righteousness
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of Jesus, and He
says: "Here are they... "
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Here are they
unmoved in a shaken world.
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Here are they, untouched
by the compromise of darkness.
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Here are they: heaven's evidence
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that the
commandments of God CAN be kept.
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Amen! The prophetic declaration
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of Isaiah the
prophet now comes to pass.
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Isaiah 60:1-2 is now echoed and
re-echoed through the universe.
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"Arise and shine
for your light has come
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and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you.
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For behold, darkness
shall cover the earth
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and gross darkness the people.
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BUT the Lord will arise over you
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and His glory will be
seen upon you. " Hallelujah!
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In this unfolding
scene the character of Satan
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is finally and
completely exposed.
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He is a liar and
the father of it.
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Amen!
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For 6,000 years Satan has
sown hostility against God's
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commandments. For
6,000 years Satan led
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supposedly religious men
to preach against God's law.
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For 6,000 years Satan
led men to exalt tradition
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above God's law. But when
He points to this redeemed host
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"There they are by My grace.
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They can do all things through
Christ who strengthens them. "
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The prophet Ezekiel
describes Satan's agenda
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in the following passages.
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Ezekiel 22:26. He says:
"Her priests have violated
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My law and
profaned My holy things.
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They have not distinguished
between the holy and the unholy
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nor have they made known
the difference between the
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unclean and the clean.
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And they have hidden
their eyes from My Sabbath
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so that I am
profaned among them. "
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Ever since the entrance of sin
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it has been
Satan's determined purpose
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to rid the earth of those
whose hearts are transformed
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by God's saving grace.
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He HATES our identity.
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He doesn't like the fact
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that there's more
power in the baby Jesus
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than there is in
all the demons of hell.
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He doesn't like the
fact that one drop of blood
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is more potent than
all the artillery of hell.
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He doesn't like the
fact... he hates our identity.
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Which brings me to a
very important point:
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don't abandon
our identity. Amen!
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The three angels'
messages challenges us...
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challenges the nominal
spirit coming into our churches.
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It demands us to
re-calibrate our identity
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and our purpose. We are
not just another church!
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Amen! We are
God's remnant people.
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And I say that not with
pride but with a humble heart
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realizing that God can
take sinners like you and me
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and give them a mission
that increases their value
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in the eyes of heaven. Amen!
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He also
dispatches to us divine aid
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and He says: "the gates of hell
will not prevail against that
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message. " Preach the message
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like everybody's
life depends on it.
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Amen! The three angels' messages
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challenges the nominal
spirit coming into our churches.
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As I travel, my wife and I see
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our church is being chiseled
away. It's being broken down.
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We don't want to be
identified as we were before.
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We want to change our name,
but what we don't understand
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is we are not just another name.
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Satan wants to render
the message ineffective.
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And all he has to do to
get rid of it is not to get rid
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of it completely
but to disguise it.
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You see, when King
Saul was in apostasy
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he disguised himself.
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When King Ahab was in
apostasy he disguised himself.
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When Josiah disobeyed God's
counsel about not going into
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battle he disguised himself.
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When the false prophet
set a trap for God's prophet
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he disguised himself.
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Satan want's God's remnant
church to disguise themselves.
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But it's too late to blend
in my brothers and sisters.
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It's time for us
to stand out! Amen!
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A city that is set on a
hill shall not be hidden.
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A candle that is lit is
not to be put under a tree.
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God has raised this church up
to be a sentinel in this world.
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God has raised this church up to
stand between heaven and hell!
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And if we lose our identity
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the world will be
enshrouded in complete darkness.
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Amen! This is not
just another church.
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But gradually Satan has
been eroding our identity.
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He's been trying to
cover us with a camouflage
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of nominal Christianity
attempting to get us to blend
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with the surroundings around us.
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As I've seen our music changing.
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As I've seen
our preaching change
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and I've seen
the way we dress now.
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As I've seen what Sabbath
morning now presents as worship.
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Our identity is
changing but I refuse to change.
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Amen! I'm not going
back; I will not turn back!
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I know where I was...
I'm not goin' back to that.
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I don't need to be like
the world to get you to come
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to Jesus. We've got a
message that MUST BE proclaimed
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with hearts of humility
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clothed in the
righteous character of Christ.
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We must say: "God loves
you but He has standards. "
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Amen! We must say:
"Jesus will forgive you
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but He won't leave you
the way He found you. "
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Stop saying He
loves you the way you are.
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Finish the sentence:
"But He will not leave you
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how He found you. " Yes!
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Satan's trying to
get rid of our identity.
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You see, when you are no longer
identified by your message
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you're blending in.
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When your worship
style is foreign to the truth
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you're blending in.
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He wants us to blend in
with the camouflage of nominal
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Christianity.
He wants us to say:
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"Our message is like your
message. " No, no, my brethren.
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My message is not
like your message.
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I've got a three
angels' message. Try to find it.
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You won't find it
anywhere but here!
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Amen! That's why 3ABN is
committed to an undiluted...
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an undiluted...
an UNDILUTED message!
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It's too late to
dilute the truth.
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It's too late to
change directions.
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It's too late to
throw away God's GPS.
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He programmed it
and it will get us
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where He said it
will get us. Amen!
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Stop preaching
foolishness on Sabbath morning.
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Preach about sin.
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Preach about redemption.
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Preach about the fact
that God can change a life!
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Stop becoming
comfortable with transgression
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and become
comfortable with redemption.
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When preachers in our pulpit
don't even embrace the truth...
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How do we invite preachers that
don't even embrace the truth
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into our pulpits?
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We don't glorify degrees...
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we glorify the
blood of Christ. Amen!
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I don't care what
university you went to.
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If you're not going to
heaven, don't come to my pulpit.
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I'm not rubbing shoulders
with Pharisees and scribes
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just because
you've got a degree.
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If you're not lifting
up the blood of Christ
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and the standard of truth,
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you're not
preaching in THIS pulpit.
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Your fame on earth is
not your fame in heaven.
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Your accomplishments on
earth do not qualify you
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to delete God's law.
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We're not like another movement.
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When the prosperity gospel
replaces the everlasting gospel
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we begin to blend in.
But let me make it clear:
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God's got
followers in every church.
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That's why God's got
to keep the message clear!
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I'll never forget the
words of Elder Brooks as he was
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fading away during
the time of his cancer.
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He called me and
he said: "My brother,
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pray for an old
sinner like me. "
00:19:43.24\00:19:45.25
I said: "Elder
Brooks, what do you mean
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'an old sinner like
you? ' " He said: "Brother,
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let me just tell you something.
I'm going to give you my
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parting words. " And to this
day whenever I get discouraged
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I press that
button and he says to me:
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"John, preach it! And when
you're finished preaching it
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preach it again
and make it clear
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and make it even
clearer and make it strong.
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Don't dilute it. " He
said: "God has called 3ABN
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for such a time as
this. Don't back up! "
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Amen!
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.74
He may be down...
but he's coming up!
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One day he'll stand with us!
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God's got other sheep
that are not of this fold,
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but He says:
"Them also I must bring.
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And they will hear My
voice and there will be one fold
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and one Shepherd. " Not
multiplicity but singularity!
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Amen! You see, there are a lot
of people in different churches
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but Jesus is not content
to leave them in darkness.
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They found Him where they are
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but He's not
leaving them where they are.
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He's led them a
certain distance thus far.
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But when the Lord says:
"He who has begun a good work
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will complete it"
I believe it! Amen!
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We've got people in our church
that were Nazarene and Baptist
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and Pentecostal and
Presbyterian and Methodist
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and Mormon. You
know why they're here?
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Not because we're
like everybody else.
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Because God has given
us the icing on the cake.
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And I say that with humility.
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I don't say that
because I'm better personally
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than anybody else. I know that.
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But God doesn't call
a police officer because
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he has no bad background.
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God calls him to
uphold the standards.
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God calls us to
uphold the standard of right!
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God calls us even when we fall.
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A righteous man
may fall seven times
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but God will pick
him back up again.
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Amen! So I'm not speaking
about perfection in my own life
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but perfection because Jesus
has covered me with HIS life.
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Amen! It's too late to change
a statement into a question.
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You see, we're
not a question mark.
00:21:42.23\00:21:43.87
It's too late to
change "Here are they"
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into "Where are they?
" We are not Adventists.
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We are Seventh-day Adventists.
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Amen!
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A gradual
erosion of our identity.
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Because everybody's
waiting for Jesus to come
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but everybody's not
keeping the Sabbath.
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And I believe the Sabbath
is a sign between us and God.
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He said it and I believe it!
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Amen! A sign between us and Him
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that we may know that He
is the God that sanctifies us.
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If you believe that,
you will honor the Sabbath.
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You won't ignore the
Sabbath and say "I love the Lord
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anyway. " That's foolishness!
00:22:16.26\00:22:18.97
Calling His name...
saying you love Him...
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But the Word of God says:
"He that says 'I know Him'
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and does not
keep His commandments
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is a liar and the
truth is not in him. "
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That's God's Word... not mine.
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And I'm going to preach that but
I'm going to preach it in love.
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You know why? Because I
know where I used to be.
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I know every now
where I sometimes fall.
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God is not done
with any of us yet.
00:22:38.82\00:22:41.09
It's too late to change a
statement into a question.
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We are not Adventist Christians.
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.36
We are Seventh-day
Adventist Christians.
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What people don't understand
that's just come along lately:
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we didn't just pick a name.
00:22:51.13\00:22:52.97
Our name is not
just another title.
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It's a message! Amen!
00:22:55.74\00:22:57.77
When you tell the
Muslims you're a Christian
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they don't believe you.
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Tell the Muslims.
We were over there.
00:23:01.51\00:23:03.21
We were in Jordan.
Muslims... you say Christian
00:23:03.41\00:23:06.05
they say "You don't
believe the Bible. "
00:23:06.25\00:23:07.65
But you say
"Seventh-day Adventist" they say
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"Oh, the people of the Book! "
00:23:09.32\00:23:10.75
Amen!
00:23:10.95\00:23:12.29
When churches are
being destroyed in Egypt
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.36
the Muslims stood
back and watched it.
00:23:14.56\00:23:16.09
But when they came to an
Adventist church in Cairo, Egypt
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the Muslims
surrounded the Adventist church
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.46
and said: "No, that church
belongs to our brotherhood. "
00:23:20.66\00:23:23.77
You know why they call
us the people of the Book?
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Because you keep the right day.
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But if you only keep
the right day without
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the right relationship
you ain't goin' nowhere.
00:23:31.64\00:23:33.48
You can have the right
diet, but a clean colon
00:23:33.88\00:23:36.18
and a corrupt heart
still results in destruction.
00:23:36.38\00:23:38.55
Revelation chapter 14 verse 12
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points us back to our identity.
00:23:48.42\00:23:51.09
When God points
to that redeemed host
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they are not disguised.
It is clear who they are.
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"Here are they... "
"Here is the patience
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of the saints.
Here are they which keep
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the commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus. "
00:24:05.84\00:24:09.11
You see, "Here are
they" denotes not only
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who they are but it
denotes faithfulness.
00:24:12.05\00:24:15.05
You see, those
who are standing there
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have not fallen into
the pit of law vs. faith.
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Let me make this
clear for a brief moment.
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There is a deep
theological reason why
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in that passage commandments
and faith are together.
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Because for thousands of years
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Satan has pitted
the commandments of God
00:24:36.67\00:24:40.31
against the faith
and grace of Jesus.
00:24:40.51\00:24:42.78
He said: "If you're
saved by grace you don't need
00:24:43.65\00:24:45.15
the commandments. "
00:24:45.35\00:24:46.68
And somebody came along
and said: "Yeah, if you keep
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the commandments
you don't need grace. "
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Brethren: we need both!
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Amen! And this
group: "Here are they
00:24:51.82\00:24:55.42
that keep the
commandments of God
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AND the faith of Jesus. "
00:24:57.69\00:25:00.00
You see, Ephesians 2:8 is
clear about our salvation.
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The transaction of our
salvation is not by OUR works
00:25:03.30\00:25:07.37
but by HIS work. Amen!
00:25:07.57\00:25:09.84
"For by grace you have
been saved through faith
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and that not of yourselves.
It is the gift of God
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not of works lest
anyone should boast. "
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.75
I can't boast
about "diddly-squat"
00:25:19.95\00:25:22.68
to resurrect a
New York colloquial.
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I cannot brag about anything.
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.56
I'm saved by grace
through faith in the shed blood
00:25:30.96\00:25:33.50
of Jesus Christ alone. Amen!
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.43
But my salvation does
not qualify me to abrogate
00:25:36.63\00:25:38.93
God's requirements.
00:25:39.13\00:25:40.77
Countless pastors and preachers
have taught that by keeping
00:25:40.97\00:25:44.31
the commandments of God
00:25:44.47\00:25:45.81
we are relying on
works to be saved.
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.04
But faith does not
delete the commandments of God.
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The Apostle
Paul, who himself said
00:25:52.15\00:25:54.22
"the law is holy and the
commandments are holy and just
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and good" also
said in Romans 3:31
00:25:56.85\00:25:58.65
"Do we make void
the law through faith?
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God forbid! On the
contrary we establish the law. "
00:26:01.89\00:26:06.96
Some people come along and say:
"Oh, you're the law-keepers. "
00:26:07.70\00:26:10.27
I'd rather be a
law-keeper than a law-breaker!
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Amen!
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.77
What else is there? If your
church is not keeping the law,
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what is it? It's a
disqualified church.
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Because the Lord says: "To
the law and to the testimony.
00:26:21.18\00:26:23.31
If they speak not
according to this Word,
00:26:23.71\00:26:25.41
it's because there
is no light in them. "
00:26:25.61\00:26:27.92
I challenge any preacher,
regardless of the size of your
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.82
denomination, if you
teach that God's law has been
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nailed to the cross, you
need to sell watermelons.
00:26:35.66\00:26:37.89
You don't have a job.
00:26:40.23\00:26:41.56
Salvation again.
Salvation from what?
00:26:48.47\00:26:51.81
If you teach the law is
done away with, there is no sin.
00:26:52.01\00:26:54.94
If there is no sin,
there is no need of a Savior.
00:26:55.34\00:26:57.41
Why are you preaching
about a Savior when you say
00:26:57.61\00:26:59.58
that the very thing that
shows us we need to be saved
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.68
is deleted?
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Impotent theology!
00:27:06.25\00:27:08.12
This nation has become diluted
by its own constipated theology.
00:27:09.12\00:27:12.96
And what do we
replace it with? Music!
00:27:16.90\00:27:19.07
Make 'em feel good till hell's
fire begins to warm their backs.
00:27:19.87\00:27:23.91
Make them feel good
until they cannot reverse
00:27:25.17\00:27:27.41
the process of their
meandering down a river that
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ends at a
waterfall of destruction.
00:27:30.45\00:27:32.85
Make them feel good.
00:27:33.25\00:27:34.78
But I say it like my
dearly-departed brother
00:27:35.78\00:27:38.15
who is now resting in Jesus:
00:27:38.35\00:27:39.69
"It's not how high you jump...
00:27:39.72\00:27:41.06
it's how straight you
walk when you hit the ground. "
00:27:41.09\00:27:43.19
Amen!
00:27:44.23\00:27:45.86
Revelation 14:12.
Those saints standing on that
00:27:46.06\00:27:49.76
sea that day: they
are a rebuke to those
00:27:49.96\00:27:53.03
that oppose God's law.
00:27:53.23\00:27:55.07
The perfect law of God
cannot be kept by imperfect men,
00:27:55.47\00:27:58.41
however. That's why Jesus came.
00:27:58.61\00:28:01.81
How can imperfect
people keep a perfect law?
00:28:06.65\00:28:09.52
You know how?
00:28:10.72\00:28:12.35
Jesus replaces
00:28:16.16\00:28:20.23
our imperfection
with His perfection.
00:28:20.73\00:28:23.63
Amen!
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Christ in you the hope of glory.
00:28:25.57\00:28:29.67
You see, when
they are identified...
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Now bear with me...
I've got to break this down.
00:28:33.24\00:28:34.71
Romans 8 verses 3 and
4. You've got your Bibles;
00:28:34.91\00:28:36.28
go there very
quickly. You need this nugget.
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.11
We've got enough time.
00:28:38.51\00:28:40.08
Romans 8. This is Shelley
Quinn's and Jill Morikone's
00:28:40.28\00:28:45.25
and my favorite book.
00:28:45.45\00:28:46.79
The Apostle Paul breaks it down
and he grabs you by your ears
00:28:48.32\00:28:52.29
and says: "You're
not going anywhere. "
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And you know, he can
grab me by my ears any day.
00:28:53.90\00:28:56.03
Romans 8:3-4. Look at this!
00:29:01.84\00:29:04.47
He brings God's ability
and man's frailty together
00:29:04.87\00:29:09.31
and he shows us victory.
00:29:09.51\00:29:10.85
He says: "For what
the law could not do
00:29:11.18\00:29:13.82
in that it was weak
through the flesh... "
00:29:14.22\00:29:16.35
The law wasn't
weak... the flesh was weak.
00:29:16.55\00:29:19.55
"God did. " What are
those two words, my friends?
00:29:20.46\00:29:22.66
What are the words? God did.
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Who did it? God! God did.
00:29:25.33\00:29:27.53
How? "by sending His own Son
00:29:27.73\00:29:31.17
in the likeness of sinful flesh
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.67
on account of sin. "
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.34
He condemned sin in
the flesh. Don't miss that.
00:29:35.74\00:29:39.37
Jesus did not come
to destroy His law.
00:29:39.97\00:29:43.04
He came to destroy our nature.
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.65
He didn't come to destroy sin-
ners... He came to destroy sin.
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Can I get an amen somewhere?
00:29:50.45\00:29:52.19
Amen! He condemned
sin... He didn't condemn us!
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.19
"For God sent not
His Son into the world
00:29:55.39\00:29:57.23
to condemn the world but
that the world through Him
00:29:57.43\00:29:59.26
might be saved. " We
don't need to be condemned
00:29:59.46\00:30:01.53
on Sabbath morning. We
know we're already condemned.
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.13
My message, my job,
my calling is to preach
00:30:04.53\00:30:07.44
no matter how far down
you are Jesus can save you
00:30:07.64\00:30:11.14
from the
guttermost to the uttermost.
00:30:11.34\00:30:13.24
Now I know that He found me
in the guttermost of New York.
00:30:14.51\00:30:17.35
And standing on the
uttermost of Thompsonville...
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.95
Lord have mercy. The
biggest city in the world
00:30:20.15\00:30:21.98
right here. You
thought it was New York!
00:30:22.18\00:30:25.25
It's Thompsonville.
00:30:25.45\00:30:26.96
He condemned sin in the flesh.
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.43
Verse 4... get this: the verse
that brings it all together.
00:30:30.83\00:30:35.96
"That the righteous
requirements of the law
00:30:36.16\00:30:40.94
might be... "
What? "fulfilled. "
00:30:41.14\00:30:43.57
So the law had requirements
that we could not fulfill.
00:30:43.97\00:30:48.44
But when Jesus came in
and destroyed our sinful flesh
00:30:48.64\00:30:53.45
and clothed us in
His righteous flesh,
00:30:53.65\00:30:56.72
when Jesus took
on our carnal nature
00:30:57.12\00:30:59.89
and clothed us with
His glorious character,
00:31:00.09\00:31:02.69
when Jesus vacuumed
out our carnal spirit
00:31:02.89\00:31:06.09
and filled us
with the Holy Spirit
00:31:06.29\00:31:07.90
He found a way to get
wicked men who used to be wicked
00:31:08.10\00:31:11.50
to make them
holy. You know what?
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.30
I'm not a sinner
any more... I'm a saint!
00:31:13.50\00:31:15.50
Amen! If you're
not a saint, why not?
00:31:15.70\00:31:18.84
Read the New Testament.
00:31:19.44\00:31:20.78
Paul says: "Greet
the saints in Ephesus. "
00:31:20.91\00:31:22.78
"Greet the saints in Rome. "
00:31:23.18\00:31:24.51
If you are still a
sinner, you're in trouble!
00:31:24.68\00:31:26.85
Jesus came not just
to change our character
00:31:27.35\00:31:31.79
but to change our standing.
00:31:31.99\00:31:34.12
You see,
Revelation 14:12 doesn't say
00:31:34.92\00:31:37.49
"Here is the
patience of the sinners. "
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.63
Amen? Amen! "Here is the
patience of the saints. "
00:31:43.10\00:31:47.77
Stop walkin' around
talking about "I'm only human. "
00:31:48.27\00:31:50.41
Oh no, my brethren:
if you're only human
00:31:50.81\00:31:52.14
you will fall
over and over again.
00:31:52.27\00:31:53.61
Even though I fall
every now and then...
00:31:53.98\00:31:56.24
We fall down but we get up.
00:31:56.64\00:31:59.71
Amen! You see, if I
fall down on my road
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.99
to the Canaan land I
can get up and keep going
00:32:04.39\00:32:07.72
in the right direction.
You see, when you fall
00:32:07.92\00:32:10.29
if you change direction
you're in trouble. Amen!
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.29
But if you fall while you're
running toward the finish line
00:32:13.50\00:32:15.80
get up and keep on running.
00:32:16.00\00:32:17.33
Running in the name and
the power of Jesus. Amen!
00:32:17.73\00:32:21.00
It says: "The righteous
requirements of the law
00:32:21.40\00:32:24.47
might be fulfilled... "
What are the next two words?
00:32:24.67\00:32:27.38
Come on, say it with me: In us!
00:32:27.78\00:32:30.61
"who do not walk
according to the flesh
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.98
but according to the
Spirit. " Amen somebody?
00:32:34.18\00:32:36.25
Amen! Jesus did not
come to destroy His law;
00:32:36.45\00:32:39.19
He came to destroy our nature.
00:32:39.39\00:32:40.72
He did not come
to destroy sinners
00:32:40.96\00:32:42.66
He came to destroy sin.
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.46
"He shall save His
people FROM their sins. "
00:32:44.66\00:32:48.66
And if Jesus can't do it,
you're in trouble and so am I.
00:32:49.40\00:32:52.97
You see Galatians
2:20 puts it all together.
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.40
This qualification has to come
with the death of my old nature.
00:32:56.40\00:33:00.94
The Apostle Paul says: "I have
been crucified with Christ. "
00:33:01.74\00:33:04.18
I have been what
my friends? Crucified.
00:33:04.38\00:33:06.08
When you walk with Jesus
you go first to His cross.
00:33:06.28\00:33:10.59
Before you go to
the resurrected life
00:33:10.79\00:33:12.95
you've gotta go to the cross
00:33:13.36\00:33:15.32
then you've gotta go
to the baptismal pool.
00:33:15.52\00:33:19.29
Then you come out on the
other side clothed, able to walk
00:33:19.69\00:33:23.97
in the newness of life. Amen!
00:33:24.17\00:33:26.57
And then Jesus
methodically and purposefully
00:33:27.07\00:33:31.31
and completely begins
to destroy everything that
00:33:31.51\00:33:34.38
held you down. And
one day you wake up
00:33:34.58\00:33:37.71
and that sin no longer
even causes you to flinch.
00:33:37.91\00:33:40.45
One day you wake up and the
thoughts are finally altogether
00:33:40.65\00:33:43.28
gone! Because Paul says: "I
have been crucified with Christ.
00:33:43.49\00:33:46.89
It is no longer I who live
00:33:47.09\00:33:49.26
but Christ
lives... " Where? "in me! "
00:33:49.76\00:33:52.39
If Jesus is
living inside of you,
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.96
what disables you
from being righteous?
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.90
He's living on
the inside... not me.
00:34:00.74\00:34:03.07
But until this human flesh...
until this Adam construction
00:34:04.11\00:34:08.94
is replaced by the
last Adam's construction,
00:34:09.14\00:34:12.41
until this mortal
puts on immortality
00:34:12.61\00:34:15.18
and this corruptible
puts on incorruption,
00:34:15.38\00:34:17.49
until that day Jesus is
able to keep us from falling
00:34:17.69\00:34:22.89
and to present us before
the presence of His glory
00:34:23.29\00:34:26.66
with exceeding joy. Amen!
00:34:26.86\00:34:29.56
We don't preach that.
00:34:29.76\00:34:31.23
We've got the best message
about righteousness by faith
00:34:34.34\00:34:37.34
and what do we preach? Lentils!
00:34:37.54\00:34:40.54
"The life which I
now live in the flesh
00:34:50.59\00:34:53.36
I live by faith
in the Son of God
00:34:53.76\00:34:56.79
who loved me and
gave Himself for me. "
00:34:56.99\00:34:58.93
You just missed it but I didn't.
00:34:59.13\00:35:01.16
" I live by faith
in the Son of God. "
00:35:01.76\00:35:05.47
Now we thought that we live
by OUR faith in the Son of God.
00:35:05.67\00:35:10.11
I looked at that
again and again and again
00:35:10.51\00:35:12.94
and you know what I discovered?
00:35:13.14\00:35:14.48
I discovered this last night,
which shows the power of the
00:35:14.51\00:35:17.08
inspiration of God's Word.
00:35:17.28\00:35:18.61
Sometimes God hides it from you
00:35:18.65\00:35:20.18
until one day He
says: "Bahh! Here it is! "
00:35:20.38\00:35:25.65
And you wonder where it's
been hiding all that time.
00:35:26.05\00:35:27.62
He hid it from you until
He knew you could handle it.
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.89
Amen! Last night He
said to me: "Oh, no!
00:35:30.09\00:35:32.79
We don't live by OUR
faith in the Son of God.
00:35:32.99\00:35:35.43
We live by faith which
is IN the Son of God. "
00:35:35.83\00:35:40.64
It's in Him... it ain't in us!
00:35:41.87\00:35:44.14
"Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
00:35:45.57\00:35:48.18
and the faith of Jesus.
" Not faith IN Jesus but
00:35:48.38\00:35:51.88
the faith OF Jesus.
00:35:52.08\00:35:54.32
The secret of the saints in
Revelation 14:12 is not that
00:35:55.28\00:35:58.05
they have the faith
to keep the commandments.
00:35:58.25\00:35:59.95
It is the faith of Jesus in
them that keeps the commandments
00:36:00.16\00:36:03.02
of God. Amen!
00:36:03.22\00:36:05.09
And so by preaching
the three angels' messages
00:36:05.29\00:36:07.00
of Revelation 14 we
won't forget who we are.
00:36:07.20\00:36:10.40
God's remnant message
was not designed to be
00:36:10.60\00:36:14.14
assimilated into the marketplace
of monotonous theology.
00:36:14.34\00:36:17.81
The same thing every week.
00:36:19.07\00:36:21.44
How many times can
you say "Have fun? "
00:36:21.64\00:36:23.61
Had a good friend
who was a pastor in the
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.65
Assemblies of God church,
and I remember rooming with him
00:36:28.85\00:36:30.79
as we were singing in the
Heritage Singers together.
00:36:30.99\00:36:32.32
He said... he said: "I wish our
church was like your church. "
00:36:32.49\00:36:34.36
I said: "How so? " He
said: "People walk in on
00:36:34.56\00:36:36.49
Sunday, get baptized that day
and they leave the next week. "
00:36:36.69\00:36:39.26
Now we've lost some, too.
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.90
But you know why we lose them?
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.03
Because they hold on... They
allow the cares of this life...
00:36:44.43\00:36:47.64
They allow the
cares of this life
00:36:48.04\00:36:50.87
to become their focus.
That's why the Lord says:
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.38
"Look unto Me and be
saved all you ends of the earth
00:36:53.58\00:36:56.91
for I am God and
there is no other.
00:36:57.11\00:36:58.58
I am God and
there is none like Me. "
00:36:58.78\00:37:00.55
Look unto Jesus, the Author
and Finisher of your faith.
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.79
Let me tell you something:
if He started this journey
00:37:04.29\00:37:06.65
I believe He
can finish it. Amen!
00:37:06.86\00:37:09.02
But so often we
look at the bank balance
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.83
and what our children
did and what our spouse did
00:37:12.03\00:37:14.30
and what the
people at church say.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.20
And what the news said
and what Donald Trump says.
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.33
Who cares? Amen!
00:37:18.53\00:37:21.00
It's what Jesus said that's go-
ing to get us into the kingdom.
00:37:21.97\00:37:24.41
Amen! Forget about that con-
servative/liberal foolishness.
00:37:24.61\00:37:27.81
So many Adventists
are seduced by politics...
00:37:28.31\00:37:31.01
this present administration.
Somehow the last two
00:37:31.21\00:37:33.58
administrations have
awoken in our Adventist church
00:37:33.78\00:37:36.02
a spirit of
complacency and division.
00:37:36.22\00:37:38.75
It's time to get back united.
00:37:39.15\00:37:41.12
United on the
message... not on politics.
00:37:41.32\00:37:44.03
Come on, somebody. Amen!
00:37:44.23\00:37:46.03
I watch Facebook, and I see Ad-
ventists arguing Donald Trump's
00:37:46.90\00:37:50.03
position and the other one's
arguing Barack Obama's position.
00:37:50.23\00:37:53.60
I'm arguing
Jesus' position. Amen!
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.14
I never found an
answer in the White House,
00:37:58.34\00:38:00.21
and I ain't gonna find one.
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.74
My answer's in the right
house. Come on, somebody.
00:38:01.88\00:38:03.85
My answer's in a kingdom
that shall never be destroyed.
00:38:04.05\00:38:07.72
My answer is in
the man named Jesus.
00:38:08.12\00:38:10.99
Who is He? "The government
shall be upon HIS shoulder
00:38:11.39\00:38:14.96
and His name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor,
00:38:15.16\00:38:19.63
the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. "
00:38:19.83\00:38:24.20
You see, the nations are angry.
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.74
They're angry
because the devil's angry.
00:38:27.97\00:38:30.11
When your life angers the
devil you know it's right.
00:38:31.71\00:38:34.41
"And the dragon was angry with
the woman and went to make war
00:38:34.61\00:38:37.65
with the remnant of her seed
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
which keep the commandments
of God and have the testimony
00:38:39.21\00:38:41.38
of Jesus. "
Revelation 12 and verse 17.
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.39
So often I see... I
see "supposed" Adventists
00:38:43.79\00:38:47.16
on the Internet arguing
that the commandments of God
00:38:47.36\00:38:50.73
cannot be kept. Well,
if the commandments of God
00:38:50.93\00:38:52.89
cannot be kept then they
ought to leave the church
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.56
and go do the deepest sin
because they won't be lost.
00:38:55.76\00:38:58.87
But friends,
that's not the truth.
00:38:59.27\00:39:00.90
When you try in your own
strength to keep that which is
00:39:01.97\00:39:05.11
perfect you
will fail every time.
00:39:05.31\00:39:06.88
Amen.
00:39:07.08\00:39:08.41
But the problem is so many of
us are arguing Satan's position
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.45
and not God's position.
00:39:11.65\00:39:12.98
From the first to the last Satan
has always hated God's law.
00:39:13.75\00:39:16.65
If we trace the
cadence of Bible history,
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.32
we will discover
that in each age, however,
00:39:19.52\00:39:22.49
God has always
had an urgent message
00:39:22.69\00:39:25.83
and He always found somebody
to proclaim that urgent message.
00:39:26.03\00:39:29.96
Amen! That's what
this is all about.
00:39:30.17\00:39:31.80
Amen! 3ABN
00:39:32.00\00:39:34.87
is dedicated to
preaching an urgent message.
00:39:35.37\00:39:39.41
Noah was called to warn the
world of an approaching flood.
00:39:41.51\00:39:43.85
They said: "It never happened
before. " But it DID happen!
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.65
Lot was called
to warn his family
00:39:47.02\00:39:49.25
of the demise of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:39:49.45\00:39:52.45
Moses was called to proclaim
a Promised-Land-focused message.
00:39:52.85\00:39:56.52
But friends, God does not
just call us out of Egypt.
00:39:56.73\00:39:58.83
He calls us into Canaan.
00:39:59.03\00:40:01.70
Amen! Today we have to remember
00:40:01.90\00:40:03.77
the saints of Revelation
14:12 are a rebuke to those who
00:40:03.97\00:40:07.77
live in
complacency. Because I Peter 2:9
00:40:07.97\00:40:10.87
reminds us of our identity.
Go with me there quickly.
00:40:11.07\00:40:13.98
We've got some time.
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.14
On Sabbath morning my
church members wonder why
00:40:19.75\00:40:22.05
I preach for an hour when
I could preach for 50 minutes
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.49
at Camp Meeting. I'll
take what you give me.
00:40:24.69\00:40:28.12
I Peter 2 verse 9:
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.96
"Who are they that
stand clothed in the beauty
00:40:32.36\00:40:35.86
of the canopy of Christ's
righteousness? " Who are they?
00:40:36.26\00:40:39.17
Who are they? Who are they?
00:40:39.37\00:40:42.34
Peter says... he ought to
know. He used to be a big mouth.
00:40:42.54\00:40:46.01
He used to have his mind in
1st gear and his mouth in 5th.
00:40:46.41\00:40:50.15
One day God synchronized
his mouth with his heart
00:40:51.28\00:40:54.08
and Peter became the spokes-
person on the Day of Pentecost.
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.92
I believe that God
can synchronize any sinner
00:40:57.12\00:40:59.55
and make him or her a saint.
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.09
Amen! So Peter is saying: "But
you are a chosen generation. "
00:41:01.16\00:41:04.33
What kind of generation? Chosen.
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.13
"a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood. "
00:41:06.33\00:41:08.73
We ought to get away
from the idea that we were
00:41:08.93\00:41:10.77
some kind of biological
burp. We are not an accident.
00:41:10.97\00:41:13.07
We are not somebody's explosion.
00:41:13.27\00:41:14.60
We are made in the image of God!
00:41:14.74\00:41:16.67
Amen! "holy
nation, royal priesthood,
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.87
His own special people. "
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.48
If you tell people on
Sabbath morning they're special
00:41:21.88\00:41:24.15
and they have a special mission,
00:41:24.35\00:41:25.68
I believe they will
begin to act like it.
00:41:25.78\00:41:27.52
Why'd He call
them? Not to sit down!
00:41:29.15\00:41:31.79
Stop singing
"Sitting on the Promises"
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.52
and start singing
"Standing on the Promises. "
00:41:40.40\00:41:43.30
One preacher says we sing
"Standing on the Promises"
00:41:43.70\00:41:46.70
while we're
sitting on the premises.
00:41:46.90\00:41:48.47
Why did He call us?
"That you may proclaim... "
00:41:51.44\00:41:53.88
That you may do
what, my friends?
00:41:54.08\00:41:55.41
"Proclaim! " You
know what proclaim means?
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.51
"I saw an angel
flying in the midst of heaven
00:41:57.91\00:42:00.78
having the everlasting gospel
to preach to them that dwell on
00:42:02.98\00:42:07.06
the earth. " And how does he
proclaim it? With a LOUD voice.
00:42:07.26\00:42:10.09
It's too late to
have a quiet gospel.
00:42:11.13\00:42:13.43
This message is not
going to end with a whisper.
00:42:13.63\00:42:16.50
My God shall come and
shall not keep silent.
00:42:16.70\00:42:19.90
Amen! "A fiery stream
shall issue and come forth
00:42:20.10\00:42:24.17
from before Him and it
shall be very tempestuous
00:42:24.37\00:42:27.31
about Him. " Jesus is not
coming back with a whisper.
00:42:27.51\00:42:30.08
He's not going to
say: "Shh! Come here. "
00:42:30.28\00:42:33.18
"The Lord Himself shall descend
from heaven with a... " What?
00:42:35.35\00:42:37.65
"Shout! " With a what? SHOUT!
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.89
With a what? Shout! "With
the voice of the archangel
00:42:40.09\00:42:42.79
with the trumpet call of God.
" That trumpet's going to be so
00:42:42.99\00:42:44.79
clear and distinct that
the dead are going to say
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.70
"Time to get up. "
00:42:47.90\00:42:49.33
"How long has it been
since I first heard the Lord? "
00:42:51.30\00:42:55.60
"How long has my
heart felt no burden? "
00:42:55.80\00:42:58.54
They're going to say:
"How long has it been? "
00:42:58.74\00:43:00.08
And Adam's going to get up
and his watch is going to say
00:43:00.28\00:43:02.41
it's been 4,931 years.
00:43:02.61\00:43:04.38
He's going to have a heavenly
Timex that keeps on ticking.
00:43:06.98\00:43:09.48
When God calls Adam
00:43:10.75\00:43:12.19
he's going to come out clothed
00:43:12.59\00:43:14.02
in the beauty of
Christ's righteousness. Amen!
00:43:14.22\00:43:17.13
"Proclaim the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness
00:43:17.83\00:43:22.63
into His marvelous
light. " What kind of light?
00:43:22.83\00:43:26.03
Marvelous! This ain't no
"nickel, dime" flashlight!
00:43:26.23\00:43:30.21
This light will burn you up.
00:43:31.67\00:43:33.48
The light was so great when
the angels came to the shepherds
00:43:33.68\00:43:36.34
in the fields to
announce the birth of Jesus
00:43:36.54\00:43:38.58
the Bible says: "An
angel... an angel... an angel
00:43:38.78\00:43:42.02
came to the shepherds and said:
"Behold I bring you good tidings
00:43:42.22\00:43:44.82
of great joy which
shall be for all the people.
00:43:45.02\00:43:47.49
For unto you is born
this day in the City of David
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.76
a Savior which is
Christ the Lord. "
00:43:49.96\00:43:51.59
But what they did not know
is Jesus had secret service
00:43:51.79\00:43:53.60
protection.
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.20
Ellen White says in Desire
of Ages, can I quote her here?
00:43:56.50\00:43:59.10
Yes! All right.
00:43:59.30\00:44:00.77
In Desire of Ages Ellen White
says the reason why the angel
00:44:00.97\00:44:03.71
began with a singular
conversation just the angel
00:44:03.91\00:44:05.87
and the shepherds
is because the angel
00:44:06.07\00:44:07.91
had to wait for the shepherds
to get used to the light.
00:44:08.11\00:44:10.78
And when their eyes adjusted
to the light of one angel
00:44:10.98\00:44:13.95
suddenly heaven
raised the curtain
00:44:14.15\00:44:15.82
and there was with the
angel a host of heavenly angels.
00:44:16.02\00:44:19.19
You see, you may
begin with one angel
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.29
but don't stop preaching
because there are more angels
00:44:21.49\00:44:23.36
waiting to shine
the glory of God.
00:44:23.56\00:44:25.33
The earth is
lightened with the glory of God.
00:44:25.73\00:44:27.80
His own special
people to show and proclaim
00:44:28.10\00:44:31.03
the praises of Him who
called John out of darkness.
00:44:31.23\00:44:35.27
Out of the clubs.
Out of the gambling halls
00:44:35.67\00:44:38.81
of playing pool on Friday night.
00:44:39.01\00:44:41.01
Out of the 44th floor
of the World Trade Center
00:44:41.21\00:44:43.35
disc jockeying
with two turntables.
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.45
He called me out of
the trains of New York City
00:44:45.65\00:44:47.55
goin' to a party on the Sabbath.
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.42
He called me
from behind the bars
00:44:49.82\00:44:52.42
drinking sloe gin
fizz and tequila sunrise.
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.52
He called me from the
streets of New York City.
00:44:56.36\00:44:59.03
And not only did He call me
once, but He had to brush me up
00:45:01.83\00:45:04.20
every now and
then. I said to my wife:
00:45:04.40\00:45:05.87
"When Jesus covers us
with His righteousness
00:45:06.07\00:45:08.24
it's like a
house being painted. "
00:45:08.44\00:45:09.97
And the house looks
beautiful when it's painted
00:45:10.57\00:45:12.61
but sometimes there's
a stain that shows up.
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.24
And Jesus comes again with
His paintbrush of righteousness
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.55
and touches it up
again. Amen, somebody?
00:45:18.75\00:45:20.52
He's been touching me up
more times than I can count!
00:45:20.92\00:45:23.45
But when He's done,
we're going to look like Him.
00:45:25.09\00:45:27.16
Come on
somebody, say Amen. Amen!
00:45:27.36\00:45:28.79
Third point: "Here are
they" denotes allegiance.
00:45:28.99\00:45:32.23
Now let me make this clear:
00:45:32.43\00:45:33.76
beware of false
Christ-centeredness.
00:45:33.80\00:45:37.33
One of Satan's last attempts is
to pit Christ against doctrines.
00:45:37.53\00:45:42.70
Think about that.
00:45:45.11\00:45:46.44
Churches tell me "we
don't preach doctrine. "
00:45:46.61\00:45:49.38
Then you need to, while somebody
else is selling watermelons
00:45:49.58\00:45:52.18
you sell cars
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.72
for the word doctrine
simply means teaching.
00:45:55.98\00:45:58.95
For Satan has now
confused the churches today.
00:45:59.45\00:46:02.62
Churches of the world -
churches of THIS world -
00:46:02.82\00:46:05.73
are becoming so
much like the world
00:46:05.93\00:46:08.20
that people of the world
don't see any reason to join
00:46:08.40\00:46:10.37
the church.
00:46:10.57\00:46:12.03
A man by the name of Jim
Ellis in an article called
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.84
Christian Communication
Worldwide February 16, 2018,
00:46:17.04\00:46:19.91
he said: "I have been
witnessing a new conventional
00:46:20.11\00:46:24.61
wisdom emerge. Simply
stated, it is the wisdom
00:46:24.81\00:46:27.98
of attempting to circle in
more people for our churches
00:46:28.18\00:46:31.65
by unashamedly minimizing
00:46:31.85\00:46:34.32
or perhaps merely eradicating
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.83
the restricting
influences of doctrines.
00:46:37.03\00:46:39.46
What pastor used to do
because they were poorly taught
00:46:39.86\00:46:43.20
they now do by intent
in all of our churches
00:46:43.40\00:46:45.67
and they do it for the
sake of church growth. "
00:46:46.07\00:46:48.70
In other words they say:
"If we minimize doctrines,
00:46:48.90\00:46:50.94
our church will grow. "
00:46:51.14\00:46:52.71
Because you're in the airport
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.31
don't mean you're
gettin' on the plane.
00:46:55.34\00:46:56.81
And he said: "The
problem with that is...
00:47:01.85\00:47:03.52
the problem with this
minimization: it grows. "
00:47:03.72\00:47:06.42
So you've got the mega
churches and the giga churches.
00:47:06.62\00:47:08.52
50,000... 100,000... 30,000.
00:47:08.72\00:47:11.53
You've got 'em filled to
the stadiums, and they come
00:47:11.73\00:47:14.03
for cookies and milk and cream
00:47:14.23\00:47:16.20
and they leave just as spiri-
tually dry as they got there.
00:47:16.40\00:47:20.00
One pastor said:
"Doctrines do narrow things
00:47:22.20\00:47:26.27
and we don't like
the word narrow. "
00:47:26.68\00:47:28.64
But the response from Jeff
was: "Look to Jesus and Paul
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.81
as perfect illustrations
of how to teach doctrine
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.15
correctly. If we teach
the scriptures faithfully
00:47:35.35\00:47:38.15
and exactly as they are stated,
00:47:38.35\00:47:39.69
we will automatically
teach good doctrine. "
00:47:39.89\00:47:42.32
Can I get an Amen? Amen!
00:47:42.52\00:47:44.33
There's nothin'
wrong with narrow.
00:47:44.53\00:47:46.19
Matthew 7:13:
"Enter by the narrow gate
00:47:46.39\00:47:48.36
for wide is the gate
and broad is the way that
00:47:48.56\00:47:50.03
lead to destruction, and there
are many that go in there at. "
00:47:50.23\00:47:53.84
As the people of God, we have
been given a priority message.
00:47:55.37\00:47:58.41
Not because of who we are
but because of whose we are.
00:47:58.81\00:48:01.74
Amen! The Lord didn't
choose Israel because they were
00:48:01.94\00:48:04.48
the best people. He
chose them because He had
00:48:04.68\00:48:06.55
a particular purpose for them.
00:48:06.75\00:48:08.28
You see, the mailman
that delivers my mail,
00:48:08.48\00:48:10.02
the UPS, the FEDEX person:
00:48:10.22\00:48:11.55
they're people just like us
00:48:11.62\00:48:12.95
but they've got
a responsibility.
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.32
And we so recognize
their responsibility that
00:48:14.36\00:48:16.69
when they don't deliver
our package we complain.
00:48:16.89\00:48:18.83
How much is heaven complaining
00:48:20.03\00:48:21.56
when we don't
deliver the message?
00:48:21.76\00:48:23.16
Amen! How much is
heaven complaining
00:48:23.37\00:48:25.23
on Sabbath morning when
God has given us a message
00:48:25.43\00:48:27.30
and we don't deliver it?
00:48:27.50\00:48:28.84
The three angels'
messages are not intended to be
00:48:31.44\00:48:33.04
blended message. This
message is to be preached
00:48:33.24\00:48:35.88
over the babbling
confusion of compromise. Amen!
00:48:36.08\00:48:39.11
We don't lift up
Jesus INSTEAD of doctrine.
00:48:39.31\00:48:41.88
We lift up Jesus
THROUGH the doctrines.
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.52
If the trumpet
makes an uncertain sound,
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.99
who will prepare for the battle?
00:48:47.19\00:48:48.99
The three angels' messages
are not preparing us for the
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.89
final picnic of the ages.
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.50
It's not preparing us for
the final excursion or cruise
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.73
of the ages. It is
preparing us for the
00:48:57.93\00:48:59.73
final battle of the ages. Amen!
00:48:59.93\00:49:02.30
Put on the whole armor of
God, but when you put it on
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.51
make sure you've got your sword.
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.37
Which brings me
to my last point:
00:49:06.78\00:49:08.98
when the Lord points
to this group He points to
00:49:10.01\00:49:13.11
a group that is
aware of the times. Yes!
00:49:13.31\00:49:16.32
Listen to the times.
00:49:17.95\00:49:20.66
I don't care what
network you listen to,
00:49:21.36\00:49:23.43
but you've gotta be
comatose to not understand
00:49:23.63\00:49:26.13
that we are on the
verge of a stupendous crisis.
00:49:26.33\00:49:28.66
Some of us are so
involved in our stocks
00:49:30.67\00:49:33.27
that we forget about
what God is investing for us.
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.17
Amen! You see, when Jesus said
"It is finished! " on the cross
00:49:36.37\00:49:39.17
a notice went out to
start building my mansion.
00:49:39.57\00:49:42.31
When Jesus said:
"It is finished! "
00:49:42.81\00:49:45.11
the envelope containing
the dimensions of my mansion
00:49:45.91\00:49:50.29
was opened.
00:49:50.49\00:49:51.85
When Jesus said:
"It is finished! "
00:49:52.05\00:49:54.32
an echo echoed
throughout the courts of glory
00:49:54.52\00:49:58.29
and the angels came
back and said: "He said
00:49:58.49\00:50:02.10
His part is finished.
Now our part starts. "
00:50:02.30\00:50:06.20
And Jesus took a
little nap in the garden tomb
00:50:07.60\00:50:11.31
and He got up on Sunday morning.
00:50:11.51\00:50:12.84
You know why He got
up on Sunday morning?
00:50:12.87\00:50:14.21
You know why He got
up on Sunday morning?
00:50:14.24\00:50:15.58
To start working for you and me!
00:50:15.61\00:50:16.98
Amen! "We have
such a High Priest. "
00:50:17.18\00:50:18.95
"He ever lives to
make intercession for us. "
00:50:19.15\00:50:22.22
What do you say? Amen!
00:50:22.42\00:50:23.82
When you fail and you
feel like you don't matter,
00:50:24.02\00:50:26.29
when you feel like everybody's
turned their backs on you,
00:50:26.69\00:50:29.59
we have a High Priest who
ever lives to make intercession
00:50:29.79\00:50:32.26
for us. They are
aware of the time.
00:50:32.46\00:50:36.16
The Apostle Paul
say in Romans 13:11-13
00:50:36.36\00:50:39.73
"And do this: knowing the time
00:50:40.04\00:50:43.04
that now it is high
time to awake out of sleep
00:50:43.24\00:50:47.74
for now our salvation is nearer
than when we first believed. "
00:50:47.94\00:50:51.61
If the Apostle
Paul said it in HIS day,
00:50:51.81\00:50:55.32
how much closer are we now?
00:50:55.72\00:50:58.09
He said: "Therefore let us
cast off the works of darkness
00:51:01.26\00:51:04.23
and let us put on
the armor of light. "
00:51:04.63\00:51:07.93
The three angels'
messages remind us
00:51:08.13\00:51:10.83
that it is high time for
this dark and meaningless world
00:51:11.23\00:51:14.87
to come to an end.
00:51:15.07\00:51:16.40
It is high time to
stand up for the truth
00:51:16.77\00:51:19.11
or you'll fall for tradition.
00:51:19.31\00:51:21.01
It is high time to straighten
up so that you can walk right.
00:51:21.41\00:51:24.95
It is high time to speak
up for the cause of Christ.
00:51:25.35\00:51:27.65
Can somebody say Amen?
00:51:27.85\00:51:29.18
The saints of Revelation
14:12 are the real deal.
00:51:29.42\00:51:32.35
They are the
finished product of divinity.
00:51:32.55\00:51:36.19
You know, I think about this
whole thing called Christianity.
00:51:36.86\00:51:39.89
Every now and then
I get kind of downcast
00:51:40.10\00:51:42.26
when I think of my own journey.
You ever get there sometimes?
00:51:42.46\00:51:44.77
You begin to say: "Lord, am
I going to be able to make...
00:51:45.47\00:51:47.34
have I done enough to get in? "
Then I realize: "Wait a minute,
00:51:47.54\00:51:49.84
John, it's not what you've done.
It's what Jesus is doing. "
00:51:50.04\00:51:52.21
Amen!
00:51:52.41\00:51:53.78
It's not what you've
done; it's what Jesus is doing.
00:51:54.24\00:51:56.75
You see, that's why
that passage in I John 3
00:51:56.95\00:52:00.48
says: "Beloved, now are
we the children of God. "
00:52:00.68\00:52:03.18
When my brothers
and sisters? Now.
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.42
Then he says:
"Behold what manner of love
00:52:06.82\00:52:09.16
the Father has bestowed on us
00:52:09.56\00:52:11.83
that we should be
called the children of God. "
00:52:12.03\00:52:15.16
When you stand on
that sea of glass that day,
00:52:16.10\00:52:18.33
when that redeemed
host stands front and center
00:52:18.53\00:52:22.30
and the unfallen
worlds peer over the balcony
00:52:22.50\00:52:25.74
into the final performance
they say almost in chorus
00:52:25.94\00:52:30.05
"Jesus was right! " Amen!
00:52:30.25\00:52:33.65
Every now and then
the angels say to Jesus:
00:52:33.85\00:52:35.32
"Are You sure You want
those Adventists up here? "
00:52:35.52\00:52:37.72
"Are You sure You want
those Baptists up here? "
00:52:40.92\00:52:43.53
And Jesus turns around and
says: "I'm not finished yet. "
00:52:44.76\00:52:47.50
Amen? Amen!
00:52:48.00\00:52:49.86
"I'm not done yet. "
00:52:50.07\00:52:51.40
The night is far
spent, the day is at hand.
00:52:53.17\00:52:57.21
The saints of
Revelation 14 are the real deal.
00:52:57.61\00:53:00.58
They are the finished product.
00:53:00.78\00:53:02.28
You see, "here are they"
is a response to the question
00:53:02.48\00:53:04.91
"where are they? "
00:53:05.11\00:53:06.45
And so my brothers and
sisters, the day is coming
00:53:06.55\00:53:09.15
when we will
stand... when we will stand...
00:53:09.35\00:53:14.89
What we have
preached will become sight.
00:53:15.09\00:53:18.36
What we have
believed will become tangible.
00:53:18.56\00:53:21.70
Faith will no longer be
the banister on which I land...
00:53:21.90\00:53:26.00
on which I lean... but
I'll be leaning on the shoulder
00:53:26.20\00:53:29.50
of Jesus. The day is coming
when we're going to sit down
00:53:29.70\00:53:32.94
at the welcome table.
Come on somebody... say Amen.
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.98
And they're going to
bring my glass of heavenly ale
00:53:35.18\00:53:38.71
and they're going to say:
00:53:42.78\00:53:44.12
"This is the water from
the River of Life. " Amen!
00:53:44.15\00:53:49.06
"Have a drink. "
00:53:49.26\00:53:50.63
"Relax, John...
your journey is over! "
00:53:50.83\00:53:54.66
Amen!
00:53:54.86\00:53:56.56
And they say
"When the meal is done
00:53:56.97\00:53:58.53
we'll take you
to your apartment. "
00:53:58.73\00:54:01.60
"And by the way, we heard
you talk about him so much
00:54:04.77\00:54:07.01
we built you one right
next to Elder Brooks. "
00:54:07.21\00:54:09.11
Amen! Amen.
00:54:12.71\00:54:14.38
And then the first
Sabbath... the first Sabbath
00:54:14.58\00:54:17.72
we're going to get up on
Sabbath morning and realize
00:54:17.92\00:54:20.46
our clothes are already made.
00:54:20.66\00:54:22.76
We're going to say: "Did
you get my suit ready, honey? "
00:54:23.26\00:54:25.99
She's going to
say: "No... Jesus did. "
00:54:26.39\00:54:28.16
Amen somebody.
00:54:29.46\00:54:30.97
Amen! "Do you need
shoes? " "No, honey,
00:54:31.17\00:54:33.10
you don't need the
car. We're going to fly
00:54:33.30\00:54:35.30
to the worship service. "
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.41
Amen. And from the
north and the south
00:54:38.44\00:54:41.48
and the east and the west
and every coordinate in there
00:54:41.68\00:54:45.08
the whites and the
blacks and the walls of Mexico
00:54:45.28\00:54:48.75
will finally be brought down
00:54:48.95\00:54:50.49
because the walls of
Jerusalem have replaced it.
00:54:52.59\00:54:55.66
Amen! It's not going
to be about nationality.
00:54:55.86\00:54:58.66
It's not going
to be about language
00:54:59.06\00:55:00.40
but every nation,
every kindred, every tongue,
00:55:00.60\00:55:03.50
every people will stand
before the throne of grace.
00:55:03.70\00:55:06.63
And Jesus is going to stand
up and somebody is going to say:
00:55:06.84\00:55:09.94
"He doesn't have a Bible. "
00:55:10.34\00:55:11.67
And somebody's going to
say: "He doesn't need one...
00:55:11.71\00:55:13.04
He is the Living Word! " Amen!
00:55:13.07\00:55:16.44
To God be the glory!
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.61
And standing firmly that
day there will be a group
00:55:19.01\00:55:21.72
of which there'll be no doubt.
00:55:22.95\00:55:24.89
Somebody's going to
say: "Who are they? "
00:55:26.29\00:55:28.56
And somebody's going to say:
"These are they that cannot be
00:55:30.33\00:55:32.69
bought, compromised, deterred,
00:55:32.89\00:55:35.30
lured away, turned
back, diluted, or delayed. "
00:55:35.50\00:55:38.83
"Who are they? "
"These are they who will not
00:55:39.03\00:55:41.37
flinch in the
face of sacrifice. "
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"They will not hesitate in
the presence of the adversary. "
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"They will not negotiate
at the table of the enemy. "
00:55:46.37\00:55:48.58
"They will not ponder
at the pool of popularity
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and they refuse to walk
in a maze of mediocrity. "
00:55:51.38\00:55:54.38
"Who are they? "
"They won't give up;
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they won't back
up; they won't let up;
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and they won't shut up
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until they have
preached up and prayed up
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and paid up and stored up
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and stayed up for
the cause of Christ. "
00:56:08.43\00:56:10.87
"Who are they? "
00:56:11.07\00:56:12.40
"Here are they... "
Come on, say it with me...
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"Here are they... "
00:56:13.80\00:56:15.14
"Here is the
patience of the saints;
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here are they which
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. " Amen!
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And by God's determined grace...
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Where is Tim when I need him?
00:56:30.15\00:56:31.65
By God's grace...
00:56:32.35\00:56:34.22
by God's grace I
won't have to imagine!
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Amen! I will be there.
00:56:40.13\00:56:42.40
When the heavenly band steps out
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in the
background I begin to hear
00:56:48.00\00:56:50.17
the instruments clanging
together as the angels lift them
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to their shoulders
00:56:53.54\00:56:55.01
and they begin to play
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the song of
Moses and of the Lamb.
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And Jesus stands out and
taps... As a faithful conductor
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He says: "To God
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be the glory
00:57:12.46\00:57:14.93
great things He has done.
00:57:15.13\00:57:19.70
So loved He the world
00:57:19.90\00:57:23.94
that He gave us His Son.
00:57:24.14\00:57:29.44
Who yielded His life
00:57:29.84\00:57:33.42
an atonement for sin
00:57:33.62\00:57:38.62
and opened the lifegate
00:57:39.02\00:57:43.32
that all may go
in. Say it one time:
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Praise the Lord!
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Praise the Lord!
00:57:51.03\00:57:53.03
Let the earth hear His voice.
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Praise the Lord!
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