Welcome to the 3ABN Spring
Camp Meeting - The Three Angels'
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Messages.
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Hello and welcome to Spring
Camp Meeting 2018. Have you been
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blessed here? [Yes!] You know,
I think I heard millions of
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people around the world also
echo in as they shouted into
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their TV sets, or
maybe listening to the radio.
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Thank you so much for joining
us for camp meeting. What a
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spiritual blessing we have
received. Psalm 118:24 says
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what? "This is the day that the
Lord has made! Let us rejoice
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and be glad in it." Are
you rejoicing!? [Yeah!] Oh boy,
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I know we are here. What an
incredible roll we just saw from
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Russia. -We did indeed, and
welcome to church service here.
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- That's right. - What an
incredible blessing to hear from
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the Sabbath school panel; and
the roll we just finished from
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3ABN Russia featured a lot of
what took place- 3ABN Russia has
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been in existence for 25 years
this past. This past fall was
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the 25th anniversary, and
Greg and I had the incredible
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privilege to travel with some
of the 3ABN team, with Danny
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and Yvonne and some of the
others to 3ABN Russia. It was
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our first time in Russia. -Yeah,
it sure was, and you know, we
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talked about here on this, a
lot of people - we sing the song
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"We Are Standing On Holy
Ground," right? - here at 3ABN.
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We feel that this is ordained
of God; but I tell you what,
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Sister Julia: when Jill and
I had the privilege of going to
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3ABN Russia, and you come to
that facility, I had the same
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feeling there. We are standing
on holy ground. To see what
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God has done - especially for
those of you that have watched
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3ABN Russia grow from the
beger- very beginning - it's
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a miracle of God, isn't it,
Julia. -You know, I'm convinced
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that 3ABN is an amazing miracle
of God. -Amen. -Because, you
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know, they're simple people.
They are...you know, they don't
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have anything special about
their education or about their
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careers or anything, but
amazing things are happening
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with 3ABN around the world,
including Russia. It is an
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amazing miracle of God what's
happening in Russia. Through
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our humble hands - through
our humble hearts, through our
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humble services - it is
just impossible to imagine that
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for 25 years, we have
been there! We started with one
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little Hi8 camera and we
did it alongside with the
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construction. Danny said, "Let
us fill out the local companies
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if they take the programming,"
and we made the first 13
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half-hour programs. We actually
taped them there with that
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little camera and we edited
them here, in the United States
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studios; and only one little
station there took us. "Only
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6 programs," they said. "And
if the response from the audie-
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from the viewers is not good
enough, that will be it." And
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then, you know, Danny was so
inspired by the Lord with Russia
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and he said, "Let us offer
people Bibles." -Amen. -Just
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offer them the Bibles - this
is what they need. And so, our
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little half-hour program
started receiving up to 1,000
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letters a week, and they told
us, "You are getting a better
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response than any central
channels in our area." And I
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want to praise the Lord today
as you saw- as you eye-witnessed
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what's happening there; you
saw! You know, we have about 30
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people - personnels, and of
course the facilities are great;
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they're huge, but still -
it used to be an abandoned
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building for 20 years! And
I again praise the Lord for
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Danny's vision to restore
it and to make it into such a
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wonderful facility. But the
miracle of the Lord is that,
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today, we are on 123 cable
companies around the globe.
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- Praise the Lord.
Amen; did you hear that? 100-
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[audience applauds]
We are on two Russian
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satellites; they cost us $6,000+
a month, which is 2x less than
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we used to pay for one satellite
before. [Wow...] And we cover
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402 Russian cities. -Amen! -And
we get those letters where we
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know what our programming
makes in the hearts of people.
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So, again, I'm saying it is
an amazing miracle of the Lord
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what is happening with 3ABN.
I'm listening to the messages
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here at the camp meeting.
You know, the present truth- how
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much do we need to hear that?
You know, how much does 3ABN
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have the vision for the whole
world? To be in the Books of
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the Lamb. -Amen. [Amen.]
I'm so thankful that God gave
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Mr. Danny Shelton the vision
to begin 3ABN back in 1984. The
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vision to begin a television
station that would reach the
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world with the undiluted 3
angels' messages - one that
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would counteract the
counterfeit. And then God gave
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him the vision after the fall
of communism in 1992 to begin
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3ABN Russia; and Julia,
you've been executive director
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there since that time. She
is an incredible woman of God.
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- Amen. - She has ministered
to and mentored me and blessed
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Greg and my life, and I know
many people here. I felt like
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when we went to Russia, Julia,
I went halfway around the world
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to meet family I never knew
that I had. It was an incredible
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experience, and thank you
for what you do for the cause of
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God. -Yeah; praise the Lord.
We're- we can rely only on Him;
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we are nothing as of ourselves.
- Amen. - You know, and I think
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about it too, you know, I don't
consider myself an emotional
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person, but when I went to 3ABN
Russia, I almost had to carry
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a tissue box with me the entire
time. [laughter] You know,
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because it's amazing - we were
at the- Carter was there for the
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25th anniversary, and he asked
those to raise their hand that
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had been either impacted by his
original series, long, long ago-
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25 years ago- and many,
many hands went up, how they had
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accepted Jesus Christ. I mean,
what a touching experience.
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You know, we appreciate your
support at 3ABN. You know, we
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give money, and it's not
necessarily exciting to think
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about, and donating money
for, let's say, the speaker, but
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these speakers make a difference
and an impact to bring your soul
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to Jesus Christ; right? We have
to look at the big picture. When
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we donate, yes, we need
equipment, but it's for souls
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for the kingdom. So there in
Russia - around the world, it's
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makin' an impact, and we just
want to say a thank you, and
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thank you to Sister Julia for
the work that you and your crew
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are doing there. -Amen. -Praise
the Lord. -At this time, we want
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to bring out Pastor John
Lomacang. We're going to sing-
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you can't have church without
an opening song, so we're going
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to sing, "To God Be the Glory."
- Amen, what a fitting song. And
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Brother Tim Parton on the piano.
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And let's all sing
together. -That's right.
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- Well, good morning,
everyone; happy Sabbath!
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[Happy Sabbath!] God has been
receiving the glory all week,
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but this morning, we want to
use this gift He's given to us
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to reflect the glory back
to Him; so this morning, as the
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songs, I believe, appear on the
screen- but this is a hymn that
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most of us know by heart.
You sing in Russian, you sing in
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English, and whatever language
you have, you sing in that
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language. -That's right.
-And if you're joining us via
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television or radio, let's
raise our voices this day to
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give God the glory.
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Oh, come to the
Father through Jesus the Son
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And give Him the glory,
great things He hath done
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- Amen? To God be the glory.
[Amen.] This camp meeting-
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and we say this almost every
year, but it is true about this
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year- this has been an anointed,
Spirit-filled camp meeting.
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[Amen!] I believe that
the topic matter that the Lord
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impressed to Danny and Shelly
Quinn to put together for this
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camp meeting was probably, in
my mind, one of the most urgent-
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one of the most urgent messages
needed - not only for the world,
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but also for the Seventh-Day
Adventist church. [Amen.] To
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recalibrate our mission and
purpose; to get us focused again
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on what God has called us to
do. And we pray that you take
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advantage of all the resources
that had been laid out,
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and tonight, you'll know about
all that; and those of you who
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are watching, you can contact
3ABN. The 3 angels' messages:
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the final proclamation to a
world that wants to- that needs
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to be informed that Jesus is
soon to come again. And He's not
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coming just for a GROUP
of people; He wants to save
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everybody! And so thank you
so much for what you have done,
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but I just want to spend a
little time because the work
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that you see, the things that
you see around you, each one
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of you is individually...
individually to thank for what
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happens here at 3ABN. This
week is a week that makes a
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big difference to us because
most of the time, we're on the
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other side of the screen,
and we don't see you but you see
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us. I think the number of
times - I'm sure Tim and all
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of us who work here - we
hear the phrase, "You don't know
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us...but we know you. You're
in our living room. You're in
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our car. You're in our bed," or
you know. They tell us where we
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are, and... But I want to
say to you is, you are in our
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hearts. [Amen!] Because without
you, this ministry could not
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exist. Without you- on a monthly
basis, remembering to send
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your donations - whether you
do it by PayPal or by internet
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or by the letter, by snailmail,
by check, by credit card -
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donations that are set
up however you do that, this
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ministry could not exist
and do what it has done for the
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last 32 years without people
like you. So I want to begin
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by thanking you personally
for just realizing the critical
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time in which we live. You
know, James the Apostle throws
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a wrench into the theological
bold as he talks about the last
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days. And he says, "For those
who pile up treasures, your
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gold and your silver will
be cankered up as a witness
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against you in the last days."
And one preacher once said,
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"The worst thing that we
can realize is Jesus is coming;
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there are millions of dollars
in the bank that could've been
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used for the furthering
of the gospel." Years ago, I
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remember watching a
movie. Somebody said, "You gotta
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watch this; it's about the
Holocaust." It was Schindler's
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List. Schindler's List. Don't
say that 5 times. [laughter]
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The thing that stuck out of
my mind and brought me to tears
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is when the Jews were finally
liberated. Oskar Schindler, who
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pulled up in a beautiful
limousine of the day...he
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looked at the faces of all
those who were coming out of
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his factories. And he
looked down at his wedding band.
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And he took it off with tears
in his eyes and he said, "This
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could've been one more life.
This could've been one more
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life." And I'm
melted in tears and I
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thought, "Well it's just a
wedding band," but he took it
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off and he thought about the
value of it and he said, "This
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could've been one more life!"
And I think, when Jesus comes...
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What would we trade in our
surroundings...for just one more
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life? [Amen.] 3ABN, Danny
Shelton, Jill and Greg, and
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Shelly and Pastor CA and Molly,
and all of the- all of the
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television and radio together...
Jay Christian, my wife, Nikki,
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Mike; all of us together
and all the names that could
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continually be mentioned...
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We could not do on a daily
basis what we do if it's not
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for you. So today
as I- as I speak - from
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one who has been such a
benefactor, from what you do
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on a continual basis -
as a pastor in the Illinois
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Conference and also as a
worker of- with 3ABN, I want to
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encourage you today-
we're going to make an offering
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appeal. Oftentimes, we say,
"Well, whatever God impresses
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you to do," and there are
those of you that may work that
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way. But today, we're going
to take up an offering, and our
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gentleman are standing in
place. But I want you to ask
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yourself today- and pray about
this; I don't want this to be
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spontaneous, but I want this
to be Spirit-led. This screen,
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all these things you see that
cause you to be amazed by what
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God does-.. When Jesus comes,
we're going to leave all this
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behind. [Amen.] But these
are things that are needed to be
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a cutting-edge ministry. God
doesn't want us to be the last.
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Can I get an amen?
[Amen!] He wants us to be on the
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frontlines. God doesn't
want NFL and NBA and all these
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sports to look better than
the gospel on the last days.
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So for us to be on the cutting
edge and to reach people,
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there are generations that are
to follow if the Lord doesn't
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come yet that will
benefit from what you have done.
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There are those of you that have
wills and trusts- and we have a
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wills and trust department
that says, "You know what?
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If and when I am laid to rest,
what is going to happen with
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my funds? Where are they
going to go?" Don't guess. Don't
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leave them to the state. But
make preparation to carry the
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gospel forward, and then
altogether one day, because
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of what you've done, because
of your donations, because of
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your sacrifices, because of your
giving... We can say thank you;
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and God will say to you, "Well
done, thou good and faithful
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servant." So right now, we're
going to bow our heads together-
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ask for the Lord to speak to
your hearts. And you know what-
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there's no gift too small,
and there's no gift too large.
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Every one of them represents
another soul for the kingdom,
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and I'd love to share some
of the stories of conversions
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happening here at this camp
meeting. Just this week, one
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gentleman walked up to me
and said to me- he said, "I was
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away for the church for many,
many, many years," but he said,
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"Pastor John, what you
said today... I am back home."
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[Amen.] "I'm coming back home."
Praise God for that? [Amen.]
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And I'm sure that could be
told of all the speakers; we are
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fired up by the urgency of the
hour. We pray that that urgency
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is communicated to you by
your financial support and your
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giving. Let us bow our heads.
Loving Father in heaven, oh, how
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urgent the hour in which we live
really is. Father, this is the
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last church - the church
of Laodicea. There are no more
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churches on Earth after
this; the next is the church
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triumphant. [Amen.] We are
living in the toes of the image
00:17:32.75\00:17:37.12
of Daniel 2; the iron and clay
are mixed together. They are
00:17:37.15\00:17:44.43
represented there. The
movements around us - both
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politically, socially, and
morally. Economically. Around
00:17:48.16\00:17:54.57
us, the world is in flux as
we can see the restlessness of
00:17:54.60\00:17:58.27
this present society. People
that even don't know the name
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'Jesus' know that this world
cannot sustain itself. Be it,
00:18:02.81\00:18:07.38
Father - here are they...
Here are they that keep the
00:18:07.42\00:18:12.92
Commandments of God...and the
faith of Jesus. And Lord, You
00:18:12.95\00:18:16.59
called us for such a time
as this- to take our bread and
00:18:16.62\00:18:20.56
our fish, and put it in the
hands of Jesus; that He will
00:18:20.60\00:18:25.43
multiply it; that the multitudes
that are on this earth will be
00:18:25.47\00:18:29.84
fed with the Bread of Life;
that the multitudes on this
00:18:29.87\00:18:33.11
earth will find Jesus, the
only answer for this critical
00:18:33.14\00:18:36.14
hour. We thank You for the
32 years of ministry and for the
00:18:36.18\00:18:40.72
vision You gave to Danny
Shelton. But may those who come
00:18:40.75\00:18:44.29
behind us find us faithful.
And so Lord, as You reach out
00:18:44.35\00:18:48.66
over the air to those listening
and watching this program,
00:18:48.69\00:18:51.83
and those of us who are
moved by Your Spirit in this
00:18:51.86\00:18:54.33
auditorium today, may what
is given be translated into
00:18:54.36\00:19:01.17
another soul. One day,
somebody's going to walk
00:19:01.20\00:19:04.77
through the gates of the New
Jerusalem and they're going to
00:19:04.81\00:19:06.54
say, "Thank you for your
donation. Thank you for the
00:19:06.57\00:19:09.18
cause that you stood for.
And that triumphant gift will
00:19:09.21\00:19:14.38
purchase another life for
eternity." So speak to Your
00:19:14.42\00:19:17.49
people. What You impress
them to give, may they know that
00:19:17.52\00:19:22.82
nothing given in behalf of
the kingdom will ever go to
00:19:22.89\00:19:26.39
waste. And finally,
Lord, because of the giving and
00:19:26.43\00:19:31.37
because of the prayers- because
of the support; because of the
00:19:31.40\00:19:33.87
work done here through 3ABN-
may it be our humble privilege,
00:19:33.90\00:19:37.61
one day, simply-.. Uniting
with all of Your brothers and
00:19:37.64\00:19:40.44
sisters in this auditorium
and joining us around the world,
00:19:40.78\00:19:42.84
may it be our privilege to
hear, "Well done, thou good and
00:19:42.88\00:19:46.88
faithful servant." In Jesus
Name we pray, amen. Please come
00:19:46.92\00:19:51.99
forward as our- as our ushers
come forward. Tim Parton is
00:19:52.02\00:19:55.36
going to bless us this morning;
and allow the Lord to speak
00:19:55.39\00:19:57.76
to your heart. You know, when
you're done tonight, and when
00:19:57.93\00:20:01.03
this day is all done, we
want to know that God has spoken
00:20:01.06\00:20:03.37
to your heart and that He is
glorified by what you've done.
00:20:03.40\00:20:06.27
Tim.
00:20:06.30\00:20:08.97
Amen. Thank you so much,
Tim. - I think we should put a
00:23:55.80\00:23:59.13
microphone by your feet
as well, Tim. That's awesome.
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.80
You notice his feet goin'? I
tell you. What a talented man
00:24:01.84\00:24:04.61
of God. - We're so blessed
to have him here at 3ABN, and
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.04
we're also blessed to
have Brenda Walsh. She is the
00:24:08.11\00:24:10.95
general manager of the
3ABN Kids Network and has been
00:24:10.98\00:24:14.18
a full-time volunteer
well over 20 years. And
00:24:14.22\00:24:17.85
she's an incredible blessing.
Have all of you been blessed
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.62
by the programming that she
produces? [Amen!] Praise the
00:24:20.66\00:24:24.69
Lord. [audience
applauds] - All glory to God.
00:24:24.73\00:24:27.00
- Yeah, Kids' Time and Kids
Network is not just for kids,
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.67
is it, Brenda? You know, 'cause
I even see some programming
00:24:31.70\00:24:33.60
myself. How many of you see
Kids' Time? Kids- let's see.
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.20
Not all of you are kids.
[laughter] Don't take offense
00:24:38.07\00:24:40.34
to that. - I think I get
so many adults that came by my
00:24:40.38\00:24:43.24
booth yesterday. They said,
"Oh, I hate to tell you this,
00:24:43.28\00:24:45.71
but I watch Kids' Time!" I'm
like, "Why do you hate to say
00:24:45.78\00:24:48.08
that?" you know? Because, d- you
know, I think if people realize
00:24:48.12\00:24:50.99
50% of viewers of Kids' Time
are adults and 50% kids. Those
00:24:51.05\00:24:55.96
are real numbers! And Kids'
Time Praise is 70% adults and
00:24:55.99\00:25:00.46
30% kids. - Amen. Well,
thank you so much for what you-
00:25:00.50\00:25:03.53
- So, praise the Lord. It's
not- and God says we all need to
00:25:03.57\00:25:05.83
be like little children, right?
Amen? - True. - So, no shame in
00:25:05.87\00:25:09.04
being a Kids' Time watcher.
So now how many Kids' Time
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.74
watchers do we have out there?
Amen! - Thank you so much for
00:25:11.77\00:25:15.61
what you do for the cause of
God. And you're going to give
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.75
us an update on the
Kids Network. - But we have
00:25:17.85\00:25:19.81
something that's special that's
going to happen, though; we
00:25:19.85\00:25:21.68
want to mention that this
afternoon. - Yes! - So Brenda,
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.55
tell us that but- and then
go into your report. - How many
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.59
here would like to have a
tour of our Kids' Time studio,
00:25:25.62\00:25:28.29
which is j- in the back of
this building! - Yes. - How
00:25:28.32\00:25:30.83
many would like to have a tour?
And guess what else? Something
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.43
that we've never done before.
At 5:30 today, if you meet me
00:25:33.46\00:25:36.67
by the 3ABN booth out here,
I will give personal tours of
00:25:36.70\00:25:40.30
our Kids' Time studio, and
I'm going to give you a tour
00:25:40.34\00:25:43.84
of our wardrobe room, which
nobody has seen. I think- Greg,
00:25:43.87\00:25:47.41
I think there's, what, 6 keys
to that room? - I think that's
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.68
right! - Yes, I mean it's
carefully guarded. Our wardrobe
00:25:49.71\00:25:53.11
director, Lucy Neuharth, has
sewn...I think well over $50k
00:25:53.15\00:25:57.59
worth of costumes there.
You are going to see behind the
00:25:57.62\00:26:00.99
scenes. How many now want to
go on that tour? Hey and- and
00:26:01.02\00:26:04.99
for our folks at home. - Yes.
- You need to come to our fall
00:26:05.03\00:26:08.60
camp meeting. - That's right.
- Because then our fall camp
00:26:08.63\00:26:12.03
meeting, we are going to
have a live Kids' Time Praise
00:26:12.07\00:26:16.37
special. - Sabbath afternoon.
That's the plan for fall camp
00:26:16.40\00:26:19.97
meeting. - So, we have the
most amazing, musically talented
00:26:20.04\00:26:23.45
kids that will come from all
around the world. That's fall
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.28
camp meeting, in the afternoon.
- That's right. - So if all our
00:26:26.31\00:26:30.19
viewers at home who are
not here and you want that tour
00:26:30.22\00:26:32.75
and you want the wardrobe
tour, be here at fall camp
00:26:32.79\00:26:35.22
meeting. I'll fix you up. - Ok.
All right, Brenda, thank you.
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.83
- Good morning
and happy Sabbath!
00:26:39.53\00:26:41.30
[Happy Sabbath.] It's a
privilege to be able to be in
00:26:41.60\00:26:45.70
ministry here at 3ABN and
be a part of this incredible-
00:26:45.73\00:26:49.30
really, outreach to the world.
And one of my favorite things
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.91
about my job is being able
to travel around the world and
00:26:53.94\00:26:57.88
meet different children
and families and parents, that
00:26:57.91\00:27:01.85
their lives have been touched
because of Kids' Time. Do you
00:27:01.88\00:27:05.45
know, every time God allows me
to know how He has used me, or
00:27:05.49\00:27:09.42
He allows me to know how
somebody has been blessed, do
00:27:09.49\00:27:13.26
you know what I call that?
I call it a Holy Spirit hug. I
00:27:13.29\00:27:16.50
tell you, I just love it!
It's like, "Thank You, Jesus!" I
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.07
might be a volunteer, but
that's my pay. In fact, when I
00:27:19.13\00:27:23.04
tell my daddy about a praise
report, and I'll tell him about
00:27:23.07\00:27:27.81
some child that I met that
gave his heart to Jesus. And you
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.85
know what my daddy tells me?
He- my nickname's Bibby; he'll
00:27:30.88\00:27:33.75
say, "Bibby? You are
overpaid!" [audience laughs]
00:27:33.78\00:27:38.89
And truly, I am. I was in
Portugal last Sabbath, and I
00:27:38.95\00:27:43.32
was teaching at AFCOE Europe.
I don't know if anybody has
00:27:43.36\00:27:45.89
heard of AFCOE Europe.
It's the Amazing Facts center of
00:27:45.96\00:27:49.56
evangelism and AFCOE Europe
is run by my precious friends
00:27:49.60\00:27:52.87
Reed and Gerda von Maur.
And they are amazing; I've been
00:27:52.90\00:27:56.57
going over every year for
quite a few years now, teaching
00:27:56.60\00:27:58.91
at their school. I teach about
having a personal relationship
00:27:58.94\00:28:03.24
with Jesus, and about really-
you can know the Bible; you can
00:28:03.28\00:28:08.12
know all the facts - devil knows
the Bible better than anybody,
00:28:08.15\00:28:10.99
right? But if you don't know
Jesus, it's for nothing! So I
00:28:11.02\00:28:14.36
have an amazing time every year
teaching at AFCOE Europe; and
00:28:14.39\00:28:17.26
if anyone really wants to learn
more about evangelism, you need
00:28:17.29\00:28:20.33
to go there and spend that time.
It's amazing. But last Sabbath,
00:28:20.36\00:28:24.27
in the afternoon, a couple
of the neighbor kids came over,
00:28:24.30\00:28:28.64
and they didn't speak any
English and I didn't speak any
00:28:28.67\00:28:32.37
Portuguese, and so we said,
"Well, let's- you know, let's
00:28:32.41\00:28:36.18
do somethin' for the kids!"
So I got on the piano and we
00:28:36.21\00:28:38.61
were playing; we did
some songs, and then I started
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.88
telling them some stories.
And they're sitting there just
00:28:40.92\00:28:43.69
mesmerized by it, and
I'm having a translator who's
00:28:43.72\00:28:48.22
translating everything. And
now, I'm runnin' out of steam
00:28:48.26\00:28:51.23
'cause I'm like, "Okay, I've
told 'em 3 stories already and
00:28:51.26\00:28:54.13
we sang songs for a half hour.
And so we had some Kids' Time
00:28:54.16\00:28:57.97
DVDs there, and I said, "Why
don't we show 'em a Kids' Time
00:28:58.00\00:29:00.87
program?" So they asked
them, I asked them through the
00:29:00.90\00:29:03.24
translator, "Have you ever
seen Kids' Time?" "No, no," -
00:29:03.27\00:29:05.81
12-year-old boy. So they
put that program on. And even
00:29:05.84\00:29:10.68
though they- he did not
understand English, he sat
00:29:10.71\00:29:14.18
there, and his sister,
mesmerized by that program.
00:29:14.22\00:29:18.05
And translator, one of the
students there, was translating
00:29:18.09\00:29:20.82
the stuff going on. And he-
they wanted more programs. More
00:29:20.86\00:29:25.53
programs. They were in love
with that! When they were all
00:29:25.56\00:29:28.70
done, the boy got up and he
was trying to tell me something,
00:29:28.73\00:29:32.13
and I didn't know what it was.
And the translator had stepped
00:29:32.17\00:29:34.60
away for a moment, and so I
was trying to do sign language-
00:29:34.64\00:29:37.44
what could I do? Finally, he
says to me - he points to the
00:29:37.47\00:29:41.61
screen - he goes like this
to his heart, and then he just
00:29:41.64\00:29:44.91
came and gave me a great
big hug. I was like, "Oh! Thank
00:29:44.95\00:29:47.95
You, Jesus! Thank You, Jesus!"
And so, that- that is my pay.
00:29:47.98\00:29:53.25
I have- I tell you, when I hear-
I got, recently- received a
00:29:53.29\00:29:56.73
letter from an 11-year-old boy.
He said, "Dear Ms. Brenda, my
00:29:56.76\00:30:01.46
mom and I just recently started
watching Kids' Time," he said,
00:30:01.50\00:30:05.70
"and we are learning so
much about God! We didn't know,
00:30:05.73\00:30:08.97
really, about God before; we
heard about Him, but we really
00:30:09.00\00:30:12.04
didn't know about Him, and
we just love Kids' Time! And in
00:30:12.07\00:30:16.11
fact, I'm trying real hard now
not to use bad words! I heard
00:30:16.14\00:30:20.28
what you said." [laughter]
"And P.S. please don't stop
00:30:20.32\00:30:25.82
making Kids' Time programs."
You know, those kind of things
00:30:28.09\00:30:32.46
just really touch my heart.
My sisters and I share stories
00:30:32.49\00:30:37.60
back and forth, and they
shared a story when they were
00:30:37.63\00:30:40.20
recording Tiny Tots one day.
My sister Linda was on the set
00:30:40.24\00:30:45.44
and she had the kids,
and they're in the middle of
00:30:45.47\00:30:47.78
production. I mean, it's goin'
down on camera. My- I think
00:30:47.91\00:30:50.55
they probably kept it. But
she's sitting there, telling
00:30:50.58\00:30:54.42
them all about heaven. And one
little girl next to her said,
00:30:54.45\00:30:58.69
"Uh, Auntie Linda?!" and she's
pulling on her blouse. "Auntie
00:31:01.12\00:31:04.56
Linda!" And Auntie Linda stops,
and my sister looks and says,
00:31:04.59\00:31:07.53
"Yes, Jadice, what's the
matter?" "I ain't goin' to
00:31:07.56\00:31:10.20
heaven." [laughter] And my
sister's eyes just like, open
00:31:10.27\00:31:15.10
wide, like, "What child does-
you know, I'm tellin' 'em how
00:31:15.14\00:31:17.54
wonderful heaven's going
to be!" And she said, "Well,
00:31:17.57\00:31:20.18
Jadice, why is it that you
don't want to go to heaven?!"
00:31:20.21\00:31:22.71
"'Cause I'm scared of heights!"
[audience erupts in laughter]
00:31:24.65\00:31:31.49
You know, you just can't make
this stuff up. It is such a joy
00:31:35.16\00:31:41.56
to work with these children,
and I really do thank Danny
00:31:42.76\00:31:46.50
Shelton and the
leadership team here for valuing
00:31:46.53\00:31:50.57
children's ministries,
too. Amen? [Amen.] And I... It's
00:31:50.61\00:31:55.04
really just truly, a real
blessing. And I thought I'd
00:31:55.88\00:31:59.91
share with you just a few
of the things and the progress
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.15
we've been making this year.
You know, my mom is our kids'
00:32:02.18\00:32:05.25
club director; I think I've
shared that with you before.
00:32:05.29\00:32:07.36
How many remember me talkin'
about my mom? I asked her 14
00:32:07.39\00:32:12.53
years ago if she'd help me
out for a couple weeks while I
00:32:12.56\00:32:15.66
looked for a director for the
club, 'cause I had nobody and
00:32:15.70\00:32:19.00
that was 14 years ago...and
she's still the director.
00:32:19.03\00:32:23.17
But last camp meeting, I had
announced to you that I think
00:32:23.20\00:32:27.38
we had over 30,000 kids
enrolled in Bible lessons from
00:32:27.41\00:32:31.01
127 countries or something.
And my mom - she calls me
00:32:31.05\00:32:36.38
yesterday - she says, "I just
want you to know and get this
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.82
straight. We now have 130
countries, and we have over
00:32:38.85\00:32:42.36
45,000 kids." [Wow.] "Enrolled
in Bible studies." Amen?
00:32:42.42\00:32:46.70
[Amen.] Let's say
amen! [audience applauds]
00:32:46.73\00:32:51.70
You know, that's what God
can do. That's God's hand of
00:32:53.50\00:32:56.34
blessing. We also have some
new programs- programs that are
00:32:56.37\00:33:01.94
just now beginning to air, and
I have a special thank you to,
00:33:01.98\00:33:05.55
I won't mention their last
names, but Dick and Lucy and
00:33:05.58\00:33:08.55
Mike and Cameo, who really
donated all the funds so that
00:33:08.58\00:33:13.59
we could have these programs
on the air. So they literally
00:33:13.62\00:33:16.83
specified, "These- this money
goes for editing." You see,
00:33:16.86\00:33:20.20
we've had new Kids' Time
programs that we did in 2014
00:33:20.26\00:33:23.63
that y'all have never seen...
because we couldn't get them
00:33:24.40\00:33:27.14
edited. And a new Tiny Tot
worship program and a new Tiny
00:33:27.17\00:33:31.27
Tot kitchen. Well, thank you
to their generous donation. Tiny
00:33:31.34\00:33:35.14
Tot worship and Tiny Tot
kitchen is already airing on
00:33:35.18\00:33:38.85
3abnkids.tv and our brand new
Kids' Time programs from 2014
00:33:39.88\00:33:45.92
are now airing. We
started airing last month. Every
00:33:46.69\00:33:49.39
Sabbath, there'll be a
new program. You won't want to
00:33:49.42\00:33:52.03
miss Sabbath Kids' Time
programs; let me tell you that.
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.03
Because they're the best
programs we've ever done. They
00:33:54.10\00:33:57.90
are just really, truly amazing.
It's the first time in our
00:33:57.93\00:34:00.34
Bible stories that we used
real actors from the Screen
00:34:00.37\00:34:04.31
Actors Guild that came here,
volunteered their time, paid
00:34:04.34\00:34:07.41
their way to get here. Amen?
[Amen.] And donated all their
00:34:07.44\00:34:10.98
time to be on this program.
So don't miss our new Kids'
00:34:11.01\00:34:14.42
Time programs even though
they were taped- you know, and
00:34:14.48\00:34:17.35
recorded in 2014- they're
now airing. Praise the Lord;
00:34:17.39\00:34:20.66
amen? [Amen!] Also, I
wanted to tell you about Bible
00:34:20.72\00:34:25.39
treasures. We've
already recorded it. They also
00:34:25.43\00:34:29.20
generously donated money
to have this edited, so I just
00:34:29.23\00:34:33.34
turned that over to the editors
last week and we're going to
00:34:33.37\00:34:36.60
get those programs on the
air right away, too. Brand new
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.61
devotional program for our
older kids. A 15-minute morning
00:34:39.64\00:34:43.28
worship, evening
worship program called "Bible
00:34:43.35\00:34:45.91
Treasures." So look for
that. Also, I can see my time is
00:34:45.95\00:34:50.62
almost gone so I want to tell
you all this really quick. We
00:34:50.65\00:34:53.49
have new programs that we're
doing this year - we're doing
00:34:53.56\00:34:56.39
more programs of Bible
treasures that I need lots of
00:34:56.42\00:34:58.43
kids for, so I need you
to contact me. My contact
00:34:58.49\00:35:01.83
information is on my
website. BrendaWalsh.com
00:35:01.86\00:35:05.60
You go there, my phone number's
there; my email's there. Yes,
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.84
I give out my phone number.
Because how can I serve Jesus
00:35:08.87\00:35:12.41
if I put a wall in front of
me, right? [Amen.] So it's out
00:35:12.44\00:35:14.88
there. Contact me. I also need
kids for a brand new science
00:35:14.91\00:35:18.51
program we're doing this fall
called "The Science Zone" with
00:35:18.55\00:35:22.48
Ben Roy. And I'm looking for
kids- it'll only be about like
00:35:22.52\00:35:25.52
2-3 kids on a show. I'm looking
for kids who are energetic,
00:35:25.55\00:35:29.22
great personalities, that want
to come and be on this. Contact
00:35:29.26\00:35:32.33
me; again, BrendaWalsh.com
and I will get in touch with you
00:35:32.36\00:35:36.93
about being on that program.
And last but not least, I want
00:35:36.97\00:35:42.60
to tell you about a brand new
app that just came out. We now
00:35:42.64\00:35:45.64
have a-... The Android is live
right now today; Apple will be
00:35:45.67\00:35:50.21
here, I think, on Monday.
We have a brand new Kids- 3ABN
00:35:50.25\00:35:55.08
Kids Network app where
you can watch our programs on
00:35:55.15\00:35:58.69
demand. And so it's video on
demand, watching when you want
00:35:58.72\00:36:02.69
to... Download those apps.
Isn't that- that is a really
00:36:02.72\00:36:05.89
big thing that we've
prayed about. And I want to just
00:36:05.93\00:36:09.03
plead with each one of you.
To please support children's
00:36:09.06\00:36:12.73
ministries. We're still raising
funds to build our studios in
00:36:12.77\00:36:15.97
Collegedale, Tennessee. We
have made progress; we're not
00:36:16.00\00:36:19.41
there yet. Because of new
technology, we've now learned
00:36:19.44\00:36:22.48
we can do it for a whole lot
less money. So, I ask for your
00:36:22.51\00:36:26.35
prayers and ask- really,
plead with you, to say, "Lord,
00:36:26.38\00:36:30.52
what would You have me do..for
children's ministries?" It's
00:36:30.55\00:36:35.09
important. Remember, it's
Kids' Time to share Jesus.
00:36:35.12\00:36:41.10
Thank you. [Amen!]
[audience applauds]
00:36:41.13\00:36:42.76
- Amen. Thank
you so much, Brenda.
00:36:42.86\00:36:45.23
Anytime I begin to feel
just a little tired, I listen to
00:36:48.80\00:36:51.67
Brenda or I talk to Brenda,
and I get energized again.
00:36:51.71\00:36:55.44
The Lord has given her
a tremendous gift and a
00:36:55.48\00:36:58.01
tremendous amount of energy;
and we're thankful for what she
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.85
does with 3ABN Kids Network.
It is my great privilege, right
00:37:00.88\00:37:04.59
now, to introduce our president
and CEO, Mr. Danny Shelton, who
00:37:04.72\00:37:08.79
will be bringing the message
for the hour here. Danny needs
00:37:08.82\00:37:12.46
no introduction; you all know
him. But I want to share with
00:37:12.49\00:37:15.33
you just a moment what he means
to me personally. Danny is a
00:37:15.36\00:37:18.87
man of faith. God gave him
the gift of faith, I believe, to
00:37:18.90\00:37:24.91
begin this ministry so
many years ago. And God has
00:37:24.94\00:37:28.84
continued to bless and sustain
this ministry. Danny is a man
00:37:28.88\00:37:33.01
of tremendous insight
and wisdom. He is a wonderful
00:37:33.05\00:37:37.52
mentor. He's a man of God
and a man of humility, and the
00:37:37.55\00:37:41.56
message he's bringing to
us today is the New Covenant
00:37:41.59\00:37:45.43
Sabbath. Before he speaks,
his daughter Melody Shelton
00:37:45.46\00:37:49.53
Firestone will be ministering
in music with Tim Parton on the
00:37:49.56\00:37:53.03
piano. And the song she will
be bringing is "You're Still
00:37:53.07\00:37:56.10
Lord." After she shall have
sung, the next voice you will
00:37:56.14\00:38:00.91
hear is that of our president,
CEO, and friend, Mr. Danny
00:38:00.94\00:38:04.71
Shelton.
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.08
When I was just a child
00:38:14.96\00:38:19.16
I heard the beautiful story
00:38:20.16\00:38:27.24
How You loved me so
00:38:30.27\00:38:34.94
that you died
00:38:35.71\00:38:38.85
on Calvary
00:38:40.08\00:38:43.55
And though I
claimed You way back then
00:38:45.99\00:38:52.29
as Lord Almighty,
00:38:53.13\00:38:57.70
things haven't changed
00:38:59.70\00:39:03.54
my love still the same
00:39:04.21\00:39:07.81
You're still Lord to me
00:39:08.94\00:39:14.78
You're still Lord
00:39:17.35\00:39:20.99
You're still my Father
00:39:24.56\00:39:29.56
In little or much
00:39:31.47\00:39:34.37
I still feel Your touch
00:39:34.84\00:39:38.14
You're still Lord
00:39:38.77\00:39:43.78
You're still Lord
00:39:45.25\00:39:51.79
You're still my Father
00:39:52.35\00:39:58.83
You'll always be mine
00:40:00.20\00:40:03.73
for all of time
00:40:04.47\00:40:07.77
You're still Lord
00:40:08.90\00:40:14.38
Some have called you Lord
00:40:18.11\00:40:21.25
but now they serve another
00:40:21.78\00:40:28.12
To worldly things, their heart
00:40:30.16\00:40:35.16
has pledged its loyalty
00:40:35.23\00:40:43.44
But as for me,
00:40:44.57\00:40:47.58
when I made my choice,
00:40:47.91\00:40:51.38
it was forever
00:40:52.18\00:40:57.12
And just as before,
00:40:57.52\00:41:01.49
but now even more,
00:41:01.52\00:41:05.19
You're still Lord to me
00:41:05.23\00:41:11.90
You're still Lord
00:41:12.70\00:41:19.14
You're still my Father
00:41:19.57\00:41:25.78
In little or much
00:41:26.72\00:41:30.22
I still feel Your touch
00:41:30.25\00:41:34.02
You're still Lord
00:41:34.32\00:41:40.30
You're still Lord
00:41:40.83\00:41:48.00
You're still my Father
00:41:48.47\00:41:55.34
You'll always be mine
00:41:56.24\00:42:00.12
for all of time
00:42:00.78\00:42:04.39
You're still Lord
00:42:04.99\00:42:10.86
You'll always be mine
00:42:12.13\00:42:15.93
for all of time
00:42:16.70\00:42:21.84
You're still
00:42:22.64\00:42:27.08
Lord
00:42:27.61\00:42:36.05
Amen. Thank you, Melody.
Beautiful. That's another
00:42:37.72\00:42:41.19
Lanny Wolfe song, isn't it?
I think Melody knows all the
00:42:41.22\00:42:44.79
Lanny- all the Lanny Wolfe
songs. Over the years, we've
00:42:44.83\00:42:49.30
sang a lot of 'em. It's
a privilege to be here this
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.97
morning. Thank you for coming.
Look like we have a full house,
00:42:52.00\00:42:54.34
huh? [Amen.] And hope we got a
place 'cause I know there's some
00:42:54.37\00:42:58.07
others; there are some monitors
around, so hopefully, in the
00:42:58.11\00:43:02.04
foyers and places, there's
room for everybody. And I'm
00:43:02.08\00:43:05.21
thankful to be in the house
of the Lord this morning; how
00:43:05.25\00:43:07.58
about you? [Amen!] How you
doin' with the camp meeting
00:43:07.62\00:43:10.39
so far? [Amen!] All right.
How many it's your first time
00:43:10.42\00:43:13.52
here? Uh-oh. I didn't even
want to see that. I was hopin'
00:43:13.56\00:43:17.06
you were here all week.
But we welcome you today, for
00:43:17.09\00:43:20.23
sure. And... That was a setup,
wasn't it? I set you- got you
00:43:20.26\00:43:23.90
to commit and raise your hand-
shame on me. But I am so- how
00:43:23.93\00:43:27.70
many have been here the
entire- since Wednesday night?
00:43:27.80\00:43:29.80
Oh wow; look at all of
this. And the messages have been
00:43:29.87\00:43:34.78
fantastic, haven't they? [Amen.]
It's about time we do something
00:43:34.81\00:43:38.51
on the 3 angels' messages.
If it's present truth, we
00:43:38.91\00:43:42.65
should know about it, right?
[Amen.] The world should know
00:43:42.68\00:43:45.05
about it, but the world can't
know about it if we maybe ever
00:43:45.19\00:43:48.26
in our- and I notice, I go
to schools, I talk to young
00:43:48.32\00:43:52.39
people, I talk to, sometimes,
us older people, and it's
00:43:52.43\00:43:55.40
almost like a lot of us
Seventh-Day Adventists are
00:43:55.43\00:43:58.80
in a rut. Now, Mollie says
a rut's nothin' more than a
00:43:58.83\00:44:01.80
grave with two ends open.
So, but sometimes we're in
00:44:01.84\00:44:06.34
a rut. We're so busy with life;
we're so busy worrying about
00:44:06.37\00:44:10.21
what somebody else is wearing,
or how they look or what
00:44:10.25\00:44:12.91
they're driving, that we forget
about why God has put us here
00:44:12.95\00:44:16.79
on planet Earth in these
closing moments of Earth's
00:44:17.19\00:44:19.65
history. What a privilege
and what a responsibility to be
00:44:19.69\00:44:23.93
Seventh-Day Adventist
Christians, literally in the
00:44:23.96\00:44:27.36
closing moments of Earth's
history. [Amen.] It's amazing,
00:44:27.40\00:44:29.76
it's awesome, and every day,
we should thank God for this
00:44:29.80\00:44:33.37
opportunity that He's given us.
Jesus said, "Go ye into all the
00:44:33.40\00:44:37.71
world." When He said "Go ye,"-
and I said this over and over
00:44:37.77\00:44:42.28
and over, and I'm sayin'
it for those who maybe haven't
00:44:42.31\00:44:45.38
thought about it or heard about
it - Doctor Thompson said it
00:44:45.41\00:44:48.05
to me a long time ago. He said,
"Danny, when Jesus said, 'Go
00:44:48.08\00:44:52.15
ye into all the world,'
He counted His resources in
00:44:52.19\00:44:54.56
advance and found that He
wasn't wanting." So that says
00:44:54.62\00:44:58.56
that you and me can do anything
when we come in the Name of the
00:44:58.59\00:45:02.50
Lord. [Amen.] We don't care
how big the obstacles are; it
00:45:02.53\00:45:07.17
makes no difference because
Jesus has said, "Go ye into all
00:45:07.20\00:45:11.17
the world;" He's the Creator
of the universe - all power is
00:45:11.21\00:45:14.61
in Him. He says, "All power
is given me in heaven and Earth;
00:45:14.64\00:45:18.51
go ye therefore." So,
today, what an opportunity to be
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.95
living in a time that, as I
speak now, this signal's going
00:45:22.98\00:45:27.12
up from this little former
cornfield area in Southern
00:45:27.16\00:45:31.19
Illinois 22,300 miles to
space, traveling around the
00:45:31.29\00:45:36.33
world at the speed of light.
I mean, that's amazing, isn't
00:45:36.36\00:45:40.47
it? [Amen.] 186,000 miles
per second? I mean, you think
00:45:40.50\00:45:45.04
about that- technology,
when we started in 3ABN in the
00:45:45.07\00:45:49.14
beginning, there was very few
satellites up in space; there
00:45:49.18\00:45:54.32
was only C band. And when
we shot to satellite, about a
00:45:54.35\00:45:58.59
million people in America
were able to watch 3ABN (because
00:45:58.62\00:46:03.76
about a million people had the
dishes). People said, "Why are
00:46:03.79\00:46:07.46
you doin' all of that if you're
only going to reach a million
00:46:07.50\00:46:09.53
people? There's 200+ million
people in the United States."
00:46:09.56\00:46:13.07
Hey, you gotta start somewhere,
right? [Amen.] I mean, if
00:46:13.10\00:46:16.30
you're going to be a bear,
be a grizzly, but sometimes you
00:46:16.37\00:46:18.44
gotta start out with small
beginnings. So, we just did
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.54
what we knew to do. We didn't
know anything about technology.
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.71
But we went forward. God
blessed and He honored. I
00:46:25.35\00:46:28.58
would've never dreamed - back
then, when we went on the air
00:46:28.62\00:46:32.52
in 1986- would've never
dreamed that 33 years later
00:46:32.55\00:46:36.46
that I can take my
smartphone (had no such thing as
00:46:36.52\00:46:40.93
smartphones). I was always
dumb and the phones were smarter
00:46:40.96\00:46:45.03
than me, and still that way.
They're still too smart for me,
00:46:45.10\00:46:47.44
but who would've ever dreamed
you could take your phone out
00:46:47.50\00:46:49.97
and look up 3ABN? Say, "Let's
see which network I want to
00:46:50.47\00:46:54.68
watch today," anywhere in
the world! Take out your tablet,
00:46:54.71\00:46:58.08
your iPads - anywhere in the
world and watch 3ABN! You can
00:46:58.11\00:47:02.42
use social media. There's
so many ways to get the gospel
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.95
into all the world. Not only
cable, television, satellite;
00:47:05.99\00:47:09.56
we have ALL of the social
media now that 3ABN's trying
00:47:09.62\00:47:13.70
to take advantage of.
Also, to get this gospel to the
00:47:13.73\00:47:17.73
world, and Jesus- and radio,
of course, around the world-
00:47:17.77\00:47:21.27
Jesus is serious about coming
back. [Amen.] Heaven is not
00:47:21.30\00:47:24.61
heaven until His people
are home. [Amen.] Do I need to
00:47:24.64\00:47:27.84
say that again? [No. Amen.]
Heaven is not heaven until God's
00:47:27.88\00:47:31.41
children are there. [Amen!]
But today, somethin' has to
00:47:31.45\00:47:36.05
happen. This gospel of the
kingdom has to go into all the
00:47:36.08\00:47:39.52
world before Jesus will
come back. Today, I want to talk
00:47:39.55\00:47:43.53
about something and I'm going
to tell you right up front, I
00:47:43.56\00:47:46.80
am not good with notes. I have
bad news and good news for you.
00:47:46.86\00:47:50.63
Which should I give you first?
[Bad.] 'Kay. Bad news: I have
00:47:52.27\00:47:56.37
about 30 pages of
notes. [audience laughs]
00:47:56.40\00:48:00.38
That's true. I got 30 pages
of notes. I started out with
00:48:02.24\00:48:05.31
100. [more laughter] And I've
been workin' for days to get
00:48:05.35\00:48:09.25
'em down. What I actually
done is found myself preparin'
00:48:09.28\00:48:12.29
for this sermon writing a book.
I have a new book on things
00:48:12.32\00:48:15.62
that sometimes we don't
normally hear or see or- as
00:48:15.69\00:48:20.10
Seventh-Day Adventists. So
that's the bad news. 30 pages.
00:48:20.13\00:48:25.07
The good news is the print
about this big, 'cause I didn't
00:48:25.10\00:48:30.11
want to really succumb to
wearing my glasses and have
00:48:30.17\00:48:33.27
reading glasses. I think
they're in here; I may need
00:48:33.31\00:48:36.64
'em. Let me get
'em out just in case.
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.01
These cost a dollar and
a half. [audience laughs]
00:48:41.28\00:48:43.85
But they work. And the reason
I have 'em is 'cause I keep
00:48:43.89\00:48:46.12
losin' 'em. So why lose $100
pair of glasses when a dollar
00:48:46.15\00:48:49.79
and a half, I get 3 pair,
actually, for $10, so whatever
00:48:49.82\00:48:53.06
that works out or less. I
always buy 'em by the bulk,
00:48:53.09\00:48:55.53
you know? It's
cheaper. But... [more laughter]
00:48:55.56\00:48:59.00
...maybe because the little
bit of pride, I didn't really
00:48:59.03\00:49:01.84
want to wear the glasses so
I've got print this big. The
00:49:01.87\00:49:06.61
OTHER good news is, I'm
terrible at lookin' at notes.
00:49:06.64\00:49:09.81
So I may not use 'em. So
you'll be good. That'll be
00:49:09.84\00:49:13.28
good for you, too. But
I'm going to try today, b- you
00:49:13.31\00:49:16.55
know why? Because I'm
afraid I'll leave somethin' out.
00:49:16.58\00:49:19.35
And I don't want to leave
anything out that I believe
00:49:20.19\00:49:22.02
God has given me for this
hour for this moment in Earth's
00:49:22.62\00:49:26.19
history. So today, we're going
to talk about the New Covenant
00:49:26.23\00:49:29.43
Sabbath. There are different
views concerning the new
00:49:29.46\00:49:33.00
covenant which includes,
of course, the New Covenant
00:49:33.03\00:49:35.84
Sabbath by Protestants and
Christians; we're all aware
00:49:35.87\00:49:38.21
of that, right? The importance
of this is simply this: we all
00:49:38.24\00:49:44.48
have to make a decision about
the Ten Commandments. Are we
00:49:44.51\00:49:49.38
going to keep them? Were they
nailed to the cross? What're
00:49:49.45\00:49:52.15
we going to do with the
10 Commandments that God
00:49:52.19\00:49:54.89
established? Man didn't
establish it; God did. So we
00:49:54.92\00:49:58.09
have to make a decision.
Now, modern day Christians,
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.76
including evangelicals
- Protestants - consider
00:50:00.80\00:50:04.67
themselves to be New Covenant
Christians. You ever talk to
00:50:04.70\00:50:07.20
anybody and you start
talk about the Sabbath and say,
00:50:07.24\00:50:09.90
"Well, I'm New Covenant-
I'm New Covenant; I don't go by
00:50:09.94\00:50:13.34
the Old Testament." Am I the
only one, or somebody had that
00:50:13.38\00:50:16.11
happen? Well, several of
you have, am I right? "Well, we
00:50:16.14\00:50:19.48
don't go by the Old Testament;
we're New Covenant - we're New
00:50:19.51\00:50:22.98
Testament people." And so,
that's their view of it- that
00:50:23.02\00:50:27.56
anything that happened back
then, that Old Testament-...
00:50:27.72\00:50:29.92
So I've asked people, sometimes;
tried to be nice about it.
00:50:29.96\00:50:32.93
"You don't use the Old
Te-" "No, I'm not under that
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.43
old law." I say, "Well why
do you have a Bible - why don't
00:50:35.46\00:50:38.07
you just carry the NEW
Testament?" 'Cause you have
00:50:38.10\00:50:40.37
a whole- you know, they
sometimes have the whole Bible.
00:50:40.44\00:50:43.00
If you don't need the Old
Testament, why don't you just
00:50:43.04\00:50:44.87
get rid of it? So, they're
quick to acknowledge that
00:50:44.91\00:50:47.78
Sabbath was the Sabbath of
the Old Testament covenant.
00:50:47.81\00:50:50.85
Now, I want to say,
before I go any farther, God has
00:50:50.91\00:50:53.85
people in all churches. [Amen.]
Because you're Seventh-Day
00:50:53.92\00:50:57.15
Adventist or any Sabbath keeper
or any denomination, you're
00:50:57.19\00:51:00.29
not going to go to heaven
by saying, "Hey, guess what? I
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.32
joined the church in 1984."
What's going to be important
00:51:02.39\00:51:05.83
is when did we adjoin to
Jesus, right? Then, when did
00:51:05.86\00:51:08.66
we make Him the Lord of
our life? So, when I'm talking
00:51:08.70\00:51:13.27
here today, I'm not talking
to put people down, but I want
00:51:13.30\00:51:17.01
to talk just family. We want
to talk family. Things that you
00:51:17.04\00:51:22.48
probably encounter as well
as I do, and how do we deal with
00:51:22.51\00:51:25.88
these? So, a lot of these
folks say that they've been
00:51:25.91\00:51:29.75
freed from the legalistic,
keeping physically, of the
00:51:29.78\00:51:34.42
seventh-day Sabbath. Have
you heard that? That's why. And
00:51:34.46\00:51:37.63
we'll talk about it in a
little bit. They say, "Well,
00:51:37.66\00:51:39.79
the Commandments were
nailed to the cross. So I don't
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.26
physically need to keep
the seventh-day Sabbath. Y'all
00:51:42.30\00:51:46.77
are into legalism." And I
say, "Really? I notice you go to
00:51:46.80\00:51:50.94
church Sunday, every
week. Every legalistic week, you
00:51:50.97\00:51:56.31
go to Sunday." [laughter] "You
go to church on Sunday. Now,
00:51:56.51\00:51:59.45
why do you do that?" "Because
they say, well, Sabbath is
00:51:59.48\00:52:03.55
just a spiritual rest. It-
you don't have to keep it, you
00:52:03.59\00:52:08.16
know, when God instituted it
in- at Creation, no one kept it
00:52:08.19\00:52:13.96
till Moses. And so it's just
a spiritual rest, foreshadowing
00:52:14.00\00:52:18.33
Jesus' coming and now I rest
in Jesus." "Well how come you
00:52:18.37\00:52:22.20
don't rest on Jesus on Sunday?"
Right? I'm gon' quit; y'all
00:52:22.24\00:52:26.47
aren't with me. All
right? [laughter] You with me?
00:52:26.54\00:52:29.34
No! I mean, is that a fair
question? [Yes!] Because isn't-
00:52:29.41\00:52:32.78
isn't- they say, "Well, we keep
Sunday, not as the Sabbath,"-
00:52:32.81\00:52:37.45
a lot of them say that now.
They USED to back up until the
00:52:37.62\00:52:40.39
1960s or so. All the television
programs, things you watched,
00:52:40.42\00:52:44.46
always talked about the Sabbath,
and they inserted Sunday for the
00:52:44.49\00:52:49.56
Sabbath. But they've got more
informed, so as you get more
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.13
informed, you have to have
a reason for what you do. So,
00:52:53.20\00:52:58.01
here we have people who say,
"We honor the resurrection of
00:52:58.64\00:53:04.48
Christ by goin' to church
Sunday, because He arose on
00:53:04.51\00:53:08.62
the first day of the week."
Does everybody believe Christ
00:53:08.68\00:53:10.59
rose on the first day of the
week? [Yes.] What day is that?
00:53:10.62\00:53:13.42
[Sunday.] And these evangelicals
and Christians and Catholics
00:53:13.46\00:53:17.29
will tell you Sunday's the
first day of the week. So when
00:53:17.33\00:53:20.50
you're having a Bible study
with somebody and they say,
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.86
"Well how do you know Saturday's
the Sabbath? I mean, how do
00:53:22.90\00:53:25.90
you know that that day of
the week?" I say, "Well, #1, the
00:53:26.00\00:53:29.17
Catholics been keepin' up for
2,000 years, nearly, you know?
00:53:29.20\00:53:32.51
1800, whatever. The Jews,
I'm sure- they've never forgot
00:53:32.54\00:53:35.84
which day is Saturday. You know?
So, if the Jews think Saturday's
00:53:35.88\00:53:40.58
the Sabbath, the Catholics
think Saturday's the Sabbath,
00:53:40.62\00:53:43.22
and all the New Testament
Protestants say Sunday is the
00:53:43.25\00:53:48.96
Sabbath... Uh, let me go back-
the Catholics- the first day of
00:53:49.12\00:53:52.69
the week is Sunday; the Jews-
the seventh day of the week,
00:53:52.73\00:53:56.13
Saturday; and the Protestants
nowadays even confirm that
00:53:56.16\00:53:59.80
Sunday is the first day of
the week, then Saturday has to
00:54:00.64\00:54:03.51
be the seventh day of the week,
which is the Bible...Sabbath.
00:54:03.54\00:54:08.24
Now you're with me. Everybody's
with me. I'm trying to get with
00:54:08.38\00:54:10.81
myself, actually. [laughter]
On air. Make sure we're doin'
00:54:10.85\00:54:13.88
this. But they claim that
it's the spiritual rest. And so,
00:54:13.92\00:54:18.99
when you honor Sunday as
the resurrection, why isn't it
00:54:19.02\00:54:23.63
just a spiritual rest? That's
what I ask people. "But how
00:54:23.66\00:54:28.13
come you go to church Sunday?"
"Well we honor.." "But you're
00:54:28.16\00:54:30.47
not supposed to physically
do it; it's a spiritual thing,
00:54:30.50\00:54:33.10
right?" So, why would you say
Adventists shouldn't keep the
00:54:33.13\00:54:36.97
Sabbath because that's working
our way into heaven but y'all
00:54:37.01\00:54:40.34
can keep Sunday, and that's not
workin' your way into heaven?
00:54:40.38\00:54:43.24
Just because you say it's
honoring the resurrection. But
00:54:43.28\00:54:48.35
in fact, we want to honor
what God says. Am I right?
00:54:48.38\00:54:51.25
Now, again, I don't mean to
be critical when I talk like
00:54:51.29\00:54:55.12
this. But I want to talk
openly and honestly. I find
00:54:55.16\00:54:58.03
communications is the greatest
tool that God has given us. So
00:54:58.06\00:55:02.63
many of us don't want to
offend anybody. Right? You
00:55:02.66\00:55:08.50
don't have to raise your hands,
but how many of you have been
00:55:08.54\00:55:11.27
talking to people and
you thought, "Wow, this is an
00:55:11.31\00:55:14.41
opportunity; I should-naw,
I don't want to offend them."
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.98
"I don't want to offend them."
I've told this story before, but
00:55:18.01\00:55:21.48
I went to a church in a state
way north of here and I don't
00:55:21.52\00:55:28.02
stay in homes of people
anymore; not that I don't love
00:55:28.06\00:55:30.29
you when I travel, but
I've a lot of reasons I find I'm
00:55:30.33\00:55:33.93
better off staying in a hotel.
Some of you are great and you're
00:55:33.96\00:55:36.97
kind, but sometimes, people
have agendas, too. So, I was
00:55:37.07\00:55:40.97
staying in the home of somebody
and I thought- really nice- and
00:55:41.00\00:55:44.94
this nice place, and they
support 3ABN. So I was staying
00:55:45.37\00:55:48.28
in the home. And the man came
to me, Friday evening; said,
00:55:48.34\00:55:52.61
"Brother Danny, when you're
talking tomorrow to our church,
00:55:52.68\00:55:56.28
I wonder if you could say
something." Uh-oh, I heard
00:55:56.32\00:56:00.19
somebody say, "Uh-oh." I said,
"Well, I- what do you got?" He
00:56:00.26\00:56:04.69
said, "We're havin'- our church
is almost split. There are
00:56:04.73\00:56:08.90
people in our church that
feel like we should pass out the
00:56:08.93\00:56:11.83
book The Great Controversy all
over this city. But we have a
00:56:11.93\00:56:15.50
lot of Catholics; we have a lot
of Lutherans; we have a lot of
00:56:15.54\00:56:18.24
people here, and so half the
church says, "We don't want to
00:56:18.27\00:56:20.98
do that. That's like throwing
it in their face; that's like-"
00:56:21.01\00:56:23.85
you know, The Great
Controversy's pretty
00:56:23.88\00:56:26.28
straightforward in what it
says, and so half the church
00:56:26.31\00:56:29.75
says, "Well we don't want to do
that," and the other half says,
00:56:29.78\00:56:32.29
"No; that's our responsibility!
That's our job to do it."
00:56:32.32\00:56:34.86
So he said, "Would you talk
about that tomorrow?" I said,
00:56:36.52\00:56:38.89
"Sure!"
00:56:38.93\00:56:40.36
"Which side are you
on?" I ask him. [laughter]
00:56:40.63\00:56:45.10
There got- they just made me
supper; they're gettin' ready
00:56:45.33\00:56:47.67
to make breakfast in the
morning. Right? And I'm gonna
00:56:47.70\00:56:51.97
spend Saturday night with
them. So I say, "Which side
00:56:52.04\00:56:54.81
are YOU on?" He said, "Well,
I'm on the side that, I think
00:56:54.84\00:56:58.91
we just oughta love people
into the church." And I said,
00:56:58.95\00:57:02.85
"Oh, I'm with that." I'm fine
w- aren't you with- fine with
00:57:02.88\00:57:05.95
lovin' people into church?
Just take it for what he said.
00:57:06.15\00:57:08.92
I'm fine with that. Just lovin'
people into church. He said,
00:57:09.99\00:57:13.09
"Oh, great! So you'll tell
them tomorrow that we shouldn't
00:57:13.13\00:57:16.43
pa- they'll listen to you! We
shouldn't pass out the books."
00:57:16.60\00:57:19.30
I said, "No... I'm with you.
Lovin' people into the church,
00:57:19.33\00:57:22.47
we need to tell 'em the truth."
[Amen.] "So, I'm sorry, but
00:57:22.50\00:57:25.61
I'm on the other side."
[laughter] "Now, if you want
00:57:25.64\00:57:28.84
me to go home or go to a
hotel, I can go to a hotel
00:57:28.88\00:57:31.25
tonight." "No," he said,
"you can stay here." And I said,
00:57:31.31\00:57:34.32
"If you don't want to
keep- cook breakfast, I saw some
00:57:34.35\00:57:36.72
Cheerios in there; I can
make it." [audience laughs]
00:57:36.75\00:57:39.05
"I can do it on my own. It's
no big deal. Give me that and
00:57:39.09\00:57:42.16
some Rice Dream and a little
bit o' honey and I'm- walnuts;
00:57:42.19\00:57:44.93
I'm great." "No, no," they
said, "you can do it." So, this
00:57:44.96\00:57:48.56
is the thing- sometimes, we're
afraid we're that gonna offend
00:57:48.60\00:57:52.07
people. So today, when we're
talking, if we don't do it,
00:57:52.10\00:57:55.44
who's going to? [Amen.] Right?
If we're not honest with people-
00:57:55.47\00:57:59.44
thank you. If we're not honest
with people, who's gonna be?
00:57:59.47\00:58:03.95
Those who have much are what?
Responsible for much. Those
00:58:04.78\00:58:11.29
who have little are responsible
for [little]. What would you
00:58:11.32\00:58:14.32
say when it comes to spiritual
food, spiritual discernment,
00:58:14.36\00:58:18.16
with Seventh-Day Adventist
Christians? Would we be on the
00:58:18.19\00:58:21.00
side if we have little or we
have much? [Much!] All right.
00:58:21.03\00:58:24.27
If we have much, what're
you supposed to do? What's the
00:58:24.30\00:58:27.10
principle of when you have
a lot of somethin'? You share
00:58:27.14\00:58:30.01
it. All right? Are we all
together so far? [Yeah!] So,
00:58:30.04\00:58:33.68
we want to share what God
has given us. But I do want to
00:58:33.71\00:58:37.21
say this: Sunday has nothin'
to do with the New Covenant.
00:58:37.25\00:58:40.02
Plainly speaking, Sunday
worship has nothing to do with
00:58:41.28\00:58:44.09
honoring our Lord's death
or the resurrection. It is not
00:58:44.12\00:58:46.82
based on any Bible instruction.
When Jesus died on the cross,
00:58:46.86\00:58:50.69
the New Covenant was ratified.
When was it ratified? It's
00:58:50.73\00:58:54.90
important that we know this.
It was ratified when? When He
00:58:54.93\00:58:58.47
died on the cross. Was
it ratified on Sunday- the
00:58:58.50\00:59:00.80
following Sunday? No. When was
it ratified? Okay. I may be a
00:59:00.84\00:59:05.54
little redundant, but
maybe we need to be today. Okay?
00:59:05.57\00:59:08.71
Now, the reason this is
important is, nothing can be
00:59:08.74\00:59:11.91
added to a covenant once
it's ratified. You know what the
00:59:11.98\00:59:16.05
word ratified means, right?
Makes an agreement. Sunday
00:59:16.08\00:59:19.45
keeping cannot be added to
the New Covenant because it was
00:59:19.49\00:59:22.22
not in the New Covenant when
Christ died. What day'd He die
00:59:22.26\00:59:26.23
on? He died on Friday; what'd
He do over Sabbath? [Rested.]
00:59:26.26\00:59:30.50
And what'd He do on Sunday?
[Arose.] Arose from the tomb,
00:59:30.57\00:59:33.77
right? So, Christ is alive.
...Don't want to knock this off.
00:59:33.80\00:59:38.31
'Kay. Christ is alive. So
He arose from the tomb. There's
00:59:38.34\00:59:44.51
the-... I hit a button and I
had about 100 faces that were
00:59:44.55\00:59:48.78
either smiling or crying..
[audience laughs]..on here.
00:59:48.82\00:59:51.85
And then I looked into
the audience and saw the same
00:59:52.92\00:59:54.76
thing. [more laughter]
00:59:54.82\00:59:58.73
We're gonna have a
fun time, aren't we?
01:00:02.60\01:00:04.20
Okay. So we're gonna go back
now to.. When was it- when was
01:00:06.60\01:00:11.47
the New Covenant ratified?
It was ratified on Friday.
01:00:12.21\01:00:15.64
When did Sunday-keeping
take effect? Before or after?
01:00:15.68\01:00:21.18
[After.] Well, that's not very
hard to understand, is it? So
01:00:21.25\01:00:25.55
how can Sunday worship be part
of a new covenant... Are you
01:00:25.59\01:00:30.63
with me? [Yes.] Somebody
finish it for me. How can Sunday
01:00:30.69\01:00:34.40
worship be part of a new
covenant if it wasn't ratified
01:00:34.43\01:00:38.80
before? When did Sunday worship
become where people did it all
01:00:40.24\01:00:45.21
the time? Sunday-keepin'.
When'd that happen? Generations
01:00:45.24\01:00:48.58
after Christ's death. Is that
right? Okay. So are we together
01:00:48.64\01:00:53.45
now? I mean, if I'm wrong...
Well, don't tell me now, 'cause
01:00:53.48\01:00:57.22
all of you- be... Be a bad time;
we're on the air. But, think
01:00:57.35\01:01:00.29
about it- tell me afterwards.
But I'm trying to get something
01:01:00.32\01:01:04.06
across here that people say,
"I'm a new covenant Christian;
01:01:04.09\01:01:08.43
I believe that you don't-
the Ten Commandments have been
01:01:08.46\01:01:12.30
done away with; I don't have
to keep that old law, 'cause
01:01:12.33\01:01:15.77
that ol' law was nailed to the
cross, and so I just keep Sunday
01:01:15.80\01:01:21.31
in honor of the resurrection
because I go by the new
01:01:21.34\01:01:24.91
covenant." No... Honestly,
if you go by the new covenant,
01:01:24.95\01:01:28.52
you will still keep seventh-day
Saturday Sabbath, because
01:01:28.55\01:01:32.62
seventh-day Saturday Sabbath was
still the covenant when Christ
01:01:32.65\01:01:38.06
died. That Sabbath was the
Sabbath of Adam, of Abraham,
01:01:38.09\01:01:42.13
of Moses, of Isaac, of
Jacob; on down through the ages,
01:01:43.00\01:01:47.27
the Sabbath of Jesus, and when
Jesus died, it had nothing to do
01:01:47.30\01:01:51.44
with doing away with somethin'
He instituted at Creation.
01:01:51.47\01:01:55.54
Now, we're gonna talk a little
bit about people and- I- I
01:01:56.58\01:01:59.48
don't know; I've got a
bunch pages here about the old
01:01:59.51\01:02:02.42
and new covenant. Do I really
need to go into that today?
01:02:02.62\01:02:05.45
'Cause I have all the scriptures
of what they are, and maybe I
01:02:05.49\01:02:08.32
need to, or maybe I should just
say we have a book; we have a
01:02:08.36\01:02:12.13
number of books here at 3ABN
that would explain to you the
01:02:12.16\01:02:14.80
old and the new covenants,
and of what they mean to us.
01:02:14.83\01:02:18.53
Quickly, briefly, let me, rather
than to read it all- a covenant
01:02:19.33\01:02:22.67
is a contract. The dictionary
says, "It's a contract;
01:02:22.70\01:02:26.17
agreement; an undertaking;
a commitment; a guarantee; a
01:02:26.21\01:02:29.31
warrant; a pledge; a promise;
a bond; indenture." There's
01:02:29.34\01:02:32.65
so many things that it is
but a covenant, or an agreement,
01:02:32.68\01:02:35.62
is between two parties. So now,
in the Old Testament, God said
01:02:35.65\01:02:41.79
to Moses, "I want to make a
covenant with the people of-
01:02:42.56\01:02:45.89
children of Israel. And I
want to bless them." Hey, if He
01:02:45.93\01:02:49.56
gonna bless somebody, why
not those folk? They've been in
01:02:49.60\01:02:51.77
bondage for how many
years? Hundreds of years. Right?
01:02:51.80\01:02:54.50
They were slaves, in bondage.
Moses gets them out; God frees
01:02:54.80\01:02:58.67
them. God says, "I want to make
a- a covenant with you; I want
01:02:58.77\01:03:02.11
to bless these folk. You've
been in a horrible situation for
01:03:02.14\01:03:06.21
hundreds of years - You don't
even know who I am!" They didn't
01:03:06.25\01:03:08.82
have a chance to go to church
on Sabbath. They didn't have a
01:03:08.85\01:03:11.62
chance to read the 10
Commandments- to read the Bible!
01:03:11.65\01:03:13.82
They- the Old Tes- they didn't
have the scriptures; they didn't
01:03:13.86\01:03:16.99
have any. They were slaves!
So God says, "I want to bless
01:03:17.03\01:03:20.70
those people." Isn't that just
like God to take care of those
01:03:20.76\01:03:23.16
who- who maybe haven't been
able to take care of themselves?
01:03:23.23\01:03:25.63
He says, "I want to bless those
people. So, you go tell them
01:03:25.67\01:03:29.30
that I want to bless them,
and if they agree to this, then
01:03:29.40\01:03:32.41
we're going to make a covenant."
So He goes and tells them -
01:03:32.44\01:03:35.11
Moses - and the people -
you can look at it in Exodus 19;
01:03:35.14\01:03:38.51
Exodus 19, chapter, when you
get a chance, or you can look
01:03:38.55\01:03:41.68
it up now; it's fine with
me. But you can look it up. But
01:03:41.72\01:03:44.92
what He says- and Moses went
up- let's read it, then. Exodus
01:03:45.05\01:03:47.46
19:3-6. "And Moses went up unto
God, and the Lord called him
01:03:47.56\01:03:51.79
into a mountain, saying, 'Thus
shalt thou say to the house of
01:03:51.83\01:03:54.80
Jacob, and tell the children
of Israel, "If you will obey My
01:03:54.83\01:03:58.67
voice indeed and keep my
covenant, then you shall be a
01:03:58.70\01:04:02.30
peculiar treasure unto me above
all people; for all the earth
01:04:02.34\01:04:06.34
is Mine. And ye shall be unto
Me a holy nation. There are the
01:04:06.37\01:04:10.45
words- THESE are the words
which thou shall speak unto the
01:04:10.48\01:04:13.88
children of Israel."'" Now, as
soon as Moses spoke those, the
01:04:13.92\01:04:18.02
people said what? "We will
do what God says." We will do
01:04:18.05\01:04:22.36
what God says. But the problem
turned out to be, they tried
01:04:22.39\01:04:26.33
to do it in the flesh. They
didn't say, "With God's help;"
01:04:26.36\01:04:29.70
they- "We'll do it." They just
said, "We will do these things."
01:04:29.73\01:04:34.37
As soon as their affirmative
answer went back to God, that
01:04:35.10\01:04:38.37
was the basis for the
old covenant- was set up. But
01:04:38.41\01:04:41.41
before it could go into formal
operation, there had to be a
01:04:41.44\01:04:44.41
ritualistic system; and that
was some shedding of blood. So,
01:04:44.45\01:04:50.09
Moses went out. They had him-
built 12 altars to represent
01:04:50.99\01:04:54.26
the tribes of Israel. They
sprinkled blood - they got an
01:04:54.29\01:04:57.16
ox and the young men went out.
The Bible says they spread this
01:04:57.23\01:05:00.26
blood, and then they spread
it on the people. Once that
01:05:00.30\01:05:04.07
happened, guess what. The
covenant was ratified. All
01:05:04.10\01:05:09.90
right? Some of you are
with me. So, what it took was a
01:05:09.97\01:05:12.81
commitment. God made a
commitment, and then the
01:05:12.84\01:05:15.34
children of Israel made a
commitment. Now, it was signed,
01:05:15.38\01:05:19.25
sealed, and delivered, if
you were, by the sprinkling of
01:05:20.88\01:05:23.72
blood. Now, could anything
be added after that? [No.] It
01:05:23.82\01:05:30.13
couldn't be added; right? God
wouldn't do it, 'cause He told
01:05:30.16\01:05:32.49
'em, but people: "We can't
add it." Somebody say, "Well,
01:05:32.53\01:05:35.46
what do y- why can't you?"
Let's say that I go to bank
01:05:35.50\01:05:38.17
tomorrow...Monday; I'll go
Monday, since they close on
01:05:38.20\01:05:41.64
Sunday, because in honor of
the resurrection. I'll go...
01:05:41.70\01:05:44.47
[audience laughs]
I'll go the church-
01:05:44.51\01:05:46.41
I'll go to bank on
Monday, and I'll ask
01:05:47.24\01:05:50.08
to borrow $10,000. And so,
they look at my credit, say,
01:05:50.11\01:05:54.82
"It's fair, but it's good
enough; we'll give you that
01:05:54.85\01:05:56.65
loan. We- we'll give you
the 10,000, at 5% interest." So
01:05:56.69\01:06:01.49
I'd say, "Well, that's a little
bit high, but I'm kinda in a
01:06:01.52\01:06:03.99
jam; I need it. So, give me
your contract." So, they just
01:06:04.03\01:06:08.16
happen to have contracts
written up for any amount you
01:06:08.20\01:06:10.53
want or are capable of getting,
right? So they get it, and
01:06:10.57\01:06:13.84
what I do to ratify it? [Sign.]
I sign it. Now, as soon as I
01:06:13.87\01:06:18.21
sign that, that contract is
ratified. But this is on Monday,
01:06:18.24\01:06:25.95
but Tuesday... Let's say Monday
night, I talk to my brother
01:06:26.01\01:06:29.68
Kenny. He says, "Huh. I went
to the same bank; I got a loan
01:06:29.72\01:06:33.12
for 2% interest." So I go back
Tuesday and say, "Well you know
01:06:33.15\01:06:39.06
what? I'm just gonna pay you
from now on 2% interest instead
01:06:39.09\01:06:43.23
of 5. Now, when I get out of
court (because I'll be sued)...
01:06:43.26\01:06:47.57
[laughter] What're-
what's the court gonna
01:06:47.60\01:06:50.77
say to me? "You cannot add
anything to this contract after
01:06:50.91\01:06:57.75
it was ratified - after you
signed it." All right, are we
01:06:57.78\01:07:00.52
makin' any sense at all, or are
we... [Yes!] I'm tryin' to get
01:07:00.62\01:07:02.65
it in a way that we can all
understand it, that it's really
01:07:02.68\01:07:05.49
very simple. We looked at the
old covenant. When that blood
01:07:05.59\01:07:10.13
was sprinkled, God then- it
is THE- after that is when God
01:07:10.16\01:07:14.86
took Moses to the- had him come
to the mount and gave him the
01:07:15.33\01:07:18.20
Ten Commandments, which were
a part of that old covenant. So
01:07:18.23\01:07:22.00
now, le's go look at the
new covenant. Most of the time,
01:07:22.04\01:07:26.14
folk go to Hebrews. We can
go to the 8th chapter, starting
01:07:26.17\01:07:30.08
with verse 6. "But now,
hath he obtained more excellent
01:07:30.11\01:07:34.18
ministry by how much he is
also the mediator of a better
01:07:34.22\01:07:38.35
covenant which was established
upon better promises, for if
01:07:38.42\01:07:42.36
that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no place
01:07:42.39\01:07:46.06
have been sought for the second;
for finding fault with them, He
01:07:46.09\01:07:49.53
saith, 'Behold, the days come,'
saith the Lord, 'when I will
01:07:49.63\01:07:52.50
make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the
01:07:52.53\01:07:56.71
house of Judah; not according
to the covenant that I made with
01:07:56.74\01:08:00.31
their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to
01:08:00.34\01:08:03.45
lead them out of the land
of Egypt, because they continue
01:08:03.51\01:08:06.21
not-'" They what? "'They
continued not in My covenant
01:08:06.25\01:08:09.72
and I regarded them not.
The covenant was broken,' saith
01:08:09.78\01:08:13.56
the Lord. 'For this is the
covenant that I will make with
01:08:13.59\01:08:17.03
the house of Israel after those
days,' saith the Lord. 'I will
01:08:17.09\01:08:20.10
put My laws in their mind
and write them in their [hearts]
01:08:20.13\01:08:24.53
and I will be to them a God and
they shall be to me a people.'"
01:08:24.63\01:08:29.67
Wow. What a beautiful promise.
And I'm thankful to be living
01:08:29.70\01:08:33.68
under new covenant. Aren't
you? [Yes.] I am so thankful
01:08:33.71\01:08:36.91
that Jesus shed His blood on
the cross of Calvary. Does that
01:08:36.95\01:08:40.42
mean that no one before Christ's
death will ever be saved or go
01:08:40.48\01:08:44.25
to heaven? Absolutely not.
Absolutely not. And it's very
01:08:44.29\01:08:48.22
important to understand that.
I am so thankful that we have
01:08:48.26\01:08:51.26
a new covenant; but the
difference in the old and the
01:08:51.29\01:08:54.43
new covenant- now, what made
the new covenant- I think we
01:08:54.46\01:08:57.63
spoke about it already. Christ's
shed blood on the cross of
01:08:57.67\01:09:00.90
Calvary that Friday ratified
the new covenant. [Amen.]
01:09:00.94\01:09:05.07
Nothing can be added to it. I
know that's redundant, but it's
01:09:05.11\01:09:08.38
an important point I want you
to go away with. Nothing can be
01:09:08.44\01:09:11.91
added to it. Sunday-keeping
cannot be considered when
01:09:11.98\01:09:15.68
somebody says to you, "Yeah,
I live under the new covenant.
01:09:15.72\01:09:19.22
I'm in the New Testament, so I
honor Sunday." And you can say,
01:09:19.25\01:09:22.96
"No... Honestly, that's not
part of the new covenant. You
01:09:22.99\01:09:26.26
do live in the new covenant
era, but Sunday worship is not
01:09:26.29\01:09:29.63
part of that. Sunday -
their honoring the resurrection
01:09:29.66\01:09:32.80
formally by as though it's
biblical - is not part of that
01:09:32.83\01:09:37.61
new covenant. In fact, the new
covenant- oh, let's talk about
01:09:37.64\01:09:42.94
this for a moment. This really
hit me like a ton of bricks.
01:09:42.98\01:09:45.98
People say, "Well, y'know, we
live under the new covenant, so
01:09:46.01\01:09:51.15
we don't have to keep those old
Commandments anymore." You ever
01:09:51.19\01:09:55.19
hear that? [Yes.] I was at a
church - a big Baptist church
01:09:55.32\01:10:00.96
with Melody when she was about,
I don't know, 15, 16 years old -
01:10:01.00\01:10:06.74
and it was in Tennessee, and
they ask us to come and sing.
01:10:06.77\01:10:10.74
I didn't know them. Got there
and it's a pretty big church;
01:10:11.37\01:10:14.11
1,115 people. They said, "We
heard you on the radio and we
01:10:14.14\01:10:18.21
heard your testimony," Melody's
mother had been killed in an
01:10:18.35\01:10:21.28
automobile accident 1982, "and
we just wanted you there." So
01:10:21.38\01:10:25.49
we went to the church. And we
sang. After the church was over,
01:10:25.52\01:10:30.03
the pastor said, "Come back
in the study." They had taken up
01:10:30.06\01:10:32.86
an offering for us and they
took up their Sunday morning
01:10:32.89\01:10:35.36
offering for the church, as
well. So they said, "Come back
01:10:35.40\01:10:38.83
in the room, and before you
leave- and we'll give you your
01:10:38.87\01:10:42.47
offering that we took up for
your music." So I said, "Fine."
01:10:42.60\01:10:45.91
So I went back in the room.
Here's the offering for our
01:10:45.94\01:10:48.58
music was a few couple little
plates, right? Over here was
01:10:48.61\01:10:51.88
their Sunday school offering,
and it was big. There was a-
01:10:51.91\01:10:54.95
well, there were several people
counting all of that. So the
01:10:54.98\01:10:57.35
pastor came up to me and he
said, "I didn't know till just
01:10:57.39\01:11:01.72
now - somebody said you're a
Seventh-Day Adventist." I said,
01:11:01.79\01:11:06.90
"Yeah, that's true." He said,
"What? You don't seem like a
01:11:06.93\01:11:09.66
Seventh-Day Adventist."
[laughter] I said, "What are
01:11:09.70\01:11:12.53
we supposed to be like?" [more
laughter] He said, "Well, you
01:11:12.63\01:11:16.20
all keep that old law! You keep
that old 10 Commandment law!"
01:11:16.24\01:11:20.38
And I said,
"Yeah... Don't you?" "Noo!"
01:11:20.84\01:11:23.55
I said, "Why not?" He said,
"Man! We've been liberated!
01:11:23.58\01:11:26.35
Look at Colossians. The old
law was nailed to the cross!"
01:11:26.41\01:11:30.15
I say, "Really? So we
don't have to keep the 10
01:11:30.99\01:11:33.76
Commandments." "No!" I
said, "I'm glad to know that." I
01:11:33.79\01:11:37.03
said, "Thank you, Pastor.
You've helped me-" I- honestly,
01:11:37.09\01:11:39.49
I said, "You've enlightened
me greatly." And he was shocked.
01:11:39.53\01:11:43.10
You know, you try to con-
get somebody convert 'em to your
01:11:43.13\01:11:45.83
theology, it's usually not
that easy. [laughter] Right? But
01:11:45.87\01:11:49.04
I was with him! You know
why? 'Cause they piled up the
01:11:49.07\01:11:53.21
offering, put it in a bag - the
church's - and they piled up my
01:11:53.24\01:11:56.41
little one, so as I'm talkin'
to him, I walked over and I
01:11:56.44\01:11:59.11
picked the big bag, put it
under my arm; I said, "Thank
01:11:59.15\01:12:01.68
you; God bless you." [laughter
and applaud] And I started
01:12:01.75\01:12:04.39
walkin' out of the
church. I had this under my arm.
01:12:04.45\01:12:08.32
"Brother Shelton!" I was no
longer that old Adventist; old
01:12:10.19\01:12:13.13
cov- "Brother Shelton!"
We're brothers now. Put me on
01:12:13.16\01:12:16.46
a guilt trip. "Brother Shelton!
Uh, just a minute! Just a
01:12:16.50\01:12:19.73
minute." I said, "Yes, sir?"
"U-uh, I'm sorry, you got the
01:12:19.77\01:12:23.41
wrong offering!" I said, "No,
I got the right one." "No no no,
01:12:23.44\01:12:26.17
yours is this one!" He said
this- this offering. I said,
01:12:26.21\01:12:29.61
"Well, I know that's what it's
meant to be, but I- I'm just
01:12:29.64\01:12:31.88
gonna take this one." [laughter]
"Well, you can't do that!" he
01:12:31.91\01:12:35.58
said, "Y-You can't..." And
I said, "Really?" I said, "Why
01:12:35.62\01:12:38.82
not?"
01:12:38.85\01:12:40.42
Hello? [audience
erupts in laughter]
01:12:41.32\01:12:45.09
I said, "Why not?" He
said, "Well you can't take.."
01:12:45.13\01:12:48.56
I said, "Oh, would that be
called stealing?" And he just
01:12:48.63\01:12:52.47
looked at me like a deer
in headlights. [laughter]
01:12:52.50\01:12:57.04
So he said, "I get your point.
Can I have my offering back?"
01:12:57.64\01:13:00.81
[more laughter] I
said... I said, "Okay."
01:13:00.88\01:13:05.78
You know what I'm sayin'?
Things that people do, right?
01:13:10.15\01:13:12.89
We say, "Now, why in the world
do people want to say that the
01:13:12.92\01:13:17.16
Commandments were nailed to
the cross?" Why? I found there's
01:13:17.19\01:13:22.63
only- now, I could be wrong,
and you all can tell me later,
01:13:22.66\01:13:25.33
but I found there's really
only a couple reasons why people
01:13:25.37\01:13:28.90
don't want to keep the
Commandments of God. I only
01:13:28.94\01:13:33.01
know two, they- I'm sure there's
more. It's either ignorance or
01:13:33.07\01:13:36.91
rebellion. Now, don't be
offended, anybody watchin' -
01:13:36.95\01:13:40.62
ignorance is nothin' bad. I'm
ignorant about a lot of things,
01:13:40.65\01:13:42.88
but it's not bein' dumb or not
bein' in...y'know. It's nothing
01:13:43.85\01:13:46.72
like, people say, "You
think I'm stupid?" "No," I said.
01:13:46.76\01:13:49.36
"You're ignorant." Ignorant just
means- [laughter] Ignorant just-
01:13:49.39\01:13:53.73
but I'm ignorant too, right? So
I'm not pointing fingers; 3 of
01:13:53.76\01:13:57.47
'em's comin' back at me
when I point. No - there's a
01:13:57.50\01:14:00.27
difference, you know, in bein'..
Ignorant just simply means we
01:14:00.30\01:14:03.74
don't know. So, when we're
ignorant, God says in the Bible
01:14:03.84\01:14:07.28
that He did what? He
winked in our time of ignorance,
01:14:07.34\01:14:11.48
am I right? [Amen.] So, there's
nothing wrong with that. But
01:14:11.51\01:14:14.38
it's eas- it seems to me
that it's either rebellion or
01:14:14.42\01:14:18.32
ignorance why people don't
keep the Commandments of God.
01:14:18.35\01:14:20.92
Right? [Amen.] So, we go- what
I decided to do, I said, "Well,
01:14:21.92\01:14:26.19
let's see what's so bad..."
I'll see if I can find my little
01:14:26.23\01:14:28.66
note, 'cause I want this to
really, really hit you. I said,
01:14:28.70\01:14:31.73
"Okay. Let's see what's so
bad about the Ten Commandments,"
01:14:31.77\01:14:36.27
'cause he took me- this pastor
and others have taken me to
01:14:37.61\01:14:41.68
Colossians 2- you know it- 14's-
or 16, 17, and 18. And it says,
01:14:41.71\01:14:47.38
"Blotting out the handwriting
of the ordinance- ordinances
01:14:47.42\01:14:52.65
that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out
01:14:52.69\01:14:56.56
of the way, nailing it to the
cross." Right there, they say
01:14:56.62\01:15:00.33
is doing away with the
seventh-day Sabbath. Now, you
01:15:00.36\01:15:03.63
can keep all the other 9
Commandments - they're OK - but
01:15:03.67\01:15:07.54
the Sabbath was the ceremonial-
was the ceremonial law. Somehow,
01:15:07.57\01:15:13.31
God didn't know that and He put
it all together into one group.
01:15:13.34\01:15:17.81
Right? Apparently, because
can you imagine the nerve?
01:15:18.58\01:15:21.35
You say, "Well, actually, THIS
law... God said, 'Moses, I'll
01:15:21.38\01:15:24.92
give you Ten Commandments.' Well
we say, 'Well, actually, this
01:15:24.95\01:15:27.82
one don't belong there.
This one is the ceremonial laws;
01:15:27.86\01:15:30.86
the others aren't." So
Colossians says, "Blotting out
01:15:30.89\01:15:35.30
the handwriting of the
ordinances that was against us
01:15:35.33\01:15:38.23
which was contrary to us,
nailing it to the cross." So I
01:15:39.23\01:15:42.80
want to ask a valid question.
What part of the 10 Commandments
01:15:42.84\01:15:46.44
was against us? 'Cause they
say, "Well, they're nailed to
01:15:46.47\01:15:50.65
the cross." This Baptist pastor
told me they were nailed to the
01:15:50.68\01:15:53.38
cross. I don't know if all
of them believe that way; this
01:15:53.42\01:15:55.88
one did. What part of the 10
Commandments was man's law that
01:15:55.92\01:15:59.45
needed to be nailed to the
cross? I-I can't- let's find
01:15:59.52\01:16:04.49
out. Let's go over 'em. "Thou
shalt have no other gods before
01:16:04.53\01:16:08.03
me." That probably should
be nailed to the cross, right?
01:16:08.06\01:16:11.23
[No.] No? Nothin' wrong with
that. "Thou shalt not make unto
01:16:11.80\01:16:14.64
thee an-any graven images."
Nailed that to the cross?
01:16:14.67\01:16:18.67
"Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord in vain." Do we nail
01:16:18.71\01:16:22.44
that to the cross? "Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it
01:16:22.48\01:16:25.61
holy." God gave us that just
so we would remember Him and not
01:16:25.68\01:16:29.48
get so caught up. The children
of Israel, for ANOTHER 400
01:16:29.58\01:16:32.39
years, they forget Him
every week. We come back and
01:16:32.42\01:16:35.36
remember who our Creator God
is. That's doesn't sound so bad.
01:16:35.39\01:16:39.09
Sounds like that's a good thing.
"Remember the Sabbath day."
01:16:39.13\01:16:42.10
Okay. Let's nail this one
to the cross. "Honor thy father
01:16:42.13\01:16:45.07
and mother." No? Can't do
that. "Thou shalt not kill."
01:16:45.10\01:16:48.30
"Thou shalt not commit
adultery." "Thou shalt not
01:16:50.11\01:16:53.11
steal." "Thou shalt not bear
false witness." "Thou shalt not
01:16:53.14\01:16:58.08
covet." Somebody listenin'?
[Yes!] Are you with it? I'm
01:16:58.11\01:17:02.82
trying to find out which one
of these laws is so against us
01:17:02.88\01:17:05.45
that Jesus needed to die on the
cross to do away with 'em. If
01:17:05.52\01:17:10.06
the Ten Commandments are so bad,
why did Paul say in Romans 7:12,
01:17:10.09\01:17:14.00
"The law is holy and the
commandment holy and just and
01:17:14.03\01:17:16.97
good."? If the Ten Commandments
are so bad, why would Paul say
01:17:17.00\01:17:20.37
in Romans 3:33, "Do we
then make void the law through
01:17:20.44\01:17:24.07
faith? God forbid we establish
the law."? If the law's so bad
01:17:24.11\01:17:29.11
and the Commandments are so
bad, why does Jesus say in John,
01:17:29.14\01:17:32.81
"If you love Me," [keep my
Commandments!] "If you LOVE Me,"
01:17:32.85\01:17:36.79
[keep my Commandments!] Who
said that? [Jesus!] When did
01:17:36.85\01:17:40.06
He say it? In the Old
Testament or the New? [New!] New
01:17:40.09\01:17:43.02
Testament. Jesus said, "If you
love Me, keep my comman-" so we
01:17:43.06\01:17:47.80
have the Creator of the universe
and the New Testament's sayin',
01:17:47.86\01:17:50.80
"If you love-" He wasn't sayin'-
He COULD have said, "I'm gonna
01:17:50.83\01:17:54.20
die." Now think about
it. Thursday, before the
01:17:54.24\01:17:57.64
crucifixion, He met with
the disciples in the upper room.
01:17:57.74\01:18:00.41
Did He say, "Uh, I'm gonna die.
I'm gonna be in the ground 3
01:18:01.18\01:18:05.11
days; I'm gonna rise again.
But after I do, I want you to
01:18:05.15\01:18:08.75
do away with the Commandments
and I want you to keep Sunday
01:18:08.78\01:18:12.52
in honor of My resurrection."?
[No.] He could have! It could
01:18:12.55\01:18:17.79
be right in the Bible because
He did tell them somethin'.
01:18:17.83\01:18:20.20
He's told them about
communion and said, "Do this in
01:18:20.23\01:18:23.33
remembrance of me." Right? So
he COULD have said, "Keep Sunday
01:18:23.37\01:18:31.04
after I rise." But there's a
reason He didn't do it. It- let
01:18:31.07\01:18:35.58
me finish. If the Commandments
were so bad and so much against
01:18:35.64\01:18:40.52
us, why does Matthew 15:9 say,
"But in vain do they worship Me,
01:18:40.55\01:18:44.45
teaching for doctrines
- Commandments of men."?
01:18:44.49\01:18:46.72
Why did Jesus say in Matthew
5:17, "Think not I'm come to
01:18:46.76\01:18:50.46
destroy the law or the
prophets; I'm not come to
01:18:50.49\01:18:52.83
destroy it, but to fulfill."
This is so simple that it's
01:18:52.89\01:18:56.46
elementary. Now, I say this
as kindly as I can: this is so
01:18:56.53\01:18:59.83
simple that it's elementary.
Think about it. Why do New
01:18:59.87\01:19:06.37
Testament Christians continue
to say that Jesus' death put
01:19:06.44\01:19:09.88
an end to the Commandments?
He says, "I come NOT to..."
01:19:09.94\01:19:16.02
[destroy.] Not! Did He say
not ? like capital to me - all
01:19:16.92\01:19:20.46
capitals. I- "I come NOT to
destroy, but to fulfill." Right?
01:19:20.49\01:19:26.03
He says, "I'm come to fulfill."
In other words, He came to Earth
01:19:26.86\01:19:29.43
and shed His blood to fulfill
the promise of the Old Testament
01:19:29.46\01:19:32.77
and the promises in the
New Testament where He told His
01:19:32.80\01:19:35.97
disciples that He would fulfill
the prophecies of the Old
01:19:36.00\01:19:38.97
Testament by dying as a
propitiation for our sins.
01:19:39.01\01:19:42.64
Now, this could not mean God's
Ten Commandment law, because
01:19:42.71\01:19:46.08
God's Ten Commandment law
was not against us. Right? God's
01:19:46.18\01:19:50.59
Ten Commandment la- Christ
fulfilled the obligations of
01:19:50.62\01:19:53.42
the ceremonial law by becoming
the perfect lan- lamb, slain
01:19:53.46\01:19:57.63
for the sins of the world.
Christ fulfilled the obligations
01:19:57.66\01:20:00.73
of the law - of the Ten
Commandments - by His perfect
01:20:00.76\01:20:03.33
obedience to His precepts.
There are those, and New
01:20:03.37\01:20:06.80
Testament Christians, who
want to point out to us, and we
01:20:06.84\01:20:09.60
mentioned a while ago.
But let's go in a little bit
01:20:09.64\01:20:12.37
farther. Colossians 2:16 and
17, "Let no man therefore judge
01:20:12.41\01:20:16.68
you of meat or drink or in
respect of a holy day, or the
01:20:16.71\01:20:21.02
new moons or the Sabbath,
which are a shadow of things
01:20:21.05\01:20:23.82
to come but the body of
Christ,"- the ceremonial laws,
01:20:23.85\01:20:28.22
including the yearly Sabbaths..
Because if you read it and do
01:20:28.49\01:20:32.39
more than surface reading,
you'll find there are a number
01:20:32.43\01:20:34.53
of Sabbaths -
there're ceremonial Sabbaths-
01:20:34.63\01:20:36.93
7 of 'em,
there's all throughout.
01:20:36.97\01:20:38.80
The Passover- you see
these ceremonial Sabbaths.
01:20:38.83\01:20:41.30
And what did they do? They
pointed to Jesus. Right? So,
01:20:42.10\01:20:46.11
these, the offerings, were
discounted at Christ's death
01:20:47.21\01:20:50.35
as they foreshadowed the cross.
Notice in verse 16; it says,
01:20:50.38\01:20:54.05
"Sabbath days," with an 's'.
Not God's seventh-day Sabbath,
01:20:54.08\01:20:58.05
but the ceremonial Sabbaths.
Do we got- we have that? So,
01:21:00.26\01:21:03.96
you can see how people, when
you first read it, say, "Well,
01:21:03.99\01:21:06.76
don't judge me- eat, or drink,
or whatever." No! These were
01:21:06.80\01:21:10.47
all ceremonial laws set up that
would be done away with would
01:21:10.50\01:21:15.57
be nailed to the cross. These
were the ordinances that were
01:21:15.60\01:21:18.94
against us. All right? So,
the Sabbath was at Creation. God
01:21:18.97\01:21:27.25
owns it; it came before sin
and will remain long after sin.
01:21:27.28\01:21:31.25
You see, think about this.
In Genesis chapter 2:1-3, God
01:21:31.29\01:21:36.32
institutes the seventh-day
Sabbath. Right? Now, the
01:21:36.36\01:21:41.46
ordinance that were nailed
against us were ceremonial laws,
01:21:42.26\01:21:45.20
but they weren't given till
after sin came into the world.
01:21:45.53\01:21:48.97
[Amen.] So, when was this
Sabbath given? Was sin already
01:21:49.00\01:21:53.31
in the world? [No.] No.
So if they're not part of the
01:21:53.34\01:21:58.35
ceremonial system- the Sabbath
is before sin- how can it be
01:21:58.41\01:22:01.98
part of the ceremonial law
that's nailed to the cross?
01:22:02.02\01:22:04.52
[Amen.] That make any sense
to somebody? [Amen.] I mean,
01:22:04.55\01:22:08.66
that should make sense to us.
How can it possibly be- it was
01:22:08.69\01:22:11.89
at the end of Creation week:
on the seventh day, God rested
01:22:11.96\01:22:16.10
from all His work. He instituted
it then. There- Adam hadn't
01:22:16.16\01:22:19.87
sinned. Adam and Eve hadn't
sinned. So now, when we're
01:22:19.93\01:22:23.61
looking down the stream of time,
it's pretty simple for us to
01:22:23.64\01:22:28.38
see, "You know what? This
wasn't- THIS is what it was
01:22:28.41\01:22:31.35
talkin' about. The ceremonial
laws were nailed to the cross."
01:22:31.38\01:22:35.35
I see my time is quickly
running out on me. But I think
01:22:36.08\01:22:39.69
we should- we've talked about
it and I haven't read it, but
01:22:39.72\01:22:42.29
let's do- Exodus 20:8-11. I
want you to read it and say it
01:22:42.32\01:22:47.23
with me out loud. "Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
01:22:47.26\01:22:51.40
Six days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work. But the
01:22:51.43\01:22:56.50
seventh day is the Sabbath of-"
who? "...the Lord thy God. In
01:22:56.54\01:23:01.24
it, thou shall not do any
work. Thou, nor thy son, nor thy
01:23:01.28\01:23:07.35
daughter; thy manservant,
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
01:23:07.38\01:23:12.05
nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates. For in six days-"
01:23:12.09\01:23:16.93
How many days? [Six days.]
"The Lord made the heaven and
01:23:16.96\01:23:20.96
the earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and He rested
01:23:21.00\01:23:25.50
the seventh day. Therefore,
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
01:23:25.53\01:23:29.77
and hallowed it." So the 10
Commandments were kept before-
01:23:29.80\01:23:34.94
and I'm gonna start winding
down on this- because here's
01:23:34.98\01:23:37.98
one of the things that people
say. "I watched a," they called
01:23:38.01\01:23:41.55
it a 'debate;' not too long
ago with an Adventist pastor
01:23:41.58\01:23:45.45
and a person who was a Sunday
pastor; and they had a debate
01:23:46.39\01:23:50.53
on Facebook, and I was
very disappointed in the debate.
01:23:50.59\01:23:53.93
It wasn't that the Adventist
pastor didn't have or couldn't
01:23:53.96\01:23:57.87
have- if you're going to
get in debate, you might as well
01:23:57.90\01:24:01.04
win it, right? Now, whether
you should get in one or not,
01:24:01.07\01:24:03.64
that's up for grabs; but if
you get in one, you want to make
01:24:03.67\01:24:07.04
sure you win it. Don't get
into somethin' you can't win.
01:24:07.08\01:24:09.38
Now, if we can't win a
discussion on the seventh-day
01:24:09.44\01:24:13.58
Sabbath, we should close
our doors. Oh, some of you don't
01:24:13.62\01:24:17.49
agree with that, right? I
mean, honestly. If Seventh-Day
01:24:17.52\01:24:20.56
Adventist- if Seventh-Day
Adventist- if we can't win a
01:24:20.59\01:24:25.63
discussion or at least prove
our discussion without a doubt,
01:24:25.76\01:24:29.86
we need to close our
doors. This- this debate that I
01:24:31.33\01:24:35.07
watched was set up where they
ask a question. One man had two
01:24:35.10\01:24:40.34
minutes like the Adventist guy
had two minutes to answer it,
01:24:40.38\01:24:43.71
then they give the other person
one minute to answer. He might
01:24:43.75\01:24:47.08
say something ridiculous,
but then you move to the next
01:24:47.12\01:24:49.82
question. That's not a
very good format, but one of the
01:24:49.88\01:24:52.99
things that they say is-
and I want to put this out here.
01:24:53.02\01:24:57.19
"Well, the reason that we
don't keep the Sabbath today is
01:24:57.23\01:25:01.96
because it's a spiritual rest,
and from Creation all the way
01:25:02.00\01:25:07.34
from the- from Creation's
seventh day all the way to
01:25:07.37\01:25:10.57
Moses, no one kept the
Sabbath. Now, they kept the 10
01:25:10.61\01:25:16.81
Commandments, but they didn't
keep the Sabbath. They say
01:25:16.85\01:25:19.65
there is no proof in the
Old Testament that God directed
01:25:19.68\01:25:23.69
anybody to keep the Sabbath.
But He did all of the other 9
01:25:23.75\01:25:28.16
commandments." That's a
huge point. If they're right, we
01:25:28.22\01:25:33.33
might want to relook at our
doctrines. Right? There is no
01:25:33.40\01:25:38.27
proof, as what they say-
and this man has said it; others
01:25:38.30\01:25:41.70
have said it- there is NO proof
from Creation, when Sabbath
01:25:41.74\01:25:46.47
was instituted, that
any command to keep the
01:25:46.51\01:25:51.48
commandments, the Sabbath,
until Moses. Well let's find
01:25:51.61\01:25:56.79
out if that's true.
Okay? Let's go to Genesis 26:5.
01:25:56.82\01:26:00.82
Genesis 26:5...tells us
that Abraham obeyed God's voice,
01:26:02.49\01:26:06.90
kept His charge, God's
commandments, and His statutes,
01:26:06.93\01:26:10.47
and His laws. Now, isn't that
interesting how many references
01:26:10.50\01:26:14.67
He makes? Genesis 26:5 tells
us that Abraham obeyed God's
01:26:14.70\01:26:19.67
voice, kept His charge,
kept God's commandments, His
01:26:19.74\01:26:24.15
statutes, and His laws. It
sounds kinda like an overkill
01:26:24.18\01:26:28.08
to me. [laughter] I mean, why
in the world are you gonna say
01:26:28.12\01:26:32.32
all those things? Why not just
say, "He kept the commandments"
01:26:32.35\01:26:35.59
or "He kept the covenant"? They
didn't do it. I think God knew
01:26:35.62\01:26:39.13
in advance that down the stream
of time, there would be people
01:26:39.16\01:26:41.80
trying to say, "No,
that- that didn't mean the Ten
01:26:41.83\01:26:44.63
Commandments." You can't
get out of this one! I mean, how
01:26:44.67\01:26:47.84
are you gonna get out of this?
It named everything! Right?
01:26:47.87\01:26:49.97
It says that h- Abraham obeyed
God's voice. If he obeys Him,
01:26:50.01\01:26:55.41
what's he gonna do? Keep His
commandments. "But," He says,
01:26:55.44\01:26:57.78
"he kept His charge AND
his God's commandments AND His
01:26:57.81\01:27:02.02
statutes, and His laws!"
That left nothing out, right?
01:27:02.05\01:27:05.39
Abraham did it all. Whatever
was there, Abraham did it all
01:27:05.42\01:27:08.62
and you can know that the
Ten Commandments were a part of
01:27:08.66\01:27:11.53
that. [Amen.] So God knew-
and I think that's why that's so
01:27:11.59\01:27:16.06
strong in there; God knew- but
here's where people say- and I
01:27:16.10\01:27:19.00
want to talk about this
for just a minute. It would be
01:27:19.03\01:27:21.27
foolish for anyone to suggest
that no one kept the Sabbath
01:27:21.30\01:27:24.87
until Moses. Very
foolish. God instituted it; why
01:27:24.91\01:27:31.21
institute it if He didn't
want anybody to keep it? But how
01:27:31.25\01:27:35.02
can humans negate- make void
or have the nerve to ignore the
01:27:35.05\01:27:37.89
Sabbath of the Lord thy God?
It's not his; the commandment
01:27:37.92\01:27:40.46
said Sabbath, but- not ours;
the Sabbath of the Lord thy
01:27:40.56\01:27:43.02
God. In other words, we- who
are we to place oneself above
01:27:43.12\01:27:46.23
God by ignoring, or trying
to change HIS commandments,
01:27:46.33\01:27:50.03
including His holy Sabbath?
Now, evangelical Christians
01:27:50.13\01:27:54.30
claim the Sabbath is the Jewish
Sabbath for the Jews only.
01:27:54.34\01:27:57.67
We've already read where that's
not true, right? It says that
01:27:57.71\01:28:01.38
it's the Sabbath of Who? The
Lord thy God. So, what I wanted
01:28:01.48\01:28:06.05
to talk about here in just
a little bit; I actually wrote
01:28:06.08\01:28:08.78
it down, and I thought,
"You know, thank You, Lord. This
01:28:08.82\01:28:11.25
is really interesting." Have
you ever thought about it this
01:28:11.29\01:28:15.89
way- just popped into my head;
maybe I probably heard Stephen
01:28:15.96\01:28:18.36
Bohr or somebody else say it,
and I thought, "Whoa;" a light
01:28:18.39\01:28:20.66
went on. I thought of
somethin'. I probably heard it
01:28:20.70\01:28:22.70
from somebody else. But, they
say, "Well, the reason you don't
01:28:22.76\01:28:28.30
keep- no one kept the Sabbath
in the Old Testament is because
01:28:28.40\01:28:32.07
there's no record of it." And
all of a sudden, it occurred to
01:28:32.97\01:28:36.61
me - this is before Moses.
"Well, show me the record of
01:28:36.64\01:28:41.62
the other commandments." Now,
think about it for a minute.
01:28:42.12\01:28:45.99
Show me the record of the other
commandments just the same way.
01:28:46.02\01:28:49.86
Do it the same way you're gonna
do the Sabbath. "Okay..." Now.
01:28:49.89\01:28:54.36
God told, in Genesis 35:1-4,
long before Moses; God told
01:28:55.70\01:28:59.87
Jacob to have His people
put away their strange gods.
01:28:59.90\01:29:03.14
There's no record that I see
of this written of a commandment
01:29:03.17\01:29:06.24
that says, "Thou shall not make
unto thee any graven images"
01:29:06.27\01:29:09.34
before the time of Moses.
But God held them accountable
01:29:10.05\01:29:12.55
because they were breaking His
laws. Am I right? Adam and Eve
01:29:12.61\01:29:16.32
broke the first commandment,
"Thou shall have no other gods
01:29:16.35\01:29:18.72
before me" when they served
the serpent Satan instead of
01:29:18.75\01:29:21.46
their Creator. There's no
mention in the Bible that Adam
01:29:21.49\01:29:24.69
and Eve were looking at a Ten
Commandment law and said, "Oh,
01:29:24.73\01:29:28.26
I- you know, let me see..
The third, fourth comman-"
01:29:28.30\01:29:31.30
There's no record of that,
but there was a record there is
01:29:31.33\01:29:34.14
a law. Because where there's
no law, there's no sin. [Amen.]
01:29:34.17\01:29:37.64
Am I right? There's no law
= there's no sin. So, Adam and
01:29:37.67\01:29:41.11
Eve, once they- once
they disobeyed God, that meant
01:29:41.14\01:29:46.21
death for the whole human race.
God held us accountable. He
01:29:46.25\01:29:49.88
would not have held them
accountable were there no law.
01:29:49.92\01:29:52.65
[Amen.] Are we- are we together
on that one, right? I don't
01:29:52.69\01:29:55.76
think there was a written-down
law. There's no record in the
01:29:55.82\01:29:57.86
Bible Adam and Eve had a
written law. Now, Leviticus
01:29:57.89\01:30:01.36
18:21-23, "For all these
abominations have the men of
01:30:01.40\01:30:05.80
the land done which
were before, and the land is
01:30:06.00\01:30:09.40
defiled." This was done long
before Moses, yet it's still
01:30:09.44\01:30:12.57
sin. God said, "Neither shalt
thou profane the name of thy
01:30:12.61\01:30:16.04
God. I am the Lord." I don't
see any record of "Thou shall
01:30:16.08\01:30:19.95
not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain." Are you
01:30:20.02\01:30:22.32
start- see what I'm saying?
There is no commandments- no!
01:30:22.35\01:30:25.69
Of course, they weren't
written- but were they there?
01:30:25.72\01:30:28.46
[Yes!] Were they there? Would
the only commandment that God
01:30:28.49\01:30:32.59
said, "Remember," would that
be the one He would take out
01:30:32.66\01:30:35.66
if He were to take one out?
[No.] That would be... I- well..
01:30:35.73\01:30:39.20
I can't even say that about
God; I started to make a joke
01:30:39.23\01:30:41.57
like, "Well ahh, that wouldn't
be the-" no. He wouldn't do
01:30:41.60\01:30:44.67
that. God would never do
it. He did it because He knew
01:30:44.71\01:30:47.61
people were forget- would
forget. Now, they say, "But
01:30:47.64\01:30:51.48
there's no record of people
keepin' the Sabbath!" Well,
01:30:51.51\01:30:54.18
in the same vein, yes there
is. Exodus 16th chapter, we find
01:30:54.22\01:30:58.65
that God is telling Moses
that He's sending manna for the
01:30:58.72\01:31:01.72
people to eat and that
Moses should tell the people to
01:31:01.76\01:31:04.46
gather- how much? Twice as much
on what day? The sixth day of
01:31:04.49\01:31:08.80
the week because of the seventh
day would be the Sabbath of the
01:31:08.86\01:31:13.40
Lord. Now, when was this?
Exodus 16. When was Exodu-
01:31:13.44\01:31:18.64
when did Ten Commandments
come? Exodus 20. Right? Came
01:31:18.67\01:31:22.18
afterwards. Exodus 16:25-30,
"And Moses said, 'Eat today,
01:31:22.24\01:31:27.45
for today is the Sabbath unto
the Lord.'" Verse 28. "And the
01:31:27.48\01:31:31.42
Lord said unto Moses,
'How long refuse ye to keep My
01:31:31.45\01:31:34.92
commandments and my
laws?'" Does it sound like it's
01:31:34.96\01:31:36.96
something new? [No.] I mean, He
hadn't given 'em yet according
01:31:37.03\01:31:40.66
to all these other people.
Right? To these people sayin',
01:31:40.70\01:31:44.77
"Oh, well, the Sabbath wasn't
there; no one kept it; there's
01:31:44.80\01:31:48.04
no record of it." When God
s- holds you accountable for
01:31:48.07\01:31:50.91
something, you can know that
He's already told you what it
01:31:50.94\01:31:53.98
is. [Amen.] He doesn't sound
very happy when He says, "How
01:31:54.01\01:31:58.38
long do you profane My
Sabbaths? See that the Lord
01:31:58.41\01:32:02.85
hath given you the Sabbath."
Who gave it to them? [The Lord.]
01:32:02.88\01:32:05.92
"Therefore, He giveth you on
the sixth day the bread of two
01:32:05.95\01:32:08.22
days. Abide ye every man in
his place; let no man go out of
01:32:08.29\01:32:11.99
his place on the seventh
day. So the people of God rested
01:32:12.06\01:32:15.86
on the seventh day." Now, there
is no record of the Sabbath
01:32:15.90\01:32:19.03
commandment written down at
that point; that may be true,
01:32:19.10\01:32:22.00
yet God said to Moses,
"How long do you profane my
01:32:22.04\01:32:26.07
Sabbaths?" God was holdin' him
accountable. So obviously, the
01:32:26.11\01:32:31.05
Ten Commandments were in
effect; they always have been
01:32:31.08\01:32:33.88
because they're a transcript
of God's character. If we know
01:32:33.92\01:32:36.75
God, we will know the Ten
Commandments. Am I tellin'
01:32:36.79\01:32:39.85
the truth? [Amen.] I'm gonna
have to end here because my time
01:32:39.89\01:32:45.33
is run out. But people will
say, when they use this logic,
01:32:45.39\01:32:50.67
"Well, it doesn't say so; I
didn't read it where it said
01:32:50.70\01:32:54.14
"Remember the Sabbath
day." These are the same
01:32:54.20\01:32:56.27
type of people who
they will use "logic" to
01:32:56.37\01:32:59.44
say it's OK to destroy your body
01:32:59.57\01:33:01.38
with drugs like opioids or
heroin. Why? Because there's
01:33:01.41\01:33:04.51
no direct command in the Bible
regarding these drugs, right?
01:33:04.55\01:33:07.58
There's no direct command
in the Bible that says I can't
01:33:07.62\01:33:10.62
shoot somebody if I'm mad at
my neighbor with my gun, right?
01:33:10.65\01:33:14.42
Well, guns weren't invented
then, so maybe I'm OK to do
01:33:14.46\01:33:18.36
it 'cause it didn't say- a
direct command in the Bible
01:33:18.39\01:33:21.23
doesn't tell me not to shoot
my neighbor. Then if I'm really
01:33:21.26\01:33:24.53
upset, there's no direct
command in the Bible that says
01:33:24.57\01:33:27.24
I can't take my- my neighbor
if I'm mad at him up in an
01:33:27.34\01:33:30.14
airplane 3,000 ft. and drop
him off, push him out, because
01:33:30.17\01:33:34.08
there's no direct command
in the Bible to do so, because
01:33:34.11\01:33:37.71
there was no airplanes back
then. By now, somebody sayin',
01:33:37.75\01:33:41.45
"This guy's really ridiculous."
Everyone knows this would be
01:33:41.48\01:33:45.42
a sin against the neighbor. Why?
There- because the principles
01:33:45.45\01:33:49.26
of the Ten Commandments spell
out, "This is sin against our
01:33:49.29\01:33:52.46
neighbor." So, everything
doesn't have to be written down.
01:33:52.49\01:33:55.33
When you look at the principles
of God, the Sabbath was
01:33:55.36\01:33:59.60
instituted at Creation along
with marriage. I don't have
01:33:59.63\01:34:03.44
time to go into all of that.
But the Sabbath was instituted
01:34:03.51\01:34:06.31
at Creation, and all- Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Lot- all of the
01:34:06.34\01:34:13.52
people kept God's seventh
commandment. [Amen.] Moses
01:34:13.58\01:34:17.22
and the children of Israel
were commanded by God to keep
01:34:17.25\01:34:20.99
His commandments. When
Jesus came to Earth, HE kept the
01:34:21.02\01:34:25.16
commandments. [Amen!] He
said, "If you love Me," [keep My
01:34:25.19\01:34:29.56
commandments.] "If you love
me," [keep My commandments.]
01:34:29.60\01:34:32.73
Keep my comma- it doesn- am
I missin' somethin' or is that
01:34:33.74\01:34:36.37
really simple? [Amen.] It's
really simple, isn't it. "If
01:34:36.40\01:34:40.61
you love Me, keep My-" I'm glad
you don't have to be a rocket
01:34:40.64\01:34:43.11
scientist to figure it out.
But here's what I found out.
01:34:43.14\01:34:45.65
If people are looking for
truth, they will get it. [Amen.]
01:34:45.68\01:34:49.28
If you're not lookin' for
truth, you won't get it. [Amen.]
01:34:49.32\01:34:51.79
I'm so thankful for some
of these mu- musicians and
01:34:52.52\01:34:56.66
writers that I'm workin' with.
To see the changes in their
01:34:56.73\01:34:59.89
lives when I assigned them
Daniel and Revelation. That
01:34:59.93\01:35:05.20
wasn't by accident. God
prompted me to do that. I said,
01:35:05.23\01:35:08.97
"Wow, if these folk are on our
team, that's gonna be a great
01:35:09.00\01:35:11.04
asset to this world." And you
know what, it's happening. It's
01:35:11.07\01:35:15.21
absolutely happening.
There- so, in closing, the Ten
01:35:15.24\01:35:18.71
Commandments, all of God's
Ten Commandments are in effect
01:35:18.75\01:35:21.05
today, including the seventh
day Sabbath. Which day is the
01:35:21.08\01:35:25.25
new covenant Sabbath?
[Saturday.] Which day is the
01:35:25.29\01:35:28.86
new covenant Sabbath?
[Saturday!] Saturday is the
01:35:28.89\01:35:31.23
new covenant Sabbath of
our Lord; "Therefore remains
01:35:31.26\01:35:33.66
throughout eternity." Isaiah
66. So Jesus kept it. After the
01:35:33.70\01:35:38.33
resurrection of Jesus, according
when other folks say that
01:35:38.37\01:35:42.24
the resurrection, "Now we're
honoring the new covenant."
01:35:42.80\01:35:45.41
But what did disci- day did the
disciples keep? All right, and
01:35:45.47\01:35:49.48
when they wrote their books
of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
01:35:49.68\01:35:52.11
John, 40, 50, 60 years
later, was there any mention it
01:35:52.15\01:35:55.98
should've been a major point
to say, "I know that we always
01:35:56.02\01:36:00.06
kept the Sabbath, but since
Christ died, you've gotta keep
01:36:00.09\01:36:03.02
the first day of the week,
Sunday." It didn't happen, did
01:36:03.06\01:36:05.06
it? [No!] They didn't do it
because THEY kept- THEY kept the
01:36:05.16\01:36:09.00
Sabbath. Now, they kept
it, and we're told in Isaiah 66
01:36:09.10\01:36:13.13
that we will keep the Sabbath
throughout eternity. Sunday is
01:36:13.20\01:36:17.27
the first day of the week,
Saturday is the seventh day,
01:36:17.31\01:36:19.37
and yet, Protestants, mostly
evangelicals, have set it aside
01:36:20.21\01:36:24.38
for hundreds of years, and they
still want to use the Bible to
01:36:25.18\01:36:29.75
say, "This is why we do
it." But the truth is in I- this
01:36:30.75\01:36:33.49
is another whole sermon. In
fact, we have a book, so those
01:36:33.52\01:36:36.26
of you watching today around
the world, if you want a book,
01:36:36.32\01:36:38.63
we have one Shelly Quinn and
I wrote called Ten Commandments
01:36:38.66\01:36:41.26
Twice Removed. We have one
called Spiritual Vigilantes.
01:36:41.30\01:36:43.97
We'll give it to you free if
you want it and you will read
01:36:44.57\01:36:47.64
it. We want you to have
the truth. But the reason that
01:36:47.67\01:36:51.84
people go to church on Sunday,
the Protestants... Do you know
01:36:51.87\01:36:56.38
what the word 'Protestant'
means? Means to protest.
01:36:56.41\01:36:59.45
What are you protestin'?
Catholicism. That's when we-
01:36:59.48\01:37:03.32
when- when- and I don't want to
give you a history lesson 'cause
01:37:03.35\01:37:06.05
y'all know about the discovery
of America, and they say-
01:37:06.09\01:37:08.39
forgive me; American Indians-
but when we're talkin' 'bout
01:37:08.42\01:37:11.49
when people came across, so
we know it wasn't discovered;
01:37:11.53\01:37:14.53
there were people here, but
they fled persecution. Right?
01:37:14.56\01:37:17.87
They fled persecution.
They came here to this land, and
01:37:17.90\01:37:21.77
that's how the Am- in America,
we begin to see religious
01:37:21.80\01:37:25.04
freedom coming up. Now, people
want to say, "Well, we're doing
01:37:25.07\01:37:29.14
this because the Bible-" but
here's what I respect about the
01:37:29.18\01:37:32.68
Catholic Church. The Catholic
Church says, "There is no
01:37:32.71\01:37:37.29
biblical reason for anybody to
keep Sunday holy." The Catholic
01:37:37.32\01:37:42.12
Church says that! I gotta re-
I have to respect 'em in that
01:37:42.16\01:37:45.73
they're straight, upfront,
and tell the truth. They're not
01:37:45.76\01:37:48.30
saying, "Well, I think
this scripture means this; well
01:37:48.33\01:37:50.97
maybe this scripture justifies
doing away with the Sabbath,
01:37:51.00\01:37:53.84
and this one's tell-"
the Catholic Church says, "We
01:37:53.87\01:37:56.40
changed the Sabbath." We have
the authority to do so. That's
01:37:56.44\01:37:59.71
the mark of our authority. We
have the information; you write
01:37:59.74\01:38:03.04
to 3ABN; there's numbers
of books and literature we can
01:38:03.08\01:38:05.51
give you that we're not talking
bad about people with- I'm sure
01:38:05.55\01:38:08.65
there- there are gonna be many
Catholics in heaven - Praise
01:38:08.68\01:38:11.19
God for that. [Amen.] I'm
thankful for that. That- but
01:38:11.25\01:38:14.99
the truth is, today, we
have to live up to all the light
01:38:15.02\01:38:19.49
that we have. [Amen.] We are
responsible to tell our friends
01:38:19.53\01:38:22.53
and neighbors what's gonna
be happening in the near future
01:38:22.56\01:38:25.00
as Satan is trying to take
their life. Trying to keep us
01:38:25.03\01:38:28.04
from making heaven our home.
So the Catholic Church says,
01:38:28.07\01:38:33.21
"Sunday, the first day of
the week, is our day. We set it
01:38:33.24\01:38:39.61
aside. Any Protestants who
claim to keep Sunday from the
01:38:39.68\01:38:47.42
Bible... There's no biblical
reference for it." And they
01:38:47.46\01:38:52.69
actually say in one of the
statements we have, "They ought
01:38:52.73\01:38:55.23
to be S-" somethin'
like, "They ought to become
01:38:55.26\01:38:58.13
Seventh-Day Adventists if
you're gonna go by the Bible
01:38:58.17\01:39:00.47
and the Bible only." I could
go on; I've gone too long right
01:39:00.54\01:39:04.71
now and I realize that our
time is running out. And I just
01:39:04.77\01:39:07.74
want to- today, hopefully, what
I've given- it's all jumbled
01:39:07.81\01:39:11.81
up to me. And maybe to you, too.
But I'm askin' that you pray
01:39:11.85\01:39:14.98
and ask the Holy Spirit.
Because here's what I've found-
01:39:15.02\01:39:17.79
no matter what I say, no matter
what I- what I do, I've asked
01:39:17.82\01:39:23.43
God, "You take these words,
and you let them go to the
01:39:23.46\01:39:28.40
ears of those who need to
hear it. But let them hear Your
01:39:28.43\01:39:31.80
words." [Amen.] So sometimes,
the only reason I have
01:39:31.83\01:39:34.94
confidence to get up and speak
at all, I walk away shaking my
01:39:34.97\01:39:38.31
head and say, "I don't think
I made any sense." People will
01:39:38.34\01:39:42.21
come up and say, "That's
exactly what I needed!" And I
01:39:42.24\01:39:45.11
say, "Thank you, Lord!" because
I knew it wasn't my words. God
01:39:45.15\01:39:47.95
did my- answered the prayer
that I ask Him- I ask Him to.
01:39:47.98\01:39:52.12
I'm gonna- I'm gonna do
somethin' a little different
01:39:52.15\01:39:54.62
here today. I'm gonna take a
little bit of time; I'm gonna
01:39:54.66\01:39:57.36
ask Yvonne to come out and
sing a song, then I'm gonna
01:39:57.39\01:40:01.73
ask the Pastor John to
come out, then I'm gonna ask the
01:40:01.76\01:40:05.20
Pastor Kenny if he's over here
somewhere to come out, and Tim
01:40:05.23\01:40:08.97
is gonna be playing- and I
want to- Yvonne to- to as she
01:40:09.00\01:40:12.27
sings, I want us to really
think about our life and our
01:40:12.34\01:40:16.28
relationship with Jesus. We
have a mountain of truth, folks.
01:40:16.34\01:40:20.62
[Amen!] We have been blessed.
We have been blessed with
01:40:20.65\01:40:26.05
information that most people
in the world have never been
01:40:26.15\01:40:29.19
privy to have...and we're
sitting on it. We're sitting
01:40:29.22\01:40:33.90
on it. Now's not the time to
be sitting; now's the time to
01:40:33.93\01:40:37.80
be going. [Amen.] "Go ye into
all the world." So I'm gonna
01:40:37.83\01:40:41.34
ask today that as Yvonne sings,
you think about your own life
01:40:41.37\01:40:46.54
and your own relationship with
the Lord Jesus Christ, and then
01:40:46.57\01:40:50.58
I'm gonna ask the pastors maybe
to give an appeal and have a
01:40:50.61\01:40:55.12
prayer with each and
every one of you today. Yvonne.
01:40:55.15\01:40:58.52
The Savior is waiting
01:41:08.03\01:41:12.83
to enter your heart
01:41:14.04\01:41:19.24
Why won't you let Him
01:41:19.97\01:41:24.08
come in?
01:41:24.88\01:41:27.12
There's nothing in this world
01:41:28.82\01:41:33.25
to keep you apart
01:41:33.56\01:41:38.33
What is your answer to Him?
01:41:39.36\01:41:48.67
Time after time
01:41:50.84\01:41:54.71
He has waited before
01:41:55.24\01:42:00.72
And now, He is waiting again
01:42:00.75\01:42:10.59
To see if you're willing
01:42:11.53\01:42:16.40
to open the door
01:42:17.13\01:42:22.27
Oh, how He wants to come in
01:42:22.90\01:42:31.35
If you'll take one step
toward the Savior, my friend
01:42:38.69\01:42:47.60
You'll find his arms open wide
01:42:47.86\01:42:53.90
Receive Him and your heartaches
01:42:56.44\01:43:04.08
will end
01:43:04.11\01:43:07.45
Within your heart, He'll abide
01:43:07.48\01:43:15.42
Oh
01:43:15.46\01:43:18.23
Time after time,
He has waited before
01:43:18.26\01:43:26.17
And now, He is waiting again
01:43:26.87\01:43:34.51
To see if you're willing
01:43:36.34\01:43:40.92
to open the door
01:43:41.65\01:43:47.69
Oh, how He wants to come
01:43:50.66\01:43:56.77
Oh, how He wants to come
01:43:57.90\01:44:04.24
Oh, how Jesus wants to
01:44:05.44\01:44:12.25
come
01:44:13.18\01:44:16.32
in
01:44:16.95\01:44:22.92
Amen. I'm gonna ask the pastors
to come out for just a moment.
01:44:27.20\01:44:31.50
You know, our meetings here
- they're so- one right after
01:44:31.93\01:44:35.47
another after another. Lunch is
on hold right now. There'll be
01:44:35.50\01:44:39.84
plenty of food so we don't
have to worry about that, but..
01:44:39.87\01:44:43.08
There's very little time that
we actually corporately, and
01:44:43.11\01:44:45.71
as a group, with brothers and
sisters around the world, have
01:44:45.78\01:44:48.78
the time to actually
pray together; to spend a few
01:44:48.82\01:44:52.99
minutes of time. And
while you're here at one sermon
01:44:53.02\01:44:55.69
and then the next one, there's
rarely a time to give an appeal
01:44:55.72\01:44:59.16
to say, "Today,
there's somebody we know. In an
01:45:00.80\01:45:03.87
audience, this side, there's
somebody that needs to make
01:45:03.90\01:45:07.07
a new relationship with Jesus."
A new covenant, if you will,
01:45:07.10\01:45:10.61
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
So I'm gonna ask that each of
01:45:10.64\01:45:14.28
you take a couple minutes
and just talk to the folk as the
01:45:14.34\01:45:18.51
Lord impresses, and pray,
and we'll be out right at 0.
01:45:18.61\01:45:22.45
I praise God for the message
today. [Amen!] That was clear,
01:45:25.45\01:45:29.22
wasn't it? [Amen.] And the Lord
blessed. And along with that
01:45:29.26\01:45:32.66
clearness of the
message always comes, and with a
01:45:32.69\01:45:35.13
beautiful song that was sung,
"Oh, how He wants to come in."
01:45:35.16\01:45:39.03
And Brother Danny mentioned
there's somebody here; there's
01:45:40.34\01:45:42.24
always somebody that needs
to make that decision. Needs to
01:45:42.40\01:45:45.17
remo- renew that decision for
Jesus Christ. You know, I sense
01:45:45.21\01:45:48.71
in my spirit today, there are
those who need to make it, and
01:45:48.74\01:45:52.45
not to put it off. Tomorrow's
too late. Today is the day of
01:45:52.48\01:45:56.95
salvation. And well, the Spirit
is working and the Spirit has
01:45:56.99\01:46:01.32
been working through all
of these meetings, and I know
01:46:01.36\01:46:04.39
you felt it. I know you felt
the hand of God touching your
01:46:04.43\01:46:07.56
shoulder, touching your mind,
touching your heart; and that
01:46:07.60\01:46:10.57
you want to make that decision
and choice today. And I- I'm
01:46:10.60\01:46:13.64
sure it'd be alright -
sure alright with heaven. 'Cause
01:46:13.67\01:46:18.01
Pastor John's gonna have
the appeal and he's gonna have
01:46:18.04\01:46:19.61
prayer that someone who really
has that burden today that
01:46:19.67\01:46:22.88
you want to make sure that
it's right with God. You may be
01:46:22.91\01:46:25.85
going down the wrong road,
and maybe you didn't know any
01:46:25.91\01:46:29.35
better S- Brother Shelton
has brought out here,? today.
01:46:29.38\01:46:33.96
But you want to make sure
that's right today, and today is
01:46:33.99\01:46:36.16
going to be that day of
beginning and so you're going
01:46:36.19\01:46:38.23
to have the courage and the
strength that only the Spirit
01:46:38.29\01:46:40.86
of the living God can give
you; that you can stand up right
01:46:40.90\01:46:43.97
where you're at or you can walk
right up in here. We'd love to
01:46:44.00\01:46:46.53
see you come right up front
here. Say, "Today is the day.
01:46:46.57\01:46:50.17
Today is the day - it's my
new beginning in Jesus Christ.
01:46:51.34\01:46:54.91
I've heard things today;
I've heard things during the
01:46:54.94\01:46:57.45
meetings that have touched my
heart and it's changed my life.
01:46:57.48\01:47:01.38
And I want my neighbors to know
and I want heaven to know it,
01:47:01.42\01:47:04.42
and I want to make a commitment
to Jesus Christ." I know- I'm
01:47:04.45\01:47:08.62
not going to say, "IF there's
someone here," Pastor, I know
01:47:08.66\01:47:11.13
there's someone here. In every
gathering, there's individuals
01:47:11.19\01:47:15.13
that need to make that decision.
Do not let the devil hold you
01:47:15.16\01:47:18.63
back. If you're squirming
in your seat just a little bit,
01:47:18.67\01:47:22.04
you're a little bit nervous
about it, it's because the
01:47:22.07\01:47:24.47
Spirit of the living God that's
speaking to your heart. That
01:47:24.51\01:47:27.81
means you need to come up today.
Don't worry about what the
01:47:27.84\01:47:30.78
neighbor thinks- the husband
and wife might think- but what
01:47:30.81\01:47:33.58
does heaven think about
what you've heard today - what
01:47:33.62\01:47:35.62
you've heard the last several
days. Please come right now;
01:47:35.68\01:47:39.25
make sure that it is right
because we want to pray for you.
01:47:39.32\01:47:42.56
It takes courage to say to
come- isn't this wonderful?
01:47:43.26\01:47:45.99
I'm right- my- here, bless
your heart. [audience applauds]
01:47:46.03\01:47:49.50
Bless your heart. That's the
way to do it. Right? When the
01:47:49.53\01:47:52.20
Holy Spirit speaks and respond,
you talk about being obedient
01:47:52.27\01:47:54.47
today, brother. This is what
it's about. It's b- obedient to
01:47:54.50\01:47:57.97
the voice of the Holy Spirit.
I know there's others here;
01:47:58.01\01:48:00.88
would you please just come
right quick as Pastor John has
01:48:00.91\01:48:03.11
a word for you, and I know he's
going to want to pray for you;
01:48:03.14\01:48:05.71
and we're going to pr- be
praying along, too, with you.
01:48:05.75\01:48:08.42
This man here has shown courage
and love for Jesus. [Amen!]
01:48:09.08\01:48:12.22
Will there be some others that
have that courage and love for
01:48:12.25\01:48:14.16
Jesus? Come right on up.
Don't worry about it right now;
01:48:14.19\01:48:17.99
we have just a few moments
to do it. Please, somebody else
01:48:18.03\01:48:20.10
come on up with him, because
I know that you're here. I know
01:48:20.13\01:48:23.13
that you are. Praise God.
[applause] Amen. Keep comin'.
01:48:23.16\01:48:26.03
That's exactly right. The Holy
Spirit is calling you - come
01:48:26.07\01:48:30.57
quickly right up front. This
is a day that we need prayer
01:48:30.61\01:48:33.17
together. They were going to
pray together, day that great
01:48:33.21\01:48:35.81
things are going to happen, and
nothing will be the same ever
01:48:35.84\01:48:38.51
again; that's the beautiful
thing right now. There's
01:48:38.55\01:48:41.02
another's going to be coming.
Who are you? Who are you at?
01:48:41.05\01:48:43.59
There's some others coming right
over here. [Amen.] Amen. Praise
01:48:43.62\01:48:46.45
God. [more applause] Now, how
about the other side over here?
01:48:46.49\01:48:49.06
I know there's some of you over
here. The Holy Spirit knows;
01:48:49.09\01:48:51.46
please come on up. Please
come up; let's pray together. We
01:48:51.49\01:48:54.73
want to pray together. We want
to fellowship together; isn't
01:48:54.76\01:48:57.20
that right? We want to see
the Spirit of God work- this is
01:48:57.27\01:48:59.60
what these meetings are about.
This is a place that we're told
01:48:59.63\01:49:03.74
as we read inspiration where
God uses to pour out the latter
01:49:03.81\01:49:07.38
rain. It's camp meeting time,
and this is what it's all about.
01:49:07.41\01:49:11.45
So please, there's some more
- anyone else goi- wants to come
01:49:11.51\01:49:14.48
up. Just want to make
sure your commitment's right;
01:49:14.52\01:49:16.45
you want to make sure
you're right with God. You can't
01:49:16.48\01:49:18.89
afford to leave this place
and not have it right with God
01:49:18.92\01:49:21.72
today. Will there be someone
else? Please come. Please come
01:49:21.76\01:49:24.99
right now. [applause] Amen.
Praise the Lord. Isn't that
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wonderful? Please come. There's
someone else coming - that's
01:49:27.80\01:49:30.40
right. Amen.
Yes. The time right?
01:49:30.43\01:49:34.17
Little John, yes. -
You know what's happening
01:49:34.20\01:49:37.07
here today is in response
to an invitation Jesus extended
01:49:37.11\01:49:40.74
thousands of years ago. He
said, "Follow me and I will
01:49:40.78\01:49:44.31
make you..." [..fishers of men.]
And you cannot be made until
01:49:44.38\01:49:47.88
you decide to follow
Jesus. Pastor Kenny, Danny, Lord
01:49:47.92\01:49:52.99
Jesus - there's someone else
here today that cannot afford
01:49:53.09\01:49:57.49
to leave here without making
sure that things are right
01:49:57.53\01:50:01.96
between their Lord and
their heart. And as we've been
01:50:02.00\01:50:07.70
preaching all camp meeting long-
this is not about perfection;
01:50:07.74\01:50:10.41
it's about a decision to
follow Christ. The three angels'
01:50:10.47\01:50:13.58
messages is that closing
message. It's the message saying
01:50:13.61\01:50:17.38
to hearts and lives that
transformation and change can
01:50:17.41\01:50:21.08
only be made if you decide
to follow Jesus. So what I want
01:50:21.18\01:50:25.89
to do this afterno- this
afternoon, really, is I want
01:50:25.92\01:50:28.56
to invite everyone to
stand, right now. If you want to
01:50:28.59\01:50:30.56
recommit your life to
Jesus, just stand where you are.
01:50:30.63\01:50:33.63
Yes, come on down. Half the
battle has been won; you just
01:50:35.06\01:50:42.20
stood. [Amen.] So all the
devil's chains have been broken
01:50:42.24\01:50:46.31
by the command of the Lord.
But now we want to break those
01:50:46.98\01:50:51.91
chains all the way. You're
already standing - just come
01:50:51.95\01:50:56.69
on down. The Lord is calling
you today. Just, wherever you
01:50:56.72\01:51:00.56
are, just come on down-
yes. Praise God. You want your
01:51:00.59\01:51:05.06
commitment to Christ to
be something that is firm and
01:51:05.09\01:51:07.66
lasting, just come on down.
Just come on down, wherever
01:51:07.70\01:51:11.10
you are. We want to turn
this place into a sanctuary of
01:51:11.13\01:51:16.87
commitment and praise today.
Just come on down. Praise God.
01:51:16.91\01:51:23.18
Thank you, Danny, for laying
the foundation - lettin' the
01:51:24.61\01:51:27.02
Lord use you. Just come on down;
it's never too late. Just come
01:51:27.05\01:51:33.49
on down.
01:51:33.52\01:51:34.86
What is happening here
this afternoon is that we are
01:51:39.53\01:51:41.60
saying, "Lord, I know that
there's something in my life
01:51:41.63\01:51:44.07
that I want to lay down today
on the altar of sacrifice; that
01:51:46.53\01:51:52.57
I want to give to You, Lord;
that I want to know that when
01:51:52.61\01:51:57.28
camp meeting is done, my
new journey, my new covenant -
01:51:57.31\01:52:01.92
commitment - to you
today... is in Your hand."
01:52:01.95\01:52:08.29
While I pray, I'm just going to
let the Holy Spirit keep doing
01:52:13.86\01:52:19.27
what He does.
01:52:19.33\01:52:22.60
And while the Spirit of God
speaks to you, I want you to
01:52:27.61\01:52:29.51
remember that one day, standing
before your precious Lord and
01:52:29.54\01:52:35.82
Savior is going to be a
multitude that far overextends
01:52:35.85\01:52:44.39
who's standing here today.
If you're listening; you're
01:52:44.43\01:52:48.03
watching, and you want to
be in that number, that's why
01:52:48.06\01:52:52.97
you're here this morning.
Recommitment to Christ; new
01:52:53.00\01:52:56.91
journeys with Jesus - if you've
come forward for a new journey,
01:52:56.94\01:53:00.18
don't leave; please,
stay by. Let us get your name.
01:53:00.21\01:53:02.78
We don't want this spark to die
out. But if you're committing
01:53:02.81\01:53:07.38
yourself to Christ today, we
want to give God the glory for
01:53:07.42\01:53:10.29
that. [Amen.] Precious Father
in heaven, I know that when
01:53:10.32\01:53:16.16
Jesus looks down today, I
cannot help but to think that
01:53:16.19\01:53:21.73
our precious Savior has an
eye filled with tears - and He's
01:53:21.83\01:53:28.80
saying to the doubters of Earth,
"My blood; my precious blood."
01:53:28.90\01:53:33.81
And the angels are quickly
writing new names in the Book
01:53:35.81\01:53:38.68
of Life...and heaven is
rejoicing over one sinner that
01:53:38.71\01:53:45.25
repents. And so Father, we
commit ourselves to you afresh
01:53:45.29\01:53:51.99
today. I commit my heart; I
commit my wife's heart - honey,
01:53:52.03\01:53:58.70
just come and join me. I
want you to pray with me. I pray
01:53:58.73\01:54:03.17
that Lord, today, that
all those who're standing here
01:54:03.20\01:54:07.14
listening to Your Holy Spirit
call them, we'll know that
01:54:08.34\01:54:14.18
today is the day of salvation.
[Amen.] This encampment- this
01:54:14.22\01:54:17.99
camp meeting, these messages,
Lord, all of them- we labored,
01:54:18.02\01:54:22.32
and we prayed, and we worked
hard just to glorify You. And
01:54:22.36\01:54:28.16
as these lives have come,
Father, forgive us of our sins
01:54:28.20\01:54:30.43
and our shortcomings;
and sendeth- send us forth as
01:54:30.47\01:54:33.60
light amid a dark world. Send
us forth as saints searching
01:54:33.64\01:54:40.24
for another soul. And Father,
we give You the praise, the
01:54:40.28\01:54:44.91
glory, and the honor today
for an opportunity to have a new
01:54:44.95\01:54:48.08
beginning. May all these
new beginnings and new covenants
01:54:48.12\01:54:51.62
today be kept by Your grace.
In Jesus' name we all pray- and
01:54:51.65\01:55:00.00
we thank You- amen.
Surely, the presence of the Lord
01:55:00.03\01:55:07.34
is in this place I
can feel His mighty power
01:55:07.37\01:55:15.61
and His grace (I can hear
the brush of angels' wings)
01:55:16.54\01:55:20.62
I can hear the
brush of angels' wings
01:55:21.48\01:55:26.76
I see glory on each
face (Surely, the presence)
01:55:26.79\01:55:32.29
Surely, the presence
01:55:33.33\01:55:36.97
of the Lord is in this
place (One more time now.)
01:55:37.00\01:55:44.21
Surely, the presence
01:55:44.64\01:55:48.01
of the Lord is in this place
01:55:48.78\01:55:53.31
I can feel His mighty power
01:55:53.78\01:55:58.12
and His grace (I
can hear the brush)
01:55:58.85\01:56:03.73
I can hear the
brush of angels' wings
01:56:04.13\01:56:09.13
I see glory on each face
01:56:09.66\01:56:15.44
Surely, the presence
01:56:15.90\01:56:19.57
of the Lord is in this place
01:56:20.51\01:56:26.65
Praise the Lord, somebody?
[Amen!] As we go forth from
01:56:28.58\01:56:32.59
this place but never from
Your presence, precious Savior.
01:56:32.65\01:56:35.26
The people watching today,
and you want to commit your
01:56:35.29\01:56:38.99
life to Christ, you can contact
us here at 3ABN: (618) 627-4651
01:56:39.03\01:56:45.67
You can email us: 3abn.org
01:56:45.80\01:56:48.54
You can call us. But
we want to know that what
01:56:48.57\01:56:51.07
has been done here today
through the messages, through
01:56:51.11\01:56:54.28
the music, through the
preaching, that Jesus has been
01:56:54.31\01:56:57.65
exalted and Jesus has
been uplifted. Amen, someone?
01:56:57.68\01:57:00.85
[Amen!] But this is not
the end of camp meeting - there
01:57:00.92\01:57:03.99
are more messages to come
later, this afternoon; we have-
01:57:04.02\01:57:06.55
we're going to be closing camp
meeting tonight. But when you
01:57:06.59\01:57:10.09
go home, or when you tune
in, or when you call on the name
01:57:10.13\01:57:14.06
of the Lord, we pray that your
commitment to Christ will result
01:57:14.10\01:57:18.47
in eternal salvation. May the
Lord bless you and may the Lord
01:57:19.70\01:57:24.07
continue to keep you by His
grace until we see you again.
01:57:24.11\01:57:29.11
God bless you.
01:57:29.14\01:57:30.48