Previously on Law
of Love & Liberty:
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We are standing
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in His presence
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on holy...
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on holy
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ground.
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The word but
indicates a contrast.
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Here He's actually saying:
"Look, I did not come to destroy
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the law. I came
to magnify the law. "
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God's means of salvation
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has always and only been
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salvation by
grace through faith.
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The entire Bible -
Genesis to Revelation -
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is the progressive
unfolding of God's covenant.
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The law is made for
the unrighteous we're told.
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That's what it's made
for... that's what it's for.
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Let the law do what
the law is supposed to do.
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Let the law convict you
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and let Jesus save you.
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But not only does the
second commandment introduce us
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to the fact that
we live in a war zone.
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The second commandment
tells us - and this is crucial -
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that the war is primarily
psychological in nature.
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That is to say we
become like what we worship.
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Welcome back to 3ABN.
Thank you for joining us.
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Tonight it's my privilege to
introduce a brother and a friend
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for probably thirty years or so.
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No stranger to any of you.
Probably one of the most...
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not probably, I'm going to
say one of the most well known
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singers,
preachers, personalities
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in the history of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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I'm talking about none
other than Pastor Wintley Phipps
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with the Dream Academy.
Still pastoring, still traveling
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around the world.
Recently he told us
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he got off of the
airplane. As he walked out
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he saw balloons and
somebody was having a party.
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He saw his name up in the lights
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and he's: "Why is Delta
having a party with my name? "
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Four million miles
he had flown with them.
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So that'll give you an
idea. Isn't that amazing?
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He's flown 4 million miles.
That'll tell you how much.
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I told someone back
stage kidding, I didn't say it
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to Wintley... hope
he's not listening. I said:
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"That's amazing. He has
to travel 4 million miles
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to get places to sing or preach.
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I can do it within 10 miles.
I don't even have to travel
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that much. " Don't
think about that too much,
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all right?
'Cause that may get you.
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But what a privilege to
know he and his wife Linda,
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the three boys. And
God has blessed them
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and blessed him
with a tremendous talent,
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tremendous gift. In fact,
the song that he's getting ready
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to do: Amazing Grace...
many of you have seen it
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that he's done
on the Internet...
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I asked him. It's got something
like 15 or 16 million hits.
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People have
watched... 15 or 16 million
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have watched him do the song
that you're getting ready to.
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So he's going to come
out. I'm going to introduce
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Bro. Wintley Phipps right now
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and then he's
going to be singing to us
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and then ministering
the Word of God to us.
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Bro. Wintley:
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Amazing grace...
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how sweet the sound...
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That saved
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a wretch
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like me!
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I once
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was lost
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but now am found,
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Was blind
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but now
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I see.
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Thru many
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dangers,
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toils and snares
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I have
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already
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come;
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'Twas grace that brought me
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safe thus far,
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And grace will lead
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me home.
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When we've
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been there
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ten thousand years,
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Bright shining as
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the sun,
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We've no less days
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to sing God's praise
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than when
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we'd first
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begun!
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Amen!
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Amen!
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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AMEN!
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Amen!
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Praise the
Lord; praise the Lord!
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Amen! It's a
blessing to be here again
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at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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Allow me to share one
of my favorite quotes.
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It simply says
that: "Love may be silent
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but gratitude
must speak. " Amen!
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And so before I
begin this message today
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I would like to take a moment
and speak a word of thanks
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to my brother Danny Shelton
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and the ministry staff of 3ABN.
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What God has done
through Danny and this ministry
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can never be fully understood
this side of heaven. Amen!
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The lives that have been
touched; the souls that have
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been won... what a
reunion it's going to be
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when we all get to heaven! Amen!
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I am particularly
grateful for the selfless
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support Danny and
3ABN have given to
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many many other
ministries like mine.
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Danny is one of the most self-
less persons I've ever known.
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Many of you know that
for the last twenty years
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my ministry, the
U.S. Dream Academy,
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has been providing
tutoring and mentoring
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in the name of Christ
to children whose parents
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are in prison.
And for twenty years
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we've provided daily
support in character development
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and academic support
for over 10,000 children
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in this country. Amen!
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And over the years
Danny has been so gracious
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to feature the work
of the U.S. Dream Academy
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on 3ABN. He's always encouraged
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the 3ABN viewers to
support our ministry.
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And for that I for
one wanted to speak a word
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of gratitude.
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My message today: For
the Glory of His Name.
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Will you bow your
heads with me? Father,
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as we open Your Word I
ask that You would cleanse me
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of all unrighteousness.
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Fill my life with
Your Holy Spirit's presence
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and power. Speak
to me, through me,
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and for me. I
promise You, Lord, I'll
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always give You the honor,
the glory, and the praise.
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In Jesus' name I
pray, Amen. Amen!
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If you have your Bibles
with you, I want you to turn
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with me to the book of
Exodus chapter 34 verse 4.
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The Word of God
says: "And he hewed... "
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Now don't miss that moment.
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The Lord proclaimed His name.
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Brothers and sisters,
just as the Lord had commanded
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Moses rose up early in
the morning and went up
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into the mount called Sinai.
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In his hand he
carried two tables of stone.
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The Bible simply
says in Exodus 34:5
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"And the Lord descended in the
cloud and stood with him there
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and proclaimed the
name of the Lord. "
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I can only imagine
what it must have been like
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for Moses to watch God
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descend from heaven
in a wondrous display
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of spectacular
unadulterated power.
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That day God took
an ordinary mountain,
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draped it with the
presence of His Holy Spirit,
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wrapped it in sound and fury,
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dressed it in
drama and darkness.
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And Exodus 34:6 says
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the Lord passed by before Moses
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and proclaimed His own name:
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"The Lord, the Lord God,
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merciful and gracious,
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longsuffering and abundant
in goodness and truth. "
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Now we pronounce the name
written here in God's Word
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as Yahweh, but the truth is
the pronunciation of this name
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of God is still a mystery.
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The reason we are not sure how
that name should be pronounced
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is because the
original Hebrew language
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as it is written has no vowels.
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So when God
proclaimed His name to Moses
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we do not know the vowels Moses
heard from the mouth of God.
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All we have written
in the Scripture here
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for the name of God are
those four Hebrew letters
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Y - H - W - H.
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Sometimes those four
letters were pronounced Yah-Way.
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Sometimes they were
pronounced Yah-Ho-Vah.
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Jehovah.
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But whichever way the
name of God is pronounced
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it should only be
pronounced and spoken
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with awe and admiration. Amen!
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For no other name but that
name is entitled to our worship.
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No other name but that name
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had earned the
right to our reverence.
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No other name but that name
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can ever merit our praise.
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In the book of Isaiah 44 verse 8
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God lays out an axiomatic truth.
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That means an
obvious, self-evident truth.
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God says: "Is
there a God beside Me? "
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"Yea... " He says... "there
is no God... I know not any. "
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I love that verse of Scripture
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because the Lord is saying:
"If there is another God,
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I've never met Him. "
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Hallelujah!
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"I've visited
every constellation;
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I've traveled to
the farthest star;
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I've walked the halls of Orion;
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I've vacationed in the Pleiades;
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I've paid courtesy
calls to every planet
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and if there is another God
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He has never shown
His face... not to Me. "
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"I've never met Him. "
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Church and
friends, the singularity
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and peculiarity
of this pivotal truth
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cannot be overstated.
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Whatever our differences
of view or pronunciation
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or interpretation
there is NO OTHER GOD
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but the pre-existing,
life-giving Yahweh.
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Jehovah. And for those
who may not recognize Him
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or acknowledge Him as God
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that's not a problem for God.
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His identity is not predicated
on any human validation.
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Hallelujah! As the
old folks used to say:
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"He's God all by Himself! "
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He doesn't need
anybody to affirm His divinity.
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When the Lord
proclaimed His name to Moses
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God made it clear
that the glory of His name
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is His character.
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Now don't miss what I just said.
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The glory of His
name is His character.
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And His character
He says is: "mercy,
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grace, and love. " Amen!
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The servant of the Lord
tells it this way. She says:
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"God wants the world to see
that His character of mercy,
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grace, and love is
embodied in and personified
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in His name. And
the Ten Commandments
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are an expression of
the character of God. "
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And for those who say the
Ten Commandments are irrelevant,
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for those who say
they are superfluous prose,
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those who say they are
examples of non-essential verse,
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I say to them that
these Ten Commandments
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are the
guardrails of human society.
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Amen! Without
them, human civilization
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is doomed to self-destruction.
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Amen! But today I would like to
focus on the third commandment.
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"Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord
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thy God in vain for
the Lord will not hold him
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guiltless who
taketh His name in vain. "
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For thousands of
years this commandment
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has been seen as focusing
in on three distinct behaviors.
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The first is
cursing and swearing.
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Let's face it: we live in an age
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where using the
name of God as swearing
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is no longer
considered vile and revolting.
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God wants us to know
that the use of His name
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to damn others will
not be allowed in heaven.
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Amen!
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And frankly, the use...
stay with me for a moment...
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the use of any term or word
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that degrades the
sacred act of procreation -
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I'm speaking in code...
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Well, let me say it again...
maybe you'll understand:
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the use of any
word that degrades
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the sacred act of procreation...
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you got it? will
not be spoken in heaven.
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Amen! I think you
know which word I mean.
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I don't have to
spell it out, right?
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Any word that degrades
the sacred act of procreation
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will not be spoken in heaven.
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To take a word or make a
word that takes what God created
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sacred and then try
to use it to curse others
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God considers that
profane and disgusting.
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When we hear God's
name used as profanity
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we should be offended. Amen!
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Not offended enough to be nasty
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but offended enough
to turn and walk away.
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Amen!
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Or... or... offended
enough to change the channel!
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One day a man was
talking to me and then he swore.
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Not at me... but he
swore in my presence
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then he: "Oh, oh,
oh... oh sorry, preacher. "
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Now when that happens the
last thing you want to say
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is: "That's OK. "
No... it's not OK!
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I wanted to tell him:
"My brother, don't apologize
00:20:52.21\00:20:54.38
to me. Apologize
to the Lord! " Amen!
00:20:54.58\00:20:57.55
"It was His name you
took in vain... not mine. "
00:20:57.85\00:21:02.69
I have a friend who is
a very famous comedian.
00:21:03.09\00:21:05.03
In one of his shows on
television he was using
00:21:05.23\00:21:08.43
those words - God - and then
damning people with that name.
00:21:08.83\00:21:13.97
And I called him.
I said: "My brother,
00:21:14.37\00:21:16.44
if you want God to bless
you you've got to recognize
00:21:16.64\00:21:19.04
that this name is sacred. "
And he said: "Pastor Phipps... "
00:21:19.24\00:21:21.91
he said... "I
never saw it like that. "
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.88
He said: "I will
never do that again. "
00:21:25.08\00:21:27.55
In case you are not
aware, it has become so bad
00:21:30.99\00:21:33.72
that millions of
people on YouTube
00:21:33.92\00:21:36.39
are giving "thumbs up"
to toddlers and children
00:21:36.59\00:21:41.16
cursing and swearing.
00:21:41.36\00:21:43.67
Another form of conduct
this commandment warns against
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is using the name of God
carelessly or flippantly.
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That means you should never
use the name of God in a joke -
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Amen - or to make
fun of the name of God.
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And you should never use the
name of God, Ellen White says
00:21:59.68\00:22:02.28
in mindless
repetition even in prayer.
00:22:02.48\00:22:05.22
Whoo! Did you hear that today?
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.79
The third type of conduct this
commandment warns us against
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is perjury. When
you stand before a judge
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and pledge to tell the
truth, the whole truth,
00:22:17.27\00:22:20.74
and nothing but the
truth so help you God,
00:22:20.94\00:22:25.04
if after taking such an
oath and making such a pledge
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.21
you then boldly lie,
00:22:28.61\00:22:31.58
you are taking the
name of God in vain.
00:22:31.78\00:22:36.75
To invoke the name of
God and then lie under oath
00:22:36.95\00:22:40.02
is taking the
name of God in vain.
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But today with the help of God
I want to share a perspective
00:22:44.13\00:22:47.20
He has been
nurturing in my spirit.
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You see, God has helped me
to see that this commandment
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.67
is more than just
about profanity and perjury.
00:22:53.87\00:22:57.07
It is more than just
about cursing and swearing
00:22:57.47\00:23:00.51
and the flippant
use of the name of God.
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This commandment
is about how we treat
00:23:03.08\00:23:07.95
the most sacred
trust in the universe:
00:23:08.15\00:23:12.82
the glory of His name.
00:23:14.02\00:23:18.69
It is the most sacred
trust in the universe.
00:23:20.30\00:23:25.63
This commandment is about
the protection and exaltation
00:23:26.03\00:23:31.37
of the glory of His name.
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.18
And the glory of His
name is His character!
00:23:34.38\00:23:39.35
The glory of His
name is His character.
00:23:39.55\00:23:43.08
This commandment is
about honoring the reputation
00:23:43.28\00:23:47.06
and character of God that
the name of God represents.
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.56
The glory of God's name
is the most sacred trust
00:23:51.96\00:23:57.33
and He has given
that trust to us.
00:23:57.53\00:24:01.34
Whoo! When the Bible says:
"Thou shalt not take the name
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of the Lord thy God in vain"
00:24:06.41\00:24:07.88
in the original
language the Hebrew word used
00:24:08.28\00:24:11.78
for taking the
name of God in vain
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is the word "Tisa.
" And that word means
00:24:14.92\00:24:18.12
to lift up, to bear
up, to carry, to support,
00:24:18.32\00:24:22.89
to exalt. So when we hear
"take the name of God in vain"
00:24:23.09\00:24:27.26
we just think of
speaking it in vain.
00:24:27.46\00:24:30.27
But if we look deeper we will
see that to take the name of God
00:24:30.77\00:24:35.37
also means to take up
the name of God as a banner;
00:24:35.87\00:24:40.58
to take on the
name of God as a label.
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.75
To take the name of the
Lord means to lift up that name;
00:24:46.41\00:24:51.09
to carry that name. It
means to declare to the world
00:24:51.29\00:24:55.36
that you're a Christian,
that you're a child of God.
00:24:55.56\00:24:59.09
And in the
commandment God lets us know
00:24:59.59\00:25:02.36
that He considers any
conduct that gives to others
00:25:02.56\00:25:07.80
a wrong view of
His character a sin.
00:25:08.00\00:25:13.01
"My God. " And He
considered it a sin so dangerous
00:25:14.71\00:25:20.62
that the third commandment
is the only commandment
00:25:21.12\00:25:26.35
that comes with a warning.
00:25:26.76\00:25:29.29
There's a commandment
that comes with a promise.
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.63
You know? Honor thy
father and thy mother
00:25:33.03\00:25:35.83
that thy days may
be long upon the land
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.37
which the Lord
thy God giveth thee. "
00:25:37.50\00:25:38.90
But this commandment
is the only commandment
00:25:39.63\00:25:44.01
that comes with
an explicit warning.
00:25:44.41\00:25:48.14
"Thou shalt not take
the name of God in vain
00:25:48.34\00:25:52.95
for the Lord will not
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.42
hold him guiltless
00:25:55.82\00:25:59.75
who taketh His name in vain. "
00:26:00.26\00:26:02.36
Here God is saying
that any of His followers
00:26:02.56\00:26:04.83
who wear His name
without aligning their lives
00:26:05.03\00:26:08.13
with His
gracious loving character
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.37
violates this
commandment and is guilty
00:26:10.57\00:26:13.50
of taking His name in vain.
00:26:13.70\00:26:15.44
Here God is saying to
misrepresent to the world
00:26:15.64\00:26:19.21
what a Christ-like Christian
is or is supposed to be
00:26:19.41\00:26:23.61
takes the name
of the Lord in vain.
00:26:23.81\00:26:27.35
You know, in my town where I
live I get my clothes cleaned
00:26:28.25\00:26:32.15
at 60 Minutes Dry
Cleaners. And one day I...
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.92
I ran in in a hurry
and I presented my clothes
00:26:36.12\00:26:39.73
and the lady said:
"When do you need it back? "
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.56
I said: "Oh, in about an hour. "
00:26:41.76\00:26:43.10
She said: "Oh, no, no,
no... that's just the name
00:26:43.26\00:26:44.87
on the door!
00:26:45.07\00:26:46.53
We can't have it
back till Thursday. "
00:26:51.31\00:26:53.44
What God is saying
is: "The name Christian
00:26:57.08\00:27:00.28
without the character of Christ
00:27:01.25\00:27:03.72
is just a name on a door. "
00:27:04.62\00:27:08.26
Now as many of you
know, I am what I call
00:27:09.39\00:27:11.83
a "T" preacher.
What is a "T" preacher?
00:27:12.03\00:27:15.33
A teaching preacher.
00:27:15.53\00:27:16.90
A preacher who
teaches when he preaches.
00:27:17.43\00:27:19.50
And after the
Bible I must tell you
00:27:19.70\00:27:23.84
honestly my primary
source of spiritual content
00:27:24.04\00:27:27.64
is the Spirit of Prophecy. Amen!
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.78
I am grateful for
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:27:30.98\00:27:33.31
especially on this subject,
and I will tell you why.
00:27:33.82\00:27:37.12
For 20 years I have studied
many different theological
00:27:37.52\00:27:42.19
writings on the character of God
00:27:42.39\00:27:44.33
and I can tell you no
other writer in history
00:27:44.73\00:27:50.17
in the history of the world
00:27:50.37\00:27:52.70
has had more to say
about the character of God
00:27:52.90\00:27:56.74
with as much depth and clarity
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.07
as Ellen White. Amen!
00:27:59.27\00:28:01.61
I believe it is just as
important for us as a church
00:28:01.81\00:28:06.78
to share what she teaches
00:28:07.28\00:28:09.85
about the character of God.
00:28:10.85\00:28:13.59
No other writer in the
history of the Christian church
00:28:14.09\00:28:17.63
that's saying
something has spoken so clearly
00:28:17.83\00:28:21.30
about the theological centrality
of the character of God.
00:28:21.50\00:28:26.74
And because of the writings
in the Spirit of Prophecy
00:28:26.94\00:28:29.37
I understand more
clearly that it is God's will
00:28:29.57\00:28:33.41
that we not only
be redeemed and saved
00:28:33.61\00:28:37.51
from the penalty of sin
00:28:37.71\00:28:39.41
but it is also God's
will that we be delivered
00:28:39.61\00:28:43.42
from the power of sin...
00:28:43.62\00:28:46.12
Yes! Hallelujah!
00:28:47.56\00:28:49.12
and restored into the image
00:28:49.79\00:28:55.13
and likeness and
character of God.
00:28:55.76\00:29:00.67
Amen!
00:29:00.87\00:29:02.20
We are not only to be
saved from the penalty of sin
00:29:03.24\00:29:07.18
but from the power of sin.
00:29:07.38\00:29:09.44
And for me, her writings
often fall into what I call
00:29:09.64\00:29:13.25
the "inch-sib" category.
00:29:13.45\00:29:16.32
Inch-sib... I
have an inch-sib file.
00:29:16.52\00:29:20.79
What is an "inch-sib" category?
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.16
Well I'm glad you asked.
00:29:23.36\00:29:25.19
Let me tell you what
"inch-sib" stands for.
00:29:27.06\00:29:30.73
I- N-C-H-S-I-B.
00:29:30.93\00:29:32.90
It says for: "I could
have never said it better. "
00:29:33.10\00:29:37.97
And I have an Ellen
White "inch-sib" file.
00:29:45.31\00:29:48.48
And for those who have
issues with my "inch-sib" file
00:29:48.88\00:29:51.99
you know what I tell
them? I say: "Don't worry...
00:29:52.39\00:29:54.02
when you start writing
things just as profound
00:29:54.22\00:29:56.93
I'll put you in the file, too. "
00:29:57.13\00:29:58.96
"I'll... " AMEN!
"I'll quote you, too. "
00:29:59.16\00:30:03.23
Listen to what the
servant of the Lord has to say
00:30:03.43\00:30:05.27
about wearing Christ's
name without His character.
00:30:05.47\00:30:10.27
She says: "The
reason... " Listen!
00:30:10.47\00:30:13.17
And then she says:
00:30:29.46\00:30:30.79
And that makes it
difficult to win souls.
00:30:44.94\00:30:48.91
I tell people all the time:
00:30:49.11\00:30:50.65
"This message does not
run people from the church.
00:30:50.85\00:30:53.38
People run people
from the church. "
00:30:53.58\00:30:56.89
She also says that
God... listen to this one:
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.69
My God... it goes all
the way down to attitude!
00:31:19.64\00:31:23.55
We cannot misrepresent
Christ in our attitude.
00:31:24.61\00:31:29.55
God will not hold us
guiltless if we take that name
00:31:30.05\00:31:34.22
in vain. And listen to
what she also says. She says:
00:31:34.62\00:31:37.69
Brothers and sisters,
the sin of wearing God's name
00:31:56.81\00:32:00.32
and not His loving
character is nothing new.
00:32:00.52\00:32:03.75
Throughout history this has been
Satan's most effective weapon:
00:32:04.22\00:32:09.69
the distortion and misrepresen-
tation of the character of God
00:32:10.43\00:32:16.00
by those who wear His name.
00:32:16.20\00:32:19.13
To wear His name
and not grow every day
00:32:19.87\00:32:23.27
to be like Him is
taking His name in vain.
00:32:23.47\00:32:28.21
In this
commandment God is saying to us
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.91
"Do not give to the world a
distorted view of who I am. "
00:32:31.31\00:32:36.22
"Don't wear My name
without resembling, reflecting
00:32:36.99\00:32:40.69
and revealing to the
world My true loving character
00:32:40.89\00:32:44.89
of grace and love and mercy. "
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.36
And for those who have more
reverence for the text of the
00:32:47.56\00:32:51.60
Ten Commandments than
the character that the text
00:32:51.80\00:32:55.04
expresses: "You can't have
more reverence for the text
00:32:55.34\00:33:01.28
than you have for the character
that the text expresses. "
00:33:01.48\00:33:05.68
God makes it clear
He is more concerned
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.35
that we live in
harmony with His character
00:33:08.55\00:33:11.42
because it is His character
that gives the Ten Commandments
00:33:11.62\00:33:16.02
its authority -
Amen! and its legitimacy.
00:33:16.22\00:33:19.96
AMEN!
00:33:20.16\00:33:21.50
That's why what God
is looking for in us
00:33:21.53\00:33:24.47
is not an outward reverence
for the letters in His name
00:33:24.67\00:33:28.67
but rather an inward reverence
00:33:29.30\00:33:32.47
for the character the
name expresses and represents.
00:33:32.67\00:33:37.21
And He warns us
in this commandment -
00:33:37.78\00:33:39.75
this third commandment -
that He will deal harshly
00:33:39.95\00:33:43.52
with any of His
followers who wear His name
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.06
while at the same
time in their attitudes,
00:33:48.26\00:33:51.99
in their words...
I often tell people:
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.83
"You are not going to get
to heaven and look at angels...
00:33:55.03\00:33:58.20
and look at them and say:
'What'd you say to me? ' "
00:33:58.40\00:34:02.34
Here are the words...
here... these are the words
00:34:12.41\00:34:15.15
from God's servant.
Listen to what she says:
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.45
Whoo! I'm preachin' it tonight!
00:34:40.58\00:34:42.61
Amen!
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.88
She says... listen:
Why cannot God do that?
00:34:45.08\00:34:48.65
And then she says: "God
will not put His seal... "
00:35:05.73\00:35:09.17
Brothers and sisters,
"God will not put His seal
00:35:09.37\00:35:12.84
and blessing on
duplicity and on pretense. "
00:35:13.04\00:35:16.54
Wherever you have politics
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.85
driving the agenda in the church
00:35:21.98\00:35:25.75
God cannot bless it.
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.29
I heard... I heard an old black
lady say it a little different.
00:35:34.16\00:35:37.93
Said: "Child... " said:
"God don't bless mess. "
00:35:38.13\00:35:41.10
We who say "Lord, Lord"
and do not the things the Lord
00:35:43.94\00:35:46.91
says to do we
take His name in vain.
00:35:47.11\00:35:49.34
We who don't
practice what we teach
00:35:49.54\00:35:53.92
take His name in vain.
00:35:54.98\00:35:56.58
Did you know that on
earth Jesus reserved His most
00:35:57.62\00:36:00.86
harshest criticisms not
for those who were obviously
00:36:01.06\00:36:05.83
sinners. He reserved
His harshest criticisms
00:36:06.03\00:36:11.23
for the ones who were the
caretakers of His reputation.
00:36:11.43\00:36:15.84
The caretakers of His
name... He called them dogs,
00:36:17.87\00:36:22.41
devils, hypocrites,
graves full of dead men's bones!
00:36:22.61\00:36:26.58
He said: "You go to the ends
of the earth to make new members
00:36:26.78\00:36:30.55
and disciples but when
you're through with them
00:36:30.75\00:36:32.75
they are twice the
child of hell that you are. "
00:36:32.95\00:36:35.66
What Jesus was saying is:
"When you're through with them
00:36:36.96\00:36:39.36
they look more like you
than they look like Me. "
00:36:39.56\00:36:42.50
Amen! "They don't resemble
My Father's loving character. "
00:36:42.70\00:36:47.10
Listen to more of the
servant of God. She says:
00:36:47.30\00:36:49.67
And friends, throughout history
00:37:03.85\00:37:06.65
the most
atrocious, shocking, egregious
00:37:06.86\00:37:12.39
atrocities and misrepresen-
tations of the loving character
00:37:12.59\00:37:17.73
of God have come
from the church! Amen!
00:37:17.93\00:37:23.37
People who carry His name.
Let me tell it to you this way:
00:37:24.41\00:37:28.98
when the church allies itself
00:37:30.01\00:37:34.28
with power...
military power, economic power,
00:37:34.48\00:37:40.36
or political power - yes!
whenever the church has allied
00:37:40.56\00:37:45.13
itself with the
Babylonian powers of the world
00:37:45.33\00:37:48.80
that power has
corrupted the church. Amen!
00:37:49.00\00:37:51.87
I'm going to say it to you in
a very tough but straight way:
00:37:52.07\00:37:56.07
there has never
been a time in history
00:37:56.27\00:37:59.84
when the church has allied
itself with any political party
00:38:00.04\00:38:04.31
and any political
power that that church
00:38:05.61\00:38:09.65
has not gone from
being a persecuted church
00:38:09.85\00:38:13.56
to being a
persecuting church. Amen!
00:38:13.76\00:38:18.03
Did you hear
what I just said? Yes!
00:38:18.23\00:38:20.10
There has never
been a time in history
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.90
when the church has allied
itself with political powers,
00:38:23.16\00:38:27.10
with parties...
any political party
00:38:27.30\00:38:30.84
that that church has not gone
from being a persecuted church
00:38:31.04\00:38:35.58
to being itself a
persecuting church.
00:38:35.78\00:38:39.78
Ah... let me explain. Saul!
00:38:41.25\00:38:44.05
They were
persecuted by the Romans.
00:38:44.25\00:38:46.45
Saul got a little power. He
began to persecute Christians.
00:38:46.65\00:38:51.96
Christians were
being persecuted.
00:38:52.16\00:38:54.36
They got a little power...
they began to persecute others
00:38:54.76\00:38:58.53
who didn't believe the way
they believed. That's right.
00:38:58.73\00:39:00.70
They persecuted Martin Luther.
00:39:00.90\00:39:02.67
Martin Luther allied
himself with the German princes.
00:39:02.87\00:39:07.84
He got a little power.
00:39:08.24\00:39:10.15
He began to persecute.
00:39:10.65\00:39:12.71
Yes... Martin Luther, the spark
of the Protestant Reformation,
00:39:12.91\00:39:18.32
began to persecute Anabaptists.
00:39:18.52\00:39:21.22
He supported the mass killings
of men and woman and children
00:39:21.62\00:39:25.39
because they believed
in baptism by immersion
00:39:25.79\00:39:28.56
and he still
believed in infant baptism.
00:39:28.76\00:39:31.03
He persecuted the Jews.
00:39:31.87\00:39:33.80
One of the worst evil wicked
despicable books ever written
00:39:34.57\00:39:37.41
was written by Martin Luther
00:39:37.61\00:39:39.47
when he allied
himself with political power.
00:39:39.87\00:39:43.28
The church persecuted...
The Roman church persecuted
00:39:43.91\00:39:49.58
the church in England.
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.82
The church in England allied
itself with the king of England.
00:39:52.12\00:39:56.39
They became the
Church of England.
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.29
They began to persecute
00:39:59.69\00:40:02.03
the Puritans and the Pilgrims.
00:40:02.23\00:40:06.00
The Puritans and the Pilgrims
fled religious persecution.
00:40:06.74\00:40:11.14
Came to America.
They began to persecute.
00:40:12.04\00:40:15.84
When they got power, if you were
found in New England as a Quaker
00:40:16.41\00:40:20.95
your first offense was
your right ear was cut off.
00:40:21.15\00:40:23.15
The church that allies
itself with political power
00:40:24.25\00:40:27.99
will always become
a pawn of the devil.
00:40:28.19\00:40:31.29
Listen to what Ellen
White says. "Churches... "
00:40:33.26\00:40:35.26
We as Christians,
brothers and sisters,
00:40:43.51\00:40:45.94
must always live for
the glory of His name.
00:40:46.14\00:40:50.25
You know, even
men and corporations
00:40:50.45\00:40:53.68
go to great lengths to protect
their brand and their name.
00:40:53.88\00:40:58.75
One of the great
blessings of my life
00:40:58.95\00:41:00.86
was to travel with
three great men in ministry:
00:41:01.36\00:41:04.23
Cliff Barrows, George
Beverly Shea, and Billy Graham.
00:41:04.39\00:41:09.06
And when these men
started in ministry
00:41:09.26\00:41:11.37
they made a pact that they
would never be seen anywhere
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.77
alone with a woman
who was not their wife.
00:41:14.97\00:41:17.94
And they stayed with
it for 50 years or more.
00:41:19.07\00:41:22.28
This pact helped to give
their names power and integrity
00:41:22.48\00:41:27.68
throughout the world.
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.22
In 1992 I was invited
00:41:29.25\00:41:31.29
to be a singing evangelist
for Mr. Graham's first crusade
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.62
in Moscow. And one
night I remember I sang
00:41:34.82\00:41:37.39
How Great Thou Art with
a 5,000-Russian-voice choir
00:41:37.59\00:41:42.10
behind me. Wow! It
was an amazing experience.
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.03
Well, my last night in Moscow
00:41:45.23\00:41:47.80
I caught a taxi and went
down to see the legendary
00:41:48.00\00:41:51.37
Moscow Circus.
00:41:51.57\00:41:53.84
I didn't have a
ticket, and to my dismay
00:41:54.04\00:41:56.24
there were no
tickets to be found.
00:41:56.44\00:41:58.31
In fact, the problem was
that there were more tickets
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.45
sold than there were seats.
00:42:00.65\00:42:02.28
So standing around
outside were scores of people
00:42:03.25\00:42:06.59
who had tickets for
that night's performance
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.02
but there were no
seats to be found.
00:42:09.22\00:42:11.49
Now I knew that this
was my last night in Moscow
00:42:11.86\00:42:15.36
and I was determined to
find a way to see the Circus.
00:42:15.56\00:42:18.70
So I walked around the
back to the stage entrance.
00:42:19.33\00:42:22.30
And though I
couldn't speak Russian
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.71
I was able to make it clear that
I wanted to see the manager.
00:42:24.91\00:42:29.01
So just imagine
someone looking like me
00:42:33.55\00:42:36.55
in the doorway in
the middle of Moscow
00:42:40.16\00:42:44.03
asking in English
to see the manager.
00:42:44.23\00:42:48.83
It was quite a
sight, and after some time
00:42:49.43\00:42:51.13
a kind man came, and I began
to tell him as best as I could
00:42:51.33\00:42:55.27
that this was my
last night in Moscow
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.34
and I wanted to see the Circus.
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.11
And nothing was making
sense to him until I said
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.94
I was here in Moscow
singing for the Billy Graham
00:43:02.14\00:43:06.35
crusade. And the man
said: "Billy Graham! "
00:43:06.55\00:43:08.92
Before I knew what was happening
00:43:12.69\00:43:14.39
I was being escorted
to a posh, private box.
00:43:14.59\00:43:18.13
I was given the
best seat in the house
00:43:18.33\00:43:21.06
from which to see the Circus.
00:43:21.26\00:43:23.06
And all night long I
was offered wine and vodka.
00:43:23.80\00:43:27.80
But don't worry...
I didn't drink any.
00:43:28.00\00:43:29.87
I just... I enjoyed the Circus!
00:43:30.07\00:43:33.61
Brothers and sisters,
unless we resemble, reveal,
00:43:34.01\00:43:38.48
and reflect the
character of God at all times
00:43:38.68\00:43:43.28
we take the name of God in vain.
00:43:44.19\00:43:46.49
Listen to what the servant
of the Lord said. She says:
00:43:46.69\00:43:48.72
That means all day
every day... no excuses.
00:44:03.91\00:44:06.98
All the time. "You mean
I can't be nasty ever? "
00:44:07.38\00:44:10.68
No!
00:44:10.88\00:44:12.91
"You mean I can't at
least just for a minute? " NO!
00:44:13.42\00:44:18.19
We must be Christ-like in our
actions all the time. She says:
00:44:20.12\00:44:22.42
Brothers and
sisters, this I know for sure:
00:44:29.26\00:44:31.40
if we commit ourselves to
live for the glory of His name,
00:44:31.60\00:44:34.87
God will bless us.
00:44:35.27\00:44:37.81
I gave my life to
Christ when I was 16 years old.
00:44:38.87\00:44:42.28
At 16 years old I decided I
would only sing for the glory
00:44:42.48\00:44:46.78
of God. And I wrote
a song once that says
00:44:46.98\00:44:51.15
"I'd choose You
again and again. " Yes!
00:44:51.35\00:44:53.36
It just said: "Lord, if I had
to live my life all over again
00:44:53.76\00:44:57.43
I would choose You...
I would choose to spend
00:44:57.63\00:45:01.40
my life singing for
the glory of Your name! "
00:45:01.60\00:45:05.90
Amen!
00:45:06.10\00:45:07.44
Many of you may not
know that one day I was asked
00:45:07.57\00:45:10.04
to try out for a singing
group called The Temptations.
00:45:10.24\00:45:14.28
Yeah, I did all the voices...
I did all the voices by myself.
00:45:15.61\00:45:20.15
But I said: "No! I'm
going to spend my life
00:45:23.49\00:45:26.42
singing for the
glory of His name. " Amen!
00:45:26.62\00:45:31.46
And so instead of
singing for The Temptations
00:45:31.66\00:45:34.40
I've spent my life
helping people gain victory
00:45:34.60\00:45:37.40
over temptation.
00:45:37.60\00:45:40.14
And I can say with confidence
00:45:43.87\00:45:46.24
I would not have accomplished
in my life half of what God has
00:45:46.64\00:45:50.15
allowed me to accomplish if
I did not choose in my youth
00:45:50.35\00:45:53.98
to live for the
glory of His name.
00:45:54.38\00:45:57.49
The last thing I want
to do - and I say this
00:45:57.69\00:45:59.82
humbly, fearfully...
humbly and fearfully:
00:46:00.02\00:46:03.89
the last thing I
want to do with my life
00:46:04.39\00:46:07.16
is misrepresent the Lord.
00:46:07.36\00:46:09.76
Look at how the
servant of the Lord says it.
00:46:12.37\00:46:13.94
She says it this way:
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.47
And then look at what she says:
00:46:25.51\00:46:27.05
And then she says:
00:46:41.83\00:46:43.67
We must not make any excuses.
00:47:04.35\00:47:07.69
Live every day for
the glory of His name.
00:47:08.52\00:47:13.53
Amen!
00:47:13.73\00:47:15.06
One night a lawyer was
leaving his firm downtown
00:47:15.40\00:47:19.27
and he saw a
homeless man on the sidewalk.
00:47:19.77\00:47:22.84
The man was leaned
up against the building
00:47:24.21\00:47:25.97
and he felt sorry for the man.
00:47:26.17\00:47:27.58
He walked up to him
and told him what he wanted
00:47:27.98\00:47:30.55
to do. He said: "I
want to help you. "
00:47:30.95\00:47:32.75
And he took out a pen
and he wrote a large check
00:47:32.95\00:47:35.98
and handed it to the man.
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.52
He told him to take that
check to the bank the next day.
00:47:38.72\00:47:42.69
Present the check and he
would be given enough money
00:47:43.29\00:47:46.53
to get some food, a room
to stay in with a hot shower
00:47:46.73\00:47:51.10
and he'd be able to
sleep in a comfortable bed.
00:47:51.50\00:47:54.30
The next evening the lawyer
was walking to his car again
00:47:54.80\00:47:58.44
and he saw the same man
leaning up against the wall
00:47:58.94\00:48:04.68
with a check in his pocket.
00:48:04.88\00:48:07.75
He asked the homeless
man why he didn't follow
00:48:09.38\00:48:12.22
his instructions.
The homeless man said:
00:48:12.42\00:48:14.52
"Well I went down to the bank
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.93
but when I looked in
I saw all these clean
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.36
professional people walking
around in shirts and ties. "
00:48:20.56\00:48:24.93
He said: "I knew there was
no way they would cash the check
00:48:25.33\00:48:28.47
for someone as dirty as me. "
00:48:28.87\00:48:31.74
The lawyer then
explained to him that the check
00:48:33.17\00:48:35.71
would not be cashed
based on how he looked.
00:48:36.21\00:48:41.45
The check would be cashed
00:48:42.45\00:48:44.95
on the name that
was on the check.
00:48:45.15\00:48:49.86
All he had to do
was present the check
00:48:50.89\00:48:54.46
and all would be well.
00:48:54.96\00:48:56.30
I want you to know,
brothers and sisters,
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
In John 14:13-14 Jesus says:
00:48:57.90\00:49:00.64
"Whatsoever you ask
00:49:00.84\00:49:03.94
in My name
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.41
I will do it. "
00:49:07.01\00:49:08.34
Can I give you some more
words from my "inch-sib" file?
00:49:08.54\00:49:12.55
Hmm? You know, my I never
could have said it better.
00:49:14.05\00:49:18.65
Servant of God
says... just blew me away:
00:49:20.06\00:49:22.52
We're not there yet, I'm going
to give you this from my head.
00:49:23.56\00:49:26.80
"When a soul is in discourage-
ment... " Ellen White says...
00:49:27.00\00:49:30.77
"God sends help from
heaven even before the prayer
00:49:31.87\00:49:36.07
for help is uttered. "
00:49:36.27\00:49:37.81
"When a soul is
in discouragement
00:49:41.58\00:49:43.75
God sends help from heaven
00:49:45.31\00:49:47.82
even before the
prayer for help is uttered. "
00:49:48.02\00:49:53.62
God commissions His
angels to come to us with aid.
00:49:54.59\00:49:59.09
And don't even
worry... if you, like me,
00:49:59.29\00:50:02.86
have been a victim of a
fast-talking church-going
00:50:03.47\00:50:08.87
con artist...
Yeah, I've been a victim.
00:50:09.07\00:50:14.08
Call on the name of Jesus!
00:50:14.78\00:50:19.68
You will see miracles happen
00:50:19.98\00:50:22.58
when you've been
taken advantage of.
00:50:23.28\00:50:25.15
As a matter of fact, before
I leave I've gotta give you
00:50:25.79\00:50:27.99
these promises.
Isaiah 61 verses 6-7.
00:50:28.19\00:50:31.03
Ellen White says... I'm going to
tell you Ellen White in a minute
00:50:31.23\00:50:33.70
but the Word of God says:
"Instead of your shame... "
00:50:33.90\00:50:36.26
This is a promise from God
when people have taken advantage
00:50:36.46\00:50:38.60
of you and you
should be brought to shame.
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.27
Here's what God says:
"Instead of your shame
00:50:41.47\00:50:43.51
you will receive
a double portion. "
00:50:43.71\00:50:45.57
That's what God says.
00:50:47.48\00:50:48.91
"You will rejoice in your in-
heritance instead of disgrace. "
00:50:49.11\00:50:53.18
And listen to how
Ellen White says it.
00:50:53.38\00:50:54.95
I love the way... This
is another "inch-sib" file.
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.52
She says: "If in your power
00:50:57.72\00:51:00.46
you would advantage yourself
00:51:00.66\00:51:03.73
at your neighbor's disadvantage
00:51:03.93\00:51:06.36
every dollar which
comes to you in this manner
00:51:07.26\00:51:11.27
will carry with it a curse.
00:51:11.47\00:51:14.14
And you will feel that
curse sooner or later. "
00:51:15.30\00:51:19.41
Can I read that to you again?
00:51:20.54\00:51:22.01
"If in your power if
anybody advantages themselves
00:51:22.54\00:51:27.28
at your disadvantage, "
00:51:27.48\00:51:28.98
the servant of God
says: "every dollar
00:51:29.48\00:51:31.85
they get comes with it a curse.
00:51:32.05\00:51:35.29
And they will feel that
curse..." Hallelujah, Bro...
00:51:36.19\00:51:40.23
"sooner or later. "
00:51:40.43\00:51:41.96
And she says: "God
marks every act of injustice
00:51:42.16\00:51:46.40
be it done to
believers or unbelievers. "
00:51:46.60\00:51:49.67
So that means even
if you're a believer
00:51:50.07\00:51:52.24
you may be a victim.
00:51:52.44\00:51:54.08
One day a pastor riding a horse
00:51:55.31\00:51:57.65
back in the day on
the way to preach a sermon
00:51:58.15\00:52:01.18
was robbed. When he got
back they asked him how it felt.
00:52:01.58\00:52:05.55
He said: "Well, you
know, I'm just glad... "
00:52:05.75\00:52:08.16
Said: "they took my
purse... " meaning my wallet...
00:52:08.36\00:52:11.79
"but they didn't take my life. "
00:52:11.99\00:52:13.70
He said: "I'm just glad that
my wallet didn't have much in it
00:52:14.63\00:52:18.60
anyway. "
00:52:18.80\00:52:20.37
And then he
said: "But most of all
00:52:21.17\00:52:24.47
I am glad that I was
the one who was robbed
00:52:24.67\00:52:29.44
and not the one who robbed. "
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.31
Praise the Lord! I live
for the glory of His name.
00:52:34.95\00:52:40.62
"For whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord
00:52:41.02\00:52:43.66
shall be saved. " Live
for the glory of His name
00:52:43.86\00:52:46.59
for there is none
other name under heaven
00:52:46.80\00:52:48.60
among men
whereby we must be saved.
00:52:48.80\00:52:51.23
Live for the glory of His name.
00:52:51.43\00:52:53.77
And tonight I want to
ask is there anyone here
00:52:53.97\00:52:56.87
determined... determined
that you will not take
00:52:57.07\00:53:02.61
the name of God in vain?
00:53:02.81\00:53:04.35
You will wear His name
and embrace His character
00:53:06.82\00:53:11.49
in your family, in
your home, on your job.
00:53:12.59\00:53:16.02
Live for the glory of His name.
00:53:17.36\00:53:21.30
As Paul says: "Whatever
therefore ye eat or drink
00:53:21.50\00:53:26.20
or... "
Hallelujah! "whatsoever you do
00:53:26.40\00:53:30.04
all to the glory of His name. "
00:53:32.61\00:53:37.15
Then I want to give you
two last quotes before we leave
00:53:37.55\00:53:40.85
from my "inch-sib"
file. Can I go to that?
00:53:41.05\00:53:44.09
Amen? Listen.
00:53:45.85\00:53:49.19
What do you think
the last piece of light
00:53:53.50\00:53:56.43
that will go to the
world before Jesus returns?
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.43
Do you think it's a prophecy?
00:53:59.83\00:54:01.60
Listen to what Ellen White says:
00:54:02.87\00:54:04.67
Amen!
00:54:16.99\00:54:18.39
And then finally
00:54:27.60\00:54:29.03
those who believe in His name
00:54:29.23\00:54:34.37
shall show to the
world an unmistakable
00:54:34.57\00:54:39.11
representation of
His own character.
00:54:39.31\00:54:43.21
Does anybody here today
want to say: "Lord, let me live
00:54:44.18\00:54:49.78
for the glory of
Your name? " Amen!
00:54:51.09\00:54:55.99
Let me live - let me live -
for the glory - for the glory -
00:54:56.19\00:55:01.03
of Your name - of Your name.
00:55:01.23\00:55:03.43
"Thou shalt not take
00:55:03.63\00:55:06.17
the name of the Lord in vain
00:55:06.57\00:55:11.21
for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless
00:55:11.61\00:55:15.78
who taketh His name in vain. "
00:55:16.51\00:55:22.22
Will you pray with me?
00:55:23.28\00:55:24.62
Dear God in heaven,
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.56
You've spoken to
us clearly tonight.
00:55:31.63\00:55:33.96
We are convicted
and we are humbled.
00:55:35.00\00:55:39.53
We ask that You
would teach us, Lord,
00:55:40.60\00:55:43.27
how to live every day
00:55:43.87\00:55:47.58
every moment for
the glory of Your name.
00:55:47.94\00:55:53.08
Where we have failed You, God...
where we have misrepresented You
00:55:54.48\00:56:00.26
misrepresented Your character,
Your Christ-like character,
00:56:01.06\00:56:04.26
we ask Your forgiveness.
00:56:04.99\00:56:07.36
And we ask for
Your Spirit's presence
00:56:08.06\00:56:11.23
and power that You would
teach us how, day by day,
00:56:11.43\00:56:17.11
moment by moment,
00:56:17.91\00:56:19.67
as we commune with You
00:56:20.94\00:56:23.41
to grow, moment by
moment, day by day,
00:56:23.71\00:56:29.62
hour by hour
00:56:29.82\00:56:31.35
to more and more resemble,
00:56:31.55\00:56:35.59
reflect, and
reveal Your character.
00:56:35.79\00:56:40.90
Teach us
00:56:41.26\00:56:43.20
how to live for
the glory of Your name.
00:56:43.40\00:56:48.54
In the name of Jesus I pray,
00:56:49.40\00:56:51.91
Amen. Hallelujah
00:56:53.11\00:56:56.61
and Amen. Amen!
00:56:57.68\00:57:00.05
God bless you.
00:57:00.25\00:57:01.82
Amen. Isn't He a wonderful God?
00:57:06.09\00:57:09.16
Amen. Anybody says "I'm going to
live for the glory of His name"
00:57:09.36\00:57:12.73
just stand with me and
say: "I'm going to live
00:57:12.93\00:57:14.80
for the glory of His name. "
00:57:15.20\00:57:19.73
Praise God. Thank
you, Bro. Phipps, so much.
00:57:19.93\00:57:23.71
God bless you. I don't
know about the rest of you
00:57:23.91\00:57:26.24
but I've been touched tonight.
My heart's been touched,
00:57:26.44\00:57:28.84
my mind, and by God's grace
will try to rightly represent
00:57:29.04\00:57:33.15
the character of God.
00:57:33.35\00:57:35.18