A great controversy
rages between good and evil
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and humanity is
caught in the crossfire.
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Satan has crafted his most
cunning end-time deceptions
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but his plans
are doomed to fail.
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Get ready to
anchor your minds in truth
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as the Bible exposes his lies
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and prepares us for
our soon-coming Savior.
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And now live from the
Campus Hill Church of SDA's
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in Loma Linda, California,
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we bring you
this presentation of:
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Amen and welcome back to
3ABN Winter Camp Meeting.
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It's sad but we're here
down to our final meeting.
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Hasn't it been a blessed day?
Kind of bittersweet, isn't it?
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Amen! We
appreciate each one of you
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being here at Camp Meeting.
Thank you for joining us
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at home. We know
that you have been blessed
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as well. We've
been receiving e-mails
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and, of course,
comments coming in social media.
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We know that you've
been blessed. I wish, though,
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that you could be here
because this local audience
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here has been very
enthusiastic I have to say.
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Thank you for the
energy that you bring here.
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And that's Jesus energy that you
have inside of each one of you.
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Our... Last but not least
our speaker for this evening
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is Pastor James Rafferty.
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He's a pastor of the
Fall Creek SDA Church.
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He's been married 31
years and he and his wife
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are proud parents of 2 children
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and he told me a
number of animals as well.
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But before he brings
us a message this evening
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we have Pastor John Lomacang.
He will be bringing a song
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entitled There Stands The Cost.
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But before he comes
out I just want to say
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a special thank you
to Pastor James Rafferty.
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He's been a long-time
friend of the ministry of 3ABN.
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I know it's 30 plus
years. Mr. Danny says that
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since almost the very beginning.
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He said: "When we were
all young men back then. "
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He's been sharing the Word
of God and his passion is for
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evangelism. So at this time I'd
like to invite Pr. John Lomacang
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out as he shares with
us There Stands The Cost.
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Jesus fasted 40 days and nights
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and then the tempter came
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and led Him to a mountain
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that overlooked
the earth's domain.
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Then Satan pointed to the world
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displayed beneath their feet
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and said: "This
kingdom could be Yours
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if You'll bow and worship me. "
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But Jesus knew the
price that must be paid.
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And as He gazed toward Golgotha
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you could hear Him say:
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"There stands the cost.
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Like a veil that has been lifted
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now I see
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a glimpse of what
the Father has for Me...
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for there beyond the splendor
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lies a vision of the cross.
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And the Father calls to Me:
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'There stands the cost. ' "
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Down through time the
cross has called my name
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but still my endless fear
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keeps wond'ring if my spirit
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will always find
the faith to hear.
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For it calls on me to carry it,
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to daily bear its weight.
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To live more like
the Christ it held
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and give my life away.
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For He knows well
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the price that must be paid
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and as He calls to me right now
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I can hear Him say:
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"Oh, there stands
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the cost. "
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Like a veil that has been lifted
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now I see!
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I have a glimpse
of what the Father
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has for me
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for there beyond the splendor
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lies a vision of the cross
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and the Father calls to me:
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"Down at the cross
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for sin I died!
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There stands the cost. "
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Like a veil that has been lifted
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now I see!
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I have a glimpse
of what the Father
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has for me
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for there beyond the splendor
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lies a vision of the cross
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and the Father calls to me:
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"There stands the cost. "
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Oh,
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like a veil that has been lifted
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now I see!
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I have a glimpse
of what My Father
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has for Me
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for there beyond the splendor
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lies a vision of the cross
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and the Father calls to me:
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"There stands the cost. "
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"There stands
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the cost! "
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Amen!
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I have been
blessed by every sermon
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and every song
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at this 3ABN Winter Camp Meeting
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in Loma Linda, California.
Can you believe that?
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I mean, for those of you who
aren't from southern California
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can you believe this is
our Winter Camp Meeting?
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My wife was born
and raised in Loma Linda
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and she is just kicking herself
that she didn't come with me
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this weekend from Oregon.
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Yeah, we've been
in this a long time.
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I try to convince myself
that I'm still very young
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and that I haven't been
doing ministry for 35 years
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but then I have to get these out
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and I'm reminded
that: "Hey, you know...
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this old body is moving in
a direction that's... yeah. "
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But the other
thing I really love about
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being in this for a while
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is they don't make
Bibles like they used to.
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You know, I've had
this Bible for 35 years
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and unlike the newer versions
this one has removable pages.
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You know, so you can
move around and preach!
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They don't make Bibles
like that. It takes a long time
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to get a Bible like this, right?
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So I'll be able to
move around a little bit
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as we look at our theme which is
found in Revelation chapter 12
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and verse 11.
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The topic that I have been
given is More Than Conquerors.
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And this morning God woke
me up at 4 o'clock and said:
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"OK, James, I have
a sermon for you. "
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Much to the dismay of the
translator who already had
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all of my notes translated for
the message I was going to give.
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And He said: "No, I want
you to share this message
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because the theme of being a
conqueror is all thru the book
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of Revelation. "
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And Revelation just happens
to be my favorite book of
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the Bible. I
call it affectionately
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"the 5th gospel of the Bible. "
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Because it is,
after all, the revelation
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of Jesus Christ.
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It's not the
revelation of the beast;
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it's not the
revelation of the antichrist;
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it's not the
revelation of the dragon.
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They do not own this book.
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They're just kind of side notes
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trying to spoil the
plan that God has for us.
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And God identifies them so
that we can be aware of them
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but not so we can focus on them.
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Our focus needs to be on Jesus.
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Amen! God's people are
given specific instructions
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in the context of
the mark of the beast.
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And those
instructions are simple:
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"Follow the Lamb
wherever He goes. "
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And you know the
words of that old hymn:
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"Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go.
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Anywhere He sends
me in this world below.
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Anywhere without Him the
best hopes would fade... "
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I'm not
remembering all the words.
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That's age again.
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But anywhere with
Jesus I am not afraid.
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And then the
question is asked in the hymn:
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Anywhere?
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And then the answer is
given with an exclamation point.
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What's the answer? ANYWHERE!
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Fear I cannot know.
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go.
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Even in the book of Revelation
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with the beast and the dragons
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and the plagues and the mark?
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Even there can we go
safely there with Jesus?
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Amen! Let's pray
together. Father in heaven,
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tonight we want to
pause in Your presence.
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We want to ask that You would
not "stop up" the blessings.
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We're not satisfied yet.
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Every song, every
sermon, every story,
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and the sweet
fellowship we've had here
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in the Campus Hill Church
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has been filling us up,
has been re-charging us,
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has been blessing us to
overflowing. But Father,
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we want more still.
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Please send Your
Spirit to speak to us
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as You've been doing meeting
by meeting, song by song.
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Touch our hearts again.
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There has been a
drought in Your church
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and this is an oasis:
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a place where the water
of life is being poured forth
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meeting by meeting.
Don't let that stop now.
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Lead us to Christ.
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Show us Jesus.
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We pray in His name, Amen.
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Revelation 12:11 says this:
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"And they overcame him
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by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony.
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And they loved not
their lives unto the death. "
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You know, every
nation has a national anthem.
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And we Christians
have a supernatural anthem.
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And I believe that this verse
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could actually qualify as
the Christian stars and stripes.
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Like this could be
our supernatural anthem.
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This is describing God's people.
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It's describing God's people
at a certain time in history.
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It's describing God's people
as God has always foreseen
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we would be: overcomers!
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More than conquerors!
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And that's what that
word means. That word here
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is nikaó... that
word, they overcame.
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It's used all through
the book of Revelation.
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It means to subdue.
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And it comes
from a Greek word nike
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which is spelled
interestingly enough
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N- I-K-E.
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What we call
nike or nike, right?
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And it means conquest.
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The means of
success... the means of success
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is the blood of the Lamb. Amen!
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Now you, my job this evening
is to make it across country
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to Calvary as fast as possible.
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So when we talk
about the blood of the Lamb
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what are we talking about?
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Well the Bible makes it
very clear that the life
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is in the blood. And
of course, we understand
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that the blood of Christ was
spilled. So when we talk about
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the blood of Christ
we're not just talking about
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the life and we're not
just talking about the death.
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We're talking about
the life AND the death
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because that's
what we're saved by.
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We're not only saved by
Jesus' death on Calvary;
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we're saved by His
perfect life of obedience
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because that's what is required
for entrance into heaven...
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and none of us
have that to offer.
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Every single one of us
falls short of God's glory.
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Our record is
tarnished but His is perfect
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and we stand in
Him as overcomers.
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But it's always
good to ask the question:
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overcomers of what?
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I mean, what is the
context of this specifically?
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What is the
context of this verse?
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What is the context of
this supernatural anthem
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that God has given
us? What is the context
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into which this verse is
speaking? And to understand
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this context we need
to understand the journey
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of all humanity:
small, great, rich, poor,
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free and bond... the journey
that all of us have been on.
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And of course, to
understand that journey
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we need to understand
what happened to our ancestors
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going all the way back
to the book of Genesis...
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the beginning.
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In the beginning we were
created in the image of God.
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Male and female...
that's what the Bible says.
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And I tend to
believe more in a Creator God
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who died for me than
in thousands of scientists
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who don't know me.
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In chapter 3 of Genesis
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we're told that a
certain serpent showed up
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at a certain tree to tempt Eve
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to partake of the fruit of
the knowledge of good and evil:
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something God warned
us to stay away from.
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And I think what's
most interesting about this
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is the way that the
serpent approached Eve.
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The serpent uses a tactic
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that
misrepresents God's character.
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The serpent accuses God
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of being a
withholder... a controller.
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Someone whose words
can't be trusted... a liar.
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"God is trying to keep you down.
He's trying to control you. "
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"He doesn't want
you to be like Him.
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He doesn't want you to have
that freedom. God is not really
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on your side. "
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And so in Genesis chapter 3
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the accuser virus is
intro- duced in the human DNA.
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The accuser virus.
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That's how this mess
all started: with Lucifer
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accusing God in heaven.
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By the time the accuser
was done with Adam and Eve
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they were both infected
with this accuser virus.
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Adam's infection
came through trusting Eve
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and her word
more than God's word.
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For putting her
love before His love.
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So when God found them
they were hiding from Him.
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They were hiding
because they were afraid.
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That's what Adam said.
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They were hiding
from Him and the disease
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or the virus had caused a
disease that had basically
00:17:02.28\00:17:05.65
decimated their characters.
00:17:05.85\00:17:07.26
The peace, the love, the joy
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had been replaced by
accusation, by fault finding,
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by fear. We know this
because when God asked Adam
00:17:13.40\00:17:16.80
why he was
hiding what did he say?
00:17:17.00\00:17:18.33
"I was afraid
and I hid myself. "
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"I was afraid! "
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When God asked if he had
disobeyed, like: "Have you eaten
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of the tree that I
told you not to eat of? "
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The first thing that Adam did
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because the accuser virus
had set in pretty strongly
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was he pointed to the woman.
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Yeah... and we've been
pointing the finger ever since.
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The accuser virus had
taken over and today mankind
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is still infected.
We're still hiding from God.
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We're still accusing, we're
still afraid. We hide from God
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in drugs like alcohol and meth,
00:17:55.64\00:17:57.91
in careers and
degrees and higher education.
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We educate our way
out of faith and trust.
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We hide in material
possessions and prestige
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and power. In our
food and our entertainment.
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In sports and music
and movies and media.
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In our sexual pleasures.
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In our personal and
national attainments or status
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we hide from God!
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Let's be honest.
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So Adam had been
infected with this accuser virus
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but what about
Eve? Well, after God
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asked Adam what was going on
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He turned to Eve
and He said: "Hey! "
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And what did she say?
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Well she saw what Adam did
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and she said: "It
was the serpent! "
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She also was infected.
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Eve had allowed the
accuser virus to have full sway
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and we've all been owned by
the accuser virus ever since.
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Some of us are
manifesting the disease tonight!
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We can almost... it's
almost impossible for us
00:19:06.74\00:19:08.98
to help ourselves. We
need a serum; we need a cure
00:19:09.18\00:19:13.58
because our story -
yours and my story -
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is generally we're
judgmental and critical
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of anything and everything.
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We just are.
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For some reason it
just comes out of us.
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Many
unbelievers blame the woman.
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In general we blame God.
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But a lot of people blame
the woman: i.e. the church,
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religion, religious
people for all of this trouble.
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Believers
actually blame the devil.
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Have you ever heard that phrase
"The devil made me do it? "
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This is why we have a Savior.
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This is why we have Jesus.
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This is why Jesus
came to planet earth.
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He came as a man
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and the devil
couldn't make Him do anything.
00:20:06.74\00:20:10.31
I love that!
00:20:10.71\00:20:12.04
He conquered the accuser
virus... every last bit of it.
00:20:12.31\00:20:16.28
He decimated it.
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His life, His
death, His resurrection
00:20:19.38\00:20:21.42
brought the accuser virus
inoculation that we all need.
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The accuser virus I
think is even more contagious
00:20:28.09\00:20:30.83
than the corona virus.
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It cannot be
physically quarantined.
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Every human being is
already infected with it.
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We must have an
antivirus; we need a serum.
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We need a Savior.
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And we have one.
Revelation chapter 12 verse 10.
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"And I heard a loud
voice in heaven... "
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What does it say?
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"Now is come
salvation and strength
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and the kingdom of our God
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and the power of His Christ.
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For the accuser of our brethren
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is cast down... which
accused them before God
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day and night.
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And they overcame
him... " the accuser virus...
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"they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb,
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by the word of their testimony.
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And they loved not their lives
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unto the death. "
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I think that those
verses are very significant
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given the political
climate that we live in today.
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How are we going to overcome
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all of this negativity that
is tearing this country apart?
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How are we going to do that?
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.51
I don't think the
answer is in a political party
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or a political leader.
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I think the answer is in Jesus.
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AMEN!
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He tells us just
how this is to work.
00:22:01.18\00:22:04.65
The accuser is
cast down but the virus
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still needs to be remedied
within every human heart.
00:22:09.86\00:22:13.19
We've all been infected
and God wants to save us.
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So this is what he says:
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Romans chapter 8 verse 28.
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"And we know... and we KNOW
00:22:24.74\00:22:30.11
that all things
work together for good
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to them that love God...
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to them who are called
according to His purpose. "
00:22:38.52\00:22:42.62
Do you know that?
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See, I'm not sure if I
know that. I'm just gonna be
00:22:46.06\00:22:48.16
honest with you: I'm
not sure if I know that.
00:22:48.36\00:22:49.76
I mean, there are people in
this world that are doing things
00:22:50.37\00:22:53.13
that aren't really like nice.
00:22:53.34\00:22:56.30
Things that are affecting
me and my family and my church
00:22:57.34\00:23:03.21
and my country. "All
things work together for
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good? " Are you SURE?
00:23:07.62\00:23:10.15
This is the test.
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.02
This is a test of faith
that each one of us faces
00:23:13.22\00:23:15.92
because this is what
the Word of God says.
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.29
The Word of God says: "All
things work together for good. "
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And our feelings, our
experience, our emotions
00:23:21.66\00:23:25.77
tell us something
different from time to time.
00:23:25.97\00:23:30.37
Don't they?
00:23:30.67\00:23:32.01
And now we have to decide
are we going to believe what
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God says... because if we don't,
00:23:36.75\00:23:42.55
the infection - the accuser
virus - is going to continue
00:23:43.69\00:23:47.52
running its course
through our minds and hearts.
00:23:47.72\00:23:49.96
But if we believe that all
things work together for good
00:23:50.46\00:23:53.09
to them that love God and are
called according to His purpose,
00:23:53.50\00:23:56.60
then why would we be
accusing anybody of anything?
00:23:56.80\00:24:00.14
Why would we be pointing
a finger at anyone else?
00:24:01.07\00:24:03.10
Why would we be
blaming or criticizing?
00:24:04.11\00:24:06.37
Every opportunity,
every trial, every experience,
00:24:07.38\00:24:10.58
every negative
experience that we have
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.65
is an opportunity. "I wonder
what God is going to do with
00:24:12.85\00:24:15.82
this? " It's like the story
00:24:16.02\00:24:20.09
told so long ago of
that man who had a horse
00:24:21.42\00:24:24.83
that took off... ran away.
00:24:25.33\00:24:27.36
And the neighbors came
over and they said: "Oh this is
00:24:28.26\00:24:29.80
terrible that your horse
has run away... it's gone. "
00:24:30.00\00:24:33.44
And he said: "Oh,
maybe so, maybe not. "
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.10
A few days later
the horse came back
00:24:37.11\00:24:38.61
and there were three
horses with that horse.
00:24:38.81\00:24:41.41
These wild horses, you
know, that came with him.
00:24:41.61\00:24:43.65
And the neighbors came over
and they said: "This is great!
00:24:44.05\00:24:46.51
This is great! Now you've
got 4 horses. You only had 1. "
00:24:46.72\00:24:50.69
He said: "Ah,
maybe so, maybe not. "
00:24:50.89\00:24:53.86
And then his son - his
young son - decided that
00:24:55.82\00:24:59.49
they needed to tame these
horses. So he got on one of them
00:24:59.69\00:25:01.80
and was trying to break
this horse and he falls off
00:25:02.00\00:25:04.77
and he breaks his leg.
00:25:05.17\00:25:06.74
Whoo! And the neighbors
come over again and they
00:25:07.80\00:25:10.84
say: "Oh, this is terrible!
Your son broke his leg. "
00:25:11.04\00:25:14.74
And he says: "Oh,
maybe so, maybe not. "
00:25:15.88\00:25:19.11
And then a couple of weeks
later the army comes through
00:25:21.45\00:25:26.15
and they're
conscripting young men.
00:25:26.55\00:25:29.82
They're bringing young
men right into the army.
00:25:30.03\00:25:32.06
You know, every able-bodied
man goes into the army.
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.36
But guess what? He can't
go... he's got a broken leg.
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We don't know what's going
to happen in this situation
00:25:42.37\00:25:47.94
but we do know
this: God will work
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.85
everything for good.
Amen! He will do that.
00:25:52.05\00:25:55.65
We can trust Him to do that.
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.59
You see, God is
basically taking responsibility
00:25:57.79\00:26:01.06
for everything. We
needed someone to do that.
00:26:01.26\00:26:02.92
Adam wasn't willing to do it,
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.49
Eve wasn't willing to do it...
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.19
so God did it.
00:26:06.59\00:26:07.93
The entire sin mess
that we got ourselves into:
00:26:07.96\00:26:10.20
Jesus took it all upon Himself.
00:26:10.40\00:26:12.20
All the guilt; all the shame;
00:26:12.80\00:26:14.64
all the consequences.
Jesus became sin for us
00:26:15.47\00:26:19.97
who knew no sin
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.51
that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
00:26:21.71\00:26:24.51
II Corinthians
chapter 5 verse 21.
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.88
So God has taken
responsibility for all of it!
00:26:27.08\00:26:30.25
Jesus didn't leave us
infected and judgmental.
00:26:30.65\00:26:32.99
The heavenly Physician... He
went to work; He went to work!
00:26:33.19\00:26:35.92
The procedure would be a
long one. It would take...
00:26:36.12\00:26:37.93
it would take all
heaven to make us whole again.
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.76
To recover man from the
accuser virus would require
00:26:41.16\00:26:45.10
well... all that
heaven could give
00:26:45.50\00:26:49.04
in the gift of His Son.
00:26:49.80\00:26:52.01
And it was a risky proposition
00:26:52.21\00:26:53.74
but heaven said: "Yes! " Amen!
00:26:54.24\00:26:58.15
Heaven was "in it to win it. "
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.52
Praise God! So
understanding our infection
00:27:00.72\00:27:05.65
is key to our cure. If you're
sick, if you're very sick,
00:27:05.85\00:27:09.76
a correct diagnosis is
vital to the medical staff
00:27:09.96\00:27:14.23
because they need to be able
to apply the correct medical
00:27:16.43\00:27:19.67
procedure. And I think
Satan has been trying to
00:27:19.87\00:27:22.84
misdiagnose us for a long time
00:27:23.04\00:27:25.61
and get us into
remedies that aren't working.
00:27:25.81\00:27:28.74
So what is our
disease? What is our malady
00:27:31.31\00:27:33.52
according to the Bible?
Diagnosis: We have all been
00:27:33.72\00:27:36.79
infected with the accuser virus
00:27:36.99\00:27:39.59
and it will destroy us
and everyone around us.
00:27:40.82\00:27:42.89
Cure? Jesus is the cure.
00:27:44.59\00:27:49.06
The indwelling of Christ
00:27:50.20\00:27:56.30
is the inoculation.
00:27:56.71\00:27:58.54
His love is the only way to halt
00:27:59.04\00:28:02.64
the accuser virus
disease and take it out
00:28:02.84\00:28:07.18
of our spiritual DNA forever.
00:28:07.38\00:28:09.62
So the remedy was packaged up
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.62
and it was sent to planet earth
in the person of Jesus Christ
00:28:12.82\00:28:16.22
who is the Word
of God made flesh.
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.59
From the beginning you know
there were principalities and
00:28:20.66\00:28:22.50
powers that were working
against us even receiving
00:28:22.70\00:28:26.80
the serum. You see that in
Revelation chapter 12 again
00:28:27.00\00:28:30.81
in my "removable" Bible.
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.78
"The dragon... " it
says... "stood ready to devour
00:28:34.88\00:28:37.55
the Child as
soon as it was born. "
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.41
You see? He knew
the serum was coming;
00:28:39.91\00:28:42.12
he knew the remedy was coming
00:28:42.32\00:28:43.89
and he did everything
he could to halt delivery.
00:28:44.39\00:28:47.96
But Jesus lives! He
resisted the accuser.
00:28:49.62\00:28:54.30
He destroyed the virus
00:28:54.46\00:28:56.53
and then "He was caught up
to God and to His throne. "
00:28:56.73\00:28:58.80
Yet Jesus doesn't
leave us without the serum.
00:28:59.00\00:29:01.24
He gives us a double
dose: His Word and His Spirit.
00:29:01.64\00:29:05.14
And that's what we've
been receiving here in this
00:29:06.47\00:29:09.78
Camp Meeting
since Thursday night.
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.31
We've been receiving
His Word and His Spirit:
00:29:11.41\00:29:12.98
the double portion
of serum that we need.
00:29:13.18\00:29:15.45
The love, the
grace... thank you, Ryan.
00:29:16.58\00:29:21.86
The presence of
Jesus through His Spirit.
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.93
This is what we
find in His Word.
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.90
And in a special
sense we find this
00:29:32.40\00:29:34.84
in the book of Revelation.
00:29:35.24\00:29:36.71
Satan hates this book:
00:29:39.04\00:29:40.64
this last book of
the Bible. You know that.
00:29:40.84\00:29:42.34
A lot of Christians
are afraid of it. Why?
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.75
It's the revelation of Jesus!
00:29:44.95\00:29:46.35
He said: "Blessed are those
that hear; blessed are those
00:29:46.55\00:29:48.78
that read; blessed are those
that keep the things that are
00:29:48.98\00:29:51.15
written therein. "
In verse 5 He says:
00:29:51.35\00:29:52.72
"I have come and I have
washed them from their sins
00:29:52.92\00:29:54.89
in My blood. I have made
them kings and priests" verse 6.
00:29:55.09\00:29:57.13
In Revelation chapter 1 Jesus is
pictured among the 7 churches.
00:29:58.56\00:30:02.10
And then in chapters 2 and 3
00:30:02.30\00:30:04.50
we are given a detailed
account of those churches.
00:30:04.70\00:30:07.40
And they are just like us!
00:30:07.60\00:30:10.01
The first church is
filled with good works.
00:30:12.11\00:30:18.05
The church of Ephesus.
00:30:18.45\00:30:21.28
But the accuser virus
comes in and takes advantage
00:30:22.95\00:30:25.52
of all those good works
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.36
and actually causes all of
their good works to replace
00:30:28.32\00:30:31.56
their dependence on the serum.
00:30:31.76\00:30:34.06
Can you imagine?
00:30:34.26\00:30:35.60
They've lost their first love.
00:30:35.86\00:30:38.17
You move all the way
through the churches and you see
00:30:38.57\00:30:40.37
the same problem de-
veloping from different angles.
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.07
You get to the Laodicean church
00:30:43.27\00:30:44.61
and the accuser virus comes
in with all their knowledge.
00:30:45.11\00:30:49.51
They're rich in knowledge
of prophecy and doctrine
00:30:50.38\00:30:52.88
and Bible truth, and
that leads them to feel like
00:30:53.08\00:30:55.48
they don't need
Jesus' serum at all.
00:30:55.68\00:30:58.25
"We're good...
it's all good here. "
00:30:59.69\00:31:02.42
Jesus is outside knocking
on the door for entrance.
00:31:02.82\00:31:08.20
Can you imagine?
00:31:08.40\00:31:10.07
Both the 1st church of Ephesus
and the last church of Laodicea
00:31:12.73\00:31:16.04
have this one thing in common:
00:31:16.44\00:31:18.21
they've lost Jesus...
they've lost the serum
00:31:18.41\00:31:21.51
and they think
they're going to be OK.
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.41
You see, it's not just
about works or knowledge.
00:31:27.98\00:31:31.72
It's about character. Amen!
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.49
Are we going to have
the character of Satan or
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.46
are we going to have
the character of Christ?
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.39
That's the bottom line.
00:31:39.16\00:31:40.50
Now each church is
admonished to overcome.
00:31:40.96\00:31:44.53
Nikaó... it's the same word.
00:31:44.73\00:31:46.07
All through Revelation's
7 churches the same word
00:31:46.23\00:31:48.50
that's used in Revelation 12:11.
00:31:48.70\00:31:50.61
We don't overcome
according to the seven churches
00:31:51.11\00:31:53.94
by all the good
deeds that we do.
00:31:54.14\00:31:55.48
That was made clear
in our last presentation.
00:31:56.51\00:31:58.81
We don't overcome by
our knowledge of prophecy.
00:31:59.01\00:32:01.42
The 2,300-day prophecy.
00:32:01.62\00:32:03.65
By our knowledge of Bible truth:
the dead don't know anything,
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.96
the 7th day is the Sabbath.
00:32:07.16\00:32:08.49
That's not how we overcome.
00:32:08.52\00:32:09.86
Those are great Biblical truths,
00:32:09.89\00:32:12.53
but according to
Rev. 12:11 we overcome by?
00:32:12.93\00:32:15.66
"the blood of the Lamb
00:32:16.16\00:32:17.77
and the word of our testimony. "
00:32:17.97\00:32:20.07
And we don't love
our lives unto the death.
00:32:21.57\00:32:23.27
As we transition to
chapters 4-7 of Revelation
00:32:24.47\00:32:27.54
God gives the
specific instruction
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.11
as to how to overcome.
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.18
In Revelation chapter 4 we
see a door opened in heaven.
00:32:33.18\00:32:36.62
It's interesting, isn't it? That
when we shut our door to Jesus
00:32:36.82\00:32:39.99
the door in
heaven is still open.
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.52
Sometimes we think if our
door's shut God's door is shut
00:32:43.46\00:32:46.23
'cause if we don't
like Him He doesn't like us.
00:32:46.43\00:32:48.56
But God's not like us.
00:32:48.76\00:32:50.20
His door stays open.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.27
And immediately
John is in the spirit,
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.17
verse 2, and he sees
a throne set in heaven
00:32:55.37\00:32:57.87
and he sees these 24 elders.
00:32:58.07\00:32:59.41
Where did they come from?
They've never been there before.
00:32:59.61\00:33:00.98
Isaiah 6 didn't
show us 24 elders.
00:33:01.18\00:33:02.84
Ezekiel 1 didn't
show us 24 elders.
00:33:03.35\00:33:05.01
They both saw the throne room.
00:33:05.21\00:33:06.72
These 24 elders represent...
00:33:07.12\00:33:10.19
Well, all through the
Bible - do a word search -
00:33:10.79\00:33:13.96
elders only ever
represent human beings.
00:33:14.16\00:33:16.32
The captivity that
was led captive... freed
00:33:18.96\00:33:23.16
at the death of
Jesus and taken to heaven.
00:33:23.57\00:33:26.13
And they're there to testify
00:33:26.94\00:33:28.97
that we've been redeemed.
But before we get there
00:33:29.17\00:33:31.64
Revelation chapter 5 shows us
00:33:32.84\00:33:34.84
a little scroll, a little book,
that's sealed up with 7 seals.
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.01
And it says there in verse 2
00:33:38.21\00:33:40.82
that a strong angel
proclaims with a loud voice
00:33:40.98\00:33:42.98
"Who is worthy to open the book
and to loose the seals thereof?
00:33:43.18\00:33:45.89
And no man in earth
and no man in heaven
00:33:46.09\00:33:49.42
and no man under the
earth is able to open the book,
00:33:49.62\00:33:52.39
neither to look
thereon. " And John weeps.
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.30
And the reason why
John weeps is very simple:
00:33:54.70\00:33:56.60
this book - this scroll
- represents the title deed
00:33:56.80\00:33:59.67
to planet earth. And we
know that because of verse 9.
00:33:59.87\00:34:02.70
Well there are many reasons
we know that, but verse 9 is...
00:34:03.57\00:34:05.51
is key.
00:34:05.91\00:34:08.31
Because when that
book is taken and opened
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.85
the 24 elders say:
"You've redeemed us
00:34:12.05\00:34:14.25
from every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people
00:34:14.45\00:34:16.18
by Your blood. "
00:34:16.38\00:34:17.72
This is the title deed.
This is what Satan himself
00:34:17.92\00:34:21.56
claims as his. Job
chapter 1: "There was a day
00:34:21.76\00:34:27.00
when the sons of God
came to present themselves
00:34:27.20\00:34:29.80
before the Lord and
Satan came also. And God said:
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.97
'Where are you coming from? ' "
00:34:32.17\00:34:33.87
I love that! I love
that God challenges Satan.
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.44
"Where are you coming from? "
"Why I come from planet earth.
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.51
I've been walking to
and fro back and forth. "
00:34:40.71\00:34:42.11
"It's mine... it's mine... I'm
here to get that title deed. "
00:34:42.31\00:34:45.31
"No! Unh-uh."
00:34:45.51\00:34:48.82
"You haven't
considered My servant Job... "
00:34:49.62\00:34:51.05
A type of Christ.
00:34:51.25\00:34:52.59
"You haven't
considered My servant Job. "
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.69
And John weeps because
there's no man in heaven...
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.53
Are there men in heaven?
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.06
Are there men in heaven?
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.13
Who's in heaven?
00:35:04.60\00:35:05.93
Enoch! How did
Enoch get to heaven?
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.20
Man, this guy...
right? He was connected!
00:35:10.21\00:35:13.98
He walked with God!
00:35:15.21\00:35:17.71
And his walk
was so close to God,
00:35:17.91\00:35:20.85
way closer than
any Christian today,
00:35:21.05\00:35:24.09
that one day God
say: "Hey, Enoch...
00:35:24.29\00:35:25.99
we're closer to My house
than we are to your house.
00:35:26.19\00:35:27.69
Why don't you
come home with Me? "
00:35:27.89\00:35:29.22
Right? Can he open the book?
00:35:29.52\00:35:32.89
Can he redeem himself with all
of his good walking with God?
00:35:33.09\00:35:36.83
Can he? No... no man in heaven.
00:35:37.03\00:35:39.07
No man on earth
00:35:39.47\00:35:40.94
and no man under the earth.
00:35:42.17\00:35:44.21
What does that
mean under the earth?
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
Are there men under
the earth right now?
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.28
How about Daniel? David?
00:35:47.34\00:35:50.68
The book of Acts says
David is still dead and buried.
00:35:50.88\00:35:52.61
His sepulcher's
with us to this day.
00:35:52.81\00:35:54.15
Daniel... look at that
guy. That guy was a politician
00:35:54.38\00:35:58.29
and they couldn't
find any dirt on him.
00:35:58.79\00:36:01.56
Reminds me of a certain other
man that was here earlier today,
00:36:01.96\00:36:05.19
you know?
00:36:05.39\00:36:07.33
What a testimony!
00:36:08.46\00:36:10.20
Powerful witness. Amen.
00:36:14.74\00:36:16.97
Can Daniel, the blameless
Daniel, blameless before
00:36:18.71\00:36:21.71
his enemies... is he
worthy to open the book?
00:36:21.91\00:36:24.58
No... we are lost, lost, lost.
00:36:24.98\00:36:28.92
That's the bad news.
Here's the good news:
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.95
"And I wept much... " verse 4
"because no man was found worthy
00:36:31.35\00:36:35.59
to open and to read the
book neither to look thereon.
00:36:35.79\00:36:37.76
And one of the
elders said unto me:
00:36:38.16\00:36:39.79
'Weep not. ' "
00:36:40.00\00:36:42.13
That's the rest of the story.
00:36:42.63\00:36:45.43
"Weep not. "
00:36:45.63\00:36:48.14
Seven letters
comprising two words that bring
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.84
the gospel. "Behold, the
Lion of the tribe of Judah!
00:36:53.04\00:36:56.88
The Root of
David has prevailed! "
00:36:57.28\00:37:00.75
Jesus has prevailed
where we have failed.
00:37:00.95\00:37:02.95
And that word prevailed:
00:37:03.15\00:37:05.52
guess what that is in the Greek?
00:37:05.92\00:37:08.16
NIKAO... to overcome, to subdue.
00:37:08.36\00:37:12.43
The churches are
admonished to overcome.
00:37:12.63\00:37:15.36
And then we're led to
Revelation 4 and 5 because
00:37:15.56\00:37:18.40
how long do we have to frustrate
ourselves with the failure
00:37:18.60\00:37:20.97
of overcoming? And in
Rev. 4 and 5 we find Jesus,
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.41
the second Adam, the cor-
porate head of the human race,
00:37:24.61\00:37:27.14
the One who takes ALL of
the sin and guilt that we're
00:37:27.34\00:37:30.41
responsible for upon Himself,
00:37:30.61\00:37:31.95
who takes care, who takes res-
ponsibility of the sin problem
00:37:32.15\00:37:35.32
for us AS US.
00:37:35.52\00:37:37.15
Not just in our place but as us.
00:37:38.32\00:37:40.39
Jesus didn't become a man,
00:37:43.26\00:37:45.89
a human, for 33-1/2 years.
00:37:46.29\00:37:50.00
You know that.
00:37:50.60\00:37:51.93
Jesus became a
human PERMANENTLY!
00:37:52.33\00:37:56.91
It is an eternal gift that
He has given to the human race.
00:37:57.34\00:38:02.11
And when Satan says
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.41
"He or she deserves to die"
00:38:05.61\00:38:08.52
Jesus said: "They did! "
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.89
"They did... in Me. "
00:38:11.39\00:38:13.52
He didn't die for His sins.
00:38:13.92\00:38:15.59
He didn't sin!
00:38:15.79\00:38:17.16
He's prevailed
where we have failed.
00:38:22.36\00:38:24.30
See, Revelation 5
introduces to us Calvary.
00:38:25.80\00:38:31.74
We run smack dab into the
cross of Christ right here
00:38:32.84\00:38:36.68
because John's looking
for this Lion, this King
00:38:37.18\00:38:40.42
of the beasts, and as he
looks it says in verse 6:
00:38:40.62\00:38:43.35
"And I beheld, and lo,
in the midst of the throne,
00:38:43.55\00:38:45.02
of the four beasts,
and of the four elders
00:38:45.22\00:38:47.06
stood a Lamb as it had
been slain. " That could only be
00:38:47.26\00:38:50.49
referring to the cross.
00:38:50.69\00:38:52.23
The cross is in
the book of Revelation!
00:38:53.19\00:38:55.16
It is! In fact, that word Lamb
00:38:56.00\00:39:00.44
identified now as the cross,
as Calvary, because that's
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.67
where He was slain, is used 29
times in the book of Revelation.
00:39:03.87\00:39:07.54
The book of
Revelation is all about Jesus
00:39:08.64\00:39:12.28
and how He has conquered.
00:39:13.45\00:39:16.62
How Jesus has come to
inoculate us from the virus
00:39:16.82\00:39:21.59
of accusing,
criticizing, and condemning
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.16
and how He will
take us safely through
00:39:25.56\00:39:30.80
the 7 last plagues
and into the city of God.
00:39:31.00\00:39:33.64
Past the beast and
the dragon and the mark
00:39:34.47\00:39:38.37
and land us with
Himself on Mount Zion.
00:39:38.77\00:39:42.58
He's going to do that!
00:39:42.78\00:39:44.11
And what He asks us to do is
to follow Him wherever He goes.
00:39:44.48\00:39:48.08
"Just follow Me!
" Behold the Lion
00:39:48.48\00:39:53.32
of the tribe of
Judah, the Root of David. "
00:39:53.52\00:39:56.56
And you know, it's
really interesting here
00:39:57.66\00:39:59.06
because Revelation...
I've been reading and studying
00:39:59.26\00:40:02.63
and listening to this
book, you know, for 35 years.
00:40:02.83\00:40:04.80
I just love this book.
But when I first started
00:40:05.00\00:40:06.84
I got to this place in Rev.
5 where it says: "And they sang
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.40
a new song" and I was
like: "Well in Revelation 4
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.67
the angels are
singing "Holy, holy, holy. "
00:40:11.87\00:40:13.48
We already had the sing part
and now we've got the sing part
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.74
again in
Revelation 5 and it's verse 9.
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.01
And then it goes on here
and talks about it in verse 11
00:40:18.21\00:40:21.02
and 12 and 13
and 14 and I'm like
00:40:21.22\00:40:23.39
"You know, all these verses
are just dedicated to all this
00:40:23.59\00:40:26.76
song and this praise and I
want to get into prophecy. "
00:40:26.96\00:40:29.89
You know? That's
what I used to think.
00:40:30.09\00:40:32.73
"I want to get into prophecy.
" And then I go to Revelation 7
00:40:32.93\00:40:34.93
and again they're around the
throne and they're waving palm
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.57
branches and they're
singing to God. I'm thinking:
00:40:37.77\00:40:39.57
"OK, OK, OK, OK,
OK... prophecy! "
00:40:39.77\00:40:43.81
And now 35 years later I'm like:
00:40:44.21\00:40:46.41
"I wonder where else in
Revelation they're singing? "
00:40:46.81\00:40:49.48
What are some more
songs in here, you know?
00:40:49.68\00:40:54.02
God dwells in the
praises of His people
00:40:54.42\00:40:56.99
and Jesus sang
continually to the Father.
00:40:57.19\00:41:00.16
And there's something about
praising God that decimates
00:41:00.36\00:41:04.03
the accuser.
00:41:04.23\00:41:05.76
Song is
powerful... it is so powerful!
00:41:06.90\00:41:10.23
It touches my heart.
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.43
Don't let it leave your life.
00:41:14.47\00:41:17.47
And then we move to
Revelation chapter 7
00:41:19.37\00:41:21.08
and this theme is continued...
you know, this antidote is
00:41:21.28\00:41:23.85
continued. God is screaming
at us in Revelation 11.
00:41:24.05\00:41:26.58
With a loud voice it says in
Rev. 7... excuse me, 11, 7 vs. 2
00:41:26.78\00:41:30.62
With a loud voice. Four angels
are told: "Hold back those winds
00:41:30.82\00:41:33.66
of strife. We need
to seal up God's people.
00:41:33.86\00:41:35.96
They're still struggling
with this accuser virus.
00:41:36.16\00:41:38.46
Things are getting
intense in the church.
00:41:38.86\00:41:40.60
Things are getting
intense in the world
00:41:40.80\00:41:42.30
and their natural disposition,
you know, is to criticize
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.37
and accuse and condemn. "
00:41:45.57\00:41:46.90
It's like a cancer
you know. You fight it;
00:41:46.94\00:41:48.57
you think you're
over it; it comes back
00:41:48.87\00:41:50.71
and you need more of that serum,
you need more of that antidote.
00:41:50.91\00:41:54.18
We need more of Jesus
than we've ever needed before
00:41:54.58\00:41:57.25
in the history of the world!
00:41:57.45\00:41:58.78
And so God reminds us in the
sealing. You know, this is...
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.05
this is our problem.
You know, the 144,000-
00:42:02.25\00:42:04.29
the 12 tribes that are
sealed - like we're all about:
00:42:04.49\00:42:06.25
"It's literal... symbolic.
It's literal... symbolic. "
00:42:06.45\00:42:08.36
"No it's right... "
And we're just arguing
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.43
about all the theology
and that just evidences
00:42:10.63\00:42:13.16
how infected we are.
00:42:13.56\00:42:15.30
And yet what God is
telling us here in Revelation 7
00:42:16.06\00:42:19.10
is He's pointing out the
seriousness of our condition
00:42:19.30\00:42:22.10
actually. Because in
Revelation chapter 7 you have
00:42:22.30\00:42:24.81
these 12 tribes that are sealed.
00:42:25.01\00:42:26.81
And if you look
at them carefully
00:42:27.01\00:42:28.84
and compare them with the
original 12 tribes in Gen. 49,
00:42:29.04\00:42:33.21
Jacob's original 12
sons, you're going to find
00:42:33.62\00:42:36.28
that the list in
Revelation 7 is different
00:42:36.48\00:42:40.26
than the list in Genesis 49.
00:42:41.32\00:42:43.66
You're going to find that
the list in Revelation chapter 7
00:42:44.63\00:42:48.30
is missing one of
the original tribes
00:42:48.50\00:42:51.20
that is described in
Genesis 49 verses 15 and 16.
00:42:51.60\00:42:55.77
It's the tribe of Dan.
00:42:55.97\00:42:57.84
And that word... you
know, names were significant
00:42:58.24\00:43:01.24
of character. That
word Dan means to judge.
00:43:01.44\00:43:04.25
Daniel means God is
judge but Dan means to judge.
00:43:05.21\00:43:09.65
And Dan is described
by Jacob, his father, as
00:43:09.85\00:43:11.92
serpent in the way,
as an adder in the path
00:43:12.12\00:43:14.32
that bites the horses' heel
so the rider falls backwards.
00:43:14.52\00:43:17.09
See, Revelation 7 is
talking about character.
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.26
And we're all sidetracked
with literal and symbolic.
00:43:22.33\00:43:25.23
God is giving us a
message about this accuser virus
00:43:26.13\00:43:29.84
and the antidote, and
He's pointing us to the story
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.07
of Joseph. Really...
Joseph, because the tribe that
00:43:33.27\00:43:38.51
replaces Dan - 'cause
there's still 12 there,
00:43:38.71\00:43:41.28
right? There's still twelve
- the tribe that replaces Dan
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.29
is the tribe of?
Does anyone know?
00:43:44.49\00:43:46.86
Manasseh, Manasseh.
00:43:47.26\00:43:49.79
Manasseh was Joseph's first son.
00:43:49.99\00:43:51.79
Now to understand why
he called him Manasseh
00:43:51.99\00:43:54.63
you have to go all
the way back to the story
00:43:54.83\00:43:56.60
of Joseph's
betrayal by his brothers.
00:43:56.80\00:43:59.40
Ever been betrayed by
your brothers and sisters?
00:43:59.60\00:44:01.77
You ever come to
church and no one says "Hi? "
00:44:04.01\00:44:06.71
You should read Paul's
account of what he went through
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.81
with his brethren the Jews.
00:44:11.01\00:44:12.88
But you know,
sometimes coldness and contempt
00:44:13.58\00:44:15.62
can be harder to
endure than martyrdom.
00:44:15.82\00:44:17.55
I know it's been a long day
and we're a little bit tired.
00:44:20.92\00:44:24.69
But this is amazing when
you think about it because
00:44:26.06\00:44:28.80
Manasseh means
causing to forget.
00:44:29.83\00:44:35.37
It's the root
word for forgiveness.
00:44:35.57\00:44:37.71
Joseph named his first
son Manasseh because he said
00:44:38.31\00:44:41.44
"God has caused me to forget
00:44:41.64\00:44:44.05
everything my
brothers did to me. "
00:44:44.25\00:44:45.98
"All things work
together for good. "
00:44:46.38\00:44:48.08
And when his brothers show
up, you know, he tests them.
00:44:48.28\00:44:49.92
We don't have to put ourselves
under the power and influence
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.42
of abusers, right?
We don't have to stay
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.42
in the atmosphere of
people that are abusing us
00:44:55.62\00:44:58.89
verbally or
physically or any other way.
00:44:59.09\00:45:00.56
So he tests them...
he kept some distance.
00:45:00.96\00:45:03.20
He finds that they've changed.
00:45:03.60\00:45:04.97
And then he tells them...
this is what he tells them...
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.27
really interesting because
they sold him into slavery
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.50
and got some money
out of it. He says:
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.07
"Don't be upset with yourselves.
00:45:11.47\00:45:14.14
GOD sent me to Egypt. "
00:45:14.34\00:45:17.15
What? "All things
work together for good. "
00:45:17.55\00:45:22.52
Amen! "God sent me here. "
00:45:22.72\00:45:24.72
"What for? " "To save
your lives you rascals. "
00:45:24.92\00:45:28.96
"He sent me here to save
your lives, and that's exactly
00:45:30.73\00:45:33.33
what I'm going to
do. I'm not going to do
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.73
what I should do to you
because of how you treated me.
00:45:35.93\00:45:38.30
I'm going to do what
God sent me here to do... "
00:45:38.93\00:45:41.77
Amen.
00:45:41.97\00:45:43.30
"Because the
accuser virus is gone.
00:45:43.54\00:45:47.31
I've got the serum...
I've got the antidote. "
00:45:47.51\00:45:49.68
This is the
message of Revelation 7.
00:45:49.88\00:45:54.12
It's the message of exchanging
our bitterness, our critical
00:45:54.88\00:45:59.02
faultfinding,
judgmental attitude
00:45:59.22\00:46:01.42
for the forgiveness of
Manasseh that comes to us
00:46:01.62\00:46:04.19
through Jesus Christ.
00:46:04.39\00:46:06.03
We're not sealed
yet... we're not sealed yet.
00:46:06.66\00:46:08.63
We've got the right day;
we've got the right doctrine.
00:46:08.83\00:46:11.40
We've got all
that stuff goin' on.
00:46:11.60\00:46:12.93
But the accuser
virus... is it coming back?
00:46:13.10\00:46:17.31
See, there's no way we're
going to make it into that final
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.71
trial when the whole
world hates us, H-A-T-E-S...
00:46:21.91\00:46:24.95
HATES us, if we
don't have the serum.
00:46:25.15\00:46:28.08
Right? I mean, if you've
been walking with the footmen
00:46:28.28\00:46:31.35
and they've wearied
you Jeremiah 12:6 says
00:46:31.55\00:46:34.72
how are you going to
contend with the horses?
00:46:34.92\00:46:37.66
Even a day of
peace... you're tired.
00:46:38.56\00:46:40.93
What are you going to
do in a day of battle?
00:46:41.13\00:46:42.53
And so God is preparing
us. We need to just say:
00:46:43.43\00:46:45.70
"Thank you, Jesus.
Praise God for every trial! "
00:46:45.90\00:46:49.40
Oh, that is hard to say.
I KNOW it is hard to say.
00:46:49.60\00:46:51.71
Believe me... I know that.
00:46:51.91\00:46:54.38
You might not be
able to say it right away.
00:46:56.38\00:46:58.01
It might take a few weeks
or a few months to say it.
00:46:58.91\00:47:01.15
But by faith you can believe it.
00:47:02.18\00:47:04.09
God's gonna work this out.
00:47:04.29\00:47:06.05
And then Revelation chapter
8. Now I've gotta do a plug for
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.72
Salvation in Symbols and Signs.
00:47:08.92\00:47:10.26
Some people get that all mixed
up like symbols and salvation
00:47:10.29\00:47:12.39
signs and symbols and sal...
00:47:12.59\00:47:14.36
Salvation is the first word.
00:47:14.56\00:47:16.60
Always salvation, and
then there's symbols and signs
00:47:16.80\00:47:19.60
you know.
Revelation... symbols and signs.
00:47:19.80\00:47:21.14
Salvation in Symbols and Signs.
I can't tell you the details
00:47:21.34\00:47:24.64
here, but Ivor and
I along with the help
00:47:24.84\00:47:27.01
of Yvonne and Jason -
we just follow their cues -
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.58
have been able to spend
seventy-two 30-minute sessions
00:47:32.51\00:47:36.12
on the book of Revelation
and we go as slow as necessary
00:47:36.32\00:47:41.32
to just take it all apart,
00:47:42.16\00:47:44.59
identify the symbols, and
get the message out there.
00:47:44.79\00:47:48.76
And the message
is all about Jesus.
00:47:48.96\00:47:50.33
The outpouring of His
Spirit. That's what we see here
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.80
in Revelation
chapter 8 verses 3 through 6.
00:47:53.00\00:47:55.94
We see the
disciples getting together
00:47:56.14\00:47:58.51
on the Day of
Pentecost. And it says
00:47:58.71\00:48:00.91
"they were all of one accord. "
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.51
You're like: "How
did that happen? "
00:48:03.71\00:48:05.15
I mean, do you
remember those guys?
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.48
They followed Jesus at a
distance, and Jesus said:
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.88
"What are you guys
talking about? " "Oh, nothing. "
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.42
"I'm going to be number 1. "
"No, I'm going to be number 1. "
00:48:11.69\00:48:13.69
"He likes me better. "
"No! He likes ME better. "
00:48:13.89\00:48:15.32
Right? I mean, it's the
very same thing that we are
00:48:17.23\00:48:21.46
dealing with today.
00:48:21.86\00:48:23.70
And it's a side issue.
00:48:25.40\00:48:27.00
Satan is trying
to get us distracted,
00:48:28.10\00:48:30.04
discouraged, and separated
00:48:31.51\00:48:36.28
so that when the
test comes upon us
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.15
we can't lean on each other.
00:48:39.35\00:48:41.08
We don't trust
each other anymore.
00:48:41.82\00:48:43.45
Don't let him do it.
00:48:45.25\00:48:46.72
Don't let him in.
00:48:47.12\00:48:48.46
Don't let that accuser in.
00:48:49.32\00:48:51.19
So they were all in
one place in one accord
00:48:51.39\00:48:53.09
and the Holy Spirit
came down and it filled them.
00:48:53.29\00:48:56.40
And all they could
talk about was Jesus.
00:48:57.53\00:49:01.20
And you know what they
did to these Jesus talkers?
00:49:01.90\00:49:04.14
You know what they
did? They beat 'em.
00:49:04.34\00:49:05.74
They put 'em in
jail; they stoned them.
00:49:05.94\00:49:07.51
Man, Paul went through
some terrible, TERRIBLE stuff!
00:49:07.71\00:49:11.05
I mean, it makes our
trials look like nothing.
00:49:11.25\00:49:14.65
Nothing. And you
know how they responded?
00:49:14.85\00:49:17.39
They just started praising God.
00:49:19.49\00:49:21.32
They were just
praising the Lord.
00:49:21.52\00:49:23.43
Oh! Paul and Silas are in jail
and they're just praising Jesus.
00:49:23.63\00:49:27.63
They've been whipped and
beaten and they're in the
00:49:27.83\00:49:29.66
innermost prison with
shackles on their hands and feet
00:49:29.86\00:49:33.00
and they're just praising God.
00:49:33.20\00:49:34.60
And you know, when you praise
God, God inhabits the praises
00:49:35.10\00:49:38.61
of His people and
so God comes down.
00:49:38.81\00:49:40.54
The doors come flying
open... there's an earthquake.
00:49:40.74\00:49:43.35
And the jailer wakes up
and he thinks all the prisoners
00:49:44.38\00:49:47.95
have escaped. He's
about to end his life
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.48
and you know what Paul says
00:49:49.65\00:49:50.99
to that jailer who
put him in that cell
00:49:51.79\00:49:53.52
with those shackles?
You know what he said?
00:49:53.72\00:49:55.06
"Do yourself no harm. "
00:49:55.46\00:49:57.13
His first concern is for that
guy: "Do yourself no harm. "
00:49:58.03\00:50:01.33
And you know, that guy
says to him... he says:
00:50:01.73\00:50:04.53
"What must I do to have that? "
00:50:05.03\00:50:09.60
I mean, we say: "What
must I do to be saved? "
00:50:10.01\00:50:11.87
But being saved is
so confused right now.
00:50:12.07\00:50:15.21
I mean, it's just
all over the place.
00:50:15.41\00:50:17.15
Like being saved,
what does that look like?
00:50:17.35\00:50:18.85
I'll tell you what it looks
like: it looks like what Paul
00:50:19.05\00:50:20.68
and Silas had when
they were in that jail.
00:50:20.88\00:50:22.22
THAT'S what it looks like!
00:50:22.42\00:50:23.75
And that jailer
knew what it was.
00:50:23.92\00:50:25.49
It's like: "I
want that experience! "
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.39
You see, the
gospel's gotta go as a witness
00:50:30.46\00:50:32.59
before this is all
over... and it will.
00:50:32.99\00:50:34.66
It'll be a powerful witness. And
then we get to Rev. chapter 12.
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.77
Now Revelation
chapter 12 is our destiny.
00:50:37.97\00:50:40.47
Revelation chapter 12 is where
God wants us to get to because
00:50:40.67\00:50:43.34
Revelation chapter
12... We haven't actually hit
00:50:43.54\00:50:46.41
the dragon yet. The sea
beast and the land beast
00:50:46.61\00:50:50.15
they're not here yet.
00:50:50.35\00:50:51.71
God is getting us ready.
00:50:51.91\00:50:53.25
He's connecting us with Jesus
because when we get to the place
00:50:53.31\00:50:56.28
where we're going to
be dealing with the beasts
00:50:56.48\00:50:57.99
and the dragon...
Well, it's going to be scary.
00:50:58.19\00:51:01.26
Some of us are already
scared. But remember...
00:51:01.46\00:51:03.02
remember the words of
that hymn: "Anywhere with? "
00:51:03.22\00:51:05.79
"Jesus I can safely go. "
00:51:05.99\00:51:09.96
Anywhere? Anywhere!
00:51:10.37\00:51:13.10
Fear I cannot know.
00:51:13.50\00:51:15.00
That's what the
early disciples had.
00:51:15.20\00:51:16.94
In Revelation
chapter 12 verse 1-
00:51:17.14\00:51:19.17
another plug for
Salvation in Symbols and Signs -
00:51:19.57\00:51:21.74
there are symbols
here... a lot of symbols.
00:51:21.94\00:51:23.71
But the one we want to
look at is the one where it says
00:51:23.91\00:51:25.65
"The woman... " That's God's
church - II Corinthians 11,
00:51:25.85\00:51:28.92
Ephesians 5- "is
clothed with the sun. "
00:51:29.12\00:51:33.25
Now Malachi 4 verse 2 tells us
00:51:33.66\00:51:36.16
that the S-U-N sun is
the Son of Righteousness.
00:51:36.36\00:51:40.30
It's Jesus!
00:51:40.70\00:51:42.03
You see, this
woman has a remnant
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.87
in verse 17 who keeps
the commandments of God
00:51:45.07\00:51:48.57
and has the testimony of Jesus.
00:51:49.60\00:51:51.11
The problem is that before you
can be the remnant of the woman
00:51:51.81\00:51:56.34
you actually have to
hook up with the woman.
00:51:56.54\00:51:58.38
The woman isn't described as
keeping the commandments of God.
00:51:59.11\00:52:01.85
Are you following me?
00:52:02.05\00:52:03.39
The woman is described
as being clothed with the
00:52:03.69\00:52:06.45
righteousness of Jesus
Christ: His perfect life,
00:52:06.65\00:52:08.96
His penalty-satisfying
death is gifted to them.
00:52:09.16\00:52:13.03
And because of that they
keep the commandments of God.
00:52:13.23\00:52:17.53
That's what happens.
Jesus said: "If you love Me... "
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.47
I didn't come to Christ
in the Adventist church.
00:52:22.34\00:52:25.47
I was raised a Catholic,
00:52:26.24\00:52:27.64
and I came to Christ
through Calvary Chapel.
00:52:28.14\00:52:31.98
I gave my heart to Jesus
00:52:33.28\00:52:35.02
and I KNEW that I was saved.
00:52:35.42\00:52:38.29
I'm not talking about
saved like going to heaven.
00:52:39.52\00:52:41.29
I'm talking about saved like
I don't drink alcohol anymore;
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.32
I don't go to bars any more.
00:52:43.53\00:52:44.86
I'm not doing the
stuff I used to do.
00:52:45.09\00:52:47.16
I'm a different
person. THAT saved.
00:52:47.36\00:52:49.56
And then my sister came over
to my house and she said to me
00:52:50.43\00:52:53.60
now that I was goin' to church:
00:52:53.80\00:52:55.44
"You should come to my church. "
00:52:55.84\00:52:57.27
I said: "Sure! You can
come to my church on Sunday
00:52:57.47\00:52:59.44
and I'll go to your church
the next Sunday. " She said:
00:52:59.64\00:53:00.98
"No, no, no, no. You
can come to my church
00:53:01.01\00:53:02.68
Saturday and I'll go
to your church Sunday. "
00:53:03.18\00:53:06.31
And I said: "What? "
00:53:06.51\00:53:07.85
"No one goes to church on Satur-
day; that's not in the Bible. "
00:53:07.98\00:53:10.35
I knew the Our Father
and the Hail Mary by heart
00:53:17.99\00:53:20.30
and that was about it.
00:53:20.70\00:53:22.03
And I learned very quickly
00:53:24.53\00:53:26.37
as I tried to get my sister
OUT of the Adventist church.
00:53:27.30\00:53:30.17
That was my goal!
That was my motive.
00:53:30.77\00:53:33.71
I learned very quickly
what the Bible had to say,
00:53:33.91\00:53:36.28
and when I read that
verse "If you love Me, keep My
00:53:36.48\00:53:40.15
commandments... " it's like
I'm totally in love with Jesus.
00:53:40.35\00:53:42.32
Like I am sold out for Jesus.
00:53:42.52\00:53:44.35
I mean, that is it for me.
00:53:44.95\00:53:46.59
So as we move through
Revelation chapter 12 we see
00:53:47.89\00:53:50.89
the great
controversy... God describes it.
00:53:51.09\00:53:53.13
He identifies the
accuser of the brethren
00:53:53.33\00:53:55.03
in heaven.
That's where it started.
00:53:55.23\00:53:56.77
He identifies the accuser
virus. That's where it was
00:53:56.97\00:54:00.37
formed... in the
courts of heaven.
00:54:00.57\00:54:02.74
And it was brought down to
this earth and then Jesus came
00:54:02.94\00:54:05.24
to decimate it; to
destroy it; to get rid of it.
00:54:05.44\00:54:08.04
And victory was proclaimed
in heaven because it's gone!
00:54:09.01\00:54:12.28
The accuser virus is
gone from the unfallen worlds
00:54:12.68\00:54:16.28
and now it needs to be gone from
those who dwell on the earth.
00:54:16.48\00:54:19.02
And it WILL be gone by
those who take the serum.
00:54:20.76\00:54:25.16
So the book of Revelation
is directing us to Jesus.
00:54:27.70\00:54:32.33
I'm just slipping through
all of my notes here because
00:54:33.87\00:54:35.64
I want to just
get to one last point.
00:54:35.84\00:54:37.37
And that is this: based
on the Biblical evidence
00:54:38.27\00:54:43.71
each one of us needs
to let the Holy Spirit
00:54:43.91\00:54:48.18
to get into us so
that we can be inoculated
00:54:49.42\00:54:52.69
against the accuser virus. Amen!
00:54:53.09\00:54:55.42
We need to surrender to God.
00:54:55.62\00:54:57.53
But how do we do that?
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.29
It's not difficult.
00:55:00.30\00:55:01.96
I didn't know anything about God
00:55:02.66\00:55:04.90
and someone said: "Just
get on your knees and ask Jesus
00:55:05.10\00:55:06.94
to come into your
life, to be your Savior.
00:55:07.14\00:55:08.97
Give Him your sins,
00:55:09.17\00:55:10.71
and expect Him to do
what you've asked Him to do. "
00:55:11.11\00:55:13.84
And that's what I did, and
my life has never been the same.
00:55:14.04\00:55:16.38
Amen!
00:55:16.58\00:55:18.91
Just open the door
of your heart to Jesus
00:55:19.85\00:55:21.92
when you get up in the
morning, even right now.
00:55:22.12\00:55:24.25
Every morning as you wake,
00:55:24.45\00:55:26.55
as you go to sleep. In
the morning; in the evening;
00:55:27.06\00:55:30.66
through the day, open
your heart to the Word of God.
00:55:30.86\00:55:33.40
Read the Bible;
think about a verse.
00:55:33.60\00:55:35.16
Let the Bible speak to you;
let God be your best friend.
00:55:35.36\00:55:38.03
TALK to Him; claim His promises.
00:55:38.23\00:55:41.24
Get counsel; get direction;
get rebuke; get encouragement.
00:55:44.54\00:55:47.18
The other morning I
woke up and I read this verse
00:55:48.24\00:55:50.18
in Psalm 16 verse 8: "I
have set the Lord always
00:55:50.38\00:55:52.65
before me. Because
He is at my right hand
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.45
I shall not be shaken. "
And then I prayed this prayer:
00:55:54.65\00:55:57.39
"Heavenly Father,
please help me to set You
00:55:57.59\00:56:00.52
always before me.
00:56:00.72\00:56:02.52
Forgive me where
I fail to do this.
00:56:02.72\00:56:04.46
Thank you for
promising to be at my right hand
00:56:04.66\00:56:06.90
so that I will not
be shaken. " That's it!
00:56:07.10\00:56:09.90
It's not complicated.
00:56:10.30\00:56:11.67
Salvation is not
locked up in some university.
00:56:11.87\00:56:14.97
It's not all
wrapped up with these long,
00:56:16.00\00:56:19.64
deep theological terms.
00:56:19.84\00:56:21.54
I don't have any kind
of theological education.
00:56:21.74\00:56:24.78
Came out of high school; started
preaching the Word of God.
00:56:25.18\00:56:27.18
Amen!
00:56:27.38\00:56:28.72
It's that simple.
00:56:28.88\00:56:30.22
I'm not saying there's
anything wrong with education.
00:56:31.29\00:56:33.42
It has its place.
00:56:33.62\00:56:35.32
But salvation is
ours... yours and mine.
00:56:36.16\00:56:40.90
And the Word of
God is our serum.
00:56:41.70\00:56:46.63
The Word of God...
Jesus Christ made flesh.
00:56:47.04\00:56:50.11
Amen! Let's pray
together. Father in heaven,
00:56:50.31\00:56:52.07
thank you so much tonight
00:56:52.27\00:56:53.61
for each and every word that
You've given to each and every
00:56:53.98\00:56:57.01
person. Thank you
for speaking to us
00:56:57.21\00:57:00.62
this weekend
through this Camp Meeting.
00:57:00.82\00:57:02.82
Thank you for recharging us.
Thank you for every one of the
00:57:03.22\00:57:05.95
musicians, every
one of the speakers,
00:57:06.15\00:57:09.96
every one of the
staff on camera, on mic,
00:57:10.16\00:57:13.46
those that have been
doing the children's programs.
00:57:14.83\00:57:16.70
Thank you for bringing
us this water in the desert.
00:57:16.90\00:57:20.07
Thank you for the
pastor and his wife,
00:57:20.27\00:57:22.44
for their courage
to open this church
00:57:22.64\00:57:25.71
to reach out to this community
00:57:28.41\00:57:31.25
and to recognize that all
of us are in different places.
00:57:31.65\00:57:34.68
We're conservative;
we're liberal or progressive.
00:57:34.88\00:57:37.09
We're unbelievers, we're
atheists; we're whoever we are.
00:57:37.29\00:57:40.39
But all of us need that
serum that is Jesus Christ.
00:57:41.09\00:57:44.66
Help us to start on a
new walk with You today.
00:57:47.26\00:57:52.63
Help us not to
leave this place the same.
00:57:53.70\00:57:55.70
Not to leave this place
thinking "Well, I've had my fill
00:57:55.90\00:57:58.97
for a couple of weeks
or a couple of months. "
00:57:59.17\00:58:00.88
No! Help us to
take Jesus with us.
00:58:01.28\00:58:04.35
Help us to arrange our
lives so that He's the center,
00:58:04.55\00:58:07.38
so that we're
surrounded by His presence
00:58:07.58\00:58:10.32
so that we overcome by His
blood, His life, and His death.
00:58:10.82\00:58:14.72
So that we have a testimony
00:58:15.12\00:58:17.89
of His goodness
every single day.
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You can do that for us,
Father. You've done it for me.
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You can do that
for each one of us.
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And we ask You to do it tonight,
even now, in Jesus' name.
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