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>> We sent our sons compelling
story. The 12 miners profits
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test
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profits missed rich list and
filled with true is as relevant
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today as it was. Then
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it's hard to find. Come next.
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Joining us now,
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3 ABN for an in-depth
study of the word of God
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in the minors.
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>> Hello, friends from
all around the world. You're
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watching the continuation of
3 ABN summer camp meeting 2023.
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I mean, you guys have received
a tremendous blessing. So far.
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We like the minor prophets.
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I'll tell you, it's
those little bitty, tiny books.
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You sometimes we just go right
through them because they're so
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tiny and they're hidden in kind
of sandwiched in between all
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the bigger books that we
read. But there is a tremendous
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gospel blessing there. If
we pay attention, we allow the
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spirit to speak to. So that's
what we're covering during this
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camp meeting. It's a blessing
to have all of you viewing from
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all around the world. It's
a blessing to have got people
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here in person,
3ABN can meeting in them.
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Praise the Lord wanted to
take too much time because I'm
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privileged and honored and
very excited to have my little
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brother Cotoday. He's with
us to call him little. He's not.
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He's not. He's not a kid.
He's a grown man. But he's
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still my little brother.
But to you guys are not going
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want to miss this next hour
because the code is going to be
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bringing us a special message
straight from the book of Joel
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entitled The Valley of
Decision, the Valley of
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Decision. You're not going
want to miss it. And I have the
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privilege to calm a
good friend Tim partner here.
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Oh, there he is. Welcome,
Tim. Tim is I was a blessing.
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Always have Tillman. Tim's
going to be playing for me.
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I have the privilege of having
special music before my brother
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comes out in the song that I
felt was we were talking about
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what some are we going to sing
before Dakota preaches. That
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would go along with this
message and we thought of the
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few. But then this one came
to mind to me, one of the best
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songs that have ever been
written in terms of sacrificing
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living for crushed in making
the decision to truly follow
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him and surrender your life
to him. So whatever it takes,
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Lord, whatever it takes, that's
what I'll be willing to do it.
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>> There is some moist co
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from get room
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with us to use,
draw close to maybe
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>> leave this world.
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>> There are 2 kinds to
can mind a time to play this.
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>> And Lou, the toe.
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>> To draw close to.
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>> That's be when you.
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>> We should, too.
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>> And one me.
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>> And he has to be more.
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>> I team.
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>> That's one of them.
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>> I'll be you. And he too.
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>> Take my house land use.
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>> Take my dreams much and
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>> I base my own to yawn.
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>> And 2.
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>> And if you owe me some game.
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>> To a man.
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>> Way low.
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>> And you know, came.
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>> You must be stream.
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>> If that's how we do, it
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must be you.
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>> To try me, you know, so too.
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>> To
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>> let the to suppose 19
months, only 2 games with some
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Sano last night to.
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>> And one of the things.
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>> To drum a close team.
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>> And so me when I shoot too
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and one day and he's
for me, I'm not so long.
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I'll be with you to to
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I'll traits time,
Sean. I pulled the ring.
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>> For.
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>> Hanging.
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>> I mean and
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>> on you seen.
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>> Not small.
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>> I'll be with you, too.
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>> That's
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>> I love you and we.
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>> All right. Thank you,
Ryan and Tim. What a blessing.
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Are you willing to
do whatever it takes?
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I know that's what
I'll be willing to do.
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What about you?
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Well, it is a blessing to
be here at 3 VA can't meeting.
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I'm so thrilled to be here
right now. Amazing facts doing
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their can't meeting over
here and a little bit. I know I
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would be here at 3 being can't
meetings on praise the Lord
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that I have this opportunity
to be here to share the word of
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the Lord that you
guys for this can't meeting
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the Valley of decision will
be what we will be talking about
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in this presentation.
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But as is my custom to do
before I like to open the word
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of God, I like to
always go to God in prayer.
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And so if you would, please bow
your heads with me. Let's go to
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God in prayer and asked the
Holy Spirit to be present with
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us here this evening,
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father in heaven. Lord, we want
to thank you so much for all of
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your love, your grace and your
mercy. We thank you, Lord for
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your son, Jesus
and Calvary's Cross.
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And we ask for your holy spirit
to be present with us here
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today.
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Lord. We have enjoyed marvelous
and beautiful messages thus
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far.
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But the Phipps to gala
Mortimer, the Rafferty sister
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Jill Lord, you've
been blessing tremendously
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Lord. We pray that as we enter
into another study that you
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would bless as you have and
those the same continue to move
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magnanimously in our lives.
Transform our characters got
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and help us. Laura does.
We are brought to the Valley a
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decision
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to make the right decision
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and to go with their
soever. You our Lord.
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We asked this in
Jesus name. Amen.
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Before I dive into the book
that I'm going to be focusing
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on this evening, the book
of Joel. So if you have your by
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was you can go ahead and open
up to Joel. That's where the
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list to be spending
the majority of our time.
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>> I want to give you a quick
recap of the historicity of the
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nation of Israel and everything
that they really dealt with and
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went through and I will be
able to go through everything
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obviously. But to give you just
a a synopsis, a snippet of the
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nation of Israel, what
they were going through,
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you see you might remember,
remember the name of Abraham
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father, Abraham Scott, father
Abraham because he was the
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father of a huge nation
and Aybar. How had a you know,
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he him and his watch there.
They had a problem. They she
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was barren. She could have a
child. God gave them a promise
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that I will give you a seat in
his name should be called Isaac
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and Your Descendants will
be like the stars of the sky,
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like the sands of the sea.
Going to bless you abundantly.
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And it didn't look like a
promise is going to happen.
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But in time God came through on
his promise to says they meant
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got always comes
through on his promise.
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My family's to sing a song
years ago. It we serving on Tom
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God. Yes, we do in that
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and got always came through
on his promises as he did with
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Abraham people do for us today.
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But what happened with Abraham
is Abraham eventually has a son
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named Isaac
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Isaac ends up having 2
sons, one of the names,
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Esau and Jacob, I got
it backward. Rice on Jacob,
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you've got some
say, Jacob and Esau.
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Well, what happened was
that Jacob ends up having the
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birthright. He ends up having
this. The the sun's come forth
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out of him that became
known as the 12 tribes of what
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Israel, right? You're right.
You might remember the first
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time we see the word Israel
actually come up in the Bible
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is in Genesis Chapter. 32,
this is where Jacob passes Rach
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wrestling match with God.
And as he's wrestling with God,
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he ends up, you know, getting
a name change, take place.
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Sometimes if you're you and I
will wrestle with God, even in
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those tough times, Jesus
will bless. You can use an ENT,
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God says are just Jacobs said
they got rather I want to let
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you go into you. Bless me.
Said your name shall no longer
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be called Jacob, which meant
the Seaver. Your name will be
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called what
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Israel.
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And from that moment on word,
the Israelites became a very
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magnificent nation. And what
would you want to do? Wonderful
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things, but also give
us all kinds of whiplash
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and the 39 books
of the Old Testament.
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I mean, I'm talking about,
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oh, come on. Now.
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You read. I mean, you read
throughout the 39 books of the
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Old Testament and what you
see is just like the children of
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visuals like a high
school relationship,
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have mercy on a
team member high school.
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All I'm not the test. That high
school I despise high school.
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I couldn't wait to gradually
and get out of high school
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because everybody in my school
was with the new girl and all
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the girls with a new guy every
other week coming on talking
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about
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it would all be about dealing
to Savannah. Right deal is the
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captain of the football
team in Savannah to capture the
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cheerleading squad and
everybody's talking about doing
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it. Savannah and all the girls
want to be like Savannah and
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all the guys
want to be like that
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and high school. What one of
the things that can stand about
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it was again, everybody's with
someone else every other week
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and it wasn't long before
dealing in Savannah. The most
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popular to kids in school would
be busted all and he would hear
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all the girls, you know,
walking around and and and and
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complete, you know, pandemonium
and chaos over Savannah.
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Oh, my goodness.
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I believe the Dell and
we do that. You Savannah.
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>> Do wind up with a girl
from another school. Another
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cheerleader across the way.
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All the chaos would take a
loose in school and then it
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would be doing this event has
bucked up. And that's the big
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drama of the age and only 3
weeks later. Don't miss it back
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together again.
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>> You guys
remember what it was light
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and this was this was just
on going and you know, out me,
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my brother, praise God for
the way my parents raised us.
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They taught us the greatest
gift you can ever give your
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future wife is your virginity?
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Not not. All of us could
say that we had that upbringing,
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but I praise the Lord for me,
my brother having upbringing.
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We had godly parents love as
they said, the greatest gift.
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You can never give your shoes.
Your wife, your virginity to
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say that you've
only been with her.
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The greatest gift
you can never give up.
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I thought man yet powerful.
You know what? That's the
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greatest gift my bride could
ever give me too. You know that
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she's only been with me and
we you stay together like, like
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peas and carrots.
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I mean, this is just this is
what I want. I want that faith
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in this rough. How many of
you would have been okay moving
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forward if your husband or
your wife what he said, look,
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you know,
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we get married and all
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but I'm still going
to have my side cheat.
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Not all you've been like,
no. Let's put the brakes on here
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for a moment.
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I'm not interested in
sharing you with someone else.
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And as you get throughout the
39 books of the Old Testament,
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literally the children of
Israel were like a high school
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relationship. They can make
up their mind if they want to
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serve God in knots or got to
love daughter got love, got to
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disobey God or troll begun.
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And it's just like what is
going on with the nation of
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Israel.
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Why bring you the story of
Joseph yet, right? Jacob passes
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12 sons. Joseph is is that
the one who has the gift and the
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spirit of prophecy
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and Joseph is is ends up
betrayed by his brothers.
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He ends up in Egypt. And
what transpires was that just to
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basically he he gets over in
Egypt, right? Hands up a slave
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in Egypt
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and he had this dream that
his brothers would calm and they
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would have to come to
him. Right. And that dream was
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ultimately fulfilled and
that the great famine hit a land
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member. The famine of of
7 fatted calf are the dream.
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Rather the fair will have
7 fatted calf alibi. The 7
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scrawny cap of the 7 factors of
corn fell about 7 scrawny ears
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of corn. And what transpired
was that that man of 7 years,
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plenty would be followed.
What would comment followed by
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7 years of a famine.
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And what happened
in that story was that
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Joseph now was able to collect
and develop enough food for
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everyone in the known world
to have food. During that time.
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It was a beautiful scene.
Salvation was brought to the
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world. Listen, guys, salvation
was brought to all of the known
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world by a man by the name of
Joseph who had a connection of
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a righteousness
with Jesus Christ.
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Do you think God want to
save the world the last days,
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the same weight
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he's want to use godly men
and women to raise us up to our
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connection with Jesus. He might
show us the plan of salvation
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in the last 8.
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And as we as we as we see what
happened, the story of Joseph,
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the Israelites, they they
they end up coming, right. His
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brothers from
another mother and upcoming
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and they show up and what
happens, they they get there to
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in Egypt and they do say set
up shop after they'd be reunited
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with Joseph. They have
this beautiful ceremony of
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forgiveness and
mercy. And just, you know,
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Khan flight hearts for
what they did to their brother
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broken and contrite heart and
they they have reconciliation
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with Joseph and then
justices. Look, guys, look
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all the land here before us.
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You guys can say here with
me now. Listen, there is a great
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difference between
what God desires for you not
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and what God will
allow for you. And I
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you think about a lot about
picking up on land down here,
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the smell of cooking
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that there is a huge difference
between what God desires for
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you. And I will got
allows for you and I
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God did not want what what
was about to transpire to take
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place. But Joseph, he wants
to be with his family. He's got
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this leadership here.
But was that Joseph slant
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was that the promise land
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do this right
here to help you out?
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[MUSIC]
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Oh, it wasn't the promised
land. Let's face it. They left
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the promise land to calm to
Egypt to get food because right
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the land the land but been
deflated in each of the plan of
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salvation was there with
Joseph. But what happened was
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that
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instead of them getting their
food and surviving the famine
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with the family was done by
know how long it was going to
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last 7 years.
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Go back home.
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Come on. Somebody said it
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go back whole.
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But they got over in Egypt and
they started looking around and
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Egypt and they were like, oh.
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>> Look at this.
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They got Costco.
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You've got Costco.
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They got Sam's Club.
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We've got to
travel on our donkeys
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and are camels too far to
get to where we need to go.
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That's right.
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But we can to set
up shop right here.
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>> What does that lead to
for the children of Israel?
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Slavery
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was not God's plan
for them to be in Egypt
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but got allowed it
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and got prophesied, of course,
in the time of Abraham that
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this would happen because he
knows what decision you and I
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are going to make
before we make them.
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But God does not use his
omnipotence to interfere with
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mine and your decision
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still on your decision be love.
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What decision will thou make us?
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So as we look at the
historicity of of of the
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children of Israel, S now
they have been brought in to
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this captivity. God base
of a memo to Moses and Moses,
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a powerful man of God,
the company to tell Pharaoh,
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let God's people go.
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He says, I don't know your dog.
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He's like you're
going to get to know.
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And guess what, through
this rebellious decision that
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Pharaoh made not only did
Pharaoh and the Egyptians get
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to know the God and that
and that and that the Israelites
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got to be reintroduced to
the God of Abraham, Isaac and
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Jacob. But the entire known
world heard about what happened
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in Egypt.
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Isn't that right? You love
it. The entire known world heard
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what happened in Egypt
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and what transpired was that
basically all all of the Lynn
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and heard the wonders of
Egypt and they were trembling in
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their boots
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because the God of the
Israelites is a mighty and a
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powerful God Hussein's.
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But we have to
choose to salvage.
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We have to choose salvation
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to be safe.
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God desires. He's not willing
that any should perish. But
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that comment
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all should come to
repentance, my friends.
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But oftentimes what happens
is that we don't make the right
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choice.
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We seek for happiness in all
the wrong places. When Thomas
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Jefferson penned the
words on the Declaration of
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Independence, EPA to
life liberty and the what
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the pursuit of happiness.
When he when he gets those
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words of the Declaration of
independence, he was implying
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that we are all all pursuing
happiness. It is not true.
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All I want to happiness. We
all want our happy meters to
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be filled up with the problem
is we look at all the wrong
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places to be happy.
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God is saying come
on my people, wake up
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and see that you can
only quench your thirst by the
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fountain of a lot.
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It's a good message.
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But what transpires is that?
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God does this wonderful work
in Egypt? He brings the children
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of Israel out of bondage and
he brings them to the base of
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Mount Sinai and over your
bibles with me steep your spot
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there in Joel. We're about
to come right back to Joel.
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But let's go now
to Exodus Chapter 19.
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Exodus Chapter 19,
open your bibles there.
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We're going to
begin reading in verse 3
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Exodus Chapter 19, beginning
in verse 3. This is where God
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makes the covenant with the
Nation of Israel. Now God made
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a covenant with Abraham, but
this is the first time God is
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making a corporate covenant
with the entire nation of
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Israel.
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We gather Saints.
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Alright, notice first, 3
Exodus, 19 for 3 and Moses went
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up in the got and the Lord
called them to come out of the
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mountain saying that shot.
They'll say to the house of
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Jacob until the children of
Israel. You have seen what I
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did into the Egyptians. How
I bear you want to those winds
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have brought you want to
myself. He's reminding them of
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his path of their past
victories and he says now
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they're for
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if ye will obey my voice
indeed and keep mike holden it.
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Then you should be a peculiar
treasure onto me. Above all,
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people for all the earth is
my notice them being got to kill
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your people was
based upon a decision.
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What are we talking about?
The love of the valley of what
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the decision
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them being got? The
colored people is based upon the
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decision was based upon a
decision to obey God or to
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disobey got if you will
obey my voice indeed and keep my
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covenant, then
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you shall be a peculiar
treasure onto me up because all
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of the earth is my verse. 6
is the key verse. We're going
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to be paying attention to
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what was the purpose
for the nation of Israel,
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then you shall be on
to me. A kingdom of what
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pretty a kingdom of what
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second off thought the
priesthood was only for the
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tribe of Levi.
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He didn't say a tribe of priest.
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God's initial original plan for
the children of Israel was for
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the nation of Israel to
be a white light to the other
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nations of the world that I
heard about the glories of God
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that took place in Egypt.
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Can we say a man
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beautiful usual became a
priest, a holy nation. These
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are the words with Sasha
speaking to the children of
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Israel. And if you go on
to read that the children of
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Israel heard the words of God
and they said all the Lord has
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spoken, we will do.
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This is the problem, by the
way, with you and I we don't
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keep covenants very well.
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How many times have you made
a promise to God? Only a day
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later in the braking
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because the sea salvation
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is not about the promise
that you and I make to got.
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It's about the
promise that God makes to us.
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And we just need to do
what sister Jill, just preached
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about a minute.
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And when you lay our head
on his chest and trust him,
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God, you will deliver
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God, you will work victory.
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God you will do what is
magnanimous and wonderful.
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So beloved
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Israel was supposed to what
be a bright light to those other
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nations got had taken down
or what transpired. Again, they
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have left their their their
Neverland, right. The promised
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land was over here. They left
the promised land and they went
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over and Egypt
and they were like
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over here in Egypt, right?
They got the big screen TV.
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>> They got Wi-Fi.
00:23:44.45\00:23:47.22
They got everything we right
here in Agent, Costco and Whole
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Foods in the whole 9 yards.
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>> They set up shop in Egypt
while that was taking place and
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they go under hundreds of years
of, of, of, of, again, calamity
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and slavery and all of
that, right, oppression,
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Satan. Now those
are the promise land
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and he's jumping to
hash if if he can't wait
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because he knows got going to
keep his promise and he's going
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to bring that people back
over here to the promised land.
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So what is safe to do?
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I want to go get as much
he the nation's as I can.
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And I will bring
you right back here
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to the promised land
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because I know God is going
to keep this promise and he's
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going to try to save
those those Egyptians over there
00:24:29.80\00:24:33.70
and you get your bring them
back over here. Let me tell you
00:24:33.70\00:24:36.27
something to love. Here is
God's great struggle. Got had
00:24:36.27\00:24:38.64
no problem sitting Israelites
free from Egypt. In a sense,
00:24:38.64\00:24:42.31
OK, with me,
00:24:42.31\00:24:43.85
God was able to deliver
the Israelites directly out of
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Egypt in one day.
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But it took got 40 years
to get Egypt out of them.
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This is God's great
problem. He's saying
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there's an internal issue
and I got to deal with it.
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And so now
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.60
as they are to go there in the
base of Mount Sinai got saying,
00:25:07.60\00:25:10.57
listen, I'm gonna take you back
to the promised Land, but I can
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.94
take you back to the promised
Land. But you still acting like
00:25:13.94\00:25:16.11
some Egyptians.
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So I have to cleanse. You have
to do the work of cleansing.
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Here's my character.
What happens in Chapter 20?
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Here's my law.
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This is who I am
00:25:26.65\00:25:29.66
now. Listen,
guys. Now, you know me
00:25:29.66\00:25:33.13
and you agreed
to keep the covenant
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and as you get
over there, remember,
00:25:36.73\00:25:39.30
you're not to
let them convert you.
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You are to convert them.
00:25:42.47\00:25:46.57
But what happens instead of
Israel converting the hostile
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nations because again, they're
supposed to be a kingdom,
00:25:50.18\00:25:52.01
a priest, a holy
nation. When they go back to the
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promised land, there's supposed
to be showing forth to the
00:25:53.95\00:25:57.02
glory, the character of
God in their lot to these other
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nations.
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.22
But what transpires
is right, the opposite.
00:26:02.22\00:26:05.16
Instead of them converted
the other nations. The other
00:26:05.16\00:26:07.10
nations converted them
00:26:07.10\00:26:09.26
exactly what God said was
going to happen. He warned them.
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He said, listen.
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>> Don't don't don't,
don't you enter Mary with
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does he even told me to run?
He said, don't you cheat on me?
00:26:16.10\00:26:20.61
I praise God. I've never had to
say to my wife, don't you cheat
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.04
on me?
00:26:23.04\00:26:24.88
I didn't want his nation to
cheat on. You want to people
00:26:28.62\00:26:30.49
that, you know, but no notice.
Now let's let's look at what
00:26:30.49\00:26:32.52
happens in the book of Joel.
Go with me to Joe Chapter one.
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This is bringing about now the
time period. The God ultimately
00:26:36.16\00:26:40.10
prophesied would happen if
the children of Israel disobeyed
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.43
him. He opens up a chapter
one with a time period of
00:26:42.43\00:26:45.37
devastation. Job begins with
a devastating famine. That was
00:26:45.37\00:26:49.17
actuated by Judas
disobedience to God,
00:26:49.17\00:26:53.17
not the love of the sun.
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We're living in a
time period. A famine. Now
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I'm not going get into my other
brothers messages, but we're
00:26:59.35\00:27:02.12
living that. I'm
here to famine now.
00:27:02.12\00:27:04.79
Famine of hearing
God's word and obeying it.
00:27:04.79\00:27:10.73
Now we know next to nothing
about the book of Joel about
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right now. The book Do We
know next to nothing about Joel,
00:27:13.50\00:27:15.33
the prophet and in the time
of what she wrote? We know very
00:27:15.33\00:27:18.80
little about both of those and
there's all kinds of different
00:27:18.80\00:27:21.57
ideas of of of what the time
period Joe might have been in.
00:27:21.57\00:27:24.61
But as I studied very,
00:27:24.61\00:27:26.57
very intensely this book
from the time I was given the
00:27:26.57\00:27:29.34
invitation to be a part
of this pet can't meeting.
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I believe that the time period,
Joel, more and more a more
00:27:31.98\00:27:35.35
significant was around the time
period right before up to that
00:27:35.35\00:27:38.45
time period when the nation of
judo was about to be a captured
00:27:38.45\00:27:42.32
by the nation about along.
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All right. So so go
with me to jolt. After one,
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we're going to
be in a verse one.
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The word of the Lord came
to Joel, the son of a fuel here
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this year old men and give ear
all ye inhabitants of the land.
00:27:52.00\00:27:56.20
Has this been in your days or
even the days of your father's,
00:27:56.20\00:27:59.54
tell your children of it
and let your children tell their
00:27:59.54\00:28:02.48
children and their children
another generations, something
00:28:02.48\00:28:05.48
something big happening.
Notice what he says in verse
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for that which
the Palmer warm have e
00:28:08.28\00:28:11.29
I wish the palm or have left
rather half the locust eaten
00:28:11.29\00:28:15.26
and that which the locust have
left at the canker-worm beaten
00:28:15.26\00:28:18.49
and that which the canker-worm
have left at the Caterpillar
00:28:18.49\00:28:21.23
eaten.
00:28:21.23\00:28:22.53
Listen, guys, this is what's
happening is a devastating
00:28:22.53\00:28:25.20
monumental famine
has entered the land
00:28:25.20\00:28:28.74
almost like nothing
I've ever seen before
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.97
now versus 5, 6, goes on to
tell us why this family calm.
00:28:30.97\00:28:33.71
But I want to meet you.
Terminator bottles real quick
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.94
to gender on a beach after 28
00:28:35.94\00:28:38.05
Durrani temper. 28,
00:28:38.05\00:28:39.85
what we just reading verses one
through 4 is a fulfillment of a
00:28:39.85\00:28:43.25
prophecy that God gave himself
and get around the chapter.
00:28:43.25\00:28:46.19
28
00:28:46.19\00:28:47.12
gold needed around 28
00:28:47.12\00:28:49.09
and look at verse 15 with me
got prophesied that this exact
00:28:49.09\00:28:53.06
thing would
happen in Deuteronomy.
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.26
The Romney 28 burst if
team, but it shall come to pass.
00:28:55.26\00:28:58.33
If that will not hearken in to
the voice of the Lord, thy God
00:28:58.33\00:29:01.40
to observe to do all his
commandments and his statutes,
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.74
which I have commanded the this
day that all these curses shall
00:29:04.74\00:29:08.11
come upon the and overtake
the now you go read the rest of
00:29:08.11\00:29:11.21
Deuteronomy 28 and it saw
its lead. Everything that the
00:29:11.21\00:29:14.42
entire 39 books of the
Old Testament encompasses what
00:29:14.42\00:29:17.35
happened to the nation of
Israel is full field pretty
00:29:17.35\00:29:19.12
much around. 28.
00:29:19.12\00:29:20.72
It's pretty amazing. Jump
diverse. 38 with me now versed.
00:29:20.72\00:29:23.79
38 were injured
around 28 reverse. 38.
00:29:23.79\00:29:26.76
Thou shall not carry
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.76
much seed out into the
field. He says this is what will
00:29:28.76\00:29:32.03
happen if you disobey got.
00:29:32.03\00:29:34.50
But little in for
the locals show what
00:29:34.50\00:29:37.87
consume it. Thou shalt plant
vineyards and dress them but
00:29:37.87\00:29:41.71
shall not to drink of the wine
or gather the grapes for the
00:29:41.71\00:29:45.05
worm shell. Eat them.
00:29:45.05\00:29:47.45
Palm warm canker-worm.
00:29:47.45\00:29:50.35
You guys seen it
00:29:50.35\00:29:51.75
got prophesied
as well in advance
00:29:51.75\00:29:54.42
the worms to eat them. He says
00:29:54.42\00:29:56.76
Verse 40 thou shall have
all the trees throughout all the
00:29:56.76\00:29:59.83
coast. But thou shall not annoy
myself with the oil for that
00:29:59.83\00:30:03.50
oil shell casts his fruit
00:30:03.50\00:30:06.00
that Shelby get sons and
daughters, but thou shall not
00:30:06.00\00:30:08.37
enjoy them for
they shall go into what
00:30:08.37\00:30:11.47
captivity? Isn't this what
happened around the time here
00:30:11.47\00:30:13.64
to battle on
00:30:13.64\00:30:16.28
all the trees and fruit of I
land shall be, shall the locust
00:30:16.28\00:30:20.82
can soon.
00:30:20.82\00:30:22.35
This is exactly what we see
happening in Jonah. Go back to
00:30:22.35\00:30:24.45
Joe One
00:30:24.45\00:30:26.19
and we're going continue onward
to notice what takes place.
00:30:26.19\00:30:28.42
Got us talking about a time
period offending that's come up
00:30:28.42\00:30:31.33
on the land versus 5, 6, goes
on to say away key drunkards
00:30:31.33\00:30:35.60
and we've been how you drinkers
of wine. I find interesting to
00:30:35.60\00:30:38.93
Joel's warning of this because
of Revelations 17 who is in
00:30:38.93\00:30:42.77
revelation 17 with a great
cup in her hand full of a wine
00:30:42.77\00:30:46.94
filthiness of her fornication
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.71
trying to cause the whole
world to drink of that won
00:30:48.71\00:30:51.88
to get you tipsy on the
water about a lot have mercy.
00:30:51.88\00:30:55.15
The Bible says in Romans
3.23, all have sinned and fallen
00:30:55.15\00:30:57.85
short. The glory of
God, isn't that right?
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.62
We all have been a little tipsy
on the want to Babylon, if not
00:30:59.62\00:31:03.69
once twice,
maybe 3 times in a lot
00:31:03.69\00:31:07.30
for 6
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.10
starve. First rest of us. 5
says because of the new wine
00:31:09.10\00:31:12.37
for does cut off from your
mouth. The new one was a symbol
00:31:12.37\00:31:15.47
of the new covenant of
which the Children of Israel
00:31:15.47\00:31:17.67
rejected.
00:31:17.67\00:31:19.17
Are you following the beloved
00:31:19.17\00:31:20.84
God wants to write his law
and our hearts and our minds.
00:31:20.84\00:31:23.04
That was the purpose of
the nation of Israel. He wanted
00:31:23.04\00:31:25.28
them to be a people transformed
inwardly first and then at
00:31:25.28\00:31:28.92
work.
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.49
But they did not
surrender to God completely.
00:31:30.49\00:31:33.72
Jeremiah, 5 prophesied of that
nation that would do exactly
00:31:33.72\00:31:38.03
what we just
reading verses 5, 6,
00:31:38.03\00:31:41.33
verse except for a nation
has come up on my land strong
00:31:41.33\00:31:44.77
without number whose teeth are
that he full of a lion and he
00:31:44.77\00:31:48.50
had to chief teak
teeth of a great line.
00:31:48.50\00:31:51.71
Now there's 2 major
primary characters in the Bible.
00:31:51.71\00:31:54.44
This references to the Lions.
Peter warns of one the devil
00:31:54.44\00:31:58.21
like a roaring. What Lyon
walkabout seeking whom he may
00:31:58.21\00:32:01.38
devour, right?
Why said be sober?
00:32:01.38\00:32:03.95
Be vigilant
00:32:03.95\00:32:05.49
because you know what, you
know to consider the easement
00:32:05.49\00:32:07.66
majoring in Amman
or presentations to be
00:32:07.66\00:32:10.49
God's Amy
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.96
got trying to get us over
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.36
who may have been drinking on
on Graham also cough medicine.
00:32:16.36\00:32:23.27
The other symbol of a line
represents battle on. We see
00:32:23.27\00:32:25.97
this ending a chapter 7,
which is not peculiar to our
00:32:25.97\00:32:28.58
ideological framework here as
administration's most of us in
00:32:28.58\00:32:31.95
here. Of course,
00:32:31.95\00:32:33.82
Joel, one
00:32:33.82\00:32:35.22
for 7 goes on to say he has
laid my fine waste and barked
00:32:35.22\00:32:40.42
my what
00:32:40.42\00:32:41.49
my fig tree. He hath made
it clean. Bare cast away. The
00:32:41.49\00:32:45.19
bridges are all made white.
So notice he's talking about he
00:32:45.19\00:32:48.16
had to leave. My mind was
this is speaking of that enemy,
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.57
that nation that has come up
on them. That lion nation that
00:32:50.57\00:32:54.20
have to that the
cheek teeth of a great lion.
00:32:54.20\00:32:57.64
This is believed by many
theologians to be represented
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.08
by battle on. So this gives us
an idea of the time period the
00:33:00.08\00:33:04.01
job's prophesying about
00:33:04.01\00:33:06.31
now the vine represents God's
people. Notice he said he had
00:33:06.31\00:33:08.85
laid my fine. What waste
the 5 represents. Got people.
00:33:08.85\00:33:12.52
Jeremiah too.
00:33:12.52\00:33:13.82
And first, 21 turn there with
your Bibles, Jeremiah chapter 2
00:33:13.82\00:33:17.93
and verse. 21, I'll
give you a moment to turn
00:33:17.93\00:33:20.86
notice what God
says to his his children
00:33:24.30\00:33:27.57
and Jill, Jeremiah
chapter 2 verse. 21,
00:33:27.57\00:33:30.24
he says yet I have
planted the a noble lot.
00:33:30.24\00:33:34.14
But what is Joel saying has
been laid waste and verse 7.
00:33:34.14\00:33:38.81
My van has been laid waste
gotzis notice what he says to
00:33:38.81\00:33:42.88
the children of Israel
undermine to 21. Yet I have
00:33:42.88\00:33:45.62
planted the a noble
van. Holy right seed and then
00:33:45.62\00:33:49.92
listen, they got home
here. God is heartbroken
00:33:49.92\00:33:53.76
over his people.
00:33:53.76\00:33:55.10
How then our town turned
into the degenerate plant of a
00:33:55.10\00:33:58.77
strange vine. And to me,
00:33:58.77\00:34:01.60
God is looking at the children,
a vigil situation and he's
00:34:06.34\00:34:09.08
saying
00:34:09.08\00:34:10.05
how did you become like this?
00:34:10.05\00:34:12.98
This isn't what I planned it.
00:34:12.98\00:34:15.68
Are you following?
00:34:15.68\00:34:16.82
You might remember the parable
of the Sower who planted the
00:34:16.82\00:34:19.39
tears. The enemy
plan to the terrace.
00:34:19.39\00:34:23.09
>> Got plans the good seed
and got he's got a sitting there
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.93
saying how did
you turn into this?
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.63
This isn't how I plan to do.
00:34:28.63\00:34:30.73
>> You've turned the degenerate
planted a strange vine. And to
00:34:30.73\00:34:33.67
me,
00:34:33.67\00:34:34.80
how many remember the story
of Jesus walking member talked
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.64
about the vine and the victory
in this in this. And Joel,
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.17
1, 7, how many member when
Jesus came up to the fig tree
00:34:39.17\00:34:42.28
and that story,
00:34:42.28\00:34:43.68
Jesus shows up to that victory.
And what are you looking for?
00:34:43.68\00:34:47.55
He's looking for
something that isn't it.
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.75
And he comes up to this victory
is looking for some things.
00:34:49.75\00:34:51.89
But the problem is
he doesn't find him.
00:34:51.89\00:34:55.06
Jesus comes looking for fruit.
00:34:55.06\00:34:58.56
He doesn't find any
00:35:01.00\00:35:02.90
what happened. That victory
00:35:02.90\00:35:05.07
when Jesus showed up.
Are you hearing they got
00:35:08.27\00:35:11.74
that moment when Jesus showed up
00:35:11.74\00:35:13.74
Jesus cursed the fig tree
00:35:13.74\00:35:15.88
because it was fruitless
00:35:15.88\00:35:18.71
kind of fruits, are you and
I suppose to have in these last
00:35:18.71\00:35:20.72
days
00:35:20.72\00:35:23.22
for the spirit,
can someone say n
00:35:23.22\00:35:26.62
but, you know, while we
don't have the for the spirit
00:35:26.62\00:35:29.16
because we
don't have the spirit,
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.43
it's what's called the fruit
00:35:32.43\00:35:36.26
the spirit.
00:35:36.26\00:35:38.00
You don't have the fruit
because we don't have the
00:35:38.00\00:35:40.44
spirit.
00:35:40.44\00:35:43.71
You have the spirit of God.
You will. No doubt about it.
00:35:43.71\00:35:47.11
Have the fruit.
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.84
He comes up to a fig tree
that's fruitless and Jesus
00:35:48.84\00:35:51.35
curses. The 5th victory in
the bottle says within that very
00:35:51.35\00:35:53.92
hour when they passed backed
by the fig tree had weather
00:35:53.92\00:35:57.52
completely indict.
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.16
That is what will be our end
00:36:00.16\00:36:03.43
if we do not make
the correct decision
00:36:03.43\00:36:07.30
when we enter into
the Valley of decision,
00:36:07.30\00:36:11.90
Jesus is coming soon
00:36:11.90\00:36:14.97
and he's going to be
looking for some fruit.
00:36:14.97\00:36:18.01
Can somebody CNN
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.28
now, how did this happen to
God's people? We talked about
00:36:20.28\00:36:22.31
it, but let's just revisit
because it's all throughout the
00:36:22.31\00:36:25.25
Bible. How did this is bearing
this happen? God is looking at
00:36:25.25\00:36:28.85
a 6 people in their spiritual
ruin everywhere. Got to see
00:36:28.85\00:36:32.39
what's going on. Ledger.
Much upper to verse 20. You're
00:36:32.39\00:36:35.26
you are in Jeremiah to earlier.
We reversed. 21. Let's reverse
00:36:35.26\00:36:38.26
20 now.
00:36:38.26\00:36:39.39
He says for all time I have
broken out, you'll can burst.
00:36:39.39\00:36:41.76
I bans and asset as I will
not transgress. You haven't made
00:36:41.76\00:36:45.40
that that promise to got
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.47
got I'm not going to I'm
not going to sit anymore.
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.94
When he goes on to say went
up on every hot you and under
00:36:49.94\00:36:53.54
every green tree that
wonder is playing the harlot,
00:36:53.54\00:36:57.68
you know, he means by every
high on evergreen tree because
00:36:57.68\00:37:00.18
there's some people
that's not ashamed of their son
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.15
whatsoever.
00:37:02.15\00:37:04.02
Do it right out in
the open. Just like
00:37:04.02\00:37:06.59
Absalom did with David twice.
00:37:06.59\00:37:12.56
And then there's some
00:37:12.56\00:37:14.40
they want to pretend
that they are Christian
00:37:14.40\00:37:17.80
put on that
mask will talk about.
00:37:17.80\00:37:20.24
But in reality what happens?
00:37:20.24\00:37:22.57
Sin let sit. Sinless livestock
are a rather simple watched.
00:37:22.57\00:37:26.44
I was being live and practiced
and promulgated and their
00:37:26.44\00:37:29.71
private lives
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.65
got a set here. Listen.
00:37:31.65\00:37:33.42
When upon every high heel in
evergreen tree dollars wonders,
00:37:33.42\00:37:35.78
playing the left,
00:37:35.78\00:37:37.19
the harlot, he says
00:37:37.19\00:37:39.82
now there's a character in the
Bible. I want to just bring our
00:37:39.82\00:37:42.59
minds back to his
name with Solomon.
00:37:42.59\00:37:45.79
Go with me to
first Kings. Chapter 11.
00:37:45.79\00:37:48.16
First, the chapter 11.
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.00
We're going to
begin reading in verse one
00:37:50.00\00:37:51.93
First Kings chapter 11. We're
going to get a reading in verse
00:37:51.93\00:37:55.44
one.
00:37:55.44\00:37:56.64
Notice what happens to key
Summit. Solomon was other than
00:37:56.64\00:38:00.08
God other than Jesus Christ.
According to scripture, he was
00:38:00.08\00:38:02.88
the wisest in the Bible was not
true other than Jesus because
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.41
Jesus is really the wisest.
00:38:06.41\00:38:09.22
But Solomon
00:38:09.22\00:38:10.95
notice what it says about him.
The first Kings, 11 verse one.
00:38:10.95\00:38:13.49
But King Solomon
love many strange women
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.59
together with the
daughter of pharaoh,
00:38:16.59\00:38:19.86
women of them bites ammonite
even might Sedona ins and
00:38:19.86\00:38:23.10
hittites all the nations
concerning which the Lord said
00:38:23.10\00:38:26.74
unto the children of Israel.
You shall not going on to them.
00:38:26.74\00:38:30.34
Neither shall they come in unto
you for surely they will turn
00:38:30.34\00:38:34.14
away your what
00:38:34.14\00:38:35.51
Hart after their gods. Solomon
Clave onto these in love.
00:38:35.51\00:38:40.42
The Bible says
00:38:40.42\00:38:42.68
he clave under these women
in love because let's face it.
00:38:42.68\00:38:45.72
Just like the the Sons of
God in Genesis Chapter 6. And if
00:38:45.72\00:38:49.96
you remember the flood, right,
just after 6, what caused the
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.56
flood?
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.66
Think about this for a moment.
And Genesis Chapter 6. What
00:38:54.66\00:38:57.47
caused the flood Hugo region to
6 versus want to assist and the
00:38:57.47\00:39:00.80
sons of God saw
the daughters of got
00:39:00.80\00:39:04.71
it is written all when
the Dodgers got. Who are they?
00:39:04.71\00:39:08.08
The Dodgers a mint,
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.41
the sons of God. The Bible says
an Anna First John chapter are
00:39:09.41\00:39:13.05
John Chapter one verse 12 that
you must accept Jesus and the
00:39:13.05\00:39:15.92
by him to be a son of God.
Romans, 8 verse to 14 tells us
00:39:15.92\00:39:19.82
that we must walk by the spirit
of got to be a son of God.
00:39:19.82\00:39:22.82
So that's not talking
about fallen angels. By the way,
00:39:22.82\00:39:26.09
this is the sons of God
saw the daughters of men
00:39:26.09\00:39:29.56
if they were fair and they took
them wives of all of which they
00:39:29.56\00:39:31.93
chose.
00:39:31.93\00:39:33.27
So what happened was that the
lineage of Seth Wright Cassette
00:39:33.27\00:39:36.20
replaced able
00:39:36.20\00:39:37.74
they were looking
over at the land of not
00:39:37.74\00:39:40.71
nobody called the land of not.
00:39:40.71\00:39:43.18
That's the kind of
people like to not often church.
00:39:43.18\00:39:46.08
I mean, not enough in church.
00:39:49.38\00:39:52.19
Well, so we've got
a not in my over here.
00:39:52.19\00:39:55.06
Not in my right here.
00:39:55.06\00:39:57.09
The sons of God looked over
at the daughters. Amend best was
00:40:01.80\00:40:05.17
the lineage of Cain dwelling
in the land of nod. And what
00:40:05.17\00:40:08.94
transpired was that they saw
them to the Suns about saw the
00:40:08.94\00:40:12.24
document that they were fair.
They took the wise which they
00:40:12.24\00:40:14.41
chose. Well, what's happening
is that the that the lineage of
00:40:14.41\00:40:16.91
Kate Kane left the presence of
God in Genesis Chapter 4 and he
00:40:16.91\00:40:20.22
dwelt over the land of not
and he said anything to do with
00:40:20.22\00:40:22.78
God. God doesn't want to accept
my my, you know, my my fruits
00:40:22.78\00:40:26.35
and vegetables. My works.
I'm going live how I want to
00:40:26.35\00:40:29.22
live in a separate myself from
God. That's not what God wanted
00:40:29.22\00:40:31.73
for Cain. It's not uncommon for
anybody, but that's what Cain's
00:40:31.73\00:40:35.16
decision was. But the sons
of got saw the daughters of men.
00:40:35.16\00:40:38.97
>> And they sit.
00:40:38.97\00:40:43.14
>> Because when they saw them,
they thought and those women
00:40:43.14\00:40:45.41
don't dress like Arlen,
00:40:45.41\00:40:49.98
they don't look like are women.
00:40:49.98\00:40:53.31
And so they started in or Mary,
what happened with Solomon,
00:40:53.31\00:40:57.15
the first 3 notices
and he had 700 wives
00:40:57.15\00:41:04.56
and 300 concubines and
his wives turned away his what
00:41:04.56\00:41:11.17
this is what got
said, what happened?
00:41:11.17\00:41:13.44
His wives turned away start.
Now he said he has 700 wives
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.91
and 300. What
00:41:16.91\00:41:19.14
when the world is a concubine?
00:41:19.14\00:41:22.11
Let me tell you
00:41:22.11\00:41:23.85
a concubine is a side change.
00:41:23.85\00:41:29.92
Let me give you the that's the
new age term, right? We call a
00:41:29.92\00:41:32.95
psychic in the 1950's.
They called it a mistress.
00:41:32.95\00:41:37.33
Awesome use like Oak
00:41:37.33\00:41:41.60
Saatchi.
00:41:41.60\00:41:44.60
You might be familiar with the
very popular TV show. Back in
00:41:44.60\00:41:47.44
the 1950's call
00:41:47.44\00:41:49.67
the Andy Griffith Show.
00:41:49.67\00:41:53.41
Does that get don't known about
the Andy Griffith Show doing?
00:41:53.41\00:41:56.98
Don't Kid Yourself. I
know you go. Watch it ever sat.
00:41:56.98\00:42:00.65
I had to throw that in
00:42:03.99\00:42:06.79
on the Andy Griffith Show.
There's a famous character.
00:42:06.79\00:42:08.79
He was the main reasons
why. Let's face it, everybody.
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.59
Watch the show. His
name is Barney Fife.
00:42:10.59\00:42:14.03
Don Knotts played
the character Barney Fife
00:42:14.03\00:42:17.43
and Barney Fife.
00:42:17.43\00:42:18.83
He had Phil Lewis's girl
00:42:18.83\00:42:22.80
and that right,
00:42:22.80\00:42:24.11
Thelma, Lou was his girl.
00:42:24.11\00:42:26.27
She was his honey
00:42:26.27\00:42:28.44
and they were working
out trying to get ready for
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.21
marriage, right?
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.05
But then you'd
see episode show up.
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.65
Well, Bonnie is not
sing in the film loom.
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.12
>> He's singing. Do
Wah needed the Donner.
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.22
>> Guys, here's the point.
00:42:47.23\00:42:49.03
The point of use.
00:42:49.03\00:42:51.13
Do you have a one
needed in your life?
00:42:51.13\00:42:55.37
Do you have a side shoot?
00:42:55.37\00:42:58.44
Not talking, literally
talking spiritual here.
00:42:58.44\00:43:01.84
Do you have something you
should be with God, but you got
00:43:01.84\00:43:05.18
you a one need.
00:43:05.18\00:43:07.88
You'll be
singing songs to Juanita.
00:43:07.88\00:43:12.75
Jesus is creeping up behind you
like Andy Griffith and saying,
00:43:12.75\00:43:15.46
Hey,
00:43:15.46\00:43:17.53
you're supposed
to be with family.
00:43:17.53\00:43:21.10
Supposed to be faithful to me.
00:43:21.10\00:43:23.57
You see my friends.
00:43:23.57\00:43:24.87
God sees that. These
people are not ready for him
00:43:24.87\00:43:28.20
and he's he's 20 terrified.
God wants his people to be
00:43:28.20\00:43:30.87
ready, wants people to be
surrendering because got can't
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.14
let this go on much longer.
You do realize that, right?
00:43:34.14\00:43:37.61
And that the chopper, 24,
00:43:37.61\00:43:39.38
it says that about the
days of Noah that know that that
00:43:39.38\00:43:43.42
and lest those they
should have been shortened,
00:43:43.42\00:43:46.42
no flesh would have been say.
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.52
>> Because the weekend it's
become so gross and so hostile
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.66
in Lynn.
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.20
>> That they would wipe
out every single person that
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.77
doesn't think like them.
00:43:56.77\00:43:58.77
Are you with me?
00:43:58.77\00:44:00.14
This is what's coming up
on planet Earth. My friends.
00:44:00.14\00:44:01.77
We need to be very careful
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.01
that we we we
keep our focus on God
00:44:04.01\00:44:07.04
now having to turn here
for the sake of time. But,
00:44:07.04\00:44:09.74
you know, the Bible says in
Jeremiah chapter 3, verse 8,
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.28
Vick, God wrote Israel
a certificate or a bill of
00:44:13.28\00:44:16.72
divorce
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.55
to say what
00:44:18.55\00:44:20.79
you go read in Jeremiah chapter
3, verse 8, all read it for
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.09
you. He says and I saw a win
win for all. The calls were by
00:44:23.09\00:44:27.03
backsliding, Israel committed
adultery. I put her away and
00:44:27.03\00:44:30.23
given her a bill of divorce
00:44:30.23\00:44:32.80
yet her
treacherous sister Judah.
00:44:32.80\00:44:35.70
Now who is Joel addressing?
00:44:35.70\00:44:39.34
Are you following her?
Treacherous treacherous it.
00:44:39.34\00:44:41.54
You're due to fear of not that
went out. Went went and played
00:44:41.54\00:44:44.68
the Harlot. Also
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.82
again, bringing those
wanted is in the picture.
00:44:46.82\00:44:51.79
Joel, One
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.29
10 11 goes on to say the field
is wasted the land morning.
00:44:53.29\00:44:56.93
The corn is wasted. The
new wine is dried up. The oil
00:44:56.93\00:45:00.36
languisheth verse 11 be
ashamed. OU has been and how
00:45:00.36\00:45:04.53
you vine-dressers for the week
and for the barley because the
00:45:04.53\00:45:07.64
harvest of the field is
perished. God is showing his
00:45:07.64\00:45:10.74
people a literal version
of what is taking place within
00:45:10.74\00:45:15.04
their very own lives.
00:45:15.04\00:45:18.28
Spiritual, berenice,
00:45:18.28\00:45:20.58
spiritual ruin.
00:45:20.58\00:45:23.72
You know, as I look across the
religious scene today, even in
00:45:23.72\00:45:26.59
my own church, I'm
not seeing much fruit
00:45:26.59\00:45:32.03
amongst the
midst of God's people.
00:45:32.03\00:45:35.80
And I speak that to our shame.
00:45:35.80\00:45:38.37
I speak this message not
only to you guys, as if it's all
00:45:38.37\00:45:41.57
you.
00:45:41.57\00:45:42.67
This message is for just as
much as the ministers of the
00:45:42.67\00:45:45.17
church as it is
for everyone else.
00:45:45.17\00:45:48.34
We're going to talk about
the ministers now just a bit.
00:45:48.34\00:45:51.18
Got to sing this this inward
situation. Notice first 12,
00:45:51.18\00:45:54.82
the vine is dried up. The
fig tree languishes in the
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.79
pomegranate tree. The palm
tree also and the apple tree.
00:45:56.79\00:45:59.72
Even all the trees of the
field or whether because joy is
00:45:59.72\00:46:03.02
withered away from the sons of
men you go read Psalm 16 verse
00:46:03.02\00:46:06.06
11. It says the joy
is the presence of God.
00:46:06.06\00:46:09.26
What's happened? How do we get
the situation? We have left the
00:46:09.26\00:46:12.27
presence of God
00:46:12.27\00:46:16.87
worship services are as
draw as the heels of the bull.
00:46:16.87\00:46:21.78
Why would we worship
happily? We don't know. Got
00:46:26.31\00:46:29.65
trees is what he talks about is
is languishing in and having a
00:46:35.36\00:46:38.73
fruit. When look 3 verse, not
John. The Baptist said the axe
00:46:38.73\00:46:42.16
is also laid into
the root of the what
00:46:42.16\00:46:44.70
street he was speaking. People
the activated to the root of
00:46:44.70\00:46:48.00
the tree, every tree
which bring it forth. Not good.
00:46:48.00\00:46:51.17
Fruit is hewn down and it's
casting to the fire. Johnson S
00:46:51.17\00:46:54.94
revelation 7 0st 3 talked about
her, not the earth not to see
00:46:54.94\00:46:59.11
nor the trees,
00:46:59.11\00:47:01.65
God's people.
00:47:01.65\00:47:03.05
2, we have sealed the
servants of our God way
00:47:03.05\00:47:06.59
in the forehead, not belittle.
What's the forehead? A simple
00:47:06.59\00:47:08.79
love
00:47:08.79\00:47:10.33
forehead is a symbol
of the mind. Is it not?
00:47:10.33\00:47:14.56
So we make decisions
00:47:14.56\00:47:17.17
to God is dealing with
spiritual rue and Jules de.
00:47:17.17\00:47:20.24
He addresses the leadership.
Go with me to versus 13 14.
00:47:20.24\00:47:23.07
He's just gird yourselves
and lament you priest.
00:47:23.07\00:47:26.14
How EU ministers of the
altar calm light all night in
00:47:26.14\00:47:29.21
sackcloth EU ministers. And
I got you know, I got to have a
00:47:29.21\00:47:31.95
motive to lie, sackcloth and
ashes because he was saying if
00:47:31.95\00:47:35.08
you if you do not turn back to
me, that's what you're going to
00:47:35.08\00:47:38.95
come.
00:47:38.95\00:47:41.09
But we made of of
the dust of the Earth.
00:47:41.09\00:47:44.59
Santa 5 Fast Co solemn assembly
gathered the elders in the
00:47:44.59\00:47:47.73
inhabitants of the land into
the house of the Lord. Your God
00:47:47.73\00:47:50.17
and Cry unto the Lord.
00:47:50.17\00:47:53.50
Jump down with me,
00:47:53.50\00:47:55.70
Joel to adverse 23. We're
going go to Jill Chopper 2,
00:47:55.70\00:47:59.57
we're going to jump diverse.
23 limit. Let me share with you
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.81
what God says he
will do if we repent.
00:48:01.81\00:48:04.78
This is what I can't cover.
All of Joel. I have mercy.
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.55
None of the speakers up here
going to able to cover all of
00:48:07.55\00:48:09.78
the profundity of
the minor prophets.
00:48:09.78\00:48:13.79
Not with what time we have,
but we're going to give you the
00:48:13.79\00:48:16.76
juiciest parts we can meant
00:48:16.76\00:48:19.66
Joel to verse. 23 is what will
happen the result of when we
00:48:19.66\00:48:23.23
repent. Notice he says be glad
to new children of Zion rejoice
00:48:23.23\00:48:27.67
in the Lord. Your God for
he have given you the former a
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.51
moderately and he will calls
to come down for you. The rain,
00:48:30.51\00:48:34.78
the former rain and a lot
of rain in the first months.
00:48:34.78\00:48:41.45
I believe why haven't we
received this latter rain
00:48:41.45\00:48:44.09
pouring that. We've been
waiting on for so long. You
00:48:44.09\00:48:46.62
probably already know.
00:48:46.62\00:48:48.46
But we haven't
done anything about it.
00:48:48.46\00:48:50.79
So we need to hear it again.
00:48:50.79\00:48:54.56
Jeremiah Chapter 3 verse
3. She's there for the showers
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.77
have been withholden and
there have been no latter rain
00:48:57.77\00:49:02.77
and that has a horse forehead
and refuses to be ashamed.
00:49:02.77\00:49:07.81
Why has there
not been a lottery?
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.45
Why have the showers been
withholden and there has been
00:49:10.45\00:49:12.95
no a lot of rain. Jeremiah,
3, 3, says because the showers
00:49:12.95\00:49:16.65
have been withholden because
you have a horse forehead
00:49:16.65\00:49:21.02
and refuses to be a
shame. He says this to us
00:49:21.02\00:49:24.73
spirit to
Israel. In the last days
00:49:24.73\00:49:28.40
we have gone w******. We
have playing the harlot with God
00:49:28.40\00:49:32.70
got heart is broken.
Anything. My people please
00:49:32.70\00:49:36.04
come back to me,
00:49:36.04\00:49:38.14
the author and the
finish of your faith.
00:49:38.14\00:49:40.51
You see you and I think we
can write happy endings. But the
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.64
reality is God is the author.
Any the finish of our faith.
00:49:42.64\00:49:46.72
We have had the pan and our
hands to all come on. Somebody.
00:49:46.72\00:49:51.75
We've had that in our hands
too long trying to write our own
00:49:51.75\00:49:53.86
happy endings and got a saying
if you just give me the author
00:49:53.86\00:49:56.89
and finisher of
your faith, the pen
00:49:56.89\00:49:59.03
only I can write Happy Endings.
00:49:59.03\00:50:02.16
God promises us a USTA promises
us rather to use this mightily
00:50:06.13\00:50:10.24
notice jolt to 28. This is
probably the one scripture we
00:50:10.24\00:50:12.94
all know very well. And Joel
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.84
and it shall come to pass after
that. A promise spirit upon all
00:50:14.84\00:50:17.58
flesh, your sons and your
daughters shall prophesied.
00:50:17.58\00:50:20.52
Your old men shall dream dreams
and your young men shall see.
00:50:20.52\00:50:23.32
What
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.59
how many of you for
can't wait for that day?
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.76
Has that happened yet?
00:50:27.76\00:50:31.53
If you're here,
00:50:31.53\00:50:33.93
it's only happened. As as
Joel said, it's only happened.
00:50:33.93\00:50:36.87
Moderately.
00:50:36.87\00:50:39.77
Are you following?
00:50:39.77\00:50:41.04
Because this is using plural
terminology. He says I will
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.27
promise spirit on your sons or
00:50:44.27\00:50:48.24
on your daughter's plural.
00:50:48.24\00:50:51.58
The old men shall dream dreams.
Young men shall see visions.
00:50:51.58\00:50:54.95
So I'm scared. I'm even even
sad to say it. But I think the
00:50:54.95\00:50:58.89
only dream many of us have been
having in these last days is
00:50:58.89\00:51:01.46
the American dream.
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.49
We're looking at a time for us
what we have dreams and visions
00:51:04.49\00:51:07.13
and only dreams we've been
having is the American dream.
00:51:07.13\00:51:08.96
You want to call the American
dream because you got to be
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.20
asleep to believe.
00:51:11.20\00:51:13.23
And we're supposed to be
having visions in the last days.
00:51:19.27\00:51:21.31
But I think I'm afraid to say.
But the only vision many of us
00:51:21.31\00:51:23.91
have been having is television.
00:51:23.91\00:51:28.65
You see we have been too
caught up in the net of flicks,
00:51:28.65\00:51:34.19
too, caught up in the net
00:51:40.16\00:51:42.20
flicks that we could see.
All of the prophecy has been
00:51:42.20\00:51:45.87
fulfilled around
us. The time is short.
00:51:45.87\00:51:49.97
We've caught up in the Netflix,
beloved. You know what we need
00:51:49.97\00:51:52.41
to do. Matthew Chapter 4 verse
20, you go read it when you get
00:51:52.41\00:51:55.58
such an opponent for you.
00:51:55.58\00:51:57.45
It says when Jesus called the
disciples, they left their nets
00:51:57.45\00:52:01.38
and followed him.
00:52:01.38\00:52:03.35
We've got some
met stuff or sake.
00:52:10.16\00:52:13.16
Decisions are the hardest thing
to make, especially when it is
00:52:16.30\00:52:19.43
a choice between
where you should be
00:52:19.43\00:52:21.84
and where you want to be.
00:52:21.84\00:52:25.37
A decision develops in action
00:52:25.37\00:52:27.71
and action developed a habit.
A habit developed a character
00:52:27.71\00:52:31.48
and a character
develops your destiny.
00:52:31.48\00:52:35.68
God has brought us to
devalue decision. My friends,
00:52:35.68\00:52:38.92
what decision would you make
00:52:38.92\00:52:41.32
as we move on word
00:52:41.32\00:52:44.16
the coming of God, Joe,
3.14, to where we got the very
00:52:44.16\00:52:48.50
profound
statements for the term,
00:52:48.50\00:52:51.13
the Valley of decision.
00:52:51.13\00:52:53.40
Joel, 3.14, multitude
multitudes in the Valley of
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.80
decision for the
day of the Lord is near
00:52:55.80\00:52:58.61
and the Valley of the decision.
00:52:58.61\00:53:01.61
What decision you make
00:53:01.61\00:53:06.72
as I near these these in the
times I realize I'm not where I
00:53:06.72\00:53:09.42
need to be.
00:53:09.42\00:53:10.45
I mean, you can say that,
00:53:10.45\00:53:12.42
but I look back and
I say praise God, Noah,
00:53:12.42\00:53:17.09
and I'm reminded
00:53:17.09\00:53:18.66
and I tell people when it
let people down auto people,
00:53:18.66\00:53:20.90
listen,
00:53:20.90\00:53:21.96
I'm still in the up.
00:53:21.96\00:53:24.87
God is still in the kitchen
00:53:24.87\00:53:26.87
cooking on me.
00:53:26.87\00:53:28.77
And when God is
the cooking on me,
00:53:28.77\00:53:31.64
he's going to open that up.
00:53:31.64\00:53:34.04
And he's going
to say, well, Don,
00:53:34.04\00:53:36.61
you say that man, how in the
World Dakota, how in the world
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.69
I'm not going to
get to that point.
00:53:47.69\00:53:49.62
I've seen much sand I've done
falling away from God. Well,
00:53:49.62\00:53:52.86
welcome to the club up.
00:53:52.86\00:53:55.90
Remind of a powerful story.
True story took place in the
00:53:55.90\00:53:58.70
18th century in England, a man
by the name of Robert Robinson,
00:53:58.70\00:54:03.17
true
00:54:03.17\00:54:04.41
heckler. He was in
his days as a young man,
00:54:04.41\00:54:07.61
Robin Roberts and he didn't
have a relationship with God.
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.94
He was without a father.
He was a troubled child and he
00:54:09.94\00:54:13.18
found it much great joy to go
to all the local pastors in the
00:54:13.18\00:54:17.42
land and the band that dived
Angeles in the tent meetings,
00:54:17.42\00:54:19.82
the kidney that they would half.
00:54:19.82\00:54:21.22
>> And he would heckle
and he would shout and yell
00:54:21.22\00:54:24.19
profanities at the preacher it.
So you're just a hypocrite like
00:54:24.19\00:54:27.20
everyone else.
00:54:27.20\00:54:28.40
>> And he would just chase
away. He had was quick Witted,
00:54:28.40\00:54:31.80
very smart, very intelligent
man. He knew more of a cavalier
00:54:31.80\00:54:34.74
words. All the preachers in
England put together. He was so
00:54:34.74\00:54:36.91
intelligent and he would
chase all the with preachers at
00:54:36.91\00:54:39.34
Atlanta. One day he
showed up to the wrong can't me.
00:54:39.34\00:54:43.75
George Whitfield was
there in England preaching
00:54:43.75\00:54:47.55
the 1700's.
00:54:47.55\00:54:49.58
George Whitfield was there.
00:54:49.58\00:54:51.15
And soon as you saw the
young men walk in, they told him
00:54:51.15\00:54:53.22
about Robert
Robinson. He said young man
00:54:53.22\00:54:56.02
sit down
00:54:56.02\00:54:57.56
and give me a moment
to tell you about, geez.
00:54:57.56\00:55:00.96
And if you like what you
hear, he said, well, then that's
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.43
fine. You just move on
and do what you want to do.
00:55:03.43\00:55:06.63
Robert ever been challenge?
Lee said Dow George with a good
00:55:06.63\00:55:09.24
approach. 5 minutes past him
in the past 15 minutes. But were
00:55:09.24\00:55:11.94
you know what all our past?
And George Whipple called the
00:55:11.94\00:55:14.68
decision. He said Brood of
Vipers. His want you to flee
00:55:14.68\00:55:17.11
the route to calm. That's
turned the heart of Robert
00:55:17.11\00:55:20.48
Robinson. Years later handed
up becoming a Christian, giving
00:55:20.48\00:55:23.55
his life fully Gaw.
00:55:23.55\00:55:25.35
He became a changed man.
00:55:25.35\00:55:27.36
He started ministering on
behalf of everyone else that
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that that he heard the Gospel
of Christ. He started to preach
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the Gospel to the
world. Well, Robert Robinson
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years later, he ended
up backsliding making a bad
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decision is live.
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What transpired
in that story was
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Robert Robinson went years,
what 40 years in the season
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away from God.
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One day he's on the ice.
He's walking on the side road
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of England on the way to the
local tavern, which was right
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across from the church. A
little lady stops by in her
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wagon. And she says, sir, would
you like to come to church with
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me today?
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So you can hitch a ride with me.
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He set off sure he had no
intent just going to church.
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He was just going to the
local tavern and drink it up.
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He hops on the wagon and
a little lady. She begins to
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scene
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the song come thou
fount of every blessing
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to my heart to sing digress.
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Streams of Mercy never ceasing
call for songs. A lot of praise
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and she began to sing the song.
Robin Roberts begin the week.
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He was weeping
and she said, Sir,
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do not want my voice.
And no, ma'am, it's not that
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she don't like the song
is. Oh, it's not that either.
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He said is that I wrote it.
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True story.
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>> I wrote, she goes you,
Robert. She looks that are
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hymnal. He says, I sure am.
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>> She says what happened.
He says ha fell away from God
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many years ago
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and I never surrendered my life
back to God. He said I'm too
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simple to come to got
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2 great of center.
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He said in that song I wrote
prone to wonder, Lord, I feel
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are prone to
leave the guy alone.
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She said yeah, but the euro.
Take your tears. My heart more
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taken. Seal it still
before the courts a balk.
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She said God did
leave you. You left Gob
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and God created us. Divine
appointment for me. A new for
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you to be reminded that you
could never be greater of the
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center than Jesus is the same.
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Jesus is coming
soon. What do you say?
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I want to be ready.
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Let's make the right
decision to come back to you.
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