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>> We set our sights on
the compelling stories. The 12
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miners profits test
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profits missed Rich was and
filled with true is as relevant
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today as it was then
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I can find. Come next.
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Joining us now,
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3 ABN for an in-depth study
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in the Minors.
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>> Good Morning.
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3. A B and can't
meeting attendees.
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How are you doing this morning?
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Praise the Lord we got is given
some powerful messages so far.
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Can't mean I don't think he's
going to stop now because our
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need is great. The
need for the hour is great.
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It's my privilege to welcome
you and introduce the first
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speaker of the hour this
morning, Pastor Steve Walberg,
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who is the white horse media
speaker and director. But he's
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also a long-time
friend, personal friend of mine.
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I met Steve back in 1992.
We attended together and state
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in a home that he had rented
there. My wife and my 6 weeks
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and wholesome were with us and
the number of other people we
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attended together. The West
Point's School of Evangelism
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was a 10 day event put on by
Donna. Margie, Great Mark in T
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Finley with there. Ken Cox was
there's a as a teacher, George
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Van Damme and was there
says going back quite a ways.
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Steve was a pastor that time
and he had a burden, got to put
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his heart to do evangelism.
So we've got the training
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together. We've got a free
set of slides of Angeles sticks,
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lights,
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and we went out to our of
Angeles and we've got to keep
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the slides. If we did at least
one of Anzac series every year
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for the next 3
years, which we all did so
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recently went through a
difficult time in my life.
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And Steve invited me up to his
place. He lives in a northern
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Idaho. That's where some
ministry as a priest Lake area
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and February of 2020. And that
was a turning point in my life.
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So Steve is a true friend
and brother in the Lord. We're
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going to pray for him this
morning. And then we're going
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to have some special music
by Celestin Dickens. I call in
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Love. And then where the next
what you're going to hear is
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the voice of Pastor Steve Waugh
Burke. He's going to be sharing
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the branch from the book
of Zephyr. Nia, Let's Pray
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Together. Father, having thank
you again, so much for this
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opportunity to be at 3 being
can't be. Thank you for all of
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the messages you giving us.
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Father continue to pour your
spirit out upon a set up on the
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speakers so that our
hearts coming it with happened.
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We pray in Jesus name, amen.
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>> Some call you prove it.
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Some homes, too.
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Some good. Same.
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Some call them can raise e some
thought he was doing. And yeah,
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I come and see,
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I love them all
to do this. I call
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I come in and healing.
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He's the one who's to home.
But we still don't lie to me
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>> some call it a mystery.
Howard, with all the plays,
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some feel this in
Tucson, they could not.
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I come and see.
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I love them all
like to I'm coming, too.
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He's the one who was speaking
when we still live team.
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I.
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>> I I put them on like
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I love them too.
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He's the one who was filled
with hope when we still live to
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media.
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I love you, mom like to
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he's the one who was with
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>> Well, good morning.
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Good to be here at 3ABN.
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praise the Lord Time. Thank you
for that song and thank my good
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friend James rapper T for
introducing Me and I'm not a
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habit of correcting James,
but I believe he said my Texas
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friends fun. I a
it's really Thacker. I a
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chance the good friend for
a long time. He walked out.
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I told him that if it all
you can correct. Just to clarify
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that
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anyway, it's great to be here
and left 3 ABN have the just
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the privilege again to be here
with you can't meeting 2023,
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this is exciting. So if
you have your Bible open up to
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Zachariah
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Chapter 3,
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my topic is about the branch.
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James. And I have also had some
interesting discussions about
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artificial intelligence.
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And I'll just let you know
that I did not consult. I as I
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prepared for this talk.
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I have consulted
heavenly intelligence,
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not artificial intelligence.
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So is that a second
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Zachariah
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chapter 3,
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the last part of verse 8.
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I'll read this
and then we'll pray,
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says, behold,
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I will bring forth
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my servant the branch.
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So let's pray.
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Heavenly father, but a
privilege. It is to be here
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again at 3ABN,
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such a wonderful group
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followers of Jesus.
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And I pray that you'll continue
to bless this camp meeting.
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Bless all the
speakers, the music, the people
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and Lord Guide Me Guide My
Mind. My heart. Everything I
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say on or you may my words
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be guided by the Holy Spirit.
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Made this message. Be a blessing
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to your people around the world
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in Jesus name. We pray. Amen.
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Okay. Are you ready?
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Get your Bibles.
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Okay. SEC Araya, 3 verse
8. Again, the last part says
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behold,
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I will bring forth
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my servant the branch.
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I thought a lot about this
first hand just to start out.
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It was given approximately
500 BC by the Prophet
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500 years or so before
Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
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This verse is very clearly and
we can see this from also other
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vs is a prediction about
the coming of Jesus. He is the
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branch. Now. We know that for
different reasons. If you go to
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the book of Jeremiah
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Chapter, 23,
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this makes this
very, very clear.
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Jeremiah 23 verse 5 starts out
with the same word that we read
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in second, right? Is
that correct? Says behold.
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And here in
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Jeremiah,
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23 verse 5, the
prophet said, behold
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the days, come says the Lord,
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but I will raise to David a
righteous and what that next
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word.
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A righteous branch
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and King show rain and prosper
and shall execute judgment and
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justice in the year in his
days. Judah shall be saved.
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And Israel shelled well safely.
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And this is his name whereby
he shall be called. And what's
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that mean?
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The Lord, our righteousness.
Now, this is a clear reference
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to Jesus. And again in this
first, he's called the brand a
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branch, a righteous branch.
So second Ryan says I will
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bring forth the branch. And
in this first, he's called a
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righteous France whose
name is also the Lord, our
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righteousness.
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Now, if you look at a
righteous and righteousness,
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those words are really rooted
in the first part of the word,
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which is right,
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right?
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Righteous righteousness.
Ah, everything that Jesus says
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is right.
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He is good. He is true. He is
loving. He is faithful and all
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that he does is right.
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And this is all part of the
battle that we're in between
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God and the Devil.
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Satan says that God is
not right. He's not good,
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but he is. He's always good.
He's always right. And Jesus is
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right. You know
that he does not only in
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he's like in heaven,
but his life on earth.
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And as we'll get to in a little
bit, also in what he says,
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even his words, his words were
true. And right now, why does
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the bible refer to
Jesus as as a branch
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as the righteous branch?
I thought about that quite a
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bit.
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I know something about
branches. I've got a lot of
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branches in my backyard in
North Idaho. I grew up in Los
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Angeles
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where things are very different
from North Idaho. I've been in
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Idaho with my family now for
about 14 years. And I have to
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embark on
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journey and a task to create
an orchard in my backyard.
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Didn't have an orchard in
in the Hollywood Hills, but now
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have one in Idaho. I
love fruit. And so I've become
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someone that has just really
gotten into my fruit trees I
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planted. I've got paired paired
trees, peach trees, a few apple
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trees, a number of plum
trees and some cherry trees.
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And as I've been working with
my trees, obviously you have to
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work with the branches,
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right branches are very much a
part of the tree. And one thing
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that I've learned, that's
very obvious. But it's very
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important as we get
into this bible study
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is that branches
are connected to trees.
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That's pretty obvious, right?
You have a tree. And then the
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the life-giving sap
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flows from that from the roots,
through the tree, through the
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branches.
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And if it's a good branch,
if it doesn't get cut off in my
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printing process,
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which happens once or twice
a year, if it's a good branch,
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it will eventually bear fruit,
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right? Good
fruit. So the life flows
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through the tree
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through the branch
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eventually into into the fruit.
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Now, as I let's go back to
Zach Araya, as I pondered this
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talking
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continue to just meditate,
actually recently decided to
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read the whole book of
Zechariah like Get the whole
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context of the branch. I
went through Chapter 1, 2, 3,
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4, all the way to the end.
And one thing that struck me in
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Chapter 4
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and I have
concluded that the branch,
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the reference to Jesus as
the branch actually refers to an
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olive branch.
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And the reason why I conclude
that is because in Chapter 4,
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it talks about in Verse 11 12
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the prophet had this
addition of these 2 trees
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and a candlestick and golden
pipes. And if you look at first
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11 SEC arrive for 11,
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then I answered and said to
him, what are these 2 and what
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kind of those trees,
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olive trees
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up on the right side of the
candlestick and up on the left
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side thereof and I answered
again and said to him, what be
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these 2 all live
in what the next word
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branches, right? So we have and
all of tree and an olive branch
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and olive branches which
through the 2 golden pipes
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empty the gold and
oil out of themselves.
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So we have all the trees with
olive branches and then through
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from the tree. Through
the branches comes wet,
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the oil.
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>> And it's called Golden Oil,
the golden oil. And then the
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golden oil goes
through the golden.
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>> Pipes and
eventually becomes the power
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of the lamp stand so that
the lamp stands can give light.
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Now we know from other versus
if you go back to verse 6,
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it explains what the
gold and oil represents.
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At the end of verse 6,
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the Lord said to Sarah Bubble,
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he said not by might
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nor by power,
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but by
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my spirit says the Lord
of hosts. So when you put all
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these pieces
together, I've concluded that
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the father, our heavenly father
is this is an analogy is like
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the tree
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and Jesus is the branch,
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the olive branch
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and through the branch comes
the oil, which represents the
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holy spirit.
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We have the father and
the son and the holy spirit.
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And then the Holy
Spirit ultimately is
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God's plan is that it
goes through the golden pipes
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and then it comes to eliminate
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and to give light
to the candlestick,
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which represents God's people.
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The church,
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the light,
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the word of God is a light and
we are to become light. So we
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have the oil comes from the
father through the sun to God's
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people. Now, it's also very
interesting when you continue
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to put some pieces together,
turn to John Chapter 15 verse 5
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and John, 15 verse 5
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Jesus informs. That's
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that he's not the only branch.
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Yeah,
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I don't mind those highs
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in John, 15
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verse 5. Jesus
said I am the vine
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and you are what
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you are. The branches the
branches, right? He that abides
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in me and I in him. So the idea
of the branch, the branch is
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connected to the tree
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and here the branch
is connected to the vine.
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I am the vine.
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Jesus is the source, the
center and you are the branches.
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He that abides in me, which has
to do with connection. And I in
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him the same brings forth much
fruit for without me. How much
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can you do
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right? How much we can do
without me? Jesus said you can
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do nothing.
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So we have my understanding is
that we have our father in have
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in Jesus Christ, the son.
It's really I could say he's
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the big branch
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and then he's the Channel 4,
the Holy Spirit, the golden oil
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to come to us. And we are
the little branch since we are.
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The little branch is
connected to the big branch
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and God's goal is that
the Holy Spirit? Gold in oil
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flow into our lives.
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We all need oil, don't we?
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I've been informed just
somebody. Let me know that
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there's a real sense of
earnestness here at Camp
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meeting this year
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that people are earnestly
praying, praying for the holy
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spirit. For more of the holy
spirit so that we have we have
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life we need. We need power.
We need oil. We need to go
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beyond just going
through the motions.
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We need to have something
really happening inside of our
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lives
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and what happened. What's what
needs to happen is that oil?
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We need the Holy Spirit.
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Turn to chapter 16
in the book of John
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John 16
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verse 13,
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John 16, 13
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Jesus said, however,
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when he
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the spirit of truth
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is come,
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what will he do?
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He will guide
you into all truth.
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This verse
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means a lot to me.
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I don't have time to
go into all the details.
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I became a Christian.
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I became a 7th
day Adventist in 1979
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and the first few few years
of my Christian life where we're
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very good. I was very happy.
I was thrilled to be a believe
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are thrilled to have
discovered. The Bible
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discovered Jesus
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discovered to discover the
message of the 3 Angels in the
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book of Revelation
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Chapter 14 verse 6 to 12.
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But as time went on about
7 years later, by the time I
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the year 1986, came
along, my life was a mess.
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I was in a deep
spiritual battle.
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When a person becomes a
Christian, it doesn't mean the
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battles go away.
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Tech sometimes to
get worse. Sometimes
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when Jesus was baptized
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in the New Testament, then he
went into the wilderness after
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his baptism. And
then there was the battle
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with between him and the devil.
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And after I became Christian
7 years later in 1986, I landed
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in San Francisco area. I
was passed during 2 churches and
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and the battle was on
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and I was confused. I was having
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problems inside
my head. I was sad.
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There were just the devil was
working on me and my Christian
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experience with suffering.
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When I first became a
Christian, everything was
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really good. I felt connected.
But afterwards I felt like I
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was very distant from
God. I felt far away from him.
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I was supposed to pastor
to churches. I would read the
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Bible and it was like
a it was very far away.
00:22:02.72\00:22:06.52
And I just felt like I was in
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in darkness
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and I was struggling. And I
remember I was actually living
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just south of San
Francisco in a little
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in up in an apartment
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in a town called Pacifica
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right on the edge of a cliff
looking over the Pacific Ocean.
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And one night I got on my knees
and I prayed a very earnest
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prayer.
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I turned off the
lights. I prayed in the dark
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and I don't remember
exactly what I said. But it was
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something like this act of God.
I am struggling emotionally.
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I'm confused. I can't seem to
connect with you. I don't know
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why.
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I don't know what's happening.
And Lord, if you don't do
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something in my
life and help me,
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I don't think I can continue to
be the pastor because how can I
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stand in front of a church
to churches and teach the Bible
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and talk to my my church
members about being connected
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with you. And I don't
feel like I'm connected to you.
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So I just thought, Lord, you've
got to do something if you
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don't. I'm I just don't
think I can continue to do this.
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And it was at that at
that moment when I prayed that
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prayer in very sincere
earnestness, this little voice,
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that was an audible voice.
But it was like the still small
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voice speaking to my
conscience. And the little
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voice was very distinct.
And this is what it said.
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It said Pray for the spirit
of truth to guide you into all
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truth.
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And it was a quote from this
verse John, 16, 13. However,
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when he the spirit of truth
has come, he will guide you into
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all truth.
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And that thought came to me,
pray for the spirit of truth.
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And I wrestled with that.
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I decided all right, OK, Lord,
00:23:58.90\00:24:03.14
and maybe that'll help
me. So I started doing that.
00:24:03.14\00:24:07.68
And I also remember when I
decided I'm going to pray for
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the Holy Spirit. I remember
right during that period.
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At one point, it was almost
like I had this mental picture
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of all of these little
faces that we're staring at me
00:24:18.55\00:24:22.99
inside my head. And they
were gritty gritting their teeth
00:24:22.99\00:24:27.00
and they were looking at
me and they were saying now
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don't do that
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anything. But that don't pray
for the holy spirit. And I look
00:24:32.83\00:24:37.24
at this army of these faces.
This is just kind of a mental
00:24:37.24\00:24:42.08
picture looking at me and
telling me, don't pray for the
00:24:42.08\00:24:46.41
Holy spirit. And I remember
looking back at them and saying
00:24:46.41\00:24:50.15
that's what I'm going to do.
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I'm going to pray
for the Holy Spirit.
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So I started doing that.
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I started praying for the
spirit of truth. Just like it
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says when he the spirit of
truth comes, he will guide you
00:24:59.86\00:25:03.57
into all truth. I
started praying for the oil
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for the golden oil to come to
me through the branch, through
00:25:06.77\00:25:10.77
Jesus,
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from the father,
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down to little me
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in my apartment
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south of San Francisco.
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And it's been a long journey.
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It's been a long journey.
I've been through many ups and
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downs and ins and outs and back
and forth as a as a Christian.
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It's been about 44 years since
I first became a Christian in
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1979 since 1986, when I first
started praying for the Holy
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Spirit,
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it has now been 37 years.
00:25:40.74\00:25:44.24
37 years that I've been
praying almost every day
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for more of the spirit of truth
to guide me into all truth.
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And I tell you, if I if I were
to give you one suggestion in
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your life,
00:25:58.59\00:25:59.69
one suggestion from Edu, if
you're struggling, if you're
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confused, if you're battling,
00:26:02.86\00:26:05.16
if you feel like you're not as
close to God as you want to be,
00:26:05.16\00:26:09.13
my one suggestion that there's
nothing more valuable and more
00:26:09.13\00:26:13.87
important than you can do
in your life and opening your
00:26:13.87\00:26:17.04
mouth and praying to God
and asking him to give you the
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.64
spirit of truth to
guide you into all truth
00:26:21.64\00:26:25.95
to make this a habit,
00:26:25.95\00:26:27.55
pray for the holy spirit.
And the more I did that little
00:26:27.55\00:26:31.05
by little, the confusion began
to go away. Little by little.
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I began to see where my own
steps had wandered away from
00:26:35.02\00:26:39.63
God's pure path. For my life.
I began to see hidden depths of
00:26:39.63\00:26:44.43
pride inside me that
I had never seen before.
00:26:44.43\00:26:48.17
That had to had been separating
me from God, a hidden parts of
00:26:48.17\00:26:52.94
self-defense in pride and
and different things in my
00:26:52.94\00:26:57.51
character. And the Lord started
showing them to me one by one.
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And I just
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.79
I thought, okay, Lord and
little by little there was a
00:27:03.79\00:27:07.06
verse in Psalms. I read that
said before I was afflicted,
00:27:07.06\00:27:10.09
I went astray. But now I
keep your word and I thought,
00:27:10.09\00:27:13.86
Lord, have I been going astray?
Is that why I'm afflicted with
00:27:13.86\00:27:18.93
my emotional turmoil
00:27:18.93\00:27:21.00
and little by little the word
of God came back alive to me.
00:27:21.00\00:27:26.41
Little by little Bible verses
just jumped out at me. Little
00:27:26.41\00:27:30.61
by little my
conscience became more sensitive
00:27:30.61\00:27:34.15
and the path of
truth became clearer.
00:27:34.15\00:27:37.35
And I saw the path and I kept
on going step by step. And this
00:27:37.35\00:27:42.19
has been such
such a wonderful thing.
00:27:42.19\00:27:45.96
Now. I'm happily married.
I wasn't married in 1986.
00:27:45.96\00:27:49.23
I have 2 beautiful children.
My son just a Christian texted
00:27:49.23\00:27:53.37
me yesterday or we were texting
back and forth that he just
00:27:53.37\00:27:56.24
arrived back from from his
first year of college. He's
00:27:56.24\00:27:58.97
home for the summer. He made it
home safely. Looking forward to
00:27:58.97\00:28:03.55
leaving, camp meeting on Monday
or Sunday and going back and
00:28:03.55\00:28:07.52
see my family and that the Lord
has just been so good to me.
00:28:07.52\00:28:11.55
He has blessed. My life
is blessed whitehorse media.
00:28:11.55\00:28:14.46
He's blessed my family. He's
given me some of that for trees
00:28:14.46\00:28:17.63
in my backyard. I live up
in the mountains. And I just,
00:28:17.63\00:28:21.66
you know, I'm as
happy as a Christian.
00:28:21.66\00:28:24.63
I'm so thankful. And it's
because of the oil that he's
00:28:24.63\00:28:28.94
come through the branch,
00:28:28.94\00:28:31.47
the golden oil that has changed
my life. Praise God now got
00:28:31.47\00:28:35.44
other versus show. You go
to back to John and look at
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Chapter 8.
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.88
We are in an incredible battle
00:28:44.12\00:28:49.26
going on behind the scenes
in the invisible world and it is
00:28:49.26\00:28:52.73
intense
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.00
and it's not going to
go away until Jesus comes.
00:28:54.00\00:28:58.50
It's going to get
00:28:58.50\00:29:00.34
more intense.
00:29:00.34\00:29:03.30
John Chapter 8 verse. 44
Jesus was talking to a group of
00:29:03.30\00:29:09.01
people
00:29:09.01\00:29:11.05
and he said you are
of your father, the devil
00:29:11.05\00:29:14.45
and the less of
your father you will do.
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.42
He was a murderer from the
beginning and he abode not in
00:29:17.42\00:29:20.69
the truth
00:29:20.69\00:29:22.09
because there's no truth
in him. When he speaks a lie,
00:29:22.09\00:29:25.53
he speaks of his own
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.76
for he is a liar
and the father of it.
00:29:27.76\00:29:31.27
And because I
tell you the truth,
00:29:31.27\00:29:34.30
you believe me not.
00:29:34.30\00:29:36.97
So here is a battle between
Jesus and the religious leaders
00:29:36.97\00:29:41.21
and the issue
has to do with truth
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.71
truth and lies and Jesus
is essentially saying to them,
00:29:43.71\00:29:47.75
he said you, you are following
lives. You are being led by
00:29:47.75\00:29:53.05
your father by the devil.
And I'm telling you the truth,
00:29:53.05\00:29:57.03
but you don't believe me
00:29:57.03\00:29:59.13
now. I've concluded from
this verse and many other versus
00:29:59.13\00:30:02.46
that
00:30:02.46\00:30:03.53
we're in a battle and the
battle between truth and air
00:30:03.53\00:30:06.40
between God and Satan
00:30:06.40\00:30:08.60
is being fought on many fronts,
00:30:08.60\00:30:11.74
many friends, it's it's being
fought in the area of Bible
00:30:11.74\00:30:14.94
doctrines.
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.41
No question about it.
Talk trends are an issue
00:30:16.41\00:30:21.38
revelation. 14 12 says here's
the patience of the Saints
00:30:21.38\00:30:25.15
here. Are they that keep
the Commandments of God and the
00:30:25.15\00:30:28.29
faith of Jesus? Some people
focus on the Commandments,
00:30:28.29\00:30:31.73
but neglect Jesus. Some
people focus on Jesus, but they
00:30:31.73\00:30:35.60
neglect the commandments.
00:30:35.60\00:30:37.53
That revelation 14, 12
says here's the patience of the
00:30:37.53\00:30:40.47
Saints here. They that keep
the Commandments of God and the
00:30:40.47\00:30:44.27
faith of Jesus. They
put the ball together.
00:30:44.27\00:30:48.01
That's truth, Bible truth.
00:30:48.01\00:30:50.95
But the battle also
has to do with that,
00:30:50.95\00:30:54.22
not just doctrines,
but with what we say
00:30:54.22\00:30:57.32
with our words that come
out of our mouths every day
00:30:57.32\00:31:01.69
that spring from our hearts.
Just a cut quick, a few verses
00:31:01.69\00:31:05.53
in Luke 9.33,
00:31:05.53\00:31:08.36
it's interesting
00:31:08.36\00:31:10.13
that win.
00:31:10.13\00:31:12.63
Peter was on the
mound with Jesus,
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.84
the mount of the
Transfiguration it. Peter made
00:31:15.84\00:31:18.61
a statement. Any said, Lord,
it's good for us to be here.
00:31:18.61\00:31:21.54
Should we build 3 tense one for
you. One for Moses and one for
00:31:21.54\00:31:25.41
Elijah
00:31:25.41\00:31:26.92
and in look 9.33, it says that
Peter did not know what he was
00:31:26.92\00:31:31.59
saying
00:31:31.59\00:31:34.19
in first Timothy One for 7.
It talks about people who want
00:31:34.19\00:31:38.09
to be teachers of the law,
it says, but they neither know
00:31:38.09\00:31:41.10
what they're saying nor
what they so confidently affirm
00:31:41.10\00:31:46.10
in that. The 26 0st, 33
00:31:46.10\00:31:49.84
Jesus told his
disciples that did that time.
00:31:49.84\00:31:52.91
They were all going to run away
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.98
from him during the
final crisis of his life.
00:31:54.98\00:31:58.41
And Peter said that he
told Jesus he said, though,
00:31:58.41\00:32:01.75
everybody else run away. I
never will, though they deny
00:32:01.75\00:32:06.52
you. I won't.
00:32:06.52\00:32:08.76
I won't.
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.43
So not only did people
sometimes say and they don't
00:32:10.43\00:32:13.80
know what they say,
what they're saying.
00:32:13.80\00:32:16.33
But sometimes what they
say is just flat out wrong.
00:32:16.33\00:32:19.57
Peter didn't know himself.
He said I won't betray you.
00:32:19.57\00:32:22.97
I won't.
00:32:22.97\00:32:24.71
But then he did.
00:32:24.71\00:32:26.91
He did
00:32:26.91\00:32:29.01
turn to Matthew 5 years. 37
00:32:29.01\00:32:33.48
Matthew, 5.37,
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the battle
between truth and the air
00:32:39.92\00:32:43.02
is in the realm of
doctrine, Bible doctrines.
00:32:43.02\00:32:47.73
And it also has a lot
to do with what we say.
00:32:47.73\00:32:53.13
Just like Jesus told those
religious leaders. He said,
00:32:53.13\00:32:57.74
I'm telling you the truth
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.71
and you don't believe me.
00:33:00.71\00:33:04.78
Matthew 5
00:33:04.78\00:33:06.35
verse 37
00:33:06.35\00:33:09.92
Jesus said, Let
your Communication
00:33:09.92\00:33:13.86
B. Yes, some people see ye
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.93
and ye, which means yes, yes
00:33:16.93\00:33:20.23
or nay. Nay,
which means a no, no
00:33:20.23\00:33:23.87
for whatsoever
is more than these
00:33:23.87\00:33:28.64
from what?
00:33:28.64\00:33:30.41
Yes, some some Bible say comes
evil and other Bible say are of
00:33:30.41\00:33:35.84
the evil one.
00:33:35.84\00:33:37.85
So Jesus is really
00:33:37.85\00:33:41.05
trying to restrict s
00:33:41.05\00:33:43.92
in our speech
00:33:43.92\00:33:45.92
2 telling the truth.
00:33:45.92\00:33:48.32
So he says let your
yes be yes and your no, no,
00:33:48.32\00:33:53.66
because whatever
is more than that
00:33:53.66\00:33:57.00
is of the evil one.
00:33:57.00\00:34:00.17
Now, he doesn't mean that we
should only say yes and no and
00:34:00.17\00:34:03.17
not see anything else.
00:34:03.17\00:34:05.07
What he means is
that we should be very
00:34:05.07\00:34:11.05
and guarded about our speech.
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.75
We need to put a check
00:34:13.75\00:34:16.12
on our lips
00:34:16.12\00:34:18.25
and what we speak
and what we write,
00:34:18.25\00:34:21.76
what we post.
00:34:21.76\00:34:24.39
We live in an age
of social media fury
00:34:24.39\00:34:28.76
where there's comments under
YouTube videos and Facebook
00:34:28.76\00:34:32.47
page and said people are
tweeting and texting and so
00:34:32.47\00:34:37.14
many times I look at
tweets or texts or posts
00:34:37.14\00:34:41.14
and I think oh, my,
00:34:41.14\00:34:44.61
we need to be
careful what we say.
00:34:44.61\00:34:48.38
And I've learned through the
holy spirit as I've prayed for
00:34:48.38\00:34:51.72
the Holy Spirit all these
years, God has really impressed
00:34:51.72\00:34:55.86
me. Steve
Walberg be very careful
00:34:55.86\00:34:59.43
what you preach.
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.36
Be careful what you say.
Be careful what you post.
00:35:01.36\00:35:06.90
Be careful what I say to my
family and what I say to you.
00:35:06.90\00:35:13.51
I want to read to
you a quote that has been
00:35:13.51\00:35:16.61
very powerful in my
life. It's kind of been like an
00:35:16.61\00:35:20.45
operating system, you
know, think of the computer. And
00:35:20.45\00:35:23.32
there's an operating system
that's always running in the
00:35:23.32\00:35:25.45
background. There's a
quote that I read in the book.
00:35:25.45\00:35:28.32
Thoughts from the Mount. A
blessing said number of years
00:35:28.32\00:35:30.73
ago that has become
like an operating system
00:35:30.73\00:35:34.46
in the back of my head.
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.97
This is from Page 67. I read
a few sentences page. 67, 68 69.
00:35:36.97\00:35:43.37
It says in its commenting
on this verse, this is thoughts
00:35:43.37\00:35:47.14
from the Mount of Blessings
explaining the sermon on the
00:35:47.14\00:35:50.01
Mount, which is also called
the Mount the sermon that Jesus
00:35:50.01\00:35:53.72
gave where he gave the
blessings in Matthew 5, where
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.52
he said blessed are the poor in
Spirit. Blessed are the pure in
00:35:56.52\00:35:59.19
heart. So this
book is a comment on
00:35:59.19\00:36:01.92
this. These chapters
and especially this verse
00:36:01.92\00:36:05.63
about you're yes, yes and no,
no. So that's what it says on
00:36:05.63\00:36:08.66
page 67.
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.60
It says Jesus
teaches that the exact truth
00:36:10.60\00:36:14.87
should be the law of speech.
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.31
Let your speech be. Yes, yes,
no, no. And whatever is more
00:36:18.31\00:36:22.18
than this is of the evil one.
00:36:22.18\00:36:26.85
Listen to this. If these
words of Christ were heeded,
00:36:26.85\00:36:31.59
they would check
00:36:31.59\00:36:34.12
the utterance of evil surmising
00:36:34.12\00:36:37.73
and unkind criticism
00:36:37.73\00:36:40.96
4 in commenting upon the
actions and the motives of
00:36:40.96\00:36:44.83
another who can be certain
of speaking the exact truth.
00:36:44.83\00:36:50.14
So when I read that, I thought,
Lord, I need to comment a lot
00:36:50.14\00:36:53.24
less
00:36:53.24\00:36:55.04
on the motives and
the actions of others.
00:36:55.04\00:36:59.48
And don't you think that
would be good for all of us
00:36:59.48\00:37:02.42
to be more
careful about what we say
00:37:02.42\00:37:05.55
about other people?
00:37:05.55\00:37:10.13
It says who can be certain
of speaking the exact truth,
00:37:10.13\00:37:14.36
how often pride
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.87
passion,
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.07
personal resentment,
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.30
color. The impression given
00:37:20.30\00:37:24.64
everything Christians do
should be as transparent as the
00:37:24.64\00:37:28.64
sunlight.
00:37:28.64\00:37:29.81
Truth is of God deception and
every one of its myriad forms
00:37:29.81\00:37:34.25
is of Satan.
00:37:34.25\00:37:36.95
Listen to this.
And who ever in any way
00:37:36.95\00:37:41.66
departs
00:37:41.66\00:37:43.43
from the straight line of truth
00:37:43.43\00:37:48.03
is betraying himself
00:37:48.03\00:37:50.80
into the power
00:37:50.80\00:37:52.70
of the wicked want.
00:37:52.70\00:37:55.40
In other words, if if the
things that we say about this
00:37:55.40\00:37:59.31
or that or this person or that
person or this issue or that
00:37:59.31\00:38:04.58
issue, if the things that
we say in the sight of God
00:38:04.58\00:38:10.35
departing from the
straight line of truth,
00:38:10.35\00:38:16.12
we are betraying ourselves just
like Judas who betrayed Jesus
00:38:16.12\00:38:21.80
with a kiss.
00:38:21.80\00:38:24.40
We are betraying ourselves
00:38:24.40\00:38:27.10
into the power
00:38:27.10\00:38:29.10
of the weekend. One.
00:38:29.10\00:38:31.87
Wow.
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.88
When I read this and I
thought about my talk today, I
00:38:34.88\00:38:38.35
I thought about
00:38:38.35\00:38:40.22
a very tragic news story
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.12
that's been on the news a
lot for the last 2 weeks. Maybe
00:38:43.12\00:38:46.76
you've heard about a
young 18 year-old boy
00:38:46.76\00:38:50.39
named Cameron Rock Roberts.
00:38:50.39\00:38:54.13
Have you heard that story?
It's just it's been repeated so
00:38:54.13\00:38:58.37
many times. Evidently
what happened was he had just
00:38:58.37\00:39:01.44
graduate
graduated from high school
00:39:01.44\00:39:04.21
in Louisiana,
00:39:04.21\00:39:05.84
and he was with a group of
his friends and they they had
00:39:05.84\00:39:09.94
rented.
00:39:09.94\00:39:11.15
I have a little well was kind
of like a it was a cruise boat.
00:39:11.15\00:39:15.02
But it was a small boat
that looked like a pirate ship.
00:39:15.02\00:39:18.75
And they were, you know, taking
a cruise out in the Bahamas
00:39:18.75\00:39:23.59
with a bunch of their
friends just celebrating.
00:39:23.59\00:39:26.29
And it was it was night and
they were near Little Island
00:39:26.29\00:39:31.23
called Apple
00:39:31.23\00:39:32.90
and
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.04
some of them were drunk.
00:39:35.04\00:39:36.71
And evidently some of the kids
on the on the little on this
00:39:36.71\00:39:41.04
boat, the ship.
00:39:41.04\00:39:42.68
I dared this 18 year-old
teenager to jump into the water
00:39:42.68\00:39:48.88
at night
00:39:48.88\00:39:50.82
and then they would throw him
a life preserver and pull him
00:39:50.82\00:39:54.49
out.
00:39:54.49\00:39:56.86
And I must have been a battle
in his head but said some of
00:39:56.86\00:40:00.90
his friends said,
talk to it, don't do it,
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.47
but he decided to
do it. So he jumped.
00:40:03.47\00:40:07.27
He jumped into the water and
some people took that video of
00:40:07.27\00:40:10.67
him in the water. And one of
these videos has been watched
00:40:10.67\00:40:14.21
like over 10 million times
00:40:14.21\00:40:16.81
and they it looked like there.
He was swimming back to the
00:40:16.81\00:40:20.18
over to the buoy. And it looked
like there was some kind of
00:40:20.18\00:40:23.59
shadowy form underneath the
water near him. And there were
00:40:23.59\00:40:27.86
a lot of sharks in that water
00:40:27.86\00:40:30.63
and and first and then he's
00:40:30.63\00:40:33.73
started going
away from the movie.
00:40:33.73\00:40:37.33
That was it.
00:40:37.33\00:40:39.67
They never saw him again.
00:40:39.67\00:40:41.74
They search for his body
for look for him for 2 days and
00:40:41.74\00:40:44.41
finally gave off,
gave up the search.
00:40:44.41\00:40:47.04
And so that boy died.
00:40:47.04\00:40:49.34
He died because he he jumped
00:40:49.34\00:40:52.95
into the water into
the shark-infested water.
00:40:52.95\00:40:56.89
And it's I thought about
that. There's a parallel to me.
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.79
I think I'm
thinking about the statement
00:40:59.79\00:41:02.59
that we can jump
00:41:02.59\00:41:04.86
2 conclusions
00:41:04.86\00:41:09.23
that we really
don't know what where
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.00
jumping, too,
00:41:12.00\00:41:14.04
like Peter, he didn't
know what he was saying.
00:41:14.04\00:41:19.01
And and there's so much going
on in the world these days.
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.74
People jump to conclusions
about this or that or the other
00:41:21.74\00:41:24.75
thing and their words are not
checked. And if we like it says
00:41:24.75\00:41:29.48
here,
00:41:29.48\00:41:30.59
it says whoever in any way
departs from the straight line
00:41:30.59\00:41:33.86
of truth is betraying himself
into the power of the week.
00:41:33.86\00:41:36.93
And one just like
that boy jumped off that
00:41:36.93\00:41:41.06
into the shark infested waters.
00:41:44.10\00:41:47.64
If we jump
00:41:47.64\00:41:49.64
to conclusions and say things
that we really don't know if
00:41:49.64\00:41:55.01
they're right or not,
00:41:55.01\00:41:57.88
we are jumping
into the shark infested
00:41:57.88\00:42:02.75
waters of the devil,
00:42:02.75\00:42:04.79
the power of the wicked one.
And then it says yet it is not
00:42:04.79\00:42:08.42
a light or any easy thing
to speak. The exact truth,
00:42:08.42\00:42:12.69
it's not easy.
00:42:12.69\00:42:16.20
And how often that says
we cannot speak the truth
00:42:16.20\00:42:21.84
unless we know the truth.
00:42:21.84\00:42:24.77
So there's a whole lot
of things that faces all the
00:42:24.77\00:42:26.78
times. And if we don't have a
full or accurate understanding
00:42:26.78\00:42:31.08
of what we have to do with
00:42:31.08\00:42:33.25
what we we shouldn't
comment on what we don't know.
00:42:33.25\00:42:39.49
We cannot speak the truth
00:42:39.49\00:42:41.62
unless we know the truth
and how often preconceived
00:42:41.62\00:42:45.36
opinions,
00:42:45.36\00:42:47.00
mental bias,
00:42:47.00\00:42:49.23
imperfect knowledge,
00:42:49.23\00:42:52.13
errors of judgment
00:42:52.13\00:42:54.37
prevent right understanding
of matters with which we have to
00:42:54.37\00:42:57.87
do.
00:42:57.87\00:42:59.34
We cannot speak the
truth unless our mines are
00:42:59.34\00:43:04.38
continually guided
by him. Who is truth?
00:43:04.38\00:43:11.29
We've got to be
connected to the branch.
00:43:11.29\00:43:15.06
We have to have the gold and
oil of the Holy spirit guiding
00:43:15.06\00:43:19.59
our minds, the spirit of truth
to guide us into all truth.
00:43:19.59\00:43:24.73
And if we're not being guided
by the truth, by the word of
00:43:24.73\00:43:27.64
God and by the Holy
Spirit and by Jesus Christ,
00:43:27.64\00:43:31.71
we cannot know the truth
and we cannot speak the truth.
00:43:31.71\00:43:37.28
We can not speak the
truth unless our minds are
00:43:37.28\00:43:39.41
continually guided
by him who is truth.
00:43:39.41\00:43:44.35
And then finally says
here in speech as in life,
00:43:44.35\00:43:48.49
the followers of Christ will
be simple, straightforward and
00:43:48.49\00:43:52.59
true
00:43:52.59\00:43:54.13
for they are preparing for the
fellowship of those holy ones
00:43:54.13\00:43:58.27
in whose mouth
was found. No guile.
00:43:58.27\00:44:03.57
And that is a quote from
00:44:03.57\00:44:07.41
the book of
Revelation, which I will
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.21
quote before I'm dead.
00:44:10.21\00:44:13.75
Go back to Zach
Araya, chapter 3,
00:44:13.75\00:44:18.12
back to the branch chapter.
00:44:21.36\00:44:25.03
And as I've read these
verses and I've read Mount of
00:44:25.03\00:44:27.60
Blessings and that since I've
been praying for the spirit of
00:44:27.60\00:44:30.63
truth since 1986
00:44:30.63\00:44:33.74
and and there's many times when
I I'll say something and then
00:44:33.74\00:44:37.61
that little voice will speak
to my mind and say, are you sure
00:44:37.61\00:44:41.74
about that?
00:44:41.74\00:44:43.41
What you just said
00:44:43.41\00:44:47.15
and the Lord has
spanked my conscience many times
00:44:47.15\00:44:52.82
and he says still working
with me. I heard somebody once
00:44:52.82\00:44:57.09
say God's not going to take
us out of the oven, half-baked.
00:44:57.09\00:45:01.96
He's going to bake us.
He's going to work with this.
00:45:01.96\00:45:05.90
He's going to mold. That's
in fashion us. And my point is
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.24
that the holy
spirit is going deep,
00:45:09.24\00:45:12.71
deeper and deeper and deeper.
Jesus is the way and the truth
00:45:12.71\00:45:15.88
and the life. His word is the
truth. The Holy Spirit is the
00:45:15.88\00:45:19.41
truth.
00:45:19.41\00:45:20.58
Those people were being led by
the devil. He said your father
00:45:20.58\00:45:24.39
is the devil and you're not
speaking the truth. He's a liar
00:45:24.39\00:45:28.56
and the father of lies. And I'm
telling you the truth. And why
00:45:28.56\00:45:31.39
do you believe me?
00:45:31.39\00:45:33.13
The battle is going on all
around us and inside of us in
00:45:33.13\00:45:37.43
every home, in every heart,
in every city, in every social
00:45:37.43\00:45:41.74
media platform,
00:45:41.74\00:45:43.87
every doctrinal discussion,
00:45:43.87\00:45:46.84
the winds are blowing.
00:45:46.84\00:45:49.18
The battle is on
00:45:49.18\00:45:50.91
and the battle is between
00:45:50.91\00:45:53.52
Jesus and the devil
00:45:53.52\00:45:56.42
between truth and the
error between right and wrong.
00:45:56.42\00:46:02.19
And if we get on the wrong
side and if we say things that
00:46:02.19\00:46:06.13
aren't right, and if we jump
to conclusions like that, boy
00:46:06.13\00:46:09.83
jumped into the water,
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.90
we can end up on the side of
the devil and not even know it
00:46:11.90\00:46:17.87
very dangerous.
00:46:17.87\00:46:19.64
We need to put a check.
00:46:19.64\00:46:22.64
There's a verse in
songs that says said a watch
00:46:22.64\00:46:26.05
O Lord
00:46:26.05\00:46:28.98
on my mouth.
00:46:28.98\00:46:30.72
Keep the door of my lips.
00:46:30.72\00:46:34.49
Keep the door of my
lips. God help me to be careful
00:46:34.49\00:46:38.09
about what I say and the
branches mention. Is that
00:46:38.09\00:46:41.06
correct? 3 verse
00:46:41.06\00:46:43.30
at the end of verse 9.
00:46:45.87\00:46:49.40
The Lord says in the
context of the branch,
00:46:49.40\00:46:53.91
I will remove the iniquity
of that land in one day.
00:46:53.91\00:46:59.21
One day
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.72
was the day
00:47:03.72\00:47:05.35
when the truth
00:47:05.35\00:47:08.49
personified
00:47:08.49\00:47:10.39
hung on a cross.
00:47:10.39\00:47:12.66
He was surrounded by people
that were saying things that
00:47:12.66\00:47:15.63
were not right
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.77
and Jesus was faithful.
He was pure. He was true.
00:47:17.77\00:47:22.54
He never spoke one lie and
there he was hanging up on a
00:47:22.54\00:47:27.04
cross on that day
00:47:27.04\00:47:29.98
and praise the Lord. The good
news is that in spite of all
00:47:29.98\00:47:33.68
the lies and misinformation
and things that we've said
00:47:33.68\00:47:39.52
and done
00:47:39.52\00:47:40.92
throughout our lives, all of us
00:47:40.92\00:47:44.03
one time or another.
00:47:44.03\00:47:46.29
The good news.
It's that on one day,
00:47:46.29\00:47:50.50
the son of God, the branch,
00:47:50.50\00:47:53.84
the simplest one
Christ, our righteousness
00:47:53.84\00:47:58.87
paid the price.
00:47:58.87\00:48:02.84
The one who is right,
00:48:02.84\00:48:04.88
pay the price for
those who have done wrong
00:48:04.88\00:48:08.98
for those who haven't spoken
the truth, those who haven't
00:48:08.98\00:48:12.32
kept the Commandments of God,
00:48:12.32\00:48:14.49
those who have
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.46
had idols and other gods
and dishonored their parents and
00:48:16.46\00:48:20.46
haven't loved God or
their neighbor as themselves.
00:48:20.46\00:48:24.27
That's why Jesus died.
00:48:24.27\00:48:27.30
I will remove the sin
of that land in one day.
00:48:27.30\00:48:33.11
I have to go to Zachariah
00:48:33.11\00:48:35.28
13.
00:48:35.28\00:48:36.85
First one,
00:48:36.85\00:48:38.75
13 verse one.
00:48:43.89\00:48:46.72
I love this verse.
00:48:46.72\00:48:49.36
Is that correct?
13 1 says in that day
00:48:49.36\00:48:53.76
there should be
a fountain opened
00:48:53.76\00:48:56.67
to the House of David and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
00:48:56.67\00:49:00.57
for sin and 4 and clean this
00:49:00.57\00:49:07.61
praise God.
00:49:07.61\00:49:09.94
There is a fountain
00:49:09.94\00:49:12.31
that has been opened
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as a result of Jesus Christ
dying on the cross for our sins
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for your son for mind. So when
I began to pray for the Holy
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spirit in 1986, I pray God,
please help me. Get me out of
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this crisis said I'm in.
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I'm going to do
what you've said.
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Pray for the
spirit of truth to guide
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to guide you into all truth.
The more I did that the more I
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started seeing the error
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and the mistakes and
the wanderings and the eye,
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the hidden sins in my own life.
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But I had never seen before.
You know, you first become a
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Christian. God
shows you the big things
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which you give those things
up. But then as time goes on,
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he's he refines like tuning
a guitar, you know, tuning a
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piano and he goes deeper and
deeper and deeper and deeper.
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Any shows you things you never
thought you would you'd ever
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see.
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And then every point we have
a choice to make a mic enough.
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Follow what the holy spirit
showing me. I can to let God
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purify my character,
purify my life peer 5, my words.
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And the the good news is
that when we get convicted
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that we've done wrong, we
need to realize that there's a
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fountain
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that's been opened
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force in and for uncleanness
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and that's the fountain
of forgiveness and cleansing
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through Jesus and through
the blood that he shed on the
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cross.
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And that fountain
is open to all of us.
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It's here at 3ABN
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in that day, there
will be a fountain open.
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So as you pray
during this camp meeting
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and as you keep praying
when you leave camp meeting,
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pray, God show me my my mistakes
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and show me the Fountain.
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Show me that cleansing showing
your heart that you love me.
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Still no matter what
I've done, you still love me
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and you want to
cleanse me and wash me
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from all of my sense so I
can be cleaned before the Lord
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Revelation Chapter 14
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revelation. 14 is the chapter
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that was quoted
in mount a blessings
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talking about a
group called the 144,000
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and chapter 14 verse 4. It
says the these aren't they which
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were not to filed with women
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which ladies don't get upset
about that. It's the the Women
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of Babylon,
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the false churches
and false doctrines.
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They're not to filed with women
for their virgins. These are
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they which followed
the lamb wherever he goes,
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they're connected to Jesus.
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These were redeemed from among
men being the first-fruits 2
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got into the land
and in their mouth
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was found. Know what
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no guile or deceit or a
deception in their mouths for
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they are without fault
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before the throne of God.
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God is preparing a people.
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He's preparing you and he's
preparing me. He's preparing
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people around this world
00:52:50.67\00:52:53.97
to be cleansed from Sen
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clans from evil.
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And part of that has
to do with what we say
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says in their mouth.
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That's down. No deception.
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They are without fault
before the throne of God.
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God is trying to
develop the people,
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speak the truth,
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not just about doctrines,
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but about
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anything that comes our way
during the course of the day.
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And so we need to put
our we need to put our
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lips in check
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and think Lord, before we
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like Peter, he just spoke
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and that boy just jumped
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and before, you know, when
something comes our way and we
00:53:49.39\00:53:52.76
get into a discussion
00:53:52.76\00:53:55.50
or whatever it is,
00:53:55.50\00:53:58.13
don't just don't just talk
00:53:58.13\00:54:02.97
about whatever
happens to come in your head
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before you speak
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and say less.
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God gave us 2 years
and one mouth for a reason.
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He wants us to
listen more than we talk.
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Somebody wrote that we
need to talk less and pray more.
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Roberts says you see in the
multitude of words said he's
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not absent.
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A wise man holds his time.
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A wise man is careful
00:54:37.11\00:54:39.34
about what he sense.
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It's as if even a fool. If he
holds his tongue is considered
00:54:42.48\00:54:46.72
winds. He said that
the book of Proverbs
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Cleese, he asked, he says God
is in heaven and you are honor.
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So let your words be few.
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We need to have
well chosen careful words
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before we speak.
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Back to our original text.
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Zechariah
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chapter 3
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says here now Joshan with
the high priest. You and your
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fellows that sit before you
for. They are men wondered that
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if God can develop people in
this world who follow the lamb
00:55:32.46\00:55:36.06
wherever he goes and who
put their words in check and who
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only speak the truth,
00:55:40.54\00:55:42.50
who the who truth,
where where for them
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truth is the
exact a lot of speech.
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Then these people are
going to be wondered at
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the universe will look
at them and co amazing.
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Look what God has done
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for behold, I will bring
forth my servant the branch
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and that is Jesus Christ.
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Jesus lived his life
connected to the father
00:56:08.43\00:56:14.67
and through the branch comes,
the branch is connected to the
00:56:14.67\00:56:18.71
tree and through the
branch comes the oil,
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the golden oil
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of the Holy Spirit.
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And the spirit is
the spirit of truth,
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guiding us into all truth.
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And God wants us
to be little branches
00:56:32.72\00:56:37.53
connected to
Jesus. The big branch
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connected to the father,
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the father, the
son, and the Holy Spirit.
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So the golden oil of
truth flows into our lives
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and also comes out of our mouse.
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That is God's plan.
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He wants us to get ready
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for the last battle
00:56:59.68\00:57:02.52
between truth and
they're between right and wrong.
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So we can be ready
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to go to heaven
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to be with Jesus
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