O soul are you
weary and troubled?
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No light in the
darkness you see?
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There's light for
a look at the Savior
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And life so abundant and free
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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His word will not
fail you, His promised
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Believe Him,
and all will be well
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Then go to a world that is dying
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His perfect Salvation to tell
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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Our Father and our
God, it is with the greatest
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desire that we
invite you into our hearts,
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at the beginning
of this New Year.
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Father, we ask that
you would come into our
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hearts and illuminate
its walls by the power
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of your spirit. You
word tells us that it's the
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heart, that is
deceitful above all else and so
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Lord we need you
to shine from within.
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That maybe
revealed what is unlike thee
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that we may
surrender all to you.
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Lord, help us not
hold anything, help us
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not to hide anything.
But help us to be honest
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and open with you,
we ask Lord that as we
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contemplate anew.
The sacrifice of our Lord
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and Savior and the
cost of our redemption may
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our hearts melt to
tenderness, that we may
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become pliable
again in thy hand, amen.
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Father, as we face a
New Year, we wanna face
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it in the strength of
you, and in the light of
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you, and in your
guidance, and with thy holy
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presence. Lord may as
we contemplate our Lord
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and all that he's done
for us, may we just give
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all to you, keep that
which we have committed
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unto the honor and
glory of your name.
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That we maybe fit
vessels to be used for the
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outpouring of your
spirit and to the lives of
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others who do not
know you. And may our
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lives reflect Lord the
work that as Isaiah said
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would be a work of
righteousness that would
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be peace and
quietness and assurance forever.
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Bless us now Lord
with your presence we pray,
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we thank you for it
and we ask all these things
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in the name of
our Lord and Savior
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Christ Jesus, amen. Amen.
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This is a real
wonderful time for us to begin
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the New Year
seeking God's presence,
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seeking to have
special communion with him,
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this has been a week
of revival and reformation
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and within our
church in which we have
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participated and we
continue to participate in
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this service. And
tomorrow the President of our
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General Conference
will be speaking at the GYC
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and we would be
covering that message which is
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the combination of
this week of revival.
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And I hope that each
one of you is able to
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participate in that, but
more then that I'm hoping
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that you are participating
in the spirit of revival
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and
reformation. Knowing our Lord
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and Savior and more
fully then you've ever
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known him before.
And as I have searched
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my heart for the
last few hours, it is with
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the prayer that
somehow he will have always
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first placed there, that
I come to you at tonight.
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I hope that you have
your Bibles and if you
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do I'm going to
invite you to turn with me to
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the book of John
and in this book we find
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the story of the
upper room experience.
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Now, if you remember
that they came to the
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upper room, they
found that there was water
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there, there was
thing, everything had been
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set for them to have
the Passover together.
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There was water there
for them to wash their
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feet but if you
recall no one moved to wash
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the others feet. This
was not really unusual;
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it was not the
custom of a person to wash
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another person's
feet at that time.
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This was the work of a
servant, in fact Rabbis
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often had disciples
and when Christ had these
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12 disciples, this
was not something new
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because Rabbis would
have sometimes smaller
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groups or sometimes
even larger groups that
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traveled with them.
These were person that
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sat at their feet;
these were people that
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learned from them.
But no Rabbi would have
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ever excepted one of
his students, one of his
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disciples to wash his
feet. He would not have
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excepted them to
wash each others feet,
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these would have
been the work of a servant
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entirely. And so it
was not unusual that these
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men did not wash
one and another's feet,
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what was unusual
was that Jesus rose.
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And instituted
something brand new, amen,
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the service of
somebody else. Reaching out to
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someone else and
serving them, he showing us
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as an example, you
see humility is absolutely
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necessary before we
accept the blood of Jesus,
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amen. If we don't feel
our need, if we are not
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humble then we do
not even seek forgiveness
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and we do not seek the
blood of Jesus to cover
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our sins. And as we
come together in communion
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and in a little bit
we're gonna be receiving the
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bread and the wine
and we'll talk about the
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meaning of these two
emblems which I know that
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you understand.
But also much has been
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forgotten about
humility, before we came to this
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service the
ladies went to one room,
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the gentlemen
went to another room.
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And there we served
each other; we tried to
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pick someone who was
maybe not necessarily
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a close friend, maybe
someone we didn't know
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very well. Because it's
easy to serve someone who
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is very close and
maybe not always easy
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perhaps sometimes
as a pastor we've had
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family communion
where husband and wife
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would serve each
other. And they needed to
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do that, amen In
many cases it was the most
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beautiful thing for a
man to kneel before his
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wife and to wash her
feet and for her to wash
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his feet. And
sometimes that is so very needed
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and necessary and
beautiful, but it's also
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beautiful for us to
turn to someone who perhaps
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we don't know all that
well or perhaps someone
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with whom we've
sometimes had tension or
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disagreements and
we wanna say hey we
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may not always agree
on everything. God has
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never told us that
you've got to agree on
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everything, he
has never said that,
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the only one time
in the scriptures where
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we find that
everybody was is one accord and
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that's where the Holy
Spirit felt of course.
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But one chord doesn't
mean that they all thought
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exactly the same
thing about each,
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of each opinion of each
thing, it meant that they
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allow the other to
think differently then they
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did and they still
loved them. That is really
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being in one accord, I
felt that kind of unity
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in our room today.
As we knelt together as
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we're saying John
Lomacang, led us in songs
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and as we sang
together hymns, familiar hymns
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that we can sing from
our hearts. We definitely
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felt the power of the
Holy Spirit, we felt God
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moving in a
powerful way and you see this
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is the way that I
believe with all my heart that
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God prepares our hearts
to receive his crucifixion.
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You see if we receive
that crucifixion with pride
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in our hearts we
miss what he is all about,
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because he is all about
love for each other, amen.
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What is humility?
You know sometimes that
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something that's so
easily misunderstood,
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we get the idea if a
person walks around and
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they kind of keep their
head down and they speak
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quietly that they're
humble. That doesn't,
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that's not humility
at all, that's a false
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humility. What I think
is humility is being willing
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to serve, you see
that's what he pointed as
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humility, serving the
other. Serving the other
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and it may not be in
this custom that we would
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need to wash each
others feet. But it may
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mean something
else. We had a gigantic
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windstorm here two
years ago, it came through
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hundred mile an hour
winds, there are still
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trees that are down
all over the place out in
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the woods. That
you'll find that went down
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during that storm,
but at the time they went
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down across roads,
across power lines and
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there was havoc
everywhere. I was in
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Chicago when it took
place; immediately I got
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a call from Danny
Shelton and he was told me
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bring me another
chainsaw when you come.
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Chainsaws are all
sold out down here.
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I said what are you
doing with it? He said I'm
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out trying to help
people get in and out their
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homes because
getting some trees off of
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homes. And Danny
was out there serving he
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wasn't standing back
worrying just about his
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place or
worrying about even 3ABN.
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But he was out with
the neighbors helping them,
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cutting away trees.
I didn't do that for me
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to tell you about it.
In fact he'll be upset that
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I did, but that's
alright you see to me that
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was true humility,
amen. That was the service
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of humility that our
Lord would have us have,
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amen. As I said a very
tricky thing if you try
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to humble you probably won't be,
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if you try to think
about it it's funny.
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You know how it is,
somebody tells you don't
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think about this or
you try to, you have to
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think about it. You
know how that works,
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the same way with
humility, a friend of mine
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Pastor Ben Golisch
used to tell the story about
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he said that he
wrote a book about:
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Humility and How I
Obtained it and then he
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said when I read
the manuscript it was so
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good that pride
entered my heart and he,
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he said I had to
throw it away. That was just
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an illustration, a very
humble illustration that
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says we have to be
careful we'll be proud of
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our humility, yes.
We will be proud of how
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humble we are, you
see the focus is away
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from us, amen. Jesus
says the focus is on others,
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amen. And when you
turn your eyes upon him
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and you look at him
that that is the focus.
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I walk the lies
path with an easy tread,
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I wonder where
pleasures and riches led,
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until one day in a
quiet place; I met the master
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face to face, amen,
amen. I met him and knew
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him and blessed to
see that his eyes full
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of mercy were fixed
upon me and then I turned
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my eyes upon Jesus,
yes. Look full in His
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wonderful face, and
the things of earth grew
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strangely dim in the
light of His glory and
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his grace. Amen,
amen. I'd like to introduce
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those who are
participating in our service
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today. We have some
pastors who are serving
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here as elders, Pastor
C. A. Murray and Pastor
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John Lomacang and we
also have Pastors who
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are serving today as
deacons. Pastor Brian
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Hamilton, Norberto,
Hal Steenson and Richard
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Pinero, our
deacons today are Carey,
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Kristesn and Jill Morikone.
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Sing with me, "Thank You Lord."
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Thank you, Lord,
for saving my soul
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Thank you, Lord,
for making me whole
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Thank you,
Lord, for giving to me
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Thy great salvation
soulful and free One more time
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Thank you, Lord,
for saving my soul
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Thank you, Lord,
for making me whole
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Thank you,
Lord, for giving to me
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Thy great salvation
soulful and free, amen.
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I've spend some time
on last evening reading
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through the book,
Desire of Ages and I was
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awakened this morning
at 3:30 and read more.
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One of the things
that struck me was the
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understanding that
whenever the saints of
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God gather together
for a communion service
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we're told that
angels draw especially near,
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and that there are,
it would appear certain
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angels that just like
to be near the saints of
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God during this
time. She says there are
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literally thousands
of unseen watchers who
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are here just now and
if you're at home or in
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a church or even in a
car listening on a radio.
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There's an angel
beside you, amen, amen,
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to hear your prayer
and because you chose
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to consecrate yourself
to God. Jesus is bending
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law to hear your
heart's call and the Holy
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Spirit is there to seal
your decision. I'm reading
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out from the gospel
that's written by John,
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chapter 6, just
several verses, where John
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records the words of
Jesus and speaking to his
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disciples about the
bread, he says: Who so
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eateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood,
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have eternal life; and
I will raise him up at the
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last day. So, what
we're doing here to now
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here and now is
seed is as we are putting
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money in the bank of
heaven for that last day
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when Christ will call us
all. For my flesh is meat,
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I'm in verse 55, my
blood is drink. He that
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eateth my flesh,
drinketh my blood,
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dwelleth in me, and
I in him. And then I'm
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backing up now
because Christ makes two very
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important and
succeeding statements,
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verse 47: Verily,
verily, I say unto you,
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He that believeth on
me hath eternal life.
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Praise God and
then he says the way of
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punctuation, I am
that bread of life. Amen.
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So, when we eat this
bread, Ellen White says
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we are remembering
every blow that will struck,
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every booze that was
inflicted, every drop of
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blood that rain
upon the ground, we are
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remembering and
recalling the awful price that
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was paid for our
redemption. We are saying
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to the Lord, we
haven't forgotten you oh no
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we respect and honor
the ultimate sacrifice
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that you made for us.
You pay too high a price
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and yet without that
price being paid where
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would we be tonight,
amen, but thank God the
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Bible says he
thought if not robbery.
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But made himself of
no reputation, died the
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death not even of a
servant of a slave and in
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so dying became
victorious and has now
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passed that victory
onto you and to me, amen.
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Praise God for
every drop of blood,
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for every stroke of
the lash, for every tear
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that was shed.
Because with that was the down
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payment on
eternity for you and for
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me, amen. Shall we pray?
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Gracious Father,
we thank you for the
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sacrifice of Christ,
who endured the scourge,
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who endured the
lash, who endured the whip,
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who endured the
cursing and the swearing and
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the belittling and
took it all, and who was
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faithful unto death.
Even the death of the cross
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and we ask dear Father,
that you would bless this
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bread in a very
special and marked way.
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Then as we eat, we
will reflect and we will
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remember and we
will surrender anew our
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bodies to the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
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Bless it and change
it from its natural use,
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so that even as it
nourishes our bodies,
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it will nourish our
very souls and quicken our
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spirits and dedicate
us even more to Christ and
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his soon coming
kingdom. We love you;
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we praise you and thank you in
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Jesus name, amen, amen.
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The Bible also
gives us another very
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unmistakable
picture of the wine that is
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represented in
the communion service.
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I would like to
communicate that through
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a story of two sons,
there are many sons in
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the Bible, but there
are two sons that I believe
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illustrate the
power of the blood.
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We know that when
Adam and Eve sinned,
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sin entered the world
and until eternity rose,
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there will be a
countless record of the multiple
00:25:11.10\00:25:13.45
millions who've lost
their lives. Because of the
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decision of one
man. Adam had two sons,
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Paul the Apostle the
says: The wages of sin is
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death, but the gift
of God is eternal life.
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Adam had two sons,
one was Cain the other
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one was Abel and
I believe it was not
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until the death of
Abel that Adam really
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realized the depth of
his decision. The wages
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of sin is death, Abel's
life represent the wages
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of sin, a payment by
humanity. And the Bible
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records in Genesis
4 and verse 9 when the
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question was asked by
God where is your brother
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and Cain responded.
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
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And God said, "The
blood of your brother cries
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from the ground."
That was the payment by
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humanity for sin, but
there is a second son that
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gives me hope today
for there is a second
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Adam as it were. He
had a father and his
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father had a son and
I will say today that
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instead of the blood
of Jesus crying from the
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ground. A payment by
humanity the blood of
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Jesus is crying from
the cross, a payment for
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humanity, amen.
This second death was one
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that was willingly
given, one that was given
00:26:51.19\00:26:54.06
without reproach, one
that was given with the
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love, one that was
given with a desire to
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save all humanity.
For the Bible records:
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For God so loved the
world, that he gave his
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only begotten Son.
Adam did not give his son
00:27:05.46\00:27:08.68
Abel, sin took his son
but God so loved us when
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the blood of Jesus
Christ was shed. It was not
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by humanity, but it
was for humanity, amen.
00:27:18.02\00:27:22.74
And so today we find
that it was not the wages
00:27:22.86\00:27:25.94
of sin alone but
what caused Jesus to shed
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his blood was the gift
of God. So, today we live
00:27:29.77\00:27:34.07
under the shadow of
the cross, not lamenting
00:27:34.08\00:27:36.91
the death but
rejoicing in the death of the
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second son. The one
who is also Abel, his name
00:27:39.71\00:27:45.14
is not Abel but I
say he is Abel, alright.
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Paul the Apostle
made it very clear: where
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there is no shedding
of blood, there is no
00:27:52.25\00:27:54.75
remission. Jesus
shed his blood to reverse
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the effect of sin, so
you see generation after
00:27:58.10\00:28:01.45
generation waited for
that son to come that,
00:28:01.46\00:28:03.73
that promised seed
and I could see mother
00:28:04.17\00:28:06.32
after mother hoping
their son would be the one
00:28:06.63\00:28:08.94
and when it appears
though he would never arrive.
00:28:10.04\00:28:12.40
The Bible says:
"When the fullness of time
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had come God sent
forth His Son." Amen, never
00:28:15.17\00:28:18.34
too early, never too
late, the one who is Abel
00:28:18.35\00:28:21.99
to say to the
uttermost those who come unto
00:28:22.54\00:28:24.44
God by him, was
the one who appeared.
00:28:24.45\00:28:27.13
And so what did this
blood represent John tells
00:28:27.99\00:28:31.89
us the one who Jesus
loves. He said the blood
00:28:31.90\00:28:35.23
of Jesus Christ his son
cleanses us from all sin.
00:28:35.24\00:28:39.37
The wine here today
represents the blood of
00:28:40.48\00:28:42.36
Jesus the only price
to pay for the redemption
00:28:42.37\00:28:46.34
and the removal of
sin. And it cleanses us from
00:28:46.35\00:28:49.26
all sin, can you
say Amen to that, amen.
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But it also represents
the New Covenant, Jesus
00:28:52.12\00:28:55.47
said to his
disciples at that supper that
00:28:55.49\00:28:57.79
many call the Last
Supper, but I submit to you,
00:28:57.80\00:29:00.18
it was only the
last supper for Judas.
00:29:00.19\00:29:01.91
There is another
greater supper coming,
00:29:02.25\00:29:03.87
Matthew 26 verse 27
to 29 the Bible says:
00:29:05.39\00:29:08.91
Then He took the
cup, and gave thanks,
00:29:09.42\00:29:10.98
and gave it to them
and said, "Drink from it,
00:29:10.99\00:29:13.97
all of you. For this
is My blood of the new
00:29:13.98\00:29:17.08
covenant, which is
shed for many for the
00:29:17.09\00:29:19.66
remission of
sins. But I say to you,
00:29:19.67\00:29:23.00
I will not drink of
this fruit of the wine from
00:29:23.01\00:29:26.58
now on until that day
when I drink it new with
00:29:26.59\00:29:30.53
you in My Father's
kingdom." Not just the
00:29:30.54\00:29:33.79
symbol of a new
covenant, but a symbol of
00:29:33.80\00:29:36.41
a promise that we
cannot wait to be fulfilled
00:29:36.42\00:29:38.84
amen. And finally one
more implication of the
00:29:38.85\00:29:41.86
blood of Jesus,
Pastor C. A pointed out the
00:29:41.87\00:29:44.83
broken body of
Jesus, but Paul said,
00:29:44.84\00:29:48.21
as a recipient of God's grace.
00:29:48.22\00:29:51.32
For as often as
you drink this cup,
00:29:51.33\00:29:55.18
you proclaim the
Lord's death until he comes.
00:29:55.19\00:29:58.37
So, the wine a
payment for humanity,
00:29:59.57\00:30:02.69
a promise of a greater dinner
00:30:02.70\00:30:04.82
that's yet in
the future, amen and
00:30:04.83\00:30:08.16
the reality that
whenever we partake,
00:30:08.17\00:30:10.61
we are individually and
collectively proclaiming
00:30:10.62\00:30:13.84
the death of
Jesus, the promise of his
00:30:13.85\00:30:15.81
soon return until
he comes. Let us pray.
00:30:15.82\00:30:20.06
Our Gracious Father in heaven,
00:30:22.01\00:30:23.36
we thank you so
much, that when you make
00:30:23.37\00:30:27.19
a promise it is
sure, amen. We stand today
00:30:27.20\00:30:31.57
between two
economies to pass over,
00:30:31.58\00:30:34.94
has passed over
and this covenant that
00:30:34.95\00:30:39.49
you've made with us
continues to be ratified.
00:30:39.50\00:30:42.42
Every time we partake
of the blood of Jesus,
00:30:42.43\00:30:47.48
today Heavenly Father
made this wine remind us.
00:30:47.49\00:30:51.73
That as not that
it's just unfermented
00:30:53.27\00:30:56.24
but it is the only
blood that can save
00:30:56.25\00:30:58.94
us from our sins.
And so Lord help us
00:30:58.95\00:31:02.09
to consider the
price, help us to consider
00:31:02.10\00:31:04.93
the Cross, but help
us to consider the giver.
00:31:04.94\00:31:08.41
And when we partake Lord may
00:31:08.42\00:31:10.60
you be glorified in our hearts,
00:31:10.61\00:31:13.36
in our lives and in our voice.
00:31:13.37\00:31:17.29
In Jesus name we
pray, amen, amen.
00:31:17.30\00:31:22.08
Shackled by a heavy burden
00:32:34.82\00:32:44.26
Neath a load of guilt & shame
00:32:44.27\00:32:53.82
Then the hand
of Jesus touched me
00:32:53.83\00:33:02.12
And now I am no longer the same
00:33:02.13\00:33:10.88
I want you to sing it with me.
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.52
He touched me, oh He touched me
00:33:12.53\00:33:21.90
And oh the joy
that floods my soul
00:33:21.91\00:33:32.25
Something
happened and now I know
00:33:32.26\00:33:41.61
He Touched me and made me whole.
00:33:41.62\00:33:51.21
Oh since I met
this blessed savior
00:33:52.65\00:34:02.17
And since he
cleansed and made me whole
00:34:02.18\00:34:11.86
Oh I will never
cease to praise him
00:34:11.87\00:34:20.92
I'll shout it
while eternity rolls
00:34:20.93\00:34:29.19
He touched me, oh He touched me
00:34:29.20\00:34:39.88
And oh the joy
that floods my soul
00:34:39.89\00:34:49.35
Something
happened and now I know
00:34:49.36\00:34:59.94
He Touched me and made me whole.
00:34:59.95\00:35:11.50
The Bible says:
'Take, eat: this is My Body,
00:35:41.82\00:35:49.73
which is broken for you,
00:35:49.74\00:35:51.49
do this in remembrance of me.
00:35:52.54\00:35:55.68
And then it says:
In the same manner
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.71
he also took the
cup, after supper saying,
00:36:18.72\00:36:22.67
'This cup is the new
covenant in my blood.
00:36:22.68\00:36:26.94
This do, so
often as you drink it,
00:36:26.95\00:36:32.44
do so in remembrance of me.'
00:36:32.45\00:36:36.06
We're going to involve you,
00:37:45.42\00:37:48.52
the viewer in this
special service today.
00:37:48.53\00:37:51.38
I know that some
of you at home have
00:37:51.39\00:37:53.74
probably receive
the emblems are gone
00:37:53.75\00:37:57.65
and joined with us
and I hope that you have.
00:37:57.66\00:38:00.07
If you haven't this
program will be shown
00:38:00.08\00:38:03.72
again and perhaps
you'll be able to do
00:38:03.73\00:38:07.32
it at that time,
however right now
00:38:07.33\00:38:10.40
we want to involve you
in our season of prayer.
00:38:10.41\00:38:13.00
Because we wanna
be praying for you,
00:38:13.01\00:38:16.24
There are three that
we have ask John Dinzey
00:38:16.25\00:38:19.68
who is Director of Latino,
00:38:19.69\00:38:21.54
he is going to be praying,
00:38:21.55\00:38:23.73
Mollie Steenson
our Vice President
00:38:23.74\00:38:25.59
and General Manager,
will also be praying.
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.38
And Brian Hamilton
our Financial Director
00:38:28.39\00:38:31.54
will be praying and
we invite you at home
00:38:31.55\00:38:36.89
to quietly enter into a
00:38:36.90\00:38:41.08
Spirit of
Prayer as they lead us.
00:38:41.09\00:38:44.08
Our Loving Heavenly Father,
00:38:54.72\00:38:57.32
we've thank you so much Lord for
00:38:59.09\00:39:02.53
the privilege to partake of the
00:39:02.54\00:39:06.49
Holy Communion.
We thank you that the
00:39:06.50\00:39:10.37
blood was shed our behalf.
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.63
Father, we want to
thank you Lord that
00:39:14.90\00:39:20.60
while we were yet sinners,
00:39:20.61\00:39:22.30
Christ died for
us. We've thank you
00:39:22.31\00:39:26.65
Lord for your
great mercy, because all
00:39:26.66\00:39:30.06
we as sheep have gone astray.
00:39:30.07\00:39:34.75
But we thank you
Lord that you have laid
00:39:36.53\00:39:38.97
the iniquity of us
all; upon your son Jesus.
00:39:38.98\00:39:44.06
We thank you for that sacrifice,
00:39:45.88\00:39:48.17
we thank you
Lord that even though
00:39:48.18\00:39:52.33
we all have sinned and
come short of your glory.
00:39:52.34\00:39:57.17
Your love that
is beyond parallel,
00:39:57.18\00:40:02.61
was extended to us, and Lord
00:40:02.62\00:40:07.61
we just marvel as we behold that
00:40:07.62\00:40:12.51
manner of love.
That is bestowed upon us
00:40:12.52\00:40:16.64
and even though
we have gone astray,
00:40:16.65\00:40:20.25
the good
shepherd has found us and
00:40:22.71\00:40:26.71
we can be called your children.
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.89
We pray for us here,
that you will forgive
00:40:28.90\00:40:34.62
us for our sins,
cleanse us from unrighteousness.
00:40:34.63\00:40:39.09
The same we pray for
the viewers and listeners,
00:40:39.10\00:40:42.63
that as they chose
to allow Jesus into
00:40:42.64\00:40:47.61
their hearts. You
will do the same for them,
00:40:47.62\00:40:50.68
we thank you
Father that you were in
00:40:52.63\00:40:56.51
Christ reconciling
the world unto yourself.
00:40:56.52\00:41:01.97
So, that we can be called,
00:41:01.98\00:41:04.16
so we can become
the righteousness
00:41:04.17\00:41:07.92
of God. We thank
you Father wash us,
00:41:07.93\00:41:12.74
cleanse us and
make us pure through
00:41:12.75\00:41:16.58
the blood of the
lamb, Jesus Christ.
00:41:16.59\00:41:20.57
In Jesus name, amen.
00:41:20.58\00:41:23.86
Heavenly Father, we come before
00:41:27.06\00:41:28.68
you in the precious
name of your son Jesus
00:41:28.69\00:41:32.24
and we thank you
Holy God that you've
00:41:32.25\00:41:34.77
given us this
opportunity to share
00:41:34.78\00:41:37.61
in Holy Communion
thank you Holy God.
00:41:37.62\00:41:40.49
For the blood that
we shed that make this,
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.26
this available to
us. Now Father on a
00:41:43.27\00:41:46.36
personal basis we
yield our lives up to
00:41:46.37\00:41:49.56
you today as we
start this New Year Lord,
00:41:49.57\00:41:52.20
let us start this
New Year with clean hands
00:41:52.21\00:41:55.56
and a pure heart
before you and now
00:41:55.57\00:41:57.85
Father draw us
by the power of your
00:41:57.86\00:41:59.70
Holy Spirit into a
deeper and a richer
00:41:59.71\00:42:02.21
and a more meaningful
relationship with you.
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.03
Oh Father, we
recognize this night,
00:42:05.04\00:42:08.14
if you don't grace
us we are not graced,
00:42:08.15\00:42:10.45
if you don't bless
us we're not blessed,
00:42:10.46\00:42:12.99
if you don't
show mercy to us then
00:42:13.00\00:42:15.06
there is no mercy
shown to our lives.
00:42:15.07\00:42:17.12
We look unto you oh God,
00:42:17.13\00:42:18.86
for we are
totally depended on you
00:42:18.87\00:42:20.73
and every area
and every relationship
00:42:20.74\00:42:22.94
of our life. And
Father we, we just
00:42:22.95\00:42:25.84
lay our hearts
open before you and
00:42:25.85\00:42:27.68
ask you oh God
to search us oh God
00:42:27.69\00:42:29.81
in our heart. Try
us in our thought,
00:42:29.82\00:42:32.53
see if there be
any evil lay in us
00:42:32.54\00:42:34.59
and lead us in the
path that's everlasting.
00:42:34.60\00:42:36.88
Oh God our
hearts decry, our hearts
00:42:36.89\00:42:39.71
desire is to be, is
to be like you know God.
00:42:39.72\00:42:43.81
Father that we
would be transformed
00:42:43.82\00:42:45.81
into the very
image and lightness of
00:42:45.82\00:42:47.68
you oh God,
Father that's our prayer
00:42:47.69\00:42:50.05
on a personal
basis and now bring
00:42:50.06\00:42:51.95
Three Angels Broadcasting before
00:42:51.96\00:42:53.75
you, this
ministry that was started
00:42:53.76\00:42:56.20
and birth by you Oh God.
00:42:56.21\00:42:58.07
Oh Father, let us
look at this ministry,
00:42:58.08\00:43:00.27
let each one of
us examine our hearts
00:43:00.28\00:43:02.30
and examine our
hands, see oh Lord
00:43:02.31\00:43:04.46
if there was any
area where we have
00:43:04.47\00:43:06.12
laid man's hand
to this ministry.
00:43:06.13\00:43:08.11
And let us oh Father
take it off for oh God
00:43:08.12\00:43:10.89
we only want this
ministry to be perfect
00:43:10.90\00:43:13.77
and pure before
you that Lord it will
00:43:13.78\00:43:16.19
reach out and it
will accomplish all that
00:43:16.20\00:43:17.96
you've called it
to accomplish that
00:43:17.97\00:43:19.48
truly Lord God this
ministry will go to the
00:43:19.49\00:43:22.15
four corners of
the earth and church
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.12
and touch every
seeking soul of God.
00:43:24.13\00:43:27.19
Father, that
when we stand before
00:43:27.20\00:43:28.73
you in that Day
of Judgment you will
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.44
say to us, well done my good and
00:43:30.45\00:43:32.72
faithful servant.
Oh Father we yield our
00:43:32.73\00:43:35.83
lives, we yield
our hopes, we yield our
00:43:35.84\00:43:38.15
future unto you to
the, the degree that
00:43:38.16\00:43:40.57
we know how to do
it, Father we surrender
00:43:40.58\00:43:42.79
to you spirit, soul and body.
00:43:42.80\00:43:44.66
Every area we
surrender to you oh God
00:43:44.67\00:43:47.39
and ask you to
lead us and direct our
00:43:47.40\00:43:49.48
path in Jesus name Amen, amen.
00:43:49.49\00:43:53.54
Father God, I counted it
00:43:59.72\00:44:01.72
a privilege to
bend my knees and bow
00:44:01.73\00:44:05.25
before you. Acknowledging
00:44:05.26\00:44:08.39
before our viewing
audience and unseen
00:44:08.40\00:44:11.88
worlds that you are
the Sovereign of the
00:44:11.89\00:44:14.79
universe, the God of
all living, the Creator,
00:44:14.80\00:44:19.89
the Sustainer. What
we've just participated
00:44:19.90\00:44:24.62
in Jesus is
acknowledging you as our savior,
00:44:24.63\00:44:27.98
our brother. Born of
our bone and flesh of
00:44:27.99\00:44:30.82
our flesh, Holy
Spirit, we accept you as our
00:44:30.83\00:44:35.54
comforter and our
guide. You are sealing us
00:44:35.55\00:44:39.85
for eternity and we
ask that you will complete
00:44:39.86\00:44:43.64
that work that you begun in us.
00:44:43.65\00:44:45.81
Father, our viewing
audience and ourselves
00:44:45.82\00:44:49.44
here at 3ABN are
beginning a New Year,
00:44:49.45\00:44:53.26
a year though that
has many uncertainties
00:44:53.27\00:44:57.85
before us. We
live in troubles times,
00:44:57.86\00:45:00.75
the nations are angry
and getting more restless,
00:45:00.76\00:45:04.93
the economy is sinking, there is
00:45:04.94\00:45:08.88
trouble in every
direction that we see
00:45:08.89\00:45:10.80
but you've told
us that these things
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.54
would come about.
And so we would like
00:45:12.55\00:45:16.40
to place
ourselves and this ministry
00:45:16.41\00:45:20.55
and our viewing
audience into your hands
00:45:20.56\00:45:24.14
for this year. Asking
that you would lead us,
00:45:24.15\00:45:27.81
that you would guide
us, and that you would
00:45:27.82\00:45:30.33
sustain us. And
may we never stray from
00:45:30.34\00:45:35.60
you as our guide, as
our savior, as our Lord,
00:45:35.61\00:45:39.20
as our God. And so we
ask a special blessing
00:45:39.21\00:45:43.18
upon all who
are viewing that you
00:45:43.19\00:45:46.75
would bless
them in their health,
00:45:46.76\00:45:49.00
that you would bless
them in their finances
00:45:49.01\00:45:52.58
and that you would grow them and
00:45:52.59\00:45:54.50
prepare them Jesus
for your second coming
00:45:54.51\00:45:57.16
which we believe is very soon.
00:45:57.17\00:45:59.20
This blessing that
we ask for audience
00:45:59.21\00:46:01.58
we ask for
ourselves here at 3ABN,
00:46:01.59\00:46:04.32
we rededicate ourselves to the
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.58
mission of taking this
gospel to all the world,
00:46:07.59\00:46:12.08
so, that Jesus
you may come soon.
00:46:12.09\00:46:15.82
Please bless our
efforts, multiply the
00:46:15.83\00:46:20.34
fruits, as, as we
the television takes
00:46:20.35\00:46:25.47
these messages to every home and
00:46:25.48\00:46:27.74
every nation and
every corner of this world.
00:46:27.75\00:46:30.17
Father may your
word not come back wide,
00:46:30.18\00:46:34.94
may that accomplish
all that you've ordained
00:46:34.95\00:46:37.90
for it and we
give you the glory and
00:46:37.91\00:46:40.92
you the honor
and you the credit.
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.51
In Jesus name I
pray, amen. Amen.
00:46:43.52\00:46:47.92
This will be my
forth New Years to spend
00:46:53.55\00:46:57.60
here at 3ABN;
amen, I thank God for the
00:46:57.61\00:47:02.31
opportunity to be
here, to work with
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.90
this particular group of people.
00:47:04.91\00:47:06.77
The leadership
team that's here in the
00:47:06.78\00:47:09.39
studio today as
we have had this time
00:47:09.40\00:47:13.18
of commitment together.
00:47:13.19\00:47:15.08
The leader of this
organization the one
00:47:15.09\00:47:17.61
who God called is Danny Shelton.
00:47:17.62\00:47:20.67
And Danny has been
gifted in so many ways,
00:47:20.68\00:47:24.29
not the least of
which is the gift of
00:47:24.30\00:47:26.80
encouragement, amen.
There been times when
00:47:26.81\00:47:29.31
I've been worn out
and he is lifted me
00:47:29.32\00:47:32.65
with words of encouragement and
00:47:32.66\00:47:34.45
hope and
challenge. And as we have come
00:47:34.46\00:47:38.07
to this New Years
and this time of our
00:47:38.08\00:47:42.25
recommitment to our Lord.
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.77
I've ask him if
he would share some
00:47:44.78\00:47:48.07
words of encouragement
with you our viewers.
00:47:48.08\00:47:50.99
Thank you Jim and thank you for
00:47:52.81\00:47:54.53
bringing this communion not
00:47:54.54\00:47:55.92
only to our
family here in house that
00:47:55.93\00:47:59.15
for allowing
people and allowing us to
00:47:59.16\00:48:01.80
enjoy this with
people around the world.
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.95
So, we wanna thank you for that,
00:48:03.96\00:48:05.78
thank you for your
leadership and I think
00:48:05.79\00:48:09.28
I can speak for all
of us when I say that
00:48:09.29\00:48:11.17
God knew just the
man to bring at the
00:48:11.18\00:48:13.93
right time, amen.
And we appreciate your
00:48:13.94\00:48:16.47
leadership so
much, you and Camille
00:48:16.48\00:48:18.66
and your family and
it's been a privilege
00:48:18.67\00:48:20.56
to work with
Pastor Jim Gilley and
00:48:20.57\00:48:23.23
I say work with because Jim has
00:48:23.24\00:48:24.95
a spirit that we're
all in this thing together
00:48:24.96\00:48:27.13
and I know you
feel the same way.
00:48:27.14\00:48:28.99
And so we feel
like that we're, we're
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.79
encouraged as we
go together, someone
00:48:30.80\00:48:33.57
said to me don't you
ever did get depressed,
00:48:33.58\00:48:36.43
you know you go
through so many things.
00:48:36.44\00:48:39.09
And I said well I
would but I read the back
00:48:39.10\00:48:40.93
of the book, amen the
back of the book says:
00:48:40.94\00:48:43.25
"They overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb,
00:48:43.26\00:48:45.56
and the word of their testimony.
00:48:45.57\00:48:47.50
And so I tell people
sometimes in churches,
00:48:47.51\00:48:50.41
a lot of times
people will buy a book and
00:48:50.42\00:48:52.93
before they buy
they go to the book store
00:48:52.94\00:48:54.59
and they will
thumb through the books
00:48:54.60\00:48:56.31
and they will say this
looks like a good title.
00:48:56.32\00:48:58.07
I think I will take
a little peak and see
00:48:58.08\00:48:59.88
what it says so
they turned to the back
00:48:59.89\00:49:01.52
of the book.
When they get to the
00:49:01.53\00:49:03.11
back of the book,
it says John and Marry
00:49:03.12\00:49:05.56
road often into
the sunset happily ever
00:49:05.57\00:49:07.53
after. Well, if
we're gonna be reading
00:49:07.54\00:49:09.49
you might well read
something that's good
00:49:09.50\00:49:11.14
and they got a nice ending.
00:49:11.15\00:49:12.39
The book's 200
pages long so we read 100
00:49:12.40\00:49:16.25
pages and all of a
sudden tragedy happens
00:49:16.26\00:49:20.07
John and Mary
instead riding often
00:49:20.08\00:49:22.06
into the sunset,
somehow fell over
00:49:22.07\00:49:25.29
a cliff but they
were hanging on a branch
00:49:25.30\00:49:28.29
and the branch
seems to be cracking
00:49:28.30\00:49:29.98
it's a thousand feet below them.
00:49:29.99\00:49:31.67
That's the
terrible situation to be in,
00:49:31.68\00:49:34.70
isn't it? Amen, but
now for you the reader,
00:49:34.71\00:49:37.29
for me the
reader what happens you
00:49:37.30\00:49:39.81
don't say oh no
this is terrible tragedy
00:49:39.82\00:49:42.24
I can't finish the
rest of the story why not?
00:49:42.25\00:49:44.88
Amen, you've read the
back of the book, amen.
00:49:44.89\00:49:47.19
Now, you actually
get excited, you actually
00:49:47.20\00:49:49.89
get encouraged, because you say
00:49:49.90\00:49:51.25
how is the author
who are gonna get these
00:49:51.26\00:49:53.33
folks out of this
jam. Right, now think about
00:49:53.34\00:49:56.97
it the author, the
finisher of our faith
00:49:56.98\00:50:00.34
the Lord Jesus
Christ how's he gonna get us
00:50:00.35\00:50:02.57
out of this jam, alright, right
00:50:02.58\00:50:04.61
because we're all in
a jam if we don't know
00:50:04.62\00:50:06.62
what we need to wake up, amen.
00:50:06.63\00:50:08.08
Right, sometimes
we think we got it all
00:50:08.09\00:50:10.27
together we don't.
We have nothing together
00:50:10.28\00:50:12.73
without Christ; we
can do nothing, amen.
00:50:12.74\00:50:14.98
Through Christ we can
accomplish all things,
00:50:14.99\00:50:17.38
amen I was thinking
for this service what
00:50:17.39\00:50:19.49
a wonderful
service. Not all churches do
00:50:19.50\00:50:22.58
this and we do the
foot washing as well
00:50:22.59\00:50:24.24
as the, the
communion part here with the
00:50:24.25\00:50:27.22
embalms and the
breaking the bread
00:50:27.23\00:50:29.09
and the new wine
and emphasis new wine.
00:50:29.10\00:50:31.79
Some churches do it
with wine but we use
00:50:31.80\00:50:34.86
new vine as
Seventh-day Adventist
00:50:34.87\00:50:36.40
Christians grape
juice, to symbolize Christ
00:50:36.41\00:50:39.42
blood. I was
thinking about this and what
00:50:39.43\00:50:41.78
an opportunity to
be alive in the closing
00:50:41.79\00:50:44.74
moments of earth
history, yeah, being
00:50:44.75\00:50:46.76
in a ministry that God
has ordained, yes, yes.
00:50:46.77\00:50:50.39
I mean that's it
right there, Amen.
00:50:50.40\00:50:51.72
God has ordained,
yeah I didn't build
00:50:51.73\00:50:53.89
this ministry, you
didn't build it how
00:50:53.90\00:50:55.93
you were there in
the very beginning,
00:50:55.94\00:50:57.17
you didn't build it,
no. Mollie you didn't
00:50:57.18\00:50:58.97
build it, Tammy
you didn't build it,
00:50:58.98\00:51:00.90
none of us did,
the Lord ordained this
00:51:00.91\00:51:03.46
and he allowed us to
be a part of it, amen.
00:51:03.47\00:51:05.79
And we done a lot of good things
00:51:05.80\00:51:07.58
and a lot of bad
things when it comes to
00:51:07.59\00:51:09.15
making
decisions, sometimes we make
00:51:09.16\00:51:10.91
good decisions,
sometimes we make bad decisions.
00:51:10.92\00:51:13.93
But ultimately,
this is God's project and
00:51:13.94\00:51:16.75
guess what? We
are not the only ones
00:51:16.76\00:51:18.47
who failed, if you
look through the Bible
00:51:18.48\00:51:21.34
I wonder why
God even messed with
00:51:21.35\00:51:23.07
those people, I mean would like,
00:51:23.08\00:51:24.05
I would have got rid
of them before then,.
00:51:24.06\00:51:25.93
I mean look how
terrible they are
00:51:25.94\00:51:27.64
and then all of a sudden
it's like what about you?
00:51:27.65\00:51:29.44
Then I'm like boy am
I glad God is merciful,
00:51:29.45\00:51:32.34
amen. That he doesn't
just destroy us at the
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.21
first sign of
problems and trials aren't
00:51:34.22\00:51:36.68
you glad for
that? Amen, I know I am
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.81
but as I was thinking about it,
00:51:38.82\00:51:40.30
what an
incredible time to be alive
00:51:40.31\00:51:42.67
where technology
and the communication
00:51:42.68\00:51:45.24
high ways are changing brother
00:51:45.25\00:51:47.36
Moses almost
everyday. New ways to get this
00:51:47.37\00:51:50.66
gospel into
millions, ye billions and I'm
00:51:50.67\00:51:53.97
gonna use the b on
that, billions of homes,
00:51:53.98\00:51:57.48
yeah. And, and do
it in a split second,
00:51:57.49\00:51:59.91
three angels flying in
the midst of the heaven,
00:51:59.92\00:52:02.31
Revelation 18 says:
the Fourth angel helped
00:52:02.32\00:52:05.19
the three and the
earth was lightened
00:52:05.20\00:52:07.80
with the glory of
God and I see satellites,
00:52:07.81\00:52:11.16
I mean this is safe
Danny, this is not at
00:52:11.17\00:52:13.26
all safe you know
the Bible necessarily.
00:52:13.27\00:52:15.66
But an angel is
just what? It's the
00:52:15.67\00:52:18.66
messenger, so
satellites are what?
00:52:18.67\00:52:21.08
They're messengers,
so when I see satellites
00:52:21.09\00:52:24.42
in Heaven and the
earth was lightened
00:52:24.43\00:52:26.30
with the glory of
God, just think about it.
00:52:26.31\00:52:28.57
We speak signal
goes up twenty two
00:52:28.58\00:52:31.41
thousand and
three hundred miles to
00:52:31.42\00:52:32.81
space goes
around and in our case
00:52:32.82\00:52:34.75
what eleven
satellites normal, around
00:52:34.76\00:52:37.18
doctor Moe,
around, around the world at
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.76
literally
traveling the hundred and
00:52:39.77\00:52:41.43
eighty six
thousand miles per second
00:52:41.44\00:52:43.59
I believe it is
what it is hundred and
00:52:43.60\00:52:44.90
eighty six thousand
and two hundred miles
00:52:44.91\00:52:46.68
per second. So,
even with the connections
00:52:46.69\00:52:49.64
within two or three
seconds the earth is
00:52:49.65\00:52:51.84
lightened with the glory of God.
00:52:51.85\00:52:53.41
And then it's
able to come down into
00:52:53.42\00:52:55.14
homes through all sorts of ways,
00:52:55.15\00:52:57.05
through with
satellites, through radio,
00:52:57.06\00:52:59.45
through television,
yeah. Through the computer,
00:52:59.46\00:53:01.98
to be able to do
this, I graduated from high
00:53:01.99\00:53:04.74
school in 1969 in
that class there was
00:53:04.75\00:53:08.22
31 people and only
two got to use electric
00:53:08.23\00:53:12.22
typewriters
because the others you had
00:53:12.23\00:53:14.64
to handle them.
That's how far we came,
00:53:14.65\00:53:17.12
no such thing is a
computer when I went
00:53:17.13\00:53:19.49
to take typing they
said boys don't take typing,
00:53:19.50\00:53:22.13
why would you ever
need to learn to type?
00:53:22.14\00:53:24.43
Well, that's a
long story, I won't get
00:53:24.44\00:53:26.73
into the rest of the
story but I did take typing
00:53:26.74\00:53:28.56
and I'm glad I did
just one of the few things
00:53:28.57\00:53:30.53
it's that I think I
go back on from, from
00:53:30.54\00:53:33.24
the high school
years. But as I was thinking
00:53:33.25\00:53:35.30
about this,
words of encouragement
00:53:35.31\00:53:36.73
we have no reason
to be discouraged,
00:53:36.74\00:53:38.73
alright. Because
it's not about us, amen,
00:53:38.74\00:53:41.48
my dad used to
say, this world doesn't
00:53:41.49\00:53:43.52
revolve around
you? I said but dad
00:53:43.53\00:53:45.81
I wanna do son,
son no it's not gonna
00:53:45.82\00:53:48.07
happen that way I
say but dad I want
00:53:48.08\00:53:49.82
to, son this world
doesn't revolve around
00:53:49.83\00:53:51.73
you? But it does
revolve around our Lord
00:53:51.74\00:53:54.38
and Savior Jesus
Christ, amen and he
00:53:54.39\00:53:56.24
has hand picked
each and everyone of you
00:53:56.25\00:53:58.16
here, those of you
at home God has called
00:53:58.17\00:54:01.00
you to do
something great and mighty
00:54:01.01\00:54:03.16
and marvelous for
him in this closing
00:54:03.17\00:54:04.87
moments of earth
history, isn't that
00:54:04.88\00:54:06.79
amazing? Yeah, God
can use us no matter
00:54:06.80\00:54:08.83
who you are, what
our background is,
00:54:08.84\00:54:10.47
where we come
from and guess what?
00:54:10.48\00:54:12.53
He uses the
least unlikely people,
00:54:12.54\00:54:14.53
so no excuses.
Remember that old song
00:54:14.54\00:54:16.75
how Excuses,
excuses, I'm hear them every
00:54:16.76\00:54:19.16
day. The Devil
he'll supply them, if the
00:54:19.17\00:54:21.08
church you stay
away. You know when people
00:54:21.09\00:54:23.34
come to know the
Lord, the Devil always,
00:54:23.35\00:54:25.27
what's he do? He,
guess them folks excuses,
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that's what he does
he'll supply you with
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all the excuses, it
says some goes to the
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church and now say
these seats are too hot,
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too hard, others oh these sears,
00:54:35.73\00:54:38.15
there are too
soft I don't like them.
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Now, we've got a
excuses but we have
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nothing no reason for excuses.
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We are serving a
God, Matthew 28: 18 to 20
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Jesus says: All
power is given me in heaven
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and in earth, yeah
all power go ye so what
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he said is this:
I'm taking away your
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excuses, he
establishes who he is,
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he is a creator,
God of the universe
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and all everything
is his within his grasp.
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All power is given Me,
Go ye into all the world,
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Dr. Thompson says:
When the Lord commission
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us to go into all
the world, he had counted
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his resources and
found that he's not wanted.
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Amen, isn't that
great? Alright, so now we
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have nothing, nothing
to fear, all we have is
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encouragement that
Jesus said all power is
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give Me, Go ye into
all the world, amen.
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And we can do it as
long as we trust God,
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amen Go is an
action word we have to move
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and as we go forward
God will open the door
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as I believe that if
we sat around nothing
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will happen. I think
the idea came to a number
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of people to build
3ABN, I went to Chicago,
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I went to Indianapolis
as I begin to tell the
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story about building
a television station to
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reach the world. I
had people come up to me
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and they said three
years ago, five years
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ago the Lord
impressed me that same thing
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exactly but I just didn't do it.
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I thought it was
impossible I don't know
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how I could do it,
but see the good part
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is God uses the
least unlikely people.
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So, that takes away the excuses
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because you and
God are a majority,
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alright any one of
us and God is majority.
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So, when Jesus
says go ye he made it,
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go ye into all the world.
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We just as just
recently did the eulogy
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for great friend
Mai Chiang, amen.
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Wonderful lady and
as I recount her story
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in the encouragement
that she would give
00:56:21.85\00:56:24.01
us and how she would
go she took it literally
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in her seventies, she
said the Lord impressed
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her to go to
different countries and give
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the precedence of
these countries the
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Ten Commandments.
Now, here is the thing
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she didn't have any invitations,
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not one President
had invited her to
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come and, and
present them what the
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Ten Commandments.
17th countries she
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went to,
including countries big as,
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big as India one
billion people and
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without fail the
presidents all hared
00:56:49.97\00:56:52.34
her and allowed
her to come in and give
00:56:52.35\00:56:54.68
them the Ten Commandments
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and let her talk about God.
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Folks we should
be encourage today
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we have a lot to be
encourage for, amen.
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And I think we
would like to close
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as part of our
service with a song that
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I think most of us know it says:
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"My Jesus I Love Thee."
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My Jesus, I love
thee, I know thou art mine;
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To thee all the
follies of sin I resign.
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Sing with me. I resign.
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My gracious
Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
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If ever I loved
thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
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