All to Jesus
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I surrender
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All to Him I freely give
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I will ever love and trust Him
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I will ever love and trust Him
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In His presence
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Daily live
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I surrender all
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I surrender all
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All to Thee,
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My blessed Savior
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I surrender all
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Let's pray.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
We praise You and we thank You.
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We thank You for
the wonderful year
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here at 3ABN.
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We thank You for
bringing each one of us here
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to work for You
in Your vineyard.
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Lord, there are so many people
You could have brought here,
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but You brought us.
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And we thank You,
and we appreciate so much
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what you've
done for the ministry
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and for our personal
lives throughout this last year.
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But, Lord, we're
facing a New Year.
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We asked for You to
be with us, and guide us,
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protect us in
everything that we do
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so that we can fulfill Your work
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that You have for us at 3ABN
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and the work that 3ABN
has to do around the world.
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We ask for Your
guidance and Your blessings.
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Lord, it's been
wonderful over the last year
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to see people
accept You as their Savior
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and to be facing eternal life.
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We ask for an even
bigger group of people
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this next year
to hear the message,
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to accept You for You
to go into their hearts.
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Lord, we ask for Your
blessings in all that we do.
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And, Lord, we finish
by saying, "Come soon."
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These things we ask, we
do so in Jesus' name, amen
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Jay.
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I think all of us can look
back over the years and say,
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"Thank You, Lord,
You've been good to us"
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as we look to a new year.
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Ellen White makes a comment
that we don't have to worry
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about the future
'cause all we have to do
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is look at the past
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and see that God
has brought us through
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and He will continue to do so.
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The Lord gave me this
song just a few weeks ago.
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You've been good to
me through all the years.
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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You've been good to me
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Through joys and tears
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I want to thank You Lord
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For all You've done
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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You hear my broken heart
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When hope was gone
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You gave me strength there Lord
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To carry on
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I'm going to praise Your name
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Through loss or gain
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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You are my comfort Lord
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When no one cares
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You wipe away each tear
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And come my feast
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My heart overflows
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Because I know
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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I just
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Want to praise You today
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I want to show my love
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For You someway
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So that You will know
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That I love You so
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I just
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Want to praise You today
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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You've been good to me
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Through joys and tears
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I want to thank You Lord
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For all the time
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You've been good to me
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So very good to me
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You've been good to me
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Through all the years
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Danny.
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God has been good to
all of us, hasn't He?
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And I know that as we come
down to the end of this year
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and the beginning of a new year
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that you have many
things to give God thanks for.
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And there could be none other,
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none greater than eternal
life for which He has given us
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and we have the
assurance of receiving.
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On the south coast of China,
on a hill, overlooking Macao,
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Portuguese settlers once
built a massive cathedral,
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but a typhoon proves stronger
than the work of man's hands.
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And it destroyed
that great cathedral
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except for the front wall.
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And high above that
front wall is a cross.
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When I went to Macao,
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that was the one
thing I wanted to see.
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I had to hire a
cab to take me there,
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but the cross is
still there because,
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you see the important
thing about that cross
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is it has always stood.
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I think it was 1825,
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Sir John Bowring was
shipwrecked in that harbor.
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It was in a fog, the
fog he calls the wreck,
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and he was holding
on to some wreckage,
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and he was swimming,
he thought towards shore,
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but he was swimming out to sea.
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And he happened to
look over his shoulder
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and he saw that cross, it
just broke through the fog,
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and he turned and started
swimming towards the fog.
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Later, he wrote
the words of the song
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"In the cross of Christ I glory
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towering over
the wrecks of time."
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And he wrote that song
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because he gloried at
the cross of Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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You know, the Apostle Paul said
that he gloried in the cross.
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In fact in 1
Corinthians 2:1 and 2,
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he says, "And
brethren, when I came to you,
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did not come with
excellency of speech
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or of wisdom,
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declaring to you
the testimony of God.
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For I determined not to
know anything among you,
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save Jesus Christ
and Him crucified."
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You know, sometimes we
want to know everything
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other than that.
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We want to know all
about one aspect of theology,
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or another aspect of theology,
or something about diet,
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or something
about anything else.
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But Paul said,
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"I will
determined to know nothing
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except Jesus
Christ and Him crucified."
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Now to the
Corinthians, this was foolish.
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They thought the cross
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that is
something that's demeaning,
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it's not something
that's beautiful at all.
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But Paul said,
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"For Christ did
not send me to baptize,
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but to preach the gospel,
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for the message of
the cross, he said,
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is foolishness to
those who are perishing,
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but to those
who are being saved,
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it is the power of God."
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1 Corinthians 1:17.
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And, you know, with
a flash in his eyes,
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verse 23, he said, "We
preach Christ crucified,
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to the Jews a stumblingblock,
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and to the Greeks foolishness."
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Now the word in the
Greek there is moria,
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we get our word
moronic or moron from it.
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And to them this was moronic
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to believe in the
cross was foolishness,
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moria, moronic,
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but Jesus came
to die on a cross.
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So the foolishness of the cross
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would be that His death
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would save each one
who believes on that.
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And Paul said that, he
said in 1 Corinthians 1:25.
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1 Corinthians 1:25,
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"Because the foolishness
of God is wiser than man,
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and the weakness of
God is stronger than man."
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Paul said, "I glory
in the cross of Christ."
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Now there are many things
that Paul could've gloried in.
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He could have gloried to
the pre-existence of Christ.
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Christ never had a beginning,
He has always existed.
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You see, we only know
things that have a beginning
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and an end.
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But God has no beginning
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and Christ is
part of the Godhead.
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He has no beginning.
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He could have gloried in
the virgin birth of Christ.
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Mary, a teenage girl
engaged to be married.
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And an angel comes
to her and says to her,
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"You're going to have a child,"
and she's never known a man.
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You see, the
existence of Christ,
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the birth of Christ.
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This is not really his
birth, this is His incarnation.
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He was not born.
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This is His coming to this earth
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in the form of a child,
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using the form of the
birth of a human being.
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But for a God who
has always existed,
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this was simply His incarnation.
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He could have gloried
in the teachings of Jesus.
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Nobody ever taught like Jesus.
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Turn the other cheek.
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Someone slaps you on one
cheek, turn the other cheek.
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That's not easy to do.
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If they ask you to
go one mile, go two.
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Love your enemies.
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Pray for them.
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You think that's easy?
It is not easy, my friend.
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You and I both
know that if we try,
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and look, and see
that this is something
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that is difficult teachings
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that Jesus had,
glorious teachings
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and He could have
gloried in them but He didn't.
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He could have gloried
in the miracles of Christ.
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No one ever did what Christ did,
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raised the dead.
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I mean, absolutely
dead and raised them.
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He took the fish
in, and the bread,
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and He fed 5,000 people.
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Miracles that took place.
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Walked on water,
and healed the sick.
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Took people who were
blind and gave them sight.
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The miracles of Christ.
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Paul could have said,
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"I glory on the
miracles, but he didn't."
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He could have gloried
in the power of Christ
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because the Bible tells us that
it was by the words of Christ
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that this world
came into existence.
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He could have said,
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I glory in the
creative power of Christ
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because He spoke
this world into existence.
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He could have gloried in
the resurrection of Christ.
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Christ is not in the tomb.
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Some of us were in
Israel a few weeks ago,
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we went down into that tomb.
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Danny was talking
about when he was there,
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he went down into that tomb.
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It's an empty tomb.
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He is not there.
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That's why that
if I have a cross,
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it's an empty cross
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because Christ is
not still on the cross.
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He is not still in the tomb.
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He is alive.
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And he could have gloried
in the resurrection of Christ.
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He could have gloried in
the second coming of Christ
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because that is the
great climatic moment
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towards which all
history is moving,
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when Christ shall come again,
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and the clouds are
going to break open,
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and He's going to come forth.
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I had a discussion
with a lady recently.
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She was talking about
wanting so much to live
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until Christ comes.
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And I said, "You know,
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it really doesn't
make any difference
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whether you're
actually alive when He comes
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or whether you're a sodbuster,
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and you come
bursting up out of the ground,
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you're going to see Him
in exactly the same time."
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Amen.
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No matter which way
it happens to turn out.
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So you just
know that either way,
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you're going to see Jesus
come, and Paul could have said,
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"I glory in the
second coming of Christ,"
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but he didn't.
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He said, "I glory in
the cross of Christ."
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You know, when
you look at the cross,
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this is why Jesus came,
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He didn't come simply,
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He did show us how God is,
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and that was part of His coming.
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He did show us how to live,
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and that was part of His coming.
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He did teach
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and that was part of His coming,
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but He came
primarily for one purpose,
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and that is to go to
the cross to shed His blood
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for you and for me to die for us
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so that we did not
have to die for our own sin.
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Amen.
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But because He had died for us.
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You know, when people
write biographies of great men,
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they usually only spend a
few pages with their death.
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Hayes wrote some 5,000 pages
on the life of Abraham Lincoln,
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and to the great dramatic events
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involving the death
of President Lincoln,
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only 25 pages.
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That was it.
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One third of all of the
gospels and one half of John
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are devoted to the
events around the death,
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and burial, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Why?
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Because this was the
purpose of His coming,
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to die for you and for me.
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And you know when I
see, look at the cross,
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I see God's love for us.
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We see how man reacted
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a week before they're
singing, and shouting,
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and throwing
palms in front of Him
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as He enters the city
like a triumphant King.
00:16:01.16\00:16:05.39
And just a few days later,
they're shouting, "Crucify Him.
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Crucify Him." And
they're beating Him.
00:16:10.43\00:16:12.83
And as we walked along
that Via Dolorosa recently,
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we realized that
Christ was carrying a cross,
00:16:15.70\00:16:19.41
He was carrying the
cross headed for Calvary,
00:16:19.44\00:16:24.88
and people were beating
Him, and spitting at Him,
00:16:24.91\00:16:27.52
and yelling at Him.
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The King of kings
and Lord of lords,
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you wonder how
the angels held back.
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And they would
not have held back
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if God had not said,
00:16:37.96\00:16:40.40
"Let it be.
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Let it be."
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You know, when we see Him,
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we see the love
that He has for us.
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Bible says that,
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"He loves us with
an everlasting love."
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Read an article
years ago in Life magazine,
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it was about the king
and duchess of England.
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And it called it
00:17:02.42\00:17:03.75
the greatest
love story ever told
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but I disagree.
00:17:07.96\00:17:09.79
The greatest
love story ever told
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is the story of Christ's
love for you and for me.
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"For God so loved
the world that He gave
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His only begotten Son
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that whosoever believeth in Him
00:17:21.27\00:17:24.41
might not perish, but
have everlasting life."
00:17:24.44\00:17:26.98
Bible says, "The
Lord loves the righteous."
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Isaiah 38 says,
00:17:29.41\00:17:30.75
"You have
lovingly delivered my soul
00:17:30.78\00:17:32.35
from the pit of corruption,
00:17:32.38\00:17:33.78
because you have loved me."
00:17:33.82\00:17:36.08
Malachi 1:2 says,
00:17:36.12\00:17:37.62
"I have loved
you saith the Lord."
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Ephesians 2:4 and 5,
00:17:39.75\00:17:41.82
"But God who is rich and mercy
00:17:41.86\00:17:43.83
because of His great
love which He loved us
00:17:43.86\00:17:45.89
even when we were
dead in trespasses
00:17:45.93\00:17:48.50
made us alive
together with Christ."
00:17:48.53\00:17:52.43
Then 1 John 3:1 says,
00:17:52.47\00:17:54.40
"Behold, what manner of love
the Father has bestowed on us."
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And then in John
4:8, he tells us,
00:18:00.21\00:18:02.31
"He who does not
love, does not know God.
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God is love."
00:18:08.05\00:18:10.29
Today, if you're at home
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and you've never
accepted Jesus Christ
00:18:13.36\00:18:15.46
and His death upon the cross,
00:18:15.49\00:18:17.79
I'm giving you an invitation
right now to accept Him,
00:18:17.83\00:18:21.96
to receive Him as your Savior,
00:18:22.00\00:18:25.23
to step out and to trust Him
00:18:25.27\00:18:27.64
as your Lord, your God,
00:18:27.67\00:18:29.84
is the one who paid
the price for your sins.
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And then I invite
you to join with us
00:18:33.81\00:18:36.54
in this service today.
00:18:36.58\00:18:39.11
And if you have for
many years accepted Him,
00:18:39.15\00:18:41.68
I invite you to renew
your vow to Jesus Christ
00:18:41.72\00:18:46.82
as our Lord and our God.
00:18:46.86\00:18:49.69
For a few moments
here, we want to consider
00:20:07.97\00:20:11.84
a little morsel of bread.
00:20:13.31\00:20:17.55
This little morsel of
bread encapsulates symbols
00:20:22.58\00:20:29.52
that will be our signs
00:20:29.56\00:20:32.83
and our song
throughout eternity.
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Just a little morsel of bread.
00:20:36.73\00:20:39.33
You know, as I
look at this thing,
00:20:39.37\00:20:42.00
it doesn't look like
a fine European pastry,
00:20:42.04\00:20:47.21
doesn't look like
birthday cake or a wedding cake.
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It's very humble,
unpretentious, rather ordinary.
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It reminds me of
the words of Isaiah.
00:21:01.36\00:21:05.53
"He has no form or comeliness.
00:21:05.56\00:21:10.87
And when we see Him,
00:21:10.90\00:21:12.73
there is no beauty
that we should desire Him."
00:21:12.77\00:21:18.11
Those of you who are
Old Testament students
00:21:18.14\00:21:23.58
of the sanctuary service,
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you'll recognize the ingredients
00:21:26.31\00:21:28.55
of this little piece of bread.
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It says, fine flour
00:21:31.49\00:21:35.76
mixed with olive oil,
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and a little bit of salt.
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There's no leaven
in this piece of bread,
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no honey.
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That's because
this piece of bread
00:21:48.07\00:21:50.51
represents our
Savior who had no sin.
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There was no corruption in Him.
00:21:55.48\00:21:58.65
Jesus met with the
disciples just before His death.
00:22:02.68\00:22:08.52
The gospels record, He
said, and they were eating.
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Jesus took bread,
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and blessed it,
00:22:17.63\00:22:20.87
and broke it,
00:22:20.90\00:22:22.44
and said, "Take, eat.
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This is my body.
00:22:30.48\00:22:33.45
Do it in remembrance of me."
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I'd always wondered how it was
00:22:38.82\00:22:42.36
this represented
Christ being broken.
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Because those of
you who read the gospel
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recognized that
Jesus had expired.
00:22:48.93\00:22:52.37
And when they went
00:22:53.57\00:22:54.90
as they went to break the
legs of the other two criminals
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.77
who were hanging on
crosses on either side of Jesus,
00:22:58.81\00:23:02.08
they came to Jesus,
00:23:02.11\00:23:03.45
and they noticed He
had already passed away.
00:23:03.48\00:23:05.95
And so they
didn't break His legs.
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Scripture records, "Not a
bone of His body was broken."
00:23:08.32\00:23:12.52
How was it
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.89
that Jesus took the
bread and He broke it?
00:23:13.92\00:23:19.29
Well, this is my understanding.
00:23:19.33\00:23:25.13
Jesus hung there on the cross
00:23:25.17\00:23:28.57
and that
mysterious laying on Him
00:23:28.60\00:23:35.54
the sins of the
world, and He cried out,
00:23:35.58\00:23:39.18
"My God, My God, why
has Thou forsaken Me?"
00:23:39.21\00:23:43.02
What was taking
place was a renting,
00:23:43.05\00:23:46.72
a sundering of the
relationship that the God had
00:23:46.76\00:23:51.93
had from all eternity past,
00:23:51.96\00:23:55.40
something that the God
had never experienced before,
00:23:55.43\00:24:01.97
the renting of
that relationship,
00:24:02.00\00:24:05.67
and it broke the heart of Jesus.
00:24:05.71\00:24:09.48
He didn't die
because of the stripes.
00:24:09.51\00:24:12.91
He didn't die
from loss of blood.
00:24:12.95\00:24:16.79
Jesus died from a broken heart.
00:24:16.82\00:24:21.02
And so Jesus took the
bread and He broke it.
00:24:21.06\00:24:26.26
Just a few moments,
we're going to take this bread
00:24:26.29\00:24:28.60
and we're going
to assimilate it.
00:24:28.63\00:24:31.53
We're going to put in our mouth,
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.54
we're going to chew it.
00:24:33.57\00:24:35.67
It's going to
mix with our saliva,
00:24:35.70\00:24:37.94
it's going to go
into our digestive system.
00:24:37.97\00:24:40.78
And in a few minutes, few hours,
00:24:40.81\00:24:44.65
this piece of bread
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.01
is going to
become Brian Hamilton,
00:24:46.05\00:24:48.22
a part of Brian Hamilton.
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.19
Just as each one of
you will eat the bread
00:24:50.22\00:24:52.72
and it will turn into
you, your actual flesh.
00:24:52.75\00:24:56.73
Jesus said in John Chapter 6,
00:24:59.03\00:25:02.33
"I am the bread that
came down from heaven.
00:25:02.36\00:25:07.50
Anyone who eats this
bread will live forever.
00:25:07.54\00:25:11.31
And this bread
which I will offer
00:25:11.34\00:25:14.34
so the world may
live is my flesh."
00:25:14.38\00:25:18.28
What Jesus wanted us
to remember, I believe,
00:25:20.72\00:25:24.09
is that just as we take bread
each day to nourish our body,
00:25:24.12\00:25:29.66
to become one with us,
00:25:29.69\00:25:31.69
give us energy,
and give us life.
00:25:31.73\00:25:35.90
So there is a
different kind of bread
00:25:35.93\00:25:39.33
that Jesus desires
for us to eat daily.
00:25:39.37\00:25:44.74
To partake of this
bread, for he says,
00:25:44.77\00:25:47.11
"My words are spirit and life."
00:25:47.14\00:25:52.68
And so as we take
this bread each day,
00:25:52.71\00:25:56.02
and we assimilate it,
00:25:56.05\00:25:58.22
it becomes part of our mind.
00:25:58.25\00:26:01.02
It renews our mind.
00:26:01.06\00:26:03.66
And then we begin to think.
00:26:03.69\00:26:05.79
And as we think more
like Jesus, guess what?
00:26:05.83\00:26:09.03
We behave more
like Jesus, you know.
00:26:09.06\00:26:13.07
So as we take this bread today,
00:26:13.10\00:26:15.67
just remember
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.04
that Jesus died of
a broken heart for us.
00:26:17.07\00:26:22.68
He wants us to
assimilate Him each day
00:26:22.71\00:26:26.48
as we take our daily bread.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.85
And remember that He
is doing a work for us,
00:26:28.88\00:26:34.09
day by day, hour by hour,
00:26:34.12\00:26:35.92
to transform us
into His very likeness.
00:26:35.96\00:26:41.23
Bow your heads
with me as we pray.
00:26:41.26\00:26:43.03
Father in Heaven,
00:26:43.06\00:26:45.03
thank You so much for
being the bread of life,
00:26:45.07\00:26:50.61
being our manna
that fell from heaven,
00:26:50.64\00:26:54.88
a food that had never
been witnessed before,
00:26:54.91\00:26:59.01
a new kind of food, a
food that brings life,
00:26:59.05\00:27:03.28
and health, and healing.
00:27:03.32\00:27:06.65
Jesus we want to honor
You for offering Your all
00:27:06.69\00:27:10.39
like a burnt offering,
00:27:10.43\00:27:13.23
totally and completely dedicated
00:27:13.26\00:27:16.56
to us for our salvation,
00:27:16.60\00:27:19.63
in Jesus' name we pray,
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.50
and ask that You'll
bless this bread, amen.
00:27:21.54\00:27:25.37
Amen.
00:27:25.41\00:27:26.74
I had an opportunity to
speak with a Hebrew Christian
00:27:32.41\00:27:37.15
living in Jerusalem.
00:27:37.19\00:27:40.36
And I asked him what is it like,
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.32
what is the plight
of Hebrew Christians
00:27:42.36\00:27:45.13
in this Jewish country?
00:27:45.16\00:27:48.66
And he said," It's not good.
00:27:48.70\00:27:51.37
We are not
respected really by anybody.
00:27:51.40\00:27:55.77
For the Christians,
00:27:55.80\00:27:57.14
we are too
Hebrew to be Christian,
00:27:57.17\00:28:00.58
and for the Hebrews,
00:28:00.61\00:28:01.94
we are too
Christian to be Hebrew.
00:28:01.98\00:28:05.85
So we're rejected by everyone.
00:28:05.88\00:28:07.62
We are a
minority within minority.
00:28:07.65\00:28:11.15
We're almost a
people without a country."
00:28:11.19\00:28:14.32
He said, "It's tough
being a Christian in Jerusalem.
00:28:14.36\00:28:17.96
It's just hard."
00:28:17.99\00:28:19.93
And as he was speaking to me,
00:28:19.96\00:28:21.30
I thought about
the Book of Hebrews
00:28:21.33\00:28:25.47
because 2000 years
ago, it was the same.
00:28:25.50\00:28:30.21
It was tough
00:28:30.24\00:28:31.57
being a Hebrew
Christian in Bible days.
00:28:31.61\00:28:36.28
And so the Book of Hebrews
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.31
was written to Hebrew Christians
00:28:38.35\00:28:41.52
who were feeling the squeeze.
00:28:41.55\00:28:45.79
Christians were
hated by the pagan world.
00:28:45.82\00:28:52.29
They were hated by the Hebrews
00:28:52.33\00:28:56.33
and Hebrew Christians
were hated by everyone.
00:28:56.36\00:29:01.27
There were some Hebrews
00:29:01.30\00:29:03.10
who were trying
to re-judaize them,
00:29:03.14\00:29:07.88
and there were others
who simply wanted them dead.
00:29:07.91\00:29:11.88
And so there was
a great incentive
00:29:11.91\00:29:16.69
to give up on Jesus.
00:29:16.72\00:29:19.59
And so Paul wrote
the Book of Hebrews
00:29:19.62\00:29:21.82
to Hebrew Christians who
were feeling that squeeze,
00:29:21.86\00:29:27.13
trying to let them
know that the Jesus
00:29:27.16\00:29:30.07
that you are suffering for
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.40
is all sufficient,
00:29:32.43\00:29:34.34
He is all powerful.
00:29:34.37\00:29:36.30
There's no need to go back.
00:29:36.34\00:29:37.67
There's nothing behind you.
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.28
Your destiny
lies ahead in Jesus.
00:29:40.31\00:29:45.01
And so you have a
number of statements
00:29:45.05\00:29:46.72
just statement after statement,
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.22
letting us know that
it's all about Christ
00:29:48.25\00:29:50.19
that your
sufficiency is in Christ.
00:29:50.22\00:29:51.99
The sacrifices are no good.
00:29:52.02\00:29:53.59
The blood of bulls and goats
00:29:53.62\00:29:54.96
aren't going to
help you anymore.
00:29:54.99\00:29:56.32
There is some
blood that was shed
00:29:56.36\00:29:59.39
and that's where you
need to put your confidence.
00:29:59.43\00:30:02.93
So I go now to
Hebrews Chapter 9,
00:30:02.96\00:30:06.60
just a couple of
verses beginning at verse 19.
00:30:06.63\00:30:10.74
Paul writing to
those Hebrew Christians,
00:30:10.77\00:30:14.91
he says, "For
when Moses had spoken
00:30:14.94\00:30:17.91
every precept to all the people,
00:30:17.95\00:30:21.15
according to the
law of the book of blood
00:30:21.18\00:30:26.79
of calves, of goats, and water,
00:30:26.82\00:30:30.36
and scarlet, and
wood, and hyssop,"
00:30:30.39\00:30:32.33
and hyssop is an
ancient herb of cleansing.
00:30:32.36\00:30:36.00
So every time you see
hyssop, you see cleansing.
00:30:36.03\00:30:38.33
"And sprinkled both the
book, and all the people saying,
00:30:38.37\00:30:41.64
'This is the
blood of the testament,
00:30:41.67\00:30:44.47
which God has
been joined unto you.
00:30:44.51\00:30:47.54
Moreover, he
sprinkled with blood,
00:30:47.58\00:30:51.01
the tabernacle
00:30:51.05\00:30:52.38
and all the
vessels of the ministry,
00:30:52.41\00:30:55.05
and almost all things by
the law purged with blood,
00:30:55.08\00:31:00.42
but without the
shedding of blood
00:31:00.46\00:31:03.06
is no remission.'"
00:31:03.09\00:31:06.66
Those several verses could
be preached on literally for,
00:31:06.70\00:31:09.50
for weeks.
00:31:09.53\00:31:10.87
They are
powerful, powerful verses.
00:31:10.90\00:31:14.04
But if you were to give
the Reader's Digest version
00:31:14.07\00:31:17.51
of those verses,
00:31:17.54\00:31:19.11
it would simply say,
00:31:19.14\00:31:20.91
"That in order for
sins to be forgiven,
00:31:20.94\00:31:25.15
something has got to die."
00:31:25.18\00:31:27.45
Somebody's gonna die.
00:31:27.48\00:31:29.48
And since your blood
can't cleanse your own sins,
00:31:29.52\00:31:35.72
Jesus had to do it.
00:31:35.76\00:31:38.73
People say, was
there any other way?
00:31:38.76\00:31:40.80
Was there any other mechanism?
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.53
Could not the mind of
God conceive some other way
00:31:42.56\00:31:46.33
for my sins to be forgiven,
00:31:46.37\00:31:48.30
short of the
agonizing death of Jesus Christ?
00:31:48.34\00:31:53.44
And the answer simply is "no".
00:31:53.48\00:31:56.04
There's simply was no other way.
00:31:56.08\00:32:01.25
And so He
gladly yielded His life
00:32:01.28\00:32:05.15
and shed His blood
for you and for me.
00:32:05.19\00:32:10.49
And now He ministers the
benefits of that shed blood
00:32:10.53\00:32:13.93
in our behalf.
00:32:13.96\00:32:15.30
The blood, we used to sing,
shall never lose its power.
00:32:15.33\00:32:20.27
It's an old song that
the young people sing,
00:32:20.30\00:32:22.80
but it's a powerful song.
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.17
And the words
are very, very true.
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.37
It will never
ever lose its power.
00:32:26.41\00:32:30.11
Years ago, early
on in my ministry,
00:32:30.15\00:32:31.95
I was driving a little
faster than I should have
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.55
trying to get to our camp ground
00:32:34.58\00:32:36.15
for an appointment,
00:32:36.18\00:32:39.35
heading up the Taconic
Parkway in Upstate New York,
00:32:39.39\00:32:43.53
and I hit my first deer.
00:32:43.56\00:32:46.19
I've hit several since then,
but that was my first deer.
00:32:46.23\00:32:49.66
And I smacked it pretty hard.
00:32:49.70\00:32:53.13
I saw the two over here,
00:32:53.17\00:32:55.00
I didn't see that
third one coming across.
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.07
And by the time
I saw him or her,
00:32:57.11\00:33:00.64
she saw me,
00:33:00.68\00:33:02.04
we met there
00:33:02.08\00:33:03.41
on the Taconic
State Parkway in the dark.
00:33:03.45\00:33:05.68
And I remember,
getting out of the car,
00:33:05.71\00:33:08.62
and somehow a police car
appeared right behind me.
00:33:08.65\00:33:11.39
He must have been,
maybe he's coming after me
00:33:11.42\00:33:13.66
because I was on
the pedal a little hard.
00:33:13.69\00:33:15.99
But he was right there.
00:33:16.02\00:33:17.73
And I hit the
rear end of the deer,
00:33:17.76\00:33:22.63
and the deer was
making this strange noise.
00:33:22.66\00:33:25.27
And I guess it
was the dying pains
00:33:25.30\00:33:27.17
of this animal.
00:33:27.20\00:33:28.54
And the policeman went
back to get his shot gun
00:33:28.57\00:33:31.47
to put the animal
out of its misery.
00:33:31.51\00:33:33.98
But by the time he got
his gun, the deer had passed.
00:33:34.01\00:33:39.35
And I remember standing there
watching the deer's chest heave
00:33:39.38\00:33:44.35
and relax, and heave and
relax, and then I saw it stop.
00:33:44.39\00:33:49.12
Eyes fixed.
00:33:49.16\00:33:50.86
And he or she had died.
00:33:50.89\00:33:54.20
And I remember thinking
about the death of Christ,
00:33:54.23\00:33:58.27
there on the cross.
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.47
His chest heaving and
relaxing, heaving and relaxing,
00:34:00.50\00:34:05.27
and then it stopped,
00:34:05.31\00:34:07.01
and He had died
for you and for me.
00:34:08.44\00:34:14.98
And the thought that
impressed itself upon me
00:34:15.02\00:34:16.85
was Sunday morning
00:34:16.89\00:34:20.29
that chest began to
heave and relax again,
00:34:21.99\00:34:26.46
and heave and relax again,
00:34:26.49\00:34:29.26
and heave and relax again.
00:34:29.30\00:34:33.64
And then Christ stood up
and walked out of that tomb.
00:34:33.67\00:34:39.57
And now He's in heaven.
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.58
And every time
Moses makes a mistake,
00:34:41.61\00:34:45.55
or Irma makes a mistake,
00:34:45.58\00:34:47.62
Joe makes a mistake,
Amalia, Camille, Brian,
00:34:47.65\00:34:52.39
Jesus says,
00:34:52.42\00:34:54.29
"My blood. My blood."
00:34:54.32\00:35:00.16
And God looks at us
00:35:00.20\00:35:03.50
through the lens
of the blood of Christ
00:35:03.53\00:35:08.77
and says,
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.74
"I'll forgive him
again, and again, and again,
00:35:10.77\00:35:16.34
and Johnny again."
00:35:16.38\00:35:19.68
And the blood
00:35:19.71\00:35:21.12
will never ever lose its power.
00:35:21.15\00:35:27.69
So as we drink this grape juice,
00:35:27.72\00:35:31.89
this emblem of blood.
00:35:31.93\00:35:35.86
Just think back to that morning
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.60
when a still chest
00:35:38.63\00:35:41.67
and a still heart
began to beat again.
00:35:41.70\00:35:46.61
And Christ
walked out of that tomb
00:35:46.64\00:35:49.44
as a living Savior
00:35:49.48\00:35:53.11
and sacrifice for us.
00:35:53.15\00:35:57.59
Father God,
00:35:57.62\00:36:00.29
we ask You now,
please, dear Lord,
00:36:00.32\00:36:05.76
change this juice
00:36:05.79\00:36:09.26
from its natural
use to a spiritual one.
00:36:09.30\00:36:12.27
May it cleanse us within,
00:36:13.60\00:36:17.27
may our hearts be
recommitted to you
00:36:17.31\00:36:21.24
as we take again this emblem
of the shed blood of our Savior.
00:36:21.28\00:36:26.68
Oh, we praise You and
thank You, dear Father,
00:36:26.72\00:36:29.52
in Jesus name, amen.
00:36:29.55\00:36:32.05
Bible says in 1
Corinthians Chapter 11
00:40:08.80\00:40:12.74
and beginning with verse 24,
00:40:12.77\00:40:15.51
"And when he had given thanks,
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.41
he broke it and
said, 'Take, eat.
00:40:17.45\00:40:21.62
This is my body
which is broken for you.
00:40:21.65\00:40:25.65
Do this in remembrance of me.'"
00:40:25.69\00:40:29.09
And in the same manner,
00:40:55.35\00:40:57.72
He also took the
cup after supper saying,
00:40:57.75\00:41:01.32
"This cup is the new
covenant in My blood.
00:41:01.36\00:41:05.33
Just do as often as you drink it
00:41:05.36\00:41:08.70
in remembrance of Me."
00:41:08.73\00:41:11.00
What a friend we have
00:43:52.26\00:43:55.73
In Jesus
00:43:55.76\00:43:59.60
All our sins and grieves to bear
00:43:59.63\00:44:06.61
What a privilege
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.74
To carry
00:44:09.78\00:44:14.08
Everything to God
00:44:14.12\00:44:17.35
In prayer
00:44:17.39\00:44:20.79
Oh,
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.39
What peace we often forfeit
00:44:22.42\00:44:27.96
Oh,
00:44:28.00\00:44:29.46
What needless pain we bear
00:44:29.50\00:44:35.10
All because
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.47
We do not carry
00:44:37.51\00:44:42.31
Everything to God in prayer
00:44:42.34\00:44:48.18
We're going to
have a season of prayer
00:44:52.95\00:44:54.62
at this time and
going to invite you to kneel
00:44:54.66\00:44:58.76
and Davey, and JD, and Mollie,
00:44:58.79\00:45:04.30
if you would pray
for us as we kneel.
00:45:04.33\00:45:07.24
Our Father in Heaven,
what a wonderful way, Lord,
00:45:14.58\00:45:18.81
to end this year
and to begin a new one.
00:45:18.85\00:45:22.62
Amen.
00:45:22.65\00:45:24.72
Lord of fresh start a
clean page to know that
00:45:24.75\00:45:29.52
our sins have been washed away
00:45:29.56\00:45:32.33
by the blood of Jesus.
00:45:32.36\00:45:34.40
Lord, today, we have done
this in remembrance of Your Son
00:45:34.43\00:45:39.37
and Our Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:45:39.40\00:45:42.94
And, Lord, we ask that
00:45:42.97\00:45:44.31
as we consecrate
our lives to You today,
00:45:44.34\00:45:47.31
that You help us to
remain faithful to You
00:45:47.34\00:45:50.78
all the days of our lives.
00:45:50.81\00:45:53.31
We believe, Lord,
that Jesus is coming soon
00:45:53.35\00:45:56.48
and He's at the
door and help us O Lord,
00:45:56.52\00:45:59.92
to prepare our hearts and minds
00:45:59.95\00:46:01.92
to see Him coming
soon in the clouds
00:46:01.96\00:46:06.06
with great power and
glory with many, many angels.
00:46:06.09\00:46:09.93
We look forward,
Lord, to that time
00:46:09.96\00:46:12.70
when Jesus comes
back for His people.
00:46:12.73\00:46:16.40
We thank You, Lord, once
again for casting our sins
00:46:16.44\00:46:19.47
to the depths of the
ocean, never to be seen again.
00:46:19.51\00:46:24.41
We thank You and we ask,
00:46:24.45\00:46:26.31
we love You in Jesus name, amen.
00:46:26.35\00:46:29.92
Holy Father, what
joy You have brought
00:46:32.55\00:46:34.72
to our heart as once again
00:46:34.76\00:46:37.56
we have been put
in remembrance of all
00:46:37.59\00:46:39.46
that You have
accomplished for us at Calvary.
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.70
Thank You, oh God,
for that mighty sacrifice.
00:46:41.73\00:46:45.67
Thank You for the
opportunity of humility
00:46:45.70\00:46:49.84
to bring us once
again to Your feet,
00:46:49.87\00:46:53.21
to humble ourselves,
00:46:53.24\00:46:54.58
and to open our
hearts up to You.
00:46:54.61\00:46:57.01
And oh, Father,
we lay our hearts
00:46:57.05\00:46:58.58
before You today.
00:46:58.61\00:47:00.92
We ask, oh Lord,
00:47:00.95\00:47:02.28
that You would
look into our hearts
00:47:02.32\00:47:03.69
and that You would
purify and cleanse us.
00:47:03.72\00:47:05.55
Our hearts cry today
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.52
and say we would be like You
00:47:07.56\00:47:09.22
that You would transform
us by the power of Your Word
00:47:09.26\00:47:12.46
into Your very image
and into Your likeness.
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.90
Thank You, oh God,
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.36
for giving us
all that's necessary
00:47:16.40\00:47:18.73
to accomplish that.
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.40
And, Father, as we
go into this new year,
00:47:20.44\00:47:23.51
we ask, Lord,
that You would continue
00:47:23.54\00:47:26.31
to keep us on the path
that will lead us to You.
00:47:26.34\00:47:30.61
Father, we pray for
that on individual basis,
00:47:30.65\00:47:34.28
Lord, that You
would take our lives
00:47:34.32\00:47:35.92
and You would make us
00:47:35.95\00:47:37.39
all that You would have us to be
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.12
to bring glory and honor to You.
00:47:40.16\00:47:41.72
But, Father, we pray
00:47:41.76\00:47:43.09
for Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
00:47:43.12\00:47:44.83
for this ministry that
You've placed us all in.
00:47:44.86\00:47:47.63
Father, that you would let
us be instruments in Your hands
00:47:47.66\00:47:51.63
to bring total
completion to the vision
00:47:51.67\00:47:56.24
that You've cast
for this ministry.
00:47:56.27\00:47:58.64
Lord, we pray now for
Your divine intervention
00:47:58.67\00:48:02.01
in any area
where we have deviated,
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.45
Lord, that You
would put us on nothing
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.38
but that straight
path that leads to You.
00:48:06.41\00:48:09.18
And Father, once again,
00:48:09.22\00:48:12.02
refresh us by the
power of Your Spirit,
00:48:12.05\00:48:14.06
fill us with Your holy presence,
00:48:14.09\00:48:16.09
that we would come to know You
00:48:16.12\00:48:17.59
in a deeper and
in everlasting way.
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.79
And, Father, we pray for
everybody that's viewing,
00:48:19.83\00:48:22.23
every person
that's viewing today,
00:48:22.26\00:48:24.00
Father, that You would fill
them with Your holy presence
00:48:24.03\00:48:27.20
that this communion
service would be something
00:48:27.24\00:48:29.70
that would lead them into a
deeper relationship with You.
00:48:29.74\00:48:33.34
Father, we pray
for all of our viewers,
00:48:33.38\00:48:35.14
all of our listeners,
00:48:35.18\00:48:36.51
Lord, that they will
come close to You this year,
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.18
in Jesus' name.
00:48:39.21\00:48:40.55
Amen.
00:48:40.58\00:48:41.92
Our Father in Heaven,
00:48:43.85\00:48:45.95
we come to you in
the name of Jesus,
00:48:45.99\00:48:49.89
refresh us a new, Lord,
00:48:49.92\00:48:52.53
we welcome the Holy
Spirit to touch our hearts.
00:48:52.56\00:48:56.16
We thank You, Lord, for
this wonderful occasion,
00:48:56.20\00:48:58.73
Lord, that we can
rededicate ourselves to You.
00:48:58.77\00:49:03.20
Father, we thank You
that we have clean hands,
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.54
clean hearts, and clean minds.
00:49:05.57\00:49:08.54
And, Father, we just ask Lord,
00:49:08.58\00:49:11.61
that You will
increase our humility,
00:49:11.65\00:49:14.28
increase our
wisdom, our courage,
00:49:14.32\00:49:18.35
and increase our faith, Lord.
00:49:18.39\00:49:20.89
Father, we thank You.
00:49:20.92\00:49:22.56
We thank You again
00:49:22.59\00:49:24.99
for the blood that You
shed for each one of us, Lord,
00:49:25.03\00:49:29.13
that we can have life.
00:49:29.16\00:49:31.63
Father, we love
You, and we thank You,
00:49:31.67\00:49:34.20
and give You the
praise, the glory
00:49:34.24\00:49:35.57
that only You deserve, Lord.
00:49:35.60\00:49:37.57
In the name of Jesus', amen.
00:49:37.61\00:49:40.54
Danny, we've come to
the end of another year
00:49:48.75\00:49:51.99
and the beginning of a new year.
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.46
And God has been blessing
00:49:54.49\00:49:57.09
in such a
tremendous way here at 3ABN.
00:49:57.13\00:50:00.60
And as you look at how
many years we've been here,
00:50:00.63\00:50:03.37
28, in our 29th year,
you were here from day one,
00:50:03.40\00:50:10.27
as you're saying
earlier, God has been so good.
00:50:10.31\00:50:13.24
Yes.
00:50:13.27\00:50:14.61
Share some of those good
things that God has done.
00:50:14.64\00:50:17.11
Well, I was sitting here
during this wonderful service.
00:50:17.15\00:50:23.08
And I was thinking about,
00:50:23.12\00:50:25.32
we never have to be discouraged.
00:50:25.35\00:50:27.82
Think about it, folks,
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.19
we never have to be discouraged,
00:50:29.22\00:50:31.39
because as I've so often said,
00:50:31.43\00:50:32.93
we've read the back of the book.
00:50:32.96\00:50:34.30
And the back of the
book says, "We win."
00:50:34.33\00:50:37.03
And so through all the
years, people have said to me,
00:50:37.07\00:50:39.17
"Don't you ever
get discouraged?"
00:50:39.20\00:50:40.64
And I said, "No, I've
never gotten discouraged."
00:50:40.67\00:50:43.30
Because this is God's
work, this is His ministry.
00:50:43.34\00:50:46.01
I have concerns.
00:50:46.04\00:50:47.38
I have concerns about
a lot of things myself,
00:50:47.41\00:50:49.24
and mission, and programming,
00:50:49.28\00:50:51.68
and all the things
that we have finances
00:50:51.71\00:50:53.62
but that's not discouragement.
00:50:53.65\00:50:55.52
That's simply just
every day that we're here
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.05
and we need to
do the best we can,
00:50:58.09\00:51:01.19
and be the best stewards
we can be of the donations
00:51:01.22\00:51:03.86
that people give to
support the ministry.
00:51:03.89\00:51:06.43
But I'm sitting here
00:51:06.46\00:51:07.80
and I'm thinking
about miracle after miracle.
00:51:07.83\00:51:09.53
But the greatest miracle
00:51:09.56\00:51:10.90
was that Jesus
could love us enough
00:51:10.93\00:51:13.67
that to come down,
00:51:13.70\00:51:15.04
that God could love us
enough to give His only Son
00:51:15.07\00:51:18.77
to be a sacrifice for
frail human agents like us.
00:51:18.81\00:51:22.24
We have nothing to
give, we're simply,
00:51:22.28\00:51:24.78
you know, breath
of life and clay.
00:51:24.81\00:51:27.28
I mean, that's all we are,
00:51:27.32\00:51:28.65
from dust we
come to dust, we go.
00:51:28.68\00:51:30.42
And yet, how can
God love us that much?
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.49
How can He love us so much
00:51:33.52\00:51:35.22
that He would make that
type of sacrifice for us?
00:51:35.26\00:51:37.96
And when I think
about it, Jim, it makes me,
00:51:37.99\00:51:41.66
I'm thrilled to
have an opportunity
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.33
to be a part of a network
that is giving Bible truth
00:51:44.37\00:51:48.30
to the lost and dying world.
00:51:48.34\00:51:49.67
For instance, right
now the world is confused.
00:51:49.70\00:51:52.44
Christianity is confused
00:51:52.47\00:51:54.34
because people in
many, many churches,
00:51:54.38\00:51:57.58
many, many
denominations, I'll tell you,
00:51:57.61\00:51:59.75
Johnny, Jesus loves
you, He died for you,
00:51:59.78\00:52:01.98
He made a plan of
salvation for you,
00:52:02.02\00:52:03.62
He is coming back for you
very soon in clouds of glory.
00:52:03.65\00:52:06.79
So you need to
give your heart to Him
00:52:06.82\00:52:08.32
because He loves you so much.
00:52:08.36\00:52:09.69
So Johnny is like,
"Okay, well, this is great."
00:52:09.72\00:52:12.56
Then they say, "But,
Johnny, if you don't,
00:52:12.59\00:52:14.66
He'll burn you
forever, and ever,
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.80
and throughout all
eternity God will burn You."
00:52:16.83\00:52:19.47
Doesn't makes sense.
What does that do to Johnny?
00:52:19.50\00:52:21.50
Johnny is like,
"Wow, how can He be love."
00:52:21.54\00:52:25.21
And with 3ABN we
have the opportunity
00:52:25.24\00:52:27.58
to tell the world God is love,
it's just what the Bible says.
00:52:27.61\00:52:30.68
There's no way in between.
00:52:30.71\00:52:32.15
God is love.
00:52:32.18\00:52:33.72
And there is no
life without God.
00:52:33.75\00:52:36.08
So I'm so thankful
to serve a risen Savior.
00:52:36.12\00:52:38.62
As you said, you
were just there recently.
00:52:38.65\00:52:40.72
He's in the world
today, the song says,
00:52:40.76\00:52:42.69
"I know that He's living
no matter what man may say."
00:52:42.72\00:52:45.06
Right?
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.76
You know, I bet you
that was extremely beautiful,
00:52:46.80\00:52:49.20
right there doing it.
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.57
But I'm so thankful to
be a part of a ministry
00:52:50.60\00:52:52.73
and know that when
Jesus was hanging on the cross
00:52:52.77\00:52:55.80
that all of us, and
those of you at home,
00:52:55.84\00:52:57.51
and those here,
we were on His mind.
00:52:57.54\00:52:59.74
And that He could look
down that stream of time
00:52:59.77\00:53:01.74
and see if people that would
be willing to give their lives
00:53:01.78\00:53:03.95
unto death if
necessary for the cause of God.
00:53:03.98\00:53:06.78
I am so thankful
00:53:06.82\00:53:08.15
for each and the
folks that we have here
00:53:08.18\00:53:10.09
that we get to work
with on a day to day basis,
00:53:10.12\00:53:13.42
and those of
you around the world
00:53:13.46\00:53:14.82
that we get to
read your letters,
00:53:14.86\00:53:16.56
we get to visit
you when we travel.
00:53:16.59\00:53:18.56
And I'm so thankful
00:53:18.59\00:53:19.93
for your love, and your prayers,
00:53:19.96\00:53:21.30
and financial
support of this ministry.
00:53:21.33\00:53:23.47
And I know this that 3ABN
is going continue to go forward
00:53:23.50\00:53:27.24
as long as we're faithful
00:53:27.27\00:53:29.17
to the mission
that God has given us.
00:53:29.20\00:53:31.24
And that's to give an
undiluted three angels' messages
00:53:31.27\00:53:34.21
that one would
counteract the counterfeit
00:53:34.24\00:53:36.11
into all the world
00:53:36.14\00:53:37.65
that God is going
to continue to lead,
00:53:37.68\00:53:39.88
guide, and direct this ministry.
00:53:39.91\00:53:41.62
And all we have to do
00:53:41.65\00:53:42.98
is come to the foot of the cross
00:53:43.02\00:53:44.35
every day and say, "Lord,
00:53:44.39\00:53:45.72
you know, save
me, I'm a sinner."
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.42
I realize that nothing
that I can do is of any good,
00:53:47.46\00:53:51.76
but I will glory what you
were saying is so beautiful.
00:53:51.79\00:53:54.00
Dottie Rambo wrote a song says
00:53:54.03\00:53:55.90
"I boast not of
words, nor tell of good needs
00:53:55.93\00:53:58.60
for not have I
done to lay at thy feet.
00:53:58.63\00:54:01.80
Oh, glory and praise
shall rest upon Him."
00:54:01.84\00:54:04.64
Because you see
we've done nothing.
00:54:04.67\00:54:06.14
So she says, "I
will glory in the cross."
00:54:06.17\00:54:08.58
In the cross.
00:54:08.61\00:54:09.94
And thank you, Jim,
for you and Camille,
00:54:09.98\00:54:11.51
and what you do here,
00:54:11.55\00:54:13.48
and how you
literally uprooted your lives,
00:54:13.52\00:54:15.52
you've come to Southern Illinois
00:54:15.55\00:54:17.69
that you're
dedicating your time,
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.42
talents, gifts, and
abilities to this ministry.
00:54:19.45\00:54:21.99
Thank you so much
00:54:22.02\00:54:23.36
for what you do
for the cause of God.
00:54:23.39\00:54:24.73
It's our pleasure
to be here, Danny.
00:54:24.76\00:54:26.09
And we had no question
00:54:26.13\00:54:27.46
from the day that God
put it upon your heart,
00:54:27.50\00:54:29.80
the boards to call us
00:54:29.83\00:54:31.17
that this is where
He wanted us to be.
00:54:31.20\00:54:33.50
And when we have this
message to share with the world
00:54:33.54\00:54:36.67
as you mentioned
about a God of love,
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.51
it's amazing how that
we can look at the Trinity,
00:54:39.54\00:54:42.31
God the Father,
God the Holy Spirit,
00:54:42.34\00:54:44.81
God Jesus Christ
and then we can say,
00:54:44.85\00:54:48.02
now the Holy Spirit
is loving, and kind,
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.49
and drawing you
to the salvation.
00:54:50.52\00:54:53.82
Jesus is loving. Look at Jesus.
00:54:53.86\00:54:55.96
We see the picture
of Him in the gospels.
00:54:55.99\00:54:58.29
But God is a vengeance God,
00:54:58.33\00:55:00.30
He wants to
destroy people forever.
00:55:00.33\00:55:02.50
You see when you see
Jesus, you've seen God.
00:55:02.53\00:55:06.23
And so now we understand this
00:55:06.27\00:55:08.70
and we've
recently saw a young man
00:55:08.74\00:55:11.14
who's an actor who
accepted Jesus Christ.
00:55:11.17\00:55:15.04
And He accepted Christ before,
00:55:15.08\00:55:16.75
but he got the look at
the three angels' messages,
00:55:16.78\00:55:20.05
he got to look at a God of love
00:55:20.08\00:55:22.52
and that he said
00:55:22.55\00:55:24.05
when he studied
the subject of hell
00:55:24.09\00:55:27.32
and saw that God is
going to bring an end to sin,
00:55:27.36\00:55:30.93
not continue it
forever and ever,
00:55:30.96\00:55:33.40
that this he fell in love
00:55:33.43\00:55:35.63
with the truth of the
message of God's Word.
00:55:35.66\00:55:38.83
And that's what
it's all about at 3ABN,
00:55:38.87\00:55:40.77
that's what we want to
do is to spread the truth.
00:55:40.80\00:55:43.47
And as I look at our group here,
00:55:43.51\00:55:46.01
most of our leadership
staff and our pastoral staff
00:55:46.04\00:55:51.95
and these pastoral staff
00:55:51.98\00:55:54.38
are every day sharing
this with people on the phone.
00:55:54.42\00:55:58.52
I was in Huntsville,
Alabama, for a leadership dinner
00:55:58.55\00:56:01.76
this past week recently anyway.
00:56:01.79\00:56:04.46
And there was a
lady there who came,
00:56:04.49\00:56:07.20
her name was Doris,
00:56:07.23\00:56:08.73
and she told me about
the loss of her daughter,
00:56:08.76\00:56:11.90
and she told me about calling
and praying with these men,
00:56:11.93\00:56:15.87
and each one
she mentioned to me,
00:56:15.90\00:56:18.47
how she had prayed with them,
and they had council with him.
00:56:18.51\00:56:21.24
Then her pastor told me said,
00:56:21.28\00:56:23.45
"Your pastoral staff
00:56:23.48\00:56:25.41
has been able to do
more counseling with her
00:56:25.45\00:56:29.18
and praying with her
00:56:29.22\00:56:30.55
than we've even
been able to do here."
00:56:30.59\00:56:32.85
That's a ministry that 3ABN
00:56:32.89\00:56:35.86
is a part of on
a day to day basis,
00:56:35.89\00:56:38.06
spreading the gospel,
helping those that are hurting,
00:56:38.09\00:56:41.40
raising up the
truth wherever we can,
00:56:41.43\00:56:45.03
and preaching it.
00:56:45.07\00:56:46.43
And then, also talking
about a Lord that loves you,
00:56:46.47\00:56:51.11
who cares for you,
00:56:51.14\00:56:52.61
and the Lord that
will see you through.
00:56:52.64\00:56:55.24
And we want to
continue another year of that
00:56:55.28\00:56:57.11
in this ministry.
00:56:57.15\00:56:58.48
Absolutely.
00:56:58.51\00:56:59.85
There's never been a
time in earth's history
00:56:59.88\00:57:01.22
where people need to know
truth more than they do now.
00:57:01.25\00:57:03.85
And it seems that
people want to know truth
00:57:03.89\00:57:05.99
more than they do now.
00:57:06.02\00:57:07.36
Have you noticed that all
of you as you're traveling,
00:57:07.39\00:57:09.52
you're talking to
people, people want to know,
00:57:09.56\00:57:11.76
but people need somebody
to help them to see the truth.
00:57:11.79\00:57:17.60
The Bible says, "The
truth will set us free."
00:57:17.63\00:57:19.50
So that's been the
goal, the mission of 3ABN.
00:57:19.53\00:57:22.40
What a privilege to be
able to literally reach out
00:57:22.44\00:57:25.61
to a lost and dying world.
00:57:25.64\00:57:27.01
And once again, just thank you
00:57:27.04\00:57:28.68
for your love, your
prayers, financial support.
00:57:28.71\00:57:31.18
And thank you for what you do
00:57:31.21\00:57:32.61
for the cause of
God on this earth.
00:57:32.65\00:57:33.98
Remember, you too were
chosen for such an hour as this,
00:57:34.02\00:57:38.09
then we all read
the back of the book.
00:57:38.12\00:57:39.85
So never be discouraged
because the back of the book,
00:57:39.89\00:57:42.29
Revelation says,
00:57:42.32\00:57:43.66
"And they overcame him
by the blood of the lamb
00:57:43.69\00:57:45.79
and the word of
their testimony."
00:57:45.83\00:57:47.66
And in essence,
two words, we win.
00:57:47.70\00:57:50.10
That's right.
00:57:50.13\00:57:51.47
And Jesus
Christ, He is our Lord,
00:57:51.50\00:57:53.34
our God, our Savior.
00:57:53.37\00:57:55.07
He is the one that loves us.
00:57:55.10\00:57:56.44
He's the one that sustains us.
00:57:56.47\00:57:58.14
He is the one who has given
us the promise of life eternal.
00:57:58.17\00:58:01.98
And today, as we have
had communion service,
00:58:02.01\00:58:05.25
we have recognized
00:58:05.28\00:58:06.92
the cross of
Jesus Christ' death,
00:58:06.95\00:58:09.95
His burial, and
His resurrection.
00:58:09.98\00:58:12.29
May God bless you
throughout this New Year.
00:58:12.32\00:58:15.06
Amen.
00:58:15.09\00:58:16.42