In Mathew 24:44,
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Jesus said be
ready for He is coming
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at an hour when
we do not expect Him.
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What does it mean to
be ready practically?
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You're about to
find out so don't move.
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A thousand years
before there was a Protestant
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there were Sunday laws
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that originated
in pagan Sun worship.
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For centuries the
church ruled the world
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until the
Protestant Reformation.
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Men like Martin
Luther champion of personal
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and religious freedom
thousands fled to America
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to seek freedom
from religious tyranny.
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Will Protestants and
freedom-loving Americans
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fight to keep freedom alive?
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Or will we descend
into a modern Dark Age.
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The Sunday Law
Crisis: What You Need To Know.
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Episode 3,
Getting Ready Practically.
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Welcome to part 3 of
The Sunday Law Crisis:
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What You Need To Know.
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I have in my hand a book
called Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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It is a Christian
Protestant classic
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dealing with the sufferings
of God's people in history.
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Word protestant means protest.
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On page 43 of this book it says,
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"Disregarding the maxims
and principles of the gospel,
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the papal church arming herself
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with the power of the sword
persecuted the Church of God
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and wasted it for
several centuries.
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A period most
appropriately termed in history,
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'The Dark Ages.'
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The kings of the
earth gave their power
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and their
strength to the beast."
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It is a fact of history
that for approximately 400 years
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from the 1,500 to 1,800
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the vast majority
of Protestant scholars
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and preachers and
laity like Martin Luther
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and John Calvin,
Huss, Jerome, Wesley,
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Charles
Spurgeon and many others,
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they believe that the
beasts of the Book of Revelation
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was a symbol of
the Roman Church.
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And we believe
the same thing today.
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I also have a copy of
the large official catechism
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of the Roman Church,
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catechism of
the Catholic Church.
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On page 538-- 528 it's--
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it talks about
Sanctifying Sunday
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and it says that
"Public authorities
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should ensure citizens
a time intended for rest
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and divine worship.
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Christians should
seek recognition of Sundays
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as legal holidays."
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So it's no secret
that the Roman Church
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strongly believes in Sunday
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they believe that said he
should be legislated by law
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as we shared in the
past, past programs,
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the Roman Church also claims
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that they changed
the Bible Sabbath,
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the seventh day
Sabbath into Sunday
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and that it is a
mark of their authority.
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And one of these days
this mark of Rome's authority,
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Sunday, is
going to be legislated
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in the United States
and around the world.
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That's what Bible
prophecy predicts.
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We have a little
book also on this topical
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called "Decoding
the Mark of the Beast."
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In the first program we
talked about Revelation 13
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and explain this
in greater detail.
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The second program was
called Getting Ready Spiritually
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and now it's time
for the third program
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called Getting
Ready Practically.
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And I'm here again with
our Dean Coridan, Dean...
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Good to see you,
Steve. Good to have you here.
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He is the conference president
of the Iowa Missouri Conference
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of Seventh-day Adventists
and Dean is a spiritual man,
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a godly man a
student of the Bible.
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And I thank you for being
part of another program with me
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we're gonna go real,
just practical today.
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We don't want to
just believe in theory
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and just go through history,
but we want to talk about
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what does this mean in my life
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as I get ready for
earth's final crisis.
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Well, thanks for
inviting me to be here.
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You're welcome.
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And I think we
ought to use the Bible
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as the basis for
we use it for a basis
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of spiritual preparation
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and now we should use it
for a basis of practical.
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Definitely. Preparation.
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I'm all for that.
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We want to be
people of the book.
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That's right, so,
Steve, let's just start
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back in Matthew Chapter 24.
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Okay.
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And let's look at the
starting with verse 36.
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Now this is the chapter
word Jesus tells the disciples,
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things that they should look for
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that would be indications
of the end of the world
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and the shortness of time.
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So Jesus still speaking
says "But of that day and hour
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no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven,
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nor the Son,
but My Father only."
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Then get this verse "But
as the days of Noah were,
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so also will be--
so also will the coming
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of the Son of Man be."
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So Jesus himself
refers to something in history
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as a reminder to us
at the end of the world,
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of what a
preparation would look like.
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Then he refers to society.
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He says "For as in
the days before the flood,
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they were eating and drinking
marrying and giving in marriage
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until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
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and did not know
until the flood came
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and took them all away,
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so also will be the
coming of the Son of Man."
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So there's a clear
parallel between Noah's day
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and the last days.
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And these verses that
you just read actually
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are right before
verse 44 that I read earlier
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where Jesus said "Be ready."
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That's right. So
He says "Be ready."
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And He talks then
about previously about Noah
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and we're gonna learn some
practical lessons, aren't we?
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We are. From Noah's life.
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So I think the principle
that we need to build on today
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is that when we look at say--
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where it says they
were eating and drinking,
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marrying and giving in marriage.
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We shouldn't be
interpreting that
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that it was
wrong to get married.
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Okay, right.
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I'm glad because
I'm a happily married
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and so were you.
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The problem that's
being indicated here is
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that they were living
their daily lives with no regard
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that things were about change.
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Right, for God and
His warning. That's right.
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So the practical
what we're gonna build on
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is living life today,
that's reflective of belief
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that Jesus is gonna come.
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That's perfect, very good.
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Now one of the places
to go for that would be
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Hebrews Chapter 11.
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Hebrews Chapter 11 is Great
by Faith Chapter in the Bible.
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And I think one of the points
that we have to keep in mind
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when we talk
about practical living,
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it would be well to
keep the words in front of it
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"By Faith."
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Whatever we're doing is by faith
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but it's going to come
out in a practical way.
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That's a great,
that's a great point here.
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When you really look at
the text says 'By faith--
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By faith Noah,
being divinely warned
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of things not yet seen,"
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which we've been warned
about in the book of Revelation.
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We've been
studying Revelation 13.
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We've been divinely
warned about what is coming
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and, and then it says
"He-- He moved with godly fear,"
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I have the New King James Bible
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"And he prepared an ark
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for the saving
of his household."
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So there's-- he's--
he is living by faith.
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God warned him, he
moved and he prepared.
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So the principles
we're going to build on then
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and practical living
is, Noah never seen a flood,
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so he's preparing for something,
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he has never seen before.
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None of us have ever
seen an end of a world.
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That's right.
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None of us have ever
seen a Second coming.
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But Noah believed that so
much that he built an ark,
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that's a physical activity
that he did for 120 years.
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Now there's
practical application
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that comes out of that.
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I mean, if you
actually build the ark,
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I mean, that cost something.
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That's right, I was
thinking about that,
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did Noah employ workers
to help him build the boat
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and if he did employ them,
he would have to have paid them
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did have some
property that he had to sell
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to get some extra
money to pay his employees.
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There's a whole host of things
we really don't exactly know,
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but I'm sure that that there
were some real practical steps
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that Noah made to put everything
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on the altar to invest his time,
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his money, his energy
into building that boat,
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which was doing God's work.
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Now, you see, you
just have to figure
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how but Noah make a decision,
how would Noah make a decision
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of possessions or
assets that I have today.
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I think that
Noah would have said,
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"Look, the flood is coming,
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I'm building
this boat, this ark,
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we're going to get on it
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am I gonna be
able to bring that on?"
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And if the answer is
no, then he would use that
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to build the boat?
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To build the ark. That
would make sense to me.
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In a practical sense
that we begin to think
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in a journey from here
that according to the Bible
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will pass through a
crisis, a time of trouble,
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the Bible says of such
as never been seen before
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that will end us
in a New Kingdom.
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And everlasting kingdom,
that there will be a journey
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that we will making
an evaluation to say,
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what is it that I will
take into the New Kingdom?
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The Bible indicates
we're only gonna take yourself,
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your own character
and people around you.
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There's no
indication that the cars going
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into the New Kingdom.
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You know, or a house or a boat.
House, boat, bank account...
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Mutual funds.
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No indication.
Retirement accounts.
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That's right, so that should
begin to adjust the way I live.
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Now there's a
principles in the Bible
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that could help us
with that adjustment.
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So for instance, the
Bible cautions us about debt.
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It cautions us
not to go into debt.
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Right.
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In fact, it says
if we're out if--
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if we in debt,
we should not rest
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until were out of debt.
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Right, here is the
text Romans 13:8 says,
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"Owe no one anything
except to love one another,
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for he who loves
another has fulfilled the law."
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Love is fulfilling
the law and God wants us
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out of debt as much as possible.
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So practical then
according to the Word of God
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and the
principal we're working on,
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a practical way to
approach a coming crisis
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would be how am I
gonna deal with my money?
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What's gonna
happen to my finances?
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Well, number one, the Bible says
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don't be in debt,
don't owe anybody.
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Another principle would be
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that you and I were
talking about this a while ago,
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that we should
be content with food
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and raiment that we have.
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There should be a
spirit of contentedness in us.
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Right and we've read
that-- I read that 1 Timothy...
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1 Timothy Chapter 6.
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I just read that
and that so practical,
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practical it says "Godliness
with contentment is great--
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is great game, for we
brought nothing into this world,
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and it is certainly
can carry nothing out
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and having food and
clothing, we should be content."
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Now that's a huge principle
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because right now
we're living in a society
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where nobody's
content with anything.
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Yeah, everyone wants to keep up
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with the Proverbial Joneses.
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That's right and even in
the raising of our children,
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we can see a spirit, no
matter how much there is,
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there still a discontentedness.
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Good practical daily living
would be to learn contentment,
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to find
contentment with what we have.
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And a pass that
along to our children.
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The best way to do
that for parents is service.
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If we help our young
people, our children today,
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to find joy in
doing things for others,
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start with grandma and
grandpa, start with family,
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helping mom and
dad, but neighbors.
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Even to the
people they don't know
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involve them in projects,
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to help other
people find a sense of joy,
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they will have a contentment
with the things that they have.
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People service.
Yeah, I think too many--
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I am fearful that
too many, too many of us
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and when, you
know, kids grow up,
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people say for college,
send their kids in the college.
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They come out with a big debt,
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huge debt and the
goal is to get a good job,
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make money, have
the American dream,
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be content, have a nice
car, have money in the bank,
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the nest egg, and
everything really,
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it's so easy for that just
to become a selfish pursuit.
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And if we really
believe as Noah believed
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that prophecies are
being fulfilled in front of us
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and that time is running out.
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And that the crisis is coming,
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the mark of the beast is coming,
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and then when that time comes
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everybody will make
their final decision,
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the doors of heaven will close
just like Noah's Ark, closed.
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Just like there were seven days
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after the closing
of the door the ark
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until the flood came,
there will be seven plagues
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in the Book of Revelation
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that will come on
those that get the mark.
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The time of trouble
and God is preparing us
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to go through that time
and at the end of that time
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is the second coming of Jesus.
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If we really leave that,
then what should be our goal?
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It's not just to have a
big house and have a big car
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and have a lot
of money in the bank
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so we could have a nest egg.
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Our goal should be like
Noah, moving and preparing,
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so that our families
and ourselves can be saved
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as we live practically by faith.
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Well, one of the
principles that God gives us
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in the Bible in the Word of God,
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is the principle of timing.
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And God gives that in
Malachi to bring all the tithes
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and offerings into a storehouse,
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is it because
somebody needs the money?
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Well, they may
God says bringing in
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so that you will see,
that I'm gonna bless you,
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and care for you, and keep you.
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So a practical
way then our family
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we have found to help
even our children prepare
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for the coming crisis,
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is to teach the
principle of tithing.
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So our-- Ten percent.
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Ten percent, so
our kids understand
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that God can work for
them and move for them
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and cause their
money that's left
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to be enough for them
to cover what they need.
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So I would encourage families
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that are
listening to us talk today,
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to if there's ministries
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that they would
like to support or help
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or if they're
appreciating the ministry
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that they're hearing right
now, of the ministry you have,
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is to consider donating
and helping those ministries.
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If they're attending a church,
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then help the local church
to be a strong local church
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and I think you
brought some literature
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that you can show that
could even be a witness.
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Yes, that's right I've
been convicted for a long time
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that I need to be
frugal with my money
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and to get a hold of literature.
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And I put money into literature,
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I don't have a lot of
money, but I buy tracts,
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I get tracts
whatever I can get them
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and here's a little tract
called The Signs of the Times,
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a love letter from Jesus.
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Here's a glow
tracts When Freedom Dies,
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I give this out regularly
dealing with Revelation,
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a little book
called, Steps to Christ,
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which I take in hotels
airports hand these out.
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We have flyers the
ministry has White Horse Media
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has flyers called
the Time is at Hand,
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which is a Bible
study at Revelation 13.
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Another one on the
signs of the times called
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There Shall Be Signs.
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Just a few days ago I
was at the Spokane Airport,
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meeting for my big appointment
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with the TSA government
representative trying to--
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I was fingerprinted
and getting interviewed
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and filling out my form
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so I could be
background checked,
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to see if I can finally
go through the pre-check line
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all the time,
'cause I travel so much.
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And I was thinking to myself,
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I don't know if this
person is open to a tract
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or a little glow track
or a little Steps to Christ
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and so I thought about
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and then we
struck up a conversation,
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the lady asked me what I
did I told her I was a pastor
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and she became very
interested in my church
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and so we just talked some
more and I reach into my satchel
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and handed her some literature
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and she was very
interested in reading it.
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And I give out
tracks on airplanes
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and different places I
imagine you too, you do too.
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And so this is
practical too. Practical living.
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The Bible says in
the Book of Proverbs
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"He who wins souls is wise."
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Daniel 12 verse-- I
think its verse 3 says,
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"Those who win
many to righteousness,
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will be like the
stars, for ever and ever."
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And so this is a practical thing
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we can do is get
a hold the tracts.
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Give them away to people.
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Talk to people
when we can if we--
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if we don't have the
courage to go door-to-door
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or to hand them
out everywhere we go
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we can certainly,
when you get a phone bill
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or an electric bill
stick a tract in the bill.
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And send it to someone but to me
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this is a practical way
that we can be serving God.
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And as you mentioned ministries
like White Horse Media,
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we survive on contributions.
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Now, I give my
tithe to my local Church.
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And I give offerings
to different ministries
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and people give offerings
to us and this is how we--
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this is how we
continue to function.
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And this is a time when
we need to put our money
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where our mouth is as they say.
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And put our money
into the Lord's work
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because the time is coming
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when that money
will be worthless,
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and we can't buy or
sell unless we have the mark
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we're not going to be able
to even access most likely,
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money that happens
to be in our banks,
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because if we don't
go along with the mark,
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we can't access this money.
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So we need to
be using this money
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before that time comes
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or it's just gonna be worthless.
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Well, it's interesting to me
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that we have the
description of heaven,
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found in Revelation 21 and 22.
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And time is--
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is Heaven's
portrayed with the city
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and all that it's there.
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But it came to
me a few weeks ago,
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that in heaven
there's a couple things
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you're not going
to be able to give.
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I mean, you're not going to
be able to give an offering.
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We are walking
on streets of gold.
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So if ever a person is
going to use their moneys
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to advance the Kingdom of God,
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it's going to be
this side of heaven.
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Something else
that you're not going
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to be able to give
in heaven, is time.
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There comes a point
where the Bible says,
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that Jesus
says, time is no more.
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I mean, If
you're living forever,
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what sacrifice of
time are you gonna make?
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If ever were gonna
make a sacrifice of time
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to do something of service,
for Jesus, for somebody else,
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we're going to do
that this side of heaven.
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So time, money,
the Bible even indicate
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when it goes to Hebrews
11 that Abraham, his belief,
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it affected where he lived.
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So with our belief
in the coming crisis
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or the kingdom of God
affect the type of house
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that I would choose to live in.
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And where we live in.
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Where I would
live? That's right.
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Our family moved
out of California,
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seven years ago
out into North Idaho,
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where we are now
to have some land,
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it's cheaper out
here, less expensive,
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and we especially want to get
our children into the country.
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We now have a little garden,
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we try to grow as
much food as we can.
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And it's very valuable,
it's great for the kids
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to be in the country,
a lot less temptations
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and it's good for
their spiritual lives,
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it's good for my wife and I.
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It's a lot calmer, a lot quieter
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and we have good food,
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that's organic,
that we can grow.
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Not that were saved by, by food
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but it certainly is a blessing
and being in the country
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has helped me personally
to get closer to Jesus.
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So we certainly
believe in country living
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that this is this
is a practical step
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as we get ready
for Jesus' coming.
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We have another program
at the end of this series
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called When ahead at
the-- When to Head to the Hills.
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When the final time
comes and the mark is enforced
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and we actually have to
leave and go into the mountains,
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and trust that God's
gonna take care of us
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just like he took
care of the Israelites
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for 40 years in the wilderness
and gave them food and water
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so we're not
quite at that point yet
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but it's coming and we know
it, and we're getting ready.
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We're getting
ready to give everything.
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We are giving everything to
God and we want to be ready.
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When people are
listening to us speak,
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I know because I've been there,
a person could begin to think,
00:20:06.63\00:20:10.14
now, wait a minute,
you've talked about our money,
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you've talked
about where we live,
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you talked about
time, you talked--
00:20:15.18\00:20:17.08
you've talked
about getting out of debt
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and pretty soon a
person can begin to feel like
00:20:18.88\00:20:21.28
maybe it's too late for me.
00:20:21.32\00:20:23.28
I'm so far in debt
or-- or this is gone wrong
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or that's gone wrong.
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I wouldn't want to end
talking about practical things
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without the clear understanding,
00:20:30.99\00:20:33.63
that Noah's ark didn't
save him, God saved them.
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That's right, and Noah,
didn't build it in a day.
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He didn't build it in a day.
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God has promised that if today
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we make decisions for
him, he'll redeem our past.
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He'll help us
overcome the things
00:20:49.14\00:20:51.08
that have gone wrong.
00:20:51.11\00:20:52.61
And if we purpose for
instance, to get out of debt,
00:20:52.65\00:20:55.88
if we make it is
subject to prayer,
00:20:55.92\00:20:58.05
if we go to God
and ask him to help us
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He's promised, He'll
help us get out of it.
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That's right and
Dean, it's very--
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it's a very important principle.
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.13
I heard a preacher
wants to talk about this
00:21:05.16\00:21:06.49
that God has ten
steps he wants us to take
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the preacher said
in your own step one.
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He said what's the
most important step
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.03
God wants you take
00:21:13.07\00:21:14.64
and the obvious
answer is step two.
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And then it's step
three, and so the things
00:21:17.17\00:21:19.51
that we're talking about
we're doing a TV Program,
00:21:19.54\00:21:21.24
we're covering a lot
of-- a lot of ground,
00:21:21.28\00:21:23.65
but God doesn't expect
every change to be taken place,
00:21:23.68\00:21:27.48
to take place overnight.
00:21:27.52\00:21:29.35
God leads His
people step-by-step,
00:21:29.38\00:21:32.02
point-by-point to
do different things.
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But if we are
truly followers of Jesus
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and if we're like Noah
and if we believe the warning
00:21:37.26\00:21:40.20
that their future is
ahead of us and upon us,
00:21:40.23\00:21:43.23
and if we
believe Bible prophecy,
00:21:43.26\00:21:45.13
it says, that Noah
moved and he prepared the ark.
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Hammer, blow by
hammer blow, nailed by nail
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and he made
practical steps I'm sure
00:21:53.04\00:21:55.54
and God is trying to move us.
00:21:55.58\00:21:57.78
We talked about
in the last program,
00:21:57.81\00:21:59.28
spiritual preparation
but there's practical things
00:21:59.31\00:22:02.12
that we need to be doing.
00:22:02.15\00:22:03.49
Making things right with
people that we've offended,
00:22:03.52\00:22:06.89
having family
worship in our homes,
00:22:06.92\00:22:08.72
morning and evening worships.
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.09
That's what our family does.
There's a whole host of things.
00:22:10.13\00:22:13.13
I used to be a disco
dancing, marijuana smoking...
00:22:13.16\00:22:18.03
cocaine snorting lost Jew.
00:22:18.07\00:22:20.44
And God got a hold
on me, 36 years ago
00:22:20.47\00:22:22.40
and changed my life.
00:22:22.44\00:22:23.77
And step-by-step
He's been changing me.
00:22:23.81\00:22:25.27
I don't dress the way I used
to dress on the dance floor,
00:22:25.31\00:22:28.38
there's a whole lot of
things that I don't do.
00:22:28.41\00:22:30.95
I gave up my rock and
roll, I had talked to a man
00:22:30.98\00:22:33.52
just the other day, named
Gary, just a couple days ago,
00:22:33.55\00:22:35.45
he said, he said, I'm
just about at the point
00:22:35.48\00:22:37.79
he was a preacher's kid,
00:22:37.82\00:22:39.25
and he said I'm
just about at the point
00:22:39.29\00:22:40.89
where God is
gonna get all of me.
00:22:40.92\00:22:43.32
And he said the last
thing I'm doing right now
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.16
is that stopped
watching my television programs
00:22:45.19\00:22:47.53
that I love watching.
00:22:47.56\00:22:49.06
And he said, you know,
I don't miss it right now.
00:22:49.10\00:22:52.23
The Lord is moving on me,
and He's getting me ready.
00:22:52.27\00:22:55.50
So there's all kinds of things
00:22:55.54\00:22:56.87
and God has to lead
a step-- step by step
00:22:56.91\00:22:59.17
that we need to like Noah
we need to move and prepare,
00:22:59.21\00:23:03.75
and God will help us.
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.11
You know, I think
the most important point
00:23:05.15\00:23:07.22
to draw off of
this, to put segment is...
00:23:07.25\00:23:12.69
That we can make a decision.
00:23:12.72\00:23:15.02
We can say, wow I
just read in the Bible
00:23:15.06\00:23:18.09
that there's some
things are going to happen
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.03
before Jesus comes
00:23:20.06\00:23:21.40
and I'm seeing
those things happening.
00:23:21.43\00:23:23.26
And Jesus is coming soon.
00:23:23.30\00:23:25.50
And our hearts
can just be on fire,
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.87
and we can believe that.
00:23:27.90\00:23:29.60
But I think if we
don't back up our belief,
00:23:29.64\00:23:33.14
by a practical daily
living, we won't long believe.
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We'll fall back to sleep
or will give up the belief,
00:23:37.75\00:23:41.55
but God gives us
the gift of practical
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everyday living to
reinforce, what we believe.
00:23:44.95\00:23:49.12
That's right,
there's a Bible verse
00:23:49.16\00:23:50.66
that says it's
Proverbs, I think it's 4:18
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that the "Path of the
just is as the shining light,
00:23:52.96\00:23:55.16
like the shining Sun."
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.53
It comes up and slowly goes,
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.87
it comes up and
then slowly goes down
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.97
and He says--
the scripture says,
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.30
"That the path of the
just is like the shining sun,
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.84
that shines ever brighter,
until the perfect day."
00:24:05.87\00:24:09.84
And so God leads
us on step by step.
00:24:09.88\00:24:12.78
This morning I had a
wonderful thing happen to me
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.75
my little boy,
Seth just this morning,
00:24:14.78\00:24:17.12
he's 11 years old, he
came over to me said, "Dad,"
00:24:17.15\00:24:19.55
he was talking about baptism,
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.29
about possibly
getting baptized soon
00:24:21.32\00:24:24.13
and he said, "Dad," he said,
"if Jesus would come up to me,
00:24:24.16\00:24:28.66
personally like he came
up to the rich young ruler
00:24:28.70\00:24:31.37
and said, 'Sell
everything you have
00:24:31.40\00:24:32.97
and give it to the
poor and follow Me.'"
00:24:33.00\00:24:34.84
Seth said, "Dad, I
would do it, I would do it,"
00:24:34.87\00:24:38.34
and I tell you,
it just touch my--
00:24:38.37\00:24:40.18
touched me so much.
00:24:40.21\00:24:41.54
Because I pray
for my son every day,
00:24:41.58\00:24:43.11
and I just have a
strong conviction as you do,
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.58
that I need to live a
practical Christian life
00:24:45.61\00:24:48.28
and God has a lot
of work to do in us.
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.55
He's been working
in me for a long time,
00:24:50.59\00:24:52.35
I heard another preacher say,
00:24:52.39\00:24:53.72
God's not gonna take us
out of the oven half-baked.
00:24:53.76\00:24:56.39
He's going to finish
his work as Paul says,
00:24:56.42\00:24:59.26
"He'll finish the--
He'll finished the work
00:24:59.29\00:25:01.13
he started in us."
00:25:01.16\00:25:02.50
But it takes time,
if you want to move out,
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out of the city
into the country,
00:25:05.57\00:25:07.34
God has to open those
doors and that takes time
00:25:07.37\00:25:10.17
and there it takes
time to raise children,
00:25:10.21\00:25:11.81
it takes time to sell property,
to sell boats or sell things,
00:25:11.84\00:25:16.34
it's a struggle to put
everything on the altar.
00:25:16.38\00:25:19.31
But this is where
God is leading His people
00:25:19.35\00:25:22.38
to get ready
practically to make decisions
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.92
to show the world
that we really believe
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.46
what the Bible says,
and we want to live that way
00:25:29.49\00:25:33.29
as we get ready
for a better land.
00:25:33.33\00:25:35.46
You know, if the
Chapter of Hebrews
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was being written today...
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.67
and it was saying "By Faith."
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And I think of this if
it said "by faith, Dean,
00:25:42.50\00:25:46.88
what would be the next sentence?
00:25:46.91\00:25:49.18
And I think every
listener should say that
00:25:49.21\00:25:51.48
just go to Jesus and
say, "By Faith, dear Jesus,
00:25:51.51\00:25:54.78
what do you want
me to do tomorrow?"
00:25:54.82\00:25:57.15
That's right and
that and that's really
00:25:57.19\00:25:58.65
the most important thing,
is "What do you want me to do?"
00:25:58.69\00:26:02.16
It's the full
surrender of the life,
00:26:02.19\00:26:04.96
not 50 percent, 80 percent,
00:26:04.99\00:26:07.16
95 percent, 99
percent, but totally.
00:26:07.20\00:26:10.17
I used to have a student
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.60
when I used to
teach high school kids,
00:26:11.63\00:26:13.23
and we were talking
about riding the fence.
00:26:13.27\00:26:14.94
And this young 18 year
old kid said to me he said,
00:26:14.97\00:26:17.47
"Steve, you
can't-- Pastor Steve,
00:26:17.51\00:26:18.84
you can't ride the fence."
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.21
He said, "because the
devil owns the fence."
00:26:20.24\00:26:22.51
And I always,
always remember that.
00:26:22.54\00:26:24.15
That we've got to
get off the fence,
00:26:24.18\00:26:26.35
and get on God's side totally
and that people will see,
00:26:26.38\00:26:30.05
that we are real
Christians trusting in Jesus.
00:26:30.09\00:26:33.96
I like to finish with a verse
00:26:33.99\00:26:36.62
in The Book of
Revelation Chapter 15: 2,
00:26:36.66\00:26:41.06
John said, "I saw
something like a sea of glass,
00:26:41.10\00:26:44.83
mingled with fire
and those that had gotten
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.60
the victory over the
beast, over His image,
00:26:47.64\00:26:50.87
and over His
mark, they were standing
00:26:50.91\00:26:53.44
on the sea of glass.
00:26:53.48\00:26:55.21
Then they had the harps of God,
00:26:55.24\00:26:57.41
and they sang the song
of Moses the servant of God,
00:26:57.45\00:27:00.62
and the song of the lamb.
00:27:00.65\00:27:02.35
And they said 'Great and
marvelous are your works,
00:27:02.38\00:27:05.05
Lord God Almighty!'"
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.99
Those that get the victory
over the mark of the beast
00:27:07.02\00:27:09.09
during the final crisis,
00:27:09.12\00:27:10.86
they have a relationship
with Jesus and with God.
00:27:10.89\00:27:13.43
They trust in God
00:27:13.46\00:27:14.80
and God does great
things in their lives,
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.40
as He's getting
them ready to stand
00:27:17.43\00:27:20.34
during the final crisis.
00:27:20.37\00:27:21.90
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00:27:24.47\00:27:27.28
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