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00:35 >>HELLO FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL 00:36 EDITION OF SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:39 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AT THE SET OF THE 'LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY' 00:42 BIBLE SERIES THAT'S CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE HERE IN 00:45 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, BUT WE WANTED TO FILM OUR SABBATH 00:49 SCHOOL LESSON TODAY SO WE COULD KEEP GOING WITH OUR STUDY 00:51 TOGETHER OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT BOOK OF JAMES. 00:55 NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST 00:57 TIME, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING WITH 01:00 JAMES AND TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #12 DEALING WITH 'HEALING, 01:05 PRAYER, AND RESTORATION.' WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES 01:08 ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO 01:12 YOU. ALL YOU'LL NEED TO DO IS JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON THE 01:14 SCREEN AND ASK FOR THE OFFER 'TEACH US TO PRAY.' 01:18 WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 01:19 READ IT AND THEN PASS IT ALONG. GIVE IT TO A FRIEND. 01:22 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY, LET'S JUST BEGIN WITH A 01:25 WORD OF PRAYER, ASKING GOD'S BLESSING UPON OUR TIME. 01:28 DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE 01:30 PRIVILEGE OF GATHERING TOGETHER TO STUDY YOUR WORD. 01:33 AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT, WE PRAY THAT 01:36 THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS 01:38 AND LEAD US INTO A DEEPER AND A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR 01:42 WORD. FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 01:46 OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 01:49 THANK YOU PASTOR DOUG. >>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS. 01:53 AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OUR LIVE STUDIO 01:57 AUDIENCE FOR COMING TODAY AND BEING WILLING TO HELP US KEEP 02:00 TAPING FOR OUR FRIENDS WE KNOW THAT WATCH THE STUDY HOUR TIME 02:04 ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND IT'S A BIG FAMILY ALL OVER 02:07 THE PLANET STUDYING THE QUARTERLY TOGETHER. 02:09 TODAY WE'RE IN THE SECOND TO THE LAST LESSON FROM THE BOOK OF 02:13 JAMES. AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS STUDY. 02:16 THERE'S JUST SUCH PRACTICAL BIBLICAL TEACHING. 02:18 AGAIN, IT'S CALLED, 'PRAYER, HEALING, AND RESTORATION' - 02:21 LESSON #12 - AND THERE'S A MEMORY VERSE. 02:24 AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM JAMES 5:16. 02:28 IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, I ALWAYS LIKE IF YOU COULD SAY IT 02:30 WITH ME. JAMES 5:16, AND IT SAYS THERE - READY? 02:37 - "THEREFORE CONFESS YOUR SINS TO ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR ONE 02:40 ANOTHER THAT YOU MIGHT BE HEALED. THE EFFECTIVE PRAYER 02:44 OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN CAN ACCOMPLISH MUCH." 02:48 AS IT SAYS IN THE KING JAMES, 'THE FERVENT, EFFECTUAL PRAYER 02:51 OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH.' IT TELLS US THAT A LOT IS 02:56 ACCOMPLISHED BY WHAT KIND OF PRAYER? 02:59 FERVENT, HEARTFELT AND EFFECTIVE - PERSISTENT PRAYER OF A 03:04 RIGHTEOUS MAN. NOW IN THIS LESSON, YOU MAY AS 03:07 WELL GET YOUR BIBLES AND TURN TO THE BOOK OF JAMES AGAIN. 03:10 WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY FINISHING UP THE BOOK OF JAMES. 03:13 THERE'LL BE MORE OF A SUMMARY IN OUR FINAL LESSON TOGETHER. 03:17 SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ JAMES 5:13 THROUGH THE END OF THE 03:21 CHAPTER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND BREAK IT DOWN IN OUR 03:24 STUDY PROGRAM. QUESTION #13 - JAMES 5:13, "IS 03:28 ANYONE AMONG YOU SUFFERING? LET HIM PRAY. IS ANYONE CHEERFUL? 03:34 LET HIM SING SONGS. IS ANYONE AMONG YOU SICK? 03:37 LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH AND LET THEM PRAY 03:40 OVER HIM, ANOINTING HIM WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AND THE 03:45 PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK AND THE LORD WILL RAISE HIM 03:48 UP. AND IF HE HAS COMMITTED SINS, HE WILL BE FORGIVEN. 03:51 CONFESS YOUR TRESPASSES TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR 03:54 ONE ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. 03:57 THE EFFECTIVE, FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH. 04:00 ELIJAH WAS A MAN WITH A NATURE LIKE OURS, AND HE PRAYED 04:03 EARNESTLY THAT IT WOULD NOT RAIN; AND IT DID NOT RAIN ON THE 04:07 LAND FOR THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. 04:09 AND HE PRAYED AGAIN, AND THE HEAVEN GAVE RAIN, AND THE EARTH 04:12 PRODUCED ITS FRUIT. BRETHREN, IF ANYONE AMONG YOU 04:15 WANDERS FROM THE TRUTH, AND SOMEONE TURNS HIM BACK, LET HIM 04:19 KNOW THAT HE WHO TURNS A SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY WILL 04:23 SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH AND COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS." 04:27 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO - TO END A BOOK - 'COVER A 04:31 MULTITUDE OF SINS.' ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS DID? 04:34 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW. 04:36 WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN AND BE LOOKING, IN THE 04:39 STUDY, DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT PORTIONS THAT ARE 04:44 BROKEN DOWN FOR US IN THE LESSON. 04:47 ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START LOOKING UNDER THAT SECTION THERE THAT 04:49 SAYS, 'THE ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN TOOL KIT.' "IS ANYONE AMONG YOU 04:52 SUFFERING? LET HIM PRAY. IS ANYONE CHEERFUL? 04:55 LET HIM SING SONGS." 04:57 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU THAT THE 05:01 CHRISTIAN LIFE HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS - THAT YOU CAN BE A 05:04 CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DAYS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE 05:06 YOU'RE SUFFERING AND YOU'LL HAVE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE SINGING. 05:09 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE BOTH EXTREMES IN THE LIVES OF MOST OF 05:13 GOD'S FOLLOWERS. SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED AND THINK, 'OH, I 05:16 ACCEPTED JESUS. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD SOLVE ALL MY PROBLEMS 05:19 AND 'THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH,' AND IT WOULD BE THE 05:22 ABUNDANT LIFE.' BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE CLOUDY DAYS. 05:26 JESUS SAID, 'YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER SENDS SUNSHINE 05:29 AND RAIN ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST. 05:32 A FEW YEARS AGO I WROTE THAT BOOK ON MARY MAGDALENE AND IT 05:36 TRACES SEVEN TIMES WHERE SHE'S AT JESUS' FEET. 05:38 AND IT STARTS IN SORROW AND REPENTANCE THERE IN THE TEMPLE 05:42 AND IT ENDS WITH SINGING AND REJOICING, PROCLAIMING THE RISEN 05:47 LORD. AND YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE 05:49 SPECTRUM IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. SO JAMES RECOGNIZES THAT. 05:52 AND THEN HE TELLS US TO MAKE SURE AND PRAY FOR EACH OTHER. 05:55 SUFFERING IS SOMETHING CHRISTIANS EXPERIENCE. 05:59 I THINK IT'S UNFAIR WHEN A PERSON COMES TO THE LORD AND WE 06:02 LEAVE THEM WITH THE IMPRESSION ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT 06:05 JESUS AND ALL YOUR SUFFERING WILL GO AWAY. WELL, ULTIMATELY 06:08 IT DOES, BUT IN THIS LIFE THERE'S SUFFERING. ROMANS 12:15, 06:13 "REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE, AND WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP." 06:18 IT'S LIKE WHAT JAMES JUST SAID, SUFFERING, PRAY; HAPPY, SING. 06:22 PAUL SAYS, 'REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO ARE REJOICING, WEEP WITH 06:25 THEM WHO WEEP.' YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 06:27 WE NEED TO BE EMPATHETIC. 06:30 THE WORD IN THE BIBLE IS 'PATHOS.' IT'S WHERE WE GET THE 06:35 WORD 'SYMPATHY' - IT MEANS 'TO FEEL FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.' AND 06:41 PART OF BEING A CHRISTIAN IS FEELING WHAT OTHERS FEEL. 06:44 ISN'T THAT WHY JESUS CAME, BECAUSE HE FELT OUR PAIN? 06:47 UNLIKE THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMISE THEY DO. 06:50 ACTS 9:16, GOD SAID TO PAUL, "I WILL SHOW HIM HOW MANY THINGS HE 06:56 MUST SUFFER FOR MY NAME'S SAKE." HE'S ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO 06:59 ANANIAS, TELLING HIM THAT PAUL IS GOING TO SUFFER. 07:03 SO EVEN THOUGH HE CAME TO THE LORD - HE SAID, 'YOU'RE STILL 07:06 GOING TO SUFFER.' DID JESUS TELL PETER HOW HE WAS GOING TO DIE? 07:09 AND HOW WAS THAT? 07:12 HE SAID, 'YOU'LL STRETCH FORTH YOUR HANDS.' SO THE LORD TELLS 07:16 US THAT THERE MAY BE SUFFERING IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OKAY, 07:19 GO AHEAD DAVID, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO READ A VERSE FOR US. 07:22 >>YES, 2 TIMOTHY 3, VERSE 12, "YES, AND ALL WHO DESIRE TO LIVE 07:29 GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." 07:33 >>HERE AT THIS SEMINAR WE'VE BEEN LOOKING IN REVELATION - AND 07:36 WHO'S THE DRAGON ESPECIALLY WROTH WITH? 07:38 THE WOMAN WHO DOES WHAT? 07:42 KEEPS THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.' PAUL SAYS, 'ALL THAT DESIRE TO 07:45 LIVE GODLY WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 07:47 THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY WHO TRIES 07:50 TO SERVE GOD. THE BOOK OF JOB - 'JOB WAS A 07:54 RIGHTEOUS MAN, FEARED GOD, HATED EVIL' - WHAT DID THE DEVIL DO? 07:57 HE ACCUSED HIM BEFORE GOD AND JOB WENT THROUGH A TIME OF 08:02 TESTING. AND SO, ANYONE WHO BELIEVES, 08:05 YOU'LL HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. 08:08 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TIMES OF SUFFERING. 08:09 BUT DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 08:11 JAMES SAYS, 'RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. 08:16 DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.' HOW DO YOU 08:18 RESIST THE DEVIL? HOW DID JESUS RESIST THE DEVIL? 08:21 THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER. YEAH. 'AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP. 08:24 SO IF YOU'RE SUFFERING, JAMES SAYS, 'PRAY.' 2 TIMOTHY 2:9, 08:29 PAUL SAID, "FOR WHICH I SUFFER TROUBLE AS AN EVILDOER, EVEN TO 08:35 THE POINT OF CHAINS; BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT CHAINED." 08:38 WHEN ARE CHRISTIANS THE BEST WITNESS? 08:41 WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE GETTING EVERYTHING THEY WANT? 08:44 YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF MONEY IN THE BANK? 08:46 AND, YOU KNOW, THESE PROSPERITY PREACHERS SAY THAT IF YOU'RE 08:50 REALLY GODLY AND YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH FAITH, YOU CAN JUST NAME 08:52 IT, CLAIM IT; BLAB IT, GRAB IT - AND YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT 08:56 YOU NEED - YOU'LL BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE. 08:58 AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, THEY IMPLY, 'WELL, YOU 09:02 JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.' BUT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS THE 09:06 OPPOSITE. WHEN ARE CHRISTIANS THE BEST WITNESS? 09:09 WHEN DOES THE LIGHT SHINE MORE VIVIDLY, IN THE DAY OR AT NIGHT? 09:14 AND IT IS THROUGH TIMES OF TRIAL - THIS MORNING, FOR MY JUST 09:18 PERSONAL BIBLE READING, I'M READING THROUGH DANIEL - THAT'S 09:22 JUST WHERE IT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT NOW. 09:24 I READ DANIEL 3 AND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO - I KNOW, 09:27 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THAT - IT'S JUST WHERE MY BIBLE READING - 09:29 I'M READING CONSECUTIVELY THROUGH THE BIBLE. 09:31 THAT'S WHERE IT LINED UP. GREAT STORY. 09:34 I ENJOYED READING IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT A TREMENDOUS 09:38 WITNESS THEY WERE BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH THE FIRE? 09:40 BECAUSE THEY WERE TESTED LIKE THAT, A DECREE WENT TO THE WHOLE 09:44 CIVILIZED WORLD NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THE GOD OF 09:48 JEHOVAH. BUT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH SOME 09:51 BAD EXPERIENCE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. CHRISTIANS ARE OFTEN 09:55 THE BEST WITNESSES WHEN THERE ARE TIMES OF TRIAL. 09:58 AND SO, GOD TELLS US JESUS SAYS, 'YOU MAY HAVE TIMES OF 10:02 SUFFERING.' NOW, WITH THAT, KIND OF, INTRODUCING THE SUBJECT OF 10:06 HEALING AND PRAYER FOR THE SICK, WE'LL READ JAMES 5:14 AND 15 10:10 AGAIN. SOMEBODY'S GOT MARK 6:12 AND 13 10:12 - WHO WOULD THAT BE? ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT THEN. 10:15 JAMES 5:14 AND 15, IS ANYONE AMONG YOU SICK? 10:19 LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND LET THEM PRAY 10:23 OVER HIM, ANOINTING HIM WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. 10:27 AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK AND THE LORD WILL 10:31 RAISE HIM UP." AND, OF COURSE, THEY'RE SAYING 10:34 THIS IN THE MASCULINE, BUT IT WILL RAISE HIM UP - RAISE HER UP 10:37 - "AND IF HE HAS COMMITTED SINS, HE WILL BE FORGIVEN." 10:39 SO THE WORD 'SICK' HERE DOES NOT MEAN - DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A 10:45 HEADACHE? IT'S ACTUALLY - THE WORD 'SICK' MEANS - YOU NOTICE 10:50 IT SAYS 'RAISE THEM UP?' THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS GOING 10:52 DOWN. THEY CAN'T COME TO THE CHURCH, THE ELDERS COME TO THEM. 10:57 THIS PERSON HAS SOME INCAPACITATING ILLNESS. 11:01 AND SO, WE SHOULD ALL PRAY FOR BIG AND LITTLE THINGS. 11:05 GOD CARES ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S OKAY TO SAY, 'YOU KNOW, 11:08 I HAVE A HEADACHE, WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME? 11:09 BUT THE KIND OF PRAYER THAT REQUIRES CALLING THE LEADERS OF 11:13 THE CHURCH TO COME TOGETHER TO YOUR HOME AND ANOINT YOU WITH 11:17 OIL, THE CONTEXT OF THE SICKNESS HERE IS AT THE POINT OF DEATH. 11:22 IT'S - AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE AT DEATH'S DOOR, BUT 11:26 I'M SAYINGS IT'S - YOU'VE BEEN LAID OUT WHERE YOU CANNOT COME 11:29 TO THE CHURCH AND ASK FOR HEALING, THEY'VE GOT TO COME TO 11:31 YOU. YOU'RE IN BAD SHAPE. 11:33 THE BIBLE TIMES - IF YOU GOT SICK, THEY OFTEN DIDN'T HAVE 11:35 SIMPLE MEDICAL TREATMENTS THAT COULD HEAL YOU AND IT COULD BE 11:38 THE END. SO THEY NEVER KNEW. 11:39 PART OF THE REASON I SAY THIS - I REMEMBER I WAS PASTORING A 11:43 SMALL CHURCH ONE TIME AND A DEAR, GODLY LADY, SHE SAID, 11:46 'PASTOR DOUG, I WONDER IF I COULD HAVE YOU AND SOME OF THE 11:50 OTHER ELDERS COME BY AND PRAY AND ANOINT ME BECAUSE I'M JUST, 11:55 I JUST CAN'T HEAR. MY HEARING SEEMS TO BE GOING. 11:58 EVERYTHING SEEMS FADED.' AND I SAID, 'WELL, WE CAN DO THAT, 12:03 SISTER, DO YOU THINK - FIRST LET ME ASK, IS THERE A CONNECTION 12:06 BETWEEN YOUR HAVING HEARING PROBLEMS AND YOUR BEING 93 YEARS 12:10 OLD? SHE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND SHE SAYS, 'ARE YOU TELLING 12:14 ME I'M GETTING OLD?' AND SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, 'MAYBE 12:17 THIS DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CALLING THE ELDERS TOGETHER. 12:22 IT ISN'T NECESSARY, REALLY, WHEN YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THE NATURAL 12:25 PROCESS OF AGING, THAT YOU CALL THE ELDERS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE 12:31 THEM OVER EVERY OTHER YEAR TO PRAY ABOUT THE NEW ONSET YOU HAD 12:35 NO IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS PAIN IN YOUR 12:39 BACK OR, 'I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, PASTOR, I CAN'T SEEM TO 12:42 REMEMBER LIKE I USED TO, COULD YOU COME AND ANOINT ME?' 12:44 AND SO THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT. 12:47 THIS IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A SERIOUS ILLNESS. 12:49 AND WE SHOULD PRAY FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN THE SMALL THINGS, 12:52 BUT WHEN YOU CALL TOGETHER THE ELDERS TO ANOINT WITH OIL, IT'S 12:55 USUALLY A SERIOUS DEAL. NOW, GO AHEAD, READ FOR ME, 12:59 PLEASE, A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE, MARK 6:12 AND 13. 13:03 >>"SO THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REPENT. 13:07 AND THEY CAST OUT MANY DEMONS, AND ANOINTED WITH OIL MANY WHO 13:10 WERE SICK, AND HEALED THEM." >>NOW WHO ARE THESE THAT ARE 13:14 GOING OUT DOING THAT? THESE ARE THE APOSTLES. 13:17 AT WHOSE INSTRUCTION? 13:19 IF YOU READ THE PREVIOUS VERSES IN MARK CHAPTER 6, JESUS IS 13:22 INSTRUCTING THE APOSTLES WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY GO OUT AND IT SAYS 13:27 THEY ANOINTED WITH OIL. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT'S THERE. 13:29 IT'S NOT JUST JAMES COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA OF ANOINTING 13:32 PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, WHERE DID THE APOSTLES GET IT? 13:34 JESUS TOLD THEM TO DO IT. 13:37 IN ALL THE STORIES OF JESUS HEALING, JESUS ANOINTED PEOPLE 13:41 WITH CLAY AND HE SPIT ON THE GROUND AND HE TOUCHED THEM, HE 13:46 SPOKE. HE DID A VARIETY OF THINGS WHEN 13:48 HE PLACED HIS HANDS ON THEM AND HEALED THEM. 13:51 WHERE DO WE EVER SEE JESUS ANOINTING WITH OIL? 13:54 YOU DON'T. BUT DID HE TELL THE APOSTLES TO DO IT? 13:58 WHY? WHAT IS JESUS' LAST NAME? CHRIST. 14:05 WHAT DOES CHRIST MEAN? THE ANOINTED. 14:08 IT MEANS 'THE MESSIAH,' BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MESSIAH MEANS? 14:11 MESSIAH IS HEBREW FOR 'ANOINTED.' CHRISTOS IS GREEK 14:14 FOR 'ANOINTED.' JESUS IS THE - ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:19 SO WHAT DOES THE OIL REPRESENT? IT REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:23 AND WE'VE GOT SOME VERSES ON THAT: EXODUS CHAPTER 30, VERSE 14:28 25, GOD TOLD AARON, "AND YOU SHALL MAKE FROM THESE A HOLY 14:34 ANOINTING OIL, AN OINTMENT COMPOUNDED ACCORDING TO THE ART 14:39 OF THE PERFUMER. IT SHALL BE A HOLY ANOINTING OIL." 14:42 THIS WAS AN OIL IN THE SANCTUARY THAT THEY WOULD ANOINT THE 14:46 FURNITURE AND SACRIFICES AND - EXODUS 30:30, "AND THOU SHALT 14:51 ANOINT AARON AND HIS SONS, AND CONSECRATE THEM, THAT THEY MAY 14:54 MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE." 14:56 SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THIS HOLY OIL AND PUTTING 14:58 IT ON AARON - AARON WHO IS THE HIGH PRIEST? 15:01 DOESN'T THAT - A SYMBOL FOR JESUS WHO WAS ANOINTED WITH THE 15:05 HOLY SPIRIT. AND WHEN YOU - THERE WERE ONLY A 15:10 FEW THINGS THAT WERE ANOINTED IN THE BIBLE. 15:12 PRIEST - HIGH PRIEST WAS ANOINTED. 15:16 THERE'S EVEN A PSALM - I FORGET WHICH ONE IT WAS - TALKS ABOUT 15:20 THE OIL THAT RAN DOWN ON THE BEARD OF AARON, HOW PRECIOUS IT 15:22 IS WHEN BRETHREN DWELL IN UNITY - WHAT IS IT, 1 - 133, YEAH. 15:27 SOMEONE'LL LOOK THAT UP AND YOU CAN TELL ME. 15:29 THE PRIEST WAS ANOINTED. WHO ELSE WAS ANOINTED IN THE BIBLE? 15:32 OLD TESTAMENT? KINGS. NOT JUST DAVID BUT SEVERAL KINGS 15:35 WERE ANOINTED - THAT'S RIGHT - AND A SACRIFICE COULD BE 15:38 ANOINTED. IS JESUS OUR PRIEST? 15:41 IS JESUS OUR KING? IS JESUS OUR SACRIFICE? 15:47 YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHY DID MARY MAGDALENE ANOINT JESUS? 15:52 SHE ANOINTED HIM AS OUR KING, AS OUR PRIEST, AND AS OUR 15:57 SACRIFICE. PUT IT ON HIS FEET, POURED IT ON 15:59 HIS HEAD - SHE ACTUALLY DID BOTH, IF YOU READ ALL THE 16:02 ACCOUNTS - AND HE WAS ANOINTED BEFORE HIS SACRIFICE BY THIS 16:07 WOMAN WHO WORSHIPED AT HIS FEET. SHE'S LIKE A TYPE OF THE CHURCH. 16:10 AND SO, THAT ANOINTING IS A SYMBOL FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:14 ULTIMATELY, WHAT IS IT THAT HEALS? 16:17 GOD THE SPIRIT BRINGING THAT LIFE AND HEALING. 16:21 THAT'S A SPECIAL FUNCTION OF GOD THE SPIRIT THROUGH - 'IN THE 16:25 NAME OF THE LORD.' NOTICE THAT? 16:26 IT'S - WHAT RIGHT DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ANY HEALING? 16:29 ANOINT THEM, PRAYING OVER THEM, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. 16:31 WHEN PETER AND JOHN TOUCHED THE MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE - ACTS 16:35 CHAPTER 3 - AND HE WAS HEALED. 16:37 AND THE PEOPLE ALL CAME AND LOOKED AT PETER AND SAID, 'WOW, 16:39 JOHN, WHAT KIND OF MEN ARE THESE?' 16:41 HE SAID, 'DON'T LOOK ON US AS THOUGH WE HAVE ANY KIND OF 16:42 SPECIAL POWER, IT IS THROUGH THE NAME OF JESUS THAT THIS MAN 16:46 STANDS WHOLE BEFORE YOU. SO THEY ALWAYS SAID IT WAS 16:49 THROUGH THE POWER OF THE NAME OF CHRIST. 16:51 NOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S A SPECIAL UTTERANCE OF THE NAME OF 16:56 JESUS, WHERE YOU PRONOUNCE IT JUST RIGHT AND THEN THERE'S 17:00 HEALING? OR IS IT SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF 17:03 THE PERSON OF CHRIST THAT NAME REPRESENTS, HE PURCHASED, WITH 17:07 HIS SACRIFICE, THE RIGHT FOR US TO BE FORGIVEN AND HEALED. 17:10 BECAUSE WHAT WE DESERVE IS DEATH. 17:12 SO WHY DO WE GET THAT NEW LIFE AND HEALING? 17:15 IT'S THROUGH THE NAME OF THE LORD. 17:16 IT'S THROUGH CREDIT BECAUSE OF THE MERITS OF CHRIST. 17:19 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. 17:21 ISAIAH 61:1, HERE THE PROPHET SAYS, 'THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS UPON 17:26 ME BECAUSE THE LORD HAS ANOINTED ME TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO THE 17:31 POOR.' AND HE GOES ON AND HE SHARES A NUMBER OF OTHER ASPECTS 17:34 TO THAT. AND THEN YOU CAN READ IN ACTS 17:38 10:38, TALKING STILL ABOUT JESUS BEING THE ANOINTED. 17:41 "HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY GHOST" - 17:46 THERE YOU HAVE IT - "WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND WITH POWER: WHO 17:49 WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD, AND HEALING ALL THAT WERE OPPRESSED 17:53 OF THE DEVIL; FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM." 17:56 NOW, JESUS IS THE CHRIST - HE'S THE ANOINTED. 17:59 BUT HE SAID, 'AS THE FATHER SENT ME, SO SEND I YOU.' WHEN GOD PUT 18:04 HIS SPIRIT ON SAUL, DID THE HOLY - WHEN HE WAS ANOINTED KING - 18:08 DID THE HOLY SPIRIT COME UPON HIM? 18:10 WHEN GOD PUT HIS SPIRIT ON DAVID - HOLY SPRIT COME UPON HIM? 18:14 WHEN ELISHA PRAYED FOR A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT, WAS 18:17 HE ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? 18:19 THEN, CAN WE GO, AS CHRIST WENT, ANOINTED WITH THE SPIRIT? 18:23 SHOULD WE PRAY FOR THAT SAME ANOINTING WITH THE SPIRIT? 18:26 AND - THAT WE MIGHT GO OUT AND HEAL AND TO DO THOSE THINGS. 18:31 NOW, IT ALSO SAYS THAT YOU PRAY FOR THEM AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, 18:36 'IF THERE'S SIN, YOUR SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN.' WE'RE GOING TO 18:39 TALK MORE ABOUT HEALING FOR THE SOUL IN THE NEXT SECTION. 18:42 BUT I JUST WANT TO READ A QUOTE TO YOU FROM THE BOOK 'MINISTRY 18:44 OF HEALING' - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - PAGE 228, "TO THOSE WHO 18:49 DESIRE PRAYER FOR THEIR RESTORATION TO HEALTH, IT SHOULD 18:53 BE MADE PLAIN THAT THE VIOLATION OF GOD'S LAW, EITHER NATURAL OR 18:57 SPIRITUAL, IS SIN, AND THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECEIVE HIS 19:00 BLESSING, SIN MUST BE CONFESSED AND FORSAKEN. 19:04 EXAMPLE: SOMEONE CALLS YOU UP AND SAYS, 'PASTOR, CAN YOU 19:07 PLEASE COME OVER, HAVE A PRAYER AND ANOINTING SERVICE FOR MY 19:10 BROTHER, HE STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM AND THE DOCTORS TELL 19:15 HIM THAT HIS LIVER IS FAILING. PRAY TO HEAL HIS LIVER.' WELL, 19:19 YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY DURING THAT SERVICE, IF WE WENT? 19:20 I'D SAY, 'BROTHER, ARE YOU PREPARED TO SAY, BY GOD'S GRACE, 19:24 YOU WILL NEVER DRINK AGAIN? YOU WANT US TO HEAL YOUR LIVER 19:28 THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ALL RANSACKED BY ALCOHOL. 19:33 THERE SHOULD BE A WILLINGNESS TO HUMBLE YOURSELF TO THE LORD, 19:37 TURN TO THE LORD, ASK FOR VICTORY, AND THEN WE'LL PRAY FOR 19:40 YOUR HEALING. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO 19:42 FEEL BETTER SO YOU CAN ENJOY SIN MORE, IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF 19:45 ASKING FOR - MANY TIMES, NOT ALWAYS, BUT MANY TIMES WHEN 19:48 PEOPLE ARE SICK, IT'S CONNECTED WITH THEIR SIN. 19:52 HOW OFTEN DID JESUS HEAL A PERSON, HE SAID, 'GO AND SIN NO 19:55 MORE LEST A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU?' 19:57 AND SO, PART OF A GOOD PASTORAL VISIT WHEN YOU DO AN ANOINTING 20:01 SERVICE, I KNOW PASTOR ROSS DOES THIS, I SHARE THIS, 20:04 I SAY, 'ARE YOU RIGHT WITH THE LORD? 20:08 ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE A COMPLETE SURRENDER? 20:10 WE'RE GETTING READY TO ASK FOR A VIRTUAL MIRACLE RIGHT NOW. 20:12 ARE YOU PREPARED IN YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE THAT BY BEING FULLY 20:15 SUBMITTED TO GOD?' AND SO A PERSON OUGHT TO HAVE A 20:18 HUMBLE HEART AND BE REALLY SURRENDERED TO GOD BEFORE YOU'RE 20:21 PRAYING FOR - WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING FOR ANOINTING, YOU'RE 20:24 REALLY ASKING FOR A MIRACULOUS HEALING. 20:26 AND I'VE SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES, WHERE THE LORD HAS DONE THAT. 20:30 I'VE JUST SEEN SOME INCREDIBLE MIRACLES. 20:32 WE HAD ONE SISTER THAT I WENT TO VISIT HER IN THE HOSPITAL - SHE 20:37 WAS HOOKED UP TO LIFE SUPPORT, THE DOCTORS SAID THAT THERE WAS 20:41 NO BRAIN ACTIVITY, SHE HAD HAD, EVIDENTLY, A MASSIVE STROKE, WAS 20:45 FOUND AT HOME, BREATHING MACHINES, FAMILY WAS THERE 20:49 ALREADY DISCUSSING FUNERAL, ESTATE PLANNING, THEY ASKED IF I 20:56 COULD PRAY, AND SO I PRAYED. AND IN MY PRAYER - I'M DOING 21:03 THIS MORE FOR THE FAMILY, REALLY, BECAUSE I - THIS IS AN 21:07 OLDER SISTER AND I FIGURED THIS WAS HER FINAL ILLNESS. 21:09 AND I PRAYED, YOU KNOW, JUST I DON'T KNOW WHY I FELT IMPRESSED 21:13 TO PRAY, AND I SAID, 'LORD, NOW I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT PAST YOU, 21:15 YOU COULD STILL HEAL THIS SISTER.' AND EVEN AS I PRAYED 21:18 IT, TO BE HONEST, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SORT OF A ZINGER, YOU 21:22 KNOW, JUST MAY AS WELL THROW THAT IN AND TRY AND ENCOURAGE 21:25 THE FAMILY, 'THERE'S STILL HOPE.' THE BIBLE SAYS A LIVING 21:27 DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION. WHERE'S THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S 21:29 HOPE. SHE'S STILL ALIVE, WHO KNOWS? 21:32 AND SO I PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND THEN KISSED HER GOOD-BYE AND 21:37 SAID GOOD-BYE TO THE FAMILY AND THEY CALLED A LITTLE WHILE 21:40 LATER. THEY SAID, 'PASTOR, HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED? 21:42 I SAID, 'NO.' THEY SAID, 'MOM SAT UP. 21:45 THEY TOOK OUT HER RESPIRATOR. SHE'S TALKING. 21:48 SHE SAID SHE'S HUNGRY.' SHE'S STILL GOING TO OUR CHURCH NOW IN 21:53 SACRAMENTO. SHE'S AT THE DOOR GREETING. 21:55 I MEAN, I HAD JUST TOTALLY WRITTEN HER OFF AND IT WAS A 21:57 MIRACLE. BUT WHAT IT BECAUSE OF ME? 21:59 IT WASN'T MY FAITH. 22:01 MAYBE THE FAMILIES HAD FAITH OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE LORD 22:04 ANSWERS PRAYER FOR THE INDIVIDUAL IN SPITE OF OUR LACK 22:06 OF FAITH, BUT GOD DOES PERFORM MIRACLES. 22:09 ALRIGHT, 'HEALING FOR THE SOUL.' PSALM 103, VERSES 2 AND 3, AND 22:14 SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ - WHOEVER'S NEXT IS GOING TO READ 22:18 JAMES 5:15 - THAT'LL BE IN A MOMENT OR TWO. 22:21 PSALM 103:2 AND 3, "BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT 22:26 ALL HIS BENEFITS: WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR INIQUITIES, WHO HEALS 22:31 ALL YOUR DISEASES," - HOW MANY DISEASES? 22:33 HOW MANY INIQUITIES? I LEFT A WORD OUT. 22:36 ALL - FORGIVES ALL YOUR INIQUITIES - HEALS ALL YOUR 22:40 DISEASES. WHAT CAME FIRST, HEALING OR 22:43 FORGIVING, IN THIS VERSE? FIRST WE NEED THE FORGIVENESS. 22:48 NOW, SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY IN - IT'S IN 22:51 MARK CHAPTER 2, IT'S IN, I THINK, LUKE. 22:53 THERE'S THIS PARALYTIC MAN WHO'S BROUGHT TO JESUS - CARRIED BY 22:56 FOUR FRIENDS - BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE HOUSE - PROBABLY 22:59 SIMON PETER'S HOUSE THERE IN CAPERNAUM - THERE'S JUST 23:02 SWARMS OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. 23:04 YOU CAN'T GET NEAR A WINDOW OR A DOOR BECAUSE FOLKS ARE JUST 23:07 PRESSED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND - BUT THEY CARRY THIS FRIEND A 23:11 LONG WAY BECAUSE, MORE THAN ANYTHING, HE WANTS TO HEAR JESUS 23:13 SAY HE'LL BE FORGIVEN. 23:15 HE'S PARALYZED, HE'S SICK BECAUSE OF HIS LIFESTYLE, AND 23:18 THEY WON'T GIVE UP. THEY'RE HOPING HE'LL BE HEALED. 23:23 THEY FIND A WAY OUT BACK AND THEY CLIMB UP ON THE ROOF. 23:26 THERE'S A WALL WITH NO WINDOWS AND NO ONE'S THERE, BUT THERE'S 23:28 A LADDER AND THEY GO UP ON THE ROOF AND THOSE HOUSES IN THE 23:31 MIDDLE EAST THERE, THEY OFTEN HAD AN OPENING IN THE MIDDLE SO 23:34 WHEN THEY COOKED IN THE SUMMER IT CREATED CONVECTION - AIR CAME 23:36 IN THE WINDOWS, SMOKE WENT OUT THE TOP. 23:38 AND SO THEY DIDN'T TAKE AN AX, LIKE FIREMEN, AND BUST UP THE 23:41 GUY'S ROOF, THEY JUST MOVED SOME NATURAL TILES OUT OF THE WAY AND 23:43 THEY LOWERED THIS MAN DOWN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE JESUS WAS 23:47 PREACHING AND TEACHING. AND PROBABLY THE SCRIBES AND 23:52 EVERYONE THOUGHT, 'WHAT A RUDE DISTURBANCE. BUT THESE FRIENDS 23:55 WERE DESPERATE TO GET THEIR FRIEND INTO JESUS' PRESENCE. 23:58 AND IT SAYS IN THAT STORY, WHEN CHRIST SAW THEIR FAITH - NOW 24:04 IT'S NOT JUST THE FAITH OF THE MAN WHO'S HEALED, BUT IT'S THE 24:07 FAITH OF THE FRIENDS WHO BRING HIM TO JESUS. 24:11 SO WHEN JAMES SAYS, SPEAKING ABOUT HEALING, THE PRAYER OF 24:14 FAITH, WHO'S FAITH? THE FAITH OF THE SICK? 24:18 THE FAITH OF THE ELDERS? OR MAYBE ALL? 24:21 WHY DID JESUS, WHEN HE RAISED UP JARIUS' DAUGHTER, PUT EVERYONE 24:26 ELSE OUT EXCEPT PETER, JAMES, JOHN AND THE FAMILY? 24:29 BECAUSE THEY WERE UNBELIEVING. 24:31 THEY WERE LAUGHING AND SAYING, 'OH, THE GIRL'S DEAD. 24:33 AND SO, SOMETIMES, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING 24:36 UNBELIEF INTO THE ROOM, IT'S NOT COMING FROM GOD. 24:39 YOU MIGHT NEED TO SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO 24:43 - WE'LL COME TO YOU LATER.' AND HAVE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT 24:47 GOD CAN ANSWER THAT PRAYER. 24:50 SO THESE FOUR FRIENDS, JESUS SAID WHEN HE SAW THEIR FAITH, HE 24:53 SAID TO THE MAN SICK WITH PALSY, 'SON, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.' 24:57 AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY BOTHERED THE SCRIBES. 25:00 THEY SAID, 'WHO IS THIS MAN THAT SPEAKS BLASPHEMIES? 25:02 WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN BUT GOD ALONE?' 25:04 NOW, WHAT DID THE MAN WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING. 25:08 AND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S MARK 2, VERSES 10 AND 11, "'BUT THAT YOU 25:12 MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS' 25:15 - HE SAID TO THE PARALYTIC, 'I SAY TO YOU, ARISE, TAKE UP YOUR 25:19 BED, AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE.'" AND YOU READ IN THE BOOK 'DESIRE OF 25:22 AGES' PAGE 267, "IT WAS NOT PHYSICAL RESTORATION HE DESIRED 25:26 SO MUCH AS A RELIEF FROM THE BURDEN OF SIN. 25:30 IF HE COULD SEE JESUS AND RECEIVE THE ASSURANCE OF 25:33 FORGIVENESS AND PEACE WITH HEAVEN, HE'D BE CONTENT TO LIVE 25:36 AND DIE ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL." 25:38 NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF I WAS SUFFERING LIKE THAT AND 25:42 I HAD TO CHOOSE, WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HEAR JESUS SAY, 'GET UP 25:47 AND WALK TO SIN ANOTHER DAY,' OR YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN AND YOU 25:53 HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.' I MEAN, MORE THAN ANYTHING WE WANT TO KNOW 25:57 THAT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE SICK, 'AM I READY?' 25:59 AND JUST KNOWING - IF YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE, IF YOU 26:03 KNOW YOU'RE FORGIVEN AND YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN TAKE JUST ABOUT 26:06 ANYTHING IF YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST - 26:07 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE. 26:09 BUT ALL PHYSICAL HEALING, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRAYER FOR 26:15 HEALING, KEEP IN MIND, ALL PHYSICAL HEALING IS, AT BEST, 26:18 TEMPORARY - UNTIL YOU GET SICK AGAIN. 26:21 JESUS RAISED LAZARUS, WHO WAS A SICK AS YOU CAN GET - 26:24 CAN'T GET ANY SICKER THAN DEAD, CAN YOU? 26:26 IF YOU CAN, YOU LET ME KNOW ABOUT THAT. 26:29 I GUESS THE SECOND DEATH IS THE WORST SICKNESS. 26:31 BUT LAZARUS WAS RAISED UP FOR HOW LONG? 26:35 WE DON'T KNOW - UNTIL HE GOT OLD AND SICK AGAIN. 26:38 MAYBE HE DIED AS A MARTYR, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL OF THE 26:40 PEOPLE THAT JESUS EVER HEALED ARE DEAD NOW. 26:45 SO HEALING, PHYSICAL HEALING, IS TEMPORARY. 26:49 THE HEALING THAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE ONE THAT LASTS FOREVER. 26:53 AND SO WHEN WE GATHER TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK 26:55 AND ANOINT THEM WITH OIL, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT A 26:58 PRIORITY - THAT WE MAKE SURE THEIR HEARTS ARE RIGHT WITH GOD. 27:02 I HAVE - WE DID AN ANOINTING SERVICE FOR A MAN THAT HAD 27:04 TERMINAL CANCER AND HE TOLD ME A FEW WEEKS LATER, 27:08 HE SAYS, 'GOD JUST HEALED ME. 27:10 I WENT BACK, THEY TESTED ME, AND THE TUMORS ARE GONE.' HE HAD 27:11 BONE CANCER AND HE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN. 27:13 BECAUSE I - THAT'S WHAT MY MOM DIED FROM. 27:15 I THOUGHT THERE WAS REALLY NO HOPE. 27:16 BUT WE PRAYED FOR BROTHER LEGG - WAS HIS NAME. AND HE LIVED - 27:20 HE WAS ALREADY IN HIS SIXTIES AT THAT POINT, BE HE LIVED, LIKE 27:23 TWELVE, FIFTEEN YEARS BEYOND THAT, WITH GREAT STRENGTH AND 27:27 HEALTH. AND GOD DOES PERFORM THESE MIRACLES OF HEALING. 27:31 SO I'VE SEEN IT. JUST ON A PRACTICAL NOTE. 27:36 SOME WHO ARE WATCHING MAY BE ELDERS - I'M SURE MOST PASTORS 27:41 ARE AWARE OF THIS - HOW DO YOU ANOINT A PERSON WITH OIL? 27:44 YOU KNOW, IF YOU WATCH THE WAY IT'S DONE SOMETIMES ON SOME OF 27:48 THE CHARISMATIC HOOTENANNIES THAT THEY HAVE ON TELEVISION, 27:53 YOU MIGHT GET THE WRONG IDEA. BUT TYPICALLY, THE OIL IS A 27:57 SYMBOL FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND TYPICALLY, WHAT I DO. 28:01 AND MOST PASTORS I KNOW, IS YOU GET A SMALL VIAL, YOU - IT'S 28:07 NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING ATTRACTIVE. 28:08 I ACTUALLY TOOK AN OLD COLOGNE BOTTLE AND CLEANED IT OUT REAL 28:11 GOOD AT ONE TIME BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKED NICE. 28:13 AND I PUT THE OIL IN THERE AND IT STILL HAD A LINGERING NICE 28:16 SMELL TO IT TOO. BUT YOU PUT THE OIL IN THERE. 28:21 YOU WANT TO KEEP IT COOL BECAUSE I ONCE LEFT A BOTTLE IN MY 28:24 CHURCH - YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T DO ANOINTINGS EVERY DAY AND I WENT 28:28 TO USE IT ONE TIME AND IT HAD GOTTEN RANCID. 28:30 SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT FRESH. BEFORE YOU GO DO AN ANOINTING, 28:33 CHECK YOUR BOTTLE OF OIL. DON'T COME TO THEM WITH A BIG 28:36 OLD THING YOU BOUGHT FROM THE MARKET AND DUMP IT ON PEOPLE. 28:39 SINCE IT'S A SYMBOL - AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE DRESSED - 28:42 THEY'RE AT CHURCH, THEY'RE PRAYING FOR AN ANOINTING, YOU 28:44 JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT AND YOU PUT IT ON YOUR FINGER - HAVE A 28:47 KLEENEX OR SOMETHING AVAILABLE AFTERWARDS SO WHEN YOU'RE DONE 28:49 PRAYING, IF THERE'S ANY DRIPPING, THEY CAN WIPE IT OFF. 28:52 THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR IT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, RIGHT? 28:54 IT'S A SYMBOL. DO WE ALL AGREE? 28:56 YEAH, AND SO I'M JUST BEING PRACTICAL BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT 28:59 DONE THE WRONG WAY AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. 29:01 YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF FINGERS - ISN'T THAT RIGHT, PASTOR ROSS? 29:04 YOU JUST PUT IT ON THEIR FOREHEAD - THEY MAY NOT WANT IT 29:07 IN THEIR HAIR - AND YOU JUST PUT IT ON THEIR FOREHEAD. YOU PRAY, 29:12 AND USUALLY DURING THE PRAYER, WHILE THE ELDERS ARE KNEELED, 29:14 YOU PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE PERSON, THEY MIGHT BE IN A BED, 29:17 THEY MIGHT BE KNEELING WITH YOU, AND THEN DURING THE PRAYER THE 29:19 ELDER LEAD ANNOUNCES, 'NOW AS WE ANOINT WITH OIL,' AND AT THAT 29:23 MOMENT HE TAKES HIS TWO FINGERS WITH THE BOTTLE - YOU PUT IT ON 29:25 THEIR FOREHEAD AND - IT'S NOT RUNNING DOWN, IT'S JUST A LITTLE 29:28 BIT, AND YOU COMPLETE YOUR PRAYER AND IT'S A SYMBOL AND IT 29:31 MEETS THAT CRITERIA. AND THEN YOU HUG EACH OTHER AND 29:35 YOU PRAY THAT GOD'LL BLESS - THE HEALING WILL HAPPEN INSTANTLY. 29:38 IT MAY HAPPEN OVER TIME. IT MAY BE A HEALING PROCESS THAT 29:41 BEGINS. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 29:44 ALRIGHT, STILL MOVING DOWN HERE. 29:47 HEBREWS, SPEAKING ABOUT HEBREWS 12:12 - TALKING ABOUT HEALING 29:52 FOR THE SOUL - "THEREFORE STRENGTHEN THE HANDS WHICH HANG 29:55 DOWN, AND THE FEEBLE KNEES, AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR 29:59 FEET, SO THAT WHAT IS LAME MAY NOT BE DISLOCATED, BUT RATHER BE 30:04 HEALED." GOD WANTS US TO BE HEALED. 30:07 YOU CAN READ IN 1 PETER 2, VERSE 24, "WHO HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS 30:11 IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE THAT WE, HAVING DIED TO SINS, MIGHT 30:15 LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS - BY WHOSE STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. 30:19 FOR YOU WERE LIKE SHEEP GOING ASTRAY, BUT HAVE NOW RETURNED TO 30:23 THE SHEPHERD AND OVERSEER OF YOUR SOULS." DURING AN 30:26 ANOINTING SERVICE IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE ELDERS TO TAKE 30:29 TURNS PRAYING - BEFORE YOU PRAY, READ SOME OF 30:32 THE PROMISES OF GOD THAT ARE GOING TO BE 30:35 CALCULATED TO ENCOURAGE FAITH IN THE PERSON. 30:38 TALK ABOUT REPENTANCE FROM SIN - MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT - 30:42 TALK ABOUT THE PROMISES THAT GOD SAYS HE WILL HEAL - BECAUSE YOU 30:45 NOTICE HOW OFTEN IT EMPHASIZES THE PRAYER OF FAITH? 30:49 SO THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY AND IN YOUR 30:51 PRAYER TO ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE FAITH. 30:54 YOU REMEMBER WHEN A MAN CAME TO JESUS - WELL, ACTUALLY BROUGHT 30:58 HIS SON WHO WAS POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL THAT THREW THE BOY IN THE 31:02 FIRE AND THE WATER - TWO OPPOSITE EXTREMES - TO KILL HIM, 31:05 AND HE HAD A CONVULSION THERE AND THE DISCIPLES 31:08 COULDN'T HEAL HIM AND JESUS HEALED HIM. 31:11 BUT THE FATHER CAME TO CHRIST, HE SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU CAN DO 31:14 ANYTHING.' AND JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE 31:17 POSSIBLE.' AND SO JESUS OFTEN HAD TO SAY SOMETHING TO 31:22 ENCOURAGE FAITH IN A PERSON WHO WAS ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A 31:24 HEALING. WHEN JARIUS GOT WORD THAT HIS 31:27 DAUGHTER HAD DIED, SOMEONE SAID TO JARIUS, 'DON'T TROUBLE THE 31:30 MASTER ANYMORE, YOUR DAUGHTER IS DEAD.' JESUS SAW THAT HIS FAITH 31:33 WAS SINKING AND HE SAID, 'DON'T STOP BELIEVING. 31:35 LET'S GO TO YOUR HOUSE, BUT ONLY BELIEVE.' AND SO YOU NEED TO 31:42 MAYBE ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE - BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD. 31:45 AND FAITH - IT'S EVERYTHING TO JESUS, AMEN? 31:49 ALRIGHT, NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME JAMES 5:15 THAT 31:54 DEALS WITH THAT. >>"AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH SHALL 31:56 SAVE THE SICK AND THE LORD SHALL RAISE HIM UP. 31:59 AND IF HE HATH COMMITTED SINS, THEY SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM." 32:03 >>AMEN. NOW THAT'S ONE ENCOURAGING THING, IF A PERSON 32:06 DOES RECEIVE AN ANOINTING SERVICE, AND THEY'RE HEALED, YOU 32:10 CAN ALMOST BE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO FORGIVEN, BECAUSE IT'S 32:15 CONNECTING THE TWO THAT I'M GOING TO FORGIVE YOU AND I'M 32:18 GOING TO HEAL YOU. BUT YOU NOTICE WHAT KIND OF 32:21 PRAYER? THE PRAYER OF WHAT? 32:22 THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK. 32:24 LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME OF THE OTHER VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT 32:27 HELP ILLUSTRATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO GOD. 32:29 JAMES 1:6 THROUGH 8, "BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING 32:35 WAVERING. FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS LIKE A 32:38 WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED. 32:43 FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANY THING OF 32:45 THE LORD." - WOW, THAT'S NOT ONLY SAYING 32:48 ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING, IF YOU DON'T ASK IN FAITH, DON'T 32:51 THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD. 32:54 IN OTHER WORDS, HAVE FAITH YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. 32:56 IF YOU DON'T PRAY WITH FAITH. 32:58 - "A DOUBLE MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS." 33:01 AND THEN YOU CAN READ WHERE JOHN SAYS - 1 JOHN 5:14 - "AND THIS 33:07 IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT, IF WE ASK ANY 33:10 THING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARETH US." 33:14 A COUPLE MORE VERSES ON THAT THEME ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 33:17 FAITH: JESUS SAID - MATTHEW 21, VERSE 22 - "AND WHATEVER THINGS 33:22 YOU ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YOU WILL RECEIVE." 33:26 WOW, THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A BLANK CHECK FROM JESUS. 33:28 ARE THERE SOME CRITERIA FOR THAT? 33:31 'IF YOU ASK ANYTHING BELIEVING" - WELL, OF COURSE, JAMES JUST 33:35 SAID 'ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.' IT NEEDS TO BE IN HARMONY WITH HIS 33:38 WILL, BUT BOY, IS THERE AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF ANYBODY 33:43 JESUS EVER ATTEMPTED TO HEAL THAT WAS NOT HEALED? 33:47 THE CLOSEST YOU'RE GOING TO GET IS A MAN THAT JESUS WENT TO HEAL 33:53 HIM OF HIS BLINDNESS, AND WHEN HE OPENED HIS EYES HE STILL SAW 33:57 THINGS - HE SAW MEN AS TREES WALKING - THAT MEANS THEY WERE 34:00 BLURRY - AND THEN HE WENT THROUGH A SECOND STAGE OF THE 34:03 HEALING AND THEN HE SAW ALL THINGS CLEARLY. 34:05 BUT EVERYBODY THAT JESUS EVER ATTEMPTED TO HEAL WAS HEALED. 34:11 WHY? CHRIST ALWAYS HAD FAITH. HE NEVER FAILED. 34:15 YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, ELISHA, WHO WAS A 34:19 TYPE OF CHRIST, CAN YOU NAME ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE THAT EVER 34:22 CAME TO ELISHA FOR HEALING THAT WAS TURNED AWAY OR THAT DIDN'T 34:26 GET A MIRACLE? EVERYBODY WHO EVER BROUGHT A 34:29 PROBLEM TO ELISHA, HE PERFORMED A MIRACLE FOR. 34:31 AT LEAST ALL THAT ARE RECORDED. MATTER OF FACT, IT SEEMS LIKE HE 34:35 DID TWICE AS MANY AS ELIJAH, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE HE HAD 34:38 A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT. 34:40 LET ME READ ANOTHER ONE, JOHN 15, VERSE 7, "IF YOU ABIDE IN 34:44 ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, 34:49 AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU." 34:51 THAT'S RED LETTER - THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS. 34:54 SO CRITERIA ALSO IS PRAYING IN FAITH, PRAYING ACCORDING TO HIS 34:58 WILL, AND ABIDING IN CHRIST, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, NOW WHAT DO YOU 35:03 DO THOUGH - WELL, LET ME READ ONE MORE. THERE'S A LOT OF 35:06 VERSES ON FAITH I COULD READ YOU, YOU KNOW THAT. MARK 9:22 - 35:09 JESUS SAID, "...ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES." 35:12 ALRIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD SAYS 'NO' - OR IT APPEARS THAT 35:16 GOD IS SAYING 'NO' TO A PRAYER FOR HEALING? 35:18 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT ANOINTING SERVICES WHERE MAYBE 35:21 IT WASN'T FOLLOWED BY A DRAMATIC MIRACLE OR A HEALING AND THE 35:24 PERSON STILL GOT SICK AND DIED. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 35:28 HOW DO YOU PROCESS THAT? 35:29 DOES THAT MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH? 35:31 IS THERE AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEBODY FILLED WITH THE HOLY 35:34 SPIRIT, WORKING FOR GOD, THAT GOT SICK, THAT WASN'T HEALED? 35:39 WHO WENT TO HEAVEN IN A FIERY CHARIOT? ELIJAH. 35:44 WHO HAD A DOUBLE PORTION OF GOD'S SPIRIT? 35:47 ELISHA. HOW DID HE DIE? A LINGERING SICKNESS. 35:52 HE GOT SICK AND HE GOT OLD AND HE DIED. 35:55 MATTER OF FACT, THE KING OF ISRAEL CAME TO SEE HIM WHEN HE 35:57 WAS DYING AND SAID, 'OH MY FATHER, MY FATHER, THE CHARIOT 36:01 OF ISRAEL AND ITS HORSEMEN THEREOF.' AND ELISHA WORKED A 36:04 MIRACLE AND MADE A PROPHECY RIGHT THERE ON HIS DEATHBED. 36:06 AND ELISHA WAS SO FULL OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT EVEN AFTER 36:10 HE DIED AND HE WAS BURIED, THAT IT TELLS US THAT SOME OTHER MEN, 36:15 SOME MONTHS LATER, CAME TO THE SAME CEMETERY TO BURY ANOTHER 36:19 MAN, AND RIGHT ABOUT THEN THE MOABITE RAIDERS CAME THROUGH THE 36:22 LAND AND THEY HAD TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. 36:25 AND THEY SAID, 'BUT WE'VE GOT THIS BODY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 36:26 DO?' AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, LET'S JUST 36:28 DROP IT INTO THE TOMB OF ELISHA.' AND WHEN THEY DROPPED 36:31 THIS MAN'S BODY AND HIS BODY TOUCHED THE BONES OF ELISHA, HE 36:33 CAME BACK TO LIFE. ELISHA EVEN PERFORMED MIRACLES - 36:37 AFTER HE DIED FROM SICKNESS HE HEALED SOMEBODY. 36:40 SO HE HAD - BUT GOD LET HIM DIE. WHAT ABOUT PAUL? 36:46 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 - I'M SORRY, SECOND CORINTHIANS 12:7 THROUGH 36:51 9 - PAUL SAID, "AND LEST I SHOULD BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE 36:56 BY THE ABUNDANCE OF THE REVELATIONS, A THORN IN THE 37:00 FLESH WAS GIVEN TO ME, A MESSENGER OF SATAN TO BUFFET ME, 37:03 LEST I BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE." 37:06 - HE USES THAT TERM TWICE, 'EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE.' 37:09 NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 37:11 PAUL WAS CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN. 37:14 HE SAW THINGS AND HEARD THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HEAR. 37:16 HE ACTUALLY SAW JESUS IN HIS GLORIFIED STATE APPEAR TO HIM. 37:20 PAUL HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF REVELATIONS. 37:22 ABOUT HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS WRITTEN BY PAUL. 37:26 YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT? 37:28 I MEAN, THIS MAN HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE AND HE 37:32 SAID, 'LEST I BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE.' GOD SAID, 'IN ORDER 37:36 FOR ME TO KEEP YOU WHERE I CAN USE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 37:40 PHYSICAL PROBLEM TO KEEP YOU HUMBLE.' SOME OF YOU KNOW THE 37:46 STORY ABOUT ELLEN WHITE. WHEN SHE WAS CALLED TO THE 37:48 PROPHETIC OFFICE SHE WAS VERY FRIGHTENED. 37:51 SHE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, 'I'VE SEEN THINGS THAT ARE WONDERFUL 37:54 AND I'M AFRAID OF PRIDE.' GOD SAYS, WHEN YOU'RE AT RISK OF 37:58 THAT, I'LL AFFLICT YOU SO THAT IT KEEPS YOU HUMBLE. 38:02 AND SEVERAL TIMES IN HER LIFE SHE WAS - WENT THROUGH SOME 38:07 SPELLS OF JUST TERRIBLE PAIN AND STRUGGLE AND SUFFERING AND EVEN 38:10 RECOVERED FROM A STROKE AT ONE POINT. 38:12 AND SHE KNEW THAT THESE WERE THINGS THAT GOD WAS USING TO 38:15 JUST KEEP HER ON TRACK. 38:16 SOMETIMES GOD DOESN'T HEAL US FROM AFFLICTIONS BECAUSE WE 38:19 MIGHT NEED IT AND PAUL SAID - LET ME GO ON - HE HAD THIS THORN 38:25 - HE DOESN'T TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS - "IN THE FLESH, LEST I 38:30 BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE. CONCERNING THIS THING I PLEADED 38:34 WITH THE LORD" - THAT'S AS STRONG AS IT GETS. 38:37 HE'S PLEASING WITH THE LORD - "THREE TIMES THAT IT MIGHT 38:40 DEPART FROM ME. AND HE SAID TO ME, 'MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR 38:44 YOU, FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. 38:48 THEREFORE'" - PAUL SAID - "'MOST GLADLY I WILL RATHER BOAST IN 38:53 INFIRMITIES,'" - THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST WILL REST UPON ME. 38:56 IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES FOR GOD TO WORK THROUGH ME - FOR ME TO 38:59 HAVE THIS MALADY, THEN PRAISE THE LORD. YOU KNOW, 39:03 AS YOU READ - AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AFCOE STUDENTS, 39:05 THIS IS PROBABLY A PRACTICAL POINT TO REMEMBER: WHEN YOU READ 39:09 THE PERSONAL LIVES OF MANY OF THE GREAT PREACHERS AND 39:12 EVANGELISTS, YOU'LL FIND THAT ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, 39:14 THEY WERE ALL AFFLICTED IN SOME WAY. 39:16 DID YOU KNOW THAT GEORGE WHITFIELD WAS SO FRIGHTENED 39:20 BEFORE HE PREACHED THAT HE SAID HE WOULD VOMIT EVERY TIME. 39:24 BOY, THAT'D BE TOUGH IF THAT HAPPENED TO ME. 39:28 BUT HE WAS JUST SO - AND IT WASN'T THAT HE WAS SO MUCH 39:32 AFRAID, BECAUSE HE WAS AN ACTOR BEFORE HE WAS A PREACHER - 39:36 HE WAS - A TREMENDOUS VOICE - HE WAS CALLED 39:38 'THE TRUMPET OF THE LORD - GREAT VOICE. 39:40 BUT WHEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE BURDEN OF SOULS - WHEN HE 39:43 THOUGHT ABOUT 'WHAT IF I DON'T SAY THE RIGHT THING? 39:45 LORD, I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THESE 39:49 PEOPLE - THAT THE STRESS OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL - THAT HE 39:53 WAS CALLED TO DO - JUST OVERWHELMED HIM. 39:55 IT MADE HIM NAUSEOUS VIRTUALLY EVERY TIME HE PREACHED. 39:57 AND YOU COULD GO DOWN THROUGH THE LISTS OF THE DIFFERENT 40:00 PREACHERS AND THEY ALL HAD A VARIETY OF STRUGGLES AND GOD 40:04 SOMETIMES NEEDED TO DO THAT TO KEEP THEM WHERE HE COULD USE 40:07 THEM. SO SOMETIMES GOD DOESN'T HEAL 40:11 BECAUSE HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. 40:13 ALRIGHT, SOME MODELS OF PRAYER THAT WE'VE GOT HERE. 40:16 AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME NOW, JAMES 5:17 THROUGH 18 - 40:21 WHO HAS THAT VERSE? OKAY, YOU'LL BE NEXT - RIGHT 40:24 AFTER THIS SCRIPTURE. IN 1 SAMUEL - HERE'S SOMEONE 40:29 WHO'S A GREAT MODEL OF PRAYER - 1 SAMUEL 1:10 AND 11, "AND SHE" 40:34 - WHO'S THAT TALKING ABOUT? HANNAH - "WAS IN BITTERNESS OF 40:37 SOUL, AND PRAYED TO THE LORD AND WEPT IN ANGUISH. 40:42 THEN SHE MADE A VOW AND SAID, 'O LORD OF HOSTS, IF YOU WILL 40:46 INDEED LOOK ON THE AFFLICTION OF YOUR MAIDSERVANT AND REMEMBER 40:49 ME, AND NOT FORGET YOUR MAIDSERVANT, BUT WILL GIVE YOUR 40:52 MAIDSERVANT A MALE CHILD, THEN I WILL GIVE HIM TO THE LORD ALL 40:56 THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE, AND NO RAZOR SHALL COME UPON HIS HEAD." 40:58 GOD WORKED A MIRACLE FOR HER, BUT SHE PLED WITH THE LORD. 41:02 SHE WAS PRAYING SO HARD AND SO FERVENTLY - IT TALKED ABOUT A 41:05 FERVENT EFFECTUAL PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN OR A WOMAN - SHE 41:09 WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, SWAYING - JUST OVERWHELMED WITH 41:13 THE AGONY OF HER PETITION SO THAT - WHAT DID ELI, THE HIGH 41:16 PRIEST, THINK? HE THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK. 41:19 SO YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO'S COME BEFORE THE LORD IN THE PLACE OF 41:23 PRAYER IN THE COURTYARD AND THEY'RE JUST ROCKING BACK AND 41:25 FORTH WITH INTENSITY AND HE THOUGHT, 'WOW!' 41:27 CAN YOU THINK OF ANOTHER TIME IN THE BIBLE WHEN SOMEONE 41:30 SPIRIT-FILLED WAS THOUGHT TO BE DRUNK? 41:32 PENTECOST, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM. 41:37 NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU ALL STAGGER OUT OF HERE, I'M JUST 41:39 SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOLY SPIRIT SOMETIMES - WHEN YOU'RE 41:43 JUST FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT - YOU'RE JUST POURING OUT YOUR 41:46 SOUL. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US JAMES 5:17 AND 18. 41:50 >>ELIAS WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE, AND HE 41:56 PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT IT MIGHT NOT RAIN: AND IT RAINED NOT ON 42:00 THE EARTH BY THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. 42:03 AND HE PRAYED AGAIN, AND THE HEAVEN GAVE RAIN, 42:06 AND THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH HER FRUIT." 42:09 >>ALRIGHT, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MODELS OF PRAYER. 42:13 JAMES IS TAKING ONE THAT EVERY JEW KNEW - IT SAYS ELIAS IN THE 42:17 GREEK - IT'S ELIJAH WHO PRAYED. AND THIS TELLS US SOMETHING. 42:21 HE PRAYED THAT IT MIGHT NOT RAIN. 42:23 WHY DID HE PRAY THAT IT WOULDN'T RAIN? 42:25 WE JUST THINK ABOUT PRAYING FOR BLESSINGS. 42:27 HE - THE PEOPLE WERE ESTRANGED FROM GOD. THEY WERE WORSHIPING 42:31 BAAL AND HE THOUGHT, LOOK, IF THE ONLY WAY TO BRING THEM BACK 42:34 TO GOD IS TO GIVE THEM A DROUGHT, THEN SEND A DROUGHT. 42:39 WE'RE HAVING A PRETTY SERIOUS DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW. 42:42 IT'S SEVERAL YEARS INTO IT AND I'M WONDERING IF THE LORD'S NOT 42:48 TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION AND BRING US BACK TO HIM. 42:50 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS VERSE? 42:53 IT SAYS, 'HE WAS A MAN WITH A LIKE NATURE AS OURS.' WE ALWAYS 42:58 THINK ABOUT THESE BIBLE PROPHETS AND THESE APOSTLES AND WE THINK 43:01 THAT THEY ARE JUST HEAD AND SHOULDERS SPIRITUALLY ABOVE 43:04 EVERYBODY ELSE BUT THEY STRUGGLED WITH THE SAME PASSIONS 43:08 AND THAT MEANS THAT IF A NORMAL PERSON CAN BECOME AN ELIJAH 43:12 THROUGH PRAYER, THEN ALL OF US CAN. 43:15 THAT'S WHAT JAMES IS SAYING. 43:16 HE'S POINTING TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE THESE GIANTS OF FAITH 43:20 IN THE BIBLE AND HE'S SAYING THEY WERE JUST LIKE US, BUT 43:23 THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THROUGH FAITH, THEY BECAME 43:25 GIANTS IN BIBLE HISTORY. WHO WERE SOME OTHER GREAT EXAMPLES? 43:30 I'LL JUST LET YOU CALL OUT AND I'LL REPEAT AFTER YOU SO THAT 43:32 PEOPLE LISTENING CAN HEAR. WHO WERE SOME OTHER GREAT 43:35 EXAMPLES OF PRAYER IN THE BIBLE? WHO'D I HEAR? NEHEMIAH. 43:43 OH YEAH, HE PRAYED THAT THE ENEMIES MIGHT BE HELD BACK - 43:45 THAT THE WALLS MIGHT BE COMPLETED - AND THEY WERE. 43:47 GOD HELD BACK THE ARMY. 43:49 I HEARD DAVID - DAVID, ANOTHER GREAT PRAYER. 43:51 CAN YOU THINK OF SOME SPECIFIC PRAYERS THAT DAVID PRAYED THAT 43:54 WERE ANSWERED? WELL, THE PSALMS WERE FILLED 43:57 WITH - THE PSALMS, THAT'S RIGHT - ARE FILLED WITH PRAYERS. 43:59 I REMEMBER WHEN DAVID WAS FLEEING FROM HIS SON, ABSALOM, 44:04 AND THE WISEST MAN IN THE KINGDOM WAS CALLED AHITHOPHEL, 44:07 AND DAVID PRAYED AND HE SAID, 'LORD, I PRAY YOU WILL CONFOUND 44:09 THE WISDOM OF AHITHOPHEL.' AND GOD DID - AND THE COUNSEL OF 44:13 HUSHAI, THE ARCHITE, PRECEDED IT AND IT BROUGHT THE KINGDOM 44:19 BACK AGAIN. THERE WERE MANY PRAYERS. 44:21 NOW WHO - WHAT'S ANOTHER NAME I HEARD? 44:23 DANIEL, YEAH, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS YOU'RE GOING 44:27 TO FIND IN THE BIBLE IS IN DANIEL CHAPTER 9. 44:30 DANIEL PRAYS AND AN ANGEL COMES - AND THAT WAS THE PRAYER THAT 44:33 REALLY WAS LIKE THE THRESHOLD OF THINGS CHANGING WHERE DARIUS 44:38 ENDED UP - I'M SORRY, CYRUS ENDED UP GIVING THE CHILDREN OF 44:43 ISRAEL A PASSPORT BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND. 44:46 I HEARD ANOTHER ONE. WHAT - ONE AT A TIME, NOW - 44:50 ESTHER, YEAH, SHE WAS PRAYING. THEY DIDN'T - DO YOU KNOW THE 44:54 WORD 'PRAYER' IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER? 44:56 IT SAYS THAT THEY FASTED FOR THREE DAYS. 45:01 DO YOU KNOW THE WORD 'GOD' IS NOT MENTIONED IN ESTHER? 45:03 DID YOU KNOW THAT? DO YOU KNOW WHY? 45:07 THEY WROTE IT WHILE THEY WERE IN PERSIA WHERE THEY WORSHIPED 45:10 OTHER GODS, SO THEY WROTE THE BOOK SORT OF IN A CODE WHERE 45:12 EVERY JEW KNEW, WHEN SHE SAID 'DON'T EAT OR DRINK FOR THREE 45:14 DAYS' THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT? 45:16 PRAYING WHEN THEY WERE FASTING. 45:19 AND SO SHE FASTED AND PRAYED, BUT SHE DIDN'T USE THE WORD 45:22 'PRAYER' AND THEY DIDN'T USE THE WORD 'GOD.' BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT 45:25 THEY WERE PRAYING ABOUT AND WHO THEY WERE PRAYING TO. 45:28 ONE OR TWO MORE, I HEARD SOME OTHER NAMES. 45:31 ELISHA - ELISHA - OH, HIS PRAYERS. 45:34 YEAH, WELL HE PRAYED FOR A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S 45:36 SPIRIT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND DID I SEE ANOTHER HAND? 45:40 JEPHTHA - YEAH, HE PRAYED FOR A VICTORY IN BATTLE AND HE GOT IT. 45:45 OF COURSE, HE MADE A VOW THAT WE ALL ARE TROUBLED BY, REGARDING 45:48 HIS DAUGHTER. YEAH, MOSES' PRAYERS. WHICH ONE? THE PRAYER 45:59 OF JABEZ, YEAH, HEZEKIAH - HEZEKIAH PRAYED AND - YOU KNOW 46:03 WHAT I THINK WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER? 46:06 NOT THAT THE SUN WOULD GO BACKWARDS, BECAUSE THAT WAS 46:08 THE PRAYER OF, REALLY, ISAIAH. 46:10 HEZEKIAH, HE JUST SAID, 'OH YEAH, BACKWARDS WOULD BE BETTER 46:13 THAN FORWARD.' BUT WHEN HEZEKIAH PRAYED, THE WHOLE ASSYRIAN ARMY 46:17 HAD SURROUNDED THE KINGDOM AND THEY SAID, 'YOUR GOD CAN'T 46:20 DELIVER YOU.' HE TOOK THE LETTER AND THE THREATS FROM THE KING OF 46:23 ASSYRIA AND HE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE TEMPLE, LAID IT BEFORE THE 46:26 LORD - THAT'S ONE WAY OF PRAYING - SAY, 'LORD, HERE'S WHAT 46:28 THEY'RE SAYING. CAN YOU READ THIS?' AND HE PRAYED. 46:30 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT? 46:33 185,000 OF THE ASSYRIAN GENERALS DIED IN THEIR SLEEP AND THE ARMY 46:38 WAS TURNED BACK TO - TO RETREAT. LOT OF GREAT STORIES OF HEROES 46:43 OF PRAYER AND FAITH IN THE BIBLE. 46:45 AND THEN JUDGES - 'AND SAMPSON CALLED TO THE LORD AND SAID, 'OH 46:51 LORD, REMEMBER ME I PRAY, AND STRENGTHEN ME I PRAY, ONLY THIS 46:54 ONCE, GOD, THAT I MIGHT BE AT ONCE AVENGED OF THE 46:58 PHILISTINES FOR MY TWO EYES.' AND HE WASN'T JUST PRAYING FOR 47:03 HIS PHYSICAL EYES THERE, HE REALIZED HE HAD HAD PROBLEMS 47:06 WITH THE PHILISTINES. HE HAD TAKEN HIS EYES OFF GOD. 47:09 AND GOD HAD A PLAN FOR SAMPSON'S LIFE AND HE KEPT - GOT IN 47:13 TROUBLE LOOKING AT THE PHILISTINE GIRLS. 47:16 AND IN ALMOST EVERY CASE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. 47:19 AND DID GOD ANSWER HIS PRAYER? WAS HE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT? 47:23 AND SAMPSON IS A TYPE OF CHRIST. HE KILLED MORE BY HIS DEATH - 47:27 OF THE ENEMY - THAN HE DID IN HIS LIFE. 47:30 THAT'S LIKE JESUS: THROUGH HIS DEATH HE DID MORE TO DEFEAT 47:33 THE DEVIL THAN HE DID IN HIS LIFE. 47:34 SAMPSON STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS - JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS. 47:37 ALRIGHT, TALKING ABOUT RESTORATION AND FORGIVENESS. 47:40 THIS IS THE LAST SECTION. AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE 47:43 READING FOR ME IN A MOMENT, GALATIANS 6:1 - 47:45 WHO HAS THAT? YOU'LL BE READY? OKAY. 47:47 AND NOW WE'RE READING THE LAST VERSES IN JAMES - JAMES 5:19 TO 47:52 20, "BRETHREN, IF ANYONE AMONG YOU WANDERS FROM THE TRUTH, AND 47:57 SOMEONE TURNS HIM BACK, LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WHO TURNS A SINNER 48:02 FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY WILL SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH AND COVER 48:07 A MULTITUDE OF SINS." THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 48:12 I REMEMBER IN NEW YORK CITY ONE TIME, IT WAS RUSH HOUR - WE WERE 48:16 ACTUALLY DOING THE NET 99 PROGRAM - AND ALL THE PEOPLE 48:19 KIND OF GATHERED AT THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LITTLE STREETS 48:21 EVERY, YOU KNOW, SIXTEENTH OF A MILE ON A CITY BLOCK, AND YOU 48:26 STOP AND YOU WAIT FOR THE CARS AND THERE WAS THIS KID THERE - I 48:29 DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE WAS READING SOMETHING, HE WAS 48:31 AHEAD OF ME - I DIDN'T KNOW HIM, HE WAS A STRANGER, AND HE JUST 48:35 WAS WALKING RIGHT OUT INTO THE STREET. 48:37 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE KNEW THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED AND A TAXI WAS 48:41 CAREENING DOWN THE STREET AND I GRABBED HIM AND I PULLED HIM 48:46 BACK IN AS THE THING HONKED IT WENT BY AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN 48:49 THE STUNNED LOOK - AND I FELT LIKE 'I JUST SAVED HIS LIFE.' HE 48:51 WAS GOING TO WALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE THING. 48:54 HE WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. AND WHO WOULDN'T DO THAT? 48:58 I'M NOT A HERO, I MEAN, EVERYONE WOULD DO THAT, RIGHT? 49:00 IF YOU SAW IT HAPPENING. WOULD YOU ASK PERMISSION FIRST? 49:03 WOULD YOU ASK THE PARENTS' PERMISSION FIRST OR WOULD YOU 49:05 IMMEDIATELY DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A LIFE AND DEATH DECISION. 49:08 WHY DON'T WE FEEL THAT WAY WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE WANDERING FROM THE 49:13 FAITH? YOU NOTICE IT USES THE WORD 'WANDER?' 49:15 WANDERING IS NOT LIKE JUMPING OUT. 49:19 WANDERING IS KIND OF LIKE BACKSLIDING. 49:21 SLIDING IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF GRADUAL. 49:24 YOU CAN BE SLIDING AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT, RIGHT? 49:28 IT'S NOT CALLED BACK JUMPING OR HOPPING OR SKIPPING, IT'S 49:30 BACKSLIDING. IT HAPPENS SLOWLY. SHEEP WANDER. 49:34 YOU KNOW HOW A SHEEP GETS LOST? THEY'RE JUST NIBBLING GRASS. 49:39 THEY ONLY SEE THE NEXT TUFT OF GRASS AHEAD OF THEM. 49:42 THEY SAY, 'OH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD ONE. 49:43 I'M GOING TO NIBBLE THAT ONE. 49:44 OOH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OVER THERE. 49:45 I'M GOING TO NIBBLE THAT ONE.' SHEEP DO NOT STAND UP ON THEIR 49:47 BACK LEGS AND SAY, 'I'M GOING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT.' SHEEP NIBBLE 49:52 THEIR WAY INTO BEING LOST. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, AFTER 49:55 NIBBLING FOR A FEW HOURS, THEY LOOK UP AND SAY, 49:57 'WHERE ARE THE OTHER SHEEP? WHERE'S THE SHEPHERD? 49:59 HOW'D I GET HERE?' THEY DO IT BY JUST ONE 50:01 LITTLE TUFT OF GRASS AFTER THE OTHER. 50:03 AND PEOPLE DO THAT IN THE CHURCH. 50:05 THEY START WATCHING THE WRONG THINGS, THEY MISS A WEEK, THEY 50:10 START LISTENING TO THE WRONG THINGS. 50:12 THEY START HANGING OUT WITH THE WRONG FRIENDS. 50:14 THEY START LOSING INTEREST - AND IT'S USUALLY A WANDERING. 50:16 YOU NOTICE IT SAYS, 'A WANDERING FROM THE TRUTH?' 50:19 SOMETIMES THEY GET OTHER IDEAS OR THEY'RE READING THE WRONG 50:23 MATERIAL AND THEY START LOSING AN APPRECIATION FOR THE BIBLICAL 50:26 TRUTH AND THEY'RE WANDERING. JAMES SAYS THEY'RE DYING. 50:31 THEY'RE GOING TO WALK OFF A CLIFF AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE - 50:35 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT - SOMETIMES, IN EVANGELISM, WE'RE REALLY 50:40 INTERESTED IN CATCHING NEW FISH, BUT WE DON'T CARE VERY MUCH 50:44 ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE CAUGHT AND THEY WANDER OUT THE BACK 50:47 DOOR AND WE SAY, 'OH, AS LONG AS WE GOT THEM BAPTIZED WE'LL LEAVE 50:50 THEIR NAMES ON THE BOOKS. IT STILL LOOKS GOOD. YOU KNOW, 50:52 WE GOT THE NUMBER.' AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SOUL. 50:55 SHOULD WE CARE ANY LESS ABOUT BRINGING BACK A SOUL THAT IS 50:59 WANDERING THAN ONE THAT IS CAUGHT FRESH? 51:02 NO, MATTER OF FACT, IN SOME WAYS IT SHOULD BE EASIER. 51:05 THEY ALREADY KNOW, THEY'RE JUST LOSING FAITH. 51:07 AND SO, WE SHOULD BE JUST AS INTERESTED IN EVANGELIZING 51:12 BACKSLIDERS - WE DID A SERIES WITH AMAZING FACTS BACK AT THE 51:16 GENERAL CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO CALLED 'RECLAIM YOUR 51:19 FAITH' AND THE WHOLE THING WAS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET PEOPLE 51:21 THAT ONCE KNEW THE LORD TO COME BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S JUST 51:24 ANOTHER WHOLE FIELD - BRING THEM TO REVIVAL. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, 51:28 READ FOR US THEN, THAT NEXT VERSE IN GALATIANS 6:1, I THINK. 51:32 >>BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT, YE WHICH 51:37 ARE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH AN ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS; 51:41 CONSIDERING THYSELF, LEST THOU ALSO BE TEMPTED." 51:45 >>YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 51:47 IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH A PERSON THAT YOU SENSE IS 51:49 BACKSLIDING - WHETHER YOU'RE A PASTOR, ELDER, OR CHURCH MEMBER 51:52 IT DOESN'T MATTER - AND YOU GO VISIT THEM, FOR ONE THING, WE'RE 51:54 RELUCTANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE MOST COMMON ACCUSATION YOU HEAR 51:57 WHEN YOU TALK TO A PERSON ABOUT 'HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH THE 52:01 LORD?' IT'S 'ARE YOU JUDGING ME? 52:02 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M NOT DOING WELL?' 52:04 AND SO A PERSON MISSES A COUPLE WEEKS YOU CALL THEM UP AND SAY, 52:08 'WE NOTICED YOU WEREN'T HERE.' 'OH, YOU'RE WATCHING ME, HUH? 52:09 SPYING ON ME?' SO SOME - WE'RE AFRAID THAT 52:12 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OFFENDED. 52:14 BUT WE OUGHT TO BE WATCHING FOR PEOPLE. 52:16 DOESN'T THE BIBLE TELL US THAT IF A SHEPHERD COMES HOME - HE'S 52:19 GOT A HUNDRED SHEEP AND ONE IS MISSING HE GOES LOOKING FOR IT? 52:22 HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT ONE IS MISSING? BECAUSE HE COUNTS THEM. 52:27 IT'S OKAY TO COUNT YOUR SHEEP. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW 52:30 YOUR FLOCK'S GROWING IF YOU DON'T EVER COUNT YOUR SHEEP? 52:32 AND SO, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. 52:34 AND SO, IF YOU NOTICE, A GOOD PASTOR AND ELDERS AND LEADERS IN 52:38 THE CHURCH, WE OUGHT TO SPOT WHEN PEOPLE - 'HEY, WHERE HAVE 52:41 THEY BEEN?' MAKE A CALL. 52:43 YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL THE PASTOR OR THE ELDERS AND 52:45 HAVE THEM DO IT. SAY, 'OH, BROTHER/SISTER ARE YOU OKAY?' 52:48 AND THERE'S NICE WAYS OF ASKING. 52:50 SAY, 'I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE TODAY.' OR 'CAN I COME BY AND 52:55 VISIT?' AND GO TO THEIR HOME. 52:57 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW A SOUL IS DOING 52:59 UNTIL YOU GET TO THEIR HOME. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT. 53:03 AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE TRICK - A LITTLE INSIDE SECRET - IF 53:06 YOU'RE A PASTOR AND YOU'RE VISITING WITH PEOPLE - WHETHER 53:09 OR NOT YOU'RE A PASTOR DOESN'T MATTER - ASK BEFORE YOU LEAVE, 53:13 SAY, 'IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL YOU WANT ME TO PRAY ABOUT BEFORE 53:15 I LEAVE?' YOU CAN FIND OUT IN THAT ONE 53:18 QUESTION WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. 53:21 THEY'LL TELL YOU THINGS AND YOU SAY, 'WOW.' IF THEY SAY, 'YEAH, 53:23 CAN YOU PRAY FOR OUR MARRIAGE?' 'YOUR MARRIAGE? 53:28 I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE REAL PROBLEMS THERE.' AND JUST THAT 53:31 ONE THING, ALL OF A SUDDEN - OR THEY MIGHT SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I GOT 53:33 A LAB REPORT AND THE DOCTOR SAYS I HAVE CANCER. 53:37 CAN YOU PLEASE PRAY ABOUT THAT? 'OH, NO WONDER THERE'S BEEN A 53:39 PROBLEM!' AND SO, IN YOUR PRAYING FOR THEM 53:43 YOU'LL LEARN ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 53:44 SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO PLEAD FOR THEIR SOULS AND SAY, 'HOW'S IT 53:48 GOING BETWEEN YOU AND THE LORD?' AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME BACK 53:53 AND GIVE THEM THE ADMONITIONS FROM THE BIBLE. 53:57 SOMETIMES - YOU KNOW WHAT 'TO ADMONISH' MEANS? 53:59 SOMETIMES THAT'S STRONG LANGUAGE, BUT YOU MIGHT NEED TO 54:01 JUST TELL A PERSON, 'HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HEADING THE WRONG 54:04 WAY RIGHT NOW. IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? 54:06 ARE YOU GOING TO FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUT IN THE 54:08 WORLD? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE 54:10 OUT THERE WITH THE DEVIL? AND YOU CAN APPEAL TO A PERSON. 54:13 THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU LET - YOU KNOW HE THAT TURNS 54:19 A SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS, WHETHER IT'S A NEW SINNER 54:22 OR SOMEONE BACKSLIDING, IT DOESN'T MATTER, 54:24 WILL SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH. 54:27 SO CHRISTIANS NEED TO HAVE A PASSION FOR REACHING SOULS THAT 54:30 ARE LOST AND COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS. 54:34 DO WE COVER THEIR SINS OR IS IT SAYING AND POINTING TO JESUS A 54:37 MULTITUDE OF SINS ARE COVERED? THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 54:41 BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU BRING A PERSON TO THE LORD WHO WAS 54:45 TURNING BACK TO A LIFE OF SIN, YOU'RE SAVING THE WORLD FROM A 54:50 LOT OF SINS THAT THEY WOULD COMMIT WHEN THEY HAD GIVEN UP A 54:54 HOLY LIFE. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING - 54:56 WHEN THEY TURN FROM THE LORD THEY'RE BRINGING ALL THAT SINFUL 54:59 LIVING BACK INTO THE WORLD AND WHEN YOU BRING THEM BACK TO 55:02 JESUS YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING THE WORLD A 55:04 BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN BECAUSE YOU'RE COVERING A MULTITUDE 55:07 OF SINS BY LEADING THEM TO CHRIST. 55:08 ALRIGHT, ONE OR TWO MORE THOUGHTS HERE. 55:10 YOU KNOW WHAT THE MESSAGE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS? 55:13 LUKE 1:16, "AND HE WILL TURN MANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 55:19 TO THE LORD THEIR GOD." THEY'RE ALREADY CHILDREN OF 55:22 ISRAEL, BUT THEY'VE WANDERED FROM GOD. 55:24 THE MESSAGE OF ELIJAH, WHICH IS A MESSAGE FOR OUR DAY ALSO, 55:28 IS TO TURN PEOPLE BACK TO THE LORD. 55:30 HE WILL GO BEFORE HIM IN THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER OF ELIJAH 55:33 TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHER'S TO THE CHILDREN AND THE 55:37 HEARTS OF THE DISOBEDIENT TO THE WISDOM OF THE JUST TO MAKE A 55:41 PEOPLE READY, PREPARED FOR THE LORD. 55:44 I THINK THIS WORK OF RECONCILIATION - BRINGING PEOPLE 55:46 BACK INTO THE CHURCH AND REVIVAL AND RESTORING PEOPLE IS 55:49 SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING MORE - WHAT JAMES IS TALKING 55:52 ABOUT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING - 55:54 RECLAIMING LOST SOULS BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK. 55:58 THAT'S PART OF THE ELIJAH MESSAGE, RIGHT? 56:00 WHEN PENTECOST HAPPENED AND THE FORMER RAIN WAS POURED OUT, 56:04 PETER PREACHED - WHO WAS HE PREACHING TO? THE CHURCH. 56:08 AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT SHOULD WE DO?' AND WHAT DID HE SAY? 56:10 "REPENT AND BE CONVERTED THAT YOUR SINS MIGHT BE BLOTTED OUT" 56:15 - THIS IS ACTS 3:19 - "THAT THE TIMES OF REFRESHING MAY COME 56:19 FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MIGHT BE 56:22 POURED OUT AGAIN." AND THERE'S A MESSAGE THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE 56:25 CHURCH - ONE OF REVIVAL, ONE OF RESTORATION, OF RETURNING TO THE 56:28 TRUTH. NOTICE WHAT JAMES SAYS, 'IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S 56:31 WANDERED FROM THE TRUTH' - DOES THAT HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH? 56:35 DO INDIVIDUALS BACKSLIDE? DO ENTIRE CHURCHES SOMETIMES 56:41 BACKSLIDE AND WANDER FROM THE TRUTH? 56:43 WELL, I THINK WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR TODAY'S STUDY, FRIENDS. 56:45 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US HERE. 56:47 WE'RE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ONE TIME, FINISHING UP OUR 56:49 'LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY' SERIES AND WE HAVE A FREE OFFER. 56:52 YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN IT'S CALLED 'TEACH US TO PRAY' AND IF 56:55 YOU CALL THAT 866-STUDY-MORE NUMBER, MAKE SURE AND ASK FOR 57:00 THE OFFER NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE. 57:02 WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU FOR FREE. 57:04 I HOPE YOU READ IT, SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, AND GOD 57:06 WILLING, WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 57:09 WE'LL BE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. GOD BLESS YOU. 57:13 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 57:16 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 57:20 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. 57:23 FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST-DAY EVENTS OF 57:26 REVELATION, BIBLEHISTORY.COM IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN 57:31 EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. 57:33 ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S 57:37 WORD. GO DEEPER. 57:39 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 57:45 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 57:48 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 57:52 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 57:55 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 57:59 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 58:01 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 58:04 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT. DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S 58:08 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. VISIT 'SABBATHTRUTH.COM'. 58:16 (MUSIC) |
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