Participants: Carissa McSherry
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00:34 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO 00:36 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. A VERY SPECIAL WELCOME TO 00:39 OUR FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND 00:41 AROUND THE WORLD - OUR EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL 00:44 BIBLE STUDY CLASS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME 00:47 THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS HERE AT THE 00:49 GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:51 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. 00:53 AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN COMING ON A REGULAR 00:55 BASIS, WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE BOOK 00:57 OF JEREMIAH, WHICH IS OUR LESSON QUARTERLY, AND WE 01:00 FIND OURSELVES TODAY ON LESSON #9, CALLED 01:03 JEREMIAH'S YOKE . 01:05 NOW FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE JOINING US, IF YOU 01:07 DON'T HAVE THE LESSON, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON 01:10 FOR THIS WEEK - AGAIN, YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING 01:13 FACTS WEBSITE, JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 01:16 CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY 01:18 HOUR , DOWNLOAD LESSON #9 ENTITLED JEREMIAH'S YOKE , 01:22 AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH AS WE STUDY THE WORD 01:25 OF GOD. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER WE'D 01:27 ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT, IT'S A BOOK WRITTEN 01:29 BY JOE CREWS CALLED REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE AND 01:33 WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS BOOK TO ANYBODY IN 01:35 NORTH AMERICA WHO CALLS AND ASKS FOR IT. 01:37 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR THE 01:43 BOOK REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE - IT'S OFFER #108. 01:47 AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR 01:52 OFFER #108. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO 01:55 SEND YOU THIS BOOK. AND FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL 01:57 FRIENDS, YOU CAN READ THE BOOK FOR FREE ONLINE AT 02:00 THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 02:05 AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO 02:07 COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN A FEW HYMNS OF PRAISE 02:11 BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY. 02:12 (MUSIC) >>HAPPY SABBATH AND WELCOME. 02:24 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE AT GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 02:26 ADVENTIST CHURCH AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO TURN 02:29 IN YOUR HYMNALS TO #476 - BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT 02:33 CALVARY - AND AREN'T WE ALL THANKFUL THAT WE CAN 02:36 ACTUALLY TURN OUR CARES AND OUR WORRIES OVER TO 02:40 THE GOOD LORD? JOIN WITH US. 02:43 (MUSIC) 02:47 >>DAYS ARE FILLED WITH SORROW AND CARE 02:52 HEARTS ARE LONELY AND DREAR. 02:56 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY NEAR. 03:06 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, CALVARY, CALVARY 03:16 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY 03:24 NEAR. CAST YOUR CARE ON JESUS 03:30 TODAY, LEAVE YOUR WORRY AND FEAR. 03:36 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY 03:44 NEAR. BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT 03:48 CALVARY, CALVARY, CALVARY BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT 03:58 CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY NEAR. TROUBLED SOUL, THE SAVIOR 04:10 CAN FEEL EVERY HEARTACHE AND TEAR. 04:16 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY NEAR. 04:26 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, CALVARY, CALVARY 04:36 BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY, JESUS IS VERY 04:44 NEAR. >>AMEN. 04:50 I'D INVITE FOR YOU TO TURN TO #469 - OUR LAST SONG 04:54 HERE TODAY - LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS . 04:58 I KNOW YOU LIKE TO SING WITH US. 05:00 YOU CERTAINLY WRITE IN AND LET US KNOW HOW MUCH YOU 05:02 ENJOY THESE SONGS SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN 05:05 US AT THIS TIME. (MUSIC) 05:08 >>WHAT A FELLOWSHIP, WHAT A JOY DIVINE, 05:13 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS; WHAT A BLESSEDNESS, 05:20 WHAT A PEACE IS MINE, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 05:27 LEANING, LEANING, SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS; 05:36 LEANING, LEANING, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 05:46 O HOW SWEET TO WALK IN THIS PILGRIM WAY, LEANING 05:52 ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS; O HOW BRIGHT THE PATH GROWS 05:58 FROM DAY TO DAY LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 06:05 LEANING, LEANING, SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL 06:12 ALARMS; LEANING, LEANING, LEANING ON THE 06:21 EVERLASTING ARMS. WHAT HAVE I TO DREAD, WHAT 06:28 HAVE I TO FEAR, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS? 06:35 I HAVE BLESSED PEACE WITH MY LORD SO NEAR, LEANING 06:41 ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. LEANING, LEANING, SAFE 06:50 AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS; LEANING, 06:57 LEANING, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 07:08 >>AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK UP PASTOR JËAN ROSS. 07:10 >>AMEN. THANK YOU SINGERS. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 07:13 I INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE OPEN WITH A 07:16 WORD OF PRAYER. DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE 07:18 ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER 07:20 TOGETHER TO STUDY THE BIBLE - TO STUDY THIS BOOK 07:22 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH. 07:24 THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR OUR 07:27 TIME TODAY AND, ONCE AGAIN, WE ASK FOR THE HOLY 07:29 SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS, 07:32 FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 07:35 WELL, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR LESSON 07:37 BROUGHT TO US BY THE ASSISTANT AFCOE DIRECTOR, 07:40 OUR VERY OWN CARISSA MCSHERRY. 07:42 SHE'S GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US IN OUR STUDY OF 07:44 JEREMIAH. THANK YOU. COME ON UP, CARISSA. 07:54 >>GOOD MORNING. >>GOOD MORNING. 07:57 >>HAPPY SABBATH. IT'S A HAPPY SABBATH, ISN'T IT? 07:59 >>YES. >>THIS IS THE DAY THAT 08:01 THE LORD HAS MADE. LET US - >>REJOICE. 08:04 >>REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. 08:08 DO WE HAVE A REASON TO REJOICE TODAY? 08:09 ABSOLUTELY. I PRAISE GOD FOR HIS 08:12 BLESSINGS AND FOR HIS MERCY THAT IS 08:14 NEW EVERY DAY. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE 08:17 CONTINUING OUR STUDY IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH. 08:20 WE ARE CONTINUING WITH LESSON #9 - JEREMIAH'S 08:23 YOKE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW AN OLD STORY, 08:26 WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO APPLIES TO OUR LIVES 08:32 TODAY. BEFORE WE BEGIN, WOULD YOU 08:35 BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME IN PRAYER? 08:38 HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE AND 08:40 THE JOY THAT IS IN JESUS CHRIST. 08:43 LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PRIVILEGE TO 08:45 STUDY TOGETHER, TO LEARN FROM YOUR WORD. 08:48 AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT MAY BE 08:51 SPEAKING THROUGH US TODAY. LORD, TEACH US YOUR WORD. 08:55 DRAW US CLOSER TO YOU IS OUR PRAYER. 08:58 IN CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN. IF YOU HAVE YOUR QUARTERLY 09:03 WITH YOU, PLEASE OPEN UP TO THAT FIRST PAGE AND 09:06 WE ARE GOING TO READ OUR MEMORY TEXT TOGETHER. 09:09 OUR MEMORY TEXT IS FOUND IN LUKE CHAPTER 9 AND 09:13 VERSE 23 - LUKE CHAPTER 9 AND VERSE 23. 09:19 WOULD YOU READ IT TOGETHER WITH ME, PLEASE? 09:21 "AND HE SAID TO THEM ALL, IF ANY MAN WILL COME 09:25 AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS 09:30 CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME." 09:34 LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW 09:38 ME. WE SEE THAT THIS TRULY IS 09:41 THE STORY OF JEREMIAH'S LIFE. JEREMIAH'S LIFE IS A LIFE 09:44 OF COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. 09:48 THE STORY WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TODAY IS FOUND IN 09:51 JEREMIAH CHAPTERS 16, 27, AND 28, BUT BEFORE WE LOOK 09:56 AT THESE CHAPTERS, I WANT TO SET THE FOUNDATION - 10:00 GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INTO THE LIFE 10:02 AND STORY OF JEREMIAH. SO IN ORDER TO DO SO, 10:05 PLEASE TURN WITH ME TO JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1. 10:10 WE ARE IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1 AND THIS IS A VERSE THAT 10:14 MANY OF US HAVE CLAIMED IN OUR OWN LIVES. 10:17 WHEN WE HAVE BEEN NERVOUS, WHEN WE HAVE BEEN SCARED, 10:19 WE HAVE CLAIMED THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH, BUT I WANT TO 10:21 LOOK AT THE CONTEXT TODAY AND THEN SEE IF WE STILL 10:25 WANT TO CLAIM IT. 10:27 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1, VERSE 4, "THEN THE WORD OF THE 10:31 LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING: 'BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN 10:34 THE WOMB I KNEW YOU; BEFORE YOU WERE BORN I 10:38 SANCTIFIED YOU; I ORDAINED YOU A PROPHET TO THE 10:42 NATIONS.' THEN SAID I: 'AH, LORD GOD! 10:46 BEHOLD, I CANNOT SPEAK, FOR I AM A YOUTH.' BUT THE 10:50 LORD SAID TO ME: 'DO NOT SAY, 'I AM A YOUTH,' FOR 10:53 YOU SHALL GO TO ALL TO WHOM I SEND YOU, AND 10:56 WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, YOU SHALL SPEAK. 10:59 DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR FACES, FOR I AM WITH YOU 11:03 TO DELIVER YOU,' SAYS THE LORD." 11:06 WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE A CALLING LIKE THAT? 11:09 ABSOLUTELY. TO HEAR GOD SAY 'DON'T BE AFRAID. 11:13 I AM WITH YOU. IN FACT, I KNEW YOU 11:15 BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. I HAD A PLAN 11:18 FOR YOUR LIFE. DON'T BE AFRAID OF WHAT 11:20 YOU NEED TO SPEAK. I WILL SPEAK THROUGH YOU.' 11:23 AND WE CLAIM THIS PROMISE AND WE SAY, 'LORD, MAKE THAT MY 11:26 REALITY.' AND YET, IF WE CONTINUE INTO 11:31 VERSE 10, WE MAY JUST CHANGE OUR STORY. 11:35 JEREMIAH - CONTINUING IN CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 10, 11:40 "SEE, I HAVE THIS DAY SET YOU OVER THE NATIONS AND 11:43 OVER THE KINGDOMS, TO ROOT OUT AND TO PULL DOWN, TO 11:48 DESTROY AND TO THROW DOWN, TO BUILD AND TO PLANT." 11:56 DO YOU STILL WANT THIS CALL OF JEREMIAH? 11:59 IT SOUNDS NICE TO THINK THAT GOD'S WORD IS IN YOU 12:02 AND HE'S USING YOU AS A MESSENGER AND YOU GET TO 12:04 BE THAT CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY. 12:07 YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE THINK OF BEING A CHILD OF GOD 12:11 AND WE THINK OF GIVING ALL TO JESUS. 12:13 WE HAVE THESE PICTURES OF GOING OFF AND BEING AN 12:15 INCREDIBLE MISSIONARY OR A FAMOUS EVANGELIST, OR 12:20 MAYBE YOU THINK OF BEING THE NEXT GEORGE MUELLER 12:22 WHO SETS UP AN ORPHANAGE IN EUROPE - A MAN OF 12:27 FAITH. BUT WE DON'T OFTEN WANT 12:30 THE EXPERIENCE OF VERSE 10. 'LORD, YOU WANT 12:33 ME TO DESTROY? LORD, YOU WANT 12:36 ME TO PULL DOWN? LORD, THAT'S NOT REALLY 12:40 THE JOB I APPLIED FOR.' I PRAISE GOD BECAUSE AS YOU 12:46 FIND IN THE END OF VERSE 10, IT COMPLETES WITH 12:50 THESE WORDS: "TO BUILD AND TO" - DO WHAT? 12:54 >>PLANT. >>TO PLANT. 12:56 YOU SEE, GOD DOES NOT LEAVE US IN THAT POINT OF 12:59 DISCOURAGEMENT - OF DESTRUCTION - HE SAYS, 'I 13:01 AM DESTROYING SO THAT I CAN BUILD AGAIN - SO THAT 13:06 I CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING SO MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL.' 13:11 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT 13:14 BLESSED WITH A GREEN THUMB. 13:16 I KILL JUST ABOUT ANYTHING I RECEIVE. 13:20 I AM WORKING ON THIS - I PROMISE - BUT ONE THING I 13:23 DO KNOW ABOUT A GARDEN - LET'S SAY THAT I WANT TO 13:27 GO PLANT TOMATOES, SO I GO OUT TO THE GARDEN THAT HAS 13:32 BEEN OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS AND IT HAS BEEN LYING 13:35 DORMANT FOR YEARS, AND I START TO TRY AND MAKE 13:38 LITTLE HOLES TO PLANT MY TOMATO PLANTS. 13:41 WILL THAT WORK? NO, WHY? ALL THE WEEDS - ALL OF THE 13:48 WEEDS - ALL OF THE SOIL THAT HAS NOT BEEN DUG UP 13:52 WILL DESTROY MY TOMATO PLANTS. SO BEFORE I CAN PLANT, 13:58 BEFORE I CAN BUILD, I NEED TO FIRST DO WHAT? 14:03 I NEED TO DESTROY. I NEED TO CLEAN 14:07 OUT THAT SOIL. AND, YOU SEE, IT IS THE 14:09 SAME IN OUR LIVES TODAY. IT IS THE SAME AS JEREMIAH 14:13 SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH. HE SAYS, 'YOU CANNOT BE 14:17 BUILT - YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS NEW EXPERIENCE IN GOD 14:21 UNTIL ALL THAT OLD SOIL IS DUG UP - UNTIL THOSE 14:25 WEEDS ARE DESTROYED. YOU SEE, EVEN IN THIS 14:29 MESSAGE OF DESTRUCTION THERE IS HOPE. 14:33 EVEN IN THIS MESSAGE, GOD GIVES HIS PEOPLE A 14:37 PROMISE. SO NOW WE'LL DIG INTO THE 14:40 HEART OF JEREMIAH - OUR LESSON FOR TODAY. 14:43 TURN WITH ME TO JEREMIAH CHAPTER 16 - JEREMIAH 14:50 CHAPTER 16. IN THIS STORY, JEREMIAH, 14:58 AGAIN, RECEIVES A CALL FROM GOD - SOMETHING THAT 15:02 WAS QUITE A RESTRICTION ON HIS LIFE. 15:04 TURN WITH ME TO JEREMIAH 16 AND WE ARE GOING TO 15:07 LOOK AT VERSES 1 THROUGH 5. 15:11 AND THE BIBLE TELLS US, "THE WORD OF THE LORD ALSO 15:14 CAME TO ME, SAYING, 'YOU SHALL NOT TAKE A WIFE, NOR 15:18 SHALL YOU HAVE SONS OR DAUGHTERS IN THIS PLACE.' 15:22 FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD CONCERNING THE SONS AND 15:25 DAUGHTERS WHO ARE BORN IN THIS PLACE, AND 15:26 CONCERNING THEIR MOTHERS WHO BORE THEM AND THEIR 15:28 FATHERS WHO BEGOT THEM IN THIS LAND: 'THEY SHALL DIE 15:31 GRUESOME DEATHS; THEY SHALL NOT BE LAMENTED NOR 15:34 SHALL THEY BE BURIED, BUT THEY SHALL BE LIKE 15:37 REFUSE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 15:38 THEY SHALL BE CONSUMED BY THE SWORD AND BY FAMINE, 15:41 AND THEIR CORPSES SHALL BE MEAT FOR THE BIRDS OF 15:44 HEAVEN AND FOR THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH.' FOR THUS 15:47 SAYS THE LORD: 'DO NOT ENTER THE HOUSE OF 15:48 MOURNING, NOR GO TO LAMENT OR BEMOAN THEM; FOR I HAVE 15:52 TAKEN AWAY MY PEACE FROM THIS PEOPLE,' SAYS THE 15:56 LORD." NOW AGAIN, IMAGINE IN 16:01 JEREMIAH'S TIME, RECEIVING THIS CALLING FROM GOD. 16:07 MY SISTER WAS JUST MARRIED IN JUNE AND ALREADY SHE 16:12 CAN HEAR THE LADIES WHISPERING, 'I WONDER WHEN 16:15 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN.' RIGHT? 16:18 MAYBE YOU REMEMBER BEING THERE AS A YOUNG NEWLYWED 16:21 COUPLE, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT WAS TRUE IN JEREMIAH'S LIFE. 16:26 YOUR LINEAGE AND YOUR OFFSPRING WERE SO 16:31 IMPORTANT TO YOUR IDENTITY. 16:33 THAT WAS HOW YOU HAD YOUR RETIREMENT. 16:37 YOUR CHILDREN WERE YOUR INVESTMENT. 16:39 OTHERWISE, WHEN YOU REACHED OLD AGE YOU WOULD 16:41 BE OUT ON THE STREET AS A BEGGAR. 16:43 THEY NEEDED EACH OTHER - THAT WAS THEIR LIVELIHOOD 16:46 AND, IN FACT, IT WAS ALMOST INSULTIVE FOR 16:49 JEREMIAH NOT TO GET MARRIED, NOT TO HAVE 16:54 CHILDREN. YOU CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE 16:57 COMING TO JEREMIAH AND SAYING, 'WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? 16:59 WHY AREN'T YOU MARRIED? WHY HAVEN'T YOU FOLLOWED 17:01 IN THE TRADITIONS?' AND THAT IS THE 17:04 OPPORTUNITY FOR JEREMIAH TO OPEN UP AND SAY, 17:07 'LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE LORD'S PLAN FOR MY LIFE. 17:11 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION THAT IS GOING 17:13 TO COME TO JERUSALEM AND WHY I AM NOT MARRIED.' YOU 17:17 SEE, GOD USES HIS PROPHETS AS OBJECT LESSONS. 17:23 GOD USES HIS PROPHETS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS WORD AND 17:27 HIS GOSPEL. DOES GOD USE US AS 17:31 OBJECT LESSONS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. 17:35 DID JESUS USE ILLUSTRATIONS AS HE SHARED 17:39 THE WORD? HELP ME OUT HERE. WHAT ILLUSTRATIONS 17:42 DID JESUS USE? HE USED PARABLES. 17:47 HE USED THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE. 17:50 HE USED THE PARABLE OF THE SAMARITAN: 17:53 'CONSIDER THIS MAN - WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?' 17:57 IN FACT, THE BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS PAINTS A 18:00 BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF JESUS, ONE DAY, SITTING ON 18:04 THE MOUNTAINSIDE, SITTING THERE WITH HIS DISCIPLES 18:08 AND HE'S JUST THINKING, 'HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO THESE 18:12 MERE MORTALS THE BEAUTY - THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF 18:17 GOD AND OF HIS KINGDOM?' IMAGINE FACING THAT TRIAL. 18:23 JESUS UNDERSTOOD - HE HAD BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF 18:25 GOD AND NOW HE HAS TO EXPLAIN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE 18:28 CONCEPT TO SUCH FINITE MINDS. 18:33 AND THERE, AS JESUS SITS CONSIDERING THIS DILEMMA, 18:38 HE LOOKS OVER AT THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND 18:40 HE SAYS, 'CONSIDER THE LILIES. 18:45 CONSIDER THE LILIES. CONSIDER HOW THEY GROW. 18:48 LOOK AT THE LILIES TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE KINGDOM 18:51 OF GOD.' AND YOU SEE JESUS USED SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS 18:56 TO POINT US BACK TO HIS WORD. 19:00 BUT I BELIEVE THE MOST POWERFUL ILLUSTRATION IS 19:03 THE ONE THAT GOD USED WHEN ACCUSATIONS WERE BROUGHT 19:07 TO HIM AGAINST HIS SERVANT JOB. 19:12 'IS THERE ANYONE THAT TRULY LOVES YOU, GOD? 19:15 I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU GIVE THEM.' 19:17 AND YET, GOD COULD POINT DOWN AND SAY, 'WELL, HAVE 19:21 YOU CONSIDERED - HAVE YOU LOOKED AT MY SERVANT JOB?' 19:28 HOW INCREDIBLE TODAY TO THINK THAT YOU ARE GOD'S 19:32 OBJECT LESSON. THAT GOD CAN POINT AT US 19:36 TODAY AND SAY, 'HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOE?' 19:41 'HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT TIM?' 'HAVE YOU CONSIDERED 19:45 HOW MY LIFE IS BEING LIVED OUT THROUGH THEM?' 19:51 CONTINUING - HOW MANY OF YOU HERE ARE PARENTS? 19:56 ALRIGHT, THE MAJORITY HERE. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD YOUR 19:59 CHILDREN - I'M GOING TO EVEN PUT IT ON YOUR 20:01 TEENAGE SON - HAVE YOU EVER TOLD YOUR TEENAGE 20:03 SON, 'I'M GOING TO BE GONE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. 20:06 WHEN I COME HOME, I WANT TO SEE A CLEAN ROOM THAT 20:10 SMELLS GOOD'? HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE? 20:16 AND YOU GO AND YOU RUN YOUR ERRANDS AND YOU COME 20:18 BACK HOME AND WHAT THAT MOTHER DISCOVERS IS YOUR 20:22 SON HAS TAKEN HIS DIRTY SOCKS AND SHOVED THEM INTO 20:25 THE CLOSET. AND ALL THOSE OLD WRAPPERS 20:29 WITH HALF-EATEN FOOD ARE NOW HIDDEN 20:32 UNDERNEATH THE BED. AND HE TOOK YOUR CAN OF 20:35 AIR FRESHENER AND HE EMPTIED OUT HALF THE 20:38 CONTAINER IN THAT LITTLE TEN BY TEN ROOM. 20:41 DOES THAT ROOM SMELL BETTER OR WORSE? 20:46 >>WORSE. >>IT'S WORSE, RIGHT? 20:50 NOW IT'S EVEN A GREATER STENCH BECAUSE YOU ARE 20:52 TRYING TO COVER A STENCH WITH SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, 20:57 WHICH MAKES IT WORSE. 21:00 CAN WE EVER DO THAT IN OUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE? 21:04 GOD IS CALLING US TO BE PERFUME AND SO WE SAY, 21:07 'OH, IF WE JUST SPRAY MORE OF THAT CHRISTIAN PERFUME 21:09 ON OURSELVES, THEN EVERYONE CAN SEE HOW 21:12 BEAUTIFUL I AM AND HOW GOOD I SMELL AND HOW 21:15 WONDERFUL OF A CHRISTIAN I AM.' AND WE SPRAY THAT 21:19 PERFUME AND WE HIDE THOSE DIRTY SOCKS AND THOSE 21:21 SKELETONS BACK IN THE CLOSET, BUT WE END UP 21:25 SMELLING LIKE A WRETCHED MESS. 21:29 YET AGAIN, I THINK THAT PRINCIPLE IS FOUND IN 21:32 CONSIDERING THE LILIES. YOU SEE, THE FLOWERS DO 21:37 NOT WORK - THEY DO NOT TRY TO SMELL PRETTY. 21:42 THERE IS NO EFFORT TO IT, RATHER IT IS JUST BECAUSE 21:46 THEY ARE STRONG - IT IS BECAUSE THEIR ROOTS ARE 21:48 SOLID - THAT THAT BEAUTIFUL ESSENCE BEGINS 21:52 TO FLOW FROM WITHIN. IT'S NEVER TOO STRONG. 21:56 IT'S ALWAYS THE RIGHT AMOUNT. 22:00 YOU SEE, IT'S TRUE IN OUR LIVES TODAY. 22:02 GOD IS CALLING US TO BE PERFUME. 22:04 HE'S CALLING US TO SMELL NICE SO THAT ALL THE WORLD 22:07 CAN SEE HIS KINGDOM AND HIS GLORY REVEALED, BUT 22:10 THAT CAN'T BE BY ME TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF LOOK GOOD. 22:14 IT CAN ONLY BE AS I ALLOW GOD TO DO THAT WORK THROUGH ME. 22:19 I'M SO THANKFUL THAT GOD PROMISES TO DO JUST THAT. 22:24 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE NOW IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 27 22:29 - JEREMIAH CHAPTER 27 - AGAIN, NOW WE'RE GETTING 22:33 INTO THE MEAT OF OUR LESSON TODAY. 22:37 JEREMIAH 27 - AGAIN, A WARNING IS GIVEN TO THE 22:41 PEOPLE OF GOD THROUGH YET ANOTHER OBJECT LESSON. 22:47 JEREMIAH 27, BEGINNING IN VERSE 1. 22:53 AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN 22:55 OF JEHOIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH, KING OF JUDAH, 22:59 THIS WORD CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING, 23:02 'THUS SAYS THE LORD TO ME: 'MAKE FOR YOURSELVES BONDS 23:07 AND YOKES, AND PUT THEM ON YOUR NECK, AND SEND THEM 23:11 TO THE KING OF EDOM, THE KING OF MOAB, THE KING OF 23:15 THE AMMONITES, THE KING OF TYRE, AND THE KING OF 23:17 SIDON, BY THE HAND OF THE MESSENGERS WHO COME TO 23:19 JERUSALEM TO ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH. 23:23 AND COMMAND THEM TO SAY TO THEIR MASTERS, 'THUS SAYS 23:25 THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL - THUS YOU SHALL 23:28 SAY TO YOUR MASTERS: 'I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, THE 23:32 MAN AND THE BEAST THAT ARE ON THE GROUND, BY MY GREAT 23:35 POWER AND BY MY OUTSTRETCHED ARM, AND HAVE 23:37 GIVEN IT TO WHOM IT SEEMED PROPER TO ME. 23:41 AND NOW I HAVE GIVEN ALL THESE LANDS INTO THE HAND 23:43 OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON, MY 23:46 SERVANT; AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD I HAVE ALSO 23:49 GIVEN HIM TO SERVE HIM.'" FINALLY, IN VERSE 7, "SO 23:55 ALL NATIONS SHALL SERVE HIM AND HIS SON AND HIS 23:58 SON'S SON, UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS LAND COMES; AND 24:02 THEN MANY NATIONS AND GREAT KINGS SHALL MAKE HIM 24:05 SERVE THEM." YOU SEE, HERE, JEREMIAH IS 24:09 GIVING A VERY UNPOPULAR MESSAGE. HERE HE IS TELLING THE 24:14 PEOPLE OF JUDAH THAT 'YOU NEED TO SERVE THE 24:19 KING OF BABYLON. THE KING OF BABYLON WILL 24:22 COME IN AND YOU MUST ACCEPT HIS YOKE.' 24:27 NOW HERE IS JEREMIAH WITH THE WOODEN YOKE UPON HIM. 24:32 NOW THIS YOKE IS NOT - NOT KEY CHAIN SIZED, RIGHT? 24:37 THIS YOKE IS ABOUT FIVE FEET LONG. 24:42 CAN YOU IMAGINE WALKING AROUND ALL DAY LONG WITH A 24:45 GIANT YOKE ON YOUR SHOULDERS? 24:49 DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE NOTICED? 24:52 ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S, AGAIN, WHAT 24:55 CHRIST IS TRYING TO PORTRAY THROUGH JEREMIAH'S LIFE. 24:58 HE WANTS HIM TO BE NOTICED. HE WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO 25:00 UNDERSTAND THIS MESSAGE OF WARNING. 25:04 SO HERE IS JEREMIAH WITH HIS YOKE UPON HIM. 25:07 AND IF YOU CONTINUE READING THROUGH JEREMIAH 25:10 CHAPTER 27 YOU WILL SEE THAT JEREMIAH IS STRONGLY, 25:15 VEHEMENTLY WARNING THE PEOPLE OF GOD. HE IS WARNING THEM THAT 25:21 THERE WILL BE FALSE PROPHETS THAT WILL COME 25:24 AND THEY WILL PROPHESY SMOOTH WORDS. 25:27 THEY WILL TELL YOU THERE IS PEACE AND THERE IS 25:30 SAFETY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT BABYLON. 25:32 DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS YOKE. 25:35 THERE ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL YEARS AHEAD OF YOU AND 25:39 JEREMIAH WARNS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, 'DON'T 25:43 BELIEVE IT. DON'T TRUST THEM. 25:46 DON'T ACCEPT THE LIES.' AND YET, WHAT DO WE FIND 25:51 THEM DOING IN CHAPTER 28? BELIEVING A LIE. 25:58 A PROPHET BY THE NAME OF HANANIAH COMES BEFORE THE 26:02 PEOPLE OF GOD. NOW HANANIAH IS THE SON 26:06 OF A PROPHET - SAME AS JEREMIAH WAS - SO WE 26:10 SEE THEY BOTH HAVE THIS LINEAGE. THEY'RE BOTH RELIGIOUS 26:14 LEADERS AND THEY BOTH ARE BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND 26:17 YET THEY HAVE TWO VERY CONTRADICTORY MESSAGES. 26:23 YOU SEE, JEREMIAH IS TELLING THE PEOPLE THAT IF 26:25 YOU DON'T SUBMIT TO THIS YOKE, YOU WILL BE DESTROYED. 26:29 THERE WILL BE SEVENTY YEARS OF CAPTIVITY. 26:32 AND YET HANANIAH COMES AND HE SAYS, 'OH, NO, NO, NO, 26:36 DON'T LISTEN TO ALL THESE HORRIBLE FOREBODINGS. 26:40 THAT IS NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 26:42 THERE WILL BE TWO MORE YEARS AND THEN ALL OF OUR 26:46 POSSESSIONS WILL COME BACK.' HE IS PROPHESYING 26:51 PEACE AND JOY AND PROSPERITY. 26:56 NOW IMAGINE THAT YOU WERE IN THAT AUDIENCE. 27:01 OR LET ME MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL. 27:04 IMAGINE, TODAY, THAT TWO PROPHETS CAME UP ONTO THE 27:07 STAGE AND ONE WAS PROPHESYING AND SAYING THE 27:11 UNITED STATES IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A WORLD 27:15 POWER. WE WILL HAVE MANY YEARS OF 27:18 PROSPERITY AND THE ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE AND - 27:22 BEAUTIFUL THINGS AHEAD OF US - A LAND OF PEACE. 27:27 AND YET ANOTHER PROPHET COMES UP AND SAYS, 'OH NO, NO, NO. 27:31 SEVENTY YEARS OF CAPTIVITY. THE TRIALS ARE COMING. 27:37 TERRORISM WILL DESTROY THE COUNTRY.' NOW WHICH OF THESE TWO 27:43 PROPHETS WOULD YOU BE INCLINED TO BELIEVE? 27:47 I WANT THE FIRST OPTION, RIGHT? 27:49 GIVE ME THE PEACE. GIVE ME THE PROSPERITY. 27:53 NOT THAT SECOND OPTION - SEVENTY YEARS AND 27:56 DESTRUCTION AND PAIN AND TURMOIL? 27:58 NO, NO, NO, I CHOOSE THIS GUY.' AND, YOU SEE, THIS 28:02 IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH GOD'S PEOPLE. 28:05 THEY LOOKED AT THESE TWO MESSAGES AND THEY SAID, 28:08 'AH, ONE OF THOSE IS JUST NOT PLEASING TO ME.' I'M 28:11 GOING TO CHOOSE HANANIAH.' WHAT I FIND SO INTERESTING 28:16 ABOUT THIS STORY IS JEREMIAH'S APPROACH. 28:21 TURN WITH ME, AGAIN, TO VERSE 28 - WE ARE IN JEREMIAH 28:28 CHAPTER 28 AND WE'LL BE PICKING UP THIS STORY IN 28:34 VERSE 5 - JEREMIAH 28 AND VERSE 5 AND THE BIBLE 28:40 SAYS, "THEN THE PROPHET JEREMIAH SPOKE TO THE 28:44 PROPHET HANANIAH IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRIESTS 28:47 AND IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STOOD IN THE 28:50 HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE PROPHET JEREMIAH SAID, 'AMEN! 28:55 THE LORD DO SO; THE LORD PERFORM YOUR WORDS WHICH 28:58 YOU HAVE PROPHESIED, TO BRING BACK THE VESSELS OF 29:01 THE LORD'S HOUSE AND ALL WHO WERE CARRIED AWAY 29:04 CAPTIVE, FROM BABYLON TO THIS PLACE." 29:09 NOTICE JEREMIAH'S RESPONSE. 29:12 WAS JEREMIAH TREATED KINDLY BY THE PEOPLE OF 29:17 JUDAH? NO. HE HAD BEEN SCOURGED. HE WAS BEAT. HE WAS IMPRISONED. 29:24 AND YET, HERE HE IS SAYING, 'OH, WOULD TO GOD 29:28 THAT YOUR MESSAGE WAS TRUE.' HE DOES NOT WANT A 29:33 CURSE TO COME ON THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 29:35 HE WOULD LOVE IT TO BE PEACE AND PROSPERITY. 29:38 'OH MAY IT BE TRUE!' YOU SEE, JEREMIAH DID NOT 29:44 HAVE ANIMOSITY - EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN HURT 29:48 TIME AND AGAIN, HIS ONLY DESIRE WAS TO SPEAK 29:51 THE WORD OF GOD. HIS ONLY DESIRE WAS TO 29:55 REACH OUT AND SAVE HIS PEOPLE. CONTINUING IN VERSE 7, 30:03 "NEVERTHELESS HEAR NOW THIS WORD THAT I SPEAK IN 30:07 YOUR HEARING AND IN THE HEARING OF ALL THE PEOPLE: 30:11 THE PROPHETS WHO HAVE BEEN BEFORE ME AND BEFORE YOU 30:13 OF OLD PROPHESIED AGAINST MANY COUNTRIES AND GREAT 30:16 KINGDOMS - OF WAR AND DISASTER AND PESTILENCE. 30:20 AS FOR THE PROPHET WHO PROPHESIES OF PEACE, WHEN 30:23 THE WORD OF THE PROPHET COMES TO PASS, THE PROPHET 30:25 WILL BE KNOWN AS ONE WHOM THE LORD HAS TRULY SENT." 30:31 IN OTHER WORDS, JEREMIAH IS NOT DEFENDING HIMSELF. 30:36 HE IS NOT SAYING, 'YOU ARE HURTING MY PRIDE. I GAVE 30:40 THIS MESSAGE AND I'M GOING TO STAND STRONG BEHIND IT.' 30:44 RATHER, HE IS SAYING, GOD WILL BE PROVEN TRUE. 30:50 OTHER PROPHETS OF OLD HAVE PROPHESIED PEACE AND IT 30:53 HAS FAILED. TODAY WE WILL WATCH 30:56 AND SEE WHICH OF THESE PROPHECIES COME TRUE.' 31:01 YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING OCCURS IN OUR LIVES TODAY. 31:05 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH AND SEE 31:08 WHICH OF THOSE MESSAGES WERE TRULY FROM GOD. 31:11 WHICH OF THOSE CAN TRULY BE TRUSTED? 31:16 CONTINUING IN VERSE 10: "THEN HANANIAH THE PROPHET 31:21 TOOK THE YOKE OFF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH'S NECK AND 31:25 BROKE IT. AND HANANIAH SPOKE IN 31:29 THE PRESENCE OF ALL THE PEOPLE, SAYING, 'THUS SAYS 31:31 THE LORD: 'EVEN SO I WILL BREAK THE YOKE OF 31:35 NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON FROM THE NECK OF 31:37 ALL NATIONS WITHIN THE SPACE OF TWO FULL YEARS.'' 31:42 AND THE PROPHET JEREMIAH WENT HIS WAY." 31:48 SO HERE HE COMES TO HIM AND RATHER VIOLENTLY 31:51 BREAKS THAT WOODEN YOKE OFF OF HIS NECK. 31:55 DOES JEREMIAH THROW UP HIS FISTS AND SAY, 'ALRIGHT, 31:58 THE FIGHT'S ON!'? HOW DOES HE RESPOND? 32:05 HE WALKS AWAY. HE LEAVES. 32:09 IS THERE A TIME TO BE SILENT? 32:15 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE AGAINST US - 32:19 WHEN THEY REBUKE US - WE WANT TO FIGHT BACK. 32:23 BUT THERE ARE TIMES TO HOLD OUR PEACE. 32:26 THERE ARE TIMES TO SIMPLY WALK AWAY. 32:31 YOU SEE JEREMIAH WAS REVILED AND YET HE DID NOT 32:37 REVILE AGAIN. CAN YOU THINK OF ANOTHER 32:40 MAN IN SCRIPTURE WHO DID THE SAME THING? JESUS CHRIST. 32:46 PICTURE HIM, AGAIN, STANDING BEFORE HEROD. 32:50 HE COULD HAVE GIVEN A BEAUTIFUL SERMON. 32:52 HE COULD HAVE WORKED A MIRACLE LIKE HEROD WAS 32:54 COMMANDING HIM TO, AND YET HE DID WHAT? 32:58 HE REMAINED SILENT. WHY? BECAUSE THE GREATEST 33:04 PROPHET HAD SPOKEN TO HEROD OF OLD - JOHN THE 33:08 BAPTIST - AND HEROD WOULD NOT LISTEN TO 33:11 THAT MESSAGE. WHY THEN SHOULD JESUS SPEAK? 33:16 SOMETIMES THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT YOU CAN MAKE IS SILENCE. 33:24 SOMETIMES THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS WALK AWAY. 33:30 THAT IS WHERE TRUE HUMILITY IS DEMONSTRATED. 33:35 IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 16 THE STORY IS TOLD OF HOW MOSES 33:42 WAS APPROACHED BY KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM. 33:47 AND AS THESE MEN CAME TO HIM, THEY CLAIMED, 'WHO DO 33:50 YOU THINK YOU ARE? YOU ARE TRYING TO 33:53 SET YOURSELF AS GOD. YOU ARE EXALTING YOURSELF. 33:57 YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THE REST OF US. 33:59 ANY OF US COULD DO YOUR POSITION.' WHAT AMAZES ME 34:04 IS THE APPROACH - THE RESPONSE OF MOSES. 34:08 YOU SEE, MOSES DID NOT SAY, 'BRING IN THE TROOPS. 34:13 LET ME DESTROY YOU. LET ME SHOW YOU 34:17 HOW STRONG I AM. LET ME CALL DOWN FIRE FROM 34:19 HEAVEN.' RATHER, YOU SEE, IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 16 THAT 34:26 MOSES FELL ON HIS FACE. MOSES IS BEING ATTACKED. 34:35 MOSES IS BEING REBUKED AND HIS RESPONSE IS TO FALL ON 34:39 HIS FACE FLAT. THAT IS A POSITION 34:44 OF HUMILITY. THAT IS THE LAST POSITION 34:48 YOU WANT TO BE IN WHEN YOU ARE FACING AN ENEMY. 34:53 BUT HE WENT DOWN ON HIS FACE TO DEMONSTRATE THE 34:58 BATTLE IS THE LORD'S AND NOT MINE. TOMORROW WE WILL SEE WHICH 35:03 LEADER GOD HAS CHOSEN. YOU SEE, THAT IS THE 35:08 HUMILITY THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO TODAY. 35:12 OFTEN, WE HAVE PEOPLE COME TO US AND THEY SAY, 'YOU 35:14 KNOW, I'M TRYING TO WITNESS TO MY LOVED ONES 35:16 AND I KEEP TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT THE MARK OF THE 35:18 BEAST - ALL ABOUT THE PROPHECIES OF REVELATION 35:22 AND THEY'RE JUST NOT LISTENING TO ME.' AND 35:26 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REMIND THEM THAT, IN THAT 35:29 SITUATION, THE BEST APPROACH YOU MIGHT TAKE IS 35:33 SILENCE. BE THE LIVING EXAMPLE 35:39 OF JESUS CHRIST. BE THAT PERFUME. 35:43 SOMETIMES THE BEST APPROACH IS SILENCE. 35:47 I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME BEFORE AND SAY, 'HOW DO 35:49 YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO REBUKE 35:53 SOMEONE? THE RIGHT TIME TO 35:56 CORRECT SOMEONE?' AND MY RESPONSE IS WHEN 36:01 YOU HAVE TEARS IN YOUR EYES. YOU SEE, JESUS, EVEN WHEN 36:08 GIVING HIS STRONGEST REBUKES, DID SO WITH 36:13 TEARS IN HIS EYES. IT HURT HIM. 36:18 HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THESE THINGS BUT IT WAS 36:19 THE ONLY WAY TO HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR CONDITION 36:23 AND POINT THEM TO THE CROSS. 36:27 SEEK OTHERS WITH TEARS IN YOUR EYES. 36:34 A POWERFUL QUOTE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM 36:35 MANUSCRIPTS 24 - THIS IS FROM 1887. AND WE ARE TOLD WE MAY 36:42 EXPECT THAT FALSE REPORTS WILL CIRCULATE ABOUT US. 36:47 NOT 'IT COULD HAPPEN.' WE MAY EXPECT IT WILL HAPPEN. 36:54 "BUT IF WE FOLLOW A STRAIGHT COURSE, IF WE REMAIN INDIFFERENT 36:57 TO THESE THINGS, OTHERS WILL ALSO BE INDIFFERENT. 37:02 LET US LEAVE TO GOD THE CARE OF OUR REPUTATION. 37:06 SLANDER CAN BE LIVED DOWN BY OUR MANNER OF LIVING. 37:10 IT IS NOT LIVED DOWN BY WORDS OF INDIGNATION. 37:14 LET OUR GREAT ANXIETY BE TO ACT IN THE FEAR OF GOD 37:19 AND SHOW BY OUR CHARACTER THAT THESE REPORTS ARE 37:23 FALSE. NO ONE CAN INJURE OUR 37:26 CHARACTER AS MUCH AS WE OURSELVES. 37:29 IT IS THE WEAK TREES AND THE TOTTERING HOUSES THAT 37:32 NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY PROPPED UP. 37:35 WHEN WE SHOW OURSELVES SO ANXIOUS TO PROTECT OUR 37:38 REPUTATION AGAINST ATTACKS FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE GIVE 37:42 THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS NOT BLAMELESS BEFORE GOD 37:44 AND THAT IT NEEDS, THEREFORE, TO BE 37:46 CONTINUALLY BOLSTERED UP." POWERFUL WORDS, 37:50 ARE THEY NOT? ABSOLUTELY. 37:54 WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND OUR CHARACTER. 37:56 WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND OUR REPUTATION. 37:58 WOULD TO GOD THAT WE LIVE TODAY ONLY TO SEEK 38:02 APPROVAL FROM OUR FATHER'S HEART. 38:05 IMAGINE HOW THAT COULD CHANGE OUR DAILY 38:08 EXPERIENCE. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW 38:11 TO 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4, VERSES 3 THROUGH 5 - AND 38:16 SCARLET IS GOING TO READ THAT FOR US THIS MORNING - 38:19 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4 - WE ARE IN VERSES 3 THROUGH 5. 38:23 >>FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE 38:26 SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS SHALL THEY 38:29 HEAP TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS, HAVING ITCHING 38:32 EARS; AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE 38:34 TRUTH, AND SHALL BE TURNED UNTO FABLES. 38:38 BUT WATCH THOU IN ALL THINGS, ENDURE AFFLICTIONS, 38:41 DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST, MAKE FULL 38:44 PROOF OF THY MINISTRY. >>THANK YOU. 38:47 DO WE SEE THIS HAPPENING IN CHRISTENDOM TODAY? 38:52 HOW MUCH MORE POPULAR IT IS TO HEAR THESE 38:55 PROSPERITY SPEAKERS WHO GET UP AND THEY SAY, 'OH, 38:59 IF YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS, GOD WILL GIVE YOU 39:01 THAT NEW BMW. GOD WILL GIVE YOU THAT NEW MANSION. 39:07 JUST GIVE ALL YOUR MONEY TO ME AND GOD'LL DO IT.'? 39:08 RIGHT? AND PEOPLE ENJOY THESE 39:12 MESSAGES AND THEY HAVE THOSE ITCHING EARS. 39:15 'PREACH SMOOTH WORDS TO ME. 39:17 I WANT TO HEAR GRACE. I WANT TO HEAR BEAUTY. 39:19 LORD, REBUKES? AFFLICTION? THAT'S NOT WHAT 39:25 I'M LOOKING FOR.' AND YET, THAT MAY BE THE 39:28 VERY MESSAGE THAT GOD IS GIVING US TO TRULY WIN 39:32 AND BRING OUR HEARTS BACK TO HIM. 39:37 HANANIAH, HIS NAME MEANS 'GOD HAS BEEN GRACIOUS' - 39:45 HERE IS THIS FALSE PROPHET WITH THE NAME 'GOD HAS BEEN GRACIOUS' 39:52 PREACHING A MESSAGE OF PEACE AND JOY AND 39:56 PROSPERITY. IMAGINE BEING THERE AND 40:02 WATCHING NOAH BUILD AN ARK. WAS NOAH'S MESSAGE A 40:07 MESSAGE OF LOVE AND PEACE AND JOY? 40:11 IT WAS A MESSAGE OF DESTRUCTION, WAS IT NOT? 40:13 'GET IN THE ARK OR YOU WILL BE KILLED! 40:17 THIS IS THE WAY OF SALVATION; WALK YE IN IT.' 40:21 AND YET I IMAGINE THERE WERE PROBABLY OTHER 40:23 PREACHERS THERE STANDING BESIDE THE ARK, TRYING TO 40:27 TELL THE CONGREGATION GATHERED THERE, 'DON'T 40:29 LISTEN TO THIS FOOL. DON'T STRESS ABOUT THIS - 40:33 THIS END-TIME MESSAGE. DON'T ALLOW IT TO SCARE YOU. 40:39 THERE ARE MANY MORE BEAUTIFUL DAYS AHEAD OF YOU. 40:43 NATURALLY WE WOULD DESIRE TO LISTEN TO THOSE 40:45 PREACHERS, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO LISTENED TO NOAH WERE 40:50 SAVED. AND GOD IS CALLING US TOO, 40:55 TO LISTEN TO HIS WORD, TO ALLOW IT TO BE APPLIED 40:58 INTO OUR LIVES SO THAT WE ARE NOT DECEIVED BUT THAT 41:02 WE WILL BE READY FOR THE TIMES AHEAD. 41:05 IMAGINE THAT I WAS A DERMATOLOGIST AND YOU CAME 41:09 INTO ME WITH THIS STRANGE SKIN RASH ON YOUR ARM AND 41:14 I LOOK AT IT AND IMMEDIATELY I RECOGNIZE 41:17 THAT IS CANCER. BUT I'M A FRIEND OF YOURS. 41:22 WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS AND IT'S ALMOST 41:25 THANKSGIVING - I DON'T WANT TO MAKE YOU SAD. 41:28 I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS AND SO I LOOK AT 41:31 YOUR CANCEROUS RASH AND I TELL YOU, 'OH NO, NO, IT'S 41:35 JUST - JUST A LITTLE RASH - MAYBE A LITTLE ALLERGY. 41:38 IT'LL GO AWAY IN A FEW DAYS.' 41:41 WOULD I BE A FAITHFUL FRIEND? 41:45 NO, NOT AT ALL. I WOULD BE DELAYING YOUR 41:51 HEALING BY PREACHING A MESSAGE OF GRACE. 41:56 AND GOD IS SAYING AGAIN, 'DON'T COVER MY WORDS. 41:58 SPEAK IT IN TRUTH, BUT SPEAK IT IN LOVE.' 42:03 MANUSCRIPT 33 CONTINUING, "WE ARE TOLD THAT THE 42:06 PRESENT TRUTH - THE SPECIAL MESSAGE GIVEN TO 42:10 OUR WORLD, EVEN THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE, 42:13 COMPREHENDS A VAST FIELD CONTAINING HEAVENLY 42:16 TREASURES. NO ONE CAN BE EXCUSABLE 42:20 WHO SAYS, 'I WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANYTHING TO 42:24 DO WITH THESE SPECIAL MESSAGES. 42:26 I WILL JUST PREACH CHRIST.' NO ONE CAN PREACH 42:30 CHRIST AND PRESENT THE TRUTH AS IT IS IN JESUS, 42:33 UNLESS HE PRESENTS THE TRUTHS THAT ARE TO COME 42:36 BEFORE THE PEOPLE AT THE PRESENT TIME WHEN SUCH 42:41 IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE." DO WE SEE THAT IN 42:45 OUR WORLD TODAY? >>AMEN. 42:47 >>ARE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE? 42:49 >>AMEN. >>DO YOU SEE PROPHECY 42:51 BEING FULFILLED? >>AMEN. 42:53 >>WE LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 - WE LOOK AT 42:56 THE PROPHECIES IN REVELATION AND WE SAY, 42:58 'THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.' 43:00 IN OUR TIME, TODAY, THE SIGNS ARE BEING FULFILLED 43:05 AND YET SOME MAY SAY, 'LET IT GO. 43:09 LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT LOVE AND JESUS.' BUT HERE WE ARE 43:13 REMINDED THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF LOVE THAT 43:18 GOD HAS WARNED US OF THE THINGS BEFORE US. 43:23 IT IS BECAUSE OF LOVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US THESE 43:26 MESSAGES SO THAT OUR HEARTS CAN BE PREPARED FOR 43:29 HIS COMING. IT IS FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. 43:36 YOU SEE THIS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 43:39 OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE PICTURE THE BOOK OF REVELATION, 43:41 THEY'RE PICTURING WHAT? >>BEASTS. 43:44 >>BEASTS - THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES 43:48 COMING UP OUT OF THE SEA - OF ARMAGEDDON. 43:52 AND THEY MAY BE TERRIFIED AND YET WE FIND IN 43:54 REVELATION CHAPTER 1 THAT REVELATION IS TO BE A 43:58 REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 44:03 IN OTHER WORDS, PREACH THE TRUTH. 44:07 SHARE THE PRESENT TRUTH. PRESENT BEFORE THE PEOPLE 44:11 THE PROPHECIES THAT ARE BEING FULFILLED TODAY. 44:16 BUT IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL THERE MUST BE JESUS. 44:19 IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL REVEAL THE LAMB BECAUSE 44:23 THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE SALVATION - THE 44:28 REVELATION TODAY OF JESUS CHRIST. 44:32 YOU SEE, AFTER HANANIAH CUT OFF THAT WOODEN YOKE, 44:37 THE LORD SENT ANOTHER MESSAGE TO JEREMIAH AND HE 44:41 SAID, 'NOW TAKE A YOKE OF IRON AND PUT IT UPON 44:45 YOURSELF AND YOU WILL SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT THAT YOKE 44:49 WILL NOT BE BROKEN. YOU SEE, BEFORE IT WAS 44:52 ONLY WOOD, MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND LIGHTER TO 44:57 CARRY, BUT NOW IT IS OF IRON. 45:01 NOW YOUR BURDEN WILL BE SO MUCH GREATER.' TURN WITH 45:06 ME BACK TO JEREMIAH CHAPTER 28 AS WE FINISH 45:10 THE STORY HERE IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 28 AND WE WILL 45:18 PICK UP IN VERSE 15 - JEREMIAH CHAPTER 28 AND 45:26 VERSE 15, "THEN THE PROPHET JEREMIAH SAID TO 45:31 HANANIAH THE PROPHET, 'HEAR NOW, HANANIAH, THE LORD HAS NOT SENT 45:36 YOU, BUT YOU MAKE THIS PEOPLE TRUST IN A LIE. 45:41 THEREFORE THUS SAYS THE LORD: 'BEHOLD, I WILL CAST 45:43 YOU FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 45:46 THIS YEAR YOU SHALL DIE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAUGHT 45:50 REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD.'' SO HANANIAH THE 45:53 PROPHET DIED THE SAME YEAR IN THE SEVENTH MONTH." 46:00 AGAIN WE SEE THAT BECAUSE HANANIAH PROPHESIED 46:04 FALSELY, HE WAS CUT OFF. HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT. 46:11 YOU SEE, HANANIAH GOES TO A PROPHET AND SAYS, 'DON'T 46:14 WEAR THIS YOKE, GOD IS PROMISING PEACE.' A VERY 46:20 SIMILAR MESSAGE WAS GIVEN FROM THE DISCIPLES TO 46:23 JESUS CHRIST. 'JESUS, WHY DO YOU KEEP 46:26 TALKING ABOUT THIS CROSS? WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 46:29 THE CRUCIFIXION AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE KILLED? 46:33 AND JESUS, THAT DOESN'T SOUND SO NICE. 46:37 JESUS, YOU COULD BE THE EARTHLY KING. 46:40 JESUS, YOU COULD SIT ON THE THRONE. 46:42 YOU COULD DESTROY THE ROMANS.' YOU SEE, THE 46:46 DISCIPLES WERE LOOKING AT A CROWN, BUT JESUS SAW THE 46:53 CROSS. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMETIMES 46:59 OUR FUTURE - OUR PLANS DO NOT GO AS WE ANTICIPATE. 47:05 OUR LIFE MAY NOT BE LIVED OUT AS PLANNED AND WE MAY 47:09 QUESTION IT. BUT IF WE COULD BE IN 47:13 HEAVEN - IF WE COULD LOOK THROUGH HEAVEN'S EYES, 47:16 WE WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY. 47:19 GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US AND, AS ISAIAH 58 - 55 47:23 TELLS US, 'FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR 47:27 THOUGHTS AND MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, FOR 47:32 AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY 47:35 WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR 47:38 THOUGHTS. WHATEVER YOUR THOUGHTS ARE 47:40 TODAY, WHATEVER YOUR PLANS ARE, GOD'S PLANS FOR YOU 47:46 ARE SO MUCH GREATER. >>AMEN. 47:51 >>TURNING AGAIN IN OUR BIBLES TO 2 THESSALONIANS, 47:54 CHAPTER 2, WE ARE IN 2 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 2. 48:05 AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A 48:07 KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH THAT SAVES US, THERE IS 48:10 MORE TO IT THAN THAT. WE ARE IN 2 THESSALONIANS 48:14 CHAPTER 2, VERSES 10 THROUGH 12. 2 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 2, 48:22 VERSES 10 THROUGH 12, AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND WITH 48:26 ALL UNRIGHTEOUS DECEPTION AMONG THOSE WHO PERISH, 48:30 BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE 48:34 TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. 48:37 AND FOR THIS REASON GOD WILL SEND THEM STRONG 48:39 DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE THE LIE, THAT THEY 48:42 ALL MAY BE CONDEMNED WHO DID NOT BELIEVE THE TRUTH 48:45 BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." 48:49 NOW NOTICE WITH ME, WE ARE LOOKING IN VERSE - LET'S 48:58 SEE - VERSE 10. LOOK WITH ME IN VERSE 10 49:05 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A 49:07 LOVE OF THE TRUTH. IN OTHER WORDS, DID 49:12 THEY HAVE THE TRUTH? YES. 49:17 THEY HAD THE TRUTH BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE WHAT? 49:20 >>LOVE. >>THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH. 49:25 YOU SEE, I CAN HAVE THE TRUTH. 49:27 I CAN UNDERSTAND ALL THE PROPHECIES OF REVELATION 49:29 AND UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD OF THE BIBLE, BUT IF I 49:33 DON'T LOVE IT, I WILL BE DECEIVED. 49:40 THE STORY IS TOLD OF A MAN WHO WALKED THROUGHOUT 49:44 JERUSALEM YELLING OUT, 'WOE UNTO JERUSALEM! 49:48 WOE UNTO JERUSALEM! YOU WILL BE DESTROYED!' 49:52 FOR SEVEN YEARS HE CONTINUED THIS RITUAL, 49:56 'WOE UNTO JERUSALEM! WOE UNTO JERUSALEM!' 50:00 MANY OF THE PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIM AS THOUGH HE WAS 50:02 CRAZY - HE HAD LOST HIS MIND - AND HE WAS BROUGHT 50:05 IN BEFORE THE COURTS. HE WAS BEATEN. 50:09 HE WAS ARRESTED. HE WAS THROWN IN JAIL. 50:12 AND YET, HE NEVER REBUKED THEM. 50:15 HE WAS SILENT BEFORE HIS ACCUSERS. 50:18 FINALLY THEY RELEASED THE MAN AND HE CONTINUED THIS 50:21 PATTERN OF GOING THROUGHOUT JERUSALEM, 50:23 'WOE UNTO JERUSALEM! YOU WILL BE DESTROYED! 50:25 WOE UNTO JERUSALEM!' AND YOU SEE, THIS 50:28 MAN WAS RIGHT. JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED 50:34 AND WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED, HE TOO WAS KILLED. 50:40 YOU SEE, HE KNEW ALL THE SIGNS. 50:43 HE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE DESTROYED. 50:45 HE KNEW THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT HE DID NOT 50:48 HAVE THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN HIS LIFE AND 50:52 BECAUSE OF THIS FACT, HE WAS KILLED. 50:57 I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME FOR US TODAY. 50:59 DO WE HAVE THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN US TODAY? 51:01 DO WE LOVE THE TRUTH? YOU KNOW, TODAY, AS 51:04 YOU LOOK AT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, YOU MAY SAY, 51:08 'YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING AS I PLANNED. 51:11 THIS IS NOT HOW I ANTICIPATED MY LIFE TO BE. 51:15 I WAS LOOKING TOWARDS THE CALL OF JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1. 51:19 'I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. 51:21 I HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.'' AND YOU LIKE THAT. 51:24 BUT THEN YOU READ VERSE 10 AND THOSE TRIALS COME AND 51:28 THOSE STRUGGLES COME AND YOU MIGHT BEGIN TO DOUBT GOD. 51:32 BUT YOU SEE, GOD HAS A GREATER PLAN IN MIND FOR 51:38 YOU THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE. 51:41 LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF HEAVEN, WE WILL HAVE NO 51:44 REGRETS. TWO YEARS AGO MY LITTLE 51:51 NEPHEW DECLAN - A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO - 51:54 MY LITTLE NEPHEW DECLAN WAS BORN. 51:57 AND SOON AFTER HIS BIRTH THE DOCTORS REALIZED THAT 52:00 HE HAD SEVERAL HOLES IN HIS HEART. 52:04 THEY WOULD TRY TO HAVE HIM GROW AS MUCH AS HE 52:07 COULD BEFORE HAVING THE OPEN HEART SURGERY - IT'S 52:11 BETTER IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER. 52:13 BUT AFTER A WHILE HE BEGAN TO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH 52:15 BREATHING AND OTHER ISSUES AND THEY REALIZED THEY 52:16 COULDN'T PUT OFF THIS SURGERY ANY LONGER. 52:20 SO THERE WAS MY NEPHEW DECLAN AT TEN MONTHS OLD - 52:25 MY SISTER, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW TAKING THAT 52:29 PRECIOUS LITTLE BABY AND HANDING HIM OFF TO THE 52:32 ANESTHESIOLOGIST, KNOWING THAT SOON HIS CHEST WOULD 52:37 BE CUT OPEN, KNOWING THAT HE WOULD BEAR THOSE SCARS 52:41 FOREVER, KNOWING THAT HE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH 52:44 TREATMENTS AND MEDICATION - THIS ONGOING PROCESS. 52:48 BUT, YOU SEE, THE PARENTS HANDED THE CHILD OVER 52:52 BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEIR CHILD 52:54 COULD BE HEALED. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEIR 52:57 CHILD COULD EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF LIFE. 53:03 COULD THE PARENTS EXPLAIN TO THAT TEN MONTH OLD WHAT 53:06 WAS OCCURRING? NO, THE CHILD COULD NOT 53:10 POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND. IMAGINE JESUS STANDING 53:17 BESIDE THAT HOSPITAL BED. HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO THE 53:20 CHILD WHAT'S HAPPENING. HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO US 53:24 WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TRIALS AND THE 53:25 PROBLEMS WE MAY BE GOING THROUGH. 53:28 BUT HE LOOKS AT US AND HE SAYS, 'YOU WOULDN'T 53:30 UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE BUT A CHILD. 53:34 MY PLANS ARE SO MUCH GREATER. 53:36 I KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EXPERIENCE TRUE 53:39 HEALING IS BY GOING THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE.' 53:43 AND SO GOD ALLOWS US TO WALK, BUT WE DO NOT WALK 53:47 ALONE. >>AMEN! 53:49 >>AND I WANT TO PRAISE GOD TODAY THAT, AS WE GO 53:52 THROUGH THIS JOURNEY, AS WE SHARE HIS WORD, GOD IS 53:55 THE ONE THAT WILL KEEP US FAITHFUL. 53:57 IF WE KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS - AS WE LOOK FOR 54:00 THE LAMB REVEALED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, GOD 54:04 WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD US INTO TRUTH. 54:08 TODAY WE HAVE A FREE OFFER - REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE - SO 54:14 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THIS FREE OFFER, YOU 54:16 CAN CONTACT AMAZING FACTS FOR THAT FREE OFFER. 54:20 SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THIS RESOURCE 54:22 AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR 54:25 WEBSITE AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 54:28 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US TODAY AS WE 54:30 CONTINUE THIS STUDY OF GOD'S WORD. 54:33 MAY GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 54:38 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 54:41 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY 54:42 MORE TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE 54:45 AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 54:50 AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO 54:54 PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE 54:57 OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM 55:01 YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 55:08 (MUSIC) 55:24 >>HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 55:26 BEFORE, 'THEY EAT LIKE A BIRD' TALKING ABOUT 55:28 SOMEBODY WHO HAS A MINUSCULE APPETITE? 55:31 WELL YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE NEXT TIME YOU 55:33 USE THAT EXPRESSION. FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE THE 55:35 HUMMINGBIRD: IN ORDER FOR IT TO MAINTAIN ITS 55:38 INCREDIBLE METABOLISM, IT HAS TO EAT ABOUT 55:41 50-PERCENT OF ITS BODY WEIGHT EVERY DAY. 55:44 TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF A 55:46 HUNDRED-POUND WOMAN WAS TO EAT LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD, 55:49 SHE WOULD HAVE TO EAT 50 POUNDS OF SUGAR A DAY JUST 55:52 TO MAINTAIN HER BODY WEIGHT. IMAGINE THAT. 55:54 MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE THAT, BUT PERHAPS 55:58 YOU'LL WANT TO CONSIDER THIS ANOTHER WAY: THE 56:00 HUMMINGBIRD TYPICALLY CONSUMES BETWEEN FOUR TO 56:02 SEVEN CALORIES A DAY, ON THE OTHER HAND, A HUMAN: 56:05 ABOUT 3,500 CALORIES A DAY. 56:08 BUT IF YOU WERE TO EAT LIKE A BIRD - A 56:10 HUMMINGBIRD - YOU'D HAVE TO EAT OVER 150,000 56:13 CALORIES A DAY. THAT'S LIKE A MAN - 56:18 170 POUNDS THAT WOULD BE EATING 3,000 OREO COOKIES. 56:22 UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, A 56:24 HUMMINGBIRD NEEDS TO EAT EVERY FIVE OR TEN MINUTES, 56:27 BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE TIME DURING THE YEAR THE 56:29 HUMMINGBIRD WILL EAT ITS ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT EVERY DAY. 56:32 YOU SEE, ONCE A YEAR THEY MAKE THIS MIGRATION 500 MILES ACROSS 56:37 THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM TEXAS TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. 56:41 IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE HUMMINGBIRD FEASTS ON 56:45 NECTAR AND GORGES THEMSELVES ON THIS NECTAR 56:48 FOR ABOUT A WEEK, DOUBLING THEIR BODY WEIGHT. 56:51 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN STORE ENOUGH CALORIES 56:53 TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR 70-WING BEATS PER SECOND 56:57 OR ROUGHLY 4 MILLION WING BEATS ON THAT JOURNEY. 57:01 YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME WAY, FRIENDS, AS WE NEAR THE 57:03 END OF TIME, WE NEED TO BE FEASTING AND GORGING 57:05 OURSELVES ON THE NECTAR OF GOD'S WORD. 57:08 WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT STRENGTH TO GET 57:10 US THROUGH THE TIMES OF TROUBLE THAT ARE AHEAD. 57:12 SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIBLE AND YOUR PERSONAL 57:14 DEVOTIONS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT LIKE A BIRD, EAT 57:17 LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD. (MUSIC) 57:40 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 57:44 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE 57:47 SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS 57:50 OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 57:54 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 57:57 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 58:00 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? 58:02 DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S LAW AND HOW IT WAS 58:04 CHANGED. VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM . 58:10 (MUSIC) |
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