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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS.
WELCOME AGAIN TO SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. A
VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
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EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS
WATCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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AND, YES, AROUND THE WORLD.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE PART
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OF OUR STUDY TIME TOGETHER.
ALSO, A WARM WELCOME TO THE
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MEMBERS AND THOSE VISITING HERE
AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - GLAD
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TO SEE YOU HERE FOR
SABBATH SCHOOL THIS MORNING.
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WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH
A LESSON QUARTERLY ENTITLED THE
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ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE
COMMUNITY AND WE'VE ACTUALLY
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COME TO THE END OF THIS
QUARTER'S LESSONS AND SO WE'RE
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ON #13 - LESSON #13 - AND
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THE TIMELESS
THEME, EARTH AND HEAVEN WILL
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PASS AWAY; IT'S NOT A DREAM, GOD
WILL MAKE ALL THINGS NEW THAT
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DAY. GONE IS
THE CURSE FROM WHICH
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I STUMBLED AND FELL, EVIL
IS BANISHED TO ETERNAL HELL.
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NO MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING AGAIN.
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PRAISES TO THE GREAT, 'I
AM'; WE WILL LIVE IN THE LIGHT
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OF THE RISEN LAMB. SEE
ALL AROUND, NOW THE NATIONS
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BOW DOWN TO SING, THE
ONLY SOUND IS THE PRAISES TO
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CHRIST, OUR KING.
SLOWLY THE NAMES FROM THE BOOK
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ARE READ, I KNOW THE KING
SO THERE'S NO NEED TO DREAD.
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NO MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING AGAIN.
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PRAISES TO THE GREAT, 'I
AM'; WE WILL LIVE IN THE LIGHT
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OF THE RISEN LAMB. SEE
OVER THERE IS A MANSION
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PREPARED FOR ME, WHERE I CAN
LIVE WITH MAY SAVIOR ETERNALLY.
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NO MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING AGAIN.
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PRAISES TO THE GREAT, 'I
AM'; WE WILL LIVE IN THE LIGHT
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OF THE RISEN LAMB.
WE WILL LIVE IN THE
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LIGHT OF THE RISEN LAMB.
HALLELUJAH TO THE RISEN LAMB.
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>>AMEN. >>HAPPY
SABBATH EVERYONE.
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>>HAPPY SABBATH.
>>PLEASE JOIN US IN SINGING HYMN
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#528 - A SHELTER
IN THE TIME OF STORM .
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NO MATTER WHAT DIFFICULTIES YOU
MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH, OR WHAT
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MAY BE GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE,
REMEMBER THAT THE LORD IS YOUR
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MIGHTY ROCK, HE IS YOUR COOLING
SHADE, HE IS YOUR FAITHFUL GUIDE
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AND HE WILL SURELY
SUSTAIN YOU TO THE END.
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WE WILL SING ALL
FOUR VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THE LORD'S OUR ROCK, IN HIM WE
HIDE, A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF
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STORM; SECURE
WHATEVER MAY BETIDE,
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A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM.
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MIGHTY ROCK IN A WEARY LAND,
COOLING SHADE ON THE BURNING
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SAND, FAITHFUL GUIDE FOR THE
PILGRIM BAND - A SHELTER IN THE
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TIME OF STORM. A
SHADE BY DAY, DEFENSE BY
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NIGHT, A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF
STORM; NO FEARS ALARM, NO FOES
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AFFRIGHT, A SHELTER
IN THE TIME OF STORM.
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MIGHTY ROCK IN A WEARY LAND,
COOLING SHADE ON THE BURNING
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SAND, FAITHFUL GUIDE FOR THE
PILGRIM BAND - A SHELTER IN THE
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TIME OF STORM. THE
RAGING FLOODS MAY ROUND US
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BEAT, A SHELTER IN THE TIME
OF STORM; WE FIND IN GOD A SAFE
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RETREAT; A SHELTER IN THE TIME
OF STORM. MIGHTY ROCK IN A WEARY
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LAND, COOLING SHADE ON THE
BURNING SAND, FAITHFUL GUIDE FOR
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THE PILGRIM BAND - A
SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM.
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O ROCK DIVINE, O REFUGE DEAR, A
SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM; BE
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THOU OUR HELPER, EVER NEAR,
A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM.
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MIGHTY ROCK IN A WEARY LAND,
COOLING SHADE ON THE BURNING
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SAND, FAITHFUL GUIDE FOR THE
PILGRIM BAND - A SHELTER IN THE
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TIME OF STORM. >>THANK
YOU FOR SINGING WITH US.
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PASTOR ROSS WILL NOW
HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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>>LET US BOW OUR HEADS.
DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU
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ONCE AGAIN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
STUDY TOGETHER AND WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT -
WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO AS WE WAIT
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FOR THE
GLORIOUS COMING OF JESUS.
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SO WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAD
US BY YOUR SPIRIT INTO A CLEARER
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UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DUTY AS
CHRISTIANS EVER LOOKING FOR THE
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BLESSED HOPE. FOR WE ASK
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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>>AMEN. >>OUR
LESSON TODAY WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR
DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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MORNING, CLASS. >>MORNING.
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>>HOW'S EVERYBODY? >>GREAT.
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>>I THINK HE ALREADY MENTIONED
THAT WE HAVE A FREE OFFER
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DEALING WITH RIGHT ON TIME AND
THAT'S APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OUR
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STUDY TODAY IS THE LAST STUDY
IN THIS QUARTERLY TALKING ABOUT
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'HOW DO WE WAIT
FOR THE LORD'S RETURN?'
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AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS IS
THE LAST IN THIS QUARTER - THAT
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MEANS NEXT WEEK WE'RE STARTING -
AT LEAST IN OUR CLASS HERE - THE
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BEGINNING OF OUR
NEW QUARTER'S LESSON.
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AND I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT
THIS - IT'S ON THE BOOK OF JOB.
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THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REGULAR
MEMBERS HERE AT GRANITE BAY
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KNOW, WE JUST GOT DONE
WITH A SERIES ABOUT JOB.
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I'M HOPING I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN
EVERYTHING SO I'LL BE BETTER
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PREPARED TO TEACH.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE'VE
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GOT THAT SERIES AVAILABLE FOR
THE TEACHERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE
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TO BETTER PREP FOR THAT
SERIES ON THE BOOK OF JOB.
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TODAY'S LESSON IS
LESSON #13, HOW DO WE WAIT?
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WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND THE
MEMORY VERSE COMES TO US FROM
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ROMANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11 AND
IT'S - HERE IN THE LESSON IT'S
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FROM THE NEW INTERNATIONAL
VERSION - NOT MY FAVORITE
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VERSION, BUT SO WE CAN ALL SOUND
THE SAME WHEN WE READ IT, IF YOU
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WANT TO READ IT OUT OF
YOUR QUARTERLY, HERE WE GO.
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YOU READY? "NEVER
BE LACKING IN ZEAL, BUT
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KEEP YOUR SPIRITUAL
FERVOR, SERVING THE LORD.
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BE JOYFUL IN HOPE, PATIENT IN
AFFLICTION, FAITHFUL IN PRAYER.
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SHARE WITH THE LORD'S
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED.
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PRACTICE HOSPITALITY."
THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT
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JUST, SORT OF, AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT WE'RE TO BE DOING IN THE
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CHRISTIAN LIFE TO
STAY BUSY IN GOD'S WORK.
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YOU KNOW, THIS LESSON STARTS OUT
WITH AN INTERESTING QUOTE FROM
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THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY WHERE
ELLEN WHITE WAS REFERRING TO TWO
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CHURCHES AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE
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TWO CHURCHES ARE
OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO.
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TODAY, IF YOU GO TO OAKLAND
AND SAN FRANCISCO, OUR CHURCHES
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THERE ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE AND THE
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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE
ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN HARMONY
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TO TRY TO BRING A REVIVAL TO
THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME
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ACTIVE CHURCHES THERE.
BUT FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
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THERE, THERE WERE ACTUALLY
BIGGER ADVENTIST CHURCHES BACK
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IN ELLEN WHITE'S DAY
THAN THERE ARE TODAY.
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AND IT'S - THEY - THOSE CHURCHES
WERE SO BUSY - YOU JUST READ
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ABOUT SOME OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
BACK THEN AND IT SAYS THEY WERE
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'BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY, THEY
WERE INVOLVED IN VISITING THE
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SICK AND THE DESTITUTE, THEY
STARTED HOMES FOR THE ORPHANS,
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THEY HELPED THE UNEMPLOYED.
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THEY NURSED THE SICK, THEY
TAUGHT THE BIBLE, THEY HAD A
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HEALTH FOOD RESTAURANT, A
LITERATURE MINISTRY, CLASSES ON
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HEALTHFUL LIVING - THEY
HAD SPECIAL MEETINGS DURING THE
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WEEK, A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN,
MISSIONS WERE MAINTAINED, HEALTH
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FOOD STORE, VEGETARIAN CAFÉ, AND
THEY WENT DOWN TO THE PORT TO
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WORK WITH THE SAILORS COMING AND
GOING AND HAD LARGE EVANGELISTIC
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MEETINGS. SO SHE
REFERRED TO THESE
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CHURCHES AS
BEEHIVES OF ACTIVITY.
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AND THAT'D BE A GREAT FORMAT
FOR ALL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES,
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ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
BORDERS OF THE CITIES.
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BUT WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
DO IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WE'RE
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WAITING FOR THE LORD TO COME?
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I FAINTLY REMEMBER HEARING AN
ILLUSTRATION, YEARS AGO, ABOUT
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THIS LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE
IN CHICAGO OR NEW YORK, AND THEY
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WERE LOOKING
FOR A STORE MANAGER.
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AND THE OWNER OF THE STORE
SET UP AN APPOINTMENT - HE WAS
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INTERVIEWING DIFFERENT STORE
MANAGERS - AND THEY WOULD, ONE
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BY ONE, COME TO THE PLACE
OF INTERVIEW, WHICH WAS STRANGE
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BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THEM IN THE
BACK OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE AND
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THEY'D HAVE THEM WAIT IN THIS
WAREHOUSE INVENTORY ROOM, WHICH
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WASN'T FAR FROM
THE OWNER'S OFFICE.
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AND THIS MAN ARRIVED TO
INTERVIEW FOR THE JOB AND THE
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SECRETARY CAME OUT AND SAID,
'YOU KNOW, MR. WILLIAMSON IS
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BUSY RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DON'T
MIND, CAN YOU PLEASE WAIT HERE?
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IT MAY BE AWHILE SO JUST
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.'
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WELL, HE SAT DOWN AND HE'S
WAITING FOR HIS INTERVIEW FOR
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THIS MANAGERIAL POSITION IN A
DEPARTMENT STORE AND HE BEGINS
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TO LOOK AROUND THE INVENTORY
ROOM AND IT'S RATHER DISHEVELED,
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WHICH SURPRISED HIM BECAUSE THE
DEPARTMENT STORE WAS KNOWN FOR
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BEING A HIGH-END STORE.
EVERYTHING WAS VERY NEAT AND
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CRISP INSIDE THE STORE, BUT THE
BACK ROOM WAS SORT OF A MESS.
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YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TABLE WITH
SOME CLOTHES THAT LOOKED LIKE
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CLOTHES THEY WERE GOING TO SELL,
BUT THEY WERE JUST IN A PILE.
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AND THEN THEY HAD - THERE WERE
BOOKS ON ANOTHER TABLE AND THEY
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WERE ALL, KIND OF, PILED UP.
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AND THERE WAS A RACK AND SOME
CLOTHES WERE ON THE FLOOR NEXT
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TO THE RACK AND HE SAT THERE FOR
AWHILE AND PRETTY SOON HE GOT
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TIRED OF SITTING SO HE STOOD UP
AND HE COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF, SO
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HE WALKED OVER AND HE DECIDED,
'WELL, I MAY AS WELL STACK THESE
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BOOKS IN ORDER.' AND SO HE KIND
OF STARTED STACKING THE BOOKS
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AND HE HOPED HE
WOULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT.
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AND HE STACKED THE BOOKS IN
ORDER AND MADE IT LOOK A LITTLE
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NICER. AND HE LOOKED AT THE
CLOTHES THAT WERE ALL, SORT OF,
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DISHEVELED IN A PILE AND HE
PULLED THEM OUT AND SHOOK THEM
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AND FOLDED THEM AND PUT
THEM IN SOME KIND OF AN ORDER.
00:15:08.10\00:15:10.74
AND THEN HE SAW SOME OTHER
CLOTHES AND HE BEGAN TO HANG
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THEM ON THE RACK AND HE JUST
WENT AROUND THE ROOM AND HE - IT
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WAS AN HOUR OR
SO BEFORE THE VISIT.
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AND FINALLY HE HEARD THE
SECRETARY'S DOOR OPEN AND HE
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WENT AND HE SAT DOWN REAL QUICK
AND SHE CAME OUT AND SHE LOOKED
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AROUND THE ROOM AND HE
WENT IN FOR THE INTERVIEW.
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FIRST THING THE GUY SAID TO HIM
WAS, 'YOU'RE HIRED.' HE SAID,
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'WELL, I HAVEN'T REALLY SHOWN
YOU MY RESUME AND MY QUALIFI -
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MY EXPERIENCE.' HE SAID,
'NO, WE WERE KIND OF WAITING FOR
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SOMEBODY THAT WAS
GOING TO FIX UP THAT ROOM.'
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HE SAID - HE SAID,
'WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
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THAT WANT A JOB AND
ORDER PEOPLE AROUND.
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WE WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO
KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND
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DO IT.' AND A LOT OF CHRISTIANS
I MEET ARE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH
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THE PROPHECIES AND THE END AND
THE SECOND COMING, AND THEY WANT
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TO KNOW HOW TO RUN OUT IN THE
HILLS AND SAVE THEMSELVES AND
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THEY'RE NOT REALLY THINKING
ABOUT 'WHAT DO I DO IN THE
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MEANTIME TO SAVE THE
LOST?' WE'VE GOT A WORK TO DO.
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JESUS SAID, 'UNTIL HE COMES,
WE'RE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THE
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WORLD A BETTER PLACE AND SHOW
PEOPLE WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS.
00:16:13.47\00:16:16.77
NOW, WE TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO ABOUT VOTING AND PEOPLE
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THINK, 'THE WORLD'S
ENDING, WHY BOTHER VOTING?'
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AND THE IDEA, FOR A CHRISTIAN,
SHOULD BE, 'YES, WE KNOW HOW
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IT'S GOING TO END. WE
KNOW THAT SOMEDAY AMERICA,
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WHO STARTED LIKE A LAMB, IS
GOING TO SPEAK LIKE A DRAGON.
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BUT WHAT DO WE
DO IN THE MEANTIME?'
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DO WE TRY TO HELP THE
DRAGON? OR DO WE TRY TO
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PROLONG THE LAMB? AND
SO, I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO
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EVERYTHING WE CAN, AS LONG AS WE
CAN, TO TRY TO PRESERVE FREEDOM
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AND DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HELP
OTHER PEOPLE UNTIL JESUS COMES.
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>>AMEN. >>WE NEED TO STAY BUSY.
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THIS IS WHAT OUR
LESSON IS DEALING WITH TODAY.
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AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF
VERSES. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK
00:17:03.42\00:17:05.59
IN A FEW MOMENTS I'M GOING TO
HAVE SOMEBODY READ A VERSE FROM
00:17:05.59\00:17:09.22
LUKE 19 - WILL
YOU BE, HAFDIS? OKAY.
00:17:09.22\00:17:12.26
I'M GOING TO READ MATTHEW
24 - AND THIS MIGHT BE A MOMENT
00:17:12.26\00:17:15.43
BEFORE WE GET TO LUKE - BUT LOOK
AT MATTHEW 24, VERSES 4 TO 6.
00:17:15.43\00:17:19.47
WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
THE SIGNS OF JESUS' COMING, WE
00:17:19.47\00:17:22.30
AUTOMATICALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT
THE IDEA OF THE WORLD ENDING,
00:17:22.30\00:17:27.31
THE TIME OF TROUBLE, RUNNING
FOR THE HILLS, AND WHAT ARE THE
00:17:27.31\00:17:31.08
SIGNS? AND WE
FORGET THAT JESUS SAID,
00:17:31.08\00:17:34.82
'DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, YOU
MAY BE HERE AWHILE.' NOW, I'M
00:17:34.82\00:17:38.35
PARAPHRASING, BUT YOU SEE FOR
YOURSELF. CHRIST SAYS - MATTHEW
00:17:38.35\00:17:43.19
24, VERSE 4 - "JESUS ANSWERED
AND SAID TO THEM: 'TAKE HEED
00:17:43.19\00:17:46.66
THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU.
FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME,
00:17:46.66\00:17:49.73
SAYING, 'I AM THE
CHRIST,' AND WILL DECEIVE MANY.
00:17:49.73\00:17:53.13
AND YOU WILL HEAR OF
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS.
00:17:53.13\00:17:56.97
SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT TROUBLED;
FOR ALL THESE THINGS MUST COME
00:17:56.97\00:18:00.11
TO PASS, BUT THE END IS NOT
YET.'" WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE
00:18:00.11\00:18:06.08
WARS, RUMORS OF WARS, FALSE
CHRISTS - AND WE ALL BUNCH THAT
00:18:06.08\00:18:08.55
TOGETHER IN THE LAST DAYS.
CHRIST SAID, 'THIS IS GOING TO
00:18:08.55\00:18:11.32
HAPPEN FROM MY DAY 'TIL THE END
- 'TIL THE SECOND COMING.' HAVE
00:18:11.32\00:18:16.32
THERE BEEN WARS
AND RUMORS OF WARS?
00:18:16.32\00:18:18.63
ALL - HE SAID, 'DON'T LET EVERY
WAR THAT COMES ALONG MAKE YOU
00:18:18.63\00:18:21.10
THINK, 'THIS IS IT!'
HE SAID - I MEAN, WE'VE
00:18:21.10\00:18:23.70
HAD TWO WORLD WARS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE IN -
00:18:23.70\00:18:26.70
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
THOUGHT DURING WORLD WAR I?
00:18:26.70\00:18:31.54
DON'T YOU THINK THEY
WERE THINKING, 'THIS IS IT!'
00:18:31.54\00:18:34.61
COME ON, LET'S BE HONEST.
WHOLE WORLD'S ENGAGED IN A WAR.
00:18:34.61\00:18:38.31
AND THEN WORLD WAR II - WAS
BIGGER THAN WORLD WAR I AND THE
00:18:38.31\00:18:42.25
WEAPONS WERE MORE
DEADLY AND MORE PEOPLE DIED.
00:18:42.25\00:18:45.69
AND THEN WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMBS
WENT OFF AND WE ENTERED THE
00:18:45.69\00:18:49.82
NUCLEAR AGE AND THE COLD
WAR. EVERYONE WAS JUST WAITING.
00:18:49.82\00:18:53.60
THEY FIGURED IF JESUS DOESN'T
COME, SOMEONE'S GOING TO HIT
00:18:53.60\00:18:55.40
THAT RED BUTTON AND
IT'S GOING TO ALL BE OVER.
00:18:55.40\00:18:58.73
SO EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT
THE SECOND COMING WAS JUST RIGHT
00:18:58.73\00:19:02.40
THERE AT THE CUSP.
JESUS TOLD US IN MATTHEW 24,
00:19:02.40\00:19:05.67
'YOU MAY BE HERE AWHILE.' WHY
DO YOU THINK THE LORD SAYS, 'HE
00:19:05.67\00:19:08.64
THAT ENDURES TO THE
END WILL BE SAVED'? RIGHT?
00:19:08.64\00:19:11.98
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MUST BE
ENDURED. GO AHEAD, PLEASE, READ
00:19:11.98\00:19:14.65
FOR US LUKE 19 - I
THINK IT'S 12 AND 13.
00:19:14.65\00:19:18.49
>>"THEREFORE HE SAID: 'A CERTAIN
NOBLEMAN WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY
00:19:18.49\00:19:23.12
TO RECEIVE FOR HIMSELF
A KINGDOM AND TO RETURN.
00:19:23.12\00:19:26.46
SO HE CALLED TEN OF HIS
SERVANTS, DELIVERED TO THEM TEN
00:19:26.46\00:19:30.03
MINAS, AND SAID TO THEM,
'DO BUSINESS TILL I COME.'"
00:19:30.03\00:19:34.80
>>NOW, IT'S INTERESTING THE
WAY THE KING JAMES SAYS THIS:
00:19:34.80\00:19:37.57
"OCCUPY TILL I COME" -
DO BUSINESS - STAY BUSY.
00:19:37.57\00:19:42.08
AND HE GIVES THEM MONEY - GIVES
THEM GIFTS - TALENTS - MINAS IS
00:19:42.08\00:19:48.45
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY 'MONEY' -
ANOTHER FORM OF MONEY - AND HE'S
00:19:48.45\00:19:53.19
SAYING, 'INVEST THESE RESOURCES
I'VE GIVEN YOU 'TILL I COME
00:19:53.19\00:19:57.66
BACK. I'M GOING INTO'
- WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY?
00:19:57.66\00:19:59.79
FAR COUNTRY. IF
YOU WERE GOING IN A FAR
00:19:59.79\00:20:02.46
COUNTRY BACK THEN, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE JETS AND IF YOU WENT TO
00:20:02.46\00:20:05.63
A FAR COUNTRY IT
MEANT A LONG TRIP.
00:20:05.63\00:20:08.04
AND IF YOU WENT INTO A FAR
COUNTRY AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE
00:20:08.04\00:20:09.64
INTERNET AND TELEPHONE, YOU
DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY
00:20:09.64\00:20:12.34
WERE COMING BACK.
AND SO HE'S BASICALLY
00:20:12.34\00:20:14.54
SAYING, 'I'M GOING. I'M
GOING TO BE GONE AWHILE.
00:20:14.54\00:20:17.25
I'M WANTING YOU TO INVEST AND'
- YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PARABLE
00:20:17.25\00:20:21.78
SAYING, 'I'LL REPAY YOU WHEN
I COME BACK.' WELL, THAT'S WHAT
00:20:21.78\00:20:24.35
THE LORD'S TOLD
US. HE SAYS, 'OCCUPY.
00:20:24.35\00:20:26.52
STAY BUSY.' NOW, OUR CHURCH IS
INVOLVED IN A BUILDING PROGRAM
00:20:26.52\00:20:32.66
AND BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY
THESE DAYS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING
00:20:32.66\00:20:37.17
CHEAPER. IT'S EXPENSIVE.
00:20:37.17\00:20:39.30
AND, EVERY NOW AND THEN, I'LL
HEAR SOMEBODY SAY, 'BUT THE LORD
00:20:39.30\00:20:43.37
IS COMING SO SOON. WHY
WOULD WE WANT TO BUILD?'
00:20:43.37\00:20:50.55
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN - LOOK AT OUR
HOSPITALS AND OUR UNIVERSITIES
00:20:50.55\00:20:56.48
AND OUR SCHOOLS AND
OUR PUBLISHING HOUSES.
00:20:56.48\00:20:58.85
WHAT IF WE HAD SAID
THAT ALL ALONG THE WAY?
00:20:58.85\00:21:02.42
WHERE WOULD WE BE NOW?
THERE'S A DELICATE BALANCE FOR
00:21:02.42\00:21:06.49
CHRISTIANS BETWEEN BEING READY
EVERY DAY AS THOUGH IT COULD BE
00:21:06.49\00:21:11.37
YOUR LAST BECAUSE, BY THE
WAY, IT COULD BE YOUR LAST.
00:21:11.37\00:21:14.17
WE NEVER KNOW,
RIGHT? EVERY DAY'S A GIFT.
00:21:14.17\00:21:16.57
ON THE WAY TO CHURCH THIS
MORNING KAREN AND I GOT CUT OFF
00:21:16.57\00:21:20.68
- I MEAN, SOMEBODY
TOTALLY DIDN'T SEE ME.
00:21:20.68\00:21:23.24
THEY NOT ONLY CHANGED LANES,
THEY DID A U-TURN RIGHT INTO ME
00:21:23.24\00:21:28.28
AND I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES
AND HONK - AND I USUALLY DON'T
00:21:28.28\00:21:30.69
HONK MY HORN BUT, I MEAN, I -
AND EVEN AFTER THEY SAW US, WE
00:21:30.69\00:21:34.49
WERE - HAD TO COME TO A
FULL STOP - THEY KEPT THEIR TURN
00:21:34.49\00:21:37.93
GOING. THEY JUST TURNED
AROUND AND JUST - I DON'T KNOW.
00:21:37.93\00:21:41.76
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'LL MAKE YOUR
HEART STOP FOR A SECOND WHEN
00:21:41.76\00:21:46.27
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS
AND YOU THINK IT'S - BUT FOR THE
00:21:46.27\00:21:49.20
GRACE OF GOD NONE
OF US WOULD BE HERE.
00:21:49.20\00:21:51.87
SO NONE OF US KNOWS. SO
YOU - BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
00:21:51.87\00:21:54.38
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN FEAR AND
YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE
00:21:54.38\00:21:56.78
NEVER BUILDING - NEVER
INVESTING - NEVER ADVANCING.
00:21:56.78\00:22:00.25
WHAT DO YOU DO IF
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN?
00:22:00.25\00:22:03.28
SHOULD YOU THINK
ABOUT RETIREMENT?
00:22:03.28\00:22:05.52
SHOULD YOU SAVE FOR RETIREMENT?
IS IT A LACK OF FAITH?
00:22:05.52\00:22:09.32
NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T
THINK JESUS IS COMING AGAIN IF
00:22:09.32\00:22:12.66
YOU SAVE FOR RETIREMENT.
YOU NEED TO PLAN LIKE YOU COULD
00:22:12.66\00:22:16.16
BE HERE A THOUSAND YEARS.
AND IF THE LORD COMES AND YOU'VE
00:22:16.16\00:22:19.73
SAVED FOR RETIREMENT, HE WON'T
PUNISH YOU. IF THE LORD COMES
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.44
AND YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS
OF BUILDING A CHURCH, HE WON'T
00:22:22.44\00:22:24.81
PUNISH YOU, BECAUSE HE TOLD US
TO 'OCCUPY 'TILL I COME.' RIGHT?
00:22:24.81\00:22:29.48
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
STAY BUSY AND CONTINUE.
00:22:29.48\00:22:31.95
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE
HERE - 2 THESSALONIANS 2, VERSE
00:22:31.95\00:22:35.18
1 - 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-4, "NOW,
BRETHREN," - PAUL IS WRITING.
00:22:35.18\00:22:42.82
THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
WHERE HE SAID YOU'RE GETTING SO
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.89
EXCITED ABOUT THE IMMINENCE
OF THE LORD'S COMING THAT YOU'RE
00:22:44.89\00:22:48.50
GOING TOO FAR - "NOW, BRETHREN,
CONCERNING THE COMING OF OUR
00:22:48.50\00:22:52.60
LORD JESUS CHRIST AND OUR
GATHERING TOGETHER TO HIM, WE
00:22:52.60\00:22:56.24
ASK YOU, NOT TO BE SOON SHAKEN
IN MIND OR TROUBLED, EITHER BY
00:22:56.24\00:23:00.68
SPIRIT OR BY WORD OR BY LETTER,
AS IF FROM US, AS THOUGH THE DAY
00:23:00.68\00:23:06.01
OF CHRIST HAD COME. LET
NO ONE DECEIVE YOU BY ANY
00:23:06.01\00:23:10.22
MEANS; FOR THAT DAY WILL
NOT COME UNLESS THE FALLING AWAY
00:23:10.22\00:23:15.12
COMES FIRST," -
NOW WHAT IS HE SAYING?
00:23:15.12\00:23:18.16
HE'S SAYING, 'LOOK, EVERYONE'S
GETTING YOU ALL SHAKEN UP AND
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.33
YOU'RE THINKING THE DAY OF THE
LORD IS EITHER ALREADY COME OR
00:23:20.33\00:23:23.16
IT'S ABOUT TO COME.' HE
SAYS, 'NO, IT HASN'T COME YET.
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.33
SOME THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN THAT
HAVEN'T HAPPENED.' AND HE TALKS
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.70
ABOUT A MAJOR FALLING AWAY AND
HE TALKS ABOUT A FALLING AWAY IN
00:23:28.70\00:23:32.71
THE CHURCH. NOW
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
00:23:32.71\00:23:35.11
BUT DO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
STILL OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO
00:23:35.11\00:23:37.81
HAPPEN BEFORE THE
LORD COMES? >>YES.
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.85
>>THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO RELAX, BECAUSE LIKE
00:23:39.85\00:23:42.65
I SAID, WE NEVER KNOW.
FINAL EVENTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN
00:23:42.65\00:23:45.62
QUICKLY. LET ME GIVE YOU
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: IF YOU
00:23:45.62\00:23:51.33
HAD GONE TO THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL A WEEK BEFORE MOSES
00:23:51.33\00:23:54.56
SHOWED UP AND SAID, 'LET MY
PEOPLE GO.' IF YOU HAD GONE TO
00:23:54.56\00:23:58.97
THEM AND SAID, 'HEY, I'VE
GOT GOOD NEWS.' 'WHAT'S THAT?'
00:23:58.97\00:24:02.60
'I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL GOING TO
BE LEAVING EGYPT IN ABOUT THREE
00:24:02.60\00:24:06.98
WEEKS.' THEY'D
SAY, 'YOU'RE CRAZY.
00:24:06.98\00:24:09.98
WE'VE BEEN HERE
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
00:24:09.98\00:24:11.18
WE COULD NEVER GET OUT
OF HERE IN THREE WEEKS.
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.52
PHARAOH'S NOT IN ANY
MINDSET TO LET US GO.
00:24:13.52\00:24:16.48
HIS FAMILY, THEY
ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY.
00:24:16.48\00:24:18.95
THE POLITICAL CLIMATE,
WELL, THEY'LL NEVER LET US GO.
00:24:18.95\00:24:22.12
AND THINK OF ALL THE PACKING
THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED AND HOW
00:24:22.12\00:24:24.36
ARE WE GOING TO GET READY?
AND ALL THE LEGISLATION - GET
00:24:24.36\00:24:27.20
PASSED - IN ORDER' - AND THEY
COULD THINK OF ALL THE REASONS
00:24:27.20\00:24:29.23
IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN,
BUT WHEN MOSES SHOWED UP AND GOD
00:24:29.23\00:24:32.73
BEGAN TO RAIN THOSE PLAGUES
ON EGYPT, DID THINGS START
00:24:32.73\00:24:35.94
HAPPENING QUICKLY?
ARE THERE GOING TO BE
00:24:35.94\00:24:39.27
PLAGUES IN THE
LAST DAYS TOO? >>YES.
00:24:39.27\00:24:41.78
>>DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HOW
RAPIDLY THINGS COULD HAPPEN.
00:24:41.78\00:24:47.55
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN LAWS PASS
QUICKLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID?
00:24:47.55\00:24:52.25
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN WORLD WAR
II AFTER PEARL HARBOR - WELL,
00:24:52.25\00:24:55.22
NOT ALL OF YOU WERE HERE.
I WASN'T HERE. MY BROTHER WAS
00:24:55.22\00:24:59.36
BORN ON PEARL HARBOR DAY -
DECEMBER 7TH. HE WASN'T HERE
00:24:59.36\00:25:03.30
THEN EITHER SO, I MEAN, THAT'S
WHAT? 1942 - IS THAT RIGHT?
00:25:03.30\00:25:11.27
IT WAS AFTER WORLD WAR II
STARTED BUT WE WEREN'T IN THE
00:25:11.27\00:25:13.71
WAR YET. '41 - '42? HOW MANY SAY
'42? (LAUGHTER) DO I HAVE A 43?
00:25:13.71\00:25:21.82
(LAUGHTER) ANY ONE HERE POSITIVE
ABOUT WHAT DATE THAT IS?
00:25:21.82\00:25:28.42
WAS ANYONE ALIVE THEN?
'41 - '41 - OKAY, THANK YOU.
00:25:28.42\00:25:34.10
I WONDERED WHEN I SAID '42
- I THINK IT WAS '41 - YEAH.
00:25:34.10\00:25:37.57
WHAT WAS I SAYING? OH, LOOK
AT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
00:25:37.57\00:25:41.60
THEY STARTED TO MAKE LAWS, THEY
BEGAN TO RATION - THEY STARTED
00:25:41.60\00:25:44.31
RATIONING EVEN THINGS LIKE
RUBBER FOR TIRES AND THEY -
00:25:44.31\00:25:47.98
PEOPLE GOT ROUNDED UP AND PUT
IN INTERNMENT CAMPS JUST ALMOST
00:25:47.98\00:25:52.61
OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF FEAR.
JUST ALL THESE LAWS - LOOK AT -
00:25:52.61\00:25:54.98
AFTER 9/11 - DID
THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU FLY?
00:25:54.98\00:25:58.19
LOOK HOW QUICKLY LAWS PASS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THINGS
00:25:58.19\00:26:01.12
CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
00:26:01.12\00:26:03.36
EXACTLY WHEN THAT IS, WE NEED
TO PLAN LIKE WE COULD BE HERE
00:26:03.36\00:26:07.56
AWHILE AND WE NEED TO
PLAN BASED ON WHAT WE SEE TODAY
00:26:07.56\00:26:10.53
GOING ON AROUND US.
STAY BUSY FOR THE LORD, AMEN?
00:26:10.53\00:26:15.50
WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO
SEE YOU DOING WHEN HE COMES?
00:26:15.50\00:26:20.41
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE - DO YOU
WANT TO BE SITTING ON YOUR HANDS
00:26:20.41\00:26:22.68
WHEN JESUS COMES, WAITING FOR
HIS COMING? OR WOULD YOU RATHER
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.61
HAVE HIM SEE YOU BUSY -
INVOLVED IN DOING MISSION WORK?
00:26:25.61\00:26:30.92
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU
PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT THE LORD
00:26:30.92\00:26:33.59
TO COME DURING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:26:33.59\00:26:38.49
ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING YOU
WOULDN'T WANT THE LORD TO COME
00:26:38.49\00:26:40.83
AT THAT TIME? DON'T DO IT.
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.93
YOU NEVER KNOW
THE DAY OR THE HOUR.
00:26:42.93\00:26:44.70
BE READY ALWAYS -
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
00:26:44.70\00:26:47.80
ALRIGHT, REVIVAL AND
REFORMATION WHILE WE WAIT .
00:26:47.80\00:26:51.47
I'LL START OUT WITH A QUOTE -
IT'S IN YOUR LESSON - FROM THE
00:26:51.47\00:26:53.91
BOOK SELECTED MESSAGES , BOOK
1, PAGE 121, "A REVIVAL OF TRUE
00:26:53.91\00:26:59.08
GODLINESS AMONG US IS THE
GREATEST AND MOST URGENT OF ALL
00:26:59.08\00:27:03.22
OF OUR NEEDS.
TO SEEK THIS SHOULD
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.72
BE OUR FIRST WORK." WHAT
SHOULD BE THE FIRST WORK?
00:27:05.72\00:27:09.89
A REVIVAL. NOW SOMETHING'S GOING
TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, OUR CHURCH
00:27:09.89\00:27:13.23
IS IN A LAODICEAN CONDITION.
HOW MANY AGREE? HOW MANY FEEL
00:27:13.23\00:27:17.87
YOU ARE IN A
LAODICEAN CONDITION.
00:27:17.87\00:27:21.90
YOU KNOW, THAT
WASN'T NEAR AS MANY HANDS.
00:27:21.90\00:27:24.41
(LAUGHTER) WHEN I ASKED IF
THE CHURCH WAS IN A LAODICEAN
00:27:24.41\00:27:26.81
CONDITION ABOUT 80
PERCENT OF THE HANDS WENT UP.
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.31
WHEN I ASKED IF YOU WERE IN
A LAODICEAN CONDITION, VERY FEW
00:27:29.31\00:27:32.61
HANDS WENT UP.
I'LL PUT MY HAND UP.
00:27:32.61\00:27:36.69
COMPARED TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE,
I THINK WE'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT
00:27:36.69\00:27:41.69
LUKEWARM AND WE NEED THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:27:41.69\00:27:45.63
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER GODLY
LIVING WILL BRING PERSECUTION OR
00:27:45.63\00:27:51.60
PERSECUTION WILL BRING GODLY
LIVING, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO
00:27:51.60\00:27:54.94
HAPPEN. BIBLE SAYS
ALL THAT LIVE GODLY
00:27:54.94\00:27:57.21
WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
AND NOTHING GETS THE DEVIL
00:27:57.21\00:28:00.34
MADDER THAN THE
HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH.
00:28:00.34\00:28:03.61
BUT SOMETIMES, THE
CHURCH DOESN'T APPRECIATE THE
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.05
IMPORTANCE OF HOLINESS UNTIL
WE'RE GOING THROUGH TRIALS.
00:28:06.05\00:28:09.82
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'LL
HAPPEN, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO
00:28:09.82\00:28:12.85
HAPPEN THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE
- IS GOING TO TRIGGER A REVIVAL.
00:28:12.85\00:28:17.73
NOW THERE'S NOTHING THAT
WOULD PREVENT THAT REVIVAL FROM
00:28:17.73\00:28:19.86
HAPPENING NOW. 'IF
MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE
00:28:19.86\00:28:23.47
CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE
THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY
00:28:23.47\00:28:26.57
FACE AND TURN FROM
THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL
00:28:26.57\00:28:30.37
HEAR FROM HEAVEN. I
WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN.
00:28:30.37\00:28:32.94
I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.'
YOU KNOW THAT VERSE THERE IN 2
00:28:32.94\00:28:36.34
CHRONICLES - 2
CHRONICLES 7:14 OR IS IT 14:7?
00:28:36.34\00:28:40.38
>>7:14. >>7:14 - THANK YOU.
00:28:40.38\00:28:42.35
I'VE MENTIONED I'M DYSLEXIC,
HAVEN'T I? WITH NUMBERS.
00:28:42.35\00:28:46.92
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE TIMES
WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE SOUGHT HIS
00:28:46.92\00:28:50.33
FACE AND TURNED
FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS?
00:28:50.33\00:28:52.66
I REMEMBER, IN THE DAYS OF
JEHOSHOPHAT, THREE NATIONS - THE
00:28:52.66\00:28:55.86
MOABITES, AND THE AMMONITES, AND
THE EDOMITES ALL GATHERED AT ONE
00:28:55.86\00:28:59.70
TIME TO ATTACK ISRAEL AND
THEY ALL GATHERED TOGETHER.
00:28:59.70\00:29:02.57
THE ISRAELITES, THEY
HUMBLED THEMSELVES, THEY PRAYED,
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.57
THEY SOUGHT THE
FACE OF THE LORD.
00:29:05.57\00:29:06.98
THERE WAS A REVIVAL AND THEN
GOD WORKED A MIRACLE FOR THEM.
00:29:06.98\00:29:09.78
IN THE DAYS OF HEZEKIAH,
THE ASSYRIANS WERE AT THE WALL
00:29:09.78\00:29:12.78
THREATENING - THEY DESTROYED
ALL THE SURROUNDING NATIONS.
00:29:12.78\00:29:15.18
THEY DESTROYED ISRAEL -
THE NORTHERN KINGDOM - AND THEY
00:29:15.18\00:29:18.15
SAID, 'YOU'RE NEXT.'
AND THE PEOPLE ALL GATHERED.
00:29:18.15\00:29:20.86
HEZEKIAH PUT THE
LETTER BEFORE THE LORD.
00:29:20.86\00:29:22.36
THEY REPENTED OF THEIR SINS.
THEY SOUGHT GOD'S FACE. THERE
00:29:22.36\00:29:24.76
WAS A REVIVAL AND GOD DELIVERED
THEM FROM THEIR ENEMIES.
00:29:24.76\00:29:28.53
IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TRIALS FOR US
TO REALLY GET ON OUR KNEES AND
00:29:28.53\00:29:32.90
SEEK GOD'S FACE, BUT SOMETHING
HAS TO HAPPEN THAT'S GOING TO
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.47
WAKE US UP AND SHAKE US UP
AND GET US OUT OF OUR LUKEWARM
00:29:35.47\00:29:38.74
CONDITION. A REVIVAL
IS OUR GREATEST NEED.
00:29:38.74\00:29:42.08
LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU
- AND THIS IS A LONG PASSAGE.
00:29:42.08\00:29:46.15
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME,
IN JUST A MOMENT, 2 CORINTHIANS
00:29:46.15\00:29:48.45
5:17, OKAY? 2
PETER 3, SPEAKING OF THE
00:29:48.45\00:29:53.72
SECOND COMING, PETER SAYS
HERE IN HIS SECOND BOOK, CHAPTER
00:29:53.72\00:29:57.29
3 - I'LL START WITH VERSE
3 - "KNOWING THIS FIRST: THAT
00:29:57.29\00:30:00.36
SCOFFERS WILL COME IN THE LAST
DAYS, WALKING ACCORDING TO THEIR
00:30:00.36\00:30:04.30
OWN LUSTS," - NOW I'VE
GOT TO JUST PAUSE RIGHT HERE.
00:30:04.30\00:30:07.97
PETER SAYS THERE'LL BE
SCOFFERS IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:30:07.97\00:30:10.27
WHAT'S A SCOFFER? MOCKERS
- PEOPLE WHO ARE CYNICAL.
00:30:10.27\00:30:13.58
IS PETER TALKING ABOUT CYNICAL
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT WILL
00:30:13.58\00:30:17.45
MOCK WHAT WE BELIEVE, OR IS
HE TALKING ABOUT CYNICAL PEOPLE
00:30:17.45\00:30:19.88
AMONG OUR OWN? THERE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CYNICAL
00:30:19.88\00:30:24.79
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT
MOCK THE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS.
00:30:24.79\00:30:27.36
THERE WERE IN PAUL'S DAY.
THERE WERE IN PETER'S DAY.
00:30:27.36\00:30:30.43
I BELIEVE PETER'S TALKING
ABOUT EVEN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES
00:30:30.43\00:30:34.83
CYNICS WILL ARISE, MOCKERS WILL
ARISE SAYING, 'YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
00:30:34.83\00:30:39.07
WE'VE HEARD - SECOND COMING -
THE LORD'S IN HIS SANCTUARY AND
00:30:39.07\00:30:44.01
JESUS IS GOING TO COME OUT AND
THE PLAGUES - YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.'
00:30:44.01\00:30:47.44
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'ALL
THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE
00:30:47.44\00:30:49.71
FROM' - I THINK HE'S
TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH.
00:30:49.71\00:30:52.31
I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT A DAY
WHEN, EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO CLAIM
00:30:52.31\00:30:55.35
TO BE BELIEVERS, THEY'RE GOING
TO BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE SECOND
00:30:55.35\00:30:58.52
COMING. ARE WE THERE YET? >>YES.
00:30:58.52\00:31:03.12
>>I THINK WE ARE, YEAH.
AND IT SAYS THEY'RE WALKING
00:31:03.12\00:31:06.63
AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS. WHY?
THEY DOUBT THE SECOND COMING -
00:31:06.63\00:31:09.36
"SAYING, 'WHERE IS
THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING?
00:31:09.36\00:31:11.97
FOR SINCE THE FATHER'S FELL
ASLEEP, ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS
00:31:11.97\00:31:14.77
THEY WERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF
CREATION.'" THE FOUNDERS OF OUR
00:31:14.77\00:31:18.41
MOVEMENT BELIEVED IN THE
IMMINENCE OF OUR LORD'S COMING
00:31:18.41\00:31:20.54
AND THEIR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN HAVE ALL FALLEN
00:31:20.54\00:31:22.51
ASLEEP AND HE'S
STILL NOT HERE YET.
00:31:22.51\00:31:24.38
HERE WE ARE A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY YEARS LATER, ALL THINGS
00:31:24.38\00:31:31.29
CONTINUE AS THEY
WERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.59
"FOR THIS THEY WILLFULLY FORGET:
THAT BY THE WORD OF GOD THE
00:31:33.59\00:31:38.86
HEAVENS WERE OF OLD, AND THE
EARTH STANDING OUT OF WATER AND
00:31:38.86\00:31:42.03
IN THE WATER, BY WHICH THE WORLD
THAT THEN EXISTED PERISHED,
00:31:42.03\00:31:44.57
BEING FLOODED WITH WATER."
HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DID GOD TELL
00:31:44.57\00:31:48.27
NOAH BEFORE THE FLOOD CAME?
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS.
00:31:48.27\00:31:53.11
AND WHEN NOAH BEGAN TO BUILD AND
PROCLAIM 'THE FLOOD IS COMING!'
00:31:53.11\00:31:56.88
THEY PROBABLY STARTED, 'OOH,
WOW' - SOME EVEN MAYBE HELPED
00:31:56.88\00:31:59.81
HIM BUILD THE ARK. BUT
AFTER A YEAR WENT BY AND
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.68
AFTER A DECADE WENT BY, AND
AFTER A CENTURY WENT BY - NO
00:32:02.68\00:32:07.39
FLOOD - YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID?
'ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY
00:32:07.39\00:32:11.09
WERE FROM THE
BEGINNING. IT'S NEVER RAINED.
00:32:11.09\00:32:14.66
IT'S NEVER GOING TO RAIN.
YOU'RE CRAZY.' AND BUT THEN HE
00:32:14.66\00:32:19.47
SAYS, 'BUT IT DID COME.' THEY'RE
WILFULLY IGNORANT - THEY'RE
00:32:19.47\00:32:23.34
FORGETTING THE PAST "BY WHICH
THE WORLD THAT THEN EXISTED
00:32:23.34\00:32:28.38
PERISHED, BEING
FLOODED WITH WATER.
00:32:28.38\00:32:30.51
BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
WHICH ARE NOW PRESERVED BY THE
00:32:30.51\00:32:33.25
SAME WORD, ARE RESERVED FOR FIRE
UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND
00:32:33.25\00:32:37.79
PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN.
BUT, BELOVED, DO NOT FORGET THIS
00:32:37.79\00:32:41.39
ONE THING, THAT WITH THE LORD
ONE DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS,
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.16
AND A THOUSAND
YEARS AS ONE DAY."
00:32:44.16\00:32:45.56
SO IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING
LONGER THAN IT SHOULD, GOD
00:32:45.56\00:32:48.56
DOESN'T MEASURE
TIME THE WAY WE DO.
00:32:48.56\00:32:50.17
OUR LIVES ARE LIKE VAPOR.
OUR LIVES ARE LIKE GRASS THAT
00:32:50.17\00:32:53.30
SPRINGS UP AND A
WEEK LATER IT'S DEAD.
00:32:53.30\00:32:56.34
I'M USING BIBLE METAPHORS.
A DAY WITH THE LORD IS LIKE A
00:32:56.34\00:33:01.34
THOUSAND YEARS AND A THOUSAND
YEARS LIKE A DAY. NOW, YOU'VE
00:33:01.34\00:33:06.21
MAYBE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, I
DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE
00:33:06.21\00:33:09.12
THAT CREATION GOES BACK
APPROXIMATELY 6,000 YEARS AND
00:33:09.12\00:33:15.72
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A THOUSAND
YEARS WITH THE LORD IN HEAVEN.
00:33:15.72\00:33:19.69
AND GOD HAS A PATTERN OF YOU
WORK SIX DAYS AND THEN YOU REST
00:33:19.69\00:33:23.30
THE SEVENTH. 6,000
YEARS GOD HAS BEEN OUT
00:33:23.30\00:33:26.13
SOWING THE SEED OF THE GOSPEL.
DURING THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS WE
00:33:26.13\00:33:29.47
LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST,
IT'S LIKE A MILLENNIAL SABBATH.
00:33:29.47\00:33:32.57
THIS IS NOT NEW WITH ME. I
THINK J.N. ANDREWS TAUGHT WHAT
00:33:32.57\00:33:35.18
THEY CALL THE MILLENNIAL WEEK
- JESUS COMING TO HARVEST, JUST
00:33:35.18\00:33:40.52
LIKE HE'S HARVESTING FROM SOWING
THE SEED. THERE'S A NUMBER OF
00:33:40.52\00:33:44.65
PRINCIPLES IN THE
BIBLE THAT TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:33:44.65\00:33:49.12
THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING TO
US, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD
00:33:49.12\00:33:52.13
PERISH BUT ALL
SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.76
BUT THE DAY OF
THE LORD WILL COME.
00:33:54.76\00:33:57.10
PETER SAYS IT WILL COME 'AS
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT' - WHEN IT
00:33:57.10\00:34:00.30
HAPPENS WE'RE GOING TO THINK
THAT IT'S TOO SOON - 'IN WHICH
00:34:00.30\00:34:02.44
THE HEAVENS PASS AWAY WITH
A GREAT NOISE' - I'VE GOT TO
00:34:02.44\00:34:04.77
PAUSE: THE DAY OF THE LORD'S
COMING AS A THIEF - THAT'S THE
00:34:04.77\00:34:08.14
SECRET RAPTURE? YOU KNOW THE
STORY OF THE SECRET RAPTURE -
00:34:08.14\00:34:11.11
YOU'LL BE WALKING ALONG AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SAYS 'LEFT
00:34:11.11\00:34:13.65
BEHIND' - YOU KNOW, TIM LEHAY
JUST DIED RECENTLY. I DON'T KNOW
00:34:13.65\00:34:17.49
IF YOU KNOW THAT - THE AUTHOR OF
THE LEFT BEHIND BOOKS - THE IDEA
00:34:17.49\00:34:23.02
THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
00:34:23.02\00:34:24.46
YOU KNOW, PILOTS ARE GOING TO
POP OUT OF JETS AND DRIVERS OUT
00:34:24.46\00:34:26.80
OF TRUCKS AND CARS'LL CAREEN OFF
THE ROAD AND - AND, YOU KNOW,
00:34:26.80\00:34:30.47
SOMEONE'LL BE COOKING
YOUR BREAKFAST AND THEN POOF!
00:34:30.47\00:34:32.80
THEY'RE GONE AND THERE'S A PILE
OF CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR AND YOUR
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.77
BREAKFAST IS THERE BURNING AND
JUST, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE FOLKS
00:34:34.77\00:34:38.81
JUST - AND THEN LIFE'S GOING
TO GO ON FOR SEVEN MORE YEARS.
00:34:38.81\00:34:41.98
AND THEY SAY THIS IS WHEN
THE LORD COMES AS A THIEF.
00:34:41.98\00:34:43.88
LISTEN TO WHAT PETER SAYS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WORLD WHEN
00:34:43.88\00:34:46.15
THE LORD COMES AS A THIEF: "BUT
THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS
00:34:46.15\00:34:49.48
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, IN WHICH
THE HEAVENS WILL PASS AWAY WITH
00:34:49.48\00:34:52.69
A GREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS
WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT;
00:34:52.69\00:34:56.56
BOTH THE EARTH AND THE WORKS
THAT ARE IN IT WILL BE BURNED
00:34:56.56\00:34:58.69
UP." DOES IT
SOUND LIKE LIFE GOES ON
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.76
AS NORMAL AFTER HE COMES AS A
THIEF? OR IS IT CATACLYSMIC AND
00:35:00.76\00:35:05.00
EVERYBODY KNOWS? IT'S
THE END. WHEN HE COMES AS A
00:35:05.00\00:35:06.74
THIEF, THAT'S IT. BOTH
THE EARTH AND THE WORKS IN
00:35:06.74\00:35:10.77
IT BURNED UP - "THEREFORE, SINCE
THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED"
00:35:10.77\00:35:14.81
- NOW THIS GETS BACK TO
OUR LESSON - HOW DO WE WAIT?
00:35:14.81\00:35:17.61
SINCE ALL THIS IS GOING TO
BE BURNED UP, "WHAT MANNER OF
00:35:17.61\00:35:19.81
PERSONS OUGHT WE BE IN HOLY
CONDUCT AND GODLINESS, LOOKING
00:35:19.81\00:35:24.95
FOR AND HASTENING" - BY OUR
GODLINESS IT'LL PROBABLY HASTEN
00:35:24.95\00:35:29.22
THE PERSECUTION - "LOOKING
FOR AND HASTENING" BY OUR
00:35:29.22\00:35:32.29
PREACHING THE
GOSPEL IN ALL THE WORLD.
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.40
ISN'T THERE A VERSE IN MATTHEW
24 THAT SAYS, 'AND WHEN THE
00:35:34.40\00:35:37.47
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM IS
PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD AS A
00:35:37.47\00:35:39.63
WITNESS, THEN
THE END WILL COME'?
00:35:39.63\00:35:41.84
SO IF WE'RE HELPING PREACH THE
GOSPEL IN ALL THE WORLD, WE'RE
00:35:41.84\00:35:45.64
HELPING, IN A SENSE,
HASTEN THE DAY OF HIS COMING.
00:35:45.64\00:35:49.31
"LOOKING FOR AND HASTENING THE
DAY OF GOD IN WHICH THE HEAVENS
00:35:49.31\00:35:51.88
WILL BE DISSOLVED, BEING ON
FIRE, AND THE ELEMENTS MELT WITH
00:35:51.88\00:35:55.48
FERVENT HEAT.
NEVERTHELESS, WE, ACCORDING
00:35:55.48\00:35:58.42
TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR
NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH IN
00:35:58.42\00:36:01.46
WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS.
YOU THEREFORE, BELOVED" - LOOK
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.79
FORWARD - IF YOU LOOK FORWARD TO
THESE THINGS, BE DILIGENT TO BE
00:36:04.79\00:36:08.23
FOUND BY HIM IN PEACE
WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS."
00:36:08.23\00:36:11.77
TWICE HE SAYS, 'IF YOU REALLY
BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING YOU
00:36:11.77\00:36:15.57
OUGHT TO CONDUCT YOURSELF
WITH HOLY CONVERSATION AND
00:36:15.57\00:36:17.64
GODLINESS.' HE SAYS, 'IF YOU
BELIEVE THESE THINGS, BE FOUND
00:36:17.64\00:36:20.61
BY HIM IN PEACE
WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS.'
00:36:20.61\00:36:23.01
HOW DO WE WAIT? BY
LIVING GODLY, HOLY LIVES.
00:36:23.01\00:36:27.68
HOLINESS IS THE GREATEST
THING THAT WE COULD STRIVE FOR.
00:36:27.68\00:36:29.88
PLEASE READ FOR ME
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
00:36:29.88\00:36:34.39
>>THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN
CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION;
00:36:34.39\00:36:39.33
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY;
BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME
00:36:39.33\00:36:43.73
NEW." >>HAVE
YOU HEARD PEOPLE SAY
00:36:43.73\00:36:46.23
BEFORE, 'CHRISTIANS AREN'T
PERFECT, THEY'RE JUST FORGIVEN'?
00:36:46.23\00:36:50.64
IT'S SORT OF LIKE A BIG SPRAY
CAN THAT THEY CAN GLOSS OVER
00:36:50.64\00:36:54.31
UNGODLY LIVING. 'I'M
JUST FORGIVEN.' THE ONLY
00:36:54.31\00:36:58.51
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS
AND THE LOST IS ONE GROUP
00:36:58.51\00:37:01.55
HAS DECIDED TO ASK FOR GOD'S
FORGIVENESS, BUT THEY CONTINUE
00:37:01.55\00:37:04.69
LIVING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
- THERE'LL BE NO DIFFERENCE.
00:37:04.69\00:37:07.19
THE BIBLE DOES NOT SUPPORT
THAT. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.63
CHRISTIANS ARE
RADICALLY DIFFERENT.
00:37:10.63\00:37:13.06
IT SAYS WE ARE
A PECULIAR PEOPLE.
00:37:13.06\00:37:15.23
WE ARE TO LIVE HOLY LIVES.
IT TELLS US THAT WE'RE TO BE
00:37:15.23\00:37:18.20
FOUND OF HIM
WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS.
00:37:18.20\00:37:21.10
MOST OF ALL, IT SAYS,
'OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY.
00:37:21.10\00:37:23.77
BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME
NEW.' - BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A NEW
00:37:23.77\00:37:27.61
HEART, YOU'RE A
NEW CREATURE, RIGHT?
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.41
SO THIS IDEA THAT CHRISTIANS
ARE JUST FORGIVEN, IS THAT TRUE?
00:37:30.41\00:37:35.78
IT MAKES A GOOD BUMPER STICKER,
BUT IT'S NOT A TRUE BUMPER
00:37:35.78\00:37:39.09
STICKER. CHRISTIANS
ARE NOT 'JUST FORGIVEN'.
00:37:39.09\00:37:42.99
MATTHEW 25, VERSE 1 -
LET'S GO THERE REAL QUICK.
00:37:42.99\00:37:46.76
"THEN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
SHALL BE LIKENED TO TEN VIRGINS
00:37:46.76\00:37:49.46
WHO TOOK THEIR LAMPS AND
WENT OUT TO MEET THE BRIDEGROOM.
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.30
NOW FIVE OF THEM WERE
WISE, AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH.
00:37:52.30\00:37:55.00
THOSE WHO WERE FOOLISH TOOK
THEIR LAMPS AND TOOK NO OIL WITH
00:37:55.00\00:37:57.34
THEM, BUT THE WISE
TOOK OIL IN THEIR VESSELS" -
00:37:57.34\00:37:59.94
WHAT DOES THAT OIL
REPRESENT? >>HOLY SPIRIT.
00:37:59.94\00:38:02.08
>>IT'S THE SPIRIT. "BUT
WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM WAS
00:38:02.08\00:38:04.98
DELAYED," - NOW THAT
OUGHT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:38:04.98\00:38:07.28
IS THERE GOING TO BE THE
APPEARANCE OF DELAY BEFORE JESUS
00:38:07.28\00:38:10.55
COMES BACK? >>YES.
00:38:10.55\00:38:12.95
>>CAN YOU THINK OF OTHER STORIES
IN THE BIBLE CONNECTED WITH THE
00:38:12.95\00:38:15.62
SECOND COMING THAT SAY THERE
MIGHT BE SOME APPEARANCE OF
00:38:15.62\00:38:19.06
DELAY? AT THE END OF MATTHEW -
00:38:19.06\00:38:21.76
WHAT'S MATTHEW 24
ABOUT? SECOND COMING.
00:38:21.76\00:38:25.80
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS
AT THE END OF MATTHEW 24?
00:38:25.80\00:38:28.17
'IF THAT EVIL SERVANT SAYS IN
HIS HEART, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.84
COMING.'' AND DURING THIS TIME
OF DELAY - OR APPARENT DELAY -
00:38:30.84\00:38:36.08
PETER SAYS, 'THEY'LL SAY -
MOCKERS'LL SAY, 'ALL THINGS SEEM
00:38:36.08\00:38:40.62
TO CONTINUE AS THEY WERE FROM
THE BEGINNING.'' YOU REMEMBER
00:38:40.62\00:38:44.15
WHEN MOSES DELAYED
COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN?
00:38:44.15\00:38:47.39
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
BEING TESTED AND THEY MADE A
00:38:47.39\00:38:49.36
GOLDEN CALF. DID
HE - DID MOSES COME?
00:38:49.36\00:38:53.06
>>YES. >>DOES THE BRIDEGROOM
00:38:53.06\00:38:54.40
EVENTUALLY COME? >>YES.
00:38:54.40\00:38:55.80
>>DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN SAUL
- I'M SORRY, WHEN SAMUEL, THE
00:38:55.80\00:38:59.57
PROPHET, TOLD KING SAUL, 'WAIT
FOR ME AT GILGAL BEFORE YOU GO
00:38:59.57\00:39:02.67
TO BATTLE WITH THE PHILISTINES.
WAIT SEVEN DAYS AND I'LL COME TO
00:39:02.67\00:39:05.14
YOU.' AND AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SEVENTH DAY, SAMUEL WASN'T
00:39:05.14\00:39:08.94
THERE AND SAUL GOT TIRED OF
WAITING. SAMUEL WAS DELAYED.
00:39:08.94\00:39:12.88
AND IN THE DELAY,
KING SAUL WAS BEING TESTED.
00:39:12.88\00:39:16.85
HE SAID, 'WELL, LOOK, YOU KNOW,
THE PHILISTINES ARE GATHERING
00:39:16.85\00:39:19.59
AND THE PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED
00:39:19.59\00:39:21.89
IN A BATTLE AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO
OFFER SACRIFICE AND, SINCE I'M
00:39:21.89\00:39:24.69
THE KING, I'M NEXT IN
LINE. I'LL DO IT.' HE SHOULD
00:39:24.69\00:39:27.13
NOT HAVE DONE
THAT. ONLY THE PRIEST WAS
00:39:27.13\00:39:28.56
SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
AND SAMUEL FINALLY CAME.
00:39:28.56\00:39:33.10
HE CAME THE
SEVENTH DAY LIKE HE SAID.
00:39:33.10\00:39:35.07
SAUL JUST GOT IMPATIENT DURING
THE DELAY AND SAMUEL SAID, 'YOU
00:39:35.07\00:39:39.71
WERE BEING TESTED.
SINCE YOU FAILED THE TEST, YOU
00:39:39.71\00:39:42.04
ARE GOING TO LOSE THE KINGDOM.'
COULD IT BE, IN THE LAST DAYS,
00:39:42.04\00:39:45.95
THERE'LL BE
ANOTHER APPARENT DELAY?
00:39:45.95\00:39:48.05
DOESN'T IT SAY IN HABAKKUK,
'THOUGH IT TARRIES, WAIT FOR IT;
00:39:48.05\00:39:52.25
IT WILL SURELY
COME'? IT WILL NOT TARRY.
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.49
IT APPEARS TO TARRY.
AND SO, GOD IS TELLING US -
00:39:55.49\00:39:58.53
ESPECIALLY ADVENTISTS - IT'S
GOING TO LOOK LIKE HE'S LATE.
00:39:58.53\00:40:01.76
I REMEMBER, DURING 1999,
EVERYONE HAD MILLENNIAL FEVER -
00:40:01.76\00:40:05.80
Y2K. THEY WERE SURE THIS WAS IT.
00:40:05.80\00:40:08.24
PEOPLE TOOK ALL THEIR MONEY OUT
OF THE BANK AND FOLKS WERE SURE
00:40:08.24\00:40:11.97
IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE HILLS
AND - WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION
00:40:11.97\00:40:16.95
IN NET 99 BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT
IT WAS THE LAST EVANGELISTIC
00:40:16.95\00:40:19.31
PROGRAM AND THEY GOT INVOLVED
- SOME OF THEM OUT OF GUILT - 'I
00:40:19.31\00:40:21.88
OUGHT TO DO ONE BEFORE I DIE.'
AND - BUT HERE WE ARE NOW, IN
00:40:21.88\00:40:26.76
2016 AND ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE
NEARNESS OF CHRIST'S COMING IS
00:40:26.76\00:40:32.73
IF YOU'RE REAL QUIET, YOU CAN
HEAR A COLLECTIVE SNORE IN THE
00:40:32.73\00:40:36.40
CHURCH. SOMETIMES YOU REALLY CAN
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.43
HEAR SNORING IN THE
CHURCH. (LAUGHTER) SLEEPING -
00:40:39.43\00:40:46.78
AN APPEARANCE OF DELAY.
AND THEN THE CRY SAYS, 'BEHOLD,
00:40:46.78\00:40:50.08
THE BRIDEGROOM
COMES' AND THEY WAKE UP.
00:40:50.08\00:40:53.05
BUT, DURING THE DELAY, SOME OF
THEM, THEIR LAMPS BURNED OUT AND
00:40:53.05\00:40:56.82
THEY DID NOT
HAVE A RESERVE OF OIL.
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.39
WE NEED TO BE
STORING AWAY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:40:59.39\00:41:02.02
THE REASON NOAH SURVIVED THE
FLOOD IS THERE WAS A RESERVE OF
00:41:02.02\00:41:05.46
FOOD IN THE ARK - AND
WE NEED TO STORE AWAY.
00:41:05.46\00:41:08.60
ALRIGHT, THE MISSION OF THE
CHURCH WHILE WE WAIT - JAMES 2 -
00:41:08.60\00:41:12.80
IF YOU LOOK, WE'RE AT VERSES
14 TO 24 - TALKING ABOUT BEING
00:41:12.80\00:41:18.87
USEFUL - WORKING FOR THE LORD.
WE - YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO SCARED
00:41:18.87\00:41:23.31
ABOUT THE WORD 'WORKS'. IF
YOU'RE CHRISTIAN AND YOU TALK
00:41:23.31\00:41:26.45
ABOUT SOME - TALK TO
SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT GOOD WORKS,
00:41:26.45\00:41:28.68
WHAT DO THEY
CALL YOU? >>LEGALIST.
00:41:28.68\00:41:31.05
>>A LEGALIST. IF
YOU SAY WE NEED TO BE
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.76
INVOLVED IN GOOD WORKS,
YOU'RE CALLED A PHARISEE.
00:41:33.76\00:41:38.13
ARE GOOD WORKS BAD? >>NO.
00:41:38.13\00:41:41.93
>>YOU KNOW, YOU'D ALMOST THINK,
THE WAY YOU HEAR SOME PASTORS
00:41:41.93\00:41:44.43
TALK, THAT IF YOU HAVE THE
AUDACITY TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.40
GOOD WORKS, YOU SHOULD BE
ASHAMED OF YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU
00:41:47.40\00:41:50.94
ARE A LEGALIST.
YOU ARE A PHARISEE.
00:41:50.94\00:41:53.27
THE BIBLE HAS A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT GOOD WORKS.
00:41:53.27\00:41:56.58
GOOD WORKS ARE NOT
BAD. LET ME GIVE YOU A
00:41:56.58\00:41:59.21
FEW VERSES HERE. JAMES
2:14, HE SAYS, "WHAT DOES
00:41:59.21\00:42:02.55
IF PROFIT, MY BRETHREN,
IF SOMEONE SAYS HE HAS FAITH
00:42:02.55\00:42:04.59
BUT DOES NOT HAVE
WORKS? CAN FAITH SAVE HIM?
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.99
IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS NAKED
AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD, AND
00:42:07.99\00:42:11.39
ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM, 'DEPART
IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED,'
00:42:11.39\00:42:15.36
BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE
THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR THE
00:42:15.36\00:42:17.40
BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?
THUS ALSO FAITH BY" - AND, YOU
00:42:17.40\00:42:22.17
KNOW WHAT THIS
IS AN ALLUSION TO?
00:42:22.17\00:42:24.04
YOU KNOW THE PARABLE
OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
00:42:24.04\00:42:25.87
THIS MAN FALLS
AMONG THIEVES. HE'S A JEW.
00:42:25.87\00:42:29.48
TWO OF HIS OWN
CHURCH MEMBERS WALK BY.
00:42:29.48\00:42:33.68
THEY DON'T GIVE HIM ANYTHING
PRACTICAL FOR HIS VERY SERIOUS
00:42:33.68\00:42:37.05
CRISIS. MAYBE THEY PRAY FOR HIM,
00:42:37.05\00:42:39.05
BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY SAY, 'BE WARMED AND
00:42:39.05\00:42:40.72
FILLED.' BUT FINALLY, THE
SAMARITAN DOES SOMETHING AND
00:42:40.72\00:42:45.09
HE'S THE ONE DOING THE GOOD
WORKS AND HE'S NOT EVEN THE JEW.
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.20
AND SO, THIS IS KIND OF
WHAT JAMES IS REFERRING TO.
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.90
BUT IF YOU SAY TO YOUR BROTHER
OR SISTER THAT ARE HUNGRY AND
00:42:50.90\00:42:53.23
NAKED AND DESTITUTE, "'DEPART
IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED,'
00:42:53.23\00:42:56.10
BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE
THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.31
BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?"
- YOU SAY, 'OH, BUT I'VE GOT
00:42:58.31\00:43:00.94
FAITH.' - THUS ALSO FAITH BY
ITSELF, IF IT DOES NOT - FAITH
00:43:00.94\00:43:05.21
BY ITSELF IF IT DOES
NOT HAVE WORKS, IS DEAD."
00:43:05.21\00:43:07.98
THE REASON IS, REAL FAITH
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WORKS.
00:43:07.98\00:43:13.12
WE DON'T DO THE WORKS TO BE
SAVED, WE DO THE WORKS BECAUSE
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.39
WE ARE SAVED AND WE HAVE FAITH.
SO JAMES IS SAYING, 'IF YOU LOOK
00:43:16.39\00:43:19.93
AND YOU DON'T SEE ANY WORKS,
YOU BETTER QUESTION YOUR FAITH.
00:43:19.93\00:43:23.10
DOES THAT UNDER -
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.50
"THUS ALSO FAITH BY ITSELF, IF
IT DOES NOT HAVE WORKS, IS DEAD.
00:43:25.50\00:43:28.97
BUT SOMEONE WILL SAY, 'WELL, YOU
HAVE FAITH AND I HAVE WORKS.'
00:43:28.97\00:43:31.44
SHOW ME YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR
WORKS, I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAITH
00:43:31.44\00:43:34.21
BY MY WORKS. YOU
BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE GOD.
00:43:34.21\00:43:36.64
YOU DO WELL. EVEN THE
DEVILS BELIEVE - AND TREMBLE!"
00:43:36.64\00:43:39.78
- THEY'RE NOT SAVED. JUST
BELIEVING THERE'S A GOD IS
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.42
NOT THE KIND OF FAITH GOD SAYS
WE NEED TO HAVE. "BUT DO YOU
00:43:42.42\00:43:46.62
KNOW, O FOOLISH MAN, THAT
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD?
00:43:46.62\00:43:49.36
WAS NOT ABRAHAM OUR FATHER
JUSTIFIED BY WORKS WHEN HE
00:43:49.36\00:43:52.16
OFFERED ISAAC
HIS SON ON THE ALTAR?
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.66
DO YOU SEE THAT FAITH WAS
WORKING TOGETHER WITH HIS WORKS,
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.90
AND BY WORKS
FAITH WAS MADE PERFECT?"
00:43:57.90\00:44:00.40
THE BIBLE SAYS "ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS
00:44:00.40\00:44:02.77
ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS." HOW DID ABRAHAM,
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.24
EVIDENTLY - OR LATER - SHOW HIS
BELIEF IN GOD? HE PUT HIS SON ON
00:44:05.24\00:44:09.71
THE ALTAR. ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD AND HE WAS
00:44:09.71\00:44:13.45
ACCOUNTED AS RIGHTEOUS AND
WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD.
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.88
YOU SEE THEN THAT A MAN IS
JUSTIFIED BY WORKS AND NOT BY
00:44:15.88\00:44:18.45
FAITH ONLY." ALRIGHT, READ FOR
ME, 1 PETER - WELL, I'LL GIVE
00:44:18.45\00:44:22.52
YOU A SECOND TO CATCH
THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO READ, IN
00:44:22.52\00:44:24.79
JUST A MOMENT, 1 PETER 2:12.
I'M GOING TO READ TITUS 2:11.
00:44:24.79\00:44:29.36
"FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT
BRINGS SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.97
ALL MEN, TEACHING US THAT,
DENYING" - THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
00:44:32.97\00:44:37.21
GRACE - WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE -
"DENYING UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY
00:44:37.21\00:44:40.91
LUSTS, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY,
RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GODLY IN THE
00:44:40.91\00:44:45.68
PRESENT AGE, LOOKING FOR
THE BLESSED HOPE AND GLORIOUS
00:44:45.68\00:44:48.48
APPEARING OF OUR GREAT GOD AND
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHO GAVE
00:44:48.48\00:44:51.82
HIMSELF FOR US, THAT HE MIGHT
REDEEM US FROM EVERY LAWLESS
00:44:51.82\00:44:55.82
DEED AND PURIFY FOR HIMSELF HIS
OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, ZEALOUS FOR
00:44:55.82\00:45:01.23
GOOD WORKS." THAT'S
A LONG VERSE, BUT IT
00:45:01.23\00:45:04.10
SAYS HE WANTS TO PURIFY US FROM
EVERY LAWLESS DEED AND MAKE US
00:45:04.10\00:45:09.40
HIS OWN PEOPLE, ZEALOUS
- WHAT DOES ZEALOUS MEAN?
00:45:09.40\00:45:13.31
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GOOD WORKS.
IS IT OKAY TO BE EXCITED ABOUT
00:45:13.31\00:45:17.38
WANTING TO SERVE THE LORD, DO
GOOD THINGS, STAY BUSY, MAKE AN
00:45:17.38\00:45:20.82
IMPRESSION FOR THE LOST
WORLD? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ
00:45:20.82\00:45:24.09
FOR US 1 PETER 2:12.
>>"HAVING YOUR CONDUCT HONORABLE
00:45:24.09\00:45:28.66
AMONG THE GENTILES, THAT
WHEN THEY SPEAK AGAINST YOU AS
00:45:28.66\00:45:33.53
EVILDOERS, THEY MAY, BY YOUR
GOOD WORKS WHICH THEY OBSERVE,
00:45:33.53\00:45:40.07
GLORIFY GOD IN THE
DAY OF VISITATION."
00:45:40.07\00:45:46.24
>>YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'LET
YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN
00:45:46.24\00:45:50.61
THAT THEY MAY SEE
WHAT? >>YOUR GOOD WORKS.
00:45:50.61\00:45:54.88
>>JESUS SAID WE OUGHT TO LET OUR
LIGHT SHINE SO THEY CAN SEE OUR
00:45:54.88\00:45:59.29
GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY
US? GLORIFY YOUR FATHER,
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.99
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. WE
SHOULD NOT RUN AND DUCK AND
00:46:02.99\00:46:05.89
HIDE FROM THE IDEA OF GOOD
WORKS, THE CHURCH SHOULD BE
00:46:05.89\00:46:08.93
KNOWN FOR DOING GOOD
WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:46:08.93\00:46:12.00
THIS IS WHAT JESUS
SAID. IT'S WHAT PETER SAID.
00:46:12.00\00:46:14.87
IT'S NOT A BAD THING.
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE -
00:46:14.87\00:46:18.17
TITUS 3:8 - "THIS IS A FAITHFUL
SAYING, AND THESE THINGS I WANT
00:46:18.17\00:46:22.18
YOU TO AFFIRM CONSTANTLY, THAT
THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN GOD
00:46:22.18\00:46:26.15
SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO
MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS."
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.62
IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD -
FAITH - MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS.
00:46:28.62\00:46:33.22
EPHESIANS 2 - NOW, YOU KNOW
WHAT THE PRINCIPLE VERSE IS THAT
00:46:33.22\00:46:36.22
PEOPLE USE AGAINST GOOD WORKS?
00:46:36.22\00:46:37.86
THIS VERSE - EPHESIANS 2:8 - LET
ME READ IT TO YOU, "FOR BY GRACE
00:46:37.86\00:46:43.13
YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED
THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF
00:46:43.13\00:46:46.13
YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF
GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANYONE
00:46:46.13\00:46:49.60
SHOULD BOAST."
AND PEOPLE STOP THERE.
00:46:49.60\00:46:50.87
HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT? READ THE NEXT VERSE.
00:46:50.87\00:46:54.34
"FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP,
CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD
00:46:54.34\00:46:58.51
WORKS," - PEOPLE NEVER
READ THE REST OF THE VERSE.
00:46:58.51\00:47:03.05
THEY USE THIS TO SAY, 'DON'T
WORRY ABOUT ANY GOOD WORKS.
00:47:03.05\00:47:06.99
DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR
LIFE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT
00:47:06.99\00:47:08.69
YOUR CHURCH IS DOING.
IT'S JUST FAITH THAT SAVES US.'
00:47:08.69\00:47:12.03
WELL, IT'S TRUE IT'S FAITH THAT
SAVES US, BUT IF IT'S A SAVING
00:47:12.03\00:47:14.50
FAITH, IT WILL BE
SEEN IN A CHANGED LIFE AND
00:47:14.50\00:47:18.57
DOING GOOD THINGS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:47:18.57\00:47:21.34
YOU'VE GOT TO
READ THE WHOLE VERSE.
00:47:21.34\00:47:22.54
ALRIGHT, LAST SECTION. NO,
I'VE GOT TWO SECTIONS TO GO.
00:47:22.54\00:47:26.41
PREPARING FOR THE HARVEST WHILE
WE WAIT - 1 CORINTHIANS 3:6 AND
00:47:26.41\00:47:30.68
7 - NOW WHO'S GOT THAT
VERSE? DO YOU HAVE THAT?
00:47:30.68\00:47:35.85
WHAT VERSE DO YOU
HAVE? >>REVELATION 18:2.
00:47:35.85\00:47:37.92
>>OH GOOD. OKAY. 1
CORINTHIANS 3:6 AND 7, "I
00:47:37.92\00:47:41.36
PLANTED, APOLLOS WATERED,
BUT GOD GAVE THE INCREASE.
00:47:41.36\00:47:45.26
SO THEN NEITHER HE WHO PLANTS
IS ANYTHING, NOR HE WHO WATERS,
00:47:45.26\00:47:48.73
BUT GOD WHO GIVES THE INCREASE."
00:47:48.73\00:47:50.43
WE'RE ALL TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE HARVEST.
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.07
JESUS COMPARES
SOUL WINNING TO FARMING.
00:47:53.07\00:47:55.90
DOES A FARMER GET FOOD
INSTANTLY WHEN HE PLANTS IT?
00:47:55.90\00:48:01.48
IT DEPENDS ON
WHAT YOU'RE PLANTING.
00:48:01.48\00:48:02.81
IF YOU'RE PLANTING TREES,
YOU MAY NOT GET FRUIT FOR YEARS.
00:48:02.81\00:48:06.51
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE
A SUCCESSFUL FARMER, PLANT
00:48:06.51\00:48:10.15
TURNIPS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST
PLANTED - MOVED TO THE HILLS -
00:48:10.15\00:48:14.32
FIRST PLANTED MY FIRST GARDEN,
I PLANTED SOME TURNIP SEEDS.
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.89
I PLANTED THEM WAY TOO THICK
BECAUSE THEY CAME UP LIKE GRASS
00:48:16.89\00:48:19.79
AND FINALLY, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO
PULL UP THE FIRST LITTLE TURNIPS
00:48:19.79\00:48:23.87
I WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE YOU
CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CROP IN TWO
00:48:23.87\00:48:27.30
WEEKS. BUT WHAT
YOU'LL HAVE IS A TURNIP.
00:48:27.30\00:48:31.71
(LAUGHTER) BUT IF YOU
WANT ORANGES, IT TAKES A LITTLE
00:48:31.71\00:48:36.28
WHILE. IF YOU WANT WHEAT,
YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT A FEW MONTHS.
00:48:36.28\00:48:40.92
AND YOU'VE GOT TO WEED
THINGS. YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW,
00:48:40.92\00:48:44.42
PLANT IT. YOU'VE
GOT TO WORK THE SOIL.
00:48:44.42\00:48:46.29
FARMING TAKES TIME AND
THEN YOU GET A HARVEST.
00:48:46.29\00:48:49.39
SOUL WINNING, IT TAKES GOOD
WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN
00:48:49.39\00:48:53.36
YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER
AND THEN YOU GET A HARVEST.
00:48:53.36\00:48:56.36
NOW, IS THE PROBLEM THAT THERE'S
NO PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO
00:48:56.36\00:48:59.23
HEAR THE GOSPEL? OR IS
THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T
00:48:59.23\00:49:01.87
HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS
WORKING IN THE FIELD?
00:49:01.87\00:49:04.67
LUKE 10:1, JESUS SAID - LET ME
READ IT, "AFTER THESE THINGS THE
00:49:04.67\00:49:09.34
LORD APPOINTED SEVENTY OTHERS
ALSO, AND SENT THEM TWO BY TWO
00:49:09.34\00:49:12.51
BEFORE HIS FACE INTO EVERY CITY
AND PLACE WHERE HE HIMSELF WAS
00:49:12.51\00:49:15.25
ABOUT TO GO." HE
SENT OUT WORKERS.
00:49:15.25\00:49:17.02
THESE AREN'T DISCIPLES - I MEAN
THESE AREN'T APOSTLES, THEY'RE
00:49:17.02\00:49:19.65
JUST DISCIPLES - "THEN HE SAID
TO THEM, 'THE HARVEST TRULY IS
00:49:19.65\00:49:23.46
GREAT, BUT THE LABORERS
ARE FEW;" - WELL HE HAD SEVENTY
00:49:23.46\00:49:26.63
EVANGELISTS AND HE SAYS IT'S TOO
FEW - "THEREFORE PRAY THE LORD
00:49:26.63\00:49:30.97
OF THE HARVEST TO SEND
OUT LABORERS INTO HIS HARVEST.
00:49:30.97\00:49:33.97
GO YOUR WAY; BEHOLD, I SEND
YOU OUT AS LAMBS AMONG WOLVES."
00:49:33.97\00:49:38.31
WE'RE TO PRAY THAT THE LORD'LL
SEND LABORERS INTO THE HARVEST.
00:49:38.31\00:49:42.41
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S - I'M
GOING TO GO TO THE LAST SECTION
00:49:42.41\00:49:48.68
HERE WHERE IT
SAYS THE WAIT IS OVER .
00:49:48.68\00:49:50.95
YOU'RE GOING TO READ
FOR ME REVELATION 18:2.
00:49:50.95\00:49:53.72
THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPLE CITIES
THAT ARE AT ODDS IN THE BIBLE.
00:49:53.72\00:49:58.59
YOU'VE GOT
JERUSALEM AND BABYLON.
00:49:58.59\00:50:03.16
BABEL WAS A CITY BUILT IN
REBELLION TO GOD AND GOD CURSED
00:50:03.16\00:50:06.84
IT BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILDING IT
TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
00:50:06.84\00:50:10.11
IT REPRESENTED COUNTERFEIT
MAN-MADE RELIGION - SALVATION BY
00:50:10.11\00:50:13.68
WORKS. THEY WERE
GOING TO CLIMB THIS
00:50:13.68\00:50:15.21
TOWER AND SAVE THEMSELVES.
AND THEN GOD INSTRUCTED DAVID
00:50:15.21\00:50:18.78
TO BUILD A CITY OF PEACE CALLED
JERUSALEM, LATER - FIRST KNOWN
00:50:18.78\00:50:22.85
BY MELCHIZEDEK, KING
OF SALEM - CITY OF PEACE.
00:50:22.85\00:50:26.76
REVELATION, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW
JERUSALEM AND SPIRITUAL BABYLON.
00:50:26.76\00:50:32.69
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US,
PLEASE, REVELATION 18:2.
00:50:32.69\00:50:36.20
>>REVELATION 18:2, "AND HE CRIED
MIGHTILY WITH A LOUD VOICE,
00:50:36.20\00:50:39.97
SAYING, 'BABYLON THE GREAT
IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, AND HAS
00:50:39.97\00:50:43.97
BECOME A DWELLING PLACE OF
DEMONS, A PRISON FOR EVERY FOUL
00:50:43.97\00:50:47.11
SPIRIT, AND A CAGE FOR
EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATED BIRD!"
00:50:47.11\00:50:51.01
>>THIS IS TALKING ABOUT A CITY
THAT IS A MONUMENT TO OPPOSITION
00:50:51.01\00:50:55.82
TO GOD'S KINGDOM, CONTRASTED
WITH REVELATION 21:2, "THEN I,
00:50:55.82\00:51:01.42
JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW
JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF
00:51:01.42\00:51:04.56
HEAVEN FROM GOD, PREPARED AS
A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND.
00:51:04.56\00:51:09.06
AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE
FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 'BEHOLD, THE
00:51:09.06\00:51:12.27
TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN,
AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND
00:51:12.27\00:51:16.00
THEY SHALL BE HIS
PEOPLE. GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH
00:51:16.00\00:51:18.24
THEM AND BE THEIR GOD.
AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY
00:51:18.24\00:51:21.44
TEAR FROM THEIR EYES;
THERE SHALL BE NOR MORE DEATH,
00:51:21.44\00:51:24.31
NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, FOR
00:51:24.31\00:51:27.32
THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED
AWAY." YOU'VE GOT THE WOMAN
00:51:27.32\00:51:30.55
CLOTHED WITH LIGHT - THE NEW
JERUSALEM; YOU'VE GOT THE WOMAN
00:51:30.55\00:51:34.62
CLOTHED WITH SCARLET
AND PURPLE - AND BABYLON.
00:51:34.62\00:51:37.99
YOU'VE GOT THESE TWO
ECONOMIES THAT ARE COMPLETELY
00:51:37.99\00:51:41.13
DIAMETRIC OPPOSITE
POLES - ONE OF GODLINESS AND
00:51:41.13\00:51:44.90
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LIGHT
AND GLORY; AND THE OTHER ONE IS
00:51:44.90\00:51:48.24
SPEAKING ABOUT THAT WHICH IS
CURSED AND DOOMED IN THE BIBLE.
00:51:48.24\00:51:51.97
AND OUR JOB IS TO BE
WORKING TO CALL PEOPLE OUT.
00:51:51.97\00:51:55.61
HE SAID, 'BABYLON IS FALLEN,
COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE.'
00:51:55.61\00:51:58.65
WE ARE TO CALL PEOPLE OUT
OF BABYLON INTO GOD'S CHURCH -
00:51:58.65\00:52:02.35
THE NEW JERUSALEM - AND
THAT'S THE FINAL HARVEST.
00:52:02.35\00:52:07.46
SOME DAY, THEN, WE'RE NOT GOING
TO HAVE TO WAIT ANYMORE, THE
00:52:07.46\00:52:10.39
LORD'LL BE HERE. AMEN? BUT
IN THE MEANTIME - WE'RE ALL
00:52:10.39\00:52:12.79
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY,
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED
00:52:12.79\00:52:15.16
TO OCCUPY UNTIL
HE COMES. >>AMEN.
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.77
>>WELL, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR
LESSON ON THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
00:52:17.77\00:52:20.30
IN THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN
00:52:20.30\00:52:21.77
BLESSED BY THAT, FRIENDS.
DON'T FORGET: NEXT WEEK WE'RE
00:52:21.77\00:52:24.31
GOING TO BE DOING OUR FIRST
STUDY IN OUR LESSON ON THE BOOK
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.14
OF JOB - ONE OF MY
FAVORITE BOOKS IN THE BIBLE.
00:52:27.14\00:52:29.84
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW
HOW YOU CAN GET A COPY OF ONE OF
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.18
THOSE, YOU CAN SIMPLY GO TO THE
ADVENTIST CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOL
00:52:32.18\00:52:35.65
WEBSITE OR SABBATHSCHOOL.NET AND
THEY SHOULD BE POSTING THOSE.
00:52:35.65\00:52:39.25
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT.
VISIT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.32
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND
I'M SURE THEY'LL GIVE YOU ONE
00:52:41.32\00:52:43.63
AND INVITE YOU TO
COME AND STUDY WITH THEM.
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.83
GOD BLESS YOU 'TIL WE STUDY
HIS WORD TOGETHER NEXT TIME.
00:52:45.83\00:52:50.60
>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
00:52:50.60\00:52:53.57
THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
00:52:53.57\00:52:56.74
HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
00:52:56.74\00:52:59.71
SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
00:52:59.71\00:53:03.75
TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
00:53:03.75\00:53:06.55
SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
00:53:06.55\00:53:11.19
AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
00:53:11.19\00:53:14.89
ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
00:53:14.89\00:53:18.59
THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:53:18.59\00:53:21.96
THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
00:53:21.96\00:53:25.07
PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
00:53:25.07\00:53:28.50
USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
00:53:28.50\00:53:31.51
WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
00:53:31.51\00:53:35.14
ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND NATION.
00:53:35.14\00:53:39.05
PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
00:53:39.05\00:53:42.45
THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
00:53:42.45\00:53:50.46
(MUSIC) FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE
SCARED OF SNAKES, THIS MAY NOT
00:53:50.46\00:54:03.47
BE FOR YOU. I'M
HERE AT A REPTILE PARK
00:54:03.47\00:54:06.81
OUTSIDE OF DURBIN, SOUTH
AFRICA AND I'M HOLDING MY FRIEND
00:54:06.81\00:54:09.54
HERE, WHO'S A RED-TAIL BOA.
SNAKES ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE
00:54:09.54\00:54:13.72
WORLD AND THEY
COME IN ALL SIZES.
00:54:13.72\00:54:16.08
SNAKES CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE
TREES, THEY CRAWL ON THE GROUND,
00:54:16.08\00:54:18.95
THEY LIVE UNDER THE GROUND,
AND THEY SWIM IN THE WATER.
00:54:18.95\00:54:21.89
VERY INTERESTING CREATURES.
SOME SNAKES ARE VENOMOUS.
00:54:21.89\00:54:25.89
NOT MY FRIEND HERE. BUT THE
BLACK MAMBA - VERY POISONOUS.
00:54:25.89\00:54:30.10
MATTER OF FACT, THEIR BITE IS
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS 'THE KISS
00:54:30.10\00:54:33.17
OF DEATH'. THEY CAN
GROW 15-FEET LONG AND
00:54:33.17\00:54:35.77
CAN TRAVEL UP TO
SEVEN MILES AN HOUR.
00:54:35.77\00:54:37.71
THEY DON'T CALL THEM BLACK
MAMBAS BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
00:54:37.71\00:54:39.84
THEIR SKIN, BUT THE INTERIOR
OF THEIR MOUTH IS BLACK.
00:54:39.84\00:54:43.55
SNAKES ALSO COME IN ALL SIZES -
LIKE THIS BOA OR A PYTHON - THEY
00:54:43.55\00:54:47.42
CAN GROW TO GREAT
SIZES. MATTER OF FACT, IN SOUTH
00:54:47.42\00:54:49.75
AMERICA, THEY FOUND SOME
FOSSILS OF A SNAKE THAT THEY
00:54:49.75\00:54:53.25
CALL 'TITANIBOA'. THEY
BELIEVE IT WAS AS BIG AS
00:54:53.25\00:54:56.89
50-FEET LONG AND WEIGHED AS
MUCH AS A CAR. SAY 'CHEESE!'
00:54:56.89\00:55:02.03
A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SCARED OF SNAKES.
00:55:02.03\00:55:04.00
I USED TO LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN
IN A CAVE AND I RAN INTO SNAKES
00:55:04.00\00:55:06.03
FREQUENTLY. THEY
NEVER BOTHERED ME
00:55:06.03\00:55:08.17
UNLESS I WAS BOTHERING
THEM. IN THE BIBLE, THE SNAKE IS
00:55:08.17\00:55:11.07
OFTEN A SYMBOL OF THE DEVIL.
IN REALITY, IT'S JUST A SYMBOL.
00:55:11.07\00:55:14.71
THEY'RE ANIMALS JUST LIKE OTHER
ANIMALS, BUT IT SAYS THEY WERE
00:55:14.71\00:55:17.11
CURSED TO GO UPON THEIR BELLY
BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRST
00:55:17.11\00:55:19.45
MEDIUM THAT THE DEVIL
USED TO TEMPT ADAM AND EVE.
00:55:19.45\00:55:22.88
IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS CHAPTER
21, IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW,
00:55:22.88\00:55:26.05
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
GOING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS,
00:55:26.05\00:55:28.79
THEY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
GOD'S MANNA AND IT SAYS THE LORD
00:55:28.79\00:55:32.16
ALLOWED THESE FIERY SERPENTS
TO GO AMONG THE PEOPLE AND MANY
00:55:32.16\00:55:35.36
WERE BITTEN AND
THE VENOM WAS DEADLY.
00:55:35.36\00:55:38.23
I SHOULD PROBABLY MENTION AT
THIS POINT, THAT BREAD THEY WERE
00:55:38.23\00:55:40.64
COMPLAINING ABOUT IS A
SYMBOL FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
00:55:40.64\00:55:43.20
AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WERE DYING
FROM THIS PLAGUE OF SERPENTS,
00:55:43.20\00:55:46.31
THEY WENT UNTO MOSES AND
SAID, 'WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
00:55:46.31\00:55:49.08
GOD TOLD MOSES TO MAKE A BRONZE
SERPENT AND PUT IT ON A POLE AND
00:55:49.08\00:55:52.71
LIFT IT UP, THAT
WHOEVER LOOKED UPON THE SERPENT,
00:55:52.71\00:55:55.38
THEY WOULD BE
HEALED OF THEIR VENOM.
00:55:55.38\00:55:57.95
THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE JESUS SAYS, IN THE
00:55:57.95\00:56:00.52
GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSES
14 AND 15, "AS MOSES LIFTED UP
00:56:00.52\00:56:06.03
THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS,
EVEN SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE
00:56:06.03\00:56:09.56
LIFTED UP, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES
IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT
00:56:09.56\00:56:13.37
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE." THEY
NEEDED TO LOOK AND TO LIVE.
00:56:13.37\00:56:17.54
YOU SEE, THOSE ANCIENT
SHEPHERDS, WHEN THEY WOULD KILL
00:56:17.54\00:56:19.31
A VENOMOUS SNAKE, THEY WOULD
CARRY IT OFF ON THEIR STAFF AND
00:56:19.31\00:56:22.61
BURY IT, SO A SERPENT ON A POLE
REPRESENTED A DEFEATED SNAKE.
00:56:22.61\00:56:27.48
IT'S TALKING ABOUT
DEFEATING THE DEVIL, FRIENDS.
00:56:27.48\00:56:30.32
HAVE YOU BEEN
BITTEN BY THE SERPENT?
00:56:30.32\00:56:31.89
WE ALL HAVE. THE
ONLY CURE FOR THE VENOM OF
00:56:31.89\00:56:34.49
SATAN IS TO LOOK
IN FAITH AT JESUS.
00:56:34.49\00:56:37.49
HE THEN DEFEATED THE DEVIL.
HE TOOK THE VENOM OF SIN IN HIS
00:56:37.49\00:56:40.83
BODY TO PROVIDE THE
ANTIDOTE IN HIS BLOOD.
00:56:40.83\00:56:44.50
SO FRIENDS, I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO LOOK TODAY AND LIVE.
00:56:44.50\00:56:47.97
(MUSIC)
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