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>>GOOD MORNING
AND HAPPY SABBATH.
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WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE
TO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR
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THIS MORNING. WHETHER
YOU'RE JOINING US ONLINE
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OR FROM THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
NETWORKS, WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY
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WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO
THE SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE ALSO WANT TO WELCOME OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS THAT JOIN US EACH
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AND EVERY SABBATH MORNING, AS
WELL AS OUR LOCAL MEMBERS HERE
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AT THE GRANITE BAY
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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AS YOU ALL KNOW, OR MAY
NOT KNOW, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING
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THROUGH THE EPISTLES OF PETER -
1 AND 2 PETER, TO BE EXACT - AND
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THIS MORNING'S LESSON IS LESSON
#9 IN THE QUARTERLY, ENTITLED
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BE WHO YOU ARE .
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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DOWNLOAD THE LESSON AND JOIN
RIGHT IN WITH US THIS MORNING.
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NOW, EACH AND EVERY SABBATH
MORNING WE HAVE A FREE OFFER.
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AND SO, OUR OFFER
THIS MORNING IS ASSURANCE:
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JUSTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE .
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#727 - ASSURANCE:
JUSTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE .
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NOW, BEFORE WE JUST JUMP RIGHT
IN TO OUR LESSON EACH AND EVERY
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SABBATH MORNING, WE LOVE
TO SING PRAISES TO OUR GOD.
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AND SO, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE
TO ENCOURAGE OUR SINGERS TO COME
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OUT - LEAD US IN SOME PRAISE
HYMNS AS WE SING TO OUR GOD AND
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HIS HONOR AND GLORY. (A CAPELLA)
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>>WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE,
RIGHT? WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE
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CLOUDS OF GLORY. YOU
KNOW, HE'S PREPARING A
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PEOPLE FOR THAT DAY AND HE'S
DOING A WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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AND, AS WE DO, EVERY ONCE IN
A WHILE, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE
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LOVE TO HAVE A
LITTLE MISSION STORY
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HERE, DURING OUR
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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AND SO, OSTAP IS GOING TO SHARE
WITH US SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S
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BEEN DOING AND HOW THE LORD
HAS BEEN BLESSING IN MEXICO, AS
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THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR
THE LORD'S RETURN AND DOING A
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SPECIAL WORK. SO,
OSTAP, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
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>>THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY.
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EXCITED TO BE HERE
WITH YOU AND WE WANT TO
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SHARE A SMALL GLIMPSE OF
THE PROJECT THAT WE JUST HAD IN
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MEXICO; IT'S THE
CITY OF HERMOSILLO.
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WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL
THERE AND RESPOND TO A CALL THAT
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CAME BECAUSE, YOU SEE, JUST A
FEW MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A GROUP
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OF BELIEVERS IN MEXICO, PRAYING
THAT GOD WOULD SEND SOMEONE TO
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HELP THEM FINISH
THEIR CHURCH BUILDING.
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AND SO, WE RECEIVED THIS CALL
- WE BEGAN TO PLAN - BEGAN TO
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ORGANIZE THE VOLUNTEERS - AND I
HAVE HERE WITH ME, SUE, AND SHE
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WAS ONE OF THE
VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME WITH US.
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AND I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN TO
US HOW SHE MADE THE DECISION TO
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COME WITH US. >>PRAISE THE LORD.
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WHEN OSTAP ASKED ME THE FIRST
TIME HE SAID, 'HEY SUE, DO YOU
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WANT TO GO WITH ME TO
THE MISSION TRIP TO MEXICO?'
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AND I SAID, 'OKAY,
LET ME GO PRAY ABOUT IT.
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I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU 'YES'
OR 'NO', BUT GIVE ME TIMES TO
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PRAY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE
EVERYTHING I HAVE TO ASK GOD FOR
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HIS PERMISSION.' SO I WENT AND
PRAYED ABOUT THAT WHOLE WEEK,
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AND THEN I COME BACK AND
TELL OSTAP, 'YES, I'M GOING'.
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SO I PRAISE GOD
FOR THAT. >>AMEN.
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AND SO, AS WE'RE IN MEXICO,
WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE, YOU KNOW,
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ACQUIRING MATERIALS - WE HAVE
THE TRACTOR ON SITE TO HELP US
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WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND MOVING
THE DIRT, SO WE'RE EXCITED.
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BUT WE RAN INTO A CHALLENGE AND
THE CHALLENGE WASN'T VERY EASY,
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AND SO, THERE WAS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
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SUE, DO YOU
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?
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>>YES, I DO REMEMBER. ONE
DAY, WHEN WE WAS WORKING SO
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HARD AND THEN THE WATER
STOPPED - NO WATER COME.
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ONE OF OUR BROTHERS CAME TO ME
AND HE SAID, 'HEY SUE, WE NEED
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TO PRAY. THERE'S NO MORE WATER.'
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AND I SAID, 'OKAY, LET'S
PRAY. AND WE HAVE TO TRUST AND
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BELIEVING IN GOD THAT HE
SEND US HERE TO DO THIS WORK'.
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AND HE SAID, 'OKAY'. AND
THEN I PRAYED - FOUR OF US -
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WE'RE PRAYING ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
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AND WHEN I PRAY, I BELIEVE IN
MY HEART THAT GOD WILL SEND THE
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WATER AGAIN. SO,
AFTER I PRAY - AND THEN I
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SAY, 'OKAY, GO
BACK TO YOUR POSITION.
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DO YOUR WORK AND THAT GOD WILL
BRING THE WATER LATER.' SO IN
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ABOUT THREE HOURS PASSED AND
THEN THE SAME BROTHER CAME TO ME
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AND HE SAID, 'SUE,
WE HAVE THE WATER'.
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AND I SAID, 'PRAISE GOD HE
ANSWERS OUR PRAYER AND PRAISE
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GOD FOR THE MIRACLES.' SO
WE HAD THE WATER TO DO THE
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WORK THAT DAY. >>AMEN.
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AND SO, IN THE MORNING -
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE WERE
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WORKING AND BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTING THIS CHURCH.
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IN THE AFTERNOONS WE WOULD TAKE
TIME TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP AND
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WE HEADED BACK TO THIS
PLACE WHERE WE WERE STAYING.
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AND PART OF THE WORK THAT
WE WANTED TO DO THERE WAS TO DO
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SOME EVANGELISM TRAINING
WITH THE CHURCH MEMBERS.
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AND SO, HERE ON YOUR SCREEN
YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF US DOING
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SOME OF THE TRAINING.
OUR VOLUNTEER, URI, THAT CAME
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WITH US, THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME
DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND
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SO HE WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE AND, NOT ONLY TO SHARE,
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BUT TO SHARE HIS FAITH
WITH THOSE PEOPLE THERE AND TO
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ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALSO GO
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE
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WITH THOSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.
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AND I KNOW THAT MANY ARE
THERE IN MEXICO WATCHING OUR
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PRESENTATIONS AND, AS SUE AND I
WERE THERE, THEY WERE TELLING US
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THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OUR
CHURCH SERVICES THERE IN MEXICO.
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AND SO, WE WANTED TO SAY HELLO
TO THEM AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE
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WATCHING AS WELL. AND
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE
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CHURCH MEMBERS HERE, AS WELL,
TO GET INVOLVED - TO SIGN UP.
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WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT
PROJECTS SCHEDULED THIS YEAR.
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WE'LL BE GOING UP TO REDWOOD
CAMP TO HELP OUT - ESTABLISH THE
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CAMP BEFORE SUMMER AND OTHER
PLACES LIKE THAT. AND SO, WE
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ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS TO SIGN UP
AND TO JOIN US ON FUTURE TRIPS.
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WE HAVE SEEN, AGAIN AND AGAIN,
HOW THE LORD WAS BLESSING, HOW
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HE WAS PROVIDING, HOW HE WAS
ANSWERING THE PRAYERS, AS THE
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PROJECT WAS
STILL MOVING FORWARD.
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CURRENTLY, THEY'RE FINISHING
UP THE ROOF AND THEY'VE DONE THE
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PLASTERING OF THE WALLS AND
THEY'RE GOING TO START PAINTING
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THE CHURCH PROBABLY
NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
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AND SO, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE
THE PROGRESS THERE BECAUSE THIS
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CHURCH FAMILY HAS GROWN SO MUCH,
THEY NO LONGER FIT INTO THE
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SMALL HOUSE
THAT THEY'RE RENTING.
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AND SO, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR
THAT, THAT NOW THEY HAVE THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
WORSHIP VERY SOON IN THEIR OWN
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CHURCH BUILDING - AND TO ALSO
INVITE THE COMMUNITIES THERE.
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WE THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
YOU THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTING OUR
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PROJECTS, PRAYING FOR OUR
PROJECTS - I KNOW THAT MANY OF
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YOU HAVE COME AND APPROACHED ME
AND SAID, 'WE CONTINUE TO PRAY
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FOR YOU DAY AND DAY OUT AS
YOU GUYS TRAVEL, AS YOU GUYS DO
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THESE PROJECTS', AND SO, FOR
MYSELF AND SUE, WE'RE ALSO VERY
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EXCITED TO SHARE THIS UPDATE
WITH YOU ON THE MISSION PROJECT
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AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU
WITH US ON FUTURE PROJECTS.
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AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR LESSON
THIS MORNING, LET'S HAVE A WORD
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OF PRAYER. FATHER
IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU
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SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
THAT WE HAVE TO JUST HEAR OF THE
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THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING
AROUND THE WORLD, IN PREPARATION
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FOR YOUR SOON RETURN.
LORD, AS WE TAKE THIS TIME, WE
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JUST ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT LEAD
AND GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND OPEN
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OUR EARS - AS WE STUDY YOUR WORD
- AS WE JUMP INTO THIS LESSON.
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MAY YOU BE
GLORIFIED THROUGH ALL OF IT.
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MAY WE BE
CHANGED. MAY WE BECOME MORE
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AND MORE LIKE
JESUS. FOR WE JUST THANK
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YOU AND PRAISE YOU. IN
JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON IS BROUGHT TO US
THIS MORNING BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR
MARSHALL. I ENJOYED THAT MISSION
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REPORT, HOW ABOUT YOU?
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE A
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CHURCH HERE THAT'S INVOLVED
IN DOING MINISTRY AND GOING
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DIFFERENT PLACES. IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AS I SPEAK
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RIGHT NOW, PASTOR
ROSS IS IN SERBIA.
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YOU GUYS HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT?
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WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MEMBERS WITH
CONNECTIONS IN SERBIA, HERE.
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AND, ANYWAY,
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
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I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS
THAT ARE PART OF OUR REGULAR
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CLASS AND, OF COURSE WE'VE GOT
SOME OF OUR EXTENDED GRANITE BAY
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MEMBERS THAT ARE JOINING US FOR
OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE ARE CONTINUING OUR
STUDY DEALING WITH THE FIRST AND
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SECOND BOOKS OF PETER AND
TODAY'S LESSON, REALLY, BEGINS
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DIVING INTO THE FIRST FEW VERSES
OF THE FIRST CHAPTER OF 2 PETER.
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AND SO, WE'LL GET
TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
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I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD
THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER
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THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED -
ASSURANCE: JUSTIFICATION MADE
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SIMPLE - AND WE
HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
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AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS
FROM 2 PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSES 5
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THROUGH 7. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO SAY THIS WITH
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ME - 2 PETER 1:5 THROUGH 7
- NOW, I'M READING IT FROM THE
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LESSON, WHICH IS THE
NIV VERSION. YOU READY?
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"FOR THIS VERY REASON,
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO YOUR
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FAITH GOODNESS; AND TO GOODNESS,
KNOWLEDGE; AND TO KNOWLEDGE,
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SELF-CONTROL; AND TO
SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE; AND
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TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS; AND
TO GODLINESS, MUTUAL AFFECTION;
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AND TO MUTUAL AFFECTION, LOVE."
THAT'S - WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
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THAT THERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THAT'S CALLED 'PETER'S LADDER'
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AND - BUT, TO START
WITH, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE
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FIRST FIVE VERSES. AS WE
GET INTO SECTION 1 IN OUR
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STUDY TODAY, I WANT TO READ
TO YOU THE FIRST FIVE VERSES.
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WE'LL TAKE THAT AND TALK ABOUT
IT; WE'LL BACK UP AND WE'LL
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CONTINUE TO WORK OUR
WAY THROUGH THIS LESSON.
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"SIMON PETER, A BONDSERVANT
AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST," -
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ALRIGHT, LET'S STOP RIGHT
THERE. DID YOU NOTICE SOMETHING
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HAPPENING HERE YOU DON'T SEE
VERY OFTEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
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PETER IS OFTEN CALLED
PETER, OR HE'S CALLED SIMON.
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SOMETIMES HE'S CALLED CEPHAS,
WHICH IS ANOTHER WORD FOR PETER,
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BUT HERE, HE'S CALLED SIMON
PETER. NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
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HE'S GIVING YOU THE NAME THAT
WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS PARENTS,
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AND THEN HE'S GIVING YOU THE
NAME THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY
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HIS LORD, AND THEN HE'S GIVING
YOU WHAT HIS TITLE IS THAT WAS
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GIVEN TO HIM BY JESUS
AND RECOGNIZED BY THE CHURCH.
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SO HE'S GOT HIS FAMILY, HIS
LORD, AND HIS CHURCH THAT ARE
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BEING MENTIONED IN THIS -
AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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NOW, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO EVEN
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MENTION THIS, BUT PROBABLY IT'S
GOOD FOR YOU, SINCE THIS IS A
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CLASS TO BE INFORMED, I DON'T
KNOW THAT - YOU MAY OR MAY NOT
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BE AWARE THAT THE EARLY CHURCH
FATHERS, WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING
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TOGETHER THE BOOKS OF THE CANON
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT - THE OLD
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TESTAMENT WAS PRETTY WELL
ESTABLISHED AND NAILED IN STONE
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BY THE JEWISH SCRIBES, BUT AS
THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE CANON
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IN THE FIRST CENTURY, THERE
WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT 2 PETER.
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AND THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE,
LIKE ORIGEN AND SOME OF THE
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EARLY FATHERS 'WE'RE NOT SURE
THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN BY PETER,'
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BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW
THAT THAT WAS A DEBATE THAT CAME
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UP, AND - BUT THE OTHER SCHOLARS
AND THE FATHERS, THEY TRACED IT
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BACK AND THEY SAID IT - IT
FITS - THERE WERE SOME STYLISTIC
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DIFFERENCES - AND, FINALLY, THE
ARGUMENT WAS THAT SINCE THESE
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BOOKS COME FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN IMPRESS A
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PERSON BASED ON THE SUBJECT,
WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT STYLE,
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IN ONE BOOK FROM
ANOTHER. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN
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THE BOOKS OF MOSES. THE
STYLE BETWEEN GENESIS IS A
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LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EXODUS,
WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT -
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GENESIS IS MORE OF A STORY FORM,
WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM
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LEVITICUS - IS VERY MUCH THE
PRIESTLY CEREMONIES, AND YOU GET
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TO NUMBERS AND IT'S A WHOLE
LOT OF NUMBERS AND CHRONICLES IN
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THERE AND, AND SO, YOU CAN
SEE EVEN ONE WRITER TAKES ON
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A LITTLE DIFFERENT STYLE,
DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT MATTER.
00:14:48.62\00:14:51.32
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW
THAT ARGUMENT DID COME UP IN THE
00:14:51.35\00:14:53.46
EARLY CHURCH, BUT IT WAS
SQUELCHED PRETTY QUICK AND
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EVERYBODY HAS WIDELY
ACCEPTED THAT THIS IS AUTHENTIC,
00:14:56.76\00:15:02.56
INSPIRED TEACHINGS
OF THE APOSTLE PETER.
00:15:02.60\00:15:07.67
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO
SAY HE WRITING TO WHOM?
00:15:07.70\00:15:10.77
NOW THIS IS ADDRESSED TO THE
SAME GROUP THAT IS IN THE FIRST
00:15:10.81\00:15:14.24
BOOK - "TO THOSE WHO HAVE
OBTAINED LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH
00:15:14.28\00:15:18.95
WITH US BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS
00:15:18.98\00:15:23.39
CHRIST:" - NOW YOU'VE
HEARD THE EXPRESSION BEFORE,
00:15:23.42\00:15:26.39
'RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH' - IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE
00:15:26.42\00:15:30.19
A SPECIAL INTEREST TO
GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:15:30.23\00:15:34.83
JUST NOW OR ALWAYS? HOW
DOES ANYBODY GET TO HEAVEN?
00:15:34.86\00:15:42.94
WE ARE SAVED BY
GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
00:15:42.97\00:15:47.24
THROUGH THAT FAITH, A
TRANS - TRANSACTION IS MADE.
00:15:47.28\00:15:53.08
WE GET RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT
WE DON'T DESERVE, THAT REALLY
00:15:53.11\00:15:57.99
BELONGS TO JESUS. WE RECEIVE
THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
00:15:58.02\00:16:03.86
AND SO PETER, HERE, IS REALLY
TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY
00:16:03.89\00:16:06.83
FAITH - THAT HERE WE RECEIVE
THESE EXCEEDING GREAT AND
00:16:06.86\00:16:10.63
PRECIOUS
PROMISES THROUGH FAITH. -
00:16:10.67\00:16:13.23
"TO THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED
LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH WITH US" -
00:16:13.27\00:16:17.21
IT SAYS 'YOU HAVE IT; WE HAVE
IT' - "BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
00:16:17.24\00:16:20.01
OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS
CHRIST:" - THEN HE GOES ON AND
00:16:20.04\00:16:26.31
HE SAYS, "GRACE AND PEACE
BE MULTIPLIED TO YOU IN THE
00:16:26.35\00:16:30.15
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS
OUR LORD," - SO HE TALKS ABOUT
00:16:30.19\00:16:34.49
JESUS CHRIST,
JESUS OUR LORD, AND GOD.
00:16:34.52\00:16:37.96
NOW, IS HE SAYING
THAT JESUS IS NOT GOD?
00:16:37.99\00:16:41.86
OR IS HE JUST SPECIFYING GOD THE
FATHER AND JESUS, WHO IS GOD THE
00:16:41.90\00:16:46.43
SON, SO YOU CAN MAKE A
DISTINCTION WHEN YOU'RE
00:16:46.47\00:16:48.64
EXPLAINING THAT? SO
YES, HE DID BELIEVE THAT
00:16:48.67\00:16:51.94
CHRIST WAS GOD - GOD THE SON.
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS - PETER'S
00:16:51.97\00:16:56.34
THE ONE WHO MADE
THAT GREAT DECLARATION.
00:16:56.38\00:16:59.18
SO HERE YOU HEARD - YOU
READ 'RIGHTEOUSNESS', YOU READ
00:16:59.21\00:17:03.28
'FAITH', AND YOU READ 'GRACE'
- AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS.
00:17:03.32\00:17:11.49
"GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED
TO YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE" -
00:17:11.53\00:17:14.36
NOW, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE - HOW ARE WE SAVED?
00:17:14.40\00:17:19.07
WHAT DOES JESUS SAY IN
JOHN CHAPTER 17, THE FIRST THREE
00:17:19.10\00:17:25.74
VERSES? "...THIS
IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT
00:17:25.77\00:17:28.24
THEY MIGHT KNOW
THEE, THE ONLY TRUE GOD..."
00:17:28.28\00:17:32.65
WHAT WILL THE LORD
SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST?
00:17:32.68\00:17:36.92
'I KNOW THEE NOT'. DOES
WHAT YOU KNOW MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
00:17:36.95\00:17:42.96
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY IN HOLLYWOOD,
'IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:17:42.99\00:17:45.06
WHO YOU KNOW.' AND IT IS TRUE
THAT IN CHRISTIANITY IT'S NOT
00:17:45.09\00:17:49.66
ONLY WHAT YOU
KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW.
00:17:49.70\00:17:53.44
IT - BUT NOTICE THE
EMPHASIS ON KNOWLEDGE HERE.
00:17:53.47\00:17:56.91
I WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU AGAIN
- VERSE 2 - 2 PETER, CHAPTER 1,
00:17:56.94\00:18:03.88
"GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED
TO YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
00:18:03.91\00:18:08.48
AND OF JESUS OUR LORD, AS
HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US
00:18:08.52\00:18:12.35
ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO
LIFE AND GODLINESS," - HOW?
00:18:12.39\00:18:16.26
- "THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF
HIM WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND
00:18:16.29\00:18:20.63
VIRTUE," - PETER MAKES A PRETTY
00:18:20.66\00:18:23.10
STRONG EMPHASIS ON
'YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW SOMETHING'.
00:18:23.13\00:18:28.34
YOU NEED TO KNOW HIM - THIS IS
- ALSO THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO
00:18:28.37\00:18:31.04
KNOW, AND HE SPECIFIES WHAT
THOSE THINGS ARE IN YOUR BOOK.
00:18:31.07\00:18:34.14
NOW, IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
00:18:34.18\00:18:36.78
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND DECIDE YOU DON'T LIKE THE
00:18:36.81\00:18:38.78
DAY AND YOU ROLL OVER AND PUT
THE PILLOW OVER YOUR HEAD, HOW
00:18:38.81\00:18:41.75
ARE YOU GOING TO
GROW IN THE LORD THAT DAY?
00:18:41.78\00:18:44.35
SO HOW DO YOU GROW IN KNOWLEDGE?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW
00:18:44.39\00:18:49.99
SOMETHING - YOU'RE GOING
TO GRADUATE COLLEGE AND YOU'RE
00:18:50.03\00:18:52.43
GOING TO KNOW SOMETHING,
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
00:18:52.46\00:18:55.20
YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO CLASS,
YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT
00:18:55.23\00:18:56.50
TO OPEN THE BOOKS,
YOU'VE GOT TO STUDY.
00:18:56.53\00:18:59.57
IF YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW
SOMEBODY, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO
00:18:59.60\00:19:01.64
DO? YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE TIME
00:19:01.67\00:19:04.54
LISTENING TO THEM, COMMUNICATING
WITH THEM, DRAWING THEM OUT.
00:19:04.57\00:19:09.51
I HAD A PRETTY NEAT
EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK.
00:19:09.54\00:19:12.18
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTROL
MYSELF IN NOT SENDING OUT THE
00:19:12.21\00:19:15.42
PICTURE TO EVERYBODY, BUT
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO GENERAL
00:19:15.45\00:19:18.52
CHUCK YEAGER IS?
FIRST MAN TO BREAK THE SOUND
00:19:18.55\00:19:22.59
BARRIER - VERY FAMOUS
PILOT - HE'S LIKE 95 NOW AND THE
00:19:22.62\00:19:32.43
PHYSICIAN WHO DOES MY
THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL - A FRIEND -
00:19:32.47\00:19:35.97
ALSO COMES TO CHURCH HERE - ALSO
DID HIS THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL FOR
00:19:36.00\00:19:41.18
AVIATION AND I HEARD THAT
AND SAID, 'OH, I'D LOVE TO MEET
00:19:41.21\00:19:44.18
GENERAL YEAGER.' THE GUY'S A
LEGEND - A HERO - A WAR HERO,
00:19:44.21\00:19:48.48
PILOT, BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER
AND ALL THESE THINGS, AND SO SHE
00:19:48.52\00:19:52.62
ARRANGED, THIS WEEK,
WHERE I GOT TO BE WITH HIM.
00:19:52.65\00:19:55.49
AND I THOUGHT OF A THOUSAND
THINGS I WANTED TO ASK HIM TO
00:19:55.52\00:19:57.96
GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER, BUT WHEN
I WAS SITTING THERE WITH HIM, I
00:19:57.99\00:20:02.10
JUST WENT BLANK. I
COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING.
00:20:02.13\00:20:05.77
AND AFTER I LEFT I THOUGHT, 'OH,
I WISH I WOULD HAVE ASKED THIS'
00:20:05.80\00:20:08.74
AND 'I WISH I WOULD HAVE ASKED
THIS' AND 'I WANTED TO ASK THIS'
00:20:08.77\00:20:11.07
AND I THOUGHT, 'OH WHAT A' -
HERE I WAS IN HIS PRESENCE - HE
00:20:11.11\00:20:16.58
FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, FOUGHT
IN THE VIETNAM WAR, WAS ONE OF
00:20:16.61\00:20:19.68
THESE FAMOUS TEST PILOTS, ALL
THESE - CRASHED SEVERAL TIMES.
00:20:19.71\00:20:23.99
SOMEONE ASKED HIM
ONCE, 'DID YOU CRASH?'
00:20:24.02\00:20:25.89
HE SAID, 'I CRASHED A LOT'.
JUST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES.
00:20:25.92\00:20:29.76
BUT I THOUGHT - I COULDN'T
THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY.
00:20:29.79\00:20:33.90
IT WAS ALL JUST SORT
OF LIGHT CONVERSATION.
00:20:33.93\00:20:35.80
BUT IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN WITH
JESUS AND ASK HIM SOMETHING,
00:20:35.83\00:20:40.87
WHAT WOULD YOU ASK HIM?
WELL, DO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN?
00:20:40.90\00:20:47.54
HE SAYS, 'I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU
OR FORSAKE YOU.' HE'S WITH YOU
00:20:47.58\00:20:50.85
EVERY DAY. HE SAYS, 'I'LL BE
WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.' SO DO
00:20:50.88\00:20:52.88
YOU PRAY? DO YOU TALK TO HIM?
00:20:52.91\00:20:54.98
DO YOU ASK HIM FOR INFORMATION?
HE'LL REVEAL THINGS TO YOU.
00:20:55.02\00:20:58.59
THE LORD SAYS, 'COME NOW,
LET US REASON TOGETHER.' WHAT A
00:20:58.62\00:21:01.92
PRIVILEGE THAT WE GET TO HAVE
AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:21:01.96\00:21:05.56
JESUS. CAN YOU SAY, 'AMEN'?
00:21:05.59\00:21:06.96
>>AMEN. >>THAT'S WONDERFUL.
00:21:07.00\00:21:08.86
ALRIGHT, SO HE SAYS - BUT IT'S
THIS PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
00:21:08.90\00:21:12.67
NEED OF GOD - WE NEED TO HAVE
A KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS,
00:21:12.70\00:21:16.34
OUR LORD. AS HIS DIVINE - SO
THERE'S THINGS ABOUT THEOLOGY
00:21:16.37\00:21:20.21
AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,
BECAUSE GOD'S INVISIBLE, BUT
00:21:20.24\00:21:22.41
THERE'S ALSO THE RELATIONSHIP
AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS.
00:21:22.44\00:21:25.15
GOD BECAME A MAN IN
CHRIST THAT WE MIGHT KNOW HIM.
00:21:25.18\00:21:28.92
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU'VE SEEN
ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.'
00:21:28.95\00:21:31.75
AND THEN HE WANTS TO GIVE
US GRACE AND HE SAYS 'GRACE BE
00:21:31.79\00:21:34.29
MULTIPLIED TO YOU.'
WHAT DOES MULTIPLIED MEAN?
00:21:34.32\00:21:38.66
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOU MULTIPLY SOMETHING?
00:21:38.69\00:21:41.40
YOU GROW IT EXPONENTIALLY.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE WHEN
00:21:41.43\00:21:46.00
YOU DO 2X4 THAN
YOU DO WHEN YOU DO 1X1.
00:21:46.03\00:21:50.44
DOES GOD CONTINUE TO GIVE US
MORE GRACE AND MULTIPLY FAITH
00:21:50.47\00:21:54.74
AND KNOWLEDGE TO US
AS WE WALK WITH HIM?
00:21:54.78\00:21:57.28
AND OUR KNOWLEDGE SHOULD GROW -
I WAS TELLING SOMEONE THIS WEEK
00:21:57.31\00:21:59.41
THAT - YOU KNOW, I'M PREACHING
TODAY ON ABSALOM AND, IN
00:21:59.45\00:22:06.49
PREPARATION, I DO A LOT
OF THINGS - STUDY AND GO TO
00:22:06.52\00:22:10.46
COMMENTARIES - AND ONE OF
THE THINGS I THOUGHT I'D DO IS I
00:22:10.49\00:22:14.60
PREACHED ABOUT ABSALOM YEARS AGO
AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND THEY
00:22:14.63\00:22:18.43
RECORDED IT.
MATTER OF FACT, I SAW SOME
00:22:18.47\00:22:20.60
OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND IT WAS SO LONG AGO MY HAIR
00:22:20.64\00:22:26.44
WAS DARK, THICKER,
AND I HAD NO GLASSES.
00:22:26.47\00:22:31.11
AND SO I LISTENED AND, AS I'M
LISTENING TO MYSELF PREACH - 15
00:22:31.15\00:22:35.45
YEARS AGO - 20 YEARS AGO, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS - I'M
00:22:35.48\00:22:38.35
GOING, 'MAN, I'M
SUCH A POOR PREACHER.'
00:22:38.39\00:22:43.16
I SAID, 'AND
PEOPLE LISTEN TO THAT?'
00:22:43.19\00:22:44.43
I THOUGHT I'D GET SOMETHING OUT
OF MY OLD SERMON - SOMETIMES I
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.23
DO - I SAY, 'OH
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
00:22:46.26\00:22:47.40
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.' JOHN
WESLEY USED TO SAY, 'EVERY FIVE
00:22:47.46\00:22:51.53
YEARS I THROW AWAY ALL MY
SERMONS BECAUSE IF I'M NOT A
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.64
BETTER PREACHER NOW THAN I
WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, I OUGHT TO
00:22:54.67\00:22:56.87
QUIT.' ARE YOU GROWING IN
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD?
00:22:56.91\00:23:01.51
ARE YOU THE SAME TODAY
AS YOU WERE FIVE YEARS AGO?
00:23:01.54\00:23:04.81
OR ARE YOU GETTING
DEEPER? IS IT MULTIPLYING?
00:23:04.85\00:23:08.05
SO, PETER IS TALKING
ABOUT YOU'VE GOT TO GROW.
00:23:08.08\00:23:09.72
OKAY? GOD IS GOING TO
MULTIPLY GRACE TO YOU.
00:23:09.75\00:23:12.69
YOU NEED TO HAVE AN
EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE.
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.66
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
ALSO TALKS ABOUT WE NEED A FRESH
00:23:14.69\00:23:17.33
EXPERIENCE WITH THE LORD.
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST CONSTANTLY
00:23:17.36\00:23:21.96
LIVING OFF SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED LONG AGO AND THEIR
00:23:22.00\00:23:24.10
MANNA HAS GOTTEN
WORMS AND IT STINKS.
00:23:24.13\00:23:27.34
YOU NEED TO HAVE
A FRESH EXPERIENCE.
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.54
AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, 'THROUGH
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO HAS
00:23:29.57\00:23:33.51
CALLED US' - WE'VE ALL BEEN
CALLED BY THE LORD - 'BY GLORY
00:23:33.54\00:23:37.35
AND VIRTUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN
TO US - BY WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN
00:23:37.38\00:23:41.82
TO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND
PRECIOUS PROMISES THAT THROUGH
00:23:41.85\00:23:49.42
THESE YOU MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF
THE DIVINE NATURE.' WHAT IS THE
00:23:49.46\00:23:54.00
PURPOSE OF SALVATION?
THE DEVIL CAME ALONG, IN THE
00:23:54.03\00:23:58.23
GARDEN OF EDEN - MAN WAS MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD - THE DEVIL
00:23:58.27\00:24:00.47
CAME ALONG AND HE ERASED
THE IMAGE OF GOD FROM MAN.
00:24:00.50\00:24:04.77
HE WANTS TO RESTORE
THE IMAGE OF GOD TO MAN.
00:24:04.81\00:24:08.48
AND IT SAYS THAT THROUGH - WHAT
IS IT THAT WE BECOME PARTAKERS
00:24:08.51\00:24:11.98
OF? THE DIVINE
NATURE. GOD WANTS TO GIVE
00:24:12.01\00:24:14.65
US A DIVINE NATURE. HAVE
YOU EVER SLAPPED SOMEONE ON
00:24:14.68\00:24:17.79
THE BACK AND SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU,
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.59
YOU'VE GOT A DIVINE NATURE'?
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE
00:24:19.62\00:24:23.59
THE CHARACTER OF
CHRIST? HOW DO WE GET THAT?
00:24:23.63\00:24:28.03
NOW HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THIS SECTION: 'HE'S
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.73
GIVEN US EXCEEDING
GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES.'
00:24:30.77\00:24:34.10
WHERE DO WE FIND
THESE PROMISES? IN HIS WORD.
00:24:34.14\00:24:39.67
DO YOU THINK ABOUT AND
MEMORIZE THE PROMISES OF GOD?
00:24:39.71\00:24:44.25
LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW
OF THE PROMISES OF GOD.
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.72
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW OF MINE AND
THEN I MIGHT ASK YOU FOR A FEW
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.78
OF YOURS. I JUST GRABBED A FEW.
00:24:48.82\00:24:53.32
THERE ARE HUNDREDS - THERE
ARE MANY EXCEEDING GREAT AND
00:24:53.36\00:24:59.06
PRECIOUS PROMISES IN THE
BIBLE. THE BIBLE'S A BIG BOOK.
00:24:59.09\00:25:03.60
GOD GIVES US A
LOT OF PROMISES THERE.
00:25:03.63\00:25:05.40
DO YOU KNOW THEM?
DO YOU CLAIM THEM?
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.47
WHEN I SIGN A BOOK I OFTEN
SIGN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29:13.
00:25:07.50\00:25:12.91
THE REASON I SIGN THE CAVEMAN
BOOK THAT WAY IS BECAUSE I WAS
00:25:12.94\00:25:15.94
SEARCHING FOR GOD AND IT SAYS,
'YOU WILL SEARCH FOR ME AND
00:25:15.98\00:25:19.18
YOU'LL FIND ME WHEN YOU SEARCH
FOR ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.'
00:25:19.21\00:25:22.28
BUT JEREMIAH 29:11
IS ALSO VERY VALUABLE.
00:25:22.32\00:25:26.22
I DON'T OFTEN SIGN THAT BECAUSE
THAT'S MORE WRITING AND I'M
00:25:26.25\00:25:28.02
LAZY, BUT JEREMIAH 29:11 SAYS,
"FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I
00:25:28.06\00:25:32.26
THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD,
THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF
00:25:32.29\00:25:35.56
EVIL, TO GIVE YOU
A FUTURE AND A HOPE."
00:25:35.60\00:25:37.73
- 'I'VE GOT PLANS FOR YOU TO
HAVE A GOOD FUTURE AND HOPE.'
00:25:37.77\00:25:40.94
HOW DID GOD MAKE MAN?
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, GOOD -
00:25:40.97\00:25:43.61
GOD'S PLANS FOR MAN WERE
GOOD PLANS. WHY DID JESUS COME?
00:25:43.64\00:25:47.48
TO BRING THAT GOOD.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT PROMISE
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.48
RIGHT THERE IN HIS WORD.
THAT'S AN EXCEEDING GREAT
00:25:49.51\00:25:52.28
AND PRECIOUS PROMISE.
JESUS - MATTHEW 11 - YOU ALL
00:25:52.31\00:25:56.12
KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS - VERSES
28 AND 29 - "COME TO ME, ALL YOU
00:25:56.15\00:26:00.22
WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY
LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
00:26:00.26\00:26:03.22
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN
FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND
00:26:03.26\00:26:07.50
LOWLY IN HEART, AND YOU
WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS."
00:26:07.50\00:26:11.10
ANOTHER EXCEEDING GREAT - AND,
YOU KNOW, THESE PROMISES ARE
00:26:11.13\00:26:13.10
EXCEEDING GREAT AND
PRECIOUS WHEN YOU NEED THEM.
00:26:13.13\00:26:16.64
I REMEMBER, ONE TIME, I WAS IN
A RESTAURANT, HITCHHIKING WITH A
00:26:16.67\00:26:20.54
GIRLFRIEND, HUNGRY - NOTHING TO
EAT - WE JUST SAT THERE WAITING
00:26:20.58\00:26:24.21
FOR THE SUN TO COME UP BECAUSE
IT WAS A DANGEROUS PART OF TOWN.
00:26:24.25\00:26:27.65
AND I JUST SAT THERE AND DRANK
ONE CUP OF COFFEE AFTER ANOTHER
00:26:27.68\00:26:31.59
BECAUSE YOU HAD TO KIND OF ACT
LIKE YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING.
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.99
COFFEE WAS TEN CENTS BACK THEN,
IN THIS RESTAURANT - A CUP - FOR
00:26:35.02\00:26:38.33
A CUP OF COFFEE - ALL YOU
COULD DRINK FOR TEN CENTS.
00:26:38.36\00:26:42.83
AND SO WE THOUGHT, 'WELL, WE'LL
JUST STAY HERE AND DRINK COFFEE
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.87
ALL NIGHT.' AND I WAS A BABY
CHRISTIAN AND I STARTED GETTING
00:26:44.90\00:26:51.51
CRAMPS IN MY STOMACH BECAUSE
COFFEE CAN DO THAT TO YOU - NO
00:26:51.54\00:26:55.44
FOOD - AND WE WERE JUST READING
THE NEW TESTAMENT BACK AND FORTH
00:26:55.48\00:26:59.18
- THAT'S BACK WHEN I WAS LIVING
IN THE CAVE - AND I READ THAT
00:26:59.21\00:27:04.29
PROMISE WHERE IT SAID, 'IF YOUR
SON IS HUNGRY, WOULDN'T YOU GIVE
00:27:04.32\00:27:08.79
HIM FOOD? HOW MUCH
MORE WILL YOUR FATHER
00:27:08.82\00:27:11.93
IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD
GIFTS TO THOSE THAT ASK?'
00:27:11.96\00:27:14.93
AND SO I WENT INTO THE RESTROOM,
WHICH HAPPENS A LOT AFTER 18
00:27:14.96\00:27:20.47
CUPS OF COFFEE, AND I PRAYED -
I REMEMBER I PRAYED AND I SAID,
00:27:20.50\00:27:24.41
'LORD, YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD -
YOU'VE GOT A PROMISE HERE THAT
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.54
IF YOU'RE HUNGRY THAT YOU'LL
FEED US.' - I SAID - 'IT'S THE
00:27:26.57\00:27:29.58
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT' - IT'S
TWO IN THE MORNING IN THIS EMPTY
00:27:29.61\00:27:31.55
RESTAURANT AND I SAID,' I DON'T
KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN' -
00:27:31.58\00:27:34.45
I WAS GOING TO PANHANDLE
OUT FRONT BUT THERE'S NOBODY TO
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.12
PANHANDLE, IT'S EMPTY - I
SAID, 'LORD, WE'RE HUNGRY.' SO I
00:27:36.15\00:27:40.76
WALKED BACK OUT AND
MY GIRLFRIEND'S SMILING.
00:27:40.79\00:27:42.56
I SAID, 'WHY ARE YOU SMILING?'
SHE SAID, 'WHILE YOU WERE IN THE
00:27:42.59\00:27:44.16
BATHROOM THE WAITRESS
CAME UP AND SAID, 'WOULD YOU
00:27:44.19\00:27:46.33
LIKE TO ORDER SOME FOOD?'
AND I TOLD HER 'NO' - BECAUSE WE
00:27:46.36\00:27:50.03
HAVE NO MONEY - 'AND SHE SAID,
'I'LL BUY YOUR DINNER TONIGHT.'
00:27:50.07\00:27:55.04
NOW HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO TO
THE RESTAURANT AND THE WAITRESS
00:27:55.07\00:27:57.14
OFFERS TO BUY YOUR FOOD?
RIGHT AFTER I CLAIMED THAT
00:27:57.17\00:28:00.11
PROMISE GOD GAVE US FOOD
- IN THE MOST AMAZING WAY.
00:28:00.14\00:28:04.98
AND THAT'S
HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.
00:28:05.01\00:28:06.95
THIS IS HOW THE
PROMISES OF GOD WORK.
00:28:06.98\00:28:09.28
YOU - IT'S NOT JUST THEY SIT IN
THE BIBLE ON YOUR SHELF AND YOU
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.12
DON'T GET ANY BENEFIT, YOU'VE
GOT TO READ THEM, POINT TO THEM,
00:28:12.15\00:28:15.12
BELIEVE IN THEM, AND SAY, 'LORD,
PLEASE, HERE YOU SAID THIS.
00:28:15.16\00:28:18.46
I BELIEVE IT.'
AND THINGS HAPPEN.
00:28:18.49\00:28:20.90
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
00:28:20.93\00:28:23.30
IT'S LIKE - I HEARD ABOUT THIS
MAN THAT HIS - IN HIS OLD AGE HE
00:28:23.33\00:28:32.37
STRUGGLED AND, THROUGH HIS LIFE
HE HAD STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY AND
00:28:32.41\00:28:40.88
WANTED TO GET ALONG AND FINALLY,
WHEN HE WAS GETTING OLD, HIS
00:28:40.92\00:28:44.65
KIDS CAME ALONG AND THEY SAID,
'POP, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CLEAN
00:28:44.69\00:28:47.56
OUT THE ATTIC. YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO COME.
00:28:47.59\00:28:48.82
WE'VE GOT A HOME WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE YOU INTO.' AND THEY FOUND
00:28:48.86\00:28:52.99
THIS BIBLE THAT HIS PARENTS HAD
GIVEN HIM, IN HIS HOME, AND HE
00:28:53.03\00:28:56.60
REMEMBERED THAT HIS MOTHER SAID,
'MAKE SURE AND READ THAT BOOK.
00:28:56.63\00:28:59.53
IT IS FULL OF RICH PROMISES'.
- OR SHE SAID, 'IT'S FULL OF
00:28:59.57\00:29:02.64
PROMISES THAT'LL MAKE YOU RICH.'
AND HE NEVER OPENED THE BIBLE.
00:29:02.67\00:29:06.37
HE KIND OF DRIFTED FROM GOD.
AND SO HE FINALLY TOOK DOWN HIS
00:29:06.41\00:29:08.58
PARENTS' BIBLE AND SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT KEEPING
00:29:08.61\00:29:10.65
THIS.' AND HE OPENED IT UP AND
BEGAN TO FLIP THROUGH IT AND ALL
00:29:10.68\00:29:13.72
SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE BOOK WAS MONEY.
00:29:13.75\00:29:18.12
SHE HAD PUT BILLS - LARGE
BILLS - ALL THROUGH THE BOOK TO
00:29:18.15\00:29:22.39
ENCOURAGE HIM TO READ, BUT THE
SAD THING WAS HE HAD BEEN POOR
00:29:22.42\00:29:26.29
ALL HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE HAD
NEVER OPENED IT UNTIL THE END.
00:29:26.33\00:29:31.00
ALL THOSE YEARS THOSE RICHES
WERE THERE IN THE BIBLE AND YOU
00:29:31.03\00:29:35.10
WONDER HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE
MISSED THE PROMISES OF GOD THAT
00:29:35.14\00:29:38.01
GOD'S PUT IN HIS WORD TO SAVE
US WITH OUR ISSUES TO BRING US
00:29:38.04\00:29:42.08
ENCOURAGEMENT OR COMFORT OR
WHATEVER WE NEED - AND WE FORGET
00:29:42.11\00:29:44.85
IT'S THERE
BECAUSE WE DON'T LOOK.
00:29:44.88\00:29:46.48
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR THEM.
ALRIGHT, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO
00:29:46.51\00:29:49.42
READ ONE OF THESE PROMISES
FOR ME IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:29:49.45\00:29:52.22
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT?
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER
00:29:52.25\00:29:54.12
PROMISE - JOHN 6:37 - CHRIST
SAID, "ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVES
00:29:54.16\00:29:58.66
ME WILL COME TO ME, AND
THE ONE WHO COMES TO ME I WILL
00:29:58.69\00:30:01.36
BY NO MEANS CAST OUT."
ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE?
00:30:01.40\00:30:04.50
IF YOU COME TO HIM 'I WILL
NOT CAST YOU OUT'. COME TO ME.
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.14
GO AHEAD, READ THAT OTHER
ONE FOR US IN HEBREWS 13:5.
00:30:08.17\00:30:12.04
>>"LET YOUR CONDUCT BE WITHOUT
COVETOUSNESS; BE CONTENT WITH
00:30:12.07\00:30:16.08
SUCH THINGS AS YOU HAVE.
FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID, 'I WILL
00:30:16.11\00:30:20.08
NEVER LEAVE YOU
NOR FORSAKE YOU."
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.48
>>NOW ISN'T THAT A PROMISE?
00:30:22.52\00:30:23.79
'I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU' - PAUL
SAYS THAT - 'I WILL NEVER LEAVE
00:30:23.82\00:30:28.59
YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.'
WHERE IS PAUL QUOTING FROM?
00:30:28.62\00:30:33.73
THIS IS IN HEBREWS - HE SAYS,
'GOD HAD SAID 'I WILL NEVER
00:30:33.76\00:30:37.50
LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU'
- WHERE DOES JESUS SAY THAT?
00:30:37.53\00:30:42.17
WHEN HE GOES TO HEAVEN, DOESN'T
HE SAY, 'I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS'?
00:30:42.20\00:30:45.54
AND DIDN'T GOD ALSO TELL JOSHUA,
'I'LL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU
00:30:45.57\00:30:49.51
GO'? AND DIDN'T HE TELL
JACOB, 'I'LL BE WITH YOU'? SO,
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.25
SCATTERED THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU
FIND THAT PROMISE REPEATED MANY
00:30:51.28\00:30:54.18
TIMES. SO I THINK PAUL
ACTUALLY SAYS IT DIFFERENT.
00:30:54.22\00:30:57.79
HE BUNCHES A FEW OF THEM
TOGETHER, WHERE GOD PROMISES HIS
00:30:57.82\00:31:02.19
HEROES THROUGH THE BIBLE, 'I
WILL NOT LEAVE YOU' - ANOTHER
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.16
TIME HE SAYS, 'I WILL NOT
FORSAKE YOU' - AND HE PUTS IT
00:31:04.19\00:31:06.03
ALL TOGETHER - 'I WILL NOT
LEAVE YOU AND I WILL NOT FORSAKE
00:31:06.06\00:31:07.76
YOU.' ALRIGHT, YOU'VE JUST GOT
TO GIVE ME A REAL QUICK ANSWER
00:31:07.76\00:31:12.20
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PASS
00:31:12.23\00:31:13.84
AROUND THE MICROPHONE.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PROMISE?
00:31:13.87\00:31:17.47
NO HESITATION - VICKY?
00:31:17.51\00:31:18.84
>>ISAIAH 40 -
STARTING AT 28 AND ON.
00:31:18.87\00:31:21.78
>>ISAIAH 40:28 -
>>"HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN?
00:31:21.81\00:31:24.75
HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? THE
EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD, THE
00:31:24.78\00:31:27.02
CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EAR,
NEITHER FAINTS NOR IS WEARY."
00:31:27.05\00:31:30.25
>>GOD NEVER FAINTS NOR IS
WEARY - HAVE YOU NOT HEARD?
00:31:30.29\00:31:34.06
THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD
PROMISE. ANYONE ELSE?
00:31:34.09\00:31:37.26
>>ISAIAH 49:15-17, "CAN A WOMAN
FORGET HER SUCKLING CHILD"?
00:31:37.29\00:31:45.60
>>IF A WO - "CAN A WOMAN FORGET
HER NURSING CHILD," - 'IF THESE
00:31:45.63\00:31:48.37
CANNOT FORGET,
NEITHER WILL I FORGET YOU.
00:31:48.40\00:31:50.27
I HAVE GRAVEN YOU ON THE
PALMS OF MY HANDS' - IN ISAIAH.
00:31:50.31\00:31:53.84
ANOTHER ONE - ANYONE
ELSE? GOD WON'T FORGET US.
00:31:53.88\00:31:58.15
I SEE ONE WAY IN THE BACK.
>>'AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM
00:31:58.18\00:32:03.05
HEAVEN SAYING, 'BEHOLD,
THE TABERNACLE OF GOD' -
00:32:03.08\00:32:06.19
>>'GOD WAS WITH MEN AND HE
HIMSELF WILL BE THEIR GOD AND HE
00:32:06.22\00:32:12.63
WILL BE WITH THEM.
>>"AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY EVERY
00:32:12.66\00:32:15.40
TEAR" - >>'ALL TEARS FROM THEIR
00:32:15.43\00:32:16.70
EYES' - >>"THERE
SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH,
00:32:16.73\00:32:18.83
NO SORROW, NOR
CRYING; THERE SHALL BE NO MORE
00:32:18.87\00:32:22.34
PAIN, FOR THE FORMER
THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.47
>>YEAH, HE'LL WIPE AWAY ALL
TEARS FROM THE EYES - NO MORE
00:32:25.51\00:32:29.11
SORROW, NO MORE PAIN.
OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY.
00:32:29.14\00:32:31.68
ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE.
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.78
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HEARING
SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE'S
00:32:34.82\00:32:37.49
PRECIOUS PROMISES AND YOU'RE
PROBABLY THINKING, 'OH, THAT'S A
00:32:37.52\00:32:39.45
GOOD ONE TOO. CAN I
BORROW YOUR PROMISE?'
00:32:39.49\00:32:43.43
SO PETER'S TELLING US RIGHT IN
THE BEGINNING, WE'VE GOT THESE
00:32:43.46\00:32:45.99
EXCEEDING GREAT - ANYONE ELSE,
BEFORE I CLOSE THAT OFF - YOU
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.70
GOT A PROMISE? HI
JEN, HOW YOU DOIN'?
00:32:48.73\00:32:51.17
>>GOOD. >>YEAH?
00:32:51.20\00:32:52.43
>>PROVERBS 3:5 AND 6, "TRUST IN
THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART;
00:32:52.47\00:32:55.00
AND LEAN NOT UNTO
THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING.
00:32:55.04\00:32:56.77
IN ALL THEY WAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE..."
00:32:56.81\00:32:58.47
- >>'AND HE WILL
DIRECT YOUR PATHS' - YEP.
00:32:58.51\00:33:00.94
'TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART...IN ALL YOUR WAYS
00:33:00.98\00:33:02.88
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL
DIRECT YOUR PATHS.' WHAT ANOTHER
00:33:02.91\00:33:06.51
BEAUTIFUL PROMISE. AND
SO, HE PROMISES, 'IF YOU
00:33:06.55\00:33:09.52
CLAIM THESE I'LL GUIDE YOU' -
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
00:33:09.55\00:33:11.89
- SAY, 'LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
DECISION TO MAKE, BUT LOOK HERE,
00:33:11.92\00:33:14.49
YOU'VE MADE A PROMISE -
YOU'RE GOING TO DIRECT MY PATHS.
00:33:14.52\00:33:18.06
I'M COMMITTING MY WAY TO
YOU.' WILL HE ANSWER THAT THEN?
00:33:18.09\00:33:21.03
YEAH, IF GOD KEEPS HIS
WORD - AND I BELIEVE HE DOES.
00:33:21.06\00:33:23.80
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ALONG HERE - AND, YOU KNOW,
00:33:23.83\00:33:28.30
ANOTHER ONE?
PHILIPPIANS 4:19, 'AND THIS SAME
00:33:28.34\00:33:32.01
GOD WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ME
WILL SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEEDS
00:33:32.04\00:33:35.41
FROM HIS GLORIOUS RICHES THAT
HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US IN CHRIST
00:33:35.44\00:33:37.88
JESUS.' GOD WILL
SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS.
00:33:37.91\00:33:40.48
ISAIAH 40 SAYS, 'THOSE WHO TRUST
IN THE LORD WILL FIND STRENGTH;
00:33:40.52\00:33:46.42
THEY WILL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS
LIKE EAGLES, THEY'LL RUN AND NOT
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.19
BE WEARY, THEY'LL WALK AND
NOT FAINT.' THAT'S VERSE 31.
00:33:49.22\00:33:52.89
THERE'S JUST SO MANY PROMISES.
NOW, WHEN WE READ THIS HERE, AND
00:33:52.93\00:33:59.17
WE TALK ABOUT THE PROMISES OF
GOD, HE GOES ON THEN, IN VERSE
00:33:59.20\00:34:04.21
5, AND I'M GOING TO READ VERSES
5 TO 7 HERE - I'M IN 2 PETER
00:34:04.24\00:34:07.64
1:5-7 - "BUT ALSO FOR THIS VERY
REASON, GIVING ALL DILIGENCE,
00:34:07.68\00:34:13.25
ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE,
TO VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE," - NOW,
00:34:13.28\00:34:16.92
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT WORD
'KNOWLEDGE' KEEPS APPEARING?
00:34:16.95\00:34:20.42
YOU WANT TO KNOW
SOMETHING AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.56
BUT HERE'S WHERE YOU FIND
PETER'S LADDER: "GIVING ALL
00:34:23.59\00:34:27.40
DILIGENCE," - THAT MEANS WORK
AT THIS - BE ZEALOUS - MAKE IT A
00:34:27.40\00:34:32.17
PRIORITY - "ADD TO YOUR FAITH
VIRTUE, TO VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE, TO
00:34:32.20\00:34:38.11
KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL, TO
SELF-CONTROL PERSEVERANCE, TO
00:34:38.14\00:34:43.24
PERSEVERANCE GODLINESS, TO
GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS,
00:34:43.28\00:34:48.42
AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS LOVE."
THIS IS CALLED 'PETER'S LADDER'
00:34:48.45\00:34:53.82
- THERE'S A SEQUENCE OF
GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
00:34:53.86\00:34:57.49
YOU KNOW, YOU FIND A NUMBER OF
LISTS IN THE BIBLE AND A LOT OF
00:34:57.53\00:35:01.86
THE LISTS ACTUALLY END WITH THE
QUINTESSENCE OF THE LIST BEING
00:35:01.90\00:35:09.74
LOVE. WHEN YOU GET TO REVELATION
- SORRY, UH - 1 CORINTHIANS
00:35:09.77\00:35:15.01
CHAPTER 13 - WHAT'S THE -
WHAT'S THE GREATEST OF THESE?
00:35:15.04\00:35:17.88
>>LOVE. >>LOVE.
00:35:17.91\00:35:19.81
AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT - WHO'S
00:35:19.85\00:35:22.08
GOING TO READ THAT FOR
ME? YOU'LL HAVE THAT KATRINA?
00:35:22.12\00:35:24.32
I'LL GIVE A CAMERA JUST A MINUTE
- TO GET READY - I'LL GIVE YOU
00:35:24.35\00:35:26.89
ANOTHER LIST - ROMANS 5, [VERSE]
3, "AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE
00:35:26.92\00:35:32.33
ALSO GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS,
KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION
00:35:32.36\00:35:34.93
PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; AND
PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.83
CHARACTER, HOPE." -
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER LIST HERE -
00:35:38.87\00:35:41.60
"NOW HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT,
BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF GOD HAS
00:35:41.64\00:35:43.94
BEEN POURED OUT IN OUR
HEARTS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO
00:35:43.97\00:35:46.24
WAS GIVEN TO US." GO
AHEAD, READ THE LIST THAT
00:35:46.27\00:35:48.41
PAUL GIVES IN
GALATIANS 5:22, 23.
00:35:48.44\00:35:51.85
>>"BUT THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
00:35:51.88\00:35:55.92
LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS,
GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS,
00:35:55.95\00:35:59.65
GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL.
AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW."
00:35:59.69\00:36:05.49
>>SO HERE HE PUTS LOVE AT THE
TOP OF THE LIST AND HE TELLS US
00:36:05.53\00:36:10.33
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.
AND WHAT DOES THE APOSTLE JOHN
00:36:10.37\00:36:13.30
SAY, AGAIN, AS A QUINTESSENCE OF
THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU KNOW GOD?
00:36:13.34\00:36:18.81
IF YOU LOVE GOD - IF YOU LOVE
EACH OTHER - FOR GOD IS LOVE.
00:36:18.84\00:36:24.88
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT - SOMETIMES
WHEN A PERSON GIVES A TOP TEN
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.62
LIST, THEY START OUT WITH THE
LOWEST AND THE GREATEST IS GOING
00:36:27.65\00:36:31.42
TO BE THE TENTH. AND THIS
IS WHAT PETER IS DOING, IS HE'S
00:36:31.45\00:36:34.02
GIVING THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE LIST AT THE END.
00:36:34.06\00:36:37.29
JAMES HAS ANOTHER LIST YOU CAN
READ IN JAMES 1, VERSES 3 AND 4,
00:36:37.33\00:36:42.36
"KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF
YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE.
00:36:42.40\00:36:46.70
BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS
PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE
00:36:46.74\00:36:50.24
PERFECT AND
COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING."
00:36:50.27\00:36:52.54
AND THEN MOSES ASKED GOD - HE
SAID, 'SHOW ME YOUR CHARACTER' -
00:36:52.57\00:36:59.18
AND WHAT DOES HE REVEAL TO HIM?
00:36:59.21\00:37:00.78
THIS IS EXODUS 34:5, "NOW THE
LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD AND
00:37:00.82\00:37:05.59
STOOD WITH HIM THERE, AND
PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD.
00:37:05.62\00:37:08.86
AND THE LORD PASSED BEFORE HIM
AND PROCLAIMED, 'THE LORD, THE
00:37:08.89\00:37:13.43
LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
LONGSUFFERING, AND ABOUNDING IN
00:37:13.46\00:37:18.67
GOODNESS AND TRUTH, KEEPING
MERCY FOR THOUSANDS, FORGIVING
00:37:18.70\00:37:22.57
INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND
SIN," - TALKS ABOUT THE LOVE AND
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.37
THE MERCY AND
THE PATIENCE OF GOD.
00:37:26.41\00:37:28.91
AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
WE'RE TO STUDY AND WE KNOW AND
00:37:28.94\00:37:32.75
WE SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME TO
REMODEL - REPRODUCE THESE THINGS
00:37:32.78\00:37:36.62
THROUGH YOUR
SPIRIT - IN MY LIFE.
00:37:36.65\00:37:38.82
AND SO PETER'S LIST, ONE
MORE TIME, 'GIVE ALL DILIGENCE,
00:37:38.85\00:37:42.92
FAITH' - BEGINS WITH FAITH -
'VIRTUE, KNOWLEDGE, CONTINUE TO
00:37:42.96\00:37:48.56
GROW, SELF-CONTROL,
PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS,
00:37:48.60\00:37:52.90
BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE.'
YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTERESTING
00:37:52.93\00:37:57.74
STATEMENT IN THE BOOK MARANATHA
- HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR
00:37:57.77\00:38:01.78
YOU'VE GOT THAT
DEVOTIONAL CALLED MARANATHA ?
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.58
THAT'S A CLASSIC. IT'S
ONE, YOU KNOW, SOME YEARS
00:38:04.61\00:38:06.45
- EVERY YEAR OUR
CHURCH HAS A DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
00:38:06.48\00:38:09.85
WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING
THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE
00:38:09.88\00:38:11.92
ADVENTIST CHURCH, BUT WE PROVIDE
A DEVOTIONAL TO ENCOURAGE
00:38:11.95\00:38:16.09
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO READ
A SPECIAL DEVOTIONAL ALONG WITH
00:38:16.12\00:38:18.99
YOUR BIBLE. IT BEGINS WITH
A VERSE AND THEN IT GIVES SOME
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.96
INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS. AND THEY
CAN BE FROM THE BIBLE OR OTHER
00:38:22.00\00:38:24.97
INSPIRED WRITERS, AND
SOME ARE GOOD AND THEY HELP.
00:38:25.00\00:38:29.67
SOME ARE STANDARDS AND THEY
STICK AROUND YEAR AFTER YEAR.
00:38:29.70\00:38:33.31
AND ONE OF THEM THAT HAS ENDURED
THE TEST OF TIME WAS THAT
00:38:33.34\00:38:35.88
DEVOTIONAL CALLED MARANATHA
. I THINK IT'S STILL IN PRINT.
00:38:35.91\00:38:38.65
IT TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND COMING
AND PROMISES ABOUT THE SECOND
00:38:38.68\00:38:41.42
COMING. THIS IS A
QUOTE FROM PAGE 84 IN
00:38:41.45\00:38:44.29
THAT DEVOTIONAL AND IT TALKS
ABOUT PETER'S LADDER - HOW WE
00:38:44.32\00:38:49.46
GROW IN GRACE TO PREPARE
FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD.
00:38:49.49\00:38:53.03
"POINT THE YOUTH TO PETER'S
LADDER, OR THOSE EIGHT ROUNDS,
00:38:53.06\00:38:57.00
AND PLACE THEIR FEET, NOT ON
THE HIGHEST ROUND, BUT ON THE
00:38:57.03\00:38:59.73
LOWEST" - YOU EVER START
CLIMBING A LADDER BY GOING TO
00:38:59.77\00:39:01.77
THE TOP ROUND? SO
THERE'S A PROGRESSION IN THE
00:39:01.80\00:39:04.91
CHRISTIAN LIFE. SOME
PEOPLE AREN'T SATISFIED
00:39:04.94\00:39:06.84
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
AT THE TOP INSTANTLY.
00:39:06.88\00:39:08.74
THAT'S CALLED SANCTIFICATION -
YOU DEVELOP GROWTH - "AND PLACE
00:39:08.78\00:39:12.48
THEIR FEET" - ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE YOUNG -
00:39:12.51\00:39:14.38
"NOT ON THE HIGHEST ROUND, BUT
ON THE LOWEST, AND WITH EARNEST
00:39:14.42\00:39:17.59
SOLICITATION, URGE THEM
TO CLIMB TO THE VERY TOP.
00:39:17.62\00:39:21.06
CHRIST IS THE LADDER.
00:39:21.09\00:39:22.82
THE BASE IS PLANTED FIRMLY
ON THE EARTH IN HIS HUMANITY.
00:39:22.86\00:39:26.16
THE TOPMOST ROUND REACHES TO THE
THRONE OF GOD IN HIS DIVINITY."
00:39:26.19\00:39:32.33
- WE START AS HUMAN, WE TRY TO
BE LIKE CHRIST, WHO'S DIVINE -
00:39:32.37\00:39:35.50
"THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST EMBRACES
FALLEN HUMANITY, WHILE HIS
00:39:35.54\00:39:39.24
DIVINITY LAYS HOLD
UPON THE THRONE OF GOD."
00:39:39.27\00:39:42.78
BY THE WAY, PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED
ABOUT THE NATURE OF CHRIST - SHE
00:39:42.81\00:39:45.38
SAYS THERE, "THE HUMANITY OF
CHRIST EMBRACES FALLEN HUMANITY,
00:39:45.41\00:39:48.88
WHILE HIS DIVINITY LAYS
HOLD UPON THE THRONE OF GOD.
00:39:48.92\00:39:51.99
WE ARE SAVED BY CLIMBING ROUND
AFTER ROUND LOOKING TO CHRIST" -
00:39:52.02\00:39:56.32
THAT'S IN FAITH - "CLINGING TO
CHRIST, MOUNTING STEP BY STEP TO
00:39:56.36\00:40:00.43
THE HEIGHTS OF CHRIST SO THAT
HE IS MADE, UNTO US, WISDOM AND
00:40:00.46\00:40:04.50
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
SANCTIFICATION AND REDEMPTION.
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.40
FAITH, VIRTUE, KNOWLEDGE,
TEMPERANCE, PATIENCE, GODLINESS,
00:40:07.44\00:40:11.17
BROTHERLY KINDNESS, AND CHARITY
ARE THE ROUNDS OF THIS LADDER.
00:40:11.21\00:40:15.21
ALL THESE GRACES ARE TO BE
MANIFESTED IN THE CHRISTIAN
00:40:15.24\00:40:18.25
CHARACTER. AND, IF
YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU
00:40:18.28\00:40:21.38
WILL NEVER FAIL, FOR AN ENTRANCE
WILL BE MINISTERED UNTO YOU
00:40:21.42\00:40:24.69
ABUNDANTLY IN THE EVERLASTING
KNOWLEDGE" - I'M SORRY - "IN THE
00:40:24.72\00:40:28.82
EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
00:40:28.86\00:40:33.09
YOU'RE NOT TO THINK THAT
YOU MUST WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE
00:40:33.13\00:40:34.93
PERFECTED ONE GRACE
BEFORE CULTIVATING ANOTHER.
00:40:34.96\00:40:37.77
NO, THEY ARE TO
GROW UP TOGETHER.
00:40:37.80\00:40:40.14
EVERY DAY THAT YOU LIVE YOU
CAN BE PERFECTING THE BLESSED
00:40:40.17\00:40:43.57
ATTRIBUTES FULLY REVEALED
IN THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST.
00:40:43.61\00:40:47.31
DO NOT BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH
THE GREAT AMOUNT OF" - THIS IS
00:40:47.34\00:40:50.08
AN IMPORTANT QUOTE - DON'T
BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH THE
00:40:50.11\00:40:51.95
GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT
YOU MUST DO IN YOUR LIFETIME.
00:40:51.98\00:40:54.85
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE LOOKED
AT CHRIST, YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF,
00:40:54.88\00:40:57.02
AND YOU GET OVERWHELMED?
YOU LOOK AT HIS CHARACTER AND
00:40:57.05\00:41:00.52
YOU LOOK AT YOURS
AND YOU GET OVERWHELMED.
00:41:00.56\00:41:02.79
SHE SAYS, 'DON'T GET
OVERWHELMED.' YOU KNOW, PAUL, AT
00:41:02.82\00:41:05.33
ONE POINT, HE SAYS, 'I DO NOT
COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED
00:41:05.36\00:41:07.86
OR TO HAVE OBTAINED.' AND THEN
LATER PAUL SAYS, 'I'VE FOUGHT
00:41:07.86\00:41:10.87
THE GOOD FIGHT; I'VE FINISHED MY
COURSE.' SO EVEN IN THE WRITINGS
00:41:10.90\00:41:13.87
OF PAUL YOU SEE THAT HE, AT
TIMES, SAID, 'I'VE GOT A WAYS TO
00:41:13.90\00:41:17.57
GO'. BUT YOU ALSO SEE A VICTORY
AT THE END. "FOR YOU'RE NOT
00:41:17.61\00:41:22.38
REQUIRED TO DO IT ALL AT
ONCE." - DID YOU CATCH THAT?
00:41:22.41\00:41:26.38
DON'T EXPECT TO GET TO THE TOP
RUNG OF THE LADDER IN CHRISTIAN
00:41:26.41\00:41:29.55
SANCTIFICATION ALL AT
ONCE. YOU ALL WITH ME?
00:41:29.58\00:41:31.85
THIS IS GOOD STUFF. I'M
EXCITED. BECAUSE SOMETIMES
00:41:31.89\00:41:36.32
I GET DISCOURAGED. I
THINK, 'OH, YOU'RE NEVER -
00:41:36.36\00:41:39.46
YOU'RE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES
YOU MADE 20 YEARS AGO - IT SAYS,
00:41:39.49\00:41:43.50
"LET EVERY POWER OF YOUR
BEING GO INTO EACH DAY'S WORK.
00:41:43.53\00:41:47.14
IMPROVE EACH
PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY.
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.57
APPRECIATE THE HELPS THAT GOD
GIVES YOU AND MAKE ADVANCEMENT."
00:41:49.60\00:41:53.01
- THOSE HELPS ARE THE EXCEEDING
PRECIOUS PROMISES OF GOD - "AND
00:41:53.04\00:41:55.91
MAKE ADVANCEMENT UP THE
LADDER OF PROGRESS STEP BY STEP.
00:41:55.94\00:42:00.68
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE TO LIVE
ONE DAY AT A TIME - THAT GOD HAS
00:42:00.72\00:42:03.45
GIVEN YOU ONE DAY AND HEAVEN'S
RECORDS WILL SHOW HOW YOU HAVE
00:42:03.49\00:42:09.12
VALUED ITS
PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
00:42:09.16\00:42:11.46
MAY YOU SO IMPROVE EVERY DAY
GIVEN YOU OF GOD THAT YOU MAY,
00:42:11.49\00:42:16.80
AT LAST, HEAR THE MASTER SAY,
'WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.40
SERVANT." I THOUGHT THAT WAS
REALLY GOOD. SO, THE LORD HAS
00:42:19.43\00:42:23.54
THESE LISTS OF GROWTH IN THE
BIBLE. I LIKE - YOU KNOW, I LIKE
00:42:23.57\00:42:26.17
THE SIMPLE ONES LIKE MICAH,
'HE'S SHOW THEE O MAN WHAT IS
00:42:26.21\00:42:29.51
GOOD AND WHAT DOES THE
LORD REQUIRE OF THEE BUT TO DO
00:42:29.54\00:42:33.82
JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY, WALK HUMBLY
WITH YOUR GOD.' DO THOSE THINGS.
00:42:33.85\00:42:40.39
THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD LIST YOU'LL
FIND IN PSALMS 15, WHERE IT
00:42:40.42\00:42:45.59
TALKS ABOUT WHO WILL
DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:42:45.63\00:42:48.56
AND SO, PETER, HE GIVES US THIS
LIST OF BROTHERLY KINDNESS AND
00:42:48.60\00:42:52.13
THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY - GOING
BACK TO - I LOST MY PLACE IN
00:42:52.17\00:42:56.17
PETER WHILE I WAS
LOOKING FOR YOUR PROMISES.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.17
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.
GOING BACK TO 2 PETER AND WE'RE
00:42:58.21\00:43:05.85
READING THROUGH THESE - THE
FIRST FEW VERSES HERE - "AND TO
00:43:05.88\00:43:10.35
GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS;
AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS LOVE.
00:43:10.39\00:43:13.02
FOR IF THESE THINGS ARE YOURS
AND ABOUND, YOU WILL BE NEITHER
00:43:13.05\00:43:18.13
BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL" - NOW DID
PETER EVER TALK TO JESUS - OR
00:43:18.16\00:43:22.36
DID JESUS EVER TALK TO
PETER ABOUT BEING FRUITFUL?
00:43:22.40\00:43:26.70
JESUS,
DELIBERATELY CURSED ONE THING.
00:43:26.74\00:43:30.01
WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS A FIG TREE.
WHY DID HE CURSE A FIG TREE?
00:43:30.04\00:43:34.51
BECAUSE HE WAS HUNGRY AND THERE
WAS NO FRUIT ON IT AND HE HAD
00:43:34.54\00:43:37.78
LOW BLOOD SUGAR AND SO HE
LOST HIS TEMPER BECAUSE HE WAS
00:43:37.81\00:43:40.48
IRRITABLE. IS THAT WHY
HE CURSED THE FIG TREE?
00:43:40.52\00:43:44.29
OR DID THE FIG TREE - IT HAD
A PRETENSE OF HAVING FRUIT - YOU
00:43:44.32\00:43:47.39
SEE, USUALLY, FIGS ARE UNLIKE
SOME TREES, WHEN THE LEAVES ARE
00:43:47.42\00:43:49.52
IN FULL BLOOM THE FRUIT IS
APPEARING AT THE SAME TIME.
00:43:49.56\00:43:52.39
AND THIS FIG TREE HAD THE
PRETENSE OF FRUIT, BUT THERE WAS
00:43:52.43\00:43:55.96
NO FRUIT. AND SO HE CURSED IT.
IT'S LIKE THE NATION OF ISRAEL
00:43:56.00\00:43:59.77
HAD THE ROUNDS OF RELIGION
AND THE SACRIFICES AND THE
00:43:59.80\00:44:02.17
CEREMONIES BUT THEY DID NOT
HAVE THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:44:02.20\00:44:06.01
AND YOU WONDER HOW MANY CHURCHES
ARE IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT HAVE
00:44:06.04\00:44:08.34
ALL OF THE TRAPPINGS OF
RELIGION, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
00:44:08.38\00:44:11.55
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
SO PETER SAID, 'IF YOU CONTINUE
00:44:11.58\00:44:16.45
TO EVALUATE YOUR LIFE BY THE
CHARACTER OF CHRIST AND GROW IN
00:44:16.48\00:44:20.39
THE GRACE OF THESE STEPS,
YOU WILL BE FRUITFUL.' AND NOT
00:44:20.42\00:44:25.69
BEING FRUITFUL IS FATAL.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT ANY
00:44:25.73\00:44:31.07
BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES
NOT BEAR FRUIT IS GOING TO BE
00:44:31.10\00:44:32.93
PRUNED OFF AND BURNED.
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
00:44:32.97\00:44:36.10
HE WANTS US TO HAVE THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES.
00:44:36.14\00:44:38.41
OKAY, SO WE TALKED
ABOUT CLIMBING PETER'S LADDER.
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.94
ALRIGHT, BE WHO YOU ARE -
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
00:44:41.98\00:44:45.45
CRIMES IN THE WORLD TODAY
IS CALLED 'IDENTITY THEFT'.
00:44:45.48\00:44:49.28
AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY
CAREFUL WITH YOUR IDENTITY.
00:44:49.32\00:44:53.59
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A
FEW PASSWORDS IN YOUR LIFE?
00:44:53.62\00:44:58.56
HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE MULTIPLE PASSWORDS?
00:44:58.59\00:45:01.86
HOW MANY OF YOU FORGET YOUR
PASSWORDS SO YOU'VE GOT THEM ALL
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.80
WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE?
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HIDDEN
00:45:03.83\00:45:06.80
THAT LIST OF PASSWORDS?
AND YOU HAVE A PASSWORD TO GET
00:45:06.84\00:45:10.74
INTO YOUR LIST OF
PASSWORDS? (LAUGHTER) COME ON
00:45:10.77\00:45:13.11
- ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD
00:45:13.14\00:45:16.28
STEAL OUR IDENTITY.
(LAUGHS) YEAH, I'VE - I'VE
00:45:16.31\00:45:24.59
FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS BEFORE
AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY LIST AND I
00:45:24.62\00:45:28.72
WAS TRYING TO LIKE LOG
INTO SOMETHING - LIKE ON UNITED
00:45:28.76\00:45:31.69
AIRLINES, I'M TRYING TO
FIND THIS PASSWORD SO I CAN GET
00:45:31.73\00:45:33.73
ONLINE AND I JUST START GOING
THROUGH ALL OF MY PASSWORDS
00:45:33.76\00:45:36.93
WHERE ALL THESE BIBLE NAMES AND
NUMBERS - 'NO, NOT THAT ONE!'
00:45:36.97\00:45:41.64
- ALL THESE VERSES AND
THINGS - 'NO, NOT THAT ONE.
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.74
NO' - AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO
REMEMBER - BUT SOME OF THEM I
00:45:43.77\00:45:47.61
CAPITALIZED THIS AND I DIDN'T
CAP - NOW I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH
00:45:47.64\00:45:50.85
THE WHOLE LIST AGAIN AND SAY,
'OH, I FORGOT TO CAPITALIZE.'
00:45:50.88\00:45:54.92
AND YOU KNOW WHY WE DO ALL THAT?
BECAUSE SOMEONE'S GOING TO STEAL
00:45:54.95\00:45:57.62
ALL OUR INFORMATION, TAKE
OUR IDENTITY, PRETEND TO BE US,
00:45:57.65\00:46:00.86
AND SPEND ALL OUR
MONEY. THE DEVIL IS IN THE
00:46:00.89\00:46:05.69
BUSINESS OF IDENTITY THEFT.
HE TRIES TO TAKE OUR IDENTITY
00:46:05.73\00:46:09.73
AND HE TRIES TO DISTORT
GOD'S IDENTITY ABOUT WHO HE IS.
00:46:09.76\00:46:14.37
PETER GOES ON TO SAY - WE'RE
GOING TO READ 2 PETER 1:8-11
00:46:14.40\00:46:17.84
HERE, "FOR IF THESE THINGS ARE
YOURS AND ABOUND, YOU WILL BE
00:46:17.87\00:46:22.14
NEITHER BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS
00:46:22.18\00:46:24.71
CHRIST. FOR HE WHO
LACKS THESE THINGS IS
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.92
SHORTSIGHTED, EVEN TO BLINDNESS,
AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS
00:46:26.95\00:46:31.52
CLEANSED FROM HIS OLD SINS.
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BE EVEN
00:46:31.55\00:46:36.02
MORE DILIGENT TO MAKE YOUR CALL
AND ELECTION SURE," - WE'VE GOT
00:46:36.06\00:46:40.26
TO JUST PAUSES ON THAT FOR
A SECOND. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
00:46:40.30\00:46:42.60
HEARD OF CHRISTIANS THAT
BELIEVE IN PREDESTINATION?
00:46:42.63\00:46:45.23
ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED -
AND THEY TALK ABOUT ELECTION AND
00:46:45.27\00:46:47.57
THEY SAY GOD HAS ELECTED SOME TO
BE SAVED AND, IF THEY'RE ELECTED
00:46:47.60\00:46:50.74
TO BE SAVED, THEY'RE SAVED, AND
IF THEY'RE NOT, TOO BAD, YOU'RE
00:46:50.77\00:46:53.58
LOST AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
PUNISHED AND GO TO HELL AND BURN
00:46:53.61\00:46:55.41
FOREVER AND GOD CHOSE AHEAD
OF TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE LOST.
00:46:55.44\00:46:59.25
ALMOST MAKES THE LORD AN
ACCOMPLICE IN OUR SIN, IF HE'S
00:46:59.28\00:47:03.39
CHOOSING THAT. HERE,
PAUL IS SAYING THAT YOU
00:47:03.42\00:47:06.86
COULD BE ELECT, BUT YOU'VE GOT
TO TAKE CARE TO PRESERVE YOUR
00:47:06.89\00:47:10.39
SALVATION - MAKE YOUR CALLING
AND ELECTION SURE, BECAUSE IT IS
00:47:10.43\00:47:14.40
POSSIBLE FOR SOME TO STUMBLE AND
TO BE SHORT-SIDED TO BLINDNESS
00:47:14.46\00:47:20.44
AND TO FORGET
AND TO BE UNFRUITFUL.
00:47:20.47\00:47:23.74
AND SO HE'S WARNING THOSE WHO
HAVE RESPONDED TO GOD'S CALL, TO
00:47:23.77\00:47:28.64
MAKE IT SURE THAT YOU DO NOT
STUMBLE SO THAT - NOTICE - "SO
00:47:28.68\00:47:33.82
AN ENTRANCE WILL BE SUPPLIED
TO YOU ABUNDANTLY INTO THE
00:47:33.85\00:47:37.22
EVERLASTING KINGDOM" - IF
YOU DO NOT MAKE YOUR CALLING AND
00:47:37.25\00:47:40.92
ELECTION SURE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE
THAT ABUNDANT ENTRANCE INTO HIS
00:47:40.96\00:47:44.59
KINGDOM. IS THAT
DISTORTING WHAT HE'S
00:47:44.63\00:47:46.63
SAYING OR ISN'T
THAT WHAT HE'S SAYING?
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.93
HE'S BEING PRETTY CLEAR, I
THINK, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE
00:47:48.96\00:47:52.23
CAREFUL. YOU COULD FORGET.
00:47:52.27\00:47:54.94
IN YOUR LESSON, THERE'S A QUOTE
FROM THE BOOK FAITH AND WORKS ,
00:47:54.97\00:47:58.61
PAGE 50, AND HERE, E.G. WHITE
SAYS, "WE HEAR A GREAT DEAL
00:47:58.64\00:48:04.28
ABOUT FAITH, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR
A GREAT DEAL MORE ABOUT WORKS.
00:48:04.31\00:48:09.08
MANY ARE DECEIVING THEIR OWN
SOULS BY LIVING AN EASYGOING,
00:48:09.12\00:48:12.59
ACCOMMODATING,
CROSSLESS RELIGION."
00:48:12.62\00:48:16.06
IF YOU HAVE FAITH YOU WILL TAKE
UP YOUR CROSS AND DENY YOURSELF.
00:48:16.09\00:48:19.89
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT FAITH AND THERE'S NO CROSS
00:48:19.93\00:48:21.70
- THERE'S NO SELF-DENIAL - AND
THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE SAVED BY
00:48:21.73\00:48:25.80
GRACE THROUGH FAITH, BUT YOU
READ IN THE NEXT FEW VERSES, YOU
00:48:25.83\00:48:28.17
KNOW WHAT IT SAYS? WE
ARE SAVED FOR GOOD WORKS.
00:48:28.20\00:48:32.81
IF YOU HAVE THAT FAITH THERE
WILL BE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR
00:48:32.84\00:48:36.01
WORKS. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:48:36.04\00:48:39.55
ROMANS 6:11, "LIKEWISE YOU ALSO
RECKON YOURSELVES TO BE DEAD
00:48:39.58\00:48:44.02
INDEED TO SIN,
BUT ALIVE TO GOD..."
00:48:44.05\00:48:47.46
- IT'S THROUGH FAITH THAT WE
DO THIS - "...ALIVE TO GOD IN
00:48:47.49\00:48:50.16
CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD."
NOW PETER TALKS ABOUT SHEDDING
00:48:50.19\00:48:55.60
THE TENT, AND I'M GOING TO READ
TO YOU 2 PETER 1:12 - PETER GOES
00:48:55.63\00:49:01.37
ON TO SAY, "FOR THIS REASON I
WILL NOT BE NEGLIGENT TO REMIND
00:49:01.40\00:49:04.84
YOU ALWAYS OF THESE THINGS,"
- WHY DO WE NEED TO BE REMINDED?
00:49:04.87\00:49:10.55
IS THERE A COMMANDMENT
THAT TALKS ABOUT REMINDING?
00:49:10.58\00:49:13.88
>>REMEMBER THE SABBATH
DAY. >>WHAT DOES THE FOURTH
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.05
COMMANDMENT
SAY? WHY DOES GOD SAY
00:49:16.08\00:49:18.82
'REMEMBER THE SABBATH'?
WOULD YOU SAY 'REMEMBER' TO
00:49:18.85\00:49:22.12
SOMEBODY UNLESS THERE WAS
A POSSIBILITY THEY'D FORGET?
00:49:22.16\00:49:25.53
WHY DOES PETER SAY, 'I WANT TO
PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.20
THINGS ALWAYS'?
BECAUSE WE QUICKLY FORGET.
00:49:28.23\00:49:32.03
WHY DO YOU NEED TO
HAVE DAILY DEVOTIONS?
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.97
YOU READ THE BIBLE ONCE,
YOU'RE DONE - YOU GOT IT.
00:49:34.00\00:49:35.60
I'VE MET PEOPLE BEFORE
THAT SAID, 'OH YEAH, I READ THE
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.74
BIBLE.' 'HOW LONG AGO?'
'THIRTY YEARS AGO.' 'CAN YOU
00:49:37.77\00:49:41.08
REPEAT ANY OF IT TO ME?'
'UH, JOHN 3:16.' YOU'VE GOT TO
00:49:41.11\00:49:47.65
CONTINUE TO READ
IT BECAUSE WE FORGET.
00:49:47.68\00:49:50.72
IT'S LIKE THE HYMN
SAYS, WE ARE PRONE TO WANDER.
00:49:50.75\00:49:53.52
AND PETER REALIZED
THAT WE NEED TO BE REMINDED.
00:49:53.56\00:49:56.39
AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
ME NOW, ROMANS 15:15 - YOU HAVE
00:49:56.42\00:49:59.79
A BIBLE HERE? GET
READY - I'LL GIVE YOU A
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.60
MINUTE TO FIND
IT - ROMANS 15:15.
00:50:01.63\00:50:04.00
I'M GOING TO READ JUDE 5 - THERE
ARE NO CHAPTERS IN JUDE - JUDE'S
00:50:04.03\00:50:09.04
ONE CHAPTER - "BUT I WANT TO
REMIND YOU, THOUGH YOU ONCE KNEW
00:50:09.07\00:50:12.81
THIS," - LOOK AT WHAT THE ANGELS
SAID TO THE DISCIPLES WHEN THEY
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.88
COME TO THE TOMB - LUKE 24:6,
"HE IS NOT HERE, BUT IS RISEN!
00:50:15.91\00:50:20.85
REMEMBER HOW HE SPOKE TO YOU
WHEN HE WAS STILL IN GALILEE,
00:50:20.88\00:50:24.19
SAYING, 'THE SON OF MAN MUST
BE DELIVERED INTO THE HANDS OF
00:50:24.22\00:50:26.49
SINFUL MEN, AND BE CRUCIFIED,
AND THE THIRD DAY RISE AGAIN.'
00:50:26.52\00:50:30.43
AND THEY REMEMBERED HIS WORDS."
DID THEY GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE
00:50:30.46\00:50:34.50
THEY FORGOT WHAT JESUS SAID?
THEY WERE SO DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
00:50:34.56\00:50:37.30
HE SAID, 'I TOLD YOU,
AND YOU FORGOT.' SO WE NEED
00:50:37.33\00:50:40.74
TO BE REMINDED.
YOU GOT THAT, RON?
00:50:40.77\00:50:43.51
>>"NEVERTHELESS, BRETHREN, I
HAVE WRITTEN MORE BOLDLY TO YOU
00:50:43.54\00:50:46.34
ON SOME POINTS, AS REMINDING
YOU, BECAUSE OF THE GRACE GIVEN
00:50:46.37\00:50:50.05
TO ME BY GOD."
>>YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THIS IS
00:50:50.08\00:50:52.58
A COMMON THEME ALL
THROUGH THE BIBLE WRITERS.
00:50:52.61\00:50:55.75
THEY'RE SAYING,
'I'M REMINDING YOU'.
00:50:55.78\00:50:57.35
2 PETER 1:12 HE SAYS, 'I WANT TO
REMIND YOU.' 1 PETER HE SAYS, 'I
00:50:57.39\00:51:03.59
WANT TO REMIND YOU' BECAUSE
HE KNEW THAT THEY WOULD FORGET
00:51:03.63\00:51:06.63
THESE THINGS. AND
THEN HE'S GOING ON AND HE
00:51:06.66\00:51:09.23
SAYS, 'I WANT TO TELL YOU THESE
THINGS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
00:51:09.26\00:51:14.67
RIGHT, AS LONG AS I AM IN
THIS TENT,' - WHAT DOES PETER
00:51:14.70\00:51:19.07
MEAN BY 'IN THIS
TENT'? >>HIS BODY.
00:51:19.11\00:51:22.01
>>THE WORD 'TENT'
THERE IS 'TABERNACLE'.
00:51:22.04\00:51:24.31
YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT - THIS IS FAMILIAR
00:51:24.35\00:51:26.75
BIBLE METAPHORS.
PETER SAID, 'THIS
00:51:26.78\00:51:29.68
TENT, IT'S TEMPORARY.
I'M DWELLING IN THIS TENT OF
00:51:29.72\00:51:33.22
CLAY RIGHT NOW, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT OFF.
00:51:33.25\00:51:35.82
I'M NOT GOING TO BE
IN MY BODY ANYMORE'.
00:51:35.86\00:51:37.73
"YES, I THINK IT IS RIGHT,
AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TENT, TO
00:51:37.76\00:51:40.60
STIR YOU UP BY REMINDING YOU,
KNOW THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF
00:51:40.63\00:51:44.77
MY TENT, JUST AS OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST SHOWED ME."
00:51:44.80\00:51:49.57
WHERE DID JESUS SHOW HIM
THAT? LOOK IN JOHN 21:18, "MOST
00:51:49.60\00:51:56.38
ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNGER," - JESUS TOLD
00:51:56.41\00:51:59.11
PETER - "'YOU GIRDED YOURSELF
AND WALKED WHERE YOU WISHED;
00:51:59.15\00:52:03.32
BUT WHEN YOU ARE OLD, YOU
WILL STRETCH OUT YOUR HANDS, AND
00:52:03.35\00:52:06.55
ANOTHER WILL GIRD YOU AND CARRY
YOU WHERE YOU DO NOT WISH.' THIS
00:52:06.59\00:52:10.46
HE SPOKE, SIGNIFYING BY
WHAT DEATH HE WOULD GLORIFY GOD.
00:52:10.49\00:52:15.13
AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THIS,
HE SAID TO HIM, 'FOLLOW ME.'"
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.53
HOW WAS PETER
GOING TO GLORIFY GOD?
00:52:17.57\00:52:20.47
HE WOULD BE
CRUCIFIED AS JESUS WAS.
00:52:20.50\00:52:23.74
HE SHARED IN CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS
AND TRADITION TELLS US THAT
00:52:23.77\00:52:27.41
PETER, WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED, HE
DIDN'T FEEL WORTHY TO DIE LIKE
00:52:27.44\00:52:30.81
JESUS AND SO HE SAID, 'PLEASE
CRUCIFY ME WITH MY HEAD DOWN,
00:52:30.85\00:52:34.12
BECAUSE I DENIED
THE LORD.' AND THEY DID.
00:52:34.15\00:52:36.15
THEY ACTUALLY SPED UP HIS DEMISE
SO IT TURNED OUT BEING MERCIFUL.
00:52:36.18\00:52:41.12
BUT NOT ONLY THERE DID JESUS
TELL PETER HOW HE WOULD DIE,
00:52:41.16\00:52:44.33
LOOK IN JOHN 13:36, "SIMON PETER
SAID TO HIM, 'LORD, WHERE ARE
00:52:44.36\00:52:51.77
YOU GOING?' JESUS
ANSWERED HIM, 'WHERE I
00:52:51.80\00:52:55.00
AM GOING YOU CANNOT FOLLOW ME
NOW,'" - BUT HE LOOKS AT PETER
00:52:55.04\00:52:58.41
AND HE SAYS, "BUT YOU
SHALL FOLLOW ME AFTERWARD."
00:52:58.44\00:53:02.48
YOU NOTICE THAT JESUS SAID,
'WHEN YOU'RE OLD YOU'LL STRETCH
00:53:02.51\00:53:05.91
OUT YOUR HANDS' AND THEN
HE SAYS TO PETER, 'FOLLOW ME'.
00:53:05.95\00:53:09.25
SO DOESN'T JESUS TELL US
ALL TO DO THE SAME THING?
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.75
'WHOEVER WOULD FOLLOW ME, LET
HIM TAKE UP HIS CROSS.' AND SO,
00:53:11.79\00:53:16.16
IT WASN'T JUST PETER, BUT
FOLLOWING JESUS INVOLVES US,
00:53:16.19\00:53:20.70
LIKE PETER, SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO DENY OURSELVES.
00:53:20.73\00:53:23.00
AND HE KNEW THAT HE
WAS GOING TO DIE SOON.
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.90
HE WAS CRUCIFIED BY NERO
DURING THE SAME PERSECUTION THAT
00:53:24.93\00:53:29.37
ULTIMATELY KILLED PAUL.
PAUL WAS BEHEADED BECAUSE
00:53:29.40\00:53:31.77
HE WAS A ROMAN
CITIZEN. PETER WAS NOT, SO
00:53:31.81\00:53:34.21
HE WAS CRUCIFIED. AND
YOU CAN READ WHERE PAUL SAYS
00:53:34.24\00:53:38.78
- 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52 - PAUL
KNEW HIS DAY WAS COMING TOO.
00:53:38.81\00:53:42.02
HE SAYS, 'I KNOW THAT THE TIME
OF MY DEPARTURE IS AT HAND - YOU
00:53:42.05\00:53:45.22
CAN READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52,
"IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING
00:53:45.25\00:53:49.62
OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMPET.
FOR THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND,
00:53:49.66\00:53:52.73
AND THE DEAD WILL BE
RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND
00:53:52.76\00:53:55.06
WE SHALL BE CHANGED. FOR
THIS CORRUPTIBLE" - THESE
00:53:55.10\00:53:57.83
TENTS THAT WE'VE GOT WILL
PUT ON THE GLORIOUS BODY -
00:53:57.87\00:54:00.90
"...INCORRUPTION, AND THIS
MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY."
00:54:00.94\00:54:04.81
AND SO PETER SAID, 'AS LONG
AS I'M IN MY BODY - I'VE GOT A
00:54:04.84\00:54:07.21
LITTLE WHILE LEFT TO TRY TO STIR
YOU UP AND REMIND YOU.' IT'S
00:54:07.24\00:54:11.01
LIKE PARENTS GIVING THEIR
LAST WORDS TO THEIR CHILDREN TO
00:54:11.05\00:54:14.58
REMIND THEM OF WHAT THE
PRIORITIES ARE AND THAT'S WHAT
00:54:14.62\00:54:17.02
PETER IS DOING IN THIS BOOK.
WELL, WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED UP
00:54:17.05\00:54:19.95
THROUGH VERSE 15 AND
THAT'S OUR ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY.
00:54:19.99\00:54:22.72
WE'RE OUT OF TIME. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING
00:54:22.76\00:54:25.19
GOD'S WORD WITH OUR CLASS
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT SABBATH.
00:54:25.23\00:54:29.66
(MUSIC) >>CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
00:54:29.70\00:54:41.04
CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
00:54:41.08\00:54:45.05
ACTUALLY, I KNOW THEY CAN'T HEAR
ME BECAUSE THERE'S NO CELL PHONE
00:54:45.08\00:54:47.75
RECEPTION HERE.
WE'RE, RIGHT NOW, STANDING IN
00:54:47.78\00:54:50.29
WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'A
QUIET ZONE' AND THERE'S A VERY
00:54:50.32\00:54:53.59
GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
HIDDEN, NESTLED AMONG THE JUNGLE
00:54:53.62\00:54:57.03
MOUNTAINS OF PUERTO RICO, IS
A GIANT SENTINEL, AN ALUMINUM
00:54:57.06\00:55:00.83
EAR 1,000 FEET ACROSS.
LOCATED TEN MILES SOUTH OF THE
00:55:00.86\00:55:05.50
COASTAL CITY OF ARECIBO, THIS
ENORMOUS SPACE-AGE PARABOLIC
00:55:05.53\00:55:09.27
DISH IS AIMED AT
THE SKY, LISTENING.
00:55:09.30\00:55:12.74
BUILT IN 1963 BY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, THE ARECIBO
00:55:12.77\00:55:16.61
OBSERVATORY DISH IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST CURVED FOCUSING ANTENNAE
00:55:16.64\00:55:20.38
ON EARTH. THE
DISH SURFACE IS MADE OF
00:55:20.42\00:55:23.42
NEARLY 40,000 PERFORATED
ALUMINUM PANELS, EACH MEASURING
00:55:23.45\00:55:27.19
ABOUT 3-FEET BY 6-FEET
AND SUPPORTED BY A MESH
00:55:27.22\00:55:30.23
OF STEEL CABLES. THE
VAST ANTENNAE SURFACE COVERS
00:55:30.26\00:55:32.83
18 ACRES, OR ABOUT THE
SAME SIZE AS 26 FOOTBALL FIELDS.
00:55:32.86\00:55:37.73
WHEN THE HUGE TELESCOPE SWITCHES
TO RADAR MODE, IT BEAMS OUT A
00:55:37.77\00:55:41.17
POWERFUL SIGNAL OF 1 MILLION
WATTS, TOWARDS THE PLANETS,
00:55:41.20\00:55:44.84
MOONS, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS.
THE FAINT ECHO OF THE SIGNAL
00:55:44.87\00:55:48.28
BOUNCING OFF ITS ASTRONOMICAL
TARGETS IS COLLECTED BY THE
00:55:48.31\00:55:51.65
HUGE DISH AND THEN AMPLIFIED,
ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO CREATE
00:55:51.68\00:55:55.42
SCANNER-LIKE IMAGES
AND MAPS OF THE OBJECT.
00:55:55.45\00:55:58.22
BUT ANOTHER PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR
THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY IS SETI.
00:55:58.25\00:56:02.62
SETI'S AN ACRONYM FOR
SEARCH FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
00:56:02.66\00:56:05.56
INTELLIGENCE - THEY'RE LISTENING
FOR MESSAGES FROM ABOVE.
00:56:05.59\00:56:09.93
FOR OVER 50 YEARS, RADIO
ASTRONOMERS HAVE USED THE
00:56:09.96\00:56:13.23
WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE
TO STUDY THE RADIO SIGNALS
00:56:13.27\00:56:16.44
EMANATING FROM THE COSMOS.
WHILE LISTENING TO THE STRANGE
00:56:16.47\00:56:19.87
SONGS BURIED IN THE HEART OF
THE DISTANT STARS AND QUASARS,
00:56:19.91\00:56:23.24
THEY'RE ALSO LISTENING
AND ANALYZING EVERY SIGNAL FOR
00:56:23.28\00:56:27.02
SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE.
IT'S REALLY ASTONISHING, WHEN
00:56:27.05\00:56:30.62
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR MORE
THAN 50 YEARS NOW THE ARECIBO
00:56:30.65\00:56:33.79
OBSERVATORY HAS BEEN SCANNING
THE HEAVENS, SPENDING MILLIONS
00:56:33.82\00:56:37.79
OF DOLLARS, WONDERING IF THERE'S
INTELLIGENT LIFE OUT THERE.
00:56:37.83\00:56:41.30
YET, IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY
OF LISTENING, SETI HAS NOT
00:56:41.33\00:56:44.40
IDENTIFIED A SINGLE RADIO SIGNAL
THAT SEEMS TO COME FROM EXTRA
00:56:44.43\00:56:48.24
TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE.
PERHAPS THEY'RE MISSING THE
00:56:48.27\00:56:51.47
FOREST BECAUSE THE
TREES ARE IN THE WAY.
00:56:51.51\00:56:53.68
SOME MESSAGES HAVE ACTUALLY
ALREADY COME FROM SPACE.
00:56:53.71\00:56:56.91
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US, IN
THE BOOK OF ROMANS, 'FAITH COMES
00:56:56.95\00:56:59.65
BY HEARING AND HEARING COMES
BY THE WORD OF GOD.' IT SEEMS,
00:56:59.68\00:57:03.62
OFTEN WHEN GOD WANTS TO TALK TO
US, HE HAS TO TAKE US WHERE WE
00:57:03.65\00:57:06.25
CAN ACTUALLY HEAR HIS VOICE.
WHEN GOD WANTED TO SPEAK TO
00:57:06.29\00:57:09.52
ELIJAH, HE ENDED UP DOWN
IN THE DESERTS OF MOUNT SINAI.
00:57:09.56\00:57:12.79
THERE WAS A FIRE, AND
EARTHQUAKE, AND A WIND, BUT GOD
00:57:12.83\00:57:16.10
WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE OR THE
FIRE OR THE WIND, BUT GOD SPOKE
00:57:16.13\00:57:19.57
THROUGH A STILL SMALL VOICE.
JESUS WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
00:57:19.60\00:57:23.04
HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, BUT
YOU NEED TO HAVE A QUIET PLACE
00:57:23.07\00:57:26.51
WHERE YOU CAN HEAR
HIM. (PHONE RINGING)
00:57:26.54\00:57:31.25
OH, IT'S FOR YOU. (MUSIC)
00:57:31.28\00:57:38.59
>>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
00:57:38.62\00:57:41.59
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE.
WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
00:57:41.62\00:57:45.03
CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE
CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
00:57:45.06\00:57:49.56
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