Hello and
welcome, Happy Sabbath!
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We're glad you
joined us today for the
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3ABN Sabbath School Panel, I
love the Sabbath School Panel.
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I'm coming to love it
more as we spend time together,
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so praise God for 3ABN Sabbath
School Panel and I hear that
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as we travel around, I hear that
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an awful lot, so I
praise God for that
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and all the work that goes in.
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Some people forget
there's a lot of work to the
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Sabbath School Panel,
so each one gives a little
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credit, a pat on the back
and praise God - it helps us
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along the way but
we praise God for that.
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We're glad you've joined
us today spending some time
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with us, get your Bible, pencil
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and paper to jot
some things down.
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My name is Kenny
Shelton and we're going to be
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studying lesson #11.
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So when we study the lesson,
be sure if you've got your
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Sabbath School Quarterly,
be sure and get it out,
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Bible, pencil and
paper; all the things you're
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going to need to
jot things down because
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I know the ones on this panel.
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They're going to be
putting a lot of things out
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there that maybe
you've never heard before
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or maybe you've forgotten,
and they're going to be
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reminding you.
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We're going to be
talking about "Unity in Worship"
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And, you know, in this
Quarter, I found it very, very
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interesting, the title, I
think is "Oneness in Christ."
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Oneness in Christ
is really what we need.
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This is really
what it's all about.
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And also I find
oneness with our fellowman.
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Oneness with Christ means
oneness with our fellowman.
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And so, as we look at
it, I'm thinking with this,
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this is God's original plan
that He has for this universe,
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you know, for this
earth, is for all of us to be in
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harmony, all of us to
be in unity and all of us
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to love one another.
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Pretty simple
isn't it? It sounds good,
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what a world that would
be and I'm looking and I'm
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thinking - probably
when we get to heaven,
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but right now, we're going
to be working on these lessons.
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And I've learned a
lot from these lessons,
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I pray that you have too.
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And again, this Quarter
has just been a good one.
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If you don't already
have your lesson study...
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I know it's getting
late in the quarter,
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but you can still get it.
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You can simply go and
download: ABSG.Adventist.org
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Here we go, I'll do that
again: ABSG.Adventist.org
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and you can
download those and get them
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and follow along with us.
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That is the "Adult
Bible Study Guide,"
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and I think it's
very important to have it,
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at least it is for me,
to have it to follow along
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and so they can
learn and take notes and
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you'll hear a
little bit more about that
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a little bit
later on as we go on.
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I'd like to just
introduce our panel...
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doesn't need any introduction
but as I look around...
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and if you'll just
allow me just to kind of go on
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for a second here... I
look at the panel and I'm
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very grateful and
thankful for each one of you.
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You know, you've really
been an inspiration in my life,
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and a help in time of need
and the willingness to help
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always is what I see.
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Sister Jill Morikone,
bless you, all I ever hear is
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"How can we help you?"
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How can we help you,
what can we do for you
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to make things
easier, and so I thank God for
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your dedication - I'm
not trying to build up.
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We know it's Jesus who lives
inside, but this is what I see.
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Sometimes I feel like, you know,
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an outsider coming
in, but being part of.
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Sometime you can get back
and you can look a little bit
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closer and what you see
is what you get and that's
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one of the things
that I'm asked always is...
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"Are the people real?"
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Any my answer is
always, "Yes they are,
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if they weren't I wouldn't
want to be a part of it."
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So I'm thankful for
all the work that you do
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and your dedication and
most of all your love for Jesus,
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has been a blessing to
me, glad you're here today.
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Thank you, it's a
privilege to be here.
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And Sister Shelley
Quinn, I mean, wow...
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an awesome worker,
dedicated to the cause of
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Christ and, you know,
you talk to her and she just
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wants to talk about Jesus all
the time - isn't that wonderful?
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That's a good
subject, isn't it? It is. Amen!
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But I learn from that and
the dedication and the hard
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work and I just want you
to know I appreciate you.
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Okay, we love
you. Glad you're here.
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And Brother Greg
Morikone, bless your heart,
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I think as I say, "Greg," I
can't say Greg without Jill.
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You know, I can't say
"Shelley" without J.D.
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We'll get on to Pastor John
in a minute and I think of his
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wife - I just think of
just couples, but praise God,
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you're a hard worker and
every time I look at you,
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you're busy, you're
just busy, busy, busy for the
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cause of Christ and, you
know, I can look from that
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and learn and I try
and think back and say,
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"Was I really that busy at
that age, like that for the
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cause of Christ like he
is and to have that love."
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And so, again, I
praise God for you.
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It's a blessing to be teamed
up together as a team. Amen!
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You know and I think
that's the key - is that it's
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really lifting up
Jesus Christ and being a team
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spreading this gospel around
the world, it's a privilege.
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And isn't that wonderful?
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And you have on your left
there, Pastor John Lomacang.
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I see a man that loves Jesus,
God's man. Praise the Lord.
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Preaching the word in
due season and I don't know,
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I just sense a new
vision in his heart and his life
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the last year or
so and that's just me,
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it's evangelism,
it's the winning of souls,
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it's the love of Christ in the
heart and that just comes out
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in wanting to
win souls for Christ.
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So he is staying very,
very, very busy for the cause
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of Christ and I appreciate this.
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And I look at that, and
I say, "Lord, help me to be
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more like that.. I'm
glad you're here today.
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Good to be here Kenny.
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Praise the Lord!
Okay, let's get right in!
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I spent a little time on
that but I think sometimes
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it needs to be and I think
we need to express how we feel,
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we express our love for
God and we need, sometimes
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to express our love and
appreciation for each other.
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And we surely appreciate you
and your precious wife, Chris.
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You all are a
blessing to the ministry here.
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Well, praise God,
it's always good to be a
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part of something
that's moving on...
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Movers and Shakers
are always called that.
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And, let's have
prayer, shall we as we begin,
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and Brother Greg, how about you,
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would you just lead
us today? Absolutely!
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Father in Heaven...
What a privilege it is to
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open Your Holy
Word and we just pray as
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we study the Sabbath School
Lesson for this week, Lord,
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that You would open our minds;
as sometimes we see truth,
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but we don't always want to
implement it in our own lives.
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And Lord, I just pray
that as the Holy Spirit
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speaks to us - that
we would say, "Yes Jesus,
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I accept that."
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So Lord, again, today we thank
You for this privilege of Your
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Word. In Jesus name we
pray... Amen, Amen! Amen!
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Quickly, we won't spend much
time on it because it's going
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right down, but Sabbath,
we're talking about "Sabbath."
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We will begin with
Sabbath for our memory text...
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And the memory text is
one that we've all, I'm sure
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have memorized but it's
worth reading because there are
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many people who have not
heard this... they have never
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read it before, so quickly I
will read it, Revelation 14:6-7.
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It says... "Then I saw another
angel flying in the midst of
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heaving having the everlasting
gospel to preach to those
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who dwell on the earth, to
every nation, tribe, tongue,
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and people - saying with a
loud voice, "Fear God and give
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glory to Him, for the
hour of His judgment has come;
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and worship Him who
made what? Heaven and earth
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the sea and springs of
water." "Unity in Worship"
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You know, how does
this really take place?
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It focuses... this lesson
really focuses on our worship
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and how we are to worship,
and how worshipping helps
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preserve unity.
Yes! That's right!
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... Which we need among
believers in Jesus Christ.
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And our spiritual
house is to be, you know,
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is to be one
that God approves of.
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I like that 1 Peter
2:5... you can jot it down.
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It says, "Ye are
also as lively stones,
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and are built up
in a spiritual house."
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(I always liked that) A
holy priesthood, to offer
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up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God... who?
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through Jesus Christ."
That's wonderful to know.
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Hearts and minds, we
realize as we study this lesson,
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are going to be
transformed, we realize that.
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Transformation
bottom-line leads to service.
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When we are
transformed by the grace of God,
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it leads to service
every time; you can't help it!
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It's like you can't keep
quiet when you want to talk
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to somebody - you
want to talk about Jesus;
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you can't keep
quiet, you want to do it.
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And also, it leads,
like you say - to service
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when our hearts have
really been transformed.
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It reminds me of
Acts at Pentecost.
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When you talk
about the Book of Acts,
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I see every one of
you light up every time
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we talk about it
because there's so much in there
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and it's a book that we are
to study here in the last days,
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the Book of Acts
because we can learn
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how to be a soul
winner for Christ.
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We can learn how to
be ready, as it were,
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for the latter
rain. Amen! That's right.
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We can learn how to be
ready for the coming of Jesus.
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And they just did the same
simple things over and over
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that we need to be
doing that we forget.
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In Acts 2:42, it says...
"They continued steadfastly
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in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship, in the breaking
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of bread, and prayers."
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Now that doesn't
sound very difficult,
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but sometimes it's very
difficult in busy schedules,
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so we have to
make sure we make time.
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Not going to spend
any more time on that
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because we want to
try to go hit Sunday's
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lesson, so if you will
turn quickly to Sunday's lesson
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with 6 minutes or
so that we have here.
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"Worshipping Our
Creator and Redeemer"
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You know, how do we do that?
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I've often
wondered - how do we really?
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And really, is it acceptable
the way that we worship
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our God, our heaven.
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What does it really include?
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How is it done and
what does it really mean?
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I think three
things, whether we'll get
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into them or not is something.
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Our lesson started out
with this passage that I
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like in Psalm
29:2, I really like this
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passage and I know you will too.
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David tells us here...
you know when he began to
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praise God, I'm telling
you, you stop and you listen,
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to the way that
he praised God. Amen!
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He had a lot to be very
grateful and thankful for
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just like I do.
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Notice what it says here,
it says... "Give unto the Lord
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the glory due unto His name.
Worship the Lord in the beauty
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of holiness."
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Worship the Lord is to
give Him glory and... what?
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And honor that
He simply deserves.
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I looked up that word,
I thought, interesting...
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give Him glory - you
know, we give Him glory.
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Worship the Lord,
give Him glory to worship,
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respect, reverence,
homage that is due Him
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because He is our Creator
and there will be more things
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that you'll go
into in this lesson.
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We beseech Him with
reverence and respect.
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We don't (oh, I better be
careful here, now we're getting
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on me a little platform
here) you know, we need to be
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very careful... we go out
like we're going on a picnic
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sometimes to meet with God
and to preach the word of God
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when we should give
Him our very best whatever
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it might be, so
let's just it from there.
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God deserves our honor
and respect that we give Him
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because He is our
Creator and our Redeemer.
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"Manuscripts 16,
1890," I like this here.
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I've often wondered and
read this passage of Scripture
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that we have in Memory
Text for years and how can I
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give Him glory? How
can I give Him glory?
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How do we give Him glory?
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Well, people say, "Worship."
People say, "Just pray."
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And I thought, you know, this
is really, really, really good.
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"To give glory to
God... just stop right there.
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"To give glory to God
is to reveal His character
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in our own;
thus, make Him known."
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How do we make Him
known to the world?
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Letting Him live in us, right?
And let His character come out.
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Notice this... "In whatever
ways we make known the Father
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and (notice) the
son, we glorify God."
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That's just the
bottom line for me.
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So "Whatever way we
make known the Father,
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and the Son, we
glorify God." That's good.
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And I thought it very
interesting here, in the time
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we have... turn in your Bibles,
if you will, in Revelation 4.
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I want to know
how Heaven worships!
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If I can find out how Heaven
worships God, it will help me.
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Does that make sense?
It will help, that's good.
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Revelation 4, I'm going
to read just two verses here.
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Revelation 4, starting
with verse 8 and then 11...
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"And the four beasts
which had each of them, 6 wings
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about him and they were
full of eyes within and they
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rest not day or night
saying, (notice) "Holy, holy,
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holy, God Almighty
which was, is and is to come.
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Verse 11 really comes to power.
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"Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor
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and power; for thou
hast created (here we go,
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we're giving glory and honor)
because He has created all
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things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created."
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Notice they are talking
about here - that was in heaven.
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Talking about the created,
the angels... we realize it says
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here, the Creator... as I look
at it, I thought, "Man, that's..
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What are these - it says there
are four beasts and you think
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"Wow, four beasts!" You know,
what are these four beasts?
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You know, really,
it's just living creatures.
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These four living creatures
and they had six wings,
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and in Isaiah 6, the
seraphim's had six wings,
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and in Ezekiel 1:6, they
had four wings and so we look at
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these are things that
God had created for His honor
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and for His glory and
they can teach us how we should
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worship God by what Heaven does.
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Why? Colossians 1:17
says... "He is before all things
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and by Him... what? All things
consist! That's beautiful!
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God's purpose then in
creating man and creating
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angels and everything is what?
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To reflect His love and
we then are to bring that in
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and reflect it to others.
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His character... Show
appreciation to our Creator.
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I wonder if we do that enough,
do we really do that enough?
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Do we really show appreciation.
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So maybe we can say
today, maybe we can say today
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that worship begins when God's
creation simply responds to Him.
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Think about that - it
begins when we respond to Him;
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respond to His love,
respond to what He has done
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for us, just as a response,
and certainly that includes
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salvation; that includes
the whole thing for sure.
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And I want to make sure we
get this in Revelation 15:3-4,
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tells us (notice
this)... how heaven worships!
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It says right here, "And
they sing the song of Moses,
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that's all of created
beings and the servant of God,
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the song of the Lamb,
saying: "Great and marvelous
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are thy... what? Are thy works.
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Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are thy ways,
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thou King of
saints." Oooo, I can hear that
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echoing all over
heaven, can't you?
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verse 4... "Who shall not
fear thee, O Lord, and glorify
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thy name and for thou
only art holy: for all
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nations shall come
and worship before thee
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for thy judgments
are made manifest."
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It's beautiful!
Scripture reveals to us... what?
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God! And through the life
and ministry of none other
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than Jesus Christ, God is
made more fully revealed to us
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(I like that) and certainly
He is worthy of our praise!
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Can you think of anybody else
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more worthy of our
praise than God? No.
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So there's nothing wrong
with going around day by day,
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and simply say, "Praise God!"
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Praise God, even when
things maybe are not going
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quite as well as you would
maybe like for those things
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to go!. He is worthy!
He is more than worthy!
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And you look at your own
life today and can you not say
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with me... "He is worthy,
the Lamb of God that was slain
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from the foundation of
the world." Amen! Amen!
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Thank you so much,
Pastor Kenny, what an incredible
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job; what a wonderful
foundation for worship!
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It makes me want to come higher.
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It makes me want to
worship more, more reveal
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His character to the world.
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I have the opposite of
Pastor Kenny's lesson...
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For every truth
that God has given us,
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Satan has
invented a counterfeit.
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My day, on Monday,
is: "False Worship"
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There is true worship - you
talked about the true worship,
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but Satan has
invented a false worship.
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You know this thing that we
call the "Great Controversy,"
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the battle between good and
evil, between Christ and Satan
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is all about worship. Yes.
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It's all about who we are
going to worship. That's right.
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You think about the
origin of sin in heaven...
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Sin, we know, did not begin
on this earth with Adam and Eve,
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it began in heaven and
that was about worship.
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Remember in Isaiah 14, Lucifer
said... "I will ascend into
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heaven; I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God;
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I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds;
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I will be like the Most High."
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So Lucifer turned
Satan, wanted the worship
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that belonged to God alone.
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Now we come down to this earth
and we see Cain and Able...
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and that was about worship.
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Remember? Cain wanted to do
it his way, his fruit, his own
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works of obedience.
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Able wanted to do it
God's way; God's provision;
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God's sacrifice,
faith in His righteousness.
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We come down quite a
few years to Mount Carmel...
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Elijah is standing there
and he says, "How long are you
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going to halt
between two opinions?
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If the Lord be God, follow Him,
but if Baal, then follow him.
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That issue was over worship.
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We come down a few years
later to three Jewish young men
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who were in captivity in
Babylon on the plain of Dura.
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There was a false image erected.
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We know it was a false
image because the true image was
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the vision that God had
given to Nebuchadnezzar.
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But Nebuchadnezzar decided
he didn't like that vision
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so well and he wanted an entire
image of gold - representing
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that Babylon
would continue forever.
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We know that's not
biblical, but he wanted worship,
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this is false worship.
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Turn with me to Daniel 3,
in Daniel 3, we see Shadrach,
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Meshach and Abednego
standing firmly for God in the
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midst of everyone else,
Pastor Kenny, who worshipped
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the false God who worshipped
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when they were not supposed to.
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Now the word "worship"
occurs many times in Daniel 3.
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"And certain Chaldeans
came to the king and said,
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"O king, these Jewish
brethren that you have elevated
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to a position in
government, you know what?
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They're not even
obeying your orders.
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They're not falling
down and worshipping."
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And we get down to verse
17, and Shadrach, Meshach
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and Abednego answered the
king and they say, "If that is
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the case, our God whom we serve,
is able to deliver us from the
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burning, fiery furnace and
He will deliver us from your
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hand, O king; but if not,
let it be known to you, O king,
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that we do not serve
your gods, nor will we worship
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the golden image
which you had set up."
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So Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego chose not to
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engage in false worship;
they chose not to worship
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a false god.
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We come down to the time of
Jesus; the temptations of Jesus.
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Turn with me to Luke,
Luke 4 and we know there
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were several temptations to
Jesus, but the one I want to
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reference is the
one about worship.
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Luke 4:5-8... "Then the
devil taking Him (that's Jesus)
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up on a high mountain,
showed Him all the kingdoms
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of the world in
a moment of time.
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And the devil said to
Him, "All this authority,
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(that's "exousia,"
power to act, authority)
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I will give you and their glory,
for this has been delivered
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to me and I give
it to whomever I wish.
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Therefore, if you will worship
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before me, all will be yours."
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And Jesus said, "Get behind
Me Satan for it is written,
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"You shall worship the
Lord your God and Him only
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you will serve."
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Now in this case,
Jesus refused the authority,
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we could say, that
Satan wanted to give Him.
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He refused to worship Satan.
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Adam had dominion, we know
that, in the Garden of Eden,
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over all creation, right?
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God gave him that dominion.
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He forfeited that
dominion when he chose
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to partake of the fruit
when he stepped into sin.
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From that time, Satan
believed that he had dominion
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over the earth.
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Jesus won that back, once
and for all, on the cross.
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John 12:31... "Now is
the judgment of this world;
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now the ruler of this
world will be cast out."
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Jesus says, "I, if I am
lifted up from the earth,
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... what happens Shelley?
I will draw all unto Myself.
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Yes, "I will
draw all men unto Me."
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Now let's go down to
Revelation 13, the sea beast
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and the land beast...
we do not have time to get
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into these and what they really
mean, but in Revelation 13,
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we see earthy powers that
accept authority from the dragon
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from Satan and we see another
false worship established here.
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Revelation 13:4... "So
they worshipped the dragon
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who gave authority to the beast
and they worshipped the beast
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saying, "Who is like the beast?
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Who is able to
make war with him?"
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The sea beast blasphemes God.
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We won't get into the
identity and all of that.
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The sea beast persecutes
those who will not bow down
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and worship him... that's
in verse 7 of Revelation 13.
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It was granted to him
to make war with the saints
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and to overcome them.
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And authority was
given him over every
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tribe, tongue and nation.
All who dwell on the earth
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will worship him whose
names have not been written
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in the Book of
Life of the Lamb slain
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from the
foundation of the world."
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And then we jump over
Revelation 13:15, we see another
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false image erected.
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Now this reminds me of
the plain of Dura in Daniel 3.
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He was granted
power to give breath
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to the image of the beast;
that the image of the beast
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should both speak and
cause as many as would not
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worship the image of
the beast to be killed."
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So at this point in
history, we know this is
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at the end of time, it
would appear as if you do not
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engage in false worship,
you're making a mistake...
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that is a lie from
the enemy. That's right.
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We know the Third Angel's
Message in Revelation 14.
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Revelation 14, it says...
"If anyone worships the beast
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and his image; if anyone
engages in false worship,
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he, himself, shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God."
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That means this great
controversy, this whole
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issue of worship will be
settled and it's going to be
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settled on the side of the
Lord Jesus Christ. That's right.
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Anyone who engages in
false worship, who looks like
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"Yeah, I might be
winning at the moment,"
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that is a lie because
God's way wins in the end. Yes!
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I want to give you, quickly
in closing, five characteristics
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of false worship:
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#1... Lack of preparation.
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An unprepared heart
leads to false worship.
00:23:09.75\00:23:12.85
An unprepared
heart fails to recognize
00:23:12.89\00:23:15.69
my own condition; spends
no time in soul-searching;
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no time in prayer.
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An unprepared heart
focuses on myself more than God.
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Thinks of myself more than God.
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#2... Characteristics:
Lack of confession of sin.
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Anywhere people gather
and there's no soul-searching,
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there is no confession of
sin, there is no repentance...
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that leads to false worship.
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#3... Lack of biblical teaching.
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Lack of biblical teaching
and the lack of applying
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biblical teaching.
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Any church that you
attend that does not teach
00:23:50.93\00:23:53.80
"a thus saith the Lord,"
is engaging in false worship.
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Any church that maybe
teaches what the Bible says,
00:23:57.83\00:24:00.90
but they do not apply the
principles of the word of God
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to their own hearts and lives,
00:24:05.37\00:24:07.48
they are
engaging in false worship.
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.95
#4... Lack of Godly leadership
00:24:10.98\00:24:16.35
Ungodly leadership fosters
false worship in a congregation
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because the people follow.
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We know this
example, Pastor Kenny,
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of the children of Israel -
the people follow the leader,
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and if the leader is walking
with God, if the leader is
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biblical, if the leader is
teaching from the word of God,
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.47
and practicing from the
word of God, what happens?
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The people are going to
follow in the right way.
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The people are going
to engage in true worship
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instead of false worship.
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And finally, #5... The
characteristic of false
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worship - they engage
in lack of biblical prayer.
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They might engage
in prayer, but it's not
00:24:53.25\00:24:56.09
a biblical form of prayer.
00:24:56.12\00:24:58.09
There's a certain type of
prayer, contemplative prayer,
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other types of looking
inside that it leads us
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into false worship.
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So God calls us not to
engage in false worship,
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but to worship the Lord Jesus
Christ and Him alone. Amen!
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We're going to take short
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Welcome back! Here we are
on lesson #11 and we're on
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Tuesday's lesson and
sister Shelley, you have that,
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and I know you
want to get into it.
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I know you're
excited about the topic,
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so we can't wait to hear it.
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Amen and each
day builds perfectly.
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Thank you for that
lesson on Monday, Jill.
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I have Tuesday's which is
"The First Angel's Message"
00:26:14.94\00:26:20.94
And, you know, that is
the mission and core message
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of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church - the message that is
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.72
to be preached at the
end of time to all the world.
00:26:27.75\00:26:32.29
So let's look at the
First Angel's Message,
00:26:32.32\00:26:35.39
it's Revelation 14:6-7, it
says... "Then I saw another
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angel flying in the midst of
heaven having the everlasting
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gospel to preach to
those who dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
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Let me hit the pause button...
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The everlasting gospel is
the foundation of the Three
00:26:55.14\00:27:01.28
Angels Messages and you
can preach about the Sabbath;
00:27:01.32\00:27:05.05
you can preach about
judgment; you can preach
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.72
about anything else you want,
but if you're not basing it on
00:27:07.76\00:27:11.06
the foundation of
the everlasting gospel,
00:27:11.09\00:27:14.43
nobody is going
to listen to you.
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So he says with a loud voice,
this is a voice that all will
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hear and there's a sense
of urgency - it's like the
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fulfillment of Matthew 24:14
to let ALL the nations hear.
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He says, "Fear God and
give glory to Him for the hour
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of His judgment has
come, and worship Him who made
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heaven and earth, the
sea, and the springs of water."
00:27:38.42\00:27:42.92
So the message needs to go
to the whole world, everyone
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needs to have a
chance to hear this.
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So now let's go back and
break it to pieces, in parts
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not break it to pieces,
but let's break it down.
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What is the everlasting gospel?
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In Malachi 3:6, God says...
"I'm the Lord, I change not."
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Hebrews 13:8, it
says... "Jesus is the same
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yesterday, today and forever."
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So an unchanging God has
an unchanging gospel. Yes.
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Before God created the earth,
He had the Calvary salvation
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plan in mind.
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In Revelation 13.8, it
says that Jesus was the Lamb
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who was slain from the
foundation of the earth.
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And Hebrews 13:20 says,
His blood is the blood of the
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everlasting
covenant... let me read that.
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"Now may the God of peace
who brought up our Lord Jesus
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from the dead, that
great Shepherd of the sheep,
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through the blood of
the everlasting covenant..."
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It has been before the
foundation of the world,
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God had a covenant of grace;
He was going to send Jesus
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Christ to redeem and
restore humanity to unbroken
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fellowship with Him and
this everlasting gospel has been
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abiding from the Garden of Eden.
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In Genesis 3:15, God says...
"I will put enmity between
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you and the woman,
and between your seed
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and her seed; He shall
bruise your... what? Your head.
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And you shall bruise His heel."
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Something that I've
always found interesting...
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in John 8:56, Jesus
said... "Your Father Abraham
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saw My day and
He rejoiced in it!"
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Do you know what he was saying?
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Abraham knew the
plan of salvation.
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Abraham saw the day of
Jesus coming to earth as man.
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God showed Abraham
Christ on the cross.
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This is why he was able
to offer his son because
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in Hebrews it says that
in faith he figured - Hey,
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even if He takes him,
He's going to raise him back up
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because He knew he
was the son of promise.
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So - when did this happen?
00:30:21.78\00:30:24.05
I think it was in
Genesis 15 when God cut covenant
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with him and put
him into a deep sleep.
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I think he
showed Abraham that day.
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But the Bible tells us in
Genesis 22:8, Abraham says...
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"My son, God will
provide for Himself
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the Lamb for a
burnt offering. Yes.
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So it shows the faith that
he had in the Calvary plan,
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and we know that Paul
said, Romans 4:9 that Abraham
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was justified by
faith; faith was accounted
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to him as righteousness.
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So it's always been salvation
by grace through faith.
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Now this
surprises some people...
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Did you know the old
covenant is a continuation
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of the covenant of Abraham?
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Let me prove that to you...
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In Exodus 2:24, you know
some people think that the old
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covenant, God just did
something completely different,
00:31:18.17\00:31:21.31
no, no, no, no...
everyone of God's covenants is a
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progressive revelation;
each covenant builds on
00:31:26.75\00:31:32.12
the previous covenant.
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He is an unfolding one
eternal plan of salvation.
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And look at what
happens in Exodus 2:24.
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The Hebrew children are
in slavery and it says...
00:31:43.33\00:31:46.50
"God heard their
groaning and God remembered His
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covenant with
whom? With Abraham!
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He remembered His covenant
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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And so God comes down
in covenant love and He
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is going to rescue His people.
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In the Old
Testament, the prophet Jeremiah,
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in chapter 33:16, he says,
"The Lord our righteousness."
00:32:11.13\00:32:18.37
And then Isaiah 64:6,
talks about our righteousness
00:32:18.40\00:32:24.17
is like filthy rags before Him.
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.17
And we know in Zechariah
3, he talks about putting on
00:32:26.21\00:32:30.45
the new robe and the
new turban and all this...
00:32:30.48\00:32:33.05
so salvation has always
been by grace, always - both
00:32:33.08\00:32:38.25
the Old and the New
Testament say that salvation
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belongs to the Lord.
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Now listen to this...
Ephesians 1:4-5, it says,
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"Just as He chose us in
Him before the foundation
00:32:47.53\00:32:51.20
of the world, that we should
be holy without blame before Him
00:32:51.23\00:32:54.40
in love, having predestined
us (before the foundation
00:32:54.44\00:32:58.27
of the world) to adoptions
as sons by Jesus Christ
00:32:58.31\00:33:02.81
to Himself according to
the good pleasure of His will.
00:33:02.84\00:33:05.51
He chose us, He predestined
everyone that would accept
00:33:05.55\00:33:09.72
Christ as their Savior
was going to be adopted
00:33:09.75\00:33:12.89
into his family and this
was planned in eternity past,
00:33:12.92\00:33:19.89
so it clearly
points out His grace.
00:33:19.93\00:33:22.70
Salvation is an act
of God that pours forth
00:33:22.73\00:33:26.63
from a heart of love
00:33:26.67\00:33:28.30
So now we return to Revelation
14:7... "It says fear God
00:33:28.34\00:33:32.51
and give glory to Him."
00:33:32.54\00:33:34.48
We've already talked
about this some - we're to come
00:33:34.51\00:33:37.61
to Him with reverence and awe.
00:33:37.65\00:33:41.25
I believe that giving
glory to God means that we
00:33:41.28\00:33:44.95
must surrender
completely to Him.
00:33:44.99\00:33:48.12
We must yield to Him and walk
in covenant loyalty with Him.
00:33:48.16\00:33:54.00
And then Revelation 14:7
also says... "The hour of His
00:33:54.03\00:33:57.47
judgment has come."
00:33:57.50\00:33:59.03
Well, what are we
talking about - the hour of His
00:33:59.07\00:34:00.84
judgment has come?
00:34:00.87\00:34:02.20
In Daniel 8, we don't have
time to do the whole thing,
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.11
but there's a 2,300
day prophecy that began in
00:34:05.14\00:34:08.24
457 B.C. and ended in 1844 A.D.
00:34:08.28\00:34:14.28
And 1844 A.D. is the time
that when this came to a close,
00:34:14.32\00:34:21.16
the
"Investigative Judgment" began.
00:34:21.19\00:34:24.16
And I have to say
this... Today is the day of
00:34:24.19\00:34:27.60
salvation - that means next
week, if I can say it's today,
00:34:27.63\00:34:34.10
today is the day of
salvation, salvation is not
00:34:34.14\00:34:36.71
past for anyone.
00:34:36.74\00:34:38.07
But in 1 Peter 4:17, he says...
that judgment begins where?
00:34:38.11\00:34:45.38
With the house of the Lord.
00:34:45.41\00:34:48.48
See, when Jesus
returns, He's already
00:34:48.52\00:34:50.62
going to know who is
saved, who's not saved.
00:34:52.85\00:34:54.99
He knows who are the
tares, who is the wheat because
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.36
He says in Revelation
22:12, "... Behold, I am coming
00:34:57.39\00:35:01.46
quickly and My reward is
with Me, I'm going to give
00:35:01.50\00:35:04.33
to each one as he deserves."
00:35:04.37\00:35:06.77
So this Investigative
Judgment comes to a close
00:35:06.80\00:35:10.21
before He returns.
00:35:10.24\00:35:11.94
And when He says, "worship
Him," in Revelation 14:7,
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.68
"who made," He's
talking about worshipping God
00:35:15.71\00:35:19.61
as the Creator and He
goes on to talk about...
00:35:19.65\00:35:23.32
"He made the heavens and the
earth and all that is in them,"
00:35:23.35\00:35:26.55
that's Sabbath language.
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.36
He is talking about
worshipping God as our Creator
00:35:29.39\00:35:32.83
and we're nearly out of time,
so I just have to say this...
00:35:32.86\00:35:35.93
Two classes of people
when Christ returns...
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those who worship the
beast and those who worship God.
00:35:40.10\00:35:44.87
Everybody is
going to be worshipping;
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.01
it's a matter of WHO you
worship. Yes! Amen! Amen!
00:35:47.04\00:35:51.38
Good job, praise the Lord! Amen!
So you know what we're doing
00:35:51.41\00:35:53.82
today is we're -
opening the word of God. Amen!
00:35:53.85\00:35:56.45
You know and that's a beautiful
thing and my lesson is Wednesday
00:35:56.48\00:35:59.79
and it's: "Bible
Study and Fellowship"
00:35:59.82\00:36:01.92
And I don't know if you
can see it here on camera,
00:36:01.96\00:36:03.46
but Pastor John, I
don't know how many colors
00:36:03.49\00:36:05.06
or highlighters you have...
00:36:05.09\00:36:06.43
I have five... each
one has a specific meaning.
00:36:06.46\00:36:09.26
He's doing his Bible Study and
marking right here on the set.
00:36:09.30\00:36:12.07
I see Jill here with her marker.
00:36:12.10\00:36:13.44
You know, I wish you could
see it because from my angle,
00:36:13.47\00:36:16.14
I can see all these Bibles
and there's a lot of marking,
00:36:16.17\00:36:18.47
a lot of highlights in these
Bibles and that's powerful.
00:36:18.51\00:36:21.61
And we hope that you are doing
the same thing at home too,
00:36:21.64\00:36:24.08
you're marking your Bible,
you're putting notes in there
00:36:24.11\00:36:26.21
because God's
word is powerful. Amen!
00:36:26.25\00:36:30.39
"Bible Study and Fellowship"
in the early Christian Church.
00:36:30.42\00:36:33.19
When you talk about Bibles,
do you know how many Bibles
00:36:33.22\00:36:36.29
are sold annually in the
world? One-hundred million!
00:36:36.32\00:36:41.30
In the United States on an
annual basis, the average is
00:36:41.33\00:36:44.07
between 20 and 25 million
Bibles in the United States.
00:36:44.10\00:36:48.20
Now this is a sad fact, they
say that 80% of people in the
00:36:48.24\00:36:53.34
United States find Bible
study difficult or confusing.
00:36:53.38\00:36:57.75
Isn't that sad? Eighty
percent of those in America
00:36:57.78\00:37:00.75
find Bible study confusing and
00:37:00.78\00:37:03.08
difficult and
that's a sad thing.
00:37:03.12\00:37:05.32
And we want to look at
the early Christian Church,
00:37:05.35\00:37:07.36
but I also want to
apply it to our own lives
00:37:07.39\00:37:08.99
and the
importance of Bible study.
00:37:09.02\00:37:10.86
Let's look quickly at Acts 2
and let's look, under the lesson
00:37:10.89\00:37:16.73
I think it says 42,
but let's look at 41-42.
00:37:16.77\00:37:19.63
And it says, "Then
they that gladly received
00:37:19.67\00:37:23.27
His word were baptized
and this was after Pentecost,
00:37:23.30\00:37:27.08
and the same day,
they were added unto them
00:37:27.11\00:37:29.71
about how many
people? Three thousand souls!
00:37:29.74\00:37:34.62
And they continued steadfastly
in the apostles doctrine
00:37:34.65\00:37:38.15
and fellowship and in breaking
of bread and in prayers.
00:37:38.19\00:37:42.76
I wanted to just touch
on verse 42... "And they
00:37:42.79\00:37:45.59
continued steadfastly."
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.80
In the Greek, that means
to "remain firm, to stay in a
00:37:47.83\00:37:51.73
fixed direction,"
that's really key...
00:37:51.77\00:37:54.30
To stay in a fixed direction,
the word of God... that is key.
00:37:54.34\00:37:59.11
So the early Christian Church,
3,000, that's a lot added
00:37:59.14\00:38:01.38
in one day... there were
120 already, isn't that correct?
00:38:01.41\00:38:03.95
So you add 3,000 to
120, that's a massive
00:38:03.98\00:38:07.72
addition to your
church. That's right.
00:38:07.75\00:38:09.52
That's for sure... Then
just on fellowship quickly,
00:38:09.55\00:38:11.55
The Greek word, I don't know
if I'm saying this correctly,
00:38:11.59\00:38:13.42
"koinonia," is that
how you say that? Yes!
00:38:13.46\00:38:16.22
The intimate bond of fellowship
which unites Christians,
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.39
and I think that's a
powerful thing as well.
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.60
You know, there's
a common bond there.
00:38:21.63\00:38:23.30
They had just been through this
major conversion experience,
00:38:23.33\00:38:25.93
and here they are -
that formed a special bond.
00:38:25.97\00:38:28.87
You can have friends
with someone but when you go
00:38:28.90\00:38:30.81
through an experience,
especially a spiritual one,
00:38:30.84\00:38:32.77
wow - there's a
bond like none other.
00:38:32.81\00:38:35.64
1 John 1:7... "If we walk in
the light (this is conditional,
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.95
... IF we walk in the
light) as He is in the light,
00:38:38.98\00:38:42.12
we have fellowship with
one another and the blood
00:38:42.15\00:38:44.25
of Jesus Christ, His Son,
cleanses us from all sin."
00:38:44.29\00:38:47.02
We were just talking
about the size of the early
00:38:47.06\00:38:50.23
Christian Church
family, from 120 to 3,000...
00:38:50.26\00:38:53.13
My sister and I come from a
small family; it's just myself,
00:38:53.76\00:38:57.17
she is three years younger than
me - that's it for siblings.
00:38:57.20\00:39:00.17
You've heard of the families
like 19 kids and counting,
00:39:00.20\00:39:03.84
and you know, large families.
00:39:03.87\00:39:06.07
The largest family or amount
of kids that a married couple
00:39:06.11\00:39:09.94
has had is how
many, do you think?
00:39:09.98\00:39:12.21
I have no idea. 69.
00:39:12.25\00:39:14.75
Oh my goodness,
all by the same mother?
00:39:14.78\00:39:17.09
All by the same mother
and father, now this was back
00:39:17.12\00:39:19.75
in the 1700s from
1725 to... Laughter
00:39:19.79\00:39:23.76
Let's hope they
were all sets of twins!
00:39:23.79\00:39:25.79
I'm going to give you some
statistics on it real quick.
00:39:25.83\00:39:27.66
So from 1725 to 1765 and there's
a little discrepancy... to say,
00:39:27.70\00:39:31.50
Aw, I'm not sure, but a
monastery actually reported
00:39:31.53\00:39:33.34
this - it's in
Russia, a Russian couple,
00:39:33.37\00:39:35.00
and this is what they had...
00:39:35.04\00:39:36.37
They had 69 children
over a 40 year period.
00:39:36.40\00:39:39.21
They had 16 sets of
twins, 7 sets of triplets,
00:39:39.24\00:39:43.68
and 4 sets of quadruplets.
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.41
Now there is some argument,
did that happen, did it not?
00:39:45.45\00:39:47.58
I don't really know, but
that's what they're saying
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.65
is from a couple, 69 children,
but that happened 40 years.
00:39:49.68\00:39:54.89
Three thousand babies in
the early Christian Church
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.03
happened what?
Basically over night in one day.
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.46
So you talk about excitement,
00:39:59.49\00:40:01.10
I mean, I can just think about,
in a family - there's a lot of
00:40:01.13\00:40:03.97
noise and stuff going on,
and a lot of excitement...
00:40:04.00\00:40:06.07
probably like you just
heard here on the set. Laughter!
00:40:06.10\00:40:07.97
But there's excitement going on
over the early Christian Church
00:40:08.00\00:40:12.47
and I can only imagine the
disciples and all the apostles
00:40:12.51\00:40:16.14
like - Woo, boy, this is amazing
but wow, what a challenge!
00:40:16.18\00:40:19.81
Acts 2:42... "And they
continued steadfastly."
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.62
That is so key. Steadfastly
in the word of God, that's what
00:40:23.65\00:40:26.32
kept them on track.
00:40:26.35\00:40:29.16
Boy, time goes by in a hurry,
doesn't it? I know! Yeah, wow.
00:40:29.19\00:40:31.49
So the hub to worship
is the study of God's word,
00:40:32.09\00:40:36.06
the centrality, that's
got to be the central part
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.40
of anything that we do
and I think there's something
00:40:38.43\00:40:40.24
beautiful about the word
of God - that it is important
00:40:40.27\00:40:43.47
in any part of our
spiritual journey. Amen!
00:40:43.51\00:40:46.21
It was very important for
the early Christian Church;
00:40:46.24\00:40:48.71
the 3,000 studying the
Old Testament, studying
00:40:48.74\00:40:51.48
Jesus Christ and His
mission, you know, that had been
00:40:51.51\00:40:53.18
accomplished here on
this earth, but in any spot
00:40:53.21\00:40:56.05
in your journey,
whether you've been
00:40:56.08\00:40:57.42
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:40:57.45\00:40:58.79
you've been a
Christian all your life;
00:40:58.82\00:41:00.16
the study of God's
word is critical and key.
00:41:00.19\00:41:04.19
I think about 1 Peter 2:2,
and it says... "As newborn babes
00:41:04.23\00:41:08.06
desire the pure
milk of the word,
00:41:08.10\00:41:11.00
that you may grow thereby."
00:41:11.03\00:41:12.93
1 Corinthians 3:1-2...
"And I brethren, could not speak
00:41:12.97\00:41:16.00
to you as to spiritual
people, but as to carnal,
00:41:16.04\00:41:19.17
as to babes in Christ.
00:41:19.21\00:41:20.54
I fed you with milk and
not solid food; for until now
00:41:20.58\00:41:24.28
you were not able to receive it,
00:41:24.31\00:41:25.65
and even now you
are still not able..."
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.62
I want to encourage
you, don't get discouraged.
00:41:28.65\00:41:30.39
If you're a babe in the
word, don't get discouraged.
00:41:30.42\00:41:32.25
You may see some of the
people on the panel like
00:41:32.29\00:41:33.89
"Oh my, how do
they break that down,
00:41:33.92\00:41:35.32
I don't even understand that."
00:41:35.36\00:41:36.83
Don't get
discouraged, there is a process
00:41:36.86\00:41:39.53
in your spiritual journey.
00:41:39.56\00:41:41.56
I have never seen...
I've never seen anyway,
00:41:41.60\00:41:43.80
a mother, a newborn baby
one week old, has no teeth,
00:41:43.83\00:41:46.67
his digestive system is
still trying to get things
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.40
figured out... and dad
says, "You know what, let's give
00:41:48.44\00:41:51.51
baby John a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich."
00:41:51.54\00:41:55.04
We don't do that, right?
00:41:55.08\00:41:56.95
The poor baby would probably
choke, his digestive system
00:41:56.98\00:41:58.88
would clog up... I mean
it would be a mess! Yes!
00:41:58.91\00:42:01.15
He's given milk for a reason.
00:42:01.18\00:42:02.52
It's all part of
the spiritual process.
00:42:02.55\00:42:04.75
And I like how this is put
here because I think in our
00:42:04.79\00:42:07.06
own spiritual lives, that's
how we also have to look at it
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.46
and not judge people.
00:42:09.49\00:42:10.93
We are quick to judge, I
am quick to judge people,
00:42:10.96\00:42:14.23
and I also don't want
you to get discouraged. Amen!
00:42:14.26\00:42:16.77
Go through that process.
00:42:16.80\00:42:18.13
Okay, from the
lesson, this was good...
00:42:18.17\00:42:21.10
The study of God's word
forms the core of both our
00:42:21.14\00:42:24.31
worship to God and
our unity as a people
00:42:24.34\00:42:27.24
who have been called to proclaim
the Three Angel's Messages
00:42:27.28\00:42:30.81
to the world.
00:42:30.85\00:42:32.81
You know, this
again, just blows me away...
00:42:32.85\00:42:36.95
You think of this -
this is God's Holy Word,
00:42:36.99\00:42:38.85
inspired, isn't it? Yes.
00:42:38.89\00:42:40.72
In this Bible, has the
menu for a newborn baby,
00:42:40.76\00:42:45.96
all the way to
the menu to the mature
00:42:45.99\00:42:47.83
Christian that's
still in that process.
00:42:47.86\00:42:49.63
You know, there's
milk and there's meat
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.53
in the word of God, isn't
that powerful and what God's
00:42:51.57\00:42:55.04
word can do in each one
of our lives and you at home.
00:42:55.07\00:42:59.04
Six things the word of
God can do for believers.
00:42:59.07\00:43:01.61
I may not have time
to read all of this so...
00:43:01.84\00:43:03.95
#1... Convicts us of sin.
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.01
Hebrews 4:12... "The word
of God is living and powerful
00:43:06.05\00:43:09.02
and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even
00:43:09.05\00:43:11.82
to the division of
soul and spirit, and of the
00:43:11.85\00:43:14.52
joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of
00:43:14.56\00:43:16.16
the thoughts and
intents of the heart."
00:43:16.19\00:43:18.73
#2... It reveals truth.
Acts 17:10-11, and basically
00:43:18.76\00:43:23.83
this is talking about the
Bereans and at the very end,
00:43:23.87\00:43:26.23
verse 11 says... "And
they searched the Scriptures
00:43:26.27\00:43:29.17
daily to find out
whether those things were so."
00:43:29.20\00:43:32.44
#3... The Bible
instructs us and teaches us.
00:43:32.47\00:43:35.64
2 Timothy 3:15-17, I
do like this passage.
00:43:35.68\00:43:39.05
"And that from a childhood
you have known the Holy
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.78
Scriptures, which are
able to make you wise for
00:43:41.82\00:43:44.19
salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
00:43:44.22\00:43:47.82
All Scripture - ALL Scripture
is given by inspiration
00:43:47.86\00:43:51.73
of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof,
00:43:51.76\00:43:54.36
for correction, for
instruction in righteousness,
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.23
that the man of God
may be complete, thoroughly
00:43:57.27\00:44:00.50
equipped for every good work."
00:44:00.54\00:44:02.80
#4... It washes us.
Ephesians 5:26-27...
00:44:02.84\00:44:07.11
"That He might sanctify
and cleanse for the church
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.11
with the washing of
water and by the word."
00:44:09.14\00:44:12.41
Going on to #5...
It gives us direction.
00:44:12.45\00:44:15.75
Psalm 119:105, it says...
"Your word, the Holy Scripture,
00:44:15.78\00:44:20.66
is a lamp to my feet and a light
to my path." Praise the Lord!
00:44:20.69\00:44:26.06
#6... It keeps us from
sin. Psalm 119:11... "Your word
00:44:26.09\00:44:31.30
have I hid in my heart, that
I might not sin against you."
00:44:31.33\00:44:35.47
I just have to share
in my own personal life,
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.11
Jill and I have some CD
Scripture songs that we've now
00:44:37.14\00:44:40.08
put on a hard drive
and we love those songs.
00:44:40.11\00:44:42.28
You know, that is, I
believe helping to store God's
00:44:42.31\00:44:45.65
word in your heart.
00:44:45.68\00:44:47.05
And I have also found in
my life that sometimes an up
00:44:47.08\00:44:49.88
and down journey with
committing myself to memorizing
00:44:49.92\00:44:53.29
Scripture but when I
commit myself to that,
00:44:53.32\00:44:56.19
I find my mind at a
different level spiritually.
00:44:56.22\00:44:59.63
To commit passages
of Scripture to memory,
00:44:59.66\00:45:02.93
it does something spiritually.
00:45:02.96\00:45:04.40
I think God wants us to do that.
00:45:04.43\00:45:06.33
This is in closing here from
"Acts of the Apostles," p.232...
00:45:06.37\00:45:10.04
"Wherever the truths of
the gospel are proclaimed,
00:45:10.07\00:45:12.87
those who honestly
desire to do right are led to a
00:45:12.91\00:45:16.61
diligent
searching of the Scriptures.
00:45:16.64\00:45:19.48
If, in the closing
scenes of this earth's history,
00:45:19.51\00:45:21.98
those to whom
testing truths are proclaimed
00:45:22.02\00:45:24.39
would follow the
example of the Bereans,
00:45:24.42\00:45:26.52
searching the Scriptures
daily and comparing with God's
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.52
word the messages brought
them, there would be today
00:45:29.56\00:45:32.63
a larger number loyal to
the precepts of God's Law
00:45:32.66\00:45:36.56
where now there
are comparatively few."
00:45:36.60\00:45:39.13
So my question for you is...
00:45:39.17\00:45:40.77
"How firmly grounded are you in
the study of God's word?" Amen!
00:45:40.80\00:45:45.47
Wow! Very good.
Thank you everyone for
00:45:45.51\00:45:48.14
getting the
stove started for me.
00:45:48.18\00:45:50.65
I'm on fire right
now, so I'm just going to
00:45:50.68\00:45:53.08
sit here and let the
Lord warm your hearts
00:45:53.11\00:45:55.72
through the study
of His word. Amen!
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.29
Thursday is:
"Breaking of Bread and Prayer."
00:45:57.32\00:46:01.02
And as you'll find out in my
breakdown or dissemination of
00:46:01.06\00:46:06.29
this study is - it's
a component of each of
00:46:06.33\00:46:09.66
what you've covered so
far with the exception of the
00:46:09.70\00:46:13.23
First Angel's Message,
I'm not going to go there,
00:46:13.27\00:46:15.87
but you cannot proclaim
that message without God's word,
00:46:15.90\00:46:19.17
and prayer being a part of that
00:46:19.21\00:46:21.04
and that's the
only thing I'll say.
00:46:21.08\00:46:22.74
But the New Testament
Church had challenges.
00:46:22.78\00:46:26.85
Do we have
challenges? Yes. Always.
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.62
Challenges are a part of
the journey of everyone's life;
00:46:29.65\00:46:34.92
therefore, challenges will
be a part of corporate life;
00:46:34.96\00:46:37.59
it will be a part of family
life; it will be a part of
00:46:37.63\00:46:40.66
marriage life; it will
be a part of worship life,
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.53
and surely the reason
why there are challenges is,
00:46:43.57\00:46:46.90
as Jill said... "We
are living in the midst
00:46:46.94\00:46:48.50
of great controversy.
00:46:48.54\00:46:50.34
The controversy between light
and darkness, good and evil,
00:46:50.37\00:46:53.38
Christ and Satan.
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.58
And we know, as Danny
would often say, "Read the back
00:46:55.61\00:46:58.15
of the Book, we know that
the victor already is Christ,
00:46:58.18\00:47:01.05
we're just
joining the winning side."
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.95
But when we look at
the challenges of the word,
00:47:03.28\00:47:06.29
we find, and this
was pointed out earlier,
00:47:06.32\00:47:08.86
that the New Testament Church
was united in present truth.
00:47:08.89\00:47:12.83
So what would Satan
seek to do? Divide them.
00:47:12.86\00:47:16.33
They were united in truth;
he is seeking to divide us
00:47:16.36\00:47:19.80
in error. That's
right! That's a good point.
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.67
And the challenges coming
to our church today... I mean,
00:47:21.70\00:47:24.01
we've had one internal
controversy after the other,
00:47:24.04\00:47:27.21
but then what church hasn't?
00:47:27.24\00:47:28.88
But the devil would be more
desirous to bring controversies
00:47:28.91\00:47:33.31
where he knows the truth is,
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.12
than where he
knows the truth is not.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.69
If somebody is already
sleeping, I'm not going to
00:47:37.72\00:47:40.36
wake them up and
put them to sleep.
00:47:40.39\00:47:41.92
They're already
sleeping. That's true.
00:47:41.96\00:47:43.39
But for those who are
awake, he tries to get them
00:47:43.43\00:47:47.23
inoculated to fall
asleep and the controversies
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.77
that we've had to deal
with through the years...
00:47:50.80\00:47:52.50
have been because
of Revelation 12:17...
00:47:52.53\00:47:55.54
"The dragon is angry with
the woman; he went to make war
00:47:55.57\00:47:58.97
with the remnant of her
seed which keep the commandments
00:47:59.01\00:48:01.34
of God and the
testimony of Jesus."
00:48:01.38\00:48:03.51
He only wars against those
that he knows has an arsenal
00:48:03.55\00:48:07.52
that is successful against him.
00:48:07.55\00:48:10.22
And what is that
arsenal, look in Hebrews 4:12...
00:48:10.25\00:48:12.95
The best arsenal.
Hebrews 4:12... Let me see
00:48:12.99\00:48:18.46
which one of you get it first.
00:48:18.49\00:48:21.36
Jilleth... Alright!
Read it for us, Hebrews 4:12.
00:48:23.33\00:48:26.70
This is the best weapon
against Satan's arsenal.
00:48:26.74\00:48:29.77
Hebrews 4:12... "The word
of God is living and powerful,
00:48:29.80\00:48:32.21
shaper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even
00:48:32.24\00:48:35.54
to the division of soul and
spirit, and joints and marrow,
00:48:35.58\00:48:38.51
and is a
discerner of the thoughts
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.62
and intents of the heart." Amen!
00:48:40.65\00:48:43.05
So if the devil can keep
you from a Book that knows
00:48:43.08\00:48:45.29
what you're
thinking and your intentions,
00:48:45.32\00:48:47.19
and you don't know
it, then you cannot
00:48:47.22\00:48:49.72
discern what a
person is thinking because
00:48:49.76\00:48:53.19
the entrance of God's
word gives light. Yes.
00:48:53.23\00:48:56.53
So if the light is off,
you can't see in darkness.
00:48:56.56\00:48:59.50
Peoples' thoughts that
are dark, you can't see it.
00:48:59.53\00:49:01.47
Peoples' intentions that
are dark, you can't see it.
00:49:01.50\00:49:03.84
Satan's imperceptible
footsteps, as the servant
00:49:03.87\00:49:08.94
of the Lord says,
"They are silent."
00:49:08.98\00:49:12.38
He approaches us
silently, and I've taken
00:49:12.41\00:49:15.48
the pleasure
sometimes of looking at a lot of
00:49:15.52\00:49:16.95
nature videos - I
love nature videos.
00:49:17.29\00:49:19.09
But the ones that
always get me to sit up is when
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.32
a tiger is
slowly but stealthily...
00:49:21.36\00:49:26.49
And they said a young
tiger has to practice because
00:49:26.53\00:49:31.83
he sees the mother doing
it and I saw a video where
00:49:31.87\00:49:35.87
he lowered his paw and
it cracked a branch and he
00:49:35.90\00:49:39.04
backed up and said, I
gotta try this again...
00:49:39.07\00:49:40.68
because he knew that
just that crack of a branch...
00:49:40.71\00:49:43.14
the deer heard it
coming and the deer fled.
00:49:43.18\00:49:46.28
The devil is that
way, but we ought to know
00:49:46.31\00:49:48.92
when we are in enemy's
territory and the only way
00:49:48.95\00:49:51.35
to know that is through
the perceptive and revealing
00:49:51.39\00:49:55.59
word of God. Amen!
00:49:55.62\00:49:57.23
So what they had in the
New Testament Church is this
00:49:57.26\00:49:59.69
constant seeking after truth.
00:49:59.73\00:50:01.56
And a statement I want
to make... there are some
00:50:01.60\00:50:04.17
churches that say, "Well
we don't teach doctrine."
00:50:04.20\00:50:05.93
Well that's not a church,
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.30
that's maybe a social club.
00:50:07.34\00:50:11.41
And people go to church
for all kinds of reasons.
00:50:11.44\00:50:13.61
But the church is an army,
the church is an army. Yes.
00:50:13.64\00:50:18.25
The Lord says, "We must endure
hardship as good soldiers."
00:50:18.28\00:50:20.62
But a soldier with a beautiful
uniform on, that does not know
00:50:20.65\00:50:24.19
how to use his weapon -
which is the Word of God...
00:50:24.22\00:50:26.72
you can send 20 million American
soldiers to the battlefield
00:50:27.32\00:50:30.69
without weapons and an
enemy would say, "They really
00:50:30.73\00:50:35.43
look nice - they're
going to be beautiful corpses."
00:50:35.46\00:50:39.10
Because they have on
all the pieces of the armor,
00:50:39.13\00:50:41.57
but they have no knowledge
of how to use their weapon.
00:50:41.60\00:50:44.74
The weapon was what
they did know how to use.
00:50:44.77\00:50:48.18
Acts 2:42, 46, how
often did they practice
00:50:48.21\00:50:53.62
using their weapons?
00:50:53.68\00:50:55.02
It says, in Acts 2:42...
"And they continued steadfastly
00:50:55.05\00:51:00.32
in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship (there's the word
00:51:00.36\00:51:03.99
"koinonia" again and
I'll bring it up again)
00:51:04.03\00:51:05.83
in the breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
00:51:05.86\00:51:08.46
(in what two things?
breaking bread - that's
00:51:08.50\00:51:11.03
Bible study and prayer)
00:51:11.07\00:51:12.93
So continuing daily with
one accord in the temple,
00:51:12.97\00:51:17.41
and breaking bread from
house to house, (both locations)
00:51:17.44\00:51:20.61
they ate their food with
00:51:20.64\00:51:22.01
gladness and
simplicity of heart."
00:51:22.04\00:51:24.65
And I think that
statistic you brought out, Greg,
00:51:24.68\00:51:26.68
about the millions
and millions of Bibles...
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.78
One of the reasons why people
don't understand the Bible is
00:51:28.82\00:51:30.85
they don't pray - many
people don't pray before they
00:51:30.89\00:51:33.56
open their Bibles. Yes.
00:51:33.59\00:51:35.26
You know, we have to
pray the prayer David prayed
00:51:35.29\00:51:37.33
in Psalm 119:18... "Open
my eyes that I may behold
00:51:37.36\00:51:41.20
wonderful things."
00:51:41.23\00:51:43.06
We cannot see the things
that the Spirit writes except
00:51:43.10\00:51:46.10
the Spirit opens our
eyes, and how amazing it is
00:51:46.13\00:51:48.97
that one of the conditions
of the Last Day Church is
00:51:49.00\00:51:51.61
"anoint my eyes with
eye salve that I may see."
00:51:51.64\00:51:54.84
So that's not just a condition
in our church but that's a
00:51:54.88\00:51:58.91
condition in
Christianity - they don't see.
00:51:58.95\00:52:01.92
They feel - the
music leads them to feel.
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So we live in a
religion of feelings today;
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in a religion of
enterprise, but not a religion
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that's based solidly on
the unchanging word of God.
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So they won't have then
what the early church had,
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they had koinonia. Yep.
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But the koinonia
was based on 1 John 1:7.
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Look at the koinonia
that's the fellowship.
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Fellowship is not based on
good coffee, which we don't
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drink at all, and donuts
in the lobby and wonderful
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praise music and great
programs, it's based on
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1 John 1:7, you
have that Shelley?
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1 John 1:7... "But if we
walk in the light as He is
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in the light, we have
fellowship with one another
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and the blood of
Jesus Christ, His Son,
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cleanses us from all sin."
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So what do we have to
have to have fellowship?
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We need to have light.
Gotta walk in the light!
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Not walk in the
building, not walk in the club,
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not walk in the
church, but walk in the light.
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And light is a
constant, I mean, I like light,
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I always have flashlights
with me, I love flashlights.
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They are constants, you have to
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know where to find the light.
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And the Word of God is
the light, but also the Lord
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says in 1 John 2:3-4...
"He who says, "I know Him,"
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and does not keep His
commandments is a liar
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and the truth is not in him."
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Isaiah 8:20... "To the
law and to the testimony,
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if they speak not
according to this word,
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it is because there is
no light in them." No light!
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The light is the
truth of God's Word.
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If the fellowship and
the breaking of bread was
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needed at the
inauguration of the church,
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how much more is it
needed as we prepare
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for the coronation
of the church. Amen!
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The beginning - the
glory that it began with
00:53:36.78\00:53:39.45
will be the glory
greater that it ends with,
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but the Word of
God is always there...
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And it's not a consideration,
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but it's not a
coincidence either...
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that when Jesus comes back,
on His thigh will be written
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the phrase, "Word of God."
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In the beginning was the
Word, the Word was with Christ
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in the garden of
temptation and the Word
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is going to be at the
end because He is not only
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the Word, but the Living
Word and the victorious Word.
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And that's why, the
church, when it comes time
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for Bible study, and
Shelley, you all know this is my
00:54:04.94\00:54:07.24
this is my pet
peeve, as a pastor...
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I cannot understand why
we don't gather together
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as a church to study
our Bibles more - when
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opportunities gather - with
the reality of Hebrews 10:25...
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"Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together
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as is the manner of some
(I say the manner of many)
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but exhorting one
another and so much the more
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as you see the day approaching."
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Very quickly... why do
we need to study God's Word?
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Four very important points.
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1... We are spiritually weak.
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The spirit is willing
but the flesh is weak.
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2... Prayer increases our faith.
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How? Faith comes by hearing,
hearing by the Word of God.
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And when they pray,
whatever things they ask,
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believing they'll receive it.
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Prayer is also
an intercessory act.
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I exhort, first of
all, supplication, prayers
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intercession and the giving
of thanks be made for all men...
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1 Timothy 2:1.
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And then Philippians
4:6, prayer opens our heart
00:55:03.87\00:55:06.47
to God... "Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything by
00:55:06.50\00:55:09.74
prayer and supplication, make
your requests known to God."
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Very quickly, "Steps to Christ,"
"Why should the sons and
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daughters of God be
reluctant to pray when prayer is
00:55:16.28\00:55:19.11
the key in the hand of
faith to unlock heaven's
00:55:19.15\00:55:21.95
storehouse where
are the treasures and
00:55:21.98\00:55:23.99
boundless
resources of omnipotence,"
00:55:24.02\00:55:26.79
"Steps to Christ,"
p.94-95. Wow! Amen, Amen! Amen!
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Well done, praise the Lord!
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There are a lot of
things that I've been soaking in
00:55:32.86\00:55:35.10
and jotting down,
praise God for that!
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Let's wrap it up, shall we?
00:55:37.27\00:55:38.60
Last few seconds, thoughts each
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one of you might
have on this lesson...
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Mine was on false
worship, but I just want to
00:55:42.47\00:55:45.04
make an appeal to you at home...
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At the end of time, specifically
the days that we are
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living in - God is calling
us, "Who will you worship?"
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Make a choice for Jesus. Amen!
00:55:53.42\00:55:55.02
I just want to remind everybody
that there are two classes
00:55:55.05\00:55:58.69
of people at the end of
time; those who receive the mark
00:55:58.72\00:56:01.52
of the beast and worship
the beast or those who have
00:56:01.56\00:56:04.26
received the seal
of God and worship God.
00:56:04.29\00:56:06.90
And we need to
remember that the Third Angel's
00:56:06.93\00:56:14.37
Message, even though the
beast says they're going to
00:56:14.40\00:56:17.97
kill anyone who
doesn't worship him,
00:56:18.01\00:56:20.08
The Third Angel's Message
says judgment comes on the
00:56:20.11\00:56:24.48
people who do worship. Amen!
00:56:24.51\00:56:27.82
I want to encourage
you to involve yourself in
00:56:27.85\00:56:31.05
daily Bible study.
00:56:31.09\00:56:32.85
My lesson was on
Bible study and I want to go
00:56:32.89\00:56:35.02
to Psalm 119:11, we read it
earlier... "Your word have I
00:56:35.06\00:56:37.99
hid in my heart that I
might not sin against You."
00:56:38.03\00:56:41.73
That's right... And
prayer is the opening
00:56:41.76\00:56:44.93
of the heart to God
- as to a friend. Amen!
00:56:44.97\00:56:49.30
Make the Lord your
friend by opening your heart
00:56:49.34\00:56:51.87
in prayer and the
study of His word. Amen!
00:56:51.91\00:56:55.01
"Desire of Ages," p.22, quickly,
says... "The plan for our
00:56:55.04\00:56:57.88
redemption was not
an afterthought, a plan
00:56:57.91\00:57:00.85
formulated after
the fall of Adam.
00:57:00.88\00:57:03.65
It was a revelation of
the mystery which has been
00:57:03.69\00:57:06.19
kept in silence through times
eternal." Praise God for that!
00:57:06.22\00:57:10.13
And praise God for you
joining us here on 3ABN Sabbath
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School Panel...
we've had a good time.
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We pray that the Lord has
blessed you and we look forward
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to spending some
time with you next week.
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