Hello Friends,
I'm Jill Morikone,
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I just want to welcome you
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to another edition of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're getting toward
the end of this Quarter
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on Three Cosmic Messages
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which is all about
the three angels' messages
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of Revelation chapter 14.
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In fact, we're
on Lesson Number 11:
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The Seal of God and the
Mark of the Beast, Part 1.
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Next week, we'll
encounter Part 2.
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If you want your own copy
of the Adult Bible Study Guide,
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you can go to
3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com
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download a copy and join
us for this exciting study
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of the Word of God.
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Music...
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Hello, I'm Jill Morikone,
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we're so glad when you tune
into 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We love opening
up the Word of God.
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We love sharing with you
at home... our 3ABN family.
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We have loved this Quarter
written by Elder Mark Finley
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on the three cosmic messages:
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the three angels' messages.
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This Lesson...
we're just launching in
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to the third angel...
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we spent quite a bit of time
on the first angel's message
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and a few weeks on
the second angel's message
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and we're just beginning to
dip our toes in, you could say,
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into the third angel's message.
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This is the Seal of God and
the Mark of the Beast, Part 1,
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and we'll really get
into the meat of the matter
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next week with Part 2.
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On the Panel are my
brothers in Christ...
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Pastor James
Rafferty glad to have you.
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Rafferty: Good to be here, Jill,
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I have Monday's Lesson
which is: The Cosmic Struggle.
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Jill: In the
middle, Pastor John Dinzey,
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wonderful to have you too.
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Dinzey: It's a
blessing to be here again
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and I have Tuesday:
Reaping What We Sow.
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Jill: Wow! that sounds good.
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Evangelist and Singer in Israel,
Ryan Day, glad you're here.
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Ryan: Amen, I
have Wednesday's Lesson
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entitled: Those
Who Follow the Lamb.
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Jill: Hmmm... last but not
least, Professor Daniel Perrin,
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so glad you're here as well.
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Perrin: Thank you, I
have Thursday's Lesson
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which is about
Jesus: Our Only Mediator.
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Jill: Ah... sounds wonderful.
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Before we go any further, we
want to go the Lord in prayer,
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Pastor James,
would you pray for us?
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Rafferty: Yes,
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"Father, again we
just want to thank you
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for this beautiful message
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that You have given
to us in these last days
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to help us to get
our focus on Christ
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and the everlasting gospel
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and we pray as we
continue to close this up...
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these last few lessons
that we have for this Quarter,
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and Your Spirit will continue
to guide us and teach us...
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to instruct us...
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to be with each
one of the Viewers
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to guide their hearts to heaven,
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we pray these things
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Jill: Amen.
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Elder Finley brings out on
Sabbath's portion of the Lesson,
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I love this...
wanted to start with it
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before we go to our Memory Text.
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The central issues
in the great controversy
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between Christ and Satan
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are Authority...
Worship and Loyalty.
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From the very beginning,
Satan wanted the authority
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the worship and the loyalty
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that belonged to God alone.
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Think of Isaiah
chapter 14... what does it say?
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Satan... Lucifer...
wanted to be like the Most High.
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He wanted the
authority that belonged to God.
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He wanted the
loyalty of the angels
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that belonged to God.
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He wanted the
worship that belonged to God.
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We see in the Garden of
Eden, Eve wanting the authority
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that belonged to God.
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He wanted to be like God.
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We see in the
Roman Catholic Church,
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and Apostate Protestantism,
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the harlot system.
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We see this counterfeit system
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that it seeks to
usurp God's authority.
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We see the Little
Horn of Daniel 7...
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we've referenced this before
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that seeks to
change times and laws...
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seeking the authority
that belongs to God alone.
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We see this in the sea
beast of Revelation chapter 13,
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the same power.
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We see that it's
given "authority"
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over every tribe,
tongue and nation.
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We see that this power
seeks to command loyalty
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and it introduces a
counterfeit system of worship.
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Satan's counterfeit system...
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the authority... he
seeks to usurp it from God.
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It doesn't belong to him but
he tries to steal it from God.
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We see in Satan's
counterfeit system,
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that he compels worship.
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Jill: Worship is forced.
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Worship is coerced.
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We'll study as we get into this
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in Revelation
chapter 13 verse 15,
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"He was granted power
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to give breath to
the image of the beast,
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that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause
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as many as would not worship
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the image of the
beast to be killed. "
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We see worship being
involved with coercion or force.
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"If you don't worship...
you are going to be killed. "
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We see that loyalty is
obtained through fear or force.
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By contrast, God's System...
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authority belongs naturally
to God because He is divine...
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because He is pre-existent...
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because He is our
Creator and our Redeemer.
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We see that
worship is not compelled.
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Worship to God is not forced.
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It is invited by love.
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1st John 4:19...
we love Him... why?
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because He first loved us.
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We see in Romans 5:8,
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God commanded His love toward us
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and that while we were yet
still... even now... sinners,
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Christ died for us.
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We see in Christ's system
that loyalty is through love.
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You see, love begets love.
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Love begets loyalty
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and love begets obedience.
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There's a quote from
the Lesson... I love this,
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this is Elder Finley:
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There is only one thing
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that would keep any of us
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from receiving the Mark of
the Beast in the end time...
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that is a love for Jesus so deep
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that nothing will
break our hold on Him.
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I think that's so important
as we step into this topic,
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we can think, sometimes,
the Mark of the Beast is scary.
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Well, what am I
supposed to do with that?
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I'm not sure I
even understand that.
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I even remember my grandmother,
she's passed away now
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awaiting the call
of the Life-giver.
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But I remember for
years when I was growing up,
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she was
terrified of the last days.
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Terrified of the
Mark of the Beast...
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would she be strong enough
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and would she be able
to withstand torture or
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persecution. It was
a scary thing for her
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and I think if we keep
in mind that it's about love
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and if we have love
for Jesus strong enough,
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nothing will
break our hold on Him
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and we can walk into
those end times without fear
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because we walk with Jesus.
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Our Memory Text is
Revelation 7 verses 2 and 3,
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Revelation 7:2 and 3,
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"Then I saw another
angel ascending from the east,
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having the seal
of the living God.
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And he cried with loud
voice to the four angels
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to whom it was granted to
harm the earth and the sea,
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saying, 'Do not harm the
earth, the sea, or the trees
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till we have sealed the servants
of our God on their foreheads. '
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" On Sunday's Lesson, we
look at Steadfast Endurance
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and we're going to
Revelation 14 verse 12.
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We're going to
look at characteristics
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of God's end-time people.
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Now, we've quoted
this verse many times
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but we're going
to quote it again.
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Revelation 14 verse 12,
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"Here is the
patience of the saints;
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here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. "
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Now, when you read that
many times, what do we think?
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What are the characteristics
of God's end-time people?
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We say... they keep
the commandments of God
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and they have
the faith of Jesus...
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do we not?
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Those are the
two characteristics,
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But the lesson brings out that
there are three characteristics
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of God's end-time people
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and the first characteristic...
we always just rush over.
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"Here is the
patience of the saints. "
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That's the first characteristic.
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God's end-time
people possess patience.
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What does that mean?
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In the Greek, a
steadfast endurance.
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Panel: Yes.
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Jill: It's endurance in
the context of suffering.
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God's end-time people will
possess steadfast endurance.
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God's end-time people will
keep the commandments of God.
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God's end-time people will
possess the faith of Jesus.
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So, let's look at
those three characteristics.
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We're going to start
with the "steadfast endurance"
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of God's end-time people.
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The word in Greek
means: remaining under...
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you know, kind of like
when you're going through
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a difficult trial and you
have to remain under that trial
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and you're under that.
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It's the same word
used in Hebrews 10 verse 36,
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"For you have need of endurance,
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so that after you
have done the will of God,
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you may receive the promise. "
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The patience of
the saints endures
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until they receive the promise.
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It's the same word
found in Hebrews 12:1 and 2.
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"Let us lay aside every weight,
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and the sin that
so easily besets us,
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and let us run with
endurance... " or with patience,
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"the race that
is set before us. "
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The patience of the
saints runs the race
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no matter how long...
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no matter how difficult.
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It's the same word used
in James chapter 1 verse 3,
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"Knowing that the testing of
your faith produces patience...
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" or steadfast endurance.
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The patience of the
saints grows through trial.
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What have God's
end-time people endured?
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They've endured the
wrath of the beast power.
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The economic sanctions...
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we'll discuss in further
detail of Revelation chapter 13,
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they've endured persecution,
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they've endured ridicule,
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they might endure
torture or even death.
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How do we endure?
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I want to give you
three ways that we can endure.
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Number 1: Pray for faith.
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I think of the man with
the demon-possessed son.
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Remember he came to Jesus
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and... "Please help, help,
help cast out the demon... "
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and... and what he said...
"I don't have enough faith...
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I don't have enough faith,
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I don't know what
I'm going to do... "
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and what did he say?
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"Lord, I
believe... help my unbelief. "
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Are you going through a time
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where you need
steadfast endurance?
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Are you going through a
time of trial and trouble?
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Reach out to God...
you can pray for faith.
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"God, help my unbelief,
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give me faith to endure. "
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Number 2: Pray for courage.
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I think of Joshua when he began
leading the children of Israel,
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Joshua 1:9, "Have
not I commanded you?
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Be strong and of a good courage;
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do not be
afraid, nor be dismayed,
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for the LORD you God is
with you wherever you go. "
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Number 3: Pray for
an eternal perspective.
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Sometimes I get so
lost in what's here.
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You don't see the
forest for the trees.
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You know, you just see
what's right in front of you
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and you don't see
that eternal perspective.
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That is the first characteristic
of God's end-time people
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is those who have
steadfast endurance.
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Those who possess the
patience of the saints.
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We're going to look
very quickly at the other two
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characteristics. God's end-time
people keep the commandments of
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God. They will not believe that
the law was nailed to the cross.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Jill: They will not uphold
the traditions of any church
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over the Word of God.
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They will not believe that grace
gives them a license to sin.
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God's end-time people will
keep all of God's commandments
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including the
fourth commandment.
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They will believe that
the Seventh-day Sabbath
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was instituted at creation...
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installed in the very
heart of the Ten Commandments...
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kept by Jesus and His apostles,
yes, even after the cross
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and will be kept in the
new heavens and the new earth.
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They believe that
God's law is still binding.
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They understand that
the commandments of God
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can be kept only by
grace through faith.
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The final characteristic
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which Pastor James is
going to cover very fully,
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is... they possess...
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God's end-time people will
possess the faith of Jesus.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Jill: What is Jesus' faith?
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His faith endured hunger and
temptation, Matthew chapter 4.
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His faith endured ridicule...
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John 6, when the
people turned away
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and walked no more with Him.
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His faith endured the
betrayal of His friends...
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Judas... when he
betrayed Him with a kiss.
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His faith endured
separation from His Father
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when He hung on the cross
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and said, "My God,
why have You forsaken me?"
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His faith endured
pain and torture and death
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because He loved you and me.
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He loved us enough
to go to the cross.
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His faith looked
beyond the here and now
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and looked into eternity.
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If you want to be part
of God's end-time people,
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ask God for His
steadfast endurance.
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Seek to keep and obey by
the power of His grace alone
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His commandments
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and ask Him to give
you the faith of Jesus.
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Rafferty: Amen... amen...
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that was a great
introduction. Jill,
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it's always easy to follow you.
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We're going to be
looking at in more detail
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this faith of Jesus.
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The Lesson Quarterly
calls this... today's Lesson:
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A Cosmic Struggle
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and it is a cosmic struggle
to have this faith of Jesus
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and, you know the faith of Jesus
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was the faith that
He had in His Father
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that took Him
through everything.
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The verses that
we're reading here...
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we're not going
to read them actually
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but I'm going to
give you the references
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are Matthew chapter 27:45 to 50.
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Basically, what we see
here is Christ on the cross
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being forsaken of
God and yet holding on...
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committing His soul... His
Spirit into the hands of God.
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I like to suggest that
Revelation chapter 14 verse 12
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points to a people who
keep the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus.
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Here's the
patience of the saints
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who keep the commandments of
God and have the faith of Jesus.
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The reason they keep
the commandments of God
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is because they love God
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and the reason why they love God
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is because God first loved them
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and that is a formula...
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a Scriptural
biblical gospel formula
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that is the key to
obedience to God's commandments.
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Well, there is another
formula with the faith of Jesus.
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The reason why we're going
to put our faith on Jesus...
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the reason why we hold
on through everything...
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the reason why we're going
to be able to endure everything
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that comes against us and
maintain our faith in Jesus
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is because we're going
to realize His faith in us.
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His faith in us is
going to give us faith in Him.
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You see, He's the author
and finisher of our faith,
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we're told in Hebrews
chapter 12 and verse 1
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and gives to everyone a
measure of faith, we're told
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in Romans
chapter 12 and verse 3...
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maybe it's 21... you
have to look that one up.
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So, there's this
powerful statement and it's...
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it's found in the
book, Christ Triumphant.
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It's also found in the
book, The Desire of Ages.
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In Christ Triumphant, it's...
it's... it's quoted in the
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Quarterly here and
here's how it reads, it says,
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"Amid the awful darkness,
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apparently forsaken of God,
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Christ had drained the last
dregs of the cup of human woe.
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In those dreadful
hours... " you ready?
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here's the faith of Jesus...
"In those dreadful hours
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He relied upon
the evidences... "
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faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
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the evidence of things not seen.
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"He relied upon the evidences
of His Father's acceptance
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hitherto fore given Him.
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By faith, Christ was victor. "
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In other words,
right then and there
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there was no evidence
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but He relied upon the evidence
that God had already given Him.
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Panel: Right... amen.
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Rafferty: Okay,
let's follow this
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because this is
a powerful theme.
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We think about
the faith of Jesus.
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The evidences of God's
love hithertofore given.
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If you read... now we're
just talking about us now,
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we're moving to the human.
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If you read just
the gospel of John,
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you're going to find that God
gives us evidences of His love
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for example, in
John chapter 1 verse 9,
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God tells us that
Jesus Christ is the Light
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who lights every man
that comes into the world.
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Every human being that is
born, God sends a ray of light.
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Okay, someone has been
born, send a ray of light,
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someone has been born,
another ray of light over here,
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someone has been born,
here's another ray of light.
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Rays of light just coming
from heaven to all these...
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God gives light to everyone
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because God has faith
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that He's exercising toward us.
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He believes... the
reason He's sending us light...
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He believes that
we'll respond to that light.
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He hopes that we
respond to that light.
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He holds out for us
to respond to that light
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because love hopes all
things, believes all things,
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endures all things.
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In John chapter 3 verse 16,
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the most precious
verse in the Bible,
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we're told that God
so loved the world...
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not Christians only...
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not Baptists only...
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not Seventh-day
Adventists only...
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not vegan
Seventh-day Adventists only...
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God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son.
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See, God is exercising faith.
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Why is He
loving the whole world?
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Because He's holding out...
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He's believing that
whosoever believes...
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whosoever... there might
be somebody down there...
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maybe there's a lot
of bodies down there
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who are going to believe.
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God is exercising
faith in giving His Son...
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God is exercising faith toward
us in giving us this light.
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In John 6:37, Jesus says,
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"Whoever comes to Me...
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whoever comes to Me,
I will not cast out. "
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Panel: Amen... yes.
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He believes in you and...
and He will come to him...
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He's not going to cast you out.
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In John chapter 8
verses 1 through 11,
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there's this beautiful story
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of this woman that
is caught in adultery.
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Now, that doesn't
sound like a beautiful story
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but the way it ends
up... it's really beautiful
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because the religious leaders...
the Pharisees of the day
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wanting to bring her before
Jesus and just get her condemned
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and get her stoned
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and have a reason to
accuse Jesus before the Romans
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and just take Him out...
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just take His ministry out.
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And Jesus, you know, the
Holy Spirit rested upon Him
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in sevenfold power...
that's what we're told
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in Isaiah chapter 11:1 and 2
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and so, Jesus knew
what was going on there,
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He discerned the whole situation
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and as they asked Him, you know,
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"Moses said she
should be stoned,
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what do you say?"
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He began to write in the
sand, the finger of God...
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just like He wrote on the
ten... the tablets of the law
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those Ten Commandments
with His own finger...
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Jesus again... God
Himself writing in the sand
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and you can imagine
as He's writing there,
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we don't know
exactly what He wrote
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but each one of
those accusers left
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from the youngest to the...
or the oldest to the youngest...
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they left... right?
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The situation...
there was no one left,
00:19:18.59\00:19:19.99
and Jesus asked the
question to the woman,
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"Is there no one
here to condemn you?"
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And she kind of timidly
said, "No man, Lord... "
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because you know
Jesus was still there
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and He could have
easily condemned her.
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And He said,
"Neither do I condemn thee,
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go and sin no more... "
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or leave your life of sin.
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See the gospel
empowers obedience,
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the gospel... grace...
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non-condemning grace empowers us
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to leave our life of sin.
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This is the gospel again.
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This is the faith of
Jesus toward this woman.
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Jesus believes that when
He preaches the gospel to this
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woman she's going to
leave her life of sin.
00:19:52.42\00:19:53.82
He doesn't know that
but He believes it by faith.
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He exercises faith in her.
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"I'm not going to condemn you,
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I know you were just
caught in the act of adultery
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but I believe in you
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and I believe you're going
to leave that life of sin. "
00:20:01.80\00:20:04.17
In John chapter 10 verse
10 we're told that the...
00:20:04.20\00:20:07.67
that the devil... Satan...
the prince of this world comes
00:20:07.70\00:20:10.31
to kill and to
steal and to destroy
00:20:10.34\00:20:11.91
but Jesus comes and He
has a different method.
00:20:11.97\00:20:13.91
He's thinking, "You know what?
00:20:13.94\00:20:15.28
I don't think
that's going to work...
00:20:15.31\00:20:16.85
I want to... I...
00:20:16.88\00:20:18.21
I think I'm going to
give... I'm going to give life.
00:20:18.25\00:20:20.75
I'm going to come...
I'm going to give life...
00:20:20.82\00:20:22.45
I want to give
abundant life to these people.
00:20:22.48\00:20:24.15
I'm not just going to
promise them eternal life,
00:20:24.19\00:20:25.82
I'm going to
start healing people.
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I'm going to go through
whole towns and villages,
00:20:27.22\00:20:28.89
I'm just going
to heal everybody.
00:20:28.92\00:20:30.26
Ten lepers... only one
of them has a good motive,
00:20:30.29\00:20:31.89
I'm going to heal them all
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because I'm going to exercise
faith in this human being...
00:20:33.29\00:20:36.70
I'm going to exercise
faith in every human being. "
00:20:36.77\00:20:39.47
In John chapter 12 verse 32
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we're told that Jesus says,
00:20:41.37\00:20:43.14
"I'm going to be
lifted up on the cross
00:20:43.17\00:20:45.67
because I want to
draw all unto Me. "
00:20:45.71\00:20:48.14
Everyone is drawn to Jesus
00:20:48.21\00:20:50.45
because Jesus is exercising
faith toward everyone.
00:20:50.48\00:20:53.25
In fact, after He was crucified,
00:20:53.28\00:20:55.08
His disciples... you know,
Judas, you mentioned, Jill,
00:20:55.12\00:20:58.19
Judas had forsaken Him, right?
00:20:58.22\00:20:59.55
I mean, with a
kiss he betrayed Him
00:20:59.59\00:21:01.52
and even the other
disciples forsook Him
00:21:01.56\00:21:03.86
and then we're told that,
00:21:03.93\00:21:05.26
you know, Peter
denied Him, right?
00:21:05.29\00:21:07.00
And after this is all
over, Jesus is resurrected
00:21:07.06\00:21:10.67
and the disciples were
all despondent... they're
00:21:10.70\00:21:13.70
discouraged and they're just...
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.07
they're having one of those
3ABN downer days, you know,
00:21:15.10\00:21:16.74
just... nothing's
going right, right?
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.21
Jill: We don't have those
days... Rafferty: No, no, no,
00:21:18.24\00:21:19.71
no... and so... Panel: Laughter.
00:21:19.74\00:21:21.08
Jill: Just clarifying.
00:21:21.11\00:21:23.41
Rafferty: They're out... they're
going back to their old... like,
00:21:23.45\00:21:25.38
they're going back to their...
their old school, right?
00:21:25.41\00:21:27.65
We're going to go
fishing... they're fishing...
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.02
we're going to go fishing...
so they're out there fishing,
00:21:29.05\00:21:30.45
catching nothing...
00:21:30.49\00:21:32.22
you know... Jesus...
what happens with Jesus...
00:21:32.25\00:21:34.26
He shows up...
cooks them breakfast...
00:21:34.29\00:21:36.19
blesses them with a catch
they can't even hardly haul in,
00:21:36.22\00:21:39.69
you know why? He's
exercising faith in them.
00:21:39.73\00:21:41.43
Panel: That's right.
00:21:41.46\00:21:42.80
Rafferty: He's exercising...
00:21:42.83\00:21:44.17
and the disciples are...
are... are thinking about this,
00:21:44.20\00:21:45.90
I mean... the faith in Jesus,
really... it is the gospel,
00:21:45.93\00:21:48.50
it is the gospel.
00:21:48.54\00:21:49.87
We're got the gospel
and the law summarized
00:21:49.90\00:21:52.41
in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 12.
00:21:52.47\00:21:54.61
It's accepting
what Jesus says about us
00:21:54.64\00:21:57.25
when we don't see
anything good in ourselves.
00:21:57.28\00:22:00.12
It's believing that we
are who He says we are.
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.98
We are loved...
we are enlightened...
00:22:03.02\00:22:04.52
we are accepted...
we are uncondemned...
00:22:04.55\00:22:05.99
we are invited... we are blessed
00:22:06.02\00:22:07.82
because that's what Jesus says
00:22:07.86\00:22:09.62
and that's what Jesus needed.
00:22:09.66\00:22:10.99
You know, when He was
baptized, God said to Him,
00:22:11.03\00:22:13.16
"This is my beloved Son in
whom I am well pleased... "
00:22:13.19\00:22:17.03
and then He went
out into the wilderness
00:22:17.07\00:22:19.07
and His whole circumstance
changed... everything changed.
00:22:19.13\00:22:21.74
He was bearing the
weight of the sins of the world,
00:22:21.77\00:22:23.91
He was abandoned...
seemingly abandoned by God
00:22:23.94\00:22:26.71
after those 40 days
and 40 nights of fasting
00:22:26.74\00:22:28.51
and the devil came to Him and
you know what the devil said?
00:22:28.54\00:22:30.65
"Pooh... if You're
the Son of God... "
00:22:30.68\00:22:33.15
you know... "If
You're the Son of God,
00:22:33.18\00:22:35.62
turn these stones into bread. "
00:22:35.65\00:22:37.39
And what did Jesus do?
00:22:37.42\00:22:38.95
He said, "It is written man
does not live by bread alone
00:22:38.99\00:22:43.32
but by every word
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.73
that proceeds out
of the mouth of God. "
00:22:45.76\00:22:47.60
And the words that proceed
out of the mouth of God were,
00:22:47.63\00:22:49.53
"This is my beloved Son
in whom I'm well pleased. "
00:22:49.56\00:22:51.30
See, faith comes by
hearing, Romans 10:17
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.97
and hearing by the word of God.
00:22:54.00\00:22:55.34
And so, when we come
to Jesus at our worst,
00:22:55.37\00:22:58.37
He comes to us at His best.
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.31
Jesus sees something in us
that is placed there by faith.
00:23:00.34\00:23:04.65
Jesus saw something
that we didn't see...
00:23:04.68\00:23:07.28
something in the human
race that we didn't see
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and so, He
exercised faith toward us
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and this
faith... we are to keep.
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We're to keep
the faith of Jesus.
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Rafferty: When we
keep the faith of Jesus,
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just like when we
keep the love of God...
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when we keep the
faith of Jesus Christ,
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we exercise faith back to Him.
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When we keep the love of God,
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we love Him
because He first loved us.
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We're going to
have faith in Jesus
00:23:28.34\00:23:31.07
because He
first had faith in us.
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Jill: Amen, thank
you so much Pastor James,
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I love that...
the faith in Jesus.
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Jill: Welcome back to
our study on the Seal of God
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and the Mark of the Beast.
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We're going to turn it
over to Pastor John Dinzey.
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Dinzey: Thank you so much,
we are now on Tuesday's portion
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.70
as you heard and the
title is: Reaping What We Sow...
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Reaping what we sow
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and I'd like to begin
by reading the first part
00:24:36.67\00:24:38.91
here in the Lesson, it
says, "The prophecy regarding
00:24:38.94\00:24:41.54
the mark of the beast is
about religious intolerance,
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.18
an economic boycott,
00:24:44.21\00:24:46.01
persecution, and
eventually a death decree. "
00:24:46.05\00:24:49.68
But notice, he says,
00:24:49.72\00:24:51.19
"Surprisingly, it is also
a message of encouragement.
00:24:51.22\00:24:54.29
Even in the worst of times,
00:24:54.32\00:24:56.83
God will sustain His people
00:24:56.89\00:24:59.33
who 'keep the
commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus. '
00:25:02.30\00:25:04.27
Revelation 14:12.
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.63
And among those
commandments, of course,
00:25:05.67\00:25:08.14
is the fourth commandment...
00:25:08.17\00:25:09.64
the seventh-day...
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I mean, the seventh
day which is the Sabbath. "
00:25:11.24\00:25:13.51
The Commandment Number 4.
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So, we encourage you to consider
00:25:15.98\00:25:18.31
that this message is
also an encouraging message
00:25:18.38\00:25:21.72
because there is a
group of faithful people,
00:25:21.75\00:25:25.39
who will face what
Revelation 13 brings out
00:25:25.42\00:25:29.02
while the majority of the people
are going along with the plan...
00:25:29.06\00:25:33.09
along with what
this beast brings out...
00:25:33.13\00:25:36.60
there's a group of
people being faithful to God.
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.73
Revelation
chapter 12 verse 17 says,
00:25:39.77\00:25:41.97
"And the dragon was wroth
or enraged with the woman,
00:25:42.00\00:25:47.11
and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,"
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.55
or the remnant...
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"who keep the
commandments of God
00:25:51.95\00:25:53.28
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
00:25:53.31\00:25:55.68
And yes, as you've heard before,
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.39
this is here a prophecy and
a woman represents a church.
00:25:57.42\00:26:01.69
This is a good church...
these are faithful people
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.86
and I ask you the question,
00:26:03.93\00:26:05.26
"Why is the devil enraged
00:26:05.29\00:26:09.30
or has this wrath
against this woman?"
00:26:09.33\00:26:11.90
And it's interesting the
characteristics you see here.
00:26:11.93\00:26:14.60
They have... they keep
the commandments of God
00:26:14.64\00:26:18.07
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.18
So, obviously, the devil
doesn't like for people to keep
00:26:20.21\00:26:23.98
the commandments of God.
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Let's continue reading in
Revelation chapter 14 now,
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we go to verses 9 through 12,
00:26:30.49\00:26:31.82
this is the
third angel's message.
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Let's read that
to get some context
00:26:34.22\00:26:36.49
because we're going to
talk a little bit about
00:26:36.52\00:26:38.09
Revelation chapter 14.
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.89
It says in verse 9,
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.66
"Then a third
angel followed them,
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saying with a loud voice,
00:26:44.17\00:26:45.50
'If anyone worships
the beast and his image,
00:26:45.53\00:26:49.40
and receives his mark on
his forehead or in his hand,
00:26:49.44\00:26:54.74
he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured out
full-strength into the cup of
00:26:59.58\00:27:04.39
His indignation. He shall
be tormented with fire and
00:27:04.42\00:27:07.19
brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels
00:27:07.22\00:27:09.06
and in the presence of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever;
00:27:10.89\00:27:14.63
and they have no
rest day or night,
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.73
who worship the
beast and his image,
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.80
and whoever receives
the mark of his name. '"
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Notice again,
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"Here is the
patience of the saints;
00:27:24.01\00:27:27.04
here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. "
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Why is this verse 12 there
in the midst of this description
00:27:32.21\00:27:36.92
about the wine
of the wrath of God
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and then it says
00:27:40.79\00:27:42.29
that those who receive
the mark in his forehead.
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Look at verse 9
and look at verse 12...
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compare them
because there is there
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a contrast being presented.
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Those that receive the mark
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are following
along with Satan's plan
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.50
going along with the plan of the
false Sabbath that's presented
00:27:56.60\00:28:02.58
by this beast
00:28:02.61\00:28:03.95
but there in contrast
is verse 12 that says,
00:28:03.98\00:28:07.78
"Here's the
patience of the saints... "
00:28:07.82\00:28:09.42
those are the
faithful of the Lord...
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"are those who keep
the commandments of God
00:28:11.02\00:28:13.82
and the faith of Jesus. "
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.19
This is a very clear
message, you know, we see it
00:28:15.22\00:28:17.29
and we study it and
we understand it as clear
00:28:17.33\00:28:19.49
but perhaps to some
of you, it's not clear.
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.60
So, we try to highlight
these things for your benefit
00:28:21.66\00:28:25.07
but please
consider this and study this
00:28:25.10\00:28:27.64
because it is a
message for us living today.
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I read to you from The
Great Controversy which...
00:28:31.41\00:28:36.01
The Great Controversy written
by Ellen G. White, page 50
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.78
and this is a very
enlightening message.
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It says, "This
compromise between paganism
00:28:43.92\00:28:47.99
and Christianity resulted in the
development of the 'man of sin'
00:28:48.02\00:28:53.13
foretold in prophecy as opposing
00:28:53.16\00:28:55.96
and exalting himself above God.
00:28:56.00\00:28:58.73
That gigantic
system of false religion
00:28:58.77\00:29:02.57
is a masterpiece
of Satan's power...
00:29:02.60\00:29:06.37
a monument of his
efforts to seat himself
00:29:06.41\00:29:09.84
upon the throne of God... "
00:29:09.88\00:29:13.11
upon the throne of the
earth actually, it says here,
00:29:13.15\00:29:15.62
"according to his will. "
00:29:15.68\00:29:17.39
He wants to be in control.
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.02
He wants worship and that's
why he's pushing this agenda
00:29:19.05\00:29:23.99
and has been pushing
it for many, many years.
00:29:24.03\00:29:26.39
He wants worship.
00:29:26.43\00:29:28.70
And there's this worship in
contrast to God's worship...
00:29:28.73\00:29:33.23
he wants people
to worship his way.
00:29:33.27\00:29:35.90
2nd Thessalonians
chapter 3, chapter 2...
00:29:35.94\00:29:39.37
chapter 2 actually verse 3,
00:29:39.44\00:29:41.91
it says, "Let no one
deceive you by any means;
00:29:41.94\00:29:43.75
for that Day will not come
00:29:43.78\00:29:45.35
unless the
falling away comes first,
00:29:45.38\00:29:47.95
and the man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition. "
00:29:47.98\00:29:52.45
What does he do? Verse 4 says,
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.79
"he opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God
00:29:54.82\00:29:59.29
or that is worshiped,
00:29:59.33\00:30:00.80
so that he sits as
God in the temple of God,
00:30:00.83\00:30:05.13
showing himself
that he is God. "
00:30:05.17\00:30:06.67
This is showing us that this
is a religio-political power...
00:30:06.70\00:30:10.97
takes hold of the civil power...
00:30:11.01\00:30:13.44
wants the... the
support of the civil power
00:30:13.48\00:30:16.61
and this is... forms the beast.
00:30:16.64\00:30:18.55
It is against God...
00:30:18.61\00:30:20.45
it is a masterpiece of Satan
00:30:20.48\00:30:24.22
and the idea that it's
a religious type of system
00:30:24.29\00:30:28.29
brings people the idea,
"Oh, this is of the Lord...
00:30:28.32\00:30:32.19
look, they're using the Bible...
00:30:32.23\00:30:34.06
they're using...
they're quoting Scripture
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.30
but the doctrines
are doctrines of error...
00:30:37.37\00:30:40.54
some mixture of
truth but it's error
00:30:40.57\00:30:44.57
and we need to beware
of this Satanic delusion.
00:30:44.61\00:30:49.04
From the Lesson, it says,
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.78
"Religious persecution,
of course, is not new.
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.85
It has been around
ever since Cain killed Abel
00:30:53.88\00:30:56.85
for worshiping the way God
instructed them to worship.
00:30:56.89\00:31:00.52
See Genesis chapter
4 verses 1 through 8.
00:31:00.56\00:31:03.12
Jesus said persecution
would happen even to believers
00:31:03.16\00:31:06.83
in the first century and
down through the ages... "
00:31:06.86\00:31:10.50
and he says... he
quoted here in the Lesson,
00:31:10.53\00:31:13.74
"The time is coming," he warned,
00:31:13.77\00:31:16.81
"that whoever kills you
00:31:16.84\00:31:18.37
will think that he
offers God service. "
00:31:18.41\00:31:22.81
So, there's a group of people...
even other religious systems
00:31:22.84\00:31:27.32
and this is the dangerous part
00:31:27.35\00:31:29.48
because they... they
have a form of godliness
00:31:29.55\00:31:32.99
but they're
following Satan's way
00:31:33.02\00:31:36.09
disguised with
the religious garb
00:31:36.12\00:31:39.13
that sounds holy, just, and good
00:31:39.16\00:31:42.60
but it is a... it's a
deception that is a masterpiece
00:31:42.63\00:31:47.00
and that's why it's so important
to read and understand...
00:31:47.04\00:31:50.21
study the three
angels' messages.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.57
We praise the Lord that this
is the topic of this Quarterly.
00:31:52.61\00:31:55.91
We bring to you
the question presented
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.18
in this Sabbath School Lesson.
00:31:58.21\00:31:59.55
"What will God's end-time people
face in the final crisis?"
00:31:59.58\00:32:02.88
Now we move to Revelation 13.
00:32:02.92\00:32:06.19
We're reading
verses 15 through 17.
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.12
It says, "He was granted power
00:32:09.19\00:32:12.03
to give breath to
the image of the beast,
00:32:12.06\00:32:14.66
that the image of the beast
00:32:14.70\00:32:17.23
should both speak and cause
00:32:17.27\00:32:19.70
as many as would not
worship the image of the beast
00:32:19.73\00:32:22.57
to be killed. "
00:32:22.60\00:32:23.94
Notice that this verse implies
00:32:23.97\00:32:26.17
that this power is
creating laws... regulations
00:32:26.21\00:32:31.55
for people to follow.
00:32:31.58\00:32:32.91
"He speaks and causes
00:32:32.95\00:32:34.28
that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast
00:32:34.32\00:32:36.95
should be killed there. "
00:32:36.99\00:32:38.32
So, there's going
to be laws that say,
00:32:38.35\00:32:40.32
"If you don't worship
this way, you will be killed. "
00:32:40.36\00:32:42.96
And notice verse 16,
00:32:42.99\00:32:44.66
"He causes all,
both small and great,
00:32:44.69\00:32:46.90
rich and poor,
00:32:46.96\00:32:48.56
free and bond...
free and slave... "
00:32:48.60\00:32:50.50
accustomed to the
King James Version,
00:32:50.53\00:32:52.77
to receive a mark
on their right hand
00:32:52.83\00:32:55.00
or on their foreheads. "
00:32:55.07\00:32:56.40
You're going to
hear more about this
00:32:56.44\00:32:57.77
in the next week's lesson
but just need to quote it here.
00:32:57.81\00:33:01.48
And notice verse 17, "And
that no one may buy or sell
00:33:01.51\00:33:05.41
except one who has the
mark or the name of the beast,
00:33:05.45\00:33:09.28
or the number of his name. "
00:33:09.32\00:33:11.19
So, these are
the characteristics
00:33:11.22\00:33:13.52
of the law that
will come upon the land
00:33:13.56\00:33:17.29
and the world
00:33:17.33\00:33:19.13
because he causes all...
all both small and great,
00:33:19.16\00:33:22.20
rich and poor...
and it's... it's a...
00:33:22.23\00:33:24.30
it's a time of conflict...
00:33:24.33\00:33:27.94
it is a time of
test for the world
00:33:27.97\00:33:31.07
so, what will you do?
00:33:31.11\00:33:33.07
Will you be
prepared to face this?
00:33:33.11\00:33:35.34
Now, I know we can
face this with fear
00:33:35.38\00:33:37.51
but we need to face
it trusting in Jesus...
00:33:37.55\00:33:40.05
you can hear about
that as we go along.
00:33:40.08\00:33:42.58
And I believe
the time has come...
00:33:42.62\00:33:46.29
if it has not come
already, it's going to come soon
00:33:46.32\00:33:49.26
that to preach a
message of peace and safety
00:33:49.29\00:33:52.43
will be a
message from the devil.
00:33:52.46\00:33:54.83
We can have peace
and safety in Jesus
00:33:54.86\00:33:57.17
but to say we have
peace and safety in society
00:33:57.20\00:34:00.14
will be a false message.
00:34:00.17\00:34:03.00
You see, this is about:
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.77
you will reap what you sow
00:34:05.81\00:34:08.51
and the lesson brings out
that the devil is preparing
00:34:08.54\00:34:11.48
"Professed Christians"
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.11
by compromises in their lives
to receive the Mark of the Beast
00:34:13.15\00:34:18.55
when the final test
comes upon us in the future.
00:34:18.59\00:34:21.42
So, people have made decisions
that are lining them up
00:34:21.46\00:34:26.23
to take the Mark of the Beast.
00:34:26.26\00:34:27.63
We need to stop and
take a look at our lives...
00:34:27.66\00:34:31.43
take a look at what we're doing.
00:34:31.47\00:34:33.40
Are we identifying with God
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.30
or are we
identifying with the devil?
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.14
Be very careful because he has
a blending of truth and error...
00:34:38.17\00:34:42.94
let's stick with the truth.
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.68
Panel: Amen.
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.05
Ryan: Amen, amen, thank
you Pastor Dinzey so much.
00:34:46.08\00:34:47.68
Pastor James... Sister Jill...
00:34:47.72\00:34:49.38
thank you so much for all
that you guys have presented.
00:34:49.42\00:34:51.39
My Friends, we're going
to be jumping into Revelation
00:34:51.45\00:34:53.39
chapter 13, my name is Ryan Day
00:34:53.42\00:34:55.42
and we're going to be covering
Wednesday's lesson entitled:
00:34:55.46\00:34:58.43
Those Who Follow the Lamb.
00:34:58.46\00:35:00.53
We're going to be
looking at a contrasting view
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.03
of these two major
systems in the last days...
00:35:03.06\00:35:05.53
in the last days...
the two major groups
00:35:05.57\00:35:07.80
and each and every
one of us have a choice.
00:35:07.84\00:35:10.04
God does not force us,
00:35:10.07\00:35:11.84
He does not bring about
enforcing His will on ours...
00:35:11.87\00:35:15.34
it's our choice to
decide which part of...
00:35:15.38\00:35:17.91
which group we decide
we want to be a part of,
00:35:17.95\00:35:20.38
which... ultimately in
the last days, which person...
00:35:20.42\00:35:23.45
or which ultimate
power we're going to serve.
00:35:23.49\00:35:26.25
So, we're in
Revelation chapter 13
00:35:26.29\00:35:28.36
and I'm going to be
speaking in verse 1,
00:35:28.39\00:35:30.93
we're going to read through
probably the first eight verses
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.66
and then we're going to
bring some points about...
00:35:33.70\00:35:35.53
through this, so,
Revelation chapter 13,
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.27
I'm just going
to read through it
00:35:37.30\00:35:38.63
and then we're going to
backtrack and make some points.
00:35:38.67\00:35:40.30
So, Revelation
chapter 13 verse 1 says,
00:35:40.34\00:35:42.14
"Then I stood upon
the sand of the sea,
00:35:42.17\00:35:43.91
and I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,
00:35:43.94\00:35:46.57
having seven
heads and ten horns,
00:35:46.61\00:35:49.04
and on his horns ten crowns,
00:35:49.08\00:35:50.88
and on his heads
a blasphemous name.
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.62
Now the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
00:35:53.65\00:35:56.22
his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
00:35:56.28\00:35:58.49
and his mouth like
the mouth of a lion.
00:35:58.52\00:36:00.72
The dragon gave him his power,
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.82
his throne, and great authority.
00:36:02.89\00:36:04.89
And I saw one of his heads as
if it had been mortally wounded,
00:36:04.93\00:36:08.86
and his deadly wound was healed.
00:36:08.93\00:36:11.00
And all the world
marveled and followed the beast.
00:36:11.03\00:36:13.64
So they worshiped the dragon
00:36:13.67\00:36:15.34
who gave authority to the beast;
00:36:15.37\00:36:16.87
and they worshiped the beast,
00:36:16.91\00:36:18.51
saying, 'Who is like the beast?
00:36:18.54\00:36:20.34
Who is able to
make war with him?'
00:36:20.38\00:36:22.14
And he was given a mouth
00:36:22.18\00:36:24.15
speaking great
things and blasphemies,
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.31
and he was given
authority to continue
00:36:26.35\00:36:28.45
for forty-two months.
00:36:28.48\00:36:30.29
Then he opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God,
00:36:30.32\00:36:33.52
to blaspheme His
name, His tabernacle,
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.99
and those who dwell in heaven.
00:36:36.02\00:36:38.03
It was granted to him
to make war with the saints
00:36:38.06\00:36:40.70
and to overcome them.
00:36:40.73\00:36:42.06
And authority was
given him over every tribe,
00:36:42.10\00:36:44.33
tongue, and nation.
00:36:44.37\00:36:46.10
All who dwell on the
earth will worship him,
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.90
whose names
have not been written
00:36:48.94\00:36:50.94
in the Book of
Life of the Lamb slain
00:36:50.97\00:36:53.68
from the
foundation of the world. "
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.38
We read those verses because
00:36:56.44\00:36:58.41
we have studied in great detail
this... this Babylon System,
00:36:58.45\00:37:02.15
this mystery Babylon
the... the mother of harlots.
00:37:02.18\00:37:04.99
Mystery Babylon the
great... the mother of harlots
00:37:05.02\00:37:07.76
and, of course, what we find
when we study Bible prophecy is
00:37:07.79\00:37:10.43
that same Little Horn
from Daniel chapters 7 and 8,
00:37:10.46\00:37:13.19
the same System right
here in Revelation chapter 13,
00:37:13.23\00:37:15.90
the first beast
00:37:15.96\00:37:17.30
and, of course, that
harlot system of Revelation
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.17
chapter 17, this is that
great Antichrist Babylon System
00:37:19.20\00:37:23.81
that is at war against God...
00:37:23.84\00:37:25.84
that the devil himself is
using to bring war against God,
00:37:25.87\00:37:29.81
there's just simply
six clear identifications
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.68
that I wanted
to bring from this,
00:37:32.71\00:37:34.15
just so we're clear on
this because we're talking about
00:37:34.18\00:37:36.25
the... the Seal of
God... the Mark of the Beast
00:37:36.28\00:37:38.05
and many people
have these crazy ideas
00:37:38.12\00:37:39.85
about what the
Mark of the Beast is,
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.59
and they don't stop to
really ask themselves what it is
00:37:41.62\00:37:44.46
that they're studying
00:37:44.49\00:37:45.83
or what it is that
they're trying to identify
00:37:45.86\00:37:47.20
in identifying
the Mark of the Beast.
00:37:47.23\00:37:48.86
First of all, you have
to know who the beast is
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.63
before you can identify
who... what that mark is
00:37:51.67\00:37:54.34
because it's the mark of the
beast and not just any beast,
00:37:54.37\00:37:58.67
it's the first
beast of Revelation 13
00:37:58.71\00:38:00.64
which we just read
about in those eight verses.
00:38:00.68\00:38:03.08
Really quickly, six
clear identifications...
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.45
I'm just going to make
reference to the verses...
00:38:05.48\00:38:07.15
you can go back and watch
this again on 3ABN plus or...
00:38:07.18\00:38:10.19
or right there on
YouTube to get a...
00:38:10.22\00:38:11.99
just to go back to and
see these identifications
00:38:12.02\00:38:13.72
and match them with the verses,
00:38:13.76\00:38:15.29
but the very first
identification we see is
00:38:15.32\00:38:17.13
that this very first beast is...
is coming up out of the sea.
00:38:17.16\00:38:20.50
First of all, let's clarify,
00:38:20.53\00:38:21.86
what is a beast
in... in Bible prophecy?
00:38:21.90\00:38:23.43
According to Daniel chapter 7,
we know that a beast represents
00:38:23.47\00:38:26.30
a great empire... a kingdom...
00:38:26.33\00:38:28.20
a significant worldly
power that is... in this case
00:38:28.24\00:38:31.17
dominating the world.
00:38:31.21\00:38:32.54
And so, in this case,
00:38:32.57\00:38:33.91
we find that it's
coming up out of the sea.
00:38:33.94\00:38:35.51
We know the sea... according
to Revelation 17 verse 15
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.48
represents a large
mass populated area.
00:38:38.51\00:38:41.95
So, this beast is rising
among a large populated region
00:38:41.98\00:38:46.02
of the earth in which the people
are seemingly giving it its
00:38:46.05\00:38:48.96
power as it is rising
up and begins to dominate
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.49
in a very mass-populated
area and we see that in verse 1.
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.56
Our second identification
is that this is a blasphemous
00:38:54.60\00:38:58.17
power. We don't see this once...
not twice but three times
00:38:58.20\00:39:01.07
in the same passage in
verse 1, verse 5, and verse 6,
00:39:01.10\00:39:03.77
God wants us to know...
"This System is not of Me.
00:39:03.81\00:39:06.44
This is a blasphemous power.
00:39:06.47\00:39:07.84
It's blaspheming My name...
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.21
it's blaspheming My tabernacle,
00:39:09.24\00:39:10.88
it's blaspheming
what I represent... "
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.81
and we know that
blasphemy according to the Bible
00:39:12.85\00:39:15.18
is simply assuming
as a created being...
00:39:15.22\00:39:17.59
as men... when we
assume the authority of God
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.85
in the form of forgiving sins
00:39:19.89\00:39:21.39
of just simply
claiming to be God,
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.12
or going to persecute
others in the name of God,
00:39:23.19\00:39:26.19
thinking, again, as... as
is brought out clearly here
00:39:26.23\00:39:29.26
that when people persecute you
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.80
and think that
they are doing right
00:39:30.83\00:39:32.17
according to the name of God,
that's a form of blasphemy...
00:39:32.20\00:39:34.30
Paul brings that
out very clearly.
00:39:34.34\00:39:35.90
This is a blasphemous power.
00:39:35.94\00:39:37.27
Third identification...
00:39:37.31\00:39:38.64
we see that it would
reign for prophetic 42 months...
00:39:38.67\00:39:42.04
and when we do the
Math there clearly,
00:39:42.08\00:39:45.11
we see that it's a
period of 1,260 years
00:39:45.15\00:39:47.58
and we see that
clearly there in verse 5.
00:39:47.62\00:39:50.02
Also, in
verse... or excuse me...
00:39:50.05\00:39:52.05
our fourth point is that
this is a persecuting power.
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.22
It persecutes God's saints.
00:39:54.26\00:39:55.76
We see it in Daniel 7,
00:39:55.79\00:39:57.16
we see it in Revelation13,
00:39:57.19\00:39:58.53
the harlot is drunken
with the blood of the saints
00:39:58.56\00:40:00.56
in Revelation 17,
00:40:00.60\00:40:01.93
so, right here in
verse 7 of Revelation 13,
00:40:01.96\00:40:04.40
it's a persecuting power.
00:40:04.43\00:40:05.77
It's also given world dominion.
00:40:05.80\00:40:07.47
This isn't some little
mealy neely little system
00:40:07.50\00:40:09.94
on a street corner somewhere
00:40:10.01\00:40:11.44
over in... you
know, who knows where...
00:40:11.47\00:40:13.04
this is a world-dominant
power that has its hands in
00:40:13.07\00:40:16.58
everything. It has as
Revelation 17 brings out,
00:40:16.61\00:40:19.15
it has special relationships
with the leaders of the world.
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.28
It's a very, very
influential system.
00:40:22.32\00:40:24.35
We see that in verse
3... verse 4 and verse 7
00:40:24.39\00:40:27.16
of Revelation chapter 13.
00:40:27.19\00:40:28.52
And worse... the
last identification...
00:40:28.56\00:40:30.33
but not least,
00:40:30.36\00:40:31.69
there are many
more identifications
00:40:31.73\00:40:33.06
but just for the sake of
time, our sixth identification
00:40:33.09\00:40:34.80
is that... we see that
it receives a deadly wound
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.43
and that deadly
wound will be healed...
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.33
hasn't yet... but
it's on its way there.
00:40:39.37\00:40:41.34
But we see that its
deadly wound is given
00:40:41.37\00:40:43.34
according to verse 3,
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.71
and if you look
that up historically
00:40:44.74\00:40:46.07
and you study it accordingly,
00:40:46.11\00:40:47.44
that deadly wound was
given none other than 1798
00:40:47.48\00:40:50.95
exactly at the close
of that 1260-year period.
00:40:51.01\00:40:54.72
My Friends,
there's only one power
00:40:54.75\00:40:57.49
of earthly authority
00:40:57.52\00:40:59.09
that can fit the
biblical description
00:40:59.15\00:41:01.02
and it's none other than the
Roman-Papal-Church-State Power.
00:41:01.06\00:41:03.96
Now, we go through all
of that to make this point
00:41:03.99\00:41:05.99
because if you look back
at the point that's made here
00:41:06.03\00:41:09.43
in the... in the Lesson it's
asking who's behind this power?
00:41:09.46\00:41:13.64
We... we see this power is just,
00:41:13.67\00:41:16.00
I mean, it's got
it's hands in everything,
00:41:16.04\00:41:17.41
it's influencing the world
00:41:17.44\00:41:18.77
but Revelation 13
verse 2 makes it clear
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.78
that the dragon
is behind this power
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.91
and who is the dragon?
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.28
We need not wonder,
00:41:24.31\00:41:25.65
we need not guess
who this dragon is
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.02
because, the previous
chapter, Revelation 12
00:41:27.05\00:41:28.68
as well as Revelation
chapter 20 makes it very clear
00:41:28.72\00:41:31.69
that this dragon is none
other than the devil himself
00:41:31.72\00:41:34.26
and you might say, "Well,
why doesn't the devil just come
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.16
and do his work alone?"
00:41:36.19\00:41:37.53
Well, of course,
the devil wants worship
00:41:37.56\00:41:38.96
but he's not going to show up...
00:41:38.99\00:41:40.53
he is
eventually going to show up
00:41:40.56\00:41:42.03
but he's not going to reveal
himself to the world and say,
00:41:42.06\00:41:43.97
"Hi, I'm Lucifer...
the devil and Satan...
00:41:44.00\00:41:45.33
come, bow down and worship me. "
00:41:45.37\00:41:46.80
He knows he's not going
to receive worship that way.
00:41:46.84\00:41:48.90
So, how does he do it?
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.27
He does it by what's called
worship by representation.
00:41:50.31\00:41:52.44
He deceives the world.
00:41:52.47\00:41:53.81
He finds him a front man,
00:41:53.84\00:41:55.18
in this case, this Antichrist
religious political system...
00:41:55.21\00:41:58.05
the Papal System.
00:41:58.08\00:41:59.41
He sets up his front
man, he props them up.
00:41:59.45\00:42:00.85
He gives his power...
his seat and his authority
00:42:00.88\00:42:03.32
to this System
00:42:03.35\00:42:04.69
and then we read in the
Scripture Revelation chapter 13
00:42:04.72\00:42:08.19
verse 3... the latter
part... what does it say?
00:42:08.22\00:42:10.29
"And all the world marveled
and followed the beast. "
00:42:10.33\00:42:14.10
They even come to the
point of worshiping the System
00:42:14.16\00:42:16.83
because the devil deceives
the world into believing
00:42:16.87\00:42:19.50
that this
System... his front man...
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.57
his System... his...
his Papal Leadership,
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.01
his... his Pope...
this Antichrist System
00:42:24.04\00:42:26.37
that it serves their
best religious interest
00:42:26.41\00:42:28.71
and their best civil interest
00:42:28.74\00:42:30.25
so that all the world
gives their allegiance...
00:42:30.31\00:42:32.65
their respect...
their... their... their support
00:42:32.71\00:42:35.02
to this System
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.42
and ultimately we see a contrast
in the book of Revelation
00:42:36.45\00:42:39.39
and that's the
point of this message.
00:42:39.45\00:42:41.26
It's called: those
who follow the Lamb
00:42:41.29\00:42:43.06
because when you get
a glimpse and a picture
00:42:43.09\00:42:45.03
of what's
happening in Revelation 13,
00:42:45.09\00:42:47.20
my friends... please
don't miss this point.
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.96
Bible prophecy predicts
00:42:49.00\00:42:51.13
that the vast majority of
the world in the last days
00:42:51.17\00:42:54.14
will follow the beast.
00:42:54.17\00:42:55.94
Panel: Hmmm...
00:42:55.97\00:42:57.31
Ryan: The vast majority
of the world in the last days
00:42:57.34\00:42:59.71
will worship the beast.
00:42:59.74\00:43:01.34
And you might be
sitting here tonight
00:43:01.38\00:43:02.84
or today or
wherever you are and say,
00:43:02.88\00:43:04.31
"Ah, you know, praise the Lord
00:43:04.35\00:43:05.68
that I'm not going
to worship that beast. "
00:43:05.71\00:43:07.05
My Friends, let me
tell you something,
00:43:07.08\00:43:08.42
if you are not 100 percent
grounded in Jesus Christ,
00:43:08.45\00:43:11.19
and you have not
staked your faith
00:43:11.22\00:43:12.59
and put your life in
the hands of the Savior,
00:43:12.62\00:43:15.66
then, you know what?
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
We're told that the
Spirit of God is being withdrawn
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.69
from this planet
day by day by day by day
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.76
and one day, if you're not
sealed with the Holy Spirit,
00:43:20.80\00:43:23.73
the devil's spirit is going
to have full reign in your life
00:43:23.77\00:43:26.67
and then, when that happens,
00:43:26.70\00:43:28.04
where will your
allegiance going to be then?
00:43:28.07\00:43:29.50
Panel: Hmmm...
00:43:29.54\00:43:30.87
Ryan: I don't
say that to scare...
00:43:30.91\00:43:32.24
I simply bring about
the reality of the fact
00:43:32.27\00:43:33.84
that there are those...
00:43:33.88\00:43:35.21
it's a very small
minority according to Scripture,
00:43:35.24\00:43:37.08
it's a very small group...
00:43:37.11\00:43:38.61
Jesus calls it the little flock.
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.18
It's that remnant that
keeps the commandments of God
00:43:40.22\00:43:43.49
and has the testimony of Jesus.
00:43:43.52\00:43:45.15
Has the faith of Jesus
as brought out very clearly
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.79
by Pastor James.
00:43:47.82\00:43:49.16
We see it there in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 4, it says,
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.39
"These are the ones who
were not defiled with women,
00:43:51.43\00:43:55.23
for they are virgins.
00:43:55.26\00:43:56.63
These are the ones who follow
the Lamb wherever He goes. "
00:43:56.67\00:44:01.10
That clear... where are you?
00:44:01.14\00:44:02.90
It comes down to really
two groups in the end...
00:44:02.97\00:44:04.84
there's no middle ground...
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.21
there's no third, you know,
straddling-the-fence option,
00:44:06.24\00:44:09.08
it comes down to you are
either a sheep or a goat.
00:44:09.11\00:44:11.41
You are either a part
of the wheat or the tares.
00:44:11.45\00:44:13.98
You are either a part
of those who are obedient
00:44:14.02\00:44:16.82
or those who are
self-righteous and serve self.
00:44:16.85\00:44:19.59
You're... you're a part of those
who serve God with humility
00:44:19.62\00:44:22.76
or you are part of those
who self-destruct with pride
00:44:22.79\00:44:26.03
at the end of the day
00:44:26.06\00:44:27.40
but really, it
all comes down to this
00:44:27.43\00:44:28.76
according to the
book of Revelation.
00:44:28.80\00:44:30.13
It comes down to
either you worship the Creator
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.73
or you worship the created.
00:44:32.77\00:44:34.40
Panel: Hmmm... that's true.
00:44:34.44\00:44:36.20
Ryan: Where is your allegiance?
00:44:36.24\00:44:37.91
Are you among
those who follow the Lamb
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.28
or will you be among those
who ultimately end up thinking
00:44:40.31\00:44:43.41
that they know
more than the Lamb...
00:44:43.45\00:44:45.01
that they know
better than the Lamb...
00:44:45.05\00:44:46.55
that their works...
their deeds... their belief...
00:44:46.58\00:44:48.95
their faith is better
than that of the Lamb.
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.22
My Friends, it's not too late,
give your heart to Jesus now.
00:44:51.25\00:44:54.52
Get into His Word and
prepare to be among those
00:44:54.56\00:44:57.13
who follow the
Lamb wherever He goes.
00:44:57.16\00:44:59.89
Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.26
Perrin: Thank you,
Ryan and each one of you.
00:45:01.30\00:45:03.13
The Lesson is tied
together to do one thing
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.93
and that is what
Revelation began with...
00:45:05.97\00:45:08.44
to lift up and
point to Jesus Christ
00:45:08.47\00:45:10.87
as it's His revelation...
the revelation of Jesus Christ.
00:45:10.91\00:45:14.11
I'm Daniel Perrin and
I have Thursday's Lesson:
00:45:14.14\00:45:17.08
Jesus Our Only Mediator
00:45:17.11\00:45:19.48
and I liked each one of those
words: Jesus Only Mediator...
00:45:19.51\00:45:23.79
God does not work the
way we as humans might work,
00:45:23.82\00:45:27.09
"I'll give you three doors
00:45:27.12\00:45:28.56
and you see if you can
pick the right one... "
00:45:28.59\00:45:30.29
He gives us one way and
He makes it abundantly clear.
00:45:30.33\00:45:34.06
I take you back to Genesis 28
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.87
and all through
the Old Testament,
00:45:36.90\00:45:38.53
we find Jesus the only Mediator.
00:45:38.57\00:45:40.14
There's not a place we can
look in the older testament
00:45:40.17\00:45:43.41
where we don't find
Jesus as our only Mediator
00:45:43.44\00:45:47.34
but in Genesis 28...
Jacob... he knows his sin.
00:45:47.38\00:45:51.25
He is on the run.
00:45:51.28\00:45:53.21
He's running from his family...
00:45:53.25\00:45:55.08
from a brother who he
presumes is out to kill him
00:45:55.12\00:45:58.42
because he has deceived him,
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.92
he knows he's sinned against God
00:45:59.95\00:46:01.92
and in torment of
soul realizing what...
00:46:01.96\00:46:06.33
what's happened with the
distance now between him and
00:46:06.36\00:46:08.86
God, he lays himself down
to sleep... a fitful sleep
00:46:08.90\00:46:12.00
and God reveals to
him through a dream...
00:46:12.03\00:46:14.34
verse 12 says, "Then he dreamed,
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.57
and behold, a ladder
was set up on the earth,
00:46:16.60\00:46:20.08
and its top
reached to heaven... "
00:46:20.11\00:46:21.94
that's good news...
00:46:22.01\00:46:23.35
"and there the angels of God
00:46:23.38\00:46:24.78
were ascending and
descending on it. "
00:46:24.81\00:46:28.12
This is not a
ladder of his own making,
00:46:28.15\00:46:30.35
not something of
his own construction,
00:46:30.39\00:46:32.52
not from his own goodness,
00:46:32.55\00:46:33.89
not from his own worthiness,
00:46:33.92\00:46:35.26
but God Himself
reveals this ladder.
00:46:35.29\00:46:37.86
What is this ladder?
00:46:37.89\00:46:39.29
When Jesus comes...
there in John chapter 1,
00:46:39.33\00:46:42.46
speaking to Nathaniel
who becomes his disciple,
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.23
I believe it was Nathaniel,
00:46:45.27\00:46:46.60
verse 51 of John 1,
00:46:46.63\00:46:48.24
"And Jesus said to him,
00:46:48.27\00:46:49.94
'Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:46:49.97\00:46:52.64
hereafter you
shall see heaven open,
00:46:52.67\00:46:55.48
and the angels of God
ascending and descending
00:46:55.51\00:46:59.21
on the Son of Man. "
00:46:59.25\00:47:01.18
That ladder that goes
all the way up to heaven
00:47:01.22\00:47:03.99
and rests right
down on the earth
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.85
right where the sinner
sleeps... that is Jesus Himself
00:47:05.89\00:47:09.22
and it's the only ladder...
there's not another one
00:47:09.26\00:47:12.53
and this is the ladder upon
which angels come down to earth
00:47:12.56\00:47:16.33
and so, when we see an
angel coming from heaven
00:47:16.36\00:47:19.10
with the Seal of God.
00:47:19.13\00:47:20.47
The Seal of God is
not manufactured on earth.
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.77
It comes from
God's very presence
00:47:22.80\00:47:25.04
and it comes through Jesus.
00:47:25.07\00:47:27.38
We don't receive the Seal
of God through any other means.
00:47:27.41\00:47:30.51
I want to read to you
just one sentence here from
00:47:30.55\00:47:33.31
Sons and
Daughters of God, page 25...
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.95
the reference actually comes
from the Youth's Instructor
00:47:35.98\00:47:39.05
but it says this,
00:47:39.09\00:47:40.49
"Jesus encircles man
with His long human arm
00:47:40.52\00:47:45.09
while with His divine arm,
He lays hold of Omnipotence. "
00:47:45.16\00:47:49.56
That's a
picture to keep in mind.
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.23
All right, Jesus who
is... as Hebrews 2:17,
00:47:51.27\00:47:55.40
"Therefore, in all things He
was made like His brethren... "
00:47:55.44\00:47:58.41
He can hold His arm
around us completely
00:47:58.44\00:48:01.68
because He's one of us.
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.24
And then, Hebrews 4:14,
00:48:03.28\00:48:04.78
"Seeing then that we
have a great High Priest
00:48:04.81\00:48:06.82
who has passed
through the heavens,
00:48:06.85\00:48:08.72
Jesus the Son of God... "
00:48:08.75\00:48:10.92
He alone holds us together.
00:48:10.95\00:48:13.09
He is that Mediator
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.52
and we don't need to
think that Jesus is the Mediator
00:48:14.56\00:48:18.43
in the terms of... He is
coming to God who is against us
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.56
and He's going to mediate
with God who is against us.
00:48:21.60\00:48:24.60
No, He tells us in John 16:27,
the Father Himself loves you
00:48:24.63\00:48:29.67
and if you've seen Me,
you've seen the Father.
00:48:29.70\00:48:32.44
But in John 14
verse 6, Jesus says,
00:48:32.47\00:48:35.81
"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
00:48:35.84\00:48:38.88
You don't come to the
Father by any other means
00:48:38.91\00:48:40.92
except through Me. "
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.58
And so, what we do is
we grab hold of the ladder
00:48:42.65\00:48:44.75
right where we are
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.12
and we see that
in the sanctuary too
00:48:46.15\00:48:47.86
as each of those items of
furniture representing Jesus...
00:48:47.89\00:48:50.73
they sat right down
there on the soil...
00:48:50.76\00:48:52.69
right down there in
the sands in the dirt...
00:48:52.76\00:48:54.70
right where sinners walk
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.10
and not descend into
some high place to find Him.
00:48:56.13\00:48:59.03
Well, along with every truth,
we know there comes a lie.
00:48:59.07\00:49:03.27
Revelation 13:4 and 5... 5
and 6, we've already heard this
00:49:03.30\00:49:07.08
and that word that you
referenced, Ryan, blasphemy...
00:49:07.11\00:49:09.94
blasphemy... blasphemy...
00:49:09.98\00:49:11.55
blasphemy is... is not an
attack of physical violence.
00:49:11.58\00:49:15.45
Blasphemy is
words... it's claims...
00:49:15.48\00:49:18.59
it's deceit that convinces...
00:49:18.62\00:49:21.16
that calls attention
away... that re-writes the truth
00:49:21.22\00:49:24.06
and it's no small thing
I want to share with you
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.63
what the Bible
says about blasphemy...
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.20
John 10:32 and 33,
00:49:28.23\00:49:30.63
Jesus answered them,
00:49:30.67\00:49:32.17
it says, "Many good works I
have shown you from My Father.
00:49:32.20\00:49:34.90
For which of
these do you stone Me?"
00:49:34.94\00:49:36.64
And they said,
"Not for any good works
00:49:36.67\00:49:38.37
but because you who are a man
00:49:38.41\00:49:40.28
claim to be God. "
00:49:40.31\00:49:41.64
You who are low
established Yourself up high.
00:49:41.68\00:49:44.55
Now, Jesus was Himself, God.
00:49:44.58\00:49:46.21
Matthew 12 verses 34 and 31,
Jesus has just cast out a demon
00:49:46.25\00:49:51.45
and the Pharisees...
the religious leaders
00:49:51.49\00:49:53.52
claim that it's by the
power of Satan that He did that.
00:49:53.56\00:49:56.42
So, in verse 31, Jesus says,
00:49:56.46\00:49:58.36
"Therefore I say to you,
00:49:58.39\00:49:59.73
every sin... every
blasphemy will be forgiven, men,
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.23
but the blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit
00:50:02.26\00:50:04.47
will not be forgiven. "
00:50:04.50\00:50:05.83
And so, here
what they've done is,
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.54
they've taken the power of God
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.17
and they've
attributed it to Satan.
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.17
So, this is what happens.
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.11
I remember in Grade School,
some situations like this,
00:50:13.17\00:50:16.95
you give something to
a... a friend of yours,
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.81
"Go put this on
the teacher's desk... "
00:50:18.85\00:50:20.18
and he throws it
in the trash can,
00:50:20.22\00:50:21.55
"Ha, ha, it's opposite day... "
00:50:21.58\00:50:22.92
well, things that are
foolish and childish there,
00:50:22.95\00:50:25.72
we cloak them in
the language of religion
00:50:25.75\00:50:28.56
and what we do through
blasphemy is we turn things
00:50:28.62\00:50:32.36
upside down...
00:50:32.39\00:50:33.73
what belongs up high, God
Himself is thrown down into the
00:50:33.76\00:50:38.40
earth and Satan and his
way established up high.
00:50:38.43\00:50:41.64
Panel: Hmmm...
00:50:41.70\00:50:43.04
Perrin: Confusion...
wrong destination...
00:50:43.07\00:50:44.41
listen to Daniel
8 verses 11 and 12,
00:50:44.44\00:50:47.01
this is that Little Horn power
once again in two phrases here.
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.91
It says, "the place
of His sanctuary... "
00:50:50.95\00:50:53.15
it says, "God's sanctuary... "
00:50:53.18\00:50:54.52
by the little horn power...
00:50:54.55\00:50:55.88
the place of His
sanctuary is cast down
00:50:55.92\00:50:58.25
and he casts truth
down to the ground.
00:50:58.29\00:51:00.76
Others have taken
what's high... God's heaven...
00:51:00.79\00:51:03.89
Jesus's heavenly
sanctuary ministry
00:51:03.93\00:51:06.36
and say it's all on earth...
00:51:06.39\00:51:07.76
it's all in the
hands of people...
00:51:07.80\00:51:09.53
it's all through your power...
00:51:09.56\00:51:10.93
it's all through the power
of priests and ministers here...
00:51:10.97\00:51:13.13
not through the power of Jesus.
00:51:13.17\00:51:14.80
Take 2nd Thessalonians 2, we've
heard this text many times,
00:51:14.84\00:51:19.01
3 and 4... "a man of
sin... the son of perdition"
00:51:19.04\00:51:21.74
verse 4, "who exalts himself
above all that is called God
00:51:21.78\00:51:25.31
and is worshiped,
00:51:25.38\00:51:26.72
He sits in the temple of God,
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.22
and shows
himself that he is God. "
00:51:28.25\00:51:30.89
He puts himself...
here's... takes what's low
00:51:30.92\00:51:33.56
and flip it
around so it's on top.
00:51:33.59\00:51:35.52
All right, now we
are to work with Jesus.
00:51:35.56\00:51:38.33
We are to cooperate with Him
00:51:38.36\00:51:39.86
but we do not take
His mediatorial work.
00:51:39.89\00:51:42.73
We bring people to
Jesus like Andrew did
00:51:42.76\00:51:45.57
and like others did.
00:51:45.63\00:51:46.97
Now, the Jews knew
what this upside down...
00:51:47.00\00:51:49.50
this was all about.
00:51:49.54\00:51:50.91
Acts 17 verses 5 and 6,
00:51:50.94\00:51:52.27
here's the Jews who...
they hear the gospel proclaimed
00:51:52.31\00:51:55.14
and listen to what they say.
00:51:55.18\00:51:56.51
They say... "These men...
" this is Paul and Silas...
00:51:56.54\00:51:58.78
"have turned the
world upside down... "
00:51:58.81\00:52:01.75
and so, they hear the truth
about God... about Jesus...
00:52:01.78\00:52:06.29
about salvation through Jesus
00:52:06.32\00:52:08.02
and they say,
"That is upside down. "
00:52:08.09\00:52:10.63
"Being futile in their
thoughts" Romans 1:21-22,
00:52:10.66\00:52:13.40
"and foolish... their
foolish hearts were darkened.
00:52:13.43\00:52:16.13
Professing to be
wise, they became fools... "
00:52:16.16\00:52:18.73
imagine, you spent a day...
of hard work... physical labor
00:52:18.77\00:52:22.94
and you come in
and you are thirsty,
00:52:22.97\00:52:24.51
"Can I have a glass of water?"
00:52:24.57\00:52:25.91
and somebody puts
a glass in your hand
00:52:25.94\00:52:27.64
and you drink back and
it's a glass full of dust.
00:52:27.68\00:52:31.25
Oh! giving the exact
opposite of what you need.
00:52:31.28\00:52:34.82
This is upside down.
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.85
All right, "Woe to
those... " Isaiah 5:20,
00:52:36.89\00:52:39.75
who call evil
good, and good evil.
00:52:39.79\00:52:42.26
Signs of blasphemy:
00:52:42.29\00:52:44.03
claiming to forgive sins...
00:52:44.06\00:52:46.03
the Jews knew this who can...
00:52:46.06\00:52:47.93
"Who are you to
speak blasphemies...
00:52:47.96\00:52:50.10
who can forgive
sins but God alone?"
00:52:50.13\00:52:52.03
Bowing down to humans...
00:52:52.07\00:52:53.94
any time we bow to humans,
00:52:53.97\00:52:55.74
in the cult of
worship where we elevate them
00:52:55.77\00:52:58.44
to some human teacher...
00:52:58.47\00:52:59.97
that we're going to follow them
regardless of what they say...
00:53:00.01\00:53:02.31
changing God's Word...
00:53:02.34\00:53:04.85
changing God's law
whether it be about the Sabbath
00:53:04.88\00:53:07.15
or creation or
death or sanctification
00:53:07.18\00:53:10.32
but let me... let me take
this a little more personally,
00:53:10.35\00:53:13.19
practically we can
turn things upside down.
00:53:13.22\00:53:16.02
Binge watching
things late into the night
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.76
but we can't get up five minutes
early to read the Scriptures...
00:53:18.79\00:53:21.20
that's upside down.
00:53:21.23\00:53:22.66
You have a thousand text
conversation with friends
00:53:22.70\00:53:25.37
throughout the world but
we can't pause to pray...
00:53:25.43\00:53:27.97
that's upside down.
00:53:28.00\00:53:29.34
Panel: Hmmm...
00:53:29.37\00:53:30.71
Perrin: Multiple
streaming services
00:53:30.74\00:53:32.07
but too tired to go to church.
00:53:32.11\00:53:33.48
We never need the
whole Word of God...
00:53:33.51\00:53:36.14
that's upside down.
00:53:36.18\00:53:37.85
We tell somebody all
about who it is who hurt us
00:53:37.88\00:53:40.92
but we never tell them
about who it is who healed us...
00:53:40.95\00:53:43.99
that's upside down.
00:53:44.02\00:53:45.45
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:53:45.49\00:53:46.86
Perrin: First Timothy 2 verse 5,
00:53:46.89\00:53:48.22
"there is one God
00:53:48.26\00:53:49.59
and one Mediator
between God and men,
00:53:49.62\00:53:51.29
the man Jesus Christ. "
00:53:51.33\00:53:52.79
But it's not enough
just to know about Him.
00:53:52.83\00:53:54.96
We got to come to Him.
00:53:55.00\00:53:56.33
Let me read this to you.
00:53:56.36\00:53:57.70
Let's see if I can
make it all the way through,
00:53:57.73\00:53:59.07
Our High Calling, page 75,
00:53:59.10\00:54:00.44
"We ascend to heaven
by climbing the ladder...
00:54:00.50\00:54:03.97
the whole height of
Christ's work... step by step.
00:54:04.01\00:54:07.41
There must be a
holding fast to Christ,
00:54:07.48\00:54:09.84
a climbing up by
the merits of Christ.
00:54:09.91\00:54:12.28
To let go is to cease to climb,
00:54:12.31\00:54:14.62
is to fall, is to perish.
00:54:14.65\00:54:16.92
We are to mount by the Mediator
00:54:16.95\00:54:19.85
and all the while to
keep hold on the Mediator,
00:54:19.89\00:54:22.76
ascending by successive steps,
00:54:22.82\00:54:25.06
round above round,
00:54:25.09\00:54:26.56
stretching the hand from
one round to the next above...
00:54:26.59\00:54:30.00
There is a fearful
peril in relaxing our efforts
00:54:30.03\00:54:32.83
in spiritual
diligence for a moment,
00:54:32.87\00:54:35.07
for we are hanging, as it
were, between heaven and earth.
00:54:35.10\00:54:38.31
We must keep the eye directed
upward to God above the ladder.
00:54:38.34\00:54:42.71
You look discouraged at the
magnitude of the work before
00:54:42.74\00:54:47.05
you. We point you to
the ladder set up on earth
00:54:47.08\00:54:50.25
reaching to the city of God.
00:54:50.29\00:54:52.45
Plant your feet on the ladder...
00:54:52.52\00:54:54.36
forsake your sins...
00:54:54.39\00:54:55.79
climb step by step and you
will reach God above the ladder
00:54:55.82\00:54:59.79
and the Holy City of God. "
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.80
That ladder is Jesus Christ.
00:55:01.83\00:55:03.73
Every bit of work
that we put forward
00:55:03.77\00:55:05.93
is only in the
power of Jesus Christ.
00:55:05.97\00:55:08.07
Thank the Lord...
00:55:08.10\00:55:09.47
thank God for
Jesus our only Mediator.
00:55:09.50\00:55:12.87
Jill: Amen, thank
you so much. Panel: Wow!
00:55:12.91\00:55:15.28
Jill: I want to plant my feet
on the ladder of Jesus Christ,
00:55:15.31\00:55:19.38
thank you, Daniel and Ryan
00:55:19.41\00:55:20.75
and Pastor
Johnny and Pastor James.
00:55:20.78\00:55:22.12
What an incredible lesson!
00:55:22.15\00:55:23.49
want to give you an
opportunity for final thoughts.
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.45
Rafferty: Powerful...
beautiful... the faith of Jesus.
00:55:26.49\00:55:28.32
If God loves us...
if God believes in us...
00:55:28.39\00:55:31.99
of God exercises faith toward us
00:55:32.03\00:55:33.73
when we don't
even believe in Him.
00:55:33.76\00:55:35.36
If God gives us light...
if God loves the world...
00:55:35.40\00:55:37.97
if God doesn't condemn us
00:55:38.03\00:55:39.37
and God promises that
He won't cast us out...
00:55:39.40\00:55:41.97
if God gives us
spiritual blessings and...
00:55:42.00\00:55:43.77
and temporal blessings,
00:55:43.81\00:55:45.17
if God pours out His...
00:55:45.21\00:55:46.54
His blessings on the
good and on the evil,
00:55:46.57\00:55:48.51
the sunshine and rain
00:55:48.54\00:55:50.08
on the just and on the unjust,
00:55:50.11\00:55:51.95
how much more will He love us
00:55:51.98\00:55:53.85
when we do
actually believe in Him?
00:55:53.88\00:55:55.72
Do not doubt God's faith,
00:55:55.75\00:55:58.05
God's love... the
faith of Jesus toward you.
00:55:58.12\00:56:01.16
Panel: Amen...
00:56:01.19\00:56:02.52
Dinzey: Amen... amen.
00:56:02.56\00:56:03.89
I want to encourage
you to study God's Word.
00:56:03.93\00:56:07.76
It is a light for our
feet and a light to our path.
00:56:07.80\00:56:11.27
God's Word... we need to read
it, understand it and live it
00:56:11.33\00:56:15.20
and God is willing to help
you understand the Scriptures
00:56:15.24\00:56:19.11
and by His grace, we
shall go through any conflict
00:56:19.14\00:56:22.24
that comes out way...
00:56:22.28\00:56:23.61
looking unto Jesus... the Author
and Finisher of our faith.
00:56:23.65\00:56:26.48
Ryan: Amen, Jesus' last
words to Jerusalem as a nation
00:56:26.51\00:56:29.65
before going to the cross...
00:56:29.68\00:56:31.12
He says, "O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:56:31.15\00:56:33.09
the one who kills the prophets
00:56:33.12\00:56:34.96
and stones those
who are sent to her!
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How often I wanted to
gather your children together,
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as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings,
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but you were not willing!"
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My friends, are we
willing to follow Jesus?
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Because if we're
willing to follow Jesus,
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then we will indeed follow
the Lamb wherever He goes.
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Don't be among those who
reject and fall into desolation
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but those who receive
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and meet Him in the
clouds when He comes.
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Panel: Amen.
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Perrin: I know Pastor
Rafferty loves Romans 10:17,
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"faith comes by hearing,
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and hearing by
the word of God. "
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You've heard the
Word of God today
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and I just invite you
when the Program closes,
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open up that Word of God
and connect again with Jesus.
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Invite the Holy
Spirit to then lead you
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to put into practice by faith
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everything that you've heard...
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everything that
Jesus has done for you.
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Jill: Amen, thank you so much.
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I want to leave
you with this verse,
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this is Revelation
chapter 22 verse 7,
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"Behold, I am coming quickly!
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Blessed is he who keeps
the words of the prophecy
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of this book. "
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We've been talking
this entire Quarter
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the prophecies of
the book of Revelation.
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Have you learned
new truths to you?
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Have you learned something
that you have not understood
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or, maybe, come to a
deeper, fuller understanding
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of the prophecies in
the book of Revelation?
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I appeal to you to study them
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and to make a choice
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to surrender your life
to the God of the Bible.
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Join us next week...
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we're going to
study the Seal of God
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and the Mark of
the Beast, Part 2.
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