I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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I'm Chris Shelton and
I'm here with my husband
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And, Pastor Kenny,
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we have a wonderful
group of people today
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and we are going
to be talking about
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"Truths that Transform."
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Are there truths that transform?
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And on our study panel today
we have Pastor John Lomacang
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Of the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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That's right. Praise the Lord.
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And he is also in charge
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of world
evangelism for 3ABN now.
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I love that, the
director of world evangelism.
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Yeah, not on
that, he is a friend.
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Praise the Lord. That's right.
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And now a neighbor. You
know, a brother in Christ.
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A neighbor. That's right.
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I mean, that's so nice
to be able to say well,
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we just don't come together
and study once in a while,
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that we can be
friends in Christ in Jesus.
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And adding a
lighthearted part to it
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and a recently tanned neighbor.
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We just went on a short
vacation there and got tanned.
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Stayed in the ocean too long.
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Yes. That's okay.
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You know, the Lord has given us
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the chance to get
some real vitamin D.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Those of us who live
here in Southern Illinois
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and I heard this report
that if you don't get enough
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vitamin D all kinds of diseases
could begin to manifest.
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So the best form of vitamin
D is the ocean on a sunny day.
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Example number
one. Thank you, Pastor.
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Can we go with you? May
we go with you next time?
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Next time you
need to come with us.
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Brother John Dinzey,
why didn't he invite us?
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I mean, that's my question now
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as I introduce you
with our other Bible panel.
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Well, I'm glad he enjoyed it,
him and his wife and daughter.
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Yes. Yes.
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A blessing to know that
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they could take
that time to refresh.
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And I'm sure they were
blessing to other people.
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But, Brother John Dinzey,
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you are the general
manager of 3ABN Latino.
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That's a big job. Mercy.
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Pastor John Dinzey
actually pastored here.
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Is it, Pastor John? Yes.
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Well, thank you
for letting me know.
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I didn't realize. Thank you.
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He got his degree
in pastoral ministry.
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Yeah. Yes.
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All right, well,
Pastor John Dinzey,
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I'm glad to know that
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because I call him Brother John.
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Such a good panel of discussing
this "Truths that Transform"
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so we are
looking forward to that.
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Oh, yes. Absolutely.
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But first we are
going to listen to a song
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as sung by Steve Darmody,
"What Can Separate You."
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His love
reached from the heavens
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To the far ends of the earth
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To give you life forever
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He left no stone unturned
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And before the birth of time
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Jesus had you on His mind
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So you never need to question
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His concern
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So what can separate you
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From the precious love of God?
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Who could ever come against
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His strong and perfect love?
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So when you're in the valley
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And your nights
are cold and lonely
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The darkest hour is just
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before the dawn
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Remember
nothing can separate you
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From God's Love
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Oh, He numbers
each and every star
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And calls them all by name
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He counts them one by one
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And sees that
they all stay in place
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So if He cares for every star
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Then He sees right where you are
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You can trust you'll never fall
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From His embrace
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So what can separate you
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From the precious love of God?
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Who could ever come against
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His strong and perfect love?
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So when you're in the valley
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And your nights
are cold and lonely
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Remember, nothing
absolutely nothing
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Remember nothing
Can separate you from
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The love of God
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How rich and pure!
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How measureless and strong!
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It shall forevermore endure
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The saints' and angels' song
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So when you're in the valley
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And your nights
Are cold and lonely
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Remember,
nothing, Absolutely nothing
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Remember
nothing Can separate you
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From God's Love
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Thank you. Praise the Lord.
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That ministered to my heart.
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I'll just tell you
right now just I'm thankful
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that nothing can separate
us from the love of God.
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And before we
get into our study,
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we are going to
bow our heads here,
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we are going to have prayer.
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Would you pray along with us?
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I know some of you are
there you got pencil and paper,
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I know you are gonna
take down some notes,
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you are gonna
write down some passages
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but I would like for
you to pray with us too.
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Open your heart
and open your mind.
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Let's pray. Shall we?
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Loving Father in Heaven,
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what a privilege to be
part of the family of God today
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and we thank You for the promise
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where two or three
are gathered together,
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You would be in our midst.
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Thank You that we
can call upon Your name
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and You said You would
hear and You would answer.
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Our prayer today is
that You would through
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the power of thy Holy Spirit
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open our hearts, open our minds.
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We pray that we
will be able to see Jesus
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in a very special way.
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We will be able
to understand truth
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and the importance of truth
and we realize You are truth.
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Bless we pray each one
who listens, who views.
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We just pray each
heart will be touched
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and lifted toward Jesus.
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May we again see you
in a special way today.
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May we fall in love
with You afresh today.
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We thank You for each one
that's here open each heart,
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each mind, each
life and may You give us
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what we need today
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and I thank You
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen.
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You know, many years ago
I was introduced in school
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to human secularism
and human secularism,
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I can't even say the word today.
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Secularism, we were taught that
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there are really
no moral absolutes
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and they would
always give an example about
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maybe you are in a storm shelter
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and the storm is coming in.
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Everyone outside of the
shelter would be destroyed
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but only those
inside will be saved.
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And there might
be room for only four
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but there maybe five
or six outside wanting in.
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So how do you choose who
comes in and who doesn't?
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So my question for us
for this study time together,
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are there moral absolutes
and how can we find out?
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where do we go
for moral absolutes?
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And I would like for
us to begin our study
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on Truths that Transform
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by reading a
verse in Hebrews 4:12.
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Okay.
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Pastor Dinzey, you
want to read that one?
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Do you have that one?
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I'm very close to
it. Very close to it.
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That sounds good.
Blessed his heart.
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You know, his phrase, I
copied that just a minute ago.
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Oh, well, you're
ready. It's beautiful passage.
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Amen. Hebrews 4:12?
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Yes, Hebrews 4:12.
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This is what the
Word of God says.
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Yes. Amen.
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"For the word of God
is quick, and powerful,
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and sharper than
any two-edged sword,
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piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit,
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and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner
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of the thoughts and
intents of the heart."
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The discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
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Are there more absolutes?
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What do you folks think?
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Well, you know, when
you read that passage
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as we were
preparing for the program
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noticed it says, "sharper
than any two-edged sword"
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and the song that Steve
Darmody was singing about
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who shall separate
us, what shall separate us
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is where it came
into my head also.
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And Paul was talking
about that to the Romans.
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He said, "Who shall separate
us from the love of God?"
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And then he
brought out some examples,
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"Shall tribulation, or distress,
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or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness,
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or peril, or the sword?"
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Well, the Word of God is sharper
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than any two-edge sword
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and I thought the Word of
God the rejection of God's word,
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the absolute truth
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was what open the door to
sin in the Garden of Eden.
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The absolute truth
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even when the
temptation of Jesus came
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in the wilderness.
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Satan quoted the word
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but left out the absolute truth.
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Yes.
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A portion of it, "he shall give
his angels charge over thee"
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he left that out to keep
"to keep thee in all thy ways."
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"Lest thou dash thy
foot against a stone"
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he just, he left
that out conveniently.
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And so if you think
about that in the sense
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that the absolute truth is
what causes the Word of God
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to be distorted for
the truth not to be seen.
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And so when we ask ourselves
that very important question
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we understand that
as they say in court,
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"Do you solemnly
swear to tell the" come on
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"truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth."
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The word singular word
truth today has been diluted,
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has been
deleted, has been delayed,
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has been denied.
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Diluted, deleted,
delayed and denied.
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It's been left to
the last of the line
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Delayed, it's been
diluted that's really,
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that doesn't mean that
been deleted what is truth.
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It's been delayed, been denied,
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we don't need the truth.
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So when we talk about
truth Jesus first of all
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to put the proper context
Jesus made it very clear.
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When you focus on
truth you cannot get
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the truth except
you get to Jesus.
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He says, "I am
the way," that what?
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"The truth and the
life." "The truth and the life."
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So you have to
begin in John 14:6
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but we have to begin with Jesus.
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But let me just
pause and say something.
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People tend to, people
tend to use that statement
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almost to make
it appear as though,
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and hear me carefully.
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Well.
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As long as you say
Jesus that's all that matters.
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That's not what that
scripture was saying.
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No.
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Because He said
"Thy word is truth."
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Not only am I the
way the truth and life
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but sanctify them through
thy truth, thy word is truth.
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I'm the truth, My
word is the truth.
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Some people say, "As
long as you have Jesus
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that's all that matters"
and they put the Word of God
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which is the
embodiment of truth aside.
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So, yes, "the
truth, the whole truth,
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nothing but the truth."
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Uplifting Jesus but
in the very same vein,
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in the very same
context exalting His word.
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And, you know, what? Amen.
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He honors His
word above His name.
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Glory.
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Well, His word is Him.
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It's a
reflection of His character.
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It's who He is. He
has given us His word.
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He said, He was the word
and the word dwelt among us.
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Yes. So what a blessing.
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To go back
truths that transform,
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how important is it
to understand truth?
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How important is
it to know truth?
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You know, we mentioned
it before in a Bible study
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that people
come up and they say,
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"oh, but the spirit
told me something else."
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The spirit in fact, in fact,
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wasn't it not just
a last couple of years
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that there was a
major church denomination
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and other people
were coming in and saying
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"We're all
uniting in the sprit."
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They are all
uniting in the spirit.
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Don't worry about the doctrines.
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Don't worry about the
different denominations
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or what the Bible teaches.
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We're all uniting in the spirit.
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How important is the truth?
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You know, the one
thing that comes in my mind
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when you think about truth,
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oh, it's vital,
it's so important.
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It's associated to
me with eternal life.
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And so I was
thinking of Matthew 19:17.
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Just a couple of verses,
need to listen real careful
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because sometime we
wonder how does this fit in
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we are talking about truth.
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But notice what it says
there, Matthew 19:16, 17.
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Says, "And,
behold, one came unto him,"
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talking of Jesus "Good Master,
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what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?"
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What a question. Yes.
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What must, and we
realize it's not of works
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but realize what must I do,
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there's
something needs to change,
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something needs to go on.
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And notice how
Jesus answers this.
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So for talking about
truth, truths that transform,
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we are talking
about eternal life.
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So notice what it says,
Jesus, "And he said unto him,
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Why callest thou me good?
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For there is none good
but one, that is God..."
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But now notice.
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"But if thou wilt
enter into life..." Do what?
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"Keep the commandments."
"Keep the commandments."
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Right.
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So is truth important
and you say what is truth?
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What may I do to,
you know, eternal life?
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Jesus said, keep
the commandments.
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Keep His sayings.
Walk in His footstep.
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Walk in was first,
John, as He walked.
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And then I heard
people say just quickly,
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they say, "I know the truth."
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You know, some
people you talk to,
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they will have all the answers.
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They know what truth is
but this has been impressed
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on my heart as well as I'm
sure is everyone here and many.
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That's in 2 Thessalonians,
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2 Thessalonians I
think it's Chapter 2,
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yeah, verse I'll read
9 and 10 but we will see
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because it's
different than saying.
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"Pastor, I know." Right.
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You have people I
know, I know, I know.
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But there is a difference
than I know and I love.
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There is a difference.
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Notice "Even
him, whose coming is
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after the working of Satan..."
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Verse 9, 2 Thessalonians,
notice, "With all power
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and signs and lying wonders."
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We know devil is
gonna be working here.
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He has taken the Bible,
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trying to take it off
our hands changing it.
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"With all deceivableness
of unrighteousness in them
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that perish, because" why?
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Receive not.
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"People that will
perish are those who have
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not received the
love of the truth,
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that they might be saved."
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That's right.
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So we must not say I
know it but I love it.
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And when you love, glory.
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When you love something
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you want to spend
some time with it.
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Isn't that right?
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You love the wife, you
want to spend some time.
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You love the grandchildren,
you want to spend time.
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You love cutting the grass.
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You want to go out
and cut some grass.
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Love.
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If you don't love the truth
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heaven will
still not be your home.
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And Jesus also says, "If you
love Me, keep My commandments."
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So how do we
develop? How do we develop?
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Then people say
I know what it is
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but how do we develop?
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Either love for the truth.
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If we don't, we know
it but we are not sure
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we are in love with the truth.
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Is that developable?
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All right, you register
first and I'll piggyback.
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I believe, I believe
that the words of Jesus
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have to be considered
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and He said there are
two great commandments.
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The first one is
"Love the Lord your God
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with all your heart
and with all your mind,
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with all your
strength and with all your soul
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and your neighbor as yourself."
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When you have that
love of God in your heart
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that is what moves you
through the other steps
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because you can fall in love
with the truth about the dead
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but if you don't love the
Lord that gave you the truth
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about the dead then that truth
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is not gonna
totally transform you.
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That's right. Good.
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So because the Lord
is who transforms you
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through the Holy Spirit.
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So we need to be
connected with the Lord
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in order for the
truth to transform.
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As I do want to
read John 17:17, 18, 19,
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"Sanctify them through
thy truth, thy word is truth."
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And who is the
word as you mentioned?
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In the beginning
was the word, Jesus.
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Jesus is the
word and He is the one
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that's gonna sanctify us.
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"As thou hast
sent me into the world,
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even so have I also
sent them into the world.
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And for their
sakes I sanctify myself,
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that they also might be
sanctified through the truth."
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And so the truth,
is the truth important?
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Yes. Thank you.
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The truth is
going to sanctify us.
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And so we need the truth.
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And you are
touching a little bit
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there also on transformation.
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You know, what does it
mean as you are talking,
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Pastor Lomacang,
what does that mean
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and why do we need
to be transforming?
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What's the problem?
Aren't we good enough?
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Let's put that
in the context of,
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let's put that in the context
of your original question,
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does truth matter?
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Is there an absolute truth?
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Well, yeah, the absolute
truth is the Commandments of God
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which is the measurement.
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You know, Psalms 119:151,
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"All your
commandments are truth."
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You have to begin with
the point of measurement
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in order to know
is this of an inch,
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is this of two inches.
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You know, if we have no
ruler to measure then you are,
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you become the standard.
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And so a lot of people,
what happens in our world today
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the reason why
truth is so rejected
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is because
everyone wants to establish
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their own standard.
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You see, if you
have a different standard
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then, if we each
have a different standard
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then none of us is wrong
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because we are
measured by our own standard.
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But if there is
an absolute truth--
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Come on. Oh, yes.
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You know, it's like
taken a tape measure
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in a seamstress factory.
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Why did you have to
introduce the tape measure?
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Now you will know who is wrong
and whose measurements are off.
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There you go.
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Why would, look,
look, here comes the boss
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again with that tape measure.
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Every time he brings it in,
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okay, now we know
Sally and Marcus and James
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and whoever now we know
that his garments are off
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but if there is no tape measure
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the Word of God
is the tape measure.
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The commandments is the
tape measure, the standard.
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Here's the text. Come on.
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He says in Ecclesiastes,
matter of fact let's go there.
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Well.
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I think we like to
quote them off the top
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but I think if we do,
we tell the people to do
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then exactly we
will be with them
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and they will be
able to follow us.
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Ecclesiastes
12:13, 14. Here we are.
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Listen to this.
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Ecclesiastes
12:13 and right there
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before that little kind of
00:21:16.60\00:21:18.27
gigantic book
of Song of Solomon.
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It's a little tiny book.
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Let's hear the conclusion,
brother, what is it now?
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"Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter:
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Fear God, and
keep his commandments:
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for this is the
whole duty of man.
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For God shall bring
every work into judgment,"
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the measuring line
"including every secret thing,
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whether it is good,
or whether it be evil."
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So the
measurement is God's word,
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His commandments he says, okay,
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let's measure
that and I like the way
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that you both brought that out,
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the two
measurements, love to God,
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love to our fellow men.
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Well, how do we know
we love our fellow men
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unless the Commandments of God
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and specific
those Ten Commandments
00:22:00.95\00:22:03.05
become our measuring tool?
00:22:03.08\00:22:04.42
Yes. Amen.
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And so that's what says
to me I need to get in line,
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.99
I need to tight up that hem,
need to extend it little bit
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because we are not
measuring up to God standard.
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And would you not concur
also that the whole Bible itself
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is our measuring tape.
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The whole Bible is
our moral absolute.
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Yeah. Well,
Matthew 4:4. We go back.
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That's our measuring tape.
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That's where we go
back and back to the Psalms,
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I want to read one
verse in Psalms 119:9 it says,
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no Psalms 119:105.
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"Thy word is a
lamp unto my feet,
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and a light unto my path."
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Wow. Right.
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Without the Word of
God we walk in darkness.
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We don't know
what's right or wrong.
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We don't understand
and without His love
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we don't understand
when we are sinning.
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So the law of God
points out what the sin is.
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Just what we were talking about,
00:22:55.30\00:22:56.64
what you were talking
about here the tape measure,
00:22:56.67\00:22:59.67
the level, you
know, building for years.
00:22:59.71\00:23:04.11
I've actually worked with people
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.11
that seems like they
did not have a tape measure
00:23:06.15\00:23:08.85
and they did not have a level
00:23:08.88\00:23:10.69
and you can go in
some houses and you look
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.39
and you put it on the
wall it's crooked itself.
00:23:12.42\00:23:14.56
You know what they say,
00:23:14.59\00:23:15.92
"It won't matter
We'll cover it all up."
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.19
But you know
what, it does matter.
00:23:18.23\00:23:19.56
That's right.
00:23:19.59\00:23:20.93
As truth matter,
so does that measuring
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.57
because it may not get
you right then and right there
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.80
but eventually I'm
gonna say it this way
00:23:26.84\00:23:28.50
it comes back to haunt you.
00:23:28.54\00:23:30.34
Somebody comes
in tries to remodel
00:23:30.37\00:23:31.84
you try to fix
something that nice,
00:23:31.87\00:23:33.21
the house is not
square, it's not been taped out
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.04
everything, its
measurement is not the same.
00:23:35.08\00:23:36.41
It will get you.
00:23:36.44\00:23:37.78
So I'm thankful for that tape,
the whole tape measure is good
00:23:37.81\00:23:40.08
from the very
beginning to the end
00:23:40.12\00:23:41.52
so is the Word of God.
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Amen.
00:23:42.92\00:23:44.99
Go head. Yeah.
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It's important.
00:23:46.39\00:23:47.72
Yes, it is. Absolutely.
00:23:47.76\00:23:49.09
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.46
Somebody may say, you
don't put the level on some
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but they just, they
say half above the up,
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.83
half above in four
feet, you know, if you go,
00:23:53.86\00:23:55.93
you know 70, 80 feet, you know,
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.90
you are five and six and
eight inches of foot off.
00:23:57.93\00:24:00.24
That's right. So we
got to get it leveled.
00:24:00.27\00:24:01.60
We got to get it right
because truth does transform.
00:24:01.64\00:24:05.37
It will change you.
00:24:05.41\00:24:06.84
Well, you work in a building
00:24:06.88\00:24:08.81
you've used to
work in building houses.
00:24:08.84\00:24:10.88
If you don't, if you
don't draw those line straight,
00:24:10.91\00:24:13.98
if you don't set up your
00:24:14.02\00:24:16.42
what do you call
those wall things?
00:24:16.45\00:24:19.42
What do you call them?
00:24:19.45\00:24:21.22
Trusses. Trusses and all those.
00:24:21.26\00:24:22.86
If you don't put them straight
your house is gonna be crooked.
00:24:22.89\00:24:25.06
It's gonna
affect the whole house.
00:24:25.09\00:24:26.83
And it can be a good
looking project on the surface.
00:24:26.86\00:24:31.10
Think about
spiritual what we are talking,
00:24:31.13\00:24:32.73
we're not talking
about building things,
00:24:32.77\00:24:34.10
so what, that's all passed away.
00:24:34.14\00:24:35.47
But there are things
00:24:35.50\00:24:36.84
that we can draw
from these things.
00:24:36.87\00:24:38.21
For instance say,
I was called into,
00:24:38.24\00:24:40.54
several of us
called into build a church
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.35
and the church was 40 feet wide,
00:24:43.38\00:24:46.72
80 feet long it
had a full basement.
00:24:46.75\00:24:50.02
When you go look
at that basement,
00:24:50.05\00:24:51.39
it had 12 inch blocks
it was good to look at.
00:24:51.42\00:24:54.02
I mean, you look
down those motor joints
00:24:54.06\00:24:55.99
they were just, praise, oh, man,
00:24:56.02\00:24:57.69
this oh, what a good project.
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.36
Floor was done, wonderful.
00:24:59.39\00:25:00.73
Say, man, this is
gonna be beautiful.
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.40
For some reason it's
like take your tape measure
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.63
and just
measure the square first
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.43
and see if the
building is square.
00:25:06.47\00:25:08.14
So when I tape from
corner to corner I began to--
00:25:08.17\00:25:10.97
whoa, something
is dreadfully wrong.
00:25:11.01\00:25:13.51
Outside appearance looked good.
00:25:13.54\00:25:15.08
Everything was
done, seem like right
00:25:15.11\00:25:17.85
and when I measure down
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.21
one side of the
wall measured 80 feet
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.45
and the other measured 79.
00:25:21.48\00:25:24.95
Somebody had popped the
line they put the 12 inch block
00:25:24.99\00:25:27.22
on the other side of the line.
00:25:27.26\00:25:29.29
Okay, you say, well,
that's not a big deal.
00:25:29.32\00:25:30.66
Well, it would
be, you have to tear
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.03
the whole basement
down, number one to change it.
00:25:32.06\00:25:33.76
So we have problems
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.13
if we are not
measuring with truth here
00:25:35.16\00:25:36.50
and getting it
right we have problems.
00:25:36.53\00:25:37.87
And then look everything
and those who work in the line
00:25:37.90\00:25:41.70
where everything we went
to do was ten times the job.
00:25:41.74\00:25:46.17
You could not put
plywood on the floor
00:25:46.21\00:25:48.38
because
everything was run this way
00:25:48.41\00:25:50.38
instead of line up
square like you would 4x8.
00:25:50.41\00:25:52.45
Everything, the rafters even
though you put them this way
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.05
you got to cut every sheet
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.55
rather than just lay
on them quick and go.
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.95
Nothing was right.
00:25:58.99\00:26:01.19
When it's all
said and done again,
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.56
you had it covered it
up but it was a nightmare.
00:26:02.59\00:26:04.09
You know, that's a powerful,
it's a dynamic illustration.
00:26:04.13\00:26:07.30
When one thing is off
it messes up everything.
00:26:07.33\00:26:10.67
Yes. That's right.
00:26:10.70\00:26:12.03
When one truth is out
of line it becomes a lie.
00:26:12.07\00:26:16.47
It can't be, it
cannot remain a truth.
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.41
You're building upon a lie.
00:26:18.44\00:26:19.77
So when you say a false
truth or let me use the example
00:26:19.81\00:26:23.51
of the one pastor wrote
me a letter once he said,
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.38
"I have my scriptures
to back up what I believe
00:26:26.41\00:26:29.15
You have your scriptures
to back up what you believe."
00:26:29.18\00:26:31.75
I said,
brother, let me stop you.
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.12
I still have
that letter in my file
00:26:33.15\00:26:34.49
till this day.
00:26:34.52\00:26:35.92
See, brother, and
that was the young man,
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.29
you know, all excited about it.
00:26:37.33\00:26:39.36
No great hearer just
00:26:39.39\00:26:41.20
full, full, full
board for it and I said,
00:26:41.23\00:26:44.13
let me say something, pastor,
you don't have any truths
00:26:44.17\00:26:47.40
and neither do I.
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.77
it's God's word
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.14
and it does not
contradict itself.
00:26:50.17\00:26:51.77
So somebody in the
same sense of truth
00:26:51.81\00:26:53.81
when it lines up,
00:26:53.84\00:26:55.18
if it lines up on this end
it's gonna line up on that end.
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.18
Once you follow the
formula all the way through
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.41
and not make any exceptions
00:26:59.45\00:27:01.95
it will be true all the way.
00:27:01.98\00:27:03.82
That's why you find,
00:27:03.85\00:27:05.19
Jesus made it clear
here in John 8:12, He says,
00:27:05.22\00:27:09.26
"He who follows me
will not walk in darkness,
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.26
but have the light of life."
00:27:12.29\00:27:14.06
And He also says,
00:27:14.10\00:27:15.43
"Walk while you have the light,
lest darkness come upon you.
00:27:15.46\00:27:19.83
He who walks in darkness
00:27:19.87\00:27:21.20
does not know
where he is going."
00:27:21.24\00:27:23.34
So there are
people that are teaching
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.51
false doctrines
nowadays and they call it,
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.74
"Well, this is, you know,
00:27:27.78\00:27:29.11
this is our
denominational belief."
00:27:29.14\00:27:30.48
That's another word.
00:27:30.51\00:27:31.85
When it starts out
wrong, we just talk about that.
00:27:31.88\00:27:34.32
When it starts out
wrong, it finishes wrong.
00:27:34.35\00:27:37.49
Just like that no
matter what you did hide,
00:27:37.52\00:27:39.05
you started
wrong, you will end wrong
00:27:39.09\00:27:40.96
that's why we need
the truths that transform.
00:27:40.99\00:27:43.09
We need to dig our
life, our eternal life.
00:27:43.12\00:27:45.56
Pastor John Dinzey.
00:27:45.59\00:27:46.93
I would like, I would
like to share some things,
00:27:46.96\00:27:49.93
I remember calls coming in.
00:27:49.96\00:27:51.67
I'm sure you've had
this question before.
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.64
Does the Bible
say you can't smoke?
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.40
Does the Bible say
you can't smoke marijuana?
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.07
You can't smoke
cigarettes, use drugs?
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.97
Well, it
doesn't specifically say
00:28:00.01\00:28:02.04
you shall not smoke
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.58
but the Bible has
brought principles
00:28:03.61\00:28:05.95
to help us understand
how we should live our lives.
00:28:05.98\00:28:08.58
So if you ask me
is it wrong to smoke?
00:28:08.62\00:28:11.85
Well, there is, there
is information available
00:28:11.89\00:28:15.62
that tells you that it's
dangerous for your health.
00:28:15.66\00:28:17.73
For years and years and years
00:28:17.76\00:28:19.39
the cigarettes
companies were not allowed,
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.23
would not they would
dance around the idea of that
00:28:21.26\00:28:23.23
cigarette
smoking was bad for you
00:28:23.26\00:28:25.17
until it was
determined and proven
00:28:25.20\00:28:28.40
that it causes cancer
and many other diseases.
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.84
Now they have to put by law,
00:28:30.87\00:28:34.38
know that when you
smoke the cigarette
00:28:34.41\00:28:36.28
you may have, you may
get cancer of the lungs,
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.38
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
00:28:38.41\00:28:39.75
So in 1
Corinthians 6, 1 Corinthians 6,
00:28:39.78\00:28:46.19
I'm gonna start
reading verse 18.
00:28:46.22\00:28:48.62
It says, "Flee fornication.
00:28:48.66\00:28:50.69
Every sin that a man
doeth is without the body,
00:28:50.73\00:28:53.33
but he that
committeth fornication
00:28:53.36\00:28:55.00
sinneth against his own body."
00:28:55.03\00:28:57.37
Verse 19,
00:28:57.40\00:28:58.73
"What?
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.10
Know ye not that your body
00:29:00.14\00:29:01.47
is the temple of the Holy Ghost"
00:29:01.50\00:29:04.11
the Holy Spirit
that is "which is in you,
00:29:04.14\00:29:05.97
which ye have of God,
and you are not your own?
00:29:06.01\00:29:09.54
For you are bought with a price:
00:29:09.58\00:29:11.91
therefore
glorify God in your body,
00:29:11.95\00:29:13.98
and in your
spirit, which are God's."
00:29:14.02\00:29:15.82
So therefore when I
read these scriptures
00:29:15.85\00:29:18.32
it helps me to understand,
00:29:18.35\00:29:19.69
wow, my body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:19.72\00:29:23.29
If I do damage to
my body that is wrong.
00:29:23.32\00:29:27.03
And so that is
going to be a truth
00:29:27.06\00:29:29.13
that's gonna
transform my decision,
00:29:29.16\00:29:32.33
my habits of life
so that I can walk
00:29:32.37\00:29:35.37
according to the knowledge
the scriptures gives me.
00:29:35.40\00:29:39.17
And so what will happen if I,
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.24
wow, this is, I
need to stop smoking.
00:29:41.28\00:29:43.18
I need to stop drinking.
00:29:43.21\00:29:44.55
I need to stop using drugs
because it's gonna hurt my body
00:29:44.58\00:29:48.18
and I can serve the Lord
better if I give up those things
00:29:48.22\00:29:51.15
and I have clearer mind.
00:29:51.19\00:29:52.62
Exactly that has
such an important point
00:29:52.65\00:29:55.39
because as we,
00:29:55.42\00:29:57.23
God shows us the things
that are harming our temple.
00:29:57.26\00:30:00.26
You know, those
who destroy this temple
00:30:00.30\00:30:01.96
He will destroy.
00:30:02.00\00:30:03.37
But as we, as He gently
00:30:03.40\00:30:06.60
that's what that
two-edge sword is all about.
00:30:06.63\00:30:08.44
The two-edge sword
to cut and to separate,
00:30:08.47\00:30:11.07
to do a surgery
that only He can do
00:30:11.11\00:30:13.81
on our hearts and on our minds.
00:30:13.84\00:30:15.48
But it helps us to
hear to understand to know
00:30:15.51\00:30:19.11
who the spirit is speaking to us
00:30:19.15\00:30:21.55
to be able to
discern the word properly.
00:30:21.58\00:30:23.92
When our minds are fault,
00:30:23.95\00:30:25.29
say, I with all the
food that has been changed
00:30:25.32\00:30:28.66
I believe part of this
00:30:28.69\00:30:31.29
has to do with
the GMOs some things
00:30:31.33\00:30:33.19
but I have become very
sensitive to certain foods
00:30:33.23\00:30:37.13
and I see that in
other people as well.
00:30:37.17\00:30:39.97
Years ago we never
heard of such things
00:30:40.00\00:30:42.30
but now with our
food being changed
00:30:42.34\00:30:44.31
a lot of people are
having these symptoms
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.71
and one of my symptoms
is neurological effects
00:30:46.74\00:30:50.45
and it begins
to change the mind,
00:30:50.48\00:30:52.71
clog the mind
and you can't think.
00:30:52.75\00:30:55.08
There were times
that I can remember
00:30:55.12\00:30:56.48
sitting and just
thinking don't open your mouth,
00:30:56.52\00:31:00.09
they won't realize
that you can't remember
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.86
your name practically, you know.
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.59
Those are the effects. Yes.
00:31:03.63\00:31:04.96
It has such an effect
00:31:04.99\00:31:06.70
and, you know, educational wise
00:31:06.73\00:31:09.06
years ago I was
just so studious.
00:31:09.10\00:31:12.07
You know, had I not had children
00:31:12.10\00:31:14.17
I probably would have gone on
00:31:14.20\00:31:15.54
and obtained a
doctorate in education.
00:31:15.57\00:31:18.17
I was working on my
master's at the time
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.78
but after this it
was as if I, you know,
00:31:20.81\00:31:24.38
I couldn't
retain, I couldn't recall
00:31:24.41\00:31:26.25
and it still has effects
even after all of these years.
00:31:26.28\00:31:30.15
So it's so
important as God teaches,
00:31:30.19\00:31:32.89
He throughout the Bible
00:31:32.92\00:31:34.52
He is teaching us
about health principles,
00:31:34.56\00:31:37.06
how to live with one another,
00:31:37.09\00:31:38.49
how to love God,
how to love each other.
00:31:38.53\00:31:41.06
There is just so many things
00:31:41.10\00:31:42.60
that He is
trying to transform us
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.13
back into His image
00:31:45.17\00:31:46.90
because we have fallen so short.
00:31:46.94\00:31:49.04
And let me read
just a little bit
00:31:49.07\00:31:51.74
that coincides
with some of the things
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.34
that you guys were.
00:31:53.38\00:31:54.71
One of my favorite authors here,
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.34
it says "The
truths of the Bible,
00:31:56.38\00:31:58.68
treasured in the
heart and mind and obeyed"
00:31:58.71\00:32:01.88
now that's the key word.
00:32:01.92\00:32:03.25
Yes.
00:32:03.28\00:32:04.62
I can remember reading,
going to church for years
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.16
and hearing all about
love, love, love, love, love
00:32:07.19\00:32:10.09
and then we decided
to have a Bible study
00:32:10.13\00:32:11.96
every Friday night
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.33
and we were going
through books of the Bible
00:32:13.36\00:32:14.83
and all of a
sudden I heard this word,
00:32:14.86\00:32:16.46
I kept reading this
word obey, obey, obey
00:32:16.50\00:32:19.73
and pretty soon I
realized, you know what,
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.34
these promises are all
on condition of obedience.
00:32:21.37\00:32:24.71
Very good.
00:32:24.74\00:32:26.07
You are not gonna
obtain better health
00:32:26.11\00:32:28.41
unless you obey the health laws,
00:32:28.44\00:32:30.55
the health principles
00:32:30.58\00:32:31.91
as Pastor John
Dinzey pointed out.
00:32:31.95\00:32:34.62
"And obeyed in the
life," convince and convert
00:32:34.65\00:32:38.35
"convince and convert the soul,"
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.09
we need to be
convicted and converted.
00:32:41.12\00:32:44.03
It can't just be,
it has a head knowledge
00:32:44.06\00:32:47.06
and it needs to
be a heart knowledge.
00:32:47.10\00:32:48.63
"Transform the character,
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.53
and comfort and
uplift the heart."
00:32:50.57\00:32:53.20
The Word of God, listen to this.
00:32:53.23\00:32:55.74
"The Word of God
makes the proud humble."
00:32:55.77\00:33:00.38
One of the worse
sins that God points out
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.11
is the sin of pride.
00:33:02.14\00:33:03.95
The sin of pride can
cause a lot of problems
00:33:03.98\00:33:06.25
in this world.
00:33:06.28\00:33:07.62
The sin of pride.
00:33:07.65\00:33:08.98
"The perverse meek and contrite,
00:33:09.02\00:33:12.12
the disobedient obedient."
00:33:12.15\00:33:14.56
I just think that's beautiful.
00:33:14.59\00:33:16.42
Beautiful promises that we find
00:33:16.46\00:33:18.43
that will touch
our hearts, our minds
00:33:18.46\00:33:20.96
because naturally
00:33:21.00\00:33:22.33
we have sinful
tendency, sinful habits
00:33:22.36\00:33:25.67
and many times we
don't realize it's a sin
00:33:25.70\00:33:28.40
until we begin
to study God's word
00:33:28.44\00:33:30.21
and He gently
begins to point those out.
00:33:30.24\00:33:32.97
Pastor John, talk
about there it says perverse.
00:33:33.01\00:33:36.91
You know, I looked at the word
thing is perverse is stubborn,
00:33:36.95\00:33:40.62
deviation from the truth.
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.58
Do you find the
people they read it,
00:33:42.62\00:33:45.05
they understand it
but they are stubborn?
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.76
But, you know,
the thing that fights,
00:33:46.79\00:33:49.39
I want to go back
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
to a few moments
ago when you talk about,
00:33:50.79\00:33:53.19
when we destroy the
temple, God will destroy us.
00:33:53.23\00:33:56.20
I want to go back to
the cause and affect.
00:33:56.23\00:33:58.67
Okay.
00:33:58.70\00:34:00.04
Because God is not
anxious to destroy.
00:34:00.07\00:34:01.64
He said, I have no death in the,
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.57
"I have no pleasure
in the death of anyone."
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.11
That's right. That's right.
00:34:05.14\00:34:06.47
Not even in the wicked.
00:34:06.51\00:34:07.84
He says, "Turn,
turn that you may live."
00:34:07.88\00:34:09.21
So God is not
waiting to destroy people
00:34:09.24\00:34:10.71
nor is His job
to destroy people.
00:34:10.75\00:34:12.81
The strange.
00:34:12.85\00:34:14.18
"For God sent not
his Son into the world
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.55
to condemn the world,
00:34:15.58\00:34:16.92
but that the world
through him might be saved."
00:34:16.95\00:34:18.29
It's a strange act.
00:34:18.32\00:34:19.65
And the reason is
let's go back to the,
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.09
let's go back to
the off plum basement.
00:34:21.12\00:34:23.46
Okay. Okay.
00:34:23.49\00:34:24.83
Really, if you
were to build boxes
00:34:24.86\00:34:28.66
each of the boxes, you know,
00:34:28.70\00:34:30.03
4x6 or 4x4, 4 inches by 4 inches
00:34:30.07\00:34:33.07
and you had to put
eight of those in the box
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.04
you just say 4
inches, 4x8=32, 32.
00:34:35.07\00:34:38.47
So this box is 32 inches
wide, 32 inches deep, okay.
00:34:38.51\00:34:41.74
I mean, long.
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.11
And you had to
put all these boxes.
00:34:43.14\00:34:44.68
Well, you come to one box
that was not made correctly
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.82
it can't fit.
00:34:46.85\00:34:48.18
Yes. That box is left out.
00:34:48.22\00:34:50.29
Well, what we're
gonna do with that box?
00:34:50.32\00:34:51.65
Well, we can't
do anything with it,
00:34:51.69\00:34:53.05
we have to destroy it.
00:34:53.09\00:34:56.73
But the paint is,
00:34:56.76\00:34:58.09
it's got the same
letters on it as the other
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.66
but it's not right.
00:34:59.69\00:35:01.66
We can't use it. It doesn't fit.
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.90
And so, when you think about
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.77
what the Lord is, His
approach to what is not,
00:35:05.80\00:35:08.10
He said, nothing that defiles
00:35:08.14\00:35:10.17
will be allowed to
come into the kingdom.
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.91
It doesn't fit.
00:35:11.94\00:35:13.44
This is a perfect place
00:35:13.48\00:35:15.51
but the life is imperfect
because it refuses to adhere.
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.61
It becomes perverse.
00:35:18.65\00:35:19.98
It rejects what is right
00:35:20.02\00:35:22.32
because it refuse
to be transformed.
00:35:22.35\00:35:24.39
And how do we get transformed?
00:35:24.42\00:35:25.92
When the Word of God
is entered into our mind
00:35:25.95\00:35:28.56
be not conformed to this world.
00:35:28.59\00:35:30.46
The world says do this
00:35:30.49\00:35:32.49
but when we are transformed
by the renewing of our mind
00:35:32.53\00:35:36.46
only then can we
prove what is that good
00:35:36.50\00:35:39.57
and acceptable and
perfect will of God.
00:35:39.60\00:35:42.04
Why perfect will?
00:35:42.07\00:35:43.41
Because God's will
is never imperfect.
00:35:43.44\00:35:44.77
That's right. His
word is not imperfect.
00:35:44.81\00:35:46.91
So when we talk about
00:35:46.94\00:35:48.28
letting the Word
of God transform us,
00:35:48.31\00:35:49.98
we are in essence
saying, summarizing,
00:35:50.01\00:35:53.62
whatever is not
being transformed
00:35:53.65\00:35:55.65
cannot be allowed
into the kingdom of God.
00:35:55.68\00:35:58.39
Nothing that's not
transformed will be allowed.
00:35:58.42\00:36:01.06
Nothing that
defiles will be allowed.
00:36:01.09\00:36:02.42
It will be destroyed.
00:36:02.46\00:36:03.79
Because we are natural man,
00:36:03.83\00:36:05.16
the fleshly man
all has to be changed.
00:36:05.19\00:36:07.23
You were reading John,
Romans 12, weren't you?
00:36:07.26\00:36:10.87
Romans 12:2 and 1
just simply says, quickly,
00:36:10.90\00:36:13.54
I know Pastor
Dinzey has something
00:36:13.57\00:36:14.90
really going in his mind,
see it's working, it's good.
00:36:14.94\00:36:16.81
If you're reasonable
God's not unreasonable.
00:36:16.84\00:36:20.28
He is very- Which is
a reasonable service.
00:36:20.31\00:36:22.68
And in some of the translations
actually in the Greek it says,
00:36:22.71\00:36:26.15
"Not only your
reasonable service
00:36:26.18\00:36:27.52
but your
spiritual act of worship."
00:36:27.55\00:36:29.05
And you talked
about the sinful lesson
00:36:29.08\00:36:30.89
and the two-edged sword
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.99
and I think we all agree
00:36:33.02\00:36:34.36
that's why it's so
important to study God's word
00:36:34.39\00:36:36.76
to understand, to allow it
00:36:36.79\00:36:38.19
to begin to cut a
way at these things.
00:36:38.23\00:36:40.53
There's too many of
us that are swordsmen.
00:36:40.56\00:36:43.13
The word that transformed.
00:36:43.16\00:36:44.50
We go around. Yeah.
00:36:44.53\00:36:45.87
We're going to chop
off thing we don't want
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.27
and somebody else.
00:36:47.30\00:36:48.74
The word, let the word--
00:36:48.77\00:36:50.14
Let the words
become the sword to us.
00:36:50.17\00:36:52.64
Not us using the sword
but the sword shaping us.
00:36:52.67\00:36:55.94
Amen. Beautiful.
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.61
Well, I wanted to
share because, you know,
00:36:57.65\00:36:59.51
we are living in days,
00:36:59.55\00:37:01.02
you can drive down the
street in Southern Illinois
00:37:01.05\00:37:04.82
I've even seen it
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.19
in other states
and cities as well.
00:37:06.22\00:37:07.89
You drive on the streets
00:37:07.92\00:37:09.26
and people having
front of their houses,
00:37:09.29\00:37:11.49
"I support the
Ten Commandments."
00:37:11.53\00:37:13.63
Yes. It's little white placards.
00:37:13.66\00:37:16.16
Yes. Yes.
00:37:16.20\00:37:17.53
"I support the
Ten Commandments."
00:37:17.57\00:37:19.07
And so, you see these things
you say, well, praise the Lord.
00:37:19.10\00:37:22.37
But when you look at
the nation as a whole,
00:37:22.40\00:37:25.07
this is not taking place.
00:37:25.11\00:37:26.44
As a matter of fact, you know,
00:37:26.47\00:37:27.81
that's why Danny wrote
the book with Shelley Quinn
00:37:27.84\00:37:30.68
the "Ten
Commandments Twice Removed"
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.65
because one, the churches have
removed the Ten Commandments.
00:37:32.68\00:37:35.95
Two, the judicial
system, the law they say, no,
00:37:35.98\00:37:38.85
take them out of the schools,
take them out of the courts.
00:37:38.89\00:37:42.19
And this nation that
claims to say "In God We Trust"
00:37:42.22\00:37:45.93
is departing from
that way and we need to,
00:37:45.96\00:37:48.20
we need to bring
them back to God's word.
00:37:48.26\00:37:50.10
And so we are called
00:37:50.13\00:37:51.47
to proclaim the
Word of the Lord.
00:37:51.50\00:37:53.37
So in Psalms 19,
notice these words, beautiful.
00:37:53.40\00:37:57.61
I'll begin reading
in verse 7, it says,
00:37:57.64\00:37:59.57
"The law of the
Lord is perfect,"
00:37:59.61\00:38:03.18
what does it mean?
00:38:03.21\00:38:04.65
What is the meaning, the
law of the Lord is perfect?
00:38:04.68\00:38:06.01
You can't improve.
You cannot improve on it.
00:38:06.05\00:38:08.18
It says, "Converting
the soul." That's right.
00:38:08.22\00:38:10.79
If it's perfect and
it's gonna convert the soul
00:38:10.82\00:38:12.65
why do we need to take it away?
00:38:12.69\00:38:14.02
Why do we need to do anything
to dilute it or change it?
00:38:14.06\00:38:18.46
And so "The law of
the Lord is perfect,
00:38:18.53\00:38:20.23
converting the soul:
00:38:20.26\00:38:21.60
the testimony of
the Lord is sure,
00:38:21.63\00:38:23.57
making wise the simple.
00:38:23.60\00:38:25.63
The statutes of
the Lord are right,
00:38:25.67\00:38:27.50
rejoicing the heart:
00:38:27.54\00:38:29.04
the commandment
of the Lord is pure,
00:38:29.07\00:38:30.91
enlightening the eyes.
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.94
The fear of the Lord is
clean, enduring for ever:
00:38:32.97\00:38:35.78
the judgments of
the Lord are true
00:38:35.81\00:38:37.41
and righteous altogether."
00:38:37.45\00:38:40.42
And now, "More to be
desired are they than gold,
00:38:40.45\00:38:44.45
yea, than much fine gold:
00:38:44.49\00:38:46.05
sweeter also than
honey and the honeycomb."
00:38:46.09\00:38:49.62
Amen. Amen.
00:38:49.66\00:38:51.16
Praise the Lord.
00:38:51.19\00:38:52.53
And, you know,
00:38:52.56\00:38:53.90
you look at the commandments
and you ask yourself,
00:38:53.93\00:38:55.43
what it says there
they can convert the soul?
00:38:55.46\00:38:59.03
Well, if I have the
habit of killing people
00:38:59.07\00:39:03.04
and I read thou
shall not murder,
00:39:03.07\00:39:06.17
well, wait a minute
00:39:06.21\00:39:07.54
it says that I
shouldn't be murdering people.
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.71
And so, it can
transform you, move you away,
00:39:09.74\00:39:12.61
convert you from
that habit of life.
00:39:12.65\00:39:15.92
And there, you know,
00:39:15.95\00:39:17.29
I remember one person
that called 3ABN and he said,
00:39:17.32\00:39:20.29
"Could you
please join me in prayer
00:39:20.32\00:39:22.09
because I sinned.
00:39:22.12\00:39:24.13
I sinned."
00:39:24.16\00:39:25.49
And well, we
tried to encourage him
00:39:25.53\00:39:26.86
to call upon
the Lord and ask Him
00:39:26.90\00:39:28.73
because if you
confess your sins,
00:39:28.76\00:39:30.10
you're supposed
to do with the Lord.
00:39:30.13\00:39:31.60
He says, well, I really
want someone to pray with me.
00:39:31.63\00:39:34.14
Now he said this, he said,
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.84
"The Lord has
given me permission
00:39:35.87\00:39:37.21
to do it once
00:39:37.24\00:39:38.84
but I have done
it more than once
00:39:38.87\00:39:41.01
so please join me in prayer."
00:39:41.04\00:39:44.25
And so I said,
00:39:44.28\00:39:45.61
"Well, how did the
Lord give you permission
00:39:45.65\00:39:47.35
to do it once?
00:39:47.38\00:39:48.72
Because the
Bible, one sin is sin
00:39:48.75\00:39:52.12
and the wages of sin is death.
00:39:52.15\00:39:54.42
So how is that
you get permission?"
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.69
Imagine if you
were given permission
00:39:56.73\00:39:58.06
to kill one person a week,
00:39:58.09\00:40:00.00
is that, you won't
be able to go to heaven
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.06
with that type of habit.
00:40:02.10\00:40:03.53
So by the grace of the Lord
00:40:03.57\00:40:05.40
we have victory
through Jesus Christ.
00:40:05.43\00:40:08.60
What you mentioned a while ago
00:40:08.64\00:40:09.97
well, I'm gonna
tell quick story,
00:40:10.01\00:40:11.34
Pastor, I know
you have somewhat.
00:40:11.37\00:40:13.01
What you said is
exactly the truth
00:40:13.04\00:40:15.68
about these little
signs commandments,
00:40:15.71\00:40:19.01
keep all the commandments.
00:40:19.05\00:40:20.52
We had him go past
the ministry building,
00:40:20.55\00:40:22.52
a man came up to me one
time I was building outside.
00:40:22.55\00:40:24.75
He said, "I've got a sign here
00:40:24.79\00:40:26.89
and everybody should be
keeping the commandments of God
00:40:26.92\00:40:29.32
do you agree?"
00:40:29.36\00:40:30.69
I said, "Oh,
praise God. Yes, I do."
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.06
He said, "I got a sign here of
00:40:32.09\00:40:33.60
keep the commandments
of God, commandments."
00:40:33.63\00:40:35.26
He said, "Can I put it
out here in the front here?"
00:40:35.30\00:40:37.17
You know, I
said, "Oh, absolutely.
00:40:37.20\00:40:38.53
Put as many as
you want out there
00:40:38.57\00:40:39.90
because I'm a believer in it."
00:40:39.93\00:40:41.40
And he said, "Oh, so
nice to find somebody
00:40:41.44\00:40:43.74
that wants to work along
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.11
and believe in keeping
the commandments of God."
00:40:45.14\00:40:46.81
So he nailed a couple of
signs, put them in the ground.
00:40:46.84\00:40:48.74
He was so happy.
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.11
I happened to
have many years ago
00:40:50.15\00:40:51.48
I had little shirt in
which 3ABN you has some now,
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.08
"Put them back
where they belong."
00:40:54.12\00:40:55.52
Right.
00:40:55.55\00:40:56.89
Referring to the commandment,
in our hearts and in our minds.
00:40:56.92\00:40:59.22
I said, "Oh, brother, man,
we're in harmony with this.
00:40:59.25\00:41:01.42
How wonderful."
00:41:01.46\00:41:02.79
So I got him one
of those sweatshirts,
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.16
"Put them back
where they belong."
00:41:04.19\00:41:05.56
He told, "Oh,
this is wonderful."
00:41:05.59\00:41:07.06
He took it and he left.
00:41:07.10\00:41:08.43
About 10
minutes later he came in
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.40
turned his
truck almost sideways.
00:41:10.43\00:41:12.97
He looked and he said,
"Look, what you've done here?"
00:41:13.00\00:41:14.54
And I said, "What?"
00:41:14.57\00:41:15.90
It says, "Commandments,
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.27
put them back where they belong
00:41:17.31\00:41:18.64
on the back in our
hearts and in our minds.
00:41:18.67\00:41:20.98
I know exactly
what you are doing.
00:41:21.01\00:41:22.91
All you are doing is advocating
the Seventh-day Sabbath
00:41:22.94\00:41:25.45
and now the rest of them
but you can have your shirt."
00:41:25.48\00:41:28.02
And he took his signs and left.
00:41:28.05\00:41:32.09
It's almost shocking, isn't it?
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.49
Right, he is
advocating the commandments
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.06
but not that one.
00:41:35.09\00:41:36.42
But when he went down
the road he looked at them,
00:41:36.46\00:41:39.03
I believe the Holy
Spirit impressed him
00:41:39.06\00:41:42.13
"There is nine of them, my
friend, that you are keeping
00:41:42.16\00:41:44.37
there is one of
them you are not.
00:41:44.40\00:41:46.20
And this shirt
advocates keeping all
00:41:46.23\00:41:47.94
put them in our hearts and minds
00:41:47.97\00:41:49.30
where they belong."
00:41:49.34\00:41:50.67
He didn't like that.
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.04
He took it as rebuke
00:41:52.07\00:41:53.41
rather than just what
God has said in His word
00:41:53.44\00:41:54.78
so he came back to
throw that shirt at me
00:41:54.81\00:41:56.34
and say you can
keep this business
00:41:56.38\00:41:57.71
and I'll take my
signs and go else where.
00:41:57.75\00:41:59.61
You know what he did?
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
He did not receive it as
it is in fact the Word of God,
00:42:01.02\00:42:04.55
as it is in
truth the Word of God.
00:42:04.59\00:42:06.76
You know, the world is right now
00:42:06.79\00:42:08.12
locked into something.
00:42:08.16\00:42:09.49
Now this is, I
want to read a scripture
00:42:09.52\00:42:10.86
and then I'm gonna show
you how this is being classify,
00:42:10.89\00:42:12.23
how the Bible is
being torn down in America.
00:42:12.26\00:42:14.83
How the Bible is--
00:42:14.86\00:42:16.20
that's why the
Christian church today
00:42:16.23\00:42:17.57
needs to say,
00:42:17.60\00:42:18.93
"If it's not in God's word
we are not gonna support it."
00:42:18.97\00:42:21.24
2 Timothy 3:15
00:42:21.27\00:42:22.67
and look at
where the devil starts.
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.34
That's why Paul the
apostle included this
00:42:24.37\00:42:26.11
to his young
understudied Timothy.
00:42:26.14\00:42:28.64
Yes.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.01
He said, "And from childhood
00:42:30.05\00:42:31.45
you have known
the Holy Scriptures,
00:42:31.48\00:42:34.08
which are able to make you wise
00:42:34.12\00:42:35.72
and to salvation through
faith which is in Christ Jesus."
00:42:35.75\00:42:38.92
From childhood you have
known the Holy Scriptures,
00:42:38.95\00:42:41.72
Listen to this now.
00:42:41.76\00:42:43.26
This is an article,
this is on, I saw this on CNN
00:42:43.29\00:42:47.43
and then I saw it on
our local news channel.
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.40
They talked about
the fight against,
00:42:50.43\00:42:52.20
you know, prayers in
schools, the Bibles in schools,
00:42:52.23\00:42:54.20
the commandments
all these things.
00:42:54.24\00:42:56.00
This is Florida Satanic Church,
this is the Huffington Post
00:42:56.04\00:43:01.68
"Florida Satanic
Church To Pass Out
00:43:01.71\00:43:03.95
Children's Coloring
Books In Public Schools."
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.28
No. No. Well, no.
00:43:06.31\00:43:07.65
And so they said,
00:43:07.68\00:43:09.02
"Well, if
Christians have the freedom
00:43:09.05\00:43:10.39
to pass out
Christian literature,
00:43:10.42\00:43:11.75
we should have the freedom
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.12
to pass out satanic literature."
00:43:13.15\00:43:14.49
So they are passing
00:43:14.52\00:43:15.86
a satanic children's
big book of activities.
00:43:15.89\00:43:19.29
Satanic connect the dots
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.43
so you could
bring up the pentagram,
00:43:21.46\00:43:24.33
the goats head in the center.
00:43:24.37\00:43:26.03
And Hipster or Homeless,
00:43:26.07\00:43:28.94
you know all
these, I Tolerate You.
00:43:28.97\00:43:30.94
And they put, this
is in a satanic book,
00:43:30.97\00:43:32.57
I Tolerate You.
00:43:32.61\00:43:33.94
Now notice that, you notice
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.74
the hidden message, intolerance.
00:43:35.78\00:43:38.31
They are saying that
00:43:38.35\00:43:39.68
anything that is
against the Bible
00:43:39.71\00:43:41.62
where Christians are intolerant.
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.65
So they put a bunch of hearts
in the satanic book to say,
00:43:43.69\00:43:46.86
no matter how you
live I'll tolerate you.
00:43:46.89\00:43:49.39
Tolerate, wow.
00:43:49.42\00:43:50.76
So that's why the Bible says,
00:43:50.79\00:43:52.19
do not be
conformed to this world.
00:43:52.23\00:43:55.06
Amen. That's right.
00:43:55.10\00:43:56.43
It's tearing
down the very standard
00:43:56.46\00:43:59.33
as you said the moral absolute
which is in fact God's word.
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.57
Hey, what a good point.
00:44:02.60\00:44:03.94
So we don't, we
don't follow that.
00:44:03.97\00:44:05.74
And that follows the
human, humanism again.
00:44:05.77\00:44:09.24
Here it is. Right there
and see it's things like these
00:44:09.28\00:44:12.11
that are bringing about laws
and taking our freedoms away
00:44:12.15\00:44:16.58
because you understand
00:44:16.62\00:44:19.02
what kind of
practices these people do.
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.36
I mean, I can remember years ago
00:44:21.39\00:44:23.39
even around Halloween
being taught as a teacher
00:44:23.43\00:44:26.63
that we need to be careful
00:44:26.66\00:44:28.00
for the children and the animals
00:44:28.03\00:44:29.73
because that was a big time
00:44:29.76\00:44:31.43
for the Satanists to
do their sacrificing.
00:44:31.47\00:44:35.77
And children and animals
even in Southern Illinois
00:44:35.80\00:44:38.14
were disappearing.
00:44:38.17\00:44:39.57
And so it was, it was something
that is very dangerous.
00:44:39.61\00:44:44.21
Just like in our
airports as we see these people
00:44:44.25\00:44:47.92
smuggling and
doing these crimes,
00:44:47.95\00:44:49.62
we are losing
our religious freedom
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.85
and how sad, how sad
that they can stand up and say
00:44:51.89\00:44:55.02
we are going to tolerate you.
00:44:55.06\00:44:56.49
So does truth matter.
00:44:56.52\00:44:57.86
Truth does matter.
And truth transforms.
00:44:57.89\00:44:59.66
A lot of issues
we have to face today
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.16
we would never have to face them
00:45:01.20\00:45:02.53
if we just
would get in the word,
00:45:02.56\00:45:04.30
let the Holy Spirit do
the leading and the guiding.
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.77
Our minds would be
open, we would read it
00:45:06.80\00:45:09.20
and if it's plain and simple
as it's written we believe it.
00:45:09.24\00:45:12.24
If there are symbols
00:45:12.27\00:45:13.61
then we will look
up those symbolism
00:45:13.64\00:45:14.98
and the Bible will
still explain itself.
00:45:15.01\00:45:17.28
But it can be very simple
00:45:17.31\00:45:18.81
and everything that's
needed for salvation is there
00:45:18.85\00:45:21.48
and made so simple, so
clear that we can't miss it.
00:45:21.52\00:45:24.75
That's right.
That's right. Beautiful.
00:45:24.79\00:45:26.12
You know, what we
need, we need God's people
00:45:26.15\00:45:29.46
to preach the
truth of God's work.
00:45:29.49\00:45:30.99
Yes, to stand up.
00:45:31.03\00:45:33.03
Yes, we need God's people
00:45:33.06\00:45:34.70
to preach the
truth of God's word.
00:45:34.73\00:45:36.53
You know, it talks
about it in Matthew 24
00:45:36.56\00:45:39.03
that the issues
are gonna be such
00:45:39.07\00:45:42.27
that if they were possible
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.37
they will
deceive the very elect.
00:45:44.41\00:45:45.91
In other words, we
need to be grounded
00:45:45.94\00:45:47.38
in God's word.
00:45:47.41\00:45:48.74
Yes.
00:45:48.78\00:45:50.11
I almost hesitate
to talk about this.
00:45:50.15\00:45:51.48
I don't want the
person to identify.
00:45:51.51\00:45:52.85
I was in a city
some place in the US
00:45:52.88\00:45:57.15
visiting, I was gonna
visit one of the local churches
00:45:57.19\00:45:59.22
and I was listening to the
news and there were no news.
00:45:59.25\00:46:03.93
I couldn't find news.
00:46:03.96\00:46:05.29
So I said, well, maybe there
is a Christian radio station
00:46:05.33\00:46:07.96
that I could listen to.
00:46:08.00\00:46:09.33
Maybe there is
music that I can listen to
00:46:09.36\00:46:10.73
and I searched for
one and there was a very,
00:46:10.77\00:46:14.34
there were about
three radio stations,
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.27
Christian radio stations
00:46:16.30\00:46:17.94
and I selected one
00:46:17.97\00:46:21.58
that was
supposed to be Christian
00:46:21.61\00:46:23.65
but it was under
the genre entertainment.
00:46:23.68\00:46:27.55
And I said, well, let
me listen to this person
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.92
because he is very famous.
00:46:29.95\00:46:31.45
Written books, I don't
want to identify the person.
00:46:31.49\00:46:34.66
It might not even be--
00:46:34.69\00:46:36.59
but anyway I started
listening to a few minutes
00:46:36.62\00:46:40.63
for few minutes as I
was on my way and I said,
00:46:40.66\00:46:44.07
well, this person is just
talking about you can do this,
00:46:44.10\00:46:47.27
you can do
that, you can do this.
00:46:47.30\00:46:49.17
Oh, mercy.
00:46:49.20\00:46:50.54
And you are gonna enter
into an era of prosperity.
00:46:50.57\00:46:52.74
You are gonna
enter into a time of
00:46:52.77\00:46:54.48
increase health,
increase finances.
00:46:54.51\00:46:57.08
And I said,
well, that sounds good
00:46:57.11\00:46:58.78
but it was all on you, you, you.
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.35
Yes. Yes.
00:47:00.38\00:47:01.72
And after a few
minutes of that I turned it off
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.89
and another time
I turned it on again
00:47:03.92\00:47:06.25
and again another
sermon by the same person
00:47:06.29\00:47:09.52
the same type of message.
00:47:09.56\00:47:11.79
I said, man, this
person is so famous
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.06
why is he, where is the meat.
00:47:14.10\00:47:15.66
As it say, where is the
meat of the God's word there.
00:47:15.70\00:47:19.13
I listened to
three to four minutes
00:47:19.17\00:47:21.57
in about four of those sermons
different times during that,
00:47:21.60\00:47:24.81
during the time I was
there those three or four days
00:47:24.84\00:47:27.34
and I came to the conclusion
00:47:27.38\00:47:29.31
that this, this person
is preaching whip cream.
00:47:29.34\00:47:33.62
I said, if you are
hungry, if you are starving,
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.35
you haven't eaten
for days you don't want--
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.65
Hey, I'm really hungry
give me something to eat.
00:47:37.69\00:47:39.52
Here is a plate of
whip cream for you.
00:47:39.55\00:47:41.59
You may take the first
bite and say, oh, that good
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.43
but do you have
food that will fill.
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.46
Thank you.
00:47:46.49\00:47:47.83
Well, that was, to me
that was just whip cream
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.73
and we need people to
preach the Word of God and--
00:47:49.76\00:47:53.23
Meat. Meat of the
work. Meat of the work.
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.44
But, Pastor
Dinzey, see right there
00:47:55.47\00:47:57.11
they have already
laid the wrong foundation.
00:47:57.14\00:47:59.74
We are, our very best
works are as filthy rags.
00:47:59.77\00:48:03.04
We can do
nothing without Christ.
00:48:03.08\00:48:05.11
Without this word to
come and to transform,
00:48:05.15\00:48:07.58
our hearts remain the same.
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.52
Our sinful acts remain the same.
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.39
We don't know
what's right and wrong.
00:48:11.42\00:48:13.46
We can do nothing.
00:48:13.49\00:48:14.92
We are not gonna have
prosperity without Him.
00:48:14.96\00:48:16.93
We will never even
have real happiness,
00:48:16.96\00:48:19.23
we'll never really have peace.
00:48:19.26\00:48:20.83
And so many people
00:48:20.86\00:48:22.20
throughout this
world, this country
00:48:22.23\00:48:23.80
they are searching
for something better.
00:48:23.83\00:48:26.10
They realize there is
something more than themselves
00:48:26.13\00:48:29.40
and it's to God,
to God be the glory.
00:48:29.44\00:48:31.97
They need to be
looking for His strength,
00:48:32.01\00:48:34.18
for his power,
for His transformation
00:48:34.21\00:48:37.58
in our heart and our
mind through His work.
00:48:37.61\00:48:39.91
Jesus made that clear, I mean,
we talk about discipleship,
00:48:39.95\00:48:42.92
you know, our church
have discipleship programs
00:48:42.95\00:48:45.05
but John 8:31, 32
00:48:45.09\00:48:49.26
Jesus makes it clear
where this freedom comes from.
00:48:49.29\00:48:52.29
Now the end result is freedom
00:48:52.33\00:48:54.73
but notice how
you will get there.
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.77
"Then Jesus said to
those Jews who believed Him,
00:48:56.80\00:49:00.97
'If you abide in My word,
00:49:01.00\00:49:04.77
you are My disciples indeed.
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.28
You shall know the truth,
00:49:07.31\00:49:09.38
and the truth
shall make you free.'"
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.68
Amen. Praise God.
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.05
Now people often
say, set you free.
00:49:13.08\00:49:15.32
I got it, I got to try to
hopefully make a point here.
00:49:15.35\00:49:19.52
The truths doesn't set
you free, it makes you free.
00:49:19.55\00:49:23.09
Now let me tell you
what the difference is.
00:49:23.12\00:49:24.46
All right.
00:49:24.49\00:49:25.83
People often that
served their prison sentence
00:49:25.86\00:49:27.20
or their jail sentence
or their time in county jail
00:49:27.23\00:49:29.63
they get set free
00:49:29.66\00:49:31.00
but unless they are made free
by the change of their life,
00:49:31.03\00:49:34.24
by the change of their heart,
00:49:34.27\00:49:35.80
they'd become a victim
of the recidivism raid.
00:49:35.84\00:49:38.41
They return back
to the same place.
00:49:38.44\00:49:40.64
The pig goes back
to wallowing in mire,
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.71
the dog goes
back to its own vomit.
00:49:42.74\00:49:44.85
They go back
because they were set free,
00:49:44.88\00:49:47.22
they were not made free.
00:49:47.25\00:49:48.72
And how they are made free?
00:49:48.75\00:49:50.09
By the renewing of their minds.
00:49:50.12\00:49:51.99
The Word of God
enters in and brings light.
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.59
See "the entrance of
God's word brings light"
00:49:54.62\00:49:58.06
as David the Psalmist says.
00:49:58.09\00:49:59.43
So when the truth of God's word
00:49:59.46\00:50:01.26
is not a part of your daily life
00:50:01.30\00:50:03.87
you don't have any guide there.
00:50:03.90\00:50:05.23
You walk in the darkness.
00:50:05.27\00:50:06.60
And so when you
walk in the darkness,
00:50:06.63\00:50:07.97
you end up back to that
place where darkness is.
00:50:08.00\00:50:10.64
So people that
have lived in darkness,
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.77
that reject the
truth of God's word,
00:50:12.81\00:50:15.38
really you can't
say you are a disciple
00:50:15.41\00:50:18.25
if you don't abide in God's word
00:50:18.28\00:50:20.05
and if you don't
treasure the truth.
00:50:20.08\00:50:21.42
And once you say, once you agree
00:50:21.45\00:50:23.32
that this transformation
is the walk of sanctification
00:50:23.35\00:50:26.96
or going right through,
00:50:26.99\00:50:28.56
going right through
the sanctuary message.
00:50:28.59\00:50:31.63
You know, you just
give me three days,
00:50:31.66\00:50:33.83
three days without
God's word and all of a sudden
00:50:33.86\00:50:37.17
songs that I haven't
thought of in years--
00:50:37.20\00:50:39.60
Had mercy on us, Honey.
00:50:39.63\00:50:41.00
See what I'm
saying? You are right.
00:50:41.04\00:50:42.37
Because the mind
has been transformed.
00:50:42.40\00:50:45.31
We become what we feed upon.
00:50:45.34\00:50:47.48
Yes. That's right.
00:50:47.51\00:50:48.84
If we are
feeding upon those things
00:50:48.88\00:50:50.21
that produce unrighteous acts
00:50:50.25\00:50:53.48
you know we face it.
00:50:53.52\00:50:54.85
Let's face it.
00:50:54.88\00:50:56.22
The enemy has us under a
spell he can use hypnosis,
00:50:56.25\00:50:59.39
he can use all
these television programs
00:50:59.42\00:51:02.16
that are showing
us how to do acts.
00:51:02.19\00:51:05.36
It's not uncommon to
break the commandment
00:51:05.39\00:51:07.80
and think that that is right.
00:51:07.83\00:51:09.36
Yeah. You know.
00:51:09.40\00:51:10.73
Well, you think on TV to have us
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.87
and we'll praise
God, God is working
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.24
on all of our
hearts and all of our lives
00:51:14.27\00:51:15.80
but, you know,
it's been indelibly
00:51:15.84\00:51:18.31
put upon our hearts and minds.
00:51:18.34\00:51:19.67
We cannot behold that
which is of the world.
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.18
No, we become like the world.
00:51:21.21\00:51:23.04
They even rate and
they will say "PG."
00:51:23.08\00:51:25.11
PG means parental guidance.
00:51:25.15\00:51:26.48
PG 13, I mean,
00:51:26.51\00:51:27.85
you get some
horrible things going on
00:51:27.88\00:51:29.22
and we allow our
kids, our self to sit
00:51:29.25\00:51:30.59
where they are
using foul language
00:51:30.62\00:51:31.95
and you indulge in some
things that should not be
00:51:31.99\00:51:34.42
and we are feeding on
that we become like that.
00:51:34.46\00:51:35.99
But, you know, we always
say the kids that I was looking,
00:51:36.02\00:51:37.93
I was trying to
search for the correct words
00:51:37.96\00:51:40.60
without just
making it real explicit
00:51:40.63\00:51:42.50
what I'm trying to point out.
00:51:42.53\00:51:44.77
But even if you
are watching a program
00:51:44.80\00:51:46.50
you think well,
this is all good,
00:51:46.53\00:51:47.87
I haven't heard anything.
00:51:47.90\00:51:49.24
Even if they say
one or two curse words
00:51:49.27\00:51:51.61
all of the sudden
something happened
00:51:51.64\00:51:52.97
you hit your
finger with the hammer
00:51:53.01\00:51:54.84
and you think what you heard.
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.88
We become what we feed upon.
00:51:57.91\00:52:00.25
So if we are
feeding upon God's word
00:52:00.28\00:52:02.28
we're gonna be
transformed into His image.
00:52:02.32\00:52:05.25
And it just takes,
00:52:05.65\00:52:07.89
I know as a young
person if you see one thing
00:52:07.92\00:52:10.69
that you are not supposed to see
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.06
when you are growing up,
00:52:12.09\00:52:13.70
it can still years later
indelibly upon your mind.
00:52:13.73\00:52:16.87
One wrong act, one wrong word,
00:52:16.90\00:52:18.77
one thing you see,
you can look at scripture
00:52:18.80\00:52:21.04
and try to memorize and memorize
00:52:21.07\00:52:22.40
and you have a difficult time.
00:52:22.44\00:52:23.77
People say, I just can't
but you can remember vividly
00:52:23.81\00:52:26.47
that thing what you saw
00:52:26.51\00:52:27.84
that maybe you
shouldn't have seen.
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.98
We need the
spirit of the living God.
00:52:30.01\00:52:31.55
We are gonna
take a small newsbreak
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