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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Amen.
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We have a Bible
subject that I think
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that our folks are
gonna be excited about.
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I know I was, you know,
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even though it's a subject
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that been over maybe many times.
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We're gonna talk about "Repent,
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for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand."
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And I think probably in my study
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and I think we will all
agree and we will introduce
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and so on in a moment,
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but as I was
studying through this,
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I found out how
little I really know.
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Oh, boy.
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I hope that's kind of what we do
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when we would go to
open the Word of God,
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we see so many things in there.
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So if you're
saying and this is why
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I am bringing this here.
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If you're saying, oh, well,
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I know about
repentance and so on.
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Maybe there will be some things
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the Holy Spirit will
bring into your mind...
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Most certainly.
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That will help you along the way
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or maybe something
missing in your life
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and the Holy
Spirit's gonna fill that void.
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Oh, absolutely.
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So praise the Lord,
we're thankful for 3ABN
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and be able to do
the Today program,
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be able to spread
the gospel to the world,
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and we're very
thankful and grateful for you
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who have taken time
out of your busy schedule
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to study with us.
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So please get your Bible out
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because I've always said
whether preacher, teacher,
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evangelist,
elder, whatever it is,
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I'm still gonna check him out.
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So I encourage
you to check us out
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as we study the
Word of God together.
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I think may be good.
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I have my wife with us,
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who's gonna introduce
the ones we have today.
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I'm glad, Chris,
you're with me today.
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I'm happy to be here...
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Yeah, yeah. Always.
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You love to lift
up the Word of God
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and that's very evident,
and we thank God for you
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and I've often
told the people here,
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I need a balancer
in my life to balance.
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She's my balancer.
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Brings me back to
center a lot of times,
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and praise God for that.
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She does a good
job. Yes, she does.
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You are too kind but thank you.
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You know,
there's no better place
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on the earth than
where God wants you to be.
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And I was just thinking
back maybe it was during a study
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I was doing not
long ago about growing up
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because my home really
was not a Christian home.
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My mother had left the church
and she ended up bartending.
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She never did drink,
but she ended up bartending
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and really
being out in the world
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and they even asked her
to sing on Hee Haw one time.
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Wow.
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But by the time
that invitation came,
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she was beginning
to come back to Jesus.
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Amen.
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But I had a praying grandparents
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and I truly believe that
it was my praying grandparents
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that I always had
which we may talk about today
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'cause while
preparing for this lesson,
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I was reading about that
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how the Holy Spirit
begins to give a call.
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Amen.
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And I always a
call towards Jesus.
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Yes.
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And so you know,
I've just learned
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there's no better place
where He wants you to be
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and to answer His call.
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Amen.
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Well, we're not gonna say, well,
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we've got a couple of guests
because they're not guests,
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this is part of
the family of God,
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part of our family
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and we always love to sit down
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and study with you gentlemen,
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and whoever else
the Lord brings in.
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So, my brother JD, praise God.
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We love you. We appreciate you.
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Amen. I like it,
he's always willing.
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Oh, absolutely.
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Willing to be
made willing anyway.
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Amen.
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So, you know,
we're glad you're here
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and I know the Holy
Spirit's gonna give you
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some good thoughts
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and it's gonna
bring some things that,
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you know, convert us afresh.
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It's exciting, and repentance,
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I think that any
of us that have a past
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will probably talk about
repentance for quite a while.
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Who doesn't have a
past, JD? That's right.
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You know, one thing that
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I have learned to love about you
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over the many years
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that I've known you thus far,
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is that you're not only
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willing to do
things for the Lord,
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but you do it
in love of the Lord
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and you love people.
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And, you know,
that's been very evident
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and it's always
been pleasing to me.
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Yeah, and he
doesn't really like praise,
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but it's sure the
Christ comes through.
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We all recognize
that and realize that,
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and that's just so sweet
to have Jesus shine through.
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May God gets all
the glory, I tell you.
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Yes, He does. Sure,
He does. That's right.
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You have on
your right, Don Owen.
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Always glad you join us a
lot of times or we join you
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whatever it might
be together and...
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It's been exciting and
who am I to be out here
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in this platform
as we said, you know,
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to be able to speak these words
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and just as we're talking
about the idea of repentance,
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I think that we as a
people need to be real
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about who we are.
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Experiences that
we've been through
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and to know that
God is healing us
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and He will heal
us from our past.
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Amen. Amen.
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So we're looking forward
to, you know, exciting study,
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a lot to be,
would be accomplished
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because there's so much to this
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and we don't
want to miss anything.
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We don't want
you to miss anything
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but there's,
we're gonna have a song
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and then we have
prayer after that,
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but who's gonna
do our special music?
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Oh, it's another
impeccable musician
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that 3ABN uses.
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His name is Jaime
Jorge and he is going to be
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playing on his violin,
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"What a Friend
We Have in Jesus."
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Amen. Wow.
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Wasn't that beautiful? Oh, yes.
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What a friend we
have in Jesus. Amen.
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No better friend I have.
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I've mentioned
that several times,
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and I just always had to mention
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when I hear that song because,
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like I always say,
being in the church
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for a lot of years and
then conversion experience.
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Yes.
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You know, I said, I
sang that song so many times
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before but after conversion,
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we're going to be
talking about lot of that,
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you know, today, is
I cried like a baby,
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I heard what a
friend we have in Jesus.
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And it really meant something
more than it ever had before.
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Yes.
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So that is really
songs up, I pray you
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put it deep in your heart
and in your soul and your mind
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and it did
something special for you.
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Well, we wanna have a prayer
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and then we want
to begin our study.
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Amen. Brother
Don, how about you?
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Would you pray for
us, please? Excellent.
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All right.
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Heavenly Father, we
want to thank You, Lord,
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that You are the Great I Am
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that You're the one
that can restore us, Lord.
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We're talking about
the idea of repentance,
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Lord, that is a great
gift that You have given us
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through the
precious blood of Your Son.
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You know, there are
many listeners today
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that might be struggling
with this idea of repentance.
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We pray that
You put on our lips,
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the words You
need us to share that
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somebody's heart will
be touched today, Lord.
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And that they'll
make that decision to say,
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Lord, I want You in my heart
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and I want You to
live there forever.
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I want to be able to overcome.
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Lord, we know we
can overcome through
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Your strength.
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We pray this in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand,
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you know, what a subject
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because you have repent
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and people go this
direction to repent,
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and then you're talking about
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the kingdom of
heaven is at hand and,
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you know, really,
what does that really mean?
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What did it mean when
Jesus was talking about
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and so on?
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We're gonna be
looking at all those things.
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I think let's begin, shall we?
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The top, maybe the
top of our lesson here
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where it talks about repent,
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kingdom of heaven is at hand
and then read Matthew 3:1-4.
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Okay, sure.
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Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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It was the cry of
both John the Baptist
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and Christ Himself,
our Lord and Savior.
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They both began their ministry
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at that time with that message,
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with that on their
heart for people to repent
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because the kingdom is at hand.
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Repent, repent,
repent, is God's call
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for our initial
step in our salvation.
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It is the point
of justification.
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You know, when I
began to think of that,
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you know, we talk
about justification,
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sanctification,
and glorification.
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When we come to
Christ and we repent,
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that right then
we are justified,
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we are made whole in Him. Amen.
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It is a needed step
that we must take in order
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for heaven to be our home.
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Yes.
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And in order for
the Spirit of God
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to make His home in our hearts,
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which is where
we want Him to be.
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When you mentioned the song,
what a friend we have in Jesus,
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you know, a lot of
times we hear things,
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but at that time
you were feeling it.
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Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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Thank you. You felt it.
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A lot of these
things we hear as children,
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we hear about repentance,
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we try to get our
children to repent
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when they've
done something wrong,
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but they don't always
feel it in their heart.
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Yes.
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Matthew, we're just gonna read
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from scripture a little
bit about what I just said.
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Matthew 3:1-3 says,
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"In those days
came John the Baptist,
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preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, and saying,
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'Repent ye, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
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For this is he,
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who was spoken up by
the prophet Isaiah saying,
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'The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
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prepare ye the way of the Lord
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make his paths straight,
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make his paths straight."
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What type of path leads
us to the kingdom of heaven?
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It's that narrow passage.
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It's a straight and narrow path,
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but wide and sometimes crooked
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is the one that many
others are going down, isn't it?
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Oh, man.
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You know, I think
the good thing on that
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one right there and we
can talk about this verse
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before we go on, that
make his path straight.
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You know, that's
Jesus, what does Jesus do?
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He comes in and
some of our paths
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are all
crooked, they are a mess.
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Only Jesus can straighten
out the pathway of our heart,
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you know and so.
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Also something on this too is,
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I think in this
that we're crying
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really sticks out to me.
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It's like it's
an urgent message.
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It's like something of
urgency. Oh, absolutely.
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Yeah, so you know,
I was thinking of Noah
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and he spent 120 years
calling people to repentance,
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and they wouldn't
do it so, you know,
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this idea of this crying,
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are we listening to the
cries of his people saying,
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"Hey, it's time to get
right with the Lord, you know.
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It's time to make
a change to desire
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to have that life
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altering
relationship with Jesus, so.
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Amen.
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And I would imagine
that we all need to repent
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because we were brought,
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we were born into
a sin filled world.
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Yes.
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And so we're all, we all,
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it's a necessary
step in all of our lives.
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What's really
interesting is we'll get into it
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more later is kind
of when did that happen?
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How did that happen?
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Because we have a Savior here,
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the Creator of the universe
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that is interested
in every one of us,
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but we're all
on a crooked trail.
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Yes.
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And so someplace
where John the Baptist,
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he was really a zealot.
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You know, he was out
there on the front line.
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Yes.
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And kind of had a
different message.
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Yes.
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And he would've just
said, repent, repent and people,
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this is different.
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Yes.
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You're setting up so much.
He was the forerunner of Jesus.
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He was a
forerunner of the Messiah.
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They both had the same cry.
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And the interesting thing is
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what we want to look at
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in this
particular program today is,
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is it still relevant
today, that same cry?
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Amen.
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Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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It was relevant for them.
Is it relevant for us today?
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Oh, my, yeah.
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You know that I
like that because...
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Thank you, I like that.
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The straight path to,
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you know, in the days of Christ
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when a dignitary would
come into the cities and towns,
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the obligation of that
whoever was in position,
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they went and
tried to straighten out
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all the
crookedness, and the bumps,
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and the hole
because they never really
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took care of the roads
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that well in the time of Christ,
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but they, when the dignitary
or a king that would come,
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they do want to
straighten the road
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and make it
level and make it easy
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traveling for the king.
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So that was also referred to
when they're saying this here,
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the people knew
what he's talking about.
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Well, and also you
stop and think about it.
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Time had gone by
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and there was so
much religious confusion
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even in their day
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and
misrepresentations of Christ.
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And so, John the Baptist
when you said he was different,
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you know, what are
God's people to be today?
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Are they not to be
different, peculiar, crying,
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sighing in the wilderness,
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blowing the trumpet,
making straight the paths
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that the enemy has
come in and he has weaved
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all of his little crooked steps
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and stones for
us to stumble over.
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You know, so
it's the same thing.
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Nothing has changed.
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God says, He's the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
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His message is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
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It's just, it's
a new generation.
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You know, 'cause I was
thinking the same thing,
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you know, maybe
even more so today,
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but because we are here today.
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Our salvation is at stake.
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Those of you at home
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who are listening
to this message today,
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your salvation is at stake.
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So for us,
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it seems like more so than ever,
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but really for them too.
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Yeah.
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Nothing has changed,
but we're gonna find out
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as we're living in
the Seventh Church,
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this lukewarm church,
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that we need to
get back to where God,
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where John and Jesus
were crying and saying repent,
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for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand
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'cause we're almost there.
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And what's wrong with us?
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Why are we asleep?
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Anyway I need to
throw it back to him.
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I'm just thinking too
that we gotta be careful
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how we're steering that
message forward for repentance
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'cause there could be
people like this gentleman
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I watch on YouTube
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who says, you know, repent,
for the kingdom is at hand,
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you know, the
kingdom of God is at hand,
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you know, I can get into
heaven eating vegetables.
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You know, there's a
right way to lead people
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to repentance and a wrong way.
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And the only way
we're going to do that
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is to allow the Holy Spirit
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to work that
repentance out in them.
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We can't force
anybody to repent.
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That's right. So
that's really important.
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You know, that's good.
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It has to be
biblical, isn't that right?
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That's right.
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Line upon line
because we have to be careful
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we're not taking
things out of context,
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like maybe some are doing
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and it leaves almost a bad taste
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in individual's
mouth and they say,
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"Well, I want no part of that,"
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because they went to the
left or they went to the right.
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Does anyone want to
have the Matthew 4:16-18,
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would like to read that for us?
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JD, do you have it?
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Well, I could get
it real quick, okay.
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Or is it 4:16?
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It's right there on your
paper. Well, then I had it.
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Oh, he's got so many
things. Okay, that's all right.
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I could read it. You read it.
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Yeah, Don can
read it, that's right.
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"The people
which sat in darkness
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saw great light into
them which sat in the region
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and shadow of
death, light is sprung up.
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From that time
Jesus began to preach
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and to say, 'Repent,
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for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.'
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" Amen.
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"And Jesus, walking by the
Sea of Galilee saw two brethren,
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Simon called Peter
and Andrew's brother,
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casting a net into the
sea, for they were fishers."
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Amen. Yeah.
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Yeah, what was it?
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What were they saying that
people who sat in darkness,
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I mean, what does that mean?
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Are there people
sitting in darkness today?
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You see and what does
this really represent?
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Well to me, there's
good news out there.
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To me, the way that
I'm interpreting this,
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I just kept look
back with my own life,
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you know, and just kind
of but there comes a time
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whenever good
seed has been sown,
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but you want to
do things your way,
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and there comes a time
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when we all
grow up in different,
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I mean some people
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mature at different
times in their life.
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Yes.
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Some younger, some
older, but you get sick
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and tired of
being sick and tired,
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and you know that
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there's something
out there that's better.
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And then we keep
hearing about this light.
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We keep hearing that
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there is a
difference maker out there
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and if we will turn
our eyes toward that light,
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well, then things
will make more sense.
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Yes, it says the
people sat in darkness
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and they didn't realized
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that would be
the bondage of sin,
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and that's why we're
talking about repentance
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and the need.
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They were sitting in
the bondage, you know,
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we're talking
about the handcuffs
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or, you know, of sin,
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captivity of sin
and then couple of words
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after that it said
and then notice that,
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they saw a great...
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Light. Light.
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Who is the light,
the light of the world?
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Well, they saw what?
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Jesus, so the
gospel they begin to hear
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the good news and
then they didn't know
00:19:02.64\00:19:04.51
exactly what to do and
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here we come at the right time
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in the right
place that the message
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is being preached, repent,
00:19:08.98\00:19:10.45
for the kingdom
of God is at hand.
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I like what verse 19
said though after that.
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"Then he said
unto them, 'Follow Me.'
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" He said, "Follow Me."
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I mean he didn't come
at them and point fingers
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and you know, say, you know,
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you guys are worthless or trash,
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you're not going to
make it into heaven.
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He said, all He
just said is "Follow Me."
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Follow Me.
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And then I like
when we do recovery,
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my wife and I.
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Step one, you kind
of almost touched on JD,
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it says we
admitted we were powerless
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over our addictions
and compulsive behaviors
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that our lives had
become unmanageable.
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Yes.
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I think it's when
we get to that point
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that we finally decide I
need something different.
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Amen.
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You know, I
used to have a prayer
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and I haven't prayed it in
a while but I used to pray,
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Lord, help me to
love You with all my heart
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without having
to go down that far.
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Oh, oh.
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You know what I'm
saying, it works both ways.
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But a lot of times
people don't realize,
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repent from what?
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They don't even
realize what sin is.
00:20:01.86\00:20:03.97
Yep. That's right.
00:20:04.00\00:20:05.33
But they have this longing
in their heart to realize
00:20:05.37\00:20:08.74
they want a better life.
00:20:08.77\00:20:10.11
Yep.
00:20:10.14\00:20:11.47
And so when we go back to
John and Jesus, all of a sudden,
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they were giving them hope.
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.38
They were giving them love. Yep.
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And they were being
treated with respect.
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There you go. That's good, yeah.
00:20:20.72\00:20:22.25
You know, because if,
00:20:22.28\00:20:23.69
before it was
more like there was,
00:20:23.72\00:20:25.79
they were looking
for something different
00:20:25.82\00:20:27.26
'cause they were
looking for a Savior,
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but the Savior is
gonna come on a big horse
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and He's gonna have a big spear
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and He's gonna take
care of the enemy over there.
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Yeah.
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.20
And as He starts
talking, you know,
00:20:37.27\00:20:38.80
they sense the
sincerity and say,
00:20:38.83\00:20:41.17
"I think we can trust this."
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And then the Holy
Spirit is always working.
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Yep.
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And I love the word being drawn,
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I love the word being wooed.
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Yeah, I like that.
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And so, as He's calling,
as he's speaking, "Follow Me."
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Amen.
00:21:01.06\00:21:02.39
I had another
thought as you both
00:21:02.42\00:21:03.76
were bringing these things out.
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.36
A lot of times it
takes something terrible.
00:21:05.39\00:21:07.93
There you're talking about war,
00:21:07.96\00:21:09.36
you are talking about bondage,
00:21:09.40\00:21:10.80
you know, the Roman
bondage but even today,
00:21:10.87\00:21:14.97
you know, people who are sick,
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.34
we just talked to a man
at the ministry yesterday
00:21:16.37\00:21:18.37
that he's a survivor
of cancer and really,
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.88
every one of us in
that room was a survivor
00:21:20.91\00:21:23.38
of some near fatal disease.
00:21:23.45\00:21:27.25
And when you get
that close to death,
00:21:27.32\00:21:29.78
then you begin to see
00:21:29.82\00:21:31.15
just how thin that
thread is, you know,
00:21:31.19\00:21:34.49
you somehow it
draws your heart to say,
00:21:34.52\00:21:38.99
"Is there something different?"
00:21:39.03\00:21:41.03
Because all of a sudden,
00:21:41.06\00:21:42.40
it's no longer abstract thought,
00:21:42.43\00:21:44.70
we're all gonna die someday.
00:21:44.73\00:21:46.30
It's, wow, I could die soon,
I may not live to see tomorrow,
00:21:46.33\00:21:51.34
you know.
00:21:51.37\00:21:52.71
And so, you begin
to have a heart search,
00:21:52.74\00:21:56.64
and Jesus is there
and this message is here
00:21:56.68\00:21:59.88
to fill that heart search
00:21:59.91\00:22:01.85
because the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
00:22:01.88\00:22:04.55
So He's calling us
into a closer relationship.
00:22:04.59\00:22:08.12
Beautiful thing is, we
can't do this on our own.
00:22:08.16\00:22:11.16
That's right. No.
00:22:11.19\00:22:12.53
It's a free gift. Yeah.
00:22:12.56\00:22:14.00
And it's Him through the power
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.93
of the Holy Spirit
that's even giving you
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.53
that urging to
draw close to Him.
00:22:18.57\00:22:20.14
Amen.
00:22:20.17\00:22:21.50
That just leads us
right to the first question,
00:22:21.54\00:22:22.87
doesn't it?
00:22:22.90\00:22:24.24
Speaking right which is good.
00:22:24.27\00:22:25.61
We have five
questions really and of course
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.41
we don't move very quickly but.
00:22:28.44\00:22:30.48
We haven't even got to
question number one yet.
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Yeah, it's all right.
00:22:31.91\00:22:33.25
Hopefully we're setting
a little foundation here
00:22:33.28\00:22:34.88
and covering some
things but, you know,
00:22:34.92\00:22:36.99
the first question simply
says, what is true repentance?
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So that right
there indicates that
00:22:41.52\00:22:43.53
there could be
one that's not true.
00:22:43.56\00:22:45.16
Oh.
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
Or there can be
people who might repent
00:22:46.56\00:22:48.53
but because of
maybe circumstances,
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.07
situations of life, health,
00:22:51.10\00:22:52.43
whatever might
be, a time of need,
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.60
house is getting
ready to fall in,
00:22:54.64\00:22:55.97
whatever, you know,
and we cry out for God
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.71
and then, soon as
everything's okay,
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.48
we may forget the
promises that we make.
00:23:00.51\00:23:02.61
So really what is,
00:23:02.64\00:23:04.05
this is one that
can go for a while,
00:23:04.08\00:23:05.41
because really
there's, you know,
00:23:05.45\00:23:07.95
as I was looking in
here, true repentance,
00:23:07.98\00:23:11.79
it cannot happen
without the Holy Spirit
00:23:11.82\00:23:13.66
so we can all talk about this.
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.92
That is the first
works of the Holy Spirit
00:23:15.96\00:23:20.70
is to work on the heart
and bring us into a condition,
00:23:20.73\00:23:25.30
a place to where we want,
00:23:25.33\00:23:27.47
you mentioned
while ago, a change,
00:23:27.54\00:23:29.47
change in our life
that we need to change.
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.61
We're no longer
content with the way life is,
00:23:31.64\00:23:35.08
you know, life has been.
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.44
We want to change.
00:23:36.48\00:23:38.65
That person has
to want forgiveness
00:23:38.68\00:23:42.48
and then the Holy Spirit
00:23:42.52\00:23:43.89
is certainly
working on that heart.
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.79
But you know, I jotted down here
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.82
was interesting.
00:23:47.86\00:23:49.19
It says, if you
want the forgiveness,
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.79
it cannot be found in a heart
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.63
where Jesus has
not been at work.
00:23:54.66\00:23:58.23
That makes sense? You bet.
00:23:58.27\00:23:59.67
I mean, to me
that just makes sense.
00:23:59.70\00:24:01.20
It cannot be found.
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.57
Repentance cannot be found
in a heart where Jesus is not,
00:24:02.60\00:24:04.67
the Holy Spirit
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.04
has not been
there working already.
00:24:06.07\00:24:08.18
You wouldn't have a desire. No.
00:24:08.21\00:24:09.68
The desire comes from
Him. Yeah Isn't that beautiful?
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.45
And we can push it away.
He gives us our own free will.
00:24:12.48\00:24:16.32
But we wouldn't
even have a desire
00:24:16.35\00:24:17.79
without His wooing us in love.
00:24:17.82\00:24:21.06
I mean, I reread
this, but there's no one
00:24:21.09\00:24:25.23
that has more
patience, more love,
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.76
more kindness than our Savior.
00:24:27.80\00:24:30.37
How many parents would put up
00:24:30.40\00:24:33.37
with some of the bad things
00:24:33.44\00:24:36.57
that we do as long as we do it,
00:24:36.60\00:24:38.71
and yet He's our Heavenly Father
00:24:38.74\00:24:40.38
and He does put up with it.
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.08
He's our Savior.
He's the Son of God.
00:24:42.11\00:24:44.58
Yeah, I think that on
the idea of repentance
00:24:44.61\00:24:47.65
that I was just
reading the Steps of Christ
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.18
the other day and so actually,
00:24:49.22\00:24:51.09
this is interesting I
get to share this today,
00:24:51.12\00:24:52.45
so in prison later
00:24:52.49\00:24:53.86
I'll be sharing
the same thing again,
00:24:53.89\00:24:55.22
but he said in
00:24:55.26\00:24:56.59
there that you're
sorry enough to quit.
00:24:56.62\00:24:57.96
Come on.
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.33
You want to quit,
00:24:59.36\00:25:00.70
you don't want that
anymore in your life, you know.
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.06
Yes, yes.
00:25:02.10\00:25:03.43
I think what I wanted
to do when he was talking
00:25:03.47\00:25:04.80
he says what is true repentance?
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.17
Maybe one of the best
examples to give is an idea
00:25:06.20\00:25:10.41
of what an untrue repentance is,
00:25:10.44\00:25:13.21
and we think of
the story of Judas.
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.24
Most people know
about Judas. Or Esau.
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.55
And if you'd like to
elaborate maybe on that,
00:25:17.58\00:25:19.81
you know, why wasn't
00:25:19.85\00:25:21.18
when Judas threw the
money back at the priest,
00:25:21.22\00:25:24.55
why wasn't he forgiven?
00:25:24.59\00:25:25.92
I mean what
happened there 'cause we...
00:25:25.95\00:25:28.46
I don't think his
heart was changed.
00:25:28.49\00:25:29.82
His heart wasn't
right with the Lord.
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.19
He didn't, he was
just doing out of,
00:25:31.23\00:25:33.16
I guess kind of like a
behavior thing you can say.
00:25:33.19\00:25:35.03
A lot of people do
that, all the behavior,
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.43
outward behaviors,
they got those down.
00:25:36.46\00:25:38.10
I don't drink
alcohol. I don't smoke.
00:25:38.13\00:25:39.57
I don't do this. I don't lie.
00:25:39.60\00:25:40.94
I don't do that kind of stuff.
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.30
Well, it's the
inward stuff, you know,
00:25:42.34\00:25:43.71
it's the deep stuff
and you're not really
00:25:43.74\00:25:45.07
surrendering
everything to the Lord
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.44
and I don't think Judas
really, he didn't get it.
00:25:46.47\00:25:48.21
He was more or less
00:25:48.24\00:25:49.58
just doing the
outward expressions
00:25:49.61\00:25:50.95
but somewhat
wasn't changed in here.
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.38
I mean we wonder
00:25:52.41\00:25:53.75
if we think that
did Judas really,
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.18
maybe good food for thought.
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.55
Did Judas think
that it would went
00:25:56.58\00:26:00.26
as far as it went, you know.
00:26:00.29\00:26:02.86
Oh, you're talking
about money. Yeah, the money.
00:26:02.89\00:26:04.39
Yeah, and when
money was given to him,
00:26:04.43\00:26:05.93
he didn't think it
could quite go that far.
00:26:05.96\00:26:08.13
And then it did.
00:26:08.16\00:26:09.50
But yet did his
heart really change?
00:26:09.53\00:26:11.47
You know, the Lucifer,
did his heart really change?
00:26:11.50\00:26:13.44
Many in the Bible we
found heart never changed.
00:26:13.47\00:26:16.24
You're talking about
the false repentance.
00:26:16.27\00:26:18.01
Well, and what we find
out too is he was feeling bad
00:26:18.04\00:26:21.41
because of the consequences.
00:26:21.44\00:26:24.25
Many times we say, you know,
00:26:24.28\00:26:26.72
how many times if
your kids come on,
00:26:26.75\00:26:28.25
I'm so sorry, I did that,
00:26:28.28\00:26:29.85
because they
don't want a spanking.
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.35
Well, they don't
want to see the belt.
00:26:31.39\00:26:32.72
They don't want.
00:26:32.75\00:26:34.09
I was gonna say belted,
my bad, you know, I mean.
00:26:34.16\00:26:36.93
They don't want the consequence.
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.93
See, Judas didn't,
he didn't think that
00:26:38.96\00:26:41.53
the consequence
would be what it was.
00:26:41.56\00:26:43.97
He was repentive
of the consequence.
00:26:44.00\00:26:47.04
And what we find
when we begin to study out
00:26:47.07\00:26:49.77
in Scripture and
Spirit of Prophecy
00:26:49.80\00:26:51.71
about repentance,
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.21
is we need to come to the point
00:26:53.24\00:26:55.01
under the power
of the Holy Spirit
00:26:55.04\00:26:56.54
that we are sorry,
00:26:56.58\00:26:58.48
we're remorseful because of sin.
00:26:58.51\00:27:02.68
It is sin that put
the Savior on the cross.
00:27:02.72\00:27:06.96
It is sin that
separates us from heaven.
00:27:06.99\00:27:10.96
We get to the point
where we have abhor sin,
00:27:10.99\00:27:14.86
not just the consequence of sin.
00:27:14.90\00:27:18.03
Does that mean sense? Yeah.
00:27:18.07\00:27:19.40
Makes all the
sense of the world.
00:27:19.43\00:27:20.77
Psalm 51 is great,
what do you guys say?
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.17
Yes. You got something, JD?
00:27:22.20\00:27:23.81
No.
00:27:23.84\00:27:25.17
It's renouncing that sin,
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.54
that's exactly, comes the place.
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.71
You know, I was
just thinking here
00:27:28.74\00:27:30.08
as we were talking,
going through this right now,
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.72
I've got a little bump.
00:27:33.75\00:27:36.15
Go on.
00:27:36.18\00:27:37.52
And every once a
while that little bump,
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.09
I feel it and I'll prick.
00:27:40.16\00:27:43.53
Let me back up a little bit.
00:27:43.56\00:27:44.99
I work in the yard all the
time and right now Lyme disease
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.90
is going around everywhere.
00:27:47.93\00:27:49.26
Oh.
00:27:49.30\00:27:50.67
And so you're always,
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.03
I am becoming paranoid of ticks.
00:27:52.07\00:27:53.84
Okay.
00:27:53.87\00:27:55.34
And so if something's itching,
00:27:55.37\00:27:58.84
so then I'll sit here
and think, wow, that's hard.
00:27:58.87\00:28:02.31
And I'll go up and
ask, "Shelley is this?"
00:28:02.34\00:28:05.85
And she, "No,
Honey, it's just a scab."
00:28:05.88\00:28:08.72
And then before long
without even thinking,
00:28:08.75\00:28:10.49
you reach up and
you pull that scab off.
00:28:10.52\00:28:12.09
Yeah.
00:28:12.12\00:28:13.46
And you keep pulling a scab,
00:28:13.49\00:28:14.82
how can something heal
if you're gonna continue
00:28:14.86\00:28:17.33
to go back and pull it off?
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.93
Yes.
00:28:20.00\00:28:21.33
And so there comes a time
00:28:21.36\00:28:22.80
when intellectually
you get involved in here,
00:28:22.83\00:28:25.40
and you say, "Hey,
wait a minute here.
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.74
You're not really
participating in the healing,
00:28:27.77\00:28:31.97
you're doing
more harm than good."
00:28:32.01\00:28:34.18
And so now you can deduce that
00:28:34.21\00:28:35.71
and deduct that down
to kind of what sin is,
00:28:35.74\00:28:38.48
you kind of,
you're involved in it.
00:28:38.51\00:28:40.32
Yes.
00:28:40.35\00:28:41.68
It becomes part of who you are,
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.32
because it's part
of your activities.
00:28:43.39\00:28:45.99
But there comes a time
whenever, wait a minute,
00:28:46.02\00:28:49.62
I need to make
some changes here.
00:28:49.66\00:28:51.83
Yes.
00:28:51.86\00:28:53.19
I need to change my
behavior, my attitude.
00:28:53.23\00:28:57.07
I think that I'll probably
need to change my purpose.
00:28:57.10\00:29:00.27
And then as we're
beginning to pave this road,
00:29:00.34\00:29:03.24
then I think understanding,
now let's take it spiritually
00:29:03.27\00:29:07.38
that there is a sin bearer.
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.38
Yes.
00:29:09.41\00:29:10.75
And that sin bearer
really cares for me.
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.11
Amen.
00:29:12.15\00:29:13.52
So now I want to
make some behavior change,
00:29:13.55\00:29:15.65
but I can't do it by myself.
00:29:15.68\00:29:17.29
Yes. Come on.
00:29:17.32\00:29:19.12
Now, what I've got to do,
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.49
now, I've got to
have some assistance
00:29:20.56\00:29:22.79
and this is where
the Holy Spirit comes in.
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.69
Amen.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.06
And I mean, to me,
I think about this,
00:29:26.09\00:29:28.56
the greatest gift that we
have is Jesus realize this
00:29:28.60\00:29:33.94
when he was, Hey,
I can't leave you all
00:29:33.97\00:29:35.77
down here by
yourself, you need a comforter.
00:29:35.80\00:29:38.44
Oh, my. Yes. Yes.
00:29:38.47\00:29:39.81
Amen.
00:29:39.84\00:29:41.18
And then here comes the
Holy Spirit to sit in there
00:29:41.21\00:29:42.74
and now I love the wooing.
00:29:42.78\00:29:44.71
I love the drawing because now,
00:29:44.75\00:29:47.32
I guess that if
you do have a past.
00:29:47.35\00:29:50.02
Yes.
00:29:50.09\00:29:51.42
And it just and
this makes me sick,
00:29:51.45\00:29:56.76
just the picture of
going back to the vomit.
00:29:56.83\00:29:59.43
Oh, yeah.
00:29:59.46\00:30:00.80
Now that makes me
sick, but how many times do
00:30:00.83\00:30:03.60
we do that to the
point that Oh Lord,
00:30:03.67\00:30:06.17
I don't want to do that anymore.
00:30:06.20\00:30:09.67
And so then, you know,
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.07
you're picking up
because the comforter is there
00:30:11.11\00:30:14.08
to help lift out of that junk,
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.95
and then your
behavior slowly begins.
00:30:16.98\00:30:18.45
Amen.
00:30:18.48\00:30:19.81
And because now
you're really renouncing sin
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.92
for what it is.
00:30:22.95\00:30:24.72
And you really
have become sorry.
00:30:24.75\00:30:27.49
Now again, sorry is...
00:30:27.56\00:30:29.19
Let me read a passage real quick
00:30:29.22\00:30:30.56
that you may have it
down in Psalms Chapter 38.
00:30:30.63\00:30:32.79
Jot it down. Verse 18.
00:30:32.83\00:30:34.73
Psalms 38:18, Bible says,
"I will declare mine iniquity,
00:30:34.76\00:30:40.64
I will be sorry for my sin."
00:30:40.67\00:30:43.81
So that's the prerequisite,
00:30:43.84\00:30:45.54
that's what he's
talking about, three areas,
00:30:45.57\00:30:48.38
and there's more to
this, but you have to cover
00:30:48.41\00:30:50.98
what we're covering what we are.
00:30:51.01\00:30:52.35
Number one been
doing sorrowful sin
00:30:52.38\00:30:53.92
so we need to do...
00:30:53.95\00:30:55.28
We're so sorry that we
don't want to go back again.
00:30:55.32\00:30:57.95
That's right.
00:30:57.99\00:30:59.32
I don't know if you ever
had those things in your life,
00:30:59.35\00:31:00.96
I have that I don't
want to go back there again,
00:31:00.99\00:31:03.43
you see.
00:31:03.46\00:31:04.79
So that means you repent of that
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.16
and you can move on.
00:31:06.19\00:31:07.53
Amen.
00:31:07.60\00:31:08.93
And then where we
can, when we've done wrong,
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.60
we need to make restitution.
00:31:10.67\00:31:12.83
That's like you have a SRR.
00:31:12.87\00:31:16.10
You know, sorry for your sin.
00:31:16.14\00:31:17.51
You make restitution, you
know, where it's possible,
00:31:17.54\00:31:20.61
and then you make what
you've been talking about,
00:31:20.68\00:31:22.48
the resolution, not
by God's grace to do
00:31:22.51\00:31:26.08
it anymore.
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.85
That's very
important as we look at that,
00:31:27.88\00:31:29.42
so then we start
out, we're sorry for sin,
00:31:29.45\00:31:31.59
that's what the
Bible said to be sorry.
00:31:31.62\00:31:33.66
What we find too
is that sin is heavy.
00:31:33.69\00:31:36.96
Oh, my, well. Amen.
00:31:37.03\00:31:38.56
And there's some sense
00:31:38.59\00:31:40.20
that as you grow as a Christian,
00:31:40.23\00:31:41.83
you don't really
realize that you're Christian
00:31:41.86\00:31:43.50
till you're in the
Word of God and He begins
00:31:43.57\00:31:46.20
to point those
things out, you know,
00:31:46.23\00:31:48.10
the Bible's a two
edged sword so it's gonna cut
00:31:48.14\00:31:50.64
and it's gonna separate
it, but I'm so thankful that
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.91
He is the surgeon.
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.78
We're not to be the surgeon,
00:31:54.81\00:31:56.14
He's the surgeon
00:31:56.18\00:31:57.55
through the power
of the Holy Spirit,
00:31:57.58\00:31:58.91
but there's some
things that even in the world,
00:31:58.95\00:32:00.72
we recognize as a sin
as something wrong to do.
00:32:00.75\00:32:04.92
Yes. And it's heavy.
00:32:04.95\00:32:07.16
It's heavy to carry.
00:32:07.19\00:32:08.66
When you were
talking, I was thinking about,
00:32:08.69\00:32:10.43
like cigarette smokers
00:32:10.46\00:32:12.03
and people that
are addicted to drugs,
00:32:12.06\00:32:14.20
they can't do it on their own.
00:32:14.23\00:32:17.00
There's some people that
recognize that an activity
00:32:17.07\00:32:20.04
or what they're doing.
00:32:20.07\00:32:21.40
Maybe they're a bank robber,
00:32:21.44\00:32:22.77
I don't know
that it's wrong to do
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.14
but they can't
stop it on their own.
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.71
I want to read a
verse. It's found in Matthew.
00:32:26.78\00:32:31.08
Matthew 11:28,
00:32:31.11\00:32:34.25
and it reads, "Come unto me."
00:32:34.32\00:32:37.99
Jesus is saying, "Come unto me.
00:32:38.02\00:32:41.29
All ye that labor
and are heavy laden."
00:32:41.32\00:32:44.23
You're heavied down,
00:32:44.26\00:32:45.59
you're just
burdened with that sin
00:32:45.63\00:32:48.46
and He says, I
will give you rest.
00:32:48.50\00:32:52.53
So in other words,
He's saying, "Come unto Me.
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.64
Give it to Me.
00:32:54.67\00:32:57.11
Let me take that burden
00:32:57.14\00:32:59.31
because there is
nothing that will burden Me."
00:32:59.34\00:33:02.74
That's Jesus talking, not me.
00:33:02.78\00:33:05.05
There's nothing that
will burden our Savior.
00:33:05.08\00:33:07.62
He is...
00:33:07.65\00:33:08.98
When He was on the cross
00:33:09.02\00:33:10.42
He bore the sin
of the whole world.
00:33:10.49\00:33:13.96
Any of us, we would
have died like that,
00:33:13.99\00:33:16.22
we couldn't have handled it.
00:33:16.26\00:33:17.63
Mercy.
00:33:17.66\00:33:18.99
But He will give us rest
because He's the sin bearer,
00:33:19.03\00:33:22.36
He's gonna take that
00:33:22.40\00:33:24.07
and He's gonna
give you rest from that,
00:33:24.10\00:33:26.30
and then you can
walk on in sanctification,
00:33:26.33\00:33:28.87
you can continue
to grow in grace.
00:33:28.90\00:33:31.17
Yeah. Isn't that beautiful?
00:33:31.21\00:33:32.57
That's awesome. And
I love the next verse.
00:33:32.61\00:33:34.71
He says, "Learn
from me. I am gentle.
00:33:34.74\00:33:39.25
I am meek or I'm humble.
00:33:39.28\00:33:42.35
Learn from me,
so that you can help
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.69
make a difference in
someone else's life."
00:33:44.72\00:33:46.65
Amen.
00:33:46.69\00:33:48.02
Yeah, you look at it,
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.39
I think 2 Corinthians
several Bible passages,
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.03
because we realize
it's 2 Corinthians 7:10,
00:33:51.06\00:33:54.46
it says, "For godly
sorrow works," what?
00:33:54.50\00:33:57.27
"Repentance."
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.07
What we're talking
about is repentance
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.44
so we have to
have which I'm sorry,
00:34:00.47\00:34:01.80
this is a godly sorrow.
00:34:01.84\00:34:03.17
Yes, it is.
00:34:03.20\00:34:04.54
Now we don't want to
return to that again.
00:34:04.57\00:34:06.37
Godly sorrow, I'll read that,
00:34:06.41\00:34:07.88
worketh through
repentance to salvation.
00:34:07.91\00:34:10.28
Amen.
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.68
So salvation is intertwined here
00:34:11.71\00:34:14.15
in this thing called repentance
00:34:14.22\00:34:17.09
and godly sorrow to
where we separate from
00:34:17.12\00:34:20.46
what we understand or
know of sin and come apart
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.12
because our
salvation depends on that we do
00:34:23.16\00:34:26.80
according to the
scripture that we read here.
00:34:26.83\00:34:29.06
"After a godly sort,
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.80
what carefulness
it wrought in you,
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.54
yea, what
clearing of yourselves,
00:34:33.57\00:34:34.97
yea, what indignation."
00:34:35.00\00:34:37.11
Wow, verse there, 11.
00:34:37.14\00:34:38.84
God is bringing some
things out to us here
00:34:38.87\00:34:42.21
that this godly
sorrow needs to be,
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.55
the world needs to
take this thing serious.
00:34:44.58\00:34:46.55
We need to take it serious.
00:34:46.58\00:34:48.15
I think you
mentioned to begin with,
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.55
repentance is something that
00:34:49.58\00:34:50.92
you just do you
do just one time?
00:34:50.99\00:34:53.02
No.
00:34:53.05\00:34:54.99
Our sanctification
goes along with that.
00:34:55.02\00:34:56.66
It's always a
continuing process.
00:34:56.73\00:34:58.16
Yeah, yeah. It's continuous.
00:34:58.19\00:34:59.79
There's not a day that goes by
00:34:59.83\00:35:01.16
I'm sure that each
one of us gonna say,
00:35:01.20\00:35:02.60
Lord, forgive me, or I'm sorry,
00:35:02.63\00:35:04.50
or help me to
learn or we come and cast
00:35:04.53\00:35:07.54
our care on Him
for He cares for us.
00:35:07.57\00:35:10.11
We confess our
sins, He's faithful
00:35:10.14\00:35:11.61
and just to
forgive us and cleanse us.
00:35:11.64\00:35:14.28
So day by day, even a
thought, an action or,
00:35:14.31\00:35:17.15
you know, an unkind word,
00:35:17.18\00:35:18.51
whatever, we
need to go immediately
00:35:18.55\00:35:20.32
since we're in the
hour of the judgment,
00:35:20.35\00:35:22.12
you know, Christ is coming.
00:35:22.15\00:35:23.49
There's no doubt about it.
00:35:23.52\00:35:24.85
We need to make sure every sin
00:35:24.89\00:35:26.22
is covered by
the blood of the Lamb
00:35:26.25\00:35:27.92
and we're talking
about the repentance.
00:35:27.96\00:35:30.03
And does it do us good?
00:35:30.06\00:35:31.46
Can it do us good to go to Him
and talk to Him about things?
00:35:31.49\00:35:34.20
Amen. Well.
00:35:34.23\00:35:35.56
Most certainly.
00:35:35.60\00:35:36.93
There's so many
times that you know,
00:35:36.97\00:35:38.63
something's wrong in
your life and you think
00:35:38.67\00:35:40.94
I have no one I can speak with.
00:35:40.97\00:35:43.20
Yeah, well.
00:35:43.24\00:35:44.57
I praise God that
we have Him to go to.
00:35:44.61\00:35:48.84
Amen.
00:35:48.88\00:35:50.25
I do not know where I would be
00:35:50.28\00:35:52.98
outside of just
playing lost if I didn't have
00:35:53.01\00:35:56.79
my Lord and
Savior to confide in,
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.42
to counsel with,
00:35:59.45\00:36:01.66
He speaks sometimes, you know,
00:36:01.69\00:36:03.73
through His
Word He speaks to us.
00:36:03.76\00:36:06.90
And it's just where
we'd be? We'd be lost.
00:36:06.93\00:36:10.57
So we always have
a friend in Jesus.
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.90
Amen.
00:36:12.93\00:36:15.30
And that's
speaking to somebody...
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.71
Yes, it is.
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.07
Because there
are people out there
00:36:18.11\00:36:19.44
that really feel like they're...
00:36:19.47\00:36:20.81
Speaks to me brother.
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.18
Like they're totally alone
00:36:22.21\00:36:23.55
and I was a little
suspicious for years.
00:36:23.58\00:36:26.48
Are you telling
me that the word,
00:36:26.51\00:36:29.62
the word, the Bible here?
00:36:29.65\00:36:30.99
Living word of God.
00:36:31.02\00:36:32.35
Yes, will actually
give you direction?
00:36:32.39\00:36:36.29
I thought that was a
little heavy, you know.
00:36:36.32\00:36:38.36
Well.
00:36:38.39\00:36:39.73
And then as I matured,
matured through sanctification.
00:36:39.76\00:36:44.00
Sure.
00:36:44.07\00:36:45.40
We grow daily, you know,
we put things behind us daily.
00:36:45.43\00:36:50.11
We're progressing and
another, it more opens up.
00:36:50.14\00:36:55.88
Yes.
00:36:55.91\00:36:57.25
And please believe me, yes,
say that you just don't use,
00:36:57.28\00:37:01.95
this was perplexing you,
and you just open up the Bible,
00:37:01.98\00:37:06.09
you know, and it was
00:37:06.12\00:37:07.72
what you were
perplexed over right
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.36
there is the answer.
00:37:09.39\00:37:10.73
Yes. Now was that coincidence?
00:37:10.76\00:37:13.19
Or was that
providential? Providential.
00:37:13.23\00:37:15.76
It is providential.
00:37:15.80\00:37:17.20
I mean there is,
we're talking about
00:37:17.27\00:37:19.40
the Creator of the
universe talking to us.
00:37:19.43\00:37:21.34
That's right, amen, yeah.
00:37:21.37\00:37:23.71
You've got this
problem, I got this problem
00:37:23.74\00:37:26.04
but He's gonna
lead me to this text,
00:37:26.07\00:37:28.68
but He's gonna lead
you to a different text.
00:37:28.71\00:37:30.35
Yes.
00:37:30.38\00:37:31.71
Or He's going to leave
Kenny into your pathway
00:37:31.75\00:37:34.58
and Kenny's gonna tell a story.
00:37:34.62\00:37:35.95
Oh. Oh, yes.
00:37:35.98\00:37:37.49
Thank you, Jesus,
at Your sense, wow.
00:37:37.52\00:37:39.95
Oh, yes. I mean, that's...
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.59
We're dealing
with repentance. Yes.
00:37:42.62\00:37:44.33
Kind of take, we've
got a cousin over here.
00:37:44.36\00:37:46.16
But you know what I mean,
but it all works together.
00:37:46.19\00:37:47.53
But it's all part of it, yes.
00:37:47.60\00:37:50.30
If we don't come to Him,
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.70
we're really not gonna
experience over repentance.
00:37:51.73\00:37:54.54
We cannot on our own.
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.47
It is a gift of
Christ... That's right.
00:37:56.50\00:37:58.61
Amen. For us to have repent.
00:37:58.64\00:37:59.97
Isn't that
beautiful? Yes, Sister.
00:38:00.01\00:38:01.91
And it's a gift
because He loves us so,
00:38:01.94\00:38:05.65
so much, and He knows
00:38:05.68\00:38:08.15
we cannot take this
bag of sin to heaven.
00:38:08.18\00:38:11.65
So He's calling us.
00:38:11.69\00:38:13.46
He's calling us into
all of those attributes
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.22
that you read, what was it?
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.73
In Matthew 11,
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.30
what was the verse
that you read there?
00:38:20.33\00:38:23.16
Twenty nine, he's calling us
00:38:23.20\00:38:25.43
to reflect those
attributes of Christ.
00:38:25.47\00:38:27.34
Amen.
00:38:27.37\00:38:28.70
So that we can
become citizens of heaven
00:38:28.74\00:38:30.71
because that's what heaven is.
00:38:30.74\00:38:33.41
It is full of unselfish beings,
00:38:33.48\00:38:36.38
it is full of loving
beings, humble beings,
00:38:36.41\00:38:39.95
I don't think we'll
ever hear an angry word,
00:38:40.02\00:38:43.62
we will never
experience death anymore.
00:38:43.69\00:38:46.15
You know, I
have, I love flowers.
00:38:46.19\00:38:47.99
Amen.
00:38:48.02\00:38:49.36
And I love to make
things out of flowers
00:38:49.39\00:38:51.03
but I'm thinking
if we pick a flower
00:38:51.06\00:38:52.46
and it never dies,
00:38:52.49\00:38:53.83
where is it
gonna go, I don't know.
00:38:53.90\00:38:57.17
But I'm anxious to learn that
00:38:57.20\00:38:58.83
because there'll be no
more death, no more crying,
00:38:58.87\00:39:02.77
we won't have to, you know,
00:39:02.80\00:39:05.94
we won't feel
this burden anymore
00:39:05.97\00:39:08.61
because we won't have that need.
00:39:08.64\00:39:10.35
Repentance will be been
done away with, hallelujah.
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.52
Yeah, no more repentance.
00:39:13.55\00:39:14.88
You know, it'll
be done away with
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.52
because we will
have met that thoroughly.
00:39:17.59\00:39:19.22
You know what I say that word
you talking about repentance,
00:39:19.25\00:39:22.59
you know, the Bible
tells us in Romans 2:4,
00:39:22.62\00:39:25.86
it's the
goodness of God that what?
00:39:25.89\00:39:27.70
Yes. That leads
us to repentance.
00:39:27.73\00:39:31.50
You know, people,
I'll just come to Him
00:39:31.53\00:39:32.87
and I'll have to repent.
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.24
Remember, we said, we're
establishing God is good.
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.91
You know, who's
going to forgive us
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.54
over and over and
over when we come to Him
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.91
if we confess, He forgives.
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.65
It's the goodness of
God. Jesus said, if I be what?
00:39:43.68\00:39:48.02
"If I be lifted up, I
will draw all men unto Me."
00:39:48.05\00:39:51.79
You see, and that's what
He's talking about here, what?
00:39:51.82\00:39:54.59
The goodness of God.
00:39:54.62\00:39:55.96
When people begin to
see that God is good,
00:39:55.99\00:39:57.83
you see He's
working in your life,
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.19
you see He's
working in the world,
00:39:59.23\00:40:00.60
even though the
enemy's working too.
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.43
God is good, He is
protecting, taking care of you
00:40:02.46\00:40:06.00
through the power
of the Holy Spirit
00:40:06.03\00:40:07.37
bringing conviction on me
00:40:07.44\00:40:09.30
that I need to
change something in my life.
00:40:09.34\00:40:11.57
You talk about growing,
that we should grow every day
00:40:11.61\00:40:15.31
in sanctification
that you're talking about.
00:40:15.34\00:40:17.45
Things should open
up more and more to us
00:40:17.48\00:40:19.51
and if you have a
stale Christian life,
00:40:19.55\00:40:22.75
nothing's being
revealed, you know,
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.89
in the time that
we lay it out and say,
00:40:24.92\00:40:26.49
Lord, I'm stale and
I need some refreshing
00:40:26.52\00:40:31.13
and I need you to point.
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.49
I've asked the Lord many
times to point things out to me.
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.30
Amen.
00:40:34.33\00:40:35.66
I'm not even aware
of it 'cause I know,
00:40:35.70\00:40:37.57
you know, I look at my example,
00:40:37.60\00:40:39.47
Jesus Christ,
and I fall so short,
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.10
I'm ashamed and
embarrassed and all I can do
00:40:41.14\00:40:43.51
is just come to Him
00:40:43.54\00:40:45.01
and beg for
forgiveness and mercy.
00:40:45.04\00:40:47.18
And He's willing, He said,
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.54
the goodness of
God leads me to think.
00:40:48.58\00:40:51.38
I came to the
point in my own life,
00:40:51.41\00:40:53.35
many years ago, that I prayed
00:40:53.42\00:40:56.22
and I realized so many things.
00:40:56.25\00:40:57.59
I said, Lord, whatever it takes
00:40:57.62\00:41:01.59
that I can make it to
heaven, let it happen.
00:41:01.62\00:41:04.23
Wow. Amen.
00:41:04.26\00:41:05.59
And Lord have mercy.
00:41:05.63\00:41:06.96
I prayed that for
two or three years.
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.20
I don't think I really mean
it. Is it okay to be honest?
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.43
We have to be. Yeah.
00:41:12.47\00:41:14.37
No, I knew it, at least
to me. We can talk about it.
00:41:14.40\00:41:17.84
You knew it was needed.
00:41:17.87\00:41:19.21
I knew it was needed and
I knew that it was right.
00:41:19.24\00:41:22.64
What our praying was
right, whatever it takes,
00:41:22.68\00:41:24.88
whatever is
holding me back or what?
00:41:24.91\00:41:26.48
Because I don't know, what it's,
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.85
but something's missing.
00:41:27.88\00:41:30.09
And so when I begin to pray,
it just like, oh, each time,
00:41:30.12\00:41:33.56
each time there
was a reservation,
00:41:33.59\00:41:35.52
some of you prayed and you have,
00:41:35.56\00:41:36.93
after you get done, you say,
oh, I have faith to believe,
00:41:36.96\00:41:38.76
there's a reservation.
00:41:38.79\00:41:40.13
Oh, it's not, yeah, yeah.
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.53
I had a
reservation, like, ooh, what?
00:41:41.56\00:41:44.70
When you turn your
life over to Christ,
00:41:44.73\00:41:46.07
sometimes some
things really happen
00:41:46.10\00:41:47.80
and let me tell you, I
won't go into all story.
00:41:47.84\00:41:49.94
Some things really did happen.
00:41:50.01\00:41:52.17
The Lord was, I
mean, He was doing things
00:41:52.21\00:41:54.98
that you when you
lay them on the altar
00:41:55.01\00:41:56.54
and you wanna
make changes, God just,
00:41:56.58\00:41:58.85
He shows up
00:41:58.88\00:42:00.22
and am I saying in the nice way,
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.58
He show out. I mean,
He shows He's in God.
00:42:01.62\00:42:02.95
That's right.
00:42:02.98\00:42:04.32
And I've seen that
happen so many times in stories
00:42:04.35\00:42:05.69
as you will know,
we don't have time
00:42:05.72\00:42:07.06
to really go into
that but I thought,
00:42:07.09\00:42:08.42
right then whatever
it takes and then finally
00:42:08.46\00:42:11.79
upon reading and
studying and going over
00:42:11.83\00:42:14.30
and praying it time after time,
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.53
I prayed it again
and again and the next,
00:42:16.56\00:42:19.10
you know what happened?
00:42:19.13\00:42:21.14
Oh. Wow.
00:42:21.17\00:42:22.50
I believe it.
00:42:22.54\00:42:24.01
There was no
reservations and I sensed it
00:42:24.04\00:42:26.31
through the Holy Spirit.
00:42:26.34\00:42:28.11
There's no reservations
and then God can begin to work.
00:42:28.14\00:42:31.58
As long as I had reservation,
00:42:31.61\00:42:32.95
He couldn't do
what He wanted to do.
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.32
Let me read this. I
absolutely love this.
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.02
I don't know
where I picked it up.
00:42:36.05\00:42:37.39
But it's so simple.
00:42:37.42\00:42:38.75
But talking about, first of all,
00:42:38.79\00:42:40.86
I'm willing to be made willing.
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.32
If my mother and
my father asked me
00:42:46.43\00:42:48.00
to do something,
00:42:48.03\00:42:49.36
and I was doing
the best that I could.
00:42:49.40\00:42:50.87
Thank you, Jamie.
00:42:50.90\00:42:52.23
You're doing good,
00:42:52.27\00:42:53.64
at least you're
willing to be made willing.
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.00
Yeah.
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.37
But now the sanctification,
sanctification goes.
00:42:56.40\00:42:58.91
This helps me so much.
00:42:58.94\00:43:00.31
It's day by day cleansing
from sin and growth in grace.
00:43:00.38\00:43:04.61
Amen.
00:43:04.65\00:43:05.98
So it's the combination of both,
00:43:06.01\00:43:07.72
it's taking those baby steps.
00:43:07.75\00:43:09.68
Sometimes we're sitting here
00:43:09.72\00:43:11.15
and things expected of
us to take a 10 foot step.
00:43:11.19\00:43:14.32
Oh, wow.
00:43:14.36\00:43:15.69
And sometimes it
does, but thank You Jesus
00:43:15.72\00:43:18.73
that You were impressed.
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.30
I mean boy, that's a big thing.
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.13
No matter what,
Lord, no matter what,
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.27
I have given you permission
00:43:24.30\00:43:25.63
'cause I want to
be with You forever.
00:43:25.67\00:43:28.04
Boy, you just set
yourself up dealing with someone
00:43:28.07\00:43:31.11
that can really
make things happen.
00:43:31.14\00:43:32.47
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.58
A guy can tell those, Brother.
Yes, you bet he can tell.
00:43:34.61\00:43:36.88
He can tell if you have a
reservation in your heart,
00:43:36.95\00:43:39.11
somebody told him
back, I knew I was.
00:43:39.15\00:43:40.75
The Lord knows. You know...
00:43:40.82\00:43:42.32
Go ahead just, I
didn't mean to interrupt you.
00:43:42.35\00:43:43.69
No, I mean.
00:43:43.72\00:43:45.22
So you know it just
teach me to do your will, Lord.
00:43:45.25\00:43:48.22
Amen.
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.59
For You are my God, let
the Holy Spirit guide me,
00:43:49.62\00:43:51.99
put me on level ground,
00:43:52.03\00:43:53.90
because as we are on
that pathway of repentance,
00:43:53.93\00:43:58.20
you know, create
in me a new heart.
00:43:58.23\00:44:01.10
These are things
that you know that,
00:44:01.14\00:44:03.84
this is your
negotiating if there is such.
00:44:03.91\00:44:07.11
Hey, thank you, Kenny.
00:44:07.18\00:44:09.54
I know you're
willing to be made willing,
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.58
I know that you
have all these issues
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.45
that you're trying to get past
00:44:13.52\00:44:15.95
and at least you are a son
00:44:15.98\00:44:20.89
that's progressing.
00:44:20.96\00:44:22.29
You're a work in
progress. Oh, yeah, sure.
00:44:22.32\00:44:24.49
To me that's good news.
00:44:24.53\00:44:25.86
That's good,
some real good news.
00:44:25.89\00:44:27.40
Yeah, because you're gonna
have eternity to be better.
00:44:27.43\00:44:30.80
Amen.
00:44:30.87\00:44:32.37
And you know, as
an end times people,
00:44:32.40\00:44:35.14
as we realized as we
read through the Word of God,
00:44:35.17\00:44:37.61
we are living in the last church
00:44:37.64\00:44:39.81
at the last...
00:44:39.84\00:44:41.38
You know, I think of
Nebuchadnezzar's dream,
00:44:41.41\00:44:43.35
the tip toes,
00:44:43.38\00:44:44.71
the little
toenails of time as it were.
00:44:44.75\00:44:47.82
Yeah.
00:44:47.85\00:44:49.18
And we're looking
forward to that latter rain.
00:44:49.22\00:44:51.95
You know, we read
about the early rain in Acts.
00:44:51.99\00:44:54.66
We want the latter
rain, and I believe
00:44:54.69\00:44:58.56
and I want to
see what you think.
00:44:58.59\00:45:00.70
How is repentance connected
with the Holy Spirit power?
00:45:00.73\00:45:05.33
This is
something that when we hear
00:45:05.37\00:45:07.74
from you folks at home,
00:45:07.77\00:45:09.10
you write us letters
or you call and you say,
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.04
our church, we just
don't have any spiritual power.
00:45:11.07\00:45:14.18
Could it be that repentance
is a part of the reason
00:45:14.21\00:45:19.48
that we are not experiencing
00:45:19.51\00:45:22.12
the whole power
00:45:22.15\00:45:23.49
of the Holy Spirit in
our lives, in our homes,
00:45:23.52\00:45:25.79
and in our churches,
what do you, guys, think?
00:45:25.82\00:45:27.16
Yes. Yeah.
00:45:27.19\00:45:28.52
Psalm 51, I have to read
it, you touched on it, JD.
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.99
I might as well read it.
00:45:31.03\00:45:32.36
Psalm 51:10-13,
there's a key in there.
00:45:32.39\00:45:35.73
It says, "Create
me a clean heart,
00:45:35.76\00:45:37.37
O God and renew a
right spirit within me.
00:45:37.40\00:45:40.84
Cast me not away
from thy presence
00:45:40.87\00:45:42.80
and take not thy
Holy Spirit from me.
00:45:42.84\00:45:45.94
Restore unto me the
joy of thy salvation,
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.98
uphold me with thy
right free spirit."
00:45:48.01\00:45:50.15
And then verse 13, I
think this is really key.
00:45:50.18\00:45:52.68
We're experiencing this
idea of reformation repentance,
00:45:52.71\00:45:55.65
something that
He calls us to do.
00:45:55.68\00:45:57.49
"Then will I teach
transgressors thy ways
00:45:57.52\00:45:59.85
and sinners will
be converted unto me."
00:45:59.89\00:46:02.49
No, it says unto thee, unto you,
00:46:02.52\00:46:04.16
unto God so I think that
when we have a real repentance
00:46:04.23\00:46:08.13
like you're talking about,
00:46:08.16\00:46:09.50
Kenny, how you
had a real repentance.
00:46:09.53\00:46:10.90
There's something that
was changing your heart.
00:46:10.97\00:46:12.93
But then you go
out and you start
00:46:12.97\00:46:14.57
showing other
people that love of Christ
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.00
that you lead
them to repentance,
00:46:16.04\00:46:17.74
and we don't
personally help them
00:46:17.77\00:46:21.04
through repentance,
00:46:21.08\00:46:22.41
but we give them
an idea of who God is
00:46:22.44\00:46:24.15
and how He can get
them to repentance.
00:46:24.18\00:46:26.61
So, I think that's
the fire hat's in us
00:46:26.65\00:46:28.15
and you're
talking about the spirit
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.52
is dead in the church
00:46:29.55\00:46:30.89
and so we've lost our
mission, we've lost our focus.
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.92
Yeah.
00:46:32.95\00:46:34.29
So it says, they
had a form of godliness,
00:46:34.32\00:46:35.66
but they lacked the power.
00:46:35.69\00:46:37.03
And are we not?
00:46:37.06\00:46:38.39
Are we not
mixing truth with error?
00:46:38.43\00:46:39.76
Have we not
compromised? Oh, mercy.
00:46:39.79\00:46:42.00
Rather than repent and
go back to the Word of God
00:46:42.03\00:46:46.20
and accept what God says is sin.
00:46:46.23\00:46:50.51
We try to whitewash it and
say, well, it looks better now.
00:46:50.54\00:46:53.88
Let's go ahead and put it in.
00:46:53.91\00:46:56.54
So I think, well,
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.31
let me just read
from the Word of God.
00:46:58.35\00:46:59.91
Let's see what Peter says.
00:46:59.95\00:47:01.28
Let's see what Peter
says here in Acts 2:37-38.
00:47:01.32\00:47:06.62
He says, "Now when..."
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.36
Let me just put my
glasses on for this one,
00:47:08.39\00:47:10.03
I can see it better.
00:47:10.06\00:47:11.86
"Now when they had heard this,
00:47:11.89\00:47:13.50
they were
pricked in their heart,"
00:47:13.53\00:47:14.90
we were talking about
that conviction, right?
00:47:14.93\00:47:17.63
"And he said unto Peter,
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.00
and to the rest of the apostles,
00:47:19.03\00:47:20.37
men and
brethren, what shall we do?
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.10
Then Peter said
unto them, 'Repent,
00:47:22.14\00:47:24.84
and be baptized every one of you
00:47:24.87\00:47:26.78
in the name of Jesus
Christ for remission of sins.'
00:47:26.81\00:47:30.55
" Not white washing the
sins, not accepting them,
00:47:30.58\00:47:34.05
not compromising
truth with error.
00:47:34.12\00:47:36.52
"And ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost."
00:47:36.55\00:47:40.46
So that, right
there in a nutshell,
00:47:40.49\00:47:42.99
if we had no other passage,
00:47:43.02\00:47:45.06
we know that we are to
repent and to follow God.
00:47:45.09\00:47:49.23
I was just talking
to a man in the ministry
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.30
when you came in yesterday.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.54
And we've said the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
00:47:53.57\00:47:58.04
A lot of people
are realizing that.
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.21
They're seeing the
signs of the times.
00:48:00.28\00:48:02.41
They know something's changing
00:48:02.44\00:48:03.85
so they're
asking more questions,
00:48:03.88\00:48:06.35
and he asked the wrong question
00:48:06.38\00:48:08.15
which is really
the right one to me.
00:48:08.18\00:48:09.52
Which is the right
question, all right.
00:48:09.55\00:48:10.89
What do you guys do here?
00:48:10.92\00:48:13.25
Oh, that opened up. My, my.
00:48:13.29\00:48:14.96
What do you do here
and we began to share
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.53
and talk about the ministry.
00:48:18.56\00:48:21.20
And I forgot the first
thing I was gonna even tell you
00:48:21.23\00:48:24.70
getting off on
that part but anyway.
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.74
We encourage
him and you gave him
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.30
the Great
Controversy, a nice big copy,
00:48:28.34\00:48:30.31
Steps to Christ
and certainly a card
00:48:30.34\00:48:32.71
so where they could,
he could start tuning in
00:48:32.74\00:48:35.11
with 3ABN and watching it
00:48:35.14\00:48:37.38
and you know we're
going to have another talk
00:48:37.45\00:48:40.45
I'm sure coming up, so.
00:48:40.52\00:48:41.85
Yes, that was one of
those little share cards of 3ABN
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.49
so they can figure
out how to watch it
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.96
and so on and so forth.
00:48:46.99\00:48:48.32
Isn't that beautiful?
00:48:48.36\00:48:49.69
But the power of the Holy Spirit
00:48:49.72\00:48:51.06
and to know what
is right and to repent
00:48:51.09\00:48:55.10
and to turn away
and then be baptized.
00:48:55.13\00:48:57.27
Now, repentance is a big
word. Let's just see if we...
00:48:57.30\00:49:00.04
I like to stir things
up every once in a while
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.04
and get people think,
or maybe it's just simple,
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.91
but she used two different words
00:49:03.94\00:49:05.27
there to with
repentance and remission.
00:49:05.31\00:49:08.11
So, you know, I
make the statement,
00:49:08.14\00:49:09.74
repentance is as much a gift
00:49:09.78\00:49:12.91
from Christ as forgiveness.
00:49:12.95\00:49:16.22
I mean, that's, you
know, if you think about it,
00:49:16.25\00:49:17.62
it's just as much a gift.
00:49:17.65\00:49:20.06
You say, "Well
where do you get that?"
00:49:20.09\00:49:21.42
Well, in Acts 5:31, I
always say, the Bible says.
00:49:21.46\00:49:26.59
The Bible says right
here, "Him hath God exalted
00:49:26.63\00:49:29.90
with his right hand to
be a prince and a savior,
00:49:29.93\00:49:32.80
to give," notice
this, repentance to whom?
00:49:32.83\00:49:35.44
"To Israel or to us
in forgiveness of sin."
00:49:35.47\00:49:40.18
So they had to be on
the same plane right there
00:49:40.21\00:49:43.04
and sometime we
have intentionally put
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.68
one in the shelf over
here and someone over here
00:49:44.71\00:49:46.58
and one there, but
do we not need both?
00:49:46.61\00:49:49.55
You're just talking about
both what the Bible says here,
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.65
to give repentance.
00:49:51.69\00:49:53.02
Is He ready to forgive?
00:49:53.05\00:49:54.39
We've only have
five minutes left.
00:49:54.42\00:49:55.76
Oh, wow. Amen.
Well, let's just...
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.23
Yeah, let's let the
Holy Spirit put on your heart
00:49:57.26\00:49:59.43
what needs to be
something to come out.
00:49:59.46\00:50:02.40
Just a couple days ago
00:50:02.43\00:50:03.77
I had a German
call our prayer line on,
00:50:03.80\00:50:05.13
he was kind of in a,
I guess in a dark place.
00:50:05.17\00:50:08.10
He was finally,
00:50:08.14\00:50:09.47
he had just been
laid off from his work
00:50:09.50\00:50:10.84
and he said, he'd
been watching 3ABN
00:50:10.91\00:50:12.24
for a year and a half.
00:50:12.27\00:50:13.61
Have been speaking his
heart so I've been watching
00:50:13.64\00:50:14.98
all these other
channels out there
00:50:15.01\00:50:16.34
like the other
ministry channel he said,
00:50:16.38\00:50:17.78
they just, 3ABN
has spoken to my heart
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.32
and I want to make a change.
00:50:20.35\00:50:21.68
I want Christ in my heart.
00:50:21.72\00:50:23.05
I want to find a
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:50:23.08\00:50:24.42
where can I go?
00:50:24.45\00:50:25.79
Lead me, show me
where to go. Yeah.
00:50:25.82\00:50:27.56
So this man was willing
to make a change in his life.
00:50:27.59\00:50:29.32
It was in that
still small moment
00:50:29.36\00:50:31.49
and a still small
voice spoke to him said,
00:50:31.53\00:50:32.99
hey, it's time to
make a change in your life.
00:50:33.03\00:50:35.20
You need to make,
do something different.
00:50:35.23\00:50:36.56
Amen.
00:50:36.60\00:50:37.93
You're pointing out a
very important part too,
00:50:37.97\00:50:39.40
'cause a lot of people mistake
00:50:39.43\00:50:42.17
what repentance
is over to repent.
00:50:42.20\00:50:44.41
They feel like
they have to repent
00:50:44.44\00:50:45.77
before they come to Christ.
00:50:45.81\00:50:47.88
You just pointed out,
he was coming to Christ.
00:50:47.91\00:50:51.51
You have to come to Christ.
Jesus says, "Come as you are."
00:50:51.55\00:50:54.72
That's right.
00:50:54.75\00:50:56.08
And then He will
begin to change us
00:50:56.12\00:50:58.15
through the power
of the Holy Spirit
00:50:58.19\00:50:59.52
and then repentance will come.
00:50:59.55\00:51:01.52
And I know for
me, it's almost been
00:51:01.56\00:51:03.22
like a progressive revelation
because I think a lot of times
00:51:03.26\00:51:07.00
we thought we had
repented, we said we're sorry.
00:51:07.03\00:51:10.40
Yeah.
00:51:10.47\00:51:11.80
But we were more like Judas,
00:51:11.83\00:51:13.54
we really didn't have that
complete abhorrence of sin.
00:51:13.57\00:51:18.91
But remember, it's a day
by day cleansing from sin
00:51:18.94\00:51:22.51
and then growth and grace.
00:51:22.54\00:51:24.18
Let me read this real quick.
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.58
I love this, Revelation 3:19-20.
00:51:25.61\00:51:28.55
Revelation 3:19 as this
is, this is Jesus speaking, "
00:51:28.58\00:51:32.59
As many as I love,
I rebuke and chasten."
00:51:32.62\00:51:35.99
In other words, He's gonna say
if there's areas in your life
00:51:36.02\00:51:39.16
that need to be a
little, that needs assistance,
00:51:39.19\00:51:41.33
He's there.
00:51:41.36\00:51:42.70
"Therefore be zealous
and repent, and behold,
00:51:42.73\00:51:45.97
I stand at the door and knock.
00:51:46.00\00:51:47.77
And if anyone hears
my voice opens the door,
00:51:47.80\00:51:50.21
I will come into
him and dine with him
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.71
and he with Me."
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.34
Beautiful. So that is a gift.
00:51:54.38\00:51:56.24
He sitting here and says hey,
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.78
just because you're getting
beat up a little bit here,
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.42
this is probably
for your benefit.
00:52:00.45\00:52:02.25
Yes.
00:52:02.28\00:52:04.29
Because, you know,
I've got something,
00:52:04.32\00:52:06.42
but never lose the
fact that I am there
00:52:06.45\00:52:08.59
and I'm knocking.
00:52:08.62\00:52:09.96
So as the Holy
Spirit is wooing you,
00:52:10.03\00:52:12.96
as he's drawing you, as
your heart is palpating,
00:52:12.99\00:52:17.50
and you know that
something's not right here.
00:52:17.57\00:52:20.64
He's saying, Hey, I know that
00:52:20.67\00:52:23.51
sometime the
cistern has a crack in,
00:52:23.54\00:52:25.61
the bucket has it,
00:52:25.64\00:52:26.98
but he's sitting there and says,
00:52:27.01\00:52:28.34
Hey, let him
who is thirsty come,
00:52:28.38\00:52:31.41
and whoever
desires, I've got the water.
00:52:31.45\00:52:35.92
So I mean, He's
where He's supposed to be.
00:52:35.95\00:52:38.25
That's right. Are we
where we supposed to be?
00:52:38.29\00:52:39.62
Yep.
00:52:39.65\00:52:41.06
Just to finish right on
that 'cause when He has come,
00:52:41.09\00:52:44.16
and it's John 16:8, you know,
00:52:44.23\00:52:46.56
very familiar it
says, and when He is come,
00:52:46.59\00:52:49.20
what would He?
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.57
Talk to the Holy Spirit,
00:52:50.60\00:52:51.93
He will reprove
the world of what?
00:52:51.97\00:52:54.24
Of sin and of
righteousness and judgment.
00:52:54.27\00:52:57.51
Praise God for
that, when the Holy Spirit
00:52:57.54\00:52:58.91
working in the heart like
you say brings conviction.
00:52:58.94\00:53:01.41
And the want to
00:53:01.44\00:53:02.78
and the desire to
change your attitude,
00:53:02.81\00:53:04.85
change your life,
change your talks.
00:53:04.88\00:53:06.38
Some people
think, well I, false,
00:53:06.41\00:53:07.95
you talk about
you know, repentance
00:53:07.98\00:53:09.35
and they continue the
same life that they led before.
00:53:09.38\00:53:12.29
They're going
to the same places,
00:53:12.32\00:53:13.66
have the same
friends, same been drawn down.
00:53:13.69\00:53:17.13
But we when we come to
Christ and our hearts made new.
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.33
Our attitude is different.
00:53:19.36\00:53:20.70
Our talk is different,
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.06
to what we
listen to is different.
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.47
What we watch is different.
00:53:23.50\00:53:24.83
The whole being
is different. Yeah.
00:53:24.87\00:53:26.20
Or it should be. Amen.
00:53:26.23\00:53:27.64
Just recently for me,
the worker has been working,
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.64
I mean, with pride
and just to be real quick.
00:53:29.67\00:53:31.64
We got a young man,
it's been kind of encouraging
00:53:31.67\00:53:34.58
and he sent me
a text and I said,
00:53:34.61\00:53:35.94
"Hey, everything going?
00:53:35.98\00:53:37.35
Yeah, I'm doing Bible studies.
00:53:37.38\00:53:38.71
I said, "Oh, you
got any questions."
00:53:38.75\00:53:40.08
He's like, "No, I already
got some of your answer."
00:53:40.12\00:53:41.45
And I thought, "I'm the one
00:53:41.48\00:53:42.82
that's supposed to be
helping with Bible studies."
00:53:42.85\00:53:44.19
Wait a minute.
00:53:44.22\00:53:45.55
Hold and God said to
me, that's not your child,
00:53:45.59\00:53:46.92
that's My child.
00:53:46.96\00:53:48.29
Amen, wow.
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I'll take care of that
man, don't worry about that.
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You've done your job.
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So the Holy Spirit
to get hold my pride.
00:53:52.43\00:53:53.76
You know, that's where
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the Holy Spirit has
taken, take a step back.
00:53:55.16\00:53:56.87
And that's what
we're just talking,
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he's chasing you
and you're repenting.
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.24
Yes.
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Well, it's a beautiful thing
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because as we mentioned earlier,
00:54:03.00\00:54:04.67
I did that the Bible
will cut separate and divide.
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And there's also a place
I don't remember outright,
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but he allows nothing
to happen to His children
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until He okays it first.
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Amen.
00:54:16.28\00:54:17.62
And He's allowing these things
because He trusts us with it.
00:54:17.65\00:54:20.69
And He knows that
we have a weakness.
00:54:20.76\00:54:22.66
It may be pride,
it may be selfishness,
00:54:22.69\00:54:24.99
it may be anger, we don't know,
00:54:25.03\00:54:26.93
but He allows these
things to test to try
00:54:27.00\00:54:30.20
to get us ready for
the kingdom of heaven.
00:54:30.27\00:54:32.57
Amen.
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Really, we're
looking at God is good.
00:54:34.17\00:54:36.64
Holy Spirit is
good, Jesus is good,
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.11
and we're inviting him
Into our heart and life.
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We're inviting you at home that,
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you know, just kind of
make a decision right now,
00:54:42.78\00:54:44.65
think about your life.
00:54:44.68\00:54:46.01
Are you happy with the
way things that are going?
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Or do you want some
changes in your life?
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Amen.
00:54:50.32\00:54:51.65
The changes cannot come until
00:54:51.69\00:54:53.02
the Holy
Spirit's working on you,
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but you need to come to him
00:54:54.42\00:54:55.76
and confess and
to make some changes
00:54:55.79\00:54:57.46
and your life will
change for the better.
00:54:57.53\00:54:59.26
You know, we're
gonna take right now.
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Don't go away.
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We'll take a short break,
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news break, and
we'll be right back.
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Amen.
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