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, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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Thank you for taking the
time to tune in on a program
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that I believe you're
going to be blessed by...
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We're talking about
the time of the end.
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The time of the end.
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What can we look forward
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to seeing at the time of the end
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that we could not
see at any other time
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in scriptural or human history?
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So stay tuned.
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You may need a Bible
if you'd like to follow
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along the scripture,
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but all you need
is just pay attention
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and hit the record
button if you'd like
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because I know this is a program
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you want to share.
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Let me introduce
you to my family.
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You know, we say guest but hey,
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we've been in
the trenches before
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and I would really
appreciate these two brothers
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whenever we get together.
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When the program ends,
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we will say, "Man,
we need more time,"
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because the Lord
really ignites our hearts.
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To my immediate
right is Pastor Ryan Day.
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Good to have you here,
Ryan. Hey, I am good...
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I'm glad to be here
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and it's a blessing to
always be a part of the program.
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The heart of an evangelist...
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Always. Always. Ready to go.
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Pastor John Dinzey,
head of 3ABN Latino.
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Good to have you here.
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It's a blessing for
me as well to be here
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and we're praying for
the Holy Spirit to use us
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mightily for God's glory.
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That's right.
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We not only share the same name,
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but the same passion,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth.
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And as I mentioned,
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to those who are
viewing the program,
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if you're listening also,
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you may want to
turn that radio up
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or whatever device
you're listening through,
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we surely do appreciate it.
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Now we're going to be
talking about as I mentioned,
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the time of the end.
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But before we even
open the Word of God,
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we always like to
begin with prayer.
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Pastor Dinzey,
would you pray for us?
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Sure. Let's go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
we are grateful to You, Lord,
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because You love us
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and You have a place
reserved for us in heaven.
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Thank You, Lord, that Jesus
went to prepare a place for us.
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We pray, Lord, that
as we study together,
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Your Holy Spirit
will illuminate our minds,
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lead our thoughts.
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And we pray that
You will teach us
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great and mighty
things that we do not know.
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We call upon You
to use us, bless us,
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and give us an understanding
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of the things that we
are going to look into.
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We pray, Lord, that as we share,
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Your children will
be drawn close to You,
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and be led to a
better understanding
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of the Holy Scriptures,
and be certainly impacted
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in such a way that
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their lives will be transformed.
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We ask You, Father,
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for these blessings in the
holy and blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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You know, when we go to
the Book of Daniel 12...
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Let's start with
Daniel Chapter 12.
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If you have your Bibles,
you can go there with me.
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Daniel 12, we're
going to look at verse 4.
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Now, when we talk
about signs of the end,
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we are familiar
to a great degree
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with what Jesus talked
about in Matthew Chapter 24.
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And we're going
to peek there also,
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but I want to
highlight something that
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the Prophet Daniel
was told in Daniel 12:4.
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Ryan, could you
read that for us?
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Absolutely.
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Daniel 12:4, says, "But
you, Daniel, shut up the words,
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and seal the book
until the time of the end,
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many shall run to and fro,
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and knowledge shall increase."
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Okay, what does that
mean? What does that mean?
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Tell me, Ryan?
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Well, obviously, this is
coming toward the end of Daniel.
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So Daniel's little
book was the majority of it,
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the vast majority of it.
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It's for the time of the end,
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which is obviously
not for Daniel's time.
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And so much of the
prophecies of Daniel,
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I suppose Daniel
didn't really understand
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because it wasn't for him.
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It wasn't for his time.
But I love what it says here.
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It says, "Shut up the words,
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seal the book until
the time of the end."
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And, of course, many of us
believe that that little book,
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of course, seen in
Revelation Chapter 10
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there is none other
than the Book of Daniel
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because we see that
that little book is opened
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and they begin to feast on it.
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But it says, "Many
shall run to and fro,
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knowledge shall increase."
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And probably more than
any other time in history,
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more than any other age
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or any other
generation before us.
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We're living in a time
where knowledge has exploded.
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People are running
to and fro frantically.
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This world is populating,
populating, populating,
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the economy is exploding.
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We're living in
interesting times.
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And probably no other verse
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in all the Bible really explains
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or can be applied to our time
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than verse 4 here
in Daniel Chapter 12.
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Knowledge
increasing, Pastor Dinzey?
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Absolutely.
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I would like to add
also in addition to that,
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there's also the blessing
that God is going to bring,
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the knowledge of
Him to His children that
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as they search the scriptures,
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they're going to
see more about God
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and discover wonderful things
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about the Lord
in such a way that
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they will be drawn to Him.
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While the world is being
carried away with distractions
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and corruption,
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God's people should be
looking into the scriptures
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because God is ready
and willing to reveal
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marvelous things about
the time we're living in.
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That's right.
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I like that you
said, not only about
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the time of the end,
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because right now
we're living in a day and age
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where you could learn
pretty much anything you want,
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even if you just
picked up the computer
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and just typed in a
search word in Google or Yahoo.
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And you know, we have
the phrase nowadays that,
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it's so reminiscent of
the end times, Google it.
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You know, I tell
young people not to,
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"Hey, don't
Google your homework,
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read the textbook."
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So many people are
looking for answers,
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and they want them quick.
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So knowledge is increasing
rapidly in our day and age,
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but also something
else you mentioned,
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Pastor Dinzey,
not only knowledge
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of the signs of the end,
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but there's a knowledge of Jesus
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that wasn't
available in Daniel's day.
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And that's what the
Bible says, "Grow in grace,
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and in the knowledge
of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ."
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But speaking about
the time at the end,
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let's go to the
Book of Habakkuk.
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It's a book very
easily found, Habakkuk.
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One of those
favorite books people go to,
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right after the Book of Micah,
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another very important
book that people find easily.
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Habakkuk Chapter
2, and, Pastor Dinzey,
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I want you to read verse 3
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because this is
very interesting.
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And the reason why we're
going to look at this verse is
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because a lot of people say,
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"I want it and I want it now."
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I want it and I want it now.
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But look at how the Lord speaks
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to His children concerning
the importance of waiting.
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Verse 3.
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Habakkuk 2:3.
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Actually, verse 2,
include that too, verse 2.
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Okay, I have it here on my...
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on my tablet just verse 2,
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but I'm going to find
that really quick for you here.
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And so we have Habakkuk 2:2, 3.
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So this is what the Bible says,
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"And the Lord
answered me and said,
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'Write the vision and
make it plain upon tables,
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that he may run that reads it.
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For the vision is yet
for an appointed time,
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but at the end it shall speak,
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and not lie, though
it tarry, wait for it,
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because it will surely
come, it will not tarry.'"
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Okay.
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So the Lord is saying
like He did to Daniel,
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like He says too many of us
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and you think about how long ago
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He said that to Daniel
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and He said to Daniel,
even to the disciples He said,
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"Many things I
have to say to you now,
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but you can't handle
them, you can't bear them."
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But then He said,
then later on, He says,
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"These things I
have spoken to you that
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when it comes to
pass, you will believe."
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So there are a lot of things
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that did not
happen in their day.
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And so the Apostle
Timothy, when you talked about,
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"This know also,
that in the last days,"
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even on the day of Pentecost,
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when the Holy Spirit
was poured out, Peter said,
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"This is what the
Prophet Joel spoke about,
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and it shall come to
pass in the last days.
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So I want to point out
something very interesting.
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And what I want to establish now
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notice what we're saying here,
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what the Bible is
in essence saying is,
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wait for it.
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That word wait
means, what does it mean?
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Wait. It means wait.
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You look into the Hebrew
and the Greek, it means wait.
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Exactly.
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Hebrew, Greek, and
Aramaic, it means wait.
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Waiting takes time.
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And sometimes even today,
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when we look at
the environment that
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the world is in, you
know, this whole COVID-19,
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and everybody's waiting,
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when is the
curtains going to be lifted?
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When are we going
to go back to work?
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When is the job's going to open?
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When are we going
to get back to normal?
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Wait!
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And it's no surprise to God,
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because a day with
the Lord is as 1,000 years
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and 1,000 years is as a day.
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So the Lord is saying, "Hey,
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I've got all the
time in the world.
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Just wait." But
let's go now to...
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I like to say
something about it...
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Sure.
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Because, you
know, we have here that
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is for an appointed time.
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That's the key.
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And we believe we're
living in the time of the end.
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And so I believe
that it's just the same
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as when the shepherds
were abiding in the fields,
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keeping their flock by night.
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What were they doing there?
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Well, they were
talking about God,
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they were talking
about the prophecies.
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And this is why they
were visited by the angel,
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and then angels,
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because their hearts
were in tune with God.
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The same thing applies for us.
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So if we are
reading the scriptures,
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if we are looking
into the things of God,
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God is going to visit
us with more information,
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more knowledge that He
longs to give to His children.
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Right.
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And I just want to say
something real quick to that
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particular verse in
Habakkuk or Habakkuk,
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Calvary when I say it.
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There's a text
coming to my mind,
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and it's found in Matthew 24,
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which is where all those
signs of the time is listed,
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but more
specifically, Matthew 24:32-33.
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Notice what the Bible says here.
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Obviously, this is the
parable of the fig tree.
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And so I love how
Jesus explains that
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He's just given this long list
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of all these
different signs and events
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that should take
place over a period of time.
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And He says this in verse 32,
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"Now learn this
parable from the fig tree."
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He says, "When its
branch has already become tender
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and puts forth leaves,
you know that summer is near.
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So you also," this is verse 33,
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"So you also when
you see all these things,
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know that it is
near at the door."
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It is referring to, of
course, I asked the question,
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why the signs?
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Why does God give us signs?
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Why does He specifically draw
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our attention to
the signs of the times?
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Why does He say, as
we just read in Habakkuk
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that these signs
are for a future time,
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but you're going to
have to wait and tarry,
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but then they're going to happen
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at the appointed time?
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They're all pointing
toward this main event,
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this great climactic event
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in which Christ
is going to return.
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And so why the signs?
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God is giving us signs
to prepare us to help us
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see just how near,
as He puts it here,
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know that it is
near, His second coming,
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even at the door.
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That's right. That's right.
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He's making it very
clear that if you pay attention
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and like you asked the question,
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why the signs.
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Well, if you drive on a highway,
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we're glad we have signs.
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You know, Chicago this way,
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St. Louis that
way, we know that from
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Mount Vernon all the way down
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all the exits
to six miles apart,
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you count that.
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So those of us who live
here in Southern Illinois,
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the biggest
little city in the world,
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we know that signs
are vitally important,
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when we tell people
about signs when you get off,
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look for the sign.
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Signs are significant.
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The Lord says, when
you see these signs,
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you know that it's
near even at the door.
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And one of the things
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we've been told
continually is don't set dates.
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We don't set dates
because when you set dates,
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it tends to
unsettle people's faith.
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Because the reality of it is
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how can we set a
date for something
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when the Bible says,
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"No man knows the
day nor the hour"?
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But the Lord is saying
but you can tell by the signs
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that we're getting
closer and closer to that point.
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Pastor Dinzey?
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Yes, I want to say something
in relation to the time
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we're living in as
far as us as human beings.
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Because if you turn the
clock, let's say 1,000 years,
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they did not have the
privilege we have now.
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See today, we can
look at the scriptures,
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look at the
prophecies, and see, "Wow!
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That was
fulfilled, that was fulfilled,
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that was fulfilled,
that was fulfilled."
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And so we have
the opportunity to see
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that our faith can be
increased or built up and say,
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"What the Bible says is true!
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Look at all these
things that the Bible said
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were going to
happen and they did!"
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So we should take confidence
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in God's Word in these last days
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to know that God already knows
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what's going to
happen in the future.
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So that we can
look into the scriptures
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and take
confidence in knowing that
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God's children are
going to be delivered.
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That's right.
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And we are told that
when you see these things,
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as I mentioned a moment ago,
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He told His
disciples, Jesus said,
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when all these
things come to pass,
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you know, you can be encouraged,
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you know, the end is
near, as you pointed out
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in Matthew 24:32-33.
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But I want to point out
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one of the first
signs Jesus gave.
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Look at Matthew 24.
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Matthew Chapter 24, and
I'll read verse 3 and 4.
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Now the disciples, it says,
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"Now as He sat on
the Mount of Olives,
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the disciples came
to Him privately saying,
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'Tell us, when
will these things be?
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And what will be the sign,"
that's a very important point.
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He didn't say the signs,
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"What will be the
sign of Your coming,
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and of the end of the age?'"
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Now, this is
something that sometimes
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we may have missed it.
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But before He got to
the signs, they said,
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"What is the
sign of you're coming
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and of the end of the age?"
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And what did He say in verse 4?
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And he says here,
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"Jesus answered
and said to them,"
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and this is fascinating to
me, He opens this discourse,
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this famous
Olivet Discourse with,
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'Take heed that no
one deceives you.'"
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You know, I think
of, this is probably
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I would
consider this even though
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it technically
wasn't a formal sermon,
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this was a mini sermon.
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In many may even be
a wrong way to put it.
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But 'cause there's
so much to it, I mean,
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you talk about
Matthew 24 and 25,
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but it's interesting that
Jesus begins His ministry,
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of His very
first recorded sermon,
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sermon on the Mount,
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warning us of false prophets
that would come to deceive.
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And then in His very
last sermon, discourse,
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as we're seeing here,
He begins the sermon with,
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"Take heed that
no man deceive you,"
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or "that no one deceives you."
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And that's interesting
to me because, you know,
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as ministers, we
were preparing our sermon,
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we're preparing a message,
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we usually like to have a
nice introduction to kind of
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set the foundation to
open up in such a way that
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we're going to kind
of set the foundation
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or the basis of what
we're going to unpack
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and unfold and talk
about in our sermon.
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Jesus, He
doesn't mess around here.
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He gets right to it.
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And verse 4, "Take heed
that no one deceives you."
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And now every
bit of these things,
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most of these things
that He's about to talk about
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in this great Olivet Discourse
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is set on the thesis statement
that people are going to come
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and deceive you.
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Be prepared for
that. Thank you, Ryan.
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The first sign He mentioned
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about the end time is deception.
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Look out, deception
is going to be rampant,
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But I want to also
put a stop gap in here
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what I would refer to
as a wall of protection,
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because He said,
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now and look at the two
groups He was talking to.
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First of all, He was
talking to a large group.
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But then when
the large group left,
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He told His disciples privately.
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He said, so I'm
going to tell you
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something to protect you
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because you know
what they don't know.
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That's why
verse 24 is important.
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Read that for us,
Pastor Dinzey, verse 24.
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Matthew 24:24. Very well.
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And Matthew 24:24,
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notice what Jesus
said is vitally important.
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"For false christs and
false prophets will rise
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and show great signs
and wonders to deceive,
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if possible, even the elect."
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Okay, so ask the question,
can the elect be deceived?
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Well, the true elect,
those who are in the Word,
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those who are
ultimately going to be sealed
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in Christ in the end,
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they're not going to be deceived
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because they're in Christ.
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But I have to also
just kind of slide in here,
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the fact that He
says, even if possible,
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if possible, even the elect.
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It is not possible to deceive
someone who is in Christ,
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who is in the Word.
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I want to make that very clear.
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But the fact
that Jesus opens this
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and He's speaking
privately with His disciples,
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I mean, you're
talking about guys
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who aren't even
fully converted yet.
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We're speaking of Peter.
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Peter hasn't had
his conversion yet.
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But nonetheless,
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you're talking
about a group of people
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here that Christ
is meeting privately
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and the fact that He opens with,
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"Take heed that
no one deceives you,"
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I think that
that's a message to people
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who believe they're saved,
believe that they know God,
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believe that they have
a relationship with God,
00:17:57.14\00:17:59.17
but yet have deceived
themselves into believing that
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they know God
when they really don't.
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So the answer to your
question very frankly,
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no, the true, true genuine
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elect of God cannot be deceived.
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But are there
people that believe
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they are of the elect
that will be deceived?
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Absolutely.
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Because He brought that
out in Matthew Chapter 21.
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You want to add to that?
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You know, when we
see the scripture,
00:18:17.76\00:18:20.83
and we,
considering what already,
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Pastor Ryan has said,
to deceive if possible,
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the very elect, and
that Jesus began this as,
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"Take heed that
no man deceive you."
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You know, the people
of Israel took great pride
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and Abraham is our father.
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And so we have to
be careful thinking,
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"Oh, we are
Seventh-day Adventist,
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we are the people of the Lord."
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Whatever term
you may want to use
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to think you are
somehow protected
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just because of
your beliefs or who...
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"Oh, I'm a
minister's son or I'm minister."
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Take heed that
no man deceive you
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is a message for
each and every one of us,
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because you have already
deceptions in these days.
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You know, you think of
when you look at a television,
00:19:07.91\00:19:10.15
you have some people
that claim to be prophets,
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using the
Bible, some people that
00:19:13.85\00:19:15.32
claim to do miracles,
00:19:15.35\00:19:17.22
and they say
they're doing miracles,
00:19:17.29\00:19:18.75
but they are
actually not doing miracles,
00:19:18.79\00:19:20.49
they are doing deceptions.
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This is happening today,
people are being deceived.
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But this scripture
is talking about a time
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that the Bible clearly says,
00:19:29.13\00:19:32.40
"They shall show
great signs and wonders."
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And so you and I need to
be deeply rooted in God's Word
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so that we are not deceived
by great signs and wonders.
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And one of the
things that helps us
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is a scripture that
says, by their fruits,
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you shall know them.
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That's why we need
to know the scriptures.
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This, you know, I
just want to add to that
00:19:54.52\00:19:55.86
really quickly back
to what I was saying,
00:19:55.89\00:19:57.56
and you unpacked
it that beautifully,
00:19:57.63\00:19:58.99
just there, brother.
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Earlier when I was
talking about those
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that are genuinely
of the elect, you know,
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.00
the true save, those
who are truly in Christ,
00:20:05.03\00:20:07.07
and those who
believe they are but are not.
00:20:07.14\00:20:09.77
We know that that's
possible because for instance,
00:20:09.80\00:20:12.01
take 1 Timothy 4:1, for example.
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It says, notice, this
is 1 Timothy 4:1, it says,
00:20:14.94\00:20:18.25
"Now the Spirit expressively
says that in latter times,"
00:20:18.28\00:20:22.35
we're in the latter times,
00:20:22.38\00:20:23.89
"some will
depart from the faith."
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.12
Notice, you cannot
depart from the faith
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unless you were
once in the faith, right?
00:20:27.96\00:20:30.56
So this is
talking about those who,
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.13
they've come into the fold,
they've been the Judases right?
00:20:32.16\00:20:36.10
You know, I hate
to put it that way,
00:20:36.13\00:20:38.17
but it's true.
00:20:38.20\00:20:39.53
They have walked with Jesus,
they've talked with Jesus,
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they might have even
00:20:41.97\00:20:43.30
had somewhat of a
relationship with Jesus,
00:20:43.34\00:20:45.11
but yet, there's
a little bit of that
00:20:45.14\00:20:46.88
Judas' spirit within
them, that they reach a point
00:20:46.91\00:20:51.38
in the
relationship with the Lord
00:20:51.41\00:20:52.75
or in their
experience within their faith.
00:20:52.78\00:20:54.78
And they eventually
as the scripture says,
00:20:54.82\00:20:56.55
you depart from the faith,
00:20:56.58\00:20:57.95
and why did they
depart from the faith
00:20:57.99\00:20:59.69
or what draws them
00:20:59.72\00:21:01.06
or brings them to
depart from this faith?
00:21:01.09\00:21:02.69
They're giving heed
to deceiving spirits.
00:21:02.72\00:21:05.86
And notice this,
Pastor, doctrines of demons.
00:21:05.89\00:21:09.53
This also reminds me of
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2,
00:21:09.56\00:21:13.44
which we're going to get
into in just a few moments.
00:21:13.47\00:21:15.10
But I just want to
reference verse 3 here.
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.21
This is 2 Thessalonians 2:3,
00:21:17.24\00:21:19.54
which is probably one
of the great prophetic
00:21:19.57\00:21:21.14
chapters of Paul's writings.
00:21:21.18\00:21:23.18
And before he launches
into describing in detail,
00:21:23.21\00:21:27.02
this great Antichrist leadership
00:21:27.05\00:21:29.35
figure of the last days,
who's going to exalt himself
00:21:29.38\00:21:31.95
above all that is called
God or his worship, as you know,
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.59
so that he sets
us God in the temple
00:21:34.62\00:21:36.16
of God's showing
himself that he is God.
00:21:36.19\00:21:37.83
Before he makes
those statements,
00:21:37.86\00:21:39.36
notice what he says
here in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
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And notice this is paralleled
with what we just read
00:21:43.47\00:21:46.30
in 1 Timothy Chapter 4.
00:21:46.33\00:21:47.97
It says, notice, tell
me if this sounds familiar
00:21:48.00\00:21:50.51
of what we just
read a few minutes ago.
00:21:50.54\00:21:51.87
He says, "Let no one deceive you
00:21:51.91\00:21:53.24
by any means."
00:21:53.27\00:21:54.61
Okay.
00:21:54.64\00:21:55.98
Again, yes, again,
"Let no one deceive you."
00:21:56.01\00:21:57.81
"Let no one
deceive you by any means."
00:21:57.85\00:21:59.25
But notice he said,
notice this is going along
00:21:59.28\00:22:00.92
with what we've
been talking about.
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.28
He says, "For
that Day," which day?
00:22:02.32\00:22:04.09
The coming of the
Lord. The coming of the Lord.
00:22:04.12\00:22:05.45
"For that Day
will not come unless,"
00:22:05.49\00:22:08.26
and then notice
what he says here,
00:22:08.29\00:22:09.62
"the falling away comes first."
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.73
And in the original Greek
here, the word for falling away
00:22:12.76\00:22:15.36
in the original Greek,
tell me if it sounds familiar,
00:22:15.40\00:22:17.40
it's the Greek word apostasia.
00:22:17.47\00:22:19.67
Okay, wow...
00:22:19.70\00:22:21.04
Apostasia which
in the Greek means
00:22:21.07\00:22:24.21
a defection from truth,
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.37
and it also can mean to divorce.
00:22:26.41\00:22:28.61
That's right.
00:22:28.64\00:22:30.58
Can you divorce
yourself from someone
00:22:30.65\00:22:33.42
whom you did not have a
prior favorable marriage too.
00:22:33.45\00:22:36.35
Impossible. Impossible.
00:22:36.38\00:22:37.72
So the point that I'm
making here in the fact
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.75
that I love how you brought
out the fact that the elect,
00:22:39.79\00:22:42.42
the true genuine
elect cannot be deceived,
00:22:42.46\00:22:44.33
but there are and this
is what we're talking about.
00:22:44.36\00:22:46.33
One of the great
signs of the times is that
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.53
there will be people
in God's Church, brothers,
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.47
who believe that they know God,
00:22:51.50\00:22:54.40
believe they are a
part of that elect,
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.04
but they have
deceived themselves
00:22:56.07\00:22:57.54
because they have been led
away by the doctrines of demons
00:22:57.61\00:23:00.68
to the point to where
this Great Apostasy occurs.
00:23:00.71\00:23:03.11
There's a great falling away,
00:23:03.14\00:23:04.95
which sets up the lateral events
00:23:04.98\00:23:06.41
of Bible prophecy.
00:23:06.45\00:23:07.78
So what we're saying here,
00:23:07.82\00:23:09.62
if you hear us is,
we have to give heed,
00:23:09.65\00:23:14.92
to not be deceived.
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.16
Truly, no genuine
Christian will be deceived,
00:23:17.23\00:23:22.06
like you said.
00:23:22.10\00:23:23.47
Their eyes on the Lord.
00:23:23.50\00:23:25.10
That's why we need to
seek first the kingdom of God
00:23:25.13\00:23:27.34
and His glory
because if you are following
00:23:27.37\00:23:31.87
the Lord with all of your heart,
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.48
you will not be deceived.
00:23:33.51\00:23:35.18
You will know
00:23:35.21\00:23:36.54
the Lord through His Holy Spirit
00:23:36.58\00:23:38.35
that the Holy Spirit is
to guide us into all truth.
00:23:38.38\00:23:42.15
We need to stay united,
00:23:42.18\00:23:44.82
have that vital
connection with the Lord
00:23:44.85\00:23:46.52
so that we are not deceived.
00:23:46.55\00:23:48.16
If you depart from
this, you have great danger.
00:23:48.19\00:23:52.76
Question, was Eve deceived?
00:23:52.79\00:23:55.03
Yes. Why?
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.77
Because she departed from...
00:23:56.80\00:23:58.43
She desired
something that the Lord
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.07
did not want her to have.
00:24:01.10\00:24:02.44
So if your eyes single
to the glory of the Lord
00:24:02.47\00:24:05.14
and to follow the Lord,
you will not be deceived.
00:24:05.17\00:24:07.41
And here's what
actually happened,
00:24:07.48\00:24:09.04
one of the reasons that
that deceptive door was open
00:24:09.08\00:24:11.85
is because she added
to the statement that
00:24:11.88\00:24:15.35
God made what He never said.
00:24:15.38\00:24:18.09
That's why when Jesus
faced the same temptation,
00:24:18.12\00:24:21.22
the devil came to Him
on the same three levels,
00:24:21.26\00:24:23.53
you know, there are only
three types of temptations,
00:24:23.56\00:24:24.89
three categories,
00:24:24.93\00:24:26.26
everything else
is a subcategory.
00:24:26.29\00:24:28.03
When the devil
came to Christ and said,
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.57
"I'll give you all this,
00:24:30.60\00:24:31.93
if you fall
down and worship me."
00:24:31.97\00:24:33.47
Jesus did what we must do.
00:24:33.54\00:24:35.94
It is written. It is written.
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.87
It is written.
00:24:37.91\00:24:39.24
See the Word of God is sharper
than any two edged sword.
00:24:39.27\00:24:41.94
Why?
00:24:41.98\00:24:43.35
Because it can cut away error,
coming from any direction.
00:24:43.38\00:24:46.05
And so when you're
standing on God's Word,
00:24:46.08\00:24:48.18
you won't fear being deceived,
00:24:48.22\00:24:50.02
because David said,
"Thy word have I hid in
00:24:50.09\00:24:52.85
mine heart, that I
might not sin against thee."
00:24:52.89\00:24:55.26
After his conversion,
00:24:55.29\00:24:56.62
he made it very clear this
is what I didn't do in the past.
00:24:56.66\00:24:59.06
This is what I need do.
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.43
I need to have God's Word in me.
00:25:00.50\00:25:02.00
And the Word of
God dwells in us richly
00:25:02.03\00:25:04.80
and it enriches
those who stand on it.
00:25:04.83\00:25:07.17
And that's why you see in
the beginning was the Word.
00:25:07.24\00:25:09.67
Jesus was the Word
00:25:09.70\00:25:11.04
who succeeded above the
temptations of the enemy
00:25:11.07\00:25:13.48
by the Word.
00:25:13.51\00:25:14.84
And when He comes back
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.21
on his thighs is going to
be written the Word of God.
00:25:16.24\00:25:17.78
So the Word of
God is a powerful,
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.78
powerful tool to
prevent deception
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.98
from coming in,
00:25:22.02\00:25:23.39
because we
haven't seen anything yet.
00:25:23.42\00:25:26.22
And I want to add
something here for those of you
00:25:26.25\00:25:28.02
who are members
of the fellowship
00:25:28.06\00:25:30.93
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.63
We have to even be careful
00:25:32.66\00:25:34.53
when people come
saying, setting dates,
00:25:34.56\00:25:38.00
because we've had people
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.37
that throughout the
years have set dates.
00:25:39.40\00:25:41.50
We know when the
probation is going to close,
00:25:41.54\00:25:43.74
we know when the seven
trumpets is going to blow,
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.14
we know when
Jesus is going to come,
00:25:46.17\00:25:48.01
we know how much
time we have left before,
00:25:48.04\00:25:50.05
you know, the
Sunday law is passed.
00:25:50.08\00:25:52.41
When somebody says they know,
then you have to steer clear
00:25:52.45\00:25:56.22
that because the Bible
says no one knows that.
00:25:56.25\00:25:58.89
We can tell these
events are coming,
00:25:58.92\00:26:00.59
but no one knows any
specific times and dates
00:26:00.66\00:26:03.26
that the Lord says,
00:26:03.29\00:26:04.63
"But of the
times and the seasons,
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.43
brethren, you have no need
that I should write to you."
00:26:06.46\00:26:09.36
And then when the disciples
asked on the day of Pentecost,
00:26:09.40\00:26:12.93
"Will you at this
time restore the kingdom?"
00:26:12.97\00:26:15.27
The Lord said,
"It's not given to you
00:26:15.30\00:26:16.74
to know the time
and the seasons."
00:26:16.81\00:26:18.51
So we don't have to lock
down and start saying, "Well,
00:26:18.54\00:26:21.54
you know, we have
four more months left.
00:26:21.58\00:26:22.94
So we better get righteous."
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.08
Or just saying, live
each day, as one writer said,
00:26:25.11\00:26:27.82
"Live each day as
if it is your last
00:26:27.85\00:26:30.32
because one day
you'll be right," okay?
00:26:30.39\00:26:32.92
But let's go to it a second.
00:26:32.95\00:26:34.39
So these ideologies,
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.46
and I want to just
accelerate here, Ryan,
00:26:36.49\00:26:38.89
because whilst we see things
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.50
happening in the
religious world today
00:26:40.53\00:26:43.67
that didn't
happen at any other time.
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.50
There's an atmosphere existing
today that was developing.
00:26:45.53\00:26:48.64
I'll give you
the foundation here.
00:26:48.67\00:26:50.51
In the days of Daniel,
00:26:50.54\00:26:51.87
Daniel talked about
four great kingdoms.
00:26:51.91\00:26:53.78
The last one he
mentioned was Rome.
00:26:53.81\00:26:56.24
John's day, John
talked about seven churches.
00:26:56.28\00:26:59.05
The last one was Laodicea.
00:26:59.08\00:27:01.15
Bulletin, we're living
in the time of Laodicea.
00:27:01.18\00:27:03.52
We're living in the time
00:27:03.59\00:27:04.92
of that fourth
beast of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:27:04.95\00:27:07.06
We're living in
the toes of the image
00:27:07.09\00:27:08.42
of Daniel Chapter 2.
00:27:08.46\00:27:09.79
We're right down near the end.
00:27:09.82\00:27:11.16
And this was not the case.
00:27:11.19\00:27:12.69
This was not the case,
00:27:12.73\00:27:14.36
when Daniel was
given his vision.
00:27:14.40\00:27:16.13
So we're right
down near the end.
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.50
What are some of the
things we see happening
00:27:17.57\00:27:19.37
on the religious
spectrum that indicates
00:27:19.40\00:27:21.77
how close we are to
the time of the end,
00:27:21.80\00:27:23.27
or how close we are to
things winding up here?
00:27:23.30\00:27:26.14
Okay, absolutely.
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.01
So, well, I don't
want to hog all the time.
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.78
But I can get excited
talking about these things.
00:27:31.81\00:27:34.12
You know, what we're seeing,
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.18
unlike any other time before us,
00:27:36.22\00:27:38.42
is a mixing and
amalgamating of truth and error
00:27:38.45\00:27:43.73
within God's so
called "church," okay?
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.53
And I want to say that loosely
00:27:46.56\00:27:47.90
because we know
that God's true people,
00:27:47.93\00:27:49.46
His true church stands on
truth and not error at all.
00:27:49.50\00:27:53.57
But yet, I think what
we're seeing more than
00:27:53.64\00:27:55.64
any other time before
us is we're seeing that
00:27:55.67\00:27:58.31
the devil has taken and
before he attacked Christ,
00:27:58.34\00:28:01.91
and yes, he has always attacked
to a certain extent the church.
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.98
But now he has
changed his attack method in
00:28:05.01\00:28:08.22
which he directly persecuted
the church in the Dark Ages.
00:28:08.25\00:28:11.65
Now he's decided,
00:28:11.69\00:28:13.02
"Well, persecution is
not really going to work,
00:28:13.05\00:28:15.19
because the more I persecute,
the more Christianity grows."
00:28:15.22\00:28:18.03
We've seen that.
00:28:18.06\00:28:19.39
So now he says, "Okay,
I'm going to change my method.
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.23
I'm going to instead
of attacking the church
00:28:21.26\00:28:23.37
in the form of persecution,
00:28:23.40\00:28:25.00
I'm going to attack the
church by infiltrating it."
00:28:25.03\00:28:28.74
A diversion. A diversion.
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.71
Slithering myself
inside and setting up camp,
00:28:31.74\00:28:37.45
planting tares,
and causing confusion
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.72
within what people
consider to be Christianity,
00:28:40.75\00:28:44.62
or the Church of Christ,
or the followers of Jesus.
00:28:44.65\00:28:48.16
And so what we find
today is we have people
00:28:48.19\00:28:51.09
who are called Christians,
00:28:51.13\00:28:54.10
they call themselves Christians,
00:28:54.13\00:28:55.80
but yet they're not
followers of Christ.
00:28:55.83\00:28:57.37
They're more of a fan
than they are a follower.
00:28:57.40\00:28:59.70
And so there is a vast confusion
00:28:59.73\00:29:02.54
out there today,
00:29:02.57\00:29:03.91
where we're
living in a world today
00:29:03.94\00:29:05.27
where there's a...
00:29:05.31\00:29:06.68
I thought I saw
an article recently
00:29:06.71\00:29:08.04
where there were more than
41,000 Christian denominations,
00:29:08.08\00:29:11.68
who all believe that
00:29:11.71\00:29:13.05
their church is the true church.
00:29:13.08\00:29:14.98
And when you
have a new Christian
00:29:15.02\00:29:16.35
or anyone who's
just seeking truth,
00:29:16.38\00:29:18.72
and they see all
of these vast majority
00:29:18.75\00:29:20.59
of denominations out there,
and they're trying to decide,
00:29:20.66\00:29:23.63
"Lord, where's Your church?"
00:29:23.66\00:29:25.16
And people, a lot of people
are not trained to know that
00:29:25.19\00:29:27.76
you first go to the
Bible and find the truth.
00:29:27.80\00:29:30.17
And then once you find
the truth in the Bible,
00:29:30.20\00:29:32.27
that list
becomes very, very small
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.57
as to which church is
God's true remnant church.
00:29:34.60\00:29:38.37
But yet, it's
right the opposite.
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.87
The devil is
deceiving people into believing,
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.81
go look for the
truth in churches,
00:29:41.84\00:29:43.95
and then whatever
makes you feel good,
00:29:43.98\00:29:45.58
whichever one, you know,
00:29:45.61\00:29:46.95
makes you feel
just right, you know,
00:29:47.02\00:29:48.42
that's what you believe,
00:29:48.45\00:29:49.78
instead of looking
at the ingredients,
00:29:49.82\00:29:51.92
instead of looking at
what the Bible actually says,
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.42
and comparing what truth
00:29:54.46\00:29:55.99
is to what
error is being taught.
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.86
There's now a confusion,
there's an amalgamation
00:29:57.89\00:30:00.10
of truth and error,
and there's no longer.
00:30:00.13\00:30:02.03
Pastor, in my opinion,
what we're seeing today,
00:30:02.06\00:30:04.30
more than any other time
before us is it seems like
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.74
people's spiritual
radar to be able to decipher
00:30:06.77\00:30:10.11
what is truth and what is error,
00:30:10.14\00:30:11.71
it's not functioning
right. Not functioning.
00:30:11.74\00:30:13.24
It's not functioning right.
But I'm going to add to that.
00:30:13.27\00:30:14.91
Pastor Dinzey, I'm
going to give you a chance
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.28
to chime in here
00:30:16.31\00:30:17.65
as you're
looking for a scripture.
00:30:17.68\00:30:19.01
But what we're
seeing today is Christianity
00:30:19.05\00:30:20.75
has developed
into in a large degree,
00:30:20.82\00:30:23.79
something that I
look for the brand
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.52
that fits my lifestyle.
00:30:25.55\00:30:27.49
And you mentioned
the word truth nowadays.
00:30:27.56\00:30:29.92
Truth has become
I don't know how,
00:30:29.96\00:30:32.76
but in Christian circles,
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.13
truth has become a
bio word, a bad word.
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.80
You know, we say, well,
00:30:36.87\00:30:38.20
what's the truth
about that matter.
00:30:38.23\00:30:39.57
And it's almost
like when Jesus was being
00:30:39.60\00:30:42.04
tried in the
Pilate's judgment hall,
00:30:42.07\00:30:45.04
what is truth?
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.41
You know, what is
truth? God's Word is truth.
00:30:46.44\00:30:48.71
"Sanctify them by thy truth,
thy word is truth," John 17:17.
00:30:48.74\00:30:53.15
But here's another reason
00:30:53.18\00:30:54.65
for the
deception being so great,
00:30:54.68\00:30:56.28
is so many denominational
leaders have been told that
00:30:56.32\00:30:58.85
Revelation cannot be understood.
00:30:58.89\00:31:01.32
And Revelation is like
the last part of the movie.
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.29
If you look at a movie,
so you watch this whole,
00:31:03.32\00:31:06.43
you know, 65
chapters of a movie,
00:31:06.46\00:31:10.17
and you get to chapter 66,
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.00
and you turn the TV off and say,
00:31:12.03\00:31:13.37
"Well, let's all
guess how it ends."
00:31:13.44\00:31:14.77
What the Lord doesn't, He
says in 1 Thessalonians 5,
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.91
"Brethren, you
are not in darkness,
00:31:18.94\00:31:20.88
so that this day should
overtake you as a thief."
00:31:20.91\00:31:23.45
So what I'm
suggesting strongly is,
00:31:23.48\00:31:25.31
as Ryan was saying,
don't allow your Christianity
00:31:25.35\00:31:28.58
to be branded
based on feeling emotion,
00:31:28.62\00:31:31.25
great programs,
community outreach,
00:31:31.29\00:31:34.49
because all those things,
00:31:34.52\00:31:36.02
the Lord said in Matthew 21,
00:31:36.06\00:31:37.79
will be active in the
among the Christian population.
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.30
But then He'll
say, "I never knew you."
00:31:41.33\00:31:42.66
Right.
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.07
And you brought up the
fact that truth, you know,
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.57
and I have to say this as well,
truth in today's time versus
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.87
what it was during
the days of the apostles,
00:31:49.90\00:31:52.84
Jesus says, "I am the
way, the truth, and the life."
00:31:52.87\00:31:55.21
As you just brought out,
Jesus Himself prayed and said,
00:31:55.24\00:31:57.95
"Truth, you know, is the
Word, the Word of God is truth."
00:31:57.98\00:32:00.52
But in today's time,
00:32:00.55\00:32:01.88
we live in a very philosophical,
00:32:01.92\00:32:04.29
opinionated era,
which truth means
00:32:04.32\00:32:06.76
it's what we
want it to be, right?
00:32:06.79\00:32:08.22
Truth is what I want it to be.
00:32:08.26\00:32:09.59
And truth is really
what this is all about.
00:32:09.62\00:32:11.19
I'm thinking of 2
Thessalonians 2:10.
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We just read from 2
Thessalonians 2 earlier
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where Paul said,
you know, he says,
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"Let no one
deceive you by any means,
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for that Day will not
come unless the falling away
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comes first."
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Notice what he says in verse 10,
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of that same chapter.
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This is 2
Thessalonians 2, he says,
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"And with all
unrighteous deception
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among those who perish..."
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And here's the key.
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"Because they did not
receive the love of the truth,
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that they might be saved," okay?
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Now, this is interesting,
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because I have
people ask me all the time,
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"Why can't people see the truth?
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Why is it that there's so
many different denominations?
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Why is it that so many
people have different opinions?"
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At the end of the day,
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it comes down
to this right here.
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There's two
groups in the last days,
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Brother Dinzey.
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There's those that love
truth and those that don't.
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And there can be people in
the church that believe that
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they love truth but
in reality their hearts
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do not love truth.
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I'm going to 2
Timothy Chapter 3.
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Okay.
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And I mean, you look at
Timothy and it's almost like,
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it's like reading a
newspaper today in this time.
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Very much so.
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We're beginning in verse 1,
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but 2 Timothy
3:1, "But know this,
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that in the last days,"
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that's what we're talking about,
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"perilous times will come.
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For men will be
lovers of themselves,
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lovers of money,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
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disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy."
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And so you ask yourself,
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is this talking about
the people outside the church
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or people inside the church?
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This is happening
inside the church as well.
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They are, "Unloving,
unforgiving, slanders,
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without self-control,
brutal, despisers of good,
00:33:55.53\00:33:57.90
traitors, headstrong,
00:33:57.93\00:33:59.27
haughty, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God,
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having a form of godliness,
but denying its power."
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And it says here,
"And from such turn away!"
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And so this is
happening within the church.
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I mean, you think about,
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if you want to
mention some things
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that are happening in the church
00:34:15.45\00:34:16.89
that is a
departure from the word
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or the things delivered
to the saints, this thing,
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the prosperity gospel.
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What do you mean
prosperity gospel?
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Look at Jesus. Was
He close to the Lord?
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Yes! Did He have luxurious?
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No. He lived a humble life.
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All the
disciples, what about Peter?
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Oh, He was close to the Lord.
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But he said, "Silver
and gold have I none,
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but such as I have given thee."
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It doesn't mean that God
doesn't bless His children
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because you have
faithful children of God,
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Job, Abraham,
faithful to the Lord,
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but there I will single
to the glory of the Lord.
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So their object
is seek the Lord,
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while He may be found,
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seek first the kingdom of heaven
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and His righteousness.
00:35:06.40\00:35:07.74
So you have this
idea of prosperity gospel
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that if you're a Christian,
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and you're really
being faithful to the Lord,
00:35:11.47\00:35:13.51
you're supposed to
have a couple of cars,
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a swimming pool if you want to.
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This is a departure
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from the faith once
delivered to the saints.
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So this is a great error.
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I like to mention
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.29
this one thing here
really quick if I may.
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Sure. Go for it.
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In 2 Timothy 3:12, "Yes,
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and all who desire
to live godly in Christ
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will suffer persecution."
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Today's way of looking things,
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or if you're
suffering persecution,
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you must be
really a great sinner.
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But something's
wrong. Something is wrong.
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There is a departure
from, what does saith the Lord.
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Right. Right.
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And so many Christians today
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that's the other
part of the gospel.
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I'm so glad you brought that up.
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Because, you know,
a lot of people like
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Hebrews Chapter
11, the first part.
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But the second part
where it talked about many
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who saw on Sunday
were destitute in prison.
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You know, they were
going through persecution
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to the highest degree
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that is almost
the invisible gospel.
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And there's this gospel nowadays
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and we see it, it's replete,
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it's all over the
internet, it's on, you know,
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people are modeling
it, your ship is coming in.
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This weekend, God's
going to bring your ship
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and your wings
are going to spread.
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God's going to bring
that investment to fruition.
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When you look at those
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who gave their
lives to the gospel,
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many of them didn't
have a ship coming in.
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.19
Many of them didn't
have their wings spread.
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And that pot of
gold was not at the end
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of that proverbial rainbow.
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They went out living.
00:36:36.56\00:36:37.89
They said, as Abraham
said, "I'm looking for a city
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which had foundations
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whose builder and maker is God."
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And there's another aspect.
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I'd love to cover this
maybe at a later program
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because we have so
much to talk about.
00:36:47.90\00:36:49.37
This is actually a
program laying foundation
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about the last days
because the topics are numerous
00:36:51.14\00:36:53.98
that we can talk about,
00:36:54.01\00:36:55.34
and maybe at a later time
we'll add some other topics
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to break out of the foundation.
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But what we're seeing nowadays
is people are being focused on
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the material
side of Christianity,
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rather than the
righteous side of Christianity.
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And what you talked about,
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Ryan, a moment ago is
people are comfortable.
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But keep in mind,
even the church that
00:37:11.26\00:37:12.96
Jesus purchased with
His own blood, He said,
00:37:12.99\00:37:15.33
"They're going to be wheat
and they're going to be tares.
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They're going to
be growing together."
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So it's vitally
important imperative that
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we don't become comfortable
and say, "I understand.
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I want your name,
00:37:25.21\00:37:26.54
but I have my own way of living.
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I have my own way of thinking,
I have my own doctrines."
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Isaiah 4:1, look what
it says, "And in that day,
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seven women shall
take hold of one man,"
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and the context of this was
the husbands were out to war.
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Many of them are dying in war.
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So the marriable men
were losing, you know, ground.
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But the context that
the Lord use here says,
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"We will,'" this is
what they're going to say,
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"We will eat our own bread
00:37:55.40\00:37:57.01
or food and wear our own apparel
00:37:57.04\00:37:58.91
or our own teachings.
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Only let us be
called by your name,
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to take away our reproach."
00:38:03.14\00:38:04.81
So not everything
that's named Christian
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is Christian, right?
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Just go to the
internet. Just go to YouTube.
00:38:08.62\00:38:11.59
Just go to, yeah, iTunes,
Christian rap, Christian rock,
00:38:11.62\00:38:16.49
Christian hip hop,
Christian jazz, really?
00:38:16.52\00:38:20.10
And somehow there has
been this amalgamation
00:38:20.13\00:38:22.56
between the holy and unholy,
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.17
the clean and the unclean,
and the devil has slithered in
00:38:24.20\00:38:28.97
and found a way to corrupt
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that which has been
uncorrupted from its origin.
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Right.
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You know, I want to go back
to what you just said earlier,
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you read from 2
Timothy Chapter 3.
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But the verse that always
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catches my
attention here is verse 5.
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So we just list
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all those
horrible character defects,
00:38:43.08\00:38:45.15
you know,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
00:38:45.19\00:38:46.96
disobedient to
parents, and so forth.
00:38:46.99\00:38:48.46
But notice verse 5, again,
"Having a form of godliness,
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but denying its power."
00:38:51.86\00:38:56.56
This is somewhat of a prophecy
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.60
here because Paul is
simply saying, in fact,
00:38:58.63\00:39:02.27
we know this because
he says in opening verse
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but know this that
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in the last days
perilous times will come.
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So he's speaking
prophetically here,
00:39:07.08\00:39:09.18
of the character
of certain people,
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.55
even as Brother Dinzey
brought up very clearly
00:39:11.58\00:39:14.42
in the church
having a form of godliness.
00:39:14.45\00:39:17.75
How many people
have you met that
00:39:17.79\00:39:19.12
have a form of godliness,
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.86
but they don't seem to have that
00:39:20.89\00:39:22.22
anointing power
of God within them?
00:39:22.26\00:39:24.76
And I just want to
highlight that for a moment
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because I think of
the sanctuary service.
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There's a connection here
I'm going to make real quick.
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We should have a
courtyard experience.
00:39:35.14\00:39:37.71
That's where the experience
00:39:37.74\00:39:39.07
of salvation experience
really begins at the gate,
00:39:39.11\00:39:41.18
but we should have
a courtyard experience
00:39:41.21\00:39:43.11
but then we should
advance at the proper time
00:39:43.14\00:39:46.28
into the holy place.
00:39:46.31\00:39:48.05
Now there's
only one light source
00:39:48.08\00:39:49.52
in the holy place.
00:39:49.55\00:39:51.99
Seven branch candlestick.
00:39:52.02\00:39:54.16
That light has
to burn continually.
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.62
In fact, in the word,
in the original Hebrew,
00:39:56.66\00:39:59.23
it's the word
tamid, which is actually
00:39:59.26\00:40:01.33
where in Daniel where
he talks about the daily,
00:40:01.36\00:40:04.27
it's continual, it's
perpetual, it's never ending.
00:40:04.30\00:40:07.64
This light had to burn always.
00:40:07.67\00:40:10.71
But how could it
only burn always?
00:40:10.74\00:40:14.08
As long as the
priests made sure that
00:40:14.11\00:40:16.64
there was always oil
filled in those little vets that
00:40:16.68\00:40:20.32
hold that oil so
that the fire could burn.
00:40:20.35\00:40:22.38
Now we know in the Bible,
oil is a representation of...
00:40:22.42\00:40:25.52
The Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit.
00:40:25.55\00:40:26.89
Let's go back and
read that scripture again.
00:40:26.96\00:40:28.29
"Having a form of godliness
but denying its power."
00:40:28.32\00:40:32.23
Acts 1:8, when you
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:40:32.26\00:40:36.23
you shall receive
power to be a witness.
00:40:36.26\00:40:39.53
My friends, what I'm
saying here as I go back
00:40:39.57\00:40:41.24
also to Matthew
25, the 10 virgins.
00:40:41.27\00:40:43.84
What separated the five
wised from the five foolish?
00:40:43.91\00:40:46.41
They both had their lamps.
00:40:46.44\00:40:48.44
They both had a
form of godliness.
00:40:48.48\00:40:50.55
They both
trusted and believed that
00:40:50.58\00:40:52.28
Jesus was coming back
but what separated the wise
00:40:52.31\00:40:54.78
from the foolish
is that the foolish
00:40:54.82\00:40:56.28
did not have the
power of God in their life.
00:40:56.32\00:40:58.95
They did not have the
oil of the Holy Spirit.
00:40:58.99\00:41:01.92
Now there's one more text I
want to read before we go on
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.86
'cause I know
there's so much to say.
00:41:03.93\00:41:05.26
But I'm thinking of
2 Timothy Chapter 4.
00:41:05.29\00:41:08.06
So one chapter
over, 2 Timothy Chapter 4.
00:41:08.10\00:41:11.03
And, brother, you
mentioned something
00:41:11.07\00:41:12.40
that also struck
my attention here.
00:41:12.43\00:41:14.67
You talked about these
different false prophets
00:41:14.70\00:41:17.54
or these preachers
that teach this gospel.
00:41:17.61\00:41:20.78
What did you say
the... Prosperity.
00:41:20.81\00:41:23.21
Prosperity gospel,
that's what I was looking for.
00:41:23.24\00:41:25.18
Notice 2 Timothy Chapter 4,
I want to start with verse 2.
00:41:25.21\00:41:28.92
Verse 2-4. It
says, "Preach the word!
00:41:28.95\00:41:32.62
Be ready in
season and out of season,
00:41:32.65\00:41:35.26
reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long suffering,"
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.93
and the King James
Version says, "doctrine."
00:41:37.96\00:41:39.69
Doctrine.
00:41:39.73\00:41:41.06
New King James
Version says, teaching, here.
00:41:41.10\00:41:42.66
But notice verse 3 and
4, "For the time will come
00:41:42.70\00:41:45.80
when they will not
endure sound doctrine,
00:41:45.83\00:41:48.24
but according to
their own desires,"
00:41:48.27\00:41:50.71
notice this, there it is, again,
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.07
"Their own desires
because they have itching ears,
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.68
they will heap up
for themselves teachers,
00:41:54.71\00:41:56.95
and they will turn their
ears away from the truth,
00:41:56.98\00:42:00.62
and be turned aside to fables."
00:42:00.65\00:42:03.59
I heard the minister
once say, and I don't know,
00:42:03.62\00:42:07.09
there have to be
some truth to it.
00:42:07.16\00:42:08.79
But I'm just going to say it
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.16
'cause it does
sound profound to me.
00:42:10.23\00:42:11.56
But it's very simple.
00:42:11.59\00:42:12.93
He said, "The reason why
so many people are deceived
00:42:12.96\00:42:15.93
by these false prophets,"
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.00
and I have a list of
them right here in my notes.
00:42:18.03\00:42:20.14
I'm not going to
mention any names,
00:42:20.17\00:42:21.57
but we know what
we're talking about here.
00:42:21.60\00:42:22.94
We're talking about
00:42:22.97\00:42:24.31
these prosperity
teachers and preachers,
00:42:24.34\00:42:26.37
we're talking about
these brothers and sisters
00:42:26.41\00:42:27.78
that preach smooth
sermons and things like that,
00:42:27.81\00:42:30.58
because they want to
tickle the ears of the people.
00:42:30.65\00:42:33.25
And the question
is, why would people
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.28
want to sit under that?
00:42:35.32\00:42:37.09
Why are people
being deceived by this?
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.39
And this minister said
00:42:39.42\00:42:40.76
something really
struck my attention.
00:42:40.79\00:42:42.26
And I don't know if
this is the absolute truth,
00:42:42.29\00:42:44.99
but it would not
surprise me to a certain extent
00:42:45.03\00:42:47.00
once you really
study God's Word,
00:42:47.03\00:42:48.36
and that is the fact that
00:42:48.40\00:42:49.73
these people can very
much be a judgment upon
00:42:49.76\00:42:51.97
these people
because, now here's the thing,
00:42:52.00\00:42:54.34
because they want what he wants.
00:42:54.37\00:42:57.61
Birds of a
feather flock together.
00:42:57.64\00:42:59.44
If you got a brother up
there preaching that saying,
00:42:59.47\00:43:01.38
"Look, you know, God
wants you to be rich.
00:43:01.41\00:43:04.25
He wants you to
be a millionaire.
00:43:04.28\00:43:05.61
He wants you to own a Ferrari.
00:43:05.65\00:43:07.35
And if you don't own a Ferrari,
well, then you're not blessed."
00:43:07.42\00:43:09.65
There's got to be thousands
of people in that crowd
00:43:09.68\00:43:11.75
because he wants a
Ferrari, they want a Ferrari.
00:43:11.79\00:43:14.26
They want what he wants.
00:43:14.29\00:43:15.89
And when the
preachers and the teachers
00:43:15.92\00:43:17.43
are tickling the ears
and feeding the heart,
00:43:17.46\00:43:19.39
what the heart wants,
00:43:19.43\00:43:20.80
what does the Bible
say about the heart?
00:43:20.83\00:43:22.16
You can't trust it.
00:43:22.20\00:43:23.53
It's deceitful above all things.
00:43:23.57\00:43:24.90
And so when we put all
of these texts together,
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.84
it says one thing to me,
00:43:26.87\00:43:28.20
the only thing we can
trust, Proverbs 3:5-6,
00:43:28.24\00:43:32.84
"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart,
00:43:32.87\00:43:35.71
lean not on your
own understanding."
00:43:35.74\00:43:39.01
And trust, trust in Him
because "In all thy ways,
00:43:39.05\00:43:41.65
He will direct your path."
00:43:41.68\00:43:43.02
Put your face in
His book, not Facebook,
00:43:43.05\00:43:46.55
but your face in His book,
and God will take care of it.
00:43:46.59\00:43:50.33
"And thy word is
a lamp to my feet,
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.73
and light to my path."
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.10
It'll guide you.
00:43:54.13\00:43:55.46
Not only trusting
the Lord with your heart,
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.17
but let His word be a lamp
00:43:57.20\00:43:58.60
and a light and it
will guide your path.
00:43:58.63\00:44:00.17
Pastor Dinzey, and
have two scriptures
00:44:00.24\00:44:01.57
I want to bring in.
00:44:01.60\00:44:02.94
Because now that
we've laid the foundation,
00:44:02.97\00:44:04.57
we need to know
what the answer is.
00:44:04.61\00:44:05.94
What do we do in light
00:44:05.97\00:44:07.31
of what's
happening in the last days?
00:44:07.38\00:44:08.81
Yes, I want to, again,
highlight this 2 Timothy 4:4.
00:44:08.84\00:44:13.42
And it says, and it talks
about in verse 3 about having...
00:44:13.45\00:44:17.92
A form of
godliness. A form of godliness.
00:44:17.95\00:44:20.69
Well, now let me
read verse 3 again.
00:44:20.76\00:44:22.09
"For the time will come
00:44:22.12\00:44:23.46
when they will not
endure sound doctrine,
00:44:23.49\00:44:25.96
but according to
their own desires,"
00:44:25.99\00:44:27.96
this is what you
were talking about,
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.57
"because they have itching ears,
00:44:30.60\00:44:33.03
they will heap up
for themselves teachers,
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.77
and they will
turn their hearts away
00:44:35.80\00:44:37.41
from the truth and be
turned aside to fables."
00:44:37.44\00:44:41.21
So that is going on now.
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.98
People want to hear good things,
00:44:44.05\00:44:46.05
move things, feel good things.
00:44:46.08\00:44:48.48
"I don't want to come
to church and hear that.
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.92
Oh, I have to turn
away from my wicked ways.
00:44:50.99\00:44:53.25
I don't want to come
to church and hear that.
00:44:53.29\00:44:55.49
Oh, no, the time
of the end is here
00:44:55.52\00:44:57.63
and Jesus
Christ is coming soon."
00:44:57.66\00:45:00.20
The unfortunate thing
that is happening is that
00:45:00.23\00:45:03.03
though instead of
us preaching the gospel
00:45:03.06\00:45:06.67
so that the world
can come into the church,
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.87
I'm talking about sinners that
repent and come to the church,
00:45:08.90\00:45:13.61
the worldliness has
come into the church
00:45:13.68\00:45:17.08
so that people are
more like the world
00:45:17.15\00:45:19.61
than the Christian, than Christ.
00:45:19.65\00:45:23.22
Unfortunately, in the church,
00:45:23.25\00:45:25.42
we have this
worldliness that has come in,
00:45:25.45\00:45:27.99
and people have turned
away from sound doctrine.
00:45:28.02\00:45:31.86
They don't want to hear.
What's the Ten Commandments?
00:45:31.89\00:45:33.70
You mean I
can't commit adultery?
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.10
You mean I can't
steal? You mean I can't...
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.27
And we live in a time
that... Is popularized.
00:45:37.30\00:45:40.24
People can sit in their
house, go on a computer,
00:45:40.27\00:45:43.24
and steal from
bank, steal from people.
00:45:43.27\00:45:46.44
We're living in the last days.
They steal people's identity.
00:45:46.47\00:45:50.55
What kind of time do we live in?
00:45:50.58\00:45:51.98
This is a perilous
time unlike any other.
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.62
And so, for that reason,
00:45:54.65\00:45:55.98
I want to give our audience
to answers to this time.
00:45:56.02\00:45:59.22
Let's first look Acts 26:18.
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.09
This is what the Lord encouraged
00:46:02.12\00:46:03.96
His disciples He will do.
00:46:04.03\00:46:05.49
And He reiterated their mission.
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.43
Because in their day,
00:46:07.50\00:46:09.00
this darkness that existed
was beginning to take off.
00:46:09.03\00:46:12.13
Notice what the Lord
said to His apostles,
00:46:12.17\00:46:14.97
because He said, I
have a mission for you.
00:46:15.00\00:46:17.51
And He's talking to Saul now.
00:46:17.54\00:46:19.17
And He said,
"This is what I want.
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.58
I know you
persecuted the church.
00:46:20.61\00:46:21.94
But now I'm going to
give you a different mission."
00:46:21.98\00:46:23.38
Verse 18, He says,
I'll start with Verse 17,
00:46:23.45\00:46:26.38
"I will deliver you
from the Jewish people,
00:46:26.41\00:46:30.22
as well as from the Gentiles,
to whom I now send you."
00:46:30.29\00:46:34.39
Why is He sending him?
00:46:34.42\00:46:36.39
"To open their eyes,
in order to turn them
00:46:36.42\00:46:40.73
from darkness to light,
00:46:40.80\00:46:43.57
and from the
power of Satan to God,
00:46:43.60\00:46:46.74
that they may
receive forgiveness of sins
00:46:46.77\00:46:50.11
and an inheritance among those
00:46:50.14\00:46:52.04
who are
sanctified by faith in Me."
00:46:52.07\00:46:54.91
He said the mission
of the worker of God...
00:46:54.94\00:46:57.71
Ryan, go to Isaiah Chapter 60.
00:46:57.75\00:47:00.22
Pastor Dinzey, go to
Revelation Chapter 14.
00:47:00.25\00:47:05.15
And I want you to
look at verse 6 and 7.
00:47:05.19\00:47:07.26
What God is
saying to His people?
00:47:07.29\00:47:08.89
Matter of fact,
Revelation 18, sorry.
00:47:08.92\00:47:11.06
It's what I want you to go to.
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.73
Isaiah 60, this is what the Lord
00:47:12.76\00:47:14.33
wants those who know.
00:47:14.36\00:47:15.86
And here's the key for
those who have received
00:47:15.90\00:47:18.20
the knowledge of God's Word,
00:47:18.23\00:47:20.04
it is an
imperative responsibility.
00:47:20.07\00:47:22.47
So we don't have the option
00:47:22.50\00:47:24.67
and because we're
watchmen on the wall.
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.24
We don't say, "Well,
00:47:26.27\00:47:27.61
I'm a watchman,
but I'm off today."
00:47:27.64\00:47:29.01
No, the ministers,
the watchman is never off.
00:47:29.04\00:47:32.48
He has to continue
to see the sword coming.
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.42
If he sees a sword
coming blow the trumpet,
00:47:34.45\00:47:36.02
the people are
warned, and they get ready,
00:47:36.05\00:47:37.79
but if he doesn't...
00:47:37.82\00:47:39.15
So Isaiah 60:
1-2, I want you to see.
00:47:39.19\00:47:41.46
This is what in
a time of darkness
00:47:41.49\00:47:43.32
the people of
God are called to do.
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.16
Amen. Isaiah 60:1-2. Okay.
00:47:45.19\00:47:47.63
It says, "Arise, shine,
for your light has come!
00:47:47.66\00:47:51.17
And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
00:47:51.20\00:47:53.54
For behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
00:47:53.57\00:47:56.50
and deep darkness the people.
00:47:56.54\00:47:59.34
But the Lord
will arise over you,
00:47:59.37\00:48:01.98
and His glory
will be seen upon you.
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.68
And verse 3, just add that.
00:48:04.71\00:48:06.05
"The Gentile shall
come to your light,
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.78
and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
00:48:08.82\00:48:11.22
Notice what's being said,
in a dark time, he's saying,
00:48:11.25\00:48:14.36
you lift up that
light, you lift up the light,
00:48:14.39\00:48:17.46
you lift up the light so
that those who are in darkness
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.00
will be turned
from darkness to light.
00:48:20.03\00:48:21.96
They will come, He
says, the Gentiles will come.
00:48:22.00\00:48:25.40
So we're saying
in this day and age
00:48:25.43\00:48:26.87
where deception is rampant,
00:48:26.94\00:48:28.27
where prosperity gospel
has diluted so many people
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.44
and left them high and
dry, the Lord is saying
00:48:30.51\00:48:32.67
but now your responsibility,
lift that light up.
00:48:32.71\00:48:35.31
And people that are looking
00:48:35.34\00:48:36.68
for that light are going to come
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.51
to the
brightness of your rising.
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.42
Pastor Dinzey, Revelation 18:4.
00:48:40.45\00:48:45.02
Revelation
18:4. Revelation 18:4.
00:48:45.05\00:48:47.26
"And I heard another
voice from heaven saying,
00:48:47.29\00:48:50.83
'Come out of her, my people,
lest you share in her sins,
00:48:50.86\00:48:55.23
and lest you
receive of her plagues.'"
00:48:55.26\00:48:57.90
Now what is that saying to us?
00:48:57.93\00:48:59.27
It's saying God's
people are everywhere.
00:48:59.30\00:49:02.74
But He's saying they are
where I don't want them to be.
00:49:02.77\00:49:05.81
And John 10:16,
Ryan. John Chapter 10.
00:49:05.84\00:49:09.78
God is saying My
people are everywhere,
00:49:09.81\00:49:11.78
many of them are where
I don't want them to be
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.52
but I'm not settling for that
00:49:13.55\00:49:15.02
because in this
great controversy
00:49:15.05\00:49:16.42
between light and
darkness, Christ and Satan,
00:49:16.45\00:49:19.42
Satan has
diluted many Christians
00:49:19.45\00:49:21.36
but God is
saying, light up the world
00:49:21.39\00:49:23.32
and they're going to come out.
00:49:23.36\00:49:24.69
Look at, here's the reason why.
00:49:24.73\00:49:26.06
John 10:16 says, and
this is Jesus speaking,
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.23
He says, "And other sheep I have
00:49:28.26\00:49:29.60
which are not of this
fold, them also I must bring,
00:49:29.63\00:49:32.90
and they will hear My voice
00:49:32.93\00:49:34.70
and there will be one
flock and one shepherd."
00:49:34.74\00:49:37.41
Okay, so the question
00:49:37.44\00:49:38.77
is what fold is
the devil angry with?
00:49:38.81\00:49:40.98
Pastor Dinzey, Revelation 12:17.
00:49:41.01\00:49:43.55
Revelation 12:17. What
fold is He talking about?
00:49:43.58\00:49:47.15
You got to
understand what is the...
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.15
See if the devil is upset,
00:49:49.18\00:49:51.42
you are where
God wants you to be.
00:49:51.45\00:49:53.36
That's right.
00:49:53.39\00:49:54.72
If he's mad at
you, you are, you know,
00:49:54.76\00:49:57.03
you're doing what
God wants you to do.
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.69
This is not a point of bragging,
00:49:58.73\00:50:00.10
but a point of humility.
00:50:00.13\00:50:01.63
Notice where the devil is angry
00:50:01.66\00:50:03.10
and where God wants His
people to be, what fold?
00:50:03.13\00:50:05.57
Revelation 12:17.
00:50:05.60\00:50:07.44
"And the dragon was
enraged," in King James it says,
00:50:07.47\00:50:10.44
"wroth with the woman,
00:50:10.51\00:50:12.34
and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring
00:50:12.37\00:50:15.84
or the remnant,
00:50:15.88\00:50:17.25
who keep the commandments of God
00:50:17.28\00:50:19.11
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:50:19.15\00:50:21.85
That's right, the
commandments of God
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.22
and the testimony of Jesus.
00:50:23.25\00:50:24.59
What is the testimony of Jesus
according Revelation 19 here,
00:50:24.62\00:50:27.56
is the spirit of prophecy,
the same Holy Spirit working
00:50:27.59\00:50:29.89
through Elijah, and
Moses, and Jeremiah, and Isaiah,
00:50:29.92\00:50:34.63
that same
spirit is saying to us,
00:50:34.66\00:50:36.90
let me take you
behind the curtain.
00:50:36.97\00:50:38.67
Remember years ago,
00:50:38.70\00:50:40.04
if you've been
around long enough,
00:50:40.07\00:50:41.40
you may have seen the
Wizard of Oz growing up,
00:50:41.44\00:50:43.07
where there's this guy
hiding behind the curtain.
00:50:43.10\00:50:45.14
And the Lord has taken us
behind the curtain to let us
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.28
see the events of the last days
00:50:47.31\00:50:49.54
as a clergy of the Lord as those
00:50:49.58\00:50:51.75
who understand the truth.
00:50:51.78\00:50:53.11
God is saying, "Pastor
Dinzey, hold up the light, Ryan,
00:50:53.15\00:50:55.52
hold up the light,
John, hold up the light."
00:50:55.55\00:50:57.85
Few comments before we close.
00:50:57.89\00:50:59.22
Pastor Dinzey,
I'll begin with you.
00:50:59.25\00:51:01.09
Romans 10:1, I
identify with Paul,
00:51:01.12\00:51:03.93
"Brethren, my heart's
desire and prayer to God
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.49
for Israel is that
they may be saved."
00:51:06.53\00:51:08.50
We are sharing these things
00:51:08.53\00:51:09.86
because we want you to be saved,
00:51:09.90\00:51:11.83
and get into God's Word.
00:51:11.87\00:51:13.20
That's right.
00:51:13.23\00:51:14.57
I think we all need to be a
little bit more like Joseph.
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.47
Joseph, he lived
in a time of plenty
00:51:16.50\00:51:19.17
and a time of famine.
00:51:19.21\00:51:20.58
During that time of plenty,
00:51:20.61\00:51:22.01
he gathered
bread, he gathered green.
00:51:22.04\00:51:23.95
And we are told in Amos 8:11,
"'Behold, the days are coming,'
00:51:23.98\00:51:27.25
says the Lord God,
00:51:27.32\00:51:28.65
'That I will send
a famine on the land,
00:51:28.68\00:51:30.02
not a famine of
bread, nor thirst of water,
00:51:30.05\00:51:32.32
but of hearing of
the words of the Lord.'"
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.16
We must hide the Word in
our hearts and minds now,
00:51:34.19\00:51:37.33
so that we might
not sin against Him.
00:51:37.36\00:51:39.36
You know, it's amazing.
00:51:39.39\00:51:40.73
You say that because
we're living in the day and age
00:51:40.80\00:51:42.13
where people are saying,
00:51:42.16\00:51:43.50
"Hey, I could have it my way,
whatever fits me goes best."
00:51:43.57\00:51:47.24
And that's why we're
encouraging our audience,
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.17
this is the time
where we have to really
00:51:49.20\00:51:51.04
stay close to God's Word.
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.91
Stay in God's Word,
00:51:52.94\00:51:54.44
'cause there's
no other foundation
00:51:54.48\00:51:56.38
of safety than
saying, "It is written.
00:51:56.41\00:51:58.85
I know it's in God's Word."
00:51:58.88\00:52:00.55
Because if ever
deception was existing,
00:52:00.62\00:52:03.22
we're living in
the time of deception.
00:52:03.25\00:52:05.92
Thirty-one
thousand, forty-one thousand,
00:52:05.95\00:52:07.92
different denominations
never had that been God's plan.
00:52:07.96\00:52:11.83
But the devil has
so diversified it.
00:52:11.86\00:52:13.73
But when you follow God's
Word, and you see and understand
00:52:13.80\00:52:17.50
where God is leading
His people to be the fold,
00:52:17.57\00:52:20.47
we will talk about
that on the other side.
00:52:20.54\00:52:22.34
When you see where God
is leading His people to be,
00:52:22.37\00:52:24.71
you'll know that you have that
protection against deception.
00:52:24.74\00:52:27.98
We want you to know
00:52:28.01\00:52:29.34
we have a few
more comments to make.
00:52:29.38\00:52:30.95
We're going to
take a short news break
00:52:30.98\00:52:32.31
and on the other side,
00:52:32.35\00:52:33.72
we'll be back with
some closing comments.
00:52:33.75\00:52:35.08