I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and we welcome
you to 3ABN Family Worship.
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I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn.
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And it is our pleasure
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to spend these
Sabbath hours with you. Amen.
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We hope that wherever
you are around the world,
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whether you are
welcoming in the Sabbath
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or maybe it is already Sabbath
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that you will get your
Bibles out and join us.
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Tonight we are
going to be talking about
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assurance of hope and
assurance of salvation.
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Which, how many
people do we talk to
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that don't seem to
have assurance of either?
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It is absolutely amazing
that there are some people
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that just cannot understand
that God loves him so much
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and that there is the
assurance of salvation.
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The Bible makes
it perfectly clear.
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And we are not talking
about one saved always saved.
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So stay tune
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because we know
that you can't walk away.
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But let me
introduce our 3ABN family here
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who we love very much
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and I'm gonna start to my right,
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we have Pastor John Lomacang.
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Good to be here.
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And, Pastor, you are our
pastor so that makes it special.
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Great privilege. Yes.
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And you are
also the director of?
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World Evangelism.
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World Evangelism for 3ABN.
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We are getting ready to do
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an evangelistic series in London
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and we are excited about that.
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Thanks a lot.
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And then we have your
beautiful wife Angela.
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Hello. It's good to be here.
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Tell us what you do at 3ABN.
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Okay, I work at
3ABN Radio and I do what,
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radio editing,
production and things like that.
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You know, what I love about 3ABN
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is there so many
couples who work here together.
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You know, married
couples and family members.
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I think the Babb family,
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we got the whole family working.
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That's true. The Poling family.
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The Poling family but
that makes it wonderful.
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Into my left
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I have my dear sister
Chris and Chris Shelton.
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And, Chris, you
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and your precious
husband Pastor Kenny Shelton
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are with Behold
the Lamb Ministries.
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Yes.
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And that is your
ministry I should say.
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You are with it, you
founded that ministry.
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So we are so glad
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that you are
here with us tonight.
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Amen. Good to be here.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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We are gonna have some fun. Yes.
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But, JD, why don't you
start with just a prayer?
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Father, we thank
You so much, Lord,
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for this, for the opportunity
to be able to celebrate
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this time together
on Your Sabbath evening.
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Lord, we give
you praise and glory.
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Father, also I just
ask that You be with us
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as we go around this table
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and we talk
about assurance, Lord,
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about a gift that
You've given each one of us.
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Be with us, anoint
our minds, our mouths
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and more important,
Lord, there are people
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that are very hungry and
very thirsty for this word
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and we're just
asking in the name of Jesus
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that they are attentive.
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Lord, they maybe
talking directly to one person,
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thousand people or
million people, Lord.
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We give You all that You deserve
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and only You, Lord.
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In the name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we have one more member
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that we want to
introduce as well,
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she is not at the
table with us but she is,
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we are gonna be
singing some songs,
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the words will be on the
screen for you to follow along.
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But that's Jill Morikone
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my precious sister
over there behind the piano.
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And Jill is
administrative assistant
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to Danny Shelton.
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She also wears a
lot of hats around here.
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Danny, Danny can
keep an army of people.
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He can.
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Absolutely.
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And some.
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And Jill has a
program on 3ABN Heart Lift
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and she is also a
fantastic pianist.
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So, we are glad
she uses her gifts
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for the glory of the Lord.
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So, let's begin.
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We are going to sing a
song called "Trust and Obey"
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one of my favorites.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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When we walk with the Lord
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In the light of His Word
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What a glory He
sheds on our way!
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While we do His good will
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He abides with us still
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And with all who
will trust and obey
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Trust and obey
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For there's no other way
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To be happy in Jesus
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But to trust and obey
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But we never can prove
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The delights of His love
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Until all on the altar we lay
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For the favor He shows
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And the joy He bestows
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Are for them who
will trust and obey
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Trust and obey
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For there's no other way
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To be happy in Jesus
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But to trust and obey
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Amen. Amen.
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And trust is the
foundation for faith.
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So that's why it is so important
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that we trust in the Lord
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with all of our heart and
not our own understanding.
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You know, one thing I've noticed
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that I know about you all
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that the older I
get the lower I sing
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and finding a key
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in which we can all
sing is a challenge.
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But we are going
to sing another song
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one of my most favorites
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and this is entitled
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"My Hope is
Built on Nothing Less"
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hymn number 522 in your hymnal.
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Amen. Amen.
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My hope is built on nothing less
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Than Jesus'
blood and righteousness
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
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But wholly lean on Jesus' Name
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On Christ the solid Rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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When He shall
come with trumpet sound
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Oh, may I then in Him be found
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Dressed in His
righteousness alone
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Faultless to
stand before the throne
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On Christ the solid Rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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Hallelujah. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Jesus.
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And that's why when we
are standing on Christ,
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on His righteousness
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we can have assurance of
hope because it is written
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we can have
assurance of salvation
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because it is written.
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So what we are
going to do tonight
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is we are talking about--
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first we will begin
with assurance of hope
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and we are
going to be doing this
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as affirmations from scripture.
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I would like to read
just a little paragraph
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and these, these words
are all taken from scripture
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and they are something
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that we can
confess over our life
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or that we can
pray back to the Lord.
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Here is what it says.
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"I'm sure of what I hoped for
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and certain the things I
do not yet see will happen.
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It is written and
God watches over His word
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to see, assure
that it is fulfilled.
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Trust is a foundation
for my hope and faith.
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I trust God completely
and put my hope in His word
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eagerly anticipating the
fulfillment of His promises
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in my life.
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Nothing can sway
me from the truth.
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My soul is well anchored.
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I live by faith
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which is my title
deed to God's promise.
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My faith is made operative
by my actions of obedience.
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Obedience is a
pathway to God's blessings
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when I do His will I
receive the promise."
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Now every one
of those statements
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is backed up by the scripture.
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That's right.
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And as we've kind of
decided who is gonna do what
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I'll start with
the fist scripture,
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one of my favorites.
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This is a
scripture from Hebrews 11
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and this is something,
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sometimes that people try to say
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is the definition for faith.
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I'll say it's just part of faith
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as how I will get it
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and here's what the Bible says.
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I'm actually going to read
from the Amplified Version.
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"Faith is the assurance
it is the confirmation,
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the title deed" In
Greek, that's hupostasis
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and it was a written document
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that how they
transacted business.
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It's like if I'm
giving you a home
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and I write over the title,
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sign over the title deed to you,
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it belongs to you
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whether you've
ever seen it or not.
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Well, we still do that.
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We still have
today. Yeah, we do.
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Real estate you give
a title deed basically.
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Absolutely.
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So faith is our title
deed, that's that written,
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"Of the things that we hope for,
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being the proof of
things we do not see
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and the
conviction of their reality."
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Now, I like
this little statement
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that translators added.
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"Faith perceiving as real fact
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what is not
revealed to the senses."
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Isn't that true, John,
when we've got that faith?
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The fact of what is
not revealed to the senses
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and really it's saying I
remember a story years ago
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where they talked about
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how important it
is to have faith.
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Where father
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put his young
child on the, you know,
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we have different
size dresses in our home,
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the family one
and the taller one
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I forgot what they call it.
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But he said-- What's it called?
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Okay.
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Obviously, boy,
it's not English.
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But he said to his child jump
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and they said
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when babies are
young and when they are,
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when you have
not disappointed them
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they will jump
without reservation.
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But the moment
they get disappointed,
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they feel
apprehensive and hesitant.
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That's right.
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And so the title deeds
you're talking about is,
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the Lord is saying to
us as our heavenly Father,
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jump, I guarantee
you I'll catch you.
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So, that's another
way I think about it.
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The guarantee we
have that I'll catch you
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and then He won't disappoint us.
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Amen.
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You know what I
say? He won't drop us.
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Amen. Amen.
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Grace writes the check,
faith takes it to the bank.
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You know, you can have
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all of these
gifts God's given us,
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all of His promises
are ours in Christ Jesus
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but you can have them
even as head knowledge
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but if you don't
put it into application.
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If there is not
deeds of action behind it
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you are never gonna
know because it is by faith
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that you actually
draw on those promises.
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Chris, why don't
you do Jeremiah 1:12?
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Okay.
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And, you know, what
you were talking about too
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I think that's something
that we have to continue
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to learn with the
faith and that title deed
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because we have to believe
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and so much of our actually
receiving these blessings
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depends on how much we believe
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and you find that over and over.
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So this is something
Lord continues to teach us
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and we're gonna look
at a little bit of that
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here in Jeremiah 1:12
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and this is the
Amplified Version as well.
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It says, "Then
the Lord said to me,
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'You have seen well,
for I am alert and active,
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watching over My
word to perform it.'
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"See, here God
was calling Jeremiah
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to be a prophet
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and Jeremiah
said, I'm too young.
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I'm a child I can't do this.
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And He touched his mouth,
He put His words in his mouth
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and He began to show him things
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and He says, "What
do you see, Jeremiah?"
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And He told him, he
told God what he was seeing
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and He says, you see well
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because he was
revealing to him in symbols
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what he was about
to do prophetically.
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And I think as we look at this
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we need to be
looking at God's word
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whether it's the prophecies
and what a time we live in.
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We get to look back. Oh, yes.
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Our faith should
be built so strong,
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so much stronger
than these people
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because we can
look back and see where
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God has
fulfilled those promises.
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And so we can say yes,
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what I see that
and what a promise.
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He says, I'm alert, I'm active.
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He's not given up on us.
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He will never leave us.
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He is not leave us
out there floundering
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and He is
watching over His word.
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The one thing that
we are talking about,
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that the enemy is
trying so hard to throw out
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is the Word of God.
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He says he's watching
over and he will perform it.
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And you at home, you
can take it to the bank.
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Amen.
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It's your title deed
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and it's such a blessing.
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So I mean,
that's probably a verse
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that many people read over
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and they don't
think much about it
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but when you begin to
put it into perspective
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as we are doing here,
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it says so much to
each and every one of us.
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And you know He
said in Isaiah 55:11
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that "My word
does not return void
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but it
accomplishes for every purpose
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for which I sent it."
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This is why I think one thing
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is we return the
Word of the Lord to Him.
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It builds our faith. Amen.
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If we are praying
and we are saying,
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"Oh, Father, thank You.
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I claim this promise.
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Thank You that You
are alert and active.
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You're watching over
Your word to perform it."
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That is so faith building.
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So it is something
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that the Lord
wants us to truly accept.
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And I know you grew a whole
lot when you started doing this.
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Amen.
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Most certainly
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because it does open up
that avenue of communication.
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It does give you
that confidence that,
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if that child jumps
off that he will be caught.
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And the more you
get into the word,
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the more truthful it becomes
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because now you are
staying on His promises.
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Excellent. Made so.
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And, you know, I
forgot to say this
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when I first started.
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You know, what the word
hope means in the Greek?
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When we say hope nowadays,
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if I say, Kenny, are you
all come to church this Sabbath?
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I'll hope so.
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I'll hope that I can make it."
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That doesn't give us certainty
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but in the Bible, in the Greek
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the word hope
means eager expectation.
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Amen. Right.
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So we can have eager expectation
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because all of
God's promises are
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as we need to
stake our claim by faith
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and know that He is gonna watch
over His word to perform it.
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So that's what so exciting.
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Angie, why don't
you read Habakkuk 2?
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Oh, John.
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Oh, that's there is John.
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John, Habakkuk 2:2, 3.
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Okay, Habakkuk 2,
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"Then the Lord
answered me, and said,
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Write the vision, and
make it plain on tablets,
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that he may run who reads it.
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For the vision is yet
for an appointed time,
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but at the end it will
speak, and it will not lie,
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though it tarry, wait for it,
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because it will surely
come, it will not tarry."
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Amen.
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When you talked
about the introduction
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of the topic assurance
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that a lot of people don't have,
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what this says to me
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is the Lord is saying to
those who have been waiting
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for the
fulfillment of the vision.
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I think of the apostles,
I think of the disciples,
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one of the things
that actuated their passion
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for the work is
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they could not
wait for the promise
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the Lord had
made to be fulfilled.
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When He said, I will come again
and they ignited the world,
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they set the world on fire.
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One of things
that, with that said,
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one of the things
that we hold on to is
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when He says, "This
gospel of the kingdom
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will be preached
in all the world,
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when it's done,
then the end will come."
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If we really believe the vision,
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we will be busy
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to hasten the coming of the Lord
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that is we'll be so
busy as the apostles were
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because we so believe the vision
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that we are going to do our part
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knowing that if
the work, if the gospel
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doesn't get to the
remainder of the world
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then He says,
okay, I can't return.
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But it says here the
assurance, it will not tarry.
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In other words, it's not gonna,
it's not going to be delayed.
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It's not going to be postponed.
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It's not gonna be disappointing.
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It may appear that way
but it's not going to be.
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So wait for it, it will speak.
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It is assured it will not lie.
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And so this idea of
waiting, somebody once said,
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it wouldn't be bad to
wait if it didn't take time.
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Well, you know,
waiting takes time
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but the beauty of
waiting for the Lord
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is he says, I'm not
lying, My word will not lie.
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It's plain, I wrote it down.
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In this part I guess it says,
that those who read it may run.
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Now this is very amazing
when you think about that
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because in Bible times
when kings wrote a message
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he had a runner.
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Yes, they did.
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That carried the message
and they declared the message.
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And in sometimes
some of the ways you saw
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that the king had a message
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it would be
introduced with the... the king
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and then they would
un-scroll unroll the scroll
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and read the message
that the king had penned.
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Well, that's what it
says in essence being said,
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I wrote it.
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Take this message
to everyone you can,
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run with it because it's true.
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So if you
believe something is true
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you run with it.
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And so there is a
man, boy, I tell you,
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he's running
everywhere with that statement.
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So the promises of
God we can hold on to it.
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We can run with it
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and we can proclaim
it with all assurance
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that is going
to come to the pass
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and it will not lie.
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That's right. Amen.
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One thing that you do, Honey,
is you always encourage people
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to write God's
promise on 3x5 cards
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and to explain what you do there
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because it's good.
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Well, what I believe is,
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is that everybody
has a different issue
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and through the
aid of the Holy Spirit
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you are giving the promises
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and I think that
everyone wants a ministry
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that loves the Lord
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and the ministry can
be great, it can be small
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but I'll guarantee
you that the Lord will--
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there's other people
who got the same issue
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that you may have
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and you've taken those promises
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then the Lord by
divine appointment
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will bring those people to you.
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Sometimes I know the answer
but let me call Pastor John.
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But why don't
you take a 3x5 card?
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Why don't you write these down
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and then whenever that
divine appointment comes,
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the card will be there
inside your purse or whatever,
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you can pull them
out and share with them.
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And so, now
you're being reinforced
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because the Holy
Spirit is working through you.
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And so then the
message just goes out.
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Amen. Oh, yes.
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You know, so, and it really
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and people, people are
excited to be able to do that.
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Yes. Amen.
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And, you know, some of the faith
00:20:45.34\00:20:46.68
that you are talking about here
and writing those things down
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what helps us fortify
our minds and our heart.
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But I remember
I put it this way,
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faith was
developed at a early age
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even through the, I won't
say the promise of my dad.
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If when we went to town
and there's little children
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you go in the store
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and there's lot of
difference now as today.
00:21:05.73\00:21:07.46
But he always said to me
00:21:07.50\00:21:09.73
"If we ever get
separated you can be assured
00:21:09.76\00:21:15.40
I will not leave this
place until I found you."
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Amen. Wow.
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"I will look until I find you."
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Amen.
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Somehow my mind right
00:21:24.28\00:21:25.88
then, I get goose
bumps now I think about it.
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The assurance was there.
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I could bank on that.
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Just as a human being said that,
00:21:33.36\00:21:35.82
mere human being
but it was my dad.
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Dad said I'm not
going to leave you.
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I will look for you. Amen.
00:21:41.00\00:21:43.06
I will come and get you.
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I will search for you and
you can always hang on that
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and I always hung on that.
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And I felt an assurance
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that if something
happen he is going to be there.
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He is going to keep
looking till he finds me.
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I can think spiritual lessons
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.31
as sometime we
wander way out there
00:21:58.35\00:22:01.78
and we have a God
00:22:01.82\00:22:03.15
and I'm thankful by
faith that He searched.
00:22:03.18\00:22:06.09
He said, "I'm
gonna search to you
00:22:06.12\00:22:07.46
until I find you."
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.12
And then He asked
for us to search for Him
00:22:09.16\00:22:11.43
with all your heart, all
your soul and all your mind
00:22:11.46\00:22:14.66
and then we will find Him.
00:22:14.70\00:22:16.03
Amen.
00:22:16.06\00:22:17.40
So, it's coming
together by faith.
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The promises that
you're talking about
00:22:19.00\00:22:21.37
that help establish,
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I think it's important
00:22:22.77\00:22:24.11
for our people who are watching.
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In the home you're
having worship with us now.
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Your children are seated there.
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Encourage them
with those thoughts
00:22:29.48\00:22:31.31
even as a human Mom and Dad,
00:22:31.35\00:22:33.82
the faith, they grasp that faith
00:22:33.85\00:22:36.52
they will begin to grasp
00:22:36.55\00:22:37.89
but believe it they
see it, they understand it
00:22:37.92\00:22:39.99
and they will begin
to apply spiritually too
00:22:40.02\00:22:42.12
to the Word of God it
will help them to grow.
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It did me.
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.26
And you know
something you just said
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.90
a thought occurred to me.
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.26
Sometimes I think
parents are too quick
00:22:48.30\00:22:53.13
to gratify every
desire of their children.
00:22:53.17\00:22:56.81
Delayed gratification,
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.74
there is something about saying,
00:22:58.77\00:23:00.51
okay, we are going
to do such and such.
00:23:00.54\00:23:03.65
Let's say you're
gonna get an ice cream cone
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.58
but we are gonna do this
after we have gone shopping,
00:23:05.61\00:23:09.52
we are gonna have
your treat but not before.
00:23:09.55\00:23:12.22
There is not gonna be whatever
but when you tell a child
00:23:12.25\00:23:16.19
that there is
something coming up
00:23:16.22\00:23:17.93
and then you fulfill
it you, you create in them
00:23:17.96\00:23:22.83
that eager
expectation of your word.
00:23:22.86\00:23:26.10
And see this is what
God, I'll tell you, you know,
00:23:26.13\00:23:28.74
when people are
brand new Christians
00:23:28.77\00:23:31.07
isn't it amazing
00:23:31.11\00:23:32.44
how their prayers,
their simplest prayers
00:23:32.47\00:23:34.41
are just answered,
answered, answered,
00:23:34.44\00:23:36.51
and it's like God showing.
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.41
Now as we grow they
don't always answer that fast
00:23:38.45\00:23:42.02
but you begin to
have eager expectation
00:23:42.05\00:23:45.42
that God is a God of His word
00:23:45.45\00:23:47.62
and His word is
for the appointed time
00:23:47.66\00:23:50.53
and He is watching
over His word to perform it
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.19
and you can claim it.
00:23:53.23\00:23:55.86
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:23:55.90\00:23:57.27
And that's why you made a
point that I want to build on.
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Sometimes we pray
00:24:00.10\00:24:01.44
and it's not
fulfilled right away.
00:24:01.47\00:24:03.97
I was talking to somebody
and I was saying to them,
00:24:04.01\00:24:06.41
'cause here we're
bringing that point out,
00:24:06.44\00:24:07.78
why is that I'm praying
00:24:07.81\00:24:09.14
my prayers don't
seem to be answered?
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.55
And I have been a
Christian for so long,
00:24:10.58\00:24:12.81
the Lord is testing
you to see whether or not
00:24:12.85\00:24:14.88
you are with Him for
just what He response to
00:24:14.92\00:24:17.72
or if you still
believe Him when He is silent.
00:24:17.75\00:24:20.96
So sometimes God is silent
00:24:20.99\00:24:22.39
but His silence
doesn't equate to His absence.
00:24:22.42\00:24:24.59
That's right.
00:24:24.63\00:24:25.96
And so we have
to sometimes wait,
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.33
there is a text says,
00:24:27.36\00:24:28.70
"Wait, wait for a point of time.
00:24:28.73\00:24:30.93
Why would I answer a prayer
00:24:30.97\00:24:32.30
that you don't need
answered till tomorrow."
00:24:32.33\00:24:34.84
So God sometimes will
stretch you to the point
00:24:34.87\00:24:36.87
where you get to that place
and say now step off in faith.
00:24:36.91\00:24:39.31
Yes.
00:24:39.34\00:24:40.68
But the other
part of that is that
00:24:40.71\00:24:42.04
sometimes God's answer is no.
00:24:42.08\00:24:43.65
If you're
praying for a motorcycle
00:24:43.68\00:24:45.85
and God can see, He sees
the end from the beginning
00:24:45.88\00:24:48.72
and He knows that
motorcycle is gonna end up
00:24:48.75\00:24:50.42
and wrapped around tree.
00:24:50.45\00:24:51.79
He may just tell you, no. Right.
00:24:51.82\00:24:53.42
What you're gonna say, Honey?
00:24:53.46\00:24:54.79
To every sincere
prayer, an answer will come.
00:24:54.82\00:24:57.69
It may not come just as we think
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.19
that it should come,
00:24:59.23\00:25:00.56
but it will always come
for our eternal benefit...
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.67
Okay. At the right time.
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.60
And, Angie, why don't
you do Hebrews 6:18, 19.
00:25:05.63\00:25:10.47
Okay.
00:25:10.51\00:25:11.84
It says, "This hope we
have as an anchor of the soul,
00:25:11.87\00:25:17.41
both sure and steadfast
00:25:17.45\00:25:20.02
and which enters the
presence behind the veil,
00:25:20.05\00:25:24.92
where the
forerunner has entered for us,
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.99
even Jesus having
become a high priest forever
00:25:28.02\00:25:32.69
according to the
order of Melchizedek."
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.16
Okay, so verse 18, read 18.
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.43
Did you read that one 18 and 19?
00:25:37.47\00:25:39.00
Oh, 18? Yeah, 18 and 19.
00:25:39.03\00:25:40.67
Oh, I'm sorry. That's okay.
00:25:40.70\00:25:42.07
"That by two immutable things
00:25:42.10\00:25:45.21
in which it is
impossible for God to lie,
00:25:45.24\00:25:49.04
we might have strong consolation
00:25:49.08\00:25:52.81
who have fled for refuge
00:25:52.85\00:25:54.92
to lay hold of the
hope set before us."
00:25:54.95\00:25:58.79
And then it goes on to say,
00:25:58.82\00:26:00.16
"This hope we
have as an anchor."
00:26:00.19\00:26:01.79
Amen. Yeah.
00:26:01.82\00:26:03.16
So when He is saying
we take hold of hope.
00:26:03.19\00:26:09.10
Yes.
00:26:09.13\00:26:10.47
How do we take hold of hope?
00:26:10.50\00:26:12.37
If hope is eager expectation
and what God is gonna do
00:26:12.40\00:26:15.74
how can I take hold of hope?
00:26:15.77\00:26:18.21
Somebody watching
today is wondering,
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.58
how can I have
that eager expectation.
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.75
I think it always goes back.
00:26:23.78\00:26:25.15
Now, you guys have given
00:26:25.18\00:26:26.51
a lot of
wonderful examples already
00:26:26.55\00:26:29.02
but it always
goes back to the time
00:26:29.05\00:26:31.55
that we spend with God.
00:26:31.59\00:26:32.92
That's it.
00:26:32.95\00:26:34.29
You got and people
need to begin to spend time
00:26:34.32\00:26:37.46
each and every day
and it gives you the hope.
00:26:37.49\00:26:40.60
And He begins to communicate
with you in your heart
00:26:40.63\00:26:44.17
and your mind becomes
like the mind of Christ.
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This is it.
00:26:46.43\00:26:47.77
And I always tell people
"little word, little faith."
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.91
That's right.
00:26:50.94\00:26:52.27
And little faith
means you have no hope.
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.68
And an anchor, you
wonder what is an anchor?
00:26:54.71\00:26:58.01
A boat has an anchor
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.48
and it drops to the bottom, yes.
00:26:59.51\00:27:02.12
And I looked up that
word what is an anchor?
00:27:02.15\00:27:04.75
It said, "Device
made of metal is strong.
00:27:04.79\00:27:07.99
It connects to the vessel, okay,
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.39
and it goes to the
bottom of the water, the bed.
00:27:10.43\00:27:13.86
And it prevents
the craft from drifting
00:27:13.90\00:27:16.77
due to wind or tide."
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.60
So what does the scripture
say? What is our anchor?
00:27:18.63\00:27:21.64
We have an anchor of
the soul, both sure--
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.44
But it says, we have this hope.
00:27:23.47\00:27:27.38
So it is, the word hope.
00:27:27.41\00:27:30.25
When we had eager anticipation
in God's word being fulfilled
00:27:30.28\00:27:36.05
that is what
keeps us from drifting.
00:27:36.08\00:27:38.15
We can wait, no, it's
for the appointed time.
00:27:38.19\00:27:41.62
I love it.
00:27:41.66\00:27:42.99
That's not I like that
whole idea of, it's heavy.
00:27:43.02\00:27:46.43
I've seen anchors
where we were in Hawaii
00:27:46.46\00:27:48.23
not too long ago and
there was this big anchor
00:27:48.26\00:27:49.80
from one of the ships
that had sunk from World War,
00:27:49.83\00:27:53.07
you know, the
bombing of the Pearl Harbor
00:27:53.10\00:27:54.87
but they were able to
savage one of the anchors.
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.34
And it's displayed there.
00:27:57.37\00:27:59.64
We just tapped on it
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.01
how heavy this is
and that anchor is,
00:28:01.04\00:28:03.31
it has to be of such
weight that it has to hold
00:28:03.35\00:28:06.45
that multiple
tonnage vessel from moving
00:28:06.48\00:28:10.19
and I thought, "Well,
unless that anchor is lifted
00:28:10.22\00:28:13.36
that vessel is
not going anywhere."
00:28:13.39\00:28:14.89
And I looked at
the size of that anchor
00:28:14.92\00:28:17.03
compared to this
structural size of that vessel
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.09
and I think, "This
anchor can stop that vessel?"
00:28:19.13\00:28:22.80
And it's not just
the weight of the anchor
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.47
but what it's made of.
00:28:24.50\00:28:25.83
And so our anchor
is the Word of God.
00:28:25.87\00:28:27.44
Our anchor is hope.
00:28:27.47\00:28:28.80
Our anchor is
the promises of God.
00:28:28.84\00:28:30.51
It's not just the
weight of the word
00:28:30.54\00:28:32.47
but it's what it's made of it.
00:28:32.51\00:28:33.84
It's made of assurance.
00:28:33.88\00:28:35.21
And it prevents
you from drifting.
00:28:35.24\00:28:36.58
I like that. Yes.
00:28:36.61\00:28:37.95
I want to add to
it because, you know,
00:28:37.98\00:28:39.31
we've been in a lot
of smaller boats too
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.32
that used anchors and
it's not always the size
00:28:41.35\00:28:44.25
but it's what is grabbing on to.
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.89
It's got to grab deep
00:28:46.92\00:28:48.62
just like our
roots need to grab deep.
00:28:48.66\00:28:51.56
And isn't that beautiful
00:28:51.59\00:28:52.93
because we live in such a world
00:28:52.96\00:28:54.60
where there is so much
chaos, so much heartache.
00:28:54.63\00:28:57.63
You know, people
don't know, I thought back
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.84
to the people that I
was in high school with
00:29:00.87\00:29:02.80
and so many of
them committed suicide.
00:29:02.84\00:29:05.97
You know, they died
early and I thought,
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.11
I was just thinking about
this last night and I thought,
00:29:08.14\00:29:10.25
you know, the enemy had
their young minds so early
00:29:10.28\00:29:14.22
because they
didn't have an anchor,
00:29:14.25\00:29:15.92
they didn't have hope.
00:29:15.95\00:29:17.29
They didn't have
hope. And they drifted.
00:29:17.32\00:29:18.65
Didn't not have
the hope. That's it.
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.29
That hope, that anchor
00:29:20.32\00:29:21.66
and if we put our
hope in the Word of God.
00:29:21.69\00:29:24.33
If we are putting that every day
00:29:24.36\00:29:25.89
into our mind, into our heart
00:29:25.93\00:29:28.40
then He keeps us
from blowing around.
00:29:28.43\00:29:30.57
And I've been in storms
and it's no fun to be in a boat
00:29:30.60\00:29:34.00
that's not
anchored, let me tell you.
00:29:34.04\00:29:35.70
You're scared to death.
00:29:35.74\00:29:37.07
And it's blown by the
winds into which direction.
00:29:37.11\00:29:38.51
But your point is
so well taken because
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.98
what gives
somebody a suicidal thought
00:29:41.01\00:29:45.05
is lack of hope.
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.41
It's when they get to
the point they feel hopeless
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.68
that's when they
want to check out.
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.05
But the point that I have,
00:29:50.09\00:29:51.42
I mean, some
serious sermon material
00:29:51.45\00:29:53.72
that keeps you from drifting.
00:29:53.76\00:29:55.09
That's the main thing
00:29:55.12\00:29:56.86
and if you do
find yourself drifting
00:29:56.89\00:29:59.66
well, then you know that
you need to get into the word.
00:29:59.69\00:30:03.26
And so intellectually
you know that you,
00:30:03.30\00:30:06.13
"Oh, I need to get
back into the word."
00:30:06.17\00:30:08.04
And it's so important
again because of the people
00:30:08.07\00:30:10.41
that 3ABN is reaching
and this is, you know,
00:30:10.44\00:30:12.37
that we are talking to
have worship in the home.
00:30:12.41\00:30:14.48
Still always
goes back my opinion,
00:30:14.51\00:30:17.05
In the home where the children
00:30:17.08\00:30:19.51
and mom and dad, and
they were sitting around
00:30:19.55\00:30:22.25
and I have to go
back again and say,
00:30:22.28\00:30:24.52
"I can't remember a time,
00:30:24.55\00:30:26.25
this helped me in my
Christian experience."
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.76
My dad always kept his word.
00:30:28.79\00:30:31.99
Never one time
though I can remember
00:30:32.03\00:30:34.06
that he ever went
back on a promise.
00:30:34.10\00:30:36.56
Amen.
00:30:36.60\00:30:37.93
Any promise he made,
00:30:37.97\00:30:39.30
he did his best to
make sure he fulfilled that,
00:30:39.33\00:30:41.64
helped me to
understand my Father's promises.
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.84
Amen.
00:30:43.87\00:30:45.21
Every time he went back
and he went back and he say,
00:30:45.24\00:30:47.44
and that was when, you know,
you boys weren't good at church
00:30:47.48\00:30:52.25
and you're gonna get
a spanking, whipping.
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.65
He usually said after sundown.
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.49
You're gonna get a
spanking. You could count on it.
00:30:57.52\00:31:00.76
You could count on
if he said, you know,
00:31:00.79\00:31:02.72
or you won't spend
the night with somebody.
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.86
When you came back
home Sunday evening
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.03
you met him at the door.
00:31:07.06\00:31:08.76
He had the belt in his hand.
00:31:08.80\00:31:10.63
He fulfilled the promise.
00:31:10.67\00:31:12.27
That may sound little
bit odd that is exactly
00:31:12.30\00:31:14.94
how I understood
and begin to relate it
00:31:14.97\00:31:17.07
with my heavenly Father,
00:31:17.11\00:31:18.44
He always fulfill,
He is always there.
00:31:18.47\00:31:20.04
He keeps His word
and my dad always did it
00:31:20.08\00:31:23.38
and I'm always
thankful for that.
00:31:23.41\00:31:24.75
Kenny, you are on a role so
why don't you do James 2:17.
00:31:24.78\00:31:27.58
Okay, 2:17.
00:31:27.62\00:31:31.35
It says, "Even so faith,
00:31:31.39\00:31:33.22
if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone."
00:31:33.25\00:31:37.76
Though how interesting
so many discussions on this
00:31:37.79\00:31:41.06
but if you notice
that faith and it really,
00:31:41.10\00:31:43.57
literally here means,
00:31:43.60\00:31:44.93
here in the original
language it means the faith.
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.17
It's talking about the faith.
00:31:47.20\00:31:49.20
Faith without works is dead.
00:31:49.24\00:31:51.51
Faith without works is
just-- Someone mentioned it.
00:31:51.54\00:31:54.18
What's works? Yeah.
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.94
Deeds and action of
obedience. Deeds and actions.
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.35
But he is talking about
faith without works here is,
00:31:58.38\00:32:00.65
which someone
mentioned a while ago
00:32:00.68\00:32:02.02
is just an intellectual
knowledge of the truths,
00:32:02.05\00:32:06.42
the doctrines, the
teachings, you have those
00:32:06.45\00:32:09.69
but unless there is the fruits,
00:32:09.72\00:32:11.06
lest there is a work
that's correspond with that,
00:32:11.09\00:32:13.66
it is a dead faith.
00:32:13.70\00:32:15.70
It's literally here says,
it's being dead, being dead.
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.77
That means it's lifeless.
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.84
Dead, dead plant
00:32:20.87\00:32:24.74
doesn't bear
fruit, doesn't at all.
00:32:24.77\00:32:26.64
I like what the
Amplified says, it says,
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.54
"It's destitute of power."
00:32:28.58\00:32:31.21
It's inoperative.
00:32:31.25\00:32:32.95
So if we, if we say we
have faith in God's word
00:32:32.98\00:32:37.85
but we don't act on that.
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.89
See, that's why I said,
00:32:39.92\00:32:41.26
part of the definition of
faith is actions of obedience.
00:32:41.29\00:32:44.69
So without that what
difference does it make?
00:32:44.73\00:32:48.00
Exactly. Destitute.
00:32:48.03\00:32:49.36
It's destitute, you know,
00:32:49.40\00:32:50.73
James makes it real
clear here when you look at.
00:32:50.77\00:32:52.50
Says, faith without,
notice faith without works
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.90
but he is not really
comparing, he is talking about
00:32:55.94\00:32:58.07
a genuine faith
with a dead faith.
00:32:58.11\00:33:01.34
So comparison
there is a genuine,
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.45
we say genuine faith
00:33:03.48\00:33:04.81
and then there
is this dead faith
00:33:04.85\00:33:06.18
that many sad to say
Christians have today.
00:33:06.21\00:33:10.79
They believe there is a God,
00:33:10.82\00:33:12.32
they believe in the teachings
00:33:12.35\00:33:13.69
but your life
doesn't correspond with that
00:33:13.72\00:33:16.02
in their works, in their love
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.39
for their fellow man
and their love for God.
00:33:17.43\00:33:20.10
So it becomes dead
and unacceptable to God.
00:33:20.13\00:33:23.33
It's like perceivable faith.
00:33:23.37\00:33:24.90
Yeah.
00:33:24.93\00:33:26.27
It looks like it because
00:33:26.30\00:33:27.64
it's all dressed
up in Christian things
00:33:27.67\00:33:30.17
but it's really not anchored.
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.11
And when the storms
come, you will discover
00:33:32.14\00:33:34.24
that your
perceivable faith is empty.
00:33:34.28\00:33:36.71
It's destitute,
it's inoperative.
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.75
There is nothing to it.
00:33:38.78\00:33:40.12
And so there are so many of it.
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.48
That's why we have to remember
00:33:41.52\00:33:42.85
that faith is not
just singing songs
00:33:42.88\00:33:44.55
and studying your
Sabbath school lesson.
00:33:44.59\00:33:45.92
Come on now.
00:33:45.95\00:33:47.29
It is a full relationship. Amen.
00:33:47.32\00:33:48.66
You know, when Peter talks about
00:33:48.69\00:33:50.03
that a few had virtue
and knowledge and wisdom
00:33:50.06\00:33:52.96
and he began the
building block of Christianity
00:33:52.99\00:33:56.40
is something that so many
of us have to keep in mind.
00:33:56.43\00:33:58.37
It's not just one
thing, not even a gift,
00:33:58.40\00:34:01.04
it's not even the
ability to speak or sing
00:34:01.07\00:34:03.54
but it's that relationship first
00:34:03.57\00:34:05.37
and then it goes all way back
00:34:05.41\00:34:06.74
to the substance
of things hope for.
00:34:06.78\00:34:09.04
If you really
believe someone is there,
00:34:09.08\00:34:11.48
think of the young people today
00:34:11.51\00:34:12.85
and I want to add a
component here quickly
00:34:12.88\00:34:14.22
to something JD said.
00:34:14.25\00:34:15.98
Young people text a lot
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.35
because they know
the person is there.
00:34:17.39\00:34:19.09
So, if we believe
the Lord is there,
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.46
we keep that active
relationship going with Him.
00:34:20.49\00:34:22.52
Amen. Amen.
00:34:22.56\00:34:23.89
So, JD, why don't
you do Hebrews 10:36?
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.90
I think this is
important too. Yeah.
00:34:26.93\00:34:28.73
And, you know,
this is just basically
00:34:28.76\00:34:31.03
here we just talked
about it does not have works.
00:34:31.07\00:34:33.44
Now we are talking
about in Hebrews 10:36,
00:34:33.47\00:34:36.44
"When you have
done the will of God,"
00:34:36.47\00:34:39.27
when, key words when.
00:34:39.31\00:34:41.44
"When you have done
the will of God you will"
00:34:41.48\00:34:44.31
strong word there,
00:34:44.35\00:34:45.85
"you will receive
what he has promised."
00:34:45.88\00:34:47.82
Amen.
00:34:47.85\00:34:49.18
And so there, I mean,
a perfect example here,
00:34:49.22\00:34:53.59
is in our backyard right now.
00:34:53.62\00:34:56.16
Whenever we move to this place
00:34:56.19\00:34:58.13
I put out seven peach trees,
00:34:58.16\00:35:00.60
two apricot
trees, an apple tree.
00:35:00.63\00:35:03.33
Man, I got one of the
best peach tree crops there is.
00:35:03.37\00:35:06.37
I've got two apricot trees.
00:35:06.40\00:35:08.94
I've got two apricot trees
that are absolutely beautiful.
00:35:08.97\00:35:13.07
The trunk is this size
and I've got three apricots
00:35:13.11\00:35:17.51
over the last five
years where I'm getting
00:35:17.55\00:35:19.95
hundreds and
hundreds of peaches.
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.45
Now and going back to
faith it does not have works.
00:35:22.48\00:35:26.35
I'm making a decision
on those apricot trees.
00:35:26.39\00:35:29.89
Beautiful, fluffy,
the most beautiful leaves
00:35:29.92\00:35:34.00
but I'm not
getting a thing out of it.
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.60
So now I'm making and
say, but here it says,
00:35:36.63\00:35:39.20
"When you have done the will"
00:35:39.23\00:35:40.57
and so I'm sitting here
having this little battle within
00:35:40.60\00:35:42.30
because they are so pretty
good but they got no fruit
00:35:42.34\00:35:45.74
but they are so pretty,
Jesus, they got no fruit.
00:35:45.77\00:35:48.28
That's right. Yeah.
00:35:48.31\00:35:49.64
So now, whenever
you've done the will of God.
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.28
Does this mean, Lord,
00:35:53.31\00:35:54.65
I need to grasp something
back into this apricot tree
00:35:54.68\00:35:56.99
so I'm gonna have fruit?
00:35:57.02\00:35:59.12
What am I gonna do, Lord?
00:35:59.15\00:36:00.62
Oh, wow.
00:36:00.66\00:36:02.09
And I want to point out
one thing here very quickly
00:36:02.12\00:36:04.96
because I think I've got two.
00:36:04.99\00:36:06.49
We bit off too much,
00:36:06.53\00:36:07.86
we could have
probably spent the whole time.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.26
That's true. Come on.
00:36:09.30\00:36:10.63
But on Hebrews 10:36
00:36:10.67\00:36:13.00
the version that you were
reading there is from the NIV.
00:36:13.03\00:36:15.80
I just want to read it to
you from the King James says,
00:36:15.84\00:36:19.54
"For you have need of endurance,
00:36:19.57\00:36:20.91
so that after you
have done the will of God,
00:36:20.94\00:36:25.21
you will receive the promise."
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.58
Come on. Yes.
00:36:26.61\00:36:27.95
There are so many people
00:36:27.98\00:36:29.32
who believe that they are
going to get God's promises
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.85
without walking in obedience.
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.22
Right.
00:36:33.25\00:36:34.59
But obedience is the
pathway to God's blessings.
00:36:34.62\00:36:38.46
His blessings come as, I
mean, His love is unconditional
00:36:38.49\00:36:43.23
but all of His
promises are conditional.
00:36:43.26\00:36:46.74
You do this, I'll do this.
00:36:46.77\00:36:48.57
You do this,
I'll do that. Right.
00:36:48.60\00:36:50.44
And I think we need to go back
00:36:50.47\00:36:51.97
when we were
talking about prayer.
00:36:52.01\00:36:53.81
We talked about, you said,
people coming into the faith,
00:36:53.84\00:36:56.44
how their prayers
are answered very quickly
00:36:56.48\00:36:58.41
and you expounded on it.
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.25
And I thought of this
verse but I didn't mention it.
00:37:00.28\00:37:03.55
But see, I think a lot of times
00:37:03.59\00:37:05.19
as we are growing as
a Christian, you know,
00:37:05.22\00:37:07.06
the Lord begins to
test us, show us things
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.86
and if we turn
our back, you know,
00:37:09.89\00:37:12.43
we have the faith
but not the works.
00:37:12.46\00:37:14.20
You know, we are
not being obedient
00:37:14.23\00:37:16.06
I think even our prayer life
00:37:16.10\00:37:17.83
we are not gonna
receive those promises.
00:37:17.87\00:37:19.40
He can't answer those prayers
00:37:19.43\00:37:21.07
because we are not living
up to the will of the Lord.
00:37:21.10\00:37:24.51
And back to James
2:17, that one is I think
00:37:24.54\00:37:29.74
that is such a simple
verse but so critical.
00:37:29.78\00:37:31.81
Oh, mercy.
00:37:31.85\00:37:33.18
So critical in today's
society, people will say,
00:37:33.21\00:37:35.68
I had the faith I'm saved.
00:37:35.72\00:37:37.22
It's okay, I have the faith.
00:37:37.25\00:37:38.69
I don't have to do that.
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.06
I don't have to go
there. I don't have to--
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.42
Just mercy.
00:37:41.46\00:37:42.79
Man, it's all done away with
but I believe and I receive.
00:37:42.82\00:37:44.26
Oh, mercy.
00:37:44.29\00:37:45.63
You know, and I deal
with those people a lot
00:37:45.66\00:37:47.60
and I love those people
but they are just so stuck
00:37:47.63\00:37:51.33
and, you know, with
just one part of it.
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.14
They don't have it.
00:37:54.17\00:37:55.50
And that's why
we want to get to.
00:37:55.54\00:37:56.87
Why do, how can we
have assurance of salvation?
00:37:56.91\00:37:58.61
Yes.
00:37:58.64\00:37:59.97
So let's, I'm
gonna read an affirmation
00:38:00.01\00:38:02.54
and then we want
to get into these
00:38:02.58\00:38:03.91
because I really want to
get as many of these done
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.08
as we can to show that
00:38:06.11\00:38:09.28
we can have that not
the assurance of hope,
00:38:09.32\00:38:12.75
that eager
expectation of what God,
00:38:12.79\00:38:15.26
we can have
assurance of salvation
00:38:15.29\00:38:17.29
but there are even,
I'll say conditions on that.
00:38:17.33\00:38:20.20
Would you agree?
00:38:20.23\00:38:21.56
Let's read the affirmation says,
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.50
"I abide in Christ
keeping His commandments.
00:38:23.53\00:38:26.94
I know He abides
in me by His spirit."
00:38:26.97\00:38:29.10
These all come from scripture.
00:38:29.14\00:38:31.04
"Therefore, because
I'm abiding in Christ
00:38:31.07\00:38:33.98
keeping His commandments
and His spirit is in me,
00:38:34.01\00:38:37.08
therefore I have
assurance of salvation.
00:38:37.11\00:38:40.08
God has given me eternal
life found only in His Son.
00:38:40.12\00:38:43.55
No one can
snatch me from His hand.
00:38:43.59\00:38:45.95
The Lord preserves me from
evil making me complete in Him,
00:38:45.99\00:38:49.76
I'm saved by grace through faith
00:38:49.79\00:38:53.26
being fully persuaded
00:38:53.29\00:38:54.63
that God is able to
keep me by His power."
00:38:54.66\00:38:57.77
John, why don't
you do 1 John 3:24.
00:38:57.80\00:39:01.80
"Now he who
keeps His commandments
00:39:01.84\00:39:06.34
abides in Him, and He in him.
00:39:06.37\00:39:09.91
And by this we know
that He abides in us,
00:39:09.94\00:39:12.98
by the Spirit
whom He has given us."
00:39:13.01\00:39:15.38
Amen.
00:39:15.42\00:39:16.75
So you know the Lord
abides and this comes back to
00:39:16.79\00:39:22.39
I think it's Acts 5:29
where the apostle says,
00:39:22.42\00:39:27.96
"God has given His
spirit to those who obey Him."
00:39:28.00\00:39:30.27
Yes. Yes.
00:39:30.30\00:39:31.63
Yeah.
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.00
So often we pray for
this, we pray for the spirit
00:39:33.03\00:39:35.47
but we don't
want to be obedient.
00:39:35.50\00:39:36.84
Right. Yes.
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.21
And obedience is a condition
that's what I'm talking about.
00:39:38.24\00:39:40.04
So the Lord says, let's
use an example a classic one.
00:39:40.08\00:39:42.98
"If you love Me
keep my commandments."
00:39:43.01\00:39:44.35
I do love You but
I'm not doing that
00:39:44.38\00:39:48.65
and we give all our conditions
and our reasons why it's not--
00:39:48.68\00:39:50.39
We have grace. We have grace.
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.12
We have grace, is
we are done away with.
00:39:52.15\00:39:53.82
We are in the new covenant.
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.19
We are in new dispensation.
00:39:55.22\00:39:56.56
We add our conditions to
God's command and He says,
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.93
but there is so
much I want to do for you
00:39:59.96\00:40:01.96
and on the heels of
that He cannot actively
00:40:02.00\00:40:05.70
and this is a
very powerful point.
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.20
When we intentionally
00:40:07.24\00:40:09.87
turn away from a command of God,
00:40:09.90\00:40:11.87
I remember the scripture
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.34
and we talked about this
on a program we did together.
00:40:13.38\00:40:17.48
"He that turneth his
ear from hearing the law,
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.95
even his prayer
is an abomination."
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.98
Amen. Yeah.
00:40:22.02\00:40:23.35
So God is saying, wait
a minute, wait a minute,
00:40:23.39\00:40:24.72
and let's put that back in
the context but parent now,
00:40:24.75\00:40:26.59
parent to children.
00:40:26.62\00:40:27.96
You talked about your dad.
00:40:27.99\00:40:29.32
Now, I use Kenny's dad
00:40:29.36\00:40:30.69
because I've heard so
much knowing Kenny and Danny
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.53
and his brother Ronny
and the list goes on and on.
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.66
But I doubt your dad
will honor your request
00:40:35.70\00:40:39.17
if you're
recalcitrant and disobedient
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.10
just because you asked him.
00:40:42.14\00:40:43.47
Would he say,
00:40:43.51\00:40:44.84
"Sure, Kenny, you want
the car keys, no problem.
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.64
You haven't done your homework,
00:40:46.68\00:40:48.01
you haven't done any house work,
00:40:48.04\00:40:49.38
you don't listen to me
but here are the car keys."
00:40:49.41\00:40:51.01
Did that happen in your
house? There was conditions.
00:40:51.05\00:40:53.85
Man, and you had to
follow them, the conditions
00:40:53.88\00:40:57.09
and if you messed upon
one, you didn't get the keys.
00:40:57.12\00:40:59.59
Right, and it was
not, it was not just
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.46
because you're my son, it
is what I'm talking about.
00:41:01.49\00:41:03.86
Sometimes we claim
son ship and daughter ship
00:41:03.89\00:41:06.70
and we cry "Abba! Father"
00:41:06.73\00:41:08.06
but we have to cry Abba, Father,
00:41:08.10\00:41:09.43
in the context of speak
00:41:09.46\00:41:11.80
oh, Lord for
your servant listens.
00:41:11.83\00:41:13.17
Yes. That's right.
00:41:13.20\00:41:14.54
And how does, I mean, just
look at that scripture 1 John,
00:41:14.57\00:41:16.77
"He who keeps His" I mean,
00:41:16.81\00:41:19.01
to have salvation we
have to be abiding in Christ.
00:41:19.04\00:41:21.24
That's right.
00:41:21.28\00:41:22.61
So right here He
says in 1 John 3:24,
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.58
"He who keeps His
commandments abides in Him."
00:41:25.61\00:41:29.18
So, if we are not
keeping His commandments,
00:41:29.22\00:41:31.45
we are not abiding.
00:41:31.49\00:41:32.99
And you know
it's like, it's the,
00:41:33.02\00:41:34.89
"I'm the vine,
you're the branches."
00:41:34.92\00:41:37.09
We were grafted in and He says,
00:41:37.13\00:41:40.00
"By this we know
that He abides in us,
00:41:40.03\00:41:42.16
by the Spirit He gives us."
00:41:42.20\00:41:43.53
Yes.
00:41:43.57\00:41:44.90
So the SAP, I call it
00:41:44.93\00:41:46.27
the Spirit
Anointing Power, the SAP.
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.90
We have to be
abiding in the vine,
00:41:48.94\00:41:51.91
keeping His commandments
00:41:51.94\00:41:53.58
and like you said in Acts 5:29,
00:41:53.61\00:41:59.91
when He says,
00:41:59.95\00:42:02.18
"That the spirit is
given to those who obey Him."
00:42:02.22\00:42:04.49
When we accept
Christ as our Savior,
00:42:04.52\00:42:06.89
we get the
measure of the spirit.
00:42:06.92\00:42:08.76
But we are not going, you know,
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.23
we can quench and
resist the spirit of God,
00:42:10.26\00:42:13.43
we can grieve the
spirit of God and it's only,
00:42:13.46\00:42:16.70
I mean, we can only
obey with the spirit of God
00:42:16.73\00:42:18.83
but we have to have
that attitude that guide me,
00:42:18.87\00:42:21.87
fill me and it's
a day by day thing.
00:42:21.90\00:42:23.61
Yes, it is. Let
me correct something.
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.01
Was that Acts 5:29 "As we ought
to obey God rather than men."
00:42:25.04\00:42:28.14
But verse 32, "He gives His
spirit to those who obey Him."
00:42:28.18\00:42:31.81
Amen. Correct.
00:42:31.85\00:42:33.18
And also just real quick
00:42:33.21\00:42:34.55
and also the "B"
part of that sentence,
00:42:34.58\00:42:37.19
"He who keeps my
commandments abides in Him"
00:42:37.22\00:42:39.89
but more
importantly is that His and Him.
00:42:39.92\00:42:43.39
That's so good. So
there is that reciprocation.
00:42:43.43\00:42:45.53
Yeah. Amen.
00:42:45.56\00:42:46.90
It's not a one way
street. A hand and glove.
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.26
Yeah.
00:42:48.30\00:42:49.63
This is you
can't separate the two.
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.00
Now, I really I'm
anxious to get to this scripture
00:42:51.03\00:42:52.37
because I've had
people tell me before.
00:42:52.40\00:42:55.40
I know, especially, well,
I've just had some people say,
00:42:55.44\00:42:59.11
"Well, you can't have
assurance of salvation."
00:42:59.14\00:43:02.54
And I just want to, if
you ever felt like that
00:43:02.58\00:43:05.18
I want you to open
your Bible to 1 John 5
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.88
we're gonna read
verses 11 and 13.
00:43:08.92\00:43:12.62
Here's how you can
have assurance of salvation.
00:43:12.65\00:43:17.33
1 John 5:11-13, and John writes,
00:43:17.36\00:43:24.13
"This is the testimony that
God has given us eternal life,
00:43:24.17\00:43:30.61
and this life is in His Son.
00:43:30.64\00:43:33.78
He who has the Son has life,"
00:43:33.81\00:43:39.55
has this eternal life
00:43:39.58\00:43:41.38
"he who does not have the
Son does not have the life.
00:43:41.42\00:43:47.29
These things I
have written to you
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.79
who believe in the
name of the Son of God,
00:43:48.82\00:43:51.19
that you may know that
you have eternal life."
00:43:51.23\00:43:56.26
That's right. Praise the Lord.
00:43:56.30\00:43:57.70
So, we have to have a son,
00:43:57.73\00:44:00.17
how do we know we have the son?
00:44:00.20\00:44:02.10
You just read it earlier.
00:44:02.14\00:44:04.41
The spirit confirms that.
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.24
We're abiding in Christ.
00:44:06.27\00:44:08.31
If we are
keeping His commandments
00:44:08.34\00:44:09.81
we abide in Him,
He in us, we have Him.
00:44:09.84\00:44:13.52
But, you know, I'm not
open there but 1 John 5:10,
00:44:13.55\00:44:18.19
I love this because it says that
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.56
"If we don't accept
the testimony of God,
00:44:21.59\00:44:24.43
we're regarding Him as a liar.
00:44:24.46\00:44:25.89
Oh, yes.
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.33
Now I want to
ask you a question,
00:44:27.36\00:44:28.70
have you ever read a promise
00:44:28.73\00:44:31.13
in God's word that
sounds too good to be true
00:44:31.17\00:44:33.47
and you think,
oh, surely not for me?
00:44:33.50\00:44:36.30
Not me.
00:44:36.34\00:44:37.67
You know, I mean, God may
mean this for everybody else
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.04
but He can't
possibly mean it for me.
00:44:40.08\00:44:43.18
If we are not
accepting what God says
00:44:43.21\00:44:45.38
about who we are in Christ,
00:44:45.41\00:44:47.12
if we are not
accepting this, this word
00:44:47.15\00:44:50.19
if you can't accept the fact
00:44:50.22\00:44:51.59
that you can have
eternal salvation,
00:44:51.62\00:44:53.66
you're calling God a liar.
00:44:53.69\00:44:55.86
Wow.
00:44:55.89\00:44:57.23
An assurance of
eternal salvation.
00:44:57.26\00:44:58.63
That's what the
enemy is out to do
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.80
because he wants to discourage.
00:45:00.83\00:45:03.20
He wants you to be depressed.
00:45:03.23\00:45:04.57
He wants you to feel like
those are for other people
00:45:04.60\00:45:07.57
but they can't apply to you
00:45:07.60\00:45:08.94
because you're
just not good enough,
00:45:08.97\00:45:10.31
and you can
never be good enough.
00:45:10.34\00:45:13.07
Yeah. Let's
amplify that for a moment.
00:45:13.11\00:45:14.84
You can't be good
enough, that's the fact.
00:45:14.88\00:45:17.21
We have to keep
in mind, I think,
00:45:17.25\00:45:18.98
I don't know if
you read this text
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.45
but I think it's perfectly
00:45:20.48\00:45:21.82
where Ephesians
2:8, 9 fits into.
00:45:21.85\00:45:23.42
Go ahead and
read that real quick,
00:45:23.45\00:45:24.79
because that fits
in perfectly right now.
00:45:24.82\00:45:26.22
Ephesians 2, this perfectly
fits into that context.
00:45:26.25\00:45:28.22
Okay.
00:45:28.26\00:45:29.59
Ephesians 2:8, 9 says,
00:45:29.62\00:45:30.96
"For by grace you have
been saved through faith,
00:45:30.99\00:45:35.33
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
00:45:35.36\00:45:39.67
not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
00:45:39.70\00:45:43.30
For we are His workmanship,
00:45:43.34\00:45:46.34
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:45:46.37\00:45:50.15
which God prepared before hand
that we should walk in them."
00:45:50.18\00:45:55.52
And it's a gift.
00:45:55.55\00:45:56.89
Have you ever
received a gift before?
00:45:56.92\00:45:59.19
You have to
accept it, don't you?
00:45:59.22\00:46:01.16
We have to accept. Amen.
00:46:01.19\00:46:02.52
You have to receive. Amen.
00:46:02.56\00:46:03.89
Yes, receive it.
00:46:03.93\00:46:05.26
I receive gifts.
00:46:05.29\00:46:06.63
If I don't receive
it then I don't want it.
00:46:06.66\00:46:09.60
But you have to
receive what God has for you.
00:46:09.63\00:46:12.03
He has a gift for
us and it says that,
00:46:12.07\00:46:15.57
it says it here. And go ahead.
00:46:15.60\00:46:17.77
And the gift, the
gift cost something
00:46:17.81\00:46:19.57
but doesn't cost you anything.
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.54
They want you to
respond to the price
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.21
that I paid for that.
00:46:24.25\00:46:25.58
I love, you know, it's
not Christmas we know that
00:46:25.61\00:46:27.75
but birthdays, anniversaries,
Christmas people just love,
00:46:27.78\00:46:30.45
sometimes somebody will
send you a gift inadvertently.
00:46:30.49\00:46:33.79
You know, you don't call,
you don't call them up and say,
00:46:33.82\00:46:35.96
"How much does this cost?"
00:46:35.99\00:46:37.83
That's an insult. It is.
00:46:37.86\00:46:40.16
You know, what do you
mean how much does it cost?
00:46:40.20\00:46:43.30
What's the point?
Just receive it, enjoy it.
00:46:43.33\00:46:46.10
Forget about the cause
and then you open and say,
00:46:46.13\00:46:48.10
"Oh, this must have
cost you a whole lot.
00:46:48.14\00:46:50.01
I don't feel, I don't
know if I could accept this."
00:46:50.04\00:46:53.04
You have to accept that I
purchased it, it's for you
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.28
and I'm not gonna take it back.
00:46:55.31\00:46:56.64
Well, you did that for me.
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.01
You bought me a gift and I said,
00:46:58.05\00:46:59.38
"John, how much was this?"
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.85
Yes, you did that.
00:47:01.88\00:47:03.22
I said, "Honey, you're
worth every penny of it.
00:47:03.25\00:47:05.85
I'm not taking it
back, don't even ask me.
00:47:05.89\00:47:08.99
This can't be-- oh, no, I can't.
00:47:09.02\00:47:10.99
No, no, Honey."
He is such a good.
00:47:11.03\00:47:12.43
How do you, how do you,
how do you, how do you look at
00:47:12.46\00:47:14.96
when people say, they
say to be an Christian
00:47:15.00\00:47:17.97
is gonna cost you because
we realize the cost at Calvary
00:47:18.00\00:47:21.50
but yet in this
life being a Christian
00:47:21.54\00:47:24.87
can it cost you and
what does it cost you?
00:47:24.91\00:47:28.41
You know, what it
costs you and I like that.
00:47:28.44\00:47:31.01
There's a
scripture in Matthew says,
00:47:31.05\00:47:33.15
when a person is building house
00:47:33.18\00:47:35.58
hasn't counted the
cost, can't finish it.
00:47:35.62\00:47:39.15
The way that I look at the
cost because people often say,
00:47:39.19\00:47:42.19
"What do I have to give up?"
00:47:42.22\00:47:43.99
Go ahead now,
here's getting deep.
00:47:44.03\00:47:45.39
All right. I say, okay.
00:47:45.43\00:47:47.23
Okay, I saw a
picture this is so cute,
00:47:47.26\00:47:48.90
my wife showed
this to me on Facebook.
00:47:48.93\00:47:51.73
Artist concept, a
little girl with a teddy bear,
00:47:51.77\00:47:55.20
little small teddy bear
and Jesus was saying to her,
00:47:55.24\00:47:58.81
give me, come on
give me that teddy bear.
00:47:58.84\00:48:01.14
And she said, no
but I love it so much.
00:48:01.18\00:48:04.75
But she didn't
know behind his back
00:48:04.78\00:48:06.61
he had a super
huge teddy bear for her.
00:48:06.65\00:48:09.98
Yes.
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.35
And sometimes the Lord
wants to test us He says,
00:48:11.39\00:48:12.85
"You think what you
have given up is something.
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.79
You wait till I replace it."
00:48:14.82\00:48:16.16
Yes.
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.53
So it's not what we
are giving up at all
00:48:17.56\00:48:18.89
but it's what is being
replaced by what we have.
00:48:18.93\00:48:21.86
And so He is able to do what?
00:48:21.90\00:48:24.63
"Exceedingly, abundantly
00:48:24.67\00:48:28.17
above all that we
can ask or think."
00:48:28.20\00:48:31.67
Oh, that's big. That's huge.
00:48:31.71\00:48:33.04
That covers all
the basis. Thank you.
00:48:33.07\00:48:34.41
Amen.
00:48:34.44\00:48:35.78
You can't even think
what I can do for you.
00:48:35.81\00:48:37.15
So when I say to people,
00:48:37.18\00:48:38.51
"You ain't giving them nothing."
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.08
Let me tell you
what the benefits are.
00:48:40.12\00:48:41.98
You know, I say
this real quickly.
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.42
As a Christian
I'm not only a pastor
00:48:44.45\00:48:46.76
but I sell life
insurance and fire insurance
00:48:46.79\00:48:49.62
and a retirement plan
that's out of this world.
00:48:49.66\00:48:51.26
That's right.
00:48:51.29\00:48:52.63
Okay, so those are the benefits.
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.53
We don't serve God either though
00:48:54.56\00:48:55.90
for what we are receiving.
00:48:55.93\00:48:57.27
No. That's right.
00:48:57.30\00:48:58.63
We serve Him
because we love Him.
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.00
We love Him.
00:49:00.04\00:49:01.37
And He never asks us to give
up anything that's good for us.
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.64
It's always those things
00:49:03.67\00:49:05.01
that can hurt us or hurt others.
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.41
He's so good, He looks
inside the heart and the mind.
00:49:07.44\00:49:10.15
He knows where we
are at and He ask us
00:49:10.18\00:49:12.65
graciously, loving and kindly,
00:49:12.68\00:49:14.58
Kenny, you need
to get rid of this
00:49:14.62\00:49:16.15
because it will hurt you
00:49:16.18\00:49:17.52
and I don't
want you to get hurt.
00:49:17.55\00:49:18.89
But there is one more thing,
00:49:18.92\00:49:20.26
Kenny, and we want to
finish these scriptures.
00:49:20.29\00:49:21.62
Sometimes He asks
you to give up something
00:49:21.66\00:49:24.23
that is good for you
just to see if you're willing.
00:49:24.26\00:49:27.70
Like Abraham.
00:49:27.73\00:49:29.06
Like Abraham and
his son. Thank you.
00:49:29.10\00:49:30.43
Said, come on are you
willing to sacrifice your son?
00:49:30.47\00:49:32.77
I'll do it Lord if
that's what you're asking.
00:49:32.80\00:49:35.07
Abraham, Abraham. Yeah.
00:49:35.10\00:49:36.74
He wants to see
if we are willing.
00:49:36.77\00:49:38.21
That's right.
And then it's okay.
00:49:38.24\00:49:39.57
You're willing to give
it up, you can keep it.
00:49:39.61\00:49:40.94
Wonderful. Praise the Lord. Yes.
00:49:40.98\00:49:42.31
Boy, so many, so many
directions we could go.
00:49:42.34\00:49:45.48
Now back to the
faith, there needs to be
00:49:45.51\00:49:47.62
a balance of
everything we've talked about.
00:49:47.65\00:49:49.82
What you're talking
about the little teddy bear
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.59
and the big
teddy bear I feel like
00:49:51.62\00:49:52.95
I've been living
00:49:52.99\00:49:54.32
that the last
several weeks and months.
00:49:54.36\00:49:56.42
And I don't
want to say too much,
00:49:56.46\00:50:00.90
I could but, you know,
for 26 years we've lived
00:50:00.93\00:50:04.37
in a very beautiful
part of Southern Illinois.
00:50:04.40\00:50:06.94
I said, it's a
closest to Tennessee
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.77
without leaving the state.
00:50:08.80\00:50:10.41
You know, waterfalls, ponds,
00:50:10.44\00:50:12.47
just you name it, just gorgeous.
00:50:12.51\00:50:14.74
And then my
husband and his brother
00:50:14.78\00:50:17.88
I call them the boys, you know,
00:50:17.91\00:50:19.81
I said the boys had this idea
00:50:19.85\00:50:22.28
and for us to
move closer to 3ABN
00:50:22.32\00:50:25.72
and to shorten that drive.
00:50:25.75\00:50:27.92
And that was really
tough because I thought well,
00:50:27.96\00:50:31.36
we've done this drive for
26 years why change it now?
00:50:31.39\00:50:36.43
Oh, boy.
00:50:36.46\00:50:37.80
And in a way--
00:50:37.83\00:50:39.17
And I like where I met. I
love my little teddy bear.
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.50
You know, I like and
I don't want to give...
00:50:41.54\00:50:44.97
But let me move
here little quicker here
00:50:45.01\00:50:47.08
because after a lot of
things that were happening
00:50:47.11\00:50:50.25
I didn't sleep
night very well at all
00:50:50.28\00:50:52.88
and I spent
about a hour and half
00:50:52.91\00:50:54.32
that next morning praying
00:50:54.35\00:50:55.88
and I know that God
speaks to us through His word.
00:50:55.92\00:50:58.32
And I said, God,
would You please.
00:50:58.35\00:50:59.99
Nothing I've prayed about
00:51:00.02\00:51:01.69
has been answered
the way I've asked it.
00:51:01.72\00:51:03.76
I said, would You
please speak to me, Lord?
00:51:03.79\00:51:06.36
And the first verse I
opened up was Deuteronomy 30:16
00:51:06.39\00:51:10.10
which kind of
fits with everything
00:51:10.13\00:51:11.47
we've been talking about.
00:51:11.50\00:51:12.83
It says, "In that I command
thee this day to love the Lord"
00:51:12.87\00:51:16.57
everything has to be loved.
00:51:16.60\00:51:18.24
Everything, every truth.
00:51:18.27\00:51:20.48
"Thy God, to walk in his ways,"
We've been talking about that,
00:51:20.51\00:51:24.55
faith without works is dead.
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.38
Prayers can't be answered.
00:51:26.41\00:51:28.15
"And to keep his commandments
00:51:28.18\00:51:30.05
and his statutes
and his judgments,
00:51:30.09\00:51:32.45
that thou mayest live and
multiply" and here it goes
00:51:32.49\00:51:35.89
"and the Lord thy
God shall bless thee
00:51:35.92\00:51:39.23
in the land whither
thou goest to possess it."
00:51:39.26\00:51:43.47
Amen.
00:51:43.50\00:51:44.83
And of course I began to cry.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.60
Yeah. I understand that.
00:51:46.63\00:51:47.97
Because I knew right
then, I knew right then
00:51:48.00\00:51:51.37
God was telling
me this is My will
00:51:51.41\00:51:54.54
and I will bless you
00:51:54.58\00:51:56.68
and if nothing else I feel like
00:51:56.71\00:51:58.55
I have been blessed
by so many people here
00:51:58.58\00:52:02.52
that I just feel.
00:52:02.55\00:52:03.89
You're gonna love it.
00:52:03.92\00:52:05.25
You're gonna. Blessed assurance.
00:52:05.29\00:52:06.62
Amen. So--
00:52:06.65\00:52:07.99
To bring that
assurance into them.
00:52:08.02\00:52:09.36
Absolutely.
00:52:09.39\00:52:10.73
Okay, so let's look at this
00:52:10.76\00:52:12.09
because I want to get to
a couple more scriptures.
00:52:12.13\00:52:13.86
We only have a few
minutes left here but,
00:52:13.90\00:52:16.80
but so the Bible is
telling us in 1 John
00:52:16.83\00:52:21.07
that if we keep
His commandments,
00:52:21.10\00:52:23.14
we abide in Christ,
Christ abides in us.
00:52:23.17\00:52:25.31
We know it by the
spirit is with us.
00:52:25.34\00:52:27.74
And then John goes on to tell us
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.54
we can have complete
assurance of salvation.
00:52:29.58\00:52:32.55
If we have the Son,
you have eternal life.
00:52:32.58\00:52:35.55
If you don't have
the Son, you don't.
00:52:35.58\00:52:36.92
That's right.
00:52:36.95\00:52:38.29
Now we just saw
what you were reading,
00:52:38.32\00:52:40.92
salvation is a gift.
00:52:40.96\00:52:42.29
It is by grace.
00:52:42.32\00:52:43.66
Now, you know, it's interesting
that Hebrews 5:9 says,
00:52:43.69\00:52:46.63
"Having been perfected,
00:52:46.66\00:52:48.36
He" Christ" became the author
00:52:48.40\00:52:50.00
of eternal salvation
to all who obey Him."
00:52:50.03\00:52:53.90
Obey. Now wait a minute.
00:52:53.94\00:52:55.74
Okay, but salvation is
a gift there's no doubt,
00:52:55.77\00:52:58.97
there is nothing
we can do to earn,
00:52:59.01\00:53:01.48
there is nothing that we could
00:53:01.51\00:53:03.78
ever do to be good
enough to merit this.
00:53:03.81\00:53:06.98
But I want to
tie in real quickly
00:53:07.02\00:53:09.92
Hebrews 13:20, 21
00:53:09.95\00:53:12.29
because God's plan has always
been the everlasting covenant
00:53:12.32\00:53:18.99
has been that it would be
Him substituting Himself for us
00:53:19.03\00:53:25.90
the righteousness of Christ.
00:53:25.93\00:53:27.60
The righteousness of God
00:53:27.64\00:53:30.11
being is what's
going to perfect us.
00:53:30.14\00:53:33.21
So read Hebrews 13:20, 21,
00:53:33.24\00:53:35.68
Okay, 20 and
21, Hebrews 13 says,
00:53:35.71\00:53:38.61
"Now the God of peace,
00:53:38.65\00:53:40.22
that brought again from
the dead our Lord Jesus,
00:53:40.25\00:53:43.49
that great
shepherd of the sheep,
00:53:43.52\00:53:45.62
through the blood of
the everlasting covenant,
00:53:45.65\00:53:48.56
make you perfect
00:53:48.59\00:53:49.96
in every good
work to do his will,
00:53:49.99\00:53:52.76
working in you that
00:53:52.79\00:53:54.13
which is well
pleasing in his sight,
00:53:54.16\00:53:56.67
through Jesus Christ,
00:53:56.70\00:53:58.03
to whom be glory
for ever and ever.
00:53:58.07\00:53:59.90
Amen." So who is
doing the work here?
00:53:59.93\00:54:02.47
Yeah. God is
doing. That's right.
00:54:02.50\00:54:03.91
Yeah, He says,
He is doing the work
00:54:03.94\00:54:05.34
and I love the
way it started out.
00:54:05.37\00:54:07.51
It said, the God of
peace. That's right.
00:54:07.54\00:54:10.48
What a wonderful that is
you see the God of peace here
00:54:10.51\00:54:13.42
because the Lord said
00:54:13.45\00:54:14.78
He is going to bless His people.
00:54:14.82\00:54:16.52
You know, peace, He is
going to give them peace.
00:54:16.55\00:54:18.35
And I thought what is this?
00:54:18.39\00:54:19.72
Peace to me is like tranquility
00:54:19.75\00:54:21.76
and really that's
what the word really means
00:54:21.79\00:54:23.79
but even it
expands beyond that here.
00:54:23.83\00:54:27.13
He said, "I'm God of peace."
00:54:27.16\00:54:28.66
In other words, I'm
going to give you peace.
00:54:28.70\00:54:30.53
In original
language means safety.
00:54:30.57\00:54:32.37
I'm gonna give you safety.
00:54:32.40\00:54:33.87
I'm gonna give you tranquility.
00:54:33.90\00:54:35.97
I'm going to give you security.
00:54:36.00\00:54:38.61
I'm gonna prosper you
00:54:38.64\00:54:41.58
if you will hear and be obedient
00:54:41.61\00:54:43.51
and keep His commandments,
walk in faith and not by sight.
00:54:43.55\00:54:47.58
He's promised to meet
00:54:47.62\00:54:48.95
all the needs of
our life every day
00:54:48.98\00:54:50.59
with us go before, go behind us,
00:54:50.62\00:54:52.79
go on each side of us.
00:54:52.82\00:54:54.16
Angels to be doubled
around us to take care of us,
00:54:54.19\00:54:56.83
see to me that
gives me goose bumps
00:54:56.86\00:54:59.29
to realize so
insignificant as an individual.
00:54:59.33\00:55:02.90
So unworthy as I am,
00:55:02.93\00:55:05.60
I will just put it
that way that He said,
00:55:05.63\00:55:07.57
"I will be with you
always, Kenny, even to the end."
00:55:07.60\00:55:09.54
Wow. Amen.
00:55:09.57\00:55:10.91
He made that promise
00:55:10.94\00:55:12.27
"I'll never leave you
and I'll never forsake you."
00:55:12.31\00:55:13.64
Amen. Amen.
00:55:13.68\00:55:15.01
And the promise is He
said, and I'm going to do this.
00:55:15.04\00:55:16.95
Notice it's through the blood,
00:55:16.98\00:55:20.32
the covenant being ratified
by the blood of Jesus Christ
00:55:20.35\00:55:24.35
not of animals
and bulls and ghost
00:55:24.39\00:55:25.99
but the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:55:26.02\00:55:28.19
Hebrews 9, read more about that.
00:55:28.22\00:55:29.82
It's just, it's wonderful
but it's quick thought,
00:55:29.86\00:55:32.79
He said, it's
going to make you perfect
00:55:32.83\00:55:34.73
is what I read in my
Bible to make you perfect.
00:55:34.76\00:55:37.87
To me, I read and I thought
He is gonna make you perfect
00:55:37.90\00:55:39.77
and you can go a lot
of different directions
00:55:39.80\00:55:41.57
because you mentioned
the vine and the branches
00:55:41.60\00:55:44.41
and if I'm
attached to that the vine
00:55:44.44\00:55:48.14
and I'm receiving
all the nourishment,
00:55:48.18\00:55:49.64
I become like Him.
00:55:49.68\00:55:51.18
Not partially like
Him, I become completely
00:55:51.21\00:55:53.42
because I'm taking all
of my nourishments from Him.
00:55:53.45\00:55:56.69
So if I say I'm
attached and I've done this,
00:55:56.72\00:55:59.99
I'm not really attached.
00:56:00.02\00:56:01.36
So that's kind of buy own salt.
00:56:01.39\00:56:03.09
We only have a
minute left. Oh, glory.
00:56:03.12\00:56:05.13
So, we are going
to get little break.
00:56:05.16\00:56:07.03
We can preach, uh.
Let's go on with it.
00:56:07.06\00:56:08.80
Let me ask you
this one question,
00:56:08.83\00:56:11.77
how many of you
have assurance of hope?
00:56:11.80\00:56:14.24
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:56:14.27\00:56:15.60
So we have either anticipation
00:56:15.64\00:56:17.67
and we hope for
those of you at home
00:56:17.71\00:56:20.58
that you have assurance of hope
00:56:20.61\00:56:22.91
that you have eager expectation.
00:56:22.94\00:56:25.45
God is watching
over His word to perform
00:56:25.48\00:56:27.32
and all of His promises
are yours in Christ Jesus.
00:56:27.35\00:56:30.22
Here's a trickier question.
00:56:30.25\00:56:32.39
How many of you have
assurance of salvation?
00:56:32.42\00:56:34.76
Oh, praise the Lord. absolutely.
00:56:34.79\00:56:36.62
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:56:36.66\00:56:39.83
And our prayer
is for you at home
00:56:39.86\00:56:42.70
1 John 5:11-13
00:56:42.73\00:56:46.30
that you will also
have assurance of salvation
00:56:46.33\00:56:49.80
it is written that
if you have the son,
00:56:49.84\00:56:53.38
if you are abiding in Him,
you can have that assurance.
00:56:53.41\00:56:56.38
Amen. Well, we are out of time.
00:56:56.41\00:56:58.28
I cannot believe
how rapidly this went.
00:56:58.31\00:57:01.72
Yes.
00:57:01.75\00:57:03.08
We are not even
gonna get to pray now
00:57:03.12\00:57:04.92
but we are gonna be
praying for you when we finish.
00:57:04.95\00:57:08.02
I just want to
thank you, John and Angie,
00:57:08.06\00:57:10.23
thank you so much for coming.
00:57:10.26\00:57:12.19
And Kenny and
Chris, thank you so much.
00:57:12.23\00:57:13.93
It's, you know, our blessing.
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Thank you for
sharing. Absolutely.
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We could have
had two hours on this
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very easily.
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I've learned, when I get
the script together not to do,
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that is not to be
quite so ambitious.
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But anyway our
prayer for you is that
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the grace of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the father
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you
this Sabbath and always.
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Amen. Amen.
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