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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW016032A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:06 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Family Worship, 01:09 I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm JD Quinn. 01:11 And we're just so glad that you're joining us. 01:14 You know, we, when the Sabbath rolls around, 01:18 my first feeling is just kind of like... 01:21 Yes. 01:23 And all that stress comes rolling off from the weekend. 01:26 This has been rather stressful week, 01:30 and we hope that if you're joining us for this thing, 01:33 you'll find the same sweet relief 01:36 that we do as we get together to worship 01:39 and to pray to our Lord. 01:41 Let me introduce our guests, I'm going to begin on my right 01:45 and we have the lovely Jill Morikone. 01:48 Jill is such a talented person, you're a pianist, 01:52 you're wonderful writer, you're gifted teacher, 01:55 you are an incredible assistant to the president. 02:00 You're just a busy lady, aren't you? 02:03 Well, I don't know if I claim any of those, 02:04 the title I like to claim is just daughter of Jesus. 02:07 Amen. 02:08 You know, we're just daughters of the king 02:09 and it's a blessing or the sons of the king. 02:12 Pastor C.A said, wait a minute. 02:14 It's a blessing to be part of the team, you know, 02:17 at 3ABN and to be involved in ministry. 02:21 Praise God, and it's a blessing 02:22 to share family worship together. 02:24 Only way to know how many and I agree with you, Shelley, 02:27 we did know how multi-talented she was, 02:29 she was just a local piano teacher 02:31 for such a while, for a long while 02:33 and then as her gifts began to bloom and blossom, 02:36 she could do this and oh, she does that too. 02:38 Oh, she does that well too. Oh, she does that good too. 02:41 So now she is an integral part of everything that's happening 02:43 and she does everything well, she really does. 02:45 Amen. 02:47 Really happy you're here 02:48 in the family circle this evening 02:50 and we also have Pastor C.A Murray 02:52 and his wife Irma. 02:54 Irma, you're in our Latino, 3ABN Latino, 02:57 what is your exact role? 02:59 Well, right now 03:00 I'm having to help in a lot of different things. 03:03 Praise the Lord then I'm able to help, 03:06 but I do mostly producing, broadcast a producer, 03:12 and work with the marketing department. 03:15 Wonderful. 03:16 I'm like the de liaison, liaison between 3ABN 03:20 and our cable companies. 03:23 In English that's liaison. Liaison. 03:29 And that's not liaison. 03:33 And Pastor C.A you... 03:35 And he's not afraid of lying. 03:37 You are our GM general manager for the Proclaim channel. 03:40 Yes. 03:42 And also gifted speaker and we, host, 03:46 producer of the 3ABN today program, 03:48 we all wear multiple hats. 03:50 Indeed we do. 03:52 But... 03:53 I think that that's one thing 03:55 I've learned about self supporting ministries. 03:56 That's true. 03:57 Is that you have to wear a lot of hats. 04:01 But God equips you. Amen. 04:03 So I mean it's a big thank you, Jesus. 04:07 Well, tonight we're going to be talking about hope, 04:11 but not just any hope, 04:12 we're going to be discussing the blessed hope. 04:16 Amen. 04:17 That hope of everlasting life 04:19 in the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 04:21 Amen. 04:23 But before we begin, 04:24 why don't we just start this Sabbath with a prayer, 04:27 and we're just, 04:28 why don't we just go around in a prayer of praise. 04:32 Let's just pray whatever praise is in your heart, 04:35 well, just take turns and pop around. 04:37 J.D you want to start? 04:39 Yes. 04:41 Father we come to You in the name of Jesus, 04:43 and we just want to thank You for Your many blessings Lord. 04:46 And Father, yes, 04:47 there are different issues in life it comes up, 04:50 but Father we don't worry 04:51 because You are the one that's in charge. 04:53 And so Father, I know for myself 04:56 I just consent, I just surrender to you 04:59 and I thank you Jesus that I'm able to do that. 05:03 And you're the one that empowers me 05:05 to be able to continue to go forward. 05:08 Amen. So Father, thank you. 05:12 Loving Father, we just praise You 05:15 and we are thankful for giving us this day 05:19 where we can trust in You. 05:23 And we can put all our work, and all our trials of the week 05:30 and to be able to relax and rejoice, 05:33 even though we know that Sunday coming all the problems, 05:37 and all the stresses will come again. 05:42 We can just look at that, and still be able to relax 05:46 and to enjoy being with you, with Your presence. 05:50 Thank you Father and bless us tonight 05:53 and bless all of our friends 05:56 that will be watching this program 05:59 in the precious name of Jesus. 06:01 Amen. 06:03 Gracious Father, we do praise You 06:04 and thank You, for being such a good and loving God, 06:08 for giving us the temple and time called the Sabbath, 06:11 a chance to turn off as it were the cares of the world 06:14 and repose in heavenly places even for that a while, 06:19 to see again and knew the faith of Jesus 06:21 to recommit our lives to Him. 06:23 And we thank You Father, that we can draw closer to You, 06:26 and have this special meeting time with You 06:29 during these sacred hours. 06:31 Fill us with Your spirit during this time, dear Father. 06:33 May our words, may the things that we discuss, 06:36 draw us somehow that much closer to You 06:40 as each day brings us closer to thee day, 06:43 and we will see You face to face 06:44 and we praise you Father for Christ, 06:47 we praise You Father for the family of God. 06:49 Amen. 06:50 We praise you Father for brothers and sisters 06:52 in the Lord, 06:53 who truly sometimes are even closer 06:55 than our natural siblings who walk the road we walk, 06:58 talk the talk we talk, 07:00 and live a lives are those who are saved by Christ Jesus, 07:03 so bless us dear Father, we praise You and we love You, 07:05 and we thank You, in Jesus name. 07:07 Amen. 07:09 Oh, Father, we just thank You right now for your Son Jesus 07:11 for the gift of salvation, You've freely extended to us. 07:16 We thank You that You are our provider 07:18 and our protector, and our defender, 07:22 and our sustainer, 07:24 and right now we just give you praise 07:26 for who You are and for what You have done 07:30 in our doing in our lives. 07:34 Father, we're just are so ever grateful to You for grace. 07:40 We're so thankful as Jill has said for Jesus 07:43 and the gift of salvation, 07:45 we're so thankful for Your Holy Spirit. 07:47 And Lord, we're very grateful to You 07:49 for the gift of your holy scriptures 07:51 that we may come to know You. 07:54 And thank You Lord that the Sabbath is a memorial 07:58 that You are our creator 08:00 and the one who recreates us in Christ Jesus. 08:02 That's right. Amen. 08:04 And thank You, Father, 08:05 that You have told us in Your word 08:07 that the Sabbath is a sign, 08:10 it's a sign of covenant keeping God, 08:13 it's a sign You said Lord that reminds us 08:17 You are the one who sanctifies us, 08:19 who sets us apart from evil. 08:21 And Lord, we come tonight 08:23 asking to be forgiven of our sins, 08:26 we come tonight asking on behalf of ourselves 08:29 and our brothers and sisters who are watching, 08:32 Lord, that you would by the power of Your spirit 08:35 in Your word, and Your love set us apart from evil, 08:39 Lord, set us apart to yourself, 08:41 and Lord thank You so much for all that You do, 08:47 in Jesus' holy name we pray, amen. 08:50 Amen. Amen. 08:52 God, you know, the prayer part just reminds you 08:55 as we're praying for these things 08:57 you just think about how gracious God is. 09:00 Amen. 09:01 Prayer, I think praise really, I think the reason He said, 09:05 enter my gates with thanksgiving 09:07 and into your courts with praise, 09:09 as it draws us into His presence. 09:11 That's right. I love that. 09:13 Well, we always like to start with a song 09:16 and you now the Bible says 09:20 make a joyful noise unto the Lord. 09:22 Now you know, as you get older something you'll notice 09:25 if you're one of our younger viewers, 09:27 you will find out that as you get older, 09:28 your voice lowers. 09:30 I used to be an alto, now I'm a tenor, 09:33 and finding we didn't get a chance 09:35 to practice in finding right key, 09:37 so we're in a key 09:38 that we're just going to make a joyful noise, 09:41 'cause we don't all sing in the same key, do we? 09:44 But it's hymn number 214, we have this hope 09:48 and the words would be on the screen so join us. 09:54 We have this hope 09:58 That burns within our hearts 10:03 Hope in the coming 10:06 Of the Lord 10:12 We have this faith 10:15 That Christ alone imparts 10:20 Faith in the promise 10:24 Of His Word 10:29 We believe the time is here 10:33 When the nations far and near 10:38 Shall awake, and shout and sing 10:42 Hallelujah! 10:45 Christ is King! 10:49 We have this hope 10:53 That burns within our hearts 10:58 Hope in the coming 11:02 Of the Lord. 11:07 Amen. Amen. Amen. 11:09 Thank you Jill for running over there 11:11 to play the piano for us. 11:12 You know, in the Greek the word hope, 11:16 if I use the word hope with you, 11:19 sometimes we'll say, 11:20 are you going to go on vacation this year? 11:22 Oh, I hope so. 11:23 It's kind of like, well, it may be, you know, 11:26 if we get a chance, may be it will be possible 11:29 but in the Greek the word hope meant eager expectation. 11:34 Amen. 11:35 So when it talks about hope it's saying we eagerly expect 11:40 what the word of God, 11:42 what He has promised us in His word, 11:44 that it is going to come true, 11:46 and we do have this hope of the coming of our Lord 11:49 because it is promised in the word of God. 11:52 Okay, well, let's look at our scriptures, 11:54 we really didn't have time 11:56 to think about this much, didn't we? 11:58 But, what I'm going to do, 12:00 I'll start off just by reading an affirmation. 12:02 And affirmation is when you just take the word of God 12:06 and pray it back to him basically. 12:08 And we're looking at two different scriptures 12:10 that this affirmation was built from. 12:13 It's just that you're agreeing with the Lord, 12:15 so let me just read 12:16 what the affirmation from Revelation 21:1-7, 12:20 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, here is what it says, 12:26 "When the new Jerusalem 12:27 comes down to the new recreated earth, 12:30 God will dwell with us 12:32 as He originally planned a creation. 12:35 He will make all things new, 12:37 never again will we suffer the pain of death, 12:40 sorrow, or crying, 12:42 He will satisfy our thirsty soul 12:45 with a fountain of the water of eternal life, 12:48 we will be His forever." 12:50 Amen. 12:52 "Joy upon joy God will reunite us with our loved ones 12:55 who have fallen asleep in Christ 12:57 and we will have eternity 12:59 to spend with those for whom our heartaches now. 13:04 If we're alive at His coming 13:06 we shall not precede into His presence without them 13:10 for at His coming at the coming of the Lord 13:14 he will shout his command, 13:16 and the dead in Christ will arise first. 13:19 Then we shall all be caught up together 13:22 to meet the Lord in the air, 13:24 and thus shall we always be with our Lord. 13:27 Hallelujah." 13:29 Amen. 13:30 So why don't we just see, 13:32 why don't you tackle Revelation 21:1-7, 13:35 if you'll just read that then we will just discuss it. 13:39 The Bible says, "Now I saw a new heaven 13:41 and a new earth, for the first heaven 13:44 and the first earth had passed away. 13:47 Then I, John, 13:49 saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, 13:52 coming down out of heaven from God, 13:54 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 13:56 "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, 13:59 and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. 14:03 God Himself will be with them and be their God." 14:06 This is written in very affirmative language 14:08 by the way. 14:09 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 14:12 there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying. 14:16 There shall be no more pain, 14:18 for the former things have passed away." 14:21 Then He who sat on the throne said, 14:23 "Behold, I make all things new." 14:27 And He said to me, 14:28 "Write, for these words are true and faithful." 14:31 And He said to me, I will forgive, I'm sorry, 14:34 "I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely 14:38 to him who thirsts. 14:40 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, 14:44 and I will be his God and he shall be My son." 14:49 Hallelujah, one of my favorite passages in the Bible, 14:52 so give us your thoughts on this passage. 14:55 Well, you know, I have a sermon where I ask people, 14:59 close your eyes and think about heaven. 15:01 And then I said open your eyes. I remember that sermon. 15:02 And I say you're not really asked to do the impossible 15:05 because we have nothing to compare it to. 15:08 We are much more comfortable of thinking about the things 15:10 that won't be there 15:12 because we don't know precisely what will be there, 15:14 so we think about the negative things the pain, 15:17 the doctors, the eyeglasses, the canes, 15:19 the crutches, the cancer, ecchymosis, 15:21 those kinds of things and so when he says, 15:24 I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 15:26 my mind immediately goes to the stuff 15:28 that I hate that will not be there. 15:30 Amen. 15:31 You know, the stuff that bothers me that will... 15:33 I've had half dozen eye operations you know, 15:36 been blind and come back, and then blind again 15:38 and come back, and blind again and come back, 15:40 that kind of thing. 15:41 All that stuff will be gone. 15:43 I'm not a person who likes doctors, 15:44 Irma, you say, you know, you never get a checkup, 15:46 you never get a checkup, well, I don't. 15:48 If I could, if I got to avoid checkups, 15:49 you know, no doctors there, no sickness, 15:52 no pain, no side, and I'll quick end with this. 15:55 When we were younger, 15:56 I used to watch my father get out of bed 15:58 and sit on a side of bed for five, 16:00 sometimes 10 minutes and we were like, 16:03 "Daddy, why are you doing that?" 16:04 Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, you know, 16:06 now I get up and you know, you sit on the side of the bed 16:09 to just make sure everything is still 16:10 where you kind of left it a night before, 16:11 you know, that won't be anymore. 16:15 We'll get up and roll, run 16:17 and not be worry or walk and not faint. 16:19 So I'm very comfortable 16:20 thinking about the things that will not be there. 16:23 And that is heaven enough for me, you know, 16:26 I don't know what will be there 16:28 but I sure know what won't be there 16:29 and that's why I've hope, 16:31 because all of these bad stuff simply won't be there, 16:33 new heaven, new earth. 16:35 Amen. Jill? 16:36 Praise God for what He wants to do in our lives. 16:39 You know, I remember as a teenager 16:41 sitting in the Sabbath school class 16:43 and I remember this precious older woman, 16:46 and now I think she is young, 16:48 but as a teenager you think most people are older. 16:51 She was probably in her 50s and to me 50s is young, right? 16:55 50s is young. 16:57 And now it is to me but at the time 16:59 I thought she was older 17:00 and she had gone prematurely gray, 17:01 she had beautiful white hair 17:03 and I remember her sitting there in class and her saying, 17:05 if there was no hope of heaven, would you want to go? 17:11 And I thought, no. Would you want to go? 17:14 Would you, I mean would you want to follow Jesus? 17:16 Think. Okay. 17:17 If there was no hope of heaven, would you want to follow Jesus? 17:21 We're talking about the blessed hope. 17:23 Thank you, Shelley, for that correction. 17:25 And I thought, no, because the religious state, 17:30 I was in as a teenager was the only reason 17:34 I'm trying to get to church, 17:36 I'm trying to do what I'm supposed to, 17:39 was a thought that this world is not all there is, 17:42 and that there is an eternity here after. 17:46 And now as I've grown, 17:49 I realize there is a lot of truth 17:51 in what she said too, because yes, 17:53 the blessed hope is beautiful as a Christian, 17:57 we have to look forward to spending eternity 18:00 with those who have already passed away, 18:02 with loved ones, 18:04 with not been separated by thousands of miles you know, 18:08 from family or friends being together, 18:11 the most important being with Jesus, 18:13 not having the pain and the sorrow 18:15 and all of that stuff, 18:16 but the beautiful thing she was bringing out 18:19 was that here today on this earth 18:22 I can have such an intimate walk with God, 18:27 that peace, that joy, 18:29 that I can begin to have the blessed hope 18:32 the heaven here on earth in my heart right now. 18:36 So what you're saying then 18:37 is you've come to the conclusion, 18:39 even if heaven were not to be, 18:42 it's worth walking with Jesus right now, 18:45 because of peace and everything you feel. 18:47 The heaven is just kind of a cherry on the sun, you know. 18:49 That's it. Yes. That's it. Yeah. 18:52 You know, I was thinking of the same things, 18:56 Jill was thinking in terms of age. 18:59 I still remember, yes, being a teenager 19:02 and when somebody says I'm 25, I'm 30, 19:06 I thought I will ever get there that it was just, 19:09 was just that those numbers were so far away, 19:13 but the most beautiful thing 19:17 is like I got baptized about 12 years old. 19:21 And so when my mother came into the faith 19:24 and we all started, 19:27 one of the things that always kept me 19:30 was that idea 19:32 that we have that privilege some day 19:38 to go to heaven and to see that nothing, 19:40 nothing will be like in this world, 19:43 everything will be so perfect, 19:45 and I would used to love to think 19:48 I will sit and look at the stars, 19:50 and imagine that how far they look, 19:54 you know, they're so bright, yet they are, 19:58 you can see the depth that you can 20:00 and when he talk about days and years 20:04 to be able to go that far. 20:07 It always keeps me and I remember something 20:11 that is always in my mind, 20:15 very often is when Sister White 20:18 had the vision of being in heaven 20:22 and she never wanted to come back. 20:23 Yes. Yeah. 20:25 She didn't want to come back, because it was so incredible, 20:29 and she couldn't even put it in words, 20:31 but just the fact 20:32 that she just hated to come back, 20:37 says, it's got to be we cannot imagine it 20:40 but it has to be something of, you know, 20:47 kind of we don't have words for it. 20:48 A blessed hope, is it not? Yes. 20:51 Now you've heard... Amen. 20:52 You know, neither has entered into the heart of man. 20:54 Well, God has prepared for those who love. 20:56 I know I have a brother, 20:58 I have my father who have passed away, 21:01 my grandparents, my two grandmothers 21:05 I didn't know my grandfathers but I knew them so well 21:11 that I'm longing to see them again. 21:14 Honey? 21:16 Whenever I read Revelation 21:1-7 21:21 my mind goes to the creator. 21:24 It seems like we go through the phases in life 21:29 and I have remember and don't discount this 21:32 because as Danny Shelton used to say 21:36 my best friend is the Holy Spirit, 21:38 so I want to make that perfectly clear. 21:40 But it seems like in this last three to four months, 21:43 boy, creator, creator, creator, God, God, 21:46 in just about everything that I look at, 21:49 the creator comes into my mind. 21:51 And as we read this here once again new heaven, 21:55 new earth, creator from God creator, 21:59 God Himself, creator, God will wipe away, creator. 22:04 Behold, I make all things new, creator. 22:07 You know, I will 22:10 freely to gave him who thirst, creator. 22:13 And when inherit all things, and I will be his God, 22:18 and he shall be my son, creator. 22:21 Amen. 22:23 So I just... That's great. 22:24 As everyday goes by, 22:26 it's kind of like who are you going to quote today, 22:30 and there is no second, creator. 22:35 And so it's just interesting 22:37 that as here we start reading here 22:39 what jumps off the page, creator, thank you Jesus. 22:43 Amen. That's powerful. 22:46 You know, for me when I think about this now, 22:50 most of you grow up Adventist, right? 22:52 All of you did I guess. I came at 11. 22:54 At 11. 22:55 Well, you know, 22:56 first of all my vision of heaven in growing up 23:00 was that it was kind of 23:02 like we were going to float around on clouds 23:05 and play harps 23:07 and it didn't sound that enticing. 23:13 It sounded better than going to hell. 23:16 And you know... Glory to God. 23:17 And the first couple times I was baptized it was to avoid, 23:22 it was like fire insurance, but when I look at this, 23:25 you know, I didn't really, 23:27 then there are so many Christians out there 23:29 who don't realize that the only time 23:31 that we're actually in heaven is during the thousand years 23:34 and then the new Jerusalem 23:35 comes down to a recreated earth. 23:38 This earth that has been destroyed, 23:40 it has become a lake of fire and then God, 23:44 it's cleansed and He recreates it 23:46 but to me what this speaks I mean, yes, 23:50 am I excited to think about my loved ones 23:54 that I'll get to spend eternity with, yes. 23:56 And I don't know 23:58 how anyone goes through the death of a child 24:01 or even the death of your spouse. 24:03 Yes. Yes. 24:04 And not have that blessed hope, if you didn't have that hope, 24:07 it would make it a million times worse. 24:09 But what I see here and what jumps out at me 24:13 is when it says I heard a loud voice from heaven sang, 24:16 this is after the holy city has come down. 24:19 God's going to make that His home. 24:22 And then He says, behold the tabernacle of God 24:26 is with men, 24:28 he will dwell with them and they shall be his people. 24:32 Yeah. That is covenant language. 24:36 He is a covenant making covenant keeping God 24:40 and it is always been, I will be your God, 24:43 you will be my people. 24:44 And we just always seems like we fall short of that, 24:47 but God has, 24:51 is finally the purpose of His covenant, 24:55 is finally being achieved here is because now, you know, 25:01 we've been through it all, 25:03 sin He says is never going to arise again, 25:05 that's why He could wipe away all the tears. 25:07 Amen. 25:09 But now we get to see Him face to face. 25:13 Yes. 25:14 You know, we're also excited to see our mothers 25:17 or brothers, whether sisters whatever 25:20 but I imagine 25:21 when we first raise from the grave, 25:25 what's going to be the most exciting thing? 25:27 Jesus. It's Jesus. 25:28 Exactly. Absolutely. 25:30 Your know. Yeah. 25:31 You know, every November since we go down to Panama 25:34 every December for Christmas, Irma's mom is 97. 25:38 Wow. 25:40 And of course you've been down there, 25:41 we kind of flip about mid, right after Thanksgiving, 25:44 we kind of flip into Panama mode, 25:46 you know, your brain starts to think from that mode. 25:48 And you've been down there, you've been, 25:50 so you know, that kind of thing. 25:52 You feel that way about heaven, you know, 25:54 it's like I want to get there, you know. 25:57 Everybody has a text that means something to them. 26:00 I want to just refer to one, 26:02 they call Hebrews 11 a faith chapter, 26:04 by faith, by faith, by faith, by faith. 26:07 And wonderful exploits of faith in that chapter 26:12 and it wasn't until fairly recently though 26:14 that my mind locked down 26:15 on the last two verses 39 and 40. 26:18 Because you can get so wrapped up 26:19 in these great exploits of faith and they should be 26:21 because they are fabulous, 26:23 but then the Bible says something else. 26:25 And 39, "All these, having obtained 26:27 a good testimony through faith..." 26:29 So their record is solid through exploits of faith. 26:32 "Did not receive the promise..." 26:34 You know they didn't get heaven just yet, 26:35 they didn't get finalize. 26:38 "God having provided something better for us, 26:43 that they should not be made perfect apart from us." 26:47 And that just excites me, 26:49 when you look at Moses and Abraham 26:51 and all these wonderful people of great faith, 26:55 God said, they didn't get it and they will not get it 26:58 one second before you get yours. 27:00 That excites me when that heaven has occur, 27:02 we all going together. 27:04 Moses made it there before we did. 27:05 Yeah, well, he's emerald, he's... 27:08 Yeah, he is in blesses ark 27:10 'cause when it talk about Moses getting into the Promised Land, 27:13 don't cherry cheers for Moses 27:14 because he is where we want to be. 27:16 But they, they... 27:18 God has said that they didn't get the promise. 27:20 They're going to get at the same time we get 27:22 as we all get it together. 27:24 And that's going to be so wonderful 27:25 that we'll be able among other things 27:27 to dialog with and fellowship 27:30 with these great people of faith 27:33 down through the centuries, many whose names, 27:35 most of those names are not even mentioned here. 27:37 We get to inhabit heaven with them. 27:40 What a wonderful place, Shelley, it's going to be. 27:43 You know, you talk about hope, expectation, 27:45 because it's hope is such an ethereal word, 27:48 you know, it's too light a word for what we have. 27:51 Eager expectation is much, much better 27:54 because it's something that it's real hope can be, 27:56 well, I hope I'll see you tomorrow, 27:58 I hope you know, he's more than hope. 28:00 We've watered it down. We have watered it down. 28:02 Yeah. Yeah. 28:04 I was reading some place where we're saying hope 28:06 is the indispensable quality of life. 28:10 That's true, without hope. 28:11 Without hope. Yes, truth. 28:13 You know, boy, what a statement 28:15 because I used to read lot of psychology articles 28:20 and they say that most people who try to commit suicide 28:25 the reason that they do is because they are hopeless, 28:28 and quite often if you can reach them at that moment 28:31 and reel them in, show them something, 28:33 give them hope, they'll... 28:35 I mean sometimes, you know, 28:36 like people who've been brought in 28:39 off the Golden Gate Bridge that somebody intervenes 28:43 and intercepts and they bring them 28:45 and within 24 hours they're non suicidal 28:49 because somehow it was just that they reach 28:52 that moment of feeling hopeless, 28:54 and so yes, hope is indispensable, 28:57 but what you just read in verse, 29:01 oh, I'll turn the page, oh, here it is. 29:03 It's 39 and 40. That was Hebrews, go on. 29:05 That was Hebrews 11:39 and 40, 29:07 what you've just read that, 29:08 God having provided something better for us, 29:10 that they should not be made perfect apart from us. 29:13 Jill, why don't you read 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-17, 29:17 because that's perfectly ties in... 29:21 It does. It really does. With what the Bible says here. 29:26 This, I think this is one of my favorite scriptures. 29:28 I like this. 29:30 "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, 29:33 concerning those who have fallen asleep, 29:35 lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 29:38 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 29:42 even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 29:47 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, 29:50 that we who are alive 29:51 and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means 29:55 precede those who are asleep. 29:57 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven 29:59 with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, 30:02 and with the trumpet of God. 30:04 And the dead in Christ will rise first. 30:07 Then we who are alive 30:08 and remain shall be caught up together with them 30:10 in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 30:13 And thus we shall always be with the Lord." 30:17 Hallelujah. There it is. Always. 30:21 So when you read that what just jumps out of you, Jill? 30:27 You know, this scripture means a lot to me personally, 30:32 my cousin died when she was 36. 30:39 She left behind a three and a five year old boy. 30:45 Young mother, whole life ahead, little kids. 30:50 And I think, we're gonna see her again. 30:53 Yes. 30:54 Not only us but those little boys, 30:57 as they grow up remain faithful to Jesus 31:00 are going to see their mother again. 31:05 And to me this verse is all about hope. 31:07 Not even in the sense of eager expectation 31:10 although it is eager expectation, 31:12 but to me this verse is abiding hope. 31:16 Is there such a thing as abiding hope 31:18 like a constant, steadfast, settled feeling in the heart 31:24 that I know Jesus is coming again. 31:26 I know we have the promise of everlasting life 31:29 of spending eternity with those that you love. 31:33 You know, I think of Greg and I when we first got married, 31:36 you have that super twitterpated like... 31:41 That's a good word twitterpated. 31:42 I really love you, I'm so over the top, 31:45 but as the longer you're married 31:47 and we've only been married 14 years, 31:48 but the longer you're married, the more it settles in 31:52 and there's still tremendous love, 31:55 but it's like a deep settled security, 31:59 commitment, contentment, peace, joy. 32:04 And to me the blessed hope is that. 32:06 Like this contentment, 32:07 the security knowing that my dad is coming back for me. 32:12 Jesus is coming back 32:13 and we have the hope of eternity forever together. 32:17 So that's what the blessed hope is, 32:19 is that your expectation that joyful assurance 32:23 that Jesus is coming again 32:25 and then if he comes again what will He do? 32:29 Or is it John 14:3 or...? 32:31 Yeah. 32:32 "Let not your heart be troubled..." 32:34 Yeah, "If I go to prepare a place for you, 32:36 I will come again..." 32:37 Yes. 32:38 So, you know that just all fits in there, 32:40 that we're all, it's right there. 32:43 And if you are mature in Christ, 32:46 if you have a mature relationship that's healthy. 32:49 So if you're healthy in Jesus, you know, 32:52 then you have that joyful assurance. 32:54 Amen. 32:55 Yes, I'm thinking of that, Jill, that you say 32:57 that even though we think about heaven 33:03 and that glorious day when we will go to heaven 33:06 and when everything will change to perfection and all that, 33:11 that we still can have that hope in here 33:13 for everything that happens to us. 33:16 When I think and you know 33:17 just recently with Angie losing her mother, 33:20 and then when I lost my father, 33:22 it was very painful but, but every time the pain came, 33:29 the hope that to see him again 33:31 and the joy that he had given his life to the Lord 33:34 and now no longer we were worried 33:38 about his salvation. 33:39 We didn't have that anymore, so that, 33:42 that to me it's like having heaven with us. 33:47 Christ with us will give you that assurance 33:50 and that, that hope, that excitement 33:54 but also that peaceful state of mind of spirit 34:00 to know that we are going to, 34:03 all these things is going to pass, 34:05 so therefore, all the pains, all the problems, 34:10 they're caught in probably we might have, 34:14 might feel the tenth of it, 34:17 the rest are taken away by you know that hope 34:20 that present with us. 34:22 You know, this is something, 34:24 the reason when we were asked last night to do this, 34:28 the reason that this top... 34:30 I think this topic just jumped into my mind 34:32 because it seems 34:33 that there's so many of you who have been calling 34:35 there's so much pain in the world right now. 34:38 We know so many of our brothers and sisters are hurting 34:42 because they've lost a mother, 34:44 they've lost a daughter, they've lost a spouse. 34:48 And I don't know how anyone goes through it, 34:51 without the hope of being, 34:54 without the hope of the resurrection 34:56 of being reunited, but you know on... 35:00 Well, I'll take my turn. 35:02 Let me get back to you 35:04 and I'll reserve a comment for a minute 35:06 but you expound on this for us please preacher man 35:09 1 Thessalonians 4. 35:11 What comes to my mind and I want to get on it, 35:15 I'll jump on this. 35:17 The truth is 35:19 sometimes even for Christians this life stinks. 35:22 Yep. Absolutely. 35:24 You know and there's no way to dress it up or spin it, 35:26 it's just stinky stuff happens. 35:29 I remember Elder Batch, first elder of the church, 35:34 the Advent Hope 87th Street, Manhattan. 35:36 The first day on the job, first elder of the church, 35:40 December, September 11th, 2001. 35:44 9/11, first day on the job never found his body, 35:47 never found his body. 35:49 And I remember when they had the memorial service 35:52 because there was nothing to have a funeral there 35:54 and the pastor even said, he said, 35:55 "Sometimes stuff happens it just doesn't make sense." 35:57 Yeah. Right. 35:59 You know doesn't, it just doesn't add up 36:00 first day on a job 36:02 and they never found his body, wife, 36:04 two kids left, you know, kind of thing. 36:07 And so, 1 Corinthians 15:17 comes to mind, 36:10 if in this world only, if this is his, 36:13 we are in trouble. 36:15 You know, it got to be something more than, 36:17 than this so if, if in this world 36:20 only we have hope, 36:22 we are of all people most pitiable, most miserable. 36:25 There's got to be something more to keep you going. 36:27 So how does his wife get up the next morning 36:31 and take care of those kids 36:32 and put one foot in front of the other 36:35 and get ready and get ready for the service 36:37 and then a couple of week go back to work 36:38 because she's got a family, because she's got, 36:40 she's got a blessed hope, she's got an eternal hope. 36:43 She's got to believe that there's more than just this. 36:47 And that's that, that's how you do it, Shelley, 36:49 because you, you latch on to something else. 36:52 There's something better than this. 36:53 There's a brighter day, weeping may endure for a night, 36:56 but joy is going to come in the morning. 36:58 That's what you hold on to, 37:00 so the Lord himself ascended to heaven with a shout." 37:04 Voice of the archangel and trumpet of God, 37:05 dead in Christ rise first, 37:07 then we which are alive and remain, 37:10 again that togetherness shall be caught up together 37:12 to meet them in the clouds, 37:15 and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 37:16 It's a fabulous, fabulous promise. 37:20 It is the promise of a grand reunion 37:24 that will go on for ever and ever and ever and ever. 37:27 You know getting old is getting old. 37:31 You know getting... 37:33 that's really, you got aches, you got pains, the idea, 37:37 I think just of the idea of that 37:39 you'll never get old, 37:41 that's about enough for me, you know, 37:43 you're not going to get old. 37:44 You're not going to get tired. 37:45 You know you move slower and slower 37:47 and slower and slower, 37:48 and some days you don't feel like moving at all 37:50 but you get up and move, 37:52 and one day you're going to get a brand new body. 37:55 And I don't know if we're really gonna fly. 37:57 I think we are because I want to, you know. 37:59 I want to be able to just fly. 38:02 I remember we were at the... 38:04 Star Trek kind of beaming, right. 38:05 Yeah, yeah the last time we went to Israel together, 38:07 we were in some place, 38:09 I think we went to Beit Shemesh up on that high mountain. 38:12 And you got up there so fast before everybody, 38:14 I said, "Where did Shelly get that energy." 38:15 Anyway standing up on top, you know I wish 38:18 if I just jumped off I could fly. 38:22 You had that thought? 38:23 I had that thought many times... 38:24 We're glad you didn't try it. Yeah. 38:26 I'm glad I didn't try, yeah. I resist. 38:27 That's great. 38:29 But I think that will be the most fun thing for me, 38:31 flying. 38:32 You know just leap off and just take off like a bird. 38:35 That is such an exciting thought. 38:37 That thought that God says 38:39 that there are many other worlds 38:41 that we have not seen yet 38:43 and to me the idea of going to visit those worlds 38:47 and to see people that, 38:50 you know, otherwise you would never have seen 38:53 unless we are in heaven with Jesus. 38:58 To me it's grand. 38:59 It seems to me like, you know, there's, a lot of questions. 39:02 The complexity of what you just ask him, 39:05 even to the point is our pet gonna be in heaven. 39:08 Now these are questions 39:09 that we just don't have answers to. 39:11 But he does say, you know, 39:13 that it will be better than anything 39:15 that we could ever imagine. 39:16 And so I think that is what you're saying C.A., 39:19 I think that you will fly. 39:22 You know because it's better than anything 39:23 you could think of, 39:25 so, but I mean there's not a thus saith Lord 39:27 so we're just kind of thank you Jesus that perhaps... 39:33 You know for me personally this, 39:36 this is the passage once again 39:40 and I'm looking at this through... 39:42 look at this passage through different lens than you all 39:45 because you grew up in additional truth 39:48 that I didn't have at the time, but this passage was the one 39:53 that completely hung me up all the time. 39:57 I was taught, first of all 39:58 that when you die you went to heaven, 40:01 you know, it wasn't that you slept 40:04 or rested in the grave for the return. 40:08 I was taught that it was something 40:13 that there was a secret coming of the Lord 40:17 and so, you know, you'd get off on that... 40:19 then I'd come to 1 Thessalonians 40:20 and I read it and I get there and I think what do you mean 40:24 you don't want us to be ignorant 40:26 about those who have fallen asleep, 40:27 what you mean fallen asleep. 40:29 "Lest you sorrow as others have no hope." 40:32 And then I would read the part where it says that, 40:36 "We who are alive and remain at the coming of the Lord 40:39 will by no means precede those who are asleep." 40:44 Okay, I've got to understand what asleep means, you know. 40:48 Compared to... 40:50 wait you mean I don't know... 40:54 if I don't preceded them 40:55 that means they're not up there either. 40:58 Precisely, right, right. 41:00 So, so it's like wow, and then when it says, 41:03 "He's gonna come with the voice of an archangel 41:07 with a shout, with the trumpet." 41:09 How can you get a secret coming out of that, so, 41:11 you know, yeah that's loud coming, 41:14 "The dead in Christ will rise first, 41:15 then we who are alive and remain 41:17 will be caught up in the air with him." 41:20 So I remember that as I began really studying this passage, 41:24 then I had to do the study on the sleep. 41:26 That's when before I ever even watched 3ABN 41:30 how God taught me the truth 41:31 about what happen when you die, you know, 41:34 I mean and then like John 5:28, 29 were Jesus said, 41:39 "You know don't marvel at this, there's gonna come a day, 41:42 if you've never heard the voice of the Lord, 41:43 you will one day let me tell you, 41:45 because all who are in their graves 41:47 will hear his voice all. 41:49 Some will come forth to the John 5:28, 41:52 to the resurrection of righteousness others 41:55 and we know a thousand years later, 41:57 when you look into Revelation 41:58 to the resurrection of condemnation. 42:00 But the whole point is you could take this passage... 42:05 You got it, this is about a thorough exegesis 42:07 on the state of the dead as you can get. 42:09 Absolutely. You can get it all right here. 42:11 Absolutely. Yes, yes. 42:12 But now here's, here's something else 42:14 that I just want to throw in here, 42:16 because once I have studied all of this, you know, 42:19 we're all sitting here saying, 42:21 "Oh, I'm so glad 42:22 I'll get to see my momma who is a Christian. 42:24 My daddy gave his heart to the Lord." 42:26 What about relatives who never did. 42:28 Yes. 42:29 You know I know that my father was baptized. 42:31 My father was killed when he was only 30 years old. 42:35 And I know he was baptized. 42:39 But on, I was reading his obituary the other day 42:42 and it still, 42:43 he had been divorced from my mother for several years 42:46 and he was still listed as a church, 42:49 as a member of her church. 42:50 So he had obviously not joined another church 42:53 and the thought has occurred to me, 42:56 you know what if he's not there and see this is what I think 43:00 is that understanding the blessed hope, 43:02 if you put these two scriptures together 43:05 to know that in that second resurrection 43:08 when people come up 43:10 to the resurrection of condemnation, 43:13 this earth when God destroys sin 43:16 which means he'll have to destroy sinners... 43:18 Yes. 43:19 To destroy sin 43:20 and it's just the brightness of His coming 43:22 because His divine love destroys sin. 43:26 I mean it's when He says... 43:28 Can't stand in His presence. 43:29 Yeah, he says, "We can't stand..." 43:30 because our God is a consuming fire 43:33 and divine love if you stay... 43:35 you know if this is us and this is God, 43:38 you get in front of His divine love 43:39 and phew, is sin is destroyed and it's just sucked up 43:44 but it makes me feel so calm to know 43:49 that if my father did not accept Jesus 43:54 he will be eternally destroyed. 43:57 We have either... 43:59 we either have eternal life. 44:01 You know, "For God so loved the world, 44:02 He gave His only begotten Son 44:04 that He who should believe in Him 44:06 would have eternal life who should not perish." 44:09 So they're either going to perish 44:11 or have eternal life. 44:12 It gives me such comfort 44:13 to know that he would merely perish 44:17 and not, not be tormented. 44:20 That's why we can be happy in heaven. 44:22 That's why there's no more tears, 44:24 no more sorrow, you know... 44:26 And if there's the tear, that tear would be wiped away. 44:29 And that's why he can end this with 44:31 wherefore comfort one another with these words. 44:33 It is comforting to know, to think 44:35 that your loved one or someone you even knew 44:38 is writhing eternally in pain, 44:40 how in world can heaven be heaven 44:42 with that thought washing in the back of your mind. 44:45 And you know I have to say this because I know 44:47 that there's somebody that's watching tonight 44:48 and you're saying, what do you mean that, 44:50 you know, God had a, 44:51 I mean God's reputation has been attacked. 44:53 This whole idea of an eternal burning fire, 44:57 this idea was brought into the church 44:59 by a Tunisian who had, 45:03 he had been a pagan, philosopher 45:05 and then he converted to Christianity in 196 A.D. 45:08 His name was Tertullian. 45:10 He was a follower of Pluto who was a follower of Socrates 45:14 and they both taught Greek mythology 45:17 that this idea of an eternal burning fire 45:20 and so, so Tertullian 45:23 who became an ecclesiastical writer, 45:26 he takes the works of Plato 45:28 and introduces them into the church, 45:30 because for the first century 45:33 in three quarters of the second century, 45:35 all of the apostolic fathers, 45:37 all of the fathers of the church 45:38 taught that you either there was the way of life 45:42 and the way of death. 45:44 There was no eternal, I mean it was either eternal life 45:47 or eternal death. 45:48 So this whole idea that's been brought in 45:52 is unscriptural, and I challenge you, 45:54 if you don't agree with us 45:55 and you think those people are crazy. 45:57 I want you to do me a favor, 45:59 you just go and check it out in the Bible. 46:03 Oh, go ahead 46:05 If I can just jump back to something that you said, 46:07 because that, that thought has troubled me 46:09 sometimes just being honest 46:11 is what about the people who don't know 46:14 and love God who haven't made a decision, 46:17 who haven't made a commitment, what about family members 46:20 who right now are not walking with God, 46:24 and maybe they've had a choice to follow God 46:28 and they've chosen to walk away 46:30 and we know that it is never too late 46:32 to turn around and to come back. 46:34 So as long as probation lingers, 46:37 there is a chance, 46:38 there is the time for them to repent 46:39 and to the come back to God, 46:41 but that has troubled me because I think. 46:45 How do you know but to me and this is not theological, 46:48 this is just personal for my own heart, 46:50 so Pastor CA and Shelley, 46:52 and you theologians can correct, 46:53 but from my own heart, 46:55 it gives me comfort to know God is a righteous judge. 46:59 Amen. Amen. 47:00 He knows the end from the beginning, 47:03 He knows the inner workings of each one of our hearts, 47:06 and I believe when we get to the end and Jesus comes 47:10 and we'll be in heaven. 47:13 We will know at that point, 47:14 we can look at the record books, 47:16 and we will know at that point 47:18 they were given every opportunity 47:20 to accept Jesus and they chose to reject Him, 47:25 you know, that that's brings comfort to me 47:27 in my heart to know that. 47:28 And that they probably wouldn't be happy 47:29 if they were there. 47:31 And that's not theology, that's more of chronology 47:34 that's what family does. 47:35 You know God doeth all things well, 47:37 and ultimately we have to trust God 47:39 that God is not trying to keep anybody out, 47:41 He's trying to get everybody in, 47:42 so but He cannot go against our own will which is... 47:46 You know, was a time that it troubles me 47:49 also the fact that God, God is gonna chose, 47:54 you know, the sins of those who love ones 47:56 that would not be there. 47:59 I said, oh, I don't want to see those, you know that, 48:02 that's a terrible thing, 48:04 but when you think it in the character of God, 48:07 it is a hope because when he chose them. 48:13 We being sinners in the past and now we are perfect. 48:19 We have no sin. 48:21 We are gonna see how terrible that is, 48:24 and how terrible that is, and how important it is, 48:29 and how right and loving God is that He's showing us, 48:36 because even to that point He wants us to know who He is. 48:41 He wants us to see Him as a perfect God 48:44 and a loving God. 48:46 Otherwise, if you think of the other way, 48:50 if we never knew why, 48:53 those loved ones that perished, 48:58 it would not have been complete, 49:00 the perfection would not be complete because God can, 49:06 you know, take away all feelings of, 49:10 human feelings, human thought but... 49:12 The Bible says, He opens the books that... 49:14 That will not be complete, to me then it's not complete. 49:18 So that, that's the hope like you said 49:21 so that is a hope that they will not live forever. 49:25 Yes, that's right. 49:26 Because then also they will be there for evidence 49:30 and hope, there is no more hope, 49:32 but just wishing 49:34 that they would have been different come, 49:36 that is not love. 49:38 They will in ash the Bible says. 49:41 That's not a perfect. Amen. 49:42 Honey, do you have another thought? 49:44 No, not really, the one thing does catch my attention though 49:47 is the last sentence, 49:49 "And the dead in Christ will rise first, 49:51 then we who are alive 49:53 and remain shall be caught up together with him 49:55 in the clouds with the Lord." 49:58 And you know there is a teaching out there 50:00 that the there could be sightings of Jesus 50:03 in South Africa walking. 50:05 There are sightings over here that Jesus is walking. 50:09 Well, this makes it perfectly clear 50:11 in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, that whenever Jesus comes, 50:16 He's not going to put His feet on this ground. 50:18 We're going to meet Him in the air, 50:20 and I think that's something 50:22 that some somebody needs to hear because... 50:24 That's right. 50:25 They don't... 50:27 It's easy to get caught up and it's, you know, 50:29 we're told that it's even the elite could be deceived. 50:33 You know, when you know the truth 50:34 about the state of the dead, 50:36 when you know the truth about the word of God, 50:38 it demystifies 50:39 and demythologizes all of this craziness. 50:44 Satan has so woven this thing that he got people in bondages, 50:48 he got people in fear. 50:49 You know something goes bump in the night. 50:51 I was just telling a bunch of people in the Philippines, 50:53 I said if you, if you lost your wallet in the cemetery, 50:56 you went to funereal and you realize, 50:58 "Oh, I left my wallet to grave side, 51:00 and it's noon would you go to the cemetery and get it." 51:02 Of course, "He would" I said, 51:03 "Well, what if you didn't find that out 51:04 till 12 o'clock in the night, 51:06 how many will go to the cemetery 51:07 to get that wallet?" 51:09 They don't know but they go why. 51:10 Why would you go at 12 o'clock, 51:12 what's the difference between in 12 o'clock noon 51:14 and 12 o'clock night. 51:15 There's nobody in that cemetery 51:17 in the grave that's gonna harm me. 51:19 There may be a robber there but doesn't know what's there, 51:21 but in the back of our minds 51:23 we've bought into this Satanic lie 51:24 that the dead are not really dead, you know. 51:27 So why should you be afraid 51:29 when something goes bump in the night. 51:31 If you know the truth about, about the state of the dead, 51:35 it is comforting to know that that when you die you rest 51:39 until Christ comes back to get you. 51:41 He's not sending somebody, 51:42 he's not sending a butler or maid, 51:44 He's coming Himself, that's how much He loves you. 51:46 That's a comforting thought and the dead will remain dead 51:49 until the time of the executive judgment, 51:54 and then God will deal with sin and sinners 51:57 and then it will be done, 51:58 and then as we began this though, 52:00 there will be a new heaven and a new earth 52:03 and no more sin. 52:04 And so, let me read the affirmation one more time. 52:06 These two passages of scripture 52:09 that is taken from Revelation 21:1-7 52:13 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 52:17 "When the New Jerusalem comes down 52:19 to the new recreated earth, God will dwell with us 52:23 as he originally planned a creation. 52:25 He will make all things new and never again 52:28 will we suffer the pain of death, sorrow or cry. 52:32 He will satisfy our thirsty souls 52:34 with the fountain of the water of eternal life 52:37 and we will be His forever. 52:39 Joy upon joy, 52:40 God will reunite us with our loved ones 52:43 who have fallen asleep in Christ, 52:45 and we have eternity 52:47 to spend with those for whom our heartaches now, 52:51 if we're alive it is coming, 52:52 we won't proceed into His presence without them, 52:56 for the coming of the Lord, He will shout His command 52:59 and the dead in Christ will rise first, 53:01 then we will all be caught up together 53:04 to meet the Lord in the air 53:06 and thus we shall always be with the Lord." 53:09 Hallelujah. Amen. 53:10 Well, it is indeed blessed hope 53:13 and we hope we have eager expectation 53:17 that as you hear the word of the Lord 53:21 and maybe you've never heard these promises before, 53:23 we want you to look these up Revelation 21:1-7 53:28 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, study those and you will find 53:34 that as you put God's word into your mind, 53:37 it will get implanted into your heart 53:39 and it will bring you that hope. 53:42 Let's, we have a few minutes left, 53:44 I think that we should close this time off 53:46 with some prayer. 53:48 Jill, you want to start? Sure. 53:50 Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus 53:52 and we thank You for the hope we have of eternal life 53:57 and not just for us ourselves Father about for our loved ones 54:01 and our neighbors and community. 54:04 Father, we thank You for the gift of salvation 54:07 and for this blessed hope 54:09 and we look forward to it with eager expectation. 54:12 I lift up our brothers and sisters 54:14 who are watching just now 54:16 and I pray for you to pour in your comfort, 54:20 the oil of your Holy Spirit 54:21 to someone whose heart is hurting, 54:24 that you would bring hope again 54:27 that you would remind our precious brothers and sisters 54:31 that weeping sometimes endures for the night, 54:35 but joy always comes in the morning. 54:38 We thank you for the promise of a new heaven 54:42 and a new earth. 54:44 Lord, you are Jehovah Shalom, the God of peace, 54:49 and we thank You Lord that Your hope overflows in us 54:54 that you just cause our hearts to bubble over with 54:57 hope and eager expectation all that you will do, 55:01 and Lord thank you so much 55:02 that You didn't leave us as orphans, 55:04 but that you sent Your Holy Spirit 55:06 to live in our hearts 55:08 and that You gave us Your word that we might know 55:14 what is going to happen in Jesus' name. 55:18 And Father, just as we come together on the Sabbath, 55:21 I just want to thank you once again Lord, 55:23 that we can call upon Your name. 55:25 And Father, it may be a sample issue, 55:27 just help me Jesus, and Father, 55:29 we know that You have ears and eyes to see. 55:32 We know that You love each one of us. 55:34 And Father, whether it's a daily walk 55:36 or whether Lord, we need crutches to get around. 55:40 Father, we know as we call upon You, 55:43 You're there. 55:45 So Father, we thank You, we love You 55:47 and of course, Lord, we give you all praise and glory. 55:50 Amen. 55:52 Heavenly Father, we so thankful Lord 55:55 that You have told us 55:57 that You don't want us to be ignorance 55:59 because that gives us the promise 56:02 and the assurance that when we search Your word, 56:06 You will teach us everything that we need to know 56:09 so that we will not be ignorance 56:11 and that we would not only would learn of you, 56:15 but would also learn to love You as do the serve 56:18 and we thank you Father in Jesus' name. 56:21 Amen. 56:22 Father God, we hear and understand 56:24 that this earth is waxen old like a garment 56:27 and we too are waxen old, but we've been given a promise 56:31 that we can be renewed each day in inner man. 56:35 But the promise is the hope 56:36 is that one day the outer garment 56:38 will be made new also. 56:40 This mortality will take on immortality. 56:42 And oh, Father, 56:44 we look forward with eager expectation 56:45 to that day when we shall see Jesus face 56:49 to blessed face and ascend with Him in the clouds 56:52 and then we will always be with the Lord, 56:54 no more parting, no more separation, 56:57 no more death and no more dying. 56:59 Oh, Father, may that hope boil us up, 57:03 may it give us eagle's wings to soar above sin 57:07 and to know that one day soon and very soon, 57:10 Jesus will come to take His children home. 57:13 Oh, Father, please come quickly, 57:16 we await Your coming here 57:17 and thank you dear Father in Jesus' name, amen. 57:19 Amen. Amen. 57:22 Well, well we're so grateful that you joined us tonight. 57:25 And our prayer for you is that the grace of our Lord 57:28 and Savior Jesus Christ, the love of the Father 57:31 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 57:33 will be with you now and always. 57:35 Bye-bye. |
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