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, happy Sabbath
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and welcome to
3ABN's Family Worship.
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I'm Chris Shelton.
And I'm Kenny Shelton.
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And we are so thankful
that you have joined us tonight
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and we've got a
couple of wonderful guests,
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our 3ABN family.
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To my left is Brother JD Quinn.
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JD, tell us a little bit
about what you do at 3ABN?
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Well, I'm very fortunate at 3ABN
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because I get to work
in the pastoral department.
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We're on second
floor which pushes
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a little bit closer
to God and we need it.
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We have such a wonderful time
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and we got a great
group and it's just...
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It's wonderful for
people to call in with
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that want to talk
and we through the aid
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of the Holy Spirit have words
of encouragement that we share.
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And busy looking for scriptures
that will fit exactly what,
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so it's really a blessing.
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It certainly changed my life.
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It can be
challenging at times, yes.
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It can be
challenging and it seems like
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just the times
that we're living in,
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seems like it comes in waves.
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Oh, yeah.
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It might be sickness one,
a lot of sickness one week,
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maybe the next
week a lot of finances,
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maybe then I'm
marital week or something.
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It's just phenomenal
to me how that all works
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but anyway the thing
that I have found out
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was still just amazes me.
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God is always on time.
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Amen. Amen.
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And we're just
vessels just a big use there.
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But I love it that
3ABN has set apart that
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that's basically all you do
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because you need
that time to do that.
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Yeah, and the people
just, they just thank us daily.
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Oh, thank that we
have a place to go that
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we can someone that will listen.
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Isn't it wonderful
though as human beings
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that we can take
our cares to him?
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Yes.
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Because if you like,
I have been a few times
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when you sit in the
office and it seems like
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six, seven,
eight hours, seriously,
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one phone call after the
other and everybody was hurting,
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everybody had issues.
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And you start
taking that all in,
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we're personal rather
than put it to feet of Jesus.
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And I remember that
one day specifically,
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I don't know if you ever had it
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about seven, eight hours
I hung up the phone, I said,
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"Don't give me
another phone call.
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I don't think that I
can do another phone call."
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Don't know if
that's right or not
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but I was just so full
and finally had to figure out
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that we take
our cares to Christ,
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we leave them with Him.
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Yes, we get involved,
yes, we care, and yes,
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we want to pray for and so on.
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But when you really
get it inside sometime,
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you're just like,
you're gonna almost explode,
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don't think I
understand explode.
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If you have to hear
another heartache for that day
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and so I
basically hung the phone up,
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closed the door and walked out.
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Well, someone told me, Roi
Ewing, she used to be here,
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and she was in
pastoral department
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and she was one of
my mentors and she said,
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"You're not here
by accident, JD."
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That's right.
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And, you know, I've
gone to Mollie many times
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where we've had this
front conversation because...
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"What am I doing here?"
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And Mollie said, "We
pray earnestly about this
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and this is where
the Lord instructed us
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to be a good fit."
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I know.
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But God doesn't
make any accidents.
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He don't just say,
"Hey, go do this for a while,
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see if it works or anything.
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I believe it and I know
you guys are really busy
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because often we get
phone calls and they say,
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"They're too busy
at 3ABN to talk to us."
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So I know you
guys are staying busy.
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And we certainly
help the people understand
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that we're not avoiding anyone.
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It's just that lots
and lots of people...
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Right. And that's a lot.
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You'll be amazed
of how many people
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that watch 3ABN.
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Amen. Amen.
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And, you know,
there's people, you know,
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that they're on
fire for the Lord,
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they just may want, am
I doing the right thing
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and there're others they
just call that their heart
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is breaking and they're just...
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Can Jesus assist me?
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See that sets
3ABN apart, doesn't it?
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Because it is ministry
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and it is
people touching people,
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so it's not like you're watching
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just any
station they can call in
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and they can speak to people
like yourself and I love that.
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Amen.
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To my right, Sister Mollie,
tell us what you don't do?
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I wanted to kind of add
concerning those prayer,
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the prayer
warriors, the prayer partners
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and that's what pastoral is.
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Amen. Yes.
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They pray with people,
they're not counselors.
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That's right.
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They can share scripture
but because of the volume
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of phone calls,
we as administration
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found it necessary
to limit and tell them,
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you know, for reach phone call,
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try not to go over this amount
of time and they, well, why?
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Because there're so
many other calls coming in.
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That's right.
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And something that we have
said to these men and women
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because they have such a
heart for the people is...
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I tell them, "Think about this."
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That phone call, you
see that phone call there,
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this blinking wanting
to get through to you,
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visualize in your
mind, think about this.
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It could well be if
that person is calling,
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he's got a gun in their hand,
and they're about to put it
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in their mouth
and pull the trigger
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if they don't get
somebody to talk to.
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Yeah.
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So when you're
talking to someone
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that just need to hear and pray,
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pray with them
absolutely but limit it
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because that next person,
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it could be a life
and death phone call.
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We don't know.
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And there are times, JD,
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when you have life
and death phone calls.
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Exactly. You bet, you bet.
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All right,
speaking of life and death,
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tonight's topic is
entitled, "Is Heaven Real"?
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Amen.
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You know, we live
in such a melting pot
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throughout this world.
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There's a lot of
people that believe in heaven,
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there's a lot of people
that don't believe in heaven,
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there's people that believe
in other places besides heaven.
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You know, when I
was a little girl,
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I grew up
believing that, you know,
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people that go to
heaven are just gonna be
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floating on a cloud and
have a harp in their hand
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and basically doing nothing.
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So tonight, we're
gonna look at the topic,
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"Is Heaven Real"?
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And I will start up by saying
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as a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian
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of which I am, I am
blessed to believe in scripture.
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We are blessed as the people
to have the Spirit of Prophecy.
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And one of my favorite verses...
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My little, my
youngest daughter grew up
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and she loves this
verse because she was so sick
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when she was a child
and it is Isaiah 40:28-31.
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So I'd like to open
the program and read that,
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and the reason I'm reading
this is because I truly believe
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that someday this
promise that we find in Isaiah
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will be fully complete
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once we get to
the kingdom of heaven.
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And what is it?
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Isaiah 40:28-31,
"Hast thou not known?
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hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God,
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the Lord, the Creator
of the ends of the earth,
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fainteth not, neither is weary?"
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See that's what
Pastor Kenny had to learn.
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You don't keep all
these things on yourself,
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you give them to God
because He doesn't weary.
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"There is no
searching of his understanding.
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He giveth power to the
faint, and to them that have
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no might he increases strength."
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Now we can experience
that here and now today,
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and I know each one of
us around this table have
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and I pray that
we'll continue to do so.
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"Even the youth
shall faint and be weary,
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and the young men
shall utterly fall.
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But they that
wait upon the Lord..."
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Whether it's in this
life or in the life to come,
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I added that part by the way.
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"Shall renew their strength.
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They shall mount up with
wings as eagles, they shall run,
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and not be weary.
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They shall walk, and not faint."
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Praise the Lord.
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So panel, I ask you here
this evening, is heaven real?
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What are your thoughts?
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Why don't we just have prayer
and let's get into our study.
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Shall we together? Let's pray.
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Merciful Father in
heaven, we thank You
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for each and every
one of Your children,
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those who are
viewing, those who listen.
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We thank You, we just thank
You with the bottom of our heart
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for another Sabbath day.
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We thank You for that
day that You set aside
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that You blessed,
that You sanctified,
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a day that we can
come apart and worship You
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in spirit and in truth.
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A time that we can
open the Word of God,
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You can speak to
us clearly, yeah,
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we have time in which to do it
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because we put
aside all worldly things.
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All things that You've
allow us to do for six days
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and this time we
can spend with You,
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and so as we're around
this table, small group here.
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But we pray for the Holy
Spirit to just encompass around
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about each and every
one of us as Your children.
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Lord, open our
hearts and our minds,
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how desperately we need
to hear from the Holy Spirit.
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It's not about man's
thought, man's wisdom,
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whatever a man may have,
we're not interested in that.
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We're interested in
what heaven has to offer us.
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That's right.
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And so as we open our
self to Thee right now
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and those who are at home.
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Some of you are
kneeling right now,
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others are opening your Bible,
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you're getting
pens and paper out
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because you've
written in and you said,
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"I want to study along.
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I want to know
more about Jesus."
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And that we pray
tonight as we talk about heaven,
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as the Holy Spirit reaches out
and touches these precious ones
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whether they are young,
or whether they are older,
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they're longing for You,
and I know if they long for You
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and they're
seeking, they shall find.
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Help us we pray just
to be little instruments.
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Impress our hearts
and our minds to say
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the right thing,
to say it the way
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which would be
pleasing in thy sight.
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So we all surrender our
self to Thee at this moment
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asking for
forgiveness of any sin,
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anything that
which separate us now.
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And we thank You for
again those who are watching,
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and those who are
kneeling, those who are praying,
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may this be such
a wonderful study
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that will uplift
and just encourage us
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and strengthen us to say,
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"Oh, I just can't
wait for that day."
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Amen.
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Heaven came down in
glory and glory filled my soul.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we never want to
start the study without prayer.
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And once in a while
because we're praying
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before the program,
we're praying at home
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during the study and my
mind just kind of skips through
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and got to the subject
but I know we're more equipped
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because we're filled
with the Holy Spirit,
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so panel, is heaven real?
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What are your
thoughts this evening?
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Amen.
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Well, I certainly
think that the heaven is real
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because the
Bible says it is real,
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and that's the
premise of my belief.
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Amen.
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You know, it's very
difficult for me the way
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that my mind works to visualize
how wonderful heaven is.
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Well. I mean, I just...
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I've gone there, I've had
this conversation with people
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and boy, with some people
because they are so creative
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and they have a better
grasp of what the Word says
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that they can say, "Oh, yes,
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I can just see
the streets of gold."
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I can just see, you know,
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as we're going
through the mansions.
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My mind really
doesn't work like that.
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And so I've asked
the Lord to forgive me,
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to increase my faith.
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What's really important to
me is my life on this earth.
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Now, if I had my choice to
do anything that I wanted to do,
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would I pursue that?
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I am pursuing that. Amen.
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And I love coming
to work every day,
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I love being able to
share Jesus every day.
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Yes.
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I mean that's the
privilege that I have
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of being able to talk to
people and pray with people.
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Because I see how Jesus works
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and to me the bonus of heaven
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is to be able to
mingle 24 hours a day
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or 60 hours a
day whatever that is
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in heaven with
likeminded people.
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I do have that opportunity here,
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because basically
we all see the same,
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we look the same,
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we love the same, we're
there to encourage each other,
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and we don't have to
wonder if I'm gonna say
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the right thing because we are.
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We have more similarities
than we have differences.
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And so I'm gonna pay
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real close attention tonight
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to see how these,
because I want to do
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all that I can do
to be closer to Him.
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And if someone can
give me a nugget here
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or give me a nugget there
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of more what heaven itself is,
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I am anxious to hear.
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But what I hear in your voice
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and this is a
promise to all of us,
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that's why we
study, we find this out.
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We can have a piece of
heaven here on this earth...
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Yes.
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And that's what
your experiences...
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Amen.
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But, you know, as
far as our imagination
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we can think of it
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as beautifully
as we possibly can
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and it's just so far passes.
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It doesn't even come close
to what heaven will really be,
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but we are gonna touch
on some of those principles,
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what it will be
like and what it may be
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and what it won't be like?
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Who won't be
there? Who will be there?
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You know, I think
we need to look at
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a lot of those things.
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You know, we were talking about
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before the
cameras were turned on,
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we were talking about
because we've got a grandson
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that's wanting to
go into the service.
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We were talking about
people in the military,
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and your
experience with the military
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and it made me think, you know,
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there's a lot of our
young people that leave
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and those that
are even older in age
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that are still in the service
and they don't come back.
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Mercy.
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You know, you can
get a reality check
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just turning on the
television and looking at
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some of the horrific
things that are happening.
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I was watching the
news the other night
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and this 25 year old
girl who was killed in Florida
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and she was stabbed 101 times.
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And you think, you know,
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there's got to
be something better.
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We hope and pray, we
have faith in God's word
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that there is
something better than this life.
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What is the next
thing that they will know?
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You know, we've all
lost, at least I have,
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I've lost both,
all of my parents.
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I want to say all
because I had two dads.
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I had a real dad, a
biological and a stepfather.
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And, you know, where
will they be in eternity,
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I truly believe I'm
gonna see my mom again.
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Amen.
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You know,
because of the experience
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we had in the hospital.
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And my mother
was a gospel singer,
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I might as well just tell
you little bit about the story.
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She was a gospel
singer, she had left the church
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for many years
and as a young child,
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I live with my
grandparents for a while,
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and they would have calls
for people to be baptized,
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and I would never raise my hand.
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And finally, the
people in the church,
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they came to me and they said,
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"Why don't you
want to be baptized?"
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And at a very young age I said,
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"I'm gonna be
baptized with my mother."
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Amen.
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But they thought
that's an impossibility
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because at that time
she was working in tavern,
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she was singing
with country bands,
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and, you know,
just not the atmosphere
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that you would think that
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I would ever be
baptized with my mother.
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And eventually,
she and my step dad
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moved down to Southern
Illinois and I can't tell you
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how many times I spent
with her talking with her
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and crying and my heart breaking
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because I wanted
her back to church.
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And it took years, but
eventually she stepped back
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into those doors
and when she did,
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the country music was put aside,
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the gospel music...
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You know, we have Sister Marlene
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that comes and plays for us
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once a while for family worship.
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She used to play
in her gospel group,
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her daddy used to
play the harmonica
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and they brought in a
lot of big gospel groups
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here to Southern Illinois
and it was a real blessing.
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But, you know, when she passed,
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she had been on
such high prednisone
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and I won't tell
you the whole story,
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but they put her on, they
put a feeding tube in her,
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and we thought she
was getting better.
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And I got a call Friday
night that she was bleeding out,
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and so I rushed
up there the next day
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because I
planned on going up there
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on Sabbath anyway.
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And they just gave us no hope
because they couldn't close her
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and they said there's
nothing else that they can do.
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So they started
the morphine drip
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and before they
did, my girls and I,
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we went in and we
gathered around her
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and we read this Psalms 23.
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And then after she
started going into the sleep,
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Kenny came in and a
few others were there
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and we began to sing.
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And every time we were
singing praises to the Lord,
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her breathing was
easing and comfortable.
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Amen.
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The moment we
would stop singing,
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it became very
uncomfortable and difficult
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and you can see
she was struggling.
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And I kid you not
as we continued to sing
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and lift up Jesus in that room,
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it was as if you
raised your hand,
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there would be an angel there.
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Oh, mercy. Amen.
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It was that close.
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People going by,
the nurses came in
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and they said, "We just sense
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and feel something
different in this room."
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And that was told
to us more than once
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and that I can't explain it
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but there was a
spiritual experience
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with my mom leaving this earth.
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Praise God.
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And I feel that I'm going to,
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I sense I'm
going to see her again
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because I felt
the angels were there
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as she fell asleep in Jesus.
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You know with that
thought in mind, Sister Mollie,
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one time somebody
asked me, of course,
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I read a little bit before.
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It's nice to read
things and kind of have them,
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you know, and the
Lord would bring them back
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and they said "Give me
the shortest definition
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you can of heaven."
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I said, "Jesus." Amen.
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I mean that's a child
would say that that is simple...
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That's beautiful.
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But the most,
definition of heaven,
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the most beautiful definition
you can give is simply Jesus.
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By the grace of God we will
be able to see Him face to face.
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We'll be able to
thank Him face to face.
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I've often said
there's some people
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they snigger a
little bit, I said,
00:19:19.32\00:19:21.29
"I really believe
by the grace of God,
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only by His grace,
I'll make it there.
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I'm gonna be able to
hug Him." Most certainly.
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I'm gonna be able
to put my hands on Him.
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You know, He's not gonna
be something that's abstract,
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something that's so far
off that we can only see
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from a distance, but
He's gonna spend time with me,
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He's gonna spend time
with you, with everyone
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and I really had
the opportunity to say,
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"Thank you."
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Praise God. You
know, definition of heaven.
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What else is there?
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The streets of gold,
all these other things
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that we talk about,
it has to be Jesus there
00:19:50.65\00:19:55.02
that makes it heaven.
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That's pretty short answer,
you know, to that little bit.
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But that's a good
answer, Brother Kenny.
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You know, I think
about heaven, is it real?
00:20:01.36\00:20:03.57
Wouldn't we be of all
people most measurable,
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if this was all there is?
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Yes.
00:20:08.97\00:20:10.31
We can't be shortsighted,
this is not all there is,
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however this is all
there is for some people.
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Oh, yeah.
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Only the individual can
make the choice in their life
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whether this is
going to be all there is
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or whether they are going
to have that heaven to gain.
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And it's what we do on, I
call it this side of eternity
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that determines
where we're going to spend.
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The other side of the
eternity and that is either
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in the presence of almighty God
00:20:43.10\00:20:45.67
and that
heavenly place that words,
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our words can't describe heaven.
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You know, it's easier to think
of heaven as not, you know,
00:20:51.05\00:20:56.85
in earthly terms
and when you only think
00:20:56.89\00:21:00.62
of heaven in earthly terms,
00:21:00.66\00:21:02.36
it's not all
that, that magnificent.
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Oh, but the words
again, nothing we can describe,
00:21:05.76\00:21:09.50
you know, Sister White
in some of her writings
00:21:09.53\00:21:11.93
has come the closest
and even she will say
00:21:11.97\00:21:15.10
her words
doesn't do any justice,
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.94
but don't be shortsighted,
this isn't all there is.
00:21:17.97\00:21:21.04
There is an
eternity to be gained
00:21:21.08\00:21:24.25
and that is what we
do, that's determined about
00:21:24.28\00:21:27.88
what we do on
this side of eternity.
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Amen.
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Didn't it say that eye
have not seen and ear heard,
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you know, it hasn't
entered in the heart of a man
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and the things that
God has prepared for.
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I have to be
reminded of that too
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because I like to be
able to, I read something,
00:21:40.36\00:21:42.73
I kind of try to
picture, you know, this is it,
00:21:42.76\00:21:44.80
but it's just so far beyond that
00:21:44.83\00:21:47.40
and I have to be
reminded of that relationships
00:21:47.44\00:21:50.01
that we have down
here will still be known
00:21:50.04\00:21:53.38
as we're known as some
things we'll be studying
00:21:53.41\00:21:55.14
and going over here
but we realize that,
00:21:55.18\00:21:58.05
you know, everybody's children
is everybody else's children.
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We're not going
to love anybody else
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.29
more than we love
anybody else less.
00:22:04.32\00:22:05.85
Kind of think I live with
her for 50 years, you know...
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It's just going to be different
but it's going to be better,
00:22:09.59\00:22:12.79
better than we could
ever think or imagine.
00:22:12.83\00:22:15.03
Can I say this right quickly
00:22:15.06\00:22:16.40
because it segues into
something that you said,
00:22:16.43\00:22:18.23
Mollie, then you
pick up from there.
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This is a story that I
was reading this morning.
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A little girl, a
little girl was in the country
00:22:22.77\00:22:26.37
for the first time
with her grandmother,
00:22:26.41\00:22:28.88
and she was
looking up at the sky.
00:22:28.91\00:22:33.25
Oh, Grandma, if heaven is
so beautiful on the wrong side,
00:22:33.28\00:22:39.42
what must it be
on the right side?
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Oh, yes. Mercy.
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.29
I like that. It's beautiful.
00:22:43.32\00:22:44.86
You were
mentioning this, Mollie,
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.36
about what heaven must be like.
00:22:46.39\00:22:49.00
Yeah, wow.
00:22:49.03\00:22:50.37
We have the
promises in the word,
00:22:50.40\00:22:51.83
I'll read one of those promises,
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.37
if that's okay.
00:22:53.40\00:22:54.74
It's going to
be John 14:2 and 3,
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it's the very first
one of the scriptures
00:22:57.64\00:23:00.21
that you have here and
Chris, you said, you know,
00:23:00.24\00:23:04.55
you got that
assurance that your mother is...
00:23:04.58\00:23:07.45
She went to sleep in Jesus,
I've got that same assurance
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.29
and that is so
comforting to my heart to know
00:23:10.32\00:23:13.42
that we spend an
eternity with your mom.
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Amen.
00:23:15.09\00:23:16.42
But throughout the
centuries, the promise of Jesus
00:23:16.46\00:23:20.30
in John 14:2 and 3,
00:23:20.33\00:23:22.63
has filled the hearts
of Christians with hope.
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.23
And let me read that to you.
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"In my Father's
house are many mansions,
00:23:27.10\00:23:30.37
if it were not so I
would have told you I go,
00:23:30.41\00:23:33.44
this is Jesus telling,
00:23:33.48\00:23:35.51
I go to prepare a place for you,
00:23:35.54\00:23:38.55
and if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will do, what?
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Will come again and
receive you unto my self
00:23:43.69\00:23:47.16
that where I am
there you may be also
00:23:47.19\00:23:51.73
in the darkest
moments of despair,
00:23:51.76\00:23:54.96
disappointment,
despondency or defeat,
00:23:55.00\00:23:58.87
the hope of living with Jesus."
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Kenney Shelton,
just as you say it,
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with Jesus in heaven
has brightened the day,
00:24:03.57\00:24:07.31
cleared away the
clouds and lifted the spirit.
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Hallelujah. Yes.
00:24:09.88\00:24:11.21
Amen. Oh, that's good.
00:24:11.25\00:24:12.85
That is awesome.
00:24:12.88\00:24:14.68
He's given us so many
promises and you said,
00:24:14.72\00:24:17.59
what is it going to be
like on the other side.
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.75
Just think even of Moses
00:24:19.79\00:24:21.39
when he came
down out of the mount
00:24:21.42\00:24:22.79
because he had been
in the presence of God
00:24:22.82\00:24:25.46
and the people
couldn't look upon him
00:24:25.49\00:24:27.33
because his face shone
with the Shekinah Glory.
00:24:27.36\00:24:31.03
We're going to be
clothed with the Shekinah Glory.
00:24:31.07\00:24:34.00
The grass is going to look...
00:24:34.04\00:24:35.60
We read as gold and silver
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.41
and there won't
be any dead trees,
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.27
there won't be
any flowers that die
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.98
and people no longer
will there be sickness
00:24:42.01\00:24:45.11
and sadness and
best of all death.
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.72
You know, it's going
to be a place of peace
00:24:48.75\00:24:51.15
and will read even
further to be in harmony,
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.96
and God is a God of order
00:24:54.99\00:24:58.59
and things are in perfect order.
00:24:58.63\00:25:00.03
And you know, as I was reading
through some of these things
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like the promises that we read
of what heaven will be like?
00:25:02.40\00:25:07.40
I can see why the enemy comes in
00:25:07.44\00:25:09.74
and deceives so many
the way that he does,
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.81
because he wants us to think
that obedience is not cool.
00:25:13.84\00:25:18.21
You know, if
you want to be cool,
00:25:18.25\00:25:19.58
you don't have to
obey and, you know,
00:25:19.61\00:25:21.95
and yet God is always
calling us back to obedience.
00:25:21.98\00:25:25.15
And you just see bits and pieces
00:25:25.19\00:25:27.46
how the enemy is
tearing away of God's government
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.96
because he doesn't want.
00:25:29.99\00:25:31.33
He knows what heaven was like.
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.76
And he knows,
he'll never see it,
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.13
he'll never live there again.
00:25:35.16\00:25:36.60
And he doesn't want
any of us to live there.
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.13
So he's doing all he can.
00:25:39.17\00:25:41.20
Heaven, what will it be like?
00:25:41.24\00:25:42.57
I'm going to continue
reading Sister Mollie.
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It says, and this is what
you mentioned a moment ago.
00:25:45.24\00:25:49.34
Words are
inadequate to describe it
00:25:49.38\00:25:51.65
but the Holy Scriptures give us
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.55
glimpses of the glorious future.
00:25:53.58\00:25:55.98
There will be
harmony, peace, love and unity
00:25:56.02\00:25:59.55
and I know as you
mentioned Brother J.D.,
00:25:59.59\00:26:01.92
there are people
calling in over and over
00:26:01.96\00:26:04.69
because their
life is not in harmony.
00:26:04.73\00:26:08.00
They don't have that
peace, they don't have the love,
00:26:08.03\00:26:11.40
there is no unity.
00:26:11.43\00:26:12.97
Even as Christians
we just strive to unify.
00:26:13.00\00:26:16.57
And listen to this,
00:26:16.60\00:26:18.37
all will be purity and holiness.
00:26:18.41\00:26:22.08
And how often we hear
00:26:22.11\00:26:23.45
what we shouldn't
be striving for that,
00:26:23.48\00:26:25.15
we're mere human
beings, we can't attain,
00:26:25.18\00:26:28.22
and yet if heaven
is to be on this earth
00:26:28.25\00:26:31.32
that should be our goal,
00:26:31.35\00:26:32.69
not that we'll
ever fully make it,
00:26:32.72\00:26:34.82
we may never sens
that we fully make
00:26:34.86\00:26:36.83
that holiness, that purity,
00:26:36.86\00:26:38.69
but that's our
goal to be like Jesus,
00:26:38.73\00:26:41.30
and we can't do it of ourselves,
00:26:41.33\00:26:43.03
but He promises to
come in and do it for us.
00:26:43.06\00:26:46.30
And blessedness, God
will be, gone will be sorrow,
00:26:46.33\00:26:51.71
crying and pain and best
of all as I mentioned earlier
00:26:51.74\00:26:56.34
death will be no more.
00:26:56.38\00:26:59.75
Praise the Lord.
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.12
You know, as Christians
we need to come to the point
00:27:01.15\00:27:02.98
where we don't fear
death on this earth,
00:27:03.02\00:27:07.49
but always the
separation from God.
00:27:07.52\00:27:10.63
And yet those
that are still alive
00:27:10.66\00:27:12.46
even if we are
assured of our salvation
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.73
and we go to sleep in Jesus,
00:27:14.76\00:27:16.36
you've got ones that love
us it tears their heart apart.
00:27:16.40\00:27:19.90
Death on this
earth has its sting
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.44
but someday Jesus
says, it will be no more.
00:27:22.47\00:27:25.67
One of the
passages at the top there
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.21
is found in the Book of Acts.
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I think it's go along with
00:27:28.61\00:27:29.94
what everybody
has been saying here,
00:27:29.98\00:27:31.61
Acts 3:20 and 21, you
know, this is comforting,
00:27:31.65\00:27:36.89
this should be such
an encouragement to us
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.75
as we read it because
it talks about Jesus again.
00:27:38.79\00:27:42.49
Starting Acts 3:20, "And
he shall send Jesus Christ
00:27:42.52\00:27:47.43
which before was
preached unto you,
00:27:47.46\00:27:50.17
whom the heavens must receive
until the time of restitution
00:27:50.20\00:27:53.50
of all things
which God has spoken
00:27:53.54\00:27:56.10
by the mouth of
all the holy prophets
00:27:56.14\00:27:58.54
since the world began."
00:27:58.57\00:28:00.58
Hallelujah!
00:28:00.61\00:28:01.94
The hope, since the world
began is Jesus Christ, right?
00:28:01.98\00:28:05.28
Him coming, Him
living the life of perfection
00:28:05.31\00:28:08.25
and living the life of holiness,
00:28:08.28\00:28:10.09
and that we may
by the grace of God
00:28:10.12\00:28:11.89
make it to a
place called heaven.
00:28:11.92\00:28:15.09
Amen. That's assured to us.
00:28:15.12\00:28:16.76
You know, I like
it because it says
00:28:16.79\00:28:19.16
instead of before
was preached to you,
00:28:19.19\00:28:22.30
I jotted this down and
stood up before it was preached
00:28:22.33\00:28:25.63
the real reading of it says
should be who was appointed you
00:28:25.67\00:28:31.31
for the foundation of the world
00:28:31.34\00:28:32.67
there was
somebody appointed to you.
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.91
See, this was the
whole thing is laid,
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.64
is appointed to you
which was simply Jesus Christ.
00:28:36.68\00:28:39.25
So the plan of salvation
then was clear set in motion,
00:28:39.28\00:28:43.99
you know, from all eternity,
if I could put it that way.
00:28:44.02\00:28:46.45
We always say from
beginning, from all eternity
00:28:46.49\00:28:48.79
it was set in
place, it was sure.
00:28:48.82\00:28:52.46
And really and then you look at,
00:28:52.49\00:28:55.66
if it's fulfilled on
condition of obedience,
00:28:55.70\00:29:00.54
where there has to be
something on our part.
00:29:00.57\00:29:03.44
Now, will heaven be worth it?
00:29:03.47\00:29:05.41
If you prove from the
Bible that there is a heaven
00:29:05.44\00:29:08.01
and surely when you
read passage after passage,
00:29:08.04\00:29:11.08
after passage that
all these holy men of God,
00:29:11.11\00:29:14.28
these prophets that
we just read about here.
00:29:14.32\00:29:17.89
They spoke of a better place,
00:29:17.92\00:29:20.02
they spoke about
heaven, Jesus even said
00:29:20.06\00:29:22.96
which we won't get to that point
00:29:22.99\00:29:24.36
probably in one of
the passage, He says,
00:29:24.39\00:29:26.53
He told the thief on
the cross, you remember?
00:29:26.56\00:29:28.83
He called it, you
will be with me in...?
00:29:28.86\00:29:30.80
In paradise. Paradise.
00:29:30.83\00:29:32.17
He called heaven paradise. Yes.
00:29:32.20\00:29:33.84
So I think sometime I might say,
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.54
I'm lonesome for paradise.
00:29:35.57\00:29:38.47
I want to go to paradise.
00:29:38.51\00:29:39.84
I want to be there because
00:29:39.87\00:29:41.21
that's what Jesus
referred to as for heaven.
00:29:41.24\00:29:43.41
So if Jesus said
there's a heaven,
00:29:43.45\00:29:44.78
there must be a heaven.
00:29:44.81\00:29:46.15
You know, I like verse 21.
00:29:46.18\00:29:47.68
It's got a word in it. Okay.
00:29:47.72\00:29:49.32
In that word is
the time space word.
00:29:49.35\00:29:52.49
It's whom heaven must receive
00:29:52.52\00:29:54.02
and in Amplified it says retain.
00:29:54.06\00:29:56.19
That means keep, hold on to
00:29:56.22\00:29:58.76
and here's your
time space word until.
00:29:58.79\00:30:01.00
Until. Until.
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.46
Until has a beginning,
and it's got an ending.
00:30:02.50\00:30:06.70
So there is a time when heaven
will no longer keep hold on to,
00:30:06.74\00:30:12.64
there will be a
time of releasing.
00:30:12.67\00:30:14.94
Oh, and that's what
00:30:14.98\00:30:16.31
we're looking
forward to, isn't it?
00:30:16.34\00:30:17.68
Wow. Yes.
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
Because the disciples
saw him go back to heaven.
00:30:19.08\00:30:23.79
As you mentioned then
heaven then had to receive Him
00:30:23.82\00:30:26.82
and we don't say had to
but and held on as it were...
00:30:26.86\00:30:29.62
It's holding onto until...
00:30:29.66\00:30:31.36
Until the time that
he would come back again,
00:30:31.39\00:30:34.06
I thought how
interesting that is,
00:30:34.10\00:30:36.06
He remains in heaven
until the second coming
00:30:36.10\00:30:39.70
and then a
restitution, I've always...
00:30:39.73\00:30:43.57
It's encouraged me
and given me strength
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.57
over the years to say
00:30:45.61\00:30:47.18
there's going to
be a restitution,
00:30:47.21\00:30:49.34
a restoring of all thing.
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.05
He's going to put it
back just like it was.
00:30:52.08\00:30:55.48
I want to say even better,
like to just let me do it.
00:30:55.52\00:30:56.85
That's what that
word restore means.
00:30:56.89\00:30:59.19
If I restore a
piece of furniture,
00:30:59.22\00:31:01.16
what do I do to
that piece of furniture?
00:31:01.19\00:31:03.63
Make it back like
it was to start with.
00:31:03.66\00:31:06.86
So how was it in the beginning?
00:31:06.90\00:31:08.96
Pretty good
around here, wasn't it,
00:31:09.00\00:31:10.53
beginning in the Garden of Eden.
00:31:10.57\00:31:12.70
That's the restitution,
restoration of all things,
00:31:12.73\00:31:17.84
and it's going to be restored.
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.21
And it had to be good
00:31:19.24\00:31:21.51
because when God in
creation right, every day
00:31:21.54\00:31:24.05
when it was
done, what did He say?
00:31:24.08\00:31:25.48
He looked over and
He said, hmm, it's good.
00:31:25.51\00:31:29.58
Maybe not quite like
that but it was good.
00:31:29.62\00:31:31.62
It was perfect because it came
from the hand of the creator.
00:31:31.65\00:31:34.92
And He said, now the
enemy has taken this thing now
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.96
and Jesus came
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.33
and now He's
going to restore it,
00:31:38.36\00:31:39.69
bring it back.
00:31:39.73\00:31:41.06
It's going to be like it was.
So how it was in the beginning?
00:31:41.10\00:31:42.76
So we need to be looking at now.
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.13
Absolutely.
00:31:44.17\00:31:45.50
You know, I was
so blessed by the way
00:31:45.53\00:31:47.24
you both broke
those two verses down
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.67
because I read
them several times
00:31:49.70\00:31:51.61
and I didn't get out of them
00:31:51.64\00:31:53.11
what you just gave me
through the Spirit of God.
00:31:53.14\00:31:55.61
And as you were talking,
00:31:55.64\00:31:56.98
I, once again I was reminded
of Christ's love for us.
00:31:57.01\00:32:01.12
And that's what He is doing.
00:32:01.15\00:32:02.48
He is restoring us
00:32:02.52\00:32:04.02
so that we can
have a place in heaven.
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.95
You talked about obedience.
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.56
See there's no
disobedience in heaven,
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.92
sin will not
rise up a second time.
00:32:09.96\00:32:12.49
It cannot be there, so God is,
00:32:12.53\00:32:14.50
He's refining us like
that piece of furniture.
00:32:14.53\00:32:16.93
We are in that
fire of refinement
00:32:16.97\00:32:20.04
and He allows certain things
to mold and to break us down
00:32:20.07\00:32:22.97
and to get us back
to where we need to be,
00:32:23.00\00:32:25.77
so that we can be
citizens of the kingdom
00:32:25.81\00:32:28.64
possibly to replace
00:32:28.68\00:32:30.01
that third of
the angels that fell.
00:32:30.05\00:32:32.18
God is going to make
all things new again.
00:32:32.21\00:32:34.38
Did you know the
recovery part quickly?
00:32:34.42\00:32:36.22
We called in and J.D,
00:32:36.25\00:32:37.59
I'm sure is thinking
along this line each one.
00:32:37.62\00:32:39.49
When you say recovery,
00:32:39.52\00:32:40.86
really the first
thing goes in my mind,
00:32:40.89\00:32:42.22
I keep thinking about nature,
different things, recovery
00:32:42.26\00:32:45.16
but really it's
the recovery from sin.
00:32:45.19\00:32:48.46
Really when you think
about the main issue is what?
00:32:48.50\00:32:50.50
He's going to recover this world
00:32:50.53\00:32:53.00
and us from the bondage
00:32:53.03\00:32:55.94
that Satan has
put on us sin issue,
00:32:55.97\00:32:58.41
He's going to restore
00:32:58.44\00:32:59.77
and bring us back to that point.
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.14
So I think that's
good news, don't you?
00:33:01.18\00:33:02.94
I think it's wonderful news.
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.75
You know, it says
here, you know, it is what,
00:33:04.78\00:33:06.72
follow your compilation here
00:33:06.75\00:33:11.25
as we're looking forward
00:33:11.29\00:33:12.99
with joyous
anticipation to the day
00:33:13.02\00:33:14.96
when Jesus will return to earth.
00:33:14.99\00:33:17.43
Not as a man of sorrows
00:33:17.46\00:33:19.49
but as the King of
kings and Lord of lords.
00:33:19.53\00:33:22.20
Amen.
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.57
And in that day the dead
in Christ will rise then.
00:33:23.60\00:33:27.00
They will rise first
and then His followers
00:33:27.04\00:33:29.30
who are alive will
be changed in a moment,
00:33:29.34\00:33:31.07
in the twinkling of an eye
00:33:31.11\00:33:33.01
and then together
this redeemed company
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.94
now immortal will travel
00:33:34.98\00:33:36.44
through time and
space to the paradise
00:33:36.48\00:33:38.41
that we were talking
about, that God is promising,
00:33:38.45\00:33:41.92
the paradise of
God to heaven itself.
00:33:41.95\00:33:45.09
And so you know,
that's... That's hope.
00:33:45.12\00:33:49.99
And most
certainly is, it is hope.
00:33:50.03\00:33:52.13
And I mean, it's...
It's who we were born to be.
00:33:52.16\00:33:58.37
You know, that
was the original plan.
00:33:58.40\00:34:01.00
And I mean, as you know
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.37
that I'm certainly
looking forward to that.
00:34:02.40\00:34:04.64
In a moment, in a
twinkling of an eye
00:34:04.67\00:34:06.98
the dead shall rise first,
00:34:07.01\00:34:08.88
that's what comforts
us during times of sorrow.
00:34:08.91\00:34:12.18
And it's only just begun,
00:34:12.21\00:34:13.85
we're told that
there's going to be
00:34:13.88\00:34:15.22
a time of trouble that
this world has never seen,
00:34:15.25\00:34:17.85
and when you look
back, in fact for years,
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.99
I couldn't even
read the Book of Martyrs.
00:34:20.02\00:34:22.62
I would start to
read it and it just,
00:34:22.66\00:34:24.83
I was sick of what
people went through.
00:34:24.86\00:34:27.30
I do know a little bit
about that history and I stop
00:34:27.33\00:34:30.43
and think, how can it be worse
00:34:30.47\00:34:32.93
than anything this
world has ever experienced?
00:34:32.97\00:34:35.74
So we need to be clothed
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.94
with that robe of righteousness.
00:34:37.97\00:34:39.47
We need to be filled
completely with the spirit.
00:34:39.51\00:34:42.64
Empty totally of self.
00:34:42.68\00:34:44.95
You mentioned some time earlier
00:34:44.98\00:34:47.35
and I'm not
exactly sure what it was
00:34:47.38\00:34:48.78
but you said, you know,
will heaven be worth it?
00:34:48.82\00:34:51.12
That may have
been the exact words
00:34:51.15\00:34:52.89
and I couldn't find it
00:34:52.92\00:34:54.26
but I found it after
when brother was reading here.
00:34:54.29\00:34:57.29
I want to share this with you,
00:34:57.33\00:34:59.06
it says trials
cannot be recalled.
00:34:59.09\00:35:01.43
We tried to call
up our greatest trials
00:35:01.46\00:35:04.07
and I know, I know
we've already experienced
00:35:04.10\00:35:07.20
some that we think
how can it ever get worse?
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.67
But when we look at
other people many times
00:35:09.70\00:35:11.67
and I was
reminded as our secretary
00:35:11.71\00:35:14.64
who was facing death
a couple of years ago
00:35:14.68\00:35:16.64
and she would always
say, it could always be worse.
00:35:16.68\00:35:19.91
It could always be worse.
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.55
And so I remember that
as we suffer many times,
00:35:21.58\00:35:24.12
it can always be worse.
00:35:24.15\00:35:25.72
Amen.
00:35:25.75\00:35:27.56
But they look so small compared
to the far more exceeding
00:35:27.59\00:35:32.59
and eternal weight of
glory that surrounded us.
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.66
There you go
brother, imagine it the glory
00:35:35.70\00:35:39.27
that we could not speak of them,
00:35:39.30\00:35:40.77
you can't even
recall those horrible trials
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.71
and we all cried out hallelujah,
00:35:43.74\00:35:46.31
heaven is cheap enough.
00:35:46.34\00:35:48.34
And we touched our golden harps
and made heaven's arches ring.
00:35:48.38\00:35:52.18
There's going to be music
like you've never heard before.
00:35:52.21\00:35:56.38
The angels we're told, sometimes
00:35:56.42\00:35:57.92
they will strike a
note an octave higher.
00:35:57.95\00:36:01.16
It's beautiful.
00:36:01.19\00:36:02.96
It's all peace, it's harmony,
it's health, it's healing.
00:36:02.99\00:36:06.73
There's another place in
here maybe we'll find it.
00:36:06.76\00:36:09.56
Oh, here it is. No pain there.
00:36:09.60\00:36:13.00
Pain cannot exist in
the atmosphere of heaven.
00:36:13.03\00:36:17.87
And I've often told people
00:36:17.91\00:36:19.57
because there have been times
00:36:19.61\00:36:21.91
just to give a quick
example, I try to make it quick.
00:36:21.94\00:36:26.28
One year we were down in Florida
00:36:26.31\00:36:27.88
and during that week
00:36:27.92\00:36:29.25
we were to speak
at several churches.
00:36:29.28\00:36:31.25
His back went out and
his lower lumbar region
00:36:31.29\00:36:34.79
and the disc were swollen,
everything was inflamed.
00:36:34.82\00:36:38.53
We bought him a
big exercise ball,
00:36:38.56\00:36:41.13
he tried to lay
over that to sleep.
00:36:41.16\00:36:43.70
He would sleep no more than
one to two minutes at a time
00:36:43.73\00:36:46.97
through the night.
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.34
And it was horrible
and one church he got up,
00:36:48.37\00:36:52.37
he didn't complain
that time, he got up he went
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.94
and you would see his
body begin to straighten up,
00:36:54.98\00:36:58.58
and as the Holy Spirit
took over there was strength,
00:36:58.61\00:37:01.22
there was power
00:37:01.25\00:37:02.82
and then we'll go
and it would hit again.
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.55
And this went
on and the last one
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.36
was down in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.49
And we had called
Danny, we said Danny,
00:37:10.53\00:37:12.49
please pray with us.
00:37:12.53\00:37:14.30
He was at his end
of the room. Wet sand.
00:37:14.33\00:37:17.10
After a week of no
sleep and horrible pain,
00:37:17.13\00:37:20.70
we've been to
see a chiropractor,
00:37:20.74\00:37:22.40
we had tried everything we knew
00:37:22.44\00:37:24.74
and he prayed with Danny
00:37:24.77\00:37:28.04
and then he was
reading in this newspaper
00:37:28.08\00:37:30.58
and it said something
about wading out into the deep.
00:37:30.61\00:37:33.18
You see we have faith
when we can see what the water,
00:37:33.21\00:37:35.32
we can see the bottom.
00:37:35.35\00:37:36.85
You know, we can see when
our feet are on the bottom
00:37:36.89\00:37:39.09
but when you get out
00:37:39.12\00:37:40.46
and you can't see
the bottom anymore,
00:37:40.49\00:37:41.82
you gonna have faith,
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.19
there is not a shark
coming after you or something
00:37:43.22\00:37:44.89
that you don't want
in that water, right?
00:37:44.93\00:37:47.23
And so he knew that the next day
00:37:47.26\00:37:48.86
was going to be a big day
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.23
and he write there, it
says, okay, I don't know
00:37:50.27\00:37:52.80
but I'm just
going to have faith.
00:37:52.83\00:37:54.24
Literally he walked
into the church crippled.
00:37:54.27\00:37:57.27
You never seen
one, I'm doing this
00:37:57.31\00:37:58.97
because one shoulder
was harder than the other.
00:37:59.01\00:38:01.14
And we gathered
around with the elders
00:38:01.18\00:38:03.41
and some of the ladies
00:38:03.45\00:38:05.08
and the pastor we had prayer
00:38:05.11\00:38:06.92
but He walked
up like this again,
00:38:06.95\00:38:09.88
and once again the
Holy Spirit took control,
00:38:09.92\00:38:13.36
straightened up,
00:38:13.39\00:38:14.72
because there's
healing in His presence.
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.33
And we've
experienced that many times,
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.66
even this year many of you know,
00:38:19.69\00:38:21.16
you've been calling
him, you've been writing him
00:38:21.20\00:38:22.66
because he's been sick
and have been through a lot,
00:38:22.70\00:38:25.60
but when he's got up
to speak many, many times.
00:38:25.63\00:38:28.77
In fact it was just
not this past Sabbath,
00:38:28.80\00:38:30.54
Sabbath before he got up
00:38:30.57\00:38:31.91
and he had had a real
bad week with fibrillation
00:38:31.94\00:38:34.44
and he, when he got up,
00:38:34.48\00:38:35.81
it's just the Holy Spirit
00:38:35.84\00:38:37.18
took over in health and healing.
00:38:37.21\00:38:39.65
And when he got done, I said,
you were just fibbing to us.
00:38:39.68\00:38:44.02
No, it was really I understood
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.72
because he was in
the presence of God.
00:38:45.75\00:38:48.19
And so that's what
it's talking about here.
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.86
Pain cannot exist in
the atmosphere of God.
00:38:50.89\00:38:54.60
There will be no more
tears, no funeral trains,
00:38:54.63\00:38:57.20
no badges of mourning.
00:38:57.23\00:38:58.73
There'll be no more death
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:38:58.77\00:39:01.30
for the former
things are passed away.
00:39:01.34\00:39:03.64
The inhabited
shall say I am sick.
00:39:03.67\00:39:06.11
The people that dwell there in
00:39:06.14\00:39:08.68
shall be
forgiven their inequity.
00:39:08.71\00:39:10.81
And that's important too.
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.45
Remember Jesus, when He
looked at the crippled boy
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.28
that came down out of the roof.
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.85
He didn't say
rise up, take your bed.
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.26
Right away He says,
"Thy sins be forgiven".
00:39:20.29\00:39:22.19
Amen. Amen.
00:39:22.22\00:39:23.63
It's important. Amen.
00:39:23.66\00:39:25.43
Amen. Yeah.
00:39:25.46\00:39:26.80
No condemnation.
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.83
Oh, I love that.
That's the big one there.
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.20
No condemnation.
Tell us about that one?
00:39:31.23\00:39:34.14
So you do have that
freedom, you know, just...
00:39:34.17\00:39:39.87
I like this one
right here. Full of joy.
00:39:39.91\00:39:44.05
Heaven it says
will be full of joy,
00:39:44.08\00:39:46.85
it resounds with
the praises of him
00:39:46.88\00:39:48.58
who made so wonderful sacrifice
00:39:48.62\00:39:51.05
for the
redemption of the human race.
00:39:51.09\00:39:53.52
So in other words, he's saying,
00:39:53.56\00:39:54.89
should not the church
on earth be full of praise,
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.86
should not Christians
publish throughout the world,
00:39:57.89\00:40:00.36
the joy of serving Jesus.
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.36
Talking of
heavens, yes, you know.
00:40:02.40\00:40:04.77
I mean, that's...
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.70
Those who in heaven join
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.04
with the angelic choir
in their anthem are praised,
00:40:09.07\00:40:12.67
must learn on
earth the song of heaven.
00:40:12.71\00:40:16.95
The keynote of
which is Thanksgiving.
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.91
You know, that's...
00:40:19.95\00:40:22.05
Being a non
singer who loves to sing.
00:40:22.08\00:40:25.49
All right. I'm
with you, Brother.
00:40:25.52\00:40:26.86
Well, that's one of those things
00:40:26.89\00:40:28.22
that catches my attention.
00:40:28.26\00:40:30.03
I'll forever be
grateful to Danny,
00:40:30.06\00:40:33.43
because Danny has that
ability and Mollie does too.
00:40:33.46\00:40:37.13
They've seen potential in people
00:40:37.17\00:40:38.87
that sometimes you
don't see in yourself.
00:40:38.90\00:40:41.07
So, you know
caver in everything,
00:40:41.10\00:40:44.11
we were given the opportunity,
you know to be able to sing,
00:40:44.14\00:40:47.44
and that's big time choir stuff.
00:40:47.48\00:40:50.35
You know, it's kind of
like okay, thank you Jesus,
00:40:50.38\00:40:52.81
you know I don't deserve
to be here, but thank you.
00:40:52.85\00:40:55.72
And so it was
fun to be involved,
00:40:55.75\00:40:58.49
because on both sides
of us we had real singers.
00:40:58.52\00:41:02.69
And you just kind
of got covered up,
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.86
but then he's talking
about here the day will come,
00:41:04.89\00:41:08.40
when you don't
have to have someone
00:41:08.43\00:41:11.30
singing that can really sing,
00:41:11.33\00:41:12.97
they've got their microphone on,
00:41:13.00\00:41:15.00
you know where yours
may not be turned down.
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.97
I'm looking
forward to that. Amen.
00:41:18.01\00:41:20.78
Because and my...
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.14
And my mother was a
very talented singer and so,
00:41:22.18\00:41:28.15
but none of us kids got that,
00:41:28.18\00:41:30.32
you know, got that
gift or it never was.
00:41:30.35\00:41:33.62
We never got to use it anyway.
00:41:33.66\00:41:35.72
So that's something
00:41:35.76\00:41:37.09
that I've always say
everything's got angelic choir
00:41:37.13\00:41:39.66
has always caught my attention.
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.03
Amen. Amen.
00:41:41.06\00:41:42.40
Because sometimes
music can touch the heart
00:41:42.43\00:41:45.10
the way sermons
and teachings cannot.
00:41:45.13\00:41:48.74
There is just
something about it.
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.61
But I do believe
they need to work together
00:41:50.64\00:41:52.37
and often I'm in the
same boat as you are,
00:41:52.41\00:41:54.61
and I'll look at somebody,
some of our good friends,
00:41:54.64\00:41:56.64
I say when I get to
the kingdom of heaven,
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.25
I'm going to be able to do that.
00:41:58.28\00:41:59.75
I would be able
to play that piano.
00:41:59.78\00:42:01.38
I'm going to be
able to sing like that,
00:42:01.42\00:42:03.59
and we look forward
to those joyous time.
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.52
You know we're all
going to be singing
00:42:06.55\00:42:08.26
this song of the redeemed.
00:42:08.29\00:42:09.86
He mentioned earlier
Jesus being able to touch me.
00:42:09.89\00:42:13.33
You know, I was
reading in preparation,
00:42:13.36\00:42:15.03
and I don't have
that quote with me,
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.87
but as right before we go into
the kingdom I believe it was,
00:42:16.90\00:42:20.60
and we were all
joined into the city,
00:42:20.64\00:42:23.61
all joined in the square
00:42:23.64\00:42:24.97
and Jesus Himself goes and
puts the crown on your head,
00:42:25.01\00:42:30.58
Himself to unnumbered torn souls
00:42:30.61\00:42:35.02
puts the crown on your head.
00:42:35.05\00:42:37.05
And I thought how
long will that take,
00:42:37.09\00:42:40.42
but however long it will be joy.
00:42:40.46\00:42:44.49
I remember a
pastor years ago said,
00:42:44.53\00:42:46.59
I don't care if
I'm a door stopper.
00:42:46.63\00:42:49.16
I just want to
be in the kingdom.
00:42:49.20\00:42:50.97
Amen. Amen.
00:42:51.00\00:42:52.33
You know, we're talking
about heaven, is it real?
00:42:52.37\00:42:56.91
And to we that
have that blessed hope,
00:42:56.94\00:42:59.94
the hope of His soon coming.
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.11
Yes. Yeah.
00:43:02.14\00:43:03.48
It's real to us,
we know heaven's real.
00:43:03.51\00:43:06.65
But my heart
just gone out to those
00:43:06.68\00:43:11.55
that it's not a reality to.
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.86
Have you ever heard someone say,
00:43:14.89\00:43:16.76
"I won't go to heaven."
00:43:16.79\00:43:18.46
And you know they're not in
right relationship with God.
00:43:18.49\00:43:20.70
Oh yes.
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.06
But they think, oh, God,
would never send anybody,
00:43:22.10\00:43:25.20
like God and God doesn't.
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.40
We do it to
ourselves. That's right.
00:43:27.44\00:43:29.20
But I wanted to read a Scripture
00:43:29.24\00:43:32.34
and it's 2 Thessalonians 1:9,
00:43:32.37\00:43:38.01
"These shall be punished
with everlasting destruction
00:43:38.05\00:43:43.18
from the presence of the Lord,
00:43:43.22\00:43:44.72
and from the
glory of his power."
00:43:44.75\00:43:47.16
Now I wanted to
read this to you,
00:43:47.19\00:43:49.69
and this is from
Sister White's writings.
00:43:49.72\00:43:53.60
It says, "The
sinner could not be happy
00:43:53.63\00:43:57.13
in God's presence.
00:43:57.17\00:43:58.97
See and does God
want any to be lost.
00:43:59.00\00:44:02.94
He's made provision so
that none should be lost.
00:44:02.97\00:44:07.01
Everybody has free access
00:44:07.04\00:44:09.84
into the very
presence of almighty God.
00:44:09.88\00:44:13.42
What Christ strode
out for us at Calvary
00:44:13.45\00:44:16.69
wasn't just for Pastor
Kenny or Sister Chris or J.D.
00:44:16.72\00:44:21.36
it was for every
inhabitant person,
00:44:21.39\00:44:26.03
it's for you.
00:44:26.06\00:44:27.60
Salvation and this
promise of an eternity
00:44:27.63\00:44:31.60
in the presence of God.
00:44:31.63\00:44:33.13
This heaven we're
talking about, it's for you.
00:44:33.17\00:44:36.50
I want to finish reading
this, talking about the sinner.
00:44:36.54\00:44:40.58
He would shrink
00:44:40.61\00:44:42.14
from the
companionship of holy beings.
00:44:42.18\00:44:45.81
Could he be
permitted to enter heaven,
00:44:45.85\00:44:49.22
it would have no joy for him.
00:44:49.25\00:44:51.72
The spirit of unselfish love.
Oh, do we thank God for that.
00:44:51.75\00:44:55.99
The law of heaven and earth,
00:44:56.02\00:44:57.79
the spirit of self
sacrificing love only
00:44:57.83\00:45:00.66
in the person of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:45:00.70\00:45:03.43
"That reigns there,
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.83
every heart responding to
the heart of infinite love,
00:45:04.87\00:45:09.30
would touch no answering
chord in that sinner soul.
00:45:09.34\00:45:14.21
His thoughts, his interest,
his motives would be alien
00:45:14.24\00:45:19.28
to those that actuate
the sinless dwellers there.
00:45:19.31\00:45:23.95
He would be a discordant
note in the melody of heaven.
00:45:23.99\00:45:29.09
Heaven would be to
him a place of torture."
00:45:29.12\00:45:35.10
So that's those that
haven't made Jesus Christ
00:45:35.13\00:45:38.80
the Lord of their life,
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.17
those that haven't
accepted salvation,
00:45:40.20\00:45:42.80
this free gift
00:45:42.84\00:45:44.64
that from the very
foundation of the earth
00:45:44.67\00:45:48.41
the Lord made a way for you
00:45:48.44\00:45:51.18
to have right
relationship with God.
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.58
So our hearts cry.
00:45:53.62\00:45:55.02
Oh, we're talking about heaven,
and the reality of heaven,
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.72
and how real it is to us.
00:45:58.75\00:46:00.66
And how real it is to those
in right relationship with God.
00:46:00.69\00:46:04.39
We want to be just
as well for you too.
00:46:04.43\00:46:07.00
Amen. Amen.
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.76
You know and just, and thinking
along that, have you ever,
00:46:08.80\00:46:12.00
and I'm sure
everybody has here at the table,
00:46:12.03\00:46:13.87
you've met people,
00:46:13.90\00:46:15.50
that you want to
talk about Jesus to them.
00:46:15.54\00:46:19.07
They have no interest whatsoever
00:46:19.11\00:46:21.24
and pretty soon
their feet are shuffling,
00:46:21.28\00:46:23.48
their heads looking over here,
00:46:23.51\00:46:25.25
they're
reaching for their phone,
00:46:25.28\00:46:27.02
they're doing
something over here,
00:46:27.05\00:46:28.58
they never make eye contact.
00:46:28.62\00:46:31.09
It just let you know that
00:46:31.12\00:46:32.45
they have at that
point in their life
00:46:32.49\00:46:33.96
they have no interest in heaven.
00:46:33.99\00:46:37.23
And really what you are
saying to them about Jesus
00:46:37.26\00:46:40.36
and accepting Him,
00:46:40.40\00:46:41.73
is kind of like a
little bit of torture
00:46:41.76\00:46:43.90
like the pan stove on the
fire just a little bit here
00:46:43.93\00:46:46.50
because they're
kind of wiggling around,
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.47
and they can't wait
00:46:48.50\00:46:50.17
to have some kind of
excuse come in their mind
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.04
so they can get out there.
00:46:52.07\00:46:53.44
But you're planting
seeds that will start planting.
00:46:53.48\00:46:54.81
You got to keep planting.
00:46:54.84\00:46:56.18
No, keeping planting the seed,
00:46:56.21\00:46:57.55
but you can kind of see
it in the physical here.
00:46:57.58\00:46:59.65
Even in this world that people
00:46:59.68\00:47:01.42
who don't have a love for Jesus.
00:47:01.45\00:47:03.65
You can see them
starting to really,
00:47:03.69\00:47:05.62
they don't want to be
in the presence of it,
00:47:05.65\00:47:07.22
they don't want
to hear about it,
00:47:07.26\00:47:08.59
they don't want
to talk about it,
00:47:08.62\00:47:09.96
they don't have time.
00:47:09.99\00:47:11.33
So this really goes in harmony
00:47:11.36\00:47:12.69
with I was talking
about the end results,
00:47:12.73\00:47:14.06
they just won't
be happy in heaven.
00:47:14.10\00:47:15.43
And that's why 3ABN exists,
00:47:15.46\00:47:17.93
that's why
Behold the Lamb exists,
00:47:17.97\00:47:19.40
that's why so many ministries,
that's why we have given up
00:47:19.43\00:47:22.67
the things of this
world to work in ministry
00:47:22.70\00:47:25.67
because we want to
reach souls for the kingdom.
00:47:25.71\00:47:28.64
We want you to wake up and
say, Jesus, I want to know Him.
00:47:28.68\00:47:33.45
How do I find
out more about Him?
00:47:33.48\00:47:35.38
Heaven, is it really real? I
want to know more about that.
00:47:35.42\00:47:39.75
You know if they can
contact me in some way,
00:47:39.79\00:47:41.69
I'll be happy to even
send them a copy of these notes
00:47:41.72\00:47:44.63
because we want
to share these things
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.49
with anyone, anywhere, anytime.
00:47:46.53\00:47:49.66
And the quote right under
what you just read, it says,
00:47:49.70\00:47:53.57
"It is no arbitrary
decree on the part of God
00:47:53.60\00:47:56.84
that excludes the
wicked from heaven."
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.64
He didn't do that arbitrary. No!
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.24
He loves everyone, He is
calling every one of you,
00:48:01.28\00:48:05.48
just as He's calling us,
to accept Him into your heart,
00:48:05.51\00:48:09.62
and accept the
free gift of salvation
00:48:09.65\00:48:12.52
He has for you.
00:48:12.55\00:48:14.46
It reads on, it says,
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.89
"Unfortunately they are shut out
00:48:16.93\00:48:20.06
by their own
unfitness for its companionship.
00:48:20.10\00:48:23.87
The glory of God would be
to them a consuming fire."
00:48:23.90\00:48:28.50
You know as we read in
Scripture as the second coming,
00:48:28.54\00:48:31.54
you've got the wicked
that are crying for the rocks
00:48:31.57\00:48:34.41
to fall on them
00:48:34.44\00:48:35.78
because they feel
this consuming fire burning
00:48:35.81\00:48:38.55
throughout their
body and they want to die.
00:48:38.58\00:48:42.35
They would welcome destruction
that they might be hidden
00:48:42.38\00:48:45.69
from the face of
Him, who died to redeem.
00:48:45.72\00:48:48.19
In other words,
there's two choices.
00:48:48.22\00:48:50.53
You have the
choice to accept Jesus,
00:48:50.56\00:48:53.16
and He's already given us
the end of the story, He says,
00:48:53.19\00:48:56.53
if you choose not to
this will be your lot.
00:48:56.56\00:49:01.24
But if you choose me,
heaven will be your home
00:49:01.27\00:49:04.97
because it is real.
00:49:05.01\00:49:07.04
And, you know, and there may
be people out there right now
00:49:07.08\00:49:09.41
that are saying, well,
00:49:09.44\00:49:10.78
I want to know
who that Jesus is?
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.28
What do I need to do?
00:49:12.31\00:49:14.72
You know, it's
really very simple.
00:49:14.75\00:49:17.79
Jesus, come into my heart. Amen.
00:49:17.82\00:49:20.29
I want to know who you are.
00:49:20.32\00:49:22.46
I gave you permission
to impress upon my heart
00:49:22.49\00:49:25.69
who you are, Jesus.
00:49:25.73\00:49:27.06
Why don't you have a
prayer for them right now?
00:49:27.10\00:49:28.83
I'll be happy to.
00:49:28.86\00:49:30.20
And may be they
will pray along with us
00:49:30.23\00:49:31.57
and pray this prayer with you.
00:49:31.60\00:49:32.93
Amen. Amen.
00:49:32.97\00:49:34.30
"Father, as we come together
right now in the name of Jesus,
00:49:34.34\00:49:36.50
Father.
00:49:36.54\00:49:39.01
There is no greater peace
00:49:39.04\00:49:42.61
than to know that
we're free indeed,
00:49:42.64\00:49:45.41
and free indeed, Lord,
00:49:45.45\00:49:46.78
to be able to
receive the promises
00:49:46.82\00:49:50.29
that you are freely giving.
00:49:50.32\00:49:52.95
And so, Father, as
we come before you,
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.12
Father, if we don't know
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.99
as much as we
think we should know.
00:49:57.03\00:49:59.79
Father, we're just asking
Lord to make it plain to us.
00:49:59.83\00:50:02.26
Amen.
00:50:02.30\00:50:03.63
Father, simplify it,
00:50:03.67\00:50:05.00
so that we know that
we are hearing from You.
00:50:05.03\00:50:08.57
Father, we don't have
to understand everything
00:50:08.60\00:50:11.17
but, Father, we
just want to know
00:50:11.21\00:50:12.97
that what we're
receiving from You is a start,
00:50:13.01\00:50:18.51
just the baby steps, Lord.
00:50:18.55\00:50:20.78
And, Father, so as
we just plead, beg,
00:50:20.82\00:50:26.65
Father, that we're just sick
00:50:26.69\00:50:28.02
and tired of
being sick and tired.
00:50:28.06\00:50:31.53
That, Father, we want
something that's better,
00:50:31.56\00:50:34.33
something that's
new, something, Lord,
00:50:34.36\00:50:36.93
that would put a
smile on our face
00:50:36.97\00:50:38.80
and peace in our heart.
00:50:38.83\00:50:40.57
And, Father, that when we
come to the T in the road,
00:50:40.60\00:50:43.81
we will know which way to turn.
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.31
We don't have to sit and
wonder and just flip a coin
00:50:45.34\00:50:49.58
but, Father, that You through
00:50:49.61\00:50:51.55
the Holy Spirit will impress us.
00:50:51.58\00:50:53.78
And, Father, just
give us that feeling
00:50:53.82\00:50:58.29
that we know
that's coming from You.
00:50:58.32\00:51:00.82
So, Father, we love
You and we thank You
00:51:00.86\00:51:03.16
and we plead, Lord,
00:51:03.19\00:51:05.29
that You will indeed
00:51:05.33\00:51:06.66
make that
difference in our lives.
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.03
Yes, Lord. Amen.
00:51:08.06\00:51:09.40
We're turning it over to
you, in the name of Jesus.
00:51:09.43\00:51:11.70
Amen. Amen.
00:51:11.73\00:51:13.60
And you know if,
00:51:13.64\00:51:16.14
if you're one of the ones
00:51:16.17\00:51:18.14
that asked the Lord
Jesus Christ into your heart,
00:51:18.17\00:51:21.24
then if that prayer that J.D,
00:51:21.28\00:51:23.11
just prayed for you was for you,
00:51:23.14\00:51:26.51
then you need to tell somebody,
00:51:26.55\00:51:29.98
you need to do
something about it.
00:51:30.02\00:51:31.59
You know, this
is Friday evening,
00:51:31.62\00:51:35.89
this is the
beginning of the Sabbath.
00:51:35.92\00:51:37.96
We're welcoming in the Sabbath.
Do you know what tomorrow is?
00:51:37.99\00:51:41.93
Tomorrow is our
day of worship. Yes.
00:51:41.96\00:51:45.80
And I would expect there is
a Seventh-day Adventist church
00:51:45.83\00:51:50.24
in your community, in your town.
00:51:50.27\00:51:52.84
You need to go
find you a local church
00:51:52.87\00:51:56.04
to become attached to.
00:51:56.08\00:51:58.58
You and everyone of
us need a church family.
00:51:58.61\00:52:02.12
A church we can be planted
and put our roots down in,
00:52:02.15\00:52:05.75
draw
nourishment from that church
00:52:05.79\00:52:08.02
and grow up into
the things of the Lord.
00:52:08.06\00:52:12.13
So don't just sit
there and thank God
00:52:12.16\00:52:15.43
she accepted Jesus
that you have reached out
00:52:15.46\00:52:18.13
able to make it
more with your life,
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.30
but now let's
become a part of a family.
00:52:20.34\00:52:24.27
Become part of a
congregation of believers
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.51
that will nourish
you, they'll help you,
00:52:27.54\00:52:29.51
they'll encourage you.
00:52:29.54\00:52:31.11
Amen. Amen.
00:52:31.15\00:52:32.48
And they can call 3ABN
and speak with brother.
00:52:32.51\00:52:35.82
Yes, Pastor J.D. and
the other pastoral staff
00:52:35.85\00:52:39.19
and they can say
during that family worship
00:52:39.22\00:52:41.79
I accepted Jesus,
and we'll help them.
00:52:41.82\00:52:44.93
You know because if we
look at it from Scripture
00:52:44.96\00:52:47.70
which we should is that
00:52:47.73\00:52:49.36
we'll either be
inside those walls
00:52:49.40\00:52:52.27
or outside those walls.
00:52:52.30\00:52:54.57
It doesn't matter who it is
or what people might think of
00:52:54.60\00:52:57.14
who they are.
00:52:57.17\00:52:58.51
One or the other
the choice will be
00:52:58.54\00:52:59.97
when he comes
back the second time
00:53:00.01\00:53:01.54
will be in of the,
actually the third coming.
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.25
He comes and hit the walls
00:53:04.28\00:53:05.61
and the wicked
surround that city
00:53:05.65\00:53:08.72
and, you know, people
will try to say, well,
00:53:08.75\00:53:10.92
we won't know who, I'm convinced
00:53:10.95\00:53:13.32
that those inside
the walls will know those
00:53:13.36\00:53:15.66
who are outside the walls.
00:53:15.69\00:53:18.06
And Lord have mercy.
00:53:18.09\00:53:20.83
It may be mom or
daddy or our children
00:53:20.86\00:53:23.43
or whatever it might be.
00:53:23.47\00:53:24.80
I believe we're going
to be well aware of that,
00:53:24.83\00:53:27.70
and so what we
need to do now is what?
00:53:27.74\00:53:29.80
Strive that they make
the changes necessary now.
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.54
I've heard one person
say, doesn't go to church,
00:53:33.58\00:53:35.28
doesn't care whether he
goes to heaven or not just,
00:53:35.31\00:53:37.68
well, I'm just
good as you and I'm
00:53:37.71\00:53:39.05
as good as everybody else.
00:53:39.08\00:53:40.48
And says, don't be,
try to be as good as me,
00:53:40.52\00:53:42.35
well I'm not any good.
00:53:42.38\00:53:44.19
We want to be like Jesus.
00:53:44.22\00:53:46.35
This is what it's
all about at home.
00:53:46.39\00:53:48.02
So He's our
target, He's our objective.
00:53:48.06\00:53:50.99
And so I encourage
people to look to Him.
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.26
It's one or the other
and it can definitely be,
00:53:53.29\00:53:57.27
you know, when
Peter was going down
00:53:57.30\00:53:59.50
how he said was what?
00:53:59.53\00:54:01.17
Jesus.
00:54:01.20\00:54:02.67
I supposed I think
he said, help me, Jesus.
00:54:02.70\00:54:05.17
That was help, was
right there on the way
00:54:05.21\00:54:07.21
and so this is
what we're looking at.
00:54:07.24\00:54:08.91
Help is on your
way, it's been prayed,
00:54:08.94\00:54:11.01
it's been witness to,
00:54:11.05\00:54:12.38
it's been agreed
upon two or three
00:54:12.41\00:54:13.75
to touch and agreed upon it.
00:54:13.78\00:54:15.45
And I really
believe by the grace of God,
00:54:15.48\00:54:16.82
there's been those who
accepted Christ right now.
00:54:16.85\00:54:18.82
And said I don't want
to be outside those walls.
00:54:18.85\00:54:20.19
Amen.
00:54:20.22\00:54:21.56
I don't want to be destroyed...
Can I read this real quick?
00:54:21.59\00:54:23.93
Just think of stepping on
shore and finding it heaven,
00:54:23.96\00:54:27.96
just think of
taking hold of the hand
00:54:28.00\00:54:29.90
in finding it's God's hand,
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.13
just think of breathing new
air and finding it heavenly air,
00:54:32.17\00:54:36.57
just think of
feeling invigorated
00:54:36.60\00:54:38.57
and finding it immortality.
00:54:38.61\00:54:40.64
Amen.
00:54:40.68\00:54:42.01
Just think of passing from storm
00:54:42.04\00:54:43.71
and temptest to
an unbroken calm.
00:54:43.75\00:54:47.18
And just think of
waking up and finding at home.
00:54:47.22\00:54:50.99
Amen. I am loving this study.
00:54:51.02\00:54:54.69
And I want to share a
few verses of Scripture.
00:54:54.72\00:54:57.56
Write these down if
you've never read them before.
00:54:57.59\00:54:59.59
Revelation, 21:1:7.
00:54:59.63\00:55:03.10
This is what John
the Revelator was given
00:55:03.13\00:55:05.43
and he wrote it just for you.
00:55:05.47\00:55:07.64
And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
00:55:07.67\00:55:10.84
for the first
heaven and the first earth
00:55:10.87\00:55:12.87
were passed away and
there was no more sea,
00:55:12.91\00:55:15.91
and I John, saw the holy city,
00:55:15.94\00:55:18.45
New Jerusalem coming
down from God out of heaven,
00:55:18.48\00:55:21.68
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband,
00:55:21.72\00:55:24.65
and I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
00:55:24.69\00:55:27.49
oh, can you wait
to hear this voice,
00:55:27.52\00:55:29.82
behold the
tabernacle of God is with men
00:55:29.86\00:55:33.43
and he will dwell with them
and they shall be his people
00:55:33.46\00:55:36.87
and God himself
shall be with them
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.43
and be their God
00:55:39.47\00:55:40.94
and God shall wipe away
all tears, all your tears,
00:55:40.97\00:55:44.31
brothers and
sisters from their eyes
00:55:44.34\00:55:46.68
and there should
be no more death,
00:55:46.71\00:55:48.34
neither sorrow, no crying,
00:55:48.38\00:55:50.21
neither shall
there be any more pain
00:55:50.25\00:55:51.91
for the former
things are passed away.
00:55:51.95\00:55:54.55
And he that sat on
the throne said, behold,
00:55:54.58\00:55:56.95
I make all things new
and he said unto to me,
00:55:56.99\00:55:59.75
right for these words
are true and faithful.
00:55:59.79\00:56:03.79
You can build your faith
upon this rock of foundation.
00:56:03.83\00:56:07.90
And he said unto
to me it is done,
00:56:07.93\00:56:10.10
I am the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
00:56:10.13\00:56:13.50
I given to him that is a thirst
00:56:13.54\00:56:15.94
of the fountain of
water of life free.
00:56:15.97\00:56:18.97
I'm getting thirsty. Amen.
00:56:19.01\00:56:20.58
Yeah, I'm getting
thirsty. Have that blessed hope.
00:56:20.61\00:56:24.61
That thing encourages us
00:56:24.65\00:56:26.01
that the coming of Jesus
is near even at the door.
00:56:26.05\00:56:28.45
We've got about a minute left.
00:56:28.48\00:56:29.98
Sister Mollie, can you
give us just a quick thought
00:56:30.02\00:56:31.95
and then J.D?
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.32
And he who overcomes
shall inherit all things.
00:56:33.36\00:56:35.22
Amen. Amen.
00:56:35.26\00:56:38.03
There's something to it, right?
00:56:38.06\00:56:39.49
Yes, some obedience
here as though overcomer.
00:56:39.53\00:56:42.03
That's a promise.
00:56:42.06\00:56:43.67
You know, what I'd like to thank
00:56:43.70\00:56:45.03
that we should have a yearning
in our heart for heaven itself.
00:56:45.07\00:56:51.34
You know, where we will
have our brothers and sisters.
00:56:51.37\00:56:54.11
And we look forward to
our family members there.
00:56:54.14\00:56:56.64
Thank you, Jesus.
00:56:56.68\00:56:58.01
Amen. Amen.
00:56:58.05\00:56:59.38
And you know, the
Lord says, Mama says,
00:56:59.41\00:57:01.75
I'll give you the
desires of your heart.
00:57:01.78\00:57:04.09
So if that's your desire
00:57:04.12\00:57:05.55
that you want
heaven to be your home,
00:57:05.59\00:57:07.86
guaranteed the price
is already been paid,
00:57:07.89\00:57:10.93
guaranteed that Jesus'
blood will cover all your past.
00:57:10.96\00:57:15.16
He's going to make a
new creature out of you.
00:57:15.20\00:57:16.80
It's guaranteed
based upon the Word of God.
00:57:16.83\00:57:20.34
Be sure this is desire,
hang on Jesus is coming soon.
00:57:20.37\00:57:23.61
Amen.
00:57:23.64\00:57:24.97
He does anything and
everything to witness to Him.
00:57:25.01\00:57:28.11
So until next time, friends,
00:57:28.14\00:57:29.71
may our precious Lord continue
to richly bless, you and yours.
00:57:29.74\00:57:34.38
Amen. Amen.
00:57:34.42\00:57:35.92