I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN's Family Worship.
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I'm Chris Shelton
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along with my
husband Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Happy Sabbath.
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We're so thankful that
you have chosen to join us
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to welcoming the Sabbath.
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And around our table tonight,
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we have some
wonderful guests, Pastor Kenny.
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Yes, we do.
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Over to your right
is a lovely couple,
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and it's Don and Janelle.
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Owen, I almost said some,
I think I'm going to anyway.
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Before we started the camera,
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he said he wished he
had grey hair already
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and I was like, "What?
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Wait a minute."
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And JD chimed in and said,
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"It's going to
happen soon enough."
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Yes.
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But, you know,
at least we can say,
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with all of us here,
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you're the young couple here
and we're so happy to have you.
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Glad to be here. Babies. Uh-oh.
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Tell us what you
do here at 3ABN, Don?
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I work in the
pastoral department
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upstairs part-time
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and also do Bible
work for our church
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and also do
addiction recovery in prison
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and outside in a
community so we're busy,
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and we're also
mentoring young couples
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and married couples so...
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That is a blessing.
It's very important.
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Yeah,
especially right now. Yeah.
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And, Janelle, I know you have
a special work here at 3ABN.
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Tell us what you do?
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I help in the
publishing department
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and that runs a gamut of
a lot of different projects.
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We work on the World
Magazine, all the social media,
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the websites, anything
printed, we do it all of that.
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I'd love to have you at BTLM.
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She does an
excellent job with graphics.
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It's awesome.
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She...
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Now you have to
explain what BTLM is.
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Oh, Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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Hopefully, people remember
and they might see it up there
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on the screen,
Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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And to my left
is some wonderful,
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some of my favorite people
Sister Shelley and JD Quinn.
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Sister Shelley,
what do you do at 3ABN?
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I know that's going to be tough
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to come up with
something, right?
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My official title is
program development manager
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and I just do what I'm asked.
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That's it, lot of
hats, I understand that.
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And, Brother JD.
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Yes, I'm fortunate to be working
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at pastoral department.
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That's beautiful.
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That is a fantastic opportunity
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to share Jesus
in the market place.
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Yes.
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And we talk to...
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Don and I are peers together
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and it is an absolute
honor to represent God.
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People all over
this world are calling in
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because they have
breaking hearts...
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Yes.
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And we have the
opportunity to talk with them,
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to pray with them,
and to share Scripture.
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I mean, it's wow. It's awesome.
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In a way that's like
being on the frontline
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because that's where people call
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and they connect
with your offices,
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beautiful.
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That's heavy. That's heavy.
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I can say that's a heavy job
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because, you
know, the people call,
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they have problems
and they need someone
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to help them and point them
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to Scripture,
point them to Jesus.
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And if you're like I am,
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after some time
in two or three hours
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or so, used to four, five hours,
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I guess it'd be pretty heavy,
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you have to remember
who's holding you up,
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you know, you have to
remember the ones in charge.
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I know this,
it's quite hard work.
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I remember Hal Steenson,
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he was in the
pastoral department
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when he was here and he
called it trauma center.
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Wow. Yeah.
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That's a perfect
description right there
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because there is trauma
that's going on at all times.
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Yes.
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And today, we're fighting
so much spiritual warfare.
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Yeah.
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Oh, my,
increasing, it's increasing.
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So this is time.
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Well, this evening we're
going to talk a little bit
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about that spiritual warfare.
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Our study is entitled,
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"When heaven
calls, don't hesitate."
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And this is part two.
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We did part one,
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there were just
four of us at that time.
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Don and Janelle had joined us.
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And we have been so
blessed to receive your letters
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and text
messages and I don't know
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if we've had any phone calls.
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I think maybe we did have
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a few phone calls
as well over that.
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So we're praying
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and we've got to
pray again tonight
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with you at home
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that the Lord will continue
to bless us with His Spirit
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as we get into
part two of this study.
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Pastor Kenny, would
you have a prayer for us?
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I think we should pray, right.
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I'm going to invite you at home
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to be sure and
pray along with us.
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It's an opportunity to go
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to the throne
room of God, right?
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By faith,
knowing that He will hear
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and that He will answer
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and good time to
write fellowship together
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and also
fellowship with one another
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and with all of heaven.
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Let's pray, shall we?
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Our kind and
gracious Heavenly Father,
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we do thank You
for another Sabbath.
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We thank You for
Your sweet Spirit,
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we just thank You that
we have a God in heaven
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who cares for each
and every one of us
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like there's no
other on this planet
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know that's a special love.
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Thank You for the love letter
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that You've left
to us in the form
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we call the Bible.
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Tonight as we open
these lovely beautiful pages,
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these inspiring
pages of Your Word,
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we pray for the
Holy Spirit power.
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Lord, we just feel so unworthy
that we just cannot understand
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these on our own at
all, we need your help.
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Please send that
special Holy Spirit right now
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to illuminate
these beautiful things
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as we discuss them.
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You already know
what's going to be said,
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You already know the
decision going to be made,
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and You already
know all of these things,
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but, Lord, we're coming
to You in faith believing
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that Your Word
would not return void...
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Amen.
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That as this message
goes out and to study tonight,
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our hearts will be
turned towards You.
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Those who have, oh,
they've been hesitating,
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they've just
hesitated and hesitated,
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they have not fully accepted You
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as Lord and Savior.
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May the thought be
brought out tonight,
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probation is soon to
close, Jesus is soon to come.
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Amen. Decision is now.
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Help us to make that decision.
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Again open minds and
hearts of the precious,
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precious people who
listen, who watch, who view,
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wherever it might
be that they may hear
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the Word of God
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that they may see
Jesus not individuals.
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My prayer tonight is that
Jesus will be lifted high.
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Lord, we give You
praise, give You honor,
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and give You glory that
we have this opportunity,
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this blessed
privilege to be able to work
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in Your vineyard.
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I thank You.
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Thank You again for the viewers,
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those who watched tonight,
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those who will make
their decision in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, before we begin, I
mentioned to Sister Shelley
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I'm going to do a strange ad.
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I'm going...
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to do a strange ad
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because it's
very difficult for me
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to read something like this
and not stop and comment on it.
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But I want to
just kind of give you
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a short synopsis
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of what we covered in part
one without going into detail.
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So I'm just going to
read a little bit here, okay?
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And then we're going to
get into question number two.
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All right.
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This first verse comes
from Revelation 2:4, 5.
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It reads, "Nevertheless
I have this against you,
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that you have
left your first love.
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Remember therefore
from where you have fallen,
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repent and do the first works,
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or else I will
come to you quickly
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and remove your lampstand
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from its place
unless you repent."
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The Redeemer of
the world declares
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that there is...
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That there are greater
sins than that for which Sodom
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and Gomorrah were destroyed.
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Those who hear
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the gospel
invitation calling sinners
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to repentance and heed it
not are more guilty before God.
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The more the
dwellers in the Vale of Siddem
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and still greater sin is
theirs who profess to know God
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and they keep His commandments,
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yet who deny
Christ in their character
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and their lifestyle.
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In the light of
the Savior's warning,
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the fate of Sodom
is a solemn admonition
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not merely to those
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who are guilty
about breaking sin
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but to all who are trifling
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with heaven sent
light and privileges.
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Wow.
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If you want to know more about
what I just read, call 3ABN,
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ask for part number one
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or maybe on the
YouTube, correct?
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You can look for
when heaven calls
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don't hesitate, part one.
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It was a beautiful study. Amen.
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We want to start
tonight by this question.
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Give examples of
heaven sent light
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and our privileges and explain
how many trifle with them.
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First of all,
let me define trifle.
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Trifle means it's a
thing of little value
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or no importance.
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So many times as
Christians, sad to say,
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we are trifling with the
light that God has given us,
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with the privileges
of being a Christian
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that He has laid before us.
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And I think of
the Adventist church
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in particular,
the Spirit of Prophecy
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that He has given to
us and yet we trifle.
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We look at it as
of little importance.
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So what is your thought?
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How do you guys...
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How would you
answer this question?
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I would go to what you just said
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in a similar vein.
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Psalm 119:105 says
that "God's word is a lamp
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to our feet and a
light to our path."
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And in Matthew 4:4 Jesus said,
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"Man does not
live by bread alone
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but by every word that
comes from the mouth of God."
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And we know the Bible...
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And if you've been in church
or if you watch television,
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we know the Bible
is God's Word to us,
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but there are so many who...
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Particularly in western
worlds where we have Bibles
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that are so available to us,
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there's many people who
spend a whole lot more time
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in secular activities
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than they will
in the Word of God
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and we're all guilty sometimes
of not spending the time...
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I don't want to make it
sound like we have to do it
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for salvation,
but I think the reason
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we trifle with all
heaven sent light is
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'cause we're not
convinced enough.
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If you're in the Bible,
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you're going to understand
the various areas of light,
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the points of light.
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And it's funny
when you see people
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like in countries
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where the Bible has
not been available to them,
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they get a Bible and
they're just devouring it.
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Oh, yes.
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You know, I mean, they
don't want to let it go.
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It's their most
prized possession.
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Right.
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And yet when you think,
you know, people will admit
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that they don't
have a close enough
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relationship with God
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or what's wrong and you ask them
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how much time they
spend in Bible study.
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It's really pretty little.
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Yes. Amen.
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When I was re-reading
this for today, yesterday,
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I began to think a lot of
times people are studying,
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they are hearing the Word,
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but they don't
think it applies to them.
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"Oh, that's for the Jews.
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That was for the Jews."
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And sometimes,
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they misinterpret
scripture like in Romans 14,
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where it talks
about esteeming one day
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above another
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or don't judge somebody
if they eat just vegetables
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because they don't understand,
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they're not putting it
together with the Bible.
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So they take those verses
and they throw out the verses
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that are very, very
clear if it talks about food.
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You know Leviticus, Deuteronomy
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which is talking
about the clean and...
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"Well, that was for the
Jews because now we can..."
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But they don't
read to understand.
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We always need to pray
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for the guidance
of the Holy Spirit.
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But I think of so
many churches today
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where people believe they
say, they're talking Jesus,
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they're preaching
Jesus and yet they're not.
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They don't have the character
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of Christ as we
read in the Scripture.
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They're not keeping things,
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they're not obeying the
Scripture as Christ did.
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So I think there's a disconnect,
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they're not
connected into the true source,
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which is what you were referring
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to with those scriptures.
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We've got to connect
and we have to believe
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that they're for us.
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I think the word
trifle you can...
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I know JD wrote, you
know, the idea of flirting.
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We're really
flirting with something,
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we're kind of hesitant.
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And I was
thinking about the fact...
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I had a lady I
worked with years ago.
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I just started coming
to Lord and she said this,
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she was like,
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"Well, He's not
coming in my time,
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so what's the point?
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What's the big deal?
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You know, He's
not coming in my time,
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why should I make any
effort, you know, to get ready?"
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And I think a lot of
people are in that boat.
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Personally, I
think they're saying,
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"Well, He's not
coming in my time,
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so what's the point of
getting, you know, prepared?"
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They don't see the need,
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necessary need for
getting together so.
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I was thinking...
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You know, you mentioned
food and it made me think of...
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In the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
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we have this
beautiful health message
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and, you know, like,
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you know, I'm
guilty of this too,
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but, you know,
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like sometimes we
ask God to bless food
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that we know is not
healthy, you know, and it's like
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what's the point of praying
if the food's not healthy?
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I don't know, I just
kind of fell conflicted
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on that sometimes.
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But how sometimes,
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you know, we have
all of this information,
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but are we
really, like you said,
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putting into
practice in our daily life?
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And, you know, I think
that's definitely an area
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I could improve on,
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so convicted of that one lately.
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Well, and the
enemy has had his hand
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in so much of our food.
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It can be
confusing at times. Yeah.
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And I was just...
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I took a call...
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I think it was Monday this week
or it may have been last week,
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I'm not sure.
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But anyway, it was a gentleman
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from California and
he made this statement.
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He said, "How many
times does God have
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to tell us the truth?
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How many times?" Once. Once.
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If He said it, He changes not.
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He's the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
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And so a lot of times,
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it's us retraining our appetite.
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You think about this.
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I can't tell you how
many times he has referred to,
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this whole world
was lost over appetite.
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Yeah, it's true. Wow. Appetite.
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I mean, there were
other extenuating things
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that were implied there,
but it came down to appetite.
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And the enemy uses our appetite
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because if he can
weaken these vessels,
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clog the mind, make us
sick, disrupt our hormones,
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which we see that now
through science is starting
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to point that out,
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he realizes he can
work on us much better.
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It's interesting
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because I was
sitting here the thing
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just jumped into my mind
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through the aid
of the Holy Spirit,
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this is really
hunger and thirst.
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Now, how am I
going to bring hunger
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and thirst into
this conversation?
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And albeit.
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I mean we started within here,
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we're here, and I
can certainly speak
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from experience.
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Listen.
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God has ears to hear...
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Yes.
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He is our Savior, He
wants us, we're His mouthpiece,
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we're His legs, we're
His hands on this earth
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so it's important to Him
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that we fulfill our destiny
in order to get the Word out.
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Now how does that happen?
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Because we all have
mouths, we all have legs,
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we have our hands
and everything, you know.
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We are missing
that hunger and thirst.
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Now how do you get
the hunger and the thirst?
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Now does He have ears to hear?
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Amen. Yes, He does.
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Is He the Creator? He
spoke and it was done.
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And so it just seems
like if you're connecting
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the dots here and
you're sitting here
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and you're making excuses
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or you feel like
you're coming up short,
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maybe you need to
change your prayer life,
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maybe instead
of just standing up
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and praying,
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it might not hurt
to get to your knees.
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Yes.
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It does...
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I mean, He hears you either way,
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but maybe it means more to you.
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Lord, I need some...
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I need to make
some changes in my life.
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We're talking about
hunger and thirst thereabout,
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talking about appetite
and how we do this or that.
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I give you permission,
Lord, to impress upon my mind
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through the aid
of the Holy Spirit...
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Yes. Some changes.
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Amen. Yeah.
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Now it's my belief
that if you asked that,
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that God is not going to say,
"Well, JD, I certainly hear.
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Hey, guys, this is lunchtime.
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Let's go have a good
lunch and everything.
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We'll get back to him later."
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The minute that you're hungering
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and thirsting for the Lord,
something's going to happen.
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Amen. Immediately.
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That's part of thinking
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what everybody's
putting together here
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is that we need to abide.
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Jesus, you know, in John 8,
He is the light of the world,
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but we talk a lot about Jesus,
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but are we abiding
in Him and in His love?
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Yup.
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Because the question
here is that it can trifle...
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It comes back to
trifling and that is...
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Another word is joking.
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You have a lot of people
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when you want to talk
to him about salvation,
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you want to talk
him to about their soul,
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you want to talk
about going to heaven,
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you know, a lot of
times they joke about it.
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Have you ever
talked to somebody...
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In a joking manner,
"Oh, was another time,
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we're not
worried about right now."
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You know, we're talking
about not putting it off,
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abiding in Him.
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But then what part do I play?
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What part do I
play in this question
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you hear heaven sent
light and privileges?
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There's something here
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I found in
Manuscript of 17, 1899,
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and it's again not
abiding in His love
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and doing what
we're talking about here,
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it's more than just talking.
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We've got to be living,
we've got to be abiding,
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and if we are living
and we are abiding in Him,
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the changes are
going to take place.
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My rough character or
my rough edges are going
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to be buffed and
sanded a little bit.
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This article brings out...
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I like it because
again, I'm looking for...
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We talk about heaven born love.
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I'm not looking for
love of the world in the way
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they talk about love down here,
but a love that's heaven born
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that when I really
accept that into my life,
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something's going to happen.
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That is a light,
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that is
privilege that God gives us
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and we're going to be,
in my opinion, accountable
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for that in the judgment.
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We're going to be
weighed as we're in the balance
00:19:02.57\00:19:04.04
of the sanctuary by the light
00:19:04.07\00:19:06.04
or the privileges an opportunity
00:19:06.07\00:19:08.04
and responsibility that
God has given us as people.
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And many times, we spurn that.
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Let me just
read that real quick.
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The article says here, it
says, again Manuscript 17, 1899,
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"Christ's love," notice
this, "is deep and earnest."
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I like that.
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His love is...
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It's not this, you know,
00:19:24.29\00:19:25.63
this fake love
and I love you now
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if you have, you
know, this and that...
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Deep and earnest.
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"There is no
selfishness in His love."
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No selfishness.
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See, sometimes love
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we have is a little bit selfish,
00:19:36.00\00:19:37.34
you know, we're going to
love and we're going to like,
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we're going to do...
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You know, yeah.
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"If this, here again,
00:19:42.01\00:19:43.35
heaven-born love is
an abiding principle
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in the heart, if it is,
it will make itself known..."
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I like that.
00:19:50.79\00:19:52.12
You know, I try
to convince them,
00:19:52.15\00:19:53.49
I'm a Christian.
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"Hey, wait, you don't
have to say you're a Christian,
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you just..."
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It's going to
come out if it's there.
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"To all who we
come in contact with.
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It will lead us to
bestow little acts of attention.
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If I have heaven-born
love from God in my...
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There's going to be a
little acts, little things,
00:20:10.81\00:20:13.27
deeds of attention
or things that are said,
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things that are done.
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Notice. "To all
who come in contact.
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Little acts of attention,
to make concessions..."
00:20:19.21\00:20:22.08
Now, Lord, have mercy.
00:20:22.12\00:20:23.72
We're talking about
of making concessions
00:20:23.75\00:20:25.19
sometime, you know, I want...
00:20:25.22\00:20:26.82
Ever since I heard
that word concessions
00:20:26.86\00:20:28.19
or, you know, we got...
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Compromise.
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Compromise a bit in a
way on what are we going
00:20:30.96\00:20:32.49
to compromise on,
00:20:32.53\00:20:33.86
so there's, you
know, live in up.
00:20:33.90\00:20:35.56
But it says, "To
perform deeds of kindness..."
00:20:35.60\00:20:38.93
If there's a heaven-born
love, we're abiding in Christ,
00:20:38.97\00:20:41.40
there's going to be
little deeds of kindness,
00:20:41.44\00:20:43.57
we're going to speak...
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Lord, have mercy on us.
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"To speak tender,
true, and encouraging words.
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So as a Christian,
00:20:49.38\00:20:50.71
we never should
discourage, right, anyone.
00:20:50.75\00:20:53.05
We should be an
encourager. Amen.
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You know, no matter
how deep they sought,
00:20:55.22\00:20:56.55
no matter what's going on,
00:20:56.58\00:20:57.92
they need words of encouragement
00:20:57.95\00:20:59.85
and we cannot really give that
unless we have an abiding love
00:20:59.89\00:21:02.12
of Christ in our
hearts and in our mind.
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Jesus is the light of the world.
00:21:04.53\00:21:06.83
Amen.
00:21:06.86\00:21:08.20
And He's going to, remember,
weigh us in those balances
00:21:08.23\00:21:10.67
because He's
giving this opportunity
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.97
that every one of
you were talking about
00:21:13.00\00:21:15.24
that Christ catch a view of it,
00:21:15.27\00:21:17.34
people know it, the
Bibles, you know, reading,
00:21:17.37\00:21:19.24
all the privileges
we have should know
00:21:19.27\00:21:21.28
Jesus is our Lord and
Savior and then accept Him in
00:21:21.31\00:21:24.81
and then here
comes those fruits.
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Amen.
00:21:26.51\00:21:28.42
Let me mention
this because then I like
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because we're going to deal
00:21:29.95\00:21:31.29
with some first love
in a little bit but...
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And following what you just said
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.23
and I totally,
totally, totally agree
00:21:37.26\00:21:40.13
that if you have
a love for Christ
00:21:40.16\00:21:43.37
or for whatever
you have a love for,
00:21:43.40\00:21:46.10
but I choose to believe the way
00:21:46.13\00:21:48.10
that the Lord has set this up
that that there's no accidents
00:21:48.14\00:21:53.41
and so let's just say
that you're sharing your fruit,
00:21:53.44\00:21:56.44
you're sharing this
or you're sharing that.
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.58
I choose to believe that here
00:21:58.61\00:21:59.95
that right person is going
to come up at the right time.
00:21:59.98\00:22:02.15
Oh, yes.
00:22:02.18\00:22:03.52
And they call those
divine appointments.
00:22:03.55\00:22:04.89
Amen.
00:22:04.92\00:22:06.25
And those divine
appointments then...
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.96
Because you're
sharing your love,
00:22:07.99\00:22:10.13
the love of Christ,
00:22:10.16\00:22:11.59
then that's going to fill
that void that they were...
00:22:11.63\00:22:15.10
They had been over here praying,
00:22:15.13\00:22:17.33
"Oh, Lord, I'd like to be
able to understand this better."
00:22:17.37\00:22:20.77
And all of a sudden
this happened where I'll be.
00:22:20.80\00:22:24.54
Yes. And now is
that an accident?
00:22:24.57\00:22:26.34
Is that a coincidence?
00:22:26.37\00:22:28.04
Or was that a
divine appointment.
00:22:28.08\00:22:29.64
Amen.
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.01
It's a divine appointment
and it's also not trifling.
00:22:31.05\00:22:34.18
That's exactly right.
00:22:34.22\00:22:35.55
So you've given examples
of people who do not trifle.
00:22:35.58\00:22:39.22
And I think a
lot of people trifle
00:22:39.25\00:22:40.92
with the Word of God ignorantly.
00:22:40.96\00:22:43.66
You know, Revelation tells us
how the enemy is using sorcery
00:22:43.69\00:22:47.50
and we have that sorcery,
00:22:47.53\00:22:49.10
we invited in many times
on our electronic devices,
00:22:49.13\00:22:52.83
on TV, for those of
you who do not have 3ABN
00:22:52.87\00:22:55.87
on all the time,
and, you know, radio.
00:22:55.90\00:22:59.34
The enemy knows how
to get our attention,
00:22:59.37\00:23:03.14
how to work on our emotions.
00:23:03.18\00:23:04.68
Think about the music,
how it grabs your emotions,
00:23:04.71\00:23:07.32
how it makes you change
the way you're thinking.
00:23:07.35\00:23:09.98
And so therefore, a lot of times
00:23:10.02\00:23:11.79
when you meet somebody
who has that connection,
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.86
you trifle with,
"Well, it's fine for them,
00:23:14.89\00:23:16.86
but, you know,
it's for somebody else
00:23:16.89\00:23:19.46
or it's for later or I
don't really need that.
00:23:19.49\00:23:21.90
I can be good."
00:23:21.93\00:23:23.26
How many times have we heard,
00:23:23.30\00:23:24.63
"I can be a good
boy or a good girl
00:23:24.67\00:23:26.00
and go to heaven?"
00:23:26.03\00:23:27.37
You know, I don't have to
sit and read, He takes our time,
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.57
He takes our attention.
00:23:30.61\00:23:32.34
Sister Shelley
said it so eloquently
00:23:32.37\00:23:35.08
in the beginning.
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.44
We have light.
00:23:36.48\00:23:38.05
In this day and
age, we have the old...
00:23:38.08\00:23:39.91
We have both witnesses.
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.78
We have the Old
and the New Testament,
00:23:41.82\00:23:44.12
we've been given prophecy,
00:23:44.15\00:23:46.76
we can look back and
pinpoint prophecy in history,
00:23:46.79\00:23:50.63
and through the Word of God,
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.06
we've been given
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:23:52.09\00:23:54.03
that helped guide this church.
00:23:54.06\00:23:55.73
What a blessing.
00:23:55.76\00:23:57.10
God knew how confused
this time would be for us
00:23:57.13\00:24:00.64
if we had not been
given the mouth of a prophet.
00:24:00.67\00:24:04.54
But it's not
diving into that word,
00:24:04.57\00:24:08.44
it's not diving into this book,
it's not, as you mentioned,
00:24:08.48\00:24:12.05
praying and saying,
00:24:12.08\00:24:13.42
"Lord, give me
the mind of Christ.
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.35
Give me Your understanding."
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.62
So there's just so much here.
00:24:17.65\00:24:19.62
And I think of my children,
00:24:19.65\00:24:21.29
I think of my
loved ones who say,
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.56
"I don't want to
hear it anymore, mom."
00:24:23.59\00:24:24.93
Because they're drunk
00:24:24.96\00:24:26.29
with the wine of the
wrath of her fornication
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.93
with the false doctrine.
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.33
Here's a word that we're kind
of like bouncing around here,
00:24:30.37\00:24:32.77
it's underlying,
it's called surrender.
00:24:32.80\00:24:35.27
Surrender is like key,
that's so big, you know.
00:24:35.30\00:24:37.81
Just to share a quick
story, I like testimonies...
00:24:37.84\00:24:39.77
Oh, yes.
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.14
Last week, I went to
prison, you know, all by myself
00:24:41.18\00:24:42.81
and like it's a little unnerving
00:24:42.84\00:24:44.25
when you're in there
and hear the doors clanging.
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.38
But it took a
while to get in there
00:24:46.41\00:24:49.12
and I was really
getting kind of like,
00:24:49.15\00:24:50.49
"Come on, let me in.
00:24:50.52\00:24:51.85
Let me in. Let me in. Let me in.
00:24:51.89\00:24:53.22
I really want to
get to these guys."
00:24:53.25\00:24:54.59
And one of the guys
came in late and he said,
00:24:54.62\00:24:56.09
"You had shared your
testimony the week prior."
00:24:56.12\00:24:57.99
And he said, "It
spoke to me so heavily.
00:24:58.03\00:25:00.33
I went in my
cellar, I fell on my knees,
00:25:00.36\00:25:02.43
and I asked the
Lord in my heart."
00:25:02.46\00:25:03.80
And he said,
00:25:03.83\00:25:05.17
"I used to have
99% trouble in my life
00:25:05.20\00:25:06.97
and I had 1% this
week, 1% trouble."
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.87
And it was like...
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.24
It's when you surrender there,
when you allow Him to use you,
00:25:11.27\00:25:14.41
those privileges...
00:25:14.44\00:25:15.78
You go into prison, you
know, we would stay home
00:25:15.81\00:25:17.81
instead of going to
church on a Sabbath,
00:25:17.85\00:25:19.21
we stay home, you know,
we just read our Bibles.
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.45
Like we don't
need to go to church,
00:25:21.48\00:25:22.82
we could just stay here
and follow through ourselves
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.19
and they're like,
00:25:24.22\00:25:25.55
"Something just started
knocking on my heart saying,
00:25:25.59\00:25:26.92
"You need to go to church."
00:25:26.96\00:25:28.62
Two months later after
I felt that conviction,
00:25:28.66\00:25:30.53
she's looked at me, she
was, "Can we go to church now?"
00:25:30.56\00:25:31.93
I'm like,
"Really you want to go?
00:25:31.96\00:25:33.50
Really? Seriously?
Like, okay, what do we do?"
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.26
Wow.
00:25:35.30\00:25:36.63
So it's like...
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.00
Yeah, those privileges...
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.37
And it's such a privilege
00:25:39.40\00:25:40.74
to share the gospel with people.
00:25:40.77\00:25:42.10
It is. It's huge.
00:25:42.14\00:25:43.47
I like what JD said
about the divine appointments.
00:25:43.51\00:25:44.84
It was making me
think of the other day
00:25:44.87\00:25:46.21
we went to pick some apples,
00:25:46.24\00:25:48.34
and there was a
young man in the orchard
00:25:48.38\00:25:49.71
that was helping us
00:25:49.74\00:25:51.08
and when we were
getting on the trailer to leave,
00:25:51.11\00:25:55.72
Don gives him the
Glow track and he...
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.29
I mean, this is the most excited
00:25:58.32\00:25:59.65
I've ever seen
anybody get over a Glow track.
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.82
He said, "Thank
you. I collect these."
00:26:01.86\00:26:05.29
And he's like, "I
collect Bibles too."
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.30
And we're just looking
at each other like wow,
00:26:07.33\00:26:09.40
we weren't expecting that.
00:26:09.43\00:26:11.03
But it was just
like, you know, when you...
00:26:11.07\00:26:13.47
When the Holy Spirit
prompts you and you obey,
00:26:13.50\00:26:16.27
and not only the
blessing that they get
00:26:16.30\00:26:18.51
but the blessing
that you get from that.
00:26:18.54\00:26:20.31
So it's exciting.
00:26:20.34\00:26:21.94
You don't know
what their reach is,
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.31
you know, the
people that were with us,
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.68
I think it spoke to them
because they're still learning
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.48
in their
Christian walk and I'm like,
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.22
"Wow, this God thing
really does work, you know."
00:26:28.25\00:26:31.35
I had a little bit
of an example of that.
00:26:31.39\00:26:33.59
I was at a family
function this past Sunday
00:26:33.62\00:26:37.06
and I was talking to my niece
and my brother and she said,
00:26:37.09\00:26:40.83
"Oh, don't listen to him.
00:26:40.86\00:26:42.20
He's been all
worried about dying."
00:26:42.23\00:26:44.03
He said, "Yes,
I just need to get
00:26:44.07\00:26:45.80
some of this out of my mind."
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.74
But I've been praying
for my brother for years
00:26:47.77\00:26:49.80
and years and years,
and it kind of struck me
00:26:49.84\00:26:53.27
because this is the
second family member
00:26:53.31\00:26:56.28
that I pray for that says
they've been really nervous,
00:26:56.31\00:26:59.95
really anxious,
really upset over dying.
00:26:59.98\00:27:03.65
So in my mind, I'm
immediately thinking
00:27:03.69\00:27:05.65
the Holy Spirit is
working on his heart.
00:27:05.69\00:27:07.69
Yeah. And I kind
of left it there.
00:27:07.72\00:27:10.23
And then the next morning,
00:27:10.26\00:27:11.63
I was looking over this
and I kept hearing a voice say,
00:27:11.66\00:27:15.83
"You need to give your
brother a copy of this."
00:27:15.86\00:27:19.03
And after about the third
time, I said, "Okay, Lord."
00:27:19.07\00:27:21.97
But he's one of those
that doesn't want this from me.
00:27:22.00\00:27:26.04
I said, "You'll
have to open the door."
00:27:26.07\00:27:28.98
And so I called him
00:27:29.01\00:27:31.31
the next morning
on my way to work
00:27:31.35\00:27:33.11
and I said...
00:27:33.15\00:27:34.68
Almost said his name.
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.05
I might as well
say his name, Ted.
00:27:36.08\00:27:37.42
I said, "Ted, as
I was reading..."
00:27:37.45\00:27:39.65
We love Ted. We love Ted.
00:27:39.69\00:27:42.09
And I said, "As I
was reading this one,
00:27:42.12\00:27:44.19
I kept hearing a voice say
you need to give this to Ted.
00:27:44.23\00:27:48.13
This is something that
we're preparing to share
00:27:48.16\00:27:50.93
in the Family Worship.
00:27:50.97\00:27:52.83
Would you like to have it?"
He said, "Yes, I'll take it."
00:27:52.87\00:27:56.84
Praise the Lord. It is.
00:27:56.87\00:27:59.21
And this is
part of that first...
00:27:59.24\00:28:00.78
Go ahead.
00:28:00.81\00:28:02.14
This is all so much
because this addresses...
00:28:02.18\00:28:05.38
It's almost like the next time
00:28:05.41\00:28:06.88
I looked at this
the scales on my eyes,
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.72
I begin to see wow,
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.99
this is exactly what he
needs and what you referred to.
00:28:12.02\00:28:15.42
I'm praying that God just
works on his heart that he drops
00:28:15.46\00:28:18.76
to his knees as
that man in prison did
00:28:18.79\00:28:22.93
and cries out to God
to be his Lord and Savior
00:28:22.96\00:28:25.60
that he will stop
trifling around the Word of God.
00:28:25.63\00:28:29.57
And this is what we're working
around here is that first love.
00:28:29.60\00:28:33.04
Amen.
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.41
Someplace you've
got to give it back
00:28:34.44\00:28:35.81
or if you never received
it, you need to ask for it...
00:28:35.84\00:28:39.31
Amen.
00:28:39.35\00:28:40.68
Because there's
nothing better than first love.
00:28:40.72\00:28:42.72
Amen. Yes.
00:28:42.75\00:28:44.55
The thought that keeps...
00:28:44.59\00:28:45.92
You know, I didn't
come out here with anything
00:28:45.95\00:28:47.66
predetermined.
00:28:47.69\00:28:49.02
I said, "Lord, whatever..."
00:28:49.06\00:28:50.39
'Cause this topic is...
00:28:50.43\00:28:51.76
When you're
talking about trifling
00:28:51.79\00:28:53.13
with heaven sent
light, it's so broad.
00:28:53.16\00:28:56.20
But the thought
that just keeps coming
00:28:56.23\00:28:57.93
to my mind, I think, Kenny,
00:28:57.97\00:28:59.30
when you were talking
about the love of God,
00:28:59.33\00:29:02.70
what clicked for me
00:29:02.74\00:29:05.37
was how people
trifle with forgiveness.
00:29:05.41\00:29:10.71
And what I would think...
00:29:10.75\00:29:13.82
Two things actually.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.62
One, there are
those who take 1 John 1:9,
00:29:15.65\00:29:20.22
"If you confess your sins,
00:29:20.26\00:29:21.59
He is faithful and
just to forgive your sins,"
00:29:21.62\00:29:24.49
who take that almost like,
00:29:24.53\00:29:26.90
"Well, this is
a vending machine.
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.23
I'll go do what I want to do.
00:29:29.26\00:29:32.30
Now I'll come and put
00:29:32.33\00:29:33.67
in that coin of
confession, you know.
00:29:33.70\00:29:36.20
I've got forgiveness."
00:29:36.24\00:29:37.57
So there are
people who repeatedly
00:29:37.61\00:29:41.88
do the same
thing again and again,
00:29:41.91\00:29:44.58
same sin thinking that,
00:29:44.61\00:29:48.45
"You know, well,
I can just confess."
00:29:48.48\00:29:51.12
And I don't think...
00:29:51.15\00:29:52.92
I think God is wanting
us to be a little more...
00:29:52.95\00:29:57.59
I mean, we're
supposed to repent means
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.73
that we turn away from
that sin and we need to pray
00:29:59.76\00:30:05.03
that He will
grant us repentance.
00:30:05.07\00:30:07.64
But the second way,
00:30:07.67\00:30:09.00
I think we
trifle with forgiveness.
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.97
I don't know about you
all, I have been forgiven much.
00:30:11.01\00:30:14.88
In Luke 7:47, "She who's
been forgiven much, loves much."
00:30:14.91\00:30:18.95
That's right.
00:30:18.98\00:30:20.32
But I think that many
people, I mean, anybody that...
00:30:20.35\00:30:24.59
Any of our brothers and sisters
who are watching tonight,
00:30:24.62\00:30:27.92
you can say, "Yeah,
00:30:27.96\00:30:29.96
God has really
forgiven me a lot."
00:30:29.99\00:30:32.59
But we trifle
00:30:32.63\00:30:34.40
with the
principle of forgiveness
00:30:34.43\00:30:36.73
when we don't turn
around and extend mercy
00:30:36.77\00:30:40.04
and grace to somebody else...
00:30:40.07\00:30:42.64
That's right.
00:30:42.67\00:30:44.01
You know, and we're not
being forgiving toward them.
00:30:44.04\00:30:48.11
And isn't the
mind of Christ. Yeah.
00:30:48.14\00:30:51.21
What if He did that to
us? What hope would we have?
00:30:51.25\00:30:54.38
And how many times in
ministry have we heard rumors
00:30:54.42\00:31:00.02
that so and so has
fallen, so and so has done this
00:31:00.06\00:31:02.76
and instead of
going to that person
00:31:02.79\00:31:05.93
and trying to
help that person...
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.56
Yeah.
00:31:08.60\00:31:10.03
We begin to talk about
them, we join the gossip column,
00:31:10.07\00:31:13.00
and we pull away.
00:31:13.03\00:31:14.50
If we were who we profess to be,
00:31:14.54\00:31:17.44
we would be going and trying
00:31:17.47\00:31:18.87
to help in the
way to that person.
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.31
You know, you
mentioned about the first love
00:31:21.34\00:31:23.04
and losing and then I
think of James 1:8 says,
00:31:23.08\00:31:25.78
"A double-minded man is
unstable in all his ways."
00:31:25.81\00:31:29.38
And that really brought me back
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.12
to the very beginning in Genesis
00:31:31.15\00:31:32.82
where the enemy
Satan said to Eve, he said,
00:31:32.85\00:31:36.09
"Did God really say?"
00:31:36.12\00:31:37.79
And he caused that
confusion, hesitation, doubt,
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.86
and I just see that in a sense
00:31:41.90\00:31:43.73
that's what causes us to trifle,
00:31:43.77\00:31:45.10
we have that doubt,
00:31:45.13\00:31:46.47
you know, we're
unstable in all our ways.
00:31:46.50\00:31:47.84
Just a little bit
00:31:47.87\00:31:49.20
and we're unstable
in all of our ways.
00:31:49.24\00:31:50.57
So that really spoke to me,
you know, the idea of flirting,
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.17
hesitating, doubt.
00:31:53.21\00:31:55.21
We're talking about
and losing your first love
00:31:55.24\00:31:56.85
and that caused
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.21
how many to
lose their first love
00:31:58.25\00:32:00.08
and walked away from God.
00:32:00.12\00:32:01.45
You know, it's taking
about given the responsibility
00:32:01.48\00:32:04.05
I believe that we have
when you give a track away
00:32:04.09\00:32:07.96
or you say you've been impressed
00:32:07.99\00:32:09.69
to give this to somebody,
they become accountable.
00:32:09.72\00:32:12.43
See, I'm talking
about accountability to God
00:32:12.46\00:32:14.93
because we're talking
about the light that's shining.
00:32:14.96\00:32:17.67
So when you knock on
the door, you pass out,
00:32:17.70\00:32:20.27
you give an
invitation to church,
00:32:20.30\00:32:21.70
you give an
invitation for a Bible study,
00:32:21.74\00:32:23.71
that person is
given the opportunity
00:32:23.74\00:32:26.24
to learn more about Jesus.
00:32:26.27\00:32:28.24
Where I'll say,
we'll learn about truth.
00:32:28.28\00:32:29.74
Learn about Jesus.
00:32:29.78\00:32:31.38
And then they
either have to accept that
00:32:31.41\00:32:33.88
or they reject
it, trifle with it,
00:32:33.92\00:32:35.68
jokingly let it go,
whatever it might be,
00:32:35.72\00:32:37.95
but when we do
this as Christians...
00:32:37.99\00:32:41.36
And I've thought about
so many different times,
00:32:41.39\00:32:43.76
people you
love, people you meet,
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.13
you grow to love
00:32:45.16\00:32:46.49
and you want to give them Jesus.
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.46
Here's Jesus, lift up Jesus.
00:32:48.50\00:32:50.30
And then they don't
want Him and you're thinking,
00:32:50.33\00:32:52.17
"Oh, Jesus has
been offered to them
00:32:52.20\00:32:55.70
and they have rejected.
00:32:55.74\00:32:57.07
Not me but
they've rejected Christ."
00:32:57.11\00:33:00.18
So, you know, again, it's
not a joking matter at all
00:33:00.21\00:33:03.68
because it
deals, here's the thing,
00:33:03.71\00:33:05.78
with like probation.
00:33:05.81\00:33:08.12
I'm a believer of that probation
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.85
is soon to close.
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.22
I'm a believer in that,
00:33:12.25\00:33:13.76
you know, God has a
certain amount of time
00:33:13.79\00:33:16.02
that He gives to
nations as we know
00:33:16.06\00:33:19.06
and individuals
00:33:19.09\00:33:20.86
that when your probation closes,
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.50
you don't know when
it's going to close,
00:33:22.53\00:33:24.17
I don't know when
it's going to close.
00:33:24.20\00:33:26.10
You've been
offered maybe salvation,
00:33:26.13\00:33:28.07
you've been even
offered Jesus many, many, many,
00:33:28.10\00:33:29.80
many times and you refuse it.
00:33:29.84\00:33:31.91
How do you know that
that's not going to be
00:33:31.94\00:33:33.38
the last time that
it's going to happen?
00:33:33.41\00:33:36.48
So this is the heavy
duty thing because God only...
00:33:36.51\00:33:40.08
You know, we know
what we talked about
00:33:40.12\00:33:41.48
before through
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.35
there's a certain amount of time
00:33:43.39\00:33:45.12
came to set up,
they're taken down,
00:33:45.15\00:33:47.02
and that same
way with me and you.
00:33:47.06\00:33:49.12
So when we give
this gospel to someone
00:33:49.16\00:33:52.89
by the grace of God
and the Holy Spirit,
00:33:52.93\00:33:54.30
realize it may be
the very last time
00:33:54.33\00:33:57.97
that it will ever
be offered to you.
00:33:58.00\00:33:59.60
That's right.
You don't spurn it.
00:33:59.63\00:34:00.97
This is what...
00:34:01.00\00:34:02.34
Heaven calls,
what? Don't hesitate.
00:34:02.37\00:34:04.57
Don't hesitate, accept it
'cause it could be the very...
00:34:04.61\00:34:08.31
If I'm thinking about death
00:34:08.34\00:34:09.68
and I'm thinking
about dying, right?
00:34:09.71\00:34:12.81
Could it not be the Holy
Spirit of God telling us,
00:34:12.85\00:34:15.95
"Life is short, there's
more important things in life."
00:34:15.98\00:34:18.62
I have a difficult
time with anything in life
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.96
other than the gospel
and doing God's work anymore.
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.73
I don't know if...
00:34:23.76\00:34:25.09
It didn't make you
good or bad, but I...
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.20
It's hard to
focus on other things
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.20
because they're just so
in the world and this...
00:34:29.23\00:34:32.90
They're trifling. Trifling.
00:34:32.93\00:34:35.47
You go out to mow the
grass and spend four hours
00:34:35.50\00:34:37.81
mowing the grass and two,
00:34:37.84\00:34:39.17
three days later,
you mow it again...
00:34:39.21\00:34:41.08
You know, and really...
00:34:41.11\00:34:43.31
We need to do those things,
00:34:43.35\00:34:44.68
but I'm saying does that
draw me closer to Christ?
00:34:44.71\00:34:47.52
I'm just looking
at the spiritual side,
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.15
the aspect of it and I'm saying,
00:34:49.18\00:34:50.82
"Oh, Lord, have mercy."
00:34:50.85\00:34:52.45
When heaven
calls, don't hesitate.
00:34:52.49\00:34:55.49
That's right.
That's what this is about.
00:34:55.52\00:34:56.86
And see, that's
what happens with doubt.
00:34:56.89\00:34:58.79
That was such a pinnacle point
that you made because so often,
00:34:58.83\00:35:03.06
when these things are presented,
00:35:03.10\00:35:04.87
the Holy Spirit is
working on someone's heart
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.67
and yet there is
that little seed of doubt
00:35:07.70\00:35:10.21
and because of
the love of the world,
00:35:10.24\00:35:12.24
they want to hold on and
that seed begins to grow.
00:35:12.27\00:35:15.11
And I think the
best point right here
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.68
is to encourage all of us,
00:35:17.71\00:35:20.45
encourage you at home
to put that doubt aside
00:35:20.48\00:35:24.42
and take God's word as it reads.
00:35:24.45\00:35:26.96
And then close it
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.32
with what you
said, 2 Corinthians 6:2,
00:35:28.36\00:35:30.93
it reads, "Behold now
is the acceptable time.
00:35:30.96\00:35:34.93
Behold now is the
day of salvation."
00:35:34.96\00:35:38.47
Even for somebody
00:35:38.50\00:35:39.83
that may be
watching here tonight.
00:35:39.87\00:35:42.14
This may be what
they needed to hear.
00:35:42.17\00:35:44.64
They may have left
the church many years ago
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.04
and they have
been putting it off
00:35:47.08\00:35:49.24
because of doubt
or some other excuse,
00:35:49.28\00:35:52.48
but as they hear Jesus calling,
don't doubt Him, accept Him in,
00:35:52.51\00:35:57.49
pray that He will come in
and make that heart change.
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.69
Brother JD? It's
on my heart right now.
00:36:00.72\00:36:04.29
And we talked to
quite a few people
00:36:04.33\00:36:05.99
that deal with this.
00:36:06.03\00:36:08.16
They need to have
a new set of friends.
00:36:08.20\00:36:10.37
Oh, yes. That's on
my heart right now.
00:36:10.40\00:36:15.40
And then here again, you
just played right into it.
00:36:15.44\00:36:18.24
And if you're sick and
tired of being sick and tired
00:36:18.27\00:36:22.14
and you know it, you feel it,
00:36:22.18\00:36:24.61
but yet you
don't know what to do,
00:36:24.65\00:36:26.28
sometimes you have to walk away
00:36:26.31\00:36:28.12
from the
environment that you're in.
00:36:28.15\00:36:30.89
Bad company
corrupts good one. Yeah.
00:36:30.92\00:36:33.25
And so through the
aid of the Holy Spirit,
00:36:33.29\00:36:35.62
you'll have the
strength to be able to walk away
00:36:35.66\00:36:39.19
because He will
prepare that way.
00:36:39.23\00:36:42.30
But you got to
take that first step.
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.23
You do. Amen.
00:36:44.27\00:36:45.97
I just wanted to
touch on something, Kenny,
00:36:46.00\00:36:47.80
you were talking
about 'cause sometimes,
00:36:47.84\00:36:49.24
I think people take it wrong
00:36:49.27\00:36:50.84
when we talk
about closing probation.
00:36:50.87\00:36:52.44
Oh, yeah.
00:36:52.47\00:36:53.81
And JD and I were
ministering with a couple
00:36:53.84\00:36:57.01
when we were down south
that the father asked us,
00:36:57.05\00:37:00.52
his son was getting
ready to leave the church,
00:37:00.55\00:37:02.58
he and his wife.
00:37:02.62\00:37:03.95
And so we ministered
with them and praise God,
00:37:03.99\00:37:08.12
they had a total turn around
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.49
and this was a young
couple with a five year old...
00:37:09.52\00:37:12.59
four year old, five
year old little girl.
00:37:12.63\00:37:14.73
Young couple,
but they got on fire,
00:37:14.76\00:37:16.83
they were out
giving Bible studies.
00:37:16.87\00:37:19.37
But what happened
was they had accepted...
00:37:19.40\00:37:24.91
I mean, they really felt
like this was the first time
00:37:24.94\00:37:29.11
they'd been born again,
but probation closed for them
00:37:29.14\00:37:35.85
because they were
in a car accident,
00:37:35.88\00:37:37.95
they were going
to give a Bible study
00:37:37.99\00:37:40.46
and their car negotiated,
00:37:40.49\00:37:44.03
I guess it was detour
and he didn't make the turn
00:37:44.06\00:37:48.23
and both of them were killed.
00:37:48.26\00:37:49.96
Young. Young couple.
00:37:50.00\00:37:52.13
So when we're talking
about probation closing,
00:37:52.17\00:37:55.24
'cause there are
people who feel like,
00:37:55.27\00:37:57.51
"Oh, I don't know
any probation like..."
00:37:57.54\00:38:00.08
Well, some people feel like...
00:38:00.11\00:38:02.14
Maybe they think probation
is already closed for them
00:38:02.18\00:38:04.75
and they've missed it.
00:38:04.78\00:38:06.88
We're talking about, you know...
00:38:06.92\00:38:10.39
When probation
closes for everybody
00:38:10.42\00:38:12.39
and we see the signs
00:38:12.42\00:38:13.76
of when Jesus comes again
because in Revelation 22:11,
00:38:13.79\00:38:17.49
He says, "He who is
unjust, let him be unjust still.
00:38:17.53\00:38:22.56
He who is filthy,
let him be filthy still.
00:38:22.60\00:38:25.47
He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still.
00:38:25.50\00:38:28.00
He who is holy,
let him be holy still.
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.54
And behold, I come quickly."
00:38:30.57\00:38:32.47
So there comes that
point and we're seeing
00:38:32.51\00:38:36.68
all of the
prophetic signs are lining up.
00:38:36.71\00:38:40.32
I actually was talking
with a man the other day
00:38:40.35\00:38:42.82
that I don't even
consider to be Christian
00:38:42.85\00:38:45.69
and he said, "You know,
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.82
I don't know if I should
even bother with such and shuts
00:38:47.86\00:38:50.23
because we're at
the end of the world."
00:38:50.26\00:38:53.03
And I'm like,
"This is interesting."
00:38:53.06\00:38:54.86
There's a lot of people
who are feeling like that.
00:38:54.90\00:38:57.73
But none of us know, and
if you're waiting tonight
00:38:57.77\00:39:03.61
and you feel the tug,
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.07
if the Holy Spirit's
tugging at your heart,
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.41
if you feel the Lord
wooing you with His love,
00:39:08.44\00:39:11.95
none of us are
promised tomorrow.
00:39:11.98\00:39:13.82
Today is the day
of salvation. Amen.
00:39:13.85\00:39:16.58
So we just encourage you,
00:39:16.62\00:39:17.95
when we say
surrender, we just...
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.99
It just means
you're yielding to Him,
00:39:20.02\00:39:22.36
you're giving Him
consent to work in your heart.
00:39:22.39\00:39:24.93
I was thinking earlier
when Kenny was talking.
00:39:24.96\00:39:28.40
You know, we just
finished the last quarter
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.07
in the Book of Acts and
there's a story in there
00:39:31.10\00:39:35.30
when Paul is talking about...
00:39:35.34\00:39:37.14
It's somewhere in Acts,
00:39:37.17\00:39:38.51
I don't remember
exactly the passage,
00:39:38.54\00:39:40.14
but he talks
about how he is free
00:39:40.18\00:39:41.94
from the innocent
from the blood of all men
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.88
and you were talking
about the responsibility
00:39:44.91\00:39:46.55
that that person now
00:39:46.58\00:39:47.92
has when they
have that information
00:39:47.95\00:39:51.19
but also that responsibility
00:39:51.22\00:39:52.55
that we have when we're given,
00:39:52.59\00:39:54.59
you know, those
opportunities and how...
00:39:54.62\00:39:57.16
You know, that
really spoke to me.
00:39:57.19\00:39:58.69
I said, "Well, can I really
say that, you know, for myself
00:39:58.73\00:40:03.50
that I'm innocent of the
blood of all men to where,
00:40:03.53\00:40:07.14
you know, did I speak the word
00:40:07.17\00:40:10.01
that I needed to
at the right moment
00:40:10.04\00:40:11.64
when He wanted me to?"
00:40:11.67\00:40:13.74
And how that's a responsibility
for us as Christians.
00:40:13.78\00:40:16.01
The assurance of that,
00:40:16.04\00:40:17.38
that's the
passage I was looking up
00:40:17.41\00:40:18.75
when I came in was
in John 12:48 and 49
00:40:18.78\00:40:23.85
because it says,
00:40:23.89\00:40:25.22
and this is what
we've been talking about,
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.59
giving the word to someone.
00:40:26.62\00:40:27.96
They got to be
open, they got to...
00:40:27.99\00:40:29.32
you know, things happening,
00:40:29.36\00:40:30.69
same things are
happening in your life right now
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.89
that makes you
think about heaven
00:40:32.93\00:40:34.40
or maybe think about hell
or where's my life headed.
00:40:34.43\00:40:37.73
Just because I
believe the Holy Spirit
00:40:37.77\00:40:39.13
is working on them right then.
00:40:39.17\00:40:40.74
And so then we
have to make a choice.
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.77
The Bible says
here in John 12:48,
00:40:42.80\00:40:45.24
"He that rejected Me..."
00:40:45.27\00:40:47.18
Talking about, it must be Jesus,
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.54
isn't that right?
00:40:48.58\00:40:50.18
"And receiveth not my
words hath one that judgeth him.
00:40:50.21\00:40:54.48
The word that I have spoken,
00:40:54.52\00:40:55.95
the same shall judge
him in the last day."
00:40:55.98\00:40:58.59
Now verse 49 may
hit a little more
00:40:58.62\00:40:59.99
of what you were talking about.
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.42
Notice this, "For I
have not spoken of Myself,
00:41:01.46\00:41:04.63
but the Father which sent Me."
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.90
Notice, "He gave
Me the commandment
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.90
that what I should say
and what I should speak."
00:41:08.93\00:41:13.13
Isn't that wonderful?
00:41:13.17\00:41:14.50
So we should be in
that relationship with God,
00:41:14.54\00:41:17.11
you know, as a Christian.
00:41:17.14\00:41:19.04
You know, no
longer I but Christ.
00:41:19.07\00:41:21.54
I don't have to worry about...
00:41:21.58\00:41:22.91
I speak that
which Jesus gives us,
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.81
as you pray
about the Holy Spirit,
00:41:24.85\00:41:26.55
you dedicate your
life of the morning.
00:41:26.58\00:41:28.65
You meet people,
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.02
say what the Holy
Spirit's impressing you to say.
00:41:30.05\00:41:32.09
Don't worry
about the look of man,
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.76
what he might look
like or what he might be,
00:41:33.79\00:41:35.49
just say it because
you've been impressed
00:41:35.52\00:41:37.46
by the Holy
Spirit of living God.
00:41:37.49\00:41:38.86
And that's the key.
00:41:38.89\00:41:40.23
You need to be impressed so
that He will open that door.
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.16
We don't want to
push something on someone
00:41:43.20\00:41:44.97
that they don't want,
00:41:45.00\00:41:46.47
but let the Holy
Spirit open that door.
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.64
Let me read this next paragraph.
00:41:48.67\00:41:50.17
I just love part of this.
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.64
"The Savior watches for response
00:41:52.67\00:41:54.88
to His offers of love."
00:41:54.91\00:41:56.64
That's what we've
been talking about,
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.01
sharing the love of God,
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.45
"and forgiveness with
a more tender compassion
00:41:59.48\00:42:03.39
than that which moves
00:42:03.42\00:42:04.75
the heart of an earthly parent."
00:42:04.79\00:42:07.06
Think how much
you love your children
00:42:07.09\00:42:08.86
or your nieces or your family.
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.13
And He's looking
for that response
00:42:11.16\00:42:13.93
with a more
earnestness than even that.
00:42:13.96\00:42:16.46
"To forgive a wavered
suffering son or daughter."
00:42:16.50\00:42:20.54
Listen to this next statement.
00:42:20.57\00:42:22.77
"He cries, he
cries after the wander."
00:42:22.80\00:42:27.34
We just mentioned a
while ago someone is in sin,
00:42:27.38\00:42:30.58
you know, it may
or may not be true,
00:42:30.61\00:42:32.61
but we just throw them
out with the dishwater.
00:42:32.65\00:42:35.88
You know, and here it says,
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.25
"Our Savior
cries after the wander,
00:42:37.29\00:42:40.29
'Return unto Me and I
will return unto you.'"
00:42:40.32\00:42:43.56
Malachi 3:7.
00:42:43.59\00:42:45.49
"But if the
erring one persistently
00:42:45.53\00:42:50.70
refuses to heed the
voice that calls him or her
00:42:50.73\00:42:54.37
with pitying tender love,
00:42:54.40\00:42:57.47
he or she will at
last be left in darkness."
00:42:57.51\00:43:02.94
I'd like to share on that.
00:43:02.98\00:43:04.31
Actually, this is
what's been coming to my mind.
00:43:04.35\00:43:05.91
Yesterday, I found an article
00:43:05.95\00:43:07.28
which I really
wasn't going to read it,
00:43:07.32\00:43:08.92
but I send it onto some folks
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.29
and they're
creating this new thing
00:43:10.32\00:43:11.65
called Digital Eternity.
00:43:11.69\00:43:13.76
Digital Eternity, it takes all
these different social media,
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.56
all your stuff
that you ever went to,
00:43:16.59\00:43:18.19
like if you went to Facebook,
00:43:18.23\00:43:19.56
you know, YouTube,
00:43:19.59\00:43:20.93
and it
conglomerates into an algorithm,
00:43:20.96\00:43:22.63
and what it does
is it makes an actual
00:43:22.66\00:43:24.37
like if you were
actually speaking.
00:43:24.40\00:43:26.13
Oh, yes. I've seen it.
00:43:26.17\00:43:27.60
Yeah, it was like
called Digital Eternity.
00:43:27.64\00:43:29.17
And this is what
I'm thinking about,
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.54
when man turned so
completely away from God,
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.74
you're trying
to escape death now
00:43:32.77\00:43:34.21
and create to where you
have a digital eternity,
00:43:34.24\00:43:36.85
which I think is
really interesting.
00:43:36.88\00:43:38.55
That reminds me of Romans 1:25,
00:43:38.58\00:43:40.15
it says,
"Exchange the truth of God
00:43:40.18\00:43:41.58
for a lie
00:43:41.62\00:43:42.95
and worship and
serve the creature
00:43:42.98\00:43:44.32
rather than the Creator."
00:43:44.35\00:43:45.69
Their own reasoning now is
so twisted and mangled like,
00:43:45.72\00:43:48.46
"I'm going to escape death
by becoming a digital person."
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.69
That's incredible to me.
00:43:51.73\00:43:53.09
That tells me that
they lost their first love.
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.00
They didn't heed the
voice that calls them.
00:43:56.03\00:43:58.90
They're plugging their ears.
00:43:58.93\00:44:00.27
Let's look at... Go ahead.
00:44:00.30\00:44:02.67
A lot of people may be asking,
00:44:02.70\00:44:06.17
"Can I have a do over?"
00:44:06.21\00:44:09.91
I know that,
00:44:09.94\00:44:12.15
you know, say if
you're playing some golf
00:44:12.18\00:44:14.25
and you're five
foot from the hole
00:44:14.28\00:44:15.78
and you putt and it
goes a little bit off,
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.99
"Can I have a do over?"
00:44:19.02\00:44:20.76
Well, you know,
that goes into life too.
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.19
And yes, you
can have a makeover,
00:44:23.22\00:44:27.40
you know, by
making better decisions.
00:44:27.43\00:44:30.77
That's right.
00:44:30.80\00:44:32.13
And we go back
00:44:32.17\00:44:33.50
because we're
following the straight line
00:44:33.54\00:44:37.31
to our first love
Who is love Himself.
00:44:37.34\00:44:40.71
But then, you know,
it's easy to sit over here
00:44:40.74\00:44:42.74
and go askew.
00:44:42.78\00:44:46.41
And that's where we fall
off from a slippery slope.
00:44:46.45\00:44:48.45
Yes. Okay.
00:44:48.48\00:44:49.88
But yes, if you will...
00:44:49.92\00:44:51.39
I'll go back to this.
00:44:51.42\00:44:52.75
If you will ask the
Lord to come into your heart,
00:44:52.79\00:44:56.12
He knows your circumstances
00:44:56.16\00:44:57.73
as we just got
through a saying here,
00:44:57.76\00:44:59.39
he even goes to
the point of crying.
00:44:59.43\00:45:02.00
In my particular life,
00:45:02.03\00:45:03.97
I knew I was going
back a little bit differed.
00:45:04.00\00:45:08.70
Draw nearer to me, JD,
00:45:08.74\00:45:10.31
and then I'll
draw nearer to you.
00:45:10.34\00:45:12.27
See, I kind of
had that backwards.
00:45:12.31\00:45:14.44
"Lord, You prove Yourself to me,
00:45:14.48\00:45:17.01
if You meet my
qualifications, my expectations,
00:45:17.05\00:45:21.62
well, then I'll
jump on this train."
00:45:21.65\00:45:24.29
And that was just
thinking, thinking.
00:45:24.32\00:45:26.65
But it's not something
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.32
that's a lot of
people feel that way.
00:45:28.36\00:45:29.76
A lot of people...
00:45:29.79\00:45:31.13
That's how they choose churches.
00:45:31.16\00:45:32.49
You bet, I mean,
it's kind of like...
00:45:32.53\00:45:33.86
And then, boy,
then just one day,
00:45:33.90\00:45:35.23
it just kind of like,
00:45:35.26\00:45:36.60
"Wow, there's a
major difference."
00:45:36.63\00:45:38.73
You know, through it all,
it says, it was John 15:16,
00:45:38.77\00:45:42.47
"Through it all..." It wasn't...
00:45:42.50\00:45:43.84
Jesus has said,
"You have not chosen Me,
00:45:43.87\00:45:47.11
I have chosen you."
00:45:47.14\00:45:49.41
Think of the
awesomeness of that,
00:45:49.44\00:45:51.91
that the King of the universe,
00:45:51.95\00:45:53.75
the God that sits on the throne,
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.48
"But you haven't
chosen Me, I chose you."
00:45:55.52\00:45:58.09
You know, what's really cool too
00:45:58.12\00:45:59.45
is that He spoke that sun.
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.56
When I think about
it, the power of the sun,
00:46:01.59\00:46:03.76
he spoke that sun, He's
the same when it shows...
00:46:03.79\00:46:05.79
That blows my mind.
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.16
I mean, isn't that beautiful?
00:46:07.20\00:46:08.53
What blows my
mind more than anything
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.57
is that before He created us,
00:46:10.60\00:46:13.94
before He came to earth,
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.00
He knew
00:46:16.04\00:46:18.11
He was going to have
to become a human being.
00:46:18.14\00:46:23.78
That blows my mind,
00:46:23.81\00:46:25.51
and that He would die for us.
00:46:25.55\00:46:27.52
But what you said,
00:46:27.55\00:46:29.92
I just wanted to
kind of add a caveat.
00:46:29.95\00:46:34.56
Yes, the scripture
says "Draw nearer to Me
00:46:34.59\00:46:37.33
and I will draw nearer to you,"
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.79
but we've just got to understand
00:46:38.83\00:46:40.33
God is always drawn to us.
00:46:40.36\00:46:43.37
He is always moving us.
00:46:43.40\00:46:45.90
He says, "You
know, I beloved you
00:46:45.93\00:46:47.84
with an everlasting love,"
00:46:47.87\00:46:49.20
so God is constantly...
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.61
So what it is is just
to respond to His love.
00:46:52.64\00:46:58.08
You know, one time the
Lord really impressed upon me
00:46:58.11\00:47:01.62
because I was running
in the right direction,
00:47:01.65\00:47:04.15
kind of looking
back over my shoulder,
00:47:04.19\00:47:06.92
and it was
turned to me full face.
00:47:06.96\00:47:11.53
Full faced.
00:47:11.56\00:47:13.09
Sometimes we try to
be part in the world,
00:47:13.13\00:47:17.20
part in the church, part
in this and part in that.
00:47:17.23\00:47:19.67
And we're not
responding to the love of God.
00:47:19.70\00:47:23.84
And the good thing is as we do
He's just like He sweeps us up.
00:47:23.87\00:47:30.11
He's got those
everlasting arms beneath us.
00:47:30.15\00:47:33.01
He is so anxious to have
that intimate relationship.
00:47:33.05\00:47:39.29
Amen. Yeah.
00:47:39.32\00:47:40.66
And so as you're talking,
I was thinking about how
00:47:40.69\00:47:42.56
you know,
sometimes there's the mindset
00:47:42.59\00:47:44.06
that we want to have it together
00:47:44.09\00:47:46.90
before we come to Him,
00:47:46.93\00:47:48.53
and so sometimes
we can fall into that,
00:47:48.56\00:47:50.43
it's like, "Well, no, I'm not...
00:47:50.47\00:47:52.10
You know, I need to do
this and this and this first
00:47:52.13\00:47:54.17
and then I'll be ready."
00:47:54.20\00:47:55.54
And so that's an easy
trap to fall into that,
00:47:55.57\00:47:57.74
you know, we think we
have to have things together
00:47:57.77\00:48:00.01
before we...
00:48:00.04\00:48:01.38
A lie of the devil.
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.04
What does He
say? "Come as you..."?
00:48:03.08\00:48:04.81
"Come as you are."
00:48:04.85\00:48:06.18
I'm so thankful
for that, really.
00:48:06.21\00:48:09.15
Can you come as you are.
00:48:09.18\00:48:10.52
Because we can't
change ourselves.
00:48:10.55\00:48:11.89
He looks at you
says, "You're distasteful,
00:48:11.92\00:48:14.26
you know, you're a mess,
you're the dust of the earth.
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.09
There's none good, no, not one.
00:48:16.12\00:48:17.69
You know, you're the
pits, but I still love you."
00:48:17.73\00:48:19.69
Yeah.
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.06
I mean, that's the love
00:48:21.10\00:48:22.43
that's just hard
to fathom and to...
00:48:22.46\00:48:23.80
He accepts those cries
00:48:23.83\00:48:25.17
even though like,
JD, you were saying like,
00:48:25.20\00:48:26.53
you know, that's
not the right approach,
00:48:26.57\00:48:27.90
but He knew your heart,
He knew what you wanted,
00:48:27.94\00:48:30.17
so even though now
00:48:30.21\00:48:31.54
you can look back and
say I wouldn't say that now
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.44
but He knows where we're at
and He takes us where we're at.
00:48:33.48\00:48:36.14
And He won't
leave us there. Right.
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.25
I'll always say that
you can come as you are,
00:48:38.28\00:48:39.61
you'll say, but he doesn't
leave us in that position.
00:48:39.65\00:48:41.35
Can I give a scripture for that?
00:48:41.38\00:48:42.72
Sure.
00:48:42.75\00:48:44.09
That would be Jeremiah 3:22,
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.45
"Return you,
backsliding children,
00:48:45.49\00:48:47.56
and I will heal your backs."
00:48:47.59\00:48:50.03
Amen.
00:48:50.06\00:48:51.56
That's good news.
00:48:51.59\00:48:52.93
Let's look just in
the last few minutes here
00:48:52.96\00:48:55.26
at question number three
00:48:55.30\00:48:56.63
because you guys are
touching on the love,
00:48:56.67\00:48:58.33
you're touching on
how He's crying out
00:48:58.37\00:49:00.84
for each and every one of us.
00:49:00.87\00:49:02.90
So the question is,
00:49:02.94\00:49:04.97
why then will we
be left in darkness
00:49:05.01\00:49:07.51
if we persistently
refused to heed His voice.
00:49:07.54\00:49:11.71
Yeah. Why?
00:49:11.75\00:49:13.08
Well, to me, the simplest is
00:49:13.11\00:49:14.65
because your heart is hardened,
00:49:14.68\00:49:17.49
so that's who you become.
00:49:17.52\00:49:18.85
Yes.
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.22
And it's just like putting
a frog in the frying pan,
00:49:20.26\00:49:23.39
you know, it's
turning up real slow,
00:49:23.43\00:49:25.09
so this is a nice little nest.
00:49:25.13\00:49:28.20
And some people feel
like, "Well, it doesn't matter,
00:49:28.23\00:49:31.20
I believe in Him,
so I'll be saved."
00:49:31.23\00:49:33.60
You know, they
don't go any deeper.
00:49:33.64\00:49:36.20
I'm covered in
grace, that's all I am.
00:49:36.24\00:49:37.57
Yes.
00:49:37.61\00:49:38.94
Yeah.
00:49:38.97\00:49:40.31
I think personally, for me,
00:49:40.34\00:49:41.68
I think it's like
what Jesus said to Peter,
00:49:41.71\00:49:43.41
He says, "Satan is
desired to sift you as wheat,
00:49:43.45\00:49:46.61
and I'm praying for you, Peter,
that when you are converted,"
00:49:46.65\00:49:49.52
that's the key, conversion.
00:49:49.55\00:49:50.89
And I think that's
where, for me, personally,
00:49:50.92\00:49:53.15
you know, the Lord
has spoken to me recently,
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.36
this took me like 40 years
00:49:55.39\00:49:56.83
to realize the
love God has for me,
00:49:56.86\00:49:59.53
and I just can't help
00:49:59.56\00:50:01.43
but want to give
it to other people
00:50:01.46\00:50:02.80
and that's why
I go into prisons,
00:50:02.83\00:50:04.17
that's why we go out
and give Glow tracks.
00:50:04.20\00:50:05.53
Yes. Praise the God.
00:50:05.57\00:50:06.90
I was also just
thinking about that question
00:50:06.94\00:50:08.27
on why will we left...
00:50:08.30\00:50:09.64
Well, why would we
be left in darkness
00:50:09.67\00:50:11.27
if we persistently refuse?
00:50:11.31\00:50:13.07
It's, you know, daily choices,
00:50:13.11\00:50:15.91
you know, and He
honors our choices.
00:50:15.94\00:50:18.31
Yes. Amen.
00:50:18.35\00:50:20.35
Encourage to what you're asking.
00:50:20.38\00:50:22.12
And remember,
He's given this light,
00:50:22.15\00:50:23.75
this passage in John...
00:50:23.79\00:50:25.72
I think it's 12:35.
00:50:25.75\00:50:27.72
Jesus is telling us...
00:50:27.76\00:50:29.09
We think we have,
00:50:29.12\00:50:30.46
they say "all
day, we have next year,
00:50:30.49\00:50:31.83
we've got 10 years, I'm only 25,
00:50:31.86\00:50:33.66
I'm only 30, I'm only 40.
00:50:33.70\00:50:35.50
I've got a lot of time
yet to make a decision."
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.93
You know, but Jesus brings this
so clear there in John 12:35.
00:50:37.97\00:50:41.90
He says, "Then
Jesus said unto them,
00:50:41.94\00:50:44.37
'Yet a little while
is the light with you.
00:50:44.41\00:50:47.51
Walk while ye have
the light, lest...'" What?
00:50:47.54\00:50:50.45
"Darkness come upon you
for he that walketh in darkness
00:50:50.48\00:50:54.25
knoweth not whither he goeth."
00:50:54.28\00:50:56.62
So while the light shine,
while you are being impressed,
00:50:56.65\00:51:00.46
while you're thinking
maybe about death or life
00:51:00.49\00:51:03.86
or maybe your life
is not what you think,
00:51:03.89\00:51:06.13
maybe it's supposed to be
00:51:06.16\00:51:07.86
so you have a lot of
questions about life,
00:51:07.90\00:51:10.13
the Holy Spirit is working
wanting to shine more light
00:51:10.17\00:51:12.50
on your pathway,
00:51:12.53\00:51:13.87
you know, to help
you along the way.
00:51:13.90\00:51:15.24
But here it says,
"Well, it's shining,
00:51:15.27\00:51:17.21
you better react quickly on it
00:51:17.24\00:51:19.31
because it's not
going to always be there."
00:51:19.34\00:51:20.98
I think the beautiful thing
is that God will never force us.
00:51:21.01\00:51:26.88
He will never
force us to love Him.
00:51:26.92\00:51:29.85
He will never
force us to serve Him.
00:51:29.88\00:51:32.65
He'll never force
you, we're not puppets,
00:51:32.69\00:51:35.02
He's not a tyrant,
00:51:35.06\00:51:36.39
He's a loving God
and He is calling...
00:51:36.42\00:51:39.19
He emptied all of heaven.
00:51:39.23\00:51:43.70
That's how much he's calling us
00:51:43.73\00:51:46.33
to repent and to accept His Word
00:51:46.37\00:51:48.70
as the absolute
truth in our heart
00:51:48.74\00:51:51.57
and in our lives
00:51:51.61\00:51:52.94
and to put on the
character of Christ.
00:51:52.97\00:51:54.81
But he's not
going to make you do it.
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.85
We're in a great controversy
between good and evil.
00:51:56.88\00:51:59.85
You may choose which
side you want to end up on.
00:51:59.88\00:52:04.45
It's our choice.
00:52:04.49\00:52:06.15
That's why we'll
be left in darkness
00:52:06.19\00:52:08.52
because God is giving us
what we asked for ultimately.
00:52:08.56\00:52:12.29
I think Shelley
mentioned a key word,
00:52:12.33\00:52:13.86
she mentioned the
word healing in Jeremiah.
00:52:13.90\00:52:16.00
And that's what you're
really running away from
00:52:16.03\00:52:18.10
is God healing you,
you're running away from that.
00:52:18.13\00:52:20.14
Don't you want to be
restored and recovered?
00:52:20.17\00:52:22.54
I asked those
guys in prison, I said,
00:52:22.57\00:52:23.91
"Do you want to know what
it means to be a godly man?"
00:52:23.94\00:52:25.47
They're like, "Yeah, I do.
00:52:25.51\00:52:26.94
You know, I want to
know what it means."
00:52:26.98\00:52:28.31
And so people want that,
00:52:28.34\00:52:30.11
most people you
would think in their heart
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.48
would want the
healing, aren't you?
00:52:31.51\00:52:33.01
Like you said, JD, you know,
00:52:33.05\00:52:34.38
aren't you sick and
tired of being sick and tired?
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.55
Yeah, you would
want that healing.
00:52:36.58\00:52:38.05
You're running
away from the thing
00:52:38.09\00:52:39.42
that can heal you.
00:52:39.45\00:52:40.79
Amen.
00:52:40.82\00:52:42.16
Sometimes, we put off
God to the last little bit
00:52:42.19\00:52:45.16
when He should be the first.
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.53
Amen.
00:52:46.56\00:52:47.90
But what you just said,
00:52:47.93\00:52:49.26
I just want to kind of hone in
00:52:49.30\00:52:51.33
on that for a
second, shine the spotlight
00:52:51.37\00:52:53.17
because to me,
00:52:53.20\00:52:54.54
that's one of the
greatest gifts we have
00:52:54.57\00:52:56.67
was the gift of
an independent will
00:52:56.71\00:52:59.94
in the way Satan
operates is the love of power.
00:52:59.97\00:53:05.65
Satan does control us, we...
00:53:05.68\00:53:08.45
You know, people
don't realize that,
00:53:08.48\00:53:10.99
you know, I've
heard so many people say,
00:53:11.02\00:53:14.12
"I just thought
I'd try meth once,"
00:53:14.16\00:53:17.03
And then it was gone, you know.
00:53:17.06\00:53:18.73
So Satan loves the...
00:53:18.76\00:53:21.06
You know, it's
the love of power.
00:53:21.10\00:53:23.03
"Let me see if I can control."
00:53:23.06\00:53:25.87
And God's government
operates by the power of love...
00:53:25.90\00:53:30.44
Amen.
00:53:30.47\00:53:31.81
There's no coerciveness,
we choose to respond to Him.
00:53:31.84\00:53:36.95
So I think it's important
for us to remember that,
00:53:36.98\00:53:41.12
you know...
00:53:41.15\00:53:42.48
The Bible says
that God is light.
00:53:42.52\00:53:45.05
In Him, there is
no darkness at all,
00:53:45.09\00:53:47.46
but then it also says
that some men love the darkness
00:53:47.49\00:53:51.69
and they reject it.
00:53:51.73\00:53:54.63
Yeah.
00:53:54.66\00:53:56.80
That's heavy. Oh, mercy.
00:53:56.83\00:53:58.47
I like what JD said earlier
about finding new friends.
00:53:58.50\00:54:01.17
That was key for us
00:54:01.20\00:54:02.54
in our beginning of our journeys
00:54:02.57\00:54:04.01
was finding new friends.
00:54:04.04\00:54:05.37
Sometimes that's hard,
00:54:05.41\00:54:07.01
but God will show
you the genuine friends
00:54:07.04\00:54:10.05
and, you know, that lot of them
don't understand the new walk,
00:54:10.08\00:54:14.08
but, you know, if
you want to follow God
00:54:14.12\00:54:16.45
and they don't understand it,
then maybe someday they will,
00:54:16.48\00:54:19.42
but those
influences are really strong.
00:54:19.45\00:54:22.52
We went through that
and it's really important,
00:54:22.56\00:54:25.73
that's major in
a Christian walk.
00:54:25.76\00:54:27.73
Yes, it is. Amen.
00:54:27.76\00:54:29.10
You made me think of
the story of Abraham,
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that makes it come to light,
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you know, when Abraham was
told to get you out of a country
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and go to place I'm calling.
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If he would have
stayed with those family,
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what would he have been?
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You know, it's
kind of like with us.
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We left our
families and we go back,
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and not that we're,
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you know, saying
anything negative,
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but you can just tell
that all the influences
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come right back on you.
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I better stay away from now,
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you know, I
need to be separated.
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Loving from a distance.
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Yes 'cause you don't want
to say that you're better,
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that's not the key thing.
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It's just, you know, the
influences are still there
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and it can pull you
right back to world.
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Oh, yes. You know, I read this.
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This was in letter
eight, 1891, by Miss White.
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"Sin affects the entire being,
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so does grace."
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Amen. That's a good one.
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"Grace affects
the entire being."
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And to me, the best gift there
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is the gift of the
Holy Spirit it's there,
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that that if you do
have a tendency to waive off,
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the red lights would go off.
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"JD, JD, JD,
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come back over in the
center line, you know."
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Boy, that's powerful.
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That's the gift that you have.
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That's a gift and
you can trifle with it
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if you want to.
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It's when you don't
hear, "JD, JD, JD," anymore
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'caused you push
the Holy Spirit too far.
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Yes.
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You know, so if you at home,
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if you're hearing
the Holy Spirit say,
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"You know, I need
a closer connection
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with Jesus Christ,"
you don't put it off.
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If heaven is calling you
right now, don't hesitate.
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They need to pray with
us as we close this evening.
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Absolutely.
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You know, one lady came
up to me quickly and said,
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"I believe I've
committed the unpardonable sin."
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And I said, "What makes
you think that you have?"
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She said,
"There's no hope for me.
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Heaven will never be my home.
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I was kind of
raised in Christian family
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and I know... But I just can't."
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I said, "What makes
you think that you have?"
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She says, "Well..."
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There's just a lot
of things she said,
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but, you know, just
lately more and more and more,
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the thoughts
keep coming in my mind
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that I need to
get my life right,
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and I need to get back
in church and everything,
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but I know it's too late."
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I said, "No.
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That's the spirit
of the Living God.
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You've not committed
the unpardonable sin."
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As long as it's working on you
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trying to get you
to do the right thing,
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that changed the whole life.
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Amen. Whole thought process.
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And that's what we
need to do today for sure.
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Well, pray with our
audience, would you?
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And pray for them and
pray for these decisions.
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Amen.
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Most gracious Heavenly Father,
again, as we come before Thee,
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we honor Thee as God,
Creator of heaven and earth,
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the God of coming
into our hearts and lives
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and changing
them and molding them.
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Lord, today as we recognize,
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we've read these
passages of Scripture
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and we discussed,
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you know, the
subject about heaven calls,
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oh, don't hesitate.
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I pray that no one's
going to hesitate right now.
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God is calling,
He's calling everyone,
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He's chosen us before
the foundations of the world.
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He wants everyone to be there.
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And, Lord, we have
to make that decision.
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Bless us now we pray.
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I see those who
are making that choice,
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that decision right now,
just simply say right now,
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"I want to be with Jesus,"
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Fully turn to Him
and watch how God works
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in and through you.
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In Jesus' name we
pray and for His sake.
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Amen. Amen.
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