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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain Lord, 00:24 let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:10 Hello, happy Sabbath 01:11 and welcome to 3ABN's Family Worship. 01:14 I'm Chris Shelton along with my husband, 01:16 Pastor Kenny Shelton. 01:17 We're gonna to be the host for this evening, 01:19 and we're so excited to be here with you. 01:21 We've already been having a happy time around the table, 01:24 and we've got some wonderful 3ABN family. 01:27 And I'm just going to let them introduce themselves. 01:30 No one here is new to many of you 01:32 who have been watching. 01:33 In fact, to our right, 01:35 you're seeing this couple more and more. 01:37 Don and Sister Janelle, 01:39 you guys have been so good to do 01:41 so many things here at 3ABN, 01:43 and I look forward to what the Lord has in store for you. 01:46 So, Don, tell us a little bit about what you do here? 01:50 Very, very privileged. 01:52 I like to say, "Who am I, Lord?" 01:54 Really, who am I and why would you choose me. 01:56 But I get to work in pastoral full time. 01:59 That's been a huge blessing that has grown me so much. 02:01 And we're also dealing with now 02:03 addiction recovery in a community. 02:05 And we're also doing with a new program, 02:08 a conqueror series dealing with sexual sin and impurity. 02:10 What it's like to be pure. 02:12 So we're really working on that 02:13 and just seeing lives being touched, it's been incredible. 02:16 Amen. Absolutely. 02:18 That's been the joy. Amen. 02:20 I like what you're doing, what you're talking about 02:22 because those are so needed. 02:24 Sometimes we have a tendency to hit only the deep things, 02:28 you know, to think that's our portion 02:30 as a movement, as the last day church, 02:33 but there's so many other avenues, 02:36 other areas 02:37 that people are falling into the pit as it were, 02:40 they're falling into sin, and they need a way out. 02:42 So I love that. 02:44 Here's a little phrase that came to my mind, 02:45 we kind of worked on just about a week ago, 02:47 you won't receive His ceiling 02:49 if you don't desire His healing. 02:51 That's good. Yes. 02:53 That's very good. 02:55 It's true. Sister Janelle? 02:57 Yes, I work in the publishing department, 03:00 and just a lot of different things 03:03 that we do in that department. 03:05 The main thing that I work on is the 3ABN World, 03:07 you guys are familiar with that. 03:09 And the websites for different networks, 03:13 and the social media, 03:15 anything print or published comes from our department. 03:18 And you've been in front of the camera more and more 03:20 often on different programs like this one, 03:23 on Family Worship, 03:24 and it's always a blessing to have you. 03:26 Oh, God is good. Amen. 03:27 And I know recently you had done a commercial 03:29 and I was out of the country, and I was watching 3ABN 03:33 and saw her on there and I took a picture, 03:35 I was so excited 03:36 at what the Lord is doing in your life, 03:38 so that was exciting. 03:39 It's all Him, yes. 03:41 And over here to my left, this first lady here, 03:45 she's officially retired from 3ABN 03:49 till we call her back again. 03:52 Tell us about yourself, Tammy? 03:55 Well, let's see. 03:57 Yeah, I officially retired last week. 04:00 Was it last week? Yeah. 04:02 And so that I can work harder at home with dogs. 04:06 So there you go. 04:07 It's a lot easier to be at 3ABN. 04:11 You know, if they tune into our second part of this series 04:15 that we're doing, 04:16 I think that's when we really talked more about dogs, 04:18 wasn't it at the last program? 04:20 Probably. 04:21 And it's interesting 'cause we had been at a gathering, 04:24 it was kind of a sad gathering. 04:25 It was Aunt Ruby's funeral. 04:28 And a lady from town came up and she said, 04:30 "Oh, you're the one." 04:32 And she works in a pharmacy. 04:34 And she said you were talking about labs. 04:36 And so I'm thinking labs that, you know, 04:39 like blood work or something. 04:42 And Danny's looking at me, like, "Come on." 04:44 And I'm like, "Give me a minute." 04:47 Just try to think who is talking about blood work. 04:50 And then she mentioned 04:51 something about that the dogs have been loose for, 04:53 and ran for over 24 miles, and so and so. 04:56 I said, "Oh, dogs. Yes, yes." 04:58 So they loved it. 05:00 Well, they loved the story about the dogs. 05:01 That was kind of neat. 05:02 Bruce, tell us about what you do here? 05:04 Well, I'm not old enough to retire yet. 05:06 Oh, there you go, so I'm still working. 05:09 And I run the Donation Center here at 3ABN. 05:12 We get items that are donated, 05:14 and we turn them into money for the Lord's work. 05:16 Amen. That's good. 05:17 We're not supposed to start off with telling, you see, 05:21 that he wasn't old enough to retire. 05:25 Well, you know, I can kind of, I'm feeling him right now 05:28 because I don't think 05:29 we're ever gonna be old enough to retire. 05:31 We just, we're not ready for it. 05:33 So, we're with you, Bruce. 05:35 And she really hasn't retired from the Lord's work either 05:38 because you mentioned dogs, 05:39 but she uses her dogs to reach people. 05:42 Some of her puppies have actually been donated 05:45 to help children that were sick. 05:48 And it's been a real blessing when you hear these stories. 05:50 It really truly is so I love that. 05:52 I'll popping in and out here in camp meeting 05:55 and different places. 05:56 Yeah, we won't let you go. 05:58 Old enough to retire is a perception of the mind. 06:01 Oh, that's very deep, yeah. 06:03 That is deep. Yeah. 06:05 I don't know if we can go... I feel bad, then I'll go. 06:07 We can't go that deep. 06:10 Well, Pastor, why don't we go ahead 06:12 and have opening prayer 06:14 and then your sister Tammy is going to lead off 06:17 in what she calls a chorus that's entitled, 06:20 "There's a Fresh Touch of Desires." 06:22 I'm looking forward to singing that with her if we can? 06:25 It' new to us, so I like it, I like it. 06:28 Yeah, words that I love it, so. Amen. 06:30 She's gonna treat us, bless us 06:32 with the first chorus on her own 06:35 and then we'll see if we can jump in on the second one. 06:38 We'll try. Yes. 06:39 Okay. 06:41 Let's pray, shall we? 06:43 Father in heaven, we thank You for the privilege 06:44 that we had to come before Thee. 06:46 We give You praise, give You honor, 06:48 and give You glory. 06:49 What a wonderful God that You are. 06:50 Thank You for meeting all of our needs. 06:52 Lord, we're thankful that Your Holy Spirit is working 06:55 in each of our hearts and our lives. 06:57 And for those who are viewing, those who are listening, 06:59 whatever it maybe, 07:01 we just ask Your Holy Spirit will just draw near to them, 07:04 there may be questions, 07:05 they may be in a valley of decision, 07:07 they may be searching for something 07:09 for answers to questions. 07:10 And, Lord, I pray that You will fill our hearts and our minds 07:13 not only with the answers in the truth of God's Word, 07:15 but pray that I'll be able to receive that 07:17 and answer those questions they may have. 07:20 That will lead them closer to You. 07:22 Thank You for hearing, thank You for answering prayer, 07:24 thank You for the precious individuals that are here today 07:27 as we open Your Word, Lord, we just feel so, 07:30 like we're just certainly not worthy to do it but, 07:32 Lord, we ask for Your Holy Spirit 07:34 to come near and enlighten us bring to our... 07:37 Remember the things that we've read, 07:39 the things we studied over the years, 07:40 in the right time in the right place that 07:43 Word can be set in due season that will bring someone to You. 07:46 This is the whole purpose of this, 07:47 not for us just to be here, but to lead someone to Jesus. 07:50 Thank You for hearing and answering prayer 07:52 in Jesus' name, amen. 07:53 Amen. 07:55 There's a fresh touch of desire. 07:57 I believe it's a Lanny Wolfe. 08:00 It seems like he wrote most of the songs 08:02 that was ever written. 08:03 In fact, they go on and on. 08:05 Every time we do a taping with Lanny, 08:07 there's more and more. 08:09 He's a musical genius, 08:11 I think God's really gifted him. 08:13 There's a fresh touch of desire 08:17 in my soul today 08:22 There's a fresh touch of desire 08:27 to go all the way 08:31 For I've made up made up my mind 08:36 I'm gonna make it come what may 08:39 There's a fresh touch of desire 08:44 in my soul today. 08:47 Amen. 08:48 Now those at home sing, sing with us, okay? 08:50 There's a fresh touch of desire in my soul today. 08:53 There's a fresh touch of desire 08:58 in my soul today 09:03 There's a fresh touch of desire 09:08 to go all the way 09:13 For I've made up my mind 09:17 I'm gonna make it come what may 09:21 There's a fresh touch of desire 09:26 in my soul today. 09:32 Well, you're doing good. You did very good. 09:34 Man, it's new to us, but we loved it, that's good. 09:36 I hope we have the opportunity to sing it again sometime. 09:39 I love that. 09:40 Yes, 'cause once we did it, 09:41 maybe we want to just tear loose on it. 09:43 That's right. That's right. 09:44 You know why? 09:46 Because we need a fresh touch. 09:47 We do. We do. 09:48 It's about simple as you could put right now, 09:50 I was thinking of songs and, Lord, I need a fresh touch. 09:52 Yes, amen. 09:53 I don't know that'd be wrong to say I need that fresh touch 09:55 every day, every moment, every minute 09:57 of every day in our walk with Christ, 10:00 nothing should be day old. 10:02 I think shouldn't be week's stale bread. 10:03 Right, no stale bread. We don't want stale bread. 10:05 Stale bread, day old stale stuff, 10:07 we don't want that. 10:08 Or stagnant water. There you go. 10:10 That's right. 10:11 The fresh, we go to the Lord. 10:13 And I know that's what we've all been praying for. 10:15 When we, you know, when we come here, 10:16 we have family worship or any program that we do, 10:19 we're blessed to worship along with you at home. 10:22 There's a lot of preparation beforehand and a lot of prayer. 10:26 And we don't want people to see us, 10:28 but we want them to see Jesus. 10:30 We want them to hear Jesus. 10:32 And this study today is no different. 10:35 This is Truth Transforms. 10:38 And it's part three, 10:39 if you missed part one and part two, 10:42 I just encourage you to go to Google, 10:44 and Google the title, Truth Transforms part one, 10:48 and then Truth Transforms part two, 10:50 you'll find them there on the web. 10:52 And just always put 3ABN in front of that, 10:54 and you'll get to our programs. 10:56 It's been a real blessing. 10:57 In parts one and two, 11:00 we have looked at the platform of eternal truth. 11:04 We've also discussed spiritual confusion 11:07 that's in the world today. 11:10 We have looked at the difference of knowing the truth 11:13 and loving the truth. 11:15 We've also discussed how we may be certain 11:18 and I think this one is so important 11:20 how we may be certain 11:22 that what we are learning is indeed the truth, right? 11:26 And today we just almost need a drum roll seriously 11:30 because 11:32 during part one and part two, 11:37 we kept having to pull Pastor Kenny back 11:40 because he kept wanting to go to this next question 11:43 before we actually got there. 11:45 So, today he is finally there, 11:49 the transforming influence of truth, listen to this, 11:52 sanctifies the soul. 11:55 Amen. 11:56 Sanctification sanctifies the soul. 11:58 The question that we're gonna start tonight with, 12:01 what is meant by sanctifies 12:04 and why is this process important for the Christian? 12:08 Amen. Pastor Kenny, this is it. 12:10 Yeah, well, I'm gonna turn 12:11 right over to my brother-in-law Bruce 12:13 because he has some definition. 12:15 Oh, yes. 12:17 He's gonna share it for a moment. 12:19 Yeah, we heard part of it and it was beautiful. 12:22 So would you do that for us? 12:24 Definition of what? 12:26 Sanctifies is to make holy, to set apart, 12:30 consecrate, purify, but make free of sin. 12:34 Amen. Free of sin. 12:36 That pretty well sums to that, doesn't it? 12:38 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 12:39 It really does. I mean, I love bottom lines. 12:42 I like to hear and they say go around the barn with the truth. 12:45 Don't do it, just go right straight through the barn. 12:47 You know, just give what the truth is. 12:49 And the truth is the subject that we're talking about here 12:52 deals with whether we're going to be saved or lost. 12:54 True. It's life and death, isn't it? 12:56 Life and death issue. 12:58 I like what you said in there, it says that it purifies, 13:00 you know, I went to prison. 13:01 Oh, I do prison ministry, 13:03 I asked the man when I first come in, I said, 13:04 "Now do you want to be a pure man of God? 13:06 You know what it means to be a pure man of God?" 13:08 And I asked them if they want to be a pure man of God? 13:09 And all pretty much raised their hands, 13:11 and what's that purity look like, you know. 13:14 What is God's purity look like and we don't. 13:16 Oh, man, to see what that's looks like. 13:18 I like the fact that it sanctifies, 13:20 which means it's to present, 13:22 and it's continuous, 13:23 and it's not past tense but it's a continual thing. 13:27 It's present. 13:29 Yeah, we're talking about, you know, in every day, 13:32 a new experience, a new refreshing, 13:34 and it's a new renewal. 13:39 It's our growth in Christ. 13:41 Day by day we have to experience sanctification so. 13:45 So the change comes about by, 13:47 actually by indwelling of the Holy Spirit then, 13:49 doesn't it? 13:50 So, if the Holy Spirit is indwelling 13:52 or living inside of us, 13:53 there's gonna be some changes. 13:55 We've invited the Holy Spirit to come in, 13:56 we've invited, we want change. 13:59 I mean, a lot of people I know, in their experience, 14:01 they feel kind of like they're all right. 14:03 If you ever met someone like that, they're all right. 14:05 They're good person and do good thing. 14:07 Yeah, you know, good, bad or ugly, 14:09 I've never really felt that way about myself. 14:11 I never feel like I'm all right 14:12 because I keep trying to behold the example, 14:17 right, which is Jesus Christ. 14:18 And every time I do, I fall short on every point. 14:21 Every time I look to Christ, 14:23 every time I look at the fruits of the Spirit, 14:25 I've mentioned many times, 14:26 I look at the fruits of the spirit, I fall short. 14:29 You know those should be simple, 14:31 you know, love and peace, you know, goodness and grace, 14:32 but I fall short on those things. 14:34 But what that does to me 14:36 and I pray that it will do it 14:37 for each one of us here it does, 14:38 it draws me to the foot of the cross, 14:41 it draws me to Jesus because that's my only help. 14:44 That's my only source, 14:46 and therefore through Him and through faith in Him, 14:49 then the sanctification process can certainly begin. 14:52 And truly it is a process, there's steps, right? 14:54 It doesn't just happen. 14:56 It's moment by moment, day by day. 14:59 Go ahead. 15:01 There's a young man visited us years ago, 15:02 we lived in Indiana, he came to our house and he sat down, 15:04 was our family friend. 15:06 He sat at our kitchen table, and he says, 15:08 "Donald, you know, 15:09 I just want to get rid of all my sin right now." 15:11 I said, "That's wonderful, that's great, you wanna do. 15:13 But it's a process, it takes time." 15:16 And I think later that week, 15:18 he got in a car accident and was killed. 15:19 Oh, have mercy. 15:20 But we saw his journey was amazing. 15:23 From two years prior, 15:24 he looked 10 years older, two years later, 15:27 he's 10 years younger, and it was incredible. 15:29 You can see how God was just pulling back 15:31 all the scars and the wounds and just, 15:34 you could just see it, it's just incredible. 15:35 The Lord prepared him. 15:36 And so when he got in this wreck, 15:38 he was in the Lord so I was really thankful for that. 15:40 But that's a powerful thing. I like this... 15:43 I'll just read real quick, Deuteronomy 14:2. 15:46 Yes, you wanna open there. 15:48 And I'll just, I get it. 15:50 A really good scripture 15:51 he talked about something he said, 15:52 Bruce, something about set apart. 15:54 I thought that I really touched here. 15:55 This is of the Amplified version, I'll just read it. 15:58 It says, "For you are a holy people 16:00 set apart to the Lord your God, 16:03 and the Lord has chosen you 16:05 to be a peculiar people to Himself," 16:08 I like that, "Above all the nations on the earth." 16:09 So he's chosen you. Yes. 16:12 That's a great word, chosen. 16:13 It is a great word. He set you apart, chosen you. 16:15 Amen. He chose this young man. 16:17 Isn't God so good, though, 16:18 when you mentioned this young man, 16:20 I assume, you know, and before the accident, 16:23 that it was the motives wasn't it? 16:26 The motives of his heart. 16:27 This is what, he didn't have a chance to really 16:29 do much growing then, did he? 16:30 I mean, when he actually made that commitment. 16:33 But God takes that all into consideration, 16:36 you know, where we're at? 16:37 Growth is different for everybody. 16:40 But also growth in sanctification can be perfect. 16:45 I'm careful with the word try to be perfect 16:47 in every stage that it's in. 16:49 Perfectly all was that because it says what first the what? 16:53 The blade, and then the ear, and then the full corn. 16:57 So I always asked that it's okay, 16:59 so it's not the full corn. 17:01 We all say, "Man, when we get the full corn 17:02 that means we were there." 17:05 You know, it's just, first the blade. 17:07 So when the blade comes out, 17:08 could we say it's perfect in that stage? 17:10 Yes, it is. I'm in that stage. 17:13 In that state, we haven't reached that yet. 17:15 And then it goes on to the next stage. 17:19 And then is it perfect in that stage? 17:21 Yes, because that's all the growth 17:23 that we're looking for the full corn. 17:25 It's like the developmental. 17:27 You're that developmental, I mean, it's continuous. 17:29 So that helps you to understand what Bible perfection is. 17:33 Because what he's talking about, 17:34 it's perfect in that stage. 17:36 That young man came and said, 17:37 "I just want all my sins to be forgiven. 17:39 I don't want to sin anymore." 17:41 That was the desire of his heart. 17:43 The thief on the cross. 17:45 Oh, Lord, will You remember me? 17:47 And don't you know, he was thinking, 17:48 I don't want to live the way I've been living anymore. 17:51 I want to change. Amen. 17:53 And God gave him a promise. 17:54 Christ gave him the promise right then and there. 17:56 "I'm telling you today, 17:58 you will be with Me in paradise." 18:00 Wow. 18:01 Yeah, I had a young man that called in 18:03 or shouldn't say young man, older gentleman 18:04 who called in to our prayer line, 18:06 he said to me, he said, "Donald, 18:08 I'm lost, I want to be found." 18:11 Guess what? 18:12 You are found, I can hear the Holy Spirit's working. 18:14 Are you serious I'm found? 18:16 Yes, you are. Yeah. 18:17 The Holy Spirit's working in your life, you are found. 18:19 So he got so excited, he was so... 18:21 You know, I think sometimes it's easy to get discouraged 18:23 and think I want to be a full ear of corn.. 18:28 You know, why am I not full ear of corn yet? 18:32 You know, and you get discouraged 18:33 looking at that full, 18:34 what you want to be, you know, what the goal is, 18:37 but you know, 18:38 I like what someone said earlier about the process, 18:40 that it's a process and, you know, 18:42 if we are following Him to the best of our knowledge 18:46 and the light He's given us, 18:47 and we're living what we understand and know, 18:51 then God considers that and I'm thankful 18:53 that He doesn't expect more of us 18:56 than where we're at that point, you know. 18:58 Exactly. Amen. 19:00 Great point. 19:01 The importance in living up to the light. 19:03 See, that brings the other part, 19:05 we living up to the light, you know, 19:06 but what if we're not living up to the light that we know, 19:09 that is always a challenge for me 19:11 because the more that you read and study, 19:13 you think, "Oh, I'm learning this and that." 19:15 That usually demands a change. 19:18 Oh, I've learned something. 19:19 Or I've known this for a long time 19:21 but now I see it from a different angle. 19:23 Is there a way to see at different angle? 19:25 And now this hits me when six months ago, it didn't hit me. 19:29 You know, you've read it. 19:30 But then so what does that demand to me? 19:32 If I'm in the life of sanctification, 19:34 what does that do? 19:35 A change. 19:37 And I think even the blade demands a change. 19:39 When those men come to you, 19:41 the people that come to you even, and they say, 19:44 you know, they want to have a different life. 19:46 It demands a change. 19:48 If we really want to be sanctified, 19:50 we really want to be like Jesus Christ, 19:52 we want His mind to be our mind. 19:55 It takes a change in our daily activity. 19:59 I probably have shared this with you before 20:01 but back when I was teaching, I always tell the students, 20:04 don't even get out of bed until you pray first. 20:08 Now why did I say that? 20:09 Why didn't I say get on your knees, 20:10 which they could have. 20:12 But it's like the moment you get out of bed, 20:14 the devil has something that's gonna... 20:16 Dirty. Yeah. 20:17 Get your mind, he's gonna get it on another track, 20:20 another trail and, and you know, 20:23 just pray first and then get up 20:25 and have Bible study first. 20:27 In fact, years ago, 20:29 we had determined in our home 20:31 that we were going to eat of the Word 20:33 before we ate physical food. 20:36 Amen. 20:37 I've never forgotten that. 20:38 I mean, if I'm really hungry, 20:40 and I feel like I'm really, really pressed, 20:42 I may just sit down and read a paragraph or two. 20:46 Most of the time, it's longer. 20:48 But you don't feel right. 20:50 Once you make that commitment with God, 20:52 you don't feel right to eat that physical food 20:54 until you have that spiritual food 20:56 because we're starving as Christians. 20:57 Yes. 20:59 For me, my inclination, 21:00 when I first get up is to check my phone. 21:02 And so God's really been taken me, 21:05 you know, away from that, like that desire to do that. 21:09 And I just put the phone away where I don't even see it 21:11 when I get up. 21:13 And that's helped a lot. 21:14 You know, 21:16 because that can be a total distraction 21:17 to just take you down many roads, you know. 21:20 I like what Donald said, a spiritual slap. 21:24 Spiritual slap. 21:27 Oh, oh, don't touch that. 21:28 Well, and people at home can see, 21:31 you know, my Bible's on here, 21:32 I have so many Spirit of Prophecy books. 21:34 And with my eyes growing dim, unfortunately, 21:37 it's easy for me to read on here. 21:38 It's easy for me to outline on here. 21:41 And so I pick up my phone a lot of times no, not all the time, 21:45 you know, but I use it a lot. 21:47 It's easy for me to gain a lot of information 21:50 in one little spot that on my computer. 21:52 And, of course, I still do have the books, 21:54 still have my own precious Bibles that I use. 21:57 But I did like you, 22:00 for a while I was getting sidetracked. 22:02 If somebody, you know, a message or something, 22:06 you start to look and the Lord say, 22:08 "Don't look at those until you look at this first." 22:11 Because all of a sudden, 20 minutes, 22:13 30 minutes and hour's gone by and you didn't realize it. 22:16 So, you know, even with this, the technology, 22:18 we have to submit and commit everything to God 22:22 and allow Him to work in us first. 22:24 It's so easy to get sidetracked. 22:25 Right, so what I think 22:27 we're saying is that we have to live in the world. 22:30 But, you know, 22:31 sanctification sets us apart from the world. 22:34 Amen. Amen. 22:35 That's right. 22:37 I think that's what we're saying. 22:38 Where you're saying it really deep 22:40 because if we get into any of these quotes 22:42 that we have, I mean, 22:43 that's a big part of sanctification, 22:45 is that separation. 22:47 And many times it's separation from friends, you know, 22:51 it doesn't mean you can't be their friend, 22:53 you go in, the disciples, the apostles, 22:57 all the people of God, 22:58 they would go in and work with the people 23:00 but then come apart and be separate. 23:03 That you touch not the unclean thing 23:05 because that's what happens if we get too close, 23:09 too lovey dovey with those around us, 23:11 then all of a sudden, 23:12 when they're doing something we begin to analyze, 23:14 well, maybe it's not so bad after all, 23:17 and we get off the path. 23:19 Straight and narrow is that path. 23:20 That's right. 23:22 So it isn't by beholding, you know, 23:25 that's what is 2 Corinthians 3:18, 23:27 you know, we were looking through the glass, 23:29 and things that we beholds what we become like. 23:32 And then like you say, I think every day, 23:33 what you brought up, 23:35 everybody's brought up here is that we can get sidetracked 23:38 from the most important things 23:40 and that's our communion with God. 23:43 Every morning, the first thing because like you say, 23:45 once your feet, you talk about hit the floor, 23:47 all kinds of things begin to develop, 23:49 or you look at your phone, 23:50 somebody's got a problem here, they need you for this, 23:52 they need you for that. 23:54 Well, you know, unless it's an emergency, 23:55 they just have to need you for a little while. 23:57 Right? 23:58 You need to spend your time well and then you may, 24:00 you'll be better adapted to help them in their need, 24:03 or whatever you're going to do for the day 24:05 because we've chosen to put Him first. 24:08 I had something, Manuscript 148, 1897 said this. 24:13 Same thing we've been talking about, 24:14 "By receiving His imputed righteousness," 24:16 because we're talking about again, 24:18 we're talking about being changed, right? 24:20 "Through the transforming power," 24:21 we said before of the Holy Spirit, 24:23 that's where it comes in, "We become like Him." 24:27 And a lot of people dismiss that like Him, get close to it, 24:30 do the best you can. 24:32 But scripture indicates, 24:34 Spirit of Prophecy indicates to be like Him. 24:36 You know, we have to be like Him. 24:38 2 Corinthians 3:18 it talks about there, 24:41 but by behold Christ. 24:43 "But we all with open face," that we just talked about, 24:46 "beholding as in a glass, the glory of the Lord 24:48 notices we're changed in the same image 24:51 from glory, to glory," 24:53 Notice, even as, here's the answer, 24:56 "even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 25:00 So the change comes about everything we talked about, 25:02 no matter how far you're going over, how much you dig, 25:04 and scratch, and carry on here. 25:06 We're gonna come to the same point, 25:07 every time it's the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of the what? 25:10 Of the Holy Spirit inside that by beholding, 25:14 day by day, we become by beholding whom? 25:17 Christ. 25:18 The Christ, you know, His righteousness, 25:20 His life, His example, 25:22 if I'm looking at that, I'm saying, 25:23 "Wow, praise God." 25:25 Well, that's what I need to be like, 25:26 rather than say, "Well, you can't attain that." 25:29 Shame on those of us that say we can't attain that. 25:31 Jesus attained it in human flesh. 25:33 Did He not? Oh, yeah. Amen 25:34 I like that word that in that quote 25:36 that you read about receiving. 25:39 And can we receive something if we, you know, 25:42 if we don't understand it or if we don't desire it? 25:46 Yeah, like that song, you know, that we sing, 25:49 fresh touch of desire, is receiving it. 25:52 Receiving it is like just the beginning of that process, 25:58 you know, and to always be open 25:59 to receiving it too whether it's... 26:02 I'm sorry. Yeah, go ahead. 26:03 Sometimes, 26:05 I think for many of us it's a lifelong process that, 26:08 you know, we continue to strive, 26:09 continue to work, 26:11 it's not at all an overnight type of thing we can do. 26:15 Like he said, as we grow and we learn, 26:17 we look at things from a different angle sometimes, 26:20 we've never seen a certain way before. 26:22 So it's a lifetime, 26:23 and it's a struggle in this whole world, 26:26 it's a struggle. 26:28 But, you know, 26:29 that's why I'm so glad 26:31 that God judges the motive of the heart. 26:33 Amen. 26:36 I was thinking of something that came to my mind 26:37 and I don't want to mention particular candy bar 26:39 but it satisfies. 26:41 He's sitting in Tim's seat, isn't he? 26:44 He's talking about ice cream on the other program. 26:47 Now we've got candy bars. 26:49 But, talks about satisfies, 26:51 but what really does satisfy your soul, 26:53 you know, being on prayer line. 26:55 When I start reading scripture back to people, they say, 26:57 "That's the most beautiful prayer I've ever heard." 26:59 All I'm doing is really reading scripture, 27:01 I mean, it strikes high in some testimonies, 27:02 but really, it's the Word of God that satisfies, 27:06 and that's what you're saying the morning, 27:07 get up and satisfy your soul with some good food. 27:10 It's the Word of God that comes in. 27:13 And one thing that you mentioned, 27:14 what if we don't desire? You know what? 27:17 I haven't always desired. 27:19 But, you know, the beautiful thing is because 27:21 all of this is a gift. 27:23 And you can get, you can pray, 27:25 when you're praying, say, "God, give me the desire." 27:29 Tammy, what does it say, how does the Lord speak to us, 27:32 how does sanctification come to us in John 17:17? 27:36 "Sanctify them through Thy truth, 27:38 Thy Word is true." 27:40 There's power, absolute power in the Word of God. 27:45 And we've talked about it before, 27:47 but there's so many wonderful promises 27:49 and we can pray those right back to God and say, 27:52 "Lord, You promise" or "Lord, speak to me." 27:54 I can't tell you how many times, 27:56 and it just touches my heart every time. 27:58 If I'm really, really searching and I have no answer and I say, 28:02 "Lord, You speak to us through Your Word, 28:04 would You please show me," you know? 28:07 John 17:17 really in an Amplified. 28:09 Okay. 28:10 Listen to this, it gets really good. 28:12 "Sanctify them, purify them, consecrate them, 28:16 separate them for yourself. 28:18 Make them holy by the truth, Your word is truth." 28:21 That was Amplified, that's beautiful, 28:23 it covers everything. 28:24 Separate them for yourself. Yes. 28:25 My question in last program what is truth? 28:28 Pretty simple, Thy word is truth. 28:31 Amen. Yeah. 28:33 So there's two parts 28:34 we're talking about here with sanctification 28:36 comes by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, 28:39 and the Holy Spirit as in John 16, Holy Spirit says, 28:42 "I will lead you into all truth." 28:46 And so truth then plays a part 28:48 on our sanctified walk with Christ, 28:52 eventually heaven, that's what's it. 28:55 Only truth will change us. 28:58 Nothing else in the world will, it's the truth 29:00 that does it right inside the heart, 29:03 meditated on, thought on, studied on, 29:06 begins to change us because He said, 29:08 "Thy word is truth." 29:10 You know what? 29:12 Actually, it just came to my mind and it breaks the bonds 29:13 that you have tied to this earth, 29:15 tying to this earth. 29:16 Because they break those bonds. Yes. 29:18 So those bonds are being broken. 29:20 I just, that maybe just came in my mind this idea. 29:22 I love it 'cause it's 29:24 what came to my mind is the things 29:25 that we once love, 29:27 we actually experience that now. 29:28 We've read it before in Scripture, 29:29 but the things that we once loved, 29:31 we now hate. 29:33 I've got a verse there... Okay, go head. 29:34 'Cause it goes along with what you guys 29:36 were just made comments. 29:37 Romans 12:2, you guys know this probably by heart. 29:39 I know. 29:40 "And do not conformed to this world, 29:42 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 29:46 that you may prove 29:47 what is that good and acceptable 29:49 and perfect will of God." 29:50 Amen. Amen. 29:52 Do not conform to this world and renewing of our mind 29:55 that brings transformation. 29:58 Who can break those bonds, though? 30:00 Christ. Oh, yeah. 30:02 Our Saviour, our Redeemer. 30:04 That's what this is all about. We were bound in sin. 30:07 We were bound to the grave. 30:10 He came and He broke those bonds. 30:12 He opened the present doors so they can be set free. 30:17 You know, and they were some were set free 30:18 at His resurrection and when He comes again, 30:20 the rest are going to be set free. 30:22 Amen. Amen. 30:23 And then those of us who are alive 30:24 and remaining will be caught up together up in the air. 30:27 The bonds of sin, and, you know, what's bonds? 30:30 It's a bonds of sin. 30:31 It's sin that separates us from God, 30:34 sin that separates us from heaven 30:36 and we have to come to the point as Christians 30:38 and you'll slowly that you abhor sin. 30:42 And one thing that I probably learnt from you many years ago, 30:45 probably was from you first that I had heard this, 30:48 but the Bible teaches it because, you know, 30:50 Christ would not sin. 30:53 He would rather die than sin. 30:55 And that's where we, as we grow in Christ, 30:58 His mind becomes our mind, 31:00 as His Spirit begins to dwell in us, 31:03 we come to the point we would rather die than sin. 31:07 And one thing I noticed that 31:09 Lord's really, really, really been working on me. 31:13 It's even in the little things... 31:15 Oh, absolutely. 31:16 A little thing, 31:18 you know, 'cause it's a thing that, 31:20 well, it doesn't seem wrong, you know, 31:22 it doesn't seem like it's necessary 31:24 but is at the best, you know. 31:27 And God always wants the best for us, 31:29 whether it's for our body tempo or what we dress, 31:33 anything, you know, where we worship, 31:34 when we worship, how we worship, 31:36 He wants the best for His children. 31:38 He wants us to be a particular, peculiar people. 31:42 So if we love the world and the things of the world 31:45 and to involve in the world, 31:47 it's an impossibility to obtain saint of my life. 31:50 That's a tough one. Isn't it? 31:52 In other words, it's impossibility. 31:53 Let's have you for some I know, to make it to heaven 31:56 because our first love is things 31:58 that are going on in the world, 32:00 what everybody else is doing, what we put first. 32:03 You ever know, it was years ago, 32:05 maybe before you decided by the grace of God 32:07 to make more right choices. 32:09 When something came up, the neighbors needed us, 32:14 there's a party, there's just that... 32:15 That was all put before God, and before church. 32:18 Oh, yeah. 32:19 And then, 32:20 as we begin to live the sanctified life 32:22 by the grace of God, grace being poured on. 32:26 All of sudden we sin, you know, 32:27 that's just not the way we should. 32:30 I give you a quick example, I may have told story before, 32:32 but remember, Marrie Albert, and it goes. 32:36 Yeah, she was young, 32:38 and I was young maybe not just, 32:39 maybe a teenager, late teens or maybe early 20s. 32:43 And we started prayer meeting. 32:46 And I remember, so she was kind of getting back 32:48 in memorizing the books of Bible, 32:49 anyhow just for some reason, 32:50 it's Wednesday evening, I've been outside in the sun, 32:52 working all day long on the roof. 32:54 I just, you know, walked in house air-condition on, 32:56 I just fell on the couch. 32:57 I thought, "Oh! This is so good. 32:59 Oh, it's Wednesday night, means prayer meeting." 33:03 I thought, "Oh, man, you know, oh, you know." 33:05 There was battle, battle royal was going on. 33:08 I know I need to go. 33:09 And all of sudden the phone rang. 33:11 And my pet name for Marrie was Rirry. 33:15 It was Rirry. Rirry Johns. 33:17 So anyways she said, "Kenny?" 33:20 I said, "Oh, Rirry, how you doing?" 33:21 She said "Good. 33:22 I just wonder if you're going to prayer meeting?" 33:25 Well, that really... We need spiritual slide. 33:27 Man, I wish she hadn't have called. 33:30 Oh, I wish she hadn't have called, 33:31 I felt better, justified. 33:34 And I said, "Well, I don't know right now Marrie, 33:36 I'm trying to decide." 33:38 She said, "Well, you better decide boy!" 33:40 She said, "I'm gonna be there, so you better", you know, 33:42 that's kind of way we talk, I said, "Oh, girl, okay." 33:46 And so here's what I did. 33:47 I said, "Okay, thank you for calling. 33:49 I'm glad you did," and I hung up. 33:51 And then, I was on the couch, well, I didn't go to sleep. 33:55 And so, here's what I did, I picked up the TV guide. 34:00 Somebody's not home. 34:01 And you probably don't even know 34:03 that a TV guide doesn't work. 34:04 TV guide. I know what TV guide is. 34:06 All right, I know, it's about time you learned. 34:07 So I picked up the TV guide... 34:08 Was it digital, was actually... 34:10 No, it's paper. Printing out the several. 34:11 And I said to myself, 34:14 "I'm gonna see if there's anything good on TV, 34:17 if there is I'm gonna stay home, 34:18 if there's not, I'll go to prayer meeting." 34:19 Oh, boy! Oh, that was horrible. 34:21 Horrible decision. 34:22 Now as soon as it came out of my mouth, 34:24 I realized what I had said. 34:27 And I mean, I, the Holy Spirit just really worked on me. 34:32 Spiritual slap. Spiritual slap. 34:34 It was. 34:36 And I put the TV guide down quickly, and I said, 34:39 "Thank you, Lord, for reminding me what is important, 34:42 you better believe I'm going." 34:43 Amen. I mean I went. 34:45 You know what? Sidetracked. 34:46 Don't get sidetracked. 34:48 I'm glad you're talking about that 34:49 because I just had a conversation recently about, 34:51 someone asking me the question, 34:53 "How do I tell the difference between conviction 34:55 and condemnation?" 34:57 You know, like if someone says something like that, 35:00 you could have, in your mind, 35:02 you could have think that, oh, she's calling, 35:04 'cause, you know, now I feel condemn 35:06 'cause I'm not going. 35:07 But you recognize 35:08 that God was convicting you in different ways, 35:11 and you know, sometimes I think, you know, 35:13 it's early on in our Christian walk 35:15 is hard to tell the difference between, 35:17 you know, when someone says something 35:19 that's meant for our good, 35:20 it can sometimes be seen as condemning. 35:23 And where God, you know, maybe is working there to, 35:25 you know, for conviction, 35:27 but that fine line of, you know, 35:29 turn to decide where it's coming from. 35:31 Yeah, yeah. 35:33 That's how we need to be so, so careful, 35:35 whenever we do, say things or talk to people. 35:38 That's why we need to trust in the fact 35:41 that God judges the motives, 35:43 and not always the outside actions and appearances, 35:47 because then we, in our minds, 35:50 we don't see what God sees and we think, 35:53 "Oh, that person's doing wrong, or they're not a Christian, 35:56 or they're not upholding standards." 35:58 And we don't know what's going on in their heart, 36:01 and we don't know where they are at in that walk. 36:03 And that's why we have to be so, 36:05 and if we do talk to somebody, we have to, 36:08 well, as Mrs. White says," 36:09 We have to do it with so much love 36:12 that we would die for that person." 36:13 Yes! Amen. Amen. 36:15 So that is what makes all, I mean, 36:17 we all know the husbands and wives, 36:19 if you talk to each other harsh, 36:22 you don't get very far. 36:23 But, you know... 36:25 But if you do it with the different attitudes, yeah. 36:27 My toes, toes. Yeah. 36:30 If you do it with the different attitude, 36:32 then it's certainly that way when we talk to people, 36:34 if we don't say the right words in the right way, 36:37 and with love, 36:38 it can be looked as condemnation. 36:40 Something you touched and really spoke to me, 36:42 and I do a addiction recovering in prison 36:44 where we just did a couple of weeks 36:45 of God's Love for Man and Steps to Christ. 36:47 And in there, I said, "You wanna see 36:49 what a pure man of God looks like, 36:50 you read that little chapter in Steps to Christ." 36:52 Oh, my God! 36:53 He said, "Jesus didn't censure human weakness. 36:56 Do not censure human weakness." 36:58 I'm like, "How do you even do that? 36:59 And he saw in everybody who He had come to save. 37:02 That is so powerful, I mean, how do we... 37:04 I mean, I always look at the outward of my cloth, 37:06 I don't get it right, you know, I'm thinking, 37:08 well, Don have it right either, so... 37:10 So you are to sense, 37:11 so Christ sees the finished product. 37:14 That's right. 37:15 When He's looking at you, He's looking at me, 37:16 He sees a finished product. 37:18 We will become... 37:19 We will become, or can become 37:20 through Him rather than miserable mess that I am. 37:23 See, that's beautiful. 37:25 When we think about, 37:26 we're looking in the mirror and say, 37:27 "Oh I had a horrible nightmare," 37:29 in a lot of different ways, 37:30 but to know that He's looking and saying, 37:33 "This is what they can be through me." 37:34 Yes, amen. 37:36 It's so exciting. It's possible. 37:38 You just remind me of Psalm 103:13-14. 37:42 Oh, man, and it just speaks to me because, 37:44 you know, we kind of touched on all about the idea of healing, 37:46 and struggles, and things. 37:48 It says in verse 13, 37:49 "Like as a father pitieth his children, 37:51 so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." 37:52 And this is verse 14, "For he knoweth our frame, 37:55 he remembereth that we are dust." 37:56 So He knows what we're struggling with right now. 37:58 He knows what we're going through. 38:00 He knows the season we're in. 38:01 He knows how He wants to help us 38:03 to overcome that season. 38:04 Amen. 38:06 He wants to give us that strength. 38:07 You know, it's been quite a while back, 38:09 but you and I had mentioned Rodger Manno. 38:12 Oh, yes. 38:13 And, you know, after he was convicted 38:15 and he was changed, 38:16 and he was on that road of sanctification, 38:19 he read Matthew 27 every day, every day! 38:23 And it never became old, in fact, it gave, 38:26 it's like the Holy Spirit continued to give him 38:28 more and more power by reading that chapter every day, 38:32 and he had it memorized. 38:34 But never ever did he read it, I think, or repeat it without 38:37 tears in his eyes. 38:39 But one thing that has always stuck to me 38:41 and I had written this, 38:42 I brought a letter I had written to someone 38:44 this weekend it's, I wrote, 38:46 "The power that gave Christ life anew 38:49 is the same power that can renew your life." 38:55 Amen. Wow! 38:56 This, the power that brought Him out of the grave, 38:59 the Holy Spirit resurrection power is the same power 39:04 that God says I want to give to you, 39:07 to give you, renew your life in Him. 39:10 It's beautiful. 39:12 And what she talked about, 39:14 we could have another hour just on that 39:17 to talk about loving someone so much that we, 39:21 before we go to them with any type of correction 39:23 that we're willing to die for them. 39:25 That's pretty good. And it reminded me... 39:26 Souls wouldn't go. That's right. 39:28 Oh, yes, let's be honest, most souls wouldn't go. 39:30 I know, in my own life, 39:32 I have to put love first in front of everything. 39:34 I didn't say because of my carnal nature. 39:38 Yeah. Yeah. 39:39 It's good to be aware of that, isn't it? 39:40 Yes, you make those decisions. 39:42 And I pray that. Yes. 39:44 Absolute, because God will answer your prayer. 39:46 Love will conquer all, actually. 39:47 It will. 39:49 You just said, 39:50 God looks at the finished product to that we don't see, 39:52 it's kind of, I compare that to kind 39:54 when we have children, and the baby's born, 39:57 and the possibilities, you look at that child, 40:00 and you love that child so much, 40:02 you give your life for that child. 40:03 And the possibilities, you know, 40:05 this could be the president of the United States, 40:08 or this could be, you know, 40:09 this could be a wonderful pastor... 40:11 Evangelist. Evangelist, you know. 40:13 And all those possibilities lay before you 40:16 and you see in your mind, 40:19 you see what that child could become. 40:21 And I think that God does that with us just like, 40:24 we do as parents to our children. 40:26 And you never stop loving your children. 40:28 No. 40:29 You know, this past weekend, 40:31 I was with one of my daughters, 40:33 and the week before, something had happened, 40:35 and it just broke my heart. 40:37 I mean, absolutely broke my heart, 40:39 but I didn't know how to bring it up 40:40 or talk about it. 40:42 And we were in the office, 40:44 and I was just talking and kind of ministering to her 40:46 'cause her back was hurting. 40:48 So I was rubbing her back and so and so forth, 40:51 and I was praying about it. 40:54 You know, so I asked the Lord and I just finally said, 40:57 "You know, there's something 40:58 that's really, really broke my heart." 41:02 And her first thoughts were, 41:03 "I don't want to hear about it." 41:05 I don't want to, you know, every time I come around, 41:07 I don't want a lesson. 41:09 And I said, "Don't you understand?" 41:12 Come on. 41:14 "Don't you understand that I love you so much." 41:18 And it hasn't been that many years ago 41:21 that I just before God, 41:23 because of the choices that were being made. 41:25 I said, "Lord, take me. 41:27 Let me die literally." 41:29 I felt it right then, I was earnest in heart. 41:32 He didn't do it. 41:34 But I asked Him take me, let them live. 41:37 And I shared that with her for the first time 41:40 and I think she finally got it. 41:42 All right. Amen. 41:43 I could tell a difference in the conversation. 41:47 Not just that day, but the next day, 41:49 and we weren't able to just talk 41:53 about that incident too much. 41:56 You know, but she already knew my thoughts. 41:59 And, but it makes a difference 'cause I think, 42:02 she finally felt mommy's love. 42:05 And that's what people know, 42:07 people you talk to we never meet on the phone. 42:09 The Holy Spirit can connect you with them and it's like, 42:13 you just love them in Christ, you know. 42:17 And we have to love, you know, it's just, 42:19 I think was a story that were on the messages 42:21 a week or two ago that there was a young boy, 42:25 seven or eight years old and he was out swimming, 42:29 100 feet, 150 feet from shore, and he got a cramp. 42:33 So he couldn't move his legs and so he began to go under, 42:38 and he went under, and he came back up. 42:41 He went back under, came back up. 42:43 Each time he came up, the second time, 42:44 he's hollering help, help. 42:46 And then he is getting ready to go the third time, 42:48 as he's going down again, 42:50 'cause he couldn't move also, and he felt a strong hand 42:52 just reach out and pulled him up. 42:56 And then, caressed as it were, 42:58 got him in the hold and needed and just swam back to shore, 43:01 and got him out on the shoulder. 43:04 And the little guy looked up at the stranger 43:08 because the stranger had been watching from the site. 43:11 And he's seen the boy struggling, 43:13 and the moment he saw him struggling, 43:14 he was already in action. 43:16 Isn't that good to have people in their action. 43:18 They didn't have to think about say, 43:19 "Well, hit now that how many times 43:20 they went down before I..." 43:22 Just go immediately, his boy was in trouble. 43:24 Immediately we're in trouble, there's God. 43:26 Now as you can look spiritual things to this. 43:28 Like Peter. Yeah, Peter. Like Peter. 43:29 And then so anyway, 43:31 but that little boy looked up at him and said, 43:33 "Thank you, sir, for saving my life." 43:35 And the man said, "Well, you're quite welcome, son. 43:38 Make sure you're worth saving." 43:41 Wow! Woo! 43:42 I got goosebumps. 43:44 You know, make sure you're worth saving. 43:48 So he was looking beyond the physical, 43:51 this man whoever it was 43:52 that jumped in and saved him was looking at him. 43:54 Make sure your life is worth saving. 43:56 That put me in mind of something 43:59 that just happened a week ago, close to us, 44:02 six miles from here in Johnson City. 44:05 The kind of world we live in 44:06 where we're supposed to be apart from the world 44:08 and the older I get, 44:10 the easier it is to be apart from the world, 44:12 I don't see anything enticing about the world anymore. 44:16 Praise God! Yes. 44:17 In a world where a little boy, 44:20 I don't know if he was eight or nine, 44:21 I wanna say eight, he hung himself last week. 44:25 Oh, yeah. Oh, I had not heard that. 44:27 Eight years old? Oh, I had not heard that. 44:29 And I could not, I mean I couldn't even fathom. 44:31 Oh, no. 44:33 Something that the little boy could be that, 44:37 he seemed happy at school, teacher said, 44:39 you know, he was happy and everything 44:40 but there was a lot of family problems. 44:43 And there was some children issue 44:46 where the state was coming in. 44:48 But to think that a little boy, 44:51 that little would think there was no hope 44:53 that he should end his life that is so horrible 44:58 the world that we live in. 45:00 There's just nothing about it that entices me, 45:03 in fact, it wears me out. 45:06 All right. The world wears me out. 45:07 Absolutely. Because it's... 45:09 I was talking to my cousin... It means you're tired of. 45:11 And we were talking about back 45:13 when our kids were little and you think, 45:15 you enjoy things, she went places, you took the kids, 45:18 you know, 45:20 you have a lot of happy moments when we were growing up, 45:23 we had a lot of fun, lot of happy. 45:25 I don't see that anymore. 45:26 It just seems like it's one thing after another, 45:29 after another, this distresses 45:30 mount and mount and mount until you are wore out. 45:34 The Spirit of the Lord's been with us. 45:35 It's been removed, the Spirit of the Lord is being removed. 45:39 That's our blessing though is that we can step in 45:41 and be that particular somebody for that young man. 45:44 We can step in there, yeah. 45:45 They need those people where they're hungering for truth. 45:47 Somebody didn't see something. 45:48 Yeah. Right. 45:50 And there was people who should've seen things 45:51 and so on, and I'm not trying to blame anything or anybody. 45:53 But we should be able to see those things. 45:55 And you know, our church family, 45:57 look at the children, see how are they doing. 45:59 Whatever, you never know 46:00 that someone just needs a pat on their head or, 46:02 "Hey, I love you today or you know, 46:04 it's good to see. 46:05 I'm so glad, you're here, you know." 46:07 So let's... 46:08 Put it in perspective, that's Gavin's age, 46:09 that's Carson's age. 46:11 Yeah, do, yeah. It's just the thing. 46:13 Her mind boggled. 46:14 And how they understand that they can do that, you know, 46:17 there had to be some kind of understanding of, you know... 46:19 What he was going to do, how he was going to do... 46:21 Exactly. 46:23 We researched it, 46:24 or somehow to know that or maybe saw it on something. 46:27 Yeah, that's expansive thoughts. 46:29 Well... Oh! 46:30 You have expansive thoughts. 46:32 Speaking of which one of my daughters showed me 46:33 that somebody has infiltrated 46:35 some of these little children's programs 46:37 and they're telling them to kill themselves on their own. 46:40 Oh, my goodness! 46:41 And they're trying to pull it, 46:42 but somehow they're using the real, real program 46:45 and they've somehow been able to hijack it. 46:47 Yeah, we know it's been used the music for youth. 46:50 Yes. Oh, yes. 46:52 That's the thing is that 46:53 we have the privilege in these last days 46:55 to be the light for those people. 46:56 Praise God! 46:58 We get to be their gospel, we get to share that gospels, 46:59 so that can bring them out of darkness 47:01 into His marvelous light. 47:03 That's what we've got to be, 47:04 you got children all around, you've even adults, 47:06 I've got them on the prayer lines, 47:07 you know, some people wanna end their life 47:09 and how do you encourage that person 47:11 when the enemy is so pressing on them, 47:13 but God says, you know, 47:15 you can be strong in My strength, 47:17 you can be, My strength becomes your strength, 47:18 you can break that. 47:20 Yes. Amen. 47:21 I don't think we even realize like the magnitude of things 47:23 that are coming at kids, 47:25 even at like four and five years old 47:27 things that they experienced 47:28 that we would have never thought of. 47:31 And to, 47:33 just to try to understand their world more 47:37 and not think that their world is like ours was at that age. 47:41 And to, you know, 47:43 try to understand and not be, 47:46 not close our eyes to things 47:47 that we don't want to know is there, 47:50 you know, because 47:51 there's a lot more coming at kids at that age 47:53 than we ever would've dreamed of, 47:56 you know. 47:57 Our good time, a lot of time was be on Sunday afternoon, 48:00 we got chance to go out 48:01 to grandpa's Shelton's old farm. 48:03 And there's a big old muddy pond... 48:05 You think of all muddy. 48:06 Where the cows are standing in it too. 48:09 I mean, it was just as muddy the water was as the side, 48:13 the banks of it, whatever, just jumping in. 48:15 Simple. Simple thing. 48:17 But it was fun. Fun! 48:20 It was not really clean, but it was fun. 48:21 Oh, yeah. 48:22 Tammy still does that with her kids, 48:24 her little puppy kids. 48:25 Oh, boy. 48:27 So different today, what you say... 48:28 Oh, my! Kids are so... 48:30 So many things of the world 48:31 is getting around their little ears 48:33 that have no business seeing or hearing 48:36 and it really influenced. 48:37 Our influence is so important. That's right. 48:39 No matter how much you try to protect them, 48:41 they are exposed to so many things. 48:43 And after you're exposed so many times, 48:45 it becomes normal. 48:46 So in their minds, a lot of these things are just 48:49 that's just normal, it's the way it is. 48:51 I guess, we need to be as people 48:52 needing to be proactive. 48:54 And battling back the enemy's territory 48:56 and pushing it back so... 48:58 Pray that the Lord will bring some someone to you 49:01 that He'll open the doors 49:03 because we can't force those doors open, 49:05 then it becomes 49:06 what was the word you are using, 49:07 not conviction, but... 49:09 Condemnation. 49:10 Condemnation, that when He opens the door, 49:12 then it can be conviction. 49:14 But if only somebody knew about that children, 49:17 that child that did that, 49:18 that is just heartbreaking actually. 49:20 Actually speaking of that, I had a young man, 49:21 I may have shared this before, but I was in up... 49:24 I used to work in a place called say or not, 49:25 here in this town, but another town. 49:27 Anyways, this young man came up to me 49:29 and he was doing things towards me 49:31 that were very inappropriate, I won't go into detail. 49:33 But I said, "Lord, I can't deal with it anymore. 49:36 I got to do something here, and in a loving way." 49:38 I said, "Lord, you got to open the door, 49:39 let me give him this book." 49:40 And I gave him, Steps to Christ. 49:42 And three months later, 49:43 this young man came back to the store 49:45 and he said, "I want to let you know, 49:46 I've read this book three or four times. 49:47 And I'm now going to church." 49:49 Changed his whole life really. 49:51 That's what this is all about, it's changing. 49:54 Transforming. Yes. 49:55 Transforming life. The truth that transforms. 49:57 You know, we talked about 49:58 God's love and loving the right, 50:01 loving the truth unto death. 50:03 And when you gave the story a while ago 50:05 about the little boy swimming, I thought of a story too 50:07 that was just brought to my attention again 50:10 this past weekend. 50:11 And it was about a switch operator. 50:14 He was controlling a drawbridge. 50:16 I know there's a lot of... 50:18 There's a lot of different stories, 50:20 different takes on this, but apparently 50:21 this one is supposed to be the right one. 50:24 And, you know what a drawbridge is? 50:27 This was a drawbridge for a train track over a river. 50:31 And so when the trains were not coming, 50:34 the bridge would be up 50:35 so that the boats could get through. 50:37 And so what they would do 50:39 when they would approach the drawbridge, 50:40 they would give a couple toots on their horn. 50:43 And if everything was okay, 50:44 he would wave the flag and say everything was okay. 50:47 And so that happened this very day. 50:49 He said the bridge was up and they gave a toot, 50:52 and he thought everything's fine, there's no boats. 50:54 So he told them, come on, come on. 50:57 And he started to lower the drawbridge. 51:00 And when he did, 51:01 his thoughts, he remembered 51:03 he had brought his four-year-old son 51:06 with him that day. 51:08 His four-year-old boy, 51:09 and he began to panic and thought, "Where is he?" 51:13 And he looked and he was out so far on that railway track. 51:17 And there was no way, he thought, 51:19 "If I save my boy, 51:21 all those people are going to die on that train." 51:23 He had to make a decision. Oh, my lad. 51:26 "And if I lower this bridge, my baby's probably gonna die." 51:30 That's what was in his mind. 51:32 But this man, 51:34 this man absolutely 51:36 went ahead and he lowered the bridge. 51:38 And when he did, he said, "Son! 51:41 lay down and don't move." 51:44 Now four year old could have put his arm, 51:47 could have put his head up and thought, 51:48 "Why is he telling me not to move?" 51:50 Oh, yeah. 51:51 But he obeyed. He obeyed. 51:52 Because he trusted in his father. 51:54 See that's all of us, 51:56 there are so many things in the Word of God 51:58 that we don't understand. 51:59 But because we're changing our lives, 52:01 we're studying day by day, we're learning to trust Him. 52:04 So even though we don't like those cuts, 52:07 sometimes that the Bible give, 52:09 we trust Him and we listen 52:10 and we obey, that's sanctification. 52:13 And that boy lay down, he did not move. 52:17 And when the train came by, 52:19 people were waving at the switcher 52:21 and you know, and his heart was just sinking. 52:24 Sinking, he ran out just 52:26 knowing he was going to see his baby dead 52:29 torn to shreds. 52:31 And he went out there and the boy was alive. 52:33 Amen. Amen. 52:35 The town... 52:36 I don't remember what the name of the person in charge, 52:39 but they gave him an honor 52:41 because he sacrificed his son for the welfare of others. 52:45 But you know, our Heavenly Father is in very same way. 52:48 You just made me think of a scripture 52:49 you're talking about obedience. 52:52 That says in Hebrews 12:5, 52:54 "And ye have forgotten the exhortation 52:56 which speaketh unto you as unto children, 52:58 My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, 53:01 nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. 53:03 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, 53:05 and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 53:07 If ye endure chastening," verse 7, 53:09 "God dealeth with you as with sons, 53:11 for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 53:14 And verse 8, 53:15 "But if ye be without chastisement, 53:17 whereof all are partakers, 53:19 then are ye in the sense illegitimate children, 53:21 and not sons." 53:23 We want to be legitimate, don't we? 53:24 The legitimate children of God. 53:26 Let me read this to you here. 53:30 Part of which is coming 53:32 and it follows right along. 53:34 It says, "He shall cover thee with his feathers." 53:38 Who's He? Who's He? 53:39 Yeah, Jesus. Jesus Christ. 53:41 Amen. 53:42 "And His wings shalt thou trust," 53:44 that's what we're talking about, 53:45 trusting in God with all of our heart, 53:48 "His truth," what changes us? 53:52 What transforms us? 53:53 Truth. 53:54 He would not have gone to the cross, 53:56 if it hadn't been for truth. 53:58 "His truth shall be thy shield and buckler." 54:01 Tomorrow is your new day, live it in a new way. 54:05 Don't look back, we can't change the past, 54:08 but we can redeem the present. 54:11 That is our charge for each and every one of you, 54:13 don't feel bad, no matter what you've done, 54:16 no matter how you've lived, 54:17 you can't change that, but we can change the present. 54:21 Tomorrow can be different. 54:23 It's not where you've been, what sins you've committed, 54:27 but it's where you are in the present, 54:30 and how we end our lives 54:32 that will determine our eternal destiny. 54:35 Amen. Amen. 54:36 He's calling for you, 54:37 He's calling for all of us here, 54:39 to come home to Him. 54:41 Come home and be born again. 54:43 Start a new, give us a new life. 54:46 Romans 8:39, "Nor height, nor depth, 54:50 nor any other creature shall be able to separate us." 54:55 From the love of God. 54:57 Which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 55:00 Amen. Amen. 55:01 A little quote said, 55:03 "I'm gonna make it come what may." 55:04 Yeah. 55:06 That's the one line that stuck out, 55:07 "I'm gonna make it come what may." 55:09 And then like that four-year-old boy, Jesus knew, 55:13 He knew that He was going to die, 55:16 if we were to be saved, 55:18 you know, 55:19 and He didn't always know that He was going to make it there. 55:21 He didn't know if He would be resurrected. 55:24 And He had the power to lay down His life. 55:26 He had the power to resurrect it. 55:28 But He didn't rely on His power. 55:31 The good news, you know, what's the good news? 55:33 No matter where you've been, 55:35 it's no matter what you've been up to, 55:37 no matter what you're doing right now, 55:39 now that song says, 55:40 there's room at the cross for you. 55:42 Though millions have come, there's still room for one. 55:45 Yes, there is a room at the cross for you. 55:47 He's calling. 55:48 I mean, that's what the study is about, isn't it? 55:49 Jesus said, there's room at the cross. 55:51 He wants to bring us to the further cross. 55:54 Therefore we give our life to Him, 55:55 confess our sins filled with the Holy Spirit. 55:57 Amen. 55:58 Holy Spirit begins to work in our hearts and in our lives 56:01 to make us like Jesus... 56:03 Amen. And give us a victory. 56:05 And why do we need to be like Jesus? 56:07 Why? What's sanctification for? 56:09 It's to become like Christ 56:11 because if we want to repopulate heaven. 56:12 There, repopulate heaven. 56:14 Right, repopulate heaven, we've got to, 56:15 that's the will of God, it's possible. 56:18 "Follow peace," in that Hebrews 12, 56:20 "Follow peace with all men, 56:22 without holiness, no man will see God." 56:24 Amen. Amen. 56:26 That's why it says this is possible, 56:27 by following Jesus Christ. 56:29 Praise the Lord! I think that's a good lesson. 56:30 It is. Real good lesson. 56:32 Well, let me just close here with... 56:34 Well, we're not quite, 56:36 we're almost to the point of closing 56:37 but 2 Thessalonians 2:13 says, 56:40 "We are bound to give thanks always," 56:42 and sometimes we forget. 56:44 When we're praying, it's we're asking, 56:46 we're asking, we're asking, 56:47 and I'm learning, I'm learning 56:49 'cause we have nothing without God. 56:51 That's right. Yeah. And 56:52 so we praise Him, I praise Him even for my bed, 56:55 for the water, for the house, 56:57 "Brethren and beloved of the Lord 56:58 because God hath from the beginning 57:01 chosen you to salvation through sanctification, 57:07 of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." 57:11 I think that is a good closing thought. 57:13 Wraps up all that we've been covering. 57:15 Amen. Amen. 57:17 Amen. Yeah. 57:18 And so we encourage those of you who are at home, 57:20 be sure, you know, 57:21 put your hand in the hand of Jesus. 57:23 Amen. 57:24 Don't turn to the right, don't turn to the left. 57:25 Don't get excited about things going on in the world. 57:28 Keep your eyes on Jesus, 57:29 because we believe He's coming very, very soon. 57:32 We want to be ready for that. 57:33 Commit your life to Him right now. 57:35 We've enjoyed our time. We'll see you next time. |
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