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
again to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We're looking
forward to a good time
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in the Lord here.
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And we know...
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we know that the Holy
Spirit is gonna do great things.
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But we're gonna sing about it
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and we're gonna
be praying about it.
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And so I
encourage you right now,
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get your family
and get your friends,
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and get your
enemies, get the dog.
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Do whatever you want,
just bring everybody in,
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that's part of the
family nowadays, is that right?
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Bring them in,
and let's sit down...
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Right. Sit down.
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Because we're gonna
study the Word of God together.
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And actually it's,
you know, third part.
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We spend a lot of time on it,
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again it's
dealing with a message
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that has been lost.
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We'll go over
that in a few moments
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and how all things
are being restored.
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Restitution of all things,
the Bible certainly says that.
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So anyway we're
glad you have joined us
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and taking time out.
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We're here so often.
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We take time out
of our busy schedule
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to make sure we can join you,
you know, for Family Worship.
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So it just
brings joy to our hearts
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to realize we have the
faithful that are out there.
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You're the faithful?
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Praise God. Amen.
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We're so glad
again, everyone's here
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and those who
are around the table,
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I realized, each ones...
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Some people
they forget sometimes
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that those who are
doing this program,
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it takes study,
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it takes some of your time
that you're doing other things
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and this is like
extra and beyond,
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what you do
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and so we're always
glad to have Janelle
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and Donald with us.
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You know, you guys
are always a blessing
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and you come here ready to go
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and love of Jesus
shining through, so...
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Praise the Lord.
We're glad to have you.
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Amen. Thank you.
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Yeah.
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And we know the Holy
Spirit's gonna use you today too
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because we're gonna pray about
Holy Spirit uses all of us,
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to my left and
certainly my wife, Christine,
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always glad you're here.
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You're the, people
call you the balancer
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because I get a
little carried away at times
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and she balances me and
bring me back to center.
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And I think
it's all right to say
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that, would be true.
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That's all
right, because you know,
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I need a balance
for most of while.
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When I was in
school, it was the paddle.
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Oh, he was saying the
balancer, not the bouncer.
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And I almost said,
"I'm married to a Shelton,
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you don't bounce Shelton's."
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Oh, honey.
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She's the balance of
the spiritual balance.
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It's difficult
enough to balance.
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Thank you, honey. That was good.
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I am still glad you are here.
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And next to you,
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who do we have, Brother Ryan?
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Oh, yes. Yeah.
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You know, always a pleasure.
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You always have a
smile and... Man, I love...
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You're busy in
the cause of Christ.
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I love Jesus, I love
His word, so, it's...
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Amen.
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Yeah and He always
gives good thoughts, right?
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And we pray about, it
comes together and it's just...
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It's nice to have a group
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that just wants to
bring out some truce
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and try to help
somebody along the way.
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And we got JD
Quinn, what a blessing.
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What a blessing.
It's my blessing.
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I'll guarantee you.
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What a wonderful group
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because this is
high energy group.
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And so you know that,
and what's amazing is,
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as we sit around
this table on the Sabbath,
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I learn more than I
feel like I'm contributing,
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that's the way it should be.
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The Holy Spirit, yes.
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Amen. Amen.
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Fill me with you, Lord.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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Well, again, I'm
glad everyone's here
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and glad you're here.
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But I think be appropriate
for us to have prayer.
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And then we want to sing a song.
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Amen. We don't...
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We do not have a piano player.
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But anyway, you're
gonna sing along with us,
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you won't even hear,
so that will be great,
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praise God for that.
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Right, Brother JD,
would you pray for us?
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Most certainly.
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Father, as we come
together on this Sabbath,
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we just want to thank you, Lord,
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for this special
day that You set apart.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Jesus,
that we can just ask,
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we emptied ourself
and filled with You, Lord.
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And as we sit and
share this on a special day,
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we just ask, Lord,
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that You will
just bring to our mind
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the thoughts that
need to be shared.
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Amen.
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And, Father, we just
give You praise and glory
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in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen, praise the Lord.
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Now remember while we're here
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we all have the
opportunity to speak up
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when we feel like the
Holy Spirit wants us to,
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even someone else is talking,
now not trying to be rude,
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not trying to say
that but I know sometime
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the Holy Spirit impresses a
mind real quick or something
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that should be added in
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or something that will
enrich and I'm all for that,
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I hope that
doesn't offend anyone
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but just go ahead and
you can come back to it.
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So you know we
praise God for that,
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Holy Spirit is
gonna to be working.
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Now we're gonna sing a
song and so everyone of us
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just happen to
look it over to Brother.
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Yes.
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I am looking this way and said
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that we're
gonna sing, aren't we?
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Well, I don't
know, I said earlier,
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you're gonna
probably regret the tiner
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leading out in singing.
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But you know
what a classic hymn,
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beautiful hymn,
it's one of my favorites,
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"Amazing grace."
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Amen. Amen.
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Amazing Grace
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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Like me
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I once was lost,
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But now I am found
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Was blind but now
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I see
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When we've been there
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Ten thousand years
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Bright shining as
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The sun
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We've no less days
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To sing God's praise
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Then when we first begun
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Amen. Well, that's beautiful.
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It's nice.
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If you had to choose a verse,
which one would you choose?
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I mean, I love them all.
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There's more than that,
we wouldn't sing them all
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but there's something about
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when we been there 10,000 years.
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That just gives me
those spiritual goose bumps
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every time and
it's just the plan
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that God has for us,
it's just so exciting.
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We hope you're
excited about it too.
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And that's so fitting because
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that's why God has
giving us this message
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and He wants to
restore everything
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so that we can be there
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and we can sing
that with experience
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one of these things.
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I mean, just if anything,
you were talking about,
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they may complain,
or they may not hear us,
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just drown us out but I
think the only complaint
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is we didn't
sing more verses then.
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I just felt this
presence of God here
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and someday we'll be just
firsthand in that presence
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when we've been
there 10,000 years,
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what a blessing.
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And you know it kind of gets
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whenever you think
about three score and ten.
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And then if you're blessed,
you can add ten to that,
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so we're sitting
here looking at minutely.
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Oh, hell, yes.
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And then all of a sudden
we're claiming His promise.
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We're just
starting at 10,000 years.
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That's right. Yes.
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Wow. Exactly.
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I mean, it's
just... it's just...
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Beyond our comprehension.
It is beyond. It is.
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That's right.
Praise God for that.
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Well, we been
using and we started...
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Again, this is the third part.
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So I think, would be go back,
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we have a foundation
scripture that we started with.
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Now again, what we're doing is
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we're looking at
about those truths
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that's been covered
up, you know, by tradition,
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and you know, the age
of the church, and so on.
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And we're coming back
and looking at all the truths
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that are found in
the sanctuary covered up
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and how God has seen
fit to uncover each one.
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So if you know a little
bit about the sanctuary,
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you're gonna be
excited just as we are
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to see every one of
these pieces being restored
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and so we're gonna talk a
little bit more about that,
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that I like it
because it's grounded
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and rooted in Scripture.
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So we can turn...
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And I like it
too, in other words
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'cause the guy
told me one time said,
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"I want to
study the Word of God,
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I want to study with you guys,
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you guys think you already know?
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You know my
room? I want to study."
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I said, "Well, good.
What do you want to study?"
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He said, "Well, I
only use the Book of Acts."
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I'm going, "Oh, well...
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Well, there's a lot
in the Book of Acts,
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praise God for it."
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Amen.
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But, you know, we
may not limit God.
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So we're not gonna
limit God on this study.
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So you may go
through the Old Testament
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and the New Testament.
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Anything is in the Word of God,
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but I think this
will be a blessing.
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Let's read that, honey.
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Would you read that and
then we can all get started on?
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Sure.
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We're gonna be on
question number four,
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if you've been jotting
things down, number four.
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All right.
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And this is
found in Acts 3:19-21.
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"Repent ye
therefore, and be converted
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that your sins
may be blotted out."
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Let me stop and just
say this. Well, all right.
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You know, this is reminding us,
we're in a great controversy.
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There is a war going on
between Satan and his angels
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and Christ, our
Redeemer and His angels.
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And this is
actually bringing us back
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as Pastor Kenny mentioned
to the sanctuary message.
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We find in Psalms, I'm just
gonna jump over to Psalm 77:13.
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It says, "Thy way O
God is in the sanctuary,
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who is so great as our God."
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So going back and you know,
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when we see what God gave us
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is kind of like when
we drive from here to,
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there's some people can't drive
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from where we're
at today to Carbondale
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without using the GPS, you know.
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So God gave us a GPS,
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He gave us the
sanctuary message.
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And as we begin to study it,
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we find that the enemy's coming
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and he's ripped that
sanctuary message apart.
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And hopefully
we're gonna find out
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why he's ripped
it apart again today.
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But here it says,
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"Repent ye
therefore and be converted,
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that your sins
may be blotted out."
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You know sins are gonna
keep us out of the kingdom.
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"When the times of
refreshing shall come
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from the presence of
the Lord, we all want that."
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Oh, yes.
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I mean, there are times
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I'm sure
everybody around this table
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has been in that refreshing.
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When you're in that refreshing,
you don't want to leave it.
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That's right. Yes.
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You don't want
to leave it. Yeah.
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But we're still in
this earth at this point.
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"And He shall send Jesus Christ,
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which before was
preached unto you
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whom the heaven must receive."
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This is why He went
back after the cross,
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"until the times of
restitution of all things."
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It has to be made right
because the enemy's coming
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and he's torn it apart.
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He's made it appear,
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things and the
pieces of the sanctuary
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that were to
teach us certain things
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and devils come
in and change that,
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which God has
spoken by the mouth
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of all His holy
prophets since the world began.
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Oh, good.
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Okay, so really
we've covered for those
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who had not
studied with us before.
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And this goes to be just
in a few short words here.
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We can't go talking about
restoring some of the things
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in the sanctuary.
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First thing we look at was
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the restoration
of the show bread.
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You realize, you
know, bread of life,
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1300s and then we
look at the 14 and 1500s,
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you realize that's the
altar of sacrifice was restored,
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that righteous by faith
and the Protestant Reformation.
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We look at the 14, 1500s,
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we find certainly that restored
the righteousness by faith,
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John Calvin, you know,
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the third one there
was the altar of incense,
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the importance of prayer
today and question number four,
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we're gonna be
looking at restoration here
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of something I think is very,
very important is the labor.
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Some people have no
idea what the labor is,
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so might somebody can
help us understand that
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or read the
question number four first,
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would you read that?
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And I think it's interesting
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as you were
bringing these men up,
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how God through
different dispensations
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He calls different ones to lead.
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Now that person didn't
do everything on their own.
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That's right.
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You know, but under the
unction of the Holy Spirit,
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and as the rest
of us catch fire,
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we become part of that
movement to restore all things.
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And question number four reads,
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all though, John
Smith and Roger Williams
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were used to bring baptism,
you mentioned the labor,
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by immersion back
to the light of truth.
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Many still
struggle with this issue.
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Many of you at home may be
struggling with this issue.
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You know, many
people you know as friends.
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I know they still
struggle with this issue
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because they don't
quite understand it.
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Back to the light of truth,
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many still
struggle with this issue.
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What scriptures illustrate
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that immersion is God's
specified way to be baptized,
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'cause if you go back
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and you study
different cultures,
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they have their
different ways of doing it.
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And even in the United States,
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there's churches here
that have their different ways,
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sprinkling different things
like that, that they still use.
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And then after we touch on that,
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those scriptures,
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what has it meant to
each of us to be born again?
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Ain't that...
Oh, that's exciting.
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So what is... what
is that so I can have...
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Brother Ryan, is, the labor...
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Somebody says a
labor, what is the labor?
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What does it represent?
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You know, if you don't
mind just for a moment,
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I want to just kind of...
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Talk about it.
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Just take a step
back for a moment
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'cause may be
someone watching this morning
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at this moment and saying,
"What are they talking about?"
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Exactly.
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Why does this labor
come into conversation
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and why does it
need to be restored?
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I'm gonna try to
kind of go back here
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to Daniel Chapter 8 verses...
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I want to start
with verse 10 here
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because prophetically
we were told in the Bible
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that's we're about to read,
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that this antichrist
power in the last days
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is going to cast down
the true to the ground
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and that he would also
cast down God's sanctuary.
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We know that to
mink the significance
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of God's sanctuary message
which we know points to Jesus,
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we know it, it shows
us more than anything,
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clear picture of the gospel.
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So notice here,
speaking of this little horn,
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which again, the little
horn of Daniel Chapter 7 and 8,
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most Bible scholars
across multiple denominations,
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the mob while they may disagree
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on the identity
of this Antichrist,
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they unanimously
most of them agree
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that this is no doubt the
Antichrist Bible prophecy.
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So notice verse 10.
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And we're gonna read
through to verse 13 here.
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It says, "And it grew,
speaking of the little horn,
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and it grew up to
the host of heaven,
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and it cast some of the host
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and some of the
stars to the ground
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and trampled upon them."
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So the same
little horn is the one
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that's wearing out the
saints of the most high.
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Of course he's
blaspheming God's name.
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But notice verse 11, it says,
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"He even exalted himself as
high as the Prince of host."
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We know that Prince
of host to be Jesus.
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So there's a bliss of
blasphemous identity there.
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But then notice what it
says in the B part of verse 11.
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It says, "And by him the daily
sacrifices was taken away."
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And the word sacrifice
is not in the original.
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So the daily was taken away,
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and the only
thing about the daily
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that's associated
with sanctuary terminology.
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But the part I want to
focus on is the end part here.
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Notice, it says,
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"The daily
sacrifices was taken away
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and this place of His
sanctuary was cast down."
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And as we've been studying
through this three part series,
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we've seen that
Papal Antichrist system
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began to one by one,
takeaway the Word of God,
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take away the
light of the sanctuary,
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the influence
of the Holy Spirit,
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take away the labor
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which is what
we're talking about now,
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by changing and tweaking
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and basically perverting
the message of baptism,
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which is what the
labor basically represents.
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So if you were to
go into the sanctuary,
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the Hebrew sanctuary,
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you would walk through
into the courtyard there
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before actually going
into the tabernacle itself,
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the main building part,
you would be in the courtyard
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and you would come first
to the altar of sacrifice.
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Which we know Martin Luther
helped bring that message back.
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Right. In the early 1500s.
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But now, when you keep walking
past that altar of sacrifice,
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now you come to the labor
of courtyard and of course,
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each one of these
articles of furniture represent
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a major aspect of
the ministry of Christ
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and the experience of the gospel
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that you and I
should be experiencing.
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Exactly.
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So just like we
come to the sacrifice,
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the altar of sacrifice
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which points to the Lamb of God
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Jesus being
crucified for our sin.
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And we are to accept that,
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we are to accept
the sacrifice of Christ
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because He has
poured out His love for us
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and so that's the first step.
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But in the next
step, as Jesus said,
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"Go ye into all
nations, baptizing them,
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the priest would, you know,
it was a bloody mess there,
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they will be taking
the life of that animal,
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the blood would be spilled
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and sometimes they
would get in their hands,
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it might splatter on their feet,
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they would stop at the labor
before going into the tent.
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And they will cleanse themselves
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as they would wash their
hands and perhaps their feet,
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the parts of their body
where the blood would splatter,
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signifying, you know,
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the blood of
Christ has covered us,
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but also the blood
of Christ washes us.
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Amen.
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He washes our sins
away, it's white as snow.
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And so that's what
we're talking about.
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The restitution of the labor
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is the restoring of the
truth in regards to baptism,
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and what baptism means,
the significance of baptism.
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Yeah, that's
beautiful. Wow, awesome.
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That's kind of where my
thought was this morning.
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Yeah, very well put.
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Twenty five words or less.
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No, that was good.
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And as you mentioned...
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When this morning
when I was going back
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over this study, I was thinking
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because we know that
Christ is in each and every part
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of the sanctuary service
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and it has so many meanings
but then I thought so are we.
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As we walk into
that outer court,
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we're walking out of the world
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and beginning into
the presence of God.
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Yeah, that's
what I was thinking.
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I was thinking about how
He's washing our character.
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Yes.
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You know? Yes.
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That's what He's
preparing us for now,
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for, you know, to enter Heaven,
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and we have to have a character
that's clean and washed.
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And before that,
as you mentioned,
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we stop at the
altar of sacrifice.
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Are we willing to sacrifice?
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Are we willing to lay down?
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It's really the change
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that the enemy has
put on us to this world.
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Are we willing to
let those sins go,
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to sacrifice those?
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And then we come to that labor
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and then God
washes us white as snow.
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Interesting that...
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Interesting that labor was,
had it like a mirror finish.
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That's right.
And you know who...
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You know, who are they?
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It was actually,
Moses said for the women.
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It's what it says.
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"For the women to
bring their mirrors
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and donate them
to make that labor."
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Wow.
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It's a good symbol
there. Well, it is... I'm sorry.
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It's a good food for thought.
00:19:06.41\00:19:07.74
So we need to think about why,
and they brought them there.
00:19:07.78\00:19:10.85
And then you can
look at, you know,
00:19:10.88\00:19:12.21
Spirit of
Prophecy it talks about.
00:19:12.25\00:19:13.58
There's, you know, person...
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Oh, I've to be
careful, you know, what I mean,
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Lord have mercy.
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Well, I'm just saying, you know,
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you start thinking about it,
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because some
people take it personally,
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we're not trying to do that,
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is because a
person who wants to spend
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a whole lot of time
00:19:26.80\00:19:29.06
looking into a mirror
himself had very little time
00:19:29.10\00:19:32.33
and to look into the
mirror of the law of God.
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They have no desire too
00:19:35.17\00:19:37.61
because they're
captivated by them self
00:19:37.64\00:19:40.28
in looking and God was,
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I think, was giving illustration
00:19:42.18\00:19:44.75
as take those things away.
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Not that you shouldn't ever look
00:19:46.95\00:19:48.28
and not use you
should never you know,
00:19:48.32\00:19:49.65
it's like the law.
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He points out what
sin is, you can see it,
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where dirt's on your face.
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But I thought
that's very interesting
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what God was saying right here.
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It's something
shiny, and then what does...
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what does it really represent?
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Some people say you
go to church on Sunday
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because you know why?
00:20:03.13\00:20:04.77
What's the
reason we go on Sunday?
00:20:04.80\00:20:06.37
Because Christ did
what? The resurrection day.
00:20:06.40\00:20:08.00
Yeah, resurrection,
say we rose on that day.
00:20:08.04\00:20:10.37
When we talk about Romans 6,
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it has to do with what?
00:20:11.81\00:20:13.14
His death, his burial and what?
00:20:13.17\00:20:17.05
Resurrection.
Resurrection there.
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Coming up. That's right.
00:20:19.15\00:20:20.48
Out of other water.
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So I mean, it's just
good food for thought
00:20:21.88\00:20:23.22
and let it go a
little bit and study
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and see if some things
open up in a person's mind
00:20:24.82\00:20:27.22
that maybe we spend a
little time doing this.
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The same idea of that
mirror and thinking of
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what Jesus really wants us to do
00:20:33.13\00:20:34.96
is have the Holy
Spirit as our mirror
00:20:35.00\00:20:37.53
to see what we really look like,
00:20:37.57\00:20:39.53
you know, to see
what is really in us
00:20:39.57\00:20:41.74
instead of the
physical reflection,
00:20:41.77\00:20:43.41
but what is
really going on inside.
00:20:43.44\00:20:45.91
And what I
would think, you know,
00:20:45.94\00:20:47.28
is, as you're
looking into that mirror,
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.64
if your heart is being prepared,
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.78
being tailed up and everything,
00:20:51.81\00:20:53.75
Lord, empty me
and fill me with You
00:20:53.78\00:20:55.72
as you're working in there,
00:20:55.75\00:20:57.45
and then the Creator of
the universe is gonna come
00:20:57.49\00:20:59.75
and He's going to, He's not...
00:20:59.79\00:21:01.92
This is not a
time for deception now
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.66
because now
you're giving yourself.
00:21:04.69\00:21:07.23
And so now truth
and then probably
00:21:07.26\00:21:09.63
maybe where you've
seen those wrinkles before,
00:21:09.66\00:21:11.60
all of a sudden those
wrinkles become insignificant
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because you're being
filled with the Holy Spirit.
00:21:14.04\00:21:17.21
That's right.
00:21:17.24\00:21:18.57
So there's a trade off. Good.
00:21:18.61\00:21:19.94
You're bringing us
back to why, you know,
00:21:19.97\00:21:22.78
some people think it's okay
00:21:22.81\00:21:24.15
just to sprinkle
a little bit here.
00:21:24.18\00:21:26.05
But the Bible as we're
gonna point out in a minute
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talks about
going under the water
00:21:28.82\00:21:32.09
because and I didn't know
that the labor had mirror.
00:21:32.12\00:21:34.66
This is the first time
I've... I've heard of that.
00:21:34.69\00:21:36.83
But if you stop and
think about it, the devil...
00:21:36.86\00:21:39.76
He doesn't care if you
believe in the sanctuary message
00:21:39.79\00:21:42.96
or you believe these things
00:21:43.00\00:21:44.33
as long as you just
don't believe in it properly.
00:21:44.37\00:21:47.57
You know, it's
kind of like... Exactly.
00:21:47.60\00:21:49.80
He hardly ever takes it. Yeah.
00:21:49.84\00:21:52.17
Right, a truth as it rises...
00:21:52.21\00:21:55.78
Hardly ever takes it away
00:21:55.81\00:21:57.15
because he said too
many people will spot me.
00:21:57.18\00:21:59.38
His best is to take
a little bit of it away
00:21:59.41\00:22:01.48
and put a counterfeit
with it and you got truth
00:22:01.52\00:22:03.02
and error mixed together
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.39
which is air is like a leech it
sucks itself from what a truth,
00:22:04.42\00:22:07.86
don't think it can
get us from the truth.
00:22:07.89\00:22:10.89
But I think it's
beautiful if we go on because
00:22:10.93\00:22:13.80
what's a little bit
of water gonna do for me,
00:22:13.83\00:22:15.93
I need to go down I hope.
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.40
You know, we...
00:22:18.43\00:22:19.77
I can remember
there's been some baptisms
00:22:19.80\00:22:21.70
and they're like, be
sure you get me under,
00:22:21.74\00:22:24.11
just hold me there for a while
'cause they want it washed off.
00:22:24.14\00:22:27.44
They want it, but it's symbolic,
00:22:27.48\00:22:29.21
but it's blessed
of the Holy Spirit.
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.31
And God is saying,
00:22:31.35\00:22:32.68
"I've got to restore
you back into My image
00:22:32.71\00:22:35.82
because the enemy is
coming and he's trying to twist
00:22:35.85\00:22:38.42
and put his image on each piece
of these sanctuary furniture
00:22:38.45\00:22:43.66
or messages as we've been
talking about, dispensation."
00:22:43.69\00:22:46.80
So anyway, He's
bringing us back and saying,
00:22:46.83\00:22:50.20
"I want to recreate in you
00:22:50.23\00:22:52.23
and this is the new
birth in Jesus Christ."
00:22:52.27\00:22:55.44
I think it's just awesome.
00:22:55.47\00:22:56.81
I don't know if
it's wrong or not.
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.37
One time I
baptized an individual,
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.28
you know, went all the
way down and came back up.
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.31
He shouted hallelujah.
00:23:02.34\00:23:03.68
He said, take me
down one more time.
00:23:03.71\00:23:05.91
I want to make sure it's right.
00:23:05.95\00:23:07.35
I'm gonna enter one more time.
00:23:07.38\00:23:10.12
Actually look at
that word baptism.
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Baptism, the word is
actually a Greek word.
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.19
It's really interesting.
00:23:15.22\00:23:16.73
I'll see if I
can find this here.
00:23:16.76\00:23:18.09
Baptizo.
00:23:18.13\00:23:19.46
Baptizo, yeah which actually
00:23:19.49\00:23:21.13
it means a full
like being covered fully.
00:23:21.16\00:23:23.43
Thank you, Hallelujah. Yeah.
00:23:23.47\00:23:26.03
So it's... Yeah.
00:23:26.07\00:23:27.40
That's the thing is
being totally submerged, yeah.
00:23:27.44\00:23:29.34
And doesn't that fit with
the rest of the scripture?
00:23:29.37\00:23:32.34
God wants all of our heart.
00:23:32.37\00:23:35.18
He wants all of our mind. Amen.
00:23:35.21\00:23:37.58
All of us, not just a portion,
00:23:37.61\00:23:39.51
you know, I'm not gonna
just take this little portion
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.88
and you can go spend
the rest of it out here.
00:23:41.92\00:23:44.55
You know, it's
a beautiful thing.
00:23:44.59\00:23:46.15
I love it.
00:23:46.19\00:23:47.52
You'll be
surprised how many people
00:23:47.56\00:23:48.89
struggle with what
we're talking about.
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.26
Exactly, yes.
00:23:50.29\00:23:51.63
Because we live
in a Western culture
00:23:51.66\00:23:54.03
that is shrouded in tradition
here and tradition there.
00:23:54.06\00:23:57.83
And for many people
who have been raised
00:23:57.87\00:23:59.30
in certain
churches, certain faiths,
00:23:59.33\00:24:02.24
certain
particular denominations,
00:24:02.27\00:24:03.77
they practice this,
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.14
what they might
call baptism by infusion
00:24:05.17\00:24:06.94
or sprinkling or pouring,
00:24:06.98\00:24:09.48
to them it's just
normal, it's natural,
00:24:09.51\00:24:11.88
but that's their tradition.
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.58
But the question
is, what is the...
00:24:13.62\00:24:15.12
That's the
question I want to ask.
00:24:15.15\00:24:16.48
What does the Bible say?
00:24:16.52\00:24:17.85
And you know what?
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.22
Even deeper than that,
you know, who was our example?
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.59
Right, Christ.
00:24:20.62\00:24:21.96
If you're wondering
at all about anything,
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.73
I always ask the
question, you know,
00:24:24.76\00:24:26.29
what would Jesus do?
00:24:26.33\00:24:27.66
The famous question.
00:24:27.70\00:24:29.03
And in this case, we don't
have to wonder what Jesus done
00:24:29.06\00:24:30.90
because the Bible tells us
00:24:30.93\00:24:32.43
right here in
Mark Chapter 1:9-10.
00:24:32.47\00:24:35.94
The Bible says, "And it
came to pass in those days
00:24:35.97\00:24:38.07
that Jesus came from
Nazareth, Nazareth of Galilee,
00:24:38.11\00:24:41.51
and was baptized by
John in the Jordan,"
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.75
and notice his next words,
00:24:43.78\00:24:45.31
"And immediately
coming up from the water,
00:24:45.35\00:24:49.88
he saw the
heavens," obviously partying
00:24:49.92\00:24:51.85
and the Spirit
descend upon him like a dove.
00:24:51.89\00:24:53.56
So if he was coming
up out of the water,
00:24:53.59\00:24:55.86
where had he previously been?
00:24:55.89\00:24:57.33
Under the water.
00:24:57.36\00:24:58.69
He had previously
been in the water.
00:24:58.73\00:25:00.06
So again what
Donald was bringing out,
00:25:00.10\00:25:01.56
that baptizo again, right here,
baptizo simple means immersed,
00:25:01.60\00:25:05.50
fully covered.
00:25:05.53\00:25:06.87
And back to
your point, you know,
00:25:06.90\00:25:08.27
I know we're gonna get
to this verse in a moment.
00:25:08.30\00:25:09.87
In fact, I'm gonna
let someone else read it
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.54
because I don't want to take
up all of someone else's time.
00:25:11.57\00:25:14.24
But we're gonna get to Romans
Chapter 6 in just a moment,
00:25:14.28\00:25:16.71
which I believe to be
kind of the epidemy passage
00:25:16.75\00:25:19.98
when you're trying to understand
00:25:20.02\00:25:21.35
the importance and
significance of baptism.
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.18
Amen.
00:25:23.22\00:25:24.82
Romans 6 really points it out,
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.65
but she mentioned
earlier about, you know,
00:25:26.69\00:25:29.19
actually I think it was
pastor here about the death,
00:25:29.22\00:25:31.16
burial, and resurrection,
that that's what baptism,
00:25:31.19\00:25:33.80
you know, baptism is a
symbol of the death, burial,
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.83
and resurrection of Christ.
00:25:36.87\00:25:38.20
Amen.
00:25:38.23\00:25:39.57
And, you know, I don't
mean to be disrespectful,
00:25:39.60\00:25:41.47
but just kind of
give an illustration here.
00:25:41.50\00:25:43.64
When we...
00:25:43.67\00:25:45.01
When a loved one or a friend
or anyone that you know of,
00:25:45.04\00:25:48.04
you know, passes away and dies,
00:25:48.08\00:25:49.71
you don't take their
dead corpse out there,
00:25:49.74\00:25:52.35
lay it on top of the
ground and throw you know,
00:25:52.38\00:25:55.08
like a handful of dirt
on the top of everybody.
00:25:55.12\00:25:56.45
Yeah. Well, it's true.
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.15
So in the same sense biblically
00:25:58.19\00:26:00.32
we know that when
Christ was buried,
00:26:00.36\00:26:01.99
He was buried in a
tomb, he was fully covered.
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.59
Yeah.
00:26:04.63\00:26:05.96
And so in like
likeness, you know,
00:26:05.99\00:26:07.70
baptism is a symbol of
that old man that is being,
00:26:07.73\00:26:11.33
as your, as Christ
was buried in the tomb,
00:26:11.37\00:26:13.10
the old man,
our old selfish man,
00:26:13.13\00:26:15.30
old common man is
buried completely,
00:26:15.34\00:26:18.84
not a sprinkle,
not poured because,
00:26:18.87\00:26:21.44
I want the whole thing.
00:26:21.48\00:26:23.35
So as we come up
out of that water,
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.41
then were
resurrected a new person
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.42
as Christ was resurrected.
00:26:27.45\00:26:28.78
Amen. Amen. Wow.
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.15
Absolutely. Yeah, what was that?
00:26:30.19\00:26:31.52
That Peter, you know,
when he's washing feet?
00:26:31.55\00:26:32.92
You know, you're
not gonna wash my feet.
00:26:32.95\00:26:34.42
Right. Right. This little part.
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.02
He say, "If you don't,
you have no part with me."
00:26:36.06\00:26:38.49
And really, could
this not boil down to,
00:26:38.53\00:26:41.16
you know, very interesting,
00:26:41.20\00:26:43.40
defining line, even in scripture
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.77
about what God
would have us to do
00:26:45.80\00:26:47.40
and Jesus by
setting the example.
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.64
We can go back, right?
00:26:49.67\00:26:51.01
I mean, you can go
back to the early centuries
00:26:51.04\00:26:53.54
and you will find
in Rome and in Italy
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.08
and all these
different places of the country,
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.81
you will find baptismal tanks
00:26:57.85\00:27:01.35
that were in the
back of the church
00:27:01.38\00:27:03.49
that they used and they
were three or four feet deep,
00:27:03.52\00:27:06.39
that they used to baptize.
00:27:06.42\00:27:08.09
Something
happened along the way.
00:27:08.12\00:27:10.23
That's right.
00:27:10.26\00:27:11.59
The enemy came in and said,
00:27:11.63\00:27:12.96
"You don't
really need to do that.
00:27:12.99\00:27:14.33
It's a little bit
inconvenient anyway,
00:27:14.36\00:27:15.70
and we can do this a little
bit quicker, we're in a hurry."
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.33
Something
happened and the enemy came
00:27:17.37\00:27:19.00
in to change a beautiful truth
00:27:19.03\00:27:21.07
because what was
Jesus and Nicodemus?
00:27:21.10\00:27:24.27
Oh, yeah.
00:27:24.31\00:27:25.64
You know, you mean
I had to be baptized,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.01
you know in the
water of the Spirit.
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.44
You know, you read about...
00:27:29.48\00:27:30.88
Nicodemus knew exactly
what Jesus was referring to,
00:27:30.91\00:27:34.48
exactly what he was.
00:27:34.52\00:27:36.08
And sometimes people do too
00:27:36.12\00:27:37.45
and they just
want to follow, yeah.
00:27:37.49\00:27:38.82
Pastor, you mentioned, you know,
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.19
something
happened along the way.
00:27:40.22\00:27:41.56
For those who like
history, I can give you.
00:27:41.59\00:27:44.39
You know, if you
study in history,
00:27:44.43\00:27:45.76
you'll find out that it
was actually formally changed
00:27:45.79\00:27:48.33
by the Catholic Church.
00:27:48.36\00:27:49.70
We're talking about
the method of baptism,
00:27:49.73\00:27:51.07
it's formerly changed
by the Catholic Church
00:27:51.10\00:27:52.67
and you can look this up.
00:27:52.70\00:27:54.04
It was at the famous
Council of Ravenna in 1311,
00:27:54.07\00:27:57.81
where they changed it
or in a Catholic Church
00:27:57.84\00:28:00.58
even for more than 1,000 years,
00:28:00.61\00:28:03.08
actually practiced
baptism by immersion.
00:28:03.11\00:28:04.95
Yes, they did.
00:28:04.98\00:28:06.31
But of course, as the
traditions and the paganism
00:28:06.35\00:28:07.95
begin to creep
silently into this divine,
00:28:07.98\00:28:11.02
you know, rank that they would
call the divine institution,
00:28:11.05\00:28:13.92
they begin to change the methods
00:28:13.96\00:28:16.12
and of course, by 1311.
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.99
What does that...
What does that show us?
00:28:18.03\00:28:19.36
Now...
00:28:19.39\00:28:20.73
If we let untruths
come into the church
00:28:20.76\00:28:24.03
and among us, it will.
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.87
If you don't nip
it, it will get worse.
00:28:25.90\00:28:28.80
Like you say... You got what?
00:28:28.84\00:28:30.17
You're gonna say,
it's just a little change,
00:28:30.21\00:28:31.54
little change and
then more and more and more
00:28:31.57\00:28:33.11
and worse and worse and worse.
00:28:33.14\00:28:34.48
So we have to like say,
00:28:34.51\00:28:36.21
"Grab hold by the grace of God,
00:28:36.24\00:28:37.65
this is what the word says,
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.01
whether everybody loves it
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.92
or whether they
don't believe it."
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.28
And it's easy to get
caught up in ignorance.
00:28:42.32\00:28:44.42
Oh, yeah.
00:28:44.45\00:28:45.79
Not purposely, not purposely,
you know, just, I mean,
00:28:45.82\00:28:48.99
if that happened
in 1311, that's...
00:28:49.02\00:28:52.53
it's been a long
time ago, you know.
00:28:52.56\00:28:54.30
And I mean, there's been a
lot of sin raised and said...
00:28:54.33\00:28:57.00
So I mean, you
could just accidentally
00:28:57.03\00:28:59.20
get caught up in things.
00:28:59.23\00:29:00.67
But then you have
those certain people
00:29:00.70\00:29:03.10
that hunger and
thirst for truth.
00:29:03.14\00:29:04.74
Yeah.
00:29:04.77\00:29:06.11
So they're the ones
that steps forward and says,
00:29:06.14\00:29:07.54
"Hey, wait a minute here,
00:29:07.58\00:29:09.68
1311, you mean you
actually researched that?"
00:29:09.71\00:29:13.21
So there are people that
really are wanting to know more
00:29:13.25\00:29:16.65
and then its programs
like this, you know, that...
00:29:16.69\00:29:19.02
Hey, maybe if you have
to research it, you know,
00:29:19.05\00:29:21.66
we're not making the stuff up.
00:29:21.69\00:29:23.02
No. I mean, what did Jesus say?
00:29:23.06\00:29:24.39
I mean, we can all discuss.
00:29:24.43\00:29:25.76
What did Jesus
say, one of the thing,
00:29:25.79\00:29:27.13
important thing,
at the end Matthew 28.
00:29:27.16\00:29:29.33
He said, "Go and what?"
00:29:29.36\00:29:31.03
Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations.
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.43
Disciples and He always said,
"Go teach and then baptize,"
00:29:32.47\00:29:36.07
you know.
00:29:36.10\00:29:37.44
So again, it's a good foundation
00:29:37.47\00:29:38.94
that which we have,
that we can work from
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.84
because you mentioned
00:29:40.88\00:29:42.21
a while ago
Jesus set the example.
00:29:42.24\00:29:43.95
He didn't know sin, but
yet He wanted to set an example
00:29:43.98\00:29:47.25
on what we should do
to die self and come up.
00:29:47.28\00:29:49.18
So, well, that's...
To me that's exciting.
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.85
Amen. Amen.
00:29:50.89\00:29:52.22
Okay.
00:29:52.25\00:29:53.59
Another example of
baptism is found in Acts 8:38
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.73
when Philip was speaking
with the unit in the chariot.
00:29:57.76\00:30:01.86
And it says, "And they
both went down into the water
00:30:01.90\00:30:06.13
and the eunuch
and he was baptized."
00:30:06.17\00:30:08.54
So you know, we have
examples of the right way
00:30:08.57\00:30:11.51
and I love what brother JD said.
00:30:11.54\00:30:14.61
He said there are people
00:30:14.64\00:30:15.98
that want to know what truth is.
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.35
A lot of people are
just, they feel complacent.
00:30:17.38\00:30:19.81
They feel fine. I
don't need to know anymore.
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.45
But when you begin to say,
Lord, I want to understand.
00:30:22.48\00:30:25.82
I want to know why
there's so much confusion
00:30:25.85\00:30:29.06
over this beautiful book.
00:30:29.09\00:30:30.96
I want to know what the truth is
00:30:30.99\00:30:32.43
and your life begins to change
00:30:32.46\00:30:34.60
and you begin to
do this research.
00:30:34.63\00:30:36.73
And right now
research is so much easier than
00:30:36.77\00:30:39.57
what it ever was.
00:30:39.60\00:30:41.10
I mean, when I
was going to school,
00:30:41.14\00:30:42.57
when I was in
college, it wasn't that easy.
00:30:42.60\00:30:45.77
You know, I want
to know something now
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.41
like somebody miss...
00:30:47.44\00:30:48.78
Not mispronounce here,
00:30:48.81\00:30:50.15
pronouncing a word
differently on a program I hear.
00:30:50.18\00:30:52.15
I just say, "Hey Google."
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.38
Oh, she's listening.
00:30:54.42\00:30:57.02
I had it turned off
but she's listening.
00:30:57.05\00:31:02.06
But, you know, right now
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.69
to use the
technology that we have.
00:31:04.73\00:31:06.76
We realize how technology
can be used for good or bad,
00:31:06.80\00:31:09.26
but it's just
so much easier now.
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.53
And so we need to be
students of the word.
00:31:11.57\00:31:14.20
We need to be
asking God what is truth.
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.17
You know, even
baptism, there are lot of people
00:31:17.21\00:31:20.41
that we've met
over the years that...
00:31:20.44\00:31:22.41
that they were
not baptized this way.
00:31:22.44\00:31:26.01
I think back in
Chandler, we were there,
00:31:26.05\00:31:28.05
was the last year we
were in Chandler, Arizona?
00:31:28.08\00:31:30.19
Arizona when that... Okay.
00:31:30.22\00:31:32.05
And so when we were
there in Arizona, you know,
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.49
there was a man
that had been a Catholic,
00:31:34.52\00:31:36.59
for how many years?
00:31:36.62\00:31:37.96
Can you remember?
Oh, my, he was like...
00:31:37.99\00:31:39.33
Unlike we're not saketh...
Yeah, it's a long time.
00:31:39.36\00:31:42.46
And he had started
praying about truth.
00:31:42.50\00:31:45.80
And there he was at our meetings
00:31:45.83\00:31:47.47
and he was fighting
it, bless his heart,
00:31:47.50\00:31:50.24
he was fighting it.
00:31:50.27\00:31:51.61
And I don't remember what...
00:31:51.64\00:31:52.97
I tried to help him, you
know, from night to night
00:31:53.01\00:31:55.48
and I remember feeling impressed
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.21
to go and speak with this man.
00:31:57.25\00:31:59.31
And he was just in
tears and he finally gave in
00:31:59.35\00:32:03.35
and he went under that water.
00:32:03.39\00:32:04.95
Yes, he did to become...
00:32:04.99\00:32:06.32
He came back up a new
creature in Jesus Christ.
00:32:06.35\00:32:09.42
And sometimes you know
00:32:09.46\00:32:11.43
we living in the
world that we're living in.
00:32:11.46\00:32:13.93
You know, our life hasn't
been one it's always been.
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.23
And sometimes
we think, you know,
00:32:16.26\00:32:18.27
we need to start over again
00:32:18.30\00:32:20.07
or maybe I wasn't baptized
for all the right reasons,
00:32:20.10\00:32:23.27
maybe you weren't baptized
for all the right reasons.
00:32:23.30\00:32:26.07
And maybe the Lord is
tugging at your heart to say,
00:32:26.11\00:32:28.04
you know, this is
making sense to me.
00:32:28.08\00:32:31.01
I need to give everything,
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.68
my whole heart to
Jesus and go in it again.
00:32:32.71\00:32:36.48
Yeah, it's exactly
what I experienced,
00:32:36.52\00:32:38.22
you know, 2009.
00:32:38.25\00:32:39.95
I just want to share a scripture
00:32:39.99\00:32:41.32
about what you're talking about.
00:32:41.36\00:32:42.69
Matthew 5:6 says,
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.06
"Blessed are they to
do hunger and thirst,
00:32:44.09\00:32:46.36
after righteousness."
00:32:46.39\00:32:47.83
And obviously Isaiah 64:6,
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.27
that we have no
righteous of our own.
00:32:50.30\00:32:51.77
It's all filthy rags.
00:32:51.80\00:32:53.13
But we're hungry and
thirsting after Jesus.
00:32:53.17\00:32:56.60
It says then we shall be filled.
00:32:56.64\00:32:58.71
So He wants to fill us
00:32:58.74\00:33:00.08
and what is He
gonna fill us with?
00:33:00.11\00:33:01.44
He's gonna fill the Holy Spirit.
00:33:01.48\00:33:02.81
So I actually learned about
the truth through prophecy,
00:33:02.84\00:33:05.71
which is amazing.
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.08
I love prophecy
but it was until I...
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.65
Really in 2009, I got baptized,
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.52
but in 2013 I
had much more growth
00:33:10.55\00:33:13.05
and I realized I
was missing an element
00:33:13.09\00:33:14.92
that was a
relationship with Jesus.
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.13
And when I had that
conversion, then I sort of like,
00:33:17.16\00:33:19.63
I get it now, it makes sense.
00:33:19.66\00:33:21.16
So now I got
re-baptized in 2013.
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.20
Amen.
00:33:23.23\00:33:24.57
You are going into the
second part of that question.
00:33:24.60\00:33:27.77
What does it mean to you,
Brother Ryan, to be born again.
00:33:27.80\00:33:30.94
Let's start and let's hear.
00:33:30.97\00:33:32.41
What is it you mean?
00:33:32.44\00:33:33.78
Oh, you know, the joy is in
being able to serve the Lord
00:33:33.81\00:33:37.71
and you just see that,
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.11
that people's lives are altered
and changed for eternity.
00:33:39.15\00:33:42.68
When you see that
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.05
and you see that
they get the identity
00:33:44.09\00:33:45.42
of who they
really are in Christ,
00:33:45.45\00:33:47.06
as a son or daughter
00:33:47.09\00:33:48.42
and the light
bulb finally goes on
00:33:48.46\00:33:49.79
and they can break the
chains of this darkness
00:33:49.82\00:33:51.86
that's been holding them down
00:33:51.89\00:33:53.23
and suppressing
them for so long.
00:33:53.26\00:33:55.03
And we get the privilege
of sharing that with somebody.
00:33:55.06\00:33:57.07
And it's just,
it's amazing to see.
00:33:57.10\00:33:59.03
Just like we had a young
man recently had come here
00:33:59.07\00:34:01.80
and been going
through some stuff
00:34:01.84\00:34:03.17
and this young man's
now on so many days sober
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.61
and we sat down with him,
he's been coming to church,
00:34:05.64\00:34:07.54
he actually, few weeks
ago he had to make a decision
00:34:07.58\00:34:11.31
and I just text him something.
00:34:11.35\00:34:12.68
I said, you know, you got
to make a decision right now.
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.48
I said,
basically, God is blessing
00:34:14.52\00:34:16.08
but He's also
testing your loyalty.
00:34:16.12\00:34:18.65
Because I thought
about that all night.
00:34:18.69\00:34:20.69
He says, get down me.
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.86
He said, well, as he told me,
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.23
I need to get rid of
the bad influences or do...
00:34:24.26\00:34:26.36
I mean, you make
church a priority.
00:34:26.39\00:34:28.16
Wow.
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.53
I mean, we can go to
church and make it a priority.
00:34:29.56\00:34:30.90
So he's now, he's now
hungry and on fire and just...
00:34:30.93\00:34:34.60
That's the joy,
we get to see that,
00:34:34.64\00:34:36.10
you know, and it's not
about us anything we do,
00:34:36.14\00:34:38.17
but that's the
Holy Spirit work on.
00:34:38.21\00:34:39.77
It is. It is.
00:34:39.81\00:34:41.14
We were actually
baptized together in 2013
00:34:41.18\00:34:43.88
and I was baptized
when I was about 12.
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.72
But you know, life happens
00:34:46.75\00:34:49.05
and I drifted way away from God
00:34:49.08\00:34:51.49
and it was a really special day.
00:34:51.52\00:34:53.96
Yeah.
00:34:53.99\00:34:55.32
Yeah, and it was very memorable.
00:34:55.36\00:34:57.66
My actual...
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.03
My personal dream was
to get baptized in a creek
00:34:59.06\00:35:01.86
'cause when I was a kid,
I saw pictures of my mom,
00:35:01.90\00:35:04.33
she got baptized in
the creek, you know,
00:35:04.37\00:35:05.80
I want to do
that, like my mom did.
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.64
Yeah.
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.00
It didn't work
out totally like that,
00:35:09.04\00:35:10.37
but it doesn't
matter where is that
00:35:10.41\00:35:12.07
as long as it happens, you know.
00:35:12.11\00:35:13.48
And yeah, and...
00:35:13.51\00:35:15.78
But that was a dream
00:35:15.81\00:35:17.38
that I had to be
in a creek outdoors.
00:35:17.41\00:35:19.18
I love being outside,
but it was still special.
00:35:19.21\00:35:21.88
And it was a
very meaningful moment
00:35:21.92\00:35:24.29
and I like the
comparison of baptism
00:35:24.32\00:35:27.09
being like a wedding, you know,
00:35:27.12\00:35:29.69
because it is an
outward ceremony,
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.79
outward display of
affection to Jesus to the world.
00:35:31.83\00:35:35.53
And too good,
we met a while ago,
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.70
you know, people
say, well, you brought up,
00:35:37.73\00:35:39.13
you know,
washing, washing the feet
00:35:39.17\00:35:40.54
and so on so forth.
00:35:40.57\00:35:41.90
But what is that
really referred to basically?
00:35:41.94\00:35:44.74
Isn't that a miniature?
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.47
Baptism. Baptism.
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.34
That's exactly what it is.
00:35:48.38\00:35:49.81
And... A renewal.
00:35:49.84\00:35:51.21
Right. Yeah, it's a renewal.
00:35:51.25\00:35:52.65
You know, you wash your feet.
00:35:52.68\00:35:54.72
And Jesus said, you
know, if you don't do it,
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.25
you have no part with Me.
00:35:56.28\00:35:57.69
So we're looking at
and then Jesus, what is it?
00:35:57.72\00:35:59.39
In John 3:15, He talks
about, Jesus was baptized.
00:35:59.42\00:36:03.89
This is interesting, to
fulfill all righteousness.
00:36:03.93\00:36:07.46
That's just heavy duty to
fulfill all righteousness.
00:36:07.50\00:36:12.07
He went through the...
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.20
that he was
totally human, He did it.
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.04
Yeah... Yeah.
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.41
It was fulfilling
to hear God's voice,
00:36:17.44\00:36:18.77
the Dove came down.
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.41
Yeah, those three things came,
00:36:20.44\00:36:21.78
that was a
fulfillment of righteousness.
00:36:21.81\00:36:23.14
That's right. Yeah, amen.
00:36:23.18\00:36:24.51
That gave me goose
bumps because I feel like too,
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.82
you know, there's other
people 'cause people say,
00:36:26.85\00:36:29.28
"Well, I've never beeb,
do I have to be baptized
00:36:29.32\00:36:31.75
or this person didn't
have time to be baptized."
00:36:31.79\00:36:34.62
Our Lord and
Savior was baptized,
00:36:34.66\00:36:36.52
He had never
sinned, and He was baptized.
00:36:36.56\00:36:39.66
And His baptism,
00:36:39.69\00:36:41.26
I also believe is for those
like the thief on the cross
00:36:41.30\00:36:45.00
that couldn't come down.
00:36:45.03\00:36:46.37
He could not go through this.
00:36:46.40\00:36:47.90
He could not be
restored in that respect.
00:36:47.94\00:36:51.41
But Christ did it for him.
00:36:51.44\00:36:52.94
That's right. He
is our all and all.
00:36:52.97\00:36:55.68
He is the sanctuary service.
00:36:55.71\00:36:58.38
And maybe we'll talk
more about that toward the end
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.55
or if there happens
to be a fourth part,
00:37:00.58\00:37:02.48
we'll see but He
is our all and all.
00:37:02.52\00:37:05.85
Amen. Praise the
Lord, it's all good.
00:37:05.89\00:37:08.49
We're celebrating
already. Yes, yeah.
00:37:08.52\00:37:10.96
But, you know,
00:37:10.99\00:37:12.33
anything else
anybody wants to add
00:37:12.36\00:37:13.70
on this part of the question.
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.06
We're talking about experience
or sharing what it meant to...
00:37:15.10\00:37:17.73
I think, you know,
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.10
with something
that really strikes me,
00:37:19.13\00:37:20.47
I share it with a lot of people.
00:37:20.50\00:37:21.84
When Jesus came to Peter,
00:37:21.87\00:37:23.20
He said, Satan is
asked for his desire
00:37:23.24\00:37:24.74
to sift him as a wheat.
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.11
I like the word he said,
but when you are converted,
00:37:26.14\00:37:29.38
that word converted,
00:37:29.41\00:37:30.75
that's much more expansive
than people think, you know.
00:37:30.78\00:37:33.35
It is.
00:37:33.38\00:37:34.72
And, then he said after it
says when you are converting,
00:37:34.75\00:37:36.08
you will
strengthen your brethren.
00:37:36.12\00:37:38.09
So when you really have
that experience in your heart,
00:37:38.12\00:37:40.76
that change that real change,
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.22
and like I was
talking about earlier for me,
00:37:42.26\00:37:43.93
you know, I finally realized
who I am in Christ Jesus now.
00:37:43.96\00:37:46.56
And when I had that,
00:37:46.59\00:37:47.93
I can go now
strengthen other people
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.40
as that true conversion.
00:37:49.43\00:37:50.87
I think that's really powerful.
00:37:50.90\00:37:52.23
But you couldn't
give what you didn't have.
00:37:52.27\00:37:53.64
Does that make sense?
00:37:53.67\00:37:55.10
We can't give
what we don't have...
00:37:55.14\00:37:56.60
My cup is full. My cup is full.
00:37:56.64\00:37:59.21
So that's nice but you
can't give a full cup away,
00:37:59.24\00:38:02.91
you can only give that
which goes over the top.
00:38:02.94\00:38:05.35
Yep. That's right.
00:38:05.38\00:38:06.72
You know. You
can't get a bigger cup.
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.88
It's true.
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.25
But you still
gotta got to get by.
00:38:10.29\00:38:12.65
It's got to go over the top
00:38:12.69\00:38:14.66
and that's what gives to others,
00:38:14.69\00:38:16.02
the other is to keep you
full and that's so important
00:38:16.06\00:38:18.16
and you talk about you know...
00:38:18.19\00:38:20.63
And it is possible...
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.73
You're gonna say
something, just a sec.
00:38:22.76\00:38:24.23
And it is possible to,
00:38:24.27\00:38:26.43
let's say be in the church
00:38:26.47\00:38:27.84
and you say in good standing
00:38:27.87\00:38:29.50
and not really be,
they call born again,
00:38:29.54\00:38:31.84
you need to be converted
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.04
you see 'cause I mean,
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.41
I was one of
those in the church,
00:38:35.44\00:38:36.78
you know, a lot of years
and I was younger in there
00:38:36.81\00:38:38.48
and didn't realize
00:38:38.51\00:38:39.85
what it really
meant to be converted.
00:38:39.88\00:38:41.52
Not to say I have all
the answers right now,
00:38:41.55\00:38:43.08
I'm not trying to say all that.
00:38:43.12\00:38:44.45
I'm just simply
saying my life has changed.
00:38:44.49\00:38:46.22
Yep. Right. Praise God.
00:38:46.25\00:38:47.59
And it was a big change.
00:38:47.62\00:38:49.09
But for... Like I said...
00:38:49.12\00:38:51.09
I said for years, you
know, like I say they give you,
00:38:51.13\00:38:53.26
they give you the
plaque for doing this
00:38:53.29\00:38:54.90
and you're deacon,
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.26
then you become an
elder and like that,
00:38:56.30\00:38:57.83
and really that was
before I was converted.
00:38:57.87\00:39:01.07
You know, following the
Lord and trying to do what,
00:39:01.10\00:39:02.70
you know you read, you
just kind of do the right
00:39:02.74\00:39:04.21
but I'm talking
about a real heart change.
00:39:04.24\00:39:06.78
There is a difference.
00:39:06.81\00:39:08.94
I mean, I say night and day.
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.35
I still I say I...I sing,
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.65
we cut our teeth
and maybe the pacifier
00:39:13.68\00:39:16.95
whatever I had one on
water frame we had in Jesus,
00:39:16.99\00:39:19.89
you know we would
sing songs at the church.
00:39:19.92\00:39:21.89
But after conversion,
the very first Sabbath,
00:39:21.92\00:39:24.03
that conversion I
cried like a baby,
00:39:24.06\00:39:26.29
right there in the
church in front of everybody,
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.43
saying that same
song, some teen years
00:39:28.46\00:39:32.27
and I've felt it
to a certain extent
00:39:32.30\00:39:35.27
and I thought that
was normal and was right.
00:39:35.30\00:39:37.61
But when my heart
really just completely changed,
00:39:37.64\00:39:39.77
I saw in such a different
way, just broke my heart.
00:39:39.81\00:39:42.54
So that's kind of what that does
00:39:42.58\00:39:44.05
when you come accept
Christ, Well, JD, yes.
00:39:44.08\00:39:47.02
The word freedom
comes to my mind.
00:39:47.05\00:39:49.05
Okay. Oh, I like.
00:39:49.08\00:39:50.42
There's a freedom that comes
00:39:50.45\00:39:52.02
whenever you
are truly converted.
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.32
There is a freedom whenever
you are baptized that...
00:39:54.36\00:39:57.53
that rib for real.
00:39:57.56\00:39:59.49
I mean, 'cause
we've all gone through
00:39:59.53\00:40:02.23
and doing the very
best that we could do...
00:40:02.26\00:40:04.77
You know, we have
our youthful baptisms,
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.63
you know,
because as I'm learning,
00:40:06.67\00:40:10.31
I've talked to two or
three people just slightly,
00:40:10.34\00:40:12.31
bless their little hearts.
00:40:12.34\00:40:13.88
My daughter is 12 years
old, she needs to be baptized,
00:40:13.91\00:40:16.41
she needs to be
baptized, you know,
00:40:16.44\00:40:18.71
and a lot of times you
are baptized as a youth,
00:40:18.75\00:40:21.85
because the parents want it.
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.92
You know, when
the kids say they,
00:40:23.95\00:40:25.69
but so be it,
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.72
because they have second
chances, just like we did now.
00:40:27.76\00:40:31.23
So they grow and
then they mature,
00:40:31.26\00:40:33.29
you know, than there's that time
00:40:33.33\00:40:35.90
when you want something more.
00:40:35.93\00:40:37.67
You're ready for something more.
00:40:37.70\00:40:40.34
And boy, to me,
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.60
there was a
freedom that went down
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.51
whenever I was a
very mature person,
00:40:44.54\00:40:48.04
you know, and that was
just a freedom there that,
00:40:48.08\00:40:51.55
wow, so the person
is looking at mirror now
00:40:51.58\00:40:55.38
is different than that
person who looked in the mirror
00:40:55.42\00:40:57.65
10 years ago or 15 years ago.
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.62
Should it be?
00:40:59.65\00:41:00.99
You bet? Oh absolutely.
00:41:01.02\00:41:02.36
Yes, you know, that's the
whole thing is do the same old,
00:41:02.39\00:41:03.93
same old all the time
and we should be growing
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.63
and changing everything.
00:41:05.66\00:41:07.00
And you know, God changes
not so, it's not, He's...
00:41:07.03\00:41:10.20
I mean, it's not, it
has nothing to do with Him.
00:41:10.23\00:41:14.00
It has to do with me.
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.70
I'm the one
that need to be free.
00:41:15.74\00:41:18.14
Yes, very good.
00:41:18.17\00:41:19.51
Oh, absolutely,
awesome, awesome thought.
00:41:19.54\00:41:21.58
The word that came to my mind
00:41:21.61\00:41:23.04
when you were saying
that was recalibrating,
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.28
you know that word
just like it gets us back
00:41:25.31\00:41:28.22
and gets us back in
line on the right track
00:41:28.25\00:41:30.09
and it's amazing.
00:41:30.12\00:41:32.35
And what brought you back?
00:41:32.39\00:41:33.72
Was that the word? Oh, yes.
00:41:33.76\00:41:35.09
It was the word
we're taking in...
00:41:35.12\00:41:36.83
Faith comes by
hearing, hearing by the Word,
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.96
being around the
right kind of people.
00:41:38.99\00:41:41.06
Right, that's very important.
00:41:41.10\00:41:42.43
Seeds are being planted,
you're hearing different thing
00:41:42.46\00:41:43.83
and changes can come
00:41:43.87\00:41:46.03
as easy as that as long
as we certainly be whole
00:41:46.07\00:41:50.21
and which He says,
"Behold the Lamb of God,
00:41:50.24\00:41:51.77
things begin to
change in our life."
00:41:51.81\00:41:53.14
Amen. But...
00:41:53.17\00:41:54.51
We can do
anything for you, honey?
00:41:54.54\00:41:55.88
Well, I was just... I've been...
00:41:55.91\00:41:57.25
My mind's been
everywhere here actually.
00:41:57.28\00:41:58.61
I bet it had.
00:41:58.65\00:41:59.98
But what you're talking about,
like you continuing to grow,
00:42:00.02\00:42:01.52
that's part of going
through this sanctuary service,
00:42:01.55\00:42:04.05
that table of show bread,
you know, the candlestick,
00:42:04.09\00:42:08.06
letting your light
shine and the incense,
00:42:08.09\00:42:10.76
all of these
things are part of it.
00:42:10.79\00:42:12.63
We would have thought
Peter had been converted
00:42:12.66\00:42:15.10
before Christ's death.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.70
But he said, you
know, before the cockcrow,
00:42:16.73\00:42:19.17
was it two times?
00:42:19.20\00:42:20.54
Three.
00:42:20.57\00:42:21.90
Three times, you deny
me twice, or three times?
00:42:21.94\00:42:24.47
So it's three and three.
00:42:24.51\00:42:25.84
I was trying to remember
00:42:25.87\00:42:27.21
if it's three and
three or two and three.
00:42:27.24\00:42:28.58
Okay, thank you.
00:42:28.61\00:42:29.94
I had a little
brain glitch there.
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.71
But then afterwards
when Christ visited with him,
00:42:31.75\00:42:34.45
he says, he had to ask
him, Peter, do you love Me?
00:42:34.48\00:42:37.29
Come on. That's right.
00:42:37.32\00:42:38.65
Yeah. Peter, do you love Me?
00:42:38.69\00:42:41.82
Because here Peter been with Him
00:42:41.86\00:42:44.59
and seen Him go through so much.
00:42:44.63\00:42:48.73
And he denied his Savior
when he said he wouldn't.
00:42:48.76\00:42:51.17
See a lot of us are
rash that way sometimes.
00:42:51.20\00:42:54.10
But after he was
resurrected, he looked at...
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.24
Can you imagine the
loving Savior saying,
00:42:56.27\00:42:59.54
"Peter, do you love Me?"
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.51
It's amazing. And feed my sheep.
00:43:01.54\00:43:04.58
The other thing is he
want to go back to fishing.
00:43:04.61\00:43:07.18
Before that happened,
00:43:07.22\00:43:08.55
he actually want to go
back to his original thing.
00:43:08.58\00:43:11.39
He wanted to go off. Yeah.
00:43:11.42\00:43:12.75
This ain't working,
I was gonna go fish.
00:43:12.79\00:43:14.12
And Peter's response
is the results of that
00:43:14.16\00:43:17.63
in the sense that,
00:43:17.66\00:43:18.99
if you go into the original
Greek in that passage there,
00:43:19.03\00:43:21.60
Jesus says,
"Peter, do you love Me,
00:43:21.63\00:43:23.26
do you agape Me?"
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.47
But the response
that Peter gives,
00:43:25.50\00:43:27.14
in English you'll
see that Peter says,
00:43:27.17\00:43:29.60
"Lord, you know, I love You."
00:43:29.64\00:43:31.31
But in the original Greek,
00:43:31.34\00:43:32.87
the word there that
Peter uses was not a agape,
00:43:32.91\00:43:35.61
it was phileo,
00:43:35.64\00:43:36.98
which means
basically a friendly fondness.
00:43:37.01\00:43:40.18
So basically what
Christ was saying is, Peter,
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.28
I want you to truly in
a spiritual intimate way
00:43:42.32\00:43:46.25
I want you to really love me.
00:43:46.29\00:43:47.62
And Peter was saying, Lord,
you know I only phileo you.
00:43:47.66\00:43:50.59
You know, I'm only...
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.06
You know, I'm not there yet.
00:43:52.09\00:43:54.13
And so but Christ just
keep urging him and that's...
00:43:54.16\00:43:56.46
I love that passage
because it shows the patience
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.53
that God has with us.
00:43:58.57\00:44:00.07
That if we have a willing heart,
00:44:00.10\00:44:01.44
you know, Peter
had a willing heart.
00:44:01.47\00:44:02.80
Yes. Man he was a crowd pleaser.
00:44:02.84\00:44:05.74
And sometimes, you
know, I can relate,
00:44:05.77\00:44:09.18
I think we all can to
some extent relate to Peter.
00:44:09.21\00:44:11.38
You know, but
Christ is patient with us.
00:44:11.41\00:44:13.62
Amen. He was patient with Peter.
00:44:13.65\00:44:15.52
He says, "Look, I know
that you only phileo me.
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.52
I know you're only fond of Me.
00:44:17.55\00:44:18.95
But you know what?
00:44:18.99\00:44:20.32
When you're converted, you know,
00:44:20.36\00:44:21.69
you're gonna feed
my sheep, you see?
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.22
You're gonna be a
pillar in this group."
00:44:23.26\00:44:24.83
See how good, how that...
00:44:24.86\00:44:26.19
Exactly what he said.
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.80
Peter knew how he loved Christ,
at least in his own mind.
00:44:27.83\00:44:30.83
Jesus knew exactly
how Peter loved him
00:44:30.87\00:44:34.30
because He told him before,
I want you to feed my sheep.
00:44:34.34\00:44:37.81
After Peter was converted,
he said, "Feed my lambs."
00:44:37.84\00:44:41.61
There's a different in sheep,
00:44:41.64\00:44:42.98
there's a
difference in the lamb.
00:44:43.01\00:44:44.35
There's a different
way you approach a sheep
00:44:44.38\00:44:45.95
and there's a different way
you approach a precious lamb.
00:44:45.98\00:44:48.68
Peter was not
trustworthy with the lambs.
00:44:48.72\00:44:51.75
You know, blessed pastors
and leaders and teachers,
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.89
you are not true, is that okay?
00:44:53.92\00:44:56.29
Were not
trustworthy with the lambs
00:44:56.32\00:44:59.63
because they
needed to be cuddled,
00:44:59.66\00:45:03.26
they need to be loved.
00:45:03.30\00:45:05.13
They don't...
00:45:05.17\00:45:06.50
they don't need the,
and we all need prophecy,
00:45:06.53\00:45:09.17
we all need them now.
00:45:09.20\00:45:10.54
Mark of the Beast, Three Angels
because I love all that stuff.
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.01
But there's time
they don't know Christ.
00:45:13.04\00:45:15.14
What do you do?
00:45:15.18\00:45:16.51
You introduce them
to Christ. You feed.
00:45:16.54\00:45:18.98
You take them back
out into the courtyard.
00:45:19.01\00:45:21.78
Exactly.
00:45:21.82\00:45:23.15
And take them back to the alter.
00:45:23.18\00:45:24.65
And then you take
them one more step,
00:45:24.69\00:45:26.05
you take them outside
00:45:26.09\00:45:27.49
and because there's
only one way in the sanctuary
00:45:27.52\00:45:29.79
and that is the door.
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.26
Jesus says, I am the, what?
00:45:31.29\00:45:32.69
I am the door.
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.06
No man comes to Me except,
00:45:34.10\00:45:35.43
you know, you gotta
go through that door.
00:45:35.46\00:45:36.80
Go through Jesus.
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.17
And, see that's to
me, they need that.
00:45:38.20\00:45:39.53
Absolutely.
00:45:39.57\00:45:40.90
And I just want
to highlight there.
00:45:40.94\00:45:42.27
I know we're...
00:45:42.30\00:45:43.64
And something tells me
there's gonna be a part four.
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.01
That's okay.
00:45:45.04\00:45:46.37
I am loving it. I am excited.
00:45:46.41\00:45:47.74
You know, just
on this whole thing,
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.11
because baptism and I think,
00:45:49.14\00:45:50.48
I think Janelle hit
it right on the head.
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.21
Baptism and I just
want to say for the record,
00:45:52.25\00:45:54.25
first of all,
baptism doesn't save you.
00:45:54.28\00:45:56.72
The act in
itself doesn't save you.
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.12
It doesn't give you
some type of supernatural
00:45:58.15\00:46:00.06
holy strength to overcome.
00:46:00.09\00:46:02.86
But baptism is, I
believe, an outward expression
00:46:02.89\00:46:05.63
of what Christ is
already doing in one's life.
00:46:05.66\00:46:08.26
And I love how you
related to a wedding ceremony
00:46:08.30\00:46:10.60
because that's
essentially what it is.
00:46:10.63\00:46:12.33
Christ is already,
you know, and what is...
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.07
Christ is the bridegroom
and His church is the bride
00:46:14.10\00:46:17.17
and I am a part of that bride.
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.54
Christ wants us to
be fully married to Him,
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.48
but He also wants us
to be fully committed.
00:46:20.51\00:46:23.01
So you know, I often use
the same illustration a lot.
00:46:23.04\00:46:26.31
When I married my
wife, nine years ago,
00:46:26.35\00:46:28.05
we just celebrated our
ninth year anniversary.
00:46:28.08\00:46:30.79
But when I married my
wife nine years ago, you know,
00:46:30.82\00:46:33.22
I'm not standing
there face to face with her
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.19
and saying my vows and say,
00:46:35.22\00:46:36.79
"Oh, honey, you know,
00:46:36.83\00:46:38.16
I love you so much
for the rest of my life."
00:46:38.19\00:46:39.63
But on occasion,
I'm gonna go over here
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.56
and hang out with one of
my side chicks or one of my,
00:46:41.60\00:46:44.30
you know, girly,
girly friends on the side.
00:46:44.33\00:46:47.40
That's not a commitment.
00:46:47.44\00:46:48.80
And so Christ wants
us to be fully committed.
00:46:48.84\00:46:51.04
So baptism is not
necessarily about perfection,
00:46:51.07\00:46:53.98
but it is about commitment.
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.94
And that's why I
love Romans Chapter 6:3-4.
00:46:55.98\00:46:59.45
There you go.
00:46:59.48\00:47:00.82
Because it
really expresses to us
00:47:00.85\00:47:02.25
what this is about
00:47:02.28\00:47:04.15
as far as the
spiritual application here.
00:47:04.19\00:47:08.42
Notice what verse 3 and
4 says in Romans Chapter 6.
00:47:08.46\00:47:11.59
It says, "Or do you not know
00:47:11.63\00:47:13.43
that as many of us were
baptized into Christ Jesus
00:47:13.46\00:47:15.63
were baptized into his death."
00:47:15.66\00:47:17.77
So self has to die,
just as Christ died.
00:47:17.80\00:47:20.64
Christ took on
the sin of the world.
00:47:20.67\00:47:22.30
And in order for
Him to be resurrected
00:47:22.34\00:47:25.14
and to bury those sins
and to deal with those sins,
00:47:25.17\00:47:27.71
He had to take on
that sin, so He had to die.
00:47:27.74\00:47:30.35
Therefore, notice verse 4.
00:47:30.38\00:47:32.48
"We are buried with Him
through baptism into death,
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.42
that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:47:35.45\00:47:37.45
by the glory of the Father,"
00:47:37.49\00:47:38.82
and here is the
most important part,
00:47:38.85\00:47:40.76
"Even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
00:47:40.79\00:47:44.69
And so what we have is,
we have a lot of people,
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.23
brothers and sisters,
who are trying to access
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.10
to holy place or even
more so trying to jump
00:47:50.13\00:47:53.23
and take a giant leap
into the most holy place
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.50
when they haven't first walked
appropriately from the door
00:47:55.54\00:47:59.77
into the court yard.
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.28
And so we first
have to, you know,
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.68
spend some time at that door.
00:48:02.71\00:48:04.21
Again, you know, who is it
that I'm trying to get to know?
00:48:04.25\00:48:06.95
And then when you get to that
beautiful altar of sacrifice
00:48:06.98\00:48:10.55
and you see what
Christ has really done here
00:48:10.59\00:48:13.19
or Christ says
and Zephaniah says,
00:48:13.22\00:48:14.72
they will look
upon me as, on those...
00:48:14.76\00:48:17.63
those have
pierced will look upon me
00:48:17.66\00:48:20.10
and they will mourn as one
00:48:20.13\00:48:21.90
who has lost the
first one that mourns.
00:48:21.93\00:48:23.26
Oh, yes. Think about...
00:48:23.30\00:48:24.90
Everything you're saying
is bringing me back to...
00:48:24.93\00:48:27.24
At midnight there was a cry.
00:48:27.27\00:48:29.24
You mentioned a
wedding, there are 10 virgins,
00:48:29.27\00:48:32.01
they were all
part of the church.
00:48:32.04\00:48:33.41
They all thought that they
were gonna marry the bridegroom.
00:48:33.44\00:48:36.38
And then when the bridegroom
came, there was a cry.
00:48:36.41\00:48:39.55
And that cry, they found out
00:48:39.58\00:48:41.75
that there were five
that didn't have the oil,
00:48:41.78\00:48:43.59
they didn't
have the preparation.
00:48:43.62\00:48:45.25
They weren't
walking through these steps
00:48:45.29\00:48:47.12
that we've been talking about.
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.72
And the other said,
we don't have enough,
00:48:48.76\00:48:50.66
you're gonna have to go buy it.
00:48:50.69\00:48:52.03
And what happened?
00:48:52.06\00:48:53.40
When they went to buy
it, the bridegroom came,
00:48:53.43\00:48:55.70
they went in and the
door of probation was shut.
00:48:55.73\00:49:00.80
And they came
back and Christ said,
00:49:00.84\00:49:02.90
"I don't know you.
00:49:02.94\00:49:04.67
I don't know you."
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.04
Now is our probationary time.
00:49:06.07\00:49:08.78
That's why this
restitution of all things
00:49:08.81\00:49:11.91
is so vitally important
00:49:11.95\00:49:14.28
because Christ is preparing us,
00:49:14.32\00:49:17.15
He's restoring us into His image
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.92
and it means so much.
00:49:19.95\00:49:21.46
The more we talk about it,
00:49:21.49\00:49:22.82
the more we feed
off of each other,
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.26
the deeper it gets.
00:49:24.29\00:49:25.66
Go ahead,
Janelle, come one help me.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.66
Oh, you know, Ryan and
Chris, the things you're saying,
00:49:27.70\00:49:30.80
it's interesting, Ryan,
you mentioned in Romans 6,
00:49:30.83\00:49:33.27
because then in
the next Chapter,
00:49:33.30\00:49:35.40
Romans 7 is the part of
this Christian struggle.
00:49:35.44\00:49:39.04
And I know I've been there.
00:49:39.07\00:49:41.34
And it's encouraging to
me to know that you know,
00:49:41.38\00:49:44.28
other people still
struggle after baptism,
00:49:44.31\00:49:46.35
because it's not a one and done.
00:49:46.38\00:49:48.48
You know, you're not...
00:49:48.52\00:49:49.85
you're not ready
to be translated,
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.22
usually, right
after you're baptized.
00:49:51.25\00:49:53.99
But it's just the
fact that it is a struggle
00:49:54.02\00:49:56.49
and sometimes it gets
harder actually after baptism,
00:49:56.52\00:49:59.16
and you have those battles,
00:49:59.19\00:50:00.70
you know, and
those things that...
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.33
that, you know,
we're trying to overcome
00:50:02.36\00:50:04.43
and we need the
Holy Spirit's help.
00:50:04.47\00:50:06.30
But it's just the
fact that, you know,
00:50:06.33\00:50:08.50
don't think that
you have to be perfect
00:50:08.54\00:50:10.14
after you're baptized
00:50:10.17\00:50:11.51
because it's gonna be a struggle
00:50:11.54\00:50:12.87
and the enemy will
comes out as harder
00:50:12.91\00:50:14.24
even right before
and then even after.
00:50:14.28\00:50:16.71
I believe that's 8:1.
00:50:16.75\00:50:18.88
Oh, 8:1, that's the whole...
00:50:18.91\00:50:21.82
Romans 8:1,
"There is therefore now
00:50:21.85\00:50:23.82
no condemnation for them
00:50:23.85\00:50:25.82
which are in Christ Jesus
who walk not after the flesh
00:50:25.85\00:50:29.06
but after the spirit."
00:50:29.09\00:50:31.03
So when you're
finally going through, right
00:50:31.06\00:50:32.59
with the baptize,
giving your life to Christ,
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.83
really that's where the Acts 1:8
00:50:34.86\00:50:37.70
where we receive
power from the Holy Ghost,
00:50:37.73\00:50:39.90
ain't that right?
00:50:39.93\00:50:41.27
That's right, to be a witness.
00:50:41.30\00:50:42.64
To be a witness,
those are reasons.
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.01
And then there's
more tests will come,
00:50:44.04\00:50:46.57
there's more trials will come
00:50:46.61\00:50:48.41
because they're
God's little workman
00:50:48.44\00:50:49.84
right to perfect character,
for perfection of character.
00:50:49.88\00:50:53.01
So that's why Paul
asked us not to complain
00:50:53.05\00:50:55.68
and carry on
like I do some time.
00:50:55.72\00:50:57.32
Lord have mercy
and forgive me, right,
00:50:57.35\00:50:59.45
is everyone has
these tests and trials,
00:50:59.49\00:51:01.29
there's a purpose for it.
00:51:01.32\00:51:02.66
Amen. Yeah, I was gonna say.
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.03
And he does and he does say...
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.39
He does say, you know, go,
00:51:05.43\00:51:06.76
you go from one
level of glory to another.
00:51:06.80\00:51:08.13
So you know there is
that potential of growth.
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.53
Yeah. Faith to faith.
00:51:10.57\00:51:11.90
You know that's
what happened to us.
00:51:11.93\00:51:13.27
We experienced what you just
talked about a little bit ago.
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.97
Somebody came to
us as they were doing,
00:51:16.00\00:51:17.41
celebrating life
recovery, we shares a few times,
00:51:17.44\00:51:19.37
but a lady was told
that she's being taken away
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.41
from the prophecy seminar.
00:51:22.44\00:51:24.75
That she doesn't
need to be coming
00:51:24.78\00:51:26.11
to our
celebratory life recovery.
00:51:26.15\00:51:28.15
And this woman was
struggling with alcohol.
00:51:28.18\00:51:29.95
She actually
tried to commit suicide.
00:51:29.98\00:51:31.75
And so she came to our
group and it was week five.
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.26
I said, "Look,
just stick it through.
00:51:34.29\00:51:35.62
See how it turns out."
00:51:35.66\00:51:36.99
And she did, 14 weeks graduated,
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.89
two weeks later
completely quit alcohol.
00:51:38.93\00:51:40.86
She was a, eight months later
she married an Adventist man,
00:51:40.90\00:51:43.23
moved to Virginia.
00:51:43.26\00:51:44.60
She now on fire in her church
00:51:44.63\00:51:45.97
'cause she got
the pieces in order
00:51:46.00\00:51:47.77
and it put her on fire.
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.24
But, you know, what you did?
00:51:49.27\00:51:50.61
You loved her
anyway, you come anyway,
00:51:50.64\00:51:53.07
it doesn't matter
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.44
how much
research we know or we do
00:51:54.48\00:51:57.61
or if we can
explain every form of love
00:51:57.65\00:52:00.65
or every form of liberty
or you know, what I'm saying?
00:52:00.68\00:52:03.49
It just doesn't matter
00:52:03.52\00:52:05.05
if you don't have the
love of God in your heart.
00:52:05.09\00:52:08.26
And where is our
first missionary work?
00:52:08.29\00:52:10.33
It's in our homes.
00:52:10.36\00:52:11.96
It's in our...
with our families.
00:52:11.99\00:52:14.13
It's here at this table.
00:52:14.16\00:52:16.36
And everything must be in love,
00:52:16.40\00:52:18.47
whether it be a
sheep, whether it be a lamb,
00:52:18.50\00:52:21.14
it just doesn't
matter 'cause if JD,
00:52:21.17\00:52:23.57
he can sit there
00:52:23.61\00:52:25.14
and he can preach
to me every passage
00:52:25.17\00:52:28.51
that dealt with
love in the Bible,
00:52:28.54\00:52:30.15
but if he was preaching to
me like this the whole time,
00:52:30.18\00:52:33.78
I would want none of it.
00:52:33.82\00:52:35.35
And that's all of us.
00:52:35.38\00:52:37.09
That's all of us. Right.
00:52:37.12\00:52:38.55
You know, who...
00:52:38.59\00:52:39.92
who do other see in us?
00:52:39.95\00:52:42.72
You know, as we've been
talking about this walk,
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.09
don't forget what
you're gonna share
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.46
but as we've been
talking about this part,
00:52:46.49\00:52:48.80
I was thinking
about being born again.
00:52:48.83\00:52:51.20
And when my life
changed, I've changed.
00:52:51.23\00:52:53.20
I've shared this many times.
00:52:53.23\00:52:54.57
I guess I'll
continue to share it.
00:52:54.60\00:52:56.17
But my life change when I said,
00:52:56.20\00:52:58.27
"Okay, I'm not
gonna eat physical food
00:52:58.31\00:53:00.78
till I eat the
spiritual food first."
00:53:00.81\00:53:04.35
So when I began to pray
before I got out of bed,
00:53:04.38\00:53:07.05
when I began to study
00:53:07.08\00:53:08.42
before I would get
up and do anything else.
00:53:08.45\00:53:10.72
My life began to change.
00:53:10.75\00:53:12.82
And then if I'm
away from it a little bit
00:53:12.85\00:53:14.96
and these thoughts
start coming into my mind
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.89
'cause your mind changes.
00:53:16.93\00:53:18.99
People, your mind changes.
00:53:19.03\00:53:21.16
That's right. You know, I...
00:53:21.20\00:53:23.67
You know, when these
little things come in,
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.40
things that you would think
are just nominal years ago,
00:53:25.43\00:53:28.77
all of a sudden,
it's like, oh, Lord,
00:53:28.80\00:53:30.61
please I don't want
that, please take that.
00:53:30.64\00:53:33.11
I don't want to think like that.
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.54
I don't want to be like that,
00:53:34.58\00:53:36.01
you know, because
00:53:36.04\00:53:37.38
we are beginning
to reflect His image
00:53:37.41\00:53:39.88
internally and
perfectly externally.
00:53:39.91\00:53:42.98
That's right. Yeah.
00:53:43.02\00:53:44.35
You know, so share with us.
00:53:44.39\00:53:45.85
Well, first of all,
what really touched me
00:53:45.89\00:53:48.39
as the Lord put in
my mind to be relatable
00:53:48.42\00:53:50.29
and not inflatable.
00:53:50.33\00:53:52.26
What I mean by that is you're...
00:53:52.29\00:53:53.70
Yeah, relatable
and not inflatable.
00:53:55.20\00:53:57.23
That's good. You
know that's good.
00:53:57.27\00:53:58.77
You know how to relate to
anybody that's got some kind...
00:53:58.80\00:54:01.07
You can, there's a way to do it.
00:54:01.10\00:54:02.44
You know how to
learning... Jesus did.
00:54:02.47\00:54:03.81
Yeah, precisely.
00:54:03.84\00:54:05.17
They didn't go to Him
'cause He looked good.
00:54:05.21\00:54:06.88
They didn't go to
Him 'cause He was up and,
00:54:06.91\00:54:09.68
you know, real popular.
00:54:09.71\00:54:11.21
He wasn't... He
wasn't in the government.
00:54:11.25\00:54:13.68
He wasn't the high
priest at time on this earth,
00:54:13.72\00:54:17.89
you know, so they went to Him
00:54:17.92\00:54:19.25
because He was
relatable and He was lovable.
00:54:19.29\00:54:22.29
Inflation is the dangerous
thing, you're talking about...
00:54:22.32\00:54:24.59
what's you're talking about
00:54:24.63\00:54:25.96
because God has
such wonderful ways
00:54:25.99\00:54:28.26
and loving ways still yet,
00:54:28.30\00:54:29.86
He can let the air out of you.
00:54:29.90\00:54:31.27
Yeah.
00:54:31.30\00:54:32.63
Really quick before He can do it
00:54:32.67\00:54:34.14
a little bit at a time.
00:54:34.17\00:54:35.50
I think I've had both. Yeah.
00:54:35.54\00:54:37.67
You know, you see
some of these, you know,
00:54:37.71\00:54:39.87
blow up, and then, you know,
00:54:39.91\00:54:41.74
pull them behind,
and boast the stuff.
00:54:41.78\00:54:43.55
You know, you can let
the air out really slow.
00:54:43.58\00:54:45.91
Somebody stay with me.
00:54:45.95\00:54:47.82
Or you can take
the big nozzle off
00:54:47.85\00:54:50.52
and you just,
almost immediately...
00:54:50.55\00:54:52.99
You know, and
sometime that might happen
00:54:53.02\00:54:55.32
in the Christian's experience
if you're not careful.
00:54:55.36\00:54:57.99
If you're self inflated
00:54:58.03\00:54:59.36
and you get a big
hit and you're just,
00:54:59.39\00:55:00.80
you know, too big
for your britches.
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.16
God knows how.
00:55:02.20\00:55:03.53
That's true. It does.
00:55:03.57\00:55:04.90
I've been watching on YouTube.
00:55:04.93\00:55:06.27
I'm not gonna
name the man's name,
00:55:06.30\00:55:07.64
but he's a street
preacher and he went out there
00:55:07.67\00:55:09.17
and he was in the midst
of this Peter parade thing.
00:55:09.20\00:55:12.07
He's going,
you're not... He said...
00:55:12.11\00:55:13.71
First of all, he
said, get right with God.
00:55:13.74\00:55:16.01
He's not gonna let you
just because you eat vegetables,
00:55:16.04\00:55:18.61
get right with God.
00:55:18.65\00:55:19.98
Come on now.
00:55:20.02\00:55:21.35
You're not gonna get Him
just because you eat vegetables.
00:55:21.38\00:55:22.72
I'm like, "Who are
you even...? How are...
00:55:22.75\00:55:24.69
What is that even doing?"
00:55:24.72\00:55:26.92
And then people like this
is the most amazing preacher.
00:55:26.96\00:55:28.66
Oh, this man knows his word.
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.06
I'm like, but what do you...?
00:55:30.09\00:55:31.69
Are you really accomplishing
anything by doing that?
00:55:31.73\00:55:33.53
What are you doing?
00:55:33.56\00:55:34.90
Sometimes, you know,
00:55:34.93\00:55:36.26
I know that
sometimes street preaching
00:55:36.30\00:55:37.73
can accomplish some things.
00:55:37.77\00:55:39.33
But a lot of times I
think it, in our society today,
00:55:39.37\00:55:43.34
it pushes people away
00:55:43.37\00:55:44.71
because you
find a lot like that.
00:55:44.74\00:55:46.98
It's very pushy in the heart.
It's a meme kind of thing.
00:55:47.01\00:55:49.44
It's like you're not really,
like you're talking about...
00:55:49.48\00:55:51.18
Not relatable. Yeah.
00:55:51.21\00:55:52.55
But that comes,
00:55:52.58\00:55:53.92
it comes in
time, ain't that right?
00:55:53.95\00:55:55.58
It's a different
thing. Jesus said what?
00:55:55.62\00:55:57.62
If I...? Be lifted up.
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.25
When you are on the
street, to me as if,
00:55:59.29\00:56:00.72
if I be lifted Jesus
says, you lift me up,
00:56:00.76\00:56:02.96
then all, you know,
00:56:02.99\00:56:04.33
that's what we need
to be doing in His order.
00:56:04.36\00:56:07.00
Jesus always first.
00:56:07.03\00:56:08.36
If I can just share a story
that you may think of this...
00:56:08.40\00:56:10.77
There is a lady, that, it's...
00:56:10.80\00:56:15.07
I'm sorry, I'll just
save it for another time.
00:56:15.10\00:56:16.87
I know we're
getting low on time.
00:56:16.91\00:56:18.24
Okay. All right. Well, that's...
00:56:18.27\00:56:19.64
I was started to get excited
about that and weren't you?
00:56:19.67\00:56:23.45
I know that is for part
four. You can't get no story...
00:56:23.48\00:56:26.45
Yeah, that was a
teaser. Okay. You know what?
00:56:26.48\00:56:28.35
Teaser is gonna be, I
think it should be right here.
00:56:28.38\00:56:31.12
I want to hear another verse.
00:56:31.15\00:56:32.49
Amazing grace, the last one,
we've been there 10,000 years.
00:56:32.52\00:56:35.62
We'll go on that.
00:56:35.66\00:56:36.99
When we sing first and
if we're not done with it,
00:56:37.03\00:56:39.33
you know Brother Ryan,
then just pray us out of it.
00:56:39.36\00:56:42.23
That's right, absolutely.
All right. All right.
00:56:42.26\00:56:44.80
When we've been there
00:56:44.83\00:56:49.37
Ten thousand years
00:56:49.40\00:56:53.68
Bright shining as the sun
00:56:53.71\00:57:01.58
We've no less days
00:57:01.62\00:57:06.35
To sing God's praise
00:57:06.39\00:57:10.93
Then when we first
00:57:10.96\00:57:15.73
Begun
00:57:15.76\00:57:18.83
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:57:18.87\00:57:20.40
Father in heaven, you
are so good to us, Lord.
00:57:20.44\00:57:22.17
Amen.
00:57:22.20\00:57:23.54
Lord, we have so
much to thank You for God,
00:57:23.57\00:57:26.07
your love, your
grace, your mercy.
00:57:26.11\00:57:28.04
And I want to pray that
00:57:28.08\00:57:29.64
this study has been
a blessing to so many.
00:57:29.68\00:57:31.38
Amen. Yes.
00:57:31.41\00:57:32.75
Reach Your spirit
out, touch hearts.
00:57:32.78\00:57:34.12
Bring us to You, we
ask in Jesus' name, amen.
00:57:34.15\00:57:36.52
Thank you, Lord. Amen.
00:57:36.55\00:57:37.89
Amen. Amen.
00:57:37.92\00:57:39.25