I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We're so glad you've
joined in with us here.
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We only get, you
know, bring your family,
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bring your neighbors,
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whatever you have to do
right now around the table,
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just get people around,
open the Word of God together
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and study because this
is going to be a good one,
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I really liked the way
that the lesson is gonna be.
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Are you ready?
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So we just kind
of throw this out.
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So make sure you don't
tune and go somewhere else.
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Because we're
gonna be looking is,
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five things that
I wanna name quickly
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before we have
prayer and a song.
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And I kind of condensed
them down to the five questions
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is the day of salvation.
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If you're interested in
that there's gonna be a question
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I believe it will go
around the table with.
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Two, the preparation.
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What is the preparation to meet
Jesus in the clouds of heaven?
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What's that gonna be?
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Number three, being a
beacon of truth, you know.
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In a world that doesn't believe
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and maybe
keeping the commandments,
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maybe in your own family
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there's difference
of thoughts and so on.
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Number four,
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we're talking
about being without spot
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or wrinkle or any such thing.
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Righteous by
faith, victory over sin.
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Number five,
Christ formed within.
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I found every one of
them to be, you know, really,
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it really, it isn't
something we're studying.
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So anyway, we're glad
you're here and again,
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have your neighbors, pencil,
and paper, everything down.
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We're gonna be studying this.
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You won't want
to miss a bit of it.
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We now go around
the table and introduce.
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And, Brother Donald,
we're glad you're here with us.
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Thank you. Yes.
Thank you for having me.
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Yes, I work in
pastoral department
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since 2017
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and hearing the miraculous story
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of how people are being
changed by 3ABN is just...
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It's been
incredible, so I've been blessed
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and privileged to be able
to even pray with folks so...
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Amen. I'm just thankful.
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Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah. Yeah.
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That's a very
important job. Praise God.
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Amen. Wonderful.
We're glad you're here.
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I'm Kenny Shelton.
I have my wife, Chris.
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Yes. Yes. I'm glad to have you.
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I'm happy to be
here and always blessed,
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you know, to have any part
in the Lord's work is always,
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always, always a blessing so.
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We have on our
left Brother Ryan Day.
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I'm here and accounted for, man.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I'm excited
about this one. Yeah.
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We need to be
talking about being ready
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and prepared for the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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So this is
definitely a relevant topic.
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It's really something we
can't talk too much about.
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It's right. Isn't that true?
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I mean, you hear that
kind of that subject and so on,
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but this is something
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that really
should be paramount to us
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as Bible believers, right?
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You have over there,
okay, Brother John Dinzey.
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We're glad you're with us today.
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Praise the Lord.
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We know you're busy
man, but you took time out
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to help us today.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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Especially, when
we're talking about
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this very important topic.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I know each one loves
this topic and praise God for.
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I think, you know, we
should have prayer first
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and then we're gonna sing a song
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and I'm excited about this song
to hardly wait for it but...
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Brother, would
you pray for us? Sure.
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Heavenly Father, oh,
we wanna thank You, Lord,
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for this
privilege, this honor, Lord,
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to be able to sit here tonight.
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Who are we, Lord,
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to be on a
program of all things,
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sharing this
wonderful topic, Are You Ready?
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How many of us are ready, Lord,
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if You were to
come today, tomorrow,
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I don't know when but
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when You do come help us
to be prepared and be ready.
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We just ask that You'll
anoint each one on the set.
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On the set
today, on this program,
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just ask that
You will help those
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who are
listening via from radio,
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or television, or internet.
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Lord, it will touch their hearts
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and that the Holy
Spirit will stir us
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to take action and,
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Lord, we can be
ready when You come.
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We wanna thank
You, Lord, we assess now
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in the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Brother
Donald. Appreciate that.
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Brother Ryan, we're
gonna turn it over to you.
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Lead us into the song,
please. Nice! Yeah! Hey!
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When I was choosing this
song, I thought it felt...
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it just fell right in line
with what we're talking about.
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This is actually a hymn
found in the Adventist Hymnal,
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although it's not
necessarily an Adventist hymn.
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It's entitled "Oh,
when shall I say, Jesus."
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If you wanna
follow in your hymnal,
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it's on page 448.
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And it was written by a Baptist
minister back in the 1700s.
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It's very biblical.
It's even got a catchy tune.
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And I praise the
Lord for my good friend,
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Mr. Tim Parton, joining us.
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That's right.
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He's gonna soup it up
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and make it sound
real nice for us here.
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Oh, good. Amen.
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O, when shall I see
Jesus and reign with Him above
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And shall hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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And from the
flowing fountain drink
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Everlasting love
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And shall hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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Gird on the gospel armor
of faith and hope and love
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And you'll hear
the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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And when the combat's ended
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He'll carry you above
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And you'll hear
the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Our ears shall
hear with gladness
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The host of heaven sing
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And shall hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Our tongues
shall speak the glories
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Of our immortal King
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And shall hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Hallelujah! Amen!
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Hands down, I
appreciate it, Brother.
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Praise the Lord! Amen!
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Oh, great song! Great song!
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It's a new one to
ask but we love it.
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Yeah. It's just good.
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And we pray that that's
been a real blessing to you
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and you've been
singing along with us.
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Absolutely.
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Now again, have your
Bible, pencil, and paper,
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we're gonna get
right into this study.
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Are you ready?
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Now in our lesson, we have
like three different paragraphs.
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And I think we'd be a
miss if we didn't go over those
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'cause that will
reset up a good foundation
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for what we're
going to be talking about.
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And I've asked my
wife to take the first one,
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and then we'll go
right on to Brother Ryan,
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and then we'll go
on to Brother John,
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and then to our first question
with Brother Donald, okay?
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All right. Are you ready?
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As I guess, I
could even add that song.
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Are you ready
when we shall see Jesus
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in that morning?
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I loved it.
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Okay, it doesn't
take a rocket science
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to realize that our
world is rapidly changing
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and in most
cases, not for the good.
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We hear and experience
wars and rumors of wars
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as was
prophesied in Matthew 24:6
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on a daily basis.
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Nations are in
constant agitation
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towards one another.
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We are plagued with famines,
pestilence, earthquakes,
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volcanoes, typhoons, tsunamis,
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floods, tornadoes,
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devastating
wildfires in diverse places,
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as we read in
prophecy in Matthew 24:7.
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And in Matthew
24:8-9 it also tells us
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that all these things
are the beginning of sorrow.
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For shortly after this,
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oh, we can lift
up our heads, right?
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For shortly after this,
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Christ warns that
some will be delivered up
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to be afflicted
and even put to death.
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And He states
that a time is coming
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that those of us
who hold fast to Christ
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and His Word will
be hated for our fate.
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For a time of
tribulation or trouble is soon
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to come upon
the Christ' children
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that is worse
than has ever occurred
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since the world's inception.
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We read that in Matthew 24:21.
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So the question again,
are you ready for that time?
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That's right. That's right.
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Amen. That's very relevant.
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And when I was...
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I recently done a
revival, had a revival weekend.
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And everything
you just mentioned,
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we talked about those things.
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Yes.
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And one of my
sermons was entitled
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"Preparation for
the Tribulation."
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And that's exactly what
we're talking about here.
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I'm gonna read
the second paragraph
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here in our study lesson.
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I like to start with
Amos 4:12, which says,
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"Prepare to meet
thy God, O Israel,"
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and we are the seed of Abraham,
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we are heir
according to the promise,
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spiritual Israel,
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and so we should be ready
to prepare to meet our God.
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My paragraph says,
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suppose that today
Christ should prepare...
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Excuse me, suppose today
that Christ should appear
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in the clouds of heaven,
who would be ready to meet Him?
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Suppose we should be translated
into the kingdom of heaven
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just as we are.
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Oh, boy.
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Would we be prepared to
unite with the saints of God
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to live in harmony
with the royal family,
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the children of
the heavenly King?
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What preparation have
you made for the judgment?
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And we are living in
a judgment time period.
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Have you made
your peace with God?
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Are you laboring
together with God?
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Are you seeking to
help those around you,
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those in your home,
those in your neighborhood,
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those with whom
you come in contact
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that are not
keeping the commandments?
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Yes, that are not
keeping the commandments of God.
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And of course,
are we getting ready
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to meet the King?
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Amen.
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Absolutely. Yes.
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Well, these are
very good questions.
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Very good questions.
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The third paragraph
also starts with a question.
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Please listen to this.
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If it were possible for
us to be admitted into heaven
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as we are,
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how many of us would
be able to look upon God?
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Wow! Well.
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How many of us have
on the wedding garment?
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How many of us are without spot
or wrinkle or any such thing?
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How many of us are worthy
to receive the crown of life?
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"Position does not make the man.
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It is Christ formed within
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that makes a man worthy of
receiving the crown of life,
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that fadeth not away."
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You can find this and
other more added to this
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in the General Conference
Bulletin of April 6, 1903.
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Solemn, solemn questions. Yes.
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Oh, yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely. That sounds even...
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Kind of begs the other question
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we're gonna ask
here, the first one.
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So is it so easy for
us to become overwhelmed?
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That's a big
strong word 'overwhelmed'.
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And allow ourselves
to be lulled to sleep.
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How many of us are sleeping?
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And try to forget
the urgency of the time
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in which we are now living.
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Yet, 2 Corinthians 6:2
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tells us that now is
the day of salvation.
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So we're asking the question,
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please explain why
this statement is true?
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And there is a scripture
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that actually spoke
to me is Hebrews 3:15.
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Actually, I think I
have an Amplified Version
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written out here
but really powerful.
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Let me take a
look at this concept
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of now is the day of salvation.
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Do we trust that
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we have the opportunity
to have this salvation?
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I have a lot of questions
on the phone about that.
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Well, I'm not sure, you
know, God doesn't love me.
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He can't stand me.
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He doesn't answer my prayers,
all those types of things.
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And I think sometimes
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Satan really paints a
ugly picture of God towards us.
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Hebrews 3:15 says, "Then,
while it is still called Today,
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if you would hear His
voice and when you hear it,
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do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion."
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So, you know, just mentioned
that so if you hear His voice,
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when you hear it, do
not harden your heart.
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I guess that's a powerful thing,
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you know, we
get all these things
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that you talked about
earlier about seeing famines,
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pestilences, these earthquakes,
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the people are
asking the question,
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"Where are you, God,
when all this is happening?
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Don't You care?"
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That's right.
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Yeah, I think
that's powerful so.
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Anybody else have
anything... Absolutely.
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What I know when
I was a little girl,
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I'd never even heard
of the word 'tsunami',
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I mean, a lot of
these things there...
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Of course,
there's been disasters
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for many, many years,
but not so frequently,
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as we are
experiencing right now.
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While we were recording this,
there's a terrible wildfire
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that they can't put out.
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You know, and so many
animals, so many people,
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so many homes
are being destroyed.
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You know, these are,
Mrs. White calls them
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they're the trumpets
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that are sounding to wake us up.
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And that's why we
need to ask ourselves,
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"Are we ready?"
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You know, in regards
to that first question,
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you read, the thing
that came to my mind,
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it's because we're
not promised tomorrow.
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That's right.
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Today is our day of salvation.
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We don't even know if
we'll be living tomorrow.
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We don't know if we'll make
it home from this study here.
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You know, Matthew 22:36, 40,
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the disciples were asking Jesus,
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"Which was the
greatest commandment?"
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"Jesus said unto him,
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Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart,
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and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
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This is the first
and great commandment."
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Matthew 22:39 reads,
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"And the second is like unto it,
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'Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.'
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On these two commandments
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hang all the law
and the prophets."
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So, if we remain alive,
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all the signs around
us, Christ was just...
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He's such a great
teacher to be able to sum up
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the commandments in those two
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and as we learn to
do that out of love,
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all these things begin to
fall into place, beautiful.
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I wonder what
else Paul was saying?
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Maybe something we
can talk about here
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because we're
setting the context
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of what he said
there and I don't think
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we read that verse
in 2 Corinthians 6:2,
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says "For he saith,
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I have heard thee
in a time accepted,
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and in the day of
salvation have I succoured thee,
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behold, now is
the acceptable time,
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behold, now is
the day of salvation."
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So, you know, who
is Paul talking to
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and why is he
talking to them like this?
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Is there an acceptable time?
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And to me it brought
on one point here quickly
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and then we can go into,
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may talk a little more about it.
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There is a time,
probationary time
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given to each
and every one of us.
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Absolutely, there's time.
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There's an
acceptable time to come to Him.
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If we don't come to Him
in that acceptable time,
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I'm bogged down, acceptable day,
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meaning, notice
this, when the sinners
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or the repentance
sinners will be received.
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So there's a time
they will be received
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and pardoned.
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And there'll be a
time when they will not be.
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And we wanna make sure
we don't get into that point
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where the probation is closed
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and to be no
more come to Christ.
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So as long as Christ,
and then take it from here,
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as long as Christ is interceding
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for us, praise God.
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Right, we can come to Him.
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It is the
acceptable time. That's right.
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But the day will come
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when He no more
longer intercedes for us.
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That's right. Absolutely.
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You know, I love this question.
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Because again,
it's based off the text
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in 2 Corinthians 6:2
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which says "Now is
the day of salvation.
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Behold, now is the time."
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And the question
just to reiterate it here,
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it says, please explain
why the statement is so true?
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And you hit the nail on the head
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from where I was
gonna go with this,
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and that is we're
not promised tomorrow.
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You know, while we are living
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in an accepted
time of probation,
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now as Brother Kenny brought out
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there's gonna become
a time where corporate,
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I guess you could say
probation is gonna close.
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But, you know, a lot of
people have this that we,
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you know, by nature we
have this sinful nature
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that kind of,
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we have this tendency
to be procrastinators.
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You know, just, you
know, and with that,
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and a lot of people
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with our false
perception of the gospel,
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and this is
really what we're getting
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into the heart of this issue
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and I think this is
gonna come up a few times
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in this particular discussion.
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How you perceive the
gospel will determine
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how you're gonna
answer these questions.
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If you see the false,
you know, evangelical gospel,
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the popular evangelical
gospel for what it is today,
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which is kind of a
once saved, always saved,
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you know, do what you want to do
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as long as you
have accepted Jesus,
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your past, present
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and future sins are
forgiven and wiped clean.
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Well, you know, while
we do serve a gracious,
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mighty God, a merciful Lord.
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We also serve a God of justice,
a God who, who in His Word,
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He wants to have a daily
devoted relationship with us.
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And so I made the
note of James 4:13-17.
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I'm not gonna read
all those but again,
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it says here "For
what is your life,
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even it is a vapor
that appears for a time
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and then vanishes away."
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So we're not promised tomorrow.
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And I think of all
the many references
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throughout the New Testament.
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I was counting them up
as I was studying for this.
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And I got so far into
them, I thought, "Man,
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there are so many of these."
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Dozens and dozens of
references in the New Testament,
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and who knows of
the Old Testament
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which I didn't
particularly look at,
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but the constant
message from Jesus and Paul
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and the disciples
to watch, watch, watch,
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you know, watch and
be sober watch and pray,
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Jesus said to His disciples.
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Watch for, you
know not the hour.
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And I think of the passage,
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5,
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where Paul says, basically,
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that I do not need to
write to you, brethren,
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for you
yourselves know perfectly
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that the day of
the Lord so comes
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as a thief in the night.
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So he's not necessarily talking
as to how Jesus will come
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because we know
how Jesus will come.
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He's gonna come, you know, loud,
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and it's gonna be glorious.
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And we know all of the elements
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that will be very evident
on that how Christ will come.
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But what we don't
know is when He will come.
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Right. That's right.
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And so there's
a sense of urgency
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that we have to
have in these last days,
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which is Lord,
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I need You every
moment of every day.
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Now so why is
this statement true
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that now is the
day, now is the time
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because I'm not
promised tomorrow.
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We're not promised to
be able to stand alive
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at the Second Coming of Jesus.
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And so whether I do or I don't,
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Lord, take my heart now,
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help me to become
devoted and committed to You now
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because today is
the day of salvation.
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Can I just interject
one little thing there too,
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is because we don't
know if that's the last time
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that we'll hear
the spirits voice.
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That's right.
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You just don't know.
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And there's
times in our lives that
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that's the last call
that God will give us.
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And as the people of the world
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we know we're
in a judgment hour.
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We don't even know
when our name comes up,
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you know, before the King.
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So we need to be ready
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and when we hear
the Spirit's voice
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we need to act.
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And what's
interesting is this has been,
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it has been the day of salvation
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throughout all history
for each and every person.
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Because, as we said,
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we don't have a
promise of tomorrow,
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you have to make
a decision today.
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You know, to
delay is detrimental.
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To delay is detrimental,
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when the Lord is
calling you is the best time,
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it's today salvation.
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Now is the time to, to listen.
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And there are people
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that are listening right now
00:20:04.20\00:20:06.43
that the Lord has been
calling upon and calling upon,
00:20:06.47\00:20:09.37
and now they're hearing again,
00:20:09.40\00:20:10.87
this is the time, this
is the day of salvation.
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And I would urge
to say do not delay,
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do not let a moment
pass by without saying,
00:20:18.28\00:20:21.88
"Yes, Lord, please
forgive me for my sins,
00:20:21.92\00:20:24.19
please accept me."
00:20:24.22\00:20:25.89
Because like you
said, you don't know.
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You know, we talk
about the next minute,
00:20:28.32\00:20:31.36
you know, you could drop dead.
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But now is the day of salvation
when you have that messages,
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when you should take
advantage of the opportunity.
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Amen. Amen.
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Jesus is calling.
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And that's why I
like Revelation 3:20,
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"Behold, I stand at
the door and knock."
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He is knocking.
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And right now He's knocking
and now is the time to respond.
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So I want to respond,
I want to say "Yes, Lord.
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I hear Your voice." Amen.
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Because it says,
"Today if you hear His voice,
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harden not your heart."
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Amen. Amen. Yes.
00:21:03.22\00:21:05.19
You know, and that
goes back to that struggle
00:21:05.23\00:21:07.43
between right and wrong.
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.86
It goes back to
the great controversy,
00:21:09.90\00:21:12.33
because the devil
wants nothing more
00:21:12.37\00:21:14.90
than for us to
hold something up higher
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.07
and grander than the
calling of the Holy Spirit.
00:21:17.11\00:21:21.14
And that's what
hardens our hearts
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because we keep putting...
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And what is the only sin?
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What is the only sin?
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You're talking about pride?
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No, rejecting us
of the Holy Spirit.
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Well, of course,
right. Absolutely.
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I said that wrong,
the unpardonable sins.
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We want everybody, please.
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.59
No wonder, I meant
the unpardonable sins.
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Yes. And...
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The only sin He can't forgive,
blaspheming of the Holy Spirit.
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Thank you. Yeah. Right.
00:21:43.87\00:21:45.20
And but that's what happens
when we begin to put Him off
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and put Him off and put Him off.
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And then you
begin to hear Him less
00:21:49.47\00:21:51.17
and less and less.
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And I think, as
you were speaking,
00:21:52.81\00:21:55.74
what a wonderful
call because I think,
00:21:55.78\00:21:58.55
as I said in the beginning
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it doesn't take a rocket science
00:21:59.95\00:22:01.38
to say there is
something going on
00:22:01.42\00:22:04.05
and it's beyond our control.
00:22:04.09\00:22:06.45
They're talking
about our planet having
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maybe nine or ten viable
years left of sustainability.
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And that's people
outside of the word.
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Amen.
00:22:17.27\00:22:18.60
You know, so if they can
see that there's a problem,
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we need to really be
examining our heart and study.
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If we look at those
four points right quick
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and then we can
just share something.
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I think, you know,
they been made here.
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I jotted down, life
can be cut short, okay?
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That's why...
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It says now is.
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So I just take those first
two words 'now is' and why?
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'Cause life can be cut short.
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Number two,
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the condition of
the body and the mind.
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That makes a difference.
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We put off accepting
Christ maybe when we're younger.
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We get a little bit older
and we keep putting it off
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and what happens?
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Sometime we're not capable.
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The mind starts to slip.
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We can't make an
intelligent decision anymore.
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The body gives up, you
know, disease and so on.
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Can't make a good decision.
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Number three,
someone just mentioned here,
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the heart can be hardened.
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So remember, the more we write,
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we reject the Holy
Spirit, the living God.
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The more the unpardonable
sin, the heart becomes hard.
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We won't do it.
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And then I'll say
this about number four,
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procrastination is
equivalent to rejection.
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Wow. Yeah.
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Procrastination is
equivalent to rejection.
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And here we need to
think in terms of receive,
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yeah, and believe,
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which is the first
essential steps of salvation.
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And we throw that
out as people tonight say
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they don't know
what's the first step.
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Receive and what, and
believe. That's right.
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And then what? Accept it now.
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Now is this the
acceptable time of the Lord.
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When you guys were
speaking earlier, I think, John,
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when you mentioned some things
00:23:46.59\00:23:47.92
that just brought back to
when I do Prison Ministry.
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And we had a gentleman
had been coming for nine years
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to our Adventist group,
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and he kept putting
it off, putting off.
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You know, the old Holy
Spirit's pulling on his heart
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.63
to get baptized
and he said it wasn't
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till I brought this
particular recovery ministry
00:23:58.23\00:24:01.27
into the prison.
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He finally made the decision,
"I'm gonna get baptized."
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Yeah, but he kept for nine years
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he's holding that off.
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You know, like you
said, you don't know
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what tomorrow is
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and what if nine
years later you're not here
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and you didn't
get the, you know,
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that opportunity to get
baptized so I think that...
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What I'm hearing
is the word 'prepare'.
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Preparedness.
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Just be, get
prepared, we'll be prepared.
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And so we need to
really get ourselves prepared
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because we really don't
know if we have tomorrow.
00:24:22.66\00:24:25.29
A deer could pop out in front
of you, you know, that could,
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you know, anything
could happen, you know.
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You can have a sudden
heart attack, anything.
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So being prepared...
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And when Pastor
was breaking that down,
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the word
presumption came to my mind.
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And so many people
within and without the church,
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presume on God's love,
presume on His graciousness,
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presume on His mercy.
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And we can't do,
that's dangerous.
00:24:47.95\00:24:50.52
That's the
enemies ground really.
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Yes, the enemy.
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We've got to make it
right while we have breath
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and time to do so.
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The enemy is...
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He's been doing it for
several thousand years.
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Yes.
00:25:05.03\00:25:06.37
He knows what
things to say to the...
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The suggestions to
put into our minds,
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which of course, if
we take that suggestion,
00:25:10.97\00:25:13.01
entertain it and
say "Yes, you're right.
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I think I'll wait
for another opportunity."
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.11
And we've all been. Yeah.
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And we've all been. Yes.
00:25:17.51\00:25:18.85
Just like, all this week
your alarm clock has rang,
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if you use alarm clocks,
00:25:22.45\00:25:23.85
and I don't know how many of us
00:25:23.89\00:25:25.22
have pressed that
little snooze button this week.
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But, you know,
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that's what the
devil does with people.
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You can wait till later,
like pressing the snooze button
00:25:30.23\00:25:32.99
and thinking, "I'll
take advantage of time."
00:25:33.03\00:25:36.56
But it is so, so dangerous
00:25:36.60\00:25:39.80
because he knows if
he can cause you to delay
00:25:39.83\00:25:43.71
he has more
opportunity to destroy you.
00:25:43.74\00:25:46.14
That's right. That's right.
00:25:46.17\00:25:47.51
And to lead you further
and further away from the Lord.
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And so the best time is now.
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The best time is now,
to give yourself to Him.
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We're creatures of habit.
00:25:55.38\00:25:57.65
And so every time you
reject the calling of the Lord,
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.59
it makes it even easier
to reject it the next time,
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and the next
time, and the next time.
00:26:03.39\00:26:05.53
And before you find
it, before you know,
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.13
you find yourself
in this perpetual state
00:26:07.16\00:26:09.03
of just rejecting
the constant calling
00:26:09.06\00:26:11.90
of the Holy
Spirit upon your heart,
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.27
which is what we've been saying.
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You know, I think of
this conversation in terms,
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.71
you know, at least for me,
00:26:16.74\00:26:19.07
I think of, you know,
00:26:19.11\00:26:20.44
if I were to stand
in the presence of God,
00:26:20.48\00:26:21.81
and He were to look at my life,
00:26:21.84\00:26:23.55
you know, the record of my life.
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.81
You know,
00:26:25.85\00:26:28.32
if He would ask the question,
00:26:28.35\00:26:30.22
"Out of all of these
years that I blessed you,
00:26:30.25\00:26:32.65
that I gave you,
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.02
that I allowed you to
take the breath of life,
00:26:34.06\00:26:36.93
how many of these
years did you serve Me?"
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.06
You know, and so I
think of questions like that.
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.20
They may not be
relevant to some people
00:26:42.23\00:26:43.57
but I would want
to be able to stand
00:26:43.60\00:26:46.00
in the presence of
God and say, "Lord,
00:26:46.03\00:26:48.44
I gave You the majority
of my life as much as I can."
00:26:48.47\00:26:51.41
I know that's not the case.
00:26:51.44\00:26:52.77
I know whenever we have
those 11th hour conversions,
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.24
you know, kind of like
the thief on the cross.
00:26:54.28\00:26:56.08
And the most
important thing is that you do,
00:26:56.11\00:26:58.81
you ultimately do
give your heart to Jesus.
00:26:58.85\00:27:01.05
But a lot of people have...
00:27:01.08\00:27:02.68
The Holy Spirit's
been calling you for years.
00:27:02.72\00:27:06.09
He's been calling,
00:27:06.12\00:27:07.46
he's been knocking on the
door of your heart for so long.
00:27:07.49\00:27:09.16
He's been saying,
"Surrender to me now.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.76
I wanna use you.
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.13
I wanna make you a
vessel of honor for my kingdom."
00:27:13.16\00:27:15.00
But for whatever
reason, whether it's lifestyle,
00:27:15.03\00:27:16.97
whether it's where
we are in our life,
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.33
our choices, whatever it may be,
00:27:18.37\00:27:20.80
you know, we push back.
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.87
And I wanna be able to stand
confident in God's presence
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.07
and say, "Lord, while
this record shows that,
00:27:26.11\00:27:28.64
you know, right here and
back where my heathen years,
00:27:28.68\00:27:31.55
where I live for myself,
00:27:31.58\00:27:32.91
Lord, look at all of
the years that I gave You,
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.38
because, you know,
00:27:34.42\00:27:35.75
I wanted to
fully surrender to You
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.12
and I wanted You to
have the best part of me."
00:27:37.15\00:27:38.65
And so I wanna pray
for that person at home.
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Continue to pray.
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.42
If you're listening to
this, listen to this study,
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.89
because this study is for you,
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.79
it's for every single
person, for me, absolutely.
00:27:45.83\00:27:49.46
You might someday ring a
bell for the accountability.
00:27:49.50\00:27:52.83
We're accountable for our time
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.60
that was either used
for Him or against Him.
00:27:54.64\00:27:57.01
So when we put it off,
you told that procrastination.
00:27:57.04\00:27:59.71
What have we
done? We really wasted.
00:27:59.74\00:28:01.91
There is a song
say "Wasted Years"
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.61
before we apply it.
00:28:04.65\00:28:05.98
Again, the enemy
has you doing nothing
00:28:06.01\00:28:07.35
and you feel like
you're gonna be all right.
00:28:07.38\00:28:09.82
But yet though that hours,
days, weeks, months, years,
00:28:09.85\00:28:13.82
somehow we're gonna have
to give an account to God,
00:28:13.86\00:28:16.32
because the Holy Spirit
00:28:16.36\00:28:17.69
has been
working upon the hearts.
00:28:17.73\00:28:19.06
Absolutely. That's right.
00:28:19.09\00:28:20.50
I think how prevalent
00:28:20.53\00:28:22.36
everything that
the Lord has laid
00:28:22.40\00:28:23.97
on everybody's
heart is right now.
00:28:24.00\00:28:25.67
I truly believe
there's someone at home
00:28:25.70\00:28:28.37
that has been
holding on to something,
00:28:28.40\00:28:30.74
knowing that it
separates them from God,
00:28:30.77\00:28:34.34
but not willing to give it up.
00:28:34.38\00:28:36.91
And I just pray like
you and maybe we should stop
00:28:36.95\00:28:40.52
and have a short word of prayer.
00:28:40.55\00:28:41.88
I don't know.
00:28:41.92\00:28:43.25
But I just know,
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.62
and I pray that the Holy
Spirit will continue to work
00:28:44.65\00:28:47.72
on your heart to
make things right
00:28:47.76\00:28:50.93
as far as possible,
00:28:50.96\00:28:52.73
and to let go of the
things that separate us.
00:28:52.76\00:28:55.13
My dad...
00:28:55.16\00:28:56.50
And I know I've said
this on the air before.
00:28:56.53\00:28:57.87
He said "If we don't
let go of the dross now,
00:28:57.90\00:29:02.64
it's gonna be burned off of us."
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.27
That's right. All right.
00:29:04.31\00:29:06.31
You know, I referenced
this passage James 4:13-17,
00:29:06.34\00:29:12.18
where it says, you know,
your life is bit of vapor,
00:29:12.21\00:29:13.88
you're here today,
you're going tomorrow.
00:29:13.92\00:29:15.85
But this passage ends with
one of the most popular verses,
00:29:15.88\00:29:18.95
at least that many
Christians have memorized.
00:29:18.99\00:29:21.26
And that's Verse 17, which says,
00:29:21.29\00:29:22.62
"Therefore to him
who knows to do good
00:29:22.66\00:29:25.76
and does it not,
to him it is sin."
00:29:25.79\00:29:28.06
You know, that popular
false evangelical gospel says,
00:29:28.10\00:29:32.90
you can just
continue. Just continue the way.
00:29:32.93\00:29:34.80
As long as you love
Jesus, that's all that matters.
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.77
But Jesus says, "Look,
if you know to do good,
00:29:36.81\00:29:39.14
and you don't do it,
I'm accounting it as sin."
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.24
And Jesus says, "I
died for those sins.
00:29:41.28\00:29:43.35
I died for that sin
that you've committed."
00:29:43.38\00:29:45.31
Why should you die for your sins
00:29:45.35\00:29:47.25
when Jesus has
already died for them?
00:29:47.28\00:29:49.92
And so, you know,
let's have a short prayer.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.59
Let's have a short prayer now.
00:29:51.62\00:29:52.95
I just feel to lead that
person is at home right now
00:29:52.99\00:29:55.59
who the Holy Spirit right now
is speaking to you and saying,
00:29:55.62\00:29:58.49
"You know what, I've
been calling you for a while.
00:29:58.53\00:30:00.70
I've been knocking on
the door of your heart.
00:30:00.73\00:30:02.16
And I'm saying
surrender to Jesus now
00:30:02.20\00:30:03.93
and give it to the Lord
00:30:03.97\00:30:05.30
because the Lord wants
to transform your life.
00:30:05.33\00:30:08.30
Right now is the
time." Let's have a prayer.
00:30:08.34\00:30:10.67
Father in heaven, Lord,
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.04
I just wanna pause for a moment.
00:30:12.07\00:30:13.41
Lord, as we're
studying right now
00:30:13.44\00:30:15.94
and this message is
going out to thousands
00:30:15.98\00:30:18.41
and thousands of homes, Lord.
00:30:18.45\00:30:20.12
You know the
specific people right now
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.82
who are hearing this program.
00:30:23.85\00:30:25.79
You know what they're thinking,
00:30:25.82\00:30:27.29
You know what type
of life they have lived,
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.12
You know where they're
at in their walk with You,
00:30:29.16\00:30:31.56
whether they have a
walk or they don't know.
00:30:31.59\00:30:34.10
What they need to surrender
and what they don't, Lord.
00:30:34.13\00:30:35.93
The most important thing, God,
00:30:35.96\00:30:37.30
that we're praying for right now
00:30:37.33\00:30:39.03
is the divine
intervention of Your spirit.
00:30:39.07\00:30:41.04
Just... Get them power.
00:30:41.07\00:30:42.87
Just embrace this
person with Your love.
00:30:42.90\00:30:45.34
Show them who You are
that You are a forgiving God.
00:30:45.37\00:30:48.51
And no matter how much dirt
we have right now in our life
00:30:48.54\00:30:51.55
or in our past,
00:30:51.58\00:30:52.91
You are an expert
with cleaning up dirt.
00:30:52.95\00:30:56.52
You are not the dirt
devil but the dirt God.
00:30:56.55\00:30:58.95
You clear, a professional
00:30:58.99\00:31:00.32
in cleaning up
the dirt in our lives.
00:31:00.36\00:31:02.62
And so, Lord,
00:31:02.66\00:31:03.99
I just thank You
for the opportunity
00:31:04.03\00:31:05.39
to pray to You.
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.20
Speak through that
person's heart right now.
00:31:07.23\00:31:09.36
Draw them to You we
ask in Jesus Holy name.
00:31:09.40\00:31:12.20
Amen. Amen.
00:31:12.23\00:31:13.57
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:31:13.60\00:31:14.94
He washes that
dirt with His blood.
00:31:14.97\00:31:16.97
He washes us
clean with His blood.
00:31:17.01\00:31:19.34
Sometimes speaking to
me too is the concept that
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.34
when you're
holding on to these things,
00:31:21.38\00:31:22.74
it's destructive.
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.31
It's just tearing you down.
00:31:24.35\00:31:25.68
As John 10:10 says, as
the thief comes to steal,
00:31:25.71\00:31:27.68
kill and destroy,
00:31:27.72\00:31:29.05
but Jesus wants to
give you that abundant life.
00:31:29.08\00:31:30.82
He's got His hand out,
ready to give it to you,
00:31:30.85\00:31:32.72
but you don't wanna take it.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.32
It's an abundant life.
00:31:34.36\00:31:35.72
You know, something that
00:31:35.76\00:31:37.09
I like to listen to Pastor Doug,
00:31:37.13\00:31:38.96
when Pastor Doug
was here not long ago,
00:31:38.99\00:31:40.60
Pastor Kenny told him, he says
00:31:40.63\00:31:41.96
"You're honoring my
home more than I am."
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.33
But I like to
listen to Pastor Doug.
00:31:44.37\00:31:46.43
And one thing he mentioned
00:31:46.47\00:31:48.27
because so many
people are preaching,
00:31:48.30\00:31:51.11
"Once saved, always saved.
00:31:51.14\00:31:52.47
You can continue to
sin up till Christ comes."
00:31:52.51\00:31:54.74
And he looked at some ministers
00:31:54.78\00:31:57.28
that brought that to
his attention one time
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.18
and he said "Would you believe
00:31:59.21\00:32:01.05
that the enemy is
strong enough to tempt you?"
00:32:01.08\00:32:03.28
Do you guys believe he is?
00:32:03.32\00:32:04.65
Of course. Oh, yes.
00:32:04.69\00:32:06.05
Well, then your
enemy must be stronger
00:32:06.09\00:32:08.46
than your God
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.16
because my God
is able to forgive
00:32:10.19\00:32:13.19
and to bring us out and
cleanses out of the sins.
00:32:13.23\00:32:17.13
And give us power
to overcome those sins.
00:32:17.17\00:32:20.94
So our God is more powerful,
00:32:20.97\00:32:22.94
we've got to have
faith and accept Him.
00:32:22.97\00:32:26.04
You know there is a
deception in the sin
00:32:26.07\00:32:30.51
because sin deceives.
00:32:30.55\00:32:32.88
I remember many, many years ago,
00:32:32.91\00:32:34.88
we had the TV on
at home and they had,
00:32:34.92\00:32:38.75
I guess they
were bringing songs,
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.16
the oldies and
putting them together
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.82
and selling these things.
00:32:41.86\00:32:43.26
And one of the
songs they played was,
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.76
if there's no beer in
heaven, I don't wanna go.
00:32:45.79\00:32:49.03
So you say "What?
00:32:49.06\00:32:51.07
Are you..."
00:32:51.10\00:32:52.43
And, you know, you
think about that and you say,
00:32:52.47\00:32:53.80
that just completely shocked me,
00:32:53.84\00:32:55.70
that beer was so important
that they made a song about it.
00:32:55.74\00:32:59.84
And if there's
no beer in heaven,
00:32:59.87\00:33:01.21
doesn't wanna go.
00:33:01.24\00:33:02.58
But the Bible says that...
00:33:02.61\00:33:05.45
I think you're gonna be able
to help me here once I start.
00:33:05.48\00:33:08.22
Eyes have not heard... Heard.
00:33:08.25\00:33:12.15
"Eyes have not
seen, ears have not heard,
00:33:12.19\00:33:14.02
nor has it entered
into the heart of man."
00:33:14.06\00:33:15.72
The things that God
has prepared for heaven,
00:33:15.76\00:33:17.56
we love to see,
00:33:17.59\00:33:18.93
because whatever you
find that's good here,
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.46
it is far better in heaven,
and it doesn't do you any harm.
00:33:21.50\00:33:25.53
Beer does you harm.
00:33:25.57\00:33:27.30
And the crazy
thing about this is that
00:33:27.34\00:33:30.54
sin deceives but also kills.
00:33:30.57\00:33:35.38
And so people are
hanging on to things
00:33:35.41\00:33:37.95
that are either
killing them quickly or slowly.
00:33:37.98\00:33:41.58
And the power to
give these things up
00:33:41.62\00:33:44.99
is in Jesus Christ.
00:33:45.02\00:33:46.45
Amen.
00:33:46.49\00:33:47.82
The power is in
Jesus. And in Him only.
00:33:47.86\00:33:49.99
And in Him only. In Him only.
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.53
So where's the real problem?
00:33:51.56\00:33:53.93
You know, I had a
lady say one time,
00:33:53.96\00:33:57.07
"If I knew my husband
wasn't going to be there,
00:33:57.10\00:33:59.67
I wouldn't wanna go."
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.04
And vice versa I've heard it.
00:34:01.07\00:34:03.04
Now, you know, who's God here?
00:34:03.07\00:34:04.97
What choice are they making?
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.24
They're putting
something before.
00:34:07.28\00:34:09.08
Or if it's not
conducted somewhat in heaven
00:34:09.11\00:34:12.11
the way that is
conducted down here,
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.52
husband and wife, and family
00:34:14.55\00:34:15.88
I don't wanna go,
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.25
well, there's a
problem somewhere
00:34:17.29\00:34:18.62
it's not with heaven, Right?
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.69
It's not that it
has to be with what?
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.42
The human heart, if you
were talking about here.
00:34:22.46\00:34:24.13
It's just something
we're making wrong choices
00:34:24.16\00:34:25.83
and wrong decisions
that we put God first,
00:34:25.86\00:34:28.26
and believe what
He said in His word,
00:34:28.30\00:34:30.87
and I believe He's prepared
a place eye hasn't seen,
00:34:30.90\00:34:33.23
ear heard with, has
it entered in his heart.
00:34:33.27\00:34:34.60
2 Corinthians 2:9,
somewhere around there.
00:34:34.64\00:34:37.54
2 Corinthian 2:9.
Yeah, that's right.
00:34:37.57\00:34:39.14
He asked what God has for us
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.18
far, far exceeds whatever
we can even imagine and...
00:34:41.21\00:34:46.72
Oh, it just cannot be compared.
00:34:46.75\00:34:49.58
The water of life is
better than any beer,
00:34:49.62\00:34:51.19
any Montage possibly.
00:34:51.22\00:34:53.05
Oh, my. Yeah.
00:34:53.09\00:34:54.42
All you have to do
is taste. That's right.
00:34:54.46\00:34:56.49
Taste and see. Taste and see.
00:34:56.52\00:34:58.09
But the enemy has, you
know, he can use anything.
00:34:58.13\00:35:00.43
He uses deceit,
he uses lies, he,
00:35:00.46\00:35:03.57
you know, he can use sorcery.
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.63
The Bible tells us
he is using sorcery.
00:35:05.67\00:35:08.54
And the more I have grown
and the more I have studied,
00:35:08.57\00:35:12.47
it's like he's got
his hand in everything.
00:35:12.51\00:35:14.94
Everything. Everything.
00:35:14.98\00:35:17.15
You know, whether
it's what we listen to,
00:35:17.18\00:35:18.75
what we eat, what we watch,
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.32
how we dress, in
our conversation,
00:35:20.35\00:35:23.22
he's got his hand in everything.
00:35:23.25\00:35:25.79
And we need to pull
away from everything.
00:35:25.82\00:35:28.96
The Bible says that,
00:35:28.99\00:35:30.33
that the world
is enmity with God.
00:35:30.36\00:35:32.93
And now years are gone,
I'm like, "How's that possible?
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.23
Everything. Come on."
00:35:35.26\00:35:37.37
You know, but
you've been there, right?
00:35:37.40\00:35:39.73
But the closer
we come to Christ,
00:35:39.77\00:35:42.40
the more we begin to see
things for as they really are.
00:35:42.44\00:35:46.37
And it is in enmity between.
00:35:46.41\00:35:49.64
So is it fair to say
that the enemy can use things
00:35:49.68\00:35:52.41
that God doesn't use...
00:35:52.45\00:35:53.78
He doesn't use those things, no.
00:35:53.82\00:35:56.72
His foe. The enemy has no rules.
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.15
God does have restrictions
because of His character.
00:35:59.19\00:36:01.99
I know that He has.
00:36:02.02\00:36:03.83
You know, I've heard people say,
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.19
"Well, God can do
anything He wants."
00:36:05.23\00:36:06.56
So God can't do just anything.
00:36:06.59\00:36:07.96
Because of who He
is and His character,
00:36:08.00\00:36:10.03
He gives us the free will
00:36:10.07\00:36:11.80
and the choice to
choose who we wanna serve.
00:36:11.83\00:36:14.54
And but the devil has no rules.
00:36:14.57\00:36:16.47
In the sense that
he can do anything
00:36:16.50\00:36:18.51
and everything within
his power to cause us to...
00:36:18.54\00:36:22.11
And then I wanna
emphasize within his power,
00:36:22.14\00:36:24.18
obviously he can't.
00:36:24.21\00:36:25.55
Oh, yeah, he can't.
00:36:25.58\00:36:26.92
You know, has not the
keys to life and death
00:36:26.95\00:36:28.42
and all those
things but within his power
00:36:28.45\00:36:31.29
he's a no holds barred,
anything goes free for all.
00:36:31.32\00:36:36.12
And that's not to
give credit to the enemy.
00:36:36.16\00:36:39.26
But it's to
recognize the reality
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.96
to never
underestimate the enemy.
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.33
The devil's lived a
whole lot longer than we have.
00:36:44.37\00:36:46.27
He knows everything
that you and I don't.
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.80
And I think it's more important,
00:36:48.84\00:36:50.57
it shows us our need
00:36:50.61\00:36:52.44
to constantly be
connected to divine.
00:36:52.47\00:36:55.54
To constantly be
connected to Jesus Christ.
00:36:55.58\00:36:58.81
And when I see it
from that perspective,
00:36:58.85\00:37:00.98
when I see it is connected
to Christ, you're literally...
00:37:01.02\00:37:03.62
And I know we're gonna get
to this, our second question
00:37:03.65\00:37:05.59
because the second
question is gonna answer this.
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.72
But I'm gonna
reference in a little bit.
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.56
I'm gonna come back
to 2 Corinthians 3:18
00:37:09.59\00:37:12.29
that by beholding
we become changed.
00:37:12.33\00:37:14.10
Amen, amen, amen.
00:37:14.13\00:37:15.46
You know, right there
00:37:15.50\00:37:16.83
when Jesus had that
conversation with Nicodemus,
00:37:16.87\00:37:19.30
you know, He gives
him all of the reality
00:37:19.33\00:37:21.54
of how conversion works.
00:37:21.57\00:37:24.11
It's a spiritual thing.
00:37:24.14\00:37:25.91
As you see the wind, you know,
you don't really see the wind,
00:37:25.94\00:37:28.24
but you see the effects
of it, you see the leaves,
00:37:28.28\00:37:30.18
you know, but
it's a spiritual thing.
00:37:30.21\00:37:32.61
And He tells Nicodemus,
00:37:32.65\00:37:33.98
"You need a
spiritual transformation.
00:37:34.02\00:37:35.52
You need to be born
of the Spirit," right?
00:37:35.55\00:37:37.65
And then I can
imagine the question
00:37:37.69\00:37:39.25
that's looming in his mind,
which is, "How do I hurry this?
00:37:39.29\00:37:42.39
How do hurry this
process? I wanna be born again."
00:37:42.42\00:37:45.39
And so the only thing if
you look in that chapter,
00:37:45.43\00:37:47.06
the only thing
that Jesus gives us
00:37:47.10\00:37:48.60
and as an example
of what we can do,
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.07
He says, "Just as
Moses lifted up the serpent
00:37:51.10\00:37:53.70
in the wilderness,
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.07
so shall also the
son of man be lifted up."
00:37:55.10\00:37:57.07
Amen.
00:37:57.11\00:37:58.44
There is life and
I look at the savior.
00:37:58.47\00:38:00.48
When we are beholding Christ,
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.54
we surround our life
every moment of every day,
00:38:02.58\00:38:05.71
as much as we possibly can,
00:38:05.75\00:38:08.28
with flooding our hearts
and minds with Jesus character,
00:38:08.32\00:38:12.39
Jesus Word, Jesus life,
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.16
Jesus choices, Jesus heart.
00:38:15.19\00:38:17.69
You're seeing the
world the way Jesus sees,
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.23
you know, living in the
world the way Jesus lived,
00:38:20.26\00:38:22.56
and you're beholding
Christ each and every day,
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.47
the enemy can't penetrate.
00:38:24.50\00:38:26.03
Praise God. Amen.
00:38:26.07\00:38:27.40
You know, but that doesn't mean
00:38:27.44\00:38:28.77
he's not constantly circling
you like a roaring lion,
00:38:28.80\00:38:30.91
looking for that hole to
penetrate your life, right?
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.27
Looking for that
way, yes, that little.
00:38:32.31\00:38:34.04
So beholding and
we'll come back to that
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.44
in a moment I'm sure.
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.81
I'd like to read
this from Psalm 16:11
00:38:36.85\00:38:39.35
because somebody
said taste and see
00:38:39.38\00:38:44.35
that the Lord is good.
00:38:44.39\00:38:46.05
And the people that
are listening perhaps,
00:38:46.09\00:38:49.42
you know, "I wonder if
I should be a Christian.
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.36
I mean, is it really for me?"
00:38:51.39\00:38:53.60
If you wanna be happy it is.
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.60
If you want to be happy it is.
00:38:55.63\00:38:57.03
Notice Psalm 16:11,
00:38:57.07\00:38:59.33
"You will show
me the path of life,
00:38:59.37\00:39:02.40
in Your presence
is fullness of joy.
00:39:02.44\00:39:06.61
At thy right hand
00:39:06.64\00:39:09.08
there are
pleasures for ever more."
00:39:09.11\00:39:12.91
So really, I'm saying if
you haven't tasted Jesus,
00:39:12.95\00:39:16.35
we haven't tasted
the goodness of the Lord,
00:39:16.38\00:39:19.12
and you think you
have enjoyed life?
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.89
You have not enjoyed life.
00:39:20.92\00:39:23.29
In the presence of the
Lord is fullness of joy.
00:39:23.32\00:39:25.69
You know you
mentioned something about things
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.23
that God cannot do.
00:39:27.26\00:39:28.60
The Bible says
that God cannot lie.
00:39:28.63\00:39:30.80
And in the Bible it also says
that the wicked have no peace.
00:39:30.83\00:39:33.94
And that's the reality.
00:39:33.97\00:39:35.97
God cannot lie, the
wicked have no peace.
00:39:36.00\00:39:39.31
And so I
encourage anyone listening,
00:39:39.34\00:39:43.45
the taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:39:43.48\00:39:44.91
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:39:44.95\00:39:46.58
By talking about things
00:39:46.61\00:39:47.95
that God cannot do
does not make Him weak.
00:39:47.98\00:39:50.15
No, and certainly not.
00:39:50.19\00:39:51.52
It's actually makes Him stronger
00:39:51.55\00:39:53.09
because His character
is so much more elevated.
00:39:53.12\00:39:57.06
And that's what He's
waiting on all of us, right?
00:39:57.09\00:39:59.56
We'll get into
that a little bit later.
00:39:59.59\00:40:01.70
But this is so...
And some people...
00:40:01.73\00:40:03.60
There may be
people at home saying,
00:40:03.63\00:40:05.53
"Boy, I would
like to be made new.
00:40:05.57\00:40:08.44
I'd like to
have that new birth."
00:40:08.47\00:40:09.84
How can... You
said... I wanna be ready.
00:40:09.87\00:40:11.41
How do you hurry it up?
00:40:11.44\00:40:12.84
But, you know, really,
even Christ told His disciples,
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.81
"There are so many
things I want to tell you,
00:40:15.84\00:40:17.38
but you're just not ready yet."
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.38
So how do we get ready?
00:40:19.41\00:40:20.92
You know, we'll
be talking about that
00:40:20.95\00:40:22.45
but just in case
we don't get that far,
00:40:22.48\00:40:24.62
you know, begin to
open, begin to study,
00:40:24.65\00:40:27.89
taste it each and every day,
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.86
put God first in
anything and everything,
00:40:29.89\00:40:33.29
and in all things,
and you'll be happy.
00:40:33.33\00:40:35.20
I just talked
to a man yesterday.
00:40:35.23\00:40:39.23
And he was just
talking about his life
00:40:39.27\00:40:40.97
and I've known him ever
since he's just a little guy.
00:40:41.00\00:40:44.84
But he tried a little
bit of everything in life.
00:40:44.87\00:40:49.01
And he says, "You
know, I've tried working,
00:40:49.04\00:40:50.38
I've had different
jobs, and I've been here."
00:40:50.41\00:40:52.21
And he says
"Just like, isn't it?
00:40:52.25\00:40:53.65
Things are just going my way.
00:40:53.68\00:40:56.52
Just not going my way."
00:40:56.55\00:40:58.72
And I said, "You think
there'd be a reason for that?"
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.66
He said, "I've had a job.
00:41:00.69\00:41:02.02
I've tried to save money.
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.39
I've tried to be able to buy.
00:41:03.43\00:41:04.76
I've worked seven days a week.
00:41:04.79\00:41:06.33
I just work seven days a
week, seven days a week."
00:41:06.36\00:41:08.76
And he said,
"Nothing seems to fit."
00:41:08.80\00:41:11.77
And basically, it comes back to,
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.60
have you tried Christ?
00:41:13.64\00:41:15.54
You can work seven
days a week all you want,
00:41:15.57\00:41:17.61
you can go and
invest in this and do this.
00:41:17.64\00:41:19.87
But you'll never find...
00:41:19.91\00:41:21.24
You were talking about peace
and a security, and happiness.
00:41:21.28\00:41:24.91
That's impossible to find
outside of God and His Word.
00:41:24.95\00:41:30.05
You cannot find it.
00:41:30.09\00:41:31.45
The world thinks that
they can give it to you.
00:41:31.49\00:41:35.12
So they'll put a
brighter light on,
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.16
they'll flash a little bit more.
00:41:37.19\00:41:38.99
People will be out
dancing around, carrying it on,
00:41:39.03\00:41:41.26
but you can't find that joy,
until you find Jesus Christ.
00:41:41.30\00:41:45.23
As you mentioned,
putting deep inside.
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.40
When He's deep inside,
00:41:47.44\00:41:48.77
I guarantee you
He will come out.
00:41:48.80\00:41:50.97
Again, beholding
we become changed.
00:41:51.01\00:41:52.34
That part leaves
question number two.
00:41:52.37\00:41:54.51
It's just awesome
when you think about it
00:41:54.54\00:41:56.54
'cause everything
we've been talking about,
00:41:56.58\00:41:58.01
I think goes
right back to, what?
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.68
Preparation. How are we gonna...
00:41:59.71\00:42:01.28
Everybody say "We
need to be prepared.
00:42:01.32\00:42:02.65
Need to be prepared."
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.02
Well, we can all say that,
but how do we really prepare,
00:42:04.05\00:42:07.36
you know, to meet God,
00:42:07.39\00:42:08.96
meet Jesus in
the clouds of glory?
00:42:08.99\00:42:10.63
How do we really
prepare for the judgment
00:42:10.66\00:42:12.49
that we believe
that we're living in?
00:42:12.53\00:42:14.76
And have been for,
what 160-170 years.
00:42:14.80\00:42:17.73
That's a long time, God's mercy
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.20
and grace has
endured us as a people,
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.74
and then the
world is to be at peace.
00:42:21.77\00:42:24.21
Be at peace with God.
To be at peace with God.
00:42:24.24\00:42:26.31
And so how are we gonna
make these preparations?
00:42:26.34\00:42:28.11
Are you ready for the King?
00:42:28.14\00:42:29.48
I think you know, if I
may jump in here on this one,
00:42:29.51\00:42:31.25
because I know there's
gonna be lots of good stuff
00:42:31.28\00:42:33.62
and something tells me
00:42:33.65\00:42:34.98
we're gonna have
a part two to this.
00:42:35.02\00:42:36.48
We're gonna have
a part two to this.
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I don't think
we're gonna have time.
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But, you know, I was listening,
00:42:40.06\00:42:41.82
I was reading this
question that you just asked.
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How do we make preparations
00:42:43.69\00:42:45.49
so that we can be
ready for this time period?
00:42:45.53\00:42:48.26
I'm thinking of the sanctuary
00:42:48.30\00:42:51.27
because the
goal of the sanctuary
00:42:51.30\00:42:52.87
is to progress to
the most holy place
00:42:52.90\00:42:54.40
and why do you want to
be in the most holy place
00:42:54.44\00:42:56.00
because the most
holy place is a type of...
00:42:56.04\00:42:59.94
it is a type of
the throne room of God.
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That's right.
00:43:03.08\00:43:04.41
His characters
reveal there everything.
00:43:04.45\00:43:06.78
Let them make me a sanctuary
that I may dwell among them.
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We see this in Revelation,
00:43:10.39\00:43:11.72
God wants to be with His people.
00:43:11.75\00:43:13.72
Our goal is to be with our God,
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.46
to be united, to be
reconciled, not separate.
00:43:15.49\00:43:18.26
And I love that
hymn "Never part again."
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Never part again, no,
00:43:20.40\00:43:22.83
never part again I love that,
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.93
because we're gonna reach a time
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when we're never
gonna have to part again.
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That's beautiful.
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So you look at
the sanctuary model,
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which we know is the
blueprint of salvation.
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It's kind of God's GPS,
His gospel plan of salvation.
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You know, you have to
have a courtyard experience.
00:43:36.71\00:43:40.15
You know, you
start at the courtyard.
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Well, first you have you
got to go through the door.
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You gotta go
through the door first.
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That's the
step. That's the step.
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But just a very general now,
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.26
we had a whole
series on the sanctuary
00:43:49.29\00:43:51.09
but here the
sanctuary is so complex,
00:43:51.13\00:43:52.89
it's so amazing.
00:43:52.93\00:43:54.26
But if you'd
simply just think of it
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.73
in terms of the
simple plan of salvation
00:43:55.76\00:43:58.03
that God has put
forward in the sanctuary model,
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He's given you
the preparation plan.
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He's saying, "Look,
first you got to approach Me.
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Come to My door.
00:44:05.51\00:44:06.84
I'm knocking at your door,
00:44:06.88\00:44:08.61
come knock on My
door, I'll open it.
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You may close your door
to Me and not open your door.
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My door is always
open," Jesus says.
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So you come to the
door and He invites you in.
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And He takes you on
this beautiful virtual tour
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through the sanctuary.
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And He's teaching you how
to gain closer to His presence.
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To be able to gain
access to the most holy place,
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you got to have a
courtyard experience,
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you got to have a
holy place experience.
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And of course, the ultimate goal
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is to have that most
holy place experience.
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What did they do on
the day of Pentecost?
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We mentioned earlier,
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we're living in
a day of judgment.
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They afflicted their souls.
There was self-examination.
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They were covered in
sackcloth, and laying in ashes.
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Now, I'm not saying we
have to do that literally
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'cause that was
pertaining to the old...
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But we do spiritually.
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But spiritually,
we afflict our souls.
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What does that mean?
00:44:50.22\00:44:51.55
We need some
deep self-examination.
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We need to be facing, you know,
00:44:54.36\00:44:56.49
spiritually facing the Lord
and saying, "God, search me.
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Show me.
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Show me myself that
I don't want to see."
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You know, and that's what
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.80
the Day of
Atonement was all about,
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.17
as these people would
literally touch their noses
00:45:06.20\00:45:07.94
to the ashes
saying, "Lord, I'm dirt,
00:45:07.97\00:45:10.41
I'm lower than dirt.
00:45:10.44\00:45:11.77
I don't deserve Your goodness.
I don't deserve Your mercy.
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.04
But Lord, search my soul."
00:45:14.08\00:45:15.91
Because they knew
at that very moment,
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.81
just as we
should know right now,
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.71
that Christ is doing a
work in the most holy place,
00:45:19.75\00:45:22.82
as our high priest.
00:45:22.85\00:45:24.19
They knew at that
very moment on Yom Kippur,
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.52
Day of Salvation or
the Day of Atonement,
00:45:26.55\00:45:28.82
that the high priest was
in the very presence of God,
00:45:28.86\00:45:31.89
and that he was interceding
and he was bringing the sins,
00:45:31.93\00:45:36.26
the record of sin in
the presence of the Lord.
00:45:36.30\00:45:39.37
And the Lord would
deal with that record.
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And so I think in Leviticus
16:29, "Afflict your souls,
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because the high
priest wants to cleanse you."
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Jesus is our high priest.
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And then of course, I came
back to 2 Corinthians 3:18,
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"By beholding
we become changed."
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How can we prepare?
00:45:53.82\00:45:55.35
Behold Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:45:55.38\00:45:58.79
Plain and
simple. Plain and simple.
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.66
One that spoke to
me was Hebrews 12:1, 2.
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You know, this is another
element of coming to Jesus
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that we have to
have faith, that He is,
00:46:06.33\00:46:08.26
and He's rewarded of those
that come to Him diligently.
00:46:08.30\00:46:10.37
So Hebrews 12:1, 2
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talks about kind of those
that who had died in the faith.
00:46:12.87\00:46:16.04
I think that's a
really powerful lesson for us,
00:46:16.07\00:46:18.01
you know, that
faithful journey, right?
00:46:18.04\00:46:20.68
Do we believe that
God is what He says He is?
00:46:20.71\00:46:23.08
That's right.
00:46:23.11\00:46:24.45
So it's Hebrews 12:1, 2, it
kind of gives you a outline.
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For me personally, it says,
00:46:27.12\00:46:28.72
"Wherefore seeing we
are also compassed about
00:46:28.75\00:46:30.89
with so great a
cloud of witnesses,
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.42
let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin
00:46:32.45\00:46:36.26
which doth so easily beset us,
00:46:36.29\00:46:37.63
and let us run
with patience the race
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.26
that is set before
us," now what we do,
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.43
"we look unto Jesus,
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.47
the author and
finisher of our faith,
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.53
who for the joy
that was set before Him
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.24
endured the cross,
despising the shame,
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.20
and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God."
00:46:49.24\00:46:50.87
So looking, I think,
first of all looking at,
00:46:50.91\00:46:53.51
you know, looking at Jesus
00:46:53.54\00:46:55.24
and letting all those
sins like you mentioned,
00:46:55.28\00:46:57.05
you know, taking
those sins before Him
00:46:57.08\00:46:58.45
and laying them down.
00:46:58.48\00:46:59.81
Let us run with
patience the race
00:46:59.85\00:47:01.18
that is set before us.
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.55
The good thing is
we're not in this race alone.
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We don't.
00:47:05.35\00:47:06.69
And part of the
verse that you quoted,
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.06
you didn't quote
the last part of it,
00:47:08.09\00:47:09.92
that said,
00:47:09.96\00:47:11.29
"And see if there be
any wicked way in Me."
00:47:11.33\00:47:14.26
See, because
God knows, we don't.
00:47:14.30\00:47:17.53
And we're not to be
doing that to one another.
00:47:17.57\00:47:20.04
But we're asking Him to come in,
00:47:20.07\00:47:22.44
and allowing Him
to do the changes,
00:47:22.47\00:47:24.87
allowing Him to point
out what needs to be changed.
00:47:24.91\00:47:28.08
We're trusting
Him with all of it.
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.01
And I think that's where so
many of us stumble and fail,
00:47:30.05\00:47:33.11
fall, is because we're trying
to do this work ourselves.
00:47:33.15\00:47:36.45
We can't do that. That's right.
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.49
You know, who of us
can cleanse anything.
00:47:38.52\00:47:40.92
You mentioned, who
of us are even worthy
00:47:40.96\00:47:43.06
to be around this table?
00:47:43.09\00:47:44.73
Except by the grace of God.
00:47:44.76\00:47:47.40
You know, so it's so wonderful
00:47:47.43\00:47:50.20
that we can just
give everything to Him.
00:47:50.23\00:47:52.40
We can trust
Him, we need to learn
00:47:52.43\00:47:54.17
to love Him with all things.
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.01
And it's out of that love that
we can even take these steps,
00:47:57.04\00:48:01.28
because to be fully
ready for the King of kings
00:48:01.31\00:48:04.55
and the Lord of lords to return,
00:48:04.58\00:48:06.65
we have to love Him.
00:48:06.68\00:48:08.15
And we have to learn to
trust Him with everything,
00:48:08.18\00:48:11.59
not holding back.
00:48:11.62\00:48:12.95
That's right. And trust Him.
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.36
You know, how many
of you have been...
00:48:14.39\00:48:16.59
I know I have.
00:48:16.62\00:48:17.96
A little apprehensive to
get on your knees and say,
00:48:17.99\00:48:19.93
"Lord, show me," you know,
00:48:19.96\00:48:21.33
'cause you're afraid
of what He's gonna find.
00:48:21.36\00:48:23.67
You got these dark
shadows and it's like,
00:48:23.70\00:48:25.13
what happens if
the light of Jesus
00:48:25.17\00:48:26.63
gets into that shadowy
part of my life, you know?
00:48:26.67\00:48:28.87
Sometimes we
are stuck with that.
00:48:28.90\00:48:30.24
But I think this is
part of what we're studying.
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.47
It's not just for those at home,
00:48:32.51\00:48:33.98
it's for all of us.
00:48:34.01\00:48:35.34
Because all of us
have to come to our knees,
00:48:35.38\00:48:38.51
to come to that point
on our knees at the throne,
00:48:38.55\00:48:41.28
at the cross of
Christ and asked Him
00:48:41.32\00:48:43.32
just is there anything?
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.32
You know, and just
give Him our whole mind.
00:48:45.35\00:48:46.69
It was not until that time
that you're talking about here.
00:48:46.72\00:48:49.59
I know, in my own
personal experience,
00:48:49.62\00:48:51.99
because I knew
that I need to come
00:48:52.03\00:48:54.20
and confess my sins.
00:48:54.23\00:48:56.30
You know, God
knows all about us,
00:48:56.33\00:48:58.53
but I could say, you know,
00:48:58.57\00:48:59.97
"Lord, I want to gain
victory and I want this
00:49:00.00\00:49:02.24
and not I want to be
like You, and another."
00:49:02.27\00:49:03.94
But there was a reservation.
00:49:03.97\00:49:06.27
Didn't wanna be in a
reservation, you know.
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.44
Well, don't even
necessarily know what it is.
00:49:08.48\00:49:10.05
But we know that
there's things in our life
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.78
that we need to overcome.
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.15
Nobody's arrived
yet. We're all sinners.
00:49:13.18\00:49:14.92
There's things in our
life that God's revealing,
00:49:14.95\00:49:16.89
I think, a day
at a time teacheth,
00:49:16.92\00:49:18.82
because He's
merciful and gracious.
00:49:18.85\00:49:21.12
But till that
time came in my life
00:49:21.16\00:49:23.56
to where I could say,
00:49:23.59\00:49:25.09
and seriously when I say to Him,
00:49:25.13\00:49:26.86
"Lord, whatever
it takes in my life,
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.90
that I can spend eternity
with You, let it happen."
00:49:28.93\00:49:32.03
That was something
I said, for literally,
00:49:32.07\00:49:34.00
I'll be honest
with you for years,
00:49:34.04\00:49:35.97
but I had a
reservation at the end of that,
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.34
not for any specifics,
00:49:38.37\00:49:40.44
but I had a reservation
because I understood,
00:49:40.48\00:49:42.68
you know, and
you read scripture,
00:49:42.71\00:49:44.21
lot of times
things come, things happen
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.61
that you just may
be not prepared for,
00:49:46.65\00:49:48.18
you're afraid that
might happen, you know.
00:49:48.22\00:49:50.82
So that shows I didn't trust Him
00:49:50.85\00:49:52.42
and love Him enough.
00:49:52.45\00:49:54.02
So as I kept laboring
00:49:54.06\00:49:55.39
and kept bringing that to Him
00:49:55.42\00:49:56.76
every day, I'd bring it to Him.
00:49:56.79\00:49:58.13
Finally, one day
by the grace of God
00:49:58.16\00:50:00.16
I said it, and you
talk about feeling of peace.
00:50:00.20\00:50:03.16
There was no
reservations beyond that.
00:50:03.20\00:50:05.23
Whatever it takes
00:50:05.27\00:50:06.60
that I can spend
eternity with You
00:50:06.63\00:50:08.20
let it happen in my life.
00:50:08.24\00:50:09.80
And I can guarantee you this
00:50:09.84\00:50:11.21
there was a peace that
passes all understanding.
00:50:11.24\00:50:13.68
Because there was nothing
back in my mind crowding,
00:50:13.71\00:50:16.01
but I'll tell you this,
the bottom fell out of things.
00:50:16.04\00:50:20.15
But it was okay
because He was there
00:50:20.18\00:50:21.52
holding up the bottom.
00:50:21.55\00:50:22.92
You see, He was
there holding me up.
00:50:22.95\00:50:24.29
But there was
things that took place
00:50:24.32\00:50:25.65
that it just blow your mind.
00:50:25.69\00:50:27.19
There's no way out.
00:50:27.22\00:50:28.56
You had the army
behind you and then see
00:50:28.59\00:50:30.13
before you in the
mountains and all this,
00:50:30.16\00:50:32.06
you think there's
no way out of this,
00:50:32.09\00:50:33.73
but God worked it out.
00:50:33.76\00:50:35.10
And so I...
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.46
Blessed are the
poor in spirit, right?
00:50:36.50\00:50:37.83
But, you know, it's
when the bottom falls out,
00:50:37.87\00:50:39.73
that's part of our preparation.
00:50:39.77\00:50:41.34
I needed that.
That's part of the...
00:50:41.37\00:50:42.70
Why wouldn't I?
Just I needed it.
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.07
The potter molding us the clay.
00:50:44.11\00:50:46.37
John helped me out.
I've dug a deep hole there.
00:50:46.41\00:50:50.18
Well, the wonderful
and great thing is that
00:50:50.21\00:50:53.88
there is no
sinner greater than God.
00:50:53.92\00:50:57.72
Amen.
00:50:57.75\00:50:59.09
Because God is
such a great Savior,
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.12
He can save anybody.
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.82
And the Bible
says in 2 Peter 3:9,
00:51:02.86\00:51:07.56
that God is not
willing that any should perish,
00:51:07.60\00:51:10.63
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:51:10.67\00:51:14.64
And there's other
scripture that says,
00:51:14.67\00:51:17.01
"God wants all men to be saved."
00:51:17.04\00:51:19.54
And so all these
scriptures come into play
00:51:19.57\00:51:22.41
and if you are
willing, that's the key.
00:51:22.44\00:51:26.28
If you are willing,
00:51:26.31\00:51:28.72
you shall eat of
the good of the land.
00:51:28.75\00:51:31.15
So let me go back
to Revelation 3:20,
00:51:31.19\00:51:34.59
because it says "Behold, I
stand at the door and knock.
00:51:34.62\00:51:38.09
If any man,"
everybody's including,
00:51:38.13\00:51:40.50
"hears My voice,"
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.03
He's calling you by name,
00:51:42.06\00:51:43.70
"and opens the door,
I will come in to him,
00:51:43.73\00:51:46.03
and sup him, and he with Me."
00:51:46.07\00:51:47.84
Now, because of time,
00:51:47.87\00:51:49.64
I have to go to
another scripture
00:51:49.67\00:51:51.01
because this
Jesus is at the door
00:51:51.04\00:51:54.41
of everybody's heart knocking.
00:51:54.44\00:51:57.05
And so I take you now
00:51:57.08\00:51:58.51
to Colossians 1:26-27,
00:51:58.55\00:52:05.02
two versus says,
00:52:05.05\00:52:06.39
"The mystery
which has been hidden
00:52:06.42\00:52:08.49
from ages and from generations,
00:52:08.52\00:52:10.26
but now has been
revealed to His saints.
00:52:10.29\00:52:13.90
To them, God
willed to make known
00:52:13.93\00:52:17.07
what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery
00:52:17.10\00:52:21.10
among the Gentiles,
00:52:21.14\00:52:23.17
which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory."
00:52:23.20\00:52:28.28
Jesus at the door, you
open it, Christ in you,
00:52:28.31\00:52:31.91
that's the hope of glory.
00:52:31.95\00:52:33.31
And if Christ is in you,
00:52:33.35\00:52:34.68
you will be ready
for the second coming.
00:52:34.72\00:52:36.05
That's right. Amen.
00:52:36.08\00:52:37.42
And this is all about
preparation, isn't it?
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Well, and all
these things, I mean,
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just think about
even paradise valley that
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to me that was hell on earth.
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One rode in
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and many could
not escape, you know?
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So people are searching
for something and this is it.
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This is what they need.
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It's the God, it's the
Creator of all the universe,
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that's calling all of us.
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To come and taste
and see that I'm...
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Good. I'm glad
that you said that.
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Because I'm
sitting here thinking...
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Notice that
scripture doesn't say,
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o, taste and see
if the Lord is good.
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That's good.
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It doesn't say taste
and see if He is good.
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It says, "O, taste and
see that the Lord is good."
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You know, that is
an absolute statement
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and the fact that God is good,
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whether you believe it or not,
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whether you taste
or not, He is good.
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And I just, you know,
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I just want to probably
be my closing comment here,
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but I just wanna make
this clear to those at home,
00:53:35.28\00:53:37.81
you know, God has
given all for you.
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He has paved the way.
00:53:41.32\00:53:44.19
He has taken the
penalty that you deserve.
00:53:44.22\00:53:48.49
And so what, you know,
00:53:48.52\00:53:49.86
the devil has
put Him on display.
00:53:49.89\00:53:51.89
He's called Him
all kinds of names.
00:53:51.93\00:53:53.46
He's trashed the
character of God.
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What better way can God
disprove those ugly lies
00:53:55.50\00:54:00.70
and accusations,
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then to basically
put himself on a cross
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to pay the debt for your sins.
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And so now He has
risen, we serve a risen Lord.
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And now He's there saying,
"Look, I've paid your debt.
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I love you.
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And I want you
to be here with Me."
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And so I know I'm
speaking very simple,
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but it's all very
profound in the sense
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that we don't
have to say, "You know,
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well, I'll taste
and see if He's good."
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No, no, no. God is
good. You know, God is love.
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And when you taste you
will see that He is indeed good.
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And there's coming a time,
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we're told in scripture
that every knee shall bow,
00:54:33.34\00:54:36.14
every tongue will confess,
that He is the Lord of lords.
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However, at that time,
00:54:40.88\00:54:42.91
it's too late for the
majority of the people.
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So we don't want that
to be you at home tonight.
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We want you to taste
and see that He is good,
00:54:49.78\00:54:53.52
though you gain the
whole world and lose yourself.
00:54:53.56\00:54:56.16
What is the profit? Profit.
00:54:56.19\00:54:57.53
What is the profit? I
know there's affection.
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Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
00:54:58.96\00:55:01.13
This world holds nothing.
00:55:01.16\00:55:03.73
Scientists are saying we
may have 9 or 10 years left.
00:55:03.77\00:55:06.87
Then what?
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What is there without God?
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.64
We need that
robe of righteousness.
00:55:10.67\00:55:12.51
We need that fire proof suit on.
00:55:12.54\00:55:16.18
We need His love. So
what is He waiting on?
00:55:16.21\00:55:18.48
Why is He waiting?
00:55:18.51\00:55:19.85
I know He wants to come back.
00:55:19.88\00:55:21.22
But we can't get
too far in to that.
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But why is He, you
know, why He is coming back?
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He wants to
spend eternity with us.
00:55:26.12\00:55:27.56
Yes, He does. He loves us.
00:55:27.59\00:55:28.92
To see what He sees
in this world every day.
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Oh, have mercy.
00:55:31.26\00:55:32.59
He's pushing the snooze button.
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The Lord has been
pushing the snooze button
00:55:35.10\00:55:37.53
waiting for us to get ready.
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Yeah, we've been sleeping,
we needed to wake up, don't we?
00:55:39.30\00:55:41.74
That is such love though...
00:55:41.77\00:55:44.74
to say He could
have come years ago.
00:55:44.77\00:55:46.91
He could have come
before we were born,
00:55:46.94\00:55:48.74
any of us here.
00:55:48.78\00:55:50.25
But He looks down
through the time of history
00:55:50.28\00:55:52.65
and He says I know
this one's gonna be ready.
00:55:52.68\00:55:55.12
I know it. I know it. I know it.
00:55:55.15\00:55:56.48
Waiting for one
more. That's right.
00:55:56.52\00:55:57.85
And He's about what love?
00:55:57.89\00:55:59.45
What love?
00:55:59.49\00:56:00.82
Because I think if I were
God, and I saw all of this stuff
00:56:00.86\00:56:02.82
I couldn't hold back.
00:56:02.86\00:56:05.59
But what love to say I'm
waiting for Sister Chris,
00:56:05.63\00:56:09.23
I'm waiting for Pastor John,
I'm waiting for Brother Don.
00:56:09.26\00:56:13.23
I'm waiting.
00:56:13.27\00:56:15.07
I'm waiting for
you to get ready.
00:56:15.10\00:56:17.47
There could be
that one more out there.
00:56:17.51\00:56:18.84
We started with Ryan
had special prayer about.
00:56:18.87\00:56:20.81
You may be out there.
00:56:20.84\00:56:22.88
That's the one that
arrived that He's talking to.
00:56:22.91\00:56:24.85
Jesus said, "I didn't, you know,
00:56:24.88\00:56:26.72
I didn't come to bring peace.
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.48
I'm bringing
sword." Came with sword.
00:56:28.52\00:56:29.85
And so the Word of God
00:56:29.88\00:56:31.22
will rightly divide separate
00:56:31.25\00:56:32.59
and get the
people ready to meet Him
00:56:32.62\00:56:33.96
when He comes in
the clouds of glory.
00:56:33.99\00:56:35.32
And we want them to be ready.
00:56:35.36\00:56:36.73
Good thing with
that sword though is that
00:56:36.76\00:56:38.29
He's the one that's using us.
00:56:38.33\00:56:40.33
I'm so glad that He is.
00:56:40.36\00:56:42.06
I'm so glad that He is.
00:56:42.10\00:56:43.43
Because some of us
would put a stop to things
00:56:43.47\00:56:45.27
when God says, "No, not yet."
00:56:45.30\00:56:47.04
And so we need
to be His witnesses,
00:56:47.07\00:56:48.40
His mouth
pieces, isn't that right?
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.41
And remember, what
I said if people say
00:56:50.44\00:56:51.87
"Well, we'll
visit so and so here."
00:56:51.91\00:56:53.44
It's not you. It's
not me that they need.
00:56:53.48\00:56:55.88
It's Christ
within. That's right.
00:56:55.91\00:56:57.61
One within the
hope of glory. Amen.
00:56:57.65\00:56:58.98
So I encourage you
to give someone to help,
00:56:59.01\00:57:01.48
give them Christ.
00:57:01.52\00:57:02.85
Show them what
Christ is all about.
00:57:02.88\00:57:04.55
Let them see.
00:57:04.59\00:57:05.92
You talk about taste
and see that He is good.
00:57:05.95\00:57:08.59
And we're glad
that you've joined us.
00:57:08.62\00:57:10.63
And thank each one
of you for your input.
00:57:10.66\00:57:13.03
And there will be a
part two to this study
00:57:13.06\00:57:15.66
because we didn't quite
get on question number two.
00:57:15.70\00:57:17.93
We have five of them.
00:57:17.97\00:57:19.30
But we're glad
you joined in with us.
00:57:19.33\00:57:20.77
And we thank God
for each one of you.
00:57:20.80\00:57:22.14
We'll be praying
for you and the one who
00:57:22.17\00:57:24.54
or maybe it's dozens who,
00:57:24.57\00:57:26.27
you know, gave their life
to Christ over this prayer.
00:57:26.31\00:57:28.51
Be sure and write 3ABN
and let them know about it.
00:57:28.54\00:57:30.65
Anyway, we're
glad you joined us.
00:57:30.68\00:57:32.01
Thank you so much.
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God bless you, and
we'll see you next time.
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