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 are so excited that
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you are joining us this evening.
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We wanna say Happy
Sabbath right off the bat.
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A Happy Sabbath,
it's a blessing to be
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with God's people
communing together,
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joined together in harmony
studying the Word of God,
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lifting up praises,
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and that's what we're
going to be doing this evening.
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We have a heavy topic,
and I'm using the words
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of my sister next to me
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because as I was preparing
this topic, you know...
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Praise the Lord, you know,
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they gave me the
opportunity to host this
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and I thought, "Lord,
what do You want us to study?
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What is it that You
want us to talk about?"
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And He has been
placing this topic
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on my heart for a long-time.
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The title of this
could be a little,
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I don't know some
people may kind of
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frown at it like, "What?"
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Okay, and here's the
title, "A Call to Anguish."
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A Call to Anguish,
doesn't sound very hopeful,
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but there is
hope in this message
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just hang with this,
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but it is a very heavy message
indeed, A Call to Anguish.
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We're gonna be
reading a rather lengthy quote
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in just a few moments
from the Spirit of Prophecy,
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but I reassure you
the bulk of this study
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is gonna come
directly from the Bible.
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We're going to reinstate,
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we're going to
bring much more support
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and communication
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from God's Word on this subject,
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but before we go any further,
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I wanna introduce
this wonderful group
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that I have with me
today to my direct left here.
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It's a blessing to always
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have my little
brother Dakota Day with.
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He's an Amazing
Facts Evangelist.
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Dakota, it's a blessing to
have you here today with us.
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Thank you for the invitation.
It's a blessing to be here.
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Amen.
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It's always good to
hear your insight, Brother.
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Appreciate you
being here with us.
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Thank you so much.
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And, of course,
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down at the
other end of the table
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we're trying to
practice that social distancing.
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We have Brother Kenny
and Miss Chris Shelton.
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It's always good to have
you wonderful people with us.
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It's good to be here.
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I love how you introduce him
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as your little brother
'cause I always introduce
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my brothers as
my little brother.
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He's about 6'
8", I'm barely 5' 2".
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Wow, okay.
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But he is two
years younger than me.
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So I always say,
"This is my little brother."
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Little big brother.
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Well, you all of you
said if it had been reversed,
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I'd been in trouble.
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Wow. He should
have been the 6' 8".
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Okay. Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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Well, it's always
great to have you guys on.
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Some of my favorite people
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and it's always
good to hear your wisdom.
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And I know that the
Lord's gonna use all of us
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to bring this topic out
today because it's one that
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I believe is a very, very, very,
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I can't emphasize that enough
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very, very
present truth message.
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While this does not crowd out
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or become more
important than any other message
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that we might hear
in these last days,
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we certainly wanna emphasize
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the fact that
Jesus is coming soon.
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And we know that He's
coming back for a people
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that are prepared
and ready for Him.
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And this quote we're gonna
read in just a few moments,
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after we pray is something
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that we all need
to pay attention to
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and be prepared
for in these last days,
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so I'm going to ask
Brother Kenny Shelton,
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if you would open us in prayer,
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ask the Holy
Spirit to be with us,
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and then we're gonna
dive into this topic.
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Amen.
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We invites you to
home, be sure and pray along
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with us, we need it.
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Most Gracious
loving Heavenly Father,
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it is a privilege that
we can come before Thee.
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I call Thee our Father,
how wonderful to know that
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You are there for Your children.
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Lord, we stand in need,
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we sense as we've
been reading and studying.
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We're falling short.
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We need Your Holy Spirit.
We need guidance from above.
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And so we invite Thy Holy Spirit
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take possession, every thought,
every action, every word,
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that we may
become more and more like
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Thee end of the perfect day.
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We pray that You'll be with us
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in a special way each
one around this table,
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each one of us
around the camera,
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each one doing a part
to put this all together.
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We pray that will
bring honor and glory to You
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and You alone
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and may some of these
beautiful, beautiful truths
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that we've
learned over the years
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are just now
learning may they become
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paramount in our
heart, in our life.
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May the dust and
dirt be shaken off
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and we may see the truth.
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As there's in Jesus a
very, very interesting topic
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in the hour
that we're living in.
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Thank you for the privilege.
Thank you for the opportunity.
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Bless now with Thy
spirit in Jesus' name
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we pray and for His sake.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord,
A Call to Anguish.
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I think you're going to see
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why I haven't
chosen to entitle this
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A Call to Anguish
as I read through this
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rather lengthy quote
from the Spirit of Prophecy.
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Now I just wanna
kind of give a disclaimer,
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there's gonna be
two different places
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that you can find
this particular vision.
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It's referring to the shaking.
Mrs. White saw a shaking.
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I wanna also say up
front that we believe here at
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3ABN as Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
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in the inspirational
writings of Ellen G. White.
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But we also wanna be very
clear that we do not uphold
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her writings to be
equal or above Scripture.
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We believe that God used
her to deliver present truth,
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a powerful last
day message and great,
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great counsels in
harmony with the Bible
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to His people in the last days.
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And so the purpose
of reading this quote
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is to reveal what God showed her
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as a servant of God
for God's people here
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in the last days,
and then we're gonna take
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some themes and some elements
through this from this quote,
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and we're going
to pick it apart.
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We're going to dive
deep in the Word of God
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and we're gonna show
how this is definitely
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in harmony with God's Word.
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And I suspect that
this is probably gonna turn
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into a multiple part series.
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That's why I entitled it,
"A Call to Anguish: Part 1."
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And there's
nothing wrong with that.
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So we're gonna be
visiting this again,
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but I'm gonna read through
this quote at this moment.
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And, of course,
the disclaimer that
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I wanted to give upfront
is that you're gonna find
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this in two different
areas or works of Ellen White.
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She wrote this first
in her Early Writings,
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I think in the
late 1840s, early 1850s,
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and then later she
would write it again,
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but just with a
little bit different detail
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in the first
volume of the Testimonies,
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page 179 to 181.
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So today we're gonna
be reading the version
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from the first
volume of the Testimonies.
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If you wanna compare
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and you wanna
see the differences,
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which again, the message
is still basically the same,
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you can go read
both of those references.
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And so I'm gonna
start reading this through,
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it's gonna be a
rather lengthy quote,
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but then we're gonna dive deep
into this and pick it apart.
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So here we go.
This comes from...
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This is the first volume
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of the
Testimonies, page 179 to 181.
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Ellen White's vision
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on a shaking
that she saw coming,
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that she saw that
God's people would endure
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in the last days prior to
the Second Coming of Jesus,
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and this is coming
from November 20, 1857.
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And this is what she says.
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Oh, by the way,
grab your family members,
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grab your friends and enemies,
everyone, gather them around,
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they need to hear this message.
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So here it is.
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She says, "I was
shown the people of God,
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and I saw them mightily shaken.
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Some with strong
faith and agonizing cries,
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were pleading with God.
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Their countenances were pale,
and marked with deep anxiety,
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expressive of
their internal struggle."
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Some deep language there.
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"Firmness and great earnestness
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were expressed in
their countenances,
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while large
drops of perspiration
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fell from their foreheads.
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Now and then their
faces would light up
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with the marks of
God's approbation,
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and again the same solemn,
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earnest, anxious look
would settle upon them.
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Evil angels crowded around them,
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pressing their
darkness upon them,
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to shut out
Jesus from their view,
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that their cries might
be drawn to the darkness
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that surrounded them,"
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excuse me, "their eyes
might be drawn to the darkness
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that surrounded them,
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and they distrust God
and next murmur against Him.
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Their only safety
was in keeping their eyes
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directed upward.
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Angels of God had
charge over His people,
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and as the poisonous atmosphere
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from the evil
angels was pressed around
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these anxious ones,
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the heavenly
angels were continually
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wafting their wings over them,
to scatter the thick darkness.
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Some, I saw,
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did not participate in this work
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of agonizing and pleading."
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So notice the
agonizing and pleading,
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A Call to Anguish.
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God's people should be agonizing
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and pleading spiritually
in the Spirit of God.
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She goes on to say,
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"They seemed
indifferent and careless.
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They were not resisting
the darkness around them,
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and it shut them
in like a thick cloud.
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The angels of God left
these, and I saw them hastening
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to the assistance of
those who were struggling
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with all their energies
to resist the evil angels,
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and trying to help themselves
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by calling upon
God with perseverance.
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But the angels left those
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who made no effort
to help themselves,
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and I lost sight of them.
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As the praying ones
continued their earnest cries,
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a ray of light from Jesus
would at times come to them,
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to encourage their hearts,
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and light up
their countenances."
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Here comes the part
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that we're gonna
focus on today, okay?
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This ties it all together.
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She says, "I asked the meaning
of the shaking I had seen,
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and was shown that it would be
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caused by the straight testimony
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called forth by the counsel
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of the True
Witness to the Laodiceans.
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This will have its effect
upon the heart of the receiver,
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and will lead him
to exalt the standard
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and pour forth
the straight truth.
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Some will not bear
this straight testimony.
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They will rise up against it,
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and this will cause a
shaking among God's people."
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Yes, someone
saying Great Controversy.
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What we have just
read, it's very deep.
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It's very deep.
And it's very heavy.
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And some people
might read this and say,
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"Ah, it's very negative.
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I don't wanna have
anything to do with that."
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But nonetheless,
sometimes we have to face
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the reality that God sends
us warning in ways to awaken us,
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to stir us, to
bring us back to Him.
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And in this case,
what we just read through
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a rather lengthy quote,
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we see the Great
Controversy on display here.
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And so what I wanna bring
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our attention to for this study,
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is we're gonna dive
deep now into the Bible.
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I want you to notice that
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this message is
to the Laodiceans.
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Notice how she says the
shaking is brought about
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by the straight testimony.
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What kind of
testimony, Brother Kenny?
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Straight.
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"Straight testimony
called forth by the counsel
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of the True
Witness to the Laodiceans."
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Are we living in Laodicea? Yes.
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Absolutely. We are
living in Laodicea.
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So what I wanna do
is, I wanna dive deep,
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she says there's the counsel
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of the True
Witness to the Laodiceans.
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Now, is there a message
that's given to Laodicea
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that we can find in the Bible?
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It's found in the
Book of Revelation.
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We're gonna go to
Revelation Chapter 3 right now
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and I'm gonna toss it
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to my good
friends now at this point.
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We're gonna start
reading in Revelation Chapter 3.
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And you know what?
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I just want us to be
able to unpack this message
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because she says
that the shaking she saw,
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this Great Controversy
display where the evil angels
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and the angels of the Lord
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seem to be at war
over God's people.
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We see here very
clearly this is brought about
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by a counsel that was given
to Laodicea by none other than,
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of course, the True
Witness, Jesus Christ Himself.
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So, Brother Kenny,
why don't you kick us off?
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Well, let's read
Revelation Chapter 3.
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Let's read verses 14 through...
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Let's read verses 14-17.
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And let's unpack that because
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then what's gonna
lead us up to the counsel.
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Okay, starting with verse 14,
Revelation Chapter 3, it says,
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"And unto the
angel of the church
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of the Laodiceans write.
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These things saith the Amen,
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and the faithful
and true witness,
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and the beginning of
the creation of God."
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Verse 15, "I know thy works,
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and thou art,
neither cold nor hot.
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I would thou wert cold or hot.
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So then because
thou art lukewarm,
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neither cold nor hot,
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I will spew thee
out of my mouth."
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Verse 17, "Because thou saith,
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I am rich, increased with goods,
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and have need of nothing,
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and knowest not
that thou art wretched,
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and miserable, and
poor, and blind, and naked."
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That's kind of rough
shape. So it's interesting.
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Jesus seems to be
giving almost a diagnosis.
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Yes.
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He's saying
Laodicea has a problem.
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You're sick. Yes.
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You're sick and
you make me sick.
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Are those strong words?
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No, that to me
that's just so strong,
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but yet there's hope.
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It's kind of
like, go to a doctor,
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you know, you're sick.
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You go to the doctor and
that hopefully the doctor
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will be able to help you
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and give you something
and I see this as a sickness.
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I see this as the disease, sin.
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And in this message if
you look at it probably,
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boys just hit over the head.
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It's not that.
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It's Jesus trying
to get our attention
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that you mentioned.
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And give us a wonderful message
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to bring us out
of this sleepiness.
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You know, that
has surrounded us,
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this lukewarmness
is talking about here
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in this hour
that we're living in.
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That to me it's
just a message of hope,
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a message of encouragement.
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When I first read
it, and as a young person
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these passages of scripture,
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I kind of got
spiritually depressed.
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Can we say
that? Yeah, I got you.
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You know, just like,
"Oh, there's no hope.
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There's no hope for Laodicea.
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There's no hope
for the last church."
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There is. That's right.
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This is wonderful
'cause there is hope
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even though we are asleep.
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God says, "I'm going to
send a message straight.
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It's gonna wake you up.
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You're gonna get in or get out."
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That's right. That is true.
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You know, it's interesting here
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that He says, "I
know your works."
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Yes, He does. Oh, boy.
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I know your works. Why not?
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I know your faith. Right?
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Because again, it seems
like the Christian anthem
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that we hear often is, Dakota,
you can chime in on this one.
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It seems like we hear often,
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you know, we're saved by
grace through faith, right?
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And the Bible teaches
that. We don't wanna deny that.
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The Bible teaches
that you are saved
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by grace through
faith, not of works, right?
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We know Ephesians
Chapter 2 teaches us that,
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but yet it's interesting,
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why didn't Jesus
say I know your faith?
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But yet He says,
"I know your works."
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Why is that? Why
do you think that is?
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I'm gonna help you, Dakota,
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because faith
without works is dead.
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And, you know, going back
to that one little paragraph,
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he said, we're gonna
focus on mainly here, it says,
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"Some will not bear
this straight testimony."
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I'm telling you as
I went through this,
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I began to see this
is the sanctifying walk.
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This is the sanctifying
message for each and every one.
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If I see myself in this,
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I sadly see those I love
and care about in this message,
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but there was a time,
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some will not bear
this straight testimony.
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And you, I love that
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you brought out about
the Spirit of Prophecy.
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And we're gonna
bring that out more
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because it's talking
about the true witnesses.
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It's talking about
the testimony of Jesus,
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which Revelation 19:10 tells
us is the Spirit of Prophecy.
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So we're gonna
cover all of that,
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but to go back, I
remember there was a time
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I'd read the Bible,
and then I'd pick up
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the Spirit of Prophecy
and that Spirit of Prophecy
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just cut me so deep.
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I put it down,
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and I wouldn't
read it for a long-time.
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I didn't leave the
Lord, but I wouldn't read it.
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And now, I'm so thankful
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and so grateful
because this helps me.
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I don't think I've always
understood about Laodicea,
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I've always
understood about being lukewarm,
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but I don't think I
saw it as deeply as I did
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while I was
preparing for this message.
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That's good. Praise God.
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This is good. It
is a powerful message.
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It's a message that to
not bring despair or worry,
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but it's a message
that God uses to wake us up,
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to say, "Look, I'm coming soon."
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It's time for
the church to awaken
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from your slumber
to trim their lamps.
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So you got the oil
in your lamp, right?
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And so, and that's
where I'm reminded by
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as I'm reading through
this, these two groups here,
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one that's being
protected by the angels of Lord
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because they are
pleading and agonizing,
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they're anguishing
for the Spirit of God
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to transform them, but
then there's another group
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that seemed that
she said, "Indifferent."
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And I could just see
those two groups that,
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you know, both of these
groups are professed Christians.
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You know, just as we see
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the ten virgins in
Matthew Chapter 25,
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you have the two
groups there, right?
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One has a plenty of oil,
but the other one doesn't,
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but yet they've
got their lamps, right?
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They're going out
to meet the bridegroom,
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but they're not prepared.
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And so we need to make
sure, I need to make sure.
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Ryan needs to make sure that
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there's oil in that lamp, right?
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And that we are
receiving the straight testimony
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and the counsel given by Jesus.
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He says, "I know your works."
Right? I know your works.
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And then He says,
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"That you are
neither cold nor hot."
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You're neither cold nor hot.
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I wish that you
were cold or hot.
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So then because
you are lukewarm,
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and neither cold or hot, I will,
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and then the King James
Version says, "I will spew."
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New King James Version actually,
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and I've checked
this translation actually
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fits more closely to
the original language
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that John would
have written here.
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And that is, Jesus
would have actually said,
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"Vomit you out of my mouth."
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He got sick
from the lukewarmness
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and he wanted to spew
or vomit, the situation
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this condition out of his mouth.
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So let's talk
about that for a second.
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What does it mean
to be cold or hot?
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What is Jesus saying
here? I wish you were cold.
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I wish you were
hot, but you're neither.
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Well, I'm gonna go
back just a little bit.
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You said it's
nothing to worry about,
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but when you read
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what we just
read, it is concerning.
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It is something we need.
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And we're also told that
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this testimony
of the true witness
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is not a smooth message.
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It's not smooth, but the world
is full of smooth messages.
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You just went on to
say that Jesus says,
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"I know your
works." And it fits so well.
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I mean, He is describing
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the religious
dogma of this nation
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and world right now
because people believe,
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in fact, it says
there's no greater deception
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can come upon human
minds then a confidence
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that they are right
when they're all wrong.
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They're
professing to be Christians,
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all ten virgins
profess to be Christians,
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but five were just
there in principle,
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as it were, they
just looked good.
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They look like they
fit in, they talk the talk,
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but did they walk the walk?
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See, there's a difference.
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When this message comes in,
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and it begins to
do a work inside of us
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and we begin to
have that deep connection
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in that mind of Christ,
then things begin to change.
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You see, we're
living in the atmosphere
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and she makes
this very clear too.
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We're living in an atmosphere
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to be a Christian
is kind of a thing
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that people
look up to right now,
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but is that what happened
when Christ walked this earth?
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Is that the message He taught?
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It's actually just the opposite.
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He says the world is enmity.
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I remember thinking,
"Wow, it may be you do too."
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There was a time in my
life, I thought, "Oh, wow,
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this is wonderful
being a Christian,
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but I was doing the
things of the world too."
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And it all just seemed to
gel together and no worries.
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You know, you're just at peace.
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You're one of these
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that just think
that they're good.
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They think that they're
in, but they don't realize that
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they're blind, they're wretched,
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they're poor.
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And we're in need of that gold.
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Oh, have mercy.
How do you refine gold?
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Oh, that is so
true. Cold or hot?
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I know you got something to say.
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What were you saying?
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I think a lot of people
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when they see the
terms of cold and hot,
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I've heard so many ministers
not that this is necessarily
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the wrong way to view it,
but I kind of just view it
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a little bit different of a way.
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I've heard so
many ministers say,
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you know, we
wanna be hot for Jesus
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and not be cold in our faith.
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And that is true.
00:20:58.72\00:21:00.06
We wanna be on fire, you know,
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so to speak, but I think
that what Jesus is saying here
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about the condition of Laodicea
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is that they're
neither cold, nor are they hot.
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When I think of
that is that I think of
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when I'm really
cold, I wanna be hot.
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And when I'm really
hot, I wanna be cold.
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In other words, the
people that are lukewarm,
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they're so comfortable.
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They feel no need of God,
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they feel no need of
change in their life.
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And I think this
is the real issue
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with Laodicea is that, you know,
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me and Ryan and
everyone, when we went to AFCO,
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we did a lot of door
knocking, and we would
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just knock on people's
doors to tell them about Jesus
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and wanting to do
Bible studies with them.
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You know, you go and
knock on all these doors.
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And hear all these
people open up to you.
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And, you know, you tell
them what you're there for?
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And they say, "No,
I'm good." Exactly.
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And it's just like, it's like,
they don't really know that
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they're not good
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because none is good
but one and that is God.
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We all need Him that
is good in our lives.
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And so, it's just, you know,
00:21:53.68\00:21:55.01
you see that condition
and we see it in the church.
00:21:55.04\00:21:57.01
I mean, this is the
condition of the church that
00:21:57.05\00:21:59.71
we see so many people
that don't want anyone
00:21:59.75\00:22:01.48
to rebuke them,
00:22:01.52\00:22:02.85
don't want
anyone to correct them.
00:22:02.88\00:22:04.75
You know, they just want
the preachers to condescend
00:22:04.79\00:22:07.66
to placate their,
you know, issues of life.
00:22:07.69\00:22:11.03
You know, not
preach the straight word,
00:22:11.06\00:22:12.93
not preach the
straight testimony,
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.30
not call sin by
its rightful name.
00:22:14.33\00:22:16.83
And we have a lot of
ear tickling going on,
00:22:16.87\00:22:19.47
you know, and we got to
get back to uplifting Jesus,
00:22:19.50\00:22:22.20
the author and
finisher of our faith,
00:22:22.24\00:22:23.61
the one who is going
to purge us and cleanse us
00:22:23.64\00:22:26.04
of all of this unrighteousness
00:22:26.07\00:22:27.41
and filthiness that has
even crept in many churches.
00:22:27.44\00:22:29.74
I mean, let's not kid ourselves.
00:22:29.78\00:22:31.35
We've been to many
churches where we need a reform,
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.02
we need a reformation.
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.78
And it's not that our church
and as a whole is corrupted.
00:22:35.82\00:22:38.62
Oh, no, no, but I've
been to congregations that
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.76
definitely need
Jesus in their lives.
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.12
We got to get
back to them. Right.
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.49
Absolutely.
Absolutely. I agree with you.
00:22:44.53\00:22:45.89
You know that just one thing
00:22:45.93\00:22:47.26
when you mentioned
that I read somewhere,
00:22:47.30\00:22:48.63
so I didn't wanna say
take this all exactly,
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.90
but I think when you
talk about hot and cold,
00:22:50.93\00:22:54.27
I think there was a
some kind of a hot springs,
00:22:54.30\00:22:57.97
when these words were
spoken in the area that
00:22:58.01\00:23:00.34
they were spoken
and people knew exactly
00:23:00.38\00:23:02.21
what was being said.
00:23:02.24\00:23:03.58
Because of kind of a waterfall,
00:23:03.61\00:23:05.05
it was very hot
when it came down, right?
00:23:05.08\00:23:07.45
And then, kind of, went
about six miles from Laodicea.
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.49
It was what?
00:23:10.52\00:23:11.85
It cooled down
and become lukewarm.
00:23:11.89\00:23:14.06
So you see, you know,
so people knew very well
00:23:14.09\00:23:16.49
what was being said
about hot, cold, lukewarm.
00:23:16.52\00:23:19.43
It's so wonderful
00:23:19.46\00:23:20.80
how the true
witness Jesus used examples
00:23:20.83\00:23:23.30
and illustrations right there
00:23:23.33\00:23:24.67
where people knew
exactly what was wrong.
00:23:24.70\00:23:27.44
Maybe we can
learn from that too.
00:23:27.47\00:23:28.80
I think so.
00:23:28.84\00:23:30.17
I know in our
meetings, when people come in
00:23:30.21\00:23:32.61
off the street and they're cold,
00:23:32.64\00:23:34.34
they don't really
know much about the truth,
00:23:34.38\00:23:36.01
they don't know
much about Jesus.
00:23:36.04\00:23:38.05
I have seen the Lord
work absolute miracles,
00:23:38.08\00:23:41.68
miracles to bring these
people to the knowledge,
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.45
the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ.
00:23:44.49\00:23:46.55
So I see it that way.
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.09
You know, when you're cold,
00:23:48.12\00:23:49.46
you're just kind of
like that new baby coming in
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.99
and God is there
to help and to comfort
00:23:52.03\00:23:54.56
and to clothe it,
00:23:54.60\00:23:55.93
but like you said
we've become lukewarm.
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.13
We're become
lukewarm as a nation.
00:23:58.17\00:24:00.14
And when you were
talking about knocking on doors
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.27
and people say in
there, "All right,
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.64
this is where
my heart's breaking
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.27
'cause there's so many
things happening in the world.
00:24:05.31\00:24:08.04
We've been
talking about all these...
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.15
What did they call them?
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.15
Decade disasters that
00:24:12.18\00:24:13.92
used to happen maybe
only 10, 20 years now
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.38
they're
happening every few months.
00:24:16.42\00:24:18.45
You know, and now we're
in the middle of a COVID,
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.72
but we see things changing.
00:24:20.76\00:24:22.22
And when you point people
to the Word of God to say,
00:24:22.26\00:24:25.09
"Look, this is
what the Lord said,
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.33
these are signs.
00:24:27.36\00:24:28.83
It's wrapping up."
00:24:28.86\00:24:30.20
And they're like, "Oh,
yeah, well, we've had pandemics,
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.80
you know, what
about 18 whatever it was?
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.70
I forget 14 or whatever?
00:24:34.74\00:24:36.50
What about this
one? What about that one?
00:24:36.54\00:24:38.37
Well, we've had
volcanoes before,
00:24:38.41\00:24:39.97
we've had storms before.
00:24:40.01\00:24:41.58
What more is it gonna take?
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.78
I mean, this
world is not the same.
00:24:44.81\00:24:48.22
America is not the
same. You're right.
00:24:48.25\00:24:49.95
I don't recognize her anymore.
00:24:49.98\00:24:52.19
I feel like I'm in a
Nazi war movie or something.
00:24:52.22\00:24:55.26
She's speaking as a dragon.
00:24:55.29\00:24:57.36
Yes. Exactly.
00:24:57.39\00:24:58.73
She starts out this,
00:24:58.76\00:25:00.13
kind of this
cute lamb like beast,
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.13
but now she's
speaking as a dragon.
00:25:02.16\00:25:04.57
And it's interesting
that you would say that
00:25:04.60\00:25:06.37
because I heard a
minister say a few years ago
00:25:06.40\00:25:09.00
and it always stuck with me
00:25:09.04\00:25:10.37
the essence of deception is that
00:25:10.41\00:25:13.61
when a person is deceived,
the very essence of deception
00:25:13.64\00:25:15.94
is that you are
unaware that you are deceived.
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.98
There's unawareness.
00:25:18.01\00:25:19.35
That's what we're
seeing right here in Laodicea.
00:25:19.38\00:25:21.65
Notice verse 17,
"Because you say, 'I am rich,
00:25:21.68\00:25:25.02
and have become wealthy,
and have need of nothing.'"
00:25:25.05\00:25:27.36
That's what they
believe, they're sold on it.
00:25:27.39\00:25:30.39
But notice, "And do not
know that you are wretched,
00:25:30.43\00:25:33.60
miserable, poor,
blind, and naked."
00:25:33.63\00:25:35.70
So Jesus
delivers this very clear,
00:25:35.73\00:25:38.80
unmistakable diagnosis.
00:25:38.83\00:25:40.37
He says, this is your condition.
00:25:40.40\00:25:43.10
Now He gives the solution,
here comes the counsel.
00:25:43.14\00:25:46.44
And this is where
we wanna dial the sin
00:25:46.47\00:25:47.91
because when we
go back to that quote
00:25:47.94\00:25:49.64
that we read earlier.
00:25:49.68\00:25:51.01
She said, "I asked the meaning
of the shaking I had seen,
00:25:51.05\00:25:53.11
and was shown that it would be
00:25:53.15\00:25:54.82
caused by the
straight testimony,"
00:25:54.85\00:25:56.45
notice this,
"called forth by the counsel
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.65
of the True
Witness to the Laodicea."
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.02
What brings about
the shaking? The counsel.
00:26:01.06\00:26:04.83
So when you go and
look at this message
00:26:04.86\00:26:06.23
that we've been studying so far,
00:26:06.26\00:26:07.70
that's going to Laodicea.
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.36
There's something
about this counsel.
00:26:09.40\00:26:12.30
And this gets me excited.
00:26:12.33\00:26:13.70
'Cause when you
look at this counsel
00:26:13.74\00:26:15.34
and you study the counsel
that Jesus gives to Laodicea.
00:26:15.37\00:26:17.91
She says, "This is what's
gonna bring about the shaking."
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.41
Yes.
00:26:19.44\00:26:20.78
And I just wanna say something
because this is important.
00:26:20.81\00:26:23.24
I see a lot of people
share this quote online
00:26:23.28\00:26:25.21
on social media and stuff,
and it's a wonderful quote.
00:26:25.25\00:26:27.55
But a lot of
times, we focus so much
00:26:27.58\00:26:29.55
on the straight testimony
part, where we're like,
00:26:29.58\00:26:32.72
and I've seen so many
people use it in this context,
00:26:32.75\00:26:34.72
or I guess you'd say
misunderstand the quote,
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.69
is where they say, "You know,
00:26:37.73\00:26:39.06
we need to preach
the straight truth
00:26:39.09\00:26:40.43
and the straight
testimony and that's true we do,
00:26:40.46\00:26:42.90
but that's not what
causes the shaking."
00:26:42.93\00:26:44.60
It's the counsel.
00:26:44.63\00:26:46.80
You see him saying the
counsel causes the shaking,
00:26:46.84\00:26:48.94
not the straight testimony
00:26:48.97\00:26:51.14
in the sense of
the straight preaching.
00:26:51.17\00:26:53.24
You can tell someone, I mean,
00:26:53.27\00:26:54.88
Jesus preached very
straight to the scribes
00:26:54.91\00:26:56.51
and the Pharisees
in Matthew Chapter 23,
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.31
"Fools and blind and
slow of heart to believe
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.35
all that the
prophets have spoken."
00:27:00.38\00:27:01.75
He spoke very straight to
them, but did that change them?
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.89
No.
00:27:03.92\00:27:05.52
You see, it's not
just hearing the counsel,
00:27:05.55\00:27:09.12
it's living the counsel.
00:27:09.16\00:27:10.93
That's what we
have to understand.
00:27:10.96\00:27:12.29
That's what we're told
like the Early Writings
00:27:12.33\00:27:13.66
talks about the time
is we have to take a bold
00:27:13.70\00:27:16.53
and decided stance for truth.
00:27:16.56\00:27:19.67
You know, not we can
speak, and speak, and speak,
00:27:19.70\00:27:21.37
but it's time for
us to take a bold,
00:27:21.40\00:27:23.41
unyielding for what is truth
and quit wish-washing around
00:27:23.44\00:27:27.11
and watering things
down, you know, I come to,
00:27:27.14\00:27:29.01
I hear sometime
in church we got...
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.11
I'm not trying to offend anyone.
00:27:31.15\00:27:32.48
You have the liberals,
this is a liberal church,
00:27:32.51\00:27:35.18
this is a conservative church.
00:27:35.22\00:27:36.62
And I just say
where in the world
00:27:36.65\00:27:38.29
is that in Scripture
that we are a liberal
00:27:38.32\00:27:40.89
or we are a conservative?
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.42
We've said it
before, bless your heart.
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.89
Don't say anymore.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.26
We wanna wipe
that out because why?
00:27:45.29\00:27:47.16
Because the Word of God
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.53
is not conservative and liberal,
00:27:48.56\00:27:49.93
it's the Word of God.
00:27:49.96\00:27:51.70
The ultimate straight testimony
that we're talking about here,
00:27:51.73\00:27:54.80
that's what we stand on.
00:27:54.84\00:27:56.17
That's right, Brother.
00:27:56.20\00:27:57.54
And we don't
back down from that,
00:27:57.57\00:27:59.27
and but when you do
that's when the speaker or the,
00:27:59.31\00:28:03.01
you know, just the
Messenger of God gets himself
00:28:03.04\00:28:05.41
into trouble
sometimes with the people
00:28:05.45\00:28:08.25
because to me, I
look at this message
00:28:08.28\00:28:10.09
you're talking about,
00:28:10.12\00:28:11.45
it covers a wide
variety of things,
00:28:11.49\00:28:13.32
it certainly
focuses on some heavy duty
00:28:13.36\00:28:14.96
that we'll be
talking about here.
00:28:14.99\00:28:16.52
But it's every aspect of truth
that God has given this church,
00:28:16.56\00:28:20.26
this movement to
go to all the world,
00:28:20.30\00:28:22.76
every one of them has to be hit.
00:28:22.80\00:28:24.50
And if we're not
really, you know,
00:28:24.53\00:28:26.37
really dedicated to
the cause of Christ,
00:28:26.40\00:28:27.97
we're not gonna like
what we put on our body,
00:28:28.00\00:28:29.90
what we take into our body,
00:28:29.94\00:28:31.27
what comes out of our tongue,
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.64
we're not gonna wanna hear that.
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.01
And that causes
a little stirring
00:28:34.04\00:28:35.38
and a division and
separation of the church.
00:28:35.41\00:28:37.55
That's what the truth.
00:28:37.58\00:28:38.91
Now, go ahead,
that's what the truth does.
00:28:38.95\00:28:40.28
I'm getting
excited about right now,
00:28:40.32\00:28:41.65
but that's what's
exciting to me years ago,
00:28:41.68\00:28:46.19
when I heard
someone's finally begin
00:28:46.22\00:28:47.86
just talk about present
truth or straight message.
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.36
That's right.
00:28:50.39\00:28:51.73
And started to knowing
that the place they were in that
00:28:51.76\00:28:55.20
it wouldn't be received
well, they might lose their job.
00:28:55.23\00:28:58.17
That's right. Might
lose your retirement.
00:28:58.20\00:29:03.04
They didn't wanna do
it, but you know what
00:29:03.07\00:29:04.41
they did it and it made
00:29:04.44\00:29:05.77
a real
impression on my young mind.
00:29:05.81\00:29:07.38
That's right. That's right.
00:29:07.41\00:29:08.74
Because the message is
the straight testimony,
00:29:08.78\00:29:12.31
not the watered down
or the sugar-coated one.
00:29:12.35\00:29:15.35
And, you know, that's
I have to just say this
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.22
and I hope we don't
get in trouble for it,
00:29:18.25\00:29:20.92
but it's the truth
and I feel like the Lord
00:29:20.96\00:29:22.62
is leading me to say this.
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.03
You know, in my early ministry
and even up to today, you know,
00:29:24.06\00:29:28.06
as a younger man in ministry,
00:29:28.10\00:29:30.80
you are influenced
by people around you.
00:29:30.83\00:29:33.57
And whether you
wanna believe that or not,
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.74
you are influenced
by people around you.
00:29:35.77\00:29:38.17
And I made a pact
with the Lord years ago,
00:29:38.21\00:29:39.84
I said, "God, if
You're calling me to ministry,
00:29:39.87\00:29:42.61
I wanna preach the truth
that You have me to preach."
00:29:42.64\00:29:46.48
If that means preaching
a straight testimony that
00:29:46.51\00:29:48.88
sometimes is gonna step on toes,
00:29:48.92\00:29:50.99
that sometimes it's gonna cause
00:29:51.02\00:29:52.35
a shaking even
within my own heart
00:29:52.39\00:29:53.99
and mind, Lord,
allow me, encourage me,
00:29:54.02\00:29:56.96
fill me with the
spirit to speak that truth.
00:29:56.99\00:29:58.76
I wanna preach your
truth, but yet when you get
00:29:58.79\00:30:01.90
into the church
sometimes you find yourself
00:30:01.93\00:30:04.10
around certain influences.
00:30:04.13\00:30:05.80
I'm gonna use that
word, but, you know
00:30:05.83\00:30:07.34
what I'm talking
about certain ministers,
00:30:07.37\00:30:08.94
influential
ministers within the church
00:30:08.97\00:30:10.57
that sometimes will sugar-coat
or water down the message
00:30:10.61\00:30:13.78
just for the
reasons you just mentioned
00:30:13.81\00:30:15.78
because we're afraid
that it's gonna affect someone
00:30:15.81\00:30:18.71
or it's going to cause
someone to be angry with us
00:30:18.75\00:30:20.98
or it's going to somehow,
you know, divide the flock
00:30:21.02\00:30:23.82
or it's gonna
somehow run someone away.
00:30:23.85\00:30:25.69
At the end of the day,
God says, "Look, you know,
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.69
you preach the
truth and let Me deal
00:30:27.72\00:30:29.76
with the convicting, right?"
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.13
We're not supposed to
convict, we preach the truth.
00:30:31.16\00:30:33.66
And so that's why
there's such a division.
00:30:33.70\00:30:35.60
That's what we
see in Matthew 25,
00:30:35.63\00:30:37.10
with the ten virgins, but
also if you continue reading,
00:30:37.13\00:30:40.54
he goes down to the parable
of the sheep and the goats.
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.00
There's a reason why
we have a split between
00:30:43.04\00:30:45.21
the wheat and the tares
and the sheep and the goats,
00:30:45.24\00:30:47.34
because this
straight truth message
00:30:47.38\00:30:49.81
is a message of hope.
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.28
It's a message of love.
00:30:51.31\00:30:53.05
It's from a loving God
who wants to save your soul,
00:30:53.08\00:30:56.58
but in order for Him to do that,
00:30:56.62\00:30:57.95
sometimes He has to
reveal your ugly condition.
00:30:57.99\00:31:00.92
And you have to
be able to see that
00:31:00.96\00:31:02.72
ugly condition
before you can change.
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.79
And that's
Laodicea's problem ultimately.
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.90
They're like, "You
know what, we know Jesus.
00:31:06.93\00:31:08.96
We don't need any more truth.
00:31:09.00\00:31:10.33
We got the
truth. We're just fine.
00:31:10.37\00:31:12.23
We're good in our
traditional beliefs and things."
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.80
But at the end of
the day, Jesus says,
00:31:14.84\00:31:16.17
"You don't
realize you're miserable,
00:31:16.20\00:31:17.54
poor, blind,
wretched, and naked."
00:31:17.57\00:31:19.51
You're in a horrible
condition. Let me clean you up.
00:31:19.54\00:31:23.21
And that's where
the counsel comes in.
00:31:23.24\00:31:25.21
Yes. Why don't
we dive into that?
00:31:25.25\00:31:26.58
That's where the remedy comes.
This is where the remedy...
00:31:26.61\00:31:28.48
So the counsel now we'll
slow it down to verse 18.
00:31:28.52\00:31:32.69
Dakota, why don't you read
the first part of the counsel?
00:31:32.72\00:31:37.06
Because there's three
parts to this counsel,
00:31:37.09\00:31:39.39
but just the first part of
the counsel about the gold.
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.40
Let's read about this gold,
00:31:42.43\00:31:43.77
and then we're gonna
talk about what is this gold?
00:31:43.80\00:31:45.37
What does it mean for us today?
00:31:45.40\00:31:46.80
All right, it says,
00:31:46.84\00:31:48.17
"I counsel thee to buy of
me gold tried in the fire,
00:31:48.20\00:31:51.71
that thou mayest be rich."
00:31:51.74\00:31:54.21
So notice his first counsel.
00:31:54.24\00:31:56.14
He says so
here's your condition.
00:31:56.18\00:31:58.95
Now let me tell
you the solution.
00:31:58.98\00:32:00.72
"I counsel you to buy
from Me gold tried in the fire,
00:32:00.75\00:32:04.65
refined in the fire,
that you may be rich."
00:32:04.69\00:32:07.89
You think you're
rich, but you're poor,
00:32:07.92\00:32:09.59
but I wanna make you rich, okay?
00:32:09.62\00:32:11.33
And so, Dakota, what
are we talking about here?
00:32:11.36\00:32:13.29
What is this
gold? What is this gold?
00:32:13.33\00:32:14.66
What does it mean for us?
00:32:14.70\00:32:16.03
Well, I think it's
very clear that, you know,
00:32:16.06\00:32:17.77
these people
don't have the faith
00:32:17.80\00:32:19.73
to overcome the
sin in their life.
00:32:19.77\00:32:22.14
And so when we think about
what it takes to overcome sin,
00:32:22.17\00:32:25.04
we have to have
the faith of Jesus.
00:32:25.07\00:32:28.51
In Revelation we read that
00:32:28.54\00:32:30.48
God's last day people
will have the faith of Jesus.
00:32:30.51\00:32:33.55
Right. That's Revelation 14:12.
00:32:33.58\00:32:35.18
And that's
different than faith in Jesus
00:32:35.22\00:32:37.42
because the faith in Jesus
00:32:37.45\00:32:39.12
is putting your faith in
what God has done, right?
00:32:39.15\00:32:42.46
But the faith of Jesus,
that's a possessive faith.
00:32:42.49\00:32:45.93
Now you're
possessing the faith of Jesus.
00:32:45.96\00:32:48.46
And this is
what we need to have.
00:32:48.50\00:32:49.83
And then 1 Peter 1:7
makes this very clear.
00:32:49.86\00:32:53.57
It says, "That the
genuineness of your faith,
00:32:53.60\00:32:56.30
being much more precious
than gold that perishes,
00:32:56.34\00:32:59.87
though it tested by fire,
may be found to praise, honor,
00:32:59.91\00:33:03.18
and glory at the
revelation of Jesus Christ."
00:33:03.21\00:33:06.08
So if we allow the Word
of God to interpret itself.
00:33:06.11\00:33:08.12
That's right.
00:33:08.15\00:33:09.48
And I love that
scripture you just read,
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.85
1 Peter 1:7, tells us,
00:33:10.89\00:33:13.15
notice how it's
lacking genuineness
00:33:13.19\00:33:15.49
of faith unto
gold tried in the fire,
00:33:15.52\00:33:18.66
which is what we just read.
00:33:18.69\00:33:20.36
In the counsel, the
first part of the counsel
00:33:20.40\00:33:22.06
that Jesus just gave, He says,
00:33:22.10\00:33:23.73
"I counsel you to buy
from Me gold tried in fire."
00:33:23.77\00:33:26.10
Now we know this is symbolism,
00:33:26.13\00:33:27.54
we know this is
symbolic language.
00:33:27.57\00:33:28.90
Jesus isn't telling us that
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.27
He's got precious
heavenly gold bars up
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.27
there that He
wants to bestow upon us
00:33:32.31\00:33:34.01
to be rich in this
world and in a worldly sense.
00:33:34.04\00:33:36.48
He's talking
about faith of gold.
00:33:36.51\00:33:39.85
Gold tried in the fire...
00:33:39.88\00:33:41.25
Sister, let's talk
about this for a moment.
00:33:41.28\00:33:43.18
What is this
faith tried in the fire?
00:33:43.22\00:33:45.15
What is gold tried in the fire?
00:33:45.19\00:33:46.55
What does it mean to be refined?
00:33:46.59\00:33:47.92
What is he talking about here?
It's a testing of our faith.
00:33:47.96\00:33:50.49
Gold, buying gold
00:33:50.53\00:33:52.13
is you're actually buying faith,
00:33:52.16\00:33:53.50
you're buying love.
00:33:53.53\00:33:55.73
One quote here that I found
00:33:55.76\00:33:58.40
and this is
Early Writings as well,
00:33:58.43\00:34:00.34
it says, "The church
is not now the separate
00:34:00.37\00:34:03.74
and peculiar people she was
00:34:03.77\00:34:06.61
when the fires of persecution
were kindled against her."
00:34:06.64\00:34:10.88
You see, we're
seeing that happening
00:34:10.91\00:34:12.65
and we're seeing it on the
rise in our country right now.
00:34:12.68\00:34:16.45
We won't get into
that, but how are we?
00:34:16.48\00:34:18.69
Do we have that gold?
00:34:18.72\00:34:20.39
Are we in possession of that
00:34:20.42\00:34:21.76
or we will be
become more refined?
00:34:21.79\00:34:23.89
It says, "How is
the gold become dim!
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.43
How is the most
fine gold changed!"
00:34:26.46\00:34:30.30
It's changed because
we're mingling with air.
00:34:30.33\00:34:34.24
And so we got to stay true.
00:34:34.27\00:34:36.97
She goes on to say,
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.34
"That if we had
held on to that faith,
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.98
held on to that pure
love, that the Holy Spirit,
00:34:41.01\00:34:44.95
the five wise virgins,
our lamps would be full,
00:34:44.98\00:34:48.95
we would be still be
seeing those miracles
00:34:48.98\00:34:51.42
that the
disciples saw in their day."
00:34:51.45\00:34:53.92
We see bits and pieces.
00:34:53.96\00:34:55.32
Praise God, we
get little reflections
00:34:55.36\00:34:57.49
of heaven every now and
again, but it would have been
00:34:57.53\00:35:01.06
much more powerful God's people,
00:35:01.10\00:35:03.16
His church would have
been much more powerful,
00:35:03.20\00:35:05.93
but we have had it easy.
00:35:05.97\00:35:07.87
As I said earlier, you know,
00:35:07.90\00:35:10.17
religion is not
what it used to be.
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.84
To be a Christian is
kind of a cool thing.
00:35:11.87\00:35:14.11
And we're not being forced
at this moment to bow down
00:35:14.14\00:35:18.35
to someone else's faith.
00:35:18.38\00:35:19.95
You know, during the Dark
Ages if you didn't bow down,
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.92
you were considered a heretic.
00:35:22.95\00:35:24.69
So it was fine to kill you,
00:35:24.72\00:35:26.25
get rid of you
'cause you're a heretic.
00:35:26.29\00:35:27.82
It reminds me back
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.19
when abortion came on the scene,
00:35:29.22\00:35:30.56
you know, they
called babies as zygote.
00:35:30.59\00:35:32.59
It's just a zygote,
could be a frog, a turtle,
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.36
whatever, you
know, at this stage,
00:35:35.40\00:35:36.80
go ahead and get rid of it.
00:35:36.83\00:35:38.20
It's what we
term it. That's right.
00:35:38.23\00:35:40.47
And we're seeing
that in our government,
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.60
as you mentioned,
speaking as a dragon,
00:35:42.64\00:35:45.34
it's changing, it's
lining up with scripture,
00:35:45.37\00:35:49.41
but going back
to this, Jesus says,
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.65
"I know your works."
00:35:51.68\00:35:53.15
So He's identifying us
and I love it because it,
00:35:53.18\00:35:56.55
she also points out,
00:35:56.58\00:35:58.35
let me see if I can
find that real quick.
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.32
God leads His
people on step by step.
00:36:00.36\00:36:04.66
Where would we be
without His truth,
00:36:04.69\00:36:07.53
without His love,
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.16
without His
imparting His faith in us,
00:36:09.20\00:36:12.53
without that robe
of righteousness that
00:36:12.57\00:36:14.70
we hope for that
we're praying for.
00:36:14.74\00:36:17.51
It's a war we're in.
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.81
It's a war that we
can never get out of.
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.78
It's a daily war
between truth and error.
00:36:22.81\00:36:26.88
I just wanna say one
more thing if you don't mind,
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.52
while we're on this
topic before I forget.
00:36:28.55\00:36:30.42
No, go ahead,
man. This is powerful.
00:36:30.45\00:36:31.79
I just wanna
say this real quick.
00:36:31.82\00:36:33.36
So in Job 22, we
also see another,
00:36:33.39\00:36:36.79
I guess you could say
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.16
representation of
gold in scripture.
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.76
Check this out. Job 22:24-25.
00:36:39.79\00:36:42.76
It says, "Then you will lay
up your gold as in the dust."
00:36:42.80\00:36:47.87
So God saying,
"You're gonna take your gold,
00:36:47.90\00:36:50.01
all the things
that you find precious,
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.37
you're gonna
lay it in the dust."
00:36:51.41\00:36:53.01
Check this out and
notice what He says here.
00:36:53.04\00:36:55.08
He says, "Then you will
lay your gold in the dust,
00:36:55.11\00:36:56.95
and the gold of Ophir
among the stones of the brooks.
00:36:56.98\00:36:59.71
Yes, the
Almighty will be your gold
00:36:59.75\00:37:03.18
and your precious silver."
00:37:03.22\00:37:04.55
Oh, my, I like that.
00:37:04.59\00:37:05.92
So we see is that
God is saying now listen,
00:37:05.95\00:37:07.42
"I'm gonna be your gold.
00:37:07.46\00:37:08.79
I'm gonna be
what's precious to you."
00:37:08.82\00:37:10.16
But how do I? How
do we buy that gold?
00:37:10.19\00:37:12.69
Jesus does not abide
in a temple that has sin.
00:37:12.73\00:37:17.53
That's true. There you go.
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.00
In Ezekiel Chapter 8,
we see a sinful temple.
00:37:20.04\00:37:23.17
Jesus shows
Ezekiel dig into the wall
00:37:23.20\00:37:25.97
and you'll see all
the greater abominations
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.34
that do my temple.
00:37:27.38\00:37:28.71
In Ezekiel 11 we see
Jesus leaving His temple
00:37:28.74\00:37:31.35
with abominations
and a sin that happened.
00:37:31.38\00:37:33.18
So that being
said, Jesus is saying,
00:37:33.21\00:37:35.42
"Listen, you want to buy of Me?
00:37:35.45\00:37:37.72
How do you get me?
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.19
You purchase Me by
giving Me your sins,
00:37:39.22\00:37:42.79
giving Me your unrighteousness."
00:37:42.82\00:37:44.63
Jesus then will
come in and abide.
00:37:44.66\00:37:46.73
And this is where He's knocking.
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.10
Wow. Wow.
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.56
It's a free gift. We
have to invite Him in.
00:37:49.60\00:37:52.57
It's beautiful.
00:37:52.60\00:37:54.00
I love that
'cause you also said,
00:37:54.04\00:37:55.74
you know, well, you alluded
to because He is the Word.
00:37:55.77\00:37:59.97
He is the true witness.
He is the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:38:00.01\00:38:04.25
All these things come from
Him and how does that gold,
00:38:04.28\00:38:07.58
you know, become
cankered as it were,
00:38:07.62\00:38:09.68
it doesn't, it loses
its sheen it's because we,
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.45
the Laodiceans do
not accept the message
00:38:12.49\00:38:16.52
He's giving us
and we put it aside.
00:38:16.56\00:38:19.03
Oh, that's too hard.
00:38:19.06\00:38:20.76
Oh, you know, I'm not going
to this church 'cause there...
00:38:20.80\00:38:22.86
That exposes, you
know, a big discussion
00:38:22.90\00:38:26.03
it could be about the message
He's given to the church,
00:38:26.07\00:38:29.47
His last day church is whose
00:38:29.50\00:38:31.51
how many is
gonna really accept it.
00:38:31.54\00:38:32.94
Who's gonna be rejecting
it? You see, I heard fire.
00:38:32.97\00:38:36.34
Fire just, fire to me
represents Holy Spirit.
00:38:36.38\00:38:39.18
Holy Spirit has to be
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.58
in this message
that is given, right?
00:38:40.62\00:38:43.05
The convicts and
converts and you hear the truth
00:38:43.08\00:38:45.65
and maybe never heard it before.
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.09
All of a sudden you know,
00:38:47.12\00:38:48.59
you've had
something in your life.
00:38:48.62\00:38:49.96
Once you heard it,
you just know what it is.
00:38:49.99\00:38:51.53
You can't really prove it.
00:38:51.56\00:38:52.89
You can't get your
heads in the ground,
00:38:52.93\00:38:54.26
but you know that
it is, that it is.
00:38:54.30\00:38:55.66
Here you certainly you
can go to the Word of God.
00:38:55.70\00:38:57.73
But here the fire and the
gold, it gets rid of the what?
00:38:57.77\00:39:01.80
Dross or sin.
00:39:01.84\00:39:04.01
And it has to be
turned up seven times, right?
00:39:04.04\00:39:05.91
That's right.
00:39:05.94\00:39:07.28
Because sins got
to go from our life.
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.25
And we're gonna
have to be like Christ,
00:39:10.28\00:39:11.78
that's what
part of this message,
00:39:11.81\00:39:13.15
and then go on
other parts or whatever.
00:39:13.18\00:39:14.88
We're talking about
victorious Christian life.
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.35
And, you know, I look,
00:39:17.39\00:39:18.72
and I listen to
people sometimes and what?
00:39:18.75\00:39:21.52
Can I say burns me up sometimes,
00:39:21.56\00:39:23.46
burned me up, you
know, righteous indignation.
00:39:23.49\00:39:26.43
My uncle always said that
00:39:26.46\00:39:27.80
when he got a
little aggravated he said
00:39:27.83\00:39:29.16
there's a righteous indignation.
00:39:29.20\00:39:30.53
He said people who know
what they should be doing,
00:39:30.57\00:39:34.57
that mean we've all come
short of the glory of God,
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.41
but I've actually had
people in leadership tell me,
00:39:37.44\00:39:40.98
I wish that I could
preach the straight testimony.
00:39:41.01\00:39:44.65
They would hear the
message and say I wish,
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.25
they come personally
say I wish I could do that,
00:39:46.28\00:39:47.88
but I can't now because if I do,
00:39:47.92\00:39:51.02
I'm a couple of
years from retirement,
00:39:51.05\00:39:52.55
different things
like that so you can see,
00:39:52.59\00:39:54.52
but what's the
biggest grief for us
00:39:54.56\00:39:57.89
is for someone to say
I know what I should do.
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.20
You know, 'cause most
of, you just mentioned,
00:40:01.23\00:40:02.56
I think you
already mentioned here that
00:40:02.60\00:40:03.93
in this message Laodicea,
their soul is asleep that
00:40:03.97\00:40:07.90
they just don't know
what they're doing, you know.
00:40:07.94\00:40:10.31
But those who said,
00:40:10.34\00:40:11.87
I'm well in need of
nothing, but they said,
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.54
"I'm well, but I
can't do what you folks do
00:40:13.58\00:40:16.18
because I'm afraid it's
gonna cause some repercussions."
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.15
And it will. It cost, right?
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.48
To live this life, even though
the gospel is free, it costs.
00:40:22.52\00:40:25.25
It costs.
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.62
Now, someone else
mentioned come and buy.
00:40:26.65\00:40:29.79
I love that come and buy.
00:40:29.82\00:40:31.16
And what is in Isaiah 51,
00:40:31.19\00:40:32.63
it says you can
buy without money.
00:40:32.66\00:40:35.50
Poor man can buy this.
00:40:35.53\00:40:36.90
You don't have
to have any money.
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.27
You don't have to
have a penny, but it costs.
00:40:38.30\00:40:40.77
It cost you a change
of life and lifestyle,
00:40:40.80\00:40:44.31
the way you talk, the
way you act, what you do.
00:40:44.34\00:40:46.84
What's paramount in
your life, you know, Christ.
00:40:46.88\00:40:49.68
We're not gonna be talking
about all this other stuff
00:40:49.71\00:40:51.05
all the time.
00:40:51.08\00:40:52.41
If we do we say, "Hey,
how you doing, Brother?"
00:40:52.45\00:40:53.78
Pretty soon, ooh,
00:40:53.82\00:40:55.15
we're talking
about Jesus, right?
00:40:55.18\00:40:56.52
Pretty good way
and go right back
00:40:56.55\00:40:57.89
and you talk about Jesus.
00:40:57.92\00:40:59.25
So it demands the change
00:40:59.29\00:41:00.62
and just to change
your whole from inside out.
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.83
This is what this message,
this is what this study does.
00:41:03.86\00:41:06.33
Absolutely.
00:41:06.36\00:41:07.76
So the fires are not
necessarily a bad thing.
00:41:07.80\00:41:12.03
I wanted to make a point
00:41:12.07\00:41:13.77
because when he was
talking about the fires,
00:41:13.80\00:41:16.14
we have a choice. We
have a choice in everything.
00:41:16.17\00:41:18.07
God never forces us,
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.47
the devil forces
us, but God doesn't.
00:41:19.51\00:41:21.38
He calls us in love,
but we have a choice.
00:41:21.41\00:41:23.71
We can allow the
fires of tribulation
00:41:23.75\00:41:26.28
and all of this
study in this truth
00:41:26.31\00:41:29.42
to burn the dross
off here in our life.
00:41:29.45\00:41:34.82
Or we can hold on to the
dross and it'll be burned off
00:41:34.86\00:41:39.66
later for eternity.
00:41:39.69\00:41:42.96
If we hold on to it
one way or the other,
00:41:43.00\00:41:45.47
the dross is gonna go.
00:41:45.50\00:41:47.37
God is saying here.
This is my solution.
00:41:47.40\00:41:50.21
I'm gonna be with you
every step of the way.
00:41:50.24\00:41:52.81
I'm gonna strengthen you,
00:41:52.84\00:41:54.18
but you need to
buy this gold from Me
00:41:54.21\00:41:56.34
and it does mean
you're gonna be learning,
00:41:56.38\00:41:57.88
it does mean you're gonna be
00:41:57.91\00:41:59.35
brought to
trials and temptation.
00:41:59.38\00:42:01.28
It does mean you're gonna
have to stand for your faith.
00:42:01.32\00:42:03.72
Do we allow the dross to go now?
00:42:03.75\00:42:08.02
Or do we hold on it
and allow it to grow?
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.33
That's a beautiful point.
00:42:10.36\00:42:11.69
And the thing is many
people think in their life
00:42:11.73\00:42:13.70
when they're going
through fiery trials
00:42:13.73\00:42:15.70
and challenges in their life.
00:42:15.73\00:42:18.40
They think that it's a curse.
00:42:18.43\00:42:20.10
I'm cursed, but not necessarily.
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.70
You know, in order for
that gold to be purified,
00:42:22.74\00:42:26.07
it has to be put
into some intense heat.
00:42:26.11\00:42:28.61
What does James Chapter 1 say?
00:42:28.64\00:42:29.98
Count it all joy, when you fall
00:42:30.01\00:42:32.11
into various trials
for it builds patience,
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.78
the patience of
the saints, right?
00:42:34.82\00:42:37.35
What's Revelation we
just referenced it earlier?
00:42:37.39\00:42:39.52
Revelation 14:12,
00:42:39.55\00:42:40.89
talking about
that faith of gold.
00:42:40.92\00:42:42.39
Here is the
patience of the saints.
00:42:42.42\00:42:45.06
Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:42:45.09\00:42:47.36
and the faith of Jesus.
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.53
My friends, this
is powerful stuff.
00:42:49.56\00:42:51.47
We must have,
Jesus says I counsel you.
00:42:51.50\00:42:54.24
So buy from Me
gold tried in the fire.
00:42:54.27\00:42:57.01
He says, "Look, I'm
not gonna let you burn up.
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.01
I'm not gonna
let the fiery trials
00:42:59.04\00:43:00.44
in your life destroy you.
00:43:00.48\00:43:02.38
If you will hold on to
Me and hang on to My hand,
00:43:02.41\00:43:04.45
I'm gonna lead you through it."
00:43:04.48\00:43:05.81
Just as He led His servants
through that fiery furnace,
00:43:05.85\00:43:08.28
Brother, in the Book of Daniel.
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.68
It's powerful stuff, we
have to have that faith.
00:43:09.72\00:43:11.75
And, Ryan, you
and I've talked about
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.12
this so many times
how people in the church
00:43:13.15\00:43:15.69
sometimes they misunderstand
the gospel to where
00:43:15.72\00:43:18.13
they misunderstand
the faith of Jesus.
00:43:18.16\00:43:20.73
And what is this
talking about here when it says,
00:43:20.76\00:43:22.63
they keep the
commandments of God
00:43:22.66\00:43:24.00
and they have
the faith of Jesus.
00:43:24.03\00:43:25.37
It's talking
about victory over sin.
00:43:25.40\00:43:26.87
This is simply
what it's talking about.
00:43:26.90\00:43:28.57
This is really the message
of which we're about to go into.
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.67
And this is really
what sets apart the chaff
00:43:31.71\00:43:35.31
from the wheat
00:43:35.34\00:43:36.68
when you really
get down to the end.
00:43:36.71\00:43:38.65
Is that do you really believe
00:43:38.68\00:43:41.12
that your God is
bigger than your devil?
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.95
Come on. That's
right. I mean, come on.
00:43:43.99\00:43:46.32
I mean, really, it's really
what it really boils down to
00:43:46.35\00:43:48.62
because these people
00:43:48.66\00:43:49.99
that are in this
Laodicean mindset,
00:43:50.03\00:43:51.36
this lukewarm mindset,
00:43:51.39\00:43:52.73
they have adopted
this false gospel faith,
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.96
that they cannot
really overcome sin
00:43:55.00\00:43:57.03
as Jesus overcame sin,
so they become lukewarm,
00:43:57.07\00:43:59.90
they become complacent
in their walk with God
00:43:59.93\00:44:02.57
to where they no
longer have victory
00:44:02.60\00:44:04.11
and they feel like they
can never obtain the victory.
00:44:04.14\00:44:05.77
Which is why she
says the other group,
00:44:05.81\00:44:07.64
they were indifferent.
00:44:07.68\00:44:09.01
That's right.
They were indifferent.
00:44:09.04\00:44:10.38
That's right. The sower, right?
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.35
You've sow the seed,
and the tares came up.
00:44:12.38\00:44:15.58
And what the tares do? It
was choking out the wheat.
00:44:15.62\00:44:18.55
What happens is... Go ahead.
00:44:18.59\00:44:19.92
And the tares
stand tall and proud
00:44:19.95\00:44:23.32
because they have no
fruit that causes them to bow
00:44:23.36\00:44:26.06
in lowliness like the wheat.
00:44:26.09\00:44:28.33
Wow. Wow. That
may be good thought.
00:44:28.36\00:44:31.80
Yeah, would somebody
call the fire department?
00:44:31.83\00:44:34.47
This is good stuff. I'm
so blessed by this message.
00:44:34.50\00:44:36.81
We have about 12 minutes left
and I think we could do this.
00:44:36.84\00:44:40.51
And if not, it didn't
matter 'cause there's gonna be
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.01
a part 2 either way,
00:44:42.04\00:44:43.41
but notice the
second part of the counsel.
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.01
We're in verse 18,
so the first part was,
00:44:46.05\00:44:49.02
I counsel you to buy from
Me gold refined in the fire
00:44:49.05\00:44:51.52
that you may be rich,
00:44:51.55\00:44:52.99
but then there's a
second part of the counsel here,
00:44:53.02\00:44:54.49
notice, "In white garments,
that you may be clothed,
00:44:54.52\00:44:59.69
that the shame of your nakedness
00:44:59.73\00:45:02.30
may not be revealed."
00:45:02.33\00:45:05.83
What is he talking
about here? White garments.
00:45:05.87\00:45:08.74
We know the gold was symbolic...
00:45:08.77\00:45:10.47
It's talking about exactly
00:45:10.51\00:45:11.84
what your
brother just presented,
00:45:11.87\00:45:13.21
a spotless character.
00:45:13.24\00:45:14.58
And you said one thing.
00:45:14.61\00:45:15.94
A lot of people say that
they can't do it on their own.
00:45:15.98\00:45:18.51
I really can't. Nobody
can do it on their own.
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.72
The good news is
00:45:20.75\00:45:22.08
we don't have to
do it on our own.
00:45:22.12\00:45:23.92
By His grace, His
strength, His indwelling in us.
00:45:23.95\00:45:27.62
It's Him working in us
to produce that character.
00:45:27.66\00:45:31.36
Christ in us the hope of glory.
00:45:31.39\00:45:33.60
Yes, yes. This is so important.
00:45:33.63\00:45:35.63
There are four things
I've jotted down, again,
00:45:35.66\00:45:37.50
we'll have time
talk about even in next.
00:45:37.53\00:45:38.93
I thought so interesting
because I won't say all.
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.87
This all men, this is everybody.
00:45:41.90\00:45:43.91
You see, all men may obtain.
00:45:43.94\00:45:46.31
We're talking about the
robe of Christ righteousness.
00:45:46.34\00:45:48.71
I must have around.
00:45:48.74\00:45:50.18
And we know number one
00:45:50.21\00:45:51.55
I know would spend
much more time on it,
00:45:51.58\00:45:52.95
it's that robe of
righteousness, right?
00:45:52.98\00:45:55.02
Cannot be put on
anyone with unconfessed sin.
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.02
Sins have to be confessed.
00:45:58.05\00:45:59.45
We have to be right with God,
then that robe goes on with us.
00:45:59.49\00:46:02.39
All the redeemed
will wear this robe.
00:46:02.42\00:46:06.56
No one will enter the portals
of heaven without this robe on.
00:46:06.59\00:46:10.93
No one all men, to be
able to stand before God
00:46:10.97\00:46:15.50
we must have the robe
of Christ righteousness on.
00:46:15.54\00:46:18.11
So we must know the message
of righteousness by faith.
00:46:18.14\00:46:22.24
We got to know our Redeemer.
00:46:22.28\00:46:24.38
We got to know
this message well,
00:46:24.41\00:46:25.95
so that's why I think
the timing is just perfect
00:46:25.98\00:46:28.05
and right for us to be reminded
00:46:28.08\00:46:29.95
of what's been
there all these years.
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.19
And I really feel like
00:46:32.22\00:46:33.56
it's been covered
up for a long-time.
00:46:33.59\00:46:34.92
Not that I'm trying to criticize
00:46:34.96\00:46:36.29
or condemn anything, anybody.
00:46:36.32\00:46:37.66
That's not the issue,
00:46:37.69\00:46:39.03
but the issue is to
hit at home and say,
00:46:39.06\00:46:40.40
has it been
covered or has it not been?
00:46:40.43\00:46:41.76
I believe that it has been.
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.33
And this covers the
whole movement, right?
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.40
Because the devil can
have the truth so easily
00:46:46.43\00:46:49.40
and clearly exposed.
00:46:49.44\00:46:52.31
Because if the
truth was so easily
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.74
and clearly exposed
for everyone to see,
00:46:54.78\00:46:56.81
there'd be many conversions.
00:46:56.85\00:46:58.81
There would be many people
to see devil for who he is.
00:46:58.85\00:47:01.52
That's why, you know,
Jesus warns us so many times,
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.09
we brought it
down in the beginning
00:47:04.12\00:47:05.45
of the program, be
not deceived, be not,
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.66
how many times I'd love to know
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.02
how many times He
says be not deceived,
00:47:09.06\00:47:11.39
but the devil is a deceiver.
00:47:11.43\00:47:13.36
He is a liar. He's a
twister of the truth.
00:47:13.40\00:47:16.83
And I mean, think about
it a third of the angels.
00:47:16.87\00:47:19.00
We have no idea how
many angels were a third,
00:47:19.03\00:47:22.74
but they believed him.
00:47:22.77\00:47:24.14
He was able to present
himself so well to them
00:47:24.17\00:47:28.38
as a beacon of
light as that archangel,
00:47:28.41\00:47:32.15
that they followed him.
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.28
And so that's what he
does now, he's deceiving us,
00:47:34.32\00:47:37.12
he's taking the truth.
00:47:37.15\00:47:38.65
He doesn't care anymore.
00:47:38.69\00:47:40.72
He tried to
stamp out the church.
00:47:40.76\00:47:42.79
When he couldn't
stamp out the church,
00:47:42.82\00:47:44.33
what did he do?
00:47:44.36\00:47:45.69
He joined the church.
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.13
We're told, you
bring up, you know,
00:47:47.16\00:47:48.80
thy way O God is
through the sanctuary.
00:47:48.83\00:47:50.57
We're told that a
lot of God's people
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.73
stayed in the holy place.
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.50
They didn't follow
Christ into the Most Holy Place.
00:47:54.54\00:47:57.11
So where is the devil?
00:47:57.14\00:47:58.81
He's answering those
prayers from the holy place.
00:47:58.84\00:48:01.24
It says light went out
from him because they didn't see
00:48:01.28\00:48:04.45
Jesus transition
as Mrs. White says
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.41
from the holy place
to the Most Holy Place.
00:48:06.45\00:48:08.05
Why is that? Why
didn't they see Jesus?
00:48:08.08\00:48:10.49
Here's where I think
most people's mistakes are.
00:48:10.52\00:48:12.95
It's because we are
not focused on Jesus.
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.69
We do not have a vertical
view, we have a horizontal view.
00:48:15.72\00:48:20.26
We're focusing so much on
what everyone else is doing.
00:48:20.30\00:48:22.76
And the sins of
our brother over here,
00:48:22.80\00:48:24.23
the sins of our
sister over here,
00:48:24.27\00:48:25.60
the sins of this ministry,
or the problems of this,
00:48:25.63\00:48:28.04
all the
situations if we would just,
00:48:28.07\00:48:29.40
but look unto Jesus,
00:48:29.44\00:48:31.54
we wouldn't be like
that indifferent crowd
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.68
that is in the holy
place, and not looking to Him,
00:48:33.71\00:48:36.64
and then when they look
back, it's Satan and not Jesus.
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.65
If we focused on
Jesus at all times,
00:48:39.68\00:48:42.12
we would never lose sight of Him
00:48:42.15\00:48:43.59
and we will follow Him
whether so wherever He goes.
00:48:43.62\00:48:45.35
Wow. Wow.
00:48:45.39\00:48:46.72
And I just wanna
be clear on this also
00:48:46.76\00:48:48.62
'cause that was
powerful what you just said,
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.49
but we also wanna be very clear,
00:48:50.53\00:48:51.86
we're not saying
that you should not have
00:48:51.89\00:48:53.23
a holy place experience.
00:48:53.26\00:48:54.60
Every Christian should
have a courtyard experience,
00:48:54.63\00:48:57.67
a holy place experience
00:48:57.70\00:48:59.03
and a Most Holy
Place experience.
00:48:59.07\00:49:00.47
That's the goal, right?
00:49:00.50\00:49:01.97
We're trying to advance
to be with Jesus, right?
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.74
We wanna be in
His very presence.
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.27
And where is the
presence of Jesus found?
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.54
In the Most Holy Place.
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.21
And so we must have
that courtyard experience,
00:49:10.25\00:49:12.68
we must have that
holy place experience,
00:49:12.71\00:49:15.52
but here in these last days,
00:49:15.55\00:49:16.89
get this, Laodicea, do
you know what it means?
00:49:16.92\00:49:19.35
Laodicea means
the actual meaning
00:49:19.39\00:49:21.56
of its name Laodicea,
it means a people judged.
00:49:21.59\00:49:24.09
A people judged.
00:49:24.13\00:49:25.46
Are we living in a
judgment time period?
00:49:25.49\00:49:26.83
Yes, we are.
00:49:26.86\00:49:28.20
We're living in an
anti-typical day of atonement.
00:49:28.23\00:49:30.47
We're living in a
judgment time period.
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.33
And as Brother Kenny brought
out so beautifully earlier,
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.47
you're not getting in
there without a garment.
00:49:35.50\00:49:37.87
You may get an
invitation to the wedding,
00:49:37.91\00:49:40.54
but don't think for one moment
that you're gonna get into
00:49:40.58\00:49:42.74
that wedding
without a garment, right?
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.08
And that's in
Scripture. And I mean...
00:49:45.11\00:49:46.45
It is in Scripture.
00:49:46.48\00:49:47.82
Yeah, Jesus told
the whole parable.
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.18
He's that garment on or what?
00:49:49.22\00:49:50.55
I mean, just people
say well, you're just...
00:49:50.59\00:49:51.92
Matthew 22. Right.
00:49:51.95\00:49:53.29
In scripture,
you had garment on,
00:49:53.32\00:49:54.66
you didn't get in.
00:49:54.69\00:49:56.02
That's right. The
door's gonna be closed.
00:49:56.06\00:49:57.39
I love this right here.
00:49:57.43\00:49:58.76
We're talking about
what are these represent?
00:49:58.79\00:50:00.30
Obviously there's
some symbolism here,
00:50:00.33\00:50:01.70
but we don't have it,
00:50:01.73\00:50:03.06
God is not the
author of confusion.
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.43
The Bible makes
it very clear that
00:50:04.47\00:50:05.80
we can trust in
what He says, right?
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.57
We let the Bible
interpret itself,
00:50:07.60\00:50:09.34
we will find the answers.
00:50:09.37\00:50:10.71
So get this, Isaiah
61:10, talking about
00:50:10.74\00:50:13.11
these white garments.
00:50:13.14\00:50:14.48
What is Jesus
saying when He says,
00:50:14.51\00:50:15.84
I counsel you to
buy from Me gold,
00:50:15.88\00:50:17.21
we know that
that's faith of gold,
00:50:17.25\00:50:18.58
true genuine
Christ like faith, right?
00:50:18.61\00:50:21.15
But then the second one,
I want you to buy from Me
00:50:21.18\00:50:23.28
white garments
that you may be clothed,
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.05
that the shame of your nakedness
00:50:25.09\00:50:26.42
may not be revealed.
00:50:26.45\00:50:27.79
Isaiah 61:10,
we can unpack this.
00:50:27.82\00:50:31.09
Isaiah 61:10 says this,
00:50:31.13\00:50:33.26
"I will greatly
rejoice in the Lord,
00:50:33.29\00:50:35.90
my soul shall be
joyful in my God,
00:50:35.93\00:50:39.63
for He has clothed me
00:50:39.67\00:50:43.17
with the garments of salvation."
00:50:43.20\00:50:44.97
But he's gonna dial it in
here. Notice, "He has covered me
00:50:45.01\00:50:49.04
with the robe of righteousness."
00:50:49.08\00:50:52.55
And whose righteousness
are we talking about?
00:50:52.58\00:50:55.45
He's gonna clothed me,
not my righteousness...
00:50:55.48\00:50:57.99
What does the Bible
say about my righteousness?
00:50:58.02\00:50:59.72
Filthy rags. Filthy rags, right?
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.62
And, you know,
lot of the problem
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.09
of Laodicea's problem
00:51:03.12\00:51:04.63
is they think they're clothed
when really they're naked
00:51:04.66\00:51:07.36
because they've put
their own twigs on them.
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.23
And I can't help, but go back
00:51:09.26\00:51:10.70
to the first experience of this.
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.77
Adam and Eve, right?
00:51:12.80\00:51:14.34
They sinned, we know the story,
00:51:14.37\00:51:15.70
they sinned, to
make it real short
00:51:15.74\00:51:17.07
because I know we got
time, a little time left.
00:51:17.11\00:51:19.34
They sinned, and then
how did they try to solve
00:51:19.37\00:51:21.61
their sin problem,
their nakedness problem?
00:51:21.64\00:51:24.88
They grabbed fig
leaves and a lot...
00:51:24.91\00:51:26.31
We're gonna take
care of this, right?
00:51:26.35\00:51:28.22
That's our works
approach to salvation.
00:51:28.25\00:51:30.62
We're gonna cover our own sins,
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.15
we're gonna
cover our own mistakes,
00:51:32.19\00:51:33.82
but even though we cover them,
God still sees us as naked.
00:51:33.86\00:51:36.86
That's right. Right?
00:51:36.89\00:51:38.23
And so what did Jesus
do? You read in Genesis 3:21.
00:51:38.26\00:51:40.73
He took their
fig leaves from them
00:51:40.76\00:51:42.20
and He gave them
animal skins the Bible says.
00:51:42.23\00:51:46.60
Revelation 13:8 calls
Jesus the Lamb that was slain
00:51:46.63\00:51:49.87
from the
foundation of the world.
00:51:49.90\00:51:52.71
So why didn't Adam
and Eve died that day?
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.24
It was because a lamb
died that day for them,
00:51:54.28\00:51:56.48
and the skin of the lamb
was covering their nakedness.
00:51:56.51\00:52:00.42
And so this is what this
message is talking about.
00:52:00.45\00:52:02.15
Oh, this is powerful stuff.
00:52:02.18\00:52:03.59
That's one thing I wanted
00:52:03.62\00:52:04.95
to point out a
little bit earlier be
00:52:04.99\00:52:06.45
and it fits right
here because that,
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"White raiment, which
is a spotless character
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made pure in the blood
of their dear Redeemer."
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You see if sin, we're okay.
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And we could just go in
holding on to all this stuff
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that we called dross
a little bit earlier.
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All of heaven would
not have been emptied,
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but because our
God loves us so much,
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He emptied all of
heaven, in a Redeemer,
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a Sustainer.
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And it's because of His blood,
you know, the sheep, the lambs,
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they led up, they
pointed to Christ,
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the Lamb of God,
but it's His blood
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that we have to be washed
in and will cover our sins.
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He paid that price for
us, so we don't have to pay.
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You know what the Lord says
is quickly like it, you know,
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conversion is so important
that we convert it in Christ
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and mine just came through
just in just a few seconds.
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We're going
through some other time.
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Just quickly where
mine came through a dream.
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The Lord gave me
a dream in my life.
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And so when you talk
about He sees our nakedness,
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we think we're
clothed, we think it's all okay,
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but, you know,
when He came to me
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in the dream, He called my name.
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He said, Kenny, He
knew me personally.
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All He had to do was to say,
00:53:26.17\00:53:27.67
Kenny, I knew He
knew everything about me.
00:53:27.70\00:53:33.58
Everything I've ever
done, everything I've ever said,
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there was no trying to plea.
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There was no make excuses.
I stood naked before Him.
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I needed to be clothed in
His righteousness on my own.
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So that was the first part of it
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that really got my
attention, Kenny, I know you.
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But I didn't
see it as rejection.
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I see it as, I
wanna help you. He did.
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It changed my whole life. Yeah.
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Isn't that
beautiful? Praise God.
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That's amazing. He
says, "I wanna clothe you.
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You're naked."
So I wanna cloth...
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We live in a world today where,
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and I'm just gonna
say that's very clear.
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We live in a world today
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they wanna see
people more naked.
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We live in a world today
where nakedness is revered,
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but in the kingdom of God,
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spiritually speaking
now, on a spiritual level,
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we know that God
wants us to be clothed,
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and not just by anything.
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He says, "I've got a
special robe for you."
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I got a special robe
for you. And guess what?
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You're not gonna make
it. It's not your robe.
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It's not your righteousness.
It's My righteousness.
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And it's, and Dakota said
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something
earlier that's beautiful.
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And I just wanna reemphasize it.
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How do we get that robe?
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How do we get that robe?
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Is it by our own works?
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There are so many
people in the church today
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that are
struggling in their walk
00:54:58.19\00:55:00.13
because they don't
understand the foundation of
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what it means to
be saved by grace.
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What it means to be
truly saved by grace?
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We know that we are saved
by grace through faith indeed,
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not of works,
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but yet we go to the other
end of the spectrum and say,
00:55:13.81\00:55:16.51
"Wait a second, but
works are important too."
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And they are.
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But you have people that
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they're on opposite
ends of the spectrum.
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You got one group
down here that says,
00:55:22.38\00:55:23.92
"Grace, Grace, Grace,
Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace."
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As much as I Sin,
Sin, Sin, Sin, Sin,
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God just gonna keep pouring out
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all a big old
pile of grace on me.
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And they take the
grace of God for grant.
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There's nothing,
I've heard Christian said,
00:55:35.00\00:55:36.50
"There's nothing I can do
00:55:36.53\00:55:37.87
that separates me
from the love of God."
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And they misuse
and abuse that truth
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and almost provide themselves
with a free ticket to sin.
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Then you have on the
opposite end of the spectrum,
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people who are living
miserable Christian lives
00:55:48.28\00:55:51.25
because they can't
accept the true loving
00:55:51.28\00:55:53.52
wonderful grace of
God and the salvation that
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God wants to have for them.
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And they think
that you know what?
00:55:57.02\00:55:58.35
You know, it's
grace plus something else.
00:55:58.39\00:56:00.16
You know, God, you
know, He saved me by grace,
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but there's got to be
something I got to do, right?
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There's got to
be something else.
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And so on the
opposite end of the spectrum
00:56:06.09\00:56:07.90
we've got people
that are working, working,
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working, working, working.
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They can never be good enough.
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And they're
working their way to heaven
00:56:13.00\00:56:15.07
and trying to as
Dakota brought out
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putting on their own fig leaves.
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This has been a powerful study.
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Really quick we had
about a minute closing remark,
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and then I'm gonna tie this up.
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We got another part coming.
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Oh, I'd love to remark on
that, but a closing remark.
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Let me give you
a closing remark.
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God brought these witnesses
00:56:31.95\00:56:33.29
into covenant
relationship with Himself,
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uniting the church on
earth with the church in heaven.
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That's what we want,
the atmosphere of heaven,
00:56:38.96\00:56:40.86
we wanna be part of that.
00:56:40.90\00:56:42.23
He sent forth His angels.
00:56:42.26\00:56:44.10
We didn't talk
about those angels
00:56:44.13\00:56:45.47
that come to minister
00:56:45.50\00:56:46.84
to His church to help to save us
00:56:46.87\00:56:49.14
and the gates of
hell have not been able to
00:56:49.17\00:56:53.17
prevail against His people.
00:56:53.21\00:56:55.21
The gates of hell will not
prevail against His people.
00:56:55.24\00:56:58.71
We're on the winning
side no matter how dark
00:56:58.75\00:57:01.58
and no matter how deep
00:57:01.62\00:57:02.98
and everybody sees
we're on the winning side.
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Praise the Lord.
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Hey, guess what, folks,
we've almost run out of time.
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Thank you, Sister.
Thank you, Brother.
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Thank you, Brother.
00:57:10.16\00:57:11.49
It's been a blessing to have
you join us during this study.
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Hey, we're not
through. This is part 1.
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We're gonna come back for
"A Call to Anguish: Part 2."
00:57:15.83\00:57:18.57
We're gonna dive probably back
into this robe of righteousness
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as well as this
anointing our eyes
00:57:21.60\00:57:24.94
so that we may spiritually see.
00:57:24.97\00:57:26.54
We thank you so
much for joining us.
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God bless you all.
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Join us next time right
here on 3ABN Family Worship.
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Have a good day. Amen.
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