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 word
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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 a
great big hearty welcome
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to each and every one of you.
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We're so glad you
joined us 3ABN Family Worship.
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We're excited today, I
believe the Spirit of God,
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we've been praying about it
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would be with us and
help us in this study.
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And I really believe the spirit
is going to be with us today.
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Because, you know, spirit,
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Holy Spirit will
lead us into all truth.
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Amen.
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So we're going to be
studying the Word of God.
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And again, this
is the fourth part.
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I always said, you
know, we're a little bit slow,
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we're all slow.
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But hey, we want
to make sure we learn,
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we're learning as we go.
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You can cover a
lot of territory.
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I mean, you can just
go through it, boom, boom,
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but I always said, you know,
as my brain slow like it is.
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I need to take
my time. All right.
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Read the passages.
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Let the Holy Spirit speak.
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And then hopefully you got it.
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And so, anyway,
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that's kind of
what we're doing here.
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And the title
is, "Are You Ready?"
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And so, to me, that's
just the big question.
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Are you ready? Are
you ready for what?
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Well, we've been
looking at the studies.
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And again, we
had five questions,
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I believe when we started.
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And we answered the first three,
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took us a program
for each question.
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And now we're on number four.
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And we're going to
be talking about...
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Well, let's go
back and say number one,
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we talked about today
is the day of salvation.
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Right. Yes.
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That's very
simple but yet it is,
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some are going to
make decisions today.
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I believe it's
going to be countless
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that's going to
make their decision
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for Christ today.
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We talked about preparation,
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and we hear that all the time
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but I can't hear it enough
because it just reminds me,
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I need to be prepared
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as we see these things
happening in the world today.
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And then we talked
about, being a beacon of truth.
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Each one of us is a
witness for Jesus Christ,
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and we are to be that witness.
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And, you know, I can
remember that lesson,
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we just got all
excited about it,
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we're gonna witness
for Jesus, being a beacon,
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let that light shine, you know.
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So people don't run into
as a, you know, like an ocean
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when they're
traveling about and sailing.
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Right.
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Thank God for
the lighthouse. Amen.
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And then we're gonna
be talking about today.
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To me without spot or wrinkle,
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we're talking about
righteousness by faith, really.
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And we get down to
this, it's our lesson today.
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So anyway, we
pray that you're ready,
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pencil, paper, get
everything all ready.
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And we're just going to
get right into this study.
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And, of course,
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we want to
introduce those who are here.
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And, you know, we
can't thank people enough,
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say thank you for coming.
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Some of you might
realize, maybe you don't,
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it takes a lot of
time and preparation,
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which is all good
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because we
study the Word of God.
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But it takes time out
of people's busy schedules.
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And that's okay, too.
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But you have to make
time when you're offered this.
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And so,
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but we're going to
introduce the panel.
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And Sweetie,
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I'm going to
introduce you first,
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my lovely wife, Christine.
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I'm glad you're
here with me today.
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And anytime I run
into a real challenge,
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I look over her
and say, Christine...
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And she can respond
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and after she responds
for five or ten minutes
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and I say, hey, Christine.
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So we get...
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Praise God for He's
got us together both now.
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Why don't you have the privilege
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of introducing
our guests for today?
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Oh, I would
love too. Absolutely.
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I'm gonna start over here
with my precious sister-in-law,
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Yvonne Shelton
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and she is also my
neighbor and friend
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and I don't know
you could just give,
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we could write a book
on everything that she is.
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She's such a
precious, precious person.
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What you see on TV
is really who she is.
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And it's in front of the camera,
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behind the
camera, it is the same,
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you just seek Jesus
exuding from her heart.
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And we appreciate her very much.
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And right next to
her is a miracle son,
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our nephew, Jason Bradley.
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I tell you what,
sometimes I get jealous
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because of Jason
because I want to see,
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I want to see
what happened to Jason
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happened in every
one of my children.
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I want to see what
happened in Jason's heart
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to have in my
grandchildren's heart.
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So we're so thankful
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that the Lord has
called you, Jason,
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you're doing a
mighty work for Him
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and we just
continue to see you grow.
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Amen.
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As and I can, I
can kind of segue
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seeing people grow over
here to the Sons of Thunder.
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The Day boys, Dakota and Ryan.
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I call them evangelists.
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I hope it's okay to say you
guys came to Behold the Lamb
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and we put on the
bulletin evangelists,
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because that's
what they're doing,
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whether it's on
camera, in the church,
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wherever they travel,
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they are evangelists
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And I don't know if I
said this on air before
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but somebody had been watching
the 3ABN worship services,
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and they saw Pastor Kenny,
then they saw Ryan come on,
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they said, you two
are the Sons of Thunder.
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And then we came here
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and I started
hearing Dakota speaking again
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and I said, well,
they're the Sons of Thunder.
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Then he got jealous.
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We're one in the bus, man.
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That's what I said before.
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Is this time for say, Christine?
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Is this time to say that?
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Well, let me
say, we're gonna edit,
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we're gonna edit
the Sons of Thunder.
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We're gonna make
it three, you know.
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And if Danny was here, we
would have to make it four.
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Actually Jay's here, we
may need to make it five.
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I didn't say.
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But really you guys...
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She makes a lot of
thunder sometimes too
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'cause she loves Jesus.
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All right. But you know what?
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I do appreciate it,
they brought me to tears
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when they were at the
church, because I just realized,
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you know, we were
talking before we came on air
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how old we are,
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even though you didn't
know exactly how old we are.
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But you know,
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when I see what God is
doing in all these young people,
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I realized they're the ones
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that are gonna
wrap this world up.
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Amen. Good.
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God is calling men and women.
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Thank you.
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And I can see it happening
'cause there was a time,
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Sister Yvonne, I thought,
who's gonna carry this forward
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because it just seemed like
there wasn't any bright light.
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And now I am
experiencing bright lights
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by the grace of God.
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I see it, I feel
it, and I believe it
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and we need to keep
praying one for another.
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Amen. Amen.
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Awesome. Thank you so much.
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And may I add that
today's a very special day
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for you guys, today
is your anniversary.
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Yes.
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Amen.
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All of you who are watching
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continue to pray for
this wonderful couple...
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Oh, thank you. Thank you.
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That the Lord will
continue to guide them.
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Amen. Yeah.
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I appreciate that. Yes.
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And we'll say the same thing,
we noticed people always say,
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well, how long has it been?
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And I just said,
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no matter how many years I
have with her in this life,
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it's not enough.
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Aw. It's not enough.
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I'm writing that
down, that's huge.
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It works.
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But that's the
truthful. Absolutely. Thank you.
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That's sweet of you. Amen.
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Okay, honey, we're gonna do,
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I think maybe we
want to have a song
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and then we'll have prayer.
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Okay.
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Okay, would be
good time for that.
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And, Brother Ryan,
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we just have to turn it
over to you because I love,
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I love this song you've taught,
you've taught us this song.
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This song and I think
I've told it a couple times
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when we were at AFCO,
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The Amazing Facts
Center of Evangelism
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back in 2013.
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This seemed to be
one of our theme songs
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that we had a few picked
out that we sang as a class
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and it was just such a blessing.
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I've never heard this before.
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So I learned it
then, I sing it often
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and then when I brought it here,
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some of you had
never heard of it.
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So, it's actually in the hymnal,
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I forget which number it
is now but it's entitled,
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"O when shall I see Jesus."
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And it's kind of
got like a little bit
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of a marching
battle cry type, you know.
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Yeah.
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It's perfect 'cause
we're in that battle,
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battle's becoming
more and more fierce,
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so I just think this
is a perfect theme song.
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Are you ready? Amen.
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And we're gonna
do it a cappella.
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And that's just fine.
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So Miss Yvonne, get a key here.
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O, when shall I see Jesus
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And reign with Him above
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And shall hear The trumpet sound
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In that morning?
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And from the flowing
fountain Drink everlasting love
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And shall hear The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount Above the skies
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When I hear The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Gird On the
gospel armor of faith
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And hope and love
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And you'll hear
The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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And when the combat's ended
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He'll carry you above
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And you'll hear
The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount Above the skies
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When I hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Our ears shall
hear With gladness
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The host of heaven sing
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And shall hear The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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Our tongues
shall speak The glories
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Of our immortal King
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And shall hear The trumpet sound
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In that morning
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount Above the skies
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When I hear the trumpet sound
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In that morning.
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Hallelujah. Glory.
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Hallelujah.
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Beautiful song.
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I just don't tire of that song.
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Oh, beautiful.
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Oh, but we need to go on
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and we need to go
to the Lord in prayer.
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Amen. That's good.
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Because you know
what, I want to hear
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that trumpet sound.
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I want to see,
when shall I see Jesus
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and that trumpet sounds
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and the dead in
Christ rise first,
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we which alive remain
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and be caught up to
meet Him in the air.
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Oh, what a glorious time. Yes.
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That's one of the reason
we're sitting around the table
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studying the Word of God
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because we want to be
ready as our title is.
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Are you ready?
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Right.
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Brother Dakota, how about you,
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would you offer a prayer for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our Father in heaven, Lord,
we want to thank You so much
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this morning, Lord,
for giving us Your Spirit.
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And we ask that Your Spirit
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will continue to
lead and guide us
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as we study Your Word.
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Amen.
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We thank You for Your Word,
Lord, because of Your Word,
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we can be ready.
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Amen.
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And You've given us so
much truth in Your Word,
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so much revelations
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of Your majesty
and Your character.
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And today, Lord,
as we study this,
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and, as we, Lord,
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really try to get
a better revelation
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of how
ourselves should be ready,
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that You would
help also those viewers
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that are watching
to prepare their hearts
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to be ready as well.
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We thank You so much for
loving us unconditionally.
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And we ask You this in
Jesus' holy precious name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, as we mentioned,
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we'll be getting on
question number four.
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And I'm going to
read that question
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and then we can start
in discussing and seeing
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what the Bible has to
say in the Spirit of Prophecy
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on this subject.
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So read the question,
just simply number four.
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How may we
obtain a wedding garment
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without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing?
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To me, that is quite
a question number one,
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do we need a wedding garment.
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Number two, what is
the wedding garment?
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Can I make it to
heaven without one on?
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You know, love
Jesus and just go?
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Or is there something
about having this garment
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that is without spot or wrinkle?
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Are we talking victory over sin?
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Are we talking, you
know, righteousness by faith?
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Are we talking
about all these subjects?
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I think maybe we
are combined together.
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So who'd like
to start with that?
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Who'd like to start
with question number four?
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I'll jump in. Just jump.
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Oh, I love it. Good.
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Let me dive in. All right.
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If you open your
Bibles to Ephesians Chapter 5.
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We'll start
looking at verses 1 and 2.
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First we have to, we
have to walk in love.
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So, 5:1 says,
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"Therefore be imitators
of God as dear children."
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Verse 2,
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"And walk in love as
Christ also has loved us
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and given Himself for us
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an offering and
a sacrifice to God
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for a sweet smelling aroma."
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Then we look at
how to walk in light.
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So, then we go down to verse 8.
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"For you were once darkness,
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but now you are
light in the Lord,
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walk as children of light."
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And verse 9, "For
the fruit of the Spirit
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is an all goodness
righteousness and truth.
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Finding out what is
acceptable to the Lord.
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Then we walk in wisdom."
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Verse 17,
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"Therefore do not be unwise,
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but understand what
the will of the Lord is."
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Now, where does
wisdom come from?
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You can turn to Proverbs 1:7.
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Get over there
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to Proverbs 1:7.
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Wow, these chapters go by fast.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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"The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of knowledge
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but fools despise
wisdom and instruction."
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And then when you
look at 2:6, it says,
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"For the Lord gives wisdom
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from His mouth come
knowledge and understanding."
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Yes. Amen.
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So, when you think about Christ
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and the bride as
being the church,
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Christ already
went to prepare the way,
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He's paid it all for us
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and He's coming
back to receive us,
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a purified bride.
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So, when you think
about a wedding ceremony,
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and you see,
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you know, you have the husband
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that walks down the aisle first.
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And then the
husband standing up there
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waiting on his bride,
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and she's coming
and she's walking around
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with all her splendor.
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I don't know when I get married
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I might not be able
to wait at the front,
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I might just have to
say, all right, I do.
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Come on, come on down.
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Now, but you know,
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He's waiting up
there to receive us.
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So really how do we
obtain a wedding garment
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without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing?
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We have to surrender
holy, fully 100% to Christ,
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and allow Him to work on
us, in us and through us.
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Then we will be
able to obtain that
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because it's
only through Christ.
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Perfect. Perfect.
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Oh, man, that
just, it opens it up.
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Brother Ryan, I know you
were getting ready to jump.
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This is exciting,
isn't it? Yeah, it is.
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And that's a loaded
question. Yes, it is.
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You asked
several questions there.
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But one of those questions
were, what is the garment?
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Yeah.
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We know this is
talking about symbolism.
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We know that a woman in
Bible prophecy represents,
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you know, God's church.
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I love the
parable that Jesus tells
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about how Christ is
the bridegroom, right?
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And He's
returning for His bride,
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the church, right?
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It's clear, very clear.
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But what does that garment?
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Isaiah 61:10.
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I think it makes
it very clear for us.
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Isaiah 61:10.
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Notice what the Bible says here.
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It says,
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"I will greatly
rejoice in the Lord.
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My soul shall be
joyful in my God.
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For He has," notice this.
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Who has?
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He. He has.
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What's that?
What's our garments?
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He.
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What's our
righteousness? Filthy rags.
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So notice, we
can't wear our own,
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I'm trying to
get ahead of myself.
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I just want to
emphasize, it says,
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he has covered me with
the robe of righteousness.
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Notice that and then he confirms
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and as a bride adorns
herself with jewels, okay?
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Excuse me, I missed that,
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He has covered me
with the robe of righteous
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as a bride decks
himself with ornaments
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and as the bride
adorns herself with jewels.
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So, this is a
robe of righteousness,
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that this white garment
is a robe of righteousness.
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So, the white garments
represent righteousness
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and we know that it's
not our righteousness,
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it's His righteousness.
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Amen.
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You know, and
righteousness comes by...
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Faith. Faith.
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And faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the
word of God, right?
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Absolutely.
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In fact, I made some notes here.
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You know, it's
what we're talking
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about here essentially
is as we grow closer to God,
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and I love what you
brought up, brother,
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about, you know, all
the love and the wisdom
00:17:15.23\00:17:17.00
and we have to approach this
as we grow closer to the Lord,
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by beholding, as we've
heard, we become changed.
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That's right.
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And we're going to talk a
little bit more about this
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in just a moment,
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maybe in question five
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if we get there, we'll just say.
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All right.
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But as we behold
Christ as Moses...
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Jesus said in John Chapter 3,
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as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness,
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so shall also the
Son of Man be lifted up.
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Amen.
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What's saying, I bring this out,
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I brought this out a
few times in a few programs
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and I like to emphasize it,
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because Ellen White says
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that in no other
place in Scripture
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is salvation made more
clear than in the conversation
00:17:51.17\00:17:54.30
that Jesus had with
Nicodemus in John Chapter 3.
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That's right. That's true.
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When you read
that chapter, you know,
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Jesus quickly makes
it a spiritual thing.
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Yes.
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You know, Nicodemus
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being the
spiritual rabbi, the leader,
00:18:03.71\00:18:05.41
the teacher of
Israel that he was,
00:18:05.45\00:18:06.98
he was a very literal thinker.
00:18:07.02\00:18:08.38
And so, when Jesus
says you must be born again,
00:18:08.42\00:18:10.05
what was his response?
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What?
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I got to go get
back in my mother's womb.
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What are you
talking about, brother?
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Jesus is like, no,
no, no, no, no, no,
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it's a spiritual thing, right?
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You know, look at the trees,
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you know, you can't
really see the wind,
00:18:20.96\00:18:22.33
but you can see
the wind's effect
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as it blows and you can feel it.
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Well, the same thing
kind of comes and goes,
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the same thing
with the Holy Spirit.
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So how can we hurry the
work of the Holy Spirit, right?
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Because He says He clothed me
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with the
garments of righteousness.
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So, it's not my work.
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Well, Lord, if it's
Your work and not my own,
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then how can I make sure
00:18:40.32\00:18:41.65
You're doing that
work in me, right?
00:18:41.68\00:18:43.52
The only thing
in John Chapter 3,
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that Jesus says,
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as far as something,
something we can do, right.
00:18:47.76\00:18:50.03
Yeah.
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You know, we know
00:18:51.43\00:18:52.76
that we can't work
ourselves to heaven,
00:18:52.79\00:18:54.13
and I want to
make that very clear.
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Salvation comes by
grace alone, right?
00:18:55.53\00:18:58.07
And that's through faith.
00:18:58.10\00:18:59.87
But notice this,
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there is something
00:19:01.27\00:19:02.60
that your
salvation is conditional.
00:19:02.64\00:19:03.97
There's something we must
do and that surrender, right?
00:19:04.01\00:19:05.67
Yes.
00:19:05.71\00:19:07.04
And so, what does
that surrendering aspect
00:19:07.08\00:19:08.84
that Jesus applies in John 3?
00:19:08.88\00:19:11.61
The only scripture you read,
00:19:11.65\00:19:12.98
many people read John Chapter 3,
00:19:13.01\00:19:14.35
and they remember verse 16.
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That's the famous verse.
00:19:15.95\00:19:17.49
But many people
don't realize verse 14,
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which is just a
couple of verses above,
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and He says, as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness,
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so shall also the
Son of Man be lifted up.
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And you read that
it's like, wait a second,
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go back to Numbers
21 and read that story.
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All these serpents are
going in and out the camp
00:19:31.97\00:19:33.84
and they're biting
the children of Israel,
00:19:33.87\00:19:35.70
and they turn to Moses
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.07
and they're crying
and they're weeping
00:19:37.11\00:19:38.44
because their
loved ones are dying,
00:19:38.47\00:19:39.81
left and right.
00:19:39.84\00:19:41.18
And so, God tells Moses,
look, take a bronze serpent,
00:19:41.21\00:19:42.54
put it up on a pole,
00:19:42.58\00:19:43.91
and tell the people
that if they look at it,
00:19:43.95\00:19:45.78
just look upon it,
they shall be saved.
00:19:45.81\00:19:48.15
You know, that's ironic enough
that serpent represents Christ
00:19:48.18\00:19:52.52
taking the sin of the world,
00:19:52.55\00:19:54.09
just as Jesus Christ
was lifted up on a cross.
00:19:54.12\00:19:56.83
He took the sin of the world,
00:19:56.86\00:19:58.19
He took my sin
that I didn't deserve,
00:19:58.23\00:20:00.23
I didn't deserve that.
00:20:00.26\00:20:01.60
But He took it upon Himself
00:20:01.63\00:20:02.96
and when I looked Christ
00:20:03.00\00:20:05.07
who paid the
penalty that I deserve,
00:20:05.10\00:20:07.37
and I behold Him
each and every day
00:20:07.40\00:20:09.37
in His righteousness.
00:20:09.40\00:20:11.21
By beholding,
you become changed.
00:20:11.24\00:20:13.27
Come on. Is there faith issue?
00:20:13.31\00:20:15.78
Connect the dots,
brother, connect the dots.
00:20:15.81\00:20:18.68
That's it, that's it.
00:20:18.71\00:20:20.05
And ours by faith.
00:20:20.08\00:20:21.42
Their job was what? By faith.
00:20:21.45\00:20:23.28
By faith,
righteousness by faith.
00:20:23.32\00:20:24.65
There is life in a
look at the Savior.
00:20:24.69\00:20:28.16
Amen. Amen.
00:20:28.19\00:20:29.52
That's it.
00:20:29.56\00:20:30.89
Come on. Come on.
00:20:30.93\00:20:32.26
I'm gonna be
quiet. Let some of us go.
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That's rich, that's rich.
00:20:34.13\00:20:35.96
I just quickly, I
kind of questioned,
00:20:36.00\00:20:38.10
this is me, Nicodemus.
00:20:38.13\00:20:40.44
I think he knew better
when he said I must be,
00:20:40.47\00:20:43.51
I had to go back
to my mother's womb?
00:20:43.54\00:20:45.24
He was questioning.
00:20:45.27\00:20:46.61
He was questioning but
he was, he was wiggling,
00:20:46.64\00:20:48.38
he looked wiggling.
00:20:48.41\00:20:49.74
People do that today
when you put them on the spot,
00:20:49.78\00:20:51.41
you're saved by
Christ, you need to do some.
00:20:51.45\00:20:53.25
They begin to
wiggle around a little bit.
00:20:53.28\00:20:54.62
Good.
00:20:54.65\00:20:55.98
I can't possibly
imagine a man of his stature
00:20:56.02\00:20:58.22
and you know what
he's accomplished,
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.89
you know, his
study and his position
00:21:00.92\00:21:02.82
that he would say, well,
00:21:02.86\00:21:04.66
I guess I gotta be
reborn again in mama.
00:21:04.69\00:21:07.73
I'm just throwing that out
00:21:07.76\00:21:09.10
because
sometimes people use that
00:21:09.13\00:21:10.47
as excuses.
00:21:10.50\00:21:11.83
Go ahead. Somebody
wants to say anything.
00:21:11.87\00:21:13.20
Go ahead.
00:21:13.23\00:21:14.57
Well, I looked at it
a little differently.
00:21:14.60\00:21:15.94
Everybody has, you
know, different studies,
00:21:15.97\00:21:17.31
I went to Matthew 22,
00:21:17.34\00:21:18.67
where it talks
about the wedding garment
00:21:18.71\00:21:20.04
and the wedding.
00:21:20.08\00:21:21.41
Yes.
00:21:21.44\00:21:22.78
And the wedding, and
then I looked a little bit
00:21:22.81\00:21:24.15
last night at
what Spirit of Prophecy
00:21:24.18\00:21:25.51
has to say about,
it's very interesting,
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.25
because, you know,
00:21:27.28\00:21:28.82
Matthew says
00:21:28.85\00:21:30.19
that there was
a certain servant,
00:21:30.22\00:21:31.75
he called the people,
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.12
he begged them to
come to the wedding,
00:21:33.15\00:21:34.86
but many would not come.
00:21:34.89\00:21:36.62
You see, and this
whole wedding ceremony,
00:21:36.66\00:21:39.76
it's a, it shows,
especially this garment,
00:21:39.79\00:21:42.66
it shows a connection
between divinity and humanity.
00:21:42.70\00:21:47.07
And when that call was given,
00:21:47.10\00:21:49.00
you know, when Christ was here,
00:21:49.04\00:21:50.37
that call was given
first to the Jewish nation,
00:21:50.41\00:21:53.31
to the children of
Israel, they rejected the call.
00:21:53.34\00:21:56.88
And so, just like in the
story of Matthew 22, he says,
00:21:56.91\00:21:59.85
go to the highways and
byways and beg them to come in.
00:21:59.88\00:22:03.28
So, what are we told to do?
00:22:03.32\00:22:04.82
We're to do like,
like the, the apostles did,
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.46
we're to go to the Gentiles,
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.52
and we're to call
people to come in.
00:22:09.56\00:22:11.76
Yes.
00:22:11.79\00:22:13.13
And there's just so
many wonderful illustrations.
00:22:13.16\00:22:16.80
But you know,
00:22:16.83\00:22:18.47
one thing
that's so important is,
00:22:18.50\00:22:20.17
as this humanity and
divinity is coming together,
00:22:20.20\00:22:23.00
we realized that
there was somebody
00:22:23.04\00:22:24.61
that came to the wedding.
00:22:24.64\00:22:26.21
And the person
over the wedding said,
00:22:26.24\00:22:28.74
how did you get in here?
00:22:28.78\00:22:30.98
Because he didn't
have the garment on.
00:22:31.01\00:22:32.81
He came in with his own garment.
00:22:32.85\00:22:34.28
He came with his own garment.
00:22:34.32\00:22:36.55
And he was thrown
out into utter darkness.
00:22:36.58\00:22:39.92
That's right. Yes.
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.29
And so, that tells us
00:22:41.32\00:22:42.66
if we don't have
the right garment on...
00:22:42.69\00:22:45.26
There you go.
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.63
The garment of Christ,
we will not have salvation.
00:22:46.66\00:22:49.60
There you go.
00:22:49.63\00:22:50.97
So I know we need to talk
about how to get this garment
00:22:51.00\00:22:53.67
which you guys
have been bringing out
00:22:53.70\00:22:55.04
so eloquently here,
00:22:55.07\00:22:56.87
but we have to submit
and commit and accept,
00:22:56.91\00:23:02.14
it's a free
gift, it's a free gift.
00:23:02.18\00:23:05.28
And we cannot
get to that wedding
00:23:05.31\00:23:06.82
without any other garment on.
00:23:06.85\00:23:09.25
That's right.
00:23:09.28\00:23:10.62
And it's interesting
because we live in a world
00:23:10.65\00:23:12.75
full of spiritual confusion.
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.19
And a lot of
people think and believe
00:23:15.22\00:23:16.99
that they're Christians,
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.36
and yet in some of the
parables that Christ told,
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.73
He said, depart from
me, for I never knew you.
00:23:20.76\00:23:23.23
So, He doesn't recognize them.
00:23:23.26\00:23:25.10
So, we have to base our
faith, just like Christ did.
00:23:25.13\00:23:30.01
It is written
upon the Word of God.
00:23:30.04\00:23:32.51
And that's how we
begin to obtain this
00:23:32.54\00:23:34.94
as we're seeking God's face
00:23:34.98\00:23:36.64
as we're seeking
to ask Him to come in
00:23:36.68\00:23:39.21
and to take this mind,
00:23:39.25\00:23:40.58
to take our
hearts, our stony hearts.
00:23:40.62\00:23:43.12
Give us a heart of flesh.
00:23:43.15\00:23:44.59
May this mind be in you
which is also in Christ Jesus.
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We need the mind of
Christ as never before.
00:23:47.92\00:23:50.93
You know, I was thinking
as we're looking at this
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.29
and we mentioned this in
part three, are you ready?
00:23:53.33\00:23:58.13
Look at the times
we're living in this world.
00:23:58.17\00:24:00.74
When we started
this back in January,
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.84
none of these things,
00:24:03.87\00:24:05.21
there was no talk of COVID.
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.68
There was no talk of rioting.
00:24:07.71\00:24:09.94
There was no talk of anarchy.
00:24:09.98\00:24:12.48
How quickly we are seeing
00:24:12.51\00:24:14.78
our rights
00:24:14.82\00:24:20.52
as human beings been taken away.
00:24:20.56\00:24:23.12
True.
00:24:23.16\00:24:24.49
How quickly we're
seeing the world change.
00:24:24.53\00:24:25.96
Yes.
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.33
How quickly we are
seeing such a divide.
00:24:27.36\00:24:30.27
You can watch these
people and you can see,
00:24:30.30\00:24:32.97
you can just discern
00:24:33.00\00:24:34.60
that the enemy's
taken over the mind.
00:24:34.64\00:24:37.21
They have no consciousness,
00:24:37.24\00:24:39.44
they have no respect of person.
00:24:39.47\00:24:41.01
That's right.
00:24:41.04\00:24:42.38
It doesn't matter in
some of these places,
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.41
woman, color, anything,
people have been harmed.
00:24:44.45\00:24:48.08
That's right. Yeah.
00:24:48.12\00:24:49.52
And then they're
giving it for a right reason.
00:24:49.55\00:24:52.09
Is there ever a good
reason to kill someone,
00:24:52.12\00:24:55.02
to throw a brick at someone?
00:24:55.06\00:24:57.53
You know, to
terrorize businesses.
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.10
Are we ready?
00:25:00.13\00:25:01.56
Our world is rapidly changing,
00:25:01.60\00:25:03.47
just like we were told
00:25:03.50\00:25:04.83
in Spirit of
Prophecy and in the Bible,
00:25:04.87\00:25:06.50
things are
happening very quickly.
00:25:06.53\00:25:08.54
And so, if we don't
have this garment on,
00:25:08.57\00:25:10.54
we need to be studying
and we need to be searching.
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.17
And we need to be putting
it on by the grace of God,
00:25:13.21\00:25:16.58
asking Him to put it on quickly
00:25:16.61\00:25:19.15
because we need to be
strengthened and fortified
00:25:19.18\00:25:22.18
in order to be able to
stand in peace as Christ did.
00:25:22.22\00:25:25.65
Sister Yvonne,
you've been pretty quiet
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.19
for a while, just to say.
00:25:27.22\00:25:28.56
There's a lot of bad
stuff, well you know.
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.46
I know.
00:25:30.49\00:25:31.83
Because of...
00:25:31.86\00:25:33.19
I mean, you're talking
about a robe of righteousness
00:25:33.23\00:25:35.10
that we have to have
00:25:35.13\00:25:36.80
in order to
make heaven our home.
00:25:36.83\00:25:38.27
That's right.
00:25:38.30\00:25:39.63
And how do we get that? Yeah.
00:25:39.67\00:25:41.64
The first thing
is we have to pray
00:25:41.67\00:25:43.07
for the latter rain.
00:25:43.10\00:25:44.44
Okay.
00:25:44.47\00:25:45.81
We have to ask
for the latter rain.
00:25:45.84\00:25:49.78
And Job
00:25:49.81\00:25:52.48
2:23.
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It says, "Be glad
then you children of Zion
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.82
and rejoice in
the Lord your God,
00:26:00.86\00:26:03.02
for He has given you
the former rain faithfully
00:26:03.06\00:26:05.53
and He will cause the
rain to come down for you,
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.26
the former rain
00:26:08.30\00:26:09.63
and the latter
rain in the first month.
00:26:09.66\00:26:11.00
Amen.
00:26:11.03\00:26:12.37
And this is, you know,
00:26:12.40\00:26:14.00
it's referring to a refreshing
00:26:14.04\00:26:17.87
that we need
from the Holy Spirit.
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.04
So, we have three R's
that we need to look at.
00:26:20.08\00:26:24.35
Repentance,
revival and reformation.
00:26:24.38\00:26:28.65
So, repentance,
godly repentance, it says.
00:26:28.68\00:26:32.15
Well, let's, well godly
sorrow produces repentance.
00:26:32.19\00:26:35.56
2 Corinthians 7:10 says,
00:26:35.59\00:26:39.63
"For godly sorrow
produces repentance
00:26:39.66\00:26:42.63
leading to salvation,
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.27
not to be regretted,
00:26:44.30\00:26:45.63
but the sorrow of
the world produces death.
00:26:45.67\00:26:48.60
So, we need godly sorrow,
00:26:48.64\00:26:50.81
we need for God to
call us into repentance.
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.28
And then once we have that,
00:26:54.31\00:26:56.48
once we're in that
state of repentance,
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.18
and asking God to
forgive us of our sins
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.32
to cleanse us of
all unrighteousness,
00:27:01.35\00:27:03.49
then we can have revival.
00:27:03.52\00:27:04.85
Amen.
00:27:04.89\00:27:06.22
That revival and it says,
00:27:06.25\00:27:07.82
Ellen White says
in Latter Day Events,
00:27:07.86\00:27:11.49
page 189, excuse me, it says,
00:27:11.53\00:27:16.13
"We must pray
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.50
for the latter
rain of the Holy Spirit,
00:27:17.53\00:27:19.07
so that we can have a
revival of true godliness.
00:27:19.10\00:27:22.74
A revival of true godliness
among us is the greatest
00:27:22.77\00:27:26.71
and most urgent of our
needs, of all of our needs.
00:27:26.74\00:27:29.71
Yes.
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.08
To seek this
should be our first work.
00:27:31.11\00:27:32.91
There must be earnest effort
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.32
to obtain the
blessing of the Lord.
00:27:34.35\00:27:36.12
Not because God's not
willing to bestow it upon us,
00:27:36.15\00:27:39.35
but because we are
unprepared to receive it.
00:27:39.39\00:27:43.12
Are you ready?
00:27:43.16\00:27:44.49
Are you ready to
receive the latter rain?
00:27:44.53\00:27:46.46
That's right.
00:27:46.49\00:27:47.83
Because if we're
not, then, you know,
00:27:47.86\00:27:51.67
we will be caught up
in the great delusion
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.87
and the great
deception if we are not ready.
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.57
In fact, you heard
people where you travel,
00:27:57.61\00:28:00.88
they're talking about
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.24
praying for the
latter rain experience.
00:28:02.28\00:28:03.91
We've heard a lot
of people kind of go,
00:28:03.95\00:28:05.28
we need to pray
for the latter rain,
00:28:05.31\00:28:06.65
we need to pray...
00:28:06.68\00:28:08.02
I mean, that,
that entails something,
00:28:08.05\00:28:10.05
when you say I'm
praying for the latter rain,
00:28:10.09\00:28:12.15
there are conditions, right,
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.82
again to
receiving the latter rain,
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.96
which we're talking about here.
00:28:15.99\00:28:17.39
Yes.
00:28:17.43\00:28:18.76
The latter rain
cannot be put, right?
00:28:18.79\00:28:20.56
We cannot receive the
latter rain until what?
00:28:20.60\00:28:22.83
Till we are covered
with His robe of righteous,
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.57
until what?
00:28:24.60\00:28:25.93
Every sin is
confessed up and forsaken.
00:28:25.97\00:28:28.80
So, we have to be
in the sinless state
00:28:28.84\00:28:30.77
by the grace of God,
His righteousness included,
00:28:30.81\00:28:33.54
give it, or you cannot
receive the latter rain.
00:28:33.58\00:28:36.71
That's the hard word
right there, brother.
00:28:36.75\00:28:38.31
You do not
receive the latter rain,
00:28:38.35\00:28:39.68
isn't that right what you hear.
00:28:39.71\00:28:41.58
You will not be able to go
00:28:41.62\00:28:42.95
through the
great time of trouble.
00:28:42.98\00:28:44.35
You'll not be part of the 144
00:28:44.39\00:28:45.85
nor will you be part
in the kingdom of God.
00:28:45.89\00:28:48.46
I mean, that's
pretty heavy duty,
00:28:48.49\00:28:49.82
there's lot of information,
but let's just put it out there
00:28:49.86\00:28:51.39
and agitate somebody.
00:28:51.43\00:28:52.76
That's right.
00:28:52.79\00:28:55.00
Agitated to get
back in the world.
00:28:55.03\00:28:56.36
That's right.
00:28:56.40\00:28:57.73
That's right. Yes.
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.10
I think people
are praying for this.
00:28:59.13\00:29:00.47
And they mean well,
00:29:00.50\00:29:02.40
just like the man I talked
to on the phone last night,
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.41
just quickly and
then everybody just,
00:29:04.44\00:29:06.47
I would just, I
want us righteous,
00:29:06.51\00:29:10.38
and they almost frustrated.
00:29:10.41\00:29:11.75
But I don't want,
didn't want to be,
00:29:11.78\00:29:14.12
but because
they were so confused
00:29:14.15\00:29:17.35
of what's going on in the world
00:29:17.39\00:29:18.95
and how all eyes are
turned back to Israel.
00:29:18.99\00:29:23.16
You know, the red heifer,
you know, all this stuff.
00:29:23.19\00:29:26.73
The temple has
been already rebuilt
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.23
in secret.
00:29:28.26\00:29:29.60
Sacrifices are
being instituted again,
00:29:29.63\00:29:31.47
and all this right here.
00:29:31.50\00:29:32.83
You couldn't get
a word in edgewise,
00:29:32.87\00:29:34.20
and I thought bless their heart.
00:29:34.24\00:29:35.57
Oh, how confused.
00:29:35.60\00:29:37.11
You mentioned a while
ago, our eyes must be, where?
00:29:37.14\00:29:39.17
On Jesus.
00:29:39.21\00:29:40.54
Behold the Lamb of God. Yes.
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.31
Have you ever tried to
reason with a drunk person?
00:29:42.34\00:29:44.35
No, you can't.
00:29:44.38\00:29:45.75
Well, at least I
couldn't, I've never.
00:29:45.78\00:29:47.22
Yeah. Yeah.
00:29:47.25\00:29:48.58
And you said
something interesting earlier.
00:29:48.62\00:29:49.95
You said every sin.
00:29:49.98\00:29:51.79
I did. He said every sin.
00:29:51.82\00:29:54.09
That's what he said.
Tell about it, brother.
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.99
Talk about it.
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.36
Let's, yeah, let's look at
it for a moment because I mean,
00:29:57.39\00:29:59.39
you know, Yvonne said something
that's really beautiful
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.46
when she talked
about the three R's.
00:30:01.50\00:30:02.83
You know, you said repentance,
revival and reformation.
00:30:02.86\00:30:05.90
Well, the first one is
the, really the first work
00:30:05.93\00:30:08.47
we should really be trying to do
00:30:08.50\00:30:09.87
is to repent the change, right?
00:30:09.90\00:30:11.51
To change from our
wickedness, to change our ways.
00:30:11.54\00:30:14.04
And the Bible teaches
us that we cannot change
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.85
in and of ourselves
and of our own strength.
00:30:16.88\00:30:19.21
And it says in Acts 5:31,
00:30:19.25\00:30:21.98
"Him hath God
exalted with his right hand,
00:30:22.02\00:30:24.32
speaking of Jesus, to
be a prince and a savior,
00:30:24.35\00:30:27.69
for to give
repentance to Israel."
00:30:27.72\00:30:30.33
Amen. Amen.
00:30:30.36\00:30:31.76
So, you have to understand
00:30:31.79\00:30:33.13
that repentance is
not something that we do
00:30:33.16\00:30:34.93
in and of our own strength
00:30:34.96\00:30:36.30
but repentance
is the gift of God.
00:30:36.33\00:30:38.33
And that's
something we need to pray for,
00:30:38.37\00:30:40.04
that God would
change our hearts,
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.40
change our minds.
00:30:41.44\00:30:42.77
Yes.
00:30:42.80\00:30:44.14
And then when their
hearts and minds are changed,
00:30:44.17\00:30:45.51
we will have that
state of mind like Jesus had
00:30:45.54\00:30:47.94
the faith of Jesus,
00:30:47.98\00:30:49.31
that victorious faith
over sin in our lives.
00:30:49.34\00:30:52.35
And on the subject, you
know, I have quite a bit to say,
00:30:52.38\00:30:55.35
but I'm gonna try make it quick.
00:30:55.38\00:30:56.79
So how do we obtain
the wedding garment?
00:30:56.82\00:31:00.49
That's what we're looking at,
00:31:00.52\00:31:01.86
which is the robe of
Christ's righteousness.
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.46
How do we get that?
00:31:03.49\00:31:05.03
Well, the wedding
garment comes at a cost.
00:31:05.06\00:31:07.10
Absolutely.
00:31:07.13\00:31:08.46
It comes at a cost, guys.
00:31:08.50\00:31:09.83
Let's look at the Word of God.
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.43
Let's check it out.
00:31:11.47\00:31:12.80
Revelation Chapter 3,
00:31:12.83\00:31:14.17
we're looking at the council
to the Laodiceans, right?
00:31:14.20\00:31:16.60
The last church age. Okay.
00:31:16.64\00:31:18.37
Verse 18. Revelation 3:18.
00:31:18.41\00:31:20.21
He says, "I
counsel thee to buy of me
00:31:20.24\00:31:22.71
gold tried in the fire,"
00:31:22.74\00:31:24.28
Now we know that
gold represents faith,
00:31:24.31\00:31:25.78
right?
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.15
We've studied that in the past.
00:31:27.18\00:31:28.52
But notice,
00:31:28.55\00:31:29.88
he's not just
asking you to buy gold.
00:31:29.92\00:31:31.75
Notice it goes on, he
goes, "And white raiment."
00:31:31.79\00:31:37.09
Most people forget about that.
00:31:37.13\00:31:38.89
Is that you have to
buy the white raiment too,
00:31:38.93\00:31:41.83
you don't just buy the
gold, you buy the white raiment.
00:31:41.86\00:31:44.93
Now, this isn't
talking about a purchase.
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.30
It's an exchange...
00:31:47.34\00:31:48.67
Thank you.
00:31:48.70\00:31:50.04
Our sins for
Christ's righteousness.
00:31:50.07\00:31:52.57
Yeah. He says, I tell you what?
00:31:52.61\00:31:54.04
I got the bargain of a lifetime.
00:31:54.08\00:31:55.41
You give me all your dirty sins
00:31:55.44\00:31:57.28
and I'll give you My
righteousness, My life.
00:31:57.31\00:32:00.15
But it comes at a cost.
00:32:00.18\00:32:01.52
Again, we cannot
attain Christ's righteousness
00:32:01.55\00:32:03.45
without surrendering all to Him.
00:32:03.49\00:32:04.82
Good.
00:32:04.85\00:32:06.19
And so, this brings me to
like, well, how do we do that?
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.52
How do we come to the point
00:32:09.56\00:32:10.89
to where we can
surrender all to Jesus
00:32:10.93\00:32:12.43
and to overcome
all sins in our life?
00:32:12.46\00:32:14.20
With mercy.
00:32:14.23\00:32:15.56
Is it possible? Absolutely.
00:32:15.60\00:32:17.07
Or Jesus would not have told
the woman caught in adultery,
00:32:17.10\00:32:19.70
go and sin no more.
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.24
He would have said, My child,
00:32:21.27\00:32:22.60
you're going to
sin from time to time.
00:32:22.64\00:32:24.34
He didn't say that to the woman.
00:32:24.37\00:32:25.71
He said, "Go and sin no more,"
00:32:25.74\00:32:27.98
which means we can
by God's power only
00:32:28.01\00:32:31.41
have the victory over sin.
00:32:31.45\00:32:32.78
That's right. And
so, how do we do that?
00:32:32.81\00:32:34.22
Well, I think
00:32:34.25\00:32:35.58
a beautiful illustration of this
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.15
is in Matthew Chapter 14.
00:32:37.19\00:32:39.22
You have Peter walking on
the water with Jesus, right?
00:32:39.25\00:32:43.26
So, Jesus is out
walking on the water.
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.29
The disciples in
them, they're in the boat.
00:32:45.33\00:32:46.66
Yeah.
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.03
And they see who they thought
was some kind of ghost, right?
00:32:48.06\00:32:49.70
And then Jesus says,
"It is I, be not afraid."
00:32:49.73\00:32:51.87
We know the
story. Then what happens?
00:32:51.90\00:32:55.04
Peter, I love Peter
because he's an opportunist.
00:32:55.07\00:32:57.87
He's always
looking for an opportunity.
00:32:57.91\00:32:59.71
Now sometimes for
the wrong reasons.
00:32:59.74\00:33:01.54
Maybe to have
notoriety or to shine.
00:33:01.58\00:33:03.55
But Peter was also
looking for an opportunity
00:33:03.58\00:33:05.35
how he might be closer to Jesus.
00:33:05.38\00:33:07.35
He really wanted to
be that number one guy
00:33:07.38\00:33:10.39
that Jesus always
went to for everything.
00:33:10.42\00:33:11.75
Yeah.
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.12
And so, what did he do?
00:33:13.15\00:33:14.49
He's like, Jesus, if
it's You, command to that
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.99
I might come out
on the water with you.
00:33:17.03\00:33:18.99
In other words,
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.36
he's looking at
Jesus and he's saying,
00:33:20.40\00:33:23.03
my Lord can walk on water.
00:33:23.06\00:33:26.10
If my Lord can do it,
I wonder if I can too.
00:33:26.13\00:33:30.37
So, what does he say?
00:33:30.41\00:33:31.74
Lord, if it's You,
let me do what You do.
00:33:31.77\00:33:36.01
Oh, come on, somebody. Oh.
00:33:36.04\00:33:37.58
That's good. And
so, check this out.
00:33:37.61\00:33:39.45
So, righteousness by what?
00:33:39.48\00:33:41.78
Faith. Faith.
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.15
Now, what does Peter have to do?
00:33:43.18\00:33:44.72
He has to have faith
and step out of the boat.
00:33:44.75\00:33:47.36
He has to have
faith in the Word of God.
00:33:47.39\00:33:50.29
Notice in the what?
00:33:50.33\00:33:51.66
In the Word. In the Word.
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.03
So, he says command that
I come out to you as well.
00:33:53.06\00:33:54.40
What does Jesus say?
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.03
Come. Come.
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.00
One word. Come.
00:33:58.03\00:33:59.37
And then now
Peter puts his faith
00:33:59.40\00:34:02.50
in the Word of God,
00:34:02.54\00:34:05.14
that God's Word would allow
him to do what he could not do
00:34:05.17\00:34:08.24
in and of his own self.
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
Come on now, brother.
00:34:09.64\00:34:10.98
So, now he steps out
by faith out of the boat
00:34:11.01\00:34:13.15
and by faith he
overcomes the law.
00:34:13.18\00:34:16.35
Praise God. Amen.
00:34:16.38\00:34:18.22
It's what? The law.
00:34:18.25\00:34:20.29
Check this out,
the law of gravity.
00:34:20.32\00:34:22.69
That's right. That's right.
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.63
So, yes. Wow, that's powerful.
00:34:25.66\00:34:27.73
I gotta say this
because you just said that he,
00:34:27.76\00:34:32.23
you know, that thought
probably came to his mind,
00:34:32.27\00:34:34.20
if Jesus can do, I
wonder if I can do.
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.14
That's right. Amen.
00:34:36.17\00:34:37.51
But right there in reality
00:34:37.54\00:34:40.04
every person that has ever lived
00:34:40.08\00:34:41.81
would have said
in that very moment,
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.18
you can't do that.
00:34:43.21\00:34:44.55
That's right. That's right.
00:34:44.58\00:34:45.91
Only He can. Yeah.
00:34:45.95\00:34:47.28
In other words,
it's possible with God,
00:34:47.32\00:34:48.65
but it's impossible with men.
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.02
How many times, man,
I'm gonna get fired up here.
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.65
How many times have
you heard somebody say,
00:34:52.69\00:34:56.22
we're going to be
sinning until Jesus comes
00:34:56.26\00:34:57.79
because of our horrible nature.
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.16
Right. But check this out too.
00:34:59.19\00:35:00.53
Check this out too.
00:35:00.56\00:35:01.90
I'm just gonna say this
point so I won't forget it
00:35:01.93\00:35:03.26
and it was so fitting I thought.
00:35:03.30\00:35:04.63
So how did Peter,
00:35:04.67\00:35:06.84
how was he able
to walk on water?
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.60
He had to keep looking to who?
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.07
To Jesus. To Jesus.
00:35:11.11\00:35:12.74
And this is where I
think so many people fail.
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.11
And why they have that
mindset you're talking about,
00:35:15.14\00:35:16.78
Ryan that they say,
00:35:16.81\00:35:18.28
well, you can't do
it, it's impossible.
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.98
It's because
sometime along our walk,
00:35:20.02\00:35:21.98
we take our eyes off Jesus.
00:35:22.02\00:35:23.35
There we go. We fall.
00:35:23.39\00:35:24.72
And they think,
oh, this is impossible.
00:35:24.75\00:35:26.09
But as long as
Peter's eyes was on Jesus,
00:35:26.12\00:35:28.39
he did the impossible.
00:35:28.42\00:35:29.76
It's when the Bible
says that he saw the wind.
00:35:29.79\00:35:33.93
If he saw the wind...
00:35:33.96\00:35:35.30
It was a quick, it was, right.
00:35:35.33\00:35:36.67
That means his
eyes was not on Jesus
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.03
and he begin to sink.
00:35:38.07\00:35:39.40
That's good.
00:35:39.43\00:35:40.77
No, no, no, I was
just making the point
00:35:40.80\00:35:42.14
the fact that it seems
like more and more people today
00:35:42.17\00:35:44.64
have more faith in
the power of the devil
00:35:44.67\00:35:48.04
to cause them to sin
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.18
than they do in the power of God
00:35:50.21\00:35:52.48
to give them victory over.
00:35:52.51\00:35:53.85
That's right. Amen.
00:35:53.88\00:35:55.22
And we're talking
about a wedding garment.
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.58
This brother that
came into the wedding,
00:35:56.62\00:35:57.95
he came in with his own garment.
00:35:57.99\00:36:00.12
And you can
imagine God showing up say,
00:36:00.16\00:36:01.69
wait a second.
00:36:01.72\00:36:03.06
How did you get in here?
00:36:03.09\00:36:04.56
You know, what are you
wearing that, you know?
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.36
And so, that's
why he was cast out.
00:36:06.39\00:36:08.10
And that's, I think
that's a spiritual visual
00:36:08.13\00:36:11.53
that we have to
allow God to change us.
00:36:11.57\00:36:13.80
Now, you said
something sister earlier.
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.44
Whoo. It sparked something.
00:36:15.47\00:36:16.87
Well...
00:36:16.91\00:36:18.24
You said a few things
that sparked something.
00:36:18.27\00:36:20.24
That's good.
00:36:20.28\00:36:21.61
I'm over here like my
bells going off over here.
00:36:21.64\00:36:23.24
I had so many
things I want to say.
00:36:23.28\00:36:25.78
But no, seriously, you said
you were talking about revival.
00:36:25.81\00:36:28.38
There must be,
one of the three R's,
00:36:28.42\00:36:29.75
there must be
revival, repentance.
00:36:29.78\00:36:32.02
What was the other?
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.39
Repent, revival and reformation.
00:36:33.42\00:36:34.76
That's right.
00:36:34.79\00:36:36.12
I found a quote.
00:36:36.16\00:36:37.49
Now this is powerful here,
00:36:37.53\00:36:38.86
talking about persecution.
00:36:38.89\00:36:41.60
And this comes
from Great Controversy,
00:36:41.63\00:36:42.96
page 48.
00:36:43.00\00:36:44.33
Okay.
00:36:44.37\00:36:45.70
And it's connected to
the concept of revival.
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.54
Notice what she says here.
00:36:48.57\00:36:50.07
Great Controversy, page 48.
00:36:50.11\00:36:52.31
She said, "Why is it then
00:36:52.34\00:36:54.78
that persecution
00:36:54.81\00:36:56.68
seems in a great
decree to slumber?
00:36:56.71\00:37:01.52
The only reason is that, notice,
00:37:01.55\00:37:03.39
she doesn't say the world.
00:37:03.42\00:37:04.75
Right.
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.12
She says the
church has conformed
00:37:06.15\00:37:08.12
to the world standards,
00:37:08.16\00:37:10.03
and therefore
awakens no opposition.
00:37:10.06\00:37:12.16
That's right. There you go.
00:37:12.19\00:37:13.76
The religion which
is current in our day.
00:37:13.80\00:37:16.36
Now notice, she's
writing this over 100 years ago.
00:37:16.40\00:37:20.30
She's in the religion
that is current in our day
00:37:20.34\00:37:22.77
is not of the
pure and holy character
00:37:22.80\00:37:25.54
that marked the Christian faith
00:37:25.57\00:37:26.91
in the days of
Christ and His apostles.
00:37:26.94\00:37:28.58
So, what's
fascinating about this
00:37:28.61\00:37:30.15
is Ellen White lived
00:37:30.18\00:37:31.51
during the time of Philadelphia,
00:37:31.55\00:37:33.08
which is one of the churches
00:37:33.11\00:37:34.45
that Christ had
no condemnation for.
00:37:34.48\00:37:36.89
And if she saw that the
faith of the people in her day
00:37:36.92\00:37:39.72
of the church,
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.09
that it wasn't
where it needed to be.
00:37:41.12\00:37:42.46
What does that say about
us, you are Laodicean, right?
00:37:42.49\00:37:44.59
Yes. Wow.
00:37:44.63\00:37:46.43
And she goes on to say,
00:37:46.46\00:37:47.80
it is only because of the spirit
00:37:47.83\00:37:49.23
of compromise with sin
00:37:49.26\00:37:51.53
because the great
truths of the Word of God
00:37:51.57\00:37:53.70
are so indifferently regarded,
00:37:53.74\00:37:56.64
because there is so
little vital godliness
00:37:56.67\00:37:58.94
in the church.
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.31
Yes.
00:38:00.34\00:38:01.68
That Christianity is apparently
so popular with the world.
00:38:01.71\00:38:04.88
And then she gives
this, here comes the revival.
00:38:04.91\00:38:07.02
She says, "Let
there be a revival of,"
00:38:07.05\00:38:09.98
and notice this, "the faith."
00:38:10.02\00:38:12.15
Oh, okay. The faith.
00:38:12.19\00:38:13.72
She goes, "Let there
be a revival of the faith
00:38:13.76\00:38:17.09
and power of the early church
00:38:17.13\00:38:19.89
and the spirit of
persecution will be revived,
00:38:19.93\00:38:22.93
and the fires of
persecution will be rekindled."
00:38:22.96\00:38:25.03
Yes.
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.40
So, it's not that
she's sending out some,
00:38:26.43\00:38:28.57
you know, horrible
message here like, you know,
00:38:28.60\00:38:30.24
we should just look
forward to persecution.
00:38:30.27\00:38:31.61
I don't think
00:38:31.64\00:38:32.97
anybody looks
forward to persecution.
00:38:33.01\00:38:34.34
But we also forget that
in the Sermon on the Mount,
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.08
Jesus very
first recorded sermon,
00:38:36.11\00:38:38.01
this is powerful,
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.41
the Beatitudes.
00:38:39.45\00:38:40.92
I'm going to get into this
00:38:40.95\00:38:42.28
a little probably
on the next program
00:38:42.32\00:38:43.65
that we have on
the different levels
00:38:43.69\00:38:46.76
of Christian
character development.
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.22
The Beatitudes is all that.
00:38:48.26\00:38:49.79
A lot of times people read
the Beatitudes and they think,
00:38:49.82\00:38:51.59
it's like, oh,
blessed is this kind of person
00:38:51.63\00:38:53.13
and blessed is
this kind of person
00:38:53.16\00:38:54.66
and, whoo, this kind
of person is blessed too,
00:38:54.70\00:38:56.56
but if you read those,
00:38:56.60\00:38:57.93
what Christ is showing
through those Beatitudes
00:38:57.97\00:38:59.77
is a person that's going
00:38:59.80\00:39:01.14
from one level of
Christian character development
00:39:01.17\00:39:02.94
to the next.
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.31
You get sanctification.
00:39:04.34\00:39:05.67
Sanctification,
now you get to, right.
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.18
In fact, that goes
along with our fifth question,
00:39:07.21\00:39:08.88
which I know we're going
to get to our fifth question,
00:39:08.91\00:39:11.38
which he was talking about,
00:39:11.41\00:39:12.75
how is Christ conform with him.
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.12
We're going to talk about that.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.48
But I just got
to make this point,
00:39:15.52\00:39:16.85
then I'm going to
pass it on to you guys.
00:39:16.89\00:39:18.22
The very last beatitude
in that particular list
00:39:18.25\00:39:21.39
is blessed are those
00:39:21.42\00:39:22.76
that are
persecuted for righteousness.
00:39:22.79\00:39:25.36
Yes. Yeah, yeah.
00:39:25.39\00:39:28.36
Persecuted for
righteousness sake.
00:39:28.40\00:39:30.57
And this is the question
Ellen White's raising here.
00:39:30.60\00:39:33.10
Why is there no persecution?
00:39:33.13\00:39:34.50
Because if you're
following that level
00:39:34.54\00:39:36.10
of Christian
character development,
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.51
at some point, the
devil is going to say,
00:39:37.54\00:39:39.51
I can't have this
person stirring the pot.
00:39:39.54\00:39:42.34
I can't have
this beacon of light
00:39:42.38\00:39:44.38
going out into my
realm of darkness,
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.45
shining the bright,
00:39:46.48\00:39:47.82
shining light of
Jesus into the hearts of,
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.05
blackened hearts of these people
00:39:50.09\00:39:51.49
that have fallen in the world.
00:39:51.52\00:39:52.95
So, then he
brings about persecution,
00:39:52.99\00:39:55.06
and she says
00:39:55.09\00:39:56.42
what's going to
bring about persecution
00:39:56.46\00:39:58.16
is a revival of,
00:39:58.19\00:39:59.79
and notice she says
the thing, which thing?
00:39:59.83\00:40:03.43
Third angel's message.
00:40:03.47\00:40:04.80
The one delivered to the saints.
00:40:04.83\00:40:06.17
Right, in Jude and the
three angels' messages.
00:40:06.20\00:40:07.80
The third angel's message,
00:40:07.84\00:40:09.17
she was the
patience of the saints,
00:40:09.20\00:40:10.67
or they did keep
the commandments of God
00:40:10.71\00:40:12.21
and not just fade in Jesus,
not like a directional sense.
00:40:12.24\00:40:16.54
Like, like Jesus,
you're on the playing field
00:40:16.58\00:40:18.41
and I'm the fan on the sideline,
00:40:18.45\00:40:19.98
you know, over here like,
you know, go Jesus, go Jesus.
00:40:20.02\00:40:22.25
Jesus says, I want,
I've given you the power.
00:40:22.28\00:40:25.29
I died on that cross
00:40:25.32\00:40:26.65
so that you can have
the power that I had.
00:40:26.69\00:40:29.52
That's right.
00:40:29.56\00:40:30.89
And so, the faith of Jesus.
00:40:30.93\00:40:33.36
Yes.
00:40:33.40\00:40:34.73
Which is true godly.
00:40:34.76\00:40:36.10
And righteousness comes by...
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.57
Faith. I just want to say this.
00:40:37.60\00:40:38.93
Come on.
00:40:38.97\00:40:40.30
We're on the topic of
righteousness by faith.
00:40:40.34\00:40:41.67
That's true.
And that's powerful.
00:40:41.70\00:40:43.34
You know, to think about
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.94
that's Christ's righteousness
in our lives by faith.
00:40:44.97\00:40:48.48
And I was thinking
about this is that there's a,
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.05
there's a statement
00:40:51.08\00:40:52.41
that a lot of people
tend to think is that
00:40:52.45\00:40:54.22
when Jesus came into the world,
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.58
He came to show
us what God could do.
00:40:55.62\00:40:57.85
Yes.
00:40:57.89\00:40:59.22
But Jesus did not
come into the world
00:40:59.25\00:41:00.86
as God in the sense of His,
all of His attributes, right?
00:41:00.89\00:41:04.96
He lay aside all
of those attributes
00:41:04.99\00:41:07.23
and the Son of God,
00:41:07.26\00:41:08.60
get this, became the Son of Man,
00:41:08.63\00:41:10.57
so and so.
00:41:10.60\00:41:11.93
Jesus did not
come into the world
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.60
to show us what God could do.
00:41:13.64\00:41:15.57
That's right.
00:41:15.60\00:41:16.94
But He came into
the world to show us
00:41:16.97\00:41:18.31
what a man can do through God.
00:41:18.34\00:41:19.77
Oh, wow, powerful.
00:41:19.81\00:41:21.38
Powerful. That's powerful.
00:41:21.41\00:41:22.74
Powerful.
00:41:22.78\00:41:24.11
Well, I think
we'll end it right there.
00:41:24.15\00:41:27.15
It's very, everybody is weeping.
00:41:27.18\00:41:28.88
Praise the Lord.
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.25
But you know a lot of
00:41:30.29\00:41:31.62
what you guys are talking about
00:41:31.65\00:41:32.99
goes back to the first war
which came, which began where?
00:41:33.02\00:41:35.42
In heaven. In heaven.
00:41:35.46\00:41:36.79
That's right.
00:41:36.83\00:41:38.16
You know,
Lucifer was an archangel
00:41:38.19\00:41:39.79
over the law of
God and he began,
00:41:39.83\00:41:42.66
he didn't go to the other angels
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.37
and, you know,
as a demon per Se,
00:41:44.40\00:41:47.14
he went to them and
started reasoning with them
00:41:47.17\00:41:50.57
with spiritual things
00:41:50.61\00:41:51.94
that we no longer we
can we can be good...
00:41:51.97\00:41:55.58
Yeah, yeah.
00:41:55.61\00:41:56.95
We can be good without the law.
00:41:56.98\00:41:58.81
I can do that,
00:41:58.85\00:42:00.25
if Christ did that,
I can walk on water.
00:42:00.28\00:42:03.59
You see, I can be
good without Christ,
00:42:03.62\00:42:05.92
without God's strength,
00:42:05.95\00:42:07.72
His grace, His
power to overcome.
00:42:07.76\00:42:10.79
You know, it just takes
us, just a split second.
00:42:10.83\00:42:14.43
And you mentioned also
00:42:14.46\00:42:15.80
that it doesn't
come without a cost.
00:42:15.83\00:42:17.57
We're told very clearly,
00:42:17.60\00:42:19.13
you know, we came into
this world with nothing.
00:42:19.17\00:42:22.04
And we're gonna go
00:42:22.07\00:42:23.41
through these
last days with nothing.
00:42:23.44\00:42:25.27
We're gonna leave this world
with nothing except prayerfully
00:42:25.31\00:42:28.31
that robe of
righteousness by Christ.
00:42:28.34\00:42:30.71
But I find it interesting
00:42:30.75\00:42:32.21
how all of this is
just a perpetuation
00:42:32.25\00:42:35.18
of the enemy's first lies.
00:42:35.22\00:42:36.55
That's right.
00:42:36.58\00:42:37.92
You know, coming in
and righteous by faith,
00:42:37.95\00:42:39.95
you know, years ago,
00:42:39.99\00:42:41.32
we all know that
Wagner and Jones,
00:42:41.36\00:42:45.29
they presented this
and it was rejected.
00:42:45.33\00:42:49.10
And I wonder why
would it be rejected?
00:42:49.13\00:42:50.93
Because to me
00:42:50.97\00:42:52.30
when I first heard
about righteousness by faith,
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.64
I'm like how beautiful
00:42:54.67\00:42:56.00
because I know I cannot do that.
00:42:56.04\00:42:59.07
I cannot control my thoughts.
00:42:59.11\00:43:01.18
Sister Yvonne, I
cannot control my dreams.
00:43:01.21\00:43:05.31
I cannot always control
what comes out of my mouth,
00:43:05.35\00:43:07.92
how quickly it comes
out of my mouth, you know.
00:43:07.95\00:43:11.02
But by the grace of
God, through His strength,
00:43:11.05\00:43:14.36
by submitting and
committing my heart
00:43:14.39\00:43:17.03
and my mind, daily,
00:43:17.06\00:43:20.36
brother, preached on the daily,
00:43:20.40\00:43:22.93
morning and
evening sacrifice, daily.
00:43:22.96\00:43:26.27
You know, daily to
God then He imparts to me
00:43:26.30\00:43:30.01
His strength every gift
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.01
that we have
talked about repentance,
00:43:32.04\00:43:34.34
revival, reformation.
00:43:34.38\00:43:36.51
They're all gifts
of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:36.54\00:43:38.51
They have nothing to do with us.
00:43:38.55\00:43:40.55
It's just that
humanity coming in...
00:43:40.58\00:43:43.12
Christ within.
00:43:43.15\00:43:44.49
Yes, Christ within coming
and combining with divinity.
00:43:44.52\00:43:47.82
Divinity,
00:43:47.86\00:43:49.19
it's allowing
divinity to take over.
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.79
Yes.
00:43:51.83\00:43:53.16
So, when you say
like, you alluded to it
00:43:53.19\00:43:56.97
and set it pretty clear,
00:43:57.00\00:43:58.33
at least to me is if
the churches are asleep.
00:43:58.37\00:44:01.60
That's us. Yes.
00:44:01.64\00:44:02.97
And the devil gets
asleep as it were, right?
00:44:03.00\00:44:06.21
He gets to rest.
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.71
If we're asleep,
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.08
once we wake
up, it wakes him up.
00:44:09.11\00:44:11.45
Right. And then what?
00:44:11.48\00:44:12.88
Then you present the truth
and the persecution will come.
00:44:12.91\00:44:16.28
And so, you look
today, have we done our job?
00:44:16.32\00:44:19.05
Let's not try to blame
this group or that group
00:44:19.09\00:44:20.99
but look at yourself,
00:44:21.02\00:44:22.39
you know, have we done
what God has asked us to do
00:44:22.42\00:44:24.66
in giving the message
the way He said to give it?
00:44:24.69\00:44:27.86
If we have, and if we are,
00:44:27.90\00:44:31.13
we will be persecuted
and no one wants that,
00:44:31.17\00:44:34.00
but it will awaken
the enemy to say, oh, my.
00:44:34.04\00:44:36.94
Go ahead, yeah. No.
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.31
And what Jesus said
00:44:38.34\00:44:39.67
what you just
said, Brother Kenny,
00:44:39.71\00:44:41.04
reminds me of what Jesus
said, how will persecution come?
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.11
He says, "All that
live godly in Christ
00:44:43.14\00:44:47.08
shall suffer persecution."
00:44:47.12\00:44:48.45
Amen.
00:44:48.48\00:44:49.82
So, when we live
the life of Christ,
00:44:49.85\00:44:51.52
persecution will come.
00:44:51.55\00:44:53.12
But the reason why
persecution hasn't come
00:44:53.15\00:44:54.92
is because many
of us aren't living
00:44:54.96\00:44:56.29
the life of Christ.
00:44:56.32\00:44:57.66
That's right.
And that's good news.
00:44:57.69\00:44:59.03
Yeah. Yeah.
00:44:59.06\00:45:00.40
A lot of people gonna
look at that and go, oh,
00:45:00.43\00:45:01.76
you know, I don't
want to be persecuted.
00:45:01.80\00:45:03.13
Nobody in their
humanity wants to be persecuted.
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.83
But that's some good news.
00:45:05.87\00:45:07.50
That means that the devil
has turned to you and said,
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.94
you know, you're
worthy of his persecution,
00:45:09.97\00:45:13.24
then you must be
doing something right.
00:45:13.27\00:45:16.14
It's gonna take things
just like that for the world
00:45:16.18\00:45:20.28
to get the world's
attention that we even exist,
00:45:20.32\00:45:23.85
as you can go a block
from your church nowadays,
00:45:23.89\00:45:25.72
and they didn't
know, still don't know
00:45:25.75\00:45:27.09
that there's a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:45:27.12\00:45:28.86
located around there.
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.23
So, when persecution
comes, or they begin to talk,
00:45:30.26\00:45:33.33
like now we see these protests
and the riots and the loot,
00:45:33.36\00:45:36.46
all this stuff here,
00:45:36.50\00:45:37.83
it's bringing
attention to something
00:45:37.87\00:45:39.20
whether it be
right or wrong, you see.
00:45:39.23\00:45:41.54
And so, when we do
what we're supposed to do,
00:45:41.57\00:45:43.81
and say and act and
live like we're supposed to,
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.47
it's going to bring attention,
00:45:46.51\00:45:48.18
the world's going to see things,
00:45:48.21\00:45:49.78
are going to hear things
00:45:49.81\00:45:51.15
that they never
seen or heard before.
00:45:51.18\00:45:53.15
And it's going to take
that rather than make excuses
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.32
why we shouldn't do
00:45:55.35\00:45:56.85
what God has already
commissioned us to do.
00:45:56.89\00:45:59.09
We should never
apologize for truth,
00:45:59.12\00:46:00.99
we should
always stand for truth.
00:46:01.02\00:46:02.36
Amen.
00:46:02.39\00:46:03.73
And surely, I
won't say surely to Pete.
00:46:03.76\00:46:05.99
Surely to Pete
there won't be somebody
00:46:06.03\00:46:07.46
in a high position
00:46:07.50\00:46:08.83
that will take
the truth and say,
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.20
well, this is not, you
know, it's hard to chew.
00:46:10.23\00:46:12.50
And so, don't present it.
00:46:12.53\00:46:14.40
We should praise God,
00:46:14.44\00:46:17.11
somebody said the truth
who understands our message
00:46:17.14\00:46:19.34
and why we are here.
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.71
If we're not going to
do what God asked us to do,
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.98
I just encourage you, oh, boy,
go find something else to do.
00:46:23.01\00:46:26.41
It's okay to say that.
00:46:26.45\00:46:28.25
What does Pastor Lomacang's on?
00:46:28.28\00:46:29.62
Yeah, Pastor
Lomacang always says
00:46:29.65\00:46:31.72
you need to go sell watermelons.
00:46:31.75\00:46:34.19
Always say get a real job.
00:46:34.22\00:46:36.83
Minister's not going to
do what he's supposed to do
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.69
and evangelize
and pastoring a church
00:46:38.73\00:46:40.73
and saying what needs to be
as preparation getting ready,
00:46:40.76\00:46:43.13
things that you
were talking about here.
00:46:43.16\00:46:44.70
Then seriously,
Lord, have mercy,
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.54
find another job
00:46:47.57\00:46:49.30
because you're not doing the job
00:46:49.34\00:46:50.67
that God has asked you to do.
00:46:50.71\00:46:52.04
You know, Brother Kenny,
one thing that amazes me,
00:46:52.07\00:46:54.21
you know, as an evangelist,
I travel all over our country
00:46:54.24\00:46:57.11
and I get to visit
many different churches,
00:46:57.15\00:46:59.05
many different
beautiful churches,
00:46:59.08\00:47:00.68
a lot of beautiful people.
00:47:00.72\00:47:02.18
But there's always
those that group of people
00:47:02.22\00:47:04.85
on almost every church
00:47:04.89\00:47:06.35
that doesn't
believe in the true gospel.
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.29
And they seem so like,
00:47:09.32\00:47:11.06
overwhelmed when
they hear me preach
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.73
the true gospel from the pulpit.
00:47:12.76\00:47:14.10
I'm up there
preaching about, you know,
00:47:14.13\00:47:15.46
all throughout my
evangelistic meetings,
00:47:15.50\00:47:17.23
and they'll hear me
talk about victory over sin
00:47:17.27\00:47:18.87
that we can't overcome.
00:47:18.90\00:47:20.24
And they come in, they're
like, oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:47:20.27\00:47:23.14
And they're like,
they present this gospel
00:47:23.17\00:47:25.34
that Jesus saves us in our sins.
00:47:25.37\00:47:27.51
Right.
00:47:27.54\00:47:28.88
And that's, that's the one thing
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.25
about our church that I love
00:47:30.28\00:47:31.61
is that our church
00:47:31.65\00:47:32.98
has the true
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:47:33.01\00:47:34.35
Amen.
00:47:34.38\00:47:35.72
Apart from all of
the other denominations,
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.09
the one thing
00:47:37.12\00:47:38.45
that a lot of the
other denominations teaches
00:47:38.49\00:47:40.19
that God saves us in our sins.
00:47:40.22\00:47:42.46
Our church
doesn't teach that. No.
00:47:42.49\00:47:43.89
It teaches that no,
God saves us from our sins
00:47:43.93\00:47:46.49
that we can by God's
grace change as Jason,
00:47:46.53\00:47:50.27
victory over
that former lifestyle.
00:47:50.30\00:47:51.70
Yeah. Right?
00:47:51.73\00:47:53.07
Amen. Yeah.
00:47:53.10\00:47:54.44
Yeah. It's powerful.
00:47:54.47\00:47:55.80
Victory in Jesus.
00:47:55.84\00:47:57.17
You know, I think that,
00:47:57.21\00:47:58.54
you know, one
reason why like you said,
00:47:58.57\00:47:59.91
Brother Ryan, about the us
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.28
not being
persecuted as Christians
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.94
is because we have
definitely compromised,
00:48:02.98\00:48:06.28
but we also
don't understand love.
00:48:06.31\00:48:07.78
That's right.
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.15
Because, you know,
00:48:09.18\00:48:10.52
love doesn't
condone bad behavior,
00:48:10.55\00:48:13.22
it teaches that you can overcome
00:48:13.25\00:48:15.92
that bad behavior,
it teaches victory.
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.43
Love also doesn't stay
silent on issues of oppression.
00:48:18.46\00:48:22.66
Love doesn't stay
silent on issues of sin,
00:48:22.70\00:48:26.43
love doesn't stay silent.
00:48:26.47\00:48:27.94
I think about Jesus
when He was walking around,
00:48:27.97\00:48:30.31
He stood up for
the tax collector,
00:48:30.34\00:48:31.94
He stood up for the harlot,
He stood up for the leper,
00:48:31.97\00:48:35.61
He stood up for
all of these people.
00:48:35.64\00:48:37.85
And so, when we see things,
we have to say something,
00:48:37.88\00:48:41.28
you know, we have to be
about our Father's business
00:48:41.32\00:48:44.52
and we do it in a
way that is His love.
00:48:44.55\00:48:47.89
You know, I think
about the protests
00:48:47.92\00:48:50.26
and all the stuff
that's going on in our world.
00:48:50.29\00:48:53.53
And I think that, you know,
00:48:53.56\00:48:55.80
a lot of times we can
lose sight of certain,
00:48:55.83\00:49:00.04
certain things and
what I mean by that is
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.57
the protests are existing
00:49:02.60\00:49:05.37
because of issues in
society of racial oppression.
00:49:05.41\00:49:09.34
That's right.
00:49:09.38\00:49:10.71
And so, sometimes
we end up focusing
00:49:10.75\00:49:14.02
on the rioting
or the looting part,
00:49:14.05\00:49:17.19
but we don't focus on
the racial oppression point.
00:49:17.22\00:49:20.16
And so that is where our
focus, the rioting, the looting,
00:49:20.19\00:49:24.29
that's bad, that's
not to be condoned,
00:49:24.33\00:49:26.59
that's not
acceptable by any means.
00:49:26.63\00:49:29.13
But we need to focus
on bringing the human race
00:49:29.16\00:49:31.97
together as one,
focus on the issue.
00:49:32.00\00:49:36.40
There was, you
know, there's, I mean,
00:49:36.44\00:49:38.31
so many different things
where we get sidetracked like,
00:49:38.34\00:49:41.14
what about this?
00:49:41.18\00:49:42.51
What about this?
00:49:42.54\00:49:43.88
You know, what about this?
00:49:43.91\00:49:45.25
Almost looks like a
doctor. This is where, yeah.
00:49:45.28\00:49:46.92
It's like going to the doctor.
00:49:46.95\00:49:48.28
If you go to the
doctor and you're sick.
00:49:48.32\00:49:50.62
You know, and
it's sad to say this
00:49:50.65\00:49:52.22
but most doctors treat
just the symptoms, right?
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.72
Yeah. Right.
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.09
The rioting and the looting,
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.46
all this are symptom
of a greater heart issue
00:49:57.49\00:50:00.00
that's not being dealt with.
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.36
That's right. That's right.
00:50:01.40\00:50:02.73
Deal with the heart issue. Yeah.
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.10
Deal with the underlying issue
00:50:04.13\00:50:05.80
and all those
symptoms will go away.
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.17
See we can, like
you're talking about here.
00:50:07.20\00:50:08.64
We have to focus on the issue.
00:50:08.67\00:50:11.44
And all these other
things is not helping the issue.
00:50:11.47\00:50:13.81
That's right.
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.18
To me, it's taking away from it
00:50:15.21\00:50:17.41
in Adventism or any church
00:50:17.45\00:50:19.38
or our relationship with Christ.
00:50:19.41\00:50:21.18
Sometime we
called the side issues.
00:50:21.22\00:50:22.55
That's right.
00:50:22.58\00:50:23.92
We got all these things
that people are coming to hear,
00:50:23.95\00:50:25.29
rather than what we
have already been told
00:50:25.32\00:50:27.16
we need to be doing
00:50:27.19\00:50:28.79
in this hour
that we're living in,
00:50:28.82\00:50:30.76
under the power
guidance of the Holy Spirit,
00:50:30.79\00:50:32.99
the living God,
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.36
that we need to do
00:50:34.40\00:50:35.73
what He has
commissioned us to do.
00:50:35.76\00:50:37.67
You know one quote I saw
was very interesting, it says,
00:50:37.70\00:50:39.63
"Nothing should occupy the mind
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.77
but the giving of the
three angels' message."
00:50:41.80\00:50:43.94
When you give
three angels' message,
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.31
you give all
three of those messages,
00:50:45.34\00:50:46.68
it's going to be,
00:50:46.71\00:50:48.04
it's going to talk
about are you ready,
00:50:48.08\00:50:49.41
it's going to talk about grace.
00:50:49.44\00:50:50.78
It's going to talk
about righteousness by faith.
00:50:50.81\00:50:52.15
Gonna talk about victory.
It's gonna be talking about...
00:50:52.18\00:50:53.85
I'm sorry, go
ahead. No, keep going.
00:50:53.88\00:50:58.29
I start losing out
here, what's going on.
00:50:58.32\00:50:59.95
It's all gonna to say too
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.36
that God is no
respecter of persons
00:51:01.39\00:51:03.43
and I just want to bring in
00:51:03.46\00:51:04.79
our good friend
Pastor Ivor Myers,
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.43
he just did a
recent video on this
00:51:06.46\00:51:08.96
that he released online.
00:51:09.00\00:51:10.33
It's, God created one race,
00:51:10.37\00:51:12.40
the Bible tells
us but many colors...
00:51:12.43\00:51:14.34
Yes. One race, but many colors.
00:51:14.37\00:51:17.04
And the thing about it
is the enemy is using this
00:51:17.07\00:51:19.81
to bring about
the end, if we can,
00:51:19.84\00:51:21.61
if we can have
division among ourselves,
00:51:21.64\00:51:23.81
whether it's over religion,
00:51:23.85\00:51:25.18
whether it's over
color, whatever it might be,
00:51:25.21\00:51:27.88
then he's bringing
about all this devastation,
00:51:27.92\00:51:31.65
because he wants to destroy
00:51:31.69\00:51:33.66
our relationship
with Jesus Christ.
00:51:33.69\00:51:35.89
He wants none of us
00:51:35.92\00:51:37.26
to have this
robe of righteousness.
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.13
If we have that
robe of righteousness on,
00:51:39.16\00:51:41.23
guess who is the scapegoat?
00:51:41.26\00:51:42.60
Guess who pays for my sins?
00:51:42.63\00:51:44.43
It's the enemy.
00:51:44.47\00:51:45.80
Does he want to burn for me? No.
00:51:45.83\00:51:48.47
He doesn't want any of us
to go back to where he left.
00:51:48.50\00:51:51.67
He left by choice.
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.51
We here can only see
through that glass darkly.
00:51:53.54\00:51:56.68
We long to see face to
face what heaven is like.
00:51:56.71\00:51:59.31
Yeah.
00:51:59.35\00:52:00.68
You know, and he wants
to take that away from us.
00:52:00.72\00:52:02.32
So that, you know,
00:52:02.35\00:52:03.99
we need to recognize
00:52:04.02\00:52:05.69
who is behind
all these movements
00:52:05.72\00:52:08.86
and what it's
doing and that's perfect,
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.83
we need to focus in
where we need to focus,
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.13
giving the three angels' message
00:52:13.16\00:52:14.56
in the love of God,
unifying the people.
00:52:14.60\00:52:17.20
God wants us to
unify every nation,
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.87
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:52:19.90\00:52:22.04
Every nation, the Bible says,
00:52:22.07\00:52:24.01
we are the
blessings are on the go,
00:52:24.04\00:52:25.91
Danny says, to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
00:52:25.94\00:52:29.91
There is no
separation in the love of God.
00:52:29.94\00:52:32.98
That's the heart change.
00:52:33.01\00:52:34.55
We're talking
about all these things.
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.45
And if God comes into
our mind and our hearts,
00:52:36.48\00:52:38.85
if He creates in us His image
which He's so longing to do,
00:52:38.89\00:52:43.96
then all these things will,
00:52:43.99\00:52:45.93
that would be a
thing of the past.
00:52:45.96\00:52:47.33
Glory. You got to preaching.
00:52:47.36\00:52:49.60
That's amazing
because when we get to heaven
00:52:49.63\00:52:52.37
and I know we kind
of got on this issue,
00:52:52.40\00:52:53.74
but we're dealing
with burning issue.
00:52:53.77\00:52:55.10
This is all part of it.
00:52:55.14\00:52:56.47
We're talking about things
that's happening right now
00:52:56.50\00:52:57.84
in our world.
00:52:57.87\00:52:59.21
And you know...
00:52:59.24\00:53:00.58
Now you're ready
to face these things.
00:53:00.61\00:53:01.94
Yeah.
00:53:01.98\00:53:03.31
I don't usually put much
into what celebrities say.
00:53:03.35\00:53:05.01
But I heard a celebrity, I
think it was Morgan Freeman.
00:53:05.05\00:53:07.62
And he had made this quote.
00:53:07.65\00:53:08.98
Somebody had asked
him about, you know,
00:53:09.02\00:53:10.35
the whole racist issue
00:53:10.39\00:53:11.72
and he had made this
quote years ago he said,
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.09
he said, "I
don't put much into it
00:53:13.12\00:53:14.46
because you know, I
don't look at you and I see,
00:53:14.49\00:53:16.56
I don't say there's a white man,
00:53:16.59\00:53:17.93
I say there's a man."
00:53:17.96\00:53:19.29
That's right.
00:53:19.33\00:53:20.66
And I hope that
you look at me and see
00:53:20.70\00:53:22.03
that there's not a black,
00:53:22.06\00:53:23.40
that I'm not a
black man, I'm a man.
00:53:23.43\00:53:24.77
And it made perfect sense
because when we get to heaven,
00:53:24.80\00:53:26.13
you know, we're not gonna see,
00:53:26.17\00:53:27.50
you know, all
these people flying,
00:53:27.54\00:53:28.87
all these angels
and say, I mean, look,
00:53:28.90\00:53:30.24
there's a black
angel flying right there.
00:53:30.27\00:53:31.71
You know, you're gonna say,
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.07
look at that beautiful
angel flying right there.
00:53:33.11\00:53:35.54
But the devil plants these,
00:53:35.58\00:53:38.35
these backward
counterfeit unloving thoughts
00:53:38.38\00:53:41.85
in our minds
00:53:41.88\00:53:43.22
and it grows like a virus in us.
00:53:43.25\00:53:44.59
It is a virus.
00:53:44.62\00:53:45.95
And sometimes people can have
racist thoughts, racist ideas,
00:53:45.99\00:53:49.69
racist concepts
built up in their heart,
00:53:49.72\00:53:52.09
while all the while
considering themselves
00:53:52.13\00:53:53.46
not to be a racist.
00:53:53.50\00:53:54.83
Yeah.
00:53:54.86\00:53:56.20
And I know that's
not necessarily now
00:53:56.23\00:53:57.57
what I hear and say,
they talk just about that.
00:53:57.60\00:53:58.93
But I just wanted to ask in fact
00:53:58.97\00:54:00.30
that Dakota said
something earlier,
00:54:00.34\00:54:01.67
I gotta bring this in.
00:54:01.70\00:54:03.04
He said Christ
came here to show us
00:54:03.07\00:54:05.47
what we can do through God.
00:54:05.51\00:54:06.84
Amen. Absolutely.
00:54:06.88\00:54:08.21
Listen to this quote,
The Upward Look, page 303,
00:54:08.24\00:54:10.48
it's exactly what
he was just saying.
00:54:10.51\00:54:12.21
"Christ took humanity
00:54:12.25\00:54:13.65
and bore the
hatred of the world."
00:54:13.68\00:54:16.42
You think of oppression,
you want to talk about racism,
00:54:16.45\00:54:19.22
you want to talk
about oppression,
00:54:19.25\00:54:20.59
you want to talk about,
00:54:20.62\00:54:21.96
I mean, these people
looked at Jesus said,
00:54:21.99\00:54:23.63
that dude's from Nazareth.
00:54:23.66\00:54:26.03
Can anything good
come out of Nazareth?
00:54:26.06\00:54:27.40
Yeah.
00:54:27.43\00:54:28.76
Is this the son of
Mary and Joseph, this guy,
00:54:28.80\00:54:31.13
you know, you know, right?
00:54:31.17\00:54:32.63
Christ took humanity
00:54:32.67\00:54:34.00
and bored the
hatred of the world
00:54:34.04\00:54:35.47
that He might show men and women
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.84
that they could
live without sin.
00:54:37.87\00:54:41.78
The Upward Look, page 303. Yeah.
00:54:41.81\00:54:43.78
Righteousness by faith.
00:54:43.81\00:54:45.15
It's all about victory over sin.
00:54:45.18\00:54:46.51
Amen.
00:54:46.55\00:54:47.88
And you know, the Bible says
00:54:47.92\00:54:49.25
the devil is
like a roaring lion.
00:54:49.28\00:54:50.62
Yes.
00:54:50.65\00:54:51.99
How many people
00:54:52.02\00:54:53.36
do you know of would be attacked
00:54:53.39\00:54:55.79
and being eaten by a lion
00:54:55.82\00:54:57.29
while their friends
sits on the sideline
00:54:57.33\00:54:59.13
and watches them
00:54:59.16\00:55:00.50
and the person
being mauled by this lion
00:55:00.53\00:55:02.06
is reaching out to the
friend and says, hey, hey,
00:55:02.10\00:55:04.50
save me from this lion.
00:55:04.53\00:55:06.37
And the friend looks
on and watches this lion
00:55:06.40\00:55:08.60
eating their friend alive
00:55:08.64\00:55:10.37
and they're just
saying, oh, hey, you're saved.
00:55:10.41\00:55:13.61
You just know, you're saved.
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.28
You know, no
one's gonna be mauled
00:55:15.31\00:55:16.64
by this lion at the same time
and go, oh, praise the Lord,
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.98
that I'm saved from this lion
00:55:19.01\00:55:20.58
all the while
being eaten by this lion.
00:55:20.62\00:55:22.58
Jesus did not come
to save us in our sin.
00:55:22.62\00:55:24.99
He came to save us from our sin.
00:55:25.02\00:55:27.02
That's what the
garment's all about
00:55:27.06\00:55:28.39
when you're wearing His
righteous white garment.
00:55:28.42\00:55:30.89
Jesus has put His
stamp of righteousness on you
00:55:30.93\00:55:34.00
but not because
of what you've done,
00:55:34.03\00:55:35.36
but because what
you've allowed Him
00:55:35.40\00:55:36.77
to do in you.
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.13
His life testifies.
00:55:38.17\00:55:39.50
Yes.
00:55:39.53\00:55:40.87
Desires of
Ages, 24 quickly says,
00:55:40.90\00:55:42.24
"His life testifies
that it is possible for us
00:55:42.27\00:55:45.04
also to obey the law of God."
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.11
Amen.
00:55:47.14\00:55:48.48
The life of Jesus Christ,
00:55:48.51\00:55:49.91
beholding we
become changed, right?
00:55:49.94\00:55:52.55
Imitate Him.
00:55:52.58\00:55:54.02
Don't imitate
somebody in the world
00:55:54.05\00:55:55.55
and I want to be like this.
00:55:55.58\00:55:56.92
I want to be like Jesus.
00:55:56.95\00:55:58.45
I want to have
the mind of Christ.
00:55:58.49\00:56:00.62
And certainly, that is possible
as we pray and submit ourselves
00:56:00.66\00:56:03.16
to Him each and every day.
00:56:03.19\00:56:04.53
We have a minute and 30 seconds.
00:56:04.56\00:56:05.89
Let's do something. Yeah.
00:56:05.93\00:56:07.26
The key is cooperation. Amen.
00:56:07.30\00:56:08.76
We can't do it on our own.
00:56:08.80\00:56:10.57
We have no strength
to do it on our own.
00:56:10.60\00:56:12.53
We must yield to Him
00:56:12.57\00:56:14.97
and in so
yielding His righteousness,
00:56:15.00\00:56:17.87
His life, His
perspective comes into us
00:56:17.91\00:56:21.84
and then we can
have the victory.
00:56:21.88\00:56:23.31
Amen. Amen.
00:56:23.35\00:56:24.68
We have to yield.
Yes, yes, that's our part.
00:56:24.71\00:56:26.31
Good.
00:56:26.35\00:56:27.68
And if you think
that you can't do it
00:56:27.72\00:56:29.05
on your own,
00:56:29.08\00:56:30.42
go to Romans Chapter 12
and behave like a Christian.
00:56:30.45\00:56:33.32
That's right.
00:56:33.36\00:56:34.69
And you will soon
get a wake-up call.
00:56:34.72\00:56:36.86
Very said. That's right.
00:56:36.89\00:56:38.23
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:56:38.26\00:56:39.73
Enemy is hungry,
feed him if he is thirsty,
00:56:39.76\00:56:41.96
give him drink for in
so doing you will heap
00:56:42.00\00:56:44.43
coals of fire on his head.
00:56:44.47\00:56:46.13
If your enemy is
hungry and you feed him
00:56:46.17\00:56:48.84
and keep him drink.
00:56:48.87\00:56:50.91
That's tough.
00:56:50.94\00:56:53.14
You can't do that on your own.
00:56:53.17\00:56:54.51
No, you can't.
00:56:54.54\00:56:55.88
I think Ephesians 5,
00:56:55.91\00:56:57.25
if people could go
back and read Ephesians 5
00:56:57.28\00:56:59.01
because in there,
it's going to encapsulate
00:56:59.05\00:57:01.42
a lot of what we've talked about
00:57:01.45\00:57:02.78
and move it a little further.
00:57:02.82\00:57:04.52
I think it tells us how to
have that robe of righteous too.
00:57:04.55\00:57:07.26
Just what we're seeing
this anger in the world,
00:57:07.29\00:57:09.59
it will be turned on
God's last day people,
00:57:09.62\00:57:11.79
we're told that, so
we need to be ready,
00:57:11.83\00:57:13.73
we need this
robe of righteousness,
00:57:13.76\00:57:15.43
aggressive
warfare, aggressive warfare,
00:57:15.46\00:57:18.57
we need to suit up
with the armor of God.
00:57:18.60\00:57:20.80
That's right.
00:57:20.84\00:57:22.17
I feel like I'm
suiting up today.
00:57:22.20\00:57:23.67
I want to praise God. Amen.
00:57:23.71\00:57:25.04
Well, thank you for
joining us. Praise God.
00:57:25.07\00:57:26.74
Thank you for joining us today.
00:57:26.78\00:57:28.11
We pray, it's
been a blessing to you.
00:57:28.14\00:57:29.48
Thank you. We're
gonna be praying for you.
00:57:29.51\00:57:31.15
You pray for
us. Jesus is coming.
00:57:31.18\00:57:32.51
Let's be ready.
00:57:32.55\00:57:33.88
God bless you.
We'll see you next time.
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