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 welcome friends
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to another edition
of 3ABN Family Worship.
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We worship the Lord
in spirit and in truth.
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We have an exciting study today,
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a study that we've
kind of already begun.
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This is part two of a study
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that we began
already that is entitled
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"A Call to Anguish."
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And so, I guess this is
"A Call to Anguish Part Two."
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And we're going to
dive deep into this
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and get even deeper
than what we got before
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because we're talking
about righteousness by faith,
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we're talking
about a great shaking
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that is going to
occur in these last days.
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Again, we just want to
say thank you for joining us,
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taking time out
of your busy day.
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We ask you grab your friends,
your family, your enemies,
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and everyone
that you possibly can,
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gather them around
right now, get your Bibles,
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get your iPads,
your paper, your pens
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and anything to
write with to take notes
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because this is
going to be a deep study
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and I know
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that it's gonna
bless you abundantly.
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Before we pray though
and get right into our study,
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I want to introduce
our exciting panel here
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are our family, family worship.
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And I'm going to
start to my right here,
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we have Brother
Kenny at the far end.
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Brother, it's always
a blessing to have you.
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Love your wisdom,
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love what the Lord
lays on your heart.
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It's good to have you.
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What a blessing
always we decide to study
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the Word of God together.
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So, and this to me, this
study is exceptional too,
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we're talking about
here of getting a closer,
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you know, insight into things
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that how God
would have His people
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to be just before He comes.
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And so, I'm
excited about this. Amen.
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And then, of
course, to your left,
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you would probably
say your better half.
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I would.
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Sister Chris Shelton,
such a blessing to have you.
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You know, it's a
blessing to be here.
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And may I also
say that I appreciate
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his wisdom and godly insight.
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You know, I can't tell
you how many times I think
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where would I be spiritually
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had I not had his
connection with heaven?
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You know, there were
sometimes I can remember once
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when we were
studying about puppetry
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in the church and, you know,
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I can find some
things and he said,
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he told this lady
said, "Give me a week."
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And he went upstairs
and he came back down.
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And he gave me this
list of stuff to type out.
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And I'm going
through there and I'm like,
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how did you find out that?
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I mean, it doesn't say puppets
or anything but the principles?
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And it is just the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Praise the Lord.
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You know, and
that's what we all need.
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I pray that that's, I
know I've experienced it,
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but I definitely
would witness it in him.
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Amen.
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Well, you guys
are precious people.
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We appreciate you being on here.
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Praise God.
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I know you're gonna have
lots of good things to add
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to today's study.
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So, praise the Lord.
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And, of course, to my left
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is my little
brother, Dakota Day,
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but he's not so little anymore.
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You're a young man in the Lord
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and it's such a
blessing to have you on here.
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For those of you who
may not know who Dakota is,
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he is my brother.
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We were both in
ministry years ago,
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went to
evangelism school together
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at Amazing Facts
Center of Evangelism.
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And then coming out of that
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I went to Amazing Facts
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for a few years as an evangelist
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and then my brother now,
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that I've transitioned
to 3ABN he has been,
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I think this is
about your fourth year now
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with Amazing Facts ministry.
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So, it's a
blessing to have you, man.
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Man, I appreciate
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all of your love
and support, Ryan,
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through the years
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and just inviting
me on the program.
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It's a blessing,
man. Thanks, man.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
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Well, why don't we have a prayer
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and get right into this.
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Brother Kenny, why don't you say
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a prayer for us
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and we're going to
dive deep into the study.
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Amen.
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Loving Father in heaven,
again as we truly thank You
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for Your love, Your mercy,
Your long suffering with us.
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Lord, we come
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and may we
should ask first of all,
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You forgive us of our sins,
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anything in our heart
and life indeed not be there.
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We need open
communion with heaven,
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we just pray the Holy Spirit now
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will be seen in great measure.
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Open our hearts, open our
ears, open our minds, we pray,
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speak to us,
Lord, we pray today.
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We pray for our every viewer
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whether they be
listening or watching
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we pray their
hearts will be open,
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crying out, Lord, what
would You have me to do.
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What is truth?
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And we pray
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these messages will get
into the heart and the minds
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and the life of each individual
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that can make a
decision for You.
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It is an anguishing
time that we're living in,
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but it's a hopeful
time that Jesus is coming
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and you want to people prepare.
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Thank You for every
individual that is here,
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every aspect
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of getting a
program out like this,
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bless it we pray to this end
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and we just ask Your
blessing upon and once again
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen, amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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A Call to Anguish Part Two.
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If you joined us last time,
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you know, we read a
rather lengthy quote,
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I'm gonna read that quote again.
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It comes from the
version I'm reading from
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actually comes from
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the First Volume
of the Testimonies,
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page 170- 181.
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Now you can find
this same message
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just worded just
a little differently
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also over in Early
Writings, page 269-270.
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But I'm going to reading
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from the First
Volume of the Testimonies,
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page 179-181.
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And we've entitled this,
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A Call to Anguish for a Purpose.
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Some people may think, man,
it's a negative title or man,
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it just kind of
communicates gloom and doom.
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But I promise you
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there's a purpose for this title
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because as we're going
to read through this again,
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you're going to
see that, you know,
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God by the Spirit
during this judgment hour,
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during this
antitypical day of atonement,
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He wants us to
agonize, to call out in anguish,
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and plead for a
working of the Holy Spirit
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in our life for change.
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And so, I'm going to
read through this quote,
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it's a rather lengthy quote,
so bear with me, be patient,
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but it's going to
open up what again,
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we're going to continue to study
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of what we did last time.
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So, this comes
from November 20, 1857,
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First Volume of the Testimonies,
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page 179-181.
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And this is what she says.
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She says, I was
shown the people of God
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and I saw them mightily shaken,
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some with strong
faith in agonizing cries.
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We're pleading with God.
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Their countenances were pale
and marked with deep anxiety,
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expressive of
their internal struggle.
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Firmness and great earnestness
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were expressed in
their countenances,
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while large drops
of perspiration fell
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from their foreheads.
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Now and then their
faces would light up
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with the marks of
God's approbation.
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And again, the
same solemn, earnest,
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anxious look
would settle upon them.
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Evil angels crowded around them,
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pressing their
darkness upon them,
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to shut out
Jesus from their view,
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that their eyes might
be drawn to the darkness
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that surrounded them.
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And they did that
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they might come to distress God,
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and next murmur against him.
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Their only safety
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was in keeping their
eyes directed upward.
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Angels of God had
charge over His people.
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And as the poisonous atmosphere
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from the evil angels
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was pressed around
these anxious ones,
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the heavenly angels
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were continually
wafting their wings over them
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to scatter the thick darkness.
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Some I saw did not participate
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in this work of
agonizing and pleading.
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They seemed
indifferent and careless.
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They were not resisting
the darkness around them,
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and it shut them
in like a thick cloud.
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The angels of God left these,
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and I saw them
hastening to the assistance
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of those who were struggling
with all their energies
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to resist the evil angels,
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and trying to help themselves
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by calling upon
God with perseverance.
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But the angels left
those who made no effort
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to help themselves,
and I lost sight of them.
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As the praying ones
continued their earnest cries,
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a ray of light from Jesus
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would at times come to
them to encourage their hearts
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and light up their countenance.
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And this is what she says.
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She says, I asked the
meaning of the shaking
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that I had seen.
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She says, and I was shown
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that it would be caused
by the straight testimony
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called forth by the
counsel of the true witness
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to the Laodiceans.
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This will have its effect
upon the heart of the receiver,
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and will lead him
to exalt the standard
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and pour forth
the straight truth.
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Some will not bear
this straight testimony,
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they will rise up against it,
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and this will cause a
shaking among God's people."
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I know that's a lengthy quote,
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but my friends, we're
going to talk about this,
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probably in more
parts than just two.
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So, stay with us.
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Last time we were here,
just do a quick review, guys.
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Last time we were here
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as she said
there in that last part
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we just read.
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We learned that
this is a message
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to the Laodiceans.
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Yes. Okay.
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And we went through that message
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to Laodicea
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but more specifically,
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she says that the
shaking would be brought
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about by the
council to Laodicea.
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And so, we
focused in on this council
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and that council to Laodicea
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is found in
Revelation Chapter 3,
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beginning with verse 18.
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Dakota, why don't
you read that for us?
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Revelation Chapter 3,
beginning with verse 18.
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What does that say there?
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Yes, it says,
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"I counsel thee
to buy of me gold
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tried in the fire,
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that thou mayest be
rich, and white raiment,
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that thou mayest be clothed,
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and that the shame of
thy nakedness do not appear,
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and anoint thine
eyes with eyesalve,
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that thou mayest see."
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So in part one,
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we spent quite a bit of time
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talking about the
first part of that council,
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which is, of course, he says,
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I counsel you to buy
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from me gold refine in the fire.
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We learned that in the Bible,
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that's that pure
gold like faith of Jesus.
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Yes. Amen.
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Patience of the saints
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus.
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And we've got a
little bit into part two
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talking about the
second part of that council,
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which is those white garments
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and that's where we
want to begin today,
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Brother Kenny, Sister Chris.
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It says there in that,
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in the second
council there, it says,
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and white garments
that you may be clothed,
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that the shame of your nakedness
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may not be revealed.
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So that's what we
want to dissect now,
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talk about these white
garments and keep in mind,
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she says this is the message
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that's gonna
bring about a shaking
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in the last days.
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And so, what about
these white garments?
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Let's talk about it.
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Well, you know, I was
thinking, we studied it,
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I think many
times and been over it,
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but I'm still learning.
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That's right.
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Because in the
robe of righteousness
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and how valuable it is,
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and how it's
really to be put on,
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there're
conditions to my salvation.
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I accept Christ and I go on.
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And receiving that
robe of righteousness
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is again we have to, we
have to be seeking for it.
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I think one of the
things was by of me.
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Right?
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It's nothing that we
can attain on our own.
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Right?
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We have to seek
Him and we have to buy
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and I think you
mentioned in that lesson
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before talking
about it, it cost.
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And I don't know about
you, but in your life, it costs
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but you know, it's
still small price to pay
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for heaven to live
eternally with Jesus.
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We all go through
things in this life.
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We know that, we
all go through things,
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there's tests
and there's trials,
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realize there's
God's little workman,
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but again, we need to
stay our self open before God,
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confessing our sins.
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That was the
message of John the Baptist
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as you all know.
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That's right.
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And that was the
first coming of Jesus,
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we're approaching the
second coming of Jesus.
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Our message still
has to be the same.
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Repent, you know,
be baptized, right?
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Get our life right.
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How can we help others
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when we're carrying
around a lot of these burdens
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and these heavy
things in our own life,
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and restfulness and peacefulness
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is just laying
everything at the feet of Jesus
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and by faith getting
up and leaving them there.
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I've had the tendency
a few times to go back
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and pick him up
because I wanted to help God.
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He doesn't need my
help, I made a mess of it.
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And so, He
brings us back to that,
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but that robe of
righteous, I praise God for it.
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And again,
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no one will enter the kingdom
without it and buy of Him.
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So, I think God, you
know, for that promise
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of helping us
gain victory over sin
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and moving on and
then robe of righteousness
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is Christ righteous in His life.
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That's certainly where I failed.
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He certainly
had to gain victory.
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Powerful.
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You said something just then
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that really
sparked something in me,
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at least brought up a question.
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Oh.
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And that is you said
buy of me, buy of me.
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Dakota, I have to
go to you on this one.
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Because in a
previous study that we did,
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you did a
beautiful job of bringing out
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and talking about
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how we that the gospel
comes at a price, right?
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Now I want to cover the...
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I want to make
this very, very clear.
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We know that salvation is
free, it's a free gift, right?
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So we're not saying
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that it comes at a price
in the sense that you know
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you can purchase
your way to heaven.
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I said I was doing a study
one time on the ten virgins.
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And if you remember the council
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that the five wise virgins
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give to the
five foolish virgins,
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they say you know
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because the five
foolish say to the wise,
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you know, hey,
give us of your oil
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because we don't
have enough, right?
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And then what are the five
wise say to the five foolish?
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You have to go buy your own.
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You know, go buy
from them that sell.
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And then, you know,
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I made that connection one time,
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you know, over Revelation
there's someone selling.
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There's someone
that's actually says
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buy from Me and
it's Jesus, right?
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We know that
Jesus says, buy from Me.
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And I made the,
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I made the comment one
time in the Bible study I said,
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you know, can you
buy the Holy Spirit?
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And, of course, the
obvious answer is no.
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Right?
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And so, everyone
around the room is
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no, no, no, no, no, you
can't buy the Holy Spirit.
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Well, just to spark a
little bit of conversation
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and maybe throw a
little bit of a wrench
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in the pile there just
to kind of spark thought.
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I said, yes, you can.
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You can buy the Holy Spirit.
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And, of course, you know,
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the attitude in the
room changed really quickly,
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and they said, what?
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Well, you know,
you can't buy it,
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you know, it's apostasy
to say something like that.
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Well, obviously, we can't buy
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the Holy Spirit
with money, right?
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It's not like we
say, look, Jesus, I have,
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you know, $100
million in my bank account.
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Surely, You can
give me your Holy Spirit.
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Not like that.
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But yet, you know,
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think about the Parable
of the Pearl of Great Price.
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And Mrs. White says in
Christ's Object Lesson,
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she says, "The
salvation comes at a cost,
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at a price."
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Dakota, dissect that for us.
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You did beautifully
before, just kind of remind us.
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How can we buy the Holy Spirit?
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What did Jesus say
when He's saying here,
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I count you to buy from me gold,
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buy that white garment.
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What is He saying here?
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Yeah, so we
talked about the gold
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in our last study
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representing the
faith of Jesus, right?
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And we know that
the white raiment
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is also is what
He's encouraging us
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to buy, right?
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And we know the
white raiment represents
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Christ's righteousness,
Christ's right doing.
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And the only way we
can have the faith of Jesus
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and the only way
we can have Christ
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right doing in our lives
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is that we have
to give up our sin.
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So, the trade that we take here,
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the purchase
that we're making here
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is that we are
purchasing God's faith
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and God's
victory over sin power,
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the power of the Holy Spirit
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by giving up our sins to Jesus.
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And then Jesus,
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therefore returns
will give us His spirit
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and give us His
sanctifying grace.
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And I think that this
is where a lot of people,
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you know, tend to struggle
with their walk with God
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is that they don't,
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they don't want
to give up our sin
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because it's not natural for us
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to want to give up what we love.
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And this is where,
how do we get that?
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How do we get to
where we can give it up?
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Well, this is why we
have to look to Jesus.
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The more we look to Jesus,
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the more we will
fall in love with Him.
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And, you know, when I
first met my wife, Anna,
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Ryan, you know, Anna,
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we spend a lot
of time around her.
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When I first met my wife, Anna,
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I fell in love with her looks
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but I didn't
fall in love with her
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because I had to
spend time around her.
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And the more
time I spent with her,
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and I'm sure you
guys can say the same
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and you and
Stephanie can say the same.
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The more time I
spent around her,
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the more I fell
in love with her.
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And so much that
if she asked of me
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anything to surrender,
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because of my love for
her, I would give it up gladly.
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And so, I think it's
the same with us in Jesus.
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And if we're
wanting to truly be changed
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and molded and
shaped into His likeness,
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and to have His righteousness,
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that white raiment, right?
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Then we have to give up our sin.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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I was thinking of, you know,
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identifying kind of dialing in
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what we're talking about
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when it says this white garment.
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Isaiah 61:10 comes to mind here,
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which identifies
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what this garment
represents, right?
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So, 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 clothed me
with garments of salvation."
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There it is, but
then he dials it in,
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he says,
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"He has covered me
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with the robe of righteousness."
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It's Isaiah 61:10,
robes of righteousness, white,
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white garments,
white righteousness.
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You know, let's talk
a little bit about this,
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a little bit about this garment
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because doesn't Jesus tell
us a parable in the gospels
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about a man who showed up
at an event, at a wedding?
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And he didn't have
the proper raiment on,
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you know, what does that
say about us today, you know,
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preparing to have
that white raiment
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so that we may be clothed.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, in my mind,
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just to maybe start
off a little bit here,
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we realized that he
came to the wedding, right?
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And again, we're
talking about heaven,
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getting into heaven.
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So just make it
very simple in our minds.
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And he came with his own,
we call self-righteousness.
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He came with his own thoughts
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and so on and his
same old character.
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And he was cast out.
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So, we have to have the
robe of Christ's righteousness,
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that was His life, right,
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His victories where
we've been defeated,
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where we've all sinned
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and come short
of the glory of God,
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there's none good, not one.
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How in the world
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we're going to repopulate heaven
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when they said there's
none good, no, not one.
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There's not a
chance for us on our own.
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That's right.
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No one will make
it to the kingdom.
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It's because of Jesus.
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He said, where you fail, I
gained the victory for you.
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You've already failed.
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You're under death penalty.
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I'm the only one
that can save you.
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And sometime we're
looking for other gods
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in all different places.
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There's only one
that we can go to,
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only one that
can forgive our sins,
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only one that's
willing to put His robe,
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His victory, victorious
life over this mess of mine.
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But I like what?
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We have to
surrender to Him first.
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We have to gain victory
over sin through His power,
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not in ourselves.
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You know, we,
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I feel like we're
defeated many times
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is because
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when we're trying to
gain a victory over something
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in our life,
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I look in the
mirror and I see myself.
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And as soon as you see yourself
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as total
disaster like, I've tried,
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it appears I've
tried 1000 times,
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a million times, I can't.
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I said it's
because we're looking
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in the wrong place,
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you see, we're looking
at ourself, total defeat.
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We know ourself,
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we know there's no
hope outside of Christ.
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And so, we need to look
to Him, that's what it says,
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you know, if I be lifted
up, would draw men unto me,
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if I be lifted up, that
said, draw all men to me.
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This is the whole
thing, I think, let's look at,
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just put Jesus out
there, continue to look to Him,
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He'll give you great
strength and faith and courage
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that victory can be assured
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and once we
mentioned in another lesson,
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it's be His life, His life,
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living His life
guarantees by the grace of God,
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if I submit to Him,
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I can too gain those
victories over those things
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that so easily
beset me at times.
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May I interject?
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Yes, ma'am. Please do.
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Yeah.
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First of all, I
have to praise God
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for His mercy and His patience.
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And you kids can look at us
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until we're grandma and grandpa.
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Thank you, honey.
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But when I go
through these things,
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I think how is it
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that there's going to be
people come in at the last hour?
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Yes.
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And going to be able to
learn what has taken us a life.
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Oh, yes.
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That true witness
presents a straight testimony.
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And when I hear
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even what you
read in the beginning,
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it reminds me of
my walk in this faith,
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my walk with Jesus.
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There was a time that
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that straight
testimony cut so deep
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that there were certain books
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I wouldn't look at
for two or three years,
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seriously 'cause it hurt.
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You know, we are
raised in a world
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that Christianity is accepted.
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Oh, it's good to be a Christian.
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You're going to church.
So, are you a Christian?
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Have you accepted Christ?
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All you have to do
is believe and be saved.
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But the true
witness once you believe
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and He takes you under His wing
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and you begin to walk
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into the shadow
of the Most High God,
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He begins to show you things,
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He begins to show you the dross,
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He begins to show
us our characters.
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And we don't like seeing hurt.
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I mean, I'm a girl, okay?
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I go out, I love to
work out in the yard,
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and I can get my fingers dirty,
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I can get my face
dirty and, and I can come in
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but I want to
wash after I come in.
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I'm not satisfied staying dirty.
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Thank you.
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So, when God begins to point out
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how dirty I am,
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when I thought I
was okay, it hurts.
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Sure.
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You know, so,
it's only by His grace,
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it's only by His tender mercy,
He is the great physician,
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He comes down,
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He does surgery
like nobody else.
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If somebody else had
been over me and said,
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look, you're not
gonna make it if you don't,
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if you don't stop wearing
this, I'm not bringing you,
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He's not gonna accept you.
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I would have said,
oh, that's not anybody,
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I want to serve,
that's not the loving Jesus.
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I thought you
were leading me too.
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Yeah.
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But because of His
tenderness, His mercy,
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He tells us how
much He loves us.
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He shows how much He's given
for each and every one of us.
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And He gently,
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I've called this for
years progressive revelation.
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Of course.
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If He had given me
everything at once, have mercy.
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I mean, already, I
thought, I couldn't take it,
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you know, at times.
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Oh, yes.
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But if He gave you
everything at once,
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you would be overwhelmed.
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You would give up
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and that's what the
enemy wants from you.
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You're not good enough,
you'll never be like that,
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you can't be
like Jesus, come on.
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Did you remember what
you dreamed last night?
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See what I'm saying?
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So, he's the
accuser of the brethren,
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he tries to bring in discord,
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he tries to make us
bring in discouragement
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and give us a lack of faith.
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Yes.
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He takes away our gold
that was tried in the fire.
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That's right.
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There you go. Amen.
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But because Jesus comes in
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and I've spent a lot of tearful,
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quiet times with
Him over the years.
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And there's times that
I've had to just shut down
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for a while,
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and I knew that
tomorrow would be
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a better day.
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But as He speaks to my
heart, and then in that new day,
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the gold looked
a little different.
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It had a little
more shine to it.
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That's right. A
little heavy sometimes.
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And I accepted
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a lot of the
condemnation about myself.
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And I accepted those changes,
but I think as Christians,
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as we read God's Word,
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you know, it's not for
the Word to line up with us.
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We have churches
over the last 10 years
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that literally they
have thrown the Bible out
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because the Word of God no
longer fits their lifestyle.
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Right. Yeah.
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But it's not
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that the Word of God
is to fit our lifestyle.
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It's that we are to come in line
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with the Word of God
and with Christ Jesus.
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So I want to
praise Him for His mercy.
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Yes. That is so powerful.
00:24:08.08\00:24:09.41
It's so true. It's so true.
00:24:09.44\00:24:10.78
You know, as you were speaking,
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there may be someone
watching right now that says,
00:24:12.95\00:24:14.68
you know what, Ryan,
00:24:14.72\00:24:16.05
Jesus accepts us
just the way we are.
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Right?
00:24:17.62\00:24:18.95
And so, you're talking
about a garment change,
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you're talking
about a new garment,
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but yet, you know,
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.16
some people think
literally, and they think,
00:24:23.19\00:24:24.53
you know, I come
to Jesus just as I am
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and He accepts us
just the way that we are.
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And there is truth to that.
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And we don't want
to deny that one bit.
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You know, God finds
us in the mire, right?
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.17
He finds us in the dirt,
00:24:33.20\00:24:35.90
you know, Paul
would use the word dung,
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dung, big dung, right?
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We're wallowing
in that vomit, right?
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.54
And the Lord
finds us just like that,
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does He cast us aside
00:24:44.08\00:24:45.41
and say, no, you're too dirty
00:24:45.45\00:24:46.78
and I don't want to
deal with that, right?
00:24:46.82\00:24:48.15
No, no, no, He does accept
as just the way that we are.
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But here's the beautiful truth.
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He doesn't want to
leave us the way we are.
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Thank you, Lord. That's right.
00:24:55.82\00:24:58.16
He accepts us
the way that we are,
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He brings us in
with the garments
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.43
that we're wearing, right?
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But is He gonna leave us
in those old ragged garments?
00:25:04.73\00:25:07.70
No. No, He's not.
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He wants to put a
new garment upon us.
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And that's why He's telling,
He's telling Laodicea here,
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He's saying, hey,
look, you think you're cold,
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.54
but you're naked,
00:25:16.58\00:25:18.08
you're miserable, you're poor.
00:25:18.11\00:25:19.71
And guess what? On top
of it all, you're blind.
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We're going to talk
about the light side
00:25:21.62\00:25:22.95
in just a moment.
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You're blight.
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You can't even
see your condition.
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.06
He says, so please come to me,
00:25:27.09\00:25:28.76
I counsel you buy
from me this gold,
00:25:28.79\00:25:31.43
this faith of
gold, faith of Jesus
00:25:31.46\00:25:33.53
and these white
beautiful, righteous garments,
00:25:33.56\00:25:36.36
not of your own righteousness
but what does the Bible say?
00:25:36.40\00:25:39.27
Your righteousness is
like filthy rags, right?
00:25:39.30\00:25:42.30
So He takes you,
accepts you in your filthy rags,
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.74
and then He
doesn't leave you that way,
00:25:45.77\00:25:47.84
He wants to change your garment.
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I was thinking of the,
00:25:49.24\00:25:50.71
you know, on the
Day of Atonement,
00:25:50.75\00:25:53.25
the high priest,
00:25:53.28\00:25:54.62
if anyone in that entire camp
who knows millions of people
00:25:54.65\00:25:59.85
and if anyone could
point to the one person
00:25:59.89\00:26:02.09
in all the camp
that you could say,
00:26:02.12\00:26:03.46
now that's a holy man.
00:26:03.49\00:26:05.03
That man was chose
for a holy purpose.
00:26:05.06\00:26:07.10
It would be the high priest.
00:26:07.13\00:26:08.63
But even the high priest
had to change his garment
00:26:08.66\00:26:13.54
before he went into
the presence of God.
00:26:13.57\00:26:16.20
And you can go
read about it there,
00:26:16.24\00:26:17.57
Leviticus Chapter 16
00:26:17.61\00:26:18.94
where God
specifically tells Aaron,
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.34
now keep this in mind,
00:26:20.38\00:26:21.71
Aaron was
anointed, Aaron was chosen.
00:26:21.74\00:26:24.48
He was God's chosen
vessel to serve in that manner.
00:26:24.51\00:26:27.28
But before,
00:26:27.32\00:26:28.65
Aaron could just
bust up through that veil
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.39
into the Most Holy Place,
00:26:30.42\00:26:31.75
just wearing and thinking
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.15
that he could just
go in there as he was.
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.52
The Lord gave him
00:26:34.56\00:26:35.89
specific instructions that said,
00:26:35.92\00:26:37.26
look, brother,
change your garments,
00:26:37.29\00:26:38.63
and when you have
changed your garments
00:26:38.66\00:26:40.06
and put on clean ones.
00:26:40.10\00:26:43.23
Clean ones, then you
can come into My presence.
00:26:43.26\00:26:45.60
He had to make an
atonement, did he not?
00:26:45.63\00:26:46.97
Exactly.
00:26:47.00\00:26:48.34
Well, it might be for
himself and for his family
00:26:48.37\00:26:50.24
before he dared go
into the presence of God
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.37
and sometime we
just go open the doors
00:26:52.41\00:26:54.34
just bust in as we are God.
00:26:54.38\00:26:56.21
No, we should
not. Sorry, I was...
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.05
No, no, it's beautiful.
00:26:58.08\00:26:59.41
I love that and when we think
about the spotless garments.
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I want to add this here,
00:27:01.58\00:27:02.92
and then we can kind
of dissect it further.
00:27:02.95\00:27:04.69
Well, you know,
there's a quote that I read.
00:27:04.72\00:27:08.12
I'm gonna see if I
can find this real quick,
00:27:08.16\00:27:09.66
a quote that I read.
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.03
And I think it's
a powerful lesson
00:27:11.06\00:27:12.39
that we can learn here.
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Talking about,
00:27:13.93\00:27:15.26
this is the
Upward Look, page 303.
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Notice what it says, it
says, "Christ took humanity
00:27:18.27\00:27:20.60
and bore the hatred of the world
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.70
that He might continue
00:27:22.74\00:27:25.17
to allow us to
live in sin, right?
00:27:25.21\00:27:27.84
Because we have
this horrible nature
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.24
that we can't overcome, right?
00:27:29.28\00:27:30.95
That's what the false
evangelical gospel teaches.
00:27:30.98\00:27:34.12
The false evangelical
gospel says, you know what?
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.98
Jesus saved you in
your sin, you can't help it,
00:27:36.02\00:27:38.45
you're going to continue to sin,
00:27:38.49\00:27:39.82
sin, sin, sin,
sin, sin all the way
00:27:39.85\00:27:41.36
until the
second coming of Jesus,
00:27:41.39\00:27:42.72
where He's going to change
your vile body liken to His.
00:27:42.76\00:27:45.19
But notice what she says
here, the Upward Look, page 303,
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Christ took humanity
00:27:47.60\00:27:48.93
and bore the hatred of the world
00:27:48.96\00:27:50.30
that He might show men and women
00:27:50.33\00:27:51.67
that they could
live, notice, without sin.
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.90
In other words,
spotless, spotless character,
00:27:54.94\00:27:58.51
spotless garment.
00:27:58.54\00:27:59.87
Let's go to Exodus 12.
00:27:59.91\00:28:01.24
I want to show
something here, Exodus 12.
00:28:01.28\00:28:02.94
This is powerful.
00:28:02.98\00:28:04.31
And I've got to share this
00:28:04.35\00:28:05.68
just because
it's fresh on my mind.
00:28:05.71\00:28:07.52
And the Holy
Spirit's leading me to share,
00:28:07.55\00:28:08.98
so I'm going to do that.
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Exodus Chapter 12.
00:28:11.19\00:28:12.52
And you guys feel
free to jump in any moment
00:28:12.55\00:28:14.66
and give your views on this.
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.16
Exodus 12.
00:28:16.19\00:28:17.53
And if you notice the record
00:28:17.56\00:28:18.89
that we're going to
find in Exodus 12 here,
00:28:18.93\00:28:20.70
this is the record
of the instructions
00:28:20.73\00:28:23.26
that God is giving to Moses
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.90
and the children of
Israel for Passover.
00:28:24.93\00:28:27.50
This is the very first Passover.
00:28:27.54\00:28:29.00
They're still in Egypt, right?
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.51
And He's about to,
00:28:30.54\00:28:31.87
He's giving
them the instructions
00:28:31.91\00:28:33.54
on what they are to
do because you know,
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.21
the angels about to come,
00:28:35.24\00:28:36.68
and He's going
to pass over those
00:28:36.71\00:28:38.15
who have the blood of the lambs.
00:28:38.18\00:28:39.98
But notice this here,
I'm gonna start in verse 3,
00:28:40.02\00:28:42.15
he says, "Speak
00:28:42.18\00:28:43.52
to all the
congregation of Israel,
00:28:43.55\00:28:44.89
saying, on the
tenth day of this month,
00:28:44.92\00:28:46.86
man shall take
for himself a lamb.
00:28:46.89\00:28:49.96
According to the
house of His father, notice,
00:28:49.99\00:28:52.39
a lamb for a household.
00:28:52.43\00:28:54.70
And if the household
is too small for the lamb,
00:28:54.73\00:28:57.53
let him and his
neighbor next to his house,
00:28:57.57\00:28:59.43
take it according to
the number of the persons,
00:28:59.47\00:29:01.70
according to each man's need,
00:29:01.74\00:29:04.04
you shall make your
account for the lamb."
00:29:04.07\00:29:05.84
Now notice this,
these next ones here.
00:29:05.87\00:29:07.98
It says, "Your lamb shall
be without blemish," okay?
00:29:08.01\00:29:12.58
Now right here there's
gonna be people say, well, Ryan,
00:29:12.61\00:29:14.58
obviously Jesus is the Lamb,
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.35
His character
spotless but mine's not.
00:29:16.38\00:29:18.62
So, Jesus spotless
character is applied to mine.
00:29:18.65\00:29:21.72
Now there's some truth to that.
00:29:21.76\00:29:23.09
But notice,
00:29:23.12\00:29:24.46
notice what it
continues to say on,
00:29:24.49\00:29:25.83
I love this, a
spotless lamb, and it says here,
00:29:25.86\00:29:29.86
I lost my spot.
00:29:29.90\00:29:31.23
Okay, verse 5, "You
shall be without blemish,
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.47
a male of the first year,
00:29:33.50\00:29:34.84
you shall take it from the sheep
00:29:34.87\00:29:36.20
or from the goats.
00:29:36.24\00:29:37.57
Now you shall keep it
00:29:37.61\00:29:38.94
until the fourteenth
day of the same month
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.78
and the whole assembly of
the congregation of Israel
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.01
shall kill it at twilight,
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.48
now notice, they
brought it out on day 10.
00:29:44.51\00:29:47.85
And they would
bring it into their house
00:29:47.88\00:29:50.19
for three and a half days.
00:29:50.22\00:29:52.02
Interesting.
00:29:52.05\00:29:53.39
How long was Jesus ministry?
00:29:53.42\00:29:55.39
Three and a half years.
00:29:55.42\00:29:56.79
Jesus is the lamp.
00:29:56.83\00:29:58.16
Now I make this
connection because of this.
00:29:58.19\00:29:59.93
She says in this quote here,
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.46
Christ took humanity
00:30:01.50\00:30:02.83
and bore the hatred of the world
00:30:02.86\00:30:04.20
that He might show men and women
00:30:04.23\00:30:05.57
that they could
live without sin.
00:30:05.60\00:30:06.94
Jesus was without sin,
He was the spotlessly lamb.
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.30
Amen.
00:30:09.34\00:30:10.67
But now you get to
the Book of Revelation.
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.81
Jesus is, you know,
00:30:12.84\00:30:14.28
He's already made the sacrifice.
00:30:14.31\00:30:15.94
And now He looks
back to Laodicea.
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.75
And He says, wait a second.
00:30:17.78\00:30:19.31
I want you to also have
spotless white garments.
00:30:19.35\00:30:24.05
I counsel you
to buy that for me.
00:30:24.09\00:30:26.05
Right?
00:30:26.09\00:30:27.42
So, let's talk
about this for a moment.
00:30:27.46\00:30:28.79
Let's kind of just dissect this
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.16
before we jump
into the eyesalve part.
00:30:30.19\00:30:31.93
What is it mean?
00:30:31.96\00:30:33.29
And how can we make sure
that our garments are spotless.
00:30:33.33\00:30:36.56
We know that it's
not of our effort,
00:30:36.60\00:30:38.27
but it's of Christ.
00:30:38.30\00:30:39.63
Let's dissect that for a moment,
00:30:39.67\00:30:41.00
spotless white garments.
00:30:41.04\00:30:42.37
I know you guys are
going probably deeper than me.
00:30:42.40\00:30:44.47
So, let me take
first. Yeah, go ahead.
00:30:44.51\00:30:47.78
I think it's
important to understand
00:30:47.81\00:30:49.28
because a lot of people
are just like perfection.
00:30:49.31\00:30:51.51
How's that
possible? That's impossible.
00:30:51.55\00:30:54.35
You know, but
when you put that word
00:30:54.38\00:30:58.52
and apply it to the Word of God,
00:30:58.55\00:31:00.42
perfection is
living up to the light.
00:31:00.46\00:31:03.59
The truth, light is truth.
00:31:03.63\00:31:05.39
Jesus is the
Word, the Word of Truth,
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.43
living up to the
light that we have.
00:31:08.46\00:31:10.50
Okay.
00:31:10.53\00:31:11.87
You know, as a teacher,
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.77
and I was very
scholastic in my younger years,
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.51
and now that I'm getting older,
00:31:18.54\00:31:19.97
I get a little
bit more forgetting,
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.34
and it bothers me
that I can't retain,
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.35
I can't recall as
well as I used to,
00:31:23.38\00:31:25.25
I can't memorize like I used to,
00:31:25.28\00:31:27.05
but I keep trying.
00:31:27.08\00:31:28.42
I keep trying by
the grace of God.
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.22
So, it's not
really how smart you are.
00:31:31.25\00:31:34.72
God never said,
00:31:34.76\00:31:36.09
well, only those that
are really intelligent
00:31:36.12\00:31:37.79
are going to make it
to the kingdom of heaven.
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.93
Only those that
are really intelligent
00:31:39.96\00:31:41.36
are going to have
that robe of righteousness.
00:31:41.40\00:31:42.73
I'll be in trouble otherwise.
00:31:42.76\00:31:44.10
And you look, you know,
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.53
you guys have come to visit
Behold the Lamb you've seen,
00:31:45.57\00:31:47.94
we have a young
lady there loves Jesus.
00:31:47.97\00:31:51.27
She has down syndrome.
00:31:51.31\00:31:53.27
It's living up to
the light that we had.
00:31:53.31\00:31:56.34
That's right. Amen.
That's perfection in Jesus.
00:31:56.38\00:31:59.35
And He will cover us with
His robe of righteousness.
00:31:59.38\00:32:02.95
I like it.
00:32:02.98\00:32:04.45
It is a process
of sanctification.
00:32:04.49\00:32:07.52
It is a process of the daily.
00:32:07.56\00:32:09.52
I would love, you
guys need to look online
00:32:09.56\00:32:12.09
one of these days
when it's on there,
00:32:12.13\00:32:13.50
he did a sermon on the daily.
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.06
It's wonderful, it
applies to our relationship,
00:32:15.10\00:32:17.63
our study, our
daily prayers every day,
00:32:17.67\00:32:21.17
because if we don't have that,
00:32:21.20\00:32:22.64
that experience,
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.11
we're not going to go
into the Most Holy Place
00:32:24.14\00:32:25.84
and we certainly will
not be able to receive
00:32:25.87\00:32:28.04
that robe of righteousness.
00:32:28.08\00:32:30.31
So, it's a daily walk,
it's a daily progression
00:32:30.35\00:32:34.92
because as
God's, it's the ladder,
00:32:34.95\00:32:37.39
it's Jacob's ladder.
00:32:37.42\00:32:38.75
As you,
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.12
as you get a
clear vision of one rung
00:32:40.16\00:32:42.26
and God says, okay,
they're ready to go on,
00:32:42.29\00:32:44.53
they're living up to that light.
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.23
Let's give them another rung
00:32:47.26\00:32:49.16
and let's give
them another rung.
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.57
And remember,
00:32:50.60\00:32:51.93
you can't take
your eyes off of what,
00:32:51.97\00:32:53.67
Dakota, you can't
take your eyes off of Jesus
00:32:53.70\00:32:56.07
at the top
00:32:56.10\00:32:57.44
or where's it's
just gonna fall back.
00:32:57.47\00:32:59.41
You know, you can stand still,
00:32:59.44\00:33:00.78
you either are
going to get keep climbing
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.41
or you just go back.
00:33:03.45\00:33:05.25
You cannot stand
still, you've got to keep.
00:33:05.28\00:33:07.62
And it's also,
let me point out this
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.78
'cause I had a grandma,
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.15
I had a grandma
that was illiterate.
00:33:11.19\00:33:13.39
And back in the day,
00:33:13.42\00:33:15.09
they just started coming
out with a Bible on cassette.
00:33:15.12\00:33:18.09
And I said, "Grandma, let
me get you those cassettes
00:33:18.13\00:33:21.36
because I was going to study,
00:33:21.40\00:33:22.73
it was called
Southern Missionary College
00:33:22.76\00:33:24.10
at the time.
00:33:24.13\00:33:25.47
It's now Southern University.
00:33:25.50\00:33:26.84
I was going, I
said, "Grandma, look,
00:33:26.87\00:33:28.20
if I spend this much
money, I get a free cassette,
00:33:28.24\00:33:30.94
you know, they
were giving them out."
00:33:30.97\00:33:33.01
I said, "I could get you
those cassettes, grandma,
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.91
and you could listen to them."
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.61
No. she didn't want to know.
00:33:36.64\00:33:39.08
Because grandma would ask
me questions once in a while.
00:33:39.11\00:33:42.28
And grandma didn't want to know
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.02
any more than she already knew.
00:33:44.05\00:33:46.55
Now then, we are so blessed
for the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:33:46.59\00:33:51.93
She makes it very clear.
00:33:51.96\00:33:53.36
We will be judged
by the knowledge we had
00:33:53.40\00:33:56.90
opportunity to learn
00:33:56.93\00:33:58.73
and we failed to do
00:33:58.77\00:34:00.57
as well as the
knowledge we have.
00:34:00.60\00:34:02.10
So, we have to keep climbing,
you can never be still,
00:34:02.14\00:34:05.01
you need to keep
in that daily word,
00:34:05.04\00:34:06.91
you need to keep studying,
so that God can cover us.
00:34:06.94\00:34:11.95
But the devil is
going to attack you
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.31
when you do that.
00:34:13.35\00:34:14.68
You better
believe it. You know that.
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.05
I had a dream one time about,
you know, stairway to heaven.
00:34:16.08\00:34:19.95
You know, and so
the Lord was showing me,
00:34:19.99\00:34:22.79
you know, stairway to heaven,
00:34:22.82\00:34:24.16
and I saw myself
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.53
on that stairway
toward the ladder.
00:34:25.56\00:34:27.96
And so, but I wasn't walking up,
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.93
I was laying out prone,
00:34:30.97\00:34:32.90
I was laying out prone
00:34:32.93\00:34:34.27
trying to get to the
next step or the rung
00:34:34.30\00:34:36.40
or whatever you want to call it.
00:34:36.44\00:34:37.77
And so, I knew
00:34:37.81\00:34:39.37
I needed to put forth an effort
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.11
even, you know,
by the grace of God,
00:34:41.14\00:34:42.58
we realized that but
we have to have an effort
00:34:42.61\00:34:44.31
or something we need
to do is commit to do it.
00:34:44.35\00:34:46.85
And I knew where heaven was
at and I wanted so to get there.
00:34:46.88\00:34:50.32
It seemed like every
time I tried to get rung
00:34:50.35\00:34:52.29
a little bit
higher, another step,
00:34:52.32\00:34:53.66
the devil was there.
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.02
So I would reach up
00:34:55.06\00:34:56.39
and I put my
hand hard as I could,
00:34:56.42\00:34:58.59
and I get a hold and
just barely get a hold.
00:34:58.63\00:35:00.66
By the time I got
a hold with my hands,
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.93
my feet would slip off,
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.83
so the only thing was
holding it was the hand
00:35:04.87\00:35:07.37
and then here come the enemy
00:35:07.40\00:35:09.17
and he began to chisel
underneath my fingers there
00:35:09.20\00:35:12.84
so that I would,
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.21
he'd seen my
feet wasn't steadfast
00:35:14.24\00:35:16.64
because something
else was happening
00:35:16.68\00:35:18.01
shaking, shaking was going on.
00:35:18.05\00:35:19.38
Okay. All right.
00:35:19.41\00:35:20.75
And I then said, Lord,
help me, I don't want to,
00:35:20.78\00:35:23.15
if I let go here, I'm gone.
00:35:23.18\00:35:24.52
I'm gonna go on down, you know,
00:35:24.55\00:35:26.02
and about the time
my hands chisel out,
00:35:26.05\00:35:28.59
things of this
world would chisel out.
00:35:28.62\00:35:30.53
See, and all of
a sudden I thought,
00:35:30.56\00:35:31.89
oh, no, God, Lord, help me.
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.26
And all of a sudden,
00:35:33.29\00:35:34.63
my feet would find the platform.
00:35:34.66\00:35:37.03
And I thought, oh,
okay, we've got it.
00:35:37.07\00:35:39.47
And I look
around and there he is
00:35:39.50\00:35:40.94
down there with
his little hammer
00:35:40.97\00:35:42.30
and chisel, just a dream.
00:35:42.34\00:35:43.67
He's chiseling away the feet,
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.04
say, I'm going to
get you this time.
00:35:45.07\00:35:46.71
But every time on that
rung to get a little bit higher,
00:35:46.74\00:35:50.08
there was the enemy,
00:35:50.11\00:35:51.85
just there to take away
and so again I had a dream.
00:35:51.88\00:35:54.72
I said, Lord, show me,
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.79
show me where I'm at in
my Christian experience.
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.89
Show me where I'm at
00:35:59.92\00:36:01.26
and what the
people need in the church,
00:36:01.29\00:36:02.99
you know what we
all need in the church.
00:36:03.02\00:36:05.69
And so, I dreamed
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.06
I was in the pulpit
just preaching away,
00:36:07.10\00:36:09.20
you know, this storm just gonna,
00:36:09.23\00:36:11.10
and all sudden
the people were gone.
00:36:11.13\00:36:14.20
Lord, where's the people?
00:36:14.24\00:36:15.84
You know, a
preacher likes people.
00:36:15.87\00:36:19.01
So I said, you
know where they are at.
00:36:19.04\00:36:20.38
And I thought, well,
I'm just going to get down
00:36:20.41\00:36:21.74
as I say
locomotion, but I'm not sure.
00:36:21.78\00:36:24.08
So, I got down, I said, show me,
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.68
where the people are at,
00:36:25.71\00:36:27.12
where I'm at so that we can,
00:36:27.15\00:36:28.65
you know, climb a little higher.
00:36:28.68\00:36:30.99
And so, I got
down on the platform,
00:36:31.02\00:36:32.55
and I went and I
looked in the first pew,
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.52
and all the
members were in bassinets.
00:36:34.56\00:36:38.03
They were babies
on sucking pacifiers.
00:36:38.06\00:36:40.86
Right. That
sounds a little goofy.
00:36:40.90\00:36:42.46
I thought, what's going on here?
00:36:42.50\00:36:44.23
So, I went to the next
row and I looked in everybody,
00:36:44.27\00:36:47.50
everybody in
their little cradle,
00:36:47.54\00:36:48.87
just little babies
with a little bonnets on
00:36:48.90\00:36:50.37
and I'm looking at that
00:36:50.41\00:36:51.74
I recognize the face
but not the body, you know.
00:36:51.77\00:36:55.41
I thought,
Lord, well you show me
00:36:55.44\00:36:56.78
where they're at.
00:36:56.81\00:36:58.15
And then I looked around
at myself and lo and behold,
00:36:58.18\00:37:00.05
if I didn't have one of
those little bonnets on,
00:37:00.08\00:37:01.75
a little pacifier,
00:37:01.78\00:37:03.12
and I was crawling along
like a little baby myself.
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.42
So, Lord reveals things to us
00:37:06.45\00:37:08.89
and I realize
right then where am I at.
00:37:08.92\00:37:10.93
I'm just a baby.
00:37:10.96\00:37:12.59
And I need help from the master.
00:37:12.63\00:37:13.96
Of course.
00:37:14.00\00:37:15.33
You know, that, to me,
this is, this part of it.
00:37:15.36\00:37:17.23
And instead of depressing
and getting discouraged,
00:37:17.27\00:37:21.67
I looked up and I said,
oh, Lord, I need Your help.
00:37:21.70\00:37:23.67
Amen.
00:37:23.71\00:37:25.04
I don't want to stay
like this forever, you know.
00:37:25.07\00:37:26.47
Beautiful thing about
babies and kids and children
00:37:26.51\00:37:28.51
which Jesus said we
should be like little children
00:37:28.54\00:37:30.31
or we will not inherit heaven.
00:37:30.35\00:37:31.91
And is that a kid and a baby
00:37:31.95\00:37:33.62
is 100% dependent
upon their parents.
00:37:33.65\00:37:35.92
Yes. Yes. Yes. Hallelujah.
00:37:35.95\00:37:38.82
You know, we go to our parents
for everything, for food,
00:37:38.85\00:37:41.46
for shelter,
everything and they don't worry,
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.13
they don't fret
because they know,
00:37:44.16\00:37:45.93
they have faith and know
00:37:45.96\00:37:47.30
that mom and dad is
gonna take care of business.
00:37:47.33\00:37:49.43
They're gonna be
there for him to provide.
00:37:49.46\00:37:51.20
Glory. Thank you.
00:37:51.23\00:37:52.77
I was listening to a
message just recently
00:37:52.80\00:37:55.10
and this fits so well
with what you just said
00:37:55.14\00:37:58.14
because we know that
there's coming a time
00:37:58.17\00:38:00.28
and this anguish, this
message that we're living,
00:38:00.31\00:38:03.55
this is so
important for this time
00:38:03.58\00:38:05.78
that we're living in now,
00:38:05.81\00:38:07.15
and what's ahead of us
00:38:07.18\00:38:08.52
because we need to aguishly
be in prayer with God for help.
00:38:08.55\00:38:12.42
But Spirit of
Prophecy makes it very clear
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.49
that when our support is gone,
00:38:15.52\00:38:18.86
when we have no
money in the bank,
00:38:18.89\00:38:20.90
you know, just think of the time
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.36
we just went through
this year with COVID.
00:38:22.40\00:38:26.23
You know, and
it's still happening,
00:38:26.27\00:38:27.70
how quickly things change.
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.47
We didn't know
00:38:29.50\00:38:30.84
if the banks were going to fall,
00:38:30.87\00:38:32.21
we're now in a
confirmed recession.
00:38:32.24\00:38:35.01
You know, we realize
00:38:35.04\00:38:36.38
things can happen
any moment at any time.
00:38:36.41\00:38:38.98
But she says
when there's no money,
00:38:39.01\00:38:41.72
when everything is gone,
00:38:41.75\00:38:44.35
we are to come to that
in a peaceful frame of mind
00:38:44.39\00:38:50.09
as Christ went to the cross.
00:38:50.13\00:38:52.19
Wow. Amen.
00:38:52.23\00:38:53.66
Powerful.
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.03
We cannot do that on our own.
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.87
No. Oh, absolutely.
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.23
But only as Christ
is living within us.
00:38:58.27\00:39:00.54
That's right. Amen.
00:39:00.57\00:39:01.90
And He's sheltering us.
00:39:01.94\00:39:03.30
But you see babies, we
need Him for everything.
00:39:03.34\00:39:06.01
We're going to need
Him to know where to go.
00:39:06.04\00:39:09.11
There's going to be a time,
00:39:09.14\00:39:10.48
we know people should be
moving out of the cities now.
00:39:10.51\00:39:14.05
I mean, we just
had an experience
00:39:14.08\00:39:15.58
where if you wanted to
leave the city, you could not.
00:39:15.62\00:39:18.82
We realize that
prophecy tells us
00:39:18.85\00:39:20.82
that when the
Sunday law is passed,
00:39:20.86\00:39:22.52
that's it, your
house may not be sold,
00:39:22.56\00:39:24.99
you need to get out.
00:39:25.03\00:39:26.73
And then you know, you
may be in a small town,
00:39:26.76\00:39:29.16
you may be in a country,
00:39:29.20\00:39:30.77
but there's gonna
come a time of trouble.
00:39:30.80\00:39:33.17
You know, as
things laws are passed,
00:39:33.20\00:39:35.77
and things begin
to heighten and heaten
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.44
that we're
going to have to leave
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.91
even for a more remote place.
00:39:40.94\00:39:43.98
We're babies again.
00:39:44.01\00:39:45.35
Oh, man.
00:39:45.38\00:39:46.72
We have to call out.
00:39:46.75\00:39:48.25
We have to learn to
trust and have faith in God,
00:39:48.28\00:39:52.62
for our very food, for
our health, for our life.
00:39:52.65\00:39:56.93
You know, I've often said,
well, if God doesn't heal me,
00:39:56.96\00:40:00.13
how am I going to make
it through, I'm asthmatic.
00:40:00.16\00:40:02.56
I praise, I praise God
for His natural remedies.
00:40:02.60\00:40:06.13
I've been able to
overcome a lot of things,
00:40:06.17\00:40:09.50
but not the asthma.
00:40:09.54\00:40:11.64
And not, you know,
I have food allergies,
00:40:11.67\00:40:13.01
all these things.
00:40:13.04\00:40:14.38
But I also know there's healings
00:40:14.41\00:40:15.74
in the presence of God,
I've seen that firsthand.
00:40:15.78\00:40:18.55
And I know that He can do that.
00:40:18.58\00:40:20.28
But a lot of people I believe
are questioning these things.
00:40:20.32\00:40:23.22
How am I going to do it?
00:40:23.25\00:40:24.59
How am I going to do it?
00:40:24.62\00:40:25.95
It's that faith
of a little child.
00:40:25.99\00:40:28.86
It's going back. That's right.
00:40:28.89\00:40:30.53
And Lord show me.
00:40:30.56\00:40:31.93
I mean, Mrs. White had a dream,
00:40:31.96\00:40:33.70
she had a dream where
when it was really bad,
00:40:33.73\00:40:36.93
the angel came and
took them to a remote place
00:40:36.97\00:40:39.47
and when she got there,
00:40:39.50\00:40:40.84
there were other Christians
that had been led there.
00:40:40.87\00:40:43.30
So, we're on the winning
side, don't ever, ever give up,
00:40:43.34\00:40:48.61
just plead for direction,
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.18
plead for the
latter rain experience,
00:40:50.21\00:40:52.61
plead to be covered in
the righteousness of Christ,
00:40:52.65\00:40:55.22
to have the mind of Christ.
00:40:55.25\00:40:56.58
You know,
everything you're saying there.
00:40:56.62\00:40:58.05
I could hear someone
saying, you know, Miss Chris,
00:40:58.09\00:41:00.96
I hear what you're saying but,
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.52
I can't necessarily
see what you're seeing.
00:41:02.56\00:41:06.06
I don't see the
things that you see
00:41:06.09\00:41:09.03
which is where
00:41:09.06\00:41:10.40
this third
counsel comes in, right?
00:41:10.43\00:41:12.63
Is there's a third
part of this council
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.00
where you got
to see here, folks.
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.47
Notice here.
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
So, we've got the faith of gold.
00:41:16.87\00:41:18.74
We've got the garments
of righteousness, right?
00:41:18.77\00:41:21.04
But then there's
a third one here.
00:41:21.08\00:41:22.41
It says, Jesus says
00:41:22.44\00:41:23.78
and anoint your
eyes with eyesalve
00:41:23.81\00:41:26.25
that you may see.
00:41:26.28\00:41:27.62
Now this is kind of ironic
00:41:27.65\00:41:28.98
that Jesus is
saying this to Laodicea
00:41:29.02\00:41:30.35
because if you notice
00:41:30.39\00:41:31.72
or if you know anything
about the literal history
00:41:31.75\00:41:34.22
of Laodicea then, you
know, Laodicea was a real city.
00:41:34.26\00:41:37.96
And if you read the
history of Laodicea,
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.16
you'll know that
they were famously known,
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.80
they were notorious
for their medical sciences
00:41:41.83\00:41:45.07
and their medical institutions.
00:41:45.10\00:41:46.74
And one of the things
that they were famous for
00:41:46.77\00:41:48.34
was this
special medical eyesalve
00:41:48.37\00:41:50.97
that they had produced
00:41:51.01\00:41:52.34
and made known
around the regions.
00:41:52.37\00:41:53.71
People would
travel all over the world
00:41:53.74\00:41:55.14
and come into their cities,
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.71
and that they would come
specifically for this eyesalve
00:41:56.75\00:41:59.15
and it's amazing that
Jesus is now telling them,
00:41:59.18\00:42:01.42
you need to put
00:42:01.45\00:42:02.78
some of that
eyesalve on yourself.
00:42:02.82\00:42:04.15
That's right. That's right.
00:42:04.19\00:42:05.52
Because I need
you to see, right?
00:42:05.55\00:42:07.02
And there's a few texts
that come to my mind here.
00:42:07.06\00:42:09.12
Just notice John 3:3.
00:42:09.16\00:42:10.99
What does Jesus
say to Nicodemus,
00:42:11.03\00:42:12.69
one of the
spiritual leaders of Israel?
00:42:12.73\00:42:15.26
He says to him in John 3:3,
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.13
he says, "Most
surely I say to you,
00:42:17.17\00:42:18.73
unless one is born again,
00:42:18.77\00:42:20.10
he cannot see
the kingdom of God."
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.84
Yes.
00:42:22.87\00:42:24.21
There's something about us
00:42:24.24\00:42:25.57
that we need the
spiritual vision,
00:42:25.61\00:42:27.58
anoint your eyes with eyesalve.
00:42:27.61\00:42:29.48
2 Kings 6:17,
00:42:29.51\00:42:31.48
is probably one of
my favorite stories.
00:42:31.51\00:42:33.68
I love this because,
00:42:33.72\00:42:35.75
you know, this tells
a story about how the,
00:42:35.78\00:42:38.29
I think it was the Syrian armies
00:42:38.32\00:42:39.65
were coming in Israel,
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.19
and but yet,
Israel had a prophet.
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.29
It was Elisha. Yes.
00:42:43.32\00:42:44.66
And Elisha was given
the king's tips and saying,
00:42:44.69\00:42:46.83
look, they're coming
here, they're going there.
00:42:46.86\00:42:48.36
And it got back
to the Syrian king
00:42:48.40\00:42:49.96
and he said, who is
this guy and this man?
00:42:50.00\00:42:52.23
They say, there's
a man of God out here
00:42:52.27\00:42:54.44
telling this
battalion the king of Israel
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.37
all of our moves.
00:42:56.40\00:42:57.74
And so, the Syrian army,
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.11
you know, Syrian king says,
00:42:59.14\00:43:00.48
look, gather the
armies and go out
00:43:00.51\00:43:01.84
and take this brother out.
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.21
Well, they basically surround,
00:43:03.24\00:43:06.15
they go out and they meet
00:43:06.18\00:43:07.52
and they surround
the place of Elisha.
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.35
Elisha had a servant
00:43:09.38\00:43:11.02
and the servant
goes and steps outside
00:43:11.05\00:43:12.59
and he looks and
he sees all these army
00:43:12.62\00:43:14.22
surrounding and encamped
about their house there,
00:43:14.26\00:43:17.06
he goes back in
and tells Elisha,
00:43:17.09\00:43:18.43
hey, these army,
00:43:18.46\00:43:19.89
there's an army out
here just for us, we're done,
00:43:19.93\00:43:22.06
we're doomed, right?
00:43:22.10\00:43:23.43
And Elisha, I
could just imagine,
00:43:23.47\00:43:24.80
Elisha's like, man, look,
00:43:24.83\00:43:26.90
there may be a lot of them
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.67
but there's a
whole lot more of us
00:43:28.70\00:43:30.21
than they are of them.
00:43:30.24\00:43:31.57
You could imagine
this brother's confusion.
00:43:31.61\00:43:33.41
Yeah.
00:43:33.44\00:43:34.78
Because in that
moment he's going,
00:43:34.81\00:43:37.35
there's me and then you,
00:43:37.38\00:43:41.45
and there's like a 2000
of them out there, right?
00:43:41.48\00:43:43.99
I'm just throwing out a number.
00:43:44.02\00:43:45.45
But seriously Elisha knew,
Elisha have that faith of gold.
00:43:45.49\00:43:48.79
Amen. He had that white garment.
00:43:48.82\00:43:50.79
And he was using this moment to,
00:43:50.83\00:43:52.16
to witness to this brother.
00:43:52.19\00:43:53.53
Yes.
00:43:53.56\00:43:54.90
And this brother he is,
Elisha praises, he says,
00:43:54.93\00:43:57.27
God, please open
this brother's eyes.
00:43:57.30\00:43:59.20
But notice, what he says,
verse 16 or it's verse 17.
00:43:59.23\00:44:02.24
2 Kings 6:17.
00:44:02.27\00:44:04.34
And Elisha prayed
and said, Lord, I pray,
00:44:04.37\00:44:06.84
open his eyes that he may see.
00:44:06.88\00:44:09.68
Then the Lord opened the eyes
of the young man and he saw.
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.65
We need that
spiritual vision, don't we?
00:44:12.68\00:44:14.02
Amen.
00:44:14.05\00:44:15.38
Because we, you know,
00:44:15.42\00:44:16.75
there's a great
controversy battle.
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.12
There's things
going around us right now
00:44:18.15\00:44:19.79
that we don't really know about.
00:44:19.82\00:44:21.62
The forces of evil
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.22
that are coming
against us at time
00:44:23.26\00:44:24.66
and we don't realize
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.03
that God is sending
out legions of angels,
00:44:26.06\00:44:28.56
all around us, protecting us
every single day of the year.
00:44:28.60\00:44:32.17
I think of the man
and I'm gonna throw up,
00:44:32.20\00:44:33.64
I'm getting excited here.
00:44:33.67\00:44:35.00
I don't mean to talk a lot.
00:44:35.04\00:44:36.37
I'm gonna toss this to you
00:44:36.40\00:44:37.74
and let you give your
piece in just a moment.
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.11
But John Chapter 9, I love this.
00:44:39.14\00:44:40.48
Because Jesus
heals this blind man
00:44:40.51\00:44:41.84
and He tells
him, look, don't go,
00:44:41.88\00:44:43.21
don't tell nobody
just leave it alone.
00:44:43.24\00:44:45.21
Well, the blind man
goes back to the temple,
00:44:45.25\00:44:47.52
he shows himself
00:44:47.55\00:44:48.88
and these people
are just baffled,
00:44:48.92\00:44:50.32
even the priest.
00:44:50.35\00:44:51.69
What?
00:44:51.72\00:44:53.05
Is this the same guy
that was blind from birth?
00:44:53.09\00:44:55.49
You know, and so they finally go
00:44:55.52\00:44:56.86
and interrogate the parents.
00:44:56.89\00:44:58.23
You know what,
what's going on here?
00:44:58.26\00:44:59.59
The parents say, well, we
don't know nothing at all.
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.06
All we, you need to
talk to his brother.
00:45:01.10\00:45:02.43
They were afraid.
00:45:02.46\00:45:03.80
And I love his response
00:45:03.83\00:45:05.17
when they are interrogating him
and it came down to the moment.
00:45:05.20\00:45:07.27
He says one thing I know.
00:45:07.30\00:45:09.00
That's right.
That's right. That's right.
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.54
He didn't get so
big in-depth account,
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.81
he's like one thing I know
simplest witness in the world
00:45:13.84\00:45:17.05
was powerful.
00:45:17.08\00:45:18.41
He says one thing I
know that though I was blind,
00:45:18.45\00:45:21.48
what's Laodicea's problem?
00:45:21.52\00:45:23.49
He says, you're
miserable, wretched poor,
00:45:23.52\00:45:26.22
blind and naked.
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.82
He said, although I
was blind, now I see.
00:45:27.86\00:45:32.29
When you have an
encounter with Jesus,
00:45:32.33\00:45:34.73
your spiritual vision changes,
00:45:34.76\00:45:37.40
He gives you a spiritual vision.
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.37
He gives you a
spiritual discernment
00:45:39.40\00:45:41.50
like no other.
00:45:41.54\00:45:42.87
And that reminds me of 1
Corinthians 2:14, it says,
00:45:42.90\00:45:45.67
but the natural
man does not receive
00:45:45.71\00:45:48.01
the things of the Spirit of God,
00:45:48.04\00:45:50.55
for they are foolishness to Him.
00:45:50.58\00:45:53.11
And that brings me back
to what you were just saying.
00:45:53.15\00:45:54.58
I said earlier,
someone may be watching this
00:45:54.62\00:45:56.75
and I'm not meaning it
00:45:56.79\00:45:58.12
in a degrading negative type way
00:45:58.15\00:45:59.49
or critical way.
00:45:59.52\00:46:00.86
It all fit though.
It all fits. Right.
00:46:00.89\00:46:02.22
Because it's the grace of God
00:46:02.26\00:46:03.59
and the grace of
God is what gives us
00:46:03.63\00:46:04.96
that spirit of discernment.
00:46:04.99\00:46:06.33
So, it all fits. Right.
00:46:06.36\00:46:07.70
And so, someone may
be watching and saying,
00:46:07.73\00:46:09.06
I don't get this.
00:46:09.10\00:46:10.43
I'm not understanding this.
00:46:10.47\00:46:11.80
I mean, they're
talking about victory over sin
00:46:11.83\00:46:13.17
and growth and all this.
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.54
We know, to me,
00:46:14.57\00:46:15.90
I was raised in
a gospel, even me,
00:46:15.94\00:46:17.27
I was raised in
the gospel and said,
00:46:17.31\00:46:18.64
you know, just
believe and be saved.
00:46:18.67\00:46:20.01
Now the gospel can
be that simplistic.
00:46:20.04\00:46:21.78
For instance, the
thief on the cross.
00:46:21.81\00:46:24.31
He believed and
he's saved, right?
00:46:24.35\00:46:27.25
But sometimes we over,
00:46:27.28\00:46:29.65
we overextend or
oversimplify the gospel.
00:46:29.68\00:46:32.22
I'm not trying to
make it sound complicated,
00:46:32.25\00:46:33.92
but we dilute it
down to a cheap grace,
00:46:33.96\00:46:37.33
you know, just believe,
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.69
you know, and
then I'll be saved.
00:46:38.73\00:46:40.06
You know, the Bible says
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.43
the devil believes
and trembles, right?
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.30
But notice what
it says here, it says
00:46:43.33\00:46:44.67
that they are
foolishness to Him,
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.77
nor can He know them
00:46:46.80\00:46:48.20
because they are
spiritually discerned.
00:46:48.24\00:46:51.94
So, Dakota, give us
your thoughts on this,
00:46:51.97\00:46:54.48
spiritual
discernment, spiritual vision.
00:46:54.51\00:46:57.25
What about this
eyesalve? What can we learn?
00:46:57.28\00:46:59.65
I think, you know,
00:46:59.68\00:47:01.12
when we know the
great controversy
00:47:01.15\00:47:02.62
between Christ and
Satan, from the very beginning,
00:47:02.65\00:47:04.55
from the war in heaven
00:47:04.59\00:47:05.92
that we read about in
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:47:05.95\00:47:08.19
the war in heaven broke out
between Michael and the dragon.
00:47:08.22\00:47:10.93
When we read about that,
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.39
you know, I think and
understand what's that,
00:47:12.43\00:47:15.16
what that
warfare is really about,
00:47:15.20\00:47:17.03
but about worship,
00:47:17.07\00:47:18.40
and about, you know,
00:47:18.43\00:47:21.04
the devil being
so upset with Jesus
00:47:21.07\00:47:24.67
and he didn't want Jesus,
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.04
you know, he was
looking to himself,
00:47:26.07\00:47:27.41
reading Isaiah 14 there
00:47:27.44\00:47:28.78
that he wanted to
be like the Most High.
00:47:28.81\00:47:30.88
And when we see all of that,
I think that our, you know,
00:47:30.91\00:47:34.08
I pray this all
the time, I say, Lord,
00:47:34.12\00:47:35.48
help me to see this controversy,
00:47:35.52\00:47:37.42
this great cosmic
dilemma between You and Satan,
00:47:37.45\00:47:39.95
help me to see this
00:47:39.99\00:47:41.32
more and more in
my day to day life.
00:47:41.36\00:47:42.92
Because
sometimes when we get mad
00:47:42.96\00:47:44.29
or we get angry,
00:47:44.33\00:47:45.66
we go about our day to day life.
00:47:45.69\00:47:47.03
We don't really see
what the devil is doing.
00:47:47.06\00:47:50.23
We don't see how the evil angels
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.03
are also trying to
really attack our life.
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.77
And it's because a lot
of the times we forget,
00:47:54.80\00:47:58.04
that the story is that
00:47:58.07\00:47:59.41
we're in a
spiritual warfare, right?
00:47:59.44\00:48:00.98
That's right.
00:48:01.01\00:48:02.34
And the reason why
we tend to not see is
00:48:02.38\00:48:04.31
because we're not
constantly in God's Word.
00:48:04.35\00:48:06.82
We're not constantly
spending time with Jesus.
00:48:06.85\00:48:09.08
And so, we lose
our spiritual eyesight
00:48:09.12\00:48:10.79
when we're not constantly
spending time with the Lord.
00:48:10.82\00:48:13.49
And I just want
to make a point here,
00:48:13.52\00:48:15.52
and I'm just kind of
backtracking just a bit
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.33
on the white raiment
00:48:17.36\00:48:18.69
because there was a few things
00:48:18.73\00:48:20.06
I wanted to bring out from that.
00:48:20.10\00:48:21.43
And that is that, you
know, a lot of people think
00:48:21.46\00:48:22.80
that we get the white
raiment by what we do.
00:48:22.83\00:48:27.60
And we've made it clear
00:48:27.64\00:48:28.97
that that's not how we
receive the white raiment.
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.34
I just want to
make a few points here.
00:48:30.37\00:48:31.71
Jesus, so, Jesus,
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.04
He delivers the
children of Israel first
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.48
and sets them free.
00:48:36.51\00:48:38.01
Then He gives them
the Ten Commandments
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.68
and commands them on
how to live their life.
00:48:39.71\00:48:42.55
So first you
have the deliverance.
00:48:42.58\00:48:44.95
Now He expects obedience.
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.52
Amen. Right?
00:48:47.56\00:48:48.89
So, this is the path
that we see in God's Word
00:48:48.92\00:48:50.99
all the way through.
00:48:51.03\00:48:52.36
And in Genesis,
00:48:52.39\00:48:53.73
I just want to
bring out a few things.
00:48:53.76\00:48:55.10
This has to do with vision,
00:48:55.13\00:48:56.46
and this has to do
with white raiment.
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
So, I'm going to
use this as an example.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.50
We know the story of
the fall, Genesis Chapter 3.
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We read about Adam and Eve.
00:49:02.34\00:49:05.67
And so, what happens here
is that it says in Genesis 3:7,
00:49:05.71\00:49:09.28
you know, they ate of the
tree, Satan deceived them.
00:49:09.31\00:49:12.25
And the eyes of
them both were opened
00:49:12.28\00:49:14.12
and they knew
that they were naked.
00:49:14.15\00:49:15.65
So now they have vision.
00:49:15.68\00:49:18.22
But see, it's spiritual vision.
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.59
Now they know
something's happened.
00:49:19.62\00:49:21.72
Before all they
knew that was good
00:49:21.76\00:49:25.26
but then Satan tempted them,
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
he says, you could be
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.00
like God's
knowing good and evil.
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.36
Well, they knew what good was.
00:49:29.40\00:49:30.97
But they had no
idea what evil was.
00:49:31.00\00:49:33.54
And so now, they
ate, they disobeyed God
00:49:33.57\00:49:36.44
and immediately
when they both partook
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.17
there was
something there that changed
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.84
and they realized the guilt,
00:49:39.87\00:49:42.44
the changing of
their own nature,
00:49:42.48\00:49:45.21
everything started
to take place in change.
00:49:45.25\00:49:47.62
And it says their
eyes of them both were open
00:49:47.65\00:49:49.05
and they knew
that they were naked.
00:49:49.08\00:49:50.42
Now if you were stark
naked right now in public,
00:49:50.45\00:49:52.99
like right now on this
program, how would you feel?
00:49:53.02\00:49:56.52
Obviously ashamed and...
00:49:56.56\00:49:57.89
You would feel ashamed, right?
00:49:57.93\00:49:59.26
You would feel,
oh, I need to cover up.
00:49:59.29\00:50:01.30
Absolutely. So, they felt naked.
00:50:01.33\00:50:02.73
And so, what did they do?
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.10
They tried covering up
they sewed fig leaves together
00:50:04.13\00:50:06.33
and they made themselves aprons.
00:50:06.37\00:50:08.40
Too many times when we
had that spiritual eyesight
00:50:08.44\00:50:10.54
and we know
00:50:10.57\00:50:11.91
there's something wrong with us.
00:50:11.94\00:50:13.27
In other words, Holy
Spirit's convicting us.
00:50:13.31\00:50:14.64
What do we try to do?
We try to fix it ourselves.
00:50:14.68\00:50:17.98
We try to white knuckle
our way through live, right?
00:50:18.01\00:50:19.65
And cover it up.
00:50:19.68\00:50:21.02
We want to do it
00:50:21.05\00:50:22.38
and we start trying
to cover up our own sins.
00:50:22.42\00:50:24.65
And this is what Adam Eve did,
00:50:24.69\00:50:26.02
they sewed fig
leaves together said,
00:50:26.05\00:50:27.39
hey, guys, we're naked.
00:50:27.42\00:50:28.82
We got to, we got to fix this.
00:50:28.86\00:50:30.33
So, they grabbed fig
leaves, they sew them together,
00:50:30.36\00:50:32.09
and they tried
covering their nakedness.
00:50:32.13\00:50:33.46
But the problem was
the fig leaves showed
00:50:33.50\00:50:35.40
too much cleavage.
00:50:35.43\00:50:37.17
Oh.
00:50:37.20\00:50:38.93
And so,
00:50:38.97\00:50:40.30
so God now is
wanting to give them
00:50:40.34\00:50:41.77
better eyesight
00:50:41.80\00:50:43.14
that they may see
00:50:43.17\00:50:44.51
that this covering of their own,
00:50:44.54\00:50:46.17
this raiment that they
have, it's not white and pure.
00:50:46.21\00:50:50.21
They need to change
that raiment and they
00:50:50.25\00:50:51.58
and the only
way they can do that
00:50:51.61\00:50:52.95
is to have vision.
00:50:52.98\00:50:54.32
That's right.
00:50:54.35\00:50:55.68
They get to see their condition.
00:50:55.72\00:50:57.05
They get to see their condition.
00:50:57.09\00:50:58.42
And so, what does he do?
00:50:58.45\00:50:59.79
It says that
00:50:59.82\00:51:01.16
and they heard the
voice of the Lord God
00:51:01.19\00:51:02.52
walk in the garden
at the cool of the day,
00:51:02.56\00:51:03.89
Adam and his wife hid themselves
00:51:03.93\00:51:05.26
from the presence of Lord God
00:51:05.29\00:51:06.63
amongst the trees of the garden.
00:51:06.66\00:51:08.00
Now, why did they hide?
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.36
Here's the point.
00:51:09.40\00:51:10.73
Listen, what does
Satan do to us when we sin?
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.43
We doubt. Yeah.
00:51:12.47\00:51:13.80
What do we do?
00:51:13.84\00:51:15.17
We immediately feel
bad about it, right?
00:51:15.20\00:51:16.54
We feel like so bad.
00:51:16.57\00:51:17.91
Oh, man, we feel
so overwhelming guilt
00:51:17.94\00:51:20.04
and we start, get this,
00:51:20.08\00:51:21.54
we start to think
00:51:21.58\00:51:23.48
that the way that we
think about ourselves
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.45
is the way that
God thinks about us.
00:51:26.48\00:51:29.22
Did you get that?
00:51:29.25\00:51:30.59
Satan didn't quit
messing with Adam and Eve
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.29
when they ate of the fruit.
00:51:33.32\00:51:34.66
It wasn't like, he's
like, oh, my job's done.
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.02
That's right.
00:51:36.06\00:51:37.39
No, no, no, that
was just the beginning.
00:51:37.43\00:51:38.76
He pressed the issue further.
00:51:38.79\00:51:40.13
Any he say hey, listen,
00:51:40.16\00:51:41.50
he's gonna be
ashamed to see you this way.
00:51:41.53\00:51:43.20
Instead of running to Jesus,
00:51:43.23\00:51:44.57
he got them to hide from Jesus.
00:51:44.60\00:51:45.93
Right.
00:51:45.97\00:51:47.30
And this is where we're not,
00:51:47.34\00:51:48.67
you know, we do this
00:51:48.70\00:51:50.04
on our day to
day lives, don't we?
00:51:50.07\00:51:51.41
We sin and we think I got
to, I got to fix this myself
00:51:51.44\00:51:53.07
instead of running to Jesus.
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.58
And they try covering it
up and so check this out.
00:51:54.61\00:51:57.08
So, what did God do
00:51:57.11\00:51:58.45
to ultimately
solve this problem?
00:51:58.48\00:51:59.81
They got fig leaves
on, God says, listen,
00:51:59.85\00:52:02.28
that's not gonna work,
00:52:02.32\00:52:03.65
showing too
much cleavage, right?
00:52:03.69\00:52:05.02
So, He's like, okay,
00:52:05.05\00:52:06.39
let me give you a
different garment.
00:52:06.42\00:52:07.76
And so, you go to Genesis 3:21.
00:52:07.79\00:52:10.19
It says unto Adam
00:52:10.23\00:52:11.56
also unto his wife
to the Lord God make.
00:52:11.59\00:52:13.90
It's the only, listen,
listen, this is powerful.
00:52:13.93\00:52:16.53
Check this out.
00:52:16.56\00:52:18.33
The first thing God made
after creation was animal skin.
00:52:18.37\00:52:23.67
Yeah. Interesting.
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.31
Listen to this,
the Lord God make,
00:52:26.34\00:52:29.04
He made coats of
skins and clothed them.
00:52:29.08\00:52:31.91
Hold on a second.
00:52:31.95\00:52:33.82
What was He ultimately saying?
00:52:33.85\00:52:35.18
Is that your
righteousness? It caused death.
00:52:35.22\00:52:37.55
What you've done
00:52:37.59\00:52:38.92
trying to cover up
your sin is not good enough.
00:52:38.95\00:52:40.29
That's right. Only I can do it.
00:52:40.32\00:52:41.92
Now we know that
He killed a lamb.
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.49
That's right.
00:52:43.53\00:52:44.86
Reason why Adam
and Eve didn't die
00:52:44.89\00:52:46.23
is because a lamb
died in their place
00:52:46.26\00:52:47.60
and that lamb represented
the Lamb that was slain
00:52:47.63\00:52:49.10
from the
foundation of the world.
00:52:49.13\00:52:50.80
Jesus Christ in Revelation 13
00:52:50.83\00:52:52.20
and they called
the Lamb that was slain
00:52:52.23\00:52:53.57
from the
foundation of the world.
00:52:53.60\00:52:54.94
Jesus stood in man's
place to take the death.
00:52:54.97\00:52:57.31
But why did He clothed them
00:52:57.34\00:52:58.67
with the animal skin of a lamb?
00:52:58.71\00:53:01.14
So, the only way they
could continue on living
00:53:01.18\00:53:06.85
is if they have
00:53:06.88\00:53:08.32
and the promise of righteousness
00:53:08.35\00:53:09.75
is that they have
on the animal skin.
00:53:09.78\00:53:12.22
And this reminds me
real quick, Jacob and Esau.
00:53:12.25\00:53:15.36
So good, man. Jacob and Esau.
00:53:15.39\00:53:17.93
How did Jacob, and it
was a messed up story,
00:53:17.96\00:53:19.83
but there's some gospel there.
00:53:19.86\00:53:21.20
How did Jacob receive
his Father's blessing?
00:53:21.23\00:53:25.03
He put on the skin.
00:53:25.07\00:53:26.40
He had to put
on the skin. Right?
00:53:26.43\00:53:28.50
He had to smell like one
who had been in the field.
00:53:28.54\00:53:32.44
He had to smell like a lamb.
00:53:32.47\00:53:36.58
Interesting. Yes.
00:53:36.61\00:53:37.95
So, we do as well.
00:53:37.98\00:53:39.31
I want to just inject
this one point in that story
00:53:39.35\00:53:41.18
because you said they
received spiritual eyesight,
00:53:41.22\00:53:45.65
I believe they
lost it at that moment.
00:53:45.69\00:53:48.79
When she took that
fruit and they did eat,
00:53:48.82\00:53:52.59
they lost their spiritual eyes.
00:53:52.63\00:53:54.20
They lost the Shekinah Glory,
00:53:54.23\00:53:55.90
they lost
00:53:55.93\00:53:57.27
what Christ is trying to give us
00:53:57.30\00:53:58.63
that robe of righteousness,
right then it was gone.
00:53:58.67\00:54:01.07
That's when they
were naked. Sure.
00:54:01.10\00:54:02.54
They lost the shield to see evil
00:54:02.57\00:54:04.61
because before
they couldn't see evil,
00:54:04.64\00:54:05.97
but now they can.
00:54:06.01\00:54:07.34
But they, but were told
00:54:07.38\00:54:08.71
they had a light
of spiritual cover...
00:54:08.74\00:54:10.25
Sure, the righteousness.
00:54:10.28\00:54:12.28
Which is the
garment that God is wanting.
00:54:12.31\00:54:14.28
So, they traded it for their own
00:54:14.32\00:54:16.25
and their own was nakedness.
00:54:16.28\00:54:18.52
And so, God
begins to replace that
00:54:18.55\00:54:22.52
with that animal skin,
00:54:22.56\00:54:23.99
so that I just
wanted to inject that
00:54:24.03\00:54:26.19
because they lost that place
00:54:26.23\00:54:28.16
where He's trying
to take us back to.
00:54:28.20\00:54:29.70
Absolutely.
00:54:29.73\00:54:31.07
They didn't know sin
because sin didn't exist.
00:54:31.10\00:54:32.60
Right. Yeah.
00:54:32.63\00:54:33.97
So it starts very
early. Well, it did exist.
00:54:34.00\00:54:35.34
Satan.
00:54:35.37\00:54:36.71
Well, yes, I
mean, in their lives.
00:54:36.74\00:54:38.07
It didn't exist
in their lives...
00:54:38.11\00:54:39.44
It starts real early in life.
00:54:39.47\00:54:40.81
You find out when
you tell the children,
00:54:40.84\00:54:42.18
don't get in the cookie jar.
00:54:42.21\00:54:43.55
And there are two
or three years old,
00:54:43.58\00:54:44.91
they get a cookie.
00:54:44.95\00:54:46.28
What do they do?
Hey, Mom, look at me.
00:54:46.31\00:54:47.65
They go hide behind the
couch to eat that cookie
00:54:47.68\00:54:49.98
because they know
00:54:50.02\00:54:51.35
they're not supposed
to be eating that cookie.
00:54:51.39\00:54:53.36
And so, they go back
and they hide back there
00:54:53.39\00:54:57.19
and they not even
aware basically, it's inside.
00:54:57.23\00:55:00.80
That's right.
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.16
I honestly think that
God has given His people
00:55:02.20\00:55:05.03
the spiritual eyesalve,
00:55:05.07\00:55:06.50
even the way
00:55:06.53\00:55:07.87
you just
presented those passages.
00:55:07.90\00:55:10.67
I've never looked
at it like that before.
00:55:10.71\00:55:12.81
I'm hearing things
that I've never heard
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.81
in all my almost
so many years before
00:55:14.84\00:55:17.35
because God is opening,
00:55:17.38\00:55:18.81
He's giving His people
that spiritual eyesalve to see.
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.62
May I share a passage here?
No, absolutely. Yeah, go ahead.
00:55:22.65\00:55:24.82
This is from
Testimonies, Volume 3.
00:55:24.85\00:55:28.36
Oh, oh, we may not have time,
I've just read a little bit.
00:55:28.39\00:55:31.36
It says, "I have been
shown that the greatest reason
00:55:31.39\00:55:33.40
why the people
of God are now found
00:55:33.43\00:55:35.30
in this spiritual blindness
00:55:35.33\00:55:37.33
is that they will
not receive correction,
00:55:37.37\00:55:40.20
they will not
receive correction.
00:55:40.24\00:55:41.67
Many have despised
the reproves and reward
00:55:41.70\00:55:44.21
and warnings given to them.
00:55:44.24\00:55:45.67
The true witness condemns
the lukewarm condition."
00:55:45.71\00:55:49.24
And I'll stop there
because it is powerful.
00:55:49.28\00:55:51.65
It goes on,
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.01
but we don't want
to receive correction,
00:55:53.05\00:55:54.58
we fight,
00:55:54.62\00:55:55.95
we don't want
somebody to tell us what to do.
00:55:55.98\00:55:58.12
We know what to do on our own.
00:55:58.15\00:56:00.22
We're blind, we're
naked. Lord, have mercy.
00:56:00.26\00:56:02.76
That's amazing. Yeah.
00:56:02.79\00:56:04.13
Any final thoughts,
brother, before end?
00:56:04.16\00:56:05.49
Well, I'm just
thinking about that eyesight.
00:56:05.53\00:56:06.86
I need that spiritual eyesight,
00:56:06.90\00:56:08.23
Lord, help my eyes to see
all those things I need to see,
00:56:08.26\00:56:10.53
ears to hear only
what I need to hear.
00:56:10.57\00:56:12.90
And the mind that
receptive of spiritual thing,
00:56:12.93\00:56:14.84
I need that.
00:56:14.87\00:56:16.20
That hymn, hope in
my eye that I may see...
00:56:16.24\00:56:19.44
Oh, I love this
song. And it's so true.
00:56:19.47\00:56:21.34
Let's tie this
together in the closing
00:56:21.38\00:56:22.71
because I have like a
minute before we close out,
00:56:22.74\00:56:25.18
and I just want to
tie this all together
00:56:25.21\00:56:26.55
because there's
going to be a part three.
00:56:26.58\00:56:27.92
We're going to
come back for this.
00:56:27.95\00:56:29.28
But notice this.
00:56:29.32\00:56:30.65
She says, what's going
to bring about the shaking
00:56:30.69\00:56:32.22
is the council
given to Laodicea.
00:56:32.25\00:56:33.99
What is that council?
00:56:34.02\00:56:35.42
Jesus says, you need
to have the faith of gold,
00:56:35.46\00:56:37.89
the faith of Jesus.
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.26
You need to have
00:56:39.29\00:56:40.63
the white
garments of righteousness.
00:56:40.66\00:56:42.60
Not your righteousness,
His righteousness.
00:56:42.63\00:56:45.73
And then, you know what?
00:56:45.77\00:56:47.10
I want to dial in
your spiritual vision.
00:56:47.14\00:56:49.27
I want to upgrade
that spiritual vision,
00:56:49.30\00:56:50.91
so you can have the
spiritual discernment
00:56:50.94\00:56:52.81
to be able to see
the world as I see,
00:56:52.84\00:56:54.81
to see your brothers
and sisters as I see,
00:56:54.84\00:56:56.81
to see the
horribleness of sin as I see.
00:56:56.85\00:56:59.75
I want to give you
the spiritual eyesight,
00:56:59.78\00:57:02.68
faith of gold,
00:57:02.72\00:57:04.05
beautiful righteous
garments of righteousness,
00:57:04.09\00:57:06.29
of Jesus' righteous
00:57:06.32\00:57:07.66
and eyesalve that you may see.
00:57:07.69\00:57:09.02
You put all that together,
00:57:09.06\00:57:10.39
you know a message
that is that Jesus said
00:57:10.43\00:57:11.76
that would bring
about the shaking.
00:57:11.79\00:57:13.13
Righteousness by faith.
00:57:13.16\00:57:14.70
That's right. That's it.
00:57:14.73\00:57:16.06
Yes. Righteousness by faith.
00:57:16.10\00:57:17.43
My friends, look,
00:57:17.47\00:57:18.80
there's going
to be a part three,
00:57:18.83\00:57:20.17
"A Call to Anguish Part Three."
00:57:20.20\00:57:21.54
We're going to go back,
we're going to revisit this.
00:57:21.57\00:57:23.00
I just want to thank you
so much for joining us today.
00:57:23.04\00:57:25.24
We've had such a good time here.
00:57:25.27\00:57:26.64
Hey, we hope to
see you next time.
00:57:26.68\00:57:28.41
Stick, stick with us,
00:57:28.44\00:57:29.78
come back again and study again.
00:57:29.81\00:57:31.35
God bless you all,
and have a blessed day.
00:57:31.38\00:57:33.58
Amen. Thank you.
00:57:33.62\00:57:34.95