I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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welcome to another
edition of 3ABN Family Worship.
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As always, we are so thankful
that you are joining us.
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As always, we're so
thankful for your love,
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prayers and support
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because we
wouldn't even be sitting
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on this set here,
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having these
wonderful Bible studies
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and playing these
wonderful programs
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back to back each and every day,
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if it wasn't for your
love, prayers and support.
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So thank you, thank
you for taking the time
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out of your day
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to be with us to study
at this particular time.
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And, boy, we have
another power packed message,
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another power packed study
that we're going to be doing
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together as a family.
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Amen? This is family worship.
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And so again, we're
going through a study
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that we've
entitled, "A Call to Anguish,"
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and this is part three, okay,
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so if you haven't
seen part one or part two,
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if you have connection to
the Internet, go on YouTube,
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find it "A Call to
Anguish: Part one and Part two"
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Family worship.
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We're on part three today.
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And we are trucking along this
and I've just been enjoying it.
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I don't know about you guys.
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But there's just
so much richness here
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from this particular message
that we've been studying from.
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We're going to be diving
deep into the Word of God
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once again to unpack
this powerful message
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that I believe is a
present truth message.
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Very much a
present truth message
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for our time.
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And if we can comprehend this
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and understand the
times that we're living in,
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then we can be better prepared
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to meet Jesus
when He comes soon.
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So before we go any further,
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I'm going to introduce
this wonderful panel here
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that I have with me
and my 3ABN family members,
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and then we're going to
have a prayer and get started.
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So I'm going to start
to my far right down here.
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We have Brother Kenny
Shelton, Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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It's such a blessing to
always have you, Brother.
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It's always a
blessing to be here.
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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Amen. Amen.
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You have lots of
wisdom and knowledge to share
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and I appreciate your commitment
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to the ministry.
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Thank you so much.
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And then, of course,
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probably what you would describe
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as your better half...
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I would.
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Maybe on a good day, right?
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On a good day.
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It's a blessing to
have you Miss Chris Shelton.
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It's good to be here.
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Always a
blessing to be here. Amen.
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Praise the Lord
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and though we don't
have Donald with us,
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we have his better half with us,
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Miss Janelle Owen.
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Now tell us what
you do here at 3ABN
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because some people may wonder
what it is that you do here?
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Sure.
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I work in the
publishing department
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and I work on
anything that's web
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or print based,
just to make it simple.
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Praise the Lord.
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You certainly
make our lives easier
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because if we need
some type of graphic design
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or anything,
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any kind of picture or
anything for ministry here,
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anything publish
related, you're there for us,
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we appreciate what you do.
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It's a blessing to have you
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and maybe one day we
can get Donald back in.
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Yeah, I hope so.
He's in the ministry.
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He's probably off
somewhere right now
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leading and
production of another program.
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So who knows what he's doing.
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But we're going to
pause and have a prayer
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and then we're going
to dive deep into this,
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"A Call to Anguish: Part Three."
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Brother Kenny,
why don't you open us
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in a word of prayer?
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Absolutely. Let's
pray together, shall we?
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Father in heaven,
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again we thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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We thank You we can
call You our Father.
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Lord, we come to thee today
as we went over this lesson,
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Call to Anguish.
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Lord, we pray, we
realize we're in a awesome time
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of earth's history.
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How desperately we need
the power of thy Holy Spirit
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to lead, guide and
direct in our hearts and life.
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Big decisions need
to be made right now.
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We praise Your Holy Spirit
will comfort each one of us,
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we praise You draw
near to us, open our hearts,
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our minds that we may see Jesus,
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may understand this Word
and be able to give it in a way
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that would be
pleasing in thy sight.
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Thank you for the crew.
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Bless each one we praise.
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Now all this is done to
Your honor and to Your glory
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just permeate we pray this set
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with the power
of thy Holy Spirit,
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that we will be so
blessed by Your presence,
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that we will leave this place
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knowing we've
been in Your presence
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and we thank You
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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You know, I suspect based on
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as I was preparing
for this particular study,
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there may be a part four.
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We'll see where we
are by the end of this,
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but that's okay,
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because there's so much richness
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in this study that I think
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we just need to take our time,
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go through it and allow
the Holy Spirit to lead us.
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As I have started
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in the previous
two parts of this,
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of this study,
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we're going to read
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through a very
powerful statement
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of which we kind of
building the study on.
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And then we're going to
dive into the Word of God
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and make some sense of this.
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This comes from first
volume of the Testimonies,
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page 179 to 181.
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And again, you can
also find this statement
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just, worded just
slightly different
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but the meat is there.
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In Early
Writings, page 269 and 270.
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But the version we're
reading from is, again,
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first volume of the Testimonies,
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page 179 to 181.
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And notice what it says.
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This comes from
November 20, 1857.
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She says, "I was
shown the people of God
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and saw them mightily shaken,
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some with strong
faith and agonizing cries
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were pleading with God.
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Their countenances were pale
and marked with deep anxiety,
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expressive of
their internal struggle.
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Firmness and great earnestness
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were expressed in
their countenances,
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while large
drops of perspiration
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fell from their foreheads.
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Now and then their
faces would light up
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with the marks of
God's approbation.
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And again the same
solemn, earnest, anxious look
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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, that
they may distrust God,
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and next murmur against Him.
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Their only safety
was in keeping their eyes
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directed upward.
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Angels of God had
charged over His people,
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and as the poisonous
atmosphere from the evil angels
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were 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
would at times come to them,
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to encourage their hearts,
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and light up
their countenances."
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And then she ends it with,
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"I asked the meaning
of the shaking I had seen,
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and was shown
that it would be caused
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by the straight testimony
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called forth by the counsel
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of the True
Witness to the Laodiceans.
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This will have its effect
upon the heart of the receiver,
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and will lead him
to exalt the standard
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and pour forth
the straight truth.
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Some will not bear
this straight testimony.
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They will rise up against it,
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and this will cause a
shaking among God's people."
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Rather lengthy quote,
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but we're going
to go back through it
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because parts one and two,
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we were looking at
that bottom portion
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that we just
read where she says,
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I asked the
meaning of the shaking,
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and it seemed
that it would be caused
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by the straight testimony
called for to the True Witness.
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Well, we've studied
that in great detail
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in parts one and two.
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But now we're going
to go back through here
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and begin to look
at the body of this.
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And then we're going
to go into the Word of God
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and we're going
to see what does,
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what is God trying to tell us?
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What can we glean
from this in preparation
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for the soon coming of
Jesus in these last days?
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So our very first
question, ladies and gentlemen,
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this is what I put here.
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It says the passage
above that I just read,
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seems to communicate
that the Christian walk
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often includes a
deep spiritual struggle,
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one that
includes agonizing cries
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and pleading with God.
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Shouldn't the
Christian experience though
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be easy going
and without strife?
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If you are truly saved,
somebody may be asking that.
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You know, when you're
saved, you're saved, right?
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And the devil
can't do anything to you
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or he can't
penetrate those walls
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that Jesus has put around you.
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But you know, as we just read
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in that opening statement there,
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she says, I was
shown the people of God
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mightily shaken,
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some with strong
faith and agonizing cries,
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hence why we call
this a call to anguish,
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you know, is it a problem
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to anguish for the
Lord's righteousness?
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It says faith
and agonizing cries
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were pleading with God.
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Is this normal,
is this biblical?
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Or does this seem
to be a little contrary
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to what the
Christian experience should be?
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No, I was just
thinking, as you're saying,
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as I was thinking about
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when Jacob
wrestled with the angel.
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You know,
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and there's so
many other examples
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we could look
at that show people
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when they struggled,
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they had a struggle and
they, you know, he said,
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"I will not let go of
you till you bless me."
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And that's what
I can see here too.
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That's right.
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'Cause he was,
he's struggling, right?
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That I'm sure
when he was wrestling
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with that angel,
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there was a
battle going on there.
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And it wasn't an easy battle
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and it was a battle
between life and death.
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Yes, absolutely.
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That was his salvation at stake.
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And basically, that's
what this whole thing is about.
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Every time
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this is our
third lesson with you,
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every time I go in here,
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the tears are just
like on the surface,
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because I wonder if
I'm where I need to be.
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And the last part of
that question is shouldn't,
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I better put my glasses on.
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Shouldn't the
Christian experience
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be easygoing
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and without strife
if you are truly saved,
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peace that passes
all understanding,
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or love without it.
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I thought it would be.
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But as we get in
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and as we begin to
partake of that bread of life,
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and we begin to
go through the Bible,
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you know, how many of you
in the beginning you're like,
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why do we even
have the Old Testament?
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What are all these examples for,
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you know, why did
Israel rise and fall
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and all these things happen to?
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It's because they
lost that first love.
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And the enemy wants to come in
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and he's the one
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that's shouting
peace and safety,
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peace it say all is well.
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You're good,
you're in need of nothing.
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And yet spiritually
we need to be digging,
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and when we begin to dig
and we realize our position
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or we realize our
children's position
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or my grand,
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I'm looking at my grandbabies.
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I hope I don't start crying now.
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I'm looking at my grandbabies.
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And I'm thinking of the world
that we're living in right now.
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With all this looting
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and all this
tearing down of history,
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and not that all
the history is good,
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I understand some of it
but some of it's going too far.
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And murder upon
murder, it doesn't care what,
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doesn't matter
what color you are.
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What do these
babies have to face?
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Remember in Noah's day,
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there were no
children on the Ark.
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And there's coming a day
when Jesus says it is finished,
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that those who are
righteous be righteous still,
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those who are filthy
be filthy, filthy still.
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That's what this is all about.
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We should be pleading it.
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And I remember there was a time
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not too awful long
ago that I was in tears.
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I said, "Lord, take me right now
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just save my children,
just let me die right now."
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Nobody knows about that,
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you probably never
told anybody about that.
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Never told and I'm here
telling all of you, guys.
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But I was willing at that point
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because of what
I seen in my kids.
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I wanted to die so
that they can live.
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And that's part
of this whole process
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is that we need to
die in order to live.
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I think we may be
reading that a little bit.
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Absolutely.
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That's part of this
anguish, is part of this walk.
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It's a lot deeper
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than when I
first accepted Christ
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what I thought it was.
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Absolutely. Brother Kenny.
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You know, I think
all you have to do is
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look at the life
of Christ at Calvary,
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everything that led up to that,
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all the disciples,
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and then say,
was it really easy?
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Was there some call of anguish?
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In fact, go to Luke 22.
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Go to Luke 22.
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Let's read these texts
because you referenced it.
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Now I want you to
kind of just give us
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some commentary on
what is happening here,
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do we have a great
example of Jesus here?
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Luke 22.
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This is in the
Garden of Gethsemane, okay.
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Luke 22:39 and then
read through 46 there,
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39 through 46.
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And then give us
your understanding
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of what's
happening here to Jesus?
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It starts out,
says, "Coming out,
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He went to the Mount of Olives,"
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I love this, "as
He was accustomed,
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His disciples also followed Him.
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When He came to this
place, He said to them,
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'Pray that you may
not enter into temptation.
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And He was withdrawn from
them about a stone's throw,
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He knelt down
and prayed, saying,
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'Father, if it is Your will,
take this cup away from Me,
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nevertheless not My
will, but Yours, be done.'
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Then an angel
appeared to Him from heaven,
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strengthening Him.
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And being in, the word,
agony, He prayed more earnestly.
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Then His sweat became
like great drops of blood
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falling down to the ground.
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And when He rose up from prayer,
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and had come, oh, boy,
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to see His disciples,
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He found them
sleeping from sorrow.
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Then He said to
them, 'Why do you sleep?
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Rise and pray,
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lest you enter
into temptation.'"
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I think about this,
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the solemn message
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that that should be
coming from the pulpit,
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it should be coming
from each one of us,
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teachers, whatever it might be,
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because it says a
solemn message brings forth,
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you know, an effect
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upon the minds and hearts
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but if, and I'm just saying if,
if that's not really happening,
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what effect is it
having in our churches,
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what does it happen?
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If that's, this truth
that we're talking about here,
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which is real truth about agony.
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It's real truth about
great drops as it were,
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great drops of blood.
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It was real truth
that said he was in agony.
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Things that most of us
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will probably
never even experience,
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we can't experience.
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Has anyone ever
agonized more than Jesus?
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No one ever can and ever will.
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He carried the whole
world on His shoulders.
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I can't get with this myself.
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It's too heavy.
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I have to turn it
over to Jesus Christ.
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But I like the
words, as His custom,
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this is what He did.
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And He prayed.
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And He said, "You know
what, at the end result,
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not My will but Thine be done
knowing before He left heaven,
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before He left heaven,
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He knew everything
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that was going to happen to Him.
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I'm just giving
food for thought, okay,
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somebody hasn't read this thing.
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Food for thought is
that He knew every insult,
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He knew every pain,
He knew every heartache.
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He knew what men would do to Him
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and having been
nailed to the cross
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and the pain and the agony,
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but He looked down
the stream of time,
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He somebody like you,
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somebody like me,
somebody like you.
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And He says, if it's
just one, they're worth it.
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I don't know that I've
come to that that point,
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I want to come to that point.
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For whoever person I see
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is one that Christ died
for and to love them supremely.
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And I don't think we
hear the message enough.
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We're not calling forth
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that straight testimony
that comes to the point
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to what we're
talking about right here,
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that in my heart
right now, just it is tears,
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you know, come up, what?
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For the world
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and for what's
going on in the world
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and it seems like the
world just doesn't care.
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At the time of
Christ, they didn't care.
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Basically, most of
them what they did to Him.
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And today, you
know, the time is coming,
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they don't care what
they've done to do to you
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and to the children.
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What we are up against,
we need to be anguishing now.
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It's not just
hello Lord, goodbye Lord
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when we're praying.
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We need to be, do
some soul searching,
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we need to be on our knees
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and we need to pray
earnestly at that point,
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you know that song, what is it?
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How long has it been
since you knelt by your bed
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and prayed to the
Lord up in heaven?
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How long has it
been since you knew
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that He care something
like you know the song is.
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So my point is
how long has it been
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since we've crawled
out of the bed as it were
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or we knelt by the bed
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and we prayed
till we had a peace.
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Pray till we know
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that we have a
relationship with Christ.
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I know why it says,
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if you don't know the
word saved, be careful.
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Saving relationship.
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He said, "Get down on your knees
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and pray until you know
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that you have
that relationship."
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And when we do that,
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I think the tears
are going to come,
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we realized what
a mess that we are.
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And we are asleep,
we have slept through.
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The devil is
stealing the race right now.
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And we're going around like it.
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And I won't gonna
say the church all over,
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if I say church, I'm
talking all of us here,
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sure is God's people.
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We're going around like it's,
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like it's what they
call that happy hour?
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Oh, yeah.
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The half... Yeah.
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And what really,
that's what we're here,
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we're happy hour,
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and when you
begin to get solemn,
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you begin to get real,
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you begin to approach what,
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the abominations that
be done inside outside.
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No one really
wants to hear about that.
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And when I start
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hearing these
things it brings pain.
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And you're thinking
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when I read
some of these things,
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and I'm sure everybody
at home done the same thing.
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I read some of
the things at home
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and it gets to be so much,
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it begins to be so heavy
for my poor little old mind.
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I just can't
hardly comprehend it.
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I just say, "Lord,
I've got to go take a walk.
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I need to stop for a while
because it's just too heavy."
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Yeah, you know,
speaking of heaviness,
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you know, you're
talking about Jesus and the sins
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that He took on for us in,
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it's really hard to even
grasp the magnitude of that
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because think about like, Eve,
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very first
person that ever sinned
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all the way to
the very end of time,
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every single sin of
that one individual,
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and count the
number of people from Eve
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that sinned first
all the way to the end...
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There's no way to
know how many, yeah.
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That's just...
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We don't have any
way to understand that
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and the heaviness
that we feel just in us,
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I mean...
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And I think it's a great example
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to see that the Son of God,
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who knew no sin,
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you see Him
agonizing and anguishing
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over the spiritual battle
00:19:17.05\00:19:18.92
that's taking
place in His own heart
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at this moment in Gethsemane.
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And you know, the Bible says
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He often went away
privately and He prayed,
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I'm sure this as you said,
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as it said in here in this text,
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that as His, as it was His,
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as He was accustomed,
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you know, He would go
away like this privately.
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And I'm sure He agonized often.
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You know, I hear
Christians often say,
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and the reason why we
bring up this question,
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you know,
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because on the opening
part of this statement here,
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you know, she's talking
about the agonizing cries,
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those who were
pleading with the Lord,
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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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You know, I know Christians
who would read that and go,
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oh, well, then they don't have,
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you know, they are
really cocky about it.
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Well, then they don't
have a relationship with Jesus
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because I experience
nothing but joy, you know.
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And we're not
kicking that doubt,
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you should
experience joy in the Lord,
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you should have a peace
00:20:06.60\00:20:07.94
that surpasses
all understanding.
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I get excited when I'm thinking
00:20:09.47\00:20:11.17
about what Jesus
has done for me and you,
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some of you wouldn't
even be able to stand
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being in the vehicle
with me driving down the road,
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'cause I have all
kinds of concerts,
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praising the Lord in my truck
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or in my car
driving down the road.
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But nonetheless,
there's just those moments
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and which we want
to read this here.
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Notice this,
speaking of this Gethsemane,
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this is Matthew's
version, verse 41 of Matthew 26,
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Jesus again, in Gethsemane there
00:20:32.89\00:20:35.06
after he's been
sweating great drops of blood.
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Notice what he says
here, "Watch and prey,
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lest you enter into temptation."
00:20:38.47\00:20:40.00
So then something's added
here that's not written in Luke.
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"The spirit indeed is willing.
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The spirit's willing,
but the flesh is weak.
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There's moments when
the spirit is willing,
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but the flesh is weak."
00:20:51.78\00:20:53.98
So is the Christian
experience just some easygoing,
00:20:54.02\00:20:58.79
you know, kind of nonchalant,
00:20:58.82\00:21:00.42
you know,
sunshine and bumblebees
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and, you know,
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essentially
what comes to my mind
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as I was, as we were
preparing for this study,
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Jesus said in the
Sermon on the Mount,
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Matthew 7:13 and 14 he
says, "Enter the narrow gate,
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for wide is the
gate and broad is the way
00:21:15.24\00:21:16.87
that leads to destruction."
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.11
And there are many
that go in thereby.
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But notice this next part here.
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Now if you read
the King James Version,
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it's going to say,
00:21:23.81\00:21:25.15
"Because narrow is the
gate and straight is the way."
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Now that word for straight
in the original Greek here
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is the word Phlebo, Phlebo.
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Okay.
00:21:36.76\00:21:38.09
And if you notice in
the New King James Version,
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.26
and New King James version
00:21:40.30\00:21:41.63
is just a slightly
better translation,
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.37
okay?
00:21:43.40\00:21:44.73
Because it uses
the word difficult.
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Oh, boy.
00:21:46.57\00:21:47.90
It says because
narrow is the gate
00:21:47.94\00:21:49.50
and difficult is the way.
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Jesus is different,
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.31
that this Christian experience
00:21:53.34\00:21:54.68
is not just some
easygoing experience,
00:21:54.71\00:21:56.91
that there's
some difficulty there
00:21:56.95\00:21:58.71
and if you read
that original word there
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in the Greek Phlebo,
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it means to afflict,
suffer tribulation and trouble.
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And so when you
go back through this,
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and you read
this, we're not, again,
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I want to make it very clear.
00:22:09.59\00:22:10.93
We're not trying to paint
the Christian experiences,
00:22:10.96\00:22:12.53
if that's all that it is
that just God made it that way
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.56
because I don't think
it was God's plan for us
00:22:15.60\00:22:17.60
to go through this.
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It was not God's plan for
us to experience this trouble,
00:22:19.00\00:22:21.04
this strife, this tribulation
00:22:21.07\00:22:22.80
and the things
that come with it.
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It's this way
because there's an enemy.
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There's an
enemy. That's right now.
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And we go back to the vision
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that we're
reading from the vision
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that we're talking about,
00:22:32.95\00:22:34.28
and you begin to apply
it to these scriptures.
00:22:34.32\00:22:36.42
Going back even to Luke 22.
00:22:36.45\00:22:38.45
You know, where Jesus says,
00:22:38.49\00:22:39.82
"Father, if it were your
will take this cup from Me."
00:22:39.85\00:22:42.79
Pastor Kenny said
he saw everything,
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.93
he could see everything
as it really happened.
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We see through a glass starkly.
00:22:48.40\00:22:51.17
We read these things,
we read those visions,
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and we think, oh,
wow, we're in that time.
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We call ourselves the
remnant, the last church,
00:22:57.91\00:23:01.81
you know, a remnant of
fabric is the same pattern.
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.48
It's the same teaching as
the beginning of that bolt.
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And we're to close out this
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and what the Bible talks
about a little time of trouble,
00:23:10.42\00:23:12.55
talks about a
great time of trouble
00:23:12.59\00:23:13.99
in Daniel
00:23:14.02\00:23:15.36
that we've never
experienced before.
00:23:15.39\00:23:17.06
And then we look at Jesus.
00:23:17.09\00:23:19.29
Is it possible that we made
to be anguishing and saying,
00:23:19.33\00:23:22.60
"Lord, take this cup from me?"
00:23:22.63\00:23:24.90
We are beginning to
see the differentiation
00:23:24.93\00:23:28.80
between those who are righteous,
00:23:28.84\00:23:30.94
and those who are
wicked as never before.
00:23:30.97\00:23:33.58
All you have to do
is listen to the news.
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Watch the people,
00:23:36.24\00:23:37.58
watch them take
other people's property,
00:23:37.61\00:23:40.62
hammers,
00:23:40.65\00:23:41.98
whatever, they can
destroy it, burn it.
00:23:42.02\00:23:47.06
Hitting people with blocks
00:23:47.09\00:23:48.42
with absolutely no
morality in their heart,
00:23:48.46\00:23:52.79
no compassion.
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We are seeing the
enemy take over the mind.
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Spirit of Prophecy says
in the Great Controversy,
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I think it's in the
pages 500 somewhere,
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but she talks about
as we begin to accept sin
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more and more
00:24:06.27\00:24:07.61
and look at the
laws that we've passed.
00:24:07.64\00:24:10.65
Look at the babies
we're killing, unborn babies.
00:24:10.68\00:24:13.95
They're not zygotes.
00:24:13.98\00:24:15.92
They're not blobs of cells,
which they're made of cells,
00:24:15.95\00:24:19.15
but they're the
little heart right away.
00:24:19.19\00:24:21.76
I remember the first sonogram
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.22
because, you know,
they started out early
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.89
and they were
just black and white
00:24:25.93\00:24:27.26
and you know, hard to see.
00:24:27.30\00:24:28.73
Six weeks old, you
could see little limbs moving.
00:24:28.76\00:24:32.03
I'm like, "How in
the world do they think
00:24:32.07\00:24:34.07
that could be a frog?"
00:24:34.10\00:24:35.70
Well, you see what I'm
saying, those are babies.
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.67
Yes.
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.24
Those are
babies. Those are lives.
00:24:39.27\00:24:41.34
But as we continue to accept sin
00:24:41.38\00:24:43.95
and make it bring it
even into the church,
00:24:43.98\00:24:47.85
we're bringing
it into the church.
00:24:47.88\00:24:49.65
We're baptizing it.
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.05
We're becoming
desensitized to sin.
00:24:52.09\00:24:54.36
Exactly.
00:24:54.39\00:24:55.72
Kind of like Lot did
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.46
when he was in
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:24:57.49\00:24:59.63
Well, then the
longer him and his family
00:24:59.66\00:25:01.80
stayed in Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.77
they became desensitized
to the sin of the world.
00:25:03.80\00:25:07.14
And that's what's happening
even in the church today.
00:25:07.17\00:25:09.30
And I think God
in His great wisdom
00:25:09.34\00:25:12.67
and in His great foresight,
00:25:12.71\00:25:14.11
that's why He's allowing this.
00:25:14.14\00:25:16.08
In fact, there's
a quote that I read,
00:25:16.11\00:25:18.35
I read so much
the last few days,
00:25:18.38\00:25:19.78
I think it says,
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.15
Oh, well, you
know, right at the end,
00:25:21.18\00:25:22.62
right before it's
part of this quote
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.12
in the longer version.
00:25:24.15\00:25:25.49
It says, right at the end,
00:25:25.52\00:25:26.86
you know, there was
this big mighty angel
00:25:26.89\00:25:28.49
and he wanted to step
in and help God's people
00:25:28.52\00:25:30.46
and He said,
"Woah, wait a minute,
00:25:30.49\00:25:32.09
you know, it's
not all finished yet.
00:25:32.13\00:25:33.63
There's still more."
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.00
Because He's allowing
us to become sensitize.
00:25:35.03\00:25:38.27
This agony sensitizes our heart.
00:25:38.30\00:25:41.57
It actually
brings about that love,
00:25:41.60\00:25:44.34
it brings about complete faith.
00:25:44.37\00:25:47.61
It helps us to see
that we are worthless,
00:25:47.64\00:25:50.68
that we have no power within us.
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.81
And as we're choosing sin,
00:25:52.85\00:25:54.32
as we're talking
about this compromise
00:25:54.35\00:25:56.72
within the
church, within our hearts,
00:25:56.75\00:25:58.09
within our lives,
00:25:58.12\00:25:59.45
God is loosening
those four winds of strife.
00:25:59.49\00:26:03.09
That's right.
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.46
And as he loosens,
00:26:04.49\00:26:05.83
and He takes
His protection away,
00:26:05.86\00:26:07.56
not that He wants to,
we're pushing Him out.
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.30
You know, I
remember reading this
00:26:10.33\00:26:11.80
a few years ago,
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.17
and thinking when
some of these laws
00:26:13.20\00:26:14.54
were being passed,
00:26:14.57\00:26:15.90
I thought I knew this
time of trouble is coming.
00:26:15.94\00:26:17.27
I didn't realize
we're going to ask for it
00:26:17.31\00:26:18.77
the way we are.
00:26:18.81\00:26:20.14
We were pushing Him out.
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.78
And so, He's
allowing the enemy to come in
00:26:21.81\00:26:25.18
and take hold.
00:26:25.21\00:26:27.12
So that's what we're seeing.
00:26:27.15\00:26:28.78
And we're going to
have more and more anguish.
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.42
It's powerful to consider
00:26:30.45\00:26:31.79
because we're
asking that question,
00:26:31.82\00:26:33.15
is there a struggle?
00:26:33.19\00:26:35.02
Is it seem like
sometimes we have to anguish
00:26:35.06\00:26:37.96
as it seemed like
sometimes we have to agonize
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.89
in this Christian walk
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.63
with the Lord, is that normal?
00:26:41.66\00:26:43.00
Of course it is.
00:26:43.03\00:26:44.37
In fact, you
know, if we just took
00:26:44.40\00:26:45.73
a glimpse at the cross.
00:26:45.77\00:26:47.10
Yes.
00:26:47.14\00:26:48.47
You know, we talked
about the closing scenes,
00:26:48.50\00:26:50.01
you know, Christ in
the Garden of Gethsemane.
00:26:50.04\00:26:52.01
But if you just
take a look at the cross,
00:26:52.04\00:26:54.51
I mean, you can see the
agony and the pain of sin
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.75
right there in Jesus.
00:26:57.78\00:26:59.11
In fact, and
then when you realize,
00:26:59.15\00:27:01.05
notice this, this is
coming from Zechariah 12:10,
00:27:01.08\00:27:06.02
this is a prophecy.
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.59
He says, "I will pour
out on the house of David
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.32
and on the
inhabitants of Jerusalem
00:27:09.36\00:27:10.69
the Spirit of grace
and of supplication."
00:27:10.73\00:27:13.16
How did he do that?
00:27:13.19\00:27:14.53
Through the cross.
00:27:14.56\00:27:15.90
And notice this,
00:27:15.93\00:27:17.27
"Then they will look
on Me whom they pierced."
00:27:17.30\00:27:21.70
You see, I pierced Jesus.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.87
You pierced Jesus.
00:27:23.91\00:27:25.31
Your sins have
nailed Jesus to the cross,
00:27:25.34\00:27:29.01
which is why Jesus
says in the Beatitudes,
00:27:29.04\00:27:32.01
it starts with what?
00:27:32.05\00:27:33.38
Blessed are those who?
00:27:33.42\00:27:35.12
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
00:27:35.15\00:27:37.79
And then the second one is
blessed are those who mourn.
00:27:37.82\00:27:41.02
Notice this, he says,
00:27:41.06\00:27:43.02
"They will look upon
me whom they have pierced
00:27:43.06\00:27:44.79
and yes, they will mourn for him
00:27:44.83\00:27:46.73
as one mourns for his only son,
00:27:46.76\00:27:48.60
and grieve for him
00:27:48.63\00:27:49.96
as one who
grieves for a firstborn."
00:27:50.00\00:27:52.23
Why? Why?
00:27:52.27\00:27:55.04
Because when you understand
the consequences of sin,
00:27:55.07\00:27:59.31
when you
understand the penalty of sin,
00:27:59.34\00:28:01.48
it brings you to a
mourning agonizing state
00:28:01.51\00:28:04.71
where you're just like Lord.
00:28:04.75\00:28:07.15
In fact, I think it's Mrs. White
00:28:07.18\00:28:08.52
who says that in
one part of her writing,
00:28:08.55\00:28:09.88
she says, "Lord, take my heart
00:28:09.92\00:28:12.25
in which I cannot give."
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.12
You're pleading with the
Lord, take what I cannot give.
00:28:14.16\00:28:17.63
And so it is biblical, right?
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.79
It is biblical for us to know
00:28:19.83\00:28:22.26
that sometimes
00:28:22.30\00:28:23.63
we're going to
reach those points,
00:28:23.67\00:28:25.07
just as it seems
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.43
the people of the Lord here are,
00:28:26.47\00:28:27.84
they're reaching those points
00:28:27.87\00:28:29.20
where they're
agonizing, they're pleading.
00:28:29.24\00:28:30.71
It seems like
there's a heavy burden
00:28:30.74\00:28:33.07
laid up on them.
00:28:33.11\00:28:34.44
There was a couple of
texts that came to my mind here.
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.01
Notice just a few
here that come to my mind.
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.01
Luke 9:23.
00:28:38.05\00:28:39.38
Notice how Jesus
describes following Him.
00:28:39.41\00:28:41.78
He says, "If anyone
desires to come after Me,
00:28:41.82\00:28:43.99
let him deny himself."
00:28:44.02\00:28:45.85
And then notice the second part.
00:28:45.89\00:28:47.22
Take up your cross, how often?
00:28:47.26\00:28:50.13
Take up your
instrument of death.
00:28:50.16\00:28:54.10
Right?
00:28:54.13\00:28:55.46
If that's not
agonizing and anguishing,
00:28:55.50\00:28:56.90
I don't know what is.
00:28:56.93\00:28:58.27
You know, hey,
pick up your cross
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.63
and then you can follow Me.
00:28:59.67\00:29:01.00
That's powerful.
00:29:01.04\00:29:02.37
Matthew chapter, I've
referenced this already,
00:29:02.40\00:29:04.04
the Beatitudes, but notice this,
00:29:04.07\00:29:05.41
notice four of
the few Beatitudes
00:29:05.44\00:29:08.41
that we have on in
this particular chapter,
00:29:08.44\00:29:10.45
Chapter 5 verses 3, 4, 6 and 10.
00:29:10.48\00:29:12.45
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
00:29:12.48\00:29:14.12
Blessed are you
when you hit rock bottom
00:29:14.15\00:29:15.88
and realize your
spiritual depravity.
00:29:15.92\00:29:18.05
Blessed are those who
mourn, there it is again,
00:29:18.09\00:29:20.96
for they shall be comforted,
that's a mourning process.
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.43
Notice verse 6 here.
00:29:23.46\00:29:24.89
"Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness."
00:29:24.93\00:29:28.00
You're hungering and
thirsting for righteousness.
00:29:28.03\00:29:29.63
Have you ever truly
hungered and thirst?
00:29:29.66\00:29:31.73
I mean, it's an
agonizing experience,
00:29:31.77\00:29:33.80
man, you want to
be filled, right?
00:29:33.84\00:29:35.54
And then the last one there,
00:29:35.57\00:29:36.91
"Blessed are
those who are persecuted
00:29:36.94\00:29:38.64
for righteousness sake,
00:29:38.67\00:29:40.01
for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven."
00:29:40.04\00:29:41.38
That's a powerful thing
00:29:41.41\00:29:42.74
to consider that
this process of this,
00:29:42.78\00:29:46.55
this process of sanctification,
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.18
this process of
journeying through our faith
00:29:48.22\00:29:50.49
with the Lord,
00:29:50.52\00:29:51.85
it's no, it's, as
Jesus said, it's difficult.
00:29:51.89\00:29:56.02
But there's hope
00:29:56.06\00:29:57.39
and we're going to
get to the hope part,
00:29:57.43\00:29:58.76
there's anguish, we're
getting to the hope part.
00:29:58.79\00:30:00.30
Don't you think too,
00:30:00.33\00:30:01.66
that this is
easier to understand
00:30:01.70\00:30:03.80
once you've been there?
00:30:03.83\00:30:05.57
You know, blessed
are those who mourn
00:30:05.60\00:30:07.07
for they shall be comforted.
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.44
I think we can all
relate to mourning.
00:30:08.47\00:30:10.84
Yes, absolutely.
00:30:10.87\00:30:12.21
You know and how many times
00:30:12.24\00:30:13.58
we have prayed
and prayed and prayed
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.21
you know sometimes we see
00:30:15.24\00:30:16.58
and I've seen
00:30:16.61\00:30:17.95
those who should be dead raised
00:30:17.98\00:30:20.32
and then others who are not.
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.52
We are praying God's will.
00:30:22.55\00:30:24.09
But what blessed promises
00:30:24.12\00:30:26.55
He says you're going to
go through these things,
00:30:26.59\00:30:29.66
but you're going to come
out better on the other side.
00:30:29.69\00:30:32.29
You know, we mentioned,
00:30:32.33\00:30:33.66
the Bible mentions
about Him being the potter,
00:30:33.70\00:30:35.56
we're the clay.
00:30:35.60\00:30:36.93
You know that clay
needs to be folded,
00:30:36.97\00:30:38.97
it needs to be shaped
00:30:39.00\00:30:40.34
but in order to get
that beautiful sheen
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.47
and to harden it,
00:30:42.50\00:30:44.21
to make it steadfast
for the purpose of use.
00:30:44.24\00:30:48.21
It has to go
through a fiery furnace,
00:30:48.24\00:30:50.95
it has to be burned.
00:30:50.98\00:30:52.31
You know, when we
were talking about Jesus,
00:30:52.35\00:30:54.42
I can see take
this cup from me how,
00:30:54.45\00:30:58.19
if I just get a
paper cut, oh my, it hurts.
00:30:58.22\00:31:02.46
Of course.
00:31:02.49\00:31:03.83
I'm like, how in this world,
00:31:03.86\00:31:05.99
you know, but we're
talking about piercing.
00:31:06.03\00:31:08.96
Piercing, stabbed,
00:31:09.00\00:31:11.73
you know, beaten
beyond recognition and killed.
00:31:11.77\00:31:16.87
I have trouble over
an animal being killed.
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.57
I, sometime I'll be honest,
00:31:19.61\00:31:21.11
I have trouble
even killing insects.
00:31:21.14\00:31:22.64
I don't want them in my home.
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.15
I'll do it.
00:31:24.18\00:31:25.51
But I mean, you know,
it's to me, it's like,
00:31:25.55\00:31:27.65
God looking down at
us, we look like an ant,
00:31:27.68\00:31:30.25
you know, you know.
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.49
And so I'm
looking forward to a time
00:31:32.52\00:31:36.99
where there is no more
death, there is no more sorrow,
00:31:37.03\00:31:39.63
there is no more mourning.
00:31:39.66\00:31:41.13
But right now,
we go through this
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.70
because God is
molding and making us
00:31:43.73\00:31:46.74
into that beautiful
piece of fine china.
00:31:46.77\00:31:48.87
I love it.
00:31:48.90\00:31:50.24
That just makes me think of
00:31:50.27\00:31:51.61
also when we are
reading these Beatitudes
00:31:51.64\00:31:53.14
in Matthew 5:3 there,
00:31:53.17\00:31:56.98
the poor in spirit is in like
00:31:57.01\00:31:59.41
you're saying the
sanctification process is,
00:31:59.45\00:32:02.05
when we're poor in spirit,
00:32:02.08\00:32:03.42
then we realize our need,
00:32:03.45\00:32:04.99
because
otherwise they can't start.
00:32:05.02\00:32:07.82
You know, He can't
start working in our hearts
00:32:07.86\00:32:09.66
until we are ready for Him to.
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.86
And that is that first
step to turn towards Him
00:32:11.89\00:32:15.00
and realize that we do need Him
because otherwise it's all...
00:32:15.03\00:32:19.27
It starts with
anguish, it starts with agony.
00:32:19.30\00:32:22.14
It does.
00:32:22.17\00:32:23.51
Starts with a mourning process.
00:32:23.54\00:32:24.87
The word I look up anguish.
00:32:24.91\00:32:26.91
Because there's one, you
think you've got, you know,
00:32:26.94\00:32:28.81
and probably most
people understand English
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.41
and some of the definitions
we're calling, tightness,
00:32:30.45\00:32:36.15
we say tightness sometimes,
00:32:36.18\00:32:38.02
you know, you have a tightness
00:32:38.05\00:32:39.39
when you try to follow Jesus,
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.19
you know, and that great mental
00:32:41.22\00:32:43.69
or even physical pain,
00:32:43.73\00:32:46.96
agony and to feel pain.
00:32:47.00\00:32:51.00
This is agony.
00:32:51.03\00:32:52.37
This is just
talking about anguish here.
00:32:52.40\00:32:54.40
And when you read
that passage in Luke 9:23,
00:32:54.44\00:32:58.17
I think about every time,
and probably say it every time,
00:32:58.21\00:33:01.14
but it's just, it's
almost like it's new.
00:33:01.18\00:33:02.71
And I need it every
day because it says,
00:33:02.74\00:33:04.81
"If anyone desires
to come after Me, "
00:33:04.85\00:33:07.52
first of all He said to me,
first of all Kenny, deny self.
00:33:07.55\00:33:12.35
That's right.
00:33:12.39\00:33:13.72
So victory has to
be gained over self
00:33:13.76\00:33:16.49
because if victory
is not gained over self,
00:33:16.52\00:33:18.63
I am not about to
take up that cross.
00:33:18.66\00:33:21.46
If self is paramount,
00:33:21.50\00:33:22.83
self is living and
reigning and not Christ,
00:33:22.86\00:33:25.07
I'm not going to pick
up any cross, why would I?
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.44
It's only after
self has died, right,
00:33:27.47\00:33:29.14
and Christ reigns
where He should be.
00:33:29.17\00:33:31.01
And then I'll follow Him gladly.
00:33:31.04\00:33:33.61
I'm not going to follow Him
00:33:33.64\00:33:34.98
until I get my
life right with Him.
00:33:35.01\00:33:36.88
I noticed the disciples
00:33:36.91\00:33:38.25
in that first verses
you gave there in Luke 22.
00:33:38.28\00:33:39.91
We talked about,
00:33:39.95\00:33:41.28
it says that He went
to the Mount of Olives
00:33:41.32\00:33:42.95
as His custom was, notice this,
00:33:42.98\00:33:44.65
and the disciples followed.
00:33:44.69\00:33:46.55
Right.
00:33:46.59\00:33:47.92
But did they really,
were there at that point
00:33:47.96\00:33:49.29
really denying
their self in Israel,
00:33:49.32\00:33:51.53
and that they were fighting.
00:33:51.56\00:33:52.89
So to the point
that possibly we can be
00:33:52.93\00:33:55.33
following,
00:33:55.36\00:33:56.83
but we're not a real follower.
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.00
We've not made that decision.
00:33:59.03\00:34:00.37
We can sit in the pews,
00:34:00.40\00:34:01.74
we can have our
names on the books.
00:34:01.77\00:34:03.44
You know, I like that
name on the book is wonderful.
00:34:03.47\00:34:06.04
But I want to make
sure my name is written
00:34:06.07\00:34:07.41
in the Lamb's book of life.
00:34:07.44\00:34:08.81
There's too much
emphasis in my opinion
00:34:08.84\00:34:10.91
is to put on as my name
00:34:10.95\00:34:12.28
written on some
earthly book here.
00:34:12.31\00:34:13.65
I said you might as
well go to school's row count
00:34:13.68\00:34:15.28
so far I'm
concerned, know you're there.
00:34:15.32\00:34:16.99
There is
nothing wrong with that.
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.35
But I'm simply
saying my concern is
00:34:18.39\00:34:20.79
and I think if
there, we got children,
00:34:20.82\00:34:22.16
our family or friends,
00:34:22.19\00:34:23.53
everybody I look
at is right here.
00:34:23.56\00:34:24.89
Where is your name?
00:34:24.93\00:34:26.26
And we saw the guy in...
00:34:26.29\00:34:28.90
Wasn't it in Huntsville shot
00:34:28.93\00:34:31.37
before our very eyes at Walmart.
00:34:31.40\00:34:33.74
They came by,
00:34:33.77\00:34:35.10
we would have
been about in the spot
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.84
if the Lord
hadn't changed things
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.67
around the couple of calls
00:34:38.71\00:34:40.04
one from my
brother and different ones.
00:34:40.08\00:34:41.41
We're just getting rain spots.
00:34:41.44\00:34:42.78
Somebody took that spot
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.15
and we had to go
around and came back.
00:34:44.18\00:34:45.51
And all suddenly
we hear, boom, boom,
00:34:45.55\00:34:46.88
you know, we're just getting out
00:34:46.92\00:34:48.35
and we looked at not very
far right from us right there.
00:34:48.38\00:34:51.12
Some guy had got
out of the vehicle,
00:34:51.15\00:34:53.19
and he walked up to the guy
00:34:53.22\00:34:54.56
because supposedly
00:34:54.59\00:34:55.92
with his
girlfriend or something,
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.29
he takes exactly the gun
00:34:57.33\00:34:58.66
right into his
chest and pull it.
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.03
The man, there was no
blood, I couldn't see,
00:35:00.06\00:35:01.83
anywhere there was nothing
he fell straight on his face.
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.77
Well, we didn't
run away from that,
00:35:04.80\00:35:06.23
we ran over to that,
00:35:06.27\00:35:08.00
you know, and then
00:35:08.04\00:35:09.37
when he's getting ready to leave
00:35:09.40\00:35:10.74
he turned around,
he shot his girlfriend
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.11
got her in the
neck through here,
00:35:12.14\00:35:13.48
didn't kill her,
00:35:13.51\00:35:14.84
blood were
going every which way.
00:35:14.88\00:35:16.21
But you look at these
things that take place
00:35:16.24\00:35:18.25
and it can take
place anytime, right?
00:35:18.28\00:35:21.58
Going to Walmart
this can take place.
00:35:21.62\00:35:22.95
Right.
00:35:22.98\00:35:24.32
You know are we anguishing
00:35:24.35\00:35:25.69
as our soul that we're
looking at all these people?
00:35:25.72\00:35:27.29
The first thing
that Chris and I did,
00:35:27.32\00:35:28.99
doesn't make you good
doesn't make you right.
00:35:29.02\00:35:30.93
We looked at that,
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.29
and somebody
ran over and I said,
00:35:32.33\00:35:33.66
What about him?
00:35:33.70\00:35:35.03
I looked and looked at
him and I said he's dead.
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.20
Just like that,
00:35:37.23\00:35:38.57
the life was snuffed out of
him and almost the girlfriend.
00:35:38.60\00:35:42.20
We looked down and
I'm thinking right then,
00:35:42.24\00:35:43.61
that's a soul for
the kingdom of God.
00:35:43.64\00:35:45.81
Was he, first thing
went through my mind,
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.21
was he right, was he
right with God before he died?
00:35:47.24\00:35:50.51
Probably 30-35, won't you think?
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.45
And Chris and I right then
and we have season of prayer,
00:35:52.48\00:35:55.02
not for him but for the family.
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.22
And this somehow
this would help somewhere
00:35:57.25\00:35:58.85
along the way that
would encourage somebody
00:35:58.89\00:36:00.66
to accept Christ as
their Lord and Savior.
00:36:00.69\00:36:02.19
Very intense moment.
00:36:02.22\00:36:03.56
It's tense moments, I'd
say it's time of anguish.
00:36:03.59\00:36:05.49
And the first thing
is, are we right with God
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.66
because this
could happen to anybody?
00:36:07.70\00:36:09.63
Absolutely.
00:36:09.66\00:36:11.00
You know, Paul describes
the Christian experience
00:36:11.03\00:36:14.50
in 2 Timothy 4:7 as a fight.
00:36:14.54\00:36:19.24
He says, "I have
fought the good fight."
00:36:19.27\00:36:22.04
All right.
00:36:22.08\00:36:23.41
Notice how he didn't say,
00:36:23.45\00:36:24.78
"I fought this
treacherous fight."
00:36:24.81\00:36:27.08
It may seem treacherous.
00:36:27.12\00:36:28.58
But he says, "I've
fought the good fight.
00:36:28.62\00:36:30.55
I have finished the race.
00:36:30.59\00:36:31.92
I have kept the faith."
00:36:31.95\00:36:34.16
You know, Jesus
says in Revelation 3:21.
00:36:34.19\00:36:36.59
Here he says, to
those who overcome,
00:36:36.62\00:36:39.53
it's a process,
right, you know, your...
00:36:39.56\00:36:42.50
It seems like sometimes
we're white knuckling our self
00:36:42.53\00:36:45.23
through this thing, right?
00:36:45.27\00:36:46.60
Yeah.
00:36:46.63\00:36:47.97
When you mentioned Paul
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.34
and I was thinking
earlier of Romans 7,
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.17
I can totally
relate to that so much,
00:36:51.21\00:36:53.31
you know that
Christians struggle,
00:36:53.34\00:36:55.11
you know,
00:36:55.14\00:36:56.48
I do what I don't want to do
00:36:56.51\00:36:57.85
and I don't
want to do what I do.
00:36:57.88\00:37:00.98
It looks like it is a struggle,
00:37:01.02\00:37:02.35
it's like the
flesh and the spirit
00:37:02.38\00:37:03.85
are always at war.
00:37:03.89\00:37:05.22
Absolutely.
00:37:05.25\00:37:06.59
And the question would be
00:37:06.62\00:37:07.96
that I want to kind
of launch us into now
00:37:07.99\00:37:09.32
because I know this is,
we'll have is a part four,
00:37:09.36\00:37:11.69
that's going to happen.
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06
But why does it seem
like the struggle exists,
00:37:13.09\00:37:15.86
not because,
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.53
not because God
wants it to be that way.
00:37:17.57\00:37:21.17
But as I said
earlier, because of the enemy.
00:37:21.20\00:37:24.01
Let's go back to
our reading here.
00:37:24.04\00:37:25.37
Notice this,
00:37:25.41\00:37:26.74
evil angels crowded around them,
00:37:26.78\00:37:30.45
pressing their
darkness upon them
00:37:30.48\00:37:32.08
to shut out
Jesus from their view,
00:37:32.11\00:37:34.15
that their eyes might
be drawn to the darkness
00:37:34.18\00:37:36.79
that surrounded them,
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.15
and they distrust God
00:37:38.19\00:37:39.95
and next murmur against Him.
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.76
Their only safety
00:37:42.79\00:37:44.13
was in keeping their
eyes directed upward.
00:37:44.16\00:37:47.46
Angels of God had
charged over His people,
00:37:47.50\00:37:49.73
and as the poisonous
atmosphere from the evil angels
00:37:49.76\00:37:52.73
were pressed
around these anxious ones.
00:37:52.77\00:37:55.37
There they are.
00:37:55.40\00:37:56.74
The heavenly angels
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.11
were continually
wafting their wings over them
00:37:58.14\00:38:00.24
to scatter the thick darkness.
00:38:00.28\00:38:01.61
Why are they anxious?
00:38:01.64\00:38:03.61
Because of the
presence of the evil angels.
00:38:03.65\00:38:06.51
So this brings my
question number two
00:38:06.55\00:38:08.55
and kind of, we're
going to divert ourselves
00:38:08.58\00:38:10.25
into this part now.
00:38:10.29\00:38:11.99
Notice the
presence of the evil angels
00:38:12.02\00:38:14.16
in the passage above
that we just talked about.
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.82
Do we really find ourselves
00:38:15.86\00:38:18.19
in the middle of a
Great Controversy battle
00:38:18.23\00:38:20.50
of spiritual warfare?
00:38:20.53\00:38:22.50
If so, does the Bible
gives us any examples?
00:38:22.53\00:38:24.87
And how does it,
00:38:24.90\00:38:26.23
you know, what does this mean
00:38:26.27\00:38:27.60
for Christians
living in the last days?
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.20
Is there, are we still engaged
00:38:29.24\00:38:30.94
in a spiritual
battle of spiritual warfare?
00:38:30.97\00:38:33.54
And do we find ourselves
00:38:33.58\00:38:34.91
caught up in the middle
00:38:34.94\00:38:36.28
of this Great
Controversy battle?
00:38:36.31\00:38:37.98
I believe so with all my heart,
00:38:38.01\00:38:39.55
it's not getting better.
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.05
It's getting
worse. That's right.
00:38:41.08\00:38:42.85
You know, things that you see
00:38:42.88\00:38:44.79
taking place in the world today.
00:38:44.82\00:38:46.35
I mean, I'm not trying
to be judgmental about it.
00:38:46.39\00:38:48.22
But I'm saying these
people were faced with demons.
00:38:48.26\00:38:50.69
These are not human being,
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.06
these are minds in human beings,
00:38:52.09\00:38:53.43
their minds been
taken over by the enemy.
00:38:53.46\00:38:55.53
Because mine was
the mind of Christ.
00:38:55.56\00:38:57.50
How could we
possibly do that to Him?
00:38:57.53\00:38:59.70
How we possibly
react and do this thing?
00:38:59.73\00:39:02.00
You can't if our
mind is on Christ.
00:39:02.04\00:39:04.57
Thank God for
those heavenly angels,
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.21
wafting their wings and
spreading back and keeping.
00:39:06.24\00:39:09.18
Thank God for the Holy Spirit,
00:39:09.21\00:39:10.75
I'm talking about hold
back the winds of strife
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.58
till I seal my
servants in their forehead.
00:39:12.61\00:39:15.28
I mean, this is a
battle I call Battle Royale.
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.95
It's life and death issue.
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.39
It's not going to
pin you and win a trophy.
00:39:19.42\00:39:21.46
It's life and death.
00:39:21.49\00:39:22.82
You're going to
come out at eternal life
00:39:22.86\00:39:24.19
or you're going
to come out at death.
00:39:24.23\00:39:25.56
We're not going,
00:39:25.59\00:39:26.93
heaven's not
going to be our home.
00:39:26.96\00:39:28.30
So I thought
about I'm not going to
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.66
some may go into
a little bit more.
00:39:29.70\00:39:31.03
When you talk
about spiritual warfare,
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.83
you have to
think of Ephesians 6,
00:39:32.87\00:39:34.34
ain't that right?
00:39:34.37\00:39:35.97
I'm not going
through all those things.
00:39:36.00\00:39:37.34
Somebody else
may want to do that,
00:39:37.37\00:39:38.71
but I like Ephesians 6:30.
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.61
I mean, I loved it all.
00:39:40.64\00:39:42.14
I thought about
just for brevity sake
00:39:42.18\00:39:44.75
having done all to stand.
00:39:44.78\00:39:48.28
That to me, those
are the key words.
00:39:48.32\00:39:51.19
Have I done by the grace of God?
00:39:51.22\00:39:54.39
My very best all to stand
00:39:54.42\00:39:57.03
and we'll see how that goes
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.39
maybe just a
minute talk about it.
00:39:58.43\00:40:00.03
But that song
that says, I wonder,
00:40:00.06\00:40:02.26
have I done my best for Jesus
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.03
when He has done so much for me.
00:40:05.07\00:40:07.10
So every day in my life,
00:40:07.14\00:40:08.47
"I wonder, have I done my best."
00:40:08.50\00:40:09.84
And most certainly,
00:40:09.87\00:40:11.21
when I look back
and recap the day,
00:40:11.24\00:40:13.27
I fail miserably.
00:40:13.31\00:40:14.84
You know, you
can just see, yeah,
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.21
they weren't maybe just
out now just go do and be ugly.
00:40:16.24\00:40:18.61
It's just, it just
wasn't the kind of spirit
00:40:18.65\00:40:21.78
that maybe you wanted
00:40:21.82\00:40:23.15
or maybe it was a
judgmental spirit.
00:40:23.18\00:40:25.19
Maybe it was a
condemning spirit.
00:40:25.22\00:40:27.49
You know, so easy to
talk about one another
00:40:27.52\00:40:29.89
and to gossip and backbite,
but that's not Christ like.
00:40:29.92\00:40:33.60
We cannot have
that kind of spirit.
00:40:33.63\00:40:35.33
Having done all,
00:40:35.36\00:40:36.70
so I pray Lord
everyday help me to have done
00:40:36.73\00:40:38.43
all to stand which
includes preparation.
00:40:38.47\00:40:41.44
Isaiah 40:3 simply says,
"Prepare the way of the Lord."
00:40:41.47\00:40:46.31
We need to be preparing
for the way of the Lord,
00:40:46.34\00:40:48.11
prepare the way of the
people, Isaiah 62:10 quickly.
00:40:48.14\00:40:51.71
Amos 4:12.
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.08
He said,
"Prepare to meet thy God."
00:40:53.11\00:40:56.15
For preparation
spiritual warfare,
00:40:56.18\00:40:58.15
there has to be in
here trusting in God never,
00:40:58.19\00:41:01.26
notice this, deprives a person,
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.16
the privilege of exerting
00:41:03.19\00:41:04.53
his own God given
powers to the fullest.
00:41:04.56\00:41:07.93
You know, we think
turning our life over Him,
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.80
God still is working to battle.
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.17
The bottom line was without God
00:41:11.20\00:41:13.10
and without the
armor, without His power,
00:41:13.13\00:41:15.04
we're all going to be losers.
00:41:15.07\00:41:17.01
But with Him, the
divinity and humanity,
00:41:17.04\00:41:19.44
putting on the
whole armor of God,
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.04
we're more than conquerors
through Christ, right?
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.68
That encourages me,
00:41:23.71\00:41:25.05
when I see
looking in the mirror,
00:41:25.08\00:41:26.41
I see a failure.
00:41:26.45\00:41:27.78
I need to quit
looking and seeing me,
00:41:27.82\00:41:29.52
I need to look in the
mirror and see Christ Jesus
00:41:29.55\00:41:32.15
of what He's
capable of doing through me
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.66
if I simply just submit
00:41:34.69\00:41:36.39
because there is a
warfare and the devil says,
00:41:36.42\00:41:38.93
"I'm going to get
him. I'm going to get her."
00:41:38.96\00:41:41.93
Right?
00:41:41.96\00:41:43.30
I mean, he's bound determined,
I'm going to, perhaps say,
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.80
I'm going to kill them if I can.
00:41:45.83\00:41:47.64
I'll try to get
rid of them in sin.
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.50
I'm going to try
to get rid of them
00:41:49.54\00:41:50.87
when they strayed a
little away from God.
00:41:50.91\00:41:52.24
Praise God for
those holy angels.
00:41:52.27\00:41:54.64
God says certainly,
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.01
devil, you may go this far
but you don't go any farther.
00:41:56.04\00:41:58.71
Isn't that
wonderful to know that?
00:41:58.75\00:42:00.42
God's giving me
00:42:00.45\00:42:01.78
maybe you just another
chance to make it right
00:42:01.82\00:42:05.59
and my
conversion God said, "Kenny,
00:42:05.62\00:42:07.09
you need to get
it right this time."
00:42:07.12\00:42:09.16
I've never forgotten that,
00:42:09.19\00:42:10.53
you need to get
it right this time.
00:42:10.56\00:42:11.89
Why?
00:42:11.93\00:42:13.26
Because we don't have,
00:42:13.29\00:42:14.63
we don't know
how many more chances
00:42:14.66\00:42:16.00
we're going to have
00:42:16.03\00:42:17.37
and who wants to bank on that?
00:42:17.40\00:42:18.73
I'm banking on
the spiritual warfare.
00:42:18.77\00:42:20.10
He's going to
fight my battles for me.
00:42:20.14\00:42:21.54
That's right, brother.
00:42:21.57\00:42:22.90
Let me give
reference Ephesians 6,
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.27
I just want to read verse 12,
00:42:24.31\00:42:25.67
'cause we're talking
about this spiritual warfare,
00:42:25.71\00:42:28.04
you know, these Christians
00:42:28.08\00:42:30.25
that were mentioned in
this particular passage,
00:42:30.28\00:42:32.01
we read from Mrs. White's Volume
00:42:32.05\00:42:33.78
for the First Testimonies,
00:42:33.82\00:42:35.15
you know, they're
agonizing, they're crying.
00:42:35.18\00:42:36.52
Why?
00:42:36.55\00:42:37.89
Because of the
atmosphere of these evil angels.
00:42:37.92\00:42:39.25
Yes.
00:42:39.29\00:42:40.62
And notice what Ephesians
6:12, we read it many times,
00:42:40.66\00:42:41.99
but it confirms
that we are engaged
00:42:42.02\00:42:44.19
in a spiritual
battle, spiritual war there.
00:42:44.23\00:42:47.66
And notice what it
says, Ephesians 6:12,
00:42:47.70\00:42:49.50
"For we do not,"
00:42:49.53\00:42:51.33
what's the word there?
00:42:51.37\00:42:52.70
Wrestle. Wrestle.
00:42:52.73\00:42:54.07
"For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood,
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.04
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:42:57.07\00:42:59.04
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age."
00:42:59.07\00:43:02.01
Didn't she talk
about the darkness
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.28
they were trying to waft,
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.65
you know, to create
the dark atmosphere.
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.75
She says we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.55
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:43:09.58\00:43:11.15
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.56
against spiritual
host of wickedness
00:43:13.59\00:43:16.46
in the heavenly places.
00:43:16.49\00:43:18.13
You may not be able to see them,
00:43:18.16\00:43:19.89
but they're there.
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.26
And if you have, if you
feel like that as Christian,
00:43:21.30\00:43:23.60
my friends, I just want
to make an appeal right now.
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.07
I feel I'll make it.
00:43:25.10\00:43:26.43
There may be someone
watching right now that says,
00:43:26.47\00:43:27.80
you know what?
00:43:27.84\00:43:29.17
I'm struggling
in my walk with God.
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.54
You know what?
00:43:30.57\00:43:31.91
The struggle means
00:43:31.94\00:43:33.27
that they're still
sign of life in you.
00:43:33.31\00:43:36.68
The fact that you're
struggling is a good sign, okay.
00:43:36.71\00:43:40.45
It's not God's plan
for you to struggle.
00:43:40.48\00:43:42.28
It's not like the
Lord's up there going,
00:43:42.32\00:43:43.79
okay, you must go through this.
00:43:43.82\00:43:45.39
It's not like He wants
you to go through this,
00:43:45.42\00:43:47.16
but the enemy is
warring for your soul.
00:43:47.19\00:43:50.09
And the fact that
you're just trying to keep
00:43:50.13\00:43:51.66
your head above water
00:43:51.69\00:43:53.03
means that there's
still sign of hope,
00:43:53.06\00:43:54.80
there's still
sign of life in you
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.10
that the Lord is
still warring for your soul.
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.93
And the evil angels
may be trying to snuff out
00:43:59.97\00:44:02.57
all of the spiritual life
00:44:02.60\00:44:03.94
that they can
from you but don't,
00:44:03.97\00:44:05.44
do not lose hope.
00:44:05.47\00:44:06.81
As Paul said, he
fought the fight,
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.71
he ran the course,
he finished the race,
00:44:08.74\00:44:10.41
he kept the faith, right?
00:44:10.45\00:44:11.88
You need to persevere.
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.25
Those who persevere to
the end shall be saved.
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.82
So spiritual warfare.
00:44:15.85\00:44:17.59
I'm sure you've experienced it.
00:44:17.62\00:44:18.95
Oh, yeah, every day,
some more than others.
00:44:18.99\00:44:21.86
But, you know, in this study,
00:44:21.89\00:44:25.13
as I was going through
this lesson last night,
00:44:25.16\00:44:27.16
I was like, wow, you
know, we have references
00:44:27.20\00:44:31.33
in Genesis and in
Revelation about this warfare,
00:44:31.37\00:44:36.40
the one in
Revelation tells us how it began
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.44
for like Revelation 12
00:44:38.47\00:44:40.11
tells us about
the war in heaven,
00:44:40.14\00:44:42.18
how it started.
00:44:42.21\00:44:43.55
And then in Genesis 3:15,
00:44:43.58\00:44:47.62
God put enmity
between the serpent
00:44:47.65\00:44:52.49
and the woman seed,
00:44:52.52\00:44:53.96
and that's like separation,
00:44:53.99\00:44:57.69
you know, and that's, I mean,
00:44:57.73\00:44:59.59
not that's when it began
00:44:59.63\00:45:00.96
but that's when he enacted that,
00:45:01.00\00:45:03.06
you know, and he,
00:45:03.10\00:45:04.43
he caused that enmity
00:45:04.47\00:45:05.80
and without the
enmity we wouldn't have,
00:45:05.83\00:45:08.37
we wouldn't know the difference
between good and evil.
00:45:08.40\00:45:11.47
And I think that's powerful.
00:45:11.51\00:45:12.84
He drew the line of demarcation.
00:45:12.87\00:45:15.08
There's this
side, there's this side.
00:45:15.11\00:45:16.85
Which side are
you going to choose?
00:45:16.88\00:45:18.21
That's right, amen.
00:45:18.25\00:45:19.58
You know, since
we've been in this battle,
00:45:19.61\00:45:21.65
this Great Controversy,
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.02
which we know started in heaven,
00:45:23.05\00:45:24.95
we've been in it
ever since Adam and Eve
00:45:24.99\00:45:27.92
fell to the
temptation of the enemy.
00:45:27.96\00:45:30.66
But this, again,
I want to bring back
00:45:30.69\00:45:33.19
that a lot of what we're reading
00:45:33.23\00:45:34.56
is not about those people
because we are those people.
00:45:34.60\00:45:40.97
Even in our messages, I mean,
when you are going someplace,
00:45:41.00\00:45:44.41
there's been times
00:45:44.44\00:45:45.77
I wish I had a
camera all the time,
00:45:45.81\00:45:47.14
you know how these people
go, what are those, GoPro's,
00:45:47.18\00:45:50.08
you know,
00:45:50.11\00:45:51.45
because when something
good is about to happen,
00:45:51.48\00:45:54.28
the enemy tries
everything to stop
00:45:54.32\00:45:56.28
and I know there's been times
00:45:56.32\00:45:57.65
that he would
have taken our life
00:45:57.69\00:45:59.02
if God hadn't stepped in.
00:45:59.05\00:46:00.56
And that's what we find
here in this vision too,
00:46:00.59\00:46:03.79
because she says,
"Thy will O God, "
00:46:03.83\00:46:06.29
these are the people crying out.
00:46:06.33\00:46:08.36
As I said, is it possible
00:46:08.40\00:46:09.83
that we would say
take this cup from me?
00:46:09.86\00:46:12.03
She goes on to say,
"Thy will O God be done.
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.77
If it can glorify thy name
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.91
make a way of
escape for thy people,
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.04
deliver us from the
heathen round about us."
00:46:19.07\00:46:21.78
Put yourself in
some of these riots.
00:46:21.81\00:46:26.65
That's the enemy,
put yourself right here.
00:46:26.68\00:46:30.99
Put yourself,
00:46:31.02\00:46:32.35
they have
appointed us unto death.
00:46:32.39\00:46:34.82
Now, this is the death penalty.
00:46:34.86\00:46:37.46
This is the last call.
00:46:37.49\00:46:39.33
But dying arm
can bring salvation.
00:46:39.36\00:46:42.16
Yet like Jacob,
00:46:42.20\00:46:43.53
everyone without
exception with earnestly,
00:46:43.57\00:46:46.00
was earnestly pleading
and wrestling for deliverance.
00:46:46.03\00:46:49.47
The first question, if
you feel like you're saved,
00:46:49.50\00:46:52.01
should you be earnestly pleading
00:46:52.04\00:46:53.44
and should you
have this anguish?
00:46:53.48\00:46:55.04
We're never going
to rest like Jacob.
00:46:55.08\00:46:57.25
I'm not going to let
you go until You bless me.
00:46:57.28\00:47:00.38
You know, in
fact, down here it says
00:47:00.42\00:47:02.85
Jacob's night of anguish
00:47:02.88\00:47:04.65
when he wrestled in prayer
00:47:04.69\00:47:06.05
for the
deliverance of the hand of Esau
00:47:06.09\00:47:08.82
represents the
experience of God's people
00:47:08.86\00:47:11.29
in the time of
trouble, Jacob's company.
00:47:11.33\00:47:13.93
I like this, I
don't like this part,
00:47:13.96\00:47:15.76
but this is so applicable to us,
00:47:15.80\00:47:17.93
unarmed and defenseless.
00:47:17.97\00:47:20.87
Unarmed and defenseless.
00:47:20.90\00:47:22.80
Seemed about to fall
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.17
helpless victims of
violence and slaughter.
00:47:24.21\00:47:27.84
Brothers and
sisters, we are there.
00:47:27.88\00:47:30.01
People are
experiencing this already.
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.08
But it's going to be amplified.
00:47:32.11\00:47:34.42
We go back up to
this first quote here.
00:47:34.45\00:47:38.25
Because this is the one I
said, I may be reading later.
00:47:38.29\00:47:40.59
I believe if I get there,
00:47:40.62\00:47:42.29
it says soon
after they had commenced
00:47:42.32\00:47:44.53
their earnest cry,
00:47:44.56\00:47:46.13
the angels in sympathy.
00:47:46.16\00:47:47.60
And they praise
God for those angels.
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.73
Oh, I love those angels.
00:47:50.77\00:47:53.10
Would have gone
to their deliverance,
00:47:53.13\00:47:56.14
but a tall, commanding
angel suffered them not.
00:47:56.17\00:47:59.11
He said,
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.48
"The will of God
has not yet fulfilled.
00:48:00.51\00:48:04.38
They must drink of the cup.
00:48:04.41\00:48:07.62
They must be
baptized with the baptism."
00:48:07.65\00:48:11.35
Which brings us
to Matthew 20:22.
00:48:11.39\00:48:15.82
"But Jesus answered
and said to the mother,
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.03
" the son of Zebedee's,
two boys, John and James,
00:48:18.06\00:48:23.37
"Know ye not what you ask,"
00:48:23.40\00:48:24.97
'Cause she wanted
them to sit on the right
00:48:25.00\00:48:26.43
and the left hand of Jesus.
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.77
"Are you able to drink
the cup that I shall drink
00:48:28.80\00:48:32.24
and be baptized with the baptism
00:48:32.27\00:48:34.54
that I am baptized with?
00:48:34.58\00:48:37.45
And they just
quickly said, "We are able."
00:48:37.48\00:48:39.85
You see, there again, the
angel saying, Oh, hold on.
00:48:39.88\00:48:44.05
They've got to drink
the cup that Christ drank.
00:48:44.09\00:48:47.06
They've got to be
baptized with the baptism
00:48:47.09\00:48:49.09
that Christ was baptized.
00:48:49.12\00:48:51.19
We cannot do that,
00:48:51.23\00:48:53.80
except we be filled
with the complete latte rain,
00:48:53.83\00:48:58.73
the complete spirit of God
00:48:58.77\00:49:02.30
to take us through that time.
00:49:02.34\00:49:03.67
It truly is a
daily struggle. Amen.
00:49:03.71\00:49:05.74
And sometimes we can
even convince ourselves
00:49:05.77\00:49:07.81
that because I'm a
Christian, I'm untouchable.
00:49:07.84\00:49:12.65
Because I'm following
Jesus, I'm untouchable.
00:49:12.68\00:49:15.32
The devil can't have me.
00:49:15.35\00:49:16.89
I'm always
reminded of this text.
00:49:16.92\00:49:18.25
And it always fascinates me
00:49:18.29\00:49:20.02
because Jesus
chose the 12 apostles.
00:49:20.06\00:49:22.79
Wanna you keep this
in mind, my friends.
00:49:22.82\00:49:24.73
Jesus chose
Peter, He chose John.
00:49:24.76\00:49:29.20
These were the men
that He knew would lead out
00:49:29.23\00:49:31.97
and be the
leaders of this movement
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.34
that would take
the gospel to the world
00:49:34.37\00:49:35.80
and turn this
world right side up.
00:49:35.84\00:49:38.54
I'm going to say
not sit upside down,
00:49:38.57\00:49:39.97
but right side up.
00:49:40.01\00:49:42.08
But what's amazing is Luke 22.
00:49:42.11\00:49:44.35
This would have been
00:49:44.38\00:49:45.71
at the latter part
of Jesus' ministry.
00:49:45.75\00:49:47.42
I mean we're talking about
probably a week or two before
00:49:47.45\00:49:50.65
or weeks before at
least Christ was crucified.
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.46
We're in the latter
portions of His ministry,
00:49:53.49\00:49:55.52
and then notice
what He says to Peter
00:49:55.56\00:49:57.19
where we have to be reminded,
00:49:57.23\00:49:58.93
and who were talking
about spiritual warfare,
00:49:58.96\00:50:00.30
this is a clear indication
00:50:00.33\00:50:02.66
that that spiritual
warfare clearly exists.
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.77
Yes.
00:50:04.80\00:50:06.13
Luke 22:31 and 32.
00:50:06.17\00:50:07.90
Jesus says to him,
00:50:07.94\00:50:09.87
"And the Lord
said, "Simon, Simon!
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.61
Behold, Satan has
desire to have you,
00:50:11.64\00:50:17.35
that he may sift you as wheat."
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.15
Listen to this...
00:50:20.18\00:50:21.52
But notice this,
this is powerful.
00:50:21.55\00:50:23.62
"But I have prayed for them."
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.39
Amen.
00:50:25.42\00:50:26.76
This is King James Version.
00:50:26.79\00:50:28.12
I like the King James
Version better than this one.
00:50:28.16\00:50:29.92
"But I have prayed for
thee, that thy faith fail not:
00:50:29.96\00:50:36.13
and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren."
00:50:36.16\00:50:40.34
My friends, are
you getting this?
00:50:40.37\00:50:42.04
Don't miss this
00:50:42.07\00:50:43.41
and you guys can
chime in on this one.
00:50:43.44\00:50:45.71
This brother
wasn't even converted yet.
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.84
He didn't walk
00:50:47.88\00:50:49.21
three and a half
years with Jesus,
00:50:49.24\00:50:50.85
and he's still not converted.
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.31
Does that speak
to the grace of God?
00:50:52.35\00:50:53.82
Yes, it does.
00:50:53.85\00:50:55.18
And what's amazing,
here's what amazing,
00:50:55.22\00:50:56.55
you're going to get out of this
00:50:56.58\00:50:57.92
also is that
the devil wanted him
00:50:57.95\00:51:01.52
in his unconverted state,
00:51:01.56\00:51:04.23
but Jesus
wouldn't let him have him.
00:51:04.26\00:51:07.46
If there's hope for me
00:51:07.50\00:51:08.83
and you might be at
home right now saying,
00:51:08.86\00:51:10.20
You know what?
00:51:10.23\00:51:11.57
I feel
dreadful. I feel horrible.
00:51:11.60\00:51:12.93
I don't feel like I know Christ.
00:51:12.97\00:51:14.54
But guess what?
00:51:14.57\00:51:15.90
Jesus has
probably prayed for you.
00:51:15.94\00:51:18.77
He's probably prayed
that your faith doesn't fail
00:51:18.81\00:51:21.44
and that the devil
00:51:21.48\00:51:22.81
has probably
asked him several times,
00:51:22.84\00:51:24.18
"Hey, can I have Kenny?
00:51:24.21\00:51:25.61
Just let me have Kenny.
00:51:25.65\00:51:26.98
Can I have Janelle?
00:51:27.02\00:51:28.35
Let me have Janelle.
00:51:28.38\00:51:29.72
I want to sift all of
that as much as I can."
00:51:29.75\00:51:31.69
And Jesus said,
"You can't have them,"
00:51:31.72\00:51:33.19
because maybe
not be converted yet
00:51:33.22\00:51:35.12
and I'm not
saying that's the case.
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.49
I'm just saying there
may be someone at home
00:51:36.52\00:51:37.86
says I'm not feeling converted.
00:51:37.89\00:51:39.23
It's powerful to know
00:51:39.26\00:51:40.83
that even in our
unconverted state, okay.
00:51:40.86\00:51:43.67
Now this isn't,
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.03
I'm not trying to
promote the fact that,
00:51:45.07\00:51:46.40
you know, we should remain
in that unconverted state.
00:51:46.43\00:51:48.44
No, no, no, we
want to be converted
00:51:48.47\00:51:50.71
after preacher.
00:51:50.74\00:51:52.47
That's okay. Come on, Ken.
00:51:52.51\00:51:54.98
You know, we're
not promoting the fact
00:51:55.01\00:51:56.88
that we should remain
in our unconverted state
00:51:56.91\00:51:58.81
because obviously we know
00:51:58.85\00:52:00.18
sanctification is
the work of a lifetime.
00:52:00.22\00:52:02.88
But it's powerful to know
00:52:02.92\00:52:04.25
that in Peter's
unconverted state,
00:52:04.29\00:52:06.86
Jesus protected him.
00:52:06.89\00:52:08.66
That's the God we serve.
00:52:08.69\00:52:10.03
The devil wants to kill you.
00:52:10.06\00:52:11.69
He wants to ruin your life,
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.29
he wants to pour you out
00:52:13.33\00:52:14.93
like a drink offering
and just destroy your life.
00:52:14.96\00:52:17.47
But Jesus is there
going, no, not yet.
00:52:17.50\00:52:19.67
Just like Zachariah
3, the angel of the Lord.
00:52:19.70\00:52:22.10
I mean, can you
imagine? Just think about it.
00:52:22.14\00:52:23.77
To me, the King
of the universe said,
00:52:23.81\00:52:27.44
you can't have
her, you can't have him.
00:52:27.48\00:52:30.08
He still sits on the
throne, He's still in charge.
00:52:30.11\00:52:32.78
But the thing that
gives me goosebumps,
00:52:32.81\00:52:34.58
to think about when
all this is going on,
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.45
because His eye and
His mind is ever mindful.
00:52:36.48\00:52:39.02
You know, His
eyes on the sparrow,
00:52:39.05\00:52:40.39
and it's on you and it's on me.
00:52:40.42\00:52:42.12
Nothing takes place unless this,
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.63
you know, passes
for the Father first.
00:52:43.66\00:52:45.66
That's so beautiful, but to say
00:52:45.69\00:52:47.86
because, I mean,
00:52:47.90\00:52:49.23
there were times
probably all of our life.
00:52:49.26\00:52:51.10
If God had just said,
00:52:51.13\00:52:52.47
Well, enemy do
what you want with him
00:52:52.50\00:52:53.84
and take it
while we were in sin.
00:52:53.87\00:52:55.54
Heaven would not be
our home and God knew that,
00:52:55.57\00:52:57.57
we also knew the end result
of everything He lay out there,
00:52:57.61\00:53:00.31
choices you would
make, choices I would make
00:53:00.34\00:53:02.44
before then and God
said not yet, not yet.
00:53:02.48\00:53:06.18
And so it's like,
00:53:06.21\00:53:07.55
I always said in
the Garden of Eden,
00:53:07.58\00:53:08.92
he put the devil down there
00:53:08.95\00:53:10.29
and he told him to
get up in the tree,
00:53:10.32\00:53:11.75
in that one tree and
you stay in that one tree.
00:53:11.79\00:53:13.86
It's powerful to think...
00:53:13.89\00:53:15.22
Think about, you stay
in that one place you go.
00:53:15.26\00:53:17.19
Yeah. That's amazing.
00:53:17.23\00:53:18.56
It shows how controlled
God is, ain't it right?
00:53:18.59\00:53:20.90
And he got up there and stayed.
00:53:20.93\00:53:22.26
He absolutely. Absolutely.
00:53:22.30\00:53:24.07
It's powerful to
think that Peter you know,
00:53:24.10\00:53:27.70
in connection to
what we've read here,
00:53:27.74\00:53:30.54
the evil angels
trying to choke Peter out
00:53:30.57\00:53:33.14
with their darkness
but remember it says that,
00:53:33.17\00:53:35.91
but for where the evil
angels were in their darkness,
00:53:35.94\00:53:38.91
God had good angels
there wafting their wings...
00:53:38.95\00:53:42.35
They only had to do was waft.
00:53:42.38\00:53:44.45
Isn't it interesting
00:53:44.49\00:53:45.82
because this is
much more intense.
00:53:45.85\00:53:48.26
It's much more intense.
00:53:48.29\00:53:49.62
So I mean, they're
wafting their wings.
00:53:49.66\00:53:50.99
They're scattering it
back, but it keeps coming,
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.40
it keeps coming.
00:53:53.43\00:53:54.76
So we see that
the battle is intense.
00:53:54.80\00:53:56.87
We know not all the
weapons that they use,
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.77
but wow, how intense.
00:53:58.80\00:54:00.14
And I think
00:54:00.17\00:54:01.50
this is a good
example for us too
00:54:01.54\00:54:03.14
that we need to be in prayer.
00:54:03.17\00:54:04.67
We need to be in prayer
not only for our own salvation,
00:54:04.71\00:54:07.41
but for those that we love.
00:54:07.44\00:54:08.78
You know, years
ago, he did a message
00:54:08.81\00:54:10.98
called who is my brother?
00:54:11.01\00:54:12.35
You know, we like to think,
00:54:12.38\00:54:13.72
oh, it's the person
sitting next to us in church.
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.72
It's not, it's everybody.
00:54:15.75\00:54:18.35
Should we not be praying
for the salvation of souls?
00:54:18.39\00:54:21.72
Should we not be praying?
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.09
I mean, I can
remember watching the news
00:54:23.12\00:54:24.53
and seeing this boy,
00:54:24.56\00:54:25.89
I mean, he was
like 9-12 years old,
00:54:25.93\00:54:27.50
and he's standing there
00:54:27.53\00:54:28.86
with this
bewildered look on his face
00:54:28.90\00:54:30.77
as men and women are going in
00:54:30.80\00:54:33.40
and they're
coming out with stuff
00:54:33.44\00:54:34.90
and they're tearing stuff up.
00:54:34.94\00:54:36.27
And he's looking, I'm
thinking, God help that child.
00:54:36.30\00:54:40.41
I had to pray because I thought,
00:54:40.44\00:54:41.84
where's his parents?
00:54:41.88\00:54:43.21
Get him out of there.
00:54:43.24\00:54:44.91
Get him out of there.
00:54:44.95\00:54:46.28
But that's what
we need to be doing.
00:54:46.31\00:54:47.65
Get him out of there.
00:54:47.68\00:54:49.02
Get her out of there.
00:54:49.05\00:54:50.39
Help us, Lord, claim
these Bible promises,
00:54:50.42\00:54:53.09
be, put the hand to
the plow and be diligent.
00:54:53.12\00:54:57.26
Don't turn back.
00:54:57.29\00:54:58.63
I just wanted to
add to that verse
00:54:58.66\00:55:00.00
that we read there
00:55:00.03\00:55:02.23
that you were
talking about with Peter,
00:55:02.26\00:55:04.77
the second part of that
verse, when he's converted,
00:55:04.80\00:55:07.74
like you're saying,
strengthen your brethren.
00:55:07.77\00:55:10.91
You know, that's
for all of us too is,
00:55:10.94\00:55:13.01
you know, we
can't just keep this
00:55:13.04\00:55:14.38
to ourselves.
00:55:14.41\00:55:15.74
Strengthen the
brothers and sisters around us
00:55:15.78\00:55:17.61
and then share it in
00:55:17.65\00:55:19.21
and you know,
that's the conversion is
00:55:19.25\00:55:21.02
for other people too.
00:55:21.05\00:55:22.38
That's right.
00:55:22.42\00:55:23.75
We have about two
minutes left here.
00:55:23.79\00:55:25.12
Man our times, pray for that.
00:55:25.15\00:55:26.99
We need to pray for that.
00:55:27.02\00:55:28.36
So let's get some
final thoughts here
00:55:28.39\00:55:29.72
as we have a
couple of minutes left.
00:55:29.76\00:55:31.09
Brother Kenny,
00:55:31.13\00:55:32.46
we'll just go
around the table here,
00:55:32.49\00:55:33.83
before we close here.
00:55:33.86\00:55:35.20
You know, we are in
that spiritual warfare.
00:55:35.23\00:55:36.56
We need to be sighing and crying
00:55:36.60\00:55:37.93
for the
abominations that be done.
00:55:37.97\00:55:39.30
We need to be
sighing and crying,
00:55:39.33\00:55:40.67
you know, asking God
for to send the Holy Spirit,
00:55:40.70\00:55:42.57
the latter rain so we can go
through this time of troubles
00:55:42.60\00:55:44.47
going right now.
00:55:44.51\00:55:45.84
And will continue to get worse
to the big time of trouble.
00:55:45.87\00:55:47.64
If we're not
doing, we're not praying,
00:55:47.68\00:55:49.11
we're not trying
praying for our children,
00:55:49.14\00:55:50.48
our grandchildren, our family
00:55:50.51\00:55:51.85
getting this
message to the world.
00:55:51.88\00:55:53.21
I think we're going to
die in the Christless grave.
00:55:53.25\00:55:55.58
God have mercy on our souls.
00:55:55.62\00:55:56.95
That's right. Sister Chris.
00:55:56.99\00:55:58.32
You know, our world
is quickly changing.
00:55:58.35\00:55:59.92
We rely on these electronics.
00:55:59.95\00:56:01.49
You see my Bible, my,
everything is on here.
00:56:01.52\00:56:04.86
But Jesus says,
to put these things
00:56:04.89\00:56:06.29
into your heart
and into your mind
00:56:06.33\00:56:08.36
that we sin not against Him.
00:56:08.40\00:56:10.63
You know, we
are coming to a time
00:56:10.67\00:56:12.47
where this is ramping up,
00:56:12.50\00:56:14.24
and we've got to hold on to Him.
00:56:14.27\00:56:15.70
We've got to get
ready, get ready, get ready
00:56:15.74\00:56:18.27
as never before,
00:56:18.31\00:56:19.64
because we're going
to be like these people.
00:56:19.67\00:56:22.14
We are these
people, we're helpless.
00:56:22.18\00:56:24.71
And I praise God for His love.
00:56:24.75\00:56:27.25
I praise Him for those angels.
00:56:27.28\00:56:29.12
I used to think,
boy, I would want,
00:56:29.15\00:56:31.25
you know, the
Navy seals around me.
00:56:31.29\00:56:32.99
No, I want God's angels.
00:56:33.02\00:56:35.59
So I'm thankful,
you know, midway.
00:56:35.62\00:56:38.56
I just would
focus on, personally,
00:56:38.59\00:56:41.23
I've been thinking
more and more about
00:56:41.26\00:56:42.60
how it's a privilege
00:56:42.63\00:56:44.07
that we know
about spiritual warfare,
00:56:44.10\00:56:47.10
because in this
Great Controversy,
00:56:47.14\00:56:49.17
if we didn't know
what the Bible says
00:56:49.20\00:56:50.77
about spiritual
warfare, we would be...
00:56:50.81\00:56:53.54
We would have no clue.
00:56:53.58\00:56:55.81
But I'm just thankful
that God shows us the answers
00:56:55.84\00:56:58.41
and we know that
we're in a battle,
00:56:58.45\00:57:00.28
and that He's going to win.
00:57:00.32\00:57:01.82
But we have to, we're
soldiers in this battle.
00:57:01.85\00:57:04.55
We need to know, we
need to know when He says.
00:57:04.59\00:57:06.99
Praise the Lord. Hey,
we've come to the end.
00:57:07.02\00:57:10.46
But it's not the end
because this is part three.
00:57:10.49\00:57:12.99
We're going to have
a part four for sure,
00:57:13.03\00:57:15.53
we're going to tie this up.
00:57:15.56\00:57:16.90
You notice that
these programs often rotate
00:57:16.93\00:57:18.50
from month to month.
00:57:18.53\00:57:19.87
So it may be a little
while but keep watching.
00:57:19.90\00:57:21.24
Tune in.
00:57:21.27\00:57:22.60
We're going to have a part four.
00:57:22.64\00:57:23.97
We're in a war, but
praise God, we have a King,
00:57:24.01\00:57:26.47
a King of kings
and Lord of lords
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.18
to fight our battles for us.
00:57:28.21\00:57:30.11
Thank you for joining us today.
00:57:30.15\00:57:31.48
Have a blessed day.
00:57:31.51\00:57:32.85
Until next time, God bless you.
00:57:32.88\00:57:34.72
Amen.
00:57:34.75\00:57:36.08