I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello and a great big welcome
to each and every one of you.
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Praise the
Lord. Welcome to 3ABN.
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You know, we're
talking about family worship,
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and we're talking about family.
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Praise God for that.
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You know, we're gonna
have a real exciting subject
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and I believe one
that you're going to enjoy.
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So we don't want
you to go anywhere.
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We're going to be talking
about primitive godliness.
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Now what does it really mean
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if you think about
primitive godliness?
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So I want you to be
thinking about that.
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And what is it?
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Do we really need
primitive godliness?
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Do we want to go back there?
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Do we want to find
out from the Word of God,
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what primitive
godliness is all about?
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Well, I do because I
believe it's very necessary
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for those of us
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who are living in this
hour of earths' history.
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So again, we're glad
you've joined us today.
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Honey, I'm gonna ask you,
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we've got a nice
panel here with us today.
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They're not really guests,
our family, isn't that right?
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That you might just
introduce them to us.
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Would you do that?
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Okay. All right.
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To my left, this
is the first time
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that Terry Gene
has been with us.
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Terry, Elder Terry Gene Shelton.
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He is an elder, I said
the older that he gets,
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the older we become,
it's kind of hurtful,
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but at the same time...
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So you're the elders, right?
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Well, not ordained as,
well, he was but not me.
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Sure.
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Of course, but anyway,
Terry, it's such a blessing.
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Terry is just, he can sing,
he can preach, he can teach.
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Tell us something
about yourself, Terry,
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what do you do?
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Well, I for the past five years,
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I work in a small
hospital in this area
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in the IT department,
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and I'm an elder
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at the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and fill in wherever necessary,
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wherever I'm asked to do so.
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And I'm happy to be a
part of the church family.
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Amen.
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And for years you were
also lay pastor too, didn't you?
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I served as a lay pastor
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at the West Frankfort
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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for five years.
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And that was
interesting experience for me.
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I loved every minute of it.
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And at some
point, we just felt like
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it was time to do
something a little different.
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And so just serving
as an elder for now.
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Yes, amen. Amen.
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And to my right is
our brother in Christ,
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Pastor John Dinzey.
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Always a blessing to have you.
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We were hoping to have
your beautiful wife with you.
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One of these days
we're going to get her.
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You know... That's very sweet.
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We'll be both
together. Yes, yes.
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We love Tita.
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You know, she is
just such a blessing.
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And I know
she's been really busy
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cooking for a lot
of people here lately.
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She is a fabulous cook.
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Do a lot of things. Yes.
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And, John, I'm almost
afraid to ask what you do
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because this could go on and on.
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It could be our whole program
if you told us what you do.
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Well, the Lord has
blessed me with the opportunity
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to be the general manager
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of the 3ABN
Latino network for 3ABN.
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And it's God doing great things,
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reaching people.
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And great transformations
that God is doing.
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Amen.
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I know you have a
lot of wonderful stories,
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miracle stories
about South America,
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different places you have been
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and how the Lord
is just opening up,
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His Spirit is working
and moving and it's exciting.
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I always get excited
to hear your stories.
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Amen. Praise the Lord. Anyway.
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That's
exciting. And who are you?
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I am Chris Shelton, your wife.
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Yes. All right. Yes.
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Yeah, well, I've
been introducing.
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I'm Kenny Shelton,
right, so husband and wife team.
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It's good to do, we team up,
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you know, to get this
message out to the world.
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And I'd like to say
that we're just very excited
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to be here with
you again this Sabbath.
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And I really appreciate
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so many of you
going on social media
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and telling us how
much you really enjoy
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the family
worships here at 3ABN.
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It's a blessing
to hear from you.
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Amen.
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Well, you know, we
need to have prayer.
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You know, can't study the
Word of God without prayer.
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And so, we're gonna invite
you those who are at home,
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you know, you can
kneel if you want to,
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you can close your
eyes, you can pray,
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but get with you some
things down to write with
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because I think we're
gonna cover some things
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that one might be new to you,
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but it might just be a reminder,
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but you want to make sure
you put these things down.
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So we always go
to the Lord in prayer
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and ask for the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Honey, would you
pray for us today?
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Oh, absolutely.
Let's bow our head.
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Most Gracious Heavenly Father,
we come to You humbly today,
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asking that
everything that is said,
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everything that is written,
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read and done and
presented here today
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will be by the
unction of the Holy Spirit.
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Father, You said many years ago,
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we just need to show up.
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Yes.
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And as long as Your
Spirit takes complete control
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of our minds and heart,
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people will not see us but
they will hear and see You.
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And that's what's important.
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So, Father, we turn everything
over to you right now,
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we ask that You'll
use these humble vessels
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as Your vessels of honor,
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that You will speak
in and through us now
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and that the people will hear
spiritually, see spiritually,
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which you would have
them to hear and see.
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Prepare us all
for the days ahead.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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In our outline, we have again,
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primitive
godliness is our subject.
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And I think was mentioned
just before we went on the air,
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it's pretty heavy subject.
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It's a real heavy
subject, it deserves some time.
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So it's not how fast we
go with what we're learning
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as we're studying and reading
this passage of scripture so.
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Well, I want you
to take your Bible
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and turn to Acts
Chapter 2, just get ready
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because we got a little
reading we want to do here
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that I believe
that sets the stage
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for what's going on here.
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And it's pretty good,
long paragraph, Honey,
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but I'd like for you to
start out by reading that.
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Okay.
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And when you get done,
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Brother Terry is
going to read a little bit
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and then we're going to go over
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and look at some
passage of scripture.
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And Brother
John's gonna start that.
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So we've kind of
got it lined out here,
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so just read, shall we?
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Okay, absolutely.
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It feels as if
we're experiencing
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a bit of the Dark
Ages all over again.
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It is difficult to
discern truth from error
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in nearly every
facet of our lives.
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Winds of strife are
blowing from every direction
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and being played out
in our media outlets,
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in our cities, our streets,
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our homes and,
brothers and sisters,
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even in our churches,
should we wear a mask or not?
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Is there a
COVID, cure for COVID-19
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that the authorities
are refusing to tell us
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and to give us.
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Who's right in the rhetoric
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between the
Democrats and the Republicans?
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Which church is the true church,
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represented by the
woman clothed with the sun
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and standing upon the moon
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with a garland of
12 stars upon her head?
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We read that in Revelation 12:1.
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Which day is the Lord's Day?
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Are the dead really dead?
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Or has God called
them home to glory
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to be part of His angel chorus?
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Is sprinkling water
over a baby true baptism?
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How do we know that we're living
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in the last days of
this world's history?
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Are their loved
ones who are lost,
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continually burning in hell,
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somewhere in the
center of this earth?
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There are many
voices, brothers and sisters,
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raise, shouting
many different answers
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to these
questions that I just read.
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But as a seeker of
truth, there should...
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Where should we
search to find answers?
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Is there really a moral absolute
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that we may stake
even our life upon?
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What's happened to morality
in our country as a whole?
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And most importantly,
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what's happened to
morality in our churches?
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Brother Terry?
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Yeah, so you want
me to continue here?
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Yes, please.
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Primitive godliness
is our theme and topic
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for this family worship.
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The definition of primitive
means relating to denoting
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or preserving the
character of an early age
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in the historical
development of something.
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And thus,
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since we're
referencing primitive godliness,
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it only makes sense that
rather than understanding
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what this phrase means
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by examining our churches today,
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it would be best that
we go back in Scripture,
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and see how God
set up the church
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and what it was
like in its purest form.
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And the only
place we know to look
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would be in the scriptures
beginning in the upper room,
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where we find
Christ's disciples,
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along with other believers,
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awaiting and praying there
for the promised comforter,
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after Christ's
ascension back to heaven
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to be with His Father,
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and to become our
mediator and high priest.
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Oh, you talk about
exciting, isn't it?
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That's getting
exciting to think about
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they were there
in the upper room
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waiting for
something to take place.
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And then
therefore we transfer them
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to Acts Chapter 2,
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talking about
primitive godliness, aren't we?
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Well, they were
waiting because they...
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the one that they loved,
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the Son of God
that they believed in
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had just gone back to
heaven, but He had promised,
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He said, "I got to
go, because if I don't go,
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I can't send you the comforter."
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So they were
waiting and praying.
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It kind of reminds us of today
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because are we not waiting
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and praying for
Christ's Second Coming,
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you know, so here
we're kind of finding
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a correlation between Acts 2
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and what we're
going through now.
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Yeah, well, John, how about,
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maybe read the
first three verses or so
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and then talk
about them a little bit.
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And we can throw
it around and see
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what the Holy
Spirit's giving you.
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Acts 2:1,
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"And when the Day of
Pentecost was fully come,
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they were all with
one accord in one place.
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And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven,
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as of a rushing mighty wind,
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and it filled all the
house where they were sitting.
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And there appeared unto them
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cloven tongues like as of fire,
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and it one sat
upon each of them."
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Wow!
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That's pretty
powerful, isn't it?
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That's pretty powerful.
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Yeah.
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Any comments you have
what you read there so far?
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Well, you know,
this is a wonderful time
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when they were
in this upper room
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and humbling
themselves before God.
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I believe this
was one of the key
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for the
preparation for the Holy Spirit
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to be poured upon them,
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humbling themselves before
God, confessing their sins.
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And if there was any
variance between them
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making reconciliation.
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You will remember that
before Jesus was crucified,
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they were arguing,
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I'm going to be
in the biggest seat,
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I'm going to be in
higher seat and back and forth.
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And the experience of
the crucifixion of Christ
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had an impact upon them.
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The
resurrection, when they saw Him
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had an impact upon them.
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They began to
see a better picture
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of the purpose of Christ,
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and connect the dots
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to understand that
He was the sacrifice
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that made possible
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cleansing from
sin and salvation.
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And now the
promise of the Holy Spirit.
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They humbled themselves.
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And this is a key for us,
to humble ourselves before God,
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and repent of our sins
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and give
ourselves entirely to Him.
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Basically, they
emptied themselves of self.
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Yes. Yes.
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Yes. Yeah.
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But you talked
about beautiful point,
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because again, how
can the Spirit of God
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be poured out upon people
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who have not
committed their life to Christ
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trying to get,
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you know, by the grace of God
get rid of sin in their life.
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And we realize
this was the early rain.
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We talk about the
early and the latter rain.
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But we're also told
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that we can have
glimpses of that.
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And just a few years
ago we were in Manila.
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And we were in the
conference president's office,
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and we were praying
diligently about the airways,
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you know, 3ABN had
been there for many years.
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And there was some questions
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about what needed
to continue over there
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and so on and so forth.
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And we had a group, we
had a couple other people,
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and we were there
doing evangelistic series
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for a month in
different churches.
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And so, while we
were there in his office,
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we all knelt for prayer.
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And with eyes closed,
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and just humbly
pouring out our hearts,
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as to the direction
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that God wanted this conference,
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these people to go,
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all of a sudden, we
heard the door blow open.
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We felt a wind come past us.
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And all of us were just
in awe like what happened,
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I didn't open my eyes.
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I don't know that
anyone opened their eyes.
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And as soon as we were done,
we looked at Pastor Mannes,
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I believe is his name.
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He was the conference
president at the time.
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And we said,
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"Do you think your
secretary opened the door."
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But when you go out,
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even if you open
there's not any wind,
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it's not outside,
it's just her office.
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And so, she
hadn't opened the door.
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It was the Holy Spirit that came
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and many prayers
were answered that day.
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We didn't know
about it till later.
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But you know,
God is like a mush,
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rushing mighty wind.
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And that, you know,
cloven tongues of fire
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which sat upon
them just signifying
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that the Holy
Spirit is anointing
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each and every one.
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It's powerful,
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because we want to
have an anointment.
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We want to be
anointed by the power of God.
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And just exactly like you said,
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we need to humble ourselves
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and to be
searching our own minds
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and our own thoughts
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to see if there be
any wicked way in us
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that we need to
cleanse and repent.
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You know what these disciples
of Jesus experienced was really
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what he had
prayed for in John 17.
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Remember when he
said, I looked it up here. "
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I do not pray for these alone,
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but also for those
who will believe in Me
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through their word,
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that they all may be one,
as You, Father, are in Me,
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and I in You."
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That He wanted,
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Jesus wanted His
followers to be one,
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and if you look
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at the
so-called Christian Church
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on planet earth today,
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we are so divided in
so many different areas
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and even within
our own movement,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist people,
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really there are
factions and things
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and whatever and
we ask ourselves,
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why don't we see
the Spirit of God moving
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more upon the people of God.
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And we're saying,
because we're not one,
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we're not unified in the
way that God wants us to be,
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so that He can
pour out His Spirit
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in a greater measure.
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And, you know, it's not to bring
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honor and glory
to any one of us,
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it's to glorify Him
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that He wishes to
pour His Spirit upon us,
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so that we may do things
in His name and for His glory.
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Amen.
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You know, he just
did a sermon for 3ABN,
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The Worship Hour,
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and some of the texts
that I was typing up for him
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and this is and
other references,
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some from Spirit of Prophecy.
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She makes it very clear
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had we lived fully
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the Reformation
that God had given us
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and how the Bible
is written for us,
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we would still have
that primitive godliness.
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We would still see
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more miracles
happening in our church.
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So you know, God is given
this church reformed movements
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for a purpose,
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because he knows that
we need to be reformed.
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My step dad always said,
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and some of you may
remember, I've said it before.
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He said, "If we don't
give up the dross now,
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it will be burned off of us."
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And so we have to go
back, we need to study,
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you know, so
many people right now,
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they're throwing
the scriptures out.
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I asked a question earlier,
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is there any moral absolute
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that we can stake our life upon?
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And we believe that
that is the Word of God.
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I don't think anyone of us
here would disagree with that.
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But many people have,
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because this nation
has gone another way.
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Many churches
have gone another way.
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They're accepting principles
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that go directly
against God's Word.
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And so, years ago,
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we saw a pastor online
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that took a Bible
and threw it across,
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said it's irrelevant anymore.
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So now they're
coming up with new Bibles
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that fit different lifestyles,
but yet God has given us,
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He's preserved
this through so many...
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People lost their
lives preserving this.
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I mean, don't we have to?
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Don't we have to recognize
first that we need to change?
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Yes.
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But when you say
change, it's like,
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there's some kind
of armor that goes up
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sometime with people.
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It seems like there's,
there's opposition that comes.
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There is.
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It's the
opposition of the enemy.
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But rather than
changing the Word
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to fit our lifestyle,
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my whole point is,
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we need to live up
to the Word of God.
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And that doesn't mean
it's not going to cut,
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doesn't mean
it's not going to hurt
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'cause it does.
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It really does.
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I praise God that
He's been so merciful
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and patient with me.
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Because there's been times
and I'm just like, how's that?
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I can't do that, you know.
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But He waits and He waits,
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and He keeps calling
and He keeps working.
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That little song,
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He's still working on me though.
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He want to make
me what are to be.
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And I'm sure He still is.
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And I praise God for that. Amen.
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But again, we have to recognize
that we need to change.
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And then we, you talk
about going back to the God
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and confessing our sins.
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You know, we are His witnesses.
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And I think this whole thing,
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there's a
foundation that was laid there
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in Luke 24:45-47,
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which is saying same thing
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that we've been
talking about here.
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I'm just going to read, it says,
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"Then opened he
their understanding,
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that they might
understand the scriptures,
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And they said unto
him, Thus it is written,
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and thus it
behooved Christ to suffer,
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and rise from the
dead the third day."
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And then verse 47,
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"And that repentance
and remission of sins
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should be preached in
his name among," what?
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"All nations,
beginning at Jerusalem."
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Now why Jerusalem?
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That's kind of
where He began His works,
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He began His work there,
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and He knows
it's going to bring it
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to a conclusion,
He wants to, he said,
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we start right there.
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And then He goes
right here, "And behold,"
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notice this, "ye are My," what?
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"Witnesses of these things.
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And behold, I send the
promise of my Father, "
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that we are talking
about, promise of what?
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The Holy Spirit He was
going to send upon you.
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"But tarry you in
the city of Jerusalem
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until you be
endowed with," what?
00:19:06.47\00:19:09.04
Power from on High. Stay there.
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He said, "If you
stay there, right?
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And if you're confessing
your sins, you notice this,
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what it's talking about,
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weren't you're
My witnesses here,
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and you need to make sure
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repentance and remission of sin,
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you stay there,
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and I'm going to send you
the promise of the Holy Spirit.
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I'm so glad you
mentioned repentance,
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because I was thinking that word
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just when you
started to read it.
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You know, even I was
studying about repentances
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earlier this week.
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And repentance is even something
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that comes from God.
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Amen.
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You know, that the natural
man cannot even come to God,
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we can't even
recognize that we need a change
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without the Holy Spirit
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convicting us and
showing us, you know.
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Unfortunately, there
are many people today
00:19:47.22\00:19:48.62
who are saying no, no,
no, I'm not interested.
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But praise God, there are a few,
00:19:50.82\00:19:52.85
there are a few who
say, "Man, I need a change.
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I need a new touch.
00:19:55.22\00:19:56.56
I need a brand new
walk with You every day."
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And God gives
us that repentance.
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I love that God
always takes the first step.
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I love that. Amen. Amen.
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That was, that's part of
what took place at Pentecost.
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You see, we read that
the Holy Spirit came in
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like a rushing mighty wind.
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But the Holy
Spirit was working prior
00:20:13.98\00:20:16.34
to the falling
of the Holy Spirit
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.51
in the measure that it did
00:20:19.55\00:20:20.88
in the early rain
upon the disciples.
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The Holy Spirit was working,
00:20:24.15\00:20:25.49
that's who led
them to repentance.
00:20:25.52\00:20:27.09
That's who led them
to confess their sins.
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And so, it was, the Holy Spirit
had been working all along
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to lead them to this experience,
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to be prepared
00:20:36.60\00:20:38.17
for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
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So God does take the first step.
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Right.
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.14
The Holy Spirit was in operation
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and working all out
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before it was really
poured out at Pentecost,
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from the very beginning
of time, isn't that right?
00:20:52.38\00:20:53.72
That's right.
00:20:53.75\00:20:55.08
You know, no one can come to God
00:20:55.12\00:20:56.45
without this Holy
Spirit working in the heart
00:20:56.48\00:20:57.92
and giving them the call.
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He said, I've called you
and how wonderful that is.
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Okay, any other
thing you want to add
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on three verses?
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The one thing is
about fire, right?
00:21:05.23\00:21:07.40
Sometimes people are afraid
00:21:07.43\00:21:08.76
to talk about
cloven tongues like fire.
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.13
Now what does that really
mean, cloven tongues like fire?
00:21:11.17\00:21:15.90
I just thought
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.27
it meant that they were anointed
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with the Holy
Spirit that He was working.
00:21:18.67\00:21:20.01
Okay.
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Yeah, as fire is
sometime that's used,
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associated with divinity, right?
00:21:23.91\00:21:26.01
Absolutely here,
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but it denotes
something like that you have
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what they saw
was this kind of like
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almost a lump or a form of fire.
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And out of that fire,
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jump as it were
little bits of fire
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like a tongue,
shoot on each one.
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And that was given
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and when that was
given and received
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and falling on council
about, it stayed with them.
00:21:47.47\00:21:50.71
See, it's a problem today,
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.07
we need the power
of the Holy Spirit,
00:21:52.11\00:21:53.44
but it needs to stay with us.
00:21:53.48\00:21:55.34
Yes.
00:21:55.38\00:21:56.71
And that means,
fire means you need,
00:21:56.75\00:21:58.08
there has to,
always say somebody,
00:21:58.11\00:21:59.45
there's fire in your belly.
00:21:59.48\00:22:01.05
You know, for the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.68
You got to poke it, right?
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.05
You got to poke it
and feed it every day
00:22:04.09\00:22:05.42
to keep that fire going.
00:22:05.45\00:22:06.79
Yes, very good.
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.16
I want to use the illustration
of camping, you know.
00:22:08.19\00:22:11.23
And if you go camping
and you build your campfire,
00:22:11.26\00:22:13.83
if you don't do
anything with that,
00:22:13.86\00:22:15.20
what happens to
it in the morning?
00:22:15.23\00:22:16.56
It's all gone. Right.
00:22:16.60\00:22:17.93
You got to keep pulling.
00:22:17.97\00:22:19.30
The spiritual life is like that.
00:22:19.33\00:22:20.67
You have to feed it every day.
00:22:20.70\00:22:22.04
You have to stir it. Yes.
00:22:22.07\00:22:23.41
You have to, you know,
dig around there a little bit,
00:22:23.44\00:22:25.94
and sometimes food and whatever.
00:22:25.97\00:22:27.81
You got to
continue to feed that.
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.24
So that our spiritual
life can grow every day.
00:22:29.28\00:22:31.71
So what is he saying, feed it,
00:22:31.75\00:22:33.08
is I'm saying I'm going
to go over physical fire.
00:22:33.11\00:22:35.98
And I'm getting me another log.
00:22:36.02\00:22:37.89
And I'm putting it on there.
00:22:37.92\00:22:39.29
As a Christian,
we've got to go what?
00:22:39.32\00:22:41.06
Into the Word every day, right,
00:22:41.09\00:22:43.32
and begin to read that
00:22:43.36\00:22:44.69
and it becomes fire inside of us
00:22:44.73\00:22:46.86
that purifies us and
leads us to Jesus Christ.
00:22:46.90\00:22:49.40
Amen. That's
just exciting to me.
00:22:49.43\00:22:51.23
It's very exciting.
00:22:51.27\00:22:52.60
Very good point. I love it.
00:22:52.63\00:22:54.07
Because, you
know, if I don't study
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.17
just three days,
00:22:56.20\00:22:57.67
I can tell a
difference in my mind,
00:22:57.71\00:22:59.67
you know, but we have to,
00:22:59.71\00:23:01.04
and we were told very clearly
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.78
that it's only those
00:23:02.81\00:23:04.15
who are partaking
of the Word of God
00:23:04.18\00:23:05.51
on a daily basis,
00:23:05.55\00:23:06.92
that are going to be
able to stand in the days
00:23:06.95\00:23:09.18
that are soon
coming upon everyone of us.
00:23:09.22\00:23:12.35
So that's very powerful.
00:23:12.39\00:23:13.72
I love that, feed
the fire, stir that up.
00:23:13.76\00:23:16.62
Brother John, didn't
seem like when we read this
00:23:16.66\00:23:18.83
in Acts Chapter 2.
00:23:18.86\00:23:20.20
There's a lot of
miracles taking place.
00:23:20.23\00:23:22.93
There's a lot of
supernatural things
00:23:22.96\00:23:25.60
that are happening
00:23:25.63\00:23:27.44
that we don't see so much today.
00:23:27.47\00:23:30.87
You know, the
food for thought is,
00:23:30.91\00:23:32.24
why isn't it?
00:23:32.27\00:23:33.61
And again, we're
talking about the church
00:23:33.64\00:23:35.98
set up here in our lesson
00:23:36.01\00:23:37.71
the way that Christ
would have our church be today.
00:23:37.75\00:23:41.05
And what it took to set it up.
00:23:41.08\00:23:43.49
Could we be
lacking something today
00:23:43.52\00:23:46.89
and again it's not
trying to criticize or condemn,
00:23:46.92\00:23:48.66
but is there something lacking,
00:23:48.69\00:23:50.03
because many time we don't see
00:23:50.06\00:23:51.39
some of these
things taking place within.
00:23:51.43\00:23:54.20
It is true we
don't see a lot of this
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.53
that we read in the scriptures.
00:23:57.57\00:23:59.40
It occurs, but one
of the problems is,
00:23:59.43\00:24:04.04
I believe is, I'm
going to say twofold,
00:24:04.07\00:24:06.21
but there may be more.
00:24:06.24\00:24:08.24
There's an issue of humility
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.68
and giving God the
praise and the glory.
00:24:10.71\00:24:13.62
You remember when Peter,
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.15
God used Peter to
heal the paralytic,
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.09
and people were looking at them
like, "Wow, you've done this."
00:24:18.12\00:24:22.29
And he says, "Why
are you looking at us
00:24:22.32\00:24:23.93
like we did this
by our own power?"
00:24:23.96\00:24:26.13
And he gave the
honor and glory to God.
00:24:26.16\00:24:29.50
And so, it is a
very difficult thing
00:24:29.53\00:24:32.13
for people to give
honor and glory to God
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.14
and they know God
deserves the glory.
00:24:35.17\00:24:37.11
That's right.
00:24:37.14\00:24:38.47
Today,
00:24:38.51\00:24:39.84
imagine if the
Lord worked a miracle
00:24:39.87\00:24:41.88
through Pastor Kenny Shelton.
00:24:41.91\00:24:44.15
And it started to get
out in the social media.
00:24:44.18\00:24:46.41
Everybody is, you know,
there's that temptation to say,
00:24:46.45\00:24:50.25
"Oh, yes, I must
be really something."
00:24:50.29\00:24:52.59
For the human being to
be able to be surrendered
00:24:52.62\00:24:56.16
and in full surrender
to God and humility say,
00:24:56.19\00:24:59.96
"No, no, no, God has done this.
00:25:00.00\00:25:02.20
God has done this."
00:25:02.23\00:25:03.57
And I was just
talking to someone yesterday
00:25:03.60\00:25:06.53
about the
experience that they have.
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.30
Her husband is in the hospital,
Brother, Matthew Andrew,
00:25:09.34\00:25:12.47
and the testimony
that he has been giving.
00:25:12.51\00:25:19.41
The people in the
hospital are just amazed,
00:25:19.45\00:25:22.82
they are blessed
by his testimony.
00:25:22.85\00:25:25.39
And so, he said,
00:25:25.42\00:25:27.22
"Oh, no, it's the
Lord. It's the Lord."
00:25:27.26\00:25:30.19
And when we understand that,
00:25:30.23\00:25:31.89
the Lord deserves the glory,
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.76
we're opening
the way for the Lord
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.26
to be able to do more.
00:25:35.30\00:25:36.63
Yes, good.
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.00
As more and more,
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.47
and God is just
waiting anxiously,
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.94
I wanna say, waiting
anxiously for us to say,
00:25:42.97\00:25:46.47
I am yours, Lord, all
glory be to Your name.
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.18
He's anxiously waiting.
00:25:49.21\00:25:50.55
Because He says,
like, Brother Terry,
00:25:50.58\00:25:52.28
ye are My witnesses.
00:25:52.31\00:25:54.72
You know, and we can't be like,
00:25:54.75\00:25:56.08
you know, stand there like say
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.45
try and take the
praise and we do that a lot.
00:25:57.49\00:25:58.82
We tells somebody,
oh, praise God, good job,
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.66
you're doing this or
this in the ministry,
00:26:00.69\00:26:02.02
this and that.
00:26:02.06\00:26:03.39
Listen, God's name
should always be elevated
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.29
and lifted up,
00:26:05.33\00:26:06.66
because there can be
probably no good thing
00:26:06.70\00:26:09.26
in any of us.
00:26:09.30\00:26:10.63
And I always say, if
you ever see any good thing,
00:26:10.67\00:26:12.73
it can't be me.
00:26:12.77\00:26:14.10
It must be that
which lives within
00:26:14.14\00:26:15.57
and that's from any other.
00:26:15.60\00:26:16.94
So give Him the praise.
00:26:16.97\00:26:18.31
And again, that opens the door
00:26:18.34\00:26:19.67
for the Holy
Spirit to begin to work
00:26:19.71\00:26:21.34
so that we might
behold Him, the Lamb of God,
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.38
not mankind.
00:26:24.41\00:26:26.01
And this is a prerequisite,
00:26:26.05\00:26:27.38
was it not for
the primitive church?
00:26:27.42\00:26:29.08
That's right.
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.45
I have been studying
a little bit this week
00:26:30.49\00:26:32.22
on the subject of Laodicea.
00:26:32.25\00:26:35.49
And, you know, one
thing I see is that,
00:26:35.52\00:26:38.26
you know, we have our,
00:26:38.29\00:26:39.63
in our churches we
have little mission stories,
00:26:39.66\00:26:42.16
and you open up and
read the mission stories
00:26:42.20\00:26:43.77
about amazing things that
happen in other countries,
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.47
you know, and you say,
00:26:46.50\00:26:47.84
"Man, why don't we see
that in our country, you know?"
00:26:47.87\00:26:50.17
It's because
we're in such a state,
00:26:50.21\00:26:52.94
we're in such a rich
and increase with goods
00:26:52.97\00:26:55.41
and have need of nothing,
00:26:55.44\00:26:56.78
and now I've not done
a lot of world traveling,
00:26:56.81\00:26:59.15
very little in fact,
00:26:59.18\00:27:00.52
but from what I have seen
people in other countries,
00:27:00.55\00:27:03.25
they don't have what we have
as far as material blessings,
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.42
but they have a desire
for God and for godly things.
00:27:06.45\00:27:10.19
And you see God
working in these areas
00:27:10.23\00:27:13.26
where seemingly
people have nothing else.
00:27:13.29\00:27:16.13
But, sadly here in our country,
00:27:16.16\00:27:18.93
we are rich and
increased with goods
00:27:18.97\00:27:20.44
and have need of nothing,
00:27:20.47\00:27:21.80
you know, just
as a general people.
00:27:21.84\00:27:24.51
And that may be
part of the reason
00:27:24.54\00:27:26.54
why we don't see
the movement of God
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.98
and the workings
of God in our country
00:27:29.01\00:27:31.55
and in our culture,
00:27:31.58\00:27:32.91
is because some of
us have taken it out.
00:27:32.95\00:27:35.18
We don't really need that.
00:27:35.22\00:27:36.62
We're doing
just fine on our own.
00:27:36.65\00:27:38.12
But you know what?
00:27:38.15\00:27:39.49
So we're not
trying to discredit,
00:27:39.52\00:27:40.86
Hun, you might
talk about this, too.
00:27:40.89\00:27:42.22
We're not trying to say
00:27:42.26\00:27:43.59
that God is not
working miracles today.
00:27:43.63\00:27:45.49
None of us are saying.
00:27:45.53\00:27:46.86
God is doing,
00:27:46.90\00:27:48.23
I'm talking about
some great things,
00:27:48.26\00:27:49.60
but He's gonna
do greater things.
00:27:49.63\00:27:51.00
Well, I wanna make that clear.
00:27:51.03\00:27:52.37
We've got to make that clear
that God's still on the throne,
00:27:52.40\00:27:54.87
that God's still
working miracles.
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.04
3ABN gets letters
00:27:57.07\00:27:58.41
about the
hundreds and thousands.
00:27:58.44\00:27:59.77
We get letters, saying
that how their life has changed.
00:27:59.81\00:28:02.01
And that's still the God
00:28:02.04\00:28:03.38
that did the change, in
fact He could do it today.
00:28:03.41\00:28:04.75
I was thinking about miracles.
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.11
I wanna share a couple of them,
00:28:06.15\00:28:07.68
you know, because
we're also told that
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.52
that the Holy Spirit
which we didn't realize this,
00:28:09.55\00:28:12.15
is like an electrical current.
00:28:12.19\00:28:14.79
And there was a lady
that was cleaning our church
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.63
and she would never touch.
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.96
You've been in there
where you see Jesus' hands,
00:28:20.00\00:28:22.26
the nail print hands,
00:28:22.30\00:28:23.63
she would never
touch that picture.
00:28:23.67\00:28:25.20
And she began to ask questions,
00:28:25.23\00:28:27.27
you know, and she
said, "What do you believe?"
00:28:27.30\00:28:28.64
I said, "Basically,
what the Bible teaches."
00:28:28.67\00:28:30.74
So she would go
to our secretary,
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.87
and we didn't even realize it.
00:28:32.91\00:28:34.24
And she would say, "You
know, do you have anything
00:28:34.28\00:28:35.61
I can take home
00:28:35.64\00:28:36.98
that I can
study, I can listen to."
00:28:37.01\00:28:38.38
So she began to
study and listen to it.
00:28:38.41\00:28:40.92
And several months
after she had been there,
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.75
she thought, you know,
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.12
I really need to
dust this picture.
00:28:44.15\00:28:48.19
She reached up,
touched the picture.
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.69
And she felt this
electrical current
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.73
go through her body.
00:28:52.76\00:28:54.66
She dropped to her knees,
and she heard the voice say,
00:28:54.70\00:28:58.47
"Kara, this is
where I want you to be."
00:28:58.50\00:29:03.47
And then we were in...
00:29:03.51\00:29:05.54
Where were we, Pastor?
00:29:05.57\00:29:06.91
We were in Orlando for
the winter camp meeting
00:29:06.94\00:29:09.04
a few years
ago, is that we were?
00:29:09.08\00:29:10.41
Do you remember the city?
00:29:10.45\00:29:11.78
I don't remember
the city. It was.
00:29:11.81\00:29:13.15
Yes, I didn't go
there, but I do know.
00:29:13.18\00:29:14.55
Yes, it was Florida.
00:29:14.58\00:29:15.92
Well, before he was
to get up and speak.
00:29:15.95\00:29:18.65
You know, Shelley
walked by and she says,
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.16
"You know, I feel like I
need to pray with you guys."
00:29:20.19\00:29:22.12
So we had prayer with Shelley.
00:29:22.16\00:29:24.69
And then Pastor John came
by and he came back and said,
00:29:24.73\00:29:28.16
"I just feel like
00:29:28.20\00:29:29.53
I need to have prayer with you."
00:29:29.56\00:29:31.03
And we were all, you know,
each time we would hold hands.
00:29:31.07\00:29:33.90
Well, when Pastor John prayed,
00:29:33.94\00:29:36.44
Pastor Kenny didn't
say anything at the time
00:29:36.47\00:29:38.51
until Pastor John left.
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.08
He said, "When he was praying,
00:29:40.11\00:29:42.18
I felt this electrical
power going up my arm.
00:29:42.21\00:29:46.01
Well they had put
his power pack on.
00:29:46.05\00:29:48.48
During that sermon,
00:29:48.52\00:29:51.85
they kept hearing these
and it was disturbing to me
00:29:51.89\00:29:54.69
because I work a
lot with production.
00:29:54.72\00:29:56.29
So it was disturbing,
00:29:56.32\00:29:57.86
we kept hearing this electrical,
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.93
you know, break and the sound
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.33
and, but a lot of people
that were there never heard it.
00:30:01.36\00:30:05.43
I never told that to anybody,
00:30:05.47\00:30:07.07
but they never heard
it because I asked him,
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.57
I said, "I'm so
sorry about that."
00:30:08.60\00:30:10.17
But they never heard it.
00:30:10.21\00:30:11.54
At the end of that
which was not on camera,
00:30:11.57\00:30:14.81
people came up to the
altar, they were crying,
00:30:14.84\00:30:17.75
they fell on their face.
00:30:17.78\00:30:19.65
It was powerful.
There was no explanation.
00:30:19.68\00:30:22.42
They came out.
00:30:22.45\00:30:23.79
And he stood in one place,
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.15
they changed his
power pack, kept doing it.
00:30:25.19\00:30:26.65
And they said,
"We don't have any."
00:30:26.69\00:30:28.02
They cannot change
00:30:28.06\00:30:29.39
while we're doing
the live programming,
00:30:29.42\00:30:30.76
they were crawling
back there and back here,
00:30:30.79\00:30:33.23
trying to change and try to say
00:30:33.26\00:30:34.86
that must be the equipment.
00:30:34.90\00:30:36.90
They couldn't find anything
that was wrong but there was...
00:30:36.93\00:30:40.77
Because you feel
00:30:40.80\00:30:42.14
the electrical
movement or something.
00:30:42.17\00:30:43.74
We went back and we
talked to Pastor John and Angie
00:30:43.77\00:30:46.27
and we could all just sense
that that was the power of God.
00:30:46.31\00:30:49.81
Now, those are
just a couple stories.
00:30:49.84\00:30:52.25
But God's Spirit
is still working.
00:30:52.28\00:30:54.15
He still wants to be poured out.
00:30:54.18\00:30:56.02
He's waiting as I
mentioned earlier,
00:30:56.05\00:30:57.65
He's waiting on His people.
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.22
And praise God,
He's working with us,
00:30:59.25\00:31:01.76
you know, to do
that to get us ready.
00:31:01.79\00:31:03.16
I would like to
mention another factor.
00:31:03.19\00:31:05.09
I'm sorry to interrupt you,
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.46
I don't know if you want to say.
00:31:06.49\00:31:07.83
Another factor that
is keeping more miracles
00:31:07.86\00:31:11.03
from taking place
is really unbelief.
00:31:11.07\00:31:13.30
Oh, yes.
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.67
In Matthew 13,
there's the story of Jesus.
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.77
He went to his hometown,
00:31:16.81\00:31:18.37
and He was
reading the scriptures.
00:31:18.41\00:31:20.51
And He told parables
and the people were amazed.
00:31:20.54\00:31:23.21
And the Bible says,
well, I have it right here.
00:31:23.24\00:31:26.78
I looked it up.
00:31:26.82\00:31:28.15
It says, Matthew 13:58,
00:31:28.18\00:31:33.42
"Now he did not so
many mighty miracles there
00:31:33.46\00:31:36.12
because of their unbelief."
00:31:36.16\00:31:38.29
So unbelief can keep
God from doing miracles
00:31:38.33\00:31:43.97
because the
people won't believe.
00:31:44.00\00:31:45.47
And they will
attribute what has happened
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.00
to something
else other than God.
00:31:47.04\00:31:49.84
Something, oh, it's the science.
00:31:49.87\00:31:51.81
It's, oh, he was already well,
00:31:51.84\00:31:53.54
you know, he really wasn't sick.
00:31:53.58\00:31:55.64
He really wasn't
blind, something.
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.55
But unbelief
00:31:57.58\00:31:59.51
keeps these
blessings from coming.
00:31:59.55\00:32:02.65
Amen. I got a story.
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.35
I got to share
the story, you know.
00:32:04.39\00:32:06.62
This is something that
happened to me and my family
00:32:06.65\00:32:08.26
just a few weeks ago.
00:32:08.29\00:32:09.96
My wife and I were
raising her granddaughter,
00:32:09.99\00:32:13.63
she lives with us and she's 14.
00:32:13.66\00:32:15.73
And her name is Hannah,
00:32:15.76\00:32:17.70
and Hannah decided
that she wants to go
00:32:17.73\00:32:19.23
to one of the
Adventist academies,
00:32:19.27\00:32:21.17
Sunnydale Academy.
00:32:21.20\00:32:22.70
And so we went to
visit the facility
00:32:22.74\00:32:24.94
and met all the people
and it's just wonderful.
00:32:24.97\00:32:27.14
And, you know, and I
really like to come here
00:32:27.18\00:32:29.91
and they said, "Well, we
would love to have Hannah,
00:32:29.94\00:32:32.25
except there's one problem.
00:32:32.28\00:32:33.95
Currently, the
girls' dorm is full.
00:32:33.98\00:32:36.28
And we don't have
any beds available."
00:32:36.32\00:32:38.59
And we said, "Okay,
00:32:38.62\00:32:39.95
we're gonna go
home and start praying."
00:32:39.99\00:32:41.32
There you go. So we
just started praying.
00:32:41.36\00:32:42.76
And even my 14 year old,
00:32:42.79\00:32:44.13
you know, she
just prayed every day,
00:32:44.16\00:32:45.69
prayed every day, about a week,
00:32:45.73\00:32:47.70
I think it's
about 10 days later,
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.43
I got an email from
the administrator there,
00:32:49.46\00:32:52.60
and she says,
00:32:52.63\00:32:54.24
"Tell Hannah, she
can do her happy dance.
00:32:54.27\00:32:56.60
A room has opened up and
we love to have her come."
00:32:56.64\00:33:00.21
Now, for us from my wife and I,
00:33:00.24\00:33:03.08
you know, we've seen
prayers answered before,
00:33:03.11\00:33:05.08
and it's a wonderful thing.
00:33:05.11\00:33:06.45
But when someone
young sees a prayer answered
00:33:06.48\00:33:09.88
that they had been praying for,
00:33:09.92\00:33:11.89
talk about a life
changing experience
00:33:11.92\00:33:15.36
for someone young like her.
00:33:15.39\00:33:16.73
And I told her, I
said, "Don't ever forget this
00:33:16.76\00:33:19.19
that God heard your prayer,
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.36
and He answered your prayer."
00:33:21.40\00:33:22.73
Even at 14 years old,
you know, it feels like she,
00:33:22.76\00:33:25.10
you know, maybe
don't know as God
00:33:25.13\00:33:27.10
as much as she
wants to or whatever.
00:33:27.14\00:33:28.90
God heard your prayer,
and He answered your prayer
00:33:28.94\00:33:31.07
because He has your
best interest at heart.
00:33:31.11\00:33:34.28
And He wants to
see you go there.
00:33:34.31\00:33:35.64
So God does answer prayers,
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.11
even of our young people
00:33:37.15\00:33:38.91
when they're
prayed in faith believing.
00:33:38.95\00:33:41.52
Amen. Amen.
00:33:41.55\00:33:42.88
Yes.
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.25
I know there's been
many times that I've prayed,
00:33:44.29\00:33:46.15
Lord, help Thou my unbelief.
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.09
Yes. Yeah.
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.46
You know, because it,
00:33:49.49\00:33:50.83
sometimes it's difficult
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.93
to have the
belief that we need to,
00:33:52.96\00:33:54.76
but that also is a
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:54.80\00:33:59.20
We're not going to get
00:33:59.23\00:34:00.60
you know, very
far in this lesson,
00:34:00.64\00:34:01.97
I can tell already,
00:34:02.00\00:34:03.34
because we just don't have time.
00:34:03.37\00:34:04.71
We haven't even got
to our first question.
00:34:04.74\00:34:06.31
But, you know,
00:34:06.34\00:34:07.68
we can't base our
faith on miracles.
00:34:07.71\00:34:12.45
You know, the Bible says,
00:34:12.48\00:34:13.82
we're to worship God
in spirit and in truth.
00:34:13.85\00:34:16.82
So it has to line
up with the truth.
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.89
So everything that we study,
we're gonna find out later,
00:34:18.92\00:34:22.86
maybe not today, but
we're gonna find out.
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.53
We've got to check
everything by the Word of God
00:34:24.56\00:34:27.20
to know whether it
be the Spirit of God
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.76
or the spirit of enemy,
00:34:29.80\00:34:31.27
of the enemy that
is just counterfeit,
00:34:31.30\00:34:33.74
counterfeiting,
00:34:33.77\00:34:36.04
you know, God's
miracle working power.
00:34:36.07\00:34:38.34
And you see prayer is
a very important part,
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.24
that's where
it's at in Luke 11:13.
00:34:40.28\00:34:45.28
This is what, so I'll
come back to confession.
00:34:45.31\00:34:48.15
You know, we're
talking about unbelief.
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.02
We're talking about repentance.
00:34:50.05\00:34:51.39
All this is very important
00:34:51.42\00:34:53.05
to be the kind of
church that God wants us to be.
00:34:53.09\00:34:55.32
Again, we have to be
praying for all these things.
00:34:55.36\00:34:57.03
Notice what it says in
verse 13 there of Luke 11.
00:34:57.06\00:34:59.83
And it says, "If
you then, being evil,
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.00
know how to give good
gifts unto your children:
00:35:02.03\00:35:05.13
how much more
00:35:05.17\00:35:06.50
shall your
heavenly Father give," what?
00:35:06.53\00:35:09.14
With the Holy, notice,
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.51
"The Holy spirit
to them that ask him?
00:35:10.54\00:35:12.24
Amen.
00:35:12.27\00:35:13.61
So sometime we have not
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.01
because we, because we ask not.
00:35:15.04\00:35:17.15
I mean, it's a very simple thing
00:35:17.18\00:35:18.51
we have not because we haven't.
00:35:18.55\00:35:19.88
Here Jesus said to,
00:35:19.91\00:35:21.25
you know, talking
about disciples beforehand.
00:35:21.28\00:35:22.82
You go and you
tarry in Jerusalem.
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.95
You know, continue the
work that I was doing there,
00:35:24.99\00:35:27.26
and you stay there for 10 days.
00:35:27.29\00:35:28.62
What if they stayed,
00:35:28.66\00:35:29.99
you know, nine
days sounds sufficient.
00:35:30.03\00:35:31.36
A week sounds good.
00:35:31.39\00:35:32.73
Seven days would be
enough. It's perfect number.
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.10
But what if,
00:35:35.13\00:35:36.80
any other than what He
said would it have worked?
00:35:36.83\00:35:39.13
That's a good question.
00:35:39.17\00:35:40.50
Now you're
talking about obedience.
00:35:40.54\00:35:41.87
That's right. Uh-huh.
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.24
Is that part of the
church or primitive godliness?
00:35:43.27\00:35:46.07
Would it being
obedient to God's Word?
00:35:46.11\00:35:47.44
It is.
00:35:47.48\00:35:48.81
And coming to the point
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.18
that we experienced
this primitive godliness
00:35:50.21\00:35:52.21
is for the salvation of souls.
00:35:52.25\00:35:54.62
They were to tarry there,
00:35:54.65\00:35:55.98
because God wishes
that all would be saved,
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.45
that none would
lose eternal life.
00:35:59.49\00:36:01.96
So the longer they were there,
00:36:01.99\00:36:03.32
the more power that
they had in the name of God.
00:36:03.36\00:36:06.53
More souls were
brought into and what was it?
00:36:06.56\00:36:09.03
They said what?
Three thousand in one day.
00:36:09.06\00:36:10.50
Three thousand in one day. Yeah.
00:36:10.53\00:36:12.17
You talking about baptism.
00:36:12.20\00:36:13.87
And when we say
baptism, sometime we're afraid,
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.90
Adventist sometime
were afraid of this thing,
00:36:15.94\00:36:17.94
a little term we got,
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:36:17.97\00:36:21.04
People go ooh.
00:36:21.08\00:36:22.44
I don't know why.
00:36:22.48\00:36:23.81
We need to be baptized
with the Holy Spirit power.
00:36:23.85\00:36:27.68
It's a must, if not
only the early rain,
00:36:27.72\00:36:31.32
but the latter rain.
00:36:31.35\00:36:32.75
Right?
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.12
The time of trouble
that's coming on God's people.
00:36:34.16\00:36:36.83
We need the Holy
Spirit of the Living God
00:36:36.86\00:36:39.66
to come in a special way
00:36:39.69\00:36:41.03
that begins to root
out all the evilness
00:36:41.06\00:36:43.43
and dirtiness
inside of us and the sin
00:36:43.47\00:36:46.13
and give us that victory
00:36:46.17\00:36:47.67
to where the latter
rain can fall on me.
00:36:47.70\00:36:49.64
I say it all the time,
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.01
and I think we
should and if I'm wrong,
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.37
somebody needs to correct me.
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.41
That the Holy
Spirit, the latter rain,
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
I hear people all the time,
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.15
and I think you do
too when you travel.
00:36:57.18\00:36:58.58
We're praying
for the latter rain.
00:36:58.61\00:37:00.62
We want the latter rain to fall.
00:37:00.65\00:37:01.98
That's good prayer.
00:37:02.02\00:37:03.39
But remember, in
order for the Holy Spirit,
00:37:03.42\00:37:05.05
the latter rain experience
to fall upon God's children,
00:37:05.09\00:37:07.46
each one of individually,
sin has to go from the life.
00:37:07.49\00:37:10.76
The Holy Spirit latter
rain cannot fall on a person
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.89
with one unconfessed sin.
00:37:12.93\00:37:16.23
You see, Holy Spirit, remember,
00:37:16.26\00:37:17.90
latter rain that equips people
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.67
to go through
the time of trouble,
00:37:19.70\00:37:21.17
time of Jacob's trouble.
00:37:21.20\00:37:22.54
Live in the
sight of the holy God,
00:37:22.57\00:37:24.41
right without sin.
00:37:24.44\00:37:26.27
So we have to
make sure that we are,
00:37:26.31\00:37:28.08
what we're talking about
here ready for the Holy Spirit
00:37:28.11\00:37:31.71
and the latter rain form to come
00:37:31.75\00:37:33.28
and descend upon God's people.
00:37:33.31\00:37:34.65
Are we ready in
heart, mind and soul?
00:37:34.68\00:37:36.15
Maybe I suppose
00:37:36.18\00:37:37.52
that's good thing maybe, Pastor?
00:37:37.55\00:37:38.89
David said, "If
I regard iniquity
00:37:38.92\00:37:40.26
in my heart,
00:37:40.29\00:37:41.62
the Lord will not hear me."
00:37:41.66\00:37:44.53
I mean that's pretty heavy duty.
00:37:44.56\00:37:45.89
I think it's heavy duty stuff.
00:37:45.93\00:37:47.26
You know, a lot of
people and many of you at home
00:37:47.30\00:37:49.73
may be feeling, yeah,
but I have this problem.
00:37:49.76\00:37:53.27
I know it's not right.
00:37:53.30\00:37:55.04
But I just can't
seem to give it up.
00:37:55.07\00:37:56.77
The good news is,
00:37:56.81\00:37:58.41
we can go to God and we can say,
00:37:58.44\00:38:00.68
Lord, please
give me the strength.
00:38:00.71\00:38:03.41
Lord, convict me of
this. Help me to turn away.
00:38:03.45\00:38:06.31
He will honor that,
00:38:06.35\00:38:07.85
but we just need
to present it to Him.
00:38:07.88\00:38:10.22
Because there's a
lot of times that,
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.95
that we have pet
sins, as it were,
00:38:11.99\00:38:14.22
that we really
don't want to let go of,
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.56
but we know we want to in
order to draw closer to God.
00:38:16.59\00:38:20.30
So even that is a
gift of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:20.33\00:38:23.63
if we but ask.
00:38:23.67\00:38:25.17
You said earlier, we
have not because we ask not.
00:38:25.20\00:38:27.80
We need to present
those things to the Lord
00:38:27.84\00:38:29.97
so that He can bring
in the proper conviction,
00:38:30.01\00:38:33.01
the proper conversion,
00:38:33.04\00:38:34.64
and give us the
strength to let it go.
00:38:34.68\00:38:37.05
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.41
Amen.
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.78
Yeah, I don't know if
you guys see and I see
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.15
and here's as I
read this right here,
00:38:41.18\00:38:42.58
you can see the prophecies.
00:38:42.62\00:38:44.89
And we'll get to
that a little more
00:38:44.92\00:38:46.25
as we go on prophecies of
Joel Chapter 2 coming alive,
00:38:46.29\00:38:49.42
not only for that time,
00:38:49.46\00:38:50.83
but for us and
the last day church
00:38:50.86\00:38:53.03
to think about this
work ending up greater,
00:38:53.06\00:38:56.93
more abundance,
however you want to say it,
00:38:56.97\00:38:59.40
more souls for
the kingdom of God
00:38:59.43\00:39:00.94
than one that was at Pentecost.
00:39:00.97\00:39:02.30
I look at
Pentecost, I just get addled.
00:39:02.34\00:39:04.37
Whoo, boy, what a
time to be involved in,
00:39:04.41\00:39:06.37
that's so exciting.
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.74
God's work is going to
end up far greater than that,
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.28
more power of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:10.31\00:39:11.98
And we'll talk more as we go,
00:39:12.01\00:39:13.45
because this will involve
and we won't read it now,
00:39:13.48\00:39:15.35
Revelation 18:1.
00:39:15.38\00:39:18.05
We've got to get into that
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.42
where that
fourth angel comes down.
00:39:19.45\00:39:20.79
So anyway, maybe we get back
00:39:20.82\00:39:22.16
and we read
verses what, 4, 5 and 6?
00:39:22.19\00:39:24.36
Well, are you gonna
read the whole thing?
00:39:24.39\00:39:26.19
Are you gonna
read the whole thing
00:39:26.23\00:39:27.56
or just what we have here,
00:39:27.60\00:39:28.93
because I've got 4 and
then I jumped to 16 and 17,
00:39:28.96\00:39:31.60
so do you want?
00:39:31.63\00:39:32.97
You go ahead and just read
4. I don't know here, folks.
00:39:33.00\00:39:34.34
I need here a
few comments on it.
00:39:34.37\00:39:35.74
Okay. All right.
00:39:35.77\00:39:37.97
"And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost,
00:39:38.01\00:39:40.38
and began to
speak with other tongues
00:39:40.41\00:39:43.11
as a Spirit
gave them utterance."
00:39:43.14\00:39:45.58
Now then, we're going
to jump from 4 down to 16.
00:39:45.61\00:39:48.32
But this is that
which was spoken up
00:39:48.35\00:39:50.92
by the Prophet Joel
00:39:50.95\00:39:52.29
which Pastor Kenny just told us.
00:39:52.32\00:39:53.69
17, "And it shall come
to pass in the last days, "
00:39:53.72\00:39:58.03
which when we
study Bible prophecy,
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.23
we realized that
that's where we are.
00:40:00.26\00:40:02.66
"Saith God, I will pour
out My Spirit upon all flesh,
00:40:02.70\00:40:07.20
and your sons and your daughters
00:40:07.24\00:40:08.74
shall prophesy,
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.11
and your young
men shall see visions,
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.17
and your old men
shall dream dreams."
00:40:12.21\00:40:15.54
Praise God.
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.91
He said, "He
will never leave us,
00:40:16.95\00:40:18.61
He'll never forsake us.
00:40:18.65\00:40:20.18
We need the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:40:20.22\00:40:23.12
in order to pass
through the time of trouble
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.85
that is just before us.
00:40:25.89\00:40:27.39
Wow. Amen.
00:40:27.42\00:40:28.82
There's a lot of stuff
to unpack in those minutes.
00:40:28.86\00:40:30.23
Yeah.
00:40:30.26\00:40:31.59
Stewart said, that
takes the rest of the time
00:40:31.63\00:40:33.19
and several
other hours to unpack
00:40:33.23\00:40:34.63
because they said,
00:40:34.66\00:40:36.00
they were filled
with the Holy Ghost
00:40:36.03\00:40:37.37
that must have...
00:40:37.40\00:40:38.73
That's a fact.
00:40:38.77\00:40:40.10
Something happened,
00:40:40.14\00:40:41.47
as they prayed
for and they long for
00:40:41.50\00:40:42.87
and they met in the
room confessing their sins
00:40:42.90\00:40:45.54
and shortcomings and
problems that they have,
00:40:45.57\00:40:48.61
you know, that the
Holy Spirit filled them up,
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.85
and they begin
to speak with these,
00:40:50.88\00:40:52.21
we're talking
about other tongues.
00:40:52.25\00:40:54.75
Do we leave it at
that and just say,
00:40:54.78\00:40:56.12
"Well, let's move on,
00:40:56.15\00:40:57.49
or do we look in to
address the other tongues?"
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.62
Well, we brought it
up just a few minutes ago
00:41:00.66\00:41:02.56
with Pastor John.
00:41:02.59\00:41:03.93
They began to
speak in other languages,
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.89
because there were
00:41:05.93\00:41:07.26
a lot of people
there in Jerusalem,
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.26
and they needed those languages
00:41:09.30\00:41:11.07
in order to reach those people.
00:41:11.10\00:41:13.54
Now you have an
awesome gift, you're bilingual.
00:41:13.57\00:41:16.50
But I can tell you
00:41:16.54\00:41:17.87
when I was
working in San Salvador,
00:41:17.91\00:41:20.18
and in Dominican Republic,
00:41:20.21\00:41:21.78
I can't tell you
00:41:21.81\00:41:23.14
how many times I'm sitting there
00:41:23.18\00:41:24.51
crying and praying,
00:41:24.55\00:41:26.18
and trying my
very best and saying,
00:41:26.21\00:41:29.02
Lord, give me
that gift of tongues.
00:41:29.05\00:41:30.82
I wanted to be able to minister
in a different language.
00:41:30.85\00:41:34.82
They needed it.
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.19
Apparently, I didn't
need it at that time,
00:41:36.22\00:41:38.33
but God gave us interpreters.
00:41:38.36\00:41:40.23
But when you need it,
00:41:40.26\00:41:41.90
and God says
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.26
that the people need it
for salvation, He will give it.
00:41:43.30\00:41:46.13
Yes. He will give it.
00:41:46.17\00:41:47.70
Will give another
example of that too,
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.34
because I know you've
got something in your heart,
00:41:49.37\00:41:50.74
you want to share right now.
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.11
After you share,
I'll give you an example
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.78
of what the
pastor's gone through.
00:41:53.81\00:41:55.14
Well, God is not
limited in any way.
00:41:55.18\00:41:58.71
If we prepare our hearts
and our minds and like I said,
00:41:58.75\00:42:02.52
surrender to Him.
00:42:02.55\00:42:04.19
The gift that is
needed, God will give it.
00:42:04.22\00:42:07.82
And the circumstances
00:42:07.86\00:42:11.69
that we prepare the
way for the Lord to work.
00:42:11.73\00:42:14.66
God directs us,
helps us to understand
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.70
that we need to
humble ourselves,
00:42:16.73\00:42:18.30
and He will show us things
00:42:18.33\00:42:19.67
that we need to
confess and say, Lord,
00:42:19.70\00:42:22.00
and we have to be
willing to confess those things
00:42:22.04\00:42:27.44
and put those things aside.
00:42:27.48\00:42:28.98
This is what you
read in Isaiah Chapter 1
00:42:29.01\00:42:30.88
when you get to verse 16.
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.48
God tells us, put
away the evil you're doing,
00:42:32.51\00:42:35.45
you know, and invites us,
though your sins be as scarlet,
00:42:35.48\00:42:40.86
they shall be white as wool,
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.89
though they be red like crimson,
00:42:42.92\00:42:44.46
they shall be white as snow.
00:42:44.49\00:42:46.33
God invites us.
00:42:46.36\00:42:47.70
And yes, there are some people.
00:42:47.73\00:42:50.63
I've talked to some people
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.00
that they say
they speak in tongues.
00:42:52.03\00:42:55.47
And I said, "Do you understand
what you're talking about?"
00:42:55.50\00:42:59.04
And he says, "No, I don't."
00:42:59.07\00:43:01.21
And we talked a
little bit about the...
00:43:01.24\00:43:03.28
What God did on
the day of Pentecost
00:43:03.31\00:43:05.88
that they were
speaking languages
00:43:05.91\00:43:07.82
that were understood by others.
00:43:07.85\00:43:09.18
Yes.
00:43:09.22\00:43:10.55
And there's some confusion
00:43:10.59\00:43:11.92
when you get to
the book 1 Corinthians
00:43:11.95\00:43:13.29
where it's talking about
00:43:13.32\00:43:14.66
the speaking in
tongues and they...
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.29
So anyway, as we talked,
00:43:16.32\00:43:17.69
he began to
understand these things.
00:43:17.73\00:43:19.63
And he said,
sometime later he came,
00:43:19.66\00:43:24.90
he says, "You know,
I'm beginning to wonder
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.47
if I should be doing this."
00:43:26.50\00:43:28.57
Because he says,
it just comes out.
00:43:28.60\00:43:32.11
Yes, it says,
00:43:32.14\00:43:33.48
as the Holy Spirit
gives them utterance,
00:43:33.51\00:43:35.64
the Holy Spirit is
in control in Pentecost,
00:43:35.68\00:43:39.31
and we read in Acts Chapter 2,
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.28
but there are
people manufacturing
00:43:41.32\00:43:43.99
what they call
the gift in tongue.
00:43:44.02\00:43:45.35
How do I know?
00:43:45.39\00:43:46.72
Because I have
talked to many people.
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.39
And they said,
00:43:48.42\00:43:49.76
"If you don't
know how to do this,
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.43
they can teach you
how to speak in tongues."
00:43:52.46\00:43:54.66
And that's not something
00:43:54.70\00:43:56.13
you should have
to teach someone,
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.40
the Holy Spirit
brings this power.
00:43:58.43\00:44:00.87
So in Acts Chapter 2, if
I looked at you, and I say,
00:44:00.90\00:44:04.51
"Do you have the gift of tongues
00:44:04.54\00:44:07.48
that Acts Chapter 2 talks about?
00:44:07.51\00:44:09.14
We're just
isolating down here now.
00:44:09.18\00:44:10.78
Would you say yes or no?
00:44:10.81\00:44:13.31
Well, yes. Would
you say yes or no?
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.38
Yes. Yes.
00:44:15.42\00:44:16.75
Good.
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.12
Yeah, we shouldn't be ashamed at
00:44:18.15\00:44:19.49
because it's another language
00:44:19.52\00:44:20.86
that you're
speaking, ain't right?
00:44:20.89\00:44:22.72
That's what it is.
00:44:22.76\00:44:24.09
And part of the confusion
00:44:24.13\00:44:25.46
that Paul
addresses would be like,
00:44:25.49\00:44:26.83
you come into our church,
00:44:26.86\00:44:28.20
and you spoke to us in Spanish
or you prayed in Spanish,
00:44:28.23\00:44:31.03
you got up and prophesied,
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.43
we wouldn't have any idea
what you were talking about.
00:44:32.47\00:44:35.24
You know, I might
pick one a word or two,
00:44:35.27\00:44:37.97
just from experience,
00:44:38.01\00:44:39.34
but I wouldn't be
able to understand.
00:44:39.37\00:44:41.21
Years ago and
maybe you can help me
00:44:41.24\00:44:42.74
with this story.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.11
He was preaching in California
at an Adventist Church.
00:44:44.15\00:44:47.22
And there was a man there,
he was like oriental descent.
00:44:47.25\00:44:52.12
I think he's
from India. Oh, India.
00:44:52.15\00:44:54.46
Okay, but he
didn't speak any English
00:44:54.49\00:44:57.59
and after he got
done with the message,
00:44:57.63\00:45:00.80
he enters in,
translator came up.
00:45:00.83\00:45:03.80
And he began to
speak in his native tongue
00:45:03.83\00:45:06.74
to pastor Kenny.
00:45:06.77\00:45:08.20
And the translator,
00:45:08.24\00:45:09.77
he had no idea and
he's looking at the trends.
00:45:09.80\00:45:11.81
I don't know what
he's talking about.
00:45:11.84\00:45:13.41
He said, he's thanking you
00:45:13.44\00:45:16.01
for dynamically
preaching that message
00:45:16.04\00:45:18.75
in his native tongue.
00:45:18.78\00:45:22.12
And he spoke in English.
00:45:22.15\00:45:23.49
He said, you have
a perfect dialect.
00:45:23.52\00:45:26.82
I didn't
understand a word of it.
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.32
That's another day. He heard.
00:45:28.36\00:45:29.99
Yes. Yes.
00:45:30.03\00:45:31.36
Because he came
there, he wanted to hear.
00:45:31.39\00:45:34.06
And God answered that prayer.
00:45:34.10\00:45:35.73
And he was trying to
come back to me, said,
00:45:35.76\00:45:37.53
I have no idea
what he's talking about.
00:45:37.57\00:45:39.53
I have heard
this happening before.
00:45:39.57\00:45:41.27
Yes, it's a blessing.
00:45:41.30\00:45:42.70
God does this miracle.
00:45:42.74\00:45:44.07
And so, again, if
the gift is needed,
00:45:44.11\00:45:47.28
God will make it happen.
00:45:47.31\00:45:48.64
Amen.
00:45:48.68\00:45:50.01
For the salvation,
people don't always...
00:45:50.05\00:45:54.08
God does not do
things to entertain people.
00:45:54.12\00:45:56.72
God does not do
things to show off.
00:45:56.75\00:45:59.25
When God does something,
there's a purpose behind it.
00:45:59.29\00:46:03.36
And it is to give Him to,
for the Lord to be glorified,
00:46:03.39\00:46:07.76
and for God's
children to be benefit by it.
00:46:07.80\00:46:10.70
That's right.
00:46:10.73\00:46:12.07
And that's why I started to say
they don't realize many times
00:46:12.10\00:46:14.77
how much God loves them,
00:46:14.80\00:46:17.11
in order to give
them these experiences.
00:46:17.14\00:46:19.87
He loves them so much,
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.24
He's willing to pull them
out of the fire as it were
00:46:21.28\00:46:24.65
to do anything and
everything to save them.
00:46:24.68\00:46:27.72
Yes. It's a blessing.
00:46:27.75\00:46:29.82
Brother Terry, I like
you to turn to Acts Chapter,
00:46:29.85\00:46:32.22
I think it's 1:8,
00:46:32.25\00:46:33.69
and then talk a
little bit about this,
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.06
because there was a purpose here
00:46:35.09\00:46:37.19
we're talking
about of the baptism
00:46:37.23\00:46:39.86
is to prepare us for something,
00:46:39.89\00:46:41.90
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:46:41.93\00:46:43.26
It's not just,
well, you have the gift,
00:46:43.30\00:46:44.83
you can do this and that.
00:46:44.87\00:46:46.37
There was a purpose.
00:46:46.40\00:46:48.54
And I think Acts Chapter
1, I believe it's verse 8,
00:46:48.57\00:46:51.37
tells us the purpose
00:46:51.41\00:46:52.84
of the baptism
of the Holy Spirit
00:46:52.87\00:46:54.54
and why we
desperately need it today.
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.71
Jesus speaking
here, and He says,
00:46:57.75\00:46:59.25
"But you shall receive power
00:46:59.28\00:47:01.45
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you.
00:47:01.48\00:47:03.75
And you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
00:47:03.79\00:47:07.22
and in all Judea, Samaria,
and to the end of the earth."
00:47:07.26\00:47:11.63
Yeah. Yes.
00:47:11.66\00:47:12.99
We talk about
ministering in your backyard,
00:47:13.03\00:47:17.37
you know, and
sometimes we've heard
00:47:17.40\00:47:19.53
people say, "Oh, I
wish I could go to India.
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.97
I wish I could go to
Africa. I wish I could.
00:47:22.00\00:47:24.34
And as someone once said,
00:47:24.37\00:47:26.07
"There's a ministry right
there in your neighborhood."
00:47:26.11\00:47:27.78
Yes there is. Yes.
00:47:27.81\00:47:29.14
If you will engage in it.
00:47:29.18\00:47:30.91
And if you will ask
for the Spirit of God
00:47:30.95\00:47:32.81
to come upon you
00:47:32.85\00:47:34.18
and give you the words
to speak to your neighbors,
00:47:34.22\00:47:36.22
your friends, your
family, in your own church.
00:47:36.25\00:47:38.85
But yes, like you said,
you shall receive power,
00:47:38.89\00:47:41.89
the power must come first
00:47:41.92\00:47:44.09
before we can accomplish
anything in God's name.
00:47:44.13\00:47:46.93
Now, there's a lot
of people out there
00:47:46.96\00:47:48.30
who claim to be doing a
lot of things in God's name.
00:47:48.33\00:47:51.23
But as we, as we read
through the scriptures,
00:47:51.27\00:47:53.57
we can see
00:47:53.60\00:47:54.94
that signs and
wonders can be counterfeited.
00:47:54.97\00:47:57.74
Yes. And it does happen.
00:47:57.77\00:47:59.74
And so we need to
understand Isaiah 8:20,
00:47:59.77\00:48:02.48
to the law and to the testimony,
00:48:02.51\00:48:03.85
they speak not
according to this word,
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.21
it's because there
is no light in them.
00:48:05.25\00:48:07.62
So when Jesus said,
you shall receive power,
00:48:07.65\00:48:11.05
and then you will be
witnesses to right here,
00:48:11.09\00:48:16.36
and then it opens
up a little farther,
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.53
and it opens up
a little farther.
00:48:18.56\00:48:20.20
And now God has sent His people
into every corner of the earth.
00:48:20.23\00:48:22.46
Praise God.
00:48:22.50\00:48:23.83
For the purpose of his
work, isn't that right?
00:48:23.87\00:48:27.44
For the gospel to go out,
there's a purpose for this.
00:48:27.47\00:48:30.31
God is not willing
that any should perish,
00:48:30.34\00:48:32.67
but then all
should come to repentance.
00:48:32.71\00:48:35.01
To go without the Holy Spirit,
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.15
you know, I heard
one man say one time,
00:48:37.18\00:48:39.28
and he did a lot of evangelism.
00:48:39.31\00:48:42.22
I couldn't hardly take it,
I'll just be honest about it.
00:48:42.25\00:48:44.59
You know, he kind of
got, because he did a lot.
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.65
And I talked to him about it.
00:48:46.69\00:48:48.02
And he said,
00:48:48.06\00:48:49.39
I said, "You know, the
Lord's really blessing.
00:48:49.42\00:48:50.76
You see a lot of
people take their stand
00:48:50.79\00:48:52.13
and they're baptized."
00:48:52.16\00:48:53.50
He said, "Yes,
I've learned this."
00:48:53.53\00:48:54.86
He was from another
country, but he said,
00:48:54.90\00:48:56.23
"You know, I've learned this,
this is a way that it works."
00:48:56.26\00:48:58.37
He said, "It's
about, it's 95% of my effort
00:48:58.40\00:49:01.14
and 5% Holy Spirit."
00:49:01.17\00:49:03.14
I said, "I reject that."
00:49:03.17\00:49:04.61
Yeah, absolutely
reject that. Yeah.
00:49:04.64\00:49:07.31
I mean, how sad, not
everybody feels that way,
00:49:07.34\00:49:10.58
but I was just shocked, addled,
00:49:10.61\00:49:15.22
because really, I don't know
00:49:15.25\00:49:16.58
how we can fit in that equation.
00:49:16.62\00:49:17.95
Do you?
00:49:17.99\00:49:19.32
I mean even to
say, if you reversed it,
00:49:19.35\00:49:21.46
95 Holy Spirit and 5 for me.
00:49:21.49\00:49:23.36
No!
00:49:23.39\00:49:24.73
We show up.
00:49:24.76\00:49:27.00
That's what I
promised God many years ago,
00:49:27.03\00:49:28.63
I don't have a good brain.
00:49:28.66\00:49:30.00
He says, "Yeah, I know that."
00:49:30.03\00:49:31.37
I can't speak like other people.
00:49:31.40\00:49:32.73
He said, "I know that too."
00:49:32.77\00:49:34.10
I'm not very
smart. "I know that too."
00:49:34.14\00:49:35.47
I don't have the schooling.
00:49:35.50\00:49:36.84
I'm not been to
school of the prophets.
00:49:36.87\00:49:38.21
"I know that to.
00:49:38.24\00:49:39.57
What I want you
to do is to show up.
00:49:39.61\00:49:41.44
You be faithful and show up
00:49:41.48\00:49:42.94
and I'll give you what
you need when it's needed."
00:49:42.98\00:49:45.08
Amen.
00:49:45.11\00:49:46.45
But again, it
was almost to me was,
00:49:46.48\00:49:48.25
but don't dare show up
00:49:48.28\00:49:50.35
unless you've
done your homework.
00:49:50.39\00:49:52.25
Don't dare show up
until you have prepared
00:49:52.29\00:49:55.22
the very best you can
00:49:55.26\00:49:56.59
for what you're
going to be giving.
00:49:56.62\00:49:58.39
And then I will do the rest.
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.16
I will do the converting,
I will do the convicting,
00:50:00.20\00:50:02.90
I will do the changing. Yes.
00:50:02.93\00:50:05.13
So I learned that
at a very early age.
00:50:05.17\00:50:07.14
So I see a heart and
a life change right now,
00:50:07.17\00:50:09.04
somebody say oh,
this is good, right?
00:50:09.07\00:50:10.64
Just passes over my mind.
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.07
I know who's doing it
and He continues to do it.
00:50:12.11\00:50:15.08
And I praise God for
that. That's awesome.
00:50:15.11\00:50:17.48
So I may encourage
people, show up, right?
00:50:17.51\00:50:20.65
Show up what, Terry?
00:50:20.68\00:50:22.02
Prepared. Prepared.
00:50:22.05\00:50:23.62
He just said
something very important to that
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.99
I think all of
the body of Christ
00:50:26.02\00:50:28.22
needs to remind themselves of
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.33
or maybe they don't realize it.
00:50:30.36\00:50:32.26
But a lot of times new children
00:50:32.29\00:50:34.50
as it were coming to the church,
00:50:34.53\00:50:36.33
they're new babes in the truth.
00:50:36.36\00:50:38.37
And many members think
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.04
that it is their
duty to change them.
00:50:40.07\00:50:42.74
You know, Jesus
says, "Come as you are,
00:50:42.77\00:50:45.21
but it's the Holy
Spirit that changes.
00:50:45.24\00:50:47.81
You know, as they begin to
study and to read the Word,
00:50:47.84\00:50:51.48
God will do that changes,
00:50:51.51\00:50:53.05
not us that's supposed to do it.
00:50:53.08\00:50:54.68
We're to present the truth, yes.
00:50:54.72\00:50:56.92
We're not to hold back.
00:50:56.95\00:50:58.55
You know, she says many times,
00:50:58.59\00:51:00.19
when I say she,
00:51:00.22\00:51:01.56
I'm talking about
Spirit of Prophecy, Mrs. White,
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.16
who says that,
00:51:03.19\00:51:04.53
that too often the
ministers hold back,
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.40
that we're to say
00:51:07.43\00:51:08.76
what God has
laid upon their heart,
00:51:08.80\00:51:10.97
and then that word will
cut, that word will divide,
00:51:11.00\00:51:15.27
it will divide their
dross from that sinner.
00:51:15.30\00:51:19.04
Anything, I'm
thinking as I read.
00:51:19.07\00:51:23.01
Anything less than giving
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.01
what God has
impressed us to give,
00:51:25.05\00:51:29.15
it's not acceptable to God.
00:51:29.18\00:51:30.92
You know, lots of time
00:51:30.95\00:51:32.29
we don't want to
approach certain issues
00:51:32.32\00:51:33.66
because it might
upset a certain few.
00:51:33.69\00:51:36.52
You know, we
don't want to say this,
00:51:36.56\00:51:37.89
because we want the church
00:51:37.93\00:51:39.26
where everything
peace and quiet and safety
00:51:39.29\00:51:40.63
and just everybody get along.
00:51:40.66\00:51:42.63
And again, somebody say,
00:51:42.66\00:51:44.07
"Well, can't you present
it in a little different way?
00:51:44.10\00:51:47.00
You know, or can't
you do it a little easier?
00:51:47.04\00:51:48.64
Can't you do it like Jesus?"
00:51:48.67\00:51:50.01
I said, "Look what Jesus did."
00:51:50.04\00:51:51.37
Can you do it
like John the Baptist?
00:51:51.41\00:51:52.74
I said, "Look how
John the Baptist?"
00:51:52.77\00:51:54.11
He said, "All you
pit vipers, you snakes,
00:51:54.14\00:51:55.78
you poisonous snakes."
00:51:55.81\00:51:57.15
That's right.
00:51:57.18\00:51:58.51
So yes, there's
always a different way,
00:51:58.55\00:52:00.08
but the way and
I could be wrong,
00:52:00.12\00:52:02.25
but the way
00:52:02.28\00:52:03.62
that the Holy Spirit
impresses you to do it
00:52:03.65\00:52:05.45
may not be, it's still a
truth, we don't change truth.
00:52:05.49\00:52:08.09
Well, you do it may
be different than the way
00:52:08.12\00:52:09.46
that the Holy
Spirit impresses me
00:52:09.49\00:52:10.83
may be different.
00:52:10.86\00:52:12.19
You may be different than you.
00:52:12.23\00:52:13.56
But that's okay,
isn't that right?
00:52:13.60\00:52:15.06
We become, so what does it
say, one we all unity in one,
00:52:15.10\00:52:18.70
but what does that mean,
we're all talking just alike,
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.77
we're all presenting
message the same way?
00:52:20.80\00:52:22.94
We're all part of the body.
00:52:22.97\00:52:24.31
Part of the body
and we present the truth
00:52:24.34\00:52:26.47
I think in a uniform way.
00:52:26.51\00:52:28.38
But everybody is different.
00:52:28.41\00:52:30.18
Look at the
personalities of the disciples
00:52:30.21\00:52:31.91
and so, you know, He
had some of them who,
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.58
you know, if things
wouldn't go their way,
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.12
Lord, can we put
fire around on him,
00:52:36.15\00:52:38.19
burn him up, you know.
00:52:38.22\00:52:39.55
And you had others that are,
00:52:39.59\00:52:40.92
you know, don't
really have much to say.
00:52:40.96\00:52:42.66
You have one that's jump out.
00:52:42.69\00:52:44.96
The only thing he's
ever recorded to doing
00:52:44.99\00:52:46.33
is bringing people to Jesus,
00:52:46.36\00:52:47.80
you know, which
is a wonderful thing.
00:52:47.83\00:52:49.63
He didn't hardly
do anything else,
00:52:49.66\00:52:51.00
according to what we see.
00:52:51.03\00:52:52.37
But had the
disciples had different gifts,
00:52:52.40\00:52:55.84
different abilities,
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.61
you know, as someone once said,
00:52:57.64\00:52:59.54
you know, oh, poor, Peter,
you know, he's one who sank.
00:52:59.57\00:53:02.58
He's the only one who stepped
out of the boat, you know.
00:53:02.61\00:53:05.11
That's true. That's true.
00:53:05.15\00:53:06.48
Yeah. That's right.
00:53:06.51\00:53:07.85
That's true. That's right.
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.22
So those guys had
different talents,
00:53:09.25\00:53:12.35
different abilities,
different personalities,
00:53:12.39\00:53:14.42
and even whenever,
00:53:14.46\00:53:17.79
after the Pentecost experience,
00:53:17.83\00:53:19.93
did Peter, did
his attitude change
00:53:19.96\00:53:22.46
as far as his personality?
00:53:22.50\00:53:24.30
No, he was still
a hard hitter man,
00:53:24.33\00:53:26.30
and he gave them the message
that they needed to hear.
00:53:26.33\00:53:28.90
He wasn't, you know, nice
and soft spoken and everything,
00:53:28.94\00:53:31.04
but God used the
personality of Peter
00:53:31.07\00:53:35.71
to preach in a way
00:53:35.74\00:53:37.31
that cut men to their heart
00:53:37.35\00:53:39.58
and brought them to repentance
00:53:39.61\00:53:41.58
and you know, but
then you have John,
00:53:41.62\00:53:43.15
John's the beloved.
00:53:43.18\00:53:44.52
You know, he's
the one who's always
00:53:44.55\00:53:45.89
you know, close to Jesus
00:53:45.92\00:53:47.26
and kind of loving
on Him and everything
00:53:47.29\00:53:48.82
and, but look at
some of the writings
00:53:48.86\00:53:50.96
that we have that
we're still reading today
00:53:50.99\00:53:52.86
of these guys.
00:53:52.89\00:53:54.30
So the gifts
and callings of God,
00:53:54.33\00:53:57.57
what is it, are
without repentance?
00:53:57.60\00:53:59.53
And God gives liberally to all.
00:53:59.57\00:54:02.94
He gives us
different talents and abilities
00:54:02.97\00:54:05.61
all to be used in His service.
00:54:05.64\00:54:07.18
Amen. You ever had tency?
00:54:07.21\00:54:08.71
I have tency
sometime pick up the sword
00:54:08.74\00:54:10.15
and start
chopping some ears off,
00:54:10.18\00:54:12.05
you know, He had
disciples, right?
00:54:12.08\00:54:14.48
I mean, not that's
what you really want to do,
00:54:14.52\00:54:17.09
but that you have
that tendency right quick,
00:54:17.12\00:54:18.85
you know, was it, who was it,
00:54:18.89\00:54:21.16
John and Peter
were Sons of Thunder?
00:54:21.19\00:54:23.96
Sons of Thunder,
00:54:23.99\00:54:25.33
that must mean they're
making some noise somewhere.
00:54:25.36\00:54:27.33
James and John.
James and John. Thank you.
00:54:27.36\00:54:28.93
Yeah, James and
john, Sons of Thunder.
00:54:28.96\00:54:31.10
That's not always
the way you approach it,
00:54:31.13\00:54:32.47
I understand.
00:54:32.50\00:54:33.84
But there's times
when the Holy Spirit,
00:54:33.87\00:54:36.40
you know, my uncle used to
say, when he's a little bit,
00:54:36.44\00:54:39.51
when he thought he need to
do something, my uncle, he said,
00:54:39.54\00:54:41.71
it's righteous indignation.
00:54:41.74\00:54:44.08
Righteous indignation.
00:54:44.11\00:54:45.55
I don't know if
you ever feel that
00:54:45.58\00:54:46.92
in your heart and life sometime?
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.28
You know, I
would like to say this.
00:54:48.32\00:54:49.65
I see the time is
escaping us. Oh, yeah.
00:54:49.68\00:54:51.35
When we go to...
00:54:51.39\00:54:53.05
What you read in Joel Chapter 2,
00:54:53.09\00:54:55.42
what brought to my mind is
something that in verse 17,
00:54:55.46\00:54:58.99
he says that,
00:54:59.03\00:55:00.36
"It shall come to
pass in the last day,"
00:55:00.40\00:55:01.73
he said, "God, I will pour
out my Spirit upon all flesh."
00:55:01.76\00:55:03.26
Yes.
00:55:03.30\00:55:04.63
"And your sons
and your daughters
00:55:04.67\00:55:06.00
should prophesy
00:55:06.03\00:55:07.37
and your young
men shall see visions
00:55:07.40\00:55:08.74
and your old men
shall dream dreams."
00:55:08.77\00:55:10.37
You know, it's not saying,
00:55:10.41\00:55:11.91
I'm going to pour out my
Holy Spirit on the pastors,
00:55:11.94\00:55:15.44
on the elders of the church.
00:55:15.48\00:55:17.41
No, God is going to pour out
His Spirit upon us, all of us,
00:55:17.45\00:55:20.52
all that are willing,
and empty themselves of self,
00:55:20.55\00:55:26.09
will be able to
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:55:26.12\00:55:28.92
thus prepare ourselves
for this great blessing.
00:55:28.96\00:55:31.16
Oh, boy.
00:55:31.19\00:55:33.26
Imagine pouring out
His Spirit on individuals,
00:55:33.29\00:55:38.00
I say, like me,
00:55:38.03\00:55:39.73
what an awesome,
awesome thing to think about.
00:55:39.77\00:55:43.37
He's saying today to us here,
00:55:43.41\00:55:45.04
I want to pour
out My Spirit on you.
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.58
I want you to be
more than you think
00:55:47.61\00:55:49.08
you can be in Me.
00:55:49.11\00:55:50.45
Have you ever prepared a
sermon and you got up there
00:55:50.48\00:55:52.28
and you said, "Lord,
00:55:52.31\00:55:53.65
this is not
going to touch anybody.
00:55:53.68\00:55:55.02
This is not
going to do any good."
00:55:55.05\00:55:56.52
And then after the sermon,
00:55:56.55\00:55:58.05
you know, I've
experienced this myself,
00:55:58.09\00:55:59.42
and people come to me and say,
00:55:59.45\00:56:00.79
"Man, I really
needed to hear that.
00:56:00.82\00:56:02.16
Praise God for
that message today."
00:56:02.19\00:56:03.53
And I said, "Man,
00:56:03.56\00:56:04.89
that's the Holy
Spirit right there."
00:56:04.93\00:56:06.26
Because I didn't
really have any confidence
00:56:06.29\00:56:07.63
in what I had on paper here.
00:56:07.66\00:56:09.03
But the spirit intervened
00:56:09.06\00:56:11.10
and he impressed upon the people
00:56:11.13\00:56:12.50
what they needed to hear.
00:56:12.53\00:56:13.87
Amen. Amen.
00:56:13.90\00:56:15.24
Did you ever hear somebody say,
00:56:15.27\00:56:16.60
"Well, how'd that go today
when you preach the message?"
00:56:16.64\00:56:18.27
My wife does it
once, "Well, how'd it go?"
00:56:18.31\00:56:19.64
She wasn't there.
00:56:19.67\00:56:21.01
You know, and I said,
"I don't really know."
00:56:21.04\00:56:22.61
You know, did judge
it like, how did it go?
00:56:22.64\00:56:24.61
Well, all I know is she said
00:56:24.65\00:56:27.25
that my word
will not return void.
00:56:27.28\00:56:29.62
And I know He's going to take
00:56:29.65\00:56:31.49
from the honest heart and
mind that presents the truth.
00:56:31.52\00:56:34.16
He's going to take the
mess that I always make,
00:56:34.19\00:56:37.23
always make.
00:56:37.26\00:56:38.59
And I know I'm
going to make a mess,
00:56:38.63\00:56:39.96
I don't intend to, I just do.
00:56:40.00\00:56:41.33
But I know he's
going to take that mess
00:56:41.36\00:56:42.70
and he's going to make sure,
00:56:42.73\00:56:44.07
Terry, here's what he needs to.
00:56:44.10\00:56:45.60
You need to, what you need
to, what you do, what I need.
00:56:45.63\00:56:49.07
He's going to straighten it
all out, isn't that wonderful?
00:56:49.10\00:56:50.77
Amen. Yes. That's
part of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:50.81\00:56:52.71
We're talking about
primitive godliness.
00:56:52.74\00:56:54.08
That's what we need
in our church right now,
00:56:54.11\00:56:55.44
do we not?
00:56:55.48\00:56:56.81
Yes.
00:56:56.85\00:56:58.18
We probably should
pray about, we've got what,
00:56:58.21\00:56:59.55
30 seconds or
so, so quick prayer.
00:56:59.58\00:57:01.98
Pastor John, how about you,
00:57:02.02\00:57:03.35
just pray for the outpouring
00:57:03.39\00:57:04.72
of the Holy
Spirit right now please.
00:57:04.75\00:57:06.55
Our loving and
wonderful Heavenly Father.
00:57:06.59\00:57:09.82
We thank You that
it is not on anything
00:57:09.86\00:57:14.76
that You are limiting Yourself.
00:57:14.80\00:57:17.07
You are waiting for us,
00:57:17.10\00:57:18.43
anxiously waiting for
us to surrender to You,
00:57:18.47\00:57:22.44
that You may pour
out Your Holy Spirit.
00:57:22.47\00:57:24.04
Help us to listen to Your voice,
00:57:24.07\00:57:26.78
to repent and be converted
00:57:26.81\00:57:29.71
to receive the blessing
00:57:29.74\00:57:31.95
of the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit,
00:57:31.98\00:57:33.52
in Jesus' name we ask, amen.
00:57:33.55\00:57:35.68
Amen.
00:57:35.72\00:57:37.05