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 just a
great big welcome.
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We're glad you joined us
here for 3ABN Family Worship,
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exciting time for us.
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We're going to be
on primitive godliness.
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And now this is part four of six
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that we're going to be doing.
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So praise God, we
found it very exciting,
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you know, to
study the Word of God,
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because it just says
so much about the hour
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that we're living in.
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So we want you to
stay right with us,
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get a pencil and
paper, and so on,
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and your Bible and
check us out to see
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whether these
things be so or not.
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We're living in an
awesome time of earth's history.
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We need to spend
more time in the Word
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and spend time
praying and studying
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like we're doing
around the table now with you.
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Thank you again for joining us.
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Again, I'm glad, Sister
Chris, I'm glad you're with us.
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Nice to be here as always.
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I'm glad that you are.
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You're a great help to me
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and always pointing me
in the right direction.
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And so I thank God for that.
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So thank you for being here.
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To your right we have
Brother Terry Shelton,
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my nephew.
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Yes. Thank you for having me.
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Yeah, it's good to be here.
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We have to work
things around sometime
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to, you know, get people to come
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because everybody's so busy,
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but it's awesome to have
you, so we're excited about it.
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Thank you.
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You know, I look at
everybody around here
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as really is part of the family
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and not you take its
blood it's just, that,
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but it's nice to have that.
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It is blood for
you and I, right?
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Yes, it is.
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It is and not only that
but it was Terry's idea.
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It's true.
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That we do a study
on primitive godliness.
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I've always loved
that little phrase,
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primitive godliness.
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It speaks volumes. Amen.
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And to your right
here, Brother Don Owens,
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always a pleasure to you.
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Yes, likewise.
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I guess I'm the
younger one in the bunch,
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but I'm just been so
blessed that you guys asked me
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to come on here
and how God works
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and moves
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and how this is a
very important topic
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in the time we're living in.
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There's a lot of things
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that youths are
transpiring quickly.
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So to stay over
this primitive godliness,
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and how do we get back
to that, what it look so?
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I like that how
to get back to it.
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So that's really the
purpose of this study.
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Isn't it so? Thank you for that.
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And to your right,
Pastor John Dinzey,
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always a treat,
always a joy to have you.
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God gives you wisdom
and spiritual discernment
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and we drink it in.
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We thank God for that.
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We're giving Him
praise and giving Him credit.
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But thank you because
I know you're very busy
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in what you do.
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Most people have
no idea of how busy.
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I just have a
small concept of it,
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but I know with our
own life and ministries
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and things going
on, it's busy, busy.
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So we're glad we made this time
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to be able to
spend around the table
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and with you at home.
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Thank you again for joining us.
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After we've had
the introduction,
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I think it's wonderful.
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We gonna have prayer.
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We can't study the Word of God.
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We can't understand the
Word of God without prayer.
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We know that.
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And so we're
gonna ask Brother Terry,
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would you have
prayer for us please?
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Of course, let's
bow our heads together.
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Heavenly Father, we
come to You in Jesus' name
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and we come to
You in Jesus' name
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because there is no other name
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given among men
whereby we must be saved.
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And Father as it
has been stated we are,
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in our
humanness we are incapable
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of understanding Your Word.
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So we're inviting the
presence of your Holy Spirit
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to come here, to open our minds,
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to open our
hearts and to receive
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what You would
have to teach us today.
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Be with those who view
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and may this
program be a blessing
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and encouragement to them.
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Father, as we study this subject
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of primitive godliness,
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may our hearts and our minds
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be in tune with Your
Word and Your Spirit now.
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And we thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
Thank you for that.
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Again, we're gonna be talking
about primitive godliness.
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Again, if you're
keeping notes down,
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this is a fourth
part of six parts.
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So to keep it
down, because again,
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we're going to be covering
some very heavy duty stuff
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by the grace of God.
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And we're praying again,
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as the prayer was for
the power of the Holy Spirit
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to come into our
hearts, into our minds
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because there's just
a little introduction
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before we go to
question number four.
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I'm gonna have
Sister Chris do that.
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She'll give you a
little background,
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maybe even a little
thought on question three,
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because that was so powerful
and we'll let her go with that.
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But first of
all, I want every wind
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and I think we're
in agreement with this,
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every wind of doctrine is
blowing in the world today.
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Every kind of teaching you
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can think it's out in the world,
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people have become so...
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At least in my mind
confused of what is truth.
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Primitive godliness,
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what is it gonna
take to get back?
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How is it that
we've, how it has changed?
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What really has taken place?
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Is there one,
this is a question.
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Is there one
standard of righteousness
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that we need to
go by or does this,
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everybody just kind of make
up their own rules as they go?
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It kind of seems that way
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in churches today
with Christianity.
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It's my opinion,
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but I don't find
that in anything else,
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I'll give you a quick example.
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I don't find that in football,
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I don't find that in basketball,
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you know, you can go on naming,
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but I don't find
that in any of the sport,
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they've got their set rules
and everybody goes by that.
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And then everybody
knows what to expect,
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but in
Christianity or believing,
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you have a standard.
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Seemed like we don't have one,
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but I think that's gonna be
brought up here in this lesson.
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We've got a moral absolute.
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Praise, God for that.
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And we need to institute
that something that we can,
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our lesson brings out
that we can bank our lives on.
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We can bank our lives on,
I'm banking my life on this.
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I know each one
here is doing that too.
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So we need to be sure of it
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because there are some
real questions out there.
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And then there's
some real answers
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and we wanna find
out from the Word of God,
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you know where they're at.
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So it will help
because people are asking
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questions right now.
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God's calling us to get back
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to that real
primitive godliness.
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And again, that's
gonna be answered as we go,
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going back to scripture.
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And we found out in
the first few questions
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of going back to the beginning,
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going back to the
New Testament, what?
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New Testament Church,
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we can see how God
has set it up, right?
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And then we can look
at that and we can learn.
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But somehow my
opinion, again, we've drifted
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just a little bit from
that, or maybe a whole lot.
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And we need to get back to that.
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And if there's
changes that need to be made,
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I just said if,
let's be willing to make
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those changes as God
brings them to light.
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So now, you
know, how can we tell
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the counterfeit from the real?
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So I'm just posting
a bunch of things here.
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I know it's going
to be answered in study
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and have been in
the prior lessons here.
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You know, for instance,
does God have a true church?
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Everybody seemed to
have different opinion on it?
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You know, is people
burning in hell fire right now?
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Are they ever
gonna burn in hell fire?
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You know, is heaven
really a real place in it
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and you know,
how do we get there?
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How about the
second coming of Jesus
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and, you know, baptism
and the seventh day Sabbath
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and, you know, list
could just go on and on.
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Everybody seems to come up
with their own little ideas.
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So somehow we
have to be able to go
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and get on the same page.
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Jesus prayed for unity.
You remember, prayed for unity?
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And the things
kind of baffled me
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and we maybe can talk about
somebody help me understand.
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Jesus said before He comes,
there's gonna be some unity.
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And it seems like,
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it's almost
everything, but unity.
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It seems like in the
Christian world today.
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So anyway, this is getting back
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to what God would have us to do.
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So we did a lot of time
on question number three,
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but you might
relate if you want to
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a little bit of three
and then question read four,
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and then we're
just gonna open it up
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and begin to discuss it
because this question four
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is just powerful.
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Just always do it.
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Let me just look
at a couple of quotes.
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One of my favorite books
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is called the Great Controversy.
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If you don't have that
book, I encourage you call 3ABN,
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and I'm sure they can help you
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to get that book or look online.
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I mean, it's so easy to find
books online anymore, right?
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Even Amazon make
it, I don't know.
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But anyway, let me read this.
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It's found on page 464
of the Great Controversy.
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It reads, "The enemy of souls
desires to hinder this work.
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And before the
time of such a movement
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shall come,
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he will endeavor to prevent it
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by introducing a
counterfeit in those churches,
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which he can bring
under his deceptive power."
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What did Jesus say
so often in Scripture?
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"Be not deceived."
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Right here we're finding out,
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you know, when the
enemy could not kill out
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the church
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later on he began
to join the church.
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And right here, it
says there are churches
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that he's able to bring
under his deceptive power.
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He will make it appear
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that God's special
blessing is poured out.
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There will be manifest
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what is thought to be
great religious interest.
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Multitudes will
exalt that God is working
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marvelously for them
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when the work is
that of another spirit.
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Under a religious guise,
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Satan will seek to
extend his influence
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over the Christian world.
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And we find in scripture
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that we're to
worship God in what?
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Both spirit and in truth.
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You know, I
heard it said long ago,
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that one man that
used to work here.
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He said before he
became an Adventist,
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he said, we've got the spirit,
but Adventists have the truth.
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So there's
something wrong with that
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'cause God said
we're to worship Him
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in spirit and in truth.
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So if the spirit
that you're experiencing
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is not going along
with the Word of God,
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then there's a problem.
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So I gave a hint
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as to what that
moral absolute is today.
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Well, good. All
right. Let's see.
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Let me read another one here.
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As a crowning act,
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this one comes
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from Great
Controversy as well, 624.
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Listen to this
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because we're coming into a time
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that we realize
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that there's gonna
be great deceptions.
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There's gonna be miracles.
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We talk about the
latter rain experience,
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go back and look
at the early rain,
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the marvelous things
that the apostles were doing.
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Sometimes they, it
kind of made people,
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I read somewhere
that it brought fear,
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'cause they
didn't understand it.
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You know, they were
speaking in other languages.
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There were tongues of fire.
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There was a wind
that came upon them
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and there was a mighty
work that was being done.
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And we're told
that in the last days
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that these things will repeat
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and maybe even in
greater magnitude.
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So listen to this
quote found on page 624
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of the Great Controversy.
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"As the crowning act
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in the great
drama of deception."
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I mean the enemy
has this so planned out.
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"Satan himself
will personate Christ.
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The church has
long professed to look
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to the Savior's advent
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as the
consummation of her hopes.
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Now the great
deceiver will make it appear
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that Christ has come.
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In different parts of the earth,
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Satan will
manifest himself among men
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as a majestic being
of dazzling brightness,
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resembling the
description of the Son of God
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by John in Revelation."
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Can you not picture that?
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When we're
teaching the Word of God
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and here he appears
as a dazzling, bright
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being impersonating Christ.
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You know, the Bible warns us.
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If you hear that He
is in the desert go not,
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if you hear He's
there, don't look.
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I always say, if
he sees on Channel 3,
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don't turn it on.
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You know, we gotta be careful
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and that's not
picking on Channel 3,
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whatever channels you got.
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Okay.
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Let me read on,
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"The glory that surrounds him
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is unsurpassed by anything
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that mortal
eyes have yet beheld.
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The shout of triumph
rings out upon the air:
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'Christ has come!
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Christ has come!'"
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Don't you imagine in your minds,
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the whole world is
thinking He's here.
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This is it.
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"The people prostrate themselves
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in adoration before him,
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while he lifts up his hands
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and pronounces a
blessing upon them,
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as Christ blessed His disciples
when He was upon the earth.
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His voice is soft and
subdued, yet full of melody.
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In gentle, compassionate tones
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he represents some
of the same gracious,
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heavenly truths
which the Savior uttered,
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he heals the
diseases of the people.
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This is a strong,
almost overmastering.
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Overmastering.
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Keep that thought in your
mind, overmastering delusion.
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We want to hear Christ.
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We want to experience
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all of these things from Christ.
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This leads us into
question number four.
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During these momentous
works of supernatural miracles,
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how popular and accepted
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will be our faith
upon the Word of God?
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Hmm. Wow.
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Brother Terry, let's go
around, everybody has a thought.
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Well, as you were talking
about this grand delusion
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that is coming upon us soon,
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I began, my mind began to think,
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do we, you and I, us,
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do we have the experience
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or are we gaining the experience
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to be able to stand firm
and say, this is not Him.
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You think about it.
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We're going to be in a minority.
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If you're talking
vast part of the world,
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you know this
great thing is happening.
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And everybody's
saying, "This is of God."
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And we're
saying, "No, it's not."
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Right. No, it's not.
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As I was
studying this, everybody,
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we're familiar with
the story of Elijah, right?
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When he was on the run.
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Remember he ran,
running from Jezebel
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and he wound up in this cave
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and you know,
and he's just hiding
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and he didn't know
what to do with himself.
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And you know, God
comes in and says,
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what are you doing
here, Elijah, you know?
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And I remembered this story,
it comes from 1 Kings 19:9-12.
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And it says, "And
there he went into a cave,
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and spent the
night in that place,
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and behold, the word of the Lord
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came to him, and He said to him,
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'What are you
doing here, Elijah?'
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So he said, 'I
have been very zealous
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for the Lord God of hosts,
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for the children of Israel
have forsaken Your covenant,
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torn down Your altars,
and killed Your prophets
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with the sword.
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I alone am left, and
they seek to take my life.
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So, then He said, 'Go out,
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and stand on the
mountain before the Lord.'
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And behold, the Lord passed by,"
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here's a kick of the crux,
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"The Lord passed by
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and a great and strong wind tore
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into the mountains and
broke the rocks in pieces
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before the Lord,
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but the Lord
was not in the wind,
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and after the
wind an earthquake,
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but the Lord was
not in the earthquake,
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and after the earthquake a fire,
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but the Lord
was not in the fire,
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and after the fire," what?
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"A still small voice."
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Yeah. Right?
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So even now, we may be seeing
miraculous things seem to,
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seem to have supernatural power
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and let's face it, they do have.
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Some of the things that there is
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supernatural
powers being displayed,
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but it is not from God, right?
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Donald.
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You know, when we're
saying it just made me think
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of this picture,
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that Satan is
actually afflicting
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these souls a little, get sick.
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And then he comes by
and says, you know what?
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I'll just remove that sickness.
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So it looks like that he did.
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He's the ones
bringing sickness on them.
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That's powerful,
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when you think about
that and we were studying
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about this Great
Controversy quote,
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you know, about how
we're gonna be standing
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on the Word of God.
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And I thought about
Noah came to my mind
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back in the Old
Testament, of course.
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And I thought about
how he was preaching
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righteousness for all
those years, 120 years.
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And all these
people were mocking him
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and laughing at him and saying,
00:16:15.54\00:16:16.87
"Oh, you foolish
fanatical crazy old man."
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And how nobody
wanted to listen to that.
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And we're kind of
getting to this point
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where you know this idea
of the close of probation
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and here's Noah preaching this
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and nobody
listened, only eight people.
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And they couldn't
tell the difference
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between what was
real and what was false.
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They're all deceived.
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I mean, that's, I
mean, you're talking,
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I don't even know how
many millions of people
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were deceived
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because they would not hear
this preacher of righteousness.
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I mean, do people
think that way today?
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Oh, yes.
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I mean, most, lot of most people
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you ask the Christian,
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they don't feel like
they're deceived at all.
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Yeah. They're
in the right place.
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What they've studied,
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they believe is
truth and is right.
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And I think all of us,
it's a legitimate question
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what you're talking about.
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I gotta tell this
'cause this just happened to me
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just this morning.
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Someone shared a video with me
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and there was
this preacher from,
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I don't know where from
what church or anything,
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but this guy was advertised
00:17:06.69\00:17:08.82
as he's gonna be preaching
on Daniel and Revelation today.
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So I began to listen to
a little bit and he said,
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"Let's go to the
Book of Daniel Chapter 9."
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And he began to expound
upon the 70 weeks of Daniel.
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And I'm gonna say,
he butchered that story.
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He butchered
what is written there
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in Daniel 9,
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based upon what
the actual truth is.
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And he was reading.
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And I said, "I
don't even recognize
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what he's reading."
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Even though he's got
a Bible in front of him,
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I don't know what
translation or whatever.
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And I know that there are people
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listening to that and
accepting that as truth.
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You know, bring up
the subject of the rapture
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and all that in
Daniel Chapter 9.
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And people received
that as the supposed truth.
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And I said, "God,
please send Your people
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to teach the actual truth."
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And that's what
3ABN is all about.
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Amen. Praise God. Yes.
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Pastor John, I mean,
this is heavy stuff, isn't it?
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It's truth. Things
like that are going on.
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You said something that
it's in the Bible as well,
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but it's happening today.
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It says that
every wind of doctrine
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will be blowing,
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and that's one factor,
00:18:13.79\00:18:15.96
one factor of false teachings,
00:18:15.99\00:18:18.13
like you're saying
that are out there,
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misinterpretation of scripture.
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And then you
have, you go to YouTube.
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I mean, I was
looking a few months ago,
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things for, some
things were going on
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and I said, "I wonder
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what the people
are commenting about."
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So as I went through there,
00:18:34.48\00:18:37.25
I saw several videos
00:18:37.28\00:18:39.38
where people were
claiming to be prophets.
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They said, "Jesus
showed me this last night.
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And the Lord showed me this."
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So I said, "What?
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The Lord showed
him?" Let me hear this.
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So I hear this.
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And I say, well, you
know, this is something
00:18:52.89\00:18:57.63
that you can find
out in a short time,
00:18:57.67\00:18:59.73
because these people are saying
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something is gonna happen.
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And sure enough, the time came,
these things did not happen.
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And I remember
one individual saying
00:19:07.01\00:19:09.01
we have interviewed
prophet after prophet
00:19:09.04\00:19:11.51
and they all say the same thing.
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This particular
thing is going to happen.
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And this particular
thing did not happen.
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So you say, well, you know,
00:19:18.09\00:19:19.62
if the Lord showed
you that, like they claim,
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and it did not come true,
00:19:22.69\00:19:24.66
then you have to give
up that title of prophet
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.66
because it did not come true.
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And so, every wind of
doctrine will be blowing.
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But in Matthew Chapter 24,
00:19:32.30\00:19:34.57
it says that
things will be happening
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to such a degree that it says
00:19:36.84\00:19:38.51
that if possible will
deceive the very elect.
00:19:38.54\00:19:43.01
So what do we have to do?
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What do we have to do to
keep from being deceived?
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We have to study God's Word,
really get into God's Word.
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I remember one
individual I met in the airport
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long time ago.
00:19:54.96\00:19:56.29
And he was telling me
something about some beliefs
00:19:56.32\00:19:58.93
that he had.
00:19:58.96\00:20:00.30
And he said, well, I said,
00:20:00.33\00:20:03.23
"Have you read the
Bible, about these things?"
00:20:03.26\00:20:07.34
And he says,
"Well, I did read it,
00:20:07.37\00:20:09.10
but I didn't study it."
00:20:09.14\00:20:11.67
And that really
caught my attention.
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Is there a difference?
00:20:14.11\00:20:15.44
Because there are many people,
hundreds, thousands of people
00:20:15.48\00:20:18.15
reading the Bible, but
they are not studying it.
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And the Bible says,
"Study to show yourself
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approved unto God,
00:20:24.82\00:20:26.72
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:20:26.76\00:20:30.59
And so this is
what we need today.
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.23
So just like
the Bereans in Acts,
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in the Book of Acts.
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It says that, like
you said in the beginning,
00:20:35.80\00:20:38.27
get your Bible, check us out.
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Make sure that what
we're saying is true
00:20:40.37\00:20:43.30
and that's all we all need to do
00:20:43.34\00:20:44.67
because every wind of
doctrine will be blowing.
00:20:44.71\00:20:47.41
And if we do not
want to be deceived
00:20:47.44\00:20:49.48
because the time will come,
00:20:49.51\00:20:50.85
like you've been saying,
00:20:50.88\00:20:52.21
that it's not only that
we will be hearing things.
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We will be seeing
things that look like miracles.
00:20:55.65\00:21:00.89
And you have to wonder,
00:21:00.92\00:21:02.26
well, who is really
doing these miracles?
00:21:02.29\00:21:05.63
Is it of God?
Or is of the devil?
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.63
So we have to be ready.
00:21:08.66\00:21:10.27
So the key you're talking about,
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I think you just
mentioned, I was in John 5:39.
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But you said
search the scriptures,
00:21:15.44\00:21:17.31
for in them you think you have
eternal life and what are they?
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They are they
which testify of me.
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Jesus said, you
search the scriptures.
00:21:23.68\00:21:25.58
Now, if you
search the scriptures
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and those who are watching now
and searching the scriptures,
00:21:26.98\00:21:29.32
will they be able to find truth?
00:21:29.35\00:21:31.22
Or they still
going to be to deceived?
00:21:31.25\00:21:32.59
They're
searching, they're looking,
00:21:32.62\00:21:33.96
they're honest in heart.
00:21:33.99\00:21:35.32
Is it possible they
could still be deceived
00:21:35.36\00:21:36.69
or if they're honest in heart,
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.06
will God makes sure
that they receive the light?
00:21:38.09\00:21:40.80
Doesn't mean they'll
accept it, but will light come?
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.77
What do you think?
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.13
What did God say in Jeremiah,
you shall seek Me and find Me.
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You search for Me with what?
00:21:47.67\00:21:49.00
With all your heart.
00:21:49.04\00:21:50.61
God wants to be
found, His truth.
00:21:50.64\00:21:52.64
He wants us to find His truth,
so that we are not deceived.
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Amen.
00:21:55.38\00:21:56.71
I think an
important point to make here.
00:21:56.75\00:21:59.78
We're talking about the Bible.
00:21:59.81\00:22:01.15
We're talking about it
being our moral absolute,
00:22:01.18\00:22:03.22
and we're talking
about it being our sword
00:22:03.25\00:22:05.82
that cuts and separates,
divides error from truth.
00:22:05.85\00:22:09.46
And that's, we've
got to come to the point
00:22:09.49\00:22:11.43
that we have such
faith in the Word of God
00:22:11.46\00:22:14.96
and in what Christ says in it,
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.60
that we no longer
believe what we see.
00:22:16.63\00:22:19.33
We no longer
believe what we hear.
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.60
Maybe smell, maybe
witness have there not been.
00:22:21.64\00:22:25.54
And I don't remember,
I may butcher this word,
00:22:25.57\00:22:27.78
apparitions, is that right?
00:22:27.81\00:22:29.54
Pictures of like Mother Mary
00:22:29.58\00:22:31.88
in different parts of the world,
00:22:31.91\00:22:33.25
had there not been
statues or pictures
00:22:33.28\00:22:35.68
that have cried
or weeped or bled?
00:22:35.72\00:22:38.09
You know, there have
been a lot of things already,
00:22:38.12\00:22:40.49
even in our lifetime,
00:22:40.52\00:22:42.19
but we realize it is
going to become more.
00:22:42.22\00:22:46.23
Yes. It will increase even more.
00:22:46.26\00:22:49.86
You're touching on something
that's really put in my mind
00:22:49.90\00:22:51.57
this idea of strong delusion.
00:22:51.60\00:22:53.57
And I'm seeing the
world we're in right now.
00:22:53.60\00:22:55.84
And I'm just
seeing how we're very...
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.87
I'll just call it PTSD.
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.41
We're like, we're on edge
00:22:59.44\00:23:00.98
where there's so
much emotion and feeling.
00:23:01.01\00:23:03.35
I can see where it
would be easy to be.
00:23:03.38\00:23:05.51
'Cause I think it
says that your higher power
00:23:05.55\00:23:07.78
should be or your lower passion
00:23:07.82\00:23:09.68
should be in
subjecting your higher powers.
00:23:09.72\00:23:11.99
So your higher
powers are not in control,
00:23:12.02\00:23:13.92
it's gonna be very easy
00:23:13.96\00:23:15.29
because you know, if
we're touchy and flinching
00:23:15.32\00:23:17.43
and just real
edgy, you're gonna be...
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.33
And I think that's one reason
00:23:20.36\00:23:21.70
this is so, so
important this topic,
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.47
because Jesus says,
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.83
"Be not afraid, be not dismayed,
00:23:24.87\00:23:27.64
for I'm with you.
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.27
I'm going to help you.
00:23:29.30\00:23:30.67
I'm going to strengthen you.
00:23:30.71\00:23:32.11
I'm going to uphold you
00:23:32.14\00:23:33.48
with the right hand
of My righteousness."
00:23:33.51\00:23:34.94
So that's why
this is so important.
00:23:34.98\00:23:37.95
Knowledge is power,
00:23:37.98\00:23:39.51
understanding,
studying the different topics
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.78
of the Bible is power
00:23:41.82\00:23:43.59
because we're coming into it,
00:23:43.62\00:23:44.95
like we just
said a few moments ago
00:23:44.99\00:23:46.76
and we're seeing it already,
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.56
you know, do you
consider yourself
00:23:48.59\00:23:50.83
a conservative Christian?
00:23:50.86\00:23:53.03
That word
conservative in the public eye
00:23:53.06\00:23:56.80
is really, you've
heard me often say
00:23:56.83\00:24:00.40
that truth is becoming error.
00:24:00.44\00:24:02.30
I'm quoting that from somebody.
00:24:02.34\00:24:04.31
But you know, what we can
say is truth has become error
00:24:04.34\00:24:09.48
and error has become truth.
00:24:09.51\00:24:12.51
And so the question
that we're looking at
00:24:12.55\00:24:15.15
is how popular
will we be accepted
00:24:15.18\00:24:17.62
for our faith
upon the Word of God?
00:24:17.65\00:24:20.56
And as we see the
country as a whole,
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.46
as we see churches
00:24:23.49\00:24:25.49
going further and
further and further away
00:24:25.53\00:24:28.40
from a thus saith the Lord,
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.73
or as Christ
said, it is written,
00:24:30.77\00:24:34.17
we're becoming
less and less accepted,
00:24:34.20\00:24:38.27
less and less
popular with the people
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.14
and our faith will
be tested more and more
00:24:41.18\00:24:44.58
as that continues to happen.
00:24:44.61\00:24:46.18
There's something
that you're touching
00:24:46.21\00:24:47.55
on Amos 8:11-12.
00:24:47.58\00:24:50.25
It says, "Behold,
the days are coming,
00:24:50.29\00:24:51.65
says the Lord, God,
00:24:51.69\00:24:53.02
that I will send a
famine on the land,
00:24:53.05\00:24:55.52
not a famine of
bread, nor thirst for water,
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.79
but a hearing for
the words of the Lord.
00:24:57.83\00:25:00.16
They shall wander from sea
to sea and from north to east.
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.63
And they shall run to and fro
seeking the word of the Lord,
00:25:02.66\00:25:05.10
but shall not find it."
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.64
It's being pulled away.
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.60
I once was reading this,
00:25:09.64\00:25:10.97
I think it was out of
Christ's Object Lessons.
00:25:11.01\00:25:12.57
It said, "The world is perishing
00:25:12.61\00:25:13.98
for want of the gospel.
00:25:14.01\00:25:15.68
There's a famine
for the Word of God.
00:25:15.71\00:25:17.15
There are few
who preach the word
00:25:17.18\00:25:18.51
unmixed with human tradition.
00:25:18.55\00:25:20.55
Though men have the
Bible in their hands,
00:25:20.58\00:25:22.52
they do not receive the blessing
00:25:22.55\00:25:23.89
that God has
placed it in it for them,
00:25:23.92\00:25:25.95
the Lord calls upon His service
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.32
to carry His
message to the people.
00:25:27.36\00:25:29.09
The word of
everlasting life must be given
00:25:29.12\00:25:31.09
to those who are
perishing in their sins."
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.16
And so it goes on,
but I just think about,
00:25:33.19\00:25:34.56
says in the last paragraph,
00:25:34.60\00:25:35.93
"We are not to wait
for souls to come to us.
00:25:35.96\00:25:37.67
We must seek
them where they are.
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.10
When the word
00:25:39.13\00:25:40.47
has been preached in the pulpit,
00:25:40.50\00:25:41.84
the work has just begun.
00:25:41.87\00:25:43.20
There are multitudes
who will never be reached
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.81
by the gospel unless
it's carried to them.
00:25:44.84\00:25:46.17
I thought that's good.
00:25:46.21\00:25:47.54
You know, I love
what you just said,
00:25:47.58\00:25:48.91
because I just
feel very impressed
00:25:48.94\00:25:50.78
that we need to say,
'cause as Bible students,
00:25:50.81\00:25:53.92
we realize we're in
the time of judgment,
00:25:53.95\00:25:56.72
but that door's gonna close
00:25:56.75\00:25:58.32
and it doesn't
mean we'll be gone.
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.56
But the Bible
says to seek the truth
00:26:00.59\00:26:02.66
while it may be found.
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.56
And there may be people at home
00:26:04.59\00:26:07.30
that you've been
putting off till tomorrow,
00:26:07.33\00:26:09.86
but the Bible says
don't put off to tomorrow
00:26:09.90\00:26:11.90
what you need to do today.
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.84
Make a commitment,
earnest, heartfelt commitment
00:26:13.87\00:26:17.77
with Jesus Christ that
you wanna put him first.
00:26:17.81\00:26:21.71
Each and every day
you want to put Him last.
00:26:21.74\00:26:23.88
You want to put
Him in the middle.
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.41
You want to be
in constant prayer
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.65
because one of these days,
00:26:27.68\00:26:29.55
we're not gonna have all
this electronic equipment
00:26:29.58\00:26:31.82
to look things up.
00:26:31.85\00:26:33.19
We need to be understanding.
00:26:33.22\00:26:34.89
We need to be
gathering the knowledge
00:26:34.92\00:26:37.13
while we can and
using our Bible...
00:26:37.16\00:26:39.33
Hide the Word of
God, isn't that right,
00:26:39.36\00:26:40.70
in our hearts.
00:26:40.73\00:26:42.06
In our hearts and our minds.
That I may not sin against Him.
00:26:42.10\00:26:43.43
Notice that question
00:26:43.47\00:26:44.83
in the Great
Controversy 593 below it,
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.87
I mean, I read that
and I just had to stop.
00:26:47.90\00:26:50.71
And I started
looking at every word
00:26:50.74\00:26:53.07
because it boils down to those.
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.74
The enemy is against
those who by God's grace,
00:26:55.78\00:26:58.68
keep the commandments of God.
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.72
The devil says
Revelation 12:17, is it?
00:27:00.75\00:27:03.22
He wars against what?
00:27:03.25\00:27:05.19
Those who keep the
commandments of God, right?
00:27:05.22\00:27:07.39
Dragon was wroth with a woman,
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.76
went to make war with
the remnant of her seed.
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.56
I'm wondering
00:27:10.59\00:27:12.66
at least in my own
heart and my own mind.
00:27:12.69\00:27:14.03
As we talk to people,
00:27:14.06\00:27:15.40
I look in the mirror at myself
00:27:15.43\00:27:16.77
and my own study
habits and different things.
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.50
And they're just,
00:27:18.53\00:27:20.97
what's going to
happen right here.
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.07
God's people who stand for truth
00:27:23.10\00:27:24.84
in these last days,
00:27:24.87\00:27:26.27
but they can't be
bought and they can't be sold.
00:27:26.31\00:27:28.61
You can't, you've
gotta be straight.
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.88
You can't worry
about what the world says.
00:27:30.91\00:27:33.65
You can't worry about
00:27:33.68\00:27:35.02
what your wife or
your sister or your brother
00:27:35.05\00:27:37.49
or someone else says.
00:27:37.52\00:27:38.95
We are accountable
to God for the word
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.46
that He has given to us.
00:27:41.49\00:27:43.09
And as we look at it here,
what's talking about there.
00:27:43.12\00:27:45.99
Can I really stand to be,
00:27:46.03\00:27:48.10
it says, derided in
the Great Controversy there
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.57
we're going to be opposed.
00:27:50.60\00:27:53.10
How many of us
really like to be opposed?
00:27:53.13\00:27:54.67
Anything we want, we
think are need to be done?
00:27:54.70\00:27:57.94
How do we handle it?
00:27:57.97\00:28:00.21
I handle it real well.
00:28:00.24\00:28:02.81
Well, sometime I
don't handle it really well.
00:28:02.84\00:28:05.21
I mean really. And
then it says derided?
00:28:05.25\00:28:06.88
And I said, now,
00:28:06.92\00:28:08.25
what does that
really mean derided?
00:28:08.28\00:28:10.25
It means to be laughed at.
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.45
You kind of talk about,
00:28:12.49\00:28:13.82
it's going to
come down to the point
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.19
that where you're
going to be laughed at
00:28:15.22\00:28:16.86
for what you believe is truth.
00:28:16.89\00:28:18.79
And you try to proclaim it.
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.20
And other people are
going to stand up and say,
00:28:20.23\00:28:21.83
even among our own will
say, let's not say it like that.
00:28:21.86\00:28:25.47
Let's not do it like that.
00:28:25.50\00:28:26.97
Let's be careful about that.
00:28:27.00\00:28:29.17
I've never read
in the Word of God,
00:28:29.20\00:28:30.54
be careful about
presenting the truth.
00:28:30.57\00:28:32.57
I understand
there's wisdom in how,
00:28:32.61\00:28:34.74
if anyone was more...
00:28:34.78\00:28:36.24
Oh, boy, get me off my horse.
00:28:36.28\00:28:37.75
If there was box, whatever,
00:28:37.78\00:28:40.62
if there was anyone
more careful, more loving,
00:28:40.65\00:28:43.72
more kind, more
gracious than Jesus.
00:28:43.75\00:28:46.65
When He presented the
gospel, I wanna know who it is,
00:28:46.69\00:28:50.13
but yet what?
00:28:50.16\00:28:51.49
People got up in arms,
because he told the truth.
00:28:51.53\00:28:54.20
They're going to
get up in arms at you
00:28:54.23\00:28:56.33
each one who
stands for what is truth.
00:28:56.36\00:28:58.13
Because He lives within us.
00:28:58.17\00:28:59.50
Yeah. Huh?
00:28:59.53\00:29:00.87
Because He lives within
us. Yeah. And what did they do?
00:29:00.90\00:29:02.24
They want to get rid
of Him because they find,
00:29:02.27\00:29:04.81
and you can,
everybody can expound
00:29:04.84\00:29:06.17
on those words.
00:29:06.21\00:29:07.54
They find that they
don't have the Bible
00:29:07.58\00:29:09.48
to back up what they believe.
00:29:09.51\00:29:11.31
And if they don't
have the Bible to back up
00:29:11.35\00:29:12.75
what they believe
00:29:12.78\00:29:14.12
they want to get
rid of the messenger.
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.42
Does that make sense? Okay.
00:29:16.45\00:29:18.15
So I've got one of
these little blue boxes
00:29:18.19\00:29:19.65
in my Bible, okay?
00:29:19.69\00:29:21.02
And it's in
reference to Isaiah 8:20.
00:29:21.06\00:29:23.22
We all know it, the
law and to the testimony.
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.73
They speak not
00:29:25.76\00:29:27.10
according to His
word because what?
00:29:27.13\00:29:28.66
There is no light
in them. All right.
00:29:28.70\00:29:30.33
So this is a
kind of a duplication
00:29:30.37\00:29:32.27
of our little
notes here that we have,
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.07
but it says,
00:29:34.10\00:29:35.44
this is from Great
Controversy, 593, 594.
00:29:35.47\00:29:37.67
"The people of God
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.27
are directed to the scriptures
00:29:39.31\00:29:41.11
as their safeguard
00:29:41.14\00:29:42.74
against the
influence of false teachers
00:29:42.78\00:29:45.11
and the delusive power
of spirits of darkness.
00:29:45.15\00:29:48.72
Satan employs
every possible device
00:29:48.75\00:29:51.75
to prevent men from obtaining
a knowledge of the Bible
00:29:51.79\00:29:55.42
for its plain utterances
reveal its deceptions.
00:29:55.46\00:29:59.73
None, but those who
have fortified the mind
00:29:59.76\00:30:02.06
with the truths of the Bible
00:30:02.10\00:30:03.53
will stand through
the last great conflict.
00:30:03.57\00:30:06.97
To every soul will
come the searching test,
00:30:07.00\00:30:09.67
shall I obey
God rather than men?
00:30:09.70\00:30:12.51
The decisive hour
is even now at hand,
00:30:12.54\00:30:16.08
are our feet planted
00:30:16.11\00:30:17.65
on the rock of
God's immutable word?
00:30:17.68\00:30:20.38
Are we prepared to stand firm
00:30:20.42\00:30:22.95
in defense of the
commandments of God
00:30:22.98\00:30:25.19
and the faith of Jesus?"
00:30:25.22\00:30:26.55
That's a question.
00:30:26.59\00:30:28.82
Pastor, John, to
me, that's just, again,
00:30:28.86\00:30:30.53
as she mentioned here everybody.
00:30:30.56\00:30:31.89
It's just a question.
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.26
And most of us in the time of,
00:30:33.29\00:30:35.33
it's easy,
nothing's going to happen,
00:30:35.36\00:30:38.03
you know oh, sure, we will.
00:30:38.07\00:30:40.37
Absolutely we will.
00:30:40.40\00:30:41.74
Really, when
your life is at stake,
00:30:41.77\00:30:43.74
when they take your
family away from you,
00:30:43.77\00:30:45.11
maybe take your
property away from you.
00:30:45.14\00:30:47.08
They start coming
in and saying you know,
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.94
your freedom of speech is gone.
00:30:48.98\00:30:51.01
Freedom of conscience it's gone.
00:30:51.05\00:30:53.15
You have to be
careful what you say,
00:30:53.18\00:30:54.52
everything becomes a hate crime.
00:30:54.55\00:30:56.05
I'm not trying to
build something up.
00:30:56.08\00:30:57.42
This is happening
in the world today.
00:30:57.45\00:30:58.92
Our language is
changing as it were,
00:30:58.95\00:31:00.56
meanings are changing.
00:31:00.59\00:31:02.16
And I don't hardly recognize
it from when I grew up.
00:31:02.19\00:31:05.16
But I see where it's pointed.
00:31:05.19\00:31:07.30
And not to warn
people right now to me
00:31:07.33\00:31:09.13
is just as
wrong as wrong can be.
00:31:09.16\00:31:11.60
Because when you look at
scripture in 2 Timothy 3:15,
00:31:11.63\00:31:14.20
the Bible says from a
child, thou has known, right?
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.97
From a child thou has
known the Holy Scripture,
00:31:18.01\00:31:21.04
which is able to make
the wise unto salvation.
00:31:21.08\00:31:24.41
So we all can.
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.78
We have these
things out before us,
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.22
we need to be
studying, don't you think?
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.58
Absolutely.
00:31:28.62\00:31:29.95
You know, I mentioned before,
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.32
how are we going to
prevent from being deceived?
00:31:31.35\00:31:34.82
Well, you know, we talked
about the Holy Scriptures,
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.66
but Jesus said
that the Holy Spirit
00:31:37.69\00:31:41.13
will guide us into all truth.
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.53
So it's us without reservation
00:31:43.57\00:31:47.50
giving our hearts to
the Lord saying, Lord,
00:31:47.54\00:31:50.17
take all of me,
teach me, use me.
00:31:50.21\00:31:52.54
Surrendering
ourselves to the Lord.
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.54
Because like we've been saying,
00:31:54.58\00:31:58.38
times are going
to get so difficult,
00:31:58.41\00:32:00.12
so deceptive that
we have to be able
00:32:00.15\00:32:02.28
to stand on the Word of God.
00:32:02.32\00:32:04.52
And the wonderful thing
00:32:04.55\00:32:05.89
is that the Holy Spirit
will guide us into all truth.
00:32:05.92\00:32:08.62
If a deception comes,
00:32:08.66\00:32:10.63
the Holy Spirit is
not gonna stand by,
00:32:10.66\00:32:12.46
okay, let me see
00:32:12.49\00:32:13.83
how he's going
to handle this now.
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.20
No, the Holy Spirit
will speak to our hearts to,
00:32:15.23\00:32:18.03
and bring scriptures to our mind
00:32:18.07\00:32:20.44
that we have put there
by studying God's Word,
00:32:20.47\00:32:23.20
so that we understand,
hey, this is not true.
00:32:23.24\00:32:26.01
So let me read
to you a scripture,
00:32:26.04\00:32:27.38
because this is
something that somebody,
00:32:27.41\00:32:30.81
either us here
00:32:30.85\00:32:32.18
or somebody that's
listening may be facing.
00:32:32.21\00:32:34.88
Notice what Jesus
says in Matthew 10:37.
00:32:34.92\00:32:37.42
Then I'm gonna go to Matthew 24.
00:32:37.45\00:32:39.15
Jesus says "He that loves
00:32:39.19\00:32:41.66
or loveth father
or mother more than Me
00:32:41.69\00:32:44.56
is not worthy of Me.
00:32:44.59\00:32:46.06
And he that love his
son or daughter more than Me
00:32:46.09\00:32:49.06
is not worthy of Me."
00:32:49.10\00:32:50.43
Now, this sounds for
us, for most people says,
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.40
"Wow, you mean,
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.00
I can't love my
mother more than you, Jesus."
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.64
That's what Jesus said,
00:32:57.67\00:32:59.07
"You mean, I can't love
my son more than you, Jesus."
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.41
That's what Jesus said.
00:33:01.44\00:33:02.78
Consider this possibility here
00:33:02.81\00:33:05.21
that you're
facing this situation
00:33:05.25\00:33:08.38
that I'm gonna read about
in Matthew 24, here it is.
00:33:08.42\00:33:11.52
Matthew 24.
00:33:11.55\00:33:13.19
This is Jesus saying,
let's begin in verse 23.
00:33:13.22\00:33:15.82
"Then if anyone says to you,
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.93
look here is
the Christ or there,
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.16
do not believe it."
00:33:21.20\00:33:22.53
What if your
mother says that to you?
00:33:22.56\00:33:23.90
"Look, son,
Christ is over here."
00:33:23.93\00:33:26.90
What did Jesus
say? Don't believe it.
00:33:26.94\00:33:30.14
"And for false Christ," verse 24
00:33:30.17\00:33:32.34
"and false prophets will
rise and show great signs
00:33:32.37\00:33:35.31
and wonders to
deceive if possible,
00:33:35.34\00:33:37.71
even the elect."
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.25
And so this is what Jesus says.
00:33:39.28\00:33:42.02
"See, I have told you
beforehand, Jesus says,
00:33:42.05\00:33:43.72
therefore, if they say to you,
00:33:43.75\00:33:45.35
look, He's in the
desert do not go out
00:33:45.39\00:33:48.19
or look, He is
in the inner rooms.
00:33:48.22\00:33:50.03
Do not believe it."
00:33:50.06\00:33:51.39
So what if you're
hearing this from your wife,
00:33:51.43\00:33:53.73
your mother,
your father, your son,
00:33:53.76\00:33:56.03
and they're saying to you,
00:33:56.06\00:33:57.40
and you know, it's not that
00:33:57.43\00:33:58.77
because you've read
the scriptures, you know.
00:33:58.80\00:34:00.14
And you say, and you
urge son, please, please.
00:34:00.17\00:34:02.34
No, no, come, come, come.
00:34:02.37\00:34:04.11
They may even be pulling you.
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.14
What are you going to do?
00:34:06.17\00:34:07.51
You have to stand
00:34:07.54\00:34:08.88
by a thus saith
the Lord and say,
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.25
"You know, son, I love
you, but I love the Lord more."
00:34:10.28\00:34:13.55
And the Bible says this
00:34:13.58\00:34:15.32
and I understand
what the Bible says
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.05
and I know that's not true.
00:34:17.09\00:34:18.75
So we have to
be able to do that.
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.12
It's important to know the call
00:34:20.16\00:34:22.89
that the Lord's going
to come the second time.
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.23
So that's how we're
gonna know that it's not Him.
00:34:25.26\00:34:28.16
Not just
because somebody saying,
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.93
we know every eye shall see Him.
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.73
I wanted... It continues here...
00:34:32.77\00:34:35.57
Yeah, go ahead, please.
00:34:35.60\00:34:36.97
'Cause you're just
saying exactly that.
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.71
This is what it says, verse 27,
00:34:38.74\00:34:41.24
"For as the lightening comes
00:34:41.28\00:34:43.75
from the east and
flashes to the west,
00:34:43.78\00:34:46.31
so also will the
coming of the Son of man be."
00:34:46.35\00:34:49.55
So it's not that
Jesus is going to be
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.49
in the inner room.
00:34:51.52\00:34:53.12
Every eye will
see Him in the clouds.
00:34:53.15\00:34:56.99
So if Jesus is
supposed to be in the clouds
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.79
and we're supposed
to go up to receive Him
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.20
because He says,
well, what is it?
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.56
1 Thessalonians 4? Yes.
00:35:01.60\00:35:03.53
It says, "The dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:35:03.57\00:35:06.00
Then we, which
are alive and remain
00:35:06.03\00:35:07.44
will be caught up
together with them
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.00
to meet the Lord in the air."
00:35:09.04\00:35:10.84
Not in the little room.
00:35:10.87\00:35:13.07
Not in the church at the corner,
00:35:13.11\00:35:15.51
but we're going to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:35:15.54\00:35:17.75
So it's in the scriptures.
00:35:17.78\00:35:19.71
We know that we should not
be deceived if somebody says,
00:35:19.75\00:35:22.22
"Look, Christ is over here."
00:35:22.25\00:35:24.15
Amen. Revelation
1:7, didn't it say?
00:35:24.19\00:35:27.26
Every eye shall, go and talk,
00:35:27.29\00:35:29.59
I just want that put
that every eye shall see Him.
00:35:29.62\00:35:31.49
So how do we deal
with those things?
00:35:31.53\00:35:33.16
You know what
you've been mentioning.
00:35:33.19\00:35:36.03
Well, He's gonna
be in the clouds.
00:35:36.06\00:35:38.20
Every eye will see Him.
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.73
And to the
degree that the wicked,
00:35:39.77\00:35:43.20
when they see Him
00:35:43.24\00:35:44.57
"Hide us from the face of Him."
00:35:44.61\00:35:47.24
While they are saying that,
00:35:47.28\00:35:48.61
the righteous are
saying, "Oh, this is our Lord.
00:35:48.64\00:35:51.81
We have waited for Him.
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.21
And He will save us."
00:35:53.25\00:35:54.58
While the righteous
are no, no, you see,
00:35:54.62\00:35:56.82
but these false
christs and false prophets,
00:35:56.85\00:35:58.99
they're gonna be
in the little rooms.
00:35:59.02\00:36:00.56
They're gonna be
in the auditoriums.
00:36:00.59\00:36:01.92
They're gonna be on
Channel 3 like you said.
00:36:01.96\00:36:04.13
Watching satellite TV.
00:36:04.16\00:36:05.49
And so, we need
to read the scripture
00:36:05.53\00:36:08.70
so that we are not deceived.
00:36:08.73\00:36:10.07
And by the way,
00:36:10.10\00:36:11.67
we're not gonna
wake up one morning
00:36:11.70\00:36:13.03
and half the population is gone,
00:36:13.07\00:36:15.97
which is a very popular teaching
00:36:16.00\00:36:17.34
these days.
00:36:17.37\00:36:18.71
Yes, it is. That's true.
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.08
That's right.
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.44
Yeah, there's a
gentleman that over in Russia,
00:36:21.48\00:36:22.81
he was an ex copy,
00:36:22.84\00:36:24.18
I guess whatever happened,
but now he claims he's Jesus.
00:36:24.21\00:36:26.68
And he comes
down from his temple.
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.12
He walks down and I'm talking
00:36:28.15\00:36:29.72
thousands and
thousands of people
00:36:29.75\00:36:31.15
from around the world.
00:36:31.19\00:36:32.55
"Oh, he's here."
00:36:32.59\00:36:33.92
And he comes down
and greets them briefly.
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.49
And he goes back to his temple
00:36:35.52\00:36:36.86
and he gives them a
little word of whatever.
00:36:36.89\00:36:38.23
This is, I mean, these are
00:36:38.26\00:36:39.59
thousands and
thousands of people like,
00:36:39.63\00:36:40.96
"This is Jesus.
00:36:41.00\00:36:42.33
It's Him. He's here."
00:36:42.36\00:36:43.70
Why do people
believe that though?
00:36:43.73\00:36:45.07
Why?
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.43
I mean we're not using
the standard of righteous.
00:36:46.47\00:36:47.84
And I mean, we're
not using the Bible.
00:36:47.87\00:36:49.20
We can't possibly,
again, not try to judge him.
00:36:49.24\00:36:51.77
That's not the issue.
00:36:51.81\00:36:53.14
The issue is thousands or
maybe millions believe this,
00:36:53.17\00:36:56.75
but it's not
anchored in scripture.
00:36:56.78\00:36:59.41
And to us, it like,
it causes anxiety inside
00:36:59.45\00:37:01.95
because you don't
want people to be fooled.
00:37:01.98\00:37:04.32
You don't want them to be,
00:37:04.35\00:37:05.69
I think been
brought here misled.
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.06
You don't want them to be
deceived at all in any fashion.
00:37:07.09\00:37:10.83
And so therefore you
search the Bible line upon line,
00:37:10.86\00:37:13.70
precept upon precept,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.06
here a little and there a little
00:37:15.10\00:37:16.43
to find out the truth.
00:37:16.46\00:37:17.80
But most people are not reading.
00:37:17.83\00:37:19.17
That's why they
believe what they believe.
00:37:19.20\00:37:21.50
They're infatuated
00:37:21.54\00:37:23.51
sometime by the character
display of individuals,
00:37:23.54\00:37:28.81
the salesmanship.
00:37:28.84\00:37:30.48
Is it okay to say that?
00:37:30.51\00:37:31.85
Salesmanship of some people,
some people are good salesmen.
00:37:31.88\00:37:34.65
They don't even
believe themselves
00:37:34.68\00:37:36.05
what they're telling you,
but they can sell you on it.
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.95
Don't let them do it.
00:37:38.99\00:37:40.32
You guys have brought
that, praise God for that,
00:37:40.36\00:37:42.16
that we go back and we
searched the scriptures
00:37:42.19\00:37:44.49
and we make sure because truth,
00:37:44.53\00:37:46.23
Brother Terry, I found,
00:37:46.26\00:37:47.60
truth makes a difference, right?
00:37:47.63\00:37:51.53
Error will not save you,
00:37:51.57\00:37:53.44
believing a lie and
moreover how you think
00:37:53.47\00:37:57.21
I'm in ignorance, I don't know.
00:37:57.24\00:37:59.17
No, if you wanna
know what truth is,
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.54
God will send the Holy Spirit,
00:38:00.58\00:38:01.91
which will lead
us into all truth.
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.28
And we're talking about John 16.
00:38:03.31\00:38:04.65
If you want to know,
00:38:04.68\00:38:06.01
anyone wants to
know what truth is,
00:38:06.05\00:38:07.45
you will have that.
00:38:07.48\00:38:09.05
God will not
withhold that from you
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.49
if you really wanna know.
00:38:10.52\00:38:11.85
You wanna continue
and then maybe the doldrum
00:38:11.89\00:38:13.59
that sometime that we
get into stuck in a rut,
00:38:13.62\00:38:16.42
you gonna stay in that rut,
but it's going to be too late.
00:38:16.46\00:38:19.33
We don't want that.
00:38:19.36\00:38:20.70
And so that's why
we're willing to get on
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.06
and why we're willing
to talk about these things
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.50
about the coming of
Christ and the truth,
00:38:24.53\00:38:27.17
because truth inside transforms.
00:38:27.20\00:38:31.64
I've never been
transformed by error.
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.24
Well, you can be,
but in the wrong way.
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.04
Right? You'll
go the enemy's way.
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.18
But truth transforms you
00:38:37.21\00:38:40.78
and it should transform
you into the image of God.
00:38:40.82\00:38:44.12
Ain't that's right?
00:38:44.15\00:38:45.49
You're touching on something,
00:38:45.52\00:38:46.86
John 16:2, there's
going to be an opposite.
00:38:46.89\00:38:48.82
And these people are thinking
they're doing something right.
00:38:48.86\00:38:51.19
John 16:2 says,
00:38:51.23\00:38:52.56
"They shall put you
out of the synagogues.
00:38:52.59\00:38:54.83
Yes, the time comes
that whosoever killeth you,
00:38:54.86\00:38:57.30
they think that
they're doing God service."
00:38:57.33\00:38:59.53
That's right. That's
a creepy thing to think.
00:38:59.57\00:39:03.00
"Oh, I'm, you know,
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.37
I'm doing God a great
thing by killing you."
00:39:04.41\00:39:06.57
Did not Paul, thank you.
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.38
Yeah, Paul. Go ahead.
00:39:08.41\00:39:12.08
Read a book called
the Great Controversy.
00:39:12.11\00:39:13.55
It talks about a
period we call The Dark Ages.
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.85
You gotta save that
00:39:15.88\00:39:17.22
what you just
described people would say,
00:39:17.25\00:39:18.59
"Oh, that can't happen."
00:39:18.62\00:39:19.95
Sure.
00:39:19.99\00:39:21.32
It did happen
for a thousand years.
00:39:21.36\00:39:22.69
Was it 50 million?
00:39:22.72\00:39:24.06
What did high priest,
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.43
when the high priest
had talked about Jesus?
00:39:25.46\00:39:26.80
He says, basically it's
better for one person to perish
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.20
than the whole nation.
00:39:29.23\00:39:30.57
It's gonna come to that again.
00:39:30.60\00:39:32.23
People say, it's
not that way now.
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.84
So it's going to
come right down to that
00:39:33.87\00:39:36.60
because the Bible is clear,
00:39:36.64\00:39:37.97
the Spirit of Prophecy is clear.
00:39:38.01\00:39:39.51
We need to say
00:39:39.54\00:39:40.88
that it's going
to come down to that.
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.24
It may be you.
00:39:42.28\00:39:43.61
It may be me. It
may be someone else.
00:39:43.65\00:39:44.98
Yes. Go ahead.
00:39:45.01\00:39:46.35
No, this is, you know,
00:39:46.38\00:39:47.78
it's correct what you're saying,
00:39:47.82\00:39:49.48
what you're all
saying, because you know,
00:39:49.52\00:39:50.95
this is why this
question is so important.
00:39:50.99\00:39:53.56
During these momentous
works of supernatural miracles,
00:39:53.59\00:39:56.96
how popular and accepted
00:39:56.99\00:39:58.83
will be our faith
upon the Word of God.
00:39:58.86\00:40:01.20
You know Jesus
faced a certain situation.
00:40:01.23\00:40:03.97
He was telling His disciples,
00:40:04.00\00:40:06.10
you know, what's
gonna happen to me.
00:40:06.13\00:40:07.47
I'm gonna go to Jerusalem.
00:40:07.50\00:40:08.84
I'm gonna be crucified.
And Peter grabbed Him.
00:40:08.87\00:40:13.81
Question: was Peter concerned?
00:40:13.84\00:40:16.61
There was an
emotional aspect of it.
00:40:16.64\00:40:18.68
But he was being
used by the devil.
00:40:18.71\00:40:21.08
And so you're, we're
talking about times when people,
00:40:21.12\00:40:25.92
maybe with tears in
their eyes are gonna say,
00:40:25.95\00:40:28.49
"Won't you come,
Jesus is over here."
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.96
Tears in their eyes,
00:40:30.99\00:40:32.33
like they think
they're doing God service.
00:40:32.36\00:40:34.90
They think you're gonna
perish if you don't do this.
00:40:34.93\00:40:37.40
You're gonna face
00:40:37.43\00:40:38.77
emotional
challenges in this way,
00:40:38.80\00:40:41.67
you know, because the
devil works in different ways.
00:40:41.70\00:40:45.47
You're gonna have the
people that are gonna be upset.
00:40:45.51\00:40:47.54
If you don't do this,
00:40:47.58\00:40:48.91
we are going to
have to put you to jail.
00:40:48.94\00:40:50.75
We're gonna have to kill you.
00:40:50.78\00:40:52.11
We're gonna have to...
00:40:52.15\00:40:53.48
There are people they
think they do God service.
00:40:53.52\00:40:55.42
Like Paul was doing, he
was persecuting Christians.
00:40:55.45\00:40:57.82
And he was thinking,
he's doing God service.
00:40:57.85\00:41:00.36
Some people are
doing things today
00:41:00.39\00:41:01.72
that we've seen on the
news and things going on.
00:41:01.76\00:41:04.09
They're getting rid
and destroying things
00:41:04.13\00:41:05.56
because they think
00:41:05.59\00:41:06.93
they're actually
doing the service.
00:41:06.96\00:41:08.73
But in actuality,
they're doing the work of what?
00:41:08.76\00:41:11.77
Of the enemy.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.13
We need to be careful
00:41:13.17\00:41:14.50
not doing the work of the enemy.
00:41:14.54\00:41:15.87
These things are coming.
00:41:15.90\00:41:17.24
Honey, you had
something you wanna share.
00:41:17.27\00:41:18.61
I don't want to get
ahead. This is such a...
00:41:18.64\00:41:19.97
We duly apologize to you.
00:41:20.01\00:41:21.34
Oh, no. No apology.
00:41:21.38\00:41:23.24
Well, I could go
00:41:23.28\00:41:24.61
so many different
directions right now.
00:41:24.65\00:41:26.82
But what he was
talking about is I had,
00:41:26.85\00:41:29.02
you guys were talking
about signs of the times
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.22
and I had a quote here,
00:41:31.25\00:41:32.82
and this quote is found in
Testimonies for the Church,
00:41:32.85\00:41:36.36
volume 9, pages, 9 and 10.
00:41:36.39\00:41:38.63
It states here
that our ministers
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.40
are not doing their whole duty.
00:41:40.43\00:41:43.16
You know, and I hope and pray
that as we're meeting together,
00:41:43.20\00:41:46.84
that we are
fulfilling that duty,
00:41:46.87\00:41:49.34
you know, as much as possible.
00:41:49.37\00:41:51.31
The attention of the
people should be called
00:41:51.34\00:41:53.34
to the momentous advent,
00:41:53.38\00:41:55.81
which is so near at hand,
00:41:55.84\00:41:57.18
which that's what
we've been talking about.
00:41:57.21\00:41:59.15
The signs of the times
00:41:59.18\00:42:00.52
should be kept
fresh before the minds,
00:42:00.55\00:42:03.08
the signs of the time.
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.25
We need to understand
the signs of the time.
00:42:05.29\00:42:07.76
We need to listen to some news,
00:42:07.79\00:42:10.29
we need to be watching.
00:42:10.33\00:42:11.66
We need to be aware
of what's happening.
00:42:11.69\00:42:13.50
The prophetic visions
of Daniel and John foretell
00:42:13.53\00:42:16.87
a period of moral
darkness and declension.
00:42:16.90\00:42:22.54
We think that the
Dark Ages was bad.
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.91
Oh, look out now.
00:42:24.94\00:42:26.27
A time of troubles
coming upon this world
00:42:26.31\00:42:28.34
that the Bible said is
worse than any other time.
00:42:28.38\00:42:32.45
And that's very difficult for me
00:42:32.48\00:42:34.35
to wrap my mind around.
00:42:34.38\00:42:35.72
But is it truth? Yes.
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.09
It's the truth. Yeah.
00:42:37.12\00:42:38.45
And you're
telling truth right now.
00:42:38.49\00:42:39.82
Don't mean to interrupt.
00:42:39.85\00:42:41.19
You're telling
the truth right now,
00:42:41.22\00:42:42.56
but people don't wanna hear.
00:42:42.59\00:42:44.16
See, and they wanna silence it,
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.90
but we need to
say a time of trouble
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.26
is coming on this world.
00:42:48.30\00:42:49.63
The time of Jacob's trouble
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.27
that the world
has never seen before.
00:42:51.30\00:42:53.64
And unless
we're ready to meet it
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.00
and put the robe of
righteousness on, right?
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.97
Fireproof, when Jesus come
00:42:57.01\00:42:58.77
that you had
mentioned right here,
00:42:58.81\00:43:00.14
gonna be destroyed
00:43:00.18\00:43:01.51
by the brightness of His coming.
00:43:01.54\00:43:02.88
Yeah.
00:43:02.91\00:43:04.25
Paul said that
there will come a time
00:43:04.28\00:43:05.61
when they would not
endure sound doctrine.
00:43:05.65\00:43:06.98
That's right.
00:43:07.02\00:43:08.52
But are we there?
Go ahead, I'm sorry.
00:43:08.55\00:43:10.55
No, that's what
we're talking about.
00:43:10.59\00:43:11.92
I'll go ahead and finish this,
00:43:11.95\00:43:13.29
but that's exactly
what we're talking about
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.09
in this whole question
00:43:15.12\00:43:16.46
that they're not
enduring sound doctrine.
00:43:16.49\00:43:18.23
So how are we gonna look
00:43:18.26\00:43:19.79
when we're trying to
lift up the Word of God,
00:43:19.83\00:43:21.80
when we're trying to
endure sound doctrine
00:43:21.83\00:43:24.53
when the whole world isn't.
00:43:24.57\00:43:26.13
And they said
we're old-fashioned...
00:43:26.17\00:43:29.04
Deluded, radical. That's right.
00:43:29.07\00:43:31.17
The reading on here, it says,
"But at the time of the end,
00:43:31.21\00:43:34.41
the time in which we are
now living brothers and sisters,
00:43:34.44\00:43:38.15
the vision was to
speak and not lie.
00:43:38.18\00:43:40.62
Thank God.
00:43:40.65\00:43:41.98
All will not be
rocked to sleep in the cradle
00:43:42.02\00:43:44.72
of carnal security."
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.89
I know, you mentioned
being stressed earlier.
00:43:46.92\00:43:51.53
You mentioned being afraid.
00:43:51.56\00:43:52.99
And I thank God for
the promises in His Bible.
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.63
We can go back
where He reminds us
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.00
not to be afraid,
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.40
but there are times during 2019,
00:43:58.43\00:44:01.07
during 2020, you
know, we were stressed.
00:44:01.10\00:44:04.51
We were stressed
00:44:04.54\00:44:06.04
and sometimes it feels
like it's overwhelming.
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.38
Are we ready?
00:44:08.41\00:44:09.74
You know what happens
00:44:09.78\00:44:11.11
if everything's
jerked out from under us,
00:44:11.15\00:44:12.48
where are we
gonna get our water?
00:44:12.51\00:44:13.85
Where are we gonna have
food? We got water boil.
00:44:13.88\00:44:16.38
The other day we got panicked.
00:44:16.42\00:44:19.62
Boiling water?
00:44:19.65\00:44:20.99
But you
understand what I'm saying.
00:44:21.02\00:44:22.36
Don't turn the water on the tap.
00:44:22.39\00:44:23.73
Oh, what are we gonna do?
00:44:23.76\00:44:25.09
And that's outside of
being ready spiritually.
00:44:25.13\00:44:26.46
It changes things that
we've just been used to
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.33
over and over is
what we're saying here.
00:44:28.36\00:44:30.10
And it won't take
near as much as we think
00:44:30.13\00:44:31.97
to really stress us out,
00:44:32.00\00:44:33.34
unless we're really
anchored in the rock.
00:44:33.37\00:44:34.70
That's right.
00:44:34.74\00:44:36.07
So there's gonna be people
that aren't going to be rocked
00:44:36.10\00:44:37.44
to sleep by
that carnal security.
00:44:37.47\00:44:39.67
There will be faithful ones
00:44:39.71\00:44:42.74
who will discern
the signs of the time.
00:44:42.78\00:44:46.28
We need spiritual eye salve.
00:44:46.31\00:44:49.05
While a large number
professing present truth will,
00:44:49.08\00:44:53.79
now listen,
this is, this is sad.
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.06
While a large number
professing present truth
00:44:56.09\00:44:59.89
will deny their
faith by their works.
00:44:59.93\00:45:04.03
There will be some, praise
God, who will endure to the end.
00:45:04.07\00:45:08.47
And that needs to be our prayer.
00:45:08.50\00:45:10.37
We need to ask
God on a daily basis,
00:45:10.41\00:45:13.17
you know,
whether or not we're part
00:45:13.21\00:45:14.74
of that 144,000
Revelation teaches us about,
00:45:14.78\00:45:18.01
we need to be liked them.
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.38
Why is it that we
want to hear, Honey?
00:45:19.41\00:45:21.22
You're
provoking some good thing.
00:45:21.25\00:45:22.58
I mean my mind go like,
00:45:22.62\00:45:23.95
why is it that we want to
hear half of what she said.
00:45:23.99\00:45:27.49
There's gonna be
some that'll endure.
00:45:27.52\00:45:29.16
But the other part, you know,
we need to make some changes.
00:45:29.19\00:45:32.86
There's things
that going to be...
00:45:32.89\00:45:34.23
That's the thing,
people don't wanna change.
00:45:34.26\00:45:36.23
When you open this...
00:45:36.26\00:45:38.27
Yeah, when you open this Word
00:45:38.30\00:45:40.20
and you find what
God truly has you say,
00:45:40.24\00:45:42.57
"Oh man, I stepped on my toes."
00:45:42.60\00:45:44.67
And that calls, it
calls for a change.
00:45:44.71\00:45:47.71
And we don't want to, you know.
00:45:47.74\00:45:49.78
We like to be comfortable.
00:45:49.81\00:45:51.45
There's another quote.
00:45:51.48\00:45:52.81
I don't know if
I'll get to it here,
00:45:52.85\00:45:54.18
but we like things
that are comfortable.
00:45:54.22\00:45:55.98
We want to be at peace.
00:45:56.02\00:45:57.45
We wanna feel like
we fit in, you know.
00:45:57.49\00:46:01.99
But the question
is, are we at peace?
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.13
You just said, we
feel like we're at peace,
00:46:04.16\00:46:05.49
but are we really at peace?
00:46:05.53\00:46:06.86
You know, I get people
00:46:06.90\00:46:08.23
calling praying
line all the time.
00:46:08.26\00:46:09.60
And just hearing
they're just broken,
00:46:09.63\00:46:10.97
they're shattered.
00:46:11.00\00:46:12.33
Their worlds are falling apart
00:46:12.37\00:46:13.70
and they don't
know what to hold on to.
00:46:13.74\00:46:15.07
You know, people
wanting to even talk about
00:46:15.10\00:46:16.44
committing suicide.
00:46:16.47\00:46:17.81
People are really
stressed right now,
00:46:17.84\00:46:19.17
very stressed.
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.54
And it's over
even little things.
00:46:20.58\00:46:21.91
Because we're dealing with sin.
00:46:21.94\00:46:23.28
We're dealing
with sin in our lives.
00:46:23.31\00:46:24.65
And a lot of
times they're stressed
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.01
because they're holding on
to something that they love.
00:46:26.05\00:46:28.62
I know I've
been there many times
00:46:28.65\00:46:30.49
and it's things that
we don't wanna let go.
00:46:30.52\00:46:31.85
We are concerned.
Aren't you concerned?
00:46:31.89\00:46:33.22
Oh, absolutely.
00:46:33.25\00:46:34.59
If we're
concerned and not made to.
00:46:34.62\00:46:35.96
The Bible said
perfect peace have they,
00:46:35.99\00:46:37.33
which love thy law
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.69
and nothing shall offend,
00:46:38.73\00:46:40.06
so that, there's
a lot of principle
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.43
in that.
00:46:41.46\00:46:42.80
But when I see things happening,
00:46:42.83\00:46:44.17
I get concerned.
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.53
I get concerned for family.
00:46:45.57\00:46:46.90
I get concerned
for grandchildren.
00:46:46.94\00:46:48.27
I get concerned for my wife.
00:46:48.30\00:46:49.64
You see, I'm getting
concerned for family and friends
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.01
and how will this continue
on like it does concern.
00:46:51.04\00:46:53.61
And yet Lord always say,
would direct it to the rock.
00:46:53.64\00:46:56.34
Right? Jesus.
00:46:56.38\00:46:57.71
He's got everything in His hand.
00:46:57.75\00:46:59.08
That's our only hope.
00:46:59.11\00:47:00.45
But we have to realize
00:47:00.48\00:47:01.82
that maybe we'll
have time to talk.
00:47:01.85\00:47:03.18
I wanna read a
paragraph here before we close.
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.55
That's very, very powerful
because I've wondered for year.
00:47:04.59\00:47:06.55
How is it as it were
that Seventh-day Adventist.
00:47:06.59\00:47:08.66
Remember if you're a
Seventh-day Adventist today,
00:47:08.69\00:47:10.09
you are a minority in the world.
00:47:10.13\00:47:12.99
People now will be
looking at me and say,
00:47:13.03\00:47:14.36
well, you're
white or you're this,
00:47:14.40\00:47:15.73
or you're that,
you're not a minority.
00:47:15.76\00:47:17.10
I'm a minority in my religion.
00:47:17.13\00:47:19.33
Is that true?
00:47:19.37\00:47:20.90
Of the 7 billion
00:47:20.94\00:47:22.27
or whatever on the
planet of the earth,
00:47:22.30\00:47:23.64
there's 20, 30
million Adventists,
00:47:23.67\00:47:25.01
is that right 30?
00:47:25.04\00:47:26.37
Yeah, 20 I think so.
00:47:26.41\00:47:27.74
That's a minority,
is it not? Yes, it is.
00:47:27.78\00:47:29.11
And you're gonna be looking on
00:47:29.14\00:47:30.48
as just a little small group
00:47:30.51\00:47:31.91
who really don't know anything,
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.12
and the tables are
going to turn back,
00:47:34.15\00:47:36.18
you see?
00:47:36.22\00:47:37.55
And then are we
really ready to receive
00:47:37.59\00:47:39.65
that which the world
is going to dish out?
00:47:39.69\00:47:42.99
And I mean, it's
going to dish it out.
00:47:43.02\00:47:45.29
It's going to dish
it out in such a way
00:47:45.33\00:47:46.70
that if we don't
have that experience,
00:47:46.73\00:47:49.06
I think you mentioned
about experience with Christ.
00:47:49.10\00:47:50.77
Well, Jesus said,
there'll be a time of trouble
00:47:50.80\00:47:52.13
such as never has been.
00:47:52.17\00:47:54.20
And you go back
and you think about
00:47:54.24\00:47:56.57
even in the Roman cathedral,
00:47:56.60\00:47:59.07
that where they would tie...
00:47:59.11\00:48:00.68
Yeah, they
would tie animal skins
00:48:00.71\00:48:02.48
around the children.
00:48:02.51\00:48:04.65
What faith it
took for those parents
00:48:04.68\00:48:07.12
to not denounce
their faith in Christ.
00:48:07.15\00:48:10.62
What faith to know
that this first death
00:48:10.65\00:48:13.76
is not the one
that we're to fear.
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.56
We're to fear the second death.
00:48:15.59\00:48:17.73
But which one do you like?
Do you like what you just said?
00:48:17.76\00:48:20.36
Or I'm going to
save when the time,
00:48:20.40\00:48:21.90
this is not true.
00:48:21.93\00:48:23.37
When the time comes
for those kinds of things,
00:48:23.40\00:48:24.73
I'm gone.
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.10
I'm raptured away.
00:48:26.13\00:48:27.47
I'm not gonna
have to go through it.
00:48:27.50\00:48:28.84
Now, remember, I
don't believe that at all.
00:48:28.87\00:48:30.21
Not for one minute,
00:48:30.24\00:48:31.57
but I'm saying of the
two what she just said,
00:48:31.61\00:48:33.98
what everybody
has been saying here.
00:48:34.01\00:48:35.34
And then I come along
and give you something
00:48:35.38\00:48:36.71
a whole lot better.
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.08
If you don't
know the Word of God,
00:48:38.11\00:48:39.45
who, what are
you going to choose?
00:48:39.48\00:48:40.82
Brother John, who
are you going to choose?
00:48:40.85\00:48:42.18
Which one would you choose?
00:48:42.22\00:48:43.55
Which side would you
wanna hear what she said?
00:48:43.59\00:48:44.99
Or you want to hear
what I'm talking about?
00:48:45.02\00:48:47.12
What we have is
people like comfort.
00:48:47.16\00:48:50.53
People like to avoid suffering.
00:48:50.56\00:48:53.26
And when you are
facing a situation
00:48:53.29\00:48:56.46
where your faith is being tried,
00:48:56.50\00:48:59.57
you have to choose to
be faithful to the Lord.
00:48:59.60\00:49:02.80
Even though it
may be uncomfortable,
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.51
it may cause you suffering.
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.91
And even if you
suffer persecution
00:49:07.94\00:49:10.65
even from those you love,
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.81
and please understand
00:49:12.85\00:49:14.32
that what we're
saying is gonna happen.
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.65
Jesus went through.
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.69
Jesus went through that.
00:49:18.72\00:49:20.32
I mean, even the people
that He trusted betrayed Him.
00:49:20.36\00:49:23.63
And so we're gonna
face similar situations
00:49:23.66\00:49:26.23
and how are we gonna face that?
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.13
By the grace of the Lord.
00:49:28.16\00:49:29.86
Amen. Power of the Holy Spirit.
00:49:29.90\00:49:32.13
May I read this here
because it seems to fit.
00:49:32.17\00:49:35.57
All right. Were you done?
00:49:35.60\00:49:36.94
Oh, somebody was
saying something?
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.31
Go ahead. Somebody
was saying something?
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.74
This is from Testimonies
to the Church, page 136.
00:49:40.78\00:49:45.41
"Now is the
time for God's people
00:49:45.45\00:49:49.28
to show
themselves true to principle.
00:49:49.32\00:49:52.42
When the religion of
Christ is most held in contempt,
00:49:52.45\00:49:55.89
when his law is most despised,
00:49:55.92\00:49:59.06
then should our
zeal be the warmest
00:49:59.09\00:50:02.00
and our courage and
firmness the most unflinching.
00:50:02.03\00:50:06.33
To stand in defense of
truth and righteousness
00:50:06.37\00:50:09.60
when the majority forsake us,
00:50:09.64\00:50:12.47
to fight the battles of the Lord
00:50:12.51\00:50:13.98
when champions are few,
00:50:14.01\00:50:16.11
this will be our test.
00:50:16.14\00:50:18.48
At this time we
must gather warmth
00:50:18.51\00:50:21.45
from the coldness of others,
00:50:21.48\00:50:23.28
courage from their cowardice,
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.12
and loyalty from their treason.
00:50:25.15\00:50:27.52
The nation will be on the
side of the great rebel leader."
00:50:27.56\00:50:32.19
So this is
something that is coming.
00:50:32.23\00:50:34.86
And I read things
like this and I say,
00:50:34.90\00:50:37.33
wow, we must be a
100% committed to the Lord.
00:50:37.37\00:50:41.64
When you're, even says,
when the majority forsake us.
00:50:41.67\00:50:44.87
You know, you
mentioned a number,
00:50:44.91\00:50:48.38
the majority leaving,
there are gonna be few
00:50:48.41\00:50:52.05
that are gonna
choose to be faithful.
00:50:52.08\00:50:53.68
Let me ask you a question here.
Just a rhetorical question.
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.85
Something that you said
and something that you said,
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.82
both of you
guys read the phrase,
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"Now is the time."
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When were these things written?
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Somebody tell me,
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over a hundred years ago, right?
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If now was the time
then, what is it now?
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Everyday. Is it
more, is it more now?
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As someone said in reference
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to the Daniel Chapter 2 statue
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that somebody said, I
think it was Pastor Lomacang.
00:51:17.84\00:51:20.18
He said, we're in
the toenail clippings.
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You know, that's how
far down we are, you know.
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To close of time. That's right.
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I was thinking of
a beautiful scripture
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in Romans 8, going on
where you were saying.
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Romans 8:35 says,
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"Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ,
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shall tribulation or distress
or persecution or famine
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or nakedness or peril or sword?"
00:51:35.82\00:51:37.16
And verse 36 says,
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"As it is written for thy sake,
we are killed all the day long.
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We are counted as
sheep for the slaughter,"
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but like verse 37
"Nay in all these things,
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we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us."
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We can have that
conquering through Christ.
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Very positive.
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I wanna throw something in
with what he was saying too.
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The Apostle Paul
speaking of a class
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who received not
the love of the truth.
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You can know that
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we're admonished to
have a love for the truth,
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that they might
be saved declares,
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for this cause
God shall send them
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strong delusion that
they should believe a lie.
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Why? Because they chose it.
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He's gonna give
us what we choose.
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It's not that he
wants to do that,
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but if we're gonna choose it,
00:52:16.83\00:52:18.17
he's gonna allow it,
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that they all might be damned
who believed not the truth,
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but had pleasure
in unrighteousness.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-12.
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With such a warning, it
behooves us to be on guard.
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The doctrines, the
teachings that we receive
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and how do we be on guard?
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How do we know what's truth.
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It has to line up
with it is written.
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You know, we don't
want people to say,
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I mean, exactly the truth here,
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we have about five minutes left.
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So, you know, you
think about in Matthew 19,
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it talks about
the rich young ruler.
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Remember he came
to Jesus, you know?
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Yeah.
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The bottom line was,
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.21
he wanted to know
about the salvation
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and being saved.
00:52:58.61\00:52:59.94
And Jesus said
simply a simple thing.
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Keep the commandments.
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We think because we get on here
00:53:02.71\00:53:04.05
and we talk about
by the grace of God,
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we need to keep the whole law.
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We don't wanna
offend in one point.
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And so, but the
first thing Jesus did
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when someone came to him,
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that's written,
and he said what?
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Keep the commandments.
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And so that has to
continue to go out.
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And part of our message,
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this last day
message going to the world
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and warning in the first,
00:53:22.96\00:53:24.30
the second and the
third angel's message.
00:53:24.33\00:53:26.17
We need to know
the mark of the beast.
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We need to know
the image to the beast.
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Or we'll be fooled.
Yeah, we're going to be fooled.
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We need to know about
00:53:30.67\00:53:32.01
that little lamb with two horns.
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We need to know that it come
up and it started as a lamb,
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but it began to
speak as a dragon.
00:53:36.24\00:53:37.98
And so when you see
those things happening
00:53:38.01\00:53:39.51
and you begin to
expose those things,
00:53:39.55\00:53:41.28
a lot of people not
gonna be happy about it.
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.25
But you know what?
00:53:43.28\00:53:44.62
That's not what we,
God said to give it.
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He'll bless it. His
word would not return void.
00:53:46.09\00:53:48.69
We have a duty.
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I feel like I've
failed enough in life
00:53:50.39\00:53:53.40
and as the Holy
Spirit impresses us
00:53:53.43\00:53:54.96
to move forward
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and do what
we're supposed to do.
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He's going to bless
00:53:57.80\00:53:59.13
and He's gonna make sure
people's going to hear it.
00:53:59.17\00:54:01.40
And that Holy Spirit will
work on their heart and life
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where they accept what is truth
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during these last
hours of earth's history?
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Now I think about we've
got three minutes or so.
00:54:09.11\00:54:11.05
So we want to kind
of go around the table
00:54:11.08\00:54:12.91
and give maybe a minute or so,
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something that
maybe you wanna share,
00:54:15.18\00:54:17.35
or how about
priming for our next part?
00:54:17.39\00:54:20.39
We leave here on with question.
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'Cause we're not
gonna get past four,
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as you will see,
00:54:23.49\00:54:24.83
God's sure like to
dissect more of that.
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But maybe we
won't have time today.
00:54:26.23\00:54:27.76
But Brother John,
let's start with you
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and just work
right on around here.
00:54:29.30\00:54:30.63
And we ran out of time
with Chris and I, that's fine.
00:54:30.67\00:54:32.30
It's all right.
00:54:32.33\00:54:34.77
In Matthew 24:11-12, it says,
00:54:34.80\00:54:39.01
"Then many false prophets
will rise up and deceive many.
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And because
lawlessness will abound,
00:54:43.38\00:54:45.31
the love of
many will grow cold."
00:54:45.35\00:54:48.32
Verse 13,
00:54:48.35\00:54:49.68
"But he who endures to the
end, the same shall be saved."
00:54:49.72\00:54:52.89
These scriptures tell me
00:54:52.92\00:54:55.16
that a difficult time is coming
00:54:55.19\00:54:57.26
and we must know what
this Holy Scripture say.
00:54:57.29\00:55:01.33
Satan knows that if
you read the scriptures,
00:55:01.36\00:55:05.10
you're gonna get
closer to the Lord.
00:55:05.13\00:55:06.97
Not only read them,
let me add that word
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we said earlier study
00:55:08.60\00:55:10.74
to show yourself
approved unto God.
00:55:10.77\00:55:12.71
Study, get close to the Lord.
00:55:12.74\00:55:15.18
When deceptions
come, when challenges come
00:55:15.21\00:55:17.75
and we're talking
00:55:17.78\00:55:19.51
as if something is
coming in the near future.
00:55:19.55\00:55:22.82
But every day we face challenges
00:55:22.85\00:55:24.62
but if we are in God's Word,
00:55:24.65\00:55:26.65
we will be better
off than if we are not.
00:55:26.69\00:55:29.06
And we're not promised tomorrow.
00:55:29.09\00:55:30.76
Today is the day of salvation.
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Thank you. Yes. Well, Don.
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I was just thinking
what came to my mind
00:55:33.73\00:55:35.06
is which kingdom do you choose?
00:55:35.10\00:55:38.03
Do you want a kingdom
00:55:38.07\00:55:39.40
that's corrupting
and falling apart?
00:55:39.43\00:55:41.07
Or do you want a kingdom
00:55:41.10\00:55:42.80
that's gonna
have eternal benefits?
00:55:42.84\00:55:44.37
And what came in mind is
the rest of that scripture
00:55:44.41\00:55:46.17
in Romans 8:38-39,
00:55:46.21\00:55:48.41
"For I am persuaded
that neither death nor life,
00:55:48.44\00:55:50.31
nor angels nor
principalities nor powers,
00:55:50.35\00:55:53.15
nor things present
nor things to come,
00:55:53.18\00:55:55.25
nor height nor depth,
nor any other creature,
00:55:55.28\00:55:57.12
shall be able to
separate us from the love of God
00:55:57.15\00:55:59.99
which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:56:00.02\00:56:01.62
So nothing can separate
us. Amen. That's comforting.
00:56:01.66\00:56:05.66
Matthew 5:11-12,
00:56:05.69\00:56:08.33
"Blessed are you
00:56:08.36\00:56:09.70
when they revile
and persecute you,
00:56:09.73\00:56:11.10
and say all kinds of
evil against you falsely
00:56:11.13\00:56:14.07
for My sake.
00:56:14.10\00:56:15.44
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
00:56:15.47\00:56:18.74
for great is
your reward in heaven,
00:56:18.77\00:56:21.28
for so they
persecuted the prophets
00:56:21.31\00:56:23.18
who were before you."
00:56:23.21\00:56:24.95
When we go through these things,
00:56:24.98\00:56:27.05
we're not alone.
00:56:27.08\00:56:29.22
Others have been through it
00:56:29.25\00:56:30.59
and Jesus has gone through it.
00:56:30.62\00:56:31.95
He has marked away for us.
00:56:31.99\00:56:34.76
If we follow in His footsteps,
our reward is great He said.
00:56:34.79\00:56:38.59
That's a beautiful promise
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.56
'cause we
cannot face any of this
00:56:40.60\00:56:42.70
without the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:42.73\00:56:44.60
I just wanna quote James 1:22,
00:56:44.63\00:56:47.44
"But be ye doers of the word
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and not hearers only."
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Amen.
00:56:51.91\00:56:53.24
I think Brother
Terry mentioned there
00:56:53.27\00:56:54.61
in 2 Timothy 4:3,
00:56:54.64\00:56:55.98
he said "The time will come
00:56:56.01\00:56:57.35
when they will not
endure sound doctrine."
00:56:57.38\00:56:59.21
The Great
Controversy page 595 says,
00:56:59.25\00:57:01.88
"That time has fully come."
00:57:01.92\00:57:05.12
That time has what? Fully come.
00:57:05.15\00:57:06.89
You mentioned back then,
00:57:06.92\00:57:08.86
and today you better believe it.
00:57:08.89\00:57:10.59
The cup is running over.
00:57:10.63\00:57:11.96
Babylon's
teaching is in the world,
00:57:11.99\00:57:13.70
ain't that right?
00:57:13.73\00:57:15.06
People's drunk with the wine,
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.43
false doctrine and teaching
and God has sent His people.
00:57:16.46\00:57:19.57
Can I say it this way
to sober up the world,
00:57:19.60\00:57:22.00
sober up to the coming of Jesus,
00:57:22.04\00:57:23.71
sober up to these truths
00:57:23.74\00:57:25.21
that God has
given that will what?
00:57:25.24\00:57:26.81
Put the robe of righteousness
00:57:26.84\00:57:28.34
that we need to
be enclosed with.
00:57:28.38\00:57:29.94
Thank you for joining us.
It's been a pleasant study.
00:57:29.98\00:57:31.48
God bless you.
00:57:31.51\00:57:32.85
And we look forward
to seeing you next time.
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