I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and a great big welcome.
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We're glad you joined us,
looks like you didn't forget,
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we're glad you're there,
we don't want you to go away,
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because some of you probably
already have your Bibles out,
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pencil and paper
and you're going to jot
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some of these things down.
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Because again, fantastic study,
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at least we think so here
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and we pray this been
just a big blessing to you.
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You know today we're
going to be talking about,
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this is five of six.
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This is not, I mean,
we've been going slow,
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but it's all good we pray,
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for five of six is
our lesson on question
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that we're going to be on today.
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And again, we're
going to be talking about
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primitive godliness.
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What does that really mean?
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And we pray we've answered that
in some of the prior lessons.
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But still yet today,
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I know we'll be talking
about so many different things.
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And I know it's
going to be a blessing
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because we pray for the
power of the Holy Spirit
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to be present, and
that you be present.
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So again, we're
glad you're here.
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Again we...
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I wanted to introduce my
wife here, Chris Shelton.
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And I'm Kenny Shelton.
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She said make
sure you say your name.
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I forget about
all that sometime.
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But, Chris Shelton, we're
glad you're here with us today.
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Always such a
help and a blessing.
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Thank you. I'm glad to be here.
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To your right
brother, Don Owens.
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Yeah, it's just a blessing,
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you know, to
dive into God's Word
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and plant your feet on the rock.
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That's what I want to do. Amen.
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Yes. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Don, to your
right, who do we have?
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John Dinzey.
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Yes, you're right, John Dinzey,
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Pastor John Dinzey,
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always, you know,
it's always a treat,
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always a pleasure
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to be able to study
the Word of God with you.
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Again, we always
say we know you're busy.
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But that's all right.
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You're never too busy to
do something for the Lord.
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And so, we're
grateful and thankful.
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It's always a blessing to
be a part of family worship.
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It's a time when the
Lord brings blessings
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that sometimes are unexpected.
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Amen. That's
right. That's right.
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Praise God, but you
know, before we start,
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we always, we feel
the importance of prayer.
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Oh, yes.
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You know, without praying,
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we can't
understand the Word of God.
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So we're going to
ask you to pray with us
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as we right now we're
going to bow our heads,
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you can kneel, you can
bow whatever you'd like to do.
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But I'm going to
ask Pastor John Dinzey,
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if you'll pray
for us as we begin.
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Sure.
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving and
wonderful heavenly Father,
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we come before
Your throne of grace
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in Jesus name.
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We ask You to
bless our time together.
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Lord, we ask that
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You will bless us
with Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that this will be
a time of great benefit to us
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and to all those that join us
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through different ways
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that 3ABN goes
around this world.
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We pray, Lord, for
blessing upon everyone.
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And we pray that in all things,
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Your name will be glorified,
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our minds clarified
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and our lives
inspired to do more for you.
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In Jesus' holy and blessed name.
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Amen.
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Amen. Okay.
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Again, we're studying
about primitive godliness.
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If you've taken some notes down,
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and we are on
question number five of six.
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So you don't, certainly we
plan on having another part.
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So we feel like
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we need to take
our time on this,
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because it seems like
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it's something
that is so imperative
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to the churches today.
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Now, why is it that
we're encouraged to get back
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to the way that it was.
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And that only indicates to me
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as we begin our study
and so on here is that
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maybe we've drifted away,
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lot of people, to
me it's not maybe.
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I believe we've drifted
away from some of the things
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that we know that
we were raised with,
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that we grew up with.
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And as a child,
I've seen these things
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early into the church.
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And things begin to
change just a little bit.
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And I thought when
I was taught this way,
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and I was given
scripture to believe this,
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but somehow it began to
open up just a little bit
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and more things are
acceptable and so on,
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and yet God's
calling the people,
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you know, to be
pure and to be like Him.
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And so He said,
I'm calling you back
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to the Word of God.
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So question number five, Honey.
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You have question number
five, why don't you read that?
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Again, it's a short question,
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but I assume that
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it's going to take up
our whole hour here together,
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because there's
so much information
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and feel free each one
to do as they chime in.
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Amen.
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Okay, number five, it reads,
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"To every soul will
come the searching test,
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and it is a searching test,
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shall I obey
God rather than men?
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To what degree are we
now experiencing this?
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In other words, are we
now experiencing this test?
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You know, it sounds easy.
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When you first ask the question,
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shall I obey
God rather than men?
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But we know, as the
heat is being turned up,
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that it's not
always an easy answer,
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because our faith is
really put to the test.
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So we've got a lot of
things to cover today,
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and how much we
can cover I don't know,
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but we're gonna do our best.
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I was just thinking
when you're talking on that,
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I was just reading in
Hosea, the book Hosea.
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And there's a little, I
get these little blue boxes,
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which is Ellen White quotes.
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And it was a really
powerful line in there,
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she said that Israel
came to a national ruin
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because they would not
go to minister to others.
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And that really spoke to me
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because I think about Isaiah 60,
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it says that darkness
covers the earth and gross
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darkness the people.
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I think that as you're saying,
you know, if we neglect the...
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I guess the way
marks or the standards,
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and guess what?
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People don't get the light,
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also it gets darker
and darker and darker
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as we move
further away from the,
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you know, the standards.
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So I kind of see that.
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So just kind of spoke to me,
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you know that
Israel came to ruin,
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we saw world coming to ruin
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because we're not going
out to minister to others.
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That's precisely correct,
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because so often we hear,
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well, times have
changed, things have changed.
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They're not the same anymore.
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And the Bible says
God does not change,
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He's the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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In fact, when he
asked me to read,
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I was back here,
scrolling, scrolling through,
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because I was
looking for that quote
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on primitive godliness
and how important it is.
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And I think that's one reason
that we're told that primitive,
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return to primitive godliness
is going to happen in our day,
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because we have
strayed so far away
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from the image
of God, so far away
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from how He set the
church up in the beginning.
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And so we always have
to go back to beginning
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to find out how it was set up.
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What are we supposed to be like?
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And the thing
about it is when we find,
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you know many churches today,
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they're taking passages
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and they're making
it fit their lifestyle,
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and people are
doing the same thing,
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they church shop.
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Well, I want to
go to this church,
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because I believe in
this or they do this,
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and I like to do that.
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You know what I'm
saying? It's true.
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You know, if you like to drink,
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you find a church
where drinking is okay.
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You like to dance,
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you find a
church where dancing...
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Pastor John,
this is I look good.
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It's true. It's true.
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I don't know if I should,
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I won't say which church it was.
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But I had a friend
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and by
profession, she was a Baptist,
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I believe, but she
had her wedding reception
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at another church.
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And it was in
their fellowship hall.
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And at this other
church, I went in,
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and there was a dance floor.
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And I turned around,
there was a whole bar,
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same thing you'd
find out any street,
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with all the big
taps and the colors
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and the advertisement,
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and I was like,
you've got to be kidding me.
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Yeah, I'll tell you
the name of the church
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after we all leave.
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The rest of you just have to,
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you know,
research it on your own
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what churches have bars
in their fellowship hall.
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So anyway, I was
totally, totally shocked.
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I can't find
that quote right now.
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But I will find that
for you a little bit later.
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But we have so much to cover,
because this is so important.
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And even why it is
becoming such a test?
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Is because those
primitive godly attributes
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that God has set
out for His church
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and for His people
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have been changed.
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And they've been,
"modified by man."
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And so now we're
under the real test.
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That's not new, though, is it?
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Have we been warned in Scripture
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what you're talking about?
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So very important.
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Haven't we been warned,
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that these, you
know, sound doctrine,
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you know, they don't
want it really anymore.
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No, they don't want it.
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But you're
talking about lifestyle
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and, you know, Pastor John,
when you think about it said,
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the time when time will
come in 2 Timothy, right,
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where they will not
endure sound doctrine.
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Right, That's right.
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And then I
think the last program
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we did this little quote,
and I forget where's that,
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I think was a
Great Controversy, 595.
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He said that
time has fully come.
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You know, 150 years ago,
that time has fully come.
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You mentioned
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the world's
getting darker and darker.
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And I think it's,
we need to realize that
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it's time for Christians
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to shine a
little light somewhere.
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We're in a dark world.
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The enemy has it just
about where he wants it.
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But there's a small group,
that's not where he wants it.
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That's right. And so
he's out to right here.
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We're coming down to,
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are we going to obey God or man?
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What do you think?
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What are we gonna do
when pressure is applied?
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Well, you know the
declaration or this question,
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to every soul will
come the searching test,
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shall I obey God
or shall I obey men?
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And so this is a question,
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you can say
this loaded question.
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Because what
are the implications
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of obeying God?
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What are the
implications of obeying man?
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Okay.
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If you obey God,
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you may suffer
something in this world,
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you may suffer in this world.
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But if you obey men,
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unfortunately,
you're going to lose much,
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you're gonna lose much.
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That's right.
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Because you may gain something
in this world temporarily,
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temporarily you may
have some enjoyment,
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you may avoid some
suffering if you obey men.
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Because when you think about
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the mark of the
beast, for example,
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what are you going to
do when that test comes?
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Will you take
the mark of the beast
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or will you
take the seal of God?
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Everyone will have to decide.
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And so there are some
good examples in the Bible
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that help us and
perhaps throughout this program,
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I may bring one out
if I get opportunity.
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I'm thinking one of Abraham.
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They were going to, this
happened twice to Abraham.
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And if he had if, and
then because he did not,
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he did, he was not
faithful in the first two tries,
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the Lord gave him
a third challenge.
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And the third
challenge was Abraham,
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take your son, your only son,
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and offer him as a
sacrifice on the mountain.
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If he had been
faithful in the first time,
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he was going to this town.
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Hey, Sarah, we're
going to this town
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and you're a beautiful woman.
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And it may be that
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they'll kill me
because you are beautiful.
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So twice, you know,
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there was one time when he said,
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oh, this is my sister.
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Yeah. And what happens?
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Oh, she's only your sister.
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They took her
away from him. Yeah.
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And she was getting ready
to be married to the king.
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Yeah.
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And what was he thinking?
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You know, when you
say what was he thinking?
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Well, he's
thinking about his life.
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But he had been faithful
and said this is my wife.
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Yes, so he failed twice.
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Yes.
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He was given what if he
had, we'll just project,
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if he had been
faithful in the first test,
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with those other
two and the third one
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have come to pass.
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You know, God already knows,
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but I'm saying He
brings us to that test,
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to that hurdle.
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And if we are faithful
as we go over that hurdle,
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it's not brought up.
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But if we try to go
around the hurdle, right?
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Do something's easier.
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We look up down the road
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and pretty soon there's
that same situation again
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until we finally
by the grace of God,
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he was saying, I don't
care or I'm not going to do it
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or, okay, Lord,
I'll be faithful,
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that's what
you're saying with this?
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I am saying that.
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Now, this is
interesting as well,
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because I'm saying to us,
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and to those
listening to myself.
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Yeah.
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Ask yourself,
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did the Lord allow
a test to come to you?
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And then you saw
that you did not?
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You weren't, you
didn't do the right thing?
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Yes.
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And you saw a
similar test coming to you?
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What did you do?
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And if you were faithful there,
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you perhaps didn't
face something worse.
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Oh, yes. You see.
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And so you have, you can
look at your life and see that,
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that's an example
for us in the Bible.
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Let's take a look
quickly if we say,
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Pastor, I say quickly.
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Joseph, he was
sold as he was sold,
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his brothers didn't know
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what was going to happen to him.
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But the Lord had
his hand over Joseph.
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He was faithful.
He was a good worker.
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And there in Genesis Chapter 39,
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it says that he was promoted.
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He was so well promoted,
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that he was in charge
of everything in the house.
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And he says there...
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Was it Potiphar?
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Yes. Yes.
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And, but the
devil has his traps,
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doesn't he?
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And the Lord allows sometimes
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for the devil to
do certain things.
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The Lord limits the devil.
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The devil would love to
do more to God's children
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than they face now.
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Yeah.
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And the devil and
the devil wants it,
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I want to do this now.
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Oh, no, no, no, no,
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but every test
that the Lord allows
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for us to face,
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He gives us grace
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to face whatever
test comes our way.
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And so here's Joseph
tested, what did he do?
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What were the consequences?
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If he said,
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if the woman when she
says Joseph, hey, you're,
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I want you to be with me.
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If he had said,
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I like you, you like
me, let's do this thing.
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What would have
been the consequences?
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Well, she may have promoted him.
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But you know every sin,
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every wicked thing is
either found out here,
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or we'll find out later.
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But he chose to
be faithful to God.
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He said, how can I do this sin?
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You know that,
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you know, sometimes you want
to bring in other things here,
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but I'm going to
hesitate because you know,
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some people say the law
didn't exist until Moses,
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so why is he calling this a sin?
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Anyway, he chose to be faithful.
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Amen.
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And I like what
Pastor CD Brooks at one time.
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What did Joseph do?
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He left his clothing
there and took off running
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because this lady was ready to,
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you know, to do this thing.
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And so he took off running.
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CD Brooks said,
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some people will
walk away from sin,
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hoping that sin
will catch up with them,
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so we can do that.
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The right thing
was to run. Is to run.
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What were the consequences?
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He lost his job,
he was put in prison.
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So this is an
answer to the question,
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ain't that right?
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And let's go over this on it.
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You know, what
are you going to do?
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Should I obey
God rather than men?
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So he had that, was
he going to obey God
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or he going to do
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what the human nature might say?
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He chose, like you
say, I like that is to run,
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you know, and
God's given us a message
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He's given us,
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I want to say tennis shoes
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to put on and
run with this thing.
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You said as being obedient.
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Oh, yes, those are all
given for our admonition
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so that we can learn
from these principles
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and these experiences
that they had before us.
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And being students of the Word,
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you know often when we're
doing evangelistic series,
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we're going
back through history,
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we're going back
to the Dark Ages.
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And we find out that
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when, when
morality becomes legislated,
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then persecution is a result.
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And what we're finding
out in the United States
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where we have
been built on freedom.
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For so many years
people have given their lives,
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everything for this freedom.
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Right.
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And we're losing it.
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And what we're seeing
is even in the courts,
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they're beginning
to legislate morality
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that goes
against the Word of God.
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Yeah.
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That goes against those of us
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who are studying this Word
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and holding it
dear in our hearts,
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it goes against our conscience.
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So we're seeing people,
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even going back to 2015,
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when some of
these laws were passed,
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that were put in jail,
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that were fined,
that lost their jobs,
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because they would
not do certain things
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that went
against their conscience.
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And we're seeing this
continue and continue.
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I know that
there's people at home.
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Before we started the program,
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somebody said, you know,
I think we're, what was it?
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Overwhelmed with fear
where I said, we feed on that,
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you know, the news media
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is just
constantly pushing things,
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pushing things.
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And what they do is
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and science will back this up
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if you hear something enough,
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even if you don't
believe it in the beginning,
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you know, after a
while, after a week,
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or two a month or two,
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you know, all of
a sudden you think,
00:17:38.62\00:17:39.95
well, maybe I
might have been wrong.
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And eventually they
may change your mind.
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So unless we are
fortified, every single day,
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putting on the armor of God,
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we are going to lose our minds,
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because we will
succumb to the thinking
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that the enemy is pushing.
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He is pushing it
through these outlets.
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He's pushing.
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Now, I'm not saying
that a news outlet is of the,
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you know, run by
the devil himself.
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I'm just saying he uses
people, God uses people.
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And there's, you know,
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we're serving one
master or the other,
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the Bible is
very clear about that.
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I did find that quote as
to why this is so important,
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why we have to go back.
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And it was found in
the Great Controversy,
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page 464.
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And I'll just read
the first part of it.
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It says the enemy of souls.
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And so this tells you
who's behind the work.
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The enemy of souls
desires to hinder this work
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before the time for
such a movement shall come,
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he will endeavor to prevent
it by introducing a counterfeit.
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And I just
thought I had the right,
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that's not the right one.
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I guess I've moved my tablet.
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Here it's. No.
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maybe I haven't got here.
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Anyway, that fit with
00:18:52.99\00:18:54.33
what we were just talking about,
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because there are a lot of
counterfeit truths out there.
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And when I say counterfeit,
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it's because it's
really not a truth,
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but it's being
presented as a truth.
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You know, we're finding
that we're living in a time.
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And I've said
this so many times,
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but it's becoming
so much more prevalent
00:19:09.61\00:19:12.08
each and every day, that truth.
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Truth is becoming error
and error is becoming truth.
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That's why
there's people that say
00:19:19.45\00:19:21.06
the Bible can be a hate speech.
00:19:21.09\00:19:23.53
And even though
God is a God of love,
00:19:23.56\00:19:26.33
love that we
don't even understand,
00:19:26.36\00:19:29.13
so overwhelming that all
of heaven was poured out,
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so that each and every one of us
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could have sufficient.
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Yeah. So may you look at it,
talking about obedience here?
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And I think it's
in Philippians 2:8,
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just part of that verse,
it's talking about Christ.
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He became
obedient, even unto what?
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To death.
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So there comes a
time that we had what?
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By the grace of God
that we had rather die
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than knowingly sin.
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Now that's probably
heavy duty to most people.
00:19:52.55\00:19:54.49
We need to come to that point
is only by the grace of God
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and His strength.
00:19:57.56\00:19:58.89
Human nature is going
to want to do anything
00:19:58.93\00:20:00.26
as we need to be so
filled with the Holy Spirit,
00:20:00.30\00:20:02.23
that when we realize that
the enemy has offered a sin,
00:20:02.26\00:20:07.00
he's offered something to
us, and we know that it's wrong.
00:20:07.04\00:20:10.04
And we come to the point
that if it costs us our life,
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we just say, no, I
want to be obedient to who?
00:20:13.48\00:20:15.44
To God.
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That's how Jesus how
He learned obedience,
00:20:16.85\00:20:18.18
you know.
00:20:18.21\00:20:19.55
Yeah, everyday surrender.
00:20:19.58\00:20:20.92
Through a test
and through trials
00:20:20.95\00:20:22.98
and things that He went through.
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That's how he learned obedience.
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And that's how we
learn obedience too,
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so I think that's...
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Go ahead.
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And He was our ultimate example.
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I mean, He was
pleading with His Father
00:20:31.79\00:20:35.26
to take this cup from
Him if it were possible.
00:20:35.30\00:20:39.00
You know, He didn't
want to face the beating.
00:20:39.03\00:20:41.84
He didn't want
to face the cross.
00:20:41.87\00:20:44.47
But He knew what it
costs for you and I.
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But He would rather go forward
00:20:47.64\00:20:50.28
and as long as the
Lord didn't change it
00:20:50.31\00:20:52.45
and to be in
full obedience to God
00:20:52.48\00:20:55.42
rather than sin.
00:20:55.45\00:20:56.89
And that's what He's calling
each and every one of us.
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Talking about
some Bible characters,
00:20:58.65\00:21:00.26
I was thinking about Daniel,
Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael.
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I'm thinking
about what Daniel did.
00:21:03.66\00:21:05.33
Daniel 1:8 says,
00:21:05.36\00:21:06.70
"He purposed in his heart
00:21:06.73\00:21:08.06
that he would
not defile himself."
00:21:08.10\00:21:10.37
That's really powerful,
00:21:10.40\00:21:11.73
because you see
how God blessed him
00:21:11.77\00:21:13.94
with that decision,
00:21:13.97\00:21:15.37
that he could
actually even interpret dreams.
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Interesting behind that is,
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.11
this is so incredible that
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through that God would use that
00:21:21.74\00:21:23.71
and opportune that
type of skill or gift
00:21:23.75\00:21:26.92
to actually bring Nebuchadnezzar
00:21:26.95\00:21:28.28
down to his knees.
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Yes. And praise
God of Most High.
00:21:29.68\00:21:31.59
And I think
that's really powerful.
00:21:31.62\00:21:32.95
And then
Proverbs 9:10 says that,
00:21:32.99\00:21:35.62
"The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom."
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And Proverbs 4 gives
you this beautiful list
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.93
of what wisdom does.
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One of the words that
wisdom does in verse 6 says
00:21:43.30\00:21:45.67
He will preserve you.
00:21:45.70\00:21:47.50
He will preserve
you. It's beautiful.
00:21:47.54\00:21:48.90
And then verse 8,
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.37
it says that it
will also promote us
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.64
like He did with Daniel,
00:21:52.67\00:21:54.01
and also said
that He will honor us.
00:21:54.04\00:21:55.64
And then verse 9
is really powerful,
00:21:55.68\00:21:57.25
because in there it says,
00:21:57.28\00:21:58.95
"We'll get a crown of glory
if we hold on that wisdom."
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So fear, that's the right fear.
00:22:01.38\00:22:02.88
You know, when you're
talking about this wisdom,
00:22:02.92\00:22:05.35
it makes me
think of how important
00:22:05.39\00:22:06.99
and I just read a quote in
one of my studies this week
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about how important...
00:22:09.62\00:22:11.66
Spirit of Prophecy said,
00:22:11.69\00:22:13.03
if we only realize that
00:22:13.06\00:22:14.66
what we take into our bodies
00:22:14.70\00:22:16.30
make such a
difference in our thinking,
00:22:16.33\00:22:19.53
because you know,
even getting older,
00:22:19.57\00:22:22.00
I feel like a
lot of my retention
00:22:22.04\00:22:24.57
and recall slipping,
00:22:24.61\00:22:26.54
and I don't want that.
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But so what do we do,
we keep feeding our bodies,
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.95
what it needs to
keep rejuvenating our mind
00:22:30.98\00:22:33.38
and keeping our mind clear.
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.45
So it's so important
that our minds are clear,
00:22:35.48\00:22:38.02
so that the Holy Spirit
00:22:38.05\00:22:39.65
can continue to
strengthen our minds
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.39
with this wisdom,
00:22:42.42\00:22:43.76
strengthen our
minds with the knowledge.
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Now then, you know,
00:22:45.59\00:22:46.93
I've always
wanted to play the piano,
00:22:46.96\00:22:49.43
you know?
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.30
For most people...
00:22:52.33\00:22:53.77
Yeah, take lessons. Yeah.
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.14
For most people,
they don't just say
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.07
I'm gonna play and
walk over to the piano.
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And all of a
sudden you're Mozart.
00:22:59.37\00:23:00.71
Yeah, exactly.
00:23:00.74\00:23:02.08
You know that doesn't happen.
00:23:02.11\00:23:03.85
I shouldn't say a
Tim Parton here, right?
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.28
Yeah.
00:23:05.31\00:23:06.65
You know, we're
not a Tim Parton.
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That's right.
00:23:08.05\00:23:09.38
But if we put time into it,
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.95
and we begin to
learn one by one,
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and then we add to it,
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.22
you know, you might
want to use one finger,
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.12
and then you add a few,
and then you're doing chords,
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and you keep multiple,
00:23:18.29\00:23:20.00
it's the same with
the study of God's Word.
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You know, spend a little
time, put Him first and last,
00:23:22.43\00:23:26.60
and even in between
during your day and help,
00:23:26.63\00:23:30.87
ask Him to help you
to memorize these things,
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.24
and to recall them.
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Talking about some gifts,
00:23:34.64\00:23:35.98
really gifts of the Spirit here.
00:23:36.01\00:23:37.35
But regardless,
almost take myself.
00:23:37.38\00:23:39.78
If I said, I'm gonna
start playing the piano now.
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And I'm gonna
start taking lessons.
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It wouldn't matter probably
if I had 100 years to practice,
00:23:44.02\00:23:47.09
I would never be like Tim Parton
00:23:47.12\00:23:48.46
if I can say that.
00:23:48.49\00:23:49.82
Yeah. Okay, I used an example.
00:23:49.86\00:23:51.19
Some people have
gifts in certain areas.
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And we're to use those skills
for the honor and glory of God.
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So you know, and I'm gonna read
the passage here real quick.
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And then we'll
get some comments,
00:24:00.80\00:24:02.14
Pastor John, especially
I'm gonna read something here
00:24:02.17\00:24:04.11
in a quote from
Great Controversy.
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And then just to
answer our question,
00:24:05.51\00:24:06.88
are we going to obey God or man.
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.78
We know Acts 5:29.
00:24:08.81\00:24:11.35
And when it's
talking about the disciples,
00:24:11.38\00:24:12.71
you remembered
what they said there?
00:24:12.75\00:24:14.22
Peter and the other
apostles answered and said,
00:24:14.25\00:24:16.62
"We ought to obey God" what?
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"Rather than man."
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I mean it's right
there in Scripture.
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So that answers
that we can just close
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.12
and then go home
and say, that's it.
00:24:23.16\00:24:24.59
We ought to obey
God rather than man.
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Amen.
00:24:26.26\00:24:27.60
Really, you know, that
people can read this passage.
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We've had him do it.
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And they make
all kinds of excuses,
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.34
rather than just
read it and believe it.
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.34
Now, we talk about this,
00:24:35.37\00:24:36.71
I found
something very intriguing,
00:24:36.74\00:24:38.07
which is in part
of our lesson there
00:24:38.11\00:24:40.24
that I think is in
the Great Controversy
00:24:40.28\00:24:42.61
about 595 and so on,
00:24:42.64\00:24:43.98
we had in our list there.
00:24:44.01\00:24:45.91
But it says, you know,
again, what does God say?
00:24:45.95\00:24:48.12
We know this.
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It says, we are not to enquire
talking about what we do,
00:24:49.52\00:24:53.22
decisions that we make.
00:24:53.25\00:24:54.59
We're not to inquire
what is the practice of men.
00:24:54.62\00:24:58.19
What is the custom of the world?
00:24:58.23\00:25:01.16
Let me tell you,
people are doing that.
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.57
People in high
places, people in low places,
00:25:03.60\00:25:06.53
whatever it might
be, there are those.
00:25:06.57\00:25:08.87
What is our custom of...
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.91
What is the custom of the world?
00:25:10.94\00:25:12.27
Are we gonna ask
that? No, we are not to ask.
00:25:12.31\00:25:15.24
Now, how shall I act
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.05
in order to have
the approval of men?
00:25:17.08\00:25:20.78
Or what will the world tolerate?
00:25:20.82\00:25:23.82
We question, the
question of intense interest
00:25:23.85\00:25:26.39
is to every soul
is what hath God said?
00:25:26.42\00:25:30.49
We are to read, notice
what we just talked about.
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.49
We're to read the
Word of God, then obey it,
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.20
not swerving one jot,
00:25:36.23\00:25:37.80
or one tittle
from the requirement.
00:25:37.83\00:25:42.14
So basically, Pastor John,
00:25:42.17\00:25:44.24
as I looking at
this and reading it,
00:25:44.27\00:25:46.11
you know, what does God say?
00:25:46.14\00:25:47.48
What is He saying about this?
00:25:47.51\00:25:48.84
I'm not to inquire
what the world is doing.
00:25:48.88\00:25:50.81
I'm not to inquire
00:25:50.85\00:25:52.18
what some other church is doing.
00:25:52.21\00:25:54.52
I'm not really
inquired what they even believe,
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.22
unless I just want to
study some things to say, okay,
00:25:56.25\00:25:58.12
I understand or maybe things.
00:25:58.15\00:25:59.85
I'm not to ask, you know,
00:25:59.89\00:26:02.42
if I do this, will I
have the approval of men,
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.39
or will I have
the approval of God?
00:26:04.43\00:26:06.63
See, I had a pastor one
time that asked me one time
00:26:06.66\00:26:09.46
was situation on marriage
and some different things.
00:26:09.50\00:26:12.40
And so he came not going to
give names only by panic is,
00:26:12.43\00:26:16.10
you know, we
didn't look at here.
00:26:16.14\00:26:17.64
He asked, he came and
I gave him my opinion.
00:26:17.67\00:26:20.88
And then he asked other folks,
and they gave him his opinion.
00:26:20.91\00:26:23.98
But he came back and said,
00:26:24.01\00:26:25.81
"They've asked me
to do this ceremony.
00:26:25.85\00:26:28.55
Should I do it?
00:26:28.58\00:26:29.92
And I said to the pastor,
00:26:29.95\00:26:31.29
"I don't think that you should,
00:26:31.32\00:26:32.65
you probably should
just stay out of it."
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.02
He said, "Well, you don't
know what I'm talking about."
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.39
I said, "Well, yeah, I do.
00:26:35.42\00:26:36.76
We've already been through this.
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.13
So what is it?"
00:26:38.16\00:26:39.49
He said, "No, no,
what I'm asking is
00:26:39.53\00:26:40.86
what Oh, my, what percentage
would be with me if I did
00:26:40.90\00:26:43.63
and what percentage
would be with me if I didn't?"
00:26:43.67\00:26:46.30
Did you get that?
00:26:46.33\00:26:47.70
He was already decided. Yeah
00:26:47.74\00:26:49.10
Yes, but he wanted
the approval of men,
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.77
the accolades of men,
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.14
whatever it might
be in order to decide
00:26:54.18\00:26:56.08
what he needs to do,
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.45
rather than what
the Word of God says.
00:26:57.48\00:26:59.91
So you know, what has God said?
00:26:59.95\00:27:03.52
So we go to what?
00:27:03.55\00:27:04.89
The Word of God,
whatever it says,
00:27:04.92\00:27:06.25
by His grace and strength,
00:27:06.29\00:27:07.62
we will be obedient to that
00:27:07.66\00:27:09.49
and quit making
excuses for things.
00:27:09.52\00:27:11.13
Pastor John,
what do you see about,
00:27:11.16\00:27:12.69
again making
these kind of choices
00:27:12.73\00:27:14.06
and this kind of decision?
00:27:14.10\00:27:15.50
Should we consult
somebody else sometime?
00:27:15.53\00:27:18.53
Is there anything
wrong with counsel?
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.60
Counsel okay? That depends.
00:27:20.64\00:27:21.97
That's pretty
loaded question too,
00:27:22.00\00:27:23.34
but think about it.
00:27:23.37\00:27:24.84
I think counsel's
okay. What do you think?
00:27:24.87\00:27:26.91
Yes.
00:27:26.94\00:27:28.28
The Bible says that in
the multitude of counselors,
00:27:28.31\00:27:30.01
there is safety.
00:27:30.05\00:27:31.38
This is the Book of Proverbs.
00:27:31.41\00:27:32.75
Yeah. Okay.
00:27:32.78\00:27:34.12
And yes, there is safety,
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.55
you know, but again,
when you hear this counsel,
00:27:35.58\00:27:38.45
you have to go
to the Word of God.
00:27:38.49\00:27:40.52
Yes.
00:27:40.56\00:27:41.89
And test these
things by the Word of God.
00:27:41.92\00:27:43.63
Yeah. Do you add...
00:27:43.66\00:27:44.99
I'm sorry, you
getting ready at this time.
00:27:45.03\00:27:46.36
Well, I just wanted to say
00:27:46.39\00:27:47.73
that would be if
it's in the church,
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.80
you know, because we can find
00:27:49.83\00:27:51.23
a multitude of
counselors outside the church.
00:27:51.27\00:27:54.84
Well, the reason I say that
is because some of the studies,
00:27:54.87\00:27:58.44
you know, that I've done,
00:27:58.47\00:27:59.81
and it is stated that God
gives power to the church,
00:27:59.84\00:28:03.51
which is His people.
00:28:03.55\00:28:05.01
So if it's His people,
a multitude of counselors,
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.42
there were, therefore
00:28:07.45\00:28:08.78
we're not a
pillar unto ourselves,
00:28:08.82\00:28:10.69
a lot of people pull
away from God's people,
00:28:10.72\00:28:13.36
and they begin to, you know,
not quite understand things
00:28:13.39\00:28:16.06
the way they should.
00:28:16.09\00:28:17.43
So as we counseled together,
00:28:17.46\00:28:19.03
and we go to God's Word,
00:28:19.06\00:28:20.46
then we find that wisdom,
00:28:20.50\00:28:22.33
I also was looking
at some of the things
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.93
you know, like on obedience
in preparation for this,
00:28:24.97\00:28:28.14
because that's what
God's calling us to do.
00:28:28.17\00:28:30.61
And I went
through different verses
00:28:30.64\00:28:32.57
like Genesis
22:18 is one of them.
00:28:32.61\00:28:35.48
It says,
00:28:35.51\00:28:36.85
"In thy seed
00:28:36.88\00:28:38.21
shall all nations of
the earth be blessed,
00:28:38.25\00:28:41.12
because thou has
obeyed my voice."
00:28:41.15\00:28:45.09
Exodus 19:5,
00:28:45.12\00:28:47.22
"If you obey my voice,
indeed, and keep my covenant,
00:28:47.26\00:28:51.43
then shall ye be a
peculiar treasure unto me
00:28:51.46\00:28:55.13
above all people,
for the earth is mine."
00:28:55.16\00:28:59.07
Exodus 5:2,
00:28:59.10\00:29:01.74
this is when Pharaoh
was questioning, he says,
00:29:01.77\00:29:04.24
"Who is the Lord
00:29:04.27\00:29:05.67
that I should obey the
voice and let Israel go."
00:29:05.71\00:29:08.64
And we know what his result was.
00:29:08.68\00:29:10.51
In other words, I
remember years ago,
00:29:10.55\00:29:13.55
we were having a Bible
study every Friday night,
00:29:13.58\00:29:16.38
and I was
young, I was in my 20s.
00:29:16.42\00:29:19.69
And as I began to read
through the Word of God,
00:29:19.72\00:29:23.12
I found out it wasn't
just love, love, love.
00:29:23.16\00:29:27.43
It was on condition of obedience
00:29:27.46\00:29:31.30
just like we are as
if you're a good parent,
00:29:31.33\00:29:35.17
you know, you're gonna be
conditional with your children.
00:29:35.20\00:29:38.04
In other words,
you're gonna say,
00:29:38.07\00:29:39.41
you know, I'll give
you this if you obey.
00:29:39.44\00:29:41.58
If you're good
here, then we'll do this,
00:29:41.61\00:29:43.71
you know, you
don't want them to go up.
00:29:43.75\00:29:45.85
I know this is one
that people use all the time
00:29:45.88\00:29:48.25
and touch the stove,
00:29:48.28\00:29:49.62
there's certain rules,
and it's for their protection,
00:29:49.65\00:29:53.15
these rules that God's given us.
00:29:53.19\00:29:55.66
If you look at His commandments,
00:29:55.69\00:29:57.29
it's for our protection.
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.13
You know, so often
we grew up thinking
00:30:00.16\00:30:01.96
all they're like a whip,
He's beating us over the head,
00:30:02.00\00:30:04.47
we want to do these fun
things and He says, we can't.
00:30:04.50\00:30:07.54
All He's doing is protecting you
00:30:07.57\00:30:09.90
from the result of
doing those bad things.
00:30:09.94\00:30:12.91
He said in Hebrews 12, He
disciplines those He loves.
00:30:12.94\00:30:15.44
Amen.
00:30:15.48\00:30:16.81
So important and I was thinking
00:30:16.85\00:30:18.18
when you guys were
talking earlier about
00:30:18.21\00:30:19.55
this idea of the Word.
00:30:19.58\00:30:20.92
When I first
start reading the Bible,
00:30:20.95\00:30:22.28
my wife's stepdad, he told me,
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.55
"When you read the Bible,
you pray for the Holy Spirit."
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.52
I said, "Okay, that's
goofy. All right, I'll try it."
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.56
And sure enough,
00:30:29.59\00:30:31.53
sure it opens up
your understanding,
00:30:31.56\00:30:33.80
and I was just yet
being led by the Holy Spirit.
00:30:33.83\00:30:36.23
And we're talking about
being a multitude of counsel,
00:30:36.26\00:30:37.93
they get to be spirit filled.
00:30:37.97\00:30:39.57
So, you know, you
want to really be mindful,
00:30:39.60\00:30:41.70
have wisdom and
discernment on it.
00:30:41.74\00:30:43.07
And I was
thinking to another thing
00:30:43.10\00:30:44.64
that Jesus did say
in John 17:15, said,
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.84
"I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world,
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.18
but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil."
00:30:50.21\00:30:52.35
So He wants us in the world,
00:30:52.38\00:30:53.72
but He does want us
partake of any evil.
00:30:53.75\00:30:55.82
And so that's where
we can obey God is by
00:30:55.85\00:30:58.15
you know, going out
and sharing His Word.
00:30:58.19\00:30:59.89
And again, it's
Psalms, what is it?
00:30:59.92\00:31:02.49
Yeah, so 119:105,
00:31:02.52\00:31:04.63
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
00:31:04.66\00:31:06.03
and a light unto my path."
00:31:06.06\00:31:07.70
So if you divert
off with that Word,
00:31:07.73\00:31:09.90
you're gonna get
off his path, so.
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.77
And then what's the result?
00:31:11.80\00:31:13.13
You get off this path?
00:31:13.17\00:31:14.50
What is, why does God give
us this path to begin with?
00:31:14.54\00:31:17.81
Why the straight and narrow?
00:31:17.84\00:31:19.57
Why do we, is He
calling us to be an overcomer?
00:31:19.61\00:31:23.31
Why is Jesus
called an overcomer?
00:31:23.35\00:31:25.35
I mean, He didn't ask you
00:31:25.38\00:31:26.72
just to walk down
a dark path, did He?
00:31:26.75\00:31:28.88
The word is the lamp? Right.
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.25
I'll give you some light on it.
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.19
So as we look at this,
John, Pastor John, what...
00:31:32.22\00:31:35.82
Well, I just threw
out several questions
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.59
that's loaded.
00:31:37.63\00:31:38.96
They won't get
any chance to put.
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.00
That's right. Yeah. Go ahead.
00:31:41.03\00:31:43.20
Lot of other questions coming.
00:31:43.23\00:31:44.57
Well, as you were,
as you were talking,
00:31:44.60\00:31:46.07
you know, this
thought came to me
00:31:46.10\00:31:47.80
I read it a long time ago.
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.17
I just can't
remember where I read it,
00:31:49.20\00:31:50.61
but it's very powerful.
00:31:50.64\00:31:52.87
And it says, "No
one falls suddenly."
00:31:52.91\00:31:58.41
And what happens is
00:31:58.45\00:31:59.78
that the devil
gets you to places
00:31:59.81\00:32:01.92
to make these
little concessions,
00:32:01.95\00:32:04.35
baby steps if you
want to want to call them
00:32:04.39\00:32:07.56
to lead you to
this great big sin
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.56
that will ruin you,
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.09
do you such harm that
00:32:11.13\00:32:12.46
it will be hard
for you to recover.
00:32:12.49\00:32:14.30
So he gets you
to take baby steps.
00:32:14.33\00:32:16.60
And because every day
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.20
the Lord is
seeking to draw us to Him.
00:32:19.23\00:32:23.20
What happens if we say
00:32:23.24\00:32:24.57
yes, Lord, yes, Lord, yes, Lord,
00:32:24.61\00:32:25.94
we will greatly benefit,
we will be strengthened,
00:32:25.97\00:32:28.84
we will walk with peace,
00:32:28.88\00:32:30.35
we will walk with assurance
knowing that God is with us.
00:32:30.38\00:32:33.08
We will understand
00:32:33.11\00:32:34.45
that though we
walk through the valley
00:32:34.48\00:32:35.82
of shadow of death,
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.35
I'll fear no evil. Why?
00:32:37.39\00:32:38.79
Because God is with me
00:32:38.82\00:32:40.16
because you're
spending time with the Lord.
00:32:40.19\00:32:42.52
And the devil
keeps trying to come in,
00:32:42.56\00:32:44.03
keeps trying to come in.
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.39
You know, look at Job
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.13
that God says to
the devil, He says,
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.96
"Have you
considered my servant Job?"
00:32:50.00\00:32:52.13
And he says, "Well,
haven't you hedged his way."
00:32:52.17\00:32:55.57
Why? Because the
devil had tried to come in,
00:32:55.60\00:32:57.94
but Job stayed
close to the Lord.
00:32:57.97\00:33:01.21
And look, let me go
back to three verses here
00:33:01.24\00:33:04.25
from Genesis 39,
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.61
because this thing
that I mentioned before
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.72
about Joseph, it
was not a sudden attack,
00:33:07.75\00:33:12.29
if you want to call it a
temptation that came to him,
00:33:12.32\00:33:14.69
this woman was persistent.
00:33:14.72\00:33:16.12
Right.
00:33:16.16\00:33:17.49
In Genesis 39,
it says, in verse 6,
00:33:17.53\00:33:22.30
"Thus he left all that
he had in Joseph's hand,
00:33:22.33\00:33:24.40
and he did not know what he had
00:33:24.43\00:33:26.03
except for the
bread which he ate.
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.77
Now Joseph was handsome
in form and appearance."
00:33:28.80\00:33:31.17
He was hard worker, too, so.
00:33:31.21\00:33:33.34
"And it came to pass
after these things that
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.58
his master's wife cast
longing eyes on Joseph,
00:33:35.61\00:33:38.71
and she said, 'Lie with me.'
00:33:38.75\00:33:40.48
But he refused and
said to his master's wife,
00:33:40.52\00:33:43.12
'Look, my master does not know
what is with me in the house,
00:33:43.15\00:33:46.69
and he has committed
all that he has to my hand.
00:33:46.72\00:33:49.02
There is no one
greater in this house
00:33:49.06\00:33:50.53
than I, nor has he
kept back anything from me
00:33:50.56\00:33:53.83
but you, because
you are his wife.
00:33:53.86\00:33:56.46
How then can I do
this great wickedness,
00:33:56.50\00:33:59.93
and sin against God?'
00:33:59.97\00:34:01.57
" He had a
relationship with the Lord.
00:34:01.60\00:34:02.97
He was daily accepting
the invitation of the Lord,
00:34:03.00\00:34:06.64
opening the door to the Lord.
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.34
And notice that,
it says verse 10,
00:34:08.38\00:34:09.78
"So it was, as
she spoke to Joseph
00:34:09.81\00:34:11.85
day by day,
00:34:11.88\00:34:15.55
that he did not heed
her, to lie with her."
00:34:15.58\00:34:18.79
So every day he
had to keep saying,
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.42
no, no, everyday no, no, no,
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.86
until she says this is it,
00:34:23.89\00:34:25.79
and she started to
take his clothes off.
00:34:25.83\00:34:27.70
Yeah.
00:34:27.73\00:34:29.06
And what had been happening?
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.90
Joseph was
staying close to the Lord,
00:34:31.93\00:34:33.84
resisting, resisting.
00:34:33.87\00:34:35.30
When this big
temptation comes, you see,
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.97
one victory prepares
you for another victory,
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.78
prepares you
for another victory.
00:34:41.81\00:34:43.68
And you are
strengthened in the Lord.
00:34:43.71\00:34:45.35
And so God is good.
00:34:45.38\00:34:47.38
He's not gonna
allow you to be tempted
00:34:47.42\00:34:49.75
what you cannot bear,
00:34:49.78\00:34:51.69
because He gives you grace.
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.62
So every day, the
Lord is drawing us to Him.
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.62
Yes.
00:34:55.66\00:34:56.99
And I think of it this
way, God has son, daughter,
00:34:57.03\00:35:01.16
I have all these things
I want to give you today.
00:35:01.20\00:35:04.63
What must we do
to have those things?
00:35:04.67\00:35:06.74
And I'm not talking
about material things only,
00:35:06.77\00:35:08.84
I'm talking about
spiritual blessings.
00:35:08.87\00:35:10.91
Amen.
00:35:10.94\00:35:12.27
And if we say yes, Lord,
00:35:12.31\00:35:13.68
and we come to the Lord,
00:35:13.71\00:35:15.11
we pray, we
study the Scriptures,
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.08
He is able to give you
more and more and more,
00:35:17.11\00:35:20.08
that your heart
will be full of joy,
00:35:20.12\00:35:23.52
you'll be glad.
00:35:23.55\00:35:24.89
And you will be
a light to others.
00:35:24.92\00:35:28.76
It'll be an
atmosphere of heaven.
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.66
Yes, an atmosphere of heaven.
00:35:30.69\00:35:32.03
Because and if we
don't allow the Holy Spirit
00:35:32.06\00:35:35.43
to come in and strengthen us
00:35:35.46\00:35:36.80
and make us
overcomers by the grace of God,
00:35:36.83\00:35:39.93
we lose all of eternity.
00:35:39.97\00:35:41.37
That's what this is all about.
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.24
You know, this is a great
test, a test of obedience,
00:35:43.27\00:35:47.21
which being will we serve?
00:35:47.24\00:35:49.54
Will we serve the God of heaven,
00:35:49.58\00:35:50.91
or we serve that
fallen angel, Lucifer,
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.11
who wants to be our God,
00:35:53.15\00:35:54.48
who wants to be
like the Most High,
00:35:54.52\00:35:56.45
who desires our worship,
00:35:56.48\00:35:58.25
but he will force us,
God will never force us.
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.86
He woos us in love,
00:36:00.89\00:36:02.49
and how beautiful
00:36:02.52\00:36:04.26
because God is
doing all of this stuff.
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.03
He's given us this
path of sanctification,
00:36:07.06\00:36:10.23
to prepare us to live eternally.
00:36:10.27\00:36:13.00
And I like the story of Joe
00:36:13.03\00:36:16.44
because it
gives us an idea that,
00:36:16.47\00:36:18.21
you know, when
we're close to God,
00:36:18.24\00:36:20.28
we have that
protective covering over us,
00:36:20.31\00:36:22.61
unless God allow something.
00:36:22.64\00:36:25.91
And then He'll
give us the strength
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.72
to meet that problem
that comes to your path.
00:36:27.75\00:36:30.85
Oh, sorry, gonna say.
00:36:30.89\00:36:32.22
I was just gonna share a
story that happened to me
00:36:32.25\00:36:33.86
just recently I went
to Wal-Mart here locally,
00:36:33.89\00:36:36.56
and I was in line with the lady,
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.49
we're in long, long
lines for the registers.
00:36:38.53\00:36:41.23
And a little bit of
time chat, you know,
00:36:41.26\00:36:42.80
sometimes you start talking.
00:36:42.83\00:36:44.57
Some are so more
talkative than others.
00:36:44.60\00:36:45.97
But this young this
lady, she was telling me
00:36:46.00\00:36:48.07
how she's praying
with one of her friends.
00:36:48.10\00:36:50.14
So while we were talking about
00:36:50.17\00:36:51.51
how the world's
getting more dark
00:36:51.54\00:36:52.87
and things are happening,
said but there's a day coming
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.24
that it won't be dark.
00:36:54.28\00:36:55.61
It's gonna be a
great day coming.
00:36:55.64\00:36:56.98
Oh, yeah. Okay.
00:36:57.01\00:36:58.35
So then I
started sharing with her
00:36:58.38\00:36:59.71
a guy that I pray
with the week prior,
00:36:59.75\00:37:01.25
just a gentleman that was having
00:37:01.28\00:37:02.62
some real major
surgery coming up
00:37:02.65\00:37:04.12
and I shared with her the story
00:37:04.15\00:37:05.89
about which I share with him
00:37:05.92\00:37:07.26
about this man had his
aortic completely severed,
00:37:07.29\00:37:09.32
how the doctor didn't
believe in miracles or Jesus.
00:37:09.36\00:37:12.93
And this man was, I
mean, miraculously healed,
00:37:12.96\00:37:15.56
it's a real story.
00:37:15.60\00:37:16.93
As I'm sharing that
this other older lady
00:37:16.97\00:37:18.50
that's right behind she's,
she's leaning in trying to,
00:37:18.53\00:37:21.50
she's, what are you saying?
00:37:21.54\00:37:23.14
What are you saying? I
want to hear the stories.
00:37:23.17\00:37:25.24
I mean, it's
like it's infectious.
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.61
And God did something in there.
00:37:27.64\00:37:28.98
And I had to go back
and share her story too
00:37:29.01\00:37:30.65
with her the story.
00:37:30.68\00:37:32.01
But it's like,
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.38
you get that blessing
when you step forward in faith.
00:37:33.42\00:37:34.88
Yes, Lord, give me
a divine appointment.
00:37:34.92\00:37:36.99
And you just see how
people really touched on here.
00:37:37.02\00:37:38.85
And they're saying
like, God is amazing.
00:37:38.89\00:37:40.69
They're saying
this in Wal-Mart loud,
00:37:40.72\00:37:42.06
I mean, God is amazing.
00:37:42.09\00:37:43.43
We serve such an amazing God.
00:37:43.46\00:37:45.09
And, you know, if
we didn't do that,
00:37:45.13\00:37:46.59
I mean, how dark
would this world really be.
00:37:46.63\00:37:47.96
But you got to share the story,
00:37:48.00\00:37:50.13
because it's
because of that amazing God
00:37:50.17\00:37:52.30
that we fall in love with Him
00:37:52.33\00:37:54.20
that we want to serve Him
that we want to be overcomers,
00:37:54.24\00:37:57.31
that we're not
afraid of that first death.
00:37:57.34\00:37:59.74
You know, there's fear to death.
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.64
Let's bring in the other part,
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.24
I would like to bring
it another part of it is
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.31
people will stand in
line and they will listen.
00:38:05.35\00:38:07.75
They love the
miracles and they are,
00:38:07.78\00:38:09.38
we praise God for those miracles
00:38:09.42\00:38:10.79
in which He is
doing in the world.
00:38:10.82\00:38:12.15
The enemy's also working
00:38:12.19\00:38:13.52
with his signs and
wonders too into it,
00:38:13.56\00:38:15.89
but oh, praise some
of the loudest ones,
00:38:15.92\00:38:18.16
oh, praise God, He's
so wonderful, blah-blah.
00:38:18.19\00:38:20.56
But when you present a
truth in the Word of God,
00:38:20.60\00:38:23.80
when says be obedient to Him,
00:38:23.83\00:38:25.50
you know, to
keep His commandments
00:38:25.53\00:38:27.07
silence and backup.
00:38:27.10\00:38:28.44
That's true. That is awesome.
00:38:28.47\00:38:30.37
So that's the
issue that we're faced
00:38:30.41\00:38:32.01
with the day of
primitive godliness.
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.28
Are we going back to
the primitive godliness
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.64
to where we are
what God wants us to be,
00:38:36.68\00:38:39.91
which is
different in what we eat,
00:38:39.95\00:38:43.35
and what we drink?
00:38:43.39\00:38:44.75
And what we put on
our bodies, you know.
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.76
And I have heard
said many times there,
00:38:47.79\00:38:49.39
as you study the Word of God,
00:38:49.42\00:38:50.76
He'll tell you
pretty much what He says.
00:38:50.79\00:38:52.56
We can read in what verse?
00:38:52.59\00:38:53.96
2 Timothy and 1 Peter,
you know different things.
00:38:54.00\00:38:56.97
And we read it and we say,
00:38:57.00\00:38:58.33
well, yes, but even
people should know better.
00:38:58.37\00:39:01.80
So we, sometime we were claiming
00:39:01.84\00:39:05.27
truth of the Word of God.
00:39:05.31\00:39:06.88
And then some of our own people
00:39:06.91\00:39:08.38
come back and do
just exactly the opposite.
00:39:08.41\00:39:10.51
Yeah.
00:39:10.55\00:39:11.88
So that really hurts,
00:39:11.91\00:39:13.62
you know, in
the cause of Christ,
00:39:13.65\00:39:15.15
you know, how do
we deal with those,
00:39:15.18\00:39:16.52
those kinds of issues?
00:39:16.55\00:39:17.89
And remember,
we are a people now
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.32
that is insignificant
00:39:19.35\00:39:21.12
almost in the
world, and religions,
00:39:21.16\00:39:24.06
because of our
numbers and so on.
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.73
But the time is coming,
00:39:25.76\00:39:27.70
when God's
people begin to get back
00:39:27.73\00:39:29.26
to primitive godliness,
00:39:29.30\00:39:31.00
doing what it says
in the Word of God,
00:39:31.03\00:39:33.00
instead of making
excuses why we don't anymore,
00:39:33.03\00:39:36.14
you know, and then
things are going to happen.
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.31
But here's our bottom
line, I jotted something down.
00:39:39.34\00:39:41.71
I don't have it
right now with it.
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.71
But I said, even in
this book, Five Testimonies,
00:39:43.75\00:39:46.85
in the paragraph I
read it this morning,
00:39:46.88\00:39:48.28
I was looking, I said,
"Why did I put that there."
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.42
You ever do that,
it's just couple of words
00:39:50.45\00:39:52.29
right then it made sense,
00:39:52.32\00:39:53.66
when you put it,
00:39:53.69\00:39:55.02
you know, two years
later, three years later
00:39:55.06\00:39:56.39
it's like what and I looked at,
00:39:56.42\00:39:58.13
on that little note said,
00:39:58.16\00:39:59.79
we need to be
careful who we support
00:39:59.83\00:40:04.07
and that, my mind went
in all different directions.
00:40:04.10\00:40:05.67
Oh, yeah.
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.04
We support a lot of things now.
00:40:07.07\00:40:10.61
Can I be honest about this bit
00:40:10.64\00:40:13.04
that the teaching
of the Word of God
00:40:13.07\00:40:15.54
does not support?
00:40:15.58\00:40:17.05
The teachings of
God's Word does not support
00:40:17.08\00:40:19.71
but we support it
in word and action
00:40:19.75\00:40:22.45
and like it doesn't
make any difference.
00:40:22.48\00:40:24.89
If the truth here
in the Word of God
00:40:24.92\00:40:26.59
if it doesn't make any
difference about truth,
00:40:26.62\00:40:28.02
and what am I even doing here?
00:40:28.06\00:40:30.33
Is it okay to say that? Yeah.
00:40:30.36\00:40:31.79
I'm really if
you look at it here,
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.76
God has given specific message
00:40:33.80\00:40:36.56
to the almost take
to the Advent world.
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.03
I played, we veered from,
yes, God's calling us back.
00:40:39.07\00:40:41.57
There's time, yes, get back in,
00:40:41.60\00:40:43.37
do what we should be doing.
00:40:43.41\00:40:45.31
Come to him and say,
we've, Lord, we've sinned,
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.84
we've erred from this point,
00:40:47.88\00:40:49.21
we want to come
back to the Word of God.
00:40:49.24\00:40:50.98
Now I can give you a
lot of things right now,
00:40:51.01\00:40:53.15
I won't do that point by point.
00:40:53.18\00:40:56.02
But my call and the
call of the Holy Spirit
00:40:56.05\00:40:58.42
is to come back to these things.
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.46
But when we come
back to these things,
00:41:00.49\00:41:01.92
what you've asked,
are we going to obey God
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.43
or we're going to obey men?
00:41:03.46\00:41:04.96
I've got to read
this paragraph right now.
00:41:04.99\00:41:06.33
And then maybe I'll try
to be quiet for a while.
00:41:06.36\00:41:08.33
But I'm getting on fire now.
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.70
Because I'm telling
you, listen, remember,
00:41:09.73\00:41:12.23
we're supporting
and we're lifting
00:41:12.27\00:41:13.60
and holding things up
00:41:13.64\00:41:14.97
that we shouldn't be right now.
00:41:15.00\00:41:16.54
Because those things,
things that we support,
00:41:16.57\00:41:18.67
and we hold up will
come back to bite us.
00:41:18.71\00:41:22.14
I think people at home
know what I'm talking about.
00:41:22.18\00:41:24.41
They're going to come back
00:41:24.45\00:41:25.78
because he who is not
with Me is against Me.
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.68
If you don't
accept this message,
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.89
as end result of the
three angels' message,
00:41:30.92\00:41:33.09
you're going to
be an enemy to that.
00:41:33.12\00:41:35.09
And the ones that has
her arm around you right now
00:41:35.12\00:41:36.76
say it doesn't
make any difference.
00:41:36.79\00:41:38.13
The time will come
00:41:38.16\00:41:39.49
when it's going
to make a difference.
00:41:39.53\00:41:40.86
They may do it behind your back.
00:41:40.90\00:41:42.23
They may, you know,
they say stab in the back
00:41:42.26\00:41:43.60
that may be a word
whatever to somebody.
00:41:43.63\00:41:45.67
But let me just
read something here.
00:41:45.70\00:41:47.04
This is Five
Testimonies there 546 says this.
00:41:47.07\00:41:50.34
Our people have been
regarded as, notice this,
00:41:50.37\00:41:53.51
too insignificant
to be worthy of notice.
00:41:53.54\00:41:56.18
Notice this, but
the change will come.
00:41:56.21\00:41:59.71
We either
believe it or we don't.
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.15
You can laugh at
it if you want to
00:42:01.18\00:42:02.52
or don't laugh
at it if you want.
00:42:02.55\00:42:03.89
I'm telling you
it's already here.
00:42:03.92\00:42:05.65
The change, notice this.
00:42:05.69\00:42:07.06
The Christian world
is now making movements
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.96
which will necessarily
bring commandment keeping people
00:42:09.99\00:42:12.53
into prominence.
00:42:12.56\00:42:13.90
Oh, yes.
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.26
Have you ever
wondered how this messy,
00:42:15.30\00:42:16.63
I did as the
child and I still have.
00:42:16.67\00:42:18.00
As an adult I'm looking, I say,
00:42:18.03\00:42:19.37
"How can this message be
going into the entire world?
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.50
And how's
everybody going to hear it?"
00:42:21.54\00:42:22.87
How's everybody
gotta, leave it up to God,
00:42:22.90\00:42:24.67
leave it up to the Holy Spirit.
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.04
But right here,
it says right here,
00:42:26.07\00:42:27.41
which we know because it
says it goes to every nation,
00:42:27.44\00:42:29.48
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:42:29.51\00:42:30.85
So it's biblical,
it's spiritual here.
00:42:30.88\00:42:33.01
It said there is a
constant, notice this,
00:42:33.05\00:42:35.15
supplanting of God's people,
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.15
no there is a constant
supplanting of God's truth
00:42:37.19\00:42:39.89
by theories and false doctrines
00:42:39.92\00:42:41.46
of human origin.
00:42:41.49\00:42:42.82
Have we seen that? Oh, yeah.
00:42:42.86\00:42:44.19
For every truth
there's counterfeit.
00:42:44.23\00:42:45.66
Movements, notice
this, are being set on foot
00:42:45.69\00:42:48.56
to enslave the conscience.
00:42:48.60\00:42:49.93
That's right.
00:42:49.96\00:42:51.30
Do we not see that right now
00:42:51.33\00:42:52.67
taking away free speech
00:42:52.70\00:42:54.47
and let's be careful
00:42:54.50\00:42:55.84
as God's people that
we don't encourage that.
00:42:55.87\00:42:59.41
These things I
don't want to hear,
00:42:59.44\00:43:00.78
those words you
don't want to hear.
00:43:00.81\00:43:02.51
But there are certain
things as free speech,
00:43:02.54\00:43:04.05
especially liberty,
your freedom of conscience,
00:43:04.08\00:43:06.08
freedom of speech,
00:43:06.11\00:43:07.45
because the enemy is
trying to, to close up
00:43:07.48\00:43:09.98
where we cannot
present the mark of the beast,
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.35
we cannot present
the image to the beast,
00:43:12.39\00:43:14.72
we cannot present
the false religion,
00:43:14.76\00:43:17.29
you know, and doctrines,
00:43:17.33\00:43:18.66
I'm gonna say the
papacy or anybody else.
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.63
Let's just be honest about.
00:43:20.66\00:43:22.06
We get uneasy, we get nervous,
sweat starts coming out.
00:43:22.10\00:43:25.73
But God has challenged
us to bring these things.
00:43:25.77\00:43:28.70
Ellen White says,
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.07
"Nothing should occupy the mind
00:43:30.11\00:43:31.44
but the giving of the
three angels' message."
00:43:31.47\00:43:33.68
Wow! Of course that's big
00:43:33.71\00:43:35.08
and it encompasses
a lot of truth there.
00:43:35.11\00:43:36.71
But notice this now, notice,
00:43:36.75\00:43:38.38
movements are being set on foot
00:43:38.41\00:43:39.75
to enslave the conscience
00:43:39.78\00:43:41.65
of those who
would be loyal to God.
00:43:41.68\00:43:44.35
Lawmaking powers will
be against God's people.
00:43:44.39\00:43:47.46
Oh, can't you see it?
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.19
My, my, my every
soul will be tested,
00:43:49.22\00:43:52.53
every soul will be tested.
00:43:52.56\00:43:53.96
Oh, that we would be as
a people wise for ourselves
00:43:54.00\00:43:58.53
and by precept
and example implant
00:43:58.57\00:44:00.30
the wisdom to our children.
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.67
Lord have mercy.
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.24
Every position of our
faith will be searched into
00:44:03.27\00:44:07.58
and we are not done,
notice, and we are not,
00:44:07.61\00:44:10.25
if we're not
thorough Bible students,
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.78
established what's
been talking about here
00:44:12.81\00:44:14.75
strengthened and settled.
00:44:14.78\00:44:17.05
The wisdom of
the world's great men
00:44:17.09\00:44:19.15
will lead us astray.
00:44:19.19\00:44:21.19
There are men out
there that have wisdom.
00:44:21.22\00:44:23.79
Now they can twist the Scripture
00:44:23.83\00:44:25.29
and we just want simpler,
00:44:25.33\00:44:27.06
Bible should be simple,
00:44:27.10\00:44:28.43
should be easy to be understood
00:44:28.46\00:44:29.80
and you don't have to
go 10 times around the barn
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.63
and say it 10 different ways
to be able to get the truth.
00:44:31.67\00:44:33.74
One more little
paragraph The world is busy.
00:44:33.77\00:44:37.11
Now what?
00:44:37.14\00:44:38.47
Anxious and
devoted, notice this,
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.24
somebody mentioned a while ago,
00:44:41.28\00:44:42.61
evil is eagerly followed
00:44:42.64\00:44:44.21
as though it were righteousness.
00:44:44.25\00:44:47.12
Error as though it were truth.
00:44:47.15\00:44:49.25
Yeah.
00:44:49.28\00:44:50.62
Sin as though it were holiness.
00:44:50.65\00:44:54.06
Darkness is covering the earth
and gross darkness the people,
00:44:54.09\00:44:57.39
what we've been
talking about here.
00:44:57.43\00:45:00.26
This is very interesting
here, then I'll be quiet.
00:45:00.30\00:45:02.56
Oh, Lord, help me.
It said, notice this.
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.53
And shall God's people be asleep
00:45:04.57\00:45:06.47
at such a time as this?
00:45:06.50\00:45:08.97
Shall those, notice this,
00:45:09.00\00:45:10.34
shall those who hold the
truth be silent as if paralyzed?
00:45:10.37\00:45:13.91
Notice, here's the point.
00:45:13.94\00:45:16.04
"Infidels declare that
00:45:16.08\00:45:18.38
if they believe what
Christians professed to believe,
00:45:18.41\00:45:22.72
they would be far
more in earnest then they."
00:45:22.75\00:45:26.15
The infidel, the unbeliever say,
00:45:26.19\00:45:27.59
"Man, if we
believe what you believe,
00:45:27.62\00:45:28.96
we'd be earnest with it,
you guys are not earners."
00:45:28.99\00:45:30.93
You talk about it.
00:45:30.96\00:45:32.29
Yeah, this is going to happen
by prowess and those shouts,
00:45:32.33\00:45:34.43
and hallelujah.
00:45:34.46\00:45:35.80
And then when it
comes right down,
00:45:35.83\00:45:37.17
He said, if you love
Me, keep My commandments,
00:45:37.20\00:45:38.90
or follow in my footsteps.
00:45:38.93\00:45:41.07
Do what Jesus
said to do on earth.
00:45:41.10\00:45:42.94
Woo. You see. That's powerful.
00:45:42.97\00:45:44.81
I'm saying, this is so much that
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.68
it just covers
you inside to say,
00:45:46.71\00:45:50.25
am I going to be obedient to God
00:45:50.28\00:45:52.01
or am I gonna be
obedient to my fellow man,
00:45:52.05\00:45:54.75
because men don't want to hear,
00:45:54.78\00:45:56.58
my friends don't want to
hear what I really stand for.
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.62
As long as I don't talk
about religion they love you.
00:45:58.65\00:46:01.99
When you start talking
about a truth of God's Word,
00:46:02.02\00:46:03.86
all of a sudden, they
don't love you as much
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.83
and you don't see them anymore.
00:46:05.86\00:46:08.56
Pastor John, I'm
gonna give myself a break.
00:46:08.60\00:46:10.33
Go ahead.
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.63
Praise the Lord, you
know, as you were talking,
00:46:12.67\00:46:15.10
and what you were
reading is very, very important.
00:46:15.14\00:46:18.07
And I would even encourage
people to ask what was,
00:46:18.11\00:46:21.78
what was that again?
00:46:21.81\00:46:23.14
So you can give that quote.
00:46:23.18\00:46:24.51
Because what was
that by the way...
00:46:24.55\00:46:25.88
Five Testimonies 546, 5T 546.
00:46:25.91\00:46:29.98
Very good.
00:46:30.02\00:46:31.35
You know, I see we're talking,
00:46:31.39\00:46:32.72
I'm thinking of
the devil is at work.
00:46:32.75\00:46:34.82
Yes.
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.19
The Bible tells us that
he is as a roaring lion,
00:46:36.22\00:46:40.13
seeking whom he may devour.
00:46:40.16\00:46:42.60
And he's a wise general.
00:46:42.63\00:46:44.53
Yes.
00:46:44.57\00:46:45.90
He has carefully
laid plans to deceive,
00:46:45.93\00:46:50.47
if possible the very elect.
00:46:50.51\00:46:52.47
So what are we to do?
00:46:52.51\00:46:53.84
We are not safe unless
we are close to the Lord.
00:46:53.88\00:46:56.34
Amen.
00:46:56.38\00:46:57.71
And that's why what
you were saying earlier,
00:46:57.75\00:46:59.08
we need to read the scriptures
as if our life depended on it.
00:46:59.11\00:47:03.18
We have no idea
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.72
what the devil has
prepared for us today.
00:47:04.75\00:47:07.69
Tomorrow if the
Lord allows us to live
00:47:07.72\00:47:09.72
or the next day.
00:47:09.76\00:47:11.09
So we should be as
close to the Lord as possible.
00:47:11.13\00:47:13.76
As close as we
understand we can be.
00:47:13.80\00:47:16.20
And everyone can be
as close to the Lord,
00:47:16.23\00:47:19.57
more than you imagine.
00:47:19.60\00:47:20.94
And so, I want to say that,
00:47:20.97\00:47:23.27
you know, we also, you
also mentioned earlier,
00:47:23.30\00:47:25.81
Sister Chris said it,
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.18
since about 2005,
00:47:27.21\00:47:28.54
there have been
movements going on,
00:47:28.58\00:47:31.18
that are made public,
00:47:31.21\00:47:32.68
but the devil
has things going on
00:47:32.71\00:47:34.62
behind the scenes,
00:47:34.65\00:47:36.65
even among those that make laws
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.99
and bills have come
00:47:39.02\00:47:40.82
to different
parts of governments,
00:47:40.86\00:47:43.56
not only in this
country, but in other countries,
00:47:43.59\00:47:45.79
to restrict
liberty of conscience,
00:47:45.83\00:47:48.86
to restrict
liberties, freedom of speech,
00:47:48.90\00:47:51.43
and all kinds of
things are going on.
00:47:51.47\00:47:54.07
What you're seeing is movements
00:47:54.10\00:47:56.40
that are leading this world
00:47:56.44\00:47:58.27
to fulfill what's happening
00:47:58.31\00:47:59.77
and what is
described in Revelation 13.
00:47:59.81\00:48:02.81
And you're talking about,
are you going to obey God?
00:48:02.84\00:48:05.71
Are you going to obey men?
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.25
You are either
preparing for one or the other.
00:48:07.28\00:48:09.92
Every day, you're either
preparing for one or the other,
00:48:09.95\00:48:13.22
your choices, the
choices you are making
00:48:13.25\00:48:16.22
is preparing you
for one or the other.
00:48:16.26\00:48:18.33
So you have to ask yourself,
because the Bible says,
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.56
examine yourself to see
if you are in the truth.
00:48:20.60\00:48:23.63
Examine yourself.
00:48:23.67\00:48:25.20
And be honest with yourself
and say, what am I doing?
00:48:25.23\00:48:29.14
Am I really serious
about being a child of God?
00:48:29.17\00:48:33.21
God wants to
restore primitive godliness.
00:48:33.24\00:48:36.14
Am I heading in that direction?
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.21
That's what we
have to ask ourselves.
00:48:38.25\00:48:39.58
Yeah. That's right.
00:48:39.61\00:48:40.95
I like to piggyback
what you're saying is,
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.32
you know, if we're
getting in so involved,
00:48:42.35\00:48:43.95
like for me, I'll just
use for myself for instance.
00:48:43.99\00:48:45.72
Getting in
YouTube, I find myself
00:48:45.75\00:48:47.09
watching things I shouldn't.
00:48:47.12\00:48:48.46
So it's literally drawing
me further and further away
00:48:48.49\00:48:50.13
from my relationship with Jesus.
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.93
You know, all these
motives like check it,
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.36
like you're
saying, check your motive.
00:48:53.40\00:48:54.73
Why are you doing
what you're doing?
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.10
Is it drawing you to Jesus?
00:48:56.13\00:48:57.63
Or is it taking
you away from Him?
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.13
You know, we're
talking about this idea too
00:48:59.17\00:49:00.97
of language being restricted,
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.74
it's funny to
see the opposite side
00:49:02.77\00:49:04.21
of that language.
00:49:04.24\00:49:05.57
Now, when the headlines
00:49:05.61\00:49:06.94
and different
articles that are coming out,
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.31
you can see the words
alarmists, terrorists,
00:49:08.34\00:49:10.28
and all this
stuff is starting to,
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.61
it's developing,
00:49:12.65\00:49:13.98
you can see that the enemy like,
00:49:14.02\00:49:15.35
you says specific plans
while he's doing these things,
00:49:15.38\00:49:17.45
because his
language is getting stronger
00:49:17.49\00:49:19.52
to where one day like
when Noah was concerned,
00:49:19.55\00:49:21.52
he's considered an
alarmist or a fanatic.
00:49:21.56\00:49:24.29
Conspiracy theory,
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
that's a big one
that they use anymore.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.50
If it doesn't
fit a certain agenda,
00:49:27.53\00:49:29.76
all of a sudden, it's
a conspiracy theorist,
00:49:29.80\00:49:31.83
you know, theory...
00:49:31.87\00:49:33.57
But go ahead.
00:49:33.60\00:49:34.94
Yeah, so basically,
that's what I'm seeing is that,
00:49:34.97\00:49:36.30
you know, there, there's
these steps are being built
00:49:36.34\00:49:39.07
to where there
is gonna be one day,
00:49:39.11\00:49:40.44
like you said, in Revelation 30,
00:49:40.48\00:49:41.81
it's gonna unfold.
00:49:41.84\00:49:43.18
And that
lamblike beast will be...
00:49:43.21\00:49:44.55
Oh, it's already
speaking like a dragon
00:49:44.58\00:49:46.01
that's gonna really afford us.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.58
Captivated me what he said,
00:49:47.62\00:49:48.95
and maybe you can add for it to
00:49:48.98\00:49:50.32
but again, you brought it up,
00:49:50.35\00:49:51.69
the enemy leads us baby steps.
00:49:51.72\00:49:53.49
Right.
00:49:53.52\00:49:54.86
You said, I wanted
YouTube whatever it was,
00:49:54.89\00:49:58.19
really for the
honor and glory of God.
00:49:58.23\00:50:00.03
Start out good.
00:50:00.06\00:50:01.40
God's impressed me that
I should do such and such
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.40
and certainly the Holy
Spirit can do that to do.
00:50:03.43\00:50:06.43
But if we're not careful,
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.17
we'll deviate a
little bit from the track
00:50:08.20\00:50:10.31
because it started
out with the right motives
00:50:10.34\00:50:12.67
at least in our
heart at the time,
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.34
if we're not careful,
the enemy is not happy
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.64
because you're on this path.
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.01
Right.
00:50:18.05\00:50:19.38
And they will know
you're on the right path,
00:50:19.41\00:50:20.75
it seems at the time.
00:50:20.78\00:50:22.12
He's going to continue to
put little detour signs up
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.09
just a little bit at a time
00:50:24.12\00:50:26.52
until you're off in
the North 40 somewhere,
00:50:26.55\00:50:28.49
and you can't even
find your way back anymore.
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.86
So you know, we
need to be very careful
00:50:30.89\00:50:32.59
this hour that we live.
00:50:32.63\00:50:33.96
The devil is that
you said roaring lion
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.33
seeking whom he may devour.
00:50:35.36\00:50:36.90
You see that he's really angry
00:50:36.93\00:50:38.27
with the people of
God here in the last days.
00:50:38.30\00:50:40.84
He's not saying that
with the disobedient,
00:50:40.87\00:50:42.54
because they're already his.
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.37
Right.
00:50:44.41\00:50:45.74
He's mad at the obedient
those who by the grace of God.
00:50:45.77\00:50:49.78
In other words, if we sin,
00:50:49.81\00:50:51.25
we have an
advocate with the Father.
00:50:51.28\00:50:52.61
So we get back
on track. All right.
00:50:52.65\00:50:54.52
I was thinking of James
4:7, you're talking about that.
00:50:54.55\00:50:57.02
And you're
talking about Joseph says,
00:50:57.05\00:50:58.65
therefore submit to God,
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.02
resist the devil and
he will flee from you.
00:51:00.06\00:51:01.72
Amen.
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.09
Back to Joseph
fled from a situation.
00:51:03.12\00:51:05.93
Just the fact that he
had fleeing from that,
00:51:05.96\00:51:08.23
you know, submit to God.
00:51:08.26\00:51:09.60
There are times
00:51:09.63\00:51:10.97
when we will literally
have to run from temptation.
00:51:11.00\00:51:13.97
You know, this
verse that I mentioned,
00:51:14.00\00:51:15.64
1 Peter 5:8, about the
devil being as a roaring lion.
00:51:15.67\00:51:19.37
How does that verse begin?
00:51:19.41\00:51:21.61
It begins, be
sober, be vigilant.
00:51:21.64\00:51:25.31
Why?
00:51:25.35\00:51:26.68
Because your
adversary the devil,
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.22
and so our part is to
be sober and vigilant.
00:51:28.25\00:51:31.39
What does that mean?
00:51:31.42\00:51:32.75
You have to be
wide awake, Kenny,
00:51:32.79\00:51:34.12
as you read that
people are asleep.
00:51:34.16\00:51:37.79
The churches are asleep.
00:51:37.83\00:51:39.16
People are asleep
00:51:39.19\00:51:40.53
and the devil is
stealing a march upon us.
00:51:40.56\00:51:43.60
He is far ahead of us.
00:51:43.63\00:51:45.63
And I am afraid that
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.97
a lot of people
are going to suffer.
00:51:48.00\00:51:50.04
I hope I don't have
to suffer unnecessarily.
00:51:50.07\00:51:52.07
They don't want to hear that.
00:51:52.11\00:51:53.44
Well, they need to
hear it. Well, good.
00:51:53.48\00:51:55.11
Just confident they
really don't because
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.38
remember when you
would wake somebody up
00:51:57.41\00:52:00.28
that's been asleep
sometime they're grouchy.
00:52:00.32\00:52:02.48
Does it make sense? That's true.
00:52:02.52\00:52:04.75
After they're awake
well, they're all right,
00:52:04.79\00:52:06.22
but so waking them up,
saying we need some changes.
00:52:06.25\00:52:10.39
Any of us should say I
need some changes. Why?
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.59
Because I look in the mirror,
00:52:12.63\00:52:13.96
I realize I'm not all
that what Jesus wants me to be,
00:52:14.00\00:52:16.50
right?
00:52:16.53\00:52:17.87
And so therefore,
I need some changes.
00:52:17.90\00:52:20.20
And I desire those
changes, want those changes.
00:52:20.24\00:52:22.10
So if we want
changes, what do we do?
00:52:22.14\00:52:24.01
We need to study. Okay.
00:52:24.04\00:52:25.41
And that's one thing
I've been wanting to save
00:52:25.44\00:52:27.18
for the last 5-10 minutes
00:52:27.21\00:52:28.61
is how this actually put
00:52:28.64\00:52:31.18
everything we've
been talking about
00:52:31.21\00:52:32.61
into proper perspective.
00:52:32.65\00:52:34.98
And it gave it the
urgency that really we need,
00:52:35.02\00:52:37.85
we were talking about it,
00:52:37.89\00:52:39.22
but sometimes we
like to pull away
00:52:39.25\00:52:40.76
a little bit from that urgency.
00:52:40.79\00:52:42.12
He said, people
don't want to hear it.
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.96
You know, many
times we get to the point
00:52:43.99\00:52:46.36
where it's like too
much, and we step back.
00:52:46.39\00:52:48.76
Jesus had to depart and
go away and rest awhile,
00:52:48.80\00:52:51.63
but we need as
soldiers to get back,
00:52:51.67\00:52:53.90
put our armor back on, continue.
00:52:53.94\00:52:56.60
God's not going to
force anyone to study.
00:52:56.64\00:52:58.87
He's not going to force
you to tear down on the Word.
00:52:58.91\00:53:01.24
But the beautiful thing
is, if you don't have a desire,
00:53:01.28\00:53:03.65
all you have to do is pray.
00:53:03.68\00:53:05.21
And the Holy
Spirit will come in,
00:53:05.25\00:53:06.98
he will give you that desire.
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.72
And he will help
you as you study.
00:53:08.75\00:53:11.09
But I think as we as
pastor was reading this,
00:53:11.12\00:53:14.32
hopefully you were
hearing all the news,
00:53:14.36\00:53:16.49
you were seeing
everything you'd have.
00:53:16.52\00:53:18.46
And beginning to put it
into proper perspective,
00:53:18.49\00:53:21.26
we're told that we need to
be studying current events, why?
00:53:21.30\00:53:25.30
In fact, there's a passage
where Mrs. White says that
00:53:25.33\00:53:29.04
ministers are
not doing their job
00:53:29.07\00:53:30.77
because they're not
presenting these current events.
00:53:30.81\00:53:33.27
Why are we
studying current events?
00:53:33.31\00:53:34.64
Why does the Bible go through
00:53:34.68\00:53:36.01
and tell us about
all these different wars
00:53:36.04\00:53:37.38
and rumors of war,
00:53:37.41\00:53:38.75
things that
happened in the past?
00:53:38.78\00:53:40.12
And who was in charge?
00:53:40.15\00:53:41.48
Who was the king and
what happened to them?
00:53:41.52\00:53:42.85
It's the same today
00:53:42.88\00:53:44.22
because it's
fulfilling Bible prophecy.
00:53:44.25\00:53:46.45
And it's thing like this
is, things in Revelations,
00:53:46.49\00:53:48.82
things in Daniel,
that we study that we,
00:53:48.86\00:53:51.33
we're beginning to see,
00:53:51.36\00:53:52.69
oh, now I
understand how this could come.
00:53:52.73\00:53:55.53
Now I'm beginning
to see those movements
00:53:55.56\00:53:57.87
that are taking places,
00:53:57.90\00:53:59.73
taking place in dark places
00:53:59.77\00:54:01.60
that we don't
always see out in the open,
00:54:01.64\00:54:03.94
you know, that you talked about
the enemy being this general.
00:54:03.97\00:54:06.71
I've always said
he's well orchestrated.
00:54:06.74\00:54:09.51
This is a well orchestrated web,
00:54:09.54\00:54:12.11
may I use that word web
00:54:12.15\00:54:13.98
that he uses upon the people.
00:54:14.02\00:54:15.98
And he has those in charge.
00:54:16.02\00:54:18.75
You know, we talk about
00:54:18.79\00:54:20.12
some of these very, very
wealthy people that meet,
00:54:20.16\00:54:23.63
you know, in certain places,
00:54:23.66\00:54:25.53
I won't even say
where at this time,
00:54:25.56\00:54:26.90
just in case,
00:54:26.93\00:54:28.26
but that they meet
and they've got an agenda.
00:54:28.30\00:54:31.50
They've got an agenda.
00:54:31.53\00:54:32.87
They feel that our
world is going to end
00:54:32.90\00:54:34.24
if they don't push this agenda.
00:54:34.27\00:54:37.07
I'm glad you said
they print their agenda.
00:54:37.11\00:54:40.28
They printed.
00:54:40.31\00:54:41.64
And they
acknowledge that they have,
00:54:41.68\00:54:44.18
but because of
their billions of dollars.
00:54:44.21\00:54:46.75
And then you see it in the news
00:54:46.78\00:54:48.95
implemented, implemented,
working on it, working on it.
00:54:48.98\00:54:53.02
Yes.
00:54:53.05\00:54:54.52
You know what,
prophecy? What is prophecy?
00:54:54.56\00:54:56.69
Isn't it telling something
that is going to take place?
00:54:56.73\00:54:59.63
Yes.
00:54:59.66\00:55:01.00
These are some
things that's going on
00:55:01.03\00:55:02.36
that people need to least
open their ears and their eyes
00:55:02.40\00:55:03.90
and say, oh, well, we
see where it's headed.
00:55:03.93\00:55:06.40
It makes sense, because
it helps us to be ready,
00:55:06.43\00:55:08.94
helps us to know where we are.
00:55:08.97\00:55:10.71
We don't know
the day or the hour,
00:55:10.74\00:55:12.37
but we can know
the signs of the times.
00:55:12.41\00:55:14.51
Is that correct? That's right.
00:55:14.54\00:55:16.28
We got a little over
just two minutes left,
00:55:16.31\00:55:18.01
time's went by quickly again.
00:55:18.05\00:55:19.38
So I like to get
some last minute thoughts.
00:55:19.41\00:55:21.58
You know, now we'll
start with Pastor John
00:55:21.62\00:55:23.28
down there if he doesn't mind
00:55:23.32\00:55:24.65
if he's got
something going right now.
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.29
Sure. Yeah, good.
00:55:26.32\00:55:27.66
Let's hear something.
00:55:27.69\00:55:29.02
I have this quote,
I often refer to it.
00:55:29.06\00:55:31.19
I think it's very important.
00:55:31.23\00:55:32.56
It's from Education,
book Education, page 18.
00:55:32.59\00:55:35.53
It says,
00:55:35.56\00:55:36.90
"Higher than the highest
human thought can reach is
00:55:36.93\00:55:39.67
God's ideal for his children."
00:55:39.70\00:55:42.47
Godliness.
00:55:42.50\00:55:43.84
God likeness is
the goal to be reached.
00:55:43.87\00:55:47.14
Before the student there say
00:55:47.18\00:55:49.38
there's open a path
of continual progress.
00:55:49.41\00:55:52.48
I'm gonna stop there
00:55:52.51\00:55:53.85
'cause we need to put ourselves
in the hands of the Lord
00:55:53.88\00:55:58.19
so that this
work can occur in us,
00:55:58.22\00:56:00.76
can happen in us.
00:56:00.79\00:56:02.12
Amen. Thank you.
00:56:02.16\00:56:03.49
Yes,
00:56:03.53\00:56:04.86
I'm thinking Deuteronomy
29:29 came my mind says,
00:56:04.89\00:56:06.36
"The secret things
belong into the Lord our God.
00:56:06.39\00:56:08.76
But those things which
are revealed belong to us
00:56:08.80\00:56:11.13
and to our children forever
00:56:11.17\00:56:12.53
that we may do all
the words of this law."
00:56:12.57\00:56:15.60
So I think you know,
00:56:15.64\00:56:16.97
when we like you're saying
we see these things developing.
00:56:17.01\00:56:18.47
We need to get back into Word.
00:56:18.51\00:56:20.58
Amen. Go ahead.
00:56:20.61\00:56:21.94
I'm thinking of a
couple of passages.
00:56:21.98\00:56:23.55
One is Revelation 22:14.
00:56:23.58\00:56:26.25
Revelation 22:14,
00:56:26.28\00:56:28.28
"Blessed are they
that do His commandments,"
00:56:28.32\00:56:32.32
why?
00:56:32.35\00:56:33.69
"That they may have the
right to the tree of life,
00:56:33.72\00:56:36.49
and may enter into
the gates into the city."
00:56:36.52\00:56:39.33
Ephesians 2:4-10.
00:56:39.36\00:56:41.40
I can't read all of them,
00:56:41.43\00:56:42.76
but you can go
in and look at it.
00:56:42.80\00:56:44.13
It says,
00:56:44.17\00:56:45.50
"Even when we were dead in sin,
00:56:45.53\00:56:47.64
have quickened us."
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.00
Well, let me back up,
00:56:49.04\00:56:50.37
so you're understanding context.
00:56:50.41\00:56:51.74
"But God who is rich in mercy
00:56:51.77\00:56:54.44
for His great love
wherewith He loved us.
00:56:54.48\00:56:57.51
Even when we were dead in
sins, he hath quickened, "
00:56:57.55\00:57:00.02
that means He gave us life,
00:57:00.05\00:57:01.85
"us together with
Christ, by grace are ye saved."
00:57:01.88\00:57:06.72
At the end of verse 9, it says,
00:57:06.76\00:57:08.49
"God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them
00:57:08.52\00:57:11.83
and walk in His commandments,"
00:57:11.86\00:57:13.93
because He wants to
recreate Himself in us
00:57:13.96\00:57:16.06
and He wants us by
His grace to be saved.
00:57:16.10\00:57:19.77
Oh, praise Lord. Those
were powerful thoughts.
00:57:19.80\00:57:21.74
So, we realize
powerful thoughts,
00:57:21.77\00:57:23.20
and then we're
going to close out
00:57:23.24\00:57:24.57
and I hope it's okay.
00:57:24.61\00:57:25.94
Thank you for
joining us once again.
00:57:25.97\00:57:27.31
Just a few seconds,
00:57:27.34\00:57:28.68
we're going to
have prayer right here.
00:57:28.71\00:57:30.05
We'll just
close out with prayer.
00:57:30.08\00:57:31.41
Honey, would you
pray for us, please?
00:57:31.45\00:57:32.78
Well, most
gracious, most certainly.
00:57:32.81\00:57:34.15
Most Gracious
Heavenly Father, Lord,
00:57:34.18\00:57:35.52
as we come to the
close of this program,
00:57:35.55\00:57:36.89
we thank You for Your Spirit.
00:57:36.92\00:57:38.25
We thank You for Your thoughts.
00:57:38.29\00:57:39.62
We thank You for the
lessons that we've had here,
00:57:39.65\00:57:42.02
even around the table,
00:57:42.06\00:57:43.39
how it has energized
our minds and our hearts.
00:57:43.43\00:57:45.43
And we pray that it has
those at home in Jesus' name.
00:57:45.46\00:57:49.16
Amen. Amen.
00:57:49.20\00:57:50.53