I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend
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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 big welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship Hour.
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We were excited about the study,
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I know what it's been
a long time in coming,
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but we're going to
get down and finish today.
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We're going to be talking
about Primitive Godliness,
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and that's something to me
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it can go on week
after week after week
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because I
believe is present truth.
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Present truth is what we need,
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it's what God's
movement needs for today
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as things that are
happening in the world,
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how we need to get
ready for the coming of Jesus
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and I believe by
the grace of God,
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the power of the Holy Spirit,
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through these past studies
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that the Holy
Spirit is impressed
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to your heart and your mind
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that you made decisions
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that you want to be
ready for the coming of Jesus,
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that's the most important
thing that I can think about.
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Just be ready.
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So today we're gonna be talking
about question number six.
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You know what, I'm gonna
read that question number six
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and then we're gonna
come back and introduce
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and then we're
going to have prayer,
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but the
question reads like this.
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"The decisive hour
is even now at hand."
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Did you get
that, that what? Good.
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"The decisive hour is at hand,"
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notice this,
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"and our feet planted, is our,
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our feet planted on the
rock of God's immutable Word.
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Are we prepared to stand firm,"
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notice what,
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"in defense of the
commandments of God
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in the faith of Jesus?"
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Great Controversy, 594.
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A lot of subject, a lot of meat.
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And so we want to make sure
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that you stay with us for today.
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Honey, before we have prayer,
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I'd like for you
just to introduce the ones
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who are with us that
are helping us today,
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part of our family we feel.
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Oh, yes, yes.
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I look forward
to introducing them.
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And by the way,
since you mentioned
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this is part 6,
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if you are interested
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in listening to
the other five parts,
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just go to 3ABN YouTube channel
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and you can search
out "Primitive Godliness"
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with Pastor Kenny
and Chris Shelton.
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And to my right is our
nephew Terry Jean Shelton.
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You always had to
put that Jean in there.
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I had to put that
Jean in there every time.
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That's okay.
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That's okay.
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Probably since
you were a young man,
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I probably
called you Terry Jean.
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I don't know where
it came from but...
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Well, it's my
middle name, so yeah.
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Thank you for inviting me.
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I'm honored to be here today.
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Oh, it's always a blessing.
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It's always a
blessing to have you.
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In fact, for those of
you at home that don't know
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this was Terry's idea.
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He said,
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"We need a family
worship on Primitive Godliness."
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So even though he
hasn't been able to join us
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for all six programs,
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this was because of him.
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I thought, okay,
we're gonna do it,
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and to his right is Don Owen.
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Brother Don Owen
works up in pastoral.
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Don, you want to
tell us a little bit
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about your duties here at 3ABN.
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Oh, yes. I'm just so thankful.
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The Lord is mighty
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and He places us
where He needs us.
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Yes. Hallelujah.
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You know, it's amazing.
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Ever, who'd ever thought
I'd be in a pastoral department
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growing up?
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But that's where
the Lord has planted me.
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I'm so thankful and 3ABN just,
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what it's doing around the world
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is just, it's incredible
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and how we're touching life.
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Yes, and it's been a long time
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since you've
spoken at Behold the Lamb.
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But he also can speak as
well not just answer phones
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and share Jesus over the phone,
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but I know that
you and your wife.
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Your wife has a lovely
voice, can come and speak
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and that's a really great thing.
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Amen. Sounds like an open door.
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An open door.
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I guess it is. It is, it is.
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Let's just say it
is, you'll be back,
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and then to his right
is no stranger to anybody,
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Pastor John Dinzey
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and, Pastor, you
wear a lot of hats here
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but I know probably
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your biggest hat might
be the 3ABN Latino Channel.
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Yes, 3ABN Latino
Channel, that God is using
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to reach many,
many people for Jesus.
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Amen.
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That is so vitally
important, people don't realize,
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there's so many
people that speak Spanish
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so to start that, that station
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was just such an
answer to prayer.
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I know the Lord had
put it on your heart
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for many years,
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and it finally came to fruition.
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And He does many miracles,
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I get excited when I
hear those miracle stories,
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maybe you'll
have one for us today,
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but we'll see if it fits.
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Amen. Okay.
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Okay, I think we need
to have prayer, right?
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And get started in our study.
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Brother Terry, how
about you, my friend,
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would you pray for us please?
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Heavenly Father, we
come to You in Jesus' name.
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And we come to
You in Jesus' name
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because there is no
other name given among men
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whereby we must be saved.
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We come to the
throne of grace just now,
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inviting the Holy
Spirit to be with us
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during our study
here today, tonight
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at whatever time the
viewers may be watching.
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May Your presence be felt,
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may our minds and
our hearts be uplifted
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and drawn to the
throne of grace and glory,
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and may we, and those who view,
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whatever time may we all
draw strength and courage
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to stand firm in the
times that we're living in.
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So we thank You for the promise
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that where two or
three are gathered together
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that You would be
in the midst of us.
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We thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Now for those who you know
maybe just tuning in right now,
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we read question number
six to be our last question
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on this study.
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Now I think
could be well for us.
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And if you have that,
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that we might want to
read that question again.
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Number six.
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And again, it
starts out this way.
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It's what I like for
each one of you here today.
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The decisive.
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Decisive.
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Every time I hear
decisive, I pay attention,
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because it deserves,
maybe immediate attention.
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So make sure you
have pencil and paper
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and get ready
jot some things down
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in case we move too quickly
for you because you need to be,
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you know,
putting these things down
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and go back to
study to show yourself
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approved unto God.
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Amen.
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Honey, would you
read that for us?
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Well, I think this is
such a timely question,
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of course, when
we started this study
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it seemed timely then
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but how much more
pertinent it is right now.
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So I can't wait to
get into this question,
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but it reads,
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"The decisive hour
is even now at hand.
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Are our feet planted on the rock
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of God's immutable law."
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Listen to that immutable Word?
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"Are we prepared to stand firm
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in defense of the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus?"
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And I just want to
jump real quick to a quote
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that's found in the
book Maranatha on page 263,
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and it reads
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"The events connected
with the close of probation,
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and the work of preparation
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for the time of
trouble are clearly presented."
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Do we see that?
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Even outside the Word of God,
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do we see that
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when we're
listening to the news?
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Do we hear it?
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Do we, on the
streets of our cities
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and now just even
recently our small town,
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I don't know how
many of you know about it,
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but just a few weeks ago
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my daughter, our daughter
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and grandson
and my sister-in-law
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and her grandchildren
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were at a park here in
park and gun shots rang out.
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It's only by the grace of God,
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nobody was hit,
and nobody was hurt.
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"But multitudes have
no more understanding
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of these important truths
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that if they had
never been revealed."
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What does that tell us?
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We're not picking
up the Word of God,
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we're not studying
it, we're not putting it,
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we're not
writing it in our hearts
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and in our minds.
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"Satan watches," who?
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Satan.
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"He's out to
kill, steal and destroy.
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He watches to catch away
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every impression
that would make them wise
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unto salvation,
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and the time of trouble
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will find them unready.
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The decisive
hour is now at hand.
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Are our feet
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planted on the rock
of God's immutable Word?"
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Amen. Amen.
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So we can start in
different directions here
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but my eye went back to
question even number five,
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because it's food.
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It's food right
now because it says,
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"To every soul will
come to searching test."
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That means
everybody, isn't that right?
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Everybody's going to
have that searching test,
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but the eye of God is on.
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So we're going to be tested
that we might be candidates
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or, you know, good
candidates for, for heaven here.
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It says, "Shall I
obey God rather than men."
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So, it goes in all directions,
but the test is going to come.
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We're either going to obey
man, or we're going to obey God
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and then get back to the point
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of the decisive
hour is now at hand.
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Anyone have a
common on that? Go, yes.
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Yeah, I think you know,
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we just went to
Chicago recently.
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And you're talking
about the movements.
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At night there was cops
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on every corner of every street,
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they've had so many
murders in the last few weeks.
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We see things just
wrapping up quickly
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but really cool in
Chicago what happened,
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my wife and I were out
there filming some stuff
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for something I'm starting,
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and we ran into a homeless
man by the name of Nicholas,
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and we, I don't know,
we were actually gonna
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just walk right past the man,
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and I just for some
reason started to struck up
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a conversation as we're talking.
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He said, "He's homeless."
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He said,
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"You know how
hopeless it is out here
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when you're homeless."
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He said,
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"The other day, I was
actually so tempted to steal.
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It was so strong."
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He said,
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"I just wanted to steal so bad,
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and I know God, I know God,
I heard the Holy Spirit say,
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"Do not steal,"
and I didn't steal.
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And so we're
talking about the immutable,
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you know, the
God's immutable Word.
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Yes. Amen.
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And the man said,
"I'm not gonna steal."
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So this day, you know,
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he needed some help financially.
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My wife helped him a little bit,
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but we gave him,
Danny, not Danny.
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We gave him.
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Pastor John Lomacang's
Three Angels Messages book,
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three of them.
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She said, "Hand these out."
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And he held the
money in his hand, he said,
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"This, this here is
temporal. This is temporal."
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He said, "I need it.
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Yes, I need it but
this here, this is eternal.
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This has eternal value.
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Thank you, I needed this.
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I need to read it.
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This is gonna
give me eternal value."
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It was really powerful.
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So we have Nicholas,
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what a powerful
story and just...
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Amen.
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This is, you know, these
are people in the streets
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that need to hear the Word
and we need to get it out so.
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People, I look at
the people in the streets
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and I think, you know,
but for the grace of God,
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it could be any
of us, any one of us.
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And it may be someday.
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You know we see
things happening,
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and there's gonna come a time
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where we have
to flee everything,
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and we will be homeless.
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I remember, this just
brought to mind something.
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I remember about 10
years ago I had an opportunity
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to make a
business trip to San Diego,
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and my son and I
were down by this pier.
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And there was this
boat that was enormous.
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I mean, it was,
it was a yacht-yacht.
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You know, it was huge.
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And I said, "Man,
look at that boat!"
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It was had like four
levels, it's so fancy.
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And it had the name on the side
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and so I looked up
the name on my smartphone
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and, and he's, it
had the name and it told
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who the owner was a
multi, multimillionaire,
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you know that owned his boat.
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But the thing is
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we did a little bit of traveling
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and we only went about three
or four blocks from that pier.
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And we came upon this section
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where there was rows
and rows of cardboard boxes,
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people living
in cardboard boxes,
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and I said look,
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within a matter of
three or four blocks, is it,
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I think it was like
a $250 million boat,
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and then you have these
people here living in boxes
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and the selfishness
of man was so on display
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in that kind of thing.
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Now I don't know anything
about the owner and I didn't,
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you know, I'm not
judging him or whatever,
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I'm just saying
that, that the separation
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like you talked about
the separation that line,
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really, the lines are
being drawn in this society,
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lining the sand, right?
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Drawing a line in the sand
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in a society
that we're living in,
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and we are being divided
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according to what
society wants us to be divided
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and that comes back to
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whose side are you
going to be on in the end.
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Amen.
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Divide.
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Well, there's
definitely also a breakdown
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in the morality in the world.
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I don't know where you
can begin to describe it,
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but what was shocking.
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Several years ago,
let's say 10 years ago
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now is very common,
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and apparently
accepted in society.
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And this is, this is, tells
us of the hour that we live in.
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And we...
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It's a fearful thing
to even bring children up
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in this age and
time that we live in.
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Yes.
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But when you,
when you consider...
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We've seen, we've
seen things in the past
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that apparently,
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it's the people back then
would all be alive and say,
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I can't believe this
is happening and even,
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I'm gonna say even in churches,
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you see things that
you were shocked about.
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Yes. Yes.
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Unfortunately,
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it seems to be
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either that people are
turning their eyes away
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from what is truth, what
is correct, what is right,
00:13:47.29\00:13:51.29
by little by little
the standard of morality
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is being lowered and lowered,
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and there's gonna come a time
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when to stand for
right will appear,
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You're gonna be singled
out and it's already happening.
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Yes. It's already happening.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I heard I think
it was this past week,
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there were more, you
know, with shootings in Chicago
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you were talking about
here more deaths by man
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than it was by
COVID, you know, as they,
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you know their ratio because
it's going quite down there,
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but there was like
74 that were wounded
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and five or six
that were killed,
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and just in the Chicago area.
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And so we see
the morality of man
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and we realized that's
part of the signs of the times
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that is declining,
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I mean to the
point where it seems that
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men have no conscience anymore.
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Some of the things that they do
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and some of the
things that they're showing,
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they're showing some
of the abuse even on TV,
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of somebody just
walking down the street
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to be a family man,
the wife and a daughter,
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and somebody jumps out of a car,
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you know, with the mask
on or whatever and a gun
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and tried to shoot it
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in between and between the kids,
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and so on and so forth.
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You think, what is wrong?
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What is going on?
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Could it be possibly
that we've gotten away
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what we're talking about
there from the Word of God,
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and the commandments of God?
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No longer do we have any,
you know, moral absolutes.
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Right.
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You know, we've backed up on it,
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and I'm not trying
to blame the world.
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I don't want you to think
I'm trying to blame the world
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or things are going
worst, maybe, maybe it's us.
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Maybe, maybe it's part
to do, maybe our church,
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it could be
things that are going,
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not in every church I understand
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but there's
things that are going on
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that we are
around that we become...
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The Bible says,
you know, lukewarm.
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We've become cold.
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And we shouldn't
be, we're lukewarm.
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I say lukewarm or cold
which you'd rather have.
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Would you rather have cold,
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but lukewarm is
a very dangerous.
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And that
lukewarmness is a pretense
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that we believe the
truth that we have the truth
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that we're to give the truth,
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but yet we fail some
time to let it come inside
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and really make
the necessary changes
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because maybe
because it's painful
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and could it be right now.
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The decisive hours at
hand, that we have to do
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what the Holy Spirit
impresses each one of us to do.
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No man should
tell you spiritually,
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what you should do or
what you shouldn't do,
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is that okay to say that?
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No man should tell
you what you should say,
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what you shouldn't say,
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but it certainly you
gauge it by the Word of God
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to see whether it's in the
Word of God and it's right,
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but there are many
even in our society today,
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they try to tell you
really kind of what to believe
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and how to believe
and what you can say,
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what you can't say
and so on so forth.
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And we don't want to put
ourselves in that position
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because the Holy Spirit
is impressing each one of us
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to work, in the ability
and the gifts and talents
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that He has given.
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And some are little rambunctious
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and others are more laid back,
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but God will use every one
to His honor and His glory.
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So I think it's
decisive hour right now,
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and I believe this,
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that our message
needs to be turned up.
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Our message has to be turned up.
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I believe it's gone
the wrong direction,
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that's just me personally,
please let me say it,
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that's the way I
feel in my heart.
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If I'm wrong, and
it's proven wrong,
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I'll get on here and
say, you know, I'm sorry,
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I really
shouldn't have said that.
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But Jesus is not here,
that's my standard right now,
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Jesus is not here.
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And why isn't He here?
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Air He could have come.
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Now am I wrong, apparently
anybody can chime in here.
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Could He have come
air before this time?
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Sure.
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And if He's not, then why not?
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Yeah.
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Any thoughts on
that? Could He have come?
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Oh, we were told
that He is waiting to see
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His character fully
reproduced through His people
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and then He shall come.
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And what we're, you know,
in combining what you said
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with what Pastor John said,
00:17:45.96\00:17:47.93
I wanted to kind of
go back just a little bit
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because you were
giving overall biblical view.
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He was giving the,
00:17:52.50\00:17:54.10
what we're seeing happening
right now in our world.
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You know, a few years ago,
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it was popular
in the United States
00:17:58.41\00:18:00.51
at least to be a Christian.
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Uh-huh.
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But now, it's not so much,
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unless you're beginning
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to change the
rhetoric of what you believe,
00:18:07.92\00:18:10.55
and we see that
within our own denomination
00:18:10.59\00:18:13.79
and outside of our denomination
which you pointed out one,
00:18:13.82\00:18:17.09
you know that even,
00:18:17.13\00:18:18.83
it's a law that's
been passed against
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God's moral
principles of His Word,
00:18:20.83\00:18:23.57
you know, there's
been more than one,
00:18:23.60\00:18:25.20
but one that you alluded
to, but you're also finding now
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that it's being
taught in many churches.
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Has God changed?
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Has His Word changed? Wow.
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And yet you can go
back to the Dark Ages,
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and who were the heretics?
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The heretics were the
ones who stood as Christ stood,
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and would rather
die than commit what?
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Sin. Sin.
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So sin is what
separates us from heaven.
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Sin is what the
enemy wants us to get to
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in order to lose our salvation.
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So it's the same
rhetoric, I was looking
00:19:01.24\00:19:04.51
before we started
because there was a quote
00:19:04.54\00:19:06.44
that I've heard more than one
00:19:06.47\00:19:08.01
by the Beast Power of
Daniel 7 and 8 right now,
00:19:08.04\00:19:12.35
say that
00:19:12.38\00:19:13.72
"Those are the dangerous people
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.08
those who will
not change," you know,
00:19:15.12\00:19:16.55
"those who, who take
the word of God as it reads,
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and they stand on
that as a firm foundation."
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He doesn't use it
in those exact terms,
00:19:22.29\00:19:24.63
but I couldn't find
that quote to share with you,
00:19:24.66\00:19:27.00
but let me share this
with you from Isaiah 5:20,
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And it's a warning,
00:19:30.77\00:19:32.10
Isaiah has given
us a warning here.
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It says, "Woe to
them that call evil good,"
00:19:33.50\00:19:36.24
which you've alluded to that.
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"Woe to them that call
evil good and good evil."
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We are seeing that
within and without the church.
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Yes, yes.
00:19:45.85\00:19:47.48
How many times
have you just felt like
00:19:47.52\00:19:49.42
it's just overwhelming
00:19:49.45\00:19:50.95
and it blows your
mind when you hear
00:19:50.99\00:19:53.76
what we consider
same people saying
00:19:53.79\00:19:55.69
some of the things that they do
00:19:55.72\00:19:57.73
and how they flip
flop on so many issues
00:19:57.76\00:20:00.83
and how all of a sudden,
00:20:00.86\00:20:02.26
you're a white,
right wing Christian,
00:20:02.30\00:20:05.70
you know, you're
not up with the times,
00:20:05.73\00:20:08.00
you're not
accepting, you're not loving,
00:20:08.04\00:20:10.01
you're not Christ like.
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Really?
00:20:11.67\00:20:13.61
Let me go on.
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It says, "That put
darkness for light."
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So the darkness we know
when we're studying the Bible
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.48
that represents
evil, that's the bad things
00:20:21.52\00:20:24.09
that we need to stay away with.
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The light
represents Christ who, what,
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.69
in fact, Christ
said, He is the what?
00:20:27.72\00:20:29.99
He is the light of the world.
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"And light for darkness."
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So they're giving
light for darkness.
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"And put bitter for
sweet and sweet for bitter."
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Everything's flip
flopped. That's right.
00:20:39.50\00:20:41.50
That's how I have
felt over this past year.
00:20:41.54\00:20:44.67
Everything has flipped flopped.
00:20:44.71\00:20:46.27
"We are here,
00:20:46.31\00:20:47.64
the truth has
fallen in the streets,
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this is outside of that passage,
00:20:49.11\00:20:50.85
the truth has
fallen in the streets,
00:20:50.88\00:20:53.05
and left there to perish,
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.72
while err is
rejoiced over as truth."
00:20:55.75\00:20:59.62
But why is
truth, the question is,
00:20:59.65\00:21:02.02
why is truth
fallen in the streets,
00:21:02.06\00:21:05.16
and who dares to pick it up?
00:21:05.19\00:21:09.40
Who dares to pick it up?
00:21:09.43\00:21:10.77
Because when you dare to
pick it up and proclaim it,
00:21:10.80\00:21:13.37
you are a target.
00:21:13.40\00:21:14.74
Right. That's right.
00:21:14.77\00:21:16.10
You know, so this made me
think of something in my mind
00:21:16.14\00:21:17.54
when you're talking,
00:21:17.57\00:21:18.91
we can actually
boil this down to say
00:21:18.94\00:21:20.28
actually Jesus is a terrorist.
00:21:20.31\00:21:22.04
Oh, absolutely.
00:21:22.08\00:21:23.41
Isn't that
amazing? Think about it.
00:21:23.45\00:21:24.78
Jesus is actually a
terrorist people can serve,
00:21:24.81\00:21:26.38
so if we are Christ's
00:21:26.41\00:21:27.75
and we are
considered a terrorist.
00:21:27.78\00:21:29.12
And that's just an
interesting thought that,
00:21:29.15\00:21:30.89
you know, this is how far God,
00:21:30.92\00:21:32.25
I think it's 2
Timothy 2:4, it says,
00:21:32.29\00:21:35.32
"Preach the word, be instant
in season, out of season,
00:21:35.36\00:21:37.69
reprove, rebuke, exhort
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.79
with all
longsuffering and doctrine.
00:21:39.83\00:21:41.70
For the time will come
00:21:41.73\00:21:43.06
and they will not
endure sound doctrine,
00:21:43.10\00:21:45.70
but after their own loss
they shall heap to themselves
00:21:45.73\00:21:48.44
teachers having itching ears,
00:21:48.47\00:21:50.17
and they shall turn away
their ears from the truth
00:21:50.21\00:21:52.27
and shall be
turned unto fables."
00:21:52.31\00:21:53.98
Yes. I see it.
00:21:54.01\00:21:55.44
Flipping upside down.
00:21:55.48\00:21:56.81
We're seeing prophecy fulfilled.
00:21:56.85\00:21:59.21
And it takes
spiritual eyesight because it,
00:21:59.25\00:22:02.48
it's also astonishing to me
00:22:02.52\00:22:04.75
when I meet people who
are just very complacent.
00:22:04.79\00:22:07.92
They don't see the difference
between right and wrong.
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.79
And the reason goes
back to our question,
00:22:10.83\00:22:14.40
because their feet are
not planted on the rock
00:22:14.43\00:22:18.43
of God's immutable Word.
00:22:18.47\00:22:21.04
And so if we are
not making a commitment,
00:22:21.07\00:22:23.10
a decisive
commitment each and every day
00:22:23.14\00:22:25.97
to study that Word,
00:22:26.01\00:22:27.34
and I wish I could
turn the clock back,
00:22:27.38\00:22:29.18
I wish I had the memory
00:22:29.21\00:22:31.11
I used to have
when I was younger
00:22:31.15\00:22:32.75
and I can look at things
00:22:32.78\00:22:34.12
that are so easy
to memorize them.
00:22:34.15\00:22:35.58
I have a lot that
by the grace of God
00:22:35.62\00:22:37.69
sometimes He brings forth,
00:22:37.72\00:22:39.05
but I'm not one
that can just always say,
00:22:39.09\00:22:41.39
well, this
passage, that passage,
00:22:41.42\00:22:42.76
I've got to
look it up, you know,
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.69
but it's just,
we've got to put it,
00:22:44.73\00:22:48.43
we've got to understand it,
00:22:48.46\00:22:49.80
it has to be a part of
our minds and our hearts.
00:22:49.83\00:22:53.90
It's God's reflection.
00:22:53.94\00:22:55.47
His Word is how He speaks to us,
00:22:55.50\00:22:57.07
what He reflects
through that Word.
00:22:57.11\00:22:58.51
Yes.
00:22:58.54\00:22:59.87
I was just thinking,
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.24
I don't know how
many of our viewers are,
00:23:01.28\00:23:02.74
you know, heavy
users of social media
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.75
and I have one
social media account,
00:23:04.78\00:23:06.98
I try to use it
for ministry purposes.
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.08
But oftentimes, when you
throw something out there
00:23:09.12\00:23:12.32
that is biblical truth,
00:23:12.35\00:23:14.19
boy you get
people come after you.
00:23:14.22\00:23:15.56
Yes.
00:23:15.59\00:23:16.93
You know, if you make
a statement that says,
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.46
you know, "God created one man
and one woman to be together."
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.10
Boy, people come
after you, you know.
00:23:22.13\00:23:24.13
Because it
doesn't go with the...
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.60
It doesn't go with
the, what society now.
00:23:26.63\00:23:29.57
Yeah the rhetoric or
the societal norm, you know.
00:23:29.60\00:23:34.28
All you have to do
is go on any website
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.18
and you see the
little rainbow and the colors
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.45
in the corners and everything.
00:23:38.48\00:23:40.68
It's being forced upon us.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.98
And like you said, good
for evil, evil for good.
00:23:43.02\00:23:46.45
And now all of a
sudden those of us who,
00:23:46.49\00:23:49.79
what was America
like 100 years ago?
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.79
About family
values and, you know,
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.83
and you know, had fathers
in the homes and whatever,
00:23:54.86\00:23:58.17
and all is out the door now.
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.53
Yeah.
00:23:59.57\00:24:00.90
You know, and things
have changed so much.
00:24:00.94\00:24:02.27
And now those of us
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.64
who still try to
hold to those principles
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.87
were looked at as, as crazy,
you know, and, oh, we don't,
00:24:05.91\00:24:09.24
you know, you don't
love people and whatever.
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.85
It's just not true, is it? No.
00:24:11.88\00:24:13.35
You know, God...
00:24:13.38\00:24:14.78
No, but if you
love someone. Yes.
00:24:14.82\00:24:16.82
If you love someone,
if you really love people,
00:24:16.85\00:24:18.95
you're gonna present
them to the truth, right?
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.39
Exactly.
00:24:20.42\00:24:21.76
And really that
there is a judgment
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.83
that is coming upon
the face of the earth
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.99
upon every human being,
00:24:26.03\00:24:27.66
and we want people
to survive the judgment.
00:24:27.70\00:24:29.53
Amen.
00:24:29.56\00:24:30.90
I've just got to
insert this little point.
00:24:30.93\00:24:33.84
It's because you
see all of these things,
00:24:33.87\00:24:36.30
I look at it as
a great orchestra
00:24:36.34\00:24:39.37
that's being
orchestrated to set it up
00:24:39.41\00:24:41.94
because how many of us
just maybe 20 years ago,
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.01
could have thought,
00:24:45.05\00:24:46.38
okay, there's
going to be laws passed
00:24:46.41\00:24:49.02
like a Sunday law.
00:24:49.05\00:24:50.62
How could that be worldwide?
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.76
Do you see what's happening?
00:24:53.79\00:24:55.12
Oh, Jesus, yeah.
00:24:55.16\00:24:56.49
Now they're saying
00:24:56.52\00:24:57.86
we're so
interdependent upon one another
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.59
that we all need a great reset.
00:24:59.63\00:25:02.10
We all need to come
together under one umbrella.
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.20
The great reset talks about
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.20
even our economic
system in a world,
00:25:07.24\00:25:10.51
one which we've heard about
00:25:10.54\00:25:11.91
since what, the 80s,
70s, 80s having a different,
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.84
you know, type of currency
that would be worldwide,
00:25:14.88\00:25:17.75
but you can see
all of these things
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.85
bringing us under
a different umbrella.
00:25:20.88\00:25:23.02
You can see where those of us
who hold on to the Word of God
00:25:23.05\00:25:28.12
are gonna be looked
at again as heretics,
00:25:28.16\00:25:31.86
as not interested in
the common good of everyone,
00:25:31.89\00:25:36.97
because there's talk now,
00:25:37.00\00:25:38.43
you know, of
shutting things down
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.00
and it's for the common good,
00:25:41.04\00:25:42.37
it's for the family
well, if it, if we stand up
00:25:42.40\00:25:45.57
for what the Word of God says,
00:25:45.61\00:25:47.84
then all of a sudden,
00:25:47.88\00:25:49.21
well you're, you
don't care about anybody.
00:25:49.24\00:25:50.61
But you're gonna be criticized.
00:25:50.65\00:25:52.08
And you'll be criticized for it.
00:25:52.11\00:25:53.45
There's one
person I do say little,
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.68
you know, little texting
back and forth a different guy,
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.95
you know, when he's down there,
00:25:57.99\00:25:59.62
"You're just, you're
just like a little boy
00:25:59.65\00:26:01.69
compared to the knowledge
that I have of Scripture."
00:26:01.72\00:26:04.56
Well, says become
as little children,
00:26:04.59\00:26:06.83
so I guess maybe I am I
couldn't fight that one back,
00:26:06.86\00:26:09.26
but it's right quick
00:26:09.30\00:26:10.63
you give them the
truth of God's Word backed up
00:26:10.67\00:26:12.60
there it is for and
right quick it's like,
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.70
you don't understand
what's going on in the world.
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.17
We have to be
able to absorb that
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.27
by the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of God.
00:26:19.31\00:26:21.64
Find another
opportunity to come back
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.21
maybe a little bit later on
00:26:23.24\00:26:24.58
that may not be
00:26:24.61\00:26:25.95
if you're found some time
that's not a good argument,
00:26:25.98\00:26:27.58
you kind of have to back
away at times, discussion,
00:26:27.62\00:26:30.89
if you've postponed it
00:26:30.92\00:26:32.25
or maybe zipped
it at a time or two,
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.42
I don't know if you have or
not but I've had too few time,
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.46
another time, I just let it out.
00:26:36.49\00:26:38.79
Yeah.
00:26:38.83\00:26:40.53
You know I was,
as you were speaking
00:26:40.56\00:26:44.00
with the conversation here.
00:26:44.03\00:26:46.10
I remember an experience
00:26:46.13\00:26:48.34
that when I was in
the army in Germany.
00:26:48.37\00:26:51.57
We had a visit
from Chaplain Bowen,
00:26:51.61\00:26:54.01
somebody may be listening
that may remember that name.
00:26:54.04\00:26:57.91
And he took a train
from Frankfurt, Germany,
00:26:57.95\00:27:02.12
all the way to
BA blingen, Germany.
00:27:02.15\00:27:07.02
And he presented
the sermon to us.
00:27:07.06\00:27:10.89
And as he was coming,
he said that on the train,
00:27:10.93\00:27:14.50
he started looking around,
00:27:14.53\00:27:15.86
it's about four
and a half hour trip.
00:27:15.90\00:27:17.90
He started looking
around, he saw this man
00:27:17.93\00:27:19.83
that was across from him,
00:27:19.87\00:27:21.60
and he didn't know him.
00:27:21.64\00:27:24.21
But a question came to his mind.
00:27:24.24\00:27:27.38
Do I love this man?
00:27:27.41\00:27:29.08
Yeah.
00:27:29.11\00:27:30.45
And so, as he said
that, it caused me to think,
00:27:30.48\00:27:34.75
well, you know,
we were supposed to.
00:27:34.78\00:27:37.85
The Bible says that,
00:27:37.89\00:27:39.22
"God so loved the world
00:27:39.25\00:27:40.59
that He gave His
only begotten Son."
00:27:40.62\00:27:42.66
Shouldn't there
be in us as well?
00:27:42.69\00:27:44.36
That we love our fellow man,
00:27:44.39\00:27:47.33
that we should bring to
them the message of salvation.
00:27:47.36\00:27:51.70
You know, I was thinking
00:27:51.73\00:27:53.07
of some family
members the other day
00:27:53.10\00:27:54.44
and I started to go
through the names of each one.
00:27:54.47\00:27:58.57
And I said, well, this
one is not a Christian,
00:27:58.61\00:28:00.21
this one's not a Christian.
00:28:00.24\00:28:01.71
And it occurred to me, I said,
you know, they could be lost.
00:28:01.74\00:28:05.48
What am I doing to help them?
00:28:05.51\00:28:08.48
And so, if you, if you
think about your family members
00:28:08.52\00:28:12.79
and they are in
your understanding,
00:28:12.82\00:28:15.22
not walking with the Lord,
00:28:15.26\00:28:17.23
do you love your family
members enough to tell them,
00:28:17.26\00:28:19.49
hey, I'm concerned,
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.56
you're not
walking with the Lord,
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.10
please consider this, you know,
but how about the other people?
00:28:23.13\00:28:26.80
Because we're supposed to
love our neighbor as ourselves.
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.77
If we love our
neighbor as ourselves,
00:28:29.80\00:28:31.54
shouldn't we be concerned
about their salvation as well.
00:28:31.57\00:28:34.51
So, I'm praying,
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.51
Lord, give me a
love for my fellow man.
00:28:36.54\00:28:38.81
Amen.
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.18
A love for my neighbor,
00:28:40.22\00:28:41.55
to the degree that
00:28:41.58\00:28:43.75
I can say something
to him, to her, to them,
00:28:43.79\00:28:46.55
you know, Jesus is coming soon.
00:28:46.59\00:28:47.96
Yes.
00:28:47.99\00:28:49.32
I mean we're talking
about that we're seeing signs,
00:28:49.36\00:28:51.39
fulfilling prophecy.
00:28:51.43\00:28:52.76
Yes.
00:28:52.79\00:28:54.13
And what are we doing?
00:28:54.16\00:28:55.56
Are we letting people know
00:28:55.60\00:28:57.13
that we should be getting
ready for what is coming?
00:28:57.17\00:28:59.37
You're talking about
the decisive hour is coming.
00:28:59.40\00:29:01.90
Yes.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.27
If a decisive hour is coming,
00:29:03.30\00:29:05.07
everyone is gonna
have to make a decision
00:29:05.11\00:29:06.98
for the Lord, or
not for the Lord.
00:29:07.01\00:29:09.28
Amen.
00:29:09.31\00:29:10.65
If we say if I
asked the question,
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.95
if the Lord would have
come yesterday, last week,
00:29:12.98\00:29:16.45
what would happen to
me, to this family member,
00:29:16.48\00:29:19.22
to this friend,
this neighborhood,
00:29:19.25\00:29:20.82
what would have happened?
00:29:20.86\00:29:22.19
Well, you might be able to say,
00:29:22.22\00:29:24.23
Oh I know, I saw a
picture of a family member,
00:29:24.26\00:29:27.80
not too long ago,
00:29:27.83\00:29:30.07
with a beer and
smoking a cigarette
00:29:30.10\00:29:33.20
and I said, I
didn't know he smoked.
00:29:33.23\00:29:36.71
You know, and I said,
you know, they're in danger.
00:29:36.74\00:29:39.17
They are in danger.
00:29:39.21\00:29:40.54
Oh, Lord help us, help us
to know how to reach them.
00:29:40.58\00:29:43.85
Give us the words.
00:29:43.88\00:29:45.21
What can we share with them
00:29:45.25\00:29:46.58
that will say, I didn't
realize I was in danger?
00:29:46.61\00:29:49.02
You know, we really need to
pray for the Lord to give us
00:29:49.05\00:29:51.32
that holy zeal that we need.
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.32
Yeah, I had something
like that happened to me,
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.02
again in Chicago,
00:29:55.06\00:29:56.39
we just got out of
our parking garages.
00:29:56.42\00:29:57.76
There's these two men,
literally not exchanging fist
00:29:57.79\00:30:01.16
but getting ready to,
00:30:01.20\00:30:02.53
and I could
just see him as tense
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.90
and the one guy was
trying to dodge around people,
00:30:03.93\00:30:05.27
he's trying to
use people's shields
00:30:05.30\00:30:06.70
to protect himself
from the bigger guy.
00:30:06.74\00:30:08.80
And I said what's, you
know what are you guys doing?
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.61
I just kind of
asked the question,
00:30:10.64\00:30:11.97
trying to be nice.
00:30:12.01\00:30:13.34
The guy said,
00:30:13.38\00:30:14.71
"Mind your
business. Keep walking."
00:30:14.74\00:30:16.08
Yeah.
00:30:16.11\00:30:17.45
So I was like, wow this need,
I mean, the word does tell us
00:30:17.48\00:30:18.88
that we should be our brother's
keeper and I'm like how do you,
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.35
that you know,
there's certain scenes
00:30:21.38\00:30:22.98
where you know maybe we
should try to bring peace,
00:30:23.02\00:30:24.85
we're to be
children of peace too.
00:30:24.89\00:30:26.86
You were a fish out
of water in Chicago.
00:30:26.89\00:30:30.23
It's a different world.
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.13
I was born in St Louis, I
grew up in around St Louis.
00:30:32.16\00:30:36.67
We were taught
at a very early age,
00:30:36.70\00:30:38.33
you don't even make eye contact,
00:30:38.37\00:30:39.83
so if you ever noticed a lot
of people will not look at you
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.50
when they're in the city.
00:30:42.54\00:30:43.87
It's very dangerous
to look at somebody.
00:30:43.91\00:30:45.24
It's like an open door,
00:30:45.27\00:30:46.61
"Oh, I can talk to this on,
I can, whatever to this one."
00:30:46.64\00:30:49.94
But what you guys
are pointing out is,
00:30:49.98\00:30:53.05
is so imperative, so important
00:30:53.08\00:30:55.62
and I have found out
for many, many years,
00:30:55.65\00:30:58.19
because my family knows.
00:30:58.22\00:31:01.29
I believe they
know that I love them.
00:31:01.32\00:31:03.73
But there came a time
where they wouldn't listen.
00:31:03.76\00:31:07.33
There came a time where,
you know, I've been told,
00:31:07.36\00:31:10.17
I don't want to hear it anymore.
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.13
I send newsletters,
"Don't take me off your list."
00:31:12.17\00:31:17.34
So, I continue to
pray for open doors,
00:31:17.37\00:31:20.98
and I know that
there have been some doors
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.18
that are opened.
00:31:23.21\00:31:24.55
I continue to pray as
Spirit of Prophecy instructs
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.35
that we pray for
conviction and conversion.
00:31:27.38\00:31:30.59
Pray for those two things. Amen.
00:31:30.62\00:31:32.59
And again like you
said, how can I witness.
00:31:32.62\00:31:35.02
Well, one way you know is,
00:31:35.06\00:31:37.06
is 3ABN has a lot of
opportunities where people,
00:31:37.09\00:31:41.26
you can go in and
you can send mailings
00:31:41.30\00:31:45.13
to certain mail routes
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.24
and start giving them
00:31:47.27\00:31:48.60
and maybe they will
pick up on it right away,
00:31:48.64\00:31:51.04
but you know we've got
00:31:51.07\00:31:52.57
one now on the
Commandments, on Salvation,
00:31:52.61\00:31:55.11
on The State of the Dead,
00:31:55.14\00:31:56.61
you know the truth
about all of these things,
00:31:56.64\00:31:58.88
and it's, that's another way,
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.52
I mean as a ministry
we're doing that too,
00:32:00.55\00:32:03.08
you know as much as we can.
00:32:03.12\00:32:04.79
But, and of course I did
pick out some, some zip codes
00:32:04.82\00:32:09.22
where my family
lived to send those books.
00:32:09.26\00:32:12.36
So there's ways,
00:32:12.39\00:32:14.10
you know, sometimes
they won't see us directly.
00:32:14.13\00:32:16.67
And you can also pray that
00:32:16.70\00:32:18.30
God will send
someone into their lives.
00:32:18.33\00:32:20.64
You know, it may not be us.
00:32:20.67\00:32:22.00
That's right. Yeah.
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.37
But some time,
00:32:23.41\00:32:24.74
you just
brought that, sometimes,
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.18
as individuals
with our own family,
00:32:27.21\00:32:30.51
we are not the best witnesses,
we should be, but we're not.
00:32:30.55\00:32:34.72
I'm gonna read a quote here.
00:32:34.75\00:32:36.08
I think feed food for thought
00:32:36.12\00:32:37.52
because we realized that here
in that question number six,
00:32:37.55\00:32:41.26
we can go on down
the Great Controversy
00:32:41.29\00:32:43.06
is there's a lack
of spirit and power
00:32:43.09\00:32:47.60
in the church or
with God's people.
00:32:47.63\00:32:49.26
Oh, yes.
00:32:49.30\00:32:50.63
We're talking about evangelism,
why aren't the churches full.
00:32:50.67\00:32:53.80
I mean I look around
00:32:53.84\00:32:55.17
every seat should be
the standing room only,
00:32:55.20\00:32:56.91
two or three services,
you know, all these kind of,
00:32:56.94\00:32:59.54
you know, 3ABN,
00:32:59.57\00:33:00.91
you find a lot of the
ministries in the world
00:33:00.94\00:33:04.25
when they get their mail.
00:33:04.28\00:33:06.38
It comes in a
semi tractor trailer,
00:33:06.41\00:33:10.55
seriously.
00:33:10.59\00:33:12.62
And we wonder,
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.09
you know that this is
truth of God's Word in place,
00:33:14.12\00:33:16.26
so there's questions that ask,
00:33:16.29\00:33:17.63
but we wonder sometimes
00:33:17.66\00:33:18.99
why are we lacking
some of this power,
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.96
and I looked at my
own life and I'm thinking,
00:33:21.00\00:33:23.33
sometimes
because we haven't been
00:33:23.37\00:33:24.70
the best witness.
00:33:24.73\00:33:26.07
People say, I witness
all the time, phone calls,
00:33:26.10\00:33:28.10
I've witnessed in my family
00:33:28.14\00:33:29.47
over and over and over and over,
00:33:29.50\00:33:30.84
they just don't want
anything to do with me.
00:33:30.87\00:33:32.21
You know, maybe it's us.
00:33:32.24\00:33:34.68
Maybe we're not
approaching it right.
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.31
Let me just read
something, Evangelism, 110,
00:33:36.34\00:33:38.61
just, it's not
very long, notice,
00:33:38.65\00:33:41.98
this bothers me
to a certain extent,
00:33:42.02\00:33:45.35
but I know God's in
charge, and it said,
00:33:45.39\00:33:47.69
"Well, if this be true
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.29
then why you really
try to work hard at it?"
00:33:49.32\00:33:52.19
Because notice what it says.
00:33:52.23\00:33:53.73
"God does not now,
many of you done this,
00:33:53.76\00:33:56.50
God does not work
00:33:56.53\00:33:58.27
to bring in many
souls into the truth."
00:33:58.30\00:34:01.30
Why?
00:34:01.34\00:34:02.67
"Because the
unconverted souls in the church.
00:34:02.70\00:34:05.27
God does not now work to
bring not, not these not.
00:34:05.31\00:34:10.95
But because of
the unconverted people
00:34:10.98\00:34:13.48
that are in the church.
00:34:13.52\00:34:14.85
Not trying to
blame anything, anybody,
00:34:14.88\00:34:16.22
just if we're unconverted,
00:34:16.25\00:34:17.69
you will notice
when people come in
00:34:17.72\00:34:19.05
and maybe it's new,
00:34:19.09\00:34:20.42
you find a lot of sometimes
people just gather around them.
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.22
Is it okay to say this?
00:34:23.26\00:34:24.59
And you wish,
maybe they wouldn't,
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.33
because of what's said,
00:34:27.36\00:34:28.70
or maybe not upholding
the standards themselves
00:34:28.73\00:34:30.73
for whatever, or maybe it's me.
00:34:30.77\00:34:32.77
We need good witnesses
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.14
but this because
we're unconverted.
00:34:34.17\00:34:36.10
Now, when you say that,
00:34:36.14\00:34:37.47
"Oh, we shouldn't be
saying that in the church, man.
00:34:37.51\00:34:39.54
Man, everybody's..."
00:34:39.57\00:34:40.91
No, not everybody in the church,
00:34:40.94\00:34:42.28
it has their name on
the church is converted.
00:34:42.31\00:34:43.65
That's right.
00:34:43.68\00:34:45.01
Now, I know that for a fact
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.82
because I was in that situation
00:34:46.85\00:34:48.52
for many years.
00:34:48.55\00:34:50.22
Laodicea, didn't
really even realize it.
00:34:50.25\00:34:53.22
Never probably heard
it, wouldn't talk that much
00:34:53.25\00:34:54.96
and what was
around or whatever it was,
00:34:54.99\00:34:56.49
but in the Laodicean
condition that, and again.
00:34:56.52\00:35:00.73
Oh, I've got little I said
before I got little plaques.
00:35:00.76\00:35:03.53
You know, teacher, teenager,
the best of the young married,
00:35:03.57\00:35:07.67
you know, the 80s, blah-blah,
all these little plaques
00:35:07.70\00:35:10.27
and a deacon and elder,
that doesn't mean you're saved,
00:35:10.31\00:35:13.01
that doesn't mean
that you, you're converted.
00:35:13.04\00:35:15.91
And when conversion really
came changes really took place.
00:35:15.94\00:35:20.08
That's a different and
that's what we need today.
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.48
If the church, in other
words when the church is ready,
00:35:22.52\00:35:25.39
let me say it,
00:35:25.42\00:35:26.76
"When the church is ready,
God will bring the people."
00:35:26.79\00:35:30.26
So when I look at
our own self and say,
00:35:30.29\00:35:31.89
Man, that people maybe
you're not just coming right.
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.53
Then well God knows
00:35:33.56\00:35:34.90
there's a
timeframe about everything.
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.26
God's in charge,
I understand that.
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.63
But when we are
ready that people will come
00:35:37.67\00:35:39.63
and I'm saying, God, help
us to prepare to get ready
00:35:39.67\00:35:42.47
so we can be the best influence.
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.54
So it's mentioned here,
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
"So we can love them.
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.71
Embrace them when they come in."
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.81
We don't see what they have on.
00:35:49.84\00:35:51.65
We don't see the kind
of language that they use.
00:35:51.68\00:35:54.88
We don't correct them
at every step they take.
00:35:54.92\00:35:58.52
See I've seen it every
time every Sabbath come,
00:35:58.55\00:36:00.66
there's people
they're saying things like,
00:36:00.69\00:36:02.16
whoo, it's not biblical.
00:36:02.19\00:36:04.09
Right then and right
there to me it's not best,
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.66
you know, show them Jesus,
00:36:06.70\00:36:08.16
you know
represent why we're here,
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.96
and I think some
change will really happen.
00:36:10.00\00:36:11.77
Okay, I'll get off the box now.
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.13
Let me share something
00:36:13.17\00:36:14.50
that just to
build on what you said
00:36:14.54\00:36:15.87
because this, I
think it fits perfectly,
00:36:15.90\00:36:17.34
and I'm sure in past
programs we've probably,
00:36:17.37\00:36:19.81
I don't remember which ones
00:36:19.84\00:36:21.18
but we've shared
this passage before
00:36:21.21\00:36:22.94
but this fits perfectly
with what you're saying.
00:36:22.98\00:36:25.28
In Great Controversy, 464,
00:36:25.31\00:36:27.68
before the final
visitation of God's judgments,
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.02
and we probably
shared this before
00:36:30.05\00:36:31.39
but maybe there's somebody
who hasn't seen your program.
00:36:31.42\00:36:32.75
Yes.
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.12
"Before the final visitation
00:36:34.16\00:36:35.49
of God's
judgments upon the earth,
00:36:35.52\00:36:36.86
there will be among
the people of the Lord."
00:36:36.89\00:36:38.96
It's us, right? Right.
00:36:38.99\00:36:40.33
Yes. Of what?
00:36:40.36\00:36:41.70
"Such a revival of
primitive godliness
00:36:41.73\00:36:45.57
as has not been witnessed
since apostolic times."
00:36:45.60\00:36:48.04
Yes. That's right.
00:36:48.07\00:36:49.40
"The spirit and power
of God will be poured out
00:36:49.44\00:36:52.74
upon His children."
00:36:52.77\00:36:54.11
Now let me stop there.
00:36:54.14\00:36:55.48
I just got through
reading I got another tab open
00:36:55.51\00:36:57.01
in my, on my
tablet here that says,
00:36:57.05\00:36:59.41
"The Spirit of God
has been withdrawn,
00:36:59.45\00:37:01.82
which is true upon
the world in general,
00:37:01.85\00:37:04.75
but the spirit and power of God
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.12
will be poured out
upon His children."
00:37:06.15\00:37:08.02
At that time, oh, I
love this. Come on now.
00:37:08.06\00:37:10.13
"At that time, many
will separate themselves
00:37:10.16\00:37:13.19
from those churches in
which the love of this world
00:37:13.23\00:37:16.73
has supplanted love,
for God and His Word.
00:37:16.77\00:37:20.24
Many, both of
ministers, and people
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.10
will gladly
accept these great truths
00:37:23.14\00:37:26.44
which God has caused to
be proclaimed, at this time
00:37:26.47\00:37:30.45
to prepare a people for
the Lord's Second Coming."
00:37:30.48\00:37:33.98
I can't add anything to that.
00:37:34.02\00:37:35.35
No. No.
00:37:35.38\00:37:36.72
That's beautiful
when you think about it.
00:37:36.75\00:37:38.09
No. Beautiful.
00:37:38.12\00:37:39.45
Again, Pastor John,
00:37:39.49\00:37:40.82
the church has to be
ready to receive them.
00:37:40.86\00:37:42.82
Is that a true statement
or somebody can almost argue,
00:37:42.86\00:37:44.99
you know, or discuss that.
00:37:45.03\00:37:46.70
The church has to be ready
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.06
because here's
it says right here,
00:37:48.10\00:37:49.43
there's gonna be a revival.
00:37:49.46\00:37:50.80
There's gonna be
latter rain experience, right?
00:37:50.83\00:37:52.17
Yes. People are going to come.
00:37:52.20\00:37:54.20
Well, you know there, if
we put these two together.
00:37:54.24\00:37:57.67
You read that the
Lord does not work
00:37:57.71\00:38:01.18
to bring many
people into the church.
00:38:01.21\00:38:02.68
Why? Because
there are unconverted.
00:38:02.71\00:38:04.11
Come on.
00:38:04.15\00:38:05.48
And if these people come in
00:38:05.51\00:38:06.85
and they see the worldliness
and the people unconverted.
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.95
What are they
going to say? Yeah.
00:38:09.98\00:38:11.65
These are not the people. No.
00:38:11.69\00:38:13.25
These are not the people.
00:38:13.29\00:38:14.62
These are not God's
followers, they leave,
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.42
or they will get
discouraged and leave.
00:38:16.46\00:38:18.63
But here,
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.33
there's going to be a
revival of primitive godliness.
00:38:20.36\00:38:22.76
Oh, Amen.
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.13
Wow!
00:38:24.17\00:38:25.50
When that happens,
00:38:25.53\00:38:26.87
and these people
come in and they say,
00:38:26.90\00:38:29.74
I am where I need, I need to be.
00:38:29.77\00:38:32.44
So how do we get there?
00:38:32.47\00:38:34.01
Yeah.
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.38
How do we get there?
00:38:35.41\00:38:36.75
So, the question
here in number six was,
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.85
are our feet planted on the rock
00:38:39.88\00:38:42.65
of God's immutable Word?
00:38:42.68\00:38:44.89
So when we talk
about God's immutable,
00:38:44.92\00:38:46.82
we're talking about
the Holy Scriptures.
00:38:46.86\00:38:49.32
I mean how many
times in the week
00:38:49.36\00:38:55.20
do we open the Word?
00:38:55.23\00:38:56.77
Is it just when
we get to church,
00:38:56.80\00:38:58.97
you open the Word?
00:38:59.00\00:39:00.34
Oh, my. No.
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.70
Guess what?
00:39:01.74\00:39:03.07
When the person in,
00:39:03.10\00:39:04.57
whether in the
Sabbath School and says,
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.51
turn your Bibles to Matthew 24,
00:39:06.54\00:39:09.94
let's read verse 12.
00:39:09.98\00:39:12.45
That's what, is that
when people are opening
00:39:12.48\00:39:14.08
the scriptures?
00:39:14.12\00:39:15.55
What are they
doing during the week?
00:39:15.58\00:39:17.22
So, you know,
00:39:17.25\00:39:19.22
I was, I've been
listening to these lectures
00:39:19.25\00:39:22.62
on how the mind works.
00:39:22.66\00:39:25.99
And the studies
showed that the mind adapts
00:39:26.03\00:39:29.13
to what to that
it is exposed to.
00:39:29.16\00:39:31.80
That's right.
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.17
You begin to
think of it as truth.
00:39:33.20\00:39:34.80
And you begin to
think of it as truth
00:39:34.84\00:39:36.91
and you form habits
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.74
according to what
you are exposed to,
00:39:38.77\00:39:41.88
whether for good or for evil.
00:39:41.91\00:39:44.21
That's right.
00:39:44.25\00:39:45.58
So during the week,
if all you're doing,
00:39:45.61\00:39:49.78
opening the scriptures like,
00:39:49.82\00:39:51.19
turn your Bibles
to Matthew 24:12.
00:39:51.22\00:39:56.22
If that's when
you're opening your Bible,
00:39:56.26\00:39:57.59
you are in great danger
00:39:57.63\00:39:58.96
and you're not gonna participate
00:39:58.99\00:40:00.36
in this revival of
primitive godliness,
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.96
because during the week,
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.90
you have been
educating your mind
00:40:04.93\00:40:07.17
to love this other thing.
00:40:07.20\00:40:08.60
Yes.
00:40:08.64\00:40:09.97
And we need to educate
our mind to love God's Word
00:40:10.01\00:40:12.84
and the soon appearing of
our Lord and Savior Jesus.
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.04
I'd like to also to piggyback
on what you said, in Luke.
00:40:15.08\00:40:18.88
The story appears in Luke
19, I just read this morning.
00:40:18.91\00:40:21.38
It really touched on me.
00:40:21.42\00:40:22.78
Jesus says in verse 45,
00:40:22.82\00:40:24.85
"He went into the temple
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.22
and began to cast out
them that sold there in.
00:40:26.25\00:40:28.96
And then that bought
saying to them it is written,
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.06
'My house is
the house of prayer,
00:40:31.09\00:40:32.49
but you have made
it a den of thieves.'
00:40:32.53\00:40:35.43
And they, He taught
daily in the temple.
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.33
But the chief
priests and the scribes
00:40:37.37\00:40:38.87
and the chief of the
people sought to destroy Him.'"
00:40:38.90\00:40:41.04
So when this revival
happens like with Jesus,
00:40:41.07\00:40:43.84
they're gonna want to
seek to destroy us too.
00:40:43.87\00:40:46.01
And I was just thinking about
00:40:46.04\00:40:47.38
how so many people were
standing outside of this temple
00:40:47.41\00:40:50.11
wanted to hear Jesus
speak, wanted the healing,
00:40:50.15\00:40:52.71
wanted the revival
but they couldn't come in
00:40:52.75\00:40:54.38
because these
people were extorting
00:40:54.42\00:40:56.08
and taking advantage of
00:40:56.12\00:40:57.49
and twisting all these things,
00:40:57.52\00:40:58.85
but then when he ushered
out all these people, these,
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.82
whatever they were doing,
00:41:01.86\00:41:03.19
then also these
people came pouring in
00:41:03.22\00:41:04.66
and they really were
waiting for the revival.
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.63
Brother Don, but, see, to me is,
00:41:06.66\00:41:08.20
who were these people?
00:41:08.23\00:41:12.00
Who were these people
that were in the temple?
00:41:12.03\00:41:15.94
The leaders.
00:41:15.97\00:41:17.31
They were the chosen.
00:41:17.34\00:41:18.67
Yeah, the chosen.
Just to say the chosen.
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.04
You can say,
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.41
and there's nothing
wrong with saying leader
00:41:21.44\00:41:22.78
not all the...
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.15
Praise God for good leadership.
00:41:24.18\00:41:25.51
It was lot of it around.
00:41:25.55\00:41:26.88
I praise God.
00:41:26.92\00:41:28.25
But there are
those who are leading,
00:41:28.28\00:41:29.62
you know, that is blind
for eyes to the slaughter,
00:41:29.65\00:41:31.62
and we have to
know the difference.
00:41:31.65\00:41:33.19
I'm glad you brought that up
00:41:33.22\00:41:34.56
because we have to
keep our eyes and our hearts
00:41:34.59\00:41:36.42
and minds open
to the Word of God
00:41:36.46\00:41:38.86
because there are people
who are just time serving,
00:41:38.89\00:41:42.76
can I use that word?
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.13
Yes.
00:41:44.17\00:41:45.50
There are those in the
pulpit that are time servers.
00:41:45.53\00:41:47.84
Yeah, I know
somebody screaming right now.
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.50
Well, it's you that
I'm talking to then so.
00:41:49.54\00:41:51.47
If you're not
screaming you're okay
00:41:51.51\00:41:52.84
but if you're upset about it.
00:41:52.87\00:41:54.34
They're really, we
have to first admit
00:41:54.38\00:41:57.55
that this was an issue,
and then admit that is possible
00:41:57.58\00:42:01.08
that what we've read
because the Bible says
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.78
all these things
are examples, right?
00:42:02.82\00:42:05.25
That we need to learn from.
00:42:05.29\00:42:06.96
That it happened
before with Christ present.
00:42:06.99\00:42:10.39
Right.
00:42:10.43\00:42:11.76
And could it not happen again?
00:42:11.79\00:42:13.36
Not necessarily
trying to condemn everything.
00:42:13.40\00:42:14.73
Just look at it and say,
00:42:14.76\00:42:16.36
"Man, be careful
00:42:16.40\00:42:17.73
because the devil
is a master deceiver."
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.73
Yes, he is.
00:42:19.77\00:42:21.10
And what's the best
to deceive you and me.
00:42:21.14\00:42:23.34
It's basically
gonna be in the church,
00:42:23.37\00:42:24.84
the world is
not, we pray right now
00:42:24.87\00:42:26.47
is not really deceiving us
00:42:26.51\00:42:27.84
because we're looking
at say, "Oh, shall we."
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.91
Nasty. Right?
00:42:29.94\00:42:31.85
I don't want what I
see out there going on.
00:42:31.88\00:42:35.22
So the enemy is trying to do.
00:42:35.25\00:42:36.58
Go ahead, honey.
00:42:36.62\00:42:37.95
Oh, no, no, I
was just thinking...
00:42:37.99\00:42:39.32
Oh, I'm getting excited now.
00:42:39.35\00:42:40.69
I hope that they're
saying shall we now,
00:42:40.72\00:42:42.06
but they don't want to.
00:42:42.09\00:42:43.43
I hope that they are,
00:42:43.46\00:42:44.79
because how is the
primitive godliness
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.86
going to come about.
00:42:46.90\00:42:48.23
Back to our question, how
are we going to stand firm
00:42:48.26\00:42:51.07
in defense of the
commandments of God
00:42:51.10\00:42:52.67
and the faith of Jesus?
00:42:52.70\00:42:54.07
It's because and I often said,
it goes back to what you were,
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.74
you were talking about earlier.
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.37
I often said,
00:42:59.41\00:43:00.74
your life will change
00:43:00.78\00:43:02.11
when you begin
to pray and ask God,
00:43:02.14\00:43:04.98
what is truth?
00:43:05.01\00:43:07.05
And I think, I think
there's a lot of people,
00:43:07.08\00:43:10.05
a lot of honest people
remember that Jesus says,
00:43:10.09\00:43:13.09
I have people that
are not of this fold.
00:43:13.12\00:43:15.46
He's calling His sheep in,
00:43:15.49\00:43:17.69
and they're honest in
heart in what they believe,
00:43:17.73\00:43:19.96
but as they see these
changes coming in these churches
00:43:20.00\00:43:24.00
as they see a pulling
away from the Word of God.
00:43:24.03\00:43:27.24
They're asking God,
"What is the truth?"
00:43:27.27\00:43:30.17
What is the truth?
00:43:30.21\00:43:31.54
Show me what is truth.
00:43:31.57\00:43:32.91
And then what is
primitive godliness
00:43:32.94\00:43:34.48
is going back
00:43:34.51\00:43:35.84
to how God set it
up in the beginning.
00:43:35.88\00:43:38.95
And it is a
foundation that those people
00:43:38.98\00:43:42.45
after that early rain
experience laid for us,
00:43:42.48\00:43:46.09
for the latter rain,
00:43:46.12\00:43:47.82
because they were willing.
00:43:47.86\00:43:49.92
They were willing
to stand in arenas
00:43:49.96\00:43:54.46
as their
children were being tied
00:43:54.50\00:43:56.10
and fed to the lion.
00:43:56.13\00:43:57.47
Yes.
00:43:57.50\00:43:58.83
They were willing
to die for their faith.
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.20
Yes.
00:44:00.24\00:44:01.57
They were willing to
hide during the Dark Ages.
00:44:01.60\00:44:04.34
We have a whole Bible.
00:44:04.37\00:44:06.24
We have a whole Bible.
00:44:06.27\00:44:07.61
In fact, I bet you we have
so many Bibles in your home,
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.71
you don't look at
all of them, right?
00:44:09.74\00:44:11.08
You have your
favorites, hopefully, hopefully,
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.21
hopefully you have your favorite
00:44:13.25\00:44:14.92
or some may never pick them up.
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.09
They couldn't even go around
00:44:17.12\00:44:19.52
and share the Word of
God, what did they do?
00:44:19.55\00:44:21.72
They would sew them in
their clothes and hide it,
00:44:21.76\00:44:24.59
and then if the Holy
Spirit opened the door
00:44:24.63\00:44:28.33
to someone who was
hungry for the truth,
00:44:28.36\00:44:30.60
they would do that
00:44:30.63\00:44:31.97
and they would just
give them a portion.
00:44:32.00\00:44:33.94
Yes. Just give them a portion.
00:44:33.97\00:44:35.94
I want to continue
with something else
00:44:35.97\00:44:39.27
from go back to where you were,
Brother Terry, you were on.
00:44:39.31\00:44:43.45
Great Controversy, page 464.
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.31
I want to read a quote
from Great Controversy.
00:44:45.35\00:44:48.15
Great Controversy, page
465 and it is in paragraph one,
00:44:48.18\00:44:53.52
and it reads,
00:44:53.56\00:44:54.89
"In the truth of His Word."
00:44:54.92\00:44:57.93
God and we keep
going back to this
00:44:57.96\00:45:00.50
because they're
throwing the Bible out.
00:45:00.53\00:45:03.43
They're saying it
doesn't mean what it says.
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.30
And those who believe
it are out of their minds.
00:45:06.33\00:45:11.17
"God has given to men,
a revelation of Himself."
00:45:11.21\00:45:15.38
Who do we want to reflect?
00:45:15.41\00:45:16.75
We want to reflect Jesus.
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.11
He needs to be revealed to
us, and to all who accept them,
00:45:18.15\00:45:21.98
they are a shield
against the deceptions of Satan.
00:45:22.02\00:45:26.12
We must never forget
that the great deception,
00:45:26.15\00:45:28.96
that final war is soon upon us.
00:45:28.99\00:45:31.39
As people are
crying out for help,
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.26
who's gonna show up.
00:45:33.29\00:45:34.63
They're crying out
for Jesus for help,
00:45:34.66\00:45:36.50
but there's gonna
be a deception first.
00:45:36.53\00:45:38.73
The enemy of souls is
going to deceive people
00:45:38.77\00:45:41.14
by coming as Christ himself.
00:45:41.17\00:45:44.07
"It is a neglect of these truths
00:45:44.11\00:45:46.64
that has opened
the door to the evils,
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.01
which are now
becoming so widespread
00:45:49.04\00:45:51.65
in religious world,
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.85
the nature and the
importance of the love of God
00:45:53.88\00:45:56.08
have been to a great extent,
00:45:56.12\00:45:58.29
to a great
extent, lost sight of."
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.56
That's the problem.
00:46:01.59\00:46:02.99
"A wrong
conception of the character,
00:46:03.02\00:46:05.93
the perpetuity
and the obligation
00:46:05.96\00:46:08.03
of the Divine
Law has led to errors
00:46:08.06\00:46:11.00
in relation to
conversation and sanctification,
00:46:11.03\00:46:16.04
all part of our
growth in Christ,
00:46:16.07\00:46:18.51
and has resulted in
lowering the standard of piety,
00:46:18.54\00:46:22.41
which is, you
know, being religious
00:46:22.44\00:46:24.51
or reverent in the church.
00:46:24.55\00:46:26.68
Here is to be found the
secret of the lack of the spirit
00:46:26.72\00:46:32.29
and power of God in
the revivals of our time."
00:46:32.32\00:46:36.56
There it is.
00:46:36.59\00:46:37.93
The closer, we,
we can't back down,
00:46:37.96\00:46:39.83
you said our message
needs to be ramped up,
00:46:39.86\00:46:42.46
we can't back down
when you present the truth
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.33
no matter where it cuts,
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.54
you're gonna experience
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.64
I mean, that just
hit it right on the head.
00:46:50.67\00:46:52.57
Let's do all three maybe
just get a thought on that
00:46:52.61\00:46:54.41
because when I read that,
when you read it just again
00:46:54.44\00:46:56.64
I was reading a while ago.
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.01
It says,
00:46:58.05\00:46:59.38
"Our conversion
and our sanctification,
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.62
notice this, has
resulted in lowering
00:47:01.65\00:47:03.49
the standard of
piety in the church."
00:47:03.52\00:47:05.99
So sometimes become,
00:47:06.02\00:47:07.36
or has it become about numbers
00:47:07.39\00:47:10.49
and we no longer want to bring
in those fundamental beliefs
00:47:10.53\00:47:14.63
that made us what we are today,
00:47:14.66\00:47:16.87
when we used to have maybe
27, 28 fundamental beliefs,
00:47:16.90\00:47:19.60
and sometimes now, I'm
again not trying to criticize,
00:47:19.63\00:47:21.74
I just want to look at
all the time now there's,
00:47:21.77\00:47:23.71
there's 10 or 12 little points,
and they're just barely hit on.
00:47:23.74\00:47:27.38
This is exactly what
this is talking about here.
00:47:27.41\00:47:30.21
And when you do that,
00:47:30.25\00:47:31.58
people are not on the same page
00:47:31.61\00:47:32.95
when they come in,
00:47:32.98\00:47:34.32
and lest two agree how
can they walk together.
00:47:34.35\00:47:35.92
You find that any ringing
bells for you, Brother Terry?
00:47:35.95\00:47:39.39
Something I was
thinking of is that,
00:47:39.42\00:47:41.09
you know, those of
us who, who are excited
00:47:41.12\00:47:44.93
and engaged in
proclaiming the gospel
00:47:44.96\00:47:47.83
and the ministry to
those who don't know it.
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.83
Sometimes we
find that easy to do
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.63
but what happens when you
call to like be a Jeremiah
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.70
to go to your own people
and show them their flaws.
00:47:54.74\00:47:59.01
I was thinking
about this passage
00:47:59.04\00:48:01.24
from Ezekiel 9:4,
00:48:01.28\00:48:02.88
and it says,
00:48:02.91\00:48:04.25
"The Lord said to Him,
00:48:04.28\00:48:05.61
'Go through the
midst of the city.
00:48:05.65\00:48:06.98
This is my city,
through the midst of Jerusalem
00:48:07.02\00:48:09.35
and put a mark on
the foreheads of men
00:48:09.38\00:48:11.29
who sigh and cry
over all the abominations
00:48:11.32\00:48:14.26
that are done," out there.
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.52
No, "within it." Right?
00:48:16.56\00:48:19.16
Yeah, so I mean,
00:48:19.19\00:48:21.06
do we have brothers and sisters
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.00
who call themselves
Seventh-day Adventist like us,
00:48:23.03\00:48:26.43
who are lowering the standard,
I believe it is occurring,
00:48:26.47\00:48:31.11
I mean, I would never call
anyone out personally on it.
00:48:31.14\00:48:33.61
But when we look
nationwide, worldwide,
00:48:33.64\00:48:36.04
it is occurring, you know.
00:48:36.08\00:48:37.41
Yeah.
00:48:37.45\00:48:38.78
And you're being
very modest and very sweet
00:48:38.81\00:48:40.65
about it when I would
say, if I see and it's obvious,
00:48:40.68\00:48:43.12
I will call them out.
00:48:43.15\00:48:44.49
Amen.
00:48:44.52\00:48:45.85
I'm not trying to
be ugly about that
00:48:45.89\00:48:47.22
because that is our obligation
00:48:47.26\00:48:48.59
because when
sin is in the church
00:48:48.62\00:48:49.96
or disbelief or wrong.
00:48:49.99\00:48:52.19
The church is held
accountable as a whole,
00:48:52.23\00:48:55.00
until it's dealt
with, and the pastors
00:48:55.03\00:48:56.80
and the elders deal
with that sin issue,
00:48:56.83\00:48:59.27
the problem there, until
it gets straightened out,
00:48:59.30\00:49:01.50
God cannot bless,
so I think we need to.
00:49:01.54\00:49:04.51
Go ahead, Don, I'm sorry.
00:49:04.54\00:49:05.87
Something that
Lord put in my mind is
00:49:05.91\00:49:07.24
God cannot bless
when we make a mess.
00:49:07.28\00:49:08.61
Thank you.
00:49:08.64\00:49:09.98
I mean, you know, this concept,
00:49:10.01\00:49:11.35
I think what
we're talking about is
00:49:11.38\00:49:12.71
when I see our churches doing is
00:49:12.75\00:49:14.08
we want to adapt
our cultural norms.
00:49:14.12\00:49:16.45
We want to embrace those
00:49:16.48\00:49:17.85
instead of what
the plain word says.
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.49
So we're bringing all these...
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.02
We want to be accepted.
00:49:21.06\00:49:22.39
Yeah, with all these feelings
and emotions and all this stuff
00:49:22.42\00:49:25.39
it's, you can see it
creeping in everywhere.
00:49:25.43\00:49:28.20
There was a
guy, he was a famous.
00:49:28.23\00:49:29.76
He's a big mega church leader,
00:49:29.80\00:49:32.63
and something that
caught my attention was
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.14
I heard this.
00:49:34.17\00:49:35.57
He said that,
00:49:35.60\00:49:37.07
"God sent His Son
here to break the law."
00:49:37.11\00:49:40.41
I was like, whoa!
00:49:40.44\00:49:41.78
I thought.
00:49:41.81\00:49:43.14
I'm just thinking, wow
this is what pastor said out.
00:49:43.18\00:49:46.15
And this is what
people are teaching is,
00:49:46.18\00:49:47.78
you know, it sounds wonderful.
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.15
See, that's
outside of the Scripture.
00:49:49.18\00:49:50.52
Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:50.55\00:49:51.89
People are buying that.
00:49:51.92\00:49:53.25
People are hearing it.
00:49:53.29\00:49:54.62
And this is the young person
who is attracting young people.
00:49:54.66\00:49:56.22
I've got a 10 year old grandson
that goes with a daughter
00:49:56.26\00:49:59.79
that is outside
the faith right now.
00:49:59.83\00:50:02.26
It goes to one of
our largest churches
00:50:02.30\00:50:04.23
in this area,
00:50:04.27\00:50:05.60
and he's told me more than once,
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.14
grandma's like going
to a big concert just,
00:50:07.17\00:50:09.90
it's just fun and
games, are playing games.
00:50:09.94\00:50:11.61
He's just 10 years old.
00:50:11.64\00:50:12.97
Yeah. He recognizes it.
00:50:13.01\00:50:14.34
It's just, it's
just a lot of music,
00:50:14.38\00:50:15.71
you know, and bless his heart,
00:50:15.74\00:50:18.08
you know, he that he's,
00:50:18.11\00:50:19.45
he's taught
something different...
00:50:19.48\00:50:20.88
Right. And they're asked, right?
00:50:20.92\00:50:22.42
They're asked when they come in,
00:50:22.45\00:50:23.79
what did you learn today?
00:50:23.82\00:50:25.15
And most generally,
they said, we just played,
00:50:25.19\00:50:28.56
we didn't do anything.
00:50:28.59\00:50:29.92
You know, our
children, need to be in church.
00:50:29.96\00:50:31.29
They need to be
taught these beautiful truths
00:50:31.33\00:50:33.56
on the foundation
from the very beginning.
00:50:33.60\00:50:35.50
Get that twig
while it can be bent.
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.20
That's right.
00:50:37.23\00:50:38.83
I'm sorry I'm
going to go back to,
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.20
we really need to
spend time in the Scripture.
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.67
Okay.
00:50:42.70\00:50:44.04
You know, Jesus
said in Matthew 11.
00:50:44.07\00:50:46.31
"Take My yoke upon
you and learn of Me."
00:50:46.34\00:50:49.74
He's still willing to teach us.
00:50:49.78\00:50:51.11
Amen.
00:50:51.15\00:50:52.48
Luke at, it's 23, no
24, I opened it here,
00:50:52.51\00:50:56.82
and you know
there's a scene there
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.29
two disciples
are walking to Emmaus
00:50:58.32\00:51:01.06
and I call it Emmaus,
but it's Emmaus maybe.
00:51:01.09\00:51:03.46
It's all right.
00:51:03.49\00:51:04.83
Anyway, they're
walking and they're talking
00:51:04.86\00:51:06.19
about what happened.
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.60
And Jesus joined them.
00:51:07.63\00:51:09.70
And He said, "What
are you talking about."
00:51:09.73\00:51:11.97
And they were talking about,
you know, where have you been,
00:51:12.00\00:51:15.30
don't you know that there
was a prophet among us Jesus
00:51:15.34\00:51:18.21
and he did many mighty miracles,
00:51:18.24\00:51:19.74
but this is the
third day after His death
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.74
and they were sad.
00:51:21.78\00:51:23.48
And Jesus said,
00:51:23.51\00:51:24.85
"O fools and slow
of heart to believe
00:51:24.88\00:51:28.38
all that the
prophets have spoken."
00:51:28.42\00:51:30.29
And then it says there
that beginning at Moses.
00:51:30.32\00:51:33.46
Yes.
00:51:33.49\00:51:35.72
He began to tell
them about the prophecies
00:51:35.76\00:51:37.83
and how Jesus
fulfilled those prophecies,
00:51:37.86\00:51:40.46
and they were just amazed,
00:51:40.50\00:51:41.83
and then it says in verse
39, notice this wonderful thing.
00:51:41.86\00:51:43.93
Notice this.
00:51:43.97\00:51:45.30
In verse 30,
00:51:45.33\00:51:46.67
"Now it came to pass, as
He sat at the table with them
00:51:46.70\00:51:48.24
that He took bread,
00:51:48.27\00:51:49.60
blessed and broke
it and gave it to them.
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.81
Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him,
00:51:51.84\00:51:54.84
and He,
vanquished from their sight,
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.81
vanished from their sight,
00:51:56.85\00:51:58.18
and they said to one another,
00:51:58.21\00:51:59.55
did not our
heart burn within us,
00:51:59.58\00:52:01.35
while He talked
with us on the road
00:52:01.38\00:52:04.09
and while he opened
the Scriptures to us."
00:52:04.12\00:52:07.72
So, this thing about
00:52:07.76\00:52:12.03
that their hearts
burned within them.
00:52:12.06\00:52:14.60
But if you read
before what I read, it says,
00:52:14.63\00:52:17.93
"Then He opened
their understanding."
00:52:17.97\00:52:20.17
Amen.
00:52:20.20\00:52:21.54
So I believe we need
to read the Scriptures,
00:52:21.57\00:52:23.51
but we need to ask Jesus,
00:52:23.54\00:52:25.11
open our understanding
that we may understand
00:52:25.14\00:52:28.58
and the same
experience they had,
00:52:28.61\00:52:31.28
because it says,
00:52:31.31\00:52:32.65
"Did not our
hearts burn within us?"
00:52:32.68\00:52:34.02
Right.
00:52:34.05\00:52:35.38
And we're going to
get that same experience
00:52:35.42\00:52:36.75
as we spend time with the Bible.
00:52:36.79\00:52:38.19
Jesus is willing.
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We have to make
ourselves available.
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Now the other day I was praying.
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I said, "Lord, should I
present this message or not."
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You know, I'm praying,
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because there's,
there are many things
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you can preach about.
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And this idea, this
thought came to my mind
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to preach about
a particular thing.
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And as I was praying
there, asking the Lord,
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"Should I preach about this?"
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And it was like the
Lord opened the door
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and showed me something
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that I had never seen
before in the Scriptures.
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And I said, "Thank you Lord."
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Yes. Thank you Lord.
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And I say, well, I know I
have to present the message now
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because You've showed me
something about this topic
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that I never knew.
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And I could tell
you, I am not smart enough
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or have the capacity
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to put those
things together that way
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that I could say,
well, this is my idea.
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I give glory to the Lord,
He's the one that gave it.
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So glory be to Him.
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And so, the Lord is willing.
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We need to make
ourselves available.
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Pray, "Lord, please
open my understanding."
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God is willing.
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Let's take advantage
of while the door's open.
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While the door is open.
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Because decisive
times are coming.
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Good. Amen.
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Yes, they are.
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And I think, you know,
as we were talking here
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and bringing
pointing out what sin is
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in that passage I read,
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or the paragraph I read
out of The Great Controversy,
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is that we need to do everything
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through wisdom in
the Spirit of God.
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It goes back to, you
know, someone comes in,
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you don't immediately hit them.
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You bring them, you love them,
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you show them Jesus
like He did to those people,
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you know, He
wouldn't even address them
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that way if He thought
it was going to hurt them.
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But He knew it would
catch their attention.
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And then He began to
break the bread of life.
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Open the Scripture to
them, give them understanding,
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and then once they
have that understanding,
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then that's when they have
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a decisive decision
right then and there to make.
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Yes.
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You know, but we don't
want to wound somebody,
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or we're working
the work of the enemy.
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You know, Brother
Terry, on here, our time we say
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this decisive hour is coming,
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you know, even,
even in our question here
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is decisive hour is now.
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And if it was now,
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then when some
of this was written,
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we get out of here.
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How much more now is it?
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That's right.
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And if not now, when?
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And if there's a reason
why, I mean, what is the reason?
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Is it really?
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Because the time
is going to come,
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that we are,
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we can't ignore the
commandments of God,
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they've got to be put out there,
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to avoid persecution.
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Persecution is coming to those,
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I think it's
been mentioned here,
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you know quite a bit here,
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to those who
eventually stand up to Christ.
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Don't let that make you afraid
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because He said, I'm
gonna be with you always
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till the end of the world.
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Can we really
believe that promise?
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I'm going to be with you
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and when the time
comes to advocate,
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and it already
had a long time ago,
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you advocated once
you learn its truth.
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That's right.
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Have you seen
that in your own life?
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Well, I was just thinking,
you know, we as Adventist,
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I'll try to be quick, you
know, as Adventist we talk about
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the great and final
test that is yet to come,
00:55:40.74\00:55:42.64
that is coming and it is coming,
00:55:42.67\00:55:44.01
we understand that.
00:55:44.04\00:55:45.37
But there are tests
being performed now.
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Right now.
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Now that have to do
00:55:48.18\00:55:49.51
with the other nine
commandments of God.
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And are we going to
stand on a thus saith the Lord
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or are we going to accept
what man is pushing upon us?
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That's right. That's right.
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That's a fact.
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Do you see that
happening, Brother Don?
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Oh my, yeah definitely.
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I was just reading this quote,
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I'll just read it real quick
out of The Great Controversy
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where it says that,
00:56:04.66\00:56:05.99
"Every revival of God's work,
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the Prince of evil's arouse
the more intense activity.
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He is now putting
forth His utmost efforts
00:56:10.67\00:56:12.53
for final struggle against
Christ and His followers."
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That's in Great
Controversy, 593.
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So yeah for
walking with the Lord
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is gonna get more intense.
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Amen.
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Pastor John, do you see this
00:56:21.18\00:56:22.51
as we're talking
about primitive godliness.
00:56:22.54\00:56:23.88
We've got to get
back, no time to delay.
00:56:23.91\00:56:26.68
Do you see that right
now like today's the day?
00:56:26.72\00:56:30.79
Today's the day we need
to really examine ourselves
00:56:30.82\00:56:34.19
to see whether or
not we are in the truth.
00:56:34.22\00:56:37.43
It is a personal examination,
there's a time when you,
00:56:37.46\00:56:41.10
when you assess to examine,
to examine their fruits,
00:56:41.13\00:56:45.00
but we need to examine ourselves
00:56:45.03\00:56:46.87
to see if we are in the truth.
00:56:46.90\00:56:48.87
Are we walking with Jesus?
00:56:48.90\00:56:50.47
Are we opening the Bible
just when you get to church,
00:56:50.51\00:56:53.58
or are we spending
time with the Lord daily?
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Which,
whichever one you're doing
00:56:56.41\00:56:57.91
you're preparing yourself
00:56:57.95\00:56:59.98
for revival primitive godliness,
00:57:00.02\00:57:01.92
to be prepared when Jesus comes,
00:57:01.95\00:57:03.28
or you're preparing yourself,
yourself to be deceived,
00:57:03.32\00:57:06.42
and to take upon yourself
00:57:06.45\00:57:07.79
the mark of the
beast and to be lost.
00:57:07.82\00:57:09.16
You're doing one or the other.
00:57:09.19\00:57:10.53
One or the other
right now preparing for.
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Honey, 20 seconds
left, you got a thought?
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Well, the good news is,
Jesus will never leave us.
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He will never forsake us.
00:57:16.26\00:57:17.73
There will be
people who will stand.
00:57:17.77\00:57:20.04
Now Revelation
talks about that 144,000,
00:57:20.07\00:57:23.00
that's gonna stand
through great tribulation.
00:57:23.04\00:57:25.27
We want to pray to
be amongst that number.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Thank you for joining us.
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We pray, it's been a blessing.
00:57:30.08\00:57:31.41
We're going to
be praying for you.
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Pray for us. God bless you.
00:57:32.81\00:57:34.15
Have a good day and
we'll see you next time.
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