Participants: J.D. & Shelley Quinn (Host), James Rafferty
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL015530B
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00:22 YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE WELCOME YOU.
00:24 AND WE WANT TO MENTION THAT WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 00:27 YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND 00:30 PARTICULARLY, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED 00:34 THE GO EVANGELISTIC TEAM. >> AMEN. 00:37 >> BUT I'M SHELLEY QUINN. >> AND THIS IS. 00:41 >> J.D. >> I'M THE WIFE OF J.D. QUINN. 00:44 WE GOT THAT RIGHT THIS TIME. >> WE KNOW WHO WE ARE. 00:46 >> AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST IS JAMES RAFFERTY WHO IS LEADING US 00:49 IN A FASCINATING STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAMB AND 00:53 THE DRAGON FROM REVELATION 12. SO YOU MIGHT GRAB YOUR BIBLE AND 00:57 OPEN UP TO REVELATION 12 AND JAMES, BEFORE WE GET GOING ONE 01:02 MORE TIME, WE DO HAVE A SONG WITH PASTOR JOHN, BUT WOULD YOU 01:07 JUST SUMMARIZE VERY BRIEFLY WHAT THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS WE 01:11 HAVE LOOKED AT, OF THE LAMB, THE CHRIST -- THE CHRISTIANS AND THE 01:16 THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRAGON REPRESENTING SATAN. 01:20 >> ABSOLUTELY. REVELATION 12:1 TELLS US THE 01:23 CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ARE FIRST OF ALL THAT THEY ARE 01:25 COVERED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST. 01:28 NUMBER TWO, THAT THEY ARE STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD. 01:31 AND NUMBER THREE, THAT THEY ARE ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE. 01:33 AND THEN IN REVELATION 12:3 OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE HAVE 01:39 IDENTIFIED OF THE DRAGON, NUMBER ONE, HE'S A DECEIVER, VERSE 4. 01:42 NUMBER TWO, HE HATES BECAUSE HE HATES THE WOMAN AND THE CHILD 01:46 THAT BRINGS HER FORTH -- THAT IS BROUGHT FORTH FROM HER. 01:50 AND NUMBER THREE, VERSE 10, THAT HE'S AN ACCUSER. 01:53 SO HE'S FILLED WITH DECEPTION, HATRED AND ACCUSATIONS. 01:57 THESE ARE THINGS, CHARACTERISTICS WE DON'T WANT. 02:02 WE WANT TO BE FILLED WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS AND THE 02:05 WORD OF GOD AND BE READY TORE SERVICE. 02:08 >> THAT'S A GREAT BRIEF SUMMARY. >> BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR 02:10 FURTHER STORY. WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN PASTOR JOHN 02:17 LOMACANG WHO WILL BE SINGING "I GIVE ALL OF MY LIFE TO YOU." 02:25 ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY SERVICE TO YOU ♪ 02:44 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY SERVICE TO YOU ♪ ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT I 03:00 DO ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY SERVICE TO YOU ♪ 03:09 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ♪ 03:17 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ♪ 03:27 ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT I DO, ♪ 03:36 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ♪ 03:41 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY, LORD, TO 03:55 YOU ♪ ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT 04:06 OTHERS DO ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ♪ 04:18 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE, LORD, TO 04:34 YOU ♪ ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT 04:44 OTHERS DO ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ♪ 04:55 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ 05:14 ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT OTHERS DO ♪ 05:24 ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO 05:45 YOU ♪ >> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SONG AND 06:06 WE SO RESPECT AND ADMIRE OUR PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. 06:11 >> HE JUST MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY. 06:13 >> IT IS EASY FOR HIM. AND ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT, WE ARE 06:16 STUDYING THE -- HOW PEOPLE ARE EITHER DEVELOPING THE CHARACTER 06:20 OF THE LAMB, JESUS CHRIST, OR WE ARE REFLECTING THE CHARACTER OF 06:25 SATAN. AND WE ARE JUST GOING TO TURN IT 06:27 RIGHT OVER TO YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW A LOT 06:32 ABOUT, AND WE'RE LEARNING A LOT. >> AMEN. 06:34 REVELATION 12, AS I SAID EARLIER WHEN WE STARTED, THIS IS 06:36 PROBABLY THE ONE CHAPTER I MIGHT CHOOSE OVER EVERY OTHER IN THE 06:39 BOOK OF REVELATION TO HELP ME AND GUIDE ME IN UNDERSTANDING 06:43 THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN BETWEEN GOOD AND 06:46 EVIL. AND THE BIG STORY, THE BIG 06:48 PICTURE, AND THEN WHAT OUR GOAL IS, WHAT OUR DESTINY IS, AND WE 06:52 HAVE TALKED ABOUT REVELATION 12:1 A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT I 06:55 WANT TO EMPHASIZE ONE MORE TIME, THIS IS OUR DESTINY. 07:00 >> AMEN. >> GOD WANTS TO GET US TO THE 07:02 PLACE WHERE WE ARE CLOTHED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS 07:05 CHRIST. WE ARE TRUSTING IN HIS PERFECT 07:06 LIFE AND HIS PERFECT DEATH HIS RESURRECTION. 07:09 WHEN WE GET TO THIS PLACE AND WE ARE STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD 07:11 AND WE ARE PART OF HIS ORGANIZED CHURCH, WE WILL KEEP THE 07:15 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. IN FACT, THINK ABOUT THIS. 07:17 PREVIOUS TO REVELATION 12:1, THERE IS NO MENTION OF A CHURCH, 07:21 OR A PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUALS WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IN 07:23 THE BOOK OF REVELATION. NEVER MENTIONED. 07:25 NOT IN REVELATION 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 07:30 IT'S NOT UNTIL GOD BRINGS US THIS PICTURE OF A WOMAN WHO IS 07:33 CLOTHED WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST THAT HE THEN POINTS US 07:36 TO THE REMNANT OF THE WOMAN WHO KEEPS THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 07:39 WHAT IS THAT TELLING US? >> AMEN. 07:42 >> THAT ONLY IF WE ARE CLOTHED WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS 07:45 CHRIST, THAT'S WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN US AND 07:49 WILLING TO DO GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE. 07:51 SO WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS BY HIS POWER. 07:53 >> YES. >> BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 07:57 YES. >> AND INFLUENCE. 07:58 >> IT'S ONLY AS WE SEE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS OUR FULL AND 08:00 COMPLETE SAVIOR THAT WE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM. 08:02 AND WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM, WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 08:05 >> AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHICH SIDE WE ARE ON 08:08 HERE. >> MM-HMM. 08:09 >> AND HERE'S THE POINT, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE, THE POINT 08:12 IS IN REVELATION 12:11 THAT THEY, GOD'S PEOPLE OVERCOME HIM 08:17 BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTAMENT AND THEY 08:20 LOVE NOT THEIR LIVES UNDER THE DEATH. 08:22 THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY NOT SO MUCH THAT WE 08:28 AREN'T ACCUSERS, DECEIVERS, AND ANGRY, AND FILLED WITH HATE. 08:33 WE ARE. THE POINT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY IS 08:36 THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THAT. >> AMEN. 08:38 >> WE CAN OVERCOME THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRAGON. 08:41 WE CAN OVERCOME THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE 08:43 ACCUSATIONS OF SATAN. SATAN IS BASICALLY -- EVEN IF 08:46 YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO ADMIT, IT SATAN WILL TELL YOU, YOU DON'T 08:49 DESERVE HEAVEN. YOU DON'T DESERVE CHURCH. 08:51 YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN IN PRISON 08:54 SOMEWHERE OR, YOU KNOW -- YOU DON'T DESERVE ANY OF THAT. 08:57 HE WAN WANTS TO LOAD US WITH GUILT. HE WANTS TO PRESS US DOWN. 09:03 HE'S ACCUSING US DAY AND NIGHT. THIS IS HIS FULL-TIME JOB. 09:07 HE DOESN'T TAKE HOLIDAYS OR VACATIONS AND HE DOESN'T SLEEP. 09:10 >> YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGHT JUST STRUCK ME. 09:13 HE'S ACCUSING BUT THERE'S ALMOST -- THE JUXTAPOSITION OF 09:17 THAT IS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE SO WONDERFUL BUT 09:20 SATAN IS USIN ACCUSING GOD. HE'S EITHER ACCUSING US OR 09:25 ACCUSING GOD. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK 09:27 THEY ARE TOO GOOD, TOO COOL AND DON'T NEED GOD BECAUSE THEY 09:30 DON'T THINK THAT GOD IS ON THEIR SIDE. 09:31 >> AND HOW DO WE OVERCOME THAT? HOW DO WE OVERCOME -- 09:35 >> BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. >> BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 09:38 >> AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY AND THEY LOVE NOT 09:41 THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH. >> YES. 09:43 >> NOW HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN 09:46 THIS LAST PHRASE BECAUSE THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD'S 09:48 PEOPLE. THEY ARE SELFLESS. 09:50 THEY ARE OTHER SENT. THEY DON'T LOVE THEIR LIVES. 09:52 THEY ARE NOT THINKING OF THEMSELVES. 09:54 THEY ARE THINKING OF OTHERS. ADVERTISEADVERTISE VITAL FOR MARRIAGE -- 09:59 IT'S VITAL FOREIGN MARRIAGES AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITIES 10:02 AND TOWNS. IT'S VITAL WITH OUR 10:04 RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND NATIONS. 10:05 IT'S VITAL FOR THE CHARACTER OF GOD TO BE FULLY REPRODUCED. 10:09 GOD IS RELATING A PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE JESUS SO MUCH THAT THEY 10:15 DON'T EVEN LIVE -- AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS CAREFULLY. 10:17 THEY DON'T LIVE BY A CODE OF COMMANDMENTS. 10:20 THEY DO, BUT THE -- THE ESSENCE OF THAT CODE OF COMMANDMENTS IS 10:25 SELFLESS OTHER CENTERED LIVING. THE JEWS COULD TAKE OFF THE 10:31 COMMANDMENTS BUT THEY WEREN'T LIVING OTHER SINNER LIVES. 10:35 JESUS LIVED A SELFLESS LIFE. WHEN HE LIVED A SELFLESS LIFE, 10:39 HE KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. THAT'S WAS THE OUTWARD 10:44 MANIFESTATION. >> CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE 10:46 NUGGETS. >> YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 10:49 >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES HAS BECOME 1 THESSALONIANS 10:59 3:12-13 MAY THE LORD ALLOW TO INCREASE IN LOVE THAT HE MAY 11:02 ESTABLISH YOUR HEART BLAMELESS IN HOLINESS. 11:06 SO AS WE GROW IN LOVE, WE GROW IN HOLINESS. 11:08 >> YES. >> AS I WAS STUDYING THIS 11:10 RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, ROMANS 5:5 SAID GOD POURS HIS LOVE INTO OUR 11:14 HEARTS BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 11:17 IT OCCURRED TO ME, GOD IS LOVE. HIS PERFECTION, HIS HOLINESS IS 11:26 ESTABLISHED BY THAT LOVE. >> MM-HMM. 11:28 >> AND THEN WHEN HE POURED HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEART, THAT'S HOW 11:32 HE ESTABLISHES OUR PERFECTION. HE MAKES US PERFECT AND IT'S 11:36 ONLY WHEN WE HAVE GOT THAT LOVE THAT -- LIKE YOU SAID, THEN 11:43 OBEDIENCE -- YOU WANT TO OBEY. YOU WANT TO PLEASE YOUR FATHER. 11:48 >> MM-HMM. >> YOU HAVE THE SELF-SACRIFICING 11:51 LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE LORD IN YOUR HEART, AND SO I SEE THE 11:59 GREAT CONTROVERSY KIND OF AS A CONTEST BETWEEN THE 12:03 SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE OF GOD, AND THE SELFISH SELF LOVE OF THE 12:10 DEVIL. >> YOU JUST SUMMARIZED, IT'S 12:17 SELFISHNESS VERSUS SELFLESSNESS. OTHER CENTERED LOVE VERSUS 12:22 SELFISHNESS, I, I, I. WE HAVE iPHONES AND iPADS 12:24 AND WE HAVE IMAX AND WE HAVE I EVERYTHING. 12:28 THAT'S NOT A NEGATIVE. I HAVE AN iPHONE, BUT IT'S THE 12:31 POINT IS, IS THAT OUR SOCIETY IS FOCUSED ON SELF. 12:34 IT ALL COMES TO SELF AND WE LOVE OTHER PEOPLE AND WE WORSHIP 12:38 OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WORSHIP SELF. 12:40 AND WE SEE IN THEM SOMETHING THAT WE WANT OR SOMETHING THAT 12:43 WE ADMIRE THAT WE AT ATTAIN TO THAT GLORIFIES THEM AND THEIR SENSE, 12:49 AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE FANS OF ALL OF THAT. 12:52 IT'S COUNTERFEIT. THE BIBLE, DANIEL 12 12:55 SPECIFICALLY VERSE 3 SAYS THAT WE ARE TO BE STARS. 12:58 EVERYONE IS BORN TO BE A STAR. THERE'S NO SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT 13:00 ARE STARS ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE. BUT ALL OF US IN GOD'S SIGHT ARE 13:04 STARS. TO SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF 13:07 AFFIRMMENT FOREVER AND EVER AND SO IN REVELATION 12, WE HAVE 13:11 THESE THREE ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S CHURCH, 13:16 OF GOD'S PEOPLE, THEY ARE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE 13:18 LAMB. THEY RELY ON JESUS, ON HIS BLOOD 13:21 AND HIS DEATH AND THEY RELY ON WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND IT 13:25 SAYS THEY HAVE A TESTIMONY. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND 13:27 SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS FOR US TO BE ORGANIZED 13:30 FOR SERVICE, THE CHURCH AND BEING PART OF THE CHURCH DOES 13:33 NOT SAVE US. WE ARE NOT SAVED. 13:36 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BY BEING PART OF THE CHURCH. 13:37 WE ARE SAVED BY A PERSON NAMED JESUS CHRIST. 13:40 >> AMEN. >> AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS 13:42 CHRIST. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU. 13:43 BUT WAIT A MINUTE, WE PROPHESIED. 13:45 WE DID LOTS OF WONDERFUL WORKS IN YOUR NAME. 13:47 WE WERE CHRISTIANS. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU. 13:49 >> WE DID ALL KINDS OF HEALTH FAIRS. 13:52 >> THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS RAISED 13:55 IN A CHURCH, A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT GO TO CHURCH, 13:58 YOU WERE PART OF A CHURCH THAT DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 14:01 THEY HAVE PRAY EVERY NIGHT, AND I DID THAT EVERY NIGHT WHETHER I 14:04 WAS DRUNK OR SOBER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW CHURCH. 14:06 I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. 14:08 AND I WASN'T TAUGHT TO I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. 14:12 THAT CHURCH I WAS RAISED IN TEACHES THAT YOU HAVING A 14:15 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IS NOT THE IMPORTANT THING BUT 14:19 BEING PART OF THE CHURCH IS IMPORTANT TO. 14:20 ME, THIS IS VITAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TESTIMONY, WORLD OF THEIR 14:23 TESTIMONY, WHAT IS THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY? 14:25 IT IS WHAT JESUS HAS DONE IN THEIR LIVES. 14:27 IT'S HOW JESUS HAS WORKED IN THEIR LIVES AND HE'S WORKING IN 14:29 OUR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU 14:32 KNOW, WE ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY 14:35 ARE MOVING FORWARD AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT PAUL'S TESTIMONY 14:38 WAS. HE WROTE A LOT OF NEW TEST. 14:42 THE PERSON WHO WROTE A GOOD PORTION OF IT WAS LUKE, A GREEK. 14:46 AND PAUL WROTE IT TOO. A LOT OF WHAT HE WROTE WAS HIS 14:50 PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH AND HOW GOD 14:53 DELIVERED HIM AND HOW GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR HIM AND WHAT GOD 14:57 DID IN HIS LIFE AND THAT'S POWERFUL. 14:59 YOU HAVE SEE, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR US TO KNOW THE WORD 15:02 AND TO EXHORT AND TALK ABOUT THE WORD. 15:04 WE NEED TO KNOW THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD. 15:06 WE HAVE NEED TO KNOW THE SAVIOR IN THE WORD AND WE NEED TO KNOW 15:11 HOWL HE'S WORKING IN OUR LIFE AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH 15:14 PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE. 15:15 THEY ARE LIKE, REALLY? WHAT? 15:17 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT -- IT'S NOT JUST HERE. 15:19 IT'S HERE. OUR PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. 15:23 >> BY OVERCOMING BY THE WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY. 15:27 THE PROVERBS SAYS THE POWER OF DEATH AND LIFE IS IN THE TONGUE. 15:30 AND PAUL SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13, HE SAYS, WE BELIEVE -- WE 15:35 SPEAK WITH THE SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH AS IT IS WRITTEN, 15:41 THEREFORE I BELIEVE. -- I BELIEVED AND THEREFORE I 15:42 SPOKE. SO WE ALSO BELIEVE AND THEREFORE 15:45 SPEAK. I THINK SPEAKING IN THE SPIRIT 15:48 OF FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR TESTIMONY. 15:50 WHEN WE ACCEPT THE PROMISES OF GOD, WHEN WE SPEAK THESE 15:53 PROMISES OF GOD, AND SPEAK WITH THAT SPIRIT OF FAITH, THAT'S ONE 15:56 OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HELPS US OVERCOME. 15:58 >> AND THAT'S PART OF OUR EXPERIENCE. 16:00 >> YES. >> BECAUSE OUR EXPERIENCE IS 16:02 SPEAKING TOWARDS THE FAITH, AND THE SPEAKING -- 16:05 >> EVERYBODY -- EVERYBODY HANDLES THAT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE 16:08 EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT DNA. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE 16:11 THAT CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING, BUT YET THEY CAN TESTIFY. 16:13 YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SAY WHAT JESUS DOES IN THEIR LIFE. 16:16 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BEAT 16:18 THEMSELVES UP, OH, I DON'T -- I CAN'T -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT 16:24 THAT -- I CAN'T REMEMBER, AND I KNOW I USED TO BEAT MYSELF UP ON 16:27 IT. BOY, I KEPT REMEMBERING. 16:29 LORD, I WILL COME WHEN I HAVE TO STAND AND I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 16:31 TESTIFY FOR YOU. I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THE 16:34 SAME WORDS AND THEN IT CAME -- IT CAME AND HE SAID, THAT'S A 16:38 OKAY J.D. I WILL BRING TO YOUR 16:41 REMEMBRANCE. YOU NEED TO GET IN AND STUDY AND 16:43 BRING THAT UP TO ME. THAT'S HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE 16:46 BECAUSE OTHERWISE -- MAYBE THAT'S THE WORKS. 16:48 BUT YOU DON'T MEAN FOR THIS TO BE THE WORKS IT. 16:51 KIND OF GETS COMPLICATED. >> IT'S NOT. 16:53 SEE, WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING J.D., WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING, 16:56 SHELLEY, ARE A TESTIMONY. >> YEAH. 16:58 >> YOU ARE DESCRIBING HOW GOD HAS LED YOU TO CLAIM HIS 17:00 PROMISES. >> RIGHT. 17:01 >> YOU ARE DESCRIBING HOW GOD HAS LED YOU IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL 17:04 EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND PEOPLE THAT CAN'T 17:07 RELATE TO ANYTHING I SAID TONIGHT ARE GOING TO RELATE TO 17:09 WHAT YOU HAVE SAID OR RELATE TO WHAT YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M 17:12 SAYING? BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HUMANS THAT 17:13 HAVE A TESTIMONY AND AN EXPERIENCE AND THE TESTIMONY 17:16 EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE NEED TO BE HEARD. 17:21 SOME OF US ARE TONGUES AND SOME OF US OR EARS AND SOME OF US ARE 17:24 THUMBS AND SOME OF US ARE FEET AND TOES, RIGHT? 17:26 >> AMEN. >> AND AS THE BODY COMMUNICATES 17:29 THIS TESTIMONY, THE WORLD LISTENS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT 17:33 THERE WHOSE CONSCIENCE IS PRICKED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 17:36 CONVICTS THEM. THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN 17:37 REALLY RELATE TO THAT. AND THAT DRAWS THEM, EACH ONE 17:40 WHO IS LISTENING HERE. AND SO THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE. 17:43 >> AMEN. >> TONIGHT. 17:44 WE ARE READING THESE BIBLE VERSES. 17:46 WE ARE READING A MIXTURE EVER PROPHECY AND SPIRITUAL CHARACTER 17:50 DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE READING ABOUT OUR 17:52 FAILURES AND WEAKNESSES AND OUR INCLINATION TO BE FILLED WITH 17:55 HATE AND ANGER AND DECEPTION AND ACCUSATION AND THE DESIRE THAT 17:59 JESUS HAS AND THE POWER THAT HE HAS TO HELP US TO OVERCOME THIS 18:03 BY HIS BLOOD AND BY HIS TESTIMONY, AND BY THE SELFLESS 18:08 LOVE THAT HE WANTS TO PUT IN OUR HEARTS. 18:09 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE READING ABOUT, BUT WE ARE ALSO READING 18:11 ABOUT PROPHECY. WE ARE READING ABOUT GOD'S 18:13 CHURCH AND THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT JESUS WAS BORN INTO AS A 18:16 JEW. AND HOW THAT TRANSITION TOOK 18:18 PLACE FROM THAT OLD TESTAMENT, LITERAL JEWISH CHURCH TO THE NEW 18:22 CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HOW GOD DELIVERED THEM INTO A GLORIOUS 18:26 LAND OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THEN IN 18:29 THE NEW TESTAMENT, GOD TOOK HIS CHURCH THAT WAS PERSECUTED AND 18:33 IT BROUGHT THEM THROUGH THIS DARK PERIOD AND OUT INTO A PLACE 18:37 CALLED THE EARTH THAT SWALLOWED UP THE FLOOD OF PERSECUTION AND 18:41 HE BROUGHT HIM WITH EAGLE'S WINGS JUST LIKE DID HE IN THE 18:44 OLD TESTAMENT AND GAVE THEM ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND 18:47 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. AND HOW IN THIS PLACE THIS 18:49 EARTH, THAT THIS POWER, THIS GOVERNMENT, THIS EARTHLY KINGDOM 18:54 WOULD RISE UP THAT HAD THE PRINCIPLES THAT WERE LAMB-LIKE 18:56 AT FIRST, OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE AMENDMENTS AND ALL THE 18:59 PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL FREEDOM, THAT A 19:05 RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL FREEDOM, THAT IS GOING TO TRANSITION INTO 19:07 THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DRAGON. >> MM-HMM. 19:10 >> AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DRAGON NOW ARE WHAT WE WANT TO 19:13 LOOK AT AS WE MOVE PAST REVELATION CHAPTER 12. 19:16 WE WILL CLOSE OUT REVELATION 12:17 THE DRAGON WAS BROTH WITH 19:22 THE WOMAN AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED TO 19:26 KEACH THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD AND THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS. 19:28 WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMANDMENTS AND THAT'S ANOTHER 19:33 CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD'S PEOPLE. WE RECOGNIZE IN REVELATION 19:41 19:10, IT'S A GIFT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO HIS CHURCH TO 19:45 UNDERSTAND PROPHECY. JAMES, YOU UNDERSTAND PROPHECY. 19:47 I UNDERSTAND PROPHECY BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN THIS CHURCH THE 19:49 GIFT OF PROPHECY AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT GIFT OF 19:52 PROPHECY AND I HOLD THAT GIFT OF PROPHECY AND THAT GIFT. 19:56 PROPHECY HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND BIBLE PROPHECY AND I'M TALKING 19:59 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WRITINGS. AND THEN IT SAYS HERE 17 STILL, 20:05 THE DRAGON IS WROTH AND HE GOES TO MAKE WAR. 20:08 SO YOU SEE THE DRAGON WARS AND IN REVELATION 13:1, JOHN STANDS 20:15 UPON THE SAND OF THE SEA AND HE SEES ANOTHER BEAST. 20:18 I SAW A BEAST RISE UP OUT OF THE SEA, A BEAST REPRESENTS AN 20:21 EARTHLY HUMAN POWER ACCORDING TO DANIEL 17:23 AND HE HAS SEVEN 20:28 HEADS AND 10 HORNS AND UPON HIS HEAD IS 10 HORNS AND BLASPHEMY 20:36 OR SLANDER. AND THE MOUTH WAS THE MOUTH OF A 20:41 LION AND THE DRAGON GAVE HIM HIS POWER, HIS SEAT AND GREAT 20:44 AUTHORITY. SO THIS IS ALSO AN EARTHLY POWER 20:50 THAT HAS THESE DRAGON-LIKE POWERS. 20:54 I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF, THE DRAGON AND YOU ARE IDENTIFYING 20:56 THESE. NO, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE 20:59 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRAGON. WE ARE LOOKING AT EARTHLY 21:01 POWERS, POLITICAL POWERS, RELIGIOUS POWERS THAT ARE 21:05 DECEPTIVE, THAT ARE ACCUSETORY, THAT ARE ANGRY AND FILLED WITH 21:11 HATE. THAT HAS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 21:13 DO WE THESE THOSE KIND OF RELIGIOUS POWERS IN THE WORLD 21:17 TODAY? YES. 21:17 ARE WE LIKE THAT? >> HMM. 21:21 >> YES. >> SELF-EXAMINATION. 21:24 >> NATURALLY WE TEND IN THAT DIRECTION. 21:27 GOD WANTS TO FILL US WITH THE LAMB-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS 21:29 SON JESUS. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO US DO. 21:31 WE ARE IN THIS CONTROVERSY. AND WE ARE POINT TO RELIGIOUS 21:35 ENTITIES AND WE CAN POINT TO GRAND CATHEDRALS AND WE CAN 21:37 POINT TO THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THESE TERRIBLE 21:40 THINGS, BUT WHERE DO WE STAND? DON'T MASK OUR OWN HEARTS BY 21:45 POINTING AT ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, FAULTS OF OTHER PEOPLE. 21:47 WE ARE JUST BECOMING THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN. 21:53 WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE SYSTEMS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN 21:57 HARMONY WITH BUT WE WANT TO EXAMINE OUR OWN HEARTS THAT WE 22:00 ARE NOT DEVELOPING THESE SYMBOLS. 22:02 IT SAYS THAT THE DRAGON GIVES POWER TO THIS EARTHLY POWER, 22:10 THIS BEAST. THINK ABOUT THIS, THE WHOLE 22:11 WORLD IS WONDERING AFTER THIS EARTHLY POWER, WHICH IS A 22:14 RELIGIOUS POWER, BECAUSE IN VERSE 4, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY 22:18 WORSHIPED THE DRAGON WHEN GAVE POWER TO THE BEAST AND WHO IS 22:22 LIKE UNDER THE BEAST? WHO IS ABLE TO MAKE WORE WITH 22:24 HIM? -- WAR WITH HIM. 22:26 SOMETIMES WE THINK ABOUT SATAN COMING IN THAT DRAGON-LIKE FORM 22:31 AND THE DRAGON IS A SYMBOL. THIS' NOWHERE WHERE SATAN IS RED 22:35 AND WITH A HORN. >> IT SAYS THAT HE MASQUERADES 22:41 AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. >> YES IN 2 CORINTHIANS 13, 14 22:47 AND 15. HE'S GIVING IF FALSE PICTURE OF 22:49 WHAT HE REALLY LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE 22:51 THAT PICTURES HIM LIKE THAT. HE'S PICTURES AS AN ANGEL OF 22:55 LIGHT AND THE MINISTERS ARE THE MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 22:58 AND WE DON'T WANT TO EMPHASIZE NECESSARILY WHO IS BECAUSE WE 23:02 CAN IDENTIFY THIS. WE CAN'T IDENTIFY IT THROUGH 23:04 HISTORY. IT IS VERY EASY TO IDENTIFY THIS 23:06 RELIGIOUS SYSTEM AND TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT POWER THAT COMES UP OUT 23:08 OF THE EARTH. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS THE UNITED 23:10 STATES. BUT THAT WON'T DO US ANY GOOD 23:12 WHATSOEVER IF WE MISS THE CHARACTERISTICS AND WE ARE 23:15 DEVELOPING THOSE CHARACTERISTICS. 23:16 SO WHAT ARE THEY? WELL, IT SAYS HERE IN VERSE 5, 23:18 AND IT WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM A MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT THINGS IN 23:23 BLASPHEMIES OR SLANDERS DO. WE SPEAK GREAT THINGS ABOUT 23:27 OURSELVES DO WE FILL OURSELVES UP? 23:29 DO WE SLANDER O OTHER PEOPLE? DO WE PUT OTHER PEOPLE DOWN TO 23:33 BENEFIT OURSELVES? YOU SEE, THESE ARE THE THINGS 23:35 THAT -- THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRAGON. 23:38 HE SPEAKS GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF. 23:40 HE LIFTS HIMSELF UP. AND THE BIBLE SAYS LET ANOTHER 23:44 MAN PRAISE YOU AND NOT YOUR OWN WORDS. 23:48 AND HE SLANDERS OTHER. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU WANT 23:50 TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BETTER THAN SOMEONE ELSE, YOU CAN DO IT 23:56 SUBTLY, OR OPENLY. LOOK OUT FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY 23:59 ARE... AND THEN IT GOES ON HERE. 24:01 HE OPENED HIS MOUTH AGAINST BLASPHEMY AGAINST GOD AND 24:06 TABERNACLE AND HIS WILL IN HEAVEN. 24:07 I THINK IS DONE THROUGH DOCTRINES PRIMARILY. 24:11 THERE ARE DOCTRINES TAUGHT FROM THE BIBLE THAT SLANDER GOD'S 24:18 CHARACTER. >> I AGREE 100%. 24:19 >> AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IN THAT CONTEST, AS WELL AS 24:22 MAKING IT PERSONAL. AND IT WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM TO 24:26 MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, AGAIN THE SAME PRINCIPLE AND POWERS 24:31 GIVEN UNTO HIM AMONG ALL KINDRED NATIONS AND ALL THAT DWELL IN 24:38 EARTH WHAT IS THAT DOING IN REVELATION 13? 24:42 YOU SEE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GOSPEL. 24:44 AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS REPLETE WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL 24:48 OASIS OF THE GOSPEL. THESE ISLANDS OF GOSPEL TRUTHS. 24:51 YOU JUST CAN'T GO TOO FAR. WE HAVE CAN'T SWIM AN OCEAN 24:55 BEFORE WE COME TO THIS ISLAND, THIS OASIS. 24:57 WE HAVE CAN'T WALK THROUGH THIS DESERT LAND OF BEASTS AND 25:01 DRAGONS AND JUDGMENTS AND PLAGUES WITHOUT COMING THIS OWE 25:07 OASIS, THIS WATER OF LIFE AND YOU HAVE THIS LAMB SLAIN FROM 25:10 THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF TIME, GOD 25:14 ORCHESTRATED A PLAN TO RESCUE US IF WE SHOULD CHOOSE TO GO INTO 25:16 THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> RIGHT. 25:18 >> AND SO HERE IS THE MIND THAT HAS WISDOM. 25:22 OKAY? IF ANY MAN HAS AN EAR LET HIM 25:26 HEAR. HE WHO LEADS INTO CAPTIVITY 25:27 SHOULD GO INTO CAPTIVITY. HE WHO KILLS WITH THE SWORD MUST 25:31 BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD. HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE 25:34 FAYE FAITH OF THE SAINTS, RETALIATION, REVENGE. 25:39 IT'S SO NATURAL. YOU JUST DRIVE DOWN THAT FREEWAY 25:44 AND DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU ARE NOT INCLINED TO RETALIATION WHEN 25:48 THAT GUY PULLS OUT IN FRONT OF. >> YOU NOT ME. 25:50 >> YEAH. >> NO. 25:51 NO. NO. 25:51 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO ROAD RAGE HERE. 25:54 I'M WANTING TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM HIM AS I CAN. 25:56 >> GOOD FOR YOU! AND I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS PART 26:00 OF THE CYCLE OF A HUMAN NATURE. THIS IS WHAT WE STRUGGLE WITH ON 26:06 THAT RUBBER MEET THE ROAD LEVEL IN OUR LIVES. 26:10 RETALIATION. AND SO RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE 26:11 OF THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY, GOD SAYS NO. 26:15 VENGEANCE IS MINE. IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, WHAT DO 26:19 YOU DO? >> FEED. 26:20 >> IF HE'S THIRSTY, WHAT DO YOU DO? 26:22 >> GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO DRINK. >> REALLY? 26:24 ARE YOU SERIOUS? [ LAUGHTER ] 26:27 THIS IS THE FAITH AND THE PATIENCE OF SAINTS. 26:29 >> AND I HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SET MYSELF UP JUST 26:32 BECAUSE I'M NOT ONE WHO SUFFERS FROM ROAD RAGE, WHERE MY 26:39 RETALIATORY TENDENCIES COME IN IS IF SOMEONE IS FUSSING AT ME, 26:44 I'M -- I'M NOT GOOD AT TAKING UP FOR MYSELF. 26:47 I WILL KIND OF SIT THERE BUT THEN I GO HOME AND I'M THINKING 26:51 OF ALL OF THESE THINGS I WISHED I HAD SAID. 26:54 >> MM-HMM. >> THAT IS A SPIRIT OF 26:56 RETALIATION. >> YES, IT IS. 26:57 >> AND SO IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT -- NONE OF US ARE EXEMPT 27:03 FROM THAT. >> RIGHT. 27:04 AND LET ME SAY THIS, SOMETIMES RETALIATION IS NOT TOO MUCH WHAT 27:08 WHAT -- SO MUCH WHAT WE DO, IT'S WHAT WE NEGLECT TO DO. 27:11 I'M NOT PRAYING FOR THAT GUY. THAT'S THE PERSON I WILL BE 27:15 PRAYING FOR. I WILL BE PRAYING FOR MY WIFE 27:18 AND MY KIDS AND FAMILY BUT NOT THAT GUY. 27:20 I'M NOT PRAYING FOR TERRORISTS. I'M NOT PRAYING FOR A DEMOCRATIC 27:24 PRESIDENT. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 27:27 THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES. THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS. 27:30 WHO DID JESUS PRAY FOR? >> OH,. 27:33 >> ON THE CHRIST WHO DID HE PRAY FOR? 27:35 >> HE PRAYED FOR THOSE WHO WERE KILLING HIM, PERSECUTING HIM. 27:38 >> THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAMB. 27:40 >> YEAH. >> AND IF YOU THINK THAT OUR 27:43 TEST IS KNOWING WHAT DAY IS THE RIGHT DAY TO GO TO CHURCH AND 27:45 KNOWING WHAT DAY IS THE WRONG DAY OR KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 27:48 YOU DIE A AND WHETHER YOU GO TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY OR NOT OR 28:00 KNOWING 2200 DAY PROPHECY. THOSE ARE DOCTRINES AND TRUTHS 28:03 THAT ARE FOUNDATION BUT WE NEED TO SETTLE INTO THE TRUTH BOTH 28:07 INTELLECTUALLY AND SPIRITUAL SO THAT WE CANNOT BE MOVED. 28:09 >> I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING, I'M JUST LOOKING AT -- YOU KNOW, 28:12 EXAMINING MYSELF AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, MAN, WOW! 28:16 >> MM-HMM. >> YOU KNOW, I'M PAYING MORE 28:18 ATTENTION TO HOW IT'S AFFECTED ME PERSONALLY, KIND OF GETTING 28:23 OFF OF THE, QUOTE, THE SYMBOLS AND I THINK THAT JESUS -- 28:27 >> PRAISE GOD. THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 28:29 BECAUSE WE FEED NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOOKS OF 28:34 REVELATION AND DANIEL, AND DEVELOP OUR HEARTS WITH 28:37 CHARACTER, TO REALIZE 9 REWARD WHICH IS TO BE THE PURE OF THE 28:41 HEART. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE MANY 28:43 QUESTIONS RIGHT NOVEL. NOW. 28:45 WE WILL FINISH OUR STUDY BUT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS WRITING 28:51 IN WHO SAYS WHAT IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST? 28:53 COULD YOU MENTION THAT? >> I WILL MENTION IT AGAIN. 28:55 SO IT'S ATHEOLOGICAL TERM AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS 28:58 UNDERSTAND IT BUST THE RIGHTEOUS N OF JESUS CHRIST IS HIS PERFECT 29:00 LIFE. HE LED A PERFECT LIGHT OF 29:02 OBEDIENCE. HE RIGHTEOUS -- RIGHTEOUSNESS 29:04 MEANS RIGHT DOING. HE DID RIGHT ALL THE TIME. 29:07 AND HIS PERFECT DEATH. HE TOOK THE SINS OF THE ENTIRE 29:11 WORLD UPON HIMSELF AND HE BORE THE WEIGHT OF ALL OF THOSE SINS 29:14 ON THE CROSS. HIS PERFECT LIFE, HIS PERFECT 29:17 DEATH, AND RESURRECTION FROM THAT DEATH IS HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 29:21 AND SO IT IS OUR TITLE AND OUR FITNESS FOR HEAVEN. 29:24 IT'S OUR JUSTIFICATION. IT'S OUR SANCTIFICATION. 29:27 IT'S OUR GLORIFICATION. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF VERSES I 29:29 CAN GIVE YOU ON THAT. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:29, 30 AND 31. 29:34 HE'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE'S OUR GLORIFICATION. 29:40 HE'S OUR SANCTIFICATION. AND EPHESIANS 2. 29:46 WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS ON TWO GOOD 29:50 WORKS WHICH GOD HAS ORDAINED THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. 29:57 >> AND THE POINT WE WALK HOME, WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR 30:00 SAVIOR, YOU ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS ACTS. 30:04 YOU ARE SANCTIFIED THEN. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST IS 30:08 CREDITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IT IS BOTH, I BELIEVE, IMPARTED TO 30:13 YOU, OR IMPUTED TO YOU, JUST PUT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IMPARTED 30:17 TO YOU BECAUSE THEN HE'S WORKING IN YOU TO HELP SATISFY. 30:21 >> ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS BECAUSE 30:24 PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT THIS. WE LIVE A SANCTIFIED LIFE BUT 30:29 OUR OBEDIENCE WILL NEVER REPLACE HIS OBEDIENCE. 30:32 WE WILL NEVER COME TO A PLACE WHERE WELL, I HAVE GOT TO YOU TO 30:35 THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO BE SAVED NOW, AND YOU NO LONGER 30:40 NEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST. 30:43 >> NEVER. >> THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS 30:44 CHRIST IS WHAT MOTIVATES US TO OBEY AND IT IS THE GIFT OF OUR 30:46 SALVATION, AND WHEN WE REALIZE THAT, IT MOTIVATES US TO WANT TO 30:50 LIVE FOR JESUS. AND WE DO THESE WORKS. 30:53 OBEDIWE ARE OBEDIENT TO HIM. AND JESUS IS SO BLESSED AND 30:59 THANKFUL THAT WE WANT TO OBEY HIM. 31:04 >> I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS. 31:07 WE ARE ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS. 31:09 >> AMEN. OKAY. 31:10 SO WE'LL CONTINUE ON. >> OKAY. 31:12 >> INTERPOSE WITH QUESTIONS WHENEVER YOU WANT TO, BUT -- SO 31:14 AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE NEXT VERSES NOW, AND WE RECOGNIZE 31:18 THIS PRINCIPLE OF RETALIATION, I WANT YOU TO LOOK HERE IN VERSES 31:21 11 AND ONWARD, HERE'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY INTENSE. 31:26 OKAY? AND I BEHOLD ANOTHER BEAST 31:27 COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH. THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE THE WOMAN 31:29 WAS GIVEN TO ESCAPE THE PERSECUTION, THE GLORIOUS LAND 31:33 OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB. 31:36 THIS COUNTRY WAS BORN ON THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY 31:40 AND CIVIL LIBERTY BUT SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON. 31:43 A CHANGE. TAKE PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. 31:45 A CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE. WE ARE GOING TO GO CONTRARY TO 31:48 THE CONSTITUTION, CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS 31:51 FREEDOM AND CIVIL FREEDOM. AND HE EXERCISED ALL THE POWER 31:56 OF THE FIRST BEAST EARTHLY POWER FOR HIM AND DWELL TO WORSHIP THE 32:04 FIRST BEAST. >> CONTROLLING. 32:06 >> CONTROLLING. HE'S GOING TO FORCE THEM. 32:08 HE'S GOING TO FORCE THEM. >> MM-HMM. 32:10 >> DID YOU EVER FORCE NI ANYONE TO DO SOMETHING? 32:14 >> YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T FORCE -- MANY PARENTS TRY TO FORCE THEIR 32:17 CHILDREN AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE REBELLIONS. 32:20 >> HOW ABOUT ADULTS. HAVE YOU EVER FORCED AN ADULT TO 32:22 DO SOMETHING FOR YOU? >> I DON'T THINK SO. 32:26 >> NOW DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE LIGHT OF PHYSICAL FORCE. 32:31 >> YEAH. >> MANIPULATE? 32:32 MANIPULATION. THAT'S KEY WORD. 32:34 >> I DON'T THINK I HAVE DONE THAT EITHER. 32:38 >> MANIPULATION. I DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS SO 32:41 SUBTLY IN THE WAY THAT I TREAT MY WIFE OR NEGLECT TO TREAT HER 32:44 OR THE LOOKS I G HER GIVE HER. >> SHE'S WATCHING, YOU ARE IN 32:51 TROUBLE. >> MANIPULATION IS A BIG WORD IN 32:53 OUR FAMILY AND WE TALK ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO BE RID OF THESE 32:57 PRINCIPLES. WE WANT TO OPENLY TALK ABOUT 33:00 THIS OR FEEL -- I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING MANIPULATED RIGHT NOW. 33:05 REALLY WHY? SOMETIMES IT'S SO SUBTLE. 33:07 REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER. SOME PEOPLE LOOK SO GOOD TO 33:10 THEMSELVES THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT THIS IS -- THAT THEY ARE 33:11 ACTUALLY DOING THIS. THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 33:13 SURPRISED IN MATTHEW 7:21, LORD, LORD, LOOK AT US. 33:17 WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? 33:20 >> I REMEMBER THAT? >> AND WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT 33:22 THESE PRINCIPLES OF BEAST, UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE WORLD IS 33:26 FOLLOWING THIS POWER. THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING ALONG 33:29 WITH THIS. WHY? 33:30 BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE SAME PRINCIPLES. 33:33 >> MM-HMM. >> THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE SAME 33:35 PRINCIPLES. SO THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE 33:37 GOING TO ESCAPE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN REVELATION 33:40 14, THEY FOLLOW THE LAMB, THE REASON WHY THEY ESCAPE THE BEAST 33:44 AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF HIS POWER IS BECAUSE IT'S CONTRARY TO THE 33:49 CHARACTER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING. 33:50 THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING JESUS AND THEY CAN'T GO ALONG WITH 33:52 THAT BECAUSE JESUS HAS LED THEM IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND IT 33:55 HAS LED THEM TO DEVELOP PRINCIPLES THAT ARE NOT IN 33:59 HARMONY WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES. YOU CAN'T BUY YOURSELF, DON'T 34:03 CARE. DON'T CARE. 34:03 THEY ARE NOT DECEIVED ABOUT THIS THIS. 34:06 THEY SEE IT PAINLY AND THEY LOOK AND THEY HAVE VISION AND THEY 34:09 HAVE DISCERNMENT TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. 34:12 AND SO IT SAYS HERE, VERSE 13, HE DOES GREAT WONDERS SO THAT HE 34:16 MAKES FIRE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN IN THE SIDE -- IN THE EARTH IN 34:20 THE SIGHT OF MAN AND DECEIVES. THE FIRE HAS GOT TO BE CONNECTED 34:23 WITH DECEPTION. I BELIEVE THIS FIRE IS A SYMBOL 34:27 AGAIN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE FIRE REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 34:30 AND SO YOU'VE GOT THIS HOLY SPIRIT POWER THAT'S CAUSING 34:33 PEOPLE TO BE DECEIVED. >> WELL, IT'S NOT THE HOLY 34:36 SPIRIT POWER, BUT WE HAVE GOT A FALSE -- 34:42 >> SPIRIT. >> A FALSE SPIRIT. 34:43 >> I CAN PROVE THAT. 2 CORINTHIANS 11:2, THEY COME 34:48 PREACHING ANOTHER JESUS, ANOTHER GOSPEL AND ANOTHER SPIRIT. 34:53 SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS DECEPTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE 34:56 THROUGH THE SPIRIT MANIFESTATION THAT IS NOT THE TRUE HOLY SPIRIT 34:59 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. 35:02 IT STILL SEEMS LIKE A JESUS SPIRIT. 35:04 IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A GOSPEL SPIRIT. 35:06 BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD. 35:09 >> COUNTERFEIT. >> BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE 35:10 PRINCIPLES OF DRAGON, RATHER THAN THE PRINCIPLES OF JESUS, 35:12 THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DISCERN AND IT GOES ON AND IT SAYS DECEIVE 35:16 THEM, AND DWELL IN THE EARTH BY MEANS OF THOSE MIRACLES WHICH 35:19 THEY HAVE POWER AND THEREFORE THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE POWER 35:22 IS THE FAKE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE THERE'S MIRACLES WHICH HE HAD 35:25 POWER TO DO IN THE SIGHT OF THE BEAST THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN 35:29 IMAGE TO THE BEAST WHICH THEY DID A WOUND TO THE SWORD AND 35:33 THAT THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BOTH SPEAK AND CAUSE AS 35:36 MANY WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST, SHOULD BE WHAT? 35:40 KILLED. THERE'S FORCE AGAIN. 35:42 AND HE CALLS ALL TO RECEIVE A MARK IN RIGHT HAND OR THE 35:50 FOREHEAD. HE THAT HAVE THE MARK OR THE 35:51 NAME OF THE BEAST OR THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME. 35:53 CONTROL. WE ARE GOING TO FORCE. 35:54 WE ARE GOING TO CONTROL. WE ARE GOING TO KILL. 35:56 WE ARE GOING TO COERCE. WE ARE GOING TO MANIPULATE AND 36:01 DECEIVE. THESE ARE ALL THE 36:02 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEAST. ARE THEY OUR CHARACTERISTICS? 36:04 >> YES. >> DO WE CONTROL AND MANIPULATE. 36:09 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HEAD, THE MARK IN THE HEAD OR THE HAND 36:12 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A 36:14 COMPUTER CHIP OR SOMETHING THAT IS A LITERAL MARK WHEREAS THE 36:18 BIBLE SYMBOLICALLY, WHAT THE -- WHAT THE MARK IN THE FOREHEAD 36:22 SIGNIFIES IS THE MIND AND WHAT THE MARK IN THE HAND IS 36:25 SIGNIFIES IS THE ACTIONS. SO IT'S YOUR THOUGHT AND YOUR 36:27 ACTIONS. >> WHICH I THINK IS REALLY 36:29 SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SEAL OF GOD, YOU 36:31 REALIZE THE BIBLE TELLS US YOU CAN ONLY RECEIVE THE SEAL OF GOD 36:35 IN THE FOREHEAD. YOU CAN'T RECEIVE THE SEAL OF 36:37 GOD IN THE HAND. >> RIGHT. 36:39 RIGHT. >> THE SEAL OF GOD IN THE 36:40 FOREHEAD REPRESENTS WHAT YOU BELIEVE, AND YOU CAN ONLY BE 36:43 SAVED IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL THAT 36:51 JESUS CHRIST IS MESSIAH. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE DECEIVED 36:54 WHO DO NOT BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE SEAL OF GOD BUT MANY OF THEM 36:57 ARE NOT GOING TO BE DECEIVED INTO THINKING THAT THE MARK OF 37:02 THE BEAST IS THE WAY WE NEED TO WORSHIP GOD. 37:04 THEY ARE SIMPLY GOING TO GO ALONG WITH IT. 37:07 >> THAT'S THEIR ACTIONS. THE HAND. 37:09 >> I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE COUNTRY OF PAKISTAN, I WAS DOING 37:13 A SERIES OF REVELATION STUDIES THERE FOR ABOUT 300 PASTORS FROM 37:17 EVERY DENOMINATION. AND I WAS MOVING THROUGH THE 37:19 BOOK OF DANIEL AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND I REMEMBER WE GOT 37:22 TO THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MARK OF THE 37:25 BEAST IN THE HAND OR IN THE FOREHEAD AND I HAD ALREADY 37:29 BROUGHT UP THE CHANGE OF THE SABBATH IN DANIEL 7 FROM 37:33 SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. >> MM-HMM. 37:35 >> AND THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE BY NERVOUS AND TENSE. 37:37 THEY HAVE DIDN'T NECESSARILY APPRECIATE 9 IDEA OF SATURDAY 37:42 BEING THE SABBATH BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SUNDAY KEEPING PASTORS. 37:45 ALL OF THEM WERE. SO THEY ASKED ME TO MENTION 37:50 SUNDAY AGAIN. I WAS IN PAKISTAN TWO TIMES 37:53 BEFORE THIS. I WAS EAGER TO UNDERSTAND HOW 37:55 THE COUNTRY OPERATED. IT WAS AN ISLAMIC STATE. 37:57 IT IS AN ISLAMIC STATE. AND I WAS WAKING UP IN THE 38:00 MORNING TO THE NATIONAL... AND THE MORNING PRAYERS, THE 38:06 AFTERNOON PRAYERS, FIVE TIMES A GAY. 38:08 THE PRAYERS WOULD COME OUT AND AS I REMEMBER, ACT WAKENED BY 38:13 THESE PRAYERS, I WOULD LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE IF PEOPLE 38:17 WERE OUT THERE WITH THE PRAYER MATS. 38:18 I ASKED ABOUT IT, THEY SAID ONLY THE VERY RELIGIOUS, ONLY THE 38:22 VERY DEVOUT GO TO THE MOSQUE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE DAY OF 38:25 PRAYER CAME, I WAS EAGER TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD OBSERVE THAT. 38:28 I THOUGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY PROBABLY CLOSE BUSINESS ON 38:31 FRIDAYS. BUT ON THAT FRIDAY, AND EVERY 38:33 FRIDAY THAT I WAS THERE, BUSINESSES WERE OPEN. 38:35 I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY STRANGE. SO I CANA I ASKED ABOUT IT, ONLY THE 38:42 DEVOUT TO THE MOSQUE FOR PRAYER ON FRIDAY. 38:47 AND ON SUNDAY MORNING, I WAS IN KARACHI. 38:50 I BOOKED OUT AND THIS WAS NOBODY. 38:52 >> HMM. >> AND THAT DAY THERE WERE NO 38:54 BUSINESSES OPENED. THERE WAS TO TRAFFIC. 38:56 THERE WERE NO PEOPLE ANYWHERE ON SUNDAY. 38:58 >> HOW FASCINATING! >> IN A COUNTRY THAT IS AN 39:01 ISLAMIC STATE. NOW THIS WAS IN 1997, '98, AND 39:04 '99 AND I ASKED SOMEONE ABOUT IT. 39:05 I SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 39:07 THIS IS AN ISLAMIC STATE. THIS IS A VERY RECENT 39:11 OCCURRENCE. PAKISTAN CHANGED THE DAY THAT 39:13 ALL BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY BECAUSE THEY 39:17 WERE FALLING TOO FAR BEHIND ON THE ECONOMIC WORLDWIDE LEVEL 39:22 WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES WHO WERE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON 39:25 FRIDAYS AND CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. AND I SAID, HOW DID THE -- YOU 39:30 KNOW, THE FUNDAMENTALISTS MUSE IMS FEEL ABOUT THIS. 39:35 OH, THEY -- MUSE MUSLIMS FEEL ABOUT THIS? 39:40 THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT FOR 39:42 ECONOMIC REASONS. FAST FORWARD TO THE MEETING AND 39:44 THEY ARE TELLING ME NOT TO TALK ABOUT SUNDAY AND I'M TALKING 39:46 ABOUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND I BRING UP THE QUESTION AND THE 39:50 QUESQUESTION I BRING UP, IF THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD CHOOSE A DAY 39:56 THAT THEY WOULD SET ASIDE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO BUYING OR 39:59 SELLING, WHAT DAY WOULD THEY CHOOSE? 40:01 AND BEFORE THEY COULD ANSWER. I SAID WHAT DAY AS THE ISLAMIC 40:06 REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN HAS CHOSEN TO CLOSE ALL BUSINESSES AND THE 40:10 PASTORS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH BIG EYES AND THEY ALL SAID 40:15 IN UNISON, SUNDAY. I SAID, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 40:18 I THINK YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS PROPHECY AND WHAT IT'S 40:23 PREDICTING PERFECTLY. >> THE MARK AND THE HAND. 40:25 >> THE MARK AND THE HAND. MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN, THEY DON'T 40:30 BELIEVE THAT SUNDAY IS A SACRED DAY OR A HOLY DAY BUT THEY GO 40:35 AHEAD AND WITHDRAW FROM BUSINESS. 40:37 THEY WITHHOLD THEIR HANDS FROM DOING THE LABOR ON THAT DAY 40:40 BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT'S COMING UPON THEM FROM THE 40:42 REST OF THE WORLD. NOW, WHAT GOD IS DOING -- 40:44 >> AND PLEASE CLARIFY FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR 40:47 WITH YOU OR THE STATION OR FOR WASN'T WITH US FOR THE FIRST 40:53 HOUR. SUNDAY IS -- HAS BEEN A -- IS A 40:57 SUBSTITUTED DAY. THE BIBLE DOES NOT MAKE SUNDAY 41:01 SACRED IN ANY SCRIPTURE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 41:03 YOU JUST CLARIFIED THAT. SO THE BIBLE TEACHES THE SEVENTH 41:08 DAY SABBATH IS SATURDAY AND I STRUGGLED WITH THIS, BECAUSE I 41:10 WAS RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME. I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. 41:13 I WAS AN ALTAR BOY AND WHEN MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT SHE GOES TO 41:17 CHURCH ON SATURDAY, I THOUGHT SHE WAS LOONY. 41:19 AND SO I SAID, I'M GOING TO PROVE HER WRONG AND I WENT AND 41:21 GOT, YOU KNOW, A BIBLE AND I -- >> YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DOWN THE 41:26 SAME ROAD! [ LAUGHTER ] 41:27 AND SO THIS WAS A REAL REVELATION IN MY MIND. 41:31 I REMEMBER SHARING IT WITH MY FAMILY AND MY AUNT SAID NO, NO, 41:34 NO THERE'S -- JUST, YOU KNOW -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE 41:37 TALKING ABOUT. SUNDAY IS THE SABBATH AND I WENT 41:39 AND GOT HER A CALENDAR. NOW THE CALENDARS ARE CHANGING 41:43 NOW. THE CALENDAR , THE SUNDAY IS THE 41:49 SEVENTH. LOOK UP SUNDAY, FIRST DAY OF THE 41:51 WEEK. AND SATURDAY IS THE SEVENTH DAY 41:52 OF THE WEEK. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 41:54 THIS. GOD IS GIVING US AN 41:56 UNDERSTANDING OF THIS. HE'S NOT SEEKING TO CONDEMN OR 42:01 CRITICIZE ANYONE. HE'S GIVING US THE FACTS. 42:03 HERE ARE THE FACTS. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL COME 42:05 TOGETHER AND SET ASIDE A DAY OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND ECONOMIC 42:09 BOYCOTT IS GOING TO GO AGAINST THOSE AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS 42:12 WILL GO AGAINST THOSE. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 42:17 IT'S HAPPENED IN PAKISTAN AND A LOT OF IS ISLAMIC COUNTRIES. 42:23 GO ON THE INTERNET AND FIND THE BUSINESS HOURS. 42:26 THE ONLY ONE THAT I FOUND THAT DID NOT CLOSE ON SUNDAY WAS 42:29 SAUDI ARABIA, INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY AND ABLE TO DO THAT. 42:31 BUT WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACT OF THIS PROPHECY TAKING 42:35 PLACE. IT IS THE MARK OF THE POWER, 42:38 THIS EARTHLY RELIGIOUS POWER THAT'S CHANGED THE DAY FROM 42:41 SATURDAY, FROM THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH TO SUNDAY. 42:44 THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS. WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED MOST OF 42:47 THEM. THE POINT IS THIS IT DOESN'T 42:49 MATTER IF YOU ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST OR A CATHOLIC OR A 42:52 BAPTIST OR A MUSLIM OR AN ATHEIST. 42:55 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE, THESE ARE THE 42:57 CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL DETERMINE OUR DESTINY FOR THE 43:02 FUTURE. ARE WE DEVELOPING THE 43:03 CHARACTERISTICS OF DRAGON OR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAMB IN THE 43:06 CHARACTERISTICS OF LAMB ARE FURTHER TALKED ABOUT IN 43:09 REVELATION 14. WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT 43:10 ALL OF THEM HERE BUT JUST QUICKLY, THEY FOLLOW THE LAMB 43:12 WHEREVER HE GOES. THEY FOLLOW THE LAMB. 43:15 THEY ARE LAMB-LIKE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GOW IN THEIR 43:21 MOUTHS. THEY ARE NOT SLANDERING PEOPLE 43:23 AND NOT PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN. AND THEIR FIRST FRUITS IN JAMES 43:27 1:18, FIRST FRUITS MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN, BORN AGAIN OF THE 43:30 WORD OF GOD AND THEY GIVE THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES. 43:35 AND THAT SUMMARIZES THEM AS HAVING THE FAITH OF JESUS AND 43:38 HAVING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES. 43:40 THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT GOD WANTS US TO SEE 43:46 INCONTRAST WITH EACH OTHER AND BY HIS GRACE HE WANTS US TO 43:48 DEVELOP THESE. >> AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN 43:51 DEVELOP THOSE IS BY DYING TO SELF AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DIE 43:54 TO SELF IS BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 43:56 >> YES. >> I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ROMANS 8:13 43:58 SAYS THAT IF WE LIVE FOR THE FLESH, WE WILL DIE BUT IF WE 44:03 LIVE BY THE SPIRIT -- IF BY THE SPIRIT WE PUT TO DEATH THE 44:08 MISDEEDS OF OUR FLESH, WE LIVE. >> AND WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO 44:11 RECOGNIZE AND ADMIT THAT WE ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BY GRACE. 44:14 >> ABSOLUTELY! >> NO EXCUSES. 44:15 WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT US OF THE 44:21 WRETCHEDNESS OF OUR OWN HEARTS. PAUL SAID HE WAS THE CHIEF OF 44:24 SINNERS. HE KNEW HOW DESPERATE HIS HEART 44:26 WAS AND HOW WICKED HIS HEART WAS. 44:28 ENVIRHE KNEW HOW HOW MUCH HE DIED. >> IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE 44:37 TALKING ABOUT CHARACTERISTICS, YOU ARE ON A LEVEL PLAYING 44:40 FIELD. EVERYBODY'S SCORECARD IS 44:41 DIFFERENT. WE ARE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD 44:43 BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT CHARACTERISTICS AS WE TURN IT 44:45 OVER TO THE LORD, THEN IS THROUGH THE WORD THAT YOU ARE 44:50 CONVICTED. >> J.D., THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO 44:53 SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT. 44:55 CHARACTERISTICS PUT US ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 44:57 >> YEAH. >> THE GROUND IS LEVEL AT THE 44:58 FOOT OF THE CROSS. >> YEAH. 45:00 >> AMEN. >> PRAISE GOD. 45:01 >> DOKAY. LET ME ASK YOU A FEW OF THESE 45:05 QUESTIONS. WE HAVE JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES 45:07 LEFT HERE TO DO THIS. THIS IS FROM CHARLES IN 45:09 PENNSYLVANIA. THEY ARE CALLING FROM 45:10 PHILADELPHIA, ACTUALLY. HE SAID IF YOU EQUATE THE EARTH 45:13 IN REVELATION 12:16 TO THE UNITED STATES, ARE YOU SAYING 45:17 THAT DURING THE 1260 DAYS YEARS OF PERSECUTION GOD'S PEOPLE WERE 45:25 EUROPEANS? >> NO. 45:26 WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT DURING THE PERIOD OF THE 1260 YEARS, 45:29 DURING THAT TIME, GOD'S PEOPLE FLED TO DESOLATED PLACES IN 45:34 EUROPE AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO FLED TO THE UNITED STATES OF 45:37 AMERICA. NOT FOR THE WHOLE TIME. 45:40 EVEN -- NOT FOR THE WHOLE TIME DID THEY FLEE TO PLACES IN 45:44 EUROPE. IT WAS DURING THAT TIME, AT 45:45 DIFFERENT POINTS IN THIS TIME THEY FLED TO THESE DIFFERENT 45:48 PLACES. SO BEFORE 1798, BEFORE THAT 45:50 PERIOD WAS OVER, GOD'S CHURCH WAS TAKEN TO AMERICA. 45:54 >> AND THE REASON YOU KEEP SAYING DESOLATE PLACE IS BECAUSE 45:59 IN REVELATION -- A C SIGNIFIES A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLES. 46:05 >> MULTITUDE AND TONGUES BUT THE EARTH WOULD SIGNIFY A LESS 46:10 POPULATED AREA. >> THIS IS FROM AARONSON IN 46:15 HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND -- >> LET ME FINISH WITH THAT 46:17 QUESTION. AND WHAT WAS THE GUY'S NAME? 46:20 >> THAT WAS CHARLES IN PHILADELPHIA. 46:22 >> SO CHARLES, AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12 46:27 THE WOMAN IS IDENTIFIED AS FLEEING TWICE DURING THE 1260 46:31 YEAR PERIOD. IN THE VERSE 6 SHE FLEES TO THE 46:35 WILLERNESS, I BELIEVE THAT'S EUROPE AND IN 13, 14, 15, SHE 46:39 FLEES TO ANOTHER PLACE BUT IN THAT FLEEING SHE'S GIVEN TWO 46:42 WINGS OF AN EAGLE TO COME INTO HER PLACE AND THEN THE EARTH 46:46 MENTIONS THAT SWALLOWS UP THE FLOOD OF PERSECUTION. 46:53 >> 1260 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. >> YES. 46:55 >> IT'S DURING THAT TIME THAT SHE KN FLEES. 47:00 >> 70 YEARS, THAT'S A LONG TIME BACK THEN. 47:03 THAT'S A LOT OF GENERATIONS. >> OKAY. 47:05 WHEN YOU SAY 70 YEARS BACK THEN, THAT WAS 70 YEARS FOR A 47:09 GENERATION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 47:10 >> OKAY. HARRISON STEVEN SAYS WHEN WE 47:19 CRITICIZE EACH OTHER, IS THAT THE WORK OF THE DEVIL. 47:21 >> IT IS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL. IT IS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL. 47:24 IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NATURALLY BECAUSE ADAM, FROM THE 47:27 FALL, CRITICIZED EVE, WHO TURNED AROUND AND CRITICIZED THE 47:30 SERPENT AND BOTH OF THEM IN A SENSE WERE CRITICIZING GOD AND 47:33 POINTING A FINGER. IT WAS THE WOMAN. 47:35 IT WAS THE CER SERPENT. GOD, WHY DID YOU MAKE A SERPENT? 47:44 THAT I THINK THAT'S THE LAST FRONTIER FOR ALL OF US. 47:46 ALL OF US TEND TO BE NATURALLY CRITICAL OF SOMETHING, EVEN OF 47:50 OURSELVES. EVEN OF OURSELVES. 47:52 >> YEP. YEP. 47:52 >> AND SO GOD WANTS TO RID THAT FROM US COMPLETELY. 47:56 HE WANTS TO FILL US WITH HIS FAITH, THE WAY HE LOOKS AT US: 47:59 IN FACT, HEBREWS CHAPTER 11. THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. 48:03 IT'S FAITH CHAPTER. YOU READ ABOUT MOSES. 48:06 YOU READ ABOUT ABRAHAM AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FAITHFUL, AND 48:12 EVEN SAMPSON IS THERE, AMAZINGLY ENOUGH. 48:14 NOT ONE CRITICAL WORD IN HEBREWS 11. 48:17 WHEN GOD SUMMARIZES HIS PEOPLE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT WHO MADE 48:20 LOTS OF MISTAKE, ABRAHAM LIED AND SAID SARAH WAS HIS SISTER 48:24 AND MOSES KILLED AN EGYPTIAN. NONE OF THAT IS IN THE RECORD. 48:29 HEBREWS 11 IS HOW GOD LOOKS AT US WHEN WE PUT FAITH IN JESUS 48:33 AND HEBREWS 11 IS ALSO AN OUTLINE OF THE INVESTIGATIVE 48:36 JUDGMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE WILL LOOK ABOUT 48:37 IN THE INVESTIGATOR JUDGMENT. WE WILL LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD 48:43 STUFF AND THE BAD STUFF. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 48:45 IT REMINDS ME WHEN THE LORD IS SPEAKING ABOUT DAVID AND HE'S 48:49 TALKING TO KING JERABO AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN LIKE MY SERVANT 48:55 DAVID WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL OF HIS HEART AND KEPT ALL OF MY 48:59 COMMANDMENTS. AND YOU'RE THINKING, REALLY? 49:01 THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN GOD FORGIVES, HE FORGETS. 49:04 SO THAT'S POWERFUL! >> AMEN. 49:06 >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GLENNA IN MICHIGAN, AND 49:08 SHE SAYS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST 49:13 AND THE FAITH OF JESUS, REVELATION 12:17 AND REVELATION 49:18 14 RESPECTIVELY. >> THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST IS 49:21 IDENTIFIED IN THE BIBLE AS HIS FAITH IN US. 49:25 HIS FAITH IN HUMANITY. JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS DIED 49:31 IN FAITH, BELIEVING THAT THIS DEATH WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON 49:35 OUR HEARTS. WHEN WE HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS, 49:36 WE HAVE THAT SAME OUTLOOK TOWARDS HUMANITY THAT JESUS HAD. 49:41 THE FAITH OF JESUS IS WHAT CAUSES US TO HAVE HOPE FOR 49:44 OTHERS AND FOR OURSELVES. THE FAITH OF JESUS IS A POWER 49:49 AND AN INFLUENCE THAT IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL. 49:52 SO WHEN IT SAYS THAT GOD'S PEOPLE IN REVELATION 12:14 AND 49:55 REALLY IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL VERSE, YOU KNOW, THAT 50:00 ENCAPSULATES. WHEN IT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE THE 50:01 FAITH OF JESUS AND THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, IT'S LIKE A 50:05 DICHOTOMY, A TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO COMMANDMENT KEEPERS. 50:07 THOSE WHO KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, OLD TESTAMENT, GOD'S 50:11 PEOPLE KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH 50:13 OF JESUS. AND WHEN JESUS CAME, THEY 50:16 REJECTED HIM, THE MAJORITY OF THE JEWISH NATION CRUCIFIED AND 50:20 REJECTED HIM. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, A LOT OF 50:22 CHRISTIANS FROM THE FAITH OF JESUS, RIGHT, BUT THEY DON'T 50:25 NECESSARILY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 50:26 NOT ALL TEN OF THEM. >> MM-HMM. 50:28 >> SO WHAT HAVE YOU IN REVELATION 12, YOU HAVE A PEOPLE 50:30 WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THEY KEEP THE LAW OF GOD 50:33 BUT THEY ALSO KEEP THE FAITH OF JESUS. 50:35 THEIR WHOLE DEPENDENCY IS ON THE FAITH OF JESUS, ON HIS FAITH IN 50:38 THEM AND HIS GIFT TO THEM FOR SALVATION. 50:40 THAT'S THE GOSPEL. BUT THEY ALSO EVEN THOUGH THEY 50:43 ARE THEIR COMPLETE RELIANCE IS ON THEM, THEY KEEP THEIR 50:51 COMMANDMENTS. THEY KEEP THE TENSION. 50:53 IT'S A TENSION. NOW THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS 50:55 IDENTIFIED IN REVELATION 19:10 A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE 50:59 FAITH OF JESUS. THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS 51:02 IDENTIFIED AS THE SPIRIT OF PRO EPROPHECY. 51:05 THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, WE RECOGNIZE AS A GIFT THAT GOD 51:08 GIVES TO HIS CHURCH IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12:14. 51:15 INSIGHTS WE SEE INTO THE BIBLE AND THE WORD OF GOD THAT ARE 51:18 CLEARLY MANIFEST IN WHAT WE CALL THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, WHICH WE 51:22 UNDERSTAND AS ADVENTISTS TO BE PARTLY THE WRITINGS OF ALLEN G. 51:26 WHITE. HE WAS A GIFTED PROPHET THAT GOD 51:31 GAVE TO HIS CHURCH. ALLEN WHITE IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE 51:34 OF THE TOP 100 AMERICANS THAT HAS IMPACTED THE HISTORY OF 51:38 AMERICA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW OF 51:40 THAT. >> YES. 51:41 >> AND HER HEALTH, INSIGHTS HAVE BEEN LAUDED BY MANY DIFFERENT 51:46 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. 51:48 SO GOD GAVE US THIS GIFT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD, NOT TO BE 51:52 ASHAMED OF OR SCARED, BUT TO HELP US HAVE INSIGHTS FOOT 51:58 SIGHTS INTO THEBIBLE AND THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH. >> AND WHAT I APPRECIATE SO MUCH 52:01 ABOUT HER, SHE WAS SAYING, I'M A LESSER LIGHT. 52:04 >> YES. >> I'M JUST POINTING -- YOU 52:06 KNOW, AND SHE EVEN SAID, IF YOU WOULD REALLY STUDY YOUR BIBLES, 52:10 YOU WOULDN'T NEED MY WRITINGS BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE WAS 52:13 SO HUMBLE AND NEVER TRIED TO PUT HERSELF -- 52:19 >> ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE BIBLE. 52:21 >> ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE BIBLE. 52:22 >> THE BIBLE IS TO BE OUR FOUNDATION. 52:24 >> OUR SUPREME. >> CAN I MENTION THE FREE OFFER? 52:26 I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THE FREE OFFER. 52:29 >> QUICKLY. WE HAVE A QUESTION. 52:31 >> THIS IS A DVD THAT PASTOR JAMES DID ON THE BEAST AND THE 52:34 DRAGON, AND YOU CAN GET THIS FREE DVD BY CALLING 52:43 618-627-4651. AND,O BEING FREE O FREEOFFER@3ABN.TV. 52:56 >> THIS IS RICHARD FROM ZIMBABWE AND RICHARD, WE ARE GLAD THAT 52:59 YOU ARE WATCHING TONIGHT. AND HE SAYS, INTERESTING STUDY, 53:03 PASTOR JAMES. SO WHAT DOES THE COMING OF THE 53:06 POPE THERE MEAN? >> WELL, I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS 53:11 OUTLINED AND JAMES WHITE BELIEVED THIS ALSO THAT THE LAST 53:14 SIX VERSES OF DANIEL 11 APPLY PARALLEL OR PARALLEL TO 53:19 REVELATION 13. DANIEL 11:40-45 ARE OUTLINING 53:23 THE SAME POWERS OF REVELATION 13 AND PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO 53:27 HAPPEN IN DANIEL 11:41 IS THE KING OF THE NORTH, THE PAPAL 53:32 POWER IS GOING TO ENTER INTO THE GLORIOUS LAND. 53:34 THAT IS WHERE I BELIEVE BIBLE PROPHECY IS BEING FULFILLED, THE 53:39 ENTERING OF THE POPE -- NOT JUST COMING TO AMERICA, BUT 9 53:42 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FACT THAT HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY SPOKE TO 53:48 CONGRESS, CAME TO THE WHITE HOUSE, SPOKE TO THE UNITED 53:51 NATIONS AND WENT TO THE PHILADELPHIA SQUARE AND HAD MASS 53:53 IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET 53:55 INTO THE ALL THE PROPHETIC DETAILS. 53:57 THE POINT IS THIS, THIS COUNTRY WAS, ALWAYS HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD 54:02 TO BE A PROTESTANT NATION. NOW WE ARE SEEING A TRANSITION 54:05 TAKE PLACE. >> TOTALLY. 54:06 >> AND THE PRINCIPLES -- AND THERE'S A GREAT BLOG ON OUR 54:09 WEBSITE, WHAT ABOUT THE POPE THAT TY GIBSON WROTE AND I WOULD 54:12 RECOMMEND OUR VIEWERS TO WATCH IT. 54:14 IT'S AT LIGHTBEARERS.ORG. OUR VIEWERS CAN GO AND READ IT, 54:18 I SHOULD SAY. WHAT ABOUT THE POPE THAT 54:22 BASICALLY IDENTIFIES -- IT'S NOT ABOUT A PERSON. 54:23 IT'S NOT ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL. THIS GUY IS FANTASTIC IN THE WAY 54:26 THAT HE COMMUNICATES AND IS HUMBLE AND THE WAY THAT HE COMES 54:31 ACROSS BUT WHAT HE REPRESENTS, THE SYSTEM HE REPRESENTS, THE 54:35 DOCTRINES THAT HE REPRESENTS, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE GOT TO BE 54:39 REALLY CAREFUL. BECAUSE WE CAN LOOK AT AN 54:42 INDIVIDUAL AND NOT REALIZE THAT WHAT THEY ARE REPRESENTING IS 54:45 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE LOVABLE WAY THAT HE'S COMING 54:48 ACROSS WITH FORGIVENESS AND WITH HUMILITY. 54:53 ALL OF US CAN DO THE SAME THING. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE 54:58 CHARACTERISTICS. >> YOU KNOW WE HAVE JUST LEARNED 54:59 SO MUCH TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN SUCH A GOOD STUDY BUT 55:01 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AT HOME THE OPPORTUNITY, IF WOULD YOU LIKE 55:04 TO GET IN TOUCH WITH JAMES OR CONTACT HIM AT LIGHT BEARERS, 55:09 HERE'S HIS INFORMATION. 55:15 >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JAMES RAFFERTY TO SPEAK IN YOUR 55:20 AREA OR LEARN MORE ABOUT LIGHT BEARERS MINISTRY, YOU CAN DO SO 55:23 IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, YOU CAN WRITE: 55:41 YOU CAN CALL 541-988-3333. THAT'S 541-988-3333. 55:48 OR VISIT THEM ONLINE AT LIGHTBEARERS.ORG. 55:51 THAT'S LIGHTBEARERS.ORG. >> I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS 55:58 AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TONIGHT. JAMES, GIVE US JUST A VERY BRIEF 56:03 SUMMARY IN THE FEW SECONDS WE HAVE LEFT. 56:05 >> EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET EARTH IS TODAY EITHER DEVELOPING 56:09 THE CHARACTER OF LAMB OR THE CHARACTER OF THE DRAGON. 56:12 ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY. 56:18 WE ARE DEVELOPING THE DECEPTION LIES, THE PRIDE, ACCUSING, 56:22 CONTROL, FORCE, HYPOCRISY OR WE ARE DEVELOPING THE PRINCIPLES OF 56:27 LAMB, DEPENDING ON HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, STANDING HIS 56:30 WORD, AND HAVING SELFLESS OTHER CENTERED LIVES AND OVERCOMING BY 56:35 HIS BLOOD AND FOLLOWING HIM WHEREVER HE GOES AND HAVING NO 56:39 GILE IN OUR MOUTHS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE OF 56:40 EVERYTHING THAT WE STUDIED TONIGHT. 56:42 >> AMEN AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL STUDY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 56:44 ALL NEED TO DO SELF-EXAMINATION AND REALIZE WE CANNOT CHANGE 56:49 OURSELF. ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE US. 56:51 SO WE NEED TO SURRENDER CONTROL OF OUR LIFE TO HIM AND LET HIM 56:54 DO THAT. JAMES, I'M GLAD YOU KNOW OUR 56:56 ADDRESS. I'M GLAD YOU KNOW YOUR WAY BACK 56:58 HERE BECAUSE WE ARE SURELY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RETURN. 57:02 HONEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND OUR 57:04 PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT THE GRACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS 57:08 CHRIST, THE LOVE OF THE FAST FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH 57:14 YOU ALWAYS. >> AMEN. |
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