[ MUSIC ] >> I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE 00:00:09.87\00:00:17.41 MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE REMOVING 00:00:17.41\00:00:25.85 PAIN ¤ LORD, LET MY WORD HEAL A HEART 00:00:25.85\00:00:38.87 THAT HURTS ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING 00:00:38.87\00:00:44.81 BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:44.81\00:00:56.15 MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ >> HELLO. WELCOME TO 3ABN TODAY 00:00:56.15\00:01:15.10 LIVE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR NO 00:01:15.10\00:01:17.31 DOUBT BUSY DAY FOR US. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, 00:01:17.31\00:01:20.68 PRAYERS AND SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY. 00:01:20.68\00:01:22.54 WE'RE CONVICTED AND CONVINCED WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT 00:01:22.54\00:01:26.51 YOUR PARTNERSHIP. WHEN WE SAY THANK YOU, WE MEAN 00:01:26.51\00:01:29.42 THANK YOU. I NEED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE 00:01:29.42\00:01:31.79 SECRET. I NEVER LIKED AND DO NOT LIKE 00:01:31.79\00:01:33.99 AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER LIKE THE WORD HOST. 00:01:33.99\00:01:36.39 I DO NOT USE IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. 00:01:36.39\00:01:40.13 WHAT IS A HOST? I DON'T LIKE THE WORD. 00:01:40.13\00:01:43.40 I'M NOT GOING TO CALL MYSELF THE HOST OF THE PROGRAM. 00:01:43.40\00:01:48.34 THAT MEANS THE LOVELY LADY SITTING NEXT TO ME IS NOT A 00:01:48.34\00:01:52.04 GUEST. WHEN I INTRODUCE, SHELLEY QUINN, 00:01:52.04\00:01:54.88 SHE'S NOT A GUEST. WE'RE COFACILITATORS. 00:01:54.88\00:01:59.28 BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE, SUBJECT MATTER I STUDY MOST 00:01:59.28\00:02:04.55 OF MY ADULT LIFE. SHELLEY HAS WRITTEN ON HER 00:02:04.55\00:02:08.12 WORKS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 00:02:08.12\00:02:09.76 THE EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE 00:02:09.76\00:02:14.83 WANT TO GIVE IT AS MUCH A BRUSH STROKE, PAST, PRESENT AND 00:02:14.83\00:02:20.90 FUTURE. WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN, WHAT 00:02:20.90\00:02:22.54 HAPPENS ON EARTH AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE AS WE WALK INTO THE 00:02:22.54\00:02:26.01 EXPERIENCE. WE DON'T GET TOGETHER IN A 00:02:26.01\00:02:28.04 CORNER, YOU SAY THIS AND YOU SAY THIS AND YOU SAY THAT. 00:02:28.04\00:02:32.28 WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT IN ANY OF THE PROGRAMS. 00:02:32.28\00:02:34.35 WE STUDIED INDEPENDENTLY. WE KNOW OUR WORDS WILL MATCH AND 00:02:34.35\00:02:39.59 BLESSED BY THE LORD BECAUSE WE'RE STUDYING THE SAME THING. 00:02:39.59\00:02:43.73 >> THAT'S VERY TRUE. YOU HAVE TO CONFESS WE'RE 00:02:43.73\00:02:47.03 EXPECTING A LARGER PANEL. >> I WAS HEADING INTO THAT. 00:02:47.03\00:02:49.83 >> WHEN YOU SAY STUDY, I 4T$OUGHT, OH WE HAD A SHORT TIME 00:02:49.83\00:02:54.97 -- >> TO SORT OF PULL IT TOGETHER. IT WAS OUR INTENTION, 00:02:54.97\00:03:01.14 3ABN'S INTENTION TO HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE GROUP. 00:03:01.14\00:03:04.11 WE HAVE PEOPLE MINISTERING ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT STATES, 00:03:04.11\00:03:07.02 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. PEOPLE ARE DOING ALL KINDS OF 00:03:07.02\00:03:09.52 THINGS. DANNY IS HANGING OUT IN THE 00:03:09.52\00:03:13.09 PLAIN AND PASTOR LAWRENCE IS DOING SOMETHING 00:03:13.09\00:03:17.33 AND WE HAVE SHELLEY IS STUCK IN HOUSTON, WHO CAN'T GO ANYWHERE 00:03:17.33\00:03:21.60 BECAUSE IT'S RAINING IN YOUR STATE. 00:03:21.60\00:03:24.07 THEY ARE GROUNDED FOR TWO DAYS. THEY ARE NOT WHERE THEY WANT TO 00:03:24.07\00:03:28.64 GO. WE HAVE TO KEEP JOHN AND JORGE 00:03:28.64\00:03:30.24 IN PRAYER. LAST I TALKED, THEY WERE WAITING 00:03:30.24\00:03:33.51 FOR IT TO RAIN. I HEARD IT IS GOING TO RAIN THE 00:03:33.51\00:03:36.31 NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY. IT'S GOING TO RAIN FOR SEVERAL 00:03:36.31\00:03:40.05 DAYS. >> IT'S EVEN FLOODING IN OUR 00:03:40.05\00:03:42.05 NECK OF THE WOODS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 00:03:42.05\00:03:44.62 ONE GOOD THING, THE FARM IS ELEVATED ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE 00:03:44.62\00:03:48.62 GETTING A LOT OF SOIL EROSION THERE: THE LOW-LYING AREAS ARE 00:03:48.62\00:03:56.93 GETTING HAMMERED. >> WE NEED TO PRAY THIS EARTH IS 00:03:56.93\00:04:01.50 WAXING LIKE A GARMENT AND EACH OF THE DISASTER, MANY ARE 00:04:01.50\00:04:08.58 UNNATURALLY LONG, UNNATURALLY SEVERE, ARE LETTING US KNOW 00:04:08.58\00:04:13.11 CHRIST IS COMING NEAR. THIS STUDY IS THE EXPERIENCE OF 00:04:13.11\00:04:16.35 SALVATION IS ONE OF IMPORT AND IS INDEED PRESENT AND TRUE. 00:04:16.35\00:04:21.16 GET YOUR PENS, PENCIL, iPHONE, iPAD, WHATEVER YOU TAKE NOTES 00:04:21.16\00:04:27.50 ON. THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT SHELLEY 00:04:27.50\00:04:30.77 HAS STUDIED VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. 00:04:30.77\00:04:33.74 SOME YOU MAY KNOW. SOME MAY AB REFRESHER COURSE TO 00:04:33.74\00:04:38.71 YOU. IT'S NICE TO DRAW CLOSE AND 00:04:38.71\00:04:40.64 LISTEN WELL, BECAUSE WE WILL TALK TO SOME THINGS AS WE COME 00:04:40.64\00:04:43.55 TO THE LAST DAYS OF THIS EARTH'S HISTORY. 00:04:43.55\00:04:46.45 BEFORE WE GET TO OUR MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 00:04:46.45\00:04:50.72 DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL OVER? 00:04:50.72\00:04:52.65 >> THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND IN YOUR 00:04:52.65\00:04:56.22 PRAYER REQUESTS OR YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WILL GET TO IN 00:04:56.22\00:04:59.69 THE SECOND HOUR, HOPEFULLY, IF WE HAVE TIME. 00:04:59.69\00:05:03.13 YOU COULD DO THAT BY SUBMITTING IT TO LIVE AT 3ABN.TV OR CALL 00:05:03.13\00:05:15.01 618-627-4651. 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A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO DO 00:06:16.40\00:06:19.17 AGAIN. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF 00:06:19.17\00:06:21.14 THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD LIGHT OR HAVE A QUESTION IN 00:06:21.14\00:06:24.18 THE SECOND HOUR, SEND THEM AND YOU MAY NOT NEED TO WAIT TO THE 00:06:24.18\00:06:29.82 SECOND HOUR. LET US KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING AND 00:06:29.82\00:06:32.25 YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 00:06:32.25\00:06:35.09 SO DO THAT AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO GET TO THEM AS SOON AS WE 00:06:35.09\00:06:38.56 CAN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 00:06:38.56\00:06:41.33 EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION. BEFORE WE EVEN GO TO OUR MUSIC, 00:06:41.33\00:06:45.57 SHELLEY I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU. BECAUSE YOU CAME TO THE MINISTER 00:06:45.57\00:06:54.48 AS AN ADULT. I JOINED WHEN I WAS 10. 00:06:54.48\00:06:58.15 YOU WERE IN ANOTHER DENOMINATION. 00:06:58.15\00:06:59.68 YOU STUDIED YOUR WAY TO ADVENTISM. 00:06:59.68\00:07:02.98 SOME OF THE THINGS YOU RAN INTO, AS YOU BEGAN TO STUDY, 00:07:02.98\00:07:06.69 PARTICULARLY SALVATION AND HOW SALVATION IS ATTAINED. 00:07:06.69\00:07:09.89 I HEARD YOU SAY, YOU ARE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRY TO WORK 00:07:09.89\00:07:14.73 AND PLEASE GOD THROUGH YOUR OWN EFFORTS. 00:07:14.73\00:07:17.57 YOU RUN AS IN MARTIN LUTHER, I WILL WORK MYSELF TO THE GRAVE, I 00:07:17.57\00:07:21.87 WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH, MY WORKS WILL NEVER MERIT ME TO 00:07:21.87\00:07:27.61 GOD. WALK ME INTO THE BODY OF 00:07:27.61\00:07:29.58 KNOWLEDGE, BODY OF TRUTH AND THE KIND OF CHANGES. 00:07:29.58\00:07:32.35 YOU CAME FROM A CORPORATE WORLD, BUSINESS WORLD. 00:07:32.35\00:07:35.15 THEN YOU CAME INTO MINISTRY AND PLUS CORPORATE AND FULL-TIME 00:07:35.15\00:07:40.02 MINISTRY. AND YOU MADE THE PROGRESSION. 00:07:40.02\00:07:42.69 AT EACH STEP, YOU TRUST IN THE LORD MORE. 00:07:42.69\00:07:45.06 LORD, I WILL STEP OUT AND DO FULL-TIME FOR YOU. 00:07:45.06\00:07:49.86 I HAVE SOME STUFF TO WADE THROUGH AS FAR AS DOCTRINE. 00:07:49.86\00:07:53.00 WALK US THROUGH THAT. >> LET ME GIVE YOU THE READER'S 00:07:53.00\00:07:57.84 DIGEST. IN 1996, I SUFFERED VERTIGO FOR 00:07:57.84\00:08:01.11 A WHOLE YEAR. THAT'S WHEN THE LORD SPOKE TO ME 00:08:01.11\00:08:06.08 AND SAID TRUST IN HIS WORD. I GOTTEN INTO THE WORD AND HE 00:08:06.08\00:08:12.42 TAUGHT ME TO PRAY THE WORD BACK. IT'S AMAZING HOW HE CHANGED MY 00:08:12.42\00:08:16.59 LIFE THEN. WHAT HAPPENED, AFTER A COUPLE OF 00:08:16.59\00:08:18.63 YEARS OF WALKING SO CLOSE, I FOUND MYSELF IN A FULL-TIME JOB 00:08:18.63\00:08:25.23 THAT HAD ME TRAVELLING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 00:08:25.23\00:08:28.37 IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. SO I STARTED BACK SLIDING 00:08:28.37\00:08:31.84 BECAUSE I GOT OUT OF THE WORD. AND THEN WHEN THIS COMPANY 00:08:31.84\00:08:39.91 ACTUALLY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1999, I WAS PRAYING ONE DAY ON THE WAY 00:08:39.91\00:08:46.09 TO SAM'S. I WAS LEAVING THE FARM AND 00:08:46.09\00:08:49.76 DRIVING TO SAM'S, PRAYING, LORD, HOW COULD I WALK SO CLOSELY THAT 00:08:49.76\00:08:57.17 I COULD FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT AND WALK INTO THIS. 00:08:57.17\00:09:01.50 I WALKED OUT OF SAM'S, EARNESTLY PRAYING AN HOUR COMING HOME. 00:09:01.50\00:09:06.51 THE LORD IMPRESSED ME WITH HIS THOUGHTS. 00:09:06.51\00:09:09.04 HE SAID, HOW COULD I KEEP BACK SLIDING? 00:09:09.04\00:09:13.48 AND THE THOUGHT HE IMPRESSED WITH, IF YOU COME TO ME, IF YOU 00:09:13.48\00:09:18.89 PRAY AN HOUR THE FIRST THING EVERY MORNING, I PROMISE WILL 00:09:18.89\00:09:23.73 NEVER BACK SLIDE. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRAY THAT 00:09:23.73\00:09:26.96 HOUR. IN AS HE WAS TEACHING ME THAT, 00:09:26.96\00:09:30.83 HE TAUGHT ME THE FIVE STEPS OF REPENTANCE. 00:09:30.83\00:09:34.50 AS I'M PRAYING EACH DAY FOR AN HOUR, HE'S TEACHING ME ABOUT 00:09:34.50\00:09:38.81 SURRENDER, HE'S TEACHING ME ALL THESE THINGS IN MY PRAYER. 00:09:38.81\00:09:41.94 AND THEN I KNEW HE WAS CALLING ME TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY. 00:09:41.94\00:09:46.78 HERE'S HOW IT GETS EXCITING. I ALREADY STUDIED MY WAY IN THE 00:09:46.78\00:09:51.02 CHURCH IN WHICH I GREW UP INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL ARENA. 00:09:51.02\00:09:56.56 WHEN GOD CALLED ME TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY, THEN MY HUSBAND, WHO 00:09:56.56\00:10:00.30 HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP ADVENTIST, BUT WALKED AWAY FROM THE CHURCH 00:10:00.30\00:10:04.03 AT 21, HE THEN IS SAYING, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER MY 00:10:04.03\00:10:09.20 FRIEND WHO BELIEVES IN THE SABBATH? 00:10:09.20\00:10:12.71 THAT'S EASY. I HAD AN EIGHT PAGE DOCUMENT WAS 00:10:12.71\00:10:23.08 CHANGED. BUT GOD CALLED ME TO STUDY THE 00:10:23.08\00:10:26.12 SANCTUARY. AS I STUDIED THE SANCTUARY, 00:10:26.12\00:10:29.26 THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME THAT THE TEN 00:10:29.26\00:10:33.96 COMMANDMENTS WERE STILL ENFORCE. I PRAISE GOD FOR BIBLE SOFTWARE 00:10:33.96\00:10:39.40 BECAUSE WITH BIBLE SOFTWARE, I COULD STUDY EVERY SCRIPTURE ON A 00:10:39.40\00:10:45.77 TOPIC FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. 00:10:45.77\00:10:51.18 I WOULD PRINTOUT EVERY SCRIPTURE AND STUDY IT BY CONTENT. 00:10:51.18\00:10:54.98 AND WHAT HAPPENED, I SAW THAT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE INSIDE 00:10:54.98\00:10:59.45 THE ARC. THEY WERE THE -- I MEAN THIS IS 00:10:59.45\00:11:01.76 THE FOUNDATION OF HIS THROWN WITH THE MERCY SEAT ABOVE IT AND 00:11:01.76\00:11:08.00 THAT THE OLD COVENNANT IN THE LAW OF MOSES, OUTSIDE OF THE 00:11:08.00\00:11:13.84 ARC, WAS A CURSE AGAINST THEM. THIS DID SOMETHING TO ME. 00:11:13.84\00:11:19.77 THERE'S ONLY ONE COMMANDMENT I WASN'T KEEPING AND THAT'S THE 00:11:19.77\00:11:23.71 SABBATH. >> I WAS TAUGHT AND TAUGHT TO AN 00:11:23.71\00:11:26.38 EXTENT, CONVERSION MANY TIMES COMES WITH CONVICTION. 00:11:26.38\00:11:29.32 A CONVICTION THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. 00:11:29.32\00:11:31.42 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. >> WERE YOU MOVED BY SOMETHING 00:11:31.42\00:11:34.16 IS WRONG OR JUST A SEEKER TO TRY TO FIND MORE? 00:11:34.16\00:11:37.33 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING THIS WAY BUT THIS IS NOT MAKING IT. 00:11:37.33\00:11:42.20 THIS IS NOT DOING IT. WAS IT A CONVICTION THAT 00:11:42.20\00:11:46.03 SOMETHING WAS WRONG OR WAS IT SOMETHING, I WANT TO KNOW MORE? 00:11:46.03\00:11:51.37 THEN I RUN INTO THIS AND NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 00:11:51.37\00:11:55.11 >> GOD CLEARLY SPOKE TO ME. AND I SAY THAT, FIRST KINGS 00:11:55.11\00:12:03.69 19:12. FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW 00:12:03.69\00:12:05.15 AND I WILL TEACH YOU. SO WHEN I CAME TO THE WORD, YEAH 00:12:05.15\00:12:09.49 THERE WERE MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE. 00:12:09.49\00:12:11.33 AT THAT TIME, I WAS REALLY WALKING WITH HIM. 00:12:11.33\00:12:15.23 WHEN I CAME TO THE WORD, IT'S LIKE HE TOOK THE BLINDERS OFF 00:12:15.23\00:12:20.74 AND I WAS NOT -- YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE STUDY THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR 00:12:20.74\00:12:25.71 UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A 00:12:25.71\00:12:28.81 PRECONCEIVED NOTION TO INOCULATE YOU AGAINST TRUTH. 00:12:28.81\00:12:31.98 IT WILL KEEP YOU FROM UNDERSTANDING TRUTH. 00:12:31.98\00:12:35.32 SO HE KNOCKED ALL OF THAT AWAY FROM ME AND WHEN I WAS STUDYING 00:12:35.32\00:12:41.29 THE CONVICTION CAME AS I SAW -- YOU KNOW, I WAS STUDYING 00:12:41.29\00:12:52.97 COLASSIANS 2:13. WHEN I STUDY, IT WAS NOT FOR THE 00:12:52.97\00:12:58.77 CROSS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE JEWS. 00:12:58.77\00:13:00.94 AND I STUDIED THE SABBATH AND I WAS SO EXCITED. 00:13:00.94\00:13:04.95 WHEN I KEPT MY FIRST SABBATH, J.D. WAS OUT OF TOWN. 00:13:04.95\00:13:09.92 I DIDN'T HAVE A CHURCH ANYWHERE I KNEW OF. 00:13:09.92\00:13:13.02 I DIDN'T KNOW ADVENTIST YET. WHEN I KEPT THE FIRST SABBATH, 00:13:13.02\00:13:18.13 IT WAS LIKE, OH, BECAUSE IN KEEPING THE SABBATH, MY FAVORITE 00:13:18.13\00:13:23.43 SCRIPTURE, EXODUS, 31:13. SABBATH SHOWS THE SIGN HE'S THE 00:13:23.43\00:13:33.41 ONE THAT SANCTIFIES YOU. SANG FICICATION, WHICH IS A WORK 00:13:33.41\00:13:39.05 OF GOD, HE WAS TEACHING ME THESE THINGS. 00:13:39.05\00:13:42.68 BUT WHEN, THE FIRST SABBATH, ALL I COULD REMEMBER THINKING THE 00:13:42.68\00:13:47.39 WHOLE TIME IS THAT GOD IS SAVING ME. 00:13:47.39\00:13:50.86 I DON'T HAVE TO SAVE MYSELF. AND SO IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 00:13:50.86\00:13:55.16 EXPERIENCE. AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WAS 00:13:55.16\00:13:57.13 INTERESTING IN THE BEGINNING. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SHOWING ME 00:13:57.13\00:13:59.77 THE TRUTH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, SOMETIMES, COME 00:13:59.77\00:14:03.67 THURSDAY NIGHT OR SOMETHING, I'M STILL KIND OF BEGINNING TO SLIP 00:14:03.67\00:14:07.78 BACK, OH, I GOT TO DO THIS. I GOT TO DO THAT. 00:14:07.78\00:14:11.98 WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT WOULD COME ALONG, I WOULD JUST BE PRAISING 00:14:11.98\00:14:15.62 GOD FOR SAVING ME. SO MANY PEOPLE AND I GREW UP 00:14:15.62\00:14:19.12 THIS WAY. I ONLY KNEW ABOUT JUSTIFICATION. 00:14:19.12\00:14:22.49 YOU KNOW. IT CHANGES YOUR RECORD. 00:14:22.49\00:14:25.16 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SANG FIF F-- SANCTIFICATION. 00:14:25.16\00:14:37.87 THE CONVICTION CAME WHEN I UNDERSTOOD. 00:14:37.87\00:14:40.84 WHEN I WAS UNDERSTANDING SANCTIFICATION, THAT THIS IS THE 00:14:40.84\00:14:47.15 WORK OF GOD AND HE WANTS ME TO COOPERATE. 00:14:47.15\00:14:51.69 AS PAUL SAID, 2:21, 2-12 >> AND I DARE SAY THAT. 00:14:51.69\00:15:04.43 AND KNOWING LITTLE ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY, THE KEY PART IS, GOD 00:15:04.43\00:15:09.10 SAID TO YOU AND YOU ALLOWED HIM OF STRIPPING YOU OF ONE THAT YOU 00:15:09.10\00:15:14.78 KNOWN BEFORE. THE PSYCHOLOGIST CALL IT BLANK 00:15:14.78\00:15:18.65 SLATE. I'M ERASING KIND OF LIKE 00:15:18.65\00:15:25.05 X-SKETCH. I'M CLEANING THE SLATE. 00:15:25.05\00:15:26.42 I'M GOING TO LET YOU REWRITE. THE REASON WHY THE FIRST SABBATH 00:15:26.42\00:15:31.83 WAS A JOY, YOU BROUGHT NO PRECONCEPTION. 00:15:31.83\00:15:35.30 LORD, I'M WALKING THROUGH, AND DO FOR ME THROUGH ME WHAT YOU 00:15:35.30\00:15:41.27 WANT. YOU ARE BRINGING A BLESSED 00:15:41.27\00:15:44.34 EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU LET GOD SPEAK. 00:15:44.34\00:15:46.17 >> IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR LIFE THAT I JUST BACK AND 00:15:46.17\00:15:51.18 RELAXED AND RESTED IN THE LORD. I WAS IN THE WORD AND I WAS 00:15:51.18\00:15:54.32 PRAYING. OH, IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TO 00:15:54.32\00:15:57.92 DO THIS, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. 00:15:57.92\00:16:00.82 I AM A PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PERSON. 00:16:00.82\00:16:03.46 I CONSTANTLY HAVE A TO-DO LIST. AND TO JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY 00:16:03.46\00:16:09.06 COMMUNE WITH GOD. BUT EVEN, IT WAS LIKE I WAS 00:16:09.06\00:16:12.07 BEING RELIEVED OF ALL MY EARTHLY DUTIES, BUT THEN TO REALIZE I'M 00:16:12.07\00:16:18.51 BEING RELIEVED OF THE SPIRITUAL BURDEN TO THINK I HAD TO SAVE 00:16:18.51\00:16:23.41 MYSELF. EVEN THOUGH I'M TRYING TO COME 00:16:23.41\00:16:27.18 WITH THAT BLANK SLATE, MY DIFFICULTY IS UNDERSTANDING THE 00:16:27.18\00:16:30.35 CHARACTER OF GOD. I GREW UP BEING THOUGHT THAT THE 00:16:30.35\00:16:36.26 FATHER WAS JUST UP THERE WATCHING, READY TO ZAP YOU IF 00:16:36.26\00:16:40.96 YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. SO I HAD TO IDEA I HAD TO BE 00:16:40.96\00:16:47.44 PERFECT TO BELOVED BY THE FATHER. 00:16:47.44\00:16:49.40 I HAD A LOVE AFFAIR WITH JESUS. IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT TO JESUS 00:16:49.40\00:16:56.61 1-3, JESUS THE EXACT EXPRESSION OF THE FATHER'S CHARACTER. 00:16:56.61\00:17:00.18 YOU KNOW, THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN. 00:17:00.18\00:17:04.72 >> JOHN 10:30. >> YEAH, IT WAS, THEN THAT I 00:17:04.72\00:17:11.66 UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS AS LOVING AS CHRIST IS AS LOVING, THAT HE 00:17:11.66\00:17:15.16 WAS AS PATIENT, THAT HE IS AS TENDER. 00:17:15.16\00:17:18.90 I WAS BOLD ENOUGH IN PRAYER TO SAY, HE WAS IMPRESSING ME WITH 00:17:18.90\00:17:23.20 THIS THOUGHT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE 00:17:23.20\00:17:26.14 TO YOU, THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT ME, ASK ME. 00:17:26.14\00:17:29.61 YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? HOW COULD A GOD OF LOVE BURN 00:17:29.61\00:17:33.65 SOMEBODY FOREVER? AND GOD TOOK ME ON THIS WHOLE 00:17:33.65\00:17:38.69 STUDY OF HELL AND I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STATE OF THE 00:17:38.69\00:17:42.42 DEAD. I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL. 00:17:42.42\00:17:44.59 YOU KNOW, IT HELPED SO MUCH BEING ABLE TO STUDY WITH THE 00:17:44.59\00:17:48.20 GREEK AND HEBREW USING THE BIBLE SOFTWARE. 00:17:48.20\00:17:51.97 SO HERE, HE'S TEACHING ME ALL THESE THINGS. 00:17:51.97\00:17:54.27 I'M IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY. I'M THERE TEACHING THEM. 00:17:54.27\00:17:58.51 AND THEN HE WAS TEACHING ME WHEN I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF 00:17:58.51\00:18:03.38 OBEDIENCE. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, 00:18:03.38\00:18:06.38 SALVATION BY GRACE, RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IS THE 00:18:06.38\00:18:09.98 ONLY KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THERE IS. 00:18:09.98\00:18:14.29 ROMAN 6:16 TALKS ABOUT OBEDIENCE THAT LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:18:14.29\00:18:21.03 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 00:18:21.03\00:18:25.43 AND WHAT GOD WAS SHOWING ME, SEE, WAS SO INCREDIBLE BECAUSE I 00:18:25.43\00:18:31.54 LEARNED THAT HE EMPOWERS ME TO OBEY. 00:18:31.54\00:18:35.04 I OBEY BY GRACE. HE CHANGED MY WHOLE IDEA WHAT 00:18:35.04\00:18:38.98 GRACE IS. AS I UNDERSTOOD GRACE AND THE 00:18:38.98\00:18:43.28 THREE GREATEST GIFTS OF HIS GRACE, GRACE EMPOWERS US. 00:18:43.28\00:18:48.16 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING AND JESUS THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE WORD, 00:18:48.16\00:18:52.76 ARE HIS THREE GREATEST GIFTS OF GRACE. 00:18:52.76\00:18:54.86 THEY ARE WORKING IN OUR LIVES TO EMPOWER US, WHILE I'M OUT 00:18:54.86\00:19:00.87 PREACHING. AT THAT TIME, YOU WAS PREACHING 00:19:00.87\00:19:02.40 IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES. I'M OUT PREACHING THIS MESSAGE 00:19:02.40\00:19:06.91 WITH FERVOR, THAT WE OBEY BY GRACE. 00:19:06.91\00:19:09.81 ONE DAY WE COME IN AND THE LITTLE LOCAL DOWN LINK IN OUR 00:19:09.81\00:19:16.55 TOWN, IN CENTRAL TEXAS, LITTLE TOWN OF 5 THOUSAND WAS PURCHASED 00:19:16.55\00:19:23.76 BY THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. I WAS SO UPSET. 00:19:23.76\00:19:27.10 I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ADVENTIST, BUT I HAD A 00:19:27.10\00:19:32.63 MISCONCEPTION THAT ADVENTIST WAS CALLED. 00:19:32.63\00:19:36.60 IT WAS LATE EVENING, TURNING UP THE TV AND KENNETH COX WAS ON. 00:19:36.60\00:19:44.15 AND HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM WITH 00:19:44.15\00:19:47.75 OBEDIENCE. IT'S ALL BY FAITH. 00:19:47.75\00:19:49.52 I'M TEACHING OBEDIENCE BY GRACE AND IT'S OWE BEDIANS BY FAITH. 00:19:49.52\00:19:56.49 AND I TUNED IN. AND SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT -- 00:19:56.49\00:20:02.13 I THOUGHT, THEY MUST NOT BE ALL ADVENTIST. 00:20:02.13\00:20:05.77 I BEGAN TO WATCH AND THIS IS SOMETHING I PRAISED THE LORD FOR 00:20:05.77\00:20:11.24 3ABN BECAUSE I WAS CLUELESS WHEN IT CAME TO PROFESSY. 00:20:11.24\00:20:17.78 TOTALLY CLUELESS. I BEGGED THE LORD. 00:20:17.78\00:20:23.25 I GREW UP, NOT TO READ REVELATION. 00:20:23.25\00:20:30.23 AND THEN I READ, BLESSED WHO IS READING REVELATION. 00:20:30.23\00:20:34.36 I WAS BEGGING THE LORD. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF 00:20:34.36\00:20:39.90 IT. LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE 00:20:39.90\00:20:43.51 BOOKS OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT AUTHORS AND NO TWO PROPHETIC 00:20:43.51\00:20:47.88 BOOKS SAID THE SAME THING. I'M WATCHING 3ABN AND ALL OF A 00:20:47.88\00:20:52.35 SUDDEN, I FIND OUT THAT DANIEL UNLOCKS -- DANIEL UNLOCKS 00:20:52.35\00:21:00.32 REVELATION. SO NOW I'M BEGINNING TO 00:21:00.32\00:21:01.96 UNDERSTAND THIS AND THAT'S WHEN I SENT, I DRAINED MY MINISTRY 00:21:01.96\00:21:09.03 ACCOUNT. IT WAS $770. 00:21:09.03\00:21:10.93 IT WASN'T MUCH. I SENT IT TO 3ABN. 00:21:10.93\00:21:13.60 I SAID IN A LITTLE LETTER, I'M SENDING YOU THIS BECAUSE I FOUND 00:21:13.60\00:21:18.27 OUT IN WATCHING 3ABN, EVERYTHING GOD WAS TEACHING ME, ADVENTISTS 00:21:18.27\00:21:25.91 BELIEVED. SO I'M SENDING YOU THIS AND THAT 00:21:25.91\00:21:31.09 CANNING FOR YOUR MINISTRY. PRAY FOR ME. 00:21:31.09\00:21:34.42 THE LORD MAY BE CALLING ME INTO THIS CHURCH. 00:21:34.42\00:21:37.03 AND THEY PUBLISHED THE LETTER, NOT WITH MY NAME. 00:21:37.03\00:21:40.16 THE LOCAL PASTOR READ IT, CALLED UP HERE TO TRY TO GET THE 00:21:40.16\00:21:44.80 INFORMATION AND THEY TOLD THEM, I'M SORRY, CONFIDENTIALITY. 00:21:44.80\00:21:50.21 AND I'M A PASTOR. SHE'S SAYING, PRAY FOR ME. 00:21:50.21\00:21:53.24 THAT'S HOW I CAME INTO THE CHURCH. 00:21:53.24\00:21:55.18 >> IT'S WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LORD 00:21:55.18\00:21:58.71 -- YOU REALLY STUDIED YOURSELF IN. 00:21:58.71\00:22:04.25 AND JUST YOU AND THE WORD AND THE LORD. 00:22:04.25\00:22:08.12 AND THE IDEA, GRACE WAS NOT A STATIC ENTITY. 00:22:08.12\00:22:15.33 AND PHILLIPIANS 2. YOU'RE WORKING GOD'S WILL. 00:22:15.33\00:22:23.37 AND I WANT TO ASK, WHO CAME BACK, YOU OR J.D.? 00:22:23.37\00:22:28.21 J.D. HAD A FOUNDATION. >> I DID. 00:22:28.21\00:22:30.61 AND I JOINED THE CHURCH IN 2002. THE PASTOR'S NAME IS JIM GRAY. 00:22:30.61\00:22:37.19 PRECIOUS MAN OF GOD. WHEN HE CAME TO MY HOUSE THE 00:22:37.19\00:22:39.49 FIRST TIME, HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID, MRS. QUINN, THIS IS JIM 00:22:39.49\00:22:49.23 GRAIN. OH, PASTOR JIM GRAY? 00:22:49.23\00:22:53.54 >> UH-HUH. >> WELL, I COULD BE THERE IN 30 00:22:53.54\00:22:59.21 MINUTES. I DRILLED HIM FOR TWO HOURS. 00:22:59.21\00:23:00.91 HE CAME TO MY HOUSE. I WAS QUESTIONING HIM, HE 00:23:00.91\00:23:05.58 BELIEVED THE SAME THING I WAS SEEING AT 3ABN. 00:23:05.58\00:23:08.65 I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH IN NOVEMBER OF 2001. 00:23:08.65\00:23:12.52 IN 2002, HE ASKED ME, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUR CHURCH DO? 00:23:12.52\00:23:21.66 I SAID STEVE ALDER NAHN. AND I'M ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 00:23:21.66\00:23:28.00 I'M TEACHING SABBATH SCHOOL. I'M NOT EVEN ADVENTIST. 00:23:28.00\00:23:32.87 I'M TEACHING SABBATH SCHOOL. ANYWAY, WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL 00:23:32.87\00:23:37.21 I JOINED THE CHURCH WAS THAT STEVE TOLD PASTOR JIM GRAVES, 00:23:37.21\00:23:42.32 YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS WOMAN IN THE CHURCH. 00:23:42.32\00:23:44.82 YOU KNOW WHAT THE PASTOR TOLD HIM? 00:23:44.82\00:23:48.22 OH, NO, GOD HAS ALREADY TOLD ME. HANDS OFF. 00:23:48.22\00:23:52.53 HE'S BRINGING HER INTO THE CHURCH. 00:23:52.53\00:24:00.94 THAT NEARLY MAKES ME CRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT. 00:24:00.94\00:24:03.74 I WANTED TO BE SURE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOOLED ABOUT 00:24:03.74\00:24:08.21 ANYTHING. I CAME INTO THE CHURCH AND ON 00:24:08.21\00:24:12.61 JUNE THE 2nd OF 2002, J.D. CAME IN SIX MONTHS LATER, REBAPTIZED. 00:24:12.61\00:24:19.15 I DID THE SAME THING WITH HIM, THAT GOD HAD DONE. 00:24:19.15\00:24:23.76 I DIDN'T PUSH HIM. HE CAME IN SIX MONTHS LATER AND 00:24:23.76\00:24:27.86 IT'S INTERESTING ON JULY -- EXCUSE ME, ON DECEMBER THE 31st, 00:24:27.86\00:24:33.34 OF 2002, 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE WERE AT 3ABN TO DO -- WE MET, I 00:24:33.34\00:24:41.61 MET DANNY AT ASI. THEY INVITED ME TO DO A LIVE ON 00:24:41.61\00:24:47.82 NEW YEAR'S EVE. IT WAS DECEMBER THE 31st. 00:24:47.82\00:24:50.22 WE DROVE IN. IT HAD SNOWED. 00:24:50.22\00:24:52.72 AS WE'RE COMING DOWN ANGEL LANE, I SAID TO J.D., JUST THINK, YOU 00:24:52.72\00:24:59.29 KNOW, DAVID SAID THAT ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE WERE WRITTEN IN 00:24:59.29\00:25:03.63 HIS RECORD BOOK. GOD KNEW BEFORE WE WERE BORN, WE 00:25:03.63\00:25:06.80 WERE GOING TO BE HERE DECEMBER THE 31st OF 2002. 00:25:06.80\00:25:11.91 AND J.D. IS GOING, WOW, THAT'S HEAVY. 00:25:11.91\00:25:14.71 I'M TAKING TOO MUCH TIME >> I WANTED TO GET -- YOU WALKED 00:25:14.71\00:25:20.72 YOUR WAY IN. YOU DIDN'T STUDY ADVENTIST. 00:25:20.72\00:25:25.75 AND YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH THAT LINED UP WHAT GOD 00:25:25.75\00:25:30.63 WAS SHOWING YOU. FIRST OF ALL, YOU FOUND THE 00:25:30.63\00:25:33.36 MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH. IN ALL OF THE STUDYING. 00:25:33.36\00:25:40.70 >> AND THANK YOU. I HATE THAT TERM, ADVENTIST 00:25:40.70\00:25:45.14 DOCTRINE. IT'S BIBLE DOCTRINE THAT 00:25:45.14\00:25:48.84 ADVENTISTS HAVE ADHERED TO. >> AND IF YOU COULD FIND A 00:25:48.84\00:25:57.25 CHURCH, I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS FOLLOWS THE BIBLE. 00:25:57.25\00:26:01.22 I DON'T SEE ANY VARIANCE OF WHAT THE ADVENTIST CHURCH TEACHES. 00:26:01.22\00:26:08.13 IF I EVER DO, I WILL JOIN THAT CHURCH. 00:26:08.13\00:26:14.30 AND I THINK WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC. 00:26:14.30\00:26:16.60 THEN WE'LL WALK INTO THE SALVATION EXPERIENCE. 00:26:16.60\00:26:21.14 >> OUR. HE WANTS FOR US TO SING, I GIVE 00:26:21.14\00:26:31.85 ALL MY LIFE TO YOU. [ MUSIC ] 00:26:31.85\00:26:35.19 I GIVE ALL MY LIFE TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY SERVING TO YOU ¤ 00:26:50.21\00:27:05.19 NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT I DO, I GIVE ALL MY SERVICE TO YOU ¤ 00:27:05.19\00:27:22.84 I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS THROUGH 00:27:22.84\00:27:34.72 YOU ¤ NO MATTER THE COST, OR WHAT 00:27:34.72\00:27:42.99 OTHERS DO ¤ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ¤ 00:27:42.99\00:27:54.34 I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY, LORD, TO 00:27:54.34\00:28:06.41 YOU ¤ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT 00:28:06.41\00:28:15.99 OTHERS DO ¤ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ¤ 00:28:15.99\00:28:34.18 I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU, 00:28:34.18\00:28:45.82 LORD, TO YOU ¤ NO MATTER THE CALL OR WHAT 00:28:45.82\00:28:55.50 OTHERS DO ¤ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ¤ 00:28:55.50\00:29:10.85 I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ¤ 00:29:10.85\00:29:25.43 NO MATTER THE CALL OR WHAT OTHERS DO ¤ 00:29:25.43\00:29:35.94 I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ¤ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ¤ 00:29:35.94\00:30:12.81 WELCOME. BEAUTIFUL SONG THAT I ACTUALLY 00:30:18.95\00:30:20.98 SING MYSELF. WELL DONE. 00:30:20.98\00:30:23.15 SHELLEY AND I WERE TALKING AND THERE WERE ROUGH PATCHES BECAUSE 00:30:23.15\00:30:27.36 SHE THOUGHT THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WAS A CULT BECAUSE SOME OF 00:30:27.36\00:30:31.59 PEOPLE SHE MET, GAVE HER A WRONG FLANK. 00:30:31.59\00:30:38.67 YOU HAVE TO DEFY YOURSELF ON YOUR LOVE FOR CHRIST, MOVE YOU 00:30:38.67\00:30:43.17 TO DO AND NOT WHAT YOU DO AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 00:30:43.17\00:30:49.34 >> IT SOUNDS STRANGE WHAT YOU SAID WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF 00:30:49.34\00:30:52.58 THIS IS WHEN 3ABN CAME INTO OUR CITY. 00:30:52.58\00:30:57.62 NOT OUR TOWN, OUR VILLAGE, I SHOULD SAY. 00:30:57.62\00:31:01.26 IF I CAUGHT J.D. WATCHING 3ABN, I WOULD SPANK HIS HANDS AND 00:31:01.26\00:31:06.93 CHANGE THE CHANNEL. DON'T WATCH THAT CULT. 00:31:06.93\00:31:09.76 I REFUSED TO WATCH 3ABN BECAUSE I HAD A WRONG IDEA FROM WHAT 00:31:09.76\00:31:17.47 SOMEONE SAID WHO ADVENTIST WERE. >> AND THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE 00:31:17.47\00:31:21.58 HISTORY SORT OF WRESTLED WITH THAT LAW WORTH KIND OF THING AND 00:31:21.58\00:31:26.68 WE SORT OF MOVED THROUGH THAT. SOMETIMES WE PUT THE LAW AHEAD 00:31:26.68\00:31:31.25 OF JESUS CHRIST. THE WHOLE 1888 MOVEMENT WAS 00:31:31.25\00:31:35.86 TRYING TO REORIENT THAT CHRIST COMES FIRST. 00:31:35.86\00:31:39.26 IT'S ALL ABOUT CHRIST. IF YOU COULD KEEP THE LAWS 00:31:39.26\00:31:42.40 WITHOUT CHRIST, IT VALUES NOTHING. 00:31:42.40\00:31:44.87 IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. I TOUCHED ON SHELLEY A LITTLE 00:31:44.87\00:31:50.97 BIT BEFORE THAT IT OCCURS TO ME THAT PART OF REPENTANCE IS 00:31:50.97\00:31:56.41 CONVICTION. CONVICTION IS A SENSE THAT 00:31:56.41\00:31:58.71 SOMETHING IS WRONG. I'M DOING THE WRONG THINGS. 00:31:58.71\00:32:01.85 I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 00:32:01.85\00:32:03.62 WHAT I'VE BEEN TAUGHT IS WRONG. I'M CONVICTED THAT I NEED TO GO 00:32:03.62\00:32:07.69 ANOTHER WAY. AND IN LOOKING AT -- I GOT SOME 00:32:07.69\00:32:13.29 NOTES. THE WORD FOR REPENTANCE, IS 00:32:13.29\00:32:18.13 ELANGO. IT HAS IN IT, TRAIL OF MEANINGS, 00:32:18.13\00:32:21.77 CONVICTION. LORD IS TELLING ME THAT I NEED 00:32:21.77\00:32:23.34 TO MAKE A CHANGE. THE PROBLEM IS THIS. 00:32:23.34\00:32:27.01 MY DEAR MRS. QUINN. MANY TIMES WE CHRISTIANS STOP AT 00:32:27.01\00:32:33.05 CONVICTION. WE STOP AT SOMETHING IS WRONG 00:32:33.05\00:32:36.02 AND NEVER GET INTO THE JESUS WHO MAKES IT RIGHT. 00:32:36.02\00:32:39.49 YOU COULD TELL THOSE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE STUCK AT, SEE, KNOWING 00:32:39.49\00:32:43.79 THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG MAY MAKE YOU GO TO CHURCH. 00:32:43.79\00:32:47.40 AND THE OTHER DAY IS NOT RIGHT. SOME GO ON FRIDAY. 00:32:47.40\00:32:51.07 I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG. WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT. 00:32:51.07\00:32:54.57 I'M BESIDES MYSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT NOT TO DO NOT IN WHAT I 00:32:54.57\00:32:59.51 SHOULD DO. THAT CONVICTION HAS TO GO INTO A 00:32:59.51\00:33:04.78 REPENTANCE/CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OR YOU'RE STUCK. 00:33:04.78\00:33:07.05 WHEN MY MOTHER FIRST CAME TO THE CHURCH, SHE CAME OUT WITH FEAR, 00:33:07.05\00:33:14.59 READ PREPARATION OF CRYINGS AND CONVICTION. 00:33:14.59\00:33:19.49 AND SHE HADN'T DEVELOP A LOVE FOR CHRIST. 00:33:19.49\00:33:22.83 THE FEAR HAD TO DISSOLVE INTO A LOVE FOR JESUS. 00:33:22.83\00:33:26.30 FIRST WE HAVE TO START SOMETHING IS WRONG AND THEN MOVE TO 00:33:26.30\00:33:29.50 SOMETHING RIGHT. THEN REPENTANCE MOVES IN THAT 00:33:29.50\00:33:33.44 EXPERIENCE. >> AND THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS 00:33:33.44\00:33:36.41 BAP BAPTIZED, I WAS MOTIVATED BY 00:33:36.41\00:33:42.05 FEAR. I WASN'T BAPTIZED EXACTLY RIGHT, 00:33:42.05\00:33:44.79 I WASN'T GOING TO HEAVEN. I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED FOUR TIMES. 00:33:44.79\00:33:49.22 I JOINED THE ADVENTIST CHURCH BY PROFESSION OF FAITH. 00:33:49.22\00:33:53.29 YES, CONVICTION -- LET ME SHARE FIVE STEPS THE LORD GAVE ME FOR 00:33:53.29\00:33:57.97 REPENTANCE AS HE WAS TEACHING ME. 00:33:57.97\00:33:59.57 THE FIRST IS RECOGNITION OF SIN. >> UH-HUH. 00:33:59.57\00:34:03.47 >> I THINK WE HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD. 00:34:03.47\00:34:07.01 AS I WAS IN THE WORD AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS AND 00:34:07.01\00:34:12.85 UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME, THEN I WOULD FIND SOMETHING 00:34:12.85\00:34:16.79 IN THE WORD OF GOD AND I WOULD RECOGNIZE MY SIN. 00:34:16.79\00:34:21.59 THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD CONVICT ME THAT I WAS NOT DOING SOMETHING 00:34:21.59\00:34:25.59 OR WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT I SHOULDN'T BE DOING OR WAS NOT 00:34:25.59\00:34:29.10 DOING SOMETHING. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SABBATH. 00:34:29.10\00:34:32.17 WHEN I FOUND OUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SABBATH WAS AND HOW 00:34:32.17\00:34:35.54 IMPORTANT IT WAS TO GOD AND TO MY OWN, MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH 00:34:35.54\00:34:44.75 GOD, I WAS VERY SORRY FOR THE YEARS I SLANDERED GOD'S HOLY 00:34:44.75\00:34:49.52 DAY. YES, RECOGNITION OF SIN IS 00:34:49.52\00:34:52.85 DEFINITELY THE FIRST. AND I THINK THE SECOND STEP IS 00:34:52.85\00:34:58.86 GODLY SORROW THAT CAUSES US TO REGRET. 00:34:58.86\00:35:01.70 YOU COULD RECOGNIZE YOU'RE SINNING BUT IF YOU DON'T GO 00:35:01.70\00:35:04.93 BEFORE THE LORD AND PRAY ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS 00:35:04.93\00:35:10.24 THAT IN 2 CORINTHIANS 7:10 GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE 00:35:10.24\00:35:18.11 LEADING TO SALVATION. NOT TO BE REGRETTED BUT THE 00:35:18.11\00:35:20.72 SORROW OF THE WORLD PRODUCES DEATH. 00:35:20.72\00:35:23.25 IT IS THE KINDNESS OF GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS, THAT LEADS US TO 00:35:23.25\00:35:28.32 REPENTANCE. ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR SIN, THE 00:35:28.32\00:35:32.46 CONVICTION ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IS IN BRINGING THAT GODLY 00:35:32.46\00:35:37.27 SORROW. IT'S SOMETHING, LIKE YOU SAID, 00:35:37.27\00:35:39.23 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY ARE SINNING. 00:35:39.23\00:35:40.84 THEY GO TO CHURCH AND THEY NEVER REALLY GET SORROW OVER IT, 00:35:40.84\00:35:44.91 BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 00:35:44.91\00:35:48.38 THE 3RD THING IS THAT WHEN THAT GODLY SORROW IS IN OUR HEARTS, 00:35:48.38\00:35:53.52 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING UPON OUR HEART, THAT WE HAVE TO, 00:35:53.52\00:35:59.59 IT KIND OF ALTERS THE ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT IT AND THEN 00:35:59.59\00:36:05.63 WE CONFESSED OUR SINS. THAT'S THE 3RD STEP OF 00:36:05.63\00:36:12.97 REPENTANCE, TO CONFESS YOUR SINS. 00:36:12.97\00:36:14.44 WE LOVE THE PROMISE OF JOHN 8:9. >> WALK BACK, GIVE US YOUR FIRST 00:36:14.44\00:36:25.78 STEP? >> RECOGNITION. 00:36:25.78\00:36:26.55 >> AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE WORD. 00:36:26.55\00:36:30.42 AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TALKING, IF YOU DON'T STUDY THE WORD, BY 00:36:30.42\00:36:34.72 THE LAW IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. 00:36:34.72\00:36:36.79 I'M USING LAW IN THE WIDEST CONTENTS. 00:36:36.79\00:36:41.50 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DEFINE SIN WITHOUT THE WORD. 00:36:41.50\00:36:45.20 SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE WORD. ONE, TO DEFINE SIN. 00:36:45.20\00:36:49.27 AND IF YOU'RE NOT READING THE WORD, YOU DON'T KNOW THE 00:36:49.27\00:36:52.61 PROMISES TO CLAIM. YOU DON'T HAVE THE PIN NUMBER TO 00:36:52.61\00:36:55.91 CASH YOUR CHECK UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE WORD. 00:36:55.91\00:36:58.91 REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO YOUR EXPERIENCE. 00:36:58.91\00:37:02.12 I FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING BUT I HAVE TO GO TO THE WORD TO 00:37:02.12\00:37:06.15 HOW TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE I'M IN. 00:37:06.15\00:37:08.86 WITHOUT THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE A LADDER, A ROPE TO PULL YOURSELF 00:37:08.86\00:37:12.73 UP BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU AND HOW YOU 00:37:12.73\00:37:17.37 COULD ORIENT YOURSELF TO PLEASE HIM. 00:37:17.37\00:37:19.87 >> I DID A STUDY ON SIN. >> OF COURSE, WE KNOW FIRST 00:37:19.87\00:37:29.58 JOHN, WHOEVER COMMITS SIN COMMITMENTS LAWLESSNESS. 00:37:29.58\00:37:36.35 AND JOHN 4:17. TO THOSE WHO DO IT TO HIM. 00:37:36.35\00:37:43.46 TO SIN MEANS, ONE DEFINITION IS TO MISS THE MARK OF GOD'S 00:37:43.46\00:37:49.30 RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT. >> UH-HUH. 00:37:49.30\00:37:51.57 >> THERE'S THE OMISSION, WHATEVER IS NOT OF FACE, IS SIN. 00:37:51.57\00:37:58.17 >> IS SIN. >> AND THEN TO TRESPASS, 00:37:58.17\00:38:05.15 PROVERBS 7:4:9. NAUGHTY LITTLE JOKES IS SIN. 00:38:05.15\00:38:09.38 AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW TO COMMIT INEQUITE. 00:38:09.38\00:38:17.33 THIS ONE CONVICTS YOU. THIS ONE GOT YOU. 00:38:17.33\00:38:20.13 ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF SIN IS TO BE UNRIGHTEOUS, WHICH MEANS 00:38:20.13\00:38:26.43 ANY DEAFATION FROM GOD'S -- DEVATION FROM GOD'S CHARACTER. 00:38:26.43\00:38:36.68 WHEN YOU THINK JOHN 1:17, ANYWHERE I DEVIATE FROM GOD'S 00:38:36.68\00:38:46.12 LOVE, ESSENCE OF HIS LOVE, WHEN I DO SOMETHING OF A SELFISH 00:38:46.12\00:38:50.33 MOTIVATION OR IF I HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS, DOING 00:38:50.33\00:38:54.46 SOMETHING, I'M SINNING. >> OH, YEAH. 00:38:54.46\00:38:56.90 >> THAT WILL BRING YOU. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SIN IS, 00:38:56.90\00:38:59.83 AS YOU SAID, WHEN YOU GET IN THE WORD AND YOU ARE READING THIS, 00:38:59.83\00:39:03.74 THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I DID IN MY LIFE, I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE 00:39:03.74\00:39:08.24 SIN. ONCE I WAS IN THE WORD STUDYING 00:39:08.24\00:39:10.75 IT, YOU RECOGNIZE IT, THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS THE CONVICTION, 00:39:10.75\00:39:16.02 THE GODLY SORROW. LORD, I AM SO SORRY, I DIDN'T 00:39:16.02\00:39:20.92 KNOW. THAT'S WHEN YOU CONFESS YOUR 00:39:20.92\00:39:26.03 SIN. AND WE SHOULD NEVER BECOME 00:39:26.03\00:39:28.13 CALLUS TO CONFESSION. SOME PEOPLE SAY, LORD FORGIVE ME 00:39:28.13\00:39:33.07 FOR ALL MY SINS. >> NO, YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. 00:39:33.07\00:39:36.10 >> IT'S LIKE, LORD, I RECOGNIZE THIS IS SIN. 00:39:36.10\00:39:39.31 FORGIVE ME FOR DOING THIS PLEASE. AND THE GOOD THING 00:39:39.31\00:39:44.28 ABOUT CONFESSION, IT'S THE CLEARING HOUSE OF OUR CONSCIOUS. 00:39:44.28\00:39:51.62 HALLELUJAH. >> AND PROVERB 28:13. 00:39:51.62\00:39:55.79 AND SATAN IS ACCUSING YOU OF -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEPARATION 00:39:55.79\00:40:02.76 OF WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT GOD DEMANDS, YOU CAN DEPRESS YOU AND 00:40:02.76\00:40:08.24 MAKE YOURS TURN AWAY. UNTIL YOU REALIZE, HE LOVES YOU 00:40:08.24\00:40:13.64 WITH AN EVER LASTING LOVE AND THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION. 00:40:13.64\00:40:18.08 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT TRYING TO SAY, BAD, BAD, BAD, SHELLEY, 00:40:18.08\00:40:23.28 BAD. THIS IS YOUR CONVICTION. 00:40:23.28\00:40:25.15 THIS IS HOW GOD DESIRES. THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO 00:40:25.15\00:40:28.16 BRING INTO THAT. YOU ARE NOT TO RUN AWAY AND 00:40:28.16\00:40:31.26 HIDE. YOU ARE TO CONFESS, GOD WILL 00:40:31.26\00:40:32.96 HAVE MERCY ON YOU. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A 00:40:32.96\00:40:36.40 TEACHING IN THE FIVE STEPS, THE JOY OF REPENTANCE. 00:40:36.40\00:40:40.57 PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THE JOY OF REPENTANCE. 00:40:40.57\00:40:43.41 AND EVEN WHEN I LEARN SOMETHING THAT I FIND OUT I'M DOING WRONG, 00:40:43.41\00:40:50.01 YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES WE KNOW THINGS AND OUR HEART KIND 00:40:50.01\00:40:54.18 OF CONDEMNS US AND WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENT TOWARDS GOD. 00:40:54.18\00:40:59.55 IN 1st JOHN 3:21. IF YOUR HEART DOESN'T CONDEMN 00:40:59.55\00:41:05.63 YOU, YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE BEFORE GOD. 00:41:05.63\00:41:07.76 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF CONFESSION AND CLEARING IT AWAY AND JUST 00:41:07.76\00:41:13.10 KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OF ALL OUR 00:41:13.10\00:41:18.04 SINS. >> I WANTED YOU TO SORT OF RERUN 00:41:18.04\00:41:23.08 THAT CONTINUEM OF STEPS. BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE TO KNOW 00:41:23.08\00:41:29.15 WHO JESUS IS TO UNDERSTAND HIS LOVE. 00:41:29.15\00:41:31.52 YOU CAME OUT OF THE SYSTEM, GOD WAS LIKE, GOD IS GOING TO GET 00:41:31.52\00:41:35.72 YOU. YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN TO A GOD 00:41:35.72\00:41:38.09 THAT WILL PUT A SMACK ON YOU. WHEN YOU COME TO AN 00:41:38.09\00:41:43.80 UNDERSTANDING, HE COMETH TO ME, I WILL NOWISE CAST OUT. 00:41:43.80\00:41:48.30 YOU COULD COME WITH ALL YOUR DIRT, AND WITH TRUE REPENTANCE, 00:41:48.30\00:41:52.31 UP WITH, YOUR SIN IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE UNIVERSE. 00:41:52.31\00:41:56.64 GOD SEEN IT BEFORE. HE'S FORGIVEN IT BEFORE. 00:41:56.64\00:42:00.58 AS HE FORGIVES IT OTHER TIMES. I'M STUDYING ABRAHAM AGAIN THIS 00:42:00.58\00:42:08.39 WEEK. WHO WE REVERE AS FATHER OF THE 00:42:08.39\00:42:14.23 FAITHFUL. ABRAHAM IS FATHER OF TRUTH. 00:42:14.23\00:42:17.17 EVERY TIME WE GOT ASIDE, WE LIE. >> WE CALLED IT -- 00:42:17.17\00:42:21.47 >> AND THERAPEUTIC LIE. >> HE WOULD JUST LIE. 00:42:21.47\00:42:26.14 BEFORE GOD COULD USE HIM. BEFORE GOD COULD MAKE HIM FATHER 00:42:26.14\00:42:30.05 OF MANY NATIONS, HE HAS TO TEST HIM. 00:42:30.05\00:42:33.82 YOU HAVE A GLITCH IN YOUR GAME. GOD WILL DO THAT, TOO. 00:42:33.82\00:42:36.72 NOT TO WEAR YOU OUT. NOT TO DESTROY YOU. 00:42:36.72\00:42:39.39 YOU NEED TO BE TESTING. THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE FAITH IS 00:42:39.39\00:42:42.62 TO GET IT TESTED. WHEN YOU COME IN REPENTANCE, 00:42:42.62\00:42:48.20 UNDERSTANDING WHO GOD IS, YOU CAN COME HUMBLY AND JOYFULLY. 00:42:48.20\00:42:53.97 YOU KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE CAST OUT. 00:42:53.97\00:42:57.54 CHRIST SAYS, WHERE ARE MY ACCUSERS. 00:42:57.54\00:43:01.14 CONDEMN YOU. GO AND SIN NO MORE. 00:43:01.14\00:43:07.32 IT MAKES IT PLEASANT. >> LET ME TAKE A SIDE BAR AND 00:43:07.32\00:43:10.72 SAY THIS. I GREW UP IN A NEW TESTAMENT 00:43:10.72\00:43:13.96 CHURCH BUT IT WAS LEGALISTIC. IT WAS, I HAD TO BE PERFECT TO 00:43:13.96\00:43:17.26 BE LOVED. AT HOME, THAT WAS VERY MUCH 00:43:17.26\00:43:21.40 REINFORCED. I HAD TO BE PERFECT TO BE LOVED. 00:43:21.40\00:43:24.67 WHEREAS MY SISTER, WAS AN EXCEPTION. 00:43:24.67\00:43:26.94 SHE WAS A SPOILED ROTTEN LITTLE BRAT AND GOT AWAY WITH 00:43:26.94\00:43:32.34 EVERYTHING. FOR ME, IT WAS REINFORCED AND IT 00:43:32.34\00:43:35.21 WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN ME. 00:43:35.21\00:43:40.68 I WENT FROM WORKS, SALVATION BY WORKS, INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL 00:43:40.68\00:43:50.13 ARENA. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT GRACE 00:43:50.13\00:43:53.90 REALLY. I READ THE BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT 00:43:53.90\00:43:57.77 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED IT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND GRACE. 00:43:57.77\00:44:02.77 I WENT INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL ARENA, WHERE GRACE IS ALMOST, 00:44:02.77\00:44:07.81 THERE'S NOTHING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE GRACE. 00:44:07.81\00:44:11.05 IT WAS LIKE, IF YOU TALKED ABOUT OBEDIENCE, YOU ARE BEING 00:44:11.05\00:44:17.32 LEGALISTIC. AND WHEN GOD -- WHEN I REALLY 00:44:17.32\00:44:20.29 STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIONSHIP, I 00:44:20.29\00:44:23.26 WANT TO SHARE THIS ONE THING AND I WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AT 00:44:23.26\00:44:27.83 HOME. IT'S SO PRECIOUS. 00:44:27.83\00:44:29.60 THE GRACE, I WAS PRAYING AND FOR THE LORD TO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, 00:44:29.60\00:44:37.64 NOT AN EXAMPLE -- BUT SOMETHING -- AN ILLUSTRATION OF 00:44:37.64\00:44:46.61 WHAT GRACE IS. AND HERE'S WHAT HE GAVE ME, THAT 00:44:46.61\00:44:50.92 GOD'S LOVE -- I MEAN HIS HEART OVERFLOWS WITH LOVE FOR YOU. 00:44:50.92\00:44:55.79 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE. 00:44:55.79\00:44:59.39 THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF HIS NATURE. 00:44:59.39\00:45:02.33 HIS HEART OVERFLOWS WITH LOVE FOR YOU SO MUCH SO THAT HE SENT 00:45:02.33\00:45:06.33 HIS SON TO DIE FOR YOU YET YOU'RE SINNERS. 00:45:06.33\00:45:09.87 AND GOD IS NOT HOLDING BACK WELL, BEING -- WELL, AS THIS 00:45:09.87\00:45:17.88 WELLS OVER, THIS LOVE, IT COMES THROUGH THE GRACE PIPELINE. 00:45:17.88\00:45:21.92 AND EVERYTHING IS BY GRACE. WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE. 00:45:21.92\00:45:26.59 WE OBEY BY GRACE AND EVERYTHING IS BY GRACE. 00:45:26.59\00:45:32.19 FAITH IS THE FAUCET. PRAYER IS THE HANDLE THAT OPENS 00:45:32.19\00:45:36.43 THE FAUCET. THE PRAYER OF FAITH, WHAT IS THE 00:45:36.43\00:45:40.04 FOUNDATION OF THAT? TRUST. 00:45:40.04\00:45:41.54 YOU HAVE TO TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, LEAN NOT IN 00:45:41.54\00:45:46.17 YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST IS THE 00:45:46.17\00:45:50.78 RELATIONSHIP, THE FOUNDATION FOR RELATIONSHIP IS LOVE? 00:45:50.78\00:45:55.68 >> SO WE ONLY LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. 00:45:55.68\00:46:00.89 AS WE UNDERSTANDS THAT, THEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD GET 00:46:00.89\00:46:07.30 MORE INTIMATE. THEN YOUR TRUST GETS GREATER. 00:46:07.30\00:46:10.60 THEN YOUR PRAYER AND FAITH GETS GREATER. 00:46:10.60\00:46:13.27 THEN YOU TAP ON ALL OF HIS AREAS OF GRACE. 00:46:13.27\00:46:17.47 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND GOD LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN PAUL SAID, 00:46:17.47\00:46:21.91 IS IT ROMANS 8:32, HE WHO DIDN'T SPARE HIS OWN SON, HOW MUCH MORE 00:46:21.91\00:46:28.65 WOULD HE GIVE US NOW? SO WHEN I UNDERSTOOD GOD THAT 00:46:28.65\00:46:35.32 WAY, IT MADE REPENTANCE A JOY. I WANTED TO COME TO HIM. 00:46:35.32\00:46:40.16 I WANTED TO GET CLEANED UP. >> AND I'M IN JOHN 14 00:46:40.16\00:46:51.21 >> IF LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 00:46:51.21\00:46:54.64 WE LOOK AT THE PATTERN, IF YOU LOVE ME, THEN YOU KEEP. 00:46:54.64\00:46:59.71 I WILL PRAY THE FATHER AND HE WILL SEND YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, 00:46:59.71\00:47:04.25 ANOTHER HELPER, HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER, EVEN THE 00:47:04.25\00:47:10.43 SPIRIT OF TRUTH. LOOK HOW THE -- WE'RE STILL IN 00:47:10.43\00:47:14.93 COMMANDMENT KEEPING. IT'S A CONSEQUENCE OF LOVE. 00:47:14.93\00:47:23.64 WHEN YOU SERVE HIM OUT OF LOVE, HE'S GOING TO SEND YOU THE HOLY 00:47:23.64\00:47:27.34 SPIRIT. IT'S NOT YOUR WORK. 00:47:27.34\00:47:28.64 IT'S NOT YOUR INITIATIVE. IT'S A DETERMINATION IN YOUR 00:47:28.64\00:47:32.81 MIND, LORD, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU. 00:47:32.81\00:47:34.98 I WILL SEND YOU A HELPER TO DO JUST THAT. 00:47:34.98\00:47:39.12 IT'S NOT LEGALISM. IT'S JUST WALKING IN THE WILL OF 00:47:39.12\00:47:41.96 THE WAY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS TO PUT IT IN GRACE PIPELINE, 00:47:41.96\00:47:46.56 YOU'VE GOTTEN THE SHOWER AND YOU'VE TURNED ON THE FAUCET AND 00:47:46.56\00:47:54.37 THE WATER IS WORKING ON YOU NOW. YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON YOUR OWN 00:47:54.37\00:47:59.54 STRENGTH. THE GRACE OF GOD IS WORKING 00:47:59.54\00:48:01.31 THROUGH YOU, AND FOR YOU SO OBEDIENCE IS A NATURAL 00:48:01.31\00:48:05.25 CONSEQUENCE OF?YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. 00:48:05.25\00:48:08.45 >> WE DON'T OBEY TO BE SAVED BUT WE OBEY BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED. 00:48:08.45\00:48:16.56 >> WHOEVER IS SPEAKING, PETER IS SPEAKING. 00:48:16.56\00:48:21.06 HE SAYS, WE'RE HIS WITNESSES TO THESE THINGS AND SO IS THE HOLY 00:48:21.06\00:48:26.47 SPIRIT WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIM. 00:48:26.47\00:48:35.71 WE CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO A DEGREE. 00:48:35.71\00:48:39.08 BEAUTY OF THE OBEDIENCE. WE DON'T OBEY TO BE SAVED. 00:48:39.08\00:48:43.15 WE OBEY BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM, WE WANT TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS 00:48:43.15\00:48:47.96 AND WANT TO PLEASE HIM. AS WE OBEY, WE GET MORE PRESSED 00:48:47.96\00:48:51.96 OUT OF US AND YOU COULD BE FILLED MORE WITH THE HOLY 00:48:51.96\00:48:57.43 SPISPIRIT >> WHY SHOULD WE FEAR OBEDOBEDIENCE? 00:48:57.43\00:49:09.18 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? 00:49:09.18\00:49:11.51 >> ALMOST 30 YEARS. >> AND YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE, I 00:49:11.51\00:49:19.52 LOVE THIS MAN, I WILL OBEY HIM. >> WHEN YOU LOVE, WHEN IT'S 00:49:19.52\00:49:25.86 THERE, OBEDIENCE IS AN NATURAL -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO 00:49:25.86\00:49:30.77 WALK AROUND WITH YOU WITH A STUNNED GUN. 00:49:30.77\00:49:38.64 HE TRUSTS YOU BECAUSE OF THE LOVE-RELATIONSHIP. 00:49:38.64\00:49:42.28 >> SOME WOMEN HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE IDEA OF BEING 00:49:42.28\00:49:56.83 SUBMISSIVE. J.D. LOVES ME. 00:49:56.83\00:49:59.96 HE WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR ME. HE'S NOT STANDING OVER ME, YOU 00:49:59.96\00:50:03.70 CAN'T DO THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 00:50:03.70\00:50:06.60 HE'S TRYING TO -- EXPAND MY HORIZONS AND SO -- IT'S SO EASY. 00:50:06.60\00:50:12.71 HE'S LIKE JESUS. YES SUS GIVES US A POWER OF -- 00:50:12.71\00:50:16.75 JESUS GIVES US A POWER OF CHOICE. 00:50:16.75\00:50:20.68 THE LORD IS, ALL HE WANTS IS THE BEST. 00:50:20.68\00:50:23.79 HE'S INTERESTED IN OUR ETERNAL BENEFIT. 00:50:23.79\00:50:26.15 WHEN A MAN IS LIKE THAT, WHEN HE LOVES A WIFE LIKE CHRIST LOVES 00:50:26.15\00:50:33.06 THE CHURCH, IT'S EASY TO BE SUBMISSIVE. 00:50:33.06\00:50:38.47 >> THE LORD IS NOT TRYING TO CUT OUT YOUR FUN, HE KNOWS THE ENDS 00:50:38.47\00:50:45.87 OF HEART IS DEATH. >> AND IF YOU GET THAT CLEAN 00:50:45.87\00:50:50.08 HEART, YOUR TASTES DO CHANGE. YOUR MIND-SET DOES CHANGE. 00:50:50.08\00:50:53.62 YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD DOES CHANGE. 00:50:53.62\00:50:55.85 IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD AND 00:50:55.85\00:51:00.86 THE WORLD AROUND YOU. PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THAT IN 00:51:00.86\00:51:03.56 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL GODLY 00:51:03.56\00:51:09.60 EXPERIENCE. >> I WANT TO ADD THESE LAST TWO 00:51:09.60\00:51:12.73 STEPS. IN CASE SOMEONE CAN'T WATCH THE 00:51:12.73\00:51:14.94 SECOND HOUR. ONCE YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED YOUR 00:51:14.94\00:51:17.77 SIN GODLY SORROW, HOLY SPIRIT HAS LED YOU TO GODLY SORROW, 00:51:17.77\00:51:26.05 THEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS. THE NEXT STEP IS SO IMPORTANT. 00:51:26.05\00:51:31.82 WE MUST RECEIVE GOD'S FORGIVENESS. 00:51:31.82\00:51:34.76 THERE'S PEOPLE, I'M SURE YOU TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY CALL, 00:51:34.76\00:51:37.99 PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THEY'VE CONFESSED THE SAME SIN OVER AND 00:51:37.99\00:51:41.70 OVER FOR 30 YEAR, 40 YEARS. IT'S LIKE, I TALKED TO ONE LADY, 00:51:41.70\00:51:46.74 SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS STILL -- I HAD AN ABORTION 00:51:46.74\00:51:52.74 40 YEARS AGO. SHE HAD ASKED GOD FOR 00:51:52.74\00:51:56.44 FORGIVENESS EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE AFTERWARDS. 00:51:56.44\00:52:00.55 SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAD FORGIVEN HER. 00:52:00.55\00:52:05.72 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ONCE WE'VE CONFESSED, THAT WE OPEN OUR 00:52:05.72\00:52:10.19 HEARTS AND ACCEPT THAT. HE SAID, COME NOW IN ISAIAH 00:52:10.19\00:52:14.83 1:18. COME NOW AND LET US REASON 00:52:14.83\00:52:17.63 TOGETHER, SAYS THE LORD. YOUR SINS ARE LIKE CLOTH, THEY 00:52:17.63\00:52:24.71 ARE WHITE AS SNOW. IF YOU WANT TO REPENT, GO TO 00:52:24.71\00:52:28.98 PSALM 51. THIS IS AFTER HE SINNED WITH 00:52:28.98\00:52:35.92 BASHEBA. HE HAD URIA SENT TO THE FRONT 00:52:35.92\00:52:40.92 LINE TO BE KILLED. WASH ME OF MY EQUITE. 00:52:40.92\00:52:44.53 WASH ME AND I SHOULD BE WHITER THAN SNOW. 00:52:44.53\00:52:49.23 AND WHAT I LOVE 1 KING 14:8. IN 1 KING 14:18, THE AUTHOR IS 00:52:49.23\00:53:00.54 QUOTING GOD. HE SAYS, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS MY 00:53:00.54\00:53:04.11 SERVANT, DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND FOLLOWED ME 00:53:04.11\00:53:07.62 WITH ALL OF HIS HEART TO DO ONLY WHAT IS RIGHT IN MY EYES. 00:53:07.62\00:53:11.62 THIS IS AFTER DAVID'S DEATH. BUT GOD IS SAYING, HE'S KEPT ALL 00:53:11.62\00:53:15.96 MY COMMANDMENTS. HE DID ONLY WHAT WAS RIGHT. 00:53:15.96\00:53:20.03 GOD CANNOT LIE. WHAT HE IS SAYING, AS FAR AS THE 00:53:20.03\00:53:24.73 EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE CAST OR REMOVED OUR 00:53:24.73\00:53:30.04 TRANSGRESSION. IT SHOWS US THAT GOD FORGETS 00:53:30.04\00:53:32.61 WHAT WE ASK HIM TO FORGIVE. SO THERE'S SO MANY. 00:53:32.61\00:53:39.28 IN HEBREWS 8, 10:12, HE WILL WRITE HIS LINES IN MY HEART. 00:53:39.28\00:53:48.99 AND IN LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL NOT. BUT HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 00:53:48.99\00:53:53.26 POINT. AND LET ME GET IT IN, IN THE 00:53:53.26\00:53:55.30 NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. REPENTANCE IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL 00:53:55.30\00:54:02.60 YOU ACCEPT GOD'S POWER TO CHANGE YOUR CONDUCT. 00:54:02.60\00:54:06.11 TO REPENT LITERALLY MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DO A U-TURN. 00:54:06.11\00:54:11.35 YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE TURN BACK TOWARD GOD. 00:54:11.35\00:54:14.88 AND HE GIVES US THE POWER. THIS REPRESENTS SANCTFICICATION. 00:54:14.88\00:54:33.50 GOD HAS EXHALTED FROM HIS RIGHT HAND, TO GIVE REPENTANCE. 00:54:33.50\00:54:40.28 TO GRANT REPENTANCE TO ISRAEL AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 00:54:40.28\00:54:44.81 WHEN YOU ARE REPENTING, ONE THING I'VE DONE AND AFTER I'VE 00:54:44.81\00:54:49.68 CONFESSED OR RECEIVED, I ALWAYS SAY, LORD, GRANT ME REPENTANCE. 00:54:49.68\00:54:53.59 GIVE ME THE POWER TO TURN AWAY FROM THIS. 00:54:53.59\00:54:58.79 CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT IN ME. 00:54:58.79\00:55:02.63 THE BIBLE SAYS, PAUL WROTE IN ROMANS 8:13. 00:55:02.63\00:55:08.20 LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, 8:13. IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE 00:55:08.20\00:55:12.24 FLESH, YOU WILL DIE. AND IF BY THE SPIRIT, YOU PUT 00:55:12.24\00:55:17.78 THE DEEDS THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. 00:55:17.78\00:55:22.72 >> YOU BEAT ME TO IT. >> THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 00:55:22.72\00:55:26.42 WE CAN'T CHANGE BY OUR OWN POWER. 00:55:26.42\00:55:28.62 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT FORCE US TO CHANGE. 00:55:28.62\00:55:32.36 WE HAVE TO WORK IN TANDEM. WE MUST COOPERATE WITH THE HOLY 00:55:32.36\00:55:37.70 SPIRIT. >> YOU HAVE TO LET YOURSELF GO 00:55:37.70\00:55:40.50 ALSO. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST 00:55:40.50\00:55:41.97 WITH THE POWER TO CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T NECESSARILY 00:55:41.97\00:55:44.94 FEEL IT. WE'RE BACKING UP IN ROMANS 8. 00:55:44.94\00:55:49.21 I WANT TO READ THE THREE VERSUS. THIS IS 8:1. 00:55:49.21\00:55:54.78 THERE IS NOW THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN 00:55:54.78\00:55:58.89 CHRIST JESUS. ONCE YOU ACCEPT HIM, HE'S NOT 00:55:58.89\00:56:01.89 SHAKING HIS FINGER ANYMORE. HE'S NOT POINTING HIS FINGER. 00:56:01.89\00:56:05.63 HE'S NOT CONDEMNING YOU. THAT'S THE TRICK OF THE ENEMY, 00:56:05.63\00:56:09.43 YOU CAN'T GO TO GOD WITH THE SIN. 00:56:09.43\00:56:11.87 YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN. HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THAT OR 00:56:11.87\00:56:14.97 HEAR YOU. THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION IN 00:56:14.97\00:56:18.31 CHRIST JESUS. IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WILL NOT 00:56:18.31\00:56:22.74 WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. A NEW SPIRIT IS TAKING POWER, 00:56:22.74\00:56:26.41 PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND CHANGING WHO YOU ARE AND HOW GOD 00:56:26.41\00:56:31.49 VIEWS YOU. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF 00:56:31.49\00:56:34.49 LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS IS -- HAS MADE ME FREE OF THE LAW OF SIN 00:56:34.49\00:56:39.53 AND DEATH. FOR THE LAW CANNOT DO, THAT IS 00:56:39.53\00:56:43.87 WEAK FROM THE FLESH. GOD DID BY SENDING HIS OWN SON 00:56:43.87\00:56:47.97 IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH. HE CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH. 00:56:47.97\00:56:52.61 IT'S NOT YOU, ANYMORE. TRUST GOD THAT HE COULD DO WHAT 00:56:52.61\00:56:56.78 HE SAYS HE COULD DO, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT FEEL IT. 00:56:56.78\00:57:00.05 EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCING IT JUST NOW IN YOUR 00:57:00.05\00:57:03.45 MIND. EXPERIENCE IT IN YOUR HEART AND 00:57:03.45\00:57:07.52 BELIEVE IT IN YOUR HEART. THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO, 00:57:07.52\00:57:12.53 AND ONCE HE'S CONVICTED SOMETHING IS WRONG, GET INTO THE 00:57:12.53\00:57:17.30 WORD. BECAUSE THE WORD WILL FREE YOU 00:57:17.30\00:57:19.83 FROM CONDEMNATION AND REPENTANCE HAS ITS ULTIMATE EXPRESSION IN 00:57:19.83\00:57:25.07 CONVERSION, IN TURNING AWAY FROM SIN AND THE ABILITY TO TURN AWAY 00:57:25.07\00:57:29.94 IS A GIFT SHELLEY SAID, GRANTED TO YOU BY GOD WHO IS WAITING TO 00:57:29.94\00:57:34.08 GIVE YOU THAT GOOD GIFT EVEN MORE YOU ARE GOING TO ASK FOR 00:57:34.08\00:57:38.45 THE GOOD GIFT. >> REPENTANCE IS IN THE GIFT AS 00:57:38.45\00:57:42.66 LONG AS YOU TURN AROUND. >> HOPEFULLY IT'S AS EXCITING 00:57:42.66\00:57:47.10 FOR YOU AS IT IS FOR US. WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES, 2 00:57:47.10\00:57:52.50 SECONDS. YOU, YOU STAY BY. 00:57:52.50\00:57:53.10