Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL016519A
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00:09 [ MUSIC ] >> I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE
00:17 MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE REMOVING 00:25 PAIN ♪ LORD, LET MY WORD HEAL A HEART 00:38 THAT HURTS ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING 00:44 BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:56 MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ >> HELLO. WELCOME TO 3ABN TODAY 01:15 LIVE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR NO 01:17 DOUBT BUSY DAY FOR US. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, 01:20 PRAYERS AND SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY. 01:22 WE'RE CONVICTED AND CONVINCED WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT 01:26 YOUR PARTNERSHIP. WHEN WE SAY THANK YOU, WE MEAN 01:29 THANK YOU. I NEED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE 01:31 SECRET. I NEVER LIKED AND DO NOT LIKE 01:33 AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER LIKE THE WORD HOST. 01:36 I DO NOT USE IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. 01:40 WHAT IS A HOST? I DON'T LIKE THE WORD. 01:43 I'M NOT GOING TO CALL MYSELF THE HOST OF THE PROGRAM. 01:48 THAT MEANS THE LOVELY LADY SITTING NEXT TO ME IS NOT A 01:52 GUEST. WHEN I INTRODUCE, SHELLEY QUINN, 01:54 SHE'S NOT A GUEST. WE'RE COFACILITATORS. 01:59 BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE, SUBJECT MATTER I STUDY MOST 02:04 OF MY ADULT LIFE. SHELLEY HAS WRITTEN ON HER 02:08 WORKS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 02:09 THE EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE 02:14 WANT TO GIVE IT AS MUCH A BRUSH STROKE, PAST, PRESENT AND 02:20 FUTURE. WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN, WHAT 02:22 HAPPENS ON EARTH AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE AS WE WALK INTO THE 02:26 EXPERIENCE. WE DON'T GET TOGETHER IN A 02:28 CORNER, YOU SAY THIS AND YOU SAY THIS AND YOU SAY THAT. 02:32 WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT IN ANY OF THE PROGRAMS. 02:34 WE STUDIED INDEPENDENTLY. WE KNOW OUR WORDS WILL MATCH AND 02:39 BLESSED BY THE LORD BECAUSE WE'RE STUDYING THE SAME THING. 02:43 >> THAT'S VERY TRUE. YOU HAVE TO CONFESS WE'RE 02:47 EXPECTING A LARGER PANEL. >> I WAS HEADING INTO THAT. 02:49 >> WHEN YOU SAY STUDY, I 4T$OUGHT, OH WE HAD A SHORT TIME -- 02:54 >> TO SORT OF PULL IT TOGETHER. IT WAS OUR INTENTION, 3ABN'S 03:01 INTENTION TO HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE GROUP. 03:04 WE HAVE PEOPLE MINISTERING ALL OVER IN DIFFERENT STATES, 03:07 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. PEOPLE ARE DOING ALL KINDS OF 03:09 THINGS. DANNY IS HANGING OUT IN THE 03:13 PLAIN AND PASTOR LAWRENCE IS DOING SOMETHING 03:17 AND WE HAVE SHELLEY IS STUCK IN HOUSTON, WHO CAN'T GO ANYWHERE 03:21 BECAUSE IT'S RAINING IN YOUR STATE. 03:24 THEY ARE GROUNDED FOR TWO DAYS. THEY ARE NOT WHERE THEY WANT TO 03:28 GO. WE HAVE TO KEEP JOHN AND JORGE 03:30 IN PRAYER. LAST I TALKED, THEY WERE WAITING 03:33 FOR IT TO RAIN. I HEARD IT IS GOING TO RAIN THE 03:36 NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY. IT'S GOING TO RAIN FOR SEVERAL 03:40 DAYS. >> IT'S EVEN FLOODING IN OUR 03:42 NECK OF THE WOODS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 03:44 ONE GOOD THING, THE FARM IS ELEVATED ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE 03:48 GETTING A LOT OF SOIL EROSION THERE: THE LOW-LYING AREAS ARE 03:56 GETTING HAMMERED. >> WE NEED TO PRAY THIS EARTH IS 04:01 WAXING LIKE A GARMENT AND EACH OF THE DISASTER, MANY ARE 04:08 UNNATURALLY LONG, UNNATURALLY SEVERE, ARE LETTING US KNOW 04:13 CHRIST IS COMING NEAR. THIS STUDY IS THE EXPERIENCE OF 04:16 SALVATION IS ONE OF IMPORT AND IS INDEED PRESENT AND TRUE. 04:21 GET YOUR PENS, PENCIL, iPHONE, iPAD, WHATEVER YOU TAKE NOTES 04:27 ON. THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT SHELLEY 04:30 HAS STUDIED VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. 04:33 SOME YOU MAY KNOW. SOME MAY AB REFRESHER COURSE TO 04:38 YOU. IT'S NICE TO DRAW CLOSE AND 04:40 LISTEN WELL, BECAUSE WE WILL TALK TO SOME THINGS AS WE COME 04:43 TO THE LAST DAYS OF THIS EARTH'S HISTORY. 04:46 BEFORE WE GET TO OUR MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 04:50 DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL OVER? 04:52 >> THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND IN YOUR 04:56 PRAYER REQUESTS OR YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WILL GET TO IN 04:59 THE SECOND HOUR, HOPEFULLY, IF WE HAVE TIME. 05:03 YOU COULD DO THAT BY SUBMITTING IT TO LIVE AT 3ABN.TV OR CALL 05:15 618-627-4651. AND WE LOOK FORWARD AND I WANTED 05:17 TO EVEN IF WE DON'T GET TO YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS ON THE AIR, I 05:21 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND THEM IN. 05:24 WE PRAY OVER THEM WHEN WE FINISH THE PROGRAM. 05:28 THE PASTORAL DEPARTMENT PRAYS OVER THEM EVERY DAY THE 05:31 FOLLOWING WEEK. IT'S VERY GOOD. 05:32 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER. IT IS CALLED THE PLAN OF 05:37 REDEMPTION. THIS IS A SIX PAGE BROCHURE. 05:46 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF GOD'S PLAN TO SAVE MANKIND AND IT'S 05:53 WRITTEN IN STORY FORM FROM THE BIBLE. 05:55 IT'S SOMETHING YOU WILL ENJOY AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT SHARING 06:01 TOOL. >> AMEN. 06:02 >> TELL THEM HOW TO GET IT. YOU COULD CALL AT 618-627-4651 06:12 OR E-MAIL AT FREE OFFER AT 3ABN.TV. 06:16 >> AMEN. A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO DO 06:19 AGAIN. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF 06:21 THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD LIGHT OR HAVE A QUESTION IN 06:24 THE SECOND HOUR, SEND THEM AND YOU MAY NOT NEED TO WAIT TO THE 06:29 SECOND HOUR. LET US KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING AND 06:32 YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 06:35 SO DO THAT AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO GET TO THEM AS SOON AS WE 06:38 CAN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 06:41 EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION. BEFORE WE EVEN GO TO OUR MUSIC, 06:45 SHELLEY I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU. BECAUSE YOU CAME TO THE MINISTER 06:54 AS AN ADULT. I JOINED WHEN I WAS 10. 06:58 YOU WERE IN ANOTHER DENOMINATION. 06:59 YOU STUDIED YOUR WAY TO ADVENTISM. 07:02 SOME OF THE THINGS YOU RAN INTO, AS YOU BEGAN TO STUDY, 07:06 PARTICULARLY SALVATION AND HOW SALVATION IS ATTAINED. 07:09 I HEARD YOU SAY, YOU ARE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRY TO WORK 07:14 AND PLEASE GOD THROUGH YOUR OWN EFFORTS. 07:17 YOU RUN AS IN MARTIN LUTHER, I WILL WORK MYSELF TO THE GRAVE, I 07:21 WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH, MY WORKS WILL NEVER MERIT ME TO 07:27 GOD. WALK ME INTO THE BODY OF 07:29 KNOWLEDGE, BODY OF TRUTH AND THE KIND OF CHANGES. 07:32 YOU CAME FROM A CORPORATE WORLD, BUSINESS WORLD. 07:35 THEN YOU CAME INTO MINISTRY AND PLUS CORPORATE AND FULL-TIME 07:40 MINISTRY. AND YOU MADE THE PROGRESSION. 07:42 AT EACH STEP, YOU TRUST IN THE LORD MORE. 07:45 LORD, I WILL STEP OUT AND DO FULL-TIME FOR YOU. 07:49 I HAVE SOME STUFF TO WADE THROUGH AS FAR AS DOCTRINE. 07:53 WALK US THROUGH THAT. >> LET ME GIVE YOU THE READER'S 07:57 DIGEST. IN 1996, I SUFFERED VERTIGO FOR 08:01 A WHOLE YEAR. THAT'S WHEN THE LORD SPOKE TO ME 08:06 AND SAID TRUST IN HIS WORD. I GOTTEN INTO THE WORD AND HE 08:12 TAUGHT ME TO PRAY THE WORD BACK. IT'S AMAZING HOW HE CHANGED MY 08:16 LIFE THEN. WHAT HAPPENED, AFTER A COUPLE OF 08:18 YEARS OF WALKING SO CLOSE, I FOUND MYSELF IN A FULL-TIME JOB 08:25 THAT HAD ME TRAVELLING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 08:28 IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. SO I STARTED BACK SLIDING 08:31 BECAUSE I GOT OUT OF THE WORD. AND THEN WHEN THIS COMPANY 08:39 ACTUALLY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1999, I WAS PRAYING ONE DAY ON THE WAY 08:46 TO SAM'S. I WAS LEAVING THE FARM AND 08:49 DRIVING TO SAM'S, PRAYING, LORD, HOW COULD I WALK SO CLOSELY THAT 08:57 I COULD FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT AND WALK INTO THIS. 09:01 I WALKED OUT OF SAM'S, EARNESTLY PRAYING AN HOUR COMING HOME. 09:06 THE LORD IMPRESSED ME WITH HIS THOUGHTS. 09:09 HE SAID, HOW COULD I KEEP BACK SLIDING? 09:13 AND THE THOUGHT HE IMPRESSED WITH, IF YOU COME TO ME, IF YOU 09:18 PRAY AN HOUR THE FIRST THING EVERY MORNING, I PROMISE WILL 09:23 NEVER BACK SLIDE. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRAY THAT 09:26 HOUR. IN AS HE WAS TEACHING ME THAT, 09:30 HE TAUGHT ME THE FIVE STEPS OF REPENTANCE. 09:34 AS I'M PRAYING EACH DAY FOR AN HOUR, HE'S TEACHING ME ABOUT 09:38 SURRENDER, HE'S TEACHING ME ALL THESE THINGS IN MY PRAYER. 09:41 AND THEN I KNEW HE WAS CALLING ME TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY. 09:46 HERE'S HOW IT GETS EXCITING. I ALREADY STUDIED MY WAY IN THE 09:51 CHURCH IN WHICH I GREW UP INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL ARENA. 09:56 WHEN GOD CALLED ME TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY, THEN MY HUSBAND, WHO 10:00 HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP ADVENTIST, BUT WALKED AWAY FROM THE CHURCH 10:04 AT 21, HE THEN IS SAYING, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER MY 10:09 FRIEND WHO BELIEVES IN THE SABBATH? 10:12 THAT'S EASY. I HAD AN EIGHT PAGE DOCUMENT WAS 10:23 CHANGED. BUT GOD CALLED ME TO STUDY THE 10:26 SANCTUARY. AS I STUDIED THE SANCTUARY, 10:29 THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME THAT THE TEN 10:33 COMMANDMENTS WERE STILL ENFORCE. I PRAISE GOD FOR BIBLE SOFTWARE 10:39 BECAUSE WITH BIBLE SOFTWARE, I COULD STUDY EVERY SCRIPTURE ON A 10:45 TOPIC FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. 10:51 I WOULD PRINTOUT EVERY SCRIPTURE AND STUDY IT BY CONTENT. 10:54 AND WHAT HAPPENED, I SAW THAT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE INSIDE 10:59 THE ARC. THEY WERE THE -- I MEAN THIS IS 11:01 THE FOUNDATION OF HIS THROWN WITH THE MERCY SEAT ABOVE IT AND 11:08 THAT THE OLD COVENNANT IN THE LAW OF MOSES, OUTSIDE OF THE 11:13 ARC, WAS A CURSE AGAINST THEM. THIS DID SOMETHING TO ME. 11:19 THERE'S ONLY ONE COMMANDMENT I WASN'T KEEPING AND THAT'S THE 11:23 SABBATH. >> I WAS TAUGHT AND TAUGHT TO AN 11:26 EXTENT, CONVERSION MANY TIMES COMES WITH CONVICTION. 11:29 A CONVICTION THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. 11:31 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. >> WERE YOU MOVED BY SOMETHING 11:34 IS WRONG OR JUST A SEEKER TO TRY TO FIND MORE? 11:37 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING THIS WAY BUT THIS IS NOT MAKING IT. 11:42 THIS IS NOT DOING IT. WAS IT A CONVICTION THAT 11:46 SOMETHING WAS WRONG OR WAS IT SOMETHING, I WANT TO KNOW MORE? 11:51 THEN I RUN INTO THIS AND NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 11:55 >> GOD CLEARLY SPOKE TO ME. AND I SAY THAT, FIRST KINGS 12:03 19:12. FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW 12:05 AND I WILL TEACH YOU. SO WHEN I CAME TO THE WORD, YEAH 12:09 THERE WERE MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE. 12:11 AT THAT TIME, I WAS REALLY WALKING WITH HIM. 12:15 WHEN I CAME TO THE WORD, IT'S LIKE HE TOOK THE BLINDERS OFF 12:20 AND I WAS NOT -- YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE STUDY THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR 12:25 UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A 12:28 PRECONCEIVED NOTION TO INOCULATE YOU AGAINST TRUTH. 12:31 IT WILL KEEP YOU FROM UNDERSTANDING TRUTH. 12:35 SO HE KNOCKED ALL OF THAT AWAY FROM ME AND WHEN I WAS STUDYING 12:41 THE CONVICTION CAME AS I SAW -- YOU KNOW, I WAS STUDYING 12:52 COLASSIANS 2:13. WHEN I STUDY, IT WAS NOT FOR THE 12:58 CROSS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE JEWS. 13:00 AND I STUDIED THE SABBATH AND I WAS SO EXCITED. 13:04 WHEN I KEPT MY FIRST SABBATH, J.D. WAS OUT OF TOWN. 13:09 I DIDN'T HAVE A CHURCH ANYWHERE I KNEW OF. 13:13 I DIDN'T KNOW ADVENTIST YET. WHEN I KEPT THE FIRST SABBATH, 13:18 IT WAS LIKE, OH, BECAUSE IN KEEPING THE SABBATH, MY FAVORITE 13:23 SCRIPTURE, EXODUS, 31:13. SABBATH SHOWS THE SIGN HE'S THE 13:33 ONE THAT SANCTIFIES YOU. SANG FICICATION, WHICH IS A WORK 13:39 OF GOD, HE WAS TEACHING ME THESE THINGS. 13:42 BUT WHEN, THE FIRST SABBATH, ALL I COULD REMEMBER THINKING THE 13:47 WHOLE TIME IS THAT GOD IS SAVING ME. 13:50 I DON'T HAVE TO SAVE MYSELF. AND SO IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 13:55 EXPERIENCE. AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WAS 13:57 INTERESTING IN THE BEGINNING. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SHOWING ME 13:59 THE TRUTH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, SOMETIMES, COME 14:03 THURSDAY NIGHT OR SOMETHING, I'M STILL KIND OF BEGINNING TO SLIP 14:07 BACK, OH, I GOT TO DO THIS. I GOT TO DO THAT. 14:11 WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT WOULD COME ALONG, I WOULD JUST BE PRAISING 14:15 GOD FOR SAVING ME. SO MANY PEOPLE AND I GREW UP 14:19 THIS WAY. I ONLY KNEW ABOUT JUSTIFICATION. 14:22 YOU KNOW. IT CHANGES YOUR RECORD. 14:25 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SANG FIF F-- SANCTIFICATION. 14:37 THE CONVICTION CAME WHEN I UNDERSTOOD. 14:40 WHEN I WAS UNDERSTANDING SANCTIFICATION, THAT THIS IS THE 14:47 WORK OF GOD AND HE WANTS ME TO COOPERATE. 14:51 AS PAUL SAID, 2:21, 2-12 >> AND I DARE SAY THAT. 15:04 AND KNOWING LITTLE ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY, THE KEY PART IS, GOD 15:09 SAID TO YOU AND YOU ALLOWED HIM OF STRIPPING YOU OF ONE THAT YOU 15:14 KNOWN BEFORE. THE PSYCHOLOGIST CALL IT BLANK 15:18 SLATE. I'M ERASING KIND OF LIKE 15:25 X-SKETCH. I'M CLEANING THE SLATE. 15:26 I'M GOING TO LET YOU REWRITE. THE REASON WHY THE FIRST SABBATH 15:31 WAS A JOY, YOU BROUGHT NO PRECONCEPTION. 15:35 LORD, I'M WALKING THROUGH, AND DO FOR ME THROUGH ME WHAT YOU 15:41 WANT. YOU ARE BRINGING A BLESSED 15:44 EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU LET GOD SPEAK. 15:46 >> IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR LIFE THAT I JUST BACK AND 15:51 RELAXED AND RESTED IN THE LORD. I WAS IN THE WORD AND I WAS 15:54 PRAYING. OH, IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TO 15:57 DO THIS, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. 16:00 I AM A PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PERSON. 16:03 I CONSTANTLY HAVE A TO-DO LIST. AND TO JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY 16:09 COMMUNE WITH GOD. BUT EVEN, IT WAS LIKE I WAS 16:12 BEING RELIEVED OF ALL MY EARTHLY DUTIES, BUT THEN TO REALIZE I'M 16:18 BEING RELIEVED OF THE SPIRITUAL BURDEN TO THINK I HAD TO SAVE 16:23 MYSELF. EVEN THOUGH I'M TRYING TO COME 16:27 WITH THAT BLANK SLATE, MY DIFFICULTY IS UNDERSTANDING THE 16:30 CHARACTER OF GOD. I GREW UP BEING THOUGHT THAT THE 16:36 FATHER WAS JUST UP THERE WATCHING, READY TO ZAP YOU IF 16:40 YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. SO I HAD TO IDEA I HAD TO BE 16:47 PERFECT TO BELOVED BY THE FATHER. 16:49 I HAD A LOVE AFFAIR WITH JESUS. IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT TO JESUS 16:56 1-3, JESUS THE EXACT EXPRESSION OF THE FATHER'S CHARACTER. 17:00 YOU KNOW, THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN. 17:04 >> JOHN 10:30. >> YEAH, IT WAS, THEN THAT I 17:11 UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS AS LOVING AS CHRIST IS AS LOVING, THAT HE 17:15 WAS AS PATIENT, THAT HE IS AS TENDER. 17:18 I WAS BOLD ENOUGH IN PRAYER TO SAY, HE WAS IMPRESSING ME WITH 17:23 THIS THOUGHT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE 17:26 TO YOU, THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT ME, ASK ME. 17:29 YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? HOW COULD A GOD OF LOVE BURN 17:33 SOMEBODY FOREVER? AND GOD TOOK ME ON THIS WHOLE 17:38 STUDY OF HELL AND I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STATE OF THE 17:42 DEAD. I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL. 17:44 YOU KNOW, IT HELPED SO MUCH BEING ABLE TO STUDY WITH THE 17:48 GREEK AND HEBREW USING THE BIBLE SOFTWARE. 17:51 SO HERE, HE'S TEACHING ME ALL THESE THINGS. 17:54 I'M IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY. I'M THERE TEACHING THEM. 17:58 AND THEN HE WAS TEACHING ME WHEN I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF 18:03 OBEDIENCE. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, 18:06 SALVATION BY GRACE, RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IS THE 18:09 ONLY KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THERE IS. 18:14 ROMAN 6:16 TALKS ABOUT OBEDIENCE THAT LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. 18:21 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 18:25 AND WHAT GOD WAS SHOWING ME, SEE, WAS SO INCREDIBLE BECAUSE I 18:31 LEARNED THAT HE EMPOWERS ME TO OBEY. 18:35 I OBEY BY GRACE. HE CHANGED MY WHOLE IDEA WHAT 18:38 GRACE IS. AS I UNDERSTOOD GRACE AND THE 18:43 THREE GREATEST GIFTS OF HIS GRACE, GRACE EMPOWERS US. 18:48 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING AND JESUS THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE WORD, 18:52 ARE HIS THREE GREATEST GIFTS OF GRACE. 18:54 THEY ARE WORKING IN OUR LIVES TO EMPOWER US, WHILE I'M OUT 19:00 PREACHING. AT THAT TIME, YOU WAS PREACHING 19:02 IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES. I'M OUT PREACHING THIS MESSAGE 19:06 WITH FERVOR, THAT WE OBEY BY GRACE. 19:09 ONE DAY WE COME IN AND THE LITTLE LOCAL DOWN LINK IN OUR 19:16 TOWN, IN CENTRAL TEXAS, LITTLE TOWN OF 5 THOUSAND WAS PURCHASED 19:23 BY THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. I WAS SO UPSET. 19:27 I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ADVENTIST, BUT I HAD A 19:32 MISCONCEPTION THAT ADVENTIST WAS CALLED. 19:36 IT WAS LATE EVENING, TURNING UP THE TV AND KENNETH COX WAS ON. 19:44 AND HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM WITH 19:47 OBEDIENCE. IT'S ALL BY FAITH. 19:49 I'M TEACHING OBEDIENCE BY GRACE AND IT'S OWE BEDIANS BY FAITH. 19:56 AND I TUNED IN. AND SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT -- 20:02 I THOUGHT, THEY MUST NOT BE ALL ADVENTIST. 20:05 I BEGAN TO WATCH AND THIS IS SOMETHING I PRAISED THE LORD FOR 20:11 3ABN BECAUSE I WAS CLUELESS WHEN IT CAME TO PROFESSY. 20:17 TOTALLY CLUELESS. I BEGGED THE LORD. 20:23 I GREW UP, NOT TO READ REVELATION. 20:30 AND THEN I READ, BLESSED WHO IS READING REVELATION. 20:34 I WAS BEGGING THE LORD. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF 20:39 IT. LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE 20:43 BOOKS OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT AUTHORS AND NO TWO PROPHETIC 20:47 BOOKS SAID THE SAME THING. I'M WATCHING 3ABN AND ALL OF A 20:52 SUDDEN, I FIND OUT THAT DANIEL UNLOCKS -- DANIEL UNLOCKS 21:00 REVELATION. SO NOW I'M BEGINNING TO 21:01 UNDERSTAND THIS AND THAT'S WHEN I SENT, I DRAINED MY MINISTRY 21:09 ACCOUNT. IT WAS $770. 21:10 IT WASN'T MUCH. I SENT IT TO 3ABN. 21:13 I SAID IN A LITTLE LETTER, I'M SENDING YOU THIS BECAUSE I FOUND 21:18 OUT IN WATCHING 3ABN, EVERYTHING GOD WAS TEACHING ME, ADVENTISTS 21:25 BELIEVED. SO I'M SENDING YOU THIS AND THAT 21:31 CANNING FOR YOUR MINISTRY. PRAY FOR ME. 21:34 THE LORD MAY BE CALLING ME INTO THIS CHURCH. 21:37 AND THEY PUBLISHED THE LETTER, NOT WITH MY NAME. 21:40 THE LOCAL PASTOR READ IT, CALLED UP HERE TO TRY TO GET THE 21:44 INFORMATION AND THEY TOLD THEM, I'M SORRY, CONFIDENTIALITY. 21:50 AND I'M A PASTOR. SHE'S SAYING, PRAY FOR ME. 21:53 THAT'S HOW I CAME INTO THE CHURCH. 21:55 >> IT'S WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LORD 21:58 -- YOU REALLY STUDIED YOURSELF IN. 22:04 AND JUST YOU AND THE WORD AND THE LORD. 22:08 AND THE IDEA, GRACE WAS NOT A STATIC ENTITY. 22:15 AND PHILLIPIANS 2. YOU'RE WORKING GOD'S WILL. 22:23 AND I WANT TO ASK, WHO CAME BACK, YOU OR J.D.? 22:28 J.D. HAD A FOUNDATION. >> I DID. 22:30 AND I JOINED THE CHURCH IN 2002. THE PASTOR'S NAME IS JIM GRAY. 22:37 PRECIOUS MAN OF GOD. WHEN HE CAME TO MY HOUSE THE 22:39 FIRST TIME, HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID, MRS. QUINN, THIS IS JIM 22:49 GRAIN. OH, PASTOR JIM GRAY? 22:53 >> UH-HUH. >> WELL, I COULD BE THERE IN 30 22:59 MINUTES. I DRILLED HIM FOR TWO HOURS. 23:00 HE CAME TO MY HOUSE. I WAS QUESTIONING HIM, HE 23:05 BELIEVED THE SAME THING I WAS SEEING AT 3ABN. 23:08 I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH IN NOVEMBER OF 2001. 23:12 IN 2002, HE ASKED ME, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUR CHURCH DO? 23:21 I SAID STEVE ALDER NAHN. AND I'M ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 23:28 I'M TEACHING SABBATH SCHOOL. I'M NOT EVEN ADVENTIST. 23:32 I'M TEACHING SABBATH SCHOOL. ANYWAY, WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL 23:37 I JOINED THE CHURCH WAS THAT STEVE TOLD PASTOR JIM GRAVES, 23:42 YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS WOMAN IN THE CHURCH. 23:44 YOU KNOW WHAT THE PASTOR TOLD HIM? 23:48 OH, NO, GOD HAS ALREADY TOLD ME. HANDS OFF. 23:52 HE'S BRINGING HER INTO THE CHURCH. 24:00 THAT NEARLY MAKES ME CRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT. 24:03 I WANTED TO BE SURE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOOLED ABOUT 24:08 ANYTHING. I CAME INTO THE CHURCH AND ON 24:12 JUNE THE 2nd OF 2002, J.D. CAME IN SIX MONTHS LATER, REBAPTIZED. 24:19 I DID THE SAME THING WITH HIM, THAT GOD HAD DONE. 24:23 I DIDN'T PUSH HIM. HE CAME IN SIX MONTHS LATER AND 24:27 IT'S INTERESTING ON JULY -- EXCUSE ME, ON DECEMBER THE 31st, 24:33 OF 2002, 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE WERE AT 3ABN TO DO -- WE MET, I 24:41 MET DANNY AT ASI. THEY INVITED ME TO DO A LIVE ON 24:47 NEW YEAR'S EVE. IT WAS DECEMBER THE 31st. 24:50 WE DROVE IN. IT HAD SNOWED. 24:52 AS WE'RE COMING DOWN ANGEL LANE, I SAID TO J.D., JUST THINK, YOU 24:59 KNOW, DAVID SAID THAT ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE WERE WRITTEN IN 25:03 HIS RECORD BOOK. GOD KNEW BEFORE WE WERE BORN, WE 25:06 WERE GOING TO BE HERE DECEMBER THE 31st OF 2002. 25:11 AND J.D. IS GOING, WOW, THAT'S HEAVY. 25:14 I'M TAKING TOO MUCH TIME >> I WANTED TO GET -- YOU WALKED 25:20 YOUR WAY IN. YOU DIDN'T STUDY ADVENTIST. 25:25 AND YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH THAT LINED UP WHAT GOD 25:30 WAS SHOWING YOU. FIRST OF ALL, YOU FOUND THE 25:33 MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH. IN ALL OF THE STUDYING. 25:40 >> AND THANK YOU. I HATE THAT TERM, ADVENTIST 25:45 DOCTRINE. IT'S BIBLE DOCTRINE THAT 25:48 ADVENTISTS HAVE ADHERED TO. >> AND IF YOU COULD FIND A 25:57 CHURCH, I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS FOLLOWS THE BIBLE. 26:01 I DON'T SEE ANY VARIANCE OF WHAT THE ADVENTIST CHURCH TEACHES. 26:08 IF I EVER DO, I WILL JOIN THAT CHURCH. 26:14 AND I THINK WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC. 26:16 THEN WE'LL WALK INTO THE SALVATION EXPERIENCE. 26:21 >> OUR. HE WANTS FOR US TO SING, I GIVE 26:31 ALL MY LIFE TO YOU. [ MUSIC ] 26:50 I GIVE ALL MY LIFE TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY SERVING TO YOU ♪ 27:05 NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT I DO, I GIVE ALL MY SERVICE TO YOU ♪ 27:22 I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS THROUGH 27:34 YOU ♪ NO MATTER THE COST, OR WHAT 27:42 OTHERS DO ♪ I GIVE ALL MY PROBLEMS TO YOU ♪ 27:54 I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY, LORD, TO 28:06 YOU ♪ NO MATTER THE COST OR WHAT 28:15 OTHERS DO ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FAMILY TO YOU ♪ 28:34 I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU, 28:45 LORD, TO YOU ♪ NO MATTER THE CALL OR WHAT 28:55 OTHERS DO ♪ I GIVE ALL MY FUTURE TO YOU ♪ 29:10 I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ 29:25 NO MATTER THE CALL OR WHAT OTHERS DO ♪ 29:35 I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ I GIVE ALL MY WORSHIP TO YOU ♪ 30:18 WELCOME. BEAUTIFUL SONG THAT I ACTUALLY 30:20 SING MYSELF. WELL DONE. 30:23 SHELLEY AND I WERE TALKING AND THERE WERE ROUGH PATCHES BECAUSE 30:27 SHE THOUGHT THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WAS A CULT BECAUSE SOME OF 30:31 PEOPLE SHE MET, GAVE HER A WRONG FLANK. 30:38 YOU HAVE TO DEFY YOURSELF ON YOUR LOVE FOR CHRIST, MOVE YOU 30:43 TO DO AND NOT WHAT YOU DO AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 30:49 >> IT SOUNDS STRANGE WHAT YOU SAID WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF 30:52 THIS IS WHEN 3ABN CAME INTO OUR CITY. 30:57 NOT OUR TOWN, OUR VILLAGE, I SHOULD SAY. 31:01 IF I CAUGHT J.D. WATCHING 3ABN, I WOULD SPANK HIS HANDS AND 31:06 CHANGE THE CHANNEL. DON'T WATCH THAT CULT. 31:09 I REFUSED TO WATCH 3ABN BECAUSE I HAD A WRONG IDEA FROM WHAT 31:17 SOMEONE SAID WHO ADVENTIST WERE. >> AND THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE 31:21 HISTORY SORT OF WRESTLED WITH THAT LAW WORTH KIND OF THING AND 31:26 WE SORT OF MOVED THROUGH THAT. SOMETIMES WE PUT THE LAW AHEAD 31:31 OF JESUS CHRIST. THE WHOLE 1888 MOVEMENT WAS 31:35 TRYING TO REORIENT THAT CHRIST COMES FIRST. 31:39 IT'S ALL ABOUT CHRIST. IF YOU COULD KEEP THE LAWS 31:42 WITHOUT CHRIST, IT VALUES NOTHING. 31:44 IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. I TOUCHED ON SHELLEY A LITTLE 31:50 BIT BEFORE THAT IT OCCURS TO ME THAT PART OF REPENTANCE IS 31:56 CONVICTION. CONVICTION IS A SENSE THAT 31:58 SOMETHING IS WRONG. I'M DOING THE WRONG THINGS. 32:01 I'M GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 32:03 WHAT I'VE BEEN TAUGHT IS WRONG. I'M CONVICTED THAT I NEED TO GO 32:07 ANOTHER WAY. AND IN LOOKING AT -- I GOT SOME 32:13 NOTES. THE WORD FOR REPENTANCE, IS 32:18 ELANGO. IT HAS IN IT, TRAIL OF MEANINGS, 32:21 CONVICTION. LORD IS TELLING ME THAT I NEED 32:23 TO MAKE A CHANGE. THE PROBLEM IS THIS. 32:27 MY DEAR MRS. QUINN. MANY TIMES WE CHRISTIANS STOP AT 32:33 CONVICTION. WE STOP AT SOMETHING IS WRONG 32:36 AND NEVER GET INTO THE JESUS WHO MAKES IT RIGHT. 32:39 YOU COULD TELL THOSE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE STUCK AT, SEE, KNOWING 32:43 THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG MAY MAKE YOU GO TO CHURCH. 32:47 AND THE OTHER DAY IS NOT RIGHT. SOME GO ON FRIDAY. 32:51 I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG. WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT. 32:54 I'M BESIDES MYSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT NOT TO DO NOT IN WHAT I 32:59 SHOULD DO. THAT CONVICTION HAS TO GO INTO A 33:04 REPENTANCE/CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OR YOU'RE STUCK. 33:07 WHEN MY MOTHER FIRST CAME TO THE CHURCH, SHE CAME OUT WITH FEAR, 33:14 READ PREPARATION OF CRYINGS AND CONVICTION. 33:19 AND SHE HADN'T DEVELOP A LOVE FOR CHRIST. 33:22 THE FEAR HAD TO DISSOLVE INTO A LOVE FOR JESUS. 33:26 FIRST WE HAVE TO START SOMETHING IS WRONG AND THEN MOVE TO 33:29 SOMETHING RIGHT. THEN REPENTANCE MOVES IN THAT 33:33 EXPERIENCE. >> AND THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS 33:36 BAP BAPTIZED, I WAS MOTIVATED BY 33:42 FEAR. I WASN'T BAPTIZED EXACTLY RIGHT, 33:44 I WASN'T GOING TO HEAVEN. I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED FOUR TIMES. 33:49 I JOINED THE ADVENTIST CHURCH BY PROFESSION OF FAITH. 33:53 YES, CONVICTION -- LET ME SHARE FIVE STEPS THE LORD GAVE ME FOR 33:57 REPENTANCE AS HE WAS TEACHING ME. 33:59 THE FIRST IS RECOGNITION OF SIN. >> UH-HUH. 34:03 >> I THINK WE HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD. 34:07 AS I WAS IN THE WORD AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS AND 34:12 UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME, THEN I WOULD FIND SOMETHING 34:16 IN THE WORD OF GOD AND I WOULD RECOGNIZE MY SIN. 34:21 THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD CONVICT ME THAT I WAS NOT DOING SOMETHING 34:25 OR WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT I SHOULDN'T BE DOING OR WAS NOT 34:29 DOING SOMETHING. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SABBATH. 34:32 WHEN I FOUND OUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SABBATH WAS AND HOW 34:35 IMPORTANT IT WAS TO GOD AND TO MY OWN, MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH 34:44 GOD, I WAS VERY SORRY FOR THE YEARS I SLANDERED GOD'S HOLY 34:49 DAY. YES, RECOGNITION OF SIN IS 34:52 DEFINITELY THE FIRST. AND I THINK THE SECOND STEP IS 34:58 GODLY SORROW THAT CAUSES US TO REGRET. 35:01 YOU COULD RECOGNIZE YOU'RE SINNING BUT IF YOU DON'T GO 35:04 BEFORE THE LORD AND PRAY ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS 35:10 THAT IN 2 CORINTHIANS 7:10 GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE 35:18 LEADING TO SALVATION. NOT TO BE REGRETTED BUT THE 35:20 SORROW OF THE WORLD PRODUCES DEATH. 35:23 IT IS THE KINDNESS OF GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS, THAT LEADS US TO 35:28 REPENTANCE. ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR SIN, THE 35:32 CONVICTION ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IS IN BRINGING THAT GODLY 35:37 SORROW. IT'S SOMETHING, LIKE YOU SAID, 35:39 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY ARE SINNING. 35:40 THEY GO TO CHURCH AND THEY NEVER REALLY GET SORROW OVER IT, 35:44 BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 35:48 THE 3RD THING IS THAT WHEN THAT GODLY SORROW IS IN OUR HEARTS, 35:53 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING UPON OUR HEART, THAT WE HAVE TO, 35:59 IT KIND OF ALTERS THE ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT IT AND THEN 36:05 WE CONFESSED OUR SINS. THAT'S THE 3RD STEP OF 36:12 REPENTANCE, TO CONFESS YOUR SINS. 36:14 WE LOVE THE PROMISE OF JOHN 8:9. >> WALK BACK, GIVE US YOUR FIRST 36:25 STEP? >> RECOGNITION. 36:26 >> AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE WORD. 36:30 AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TALKING, IF YOU DON'T STUDY THE WORD, BY 36:34 THE LAW IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. 36:36 I'M USING LAW IN THE WIDEST CONTENTS. 36:41 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DEFINE SIN WITHOUT THE WORD. 36:45 SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE WORD. ONE, TO DEFINE SIN. 36:49 AND IF YOU'RE NOT READING THE WORD, YOU DON'T KNOW THE 36:52 PROMISES TO CLAIM. YOU DON'T HAVE THE PIN NUMBER TO 36:55 CASH YOUR CHECK UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE WORD. 36:58 REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO YOUR EXPERIENCE. 37:02 I FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING BUT I HAVE TO GO TO THE WORD TO 37:06 HOW TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE I'M IN. 37:08 WITHOUT THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE A LADDER, A ROPE TO PULL YOURSELF 37:12 UP BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU AND HOW YOU 37:17 COULD ORIENT YOURSELF TO PLEASE HIM. 37:19 >> I DID A STUDY ON SIN. >> OF COURSE, WE KNOW FIRST 37:29 JOHN, WHOEVER COMMITS SIN COMMITMENTS LAWLESSNESS. 37:36 AND JOHN 4:17. TO THOSE WHO DO IT TO HIM. 37:43 TO SIN MEANS, ONE DEFINITION IS TO MISS THE MARK OF GOD'S 37:49 RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT. >> UH-HUH. 37:51 >> THERE'S THE OMISSION, WHATEVER IS NOT OF FACE, IS SIN. 37:58 >> IS SIN. >> AND THEN TO TRESPASS, 38:05 PROVERBS 7:4:9. NAUGHTY LITTLE JOKES IS SIN. 38:09 AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW TO COMMIT INEQUITE. 38:17 THIS ONE CONVICTS YOU. THIS ONE GOT YOU. 38:20 ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF SIN IS TO BE UNRIGHTEOUS, WHICH MEANS 38:26 ANY DEAFATION FROM GOD'S -- DEVATION FROM GOD'S CHARACTER. 38:36 WHEN YOU THINK JOHN 1:17, ANYWHERE I DEVIATE FROM GOD'S 38:46 LOVE, ESSENCE OF HIS LOVE, WHEN I DO SOMETHING OF A SELFISH 38:50 MOTIVATION OR IF I HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS, DOING 38:54 SOMETHING, I'M SINNING. >> OH, YEAH. 38:56 >> THAT WILL BRING YOU. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SIN IS, 38:59 AS YOU SAID, WHEN YOU GET IN THE WORD AND YOU ARE READING THIS, 39:03 THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I DID IN MY LIFE, I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE 39:08 SIN. ONCE I WAS IN THE WORD STUDYING 39:10 IT, YOU RECOGNIZE IT, THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS THE CONVICTION, 39:16 THE GODLY SORROW. LORD, I AM SO SORRY, I DIDN'T 39:20 KNOW. THAT'S WHEN YOU CONFESS YOUR 39:26 SIN. AND WE SHOULD NEVER BECOME 39:28 CALLUS TO CONFESSION. SOME PEOPLE SAY, LORD FORGIVE ME 39:33 FOR ALL MY SINS. >> NO, YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. 39:36 >> IT'S LIKE, LORD, I RECOGNIZE THIS IS SIN. 39:39 FORGIVE ME FOR DOING THIS PLEASE. AND THE GOOD THING 39:44 ABOUT CONFESSION, IT'S THE CLEARING HOUSE OF OUR CONSCIOUS. 39:51 HALLELUJAH. >> AND PROVERB 28:13. 39:55 AND SATAN IS ACCUSING YOU OF -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEPARATION 40:02 OF WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT GOD DEMANDS, YOU CAN DEPRESS YOU AND 40:08 MAKE YOURS TURN AWAY. UNTIL YOU REALIZE, HE LOVES YOU 40:13 WITH AN EVER LASTING LOVE AND THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION. 40:18 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT TRYING TO SAY, BAD, BAD, BAD, SHELLEY, 40:23 BAD. THIS IS YOUR CONVICTION. 40:25 THIS IS HOW GOD DESIRES. THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO 40:28 BRING INTO THAT. YOU ARE NOT TO RUN AWAY AND 40:31 HIDE. YOU ARE TO CONFESS, GOD WILL 40:32 HAVE MERCY ON YOU. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A 40:36 TEACHING IN THE FIVE STEPS, THE JOY OF REPENTANCE. 40:40 PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THE JOY OF REPENTANCE. 40:43 AND EVEN WHEN I LEARN SOMETHING THAT I FIND OUT I'M DOING WRONG, 40:50 YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES WE KNOW THINGS AND OUR HEART KIND 40:54 OF CONDEMNS US AND WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENT TOWARDS GOD. 40:59 IN 1st JOHN 3:21. IF YOUR HEART DOESN'T CONDEMN 41:05 YOU, YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE BEFORE GOD. 41:07 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF CONFESSION AND CLEARING IT AWAY AND JUST 41:13 KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OF ALL OUR 41:18 SINS. >> I WANTED YOU TO SORT OF RERUN 41:23 THAT CONTINUEM OF STEPS. BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE TO KNOW 41:29 WHO JESUS IS TO UNDERSTAND HIS LOVE. 41:31 YOU CAME OUT OF THE SYSTEM, GOD WAS LIKE, GOD IS GOING TO GET 41:35 YOU. YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN TO A GOD 41:38 THAT WILL PUT A SMACK ON YOU. WHEN YOU COME TO AN 41:43 UNDERSTANDING, HE COMETH TO ME, I WILL NOWISE CAST OUT. 41:48 YOU COULD COME WITH ALL YOUR DIRT, AND WITH TRUE REPENTANCE, 41:52 UP WITH, YOUR SIN IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE UNIVERSE. 41:56 GOD SEEN IT BEFORE. HE'S FORGIVEN IT BEFORE. 42:00 AS HE FORGIVES IT OTHER TIMES. I'M STUDYING ABRAHAM AGAIN THIS 42:08 WEEK. WHO WE REVERE AS FATHER OF THE 42:14 FAITHFUL. ABRAHAM IS FATHER OF TRUTH. 42:17 EVERY TIME WE GOT ASIDE, WE LIE. >> WE CALLED IT -- 42:21 >> AND THERAPEUTIC LIE. >> HE WOULD JUST LIE. 42:26 BEFORE GOD COULD USE HIM. BEFORE GOD COULD MAKE HIM FATHER 42:30 OF MANY NATIONS, HE HAS TO TEST HIM. 42:33 YOU HAVE A GLITCH IN YOUR GAME. GOD WILL DO THAT, TOO. 42:36 NOT TO WEAR YOU OUT. NOT TO DESTROY YOU. 42:39 YOU NEED TO BE TESTING. THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE FAITH IS 42:42 TO GET IT TESTED. WHEN YOU COME IN REPENTANCE, 42:48 UNDERSTANDING WHO GOD IS, YOU CAN COME HUMBLY AND JOYFULLY. 42:53 YOU KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE CAST OUT. 42:57 CHRIST SAYS, WHERE ARE MY ACCUSERS. 43:01 CONDEMN YOU. GO AND SIN NO MORE. 43:07 IT MAKES IT PLEASANT. >> LET ME TAKE A SIDE BAR AND 43:10 SAY THIS. I GREW UP IN A NEW TESTAMENT 43:13 CHURCH BUT IT WAS LEGALISTIC. IT WAS, I HAD TO BE PERFECT TO 43:17 BE LOVED. AT HOME, THAT WAS VERY MUCH 43:21 REINFORCED. I HAD TO BE PERFECT TO BE LOVED. 43:24 WHEREAS MY SISTER, WAS AN EXCEPTION. 43:26 SHE WAS A SPOILED ROTTEN LITTLE BRAT AND GOT AWAY WITH 43:32 EVERYTHING. FOR ME, IT WAS REINFORCED AND IT 43:35 WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN ME. 43:40 I WENT FROM WORKS, SALVATION BY WORKS, INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL 43:50 ARENA. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT GRACE 43:53 REALLY. I READ THE BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT 43:57 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED IT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND GRACE. 44:02 I WENT INTO A NONDENOMINATIONAL ARENA, WHERE GRACE IS ALMOST, 44:07 THERE'S NOTHING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE GRACE. 44:11 IT WAS LIKE, IF YOU TALKED ABOUT OBEDIENCE, YOU ARE BEING 44:17 LEGALISTIC. AND WHEN GOD -- WHEN I REALLY 44:20 STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIONSHIP, I 44:23 WANT TO SHARE THIS ONE THING AND I WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AT 44:27 HOME. IT'S SO PRECIOUS. 44:29 THE GRACE, I WAS PRAYING AND FOR THE LORD TO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, 44:37 NOT AN EXAMPLE -- BUT SOMETHING -- AN ILLUSTRATION OF 44:46 WHAT GRACE IS. AND HERE'S WHAT HE GAVE ME, THAT 44:50 GOD'S LOVE -- I MEAN HIS HEART OVERFLOWS WITH LOVE FOR YOU. 44:55 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE. 44:59 THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF HIS NATURE. 45:02 HIS HEART OVERFLOWS WITH LOVE FOR YOU SO MUCH SO THAT HE SENT 45:06 HIS SON TO DIE FOR YOU YET YOU'RE SINNERS. 45:09 AND GOD IS NOT HOLDING BACK WELL, BEING -- WELL, AS THIS 45:17 WELLS OVER, THIS LOVE, IT COMES THROUGH THE GRACE PIPELINE. 45:21 AND EVERYTHING IS BY GRACE. WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE. 45:26 WE OBEY BY GRACE AND EVERYTHING IS BY GRACE. 45:32 FAITH IS THE FAUCET. PRAYER IS THE HANDLE THAT OPENS 45:36 THE FAUCET. THE PRAYER OF FAITH, WHAT IS THE 45:40 FOUNDATION OF THAT? TRUST. 45:41 YOU HAVE TO TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, LEAN NOT IN 45:46 YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST IS THE 45:50 RELATIONSHIP, THE FOUNDATION FOR RELATIONSHIP IS LOVE? 45:55 >> SO WE ONLY LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. 46:00 AS WE UNDERSTANDS THAT, THEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD GET 46:07 MORE INTIMATE. THEN YOUR TRUST GETS GREATER. 46:10 THEN YOUR PRAYER AND FAITH GETS GREATER. 46:13 THEN YOU TAP ON ALL OF HIS AREAS OF GRACE. 46:17 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND GOD LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN PAUL SAID, 46:21 IS IT ROMANS 8:32, HE WHO DIDN'T SPARE HIS OWN SON, HOW MUCH MORE 46:28 WOULD HE GIVE US NOW? SO WHEN I UNDERSTOOD GOD THAT 46:35 WAY, IT MADE REPENTANCE A JOY. I WANTED TO COME TO HIM. 46:40 I WANTED TO GET CLEANED UP. >> AND I'M IN JOHN 14 46:51 >> IF LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 46:54 WE LOOK AT THE PATTERN, IF YOU LOVE ME, THEN YOU KEEP. 46:59 I WILL PRAY THE FATHER AND HE WILL SEND YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, 47:04 ANOTHER HELPER, HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER, EVEN THE 47:10 SPIRIT OF TRUTH. LOOK HOW THE -- WE'RE STILL IN 47:14 COMMANDMENT KEEPING. IT'S A CONSEQUENCE OF LOVE. 47:23 WHEN YOU SERVE HIM OUT OF LOVE, HE'S GOING TO SEND YOU THE HOLY 47:27 SPIRIT. IT'S NOT YOUR WORK. 47:28 IT'S NOT YOUR INITIATIVE. IT'S A DETERMINATION IN YOUR 47:32 MIND, LORD, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU. 47:34 I WILL SEND YOU A HELPER TO DO JUST THAT. 47:39 IT'S NOT LEGALISM. IT'S JUST WALKING IN THE WILL OF 47:41 THE WAY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS TO PUT IT IN GRACE PIPELINE, 47:46 YOU'VE GOTTEN THE SHOWER AND YOU'VE TURNED ON THE FAUCET AND 47:54 THE WATER IS WORKING ON YOU NOW. YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON YOUR OWN 47:59 STRENGTH. THE GRACE OF GOD IS WORKING 48:01 THROUGH YOU, AND FOR YOU SO OBEDIENCE IS A NATURAL 48:05 CONSEQUENCE OF泠YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. 48:08 >> WE DON'T OBEY TO BE SAVED BUT WE OBEY BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED. 48:16 >> WHOEVER IS SPEAKING, PETER IS SPEAKING. 48:21 HE SAYS, WE'RE HIS WITNESSES TO THESE THINGS AND SO IS THE HOLY 48:26 SPIRIT WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIM. 48:35 WE CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO A DEGREE. 48:39 BEAUTY OF THE OBEDIENCE. WE DON'T OBEY TO BE SAVED. 48:43 WE OBEY BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM, WE WANT TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS 48:47 AND WANT TO PLEASE HIM. AS WE OBEY, WE GET MORE PRESSED 48:51 OUT OF US AND YOU COULD BE FILLED MORE WITH THE HOLY 48:57 SPISPIRIT >> WHY SHOULD WE FEAR OBEDOBEDIENCE? 49:09 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? 49:11 >> ALMOST 30 YEARS. >> AND YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE, I 49:19 LOVE THIS MAN, I WILL OBEY HIM. >> WHEN YOU LOVE, WHEN IT'S 49:25 THERE, OBEDIENCE IS AN NATURAL -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO 49:30 WALK AROUND WITH YOU WITH A STUNNED GUN. 49:38 HE TRUSTS YOU BECAUSE OF THE LOVE-RELATIONSHIP. 49:42 >> SOME WOMEN HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE IDEA OF BEING 49:56 SUBMISSIVE. J.D. LOVES ME. 49:59 HE WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR ME. HE'S NOT STANDING OVER ME, YOU 50:03 CAN'T DO THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 50:06 HE'S TRYING TO -- EXPAND MY HORIZONS AND SO -- IT'S SO EASY. 50:12 HE'S LIKE JESUS. YES SUS GIVES US A POWER OF -- 50:16 JESUS GIVES US A POWER OF CHOICE. 50:20 THE LORD IS, ALL HE WANTS IS THE BEST. 50:23 HE'S INTERESTED IN OUR ETERNAL BENEFIT. 50:26 WHEN A MAN IS LIKE THAT, WHEN HE LOVES A WIFE LIKE CHRIST LOVES 50:33 THE CHURCH, IT'S EASY TO BE SUBMISSIVE. 50:38 >> THE LORD IS NOT TRYING TO CUT OUT YOUR FUN, HE KNOWS THE ENDS 50:45 OF HEART IS DEATH. >> AND IF YOU GET THAT CLEAN 50:50 HEART, YOUR TASTES DO CHANGE. YOUR MIND-SET DOES CHANGE. 50:53 YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD DOES CHANGE. 50:55 IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD AND 51:00 THE WORLD AROUND YOU. PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THAT IN 51:03 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL GODLY 51:09 EXPERIENCE. >> I WANT TO ADD THESE LAST TWO 51:12 STEPS. IN CASE SOMEONE CAN'T WATCH THE 51:14 SECOND HOUR. ONCE YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED YOUR 51:17 SIN GODLY SORROW, HOLY SPIRIT HAS LED YOU TO GODLY SORROW, 51:26 THEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS. THE NEXT STEP IS SO IMPORTANT. 51:31 WE MUST RECEIVE GOD'S FORGIVENESS. 51:34 THERE'S PEOPLE, I'M SURE YOU TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY CALL, 51:37 PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THEY'VE CONFESSED THE SAME SIN OVER AND 51:41 OVER FOR 30 YEAR, 40 YEARS. IT'S LIKE, I TALKED TO ONE LADY, 51:46 SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS STILL -- I HAD AN ABORTION 51:52 40 YEARS AGO. SHE HAD ASKED GOD FOR 51:56 FORGIVENESS EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE AFTERWARDS. 52:00 SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAD FORGIVEN HER. 52:05 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ONCE WE'VE CONFESSED, THAT WE OPEN OUR 52:10 HEARTS AND ACCEPT THAT. HE SAID, COME NOW IN ISAIAH 52:14 1:18. COME NOW AND LET US REASON 52:17 TOGETHER, SAYS THE LORD. YOUR SINS ARE LIKE CLOTH, THEY 52:24 ARE WHITE AS SNOW. IF YOU WANT TO REPENT, GO TO 52:28 PSALM 51. THIS IS AFTER HE SINNED WITH 52:35 BASHEBA. HE HAD URIA SENT TO THE FRONT 52:40 LINE TO BE KILLED. WASH ME OF MY EQUITE. 52:44 WASH ME AND I SHOULD BE WHITER THAN SNOW. 52:49 AND WHAT I LOVE 1 KING 14:8. IN 1 KING 14:18, THE AUTHOR IS 53:00 QUOTING GOD. HE SAYS, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS MY 53:04 SERVANT, DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND FOLLOWED ME 53:07 WITH ALL OF HIS HEART TO DO ONLY WHAT IS RIGHT IN MY EYES. 53:11 THIS IS AFTER DAVID'S DEATH. BUT GOD IS SAYING, HE'S KEPT ALL 53:15 MY COMMANDMENTS. HE DID ONLY WHAT WAS RIGHT. 53:20 GOD CANNOT LIE. WHAT HE IS SAYING, AS FAR AS THE 53:24 EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE CAST OR REMOVED OUR 53:30 TRANSGRESSION. IT SHOWS US THAT GOD FORGETS 53:32 WHAT WE ASK HIM TO FORGIVE. SO THERE'S SO MANY. 53:39 IN HEBREWS 8, 10:12, HE WILL WRITE HIS LINES IN MY HEART. 53:48 AND IN LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL NOT. BUT HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 53:53 POINT. AND LET ME GET IT IN, IN THE 53:55 NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. REPENTANCE IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL 54:02 YOU ACCEPT GOD'S POWER TO CHANGE YOUR CONDUCT. 54:06 TO REPENT LITERALLY MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DO A U-TURN. 54:11 YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE TURN BACK TOWARD GOD. 54:14 AND HE GIVES US THE POWER. THIS REPRESENTS SANCTFICICATION. 54:33 GOD HAS EXHALTED FROM HIS RIGHT HAND, TO GIVE REPENTANCE. 54:40 TO GRANT REPENTANCE TO ISRAEL AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 54:44 WHEN YOU ARE REPENTING, ONE THING I'VE DONE AND AFTER I'VE 54:49 CONFESSED OR RECEIVED, I ALWAYS SAY, LORD, GRANT ME REPENTANCE. 54:53 GIVE ME THE POWER TO TURN AWAY FROM THIS. 54:58 CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT IN ME. 55:02 THE BIBLE SAYS, PAUL WROTE IN ROMANS 8:13. 55:08 LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, 8:13. IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE 55:12 FLESH, YOU WILL DIE. AND IF BY THE SPIRIT, YOU PUT 55:17 THE DEEDS THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. 55:22 >> YOU BEAT ME TO IT. >> THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 55:26 WE CAN'T CHANGE BY OUR OWN POWER. 55:28 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT FORCE US TO CHANGE. 55:32 WE HAVE TO WORK IN TANDEM. WE MUST COOPERATE WITH THE HOLY 55:37 SPIRIT. >> YOU HAVE TO LET YOURSELF GO 55:40 ALSO. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST 55:41 WITH THE POWER TO CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T NECESSARILY 55:44 FEEL IT. WE'RE BACKING UP IN ROMANS 8. 55:49 I WANT TO READ THE THREE VERSUS. THIS IS 8:1. 55:54 THERE IS NOW THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN 55:58 CHRIST JESUS. ONCE YOU ACCEPT HIM, HE'S NOT 56:01 SHAKING HIS FINGER ANYMORE. HE'S NOT POINTING HIS FINGER. 56:05 HE'S NOT CONDEMNING YOU. THAT'S THE TRICK OF THE ENEMY, 56:09 YOU CAN'T GO TO GOD WITH THE SIN. 56:11 YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN. HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THAT OR 56:14 HEAR YOU. THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION IN 56:18 CHRIST JESUS. IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WILL NOT 56:22 WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. A NEW SPIRIT IS TAKING POWER, 56:26 PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND CHANGING WHO YOU ARE AND HOW GOD 56:31 VIEWS YOU. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF 56:34 LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS IS -- HAS MADE ME FREE OF THE LAW OF SIN 56:39 AND DEATH. FOR THE LAW CANNOT DO, THAT IS 56:43 WEAK FROM THE FLESH. GOD DID BY SENDING HIS OWN SON 56:47 IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH. HE CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH. 56:52 IT'S NOT YOU, ANYMORE. TRUST GOD THAT HE COULD DO WHAT 56:56 HE SAYS HE COULD DO, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT FEEL IT. 57:00 EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCING IT JUST NOW IN YOUR 57:03 MIND. EXPERIENCE IT IN YOUR HEART AND 57:07 BELIEVE IT IN YOUR HEART. THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO, 57:12 AND ONCE HE'S CONVICTED SOMETHING IS WRONG, GET INTO THE 57:17 WORD. BECAUSE THE WORD WILL FREE YOU 57:19 FROM CONDEMNATION AND REPENTANCE HAS ITS ULTIMATE EXPRESSION IN 57:25 CONVERSION, IN TURNING AWAY FROM SIN AND THE ABILITY TO TURN AWAY 57:29 IS A GIFT SHELLEY SAID, GRANTED TO YOU BY GOD WHO IS WAITING TO 57:34 GIVE YOU THAT GOOD GIFT EVEN MORE YOU ARE GOING TO ASK FOR 57:38 THE GOOD GIFT. >> REPENTANCE IS IN THE GIFT AS 57:42 LONG AS YOU TURN AROUND. >> HOPEFULLY IT'S AS EXCITING 57:47 FOR YOU AS IT IS FOR US. WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES, 2 57:52 SECONDS. YOU, YOU STAY BY. |
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