>> HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN LIVE, BEHIND THE SCENES. 00:00:09.34\00:00:16.98 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING. 00:00:16.98\00:00:20.82 IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST HOUR, I HOPE YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THE 00:00:20.82\00:00:25.02 TAPE OR WATCH IT ON 3ABN'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND HEAR THE 00:00:25.02\00:00:30.79 AMAZING TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE LORD AND FINDING 00:00:30.79\00:00:35.06 JESUS. MY NAME IS JILL MORIKONE AND MY 00:00:35.06\00:00:37.10 HUSBAND GREG HERE. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE JOINING YOU 00:00:37.10\00:00:41.47 THIS EVENING. THE FIRST HOUR FLEW BY. 00:00:41.47\00:00:43.91 >> IT DID. >> WE HAVE WITH US ON STHET, 00:00:43.91\00:00:50.15 MOLLIE STEENSON, PASTOR, JOHN LOMACANG, AND PASTOR CA MURRAY. 00:00:50.15\00:00:55.15 IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU. 00:00:55.15\00:00:58.22 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO 00:00:58.22\00:01:02.22 SOME BIBLE QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE WE DO, WE HAD ONE MORE -- BRAND 00:01:02.22\00:01:07.40 NEW THING TAKING PLACE HERE AT 3ABN, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH 00:01:07.40\00:01:13.70 OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. CHRISTY HANDLES OUR WEB, PRINT, 00:01:13.70\00:01:19.71 AND DESIGN. SHE DOES A LOT. 00:01:19.71\00:01:21.64 AND SHE HAS BEEN UP LOADS A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO 3ABN'S YOUTUBE 00:01:21.64\00:01:26.61 ACCOUNT. YOU CAN GO TO YOUTUBE, TYPE IN 00:01:26.61\00:01:29.68 3ABN, AND GET TO OUR MAIN ACCOUNT, AND MANY OTHER PROGRAMS 00:01:29.68\00:01:33.76 ARE NOW AVAILABLE. WE GET RESPONSES, EMAILS, 00:01:33.76\00:01:37.19 COMMENTS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY LIKE THE 00:01:37.19\00:01:39.73 SABBATH SCHOOL PANEL, AND THEY SAY I CAN'T WATCH IT AT THE TIME 00:01:39.73\00:01:44.00 IT IS AVAILABLE, SO I JUST GO TO YOUTUBE. 00:01:44.00\00:01:48.47 AS SOON AS IT AIRS, IT WILL BE POSTED THAT NIGHT ON YOUTUBE.-AND YOU CAN WATCH IT 00:01:48.47\00:01:55.21 ANY TIME YOU WANT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO 00:01:55.21\00:01:59.05 SUBSCRIBE BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THESE NEW 00:01:59.05\00:02:02.52 PROGRAMS COME OUT. THE OTHER THING WE WANT YOU TO 00:02:02.52\00:02:06.52 KNOW ABOUT IS WE'RE LAUNCHING THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 00:02:06.52\00:02:13.90 IT'S CALLED "THE WALK." IT'S THE WALK WITH JESUS. 00:02:13.90\00:02:19.60 SO EACH OF US HERE ARE GOING TO SHARING. 00:02:19.60\00:02:25.21 YOU DID SOME TOO, DIDN'T YOU, SWEETY? 00:02:25.21\00:02:28.28 >> YES. YES. 00:02:28.28\00:02:29.08 AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE ADDING MORE TO THAT LIST. 00:02:29.08\00:02:34.48 AND THAT WILL BE NEAT. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE BE BLESSED. 00:02:34.48\00:02:38.62 >> AMEN. >> EVERY DAY ON SEVENTH-DAY 00:02:38.62\00:02:44.23 ADVENTIST'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AND ON 3ABN'S YOUTUBE ACCOUNT. 00:02:44.23\00:02:49.56 THEY ARE ONLY A MINUTE AND A HALF, REAL SHORT, BUT IT WILL BE 00:02:49.56\00:02:53.60 SOMETHING TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR DAY. 00:02:53.60\00:02:56.81 >> AMEN. AND ON THE YOUTUBE, WE JUST 00:02:56.81\00:03:02.81 LAUNCHED 3ABN LIVE ON YOUTUBE. A FEW PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOME 00:03:02.81\00:03:07.35 ISSUES WITH OUR STREAMING OR MAYBE THE APP OR SOMETHING LIKE 00:03:07.35\00:03:10.89 THAT. BUT YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUTUBE 00:03:10.89\00:03:14.52 NOW, 3ABN LIVE. SO THAT'S A NEAT FEATURE AS 00:03:14.52\00:03:17.73 WELL. I WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE OTHER 00:03:17.73\00:03:19.29 THING I WAS THINKING OF AS FAR AS UPDATE. 00:03:19.29\00:03:21.86 I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON 00:03:21.86\00:03:27.90 THE BOSS AUDITORIUM. MOLLIE WE ARE RETIRING THE UP 00:03:27.90\00:03:34.64 UP-INLINK BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 3ABN 00:03:34.64\00:03:40.98 STARTED. >> YES. 00:03:40.98\00:03:41.65 >> THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN REQUIRING MORE AND MORE 00:03:41.65\00:03:45.05 MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THE STUDIOS 00:03:45.05\00:03:47.72 AROUND, BUILDING NEW STUDIOS FOR 3ABN RADIO IN THE BOSS 00:03:47.72\00:03:52.76 AUDITORIUM, SO THT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING WELL. 00:03:52.76\00:03:55.23 YOU KNOW, MOLLIE AS FAR AS -pDISCUSSIONS ON THE FINANCES, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS 00:03:55.23\00:04:01.84 ON HOW WE SPEND GOD'S MONEY. BUT IT COMES A POINT WHERE THE 00:04:01.84\00:04:07.74 MAINTENANCE IS SO MUCH THAT IT'S BETTER TO MOVE NEW. 00:04:07.74\00:04:10.88 >> AND THE ABILITY TO PUT RADIO IN AN EXISTING BUILDING CUTS 00:04:10.88\00:04:15.15 DOWN SO MUCH ON THE COST. >> THAT'S TRUE. 00:04:15.15\00:04:18.05 ANYWAY THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING WELL, AND WE'RE PRAISING 00:04:18.05\00:04:21.09 THE LORD FOR THAT. >> AMEN. 00:04:21.09\00:04:23.09 >> WE'RE STILL TRYING WITH THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TO REACH 00:04:23.09\00:04:29.10 HYACINTH, SO IF YOU JUST JOINED US IN THE FIRST HOUR, WE'RE 00:04:29.10\00:04:32.77 TRYING TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY 00:04:32.77\00:04:36.44 BLESSED BY THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN. WE'LL TRY TO WORK THAT OUT, BUT 00:04:36.44\00:04:41.44 IF NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HER IN HER JOURNEY WITH 00:04:41.44\00:04:46.61 JESUS. >> AMEN. 00:04:46.61\00:04:47.42 THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS. 00:04:47.42\00:04:49.78 WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO BEGIN. 00:04:49.78\00:04:53.99 MY DIRECT QUESTION IS, HOW CAN I BE SAVED? 00:04:53.99\00:04:57.23 >> WHO DID THIS COME FROM? >> THIS CAME FROM TIFFANY. 00:04:57.23\00:05:00.96 IT DOESN'T SAY WHERE SHE LIVES. I HAVE HEARD FOR A LONG TIME HOW 00:05:00.96\00:05:04.57 TO BE SAVED. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY ON WHAT 00:05:04.57\00:05:09.37 IS TRUE. IS SALVATION THE MATTER OF A 00:05:09.37\00:05:12.77 THEMTHY MINE OR IS SALVATION ACCEPTING CHRIST. 00:05:12.77\00:05:17.38 SO BASICALLY HOW CAN I HAVE ASSURANCE OF MY SALVATION. 00:05:17.38\00:05:21.58 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. >> THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN A FOCAL 00:05:21.58\00:05:25.49 POINT OF MY CONCENTRATION FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW. 00:05:25.49\00:05:29.39 >> HUH. >> IT HAS PERM -- PERMEATED THE 00:05:29.39\00:05:36.87 SCHOOL. I AM TEACHING THIS TO OUR YOUNG 00:05:36.87\00:05:39.37 PEOPLE AT THE ACADEMY. WE DID THIS AS A FORM OF FAMILY 00:05:39.37\00:05:44.34 WORSHIP. I'M DOING THIS IN SABBATH CLASS. 00:05:44.34\00:05:48.51 I HAVE SEEN THAT IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT YOUR SALVATION, THEN, 00:05:48.51\00:05:53.35 YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITE OF ASSURANCE IS FEAR, AND 00:05:53.35\00:05:57.79 INTREPIDATION, AND UNCERTAINTY, AND THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT 00:05:57.79\00:06:01.39 IN THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, IF YOU WANT GO TO 1 00:06:01.39\00:06:12.00 JOHN, THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO FOCUS HERE. 00:06:12.00\00:06:14.77 AND YOU CAN REFLECT SOME LIGHT ON THIS. 00:06:14.77\00:06:16.84 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR, FIRST OF ALL, 00:06:16.84\00:06:20.94 WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, AND IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD 00:06:20.94\00:06:28.65 NOT OF WORKS IF ANYONE SHOULD BOAST. 00:06:28.65\00:06:31.62 SO I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING SALVATION IS NOT ANY WORK ON 00:06:31.62\00:06:37.46 OUR-PART. WE JUST DIVORCE OURSELVES FROM THE WORKS THAT WE 00:06:37.46\00:06:41.23 CAN DO TO BE SAVED. YOU CAN'T PRAY ENOUGH. 00:06:41.23\00:06:43.37 YOU CAN'T TEACH ENOUGH. YOU CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH. 00:06:43.37\00:06:46.07 YOU CAN'T TRAVEL ENOUGH TO BE SAVED. 00:06:46.07\00:06:48.67 IT'S THE WORK THAT CHRIST DOES. >> AMEN. 00:06:48.67\00:06:50.77 >> AND THEN AFTER WE ARE SAVED, GOD IS STILL WORKING IN US TO 00:06:50.77\00:06:56.31 BOTH WILL AND DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE. 00:06:56.31\00:06:58.68 >> UH-HUH. >> THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 00:06:58.68\00:07:01.28 PASSAGE. I THINK THAT ONE DAY WE SHOULD 00:07:01.28\00:07:03.89 DO A PROGRAM ON SALVATION. >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 00:07:03.89\00:07:07.72 >> WHEN PEOPLE SAY I'M SAVED, THEY MEAN A NUMBER OF THINGS. 00:07:07.72\00:07:14.10 1 JOHN 15:11-13. AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY THAT 00:07:14.10\00:07:19.80 GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE. THAT'S A GIFT. 00:07:19.80\00:07:23.94 >> AMEN. >> I ASKED ONE OF THE YOUNG 00:07:23.94\00:07:26.71 PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET A GIFT IN THEY SAID OPEN IT. 00:07:26.71\00:07:31.45 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I SAID FIRST YOU HAVE TO 00:07:31.45\00:07:33.58 ACCEPT IT. SO GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL 00:07:33.58\00:07:43.26 LIFE. HE HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, 00:07:43.26\00:07:46.39 AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE. 00:07:46.39\00:07:51.83 >> AMEN. >> AND HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE 00:07:51.83\00:07:56.00 SON DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN TO 00:07:56.00\00:08:01.51 YOU, VERSE 13, WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT 00:08:01.51\00:08:05.15 YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YOU WILL 00:08:05.15\00:08:10.09 CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT YOU MAY 00:08:10.09\00:08:15.22 KNOW -- THIS IS THE -- THAT YOU MAY KNOW -- THAT YOU MAY 00:08:15.22\00:08:19.13 KNOW -- THAT'S A PHRASE OF CERTAINTY. 00:08:19.13\00:08:21.53 THAT YOU MAY KNOW. SOMEBODY SAYS HOW AM I GOING TO 00:08:21.53\00:08:24.63 GET ON THAT AIRLINE. I'M GIVING YOU A TICKET THAT YOU 00:08:24.63\00:08:28.37 MAY KNOW YOU HAVE A EAT RESERVED. 00:08:28.37\00:08:30.94 HE HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS SON, 00:08:30.94\00:08:34.98 THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN HIS SON THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE 00:08:34.98\00:08:41.08 ETERNAL LIFE. >> ALL RIGHT. 00:08:41.08\00:08:44.15 BASIC 101 TEXTS, ACT 16:31. BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 00:08:44.15\00:08:50.46 AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED. THIS IS NOT A PASSIVE BELIEF. 00:08:50.46\00:08:54.36 THIS IS A SURRENDER TO CHRIST, AND AN ACTING-ON WHAT CHRIST IS 00:08:54.36\00:08:59.87 DOING IN YOU, TO YOU, WITH YOU, FOR YOU, THROUGH YOU, SO YOU 00:08:59.87\00:09:04.71 CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND SAY, OH, I BELIEVE. 00:09:04.71\00:09:07.41 BUT TO BELIEVE MEANS TO ACT. TO -- TO PUT THE WEIGHT OF YOUR 00:09:07.41\00:09:11.38 FAITH ON HIM. IT IS -- SALVATION HAS ALWAYS 00:09:11.38\00:09:15.42 BE, IS NOW WILL ALWAYS BE SURRENDER. 00:09:15.42\00:09:18.05 ACCEPTING WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU SO THAT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 00:09:18.05\00:09:23.32 FOR YOU CAN NOW BE DONE THROUGH YOU. 00:09:23.32\00:09:27.23 JOHN QUOTED EPHESIANS, VERSE 10 SAYS WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP 00:09:27.23\00:09:35.14 CREATED FOR GOOD WORKS. SO IT IS GOD'S DESIGN THAT HIS 00:09:35.14\00:09:38.57 GOOD WORKS BE LIVED OUT IN OUR LIVES. 00:09:38.57\00:09:42.64 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT YOUR WAY IN. 00:09:42.64\00:09:45.41 SURRENDER TO HIM, AND GOD WILL BEGIN TO WORK FOR YOU WITH YOU 00:09:45.41\00:09:51.92 THROUGH YOU. AND THEN IS NO CONDEMNATION TO 00:09:51.92\00:09:56.83 THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIS JESUS. SO IT IS THEAL FOE AND OMEGA. 00:09:56.83\00:10:02.46 THE ACCEPTING OF CHIST JESUS, THE SURRENDERING TO WHAT HAS 00:10:02.46\00:10:07.00 BEEN DONE FOR YOU, SO IT CAN NOW BE DONE THROUGH YOU, AND CHRIST 00:10:07.00\00:10:13.44 CAN GIVE IN YOU. >> AND THERE IS [ INAUDIBLE ] 00:10:13.44\00:10:16.88 CONDEMNATION TO THOSE IN CHRIST JESUS WHO WALK NOT ACCORDING TO 00:10:16.88\00:10:20.18 THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 00:10:20.18\00:10:22.92 AND THE REASON I WANT TO JUMP IN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND 00:10:22.92\00:10:27.56 REFLECT ON THAT -- WELL, REFLECT ON THAT. 00:10:27.56\00:10:30.79 THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE IN CHRIST. 00:10:30.79\00:10:35.20 THAT'S JUSTIFICATION. SANCTIFICATION IS WHOWALK NOT 00:10:35.20\00:10:38.70 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 00:10:38.70\00:10:41.20 AND NEITHER OF THOSE IS ACCOMPLISHED BY US. 00:10:41.20\00:10:44.11 BUT WHEN YOU ARE SAVED, IT DOESN'T REMOVE YOU FROM THE 00:10:44.11\00:10:49.84 RESPONSIBILITY, NOW, TO WALK DIFFERENTLY. 00:10:49.84\00:10:51.71 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IF YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT AS 00:10:51.71\00:10:54.32 HE IS IN THE LIGHT, THAT WALK IS SOMETHING YOU NOW HAVE TO 00:10:54.32\00:10:58.52 UNDERTAKE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY I'M SAVED, I 00:10:58.52\00:11:01.09 DON'T HAVE TO DO NOTHING. DON'T CHEAPEN HIS SALVATION. 00:11:01.09\00:11:05.99 YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH HIS WORK FOR THE WORK HE HAS FOR YOU. 00:11:05.99\00:11:10.13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE BACK END OF THAT TEXT 00:11:10.13\00:11:18.34 REINFORCES IT IS NOT A STATIC THING. 00:11:18.34\00:11:20.98 YOU ARE WALKING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, YOU CAN'T SIT IN YOUR 00:11:20.98\00:11:25.01 CHAIR AND SAY, I BELIEVE. NO, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET UP AND 00:11:25.01\00:11:28.08 WALK, AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT WORKING WITH YOU, FOR 00:11:28.08\00:11:32.65 YOU, AND THROUGH YOU. SANCTIFICATION. 00:11:32.65\00:11:35.66 >> MOLLIE? >> IT SEEMS TO ME WHAT THIS LADY 00:11:35.66\00:11:38.89 IS ASKING IS HOW CAN I HAVE ASSURANCE OF MY SALVATION, AND 00:11:38.89\00:11:43.53 THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE GIVEN HER THESE SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE WE 00:11:43.53\00:11:47.94 BASE EVERYTHING ON THE -pSCRIPTURE, BUT I HAD BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND 00:11:47.94\00:11:52.94 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS A PASTOR'S WIFE AT THE TIME, AND I 00:11:52.94\00:11:59.35 NEVER FELT LIKE I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO HEAVEN. 00:11:59.35\00:12:02.35 >> WOW. >> ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? 00:12:02.35\00:12:04.92 >> BUT I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I KNOW TO DO. 00:12:04.92\00:12:09.32 I'M GOING TO SERVE THE LORD THE BEST I KNOW HOW. 00:12:09.32\00:12:12.09 BUT I KNOW I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST 00:12:12.09\00:12:17.50 SHOT, BUT I KNOW THAT I'M NOT -- BUT MAYBE THERE'S DEGREES 00:12:17.50\00:12:21.00 OF HOW BAD IT IS GOING TO BE. SO I WAS GOING TO DO THE BEST I 00:12:21.00\00:12:25.24 COULD, AND AS I GREW, AND AS I CONTINUED TO STUDY GOD'S WORD, I 00:12:25.24\00:12:30.21 FINALLY CAME TO A REALIZATION THAT IT'S NOT MY GOODNESS. 00:12:30.21\00:12:37.59 IT HASN'T GOT A THING TO DO WITH ME. 00:12:37.59\00:12:41.52 IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 00:12:41.52\00:12:44.76 >> AMEN. >> AND SO NOW I REALLY -- I 00:12:44.76\00:12:48.26 REALLY THINK THAT THE DAY -- YOU KNOW, IN ETERNITY I WILL BE IN 00:12:48.26\00:12:54.10 THE PRESENCE OF GOD. >> AMEN. 00:12:54.10\00:12:56.10 >> BUT I CAME TO THAT REALIZATION WITH ALL OF MY 00:12:56.10\00:13:00.74 CONFIDENCE IN GOD, WITH MY FAITH IN GOD, AND WHAT CHRIST BROUGHT 00:13:00.74\00:13:04.71 OUT FOR US AT CALVARY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I THINK 00:13:04.71\00:13:08.82 OR WHAT I DON'T THINK. IT HAS TO DO WITH MY 00:13:08.82\00:13:12.82 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, MY CONFIDENCE IN WHAT HE 00:13:12.82\00:13:16.46 HAS DONE. IN THE POWER OF HIS SHED BLOOD. 00:13:16.46\00:13:21.16 SO IT'S NOT BY MY MERIT, IT'S ONLY BY HIS MERIT. 00:13:21.16\00:13:24.93 >> AMEN. >> SO I HAVE TRADED MY 00:13:24.93\00:13:28.44 SINFULNESS FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND MY 00:13:28.44\00:13:32.11 INSUFFICIENCY FOR HIS SUFFICIENCY, AND MY UPRIGHT 00:13:32.11\00:13:35.58 CHOWS ROBES FOR HIS RIGHTEOUS ROBES. 00:13:35.58\00:13:40.22 AND THEN I CAN LOOK AT IT THROUGH -- THROUGH WHT CHRIST 00:13:40.22\00:13:43.28 HAS DONE, AND IT'S NOT ME, IT'S HIM. 00:13:43.28\00:13:46.59 >> AMEN. >> SO THEN, I HAVE GOT ASSURANCE 00:13:46.59\00:13:49.96 OF MY SALVATION BASED ON WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 00:13:49.96\00:13:53.70 >> AND ONE LAST THING. >> PLEASE. 00:13:53.70\00:13:55.90 >> HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN US WILL COMPLETE IT. 00:13:55.90\00:14:00.87 THE THING THAT I HAVE BEEN FREED FROM MOLLIE, AND THIS IS SO 00:14:00.87\00:14:04.91 IMPORTANT IS TO THINK THAT -- YOU HEAR THE 00:14:04.91\00:14:07.44 TERM -- WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND 00:14:07.44\00:14:12.48 TREMBLING. THAT HAS ALMOST LENT ITSELF TO 00:14:12.48\00:14:14.55 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT? 00:14:14.55\00:14:18.39 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO SAVE 00:14:18.39\00:14:23.79 YOU. BUT IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU. 00:14:23.79\00:14:27.13 >> AMEN. >> WHEN HE COMES IN, HE WHO HAS 00:14:27.13\00:14:31.57 BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL COMPLETE IT. 00:14:31.57\00:14:33.84 >> UH-HUH. >> I'M UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND 00:14:33.84\00:14:36.81 THE LORD HAS SAID TO ME, 1 JOHN 3. 00:14:36.81\00:14:40.78 IT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED WHAT YOU SHALL BE, BUT WE KNOW 00:14:40.78\00:14:44.85 WHEN HE IS REVEALED, WE KNOW, WE'LL BE LIKE HIM, BECAUSE WE'LL 00:14:44.85\00:14:49.35 SEE HIM LIKE HE IS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING 00:14:49.35\00:14:54.02 LIKE JESUS BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT IS WORKING. 00:14:54.02\00:14:56.89 >> AMEN. >> ONE MORE. 00:14:56.89\00:14:58.66 AND YOU ASKED A BUNCH OF PREACHERS SO -- 00:14:58.66\00:15:02.40 >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> 2 PETER 1:3-4. 00:15:02.40\00:15:11.71 AS HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO 00:15:11.71\00:15:16.64 LIFE AND GODLINESS, SO GOD HAS PROVIDED THOSE THINGS TO US, 00:15:16.64\00:15:21.18 THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND 00:15:21.18\00:15:26.19 VIRTUE, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN -- BY WHICH HAVE BEEN 00:15:26.19\00:15:30.56 GIVEN TO US, EXCEEDING GREAT AND-pPRECIOUS PROMISES THAT THROUGH THESE, YOU MAY BE 00:15:30.56\00:15:38.23 PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, SO YOU -- THE ABILITY TO BE A 00:15:38.23\00:15:43.41 PARTAKER OF THE DIVINE NATURE EXISTS. IT EXISTS BECAUSE OF 00:15:43.41\00:15:47.18 WHAT HAS DONE, HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE 00:15:47.18\00:15:50.35 WORLD THROUGH LUST. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO 00:15:50.35\00:15:53.42 IS FAMILIARIZE OURSELVES WITH THOSE PROMISES THAT ARE OURS. 00:15:53.42\00:15:56.99 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IF YOU ARE NOT READING THE 00:15:56.99\00:16:00.99 BIBLE AND PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE POSITION THROUGH CHURCH 00:16:00.99\00:16:04.79 ATTENDANCE, BIBLE STUDY, AND PRAYER TO KNOW WHAT IS 00:16:04.79\00:16:07.10 AVAILABLE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO CLAIM. 00:16:07.10\00:16:09.53 SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE GOT TO DO IS -- IS GO INTO THE 00:16:09.53\00:16:14.37 WORE, BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A BANK 00:16:14.37\00:16:17.31 ACCOUNT -- >> AMEN. 00:16:17.31\00:16:21.21 >> THAT YOU CAN DRAW FROM. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOUR 00:16:21.21\00:16:24.61 PIN NUMBER IS UNLESS YOU ARE READING THE WORD. 00:16:24.61\00:16:28.48 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING LIKE HOBOS AND 00:16:28.48\00:16:33.12 VAGABONDS, WHO ARE VERY, VERY RICH. 00:16:33.12\00:16:37.83 THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEIR PINS. ONCE YOU GET YOUR PIN, IT OPENS 00:16:37.83\00:16:42.46 UP THE RICHES AND THE POWER OF CHRIST. 00:16:42.46\00:16:45.03 >> AMEN. >> GOOD POINT. 00:16:45.03\00:16:46.53 >> WE WERE TALK EARLIER ABOUT HYACINTH AND HOW THE LORD HAS 00:16:46.53\00:16:51.71 PUT HER ON THE JOURNEY. GOD HAS SHOWN HER SOME NEW 00:16:51.71\00:16:55.68 TRUTH, AND AS YOU WERE ANSWERING THE QUESTION ON THE ASSURANCE OF 00:16:55.68\00:17:01.65 SALVATION, THE TELL PROMPTER POPPED UP AND SAYS HYACINTH IS 00:17:01.65\00:17:06.99 ON THE PHONE. ARE YOU THERE? 00:17:06.99\00:17:08.89 >> YES, I AM. >> WE ARE ON THE SET. 00:17:08.89\00:17:14.20 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. 00:17:14.20\00:17:18.47 >> NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS IN CHRIST. 00:17:18.47\00:17:22.60 >> TAKE US BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, MY SISTER. 00:17:22.60\00:17:24.74 I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN ON THE PHONE TO YOUR JOURNEY. 00:17:24.74\00:17:28.88 YOU STARTED WATCHING 3ABN. TELL US HOW YOU FIRST STARTED 00:17:28.88\00:17:34.05 WATCHING 3ABN, AND WHAT YOU FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT THE STATION? 00:17:34.05\00:17:38.45 >> AS A [ INAUDIBLE ] LOOKING FOR A CHRISTIAN CHANNEL, AND I 00:17:38.45\00:17:44.23 ACCIDENTALLY SAW 3ABN, WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF 00:17:44.23\00:17:48.26 BEFORE, AND THERE WAS A SINGER BY THE NAME OF JOHN LOMACANG AND 00:17:48.26\00:17:53.10 HE SANG SO GRACEFULLY, SO LOVELY, AND HE STOLE MY HEART. 00:17:53.10\00:18:00.08 I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SONG IS. 00:18:00.08\00:18:02.21 SO I SAID LET ME LISTEN. AND THEN PASTOR CA MURRAY CAME 00:18:02.21\00:18:10.12 ON AND SWEPT ME OFF OF MY FEET WITH HIS PREACHING. 00:18:10.12\00:18:14.32 SO I SAID I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS CHANNEL, I LOVE IT. 00:18:14.32\00:18:18.26 SO I KEPT LOOKING, LOOKING, LOOKING. 00:18:18.26\00:18:21.50 I LIKED THE PREACHING. I'M A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN, BUT 00:18:21.50\00:18:26.94 THE WAY 3ABN DISSECTS THE -SCRIPTURES, ESPECIALLY REVELATIONS, WHICH I HAD NO CLUE 00:18:26.94\00:18:34.58 OF, THE WAY THEY DISSECTED REVELATIONS IS SO FUNDA 00:18:34.58\00:18:40.82 FUNDAMENTAL -- PHENOMENAL. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS. 00:18:40.82\00:18:49.66 SO I SAID LET ME KEEP LOOKING AT [ INAUDIBLE ] AND DARE TO DREAM 00:18:49.66\00:18:56.30 WITH YVONNE LEWIS AND THE REST -- 00:18:56.30\00:19:01.94 >> SALVATION SYMBOLS AND SIGNS. >> AND I SAW JILL, AND KENNETH 00:19:01.94\00:19:12.61 COX AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, AND I AM SO BLOWN AWAY WITH THE 00:19:12.61\00:19:18.59 TEACHINGS. I REALLY THOUGHT SUNDAY WAS THE 00:19:18.59\00:19:22.72 RIGHT DAY TO WORSHIP, BUT WHEN THESE GUYS DISSECT THE BIBLE, I 00:19:22.72\00:19:27.56 SAID NO, NO, NO. I HAVE TO BE A SEVENTH-DAY 00:19:27.56\00:19:30.97 ADVENTIST SABBATH-KEEPING PERSON, BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT 00:19:30.97\00:19:33.87 THING TO DO. >> AMEN. 00:19:33.87\00:19:36.37 NOW YOU LIVE IN MARYLAND, RIGHT? >> YES, LIVE IN MARYLAND. 00:19:36.37\00:19:41.81 >> OKAY. AND HOW LONG WAS THIS -- THIS 00:19:41.81\00:19:44.21 WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED WATCHING 3ABN? 00:19:44.21\00:19:48.12 >> YES, ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND I NEVER STOPPED 00:19:48.12\00:19:54.12 WATCHING, BECAUSE EVERY DAY THERE WAS SOMETHING NEW AND 00:19:54.12\00:19:58.79 INTERESTING, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND REVEALING TO ME, SO I'M 00:19:58.79\00:20:03.20 HUNGRY AND THIRSTY NOW FOR 3ABN. >> AMEN. 00:20:03.20\00:20:05.73 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:20:05.73\00:20:07.24 I KNOW WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN YOU HAD SAID 00:20:07.24\00:20:11.24 I WANT TO BE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 00:20:11.24\00:20:13.98 I WANT TO JOIN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:20:13.98\00:20:16.34 SO TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 00:20:16.34\00:20:18.55 YOU WENT TO A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH; IS THAT RIGHT? 00:20:18.55\00:20:23.65 >> YES, I DID. I WENT TO THE 3ABN SEVENTH-DAY 00:20:23.65\00:20:27.76 ADVENTIST CHURCH IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I LOVE IT. 00:20:27.76\00:20:30.26 I TOOK MY GRANDBABY, WHO PRAYED -- WHO PRAYED THROUGH THE 00:20:30.26\00:20:40.14 CONGREGATION, WHO ASKED SOME BIBLICAL QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T 00:20:40.14\00:20:43.71 EVEN KNOW THAT SHE KNEW. WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY BY THE 00:20:43.71\00:20:49.28 TEACHINGS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:20:49.28\00:20:51.81 >> AMEN. AND HOW MANY WEEKS HAVE YOU 00:20:51.81\00:20:53.68 BEEN? I THINK YOU ARE 00:20:53.68\00:20:55.38 ATTENDING -- BECAUSE I SPOKE TO THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AND PUT 00:20:55.38\00:20:59.59 HIM IN TOUCH WITH YOU. BUT IT'S THE HAYATSVILLE 00:20:59.59\00:21:05.83 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN MARYLAND, CORRECT? 00:21:05.83\00:21:07.50 >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND HOW MANY WEEKS HAVE YOU 00:21:07.50\00:21:10.90 GONE TO THE CHURCH? >> TWO WEEKS. 00:21:10.90\00:21:13.64 TWO SABBATHS. >> AMEN. 00:21:13.64\00:21:15.94 >> AND I AM SO FILLED ALREADY. I'M FILLED. 00:21:15.94\00:21:19.24 I'M VERY EXCITED. I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED. 00:21:19.24\00:21:22.38 >> AMEN. >> I THINK WHAT IS SO 00:21:22.38\00:21:25.81 ENCOURAGING, HYACINTH IS THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT OF THE WORD. 00:21:25.81\00:21:29.52 YOU HEARD SOMETHING AND STUDIED IT OUT IN THE SCRIPTURES. 00:21:29.52\00:21:33.62 BECAUSE 3ABN, IT'S NOT OUR RELIGION, IT'S GOD'S RELIGION 00:21:33.62\00:21:38.33 THROUGH THE BIBLE. >> AMEN. 00:21:38.33\00:21:40.16 >> AND IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU THAT ARE 00:21:40.16\00:21:47.17 SEARCHING FOR TRUTH AND YOU HAVE ACCEPTED TRUTH. 00:21:47.17\00:21:50.14 AND IT MAY GO AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE MAYBE KNOWN 00:21:50.14\00:21:53.81 BEFORE, AND IT CAN BE HARD AT TIMES, BUT WE ARE PRAYING FOR 00:21:53.81\00:22:01.58 YOU. AND PASTOR MAYBE YOU CAN PRAY 00:22:01.58\00:22:04.22 FOR HYACINTH ON HER JOURNEY AND MANY LIKE HER. 00:22:04.22\00:22:07.56 >> SURE. LET'S PRAY.-pLOVING FATHER IN HEAVEN YOU SAID 00:22:07.56\00:22:11.33 THAT WHEN HE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH HAS COME, HE WILL LEAD US AND 00:22:11.33\00:22:15.20 GUIDE US INTO ALL TRUTH, AND LORD TODAY WE'RE SPEAKING TO A 00:22:15.20\00:22:18.50 SISTER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THE LEADING AND GUIDING OF YOUR HOLY 00:22:18.50\00:22:22.57 SPIRIT, AND FATHER THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS OF DIFFERENT 00:22:22.57\00:22:26.04 WALKS OF FAITH, DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS WHO LOVE YOU, 00:22:26.04\00:22:31.25 WHOSE HEART HAS TURNED TOWARD YOU, WHO HAS WORSHIPPED YOU AND 00:22:31.25\00:22:36.22 CONTINUE TO WORSHIP YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE OBTAINED 00:22:36.22\00:22:40.09 THUS FAR. BUT LIKE THE SEEKER WHO 00:22:40.09\00:22:42.99 CONTINUES TO ASK AND KNOCK AND SPEAK, I PRAY THAT AS YOU LEAD 00:22:42.99\00:22:47.46 HYACINTH AND MANY OTHERS, IN THE CONTINUED UNFOLDING OF YOUR 00:22:47.46\00:22:56.04 WORD. SO TAKE THESE SEEDS AND NOW 00:22:56.04\00:22:59.04 PLANT IT IN HYACINTH'S HEART, AND MAY THE FIRE CONTINUE TO 00:22:59.04\00:23:03.28 BURN SO BRIGHT THAT OTHERS MIGHT SEE THE GLORY OF GOD IN HER 00:23:03.28\00:23:07.08 LIFE, AND WOULD WANT TO WORSHIP THE LORD THAT SHE HAS UNDERSTOOD 00:23:07.08\00:23:11.29 AND HAS COME TO KNOW. TAKE THE TRUTH OF YOUR WORD, AND 00:23:11.29\00:23:15.56 THE YOU OF THE WORLD, AND JOIN THEM TOGETHER FOR SALVATION, SO 00:23:15.56\00:23:23.23 THAT WE MAY GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY FOR THIS MARVELOUS 00:23:23.23\00:23:29.77 GIFT. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 00:23:29.77\00:23:31.31 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:23:31.31\00:23:33.11 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:23:33.11\00:23:36.54 HERE WITH US, HYACINTH, AND KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU. 00:23:36.54\00:23:40.05 >> THANK YOU, AND I LOVE YOU GUYS JUST AS WELL. 00:23:40.05\00:23:43.55 KEEP THE GOOD WORKS UP. >> ALL RIGHT. 00:23:43.55\00:23:46.09 PRAISE THE LORD. >> WE HOPE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON 00:23:46.09\00:23:51.33 SOME DAY, HYACINTH. >> THANK YOU. 00:23:51.33\00:23:56.06 SAME HERE. >> THANK YOU, BYE-BYE. 00:23:56.06\00:23:58.20 >> THANK YOU, BYE-BYE. >> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT 00:23:58.20\00:24:03.84 THERE LIKE HYACINTH THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A CHURCH. 00:24:03.84\00:24:08.91 WE HAVE A PRAYER LINE THAT CAN HELP. 00:24:08.91\00:24:12.25 >> ABSOLUTELY, CALL THE PASTORAL DEPARTMENT -- 00:24:12.25\00:24:15.42 >> AND THEY WILL HELP YOU FIND -- 00:24:15.42\00:24:17.52 >> THEY WILL FIND A LOCAL CHURCH-FOR YOU, OR GO ONLINE AND JUST GOOGLE SEVENTH-DAY 00:24:17.52\00:24:23.43 ADVENTIST CHURCH IN YOUR AREA, AND YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION THERE, AND 00:24:23.43\00:24:27.40 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INTO A LOCAL CHURCH. 00:24:27.40\00:24:31.33 IT IS JUST VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR-YOU TO BE CONNECTED TO A 00:24:31.33\00:24:37.11 CHURCH FAMILY. >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR 00:24:37.11\00:24:39.61 STRENGTH, AND PUT DOWN YOUR ROOTS IS IN YOUR CHURCH -- IS IN 00:24:39.61\00:24:42.84 YOUR LOCAL CHURCH, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A ROO SYSTEM YOU 00:24:42.84\00:24:48.52 HAVE NO WAY TO GRAIN THE STRENGTH THAT YOU MUST HAVE TO 00:24:48.52\00:24:52.65 MAKE IT ON THE EARTH. >> AMEN. 00:24:52.65\00:24:54.82 >> AND IT GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE, AND IN 00:24:54.82\00:24:59.83 WORKING FOR OTHERS, YOU YOURSELF ARE BLESSED. 00:24:59.83\00:25:02.43 >> IT'S FUN ISN'T IT? >> YES. 00:25:02.43\00:25:04.67 >> WORKING FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ULTIMATELY. 00:25:04.67\00:25:08.54 >> AMEN. >> GOING BACK TO SOME MORE 00:25:08.54\00:25:11.27 QUESTIONS. THIS ONE HERE HAS TO DO WITH 00:25:11.27\00:25:13.38 KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS. IT SAYS IF WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE 00:25:13.38\00:25:19.08 WHY WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS. 00:25:19.08\00:25:21.88 THIS COMES FROM GORDON. GORDON THANK YOU. 00:25:21.88\00:25:24.45 IF WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE, WHY WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THE TEN 00:25:24.45\00:25:31.16 COMMANDMENTS. >> VERY QUICKLY. 00:25:31.16\00:25:33.29 COMMANDMENT KEEPING DOES NOT SAVE US. 00:25:33.29\00:25:35.90 AND WHEN PEOPLE SORT OF WASH THEIR FACE OF THAT, WE 00:25:35.90\00:25:39.33 UNDERSTAND THAT. JESUS SAYS -- HE DOES NOT SAY 00:25:39.33\00:25:43.17 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. HE SAYS IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY 00:25:43.17\00:25:49.91 COMMA COMMANDMENTS. 00:25:49.91\00:25:51.21 SO IT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 00:25:51.21\00:25:55.08 LORD. >> UH-HUH. 00:25:55.08\00:25:56.82 >> IF THE RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT EXIST, COMMANDMENT KEEPING 00:25:56.82\00:26:01.86 AVAILS YOU NOTHING. IT IS A RESPONSE TO A GOD THAT 00:26:01.86\00:26:04.33 HAS SAVED YOU. AND IT IS NOT GRIEVOUS, OR A 00:26:04.33\00:26:08.16 YOLK, IT'S JUST A LOVING RESPONSE TO A RELATIONSHIP THAT 00:26:08.16\00:26:11.73 EXISTS WITH THE LORD. >> AMEN. 00:26:11.73\00:26:14.57 AND TO CONTINUE IN JOHN 15, IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS YOU 00:26:14.57\00:26:22.98 WILL ABIDE IN MY FATHERS LOVE. JESUS WAS A COMMANDMENT KEEPER, 00:26:22.98\00:26:30.12 AND WE ARE TO IMITATE CHRIST. >> AND THE OTHER THING IS, TO 00:26:30.12\00:26:34.09 ME -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AGE OR MAYBE JUST FURTHER 00:26:34.09\00:26:37.93 REVELATION, BUT THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I WANT TO REFLECT ON 00:26:37.93\00:26:42.00 THE WORK JESUS IS DOING. BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE 00:26:42.00\00:26:45.50 LOOK AT THE COMMANDMENTS AS A WORK. 00:26:45.50\00:26:51.87 THE ONLY TIME THE WORD WORK APPEARS IN THE COMMANDMENT IS 00:26:51.87\00:27:01.42 WHEN IT SAYS THOU SHALL NOT WORK, REFERRING TO THE SABBATH. 00:27:01.42\00:27:07.19 BUT NOW IF CHRIST -- BECAUSE CHRIST KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS AND 00:27:07.19\00:27:11.83 CHRIST IS IN US -- NOW LET'S NUT TOGETHER. 00:27:11.83\00:27:17.33 HOW DO CHRIST ENTER YOU NOW AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO KEEP THE 00:27:17.33\00:27:32.71 COMMANDMENTS. A BIBLE PLAYER HITS A HEWN 00:27:32.71\00:27:35.65 WITHOUT A LOVE. HE PUTS ON THE GLOVE AND STILL 00:27:35.65\00:27:41.59 HITS HOME RUNS. IT IS CHRIST IN US, WORKING OUT 00:27:41.59\00:27:45.73 HIS WILL THROUGH US. >> AMEN. 00:27:45.73\00:27:48.33 >> SO THIS THING ABOUT COMMANDMENT KEEPING, JESUS SAYS, 00:27:48.33\00:27:56.81 LOOK AT THE 10 COMMANDMENT AND ASK THIS QUESTION, WHAT IS IT 00:27:56.81\00:28:04.45 ABOUT THE COMMANDMENTS THAT WE SHOULD NOT KEEP.-LET'S THINK OF 00:28:04.45\00:28:18.36 THEM. WHAT IS GRIEVOUS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? 00:28:18.36\00:28:21.83 >> YES. >> IT'S THE REMEMBER PART. 00:28:21.83\00:28:26.84 REMEMBER WHAT LUKE SAID, REMEMBER LOT'S LIFE. 00:28:26.84\00:28:30.61 REMEMBER WHAT SALOMON SAID, BUT FORGET WHAT GOD TODAY. 00:28:30.61\00:28:34.51 SO THE SABBATH, THE WORD ONLY COMES UP 99% OF THE TIME BECAUSE 00:28:34.51\00:28:42.18 THE WORD WORK IS IN IT. IF THE SABBATH WASN'T IN IT, 00:28:42.18\00:28:47.69 NOBODY WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT. 00:28:47.69\00:28:49.86 BUT DO WE AVOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH? 00:28:49.86\00:28:52.99 GOD FORBID WE ESTABLISH. ROMANS 3:31. 00:28:52.99\00:28:58.37 SO DO WE AVOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH? 00:28:58.37\00:29:02.60 GOD FORBID, YOU ESTABLISH IT. SO THE LAW IS NOT A PROBLEM, BUT 00:29:02.60\00:29:07.08 HERE IS THE ISSUE. BOY, ARE YOU READY FOR IT? 00:29:07.08\00:29:12.25 THE -- THE CARNAL MAN IS AT 'EM THATTY TO THE LAW OF GOD. 00:29:12.25\00:29:19.72 SO LET'S -- IF THE NATURES CHANGE BY CHRIST COMING IN, THEN 00:29:19.72\00:29:23.49 THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THE LAW. YET AS PAUL SAYS IN THE LAW OF 00:29:23.49\00:29:29.63 GOD. >> AMEN. 00:29:29.63\00:29:30.57 >> IT IS NOT A LEGALISTIC BURDEN. 00:29:30.57\00:29:34.24 IT'S A LIBERATING JOY. >> YEAH. 00:29:34.24\00:29:36.77 AND THE TEX AFTER THE ONE I QUOTED. 00:29:36.77\00:29:39.84 CHRIST SAYS HE WHO LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND I WILL SEND 00:29:39.84\00:29:45.01 YOU ANOTHER HELPER, SO YOU ARE NOT DOING IT ALONE. 00:29:45.01\00:29:49.18 IT'S BEING DONE THROUGH YOU, NOT TO YOU, NOT EVEN FOR YOU, BUT 00:29:49.18\00:29:54.79 DOING DONE THROUGH YOU. SO IT'S NATURAL TO LOVE CHRIST 00:29:54.79\00:29:57.83 AND THEN TO DO WHAT CHRIST ASKS US TO DO. 00:29:57.83\00:30:00.83 >> FIRST QUESTION AND SECOND QUESTION, SALVATION AND THE 00:30:00.83\00:30:05.33 COMMANDMENTS. SALVATION IS BY GRACE THROUGH 00:30:05.33\00:30:07.37 FAITH, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE SAVED WE ANNOUNCE HARMONY WITH THE LAW 00:30:07.37\00:30:13.07 OF GOD. LET'S SAY YOU GET PULLED OVER BY 00:30:13.07\00:30:16.68 THE POLICE. YOU BROKE THE LAW, BUT HE SAYS 00:30:16.68\00:30:19.95 I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO. THAT'S GRACE. 00:30:19.95\00:30:24.25 DOES THE GRACE GET RID OF THE SPEEDING LIMIT?-NOT AT ALL. 00:30:24.25\00:30:29.62 WHEN THE POLICE GIVES YOU GRACE, HE DOESN'T SAY SPEED AWAY. 00:30:29.62\00:30:33.29 HE SAYS SLOW IT DOWN. I'M LETTING YOU GO THIS TIME. 00:30:33.29\00:30:37.50 >> YES. >> THE LORD SAYS TO THE WOMAN 00:30:37.50\00:30:40.47 WHO WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO THIS TIME. 00:30:40.47\00:30:46.41 THAT'S THE GRACE OF GOD. THAT'S THE POWER OF GOD. 00:30:46.41\00:30:50.11 SALVATION IS NOT AN -- IS NOT AN ABARE GAGS, BUT A HARMONY WITH 00:30:50.11\00:31:01.72 GOD'S LAW. >> MOLLIE WHAT IS THE 00:31:01.72\00:31:05.43 DIFFERENCE? I KNOW YOU HAVE A WAY OF SAYING 00:31:05.43\00:31:08.33 IT? >> A MOLLIEISM. 00:31:08.33\00:31:10.90 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I DON'T THINK SO. 00:31:10.90\00:31:13.64 GRACE IS . . . GETTING WHAT YOU DON'T DESERVE. 00:31:13.64\00:31:18.54 >> UH-HUH. >> MERCY IS WE DON'T GET WHAT WE 00:31:18.54\00:31:22.74 DO DESERVE. >> SO LIKE A SPEEDING TICKET -- 00:31:22.74\00:31:25.58 >> LIKE A SPEEDING TICKET. >> IF I GET PULLED OVER FOR 00:31:25.58\00:31:29.68 SPEEDING, I DESERVE A TICKET. >> THAT'S MERCY. 00:31:29.68\00:31:33.19 >> SURE IS. >> AND GRACE. 00:31:33.19\00:31:34.96 THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE, BUT HIS MERCY. 00:31:34.96\00:31:38.39 I PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY. I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE, WELL, 00:31:38.39\00:31:44.00 AGAIN, MERCY IS YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. 00:31:44.00\00:31:47.07 WHAT DO WE DESERVE PAST FOR LOMACANG? 00:31:47.07\00:31:49.90 THAT WOULD BE ROMANS -- >> WE DESERVE DEATH. 00:31:49.90\00:31:55.04 >> YEAH. >> AND IN THE WAY -- BUT THANK 00:31:55.04\00:32:05.55 GOD FOR HIS MERCY, HE TOOK WHAT WE DESERVE. 00:32:05.55\00:32:08.66 SO WE DON'T HAVE TO -- WE DON'T HAVE TO DIE WHAT DEATH. 00:32:08.66\00:32:12.73 MATTER OF FACT, WHAT DO WE GET IN ITS PLACE? 00:32:12.73\00:32:15.23 WE GET TO SEE ETERNAL LIFE. >> AMEN. 00:32:15.23\00:32:18.13 >> THIS SALVATION THAT GIVES US ETERNAL LIFE, GIVES US A HOME 00:32:18.13\00:32:23.47 FOREVER IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL MIGHTY GOD. 00:32:23.47\00:32:26.14 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S WHAT WE GET ITS PLACE, 00:32:26.14\00:32:29.54 AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT MERCY -- 00:32:29.54\00:32:32.11 >> LIKE THAT. >> OH, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL 00:32:32.11\00:32:35.32 SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS THROUGH THE LORD'S 00:32:35.32\00:32:38.29 MERCIES WE ARE NOT CONSUMED. THROUGH HIS MERCIES WE ARE NOT 00:32:38.29\00:32:43.12 CONSUMED BECAUSE HIS COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT. 00:32:43.12\00:32:45.96 THEY ARE -- WHAT IS THE NEW PART? 00:32:45.96\00:32:49.16 >> EVERY MORNING. >> EVERY MORNING. 00:32:49.16\00:32:51.43 SO YOU CAN USE UP ALL OF THIS MERCY ONE DAY. 00:32:51.43\00:32:55.00 ALL OF THIS COMPASSION, AND YOU THINK I HAVE HAD MY LIMIT, HUH 00:32:55.00\00:33:00.71 NEW. EVERY MORNING THERE IS A WHOLE 00:33:00.71\00:33:02.91 NEW SUPPLY. >> AMEN. 00:33:02.91\00:33:04.65 WELL SAID, MOLLIE. >> I THINK YOU SAID IT ALL. 00:33:04.65\00:33:09.38 >> THIS ONE CAME IN FROM JEROME. HE SAID HE WATCHED LAST THURSDAY 00:33:09.38\00:33:16.36 NIGHT, AND HE SAID I HEAR DANNY ASK THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT 00:33:16.36\00:33:19.56 HAPPENS TO US WHEN OUR BODY DIES A PHYSICAL DEATH. 00:33:19.56\00:33:23.67 I THINK PASTOR JOHN STATED WE ARE JUST ASLEEP UNTIL THE 00:33:23.67\00:33:28.40 RESURRECTION. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IF THAT 00:33:28.40\00:33:30.71 IS TOTALLY TRUE, WHY WOULD THE CONVERSATION TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 00:33:30.71\00:33:35.98 ABRAHAM AND THE RICH MAN AFTER THE PHYSICAL DEATH, LUKE 16. 00:33:35.98\00:33:42.45 >> WHILE PASTOR IS TURNING, LET ME WEIGH IN. 00:33:42.45\00:33:46.15 >> SURE. GO FOR IT. 00:33:46.15\00:33:47.59 >> TWO THINGS, BIBLICAL PRINCIPAL. 00:33:47.59\00:33:51.73 THERE IS A PRINCIPLE CALLED HER 00:33:51.73\00:34:02.40 HERMMANUTICS. THERE ARE FIVE QUICK PRINCIPLES. 00:34:02.40\00:34:08.28 ONE IS YOU NEVER DEVELOP A DOCTRINAL PREMISE FROM A 00:34:08.28\00:34:15.42 PARABLE. A PARABLE IS A STORY GIVEN THAT 00:34:15.42\00:34:18.19 EXPLAINS YOUR BIBLE TRUTH, BUT YOU DON'T DEVELOP YOUR DOCTRINE 00:34:18.19\00:34:22.39 FROM A PARABLE. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE 00:34:22.39\00:34:25.86 WHAT THE BIBLE IS SAYING, YOU ASK FIVE QUESTIONS IN ONE, WHO 00:34:25.86\00:34:30.07 SAID IT? TWO, WHAT DID THEY SAY? 00:34:30.07\00:34:33.00 THREE, WHAT DID THEY MEAN? IT'S LIKE, I MAY SAY, JILL IS 00:34:33.00\00:34:38.01 OUT TO LUNCH AT 12:00. THAT MEANS JILL HAS LEFT HER 00:34:38.01\00:34:42.91 OFFICE AND IS HAVING BREAKFAST WITH HER HUSBAND. 00:34:42.91\00:34:48.42 AND AT NIGHT IF I SAY JILL IS OUT TO LUNCH. 00:34:48.42\00:34:53.02 THE CONTEXT IS CHANGED. SO IT'S WHAT DID I SAY? 00:34:53.02\00:34:58.39 AND WHAT DID I MEAN? SO WHO SAID IT? 00:34:58.39\00:35:03.03 WHAT DID HE SAY? AND WHAT DID HE MEAN? 00:35:03.03\00:35:06.00 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR PARABLE AND YOU APPLY 00:35:06.00\00:35:12.41 THAT PRINCIPLE, YOU WILL KNOW THIS IS NOT A COMMENTARY OF 00:35:12.41\00:35:16.68 CHRIST ON THE STATE OF THE DEATH. 00:35:16.68\00:35:18.65 >> THAT'S WELL SAID, PASTOR. >> YEAH. 00:35:18.65\00:35:20.82 >> I LIKE THAT. >> THIS FOR STORY IN LUKE 16, 00:35:20.82\00:35:26.15 COMES ON THE HEELS OF JESUS GIVING MANY PARABLES. 00:35:26.15\00:35:30.73 HE CONTINUED ONE PARABLE ABOUT ANOTHER. 00:35:30.73\00:35:33.13 AND THIS ONE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOST SON, 00:35:33.13\00:35:36.53 THE LOST COIN, THE LOST SHEEP. AND WHAT HE POINTED OUT HERE, 00:35:36.53\00:35:42.80 WHY LOST, LOST, LOST. HE WAS SPEAKING THESE PARABLES 00:35:42.80\00:35:49.08 TO A LOST PEOPLE. AND HE SHOWED THE PHARAOH IN 00:35:49.08\00:36:01.82 THIS PARTICULAR PARABLE, HE SAID IN VERSE 28, FOR -- AND FIRST OF 00:36:01.82\00:36:06.16 ALL, THE RICH MAN IS TALKING NOW. 00:36:06.16\00:36:09.36 HE SAYS, ABRAHAM SAID TO HIM, WHO HAD MOSES AND THE PROFITS? 00:36:09.36\00:36:15.87 THE JEWS THE PHARAOHSIES, AND THE PROFITS. 00:36:15.87\00:36:20.24 THEY HAD MOSES IN THE PROPHETS, AND THEY WOULDN'T TO HIM. 00:36:20.24\00:36:23.71 AND HE SAID, NO, FATHER ABRAHAM BUT IF ONE GOES TO THEM FROM THE 00:36:23.71\00:36:29.48 DEAD, THEY WILL REPENT AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID. 00:36:29.48\00:36:32.39 IN VERSE 31, BUT HE SAID TO HIM, IF THEY DO NOT HEAR MOSES AND 00:36:32.39\00:36:37.03 THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED ONE RISE FROM THE 00:36:37.03\00:36:42.43 DEAD. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN JESUS ROSE. 00:36:42.43\00:36:46.33 THEY WERE NOTER IS PARADED. THIS IS PARABLIC. 00:36:46.33\00:36:51.71 IF ONE RISE FROM THE DEAD, THEY STILL WOULDN'T LISTEN. 00:36:51.71\00:36:54.78 THESE ARE THE RICH MEN. WHY WERE THEY CALLED RICH? 00:36:54.78\00:36:58.08 BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL OF THE ORACLES OF TRUTH. 00:36:58.08\00:37:01.45 THE CRUMBS THAT FELL FROM THE TABLE. 00:37:01.45\00:37:03.59 THE LORD SAYS THE CRUMBS, PEOPLE ARE DESIRE EVEN THE CRUMBS YOU 00:37:03.59\00:37:08.46 HAVE. LET'S NAUGHT TO US TODAY. 00:37:08.46\00:37:10.19 IF THE LORD GIVES YOU TRUTH, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SHARE IT, 00:37:10.19\00:37:14.23 PEOPLE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE CRUMBS. 00:37:14.23\00:37:16.40 BUT THE THING THAT SHOWS IS EITHER THIS IS FULLY TRUE OR 00:37:16.40\00:37:21.64 THIS IS PARABLE. HERE IS WHY IT'S NOT TRUE. 00:37:21.64\00:37:25.74 CAN I QUENCH MOLLIE'S THIRST? IF I DIP MY FINGER IN A 00:37:25.74\00:37:35.55 PERFECTLY COOL ENVIRONMENT -- >> YEAH. 00:37:35.55\00:37:37.49 >> AND MOLLIE -- I SAY MOLLIE YOU THIRSTY? 00:37:37.49\00:37:41.76 JUST GIVE ME ONE DIP OF YOUR FINGER IN THAT WATER, AND IT 00:37:41.76\00:37:45.79 WILL QUENCH MY THIRST. BUT THIS, ACCORDING TO THE 00:37:45.79\00:37:49.26 PARABLE, HE IS IN FIRE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULDN'T EVEN 00:37:49.26\00:37:52.43 GET CLOSE TO THE FIRE. BUT THE SECOND REASON WHY IT IS 00:37:52.43\00:37:56.74 NOT TRUE IS BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME ETERNAL 00:37:56.74\00:38:01.28 PROPERTY ABOUT HIM TO BE IN THE FIRE. 00:38:01.28\00:38:03.98 THE LORD WAS TALKING ABOUT THE END JUDGMENT. 00:38:03.98\00:38:07.78 AND THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU ARE BURIED YOU ARE NOT BURIED IN 00:38:07.78\00:38:15.32 ABRAHAM'S BUSSOME. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. 00:38:15.32\00:38:21.90 THIS IS OUR FATHER'S WELL. THEY KEPT REFERS TO THE PROPHETS 00:38:21.90\00:38:27.04 AS THE MEANS OF SALVATION, AND THEY KEPT REJECTS JESUS. 00:38:27.04\00:38:37.31 SO LAZARUS DIED LATER ON. THE PA PARABLE IS TALK ABOUT THOSE 00:38:37.31\00:38:46.86 THAT ARE HOARDING THE TRUTH AND THOSE THAT WANT THE TRUTH. 00:38:46.86\00:38:50.83 AND THE LORD IS SAYING YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO MOSES AND THE 00:38:50.83\00:38:56.80 PROPHETS AND EVEN IF SOMEBODY ROSE YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO 00:38:56.80\00:38:59.67 THEM. AND BESIDE ALL OF THIS, HE SAID 00:38:59.67\00:39:02.54 THERE IS A GREAT GULF FIXED. SO NOW THIS IS THE QUESTION, IS 00:39:02.54\00:39:09.58 THERE SOMEPLACE -- THIS IS THE AMAZING PART THAT NOBODY CAN 00:39:09.58\00:39:13.88 EXPLAIN -- IS THERE A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE SAVED OVER HERE, 00:39:13.88\00:39:18.69 SAVED OVER HERE, AND THE LOST OVER HERE, AND THEY ARE TALKING 00:39:18.69\00:39:21.92 BACK AND FORTH. HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOIN OVER 00:39:21.92\00:39:24.16 THERE? IT'S KIND OF HOT, BUT I'LL MAKE 00:39:24.16\00:39:28.96 IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY WATER? 00:39:28.96\00:39:32.20 SURE. IF YOU DIP YOUR FINGER IN IT, 00:39:32.20\00:39:35.20 AND COME OVER HERE, I'LL BE JUST-FINE. DON'T BASE YOUR 00:39:35.20\00:39:40.64 BELIEF ON ONE TEXT, LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. AND LASTLY, THE 00:39:40.64\00:39:47.78 SOUL THAT SINNED, IT SHALL DIE. SO THERE'S NO SOUL HERE EITHER. 00:39:47.78\00:39:54.29 IT'S SIMPLY WHERE THE JEWS ARE, AND WHY THEY CONTINUED TO REJECT 00:39:54.29\00:40:03.70 JESUS. >> AND WE LOOKED AT DEATH LAST 00:40:03.70\00:40:06.13 WEEK, WHERE THIS QUESTION CAME FROM. 00:40:06.13\00:40:08.10 THERE IS -- THERE WAS A STORY IN JEWISH -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY 00:40:08.10\00:40:13.17 MYTHOLOGY, BUT IN HISTORY, CALLED THE RICH MAN AND 00:40:13.17\00:40:16.48 [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT WAS GENERALLY KNOWN BY ALL 00:40:16.48\00:40:20.28 JEWS. LIKE WE KNOW DISNEYLAND AND 00:40:20.28\00:40:22.35 THOSE KIND OF THINGS, YOU HAVE THIS STORY. 00:40:22.35\00:40:25.65 AND THE IDEA IS IF YOU LIVE WELL IN THIS LIFE, YOU ARE NOT GOING 00:40:25.65\00:40:29.29 TO LIVE WELL IN THE NEXT LIFE. AND CHRIST WAS DRAWING ON 00:40:29.29\00:40:33.36 THAT -- THAT -- THAT EXISTING STORY THAT EVERYBODY -- AND WE 00:40:33.36\00:40:36.63 DO THAT ALL THE TIME WHEN WE'RE PREACHING. 00:40:36.63\00:40:39.03 YOU'LL TAKE A STORY IN THE NEWSPAPER OR SOMETHING AND USE 00:40:39.03\00:40:42.74 IT AS AN ILLUSTRATION, BUT IT WAS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION TO GIVE 00:40:42.74\00:40:46.81 LIGHT TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND WE KNOW, BECAUSE IT COMES AT 00:40:46.81\00:40:50.05 THEN OF A SERIES OF PARABLES. IT'S JUST CHRIST LOOKING AT IT 00:40:50.05\00:40:54.85 FROM ANOTHER ASPECT. >> USING AN EXISTING STORY TO 00:40:54.85\00:40:57.89 SAY, OKAY, IF THIS IS TRUE, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? 00:40:57.89\00:41:01.02 >> PRECISELY. AND THAT'S WHY THE LORD SAID, 00:41:01.02\00:41:03.56 YOU BELIEVE THIS WAY, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS GOING TO BE. 00:41:03.56\00:41:07.96 THANK YOU PASTOR CA. WHAT YOU DO IN THIS LIFE WILL 00:41:07.96\00:41:11.40 DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT LIFE. 00:41:11.40\00:41:13.70 >> MOLLIE, YOU ARE OUR BOSS, TELL US TO BE QUIET. 00:41:13.70\00:41:20.54 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL ANSWERED. 00:41:20.54\00:41:21.94 >> YES. I WANT TO READ THIS. 00:41:21.94\00:41:23.58 THIS IS FROM MONICA. AND SHE SAYS ON READING THE 00:41:23.58\00:41:27.38 BIBLE I HAVE ON MORE THAN ONE -OCCASION COME ACROSS THE NOTION AS SHE PUTS IT, THAT GOD 00:41:27.38\00:41:33.99 HARDENED THEIR HEARTS, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BELIEVE, JOHN 00:41:33.99\00:41:39.19 12:40, ISAIAH 44:18. THIS HAS ALWAYS LEFT MY 00:41:39.19\00:41:45.20 PERPLEXES AS I UNDERSTAND THAT GOD WANTS TO BRING ALL TO 00:41:45.20\00:41:52.57 REPENTANCE AND RESISTANCE TO THE SAVIOR. 00:41:52.57\00:41:58.61 >> MOLLIE EITHER ONE OF YOU. >> YOU GO AHEAD. 00:41:58.61\00:42:06.45 >> KNOWTH NOT GOD FOR GOD IS LOVE. 00:42:06.45\00:42:09.49 GOD HAS ONLY ONE WAY OF DELING WITH HUMANITY, AND THAT IS 00:42:09.49\00:42:13.09 THROUGH LOVE. HE HAS NO OTHER WAY. 00:42:13.09\00:42:20.70 TAKE PHARAOH FOR INSTANCE, WHEN HE MEET PHARAOH, HE IS PASSING 00:42:20.70\00:42:25.31 AN ORDER FOR ALL YOUNG MEN TO BE KILLED. 00:42:25.31\00:42:29.68 GOD CANNOT CHANGE HIS DEALING WITH PHARAOH, BECAUSE ALL HE CAN 00:42:29.68\00:42:36.48 DO IS LOVE HIM. IF THAT LOVE FIXES YOU IN 00:42:36.48\00:42:40.86 YOUR -- I USE A $50 WORD HERE -- RECALCITRANCE, FIXES YOU 00:42:40.86\00:42:48.96 IN YOUR REBELLION, THEN GOD CAN DO NOTHING ELSE. 00:42:48.96\00:42:54.00 BECAUSE ALL GOD CAN DO IS LOVE YOU. 00:42:54.00\00:42:56.20 IT'S THE CONTENT OF THE HEART. THE SAME SUN THAT WARMS AND 00:42:56.20\00:43:01.28 MELTS ICE HARDENS CLAY. SAME SUN, IT SHINES ON BOTH, BUT 00:43:01.28\00:43:05.18 THE EFFECTS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL THAT IT 00:43:05.18\00:43:08.32 IS WORKING WITH. AND THAT IS THE WAY WITH US AS 00:43:08.32\00:43:11.32 HUMAN BEINGS. GOD CAN ONLY LOVE YOU. 00:43:11.32\00:43:14.32 HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. IF THAT LOVE AGGRAVATED YOU, OR 00:43:14.32\00:43:20.00 HARDENS YOU, YOU ARE KIND OF STUCK WITH THAT. 00:43:20.00\00:43:24.17 >> AMEN. >> PSALM 95:7 -- ACTUALLY 8 AND 00:43:24.17\00:43:36.24 9. DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART AS IN 00:43:36.24\00:43:41.25 THE DAY OF REBELLION, AS IN THE REBELLION. 00:43:41.25\00:43:46.12 THE LORD SAYS DON'T YOU HARDEN YOUR HEART. 00:43:46.12\00:43:51.56 THE REQUIRES ARE THE SAME. AND IT SAYS AS IN THE SOMEDAY OF 00:43:51.56\00:43:56.90 TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN YOUR FATHERS TESTED ME. 00:43:56.90\00:44:00.17 THEY PROVED ME, THOUGH THEY SAW MY WORK. 00:44:00.17\00:44:03.71 FOR 40 YEARS I WAS GRIEVED WITH THAT GENERATION, AND SAID IT IS 00:44:03.71\00:44:10.65 THE PEOPLE WHO GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEARTS, AND THEY DO NOT 00:44:10.65\00:44:14.05 KNOW MY WAYS, SO I SWORE IN MY WRATH THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY 00:44:14.05\00:44:20.76 REST. 40 YEARS HE WAS TRYING TO GET 00:44:20.76\00:44:22.96 THEM TO JUST DO RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU READ ISAIAH -- WHEN 00:44:22.96\00:44:27.96 YOU READ -- YEAH, ISAIH. ISAIAH TALKED ABOUT THAT SO 00:44:27.96\00:44:33.10 MUCH, THE REBELLIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE. 00:44:33.10\00:44:37.97 THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.-SO GOD DOESN'T HARDEN HEARTS. A CHILD THAT HARDENS HIS HEART 00:44:37.97\00:44:45.78 AGAINST A MOTHER OR DAD. IT AIN'T WHAT THE MOM SAID. 00:44:45.78\00:44:50.62 GO THROUGH THE GARBAGE OUT. I DON'T WANT TO THROW NO GARBAGE 00:44:50.62\00:44:56.46 OUT. THE DESPICABLE THING? 00:44:56.46\00:44:59.29 NO, THE CHILD DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT. 00:44:59.29\00:45:01.93 SO HIM, MOMMA IS GETTING ME UPSET. 00:45:01.93\00:45:04.70 NO, IT'S THE HEART THAT IS DECEITFUL. 00:45:04.70\00:45:08.47 GOD DOESN'T HAVE A DECEITFUL HEART, WE DO. 00:45:08.47\00:45:11.14 >> UH-HUH. MOLLIE AS I'M HEARING WHAT THESE 00:45:11.14\00:45:14.78 PASTORS ARE SAYING, IT'S REALLY OUR RESPONSE TO GOD'S LOVE. 00:45:14.78\00:45:20.28 DO I LET HIM MELT ME OR MAKE ME HARD. 00:45:20.28\00:45:24.79 HE IS NOT MAKING MY HEART HARD. IT'S MY RESPONSE TO HIS LOVE. 00:45:24.79\00:45:31.19 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT'S LIKE YOU INTERVIEWING 00:45:31.19\00:45:34.83 DOCTOR -- THE HEART SURGEON -- I'M HAVING A SENIOR 00:45:34.83\00:45:39.00 MOMENT HERE. >> MARCUM. 00:45:39.00\00:45:41.77 >> DR. MARCUM. HE SAYS STRESS IS A RESPONSE. 00:45:41.77\00:45:45.71 LIFE SENDS YOU CUES. YOUR RESPONSE IS STRESS. 00:45:45.71\00:45:50.58 IF YOU CAN WORK AT STAYING CALM AND NOT LETTING EVERYTHING 00:45:50.58\00:45:55.52 BOTHER YOU, IT WILL LOWER YOUR STRESS LEVEL. 00:45:55.52\00:45:59.25 GOD WILL SEND YOU CERTAIN CUES. YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE TO ACCEPT 00:45:59.25\00:46:03.66 THEM OR REJECT THEM AND CAUSE STRESS. 00:46:03.66\00:46:09.23 IN ISAIAH, WE SEE A GOD WHO IS ALMOST SKRITS -- SKITS FRIENDIC 00:46:09.23\00:46:25.51 TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING -- YOU HAVE GOT SAYING FROM NOW ON I'M 00:46:25.51\00:46:30.42 NOT LISTENING TO YOUR PRAYERS, I'M DONE WITH YOU. 00:46:30.42\00:46:33.12 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> OH, BY THE WAY, I LOVE YOU IN 00:46:33.12\00:46:37.63 HE IS ALMOST SCHIZOPHRENIC IN TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT 00:46:37.63\00:46:42.23 WILL GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF HIS LOVE, BECAUSE 00:46:42.23\00:46:45.07 ALL HE CAN DO IS LOVE YOU. WHEN YOU STARTED DATING JILL, 00:46:45.07\00:46:50.77 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN JILL RESPONDED TO YOU. 00:46:50.77\00:46:52.97 WHAT IF JILL WOULD HAVE SAID, I CAN'T BE BOTHERED BY YOU. 00:46:52.97\00:46:57.61 SO YOU TRY HARDER, BUY FLOWERS, CANDY, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. 00:46:57.61\00:47:02.85 AND JILL SAID I CAN'T BE BOTHERED BY YOU. 00:47:02.85\00:47:06.15 AFTER A WHILE YOU PICK UP YOUR TOYS, GO HOME, AND FIND SOMEBODY 00:47:06.15\00:47:13.70 ELSE. GOD HAS NOWHERE TO GO. 00:47:13.70\00:47:15.63 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HE CAN'T TURN AWAY BECAUSE HE 00:47:15.63\00:47:18.73 IS A PRISONER OF HIS OWN LOVE. ALL HE CAN DO IS LOVE YOU AND 00:47:18.73\00:47:23.87 LOVE YOU AND LOVE YOU, AND IF THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND GLAD 00:47:23.87\00:47:29.54 PRAISE GOD, BUT IF HE DOES NOT CHANGE, IT'S BECAUSE HE CAN'T 00:47:29.54\00:47:34.85 CHANGE. >> RIGHT NOW, STUDYING THE HOLY 00:47:34.85\00:47:38.79 SPIRIT AND THE LESSON THIS WEEK IS ON GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:47:38.79\00:47:43.12 AND RESISTING THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THEREIN IS OUR HEART HARDEN. 00:47:43.12\00:47:53.00 THE HOLY SPIRIT NUMBER 1 PURPOSE IS INITIALLY TO CONVICT THE 00:47:53.00\00:47:57.51 WORLD OF SIN. >> AMEN. 00:47:57.51\00:47:59.14 >> AND ONCE HE HAS CONVICTED THE WORLD OF SIN, WHAT IS HIS NEXT 00:47:59.14\00:48:04.01 NUMBER 1 PURPOSE THEN FOR THE CHRISTIAN? 00:48:04.01\00:48:08.05 IT'S SANCTIFICATION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:48:08.05\00:48:10.15 >> SO WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WHOSE NUMBER 1 PURPOSE IS TO 00:48:10.15\00:48:15.06 LOVE YOU AND DRAW YOU. >> AMEN. 00:48:15.06\00:48:17.26 >> AND YOU RESIST. AND HE LOVES YOU AND DRAWS YOU 00:48:17.26\00:48:22.23 AND YOU RESIST, AND EVERY TIME YOU RESIST, YOUR HEART GETS 00:48:22.23\00:48:27.30 HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER, AND SO AT SOME POINT, YOU CAN 00:48:27.30\00:48:32.87 PUT YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE OF NO RETURN. 00:48:32.87\00:48:35.74 BOY, THAT IS HARD TO DO. GOD LOVES YOU. 00:48:35.74\00:48:39.85 THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES YOU. DRAWING ON DRAW AND LOVING YOU. 00:48:39.85\00:48:45.32 BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOUR HEART HAS BECOME HARDENED 00:48:45.32\00:48:49.46 BECAUSE YOU CONTINUALLY RESISTED. 00:48:49.46\00:48:53.50 IT'S LIKE -- THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT 00:48:53.50\00:48:57.57 HOKING IN THE SPRING, YOU GET TO YOUR HO OUT, AND YOU START 00:48:57.57\00:49:07.64 HOKING, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR HANDS IT STARTS BLISTERING. 00:49:07.64\00:49:13.95 AND THAT CALLUS GETS HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER. 00:49:13.95\00:49:18.52 >> WELL SAID. >> SO IF YOU ARE SENSING 00:49:18.52\00:49:21.52 HARDNESS IN YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW, WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET RID 00:49:21.52\00:49:25.36 OF THE CALLUSES IN THE SPRING? YOU POUR IN THE OIL. 00:49:25.36\00:49:30.90 I'M LIKENING THIS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:49:30.90\00:49:34.44 POWER IN THAT OIL FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, AND 00:49:34.44\00:49:38.57 LET MY HEART WHERE THERE'S CALLUSES BE SOFTENED, BECAUSE 00:49:38.57\00:49:42.78 ALTHOUGH GOD DOESN'T HARDEN YOUR HEART, YOUR HEART CAN BECOME -HARDENED, SO OUR PRAYER IS THAT 00:49:42.78\00:49:49.35 THERE WILL BE A SOFTENING OF YOUR HEART SO YOU CAN RESPOND TO 00:49:49.35\00:49:54.86 THE SPIRIT OF GOD. >> MOLLIE WHEN I PLAYED BIBLE IN 00:49:54.86\00:50:01.93 HIGH SCHOOL, WE BROUGHT BRAND NEW GLOVES AND WE WRAPPED THEM 00:50:01.93\00:50:05.90 IN OIL, AND TAPED IT SHUT -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:50:05.90\00:50:08.67 >> WITH THE BALL IN IT. >> WITH THE BALL IN IT. 00:50:08.67\00:50:11.87 BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUY A GLOVE IN THE STORE, IT'S HARD AS ALL GET 00:50:11.87\00:50:15.88 OUT. BUT YOU PUT A CERTAIN OIL ON IT 00:50:15.88\00:50:18.75 AND WRAP IN, AND THEN YOU ARE READY FOR THE SEASON. 00:50:18.75\00:50:22.38 BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO OIL THAT THING IN PREPARATION FOR IT. 00:50:22.38\00:50:26.02 THE HARDENING PROCESS. YOU SET IT UP SO WELL. 00:50:26.02\00:50:31.73 HEBREWS 3. HOW DOES THE HEART GET HARD. 00:50:31.73\00:50:36.53 VERSUS 12. BE WARE BRETHREN LES THERE BE IN 00:50:36.53\00:50:42.80 ANY OF YOU AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF. 00:50:42.80\00:50:50.91 FIRST STEP TO HARD HEART IS UNBELIEF.-YOU BECOME AN 00:50:50.91\00:50:56.52 UNBELIEVER. VERSUS 13, BUT EXSORT ONE ANOTHER DAILY, WHILE 00:50:56.52\00:51:02.42 IT IS STILL CALLED TODAY. LEST ANY OF YOU BE HARDENED 00:51:02.42\00:51:06.73 THROUGH THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN. 00:51:06.73\00:51:10.30 UNBELIEF AND -- SIN NEVER DELIVERS WHAT IT PROMISES, BUT 00:51:10.30\00:51:13.54 YOU KEEP GOING ON THAT PATH AND AFTER A WHILE -- YOU KNOW WHAT 00:51:13.54\00:51:17.64 HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO A STORE WHERE THERE ARE NO SALES, YOU 00:51:17.64\00:51:24.15 DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE. AFTER A WHILE YOU SAY I'M DONE. 00:51:24.15\00:51:28.38 AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE TODAY SAY -- I DON'T WANT TO GET ON 00:51:28.38\00:51:34.02 LADIES, BUT LET ME JUST SAY WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE OVER 00:51:34.02\00:51:37.06 AND OVER AND OVER, YOU START WHITEWASHING. 00:51:37.06\00:51:40.36 I DON'T BELIEVE IN RELIGION. THEY DON'T TELL THE TRUTH. 00:51:40.36\00:51:43.16 BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THE TRUTH, THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES IN. 00:51:43.16\00:51:47.64 AND EVEN THE HARDEST HEART, I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE STILL LIFE 00:51:47.64\00:51:50.71 THE LORD CAN SOFTEN THAT. AND THAT'S WHY HE SAYS WE HAVE 00:51:50.71\00:51:55.18 BECOME PARTAKERS OF CHRIST IF WE HOLD THE BEGINNING OF OUR 00:51:55.18\00:52:01.15 CONFIDENCE STEADFAST TO THE END. THE BEST TIME TO RESPOND TO GOD 00:52:01.15\00:52:04.52 IS TODAY. >> IS TODAY. 00:52:04.52\00:52:06.49 >> DON'T PUT IT OFF, BECAUSE IT WILL GET HARD. 00:52:06.49\00:52:10.19 YOU KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU GET SO HARD, YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY, AND 00:52:10.19\00:52:14.10 THE LORD IS STILL PATIENT WITH US. 00:52:14.10\00:52:16.97 SO DON'T HARDEN YOUR HEART OR TRY TO PLAY WITH SIN. 00:52:16.97\00:52:20.84 >> A PREACHER AND A MICROPHONE -- 00:52:20.84\00:52:23.00 >> OH, MAN. >> WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES 00:52:23.00\00:52:27.14 LEFT. >> I'LL LET US GO ON. 00:52:27.14\00:52:29.84 >> LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? 00:52:29.84\00:52:34.05 >> SURE. I KNOW GOD IS DELAYING HIS 00:52:34.05\00:52:37.05 COMING SO OTHERS CAN BE SAVED. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT MORE 00:52:37.05\00:52:41.82 PEOPLE WILL BE LOST BECAUSE THE WORLD POPULATION IS INCREASING 00:52:41.82\00:52:45.73 FASTER THAN PEOPLE ARE COMING TO HIM. 00:52:45.73\00:52:47.40 WHY THE DELAY? I COULD ACCEPT ETERNAL LOSS IF 00:52:47.40\00:52:52.13 IT WOULD PUT AN END TO THE SUFFERING AND EVIL THAT PEOPLE 00:52:52.13\00:52:56.14 EXPERIENCE. SO MAXINE IS ASKING WHY IS JESUS 00:52:56.14\00:52:59.17 DELAYING HIS COMING? >> BECAUSE HE IS NOT WILLING 00:52:59.17\00:53:01.74 THAT ANY SHOULD PARRISH? BECAUSE GOT SO LOVED THE WORLD, 00:53:01.74\00:53:05.95 EVEN THOUGH MORE ARE COMING, GOD WANTS THEM ALL TO BE SAVED. 00:53:05.95\00:53:10.05 THAT IS AN INDICTMENT ON THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. 00:53:10.05\00:53:14.12 IF THERE ARE MORE COMING THAN CAN BE REACHED THEN CHRISTIANS 00:53:14.12\00:53:18.06 NEED TO GET ON THEIR HORSE AND GET GOING. 00:53:18.06\00:53:21.60 BECAUSE GOD WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED. 00:53:21.60\00:53:23.80 >> MOLLIE. >> AND DO WE NOT BELIEVE THERE 00:53:23.80\00:53:29.27 THERE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT AND TIMELY REVIVAL. 00:53:29.27\00:53:34.94 THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS IT WILL HAPPEN, AND I BELIEVE THAT. 00:53:34.94\00:53:38.45 >> AND WE CONTINUE TO PREACH THAT GOSPEL, GOD'S GOSPEL, THE 00:53:38.45\00:53:43.02 BIBLE AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL MORE SOULS TO BE 00:53:43.02\00:53:47.16 WON. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:53:47.16\00:53:48.82 >> I USED TO BE FEARFUL AS THAT AS A EVANGELIST, UNTIL I READ 00:53:48.82\00:53:54.76 THIS TEXT. THIS IS THE TEXT. 00:53:54.76\00:53:57.47 HOW WE R WE SAVED BY WHAT? >> GRACE. 00:53:57.47\00:54:02.84 >> TITUS 2:11, FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION HAS 00:54:02.84\00:54:10.48 APPEARED TO ALL MEN. NOBODY -- 00:54:10.48\00:54:11.85 >> ALL MEN. >> -- IS GOING TO BE LOST 00:54:11.85\00:54:14.22 WITHOUT THE GRACE OF GOD APPEARING TO THEM. 00:54:14.22\00:54:16.45 NOT -- THEY MAY NOT HAVE A 32-PART EVANGELISTIC SERIES, BUT 00:54:16.45\00:54:24.26 THE THIEF ON THE CROSS DIDN'T NEED THAT. 00:54:24.26\00:54:26.90 HE'LL BE IN THE KINGDOM WHEN THE LORD COMES. 00:54:26.90\00:54:29.66 AMEN? >> AMEN. 00:54:29.66\00:54:30.73 >> SO DON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT THE NUMBERS. 00:54:30.73\00:54:34.47 THAT'S GOD'S JOB. WHEN GOD PRESENTS YOU WITH THE 00:54:34.47\00:54:38.01 OPPORTUNITY, RESPOND TO THAT. NOBODY WILL BE LOST WITHOUT 00:54:38.01\00:54:40.98 HAVING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED. 00:54:40.98\00:54:43.58 >> AMEN. >> WHEN WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT 00:54:43.58\00:54:48.08 CALLED THE 7TH DAY -- [ INAUDIBLE ] THERE ARE 00:54:48.08\00:54:52.29 REPORTS OF APPEARANCES OF THE LORD TO ESKIMOS AND PEOPLE WHO 00:54:52.29\00:54:57.39 WOULD NOT OTHERWISE -- GOD IS NOT LIMITED TO -- JUST BECAUSE 00:54:57.39\00:55:01.10 WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD IS LOST. 00:55:01.10\00:55:05.43 GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. AND IF HE CAN HE WILL SEND 00:55:05.43\00:55:09.14 SOMEBODY THERE TO TALK TO THEM. BUT IF THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE GOD 00:55:09.14\00:55:13.34 WILL TALK TO THEM HIMSELF. THERE ARE TOO MANY INSTANCES 00:55:13.34\00:55:17.81 WHERE WE HAVE SEEN GOD USE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES BECAUSE 00:55:17.81\00:55:21.28 HE IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PARRISH. 00:55:21.28\00:55:24.92 >> AND LET'S ALL MAKE YOURSELF WILLING FOR GOD TO USE US. 00:55:24.92\00:55:29.62 AND THAT WE WILL BE THAT WITNESS TO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THAT 00:55:29.62\00:55:34.30 MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS. >> AMEN. 00:55:34.30\00:55:36.60 >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS QUESTION CLOSE IS TO HAVE YOU 00:55:36.60\00:55:40.60 PRAY, PASTOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY QUESTIONS, AND 00:55:40.60\00:55:43.67 THAT TELLS US THAT THERE ARE MANY SEARCHING SOULS OUT THERE. 00:55:43.67\00:55:48.14 BY OPENING GOD'S WORD, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THIS EVENING, YOU 00:55:48.14\00:55:54.05 CAN'T GO WRONG, BECAUSE GOD'S WORD IS FULL OF TREASURES. 00:55:54.05\00:55:59.02 >> AMEN. >> AND GOD WON'T LEAD YOU 00:55:59.02\00:56:02.49 ASTRAY. BUT I WANT TO THANK YO MOLLIE 00:56:02.49\00:56:05.63 FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, THANK YOU PASTOR JOHN, AND IT'S 00:56:05.63\00:56:12.07 A BLESSING TO MINISTER TOGETHER WITH YOU AND ALL OF YOU AT HOME. 00:56:12.07\00:56:15.50 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. LET'S GO OUT, PASTOR CA AND PRAY 00:56:15.50\00:56:21.11 FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME. >> FATHER GOD WE KNOW AND 00:56:21.11\00:56:24.31 UNDERSTAND OF YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR ALL HUMANITY. 00:56:24.31\00:56:27.88 WE DO NOT FEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOD WILL SAVE SUCH AS 00:56:27.88\00:56:32.15 SHOULD BE SAVED. MAY THOSE OF US WHO KNOW JESUS 00:56:32.15\00:56:35.76 AND WHO NAME THE NAME OF JESUS DO ALL WE CAN TO LEAVE NO STONE 00:56:35.76\00:56:41.30 UNTURNED IN THE SALVATION OF THE SOULS OF MEN AND WOMAN, MAY WE 00:56:41.30\00:56:44.97 DO OUR PART AND TRUST YOU IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD DOETH ALL 00:56:44.97\00:56:51.11 THINGS WELL.-NO ONE WILL BE LOST, NO ONE WILL SLIP THROUGH 00:56:51.11\00:56:59.81 THE CRACKS WHO GOD WANTS TO BE SAVED. LET THIS MINISTRY DO ITS 00:56:59.81\00:57:04.72 PART IN LIFTING UP THE NAME OF JESUS. MAY WE JOIN HANDS 00:57:04.72\00:57:08.79 TOGETHER WITH OUR SAVIOR, IN SAVING OTHERS SUCH AS SHOULD BE 00:57:08.79\00:57:13.90 SAVED. AND WE THANK YOU FATHER, IN JESUS NAME. 00:57:13.90\00:57:18.13 AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:57:18.13\00:57:18.77 ¤ 00:57:18.77\00:57:20.24