>>> HELLO, AND WELCOME BAK TO 3ABN LIVE, BIBLE QUESTIONS AND 00:00:10.21\00:00:16.41 ANSWERS, AND IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST HOUR -- OH, CAN I SAY 00:00:16.41\00:00:20.58 SHAME ON YOU? [ LAUGHTER ] 00:00:20.58\00:00:22.05 >> BLESS YOUR HEART. >> BLESS YOUR HEART. 00:00:22.05\00:00:24.52 >> GET THE TAPE AND WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE. 00:00:24.52\00:00:27.02 >> THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT FLEW BY. 00:00:27.02\00:00:29.66 IT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING, AND JUST A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO 00:00:29.66\00:00:32.76 OPEN GOD'S WORD. WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON QUESTIONS. 00:00:32.76\00:00:38.40 I THINK WE GOT TO THREE OR FOUR -- 00:00:38.40\00:00:40.30 >> THREE. >> SOMETIMES WHEN THESE 00:00:40.30\00:00:42.17 QUESTIONS ARE ASKED, YOU JUST CAN'T ANSWER THEM IN TWO OR 00:00:42.17\00:00:46.61 THREE MINUTES. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT 00:00:46.61\00:00:49.84 EVERYONE TOOK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST QUESTION TO REALLY OPEN 00:00:49.84\00:00:54.22 GOD'S WORD AND GIVE US HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:00:54.22\00:00:58.35 SO PLEASE FORGIVE US, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET TO MORE 00:00:58.35\00:01:02.29 QUESTIONS THE SECOND HOUR. BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS 00:01:02.29\00:01:05.19 JOINING US ON OUR SET. >> WE HAVE. 00:01:05.19\00:01:07.50 WE TRADED OUT PASTOR KENNY WITH SISTER SHELLEY QUINN. 00:01:07.50\00:01:12.70 SHELLEY IT IS A JOY AN PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU HERE.-YOU ARE A 00:01:12.70\00:01:18.97 SPEAKER AND ALSO A WOMAN OF GOD AND A WOMAN OF THE WORLD, AND AS 00:01:18.97\00:01:22.98 WE DO THESE BIBLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE 00:01:22.98\00:01:27.65 YOU HERE, ALONG WITH PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG AND PASTOR CA MURRAY. 00:01:27.65\00:01:31.82 >> AND SHELLEY JUST GOT BACK FROM SOME EVANGELISM AS WELL. 00:01:31.82\00:01:37.06 >> AMEN. >> IT'S A BLESSING ISN'T IT? 00:01:37.06\00:01:40.90 >> OH, IT'S MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. 00:01:40.90\00:01:44.57 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CROAKY CHOICE. 00:01:44.57\00:01:48.04 THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH LOVED ME SO MUCH, THEY SHARED WHAT THEY 00:01:48.04\00:01:51.21 HAD. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:01:51.21\00:01:51.87 >> SO A LITTLE VIRAL INFECTION GOING ON. 00:01:51.87\00:01:54.98 >> THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US. 00:01:54.98\00:01:57.98 SHOULD WE START OFF WITH QUESTIONS? 00:01:57.98\00:02:00.32 >> LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN TO SOME QUESTIONS. 00:02:00.32\00:02:03.32 THIS ONE IS ON PRAYER. THIS IS FROM SHERMILLIA, I 00:02:03.32\00:02:12.39 BELIEVE. HOW DO I PRAY? 00:02:12.39\00:02:15.00 DO I PRAY ONCE FOR SOMETHING AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD DOES, OR DO 00:02:15.00\00:02:20.10 I PRAY EVERY DAY UNTIL I GET IT? >> THE FIRST SCRIPTURE THAT 00:02:20.10\00:02:26.61 COMES TO MY MIND IS LUKE 11:9. KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE 00:02:26.61\00:02:32.31 OPENED TO YOU. AND THESE ARE LINEAR VERBS, THEY 00:02:32.31\00:02:38.72 ARE IMPERFECT TENSE. THE BETTER TRANSLATION IS JESUS 00:02:38.72\00:02:45.39 SAID ASK AND KEEP ON ASKING, KNOCK AND KEEP ON KNOCKING AND 00:02:45.39\00:02:49.93 IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. AND I KNOW YOU ALSO THINK OF 00:02:49.93\00:02:53.64 LUKE -- WHAT IS IT -- 18 ABOUT THE PERSISTENT INDIVIDUAL WIDOW. 00:02:53.64\00:03:01.64 SO THERE JESUS IS GIVING THE EXAMPLE. 00:03:01.64\00:03:04.31 I BELIEVE IT'S WONDERFUL TO KEEP ON PRAYING UNTIL YOU RECEIVE IT 00:03:04.31\00:03:08.22 OR UNTIL YOU HAVE THE ANSWER. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT YOU 00:03:08.22\00:03:12.82 GET THE ANSWER THAT YOU WANT. BUT YOU KEEP PRAYING IT. 00:03:12.82\00:03:16.12 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE FEEL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN AN ANSWER, 00:03:16.12\00:03:21.20 LIKE WHEN HE HEALED ME FROM THE VERTIGO, I KNEW THAT GOD WAS 00:03:21.20\00:03:25.93 HEALING ME. SO AFTER MONTHS OF PRAYING, IT 00:03:25.93\00:03:29.50 BECAME THEN I PRAYED, BUT IT WAS WITH THANKSGIVING THAT I WAS 00:03:29.50\00:03:33.24 THANKING HIM FOR THE HEALING. >> AMEN. 00:03:33.24\00:03:36.04 >> I HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT A CONVOLUTED ANSWER. 00:03:36.04\00:03:39.75 >> NO, GOOD ANSWER. >> AND FIRST THESSALONIANS 5:17 00:03:39.75\00:03:48.16 PRAY WITHOUT [ INAUDIBLE ]. PRAYER DOESN'T CHANGE GOD. 00:03:48.16\00:03:52.16 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE HAS THOUGHTS ABOUT US. 00:03:52.16\00:03:54.00 THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL TO GIVE US A FUTURE AND 00:03:54.00\00:03:57.87 HOPE. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, 00:03:57.87\00:04:00.54 THAT -- A FEW WEEKS AGO, MY WIFE AND I AT THE RED LIFE THAT TEXT 00:04:00.54\00:04:05.87 CAME TO OUR MINDS, AND WE STARTED TO REPEAT IT TOGETHER. 00:04:05.87\00:04:09.44 AND IT WAS LIKE GOD WAS IN THE CAR WITH US. 00:04:09.44\00:04:12.45 AND TEARS CAME TO OUR EYES AND WE SAID, CAN YOU IMAGINE GOD HAS 00:04:12.45\00:04:18.02 THOUGHTS TOWARDS US. HE KNOWS OUR FUTURE. 00:04:18.02\00:04:26.49 EVEN IF WE PRAY ABOUT IT, HE IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US LESSER THAN 00:04:26.49\00:04:31.17 WHAT HE KNOWS IS BEST FOR US. SO YOU CAN PRAY ALL DAY LONG, 00:04:31.17\00:04:37.54 BUT IF YOU DON'T PRAY, HE SAYS ASK ACCORDING TO MY WILL -- AND 00:04:37.54\00:04:43.68 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS HE IS NOT WILLING FIRST OF ALL ANYBODY 00:04:43.68\00:04:49.65 PARISHES, AND HE WANTS US TO GIVE THANKS IN THE WILL OF GOD, 00:04:49.65\00:04:54.42 AND CHRIST JESUS, GIVE HIM THANKS NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. 00:04:54.42\00:04:57.76 BUT THEN BE COMFORTED IN THIS FACT, THAT WHEN YOU ASK GOD FOR 00:04:57.76\00:05:02.03 ANYTHING, HE NEVER GIVES YOU LESS THAN WHAT YOU ASK FOR. 00:05:02.03\00:05:07.30 HE ALWAYS ANSWERS IT BETTER THAN YOU PRAYED IT. 00:05:07.30\00:05:10.71 >> BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 00:05:10.71\00:05:14.38 >> WOULD A PARNT GIVE A CHILD LESS THAN WHAT WOULD BRING JOY 00:05:14.38\00:05:18.51 TO THEIR HEARTS? NO. 00:05:18.51\00:05:20.35 THEY GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE THEM EXUBERANCE. 00:05:20.35\00:05:24.39 BUT IT IS ALWAYS IN HARMONY WITH WHAT THE PARENT KNOWS BEST FOR 00:05:24.39\00:05:27.86 THE CHILD. >> AMEN. 00:05:27.86\00:05:29.72 >> YEAH. >> SUCCESS WITH GOD, THE PATTERN 00:05:29.72\00:05:34.00 SEEMS TO BE -- CONTINUE ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT JOHN 15, THE 00:05:34.00\00:05:39.17 ABIDE CHAPTER. THE IDEA ONE AND DONE IS 00:05:39.17\00:05:41.87 NOT -- IS NOT A SPIRITUAL THING. IT'S CONTINUAL WRESTLING WITH 00:05:41.87\00:05:48.71 GOD. AND OF COURSE WE ARE IN THIS 00:05:48.71\00:05:52.45 HAVE IT YOUR WAY BURGER KING KIND OF MENTALITY. 00:05:52.45\00:05:56.05 I TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH SO BE IT 00:05:56.05\00:06:00.72 UNTO YOU. IF A CHILD WANTS SOMETHING BAD, 00:06:00.72\00:06:05.06 THEY ARE ON YUR SKIRT, CAN I HAVE THIS, CAN I HAVE THIS, CAN 00:06:05.06\00:06:10.40 I HAVE? I SAW A WOMAN IN A STORE THAT 00:06:10.40\00:06:14.37 SAID DON'T LOOK AT NOTHING SO ASK FOR SOMETHING -- AND THAT 00:06:14.37\00:06:19.41 LASTED ABOUT TWO SECONDS. SO ASK AND KEEP ON ASKING, KNOCK 00:06:19.41\00:06:26.25 AND KEEP ON KNOCKING, SEEK AND KEEP ON SEEKING. 00:06:26.25\00:06:31.75 >> IT'S NOT LIKE GOD NEEDS TO BE REMINDED. 00:06:31.75\00:06:36.79 HE NEVER FORGETS. BUT REALLY IT'S FOR MORE US. 00:06:36.79\00:06:41.06 >> PRAYER AND PRAISE DOES NOT CHANGE GOD, BUT IT CHANGES US. 00:06:41.06\00:06:44.87 >> AMEN. >> I REMEMBER WHEN J.D. -- WE 00:06:44.87\00:06:48.94 WERE IN BIRMINGHAM, AND HE WAS SUFFERING FROM THE SEPTASEMIA, 00:06:48.94\00:07:03.35 AND THE DOCTOR KEPT COMING IN, SAYING HE COULD DIE AN MINUTE. 00:07:03.35\00:07:10.29 AND I WAS HAVING THESE GRASPY PRAYERS, BUT IT WAS WITHOUT 00:07:10.29\00:07:15.93 CEASING, AND WHEN I DID FINALLY -- ABOUT EIGHT DAYS INTO 00:07:15.93\00:07:20.00 IT. I REMEMBER I WENT BACK TO THE 00:07:20.00\00:07:22.10 ROOM ABOUT MIDNIGHT, AND JUST AS I EXPECTED THE DAM BROKE AND I 00:07:22.10\00:07:26.84 FELL TO PIECES, AND I'M SOBBING, BUT I HEARD MYSELF -- I HAD BEEN 00:07:26.84\00:07:33.65 PRAYING ALL ALONG, AND I HEARD J.D. TELL HIS BROTHER, IF IT'S 00:07:33.65\00:07:38.92 MY TIME TO GO, I'M READY, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER 00:07:38.92\00:07:42.89 TO THE LORD. AND AS I AM PRAYING TO GOD, 00:07:42.89\00:07:46.70 BEGGING FOR GOD TO SAVE J.D., ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THESE 00:07:46.70\00:07:51.17 WORDS COME OUT OF MY MOUTH. LORD YOU KNOW THE END FROM THE 00:07:51.17\00:07:55.27 BEGINNING, IF YOU WERE TO RAISE HIM UP AND SEE THAT HE WOULD 00:07:55.27\00:08:00.11 WALK AWAY FROM YOU, THEN TAKE HIM NOW. 00:08:00.11\00:08:03.01 AND IT SHOCKED ME WHEN I SAID IT, BECAUSE I SO DESPERATELY 00:08:03.01\00:08:07.25 DIDN'T WANT GOD TO TAKE HIM. BUT I KNEW GOD HAS HIS ETERNAL 00:08:07.25\00:08:13.05 BENEFIT IN MIND. AND I'M FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT IT 00:08:13.05\00:08:16.52 WAS ALL OF THESE GASPY PRAYERS THAT GOT GOD BROUGHT ME AROUND 00:08:16.52\00:08:24.37 TO WHERE I COULD SEE IF I LET GOD BE GOD, I'M GOING TO BE VERY 00:08:24.37\00:08:28.74 HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. AND THAT GAVE ME PEACE. 00:08:28.74\00:08:32.01 >> IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, PRAYER IS REALLY A FAITH WALK. 00:08:32.01\00:08:35.68 FAITH THAT HE IS HEARING AND LISTENING. 00:08:35.68\00:08:38.45 FAITH THAT HE IS GOING TO ANSWER IT THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 00:08:38.45\00:08:41.88 SOMETIMES I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING, AND I FEEL FREE TO 00:08:41.88\00:08:45.02 TELL GOD WHAT I WOULD LIKE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S TRUST. 00:08:45.02\00:08:49.26 FAITH AND TRUST, THE ANSWER PROVIDED, I HAVE TO TRUST THAT 00:08:49.26\00:08:52.89 GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I WOULD HAVE IT 00:08:52.89\00:08:57.03 NO OTHER WAY. AND ON THIS EARTH WE MAY NOT 00:08:57.03\00:09:02.24 KNOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS, BUT IN EVEN WE WILL KNOW. 00:09:02.24\00:09:06.07 >> HEBREWS 11:6. HE COMETH UNDER GOD MUST BELIEVE 00:09:06.07\00:09:11.51 HE IS, AND HE IS [ INAUDIBLE ] WHO SEEK HIM -- 00:09:11.51\00:09:16.85 >> DILIGENTLY. >> PRECISELY. 00:09:16.85\00:09:20.19 >> I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE SOURCE OF FAITH IS HEARING. 00:09:20.19\00:09:27.13 THE EXERCISE OF FAITH IS PRAYER. >> COME ON. 00:09:27.13\00:09:29.90 >> THAT'S PRAYER. >> I LIKE THAT. 00:09:29.90\00:09:31.80 >> AND -- AND THE GOAL OF FAITH IS GOD'S WILL. 00:09:31.80\00:09:35.40 >> AMEN. >> AND ROMANS 8:28 WE KNOW THAT 00:09:35.40\00:09:39.67 ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER. ROMANS 8:26 IS THE LEA IN TO 00:09:39.67\00:09:45.48 THAT. >> YES. 00:09:45.48\00:09:46.41 >> LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPS IN OUR WEAKNESSES. 00:09:46.41\00:09:51.52 >> AMEN. >> FORWE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE 00:09:51.52\00:09:55.92 SHOULD PRAY FOR. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:09:55.92\00:09:57.99 >> I'M PRAYING FOR THAT, AND LORD SAYS NO, THAT IS NOT WHAT 00:09:57.99\00:10:02.23 YOU SHOULD PRAYER FOR. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD 00:10:02.23\00:10:06.84 PRAY FOR AS WE OUGHT, BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKES 00:10:06.84\00:10:11.94 INTERCESSIONS FOR US. NOW HE WHO SEARCHES THE HEART 00:10:11.94\00:10:18.78 KNOWS WHAT THE CONCESSION IS. YOU ARE PRAYING, HOPING IT IS 00:10:18.78\00:10:23.05 THE WILL OF GOD, BUT THE SPIRIT KNOWS, THE FATHER KNOWS, AND THE 00:10:23.05\00:10:28.12 SON KNOWS, THAT IS NOT MY WILL. SO THE SPIRIT TAKES IT AND SAYS 00:10:28.12\00:10:33.96 THIS IS WHAT SHELLEY IS PRAYING ABOUT, BUT ANSWER IT ACCORDING 00:10:33.96\00:10:37.70 TO YOUR WILL. EVEN WHEN YOU PRAYED ABOUT J.D. 00:10:37.70\00:10:40.80 IF THAT IS THE DESIRE, BUT REALLY DEEP INSIDE, PLEASE DON'T 00:10:40.80\00:10:44.97 TAKE HIM NOW. YOU ARE ACQUIESCING TO GOD. 00:10:44.97\00:10:49.31 YOU ARE GOD. I'LL ACCEPT WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE. 00:10:49.31\00:10:53.18 >> GOD ANSWERS ALL PRAYER. >> AMEN. 00:10:53.18\00:10:55.28 >> I AGREE. >> HE ANSWERS ALL PRAYER. 00:10:55.28\00:10:58.82 SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS YES. SOMETIMES IT'S NO. 00:10:58.82\00:11:02.22 AND SOMETIMES IT'S LATER. BUT IF IT'S A SPIRITUAL REQUEST, 00:11:02.22\00:11:06.46 IT IS ALWAYS QUESTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I 00:11:06.46\00:11:11.13 HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHOSE GIVE ME GIVE ME GIVE ME. 00:11:11.13\00:11:15.34 I WANT A MOTORCYCLE MOMMA. I WANT A MOTORCYCLE. 00:11:15.34\00:11:20.21 I'M A GREAT PARENT AND I'M GOING TO SAY NO, YOU ARE TOO YOUNG FOR 00:11:20.21\00:11:25.11 A MOTORCYCLE. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. 00:11:25.11\00:11:27.32 SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE PRAY FOR THAT GOD RECOGNIZES 00:11:27.32\00:11:32.29 IT'S NOT FOR US. >> AND SOMETIMES YOR SPOUSE 00:11:32.29\00:11:35.29 RECOGNIZES IT AIN'T FOR YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:11:35.29\00:11:38.83 >> YEARS AGO I HAD A MOTORCYCLE WHEN WE LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS 00:11:38.83\00:11:41.43 OF CALIFORNIA. I WENT TO BUY A COMPUTER. 00:11:41.43\00:11:44.43 SHE SAID IT'S EITHER A COMPUTER OR YOUR MOTORCYCLE. 00:11:44.43\00:11:47.24 I SAID I THINK I CAN LIVE LONGER WITH A COMPUTER. 00:11:47.24\00:11:50.94 BUT THAT'S HOW GOD IS. AND ONE LAST THING. 00:11:50.94\00:11:53.94 PRAYER, THERE IS A PRAYER THAT GOD ALWAYS ANSWERS 00:11:53.94\00:11:57.41 IMMEDIATELY -- >> LORD SAVE ME. 00:11:57.41\00:11:58.85 >> LORD SAVE ME. >> AMEN. 00:11:58.85\00:12:01.62 >> THERE IS ONE PRAYER THAT WE KNOW GOD ANSWERS IMMEDIATELY. 00:12:01.62\00:12:06.45 THE CALL TO BE DELIVERED FROM SIN. 00:12:06.45\00:12:09.82 IT IS ANSWERED IMMEDIATELY. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE THE NEXT 00:12:09.82\00:12:14.56 QUESTION THERE -- >> NO, THIS IS GREAT. 00:12:14.56\00:12:16.87 >> PRAYER WITH SURRENDER. NOT MY WILL BUT YOUR WILL BE 00:12:16.87\00:12:21.50 DONE. AS WE SEE JESUS GOING TO THE 00:12:21.50\00:12:23.91 CROSS. GO AHEAD. 00:12:23.91\00:12:24.57 >> THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION HERE. THIS IS FROM A YOUNG PERSON. 00:12:24.57\00:12:30.31 SHE SAYS I'M FROM FLORIDA, AND I HAVE A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ON 00:12:30.31\00:12:34.25 MY MIND FOR QUITE SOMETIME. AS A YOUNG ADULT, I FEEL 00:12:34.25\00:12:42.36 ISOLATED IN MY CHURCH, THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE 00:12:42.36\00:12:46.39 AROUND MY AGE, AND THE CHURCH IS MOSTLY OF ONE NATIONALITY. 00:12:46.39\00:12:50.33 I DO FEEL I WANT TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER CHURCH. 00:12:50.33\00:12:55.37 FROM A BIBLICAL STANDPOINT, WHAT SHOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION I 00:12:55.37\00:13:00.24 SHOULD DO AS A YOUNG PERSON? SHE SAYS THANK YOU FOR THE 00:13:00.24\00:13:03.61 MINISTRY OF 3ABN. DO WE HAVE ANY ADVICE FROM THIS 00:13:03.61\00:13:09.75 YOUNG WOMAN AS TO WHAT SHE SHOULD DO. 00:13:09.75\00:13:11.72 >> I CAN'T THINK OF A SCRIPTURE, BUT I KNOW WHAT I WOULD TELL 00:13:11.72\00:13:18.23 HER. ABSOLUTELY GO TO WHERE YOU CAN -BE A PART OF THE WORD. 00:13:18.23\00:13:23.53 GO WHERE -- OF COURSE THE REASON WE GO TO CHURCH IS TO WORSHIP 00:13:23.53\00:13:28.37 GODS, BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT FELLOWSHIP AND FINDING A PLACE 00:13:28.37\00:13:33.34 WHERE YOU CAN EMPLOYEE YOUR TALENTS, SO I WOULD TELL HER 00:13:33.34\00:13:38.21 CERTAINLY TO SEEK OUT A CHURCH WHERE SHE IS GOING TO FEEL THAT 00:13:38.21\00:13:42.62 SHE CAN BEST SERVE THE LORD. CAN YOU THINK OF A SCRIPTURE? 00:13:42.62\00:13:45.82 >> I CAN'T. I AGREE WITH SHELLEY 00:13:45.82\00:13:49.36 WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND YET I DISAGREE WITH SHELLEY. 00:13:49.36\00:13:53.19 >> THAT'S A POLITE WAY OF SAYING THAT. 00:13:53.19\00:13:57.53 >> NO, I DO. I THINK YOU SHOULD -- CHURCHES 00:13:57.53\00:14:02.54 HAVE DIFFERENT FLAVORS AND WORSHIP STYLES. 00:14:02.54\00:14:05.61 AND I THINK YOU SHOULD GO WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. 00:14:05.61\00:14:09.28 BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN BEFORE YOU JUMP AND RUN, SEE IF THE LORD 00:14:09.28\00:14:14.88 HAS YOU IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION BECAUSE HE IS TRYING 00:14:14.88\00:14:17.19 TO DO SOMETHING. MAYBE SHE HAS SOMETHING THAT 00:14:17.19\00:14:19.75 THAT CHURCH NEEDS, AND BEFORE YOU TRY TO EXTRICATE YOURSELF, 00:14:19.75\00:14:23.73 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR BEING A 00:14:23.73\00:14:28.23 BENEFIT TO THAT CONGREGATION. THAT'S WHY I SAY I DO AGREE, BUT 00:14:28.23\00:14:33.47 WE CAN QUICK TO KIND OF JUMP AND RUN. 00:14:33.47\00:14:35.74 WELL, I'M NOT FEELING IT HERE, SO LET ME GO OVER HERE. 00:14:35.74\00:14:40.44 AND PASTOR JOHN KNOWS IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE YOU HAVE 60 00:14:40.44\00:14:44.61 OR 70 CHURCHES, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL CHURCH HOPPERS. 00:14:44.61\00:14:53.52 >> THERE ARE 52 SABBATHS IN A YEAR, SO IT WOULD TAKE YOU A 00:14:53.52\00:14:58.36 YEAR -- >> OH, YEAH. 00:14:58.36\00:15:00.36 BUT THEN YOU ARE NEVER A BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL CONGREGATION. 00:15:00.36\00:15:03.90 AND IN HELPING THEM YOU ALSO HELP OURSELVES. 00:15:03.90\00:15:09.30 SO I DO AGREE, BUT THERE IS THIS BALANCING OF DON'T BE TOO QUICK 00:15:09.30\00:15:14.41 TO RUN AWAY. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE 00:15:14.41\00:15:18.85 WHAT GOD HAS CALLED TRISTAN TO BE THAT PERSON IN THAT CHURCH TO 00:15:18.85\00:15:23.39 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> AND I AGREE WITH THAT IN 00:15:23.39\00:15:27.26 ALMOST ALL CASES, BUT IN TRI TRISTAN'S CASES, I DO FEEL THAT 00:15:27.26\00:15:35.40 THE FELLOWSHIP ASPECT -- >> I AGREE. 00:15:35.40\00:15:39.13 FOR A YOUNG PERSON YOU DO WANT TO GET IN THERE WITH SOME YOUNG 00:15:39.13\00:15:42.90 PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE YOU DO. BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO KIND OF 00:15:42.90\00:15:46.54 FOLLOW YOUR WAY THROUGH. >> I REMEMBER A YOUNG MAN WHO 00:15:46.54\00:15:49.71 CAME TO 3ABN. HE SAID HE WAS A FAIRLY NEW 00:15:49.71\00:15:53.78 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN, AND IN HIS CHURCH HE JUST FELT 00:15:53.78\00:15:56.52 LIKE NO ONE IS DOING OUTREACH OR GETTING INVOLVED, SO HE STARTED 00:15:56.52\00:16:01.52 A MINISTRY. YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN 00:16:01.52\00:16:04.63 OUTREACH, SO I THINK THAT'S POWERFUL TOO. 00:16:04.63\00:16:08.20 PASTOR JOHN? >> COUPLE OF BIBLE VERSES PSALM 00:16:08.20\00:16:18.07 37:23. WHEN YOU DELIGHT IN THE WORD OF 00:16:18.07\00:16:21.44 THE LORD YOU CAN DO LIKE SAMUEL -PRAYED. SPEAK, LORD, FOR YOUR 00:16:21.44\00:16:27.38 SERVANT HEARS. AND THE OTHER ONE, DELIGHT 00:16:27.38\00:16:30.09 YOURSELF ALSO IN THE LORD, AND SHE SHALL GIVE THE DESIRES OF 00:16:30.09\00:16:34.12 THE HEART. YOU HAVE TO BEGIN BY DELIGHTING 00:16:34.12\00:16:36.73 YOURSELF IN THE LORD. I SAW A PICTURE OF A TREE 00:16:36.73\00:16:40.56 STANDING ON A HILL ALL BY ITSELF. 00:16:40.56\00:16:43.47 AND IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT A TREE THAT STANDS BY ITSELF HAS DEEP 00:16:43.47\00:16:49.90 ROOTS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET YOUR 00:16:49.90\00:16:54.21 ROOTS GO DOWN DEEP AND STAND. AND YOU WILL SURVIVE THE WINDS 00:16:54.21\00:16:59.21 OF CHALLENGE AND TRIAL. BUT SOMETIMES GOD SENDS YOU 00:16:59.21\00:17:03.39 SOMEWHERE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO PHILIP. 00:17:03.39\00:17:06.09 PHILIP WAS SENT INTO THE FORREST TO DO AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 00:17:06.09\00:17:11.89 I'M SURE IF WE SAID TO SHELLEY, WE HAVE AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES 00:17:11.89\00:17:17.60 IN THE FORREST. ONE PERSON IS ATTENDING. 00:17:17.60\00:17:23.51 SHELLEY WOULD SAY, WHAT LORD? BUT IF YOU SAY SO I'LL GO. 00:17:23.51\00:17:29.48 AND IN MEXICO, ONE OF THOSE STRONG CATHOLIC COUNTRIES, WHERE 00:17:29.48\00:17:34.15 THEY WERE TOLD -- THEY HEARD THESE ADVENTISTS PEOPLE WERE 00:17:34.15\00:17:40.42 COMING TO DO AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 00:17:40.42\00:17:44.33 THE CHURCH WARNED THEM NOT TO GO. 00:17:44.33\00:17:47.40 NOT A SINGLE PERSON CAME. AFTER SEVEN OR EIGHT NIGHTS, 00:17:47.40\00:17:51.47 ATHEY ANNOUNCED TO THE CHAIRS, OUR MEETING WILL CEASE TOMORROW 00:17:51.47\00:17:58.34 NIGHT. AND THEY HEARD SOMEBODY FROM THE 00:17:58.34\00:18:00.08 TREE OUTSIDE SAY, DON'T STOP WE'RE OUT HERE. 00:18:00.08\00:18:04.65 WE'RE IN THE TREES LISTENING. AT THE END OF THE SERIES THEY 00:18:04.65\00:18:09.92 BAPTIZED OVER 40 PEOPLE. >> THAT GAVE ME CHILLS. 00:18:09.92\00:18:12.39 >> THEY WERE LISTENING OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. 00:18:12.39\00:18:14.66 THEY DIDN'T WANT THE PEOPLE IN TOWN TO KNOW THEY WERE INSIDE. 00:18:14.66\00:18:18.86 BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TOWNS WHERE THE WINDOW WOULD 00:18:18.86\00:18:24.47 CLOSE. THEY WERE OUTSIDE HIDING BY THE 00:18:24.47\00:18:27.14 SIDE, IN THE TREES. LISTENING TO THE SERVICE. 00:18:27.14\00:18:31.21 AFTER 7 TO 11 NIGHTS, THEY ANNOUNCED THE SERIES WAS ENDING, 00:18:31.21\00:18:35.64 AND THE PEOPLE SAID NO, WE'RE HERE. 00:18:35.64\00:18:39.58 SO IF YOUR ROOTS ARE DEEP, YOU CAN ABIDE. 00:18:39.58\00:18:43.39 DON'T JUST LOOK FOR -- SAY, LORD WHY DO YOU HAVE ME HERE? 00:18:43.39\00:18:47.42 WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME HERE? AND IF YOU SAY LORD SPEAK FOR 00:18:47.42\00:18:51.39 YOUR SERVANT, HE WILL EITHER SAY YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CHOSE 00:18:51.39\00:18:55.96 TO BE HERE, OR I HAVE A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE. 00:18:55.96\00:19:00.87 >> YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THREE POSITIONS. 00:19:00.87\00:19:03.74 >> YES, AND EACH ARE RIGHT. >> BUT MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU JUMP 00:19:03.74\00:19:07.44 AND GO. >> RIGHT. 00:19:07.44\00:19:09.14 >> AS YOU WELL SAID, START A MINISTRY. 00:19:09.14\00:19:12.75 ONE OF MY FIRST THREE OR FOUR CHURCHES I STARTED MY OWN CHOIR. 00:19:12.75\00:19:18.32 BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ON THE FRINGE, AND WHEN IT WAS JOHN'S 00:19:18.32\00:19:26.19 PASTOR, IT WAS BIBLE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:19:26.19\00:19:29.36 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN THE 00:19:29.36\00:19:31.57 BUILDING. SO SOMETIMES THE KEY MAYBE YOU 00:19:31.57\00:19:34.37 STARTING A MINISTRY. THAT'S HOW 3ABN GOT STARTED. 00:19:34.37\00:19:39.81 DANNY SAID WHERE ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ON TV? 00:19:39.81\00:19:43.71 AND GOD SAID DUH. >> WE HAVE A SCHOOL BECAUSE 00:19:43.71\00:19:47.98 SOMEBODY GAVE A DOLLAR. >> AMEN. 00:19:47.98\00:19:50.09 >> SO KRISTEN WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU. 00:19:50.09\00:19:52.45 >> AMEN. >> THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU WISDOM 00:19:52.45\00:19:56.22 AND DISCERNMENT ON WHICH DIRECTION HE WANTS YOU TO GO. 00:19:56.22\00:19:59.59 >> SHELLEY CAN YOU DO A QUICK -- >> YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. 00:19:59.59\00:20:03.97 >> HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND LORD 00:20:03.97\00:20:09.14 THANK YOU FOR KRISTEN'S THANKFULNESS, AND WE DON'T WANT 00:20:09.14\00:20:12.84 HER TO BE DISCOURAGED, SO WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FATHER 00:20:12.84\00:20:17.41 THAT YOU WOULD HELP HER TO SEEK YOU IN A WAY THAT SHE HAS NEVER 00:20:17.41\00:20:22.92 SOUGHT YOU BEFORE, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE CLEAR HER 00:20:22.92\00:20:29.42 WAY. AND MAKE A PATH FOR HER TO 00:20:29.42\00:20:31.86 BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN YOU. WHETHER IT'S THIS CHURCH OR 00:20:31.86\00:20:34.73 ANOTHER CHURCH, BUT I ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU WILL 00:20:34.73\00:20:38.73 INCREASE HER COURAGE, INCREASE HER FAITH, DO NOT LET HER BECOME 00:20:38.73\00:20:45.34 DISCOURAGED, WE ALSO WANT TO PRAY FOR THE OLDER PEOPLE WHO 00:20:45.34\00:20:48.08 ARE AROUND HERE, FATHER IN THIS CHURCH, THAT THEY WILL RECOGNIZE 00:20:48.08\00:20:52.91 THIS PRECIOUS JEWEL NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT, AND THAT FATHER, 00:20:52.91\00:20:59.69 THEY WILL INVOLVE HERE IN EVERY WAY. 00:20:59.69\00:21:02.46 IN JESUS NAME WE ASK, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER TO OUR 00:21:02.46\00:21:06.06 PRAYERS. >> AMEN. 00:21:06.06\00:21:07.03 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 00:21:07.03\00:21:09.16 >> THANK YOU. >> YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 00:21:09.16\00:21:11.40 GIVE THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD NEED PRAYER. 00:21:11.40\00:21:14.07 >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:14.07\00:21:15.97 AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN, BECAUSE WE ARE 00:21:15.97\00:21:19.77 A PRAYING MINISTRY. >> AMEN. 00:21:19.77\00:21:22.34 >> YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING THE HALLS PRAYING WITH AND FOR EACH 00:21:22.34\00:21:26.68 OTHER. AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU. 00:21:26.68\00:21:29.35 3ABN IS -- WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING HERE IN THESE CHAIRS, 00:21:29.35\00:21:32.52 BUT WE ARE -- YOU ARE PART OF THE MINISTRY HERE. 00:21:32.52\00:21:35.36 WE ARE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD, AND YOU ARE PART OF OUR 00:21:35.36\00:21:39.29 FAMILY. SO OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 00:21:39.29\00:21:41.20 MARK. HE SAYS I THANK GOD AND YOU ALL 00:21:41.20\00:21:44.23 FOR THIS WONDERFUL STATION. YOU HAVE BEEN A BLESS INDEED. 00:21:44.23\00:21:48.04 NOW HERE IS HIS QUESTION. WHEN CHRIST PLACED HIS HANDS ON 00:21:48.04\00:21:51.71 THE BLIND MAN TO RESTORE HIS SIGHT. 00:21:51.71\00:21:54.01 HE MAN INITIALLY SAID HE SAW MEN AS TREES WALKING. 00:21:54.01\00:21:58.91 THEN CHRIST PLACED HIS HANDS ON THE MAN AGAIN, AND HIS SIGHT WAS 00:21:58.91\00:22:09.92 RESTORED. CHRIS OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT MAKE 00:22:09.92\00:22:12.56 MISTAKES OR DO THINGS HALFWAY, SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE 00:22:12.56\00:22:15.96 MEANING HERE. >> OKAY. 00:22:15.96\00:22:19.27 GO AHEAD PASTOR CA. >> JOHN 9:7. 00:22:19.27\00:22:23.94 JOHN 9:7 IS THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO. 00:22:23.94\00:22:27.18 AS YOU GO TO THE OTHER ONE -- >> WHILE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 00:22:27.18\00:22:32.51 THAT -- >> SURE. 00:22:32.51\00:22:33.35 I'LL GIVE YOU A SHOT FIRST. >> GO AHEAD, SHELLEY. 00:22:33.35\00:22:36.35 >> ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY 00:22:36.35\00:22:38.85 THAT -- I THINK THAT JESUS GAVE IT TO US AS AN EXAMPLE HE 00:22:38.85\00:22:43.59 DOESN'T ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING IN THE SAME WAY. 00:22:43.59\00:22:46.13 SOMETIMES PEOPLE WERE INSTANTANEOUSLY HEALED. 00:22:46.13\00:22:49.56 SOMETIMES IT WAS A PROCESS OF HEALING. 00:22:49.56\00:22:52.57 SO PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WITHIN THAT 00:22:52.57\00:22:58.11 MAN THAT STILL NEEDED -- HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS -- AS GOD TOUCHES 00:22:58.11\00:23:04.45 YOU, WE ALL RESPOND DIFFERENTLY WITH THE FIRST TOUCH OF THE 00:23:04.45\00:23:07.62 LORD. AND SO TO ME, THERE WAS 00:23:07.62\00:23:10.65 SOMETHING THAT HE WAS DEVELOPING A HOPE IN THIS MAN, OR HE WAS 00:23:10.65\00:23:17.13 DEVELOPING SOMETHING, AND IT ISN'T THAT JESUS WASN'T -- 00:23:17.13\00:23:20.26 >> YEAH, HE DOESN'T MAKE A MISTAKE. 00:23:20.26\00:23:23.83 >> HE DOESN'T MAKE A MISTAKE, SO YOU KNOW THERE WAS A PURPOSE IN 00:23:23.83\00:23:27.57 THIS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:27.57\00:23:28.34 >> AND I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT -- I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO 00:23:28.34\00:23:31.64 HAVE BEEN HEALED IMMEDIATELY, WHO TOOK IT FOR GRANTED AND EVEN 00:23:31.64\00:23:36.78 DISMISSED IT. AND I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 00:23:36.78\00:23:39.75 PRAYED, AND WHO HAVE BEEN HEALED GRADUALLY, AND WHO REALLY TRULY 00:23:39.75\00:23:47.16 APPRECIATED IT MORE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE HEALED. 00:23:47.16\00:23:49.86 SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT -- GOD DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE. 00:23:49.86\00:23:53.29 IT'S JUST OUR INTERPRETATION OF IT. 00:23:53.29\00:23:55.33 >> THE SCRIPTURE HE IS REFERRING TO IS MARK 8:22-26. 00:23:55.33\00:24:03.64 >> UH-HUH. >> WE SEE IN THE HEALING OF 00:24:03.64\00:24:10.11 JESUS, ALL MANNERS OF HEALING. IN THE BOOK OF JOHN YOU SEE THE 00:24:10.11\00:24:19.39 TOUCHLESS JESUS. IT IS A TOUCHLESS HEALING, ALL 00:24:19.39\00:24:22.62 IN THE BOOK OF JOHN. HE DOESN'T TOUCH ANYBODY. 00:24:22.62\00:24:26.49 AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO SINS AND ARE HEALED WHILE THEY 00:24:26.49\00:24:31.00 GO. SO CHRIST, I THINK LOOKS AT THE 00:24:31.00\00:24:33.67 CIRCUMSTANCES, OBVIOUSLY IT GIVES HIM KNOWLEDGE OF THE 00:24:33.67\00:24:36.67 PERSON THAT HE IS DEALING WITH, AND HE HEALED ACCORDINGLY. 00:24:36.67\00:24:43.04 HE HEALED [ INAUDIBLE ] WITHOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] ELLEN WHITE SAYS 00:24:43.04\00:24:48.18 HE WAS A RAT BEFORE HE WAS HEALED AND A RAT AFTER HE WAS 00:24:48.18\00:24:52.95 HEALED, WHEN HE [ INAUDIBLE ], SO HE IS STILL THINKING EVIL 00:24:52.95\00:24:58.03 [ INAUDIBLE ] SO CHRIST KNOWS THE LONG-TERM SITUATION, AND HE 00:24:58.03\00:25:01.46 KNOWS WHO HE IS DEALING WITH. AND THERE WAS SOMETHING HERE 00:25:01.46\00:25:05.00 THAT CHRIS -- I AGREE WITH WHAT SHELLEY WAS SAYING. 00:25:05.00\00:25:08.37 HEALING WAS COMING BECAUSE HE WAS BLIND THEN HE COULD SEE, BUT 00:25:08.37\00:25:13.11 HE COULDN'T SEE CLEARLY, AND I THINK SOMETIMES CHRIST DOES 00:25:13.11\00:25:18.95 THINGS [ INAUDIBLE ] SO THAT WHEN WE GET HEALED HE KNOW IT 00:25:18.95\00:25:22.78 WAS HIM AND NOT US. >> AMEN. 00:25:22.78\00:25:24.89 >> WELL SAID. >> AND ALSO -- ALSO THE FAITH TO 00:25:24.89\00:25:31.19 HANG IN THERE IN THE JOURNEY OF HEALING. 00:25:31.19\00:25:34.83 HEALING IS NOT ALWAYS INSTANTANEOUS. 00:25:34.83\00:25:38.27 WE ARE THE INSTANT GENERATION. IF IT'S NOT NANOSECONDS WE DON'T 00:25:38.27\00:25:43.30 WANT IT. BUT JESUS FORGAVE A MAN'S SIN, 00:25:43.30\00:25:46.47 AND THEN HE HEALED HIM. HE HEALED HIM, AND THEN HE 00:25:46.47\00:25:50.28 FORGAVE HIM OF HIS SIN. SOME PEOPLE DON'T ONLY NEED 00:25:50.28\00:25:55.45 HEALING THEY NEED FORGIVENESS OF THEIR SIN. 00:25:55.45\00:25:57.35 SO WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? AND HE SAYS TO LET YOU KNOW I AM 00:25:57.35\00:26:02.12 THE SON OF MAN, I CAN DO EITHER ONE. 00:26:02.12\00:26:05.76 AND THEN THE ROMAN CENTURION, JUST SAY THE WORD. 00:26:05.76\00:26:10.57 SO TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY JESUS DID IT THAT WAY, I THINK 00:26:10.57\00:26:17.51 THE BEST THING WE CAN COME UP WITH, HE IS SOVEREIGN. 00:26:17.51\00:26:24.08 HE KNOWS WHAT EACH ONE OF US NEED. 00:26:24.08\00:26:29.42 MOLLIE STEENSON IS THERE, THE JOURNEY OF HEALING. 00:26:29.42\00:26:32.02 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR KENNY SHELTON WAS 00:26:32.02\00:26:37.79 THERE. PASTOR CA WAS THERE. 00:26:37.79\00:26:40.43 AND IN THE JOURNEY -- I AM STILL IN THE JOURNEY OF HEALING SINCE 00:26:40.43\00:26:50.77 2009. BUT I'M LEARNING IN THE JOURNEY 00:26:50.77\00:26:54.01 OF HEALING. YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT YOU ARE 00:26:54.01\00:26:58.11 100% FOR GOD TO BE AT HIS 100%. HE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH ANYBODY. 00:26:58.11\00:27:03.32 >> AMEN. >> WELL SAID. 00:27:03.32\00:27:06.05 WELL, WE STILL HAVE A STACK OF QUESTIONS, AND WE HAVE 29 00:27:06.05\00:27:09.72 MINUTES ON THE CLASS. >> WE COULD GO FAST. 00:27:09.72\00:27:15.46 >> OKAY. LET ME ASK THIS. 00:27:15.46\00:27:20.07 THIS COMES FROM TANZANIA. DOES THE BIBLE ALLOW US TO DRINK 00:27:20.07\00:27:27.84 ALCOHOL? >> YEAH, IT DOES. 00:27:27.84\00:27:31.55 >> AND FOLLOW THAT UP WITH -- [ LAUGHTER ] 00:27:31.55\00:27:34.18 >> SHELLEY IS GIVING ME THE LOOK. 00:27:34.18\00:27:36.32 WILL YOU PLEASE FOLLOW THAT UP. >> THE BIBLE DOES NOT STOP YOU 00:27:36.32\00:27:40.76 FROM SINNING. >> OH, GOOD. 00:27:40.76\00:27:42.86 >> SINNING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO OR NOT TO DO. 00:27:42.86\00:27:46.26 THE BIBLE WILL GIVE YOU THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, AND WILL 00:27:46.26\00:27:49.50 TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT, AND TELL YOU IT IS AGAINST THE LORD. 00:27:49.50\00:27:53.60 BUT WILL IT STOP YO FROM SINNING? 00:27:53.60\00:27:57.21 IT CANNOT. THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES IT 00:27:57.21\00:28:00.31 DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE 00:28:00.31\00:28:03.41 TO SIN. SIN IS -- SIN IS ULTIMATELY A 00:28:03.41\00:28:06.98 CHOICE. THERE IS A TEMPTATION. 00:28:06.98\00:28:09.52 A REJECTION OR AN ACCEPTANCE OF THAT TEMPTATION. 00:28:09.52\00:28:13.25 AND THAT OF COURSE IS -- IS SIN. SO DOES THE BIBLE STOP YOU FROM 00:28:13.25\00:28:18.99 SINNING? NO. 00:28:18.99\00:28:19.96 DOES THE BIBLE TELL YOU THAT DRINKING IS BAD? 00:28:19.96\00:28:23.63 YES. DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT IS A 00:28:23.63\00:28:25.70 NEGATIVE THING THAT WILL BRING YOU WOE AND SORROW WHO HAVE 00:28:25.70\00:28:29.67 [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU. 00:28:29.67\00:28:31.44 >> YES. THE BIBLE WILL SELL YOU WHAT THE 00:28:31.44\00:28:34.21 CONSEQUENCES OF THAT ACT IS, BUT IT WILL NOT STOP YOU FROM DOING. 00:28:34.21\00:28:38.11 YOU DO THAT AS YOU SURRENDER YOURSELF TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:28:38.11\00:28:42.38 >> OKAY. THIS IS ANOTHER 00:28:42.38\00:28:43.79 QUESTION -- WE'RE GOING QUICKER HERE. 00:28:43.79\00:28:47.16 >> THIS IS THE RAPID FIRE. >> MATTHEW 24:20, IT SAYS THIS 00:28:47.16\00:28:52.33 IS NOT A HUGE THEOLOGICAL QUESTION -- IT COMES FROM SUE -- 00:28:52.33\00:28:55.56 >> BUT SOMETHING I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT. 00:28:55.56\00:28:57.80 IT SAYS IN MATTHEW 24:20, THE PEOPLE WERE INSTRUCTED TO PRAY 00:28:57.80\00:29:02.70 THAT THEIR FLIGHT NOT BE IN THE WINTER OR ON THE SABBATH DAY. 00:29:02.70\00:29:08.21 DOES THAT ALSO APPLY TO GOD'S END TIME PEOPLE. 00:29:08.21\00:29:11.45 THE WINTER PART I CAN UNDERSTAND. 00:29:11.45\00:29:14.42 BUT WHY COULD THEY NOT FLEE ON THE SABBATH DAY IF THEIR LIVES 00:29:14.42\00:29:19.85 WERE IN DANGER. >> IT WAS PRAYING THAT WHEN 00:29:19.85\00:29:24.03 CONSTRUCTION COMES IT WON'T BE ON THE SABBATH. 00:29:24.03\00:29:27.03 BECAUSE THE JEWS, YOU WILL BE SITTING DUCKS, YOU WILL BE IN 00:29:27.03\00:29:32.17 THE SYNAGOGUE. THEY WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO 00:29:32.17\00:29:35.60 FINE YOU. SO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU ARE 00:29:35.60\00:29:38.87 WORSHIPPING, PRAY THAT THEY DON'T CHOOSE THE SABBATH TO COME 00:29:38.87\00:29:42.21 TO BRING DESTRUCTION TO JERUSALEM. 00:29:42.21\00:29:44.81 AND PRAY THT IT'S NOT IN THE WINTER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE 00:29:44.81\00:29:48.82 ADVERSE CONDITIONS WILL BE HARSH, SO IT'S IN THE MERCY OF 00:29:48.82\00:29:51.95 GOD. HE IS SAYING LOOK OUT, BE 00:29:51.95\00:29:55.02 CAREFUL THAT THESE TWO CONDITIONS DON'T OH CUR. 00:29:55.02\00:30:02.66 >> AMEN. WHAT SCRIPTURES REFUTE THE ONCE 00:30:02.66\00:30:07.60 SAVED ALWAYS SAVED BELIEF. >> HERE IT IS. 00:30:07.60\00:30:11.94 IT IS 2 PETER 2:22. READ IT, SHELLEY. 00:30:11.94\00:30:15.41 >> GO AHEAD. I DON'T HAVE IT. 00:30:15.41\00:30:18.25 >> 2 PETER 2:22. >> THERE ARE MANY, THOUGH. 00:30:18.25\00:30:21.75 >> YEAH, MANY. >> THIS SHOULD BE A PROGRAM. 00:30:21.75\00:30:25.59 >> OH, YES. >> HERE IT IS -- 00:30:25.59\00:30:29.19 >> 2 PETER 2? >> YEAH VERSE 20 OF 2 PETER 2. 00:30:29.19\00:30:40.54 FOR IF AFTER THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE POLLUTION OF THE WORD, THEY 00:30:40.54\00:30:46.01 ARE AGAIN ENTANGLED IN THEM, AND OVERCOME, THE LATTER END IS 00:30:46.01\00:30:50.35 WORSE FOR THEM THAN THE BEGINNING. 00:30:50.35\00:30:52.71 THEY ESCAPED. FOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER 00:30:52.71\00:30:56.92 FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAN TO 00:30:56.92\00:31:01.86 HAVE KNOWN IT. AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 22, BUT IT 00:31:01.86\00:31:06.09 HAPPENED TO THEM ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB, THE DOG 00:31:06.09\00:31:11.33 RETURNED TO HIS OWN VOMIT AND THE SOUL HAVING WASHED WALLOWING 00:31:11.33\00:31:18.11 IN THE MEYER. BUT THEY HAVE TASTED THE 00:31:18.11\00:31:21.98 LIBERTY, THE FREEDOM, THE JOY, WHAT CHRIST HAS GIVEN TO THEM. 00:31:21.98\00:31:25.68 BUT THEY GO BACK INTO THAT. GOD DOESN'T PLACE YOU ON A 00:31:25.68\00:31:30.52 CONVEYER BELT, AND SAY SORRY, THERE IS NO RETURNING. 00:31:30.52\00:31:33.56 HE STILL GIVES US THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. 00:31:33.56\00:31:36.39 THE DISCIPLES. MANY WALKED AWAY FRO HIM. 00:31:36.39\00:31:43.80 AND MANY DISCIPLES TURNED AWAY AND WALKED WITH HIM NO MORE. 00:31:43.80\00:31:48.24 THIS ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SCRIPTURE. 00:31:48.24\00:31:52.47 >> ANYONE ELSE? >> HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END 00:31:52.47\00:31:55.64 SHALL BE SAVED. >> AMEN. 00:31:55.64\00:31:58.98 AMEN. WHEN THE [ INAUDIBLE ] CRISIS 00:31:58.98\00:32:00.58 COMES ABOUT, HOW WILL BE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST RESPOND TO 00:32:00.58\00:32:03.69 A JUDGE OR LAWYER WHEN THESE OFFICIALS CAN TRUMP THEM AS 00:32:03.69\00:32:11.33 ROMANS 13:1-5. SO THEY ARE SAYING HOW ARE YOU 00:32:11.33\00:32:16.56 GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION? 00:32:16.56\00:32:19.17 >> OKAY. >> AT THEN TIME. 00:32:19.17\00:32:22.24 >> ACT 5 -- >> THANK YOU. 00:32:22.24\00:32:25.54 [ LAUGHTER ] >> PASTOR WHAT DOES THAT SAY. 00:32:25.54\00:32:27.41 >> YES, IT IS BETTER TO OBEY GOD [ INAUDIBLE ] PREACH IN HIS 00:32:27.41\00:32:32.68 NAME. IT IS BETTER TO OBEY GOD RATHER 00:32:32.68\00:32:36.02 THAN MAN. >> THAT IS ACTS -- 00:32:36.02\00:32:38.89 >> 3:29. >> DANIEL DID IT, THE HEBREWS 00:32:38.89\00:32:45.19 DID IT, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WE LIKE YOU, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK 00:32:45.19\00:32:51.93 TO YOU ABOUT THIS ONE. ALWAYS CHOOSE GOD OVER MEN. 00:32:51.93\00:32:55.27 >> AMEN. >> OKAY. 00:32:55.27\00:32:56.77 >> THIS COMES FROM SUSAN. THE PURE WOMAN IN REVELATION AND 00:32:56.77\00:33:01.31 THE WOMAN WHO RIDES THE BEAST IN REVELATION 17, ARE THEY ONE IN 00:33:01.31\00:33:08.22 THE SAME? >> WE MIGHT NEED A COUPLE OF 00:33:08.22\00:33:11.19 PEOPLE ANSWER THIS. >> I'M JUST ON FIRE TODAY -- 00:33:11.19\00:33:14.89 >> GO AHEAD. >> PASTOR CA -- 00:33:14.89\00:33:16.79 >> I'M TURNING. >> YOU KNOW WHY THEY ARE THE 00:33:16.79\00:33:20.50 SAME? REVELATION 12, THE WOMAN IS SENT 00:33:20.50\00:33:22.90 INTO THE WILDERNESS. REVELATION 17, JOHN IS TAKEN 00:33:22.90\00:33:28.10 INTO THE WILLERNESS TO SEE THE WOMAN. 00:33:28.10\00:33:30.67 THIS IS THE WOMAN THAT WENT INTO THE WILDERNESS DURING THE DARK 00:33:30.67\00:33:35.48 AGES. PURE. 00:33:35.48\00:33:36.38 AND DURING THE DARK AGES THE CHURCH WAS CORRUPTED. 00:33:36.38\00:33:40.05 IT'S ONE WOMAN IN TWO CONDITIONS. 00:33:40.05\00:33:42.05 WATCH THIS. >> OKAY. 00:33:42.05\00:33:45.65 GOOD. >> FIVE WIVES. 00:33:45.65\00:33:47.52 FIVE FOOLISH. SAME WOMAN. 00:33:47.52\00:33:49.66 THEY HAVE NOT VIRGINS. THEY ARE NOT DEFILED. 00:33:49.66\00:33:54.20 THERE ARE NO TWO WOMEN IN THE BIBLE. 00:33:54.20\00:33:57.67 THEY SHOW CONDITIONS OF THE WOMAN. 00:33:57.67\00:33:59.93 CONDITIONS OF THE SAME WOMAN. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT REVELATIONS 00:33:59.93\00:34:03.91 12, SHE WAS SENT INTO THE WILDERNESS. 00:34:03.91\00:34:06.11 NOW THE SPIRIT TAKES JOHN INTO THE WILDERNESS TO SEE HER. 00:34:06.11\00:34:09.51 YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, THAT'S EXACTLY -- THE 00:34:09.51\00:34:14.18 CHURCH WENT PURE BEFORE THE DARK AGES. 00:34:14.18\00:34:16.58 BUT THEY WERE CORRUPTED BY THE CHURCH OF THE DARK AGES. 00:34:16.58\00:34:19.72 THAT'S WHY THE GOD THAT WE SERVED RAISED UP A CHURCH TO 00:34:19.72\00:34:23.06 BRING THE WOMAN BACK TO PURITY. SO THAT'S THE NUTSHELL OF IT. 00:34:23.06\00:34:27.66 >> AGREED. IT'S THE SAME WOMAN, BUT SHE IS 00:34:27.66\00:34:32.90 IN A DIFFERENT STATE. >> AMEN. 00:34:32.90\00:34:35.94 >> ONE WAS PURE GOT CORRUPTED BY THE CHURCHES OF THE DARK AGES 00:34:35.94\00:34:40.78 AND THEN SHE BECAME A HARLOT. NOW THE LORD IS BRINGING HER 00:34:40.78\00:34:44.85 BACK TO PURITY. THAT'S WHY HE SAYS COME OUT OF 00:34:44.85\00:34:48.58 HER, WHEREVER HER IMPURITY IS STILL FOUND, COME OUT OF HER, MY 00:34:48.58\00:34:53.79 PEOPLE. >> AMEN. 00:34:53.79\00:34:56.96 >> SO -- >> EXCELLENT. 00:34:56.96\00:35:01.80 ONE PREACHER HAD A SERMON CALLED CHRIST'S WIFE OR THE DEVIL'S 00:35:01.80\00:35:10.81 [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> THAT'S GREAT. 00:35:10.81\00:35:12.21 BECAUSE IN MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, 00:35:12.21\00:35:16.34 ABOUT BEING ONE WOMAN, ONE CHURCH, AND THE CHURCH BECOMING 00:35:16.34\00:35:21.35 CORRUPTED. >> DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF THE 00:35:21.35\00:35:22.45 SAME -- >> YES, BECAUSE I ALWAYS 00:35:22.45\00:35:25.25 PERSONALLY THOUGHT THERE'S TWO. THERE'S THE PURE. 00:35:25.25\00:35:28.52 THERE'S THE IMPURE -- >> WE COULD STILL ARGUE THAT 00:35:28.52\00:35:32.43 POINT AS WELL. THIS IS JUST AN INTERPRETATION. 00:35:32.43\00:35:37.07 >> LIKE THAT. THIS ONE SAYS HOW DO WE KNOW IF 00:35:37.07\00:35:40.34 GOD IS SPEAKING TO US, AND NOT OUR SUB CONSCIOUS MIND? 00:35:40.34\00:35:45.91 MEANING HOW DO I DISCERN THE WILL OF GOD. 00:35:45.91\00:35:49.68 >> THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1 KINGS 14:12, AND 00:35:49.68\00:35:55.32 WE ALSO KNOW THAT JESUS SAID MY SHEEP WILL KNOW MY VOICE. 00:35:55.32\00:35:58.92 BUT NUMBER 1, THE LORD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE WORD, SO ANYTHING 00:35:58.92\00:36:03.86 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES UPON OUR MIND IS GOING TO LINE 00:36:03.86\00:36:07.83 UP WITH THE WORD, FIRST AND FOREMOST. 00:36:07.83\00:36:14.27 N NOW I THIS THINK THAT THERE IS 00:36:14.27\00:36:19.34 SOMETHING -- I CAN'T THINK OF THE SONG -- HE SAYS HE HAS GIVEN 00:36:19.34\00:36:22.68 ME THE EAR OF A DESTRUCTED DISCIPLE -- ISAIAH 54. 00:36:22.68\00:36:30.75 >> I'LL LOOK. >> ANYWAY, WE DO HAVE A TRAINING 00:36:30.75\00:36:35.46 PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO RECOGNIZE THE LORD, BECAUSE EVEN 00:36:35.46\00:36:38.46 NOW, I MEAN STILL, SOMETHING COMES TO MY MIND, AND I'M SAYING 00:36:38.46\00:36:43.06 LORD IS THIS ME OR IS THIS YOU? I'M GOING TO TEST IT? 00:36:43.06\00:36:47.97 BUT, GOD, GENERALLY DOES GIVE US PLENTY OF SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. 00:36:47.97\00:36:53.74 >> UH-HUH. >> HE OPENS DOORS AND DOES 00:36:53.74\00:36:56.78 DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK YOU AND I DIFFER ON 00:36:56.78\00:36:59.21 THIS, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS YOU3 AND I, BUT THE ONE THING I 00:36:59.21\00:37:04.32 WOULD SAY IS THAT I DON'T THINK GOD WANTS US TO BE ASKING FOR 00:37:04.32\00:37:08.89 SIGNS ALL THE TIME. >> THAT'S TRUE. 00:37:08.89\00:37:10.36 >> I THINK THAT'S A LACK OF FAITH. 00:37:10.36\00:37:12.49 I THINK IT'S OVERUSED. I THINK THE DEVIL CAN FOOL YOU 00:37:12.49\00:37:15.93 WITH SIGNS AS WELL. >> UH-HUH. 00:37:15.93\00:37:18.33 >> AND I BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE SEE SOMETHING DONE 00:37:18.33\00:37:22.00 ONCE IN SCRIPTURE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S -- THIS IS THE PROCEDURE 00:37:22.00\00:37:26.01 THAT YOU MUST GO THROUGH -- >> I AGREE WITH THAT. 00:37:26.01\00:37:30.21 >> FOR GOD'S WILL. SO I WOULD SAY THAT 00:37:30.21\00:37:32.75 JUST -- AT -- THE MORE -- THE CLOSER YOU GET TO GOD, THE MORE 00:37:32.75\00:37:39.45 HE'LL MAKE IT DISCERNIBLE WHEN IT IS HIS WILL, AN ONCE AGAIN, 00:37:39.45\00:37:44.03 TEST IT BY THE WORD, TEST IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND JUST KEEP 00:37:44.03\00:37:47.76 PRACTICING THAT LISTENING. >> UH-HUH. 00:37:47.76\00:37:51.23 >> AMEN. >> AND THERE IS SAFETY IN A 00:37:51.23\00:37:54.87 MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS. I HAVE LEARNED THAT. 00:37:54.87\00:37:57.27 ONE OF THE DOWN FALLS OF ONE OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL IS THAT THEY 00:37:57.27\00:38:02.84 PUT YOUNG PEOLE WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN POSITIONS THAT 00:38:02.84\00:38:06.65 LEAD PEOPLE THE WAY THEY FELT THEY SHOULD GO. 00:38:06.65\00:38:09.25 AND THEY SAID LISTEN TO THE ELDERS. 00:38:09.25\00:38:11.52 AND THEY SAID NO. BUT THE LORD SAID MY THOUGHTS 00:38:11.52\00:38:15.29 ARE NOT NECESSARILY YOUR THOUGHTS NOR OR MY WAYS YOUR 00:38:15.29\00:38:21.26 WAYS. AND I THINK SHELLEY MADE THIS 00:38:21.26\00:38:23.23 POINT ON THE THING ABOU PRAYER. IF YOU SINCERELY ASK GOD TO 00:38:23.23\00:38:28.84 GUIDE YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS THE STEPS OF A 00:38:28.84\00:38:32.64 RIGHTEOUS MAN ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD. 00:38:32.64\00:38:35.01 THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT 3ABN. I SAT AT THE EDGE OF MY BED AND 00:38:35.01\00:38:42.68 SAID LORD WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO WITH YOUR LIVES. 00:38:42.68\00:38:46.92 TWO DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL FRO KENNY SHELTON. 00:38:46.92\00:38:52.36 >> AMEN. THE SCRIPTURE REFERENCE IS 00:38:52.36\00:38:57.10 ISAIAH 55 -- >> YES. 00:38:57.10\00:38:58.90 >> I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. >> WE READ THE PART ABOUT THE 00:38:58.90\00:39:04.34 EAR -- >> HE AWAKENS ME MORNING BY 00:39:04.34\00:39:08.21 MORNING, HE AWAKENS MY EAR TO HEAR AS A LEARNED. 00:39:08.21\00:39:12.91 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S SOMETHING I PRAYED 00:39:12.91\00:39:16.95 ABOUT -- A LONG TIME, I REMEMBER PRAYING THOSE SCRIPTURES ABOUT 00:39:16.95\00:39:21.12 HEARING GOD'S VOICE FOR OVER A YEAR, AND ONE DAY HE SPOKE TO 00:39:21.12\00:39:26.26 ME, AND I WAS LIKE, OH. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:39:26.26\00:39:29.16 >> AND WHEN I SAY HE SPOKE TO ME, I'M TALKING HE IMPRESSED HIS 00:39:29.16\00:39:34.24 THOUGHT UPON MY MINE, BUT I DO BELIEVE -- I THINK SOMETIMES I 00:39:34.24\00:39:39.57 REALIZE WHEN MY LIFE IS GETTING TOO BUSY IS WHEN I DON'T HAVE 00:39:39.57\00:39:43.71 THAT KIND OF TIME IN PRAYER TO LISTEN TO THE LORD, THEN YOUR 00:39:43.71\00:39:47.58 LIFE IS GET TOO BUSY. >> SOMETIMES I GET SO BUSY 00:39:47.58\00:39:52.59 TALKING MYSELF, I NEED TO JUST TAKE TIME TO BE QUIET. 00:39:52.59\00:39:55.96 >> AMEN. >> SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE 00:39:55.96\00:39:59.06 SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED, YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND PRAYER AND DO BOTH. 00:39:59.06\00:40:03.87 IF YOU ARE PRAYING AND -- IF YOU ARE PRAYING AND NOT WATCHING YOU 00:40:03.87\00:40:08.17 MAY GET THE ANSWER AND NO KNOW WHAT IT IS, SO YOU HAVE TO DO 00:40:08.17\00:40:12.57 THEM BOTH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:40:12.57\00:40:15.38 >> WELL SAID. >> GOOD POINT. 00:40:15.38\00:40:17.71 THIS COMES FROM STELLA REFERRING TO MATTHEW 10:28. 00:40:17.71\00:40:23.49 PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS VERSE IN LINE WITH THE STATE OF THE DEAD. 00:40:23.49\00:40:27.19 WHAT IS A SOUL? AND AGAIN, THE REFERENCE IS 00:40:27.19\00:40:31.53 MATTHEW 10:28. >> WE SHOULD READ THE REFERENCE. 00:40:31.53\00:40:34.66 >> I AGREE. IN THAT WOULD HELP. 00:40:34.66\00:40:37.90 HOPEFULLY YOU AT HOME ARE TURNING IN YOUR BIBLES AS WELL. 00:40:37.90\00:40:40.87 THIS IS A LOT OF FUN. >> DO NOT FEAR THOSE WHO KILL 00:40:40.87\00:40:46.01 THE BODY, BUT CANNOT KILL THE SOUL, BUT RATHER FEAR HIM WHO IS 00:40:46.01\00:40:50.78 ABLE TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL. 00:40:50.78\00:40:56.08 THE -- THE POINT HERE WAS NOT ABOUT LIFE OR DEATH AT ALL. 00:40:56.08\00:41:01.06 THE POINT ABOUT -- THAT WAS BEING MADE HERE WAS THE WORST 00:41:01.06\00:41:07.76 THING A MAN CAN DO TO YOU IS TAKE YOUR LIFE. 00:41:07.76\00:41:11.47 BUT HE CAN'T TAKE YOUR ETERNITY. PROVERBS 18:4 -- 00:41:11.47\00:41:19.21 >> 1 TIMOTHY 6:16 SAYS ONLY GOD IS IMMORTAL. 00:41:19.21\00:41:25.51 >> THE SOUL -- EZEKIEL, THE SOUL THAT SINIST -- 00:41:25.51\00:41:30.79 >> I THINK -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 00:41:30.79\00:41:33.92 >> THE SOUL THAT SINTH SHALL DIE. 00:41:33.92\00:41:37.79 THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND DEATH HERE. 00:41:37.79\00:41:40.90 THIS IS SIMPLY SAYING THE MARTYRS, THEY CAN KILL YOU, BUT 00:41:40.90\00:41:45.80 YOU WILL COME FORTH IN THE RECK RECOLLECTION. 00:41:45.80\00:41:56.48 LAZARUS, BUT WHEN THE LORD KILLS YOU THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. 00:41:56.48\00:42:00.88 >> AND IT DOES SAY THAT SOULS ARE DESTRUCKABLE. 00:42:00.88\00:42:05.65 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ON THE PHONE. 00:42:05.65\00:42:10.53 GOD HAS [ INAUDIBLE ] 1 CORINTHIANS -- IMMORTALITY IS 00:42:10.53\00:42:15.66 GRANTED TO US. IT IS NOT INNATE OR NATURAL. 00:42:15.66\00:42:19.13 >> BUT THE POINT YOU JUST MADE, REPEAT THAT. 00:42:19.13\00:42:22.60 BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE TEXT CORRECTLY, IT'S TALKING ABOUT A 00:42:22.60\00:42:26.34 SOUL THAT CAN BE KILLED. >> PRECISELY. 00:42:26.34\00:42:30.11 >> EVEN IN JOHN 3:16, THE WORD THERE IS -- WHEN JESUS SAID HE 00:42:30.11\00:42:38.45 GAVE HIS OWN BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER SHOULD BELIEVE IN HIM 00:42:38.45\00:42:43.69 SHOULD NOT PARISH BUT HAVE EVER-LASTING LIFE.-THE WORD 00:42:43.69\00:42:49.70 MEANS TOTAL UTTER DESTRUCTION TO BE BLOTTED OUT -- 00:42:49.70\00:42:51.70 >> THAT'S RIGHT. OBLITERATED. 00:42:51.70\00:42:54.47 >> YEAH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- I 00:42:54.47\00:42:56.81 EVEN HAVE AN AMPLIFIED BIBLE. IN AN AMPLIFIED BIBLE, IF IT'S 00:42:56.81\00:43:06.45 PARENTHETICAL, IF IT'S IN PARENTHESES, THAT IS THE 00:43:06.45\00:43:11.35 EXPANSION OF THE GREEKS -- ->> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> NO IT'S NOT -- 00:43:11.35\00:43:18.66 WELL, ANY WAY. WHEN IT IS IN BRACKETS THAT'S THE COMMENTATOR. 00:43:18.66\00:43:22.86 SO HERE I HAVE GOT THIS BRACKETED ONE, IT WASN'T JUST 00:43:22.86\00:43:32.41 THE GREEK, AND IT SAYS JOHN 3:16, WHOEVER LOVES THE LORD 00:43:32.41\00:43:38.81 THAT HE WILL NOT SUFFER ETERNAL DEATH. 00:43:38.81\00:43:41.58 IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT.-pNOW THEY DON'T PUBLISH IT THAT WAY ANYMORE, BUT IF YOU STUDY IN 00:43:41.58\00:43:48.36 THE GREEK, IT IS ABSOLUTE TOTAL DESTRUCTION, AND THROUGHOUT THE 00:43:48.36\00:43:52.59 BIBLE. >> AMEN. 00:43:52.59\00:43:53.73 NEXT QUESTION THIS IS DANIEL 10:12-13, THIS IS FROM DAVID. 00:43:53.73\00:43:59.27 HE SAYS THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL THAT WHILE DANIEL 00:43:59.27\00:44:04.47 PRAYED THAT HIS PRAYERS WERE HELD BY THE PRINCE OF PERSIA FOR 00:44:04.47\00:44:08.61 21 DAYS. MY QUESTION IS THAT CAN AN EVIL 00:44:08.61\00:44:13.92 ANGEL BE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE WHOLLY ANGEL. 00:44:13.92\00:44:18.39 I NEED MORE CLARITY ON THAT PARTICULAR VERSE. 00:44:18.39\00:44:23.12 LET'S READ THAT VERSE FIRST.-DANIEL 12-13. >> YOU HAVE 00:44:23.12\00:44:31.60 IT SHELLEY -- >> 10, 12, 13. >> FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU 00:44:31.60\00:44:36.71 SET YOUR HEART TO UNDERSTAND, YOUR WORD TS WERE HEARD, AND I 00:44:36.71\00:44:40.74 HAVE COME BECAUSE OF YOUR WORDS, WHICH IS SO EXCITING, BECAUSE WE 00:44:40.74\00:44:45.75 KNOW THAT GOD HEARS US AS WE PRAY. 00:44:45.75\00:44:47.98 BUT THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA WITHSTOOD ME 21 DAYS, AND 00:44:47.98\00:44:54.02 BEHOLD, MICHAEL, ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES CAME TO HELP ME, 00:44:54.02\00:44:58.23 FOR I HAD BEEN LEFT ALONE THERE WITH THE KINGS OF PERSIA. 00:44:58.23\00:45:01.90 >> SO THE QUESTION IS WHY THE DELAY? 00:45:01.90\00:45:08.84 >> GO AHEAD. >> AND IS THE EVIL ANGEL IS MORE 00:45:08.84\00:45:12.37 POWERFUL THAN CHRIST. AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THE ANSWER 00:45:12.37\00:45:16.41 TO THAT. >> IT IS NOT. 00:45:16.41\00:45:19.88 >> THE LOD SENT DELIVERANCE TO DANIEL. 00:45:19.88\00:45:24.52 WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WHAT WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE. 00:45:24.52\00:45:28.06 WE DON'T SEE THE STRUGGLE OVER OUR SOULS. 00:45:28.06\00:45:31.96 I READ A QUOTATION LAST WEEK, WHEN ONE IS RESCUED FROM THE 00:45:31.96\00:45:38.00 HAND OF GOD, SATAN DOUBLES AND TRIPLES HIS EFFORTS. 00:45:38.00\00:45:43.51 DANIEL IS ASKING FOR DELIVERANCE, BUT NOW AN ANGEL IS 00:45:43.51\00:45:48.54 BEING SENT. HE IS MET BY HOSTS OF EVIL 00:45:48.54\00:45:54.72 ANGELS. HE IS MET BY THE HOST OF EVIL. 00:45:54.72\00:45:57.22 AND THERE IS A CONSTANT BATTLE GOING ON. 00:45:57.22\00:46:00.59 WE'RE SEEING HERE A PICTURE OF THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 00:46:00.59\00:46:04.19 SO THE LORD, MICHAEL, THE ARC ANGEL, CHRIST, SAYS THEY CANNOT 00:46:04.19\00:46:09.90 RESIST ME. ISLE TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF. 00:46:09.90\00:46:14.40 SO OVEREVERY ONE OF US IS A BATTLE BEING FOUGHT. 00:46:14.40\00:46:17.64 BUT DANIEL BEING THE SERVANT OF GOD HERE IS WHY THE FORCES OF 00:46:17.64\00:46:22.38 DARKNESS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE COURSE 00:46:22.38\00:46:25.51 OF -- WHEN GOD CARVES OUT -- NOT THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS A 00:46:25.51\00:46:33.09 DIFFERENT VALUE, BUT THE GREATEST YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, 00:46:33.09\00:46:36.09 THE MORE DETERMINED YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS. 00:46:36.09\00:46:40.46 THE DEVIL DID NOT WANT DANIEL TO PROSPER AT ALL. 00:46:40.46\00:46:43.20 SO AT THE MOMENT OF -- OF GREAT NEED, DANIEL IS ASKING FOR THE 00:46:43.20\00:46:46.97 LORD TO DELIVER HIM. AND THERE IS A BATTLE BEING 00:46:46.97\00:46:50.07 FOUGHT OVER -- OVER DANIEL. AND THE SAME WAY IN THE BOOK OF 00:46:50.07\00:46:54.78 JUDE, HOW THE DEVIL CONTENDED WITH GOD OVER THE BODY OF MOSES. 00:46:54.78\00:46:59.05 BUT JESUS STEPS IN AND MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 00:46:59.05\00:47:02.85 JESUS STEPS IN AND TAKES THE -pIMBALANCE OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE THESE ARE ANGELS OF 00:47:02.85\00:47:14.46 EQUAL MATCHED FORCES BUT MICHAEL, THE CHIEF ANGEL, THE 00:47:14.46\00:47:20.24 ONE ABOVE THEM ALL, STEPS IN AND IMBALANCES THE BATTLE. 00:47:20.24\00:47:26.07 HE SAID I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE SOONER, BUT I WAS FIGHTING TO BE 00:47:26.07\00:47:31.05 HERE. >> THE BIBLE SAYS THAT OUR 00:47:31.05\00:47:33.18 STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD. 00:47:33.18\00:47:37.39 IT IS AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES. AND THERE ARE TIMES -- AND WE 00:47:37.39\00:47:41.99 ALL KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINE, SOMETIMES WHEN 00:47:41.99\00:47:45.43 YOU ARE THERE IN THE MOMENT, DOING EXACTLY WHAT GOD CALLS YOU 00:47:45.43\00:47:50.03 TO DO, IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE GREATEST RESISTANCE. 00:47:50.03\00:47:53.54 >> UH-HUH. >> THIS BRINGS ME GREAT HOPE, 00:47:53.54\00:47:57.14 BECAUSE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, CHRIST IS STRONGER THAN ANY EVIL 00:47:57.14\00:48:04.35 ANGEL. BUT THERE WAS THIS BATTLE BEING 00:48:04.35\00:48:07.08 WAGED. WE HEARD FROM THE VERY 00:48:07.08\00:48:09.85 BEGINNING. IT JUST GIVES ME -- I LOVE THIS 00:48:09.85\00:48:14.36 SCRIPTURE. >> PASTOR CA? 00:48:14.36\00:48:15.82 >> WHAT WAS COMING TO MY MIND, AT COST, SATAN WAS CAST DOWN. 00:48:15.82\00:48:23.93 IN THE OLD TEST TIMES, SATAN HAD CERTAIN ABILITY AND ACCESS THAT 00:48:23.93\00:48:28.50 WAS DENIED TO HIM AFTER THE CROSS. 00:48:28.50\00:48:32.87 SO WE GET A PICTURE OF SATAN AS HE WAS FLECKING WHAT LITTLE 00:48:32.87\00:48:37.95 AUTHORITY HE HAD THAT WAS DENIED TO HIM AFTER THE CROSS. 00:48:37.95\00:48:41.02 EVERYTHING WAS SETTLED AT THE CROSS AS FAR AS WHO WOULD BE IN, 00:48:41.02\00:48:45.15 AND WHO WOULD BE OUT. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS 00:48:45.15\00:48:49.52 SOME ABILITIES THAT HE HAD THAT HE NO LONGER POSSESSES TO LEAVE 00:48:49.52\00:48:53.93 THE EARTH, HE HAS THE [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT'S GONE. 00:48:53.93\00:48:56.93 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. AND I THINK AGREEING WITH 00:48:56.93\00:49:00.07 SHELLEY AND JOHN, THAT WE GET A PULLING BACK OF THE VEIL, AND 00:49:00.07\00:49:04.67 SEE WHAT IS GOING ON BETWEEN EVERY LIFE AND EVERY SOUL AND 00:49:04.67\00:49:08.14 THE LORD. >> COULD I ALSO SAY THIS? 00:49:08.14\00:49:10.65 BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL BATTLE, IT IS SO EASY 00:49:10.65\00:49:15.82 FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE SPIRITUAL BATTLES IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE. 00:49:15.82\00:49:20.29 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHEN THEY ARE CALLING -- I'M 00:49:20.29\00:49:23.79 GOING YOU ARE IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 00:49:23.79\00:49:25.99 BUT WHEN IT IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE, I DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE 00:49:25.99\00:49:30.13 IT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT -- I DON'T 00:49:30.13\00:49:31.97 KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S KIND OF -- SOMETIMES YOU EVEN GET TO 00:49:31.97\00:49:35.60 THAT POINT OF LORD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? 00:49:35.60\00:49:38.44 >> AND THEN SUDDENLY, YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE. 00:49:38.44\00:49:42.48 I AM IN THE MIDST OF A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 00:49:42.48\00:49:45.75 I NEED TO START DOING WARFARE. I NEED TO REALLY GET THE WEAPONS 00:49:45.75\00:49:51.72 OF MY WARFARE OUT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING -- I THINK 00:49:51.72\00:49:55.12 AGAIN, WHY I LIKE THAT SCRIPTURE IS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FOR 00:49:55.12\00:49:58.63 US TO FORGET THAT THERE IS THIS BATTLE GOING ON. 00:49:58.63\00:50:02.20 >> THAT'S A VERY VERY GOOD POINT. 00:50:02.20\00:50:05.20 >> IT IS. WHICH IS WHY IT GOES BACK TO THE 00:50:05.20\00:50:08.84 POINT THAT YOU PRAY AND KEEP ON PRAYING. 00:50:08.84\00:50:11.11 MAYBE YOU ARE NOT READY EVEN TO RECEIVE THAT ANSWER AT THAT 00:50:11.11\00:50:14.14 POINT IN TIME. MAYBE YOU NEED TO CHANGE OR 00:50:14.14\00:50:16.95 ADJUST SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF 00:50:16.95\00:50:19.38 THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DO NOT 00:50:19.38\00:50:23.08 NECESSARILY SEE. THAT OF COURSE, GOD -- GOD SEES. 00:50:23.08\00:50:27.56 >> AMEN. >> WOW, THERE IS ONLY SIX 00:50:27.56\00:50:30.33 MINUTES LEFT. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT MARRIAGE 00:50:30.33\00:50:33.50 AND THE NEW EARTH? WILL WE KNOW OUR SPOUSES AS WE 00:50:33.50\00:50:38.20 KNOW THEM NOW? >> I HOPE SO. 00:50:38.20\00:50:40.50 >> THIS COMES FROM TERESA. >> I HOPE SO. 00:50:40.50\00:50:43.44 >> THE LORD IS NOT GOING TO GET RID OF MARRIAGE ANY MORE THAN HE 00:50:43.44\00:50:47.91 IS GOING TO GET RID OF THE SABBATH. 00:50:47.91\00:50:51.01 NOW THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEAVEN WE WILL NEITHER MARRY NOR BE GIVEN 00:50:51.01\00:50:57.85 IN MARRY. I HAVEN'T COME UPON A SCRIPTURE 00:50:57.85\00:51:02.12 THAT SAYS IN THE NEW EARTH MARRIAGE WILL BE DISBANDED. 00:51:02.12\00:51:08.73 I LOOK FORWARD TO ONE DAY BEING MORE OF A STATURE OF A MAN IN 00:51:08.73\00:51:14.47 THE NEW EARTH FOR MY WIFE TO ADMIRE THAT I CAN'T ATTAIN NOW. 00:51:14.47\00:51:19.54 I HAVE GENETICS THAT DON'T ALLOW ME TO LOOK LIKE WHAT I WANT TO 00:51:19.54\00:51:24.31 LOOK LIKE. BUT I BELIEVE IN THE NEW EARTH 00:51:24.31\00:51:27.22 WE ARE GOING TO RELISH THE BEAUTY OF MARRIAGE AS GOD AS 00:51:27.22\00:51:31.89 BLESSED IT AND ORDAINED IT TO BE. 00:51:31.89\00:51:34.79 BUT IN HEAVEN THERE WILL BE NO MARRIAGE OR GIVING OF MARRIAGE. 00:51:34.79\00:51:40.03 WE'RE THERE FOR TH PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THE RECORDS. 00:51:40.03\00:51:43.33 >> SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS CLEAR, BUT 00:51:43.33\00:51:47.04 I DO KNOW THAT I'LL BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER GOD IS PROVIDING. 00:51:47.04\00:51:52.61 >> AND THAT WILL BE JILL. >> OH, I AGREE WITH THAT. 00:51:52.61\00:51:57.15 >> THANK YOU. >> MARRIAGE AND SABBATH WERE 00:51:57.15\00:52:02.68 BOTH PRESIN INSTITUTIONS, SO POST SIN -- 00:52:02.68\00:52:05.22 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THIS IS FROM WILLIAM HOW CAN 00:52:05.22\00:52:09.89 WE HAVE PEACE IN THIS WORLD, AND WORK WITH PEOPLE NOT OF OUR 00:52:09.89\00:52:15.50 FAITH? HOW CAN WE HAE PEACE IN THE 00:52:15.50\00:52:17.70 WORLD, AND WORK WITH PEOPLE NOT OF YOUR FAITH. 00:52:17.70\00:52:20.67 >> ISAIAH 26:3, IF WE KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON GOD, TRUSTING IN 00:52:20.67\00:52:28.31 HIM, HE WILL GIVE US PERFECT PEACE. 00:52:28.31\00:52:30.25 AND I THINK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT IF YOU ARE WORKING -- IF YOU ARE 00:52:30.25\00:52:34.45 A CHRISTIAN AND YOU ARE WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PERHAPS 00:52:34.45\00:52:38.29 THERE'S SWEARING OR ALL KINDS OF IMMORAL THINGS GOING ON, THAT IT 00:52:38.29\00:52:43.69 IS SOMETHING THAT COULD ROB YOU OF YOUR PEACE IF YOU GET YOUR 00:52:43.69\00:52:46.76 EYES OFF OF GOD, BUT IF YOU JUST KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED ON HIM, 00:52:46.76\00:52:53.40 AND NOT BECOME -- GOD MAY PUT YOU THERE TO BE PART OF THE 00:52:53.40\00:52:58.61 SOLUTION, RATHER THAN PART OF THE PROBLEM. 00:52:58.61\00:53:01.18 SO DON'T COMPROMISE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT -- YOU KNOW, I 00:53:01.18\00:53:04.95 KNOW THAT -- WE HA A YOUNG MAN WHO WORKED HERE FOR SOME YEARS 00:53:04.95\00:53:10.55 AND THEN LEFT AND THEN WET TO WORK IN THE WORLD, AND HE WAS 00:53:10.55\00:53:15.09 CALLING, BEGGING FOR HIS JOB BACK, BECAUSE HE SAID THIS IS 00:53:15.09\00:53:19.06 ALMOST UNBEARABLE BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE, AND JUST THE 00:53:19.06\00:53:22.80 ATTITUDES. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU 00:53:22.80\00:53:26.37 KEEP -- IF YOU DON'T KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED ON THE LORD, YOU 00:53:26.37\00:53:30.77 COULD LOSE YOUR PEACE. >> MATTHEW 5:16 LET YOUR LIGHT 00:53:30.77\00:53:34.88 SHINE BEFORE MEN AS THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY IN 00:53:34.88\00:53:39.65 HEAVEN. SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS US TO BE A 00:53:39.65\00:53:43.82 CANDLE AMIST DARKNESS. WAS AT A HOSPITAL IN SAN 00:53:43.82\00:53:47.96 FRANCISCO A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND I WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET A 00:53:47.96\00:53:51.69 TEST RESULT. AND I FORGOT, AND THEY SAID GO 00:53:51.69\00:53:54.50 GET IT AND COME TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. 00:53:54.50\00:53:56.50 I CAME BACK AND THERE WERE THREE WOMEN IN FRONT OF ME. 00:53:56.50\00:53:59.57 AND I COULD HAVE SAID COULD YOU JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY. 00:53:59.57\00:54:03.17 I STOOD IN THE BACK OF THE LINE. MY WIFE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 00:54:03.17\00:54:08.14 THE COUNTER. THE NURSES STOOD THERE, AND SAID 00:54:08.14\00:54:11.91 YOUR HUSBAND MUST BE A CHRISTIAN. 00:54:11.91\00:54:14.68 I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BEING A PASTOR. 00:54:14.68\00:54:18.09 SHE SAID HE LET THOSE THREE WOMEN AHEAD OF THEM. 00:54:18.09\00:54:21.52 HE JUST LET THEM GO WITHOUT SAYING A SINGLE WORD. 00:54:21.52\00:54:24.96 SO YOUR LIFE COULD BE A SILENT WITNESS AT A TIME WHEN IT REALLY 00:54:24.96\00:54:29.66 MATTERS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. 00:54:29.66\00:54:30.50 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 00:54:30.50\00:54:34.27 HE CALLS EVEN HIS ENEMIES TO BE AT PEACE WITH HIM. 00:54:34.27\00:54:38.34 SO IT PRESUPPOSES THAT THE WAY YOU PROSECUTE YOUR LIFE IS 00:54:38.34\00:54:45.48 PLEASING TO GOD. THEY HAVE NOTHING ON YOU, 00:54:45.48\00:54:49.05 BECAUSE YOUR WAYS PLEASE GOD. >> ROMANS 12 MAKES IT VERY 00:54:49.05\00:54:53.05 CLEAR. IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE. 00:54:53.05\00:54:57.53 PAUL SAYS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITH OTHERS. 00:54:57.53\00:55:00.13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT ISN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE. 00:55:00.13\00:55:02.76 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT YOU CAN HAVE PEACE IN 00:55:02.76\00:55:06.20 YOUR HEART. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:06.20\00:55:07.84 >> I LIKE THAT YOU MENTIONED ROMANS 12. 00:55:07.84\00:55:13.17 I BELIEVE IN THAT. I WROTE THIS IS HOW I SHOULD 00:55:13.17\00:55:17.75 LIVE EVERY DAY. >> AMEN. 00:55:17.75\00:55:19.75 >> IT GIVES GODLY PRINCIPALS FOR LOVING, FOR BELIEVING FOR 00:55:19.75\00:55:27.06 TRUSTING IN GOD TO BRING VENGEANCE AND ALL OF THAT. 00:55:27.06\00:55:29.59 >> IT TAKES TWO TO FIGHT STILL. >> AMEN. 00:55:29.59\00:55:32.59 HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE END OF BOTH OF OUR 00:55:32.59\00:55:36.30 HOURS HERE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 00:55:36.30\00:55:38.23 I JUST THINK IF WE OPEN UP THE WORD OF GOD IT CHANGES US. 00:55:38.23\00:55:43.04 AS WE GET IN AND AS WE STUDY, AS WE MEDITATE THAT I WOULD NOT SIN 00:55:43.04\00:55:51.98 AGAINST THEE. WE THANK YOU FOR SENDING THESE 00:55:51.98\00:55:54.55 QUESTIONS IN AS WELL. >> YEAH, WE ARE DO. 00:55:54.55\00:55:57.12 AND WE'RE SORRY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO ALL OF THEM. 00:55:57.12\00:56:01.46 BUT IT'S BLESSING, BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE 00:56:01.46\00:56:05.79 WORD OF GOD. WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS ON THINGS, 00:56:05.79\00:56:08.73 BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO OPENING GOD'S WORD AND WHAT HE 00:56:08.73\00:56:13.84 HAS TO SAY, THAT'S THE KEY. BECAUSE GOD'S WORD WILL NEVER 00:56:13.84\00:56:18.47 FAIL. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 00:56:18.47\00:56:20.94 EVEN -- LIFE -- WE ALL HAVE OUR UPS AND DOWNS, THE TRAILS AND 00:56:20.94\00:56:27.18 THINGS, BUT THE TRAIL OF YOUR FAITH WORKS WHAT? 00:56:27.18\00:56:30.32 >> AMEN. >> IT WORKS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 00:56:30.32\00:56:32.65 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, PASTOR JOHN 00:56:32.65\00:56:35.36 FOR BEING WITH US. SHELLEY, PASTOR CA, ALWAYS A 00:56:35.36\00:56:41.23 BLESSING, AND PASTOR KENNY SHELTON WHO WAS ON IN THE FIRST 00:56:41.23\00:56:44.73 HOUR. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS 00:56:44.73\00:56:47.70 HEALTH, BUT HE IS DOING GREAT. PRAISE THE LORD. 00:56:47.70\00:56:50.41 >> AMEN. AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO 00:56:50.41\00:56:53.48 KEEP STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD. SET ASIDE EVERY MORNING TO GIVE 00:56:53.48\00:56:59.41 YOUR WILL TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THEN MEDITATE ON HIS 00:56:59.41\00:57:04.45 WORD, AND YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE. 00:57:04.45\00:57:07.69 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. GOOD NIGHT. 00:57:07.69\00:57:10.39 ¤ 00:57:10.39\00:57:14.66