¤
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>> AND WE ARE
BACK. 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
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THURSDAY NIGHT, WE'RE HAVING
A GOOD TIME IN THE LORD, AND
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HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HEARD
SOMETHING THAT HAS TOUCHED YOU,
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THAT HAS HELPED YOU, AND WILL
INDEED HELP YOU TO WALK THIS
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ROAD TO LEADS TO GLORY.
MY GUEST IS PASTOR JAMES
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RAFFERTY, NOT TRAVELING AS MUCH
AS HE DID IN THE PAST, BUT HE
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CAME TO BE WITH US HERE ON 3ABN,
AND WE'RE VERY GLAD HE DID.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIVES
OF MEN WHO WERE ACCOUNTED AND
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ACQUITTED AS BEING
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SEE HOW THAT
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RIGHTEOUSNESS PAILS TO
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LORD.
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AND GOD WANTS YOU TO SURRENDER
TO HIM, TO WALK WITH HIM, AND TO
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LET CHRIST LIVE OUT HIS LIFE
THROUGH YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO
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DEAL A LITTLE BIT MORE
WITH THAT IN THIS -- THIS HOUR.
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HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED
AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT DANIEL AND
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JOB, TWO MEN OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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NOW WE GO TO PAUL
AND JOHN. >> JOHN.
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>> AND JOHN IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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BEFORE WE DO SO, WE'RE GOING
TO GET OUR MUSIC FROM STEPHANIE
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DAWN. STEPHANIE
IS GOING TO BE RING
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E -- SINGING "O
GLORIOUS LOVE." ¤
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¤ IN MY
DARKNESS JESUS FOUND ME ¤
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¤ TOUCHED MY
EYES AND MADE ME SEE ¤
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¤ BROKEN CHAINS
THAT HAD BOUND ME ¤
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¤ GAVE ME LIFE AND LIBERTY ¤
¤ OH GLORIOUS LOVE OF CHRIST, MY
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LORD DEFINE ¤ ¤ WHO
GAVE HIMSELF TO SAVE A
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SOUL LIKE MINE ¤ ¤
ALL MY DAYS [ INAUDIBLE ]
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¤ MY SONG AND SILENCE NEVER
¤ ¤ I WORSHIP HIM FOREVER ¤
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¤ AND PRAISE HIM
FOR HIS GLORIOUS LOVE ¤
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¤ OH, AMAZING TRUTH TO PONDER
¤ ¤ HE WHO AGE OF HOPE BEGINS ¤
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¤ [ INAUDIBLE ] WONDER
¤ ¤ HE BECAME THE SINNER'S
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FRIEND ¤ ¤ OH
GORGEOUS LOVE OF CHRIST, MY
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LORD DIVINE ¤ ¤ WHO
GAVE HIMSELF TO SAVE A
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SOUL LIKE MINE ¤ ¤
THROUGH ALL MY DAYS
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[ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ ¤ MY
SONG WILL SILENCE NEVER ¤
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¤ I'LL WORSHIP HIM FOREVER
¤ ¤ AND PRAISE HIM FOR HIS
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GLORIOUS LOVE ¤ ¤
AND PRAISE HIM FOR HIS
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GLORIOUS LOVE ¤
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>> STEPHANIE DAWN, DAN THORNTON
HER STEPFATHER PLAYING FOR HER,
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"O GLORIOUS LOVE." HE
SAID WITHOUT HIS GLASSES ON.
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NOW THAT I HAVE
GOT THEM BACK ON.
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JAMES RAFFERTY IS WITH
US. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. AND
WE'RE LOOKING NOW AT TWO
NEW-TESTAMENT CHARACTERS, AND
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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK HOW THIS
IDEA -- THIS THEME IS WOVEN IN
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THEIR LIVES. JAMES?
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>> YEAH, THE REASON I REALLY
LIKE PAUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO
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NOW IS BECAUSE WE HAVE LOOKED AT
JOB AND DANIEL, AND WHO MEN WHO
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OBVIOUSLY ARE BEARING THE FRUITS
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
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IN OTHER WORDS THEIR LORD
IS THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
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THEREFORE THEY LIVE
RIGHTEOUSNESS LIVES.
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BUT CLEARLY GOD HAS GIVEN THEM
TO US SO WE DON'T GET CONFUSED
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WITH THE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND THE MEANS OF SALVATION.
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THE MEANS OF SALVATION IS
THE DOING AND DIEING OF JESUS.
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THAT'S HOW WE'RE SAVED.
DANIEL AND JOB LIVED LIVES THAT
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TOOK CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE
-- I LIKE TO SAY THAT JOB WAS
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SOCIALLY RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND DANIEL WAS POLITICALLY
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. IF
YOU ARE A POLITICIAN, YOU
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LOOK AT DANIEL, AND HE TELLS
YOU HOW TO BE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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YOU LOOK AT JOB, AND HE TELLS
YOU THOUSAND BE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN
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THE WAY YOU
RELATE TO SOCIAL ISSUES.
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PAUL IS GOING TO SHOW US HOW
TO BE RIGHTEOUSNESS OR NOT BE
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RIGHTEOUSNESS IN A WAY THAT
RELATES TO RELIGIOUS ISSUES.
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PAUL'S IS MORE THE
RELIGIOUS DOCTRINAL ISSUES.
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SO THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.
IN PAUL'S EXPERIENCE, PAUL
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ACTUALLY IS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN A
HUMAN SENSE BEFORE HE ENCOUNTERS
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CHRIST AND THAT PRODUCES THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS THE FRUIT
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OF SALVATION. JOB
AND DANIEL, I THINK HAD
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GENUINE EXPERIENCE WITH
THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESSNESS.
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BUT PAUL IS ACTUALLY PRODUCING
A RIGHTEOUSNESS PRIOR TO MEETING
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CHRIST THAT HE
BELIEVES FULFILLS THE LAW.
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>> CAN I JUST TOUCH ON
SOMETHING, AND FORGIVE ME FOR
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INTRUDING ON YOUR THOUGHT
PROCESS, BUT SOMETHING JUST
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POPPED IN MY MIND. THE
BIBLE SAYS [ INAUDIBLE ]
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ENEMIES BE AT PEACE WITH HIM.
THAT DANIEL SERVED UNDER ONE,
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TWO, THREE -- FOUR
DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
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>> UH-HUH. >> AND
MINISTERS TO ALL OF THEM.
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SO ALL OF THEM SAW
IN HIM A WISDOM, A --
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>> SPIRIT. >> -- A
SPIRIT THAT FIRST OF ALL
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THEY COULD RELATE TO, AND THAT
THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED THAT KIND
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OF COUNSEL IN THEIR KINGDOM,
THERE IS A PASTOR WHO IS NOW ON
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AMBASSADOR IN THE
PHILIPPINES. HE IS STILL THERE.
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HE IS ADVENTIST PASTOR,
THOUGH THE ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE
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CHANGED -- AND USUALLY WHEN A
NEW ADMINISTRATION COMES, THEY
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WANT THEIR GUYS IN THERE, BUT
HE HAS LASTED THROUGH ALL FOUR,
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BECAUSE THEY SEE IN HIM THIS
HONESTY AND PURITY THAT THEY
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WANT THIS THEIR ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHEN YOU STAND UP FOR THE
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LORD, PEOPLE MAY NOT LOVE WHAT
YOU SAY, BUT THEY WILL RESPECT
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YOU, AND THEY HAVE NO CHARGE
AGAINST YOU, BECAUSE YOUR LIFE
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IS OPEN, YOUR LIFE IS CLEAN,
YOUR LIFE IS WITH THE LORD.
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AND DANIEL PORTRAYED
THAT THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT
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ADMINISTRATIONS AND
TWO DIFFERENT EMPIRES.
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>> AMEN. AND LET'S
HIT THIS NAIL ON THE
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HEAD THEN, SINCE
YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
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AND THEREFORE, THIS LIFE THT WE
LIVE, THIS BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE
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IN THE LIVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
PEOPLE, LIKE MOTHER THAT ARE
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THERESA SAID, SHE SAID PRAY FOR
ME, THAT I WOULD NOT LET GO OF
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MY HAND ON JESUS IN THE GUISE
OF APPROXIMATE SERVING THE POUR.
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THE GREATEST DANGER THAT WE
WOULD HAVE IS THAT WE SOMEHOW
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SHIFT FROM TRUSTING IN JESUS
CHRIST IN OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, TO
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TRUSTING IN OUR
WORKS AS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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>> YES. >> AND EVN
HAVING OTHER PEOPLE
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TRUST IN OUR -- LIKE I ASK
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, DO YOU
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THINK MOTHER
THERESA WILL BE IN HEAVEN?
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OF COURSE. I SAY WHY?
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AND THEN I SHARE
THAT STATEMENT WITH THEM.
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BECAUSE SHE WANTED HER
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE IN JESUS.
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AND WE TALKED ANN PROTESTANTS
AND CATHOLICS, AND I WANT TO
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SAY, THIS IS NOT
ABOUT DENOMINATION.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND
AND -- AND TAKE AHOLD OF
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RIGHTEOUSNESS BY
FAITH IN EVERY DENOMINATION.
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EVERY PROTESTANT IN THE 14TH,
14TH, 16TH CENTURY, THEY ALL
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CAME OTT OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH. THEY ARE ALL CATHOLICS.
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AND I WAS A CATHOLIC. SO
THIS IS ABOUT THE BIBLE AND
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CHRIST, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
IN ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE,
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WHO COME TO THIS REALIZATION
THAT THEY ARE NOTHING AND GOD IS
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EVERYTHING, AND THEY NEED TO PUT
100% TRUST IN HIM RATHER THAN
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THEMSELVES. NOW PAUL
WAS A PERSECUTOR OF THE
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH. IT
STARTS IN PHILIPPIANS 3, IF
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YOU COULD READ FOR US
-- PHILLIPIANS 3, AND READ
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DOWN TO VERSE
9, 3 TO 9. >> OKAY.
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FOR WE ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCE
COUPLE SITUATION WHO WORSHIP
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GOD, AND HAVE NO
CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.
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THOUGH, I MIGHT ALSO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH IF
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ANYONE ELSE THINKS HE MIGHT
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.
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I MORE SO.
CIRCUMCISED ON THE 8TH DAY,
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HEBREW OF HE HEBREWS, CONCERNING
ZEAL, CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS,
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BLAMELESS. BUT WHAT
THINGS WERE GAINED TO
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ME? THESE I
COUNTED LOSS FOR CHRIST.
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YET INDEED I ALSO COUNT ALL
THINGS LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCE
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OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD -- KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
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JESUS, MY LORD, FOR WHOM I HAVE
SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS
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AND COUNT THEM AS
RUBBISH THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST.
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AND I FOUND IN HIM NOT HAVING MY
OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS FROM
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THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS
THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST, THE
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RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH
IS FROM GOD BY FAITH.
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>> THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND IT IN THE
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NEW TEST. HE WANTS
TO HAVE JESUS CHRIST
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HIS LORD AS THE
LORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS GUY WAS BLAMELESS.
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SOMETIMES I FIND IT EASY TO
CONFESS MY SHORTCOMINGS AND MY
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FAILURES WHEN
THEY ARE PAST. >> YES.
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>> [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I DID TO MY WIFE THREE
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YEARS AGO. IT WAS TERRIBLE.
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NOT ABOUT WHAT I DID TO MY WIFE,
YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY OR TODAY.
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AND PAUL IS IN
THIS SITUATION, OKAY?
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SO HE'S -- HE'S
EXPRESSING WHAT HE ONCE WAS.
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BUT HERE IS WHAT IS INTERESTING.
I THINK IT'S SO PROFOUND.
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HE IS DOING THIS TO HELP US TO
REALIZE THAT HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT
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THAT HE WAS
BLAMELESS. >> UH-HUH.
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>> CA -- HE
THOUGHT HE WAS BLAMELESS.
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PAUL THOUGHT HE WAS
BLAMELESS BEFORE THE LAW.
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>> YEAH. >> I MEAN
THIS IS -- THIS IS THE
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MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE AS
HUMAN BEINGS, AND PAUL HAD THIS
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MENTALITY. HE -- HE
WAS A FOURTH GENERATION
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST. HE WAS BAPTIZED.
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HE FOLLOWED
HEALTH MEASURES TO A TEA.
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>> NOT ONLY
VEGETARIAN, VEGAN. >> YEAH.
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AND THERE'S A NEW
PHRASE. I'M A NUTRITARIAN.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND I
JUST -- THE REASON WHY
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I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
AND SO PROFOUND IS BECAUSE THIS
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REALLY HITS THE
NAIL ON THE HEAD.
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HERE WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE
DECEPTION THAT WE CN FALL INTO
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ON A RELIGIOUS LEVEL, AND THAT
IS THAT WE CAN BE TO CONNECTED
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WITH ALL O THE RIGHT TRUTH AND
PEOPLE AND HERITAGE, THAT WE CAN
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ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE ARE
BLAMELESS FOR THE LAW OF GOD.
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AND THIS IS WHERE PAUL WAS AT.
NOW JOB WAS THERE, IN A SENSE,
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FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
SOCIALLY BLAMELESS THAT WAS HIS
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THING. AND THEN HE SAW GOD.
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HE IS LIKE, AH! >> UH-HUH.
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>> DANIEL WAS THERE -- NOT
BECAUSE HE WASN'T HUMBLE, HE WAS
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VERY HUMBLE. SO HE
WASN'T COMING ACROSS AS
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DEFENDING HIMSELF IN ANY WAY.
AND JOB ACTUALLY TRIES TO DEFEND
00:14:08.68\00:14:14.88
HIMSELF. BUT
DANIEL IS JUST HUMBLE PIE,
00:14:14.88\00:14:17.79
AND YET WHEN HE SEES
GOD -- AH! >> SAME THING.
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>> AND NOW YOU COME TO
PAUL, AND HE IS SELF DECEIVED.
00:14:21.66\00:14:26.59
HE HAS THE PEDIGREE, THE
CONNECTION, HE HAS EVERYTHING
00:14:26.59\00:14:30.83
THAT IS NEEDED. HE
WHOLE PACKAGE IS THERE, BUT
00:14:30.83\00:14:34.67
HE NEEDS TO SEE SOMEBODY IN
ORDER TO GET OUT OF THIS SELF
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DECEPTION, AND WHO
DOES HE NEED TO SEE?
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>> HE NEEDS TO SEE
CHRIST. SEE THAT IS THE DEAL --
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT
PAUL HAS COME OUT OF A
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MIND SET THAT HIS -- HIS
BACKGROUND SAYS THIS IS HOW YOU
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GET IN THERE,
MAN. YOU WORK YOURSELF.
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YOU KNOW, YOU WASH YOURSELF
-- >> HELLO, SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTISTS. >>
THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
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AND WHAT IS INTERESTING IS WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE HIS RIFF OF THE
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CHURCH, WE STARTED OUT THAT WAY.
WE OF COURSE CORRECTED IN THE
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LATE 1800S, AND OUR TENDENCY
IS TO WANT TO SWING BACK THAT
00:15:07.44\00:15:11.87
WAY -- >> OR THE OTHER WAY.
00:15:11.87\00:15:13.61
>> OR THE OTHER WAY. BUT
WE WANT TO DO IT SO BADLY,
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IT'S JUST NATURAL TO
THING I CAN HELP THIS DEAL.
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I CAN HELP CHRIST.
>> ABRAHAM AND SARAH.
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>> YEAH, I CAN DO THIS.
>> ISAIAH 30:21 SAYS YOU WILL
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HEAR A VOICE
BEHIND YOU SAYING --
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>> THIS IS THE WAY. >>
WHETHER YOU TURN TO THE
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LEFT -- >> OR TO THE RIGHT.
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>> I'M NOT TURNING TO THE
LEFT. I'M NOT GOING IN THAT
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PROGRESSIVE MODE.
NO, I'M CONSERVATIVE.
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>> PRECISELY. >>
THAT'S THE RIGHT.
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>> I'M GOING TO
THE RIGHT. NO BUTTER.
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>> YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> SO -- SO -- THAT'S
GOOD. SO HERE WE ARE, OKAY?
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ONE EXAMPLE OLD TESTAMENT.
TWO EXAMPLE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:16:01.52\00:16:05.69
THREE EXAMPLE, NEW TESTAMENT.
AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE EXAMPLE
00:16:05.69\00:16:08.83
LEFT. AND THIS
FOURTH EXAMPLE IS JOHN.
00:16:08.83\00:16:10.80
NOW, I HAVE GOT TO DO
JOHN, BECAUSE JOHN WAS AMAZING.
00:16:10.80\00:16:15.20
HE HAD RELATIONAL
INTEGRITY. >> VERY MUCH SO.
00:16:15.20\00:16:18.94
>> SO I WANT TO LOOK AT JOHN
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE AS -- WE
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LOOKED AT JOB SOCIALLY, DANIEL,
POLITICAL INTEGRITY, PAUL WITH
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RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY, BUT
JOHN HAS PROPHETIC INTEGRITY.
00:16:31.09\00:16:42.03
HE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF TO THE
HIGH PRIEST AND THEN TO PILOT.
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AND IN THAT PROCESS, THE
DISCIPLES ALL SCATTERED, BUT
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THEN A COUPLE ARE
GOING BACK, JOHN AND PETER.
00:16:50.91\00:16:54.04
>> AND PETER. >> AND
PETER FROM ALL ACCOUNTS
00:16:54.04\00:16:57.41
PREVIOUS TO THIS, PETER IS THE
GUY THAT WON'T DENY CHRIST NO
00:16:57.41\00:17:02.18
MATTER WHAT. THEY
WILL, BUT I WON'T.
00:17:02.18\00:17:04.49
BUT THE RELATION
ALINTEGRITY LAYS WITH JOHN.
00:17:04.49\00:17:11.16
HE IS THE ONE THAT IS THERE.
HEAVEN GETS ACCESS FOR PETER
00:17:11.16\00:17:15.86
INTO THAT LITTLE, YOU KNOW,
COURTYARD, AND HE IS THE ONE
00:17:15.86\00:17:19.47
THAT JUST HOLDS
RELATIONALLY -- >> YEAH.
00:17:19.47\00:17:23.04
>> -- HE'S
CALLED JOHN THE BELOVED.
00:17:23.04\00:17:26.78
>> YEAH, AND IT FILTERS THROUGH
HIS GOSPEL AND THROUGH 1, AND 2
00:17:26.78\00:17:32.88
JOHN ALSO. >> YEAH.
00:17:32.88\00:17:35.55
>> THAT'S VERY MUCH INTEGRAL
TO -- TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
00:17:35.55\00:17:39.25
>> YES, WHICH BY THE WAY,
PAUL BEGINS TO GET THAT AND
00:17:39.25\00:17:43.26
SUPPLEMENTS THAT A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT THE
00:17:43.26\00:17:48.06
LAW IS SYNONYMOUS WITH LOVE.
YOU CAN DIVORCE THE TWO, BUT
00:17:48.06\00:17:55.14
WHEN WE GET THAT BALANCE, WE
DON'T WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LOVE
00:17:55.14\00:17:59.17
AND SAY TO THE NEGLECT OF THE
LAW, AND WE DON'T EVER WANT TO
00:17:59.17\00:18:03.85
FOCUS ON THE LAW TO
THE NEGLECT OF LOVE.
00:18:03.85\00:18:09.02
BUT THE POINT IS JOHN
HAS RELATIONAL INTEGRITY.
00:18:09.02\00:18:13.39
SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT A
GUY THAT JUST WAS CONSISTENTLY
00:18:13.39\00:18:23.77
FAITHFUL AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
-- I FAIL IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.
00:18:23.77\00:18:27.57
I DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO
JOHN, DANIEL, PAUL, OR JOB.
00:18:27.57\00:18:32.84
ALL RIGHT? BUT
WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE
00:18:32.84\00:18:35.28
EXAMPLES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO
SEE MEN WHO DO ACTUALLY EXCEL IN
00:18:35.28\00:18:41.15
THESE AREAS, AND EXEMPLIFY THE
AREAS, AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW
00:18:41.15\00:18:46.45
THEY MEASURE UP TO CHRIST OR
TO THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:18:46.45\00:18:51.66
SO WE WANT TO GET TO REVELATION.
IS THERE A WAY I CAN COME TO
00:18:51.66\00:18:57.23
3ABN AND LEAVE 3ABN WITHOUT
OPENING THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS?
00:18:57.23\00:19:04.27
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I GUESS NOT.
00:19:04.27\00:19:05.57
>> REVELATION IS WHERE ALL OF
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE BEGIN AND
00:19:05.57\00:19:10.41
END. SO
REVELATION 1, AGAIN, JUST
00:19:10.41\00:19:14.72
LIKE DANIEL JOHN'S IN VISION,
AND I WANT US -- CAN YOU READ
00:19:14.72\00:19:23.53
VERSES 12 TO 18.
>> REVELATION 1:12-18?
00:19:23.53\00:19:29.50
>> YEP. >> THEN I
TURN TO SEE THE VOICE
00:19:29.50\00:19:32.13
THAT SPOKE WITH ME, AND HAVING
TURNED I SAW SEVEN GOLDEN LAMP
00:19:32.13\00:19:37.87
STANDINGS, AND IN THE MIDST OF
THE SEVEN LAMP STANDS ONE LIKE
00:19:37.87\00:19:41.51
THE SON OF MAN, CLOSED WITH
A GARMENT DOWN TO THE FEET, AND
00:19:41.51\00:19:49.85
GIRTED ABOUT THE
CHEST WITH A GOLDEN BAND.
00:19:49.85\00:19:52.52
HIS HEAD AND HAIR WERE WHITE AS
WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW, AND HIS
00:19:52.52\00:19:57.69
EYE LIKE A FLAME OF FIRE.
HIS FEET WERE LIKE FINE BASS AS
00:19:57.69\00:20:02.86
IF REFINED IN A FURNACE AND
HIS VOW WAS THE SOUND OF MANY
00:20:02.86\00:20:09.77
WATERS. HE HAD IN
HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN
00:20:09.77\00:20:12.34
STARS, OUT OF HIS MOUTH A SHARP
TWO-EDGED SWORD, AND VERSE 17,
00:20:12.34\00:20:20.58
AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL
AT HIS FEET AS DEAD, BUT HE LAID
00:20:20.58\00:20:24.99
HIS RIGHT HAND ON ME, SAYING TO
ME, DO NOT BE AFRAID, I AM THE
00:20:24.99\00:20:29.46
FIRST AND THE LAST.
AND YOU WANT VERSE 18?
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.33
>> UH-HUH. >> I AM
HE WHO LIVED AND WAS
00:20:32.33\00:20:37.57
DEAD, AND AM ALIVE
FOREVER MORE. AMEN.
00:20:37.57\00:20:41.34
AND I HAVE THE KEYS
OF HADES AND HEAVEN.
00:20:41.34\00:20:52.48
>> HE IS IDENTIFIED
HERE AS THE SON OF MAN.
00:20:52.48\00:20:55.48
THIS IS JESUS. >> OH, YEAH.
00:20:55.48\00:20:57.15
>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS GUY THAT
HAS BEEN FAITHFUL ALL THROUGH
00:20:57.15\00:21:00.59
HIS LIFE -- IN FACT AT
THIS POINT, HE'S ON -- HE IS
00:21:00.59\00:21:08.70
SUFFERING ON THE ISLE, IN FACT
THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIS LIFE.
00:21:08.70\00:21:20.01
THEY TRIED TO PUT HIM
IN A VAT OF BOILING OIL --
00:21:20.01\00:21:23.01
>> COULD N'T DO IT. >>
HE IS FULL OF LOVE, LOVE,
00:21:23.01\00:21:29.15
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. HE IS
FAITHFULEN WHEN THE OTHER
00:21:29.15\00:21:34.02
DISCIPLES LEFT. WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN HE SEES JESUS?
00:21:34.02\00:21:37.09
>> YEAH. >> IT'S
LIKE, I'M NOTHING.
00:21:37.09\00:21:40.06
I'M GONE. I'M DEAD.
00:21:40.06\00:21:41.40
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE
LORD TO BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.50
>> UH-HUH. >>
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.
00:21:44.50\00:21:49.54
AND THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT
FOR OUR VIEWERS, IS OVER AND
00:21:49.54\00:21:53.17
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU MEET
PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO
00:21:53.17\00:21:57.01
PUT THAT POLE IN,
AND GET UP OVER THAT BAR.
00:21:57.01\00:22:00.25
>> YEAH. >> AND
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
00:22:00.25\00:22:02.48
THAT -- THAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING
WITH SOMETHING THAT JESUS HAS
00:22:02.48\00:22:05.89
ALREADY
ACCOMPLISHED FOR YOU. >> YEAH.
00:22:05.89\00:22:07.99
>> HE HAS GIVEN YOU
THE GIFT OF SALVATION.
00:22:07.99\00:22:11.36
YOU HAVE THE
GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:22:11.36\00:22:13.09
SO THE STRUGGLE IS NOT SO MUCH
THAT YOU NEED TO GAIN SALVATION.
00:22:13.09\00:22:17.70
THE STRUGGLE IS YOU NEE TO
SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO GOD.
00:22:17.70\00:22:22.20
ACCEPT THAT SALVATION -- AND IF
YOU THINK THAT'S EASY, IT'S NOT.
00:22:22.20\00:22:26.17
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PLAY OUR
PART, DO OUR PART, CONTRIBUTE,
00:22:26.17\00:22:29.98
OKAY? WE HAVE
THAT THING, AND JUST TO
00:22:29.98\00:22:31.61
MAKE THAT SURRENDER, BUT WHEN
YOU MAKE THAT SURRENDER, THRE'S
00:22:31.61\00:22:35.72
POWER THERE. >> YES.
00:22:35.72\00:22:37.49
>> SATAN FEARS -- THERE'S
NOTHING HE FEARS SO MUCH AS WE
00:22:37.49\00:22:43.99
WILL SEE CHRIST AS
OUR TOTAL RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:22:43.99\00:22:46.76
BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE
THAT, WE WILL LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.10
WE WILL LIVE FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE
IT WILL BE OFF OF OUR SHOULDER,
00:22:50.10\00:22:53.64
AND REALIZE OUR SALVATION IS
TAKEN CARE OF IN CHRIST, AND NOW
00:22:53.64\00:22:59.41
OUR JOB IS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
THIS WONDERFUL GIFT OF THE
00:22:59.41\00:23:03.41
SALVATION, AND WE WANT TO DO
THAT BY LIVING OUT LOVE IN OUR
00:23:03.41\00:23:10.82
LIVES. THE
MOTIVATION TO LIVING OUT
00:23:10.82\00:23:12.89
LOVE IS TO
WITNESS AND GLORIFY GOD.
00:23:12.89\00:23:16.76
>> I'M
LISTENING TO WHAT YOU SAY.
00:23:16.76\00:23:19.73
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE -- I
REMEMBER I WAS WATCHING 3ABN IN
00:23:19.73\00:23:23.23
PANAMA, AND A QUESTION CAME IN,
AND I WOMAN WAS SAYING, I DON'T
00:23:23.23\00:23:26.90
FEEL THIS. I DON'T
FEEL THE PRESENSE OF
00:23:26.90\00:23:29.77
JESUS. I DON'T
FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE IT.
00:23:29.77\00:23:33.34
I DON'T FEEL WORTHY. AND
WHAT OCCURS TO ME, JAMES, IS
00:23:33.34\00:23:38.31
GIVEN WHAT YOU SAID, WE
LOOKED AT FOUR -- I USE THE TERM
00:23:38.31\00:23:43.92
WORTHIES, EXCELLENT PEOPLE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK
00:23:43.92\00:23:48.22
ABOUT YOURSELF. >> UH-HUH.
00:23:48.22\00:23:50.33
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU
THINK YOU ARE GREAT OR IF YOU
00:23:50.33\00:23:53.73
THINK YOU ARE NOTHING, NEITHER
ONE OF THOSE -- THOSE ARE BOTH
00:23:53.73\00:24:00.74
ILLUSIONS. WHAT WE
NEED TO PRAY FOR IS
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.24
LORD, LET ME SEE
JESUS. >> UH-HUH.
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.41
>> BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE ISSUES
WILL LEVEL THEMSELVES IN THE
00:24:05.41\00:24:09.04
LIGHT OF WHO WE
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:24:09.04\00:24:12.68
>> AMEN. >>
WHETHER YOU THINK HIGHLY OF
00:24:12.68\00:24:15.52
YOURSELF OR NOTHING OF YOURSELF,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE HUMBLED WHEN
00:24:15.52\00:24:20.02
YOU SEE JESUS AS HE REALLY IS,
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHERE YOU
00:24:20.02\00:24:23.73
NEED TO BE, BECAUSE
THEN YOUR GROWTH CAN START.
00:24:23.73\00:24:26.66
WHEN -- WHEN YOU REALIZE THERE
IS NOTHING IN ME, NOTHING I
00:24:26.66\00:24:30.07
HAVE, NOTHING I AM,
NOTHING I BRING TO THE TABLE.
00:24:30.07\00:24:35.04
I JUST NEED TO CLING TO THE HEM
OF HIS GARMENT AND THE HEALING
00:24:35.04\00:24:39.57
STARTS THERE. SO IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
00:24:39.57\00:24:42.38
HISTORY IS, JUST
GRAB ON TO JESUS.
00:24:42.38\00:24:45.85
>> AMEN. >> AND THE
GROWTH STARTS THERE.
00:24:45.85\00:24:48.38
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT THAT.
00:24:48.38\00:24:54.22
HEBREWS 11. SO
LET'S LEEK AT OUR HISTORY.
00:24:54.22\00:24:57.49
LET'S LOOK AT OUR STORY.-pWE
LOOKED AT FOUR PEOPLE AND JUST
00:24:57.49\00:25:02.93
SELECTED THEM. WE JUST PULLED
THEM OUT, AND I REMEMBER I SAID
00:25:02.93\00:25:10.37
I'M SO GLAD THAT THE WHOLE BIBLE
ISN'T THE BOOK OF DANIEL,
BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE
00:25:10.37\00:25:15.04
TO WALK AWAY.-pBUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT HEBREWS 11, AND I LOVE THIS,
00:25:15.04\00:25:22.55
BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE CALL
THE HALL OF FAITH CHAPTER.
00:25:22.55\00:25:25.29
OKAY? AND WE KNOW
THAT WE'RE SAVED BY
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.89
GRACE THRUGH FAITH.-WE'RE HIS
WORKMANSHIP, AND OUR SOL VA--
SALVATION IS WITH JESUS.
00:25:28.89\00:25:41.67
HERE IS HOW IT GETS REAL
PRACTICAL, THIS PERSON THAT IS
00:25:41.67\00:25:46.98
STRUGGLING. THE
BIBLE IS FULL -- HEBREWS 11
00:25:46.98\00:25:50.81
GOES THROUGH AND RECOUNTS
FOR US THE EXPERIENCES OF GOD'S
00:25:50.81\00:25:55.95
FAITHFUL PEOPLE IN
THE PAST. >> UH-HUH.
00:25:55.95\00:25:57.92
>> NOW IT'S INTERESTING TO
ME, I THINK, THAT DANIEL ISN'T
00:25:57.92\00:26:02.92
MENTIONED HERE, JOB DIDN'T
MENTIONED HERE, THE REASON
00:26:02.92\00:26:06.76
THAT'S INTERESTING
-- ENOCH IS MENTIONED.
00:26:06.76\00:26:12.60
BUT THEN YOU GET
INTO, FOR EXAMPLE NOAH.
00:26:12.60\00:26:16.91
PREACHED FOR 120 YEARS,
BUT NOAH HAD HIS PROBLEMS TOO.
00:26:16.91\00:26:21.84
HE GOT DRUNK AND -- AND
ABRAHAM HAD HIS PROBLEMS TOO.
00:26:21.84\00:26:27.65
HE LIED ABOUT SARAH
BEING HIS SISTER TWICE?
00:26:27.65\00:26:32.32
>> YES. >> AND IT
CONTINUES ON HERE.
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.79
YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WHOLE
LIST. YOU HAVE ONE PERSON AFTER
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.73
ANOTHER THAT ACTUALLY WHEN YOU
READ THEIR LIVES -- JACOB FOR
00:26:37.73\00:26:42.13
EXAMPLE, THE GUY
WAS JUST A DESERVER.
00:26:42.13\00:26:45.57
I LOOKING IN
VERSUS 21. ISAAC ALSO.
00:26:45.57\00:26:48.60
YOU LOOK AT MOSES GOING
DOWN TOWARDS VERSES 23, 24, WHO
00:26:48.60\00:26:53.84
KILLED THE EGYPTIAN AND HID HIM
IN TH SAND, AND THEN IT GOES ON
00:26:53.84\00:26:58.45
AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE GOT RAHAB, VERSUS 31.
00:26:58.45\00:27:08.59
IT CALLS HER THE HARLOT, AND
THEN YOU HAVE WHAT MORE CAN I
00:27:08.59\00:27:13.70
TELL YOU? WHAT
ABOUT DAVID AND SAMUEL AND
00:27:13.70\00:27:16.23
THE PROPHETS AND -- AND YOU
LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE NAMES --
00:27:16.23\00:27:20.40
>> EVERYBODY HAS SKID MARKS
ON THEIR RECORD TOO BY THE WAY.
00:27:20.40\00:27:23.71
>> OH, THAT'S THE
POINT. THAT'S THE POINT.
00:27:23.71\00:27:26.14
>> YEAH. >> WHEN I
FIRST READ HEBREWS 11.
00:27:26.14\00:27:29.88
I WAS LIKE SAMPSON? >> YEAH.
00:27:29.88\00:27:33.05
>> SAMPSON -- LIKE
DID THEY GE THAT RIGHT?
00:27:33.05\00:27:36.45
SAMPSON? HE'S THERE?
00:27:36.45\00:27:38.69
REALLY? WHAT?
00:27:38.69\00:27:39.32
AND I'M THINKING,
BUT HERE IS THE DEAL.
00:27:39.32\00:27:44.43
THESE GUYS IN HEBREWS 11
HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY FAILURE.
00:27:44.43\00:27:50.80
WHEN YOU READ HEBREWS
11, THERE'S NO -- THERE'S NO
00:27:50.80\00:27:55.34
RECORDED ERROR HERE.
THESE GUYS LOOK LIKE DANIEL, AND
00:27:55.34\00:28:01.54
JOB AND JOHN.
THERE'S NO RECORDED ERROR.
00:28:01.54\00:28:04.91
IT'S ALL POSITIVE. >> YEAH.
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.58
>> BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT
OUR LIFE LOOKS LIKE IN CHRIST.
00:28:06.58\00:28:09.45
>> WELL SAID. WHEN CHRIST IS OUR
00:28:09.45\00:28:12.39
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THIS IS --
WHE PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT BEING
00:28:12.39\00:28:17.46
JUDGED, I SAY READ HEBREWS 11.
WHEN GOD RECORDS YOUR NAME, WHEN
00:28:17.46\00:28:22.30
HE IS RECORDING YOUR HISTORY IN
THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT, IF
00:28:22.30\00:28:26.20
YOU TRUST IN CHRIST AS YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS THIS IS WHAT YOUR
00:28:26.20\00:28:29.50
HISTORY LOOKS LIKE.
JUST ADD YOUR NAME HERE.
00:28:29.50\00:28:32.64
HEBREWS 11. AND I
LOVE WHAT YOU SAID -- YOU
00:28:32.64\00:28:35.84
SAID WE HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER
THESE GUYS HAVE SOME TRACKS, BUT
00:28:35.84\00:28:42.25
APPARENTLY IT'S NOT
HERE. WHEN GOD WRITES UP THE
00:28:42.25\00:28:45.85
RECORD -- WHICH HE JUST
DID -- WHEN HE WRITES UP THE
00:28:45.85\00:28:49.72
RECORD -- >> YEAH.
00:28:49.72\00:28:51.16
>> OKAY? WHEN HE
WRITES UP THE BOOK, ALL
00:28:51.16\00:28:53.60
OF THE TRACKS ARE
GONE. >> A LOT OF EDITORIAL.
00:28:53.60\00:28:57.10
AND WHO CAME DOWN
TO COMFORT CHRIST?
00:28:57.10\00:28:59.80
MOW CUSS AND ELIJAH.
MAJOR LESSONS IN FAITH.
00:28:59.80\00:29:06.51
COMFORTING, COMFORTING HIM NOW.
I'M SO GLD YOU WENT TO HEBREWS
00:29:06.51\00:29:10.75
11, BECAUSE THE LAST TWO VERSES
ARE ONES THAT -- WHEN I FIRST
00:29:10.75\00:29:15.05
READ THEM, I GOT UP AND I JUST
WALKED AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE.
00:29:15.05\00:29:25.33
IT'S LIKE -- [ LAUGHTER ]
00:29:25.33\00:29:26.56
>> THEY WITHOUT US -- WE
ALL GET IT AT THE SAME TIME.
00:29:26.56\00:29:30.37
SO THAT'S HOPEFOR ME.
WHEN I LOOK AT THESE -- CAN I
00:29:30.37\00:29:34.64
SAY JAMES SANITIZED RECORDS, OR
AS GOD SEES THEM, THE FACT THAT
00:29:34.64\00:29:39.27
I GET MINE WHEN THEY GET THEIRS,
GOD IS GOING TO DO THE SAME
00:29:39.27\00:29:43.31
THING FOR ME.
THAT IS SO EXCITING.
00:29:43.31\00:29:45.45
>> IT IS. >> IT
MAKES RIGHTEOUSNESS BY
00:29:45.45\00:29:50.32
FAITH VERY, VERY REAL.
BECAUSE I KNOW MY WARTS.
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.59
I KNOW I HAVE ISSUES,
BUT I ALSO HAVE JESUS.
00:29:53.59\00:29:57.86
AND THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST DOES CLEANSE ALL SINS.
00:29:57.86\00:30:01.73
>> WE HAVE TO GET TO AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION BEFORE WE
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.67
CLOSE UP. IT'S LUKE 18.
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.37
I CAN HEAR PEOPLE -- I KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING, BECAUSE I ASKED
00:30:06.37\00:30:10.51
THE SAME QUESTION, I
WAS LIKE HOW DO YOU KNOW?
00:30:10.51\00:30:13.68
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE
TRUSTING CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:30:13.68\00:30:17.65
BECAUSE THE HARDEST
THING -- PAUL DIDN'T KNOW IT.
00:30:17.65\00:30:21.65
THE GUY DIDN'T KNOW. HE
THOUGHT HE WAS BLAMELESS
00:30:21.65\00:30:24.45
BEFORE THE LAW. HE DID'T KNOW.
00:30:24.45\00:30:26.02
>> HE DIDN'T KNOW. >>
AND I SPEND TIME WITH CHRIST.
00:30:26.02\00:30:30.26
I OPEN MY BIBLE.
MAYBE I'M SELF DECEIVED.
00:30:30.26\00:30:34.00
WE HAVE A BIG
ISSUE IN THE CHURCH.
00:30:34.00\00:30:36.60
WE THINK WE'RE
IN NEED OF NOTHING.
00:30:36.60\00:30:38.83
WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE BLIND
AND POOR AND [ INAUDIBLE ].
00:30:38.83\00:30:43.57
SO HOW CAN YOU KNOW
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING.
00:30:43.57\00:30:47.08
FAITH BEING THE OPER
OPERATIVE -- WORD, SO LUKE 8 AND
00:30:47.08\00:30:59.29
9. >> I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL
00:30:59.29\00:31:02.16
AVENGE THEM SPEED ILLY.
NEVERTHELESS WHEN THE SON OF MAN
00:31:02.16\00:31:10.77
COMES WILL HE REALLY
FIND FAITH ON TH EARTH.
00:31:10.77\00:31:15.94
ALSO HE SPOKE A PARABLE TO SOME
THAT TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES THAT
00:31:15.94\00:31:24.05
THEY WERE RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND DESPISED OTHERS.
00:31:24.05\00:31:26.55
>> BOOM. LET'S BREAK THIS UP.
00:31:26.55\00:31:29.55
THE POINT IN VERSE 8 WAS WHEN
THE SON OF MAN COMES IS HE GOING
00:31:29.55\00:31:34.39
TO FIND FAITH?
JESUS IS ASKING THIS.
00:31:34.39\00:31:37.09
AND WHAT HE IS REALLY SAYING
IS -- IS HE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE
00:31:37.09\00:31:41.53
WHO BELIEVE IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH?
00:31:41.53\00:31:43.43
>> UH-HUH. >> IS THAT POSSIBLE?
00:31:43.43\00:31:45.33
AND THEN HE SAYS -- AND IT'S
BEAUTIFUL -- HE TIES IN -- HE IS
00:31:45.33\00:31:49.50
ABOUT TO GIVE A PARABLE OF
HOW IT THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
00:31:49.50\00:31:53.74
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
THINK OF THE PARABLE OF THE
00:31:53.74\00:31:57.55
PUBLIC AND THE FREROTTESY.
AND HE SAYS -- HOW CAN WE KNOW
00:31:57.55\00:32:07.86
IF WE'RE TRUSTING OURSELVES OR
IF WE ARE TRUSTING IN CHRIST'S
00:32:07.86\00:32:12.93
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH?
WILL HE FIND FAITH ON EARTH?
00:32:12.93\00:32:16.97
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY OF
PEOPLE WHO TRUST IN THEMSELVES
00:32:16.97\00:32:21.20
BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THE KEY TO TRUSTING -- TO
00:32:21.20\00:32:24.94
KNOWING IF YOU ARE TRUSTING
IN YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE
00:32:24.94\00:32:28.34
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
FOUND IN VERSUS 9.
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.08
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT IT.
AND HE SPOKE THIS PARABLE UNDER
00:32:30.08\00:32:35.08
CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED
THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE
00:32:35.08\00:32:38.59
RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> AND
DIS -- DESPISE OTHERS.
00:32:38.59\00:32:45.73
>> IF YOU WANT KNOW IF YO ARE
TRUSTING IN YOURSELF, IT'S YOUR
00:32:45.73\00:32:50.17
ATTITUDE TOWARDS
OTHER PEOPLE. >> YEAH.
00:32:50.17\00:32:51.87
>> THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE
GREATEST CHRISTIANS IN THIS
00:32:51.87\00:32:54.47
WORLD ARE THE DOWN AND OUTERS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
00:32:54.47\00:32:58.34
PEOPLE WHO ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BE IT THE
00:32:58.34\00:33:02.61
BOTTOM. YOU FINE
THEM IN AA MEETINGS,
00:33:02.61\00:33:06.25
AND CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETINGS,
YOU FIND THEM IN THE LOW-INCOME
00:33:06.25\00:33:12.02
HOUSING, AND ON THE STREETS.
THEY HIT THE BOTTOM AND THEY
00:33:12.02\00:33:15.69
DON'T JUST IN THEMSELVES THAT
THEY ARE RIGHTEOUSNESS.-THEY
00:33:15.69\00:33:22.40
JUST DON'T. THE PEOPLE THAT
TRUST THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE
00:33:22.40\00:33:26.70
RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE RELIGION, THE PEOPLE WHO
00:33:26.70\00:33:30.27
HAVE TRUTH, THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE DOCTRINE. >> UH-HUH.
00:33:30.27\00:33:36.01
>> WHEN YOU ARE A DOWN AND
OUTER, ALL YOU DEPEND UPON IS
00:33:36.01\00:33:42.52
GRACE. >> EXACTLY.
00:33:42.52\00:33:43.95
>> IF YOU DEPEND UPON YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU LOOK AT OTHER
00:33:43.95\00:33:47.19
PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE
LIKE, THEY ARE NOT DOING IT.
00:33:47.19\00:33:50.29
LOOK AT THE WAY THEY ARE DRESS.
LOOK AT THE WAY THEY ABOUT.
00:33:50.29\00:33:55.53
WHENEVER WE DESPITE -- DESPISE
OTHERS, IT'S A REMINDER THAT
00:33:55.53\00:34:04.47
JESUS IS SAYING IF YOU WANT TO
KNOW IF YOU ARE TRUSTING IN ME
00:34:04.47\00:34:08.28
OR TRUSTING IN YOURSELF, THINK
ABOUT THE WAY YOU JUDGE OTHERS,
00:34:08.28\00:34:12.88
YOU THINK ABOUT OTHERS, AND HAVE
TAUGHTS TOWARDS OTHERS, BECAUSE
00:34:12.88\00:34:18.45
THAT IS GOING TO
BE AN INDICATION.
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.52
>> AND JOHN DOES NOT STATE IT
THUSLY, BUT HE INTIMATES IT, THE
00:34:21.52\00:34:27.30
IDEA THAT YOU NEVER KNOW
THAT JESUS IS ALL YOU NEED UNTIL
00:34:27.30\00:34:31.57
JESUS IS ALL YOU HAVE GOT.
AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
00:34:31.57\00:34:37.14
UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUR VALUE IS IN CHRIST.
00:34:37.14\00:34:39.71
SO IF YOU NEED A
QUICK LITMUS TEST --
00:34:39.71\00:34:42.74
>> YES. >> -- HOW
DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.85
TWO DISAGREE WITH YOU, WHO DON'T
WALK THE WAY YOU WALK, OR WHO
00:34:45.85\00:34:52.15
MAY BE OPPOSED
TO YOU -- >> YEAH.
00:34:52.15\00:34:56.06
YOU GET THEM. I GET THEM.
00:34:56.06\00:34:58.39
EMAILS OR ONE ON ONES, WHATEVER
IT IS, PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE
00:34:58.39\00:35:05.83
US, THEY DON'T LIKE
WHAT WE'RE TEACHING.
00:35:05.83\00:35:08.77
MAYBE THEY ARE
FELLOW MEMBERS, MAYBE NOT.
00:35:08.77\00:35:11.31
ALL OF THE TIME IT IS HAPPENING.
I HAD A GUY -- THE MAIN THING I
00:35:11.31\00:35:23.75
ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE WHEN NEIRS
INQUIRE TO ME IS WHAT IS OUR
00:35:23.75\00:35:28.22
EMPHASIS ON CHRIST?
BECAUSE THE JOB OF THE PASTOR,
00:35:28.22\00:35:35.43
CHRIST HAS TO BEEN AT
THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING.
00:35:35.43\00:35:38.07
AND HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. HE
WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
00:35:38.07\00:35:41.17
WITH THAT. HE WAS
LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU
00:35:41.17\00:35:43.27
ARE NOT ASKING ME QUESTIONS.
I'M ASKING YOU QUESTION.
00:35:43.27\00:35:46.91
I WANT YOU TO EVALUATE MY
PROPHECIES AND VISIONS, BUT I
00:35:46.91\00:35:51.18
DON'T WANT DO YOU ASK
ME IF I'M PREACHING CHRIST.
00:35:51.18\00:35:54.48
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, NO,
LET'S JUST HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
00:35:54.48\00:35:58.39
HERE -- NO, IT WAS DONE.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE
00:35:58.39\00:36:02.76
WAS POSTING STUFF. I
ASKED HIM THIS -- AND THE
00:36:02.76\00:36:08.83
ADVENTIST
PASTORS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
00:36:08.83\00:36:13.03
I LIKE THAT I'M BE BEING
-- CRITICIZED BECAUSE I'M
00:36:13.03\00:36:21.21
ASKING PEOPLE HOW MUCH
THEY ARE PREACHING CHRIST.
00:36:21.21\00:36:28.05
BUT IF YOU ARE CRITICIZING
ME BECAUSE I'M ASKING YOU ABOUT
00:36:28.05\00:36:31.89
YOUR EMPHASIS ON CHRIST, BECAUSE
TO ME WHEN YOU GET CHRIST RIGHT,
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.86
YOU GET PROPHECY
RIGHT. >> CORRECT.
00:36:35.86\00:36:37.99
>> BUT HERE IS THE
PRACTICAL PART FOR YOU AND ME.
00:36:37.99\00:36:45.03
DO YOU EVER WRITE AN EMAIL IN
THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, SIT ON
00:36:45.03\00:36:49.74
IT FORA COUPLE OF DAYS, AND
GO BACK AND REALIZE, THIS NEEDS
00:36:49.74\00:36:55.91
MAJOR EDITING. >> YEAH.
00:36:55.91\00:36:58.28
YEAH. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:36:58.28\00:36:59.68
>> YEAH. >> I WROTE
IT, SO I THOUGHT IT.
00:36:59.68\00:37:02.68
>> UH-HUH. >> SO
EVEN THOUGH I'M GOING TO
00:37:02.68\00:37:07.79
EDITED NOW, I STILL
THOUGHT IT. >> YEAH.
00:37:07.79\00:37:10.99
>> SO I KNOW THAT I STRUGGLE.
I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO ME, I
00:37:10.99\00:37:15.76
HAVE THESE THINGS THAT ARE
COMING, SO I KNOW I NEED JESUS.
00:37:15.76\00:37:19.73
SO WHEN I LOOK AT LUKE 18,
AND IT SAYS THOSE THAT TRUST
00:37:19.73\00:37:25.57
THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE
RIGHTEOUSNESS DESPISE OTHERS, I
00:37:25.57\00:37:29.41
LOVE THAT. BECAUSE
TO ME IT'S A LITMUS
00:37:29.41\00:37:32.15
TEST. IT'S LIKE, NOW I CAN KNOW.
00:37:32.15\00:37:35.05
WE'RE CONTINUALLY FALLING INTO
SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THAT'S
00:37:35.05\00:37:39.69
OKAY, AS LONG AS WE
DON'T [ INAUDIBLE ] OURSELVES.
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.66
>> YES. >> AS
LONG AS WE'RE READY TO
00:37:42.66\00:37:45.59
TAKE A LOOK AT THE LITMUS TEST,
AND SAY WHO DID I CRITICIZE
00:37:45.59\00:37:51.63
TODAY? AND WE CAN
JUSTIFY ALL OF IT.
00:37:51.63\00:37:54.14
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, NO
MATTER HOW HE RESPONDED TO ME,
00:37:54.14\00:37:58.07
DO I LOVE THE BROTHER? >> YES.
00:37:58.07\00:37:59.94
>> YEAH. >> AND IN
MY HEART OF HEARTS,
00:37:59.94\00:38:02.88
I'M SAYING NO, I
DONT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.18
I'M NO HAPPY THAT HE IS SAYING
THINGS ABOUT ME, BUT GOD CAN
00:38:06.18\00:38:10.62
GIVE ME THAT LOVE,
AND I CAN BE GOOD WITH IT.
00:38:10.62\00:38:14.62
AND SOME DAY MAYBE WE'LL
RECONNECT, OR IN HEAVEN MAYBE
00:38:14.62\00:38:20.96
WE'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
00:38:20.96\00:38:25.40
GOING NOVEMBER
US THROUGH OUR JOU
00:38:25.40\00:38:30.54
JOURNEY APART OR TOGETHER.
EVENTUALLY IT'S LIKE -- I CAN
00:38:30.54\00:38:35.54
USE JOHN MARK
AFTER ALL. I GET IT.
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.45
WE'RE HUMAN. AND
SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN IN THOSE
00:38:38.45\00:38:45.59
CONVERSATIONS, AND I
LIKE, DOES HE FOCUS ON JESUS.
00:38:45.59\00:38:55.20
IN THE END WE NEED TO SIT
DOWN AND BE QUIET IF WE'RE NOT
00:38:55.20\00:38:59.07
FOCUSING ON THE
ONE, JESUS CHRIST.
00:38:59.07\00:39:02.17
HE IS THE ONE THAT BRINGS IT ALL
TOGETHER, AND, YOU KNOW, TO ME,
00:39:02.17\00:39:06.44
THAT'S VITAL.
THROWING OUT OPTIONS IS NOT AN
00:39:06.44\00:39:09.81
OPTION. THAT'S ONE
ROUTE THAT I SEE US
00:39:09.81\00:39:12.55
TAKING SOMETIMES. I'M
NOT SAYING EVERYONE DOES
00:39:12.55\00:39:16.45
THAT, BUT A LOT
OF US ARE DOING THAT.
00:39:16.45\00:39:18.59
THE OTHER OPTION IS THE
DOCTRINE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:39:18.59\00:39:21.59
THING -- NO, IT'S JESUS THAT
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
00:39:21.59\00:39:24.53
>> YEAH, AND IT WOULD BE
DEPRESSING IF WE JUST SAID THE
00:39:24.53\00:39:31.23
SPECTER OF ME CAN DEPRESS ME.
ROMANCE 8:1, HE IS NOT -- AND I
00:39:31.23\00:39:36.20
TOLD SOMEONE THIS
JUST SOMETIME AGO.
00:39:36.20\00:39:37.81
I SAID SEE YOU ARE FUNCTIONING
UNDER THE IDEA THAT HE IS TRYING
00:39:37.81\00:39:42.38
TO FIND A
REASON TO KEEP YOU OUT.
00:39:42.38\00:39:44.58
>> YES, THAT'S IT. >>
NO, HE IS TRYING TO FIND
00:39:44.58\00:39:49.38
EVERY EXCUSE TO GET YOU
IN. SO IF YOU WILL LET GO OF
00:39:49.38\00:39:53.36
YOURSELF AND SEE JESUS -- AND WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, SO WE
00:39:53.36\00:39:56.73
CLOSE THE CIRCLE. THE
PRAYER SHOULD BE, LORD, GIVE
00:39:56.73\00:40:00.86
ME A VISION OF THE KING AND THE
COMING KINGDOM, AND IF I GET MY
00:40:00.86\00:40:06.37
PERSPECTIVE RIGHT AS TO WHO
JESUS IS, AND WHAT HE WANS TO
00:40:06.37\00:40:09.27
DO FOR ME, WITH ME, TO ME, AND
THROUGH ME, THEN I CAN BE HONEST
00:40:09.27\00:40:15.48
WITH MYSELF AND ACCEPT THE
FACT THAT I'M NOT CONDEMNED.
00:40:15.48\00:40:18.15
>> UH-HUH? >>
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A GOAL, BUT
00:40:18.15\00:40:21.32
HE WANTS IT TO BE PART OF ME,
NOT THAT BAR THAT I'M TRYING TO
00:40:21.32\00:40:26.12
CLIMB, BUT A PART OF ME. >> YES.
00:40:26.12\00:40:28.22
>> IT'S PART OF
WHAT HE WANTS FOR ME.
00:40:28.22\00:40:30.63
>> YES. >> AND HE
IS NOT CONDEMNING ME.
00:40:30.63\00:40:34.13
SO I DON'T NEED
TO CONDEMN MYSELF.
00:40:34.13\00:40:37.23
>> THAT'S WHAT I
HOPE WE FOREIGNING HERE.
00:40:37.23\00:40:39.50
LET'S SUMMARIZE. SO WE
HAVE LOOKED AT FOUR GUYS,
00:40:39.50\00:40:42.67
WE IDENTIFIED THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS RIGHT DOING, AND WE NOTED
00:40:42.67\00:40:46.24
THAT ONLY CHRIST DID IT. HE
WAS SINLESS, HE WAS PERFECT.
00:40:46.24\00:40:50.41
AND THAT PERFECTION WHAT THE LAW
DEMANDS NOTHING SHORT OF THAT.
00:40:50.41\00:40:54.25
>> CORRECT. >> ONLY
PERFECT PERFECTION MEETS
00:40:54.25\00:40:59.79
THE STANDARD OF THE LAW.
SO BECAUSE WE CAN'T MEET THAT
00:40:59.79\00:41:03.66
STANDARD,
CHRIST MEETS IT FOR US.
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.63
AND BECAUSE HE MEETS IT FOR
US, WE ARE GIFTED THAT AND IT
00:41:05.63\00:41:09.93
TRANSFORMS US. SO YOU
SEE THES GUYS -- IN THE
00:41:09.93\00:41:13.44
OLD TESTAMENT YOU SEE
JOB. HE IS SOCIALLY PERFECT.
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.47
AND THEN YOU ZEIDAN -- SEE
DANIEL, AND HE IS POLITICALLY
00:41:16.47\00:41:24.41
PERFECT. AND
PAUL WAS RELIGIOUSLY
00:41:24.41\00:41:28.32
DOCTRINALLY PERFECT, BUT IT
DECEIVED HIM, BUT THEN OF COURSE
00:41:28.32\00:41:31.29
HE CONSIDERS THAT
RUBBISH -- ACTUALLY THE WORD
00:41:31.29\00:41:34.82
RUBBISH IN ONE OF THOSE
TRANSLATIONS MEANS DAMAGE.
00:41:34.82\00:41:39.49
IT DAMAGED HIM. SO IN
A RELIGIOUS SENSE IT CAN
00:41:39.49\00:41:43.97
BE DAMAGING, AND WE SEE THESE
EXAMPLES -- WE BRING THEM ALL
00:41:43.97\00:41:49.54
TOGETHER, THE -- THE
SOCIAL PERFECTION, THE POLITICAL
00:41:49.54\00:41:53.31
PERFECTION, THE RELIGIOUS
PERFECTION, WE BRING IT ALL
00:41:53.31\00:41:56.54
TOGETHER IN THE
BOOK OF HEBREWS 11.
00:41:56.54\00:41:59.28
AND WE REALIZED THAT THE WHOLE
GROUP OF US, THE WHOLE GANG OF
00:41:59.28\00:42:08.39
PEOPLE FROM ADAM AND EVE TO
THE OLD TESTAMENT ALL THE WAY TO
00:42:08.39\00:42:13.06
THEN, ALL OF US ARE
SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
00:42:13.06\00:42:18.70
AND THAT ALL OF THE SKID MARKS,
RIGHT, ALL OF THE TRACKS ARE
00:42:18.70\00:42:22.90
GONE -- >> ARE GONE.
00:42:22.90\00:42:24.51
>> -- IN JESUS. BUT WE
ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WE
00:42:24.51\00:42:28.04
MAKE THIS JOURNEY WITH JOB AND
DANIEL AND PAUL AND JOHN, THAT
00:42:28.04\00:42:32.81
WE'RE GOING TO COME TO PLACES
IN OUR LIVES WHERE WE FEEL LIKE
00:42:32.81\00:42:36.18
WE'RE OVERWHELMED BY THE FACT
THAT WE DON'T MEASURE UP, AND IT
00:42:36.18\00:42:40.79
COULD CAUSE US TO
JUST FALL OVER, KEEL OVER.
00:42:40.79\00:42:43.73
DANIEL DID, JOB DID. AND
WE CAN FEEL THAT WAY, AND
00:42:43.73\00:42:47.30
IT'S AT THAT POINT THAT SATAN
WANTS TO OVERWHELM US WITH GUILT
00:42:47.30\00:42:52.77
AND SHAME. BUT
THAT'S WHY HE IS THE LORD
00:42:52.77\00:42:58.31
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. THEY
SAY THEY ARE GOING TO FEED
00:42:58.31\00:43:00.71
THE FLOCK, AND THE THING
THEY ARE GOING TO FEED THEM ARE
00:43:00.71\00:43:06.55
RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME
00:43:06.55\00:43:07.85
BACK TO THE CHURCH.
FAMILIES WILL BE REUNITED,
00:43:07.85\00:43:12.79
CHURCHES WILL BE REUNITED,
CHURCHES WILL BE REUNITED AND
00:43:12.79\00:43:17.73
THAT FREES US UP FROM
DESPISING, JUDGING, CRITICIZING.
00:43:17.73\00:43:22.70
RIGHT? >> AND CONDEMNING.
00:43:22.70\00:43:24.23
>> WE NO LONGER TRUST IN
OURSELVES, WE TRUST IN CHRIST,
00:43:24.23\00:43:29.17
SO WE CAN BE GRACIOUS TO
OTHERS. NOW WE WANT TO BEAR ONE
00:43:29.17\00:43:36.51
ANOTHER'S BURDENS. >> YES.
00:43:36.51\00:43:40.85
>> WE BRING THT WHOLE PICTURE
TOGETHER IN REVELATION 7.
00:43:40.85\00:43:45.12
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SAVED.
AND A QUESTION IS ASKED IN
00:43:45.12\00:43:50.13
REVELATION 6, HEN JESUS IS
RETURNING, AND ALL OF THE WICKED
00:43:50.13\00:43:54.46
ARE RUNNING FOR THE CAVES AND
ROCKS AND MOUNTAINS, AND WANT
00:43:54.46\00:44:01.64
THEM TO FALL ON TOP OF THEM.
AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T
00:44:01.64\00:44:05.47
STAND BEFORE THE
THROWN AND THE LAMB.
00:44:05.47\00:44:07.68
THAT'S THE STATEMENT THEY MAKE
IN REVELATION 6, THE RICH MEN,
00:44:07.68\00:44:12.55
THE CHIEF CAPTAINS, THE MIGHTY
MAN, THE FREE MAN, THEY HIDE
00:44:12.55\00:44:18.02
THEMSELVES AND THEY SAID FALL ON
US AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF
00:44:18.02\00:44:21.19
HIM THAT SITS ON THE THROWN
AND FROM THE WRATH OF THE LAMB.
00:44:21.19\00:44:27.46
WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND
BEFORE THE THROWN AND BEFORE THE
00:44:27.46\00:44:32.53
LAMB? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
00:44:32.53\00:44:35.50
REVELATION 6, THE 7 SEAL
DOESN'T-pCOME YET. BETWEEN THE
6TH AND THE 7TH SEAL
00:44:35.50\00:44:42.78
IS THE INTERRUPTION -- THIS
INTERLUDE, IF YOU WILL OF HOPE
00:44:42.78\00:44:46.85
THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
THE WHOLE CHAPTER, CHAPTER 7 IS
00:44:46.85\00:44:51.15
GIVEN TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION THAT IS -- IS --
00:44:51.15\00:44:54.52
>> GIVEN IN 6. >> YEAH.
00:44:54.52\00:44:58.09
SO WHO IS GOING
TO BE ABLE TO STAND?
00:44:58.09\00:45:01.16
THE FIRST ANSWER IS THE 144,000.
AND REVELATION 22:4 SAYS
00:45:01.16\00:45:07.10
EVERYONE THAT GOES TO HEAVEN HAS
TO BE SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF
00:45:07.10\00:45:10.51
GOD. >> UH-HUH.
00:45:10.51\00:45:11.51
>> THE SECOND PART OF THE
ANSWER COMES BEGINNING VERSUS 9.
00:45:11.51\00:45:17.91
READ REVELATION 7:9-10. >>
AFTER THESE THINGS I LOOKED
00:45:17.91\00:45:23.69
AND BEHOLD, A GREAT MULTITUDE
WHICH NO ONE COULD NUMBER OF ALL
00:45:23.69\00:45:30.06
NATIONS, TRIBES, PEOPLES
AND TONGUES, STANDING BEEN THE
00:45:30.06\00:45:35.40
THROWN AND THE LAMB CLOTHED IN
WHITE ROBES AN PALM BRANCHES IN
00:45:35.40\00:45:40.27
THEIR HAND. AND
CRYING OUT SAYING SALVATION
00:45:40.27\00:45:44.44
BELONGS TO OUR GOD WHO SITS ON
THE THROWN -- I'M GLAD I HELD MY
00:45:44.44\00:45:48.81
PEACE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID THE
144,000 I WAS GOING TO SAY DON'T
00:45:48.81\00:45:54.82
FORGET -- [ LAUGHTER ]
00:45:54.82\00:45:55.58
>> SO HERE IS THE
DEAL CA. THIS IS A SUMMARY.
00:45:55.58\00:46:00.76
TO ME REVELATION, WE'RE
SUMMARIZING THE BIG PICTURE.
00:46:00.76\00:46:05.49
JOHN WANTS TO KNOW WHO IS GOING
TO BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE
00:46:05.49\00:46:08.83
THROWN AND BEFORE THE LAMB.
SO GOD INTERRUPTS THE WHOLE
00:46:08.83\00:46:12.87
PROCESS OF SEALS -- THE SEVENTH
SEAL SHOULD HAVE COME NEXT, BUT
00:46:12.87\00:46:20.84
PROPHECY IS NOT AS
IMPORTANT AS SALVATION.
00:46:20.84\00:46:23.41
AND WE NEED ASSURANCE HERE, WHO
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAND.
00:46:23.41\00:46:26.98
SO HE SAYS FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
GOING TO BE PEOPLE FROM EVERY
00:46:26.98\00:46:33.46
NATION, MULTITUDE, AND TONGE.
SO GOD ISN'T SELECTING A CERTAIN
00:46:33.46\00:46:38.56
COLOR GROUP OR
PEDIGREE OR RACE OF PEOPLE.
00:46:38.56\00:46:41.46
>> UH-HUH. >>
SECONDLY THE PEOPLE THAT
00:46:41.46\00:46:47.14
GRAND BEFORE THE THROWN AND THE
LAMB, ARE THOSE WHO CRY WITH A
00:46:47.14\00:46:52.34
LOUD VOICE. >> YES.
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.21
>> THIS HAS GOT TO BE LOUD,
AND I DON'T MEAN VOLUME, I MEAN
00:46:54.21\00:46:59.61
CLEAR. WHEN
SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING
00:46:59.61\00:47:01.55
LOUD IT'S
BECAUSE THEY ARE CLEAR.
00:47:01.55\00:47:03.45
IT GRABS YOUR
ATTENTION. YOU HEAR IT.
00:47:03.45\00:47:07.42
[ LAUGHTER ] >> IF
I'M WHISPERING NO ONE IS
00:47:07.42\00:47:09.86
GOING TO HEAR ME.
WHEN I'M SAYING IT CLEARLY,
00:47:09.86\00:47:12.59
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS BY LOUD.
SALVATION TO OUR [ INAUDIBLE ].
00:47:12.59\00:47:21.87
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S --
>> VEGETARIAN LIFESTYLE -- NO
00:47:21.87\00:47:26.21
SALVATION TO OUR GOD,
RIGHT? >> TO OUR GOD, YES, SIR.
00:47:26.21\00:47:29.58
>> THESE GUYS FIGURED IT OUT.
WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE VERY
00:47:29.58\00:47:36.38
END, WE'RE GOING
TO FIGURE IT OUT.
00:47:36.38\00:47:39.32
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE
THERE IS NO WAY QUESTION CAN
00:47:39.32\00:47:44.46
ACTUALLY HAVE, PROCURE,
PRODUCE AND GIVE TO GOD THE
00:47:44.46\00:47:48.76
RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT ACTUALLY
ALLOWS US TO STAND BEFORE HIS
00:47:48.76\00:47:54.37
LAW BLAMELESS. ONLY
CHRIST HAS PRODUCED THAT.
00:47:54.37\00:47:58.34
>> HUM. >> WHEN
WE SAY THAT A LOT OF
00:47:58.34\00:48:01.41
PEOPLE SAY, I GIVE UP
THEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.
00:48:01.41\00:48:05.01
>> NO. THE POINT
OF THAT IS WHEN YOU
00:48:05.01\00:48:08.02
ACTUALLY EMBRACE THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST IT
00:48:08.02\00:48:11.42
RELAXES YOU, AND
YOU LIVE A BETTER LIFE.
00:48:11.42\00:48:15.52
YOU ARE A BETTER CHRISTIAN.
YOU LOVE PEOPLE AND LOVE GOD
00:48:15.52\00:48:19.89
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART BETTER
WHEN YOU GIVE CHRIST THE WORK
00:48:19.89\00:48:23.83
THAT ONLY HE CAN DO. >> YES.
00:48:23.83\00:48:25.97
>> IT'S WHEN WE TAKE UPON
OURSELVES THE WORK THAT GOD
00:48:25.97\00:48:29.94
NEVER GAVE US TO DO, LOOK AT
PAUL, AND LOOK AT HOW HE TREATED
00:48:29.94\00:48:33.71
THE CHRISTIANS.
>> PRECISELY, YEAH.
00:48:33.71\00:48:38.78
>> SO WE GET TO THAT PLACE.
NOW I WAN -- I WANTED US TO LOOK
00:48:38.78\00:48:43.95
AT ONE STATEMENT HERE THAT
I WANTED TO -- TO EMPHASIZE,
00:48:43.95\00:48:47.49
BECAUSE I WANT TO GET JUST
-- JUST TO GET REALLY CLEAR
00:48:47.49\00:48:50.43
ON THIS. THIS
STATEMENT IS FOUND IN THE
00:48:50.43\00:48:53.19
BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY.
THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN BY ELLEN
00:48:53.19\00:48:57.43
WHITE, AND IN A SENSE IT'S
A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF
00:48:57.43\00:49:01.80
REVELATION. AND ON
PAGE 641 SHE IS TALKING
00:49:01.80\00:49:05.64
ABOUT THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
BECAUSE WHEN REVELATION 7 IS
00:49:05.64\00:49:12.25
FINISHED, THE
SEVENTH SEAL IS OPENED.
00:49:12.25\00:49:15.58
SO GOD GETS BACK TO
THE PROCESSION OF PROPHECY.
00:49:15.58\00:49:20.99
SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED,
WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAND
00:49:20.99\00:49:24.53
BEFORE THE THROWN AND
LAMB. SEVENTH SEAL IS OPENED.
00:49:24.53\00:49:27.66
AND WHAT HAPPENS IN REVELATION
7 IS -- AND IT'S AN EXPLANATION.
00:49:27.66\00:49:32.17
BUT THE SEALING OF GOD'S PEOPLE
TAKES PLACE BEFORE JESUS CAME,
00:49:32.17\00:49:39.64
SO IN THE TIME FRAME OF THE
PROPHECY, THE NEXT THING THAT
00:49:39.64\00:49:47.92
HAPPENS IS THE [ INAUDIBLE ].
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHAT IS
00:49:47.92\00:49:51.72
THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] HALF HOUR.
THE COMMENTARY ON REVELATION
00:49:51.72\00:49:55.29
THAT I WILL EVEN FOLLOW, THE
GREAT CONTROVERSY TELLS US WHAT
00:49:55.29\00:49:59.39
THAT SILENCE IS. DO
YOU WANT TO HEAR IT?
00:49:59.39\00:50:01.83
>> YEAH. >> IT SAYS
BEFORE HIS PRESENCE,
00:50:01.83\00:50:05.30
CHRIST PRESENCE, WHEN HE IS
COMING, ALL FACES ARE TURNED
00:50:05.30\00:50:09.87
INTO PAILNESS, UPON THE
RE-JEBBING FOR OF GOD'S MERCY
00:50:09.87\00:50:15.41
FALLS THE TERROR
OF ETERNAL DESPAIR.
00:50:15.41\00:50:19.58
THE FACE ALL GATHER BLACKNESS.
EVERYONE GATHERS PAILNESS.
00:50:19.58\00:50:25.15
YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE A PALE FACE.
00:50:25.15\00:50:34.93
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS CRY WITH
TREMBLING, WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO
00:50:34.93\00:50:40.10
STAND. >> UH-HUH.
00:50:40.10\00:50:41.00
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
THE WAKED THAT TRIED THAT.
00:50:41.00\00:50:46.34
WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?
THE ANGEL'S SONG IS HUSHED, AND
00:50:46.34\00:50:51.28
THERE IS A
PERIOD OF AWFUL SILENCE.
00:50:51.28\00:50:55.65
THEN AS WE'RE STANDING BEFORE
CHRIST -- HE'S COMING IN THE
00:50:55.65\00:51:00.42
CLOUDS -- HE
DOESN'T TOUCH THE GROWN.
00:51:00.42\00:51:03.26
WE MEET HIM IN THE AIR.
AS WE SEE THAT, EVERYONE IS
00:51:03.26\00:51:06.39
LOOKING UP, THE FACING OF
THE WICKED GATHER BLACKNESS, THE
00:51:06.39\00:51:14.97
FACES OF THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS GATHER PALENESS.
00:51:14.97\00:51:21.58
AND THEN THERE IS THIS AWFUL
MOMENT OF SILENCE, BECAUSE GOD
00:51:21.58\00:51:25.85
IS GIVING US A MOMET TO REFLECT
TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE EVEN
00:51:25.85\00:51:31.85
AMONG THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHO WILL SAY, I CAN STAND.
00:51:31.85\00:51:35.92
I WENT ALL THE WAY
WITH MY VEGAN DIET.
00:51:35.92\00:51:39.89
I'M TRANSLATABLE.
BUT NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING.
00:51:39.89\00:51:43.20
EVERYONE IS HAVING A DANIEL
EXPERIENCE, JOB EXPERIENCE, PAUL
00:51:43.20\00:51:50.34
EXPERIENCE, JOHN EXPERIENCE.
THEY REALIZE THEY CAN'T MEASURE
00:51:50.34\00:51:54.44
UP TO THE LAW. THERE IT IS.
00:51:54.44\00:51:56.01
THERE IS THE
STANDARD. THERE IS CHRIST.
00:51:56.01\00:51:58.78
SO THEY ARE JUST QUIET.
JOB SAID I SPOKE ONC, BUT NOW I
00:51:58.78\00:52:06.15
SPEAK NO MORE.
JOHN SAYS I'M DEAD.
00:52:06.15\00:52:08.96
THEY ARE JUST QUIET.
THIS IS A SUMMATION OF
00:52:08.96\00:52:11.53
EVERYTHING WE
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT.
00:52:11.53\00:52:13.73
AND THEN NOTICE WHAT
HAPPENS -- THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:52:13.73\00:52:16.70
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO
00:52:16.70\00:52:19.77
DANIEL. SAME THING HAPPENED.
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.14
THE ANGEL'S SONG IS HUSHED.
THERE'S A PERIOD OF AWFUL
00:52:21.14\00:52:25.47
SILENCE, THEN THE
VOICE OF JESUS IS HEARD.
00:52:25.47\00:52:29.68
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU.
THE FACES OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:52:29.68\00:52:34.55
ARE LIGHTED UP, AND JOY FILLS
EVERY HEART, THE ANGELS STRIKE A
00:52:34.55\00:52:40.69
NOTE HIGHER AND SING AGAIN
AS THEY DRAW STILL NEARER TO THE
00:52:40.69\00:52:45.43
EARTH. THEN WE
FEEL OUR FEET LEAVE
00:52:45.43\00:52:49.23
TERRA FIRMA AND UP WE
GO. >> WHEEVER SOMEONE WAS
00:52:49.23\00:52:54.80
OVERWHELMED WITH A SENSE
OF INEFFICIENCY THAT WAS THEIR
00:52:54.80\00:52:59.17
NATURAL RESPONSE.
CHRIST'S NATURAL RESPONSE IS IT
00:52:59.17\00:53:02.78
IS OKAY, STAND
UP AND COME WITH ME.
00:53:02.78\00:53:12.22
>> YEAH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
WHOLE PICTURE, WE REALIZE WHY
00:53:12.22\00:53:17.36
THE LORD IS OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> UH-HUH.
00:53:17.36\00:53:19.59
>> IN THE PROGRAM WE'RE HAVING,
IT'S FOUR DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY
00:53:19.59\00:53:23.60
THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THE POINT
OF THE PROGRAM IS TO POUR INTO
00:53:23.60\00:53:27.94
THESE 12 PEOPLE. WE
START OUT AT 9:15 WITH HIS
00:53:27.94\00:53:33.21
TIME. THAT'S IN
THE BIBLE RIGHT NOW,
00:53:33.21\00:53:35.94
WE'RE STUDIES HEBREWS. I
WANT TO TAKE THEM THROUGH AS
00:53:35.94\00:53:40.18
MUCH OF THE BIBLE AS POSSIBLE,
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO
00:53:40.18\00:53:44.72
THROUGH BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE HITTING
00:53:44.72\00:53:51.16
THE SAME THEME FROM ALL
OF THESE DIFFERENT ANGLES.
00:53:51.16\00:53:54.36
THEN WE DO YOUR TIME.
EACH ONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY
00:53:54.36\00:53:57.73
DOING THIS REALITY TABLE TALK,
AND IT MAY -- WE MAY HIT THREE
00:53:57.73\00:54:02.40
OR FOUR PEOPLE IN ONE MORNING,
OR WE MAY HIT ONE PERSON WITH
00:54:02.40\00:54:06.71
ONE QUESTION. AND
THEN WE TAE A 15 MINUTE
00:54:06.71\00:54:09.81
BREAK, AND WE COME BACK AND
DO OUR TIME, WHICH IS TESTIMONY
00:54:09.81\00:54:14.85
TIME. AND THEN FRIDAY, SATUDAY,
00:54:14.85\00:54:17.15
SUNDAY, THEY ARE FINDING
MINISTRY TO DO, AND SOMETIMES IN
00:54:17.15\00:54:20.09
THE EVENING. AND LOCAL CHURCHES.
00:54:20.09\00:54:22.29
WE'RE CALLING PASTORS -- THEY
ARE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
00:54:22.29\00:54:26.80
HELP YOU, OUTREACH, WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE HAVE PRAYER TIME AND
00:54:26.80\00:54:32.47
WE JUST PRAY ABOUT THESE
EXPERIENCES AND THEN WE'RE DONE.
00:54:32.47\00:54:35.67
AND AS WE GET INTO YOUR TIME
THIS QUESTION COMES UP OVER AND
00:54:35.67\00:54:39.17
OVER AGAIN. AND SO
WE -- AS ADVENTISTS, WE
00:54:39.17\00:54:45.38
TALK ABOUT THE MARK OF
THE BEAST, AND THE CLOSE OF
00:54:45.38\00:54:48.95
PROBATION, RIGHT?
PROBATION IS GOING TO CLOSE.
00:54:48.95\00:54:53.96
OKAY? AND THE
REASON WHY WE HAVE GOT
00:54:53.96\00:54:56.56
TO GET TO THIS -- WHAT WE JUST
READ, BECAUSE WITH ALL OF THIS,
00:54:56.56\00:55:00.40
WHEN JESUS COMES, WE HAVE BEEN
SEALED, SANCTIFIED, WHEN JESUS
00:55:00.40\00:55:04.60
COMES WE'RE GOING TO SAY WHO
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAND?
00:55:04.60\00:55:08.60
>> YEAH. LET ME
STOP YOU -- REAL QUICK.
00:55:08.60\00:55:11.14
I WANT TO GET TO YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF
00:55:11.14\00:55:15.08
TIME. >> OKAY.
00:55:15.08\00:55:15.71
>> LET'S GO TO THE CONTACT
INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY IF YOU
00:55:15.71\00:55:19.38
WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME OF
THESE THINGS THAT JAMES HAS BEEN
00:55:19.38\00:55:23.99
TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.
00:55:23.99\00:55:29.06
>> JAMES I KIND OF CUT
YOU IN MID-SENTENCE THERE.
00:56:09.80\00:56:12.50
I WANTED TO GET THAT
CONTACT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
00:56:12.50\00:56:14.94
>> THANK YOU. SO IT'S
A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT,
00:56:14.94\00:56:21.18
IF YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED NOW,
HEY, DON'T LET SATAN TAKE YOU
00:56:21.18\00:56:27.35
DOWN. BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL GOING TO
00:56:27.35\00:56:28.88
FEEL LIKE WHO IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAND?
00:56:28.88\00:56:31.99
>> YEAH. >>
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR
00:56:31.99\00:56:34.36
EXPERIENCE TO THE VERY END.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE LORD OUR
00:56:34.36\00:56:38.23
RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> YEAH.
00:56:38.23\00:56:38.99
WHO IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO STAND?
00:56:38.99\00:56:40.70
YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO STAND IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST
00:56:40.70\00:56:45.63
JESUS. PHILLIPIANS
2:5, SO SURRENDER TO
00:56:45.63\00:56:49.57
WHAT CHRIST HAS ALREADY DONE FOR
YOU WITH YOU TO YOU AND WANTS TO
00:56:49.57\00:56:53.51
DO THROUGH YOU THROUGH
THE SAVING OF OUR SOUL.
00:56:53.51\00:56:57.51
OUR TIME HAS FAST
SLIPPED INTO ETERNITY.
00:56:57.51\00:57:01.12
WE WANT TO WISH YOU BOTH GRACE
AND PEACE THROUGH OUR LORD AND
00:57:01.12\00:57:10.36
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. >> AMEN.
00:57:10.36\00:57:11.96
¤ ¤
00:57:11.96\00:57:16.26