Well, we are gonna go right to
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this sermon
from Elder Ted Wilson
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and this is
courtesy of the Hope Channel.
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First John 4:16,
declares that God is Love.
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God's love is the whole reason
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why we are the
great advent movement.
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Why we can celebrate 150 years
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of the name
Seventh-day Adventist?
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God's love propels us
to tell others about Him.
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It shapes our
lives and our response
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to His wonderful law.
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His love for us exceeds anything
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we can imagine.
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Christ died on
the cross to save us
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and provide us with eternal life
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because He loves us.
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The Conflict of the Ages series
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written by Ellen White begins
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as our friend
Peter Prime reminds us
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with the words in
Patriots and Prophets
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the very first
words of God is Love
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and it ends on the last page
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of the great
controversy with the same words,
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God is Love. We
are assembled here
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in the General conference,
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head quarters auditorium.
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As God's world leadership only
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because of God's great love
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for us and his grace.
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Amen, for this great love to us,
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we praise God's wonderful name.
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God's wonderful name.
Names are so important.
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Scripture reveals that from
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the very
foundation of the world names
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have been of special interest
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to the Lord
himself. For instance,
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have you ever
noticed that several
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times during
the days of creation
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as God would bring forth
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a new handy work,
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he would also give it a name.
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Day one after creating the light
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the Bible records that God
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called the light Day and
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the darkness he called night.
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Day two, after creating the
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firmament by dividing the waters
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above from the waters below
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the Bible says and God called
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the firmament,
heaven. Day Three,
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after gathering
the waters together
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and living dry land appear
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we read God called the dry
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land earth and the gathering
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together of the
waters he called seas.
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Significantly, as
an extension of the
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creation naming process and as
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an indication of
his divinely given
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authority, we see in Genesis 2
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that the Lord intrusted Adam
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with a responsibility of naming
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all the other living
creatures of the earth.
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Of course the
combination of God's
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creative authority was saved for
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the Seventh-day of special rest
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which the Lord
blessed sanctified
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and named the Sabbath.
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God has made it
clear that his own
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name was not to
be taken lightly as
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one of the Ten Commandments as
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he decree indicates we should
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reverence the name of the Lord.
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Sacred history
also reveals God's
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interest in the names of certain
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other individuals for example,
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Abraham the father of the
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faithful and his wife Sarah were
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once merely Abram and Sarai
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before God renamed them.
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After his night of physical and
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spiritual wrestling the Lord
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changed Jacob to Israel,
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a name clearly
associated with the name of God.
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At his conversion on the road to
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Damascus saw the enemy of
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Christ becomes Paul
the emissary of Christ.
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Daniel, though given the name
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Belteshazzar by
his Babylonian captors
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refused to refer
to himself by that
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name because his Hebrew name
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meaning God is my judge was a
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standing rebuke
to the heathenism
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in which he was immersed and
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then of course there is the name
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of John the Baptist.
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The naming of this
powerful forerunner
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of Christ. While burning incense
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in the temple
Zacharias, he is father,
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the priest was frightened
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by the sudden
appearance of an angel
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as recorded in
Luke Chapter 1:13-17,
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Do not be afraid Zacharias,
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for your prayer is heard;
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and your wife
Elizabeth will bear
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bear you a son,
and you will call
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his name John. And you will
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have joy and gladness and
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many will rejoice at his
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birth for he will be great
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in the side of the Lord
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and shall drink neither wine nor
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strong drink he will also be
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filled with the Holy Spirit
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even from his mother's womb
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and he will turn many of the
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children of Israel to the Lord
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their God, he will also go
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before him in
the Spirit and Power
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of Elijah to turn the hearts
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of the Fathers to the children
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and the disobedient to the
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wisdom of the just to make
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ready a people
prepared for the Lord.
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Verses 59-66 record
the people's amazement
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that although there was no
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family precedents, Zacharias and
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Elizabeth remained faithful
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to the Lord's instruction and
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named their little boy John.
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Now, the name John means
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Jehovah is gracious.
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That special name was chosen
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by God because
of the special work
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with which John
would be interested.
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As the appointed
forerunner of Christ,
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John's name was a
continual testimony
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of the
indescribable grace of God
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surrendering
his one and only son
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to become the
means of our salvation.
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What a wonderful God of Love.
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Back to the
description of John the
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Baptist and his
work. It sounds so much
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much like the description of
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Seventh-day
Adventists and their work,
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like John we have been called
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to prepare people
for the Lord's coming.
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We have been
given a special work
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of proclaiming the three angels
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messages of Revelation 14,
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Lifting up
Christ, His righteousness
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and the true worship of God.
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We are going to tell the world
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of the great love of God in
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providing the hope
of salvation through
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Christ's death on the cross and
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His ministry of intercession
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and judgment in
the heavenly sanctuary.
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As Seventh-day
Adventists, we have been
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set apart as reformers preparing
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the way of the Lord. We're to be
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modern-day Elijahs
bringing reconciliation
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to families and communities as
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Malachi 4:5 points
out turning the hearts
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of the fathers to the children.
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We're to live
lives of Christ-like
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selfless service to
others. In so doing,
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we are to follow
Christ's methods alone,
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which Ellen White has outlined
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so beautifully in
The Ministry of Healing,
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page 143. The Savior mingled
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with men as one
who desired their good.
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He showed His sympathy for them,
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ministered to their needs,
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and won their confidence.
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Then He bade them, Follow Me.
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Like Christ and His forerunner,
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our actions should speak louder
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than our words. As Seventh-day
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Adventists, let us witness
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through practical
medical missionary work,
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doing good for
others in relation
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to their
physical, social, mental,
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and spiritual
health. A glass of cold
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water for a
thirsty person in Christ's
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name is a wonderful witness.
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The Seventh-day Adventist name
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and by extension ADRA and
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Community
Services and many other
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activities should be synonymous
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with helping the
needy in practical
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ways with food,
shelter, encouragement
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visitation in
homes or schools or
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prisons or
wherever someone is in need.
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Our humble lifestyle and service
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to others in
various acts of kindness
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will speak volumes of the love
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of God as John did when he
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proclaimed the goodness of God
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and lived his name,
Jehovah is gracious.
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As did John, we are to live our
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name by exemplifying a lifestyle
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that shuns alcohol and other
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such harmful substances like
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tobacco and
caffeine. We are to live
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the upright,
simple, godly lives of
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serious people
anticipating Christ's
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return. Through the
sanctifying influence
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of the Holy
Spirit, we are empowered
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to pursue wholesome and
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balanced lives,
characterized by a
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healthy vegetarian diet, modest
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and becoming dress,
a strong work ethic,
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good time management, and a
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winsome cheerfulness that will
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draw people to the Lord.
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We should be
careful to what we watch,
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read, and listen
to; we should listen
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and watch and read only
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those things that are true
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and noble and just and pure
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and lovely and of good report,
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virtuous, and praiseworthy.
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We, like John before us,
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are to be filled
with the Holy Spirit
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as we announce the soon
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coming of
Christ. We are to plead
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with the Lord for that genuine
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revival and
reformation that comes
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only from the outpouring of the
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Holy Spirit in
latter rain proportions.
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If we humble ourselves before
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the Lord, I believe we will
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see the fulfillment
of Joel Chapter 2:28,
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where God promises to pour out
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His Spirit on all
flesh. Under the power
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of His Holy Spirit, we are to be
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messengers for
the Lord, instructing
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people in the
true worship of God
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pointing all to
Christ and His righteousness,
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how He justifies
us and sanctifies
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us demonstrated in our lives
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of dedication to Him.
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There is power in
the name of the Lord.
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Amen. As Peter proclaimed to the
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Sanhedrin in Acts 4:12, there is
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no other name under heaven
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given among men by
which we must be saved.
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Similarly, John
declared in John 1:12,
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But as many as received Him,
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to them He gave the right
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to become children of God,
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to those who
believe in His name.
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Speaking of Christ, Paul, Paul
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proclaimed in Philippians 2:9,
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God also has highly exalted Him
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and given Him the name which is
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above every
name, that at the name
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of Jesus every knee should bow.
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David lifted up
the name of God above
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all powers when he
defiantly proclaimed
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in Psalm 20 verse 7,
some trust in chariots,
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and some in horses: But we will
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remember the name
of the Lord our God.
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As Peter and Paul
and David remembered
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the name of the
Lord, and as John
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remembered his own name and its
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meaning, we must never forget
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the significance of our God
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given name. Amen.
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Remember your name
Seventh-day Adventist.
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We're currently
commemorating the
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150th anniversary of the name
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Seventh-day
Adventist. On Oct 1, 1860,
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in Battle Creek,
Michigan, a special
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meeting took place, as we heard
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last night, to discuss the need
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to choose a name. God knew
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that His remnant people needed
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a distinctive name
that would identify
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them as those who
keep the commandments
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of God and have
the testimony of Jesus
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as indicated in
Revelation 12:17.
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The selection of
the name Seventh-day
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Adventist came after the pillars
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of our faith
our beliefs had been
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established
through intensive study
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and consecrated
prayer. Little did
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the pioneers know
that this movement
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would grow to
encompass the world
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in multiple
languages and approximately
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210 countries of the world.
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In those early
days when Bible study
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was the central
feature of the movement,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist movement
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was primarily
lead by young people.
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Enlightened that fact I implore
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our Seventh-day Adventist young
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people today to
stand up for Bible Truths
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and reclaim the
great spiritual legacy.
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Get involved in
your local church
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and missionary
work and in the strong
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proclamation of
truths through personal
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witness and
public expression tell
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you pastors,
youth leaders, teachers
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that you want solid biblical and
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spirit of prophesy
teaching and preaching.
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Avoid the tremendous temptation
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to merely entertain yourselves,
00:14:09.30\00:14:11.87
but instead the
active in service to others.
00:14:11.90\00:14:15.41
Don't fill your
minds with music that
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does not glorify
the Lord but rather
00:14:18.64\00:14:20.98
keep a song of
praise to God in your heart.
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Young people
take control of your
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lives help
return the Seventh-day
00:14:26.46\00:14:28.97
Adventist movement
to primitive godliness.
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Resist the urge to fasten your
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faith to the shifting sands of
00:14:35.55\00:14:37.51
mystical
experience. Instead, build a
00:14:37.54\00:14:40.62
foundation upon the solid rock
00:14:40.65\00:14:43.05
of God's Word and establish
00:14:43.08\00:14:44.96
yourselves on a clear
thus Saith the Lord. Amen.
00:14:44.99\00:14:50.80
Remember your name,
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:14:50.83\00:14:56.37
Our name was developed out of
00:14:56.40\00:14:58.27
intensive Bible
study. We believe in
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Sola Scriptura;
that the Bible is
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our foundation and
only rule of faith.
00:15:03.65\00:15:05.72
Seventh-day
Adventists have long held
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an appreciation
for deeper truth and
00:15:08.11\00:15:11.37
inquisitive
approaches to theological
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and prophetic understanding.
00:15:14.38\00:15:15.80
However, as the early believers
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who formed into the Seventh-day
00:15:19.31\00:15:20.94
Adventist Church
studied the Bible,
00:15:20.97\00:15:23.52
prayed earnestly for truth,
00:15:23.55\00:15:25.61
and were led by the Holy Spirit,
00:15:25.64\00:15:27.34
they discovered the
Biblical beliefs and
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pillars of our faith
that we hold dear today.
00:15:29.82\00:15:33.33
These dedicated
pioneers, in simple faith,
00:15:33.36\00:15:37.44
took the Bible as
it reads, even when
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it lead them away from some
00:15:43.22\00:15:44.43
of the most widely
accepted errors popular
00:15:44.46\00:15:47.39
in the churches of that day.
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We must remain steadfast to such
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a determined belief
in the clear teaching
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of God's Word. Sister White
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encourages us in Christ's Object
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Lessons, page 79,
As in earlier ages,
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the special truths
for this time are found,
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not with the ecclesiastical
00:16:09.22\00:16:11.58
authorities, but
with men and women
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who are not too learned and
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not too wise to
believe the word of God.
00:16:17.28\00:16:21.99
We describe these
precious truths as
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fundamental beliefs and they are
00:16:26.67\00:16:29.62
just that
fundamental, as church workers,
00:16:29.65\00:16:33.68
pastors,
teachers, health workers,
00:16:33.71\00:16:35.88
literature
evangelists, Bible workers,
00:16:35.91\00:16:37.74
office employees,
departmental directors,
00:16:37.77\00:16:40.67
administrators and others let us
00:16:40.70\00:16:43.21
uphold those
twenty-eight fundamental
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beliefs that are
rooted exclusively
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in Scripture. Its amazing to me
00:16:49.25\00:16:53.01
how some people want to claim
00:16:53.04\00:16:54.43
that Seventh-day
Adventists use the
00:16:54.46\00:16:57.46
writings of the
Spirit of Prophesy
00:16:57.49\00:16:59.14
in place of the
Bible. Nothing could be
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further from the truth.
00:17:02.63\00:17:03.73
Paul's declaration in
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that the scriptures are able
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to make you wise
unto salvation remains
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true today. But just as it was
00:17:11.59\00:17:15.11
in Bible times,
the spirit of prophesy
00:17:15.14\00:17:18.81
is one of
heaven's greatest gifts
00:17:18.84\00:17:22.17
to his people, to God's people.
00:17:22.20\00:17:25.07
That gift has
been poured out upon
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this end time
movement not to replace
00:17:27.33\00:17:30.17
the scriptures
but to amplify its
00:17:30.20\00:17:33.26
meaning and
enlighten our minds to
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more clearly
understand and more correctly
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apply God's word. When Bible
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study is
neglected and the guidance
00:17:42.68\00:17:45.68
of the spirit of
prophesy is refused
00:17:45.71\00:17:48.38
you lose respect for the clear
00:17:48.41\00:17:52.30
Biblical truths of
this Advent movement.
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Remember your name,
Seventh-day Adventist,
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every time you say
it, you preach a sermon.
00:18:02.06\00:18:05.31
We heard that this
morning in Sabbath school.
00:18:05.34\00:18:07.54
When you share with the public
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in writing or in
speech, don't just refer
00:18:09.12\00:18:11.56
to yourself as an Adventist or
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hide behind the
abbreviation SDA.
00:18:14.52\00:18:16.87
Every time you
say, I am a Seventh-day
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Adventist you preach a sermon.
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Never, never be ashamed
00:18:23.26\00:18:25.81
of our name.
When our church began,
00:18:25.84\00:18:28.92
many names were suggested and
00:18:28.95\00:18:30.67
considered, but when the name,
00:18:30.70\00:18:32.30
Seventh-day
Adventist was discussed,
00:18:32.33\00:18:35.17
God impressed
church leaders that,
00:18:35.20\00:18:37.94
that name was
best. Addressing the
00:18:37.97\00:18:41.92
tendency to shy away from our
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distinctive name,
Ellen White contends
00:18:43.50\00:18:46.15
in Selected Messages, Book 2,
00:18:46.18\00:18:48.39
page 384, We are Seventh-day
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Adventists. Are we ashamed of
00:18:52.52\00:18:55.34
our name? We answer, No,
00:18:55.37\00:18:57.23
no We are not. It is the
00:18:57.26\00:18:59.24
name the Lord has given us.
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It points out the truth that is
00:19:01.11\00:19:03.76
to be the test of the churches.
00:19:03.79\00:19:05.57
As 21st century
Seventh-day Adventists
00:19:05.60\00:19:09.59
living at the
close of earth's history,
00:19:09.62\00:19:13.43
let us not hide our name.
00:19:13.46\00:19:16.68
Churches,
institutions, organizations, and
00:19:16.71\00:19:21.28
church members, use
and share your name.
00:19:21.31\00:19:24.32
Don't invent some
generic, non-distinctive
00:19:24.35\00:19:29.78
name for your
local church that hides
00:19:29.81\00:19:31.94
the fact that you are
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:19:31.97\00:19:34.39
Say who you are and with that
00:19:34.42\00:19:37.13
name preach a two-word sermon
00:19:37.16\00:19:39.51
to everyone who
passes your church. Amen.
00:19:39.54\00:19:42.31
Remember your name,
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:19:42.34\00:19:46.99
The seventh-day
refers to God's power
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in creating this
earth in six literal,
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consecutive,
contiguous, 24-hour days
00:19:52.13\00:19:54.82
and capping it
with a memorial of
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that creation, the
seventh-day Sabbath.
00:19:57.57\00:20:01.07
This reminds us
that we are a direct
00:20:01.10\00:20:03.67
creation of God and not some
00:20:03.70\00:20:07.13
chance anomaly
of some impersonal
00:20:07.16\00:20:10.20
evolutionary
process. Saying you are a
00:20:10.23\00:20:13.69
Seventh-day
Adventist identifies you
00:20:13.72\00:20:17.34
as a believer of
this truth that is
00:20:17.37\00:20:19.23
made so plain in
Scripture! God has
00:20:19.26\00:20:22.99
commanded us in
Exodus 20 verse 8
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to remember the Sabbath day,
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to keep it holy. Six days shalt
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thou labor and do all thy work,
00:20:31.19\00:20:32.71
but the
seventh-day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord thy
God; in it thou shalt
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not do any work, thou, nor thy
00:20:36.94\00:20:38.29
son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy manservant,
00:20:38.32\00:20:40.58
nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle,
00:20:40.61\00:20:42.22
nor thy stranger
that is within thy
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gates: for in six
days the Lord made
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heaven and earth, the sea,
00:20:48.26\00:20:50.53
and all that in
them is, and rested the
00:20:50.56\00:20:54.86
seventh day: wherefore the Lord
00:20:54.89\00:20:56.98
blessed the Sabbath
day, and hallowed it.
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Listen to what Ellen White says
00:20:59.89\00:21:02.23
in Selected
Messages, Book 2, page 385
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.61
about attempts to de-emphasize
00:21:05.64\00:21:08.06
our distinctive
belief and understanding,
00:21:08.09\00:21:10.95
I was told that men
will employ every policy
00:21:10.98\00:21:15.18
to make less prominent the
00:21:15.21\00:21:17.96
difference between the faith of
00:21:17.99\00:21:19.39
Seventh-day
Adventists and those who
00:21:19.42\00:21:22.04
observe the
first day of the week.
00:21:22.07\00:21:24.75
In this
controversy the whole world
00:21:24.78\00:21:27.52
will be engaged,
and the time is short.
00:21:27.55\00:21:30.34
This is no time to
haul down our colors.
00:21:30.37\00:21:35.03
As Seventh-day
Adventists living on the
00:21:35.06\00:21:38.77
very brink of eternity we are
00:21:38.80\00:21:40.61
not to minimize our seventh-day
00:21:40.64\00:21:42.81
distinctiveness, we
are to accentuate it,
00:21:42.84\00:21:46.51
giving the
trumpet a certain sound.
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We are told in the
same book page 370,
00:21:48.67\00:21:52.27
that, The Lord has
permitted the enemy
00:21:52.30\00:21:54.16
of truth to make
a determined effort
00:21:54.19\00:21:56.47
against the
Sabbath of the fourth
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commandment, very interesting,
00:21:58.85\00:22:00.14
He designs by
this means God does
00:22:00.17\00:22:03.63
to awaken a
decided interest in that
00:22:03.66\00:22:07.30
question, the
question about the Sabbath,
00:22:07.33\00:22:09.28
which is a test
for the last days.
00:22:09.31\00:22:11.88
This will open the way for the
00:22:11.91\00:22:14.24
third angel's message to be
00:22:14.27\00:22:16.16
proclaimed with power.
00:22:16.19\00:22:18.12
The third angel
shows us that the Sabbath
00:22:18.15\00:22:20.92
will be God's
special seal or sign
00:22:20.95\00:22:23.84
of His people in
the last days and
00:22:23.87\00:22:26.46
anyone worshiping
on another day than
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the seventh-day
Sabbath will receive
00:22:29.40\00:22:31.81
the mark of the beast.
00:22:31.84\00:22:33.82
That is how
important the Sabbath is to God
00:22:33.85\00:22:38.22
and how important
it should be to us.
00:22:38.25\00:22:42.90
Therefore, we should not align
00:22:42.93\00:22:45.04
ourselves with
any other religious
00:22:45.07\00:22:46.49
organizations or
ecumenical bodies,
00:22:46.52\00:22:48.84
Of course, we
should show ourselves
00:22:48.87\00:22:51.64
friendly and
treat all with respect,
00:22:51.67\00:22:54.10
but we are
cautioned in the same book,
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Selected
Messages, page 371, book 2.
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There is to be no compromise
00:22:59.53\00:23:01.88
with those who make void the
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.26
law of God. It is not safe to
00:23:04.29\00:23:06.79
rely upon them as counselors.
00:23:06.82\00:23:08.36
Our testimony is not to be less
00:23:08.39\00:23:11.25
decided now than formerly;
00:23:11.28\00:23:12.84
our real position is not to be
00:23:12.87\00:23:15.16
cloaked in order to please the
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.76
world's great
men. They may desire us
00:23:17.79\00:23:20.77
to unite with them
and accept their plans,
00:23:20.80\00:23:22.76
and may make
propositions in regard
00:23:22.79\00:23:25.30
to our course
of action which may
00:23:25.33\00:23:27.44
give the enemy an
advantage over us.
00:23:27.47\00:23:31.58
Say ye not, A
confederacy, to all
00:23:31.61\00:23:35.34
them to whom this people
00:23:35.37\00:23:36.62
shall say, A
confederacy; While we
00:23:36.65\00:23:38.76
should not seek for controversy,
00:23:38.79\00:23:40.67
and should not
needlessly offend,
00:23:40.70\00:23:45.02
we must present
the truth clearly
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.37
and decidedly, and stand firm
00:23:47.40\00:23:49.44
to what God has
taught us in His Word.
00:23:49.47\00:23:51.57
You are not to look
to the world in order
00:23:51.60\00:23:54.73
to learn what you
shall write or publish
00:23:54.76\00:23:57.42
or what you shall speak. Amen.
00:23:57.45\00:24:00.03
The Bible tells
us in II Chronicles
00:24:00.06\00:24:01.70
20:20 to, Believe
in the Lord your God,
00:24:01.73\00:24:05.95
and you shall be
established; believe in
00:24:05.98\00:24:08.55
His prophets, and
you shall prosper.
00:24:08.58\00:24:10.99
In the same way that seventh day
00:24:11.02\00:24:13.33
reminds us of
where we came from as
00:24:13.36\00:24:16.50
Artur explained to us
this morning Adventists
00:24:16.53\00:24:19.94
tells us where we are going,
00:24:19.97\00:24:22.01
we are waiting for
the imminent return
00:24:22.04\00:24:24.57
of our Lord Jesus
Christ and look forward
00:24:24.60\00:24:27.34
to it as the
culmination of all of earth's
00:24:27.37\00:24:30.10
history. The
literal return of Christ,
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.04
the blessed Hope
is the great objective
00:24:33.07\00:24:36.21
and goal of every
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:24:36.24\00:24:39.82
Let the pulpits of
all Seventh-day Adventists
00:24:39.85\00:24:44.16
churches ring with the loud and
00:24:44.19\00:24:46.20
exciting
proclamation that Jesus is
00:24:46.23\00:24:48.75
coming soon.
Seventh-day Adventist
00:24:48.78\00:24:51.23
preachers and
elders, preach on the
00:24:51.26\00:24:53.78
second coming of
Christ not just once
00:24:53.81\00:24:56.35
in a while but
often. Remind our members
00:24:56.38\00:25:00.27
and tell the public
that we are awaiting
00:25:00.30\00:25:02.67
expectantly the soon return of
00:25:02.70\00:25:05.09
our savior and our redeemer,
00:25:05.12\00:25:06.99
the King of
Kings, tell them that
00:25:07.02\00:25:09.06
every eye will see
this incredible return
00:25:09.09\00:25:11.26
of Jesus and
that he will not set
00:25:11.29\00:25:13.17
foot on this
earth but that we arise
00:25:13.20\00:25:15.87
to meet him in the air.
00:25:15.90\00:25:17.48
Unashamedly
proclaim those precious
00:25:17.51\00:25:20.61
of Paul found in 1st
Thessalonians 4:16-18,
00:25:20.64\00:25:25.26
For the Lord
Himself will descend from
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.45
heaven with a
shout, with the voice
00:25:28.48\00:25:30.41
of an archangel, and with the
00:25:30.44\00:25:31.62
trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ
00:25:31.65\00:25:34.18
will rise first.
Ohh what a wonderful
00:25:34.21\00:25:36.57
prophets this is,
Then we who are alive
00:25:36.60\00:25:39.06
and remain shall
be caught up together
00:25:39.09\00:25:41.82
with them in the
clouds to meet the
00:25:41.85\00:25:43.38
Lord in the air.
And thus shall we
00:25:43.41\00:25:45.41
always be with the
Lord. Therefore comfort one
00:25:45.44\00:25:50.55
another with these
words. That powerful
00:25:50.58\00:25:53.78
heaven sent name,
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:25:53.81\00:25:57.38
is a two word sermon of hope,
00:25:57.41\00:25:59.84
it points to God as
the author and finisher
00:25:59.87\00:26:02.44
of our faith. It uplifts
Christ in all his beauty,
00:26:02.47\00:26:06.33
it proclaims the
great controversy theme
00:26:06.36\00:26:09.39
from the beginning to the end.
00:26:09.42\00:26:11.65
A few weeks ago I boarded a
00:26:11.68\00:26:14.77
flight from San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.04
We had just
concluded a good session
00:26:17.07\00:26:19.17
of the Puerto
Rican Union and just
00:26:19.20\00:26:21.92
prior to that a fine visit with
00:26:21.95\00:26:24.24
Inter-American
Division leaders to Venezuela
00:26:24.27\00:26:26.48
to celebrate the
100th anniversary of
00:26:26.51\00:26:29.71
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:26:29.74\00:26:31.21
in that dynamic
country, Venezuela.
00:26:31.24\00:26:33.48
Although I had
been traveling with
00:26:33.51\00:26:35.36
some of our church leaders I was
00:26:35.39\00:26:36.67
now on my own. As I settled into
00:26:36.70\00:26:39.43
my seat, I thought I would work
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.57
the entire trip catching up on
00:26:41.60\00:26:43.14
all my email, but
God had another plan.
00:26:43.17\00:26:45.94
A family of four
came down the aisle
00:26:45.97\00:26:49.49
and sat in the
seats behind me and
00:26:49.52\00:26:51.49
beside me. After
introducing himself,
00:26:51.52\00:26:54.03
the father, who was seated next
00:26:54.06\00:26:55.53
to me explained
that he was a volunteer
00:26:55.56\00:26:57.82
and believer in a branch of a
00:26:57.85\00:27:00.30
large non-Christian
religion and foundation.
00:27:00.33\00:27:03.86
He asked me if
I knew about their
00:27:03.89\00:27:06.44
spiritual
leader and humanitarian
00:27:06.47\00:27:08.43
philanthropist.
I told him I knew
00:27:08.46\00:27:11.46
something and he
went on to explain
00:27:11.49\00:27:13.95
the humanitarian
work of the foundation
00:27:13.98\00:27:16.18
of which he was a volunteer.
00:27:16.21\00:27:18.12
He asked me what
I did. I told him
00:27:18.15\00:27:21.64
I was a pastor in
the Seventh-day Adventist
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.92
Church. He
didn't know much about
00:27:23.95\00:27:26.26
Christianity and
nothing about the
00:27:26.29\00:27:29.28
Seventh-day
Adventists. So I used our
00:27:29.31\00:27:32.14
name to explain
the seventh-day Sabbath
00:27:32.17\00:27:35.33
and the second advent of Christ.
00:27:35.36\00:27:37.88
I explained about
Jesus as our Savior.
00:27:37.91\00:27:40.87
He was very
receptive. That brief
00:27:40.90\00:27:44.62
introduction
opened up a conversation
00:27:44.65\00:27:46.83
in which I was
able to share many
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.87
of our wonderful beliefs for a
00:27:48.90\00:27:51.16
considerable amount of time
00:27:51.19\00:27:52.53
during that
flight, all because of
00:27:52.56\00:27:54.89
our distinctive name.
00:27:54.92\00:27:57.23
When parting, I
left him with several
00:27:57.26\00:28:00.03
pieces of
literature which I carry
00:28:00.06\00:28:02.12
in by briefcase,
as many of you do,
00:28:02.15\00:28:04.64
I'm sure. We are
celebrating the 150th
00:28:04.67\00:28:08.12
anniversary of
this wonderful name
00:28:08.15\00:28:09.88
that preaches a
sermon every time
00:28:09.91\00:28:12.48
we say it. And
as joyous as it is
00:28:12.51\00:28:15.21
to recognize that
God has sustained us
00:28:15.24\00:28:18.26
these many years such an event
00:28:18.29\00:28:21.23
should generate
a certain degree of
00:28:21.26\00:28:24.14
uneasiness and
more than a little
00:28:24.17\00:28:27.06
cognitive
dissonance in our minds.
00:28:27.09\00:28:29.78
Think about it.
How can a movement,
00:28:29.81\00:28:33.50
a church whose
sole purpose is to
00:28:33.53\00:28:37.03
prepare the world for the soon
00:28:37.06\00:28:39.62
coming of Jesus,
rejoice in the 150th
00:28:39.65\00:28:44.53
anniversary of its
distinctive name. Amen.
00:28:44.56\00:28:47.57
How many more anniversaries must
00:28:47.60\00:28:49.62
we concede? How long will this
00:28:49.65\00:28:52.19
movement
continue before the Lord
00:28:52.22\00:28:53.89
returns? I
believe it is high that we
00:28:53.92\00:28:57.95
allow this precious
name, Seventh-day Adventist,
00:28:57.98\00:29:02.18
to represent our true identity
00:29:02.21\00:29:05.85
as God's remnant people.
00:29:05.88\00:29:09.10
Now is the time for us to be
00:29:09.13\00:29:11.25
the human voice of
God, calling people
00:29:11.28\00:29:14.32
out of spiritual
Babylon as indicated
00:29:14.35\00:29:17.15
in Revelation 14
and Revelation 18.
00:29:17.18\00:29:20.37
In a culture
steeped in pluralism,
00:29:20.40\00:29:23.08
relativism,
humanism and hedonism
00:29:23.11\00:29:25.42
God is calling
Seventh-day Adventists
00:29:25.45\00:29:28.11
to be a counterculture,
00:29:28.14\00:29:30.64
end time movement in which every
00:29:30.67\00:29:34.00
member in humble Christ like
00:29:34.03\00:29:35.98
confidence is
willing to stand for
00:29:36.01\00:29:38.40
the right though
the heavens fall.
00:29:38.43\00:29:40.33
My brothers and sisters such a
00:29:41.06\00:29:44.00
mighty movement is possible only
00:29:44.03\00:29:47.09
through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:47.12\00:29:49.89
We, as
Seventh-day Adventists must
00:29:49.92\00:29:53.01
surrender our pride and die
00:29:53.04\00:29:54.75
to self as we lift up
00:29:54.78\00:29:56.78
Jesus as the only
hope of human kind.
00:29:56.81\00:29:59.82
Are we ready to plead
and prayer for a revival and
00:30:00.74\00:30:04.35
a reformation that can
only be accomplished by the
00:30:04.38\00:30:08.04
Holy Spirit? Are we
truly ready to allow God
00:30:08.07\00:30:11.42
to do what He has
wanted to do for decades
00:30:11.45\00:30:14.15
for his remnant people,
to pour out the Holy Spirit
00:30:14.18\00:30:17.63
and finish the
work in this generation?
00:30:17.66\00:30:21.39
I urge each of us in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:30:23.62\00:30:25.74
to unite through the
power of the Holy Spirit in
00:30:25.77\00:30:28.91
finishing the work entrusted
to us. Let us press together,
00:30:28.94\00:30:32.96
everyone working
in a united effort,
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.87
both the organized
church, its institutions,
00:30:35.90\00:30:38.97
and other entities and
the supporting ministries,
00:30:39.00\00:30:42.50
many of which belong to
that wonderful organization
00:30:42.53\00:30:45.74
called ASI, that
work side-by-side with
00:30:45.77\00:30:49.21
the official church structure.
Let me thank supporting
00:30:49.24\00:30:53.04
ministries and appeal to
you to continue to use your
00:30:53.07\00:30:56.99
fine ministries and projects
to work even more closely
00:30:57.02\00:31:01.69
with the evangelistic plans
of the church in a renewed,
00:31:01.72\00:31:05.71
cooperative, Holy Spirit-led
outreach to Tell the World,
00:31:05.74\00:31:11.95
Amen, as we plead with
the Lord for revival and
00:31:12.84\00:31:15.08
reformation, as we unify
our efforts to reach every
00:31:15.11\00:31:19.23
corner of the world with
the three angels messages
00:31:19.26\00:31:22.19
of Revelation and the call
of the angel of Revelation 18.
00:31:22.22\00:31:25.32
Let us step out in faith
where God is opening doors
00:31:26.16\00:31:29.12
around the world. Let us
reach into the great cities
00:31:29.15\00:31:31.83
of the world in a
renewed emphasis on urban
00:31:31.86\00:31:34.83
evangelism as outlined
by the Spirit of Prophecy
00:31:34.86\00:31:38.01
using medical missionary
work, public and personal
00:31:38.04\00:31:41.54
evangelism and every
type of media opportunity.
00:31:41.57\00:31:45.41
Remember this wonderful
quotation from Testimonies
00:31:45.44\00:31:48.81
to the Church, Volume
9, page 116, sent to me
00:31:48.84\00:31:53.88
by a leader of a
faithful supporting ministry,
00:31:53.91\00:31:56.66
The work of God in this
earth can never be finished
00:31:57.62\00:32:01.01
until the men and
women comprising our church
00:32:01.04\00:32:04.55
membership rally to the
work and unite their efforts
00:32:04.58\00:32:08.60
with those of ministers
and church officers. Amen.
00:32:08.63\00:32:12.65
Let us search our hearts
today, brothers and sisters
00:32:13.34\00:32:16.33
in Auditorium,
and remember our name.
00:32:16.36\00:32:20.37
I make a special appeal
to those who are discouraged,
00:32:22.21\00:32:26.41
frustrated,
despondent, or perhaps distant
00:32:27.95\00:32:32.56
from the church or the
Lord. Remember your name.
00:32:33.43\00:32:38.89
To those, including us as
leaders, who at times have
00:32:40.63\00:32:44.47
not followed God's
guidance in the Bible and the
00:32:44.50\00:32:47.36
Spirit of Prophecy
or the prompting of the
00:32:47.39\00:32:49.29
Holy Spirit, but have
willfully followed our own way
00:32:49.32\00:32:53.17
and made the politically
correct decision instead
00:32:53.20\00:32:56.90
of standing courageously
for what we knew to be right,
00:32:56.93\00:33:00.14
we must all resolve to
submit ourselves humbly
00:33:00.17\00:33:03.40
before the Lord and
remember your name. Amen.
00:33:03.43\00:33:07.64
To those of us who
have neglected consistent
00:33:07.67\00:33:10.65
Bible study and
prayer and allowed even good
00:33:10.68\00:33:13.22
things to crowd out
Jesus; to those who have
00:33:13.25\00:33:17.08
allowed television,
popular music, hobbies,
00:33:17.11\00:33:20.92
the Internet, video
games, interschool sports,
00:33:20.95\00:33:24.69
and a myriad of other
things to crowd out time
00:33:24.72\00:33:27.16
for the Lord,
Remember your name,
00:33:27.19\00:33:30.12
Refocus on Jesus,
His word, prayer, and the
00:33:31.45\00:33:34.31
writings of the
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:33:34.34\00:33:35.96
To those who have forgotten
that practical Christian
00:33:37.26\00:33:40.58
service is the
inevitable expression of your
00:33:40.61\00:33:44.36
relationship with
God, Remember your name.
00:33:44.39\00:33:47.94
To those who find
themselves drifting far from
00:33:48.99\00:33:51.41
the theological
center of the Word and the
00:33:51.44\00:33:54.72
fundamental beliefs of
the Seventh-day Adventist
00:33:54.75\00:33:57.03
Church. Remember
your name. To young people
00:33:57.06\00:34:01.73
who are caught up in
living life in the fast lane
00:34:01.76\00:34:04.09
with little regard
for the church, remember
00:34:04.12\00:34:07.15
your name and come
home. To those who are
00:34:07.18\00:34:11.10
older and have
become fossilized and static
00:34:11.13\00:34:14.05
and stale in their
Christian experience,
00:34:14.08\00:34:16.35
which probably
includes a lot of us,
00:34:17.59\00:34:19.57
remember your name.
To independent groups
00:34:19.60\00:34:23.78
or ministries who
have found themselves some
00:34:23.81\00:34:25.79
what distant from official
church connection and have
00:34:25.82\00:34:28.64
accepted tithe for
support. Contact your local
00:34:28.67\00:34:31.78
church and local
conference and return to a
00:34:31.81\00:34:34.56
warm and appropriate
relationship refusing
00:34:34.59\00:34:37.89
to accept tithe
and encouraging members
00:34:37.92\00:34:40.52
to return their tithe
through the store house
00:34:40.55\00:34:42.46
of the local
Church, remember your name.
00:34:42.49\00:34:45.73
To church members
who are bitter or angry
00:34:47.09\00:34:49.03
because another church
member offended you and
00:34:49.06\00:34:52.10
to churches where
there are opened fights,
00:34:52.13\00:34:54.15
jealousies and
tensions, remember your name
00:34:54.18\00:34:58.26
and implement God's
ministry of reconciliation
00:34:58.29\00:35:02.01
and Unity outlined
in Matthew 18, John 17,
00:35:02.04\00:35:06.67
and 2nd Corinthians 5.
Thank you Elder Paulson last
00:35:06.70\00:35:10.72
night for urging us
to be unified in Christ.
00:35:10.75\00:35:13.64
And how will we
remember our name? How will
00:35:15.06\00:35:20.04
we unite to finish God's
work? How will we fulfill
00:35:20.07\00:35:25.39
Christ's prayer for
unity? How will we avoid more
00:35:25.42\00:35:30.45
bittersweet anniversaries?
When will we see God's
00:35:31.19\00:35:36.80
church filled with
incredible Holy Spirit Power?
00:35:36.83\00:35:41.53
When will we go
home to heaven? I believe
00:35:42.68\00:35:47.98
the Word of the Lord to
Solomon is His word to us
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.29
today found in II Chronicles
7:14, a familiar text,
00:35:50.32\00:35:56.23
If my people, which
are called by my name,
00:35:56.26\00:35:59.26
shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face,
00:35:59.73\00:36:03.57
and turn from their
wicked ways, then will I hear
00:36:03.60\00:36:07.21
from heaven, and
will forgive their sin,
00:36:07.92\00:36:10.11
and will heal their
land. Since we have a name
00:36:10.14\00:36:13.86
given by God, we must
humble ourselves, pray,
00:36:14.70\00:36:18.35
seek God, and be
revived and reformed through
00:36:19.22\00:36:22.65
His power. The book of
Joel, chapter 2 and verses
00:36:22.68\00:36:27.79
12-13 tells us to Turn
to Me with all your heart,
00:36:27.82\00:36:31.66
with fasting, with
weeping, and with mourning.
00:36:31.69\00:36:34.39
So rend your
heart, not your garments;
00:36:34.42\00:36:36.58
Return to the Lord your
God. We also see in verses
00:36:36.61\00:36:40.27
15-17 the command to,
Blow the trumpet in Zion,
00:36:40.30\00:36:43.63
consecrate a fast.
Call a sacred assembly,
00:36:43.66\00:36:46.76
gather the people,
sanctify the congregation,
00:36:46.79\00:36:49.94
assemble the
elders, let the priests,
00:36:49.97\00:36:52.60
who minister to the
Lord, weep between the porch
00:36:52.63\00:36:56.17
and the altar. Nelson
will be having some of our
00:36:56.20\00:37:00.65
devotionals this
coming week. I saw the titles,
00:37:00.68\00:37:05.10
it comes from Joel 2,
prepare ourselves for that,
00:37:07.56\00:37:11.52
weep between the porch
and the altar let them say,
00:37:13.10\00:37:15.75
Spare Your people, O
Lord and then further
00:37:15.78\00:37:18.10
on in verse 23 we read
the promised results of such
00:37:18.13\00:37:21.50
consecrated
contrition. Be glad then,
00:37:21.53\00:37:24.93
you children of Zion,
and rejoice in the Lord your
00:37:24.96\00:37:27.70
God for He has given you
the former rain faithfully,
00:37:27.73\00:37:30.80
and He will cause the
rain to come down for you
00:37:30.83\00:37:33.78
the former rain, and
the latter rain. Amen.
00:37:33.81\00:37:38.25
In verses 28-32 the Lord
graciously continues saying
00:37:38.73\00:37:42.18
I will pour out My
Spirit on all flesh, your sons
00:37:42.21\00:37:45.72
and your
daughters shall prophesy,
00:37:45.75\00:37:47.07
your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men
00:37:47.10\00:37:49.28
shall see visions. On
My menservants and on My
00:37:49.31\00:37:52.83
maidservants I will pour
out My Spirit in those days.
00:37:52.86\00:37:56.49
I will show wonders in
the heavens and in the earth.
00:37:56.52\00:37:59.79
The sun shall be
turned into darkness and the
00:37:59.82\00:38:02.30
moon into blood,
before the coming of the great
00:38:02.33\00:38:04.67
and awesome day of
the Lord and whoever calls
00:38:04.70\00:38:08.30
on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
00:38:08.33\00:38:10.66
For in Mount Zion and
in Jerusalem there shall be
00:38:11.53\00:38:13.82
deliverance, as the Lord
has said, among the remnant
00:38:13.85\00:38:17.34
who the Lord calls.
Brothers and sisters we are
00:38:18.57\00:38:22.93
living in these days as
described by the prophet
00:38:22.96\00:38:27.91
Joel. We are living in
a time when the Lord wants
00:38:27.94\00:38:31.22
to pour out the later
rain of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:31.25\00:38:33.37
it is now time for God's
church to receive the later
00:38:33.40\00:38:36.58
rain experience, we
need to plead with the Lord
00:38:36.61\00:38:39.26
for this experience and
the finishing of God's work
00:38:39.29\00:38:42.15
through his power.
Seventh-day Adventists
00:38:42.18\00:38:44.72
remember your name.
Hosea 6 1-3 tells us come
00:38:44.75\00:38:48.57
and let us return to
the Lord for He has torn but
00:38:48.60\00:38:51.79
He will heal us, He
has stricken but He will
00:38:51.82\00:38:54.19
bind us up after two
days He will revive us
00:38:54.22\00:38:56.90
and on the 3rd day He
will raise us up after two days
00:38:56.93\00:39:00.50
on the third day He will
raise us up that we may live
00:39:00.53\00:39:03.96
in his sight. Let us know,
let us pursue the knowledge
00:39:03.99\00:39:07.32
of the Lord. He is going
forth is established as the
00:39:07.35\00:39:09.97
morning, he will
come to us like the rain,
00:39:10.00\00:39:12.33
like the later and
former rain to the earth.
00:39:12.36\00:39:15.17
Brothers and sisters we
need the later rain of the
00:39:16.33\00:39:19.00
Holy Spirit. Amen, to proclaim
the three angels messages
00:39:19.03\00:39:22.03
with power so Jesus
can come. We need revival
00:39:22.06\00:39:26.53
and reformation through
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:39:26.56\00:39:29.77
we need changed
lives. Selected Messages Book
00:39:30.25\00:39:33.27
1 page 121, we read in
the chapter entitled Calls
00:39:33.30\00:39:37.51
for A Revival, where
we are counseled that,
00:39:37.54\00:39:41.34
a revival of true godliness
among us is the greatest
00:39:41.37\00:39:45.36
and most urgent
of all our needs,
00:39:45.39\00:39:48.43
to seek this should
be our first work. Amen.
00:39:48.46\00:39:53.28
Continuing on it
says, Let the church arise,
00:39:53.31\00:39:55.69
and repent of her
backslidings before God.
00:39:55.72\00:39:58.82
Let the watchmen
awake, and give the trumpet
00:39:59.95\00:40:02.04
a certain sound. The
church must arouse to action.
00:40:02.07\00:40:05.49
The Spirit of God can
never come in until she prepares
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.62
the way. There should be
earnest searching of heart.
00:40:09.65\00:40:12.35
There should be
united, persevering prayer,
00:40:12.38\00:40:15.13
and through faith a
claiming of the promises of God.
00:40:15.16\00:40:19.03
We have not the first
reason for self-congratulations
00:40:20.10\00:40:23.30
and self-exaltation. We
should humble ourselves under
00:40:23.33\00:40:27.51
the mighty hand of God. I
recently had the privilege
00:40:27.54\00:40:31.78
of spending time in
Battle Creek, the site of our
00:40:31.81\00:40:35.04
1901 General conference
session. There were two tings
00:40:35.07\00:40:37.85
on God's agenda for 1901.
Reorganization of the Church
00:40:37.88\00:40:41.79
and the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit to enable that
00:40:41.82\00:40:45.24
structure to finish
the work. As a result of
00:40:45.27\00:40:48.09
Ellen White's pleading
the agenda for that general
00:40:48.12\00:40:51.69
conference was set
aside and the Church structure
00:40:51.72\00:40:54.75
was reorganized to
produce the conference and union
00:40:54.78\00:40:59.83
structure that we
have today. It is a good
00:40:59.86\00:41:02.60
organizational
structure and will serve us well
00:41:02.63\00:41:05.22
for the future, but
God's second agenda item never
00:41:05.25\00:41:09.22
happened, the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit. It is
00:41:09.25\00:41:11.50
still on his agenda
today. Ellen White had a vision
00:41:12.31\00:41:17.92
in 1903 entitled,
What Might Have Been.
00:41:17.95\00:41:20.62
You can read about that
vision in Testimonies for the
00:41:20.65\00:41:23.74
Church, Volume 8,
pages 104-106. On page 104
00:41:23.77\00:41:29.14
she says, And the Holy
Spirit was not imparted.
00:41:29.17\00:41:32.95
Why did this not take
place? Ellen White gave three
00:41:34.15\00:41:37.67
reasons. 1) The
leaders who had great light did
00:41:37.70\00:41:41.13
not walk in the light;
there was unbelief at the
00:41:41.16\00:41:45.44
General Conference and
in the Review and Herald.
00:41:45.47\00:41:47.81
2) A break was not
made with the past mistakes
00:41:48.84\00:41:51.38
and only lip service was
given to what God wanted.
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.31
3) The leaders did
not humble themselves.
00:41:55.80\00:42:00.54
There was pride and the
desire for power their work.
00:42:03.59\00:42:08.02
We read, "Men did not
humble themselves before
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the Lord as they should
have done." In that vision,
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Ellen White saw that
something God wanted had not
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occurred. She saw how
the leaders of the church
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at the 1901 General
Conference Session could have
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acted. She saw
delegates moved by the Spirit.
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There was a deep work of
repentance with some weeping
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aloud. She saw a leader
rise, she did not say who
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it was but this person
confessed before all the
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bitter feelings
that he had for some.
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He saw his true condition
and went to them one by one
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asking for forgiveness
and they asked for forgiveness
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in return. It spread
to the whole congregation;
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Ellen White reported that,
it was a Pentecostal season.
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God's praises were
sung, and far into the night,
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until the early morning,
the work was carried on.
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But then she writes
these dreadful words,
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then I aroused
from my unconsciousness,
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and for a while could
not think where I was.
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My pen was still in my
hand. The words were spoken
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to me, this might have
been. All this the Lord was
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waiting to do for His
people. All heaven was
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waiting to be
gracious. I thought of where we
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might have been had
thorough work been done
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at the last General
Conference, and an agony of
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disappointment came
over me as I realized that
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what I had
witnessed was not a reality.
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My brothers and sisters
of the Seventh-day Adventist
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Church, God wants to
make this a reality. Amen.
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When will it
happen? It is our solemn,
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sacred duty to lead this
precious church into a revival
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experience. We can
not produce revival and
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reformation, that is the
work of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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But we who are called
by God's name can humble
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ourselves pray and seek
his face, we can lead God's
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people to the foot of
the Cross and to implore God
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to prepare our hearts and
send the later rain of the
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Holy Spirit. Leaders
like me Nehemiah championed
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the great revivals of
the Old Testament, commenting
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on his work of revival
Ellen White's writes, the spirit
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manifested by the leader
will be to a great extent
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reflected by the people.
If the leaders profession
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to believe the solemn,
important truths that are to
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test the world at this
time manifest no ardent zeal
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to prepare a people to
stand in the day of the God,
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we must expect the
church to be careless indolent
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and pleasure seeking and
loving. A question before
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us today is will God be
able to give the Holy Spirit
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to us now as he wanted
to and has wanted to since
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1901 and even before?
We are told an evangelism
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page 701 that the
descent of the Holy Spirit upon
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the church is looked
forward to as in the future but
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it is the privilege of the
church to have it now. Amen.
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We must have it and
heaven is waiting to bestow it.
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This blessing is not
without condition however in
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Selected Messages Book
1, page 121 we read but
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it is our work by
confession, humiliation,
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repentance and earnest
prayer to fulfill the conditions
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upon which God has promised
to grant us his blessing.
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We have been studying
and praying here at the
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General Conference in
special Bible study and prayer
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sessions. We have a
special revival and reformation
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committee which has
been praying and studying
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how to best prepare
ourselves for this great
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outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. You will not want
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to miss the report of
that committee tomorrow
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morning and Monday
morning. We want to see the
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fulfillment of God pouring
out the later rain through
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the Holy Spirit. We want
to see God's work finished
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we want to go
home to heaven, Amen.
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Will you stand
faithful? Will you humble your
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heart before the Lord?
Will you lead out in leading
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our people to a deeper
experience in the Lord to
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prepare for the Holy
Spirit's power and a revival of
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true Godliness? Will
you ask the Lord to take us
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out of our lukewarm
Laodicean state as described
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in Revelation Chapter 3
and ask the Lord for gold
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tried in the fire for his
white robe of righteousness
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and for the heavenly eye
salve to see more clearly?
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Will I? Two weeks ago I
attended a youth conference
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at Bass Memorial
Academy in Mississippi.
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Where a revival of
primitive Godliness is taking
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place among the
faculty and the students.
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A lady from Pensacola, Florida,
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who attended the
meetings, gave me a lovely
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note after I spoke. Part
of what she said was this,
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please know that you
have a sister praying for you
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everyday. I ma praying
that you will be a godly leader,
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strong and true to the
Bible, that you will be wise
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and always harmless, that
you will be pure and above
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reproach and that you
will be faithful to spend time
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with Jesus. Please don't
ever allow the work of God's
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church to get in the
way of his work in your own
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heart. Amen. We are
counting on you to be a
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conduit of God's
power. We are seeking praying
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longing for revival and
reformation, be faithful.
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My brothers and sisters,
I can only lead as I fall
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at the foot of the cross
and as I personally spend
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time with Jesus in His
Word. I do not have the
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wisdom and ability to
lead except that I receive
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it from Christ. Today, I
want to confess before you,
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and my God, my
pride and arrogance,
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my selfishness, my
neglect of spending enough
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time needed with God
in prayer and Bible study
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and study of the
Spirit of Prophecy.
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I confess to you my envy
and my self-centeredness.
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I ask you as my fellow
leaders for forgiveness.
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I want to do God's
will. I want to humble myself
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before God, I want to pray
and I want to seek His face.
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I want the power of
the latter rain in my life.
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Will you join me? Will
you allow God to do today
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what He wanted to do
in 1901? Will you remember
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God's name and
remember your name as a
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Seventh-day Adventist?
Do you truly want to be
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a spiritual leader of
revival for God's people
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as we head into the
last days of earth's history
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looking for Christ's
soon coming? Do you want to be
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a leader helping our
people to experience a revival
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of true godliness? If so,
would you join me in quietly
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standing to your feet?
Please sing with me that
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little chorus,
Spirit of the living God,
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fall afresh on me,
Spirit of the living God,
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fall afresh on
me. Break me, melt me,
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mold me and fill me.
Spirit of the living God,
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fall afresh on me.
I want to invite Jerry
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and Janet Page and
Mark Finley who along with
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Armando Miranda, have
been leading the Revival
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and Reformation Committee,
to lead us in a season
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of intense and humble
prayer right now as we
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seek God's face and
plead with Him for revival
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and reformation
leading to the outpouring
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of the latter rain
of the Holy Spirit.
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Would you kneel with us?
As we pray for little bit
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just join us in your
hearts, talk to Lord if you want
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to at the same time.
God our hearts are just so
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hopeful right now, we
know that you are moving
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in an amazing way in
this world right now.
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You see the signs all
around us, we've been longing
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for our church leaders to
do what Pastor Ted just did.
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Amen. We have
failed to some much then,
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Lord I speak for myself
just now I am so full of self
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so much of the time and
I went into details that
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wouldn't be appropriate
and I just wanted know
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you all the way Lord.
I wanna be kind of person
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that I should be.
Those things of the world yet
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that are so attractive
to me; I want to let you
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take those things out of
my heart fully completely.
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We thank you for
what you are doing;
00:53:54.10\00:53:55.21
we know you are moving
around the world right now.
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You just revival
that your greatest heart,
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you are bringing. The
God do in us the way you want
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just now. Father we
praise you, praise you for your
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mercy that you have put
up with us for a so long,
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and Lord these are your
people here they love you,
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Amen. They are
passionately serving you.
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God I think about
my own times with you,
00:54:29.74\00:54:31.98
I have prayed to be
like Jesus, I want to be like
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Jesus and then I come
out of that worship time
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and do the same stupid
things over and over again.
00:54:39.00\00:54:43.06
Lord it's time we want
to change, I want to change,
00:54:44.78\00:54:48.35
God I want to be like
Jesus, we want to get this work
00:54:48.38\00:54:52.10
done, we want to go
home. Lord how do we truly
00:54:52.13\00:54:55.70
love each other
accept if you come, Amen.
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Pour out your Spirit
on us God. Help us Lord,
00:54:58.86\00:55:01.71
you tell us in Jeremiah
17:9 that The Heart Is Deceitful
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Above All Things and God
everyday you are showing me
00:55:06.52\00:55:10.54
how Deceitful my heart
is? Lord come in and change
00:55:10.57\00:55:14.81
give us such a passion
and love for those people
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around us from the
grocery clerk to the person
00:55:17.71\00:55:22.63
at the gas station to
the person in Targets,
00:55:22.66\00:55:25.19
Lord we really care
about their salvation,
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God we need you, would
you come on us right now?
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Oh Father, as we look
at the needs of the world
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we sense our powerlessness
to reach men and women
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for Jesus. We sense
that all of our institutions,
00:55:45.86\00:55:51.24
our strategies, our
plans, our media outreaches
00:55:51.27\00:55:56.14
make such an insignificant
impact when we think
00:55:58.05\00:56:03.52
of the six billion plus people
on the face of the planet.
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Amen. And father we know
that your heart is longing
00:56:09.78\00:56:13.68
to reach them. We know that
all mission is God's mission.
00:56:13.71\00:56:18.99
We are thankful that
you have chosen us to
00:56:21.84\00:56:23.81
participate in that
mission, and just now we opened
00:56:23.84\00:56:28.37
our hearts. Amen. Just
now we invite you to come
00:56:28.40\00:56:34.77
into our lives with the
fullness of your Spirit.
00:56:34.80\00:56:39.01
We are thankful that
you be guiding the church
00:56:40.01\00:56:42.43
by your Spirit that you
have been working powerfully
00:56:42.46\00:56:45.55
through this movement.
But what we know that unless
00:56:45.58\00:56:49.47
the fullness of the
Spirit comes, God's mission can
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not be
accomplished? So Father revealed
00:56:53.90\00:56:57.07
to what's areas
where we have fallen.
00:56:57.10\00:56:58.81
Move in our
lives with your Spirit.
00:57:00.12\00:57:01.81
Fill us in ways that we
have not yet to impossible.
00:57:02.59\00:57:07.06
We pray in your
name. Dear Father God,
00:57:08.23\00:57:12.61
we have recognized that
without you, we are nothing,
00:57:15.36\00:57:22.08
we can do nothing and
you know our Lord that the
00:57:23.26\00:57:29.38
only way we can
accomplish the mission that
00:57:29.41\00:57:33.19
you've been trust with
us. The only way is through
00:57:33.22\00:57:39.19
the Holy Spirit and
today we come before you with
00:57:39.22\00:57:45.55
humble heart seeking
you asking forgiveness
00:57:46.99\00:57:52.40
asking for, the hope
pouring with the Holy Spirit.
00:57:54.28\00:57:57.56
Oh Lord be mercy on
us, because we only depend
00:57:59.27\00:58:07.65
on you, thank you Lord
for your love and your mercy.
00:58:07.68\00:58:12.41
Bless your church and
come and take possession
00:58:13.72\00:58:20.32
of our lives. Well,
listen that was thrilling again,
00:58:20.35\00:58:26.99
powerful
message, powerful message,
00:58:27.02\00:58:28.63
really it was. And I
believe with all of my heart
00:58:28.66\00:58:32.51
that we are going to see
great results for God's Church.
00:58:32.54\00:58:35.64
I agreed, agreed, the
question I asked on the general
00:58:35.67\00:58:38.37
conference when I was
there for annual consult
00:58:38.40\00:58:40.67
talk to Jim Hair, Dan
Houghton, is this thing real?
00:58:40.70\00:58:45.19
And they assured me
this is a real deal;
00:58:45.85\00:58:47.73
revival is hitting
the Adventist Church.
00:58:47.76\00:58:49.57
Yeah really is, well
until next time keep on,
00:58:49.60\00:58:52.69
keeping on with
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:58:52.72\00:58:56.00