And we've been delighted
to have him as our guest
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this weekend. Please
welcome again Roy Drusky.
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I am going
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to a city
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where the streets
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with gold are laid.
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Where the Tree of Life
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is blooming
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and the roses
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never fade.
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Here they bloom
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but for a season.
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Soon their beauty
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is decayed.
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I am going
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to a city
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where the roses
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never fade.
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Loved ones wait to be
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with Jesus.
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They're in
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their robes of white array.
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Soon we'll all go there
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together
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where
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the roses never fade.
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Here they bloom
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but for a season.
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Soon their beauty
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is decayed.
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I am going
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to a city
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where the roses
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never fade.
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Here they bloom
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but for a season.
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Soon their beauty
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is decayed.
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I am going
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to a city
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where
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the roses never fade.
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Very happy to welcome
each of you again this evening.
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Appreciate you being here.
And for those who are watching
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across the nation and in dif-
ferent places around the world
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we welcome you and hope
that as you have been studying
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the Word of God
from night to night
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that your understanding
in the Lord is growing
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and the grace of Jesus Christ
is becoming more real to you
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all the time. So
tonight's subject is a very
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important one, and we hope
it will be a blessing to you
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in a special way.
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One of the
marvelous promises is...
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is that you and I
will be able to behold Him,
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to see Him. And I
want you to listen tonight
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as Ysis Espaņa
sings We Shall Behold Him.
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The sky shall unfold
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preparing
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His entrance.
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The stars shall
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applaud Him
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with thunders of praise.
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The sweet light
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in His eyes
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shall enhance
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those awaiting
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and we shall
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behold Him
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then face to face.
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We shall
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behold Him!
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We shall
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behold Him
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face to face
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in all of
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His glory!
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We shall
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behold Him!
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We shall
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behold Him
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face to face
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our Savior
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and Lord!
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The angels
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shall sound
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the shout of His coming.
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The sleeping
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shall rise from
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their slumbering place.
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And those who remain
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shall be changed in
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a moment...
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and we shall
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behold Him
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then face to face!
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Yes, we shall
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behold Him!
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We shall behold
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Him
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face to face
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in all of
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His glory.
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We shall
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behold Him!
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We shall
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behold Him
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face
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to face
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our Savior
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and Lord...
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we shall
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behold Him
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our Savior
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and Lord!
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Savior
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and Lord!
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Our gracious Father,
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we look forward to that
day when we shall behold You.
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We pray tonight that as we
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look at the ways in which
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Your Word has
revealed that You're coming
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that You'll give to
each one of us insight.
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We pray, Lord, that
our hearts may be open,
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the Holy Spirit may
have access to our minds,
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and that it will lead us
and guide us into the truths
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of Your Word. For this we
ask in Christ's name, Amen.
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The Scripture describes
the coming of Jesus Christ
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with these words found
here in Matthew the 24th chapter
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and verse 27. It says:
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Scripture just
simply says: "As lightning
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comes from the east and
flashes clear across the sky
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to the west, so will the coming
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of the Son of Man be. "
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As a boy of nine years of age
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my parents moved
from Chicago here
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to Oklahoma.
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Moved out on the farm,
and for a nine-year-old boy
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who had lived
right downtown Chicago
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that was a radical change.
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And my father was very, very
fond of hunting and fishing.
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And so we hadn't
lived in Oklahoma very long
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until one day he said to me...
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he said: "When you
come home from school
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if you'll get all
the fishing gear ready
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I'll have your mother
fix us a lunch and all
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and when I get home from work
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we'll go out and we'll spend the
night on the river fishing. "
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Well of course that was wonder-
ful to a nine-year-old boy.
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And so I got
everything all ready
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and my father came home.
And we put all the fishing gear
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in the car and
drove out to the river
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to spend the night on the river.
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And I can remember we went
down and stuck our fishing poles
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in the ground there
and put out our line
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and hooks and the
sinker and everything
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and got ready to
try to catch some fish.
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And my father went up on
the top of the bank there
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and we have some trees in
Oklahoma... they're called
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post oaks. I don't know
if you know what they are.
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But they're not
a very tall tree.
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And my father took
a hatchet and cut down
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some of these post oak runners
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and with that he
built a little lean-to.
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And he spread a
blanket out under this lean-to
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so that if we got tired or we
wanted to go up and take a nap
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we could. And so I went down
on the bank and was fishing.
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And the fish
weren't biting very much.
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And so I got bored and I went
up and sat down on the blanket
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and thought I'd take a nap.
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Hadn't been there too
long until off in the distance
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I could see the
flash of lightning.
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Didn't think much about it.
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But as the time passed I
could begin to hear the thunder.
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And didn't worry
too much about it,
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but as time passed the flash
of lightning became stronger
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and the sound of
thunder became louder.
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And as it got closer to us
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well I guess my father
got concerned about me.
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And he came up there where
I was and sat down beside me.
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This storm, folks,
passed right over where we are.
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Now I don't know how many of
you have ever lived in Oklahoma
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but Oklahoma is
"tornado alley. "
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You know, they really get
storms come through there.
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I to this day have
never forgotten that storm.
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I have never seen it
lightning like it did
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or the sound of
thunder. I mean, the thunder was
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so loud that it
would shake the ground.
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And the flash of
lightning was so bright, folks,
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that I could shut my
eyes and I could still see it.
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You know? Well let
me tell you something:
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when it said "as
lightning cometh out of the east
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and shineth clear to the west"
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you'd better
believe you can SEE THAT!
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There is no question about it
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when it talks about
the coming of Jesus Christ
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that it will be
something that you and I can see
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without any question of a doubt.
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In fact, the Scripture tells us
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that the coming of
Jesus will be very glorious.
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Talks about "the
glorious appearing. "
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"As lightning shines from
the east even unto the west
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so will the coming
of the Son of Man be. "
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Well, the Scripture
tells you exactly how glorious
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the coming of
Christ is going to be.
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So it says He's going to
come back in His own glory;
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He's going to come back
in the glory of His Father;
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He's going to come back
in the glory of the angels.
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Have you ever looked at
that to see what that's like
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when it says He's
coming back in His own glory,
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in the glory of the Father, and
the glory of the holy angels?
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Well you remember an
incident in the Bible
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that illustrates what the
glory of the Father is like.
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Moses.
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Moses has gone up
on top of Mt. Sinai.
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And while he's up
there on top of the mountain
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he says to the Lord, he says:
"I'd like to see Your face. "
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And the Lord said "Moses, no
one has seen My face and lived.
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But I'll tell you
what: I'll put you over here
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in the cleft of the
rock, I'll put My hand over it
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and after I've passed by
I'll let you see My back. "
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And God put Moses in
the hollow of that rock.
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And it says that
when God passed by
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Moses saw
compassion and love and mercy
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and all the
wonderful attributes of God.
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After that was over
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Moses is coming
down out of the mountain.
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Has the Ten
Commandments with him.
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Watch what happens here:
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I mean, just the reflected
glory of God was so bright
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that the children of Israel
couldn't stand to look at him.
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They said: "Moses, put
a veil over your face...
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we can't stand to look at you. "
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That's the
reflected glory of God.
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What must it be like
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when Jesus comes in
the glory of His Father?
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Not only says that, it
says He's going to come back
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"in His own glory. "
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Christ's own glory.
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You remember? He's
taken Peter and James and John
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with Him up on top of
the Mount of Transfiguration.
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And while He's up there, all
of a sudden He's transfigured
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and Moses and
Elijah appear to Him.
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And this is what
it says happened:
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I mean, this is the glory
of Christ. All of a sudden
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He was transfigured
and His glory shone forth
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and His face
"shone like the sun. "
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His clothing was
"as white as light. "
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And then it also says
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He's going to come back
in the glory of the angels.
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Have you ever considered that:
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the glory of the angels...
what that must be like?
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You remember at the resurrection
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the Bible says that one angel
came to the tomb of Christ.
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And when that angel came
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I want you to see as it
pictures what took place there.
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One angel and there
was a great earthquake.
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All right?
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Now listen:
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One angel came... sat down.
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His countenance was
like lightning. Now folks,
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they'd stationed a centurion
- that's a soldier that has
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100 soldiers under him -
to guard the tomb of Christ.
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What did these soldiers do?
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One angel!
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Countenance was like lightning.
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Now what's it going to
be? What's it going to be like
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when the Scripture
says that when Jesus comes
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that all the angels
are going to come with Him?
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How many angels are there?
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Do you know what ten
thousand times ten thousand is?
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That is 100,000,000!
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Ten thousand times ten thousand.
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You see, the
Scripture never numbers angels.
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It has a hundred million
and thousands of thousands.
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It'll say "the
innumerable company. "
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But all these angels
are going to come with Him
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and every one of them's
countenance is like lightning.
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So when it says the
appearing of Jesus Christ
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is glorious, you'd
better believe it's glorious
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like man has never seen.
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I can tell you
tonight, dear friend:
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don't let anybody ever
tell you that you won't see it.
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Don't let them tell you that
you won't know what's going on.
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I can tell you: when HE comes
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EVERYBODY will know
something's going on
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'cause it will be
a glorious appearing!
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Well, it tells
us several things.
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One: it tells you be
careful what you hear.
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Be careful what you hear about
the coming of Jesus Christ.
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This is the counsel that Jesus
Himself gave about His coming.
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Somebody says: "Oh,
Christ is over here! "
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And I hear that today. Every
once in a while somebody'll say
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that. Don't believe it.
Listen... He continues on:
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Somebody goes out here
in the middle of the desert
00:23:13.66\00:23:17.13
and they perform
signs and wonders
00:23:17.33\00:23:19.86
and they say "Christ
is here" what do you do?
00:23:20.06\00:23:22.26
You don't believe it.
00:23:23.37\00:23:24.90
See, dear friends, you
can't take signs and miracles
00:23:25.93\00:23:30.41
as a sign. You
cannot depend on that.
00:23:30.61\00:23:34.14
You can't build your faith and
belief on signs and miracles.
00:23:34.34\00:23:38.65
You can only build your faith
and belief on the Word of God!
00:23:38.85\00:23:42.55
You can't build
it any other place.
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.15
Don't try. If you do, you're
going to be on false ground,
00:23:45.35\00:23:49.96
friends. It won't hold you up.
00:23:50.16\00:23:51.73
You've got to build your
belief on the Word of God.
00:23:52.36\00:23:54.73
Listen as He continues:
00:23:54.93\00:23:56.26
It says if possible they
will deceive even the elect.
00:24:02.14\00:24:04.37
Don't go!
00:24:20.42\00:24:22.29
The Bible is clear when it comes
to the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.70
It's going to be something,
friend, that you won't have any
00:24:31.90\00:24:35.00
trouble seeing. It's not
going to take place quietly;
00:24:35.20\00:24:39.91
it's not going to
take place secretly.
00:24:40.11\00:24:42.14
You're not going to wake up and
say: "Where did everybody go? "
00:24:42.34\00:24:46.31
That won't happen.
00:24:47.42\00:24:48.82
Everybody will see and under-
stand that Jesus is coming.
00:24:49.78\00:24:54.62
It won't be quietly.
00:24:55.02\00:24:56.83
Everybody will see it.
00:25:03.40\00:25:05.13
You won't have
any trouble seeing it.
00:25:05.33\00:25:07.47
It says that He will appear.
00:25:24.55\00:25:27.49
You're going to see Him.
How will I know it's Christ?
00:25:27.69\00:25:31.26
Well, the Bible gives
you a perfectly clear example
00:25:31.66\00:25:35.13
of what the coming of
Jesus Christ will be like
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.17
'cause when His
disciples were with Him
00:25:39.23\00:25:42.30
He took them out there
on the Mount of Olives.
00:25:42.50\00:25:46.61
And as they stood there
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.04
Jesus Christ was
taken into heaven.
00:25:49.91\00:25:53.11
Watch, because
it tells you exactly
00:25:53.31\00:25:55.98
how the coming of
Jesus Christ will be.
00:25:56.18\00:25:59.02
So it says that as
they were standing there
00:26:12.43\00:26:15.10
all of a sudden Jesus
began to ascend into heaven
00:26:15.30\00:26:18.17
and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
00:26:18.37\00:26:21.31
Now... continue:
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.41
Now listen... here's His coming:
00:26:39.83\00:26:41.76
Now I want to ask you something:
00:26:48.44\00:26:49.77
did they see Him go into heaven?
00:26:49.90\00:26:51.71
Oh, yes! They stood
there and watched Him.
00:26:52.11\00:26:54.84
This very same Jesus
that had spent 3-1/2 years
00:26:55.04\00:26:59.95
with them, working
with them and teaching...
00:27:00.15\00:27:02.12
that same Jesus they
had watched heal the sick...
00:27:02.32\00:27:05.29
that same Jesus they had
seen speak to the people...
00:27:05.49\00:27:08.36
that same Jesus that had
blessed the little children...
00:27:08.56\00:27:11.53
that same Jesus, listen:
00:27:11.73\00:27:14.06
Does it tell you
how He's coming back?
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.64
Absolutely! As the
disciples saw Him go into heaven
00:27:27.04\00:27:30.35
so He will come back
00:27:30.55\00:27:33.05
just exactly like
He went into heaven.
00:27:33.25\00:27:36.89
They saw Him; you
and I will see Him.
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.66
No question.
"Behold... " Revelation 1:7:
00:27:40.86\00:27:43.56
Yes they see Him.
"Every eye will see Him. "
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.74
Every living soul will see
Him and it says the wicked will
00:28:02.94\00:28:05.91
literally mourn. So it's
not something's that's gonna be
00:28:06.11\00:28:10.42
done out in the desert.
00:28:10.62\00:28:11.95
It's not going to be
off in some hiding place.
00:28:12.15\00:28:14.32
It's going to be something
that everybody will see.
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.29
No question about it.
00:28:18.49\00:28:20.13
With the coming of Jesus
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.20
is great, great
destructive force.
00:28:22.40\00:28:27.27
I mean the world
will be very much aware.
00:28:27.67\00:28:31.87
Now folks, it speaks... and
I'm going to read you some texts
00:28:32.67\00:28:36.64
about what
happens when Jesus comes.
00:28:36.85\00:28:39.55
This is the end. This
is when Jesus is coming.
00:28:56.26\00:28:58.83
That always
amuses me a little bit.
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.84
I live in California.
00:29:09.24\00:29:11.01
And you know what they
talk about in California?
00:29:11.21\00:29:13.21
They talk about the "big one. "
00:29:13.42\00:29:15.25
When is the big
one going to hit?
00:29:15.65\00:29:17.29
Well I can tell them when
the big one's going to hit.
00:29:17.49\00:29:19.25
When Jesus comes!
That's going to be the big one
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.86
I can assure you. All right?
00:29:22.06\00:29:23.39
'Cause it says there
was a great earthquake.
00:29:23.56\00:29:26.63
That's the big
one! You understand? OK.
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.67
OK?
00:29:41.21\00:29:42.54
So this is a destructive
force that's there at the coming
00:29:42.58\00:29:45.38
of Jesus Christ.
00:29:45.58\00:29:46.92
But dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:29:47.52\00:29:49.32
you don't have to be worried.
00:29:50.32\00:29:52.35
You don't have to be concerned
00:29:53.22\00:29:54.92
'cause Psalm 91 says:
00:29:56.22\00:29:58.43
"A thousand may fall at thy side
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.90
and ten thousand
at thy right hand
00:30:02.10\00:30:04.93
but it shall not come nigh thee.
00:30:05.13\00:30:08.17
Only with your eyes
00:30:08.37\00:30:10.67
shall you see and behold
the reward of the wicked.
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.78
No plague shall
come nigh thy dwelling. "
00:30:13.98\00:30:18.08
See? My safety
is in Jesus Christ.
00:30:18.48\00:30:22.02
Sure, there's going to
be great destructive force
00:30:22.65\00:30:25.49
at the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:30:26.45\00:30:27.82
It says there will be hail
that will fall that will weigh
00:30:28.02\00:30:31.29
57 pounds... what
the Scripture says:
00:30:31.49\00:30:35.36
that hail will fall. And
earthquakes. It talks about
00:30:35.56\00:30:38.00
all the destructive
force that will be there.
00:30:38.20\00:30:40.34
But God's people will be
perfectly safe in the hands
00:30:40.54\00:30:44.37
of Jesus Christ. Amen!
The coming of Jesus Christ
00:30:44.57\00:30:48.31
won't be silent.
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.48
Not going to be
something that will be whispered
00:30:51.68\00:30:55.38
and talked about.
It's going to be loud.
00:30:55.58\00:30:57.85
So it says that God's
coming it's going to be loud.
00:31:14.74\00:31:17.77
He's not going to keep silent.
00:31:17.97\00:31:19.81
Listen. It says that
God is going to be there.
00:31:20.01\00:31:22.88
That He has a
controversy with the nations.
00:31:23.08\00:31:25.01
Jeremiah... Jeremiah 25:30.
00:31:25.21\00:31:28.05
"Therefore prophesy
against them all these words
00:31:28.25\00:31:31.65
and say to them 'The Lord
will ROAR from on high. ' "
00:31:31.85\00:31:36.52
I mean, this is talking
about the coming of Jesus.
00:31:36.73\00:31:39.49
By the way, that
shout is tremendous.
00:31:49.50\00:31:53.14
That shout is so loud
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.34
that it will roll through this
earth like peals of thunder.
00:31:56.54\00:32:00.25
What'll happen.
00:32:01.28\00:32:02.88
So this is not silent, folks.
00:32:16.46\00:32:18.67
When Jesus comes it'll be
something that every individual
00:32:19.57\00:32:22.90
will hear.
They'll not only hear it
00:32:23.10\00:32:24.77
they're going to see it.
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.34
This is what will
happen as Jesus comes back.
00:32:27.24\00:32:30.41
You see, when He comes
00:32:39.85\00:32:42.66
and He shouts
00:32:43.06\00:32:44.89
and His words just
roll through this earth
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.90
like peals of thunder
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.76
something happens.
Did you know what happens?
00:32:49.96\00:32:52.70
That shout is absolutely so loud
00:32:53.50\00:32:57.71
that the dead in
the ground hear it.
00:32:57.91\00:33:00.98
That's what it says.
00:33:01.94\00:33:03.28
They're going to hear
it. They're going to come out
00:33:19.83\00:33:22.30
of their graves! So
you can put it down:
00:33:22.50\00:33:25.63
the coming of
Jesus is very glorious.
00:33:27.00\00:33:29.37
Secondly, it's something
that everybody's going to see.
00:33:29.57\00:33:33.11
And thirdly, it's something that
everybody will be able to hear.
00:33:33.51\00:33:37.28
Won't be quiet... not at all.
00:33:37.91\00:33:40.65
Then us, those who are
here you see, dear friends,
00:33:41.05\00:33:44.49
you may be alive at
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:33:44.89\00:33:48.12
And if you are, like I
said He will protect you.
00:33:49.09\00:33:52.86
He'll care for you.
00:33:54.06\00:33:55.40
And He says that all
those people that are alive
00:33:55.53\00:33:58.10
that are followers of Jesus,
they're going to be caught up
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.97
with the dead that have heard
the voice and have come forth
00:34:01.17\00:34:04.14
from the grave to meet
the Lord up in the air.
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.64
So it says that
they're caught up in the clouds
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.56
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:21.76\00:34:23.49
This is a promise that God
gives to every one of you here
00:34:23.89\00:34:28.56
tonight I don't
care who you are.
00:34:28.76\00:34:31.10
It's a promise that Jesus made
and let me tell you something:
00:34:31.30\00:34:34.47
the throne of
God... the throne of God
00:34:36.71\00:34:40.31
is staked on the
fulfillment of His Word.
00:34:40.71\00:34:44.81
Therefore, if God promised it
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.52
you'd better
believe it will happen.
00:34:48.72\00:34:50.45
OK. This is the promise
00:34:50.65\00:34:52.89
that God gives to
each one of you tonight:
00:34:53.09\00:34:55.39
So He says: "I'm
going to come back
00:35:41.20\00:35:42.54
and I'm going to
gather all of you
00:35:42.70\00:35:45.51
and I'm going to
take you to be with Me
00:35:45.91\00:35:48.91
in My Father's house. I'm going
to take all of you there. "
00:35:49.11\00:35:52.71
Oh, dear friend...
what a wonderful promise!
00:35:53.11\00:35:57.09
Marvelous promise
00:35:57.29\00:35:58.79
that God says "I'll
take you to be with Me
00:35:58.99\00:36:02.36
where you can enjoy all the
wonderful things that God has
00:36:02.56\00:36:07.46
prepared for
those that love Him. "
00:36:07.66\00:36:09.66
So coming to Jesus
00:36:10.17\00:36:12.63
is a promise that God gives
to you and me. And it says:
00:36:12.83\00:36:16.00
So it says that
when Jesus went to heaven
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.22
it says that a cloud "received
Him out of their sight. "
00:36:33.42\00:36:36.16
It says when He comes
back that He's coming back
00:36:36.36\00:36:39.03
on a what? Cloud.
00:36:39.23\00:36:42.83
A number of years ago -
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.83
you may remember -
there was a great lot to do
00:36:46.23\00:36:49.24
about UFOs. Do
you remember that?
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.94
And I really got
interested in UFOs.
00:36:52.67\00:36:55.71
And I don't know how
many books I read about UFOs.
00:36:55.91\00:36:58.65
But you know what I found out?
00:36:59.05\00:37:00.52
There's a religion
connected with that.
00:37:00.72\00:37:02.52
You see, they believe that
Jesus went to heaven on a UFO.
00:37:03.49\00:37:06.25
And they believe
He's coming back on a UFO.
00:37:06.99\00:37:09.29
And there's a whole
religion tied with that
00:37:09.49\00:37:12.33
idea of a UFO. That He went
to heaven and is coming back
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.96
and so forth. Do you
know what those clouds are
00:37:16.16\00:37:19.20
when it says that "a cloud re-
ceived Him out of their sight? "
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.34
You know what they are? Listen:
00:37:23.74\00:37:26.61
Hmm. It says that God
makes the clouds His chariots.
00:37:38.29\00:37:43.63
Listen carefully
'cause the Bible will tell you
00:37:43.83\00:37:45.89
exactly what's involved here.
00:37:46.09\00:37:47.53
of angels...
That's what they are.
00:38:07.02\00:38:09.15
So when it talks
about those clouds
00:38:12.62\00:38:14.82
that they're God's chariots
that's referring to the angels.
00:38:15.02\00:38:18.63
And it says that ALL the angels
are going to come back with Him.
00:38:19.03\00:38:22.13
Did you know that
every one of you here tonight
00:38:27.57\00:38:30.91
have an angel? Whether you
like it or whether you don't
00:38:31.11\00:38:34.94
you've got one.
00:38:35.14\00:38:36.68
And that angel goes with
you throughout your entire life.
00:38:37.68\00:38:40.42
The Bible tells you. In
fact, the Bible tells you
00:38:41.75\00:38:44.52
you need to be very very careful
00:38:44.72\00:38:47.66
how you treat
children 'cause the Bible says
00:38:47.92\00:38:52.36
that child's angel
looks on the face of God.
00:38:52.56\00:38:57.73
That's what it says.
00:38:58.47\00:38:59.80
You remember the time when
Peter had been put in prison?
00:39:00.50\00:39:03.87
And because Herod had
cut off the head of James
00:39:04.81\00:39:08.94
and that had
brought him so much favor
00:39:09.14\00:39:10.88
he decided that he
would behead Peter also.
00:39:11.08\00:39:13.52
So he's had Peter put in prison.
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.58
The next day Peter's
going to lose his head.
00:39:17.85\00:39:20.09
Do you know what Peter's doing?
00:39:21.06\00:39:22.66
Now what would you be doing?
00:39:23.73\00:39:25.43
Praying? Yeah.
00:39:26.53\00:39:28.50
Peter's sleeping.
00:39:28.70\00:39:30.03
That's what he's
doing... he's sleeping.
00:39:30.63\00:39:32.33
And while he's
sleeping God sends an angel.
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.87
You know, angels have
a key to every prison.
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.91
Did you know that? They
have a key to every prison
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.84
and they can just
walk through the doors.
00:39:43.24\00:39:45.08
In fact, they had put
Peter in solitary confinement.
00:39:45.61\00:39:49.28
And there were
about four steel doors
00:39:50.22\00:39:53.52
and then they had
chained him between two guards.
00:39:53.72\00:39:56.59
And the angel
walked right into the room;
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.53
the chains fell
off Peter's arms;
00:39:59.93\00:40:02.53
and the angel said to
him: "Peter, get up. "
00:40:03.03\00:40:04.87
And Peter thinks
he's having a dream...
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.40
that's what Peter
thinks is going on, see.
00:40:07.60\00:40:09.10
And the angel finally
had to say: "Peter, get up. "
00:40:09.50\00:40:12.31
And Peter finally got up
00:40:12.51\00:40:13.84
and he's still
thinking he's dreaming.
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.31
And finally the angel said:
"Peter, put on your shoes. "
00:40:15.51\00:40:18.08
And Peter puts on his shoes.
00:40:18.48\00:40:20.15
And the angel takes him and
they walk out of the prison.
00:40:20.55\00:40:23.85
The gates, the doors
just open without any trouble.
00:40:24.05\00:40:26.55
And they get
outside in the street
00:40:26.96\00:40:29.56
and all of a
sudden the angel's gone!
00:40:29.76\00:40:32.03
And Peter
realizes he's not dreaming.
00:40:32.43\00:40:35.16
All of a sudden the
reality comes that the angel
00:40:35.56\00:40:38.33
has taken him out of prison.
And so he goes to the home
00:40:38.53\00:40:41.70
of John Mark.
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.61
You know what they're having?
00:40:44.47\00:40:45.97
They're having a
prayer meeting for Peter
00:40:46.37\00:40:48.28
'cause they know he's to
lose his head the next day.
00:40:48.48\00:40:50.51
So they're all
there praying for him.
00:40:50.71\00:40:52.21
And Peter knocks on the door.
00:40:52.41\00:40:54.58
And a young girl by the
name of Rhoda goes to the door
00:40:54.78\00:40:57.42
to see who's there.
And she looks out the hole
00:40:57.62\00:41:00.32
and there's Peter.
And she gets so excited
00:41:00.52\00:41:02.59
that she doesn't let Peter in.
00:41:02.79\00:41:04.16
She runs back and
tells the people. She said:
00:41:04.36\00:41:06.23
"Peter's at the door!
Peter's at the door! "
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.33
And they said: "No...
Peter's not at the door. "
00:41:08.73\00:41:10.70
Is that the way
your prayer meetings are?
00:41:11.20\00:41:13.07
Hmm?
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.20
Said: "No, no...
Peter's not at the door. "
00:41:16.10\00:41:18.11
And she said: "Yes!
Peter's at the door. "
00:41:18.31\00:41:20.34
And they said:
"Rhoda, are you OK? "
00:41:20.54\00:41:22.28
"Are you all right? "
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.21
And she said: "No,
no... Peter's at the door. "
00:41:24.25\00:41:26.31
And they said:
"It's his angel. "
00:41:26.72\00:41:30.32
You see, each one
of us has an angel.
00:41:31.29\00:41:34.42
And when Jesus comes, folks,
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.69
it's going to be that
angel that's going to get you.
00:41:37.59\00:41:41.03
I don't know whether you
will be coming out of the grave
00:41:41.43\00:41:44.97
or if you are
alive when Jesus comes.
00:41:46.43\00:41:49.10
But it's going to be that angel
that's going to come and get you
00:41:49.30\00:41:51.94
and take you and
present you to Christ.
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.78
An angel that knows more
about you than anybody else
00:41:55.71\00:41:58.85
'cause that angel's been with
you throughout your entire life.
00:41:59.58\00:42:02.28
They're going to come and
gather all of God's people
00:42:02.68\00:42:05.59
from all over the earth
00:42:05.79\00:42:07.22
and they're going to take
you and present you to Jesus.
00:42:07.42\00:42:10.23
Marvelous what
He'll do for each of us.
00:42:10.66\00:42:13.80
So they're going to
gather all of His people
00:42:20.44\00:42:22.40
and bring them to meet Jesus.
00:42:22.60\00:42:24.91
But let me tell you something:
there's no second chance.
00:42:25.87\00:42:29.28
No second chance, friends.
00:42:30.88\00:42:32.78
I'm sorry.
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.32
Not some other time... it's now.
00:42:35.02\00:42:39.59
Now is the day of salvation...
not some other time.
00:42:39.79\00:42:43.66
Listen to the words of God:
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.19
THIS is your time.
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.55
You're not going
to have another life.
00:43:04.95\00:43:06.75
Not another
chance. You have this life
00:43:07.15\00:43:10.45
and this is your opportunity to
give your heart to Jesus Christ.
00:43:10.65\00:43:15.12
To accept Him. It
won't happen again.
00:43:15.82\00:43:19.56
Only this life is
all that you have.
00:43:19.76\00:43:23.23
Dear friends, there's
no second chance there.
00:43:43.08\00:43:45.25
Are you understanding?
00:43:45.45\00:43:46.79
When He comes it says
that person that is righteous
00:43:46.82\00:43:50.29
he'll be righteous
still; that person who is filthy
00:43:50.49\00:43:52.69
he's going to be filthy still.
00:43:52.89\00:43:54.43
There will not be another
opportunity, and it says:
00:43:54.63\00:43:59.37
No second chance!
00:44:10.31\00:44:12.91
I had an uncle that always said
00:44:15.38\00:44:19.55
"Well, when I get
old I'll accept Jesus. "
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.16
Well... he got
old and never did.
00:44:23.16\00:44:25.43
See... now is the time.
00:44:27.63\00:44:30.50
Not going to be
another opportunity.
00:44:31.60\00:44:34.20
Jeremiah 8:20 says that
some people are going to say
00:44:36.27\00:44:38.91
Just think.
00:44:46.88\00:44:49.02
It really concerns me
00:44:49.72\00:44:51.69
that people here in the US
00:44:53.09\00:44:55.96
that have had such a marvelous
00:44:56.36\00:44:59.26
opportunity to hear
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:44:59.46\00:45:02.50
You have been
favored beyond words
00:45:02.90\00:45:07.64
and yet how many of us
00:45:08.04\00:45:10.54
have become gospel hardened.
00:45:10.74\00:45:12.71
Say: "Ah... I've
heard that before. "
00:45:13.11\00:45:15.88
"Some other time. "
00:45:16.61\00:45:18.51
"I'll think about it. "
00:45:18.71\00:45:21.02
The Bible says that many
of them are going to say:
00:45:22.22\00:45:24.35
"Oh, the harvest is
past, the summer is ended;
00:45:24.55\00:45:27.36
we're not saved. "
Dear friend, I hope tonight
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.13
that you won't put it off.
00:45:31.19\00:45:32.79
Don't say: "Another time. "
00:45:33.19\00:45:35.40
"At a more
convenient season. " No...
00:45:36.63\00:45:39.83
this is the time when you
and I need to accept the Lord.
00:45:40.84\00:45:44.24
A great preacher of the past
by the name of Charles Finney
00:45:52.55\00:45:56.35
studied to be a
lawyer... an attorney.
00:45:57.89\00:46:01.76
Had gone away to school.
00:46:02.76\00:46:05.13
He had been raised
in a Christian home.
00:46:05.33\00:46:07.40
Godly mother. And as
he got away in school
00:46:07.70\00:46:11.50
he just pretty much forgot God,
forgot his Christian upbringing.
00:46:11.70\00:46:16.10
And in his senior
year in law school
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.34
one day he was
sitting at his desk
00:46:19.54\00:46:22.21
studying when a voice
spoke to him and said:
00:46:22.71\00:46:25.08
"Charles Finney,
when you finish school
00:46:25.48\00:46:28.78
what are you going to do? "
00:46:28.98\00:46:30.32
"Oh, " he said... "I'm
going to practice law. "
00:46:30.89\00:46:33.36
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:46:34.62\00:46:37.59
"Oh, " he said... "when
I feel financially secure
00:46:38.73\00:46:44.33
I'll probably get married. "
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.00
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:46:48.40\00:46:51.17
"Oh, " he
said... "have a family. "
00:46:52.24\00:46:55.28
"Raise some
children... have a family. "
00:46:55.68\00:46:58.85
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:46:59.81\00:47:03.59
"Oh, " he said... "I hope
that I'll make a contribution
00:47:04.49\00:47:07.06
to my community and to mankind
and the people that are living
00:47:07.26\00:47:10.43
around me. "
00:47:10.63\00:47:11.96
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:47:11.99\00:47:15.63
And he said: "Well
I guess I'll retire. "
00:47:16.87\00:47:20.97
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:47:22.40\00:47:26.61
And he said: "Oh,
I guess I'll die. "
00:47:28.64\00:47:31.98
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.02
And all of a sudden
with absolute clarity
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.89
that scripture came to his mind.
00:47:39.59\00:47:41.66
"And it is
appointed to men to die once
00:47:42.06\00:47:45.43
but after this the judgment. "
00:47:46.03\00:47:48.03
And Charles Finney got down
on his knees and gave his heart
00:47:48.43\00:47:52.17
to Jesus Christ.
00:47:52.37\00:47:53.77
I would like to ask
you tonight "What then? "
00:47:54.67\00:47:58.71
When it's all over, what then?
00:47:59.77\00:48:02.01
What are you going to do?
00:48:02.41\00:48:03.78
Are you going to give
you heart to Jesus Christ?
00:48:04.81\00:48:07.22
Accept Him? Open up your life?
00:48:07.95\00:48:09.35
Because, dear friend,
this is the only time you have.
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.29
You don't have another time.
00:48:12.49\00:48:13.86
The Scripture says:
"Watch out! Be careful
00:48:20.63\00:48:23.70
lest all the cares of this life
00:48:23.90\00:48:27.10
grab your
attention and you're so busy
00:48:27.30\00:48:29.77
doing maybe good things
00:48:29.97\00:48:32.31
that you miss eternal life! "
00:48:32.51\00:48:34.01
Oh, dear friends, you and I
can't afford to let that happen.
00:48:40.55\00:48:43.95
We have to be watching
and waiting... prepared
00:48:44.35\00:48:48.12
for the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.03
So God is inviting
you tonight to accept Him.
00:49:02.44\00:49:05.57
"Watch therefore and pray always
that you may be accounted worthy
00:49:05.77\00:49:11.71
to accept all these things
that will come to pass... "
00:49:11.91\00:49:15.32
He said: "Be careful. " "and to
stand before the Son of Man. "
00:49:15.72\00:49:19.75
That's what
God's asking you and I
00:49:19.95\00:49:22.82
to do to be prepared.
00:49:23.02\00:49:24.66
A friend of mine was
over in the Middle East.
00:49:25.79\00:49:30.57
He was in the country of Jordan.
00:49:31.97\00:49:35.07
Had spent several days
there in the country of Jordan.
00:49:35.27\00:49:39.44
And it had come time
for him to go back home.
00:49:40.38\00:49:44.68
And so he decided that he
would go out to the airport
00:49:45.61\00:49:48.85
early in the morning and
would make all the arrangements
00:49:49.05\00:49:52.15
and would... I don't know
how many of you have traveled
00:49:52.35\00:49:55.32
but many times it takes
quite a long time to go through
00:49:55.52\00:49:57.86
customs and this type of thing.
00:49:58.06\00:49:59.39
So he made arrangements for
the hotel that he was staying in
00:49:59.59\00:50:03.50
to take him out to the airport.
00:50:03.80\00:50:05.57
And that morning the airport
was running a black Cadillac
00:50:06.40\00:50:11.24
from the hotel to the airport.
00:50:11.64\00:50:15.18
And so my friend got
in the black Cadillac
00:50:15.68\00:50:19.11
and it took him
out to the airport.
00:50:19.31\00:50:21.52
When he got to the airport
he took his luggage and all
00:50:22.48\00:50:25.79
and checked in at customs
and went through customs.
00:50:25.99\00:50:28.22
And then he decided that he
was just going to find a place
00:50:28.42\00:50:31.09
off in a corner somewhere
and sit down and do some reading
00:50:31.29\00:50:34.20
and writing. But as
they drove up to the airport
00:50:34.40\00:50:37.97
he noticed that there
was police everywhere.
00:50:38.37\00:50:40.94
I mean the whole
place was full of police.
00:50:41.14\00:50:43.41
And so after he had
gone through customs
00:50:43.81\00:50:46.01
he walked outside the airport
00:50:46.21\00:50:48.28
and he asked one of the police-
men why so much security.
00:50:48.48\00:50:51.31
And they said:
"Oh, haven't you heard?
00:50:51.51\00:50:52.85
King Hussain's coming in. "
00:50:52.88\00:50:54.22
Said: "He's due
to land any time. "
00:50:54.92\00:50:57.15
And my friend thought:
"Ah, this is an ideal time
00:50:57.35\00:51:00.92
for me to get some pictures. "
00:51:01.12\00:51:02.46
And so he got his camera out
00:51:02.49\00:51:04.26
and went over and found a place
where he thought he could get
00:51:04.46\00:51:07.53
a good shot. And he
said: "It wasn't too long
00:51:07.73\00:51:10.20
until he could hear the
drone of the engine of a plane
00:51:10.40\00:51:12.73
and it began to
circle the airport.
00:51:12.93\00:51:15.00
And he said it
came down and landed.
00:51:15.40\00:51:18.24
Taxied up to the
airport there; stopped.
00:51:18.44\00:51:22.88
Then he said the
people scurried around
00:51:23.08\00:51:25.05
and they rolled out a
red carpet all the way out
00:51:25.25\00:51:27.88
to the airplane. And then
dignitaries came and lined up
00:51:28.08\00:51:31.42
on both sides of the red carpet.
00:51:31.62\00:51:33.66
And he said after a little
bit the door of the plane opened
00:51:34.06\00:51:37.06
and a guard stepped out.
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.19
Looked everything
over very carefully.
00:51:40.06\00:51:42.53
Then the guard
stepped back into the plane
00:51:42.73\00:51:45.20
and King Hussain came out.
00:51:45.60\00:51:47.67
Went down the
stairway and then as they do
00:51:48.07\00:51:50.61
over in the Middle
East he began to embrace
00:51:50.81\00:51:53.04
each of the dignitaries
along the red carpet.
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.58
My friend was shooting pictures
of all this as it was going on.
00:51:55.78\00:51:58.81
And he said they walked
through there and he said
00:51:59.01\00:52:01.18
he just happened to turn
and look and there outside
00:52:01.38\00:52:04.92
the airport - right
in front of the airport -
00:52:05.12\00:52:06.82
were lined up black Cadillacs
00:52:07.02\00:52:09.32
waiting to pick up King Hussain
and take him to the palace.
00:52:09.52\00:52:12.39
And he said all of a
sudden he had a bright idea.
00:52:13.56\00:52:16.30
Because he said sitting
off over there to the side
00:52:16.70\00:52:19.50
was this black Cadillac that
had brought him to the airport.
00:52:19.70\00:52:22.90
So he said he got up and
he went over to the driver
00:52:23.91\00:52:26.54
of that black
Cadillac and he asked him
00:52:26.74\00:52:28.91
how much it would cost him to
get him to pull in right behind
00:52:29.11\00:52:32.31
those other black Cadillacs
00:52:32.51\00:52:33.95
and follow King
Hussain back into town.
00:52:34.15\00:52:36.32
And the fellow told him
and so he just pulled out
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.82
the money and paid him
and got in the black Cadillac.
00:52:39.02\00:52:40.82
And he said pretty soon
King Hussain came out and got
00:52:41.22\00:52:43.66
in the first one and the other
people got in the other ones
00:52:43.86\00:52:45.96
and all. And he said
they headed toward town.
00:52:46.16\00:52:48.43
And he said on the way to
town he said there were people
00:52:48.63\00:52:51.33
all along the highway
there standing, waiting to see
00:52:51.53\00:52:54.87
the king. And he said
they were shouting and waving.
00:52:55.07\00:52:57.24
And he said it was so wonderful.
00:52:57.44\00:52:59.61
He said he sat back
there in his black Cadillac
00:52:59.81\00:53:01.78
and waved at everybody.
00:53:01.98\00:53:03.55
And said everybody waved at him.
00:53:03.75\00:53:05.21
And he said it was so nice to
be part of the king's party...
00:53:05.41\00:53:08.88
to belong to the king's party.
00:53:09.08\00:53:10.52
And he said when
they got into town
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.59
he said the
sidewalks were four abreast.
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.79
And he said they
were throwing confetti
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.73
and they were waving
and shouting. And he said
00:53:16.93\00:53:18.89
he just sat back
there, waved at everybody.
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.86
Said it was nice to be
part of the king's party.
00:53:22.26\00:53:24.83
Said they got down
the street a little ways
00:53:25.23\00:53:27.34
and they turned.
And he said way up ahead
00:53:27.54\00:53:30.47
he could see the palace.
00:53:30.67\00:53:32.14
And he said as they got
closer he could see the gates.
00:53:33.11\00:53:36.71
And he said as they got closer
00:53:37.68\00:53:39.61
he could see guards standing
on each side of the gates.
00:53:39.81\00:53:43.45
And he said as they got closer
00:53:44.35\00:53:46.76
he saw that first
Cadillac pull up there and stop.
00:53:46.96\00:53:50.09
And he saw
those guards bend over
00:53:50.29\00:53:52.99
and look at
every person in the car
00:53:53.19\00:53:55.86
and wave them on through.
00:53:56.06\00:53:57.90
And he said he reached
up and tapped the driver
00:53:58.30\00:54:01.27
on the shoulder.
Said: "Pull over...
00:54:01.47\00:54:03.47
this is as far as we can go. "
00:54:03.77\00:54:05.77
Are you going along
for the ride tonight?
00:54:08.24\00:54:10.31
Is that all it is to you?
00:54:10.71\00:54:12.05
Are you part of
the King's party?
00:54:13.15\00:54:15.25
Are you a child of the King?
00:54:17.09\00:54:18.92
Or are you going to have to say
"this is as far as we can go? "
00:54:19.12\00:54:23.66
Tonight God is inviting you -
00:54:24.06\00:54:27.56
each one of you - to
become a child of the King.
00:54:27.76\00:54:31.17
To be prepared for
the coming of Jesus
00:54:31.57\00:54:34.64
because He is coming soon.
00:54:34.84\00:54:37.44
In these
00:54:39.17\00:54:42.51
the closing days of time
00:54:42.71\00:54:48.68
what joy
00:54:49.88\00:54:52.52
this glorious hope
00:54:52.72\00:54:55.96
affords!
00:54:56.16\00:54:59.89
And soon
00:55:00.20\00:55:03.73
O wondrous truth
00:55:03.93\00:55:07.47
divine
00:55:07.67\00:55:11.61
He shall reign
00:55:12.01\00:55:15.14
King of kings
00:55:15.54\00:55:18.75
and Lord of lords.
00:55:19.25\00:55:25.15
Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
00:55:28.52\00:55:30.09
Father, we thank you
00:55:30.49\00:55:32.16
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:55:32.66\00:55:34.70
Thankful that He's coming back.
00:55:35.73\00:55:37.73
And Lord, from all
indications it's soon.
00:55:38.13\00:55:41.34
We pray that each
one of us here tonight
00:55:41.74\00:55:44.41
may place our faith in you.
00:55:45.31\00:55:47.41
That we may hang on
tightly to Your Word
00:55:48.01\00:55:51.05
and that we each
might follow as You lead us.
00:55:51.45\00:55:56.35
For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:55:56.75\00:56:00.46
Psalm 19 and verse 1 says:
00:56:02.09\00:56:04.23
"The heavens
declare the glory of God
00:56:04.63\00:56:07.30
and the firmament
shows His handiwork. "
00:56:07.50\00:56:10.20
All around us we see the
handiwork of our Creator.
00:56:10.60\00:56:13.94
Every flower displays a
palate of color and texture
00:56:14.14\00:56:17.71
beyond the imagination of man.
00:56:17.91\00:56:20.28
Every variety is
uniquely designed
00:56:20.48\00:56:23.78
by the Master of creativity.
00:56:23.98\00:56:25.95
But they're not
just a thing of beauty.
00:56:26.35\00:56:28.45
Every flower has a
function and purpose.
00:56:28.85\00:56:31.45
So does every living creature
00:56:31.65\00:56:33.52
whether it is
feathered or finned.
00:56:33.72\00:56:35.66
Each creature was put
together by the Author of life.
00:56:35.86\00:56:39.46
Even in a fallen world
00:56:39.86\00:56:41.70
God has placed a desire
for life in every creature.
00:56:41.90\00:56:44.87
Without instruction a
mother knows how to nurture
00:56:45.27\00:56:48.77
and protect her young
reflecting the tenderness
00:56:48.97\00:56:52.14
God feels for each of us.
00:56:52.34\00:56:54.38
No man can observe
nature and deny His existence.
00:56:54.78\00:56:59.61
But the God of
heaven went far beyond
00:56:59.81\00:57:02.55
by humbling Himself
and becoming the Man Jesus.
00:57:02.75\00:57:06.62
He walked the
dusty paths of Israel
00:57:06.82\00:57:08.92
and He paid the
debt for every man's sin
00:57:09.12\00:57:11.89
so we could have eternal life.
00:57:12.09\00:57:14.20
The Bible says
in John 17 verse 3
00:57:15.13\00:57:18.40
"And this is eternal life:
00:57:18.80\00:57:20.37
that they may know
You, the only true God,
00:57:20.57\00:57:23.91
and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent. "
00:57:24.11\00:57:26.84
The evidence of a
Creator God is all around us.
00:57:27.24\00:57:30.68
He has revealed
details of His character
00:57:31.08\00:57:33.65
in a love letter
to you and to me.
00:57:33.85\00:57:36.72
Our desire is to help
you understand the Bible
00:57:37.12\00:57:39.65
and receive
life... eternal life...
00:57:40.06\00:57:42.76
by getting to
know Him intimately.
00:57:43.16\00:57:45.23
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00:57:45.63\00:57:48.50
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do about those who still don't
00:57:48.90\00:57:51.70
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00:57:51.90\00:57:53.23
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