Have you enjoyed
the Trio Celeste?
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Very, very much.
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They're going to
sing a hymn entitled,
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"Fairest Lord Jesus."
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Fairest Lord Jesus
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Ruler of all nature
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O thou of God
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And man the Son
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Thee will I cherish
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Thee will I honor
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Thou want my glory Joy
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And crown
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Fair is the sunshine
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Fairer still the moonlight
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And all the twinkling
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Starry host
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Jesus shines brighter
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Jesus shines purer
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Than all the angels heaven
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Can boast
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Beautiful Savior!
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Lord of all the nations
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Son of God
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And Son of Man
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Glory and honor Praise
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Adoration
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Now and forevermore
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Be thine
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Father, we come
to You this evening,
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asking that each of us
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may see Jesus.
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May our hearts be open.
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Lord, as we consider
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what the Word has to
say about the Holy Spirit,
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we pray that we
may be receptive.
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The Holy Spirit
may impart to us,
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the fruits and the gifts
that He wants to give us,
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that we might live
for You in all that we do.
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For this we ask
in Christ's name,
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amen.
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Matthew, the 24th Chapter.
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In that chapter,
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Jesus gave one sign
after another of His coming.
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In fact, He gave 17
signs of His coming,
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in 24th Chapter.
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Of those 17 signs,
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16 of them had been fulfilled,
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only one left to be fulfilled.
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So when you move into
the 25th Chapter of Matthew,
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Jesus is talking about
things that are taking place
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in the last days.
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And He tells us a parable.
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Tells a parable of 10 virgins,
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and He has this
to say about them
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very important
instructions to you and I,
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who are living down
here at the close of time,
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when these things
that He's talked about
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are all beginning to take place.
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This is instructions
that He's given to you,
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and to me.
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And he says this
about the 10 virgins,
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Matthew 25:6,
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"And at
midnight, a cry was heard:
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'Behold, the
bridegroom is coming,
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go out to meet him!'"
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Now when the
scripture says midnight,
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that's really talking about
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the darkest hour
of earth's history.
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It's talking about the time
in which you and I are living.
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And it says that
the cry went out,
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behold, the
bridegroom is coming.
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So it's you and
I need to be ready
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to meet the bridegroom.
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"Then all those virgins
arose and trimmed their lamps.
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And the foolish
said to the wise,
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'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'"
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Cry went out, they
all rallied to the cry.
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But the foolish said,
"Well, we're running out of oil,
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give us some of your oil."
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"But the wise
answered, saying, 'No lest,
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there should not be
enough for us and you...'"
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They said, "We
don't have any to spare.
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If we give you oil,
there won't be enough for us."
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"But go rather
to those who sell,
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and buy for yourselves.
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And while they went to
buy, the bridegroom came,
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and those who were ready
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went in with him to the wedding;
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and the door was shut."
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So it says that
while these five were out,
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buying the oil that they needed,
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the bridegroom came, the
five that had oil went in,
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and the door was shut.
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"Afterward the other virgins
came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord,
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open to us!'
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But he answered and
said, 'Assuredly, I say to you,
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I do not know you.'
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" Now listen very carefully.
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"Watch therefore,
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for you know
neither the day nor the hour
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in which the Son
of Man is coming."
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Now when it says that
these virgins all arose,
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and they were ready to go
out to meet the bridegroom,
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but five of them
didn't have enough oil.
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Do you understand
what the oil represents?
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The oil
represents the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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And it says they didn't
have enough of the Holy Spirit.
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And so it says,
when the bridegroom came,
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those five wise went in,
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the five foolish were
off trying to find oil.
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Now what I'm trying to
tell you tonight, dear friends,
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is you and I are living
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down here at the close of time.
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It is essential that we have
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the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit in our lives
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to prepare us for the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Going to church,
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filling the pew,
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saying I'm a
Christian is not enough.
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Listen to these words.
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Ezekiel 33:31,
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"So they come to
you as people do,
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they sit before
you as My people,
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they hear your words...
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But they do not do them,
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for with their
mouth they show much love,
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but their hearts
pursue their own gain."
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God said, no.
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He said, but I'm not
interested in his mouth service.
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I'm not interested
in them just talking.
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I'm interested in their lives
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being filled
with the Holy Spirit.
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And if you and I
are going to enter
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into the kingdom of God,
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that is necessary
that ur lives to be filled
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with the Holy Spirit.
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The Bible says right
down at the end of time,
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there will be a loud cry
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that will go out
across the earth,
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calling people to prepare
for the coming of the Lord.
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Listen to that loud cry
that's going to be given,
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we talked about a
little bit last night.
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Revelation 18:1,
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"After these things
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I saw another angel
coming down from heaven,
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having great authority..."
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So this angel
has great authority.
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"And the earth was
illuminated with his glory."
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And I told you that when angels
are pictured in Bible prophecy,
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they represent a message,
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that's to go to the whole world,
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and it says that
this earth is illuminated
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by the glory of this angel.
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What is His message?
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What message is
this angel proclaiming?
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"And he cried mightily
with a loud voice, saying,
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'Babylon the great
is fallen, is fallen..."
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So he said,
"Babylon has fallen."
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We talked about that last night.
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Dear friend, it is essential,
it is absolutely vital
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that you and I build
our faith on this book.
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Amen. I cannot, I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry, dear friend.
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But you and I cannot
build our faith on church.
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You've got to build your
faith on the Word of God.
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Then once you build your
faith on the Word of God,
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that will never change.
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You're on a solid foundation.
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So you got to be like the
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fella that came to
church that was deaf.
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He couldn't hear anything.
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When guy went out the
church, the pastor stopped him,
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wrote on a piece of paper,
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"We appreciate you being here.
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But since you can't
hear, 'Why do you come?'
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" And the fella
took the piece of paper
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and wrote back on the sheet.
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"'Cause I want the devil
to know whose side I'm on."
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And that's what needs
to happen with you and I.
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We need to be very clear,
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where I stand
on the Word of God.
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This is what I believe,
this is where I stand, okay?
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So you can't build it on church,
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you got to build
it on the Word of God.
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And it says, "And he cried
mightily with a loud voice,
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saying, 'Babylon
the great is fallen,
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is fallen.'
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" This is the loud cry
that's being proclaimed.
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"And has become a
dwelling place of demons,
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a prison for every foul spirit,
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and a cage for every
unclean and hated bird!"
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In other words, it says that
they have departed from God,
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they're going the other way.
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"For all the nations
have drunk of the wine
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of the wrath of her
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fornication..."
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So, dear friend, tonight,
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if you value your
relationship with Jesus Christ,
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if you value the
gift of eternal life,
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if that's important to you,
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then, dear friend, I'm
pleading with you tonight,
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build your faith
on the Word of God,
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don't build it any other place.
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"The kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her,
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and the merchants of
the earth have become rich
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through the
abundance of her luxury.
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"And I heard another
voice from heaven saying,
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'Come out of her, my people...'
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" That's the cry that's going
out across the world today.
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God is calling people.
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He's calling them.
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Dear friend, let
me tell you something,
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He has people in
all the churches,
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good, sincere, honest
people in all the churches.
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It says in John 10.
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"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold."
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Don't stop
there because it says,
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"Them I must bring,
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and there will be one fold
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and one shepherd."
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It doesn't say
there will be 15 folds,
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it doesn't say
there will be 300 folds,
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it says there will be one fold,
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and that's what He's
saying here when He's saying,
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"Come out of her, come
out of her, My people."
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Saying, "You
know, I stand amazed
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because I've run on the people
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that there's nothing
wrong with their minds.
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You know, God has given you
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a good mind,
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and you can read God's Word."
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Therefore, dear
friend, as you read it,
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and you understand
what it says, follow it.
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That's all God's
asking you to do.
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As you read it,
and you understand it,
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follow it.
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You're perfectly capable.
Let me tell you something.
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God would not
put in this book...
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God would not put in this book,
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something that was
impossible to understand
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and expect you to be saved.
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If God wants you to be
saved, you better believe
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He's going to
put something there
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that you can understand.
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And as you
understand it, follow it.
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"Come out of her, My people,
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lest you share in her sins,
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and lest you
receive of her plagues."
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That's the call
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that's going out to
the whole world today.
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It will not take place
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by the might of men.
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You see, in my experience,
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I'm finding that God
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will only really use a person
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if they're humble.
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God says, "I dwell with him
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who is of a contrite heart.
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Only as you and
I humble ourselves,
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then the Holy Spirit can use us.
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"So then to go forth,
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it's not by might,
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it's not by power,
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but it's by My spirit,"
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says the Lord.
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That's the way that
that loud cry will go forth
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to all the world.
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God promises to you tonight,
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to every one of
you here tonight,
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God promises the Holy Spirit.
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That's something
He wants to give you.
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It's not something He's
trying to withhold from you,
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He wants to give it to you.
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"And when He had said this,
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He breathed on
them, and said to them,
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'Receive the Holy Spirit.'
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" You see, Jesus wants you
to receive the Holy Spirit.
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He's not trying to hold it back,
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He wants you to receive it.
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Something He's
willing to give you.
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"If you then, being evil,
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know how to give good
gifts to your children,
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how much more will
your heavenly Father
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give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him!"
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So He says, He's more willing
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to give you the Holy Spirit
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than you are to give
good gifts to your children.
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Do you have any
trouble with that?
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No, more than
willing to give it to you.
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So He says that you
and I must come to Him,
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and we must ask
for the Holy Spirit.
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Disciples,
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they talked about it
in Acts 11:16, it says,
00:16:06.19\00:16:09.36
"Then I remembered
the word of the Lord,
00:16:09.40\00:16:11.67
how He said,
'John indeed baptized
00:16:11.70\00:16:14.80
with water,
00:16:14.84\00:16:16.71
but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
00:16:16.74\00:16:20.68
" So tonight, all I'm
trying to get across to you
00:16:20.71\00:16:23.14
is God wants you to
have the Holy Spirit.
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Let me tell you something,
00:16:28.25\00:16:30.39
to receive the Holy Spirit,
00:16:30.42\00:16:32.82
it's not
something that you've got to
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crawl on your knees,
00:16:35.86\00:16:38.19
it's not something that
you have to beat your back.
00:16:38.23\00:16:42.16
The Bible makes it very clear
00:16:42.20\00:16:43.70
that all you and I must do
00:16:43.73\00:16:45.37
is come to Him and ask,
00:16:45.40\00:16:48.20
and come with our hearts open,
00:16:48.24\00:16:51.24
surrendered, humble,
00:16:51.27\00:16:53.01
and God will pour
out His Spirit upon us.
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He'll give us the Holy Spirit.
00:16:55.71\00:16:57.91
Now the Bible talks
about the Holy Spirit
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being given in a
special way in the last days.
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And it talks about
what is called the former
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and the latter rain.
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It talks about the Holy
Spirit being poured out as rain.
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Listen to what it
says here in Joel.
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Joel 2:23,
00:17:14.46\00:17:16.77
"Be glad then,
you children of Zion,
00:17:16.80\00:17:19.10
and rejoice in
the Lord your God,
00:17:19.13\00:17:21.30
for He has given you
00:17:21.34\00:17:22.67
the former rain faithfully,
00:17:22.70\00:17:26.81
all right,
00:17:26.84\00:17:28.88
and He will cause the
rain to come down to you,
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the former rain,
00:17:32.11\00:17:33.72
and the latter rain
in the first month."
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The former rain, folks,
00:17:37.25\00:17:39.09
was when the Holy
Spirit was poured out
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on the day of Pentecost.
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Holy Spirit was
poured out in great measure
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in the day of Pentecost.
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It says the Holy Spirit
will be poured out again
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in great measure
in the last days.
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That will be the
latter rain, okay?
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Listen,
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'cause this is
still Joel Chapter 2,
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what we just read,
00:18:01.38\00:18:02.71
it tells you what
He's talking about.
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"And it shall come to pass
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afterwards that I will pour out
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My Spirit on all flesh."
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Gonna pour out His
Holy Spirit on all flesh.
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"Your sons and your
daughters shall," what?
00:18:14.56\00:18:18.09
"Prophesy,
00:18:18.13\00:18:19.49
your old men shall dream dreams,
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.10
your young men
shall see visions.
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Also on My menservants
and on My maidservants,
00:18:25.37\00:18:28.90
I will pour out My
Spirit in those days."
00:18:28.94\00:18:31.74
That's the latter rain
00:18:31.77\00:18:33.24
when God pours
out His Holy Spirit
00:18:33.27\00:18:35.88
in great measure.
00:18:35.91\00:18:37.25
And, dear friends, let me
tell you something tonight,
00:18:37.28\00:18:39.78
God is simply
waiting on you and on me
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to humble our hearts
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and to come and seek the Lord,
00:18:45.05\00:18:47.22
and He is more than willing
00:18:47.26\00:18:49.29
to pour out the
Holy Spirit upon us.
00:18:49.32\00:18:52.26
Wanting just to
give us the Holy Spirit.
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Great measure,
00:18:56.20\00:18:58.00
marvelous things will happen.
00:18:58.03\00:19:00.84
Ask the Lord for the
rain in the time of the...
00:19:00.87\00:19:06.34
Oh, Lord, we're living in
the time of the latter rain.
00:19:06.37\00:19:09.54
Yeah, we're living
right down at the end,
00:19:09.58\00:19:11.55
so God says what
you're supposed to do.
00:19:11.58\00:19:15.02
Ask, ask for it.
00:19:15.05\00:19:18.62
"Let us know, let us pursue
the knowledge of the Lord.
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His going forth is
established as the morning.
00:19:21.52\00:19:25.16
He will come to
us like the rain,
00:19:25.19\00:19:27.80
like the latter and the
former rain to the earth."
00:19:27.83\00:19:30.97
It says that He'll come,
00:19:31.00\00:19:32.33
and He'll pour out His
Spirit upon us in great measure.
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So how?
00:19:35.34\00:19:37.17
How do I?
00:19:37.21\00:19:38.71
How do you receive the
baptism of the Holy Spirit?
00:19:38.74\00:19:43.21
What do I need
to do to receive it?
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There's some very simple things
00:19:46.25\00:19:48.62
to receive the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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One.
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You see,
00:19:52.42\00:19:53.76
the scripture
says that this book
00:19:53.79\00:19:58.23
is the lamp, okay?
00:19:58.26\00:20:00.83
The lamp is God's
Word, that's here.
00:20:00.86\00:20:05.37
This is what
brings enlightenment.
00:20:05.40\00:20:08.14
But, dear friend,
00:20:08.17\00:20:09.50
the lamp will
not burn without oil.
00:20:09.54\00:20:14.34
Are you with me? Amen.
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.01
I know lots of people
that study the Word of God,
00:20:16.04\00:20:19.58
it doesn't do them any good.
00:20:19.61\00:20:22.25
They read it and
it doesn't do any good
00:20:22.28\00:20:24.42
because they're
lacking the Holy Spirit.
00:20:24.45\00:20:27.46
The Holy Spirit's what
has to illuminate my mind.
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It has to...
00:20:30.39\00:20:31.73
It's what has to help
me understand God's Word.
00:20:31.76\00:20:36.03
Haven't you ever
had that experience?
00:20:36.06\00:20:38.43
Huh?
00:20:38.47\00:20:39.87
Haven't you ever
been reading the Bible
00:20:39.90\00:20:41.77
when you came across
a text and you read it,
00:20:41.80\00:20:44.17
and you didn't understand it?
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.64
And some while
later you read it again,
00:20:46.68\00:20:49.68
you still didn't understand it.
00:20:49.71\00:20:51.81
And then several
times you read it,
00:20:51.85\00:20:54.55
just didn't understand.
00:20:54.58\00:20:55.92
One day, you picked
it up and you read it,
00:20:55.95\00:20:57.39
and all of a
sudden you understood it?
00:20:57.42\00:20:59.29
You ever had that happen?
00:20:59.32\00:21:00.82
That isn't 'cause you
got smart all of a sudden,
00:21:00.86\00:21:04.06
that's because
of the Holy Spirit.
00:21:04.09\00:21:06.39
See, the Holy
Spirit enlightens us,
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.60
helps us understand God's Word.
00:21:08.63\00:21:11.83
That's what it's for.
00:21:11.87\00:21:13.50
That's what it does to us.
00:21:13.54\00:21:16.44
"In Him you also trusted,
00:21:16.47\00:21:19.97
after you heard
the word of truth,
00:21:20.01\00:21:21.91
the gospel of your salvation.
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.95
In whom also, having
believed, you were sealed
00:21:24.98\00:21:28.02
with the Holy
Spirit of promise."
00:21:28.05\00:21:31.95
So you see, as I
read the Word of God,
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.79
then the Holy Spirit
must come into my life
00:21:34.82\00:21:37.43
and work in my life.
00:21:37.46\00:21:39.03
In fact, it says
that I will not understand
00:21:39.06\00:21:41.96
the Word of God without it.
00:21:42.00\00:21:43.63
Ephesians 4:5,
00:21:43.67\00:21:45.73
"For what man
knows the things of a man
00:21:45.77\00:21:48.10
except the spirit of the man
00:21:48.14\00:21:49.47
which is in him?
00:21:49.50\00:21:51.77
Even so no one
knows the things of God
00:21:51.81\00:21:54.78
except the Spirit of God."
00:21:54.81\00:21:58.35
You see, you can't understand
without the Holy Spirit.
00:21:58.38\00:22:03.42
So if you want the Holy Spirit,
00:22:03.45\00:22:07.19
and you want to
really understand God's Word,
00:22:07.22\00:22:10.76
you have to spend
time in the Word of God.
00:22:10.79\00:22:14.80
Essential.
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.90
You've got to take time,
00:22:17.93\00:22:20.34
every day, every day
00:22:20.37\00:22:23.47
to read the Word of God.
00:22:23.51\00:22:26.84
Open up your heart
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.78
and just read the Word of God
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.11
and take it into
your life, friend.
00:22:32.15\00:22:34.92
You don't have to read it fast,
00:22:34.95\00:22:37.39
just open up your
heart and read it,
00:22:37.42\00:22:40.66
and listen,
00:22:40.69\00:22:42.12
and listen to the Holy Spirit
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.19
as He speaks to your heart.
00:22:44.23\00:22:46.39
What a difference it'll make.
00:22:46.43\00:22:49.76
"If you abide in Me,
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.07
and My," what?
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.07
"Words abide in you,
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.64
you will ask what you desire,
00:22:56.67\00:22:59.17
and it shall be done for you."
00:22:59.21\00:23:02.94
Marvelous promise.
00:23:02.98\00:23:04.95
Marvelous promise.
00:23:04.98\00:23:06.31
I talk to you
tonight about these promises.
00:23:06.35\00:23:08.28
I told you that all the promises
00:23:08.32\00:23:10.25
in God's Word were
00:23:10.29\00:23:12.32
conditional.
00:23:12.35\00:23:14.29
There's the condition,
and there's the promise, both,
00:23:14.32\00:23:18.49
okay?
00:23:18.53\00:23:19.86
So if you have the
Word of God abide in you,
00:23:19.89\00:23:22.23
you shall ask what you
desire, it will be done to you.
00:23:22.26\00:23:26.33
2 Timothy 2:15,
00:23:26.37\00:23:28.80
"Be diligent to present
yourself approved to God,
00:23:28.84\00:23:32.31
a workman that does
not need to be ashamed..."
00:23:32.34\00:23:37.61
You see, that's
your responsibility.
00:23:37.65\00:23:39.78
That's mine.
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.15
So the first thing
I'm gonna tell you,
00:23:41.18\00:23:42.52
if you want the
Holy Spirit in your life,
00:23:42.55\00:23:45.29
you spend time
in the Word of God.
00:23:45.32\00:23:47.96
Absolutely necessary
00:23:47.99\00:23:50.26
if we're going to grow in grace.
00:23:50.29\00:23:52.19
"Rightly dividing,
00:23:52.23\00:23:53.76
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:23:53.80\00:23:55.73
But you can't rightly divide it
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.43
unless the Holy
Spirit's there to lead you.
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.20
That's what it takes
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.57
to rightly
divide the Word of God.
00:24:02.60\00:24:04.71
Second, it's prayer.
00:24:04.74\00:24:09.34
Absolutely required
00:24:09.38\00:24:12.15
to receive the baptism of
the Holy Spirit is prayer.
00:24:12.18\00:24:16.32
Now, folks, please,
00:24:16.35\00:24:19.82
there are no
prescribed things about prayer.
00:24:19.85\00:24:25.43
God's more
interested in you talking to Him
00:24:25.46\00:24:29.03
than the position
you're in when you talk to Him.
00:24:29.06\00:24:33.20
Now true,
00:24:33.23\00:24:34.57
I believe that when
you come before God,
00:24:34.60\00:24:36.40
you need to kneel.
00:24:36.44\00:24:37.94
That's the
reason I do each night.
00:24:37.97\00:24:40.81
But, dear friend, let
me tell you something,
00:24:40.84\00:24:42.41
God's more interested
in you, talking to Him
00:24:42.44\00:24:45.55
as you're driving down the road
00:24:45.58\00:24:48.12
than not talking to Him,
00:24:48.15\00:24:50.75
you know?
00:24:50.79\00:24:53.02
That's one thing I
found that you can do
00:24:53.05\00:24:54.96
when you're driving is pray.
00:24:54.99\00:24:56.62
And way some of these
people drive out here,
00:24:56.66\00:24:58.29
you need to pray, you know?
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.53
But talk to the Lord,
00:25:00.56\00:25:02.70
spend time in prayer,
00:25:02.73\00:25:04.77
you know?
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.33
If you want the Holy
Spirit, that is necessary
00:25:06.37\00:25:09.90
that you have a prayer life.
00:25:09.94\00:25:12.94
This is what the
scripture tells us,
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.48
speaking of the
disciples after Jesus left.
00:25:15.51\00:25:19.78
Acts 1:4,
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.15
"And being
assembled together with them,
00:25:21.18\00:25:23.62
He commanded them not
to depart from Jerusalem,
00:25:23.65\00:25:27.32
but to wait for the
Promise of the Father..."
00:25:27.36\00:25:31.13
What was the
promise of the Father?
00:25:31.16\00:25:34.13
Promise was He would
send them the Holy Spirit.
00:25:34.16\00:25:36.33
That was the
promise of the Father, okay?
00:25:36.36\00:25:38.73
"'Which,' He said,
00:25:38.77\00:25:40.10
'you have heard from Me.'
00:25:40.14\00:25:41.47
" So He said,
00:25:41.50\00:25:42.84
"Don't leave
Jerusalem, tarry there,
00:25:42.87\00:25:44.67
and this is what
the scripture says
00:25:44.71\00:25:46.64
that they did.
00:25:46.68\00:25:49.68
"These all continued
with one accord in prayer
00:25:49.71\00:25:54.55
and supplication, with the women
00:25:54.58\00:25:57.19
and Mary,
00:25:57.22\00:25:58.65
the mother of
Jesus, and His brothers."
00:25:58.69\00:26:00.72
They were there,
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.09
they did not
leave that upper room,
00:26:02.12\00:26:03.96
they stayed together,
they were of one accord,
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.46
and they've
sought the Lord in prayer
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.86
until on the day of Pentecost,
00:26:08.90\00:26:11.23
the Holy Spirit was poured
out in great measure upon them.
00:26:11.27\00:26:16.91
What would happen?
00:26:16.94\00:26:19.51
What would happen
00:26:19.54\00:26:22.34
if each one of us here tonight
00:26:22.38\00:26:26.98
humbled ourselves?
00:26:27.02\00:26:31.19
Laid aside all of
our presuppositions,
00:26:31.22\00:26:37.43
laid aside all of our feelings,
00:26:37.46\00:26:42.33
laid aside all the
things that separate us
00:26:42.36\00:26:47.74
and just opened up our hearts
00:26:47.77\00:26:51.64
and prayed and
invited the Holy Spirit in?
00:26:51.67\00:26:55.61
Oh, what a difference.
00:26:55.64\00:26:57.91
Oh, what a
difference would take place.
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.72
The Holy Spirit would be
poured out in great measure.
00:27:00.75\00:27:05.35
And, dear friends,
we would see things
00:27:05.39\00:27:07.96
like we have never seen before.
00:27:07.99\00:27:10.69
Amen.
00:27:10.73\00:27:12.06
That happened
because it tells us
00:27:12.09\00:27:14.10
that the latter
rain would be poured out.
00:27:14.13\00:27:17.00
What happens
when this takes place?
00:27:17.03\00:27:19.40
"And the prayer of
faith will save the sick,
00:27:19.43\00:27:23.97
and the Lord will raise him up.
00:27:24.01\00:27:25.57
And if he has committed
sins, he will be forgiven."
00:27:25.61\00:27:28.74
So if you're going to receive
the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
00:27:28.78\00:27:32.25
you got to have faith.
00:27:32.28\00:27:35.48
It's given by faith,
00:27:35.52\00:27:38.22
not given any other way.
00:27:38.25\00:27:41.16
You know, I run on these people
00:27:41.19\00:27:42.52
that always want
to be so intellectual.
00:27:42.56\00:27:45.89
You know, they got to give
a human reason for everything.
00:27:45.93\00:27:50.37
If they can't give some
kind of a scientific reason
00:27:50.40\00:27:54.47
for everything,
well, they can't accept it.
00:27:54.50\00:27:57.51
All I can say is, dear friend,
00:27:57.54\00:27:59.74
you're missing,
00:27:59.77\00:28:01.38
you're missing some of
the greatest joys of life
00:28:01.41\00:28:04.71
because it's given by faith,
00:28:04.75\00:28:07.42
Holy Spirit's given by faith.
00:28:07.45\00:28:10.99
"That the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles
00:28:11.02\00:28:14.66
in Christ Jesus,
00:28:14.69\00:28:17.79
that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit,"
00:28:17.83\00:28:21.86
how? "Through faith."
00:28:21.90\00:28:24.10
Amen.
00:28:24.13\00:28:25.57
So, dear friend,
00:28:25.60\00:28:28.00
have faith in God.
00:28:28.04\00:28:31.27
Believe in Him.
00:28:31.31\00:28:34.08
Build your faith
00:28:34.11\00:28:37.08
on the Word of God
00:28:37.11\00:28:38.61
and simply take
God for what He says.
00:28:38.65\00:28:41.48
I know some of
you are struggling
00:28:41.52\00:28:44.35
because you've learned
some things in God's Word
00:28:44.39\00:28:47.42
and those present
some obstacles to you.
00:28:47.46\00:28:50.89
And you're saying,
"What am I going to do
00:28:50.93\00:28:53.06
if I do this?"
00:28:53.09\00:28:54.73
Dear friend, trust Him,
00:28:54.76\00:28:56.80
He will not fail.
00:28:56.83\00:28:58.90
I'm sure, He won't fail you
00:28:58.93\00:29:01.14
if you'll trust Him.
00:29:01.17\00:29:02.50
Take Him in His word.
00:29:02.54\00:29:04.77
You'll find that
He will be there,
00:29:04.81\00:29:07.18
He'll meet every need.
00:29:07.21\00:29:09.18
And I can tell you right now,
00:29:09.21\00:29:11.35
He's gonna put a joy in your
heart like you've never known
00:29:11.38\00:29:14.65
if you just simply trust Him.
00:29:14.68\00:29:16.79
If your faith
is not very strong,
00:29:16.82\00:29:19.62
let me tell you
how to get it stronger
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.72
because it says in Romans 10:17,
00:29:21.76\00:29:24.36
"Faith cometh by hearing,
00:29:24.39\00:29:27.26
and hearing by the Word of God."
00:29:27.30\00:29:30.23
Get in the scripture.
00:29:30.27\00:29:31.60
That's what builds your faith.
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.90
Read it.
00:29:33.94\00:29:35.27
And as your faith grows,
00:29:35.30\00:29:36.97
so you will receive
more of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:37.01\00:29:40.84
Okay, what does the
Holy Spirit give us?
00:29:40.88\00:29:43.35
It gives gifts to
us. Did you know that?
00:29:43.38\00:29:46.95
Yes, it gives gifts to you.
00:29:46.98\00:29:50.12
And here you're running around
00:29:50.15\00:29:52.09
without the Holy Spirit,
00:29:52.12\00:29:53.56
and you don't have
any of the wonderful gifts
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.82
that the Holy Spirit gives you.
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.69
Listen, this is the
promises of God about the gifts
00:29:57.73\00:30:01.06
that He'd like to give you.
00:30:01.10\00:30:02.53
"Then Peter said
to them, 'Repent,
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.70
and let every one
of you be baptized
00:30:04.73\00:30:06.94
in the name of Jesus Christ
00:30:06.97\00:30:10.57
for the remission of sins,
00:30:10.61\00:30:11.94
and you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.'
00:30:11.97\00:30:15.51
" So it says,
00:30:15.54\00:30:16.88
"Those of you
that have been coming,
00:30:16.91\00:30:18.95
you've given your heart
to the Lord Jesus Christ."
00:30:18.98\00:30:21.02
He said, "Repent and be," what?
00:30:21.05\00:30:23.59
"Baptized."
00:30:23.62\00:30:25.49
We're being
having a baptism here.
00:30:25.52\00:30:27.82
Next Saturday morning,
00:30:27.86\00:30:29.19
we're having a
baptism, right here.
00:30:29.22\00:30:31.66
You need to if
you've accepted Christ,
00:30:31.69\00:30:33.80
you need to be baptized,
00:30:33.83\00:30:35.16
that's part of the step
00:30:35.20\00:30:37.23
of receiving the Holy
Spirit into your life.
00:30:37.27\00:30:40.14
Repent and be baptized,
00:30:40.17\00:30:41.97
and receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:42.00\00:30:46.01
They were back to
open up your heart
00:30:46.04\00:30:49.08
and following what
the scripture says.
00:30:49.11\00:30:51.88
It's what God
wants to do for you.
00:30:51.91\00:30:56.25
What's going to happen if
you receive the Holy Spirit?
00:30:56.28\00:31:01.22
If you ever
looked the scripture,
00:31:01.26\00:31:03.56
seen what has happened?
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.56
Listen.
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.73
"And these signs will follow
those who believe in My name,
00:31:07.76\00:31:11.97
and they will,"
00:31:12.00\00:31:14.37
what?
00:31:14.40\00:31:15.74
"Cast out demons."
00:31:15.77\00:31:18.27
It's what it says.
00:31:18.31\00:31:21.44
"They speak with new tongues,
00:31:21.48\00:31:26.85
they take up serpents.
00:31:26.88\00:31:29.95
And if they
drink anything deadly,
00:31:29.98\00:31:32.29
it will by no means hurt them."
00:31:32.32\00:31:35.69
Now don't miss
understand that scripture.
00:31:35.72\00:31:40.10
That scripture
is not telling you
00:31:40.13\00:31:41.56
for you to go home and
drink something poison.
00:31:41.60\00:31:45.70
That's not what it's saying.
00:31:45.73\00:31:47.07
You have to understand
the circumstances there.
00:31:47.10\00:31:50.34
Back in the days
of the disciples,
00:31:50.37\00:31:52.71
the favorite way of getting rid
of people was to poison them.
00:31:52.74\00:31:57.58
And that was prevalent.
00:31:57.61\00:32:00.52
It's just simply poison
them and get rid of them.
00:32:00.55\00:32:03.59
And God said, "If
you will serve Me,
00:32:03.62\00:32:05.85
if you will walk with Me,
if you will be My disciple,
00:32:05.89\00:32:09.42
if you receive the Holy Spirit,
00:32:09.46\00:32:11.26
if they try to
poison you, it won't work."
00:32:11.29\00:32:14.93
That's what He's saying.
00:32:14.96\00:32:16.67
Let's not be presumptuous
00:32:16.70\00:32:19.10
and think that that gives
you a right to go out here
00:32:19.13\00:32:21.30
and have snakes
00:32:21.34\00:32:22.80
or to drink poison, does not.
00:32:22.84\00:32:26.54
But I can tell you right now,
00:32:26.57\00:32:29.31
and if you've committed
your life to Jesus Christ,
00:32:29.34\00:32:33.52
you've given your heart to Him,
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.48
and you're witnessing
for the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:32:35.52\00:32:39.55
and if somebody decides
to try to get rid of you,
00:32:39.59\00:32:45.09
that is totally
in the Lord's hands.
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.03
And I can guarantee
you, He can stop it.
00:32:48.06\00:32:51.87
I've seen it happen.
00:32:51.90\00:32:54.07
He can stop it.
00:32:54.10\00:32:56.00
So that's what
He's trying to tell you.
00:32:56.04\00:32:58.37
But it says this
is what will happen.
00:32:58.41\00:33:01.64
"They will lay
hands on the sick,
00:33:01.68\00:33:03.85
and they will recover."
00:33:03.88\00:33:07.12
Now when I'm trying
to get across tonight
00:33:07.15\00:33:09.62
is why are you living such
inefficient Christian lives?
00:33:09.65\00:33:14.49
Why are you going
through life like this
00:33:14.52\00:33:17.13
when the promise
of the Holy Spirit
00:33:17.16\00:33:18.66
is there for you?
00:33:18.69\00:33:20.03
You know? Why?
00:33:22.83\00:33:26.63
What does the
Holy Spirit do for us?
00:33:26.67\00:33:30.97
What does He want to do for us?
00:33:31.01\00:33:33.51
But let me tell you
what He'd like to do for you.
00:33:33.54\00:33:37.58
You see, it's the
fruit of the Spirit
00:33:37.61\00:33:41.55
that changes character.
00:33:41.58\00:33:44.85
Now listen to me,
00:33:44.89\00:33:46.29
it's the fruits of the Spirit
00:33:46.32\00:33:48.72
that changes character."
00:33:48.76\00:33:50.29
Women?
00:33:50.33\00:33:52.39
Women?
00:33:52.43\00:33:54.53
Say I run onto these
women all the time that
00:33:54.56\00:33:57.50
fall in love with this fella,
00:33:57.53\00:33:58.87
and they say,
"Well, I'll change him."
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.70
No, you won't.
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.84
No, you won't.
00:34:03.87\00:34:05.87
It's the Holy Spirit
that will change him.
00:34:05.91\00:34:10.05
And, dear friend, you
need to commit your life
00:34:10.08\00:34:13.25
to letting the Holy
Spirit come into your life
00:34:13.28\00:34:15.85
and change you.
00:34:15.88\00:34:18.32
That's painful at times.
00:34:18.35\00:34:21.02
But it's
marvelous what He can do.
00:34:21.06\00:34:23.49
"But the fruit of
the Spirit is," what?
00:34:26.70\00:34:31.33
Love if you're not very loving.
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.00
Oh, the Holy Spirit
can make you loving.
00:34:34.04\00:34:37.11
"He'll give you
love, give you joy,
00:34:37.14\00:34:40.51
peace, longsuffering,
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.94
kindness, goodness,
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.98
faithfulness, gentleness,
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.72
self-control,
against such there's no law."
00:34:47.75\00:34:50.45
If those things are lacking
in your experience tonight,
00:34:50.49\00:34:53.49
dear friend,
any of those things,
00:34:53.52\00:34:55.22
they come by the Holy Spirit,
00:34:55.26\00:34:58.99
okay?
00:34:59.03\00:35:00.36
That's the way they happen.
00:35:00.40\00:35:01.73
That's how it takes place.
00:35:01.76\00:35:05.70
So if I don't produce fruit,
00:35:05.73\00:35:08.47
then what do I have
to do to produce fruit?
00:35:08.50\00:35:10.77
What do you do?
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.85
Well, let me ask
you a simple question.
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.58
Why does the
apple tree bear apples?
00:35:18.61\00:35:22.08
Huh?
00:35:22.12\00:35:23.69
'Cause it's an apple tree.
00:35:23.72\00:35:25.22
All right, listen,
this is what it's saying.
00:35:25.25\00:35:26.89
John 15:4, "Abide in Me,
00:35:26.92\00:35:31.53
and I in you.
00:35:31.56\00:35:33.06
As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself,
00:35:33.09\00:35:38.33
" you can't fruit of
yourself, impossible,
00:35:38.37\00:35:41.20
"unless it abides in the vine,
00:35:41.24\00:35:45.44
neither can you,
unless you abide in Me."
00:35:45.47\00:35:49.51
Amen.
00:35:49.54\00:35:50.88
You want the
fruits of the Spirit,
00:35:50.91\00:35:52.95
then abide in Jesus Christ.
00:35:52.98\00:35:55.88
Spend time with Him.
00:35:55.92\00:35:57.65
Do you know Him?
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.42
Do you know Him?
00:35:59.45\00:36:00.89
Do you spend any time with Him?
00:36:00.92\00:36:03.93
Do you talk to Him?
00:36:03.96\00:36:07.06
Do you read His word?
00:36:07.10\00:36:08.73
Do you fellowship with Him?
00:36:08.76\00:36:11.60
That's the way it happens.
00:36:11.63\00:36:13.34
That's the way it
takes place, friend.
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.87
Abide in Him.
00:36:15.90\00:36:18.34
I am the vine,
00:36:18.37\00:36:20.21
you are the branches.
00:36:20.24\00:36:22.08
"He who abides in Me,
00:36:22.11\00:36:24.05
and I in him, bears," how much?
00:36:24.08\00:36:27.75
"Much fruit,"
00:36:27.78\00:36:30.09
much love,
00:36:30.12\00:36:31.89
much joy, much peace,
00:36:31.92\00:36:34.66
much longsuffering.
00:36:34.69\00:36:36.66
All those will be given
to you if you abide in Him.
00:36:36.69\00:36:40.90
For without me,
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.36
you can do nothing.
00:36:42.40\00:36:46.50
Very, very clear.
00:36:46.53\00:36:49.44
You see?
00:36:49.47\00:36:50.81
That's the way it happens,
00:36:50.84\00:36:52.41
that's the way it takes place.
00:36:52.44\00:36:53.78
So the fruit of the Spirit
00:36:53.81\00:36:57.05
is what changes character.
00:36:57.08\00:37:00.12
Where my character is unloving,
00:37:00.15\00:37:03.55
Holy Spirit makes it loving.
00:37:03.59\00:37:06.12
Where I don't have any joy,
00:37:06.15\00:37:09.16
it gives me joy.
00:37:09.19\00:37:11.86
Where there's no peace,
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.30
oh, it puts peace in my heart.
00:37:14.33\00:37:16.97
That's what the fruits
of the Spirit does for you.
00:37:17.00\00:37:20.64
For it is God who works...
00:37:20.67\00:37:23.07
Just a minute now. It's who?
00:37:23.10\00:37:25.87
God who, what?
00:37:25.91\00:37:27.78
Works. Yeah.
00:37:27.81\00:37:29.41
It's God who works in you.
00:37:29.44\00:37:30.78
He's the one that gets in there
00:37:30.81\00:37:32.15
and changes the character.
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.18
He's the one that
makes it different.
00:37:34.22\00:37:36.08
"It's God who works in you
00:37:36.12\00:37:37.92
both to will and
do His good pleasure."
00:37:37.95\00:37:42.02
God's the one that does that.
00:37:42.06\00:37:44.19
Those are the fruits of
the Spirit, nine of them.
00:37:44.23\00:37:46.36
That's what we just
looked at, nine of them.
00:37:46.39\00:37:48.03
Did you know He also
wants to give you some gifts?
00:37:48.06\00:37:51.17
You know, how
many gifts there are?
00:37:51.20\00:37:54.20
Nine of them.
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.10
Do you know what
the gifts are for?
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.94
Huh?
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.31
Do you know what
the gifts are for?
00:38:00.34\00:38:02.08
Now the fruits is what
changes your character,
00:38:02.11\00:38:05.31
but the gifts are given to you
00:38:05.35\00:38:07.88
to make you an
effective witness.
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.95
That's what the
gifts are given for.
00:38:10.99\00:38:15.02
The purposes of the
gifts of the Spirit.
00:38:15.06\00:38:19.03
"But you shall receive,"
00:38:19.06\00:38:22.60
what?
00:38:22.63\00:38:23.97
"Power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.77
and you shall be witnesses..."
00:38:27.80\00:38:32.57
See when the Holy
Spirit comes upon you,
00:38:32.61\00:38:34.88
and it gives you those gifts,
00:38:34.91\00:38:36.68
that is what
makes you a witness.
00:38:36.71\00:38:40.02
And I run on the people
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.42
that tried to witness
00:38:41.45\00:38:42.98
without the Holy Spirit.
00:38:43.02\00:38:46.32
How are you going
to witness to somebody
00:38:46.35\00:38:48.52
if you're unloving?
00:38:48.56\00:38:49.89
If there's no joy in your heart,
00:38:52.96\00:38:55.16
how are you going
to witness to them?
00:38:55.20\00:38:58.83
You can't.
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.50
You see, it
takes the Holy Spirit
00:39:00.54\00:39:02.47
to put that into your
life and to change you
00:39:02.50\00:39:05.27
and pour out the Spirit upon you
00:39:05.31\00:39:07.11
so that old
carnal nature is changed,
00:39:07.14\00:39:09.61
and you're made
loving, and kind, and gentle,
00:39:09.64\00:39:12.15
and all those elements are there
00:39:12.18\00:39:14.58
so that your witness
00:39:14.62\00:39:16.65
will be what it should be.
00:39:16.69\00:39:19.69
"In Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth."
00:39:19.72\00:39:23.22
"It is the oil
of the Holy Spirit
00:39:23.26\00:39:25.66
that produces," what?
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.03
"Light in the Christian."
00:39:28.06\00:39:32.40
You see?
00:39:32.43\00:39:34.20
Children seeing this
little light of Mine,
00:39:34.24\00:39:37.31
I'm going to let it shine.
00:39:37.34\00:39:40.24
Bible says, "Let
your light so shine."
00:39:40.28\00:39:43.91
Sorry, folks, it does not
say make your light shine.
00:39:43.95\00:39:49.25
It says, "Let your light shine,
00:39:49.28\00:39:51.85
only shines if the Holy Spirit,
00:39:51.89\00:39:55.12
the oil is there
to work in your life."
00:39:55.16\00:39:58.49
That's what it takes to
make it shine in your life.
00:39:58.53\00:40:01.53
"Arise, shine, for
your light has come!
00:40:01.56\00:40:05.97
And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
00:40:06.00\00:40:09.17
That is what God is asking you.
00:40:09.20\00:40:12.34
"Let your light
so shine before men,
00:40:12.37\00:40:16.11
that they may see your,"
00:40:16.14\00:40:18.61
what?
00:40:18.65\00:40:19.98
"Good works and
glorify your Father in heaven."
00:40:20.02\00:40:22.55
Dear friend,
good works are what?
00:40:22.58\00:40:26.92
See if you
understand the scripture.
00:40:26.96\00:40:29.52
Good works are what?
00:40:29.56\00:40:33.40
Dear friends,
good works are fruit.
00:40:33.43\00:40:37.57
Good works are fruit.
00:40:37.60\00:40:41.20
They are the result
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.57
of what the Holy
Spirit does in you.
00:40:42.60\00:40:44.97
And because those
good works are there,
00:40:45.01\00:40:47.78
the fruit, love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
00:40:47.81\00:40:51.15
all those are there,
00:40:51.18\00:40:53.01
men will glorify God
in heaven because of you.
00:40:53.05\00:40:58.12
That's the good works.
00:40:58.15\00:41:01.86
"But to each one
of us grace was given
00:41:01.89\00:41:05.59
according to the
measure of Christ's gifts."
00:41:05.63\00:41:09.46
All right.
00:41:09.50\00:41:10.93
"Therefore He says,
00:41:10.97\00:41:13.40
'When He ascended on
high, He led captivity captive,
00:41:13.44\00:41:17.94
and He gave," what?
00:41:17.97\00:41:20.08
"Gifts to men.'
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.08
" So He gave certain gifts
00:41:22.11\00:41:24.15
to you, to me,
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.08
to make us
effective witnesses for Him.
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.52
Now let's take a look and see
00:41:28.55\00:41:29.88
what those gifts
are that He gave.
00:41:29.92\00:41:32.05
"But the
manifestation of the Spirit
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.09
is given to each one
for the profit of all..."
00:41:34.12\00:41:37.19
This is the work of
the Holy Spirit, friends.
00:41:37.23\00:41:39.49
Get it clear.
00:41:39.53\00:41:42.03
"For to one is
given the word of wisdom,"
00:41:42.06\00:41:45.53
that's a gift,
00:41:45.57\00:41:46.90
"to another the
word of knowledge,
00:41:46.94\00:41:50.14
to another the same Spirit,
00:41:50.17\00:41:54.04
to another faith
by the same Spirit,
00:41:54.08\00:41:56.24
to another the gifts of healings
00:41:56.28\00:41:57.98
by the same Spirit,
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.98
to another the
working of miracles,
00:42:00.02\00:42:01.72
and to another prophecy,
00:42:01.75\00:42:03.08
and to another
discerning of spirits,
00:42:03.12\00:42:06.39
and to another
different kinds of tongues,
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.32
and to another the
interpretation of tongues."
00:42:08.36\00:42:11.29
All those nine gifts are given
00:42:11.33\00:42:14.00
that you and I might
be an effective witness
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.90
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:42:16.93\00:42:20.77
So if your witness is
not very good tonight,
00:42:20.80\00:42:25.61
then what do you need?
00:42:25.64\00:42:29.14
You need the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:42:29.18\00:42:31.21
That's what you need.
00:42:31.25\00:42:33.25
You need the Holy
Spirit in your life.
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.35
"But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
00:42:35.38\00:42:40.62
distributing to each one
individually as He wills."
00:42:40.66\00:42:46.36
So it says the Holy
Spirit will give you
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.90
what gift He wants you to have.
00:42:48.93\00:42:52.43
Look what happened,
00:42:52.47\00:42:53.80
when the Holy
Spirit was poured out
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.74
upon those disciples,
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.51
it says,
00:42:57.54\00:42:58.87
"And with great power
the apostles gave witness
00:42:58.91\00:43:02.14
to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
00:43:02.18\00:43:04.41
And great grace
was upon them," okay?
00:43:04.45\00:43:09.82
'Cause they went
forth and they witnessed.
00:43:09.85\00:43:12.92
I'm going to share
with you tonight...
00:43:12.95\00:43:17.03
My favorite statement
00:43:17.06\00:43:19.53
of all the hundreds
and hundreds of books
00:43:19.56\00:43:22.56
that I've read.
00:43:22.60\00:43:25.40
This one
statement is my favorite
00:43:25.43\00:43:28.97
concerning the Holy Spirit.
00:43:29.00\00:43:30.97
It's taken from a book called
"Desire of Ages" by EG White.
00:43:31.01\00:43:37.18
And listen carefully
00:43:37.21\00:43:38.65
because what it
says is wonderful.
00:43:38.68\00:43:41.28
"Christ has promised
00:43:41.32\00:43:43.35
the gift of the Holy
Spirit to His church,
00:43:43.39\00:43:47.62
and the promise belongs to us
00:43:47.66\00:43:50.36
as much as to
the first disciples."
00:43:50.39\00:43:54.10
Now listen, "But
like every other promise,
00:43:54.13\00:43:59.30
it is given on..."
00:43:59.33\00:44:01.50
Conditions. What? I'll tell you.
00:44:01.54\00:44:04.27
All the promises
are given on condition,
00:44:04.31\00:44:07.18
even the Holy Spirit.
00:44:07.21\00:44:08.54
Let's see what
the conditions are.
00:44:08.58\00:44:10.25
"There are many
who believe and profess
00:44:10.28\00:44:13.88
to claim the Lord's promise.
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.18
They talk about Christ
and about the Holy Spirit,
00:44:16.22\00:44:21.46
yet receive no benefit."
00:44:21.49\00:44:23.56
Why don't they?
00:44:23.59\00:44:25.16
"They do not surrender the
soul to be guided and controlled
00:44:25.19\00:44:30.37
by the divine agencies."
00:44:30.40\00:44:33.60
You want to
receive the Holy Spirit?
00:44:33.64\00:44:36.77
You've got to surrender,
00:44:36.81\00:44:39.04
surrender your
life to be guided,
00:44:39.07\00:44:43.51
to be controlled
by the Holy Spirit.
00:44:43.55\00:44:49.15
You cannot say no, this
is what I'm going to do.
00:44:49.18\00:44:53.62
Let me tell you
something, folks,
00:44:53.66\00:44:54.99
as I mentioned other
night, I'm cleric by nature.
00:44:55.02\00:44:57.73
Do you understand clerics?
00:44:57.76\00:45:00.20
Let me tell you
what a cleric is.
00:45:00.23\00:45:02.13
A cleric is the type of person,
00:45:02.16\00:45:04.43
if you give them a
job, they'll do it.
00:45:04.47\00:45:07.94
I mean, that's a cleric.
00:45:07.97\00:45:09.30
I mean, you give him a
job, and he'll get it done.
00:45:09.34\00:45:12.84
Of course, he might run
over 50 people getting it done,
00:45:12.87\00:45:15.54
but he'll do it.
00:45:15.58\00:45:16.91
That's a cleric.
00:45:16.95\00:45:18.65
Now very, very self-sufficient,
00:45:18.68\00:45:21.38
very able to
take care of himself.
00:45:21.42\00:45:24.39
I don't need your help,
I can do all this myself.
00:45:24.42\00:45:29.59
There are certain people
in the Bible that were cleric.
00:45:29.62\00:45:33.16
You want to
know who clerics are?
00:45:36.20\00:45:38.40
You want to look at
them across general?
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.74
There are
preachers, politicians,
00:45:40.77\00:45:44.37
there are clerics.
00:45:44.41\00:45:46.54
Most of your prisoners
in the prisons are clerics.
00:45:46.57\00:45:50.88
Of all the
different personality types,
00:45:50.91\00:45:54.22
the cleric is
the hardest to save
00:45:54.25\00:45:59.55
because he's self-sufficient.
00:45:59.59\00:46:03.43
Doesn't need his help.
00:46:03.46\00:46:07.46
And that makes it very
difficult, very difficult.
00:46:07.50\00:46:11.83
You see?
00:46:11.87\00:46:13.20
I've got to understand my need.
00:46:13.23\00:46:16.60
It's not until I understand
00:46:16.64\00:46:19.91
that it's not me,
00:46:19.94\00:46:22.24
and it's not my ability,
00:46:22.28\00:46:24.25
and it's not what I
can do, it's what He can do
00:46:24.28\00:46:28.18
that makes all the
difference in the world.
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.49
Amen.
00:46:30.52\00:46:31.85
Until you
surrender, surrender your soul,
00:46:31.89\00:46:36.12
then the Holy
Spirit can't use you
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.19
because when the Holy
Spirit is given, powers given,
00:46:38.23\00:46:41.73
and God's not going
to pour out that power
00:46:41.76\00:46:44.43
if the vessel is not clean.
00:46:44.47\00:46:47.64
So you got to
surrender the whole soul.
00:46:47.67\00:46:50.37
Listen to what happens.
00:46:50.41\00:46:54.34
"We cannot use the Holy Spirit."
00:46:54.38\00:47:00.28
Forget it.
00:47:00.32\00:47:01.65
If you think you're
going to use the Holy Spirit,
00:47:01.68\00:47:03.99
no way.
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.35
"You cannot use the Holy Spirit.
00:47:05.39\00:47:07.59
The Spirit is to use us.
00:47:07.62\00:47:11.39
But many will
not submit to this."
00:47:11.43\00:47:17.13
You see,
00:47:17.17\00:47:18.93
when that still small
voice is speaking to your heart,
00:47:18.97\00:47:22.40
and it's saying, this
is the way walking in it.
00:47:22.44\00:47:26.14
You've got to listen.
00:47:26.17\00:47:28.01
You can't say, "Oh, I
don't want to do that."
00:47:28.04\00:47:31.85
You've got to surrender
00:47:31.88\00:47:34.05
so the Holy Spirit can use you.
00:47:34.08\00:47:36.72
All right,
00:47:36.75\00:47:38.09
they want to manage themselves.
00:47:38.12\00:47:43.99
I want to manage myself,
00:47:44.03\00:47:46.73
do it myself.
00:47:46.76\00:47:49.86
"This is why they do not
receive the heavenly gift."
00:47:49.90\00:47:56.84
I want to manage
myself, I want to run it,
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.91
that's why they don't
receive the heavenly gift.
00:47:58.94\00:48:01.11
Watch, folks,
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.48
what happens if you
receive the heavenly gift?
00:48:02.51\00:48:07.55
"Only to those who
wait humbly upon God,
00:48:07.58\00:48:13.92
who watch for His
guidance and grace,
00:48:13.96\00:48:16.66
is the Spirit given.
00:48:16.69\00:48:18.99
The power of God awaits
their demand and reception.
00:48:19.03\00:48:24.10
This promised," listen, folks,
00:48:24.13\00:48:26.37
"this promised
blessing, claimed by faith,
00:48:26.40\00:48:30.84
brings all other
blessings in its train."
00:48:30.87\00:48:35.81
Amen.
00:48:35.84\00:48:37.21
That's what the
Holy Spirit does for you.
00:48:37.25\00:48:39.98
Claim it by faith,
00:48:40.02\00:48:41.35
it brings all other
blessings in its train.
00:48:41.38\00:48:46.96
"And He said to them,
00:48:46.99\00:48:48.59
'Did you receive the Holy Spirit
00:48:48.62\00:48:50.13
when you believed?'"
00:48:50.16\00:48:53.56
Did you?
00:48:53.60\00:48:55.83
Have you
received the Holy Spirit?
00:48:55.86\00:48:59.40
God wants to give
you the Holy Spirit.
00:48:59.43\00:49:04.27
"After these
things I saw another angel
00:49:04.31\00:49:06.37
coming down from
heaven, having great authority,
00:49:06.41\00:49:11.15
and the earth was
illuminated with his glory."
00:49:11.18\00:49:13.62
You see, when I
first became a Christian,
00:49:13.65\00:49:17.09
I had trouble here.
00:49:17.12\00:49:19.15
My problem was that I
gave my heart to the Lord,
00:49:19.19\00:49:22.92
but I wanted to run my own life.
00:49:22.96\00:49:26.06
You know?
00:49:26.09\00:49:27.43
I wanted to do
what I wanted to do.
00:49:27.46\00:49:29.06
I wanted to call the shots.
00:49:29.10\00:49:32.07
And so I accepted
Christ, gave my life to Him,
00:49:32.10\00:49:35.60
but things didn't go right.
00:49:35.64\00:49:39.17
I mean, I started
down the highway of life.
00:49:39.21\00:49:42.38
You know?
00:49:42.41\00:49:43.75
But I was in
charge, I was driving.
00:49:43.78\00:49:47.62
And I just wound up in
the ditch all the time.
00:49:47.65\00:49:50.22
You ever had that experience?
00:49:50.25\00:49:51.72
You know?
00:49:51.75\00:49:53.09
Here, driving down the
road and in the ditch I'd go,
00:49:53.12\00:49:56.12
and I'd get out of
the ditch, and I'd say,
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.39
"Lord, I've got
do better than this.
00:49:58.43\00:50:01.56
I've got to do
better than this."
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.50
And I would start
down the road again,
00:50:03.53\00:50:05.83
wouldn't go very far
until in the ditch I went.
00:50:05.87\00:50:09.87
And I'd say,
"What's wrong with me?
00:50:09.90\00:50:12.67
What's wrong with me?
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.04
I can't...
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.41
I can't stay out of the ditch."
00:50:15.44\00:50:18.68
And I can remember one time,
00:50:18.71\00:50:21.28
I'd gotten out of the ditch
and I was really feeling bad,
00:50:21.32\00:50:25.35
and I got on my
knees and I said,
00:50:25.39\00:50:26.92
"Lord,
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.26
I've got to stay
out of the ditch.
00:50:29.29\00:50:31.89
Help me!
00:50:31.93\00:50:33.26
Help me to not go in the
ditch all the time, Lord."
00:50:33.29\00:50:36.20
And I said,
00:50:36.23\00:50:37.57
"I'm just not going to
go in the ditch anymore."
00:50:37.60\00:50:40.07
And so I started
down life's road.
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.17
I mean, I was driving
as carefully as I could.
00:50:42.20\00:50:47.38
I mean, I was making
every effort to make sure
00:50:47.41\00:50:49.94
I wasn't going
to go in the ditch.
00:50:49.98\00:50:52.71
And I thought I
was doing pretty good,
00:50:52.75\00:50:55.58
until over the
hill came that truck.
00:50:55.62\00:51:00.06
As we got down the road,
00:51:00.09\00:51:02.96
I noticed He was on
my side of the road.
00:51:02.99\00:51:06.23
And I said well,
"He'll get over."
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.63
But as we got
closer, he didn't get over.
00:51:09.66\00:51:12.67
And I said,
"What's wrong with him?
00:51:12.70\00:51:15.34
Why doesn't he get over?"
00:51:15.37\00:51:17.34
And he just, I
mean, headed right at me.
00:51:17.37\00:51:20.18
And so at the last
moment, I went in the ditch.
00:51:20.21\00:51:23.75
And when I went in the
ditch, the truck squished by
00:51:23.78\00:51:26.01
and I saw him
00:51:26.05\00:51:28.25
waved to pitch for to get me
00:51:28.28\00:51:30.42
as he went down the road.
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.05
Well, I mean, I
was really shaken.
00:51:33.09\00:51:35.29
That really shook me up.
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.63
I finally after a lot of effort,
00:51:37.66\00:51:40.90
finally pulled
myself out of the ditch,
00:51:40.93\00:51:43.90
started down the road again,
00:51:43.93\00:51:45.27
but I wasn't in
very good condition,
00:51:45.30\00:51:47.40
and I went in the ditch again.
00:51:47.44\00:51:50.01
And I was trying to
get out of the ditch
00:51:50.04\00:51:51.37
when this fellow walked up
and he said to me, he said,
00:51:51.41\00:51:54.01
"Would you like some help?"
00:51:54.04\00:51:55.38
And I said, "I sure would."
00:51:55.41\00:51:56.81
And he helped me
get out of the ditch.
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.48
And when I got out of the ditch,
00:51:59.51\00:52:00.85
I said, "Would you like ride?"
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.52
He said, "Well, thank you."
00:52:02.55\00:52:04.42
And he got in, and
we started down the road
00:52:04.45\00:52:08.36
and went a little while,
00:52:08.39\00:52:10.93
and I was trying to do my
best and stay out of the ditch.
00:52:10.96\00:52:14.56
And I misjudged something
and I went in the ditch.
00:52:14.60\00:52:19.77
So he helped me get out again.
00:52:19.80\00:52:21.14
He said, "Would you like
for somebody to drive for you?"
00:52:21.17\00:52:24.17
And I said, "Yeah."
00:52:24.21\00:52:26.44
I said, "I could use
someone to drive for me."
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.14
So he got behind the wheel.
00:52:28.18\00:52:30.25
We started going down the road.
00:52:30.28\00:52:32.11
I've never seen
anybody drive like that,
00:52:32.15\00:52:35.38
never.
00:52:35.42\00:52:36.75
I mean, he went
right down the road,
00:52:36.79\00:52:38.29
no bobbles, no ditch, nothing.
00:52:38.32\00:52:42.06
Now he was different.
00:52:42.09\00:52:44.39
He was dressed in white,
00:52:44.43\00:52:47.66
had scars on his hands,
00:52:47.70\00:52:50.63
but he could drive.
00:52:50.67\00:52:52.97
And we went, you know,
for a while, and I said,
00:52:53.00\00:52:57.94
"I think I'd like to drive."
00:52:57.97\00:53:00.61
I said, "Yeah, I
appreciate you driving,
00:53:00.64\00:53:03.11
but I'd like to drive."
00:53:03.14\00:53:05.01
So he scooted over and
I got behind the wheel.
00:53:05.05\00:53:07.98
We started down
the road a little bit.
00:53:08.02\00:53:11.52
For some reason, I
couldn't drive like that,
00:53:11.55\00:53:13.29
I went in the ditch.
00:53:13.32\00:53:15.96
And we got out, and I
said, "You better drive."
00:53:15.99\00:53:20.66
So he got behind the wheel
and we started down the road,
00:53:20.70\00:53:23.00
and we were doing fine.
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.80
And I looked up ahead,
00:53:24.83\00:53:26.67
and over the top of
that hill came that truck.
00:53:26.70\00:53:30.41
And as we approach that truck,
00:53:30.44\00:53:31.87
I said, "I guess you've noticed
00:53:31.91\00:53:34.44
that he's on our
side of the road."
00:53:34.48\00:53:37.48
He said, "Yes."
00:53:37.51\00:53:39.41
And I said, "Well,
you just might as well
00:53:39.45\00:53:40.82
pull off over here in the ditch
00:53:40.85\00:53:42.18
because he doesn't
get on the other side."
00:53:42.22\00:53:45.59
I've been here before.
00:53:45.62\00:53:46.96
He just doesn't get on
the other side of the road."
00:53:46.99\00:53:49.62
But he didn't listen to me,
00:53:49.66\00:53:51.46
instead of
pulling off the side road,
00:53:51.49\00:53:53.46
he press down on the accelerator
00:53:53.50\00:53:55.06
and headed for the truck.
00:53:55.10\00:53:56.43
And I said,
00:53:56.46\00:53:57.80
"This is going to be
the biggest collision
00:53:57.83\00:53:59.17
you've ever seen in your life.
00:53:59.20\00:54:00.74
This is going to be terrible."
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.34
But he just headed
right for the truck.
00:54:02.37\00:54:05.41
I mean, there we were head on.
00:54:05.44\00:54:08.44
And I said, "I
can't stand this."
00:54:08.48\00:54:09.94
And I shut my eyes,
embraced for the collision.
00:54:09.98\00:54:13.05
And I heard a whooshing
sound, and I open my eyes.
00:54:13.08\00:54:16.85
And we were going down the road
and the truck was in the ditch.
00:54:16.89\00:54:21.22
And I looked at him, and I said,
00:54:21.26\00:54:23.22
"Will you drive
for me all the time?"
00:54:23.26\00:54:26.56
Dear friends,
that's the difference.
00:54:26.59\00:54:29.46
That's the difference.
00:54:29.50\00:54:31.43
Are you going to
run your own life?
00:54:31.47\00:54:34.07
Or you going to
turn it over to Him?
00:54:34.10\00:54:36.81
Let Him manage
and guide your life.
00:54:36.84\00:54:39.41
He wants to do
that for you today
00:54:39.44\00:54:41.54
if you're just
willing to let Him.
00:54:41.58\00:54:42.98
Spirit of the living God
00:54:50.02\00:54:55.16
Fall afresh on me
00:55:00.16\00:55:05.50
Spirit of the living God
00:55:09.60\00:55:15.21
Fall afresh on me
00:55:19.35\00:55:25.65
Every day,
00:55:32.96\00:55:34.30
thousands risk their lives
00:55:34.33\00:55:35.66
to protect and
serve their fellowman.
00:55:35.70\00:55:38.70
They have a deep commitment
to excellence and teamwork.
00:55:38.73\00:55:42.07
And when others run from danger,
00:55:42.10\00:55:44.31
they run to it,
00:55:44.34\00:55:45.84
even if it means
personal sacrifice,
00:55:45.87\00:55:48.61
even if it means
00:55:48.64\00:55:49.98
making the supreme
sacrifice for another.
00:55:50.01\00:55:53.15
They're always on
call, ready to serve,
00:55:53.18\00:55:55.95
no matter what.
00:55:55.98\00:55:57.49
Friends, you and
I can learn a lot
00:55:57.52\00:55:59.42
from firefighters.
00:55:59.45\00:56:00.96
In the United States,
00:56:00.99\00:56:02.32
the majority of
them are volunteers.
00:56:02.36\00:56:03.93
That's right, volunteers.
00:56:03.96\00:56:06.49
But even for those who are paid,
00:56:06.53\00:56:08.56
it's more than a job,
00:56:08.60\00:56:10.30
it's a calling.
00:56:10.33\00:56:12.03
Jesus said in John 15:12-13,
00:56:12.07\00:56:15.97
"This is My commandment,
00:56:16.00\00:56:17.54
that you love one
another as I have loved you.
00:56:17.57\00:56:20.71
Greater love has
no one than this,
00:56:20.74\00:56:23.24
than to lay down
one's life for his friends."
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Those who follow the
words of Jesus are His friends.
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But Romans 5:8 says that
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"God demonstrated
His own love toward us,
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in that while we
were still sinners,
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Christ died for us."
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What an amazing thought!
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Christ laid
down His life for us,
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even though we
were not His friends.
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A firefighter is
willing to do the same.
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He's constantly
preparing for his next mission
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because his own life
and the life of others
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depends on his
training and qualifications.
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My friends,
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that's what
we're doing right now
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with this series.
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We are preparing
you for what is to come.
00:57:02.78\00:57:05.75
Our goal is to make
you skilled in the word
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so that by the power of God
you can bring others to safety,
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the safety that
can be found only
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in the arms of a loving Savior.
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Won't you help us to
train and prepare others
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to fulfill this mission?
00:57:19.87\00:57:21.80
Please consider what you can do
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for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
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As the Holy Spirit impresses,
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please send your
tax deductible gifts
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to Kenneth Cox Ministries.
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Loma Linda, California 92354,
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