Let us pray...
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Lord, this morning we stand
on the foundation of Your grace
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and Lord, the longer we
commit ourselves to You,
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the more we recognize how much
of Your grace we are in need of.
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And so, this morning,
as we invite Your Spirit to
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tarry and tabernacle
with us, we pray that You will
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guide our hearts and
minds to understand the blessing
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and the responsibility
of living in Your grace.
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In Jesus name, I pray... Amen
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The message is
entitled "Out of Egypt,"
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Out of Egypt - in your
Bibles this morning, we read
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in Exodus 9:1-
Together we read these words...
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The Israelites understood
the restraints of the harsh
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treatment of slavery and
after nearly 400 years in Egypt,
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and in bondage, they began
to cry to God for deliverance.
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You know, I believe that
the difference between where
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we were and where we
can be is when we begin to
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cry to God for deliverance.
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At some point, sin should
get us to the place where we are
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so TIRED of it
that we want to be free.
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Amen - somebody...
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I mean I know - even
growing up, you could be so dead
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to sin - I remember
sitting there on Friday nights
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looking for a pool
hall somewhere to gamble.
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No matter how cold the
weather was, looking for a train
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somewhere to find a party...
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No matter how loud the
music was, I was so dead
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in sin and I could sit in
front of a column of speakers
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and fall asleep
because my body had become so
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acclimated to it,
but in God's mercy,
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and I say this - "in
God's mercy," His Spirit,
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and I thank God for
this, JESUS is not willing that
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any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance."
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So He sees us in sin and
He doesn't say, "Stay in sin,"
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but He puts the Holy
Spirit into action, sends Him to
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convict us of sin so that
we can become aware OF sin
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and then He exposes to us
how beautiful our lives could be
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if we simply accept the power
that can deliver us from sin.
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Amen church! Amen
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Nobody could have ever told me,
nobody could have every told me
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when I was in the "World
Trade Center" on the 44th floor
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disc jockey - nobody
could have told me when I was on
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Broadway and 47th Street
at the "Seafood Playhouse"...
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Nobody could have ever
told me when I was in the
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"Pegasus Club" on
Second Avenue and 38th Street,
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in Manhattan, nobody
could have ever told me
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when I was scratching
records back and forth,
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and getting people to
party, no one could have EVER
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told me THEN - that I would
be preaching God's word today.
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But there's a text that
has resonated so beautifully,
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my wife and I said this slowly
in the car as we were driving
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a few weeks ago and it was
as though God was speaking to...
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it was a though - as
we were repeating it,
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God was saying it with us.
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Now what a text when God
can say, "I know the plans
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I have for you,"
come on somebody...
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God loves us so much
that He gets up in the morning
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and He says, "Charletta and
Jeff - I got plans for them!"
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I know the plans I have
for them - thoughts of peace
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and not of evil to give
THEM a future and a hope."
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Who can love us
like Jesus does? Nobody!
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But He looks at us while
we're slaves, either slaves
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because of a lack of knowledge;
either slaves because of
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a sin that has bound us;
either slaves because of the
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circumstances we were raised
in our family - there are so
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many forms of slavery.
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There is even
indentured slavery.
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It's called "indentured
servants" where the slave
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and the master makes a contract
to see how each of them can be
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mutually beneficial.
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In other words, "I'll be your
slave if you do this for me."
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Let me tell you brethren,
don't ever get into a mutual
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agreement with Satan
because there is no slavery
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that Satan has that can be
of any benefit to any of us.
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There are some people
that think that as long as I'm
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good, but I like what
the Lord said in Exodus 3...
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Go there with me, if
you don't have your Bibles,
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then look here on the screen.
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"They began to
cry for deliverance."
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Sometimes I go to New
York and, we'll be in New York
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in a couple of weeks and
when we go to the city...
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you know - sin,
sin just has a way of
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showing itself.
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You can see sin in
peoples eyes and in their faces,
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and hear it in their voices.
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You can see the degradation
of sin walking the streets
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either small towns or
large towns, you can drive
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through West Frankfort and
you can see the sin established
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places - the bars;
you can see people coming
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out of there and it's almost
like a cycle - they get to
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know each other because
they show up there ALL the time.
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Sin puts you on this
endless cycle of coming back
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to the same place or doing
the same thing over and over
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and ALL the while sin
just laughs at its slaves.
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But I love this
verse in Exodus 3:7...
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And the Bible says, speaking
of God, "And the Lord said,
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thank you Jesus - I have
surely seen the oppression
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of my people who are in
Egypt, and have heard their cry
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because of their task masters,
for I know their sorrows."
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We've got a God
who knows our sorrows!
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You don't go through Sunday
to Sabbath with a God that
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doesn't know your sorrows,
a God that understands our
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tears and our difficulties,
a God who understands
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our struggles - a
God who understands
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that we are but dust.
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A God who understands
that our lives are but a vapor,
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and He wants to
give us eternal life.
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I know that God never supported
slavery for He says in verse 8
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of Exodus 3... So
what am I going to do?
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"So I have come
down to deliver them."
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Why did God send His Son?
He came down to deliver us
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out of the hand of the
Egyptians and to bring them up
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from that land to a
good and large land,
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to a land flowing
with milk and honey."
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That's just the first
part, I'll stop right there.
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"To a land flowing
with milk and honey."
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You see when God takes
you out of a stagnant land...
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I always wondered -
because you know - those of you
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that are vegetarians and
vegans, you know - I mean,
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milk and honey together could
be an amazing concoction...
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Milk - some people say, "Don't
drink milk because of a lot of
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mucus and you add a
lot of honey to it?"
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That's not - but what God
was saying... He says, "This is
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the land of abundance -
not just milk and honey."
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But they had grapes and
pomegranates and fig trees,
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and plains where the
cattle can feed in abundance.
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They had trees that as
far as the eyes could see,
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God planned their provision.
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I want to tell you something...
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When you put your
life in the hand of God,
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He promises and He
is able to deliver...
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"Our God will supply
all of our need according to
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His riches in glory."
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But God put a plan together,
Exodus 12:3, in harmony
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with His will, God gave them
specific instructions for their
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deliverance, but
look at what He said...
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They were told to keep it until
the 14th day of that same month.
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And they were also told
to make sure that that lamb
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had no blemishes and
that that lamb had no
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spots and the Apostle Peter
said, the reason is because
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"We were redeemed with
the precious blood of Christ
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as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot."
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We were redeemed by
a Lamb without blemish
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and without spot."
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I want to share something
with you that I talked about
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on Wednesday night...
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You are... you,
you, you are missing some
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studies about FREEDOM in Jesus!
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We're not walking through
a "Twenty-Eight Fundamental,"
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we are diving into the anatomy
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of righteousness
on Wednesday nights.
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You want to learn how
to be free and remain free?
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Come on Wednesday nights.
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We're talking
about this topic...
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It's in my
bloodstream, it's in my mind,
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it's in my thoughts
and God is showing me how
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beautiful it is to know that
our freedom is found in Jesus,
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but it's a lot
deeper than just that...
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You see when the Lord gave
them this beautiful picture
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of freedom, He made it
known that from the beginning
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until the very end...
if you don't have a lamb,
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then there is no
freedom outside of the lamb.
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But it was not just
enough to have the lamb...
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Verse 7 of Exodus 12, He gave
them further instructions about
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what to do with this lamb when
the lamb was slain, He said...
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And when you go further,
He said, "Not only do you
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apply to the doorpost of
your house, but you have to
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stay IN the house for the
blood to apply to your life.
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You see, one of the
reasons why the Lord established
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the church - He has established
the church, as the Bible says
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in Acts - "The Lord added to
the church daily, those who were
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being saved..."
It's okay to accept the
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blood of the Lamb,
but you also have to be
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IN the house.
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It's okay to accept the
grace of God, but no one knew
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he had to be IN the ark.
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It's not enough
to look AT the ark.
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It's not enough to
look AT the church.
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We've got to be IN the church.
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We have to be IN the ark.
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We have to be IN
Christ to find freedom.
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Can't find freedom
just looking at Christ.
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Look at verse 11 of Exodus 12...
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I had to pause when I
got to the word "Passover."
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Do a little bit of homework
because I know that there are
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millions of Jews today
that still observe Passover,
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and I said, "Lord, even
though I have some theological
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understanding, but a pretty
deep understanding of Passover,
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help me to understand
this the way that they see it."
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Why do they
still observe Passover?
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Passover is one of the most
celebrated Jewish memorials.
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This year, it will be celebrated
from April 10th to April 18.
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And why do they
continue to celebrate
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Passover even still today?
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More than 1,300
years before Christ,
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the Jews began
celebrating Passover because it
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commemorates the emancipation
of the Israelites from
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slavery in Egypt.
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You go to New York - one of
my favorite stores, B and H,
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you electronic
buffs know what that is.
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When you go to B and H's
website, it won't be open from
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April 10 to 18- they close.
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They close at 1
o'clock on Friday.
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They don't even get anywhere
near the Sabbath and be opened
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because it's owned by the Jews.
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You see, today, if you want
to understand the validity of
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the record of the
Passover and the reality of the
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truth of God's word, you
need only ask the millions of
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Jews that follow
the instruction of Moses
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in this area - Moses
instructed them that on the
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15th day of Nisan, 2,448 years
after creation, was when this
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text was applied,
"Eat the Passover tomorrow,
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God is going to deliver
us when His final judgment is
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poured out on
the land of Egypt."
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And still today, all
those Jews still recognize
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Moses as the one who
led them out of Egypt.
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They had not yet
come to recognize Jesus,
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but they do say that they
began keeping the Passover
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1,300 years before Christ.
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They recognize His
existence, but they don't
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recognize Him as the Messiah.
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So the Genesis record is clear,
the Exodus record is clear.
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From the day that God delivered
Israel, through his servant
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Moses, the Jews have
continued to this very day,
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and they call it
"The Festival of Freedom."
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So from the 10th
of April to the 18th,
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they will be celebrating
"The Festival of Freedom."
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They recognize the power
of the deliverance of God.
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You see... go to
Deuteronomy 6:21, the Passover
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served as a constant
reminder of God's deliverance,
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and God instructed
them to tell their children
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from generation to generation,
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and let me add
another caveat here...
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This text is still repeated
to the children of Israel today.
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in the five books of Moses,
the Pentateuch, the Torah.
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They are still
telling their children
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what I'm going to
read to you right now.
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Listen to verse 21 of
Deuteronomy chapter 6...
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And the Lord brought us
out of Egypt with a what?
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A mighty hand... what
kind of hand church? Mighty.
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Oh, that means when
God delivers, He delivers!
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He who the Son sets
free is free indeed.
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It was not Moses that
led them out, it was God.
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It was not Moses that
performed miracles, it was God.
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It was not Moses that
saved them from destruction,
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it was God.
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It was not Moses that provided
their needs or protected them
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or decided to set
them free, IT WAS GOD...
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And they had not forgotten that,
look at verses 22 and 23...
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Before I even
emphasize that, let me tell you,
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when they talk about the
signs and the wonders of God,
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the severe and the great
signs, when you read the history
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and thank God for the
inspiration we find in the
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writings of Ellen
White, come on somebody.
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Speaking about this deliverance,
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and you read this in
Exodus 14, the Bible says
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that when the children
of Israel knew that Pharaoh
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pursued them, they lifted
up their eyes and they began to
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cry - because they kept
their eyes on Pharaoh...
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When you read into
that more, when Pharaoh,
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by God's strong
hand, could not but let the
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children of Israel go,
after they had left the land
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of Egypt, the magicians
and the priests of Egypt
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after the trouble was passed,
after the danger was gone,
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after all the plagues had
ceased, they were once again
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deceived by Satan and
they said to themselves...
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They said to themselves, "Why
did we let the Israelites go?"
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Why did WE let
the Israelites go?
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And they decided, "We cannot
allow them to remain free."
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I want you to hear this, it's
very significant to the sermon.
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"Why did WE let them go?"
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"WE cannot allow
them to remain free."
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And so Pharaoh chose the
best of his fighting men,
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6,000 chariots - he chose the
best of the fighters in Egypt.
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He not only chose those
who were powerful warriors,
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but Pharaoh
himself accompanied them.
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You see, what we don't
know is that when the Lord
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delivers - hear me carefully,
when the Lord delivers US,
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Satan and his angels
double and triple their efforts
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to find a way to
bring us back to Egypt.
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Does anybody know
that to be true? AMEN
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And they flatter themselves.
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"Why did we let them out?"
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Why did WE let them out?
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I'm going to tell you today,
the devil didn't let me out,
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GOD brought me out. Amen!
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With a mighty hand,
but salvation is not just
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the divine act of
bringing us out...
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Salvation is the divine
act, hear me carefully...
00:19:26.63\00:19:31.40
of getting us ready to go in.
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He brought them out...
the Bible says in verse 23,
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"He brought them out from there
that He might bring us in."
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So don't get settled
that you are out of sin,
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get ready to go in
to the Promised Land.
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Get ready one day to
march into beautiful Zion.
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Am I the only one
excited about that?
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Get ready one day to
enter a land flowing with the
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abundance of God's grace.
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You know, I
don't need a mansion,
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I just need a sleeping
bag. Come on somebody! Amen!
00:20:05.27\00:20:07.60
I don't need a
mansion... Karen, I don't need a
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mansion, just give me a
tree somewhere that I could
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lean my head on
the bough of the tree.
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I don't need any golden crown,
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just give me a
towel, I'll be happy.
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As long as I make it in - that's
all that matters to me. Amen!
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But I want to tell you
today, the devil knows that...
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Nothing insults him
more than having to admit
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that God is greater than all
the forces of spiritual Egypt.
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So they got together
and they came after them,
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and when we were reading
that story, my wife and I
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were reading that
last night together,
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we were highlighting like crazy.
00:20:48.84\00:20:51.01
I mean, we were highlighting!
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Man, I had so much material,
I could have made this a
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7- part series.
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Highlighting like crazy!
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I was moved when I read in the
application, how when Pharaoh
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closed his army and
all the regalia of Egypt,
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and they began to
pursue the children of Israel.
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The children of Israel
heard the thundering hoofs
00:21:15.94\00:21:20.71
of this fat
army... the best weapons,
00:21:20.74\00:21:27.42
the best chariots,
the most skilled fighters,
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and not only this
time, Pharaoh also included
00:21:30.62\00:21:33.69
the magicians and the priests
of Egypt to not only attack
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them militarily, but
attack them spiritually
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to bring upon them the dark
arts, the spiritualism of Egypt.
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They came after them
with every force they had
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available in the land of Egypt.
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And the children of
Israel heard them coming...
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and I love the way
Exodus talks about it...
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I'm not going to go
there, you read that yourself,
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Exodus 12:13,
14, 15- do something,
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read it on Sabbath afternoon.
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The angels of God that were
leading the children of Israel,
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they began to cry, "Were there
no graves in the wilderness..."
00:22:11.49\00:22:16.67
Were there no graves out
here that you brought us out
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.17
here to be killed?"
00:22:19.20\00:22:20.54
And as they are voicing
doubt, the angel of God that was
00:22:20.57\00:22:25.31
leading them - Ellen White
says, "He shot up to the heavens
00:22:25.34\00:22:29.84
and trajectory to the back
of the line to the children of
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Israel and led and he
established such a wall of fire
00:22:33.35\00:22:38.72
between the Israelites and the
Egyptians that the children of
00:22:38.75\00:22:42.59
Israel seeing the glory of
God, she says "to the Israelites
00:22:42.62\00:22:47.60
it was nothing but the glorious
light of God, but to the
00:22:47.63\00:22:50.63
Egyptians, it was nothing
but pitch darkness and God
00:22:50.67\00:22:54.70
set a wall between them."
00:22:54.74\00:22:56.07
You know why God did that?
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Let me tell you
why God did that...
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Because those that came
out of Egypt after being slaves
00:22:58.84\00:23:01.61
400 years - Ellen White
says they had no knowledge,
00:23:01.64\00:23:04.21
they had no experience
with God - they were slaves.
00:23:04.25\00:23:06.55
They didn't know
how God could deliver.
00:23:06.58\00:23:08.35
They didn't know how God
could change their lives.
00:23:08.38\00:23:10.35
They were
slaves all their lives.
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Nobody in that
band was 400 years old,
00:23:12.15\00:23:15.42
so they had no
experience with God.
00:23:15.46\00:23:18.46
They were not even
church members yet.
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God just said, "I'm
going to bring you out,
00:23:21.90\00:23:24.13
but I'm going to show you
how powerful My deliverance is."
00:23:24.17\00:23:29.40
They went from
sulking and fearful
00:23:29.44\00:23:33.38
to rejoicing and praising God.
00:23:33.41\00:23:36.61
And that wall of fire was there,
that wall of fire stayed there
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day and night and to the
children of Israel it was
00:23:41.35\00:23:44.85
glorious light, but to
the armies of Egypt it was
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.06
nothing but darkness -
they could not move it.
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And the next morning,
after God safely delivered them
00:23:51.36\00:23:54.56
to the other side,
God said to the Egyptians,
00:23:54.60\00:23:58.53
"Keep coming, come on,
keep coming, come on, come on,
00:23:58.83\00:24:03.81
you're not deeply enough in
the Red Sea, come on, come on,
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come on," and they looked
up and God removed the cloud.
00:24:07.48\00:24:15.75
And they saw the Israelites
safely on the other side,
00:24:15.78\00:24:19.82
and they got their stamina
going again, their juices
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.82
to kill and they decided,
"Let's pursue them with all
00:24:22.86\00:24:26.13
the vehemence we have."
00:24:26.16\00:24:28.00
And as they did, inspiration
says, "When the Bible
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speaks about the
glorious act of God,
00:24:32.97\00:24:35.10
she said, "The heavens began
to thunder, the clouds began
00:24:35.14\00:24:39.07
to clap and God poured
water down," and the way she
00:24:39.11\00:24:43.11
describes it, "These
walls that God had held up,"
00:24:43.14\00:24:46.75
she says it in such descriptive
language, "The waters
00:24:46.78\00:24:49.68
began hissing almost in a
thirst to swell and to drown the
00:24:49.72\00:24:55.96
Egyptians and God
let the waters go,"
00:24:55.99\00:24:59.36
and not a single Egyptian
touched a single Israelite.
00:24:59.39\00:25:05.13
Now why am I so passionate
00:25:05.17\00:25:06.50
about that? Let me
tell you something...
00:25:06.53\00:25:07.87
God ain't gonna let the devil
touch us without His permission,
00:25:07.90\00:25:10.64
come on somebody! Amen!
00:25:10.67\00:25:12.34
He may get close, but
God is not going to let
00:25:12.37\00:25:16.34
the devil touch us
without His permission.
00:25:16.38\00:25:18.08
God waited, God waited...
when they called on God,
00:25:18.11\00:25:22.82
God waited until these
inexperienced Israelites
00:25:22.85\00:25:26.25
called on Him so
that they could understand
00:25:26.29\00:25:30.26
that when you call on
God, freedom is yours...
00:25:30.29\00:25:35.06
But I want to switch
now, I want to almost,
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.43
I want to almost jerk your
neck in a different direction
00:25:37.47\00:25:40.64
because the lesson
from the Exodus is...
00:25:40.67\00:25:44.47
Every slave that experienced
freedom under the leadership
00:25:44.51\00:25:48.68
of Moses was born into slavery,
the reality is "when all you
00:25:48.71\00:25:57.92
know is slavery, it
doesn't seem like slavery."
00:25:57.95\00:26:03.86
When all you know is
sin, it doesn't seem like sin.
00:26:03.89\00:26:08.73
When you were born into slavery,
00:26:08.76\00:26:10.57
it is the only normal that
you know and every one of us,
00:26:10.60\00:26:17.74
every one of us, every beautiful
child, every highly educated
00:26:17.77\00:26:22.48
adult, every one of us
are born into a world of sin,
00:26:22.51\00:26:26.95
but let me switch today
and tell you - slavery did not
00:26:26.98\00:26:30.52
begin in Egypt,
slavery began in Eden. Amen!
00:26:30.55\00:26:35.76
1 Timothy 2, look there with
me... you've got your Bibles?
00:26:35.79\00:26:42.23
1 Timothy 2:14- Slavery
began in Eden and even though
00:26:42.26\00:26:48.60
Eve ate the first
fruit, Adam had a choice,
00:26:48.64\00:26:53.04
and I want you to hear that.
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
Adam had a
what? He had a choice.
00:26:54.44\00:26:57.88
Eve, although she
ate the first fruit,
00:26:57.91\00:27:00.68
Adam had a choice.
00:27:00.72\00:27:02.22
God had placed Adam in
the position to open or close
00:27:02.25\00:27:07.39
the door to
sin... Adam had a choice.
00:27:07.42\00:27:10.33
Look at the way that the
Apostle Paul communicates
00:27:10.36\00:27:12.63
this to the protégé Timothy...
00:27:12.66\00:27:14.03
He says in 1 Timothy 2:14...
00:27:14.06\00:27:16.87
Adam's choice, and
this is a powerful point,
00:27:26.51\00:27:29.64
you want to get this because
the rest of the sermon hinges
00:27:29.68\00:27:31.38
on these two principles...
00:27:31.41\00:27:33.18
Adam's choice
affected the entire human race.
00:27:33.21\00:27:39.15
Well I am where I am
today because of my dad,
00:27:39.19\00:27:42.09
not my dad, Johnny
Parker, but my dad, Adam.
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.53
Let me re-phrase
that, can I re-phrase that -
00:27:45.56\00:27:51.33
because I gotta
give God the glory.
00:27:51.37\00:27:53.80
Where I used to be was
because of my father, Adam,
00:27:53.84\00:28:00.98
but where I am now is because
of my father, Jesus! Amen.
00:28:01.01\00:28:06.21
I'm going to give you another
term for that in just a moment.
00:28:06.25\00:28:08.25
You see, Romans 5:12
makes it very clear...
00:28:08.28\00:28:11.62
Adam's choice
affected the entire human race.
00:28:11.65\00:28:14.56
The Egyptians would have never
been able to put the Israelites
00:28:14.96\00:28:19.03
in bondage if Adam
didn't do what he did.
00:28:19.06\00:28:22.66
Romans 5:12- The Bible says...
00:28:22.70\00:28:26.07
Now I want to just break
this down because, you know,
00:28:42.55\00:28:45.02
we could read these verses
over and over and hear them
00:28:45.05\00:28:46.69
over and over and sometimes
they can go over our head
00:28:46.72\00:28:48.96
like a speeding jet.
00:28:48.99\00:28:50.43
"Just as through one
man SIN entered the world."
00:28:50.46\00:28:55.86
A lot of people
ask the question,
00:28:55.90\00:28:58.30
"WHAT entered the world?"
00:28:58.33\00:28:59.67
Which one of the
sins entered the world?
00:28:59.70\00:29:01.04
This text didn't say
"sins" entered the world,
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.84
the Bible said,
"sin" entered the world.
00:29:02.87\00:29:04.87
The nature entered the world.
00:29:04.91\00:29:06.57
What we do is Romans
3:23, "For all have sinned
00:29:06.61\00:29:12.65
and fall short of
the glory of God."
00:29:12.68\00:29:14.68
So sin and sins,
while closely associated,
00:29:14.72\00:29:20.06
are not the same thing.
00:29:20.09\00:29:22.89
How many of you love to
be forgiven of your sins,
00:29:22.92\00:29:26.06
raise your hand.
00:29:26.09\00:29:28.76
Some of you don't...
00:29:28.80\00:29:31.33
That's the best
question I could ask you.
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.60
I'm going to
try one more time...
00:29:33.64\00:29:34.97
How many of you would LOVE
to be forgiven of your sins?
00:29:35.00\00:29:37.74
I'm not even gonna look,
I'm going to let your hands
00:29:37.77\00:29:40.01
be a testimony to God.
00:29:40.04\00:29:42.51
THANK YOU JESUS FOR
FORGIVING US OF OUR SINS! AMEN!
00:29:42.54\00:29:47.38
"He shall save His
people from their sins."
00:29:47.42\00:29:52.59
FROM not IN -
that's what Matthew said,
00:29:52.62\00:29:56.22
but John had a deeper text.
00:29:56.26\00:29:58.49
John said, "Behold the
Lamb of God that taketh away
00:29:58.53\00:30:03.53
the SIN of the world."
00:30:03.57\00:30:06.33
The ignominious, vile
thing that Adam opened the door
00:30:06.37\00:30:11.64
to that has produced in
the earth every manner...
00:30:11.67\00:30:15.41
Allow your mind for a
brief moment to go crazy,
00:30:15.44\00:30:19.21
and think of the dark things
00:30:19.25\00:30:21.78
you've heard about in
our society, in our world,
00:30:21.82\00:30:25.55
that is perpetrated by humans,
on humans that has created,
00:30:25.59\00:30:30.63
that exists on
television, in music, in movies,
00:30:30.66\00:30:36.77
the insane places, the
insane things that people do...
00:30:36.80\00:30:41.97
We live in a world where
people will do things that
00:30:42.00\00:30:44.17
dogs won't even do and we
glorify it and we sell it.
00:30:44.21\00:30:51.95
That's why I'm really amazed,
and I say this in reality,
00:30:51.98\00:30:55.65
this is not in the sermon,
but this is just extra credit...
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.72
I'm really amazed how
there's such an outcry against
00:30:57.75\00:31:02.99
same sex marriage when
there should have been an outcry
00:31:03.32\00:31:06.53
60 years ago
against pornography.
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.33
Come on
somebody, say Amen! Amen!
00:31:09.36\00:31:11.23
Do you not know that
that seed you hang around
00:31:11.27\00:31:14.50
you hang around
with sin long enough,
00:31:14.54\00:31:16.57
it's going to
produce ALL KINDS of EVIL.
00:31:16.60\00:31:19.51
There is no extent
to which evil can grow
00:31:19.54\00:31:23.41
once it has
given birth, no extent!
00:31:23.45\00:31:27.88
Now here's the reason why...
00:31:31.62\00:31:33.52
Adam's sin affected everybody,
00:31:33.56\00:31:37.89
but Eve's sin created a
different dynamic altogether.
00:31:37.93\00:31:42.16
Genesis 3:16- "And to the woman
He said, I will greatly multiply
00:31:42.20\00:31:47.84
your sorrow and your
conception," this is God
00:31:47.87\00:31:50.14
speaking to Eve... "In
pain you shall bring forth
00:31:50.17\00:31:53.14
children; your desire shall
be for your what? Husband and he
00:31:53.17\00:31:58.41
shall what? RULE OVER you."
00:31:58.45\00:32:04.09
Now this text has a far
greater application than we
00:32:04.12\00:32:09.52
often give it credit for.
00:32:09.56\00:32:12.73
It is not about Adam's,
it is not about Eve's desire
00:32:14.23\00:32:21.57
for Adam alone, but the
woman's desire for her husband.
00:32:21.60\00:32:31.35
How many husbands have there
00:32:31.38\00:32:33.28
been since the
creation of the world?
00:32:33.31\00:32:38.89
I don't need an answer.
00:32:38.92\00:32:41.16
It is not just Eve's
desire for Adam, but the woman's
00:32:41.19\00:32:47.90
desire for her husband.
00:32:47.93\00:32:51.43
You see, since the husband
is able to rule over the wife,
00:32:51.47\00:32:55.64
it gives the impression
that wives have no choice.
00:32:55.67\00:32:59.31
Now ladies, if you've
been married long enough,
00:32:59.34\00:33:01.54
you know you've got a choice.
Come on ladies, say "Amen."
00:33:01.58\00:33:04.65
It is not about limitation,
but it is about law...
00:33:04.68\00:33:09.02
Go to Romans 7, it's not
about limitation, it's not about
00:33:09.05\00:33:12.12
saying, "Women, sit down,
shut up, don't say a word,"
00:33:12.15\00:33:14.82
but it's about law - not
about limitation of women,
00:33:14.86\00:33:18.86
but it is about a law that
entered the world that cause
00:33:18.89\00:33:23.20
us to be in the
condition we are today.
00:33:23.23\00:33:26.17
Romans 7:1-2...
00:33:26.20\00:33:29.27
Verse 1 ain't about a
woman, it's about a law
00:33:47.12\00:33:50.83
having dominion over man.
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.96
It doesn't mention a
woman at all in the first verse.
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He says, "There's a law that has
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.50
dominion... you
know what dominion means?
00:33:57.53\00:33:59.20
"There's a law that claims
the right over you as long as
00:33:59.23\00:34:03.07
you are alive."
00:34:03.10\00:34:05.67
It has dominion over a man
as long as that man is alive.
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Let's go to the next verse,
and then he switches the picture
00:34:11.55\00:34:14.68
and pulls us back to
Genesis in a language of parody,
00:34:14.72\00:34:19.85
he says, "For the
woman who has a husband is...
00:34:19.89\00:34:23.93
what's the next
word? ... bound by the law
00:34:23.96\00:34:27.20
to her husband as long as
he lives, but if the husband
00:34:27.23\00:34:31.20
dies, she is released
from the law of her husband."
00:34:31.23\00:34:37.07
It is not about the law of
God, the law of her husband.
00:34:37.11\00:34:44.75
Now, can I get frank with you?
00:34:44.78\00:34:52.29
The woman in the story is us.
00:34:52.32\00:34:54.86
The husband that we are
bound to is the old nature.
00:34:54.89\00:35:02.73
The focus of the relationship
is the HUSBAND'S law.
00:35:02.76\00:35:09.27
What happens, what
happens WHAT HAPPENS
00:35:09.30\00:35:14.64
if we are continually
bound to the law of our husband?
00:35:14.68\00:35:21.12
I'll just repeat the
text... 1 Corinthians 15:22
00:35:21.15\00:35:25.05
"As in Adam, all die."
I'm going to say that again.
00:35:25.09\00:35:30.13
As in Adam - how
many of us? ALL DIE.
00:35:30.16\00:35:34.26
Now how many of us want to die?
00:35:34.30\00:35:36.97
I'm glad nobody
raised their hand.
00:35:37.00\00:35:38.33
How many of us want to live?
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.93
As in Adam all die - even so
in Christ, all shall be what?
00:35:39.97\00:35:43.20
Made alive.
00:35:43.24\00:35:44.64
You see, the woman
may govern the household,
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.71
but the husband
governs the wife.
00:35:47.74\00:35:51.11
In other words, as long
as she lives, as long as
00:35:51.15\00:35:54.38
he lives... he says, do
this and she says, "Yes."
00:35:54.42\00:35:59.35
Because she is bound, but
it's even deeper than that.
00:35:59.39\00:36:03.43
You see, when you
read Genesis 3:16,
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.93
it didn't just say that, "You
will do what your husband says,"
00:36:05.96\00:36:12.73
but it said, "Your desire."
00:36:12.77\00:36:16.77
Now, there's
only one thing worse,
00:36:16.81\00:36:21.18
there's only one thing
worse... Help me Lord...
00:36:21.21\00:36:29.65
There's only one thing
worse than being abused and used
00:36:31.65\00:36:35.66
by sin.
00:36:35.69\00:36:40.90
It's when your desire
is to be used and abused.
00:36:40.93\00:36:46.77
It didn't say - He
would use and abuse her.
00:36:46.80\00:36:50.54
It said - Your desire will
be for that man who does nothing
00:36:50.57\00:36:55.88
but use and abuse you
and make your life miserable,
00:36:55.91\00:37:01.52
and day-by-day, moment-by-moment
is getting you ready
00:37:01.55\00:37:05.59
for the fires of destruction.
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.62
It didn't say - She
would be arguing with him.
00:37:07.66\00:37:10.86
You see, the nature of sin...
00:37:10.89\00:37:12.76
I'm glad you're quiet,
I want you to get this.
00:37:14.70\00:37:17.30
The nature of
sin... when sin is in us,
00:37:17.33\00:37:20.60
we don't argue with sin because
our desire is for the very
00:37:20.64\00:37:26.17
thing that pleases the law that
our husband put inside of us.
00:37:26.21\00:37:33.75
Let's go on...
Quickly, are you ready?
00:37:33.78\00:37:36.28
Romans 7:20- You see
desire is the prelude to action.
00:37:36.32\00:37:43.56
When we desire something,
according to the text,
00:37:43.59\00:37:46.19
when we desire
something, it is in control.
00:37:46.23\00:37:49.63
Desire is the precursor to
action when we desire someone
00:37:49.66\00:37:55.87
they're in control.
00:37:55.90\00:37:57.51
Whatever we desire is in
control - did you get that?
00:37:57.54\00:38:00.24
Whatever we desire.
00:38:00.28\00:38:01.61
Let's go, let's make that clear.
00:38:01.64\00:38:02.98
If you desired a
cigarette, it's in control.
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.15
If you desired the
alcohol, and you yield to it,
00:38:05.18\00:38:07.75
it's in control... instantly!
00:38:07.78\00:38:09.38
If you desire body...
Bob, can I talk about this?
00:38:09.42\00:38:12.02
Can I say it Bob? If
you desire pornography,
00:38:12.05\00:38:14.89
it's in control.
00:38:14.92\00:38:16.93
If you desire lust,
it's in control and it
00:38:16.96\00:38:20.40
does NOT let you loose.
00:38:20.43\00:38:22.03
We can only be set free
by Jesus. Amen, praise God!
00:38:22.06\00:38:26.63
And when Paul began by saying,
"I'm speaking to those who
00:38:28.30\00:38:31.51
know the law," you know
what he was in essence saying,
00:38:31.54\00:38:33.17
"You guys, you guys, you're
the Jewish, you're the big guys.
00:38:33.21\00:38:38.35
You know about this law."
00:38:38.38\00:38:40.42
I'm talking about guys who
know the law - you know the law,
00:38:40.45\00:38:43.15
but you're bound because
you don't know the Savior.
00:38:43.18\00:38:48.02
Look at Romans 7:20, the
NIV says it so beautifully.
00:38:48.06\00:38:51.69
Paul is saying, you
see what Jesus came to do
00:39:01.34\00:39:05.94
was not just to make us look
tidy, Jesus came to show the
00:39:05.97\00:39:11.65
world - here's the
beauty of Christianity...
00:39:11.68\00:39:13.62
Jesus didn't come to
establish churches ONLY,
00:39:13.65\00:39:17.15
Jesus came to say to
the sin-packed world,
00:39:17.19\00:39:20.62
that it is possible that
through the blood of Christ,
00:39:20.66\00:39:24.39
a people can walk the
earth to reflect not only the
00:39:24.43\00:39:29.00
grace of God, but the delivering
power from the slavery
00:39:29.03\00:39:34.24
of sin. Amen? Amen!
00:39:34.27\00:39:37.11
If it doesn't work for
me, why would I want to...
00:39:37.14\00:39:39.07
What can I give you that
doesn't work for me, Bob?
00:39:39.11\00:39:41.48
What can I say to you,
Jill, if it doesn't work for me?
00:39:41.51\00:39:43.88
Do you want something that
00:39:43.91\00:39:45.28
doesn't work for
me, would you buy it?
00:39:45.31\00:39:47.08
I'm going to bring you
a broken vacuum cleaner,
00:39:47.12\00:39:48.95
and try to sell it
to you, would it work?
00:39:48.98\00:39:50.32
If your relationship
as a Christian is broken
00:39:50.35\00:39:52.49
between you and
Christ... nobody wants it!
00:39:52.52\00:39:54.82
If it doesn't work for
you, if it doesn't work for you,
00:39:55.12\00:39:59.33
it ain't gonna
work for anybody else!
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.43
And what Jesus is doing,
the most beautiful message of
00:40:01.46\00:40:04.10
heaven is this... The
Lord takes people that
00:40:04.13\00:40:07.20
were born into
slavery, sets them free,
00:40:07.24\00:40:09.70
then sets them on fire
so that the world can say
00:40:09.74\00:40:13.27
"Yes, it is possible to live
above the POWER of sin." Amen!
00:40:13.31\00:40:20.52
That's why I know
people that used to be bound by
00:40:20.55\00:40:23.95
this and that and they no longer
even have a desire for it.
00:40:23.99\00:40:27.69
They no longer even
have a desire for it.
00:40:27.72\00:40:29.76
Desire is a powerful thing.
00:40:29.79\00:40:31.19
I'm going to go past James...
00:40:31.23\00:40:32.86
Actually no, I'm
not going to do that...
00:40:32.89\00:40:34.76
I gotta go to James.
00:40:34.80\00:40:36.53
Let's look at
the power of desire.
00:40:36.56\00:40:38.33
James, the Apostle,
talks about desire gone bad.
00:40:38.37\00:40:41.80
Look at what he
says in James 1:13-15...
00:40:41.84\00:40:45.64
It starts with desire - that's
why the devil spends so much
00:40:45.67\00:40:49.38
time trying to pump into
our minds, sin, in so many
00:40:49.41\00:40:54.08
different avenues, he
keeps it ever before us.
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.32
When you go to the mall,
when you go to the shopping
00:40:56.35\00:40:58.69
centers of the city,
when turn on the television,
00:40:58.72\00:41:00.82
when you turn on the
radio, you hear it - it's always
00:41:00.86\00:41:03.12
in your face and
here's the key...
00:41:03.16\00:41:04.66
You know the way that you know
you're getting close to Christ?
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.80
Hear me carefully...
The way that you know that
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.90
you're getting closer
to Jesus is when sin starts
00:41:08.93\00:41:12.17
making you sick!
00:41:12.20\00:41:14.77
When you see it and it no
longer brings satisfaction,
00:41:14.80\00:41:20.14
you know that you're becoming
more like Jesus. Halleluiah!
00:41:20.18\00:41:23.95
We shouldn't even laugh at sin.
00:41:25.28\00:41:28.45
We shouldn't even allow
the world to make us laugh
00:41:28.48\00:41:32.15
at that which is sinful.
00:41:32.19\00:41:35.42
My wife and I were
thumbing through the channels
00:41:38.83\00:41:40.46
of television to
find something to watch.
00:41:40.50\00:41:42.70
We said, "Well, let's
watch a family program."
00:41:42.73\00:41:46.13
"Let's find something
that's very family-oriented."
00:41:46.17\00:41:48.77
It wasn't 3 minutes into it that
the devil was already in it.
00:41:48.80\00:41:51.64
I said, "Honey, change
it, I ain't watching it."
00:41:51.67\00:41:55.48
"Okay, listen, let's look
at something old from way back
00:41:55.51\00:42:01.58
in 1986- surely they gotta be
more moral than they are now."
00:42:01.62\00:42:06.96
Two minutes...
"Honey, change it."
00:42:06.99\00:42:11.39
"Honey, let's just
look at the house channel,
00:42:11.43\00:42:14.90
we know ain't
nothing wrong with that."
00:42:14.93\00:42:16.56
Two gay guys buying a house...
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.60
"Honey, turn it off,
let's just read our Bibles."
00:42:19.63\00:42:23.94
AMEN somebody! Amen!
00:42:23.97\00:42:25.57
We've got to make choices
like our minds is the place
00:42:25.61\00:42:29.18
where we want Jesus to live.
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.85
Why? Look what
happens, sin is insidious.
00:42:33.58\00:42:36.48
James 1:13-15...
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.25
In "The Great Controversy,"
page 623, Ellen White says..
00:43:05.58\00:43:09.02
"Satan finds in human hearts,
some point where he can gain
00:43:09.05\00:43:14.92
a foothold - some sinful desire
is cherished by means of which
00:43:14.96\00:43:21.03
his temptations
assert their power."
00:43:21.06\00:43:24.83
In other words,
Satan studies us,
00:43:24.87\00:43:26.84
that's why we've got to pray
every day that we must die to
00:43:26.87\00:43:29.77
ourselves and allow
Jesus to live in us.
00:43:29.80\00:43:32.21
Can I get an
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:43:32.24\00:43:33.91
Every day, why?
John 8:44- when Jesus met
00:43:33.94\00:43:37.65
the Pharisees and
scribes of His day, people that,
00:43:37.68\00:43:40.25
and as you turn
there, people that have the
00:43:40.28\00:43:42.32
right diet - did
you hear what I said?
00:43:42.35\00:43:43.92
They have the right diet,
they have the right day of
00:43:43.95\00:43:46.52
worship - they have
the oracles of truth,
00:43:46.55\00:43:50.89
and he looked at this people
whose hearts were unchanged,
00:43:50.93\00:43:54.76
and he said of them
in verse 44 of John 8,
00:43:54.80\00:43:57.87
notice what he said...
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.33
Get it? The woman
desires, he is not forcing them,
00:44:11.31\00:44:15.22
the devil is not forcing them.
00:44:15.25\00:44:16.85
When the desire is connected
to the devil, you WANT to do it.
00:44:16.89\00:44:19.65
You want to do it!
00:44:19.69\00:44:23.22
It's not hard to want to sin
when your desire and the devil
00:44:23.26\00:44:27.80
is in control of your
life... you'll want to do it...
00:44:27.83\00:44:31.07
But I want to tell you this...
Testimonies Vol. 2, p. 294,
00:44:46.68\00:44:51.02
listen to this...
I'm not going to let you
00:44:51.05\00:44:53.32
off the hook, I'm
almost done and I gotta end
00:44:53.36\00:44:55.96
in a few moments.
00:44:55.99\00:44:57.33
"It is true that Satan is
the great originator of sin."
00:44:57.36\00:45:02.36
... Hear me
carefully.. Yet this does not
00:45:02.40\00:45:06.80
excuse any man for
sinning for he cannot force
00:45:06.84\00:45:12.84
men to do evil.
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.54
He tempts them to do it
and makes sin look enticing
00:45:14.58\00:45:19.38
and pleasant, but he
has to leave it to their own
00:45:19.41\00:45:26.19
wills whether they
will do it or not."
00:45:26.22\00:45:32.39
So "Flip Wilson" was a
liar, you young people,
00:45:32.43\00:45:34.83
you don't know who that is.
00:45:34.86\00:45:36.83
Flip Wilson said what? Come
on.. "The devil made me do it."
00:45:36.87\00:45:39.70
He can't make us do
diddly, but here's what happens.
00:45:39.73\00:45:42.87
When our desire and the sin we
desire have something in common,
00:45:42.90\00:45:48.54
we want to do it.
00:45:48.58\00:45:51.15
So we gotta find
a way to kill them.
00:45:51.18\00:45:52.71
Now let's end by saying, how
do we get rid of this desire.
00:45:52.75\00:45:56.08
You want to get rid of it?
00:45:56.12\00:45:57.45
Let's go to Romans 6:6-7...
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.82
Here is the key...
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.14
For He who has
died, has been what?
00:46:16.17\00:46:20.48
Freed from sin.
00:46:20.51\00:46:22.68
Oh Galatians said
it, here's the key...
00:46:22.71\00:46:25.38
If you've never
submitted your life to Jesus,
00:46:25.41\00:46:27.98
you are a slave.
00:46:28.02\00:46:30.02
If you've never asked
Jesus to come into your life,
00:46:30.05\00:46:33.59
you are a slave whether
you want to admit it or not.
00:46:33.62\00:46:37.69
And I want to tell you,
you know why it's hard to get
00:46:37.73\00:46:39.89
people to submit to Jesus?
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.26
Because their desire
for that sin is so great,
00:46:41.30\00:46:43.73
that they rather have
the sin than have Jesus...
00:46:43.77\00:46:47.54
But I want to tell
you, the deception of sin is
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.64
"The wages of sin is death."
00:46:50.67\00:46:53.21
It never tells you
you're going to die.
00:46:53.24\00:46:55.21
It makes it look pleasant.
00:46:55.24\00:46:56.68
Pleasant to the eyes;
a tree desirable to make
00:46:56.71\00:46:59.55
one wise, lust of the flesh,
all those - it looks good,
00:46:59.58\00:47:03.89
but in the end
is the way of death.
00:47:03.92\00:47:06.52
Don't allow your life that
is of value in the eyes of God
00:47:06.55\00:47:10.49
to go down the wrong
road because, you know what?
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.19
The law of sin
and death is this...
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.00
Every bad tree bears bad fruit.
00:47:15.03\00:47:18.23
Every good tree
bears good fruit.
00:47:18.27\00:47:21.90
Jesus wants to deal with
the problem from the root
00:47:21.94\00:47:26.27
so that we could show the fruit.
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.28
The fruit of the Spirit is what?
00:47:28.31\00:47:30.25
Love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, meekness,
00:47:30.28\00:47:34.02
patience...but until
the root has changed,
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.75
the fruit will not change.
00:47:36.79\00:47:38.62
Let me tell you something...
00:47:38.65\00:47:39.99
You cannot staple
good fruit to a bad tree,
00:47:40.02\00:47:44.56
and that tree have
any ownership to it.
00:47:44.59\00:47:46.56
Don't try to staple
good works in your life,
00:47:46.59\00:47:48.56
Allow the Lord to take the
root out, Amen somebody? Amen!
00:47:48.60\00:47:51.73
Listen to this...
Romans 7, I'm going to
00:47:51.77\00:47:53.60
go there, my
brother, in Romans 7.
00:47:53.64\00:47:56.60
Romans 7- The only way that
we can be free, and by the way,
00:47:56.64\00:48:03.24
by the way - Romans 6
is dealing with baptism.
00:48:03.28\00:48:06.18
That's why baptism is
the drowning of the old man.
00:48:06.21\00:48:10.35
The Lord holds him under
until he's dead and He comes up
00:48:10.39\00:48:15.19
with us that we could
walk in the newness of life.
00:48:15.22\00:48:17.46
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:48:17.49\00:48:18.93
We need a new life!
00:48:18.96\00:48:24.00
For those of us
that have a new life,
00:48:24.03\00:48:25.90
we're going to
talk next Sabbath,
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.27
on how to
maintain that new life.
00:48:27.30\00:48:29.50
Romans 7:4... The only
way that we can be free is
00:48:29.54\00:48:33.31
to serve Jesus and, therefore,
my brethren, you also have
00:48:33.34\00:48:36.75
become dead...
you have become what?
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.48
Dead to the law - NOT the
law of God, but the law of sin.
00:48:38.51\00:48:44.95
It no longer reigns over you.
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.19
You have become dead to the
law through the body of Christ
00:48:47.22\00:48:50.59
that you may be
what? Married to another,
00:48:50.63\00:48:54.90
to Him who was raised from
the dead that we should do what?
00:48:54.93\00:48:59.63
Bear fruit to God.
00:48:59.67\00:49:03.37
You see, desire
is not a bad thing.
00:49:03.41\00:49:06.91
But desire must give way to
the right action of the will.
00:49:06.94\00:49:13.05
Now watch this...
I'm ending on this quote.
00:49:13.08\00:49:15.72
When I wake up in the morning,
we're going to talk about
00:49:15.75\00:49:19.25
this next Sabbath...
How are my desires going to
00:49:19.29\00:49:24.96
be molded for that day?
00:49:24.99\00:49:27.33
I could say - "Let me think,
what do I want to do today?"
00:49:27.36\00:49:32.30
I could leave it to my mind
that has not yet been replaced.
00:49:32.33\00:49:36.60
God is going to
replace our minds
00:49:36.64\00:49:37.97
when He comes back. Amen? Amen!
00:49:38.01\00:49:40.41
If I want the mind of Christ
to be in here so I could draw
00:49:40.44\00:49:45.08
from it to start
making godly choices,
00:49:45.11\00:49:47.68
I gotta put something
in there for God to use
00:49:47.72\00:49:51.59
to draw me away... What
did David, the psalmist, say?
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"Thy word have I
what? Hid in my heart
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that I might not
what? Sin against thee."
00:49:58.19\00:50:01.46
He talked about
the root of the issue.
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He wasn't just
talking about the fruit.
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He said, "This sin
will not come out of me
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if the word of God is in me.
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Sin can't come out
where the word of God is in,
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and here's what the
beautiful news is...
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The last quotation.
You can play softly, Jill,
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thank you so much.
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You see, Ministry
of Healing, p. 176...
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When I read this text,
I said, "Lord Jesus..."
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You know, can I
give you an insight?
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Back in 1993, as a young man,
I remember Jan was in my church,
00:50:25.29\00:50:34.23
Jan and Michael, I married
Jan and Michael 25 years ago.
00:50:34.26\00:50:38.23
I did their wedding, as
a young man, black hair,
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hardly no wrinkles, clueless,
but excited about Jesus.
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When I first came to Antioch,
I preached about jewelry...
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I preached about television...
00:50:51.01\00:50:53.52
I preached about going
to places on the Sabbath...
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All these things are
right, I was trying to SCREAM
00:50:56.05\00:51:01.09
the bad behavior out of
my church and one day God
00:51:01.12\00:51:05.46
slapped me upside the head and
said, "No, they're going to be
00:51:05.49\00:51:07.50
bad because
their roots are bad."
00:51:07.53\00:51:09.56
"Why don't you start
preaching about Jesus?"
00:51:09.60\00:51:11.97
I never forgot that day
when I found a book called,
00:51:12.00\00:51:14.77
"The Life of Victory," by a man
00:51:14.80\00:51:16.94
by the name of "Meade MacGuire."
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.47
When the church was
struggling with righteousness,
00:51:18.51\00:51:20.71
this God touched this man's
life and I would say it in a
00:51:20.74\00:51:25.25
very respectful and humble
way, "It's like righteousness
00:51:25.28\00:51:28.22
by faith for dummies."
00:51:28.25\00:51:30.32
It breaks it all
down, it makes it clear.
00:51:30.35\00:51:34.36
And I began to find that
the only way that we can be
00:51:34.39\00:51:38.96
free is to have the old
desires taken to the cross,
00:51:38.99\00:51:47.10
and the new desires
to be seated in Christ.
00:51:47.14\00:51:52.11
And the Lord started
taking things out of my life,
00:51:52.14\00:51:54.41
moving out the way and
our church was on fire.
00:51:54.44\00:51:58.25
Our church was
on fire spiritually.
00:51:58.28\00:52:03.22
And I went to
Fairfield, I did it there,
00:52:03.25\00:52:05.15
our church grew like
leaps and bounds because
00:52:05.19\00:52:07.42
we finally found that
the answer is in knowing that
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that we are free in Jesus
and when we yield our desire
00:52:10.83\00:52:13.83
to Him, it becomes
His will, like He said,
00:52:13.86\00:52:15.80
"Father not my
will, but Thine be done,"
00:52:15.83\00:52:17.53
that happens in us
and the church exploded.
00:52:17.57\00:52:24.57
The Lord said to
me a few months ago,
00:52:24.61\00:52:25.94
"Hey John, prophecy is great,
beautiful, but you need to
00:52:25.97\00:52:30.88
get back to preaching about
Jesus because there are some
00:52:30.91\00:52:33.92
people bound in your
congregation with all
00:52:33.95\00:52:36.42
manner of evil,
all manner of sin,
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.95
and the only way that all
of you are going to be free
00:52:38.99\00:52:41.99
is that you need
to point them to Me.
00:52:42.02\00:52:47.00
Let My people go
that they may serve Me."
00:52:47.03\00:52:50.57
Listen to this - The
tempted one needs to understand
00:52:50.60\00:52:55.14
the true force of the will.
00:52:55.17\00:52:57.87
This is the governing
power in the nature of man...
00:52:57.91\00:53:01.54
the power of
decision, the power of choice.
00:53:01.58\00:53:05.81
Everything depends on
the right action of the will.
00:53:05.85\00:53:11.19
Desires for goodness and purity
are right as far as they go,
00:53:11.22\00:53:16.59
but if we stop here,
they will avail nothing.
00:53:16.62\00:53:22.00
Many will go down to ruin
while just hoping and desiring
00:53:22.03\00:53:28.60
to overcome their
evil propensities.
00:53:28.64\00:53:33.31
They do not
yield the will to God.
00:53:33.34\00:53:36.71
They do not choose to serve Him.
00:53:36.75\00:53:42.65
See the answer is this...
00:53:42.68\00:53:44.75
Desire will take you right
here, but what will take you
00:53:44.79\00:53:49.36
the rest of the way is
choosing to give Him your will.
00:53:49.39\00:53:54.53
And I'm going to ask
the question this morning,
00:53:54.56\00:53:56.60
and this question
reaches out and touches
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.03
every one of you today and
I'm speaking to myself too.
00:53:59.07\00:54:03.91
How many of us today
want to say, "Heavenly Father,
00:54:03.94\00:54:12.75
I want Your will
to be my will. Amen!
00:54:12.78\00:54:16.35
I want Your
desires to be my desires.
00:54:16.38\00:54:20.72
You see, this
preacher that is getting older,
00:54:20.76\00:54:24.59
always talking about
coming to prayer meeting,
00:54:24.63\00:54:26.90
come on out, come on to
Bible studies, come out to
00:54:26.93\00:54:28.90
prayer meeting, come
out to Bible studies,
00:54:28.93\00:54:30.47
and I know many of you
have different schedules
00:54:30.50\00:54:32.37
and this is not an
issue, but I want to tell you,
00:54:32.40\00:54:35.30
when the word of God comes
in, the will of man goes out.
00:54:35.34\00:54:40.14
If the will of man is there,
the word of God won't come in.
00:54:40.18\00:54:44.11
So this morning, I'm going
to ask, I'm going to make this
00:54:44.15\00:54:45.71
appeal - is there someone
here today that wants to know
00:54:45.75\00:54:50.69
this victory
that's found in Jesus?
00:54:50.72\00:54:55.06
Is there somebody here today
that wants to stand and say,
00:54:55.09\00:54:58.89
and I'm being specific...
you haven't done it yet,
00:54:58.93\00:55:04.23
but you want to stand and say,
"Father, today I want to give
00:55:04.27\00:55:07.54
You my will and I want Your
will to be lived out in my life,
00:55:07.57\00:55:12.81
that's what I want today.
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.94
I want to start a
new walk with You today.
00:55:14.98\00:55:16.78
I want to give You my
will and I want Your will
00:55:16.81\00:55:20.82
to be lived out in my life.
00:55:20.85\00:55:23.72
That's for the person
that has never made that...
00:55:23.75\00:55:25.92
Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord! Praise God!
00:55:25.95\00:55:29.66
Praise the
Lord! Praise the Lord!
00:55:29.69\00:55:33.33
You see, sin
could be ever so sweet,
00:55:33.36\00:55:41.74
but when the skies
unfold and Jesus is coming,
00:55:41.77\00:55:49.18
then sin will rear its
ugly head and only then
00:55:49.21\00:55:53.68
we will know that we
have lost the greatest prize.
00:55:53.72\00:56:02.22
Is there someone else
here today that wants to say,
00:56:02.26\00:56:05.69
"Father, I want to continue
to submit my will to the
00:56:05.73\00:56:10.83
molding
influence of Your Spirit.
00:56:10.87\00:56:15.10
I want that to be
my daily dedication.
00:56:15.14\00:56:18.07
I can't do it.
00:56:18.11\00:56:19.54
I want You to filter my life,
I want You to begin to show me
00:56:19.57\00:56:24.91
where I'm yielding
in the wrong direction,
00:56:24.95\00:56:27.52
where my desires are
deceiving me and I want to be
00:56:27.55\00:56:30.99
more like You, my Savior.
00:56:31.02\00:56:32.85
I want to be like
you in thought and deed,
00:56:32.89\00:56:34.52
I don't want to wait
till You come to be like You.
00:56:34.56\00:56:36.29
I want to be like You tomorrow.
00:56:36.32\00:56:38.26
I want to be like
You this afternoon.
00:56:38.29\00:56:39.63
I want to be like you today!
00:56:39.66\00:56:41.80
I want to know that I'm free.
00:56:41.83\00:56:43.73
If I take one more
breath and tomorrow is not mine,
00:56:43.77\00:56:46.70
I want to know that when
Jesus comes, He'll call my name,
00:56:46.74\00:56:53.88
and clothe me in His
eternal righteousness.
00:56:53.91\00:56:58.95
Lord Jesus, today Your people
are standing, every one of us,
00:56:58.98\00:57:04.55
we want You to lead us
all the way from where we are
00:57:04.59\00:57:09.56
today to cross the Jordan.
00:57:09.59\00:57:13.33
We've already
passed the Red Sea,
00:57:13.36\00:57:15.00
but the Jordan is
before us and by faith we are
00:57:15.03\00:57:18.33
stepping through this
wilderness of temptation.
00:57:18.37\00:57:21.07
By faith we're saying,
"I will have none of it,
00:57:21.10\00:57:25.34
my Father has a
land just before me."
00:57:25.37\00:57:29.94
Help us, Lord, to tune our
ears out when the devil calls us
00:57:29.98\00:57:34.18
and to tune in
when Jesus speaks.
00:57:34.22\00:57:36.82
Father, by Your indwelling
will, help us to not even desire
00:57:36.85\00:57:41.32
those things that
have kept us coming back
00:57:41.36\00:57:43.86
to that well of dissatisfaction,
that well of unfulfillment,
00:57:43.89\00:57:48.53
that place where we find
no freedom, no grace, no hope,
00:57:48.56\00:57:51.97
no joy - break
that journey, Father,
00:57:52.00\00:57:56.30
so that when Jesus
comes, we won't just become
00:57:56.34\00:58:01.01
like Him at the last
moment, but we'll be so like Him
00:58:01.04\00:58:03.35
when He comes, that
we will embrace Him,
00:58:03.38\00:58:06.38
and say, "Lo, we have waited for
You Father and You will save us.
00:58:06.41\00:58:10.95
Fulfill in us now, Lord, this
great desire to be like Jesus
00:58:10.99\00:58:16.46
and submit our will to
Him every moment of every day.
00:58:16.79\00:58:22.26
In Jesus name, I pray... Amen
00:58:22.30\00:58:27.74