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Looking at the
book of Revelation...
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Good evening and welcome
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I am Henoc Paulicin,
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Pastor of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
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The Ambassador Church is a
friendly and fast-growing church
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in the Fort
Lauderdale, Florida area
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and for those who are viewing,
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if you're ever in the
area and you're visiting,
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we'd love to have
you come and visit us
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here at Ambassador Church.
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This evening, I have with me,
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another member of
my Ministerial Staff
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Elder Albert Daley and
I'll let him introduce himself.
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Thank you very
much Pastor Paulicin
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and we're so thankful to God
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that you have
invited us into your homes
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and we are grateful
that we have this opportunity
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to present the Word of
God from the very pulpit here
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at the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and to be
proclaimed around the world.
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We thank God for 3ABN and
for the partnership with them
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and with Living Word Ministry
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and also for the faithfulness
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of the family of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in making this possible.
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Elder Daley and I were
talking just a few minutes ago
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about the text found in
Romans chapter 1 verse 16
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which says that I'm not ashamed
of the gospel of Jesus Christ
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for it is the power
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and we were talking
about how wonderful it is
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that God has given us the
ability to share this gospel
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throughout the world.
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You know Pastor, this
is a wonderful opportunity
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because you and I
could not go around the world
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and proclaim the Word
but through this medium,
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we are able to reach
tremendous amounts of people,
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I trust that as the
Word of God is proclaimed
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that your hearts will be opened.
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The Word of God has
power to change lives
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and to change your circumstances
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and we pray that you
will take this opportunity
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to see the Lord for who He
is and accept and serve Him.
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And for those who are watching
for the very first time, perhaps
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we are in the middle of a Series
"Through the eyes of John"
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and the Speaker
is none other than
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Pastor Lawrence
Steven Dorsey Sr.
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and we look forward to seeing
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what the man of God
has to say to us tonight
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but let's begin
with a word of prayer,
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Elder Daley,
would you pray for us?
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Kindly bow your
heads with me as we pray.
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"Eternal Father and
our God who art in heaven,
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we're so grateful that you
have given us another day...
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another day to serve
you and another day to live.
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Lord, I pray that you
will continue to bless us
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and bless this ministry
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and for those who
are listening, dear Lord,
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I pray a special
blessing upon them,
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upon their homes
and upon their families,
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whatever circumstances
we face, dear Lord,
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we place it into your care
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and we ask that you
will continue to lead...
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continue to guide and
continue to direct your people,
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thank you for
hearing our prayers,
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in the name of
Jesus we pray, amen. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Walking off the stage.
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Piano music...
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more music...
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some more music...
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music...
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There is a sweet anointing here
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the sanctuary,
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There is a
stillness in the atmosphere
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Come and lay down
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the burdens you have carried
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for in the sanctuary
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God is here.
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There is a sweet anointing here
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in the sanctuary.
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There is a
stillness in the atmosphere
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a Man lay down the
burdens you have carried
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for in the sanctuary
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God is here.
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He is here,
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He is here...
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to break the yoke and
lift your heavy burden,
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He is here
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God is here...
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to break the yoke and
take away your burden,
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a Man lay down for
burdens you have carried
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for in the sanctuary
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God...
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is here.
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God is here,
somebody ought to be happy
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to know that God is
here with us in our sanctuary
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but more than that...
God is with us in our heart.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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You know when we
first opened this Series up,
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we saw that in
Revelation 1 verse 10
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that John says that he was
in the spirit on the Lord's day,
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he was there by himself.
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You see, the Bible tells us
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where there are two or three
gathered together in His name,
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He is there in their midst
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but if there's no one else
there you can count on the fact
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that Jesus is there also
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and as we come
tonight once again
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unto His house of worship
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and those of you who
have tuned in tonight
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we know that God
will be here with us
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because we have invited
Him to be in our very presence.
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Before we go into
our message tonight
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and this is a very
special message to me...
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a message that
really changed my life
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and a message that I pray
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will change all our
lives for the better
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but I just want
to share with you
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some of the e-mails
and calls that we received
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the last few days
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we have a shout-out
from a Mary Thompson
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from the Cayman
Islands and she said
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that she was trying to get
more people to watch it there
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and I have a lot of
good friends in the Cayman
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so I hope, you all are on board,
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Mary got you in line
for tonight's message,
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can we say "Amen" to
that? Audience: "Amen. "
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We have a Lenny and Peggy
from Diamond Bar, California,
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then, back from Australia,
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and we appreciate the
folks watching from Australia...
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I know it's a
different time from here,
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we have a Anna
Hammer who is watching
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and she solicits our
prayers for her there,
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then we have a Janet
Hunter from New Mexico
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and she said that she's
enjoying the messages there,
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then a Theresa and a
Marion from the state of Georgia
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and she is not only
listening each and every night,
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they are asking
for special prayer
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and I said, "What better way
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could we pray... except that
we let all the prayer warriors
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that are out there
to hear these requests
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and be able to pray
for these individuals.
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Then we have a Keith
Hunter in Soledad, California
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and he is not only
enjoying the meeting,
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he is desirous of us... sending
to him some study material
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that he can share with
the people that live near him
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and by God's grace,
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we are going to
send some things to him.
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Now, yesterday, I
met a Cynthia and George
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in Punta Gorda
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and they said to me something
that made me feel pretty good,
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they said, "You don't
look as big as you do on TV,
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as you are in person. "
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So, in other
words, in other words...
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I'm not as heavy as I
thought I was there, okay...
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so that was a blessing
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and then, last night,
the cream of the crop...
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last night, I got a phone call
from a Anna Hicks in Maryland
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and she said, "Pastor Dorsey,
Pastor Dorsey, where are you?
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I was searching for
you on the television...
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on 3ABN last night
and you weren't there
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and I was getting my friends
together to watch the service. "
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And I said, "Well, there
was no service last night
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but please
watch again tonight. "
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So tonight, we
hope you're there Anna
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and we hope all of
us who have been praying
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and enjoying these meetings
are extending the invitation
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to our friends... that they
too might hear the Word of God
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because God has
been blessing us.
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Tonight our message is,
"God's Forgotten Revelation"
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shall we pray?
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"Loving Lord,
again we are thankful
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for your goodness and mercy,
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we thank you Lord
that you have brought us
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to this place in time
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and even now, we ask
that your Holy Spirit
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will do His delightful
work of drawing us to you
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let the Word of God live...
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take control of
everything here tonight,
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and bless us with your presence,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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I like for us to quickly
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remember some
things in your mind...
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remember some
things in your mind
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about the Bible that
you could never forget.
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Just quickly... just
go over in your mind...
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just bring a text to
your heart and mind...
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and think of some text that
you know you could never forget,
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well, I'm going to
take the easy way out,
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I think the most familiar
text in the Bible is John 3:16.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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"For God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believeth
in Him should not... " what?
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Audience: "perish... "
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"but have everlasting life. "
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So that's something
we could never forget.
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We could never
forget Isaiah 1 verse 18,
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"Come now, let us
reason together...
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though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow"
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we understand
that this is a text
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where God is
pleading with mankind...
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He is saying, "Let
me come and talk to you,
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let me bring my love
to you on your level. "
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God who is way up there...
is pleading with mankind,
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it's as though
He's sitting next to us
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on our couch, on
our stool, on our stoop,
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in our swing, in our chair,
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and He is saying,
"Let me talk to you...
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let's reason together...
I'm trying to save you...
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let me save you. "
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We couldn't forget that text,
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we couldn't forget
1st John 1 verse 9,
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where it tells us,
"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness"
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and when we think
about that, confessing...
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what do we have
to do to confess?
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Well, it's easy...
just tell it to Jesus.
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Confessing it is just telling
Jesus what He already knows.
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We have to be
able to pray and say,
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"Lord Jesus, I am
a sinner, I need help
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I don't do things I
don't like, I do things I like
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that is what makes it addictive
and I don't have the power
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within me to
break this addiction,
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you see, I've been born
in sin and shapen in iniquity
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and it has a hold on me
and if you don't come to me
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and break this thing from
me, I will be eternally lost
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and I won't be able
to be in your presence...
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do what I can't do for myself,
Lord Jesus... and do it now... "
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and friends, you
pray a prayer like that
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and that
addiction... that sin...
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that is holding you...
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He will break it
because that's what He does.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And He says, not
only will He forgive you
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but He says, He cleans us up
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and presents us
before the Father.
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Oh, what a ministry the Father
and the Son have in our behalf,
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we couldn't forget those things.
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But folks,
tonight, I want you to know
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there is a
revelation... a knowledge...
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in the Word of God that
many of us have forgotten
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that is as important or
maybe even more important
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for us...
living in the last days
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than those examples of Scripture
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that we have looked at tonight.
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I'd like for you to turn
with me to Revelation chapter 14
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and you've seen
this text before,
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but we're going to see it a
little different way tonight,
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Revelation 14...
beginning with verse 6.
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"And I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth,
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and to every
nation, and kindred,
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and tongue, and people... "
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it's just not the gospel,
it's the everlasting gospel.
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It's just not about
the cross of Calvary,
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but it's about the
cross of Calvary...
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it's about the
commandments of the living God
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that are still in effect,
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and it's about the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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that we all
have to be ready for.
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The everlasting
gospel... the whole story...
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you see, some people
who just take the cross
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and use that as the
only part of the gospel
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and they just preach that,
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they're doing
people a disservice
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because some individuals
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think that just because
Jesus died on the cross,
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you can do anything you want.
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I've had individuals tell me,
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"Once saved... always saved. "
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Pause...
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And when you read
the Word of God...
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you will see in the Word of God,
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it says, "if a man
or woman, boy or girl,
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goes back and does the
things that they used to do... "
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it says, "all of
their righteousness
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shall not be mentioned. "
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Pause...
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But tonight, I
want us to understand
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that it's more than just
the cross of Jesus Christ,
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it tells us a
story of His commandments
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and how
important they are to Him.
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He says, "If you love me... "
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John 14:15...
"keep my commandments...
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and my commandments... "
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He says in 1st John...
that they are not grievous,
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they are there for us,
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it shows our
relationship with Him,
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we are doing it
not in our own strength
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but when you look
at that in John 14,
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after He says
that... in verse 15,
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Jesus goes on to tell
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how the Holy Spirit will
come into us and abide in us
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and give us the power to
keep the commandments of God.
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It's beyond us,
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and then, this
everlasting gospel
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talks about His second coming.
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Folks, if we
don't really believe,
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the second coming is coming...
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then you will just
go through the motions
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of being a Christian
with modified behavior
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and you can easily
slip back to your old self
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but when you are
living each and every day
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with the blessed hope...
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when you are
living every day hoping
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that you will build a closer
relationship with Jesus Christ,
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you are reaching out to Him
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because you want to be
able to see Him in peace,
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you have a
relationship with Him...
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that you know... the things
that are going on in this world,
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they're going to come to
an end and He's coming soon,
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he's going to rescue us.
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So you see, He's a
Savior and He's a deliverer.
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Isaiah saw it... Isaiah saw it,
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he said, "This is my
God, know this is our God...
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and we have waited for
Him and He will save us. "
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He's a Savior and a
deliverer He's coming...
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and Ladies and Gentlemen,
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the only way that you can
keep focus in this world...
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is to know that you
don't belong to this world.
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The only way that you
can focus in this world
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is that you have
your hope and your dreams
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and your
aspirations and your goals...
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it's all based on a
relationship with Him...
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that will continue
when this world ends.
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You are living here today
but you're living for tomorrow
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because you know
that the God you serve
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has control of
tomorrow and He's coming soon
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and we have to be faithful,
we have to endure until the end.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Through persecution...
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through tribulation...
through temptation...
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through
sickness... through death...
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through disappointment...
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though broken-hearted...
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we must hold on to
His unchanging hand.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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We have to understand
that part of the gospel,
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so we see this angel
flying in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting
gospel, the whole story...
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telling the whole
story and it says,
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"He says with a loud voice,
Fear God, and give glory to him;
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for the hour of his
judgment is come... "
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and let's deal with
this, He says, "Fear God... "
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in other words,
have respect for Him...
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have reverence... people
don't have respect for God
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when you talked about spiritual
things they laughed at you
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when you say that
you are a Christian
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and you're living right for God,
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they say that
you're a weakling...
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I had one person say
to me that I'm a weakling
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because I'm
serving Jesus Christ,
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that religion is
nothing more than a crutch.
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I said, "It is a crutch...
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I have to lean on
His everlasting arms. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I can't make it myself... I
am not capable of doing that,
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I can't propel myself
to heaven, it's not in me,
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yes, I need
Him, I can't be Holy,
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I can't be pure,
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I can't be trusted
in my natural self,
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but when I allow Him
to take control of me,
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I can be somebody,
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as long as I am
under His control
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and His power.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Respect for Him,
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they say some
things, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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that I know that
on that great day
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when they see the
King in His glory,
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they will shudder...
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they say some things
negative in their jokes
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and in their
movies and in their books
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and in their jesting...
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that if they could see the
angels' faces watching them,
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looking at them, and
recording their words,
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they would die from horror!
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Fear God, have respect
for Him, have some reverence.
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Look at the first
chapter of the book of Proverbs,
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coming to verse 7,
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the wisest man that
ever lived wrote these words,
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Ladies and Gentlemen, he says,
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"The fear of the LORD is
the beginning of knowledge:
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but fools despise
wisdom and instruction. "
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In other words, if we
would have the fear of the Lord,
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we would have the reverence
00:20:35.86\00:20:38.93
and the relationship with Him
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to understand who He is,
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folks, if you
really just stepped back
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and understood who He is...
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pause...
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we don't give Him His due
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and sometimes we talk
about people who don't know Him
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who don't give Him His due,
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sometimes as Christians,
we don't give Him His due.
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We sit in church and do
things that... we do in theatres
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and ball parks and gymnasiums,
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we come in with an attitude
as though the living God
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is not there,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:21:15.67\00:21:17.94
we are disrespectful in
our talk... in our plans...
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and we sit in church and we
think that we're automatically
00:21:21.51\00:21:25.35
going to get a blessing
just because we're there,
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friends, Jesus
says the day will come
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that we will worship
Him in Spirit and in truth
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not because of the religious
aspect of what you're doing,
00:21:32.65\00:21:35.86
but by the motivating
force of your religion.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Pause...
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The Amplified Bible reads
Proverbs 1 verse 7 like this,
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"The reverent and
worshipful fear of the Lord
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is the beginning and principle
and choice part of knowledge"
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that is... its
starting point and its essence
00:21:55.21\00:22:00.68
"but fools despise
skillful and Godly wisdom,
00:22:00.72\00:22:06.12
instruction and discipline. "
00:22:06.15\00:22:08.62
In other words...
00:22:08.66\00:22:09.99
a fool just wants to
do whatever he wants to do
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or what she wants to do
00:22:12.26\00:22:13.60
because "fools"
can be men or women,
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come on... I look at the
definition of a fool by Webster,
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it says, "a
silly or stupid person
00:22:23.81\00:22:26.37
who lacks judgment or sense"
00:22:26.41\00:22:28.68
and folks, in this
world, there are a lot of people
00:22:28.71\00:22:31.61
who don't have judgment
and don't have any sense.
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It goes on to give a
list of sentiments...
00:22:34.38\00:22:37.52
it says, "a fool is a
dunce, a blockhead, a numbskull,
00:22:37.55\00:22:42.62
an ignoramus, a nincompoop,
a moron, an imbecile... "
00:22:42.66\00:22:49.56
the Greek takes the
word "fool" and says,
00:22:49.60\00:22:53.03
"someone who has a lack of
common sense and perception,
00:22:53.10\00:22:58.34
a lack of reality of
things natural and spiritual
00:22:58.37\00:23:04.28
without discernment
and understanding. "
00:23:04.31\00:23:08.28
So I can understand what
the Bible... wisest man says,
00:23:08.35\00:23:12.75
individuals who don't give
God their respect and reverence
00:23:12.79\00:23:16.62
is a fool...
because they don't even know
00:23:16.66\00:23:18.99
who they're not worshipping.
00:23:19.06\00:23:20.63
They don't understand
that He is God and God alone.
00:23:20.66\00:23:24.83
They don't understand that
He is Creator and Re-Creator.
00:23:24.87\00:23:28.24
They don't understand
that in Him they live and move
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and have their being,
00:23:31.64\00:23:32.97
friends, my God
who lives in glory,
00:23:33.01\00:23:35.18
rains and puts sunshine
on the wicked and the just.
00:23:35.21\00:23:39.61
"The eyes of the Lord
are in every place... "
00:23:39.65\00:23:45.22
Proverbs 15 verse 3,
00:23:45.25\00:23:46.59
"beholding the
evil and the good. "
00:23:46.62\00:23:48.32
He sees it all...
but He still blesses us,
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.03
He still gives us another day,
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He still sends someone there
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.76
to give us an
opportunity to know Him,
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over and over again,
even when we've fallen back,
00:23:57.07\00:23:59.63
He is still there,
fools don't understand
00:23:59.67\00:24:03.30
how many chances
we've been given.
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.94
Pause...
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So in these last
days in which we live...
00:24:08.91\00:24:12.35
now let's bring this back,
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in these last
days in which we live,
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.88
when we open up
the book of Revelation,
00:24:15.92\00:24:18.35
the book of
knowledge, the book of revealing
00:24:18.39\00:24:23.02
the book of telling
us what we need to know
00:24:23.06\00:24:27.66
for our time now,
00:24:27.70\00:24:29.86
a fool is someone
who does not understand,
00:24:29.90\00:24:35.37
he lacks judgment, he
doesn't have good sense,
00:24:35.40\00:24:40.78
he doesn't have perception
of the reality of things
00:24:40.81\00:24:45.18
that are
natural and spiritual...
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.28
that individual can be lost
00:24:47.32\00:24:49.68
but when we first
have an understanding
00:24:49.72\00:24:52.59
and the knowledge
of the fear of God
00:24:52.62\00:24:55.39
and we have a
reverence for Him, of who He is
00:24:55.42\00:24:58.76
and what He has done
and what He is doing,
00:24:58.79\00:25:02.06
we say, "Oh God our Father,
we thank you for your mercy...
00:25:02.10\00:25:06.20
work with me,
don't leave me... "
00:25:06.23\00:25:10.11
Audience: "Amen. "
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.47
"Keep me,
empower me, enlighten me
00:25:11.51\00:25:15.94
and if I fall,
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.95
please give me one more
chance, for one more day. "
00:25:17.98\00:25:21.05
Audience: "Amen. "
00:25:21.08\00:25:22.42
"Because we know that if
you don't save me, I'm lost. "
00:25:22.45\00:25:25.49
Audience: "Amen. "
00:25:25.52\00:25:27.06
"If you don't make me
new, I'm going to be corrupt,
00:25:27.09\00:25:30.23
if you don't do your part,
I'm never going to make it. "
00:25:30.29\00:25:33.40
We need to understand that,
00:25:33.43\00:25:36.46
that the relationship
that we have with Him
00:25:36.50\00:25:40.84
is not based on
yesterday but it's every day.
00:25:40.87\00:25:43.77
Audience: "Amen. "
00:25:43.81\00:25:45.67
I come back,
Ladies and Gentlemen
00:25:45.74\00:25:48.11
to this text...
00:25:48.14\00:25:50.05
it's so important that
we understand who God is.
00:25:50.08\00:25:54.58
This book of
Revelation is given to us
00:25:54.65\00:25:58.05
living in the last
days... to the seventh church
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.82
we're talking about
Laodicea whose name means,
00:26:00.86\00:26:03.26
"the judgment of the
people" it's number seven,
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.33
that means it's complete,
00:26:05.36\00:26:06.70
there's nothing else after us.
00:26:06.73\00:26:08.46
Pause...
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It says, "the
everlasting gospel"
00:26:10.77\00:26:13.67
we have the duty of
taking the whole gospel
00:26:13.70\00:26:16.91
to all the world.
00:26:16.94\00:26:18.27
It says here, "To fear
God and give glory to Him... "
00:26:18.31\00:26:25.01
glory... that means
very great praise and honor.
00:26:25.05\00:26:28.58
Give glory to Him,
00:26:28.65\00:26:30.79
to give to Him
the distinct honor
00:26:30.82\00:26:36.36
that is bestowed on
Him because of who He is.
00:26:36.42\00:26:41.23
It says, "And
give glory to Him. "
00:26:41.26\00:26:44.90
To give adoring
praise or worship.
00:26:44.93\00:26:49.40
Folks, the God that we serve,
00:26:49.44\00:26:53.84
thousands times ten thousands
and thousands of thousands
00:26:53.88\00:26:57.41
of angels bow down and
worship Him every single day,
00:26:57.45\00:27:00.58
we can't even comprehend
what goes on in heaven.
00:27:00.62\00:27:03.72
We saw in Revelation chapter 4,
00:27:03.75\00:27:07.06
I believe it was verse 8,
00:27:07.09\00:27:08.42
you can go back
and you can check me,
00:27:08.46\00:27:09.89
it said that there are angels
that are in front of His throne
00:27:09.92\00:27:12.63
that all they do is say, "Holy,
Holy, Holy, God almighty... "
00:27:12.66\00:27:15.33
that's all they
say, day in and day out,
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.33
24... 7... and
someone might say,
00:27:17.37\00:27:19.40
"Why do they say that
without getting bored?"
00:27:19.43\00:27:22.20
It's because
each time they say it,
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.31
they get a new revelation
of His goodness and His love
00:27:24.34\00:27:27.54
and His mercy and His
compassion and His kindness.
00:27:27.58\00:27:30.71
Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:30.75\00:27:32.08
They can never get tired of it,
00:27:32.11\00:27:35.48
it's like the thing that you
00:27:35.52\00:27:38.92
would be most
thrilled to know about
00:27:38.95\00:27:42.06
that would turn you
up to jumping up and down
00:27:42.12\00:27:44.36
and dancing and screaming
with delight and rapture
00:27:44.39\00:27:47.90
that it just
keeps getting better.
00:27:47.93\00:27:50.33
Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:50.37\00:27:51.70
And these angels,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:27:51.73\00:27:55.10
these angels are
before the throne
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.71
and they hear it
but He is saying this,
00:27:56.74\00:27:58.81
Ladies and Gentlemen,
in this message here...
00:27:58.84\00:28:00.54
that is going
throughout all the earth
00:28:00.58\00:28:02.31
that this message is
being told for us to do it,
00:28:02.34\00:28:06.78
we must have
respect and honor for God
00:28:06.82\00:28:09.15
and we must be
individuals who will glorify Him
00:28:09.18\00:28:12.65
giving Him the glory...
giving Him the praise...
00:28:12.69\00:28:16.12
for who He is.
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.69
Pause...
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The next clause says,
00:28:19.89\00:28:21.56
"For the hour of His
judgment is come... "
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.97
and folks... I don't
like people to be afraid,
00:28:24.00\00:28:26.74
I don't want anyone
to be afraid of our God
00:28:26.77\00:28:29.47
because perfect
love casts out fear,
00:28:29.50\00:28:31.24
He doesn't want us
to be fearful of Him...
00:28:31.27\00:28:33.01
Audience: "Amen. "
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.41
And you need to be
fearful if you forget Him...
00:28:34.44\00:28:37.45
but He doesn't want
us to be afraid of Him,
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.45
He wants us to
serve Him out of love
00:28:40.52\00:28:42.45
and He says here, to remember
00:28:42.48\00:28:45.39
that the hour of
His judgment is come.
00:28:45.42\00:28:47.36
Now, Folks, I
don't know about you,
00:28:47.39\00:28:50.23
but if I know...
I'm about to be judged
00:28:50.26\00:28:53.73
and I have an
all-seeing God who sees me,
00:28:53.76\00:28:56.87
I'm going to try to
do everything I can,
00:28:56.90\00:28:59.93
to do that is right... so
I get a good vertical of me,
00:28:59.97\00:29:04.54
Audience: "Amen. "
00:29:04.57\00:29:05.91
Come on... but some
of us... we know it...
00:29:05.94\00:29:10.15
and we still do
what we think we can do,
00:29:10.18\00:29:14.12
we think that
because we're in the corner,
00:29:14.15\00:29:18.02
in the dark, in the restaurant,
00:29:18.05\00:29:21.82
because you're inside
and you pull the shades
00:29:21.86\00:29:26.90
they can't see...
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.86
because you're
down on a cruise...
00:29:28.90\00:29:31.30
you know, some folks lose
their religion on a cruise,
00:29:31.33\00:29:33.20
just go bump wild on the cruise
00:29:33.23\00:29:36.64
like Jesus didn't
see you on a cruise.
00:29:36.71\00:29:38.51
Audience: Agreeing...
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.68
Pause...
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.68
You think God doesn't see you
when you're on your computer,
00:29:42.71\00:29:45.71
you think He hears
you on your cell phone,
00:29:45.75\00:29:49.45
He hears you, He hears me,
00:29:49.48\00:29:52.79
fear God for the hour
of His judgment is come
00:29:52.82\00:29:56.52
it says in 1st Peter 4:17
00:29:56.56\00:29:58.56
that God is specifically
looking at His church,
00:29:58.59\00:30:01.56
it says, "Judgment will
begin with the church first... "
00:30:01.63\00:30:04.70
we are Laodicea... the
people of the judgment...
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.30
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:07.34\00:30:08.67
And we do
whatever we want to do,
00:30:08.70\00:30:10.61
we do whatever we want
to do as if God is blind...
00:30:10.64\00:30:14.54
folks, God is not
blind, and God is not mocked,
00:30:14.58\00:30:18.45
whatever we sow,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:30:18.48\00:30:20.92
the Scripture says,
we shall surely reap it.
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.79
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.32
We're going to see
it again... unless...
00:30:25.35\00:30:29.32
unless... unless you
fall on your knees...
00:30:29.39\00:30:33.33
somebody ought to say, "Amen. "
00:30:33.36\00:30:34.70
Fall on your knees and say,
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.06
"Lord Jesus, forgive
me for what I have done,
00:30:36.10\00:30:38.97
I'm sorry for it" and mean it...
00:30:39.00\00:30:40.87
you know, sometimes we
get sorry after we get caught.
00:30:40.90\00:30:43.27
Audience: Agreeing.
00:30:43.30\00:30:45.24
We get real sorry
when we get caught.
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.64
You see, sin will
make you so stupid,
00:30:47.71\00:30:49.81
it will make you so stupid
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.28
that you think you
can get away with things
00:30:51.31\00:30:52.91
that you know you
couldn't get away with...
00:30:52.95\00:30:54.92
I mean, I look in my
Bible and I see Achan...
00:30:54.95\00:30:56.92
and I got to get
back to the message...
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.29
but I got to tell
you this about Achan,
00:30:58.32\00:30:59.65
Achan was really
stupid... he was a fool...
00:30:59.69\00:31:02.12
sin makes you stupid,
00:31:02.16\00:31:03.49
you don't have
the right perception,
00:31:03.53\00:31:04.86
"Achan... why would
you steal a wedge of gold
00:31:04.89\00:31:08.06
that you can't spend
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.56
and steal Babylonian
garments that you can't wear?
00:31:09.60\00:31:15.80
You can't wear
them anywhere, Aachan...
00:31:15.84\00:31:18.67
you can't spend the gold...
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.51
there's no Mall in
the wilderness... "
00:31:20.54\00:31:23.14
Audience: Laugher.
00:31:23.18\00:31:24.85
"Where did you hide it Achan?"
00:31:24.88\00:31:27.45
He steals it, he
steals the clothes,
00:31:27.48\00:31:31.95
he digs a hole
and he puts them in
00:31:31.99\00:31:36.42
but he has it... come on...
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.16
sin will make us
stupid... Church...
00:31:38.19\00:31:43.53
we laugh at Achan but we've done
some stupid stuff ourselves,
00:31:43.57\00:31:47.64
come on, you know it's true,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.07
I have... but I'm not
telling you what I did.
00:31:49.10\00:31:50.71
Audience: Laughing.
00:31:50.77\00:31:52.64
Jesus says, all of our
sins will not be mentioned,
00:31:52.67\00:31:55.61
He takes them as far
away as east from west,
00:31:55.64\00:31:59.35
east and west can
never come together
00:31:59.38\00:32:01.82
from that point there,
00:32:01.85\00:32:03.18
they're going in
different directions
00:32:03.22\00:32:04.92
he says... our sins are
down to the depths of the sea.
00:32:04.95\00:32:08.42
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:08.46\00:32:09.79
Oh, somebody ought to
say, "thank you Jesus. "
00:32:09.82\00:32:11.56
Audience: "Thank you Jesus. "
00:32:11.59\00:32:12.93
Oh, my sins are down
to the depths of the sea
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.93
and that's why... like
I said the other night,
00:32:14.96\00:32:17.23
when we talk about
the things we used to do,
00:32:17.27\00:32:19.50
there should be no
glow on our face...
00:32:19.53\00:32:22.30
with all... "Yeah... yeah...
oh yeah, when I used to do that"
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.84
and some of us get all
caught up in what we used to do.
00:32:25.87\00:32:28.64
Folks you have to
know that that is over,
00:32:28.68\00:32:31.65
it broke Jesus' heart, He
had to go to Calvary for that
00:32:31.68\00:32:34.75
His blood was shed for that,
00:32:34.78\00:32:36.15
we should be so
ashamed of those things we did
00:32:36.18\00:32:39.45
that we don't even
want to think of them
00:32:39.49\00:32:41.49
when the devil brings
them back to our minds...
00:32:41.52\00:32:43.09
with
temptation... we have to say,
00:32:43.12\00:32:45.06
"Oh no Jesus, take it... "
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.43
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:46.46\00:32:48.33
And we have to get like that
00:32:48.36\00:32:50.17
not just for
those deep and hard sins
00:32:50.20\00:32:52.30
but for everything...
00:32:52.33\00:32:54.00
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:54.04\00:32:55.60
Fear God and give glory to Him
00:32:55.64\00:32:58.74
for the hour of
His judgment is come.
00:32:58.77\00:33:01.81
He is judging us...
He is coming soon...
00:33:01.84\00:33:04.85
we see the signs
telling us He is coming
00:33:04.88\00:33:07.78
and ladies and gentlemen
the judgment will take place
00:33:07.82\00:33:10.55
before He gets here.
00:33:10.59\00:33:12.12
Now the part that I love
the best... about this message
00:33:12.15\00:33:19.06
it says, "And worship Him
00:33:19.09\00:33:21.76
that made heaven,
the earth, and sea,
00:33:21.80\00:33:25.47
and fountains of waters. "
00:33:25.50\00:33:27.44
Ladies and Gentlemen,
at first you don't see it
00:33:27.47\00:33:30.04
but when we
amplify this picture,
00:33:30.11\00:33:32.64
we see that John is showing us
00:33:32.67\00:33:35.18
a direct
revelation from Jesus Christ
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.91
where in the last days,
00:33:37.95\00:33:39.78
He is saying that we
must worship Him as...
00:33:39.81\00:33:44.55
not only God but our Creator.
00:33:44.59\00:33:47.82
Audience: "Amen. "
00:33:47.89\00:33:49.59
In other words, somehow,
man has gotten away from that
00:33:49.62\00:33:52.73
and when you look at
it, Ladies and Gentlemen
00:33:52.79\00:33:54.43
in history
there have been people
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.36
that have
worshipped every other person
00:33:56.40\00:33:58.07
or every other thing
00:33:58.13\00:33:59.47
or every other "so
called" god saying it's God.
00:33:59.50\00:34:02.60
Pause...
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.24
In these last days,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:34:04.27\00:34:06.61
there is a call for all humanity
00:34:06.64\00:34:08.98
to come back and
worship the true God...
00:34:09.01\00:34:11.98
Audience: "Amen. "
00:34:12.01\00:34:13.52
The living God...
00:34:13.55\00:34:15.02
the one who made the
heaven and earth, the sea
00:34:15.05\00:34:16.79
and fountains of waters,
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.15
I'm talking about
the God of Creation,
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.26
the One... who in the
beginning thought about it
00:34:20.29\00:34:23.12
and His thoughts became audible
00:34:23.16\00:34:25.99
and His words,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:34:26.03\00:34:28.96
became reality
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.33
and this world
came into existence
00:34:30.37\00:34:33.34
in a step-by-step plan,
00:34:33.40\00:34:35.17
He could have done
it all in one second
00:34:35.20\00:34:38.01
but He took His time
and each and every day
00:34:38.04\00:34:40.81
He did a little something
00:34:40.84\00:34:43.04
until He was
finished on the sixth day
00:34:43.08\00:34:45.31
and then He gave
us the seventh day
00:34:45.35\00:34:47.92
as a memorial to His creation.
00:34:47.95\00:34:51.72
Audience: "Amen. "
00:34:51.75\00:34:53.09
John sees the call
going out to all the world
00:34:53.12\00:35:01.83
to know that we
have to come back
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.70
and worship our Creator.
00:35:04.73\00:35:06.97
Pause...
00:35:07.00\00:35:09.40
The world has
gotten away from this.
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.91
Scientists have
all kinds of figures
00:35:11.94\00:35:14.34
about how the world
began... the big bang...
00:35:14.38\00:35:16.11
They say... others say...
00:35:16.14\00:35:19.05
that some people
came from the UFO...
00:35:19.08\00:35:20.65
and the UFO was
from some other place
00:35:20.68\00:35:22.22
and put some people down here
00:35:22.28\00:35:23.62
and just colonized us.
00:35:23.65\00:35:24.99
Some people say,
"Yeah, there was a God,
00:35:25.02\00:35:26.35
He did it... and
He just put us here
00:35:26.39\00:35:27.92
but He turned His back on us. "
00:35:27.96\00:35:29.29
And then the one
that really ticks me off
00:35:29.32\00:35:30.93
where it says... we
came from monkeys...
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.79
now that gets me mad.
00:35:32.83\00:35:34.16
Audience: Laughing.
00:35:34.20\00:35:35.53
Why does it get me mad?
00:35:35.56\00:35:36.90
Because when I read my Bible,
00:35:36.93\00:35:38.33
it says that we're
made in the image of God
00:35:38.37\00:35:41.34
and my God is no monkey.
00:35:41.37\00:35:43.04
Audience: "Amen. "
00:35:43.10\00:35:44.94
Clapping...
00:35:44.97\00:35:48.58
I look in my Bible and
I see this because you see
00:35:48.61\00:35:51.51
if I don't have the
Bible, I don't have anything.
00:35:51.58\00:35:54.45
Pause... Audience: Agreeing.
00:35:54.48\00:35:56.45
I don't have anything to lean on
00:35:56.48\00:35:57.99
but when I read my
Bible and it tells me
00:35:58.02\00:36:00.86
"Holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost. "
00:36:00.89\00:36:03.93
We have a more
sure word of prophecy
00:36:03.96\00:36:06.19
when I read that all Scripture
is given by inspiration of God
00:36:06.23\00:36:09.33
2nd Timothy 3 verse 16...
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.43
and it is good for
doctrine and is profitable to us
00:36:11.47\00:36:15.50
for reproof and
correction and instruction
00:36:15.54\00:36:18.31
that we... the men and women...
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.71
boys and girls of
God might be perfect...
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.54
I can count on this book.
00:36:21.58\00:36:23.14
Audience: "Amen. "
00:36:23.18\00:36:24.71
I look at Genesis
chapter 2 and I see
00:36:24.75\00:36:29.18
in the very
first week of Creation,
00:36:29.25\00:36:33.66
it says in verse one,
00:36:33.72\00:36:35.06
"Thus the heavens
and earth were finished
00:36:35.12\00:36:36.86
and all the host of them
00:36:36.89\00:36:38.23
and on the seventh day
00:36:38.26\00:36:39.59
God ended His
work which He had made
00:36:39.63\00:36:41.16
and He rested on the
seventh day from all His work
00:36:41.20\00:36:43.40
which He had made
00:36:43.43\00:36:44.77
and God blessed the
seventh day and He sanctified it
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.87
because that in it He
had rested from all His works
00:36:47.90\00:36:51.01
which God created and made. "
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.64
That tells me that after
God made all of those days
00:36:52.67\00:36:55.84
and all those
things in those days
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.38
and when He made
man on the sixth day,
00:36:57.41\00:37:00.12
He came and gave us
a day of memorial...
00:37:00.15\00:37:02.88
a day that we will
understand where it says,
00:37:02.92\00:37:05.55
"different from the
others" which were good days,
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.72
He says, this day... that
He blessed and sanctified it.
00:37:07.76\00:37:11.36
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:11.39\00:37:12.76
Sanctified means, set
aside for a holy purpose.
00:37:12.79\00:37:15.76
To do what? To fear
God and worship Him.
00:37:15.80\00:37:19.93
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:19.97\00:37:21.37
Fear... not in
fear of being afraid...
00:37:21.40\00:37:24.24
but give Him the holy
reverence that He deserves...
00:37:24.31\00:37:28.01
He is our
Creator... He is our Maker...
00:37:28.04\00:37:30.78
He is our sustainer...
00:37:30.81\00:37:32.85
he is the one that feeds us
00:37:32.88\00:37:34.35
in Him we live and move
and have our well-being,
00:37:34.38\00:37:36.58
He is the One who has placed
Adam and Eve in the garden.
00:37:36.65\00:37:39.79
Folks, we see the
special presence that Jesus had
00:37:39.82\00:37:44.59
for His people on the
first seventh day before sin.
00:37:44.63\00:37:49.33
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:49.36\00:37:50.97
In other words, as
angels worshipped God in heaven,
00:37:51.03\00:37:55.10
giving Him praise
and giving Him honor
00:37:55.14\00:37:58.34
and bowing down to Him
00:37:58.37\00:37:59.97
because they are
in a sinless society
00:38:00.04\00:38:03.18
but they understand who He is.
00:38:03.21\00:38:05.71
He is Holy, Holy, Holy.
00:38:05.75\00:38:07.92
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:07.95\00:38:09.58
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.49
He is that without
being the lamb of God.
00:38:11.55\00:38:13.76
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.22
He was that... before us...
00:38:15.26\00:38:18.03
and they worshipped Him.
00:38:18.06\00:38:20.80
So, when this
new creation is made
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.50
and Adam and Eve
are placed in the Garden
00:38:23.53\00:38:25.87
and they have a
relationship with Him,
00:38:25.93\00:38:28.80
He lets them know
that I'm your God...
00:38:28.84\00:38:31.67
I'm the One that loves you,
00:38:31.71\00:38:34.38
I'm the One that has
brought you into existence,
00:38:34.44\00:38:36.58
I'm the One that is feeding you,
00:38:36.61\00:38:38.18
I'm the One that put
you in this perfect place,
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.45
I am the One who will keep you,
00:38:40.48\00:38:43.28
I am the One... and because
of that relationship with Him,
00:38:43.32\00:38:47.22
they fall to their knees
and they say, "Lord, I love you,
00:38:47.26\00:38:51.13
we worship you
00:38:51.16\00:38:54.86
because of who you are. "
00:38:54.90\00:38:57.57
Audience: "Amen. "
00:38:57.60\00:38:58.93
And the world has
gotten away from that.
00:38:58.97\00:39:01.47
They have all of
these other excuses,
00:39:01.50\00:39:03.81
they have all of
these other individuals
00:39:03.84\00:39:06.04
that they have prayed to and
given all of of their glory to
00:39:06.07\00:39:09.14
but Ladies and
Gentlemen, in the last days...
00:39:09.18\00:39:11.78
before He comes, He
is looking for people...
00:39:11.81\00:39:14.38
not just the Denomination...
00:39:14.42\00:39:15.92
but people who have
the breath of life in them
00:39:15.98\00:39:19.05
to worship Him for who He is.
00:39:19.09\00:39:21.36
Audience: "Amen. "
00:39:21.39\00:39:22.89
Now, I told you
earlier... I told you earlier
00:39:22.92\00:39:26.56
that this controversy
that we're in down here
00:39:26.59\00:39:29.73
on Planet Earth
between Christ and Satan,
00:39:29.76\00:39:32.87
it was all about worship.
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.77
The devil wants
to be worshipped.
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.57
You turn with me
quickly in your Bible
00:39:38.64\00:39:41.14
to the book of Isaiah...
00:39:41.18\00:39:43.14
Isaiah 14 verse 12,
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.61
Isaiah 14 verse 12.
00:39:45.65\00:39:47.98
"How art thou
fallen from heaven,
00:39:48.05\00:39:50.12
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
00:39:50.15\00:39:52.15
how art thou cut
down to the ground,
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.42
which didst weaken the nations!
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.42
For thou hast
said in thine heart,
00:39:56.49\00:39:58.29
I will ascend into the heaven,
00:39:58.36\00:39:59.69
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God:
00:39:59.76\00:40:01.96
I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation,
00:40:02.00\00:40:05.30
in the sides of the north:
00:40:05.33\00:40:06.97
I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds;
00:40:07.04\00:40:10.71
I will be like the most High. "
00:40:10.74\00:40:13.27
He was tripping...
00:40:13.31\00:40:14.64
Pause...
00:40:14.68\00:40:16.64
How could he be like God?
00:40:16.68\00:40:18.21
Pause...
00:40:18.28\00:40:20.22
How could he be like God?
00:40:20.25\00:40:23.42
God wasn't
created... He is I am...
00:40:23.45\00:40:26.62
Audience: "Amen. "
00:40:26.65\00:40:27.99
He wants to be
like the Most High
00:40:28.02\00:40:30.36
but the record goes on to say,
00:40:30.39\00:40:32.89
"I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds,
00:40:32.96\00:40:35.03
I will be like the most high.
00:40:35.06\00:40:36.40
Yet thou shalt be
brought down to hell,
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.77
to the sides of the pit. "
00:40:38.83\00:40:40.17
He knew he couldn't be like God
00:40:40.20\00:40:42.50
but he still
wanted to be like God.
00:40:42.54\00:40:44.91
Not to receive the
spirit and compassion of God
00:40:44.94\00:40:49.44
but he wanted to
will the power of God.
00:40:49.48\00:40:52.25
Pause...
00:40:52.28\00:40:54.12
How do I know?
00:40:54.15\00:40:55.92
well, I turn to my Bible because
the Bible has all the stories.
00:40:55.98\00:40:59.05
"Whatsoever was
written aforetime
00:40:59.12\00:41:00.66
were written for our learning
00:41:00.69\00:41:02.02
that we through
patience and comfort
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.29
of the Scriptures
might have hope... "
00:41:04.33\00:41:06.19
and I see it in
Romans 15 verse 4,
00:41:06.23\00:41:08.10
those words ringing out to us
00:41:08.13\00:41:09.46
to let me know
that all I need to know
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.83
about the things
that have existed...
00:41:11.87\00:41:13.74
the things that are going on now
00:41:13.77\00:41:15.57
and the things that
are coming in the future,
00:41:15.60\00:41:17.37
they're in the Book...
00:41:17.41\00:41:18.74
and when I turn to
Matthew chapter 4...
00:41:18.77\00:41:20.78
what book did I say?
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.14
Matthew chapter 4, I
see the devil unmasked...
00:41:22.18\00:41:25.91
in verse 8... when Jesus
is taken up to a high mountain
00:41:25.95\00:41:29.38
verse 8... an
exceedingly high mountain...
00:41:29.42\00:41:31.45
the devil took him up there
00:41:31.49\00:41:32.82
and showed him all
the kingdoms of the world
00:41:32.85\00:41:34.72
and the glory of them
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.09
and He said unto Jesus,
00:41:36.12\00:41:37.46
"All these things
will I give thee... "
00:41:37.49\00:41:40.16
Satan will make you stupid...
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.53
it's God's already...
00:41:41.56\00:41:44.33
"all these things will I give
thee if thou wilt fall down... "
00:41:44.37\00:41:49.47
and do what?
00:41:49.50\00:41:50.94
"worship me... "
00:41:50.97\00:41:52.37
"Then said Jesus unto
Him, Get thee hence, Satan:
00:41:52.41\00:41:58.91
for it is written,
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.35
Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God,
00:42:00.38\00:42:03.75
and him only shalt thou serve. "
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.79
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Jesus knew those words
00:42:06.82\00:42:10.43
those words that are the
very first commandment...
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.56
because He spoke those
words... He understood...
00:42:14.60\00:42:18.63
He
understands... He knew who he is
00:42:18.67\00:42:23.74
and who He shall always be.
00:42:23.77\00:42:26.01
If you would turn
with me in your Bibles
00:42:26.07\00:42:28.54
to the book of
Exodus, Exodus chapter 20...
00:42:28.58\00:42:30.81
it says in verse
1, Exodus 20 verse 1,
00:42:30.85\00:42:34.48
it says, "And God
spoke all these words saying,
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.09
I am the LORD thy God,
00:42:38.15\00:42:39.92
which have brought thee
out of the land of Egypt,
00:42:39.95\00:42:42.46
out of the house of bondage. "
00:42:42.49\00:42:44.79
Verse 3... "Thou shalt
have no other gods before me. "
00:42:44.83\00:42:48.36
He said it, He
knew these words...
00:42:48.40\00:42:52.10
because they were His words...
00:42:52.13\00:42:55.87
Audience: "Amen. "
00:42:55.90\00:42:57.24
Friends, I can go
a little further...
00:42:57.27\00:42:59.54
if you would turn with
me to Exodus chapter 34
00:42:59.57\00:43:03.51
looking at verse 18...
00:43:03.55\00:43:05.78
I see something
else, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:43:05.81\00:43:08.25
Exodus 34... I'm
sorry... Exodus 31...
00:43:08.28\00:43:12.19
verse 18... I
see something else...
00:43:12.22\00:43:15.56
it says... not
only did He say them
00:43:15.59\00:43:18.89
but He wrote them.
00:43:18.93\00:43:20.33
Watch this, verse 18,
"And he gave unto Moses,
00:43:20.36\00:43:23.83
when he had made an
end of communing with him
00:43:23.87\00:43:27.80
upon mount Sinai,
two tables of testimony,
00:43:27.84\00:43:31.57
tables of stone, written
with the finger of God. "
00:43:31.61\00:43:35.64
Oh oh... not only
did He speak them...
00:43:35.68\00:43:41.68
but He wrote them.
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.32
Let's see if we
have two witnesses,
00:43:44.35\00:43:46.89
okay, let's move
down a little further,
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.56
to chapter 32 of
the book of Exodus
00:43:49.62\00:43:52.23
looking at verse 15,
00:43:52.26\00:43:53.73
"And Moses turned, and
went down from the mount,
00:43:53.76\00:43:56.40
and the two tables of the
testimony were in his hand:
00:43:56.43\00:43:59.40
the tables were
written on both their sides;
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.00
on the one side
00:44:02.04\00:44:03.37
and on the other
side were they written.
00:44:03.41\00:44:05.67
And the tables
were the work of God,
00:44:05.71\00:44:08.21
and the writing
was the writing of God,
00:44:08.24\00:44:10.68
graven upon the tables. "
00:44:10.75\00:44:12.18
In other words,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:44:12.21\00:44:14.52
God Himself...
His Son, Jesus Christ,
00:44:14.55\00:44:16.82
was the One who wrote the
words on the Ten Commandments.
00:44:16.85\00:44:21.06
Audience: "Amen. "
00:44:21.09\00:44:22.42
Well, let's look at priority,
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.69
in 2nd Peter 1...
00:44:24.76\00:44:29.00
starting with
verses 19 through 20,
00:44:29.06\00:44:33.47
it tells us that we have
a more sure word of prophecy
00:44:33.50\00:44:38.74
and then as we
continue to read that out...
00:44:38.77\00:44:42.11
it says, "Holy men of God spake
00:44:42.14\00:44:44.71
as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost. "
00:44:44.75\00:44:47.02
And that's sweet isn't it?
00:44:47.05\00:44:50.05
Pause...
00:44:50.09\00:44:51.55
We see 2nd
Timothy 3 verse 15 saying
00:44:51.59\00:44:57.03
that from a child you have
known the Holy Scriptures...
00:44:57.06\00:44:58.79
and then when
you get to verse 16
00:44:58.83\00:45:00.16
it tells us that all Scripture
is given by inspiration of God
00:45:00.20\00:45:03.16
and is profitable
for us for doctrine,
00:45:03.23\00:45:05.30
for reproof, for
correction in righteousness...
00:45:05.33\00:45:07.00
but again, it says,
"God gave it to us. "
00:45:07.04\00:45:10.51
Pause...
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.17
When we look at the
Revelation we saw, in verse 1,
00:45:12.21\00:45:15.01
that God gave it to Jesus
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.68
and then it goes all through
the line... to the angel...
00:45:17.71\00:45:20.52
His servant John...
for us... His servants...
00:45:20.55\00:45:23.79
us... living in the last days
00:45:23.82\00:45:25.15
and He says... there's
a triple blessing on it
00:45:25.19\00:45:27.22
and all through
the book of Revelation
00:45:27.26\00:45:29.32
we see, time and
time again, John saying,
00:45:29.39\00:45:31.46
"I saw, I saw, I
saw, I saw... I saw...
00:45:31.49\00:45:33.50
but when we come to the
Ten Commandments of God,
00:45:33.53\00:45:36.93
this is the only
part of the Scriptures
00:45:36.97\00:45:39.37
that was written by God Himself.
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.04
Audience: "Amen. "
00:45:42.07\00:45:43.41
In it, we find
God... God in Revelation...
00:45:43.44\00:45:46.37
we look at the First
Commandment and it tells us...
00:45:46.41\00:45:49.11
it puts us on... on
the line to let us know
00:45:49.14\00:45:51.78
that there should be no
other gods before Him...
00:45:51.81\00:45:54.18
verse 3, none before Him...
00:45:54.22\00:45:55.78
Satan couldn't get
Him to bow, of course not,
00:45:55.82\00:45:58.99
and we can't and should
not bow to any other god
00:45:59.02\00:46:02.12
and sometimes, Friends,
we bow down to ourselves,
00:46:02.16\00:46:04.99
to our advertising, to
our lusts and our passions
00:46:05.03\00:46:07.73
but here we see... "no
other god... " nothing...
00:46:07.76\00:46:10.50
God is the One
who should be premier.
00:46:10.57\00:46:11.93
The Second Commandment...
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.30
it gives us a
warning against idol worship,
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.80
it says, "Thou shalt not
bow down to any graven image
00:46:15.84\00:46:18.81
or any likeness or
any thing in heaven above,
00:46:18.87\00:46:20.71
or in the earth beneath,
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.08
or that is in
water under the earth. "
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.45
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:46:23.48\00:46:24.81
you don't need a
plastic gold or silver Jesus...
00:46:24.85\00:46:26.68
if you had the
real One in your heart.
00:46:26.72\00:46:29.08
It goes on to say in
Commandment number three,
00:46:29.12\00:46:32.02
"You shall not take the name
of the Lord your God in vain;
00:46:32.05\00:46:34.92
for the LORD will
not hold him guiltless
00:46:34.96\00:46:36.46
who taketh His name in vain... "
00:46:36.49\00:46:37.83
and Ladies and Gentlemen, we
have to understand here today
00:46:37.86\00:46:40.20
that too many people
take the name of the Lord God
00:46:40.23\00:46:43.77
in vulgar sentences...
00:46:43.80\00:46:46.30
the name of Jesus is powerful,
00:46:46.33\00:46:48.84
when you say that
name, angels look up
00:46:48.87\00:46:50.57
and look around and they say,
00:46:50.61\00:46:51.94
"Oh, what can I do
to answer the prayer
00:46:51.97\00:46:54.44
of those calling on
the name of Jesus... "
00:46:54.48\00:46:56.54
the name of Jesus is so
strong even in your sleep
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.81
if you're having a bad
dream and you can't move
00:46:58.85\00:47:01.05
and you feel
something chasing you
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.98
and they're coming
in... in your dream...
00:47:03.02\00:47:04.35
in your dream... you
don't even have to say it...
00:47:04.39\00:47:06.05
just think it...
00:47:06.09\00:47:07.42
Audience: "Amen. "
00:47:07.46\00:47:08.79
The mighty name of
Jesus is powerful...
00:47:08.82\00:47:11.16
We come to the
rest of the Commandments
00:47:11.19\00:47:13.66
and we skip the fourth
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.03
and we look... at the
rest of the Commandments,
00:47:15.06\00:47:16.60
it tells us that God is there,
00:47:16.63\00:47:18.37
and He is there and
the things that He does
00:47:18.40\00:47:19.90
but when you look at
the Fourth Commandment,
00:47:19.93\00:47:21.40
it is the only one that says,
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.71
and starts out with
the word, "Remember. "
00:47:23.74\00:47:26.11
Audience: Agreeing.
00:47:26.14\00:47:27.48
"Remember"
means... don't forget...
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.34
Audience: Agreeing.
00:47:29.38\00:47:30.91
Well what does He say to
remember that God wrote Himself?
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.85
Not man... not
someone inspired...
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.75
God wrote it Himself, He says,
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.59
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:47:37.62\00:47:39.22
Six days shalt thou
labour, and do all thy work:
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.19
But the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the LORD thy God:
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.02
in it thou
shalt not do any work,
00:47:43.06\00:47:44.49
thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
00:47:44.53\00:47:45.93
nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:47:45.96\00:47:47.30
nor thy cattle,
00:47:47.33\00:47:48.66
nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates... "
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.03
"Well why Jesus?"
00:47:50.07\00:47:51.40
"Well... for in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth,
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.84
the sea, and the
fountains of waters
00:47:53.87\00:47:55.20
and rested the seventh day,
00:47:55.24\00:47:56.57
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:47:56.60\00:47:57.94
and hallowed it. "
00:47:57.97\00:47:59.31
In other words,
it's a special day...
00:47:59.34\00:48:00.94
"I've blessed it,
I've sanctified it,
00:48:00.98\00:48:02.54
when you keep my commandments
and you keep my Sabbath,
00:48:02.61\00:48:06.25
you show that you are my
people and I'm your God. "
00:48:06.28\00:48:09.65
Audience: "Amen. "
00:48:09.68\00:48:11.02
Ezekiel 20
verses 12 and verse 20,
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.59
so we see that
God put it here...
00:48:13.62\00:48:16.22
now Folks, somebody said,
00:48:16.26\00:48:17.59
"That's a long Commandment,
how can I remember it?"
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.46
Well, just remember
the first and last word,
00:48:19.49\00:48:21.26
"Remember it. "
00:48:21.30\00:48:22.63
Audience: Laughter... "Amen. "
00:48:22.66\00:48:24.00
That's all it
says, "Remember it. "
00:48:24.03\00:48:26.10
Now let's look at
this, here we are...
00:48:26.13\00:48:28.54
help me now... help me now...
00:48:28.57\00:48:29.90
here we are, in
Revelation... in the last days,
00:48:29.94\00:48:32.44
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:48:32.47\00:48:34.08
for the hour of His
judgment is coming. "
00:48:34.11\00:48:35.64
He's coming...
00:48:35.68\00:48:37.01
we need to get
back to worshipping Him
00:48:37.05\00:48:39.98
because everybody is
worshipping every other thing...
00:48:40.02\00:48:42.52
Audience: "Amen. "
00:48:42.55\00:48:44.45
But worship the Creator.
00:48:44.49\00:48:45.82
We come back and we
see that the creation...
00:48:45.85\00:48:49.42
the seventh day
that has been given
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.83
is a memorial of creation.
00:48:51.89\00:48:54.46
We saw that it was
not the Jewish Sabbath
00:48:54.50\00:48:56.90
but it was something
that was given to Adam and Eve
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.33
before sin was in existence
00:48:59.37\00:49:01.44
we see that in Genesis
2 verses 1 through 3...
00:49:01.47\00:49:04.97
when God gave it back
to the children of Israel,
00:49:05.04\00:49:08.51
He was
re-educating them to His will.
00:49:08.54\00:49:12.85
They had been in
slavery all of those years
00:49:12.88\00:49:15.62
and He had to bring them
back like He does with all of us
00:49:15.65\00:49:18.85
and re-emphasize to us
the things that are important
00:49:18.89\00:49:21.62
and that's why He
says in John 14:15,
00:49:21.66\00:49:24.09
"If you love me,
keep my commandments. "
00:49:24.13\00:49:25.93
Audience: "Amen. "
00:49:25.96\00:49:27.53
So somebody said,
"Well, Pastor, I understand it,
00:49:27.56\00:49:29.20
I see it but...
but... but... but...
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.87
didn't time get mixed
up... and days get mixed up
00:49:30.90\00:49:35.04
is God that particular?"
00:49:35.07\00:49:36.40
Well Folks, sin is defined...
in 1st John 3 verse 4,
00:49:36.44\00:49:41.44
sin is defined as the
transgression of the Law
00:49:41.48\00:49:43.98
so if God wrote it
with His own finger...
00:49:44.05\00:49:46.78
He wants us to
understand what sin is...
00:49:46.82\00:49:49.52
it is
transgression of God's Law.
00:49:49.55\00:49:51.95
Romans 6 verse 23 tells
us, Ladies and Gentlemen
00:49:51.99\00:49:56.46
that the wages
of sin is death...
00:49:56.49\00:49:57.93
Jesus died for
sinners... that's you and me...
00:49:57.96\00:50:02.26
because we all have sinned
00:50:02.30\00:50:03.63
and have come short
of the glory of God.
00:50:03.67\00:50:05.00
but His mercy... His
goodness... endures forever
00:50:05.03\00:50:08.74
and because of that mercy
00:50:08.77\00:50:10.11
and because the
love of Jesus Christ,
00:50:10.14\00:50:11.97
we, Ladies and Gentlemen,
have salvation in Him,
00:50:12.01\00:50:15.44
but that doesn't mean that
we can just go out and violate
00:50:15.48\00:50:18.78
and break the
commandments of God,
00:50:18.81\00:50:20.15
we can't do that...
00:50:20.18\00:50:21.52
Let's say,
"Well, it's okay, okay,
00:50:21.55\00:50:22.88
we're not going to
argue about that tonight
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.45
but how do you know,
how do you know for sure
00:50:24.49\00:50:26.15
that the Seventh
day is the Sabbath?"
00:50:26.19\00:50:28.22
Well Folks, Jesus
has given us the Book,
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.83
it's all in the Book...
00:50:30.86\00:50:32.59
turn with me quickly
to the book of Luke...
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.56
turn to the book of
Luke... looking at chapter 24...
00:50:34.60\00:50:39.07
Luke chapter 24...
00:50:39.10\00:50:42.07
pause...
00:50:42.10\00:50:44.37
finding the verse...
00:50:44.41\00:50:49.24
It says... dealing with...
oh let's go to 23... 23...
00:50:49.28\00:50:55.05
okay, verse 44 and
we're running out of time...
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.79
hmmm...
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.15
"And it was the
sixth hour... " verse 44...
00:50:59.19\00:51:00.52
"there was darkness over all
the earth until the ninth hour.
00:51:00.56\00:51:02.76
And the sun was darkened,
00:51:02.79\00:51:04.13
and the veil of the
temple was rent in the midst.
00:51:04.16\00:51:05.86
And when Jesus had
cried with a loud voice,
00:51:05.89\00:51:07.50
he said, Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit:
00:51:07.53\00:51:09.83
and having said thus,
he gave up the ghost. "
00:51:09.86\00:51:12.27
He died... when did He die?
00:51:12.33\00:51:13.67
Any Christian knows...
He died on Good Friday...
00:51:13.70\00:51:16.60
it was good for
us... come on now...
00:51:16.64\00:51:18.84
somebody say,
"That's the best day... "
00:51:18.87\00:51:21.01
because He died for
our sins because of that...
00:51:21.04\00:51:24.05
if Jesus had left
and He didn't die for us,
00:51:24.08\00:51:27.02
we'd still be guilty and
we'd have to pay the penalty
00:51:27.05\00:51:29.52
but Jesus paid
it all on Calvary.
00:51:29.55\00:51:30.89
Audience: "Amen. "
00:51:30.92\00:51:32.55
We continue to look
at verse 50 of Luke 23,
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"And, behold, there was a
man named Joseph, a counsellor;
00:51:34.92\00:51:37.83
and he was a
good man, and a just:
00:51:37.86\00:51:39.19
and the same had not consented
to the counsel and deed of them;
00:51:39.23\00:51:42.36
he was of
Arimathea, a city of the Jews:
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.50
who also himself
waited for the kingdom of God.
00:51:44.53\00:51:47.30
This man went unto Pilate,
and begged the body of Jesus.
00:51:47.34\00:51:49.84
And he took it down,
and wrapped it in linen,
00:51:49.87\00:51:51.51
and laid it in a
sepulcher that was hewn in stone
00:51:51.54\00:51:53.74
wherein never
man before was laid.
00:51:53.78\00:51:56.28
And that day
was the preparation,
00:51:56.31\00:51:58.78
an the Sabbath drew on. "
00:51:58.81\00:52:00.45
Hmmm... how does
the Sabbath draw on?
00:52:00.52\00:52:02.68
Well, the day is
measured from sunset to sunset
00:52:02.72\00:52:05.82
and as the sunset was coming...
the new day was coming...
00:52:05.85\00:52:08.32
which was Friday
evening which was the Sabbath.
00:52:08.39\00:52:11.29
Then it says in verse
55, "And the women which came
00:52:11.33\00:52:14.23
with him from
Galilee, followed after,
00:52:14.30\00:52:16.16
and beheld the sepulcher,
and how his body was laid.
00:52:16.20\00:52:18.53
And they returned, and
prepared spices and ointments;
00:52:18.57\00:52:20.84
and rested the Sabbath day
according to the commandment. "
00:52:20.87\00:52:24.21
It's that simple... if
Friday is the preparation day
00:52:24.24\00:52:28.18
and then the Sabbath is
the next day... Saturday...
00:52:28.21\00:52:32.51
verse 1 of 24... "Now
upon the first day of the week,
00:52:32.55\00:52:35.68
very early in the morning,
they came to the sepulcher,
00:52:35.72\00:52:38.82
bringing the spices
which had been prepared,
00:52:38.85\00:52:40.89
and certain others with them.
00:52:40.92\00:52:42.26
And they found the
stone rolled away... "
00:52:42.32\00:52:44.23
why? Because He was risen.
00:52:44.26\00:52:45.66
Audience: "Amen. "
00:52:45.69\00:52:47.33
It says it right here...
it doesn't say what day...
00:52:47.36\00:52:50.00
it numbers the day...
00:52:50.03\00:52:51.37
you can't get mixed
up if they're numbered.
00:52:51.40\00:52:53.77
Audience: Agreeing...
00:52:53.80\00:52:55.30
So if you know the first day
of the week is Easter Sunday,
00:52:55.37\00:52:58.24
if I can count Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
00:52:58.27\00:53:01.14
Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
00:53:01.18\00:53:02.94
I can make my
way back to seven...
00:53:02.98\00:53:04.88
Audience: "Amen. "
00:53:04.91\00:53:06.48
Not a Jewish Sabbath...
00:53:06.51\00:53:08.48
given to Adam and
Eve in the Garden,
00:53:08.52\00:53:10.42
not a Jewish Sabbath...
given to the children of Israel.
00:53:10.45\00:53:14.32
Well you see,
there you go Pastor,
00:53:14.36\00:53:15.69
you said it's for
the children of Israel. "
00:53:15.72\00:53:17.16
Well Folks, when you
look at Galatians chapter 3
00:53:17.19\00:53:20.03
verses 26 through 29,
00:53:20.06\00:53:21.90
and we don't have
time to go through it
00:53:21.93\00:53:23.26
but look at it
when you get home,
00:53:23.30\00:53:24.63
it tells us in Christ,
it's neither male, female,
00:53:24.67\00:53:27.07
it's no Jew or Gentile,
00:53:27.10\00:53:28.67
it says that we
are Abraham's seed.
00:53:28.70\00:53:31.34
Audience: "Amen. "
00:53:31.37\00:53:32.94
"And heirs to the promise... "
00:53:32.97\00:53:34.34
and so I look
at verse and I say,
00:53:34.38\00:53:35.71
"This is sweet... "
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:53:35.74\00:53:38.28
it's something
that Jesus has for us
00:53:38.31\00:53:40.15
that we've missed
as a Christian world
00:53:40.18\00:53:41.95
but in the last days,
someone has to go forward
00:53:41.98\00:53:44.29
and tell the
message of God's cross...
00:53:44.35\00:53:46.86
God's commandments
and His second coming
00:53:46.89\00:53:49.06
and to give to the
people who are living
00:53:49.09\00:53:51.23
under the time of the judgment
00:53:51.26\00:53:52.66
that we might get everything
right with God and to please Him
00:53:52.69\00:53:56.43
and stand up with
this last-day test
00:53:56.46\00:53:59.50
and let them know
about His goodness.
00:53:59.53\00:54:02.50
Audience: "Amen. "
00:54:02.57\00:54:03.91
And Ladies and Gentlemen,
that's why we're here today
00:54:03.94\00:54:06.68
to let this message
go into all the world
00:54:06.71\00:54:10.01
to know that God's
forgotten revelation...
00:54:10.05\00:54:13.28
is forgotten no more.
00:54:13.31\00:54:14.88
Audience: "Amen. "
00:54:14.92\00:54:19.32
Piano playing...
00:54:19.35\00:54:23.73
Some folk would
rather have houses
00:54:23.76\00:54:33.10
and lands...
00:54:33.13\00:54:35.90
Some folks
00:54:35.94\00:54:39.57
choose silver or gold...
00:54:39.61\00:54:47.45
These things they treasure
00:54:47.52\00:54:54.52
and forget about their soul
00:54:54.56\00:55:01.53
I decided
00:55:01.56\00:55:04.97
to make Jesus my choice.
00:55:05.00\00:55:13.68
Though the road is
rough and the going is tough
00:55:13.71\00:55:20.42
and the hills are hard time
00:55:20.45\00:55:27.62
I started out
such a long time ago
00:55:27.66\00:55:33.60
there is no doubt
00:55:33.63\00:55:36.80
in my mind...
00:55:36.83\00:55:39.87
I decided to make Jesus...
00:55:39.93\00:55:46.27
I've decided
00:55:46.31\00:55:49.61
to make Jesus...
00:55:49.64\00:55:52.71
I've decided
00:55:52.75\00:55:56.18
to make Jesus
00:55:56.22\00:55:59.55
my joy...
00:55:59.59\00:56:02.86
Friends, how many want to join
Michelle and thousands of others
00:56:02.89\00:56:05.59
who have made that declaration
00:56:05.63\00:56:08.00
that they want to
make Jesus their choice?
00:56:08.03\00:56:10.70
If that's your desire...
00:56:10.73\00:56:12.10
just raise your hands
where you're sitting...
00:56:12.13\00:56:14.30
even in your home, just
raise your hand and say,
00:56:14.34\00:56:16.44
"I have decided to
make Jesus my choice
00:56:16.47\00:56:20.54
and I will be faithful
to Him and His Commandments
00:56:20.58\00:56:25.31
that He has written
with His own finger,
00:56:25.35\00:56:27.75
I didn't know
these things in the past
00:56:27.78\00:56:30.12
but tonight... I understand
00:56:30.15\00:56:32.45
and I thank God for
the revelation of His Word
00:56:32.49\00:56:36.02
that we too can be complete
in Jesus our Lord and Savior. "
00:56:36.06\00:56:40.93
If that's your desire,
won't you just stand with me
00:56:40.96\00:56:43.97
as we stand for Jesus Christ.
00:56:44.00\00:56:47.37
Pause...
00:56:47.40\00:56:49.90
What a beautiful
scene... heaven is smiling...
00:56:49.94\00:56:53.98
good night... and God bless you.
00:56:54.01\00:56:57.55
Audience: "Amen. "
00:56:57.58\00:56:58.95