Music...
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More music...
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Seagulls flying...
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John walking...
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Scenes from history...
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Scenes from history,
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Some more scenes from history...
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Some modern scenes...
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Turning the pages of
the book of Revelation.
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Greetings to the
Ambassador Family
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and greetings to
our viewing audience.
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We want to welcome you
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to the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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We are a growing
and friendly church
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that is located
in Lauderdale Lakes.
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If you're not familiar with
Florida in the United States,
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we are not far
from Fort Lauderdale.
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So we invite
anyone who is watching
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who is in the Fort Lauderdale
area... or who is visiting,
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to come by and
see us one Sabbath.
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Now, I am with... today...
one of my ministerial leaders
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Elder George Charles
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and maybe you can introduce
yourself, Elder Charles.
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Thank you Pastor Paulicin,
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good morning everyone
and happy Sabbath to you all.
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Audience: "Good
morning... Happy Sabbath. "
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God has been good.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Over the last two
weeks we have seen
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God's mercy and
grace extended to us.
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His Word has been opened to us
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and by His grace, souls
have been converted to Him
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and so we give God all the glory
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and we give Him all the praise
for His goodness towards us.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I was looking again at
a text in Mark chapter 11
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and where Jesus
answered saying to them,
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"Have faith in God.
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Truly I say to you
whoever says to this mountain,
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be thou removed,
and cast into the sea;
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and does not doubt in His heart,
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but believes that
what he is going to say
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is going to happen; it
will be granted to him. "
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I believe that if any church
understands the power of faith,
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it's the Ambassador
Church, what do you say?
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Amen, you know the
Ambassador experience
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is a faith experience.
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For over 17 years,
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we have been serving
God in this community...
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the Lauderdale Lakes Community,
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but about 5 years ago,
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God miraculously
opened a way for us,
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when there was no way
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and God provided us
with this beautiful edifice
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and we say, "Amen" to that.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Little did we know then
what God has in store for us
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and over the last two weeks,
God has used this Facility
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as a means of spreading
the gospel throughout the world
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and for that we say,
"To God be the glory. "
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We encourage you to
continue to listen...
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continue to be blessed...
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and continue to
experience God's grace...
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God's power... and
God's ability to save us
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as we trust in Him.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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For those who are
watching for the first time,
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you are in the midst of a Series
"Through the eyes of John"
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and the man of God who's
been chosen for this by God
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is Pastor
Lawrence Steven Dorsey Sr.
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He is the Pastor of the Berean
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Los Angeles, California
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and as the Lord has blessed,
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I believe, He has
another word from His manservant
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and so let us begin
with a word of prayer,
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Elder Charles,
would you pray for us?
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Let us pray, "Loving Father,
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for this beautiful
Sabbath day, we say, 'thank you'
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for the assurance we
have of your presence with us,
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we say, 'thank you'
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for your Word that has
gone out over the past two weeks
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throughout the
world, we say, 'thank you'
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and we come again today saying
'thank you for what you will do'
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for as we listen
to your Word today,
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talk to our
hearts, talk to our minds,
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and all those who
listen, dear Lord,
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may conviction come to us
and may we like the jailor say,
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'what must we do to be saved?'
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and may the answer come
back forcefully to us...
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'turn to Jesus... turn to Jesus
for He alone can give salvation'
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be with Pastor Dorsey,
touch his lips once more
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and may he speak your
Word with power and conviction
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and may souls
come to know you...
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come to know...
is life eternal...
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and on that day dear Lord,
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when the saints go marching in,
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may we all be in that number
when the saints go marching in,
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this is our prayer,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Walking off the stage.
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Music...
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More music...
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When I come into His presence
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I humble myself...
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I lift up both my hands...
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and I begin to worship Him,
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I worship Him...
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When I come into His presence
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I humble myself,
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I lift up both my hands,
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and I begin
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to worship Him,
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I worship Him.
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For all
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He's done for me,
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redeemed and set me free,
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and because,
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just because
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He's God.
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When I come into His presence
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I humble myself,
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I lift up both my hands...
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and I begin
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to worship Him.
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Oh yes, I do...
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I begin to worship Him.
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When I come into His presence
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I humble myself,
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remembering what He's done,
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remembering all He's done...
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the victories He's won,
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every victory that He has won...
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so I'll praise Him,
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I'll glorify you...
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Lord, I praise your name...
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I'll praise Him.
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I'll praise Him...
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for all
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He's done for me,
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everything He's done for me...
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redeemed...
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redeemed,
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and just set me free...
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set me free...
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and because...
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just because...
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He's God...
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God...
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of my life...
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I praise Him...
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every knee shall bow
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and every tongue shall say
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He's God...
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You are God...
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For what He's done for me...
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Everything that
You've done for me
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redeemed and set me free..
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set me free...
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and because...
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just because...
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and because,
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just because
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and because,
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just because...
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He's mine...
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mine...
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Audience: "Amen. " Clapping...
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Music...
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More music...
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Audience: "Amen, hallelujah. "
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"Amen. "
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Just because He's God...
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Somebody knows
Him this morning...
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just because He is God...
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and what He's done for us...
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somebody said, "He didn't
have to do it, but He did it"
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and He did it quite well, amen.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I was listening to
that song and I said,
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"If there was a
testimony I could tell,
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I'll sing it like that. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Because truly
that is a testimony
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of the goodness of God,
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we are where we are and
who we are because of Him.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I sat back and listened to
those words and listened to them
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and how it said that we
are humbled when we understand
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how good God has been to us.
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Folks, I want you
to know here today
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I don't think I'm anything...
and I know I'm nothing...
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but I can tell you about
somebody who is something
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and that's Jesus
Christ our Lord and Savior.
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I didn't even have an
inkling into how to serve Him
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until I met my wife
and she taught me...
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opening up the
Scriptures to me...
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you see... the way to a man's
heart is not always with food.
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Audience: Laughing.
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She showed me how
to live eternally.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And she tells me... she says,
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"Now, listen, I don't
care how far you go...
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how many people you preach to,
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how many people
you have baptized,
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when we get together in heaven,
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I'm going to have
one more star than you
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because I brought
you into the church... "
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and I said, "Praise
God, that's okay... "
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and I thank God for
her and for her prayers.
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This morning, we'd
like to examine the subject
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entitled... "On the
outside... looking in. "
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On the outside... looking in
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and I pray that none
of us... none of us...
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will experience that.
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Shall we pray?
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"Loving Father,
again we are thankful
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for your love towards us,
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we know that you
are a mighty fine God
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a good God... a merciful God...
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a compassionate God ,
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and a God who is
wooing us to yourself
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even now, this
morning, Lord, I pray
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that you would take this servant
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and use me to woo
your people unto yourself.
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Set someone free
today, Lord Jesus
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with thy Word...
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that they will be able to
experience the perfect peace
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that comes from you.
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We ask that those individuals
who are in their homes,
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those who are
watching on the internet,
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that they too will
receive the solid blessing
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that only can come from
your Spirit there in our hearts
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so even now, hide me
behind the cross of Calvary
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and let your will be done in
Jesus' name, amen and amen. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I'd like for you to
turn with me this morning
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to the book of Revelation...
Revelation chapter 21.
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Clearing throat...
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For in Chapter 21 of
the book of Revelation...
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we have a glorious
description of heaven
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and we've looked at
that night after night here
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but I want us to
just reacquaint ourselves
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with what we will see
when we get on the other side.
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It says in chapter 21 verse
10 of the book of Revelation,
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"And he carried
me away in the spirit
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to a great and high mountain,
and shewed me that great city,
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the new... holy Jerusalem,
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descending out
of heaven from God,
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Having the glory of God:
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and her light was like
unto a stone most precious,
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even like a jasper
stone, clear as crystal;
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And it had a
wall great and high,
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and it had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels,
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and names written thereon,
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which are the names
of the twelve tribes
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of the children of Israel:
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And on the east three gates
and on the north three gates
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and on the south three gates;
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and on the west three gates.
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And the wall of the
city had twelve foundations,
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and in them were the names
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of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb. "
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We move down to
verse 18 and it says,
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"And the building of the
wall of it was of pure jasper:
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and the city was pure
gold, like unto clear glass.
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And the foundations of the
wall of the city were garnished
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with all manner
of precious stones. "
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And Ladies and Gentlemen,
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when we look at
those precious stones
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that are listed there
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and you would compare
them to a color chart,
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you would see that the twelve
foundations that are there
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are covered with precious stones
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that will make up
the colors of the rainbow
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so in other words
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this beautiful city
that John has seen...
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this beautiful city
that will be our home
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in the city... in
the New Jerusalem...
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because we saw in the Bible
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that not only will we
have a home in the city...
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but the Scriptures
showed us in Isaiah 65
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that we will also
have a home in the country.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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We're going to be...
Ladies and Gentlemen...
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"land owners" if you please...
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because my Bible tells us
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that we will be able
to build and inhabit,
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we will be able to plant
and eat the fruit thereof
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it will be ours...
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and I know
somewhere in the Bible
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it says that there'll
be no marriage in heaven...
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pause...
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but I know one thing...
00:16:24.48\00:16:26.45
my mansion is going to be next
door to Sister Dorsey's house...
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so I can see what's happening
over on the other side...
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but anyway... I
just want you to know
00:16:34.06\00:16:36.12
that we have a
home in the city...
00:16:36.19\00:16:38.36
and we have a
home in the country...
00:16:38.39\00:16:40.56
the Bible says that...
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and it says that this
city is sitting on a foundation
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that will have twelve
manner of precious stones
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that will give the appearance,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:16:51.01\00:16:54.24
of a "floating on a
shimmering rainbow... "
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Folks, the rainbow
is the symbol of mercy.
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Audience: "Amen. "
00:17:00.75\00:17:02.08
I look in my Bible and I
see in Revelation 4 verse 3
00:17:02.12\00:17:05.65
that when John was
able to see into heaven
00:17:05.69\00:17:08.66
in verse 1 of
chapter 4, he says,
00:17:08.69\00:17:10.73
the door was opened into heaven
00:17:10.76\00:17:12.63
and when he
gets down to verse 3,
00:17:12.66\00:17:14.50
it tells us that he saw a
rainbow round about the throne,
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Folks, that tells me,
00:17:19.30\00:17:20.67
that around the throne
of God is the Mercy Seat.
00:17:20.70\00:17:24.47
Audience: "Amen. "
00:17:24.51\00:17:25.84
That means that that
Mercy Seat Ladies and Gentlemen
00:17:25.87\00:17:28.58
is a place where He
receives our prayers.
00:17:28.61\00:17:31.28
The Mercy Seat is
where He does not condemn us
00:17:31.31\00:17:35.38
when we have sinned...
00:17:35.42\00:17:36.75
but He gives us one more chance.
00:17:36.79\00:17:38.45
You see, the God we
serve is not only merciful
00:17:38.49\00:17:41.72
and compassionate...
He is longsuffering.
00:17:41.76\00:17:44.56
You know and I know...
00:17:44.59\00:17:45.93
we don't deserve
what He does for us
00:17:45.96\00:17:48.16
but it's not
about what we deserve,
00:17:48.23\00:17:50.47
He gives us grace... and grace
is giving something to somebody
00:17:50.50\00:17:55.07
that they don't deserve
just because you're gracious.
00:17:55.10\00:17:58.34
Somebody ought to say,
"Amen" about my Lord Jesus
00:17:58.37\00:18:01.54
just because He's gracious.
00:18:01.58\00:18:04.48
Audience: "Amen. "
00:18:04.51\00:18:05.98
It says that the walls
of the city are Jasper...
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216 feet high...
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we will be able to
stand on those pure glass...
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golden streets
and golden buildings
00:18:18.86\00:18:23.47
which are reflecting
the very image of God
00:18:23.53\00:18:26.97
and the glory of God.
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That's why when John
says in Revelation chapter 15
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verse 2 that he saw the saints
standing on the sea of glass,
00:18:31.81\00:18:35.34
it looked like it was on fire,
it's because of the glory of God
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reflecting off of all of that
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beautiful
glorious gold and jasper
00:18:41.35\00:18:44.99
and precious stone...
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can you imagine how
it's going to look in glory?
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No wonder the Bible says...
00:18:49.76\00:18:51.19
it outshines
the glory of the sun
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and there's no
need of the moon there
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in the very presence of God.
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Audience: "Amen. "
00:19:00.40\00:19:01.74
Glorious... he shows
John... this angel...
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this beautiful city
that is set up there
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and it tells us,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:19:09.51\00:19:12.38
as we continue to
move out in verse 21
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and it said the twelve
gates are twelve pearls...
00:19:15.25\00:19:18.05
"every several
gate was of one pearl:
00:19:18.09\00:19:21.36
and the street of
the city was pure gold,
00:19:21.39\00:19:24.63
as it were transparent glass. "
00:19:24.66\00:19:27.33
Pause...
00:19:27.36\00:19:29.96
Folks, sometimes down here,
00:19:30.00\00:19:33.30
we fight over gold and
silver and precious things.
00:19:33.34\00:19:38.27
We tell people, "Don't
tell me what I can wear
00:19:38.31\00:19:42.41
and what I can't wear,
it's my gold, it's my jewelry,
00:19:42.44\00:19:44.88
I am going to wear it, I
have the money to afford it,
00:19:44.91\00:19:47.32
you're just mad
because you don't have it... "
00:19:47.35\00:19:49.08
it's not about that...
00:19:49.12\00:19:50.45
when I look at eternal things,
00:19:50.49\00:19:54.12
it gives me a
whole new perspective
00:19:54.16\00:19:58.16
on what's going on
down here and up there.
00:19:58.19\00:20:01.56
Audience: "Amen. "
00:20:01.60\00:20:02.93
You see, what we
think is precious down here
00:20:02.96\00:20:05.00
is not
necessarily precious up there
00:20:05.03\00:20:07.60
in the sense that we look at it.
00:20:07.64\00:20:09.94
You see, we kill
and steal and rob...
00:20:09.97\00:20:14.81
and when I say, "We"
I'm not talking about me...
00:20:14.84\00:20:16.91
I'm talking about humanity...
00:20:16.95\00:20:18.35
Audience: Laughter...
00:20:18.38\00:20:19.98
Over gold and treasures
and the things down here.
00:20:20.02\00:20:23.25
People will snatch your,
your... a chain off your neck
00:20:23.28\00:20:28.56
and they'll cut off
your finger... for a ring
00:20:28.59\00:20:30.93
and they'll break into
your house for gold and silver
00:20:30.96\00:20:33.93
but Folks... in heaven...
00:20:33.96\00:20:35.43
it's nothing more
than building material.
00:20:35.46\00:20:38.67
Audience:
Agreeing. "Come on now... "
00:20:38.70\00:20:41.90
I mean... all the buildings...
00:20:41.94\00:20:44.21
I don't see anyone
wearing any asphalt...
00:20:44.24\00:20:45.97
Audience: Laughter. Clapping...
00:20:46.04\00:20:47.94
Not wearing the
concrete blocks...
00:20:47.98\00:20:49.78
don't let that keep
you out of heaven, Church.
00:20:49.81\00:20:52.95
Audience: Laughter.
00:20:53.01\00:20:55.45
Pause...
00:20:55.48\00:20:56.95
You want to look good...
asphalt here... asphalt here...
00:20:56.99\00:21:01.82
asphalt here, asphalt here,
asphalt on the belly button,
00:21:01.86\00:21:06.66
asphalt everywhere...
00:21:06.70\00:21:08.03
Laughter...
00:21:08.06\00:21:10.27
think of eternal
things Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:21:10.30\00:21:13.54
we will walk on
streets of gold...
00:21:13.57\00:21:16.87
that's what the Bible says,
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.51
let's get back to basics
and do what we need to do,
00:21:19.54\00:21:23.24
we don't need to be defiant
with anybody but the devil.
00:21:23.31\00:21:27.32
Be defiant in him and
say, "I will not compromise...
00:21:27.35\00:21:31.35
I will not do what
everyone else does...
00:21:31.39\00:21:33.56
I will not do it
because I can do it,
00:21:33.59\00:21:35.66
I do what I want to do
because I do what is right. "
00:21:35.69\00:21:39.23
Audience: "Amen. "
00:21:39.26\00:21:40.60
It goes on to say, "And
I saw no temple therein:
00:21:40.63\00:21:45.07
for the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are the temple of it. "
00:21:45.13\00:21:48.57
And then He begins to say
something in verse 25 of 21...
00:21:48.60\00:21:52.84
Revelation 21... He says,
"And the gates of the city
00:21:52.87\00:21:56.95
shall not be shut at all by day:
00:21:56.98\00:21:59.51
for there shall
be no night there. "
00:21:59.55\00:22:02.08
In other words,
00:22:02.12\00:22:03.45
we don't have to worry
about anything getting in
00:22:03.49\00:22:05.12
that doesn't need to be there
00:22:05.15\00:22:06.49
but before we get to that
point Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:22:06.52\00:22:09.89
the Bible says in verse 26,
"And they shall bring the glory
00:22:09.92\00:22:15.73
and honour of
the nations into it.
00:22:15.76\00:22:18.70
And there shall in
no wise enter in...
00:22:18.73\00:22:21.64
anything that defileth,
00:22:21.67\00:22:24.71
neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or makes a lie:
00:22:24.74\00:22:29.54
but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life. "
00:22:29.58\00:22:34.35
Again, I say, "on the inside
or on the outside looking in"
00:22:34.38\00:22:39.95
nothing... no one will get
into the very kingdom of God
00:22:39.99\00:22:45.49
in those pearly gates
unless your name is written
00:22:45.56\00:22:50.77
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:22:50.80\00:22:52.77
Unless you have surrendered
your life... your heart...
00:22:52.80\00:22:57.51
your all... not 90
percent but 100 percent to Him,
00:22:57.54\00:23:02.21
that is the only way,
00:23:02.24\00:23:03.81
you're going to be on
the inside looking out...
00:23:03.85\00:23:07.72
instead of on the
outside looking in.
00:23:07.75\00:23:10.55
If you would turn with
me to 1st Corinthians...
00:23:10.59\00:23:14.56
and sometimes we
have to shock ourselves...
00:23:14.59\00:23:17.03
we have to shock ourselves...
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.23
1st Corinthians chapter 6...
00:23:20.30\00:23:23.40
says some things
we don't like to admit
00:23:23.43\00:23:25.43
but it's the truth anyhow...
00:23:25.47\00:23:27.97
just like wearing asphalt...
00:23:28.00\00:23:30.47
it says in 1st
Corinthians chapter 6 verse 9,
00:23:30.51\00:23:36.81
listen to this... it says,
00:23:36.85\00:23:38.18
"Know ye not
that the unrighteous
00:23:38.21\00:23:40.32
shall not inherit
the kingdom of God?"
00:23:40.35\00:23:42.38
The unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.
00:23:42.42\00:23:45.85
"Be not
deceived... " in other words...
00:23:45.89\00:23:49.19
don't lie to yourself...
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.33
"be not deceived:
neither fornicators,
00:23:51.36\00:23:55.56
nor idolaters, not
adulterers, nor effeminate,
00:23:55.63\00:23:58.60
nor abusers of
themselves with mankind,
00:23:58.63\00:24:01.34
Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards,
00:24:01.37\00:24:04.01
nor revilers, nor extortioners,
00:24:04.04\00:24:06.37
shall inherit
the kingdom of God. "
00:24:06.41\00:24:08.68
I know, people get
quiet, real quiet there...
00:24:08.71\00:24:12.48
because somewhere
folks, we fell in that category
00:24:12.51\00:24:18.62
or one of those categories
00:24:18.65\00:24:20.36
or a category that is a
subheading of those categories.
00:24:20.39\00:24:24.43
You weren't always perfect
and you're still not perfect.
00:24:24.46\00:24:28.46
I remember one time I
was preaching a meeting
00:24:28.50\00:24:30.90
and I said, "We have all sinned
00:24:30.93\00:24:32.57
and have come short
of the glory of God...
00:24:32.63\00:24:33.97
we're all sinners... "
00:24:34.00\00:24:35.34
and there was a
little lady waiting for me
00:24:35.37\00:24:36.97
at the end of the
service... when I came out
00:24:37.01\00:24:38.91
and she said,
"I am not a sinner"
00:24:38.94\00:24:40.94
Audience: Laughter.
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.04
"I've been in the church... "
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.18
and she went on to
tell me how many decades
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.12
since she had been in the church
00:24:47.15\00:24:49.68
and I let her go on and
say what she had to say,
00:24:49.75\00:24:52.79
and then I said,
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.16
"But Dear, you were born in
sin and shapen in iniquity...
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.93
that's what the Scripture says,
00:24:56.96\00:25:00.20
and if you are not a sinner,
00:25:00.23\00:25:03.40
then Jesus didn't
have to die for you. "
00:25:03.43\00:25:07.90
And she looked at
me, she said I was right
00:25:07.94\00:25:11.64
and she rolled her
eyes and she walked away.
00:25:11.67\00:25:15.31
Audience: Laughter.
00:25:15.34\00:25:17.05
Praying for you
Sis... praying for you.
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.28
The record says it
plainly here folks,
00:25:19.31\00:25:21.42
anyway... everybody talking
about heaven is not good.
00:25:21.45\00:25:26.49
Just because you can
tell people about heaven,
00:25:26.52\00:25:29.99
just because you
can give a Bible Study,
00:25:30.03\00:25:32.19
just because you
have a knowledge of God,
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.33
just because you know
the basic truth of the Bible,
00:25:34.36\00:25:37.93
even if you have
gone to the next level
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.07
and you understand all
the prophecies of the Bible,
00:25:40.10\00:25:43.57
Jesus says, "Even if
you have gone to the point
00:25:43.61\00:25:45.24
where you cast out
devils in His name... "
00:25:45.27\00:25:48.18
pause...
00:25:48.21\00:25:50.41
if He doesn't know you...
00:25:50.45\00:25:52.41
because you have
given yourself to Him...
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.72
to be changed...
to be translated...
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.09
to be renewed... if
He doesn't know you,
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.02
you're still going to be
on the outside looking in
00:26:00.06\00:26:03.36
instead of on the
inside... looking out.
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.73
Audience: "Amen. "
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.10
It says here plain and
simple Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.30
and it gives this
list... and folks...
00:26:10.33\00:26:11.77
in this day and time...
then we have to watch this...
00:26:11.80\00:26:14.30
in these days and
times we have to be careful
00:26:14.34\00:26:18.07
about sexual impurity.
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.38
I know we don't talk about this,
00:26:20.41\00:26:23.65
oh there are children...
put your hands on their ears...
00:26:23.68\00:26:25.58
the children know
more than you think.
00:26:25.61\00:26:27.78
Audience:
Agreeing. "That's right. "
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.88
We are living in a sinful
world, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:26:29.92\00:26:36.62
it is paralleling the evil
that existed in Noah's time
00:26:36.66\00:26:43.30
when man's thoughts
were continually evil.
00:26:43.33\00:26:47.70
The things that are going
on today, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:26:47.74\00:26:52.24
are of such... if
they were spoken out loud,
00:26:52.27\00:26:55.98
it would make us blush
00:26:56.04\00:26:57.38
and then some of
us wouldn't even blush
00:26:57.41\00:26:59.35
because it's so common.
00:26:59.41\00:27:00.75
Pause...
00:27:00.78\00:27:03.22
It gets to the point
where even church folk...
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.89
individuals who
say they love the Lord,
00:27:06.96\00:27:09.69
do everything... and do
everything the world does
00:27:09.72\00:27:14.03
in their relationship
because everybody is doing it.
00:27:14.06\00:27:18.37
I heard Jesus say in Matthew
chapter 24... look at it please,
00:27:18.40\00:27:24.47
Matthew chapter 24,
let's go down to this verse,
00:27:24.51\00:27:28.44
I want to read it
verbatim... Matthew 24...
00:27:28.48\00:27:31.28
looking at verse
12... I believe...
00:27:31.31\00:27:34.15
but I want to be
exactly sure on it,
00:27:34.18\00:27:36.38
Matthew 24...
00:27:36.42\00:27:38.35
searching for the verse...
00:27:38.42\00:27:42.66
here we go...
00:27:42.69\00:27:48.63
verse 12... I was correct...
00:27:48.66\00:27:52.77
"And because
iniquity shall abound,
00:27:52.80\00:27:56.71
the love of many
shall wax cold. "
00:27:56.74\00:27:59.87
In other words,
because secret sin
00:27:59.91\00:28:03.04
will be practiced all over,
00:28:03.08\00:28:06.11
individuals will go cold in
their relationship with Christ
00:28:06.15\00:28:11.55
and begin to fall away
00:28:11.59\00:28:13.52
and do everything that
everybody else is doing.
00:28:13.56\00:28:16.96
Folks, we have a responsibility
00:28:16.99\00:28:19.53
not to do what
everyone else is doing
00:28:19.56\00:28:22.03
but to do what God expects
us to do as His children.
00:28:22.06\00:28:27.44
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:28:27.47\00:28:28.80
you need to know and
we have to understand
00:28:28.84\00:28:30.84
by studying the Word of God,
00:28:30.87\00:28:32.71
that the devil uses
some things so successfully
00:28:32.74\00:28:36.28
over and over and over again
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.48
and when you go back
and study the Scriptures,
00:28:38.51\00:28:41.15
and it tells us
in Romans 15 verse 4,
00:28:41.18\00:28:44.05
"Whatsoever things
were written aforetime
00:28:44.09\00:28:45.55
were written for our learning,
00:28:45.59\00:28:46.92
that we through patience
and comfort of the scriptures
00:28:46.96\00:28:49.39
might have hope. "
00:28:49.42\00:28:50.76
It tells us, before
the children of Israel
00:28:50.79\00:28:53.50
got over into the Promise Land,
00:28:53.53\00:28:55.30
after they had been
going back and forth
00:28:55.33\00:28:58.03
in the wilderness for 40 years
00:28:58.07\00:29:00.40
when they couldn't be
cursed, Ladies and Gentlemen
00:29:00.44\00:29:05.41
because God protected them
00:29:05.44\00:29:07.31
but when they
gave into sensuality...
00:29:07.38\00:29:11.51
to sexual perversion...
00:29:11.58\00:29:14.18
when they gave in to
what everyone else was doing
00:29:14.22\00:29:17.65
and they allowed
themselves to be caught up
00:29:17.69\00:29:21.39
in the things of the world,
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.12
it tells us in 1st
Corinthians chapter 10,
00:29:23.16\00:29:26.26
it says in verse 6,
00:29:26.29\00:29:27.63
"Now these things
were our examples,
00:29:27.66\00:29:29.76
to the intent that we should
not lust after evil things,
00:29:29.83\00:29:33.20
as they also lusted.
00:29:33.23\00:29:35.00
Neither be
idolaters, as some of them were;
00:29:35.04\00:29:37.77
as it is written,
00:29:37.81\00:29:39.14
The people sat
down to eat and drink,
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.18
and rose up to play.
00:29:41.21\00:29:42.54
Neither let us
commit fornication,
00:29:42.58\00:29:44.65
as some of them committed,
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.08
and fell in one day
three and twenty thousand. "
00:29:46.11\00:29:49.85
On the edge of
the kingdom, verse 9,
00:29:49.88\00:29:54.89
"Neither let us tempt Christ,
as some of them also tempted,
00:29:54.92\00:29:58.56
and were destroyed of serpents.
00:29:58.59\00:30:00.60
Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured
00:30:00.66\00:30:04.10
and were destroyed
of the destroyer. "
00:30:04.13\00:30:06.30
It says in verse 11,
00:30:06.33\00:30:07.67
"Now all these things happened
unto them for ensamples:
00:30:07.70\00:30:11.14
and they are
written for our admonition,
00:30:11.17\00:30:13.27
upon the ends of the
world that are to come. "
00:30:13.31\00:30:16.34
In other words, they are
given to us to be warnings!
00:30:16.38\00:30:20.32
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:20.35\00:30:21.68
Pause...
00:30:21.72\00:30:24.09
It says in verse 12,
00:30:24.12\00:30:25.45
"Wherefore let him
that thinketh he standeth
00:30:25.49\00:30:28.46
take heed lest
he or she falls. "
00:30:28.49\00:30:32.49
So when I come back now
to 1st Corinthians chapter 6
00:30:32.53\00:30:37.00
1st Corinthians
chapter 6 verse 9,
00:30:37.03\00:30:38.93
and I see these list of things
00:30:38.97\00:30:40.54
that any of us could
have done and are still doing,
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.10
look at verse 10, now
this one really gets me
00:30:43.14\00:30:45.17
and I know
someone's going to get mad
00:30:45.21\00:30:46.54
but that's all right...
you got all day to get glad,
00:30:46.57\00:30:48.18
it says in verse
10, "no peace... "
00:30:48.21\00:30:50.68
and folks, can you
imagine... just hear me out...
00:30:50.75\00:30:55.18
can you imagine,
you're coming to church,
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.29
you're doing all
of these things...
00:30:57.32\00:30:59.35
and you're not being
faithful in your tithe,
00:30:59.39\00:31:02.39
you're not being
faithful in your tithe,
00:31:02.42\00:31:05.33
you're just going
through the motions
00:31:05.36\00:31:08.20
because, you see, when
it talks about your money,
00:31:08.23\00:31:10.83
when it's about your money,
00:31:10.87\00:31:12.23
that's putting your
money where your mouth is,
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.57
I remember when I
was dating my wife
00:31:14.60\00:31:17.77
and she was going through
different Bible Studies with me
00:31:17.84\00:31:21.41
and preparing me for baptism,
I remember sitting in church
00:31:21.44\00:31:24.98
and when the
offering plate came down,
00:31:25.01\00:31:27.08
I took out a 20 dollar
bill and bam... threw it in...
00:31:27.12\00:31:29.32
I thought I did something...
00:31:29.35\00:31:30.69
Audience: Laughter...
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.49
and she looked at me...
she didn't say anything...
00:31:32.52\00:31:34.82
then the next week... and I
was going to church every week
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.53
I threw 40
dollars in the plate...
00:31:37.56\00:31:41.80
she looked at me...
she didn't say anything...
00:31:41.83\00:31:45.80
so finally, we were talking
somewhere during the week
00:31:45.83\00:31:49.27
and I said, "You know, you
didn't really seem impressed
00:31:49.30\00:31:52.41
I was trying to
help your church... "
00:31:52.44\00:31:53.78
She said, "Well, you know,
you're really just tipping God"
00:31:53.81\00:31:56.11
Audience: Laughter.
00:31:56.14\00:31:57.51
I said... I said,
00:31:57.55\00:31:58.88
"What do you
mean... tipping God?"
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.52
She said,
"You're just tipping God,
00:32:00.58\00:32:02.18
the Bible talks about a tithe...
a tenth of what you make. "
00:32:02.22\00:32:06.45
I said, "A tenth!
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.56
do you know how much I make?
00:32:08.59\00:32:12.76
I have a good job, a
tenth of what I make?"
00:32:12.79\00:32:15.86
I said, "I'm not
giving that money to some...
00:32:15.90\00:32:18.90
some preacher... so he
can drive in a big Cadillac
00:32:18.93\00:32:21.60
and wear some big ring
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.34
and all the members are
walking and he's in a big house
00:32:23.41\00:32:25.94
and all the members
are in an apartment...
00:32:25.97\00:32:27.38
I'm not going to do that. "
00:32:27.41\00:32:28.74
Because it's my money
coming out of my pocket
00:32:28.78\00:32:30.51
and we can find out all the
reasons why don't want to do it
00:32:30.55\00:32:32.58
and she said, "It's not
like that in this church. "
00:32:32.61\00:32:34.95
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.89
"You see in this church
00:32:36.92\00:32:38.72
a percentage of it stays
at the local Conference level
00:32:38.75\00:32:42.69
to pay for the ministers
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.59
and it doesn't matter if
a pastor has 1,000 members
00:32:44.63\00:32:48.50
or if he has 10 members,
00:32:48.56\00:32:50.10
with his years of service,
there's a same amount of salary
00:32:50.13\00:32:53.44
and then a portion of that goes
not from the Conference level,
00:32:53.47\00:32:56.74
it goes up to the Union level
00:32:56.77\00:32:59.04
to manage those Conferences
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.28
in the
territories that are there
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.55
and then it's
caught up to a Division...
00:33:03.58\00:33:06.51
part of it goes to the Division
00:33:06.55\00:33:07.88
and the Division
manages the work there
00:33:07.92\00:33:11.12
and if that's not enough,
00:33:11.15\00:33:12.49
there's a World Conference...
General Conference...
00:33:12.52\00:33:15.26
where the funds keep
going up... a portion of that
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.99
and then there's a
part that goes to retirement
00:33:18.03\00:33:20.70
for retired ministers
00:33:20.73\00:33:22.06
and a part goes into education
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.10
and that's how
your money is spent.
00:33:24.13\00:33:26.63
So when you get to the
glorious kingdom of God,
00:33:26.67\00:33:31.21
there will be people in foreign
places... in foreign countries
00:33:31.24\00:33:34.58
and in different
states that you didn't know
00:33:34.64\00:33:36.58
that you had contributed to
their relationship with Christ
00:33:36.61\00:33:40.68
because you were
faithful with your tithe. "
00:33:40.72\00:33:43.52
Audience: "Amen. "
00:33:43.55\00:33:44.99
And I said, "Well, I
can deal with that. "
00:33:45.02\00:33:47.76
Audience: "Amen. "
00:33:47.79\00:33:49.12
And she said, "Yes, and
then there's an offering. "
00:33:49.19\00:33:52.19
Audience: Laughter.
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.66
Because your
offering, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:33:54.70\00:33:57.50
stays for the
support of the local church.
00:33:57.53\00:34:00.24
Audience: "Amen. "
00:34:00.27\00:34:01.60
And it made sense...
00:34:01.64\00:34:02.97
But Folks, you know
what? There are some of us...
00:34:03.00\00:34:05.34
we "tip" God week after week
00:34:05.37\00:34:07.18
after we hear the words
of the prophet calling out
00:34:07.21\00:34:13.11
in Malachi chapter 3
verse 8, "Will a man rob God?"
00:34:13.15\00:34:18.05
"Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed me.
00:34:18.12\00:34:21.09
But you say,
Wherein have we robbed thee?
00:34:21.12\00:34:24.06
In tithes and offerings. "
00:34:24.09\00:34:25.76
It's right there...
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.66
can't get away from it.
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.46
You come to church in
your big nice shiny car
00:34:29.50\00:34:33.10
with your big nice shiny shoes
and your big nice shiny suit
00:34:33.13\00:34:39.01
and your pretty dress
00:34:39.04\00:34:40.58
and all of those
different things...
00:34:40.64\00:34:42.84
you have your
glimmering and glamour...
00:34:42.88\00:34:45.08
your desiring and design...
00:34:45.11\00:34:47.52
Audience: Laughter.
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.65
It is all right to
look good in church
00:34:49.68\00:34:54.92
but I'd rather be a
little bit less glamourous
00:34:54.96\00:34:58.23
and know that heaven is
not looking at me as a thief.
00:34:58.26\00:35:02.03
Audience:
"Amen... Amen... Amen...
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.47
Amen... Amen... "
00:35:04.50\00:35:05.93
I look at this thing
and it says it there,
00:35:05.97\00:35:11.54
it says that they will not
be in the Kingdom of God...
00:35:11.57\00:35:15.71
thieves won't be
in the Kingdom of God.
00:35:15.74\00:35:19.08
I continue to
look through the record
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.95
and I see all of
these things there
00:35:21.98\00:35:24.75
and go back to Revelation
chapter 21 verses 7 and 8
00:35:24.79\00:35:30.03
21... 7 and 8... it says,
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.33
"He that overcometh
shall inherit all things... "
00:35:32.36\00:35:35.80
now, now, now, I want
you to go back a minute,
00:35:35.86\00:35:39.10
I want you to go back to
1st Corinthians chapter 6
00:35:39.13\00:35:42.37
because I don't
want to leave you there
00:35:42.40\00:35:43.84
feeling really, really that bad,
00:35:43.91\00:35:45.64
I want you to feel bad
enough to do what's right
00:35:45.67\00:35:47.48
but I want you to be uplifted,
00:35:47.51\00:35:48.94
I want you to go back to
1st Corinthians chapter 6
00:35:48.98\00:35:52.65
verse 9 and move on to verse 11.
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.62
It says, "And such
were some of you... "
00:35:56.65\00:35:59.32
but that little
word there, "but"
00:35:59.35\00:36:02.92
"but ye are washed,
but you are sanctified,
00:36:02.96\00:36:11.20
but you are justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus,
00:36:11.23\00:36:16.71
and by the Spirit of our God. "
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.34
Yes!
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.71
"I used to be a
liar, I used to be a thief,
00:36:19.74\00:36:22.54
I used to be a fornicator,
I used to be an adulterer,
00:36:22.58\00:36:24.95
I did all of those things...
00:36:24.98\00:36:26.61
I used to smoke these
and... do all of that... "
00:36:26.65\00:36:28.92
I'm not talking about me,
I'm talking about all of us,
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.49
we've all done everything...
00:36:30.52\00:36:32.55
come on now...
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.09
no need for a
confession to you...
00:36:34.16\00:36:36.06
you do your confession to God...
00:36:36.12\00:36:37.99
and He says, "If
you confess your sins,
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.86
He is faithful and just
to forgive you your sins
00:36:39.89\00:36:42.43
and cleanse you
from all unrighteousness
00:36:42.46\00:36:44.90
that's what my Jesus does,
00:36:44.93\00:36:46.50
it's not about what
I've done for you to know...
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.90
it's what I have
known that I've done
00:36:48.94\00:36:51.07
and for Him to know
00:36:51.11\00:36:52.64
and Him to cover us with
the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:36:52.67\00:36:56.01
Audience: "Amen. "
00:36:56.04\00:36:57.38
He said, "Of such
will some of you... "
00:36:57.41\00:37:00.02
if it weren't for
the blood of Jesus,
00:37:00.08\00:37:02.68
no one would be going through
the glorious gates of glory
00:37:02.72\00:37:06.29
we wouldn't have a
chance but He says,
00:37:06.32\00:37:09.56
"Because of what He has done...
00:37:09.59\00:37:11.46
because of what
the Father has done...
00:37:11.49\00:37:13.53
because of what the
Holy Spirit has done... "
00:37:13.56\00:37:15.96
you see God was in Christ
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.63
reconciling the
world unto Himself
00:37:17.67\00:37:20.60
and the only way
He can bring us to Him
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.90
is to allow the
Holy Spirit to get in us,
00:37:22.97\00:37:25.21
wrap us up and lasso us in.
00:37:25.24\00:37:28.18
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:28.21\00:37:29.54
I come back
now... I come back now
00:37:29.58\00:37:32.91
to the promise of
Revelation 21 verse 7,
00:37:32.95\00:37:36.22
"He that overcometh
shall inherit all things... "
00:37:36.25\00:37:40.09
in other words...
you can make it in...
00:37:40.12\00:37:42.12
if you overcome.
00:37:42.19\00:37:44.96
He says, "He that overcometh
shall inherit all things;
00:37:44.99\00:37:50.03
and I will be his God,
00:37:50.07\00:37:52.20
and he shall be my
son or daughter... "
00:37:52.23\00:37:54.47
He goes on to give
another list in Scripture,
00:37:54.50\00:37:57.44
"But the fearful,
and the unbelieving,
00:37:57.47\00:37:59.71
and the
abominable, and murderers,
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.91
and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
00:38:01.94\00:38:04.28
and idolaters, and all liars,
00:38:04.31\00:38:07.05
shall have
their part in the lake
00:38:07.08\00:38:08.62
which burneth with
fire and brimstone:
00:38:08.65\00:38:10.79
which is the second death. "
00:38:10.85\00:38:12.22
In other words, these are
more categories of individuals
00:38:12.25\00:38:15.92
who will be on the
outside looking in...
00:38:15.96\00:38:18.59
they're fearful...
00:38:18.63\00:38:21.40
what do you mean by
that, "they are fearful?"
00:38:21.43\00:38:22.96
last night we saw the
command in the last days...
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.87
to fear God and
give glory to Him
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.60
it's not talking about
that type of "fearful. "
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.87
In Revelation
14:6 where it says,
00:38:29.90\00:38:32.01
"Fear God and
give glory to Him... "
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.11
it's talking about when
we understand who God is
00:38:34.14\00:38:37.55
and we have the
adoring reverence
00:38:37.58\00:38:40.32
to surrender everything to
Him because we know who He is...
00:38:40.35\00:38:43.99
He is God...
00:38:44.02\00:38:45.55
He has saved us...
00:38:45.59\00:38:48.39
He is saving
us... He loves us...
00:38:48.42\00:38:52.69
He's coming back for us
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.56
we have a reverence for Him,
00:38:54.60\00:38:56.63
we are thankful
that He is rescuing us
00:38:56.67\00:38:59.37
not only from the
things of this world
00:38:59.40\00:39:01.97
but He is
rescuing us from ourselves.
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.57
Audience: "Amen. "
00:39:04.61\00:39:05.97
See, the devil is an
enemy, he's our adversary
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.68
and he is like a roaring
lion seeking whom he can devour
00:39:08.74\00:39:12.81
but folks we do a
good job on ourselves,
00:39:12.85\00:39:15.28
awfully quiet here...
00:39:15.32\00:39:18.55
folks at home... they
got real quiet there...
00:39:18.59\00:39:21.66
we do a job on ourselves,
we have the devil to deal with
00:39:21.72\00:39:29.20
but when we deal
with ourselves sometimes,
00:39:29.23\00:39:32.13
we're not honest with
what's really wrong with us
00:39:32.17\00:39:36.07
and my Bible tells me that
the heart is deceitfully wicked
00:39:36.10\00:39:41.14
who can know it?"
00:39:41.18\00:39:42.84
And that's why we have to let
Jesus take control of our hearts
00:39:42.91\00:39:46.65
because if we don't do
that, we'll tell ourselves
00:39:46.68\00:39:50.45
we're okay...
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.15
you know, some
people... if you ever ask them,
00:39:52.22\00:39:53.72
"How's things?"
They always say, "Fine. "
00:39:53.76\00:39:56.73
Two minutes ago
they were on the phone...
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.13
somebody else...
about to commit suicide...
00:39:59.19\00:40:01.36
but when you come to
them, everything is fine.
00:40:01.40\00:40:03.57
Life is fine, children are fine,
00:40:03.60\00:40:05.53
wife is fine, everything is
fine fine... fine... fine...
00:40:05.57\00:40:07.87
and we lie to ourselves when
it comes to our own spirituality
00:40:07.90\00:40:11.44
we think that we're
okay because we look around
00:40:11.47\00:40:14.08
and we see somebody...
in a worse condition than us
00:40:14.14\00:40:16.71
and Folks, there's
always going to be someone
00:40:16.75\00:40:18.45
in a worse condition than you
00:40:18.48\00:40:19.81
but that same person could
be on the outside with you.
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.28
Pause...
00:40:22.32\00:40:24.65
When we come to
Jesus, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:40:24.69\00:40:27.52
we have to be renewed by
the transforming of our mind
00:40:27.56\00:40:31.63
and it tells us in
Romans chapter 12 verses 1 and 2
00:40:31.66\00:40:35.33
we have to let our
bodies be a living sacrifice
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.97
where we allow the
Holy Spirit to come in
00:40:39.00\00:40:41.90
and make the
changes that are necessary.
00:40:41.94\00:40:44.77
We have to do it...
00:40:44.81\00:40:48.01
the record tells us
here friends plain and simple
00:40:48.04\00:40:51.58
that the fearful are individuals
00:40:51.61\00:40:54.22
who are afraid
to do what's right
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.85
because they don't understand
00:40:56.89\00:40:58.35
or they worry
about what people think.
00:40:58.39\00:41:00.46
Hmmm... hmmm...
00:41:00.52\00:41:02.42
negative peer pressure...
00:41:02.46\00:41:05.09
I remember when I
first came into the church
00:41:05.13\00:41:10.23
and I would come to
church, I had my Bible
00:41:10.27\00:41:15.27
and I had it out... I
was proud... to have my Bible
00:41:15.30\00:41:20.44
and I saw some people
would come in the church
00:41:20.48\00:41:24.01
and they had their
Bible all hidden in a bag
00:41:24.05\00:41:27.52
all wrapped up...
00:41:27.55\00:41:30.39
go into to a restaurant...
I don't care who's looking...
00:41:30.42\00:41:37.83
I'm not going
to make a big scene
00:41:37.89\00:41:39.23
and fall down on the
floor and raising my hands
00:41:39.26\00:41:40.66
to pray over my food,
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.03
but I am going to
pray over my food,
00:41:42.06\00:41:44.17
I don't know what in the world
00:41:44.20\00:41:46.47
they're doing
back there to the food
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.04
and when it comes to
me, I just pray to God
00:41:48.07\00:41:50.11
that it's all
right, come on now...
00:41:50.14\00:41:52.04
I can't afford not to pray
00:41:52.07\00:41:55.51
that will stand up for my God
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.91
He said that if we are ashamed
of Him and don't confess Him,
00:41:58.95\00:42:02.75
He will be ashamed of
us and not confess us.
00:42:02.78\00:42:06.49
Audience: "Amen... amen... "
00:42:06.52\00:42:08.72
People are scared to stand up
00:42:08.76\00:42:11.13
when it comes to the Sabbath
00:42:11.16\00:42:13.46
they just keep on working,
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.96
"well, I just
give extra tithe. "
00:42:16.00\00:42:21.97
You can't bribe Jesus...
00:42:22.00\00:42:23.97
Audience:
"Amen... that's right... "
00:42:24.01\00:42:25.37
Stand up...
00:42:25.44\00:42:28.11
I remember the
first encounter I had
00:42:28.14\00:42:31.15
with Sabbath in the workplace
00:42:31.18\00:42:32.81
and I knew it was
coming and I knew it was right
00:42:32.85\00:42:35.28
and I came to my
boss and I told him,
00:42:35.35\00:42:36.89
I said, I can't
work on Sabbath...
00:42:36.92\00:42:38.42
Sabbath is my Sabbath,
it's the Bible Sabbath,
00:42:38.45\00:42:41.79
it's from sundown
Friday to sundown Saturday
00:42:41.82\00:42:45.13
and I went on and I
gave Him all my texts
00:42:45.16\00:42:48.70
and He said, "Be
there tomorrow... on time"
00:42:48.73\00:42:52.00
So, I have to admit
this... it happened,
00:42:52.03\00:42:55.30
what I did... I
called in sick...
00:42:55.34\00:42:57.64
Audience: Laughter...
00:42:57.67\00:43:00.34
You know, that's a
half bow... you know...
00:43:00.38\00:43:03.04
forgive me Lord...
00:43:03.08\00:43:04.65
and my boss called me in...
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.92
called me in... sat
me down on Monday...
00:43:07.95\00:43:09.95
he said, "You were sick huh?"
00:43:09.98\00:43:11.35
I said, "Yeah, I was
sick... no, I am lying"
00:43:11.39\00:43:13.12
Audience: Laughter...
00:43:13.15\00:43:15.52
Lord, have mercy,
I read it right here,
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.33
"and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie" Revelation 22:15
00:43:17.36\00:43:19.33
we have to just
stand up for Jesus...
00:43:19.36\00:43:21.46
we have to do
like those Hebrew boys
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.60
the Hebrew boys...
they were out there
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.67
on the plains of Dura,
everybody else is bowing down
00:43:25.70\00:43:29.37
they could have gotten away with
bending down and tying shoe...
00:43:29.40\00:43:33.17
or sandals...
when the trumpet blew
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.68
but those boys stood
on their tippy toes...
00:43:35.71\00:43:38.45
they said they're
going to stand up for Jesus.
00:43:38.48\00:43:41.22
Audience: "Amen. " Clapping.
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.08
And we must get to the point
00:43:43.15\00:43:44.95
where we are not fearful of
00:43:44.99\00:43:46.89
the things that can be
done to us in this life,
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.09
those boys said
to Nebuchadnezzar...
00:43:49.12\00:43:50.83
Nebuchadnezzar said,
"Listen, I like you guys,
00:43:50.86\00:43:52.83
you're good kids... we
really enjoy your work here
00:43:52.86\00:43:55.50
if you have another
opportunity you can bow down
00:43:55.53\00:43:58.00
and I'll act like I didn't
see it the first time... "
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.80
They said,
"Nebuchadnezzar, keep it...
00:43:59.83\00:44:02.30
you don't have to
play that song for me...
00:44:02.34\00:44:04.74
you see, I'm walking to the
beat of a different drummer,
00:44:04.77\00:44:08.01
you don't have to
play that song for me
00:44:08.04\00:44:11.61
the God that we
serve is able to save us
00:44:11.65\00:44:15.12
but if He doesn't feel
like doing it now, it's okay...
00:44:15.15\00:44:18.45
you see, I heard
something that Job said,
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.79
that if I'm just faithful,
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.46
I know that on the
great 'getting-up morning'
00:44:22.49\00:44:25.69
I shall see the Lord
Himself with my own body,
00:44:25.76\00:44:29.00
with my own eyes and
praise Him with my own tongue
00:44:29.03\00:44:32.20
because the God I serve
is not only King of Kings...
00:44:32.23\00:44:35.10
and the Lord of Lords...
00:44:35.14\00:44:36.47
the God I serve is
resurrection and the life
00:44:36.50\00:44:39.21
and you can
crumble me up to ashes
00:44:39.24\00:44:41.08
and sprinkle me over the sea
00:44:41.11\00:44:42.81
but on the great
'getting-up morning'
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.78
my God who put
everything into existence
00:44:44.81\00:44:47.35
by His power and by
His might and His grace,
00:44:47.38\00:44:49.75
He shall bring
me back together. "
00:44:49.78\00:44:52.55
Audience: "Amen... " Clapping...
00:44:52.59\00:44:55.12
That's what He does,
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.83
that's the God we serve
00:44:56.86\00:44:58.39
and He says to us
that we can't be fearful,
00:44:58.43\00:45:02.76
there's nothing
that man can do to you
00:45:02.80\00:45:05.23
that can separate you
from the love of Jesus Christ,
00:45:05.27\00:45:08.87
oh my friends, turn
with me to Romans chapter 8
00:45:08.90\00:45:11.47
Romans chapter 8,
I love this thing,
00:45:11.51\00:45:13.68
it gives me
goosebumps when I read it,
00:45:13.71\00:45:15.78
Romans chapter 8
and somebody knows
00:45:15.81\00:45:17.81
where I am going to go
to, what I'm about to say,
00:45:17.85\00:45:20.32
Romans chapter 8 verse 38,
00:45:20.38\00:45:22.62
"For I am persuaded... "
00:45:22.65\00:45:24.85
hmmm... "For I am persuaded... "
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.59
no, no, no, no, no,
let's get the whole thing.
00:45:27.62\00:45:29.39
go up to verse 35...
00:45:29.42\00:45:30.76
"Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ?
00:45:30.79\00:45:32.66
shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine,
00:45:32.69\00:45:36.80
or nakedness,
or danger or sword?
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.80
As it is written, For thy sake
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.64
we are killed all day long;
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.40
we are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter.
00:45:42.44\00:45:44.24
Nay, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
00:45:44.27\00:45:47.34
through him that loved us.
00:45:47.38\00:45:49.18
For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life,
00:45:49.21\00:45:52.11
not angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present,
00:45:52.15\00:45:55.85
nor things to come.
00:45:55.88\00:45:57.22
Nor height, nor
depth, nor any creature,
00:45:57.25\00:45:59.62
shall be able to separate
us from the love of God,
00:45:59.65\00:46:03.16
which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. "
00:46:03.19\00:46:06.66
Audience: "Amen. "
00:46:06.70\00:46:08.96
Stand up for the Master
to make the long story short,
00:46:09.03\00:46:13.67
they assigned me to
work another Sabbath.
00:46:13.70\00:46:16.50
I said, "Well, I can't
lie, I can't call in sick...
00:46:16.54\00:46:25.48
I'm just going to
stand tall for the Lord. "
00:46:25.51\00:46:31.42
Audience: "Amen. "
00:46:31.45\00:46:32.89
On Thursday, my
second boss came to me
00:46:32.92\00:46:37.73
and he said, "We're
taking you off Sabbath... "
00:46:37.79\00:46:42.40
he said it, "Sabbath duty... "
00:46:42.43\00:46:47.07
the boss who was
going to write me up
00:46:47.10\00:46:52.14
and said that he would
deal with me the second time
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.61
got transferred...
00:46:54.64\00:46:56.14
Audience: "Amen" Clapping.
00:46:56.18\00:46:58.85
And the boss
that I had after that,
00:46:58.88\00:47:02.15
Dipper Ann...
00:47:02.18\00:47:03.55
praise God for him...
00:47:03.59\00:47:04.92
never assigned
me another Saturday
00:47:04.95\00:47:07.86
as long as I was
in the phone company.
00:47:07.92\00:47:10.83
Audience: "Amen. "
00:47:10.86\00:47:12.49
He's able, Ladies and
Gentlemen, He's able...
00:47:12.56\00:47:14.63
if we would just stand
tall and stand faithful to Him,
00:47:14.66\00:47:18.50
Jesus looks at us and He says...
00:47:18.53\00:47:20.80
if you would turn with
me to Luke chapter 13...
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.27
Luke chapter
13... He says to us...
00:47:23.30\00:47:25.81
that we must not only stand tall
00:47:25.84\00:47:28.31
but we have to press
on, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:47:28.34\00:47:31.35
press on... to the Kingdom...
00:47:31.38\00:47:33.92
He says in verse 24
of Luke 13, He says to,
00:47:33.95\00:47:37.19
"Strive to enter
in at the strait gate:
00:47:37.22\00:47:40.39
for many, I say unto
you, will seek to enter in,
00:47:40.42\00:47:43.02
and shall not be able.
00:47:43.06\00:47:44.66
When the master of
the house is risen up,
00:47:44.69\00:47:47.23
and has shut the door, and
you begin to stand without,
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.37
and to knock at the door,
saying Lord, Lord, open unto us;
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.23
and then He
shall answer unto you,
00:47:53.30\00:47:55.17
I know not whence you are. "
00:47:55.20\00:47:57.61
Pause...
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.31
The saddest words... that
will be heard by human ears.
00:48:00.34\00:48:07.95
In Mathew 7 verse
21... Matthew 7 verse 21,
00:48:07.98\00:48:12.39
we see these
individuals who have said
00:48:12.42\00:48:15.32
that they've known the
Lord but the record tells us
00:48:15.36\00:48:18.69
plain and simple... that
they never really knew Him.
00:48:18.73\00:48:22.00
Jesus says in verse 21,
00:48:22.03\00:48:24.73
"Not every one
that saith unto me,
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.33
Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven;
00:48:26.40\00:48:28.97
but he that doeth the will of
my Father which is in heaven. "
00:48:29.00\00:48:32.61
He that doeth the will...
doeth the will, doeth the will,
00:48:32.64\00:48:36.18
"Many will say
to me in that day,
00:48:36.21\00:48:38.51
Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name?
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.48
and in thy name have
we not cast out devils?
00:48:40.52\00:48:42.35
and in thy name have we
not done many wonderful works?
00:48:42.38\00:48:44.65
And then I will
profess unto them,
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.69
I never knew you:
00:48:46.72\00:48:48.22
depart from me, ye
that work iniquity. "
00:48:48.26\00:48:51.53
Pause...
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.50
Friends, the record tells
us in Revelation chapter 22
00:48:54.53\00:48:58.10
and you have to look at
this, you have to internalize
00:48:58.13\00:49:01.60
and you have to make a decision
on how you will handle this
00:49:01.64\00:49:05.21
Revelation chapter 22
verse 14, verse 14 says,
00:49:05.24\00:49:09.44
"Blessed are they that
do his commandments... "
00:49:09.51\00:49:13.58
not think about them...
not preach about them...
00:49:13.62\00:49:18.02
not sing about them...
but do His commandments.
00:49:18.05\00:49:22.39
When John tells
us in John 14:15,
00:49:22.42\00:49:25.26
"If you love me,
keep my commandments. "
00:49:25.29\00:49:27.33
The Lord goes on to tell us
00:49:27.36\00:49:29.03
that the
commandments are something
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.77
that we can't
keep by ourselves...
00:49:30.80\00:49:32.43
the Holy Ghost has to come in
00:49:32.47\00:49:34.34
and keep the
commandments with us and for us,
00:49:34.40\00:49:37.01
we are incapable
of doing it ourselves
00:49:37.04\00:49:39.64
but when we give it to Jesus,
00:49:39.67\00:49:41.31
when we allow Him to come
into our hearts, where we say,
00:49:41.34\00:49:44.51
"Let this mind be in us...
which was even in Christ Jesus
00:49:44.55\00:49:47.68
the mind of God... "
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.05
then you can keep
the commandments of God.
00:49:49.08\00:49:52.15
Audience: "Amen. "
00:49:52.22\00:49:53.96
And He will guide us
and keep us day by day,
00:49:53.99\00:49:57.16
oh yes, some days you may fall
but friends the God we serve
00:49:57.23\00:50:01.50
will pick us up
with His tender hands
00:50:01.56\00:50:03.87
and place us back on our way
00:50:03.90\00:50:06.27
and Folks, if
you're going to fall...
00:50:06.30\00:50:07.94
fall in the arms... the
everlasting arms of Jesus Christ
00:50:07.97\00:50:12.14
and He will lift you up
and take you on your way.
00:50:12.17\00:50:15.04
It says, "Blessed are
they that do His commandments,
00:50:15.08\00:50:17.91
that they may have a
right to the tree of life,
00:50:17.95\00:50:20.98
and may enter in
through the gates of the city. "
00:50:21.02\00:50:24.05
What gates? Those pearly gates.
00:50:24.09\00:50:26.45
Audience: "Amen. "
00:50:26.49\00:50:27.82
Those pearly
gates and jasper walls
00:50:27.86\00:50:32.49
on the foundation
of precious stones
00:50:32.53\00:50:37.23
those pearly gates
00:50:37.27\00:50:40.27
that have angels at the
entrances... not Peter...
00:50:40.30\00:50:44.97
those pearly gates that
reflect the very glory of God.
00:50:45.01\00:50:51.81
Those pearly gates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:50:51.85\00:50:54.75
that will lead us
to mansions on high,
00:50:54.78\00:50:57.12
those pearly
gates that will lead us
00:50:57.15\00:50:59.42
through the river of
Life, the pearly gates
00:50:59.45\00:51:01.56
that will bring us
to the Tree of Life
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.76
with 12 manner of fruits
are there... each month for us
00:51:03.79\00:51:07.20
and the leaves are for
the healing of the nations.
00:51:07.23\00:51:10.37
Through the
Pearly Gates it says,
00:51:10.40\00:51:12.60
"Those that keep
the commandments of God
00:51:12.63\00:51:14.74
and have the faith
of Jesus Christ... "
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.84
well, Revelation 12:17 tells us
00:51:16.87\00:51:19.24
that those are the
people that the devil hates.
00:51:19.27\00:51:21.84
Now, if you got common
sense, if the devil hates you,
00:51:21.88\00:51:24.41
you've got to
know... you have to know
00:51:24.45\00:51:26.05
it has to be in you
that if the devil hates you,
00:51:26.08\00:51:28.72
Jesus loves you.
00:51:28.75\00:51:30.35
Audience: "Amen. " Clapping.
00:51:30.39\00:51:32.55
Clapping...
00:51:32.59\00:51:34.99
So don't get
caught up in Theology
00:51:35.02\00:51:37.23
where you are so righteous that
you miss the spiritual blessing
00:51:37.26\00:51:42.66
where you try to interpret
Scripture by your own way,
00:51:42.70\00:51:46.87
the Bible is its own expositor.
00:51:46.90\00:51:50.17
Audience: "Amen. "
00:51:50.21\00:51:51.77
And it tell us... it tells
us in the last book of the Bible
00:51:51.81\00:51:56.75
in verse 14 chapter 22, it says,
00:51:56.78\00:52:00.15
"Blessed are they
that do His commandments,
00:52:00.18\00:52:02.88
that they have a
right to the tree of life,
00:52:02.92\00:52:05.42
and may enter into
the gates of the city. "
00:52:05.45\00:52:07.52
Audience: "Amen. "
00:52:07.56\00:52:08.96
My friends, if
you are not obedient
00:52:09.02\00:52:12.79
you're going to
be in that crowd...
00:52:12.83\00:52:16.53
that verse 27 of
Luke 13 talks about
00:52:16.56\00:52:20.10
and Jesus said,
"I will tell you,
00:52:20.14\00:52:22.67
I know you not
from whence you are,
00:52:22.70\00:52:25.17
depart from me, all
ye workers of iniquity
00:52:25.21\00:52:26.94
and there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth,
00:52:26.98\00:52:30.58
when you see
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
00:52:30.61\00:52:33.25
and all the prophets
in the kingdom of God,
00:52:33.28\00:52:35.75
and yourselves thrust out. "
00:52:35.78\00:52:37.49
When you see your Pastor,
00:52:37.52\00:52:39.32
and the deacons and the
elders and the ushers...
00:52:39.35\00:52:41.39
when you see your church members
those you went to school with,
00:52:41.42\00:52:43.93
when you see that
bum down the street
00:52:43.96\00:52:45.33
that you wouldn't give a ride to
00:52:45.36\00:52:46.70
but he accepted
Jesus and he's in there,
00:52:46.73\00:52:48.53
when you see that prostitute
who has been cleaned up
00:52:48.56\00:52:50.73
and she had become holy
and she's looking at you,
00:52:50.77\00:52:52.93
you see, the
walls are 216 feet high
00:52:52.97\00:52:55.47
and they're clear
as crystal... jasper
00:52:55.50\00:52:57.97
and you see them on the inside
00:52:58.01\00:52:59.87
but you in your
self-righteousness
00:52:59.91\00:53:02.14
are on the outside...
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.18
Pause...
00:53:04.21\00:53:06.35
Or you told them...
00:53:06.38\00:53:07.72
they weren't going because
they weren't keeping Sabbath
00:53:07.75\00:53:10.29
but you weren't
keeping Sabbath in your heart.
00:53:10.32\00:53:12.72
Audience: "That's right. "
00:53:12.75\00:53:14.52
You didn't let
the love come in...
00:53:14.56\00:53:16.83
you didn't let the
Spirit of God come in,
00:53:16.86\00:53:18.86
you didn't have the Godliness
and the brotherly kindness
00:53:18.89\00:53:21.33
you weren't what
you were supposed to be
00:53:21.36\00:53:23.67
you were mean and
critical and judgmental
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.97
and you fought against every
program that was not your idea.
00:53:26.00\00:53:30.74
Audience: Agreeing.
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.61
You spent more time fighting
about rugs and color and paint
00:53:32.64\00:53:36.95
and the things and what
office people should have
00:53:36.98\00:53:39.11
instead of putting your
energy into the kingdom of God
00:53:39.15\00:53:42.02
to let men, women, boys
and girls know the truth
00:53:42.05\00:53:44.85
about our coming
Savior who died on the cross
00:53:44.89\00:53:47.66
whose commandments are
the standard of the judgment
00:53:47.69\00:53:50.09
and who is coming very soon...
00:53:50.13\00:53:51.99
you'll be on the
outside looking in...
00:53:52.03\00:53:55.26
but on the inside...
00:53:55.33\00:53:58.33
oh thank God...
00:53:58.37\00:54:00.74
in the inside...
when you're with Jesus,
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.67
you're in the
shelter in the time of storm,
00:54:02.70\00:54:05.61
on the inside...
00:54:05.64\00:54:08.24
you will be there...
because you gave it all to Jesus
00:54:08.28\00:54:13.08
all to Jesus...
00:54:13.11\00:54:15.35
all to Jesus and
He has paved the way.
00:54:15.38\00:54:20.76
Audience: "Amen... amen... "
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There is a fountain
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filled with blood,
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Drawn from Immanuel's
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veins,
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And sinners plunged
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beneath that flood
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Lose all
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their guilty stains.
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The dying thief
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rejoiced to see
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That fountain
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in His day...
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And there have I,
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though vile as he,
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Washed all
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my sins away...
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washed all my sins away.
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Let the blood of Jesus
Christ wash away your sin,
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all you have to do is
just reach out to Him,
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in your heart, in
your mind, right now,
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and your sin will be forgiven.
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The God we serve is a Mighty God
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and He wants you on the inside
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not the outside...
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give Him your heart today
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and He accepts you.
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God bless you...
and God be with you.
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