Music...
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More music...
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Seagulls...
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Scene of the horizon...
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Scenes from history...
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More scenes from history...
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Scenes...
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Turning the
pages of Revelation...
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Turning the pages of Revelation.
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Good evening Ambassador Family,
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and good evening to our Viewers,
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I am Henoc Paulicin,
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Pastor of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We are located in the city
of Lauderdale Lakes Florida
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and for those who are
not familiar with Florida,
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you know, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida,
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we're not too far away from
the Fort Lauderdale airport.
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We're a friendly
and growing church
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and if you're in the
Fort Lauderdale area...
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or even in Miami...
which isn't too far away...
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we'd like to invite you
to come and worship with us.
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This evening, I have with me
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someone who is a hardworking
individual at Ambassador Church
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she is our Church Clerk and so,
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I'd like to
introduce her right now.
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Thank you Pastor
Paulicin, I'm Barbara Morgan,
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Clerk for the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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on behalf of the
administrative staff
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it is my pleasure to
welcome you, our audience,
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to the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We're looking forward to
seeing you tomorrow night
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as we enter the final week
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of "Unfolding the Revelation
through the Eyes of John. "
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I pray that as we come
to the end of the Series,
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that our hearts
will be closely drawn
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to our Savior and King
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and we will be richly blessed
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and make our best to
make it to the Kingdom.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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To our Viewers at home,
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we thank you for
tuning in to our Program,
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we pray that the Program
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has been an inspiration
to you night after night...
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and it was our hope that
the Holy Spirit's presence
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will dwell within your homes.
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If you'd like to make a donation
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to the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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please feel free to do so.
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You may send your donations to
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the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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3245 West Oakland Park Boulevard
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
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again, you may
send your donations to
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3245 West Oakland Park Boulevard
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
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thank you and may God
continue to bless you.
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Now, for those who
have not been watching,
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we have been
going through a Series,
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"Through the Eyes of John:
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Unfolding the
Book of Revelation. "
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The Speaker has
been none other than
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Pastor Lawrence S. Dorsey Sr.
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who is the Pastor of the Berean
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Los Angeles, California,
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The Lord has
tremendously blessed us,
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what do you say, Church?
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Audience: "Amen. "
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And I believe that tonight
will be no disappointment
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but before we begin,
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we'd like to invite
the presence of the Lord
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in this place, so would you
please bow your heads as we pray
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"Our Heavenly
Father, we thank you
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for having been with us,
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we thank you that
your Spirit has poured out
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upon your manservant
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night after night,
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and once again, we await the
message that you have for us.
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Put him on fire as never before
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and when all is said and
done, may Jesus be seen...
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Jesus be heard
and Jesus be felt.
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This we ask in
Jesus' name, amen. "
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Walking off the stage.
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Piano playing...
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Piano playing more...
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I will lift up
mine eyes to the hills
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from whence cometh my help,
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My help cometh from the Lord,
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The Lord which
made Heaven and Earth,
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He said He will
not suffer thy foot,
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Thy foot to be moved,
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The Lord that keepeth thee,
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Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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Oh the Lord is thy keeper,
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The Lord is thy shade
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Upon thy right hand,
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Upon thy right hand...
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No, the sun shall
not smite thee by day,
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Nor the moon by night,
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He shall preserve thy soul
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Even forever more.
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My help...
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my help,
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my help
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All of my help
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cometh from the...
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from the Lord.
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I will lift up
mine eyes to the hills
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From whence cometh my help,
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My help cometh from the Lord,
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The Lord which
made Heaven and Earth...
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He said He would
not suffer thy foot,
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Thy foot to be moved,
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The Lord that keepeth thee,
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He shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
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Oh the Lord is thy keeper,
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The Lord is thy shade
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Upon they right hand,
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Upon thy right hand.
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No, the sun shall
not smite thee by day,
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Nor the moon by night,
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He shall preserve thy soul
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Even forever more.
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My help...
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my help,
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Oh my help,
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All of my help
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cometh from the Lord.
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My help,
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my help,
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my help
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All of my help
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cometh from...
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the Lord.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Praise God to know that
our help comes from the Lord.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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The Lord God who is mighty,
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the Lord God who is majestic
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the Lord God who
never sleeps nor slumbers.
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The Lord God who loves us
so much that He died for us
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and then He didn't stay
dead, somebody say, "Amen... "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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He came forth from
the grave conquering death
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and conquering the devil
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and conquering our fears
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all of the things
that He needed to do,
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He did for us on Calvary
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and friends, one
day He is coming soon
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and very soon.
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I'm so happy to
again be here tonight
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to be able to
open the Word of God
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and especially to
enjoy this Series,
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"Through the Eyes of John... "
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to get a new look at
the book of Revelation.
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Haven't we discovered that
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as something that
we can understand?
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Something that's very practical?
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Something that's a
very part of the very Bible
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that we love and cherish,
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it's something that we
should not be afraid of
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but something
that we should dig into
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and study and know
for as the Bible says
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and as Revelation says,
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the things that we
have been reading about
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are the things that
even are at hand today.
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Now, I just want to
do this in our timeframe
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where we look at
those individuals
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and just
acknowledge some of them
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who have written in
to us and have called...
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we got a call from a Liz
Smith from Huntsville, Alabama
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and she is watching
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and she is asking for us
to continue to pray for her,
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and to continue these
messages coming forward,
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we got a call from a Kim Pilgrim
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all the way in
Trinidad, West Indies,
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at one time it
seemed like all the calls
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were coming from Jamaica, amen,
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but that's great to have someone
calling from the Trinidad Island
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and then also,
from the Cayman Islands,
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we have a
call... or an e-mail...
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that came all the way
from Tasmania, Australia,
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from a Mo Cargen, Mo,
I hope you're watching
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and I found out from some
individuals in New Zealand,
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a threesome...
Henny, Suzanna and Joseph
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they are watching in New
Zealand at their lunch time
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so we hope that you enjoy
having lunch with us over here
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and Eastern Standard Time
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and that the Lord is
even indeed blessing you.
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God is spreading His
message all over the world
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and I am so thankful
that the Ambassador Church
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and 3ABN have allowed
this budding ministry...
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"The Living Word Ministry"
to be able to go on the air,
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to be able to take this
message to so many people,
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now, I have to say this,
we have received individuals
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who have given us different
donations and things like that
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and that's just been wonderful
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but today, we got
our first online...
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online contribution from a...
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I'll just give
the e-mail address
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and I just want to let her
know that she was the first one
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to send a loving,
supporting contribution
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a CDWeb7... that's
all I'm going to say,
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I'm not going to
say the rest of it
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but we want to
thank you CDWeb7...
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for our very first
online contribution,
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God has been so good to us.
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Tonight, we will look
at the subject entitled,
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"Heaven's seal of approval"
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Heaven's seal of
approval... do you want it?
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Well, let's see
how we can receive it.
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Let us pray, "Father in heaven,
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again, we're so thankful
that you love us with a love
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that would not let us
go, we are thankful Lord,
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that you are our help...
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a very present
help in time of trouble,
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which allows us to
have time of peace,
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and even now,
tonight, as we open thy Word,
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we ask that your sweet
angels will be here with us
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to protect us from
dangers seen and the unseen,
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we pray that your Holy Spirit
will be poured out upon us
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that might
enlighten us and empower us
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and encourage us
in righteousness,
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and Lord, we ask that you
would just draw us to yourself,
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and that as we
study these things,
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we will not wait to
some time in the future
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to make a decision for you,
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but we will decide to
serve you even from this day on,
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be with those who
are watching online,
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those who are
watching in their homes
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and even those who are
watching at their lunch hours,
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let your Spirit
reign across this world
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and let this
message be a message of hope
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in Jesus' name, amen and amen. "
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I'd like for you to
turn quickly with me
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to the book of Revelation
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chapter 7... Revelation 7
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beginning with
verses 1 through 3
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tonight we will see the
Bible as its own expositor,
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tonight we will see
how examples in the past
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give us the faith and the
steadfastness that we need
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to face the very future...
a future that is even now.
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Tonight we will see the Bible
stacking up against the Bible
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letting us know that the
theme of the Bible is Jesus
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and that He is...
very soon to come.
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Revelation chapter 7
beginning with verse 1.
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"And after these
things I saw four angels
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standing on the four
corners of the earth,
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holding the four
winds of the earth,
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that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
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nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
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And I saw another angel
ascending from the east,
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having the seal
of the living God:
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and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels,
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to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea,
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Saying, Hurt not the
earth, neither the sea,
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nor the trees,
till we have sealed
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the servants of our
God in their foreheads. "
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
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we looked at the
very first night...
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the definition of a servant of
God from the Bible perspective.
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If you would turn
with me to your Bibles
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to Romans chapter 6 verse 16,
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it lets you know
what a servant of God is.
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Romans 6 verse 16,
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"Know ye not,
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that to whom you yield
yourselves servants to obey,
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his servants ye
are to whom you obey;
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whether of sin unto death,
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or of obedience
unto righteousness?"
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In other words,
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if we would truly
be the servants of God,
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we must be obedient to His Word.
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I go back to this
text, Revelation chapter 7
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and I'm seeing
the book of Revelation
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showing itself with
things that are literal
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and things that are symbolic
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and we said that about
the book of Revelation,
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there are some
things that are literal,
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there are some
things that are symbolic,
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there are some things
that the Lord has given to us
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for encouragement,
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the book of
Revelation has it all.
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All the books in the
Bible end and meet there.
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505 direct or
indirect quotations
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from other books of the bible
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of the 39 of the
other 65 books all end here
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and as you have seen night after
night, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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we go back to
different portions of Scripture
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and we see the same
principle and the same doctrine
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supported in Revelation
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supported in the
other parts of the Book
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so when we come to this scene,
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we see four angels standing
on the four corners of the earth
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we understand that
the earth is not square
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and it doesn't have four corners
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but we understand
that this is being symbolic
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of the entire earth...
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the north the
south, the east and west.
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In other words, it is
said in symbolic language
00:16:08.73\00:16:12.47
that these four angels
are covering the entire earth
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all the points of the compass,
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the north, the
south, the east and west.
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It says they are holding
the four winds of the earth,
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Ladies and Gentlemen
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and when we let the
Bible be its own expositor,
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when we use
Scripture to define Scripture,
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we know that
Jeremiah 25 verse 32 tells us
00:16:34.96\00:16:38.96
that winds denote
stress and trouble
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and Folks, everywhere
we look, there is trouble,
00:16:43.06\00:16:45.60
everywhere we
look there is strife,
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everywhere we look we see
the world is in convulsions
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and we know that the
king in glory is going to come
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and so we find ourselves reading
these verses in chapter 7
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of the book of Revelation
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and what they are describing
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is the time in
which we live right now.
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I thank God that He
has told us in chapter 17
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verse 17 of the book of John
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that we shall know the truth
and the truth shall set us free.
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The truth is... the
Word of God is the truth,
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so when I look
at this scene here
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and I begin to compare
Scripture with Scripture
00:17:27.68\00:17:31.01
and I see the
winds being let loose...
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the winds of trouble
and strife on the earth,
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it takes me back to
what Jesus was saying
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in Matthew chapter 24.
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You see, the Bible is connected,
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they are not just
separate books that are there
00:17:45.49\00:17:48.00
to read and study
in its own vacuum, no,
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they are there as a
complete book for us
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it says, "All Scripture... "
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2nd Timothy 3 verse 16,
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"All Scripture comes
from inspiration of God...
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and it is
profitable to us for doctrine"
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so when you look at the
doctrines of last-day events
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it's not just one book...
it's not just two books...
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but it's the entire Bible as a
massive love letter from Christ
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that has been given to
us to help us be prepared
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for the things that we
will see in the last days.
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I go back now in my
Bible to the book of Matthew...
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Matthew 24... I
begin to read these things,
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and we've heard them
before and we've read them
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but we're going to see them
in a different light tonight,
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we begin with
verse 5 and it says,
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"And many shall come in
my name, saying, I am Christ;
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and shall deceive many.
00:18:42.12\00:18:43.45
And ye shall hear of
wars and rumors of wars:
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see that you be not troubled:
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for all these
things must come to pass,
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but the end is not yet.
00:18:51.19\00:18:52.93
For nation shall
rise against nation,
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and kingdom against kingdom:
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and there shall be
famines, and pestilences,
00:18:57.40\00:18:59.90
and earthquakes, in
different places... "
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and then verse 8 says,
00:19:02.37\00:19:04.01
"these are the
beginning of sorrows. "
00:19:04.04\00:19:07.88
In other words,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:19:07.91\00:19:11.81
these signs that
we see in our time
00:19:11.85\00:19:16.08
are the early
"time of trouble" signs
00:19:16.12\00:19:20.29
that will intensify...
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.49
for verse 8 says
here clearly and plainly,
00:19:22.52\00:19:25.53
that these are the
beginning of sorrows...
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in other words, it's
not going to get better
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it's going to get worse.
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Pause...
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I turn in my Bible
to the book of Luke.
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Luke chapter 21 and
we see what he has to say
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on this subject,
Luke chapter 21...
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we look at this and see verse 25
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this is very encouraging,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:19:45.85\00:19:48.25
because we're
going to see a link
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not only with Jesus
saying, what He's says here
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and what He has said in
Matthew but will show us
00:19:52.82\00:19:55.42
what John saw in
the book of Revelation.
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It says in verse 25 of Luke 21,
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"And there shall be signs
in the sun, and in the moon,
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and in the stars;
00:20:04.87\00:20:06.20
and upon the earth
distress of nations,
00:20:06.23\00:20:08.60
with perplexity;
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.54
the sea and the waves roaring;
00:20:10.57\00:20:13.94
Men's hearts
failing them for fear,
00:20:13.98\00:20:17.11
and looking after those things
00:20:17.15\00:20:18.78
which are coming on the earth:
00:20:18.81\00:20:20.38
for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
00:20:20.42\00:20:23.45
And then shall they
see the Son of man coming
00:20:23.49\00:20:26.49
in a cloud with
power and great glory.
00:20:26.52\00:20:29.19
And when these things
begin to come to pass,
00:20:29.22\00:20:32.73
then look up, and
lift up your heads;
00:20:32.76\00:20:35.96
for your
redemption draweth nigh. "
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What does that say?
00:20:39.17\00:20:41.57
That's saying that when you
see these signs happening...
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wars and rumors of wars...
famines and pestilence...
00:20:44.74\00:20:47.84
when you see all
of this unrest...
00:20:47.88\00:20:50.15
when you see the signs
happening in the heavens,
00:20:50.18\00:20:52.81
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:20:52.85\00:20:54.18
it tells us to look up
because our redemption...
00:20:54.22\00:20:57.42
our salvation... our
deliverance... is coming...
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Audience: "Amen. "
00:21:00.29\00:21:01.82
Now Folks, the
book of Revelation
00:21:01.86\00:21:04.03
lets us know how
far we are down the line
00:21:04.06\00:21:07.70
and how close we
are to that timeframe.
00:21:07.73\00:21:11.97
In chapter 7, we
see the sealing begin
00:21:12.00\00:21:15.90
but when we turn to chapter 8
00:21:15.94\00:21:18.31
and just go back one chapter,
00:21:18.34\00:21:20.71
I mean, chapter 6...
00:21:20.74\00:21:22.08
we got back to chapter 6,
00:21:22.11\00:21:23.45
and we begin with verse 12,
00:21:23.48\00:21:24.81
we see some of the
signs that Jesus talked about
00:21:24.85\00:21:28.68
being mentioned in Revelation
00:21:28.72\00:21:31.05
to let us know that we
are in the time of the end...
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to let us know
that we are in the time
00:21:34.69\00:21:37.03
of the beginning of sorrows...
00:21:37.06\00:21:38.43
to let us know
that we are in the time
00:21:38.46\00:21:41.36
of the early time of trouble...
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that will intensify
until we hit that timeframe
00:21:43.06\00:21:47.60
which will be
the time of trouble
00:21:47.64\00:21:49.77
like there never
was... that is talked about
00:21:49.80\00:21:52.47
in Daniel chapter 12 verse 1
00:21:52.51\00:21:54.98
and when that timeframe comes in
00:21:55.01\00:21:57.58
it will be when
probation's time is over
00:21:57.61\00:22:01.42
when everyone has
decided who we will serve.
00:22:01.45\00:22:05.19
We come back now to Revelation
6 verse 12 and we read,
00:22:05.22\00:22:11.26
"And I beheld when he
had opened the sixth seal,
00:22:11.29\00:22:14.83
and, lo, there was
a great earthquake;
00:22:14.86\00:22:16.73
and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair,
00:22:16.77\00:22:19.27
and the moon became as blood;
00:22:19.33\00:22:20.94
And the stars of
heaven fell unto the earth,
00:22:20.97\00:22:23.94
even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs,
00:22:24.01\00:22:26.91
when she is
shaken of a mighty wind.
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.01
And the heaven
departed as a scroll
00:22:29.04\00:22:30.95
when it is rolled together;
00:22:30.98\00:22:32.31
and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places.
00:22:32.35\00:22:34.78
And the kings of the
earth, and the great men,
00:22:34.82\00:22:37.05
and the rich men,
and the chief captains,
00:22:37.09\00:22:38.89
and the mighty
men, and every bondman,
00:22:38.92\00:22:40.69
and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens
00:22:40.76\00:22:43.19
and in the rocks
of the mountains;
00:22:43.22\00:22:44.96
And said to the
mountains and rocks,
00:22:44.99\00:22:46.63
Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of Him
00:22:46.66\00:22:49.50
that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:
00:22:49.53\00:22:52.90
For the great day
of His wrath is come;
00:22:52.93\00:22:56.04
and who shall be able to stand?"
00:22:56.07\00:22:58.34
Now Folks, before I answer
that question with the Bible,
00:22:58.37\00:23:02.71
I wanted us to just
back up a little bit...
00:23:02.74\00:23:05.08
these signs that Jesus gave
us in Matthew 24, in Mark 13,
00:23:05.11\00:23:12.02
in Luke 21... they
are letting us know
00:23:12.05\00:23:15.09
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:23:15.12\00:23:16.89
There are signs that
we read and see happening
00:23:16.93\00:23:20.53
or have already
happen to unmistakenly know
00:23:20.60\00:23:24.17
that we are in
the very last days.
00:23:24.20\00:23:26.07
The last things that Jesus gave
us in His signs of the times
00:23:26.10\00:23:30.91
were the signs in nature.
00:23:30.94\00:23:33.04
In Revelation chapter 6 we read,
00:23:33.07\00:23:36.41
"And when he had
opened the sixth seal,
00:23:36.44\00:23:38.25
there was a great earthquake;
00:23:38.31\00:23:40.58
and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair,
00:23:40.62\00:23:43.32
and the moon
became as blood... "
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.29
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:23:45.35\00:23:46.69
theologians and
historians have said to us
00:23:46.72\00:23:49.79
that this has already happened.
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.99
It's not something
we're looking forward to,
00:23:52.03\00:23:55.96
it's already happened.
00:23:56.00\00:23:58.07
The great Lisbon earthquake
of November 1st, 1755,
00:23:58.10\00:24:02.64
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:24:02.67\00:24:04.01
the greatest earthquake
that has been seen and recorded
00:24:04.04\00:24:06.07
coming in three parts...
00:24:06.14\00:24:08.21
one part came at 9:40 a. m.
00:24:08.24\00:24:10.51
the next one at 10:00 a. m.
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.78
and then at 12
noon... the shock came through
00:24:12.81\00:24:17.02
and shook the
earth for six minutes.
00:24:17.05\00:24:20.26
This earthquake was four
times the size of Europe,
00:24:20.29\00:24:24.96
30,000 people died in
the first six minutes,
00:24:24.99\00:24:28.83
fires burned for six days,
00:24:28.86\00:24:31.37
islands were swept
away by the Tsunamis
00:24:31.40\00:24:33.64
that were
generated from the earthquake
00:24:33.67\00:24:35.70
and we find all of this not
in the Bible that documented...
00:24:35.77\00:24:39.87
the Bible speaks of it
00:24:39.91\00:24:41.24
but when you look at
the Encyclopedia Britannica
00:24:41.28\00:24:44.25
volume 7 page
848, it talks about it.
00:24:44.31\00:24:48.68
The first time... 1755...
00:24:48.75\00:24:53.82
it goes on to say,
00:24:53.86\00:24:55.42
"and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair
00:24:55.46\00:24:57.63
and the moon became as blood"
00:24:57.66\00:24:59.19
and Ladies and Gentlemen,
when we look through history
00:24:59.23\00:25:01.43
we see the unexplainable event
00:25:01.46\00:25:03.43
when May 19, 1780...
00:25:03.47\00:25:06.63
it just became dark
in the middle of the day.
00:25:06.67\00:25:10.61
For almost the whole day
with the supernatural darkness
00:25:10.64\00:25:14.64
that men, women, boys
and girls across this country
00:25:14.68\00:25:18.61
could not move...
could not do anything...
00:25:18.68\00:25:21.38
they felt this
oppressive darkness
00:25:21.42\00:25:24.19
just like Egypt
felt for three days.
00:25:24.25\00:25:27.29
They said you
couldn't read a newspaper
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.33
in front of your face
with the light of a candle.
00:25:30.36\00:25:33.13
Pause...
00:25:33.16\00:25:34.56
It was as though
God fixed the clock
00:25:34.60\00:25:36.97
when He let the sun
stay up for 12 hours...
00:25:37.00\00:25:39.37
when He shut the
sun down 12 hours...
00:25:39.40\00:25:41.74
because He's
able... because He's God...
00:25:41.77\00:25:44.74
and then that night
a supernatural darkness
00:25:44.77\00:25:47.64
the moon now sinks in the
sky like an avenging red eye
00:25:47.68\00:25:53.85
looking at the
inhabitants of Planet Earth.
00:25:53.88\00:25:57.39
Verse 13... "And the stars
of heaven fell unto the earth,
00:25:57.42\00:26:01.86
like a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs,
00:26:01.92\00:26:04.06
when she is shaken
of a mighty wind. "
00:26:04.09\00:26:06.13
And that too
happened, November 13, 1833...
00:26:06.16\00:26:09.73
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:26:09.76\00:26:11.10
and look at these
dates: 1755... 1780... 1833...
00:26:11.13\00:26:16.40
all of these... just before
00:26:16.44\00:26:20.11
the longest Bible time
prophecy was about to end
00:26:20.14\00:26:25.08
to let us know that
we're in the last days
00:26:25.11\00:26:27.15
which ended in 1844.
00:26:27.22\00:26:30.29
Pause...
00:26:30.32\00:26:32.29
Longest time
prophecy in the Bible...
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.36
ending in 1844...
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.36
letting us know...
we're in the last days
00:26:37.39\00:26:40.33
and these physical signs
in nature and in the heavens
00:26:40.36\00:26:44.53
are there to let us
know that there might be wars
00:26:44.57\00:26:48.67
and rumors of
wars all through earth
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.31
there may have been upheavals...
00:26:50.34\00:26:51.84
there may have been
famines and pestilence
00:26:51.87\00:26:54.08
and all of
these different things
00:26:54.11\00:26:55.44
but what comes after
this, the Bible is telling us
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.81
and history is showing us
00:26:58.85\00:27:00.18
it is letting us know that we
are really in the end of time.
00:27:00.22\00:27:04.55
Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:04.59\00:27:05.92
It's to open our eyes...
00:27:05.95\00:27:08.09
Ladies and Gentlemen,
the next thing John sees
00:27:08.12\00:27:11.96
after all of that...
00:27:11.99\00:27:13.33
the next thing John sees is
"the heavens depart as a scroll
00:27:13.36\00:27:17.17
when it is rolled together;
00:27:17.20\00:27:18.53
and every mountain and island
are moved out of their places,
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.60
and the kings of the
earth, and the great men,
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.74
and the rich men,
and the chief captains,
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.11
and the mighty
men, and every bondman,
00:27:24.14\00:27:25.47
and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.91
and in the rocks
of the mountains;
00:27:27.94\00:27:29.28
and in the rocks
of the mountains...
00:27:29.34\00:27:30.68
And they said, 'Fall on us,
and hide us from the face of him
00:27:30.71\00:27:34.52
that sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:
00:27:34.58\00:27:38.42
For the great day of
his wrath is come... '"
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.66
and the question is asked,
"who shall be able to stand?"
00:27:40.69\00:27:43.39
Then John sees in chapter 7
00:27:43.43\00:27:46.29
with all of this turmoil
happening on Planet Earth,
00:27:46.33\00:27:49.13
he sees who's going to stand...
00:27:49.16\00:27:51.53
those who have
heaven's seal of approval.
00:27:51.57\00:27:56.74
Audience: "Amen. "
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.11
You see, the book of Revelation
is not for us to be afraid of...
00:27:58.14\00:28:01.64
it's for us to study and cherish
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.41
for when we see all of these
things happening on Planet Earth
00:28:03.45\00:28:06.58
it tells us, "Don't
worry children of God...
00:28:06.61\00:28:10.05
I will take care of you,
00:28:10.09\00:28:12.19
I won't come before you
have the time to get ready,
00:28:12.22\00:28:15.69
I am giving you my
Spirit, I am drawing you in love
00:28:15.72\00:28:19.19
and I will send my angels
00:28:19.23\00:28:21.56
to seal you with the
seal of the living God
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.93
that you might be
able to stand... "
00:28:24.97\00:28:27.20
someone ought to
say, "Thank you Jesus. "
00:28:27.24\00:28:29.64
The Seal of the Living God...
00:28:29.67\00:28:33.64
to show a distinction
of those who belong to Him
00:28:33.68\00:28:39.11
and those who do
not belong to Him...
00:28:39.15\00:28:40.75
to show those who come
with the avenging power of God
00:28:40.78\00:28:45.39
to pour out His wrath as
we read later on this Series
00:28:45.42\00:28:49.99
in Revelation chapter 16...
00:28:50.03\00:28:51.89
the Seal of the
Living God will protect us...
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.96
Ladies and Gentlemen...
00:28:55.00\00:28:56.33
from the seven last
plagues that will be poured out
00:28:56.36\00:28:58.67
by seven angels
from seven vials...
00:28:58.70\00:29:00.90
Pause...
00:29:00.94\00:29:02.47
My Bible tells me
00:29:02.50\00:29:04.77
that these angels were
about to give up their work...
00:29:04.81\00:29:08.28
but then another
angel came from the east,
00:29:08.34\00:29:11.08
and he told them,
"Don't stop... don't stop...
00:29:11.11\00:29:13.52
continue until the
servants of our God
00:29:13.55\00:29:17.22
are sealed in their forehead. "
00:29:17.25\00:29:19.69
Pause...
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.42
My Lord always
makes a difference
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.13
between His people and
those who are not His people
00:29:25.19\00:29:28.76
but there's something
that we have to understand,
00:29:28.83\00:29:32.90
He gives us the
choice to line up on His side
00:29:32.93\00:29:37.01
pause...
00:29:37.07\00:29:39.44
or go on the other side...
00:29:39.47\00:29:41.04
Pause...
00:29:41.08\00:29:42.41
Again I say this
text over and over...
00:29:42.44\00:29:44.31
Romans 15 verse 4,
00:29:44.38\00:29:46.65
"For whatsoever
things were written aforetime
00:29:46.72\00:29:49.02
were written for our learning,
00:29:49.05\00:29:50.39
that we though patience
and comfort of the scriptures
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.65
might have hope... "
00:29:52.69\00:29:54.19
My mind goes back to
the children of Israel,
00:29:54.22\00:29:56.19
when they are about to be
delivered from the country
00:29:56.22\00:29:59.53
and the kingdom of Egypt,
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.86
and all of the other
plagues that came out...
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.63
they just watched
what God would do...
00:30:04.67\00:30:07.00
but when it came
down to plague number 10,
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.44
when He said that
He was going to take
00:30:09.47\00:30:11.84
the firstborn of the Egyptians,
00:30:11.87\00:30:14.18
He told the children of
Israel to take that lamb...
00:30:14.21\00:30:19.81
the sacrificial lamb that
represented Him because you see,
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.55
from the beginning
we've been saved by the blood.
00:30:22.58\00:30:24.19
Somebody ought to say,
"Amen. " Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:24.22\00:30:26.25
From the beginning we
have been saved by the blood
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.29
and He said to take
the blood of that lamb
00:30:28.32\00:30:31.19
and we want you to
put it on your doorpost...
00:30:31.23\00:30:34.00
on the top of your doorpost...
00:30:34.03\00:30:35.53
and put it on the
sides of the doorposts
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.37
and those who are on the
inside would be protected
00:30:37.43\00:30:40.37
and Ladies and Gentlemen,
when I read the Word of God
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.34
and I see what God can do...
00:30:43.37\00:30:45.04
those
individuals who were there...
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.81
the faithful Israelites
that were inside their homes
00:30:46.84\00:30:51.31
with the blood
posted on their doors,
00:30:51.38\00:30:53.21
they were protected
00:30:53.25\00:30:54.58
but God is so
compassionate and so merciful
00:30:54.62\00:30:57.12
that those Egyptians
who had seen enough...
00:30:57.15\00:30:59.79
you see, God let
them see how mighty He was
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.52
with all of those plagues
that He used against Egypt,
00:31:02.56\00:31:05.86
He did not let them die
if they had faith to believe
00:31:05.89\00:31:09.16
that God is able
and that God cares...
00:31:09.20\00:31:11.87
and that God is
merciful and the record tells me
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.87
that those Egyptians that came
into the homes of those Jews,
00:31:14.90\00:31:19.47
even though they
were firstborn...
00:31:19.51\00:31:22.18
but they had the
faith, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:31:22.21\00:31:24.61
to believe that God is
kind and God is merciful
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.38
and God is compassionate
and God would save them,
00:31:27.42\00:31:30.15
they were sealed with
Heaven's seal of approval
00:31:30.19\00:31:33.62
for just being on the inside.
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.22
Audience: "Amen...
00:31:35.26\00:31:36.59
Amen... "
00:31:36.62\00:31:37.99
We look throughout the Bible
00:31:38.03\00:31:42.30
and we see another example
which is very interesting
00:31:42.33\00:31:45.87
because this one is more
00:31:45.90\00:31:48.04
like what we are
experiencing in our time.
00:31:48.07\00:31:51.37
Turn with me to
the book of Ezekiel...
00:31:51.41\00:31:54.98
the book of
Ezekiel... Ezekiel chapter 9
00:31:55.01\00:31:58.58
we see the scenario
played out with ancient Israel.
00:31:58.61\00:32:03.25
Ezekiel chapter 9
beginning with verse 4,
00:32:03.28\00:32:08.86
"And the LORD said unto him,
00:32:08.89\00:32:12.23
Go through the
midst of the city,
00:32:12.26\00:32:15.53
through the midst of Jerusalem,
00:32:15.56\00:32:18.80
and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the men that sigh
00:32:18.83\00:32:26.51
and that cry for
all the abominations
00:32:26.54\00:32:29.38
that be done in
the midst thereof. "
00:32:29.44\00:32:31.91
In other words,
00:32:31.98\00:32:33.31
those individuals who
are looking at the things
00:32:33.35\00:32:36.05
that are happening in my city,
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.15
with my people with this nation
00:32:38.19\00:32:40.76
and my heart is broken because
00:32:40.79\00:32:43.26
they have wandered
so far away from God
00:32:43.32\00:32:45.93
and they have
protested against the evil
00:32:45.96\00:32:48.50
and Ladies and
Gentlemen, you know what I know
00:32:48.53\00:32:50.50
that those individuals
that protested against the evil
00:32:50.53\00:32:53.60
when the Government
and those individuals
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.84
who are not serving the Lord...
00:32:55.90\00:32:57.41
they would take the
lives of those prophets,
00:32:57.44\00:33:00.31
they put them in jail,
they destroyed their homes
00:33:00.34\00:33:04.55
they destroyed their families
00:33:04.58\00:33:06.01
and they continue to
worship other gods...
00:33:06.05\00:33:08.78
after the God of Israel...
00:33:08.85\00:33:10.82
the living God...
had done so much for them
00:33:10.85\00:33:13.42
and it said God had enough
00:33:13.46\00:33:18.19
and He's going to have
enough with this world,
00:33:18.23\00:33:20.70
Ladies and Gentlemen,
when people ignore Him,
00:33:20.76\00:33:23.16
when people make fun of Him,
when people disrupt His children
00:33:23.20\00:33:27.00
when individuals are
filled with the spirit of Satan,
00:33:27.04\00:33:30.37
He's going to have
enough of this world,
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.54
He longs to take us home,
00:33:32.57\00:33:34.58
and it tells us
here, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:33:34.61\00:33:38.51
that these individuals
who have a longing...
00:33:38.55\00:33:42.38
and a desire for things
that to be right with God
00:33:42.42\00:33:45.79
and not only for
God but for His people,
00:33:45.82\00:33:47.72
He says that He is going to save
an angel in the midst of them
00:33:47.76\00:33:52.59
and set a mark
on their foreheads
00:33:52.63\00:33:55.16
that those
individuals who sigh and cry
00:33:55.23\00:33:58.13
for the abominations of Israel,
00:33:58.17\00:33:59.63
will be sealed with
heaven's seal of approval
00:33:59.67\00:34:03.87
and it says in verse 5,
00:34:03.91\00:34:05.24
"And to the others
he said in my hearing,
00:34:05.27\00:34:07.51
Go ye after him
through the city, and smite:
00:34:07.54\00:34:12.08
let not your eye
spare, neither have pity:
00:34:12.11\00:34:16.62
Slay utterly old and young,
00:34:16.69\00:34:19.59
both maids, and
little children, and women:
00:34:19.62\00:34:21.62
but come not near any man
upon whom is the mark... "
00:34:21.66\00:34:26.19
and then He says something
here, we need to understand...
00:34:26.23\00:34:29.36
and it says, "and
begin at my sanctuary.
00:34:29.40\00:34:33.23
Then they began
at the ancient men
00:34:33.27\00:34:36.30
which were before the house. "
00:34:36.37\00:34:39.34
In other words, as
I've said to you before
00:34:39.37\00:34:41.98
1st Peter 4 verse 17
that the judgment of God...
00:34:42.01\00:34:45.81
that's going on now,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:34:45.85\00:34:48.82
the judgment of God
begins with God's people.
00:34:48.85\00:34:51.82
Pause...
00:34:51.85\00:34:53.96
When I was a kid, we
lived on a nice little block
00:34:53.99\00:34:58.49
and we used to play
baseball in the street
00:34:58.53\00:35:01.56
and my mother would tell
me to stay out of the street
00:35:01.60\00:35:06.00
and I would say, "Okay"
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.77
but when she would go on to the
store and do what she'd do...
00:35:08.80\00:35:13.71
I'd tell the guys,
00:35:13.74\00:35:15.08
"Well, you know the drill...
I'll play first base... "
00:35:15.11\00:35:16.54
because my gate
was near first base
00:35:16.58\00:35:18.18
and I was able to
stay on the first base
00:35:18.21\00:35:22.08
in case Mom turned the corner,
00:35:22.12\00:35:24.69
or in case Pop
came down the street,
00:35:24.72\00:35:27.22
I could just be you know,
like... coming through the gate.
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.99
Oh, we were something
else as kids, weren't we?
00:35:29.02\00:35:32.33
But sometimes the
game would get intense
00:35:32.36\00:35:35.03
and you know how this
person is going to hit
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.70
when the ball is coming to him
00:35:37.73\00:35:39.07
and you couldn't just stay
close to the bag at first base,
00:35:39.10\00:35:41.04
you had to move
over and be in the street
00:35:41.07\00:35:44.07
so you can field properly...
00:35:44.11\00:35:45.67
and that takes away
your "watching the horizon"
00:35:45.71\00:35:50.41
for unsuspecting parents
00:35:50.45\00:35:52.55
and on different
occasions, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:35:52.58\00:35:57.85
different occasions...
00:35:57.89\00:35:59.25
Ma would turn the corner
and I wouldn't even see her
00:35:59.29\00:36:02.96
until she's right up on me.
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.26
Audience: Laughter...
00:36:05.29\00:36:06.63
And she would say...
00:36:06.66\00:36:08.00
just say my name, "Lawrence... "
00:36:08.03\00:36:10.20
you know it's not
like today, kids today...
00:36:10.23\00:36:12.87
kids today... bless you,
00:36:12.90\00:36:15.00
if we did the things you did,
00:36:15.04\00:36:18.07
you would have a different
preacher standing here.
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.58
Audience: Laugher.
00:36:20.61\00:36:21.98
And she would just
say, "Lawrence, inside... "
00:36:22.01\00:36:23.85
and I knew I was
going to have it...
00:36:23.88\00:36:25.81
I said, "Mom, but
everybody is out there...
00:36:25.88\00:36:29.58
the whole block...
00:36:29.62\00:36:30.95
everybody is doing it... "
00:36:30.99\00:36:32.32
and you know what
she would say to me?
00:36:32.35\00:36:34.19
"All of those children
don't belong to everybody
00:36:34.22\00:36:38.73
you belong to me,
00:36:38.76\00:36:42.00
if a car comes down the
street and it's brakes fail
00:36:42.03\00:36:46.03
or something else
happens and you get hit,
00:36:46.07\00:36:48.40
you're my son...
00:36:48.44\00:36:51.24
you belong to me... "
00:36:51.27\00:36:53.07
Ladies and
Gentlemen, we belong to God
00:36:53.11\00:36:55.64
and in the
judgment, in its three phases
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.75
and we're going to
look at it one night,
00:36:57.78\00:37:00.68
the first people
that He is concerned with,
00:37:00.72\00:37:03.75
with those who say,
"We belong to Him... "
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.79
Audience: "Amen. "
00:37:06.82\00:37:08.16
That's why our names are written
in the Lamb's book of life
00:37:08.19\00:37:10.53
but it doesn't take
your name being written
00:37:10.59\00:37:13.40
in the Lamb's book
of life to stay there,
00:37:13.43\00:37:15.83
it's what's written in the
other books and how we live
00:37:15.86\00:37:18.63
and how we act and
how we live and move
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.84
how we keep our names
in that Lamb's book of life
00:37:20.87\00:37:25.17
and we see here... the
precedent has been set forth
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.91
where not only... do we
put a mark on it ourselves
00:37:28.94\00:37:32.61
by making a conscious decision
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.25
to be obedient and
intentional to God,
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.55
it tells us that we will
have an angel of the living God
00:37:36.58\00:37:41.52
give us what we need
00:37:41.56\00:37:43.53
to place upon us
heaven's seal of approval
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.76
because some of us
would not truly be honest,
00:37:46.80\00:37:49.93
because everybody says,
00:37:49.96\00:37:52.13
"Oh yeah, we're all
going, give us the seal"
00:37:52.17\00:37:53.70
but it tells us in
Revelation chapter 7
00:37:53.74\00:37:56.97
that we said,
that the angel of God
00:37:57.01\00:38:00.18
will seal the servants
of God in their foreheads.
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.55
Now, what does that mean?
00:38:03.58\00:38:04.91
Are we going to
receive a tattoo?
00:38:04.95\00:38:06.72
Pause...
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.12
Hollywood has given
us so many fanciful ways
00:38:08.18\00:38:10.92
of how the seal and
the Mark of the Beast
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.85
and all those
things are going to go,
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.76
has us so mixed up,
00:38:14.79\00:38:16.32
when bar codes
first came out on food,
00:38:16.39\00:38:19.46
people were yelling,
"That's the Mark of the Beast. "
00:38:19.49\00:38:21.33
Audience: Smiling.
00:38:21.36\00:38:23.13
People have chips for
their dogs and cats...
00:38:23.16\00:38:25.20
the ASPCA... "Oh,
they're going to give us that,
00:38:25.23\00:38:27.30
that's the Mark of the Beast. "
00:38:27.34\00:38:28.67
Audience: Laughter.
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.04
Ladies and
Gentlemen, it says here
00:38:30.07\00:38:32.07
that the children of God
will receive the Seal of God
00:38:32.11\00:38:36.01
in their foreheads.
00:38:36.04\00:38:37.38
Ladies and
Gentlemen, it is saying to us
00:38:37.41\00:38:39.45
this is the Bible speaking
00:38:39.48\00:38:41.15
that it means
that the seal of God
00:38:41.18\00:38:44.09
will be sealed in our foreheads
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.92
which is literally
meaning... in our minds.
00:38:46.96\00:38:49.59
Audience: "Amen. "
Nodding in agreement.
00:38:49.62\00:38:52.23
Our minds are made up.
00:38:52.26\00:38:53.90
When we look at
the whole armor of God
00:38:53.93\00:38:57.00
there's one thing
that we must all have
00:38:57.03\00:39:00.04
and that's in Ephesians
6, one thing we must all have
00:39:00.07\00:39:02.87
we must have on the
helmet of salvation.
00:39:02.90\00:39:05.77
You have to be able to know
00:39:05.84\00:39:08.04
no matter what
the devil does to you
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.84
and he might hit you in
your head, come on now...
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.38
you have that
helmet of salvation
00:39:12.41\00:39:14.68
to know... that no matter
what you're going through...
00:39:14.72\00:39:16.85
good times and bad times...
00:39:16.89\00:39:18.22
no matter what
you're going through,
00:39:18.25\00:39:19.85
that you are
still a child of God...
00:39:19.89\00:39:21.99
you have to
know that even though
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.83
things are happening to you...
00:39:23.86\00:39:25.56
bad things do
happen to good people,
00:39:25.59\00:39:28.06
don't get despondent,
00:39:28.10\00:39:29.50
don't get
discouraged, don't give up,
00:39:29.53\00:39:31.63
God has seen in you... something
00:39:31.67\00:39:35.30
that allowed Him to let this
temptation and trial come to you
00:39:35.34\00:39:39.24
that if you just
hold on and be victorious,
00:39:39.27\00:39:42.08
it will work out
as a blessing for you.
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.91
Audience: "Amen. "
00:39:44.95\00:39:46.28
When things go bad in
your life, don't give up
00:39:46.31\00:39:49.05
don't give
out... remember Job...
00:39:49.08\00:39:52.15
Audience: "Amen. "
00:39:52.19\00:39:53.52
In one day he lost everything
including his children.
00:39:53.56\00:39:57.33
He lost his riches,
he was spiritually...
00:39:57.36\00:40:00.70
no not spiritually...
00:40:00.76\00:40:02.23
he was financially bankrupt,
00:40:02.26\00:40:05.17
read about it,
00:40:05.20\00:40:07.54
it says, all of his oxen
00:40:07.57\00:40:11.31
and his land...
00:40:11.34\00:40:12.67
those things were
destroyed by fire,
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.28
all of those things...
and I understood it now,
00:40:14.31\00:40:16.51
the reason why the
devil burnt those things out
00:40:16.54\00:40:18.91
is because those are
the objects that Job used
00:40:18.95\00:40:21.25
in his worship with God.
00:40:21.28\00:40:22.62
He was trying to even
break that relationship.
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.05
Job had such a
relationship with God
00:40:25.09\00:40:26.96
that in the
morning when he got up
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.66
he didn't just pray for himself,
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.53
he prayed for
all of his children
00:40:30.56\00:40:32.13
and can you imagine
doing all of those things
00:40:32.16\00:40:35.86
and then all of
this happens to him,
00:40:35.90\00:40:37.73
some of us would have
given up but Job said,
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.20
"God gives... God taketh away...
00:40:40.24\00:40:42.20
blessed be the
name of the Lord. "
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.14
And then when the next
wave of things came back to him
00:40:44.17\00:40:46.91
and the devil touched
him from his head to his toe,
00:40:46.94\00:40:49.64
my Bible tells me
that Job was faithful
00:40:49.68\00:40:53.72
and when his wife
said, "Curse God and die... "
00:40:53.75\00:40:58.15
he said, "though He
slay me, though He slay me,
00:40:58.19\00:41:01.89
yet would I trust
Him, I know my God is able,
00:41:01.92\00:41:04.89
I know He has the
power to bring me back,
00:41:04.93\00:41:07.86
I don't know why He's doing this
00:41:07.90\00:41:09.80
and I don't know
what people are saying
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.73
and they can
say what they wanted
00:41:11.77\00:41:13.44
and I do wish that I wasn't born
when I go through all of this
00:41:13.47\00:41:17.47
but I know one thing I can't
do, I can't give up on my God
00:41:17.51\00:41:21.11
because I know
He's just and He's kind
00:41:21.14\00:41:23.28
and He's merciful
and He's compassionate,
00:41:23.31\00:41:25.71
though He slay me,
yet will I trust Him
00:41:25.75\00:41:28.05
for I know that one day,
I will stand on this earth
00:41:28.08\00:41:31.02
and with my own
eyes, I will see Him
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.32
and with my own
tongue, I will praise Him
00:41:33.36\00:41:35.86
and give glory to my God. "
00:41:35.89\00:41:38.63
Audience: "Amen. "
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.00
He had on the
helmet of salvation
00:41:40.03\00:41:41.93
nice and slow... come on now...
00:41:41.96\00:41:43.80
his mind was made up
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.77
now when we look
through the Bible...
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.90
the Bible as our own expositor.
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.94
It tells us what
the Seal of God is.
00:41:49.97\00:41:54.48
Turn in your Bibles to
Isaiah, what book did I say?
00:41:54.51\00:41:58.81
Isaiah chapter 8
and we see here again
00:41:58.85\00:42:02.65
the principles of Scripture,
here a little, there a little...
00:42:02.68\00:42:05.09
line upon line and
precept upon precept,
00:42:05.12\00:42:08.32
we see the
things here in our Bible
00:42:08.39\00:42:11.53
to give us what we need
to make it in these last days
00:42:11.56\00:42:15.26
it says in verse 16
of chapter 8 of Isaiah,
00:42:15.33\00:42:18.77
"Bind up the testimony,
00:42:18.80\00:42:21.40
seal the law
among my disciples. "
00:42:21.44\00:42:26.24
Seal the law among my disciples,
00:42:26.27\00:42:31.05
my Bible tells me in
Ephesians 4 verse 30,
00:42:31.08\00:42:35.55
"Grieve not the Holy Spirit...
00:42:35.58\00:42:38.45
whereby we are sealed
unto the day of... " what?
00:42:38.49\00:42:42.69
"Sealed unto the
day of redemption. "
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.93
The Holy Spirit will
do the sealing for us,
00:42:45.99\00:42:51.60
my Bible says,
"Bind up the testimony,
00:42:51.63\00:42:55.47
seal the law
among my disciples... "
00:42:55.50\00:42:59.21
In other words, the
principles of God's law,
00:42:59.27\00:43:01.84
we must seal
them up in our heart
00:43:01.88\00:43:05.35
and allow them to be the
very principles that guide us.
00:43:05.38\00:43:10.22
I look at Psalm
19... Psalm 19 verse 7
00:43:10.25\00:43:13.62
and I read these
words, Psalm 19 verse 7,
00:43:13.66\00:43:16.93
it says, "The law of the LORD
is perfect, converting the soul:
00:43:16.96\00:43:21.43
the testimony of the LORD is
sure, making wise the simple.
00:43:21.46\00:43:25.73
The statutes of the LORD
are right, rejoicing the heart:
00:43:25.77\00:43:30.01
the commandment
of the LORD is pure,
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.24
enlightening the eyes.
00:43:32.27\00:43:33.88
The fear of the LORD is
clean, enduring for ever:
00:43:33.91\00:43:37.75
the judgments of the LORD are
true and righteous altogether.
00:43:37.78\00:43:42.15
More to be desired
are they than gold,
00:43:42.18\00:43:45.52
yea, than much fine gold:
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.39
sweeter also than
honey and the honeycomb. "
00:43:47.42\00:43:50.96
And here's what
I like, verse 11,
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.49
we're going to see how
this connects with Revelation
00:43:52.53\00:43:55.73
it says, Moreover by
them is thy servant warned:
00:43:55.76\00:43:59.60
and in keeping of them
there is great reward. "
00:43:59.63\00:44:03.44
Turn to Revelation
22, looking at verse 14
00:44:03.47\00:44:07.44
and we see this
sweet, sweet text,
00:44:07.48\00:44:10.25
"Blessed are they
00:44:10.28\00:44:14.62
that do His commandments,
00:44:14.65\00:44:17.95
that they may have a right
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.59
to the tree of life,
00:44:20.62\00:44:22.02
and enter in through
the gates of the city. "
00:44:22.06\00:44:24.39
Audience: "Amen. "
00:44:24.43\00:44:25.76
Pastor: "Amen. "
Audience: "Amen. "
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.23
It's telling us to
bind up the testimony
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.67
and seal the Law
among His disciples.
00:44:30.70\00:44:34.00
The Law of God is
perfect, it's there for us...
00:44:34.04\00:44:39.67
transforming...
changing and converting our soul
00:44:39.74\00:44:45.35
the very principles of it.
00:44:45.38\00:44:46.98
When we look in the
book of Ecclesiastes,
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.45
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:44:49.48\00:44:50.89
the book of Ecclesiastes,
looking at chapter 12,
00:44:50.92\00:44:53.89
looking at verses 13
and 14, it says this,
00:44:53.92\00:44:57.33
verse 13, "Let us hear the
conclusion of whole matter... "
00:44:57.36\00:45:01.36
in other words, the
bottom line is this,
00:45:01.40\00:45:04.77
"Fear God... " not
being fearful of Him
00:45:04.80\00:45:08.10
but giving respect and honor,
00:45:08.17\00:45:09.70
"Fear God and
keep His commandments,
00:45:09.74\00:45:12.51
for this is the
whole duty of man,
00:45:12.54\00:45:15.24
for God shall bring
every work into the judgment...
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.51
with every secret thing,
00:45:18.55\00:45:19.88
whether it be good
or whether it be evil. "
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.42
Ladies and Gentlemen,
we know that the Law of God
00:45:22.45\00:45:25.15
is the standard of the judgment
00:45:25.19\00:45:27.52
and it also defines what sin is
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.79
for 1st John
verse 3 verse 4 tells us
00:45:29.82\00:45:32.03
that sin is the
transgression of God's law
00:45:32.06\00:45:34.60
and the penalty for
sin, Romans 6 verse 23,
00:45:34.63\00:45:36.97
it says, "The wages
of sin is death... "
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.23
so when we look at
this, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:45:39.27\00:45:42.04
when we look at the
commandments of God,
00:45:42.07\00:45:43.64
and we saw last night
that the commandments of God
00:45:43.67\00:45:46.14
Exodus 31 verse 8,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:45:46.17\00:45:48.88
18... Exodus 31 verse 18...
00:45:48.91\00:45:51.18
that the Commandments of God
were written by Jesus Himself
00:45:51.21\00:45:55.38
with His own finger
00:45:55.42\00:45:56.92
the only portion of the Bible
that is written by God Himself.
00:45:56.95\00:46:00.59
2nd Peter 1:19
through 21 it tells us
00:46:00.66\00:46:04.29
that men were moved
by inspiration of God
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.96
and we looked
at the text already
00:46:08.00\00:46:09.86
in 2nd Timothy 3 verse 16 that
all Scripture is given by God
00:46:09.90\00:46:13.87
and when we look
at Exodus 31 verse 18,
00:46:13.94\00:46:16.64
the Commandments were
written by Jesus Himself.
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.84
Pause.
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.78
So, we look at the
Commandments of God and see
00:46:21.81\00:46:23.65
what of these commandments...
00:46:23.71\00:46:25.81
which one of them
has the Seal of God?
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.88
You see, a seal must have three
things to make if official,
00:46:27.95\00:46:31.15
It must have the name,
the title and the territory
00:46:31.19\00:46:33.99
of the person who
is issuing this edict,
00:46:34.06\00:46:37.83
I look at chapter 20
of the book of Exodus,
00:46:37.86\00:46:41.56
I begin to see verse 3
which is the first commandment
00:46:41.60\00:46:47.67
that goes through verse 17,
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.27
it tells us in verse
3... the first commandment,
00:46:49.30\00:46:52.44
"Thou shalt have no
other gods before me. "
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.64
It doesn't even tell
us whose god name is...
00:46:54.68\00:46:56.78
second commandment tells us,
00:46:56.85\00:46:58.48
"Thou shalt not
make any graven image,
00:46:58.51\00:46:59.85
or any likeness of any thing
is in heaven, in earth, the sea
00:46:59.88\00:47:01.75
of water... "
boom, keep continuing...
00:47:01.78\00:47:03.32
doesn't tell us who God
is, it tells us what He wants,
00:47:03.35\00:47:06.89
Commandment number
3, verse 7 tells us,
00:47:06.92\00:47:10.33
"Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord thy God in vain;
00:47:10.36\00:47:12.46
for the LORD will
not hold him guiltless
00:47:12.49\00:47:13.83
that taketh his name in vain. "
00:47:13.86\00:47:15.20
Again, it doesn't
tell you who it is,
00:47:15.23\00:47:16.67
it doesn't tell you His title,
00:47:16.70\00:47:18.03
it doesn't tell
you His territory,
00:47:18.07\00:47:19.70
you skip the fourth commandment
00:47:19.73\00:47:21.34
and you move over to
the rest of the commandments
00:47:21.37\00:47:23.07
and we see... it says,
00:47:23.10\00:47:24.44
"Thou shalt honor
thy father and thy mother
00:47:24.47\00:47:26.44
that your days may
be long upon the land.
00:47:26.47\00:47:28.24
Thou shalt not kill.
00:47:28.28\00:47:29.61
Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not steal.
00:47:29.64\00:47:31.21
Thou shalt not
bear false witness.
00:47:31.25\00:47:32.58
Thou shalt not covet. "
00:47:32.61\00:47:34.02
When you come to
the fourth commandment,
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.52
Ladies and Gentlemen, we
see in that Sabbath commandment
00:47:36.55\00:47:38.95
and we looked at it
last night as God...
00:47:39.02\00:47:40.96
God's forgotten revelation
00:47:40.99\00:47:43.19
that the world
needs to know about now,
00:47:43.22\00:47:46.39
we see in verse 11
it tells us plainly...
00:47:46.43\00:47:49.60
verse 8 through 11, it tells us,
00:47:49.63\00:47:53.94
"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy... "
00:47:53.97\00:47:55.70
out of all the commandments,
00:47:55.74\00:47:57.07
that is the only one
that tells us to remember...
00:47:57.11\00:47:58.47
I mean, we're to
remember them all,
00:47:58.51\00:48:00.44
but this one has a
special emphasis on it...
00:48:00.48\00:48:03.68
it says, "Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work
00:48:03.75\00:48:06.01
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the LORD thy God... "
00:48:06.05\00:48:08.28
okay, we see
something identifying here...
00:48:08.32\00:48:10.32
this Sabbath commandment...
this seventh day...
00:48:10.35\00:48:14.46
is related to the
Lord God who has... what?
00:48:14.49\00:48:17.93
verse 11 says, "who
made the heaven and earth,
00:48:17.96\00:48:21.36
the sea, and fountains of water"
00:48:21.40\00:48:22.96
so the Lord God is His name.
00:48:23.00\00:48:25.50
His title is "Creator"
00:48:25.53\00:48:29.14
everything that was made
and is made was made by God.
00:48:29.17\00:48:34.54
"In the beginning... "
it tells us in John 1:1
00:48:34.58\00:48:37.91
"was the word
and the word was God
00:48:37.95\00:48:39.41
and the word was with God. "
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.78
In Colossians 3
verses 16 and 17 it tells us,
00:48:40.82\00:48:44.65
everything that
was made invisible...
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.22
and visible things
were made by the same God.
00:48:46.25\00:48:49.42
We see in chapter 2
of the book of Genesis
00:48:49.46\00:48:52.63
verses 1 through 3
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.00
that in the very
first week before sin
00:48:54.03\00:48:56.36
was even instituted into our
lifestyle... into our world...
00:48:56.40\00:49:00.64
we see that man came
together and worshipped God
00:49:00.67\00:49:04.24
on His blessed Sabbath.
00:49:04.27\00:49:06.98
It's not a Jewish Sabbath,
00:49:07.01\00:49:09.51
it was a
Sabbath given to mankind
00:49:09.54\00:49:12.08
as a memorial.
00:49:12.11\00:49:13.72
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:49:13.78\00:49:15.45
we are living in the last days
where the cry has gone forth
00:49:15.48\00:49:19.52
and we looked at it last night
also in Revelation chapter 14
00:49:19.55\00:49:23.53
beginning with verse 6 and 7
00:49:23.59\00:49:25.46
and it tells us to fear
God and give glory to Him,
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.40
for the hour of
His judgment is come,
00:49:27.43\00:49:29.06
and worship Him
00:49:29.10\00:49:31.33
who made heaven, and earth,
the sea, and fountains of waters
00:49:31.37\00:49:33.30
it's a call for
reform for the people of God
00:49:33.34\00:49:37.34
to give God His honor now.
00:49:37.37\00:49:40.68
Audience: "Amen. "
00:49:40.71\00:49:42.14
So when we take
it upon ourselves
00:49:42.18\00:49:44.71
to keep the commandments of God
00:49:44.75\00:49:47.22
all of them...
including the fourth commandment
00:49:47.25\00:49:51.55
that has in it the
memorial of creation
00:49:51.59\00:49:56.19
that has His name, His
title and His territory,
00:49:56.22\00:50:00.10
it gives us a
totally different perspective
00:50:00.16\00:50:04.00
in our relationship with Him
00:50:04.07\00:50:06.17
because we are now saying
00:50:06.20\00:50:08.27
we worship God not
because of what people say
00:50:08.30\00:50:11.77
but what the Bible says
that God desires from us
00:50:11.81\00:50:15.28
and Jesus says in verse 14:15
00:50:15.31\00:50:17.95
"If you love me,
keep my commandments. "
00:50:17.98\00:50:22.52
Not one... not two...
not three... not four...
00:50:22.55\00:50:24.75
but all of them...
00:50:24.79\00:50:26.69
and when we do that,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:50:26.72\00:50:30.79
in these last
days, when we say it...
00:50:30.83\00:50:32.93
this conflict with the enemy,
this conflict with Satan...
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.40
that it's all about worship...
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.77
it's all about worship,
we saw it in Matthew 4...
00:50:37.80\00:50:43.91
Matthew chapter 4...
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.57
looking at verse 8
when Satan came to Jesus
00:50:45.61\00:50:49.21
and he told him,
00:50:49.24\00:50:50.58
"I will give you all
the kingdoms of this world,
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.78
if you would bow
down and worship me... "
00:50:52.81\00:50:55.55
and Jesus said to
him, "Get behind me Satan,
00:50:55.58\00:50:58.29
the Bible says... the Word says
00:50:58.32\00:51:00.76
that you should
worship no one but God
00:51:00.79\00:51:03.12
and that's the
first commandment. "
00:51:03.16\00:51:05.49
Pause...
00:51:05.56\00:51:08.13
No other person
should we worship but God
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.67
and when we look at
that fourth commandment
00:51:10.70\00:51:14.37
it not only is
His Seal of approval
00:51:14.40\00:51:16.91
that has His name,
title and territory
00:51:16.94\00:51:19.64
but it also lets us
know as human beings
00:51:19.67\00:51:22.34
who we are worshipping and
whose commandments these are
00:51:22.38\00:51:27.48
for if you take
the fourth commandment
00:51:27.52\00:51:29.52
out of those ten
commandments that were written
00:51:29.55\00:51:32.15
with God's own finger,
00:51:32.22\00:51:34.16
you don't know who God is.
00:51:34.19\00:51:36.39
There's no identifying mark...
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.56
but when you place
it in the heart of it
00:51:38.59\00:51:41.56
Ladies and Gentlemen, when
you see that commandment there,
00:51:41.60\00:51:44.50
it lets us know that
God the Creator said,
00:51:44.53\00:51:46.63
"You should have no
other gods before Him. "
00:51:46.67\00:51:48.74
It lets you know,
Commandment number 2...
00:51:48.77\00:51:50.87
that you are not to
make any graven image
00:51:50.91\00:51:52.84
before the God of
heaven the Creator.
00:51:52.87\00:51:54.81
It says, "Thou shalt not take
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.24
the name of the
Lord thy God in vain... "
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.95
He's not talking
about some other god,
00:51:57.98\00:51:59.65
He's talking
about the living God
00:51:59.68\00:52:01.58
who put our
tongues in our mouths.
00:52:01.62\00:52:03.49
Audience: "Amen. "
00:52:03.55\00:52:04.89
I look at that and I say,
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.89
"In this day and age,
this is a test of royalty. "
00:52:06.92\00:52:11.93
Pause.
00:52:11.96\00:52:13.80
In Matthew chapter 15 verse 9
00:52:13.83\00:52:18.93
these words are
recorded by Jesus...
00:52:18.97\00:52:23.41
He says, "In vain
they do worship me,
00:52:23.44\00:52:27.84
teaching for doctrines
the commandments of man. "
00:52:27.88\00:52:33.88
Friends, tonight, we're not
talking about man's commandments
00:52:33.92\00:52:38.99
we're talking about the
commandments of the living God
00:52:39.05\00:52:43.06
and I don't know about you
but I want to serve my Lord,
00:52:43.09\00:52:47.76
my God, my Savior, my friend,
by keeping His commandments
00:52:47.80\00:52:52.43
as He has asked me to.
00:52:52.47\00:52:55.30
In my heart, I will
say, like Joshua said,
00:52:55.34\00:53:01.84
"As for me and my
house, I will follow the Lord.
00:53:01.88\00:53:07.88
I have decided
to follow Jesus. "
00:53:07.92\00:53:11.89
Piano playing...
00:53:11.92\00:53:14.92
I'd rather have Jesus
00:53:14.96\00:53:21.63
than silver or gold;
00:53:21.66\00:53:31.07
I'd rather be His
00:53:31.11\00:53:34.68
than have riches untold;
00:53:34.71\00:53:41.22
I'd rather have Jesus
00:53:41.25\00:53:47.62
than houses or lands,
00:53:47.66\00:53:53.60
I'd rather be led
00:53:53.63\00:53:59.47
by His nail-pierced hand.
00:53:59.50\00:54:06.47
Than to be the queen
00:54:06.51\00:54:12.61
of a vast domain
00:54:12.65\00:54:19.12
Or be held in sin's
00:54:19.15\00:54:25.63
dreadful sway;
00:54:25.66\00:54:31.07
Piano...
00:54:31.10\00:54:34.44
I'd rather have Jesus
00:54:34.47\00:54:40.01
than anything
00:54:40.04\00:54:45.91
This world
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affords today.
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My friends,
Jesus knows our hearts
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and I know for some of you
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you might have been
hearing this message
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for the very first time
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but let me say this to
you... Jesus knows you...
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and he knows that you have
served Him with a full heart
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to the best of your ability
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and He says unto us...
in the time of our ignorance
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when we didn't
know, God winked at it,
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you see, that is
where grace is applied again
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and when we serve Him
with all of our hearts,
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with all of our minds,
to the best of our ability,
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it is accredited
to us as righteousness
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because we were doing
what we knew and thought to do
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that was right and
pleasing in His sight
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but Ladies and Gentlemen,
we're living in these last days,
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in these last times,
where the cry is going forth...
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this loud cry...
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this third angel's message
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to let men, women,
boys and girls know,
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that the commandments
of God are still in effect,
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to let them know that
the cross is still there
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and to let them know
that Jesus' second coming
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is nearer than
when we first believed
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but we have to be ready
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and we have to bring our lives
in order with the will of Jesus
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for this is our
test in these last days.
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Won't you allow Jesus
to come into your heart
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to bring you His
truth, to study even more,
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that you and your families will
be able to stand up and say,
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"This is our God,
we have waited for Him
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and He will save us"
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as we point to Him in the sky
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and we will know
that we have been faithful
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because the God that we
serve has been faithful.
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God bless you.
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