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Good Evening Ambassador Family,
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pause...
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and Good Evening to all
of our Friends and Viewers
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who are watching
throughout the world,
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I'm Henoc Paulicin
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the Pastor of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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we are located in
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
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This morning while I
was doing my devotion,
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I fell upon a text in the
book of Matthew chapter 16
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with Matthew's account of Jesus'
commission to his disciples,
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Matthew says, "Go
into all the world
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and preach to all Creation. "
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We're doing just that
here at the Ambassador Church.
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Because of our
partnership with 3ABN
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and Living World Ministries...
Living Word Ministries...
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people throughout the world...
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in fact all creation
is able to hear the gospel
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and you ought to
say, "Amen" about that.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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It's funny... I was
speaking to some friends
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who don't even attend
church in Far Rockaway...
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where I used to
live a long time ago,
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and they've been watching...
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I've spoken to
friends throughout the world,
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and so because of technology...
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because of the blessing
that God has given to 3ABN,
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it has allowed us to reach homes
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that would not be
ordinarily reached.
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Now once again, this evening we
are privileged to have with us
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Pastor Lawrence S. Dorsey
who is the Speaker... Director
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of the Living Word Ministries
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and he has been
preaching a Series entitled:
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Through the Eyes of John:
Unfolding the Book of Revelation
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and have you
been blessed thus far?
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Audience: "Amen. "
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We are looking forward
to the blessings of God
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speaking through His manservant
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but let us call on the
name of the Lord in prayer
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before we hear
from the man of God,
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let's bow our heads,
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"Our Father and our God,
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we are so grateful for the
privilege that you have given us
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You have used us
to reach the world,
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and Father, we have
no idea who will be saved
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because of this and we might
not know until we get to heaven
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but we thank you for using us,
we thank you for the privilege,
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we pray that your Spirit
may pour upon the man of God
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and let Him speak boldly
and when all is said and done,
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may we all know that
the Spirit of God has moved
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and that God has spoken.
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Hear us as we pray,
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we ask you this in
Jesus' name amen. "
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Walking off stage...
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Piano playing...
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more piano...
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Because of who You
are, I give you glory
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piano...
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Because of who You
are, I give You praise
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Because of who You are,
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I will lift my voice and say,
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"Lord I worship You,
because of who You are,
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Lord I worship You...
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because of who You are. "
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Because of who You are,
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I give You glory
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piano...
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Because of who You are,
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I give You praise
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Because of who You are,
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I will lift my voice and say,
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"Lord I worship You,
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because of who You are
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Lord I worship You,
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because of who you are. "
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Jehovah Jireh
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My provider
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Jehovah Nissi
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Lord you reign in victory
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Jehovah Shaloh
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You're my prince of peace
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And I worship you
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Because of who You are
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Because of who You are...
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I'm going to give You glory
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Because of who You are
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I'll give You praise
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Because of who You are
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I will lift my voice and say,
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"Lord I worship You
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because of who You are.
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Lord I worship You
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because of who You are. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Can we all say, "Amen. "
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Audience: "Amen. "
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Because of who He is.
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Thank you
Michelle for that song...
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a song of praise...
and Folks, I can only say,
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"He's everything to me" amen...
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Audience: "Amen. "
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He's everything we need
and all that we can imagine
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what a mighty God we serve.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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This evening, I
just want to move quickly
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because our message is
a very detailed message...
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and it will deal with
the very judgment of God
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but before that
I just want to say
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that there are some
people that have called in
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and we've had something
very interesting happen
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in one of the calls we
received... or e-mails today...
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we got a call from a
Lyndell and her mother,
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a Sister Paris from Atlanta
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and she is a retired
Bible Worker in Atlanta, Georgia
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and she said that
she's enjoying the meetings
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and she wished that
she was able to be here
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and help in this
Evangelistic endeavor
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and we got a call
from another Sister Paris
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but her "Paris"
is her first name
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from Westmoreland, Jamaica
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and she said that
she's enjoying the message
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and she said, "Pastor, I'm
glad you're not yelling at me"
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and I said, "Okay, Sis...
" and she was a stately lady
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and she says that, "I can hear
well even though I'm up in age"
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and I said, "Okay, thank
you, thank you very much... "
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and then we got a special e-mail
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from a Doctor and
Sister Morris from California
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and we appreciate them,
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but we got an
e-mail from a Julio...
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I'm just telling you his
first name... from Belize...
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and he told me
this story, he said that
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at the beginning of the
year he made his resolution
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to get things
right with his family
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coming home...
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doing the things
that he needed to do...
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as a father... and a husband
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and he stopped
carousing with the gentlemen
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that he used to be
with... he stopped drinking...
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and he started reading his Bible
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and he said that he
had been reading his Bible
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and he went through the gospels
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and he had gotten to
the book of Revelation
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and he said he
started reading it
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and it was very hard for him
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and he said that on
one of the Sunday nights
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when we first started,
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he turned to the part when
we were talking about the beast
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and he started
listening and he said
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the questions that
he had in his mind...
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they started to become
answered by the Word of God...
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and comparing... and
as he's been listening...
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he said... to let me know...
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to let you all know that
he has made up his mind...
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him and his family...
are going to be baptized
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into the church that
keeps the Commandments of God
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and has the
testimony of Jesus Christ
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and I'm just so thankful to
hear testimonies like that...
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now, I just want you to know
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that there have been so many
people asking about the CDs,
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DVDs of the meetings...
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if you go to the website,
livingwordministries. tv
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information should
be up by the weekend,
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where you will be able to
find out the cost of these DVDs
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and how you can receive them.
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You can also
follow us on Twitter...
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I told you my daughter...
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she's the one who is
keeping us into the technology
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and she says, "Dad, you
have to answer these things... "
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so she set me up
with a Twitter...
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so you can
"Twitter" me, LivingWordTV...
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now, I can work that and I can
do a little bit with Facebook,
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I'm doing well, she's helping me
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and she's staying
up on me, she said,
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"Dad, if they don't think you're
going to pay attention to it...
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if they think it's me...
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they're not going to call...
so you have to answer it"
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so I got new friends even today,
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Lawrence Stephen
Dorsey, that's the personal one
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and you can come to the
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LivingWordMinistries.
TV on Facebook.
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now, I hope I did well, Allison.
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Audience: Laughing...
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Tonight let us get to
work with this message...
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please... I hope you
have pencil and paper
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those of you at home... we
want you to have your Bibles
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and I want you to
write these things down
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so you can look them over to
see what the judgment entails.
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Shall we pray? "Loving Father,
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again we are thankful
for your love and mercy
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Lord, we need your
Holy Spirit every day
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but even tonight, Lord, we
ask for a double portion of it
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for
understanding and comprehension
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and as we go through
this divine message Lord...
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a message that
affects us personally,
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we pray that it
will not frighten us
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but it will encourage
us... it will empower us
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it will enlighten
us in heavenly things
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that we might
submit all unto you
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our everything...
that we might be saved
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in Jesus' name, amen and amen. "
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Turn quickly to 2nd
Corinthians chapter 5 verse 10,
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2nd Corinthians
chapter 5 verse 10,
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pause...
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this text has brought the
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essence of the
judgment to thousands.
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2nd Corinthians 5 verse 10...
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I told you the story of this
Hollywood individual who passed
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and he said he wasn't
sure if God was real or not
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but to make sure
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there was no judgment that
he would have to be a part of...
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instead of being
buried in an original way,
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he said he wanted to be cremated
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and then he wanted his
ashes spread out across the sea.
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Pause...
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He said, that way if there is a
hell or something, he'd miss it.
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Audience: Laughter...
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Well, Folks, we can't get
away from the Living God...
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the Living God will
bring us all back together
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from wherever we
are... at the appointed time.
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I want us to clear
up some confusion...
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2nd Corinthians 5:10 says,
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"For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ
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that everyone may receive
the things done in his body
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according to
that what he has done
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whether it be good or bad.
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We look at Matthew
chapter 25, turn with me,
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Matthew chapter 25 and
we see in this chapter...
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in this chapter,
Matthew chapter 25...
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verses 31 through
34, it says this...
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We look at this
and we hear these words
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and it causes us somehow
to get a different concept
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of what we have been
saying here every night
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and here's where I'm going.
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Each night we have looked
at a portion of the judgment...
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some things of the judgment
and we have talked about them
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and we said that the
judgment is going on now.
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The text that we looked at...
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it's found in
Revelation 14 verse 7.
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"Fear God and give glory to Him
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for the hour of
His judgment is come. "
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Not coming... is come.
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We said that the church...
and this is what the Bible says
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that we are the church...
the 7th church, Laodicea,
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which means, "the
judging of the people"
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so when we look at this
and we see that the judgment
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in Revelation is saying,
"has already come" or started...
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and then when we read
this text in 2nd Corinthians
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and then we read
what it says in Matthew 25
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somehow we can get
confused and think,
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"Is the Bible
contradicting itself?"
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Well Friends, the Bible
never contradicts itself.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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The Bible is its own expositor.
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You have to
understand the entire principle
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of how this works out.
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Now, when Paul
says in 2nd Corinthians
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that we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ,
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and then when we
look at Matthew 25
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and it says... Jesus
will sit on His throne
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and He will
separate them at His coming,
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the goats from the sheep...
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and I heard one person say,
I don't know how deep this is
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but he said that the reason
the goats are the bad ones...
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he said because the
goats are always "butting. "
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Audience: Laughter.
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"I would do it but... "
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"I can't do it but... "
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"My life's so and
so... but, but, but... "
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we have
excuses... well, anyway...
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anyway... let me just move on...
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so when I look at
this, I have no contradiction
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from the Bible at all because
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when I continue to
look through Scripture
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and I see the things
that are taking place
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and I thank God
that we have been able
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to go through
Scripture night after night,
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line upon line...
precept upon precept,
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here a little...
there a little...
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we've been able to go
through the Scriptures
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and see the things of the Word
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that gives us a
clear understanding
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of what is going to happen,
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we see that when the
Lord comes with a shout
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and with the
voice of the archangel,
00:16:36.16\00:16:38.59
it says, "the dead in
Christ shall rise first
00:16:38.63\00:16:42.63
and we which
are alive and remain
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shall be caught up
together with Him in the air
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and so shall we
ever be with the Lord. "
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So what does this say?
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This is saying that the
separation will take place
00:16:52.27\00:16:57.08
when Christ comes because
decisions have already been made
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pause...
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
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it's so clear for
us to understand it.
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When Jesus comes with
all of the angels of glory...
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that's what it says in Matthew
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and when He sits in that throne
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and He takes us
up from the earth
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in an instant... in
a twinkling of an eye,
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the righteous will be changed,
that's what we saw last night,
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in 1st Corinthians chapter
15, beginning with verse 51.
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Changed in an instant...
in the twinkling of an eye.
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We see that the Lord
knows who belongs to Him.
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The wicked will be destroyed
by the brightness of His coming
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so He knows who is righteous
and He knows who is wicked.
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pause...
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why? because the judgment
has already taken place...
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the parts that we
need to understand...
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when we look at
the message last night
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now remember, all of
these messages are connecting
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and they build on each
other on the foundation
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that the Word of God
is the standard of God...
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when we look at
the message last night
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in the book of
Revelation chapter 20,
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A 1,000 Years of Peace...
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we saw, in
Revelation 20, go to it...
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Revelation 20 verse 4
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when the devil was
bound by circumstances
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why? because there were
no good people to tempt...
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they have gone to heaven
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and there were no
evil people to tempt...
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because they've died
out all over the earth...
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pause...
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and he has to sit
there for a 1,000 years
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in this temporary prison
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because Planet Earth
has been reduced to shambles
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at the 2nd coming of Christ
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and then the Bible tells us
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what the righteous
will be doing in heaven
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and you look at
chapter 20, book of Revelation,
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verse 4 and it says...
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
we see the saints of God
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are there in the City...
in glory... with Jesus...
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going over the record books
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to see why those individuals
who are lost are lost.
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Pause...
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Now Folks, I
don't know about you,
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but I don't want to
be lost... number one,
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and if I'm lost... God forbid,
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I don't want everybody seeing
what I did to make me lost,
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are you with me?
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Audience: Agreeing.
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When I read in
this same chapter,
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chapter 20 of the book of
Revelation, verse 11 it says,
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"And I saw a great white
throne, and him that sat on it,
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whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away;
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and there was
found no place for them.
00:20:06.20\00:20:08.34
And I saw the
dead, small and great,
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stand before God;
and the books... "
00:20:10.57\00:20:12.71
with an "s" "were opened:
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and another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life:
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and the dead were
judged out of those things
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which were written in the books,
according to their works. "
00:20:19.41\00:20:22.92
Pause...
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So what this is saying
to us, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:20:24.42\00:20:26.92
that there is an
Investigative Judgment
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that will take
place that will determine
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if we are saved
or if we are lost...
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if we are sheep or if
we are "butting goats"
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pause...
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but again, there's
something we have to understand
00:20:44.11\00:20:47.81
that we have
stressed night after night,
00:20:47.84\00:20:50.75
we said...
because the Bible said it
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.62
that judgment begins
at the house of God first
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so when we look
at this for a minute,
00:20:56.92\00:20:59.72
when we look at what
takes place in the future
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during that millennium...
a thousand-year period,
00:21:02.89\00:21:05.99
that's when the
wicked will be judged...
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or other words... we will concur
with the judgment of Christ
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on why they have been lost...
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the judgment for
the saints of God
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happens beforehand
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and we read... and you saw it...
please turn to 1st Peter...
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1st Peter chapter 4...
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1st Peter
chapter 4 and it tells us
00:21:25.68\00:21:29.28
in... I'm sorry, in verse 17
00:21:29.32\00:21:32.59
it says that judgment
must being in the house of God,
00:21:32.62\00:21:37.49
pause...
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it has to come there first.
00:21:39.73\00:21:41.50
1st Peter 4:17... it has
to begin with the house of God
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if it doesn't begin
there Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:21:49.27\00:21:51.94
it doesn't happen.
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.31
We who are God's
children are the individuals
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who have to make a stand for
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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to determine if we
are truly His children
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and by our lives,
submitting to Him...
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.73
submitting to His Spirit...
we are judged as individuals
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who are able to stand in
the very judgment of Christ.
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Pause...
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Now, how do you
get into the judgment
00:22:22.77\00:22:28.08
as one of the righteous?
00:22:28.11\00:22:30.71
Pause...
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My Friends, our
names have to go in
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to the Lamb's Book of Life.
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Your name goes in
the Lamb's Book of Life
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when you decide to
make Jesus your choice.
00:22:41.86\00:22:45.76
When you say that He is
your Savior... He is your God...
00:22:45.79\00:22:50.23
He is the One that you desire
to cover you by His blood,
00:22:50.27\00:22:54.64
when you make a
commitment to Him
00:22:54.67\00:22:57.14
as your Lord and Savior,
00:22:57.17\00:22:59.27
your name goes into
the Lamb's Book of Life.
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It is full, it is
free, it is complete
00:23:02.51\00:23:05.21
but Ladies and
Gentlemen, it depends on you...
00:23:05.28\00:23:08.78
it depends on me
00:23:08.82\00:23:10.15
if our names stay in
the Lamb's Book of Life.
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You see, there's no such thing
as "once saved, always saved. "
00:23:12.85\00:23:17.06
Audience: "Amen. "
00:23:17.09\00:23:18.43
Now, I'm going to say that
again because I know someone
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.53
didn't hear that and
said, "What did he say?"
00:23:20.56\00:23:22.30
I said, there's no such thing as
"one saved and always saved... "
00:23:22.33\00:23:28.30
Audience: Agreeing.
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.14
It's not like that,
00:23:30.17\00:23:31.94
I read my Bible and
we need to clarify that
00:23:31.97\00:23:35.58
so somebody sees that
and somebody doesn't say,
00:23:35.64\00:23:38.45
"Dorsey said that... "
no, Dorsey didn't say that,
00:23:38.48\00:23:41.28
the Bible says
that... through Ezekiel,
00:23:41.32\00:23:43.89
turn with me to
the book of Ezekiel,
00:23:43.95\00:23:46.52
what book did I say?
00:23:46.55\00:23:47.89
Ezekiel chapter
20, it's chapter 20,
00:23:47.92\00:23:51.96
searching the Bible...
00:23:51.99\00:23:55.60
well, no, no, let's look
at it from a different point,
00:23:55.63\00:23:59.37
let's go back and
look at it from 18...
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chapter 18...
chapter 18 verse 20, it says,
00:24:02.50\00:24:07.54
"The soul that
sinneth, it shall die.
00:24:07.58\00:24:10.45
The son shall
not bear the iniquity
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.38
of the father,
00:24:13.42\00:24:14.78
neither shall the father
bear the iniquity of the son:
00:24:14.82\00:24:16.92
the righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon him,
00:24:16.95\00:24:20.52
and the wickedness of
the wicked shall be upon him.
00:24:20.56\00:24:24.13
But if the wicked
will turn from all his sins
00:24:24.16\00:24:26.90
that he has committed,
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.30
and keep all my statutes,
00:24:28.33\00:24:29.66
and do what is
lawful and what is right,
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.43
he shall surely
live, he shall not die. "
00:24:32.50\00:24:35.24
Folks we understand that,
that is mercy... that is grace.
00:24:35.27\00:24:38.44
"All his transgressions
that he has committed,
00:24:38.47\00:24:41.98
they shall not be
mentioned unto him:
00:24:42.01\00:24:43.85
in his righteousness that
he has done he shall live. "
00:24:43.88\00:24:48.28
Now watch this, verse 24,
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.22
"But when the righteous turn
away from his righteousness,
00:24:50.25\00:24:54.56
and committeth iniquity,
00:24:54.59\00:24:56.83
and doeth according to all the
00:24:56.89\00:24:59.06
abominations that the
wicked man does, shall he live?"
00:24:59.09\00:25:03.26
That's "once
saved and always saved"
00:25:03.30\00:25:05.97
"I gave my heart to Jesus so
I can do whatever I want to do
00:25:06.00\00:25:09.60
I can still keep drinking...
smoking and running around...
00:25:09.64\00:25:13.17
I can still
keep lying and all...
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.91
the grace of God is there,
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.28
He knows I'm willing
but my flesh is weak... "
00:25:16.31\00:25:19.51
pause...
00:25:19.55\00:25:21.52
that's the goat...
"but... but... but... "
00:25:21.55\00:25:23.35
the record says here,
00:25:23.39\00:25:25.72
"But when the righteous
turn away from his righteousness
00:25:25.75\00:25:28.32
and committeth iniquity
00:25:28.36\00:25:29.69
and doeth according
to all the abominations
00:25:29.72\00:25:31.96
that the wicked man
does, shall he live?
00:25:31.99\00:25:34.63
All his
righteousness that he hath done
00:25:34.66\00:25:37.27
shall not be mentioned:
00:25:37.30\00:25:39.53
in his trespass
that he has trespassed
00:25:39.57\00:25:44.24
in his sin that he has sinned,
00:25:44.27\00:25:49.04
in them shall he or she die. "
00:25:49.08\00:25:51.18
Now that's plain...
00:25:51.21\00:25:53.31
so that tells me that my name...
00:25:53.35\00:25:56.55
if it goes in the
Lamb's Book of Life...
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.35
and Ladies and
Gentlemen, I pray, tell
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.09
that all of our names remain
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:26:00.12\00:26:03.53
Revelation
chapter 20 verse 12 says,
00:26:03.56\00:26:06.09
"And I saw the
dead, small and great,
00:26:06.13\00:26:08.30
stand before God;
and the books... "
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.50
with an "s" "were opened:
00:26:10.53\00:26:11.87
and another book was opened
which is the Book of Life... "
00:26:11.90\00:26:14.64
Pause...
00:26:20.44\00:26:22.31
Daniel... Daniel,
Ladies and Gentlemen
00:26:22.34\00:26:25.18
if you would turn with me in
your Bibles to Daniel chapter 7,
00:26:25.21\00:26:28.98
Daniel chapter 7 verse 9...
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.35
Daniel had a
view of this judgment
00:26:31.39\00:26:35.12
that is going on
even now of the righteous.
00:26:35.16\00:26:39.39
Daniel chapter 7... you see,
00:26:39.43\00:26:43.20
God is not even
dealing with the wicked now,
00:26:43.23\00:26:45.67
are you listening to me?
00:26:45.70\00:26:48.04
are you seeing it?
00:26:48.07\00:26:49.60
It says in Daniel
chapter 7 9 through 11,
00:26:49.64\00:26:54.04
"And I beheld till the
thrones were cast down,
00:26:54.08\00:26:56.68
and the Ancient of days did sit,
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.11
whose garment was white as snow,
00:26:58.15\00:27:00.15
and the hair of his
head was like pure wool:
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.08
his throne was
like the fiery flame,
00:27:02.15\00:27:04.62
and his wheels as burning fire.
00:27:04.65\00:27:06.49
A fiery stream issued
00:27:06.52\00:27:10.83
and came forth from before him,
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.19
ten thousand times ten
thousand ministered unto him
00:27:12.26\00:27:15.56
and ten thousand
stood before him:
00:27:15.60\00:27:17.80
the judgment was set,
and the books were opened. "
00:27:17.83\00:27:21.54
The Investigative
Judgment is going on now
00:27:21.60\00:27:27.21
and those from the
beginning of time till now...
00:27:27.24\00:27:31.01
who have claimed to
be Christ's children...
00:27:31.05\00:27:34.12
sons... daughters...
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.55
their names are in the book
00:27:35.58\00:27:37.82
and they are being compared
to the other books of heaven
00:27:37.85\00:27:40.82
to see if their
names or our names
00:27:40.86\00:27:44.03
stay in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:27:44.09\00:27:47.23
Now I'm so thankful
00:27:47.26\00:27:49.26
that the Bible tells me
what these other books are
00:27:49.30\00:27:52.03
so I will know.
00:27:52.10\00:27:53.50
Now, you know, I have done
some work in Prison Ministry
00:27:53.54\00:27:57.04
early in my ministry
00:27:57.07\00:28:00.24
and there was one
thing that I've seen...
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.71
I don't know of
places... but in many places
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.15
that when you
visit the folks inside...
00:28:05.18\00:28:09.25
and some got incarcerated...
not all but some...
00:28:09.28\00:28:11.72
majority...
everybody says it wasn't them.
00:28:11.75\00:28:13.82
Pause...
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.19
Everybody says, they're
innocent it wasn't them...
00:28:15.22\00:28:17.26
and they're looking for somebody
to plead their case and say...
00:28:17.33\00:28:19.06
and a lot of times we
find out with new DNA testing
00:28:19.09\00:28:22.06
that... that's true,
00:28:22.10\00:28:23.57
there are people that
really didn't do it...
00:28:23.60\00:28:25.03
and they're behind bars.
00:28:25.07\00:28:26.97
But the majority of
people say, "it wasn't me...
00:28:27.04\00:28:29.80
it was somebody that
looked like me... my cousin... "
00:28:29.87\00:28:31.51
one person told
me a long time ago
00:28:31.54\00:28:33.07
that everybody has a twin...
00:28:33.11\00:28:34.48
"somebody that
looks just like me... "
00:28:34.51\00:28:35.84
you know... that's fine...
00:28:35.88\00:28:37.35
but let me tell you something,
00:28:37.38\00:28:38.75
there will be no mix up
with the judgment of God.
00:28:38.81\00:28:41.62
Audience: "Amen. "
00:28:41.65\00:28:42.98
When I read my Bible
and I want you to see this,
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.52
when you turn to
Psalm 139, it tells me
00:28:45.55\00:28:49.36
that there is a
Book of Description
00:28:49.39\00:28:53.09
that lets us know
that God won't get mixed up
00:28:53.16\00:28:57.00
and you get blamed
for somebody else's sin.
00:28:57.03\00:29:00.84
Audience: Agreeing.
00:29:00.87\00:29:02.20
Even if you have a twin
or a triplet... hello...
00:29:02.24\00:29:05.67
it says in Psalm 139,
let's read quickly, it says,
00:29:05.71\00:29:09.24
"O LORD, thou hast searched me,
00:29:09.28\00:29:10.85
and known me...
" that's verse 1,
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.38
Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising,
00:29:12.41\00:29:14.88
thou understandest
my thought afar off.
00:29:14.92\00:29:17.25
Thou compassest my
path and my lying down,
00:29:17.29\00:29:19.62
and are
acquainted with all my ways.
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.92
For there is not a word in
my tongue, but, lo, O LORD,
00:29:21.96\00:29:26.36
thou knowest it altogether.
00:29:26.39\00:29:27.93
Thou hast beset
me behind and before,
00:29:27.96\00:29:30.80
and laid thine hand upon me. "
00:29:30.83\00:29:33.23
Pause...
00:29:33.27\00:29:34.60
"Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me: it is high,
00:29:34.64\00:29:38.41
I cannot attain unto it.
00:29:38.44\00:29:39.91
Whither shall I
go from thy spirit?
00:29:39.94\00:29:42.01
or whither shall I
flee from thy presence?
00:29:42.04\00:29:44.25
If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art there:
00:29:44.28\00:29:46.15
if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
00:29:46.18\00:29:48.82
If I take the
wings of the morning,
00:29:48.85\00:29:50.65
and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea;
00:29:50.69\00:29:52.52
Even there shall
thy hand lead me,
00:29:52.55\00:29:55.62
and thy right
hand shall hold me.
00:29:55.66\00:29:58.66
if I say, Surely the
darkness shall cover me;
00:29:58.69\00:30:01.60
even in the night
shall be light about me.
00:30:01.63\00:30:04.73
Yea, the darkness
hideth not from thee;
00:30:04.77\00:30:07.84
but the night
shineth as the day:
00:30:07.87\00:30:09.37
the darkness and the
light are both alike to thee. "
00:30:09.40\00:30:12.67
Now let's go down to verse 15.
00:30:12.74\00:30:14.28
It says, "My
substance was not hid from thee,
00:30:14.31\00:30:18.21
when I was made in secret,
00:30:18.25\00:30:20.55
and curiously wrought in
the lowest parts of the earth. "
00:30:20.58\00:30:23.75
In other words, in
heaven, there's a book
00:30:41.07\00:30:44.17
that has a description of us
00:30:44.21\00:30:46.24
that completely updates
us as we go through life.
00:30:46.27\00:30:51.48
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:51.51\00:30:52.85
So He knows what we look
like, He won't get mixed up.
00:30:52.88\00:30:57.72
He knows that funny
little walk, come on now,
00:30:57.75\00:31:01.66
He knows that funny little head,
00:31:01.69\00:31:03.46
come one now, He
knows our funny little ears,
00:31:03.49\00:31:07.16
He knows all
about us, He sees us.
00:31:07.20\00:31:10.20
My Bible tells me,
Ladies and Gentlemen
00:31:10.23\00:31:12.90
in Matthew 10 verse 30,
00:31:12.93\00:31:14.34
that He knows how many
hairs we have on our head.
00:31:14.37\00:31:17.07
The only way we don't know
that is if we don't have it,
00:31:17.11\00:31:19.61
the only way we know
is if we don't have any.
00:31:19.64\00:31:21.21
Pause...
00:31:21.24\00:31:22.68
Each time you brush
your hair... hair comes out
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.91
and those books in heaven update
exactly what we are about.
00:31:24.95\00:31:30.42
Audience: "Amen. "
00:31:30.45\00:31:31.82
God cares about us, He knows us.
00:31:31.85\00:31:34.59
That Book of Description is
there, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:31:34.62\00:31:38.43
you can't say it wasn't you.
00:31:38.46\00:31:40.33
You can't get away
from the Living God.
00:31:40.36\00:31:44.60
Not only is there
a Book of Description
00:31:44.63\00:31:48.77
Ladies and Gentlemen,
there is a Book of Remembrance
00:31:48.80\00:31:52.81
and I thank God for
the Book of Remembrance...
00:31:52.84\00:31:55.28
it's almost like a
book of our good deeds
00:31:55.31\00:31:57.71
because... in the
Book of Remembrance...
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.05
and I want you to turn
with me to the Book of Malachi,
00:32:00.12\00:32:03.02
Malachi chapter
3... Malachi chapter 3,
00:32:03.05\00:32:06.25
in this Book of Remembrance,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:32:06.29\00:32:09.86
verse 16... it tells us...
00:32:09.89\00:32:12.16
Verse 17 says...
00:32:32.81\00:32:34.48
"And they shall be
mine, saith the LORD of hosts,
00:32:34.52\00:32:38.25
in that day when
I make up my jewels;
00:32:38.32\00:32:40.79
and I will spare them,
00:32:40.82\00:32:42.16
as a man spareth his
own son that serveth him. "
00:32:42.19\00:32:45.86
In other words, in
that Book of Remembrance,
00:32:45.89\00:32:49.60
all the good things that
we ever did in life are there.
00:32:49.63\00:32:53.84
Pause...
00:32:53.87\00:32:55.30
Now I have thought maybe
somebody in the live audience
00:32:55.34\00:32:57.27
would say, "Amen. "
00:32:57.31\00:32:58.81
Audience: "Amen. "
00:32:58.87\00:33:00.21
All of the good
things we ever did are there.
00:33:00.24\00:33:02.41
A famous Bible
Commentator writes this
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.31
about this Book of Remembrance,
00:33:05.35\00:33:08.35
it says, "All
the words of faith,
00:33:08.38\00:33:12.25
acts of love,
deeds of righteousness,
00:33:12.29\00:33:16.12
every temptation
that we have resisted,
00:33:16.16\00:33:19.93
every evil that
we have overcome,
00:33:19.96\00:33:23.03
every word of tender pity
expressed in faithfulness,
00:33:23.06\00:33:28.97
every act of sacrifice,
00:33:29.00\00:33:31.87
every suffering and sorrow
endured for Christ's sake,
00:33:31.94\00:33:36.54
all of these are written in
the Lamb's Book of Remembrance.
00:33:36.58\00:33:42.38
Audience: "Amen. "
00:33:42.42\00:33:43.75
David says in Psalm 56 verse
8, "Thou tellest my wanderings:
00:33:43.79\00:33:48.39
put thou my tears
in thy bottle... "
00:33:48.42\00:33:51.73
and he is saying,
00:33:51.76\00:33:53.09
"are they not
written in thy book?"
00:33:53.13\00:33:55.63
Nehemiah 13 verse 14,
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.83
God has a record
of our faithfulness.
00:33:57.87\00:34:02.10
and Folks, that
should make you feel good.
00:34:02.14\00:34:04.34
because Folks,
00:34:04.37\00:34:05.71
sometimes it doesn't
feel as though anybody cares
00:34:05.74\00:34:08.31
that you're
doing the right thing
00:34:08.34\00:34:10.05
and sometimes... even at church
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.78
it's as though you're
out there by yourself.
00:34:11.81\00:34:14.35
you have all of this enthusiasm,
00:34:14.38\00:34:17.19
you're trying to
do everything you can
00:34:17.22\00:34:18.69
for the Kingdom of God
and the children of God...
00:34:18.72\00:34:21.49
they look at you and
just say, "Oh hum... "
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.36
"What's wrong?" "Okay... "
00:34:23.39\00:34:26.43
because of the
lukewarmness in the church.
00:34:26.46\00:34:29.23
Sometimes you plan a program
00:34:29.26\00:34:31.60
and you sacrifice your time and
your money and you put it there
00:34:31.63\00:34:34.14
and you expect
people to come and see it
00:34:34.17\00:34:35.70
and you would
think that they would say
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.21
that this was the greatest
thing that ever happened,
00:34:37.24\00:34:39.01
and nobody shows up
but you and the family
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.34
and you want to give
up... you can't quit...
00:34:41.38\00:34:45.15
don't give up
Friends and don't quit
00:34:45.18\00:34:48.05
because in the
Lamb's Book of Remembrance
00:34:48.08\00:34:51.99
your good deeds and your
sacrifice... they're there
00:34:52.02\00:34:56.19
so we are not
here to please people,
00:34:56.22\00:34:58.63
oh no, you can
never please people,
00:34:58.66\00:35:01.76
we are here to
please the Master.
00:35:01.80\00:35:04.87
Audience: "Amen. "
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.00
So keep adding on
00:35:07.04\00:35:09.07
to the Lamb's Book of
Good Deeds Book of Remembrance
00:35:09.10\00:35:14.74
that He would count it to
us as faithful righteousness.
00:35:14.78\00:35:20.42
Now not only is there
a Book of Description,
00:35:20.45\00:35:26.25
there's also a
Book of Remembrance
00:35:26.29\00:35:30.19
and there is also
a Book of our Sins.
00:35:30.23\00:35:34.06
Now Friends, I know if
we had illustrations here
00:35:34.10\00:35:39.10
and I had a book that
had all of my good deeds,
00:35:39.13\00:35:43.51
it would probably be
like this, come on now,
00:35:43.54\00:35:47.88
let's be honest,
00:35:47.91\00:35:49.64
when the Lord
takes out everything
00:35:49.68\00:35:52.75
and just looks at our good deeds
00:35:52.78\00:35:55.78
and then if we had a
book of all of our sins...
00:35:55.82\00:36:00.79
oh my!
00:36:00.82\00:36:02.92
we know that's a big book.
00:36:02.96\00:36:05.69
We see it in Isaiah
65... Isaiah 65 verses 6 and 7,
00:36:05.73\00:36:13.77
it says, "your sins
are written before me"
00:36:13.80\00:36:17.77
Folks, don't you know
that we're going to be judged
00:36:17.81\00:36:21.78
by our thoughts,
our words and our deeds,
00:36:21.81\00:36:26.11
everything you
think... everything you say...
00:36:26.15\00:36:30.45
everything we do...
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.42
will be taken
account of in the judgment.
00:36:33.46\00:36:36.02
Now if you expect your
name... if I expect my name...
00:36:36.06\00:36:40.56
to stay in the
Lamb's Book of Life,
00:36:40.60\00:36:43.20
it's going to go through
the Book of Description...
00:36:43.23\00:36:46.53
it's going to go
through our good deeds
00:36:46.57\00:36:48.34
and then it's going
to go to the Book of Sin.
00:36:48.40\00:36:50.94
If you will turn
with me to Ecclesiastes...
00:36:50.97\00:36:54.54
Ecclesiastes
chapter 12 it says this...
00:36:54.58\00:36:58.08
and Folks, you know,
this is a very sobering text,
00:36:58.11\00:37:01.38
Ecclesiastes
chapter 12 verses 13 and 14
00:37:01.42\00:37:06.15
because as it
reads... it shows everything.
00:37:06.19\00:37:11.16
It says, verse 13
chapter 12, Ecclesiastes...
00:37:11.19\00:37:16.13
"Let us hear the conclusion
of the whole matter... "
00:37:16.16\00:37:20.74
in other words...
this is the bottom line.
00:37:20.77\00:37:23.07
"Fear God, and
keep his commandments:
00:37:23.10\00:37:27.01
for this is the
whole duty of man. "
00:37:27.04\00:37:29.88
And we talked about
this fearing of God...
00:37:29.91\00:37:32.78
it's not to be afraid of
Him... to be in awe of Him...
00:37:32.81\00:37:35.92
to give Him the
reverence that is due His name,
00:37:35.95\00:37:39.32
to serve Him with a full life.
00:37:39.35\00:37:42.02
He says, "Let us
hear the conclusion... "
00:37:42.06\00:37:44.73
the bottom line
"of the whole matter,
00:37:44.76\00:37:47.20
fear God and keep
His commandments. "
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.60
His Commandments are what?
00:37:49.63\00:37:51.23
The standard of the judgment.
00:37:51.27\00:37:52.80
His Commandments
define what sin is
00:37:52.83\00:37:55.50
"for sin is a
transgression of the Law"
00:37:55.54\00:37:58.17
and the Commandments of
God, Ladies and Gentlemen...
00:37:58.21\00:38:01.04
it is also called
"the royal law of liberty"
00:38:01.08\00:38:04.78
and if we break one,
we're guilty of breaking all.
00:38:04.81\00:38:09.22
That's what the Word says.
00:38:09.25\00:38:10.69
Sin is defined as the
transgression of the Law
00:38:10.72\00:38:14.89
and the penalty of sin,
Ladies and Gentlemen, is death.
00:38:14.92\00:38:19.09
Isn't it saying that?
00:38:19.13\00:38:21.10
Romans 6 verse 23, that sin...
00:38:21.13\00:38:24.23
"the wages of sin is death... "
00:38:24.27\00:38:27.24
but we don't have to fear today
00:38:27.27\00:38:30.17
because of Jesus
dying on Calvary's cross,
00:38:30.21\00:38:33.48
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:38:33.54\00:38:35.18
Jesus paid it all
00:38:35.21\00:38:36.64
and that's why we have
to understand as Christians
00:38:36.68\00:38:39.25
grace is there for us where
we have broken the Law of God
00:38:39.28\00:38:43.52
but it does not mean for us to
continue breaking the Law of God
00:38:43.55\00:38:48.19
it is high time
to wake out of sleep
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.93
to confess our sins...
to repent of our sins...
00:38:50.96\00:38:54.70
and to have not only revival...
00:38:54.73\00:38:57.17
that's new life
that comes from Lord
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.50
but a reformation of our lives
as long as God gives us life
00:38:59.53\00:39:04.21
to bring our lives
in harmony with His will
00:39:04.27\00:39:07.28
by the renewing of our minds
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.71
through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:09.74\00:39:12.45
Audience: "Amen. "
00:39:12.48\00:39:13.82
So when I look at this
text in Ecclesiastes 12
00:39:13.85\00:39:18.19
verse 13 and 14, it says...
00:39:18.22\00:39:19.72
Now, that same Bible writer
00:39:36.37\00:39:38.97
that talked about the
Book of Remembrance, says this,
00:39:39.01\00:39:42.81
"Opposite each name
in the books of heaven
00:39:42.84\00:39:47.15
is entered with
terrible exactness,
00:39:47.18\00:39:50.29
every wrong word...
every selfish act...
00:39:50.32\00:39:56.09
every unfulfilled duty...
00:39:56.12\00:39:59.63
every secret sin...
00:39:59.66\00:40:02.43
with every awful
dissembling" in other words,
00:40:02.46\00:40:06.33
the plans that you
use to do what you did...
00:40:06.37\00:40:08.74
you know, the secret plans that
you thought you were so slick
00:40:08.77\00:40:12.51
that nobody else
knew about it but you,
00:40:12.54\00:40:15.28
I mean, you joined
the choir... not to sing
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.98
but to get next to
Bobby who belongs to Betty...
00:40:18.01\00:40:23.39
who is your best
friend... oh oh...
00:40:23.42\00:40:27.09
I'm not talking about
Jerry, I'm talking about life.
00:40:27.12\00:40:30.89
Hmmm...
00:40:30.93\00:40:32.76
Your plans...
00:40:32.79\00:40:34.13
your secret plan to get there,
00:40:34.16\00:40:37.57
or why you said that that
person couldn't do the job
00:40:37.63\00:40:41.07
and you knew they
couldn't do the job
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.10
and then... when
your name came up
00:40:43.14\00:40:45.04
it was your plan to
kill that person's character
00:40:45.07\00:40:47.64
so you could have the position.
00:40:47.71\00:40:49.11
Hmmm...
00:40:49.14\00:40:51.71
All of that...
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.18
all of that...
00:40:53.21\00:40:54.58
it continues to read,
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.62
"next to each name in heaven
00:40:56.65\00:41:00.59
in the books is
entered with terrible exactness
00:41:00.62\00:41:05.06
heaven-sent warnings
or reproof neglected...
00:41:05.09\00:41:09.46
when the Lord was telling you,
you're doing something wrong...
00:41:09.53\00:41:12.30
Now Folks, you know and I know
when the Lord tells us that.
00:41:12.33\00:41:15.40
You know it, that's why
you get that look on your face.
00:41:15.44\00:41:18.47
Pause...
00:41:18.54\00:41:20.08
You can't sleep,
you toss and turn...
00:41:20.14\00:41:22.11
when we have those storms
like we had the other day...
00:41:22.14\00:41:25.01
last night... all that
thunder and lightning...
00:41:25.05\00:41:26.72
you start
remembering how to pray.
00:41:26.75\00:41:28.82
Audience: Laughter...
00:41:28.85\00:41:30.62
"I'm sorry Lord,
help me, forgive me... "
00:41:30.69\00:41:33.22
come on now, you know
I'm being realistic here,
00:41:33.25\00:41:36.86
heaven-sent
warnings that we neglected...
00:41:36.89\00:41:41.53
wasted moments...
00:41:41.56\00:41:44.07
oh my friends,
00:41:44.10\00:41:46.50
this is something that
is very, very important
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.90
for us to contemplate,
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.27
wasted moments... how
much time do we waste?
00:41:50.31\00:41:53.48
We sit around and we
just stay on the computer...
00:41:53.51\00:41:58.31
pause...
00:41:58.35\00:41:59.81
computers are good...
nothing wrong with that...
00:41:59.88\00:42:03.25
but make sure you're
doing something beneficial.
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.62
Hmmm...
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.69
Wasted moments...
watching TV day and night...
00:42:08.72\00:42:12.09
and Folks, you know
there's nothing wrong with TV
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.76
but you have to be
temperate in all things...
00:42:14.80\00:42:17.33
I mean, there is no way your
eyeballs can watch 400 channels
00:42:17.37\00:42:21.77
pause...
00:42:21.80\00:42:23.54
but they're there
in front of you...
00:42:23.57\00:42:25.34
it's always something
there to catch your attention.
00:42:25.37\00:42:29.41
We have to be disciplined,
00:42:29.44\00:42:31.41
we have to be intentional,
00:42:31.45\00:42:33.35
when you get up in the morning,
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.58
you have to take
time and talk to the Lord
00:42:35.62\00:42:38.42
and spend time in prayer
00:42:38.45\00:42:40.12
and read the Word of God
00:42:40.16\00:42:41.89
to fortify you for the day.
00:42:41.92\00:42:43.63
Audience: "Amen. "
00:42:43.66\00:42:44.99
You can't say,
00:42:45.03\00:42:46.36
when you get home...
you're going to study
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.00
and do that in the evening
before you go to sleep...
00:42:48.03\00:42:50.37
that won't happen.
00:42:50.40\00:42:51.77
Either you come home
and the food will be so good
00:42:51.80\00:42:55.34
that you fall
asleep in the chair
00:42:55.37\00:42:56.94
or you turn on the TV
just to watch the news
00:42:57.01\00:43:00.84
and you know the
news... that's all... 24... 7...
00:43:00.88\00:43:04.91
and then by the time
you get to your Bible...
00:43:04.98\00:43:08.98
you open it up... you say,
00:43:09.02\00:43:11.39
"I'm not going to
let the devil get me... "
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.09
dozing off...
00:43:13.12\00:43:17.46
and the devil is like,
"Sleep little baby... sleep... "
00:43:17.49\00:43:21.63
and there you are...
head on the pillow... gone...
00:43:21.66\00:43:25.37
good intentions but
Friends, you know what it says
00:43:25.43\00:43:29.00
about the road that is
paved for that place...
00:43:29.04\00:43:32.57
is paved with good intentions.
00:43:32.61\00:43:35.21
You and I have to be
intentional in our salvation,
00:43:35.24\00:43:38.78
we have to be
intentional in our devotion,
00:43:38.81\00:43:41.28
we have to be intentional
on how we spend our time.
00:43:41.35\00:43:45.92
There's a time for relaxing
and there's a time for friends
00:43:45.95\00:43:49.06
and there's a time
for the internet...
00:43:49.09\00:43:50.73
there's a time for TV
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.29
but Folks, make sure the
hardest part of our time...
00:43:52.36\00:43:56.13
or the best part of our time...
00:43:56.16\00:43:57.50
it's given to God
that we are fortified
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.50
and let us take these
things that are around us
00:44:00.54\00:44:03.04
and use them in
a positive manner
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.97
to uplift the Kingdom of God.
00:44:06.01\00:44:08.51
Audience: "Amen. "
00:44:08.54\00:44:09.88
The record says,
"Wasted moments...
00:44:09.91\00:44:16.25
unimproved
opportunities... " man...
00:44:16.28\00:44:19.45
there are folks that should have
been out here night after night,
00:44:19.49\00:44:22.56
pause...
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.59
that's all I'm going to say.
00:44:24.63\00:44:26.83
Pause...
00:44:26.86\00:44:29.26
There's so much we
can do but we don't do.
00:44:29.30\00:44:32.07
Pause...
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.84
We think when
everything is going okay
00:44:33.87\00:44:36.50
that we don't
really need the Lord
00:44:36.54\00:44:39.14
but when the crises
comes... then we get religious.
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.74
Pause...
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.18
We think when the
Lord is blessing us,
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.01
that it's automatic... and we
lose that spiritual hold we have
00:44:46.05\00:44:51.65
and become presumptuous.
00:44:51.69\00:44:53.56
David said,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:44:53.62\00:44:57.36
"Lord keep me back
from presumptuous sin"
00:44:57.39\00:45:00.06
we must ever remember that
we need Him every single hour...
00:45:00.10\00:45:04.27
every single day...
00:45:04.30\00:45:05.73
Audience: "Amen. "
00:45:05.77\00:45:07.17
Pause...
00:45:07.20\00:45:08.87
When your
blessings start drying up,
00:45:08.90\00:45:11.57
then you remember the Lord.
00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94
Pause...
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.31
But anyway, I'm
going to leave that alone,
00:45:14.34\00:45:15.88
I'm going to move right along...
00:45:15.91\00:45:17.55
it says,
"Unimproved opportunities... "
00:45:17.58\00:45:21.38
the influence
exerted for good or for evil,
00:45:21.42\00:45:25.15
with its far-reaching effects.
00:45:25.22\00:45:27.39
Now Folks, out of
all of these things,
00:45:27.42\00:45:29.02
that really frightens
me because you know what?
00:45:29.06\00:45:31.66
there are things
that we say and do
00:45:31.69\00:45:33.50
that influence people's lives
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.53
and I have asked the
Lord, over and over again,
00:45:35.56\00:45:37.70
that if I have influenced people
for my wickedness... in my life
00:45:37.73\00:45:42.27
during my days
here on Planet Earth,
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.34
please stop that
chain of influence for evil
00:45:44.37\00:45:48.64
and reverse it.
00:45:48.68\00:45:50.08
Pause...
00:45:50.11\00:45:51.55
Folks, our
attitude... an unkind word...
00:45:51.58\00:45:55.78
a temper outburst...
00:45:55.82\00:45:58.99
a revert back to
the natural man or woman
00:45:59.02\00:46:02.66
can send somebody on a path
00:46:02.69\00:46:04.53
that they might not
come back to Christ,
00:46:04.56\00:46:06.53
pause...
00:46:06.59\00:46:08.26
saying something impure...
00:46:08.30\00:46:11.73
unholy advances...
00:46:11.77\00:46:15.70
pause...
00:46:15.74\00:46:17.47
turn people away for life.
00:46:17.51\00:46:20.21
Pause...
00:46:20.24\00:46:22.28
Be careful what we
say, be careful what we do,
00:46:22.31\00:46:28.35
be careful what we think.
00:46:28.38\00:46:30.42
My Bible tells us in
1st Corinthians 4 verse 5
00:46:30.45\00:46:35.12
that we will be judged by
the the thoughts of our hearts.
00:46:35.16\00:46:38.79
Friends, Jesus
knows what's going on
00:46:38.83\00:46:40.83
in your heart and your
mind, you can't hide from Him.
00:46:40.90\00:46:43.70
Audience: "Amen. "
00:46:43.77\00:46:45.10
More than that,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:46:45.13\00:46:48.80
it says, our
words... our very words...
00:46:48.84\00:46:52.44
we will once again face...
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.41
you got to see this.
00:46:54.44\00:46:57.21
Matthew chapter
12... turn quickly...
00:46:57.25\00:47:00.58
Matthew chapter
12 verses 36 and 37,
00:47:00.62\00:47:03.89
it says it here, so
plainly and simply...
00:47:03.92\00:47:06.25
and Folks, you know what?
00:47:06.29\00:47:07.62
the devil has so many different
ways for us to mess up words.
00:47:07.66\00:47:10.16
It used to be... you
would just talk to people
00:47:10.19\00:47:13.90
and you could mess up
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.26
but now you can
tell them on the phone,
00:47:15.30\00:47:18.23
you can text them,
00:47:18.27\00:47:20.14
you can tweet
them... oh... oh...
00:47:20.17\00:47:23.71
you can do all kinds of
ways, look what it says here,
00:47:23.74\00:47:26.47
it says, "But I say unto you,
00:47:26.51\00:47:28.11
That every idle word
that men shall speak,
00:47:28.14\00:47:30.71
they shall give account thereof
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.68
in the day of judgment. "
00:47:32.71\00:47:34.05
Folks, we can't even
remember all of our words
00:47:34.08\00:47:36.95
whispering sweet nothings...
00:47:36.99\00:47:40.32
is going to turn
into something someday.
00:47:40.36\00:47:42.86
Pause...
00:47:42.89\00:47:44.26
Listen to me, read it,
00:47:44.33\00:47:46.90
it says, "For by thy
words thou shalt be justified,
00:47:46.93\00:47:50.10
and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned. "
00:47:50.13\00:47:52.53
Talking about people.
00:47:52.60\00:47:54.04
Oh my goodness,
00:47:54.10\00:47:55.47
oh I know somebody is getting
angry with me but that's okay,
00:47:55.50\00:47:58.01
you have all the rest
of your life to get glad,
00:47:58.04\00:48:00.11
talking about the saints of God,
00:48:00.14\00:48:02.78
conspiring and whispering...
doing the things we do...
00:48:02.81\00:48:06.21
talking about individuals
00:48:06.28\00:48:07.62
who are less
fortunate than ourselves,
00:48:07.65\00:48:09.58
God's ears hear that
00:48:09.62\00:48:11.52
and the avenging angel of God
will take it out when He comes
00:48:11.55\00:48:15.29
pause...
00:48:15.32\00:48:17.53
and more than that,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:48:17.56\00:48:19.63
we all have angels that are
with us... recording angels...
00:48:19.66\00:48:24.13
taking down every
single thing we say.
00:48:24.17\00:48:27.84
pause...
00:48:27.87\00:48:30.24
People say, "Really Pastor,
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.44
there's an angel
writing down everything I say?"
00:48:32.47\00:48:36.91
Well, turn with me to
Ecclesiastes chapter 5 verse 4,
00:48:36.95\00:48:41.75
it says, "When thou
vowest a vow unto God,
00:48:41.78\00:48:44.09
defer not to pay it;
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.65
for he hath no
pleasure in fools:
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.62
pay that which thou hast vowed.
00:48:47.66\00:48:49.52
Better it is that
you shouldn't vow,
00:48:49.56\00:48:51.96
than thou
shouldest vow and not pay.
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.30
Suffer not thy mouth
to cause thy flesh to sin;
00:48:54.33\00:48:58.80
neither say thou before the
angel, that it was an error:
00:48:58.83\00:49:01.97
wherefore should God
be angry at thy voice,
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.77
and destroy the
work of thine hands?"
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.68
In other words...
whatever you're saying...
00:49:06.71\00:49:09.04
the angel is writing it down
00:49:09.11\00:49:10.75
and Folks, he's not
making any mistakes.
00:49:10.78\00:49:13.72
Pause...
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.58
It's a solemn thing when
it comes to the judgment.
00:49:15.62\00:49:19.35
Now I understand why
in 1st Peter 4 verse 17,
00:49:19.39\00:49:25.49
when we read that
text, in 1st Peter 4,
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.20
it tells us,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:49:28.23\00:49:30.40
verse 18, "If the
righteous scarcely be saved... "
00:49:30.43\00:49:33.44
in other words, if the righteous
are just going to make it
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.10
hmmm... if the righteous
are just going to make it...
00:49:36.14\00:49:41.74
those are the individuals
that know the Lord...
00:49:41.78\00:49:43.48
who are serving Him...
00:49:43.51\00:49:45.15
who are doing what
He expects from them...
00:49:45.18\00:49:47.35
if the righteous
are scarcely saved...
00:49:47.38\00:49:49.88
it says again in
1st Peter 4 verse 17...
00:49:49.92\00:49:52.39
If the righteous have to
go through all of that...
00:50:02.16\00:50:05.23
to keep our names in
the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:50:05.27\00:50:09.77
and Folks, I
don't know about you
00:50:09.80\00:50:11.37
but each time I
read that message
00:50:11.41\00:50:12.91
and I go over that message
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.28
and I finish
with that Book of Sin,
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.88
I'm not feeling
too good about "me"
00:50:16.95\00:50:19.51
thought, words and deeds,
00:50:19.55\00:50:23.02
there's something that
we're going to get judged for
00:50:23.05\00:50:26.49
that we didn't do
00:50:26.55\00:50:28.22
just because we didn't
have an opportunity to do it
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.96
but we sure had it
in our heart to do.
00:50:30.99\00:50:33.09
Pause...
00:50:33.13\00:50:34.66
what does that mean?
00:50:34.70\00:50:38.03
now Folks, it
only means one thing...
00:50:38.07\00:50:40.87
we need a Savior...
00:50:40.94\00:50:42.57
Audience: "Amen. "
00:50:42.60\00:50:43.94
We need some help...
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.31
we need a lawyer in this
judgment that is going on now,
00:50:45.34\00:50:49.24
and Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.61
I'm so thankful that my Bible
tells me clearly and simply
00:50:50.65\00:50:53.92
to give me hope
that there is a Savior...
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.95
His name is Jesus... and
1st John 2 verse 1 tells us
00:50:56.99\00:51:00.89
"if any man sins, he has
an advocate with the Father. "
00:51:00.96\00:51:04.83
Audience: "Amen. "
00:51:04.86\00:51:06.33
Picture the scene,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:51:06.36\00:51:08.36
we're in that Court Room setting
00:51:08.40\00:51:11.13
and Folks, the reason
why we can come before God
00:51:11.17\00:51:13.54
in the judgment...
00:51:13.57\00:51:14.90
because we will be destroyed
by the brightness of His coming.
00:51:14.94\00:51:17.21
It is an Investigative
Judgment that is going on now.
00:51:17.24\00:51:20.78
It will continue...
when probation ends...
00:51:20.81\00:51:25.21
when everyone's
case is decided...
00:51:25.25\00:51:26.98
that's where
Revelation 22 verse 11 says,
00:51:27.02\00:51:29.55
"He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still:
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.02
he that is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
00:51:32.05\00:51:34.39
he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still:
00:51:34.42\00:51:36.73
he that is holy,
let him be holy still. "
00:51:36.76\00:51:38.89
That's when He
stands up and says that
00:51:38.93\00:51:41.03
and everybody's case is set.
00:51:41.06\00:51:43.26
Pause...
00:51:43.30\00:51:44.93
So the Investigative
Judgment is going on now,
00:51:44.97\00:51:47.64
the proclamation
part of the judgment
00:51:47.67\00:51:49.54
will be when He says that
00:51:49.57\00:51:50.91
and the execution of the
judgment will come in two parts.
00:51:50.94\00:51:53.98
The first part will come
00:51:54.01\00:51:55.34
when the righteous are
redeemed from Planet Earth
00:51:55.38\00:51:57.25
at the second coming of Christ
00:51:57.28\00:51:58.61
and the wicked will be destroyed
at the end of the millennium.
00:51:58.68\00:52:02.82
Audience: "Amen. "
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.19
We're in the classroom
or we're in the Court Room,
00:52:04.22\00:52:07.22
pause...
00:52:07.26\00:52:08.59
the name comes up...
00:52:08.62\00:52:10.03
pause...
00:52:10.09\00:52:11.59
we are hit with
the sins of our lives.
00:52:11.66\00:52:16.63
We've stolen and we've
lied and we've wasted time
00:52:16.67\00:52:19.70
and we've done
this and we've done that
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.77
and it goes all
through our names...
00:52:21.80\00:52:23.81
everything we have done
00:52:23.84\00:52:25.17
and Folks, the devil has
00:52:25.21\00:52:26.54
a record of
everything he has helped us do
00:52:26.57\00:52:29.08
pause...
00:52:29.14\00:52:30.78
and everyone in the
Court Room is looking...
00:52:30.81\00:52:33.45
the angels are looking...
00:52:33.48\00:52:34.82
and Jesus is there
and the Father is there
00:52:34.85\00:52:37.35
and Satan is there...
00:52:37.39\00:52:38.72
and this dramatic scene that
we're using as an illustration,
00:52:38.75\00:52:41.46
I'm not saying it goes like
this but this is the gist of it.
00:52:41.49\00:52:44.39
Pause...
00:52:44.43\00:52:45.96
And then,
everybody looks to Jesus...
00:52:45.99\00:52:49.26
and then Jesus stands up...
and He stands up and he says,
00:52:49.30\00:52:54.84
"Everything that has been said
about this person is true...
00:52:54.87\00:53:00.38
it's true...
00:53:00.41\00:53:03.08
but Father, I have never lied
00:53:03.11\00:53:06.51
and I have never
committed adultery
00:53:06.55\00:53:08.35
and I have never stolen
and I have never been jealous
00:53:08.38\00:53:11.05
and I never...
and I have never...
00:53:11.12\00:53:12.72
and I have never,
and I have never... "
00:53:12.75\00:53:14.79
and He goes through
the list and He says,
00:53:14.82\00:53:16.42
I declare by the blood
that paid this on Calvary,
00:53:16.46\00:53:20.03
He is pardoned...
00:53:20.06\00:53:21.50
Audience: "Amen... amen... "
00:53:21.53\00:53:24.07
And a roar goes
out among the angels
00:53:24.13\00:53:26.40
and their smiles
are upon their faces
00:53:26.43\00:53:28.67
and that name stays in
the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:53:28.70\00:53:32.37
Audience: "Amen. "
00:53:32.44\00:53:34.18
Then what happens if
you don't have Jesus?
00:53:34.21\00:53:37.08
What happens if
you don't know Him?
00:53:37.15\00:53:39.45
What happens if you have
neglected Him time and time
00:53:39.48\00:53:42.45
and time and
time and time again?
00:53:42.48\00:53:44.59
You're going to be in
that Court Room on your own,
00:53:44.62\00:53:47.46
He cannot lie, He
cannot change His law,
00:53:47.49\00:53:51.83
He cannot justify
an unrepentant sinner,
00:53:51.86\00:53:56.13
and He can't save a man...
a woman... against his will
00:53:56.16\00:54:00.44
but if you'll let Him,
He'll cover you with His life.
00:54:00.50\00:54:04.74
Audience: "Amen. "
00:54:04.77\00:54:08.71
Deep are the wounds
00:54:08.74\00:54:14.48
transgression has made,
00:54:14.52\00:54:20.46
Red are the stains,
00:54:20.52\00:54:26.43
my soul is afraid,
00:54:26.46\00:54:31.93
O to be covered,
00:54:31.97\00:54:38.27
Jesus, with Thee,
00:54:38.31\00:54:44.55
Safe from the law that
00:54:44.58\00:54:50.19
now covers me!
00:54:50.22\00:54:55.82
Cover with His life,
00:54:55.86\00:55:01.90
whiter than snow,
00:55:01.93\00:55:07.70
Fullness of His life
00:55:07.74\00:55:13.61
then shall I know,
00:55:13.64\00:55:19.58
My life of scarlet,
00:55:19.61\00:55:25.45
my sin and woe,
00:55:25.49\00:55:31.19
Cover with His life,
00:55:31.23\00:55:36.93
whiter than snow.
00:55:36.97\00:55:42.60
Friends, do you
see the need today
00:55:42.64\00:55:44.67
that had Jesus as
your personal Savior?
00:55:44.71\00:55:47.91
Do you see the need
00:55:47.94\00:55:51.01
to make your
calling and election sure?
00:55:51.05\00:55:53.92
Do you see the need
00:55:53.95\00:55:56.58
of making sure you
have worship every morning
00:55:56.62\00:55:59.95
and that you fortify
yourself with the Word of God?
00:55:59.99\00:56:03.39
Do you see the need
00:56:03.43\00:56:07.03
of allowing Him to
come into your life
00:56:07.06\00:56:10.57
and take control of your temper
00:56:10.60\00:56:13.44
and all of the
negative aspects of your heart?
00:56:13.47\00:56:17.74
Friends, if you want Jesus
to come in and be your Advocate,
00:56:17.77\00:56:23.11
your Lord, your
Savior, your God...
00:56:23.14\00:56:25.05
I want you to just say it
in your heart right now...
00:56:25.08\00:56:28.52
wherever you are by
raising your hand upward
00:56:28.58\00:56:31.79
and say, "Lord
Jesus, come into my heart
00:56:31.82\00:56:35.02
be my Advocate, be my Savior,
00:56:35.06\00:56:39.96
be my God...
00:56:40.00\00:56:42.56
when you come to my name,
00:56:42.60\00:56:45.00
let my name
stay in your Book..."
00:56:45.03\00:56:48.60
that is our prayer tonight...
00:56:48.64\00:56:52.17
let God's people
say, "Amen and amen. "
00:56:52.21\00:56:58.08
Audience: "Amen. "
00:56:58.11\00:56:59.95