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Good Evening Ambassador Family.
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Good Evening.
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And Good Evening to
our Viewing Audience
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I'm Henoc Paulicin,
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Pastor of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Lauderdale Lakes Florida.
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You're here to watch
an unfolding of a Series
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"Through the Eyes of John"
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which the Lord has
allowed a partnership of 3ABN,
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Living Word Ministries
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and Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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to... this is why this
has been made possible.
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For those who are in
our Viewing Audience,
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if you ever come to
the Fort Lauderdale area,
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please do look us up
and come and worship.
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This evening, we are with
one of my Ministerial Leaders
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and I'd like for him
to introduce himself.
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Good Evening, I
am Elder Mark Almy
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and I'd like to welcome
each and every one here tonight
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and those around the world.
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I appreciate the opportunity
to welcome every one of you.
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Amen.
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Every night, we
just look at a passage,
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generally, it's a passage
that came up during my devotion
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and this morning, I
was looking at the text
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found in 1st
Corinthians chapter 1 verse 18
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which says, "For
the message of the cross
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is foolishness to
those who are perishing,
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but to us who are being saved,
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it is the power of God.
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Amen... amen...
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The reality is...
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it is amazing how
God has allowed us
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to have the technology
to preach this message
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to all the world.
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Pastor, as we
look at this verse,
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there are some very
powerful aspects to it...
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but there's a very
sad aspect as well.
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For the preaching of the cross
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is to them that
perish... foolishness
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and I pray that for
the many numbers of nights
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that we've been listening
to Elder Dorsey preach,
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that no longer would
it be foolishness to you
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that this is now... this
gospel that you can hear...
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that you heard
for so many nights...
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it is power... for your
life and you can be transformed
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and we thank God that
we've had this opportunity.
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Yes, I appreciate that... I
believe that God has used us
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at this time for this purpose
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and only when we get to
heaven will we know the impact
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of what has been going on.
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Amen.
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Now this Series
is being preached by
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Pastor Lawrence S. Dorsey, Sr.
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he's the Speaker and Director
for the Living Word Ministries
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and again... the theme
that we're working with is:
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Through the Eyes of John:
Unfolding the Book of Revelation
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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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and so, Elder Almy,
if you'd pray for us.
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Let us pray together.
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Pause...
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"Our Father, in
heaven... as you've promised
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that right near the end of time,
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this three angels'
message would go out
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and it's going out
with great power just now.
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It's going out around the world,
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via Satellite... radio wave...
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internet... and we're grateful
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to have been a part of it
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and as we round the
corner to finish this crusade,
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we pray that you'll
continue to bear with us
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to move us from
strength to strength.
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Be with us as the Holy Spirit
we pray will be breathed upon us
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that we might
indeed have that power
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for our own lives
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that it would no
longer be foolishness to us,
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that this gospel
would be strength.
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We pray heavenly Father
that you would earnestly bless
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Pastor Dorsey...
the man of God...
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be with Him...
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make him excited about the
Word as he always has been,
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but give him a
fresh anointing tonight,
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keep him in your
care, keep him from all harm
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and keep him from sin, we
pray 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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Down the Vía Dolorosa
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in Jerusalem that day...
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The soldiers tried to
clear the narrow street
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But the crowd pressed in to see
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The Man condemned
to die on Calvary...
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He was bleeding from a beating
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there were
stripes upon His back,
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And He wore a crown of thorns
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upon His head...
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And He bore with every step
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The scorn of those who
cried out for His death.
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Down the Vía Dolorosa
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called the way of suffering
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Like a lamb came the Messiah,
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Christ our King,
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But He chose to walk that road
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out of His love
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for you and me.
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Down the Vía Dolorosa,
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all the way to Calvary.
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piano...
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Por la Vía Dolorosa,
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triste día en Jerusalén
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Los soldados le
abrían paso a Jesús
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Más la gente se acercaba,
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Para ver al que
llevaba aquella cruz.
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Por la Vía Dolorosa,
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que es la via del dolor
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Como oveja vino Cristo,
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Rey y Señor,
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Y fue El quien quiso ir
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por su amor por ti y por mí.
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Por la Vía Dolorosa
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al Calvario y a morir.
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Piano...
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The blood that would cleanse
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the souls of all men
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Made its way through the heart
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of Jerusalem.
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Down the Vía Dolorosa
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called the way of suffering
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Like a lamb came the Messiah,
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Christ our King
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But He chose to walk that road
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out of His love
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for you and me
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Down the Vía Dolorosa
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all the way
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to Calvary.
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Oooh... oooh... oooh...
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oooh... oooh... oooh... oooh...
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oooh... oooh... oooh...
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oooh... oooh... ooooh...
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Amen.
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Could we say, "Amen. "
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"Amen... "
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I think Michelle was
trying to give you a little hint
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on the sermon tonight.
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The sermon is entitled:
"The Greatest Day of All Times"
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and that truly was a
great day, wasn't it?
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"Amen. "
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The greatest day... well...
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we will see as we continue
our in message this evening.
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I hope that you have rested well
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and as you've come out tonight
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that you're ready to
dig deep into your Bible
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and that we might
experience the treasures
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that the Lord has for us here.
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We just want to say, "hello"
to the some of the people
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who have sent
e-mails and have called
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one... we have a
Carmela from Vermont
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and Carmela, we hope that
you're pretty warm up there
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with all of that snow,
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it's nice and sunny
here in California...
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but we're
getting a little cold...
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Oh, what did I say?
Audience: Florida...
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oh, that was a slip
Folks, that was a slip...
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that's home... that's
home... but God is good to us.
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Prudence and her
mom in Toronto...
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they said they've been listening
and watching every evening
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and we know that...
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they have to stay warm
up there, by God's grace,
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then Richard
from the Philippines,
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he is saying... he's
having a wonderful time
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with these messages
and he is taping them
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and he is sharing
them with his friends
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and then we have
a different place
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that we're close with tonight
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where we haven't
had anything before
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but we're so happy that
it's not just one person,
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it's Daniel and Anna
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and the group from the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Flanders, Belgium.
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"Amen. "
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So we say "welcome" to you and
pray that God is blessing you
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as we have been
blessed here in Florida.
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Shall we pray...
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"Loving God, we thank thee
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for your mercy and
kindness towards us
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and we ask tonight, once again
that you will instill upon us
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the blessings of
your Holy Spirit.
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We ask dear Lord that
you would remove anything
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that is not like
thee from this place
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and fill us Lord with
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Let your words
enlighten us... empower us
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and most of all encourage
us to be faithful unto the end
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hide me behind
the cross of Calvary
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and speak through
this human tongue,
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we ask in Jesus'
name, amen and amen. "
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"Amen. "
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The greatest day of all times.
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You know, I did something
different with this sermon
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and I've preached it before
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but I've done something
different with this sermon
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that I have never done before.
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My whole researched introduction
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in comparing days that are
supposedly great in history
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I threw it all aside,
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and I went over to the
computer... to the internet...
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and I just typed in,
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"What are the greatest
days in earth's history?"
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and I said, "We're going
to take this approach tonight
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and see what it comes up with. "
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Well, one of the
top things that came up
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was the day of the
invention of the wheel,
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now we don't have a date on it
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but the
invention of the wheel...
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they say that day has to
be one of the greatest days
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in earth's history... because
it has given us the opportunity
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not only for
mobility and transportation
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but the invention of the
wheel... it has progressed...
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it has evolved to the point
where it came from little carts,
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one wheel...
wheelbarrows if you please...
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how many ever
pushed a wheelbarrow?
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That's a challenge...
if you don't get it right,
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have mercy, it's
going to spill over
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and now we have trucks
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that have wheels
that are ten feet high,
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that can take all
kinds of freight in
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et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
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and it has really
made life... life easy.
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Now, that's a good day and
I accepted that from the Web
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but, you know, when you
look at that word "great"
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great means it's the biggest,
it's the largest, it's the best.
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So, I continued to just
scroll down and see what day
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that the Web would tell me
is the greatest day of all time
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and it came up with the day
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that we
discovered Nuclear Fusion...
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"The Manhattan Project"
when man... in his intelligence
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learned how to split the atom.
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And that is an impressive
feat Ladies and Gentlemen,
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look how long it
took for us to do it
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and with this
splitting of the atom,
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we have two camps
now saying that...
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some people say
it's a good thing
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and some people
say it's a bad thing.
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The good thing is...
you can use nuclear power
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and you can light up cities,
you can light up coastlines,
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you can light up so much
with the power of nuclear energy
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that would take hundreds and
hundreds of barrels of oil to do
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but then on the sad
side of nuclear fusion
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and nuclear energy,
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is the fact that it can be used
for weapons of mass destruction.
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and if they are placed in
the wrong hands by individuals
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who have an agenda that is
different from maybe a country
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you know where we are in
this world in which we live
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it can be a disastrous thing.
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So when you look at
something that is the best
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and it's the biggest...
and it's this preeminence,
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we wouldn't want
to put something there
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that has a tainted side...
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so I continued to
scroll down on the internet
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and I'm looking to see
which day is the best day
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and I found one with a date.
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Oh, I know
somebody knows what this is,
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the date... I'll give
you a hint July 16, 1969
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July 16, 1969
when the Apollo Crew
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on their mission to the
moon, Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
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landed on that little sphere
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270,000 miles away
and said those words,
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"One small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind"
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and Friends, I
remember that, I was a young man
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and I was 19 years old and
I looked at that and I said,
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"Wow! that's
something... on the moon,
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what are we going to do
when we get to the moon?"
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But we just went to the moon.
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Pause...
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And it was a
fantastic feat of Science...
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the Encyclopedias say, "it's
man's greatest feat of Science"
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but then after that,
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we have all kinds of conspiracy
theories, some folks say,
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"They didn't really do it,
it was done in Hollywood. "
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You've heard people say that
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then others said, "We could have
used that money for education,
00:16:02.66\00:16:05.63
we could have used
that money for inner cities,
00:16:05.66\00:16:07.86
we could have used that
money for so many other things
00:16:07.90\00:16:10.47
and then we see
that that great day...
00:16:10.50\00:16:13.50
that day in
history that I remember...
00:16:13.54\00:16:16.47
I remember we were watching it
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that great day has
a shaded side also,
00:16:17.94\00:16:22.38
so I'm looking at
this thing and I'm saying,
00:16:22.44\00:16:25.35
"Hmmm... these individuals
they came up with some good days
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but is there anything more?"
00:16:29.42\00:16:31.92
Then there was a big...
a religious controversy,
00:16:31.95\00:16:36.69
oh you're going
to like this one,
00:16:36.73\00:16:38.53
there were some that said that
the greatest day of all time
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was the day when Jesus was born
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and Ladies and Gentlemen,
that was a marvelous day
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and that was something
that had been predicted
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hundreds of years
before it happened
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and if you would just
turn with me in your Bibles
00:16:50.37\00:16:52.14
to the book of
Isaiah, we see it there
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and it is something that we are
thrilled to know that happened.
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Isaiah chapter 7
verse 14, it says...
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And Ladies and Gentlemen,
that is a wonderful day,
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it's a day that we have looked
forward to as a human race
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and a day that was fulfilled
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when we turn to
the book of Matthew,
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Matthew chapter 1
beginning with verse 18...
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What a marvelous day
that was Ladies and Gentlemen,
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what a day it was
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when God became a baby
in the womb of a human being
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and stayed there for 9 months
and went through the cycle
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and then was born here
as a Savior... as predicted.
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Now, Folks, that goes
past going to the moon,
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that goes past nuclear fusion,
that goes past even the wheel,
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but there's still controversy
is that the greatest day?
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Now someone might say,
Listen, that day was so great
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that they had a heavenly
selection of music by angels
00:19:07.51\00:19:12.91
to say that this day
has to be the best day.
00:19:12.95\00:19:14.85
"Amen. "
00:19:14.88\00:19:16.28
Turn with me to
the book of Luke,
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turn to Luke chapter 2
beginning with verse...
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verses... and where we are...
12... well, let's go over to 11,
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Luke 2 verse 11, "For
unto you is born this day
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in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord.
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And this shall
be a sign unto you;
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You shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
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lying in a manger.
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And suddenly
there was with the angel
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a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God and saying,
00:19:48.22\00:19:52.49
"Glory to God in the highest,
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and on earth peace,
good will towards men. "
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So Folks, when I
look at that, I say,
00:19:59.03\00:20:01.50
"Wait a minute, wait a minute,
that one has to be up there,
00:20:01.53\00:20:06.67
it has to be in the top 2 or 3
of the greatest days of all time
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because heaven joined in...
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in song... in praise...
at the birth of Christ.
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"Amen. "
00:20:18.68\00:20:20.02
But then, when I start
thinking about it as a preacher
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and I start thinking
about it as a Christian
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and as I'd start
thinking about it
00:20:24.12\00:20:26.55
as someone who is
lost without Jesus,
00:20:26.59\00:20:28.99
just because Jesus was
born and came to earth,
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that was not enough to save us
00:20:33.09\00:20:35.40
because if He
would have just quit,
00:20:35.43\00:20:38.87
if He would have left,
00:20:38.90\00:20:40.80
and He could have done it,
00:20:40.84\00:20:42.64
He could have said, "I
don't want to deal with this,
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I don't want to go through
with the Plan of Salvation... "
00:20:44.74\00:20:46.68
just because He was born here,
that would not have saved us.
00:20:46.71\00:20:52.15
Pause...
00:20:52.18\00:20:53.72
Just because He
went through His ministry
00:20:53.78\00:20:57.45
of healing the sick
and raising the dead
00:20:57.49\00:21:01.09
and casting out demons,
giving sight to the blind
00:21:01.12\00:21:04.33
and letting the cripple
walk and all of those things...
00:21:04.36\00:21:06.93
that He did it... and
feeding the five thousand
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and feeding the 8,000
00:21:09.10\00:21:10.57
and letting us know
He's in-charge of nature,
00:21:10.60\00:21:13.27
you know, when I read my Bible,
00:21:13.30\00:21:15.10
I don't know how people can say
00:21:15.14\00:21:16.84
they can't understand
the Bible and it's boring,
00:21:16.91\00:21:18.57
I don't understand it,
00:21:18.61\00:21:19.94
there's more action in the Bible
00:21:19.97\00:21:22.44
than all of Home Box
Showtime and everything else...
00:21:22.48\00:21:26.08
when I see my Jesus sleeping...
sleeping in the bottom of a boat
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and a storm comes up
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and you know that old
devil was in the storm,
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pause...
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and all of a
sudden... out of nowhere,
00:21:37.69\00:21:39.19
this storm comes up on the lake
and the lightning is flashing
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and the wind is blowing
and the waves are billowing...
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billowing and the
boat is going upside down
00:21:47.30\00:21:50.17
just about...
just about to turn over
00:21:50.21\00:21:52.34
and these fishermen are there
00:21:52.37\00:21:53.94
and it's better
than the perfect storm...
00:21:53.98\00:21:56.21
these fishermen are
there and they're holding on
00:21:56.24\00:21:58.91
and trying to
keep the boat afloat,
00:21:58.95\00:22:01.18
and then when the
lightening cracks...
00:22:01.22\00:22:02.88
somebody looks
there and they see Jesus
00:22:02.92\00:22:04.55
and they all scream out,
00:22:04.59\00:22:05.92
"Carest thou not that we perish,
carest thou not that we die?"
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Pause...
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And then you get
a close-up on Jesus,
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He's waking up...
00:22:14.20\00:22:15.63
"O ye of little faith...
00:22:15.66\00:22:18.60
you're worried about a storm?
00:22:18.63\00:22:22.40
Fellows, you're
worried about a storm?"
00:22:22.44\00:22:27.18
He stops, He stands up,
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everybody else is
rocking and moving,
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He stands up and if you
get a subtitle in Spanish,
00:22:33.52\00:22:37.49
He looks up and
He says, "Cállate...
00:22:37.52\00:22:40.09
shut up...
00:22:40.16\00:22:42.22
be quiet...
00:22:42.29\00:22:44.59
storm stop... "
00:22:44.66\00:22:46.90
the wind stops
blowing, stars come out,
00:22:46.96\00:22:52.43
clouds roll away,
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.77
moon is shining,
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.04
the sea that was
rocking and waving
00:22:57.07\00:22:59.44
now becomes smooth as
velvet and they're at port,
00:22:59.47\00:23:05.08
He's in control of nature.
00:23:05.11\00:23:07.65
"Amen... amen... "
00:23:07.68\00:23:09.02
Oh yes, that's my
Lord, that's my God,
00:23:09.05\00:23:10.92
He gives us all of these things
00:23:10.95\00:23:12.29
to know that He
can take care of us
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.06
and that there's no problem that
is too big for Him to handle,
00:23:14.09\00:23:18.03
Ladies and Gentlemen,
but if I look at all of that,
00:23:18.06\00:23:21.40
all that He did
before His death...
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.83
it wouldn't have saved us.
00:23:24.87\00:23:28.44
So now, I have a dilemma,
00:23:28.50\00:23:31.37
my dilemma comes with...
00:23:31.41\00:23:34.24
even though the
angels sang on that day,
00:23:34.28\00:23:36.95
when Christ was born...
00:23:36.98\00:23:38.65
and even though it was
predicted hundreds of years ago,
00:23:38.68\00:23:41.22
my Bible tells me
that Jesus was the Lamb
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.82
slain from the
foundation of the world
00:23:43.85\00:23:46.42
and when I look at
Him in the revelation
00:23:46.45\00:23:48.46
that we have looked
at night after night,
00:23:48.49\00:23:50.43
He is called the Lamb 28 times,
00:23:50.49\00:23:53.40
29 times in the
whole New Testament
00:23:53.43\00:23:56.43
but 28 times in
the book of Revelation,
00:23:56.46\00:23:58.27
and in each time
He's called the Lamb,
00:23:58.30\00:24:01.44
it has to do with our salvation,
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.51
we overcame the devil
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:24:03.54\00:24:07.54
The Lamb that was slain from
the foundation of the world,
00:24:07.58\00:24:10.58
in other words,
00:24:10.61\00:24:11.95
because of that commitment
that He had with His Father
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.78
and His love for us,
00:24:14.82\00:24:16.15
"For God so loved that world,
00:24:16.18\00:24:17.52
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:24:17.55\00:24:18.89
that whosoever believeth in Him,
00:24:18.92\00:24:20.32
should not perish, but
have everlasting life. "
00:24:20.36\00:24:22.56
For God was in Christ
00:24:22.62\00:24:24.29
reconciling the
world unto Himself,
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.76
the word... the
word "reconcile" means
00:24:26.80\00:24:29.20
"restoring
things like they were"
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.87
"Amen... amen... "
00:24:31.90\00:24:33.64
you see, when we get restored,
00:24:33.67\00:24:36.34
the Lord's not
going to look at us funny,
00:24:36.37\00:24:38.24
you know, that's the
way we do people, don't we?
00:24:38.27\00:24:41.51
somebody lied to you,
00:24:41.54\00:24:44.31
the next time they
said something to you,
00:24:44.35\00:24:46.82
you're looking at
them kind of funny...
00:24:46.85\00:24:49.55
somebody steals
something from you,
00:24:49.58\00:24:51.85
when you see them coming over,
00:24:51.89\00:24:54.09
even though it's a family member
you're locking up your stuff,
00:24:54.12\00:24:56.76
you said you forgot them
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.86
huh, you forgave them,
00:24:58.89\00:25:00.90
you know, we don't
look at people the same way.
00:25:00.93\00:25:04.33
somebody breaks your heart
even though you still love them,
00:25:04.37\00:25:07.37
you have a coldness there and
you put something between them
00:25:07.44\00:25:10.41
but the relationship
that Jesus will have for us,
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.51
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:25:12.57\00:25:13.91
will be as
though we never sinned,
00:25:13.94\00:25:16.08
we will not walk around heaven
00:25:16.11\00:25:18.38
as strangers that
don't belong there,
00:25:18.41\00:25:21.08
we will have the full freedom to
walk about the streets of gold
00:25:21.12\00:25:25.62
because He will give
us a new name, hello,
00:25:25.65\00:25:28.22
He'll give us a new body
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.06
and we would have
developed a new character,
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.29
that has been manifested
in this process called "Life"
00:25:33.36\00:25:37.30
by the transforming and
the renewing of our minds
00:25:37.33\00:25:40.94
by the power of the Holy Ghost.
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.80
"Amen. "
00:25:42.84\00:25:44.17
But we couldn't have gotten
that unless it was that Friday
00:25:44.21\00:25:51.01
hmmm... Good Friday...
00:25:51.05\00:25:54.58
when Jesus died on
the hill of Golgotha
00:25:54.62\00:25:59.45
on Calvary's cross
for you and for me.
00:25:59.52\00:26:04.33
"Amen. "
00:26:04.36\00:26:05.69
So I look at this and I say,
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.20
even though the birth
of Jesus was a great day,
00:26:07.23\00:26:10.90
a fabulous day...
a magnificent day...
00:26:10.93\00:26:13.47
angels sang but
still... still...
00:26:13.50\00:26:16.14
it can't top the
day Jesus died for me.
00:26:16.17\00:26:19.17
"Amen. "
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.54
Can't top that...
00:26:20.58\00:26:21.91
pause...
00:26:21.94\00:26:23.28
but if I just stopped there
that the day Jesus died for me,
00:26:23.31\00:26:29.42
and He went into the tomb...
I have a little problem...
00:26:29.45\00:26:35.66
pause...
00:26:35.69\00:26:37.83
if Jesus stayed in the
tomb and never came out...
00:26:37.86\00:26:43.77
that means something went wrong.
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.43
Pause...
00:26:46.50\00:26:48.90
I turn in my Bible
to the book of John,
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.57
what book did I say?
00:26:52.64\00:26:54.08
The book of John,
00:26:54.11\00:26:55.48
I find myself
speeding through the pages
00:26:55.51\00:26:58.71
to chapter 20,
00:26:58.75\00:27:00.92
I come to chapter 20,
00:27:00.95\00:27:05.29
I see in verse 1 it says,
00:27:05.32\00:27:09.99
"The first day of the week
cometh Mary Magdalene early,
00:27:10.03\00:27:12.86
when it was yet
dark, unto the sepulchre,
00:27:12.89\00:27:14.90
and seeth the stone
taken away from the sepulchre.
00:27:14.93\00:27:17.73
Then she runneth,
and come to Simon Peter,
00:27:17.77\00:27:20.14
and to the other
disciple, whom Jesus loved... "
00:27:20.17\00:27:22.44
and we all know that's John...
00:27:22.47\00:27:23.81
"and said unto them,
00:27:23.84\00:27:25.24
They have taken away the
LORD out of the sepulchre,
00:27:25.27\00:27:27.88
and we know not
where they have laid him.
00:27:27.91\00:27:30.08
And Peter therefore went
forth, and that other disciple,
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.01
and they came to the sepulchre.
00:27:33.05\00:27:34.72
And so they both ran together:
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.35
and the other
disciple did outrun Peter,
00:27:36.38\00:27:38.52
and came first to the sepulchre.
00:27:38.55\00:27:40.66
And he stooping
down, and looking in,
00:27:40.69\00:27:42.76
saw the linen clothes
lying; yet went he not in.
00:27:42.79\00:27:47.80
Then comes Simon
Peter following him,
00:27:47.83\00:27:50.43
and went into the sepulchre,
and seeth the linen clothes lie,
00:27:50.47\00:27:54.60
And the napkin,
that was about his head,
00:27:54.64\00:27:57.41
not lying with
the linen clothes,
00:27:57.44\00:27:59.14
but wrapped together
in a place by itself.
00:27:59.17\00:28:01.88
Then went in also
the other disciple,
00:28:01.91\00:28:05.21
which came first
to the sepulchre,
00:28:05.25\00:28:08.55
and he saw, and believed.
00:28:08.58\00:28:10.62
For as yet they
knew not the scripture,
00:28:10.69\00:28:13.36
that he must rise
again from the dead. "
00:28:13.42\00:28:16.09
Now Mary... she stayed there,
00:28:16.12\00:28:21.06
it says in verse 10,
00:28:21.10\00:28:22.50
the disciples went
away to their own houses
00:28:22.53\00:28:25.07
but Mary... she stood there...
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.94
You know, I think about Mary
00:28:26.97\00:28:28.77
and Mary is so
much like us Folks...
00:28:28.80\00:28:33.04
if you're honest with yourself.
00:28:33.07\00:28:35.51
You see, Mary
had a double life...
00:28:35.54\00:28:37.95
pause...
00:28:37.98\00:28:40.08
Mary... was the
sister of Martha...
00:28:40.12\00:28:44.85
and the sister of Lazarus...
00:28:44.92\00:28:48.19
and she was known in
one town as a good girl
00:28:48.22\00:28:52.43
but in the other
town... she had some history...
00:28:52.46\00:28:56.63
pause...
00:28:56.67\00:28:58.60
the Bible tells us,
00:28:58.63\00:28:59.97
that she is the one that Jesus
had to cast seven devils out of,
00:29:00.00\00:29:04.14
pause...
00:29:04.17\00:29:05.51
she's the one that
came to Simon's house
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.41
and when everyone else
was having this big feast...
00:29:07.44\00:29:10.21
and when she came
in... the party got quiet.
00:29:10.25\00:29:12.48
pause...
00:29:12.51\00:29:13.85
have you ever
had that experience,
00:29:13.88\00:29:15.22
Ladies and Gentlemen
00:29:15.25\00:29:16.58
when everybody
knows your business...
00:29:16.62\00:29:18.12
never mind their business
but they know your business
00:29:18.15\00:29:21.12
and you're the target?
00:29:21.16\00:29:22.49
And when she walked in
there, things got quiet
00:29:22.52\00:29:25.69
and they started looking
00:29:25.73\00:29:27.06
and they wanted to know
what she was doing there,
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.10
even Simon himself was
saying, "Why is she here?"
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.37
Simon got to the point
when he looked at Jesus
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.54
when Jesus was sitting
there and Mary approached Him
00:29:34.57\00:29:37.57
and began to wash
His feet with her tears
00:29:37.61\00:29:40.78
and to anoint Him with
oil from an alabaster box
00:29:40.81\00:29:44.58
and dry it with her hair,
00:29:44.61\00:29:46.05
Simon was looking at
Jesus and he said to himself
00:29:46.08\00:29:49.25
as if he didn't know... he was
in the presence of omnipotence
00:29:49.28\00:29:52.65
and he said, "This
man can't be Messiah
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.96
because He doesn't know what
kind of girl is touching Him. "
00:29:55.99\00:29:58.73
Pause...
00:29:58.76\00:30:00.10
A famous Bible
commentator, Ellen G. White says
00:30:00.13\00:30:03.63
in the book,
"The Desire of Ages"
00:30:03.67\00:30:05.00
Simon could say
that about her to a point
00:30:05.03\00:30:07.50
because he was the
one that turned her out
00:30:07.54\00:30:10.11
and made her that kind of girl.
00:30:10.14\00:30:11.47
Pause...
00:30:11.51\00:30:12.84
It's so funny how when
other people are doing things
00:30:12.87\00:30:16.44
that we have done,
00:30:16.51\00:30:18.25
we can condemn them
and be so hard on them
00:30:18.28\00:30:21.58
and we have done the same thing,
00:30:21.65\00:30:23.15
that's why Ladies and Gentlemen
00:30:23.18\00:30:24.75
if there's one
thing we must learn,
00:30:24.79\00:30:26.35
we must learn to forgive.
00:30:26.39\00:30:29.02
"Amen... amen... amen... "
00:30:29.09\00:30:31.19
Jesus gave them the lesson,
00:30:31.23\00:30:33.29
He said, "Simon,
which one loves me more,
00:30:33.33\00:30:36.70
the one that forgives a little
or the one that forgives much?"
00:30:36.77\00:30:40.04
Pause...
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.50
And Simon said,
00:30:41.54\00:30:43.00
"Of course, Lord,
who forgives much. "
00:30:43.07\00:30:45.97
And He said, "From
the time she came in here"
00:30:46.01\00:30:49.24
pause...
00:30:49.31\00:30:50.65
"she's been wiping
my feet with her tears,
00:30:50.68\00:30:53.11
drying them with her hair,
pouring out all that she has
00:30:53.15\00:30:58.22
she had a love for me
because I forgave her much
00:30:58.25\00:31:04.23
and what did you do Simon?
00:31:04.26\00:31:05.59
You just wanted me here so
you could say to the Folks,
00:31:05.63\00:31:08.30
'I'm that close with Jesus,
He came to my house to eat. '"
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.17
Hmmm...
00:31:11.20\00:31:13.13
And Simon understood the rebuke
and it transformed his heart.
00:31:13.17\00:31:17.77
So here we have this
Mary... here... this Mary...
00:31:17.81\00:31:21.74
who has now gained
this respectability
00:31:21.78\00:31:24.78
because the
people have understood
00:31:24.81\00:31:27.75
that she has had a
true conversion experience
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.79
with Christ... but
now, Christ is gone.
00:31:30.82\00:31:33.49
Pause...
00:31:33.52\00:31:35.36
The disciple whom Jesus loved
went back... Peter went back...
00:31:35.39\00:31:38.56
these individuals who said
00:31:38.59\00:31:39.93
they were going
stick through to the end,
00:31:39.96\00:31:41.30
they didn't know
where His body was,
00:31:41.33\00:31:42.66
they didn't know what to do,
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.03
they just went back and locked
themselves up in the Upper Room.
00:31:44.07\00:31:47.07
Pause...
00:31:47.10\00:31:48.60
But that Mary...
00:31:48.64\00:31:50.51
that Mary...
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.37
boy! love will make
you stand by a situation...
00:31:52.41\00:31:56.71
that love that
Mary had for Jesus
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.88
had her just there... crying...
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.98
crying... she couldn't
face life without Christ.
00:32:01.05\00:32:04.52
"Amen. "
00:32:04.55\00:32:05.89
And Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.32
we need to get to
that point in our lives
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.99
where we can't face
life without Christ,
00:32:10.03\00:32:12.56
we don't care what the
people say or what they think
00:32:12.59\00:32:15.53
or how they look
or how they ignore,
00:32:15.56\00:32:17.83
and how they don't speak
00:32:17.87\00:32:19.27
and how they
won't invite you over,
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.57
you have to have a relationship
00:32:21.60\00:32:23.37
to know that you
are special to Jesus.
00:32:23.41\00:32:25.81
"Amen. "
00:32:25.84\00:32:27.18
And she was there
00:32:27.21\00:32:28.91
crying... crying for Him,
00:32:28.94\00:32:31.11
wondering where He was
00:32:31.15\00:32:33.25
and when He came to her
and began to speak to her,
00:32:33.28\00:32:35.22
she thought it was the gardener,
00:32:35.25\00:32:36.82
here this little
frail lady is saying,
00:32:36.85\00:32:38.49
"Listen, if you have moved
Him, just tell me where He is,
00:32:38.55\00:32:41.76
I'll carry Him away,
I'll take care of the body. "
00:32:41.79\00:32:45.43
And then He said, "Mary, Mary. "
00:32:45.46\00:32:50.57
Oh, I can't wait to
hear Him to call my name.
00:32:50.60\00:32:53.34
"Amen. "
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.37
I can't wait to
hear Him call my name,
00:32:55.40\00:32:57.21
I can imagine the thrill
went from the tip of her toes
00:32:57.24\00:33:00.68
up to the top of her head
and she understood who He was,
00:33:00.71\00:33:04.18
it was Him, He
had been resurrected
00:33:04.21\00:33:06.98
because He's the
resurrection and the life
00:33:07.02\00:33:08.72
and she was about
to hug and He said,
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.65
"Mary, touch me not.
00:33:10.69\00:33:12.02
you can't touch me, Honey,
you can't touch me right now,
00:33:12.05\00:33:15.89
I have not yet ascended
to my Father and your Father
00:33:15.92\00:33:19.59
but I'm going to give you a
commission to preach the Word. "
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.87
"Amen. "
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.43
"Tell my disciples
that I have risen...
00:33:25.47\00:33:27.27
that I'm no longer in the grave"
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.17
and Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:33:29.20\00:33:30.54
when we get so
prejudiced among ourselves
00:33:30.57\00:33:32.77
and we say,
"Women can't preach... "
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.81
the first sermon
of the resurrection
00:33:34.84\00:33:36.85
was preached by a lady...
00:33:36.88\00:33:39.11
for God... for God is
not a respecter of persons,
00:33:39.15\00:33:45.12
He's looking for
true and contrite hearts
00:33:45.15\00:33:48.99
that have been broken
on the foot of the cross
00:33:49.02\00:33:52.63
and have
accepted the Holy Spirit
00:33:52.66\00:33:54.63
to come into their lives
and transform them and keep them
00:33:54.66\00:33:58.70
empower them and enlighten them.
00:33:58.73\00:34:01.20
Oh my friends, the
angels... the angels rejoice
00:34:01.27\00:34:07.44
when the King of Glory
came back to heaven on that day.
00:34:07.48\00:34:12.58
So now, if I were a man that
00:34:12.61\00:34:15.25
is still betting or
not betting or whatever...
00:34:15.28\00:34:18.65
I could say now,
"Wait a minute...
00:34:18.69\00:34:21.62
this has to be the
greatest day of all time... "
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.46
I mean, it tops the crucifixion,
00:34:25.49\00:34:29.16
it tops the birth of Christ,
00:34:29.20\00:34:32.80
only because,
Jesus is doing more,
00:34:32.83\00:34:35.70
He's died for our
sins, it's been accepted
00:34:35.74\00:34:38.47
and He has taken back His life
and He's going back to glory
00:34:38.51\00:34:42.61
and He is interceding for us.
00:34:42.64\00:34:44.91
"Amen. "
00:34:44.95\00:34:46.48
And if we could end the sermon
right now... the clock ran out,
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.48
we could say that
this was a good day
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.19
but Folks, I want you to
know... I want you to know
00:34:51.25\00:34:53.76
that is not the
greatest day of all time,
00:34:53.79\00:34:57.03
pause...
00:34:57.09\00:34:59.29
the greatest day of all time
will not have an anti-climax.
00:34:59.33\00:35:07.20
Pause...
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.80
you see, even though Jesus died,
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.64
even though
Jesus was resurrected,
00:35:12.67\00:35:15.54
even though Jesus
instructed Mary...
00:35:15.58\00:35:18.38
then instructed the disciples
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.12
and He stayed
with them for 40 days,
00:35:20.15\00:35:22.18
and then when He left
00:35:22.22\00:35:23.55
and He told them
in Acts chapter 1,
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.22
"I'm going to give you
power to go into all the world
00:35:25.25\00:35:28.26
and tell the good news about me,
00:35:28.32\00:35:30.23
the church had some hard
times since 2000 years ago,
00:35:30.26\00:35:34.50
pause...
00:35:34.53\00:35:36.56
and we have some
hard times ahead of us
00:35:36.60\00:35:40.20
but Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:35:40.24\00:35:43.24
even though we have
hard times ahead of us
00:35:43.27\00:35:46.01
and we are living in the early
time of trouble, we know that...
00:35:46.04\00:35:49.98
Jesus said the things
that we are seeing now,
00:35:50.01\00:35:52.35
Matthew 24 verse 8, "these are
just the beginning of sorrows. "
00:35:52.38\00:35:56.08
It's going to get worse,
00:35:56.12\00:35:57.72
the early time of trouble
has in that same timeframe
00:35:57.75\00:36:01.32
running side by side
with it, the Loud Cry...
00:36:01.36\00:36:04.49
the Loud Cry is going
out unto all the world,
00:36:04.53\00:36:07.60
Ladies and Gentlemen, that's
why there's satellite system,
00:36:07.63\00:36:10.20
that's why we're
having services like this
00:36:10.23\00:36:12.33
where people are
hearing the loud cry...
00:36:12.37\00:36:14.40
the good news of Jesus Christ,
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:36:14.44\00:36:19.27
for the hour of
His judgment is come
00:36:19.31\00:36:20.91
and worship Him who made
heaven and earth... the sea
00:36:20.94\00:36:23.75
and fountains of waters"
and it warns them about Babylon,
00:36:23.78\00:36:26.58
it's fallen... it's fallen...
00:36:26.61\00:36:27.95
it warns them of
the Mark of the Beast
00:36:27.98\00:36:30.09
and that we might... we
should not receive it...
00:36:30.15\00:36:33.32
it tells us all of these
things with this loud cry,
00:36:33.36\00:36:36.76
as the Loud Cry goes
forth, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:36:36.79\00:36:40.16
the Reform Movement is
taking place among God's people.
00:36:40.20\00:36:43.26
We who are living in the time
of the seventh church, Laodicea,
00:36:43.30\00:36:47.04
this lukewarm church...
and Laodicea is not a bad word,
00:36:47.07\00:36:50.91
Laodicea means the
time of the judgment...
00:36:50.94\00:36:52.84
on the last evening,
we looked at it and we saw
00:36:52.87\00:36:55.64
that the
judgment is going on now
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.78
according to
1st Peter 4 verse 17
00:36:57.81\00:36:59.85
"judgment must begin
with the house of God"
00:36:59.88\00:37:02.18
and it's dealing with
us and we understand it
00:37:02.22\00:37:04.45
and we're
getting ourselves ready
00:37:04.49\00:37:06.12
because we realize that
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.49
once our name goes into
the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:37:07.52\00:37:09.72
it does not stay
there unless it matches up
00:37:09.76\00:37:13.23
with all of the other
things in the other books...
00:37:13.26\00:37:15.66
and we have the
covering of the blood.
00:37:15.70\00:37:17.33
"Amen. "
00:37:17.37\00:37:18.73
Oh the timeframe
that we're living in now,
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.20
it's not only the
time of the loud cry
00:37:21.24\00:37:23.61
it's not only the time
of the early time of trouble
00:37:23.64\00:37:26.34
but it's the time
of the Seal of God.
00:37:26.37\00:37:28.51
The Seal of God, Revelation
chapter 7 verses 1 through 3,
00:37:28.54\00:37:32.15
where God's people are
being sealed by heavenly angels
00:37:32.18\00:37:35.78
not with some tattoo on our
heads, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:37:35.82\00:37:38.45
but by our minds...
00:37:38.49\00:37:40.16
we are sealed with our
belief by the Holy Spirit
00:37:40.19\00:37:44.09
in God's Commandments
especially the 4th commandment
00:37:44.13\00:37:47.46
that has His name... His
title and His territory...
00:37:47.50\00:37:51.57
Exodus 20:8 through 11,
it shows us that this Sabbath
00:37:51.60\00:37:55.60
that God gave to us
in world without sin...
00:37:55.64\00:37:59.37
I'm talking about
Genesis 2 verses 1 through 3
00:37:59.41\00:38:03.04
where mankind... Adam and
Eve... met with the Creator
00:38:03.11\00:38:06.72
met with the angels and
we see that in Isaiah 66
00:38:06.75\00:38:10.62
verse 23... that
when the earth is made new
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.62
it tells us that
from one month...
00:38:13.66\00:38:15.36
that's one new moon to another
00:38:15.42\00:38:17.06
and from each Sabbath,
all flesh shall come together
00:38:17.09\00:38:20.60
and worship God
in a sinless society.
00:38:20.63\00:38:24.17
So the sealing is going
on now Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:38:24.20\00:38:27.64
we have an opportunity
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.20
to be sealed unto
the day of redemption.
00:38:29.24\00:38:31.47
Ephesians 4 verse 30
tells us plainly and clearly
00:38:31.51\00:38:34.94
it says, "Grieve
not the Holy Spirit...
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.08
whereby we are sealed
unto the Day of Redemption"
00:38:37.11\00:38:41.08
in other words, "Don't resist
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:38:41.12\00:38:45.55
to allow Him to come
in and transform your life
00:38:45.59\00:38:48.89
and change your life
and bring you to the point
00:38:48.92\00:38:52.16
where you will say... as so
many have said in times past
00:38:52.19\00:38:55.03
that I will live by the
Bible and the Bible alone.
00:38:55.06\00:38:58.53
that's the
timeframe we're going in...
00:38:58.57\00:39:00.84
this is the
timeframe we're living in,
00:39:00.87\00:39:03.07
we're living in a
time, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:39:03.10\00:39:05.67
when the Holy Spirit is
going to be poured out...
00:39:05.71\00:39:08.24
the Latter Rain...
00:39:08.28\00:39:09.61
in other words...
what we have is not enough
00:39:09.64\00:39:12.85
the former rain is good and it
has brought us to where we are
00:39:12.88\00:39:16.79
but we need the latter rain,
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.65
we need the latter rain
so we can live in a timeframe
00:39:18.69\00:39:21.62
where there is no
intercessor in heaven
00:39:21.66\00:39:24.79
for when probation
closes, Ladies and Gentlemen
00:39:24.83\00:39:28.06
and it moves from
the early time of trouble
00:39:28.10\00:39:31.27
to the time of trouble.
00:39:31.33\00:39:32.77
When Jesus stands up and
says the words that are recorded
00:39:32.80\00:39:36.74
in Revelation
chapter 22 verse 11,
00:39:36.77\00:39:40.28
"He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still:
00:39:40.31\00:39:42.88
and he that is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
00:39:42.91\00:39:45.45
he that is holy,
let him be holy still.
00:39:45.51\00:39:47.75
He that is righteous,
let him be righteous still. "
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.09
When Daniel saw it
in Daniel 12 verse 1,
00:39:50.12\00:39:52.89
he saw Michael
stand up and he says
00:39:52.92\00:39:55.22
that there will be a time
of trouble like there never was
00:39:55.26\00:39:57.99
why? because when Jesus
does that, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:39:58.03\00:40:00.73
the seven last
plagues of Revelation 16
00:40:00.76\00:40:03.40
will be poured
out on Planet Earth,
00:40:03.43\00:40:06.00
but we would have been
sealed by the latter rain
00:40:06.03\00:40:09.00
that will give us the power to
go through that time of trouble
00:40:09.04\00:40:12.94
like the earth has never seen,
00:40:12.97\00:40:14.88
it will also give us the power
to go forward with a loud cry
00:40:14.91\00:40:19.75
that we will not be
afraid... we will not be fearful
00:40:19.78\00:40:23.39
we will not hush our
tongues or be intimidated
00:40:23.42\00:40:29.26
because we know that God
is coming and God is with us
00:40:29.29\00:40:33.50
and we will go forth with the
power that the early church had
00:40:33.56\00:40:37.30
but my Bible tells me and the
Spirit of Prophecy tells me...
00:40:37.33\00:40:41.04
it will have more
power than it began.
00:40:41.07\00:40:42.74
"Amen. "
00:40:42.80\00:40:44.21
And if those few men could
turn the world upside down,
00:40:44.24\00:40:46.88
can you imagine what
a world church can do
00:40:46.91\00:40:49.01
that is on fire
for Jesus Christ.
00:40:49.04\00:40:51.78
"Amen... amen... "
00:40:51.81\00:40:53.38
and we will see the
enemies of God come together
00:40:53.42\00:40:58.45
as it has said in the
Bible but Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:40:58.49\00:41:02.06
because of that Loud Cry...
because of that Holy Spirit...
00:41:02.09\00:41:05.66
because of
Revelation 18 1 through 5,
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.30
we will have a
supernatural power...
00:41:08.33\00:41:10.87
a supernatural light
00:41:10.93\00:41:12.40
that will shine to the
very dark regions of the earth
00:41:12.43\00:41:15.90
and everyone will have an
opportunity to choose Jesus
00:41:15.94\00:41:19.37
and choose life.
00:41:19.41\00:41:20.98
"Amen. "
00:41:21.01\00:41:22.34
It's all building
up to something...
00:41:22.38\00:41:24.61
it's building up to the
greatest day of all time...
00:41:24.68\00:41:29.78
you see, unmistakenly,
00:41:29.82\00:41:32.55
and I must give
credit to the Web...
00:41:32.59\00:41:35.12
there are many, many people
that put their two cents in...
00:41:35.16\00:41:43.20
and said, "The
greatest day of all time
00:41:43.23\00:41:48.14
will be the day that Jesus
returns for His children. "
00:41:48.17\00:41:51.57
"Amen. "
00:41:51.61\00:41:52.94
The day when the King
of Kings and Lord of Lords
00:41:52.97\00:41:55.41
will come in glory to redeem
His saints from the earth.
00:41:55.44\00:41:59.78
"Amen. "
00:41:59.81\00:42:01.18
Oh, Ladies and Gentlemen,
when I think about that day,
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.69
my heart begins to beat faster,
00:42:03.72\00:42:05.75
my mind begins to
imagine that sighting
00:42:05.79\00:42:08.99
when I will see the
King of Glory coming.
00:42:09.02\00:42:12.16
My Bible tells me in
1st Thessalonians chapter 4
00:42:12.19\00:42:17.73
verse 16...
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.10
Ladies and Gentlemen,
that's enough right there
00:42:30.41\00:42:32.21
to take the case.
00:42:32.25\00:42:33.72
"Amen. "
00:42:33.75\00:42:35.08
To see Jesus...
the Lord Himself...
00:42:35.12\00:42:37.99
"Amen. "
00:42:38.02\00:42:39.35
No longer is He walking
around with an old purple robe,
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.92
no longer is He wearing a
crown of thorns upon His head,
00:42:42.96\00:42:46.70
no longer is He wearing a
pair of worn-down sandals,
00:42:46.73\00:42:50.47
He is in His
splendor, He is in His majesty,
00:42:50.50\00:42:54.70
He is in His royal
robes of righteousness,
00:42:54.74\00:42:58.87
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:42:58.94\00:43:00.28
He has upon His
head... that royal diadem...
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.14
that crown... seven in one...
00:43:03.18\00:43:05.78
pure gold and all types
of garnished jewels in it
00:43:05.81\00:43:10.65
and He's coming back for us.
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.39
"Amen... amen... "
00:43:13.42\00:43:15.22
Those people that say,
"He's coming in secret... "
00:43:15.26\00:43:18.23
they don't know what
they're taking away from people.
00:43:18.26\00:43:21.06
Audience agreeing.
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.43
It's taking away
the joy of it all.
00:43:22.46\00:43:24.53
It can't be in secret for
Revelation 1 verse 7 says,
00:43:24.57\00:43:28.64
"Behold He cometh in clouds
and every eye shall see Him. "
00:43:28.67\00:43:32.74
well Folks, if everybody
knows it... it's not a secret.
00:43:32.77\00:43:36.48
"Amen. "
00:43:36.51\00:43:37.85
"And they also
which pierced Him... "
00:43:37.88\00:43:39.58
in other words, some
folks are going to get
00:43:39.61\00:43:41.42
that special resurrection
for what they have done,
00:43:41.45\00:43:43.69
they have doubted
Him, they spit on Him,
00:43:43.72\00:43:45.55
they lacerated His back
with the cat of nine tails
00:43:45.59\00:43:48.76
and then they
nailed Him to the cross,
00:43:48.79\00:43:51.29
they put a cloth over His head
00:43:51.33\00:43:53.03
and they hit Him with reeds,
00:43:53.06\00:43:54.66
and they said,
"Prophecy who did it... "
00:43:54.70\00:43:56.87
they will know,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:43:56.90\00:43:58.97
who they abused on that day
00:43:59.00\00:44:01.70
when they see Him
in the eastern sky.
00:44:01.74\00:44:04.77
"Amen... amen... "
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.54
Oh the majesty of Him...
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.11
Angels to the left
and angels to the right...
00:44:09.14\00:44:13.62
Friends, every single
angel that's in heaven is coming
00:44:13.65\00:44:17.85
when Jesus comes...
00:44:17.89\00:44:19.99
it will not be a
little quartet singing...
00:44:20.02\00:44:22.42
it will be the whole
choir and they will sing a song
00:44:22.46\00:44:27.10
that will cause
the earth to tremble
00:44:27.16\00:44:29.96
as they blow the trumpet
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.93
and they give the
praise to the King.
00:44:31.97\00:44:34.40
"Amen. "
00:44:34.44\00:44:35.77
And if that's not
enough celebration,
00:44:35.80\00:44:37.91
Ladies and Gentlemen, we're
going to celebrate down here,
00:44:37.97\00:44:40.18
we're going to celebrate...
00:44:40.21\00:44:41.78
if you die, you're
going to be celebrating,
00:44:41.81\00:44:43.68
if you're alive,
you're going to celebrate it,
00:44:43.71\00:44:45.61
if you've been in
jail for the gospel's sake,
00:44:45.65\00:44:47.48
you're going to be celebrating,
00:44:47.52\00:44:48.85
if you've been
in the wilderness...
00:44:48.88\00:44:50.35
hiding in the
rocks and the mountains,
00:44:50.39\00:44:52.55
that's okay, just
hold on a little longer,
00:44:52.59\00:44:54.72
the King of Kings is coming.
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.93
When you see the
earth rock and reel
00:44:56.96\00:44:59.06
and you see
those graves open up,
00:44:59.09\00:45:01.10
and the saints from all
time... can you imagine...
00:45:01.13\00:45:03.30
from all time...
00:45:03.33\00:45:04.67
you're talking about
Adam and Eve coming up,
00:45:04.70\00:45:06.43
you're talking about
Abraham and Sarah coming up,
00:45:06.47\00:45:08.67
you're talking about the
saints... David... and Jonathan
00:45:08.70\00:45:12.04
and all the saints coming up,
00:45:12.07\00:45:13.71
all over the
earth at the same time.
00:45:13.78\00:45:16.14
"Amen. "
00:45:16.18\00:45:18.18
Pause...
00:45:18.21\00:45:20.12
Babies placed in the
arms of Christian parents
00:45:20.15\00:45:23.89
who went to the fire,
who went to the lion's den,
00:45:23.92\00:45:27.66
who had their heads cut off,
00:45:27.69\00:45:29.49
who had their children
butchered in front of them
00:45:29.52\00:45:32.19
but the angels of God had
placed a mark on those graves
00:45:32.26\00:45:36.73
and those spots
where those bones are
00:45:36.77\00:45:39.07
and when the voice
of the majesty of God,
00:45:39.10\00:45:41.30
the Life-giver... the
Resurrection and the Life,
00:45:41.34\00:45:43.71
calls them together,
00:45:43.74\00:45:45.07
they are no longer abused...
they are no longer tortured...
00:45:45.11\00:45:48.04
they're no longer
torn apart by animals,
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.48
they are brand new in
Christ, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:45:50.51\00:45:53.92
and they will be placed in
the arm of husband and wife
00:45:53.95\00:45:57.29
and mother and
father and families together
00:45:57.32\00:46:00.46
and then we shall
suspend the laws of gravity
00:46:00.49\00:46:03.53
and be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:46:03.56\00:46:06.59
"Amen... amen... "
00:46:06.63\00:46:07.96
That's what the book says,
that's what's going to happen,
00:46:08.00\00:46:11.93
that has to be the
greatest day of all time.
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.57
"Amen. "
00:46:13.60\00:46:14.94
Ladies and Gentlemen, it has to
be the greatest day of all time
00:46:14.97\00:46:16.81
when you're standing
there... now watch this...
00:46:16.87\00:46:18.91
all of this is coming together,
as we're standing there
00:46:18.94\00:46:21.44
and the
hailstorms are coming down
00:46:21.51\00:46:23.75
66 pounds on the wicked...
00:46:23.78\00:46:25.58
releasing the saints of
God... that's the 7th plague...
00:46:25.61\00:46:28.55
it's being poured
out and it's coming down
00:46:28.58\00:46:30.52
and like Daniel has... as
David has said in Psalm 91,
00:46:30.59\00:46:38.23
"a thousand shall
fall on thy right... "
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.53
huh... "and ten
thousand at thy right hand...
00:46:40.56\00:46:43.23
but it shall not come near you,
00:46:43.26\00:46:45.33
you're standing
there watching it,
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.34
seeing it happen and
then before you know it,
00:46:47.37\00:46:50.17
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:46:50.21\00:46:51.54
you'll look up and you'll see
right into His beautiful eyes
00:46:51.57\00:46:54.71
and all of a sudden,
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.24
you're whole body is
going to transform...
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.51
it's going to change...
00:46:58.55\00:46:59.88
it's going to regenerate...
it's going to be resurrected...
00:46:59.91\00:47:02.78
it will be brand new in Christ.
00:47:02.82\00:47:06.19
"Amen... amen... "
00:47:06.22\00:47:08.02
Brand new in the
twinkling of an eye...
00:47:08.06\00:47:10.19
as my Bible said
00:47:10.23\00:47:11.56
and here's the part
I've been waiting for, Folks,
00:47:11.59\00:47:13.60
not only looking in His
eyes and His eyes catching mine,
00:47:13.63\00:47:16.63
and Folks, I know one thing...
00:47:16.67\00:47:18.10
even though that's going to
be a whole mass of humanity,
00:47:18.13\00:47:21.00
all of the redeemed saved
00:47:21.07\00:47:22.80
and Jesus is going to look at us
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.37
but you'd better believe
that when we look into His eyes,
00:47:24.41\00:47:28.44
we will feel that
personal connection
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.88
that Jesus will have for us,
00:47:30.91\00:47:32.78
we will see the love...
00:47:32.81\00:47:34.48
we will see the adoring
spirit that He has doted on us,
00:47:34.52\00:47:38.35
we will know that
we've been forgiven,
00:47:38.39\00:47:40.79
we will know that
we'll be with Him forever...
00:47:40.86\00:47:43.59
it will be personal,
00:47:43.63\00:47:44.96
I don't know if I'm going to
shout, flip, jump or whatever
00:47:44.99\00:47:47.86
but I know one
thing, Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:47:47.90\00:47:50.23
I know one thing that
when I'm looking at Him,
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.53
all of a sudden, I will feel
myself going up into the air,
00:47:52.57\00:47:56.97
I will feel the
earth being down low...
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.57
and I'll be up with my
Jesus, I'll pass the sun...
00:47:59.64\00:48:02.88
the moon... the
stars... the planet...
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.65
I'm going up in that
cloud with my Jesus...
00:48:05.71\00:48:08.92
all the way back to
glory, seven days in there
00:48:08.95\00:48:12.15
so everybody can
keep at least one Sabbath.
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.36
"Amen... amen... amen... "
00:48:15.39\00:48:18.76
And we will go
through the gates of the city
00:48:18.79\00:48:22.06
but before we go
through the gates...
00:48:22.10\00:48:24.83
before we go
through the gates...
00:48:24.87\00:48:27.57
hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
00:48:27.60\00:48:30.47
before we go
through the gates... now...
00:48:30.51\00:48:32.94
this is just my imagination now,
00:48:32.97\00:48:36.58
but the only one
left is the Father
00:48:36.61\00:48:40.15
and I bet that when
we come to the city...
00:48:40.18\00:48:43.92
after we have gone
on through Orion...
00:48:43.95\00:48:47.62
we've had this pre-party...
pre-celebration... in the clouds
00:48:47.66\00:48:53.53
with people getting
reacquainted with one another,
00:48:53.56\00:48:57.07
with family... with
friends... you think GC was fun,
00:48:57.10\00:49:00.54
oh boy, this is
going to be something!
00:49:00.57\00:49:04.31
All the saints of
all time with Jesus...
00:49:04.34\00:49:08.01
the angels just
singing and happy,
00:49:08.04\00:49:11.65
Satan can't tempt us no more,
00:49:11.68\00:49:15.28
death can't stalk us
00:49:15.32\00:49:17.85
sickness can't have us
00:49:17.89\00:49:20.36
no more worry...
no more disillusion...
00:49:20.39\00:49:23.19
no more
disappointment, it's all joy...
00:49:23.22\00:49:25.99
"Amen. "
00:49:26.03\00:49:27.36
And then, we see
it in the distance...
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.93
the heavenly city...
00:49:29.96\00:49:32.40
sitting on a
foundation of 12 precious stones
00:49:32.43\00:49:37.47
that have the appearance
of the color of the rainbow
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.31
shimmering in all of it's glory
00:49:40.38\00:49:43.55
all of its brightness...
all of its light...
00:49:43.58\00:49:46.41
jasper walls... 216 feet high...
00:49:46.45\00:49:51.12
clear as crystal...
00:49:51.15\00:49:53.56
and you're looking through
the jasper walls of the city,
00:49:53.59\00:49:58.19
and you see golden
streets and golden mansions
00:49:58.23\00:50:02.66
if that's not enough
you see the reflection
00:50:02.70\00:50:07.04
of the river of life going
through the midst of the city
00:50:07.07\00:50:11.31
and you see the throne of
God and the throne of Jesus,
00:50:11.34\00:50:15.51
and behind that,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:50:15.54\00:50:17.45
we see the
majestic Tree of Life.
00:50:17.48\00:50:20.25
"Amen. "
00:50:20.28\00:50:21.65
No need for the Tree of
the Knowledge of Good and Evil,
00:50:21.68\00:50:24.12
we've learned that lesson well,
somebody ought to say, "Amen. "
00:50:24.15\00:50:27.09
"Amen. "
00:50:27.12\00:50:28.52
And I know that when
we get close to the city,
00:50:28.56\00:50:32.99
I know the sweet
fragrance from that Tree of Life
00:50:33.03\00:50:36.67
with all manner of
fruit, 12 manner of fruit...
00:50:36.70\00:50:40.30
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:50:40.34\00:50:41.67
I know that's going
to smell good, I mean,
00:50:41.70\00:50:43.04
have you ever walked through
the Produce part of the store
00:50:43.07\00:50:45.24
and they have
fresh mangoes in there...
00:50:45.27\00:50:47.91
Audience agreeing...
00:50:47.94\00:50:50.05
But from the Tree of
Life... with our new nostrils...
00:50:50.08\00:50:55.82
come on now...
our new nostrils...
00:50:55.85\00:50:58.55
we will get a little sniff.
00:50:58.59\00:51:00.36
But that's not the
cherry on top of the cake,
00:51:00.39\00:51:05.16
Ladies and Gentlemen,
the cherry on top of the cake
00:51:05.19\00:51:08.46
is he Father,
friends, and you know what?
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.37
This is just me as
a preacher, you see,
00:51:10.40\00:51:12.23
when I read the story in Luke 15
00:51:12.30\00:51:15.10
about the prodigal son
00:51:15.14\00:51:16.64
and the prodigal's father was...
00:51:16.67\00:51:19.27
was just waiting for him every
single day... waiting for him,
00:51:19.31\00:51:22.11
looking here... every
night... every morning...
00:51:22.14\00:51:23.95
looking for his son,
looking for his son...
00:51:23.98\00:51:25.61
looking for his
son... didn't see him...
00:51:25.65\00:51:27.25
looking for his son...
he couldn't go after him,
00:51:27.28\00:51:29.72
the only thing
he could do was pray
00:51:29.75\00:51:31.45
and send His Holy Spirit...
God's Holy Spirit after him
00:51:31.49\00:51:34.36
but that day...
when he looked out...
00:51:34.39\00:51:38.99
and he saw his son afar off...
00:51:39.03\00:51:42.40
he lost all of his
so-called dignity...
00:51:42.43\00:51:45.47
they say, the rich
men in those days...
00:51:45.50\00:51:48.04
the custom was...
they didn't run...
00:51:48.10\00:51:50.61
but he took off after his son
00:51:50.64\00:51:54.41
and his son was coming
back saying, in his mind...
00:51:54.44\00:51:57.71
"Well... if I just get back...
I'll work as a servant...
00:51:57.75\00:52:00.68
I'll work as a
servant... that's okay...
00:52:00.72\00:52:02.18
just as long as I'm in it,
I'll get my three square...
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.82
my servants' quarters was
better than the pig sty. "
00:52:04.85\00:52:07.42
"Amen. "
00:52:07.46\00:52:08.82
But the father runs to
him and he takes off his robe
00:52:08.86\00:52:14.00
and he clothes him.
00:52:14.03\00:52:16.26
Friends, God is going to clothe
us with a body like His body,
00:52:16.30\00:52:21.70
He's done that...
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.10
And when He sees us coming...
00:52:23.14\00:52:26.91
when He sees us coming...
00:52:26.94\00:52:30.71
I can see the
Father coming to the gate
00:52:30.75\00:52:32.91
and I can see the
gates of one pearl open up
00:52:32.95\00:52:36.25
and I can hear the
Father singing this song,
00:52:36.28\00:52:39.55
"Welcome home children... "
00:52:39.59\00:52:41.82
"Amen... amen... "
00:52:41.86\00:52:43.19
"Welcome home children...
00:52:43.22\00:52:45.56
welcome home children,
00:52:45.59\00:52:47.83
the battle's over,
the fight is over...
00:52:47.86\00:52:50.67
my Son has bought the rest
of his brothers and sisters home
00:52:50.73\00:52:55.60
and this will
be your splendor...
00:52:55.64\00:52:58.91
this will be your majesty...
00:52:58.94\00:53:00.81
this will be everything,
00:53:00.84\00:53:02.94
you'll be with me forever."
00:53:02.98\00:53:05.05
"Amen. "
00:53:05.08\00:53:06.51
Oh my friends, one day...
00:53:06.55\00:53:10.95
we're going to see
Him face to face...
00:53:10.99\00:53:15.59
that will be the
greatest day of our lives.
00:53:15.62\00:53:21.66
"Amen... amen... "
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.40
Piano...
00:53:23.43\00:53:25.60
Face to face shall I
00:53:25.63\00:53:30.21
behold Him,
00:53:30.24\00:53:35.64
Face to face
00:53:35.68\00:53:39.85
to see and know,
00:53:39.88\00:53:45.05
Face to face
00:53:45.09\00:53:50.23
with my redeemer,
00:53:50.26\00:53:54.46
Jesus Christ
00:53:54.50\00:54:00.44
who loved me so.
00:54:00.47\00:54:06.34
Face to face
00:54:06.37\00:54:11.41
shall I behold Him,
00:54:11.45\00:54:17.75
Far beyond
00:54:17.79\00:54:21.79
the starry sky,
00:54:21.82\00:54:27.30
Face to face
00:54:27.33\00:54:32.73
in all His glory,
00:54:32.77\00:54:38.81
I shall see Him
00:54:38.84\00:54:43.11
by and by!
00:54:43.14\00:54:50.52
Face to face!
00:54:50.55\00:54:54.42
O blissful moment!
00:54:54.46\00:54:59.46
Face to face
00:54:59.49\00:55:05.00
to see and know,
00:55:05.03\00:55:10.47
Face to face
00:55:10.51\00:55:14.28
with my Redeemer,
00:55:14.31\00:55:18.31
Jesus Christ
00:55:18.35\00:55:23.75
who loved me so.
00:55:23.79\00:55:28.72
O face to face
00:55:28.79\00:55:33.66
shall I behold Him,
00:55:33.70\00:55:39.63
Far beyond
00:55:39.67\00:55:43.61
the starry sky,
00:55:43.64\00:55:48.88
Face to face
00:55:48.91\00:55:54.12
in all His glory,
00:55:54.15\00:56:00.06
I shall see Him
00:56:00.09\00:56:06.66
by and by!
00:56:06.70\00:56:13.23
"Amen... amen... "
00:56:13.27\00:56:14.60
My friends, I want to
leave this text with you,
00:56:14.64\00:56:18.04
Isaiah 25 verse 9,
00:56:18.07\00:56:23.41
it says, "And it
shall be said in that day,
00:56:23.45\00:56:26.78
Lo, this is our God;
00:56:26.82\00:56:28.18
we have waited for
Him, and He will save us:
00:56:28.22\00:56:31.82
this is the LORD;
we have waited for Him,
00:56:31.85\00:56:35.36
we will be glad and
rejoice in His salvation. "
00:56:35.39\00:56:38.79
His salvation is there for you,
00:56:38.83\00:56:42.03
all you have to
do is just reach out
00:56:42.06\00:56:44.83
and say, "Lord, Jesus save me"
00:56:44.87\00:56:48.50
salvation will
begin in your life...
00:56:48.54\00:56:52.97
trust in God...
00:56:53.01\00:56:54.74
keep looking
up... and be faithful.
00:56:54.81\00:56:58.38