Good evening, Ambassador Family.
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Good evening.
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And good evening to our
viewers throughout the world.
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It was a little
over three weeks ago,
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that we began this journey,
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looking Through
the Eyes of John,
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and we have not
been disappointed.
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The Spirit of
God has blessed us,
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souls have been saved,
and God gets the glory.
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Amen.
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You're listening to the subject,
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the theme of the series,
Through the Eyes of John,
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with Pastor
Lawrence S. Dorsey, Sr.
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who's the speaker evangelist
for the Living Word Ministries.
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And I have with me today
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one of our elders in
fact, our first elder
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and I'll let him
introduce himself tonight.
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My name is John Spence,
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I'm the senior elder
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of the Ambassador
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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which is located in 3245
West Oakland Park, Boulevard
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in the city of Lauderdale Lakes.
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We are located not too far
from the airport and from I95.
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And if you want to call
us or come to visit with us
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our zip code is
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954-733-0607.
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I'm sorry.
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You know, our zip code is,
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our area code in case is 33311.
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Brethren, today we
have a very precious time
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leaning on the promises of God.
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We enjoy ourself
here in the house of God,
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and pastor, today we
baptized 12 precious souls.
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Amen.
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Actually since we
began this series,
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we baptized 32 people.
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Amen.
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Praise God, and if we
go back a week before then,
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we have a total of 38 new souls
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that have joined
us, God be the glory.
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Amen.
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And, you know, he said in
the Book of Revelation 2:7,
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you see, "He that hath
ear, to hear let him hear
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what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
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To him that
overcometh will I give
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to eat of the tree of life,
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which is in the midst
of the paradise of God."
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And we also have
in Revelation 22,
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"Behold, I come quickly."
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Blessed is he who reads
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and hears the word of
the Book of Revelation.
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And so you've been blessed,
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we have been looking
Through the Eyes of John.
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And with every
beginning there must be an end,
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and we look forward to seeing
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what God has to do
someday, by and by.
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But let us close
with the word of prayer
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and I'm gonna ask Elder Spence
to close this out in prayer.
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Loving Father, we just
want to praise Your name.
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We give thanks for
this great opportunity
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that we here at
Ambassador Church
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can expound Your
words through the world.
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Lord, we pray like those
who is watching on internet
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and on the television,
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that they too will also
give their hearts today,
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knowing that Your
coming is close at hand.
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Father, cleanse
us and make us worthy
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to be called Your
sons and Your daughters.
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And at this time oh, God,
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we present you evangelist Dorsey
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as he present Your words,
may his soul will be blessed
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and Your kingdom will
be filled with people.
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Come quickly Lord Jesus,
we pray in Your name, amen.
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Amen.
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Amen, praise God.
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How Great Thou Art.
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That was beautiful, Michelle.
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And I won't tell people
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that you're gonna
play that song for me,
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and I was gonna
sing it, and you just got
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so into the song
so I couldn't sing.
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Oh, my we've had a
wonderful time here.
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God has truly
blessed us with His spirit,
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His mercy and His kindness.
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And, my friends, I believe
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that Lord has
done something for us
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that we couldn't
do for ourselves.
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And He has brought us
together as individuals,
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and we have once
again looked at the standard
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and the
standard is Christ Jesus.
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And we have
received what we needed
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as we look through
the Book of Revival,
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that Book of Revelation,
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you know it tells us
in the Book of Daniel,
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in the Book of
Revelation, if they are steady,
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it will bring revival
and reformation in its wake.
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And I believe that we
are at that point even now.
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So let us just be
faithful and continue
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to do what God has for us to do,
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that we might be able
to see Him face to face,
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and tell Him how
great indeed He is.
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Amen.
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We just have a few individuals
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that we like to
acknowledge tonight.
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We have a Joanne Sheppard
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and her sister from New Zealand,
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and she called, she emailed us
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at least twice in
the last 18 hours,
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and she has been very
blessed by the meetings
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that she has
been watching online.
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She said she is the
only one in her town,
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a little town of 350 people,
the only one there and I said,
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sis, you're not the only one,
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we saw John tell us in
John 1:10 that he was what,
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in the spirit on the Lord's day,
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he was by himself
but not by himself.
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For when we have Jesus,
we know we have not only Him,
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but we have the Father
and the Holy Spirit with us.
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And, Joanne,
you just be faithful
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and she wants us
to pray for her family
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and her young ones and we
ask that the Lord will bless her
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and give her the
desires of her heart.
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And then we had a call
and an email from a Mary,
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Marie Ackerson,
Marie Ackerson and Marie,
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we are praying for you.
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You didn't say
where you were from,
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you also wanted to know
how you could receive the DVDs.
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And all of you who
are watching at home
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and those of you who are
here, you can go to our website
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livingwordministries.tv,
livingwordministries.tv
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and you can order
or pre-order your DVDs
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of these series at that time.
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Then I'm happy
to announce tonight
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that my Mom is able
to watch the services,
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she hasn't been doing well
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and we have
been praying for her.
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And she is in
White Marsh, Baltimore
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with both of my
sisters and my sisters' family,
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my sister Michelle
who's here from England
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and my sister Denise
who's there with her family
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and she is able to
watch the services tonight,
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and I say "Mom, I love you."
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And now, before we go,
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oh, one more,
almost forgot this one.
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And I will be really in
trouble if I haven't got this.
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We have the Berean
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Los Angeles.
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So many members have
said, now Pastor you have talked
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about people all over the world,
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but we have been
watching our pastor there too.
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So Berean, we love
you and we appreciate you
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and we will be back, as
our ex-governor used to say.
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And then this last one
for Lawrence and Nicole
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and their new addition,
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a special hi to
them and I'm not sure,
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sometimes I can't
read my writing but then,
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new additions name
I believe it's Hunter,
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so we pray for them
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and that the
Lord will bless them
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and keep them.
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Now tonight, we have a message
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that if you forget all
the rest of the messages,
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you can't forget this one.
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This one is entitled
"The Last Grand Deception,
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The Last Grand Deception."
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Shall we pray?
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Loving Father,
again we are so thankful
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that You have
been so merciful to us.
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I thank You Lord personally,
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that You have used me for
your names honor and glory,
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and I recognize that
there is no good thing in me.
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So once again, dear Lord, I
humbly ask for Your blessings
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to fall upon not
only this congregation,
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but those who are listening
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and those who
will watch later on,
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that Your sweet
spirit might take us
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to the very throne of God.
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And that You'll open up our mind
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and our understanding
of spiritual things,
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and that we might be fortify
for not only the battle to come
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but for the battle
we are facing even now.
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So take control of my mouth,
my thoughts, my everything,
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let it be for Your glory.
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And when we leave
this place, dear Lord,
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we ask that You will bestow
upon all of us a blessing,
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a blessing that we
don't even have room for,
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but because You're so generous,
we will be able to receive it,
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is our prayer in
Jesus' name, amen.
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You would turn with me
to the Book of Revelation,
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turning to chapter 3.
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We will find in it a passage
that has been given to us
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as a people, as a
church, as individuals
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living in the last
days of earth's history.
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We will find in
it a special warning
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and a special encouragement,
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that comes to us from
the hand of our Creator,
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that comes to us from
the hand of our Redeemer,
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that comes to us
from the King of kings
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and Lord of lords to let us know
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that He will be
with us to the very end.
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It's found in chapter
3, beginning with verse 10,
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it reads,
"Because thou hast kept
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the word of my patience,
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I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation,
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which shall come
upon all the world,
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to try them that
dwell upon the earth.
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Behold I come quickly,
hold that fast which thou hast,
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that no man take thy crown."
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Ladies and gentlemen,
even though this warning
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and this assurance is given,
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literally to the
church of Philadelphia,
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it is a message
that is given to us
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who are alive in
the very last days.
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It is the personal,
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the personal
promise from Jesus Himself
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that He will keep us
through the hour of temptation.
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Friends, I don't
know if you understand
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what God is saying here.
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He used the Prophet
John to take these words
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that he heard and saw
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and put them in
this special book
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that is there for
us in the last days,
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and as it says in
verse 3 of chapter 1,
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for the time is at hand,
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and it is there to
give us reassurance church.
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That no matter what happens
on planet earth and, folks,
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things are happening.
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There is floods, there is
wars, there is rumors of wars,
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there is famines,
there is pestilence,
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there is earthquakes,
there is tidal waves,
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there is
insurrection, there is wars,
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there is civil
war, there is genocides,
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there are so
many things happening.
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And He says to
you and He says to me,
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He is giving us His personal,
His personal assurance.
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You know that song
"Blessed assurance" it's real.
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The personal assurance
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that He is going to keep us
through a specific temptation
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and trial
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that we will go
through in the last days,
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different from any
other time in earth's history.
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I look at that and I
read it, and I begin to smile
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because I know that there
are four things God can't do.
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Number one, He can't
lie, so if God's said it,
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ladies and
gentlemen, it has to be.
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A second thing, God can't
do, He can't change His law.
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It's there, it's edged in stone,
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ladies and gentleman,
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written with His own
fingers, Exodus 31:18.
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The next thing it tells us
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that God cannot save
an unrepentant sinner.
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In other words no
matter what we have done,
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if we come to Him,
if we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and then to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness,
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but He, He can't
save us against our will,
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that's number four.
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But when I look at this promise,
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and I look at it and I
see these words telling us
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that in the last days
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that He will keep us
from a specific temptation.
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I have to remember
before I even get to that,
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that God keeps us
from all temptation.
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You see folks,
we in the last days
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must understand
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that not only are we gonna
have to deal with the things
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that we deal with,
that we haven't heard it,
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the things that
we have cultivated,
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the things that we
have acquired taste for.
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You know, sometimes I
wish I never was in the world.
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Sometimes I wish
I never experienced
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some of the things that I
have gone through in life,
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because then the
devil couldn't play
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in back in your mind.
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Sometimes young people,
you wanna go out in the world
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and explore what's
going on out there,
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so you might know,
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you better off
if you don't know.
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Amen.
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I used to do
counseling for substance abuse,
00:18:31.07\00:18:36.21
and I remember
I was in a meeting
00:18:36.24\00:18:38.28
with one of the
people I was working with,
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and I was working
on a special project,
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one on one project,
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where we were dealing with those
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who had been
relapsing from cocaine.
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And he said to me
Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Dorsey,
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you don't understand,
when that thing is in you,
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there are so many
things that can trigger it
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and make you want it again.
00:18:55.80\00:18:57.63
If I am sitting at
a table in the diner,
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and somebody spills some
sugar or spills some salt,
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my mind goes back to that first.
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That's why we need Jesus.
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That's why we need Him
to take control of our mind
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and then erase the
things that are there,
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re-grew our brains.
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Are you listening to me?
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To give us a new
desire, to give us a new focus,
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to take away those things
that were bringing us down,
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and totally erase
them from our memory.
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So we might be
able to stand in Him
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with the personal
temptations that we go through.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
before we get to that,
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that temptation that
is there for everyone,
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we have to get
over those temptations
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that are
customized for ourselves.
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Well, one thing I know,
00:19:51.59\00:19:55.12
that there is nothing
too hard for the Lord.
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And when you
look at 1 Corinthians,
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1 Corinthians 10,
1 Corinthians 10:13.
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It says, "There hath
no temptation taken you
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but such as common to
man, but God is faithful,
00:20:08.47\00:20:12.37
who will not suffer
you to be tempted above
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that you are able,
00:20:15.31\00:20:16.78
but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape,
00:20:16.81\00:20:22.35
that you may be
able to bear it."
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In other words,
there is nothing out there
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that we can't handle with Jesus.
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Nothing.
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When I look throughout my Bible,
00:20:32.49\00:20:34.23
and I see how good
God is, and I understand
00:20:34.26\00:20:37.57
that when I have
temptations come to me,
00:20:37.60\00:20:40.70
if I am faithful to Him,
00:20:40.74\00:20:42.87
He will make a way
for that temptation
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to be able to be resisted.
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I look at James 1,
James 1:12, it says
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"Blessed is the man
that endureth temptation
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for when he is tried,
00:20:57.52\00:20:58.85
he shall receive
the crown of life,
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which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
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Let no man say
when he is tempted,
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I am tempted of God: for
God cannot be tempted with evil,
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neither tempteth he any man:
00:21:07.76\00:21:09.56
but every man or
woman is tempted,
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when he is drawn
away after his own lust,
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and enticed.
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Then when lust hath conceived,
it bring forth sin, and sin,
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when it is finished,
it brings forth death."
00:21:18.44\00:21:21.71
But ladies and gentlemen,
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Jesus can take the
desire for sin from us.
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He'll break that passion,
He'll break that appetite,
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He'll break that hole
00:21:31.99\00:21:33.46
that has had us
and locked us in.
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If Jesus sets you free, my
friends, we are free indeed.
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Amen!
00:21:40.26\00:21:42.53
We have that promise,
00:21:42.56\00:21:45.03
a victory over
personal sin in our lives.
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You know, the Bible just
has so much good stuff in it.
00:21:51.81\00:21:58.21
In Isaiah 26, I
want you to see this.
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Isaiah 26:3,
00:22:02.22\00:22:06.12
Isaiah 26:3 memorize it,
00:22:06.15\00:22:10.46
underline it in your Bible.
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It says, "Thou wilt keep
him or her in perfect peace,
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whose mind is stayed on thee,
because he trusteth in thee."
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Trust ye in the Lord forever,
00:22:23.34\00:22:25.54
for the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength.
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Folks, we have
strength in Jesus.
00:22:29.28\00:22:32.51
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:22:32.55\00:22:34.82
You can't do it, I
can't do it on our own.
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Oh, we'll fall down
face first every single time,
00:22:38.39\00:22:42.29
but when the devil comes to us
00:22:42.32\00:22:44.29
and we let Jesus open
the door of our heart,
00:22:44.33\00:22:47.06
the devil has to flee.
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.70
Amen.
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.07
My Bible says,
"Resist the devil,
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.03
and He will flee from thee,
00:22:52.07\00:22:54.40
He might come back
again, and again, and again,
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.94
but if you have
Jesus in the heart,
00:22:56.97\00:22:59.01
he can't come in."
00:22:59.04\00:23:01.04
Amen.
00:23:01.08\00:23:03.35
My Bible shows us
these things for us
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.92
to understand
just like Isaiah said,
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.22
that we have
strength in Jehovah-Jireh,
00:23:10.25\00:23:13.39
we have strength in
Jesus Christ, our Lord,
00:23:13.42\00:23:16.22
we have strength
because of the promises
00:23:16.26\00:23:19.43
that are written in His book.
00:23:19.46\00:23:22.96
Friends, do you
know who you are?
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Do you understand that
you are a son and daughter
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of the Most High God?
00:23:30.04\00:23:31.57
Yes.
00:23:31.61\00:23:32.94
Do you realize
00:23:32.97\00:23:34.31
He has a personal
relationship with you,
00:23:34.34\00:23:36.14
and He will not let anything
overflow you or take you out,
00:23:36.18\00:23:40.45
He is there for you and for me.
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Amen.
00:23:43.59\00:23:44.92
I look in Isaiah here again,
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.92
I'm reading chapter
41 verse 10, he says,
00:23:46.96\00:23:50.46
"Fear thou not,
for I am with thee,
00:23:50.49\00:23:53.09
be not dismayed,
for I am thy God,
00:23:53.13\00:23:55.90
I will strengthen
thee, yea, I will help thee,
00:23:55.93\00:23:58.80
yea, I will uphold thee
00:23:58.83\00:24:00.20
with the right hand
of my righteousness."
00:24:00.24\00:24:04.37
Folks, you and I
need to understand
00:24:04.41\00:24:06.91
that we must apply these text
to ourselves in a personal way.
00:24:06.94\00:24:12.65
You must know that
is talking about you,
00:24:12.68\00:24:16.15
as if you are the only
person on planet earth.
00:24:16.18\00:24:18.82
Folks, before we can
even deal with the temptation,
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.82
that's gonna come specifically
to us living in the last days,
00:24:21.86\00:24:24.83
we need to face
up to the temptations
00:24:24.86\00:24:27.10
and sins in our life
and give it to Jesus,
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.17
so we can get the
victory over that,
00:24:30.20\00:24:32.23
so we are on solid ground.
00:24:32.27\00:24:33.90
So when a devil comes
00:24:33.94\00:24:35.27
with his wave of
last day temptations,
00:24:35.30\00:24:38.31
his two point
punch that he has for us,
00:24:38.34\00:24:41.08
we will be able to
stand like the brave.
00:24:41.11\00:24:43.88
Amen.
00:24:43.91\00:24:47.05
Your mind has to be made up.
00:24:47.08\00:24:49.78
If you are not
sure that you are safe,
00:24:49.82\00:24:52.49
if you are not sure
if you're in a church,
00:24:52.52\00:24:54.66
if you are not
sure that you have
00:24:54.69\00:24:56.59
a real relationship with Christ,
00:24:56.62\00:24:58.36
the devil is
gonna sweep you away.
00:24:58.39\00:25:00.76
Yes.
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.46
But if your mind's made
up, if your heart is fixed,
00:25:02.50\00:25:08.24
if you know you're standing
on the very promises of God,
00:25:08.27\00:25:13.68
in the face of the fire,
in the face of the flood,
00:25:13.71\00:25:17.68
in the face of the lion's den,
in the face of losing your job,
00:25:17.71\00:25:21.75
in the face of losing your home,
00:25:21.78\00:25:23.72
in the face of
losing your family,
00:25:23.75\00:25:25.92
in the face of
losing the one person
00:25:25.95\00:25:28.36
who you love
with all your heart,
00:25:28.39\00:25:29.99
in the face of
facing health issues
00:25:30.03\00:25:33.43
you can stand on God's promise.
00:25:33.46\00:25:36.43
Amen.
00:25:36.46\00:25:37.80
Hallelujah.
00:25:37.83\00:25:39.20
Praise the Lord.
00:25:39.23\00:25:41.07
It says, "Behold", verse 11,
00:25:41.10\00:25:43.54
"Behold, all they
that were incensed
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against thee shall be ashamed
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.01
and confounded,
they shall be as nothing,
00:25:47.04\00:25:49.58
and they that strive
with thee shall perish.
00:25:49.61\00:25:52.28
They shall seek
them, thou shalt seek them,
00:25:52.31\00:25:55.05
and shalt not find them,
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.62
even them that
contended with thee,
00:25:56.65\00:25:59.02
they that war against
thee shall be as nothing,
00:25:59.05\00:26:02.09
and as a thing of nought.
00:26:02.12\00:26:03.83
For I the Lord thy God
will hold thy right hand,
00:26:03.86\00:26:06.59
saying unto thee, fear not.
00:26:06.63\00:26:08.66
I will help thee.
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.33
Fear not thou worm
Jacob, and ye men of Israel.
00:26:10.37\00:26:14.34
I will help
thee, saith the Lord,
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.57
thy redeemer the
Holy One of Israel."
00:26:16.60\00:26:21.31
Now, folks, he's not
just talking about people,
00:26:21.34\00:26:26.55
he's talking about
that lying nasty devil.
00:26:26.58\00:26:29.72
Yes!
00:26:29.75\00:26:31.22
The devil hates
us, he's on our case.
00:26:31.25\00:26:35.99
My Bible says,
he's like a roaring lion
00:26:36.02\00:26:38.59
seeking whom he may devour.
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.56
We are fighting not
against flesh and blood.
00:26:41.60\00:26:45.17
But we are talking
about spiritual wickedness
00:26:45.20\00:26:47.14
in high places.
00:26:47.17\00:26:48.84
We are talking about
the rulers of darkness
00:26:48.87\00:26:51.47
that have assessed themselves,
00:26:51.51\00:26:53.24
amassed themselves together
against the children of God.
00:26:53.27\00:26:57.71
Revelation 12:17 tells us,
00:26:57.75\00:27:00.62
"And the dragon was
wroth with the woman,
00:27:00.65\00:27:02.98
and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
00:27:03.02\00:27:05.79
those that keep the
commandments of God,
00:27:05.82\00:27:07.59
and have the
faith of Jesus Christ."
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.42
It's talking about us
living in the last days.
00:27:09.46\00:27:12.23
Yes. Amen.
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.40
My Bible wants us to understand,
00:27:14.43\00:27:17.73
ladies and gentlemen,
that we belong to the King,
00:27:17.77\00:27:20.64
and that He is
going to watch over us
00:27:20.67\00:27:22.67
and He is going to keep us.
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.41
In Isaiah 43:1 it says,
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.84
"But now thus saith the
Lord that created thee, O Jacob,
00:27:26.88\00:27:30.15
and he that formed
thee, O Israel, fear not."
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.81
Now I have to
stop here for a moment,
00:27:32.85\00:27:34.48
because I wanna
connect some things with you.
00:27:34.52\00:27:38.12
In this chapter of Isaiah,
00:27:38.15\00:27:39.95
when he is saying how
much the Lord loves us,
00:27:39.99\00:27:42.26
and how much He is with us,
00:27:42.29\00:27:43.73
"He" is referred
to talking about God,
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.46
as the creator.
00:27:46.49\00:27:49.23
Listen to me, as the creator,
00:27:49.26\00:27:53.13
not only
Jehovah, but the creator.
00:27:53.17\00:27:58.34
It sounds like language
that I have heard before.
00:27:58.37\00:28:01.61
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
00:28:01.64\00:28:04.08
"Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work."
00:28:04.11\00:28:08.02
Why? Why?
00:28:08.05\00:28:11.49
Because you are creator,
made heaven and earth, the sea,
00:28:11.52\00:28:15.99
and fountains of waters.
00:28:16.02\00:28:17.36
And, ladies and
gentlemen, when we look at Him,
00:28:17.39\00:28:19.33
as this creator and
we see that He is the one
00:28:19.36\00:28:23.30
who is in the first part
of the three angels' message,
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.17
fear God and give glory to Him,
00:28:26.20\00:28:27.67
for the hour of His judgment
has come and worship Him,
00:28:27.70\00:28:30.11
who made heaven
and earth and sea,
00:28:30.14\00:28:31.77
again that's the creator.
00:28:31.81\00:28:33.48
Amen.
00:28:33.51\00:28:35.48
I come back to Genesis,
00:28:35.51\00:28:37.11
and I am seeing the
very beginning of it all,
00:28:37.15\00:28:39.35
I am looking at chapter 2,
00:28:39.38\00:28:41.22
I am looking at verses
1 through 3 and he says,
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.95
that in that
beginning, in that first week,
00:28:43.99\00:28:46.49
ladies and gentlemen,
thus the heaven and earth
00:28:46.52\00:28:48.69
were finishing
all the host of them.
00:28:48.72\00:28:52.19
And He that
Creator, the one who says us,
00:28:52.23\00:28:58.00
for us not to
fear, it's the creator.
00:28:58.03\00:29:04.94
He's is the one
that's coming back for us,
00:29:04.97\00:29:07.88
He's the one
that's going to keep us,
00:29:07.91\00:29:10.15
and He is the one that
is going to fight for us.
00:29:10.18\00:29:12.38
It says "When thou
passest through the waters,
00:29:12.41\00:29:15.05
I will be with thee,
and through the rivers,
00:29:15.08\00:29:17.29
they shall not overflow thee,
00:29:17.32\00:29:18.85
when thou
walkest through the fire,
00:29:18.89\00:29:20.69
thou shalt not be burned,
00:29:20.72\00:29:22.22
neither shall the
flame kindle upon thee.
00:29:22.26\00:29:24.93
For I the Lord thy God,
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.43
the Holy One of
Israel, thy Savior.
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.66
I gave Egypt for thy ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
00:29:28.70\00:29:33.03
Since thou wast
precious in my sight,
00:29:33.07\00:29:35.24
thou hast been
honorable, I have loved thee.
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.67
Therefore I will
give men for thee,
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.94
and people for thy life.
00:29:39.97\00:29:41.88
Fear not: for I am with thee,
00:29:41.91\00:29:44.45
I will bring thy
seed from the east,
00:29:44.48\00:29:46.72
and gather thee from the west.
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.25
I will say to the
north, Give up, to the south,
00:29:48.28\00:29:50.69
Keep not back,
bring my sons from far,
00:29:50.72\00:29:53.29
and bring my daughters
from the ends of the earth,
00:29:53.32\00:29:55.36
even every one that
is called by my name,
00:29:55.39\00:29:57.96
for I have
created him for my glory,
00:29:57.99\00:30:00.50
I have formed him,
yea, I have made him."
00:30:00.53\00:30:04.13
Amen.
00:30:04.17\00:30:06.23
Folks, you have
to know who you are.
00:30:06.27\00:30:08.64
Amen.
00:30:08.67\00:30:10.01
We're children
of the King. Amen.
00:30:10.04\00:30:12.54
Oh, yes, we might
not always act like it.
00:30:12.57\00:30:15.68
We might not
always speak like it,
00:30:15.71\00:30:18.58
we might not
always worship like it,
00:30:18.61\00:30:21.32
but we're still
children of the King.
00:30:21.35\00:30:23.69
Amen.
00:30:23.72\00:30:25.05
And He loves us
with an everlasting love
00:30:25.09\00:30:26.92
and He wants us to
understand who we are,
00:30:26.96\00:30:29.72
He wants us,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.66
to have within us a
humility that lets us know
00:30:31.69\00:30:36.46
that even though
we are special people,
00:30:36.50\00:30:39.37
we realize that
we are not special
00:30:39.40\00:30:41.57
because of our own attributes,
00:30:41.60\00:30:43.71
but because of the
love of Jesus Christ.
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.78
You need to understand,
like he says in 1 Peter 2:9,
00:30:46.81\00:30:50.61
that we are a chosen generation,
00:30:50.65\00:30:52.95
you need to understand
that you are a royal priesthood,
00:30:52.98\00:30:56.58
you have to understand
00:30:56.62\00:30:57.95
that you are a holy
nation to procure your people.
00:30:57.99\00:31:00.39
We must know that
we must show forth,
00:31:00.42\00:31:02.66
the praises of him,
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.03
who has called
us out of darkness
00:31:04.06\00:31:05.76
into his marvelous light.
00:31:05.79\00:31:07.33
But, folks, more than
that, we must understand
00:31:07.36\00:31:10.40
that the brothers and sisters
around us are been called
00:31:10.43\00:31:14.40
by that same special calling.
00:31:14.44\00:31:17.17
Amen.
00:31:17.21\00:31:18.87
And that means
we must treat them
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.94
with respect and love.
00:31:20.98\00:31:22.74
Amen.
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
By this shall all men
know you're my disciples,
00:31:24.15\00:31:28.32
if we have
loved one for another,
00:31:28.35\00:31:31.95
we're not in
competition with each other,
00:31:31.99\00:31:35.42
we're not in
competition with each other,
00:31:35.46\00:31:39.03
we're not to
fight with each other,
00:31:39.06\00:31:42.26
we're not to have animosity
and no speaking to each other.
00:31:42.30\00:31:47.44
Even as I stand here,
there are some churches,
00:31:47.47\00:31:49.84
there are some people
00:31:49.87\00:31:51.21
that as you
celebrate it on the Sabbath,
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.54
there are some people you
really didn't want to see.
00:31:53.58\00:31:57.98
And there were some folks
you would say happy Sabbath too
00:31:58.01\00:32:00.95
only because you came
face to face with them,
00:32:00.98\00:32:04.39
and that's the only conversation
00:32:04.42\00:32:06.02
you could have.
00:32:06.05\00:32:07.86
But, folks, that has to change,
our hearts have to change,
00:32:07.89\00:32:11.86
if we can't love
our brother, my friends,
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.80
the Bible declares
we can't love our God,
00:32:14.83\00:32:17.37
because He says,
00:32:17.40\00:32:18.73
if you can't love the
people who you'll see,
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.87
how can you love
somebody you can't see?
00:32:20.90\00:32:23.10
Amen.
00:32:23.14\00:32:25.34
And if there were
more love in our churches,
00:32:25.37\00:32:28.61
where there is one
convert, ladies and gentlemen,
00:32:28.64\00:32:31.08
it tells us that
there would be 100,
00:32:31.11\00:32:36.58
and when we get to that point
00:32:36.62\00:32:38.25
in our lives
and in our ministry,
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.06
and in our churches,
00:32:40.09\00:32:41.82
we will see the people
on the outside flocking in
00:32:41.86\00:32:46.13
to be among those people,
who may not seen the best,
00:32:46.16\00:32:49.73
who may not have
the prettiest churches,
00:32:49.76\00:32:52.00
but they will
have a bond with heaven
00:32:52.03\00:32:54.24
that will be detected,
00:32:54.27\00:32:56.27
and by beholding
we will become change,
00:32:56.30\00:32:59.07
and they will wanna
be among those people
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.24
who are not only
right doctrinally,
00:33:01.28\00:33:04.11
and by the Word of God,
00:33:04.15\00:33:05.58
but it has
transformed their very character
00:33:05.61\00:33:09.55
into loving, caring people.
00:33:09.58\00:33:12.49
Amen.
00:33:12.52\00:33:15.72
There's gonna come a
day, there's gonna come a day,
00:33:15.76\00:33:21.03
when we're ready,
there's gonna come a day,
00:33:21.06\00:33:25.97
when the bride is ready
00:33:26.00\00:33:27.84
which means the church is ready.
00:33:27.87\00:33:30.84
I read it in the Book of
Revelation, Revelation 19,
00:33:30.87\00:33:37.61
I'm reading verse 6,
00:33:37.65\00:33:40.72
"And I heard as it were
the voice of a great multitude,
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.08
and the voice of many waters,
00:33:43.12\00:33:44.45
and as the voice
of mighty thunder
00:33:44.49\00:33:45.92
saying hallelujah,
00:33:45.95\00:33:47.29
for the Lord God
omnipotent reigning.
00:33:47.32\00:33:50.03
Let us be glad and
rejoice and give honor to Him,
00:33:50.06\00:33:54.53
for the marriage
of the land is come,
00:33:54.56\00:33:57.53
and his wife had
made herself ready...
00:33:57.57\00:34:01.54
Amen.
00:34:01.57\00:34:02.90
And to her was granted,
00:34:02.94\00:34:04.27
that she should be arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white,
00:34:04.31\00:34:07.44
for the fine linen
is the righteousness
00:34:07.48\00:34:09.44
of the saints,
and "He said unto me,
00:34:09.48\00:34:11.01
write: blessed are
they which are call
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.28
unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb,
00:34:13.31\00:34:15.22
and he said unto to me,
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.58
these are the
true sayings of God."
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.05
Ladies and gentlemen,
the time is going to come
00:34:19.09\00:34:20.96
and it's the time
that's in the near future
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.89
when everyone
who is gonna be saved
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.43
has made up
their mind to be saved.
00:34:26.46\00:34:28.86
Amen.
00:34:28.90\00:34:30.53
And God's gonna seal us
00:34:30.57\00:34:32.77
by the power of His Holy Spirit,
00:34:32.80\00:34:35.04
that's why he
says in Ephesians 4:30,
00:34:35.07\00:34:37.64
"Grieve not the Holy Spirit,
00:34:37.67\00:34:40.31
whereby we are sealed
unto the day of redemption."
00:34:40.34\00:34:43.81
In other words, we have to
give our hearts to the Lord,
00:34:43.85\00:34:46.48
don't fight against
Him, don't pull against Him,
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.38
follow the warnings,
understand the reproves,
00:34:49.42\00:34:53.02
do what we need to do,
00:34:53.05\00:34:54.69
that our souls will be free
from guilt and sin and shame.
00:34:54.72\00:34:58.43
And it says the day will come,
00:34:58.46\00:35:00.10
when we have all done
what we are going to do,
00:35:00.13\00:35:03.30
and that will be the
day when the Lord says,
00:35:03.33\00:35:05.50
that's it.
00:35:05.53\00:35:06.87
Yes. Amen.
00:35:06.90\00:35:10.27
And those things that
used to take you at will,
00:35:10.31\00:35:14.08
won't bother you anymore.
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.75
But folks I have to say this
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.15
and I don't want
you to be nervous,
00:35:18.18\00:35:19.51
but I have to say this,
00:35:19.55\00:35:21.02
we need to get busy
doing what we need to do
00:35:21.05\00:35:24.19
for ourselves personally,
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.55
because the devil is moving now
00:35:25.59\00:35:27.89
for he knows he
has a short time,
00:35:27.92\00:35:29.69
and he's about to
spill his two full punch,
00:35:29.72\00:35:33.19
his last grand
deception on the world.
00:35:33.23\00:35:37.87
The first point
00:35:37.90\00:35:39.23
of his two full
deception that he has,
00:35:39.27\00:35:43.10
it's the sacredness of Sunday,
the sacredness of Sunday,
00:35:43.14\00:35:48.44
and there is no
white, nice way to say it.
00:35:48.48\00:35:51.61
I just have to
say it the way it is.
00:35:51.65\00:35:54.22
We set this whole
battle, this whole controversy,
00:35:54.25\00:35:56.89
it's about worship.
00:35:56.92\00:35:58.95
And we saw that the
seal of the living God
00:35:58.99\00:36:01.42
is the fourth commandment,
in the heart of the Lord.
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.46
Isaiah 16, Isaiah 8:16 tells us,
00:36:04.49\00:36:08.40
bind up the testimony,
00:36:08.43\00:36:10.07
seal the law among my disciples.
00:36:10.10\00:36:13.10
And when you look at the
law of God, Exodus 20:3-17,
00:36:13.13\00:36:18.57
the heart of the Lord
is the fourth commandment.
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.58
It lets us see His name,
it lets us see His title,
00:36:21.61\00:36:24.78
it shows us His territory.
00:36:24.81\00:36:27.12
If you remove the
fourth commandment
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.12
from the law of God,
00:36:29.15\00:36:30.62
the only portion of scripture
written by Him, Himself,
00:36:30.65\00:36:33.62
by Jesus Himself, Exodus 31:18,
00:36:33.66\00:36:37.23
if that is removed from the law,
00:36:37.26\00:36:39.29
you don't know whose law it is.
00:36:39.33\00:36:42.46
But when you place it in there,
it lets us know that He is God,
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.97
and lets us know
that He is the Creator,
00:36:46.00\00:36:48.10
and lets us know His territory,
the heaven, the earth,
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.67
the sea and the
fountains of waters.
00:36:50.71\00:36:53.24
And when we look at
that, and we see that,
00:36:53.27\00:36:55.08
ladies and gentlemen,
00:36:55.11\00:36:56.44
and we know that the law
of God could not be changed,
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.38
it's impossible for
His law to be changed,
00:36:59.41\00:37:03.59
for law, ladies and gentlemen,
00:37:03.62\00:37:05.29
the law of God
defines what sin is.
00:37:05.32\00:37:08.76
Sin is the
transgression of the law.
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.49
The penalty of sin is death.
00:37:11.53\00:37:13.19
Roman 6:23,
00:37:13.23\00:37:14.70
"For the wages of sin is death."
00:37:14.73\00:37:16.77
But thanks be to God,
00:37:16.80\00:37:18.13
that grace came
through Jesus Christ.
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.04
Amen.
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.40
We look at the law of God,
when Jesus was here Himself
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.47
and if He had to
leave a statement about it,
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.94
He would have told us
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.31
that the law was
going to be changed.
00:37:28.34\00:37:29.78
And He would institute
a new day, but, friends,
00:37:29.81\00:37:32.21
when we look at
Matthew 5:17 it says,
00:37:32.25\00:37:35.98
"Think not that I am
come to destroy the law,
00:37:36.02\00:37:38.65
or the prophets, I
come not to destroy,
00:37:38.69\00:37:41.79
but to fulfil."
00:37:41.82\00:37:43.32
For verily I say unto you,
till heaven and earth pass,
00:37:43.36\00:37:47.06
one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law,
00:37:47.10\00:37:51.83
till all be fulfilled."
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.14
Amen.
00:37:54.17\00:37:56.00
So it can't change.
00:37:56.04\00:37:58.57
And when we see this Sabbath
00:37:58.61\00:38:01.94
that comes from man's invention,
00:38:01.98\00:38:05.08
when we see this Sabbath,
00:38:05.11\00:38:07.65
that was instituted
after, ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:07.68\00:38:10.62
after men had taken
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.99
so many different
parts of the Bible
00:38:14.02\00:38:16.39
and added so many things to it.
00:38:16.42\00:38:18.16
When we see this
law that comes with the,
00:38:18.19\00:38:21.23
a very authority
of the papal power,
00:38:21.26\00:38:24.87
the beast power
of Revelation 13,
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.40
not talking about people,
but talking about a system.
00:38:27.44\00:38:30.31
When we see
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.67
that the first
Roman emperor Constantine,
00:38:31.71\00:38:35.34
trying to bring
together his hedonistic rights
00:38:35.38\00:38:38.05
and bringing together
the compromising individuals
00:38:38.08\00:38:40.62
in the church,
00:38:40.65\00:38:41.98
and changing the day
of his own evolution,
00:38:42.02\00:38:44.22
changing it,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:44.25\00:38:45.79
even though it was predicted
in the Bible where Daniel 7:25,
00:38:45.82\00:38:50.03
changing on the outside
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.73
and causing men to worship
on the first day of the week,
00:38:51.76\00:38:55.90
we see that that is directly
in opposition to God's will.
00:38:55.93\00:39:01.20
Amen. Yes.
00:39:01.24\00:39:04.41
And people today
Christians after we have years,
00:39:04.44\00:39:08.68
ladies and
gentlemen, years of persecution,
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.21
after we have over
70 million Christians,
00:39:11.25\00:39:14.45
who said by the
Bible and the Bible only,
00:39:14.48\00:39:17.05
give up there lives
00:39:17.09\00:39:18.42
because they stood up
against the tyranny of Rome,
00:39:18.45\00:39:20.96
because they stood up
against things that were false
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.46
and that were not true
according to the Word of God.
00:39:23.49\00:39:26.19
These individuals,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:26.23\00:39:28.30
have stood firm
and gave their lives
00:39:28.33\00:39:30.80
and then we have
the nerve in our day
00:39:30.83\00:39:33.00
and our time to
say it doesn't matter.
00:39:33.03\00:39:35.64
That's an insult to those
who laid down their lives.
00:39:39.04\00:39:42.48
Yes.
00:39:42.51\00:39:43.85
That's an insult to those
who gave up their children,
00:39:43.88\00:39:46.61
that's the insult of
those who gave up their homes
00:39:46.65\00:39:49.18
and lived in a catacombs
and lived in the mountains
00:39:49.22\00:39:51.89
and did whatever they had to do.
00:39:51.92\00:39:53.86
So they can worship
God with a free spirit.
00:39:53.89\00:39:57.03
You see, ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.46
it was not the
comforts of this world
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.90
that they desired.
00:40:00.93\00:40:02.26
Their minds were made
up and they said that,
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.20
"Heaven is our home,
00:40:05.23\00:40:06.74
we're just pilgrims
passing through here."
00:40:06.77\00:40:09.54
And if they had to
live in the wilderness,
00:40:09.57\00:40:11.57
if they had to
live in the desert,
00:40:11.61\00:40:13.68
if they had to
live in the underground,
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.48
if they had to
live in the catacombs,
00:40:15.51\00:40:17.35
if they had to face the lions,
if they had to face the state,
00:40:17.38\00:40:20.95
if they had to
face the chopping block,
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.18
they would do it
for the goodness of God.
00:40:23.22\00:40:25.99
Amen.
00:40:26.02\00:40:28.09
And we have the nerve
to say, it doesn't matter.
00:40:28.12\00:40:32.49
People say you
can worship any day.
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.43
No.
00:40:38.47\00:40:39.80
Well, we have
to worship any day,
00:40:39.83\00:40:42.67
but everyday is
not the Sabbath day.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.91
Amen.
00:40:44.94\00:40:46.27
When I read that commandment
and we've talked about it,
00:40:46.31\00:40:48.41
and we saw it
there, in Exodus 20,
00:40:48.44\00:40:50.48
ladies and gentlemen, 8-11,
00:40:50.51\00:40:52.61
it says plainly
and clearly to us,
00:40:52.65\00:40:54.75
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:40:54.78\00:40:57.09
Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work,
00:40:57.12\00:41:00.06
but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:41:00.09\00:41:01.42
of the Lord thy God:
00:41:01.46\00:41:02.79
in it thou
shalt not do any work,
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.26
thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
00:41:04.29\00:41:05.73
nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.40
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
00:41:07.43\00:41:08.76
that is within thy gates:
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.13
for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
00:41:10.17\00:41:12.23
the sea and all that is in them,
00:41:12.27\00:41:13.87
and rested the seventh day,
00:41:13.90\00:41:15.24
wherefore the Lord blessed
00:41:15.27\00:41:16.60
the Sabbath day,
and hallowed it."
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.84
Amen.
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.48
When I look at
the very first Sabbath
00:41:20.51\00:41:22.61
in Genesis 2,
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.78
it says in verse 1,
00:41:24.81\00:41:26.15
"Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished,
00:41:26.18\00:41:27.52
and all the host of them.
00:41:27.55\00:41:28.88
And on the seventh
day God ended his work
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.65
which he had made,
00:41:30.69\00:41:32.02
and he rested on the seventh day
00:41:32.05\00:41:33.39
from all his work
which he had made.
00:41:33.42\00:41:34.76
And God blessed the seventh day,
00:41:34.79\00:41:36.83
and sanctified it."
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.26
Folks, all the other
days He said they were good,
00:41:38.29\00:41:40.80
but when it came
down to that seventh day,
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.90
He blessed it, He sanctified it.
00:41:42.93\00:41:45.50
Sanctified means to set it aside
00:41:45.53\00:41:47.60
for holy purpose.
00:41:47.64\00:41:49.00
Amen.
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.37
So I don't care
how holy you keep
00:41:50.41\00:41:52.91
all of those other days,
00:41:52.94\00:41:54.58
we have to live holy every day.
00:41:54.61\00:41:56.34
Jesus says, "I'm holy,
then you need to be holy."
00:41:56.38\00:41:59.71
But He is saying
to you and I today,
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.75
ladies and gentlemen,
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.12
that the Sabbath
day is the seventh day,
00:42:03.15\00:42:05.89
He blessed that day,
He sanctified that day.
00:42:05.92\00:42:09.29
It was there in
the world before sin,
00:42:09.32\00:42:11.99
it will be in
the world made new.
00:42:12.03\00:42:13.86
Isaiah 66:23, and
we have to keep it now
00:42:13.90\00:42:18.20
as we show our loyalty
and our allegiance to Him,
00:42:18.23\00:42:22.80
when man's Sabbath is placed
up in opposition to the God,
00:42:22.84\00:42:27.08
and we have to
choose whom we will serve.
00:42:27.11\00:42:30.41
Amen.
00:42:30.45\00:42:33.48
I read it in my Bible and I see
that it does make a difference,
00:42:33.52\00:42:37.35
that God has set it
aside as a special day.
00:42:37.39\00:42:40.56
It says, He blessed it,
it says, He sanctified it.
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.93
Folks, you continue
to read in your Bibles,
00:42:43.96\00:42:46.06
turn with me to
Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58
00:42:46.09\00:42:49.70
and we see something
else about God's Sabbath.
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.30
It tells us
that if we, verse 13,
00:42:52.33\00:42:55.50
"If thou turn away
thy foot from the Sabbath,
00:42:55.54\00:42:58.21
from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day,
00:42:58.24\00:43:00.78
and call the Sabbath a
delight, the holy of the Lord,
00:43:00.81\00:43:04.01
honorable, and shall honor
him, not doing thy own ways,
00:43:04.05\00:43:08.08
nor finding thy own pleasure,
nor speaking thy own words,
00:43:08.12\00:43:11.89
then he says,
then shall thy delight
00:43:11.92\00:43:14.32
thy self in the Lord
00:43:14.36\00:43:15.69
and I will cause thee to ride
00:43:15.72\00:43:17.26
upon the high
places of the earth
00:43:17.29\00:43:19.16
and feed thee with
the heritage of Jacob,
00:43:19.19\00:43:21.10
thy father, for the mouth
of the Lord has spoken it."
00:43:21.13\00:43:24.90
Amen.
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.10
There's blessings in obedience.
00:43:27.14\00:43:30.81
Amen.
00:43:30.84\00:43:32.17
I turned in my
Bible to Psalms 19.
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.31
Turn with me to Psalms 19,
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.18
and I read these words
talking about God's law,
00:43:36.21\00:43:39.01
beginning with verse 7, he says,
00:43:39.05\00:43:40.68
"The law of the Lord is perfect,
00:43:40.72\00:43:42.05
converting the soul,
00:43:42.08\00:43:43.42
the testimony of
the Lord is sure,
00:43:43.45\00:43:44.79
making wise the simple.
00:43:44.82\00:43:46.15
The statutes of the Lord
are right, rejoicing the heart,
00:43:46.19\00:43:48.99
the commandment of the Lord
is pure, enlightening the eyes.
00:43:49.02\00:43:51.79
The fear of the Lord is
clean, enduring for ever,
00:43:51.83\00:43:54.26
the judgments of
the Lord are true
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.93
and righteous altogether.
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.50
More to be desired
are they than gold, yea,
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.04
than much fine gold,
sweeter also than honey
00:44:00.07\00:44:03.04
and the honeycomb.
00:44:03.07\00:44:04.41
Moreover by them
is thy servant warned,
00:44:04.44\00:44:07.41
and in keeping of them
there is great reward."
00:44:07.44\00:44:10.21
Friends, Revelation 22:14 says,
00:44:10.25\00:44:14.85
"Blessed are they
that do his commandments,
00:44:14.88\00:44:18.19
that they may have a
right to the tree of life,
00:44:18.22\00:44:20.49
and enter in through
the gates of the city."
00:44:20.52\00:44:22.62
Amen.
00:44:22.66\00:44:25.96
Don't get caught up in the hype.
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.46
Yes.
00:44:28.50\00:44:30.07
People are saying
that it doesn't matter,
00:44:30.10\00:44:32.30
it does matter.
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.67
God said it, that settles it.
00:44:33.70\00:44:35.80
Amen.
00:44:35.84\00:44:38.41
If it didn't matter,
00:44:38.44\00:44:39.81
Jesus wouldn't
have gone to the cross.
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.14
Amen.
00:44:42.18\00:44:44.85
And He went willingly,
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.68
for the joy that
was set before Him.
00:44:46.72\00:44:49.92
What is that joy?
00:44:49.95\00:44:51.29
The joy of seeing you and I,
obedient brothers and sisters,
00:44:51.32\00:44:55.42
obedient children,
obedient individuals
00:44:55.46\00:44:59.03
who accepted His word,
00:44:59.06\00:45:00.70
and in the light of all
that the world is doing,
00:45:00.73\00:45:04.10
we say, we will
follow God and God alone.
00:45:04.13\00:45:07.54
Amen.
00:45:07.57\00:45:08.90
And that's the joy in
His heart that gave Him
00:45:08.94\00:45:11.71
the ability to endure
the shame of the cross.
00:45:11.74\00:45:16.75
The sanctity of
Sunday is one, and, folks,
00:45:16.78\00:45:20.78
you look around
and you keep watching,
00:45:20.82\00:45:22.28
you keep watching even
now, they are talking about,
00:45:22.32\00:45:24.69
we need to get back to
God, we need to get back to God,
00:45:24.72\00:45:27.76
and that is true.
00:45:27.79\00:45:29.12
But not the way man
is talking about it,
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.23
where it is legislated.
00:45:31.26\00:45:33.83
You cannot force the conscience,
00:45:33.86\00:45:35.93
God doesn't
force the conscience.
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.53
If you want to go to
hell, He'll let you go.
00:45:38.57\00:45:41.47
But He is trying to save you,
00:45:41.50\00:45:43.81
but mankind it's
going to come to the point,
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.11
where they force the conscience,
00:45:46.14\00:45:47.91
they're gonna close
the stores on Sunday,
00:45:47.94\00:45:50.28
they're gonna close the malls,
00:45:50.31\00:45:51.98
they're gonna try to
eliminate the spawning events,
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.52
you hear it, you see it.
00:45:54.55\00:45:55.88
They're gonna
say it's for America,
00:45:55.92\00:45:57.49
bringing America together.
00:45:57.52\00:45:58.85
And it's gonna spread.
00:45:58.89\00:46:00.22
Folks, don't you know in Europe,
00:46:00.26\00:46:01.59
there is some
places now where on Sundays
00:46:01.62\00:46:03.56
things are closed down.
00:46:03.59\00:46:07.30
It's coming.
00:46:07.33\00:46:08.66
Yes.
00:46:08.70\00:46:10.03
It will be
reinforced by the second part
00:46:10.07\00:46:12.03
of the devil's trip.
00:46:12.07\00:46:13.94
The second part
of the devil's trip
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.50
is one that we can
set it really quick,
00:46:15.54\00:46:18.14
and that is the
immortality of the soul.
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.98
When he says the
dead are not dead.
00:46:21.01\00:46:23.58
You see, when
you buy into the fact
00:46:23.61\00:46:25.78
that the dead are not dead,
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.15
then somebody from
the dead can come back
00:46:27.18\00:46:28.52
and tell you anything.
00:46:28.55\00:46:31.89
They'll come back
and tell you anything.
00:46:31.92\00:46:33.82
And yes, the fact
that they are coming back
00:46:33.86\00:46:35.69
from the dead,
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.06
it give some creams,
if you don't know better.
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.30
But when I read my
Bible, ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:40.33\00:46:42.43
and, folks, we have
to become Bible students
00:46:42.46\00:46:44.57
to be able to
stand in these last days.
00:46:44.60\00:46:46.50
You have to have not
only a knowledge of it,
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.90
but you have to know
what you're reading is real.
00:46:48.94\00:46:51.01
You have to know what
you're reading is true.
00:46:51.04\00:46:53.07
You have to know
that God gave it to us
00:46:53.11\00:46:55.21
as a guideline to protect us.
00:46:55.24\00:46:57.21
It tells us in Ecclesiastes 9:5,
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.78
"For the living
know that they shall die,
00:46:59.81\00:47:01.55
but the dead know not any thing,
00:47:01.58\00:47:03.39
neither have they
any more a reward,
00:47:03.42\00:47:04.95
for the memory of
them is forgotten.
00:47:04.99\00:47:06.76
Also their love,
and their hatred,
00:47:06.79\00:47:08.32
and their envy, is now perished,
00:47:08.36\00:47:09.69
neither have they
any more a portion
00:47:09.72\00:47:11.13
for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun."
00:47:11.16\00:47:13.40
They can't come back.
00:47:13.43\00:47:14.96
Amen.
00:47:15.00\00:47:16.46
They can't, they're dead.
00:47:16.50\00:47:19.33
Jesus said, they're sleeping.
00:47:19.37\00:47:21.37
Yes, sir.
00:47:21.40\00:47:22.74
When the Lord, comes he
says He will come with a shout,
00:47:22.77\00:47:24.71
and the voice of the archangel,
00:47:24.74\00:47:26.27
and the dead in
Christ shall rise,
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.18
1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17.
00:47:28.21\00:47:33.55
And when we are
aware who are alive,
00:47:33.58\00:47:36.25
shall be caught up
and meet them in the air,
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.02
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:47:38.05\00:47:40.62
When we look at Romans,
when we look at Revelation 20
00:47:40.66\00:47:44.29
and we read verse 1 through 5,
00:47:44.33\00:47:46.19
we see that there will
be a second resurrection,
00:47:46.23\00:47:49.23
a resurrection of the wicked,
00:47:49.26\00:47:50.97
who will come up at the
end of the thousand years.
00:47:51.00\00:47:53.44
And they will
receive their just reward,
00:47:53.47\00:47:55.80
but they are dead,
they are not alive,
00:47:55.84\00:47:58.91
they are unconscious in
that thing called sleep.
00:47:58.94\00:48:02.01
Amen.
00:48:02.04\00:48:03.98
Satan knows,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:48:04.01\00:48:05.78
that if he can come to
us in his super natural way
00:48:05.81\00:48:08.65
with super natural power,
and pretend to be loved ones,
00:48:08.68\00:48:11.45
if he can come back and
pretend to be the saints,
00:48:11.49\00:48:14.06
if he can come back
and pretend to be Mary.
00:48:14.09\00:48:19.66
Do you know, in
the last 100 years
00:48:19.69\00:48:21.80
there have been over
800 sightings of Mary?
00:48:21.83\00:48:28.07
And people look
at these sightings
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.77
as something holy
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.14
and, folks, I'm not
here knocking anyone's faith,
00:48:31.17\00:48:33.24
but I'm just letting you know,
00:48:33.27\00:48:34.61
you have to know
that the Bible tells us
00:48:34.64\00:48:36.21
that the dead are dead.
00:48:36.24\00:48:37.58
It doesn't tell us
anywhere in this book
00:48:37.61\00:48:39.55
that Mary has been
promoted to anything more
00:48:39.58\00:48:42.65
than being that blessed
virgin mother of Christ.
00:48:42.68\00:48:45.75
She is not there to
intercede to the father for you.
00:48:45.79\00:48:49.76
That's Jesus' job.
00:48:49.79\00:48:51.56
Amen.
00:48:51.59\00:48:55.43
But when we don't know,
and we see these miracles,
00:48:55.46\00:49:00.64
and Jesus warned
us in Matthew 24:24,
00:49:00.67\00:49:03.87
they're gonna be
miracles and wonders,
00:49:03.91\00:49:06.31
and people who are
gonna come in his name,
00:49:06.34\00:49:08.64
and folks are gonna be confused,
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.15
because they
don't know the Bible.
00:49:10.18\00:49:12.15
Yes.
00:49:12.18\00:49:13.72
And when the
devil himself shall come
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.95
and prepare the way
as if he is the Christ.
00:49:15.98\00:49:21.89
With his melodious
voice, with his beautiful vision
00:49:21.92\00:49:26.39
and vestige, and
when people see him,
00:49:26.43\00:49:29.00
and he says the things he
says with his musical voice,
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.83
they will listen to him.
00:49:31.87\00:49:33.20
But, ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:33.23\00:49:34.57
you have to know
when the Lord comes,
00:49:34.60\00:49:35.94
that he is not gonna
land on planet earth.
00:49:35.97\00:49:37.97
He's gonna be in the air,
and every eye shall see Him.
00:49:38.01\00:49:40.88
He won't be in isolated places,
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.88
He will not be doing
00:49:42.91\00:49:44.25
miracles here
and miracles there,
00:49:44.28\00:49:45.61
He will not contradict His word,
00:49:45.65\00:49:47.52
because that word is Him.
00:49:47.55\00:49:49.55
Amen.
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.95
My Bible tells us,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:51.99\00:49:53.96
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
00:49:53.99\00:49:57.33
that the devil himself
00:49:57.36\00:49:58.76
will take on the
garb of an angel of light
00:49:58.79\00:50:03.93
and people will flock to him,
00:50:03.97\00:50:09.24
and believe him
for the very miracles
00:50:09.27\00:50:13.48
that he will do in their sight,
00:50:13.51\00:50:16.48
according to Revelation 13:13.
00:50:16.51\00:50:20.35
Oh, my friends,
00:50:20.38\00:50:22.48
this is the
devil's last deception,
00:50:22.52\00:50:24.72
this is the
devil's last delusion,
00:50:24.75\00:50:28.92
and we have to
be prepared for it.
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.13
Amen.
00:50:31.16\00:50:32.49
We can only be prepared
00:50:32.53\00:50:35.26
if we allow the
power of the Bible,
00:50:35.30\00:50:39.97
and the power of the Holy Spirit
00:50:40.00\00:50:43.20
to be number one in our lives.
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.44
Yes. Amen.
00:50:45.47\00:50:46.88
We have to have a faith to know,
00:50:46.91\00:50:49.08
that what God
says, what He says,
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.65
He means what He says, and
He's gonna do what He says.
00:50:51.68\00:50:55.68
We have to have a desire
to study the Word of God.
00:50:55.72\00:50:58.59
And not for
00:50:58.62\00:50:59.95
a scholastic
understanding of it,
00:50:59.99\00:51:03.09
but we must approach
the Bible with a humility,
00:51:03.12\00:51:07.30
with a prayerful spirit,
and ask His Spirit to fill us
00:51:07.33\00:51:13.13
and give us
understanding and discernment.
00:51:13.17\00:51:16.54
So we must be able to stand.
00:51:16.57\00:51:19.47
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:51:19.51\00:51:20.84
you're gonna have to
stand on your own faith,
00:51:20.88\00:51:23.24
listen to me.
00:51:23.28\00:51:24.85
Not what mama did,
and what daddy did,
00:51:24.88\00:51:27.18
and grandma did,
00:51:27.22\00:51:28.55
you're gonna have to
stand on your own relationship
00:51:28.58\00:51:31.22
with Christ.
00:51:31.25\00:51:33.15
And, friends, too many of us
are, are spiritually retarded.
00:51:33.19\00:51:38.26
That's right.
00:51:38.29\00:51:39.63
Because we don't do and
study the way we should,
00:51:39.66\00:51:42.56
but, folks, in this
day that we are living in,
00:51:42.60\00:51:45.20
it's time to get right with God,
00:51:45.23\00:51:46.84
it's time to
study the Word of God,
00:51:46.87\00:51:48.50
it's time to let go the
things that are holding us back.
00:51:48.54\00:51:51.74
Amen.
00:51:51.77\00:51:53.11
It's time to get
strong for the battle
00:51:53.14\00:51:56.44
that is just ahead of us today.
00:51:56.48\00:52:00.02
Oh, my friends, I
come back to Revelation 3,
00:52:00.05\00:52:05.15
"Because thou hast kept
the word of my patience,
00:52:05.19\00:52:07.59
I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation,
00:52:07.62\00:52:10.39
which shall come
upon all the world."
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.39
Folks, that's gonna
be the last day test.
00:52:12.43\00:52:15.96
The Sabbath is gonna
be the last day test.
00:52:16.00\00:52:19.07
There has always
been a test somewhere.
00:52:19.10\00:52:22.17
In the Garden of Eden,
00:52:22.20\00:52:23.61
it was a tree to
obey or not to obey.
00:52:23.64\00:52:28.34
In that little place
where Cain and Abel where,
00:52:28.38\00:52:31.61
to obey or not to obey.
00:52:31.65\00:52:34.95
The children of Israel put
the blood on the door post,
00:52:34.98\00:52:39.22
to obey or not to obey.
00:52:39.25\00:52:42.16
Jesus Christ
coming to the priests,
00:52:42.19\00:52:44.19
and the scribes,
and the Sadducees
00:52:44.23\00:52:46.39
to believe He is
what He said He is,
00:52:46.43\00:52:48.56
and what the Bible says He
is, the test was given to them.
00:52:48.60\00:52:53.34
And to the church
that say we love Him.
00:52:53.37\00:52:55.70
The test is not
only to keep Jesus,
00:52:55.74\00:52:59.51
but to keep His law,
00:52:59.54\00:53:02.38
and obey His Sabbath.
00:53:02.41\00:53:05.21
And we must go all
the way with Jesus,
00:53:05.25\00:53:07.85
you can't just come so much.
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.78
If you didn't know, it
would have been different,
00:53:09.82\00:53:12.62
in our ignorance he
would have winked at us.
00:53:12.65\00:53:15.42
But now you know,
00:53:15.46\00:53:17.43
'cause we told you
every single night,
00:53:17.46\00:53:20.96
we've told you
from the Word of God,
00:53:21.00\00:53:23.06
not my words but His words.
00:53:23.10\00:53:26.03
And as we embrace His word,
00:53:26.07\00:53:29.60
and He will
fortify us with His Spirit,
00:53:29.64\00:53:33.07
we will be ready
to face that test.
00:53:33.11\00:53:38.68
Friends, I don't know about you,
00:53:38.71\00:53:41.72
but I want to be
able to stand and say,
00:53:41.75\00:53:44.82
"Lo, this is my God,
and I have waited for Him
00:53:44.85\00:53:49.92
and He will save us."
00:53:49.96\00:53:53.83
And when we find ourselves
being caught up in the clouds,
00:53:53.86\00:53:57.67
going up with Jesus,
00:53:57.70\00:54:00.34
we will be able
to stand side by side
00:54:00.37\00:54:04.04
through
eternity with the master.
00:54:04.07\00:54:07.28
Amen.
00:54:07.31\00:54:08.68
Side by side we stand
00:54:12.18\00:54:18.55
Waiting God's command
00:54:18.59\00:54:24.69
Worshiping the saving
00:54:24.73\00:54:30.37
King...
00:54:30.40\00:54:35.74
Living by His grace
00:54:35.77\00:54:41.54
And moving out in faith
00:54:41.58\00:54:47.78
Jesus himself
00:54:47.82\00:54:51.99
Will see us through
00:54:52.02\00:54:57.56
Why don't you meet me
00:54:57.59\00:55:01.26
Oh, in heaven
00:55:01.30\00:55:04.33
We'll join hands together
00:55:04.37\00:55:10.81
Meet me at the savior's
00:55:10.84\00:55:16.91
Side
00:55:16.95\00:55:21.28
I'll meet you in heaven
00:55:21.32\00:55:26.86
We'll sing songs together
00:55:26.89\00:55:34.33
Brothers and sisters
00:55:34.36\00:55:38.53
I'll be there
00:55:38.57\00:55:41.80
Friends, are you gonna be there?
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.91
Are you gonna be
in that grand number
00:55:43.94\00:55:46.41
that no man can count.
00:55:46.44\00:55:49.04
Are you gonna be in
that grand congregation
00:55:49.08\00:55:53.82
that Jesus Himself will escort
through the opening in Orion?
00:55:53.85\00:55:59.22
Are you gonna be in that
number that will be filled
00:55:59.25\00:56:01.92
with the light
and joy and rapture?
00:56:01.96\00:56:04.76
When we see the
holy city on the horizon
00:56:04.79\00:56:08.66
and as we get closer
and closer and closer
00:56:08.70\00:56:11.23
and the Father
opens the gates and says,
00:56:11.27\00:56:13.27
"Welcome home, children."
00:56:13.30\00:56:15.57
And we begin to
file in from every gate
00:56:15.60\00:56:18.87
that God has assigned us to.
00:56:18.91\00:56:21.81
Are you gonna be
there, ladies and gentlemen?
00:56:21.84\00:56:23.95
Is it your heart's desire,
can you see yourself there?
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If you can stand
on your feet with me,
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and those of
you who are at home,
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you too stand where
you are, if it's able.
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And remember that our
help cometh from on high,
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our help cometh from our God,
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He loves you with
an everlasting love
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and if you want
to be there with Him,
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He will make sure of it,
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because He died on
Calvary to save us.
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Be thou faithful unto death,
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and He shall give
us a crown to life.
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Amen.
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God bless you and God keep you.
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To contact
Pastor Lawrence Dorsey,
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at Living Word Ministries,
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write to PO Box 9997,
Glendale, California 91226.
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Or go to his website at
livingwordministries.tv.
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You can also
contact him through email
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at livingwordtv@cs.com,
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or call him 626-354-6728.
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