Participants: Lawrence Dorsey
Series Code: UR
Program Code: UR000017
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00:56 Good evening, Ambassador Family.
00:58 Good evening. 01:00 And good evening to our viewers throughout the world. 01:03 It was a little over three weeks ago, 01:06 that we began this journey, 01:08 looking Through the Eyes of John, 01:11 and we have not been disappointed. 01:15 The Spirit of God has blessed us, 01:17 souls have been saved, and God gets the glory. 01:20 Amen. 01:22 You're listening to the subject, 01:25 the theme of the series, Through the Eyes of John, 01:29 with Pastor Lawrence S. Dorsey, Sr. 01:32 who's the speaker evangelist for the Living Word Ministries. 01:36 And I have with me today 01:38 one of our elders in fact, our first elder 01:41 and I'll let him introduce himself tonight. 01:44 My name is John Spence, 01:46 I'm the senior elder 01:48 of the Ambassador Seventh-day Adventist Church, 01:52 which is located in 3245 West Oakland Park, Boulevard 01:57 in the city of Lauderdale Lakes. 02:00 We are located not too far from the airport and from I95. 02:04 And if you want to call us or come to visit with us 02:08 our zip code is 02:10 954-733-0607. 02:17 I'm sorry. 02:20 You know, our zip code is, 02:22 our area code in case is 33311. 02:29 Brethren, today we have a very precious time 02:33 leaning on the promises of God. 02:36 We enjoy ourself here in the house of God, 02:39 and pastor, today we baptized 12 precious souls. 02:43 Amen. 02:44 Actually since we began this series, 02:47 we baptized 32 people. 02:49 Amen. 02:50 Praise God, and if we go back a week before then, 02:54 we have a total of 38 new souls 02:56 that have joined us, God be the glory. 02:58 Amen. 03:00 And, you know, he said in the Book of Revelation 2:7, 03:04 you see, "He that hath ear, to hear let him hear 03:07 what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 03:10 To him that overcometh will I give 03:13 to eat of the tree of life, 03:15 which is in the midst of the paradise of God." 03:19 And we also have in Revelation 22, 03:24 "Behold, I come quickly." 03:26 Blessed is he who reads 03:29 and hears the word of the Book of Revelation. 03:32 And so you've been blessed, 03:34 we have been looking Through the Eyes of John. 03:37 And with every beginning there must be an end, 03:40 and we look forward to seeing 03:42 what God has to do someday, by and by. 03:45 But let us close with the word of prayer 03:47 and I'm gonna ask Elder Spence to close this out in prayer. 03:51 Loving Father, we just want to praise Your name. 03:54 We give thanks for this great opportunity 03:57 that we here at Ambassador Church 03:59 can expound Your words through the world. 04:02 Lord, we pray like those who is watching on internet 04:06 and on the television, 04:08 that they too will also give their hearts today, 04:12 knowing that Your coming is close at hand. 04:15 Father, cleanse us and make us worthy 04:17 to be called Your sons and Your daughters. 04:20 And at this time oh, God, 04:21 we present you evangelist Dorsey 04:23 as he present Your words, may his soul will be blessed 04:27 and Your kingdom will be filled with people. 04:31 Come quickly Lord Jesus, we pray in Your name, amen. 04:35 Amen. 08:30 Amen, praise God. 08:33 How Great Thou Art. 08:36 That was beautiful, Michelle. 08:38 And I won't tell people 08:40 that you're gonna play that song for me, 08:42 and I was gonna sing it, and you just got 08:43 so into the song so I couldn't sing. 08:47 Oh, my we've had a wonderful time here. 08:50 God has truly blessed us with His spirit, 08:54 His mercy and His kindness. 08:57 And, my friends, I believe 08:58 that Lord has done something for us 09:01 that we couldn't do for ourselves. 09:03 And He has brought us together as individuals, 09:08 and we have once again looked at the standard 09:10 and the standard is Christ Jesus. 09:13 And we have received what we needed 09:15 as we look through the Book of Revival, 09:18 that Book of Revelation, 09:19 you know it tells us in the Book of Daniel, 09:21 in the Book of Revelation, if they are steady, 09:23 it will bring revival and reformation in its wake. 09:28 And I believe that we are at that point even now. 09:31 So let us just be faithful and continue 09:34 to do what God has for us to do, 09:37 that we might be able to see Him face to face, 09:40 and tell Him how great indeed He is. 09:44 Amen. 09:45 We just have a few individuals 09:47 that we like to acknowledge tonight. 09:50 We have a Joanne Sheppard 09:51 and her sister from New Zealand, 09:54 and she called, she emailed us 09:56 at least twice in the last 18 hours, 10:00 and she has been very blessed by the meetings 10:03 that she has been watching online. 10:05 She said she is the only one in her town, 10:08 a little town of 350 people, the only one there and I said, 10:13 sis, you're not the only one, 10:15 we saw John tell us in John 1:10 that he was what, 10:20 in the spirit on the Lord's day, 10:22 he was by himself but not by himself. 10:25 For when we have Jesus, we know we have not only Him, 10:28 but we have the Father and the Holy Spirit with us. 10:31 And, Joanne, you just be faithful 10:33 and she wants us to pray for her family 10:35 and her young ones and we ask that the Lord will bless her 10:38 and give her the desires of her heart. 10:41 And then we had a call and an email from a Mary, 10:44 Marie Ackerson, Marie Ackerson and Marie, 10:47 we are praying for you. 10:49 You didn't say where you were from, 10:51 you also wanted to know how you could receive the DVDs. 10:54 And all of you who are watching at home 10:56 and those of you who are here, you can go to our website 10:59 livingwordministries.tv, livingwordministries.tv 11:04 and you can order or pre-order your DVDs 11:08 of these series at that time. 11:11 Then I'm happy to announce tonight 11:13 that my Mom is able to watch the services, 11:15 she hasn't been doing well 11:17 and we have been praying for her. 11:18 And she is in White Marsh, Baltimore 11:20 with both of my sisters and my sisters' family, 11:24 my sister Michelle who's here from England 11:25 and my sister Denise who's there with her family 11:28 and she is able to watch the services tonight, 11:30 and I say "Mom, I love you." 11:33 And now, before we go, 11:36 oh, one more, almost forgot this one. 11:37 And I will be really in trouble if I haven't got this. 11:40 We have the Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church 11:44 in Los Angeles. 11:46 So many members have said, now Pastor you have talked 11:48 about people all over the world, 11:49 but we have been watching our pastor there too. 11:52 So Berean, we love you and we appreciate you 11:54 and we will be back, as our ex-governor used to say. 11:59 And then this last one for Lawrence and Nicole 12:03 and their new addition, 12:05 a special hi to them and I'm not sure, 12:09 sometimes I can't read my writing but then, 12:11 new additions name I believe it's Hunter, 12:13 so we pray for them 12:15 and that the Lord will bless them 12:17 and keep them. 12:18 Now tonight, we have a message 12:21 that if you forget all the rest of the messages, 12:24 you can't forget this one. 12:26 This one is entitled "The Last Grand Deception, 12:31 The Last Grand Deception." 12:34 Shall we pray? 12:35 Loving Father, again we are so thankful 12:38 that You have been so merciful to us. 12:40 I thank You Lord personally, 12:42 that You have used me for your names honor and glory, 12:45 and I recognize that there is no good thing in me. 12:49 So once again, dear Lord, I humbly ask for Your blessings 12:52 to fall upon not only this congregation, 12:54 but those who are listening 12:56 and those who will watch later on, 12:58 that Your sweet spirit might take us 13:00 to the very throne of God. 13:03 And that You'll open up our mind 13:04 and our understanding of spiritual things, 13:07 and that we might be fortify for not only the battle to come 13:11 but for the battle we are facing even now. 13:14 So take control of my mouth, my thoughts, my everything, 13:18 let it be for Your glory. 13:20 And when we leave this place, dear Lord, 13:22 we ask that You will bestow upon all of us a blessing, 13:26 a blessing that we don't even have room for, 13:30 but because You're so generous, we will be able to receive it, 13:33 is our prayer in Jesus' name, amen. 13:38 You would turn with me to the Book of Revelation, 13:42 turning to chapter 3. 13:46 We will find in it a passage that has been given to us 13:50 as a people, as a church, as individuals 13:55 living in the last days of earth's history. 13:59 We will find in it a special warning 14:03 and a special encouragement, 14:06 that comes to us from the hand of our Creator, 14:08 that comes to us from the hand of our Redeemer, 14:11 that comes to us from the King of kings 14:13 and Lord of lords to let us know 14:16 that He will be with us to the very end. 14:20 It's found in chapter 3, beginning with verse 10, 14:25 it reads, "Because thou hast kept 14:28 the word of my patience, 14:31 I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, 14:37 which shall come upon all the world, 14:40 to try them that dwell upon the earth. 14:45 Behold I come quickly, hold that fast which thou hast, 14:50 that no man take thy crown." 14:54 Ladies and gentlemen, even though this warning 14:59 and this assurance is given, 15:02 literally to the church of Philadelphia, 15:05 it is a message that is given to us 15:08 who are alive in the very last days. 15:12 It is the personal, 15:13 the personal promise from Jesus Himself 15:19 that He will keep us through the hour of temptation. 15:24 Friends, I don't know if you understand 15:26 what God is saying here. 15:30 He used the Prophet John to take these words 15:34 that he heard and saw 15:36 and put them in this special book 15:39 that is there for us in the last days, 15:41 and as it says in verse 3 of chapter 1, 15:43 for the time is at hand, 15:45 and it is there to give us reassurance church. 15:50 That no matter what happens on planet earth and, folks, 15:53 things are happening. 15:55 There is floods, there is wars, there is rumors of wars, 15:58 there is famines, there is pestilence, 16:00 there is earthquakes, there is tidal waves, 16:03 there is insurrection, there is wars, 16:06 there is civil war, there is genocides, 16:09 there are so many things happening. 16:13 And He says to you and He says to me, 16:15 He is giving us His personal, His personal assurance. 16:20 You know that song "Blessed assurance" it's real. 16:23 The personal assurance 16:26 that He is going to keep us through a specific temptation 16:32 and trial 16:33 that we will go through in the last days, 16:36 different from any other time in earth's history. 16:41 I look at that and I read it, and I begin to smile 16:45 because I know that there are four things God can't do. 16:49 Number one, He can't lie, so if God's said it, 16:53 ladies and gentlemen, it has to be. 16:55 A second thing, God can't do, He can't change His law. 16:58 It's there, it's edged in stone, 17:00 ladies and gentleman, 17:02 written with His own fingers, Exodus 31:18. 17:06 The next thing it tells us 17:07 that God cannot save an unrepentant sinner. 17:12 In other words no matter what we have done, 17:14 if we come to Him, if we confess our sins, 17:18 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 17:21 and then to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, 17:24 but He, He can't save us against our will, 17:27 that's number four. 17:29 But when I look at this promise, 17:31 and I look at it and I see these words telling us 17:34 that in the last days 17:35 that He will keep us from a specific temptation. 17:38 I have to remember before I even get to that, 17:42 that God keeps us from all temptation. 17:47 You see folks, we in the last days 17:49 must understand 17:52 that not only are we gonna have to deal with the things 17:55 that we deal with, that we haven't heard it, 17:59 the things that we have cultivated, 18:02 the things that we have acquired taste for. 18:06 You know, sometimes I wish I never was in the world. 18:11 Sometimes I wish I never experienced 18:14 some of the things that I have gone through in life, 18:16 because then the devil couldn't play 18:18 in back in your mind. 18:21 Sometimes young people, you wanna go out in the world 18:24 and explore what's going on out there, 18:25 so you might know, 18:27 you better off if you don't know. 18:28 Amen. 18:31 I used to do counseling for substance abuse, 18:36 and I remember I was in a meeting 18:38 with one of the people I was working with, 18:40 and I was working on a special project, 18:42 one on one project, 18:43 where we were dealing with those 18:44 who had been relapsing from cocaine. 18:48 And he said to me Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Dorsey, 18:51 you don't understand, when that thing is in you, 18:53 there are so many things that can trigger it 18:55 and make you want it again. 18:57 If I am sitting at a table in the diner, 19:00 and somebody spills some sugar or spills some salt, 19:04 my mind goes back to that first. 19:09 That's why we need Jesus. 19:12 That's why we need Him to take control of our mind 19:14 and then erase the things that are there, 19:16 re-grew our brains. 19:17 Are you listening to me? 19:19 To give us a new desire, to give us a new focus, 19:22 to take away those things that were bringing us down, 19:25 and totally erase them from our memory. 19:30 So we might be able to stand in Him 19:33 with the personal temptations that we go through. 19:37 Ladies and gentlemen, before we get to that, 19:41 that temptation that is there for everyone, 19:44 we have to get over those temptations 19:46 that are customized for ourselves. 19:51 Well, one thing I know, 19:55 that there is nothing too hard for the Lord. 19:58 And when you look at 1 Corinthians, 20:00 1 Corinthians 10, 1 Corinthians 10:13. 20:05 It says, "There hath no temptation taken you 20:08 but such as common to man, but God is faithful, 20:12 who will not suffer you to be tempted above 20:15 that you are able, 20:16 but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, 20:22 that you may be able to bear it." 20:24 In other words, there is nothing out there 20:26 that we can't handle with Jesus. 20:31 Nothing. 20:32 When I look throughout my Bible, 20:34 and I see how good God is, and I understand 20:37 that when I have temptations come to me, 20:40 if I am faithful to Him, 20:42 He will make a way for that temptation 20:46 to be able to be resisted. 20:49 I look at James 1, James 1:12, it says 20:54 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation 20:57 for when he is tried, 20:58 he shall receive the crown of life, 21:00 which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 21:02 Let no man say when he is tempted, 21:04 I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, 21:07 neither tempteth he any man: 21:09 but every man or woman is tempted, 21:11 when he is drawn away after his own lust, 21:13 and enticed. 21:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bring forth sin, and sin, 21:18 when it is finished, it brings forth death." 21:21 But ladies and gentlemen, 21:23 Jesus can take the desire for sin from us. 21:28 He'll break that passion, He'll break that appetite, 21:31 He'll break that hole 21:33 that has had us and locked us in. 21:36 If Jesus sets you free, my friends, we are free indeed. 21:40 Amen! 21:42 We have that promise, 21:45 a victory over personal sin in our lives. 21:51 You know, the Bible just has so much good stuff in it. 21:58 In Isaiah 26, I want you to see this. 22:02 Isaiah 26:3, 22:06 Isaiah 26:3 memorize it, 22:10 underline it in your Bible. 22:12 It says, "Thou wilt keep him or her in perfect peace, 22:18 whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee." 22:23 Trust ye in the Lord forever, 22:25 for the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 22:29 Folks, we have strength in Jesus. 22:32 Amen. Praise the Lord. 22:34 You can't do it, I can't do it on our own. 22:38 Oh, we'll fall down face first every single time, 22:42 but when the devil comes to us 22:44 and we let Jesus open the door of our heart, 22:47 the devil has to flee. 22:48 Amen. 22:50 My Bible says, "Resist the devil, 22:52 and He will flee from thee, 22:54 He might come back again, and again, and again, 22:56 but if you have Jesus in the heart, 22:59 he can't come in." 23:01 Amen. 23:03 My Bible shows us these things for us 23:06 to understand just like Isaiah said, 23:10 that we have strength in Jehovah-Jireh, 23:13 we have strength in Jesus Christ, our Lord, 23:16 we have strength because of the promises 23:19 that are written in His book. 23:23 Friends, do you know who you are? 23:26 Do you understand that you are a son and daughter 23:30 of the Most High God? 23:31 Yes. 23:32 Do you realize 23:34 He has a personal relationship with you, 23:36 and He will not let anything overflow you or take you out, 23:40 He is there for you and for me. 23:43 Amen. 23:44 I look in Isaiah here again, 23:46 I'm reading chapter 41 verse 10, he says, 23:50 "Fear thou not, for I am with thee, 23:53 be not dismayed, for I am thy God, 23:55 I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, 23:58 yea, I will uphold thee 24:00 with the right hand of my righteousness." 24:04 Folks, you and I need to understand 24:06 that we must apply these text to ourselves in a personal way. 24:12 You must know that is talking about you, 24:16 as if you are the only person on planet earth. 24:18 Folks, before we can even deal with the temptation, 24:21 that's gonna come specifically to us living in the last days, 24:24 we need to face up to the temptations 24:27 and sins in our life and give it to Jesus, 24:30 so we can get the victory over that, 24:32 so we are on solid ground. 24:33 So when a devil comes 24:35 with his wave of last day temptations, 24:38 his two point punch that he has for us, 24:41 we will be able to stand like the brave. 24:43 Amen. 24:47 Your mind has to be made up. 24:49 If you are not sure that you are safe, 24:52 if you are not sure if you're in a church, 24:54 if you are not sure that you have 24:56 a real relationship with Christ, 24:58 the devil is gonna sweep you away. 25:00 Yes. 25:02 But if your mind's made up, if your heart is fixed, 25:08 if you know you're standing on the very promises of God, 25:13 in the face of the fire, in the face of the flood, 25:17 in the face of the lion's den, in the face of losing your job, 25:21 in the face of losing your home, 25:23 in the face of losing your family, 25:25 in the face of losing the one person 25:28 who you love with all your heart, 25:30 in the face of facing health issues 25:33 you can stand on God's promise. 25:36 Amen. 25:37 Hallelujah. 25:39 Praise the Lord. 25:41 It says, "Behold", verse 11, 25:43 "Behold, all they that were incensed 25:45 against thee shall be ashamed 25:47 and confounded, they shall be as nothing, 25:49 and they that strive with thee shall perish. 25:52 They shall seek them, thou shalt seek them, 25:55 and shalt not find them, 25:56 even them that contended with thee, 25:59 they that war against thee shall be as nothing, 26:02 and as a thing of nought. 26:03 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, 26:06 saying unto thee, fear not. 26:08 I will help thee. 26:10 Fear not thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. 26:14 I will help thee, saith the Lord, 26:16 thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel." 26:21 Now, folks, he's not just talking about people, 26:26 he's talking about that lying nasty devil. 26:29 Yes! 26:31 The devil hates us, he's on our case. 26:36 My Bible says, he's like a roaring lion 26:38 seeking whom he may devour. 26:41 We are fighting not against flesh and blood. 26:45 But we are talking about spiritual wickedness 26:47 in high places. 26:48 We are talking about the rulers of darkness 26:51 that have assessed themselves, 26:53 amassed themselves together against the children of God. 26:57 Revelation 12:17 tells us, 27:00 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, 27:03 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 27:05 those that keep the commandments of God, 27:07 and have the faith of Jesus Christ." 27:09 It's talking about us living in the last days. 27:12 Yes. Amen. 27:14 My Bible wants us to understand, 27:17 ladies and gentlemen, that we belong to the King, 27:20 and that He is going to watch over us 27:22 and He is going to keep us. 27:24 In Isaiah 43:1 it says, 27:26 "But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, 27:30 and he that formed thee, O Israel, fear not." 27:32 Now I have to stop here for a moment, 27:34 because I wanna connect some things with you. 27:38 In this chapter of Isaiah, 27:39 when he is saying how much the Lord loves us, 27:42 and how much He is with us, 27:43 "He" is referred to talking about God, 27:46 as the creator. 27:49 Listen to me, as the creator, 27:53 not only Jehovah, but the creator. 27:58 It sounds like language that I have heard before. 28:01 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, 28:04 "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work." 28:08 Why? Why? 28:11 Because you are creator, made heaven and earth, the sea, 28:16 and fountains of waters. 28:17 And, ladies and gentlemen, when we look at Him, 28:19 as this creator and we see that He is the one 28:23 who is in the first part of the three angels' message, 28:26 fear God and give glory to Him, 28:27 for the hour of His judgment has come and worship Him, 28:30 who made heaven and earth and sea, 28:31 again that's the creator. 28:33 Amen. 28:35 I come back to Genesis, 28:37 and I am seeing the very beginning of it all, 28:39 I am looking at chapter 2, 28:41 I am looking at verses 1 through 3 and he says, 28:43 that in that beginning, in that first week, 28:46 ladies and gentlemen, thus the heaven and earth 28:48 were finishing all the host of them. 28:52 And He that Creator, the one who says us, 28:58 for us not to fear, it's the creator. 29:04 He's is the one that's coming back for us, 29:07 He's the one that's going to keep us, 29:10 and He is the one that is going to fight for us. 29:12 It says "When thou passest through the waters, 29:15 I will be with thee, and through the rivers, 29:17 they shall not overflow thee, 29:18 when thou walkest through the fire, 29:20 thou shalt not be burned, 29:22 neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 29:24 For I the Lord thy God, 29:26 the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. 29:28 I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 29:33 Since thou wast precious in my sight, 29:35 thou hast been honorable, I have loved thee. 29:37 Therefore I will give men for thee, 29:39 and people for thy life. 29:41 Fear not: for I am with thee, 29:44 I will bring thy seed from the east, 29:46 and gather thee from the west. 29:48 I will say to the north, Give up, to the south, 29:50 Keep not back, bring my sons from far, 29:53 and bring my daughters from the ends of the earth, 29:55 even every one that is called by my name, 29:57 for I have created him for my glory, 30:00 I have formed him, yea, I have made him." 30:04 Amen. 30:06 Folks, you have to know who you are. 30:08 Amen. 30:10 We're children of the King. Amen. 30:12 Oh, yes, we might not always act like it. 30:15 We might not always speak like it, 30:18 we might not always worship like it, 30:21 but we're still children of the King. 30:23 Amen. 30:25 And He loves us with an everlasting love 30:26 and He wants us to understand who we are, 30:29 He wants us, ladies and gentlemen, 30:31 to have within us a humility that lets us know 30:36 that even though we are special people, 30:39 we realize that we are not special 30:41 because of our own attributes, 30:43 but because of the love of Jesus Christ. 30:46 You need to understand, like he says in 1 Peter 2:9, 30:50 that we are a chosen generation, 30:52 you need to understand that you are a royal priesthood, 30:56 you have to understand 30:57 that you are a holy nation to procure your people. 31:00 We must know that we must show forth, 31:02 the praises of him, 31:04 who has called us out of darkness 31:05 into his marvelous light. 31:07 But, folks, more than that, we must understand 31:10 that the brothers and sisters around us are been called 31:14 by that same special calling. 31:17 Amen. 31:18 And that means we must treat them 31:20 with respect and love. 31:22 Amen. 31:24 By this shall all men know you're my disciples, 31:28 if we have loved one for another, 31:31 we're not in competition with each other, 31:35 we're not in competition with each other, 31:39 we're not to fight with each other, 31:42 we're not to have animosity and no speaking to each other. 31:47 Even as I stand here, there are some churches, 31:49 there are some people 31:51 that as you celebrate it on the Sabbath, 31:53 there are some people you really didn't want to see. 31:58 And there were some folks you would say happy Sabbath too 32:00 only because you came face to face with them, 32:04 and that's the only conversation 32:06 you could have. 32:07 But, folks, that has to change, our hearts have to change, 32:11 if we can't love our brother, my friends, 32:14 the Bible declares we can't love our God, 32:17 because He says, 32:18 if you can't love the people who you'll see, 32:20 how can you love somebody you can't see? 32:23 Amen. 32:25 And if there were more love in our churches, 32:28 where there is one convert, ladies and gentlemen, 32:31 it tells us that there would be 100, 32:36 and when we get to that point 32:38 in our lives and in our ministry, 32:40 and in our churches, 32:41 we will see the people on the outside flocking in 32:46 to be among those people, who may not seen the best, 32:49 who may not have the prettiest churches, 32:52 but they will have a bond with heaven 32:54 that will be detected, 32:56 and by beholding we will become change, 32:59 and they will wanna be among those people 33:01 who are not only right doctrinally, 33:04 and by the Word of God, 33:05 but it has transformed their very character 33:09 into loving, caring people. 33:12 Amen. 33:15 There's gonna come a day, there's gonna come a day, 33:21 when we're ready, there's gonna come a day, 33:26 when the bride is ready 33:27 which means the church is ready. 33:30 I read it in the Book of Revelation, Revelation 19, 33:37 I'm reading verse 6, 33:40 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, 33:43 and the voice of many waters, 33:44 and as the voice of mighty thunder 33:45 saying hallelujah, 33:47 for the Lord God omnipotent reigning. 33:50 Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to Him, 33:54 for the marriage of the land is come, 33:57 and his wife had made herself ready... 34:01 Amen. 34:02 And to her was granted, 34:04 that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white, 34:07 for the fine linen is the righteousness 34:09 of the saints, and "He said unto me, 34:11 write: blessed are they which are call 34:13 unto the marriage supper of the Lamb, 34:15 and he said unto to me, 34:16 these are the true sayings of God." 34:19 Ladies and gentlemen, the time is going to come 34:20 and it's the time that's in the near future 34:23 when everyone who is gonna be saved 34:26 has made up their mind to be saved. 34:28 Amen. 34:30 And God's gonna seal us 34:32 by the power of His Holy Spirit, 34:35 that's why he says in Ephesians 4:30, 34:37 "Grieve not the Holy Spirit, 34:40 whereby we are sealed unto the day of redemption." 34:43 In other words, we have to give our hearts to the Lord, 34:46 don't fight against Him, don't pull against Him, 34:49 follow the warnings, understand the reproves, 34:53 do what we need to do, 34:54 that our souls will be free from guilt and sin and shame. 34:58 And it says the day will come, 35:00 when we have all done what we are going to do, 35:03 and that will be the day when the Lord says, 35:05 that's it. 35:06 Yes. Amen. 35:10 And those things that used to take you at will, 35:14 won't bother you anymore. 35:16 But folks I have to say this 35:18 and I don't want you to be nervous, 35:19 but I have to say this, 35:21 we need to get busy doing what we need to do 35:24 for ourselves personally, 35:25 because the devil is moving now 35:27 for he knows he has a short time, 35:29 and he's about to spill his two full punch, 35:33 his last grand deception on the world. 35:37 The first point 35:39 of his two full deception that he has, 35:43 it's the sacredness of Sunday, the sacredness of Sunday, 35:48 and there is no white, nice way to say it. 35:51 I just have to say it the way it is. 35:54 We set this whole battle, this whole controversy, 35:56 it's about worship. 35:58 And we saw that the seal of the living God 36:01 is the fourth commandment, in the heart of the Lord. 36:04 Isaiah 16, Isaiah 8:16 tells us, 36:08 bind up the testimony, 36:10 seal the law among my disciples. 36:13 And when you look at the law of God, Exodus 20:3-17, 36:18 the heart of the Lord is the fourth commandment. 36:21 It lets us see His name, it lets us see His title, 36:24 it shows us His territory. 36:27 If you remove the fourth commandment 36:29 from the law of God, 36:30 the only portion of scripture written by Him, Himself, 36:33 by Jesus Himself, Exodus 31:18, 36:37 if that is removed from the law, 36:39 you don't know whose law it is. 36:42 But when you place it in there, it lets us know that He is God, 36:46 and lets us know that He is the Creator, 36:48 and lets us know His territory, the heaven, the earth, 36:50 the sea and the fountains of waters. 36:53 And when we look at that, and we see that, 36:55 ladies and gentlemen, 36:56 and we know that the law of God could not be changed, 36:59 it's impossible for His law to be changed, 37:03 for law, ladies and gentlemen, 37:05 the law of God defines what sin is. 37:08 Sin is the transgression of the law. 37:11 The penalty of sin is death. 37:13 Roman 6:23, 37:14 "For the wages of sin is death." 37:16 But thanks be to God, 37:18 that grace came through Jesus Christ. 37:20 Amen. 37:21 We look at the law of God, when Jesus was here Himself 37:24 and if He had to leave a statement about it, 37:26 He would have told us 37:28 that the law was going to be changed. 37:29 And He would institute a new day, but, friends, 37:32 when we look at Matthew 5:17 it says, 37:36 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, 37:38 or the prophets, I come not to destroy, 37:41 but to fulfil." 37:43 For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, 37:47 one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, 37:51 till all be fulfilled." 37:54 Amen. 37:56 So it can't change. 37:58 And when we see this Sabbath 38:01 that comes from man's invention, 38:05 when we see this Sabbath, 38:07 that was instituted after, ladies and gentlemen, 38:10 after men had taken 38:14 so many different parts of the Bible 38:16 and added so many things to it. 38:18 When we see this law that comes with the, 38:21 a very authority of the papal power, 38:24 the beast power of Revelation 13, 38:27 not talking about people, but talking about a system. 38:30 When we see 38:31 that the first Roman emperor Constantine, 38:35 trying to bring together his hedonistic rights 38:38 and bringing together the compromising individuals 38:40 in the church, 38:42 and changing the day of his own evolution, 38:44 changing it, ladies and gentlemen, 38:45 even though it was predicted in the Bible where Daniel 7:25, 38:50 changing on the outside 38:51 and causing men to worship on the first day of the week, 38:55 we see that that is directly in opposition to God's will. 39:01 Amen. Yes. 39:04 And people today Christians after we have years, 39:08 ladies and gentlemen, years of persecution, 39:11 after we have over 70 million Christians, 39:14 who said by the Bible and the Bible only, 39:17 give up there lives 39:18 because they stood up against the tyranny of Rome, 39:20 because they stood up against things that were false 39:23 and that were not true according to the Word of God. 39:26 These individuals, ladies and gentlemen, 39:28 have stood firm and gave their lives 39:30 and then we have the nerve in our day 39:33 and our time to say it doesn't matter. 39:39 That's an insult to those who laid down their lives. 39:42 Yes. 39:43 That's an insult to those who gave up their children, 39:46 that's the insult of those who gave up their homes 39:49 and lived in a catacombs and lived in the mountains 39:51 and did whatever they had to do. 39:53 So they can worship God with a free spirit. 39:57 You see, ladies and gentlemen, 39:58 it was not the comforts of this world 40:00 that they desired. 40:02 Their minds were made up and they said that, 40:05 "Heaven is our home, 40:06 we're just pilgrims passing through here." 40:09 And if they had to live in the wilderness, 40:11 if they had to live in the desert, 40:13 if they had to live in the underground, 40:15 if they had to live in the catacombs, 40:17 if they had to face the lions, if they had to face the state, 40:20 if they had to face the chopping block, 40:23 they would do it for the goodness of God. 40:26 Amen. 40:28 And we have the nerve to say, it doesn't matter. 40:35 People say you can worship any day. 40:38 No. 40:39 Well, we have to worship any day, 40:42 but everyday is not the Sabbath day. 40:44 Amen. 40:46 When I read that commandment and we've talked about it, 40:48 and we saw it there, in Exodus 20, 40:50 ladies and gentlemen, 8-11, 40:52 it says plainly and clearly to us, 40:54 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 40:57 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work, 41:00 but the seventh day is the Sabbath 41:01 of the Lord thy God: 41:02 in it thou shalt not do any work, 41:04 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 41:05 nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, 41:07 nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 41:08 that is within thy gates: 41:10 for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 41:12 the sea and all that is in them, 41:13 and rested the seventh day, 41:15 wherefore the Lord blessed 41:16 the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." 41:18 Amen. 41:20 When I look at the very first Sabbath 41:22 in Genesis 2, 41:24 it says in verse 1, 41:26 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 41:27 and all the host of them. 41:28 And on the seventh day God ended his work 41:30 which he had made, 41:32 and he rested on the seventh day 41:33 from all his work which he had made. 41:34 And God blessed the seventh day, 41:36 and sanctified it." 41:38 Folks, all the other days He said they were good, 41:40 but when it came down to that seventh day, 41:42 He blessed it, He sanctified it. 41:45 Sanctified means to set it aside 41:47 for holy purpose. 41:49 Amen. 41:50 So I don't care how holy you keep 41:52 all of those other days, 41:54 we have to live holy every day. 41:56 Jesus says, "I'm holy, then you need to be holy." 41:59 But He is saying to you and I today, 42:01 ladies and gentlemen, 42:03 that the Sabbath day is the seventh day, 42:05 He blessed that day, He sanctified that day. 42:09 It was there in the world before sin, 42:12 it will be in the world made new. 42:13 Isaiah 66:23, and we have to keep it now 42:18 as we show our loyalty and our allegiance to Him, 42:22 when man's Sabbath is placed up in opposition to the God, 42:27 and we have to choose whom we will serve. 42:30 Amen. 42:33 I read it in my Bible and I see that it does make a difference, 42:37 that God has set it aside as a special day. 42:40 It says, He blessed it, it says, He sanctified it. 42:43 Folks, you continue to read in your Bibles, 42:46 turn with me to Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58 42:49 and we see something else about God's Sabbath. 42:52 It tells us that if we, verse 13, 42:55 "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, 42:58 from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, 43:00 and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, 43:04 honorable, and shall honor him, not doing thy own ways, 43:08 nor finding thy own pleasure, nor speaking thy own words, 43:11 then he says, then shall thy delight 43:14 thy self in the Lord 43:15 and I will cause thee to ride 43:17 upon the high places of the earth 43:19 and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, 43:21 thy father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it." 43:24 Amen. 43:27 There's blessings in obedience. 43:30 Amen. 43:32 I turned in my Bible to Psalms 19. 43:34 Turn with me to Psalms 19, 43:36 and I read these words talking about God's law, 43:39 beginning with verse 7, he says, 43:40 "The law of the Lord is perfect, 43:42 converting the soul, 43:43 the testimony of the Lord is sure, 43:44 making wise the simple. 43:46 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, 43:49 the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 43:51 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever, 43:54 the judgments of the Lord are true 43:55 and righteous altogether. 43:57 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, 44:00 than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey 44:03 and the honeycomb. 44:04 Moreover by them is thy servant warned, 44:07 and in keeping of them there is great reward." 44:10 Friends, Revelation 22:14 says, 44:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, 44:18 that they may have a right to the tree of life, 44:20 and enter in through the gates of the city." 44:22 Amen. 44:25 Don't get caught up in the hype. 44:28 Yes. 44:30 People are saying that it doesn't matter, 44:32 it does matter. 44:33 God said it, that settles it. 44:35 Amen. 44:38 If it didn't matter, 44:39 Jesus wouldn't have gone to the cross. 44:42 Amen. 44:44 And He went willingly, 44:46 for the joy that was set before Him. 44:49 What is that joy? 44:51 The joy of seeing you and I, obedient brothers and sisters, 44:55 obedient children, obedient individuals 44:59 who accepted His word, 45:00 and in the light of all that the world is doing, 45:04 we say, we will follow God and God alone. 45:07 Amen. 45:08 And that's the joy in His heart that gave Him 45:11 the ability to endure the shame of the cross. 45:16 The sanctity of Sunday is one, and, folks, 45:20 you look around and you keep watching, 45:22 you keep watching even now, they are talking about, 45:24 we need to get back to God, we need to get back to God, 45:27 and that is true. 45:29 But not the way man is talking about it, 45:31 where it is legislated. 45:33 You cannot force the conscience, 45:35 God doesn't force the conscience. 45:38 If you want to go to hell, He'll let you go. 45:41 But He is trying to save you, 45:43 but mankind it's going to come to the point, 45:46 where they force the conscience, 45:47 they're gonna close the stores on Sunday, 45:50 they're gonna close the malls, 45:52 they're gonna try to eliminate the spawning events, 45:54 you hear it, you see it. 45:55 They're gonna say it's for America, 45:57 bringing America together. 45:58 And it's gonna spread. 46:00 Folks, don't you know in Europe, 46:01 there is some places now where on Sundays 46:03 things are closed down. 46:07 It's coming. 46:08 Yes. 46:10 It will be reinforced by the second part 46:12 of the devil's trip. 46:13 The second part of the devil's trip 46:15 is one that we can set it really quick, 46:18 and that is the immortality of the soul. 46:21 When he says the dead are not dead. 46:23 You see, when you buy into the fact 46:25 that the dead are not dead, 46:27 then somebody from the dead can come back 46:28 and tell you anything. 46:31 They'll come back and tell you anything. 46:33 And yes, the fact that they are coming back 46:35 from the dead, 46:37 it give some creams, if you don't know better. 46:40 But when I read my Bible, ladies and gentlemen, 46:42 and, folks, we have to become Bible students 46:44 to be able to stand in these last days. 46:46 You have to have not only a knowledge of it, 46:48 but you have to know what you're reading is real. 46:51 You have to know what you're reading is true. 46:53 You have to know that God gave it to us 46:55 as a guideline to protect us. 46:57 It tells us in Ecclesiastes 9:5, 46:59 "For the living know that they shall die, 47:01 but the dead know not any thing, 47:03 neither have they any more a reward, 47:04 for the memory of them is forgotten. 47:06 Also their love, and their hatred, 47:08 and their envy, is now perished, 47:09 neither have they any more a portion 47:11 for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." 47:13 They can't come back. 47:15 Amen. 47:16 They can't, they're dead. 47:19 Jesus said, they're sleeping. 47:21 Yes, sir. 47:22 When the Lord, comes he says He will come with a shout, 47:24 and the voice of the archangel, 47:26 and the dead in Christ shall rise, 47:28 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17. 47:33 And when we are aware who are alive, 47:36 shall be caught up and meet them in the air, 47:38 and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 47:40 When we look at Romans, when we look at Revelation 20 47:44 and we read verse 1 through 5, 47:46 we see that there will be a second resurrection, 47:49 a resurrection of the wicked, 47:51 who will come up at the end of the thousand years. 47:53 And they will receive their just reward, 47:55 but they are dead, they are not alive, 47:58 they are unconscious in that thing called sleep. 48:02 Amen. 48:04 Satan knows, ladies and gentlemen, 48:05 that if he can come to us in his super natural way 48:08 with super natural power, and pretend to be loved ones, 48:11 if he can come back and pretend to be the saints, 48:14 if he can come back and pretend to be Mary. 48:19 Do you know, in the last 100 years 48:21 there have been over 800 sightings of Mary? 48:28 And people look at these sightings 48:29 as something holy 48:31 and, folks, I'm not here knocking anyone's faith, 48:33 but I'm just letting you know, 48:34 you have to know that the Bible tells us 48:36 that the dead are dead. 48:37 It doesn't tell us anywhere in this book 48:39 that Mary has been promoted to anything more 48:42 than being that blessed virgin mother of Christ. 48:45 She is not there to intercede to the father for you. 48:49 That's Jesus' job. 48:51 Amen. 48:55 But when we don't know, and we see these miracles, 49:00 and Jesus warned us in Matthew 24:24, 49:03 they're gonna be miracles and wonders, 49:06 and people who are gonna come in his name, 49:08 and folks are gonna be confused, 49:10 because they don't know the Bible. 49:12 Yes. 49:13 And when the devil himself shall come 49:15 and prepare the way as if he is the Christ. 49:21 With his melodious voice, with his beautiful vision 49:26 and vestige, and when people see him, 49:29 and he says the things he says with his musical voice, 49:31 they will listen to him. 49:33 But, ladies and gentlemen, 49:34 you have to know when the Lord comes, 49:35 that he is not gonna land on planet earth. 49:38 He's gonna be in the air, and every eye shall see Him. 49:40 He won't be in isolated places, 49:42 He will not be doing 49:44 miracles here and miracles there, 49:45 He will not contradict His word, 49:47 because that word is Him. 49:49 Amen. 49:51 My Bible tells us, ladies and gentlemen, 49:53 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 49:57 that the devil himself 49:58 will take on the garb of an angel of light 50:03 and people will flock to him, 50:09 and believe him for the very miracles 50:13 that he will do in their sight, 50:16 according to Revelation 13:13. 50:20 Oh, my friends, 50:22 this is the devil's last deception, 50:24 this is the devil's last delusion, 50:28 and we have to be prepared for it. 50:31 Amen. 50:32 We can only be prepared 50:35 if we allow the power of the Bible, 50:40 and the power of the Holy Spirit 50:43 to be number one in our lives. 50:45 Yes. Amen. 50:46 We have to have a faith to know, 50:49 that what God says, what He says, 50:51 He means what He says, and He's gonna do what He says. 50:55 We have to have a desire to study the Word of God. 50:58 And not for 50:59 a scholastic understanding of it, 51:03 but we must approach the Bible with a humility, 51:07 with a prayerful spirit, and ask His Spirit to fill us 51:13 and give us understanding and discernment. 51:16 So we must be able to stand. 51:19 Ladies and gentlemen, 51:20 you're gonna have to stand on your own faith, 51:23 listen to me. 51:24 Not what mama did, and what daddy did, 51:27 and grandma did, 51:28 you're gonna have to stand on your own relationship 51:31 with Christ. 51:33 And, friends, too many of us are, are spiritually retarded. 51:38 That's right. 51:39 Because we don't do and study the way we should, 51:42 but, folks, in this day that we are living in, 51:45 it's time to get right with God, 51:46 it's time to study the Word of God, 51:48 it's time to let go the things that are holding us back. 51:51 Amen. 51:53 It's time to get strong for the battle 51:56 that is just ahead of us today. 52:00 Oh, my friends, I come back to Revelation 3, 52:05 "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 52:07 I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, 52:10 which shall come upon all the world." 52:12 Folks, that's gonna be the last day test. 52:16 The Sabbath is gonna be the last day test. 52:19 There has always been a test somewhere. 52:22 In the Garden of Eden, 52:23 it was a tree to obey or not to obey. 52:28 In that little place where Cain and Abel where, 52:31 to obey or not to obey. 52:34 The children of Israel put the blood on the door post, 52:39 to obey or not to obey. 52:42 Jesus Christ coming to the priests, 52:44 and the scribes, and the Sadducees 52:46 to believe He is what He said He is, 52:48 and what the Bible says He is, the test was given to them. 52:53 And to the church that say we love Him. 52:55 The test is not only to keep Jesus, 52:59 but to keep His law, 53:02 and obey His Sabbath. 53:05 And we must go all the way with Jesus, 53:07 you can't just come so much. 53:09 If you didn't know, it would have been different, 53:12 in our ignorance he would have winked at us. 53:15 But now you know, 53:17 'cause we told you every single night, 53:21 we've told you from the Word of God, 53:23 not my words but His words. 53:26 And as we embrace His word, 53:29 and He will fortify us with His Spirit, 53:33 we will be ready to face that test. 53:38 Friends, I don't know about you, 53:41 but I want to be able to stand and say, 53:44 "Lo, this is my God, and I have waited for Him 53:49 and He will save us." 53:53 And when we find ourselves being caught up in the clouds, 53:57 going up with Jesus, 54:00 we will be able to stand side by side 54:04 through eternity with the master. 54:07 Amen. 54:12 Side by side we stand 54:18 Waiting God's command 54:24 Worshiping the saving 54:30 King... 54:35 Living by His grace 54:41 And moving out in faith 54:47 Jesus himself 54:52 Will see us through 54:57 Why don't you meet me 55:01 Oh, in heaven 55:04 We'll join hands together 55:10 Meet me at the savior's 55:16 Side 55:21 I'll meet you in heaven 55:26 We'll sing songs together 55:34 Brothers and sisters 55:38 I'll be there 55:41 Friends, are you gonna be there? 55:43 Are you gonna be in that grand number 55:46 that no man can count. 55:49 Are you gonna be in that grand congregation 55:53 that Jesus Himself will escort through the opening in Orion? 55:59 Are you gonna be in that number that will be filled 56:01 with the light and joy and rapture? 56:04 When we see the holy city on the horizon 56:08 and as we get closer and closer and closer 56:11 and the Father opens the gates and says, 56:13 "Welcome home, children." 56:15 And we begin to file in from every gate 56:18 that God has assigned us to. 56:21 Are you gonna be there, ladies and gentlemen? 56:23 Is it your heart's desire, can you see yourself there? 56:28 If you can stand on your feet with me, 56:31 and those of you who are at home, 56:33 you too stand where you are, if it's able. 56:36 And remember that our help cometh from on high, 56:40 our help cometh from our God, 56:42 He loves you with an everlasting love 56:44 and if you want to be there with Him, 56:47 He will make sure of it, 56:49 because He died on Calvary to save us. 56:52 Be thou faithful unto death, 56:54 and He shall give us a crown to life. 56:57 Amen. 56:58 God bless you and God keep you. 57:31 To contact Pastor Lawrence Dorsey, 57:33 at Living Word Ministries, 57:35 write to PO Box 9997, Glendale, California 91226. 57:42 Or go to his website at livingwordministries.tv. 57:46 You can also contact him through email 57:49 at livingwordtv@cs.com, 57:53 or call him 626-354-6728. |
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