Hello and a great big welcome
to each and every one of you.
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Thank you for joining
us, 3ABN Worship Hour.
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And that's exactly
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what we're
talking about worship.
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We're going to spend
some time in the Word of God.
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We're going to
be worshipping Him.
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We pray in spirit and in truth.
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Thank you again for joining us.
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I know you have a
lot of other choices
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that you could make,
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but you decided
by the grace of God
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to join us today.
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And we're very
grateful and thankful for that.
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We're going to be
talking about subject
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I believe that you
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you're going to
be interested in,
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"Who is Suppressing the Truth."
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You know, who's
covering up the truth,
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or is anybody
covering up the truth
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or what is truth?
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These are some of the things
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that we're going
to be looking at today
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in a very close way.
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In fact, we're going
to be looking at some,
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we're going to name
some of the subjects.
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And we're going to talk
about some of the subjects,
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I believe is being covered up
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and not brought
forward to the people of God
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to prepare us
for His soon coming.
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So I hope you
stay tuned with us.
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First of all, we're
going to have prayer.
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Again I invite you where you can
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that you kneel with
me but if you cannot,
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you may be in a car listening,
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you may be watching
where you cannot, it's okay.
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Just let's pray
together, shall we?
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Kind loving Heavenly Father,
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we again thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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We thank You
that we can call You
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our Father.
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We just now
invite thy Holy Spirit
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in a very special way.
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Oh, Lord, how we
need Your Spirit.
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We can't do
anything without You.
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We ask that You would now
come into the hearts and minds
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of every individual.
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May their mind,
ears, heart be open,
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may they receive that
which You have in store
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for us today.
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Not man's words
but Your words, again,
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may we stand behind
the cross of Calvary.
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May Jesus be
seen, may He be felt,
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may He be heard,
may He be obeyed today.
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Lord, I pray that You forgive me
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of anything in my heart and life
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that needs not be there.
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I need to hear from heaven.
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Your people need
to hear Your voice
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and I thank You
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Hope you have your Bible.
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I know what you
do, because you know,
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when we study the
Word, I always mention this,
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have your Bible,
have pencil and paper,
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jot these things down
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because you need to study
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to show yourself
approved just like I do.
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And sometimes we
go rather quickly.
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And we don't mean to
but you know, the gospel,
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the good news is, is so good.
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And sometimes we
just really run on with it
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and jot them down.
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You can go back and study later.
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Remember, again,
we're talking about
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who is suppressing the truth.
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Is anybody?
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Well, let's start with this.
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If you don't mind,
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you know, we hear a lot
about revivals and reformation.
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I hear a lot about it,
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I've heard it ever
since I've been in the church.
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You know, people will say,
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"Oh, the church is
a little bit dead now.
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So it's time we
need to have a revival.
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We need to have a reformation.
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We need to have some changes."
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Nothing wrong with that,
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but when somebody talks
about a revival, I like it,
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it simply means to be what?
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It means to be revived.
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So there's
something maybe that is wrong.
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not always necessarily.
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It's always good
because the church needs it
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every once in a while,
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we need to be plugged in,
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you know, to the Word of God,
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we need to be on fire.
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But sometime the church is dying
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and they need a
revival and reformation.
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I come back with a
question many times is,
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what does it take
to have a real revival?
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What does it really take
to have a good reformation
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in our lives?
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I know that a
revival is what is needed.
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I don't know a whole lot,
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but I know that
a real true revival
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is our greatest
need here in the church
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and in our
individual life, you know.
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Now I'm not talking
about just an ordinary revival,
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I'm talking about
one of true godliness.
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I'm talking about one
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where even certain
teachings are brought out
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that many times
are not brought out,
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they're not
talked upon, they're not,
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you know, they're not discussed
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because people
have problems with them.
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But subject that need to be
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and I think
we're going to try it,
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if we have time
we're going to bring
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some of those
out today by the way,
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we're going to do that
because I think it's right.
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Revival, it's
just a real solid word
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that we know.
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Think about this.
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I have prayed and
thought about it for years.
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I would love to see our church.
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The churches,
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wouldn't say
Adventist Church here.
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I'd like to see a real revival
where everyone is revived.
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Everyone's going to
be saved in the kingdom.
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Huh!
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Will the whole
church ever be revived?
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And I see lot of
people want to skirt this
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and cover it up and suppress it
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just a little
bit because they say,
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well, we
shouldn't talk about that,
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but I think we should.
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Will we ever see a time
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when the whole
church is revived?
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Will we ever see that?
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I'm going to say no.
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Oh, how I want
it to be that way.
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But let me just
give you a few reasons
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why I think maybe
that will never be
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and you can throw
them out if you want to,
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but at least think
along with me on this.
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Because when you have a revival
and you call for revival,
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and people say okay,
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well let's have
revival here in the church.
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First of all, all
people need to be,
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everyone coming to the church
needs to be together on it.
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That means we need to say
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yes, we want it and
we're going to pray,
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and we're going to work,
and we're going to do it.
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So it's very...
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Listen, if
everybody's not forward,
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it will be
bombed, did you get it?
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It's going to
be, it's going to be,
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it's going to be doomed to fail.
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Number two reason is a
work must be made first
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to clear the rubbish,
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the garbage of
sin out of our lives.
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And this simply do this.
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Now when the rubbish
and the sin is moved out,
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then you have made a
place for Jesus to come in
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and to reside with us.
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Now we need that for
the revival, do we not?
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Number three,
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we must be
willing to give our all
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for the salvation of souls.
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Now think about it.
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We must be willing to give all,
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so if you're just
half-hearted in revival,
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it's not going to work,
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it's not going to be sufficient.
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You know, now think about it.
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Isn't that what our duty is,
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our duty to God and
our duty to our fellow man?
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But you know what?
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Most people don't
want to be disturbed.
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I've heard it said many times,
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we're going to
have a two-week revival.
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We're going to have
a three-week revival.
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And you hear people moaning
and groaning in the pews,
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saying, well, I can't
give two weeks every night
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for two weeks or
every night for three weeks.
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That's why it will
never be successful
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until we're willing to do
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what it takes for
the salvation of soul.
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Number four, many
people I've heard, say,
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when it comes to
bringing other people in,
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they'll say, "Well, you know,
that's an awful lot of trouble.
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I don't know.
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We'd like to keep
things just like they are."
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We'll talk about
maybe things suppressed,
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maybe things that are covered.
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You know, as all people say,
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"Oh, well, you
know, it's my church.
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I want to keep it a certain way.
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They're my friends
or they're my circle.
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We are okay where we're at."
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And some people
say in the church,
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"Well, we have our little clique
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and we just want
to keep it that way."
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Hey, forget the cliques.
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We need to be reaching
out as it were for others
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to come into this
message before it's too late.
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Number five,
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we must approach true godliness
and a reformation or reform.
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Notice this,
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to a point that we're much more
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than a spectator.
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If you're just
going to be a spectator
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remember that's
why we'll never see
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the whole church reform,
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we'll never see it will change,
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because we have to
be more than spectators.
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We have to be more than,
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well, I can't
come but I can give.
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Nice to have the
givers, praise God for that.
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But nothing
will take your place.
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We've got to be involved.
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This we know, this I
know and we know for sure
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we need right now a
spirit filled movement
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of primitive godliness
like we have never seen,
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like they,
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it's not been
witnessed since apostolic times,
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don't you believe that?
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This is what we really need.
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Oh, well, we talk about,
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we talk about, we talk about it,
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but has it happened?
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Are we really there?
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We need a revival
through power of godliness.
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But you know if we
look now right now,
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I'm going to make
the statement here
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and you can
disagree if you'd like to,
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but you know, the power
of godliness has almost,
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almost completely is
departed from many churches.
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But you know what
I'm saying to you today?
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I want it back
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and you want it back, don't you?
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We want it back.
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I don't want the
spirit and the power of God
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to be departed
from our churches.
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What kind of a church we have
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without the
Spirit of the Living God?
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Let me ask you a question now.
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Have you ever
invited a friend to church?
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Have you ever
invited a friend to church?
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You say, "Oh, yeah,
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I've invited an awful
lot of people to church.
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Yeah, I had that."
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Well, interesting, you
know, you invite a friend,
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and they came the
week that you were gone.
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I wonder if that's
ever happened to you.
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But later they came in service,
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but later they
wrote you a little letter.
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We're going to go over that
in just here in a few seconds.
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It's going to take,
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it's going to take
a little bit of time,
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but I think there's
some principles here
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that we need to really look at.
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So later on after
they visit the church,
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you weren't there
for whatever reason.
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They want to tell you
about their visit and how they,
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you know, how they liked it
or they disliked the service.
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Now, remember that
we think about this
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in our mind all the time.
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It cannot be
overstated how important it is
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for us every day of our life
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to hold up the
standards of God's Word.
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It's life and death issues.
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Think how important that is.
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Now remember, you
invited somebody to church,
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they came to
church, you weren't there.
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They went
through all the services
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by themselves.
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How did the rest of the
church treat these people?
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Was it something
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that maybe they have
ever written you a letter
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or this letter was
written right here one?
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So we have one such person.
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We wrote one such
letter to one such friend.
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Notice what it said,
it started out this way.
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"I attended your
church yesterday.
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Although because you invited me,
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but you only invited me one time
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but I felt that you were sincere
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in wanting me to come.
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I came alone.
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I look for you.
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I wanted to sit by
you, but you were not there.
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As a stranger
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coming into the
church for the first time,
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I thought I just kind
of come in the back door
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and sit close to
the back of the church.
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But I couldn't sit in
the back of the church
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because the
rows were all filled.
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And so as a stranger there,
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it made me feel a
little bit strange here.
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The usher had to lead me
all the way to the front.
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I was kind of embarrassed
and I felt kind of strange.
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I even kind of felt like
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they were parading me down there
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so everybody could see
that I was a visitor there.
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And then we sat down
and pretty soon they say,
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let's turn to
such and such song.
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And so we had a song service,
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the congregation
began to sing the song,
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but I didn't know one of them.
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And so I didn't
want to appear strange.
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And so I began to hum a little.
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I've done that myself,
begin to hum a little bit.
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Then I begin to kind of mumble
as it were some words along
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and finally I
just began to pretend
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like I was singing.
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Why?
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Because I never
heard the hymns before.
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And I must confess,
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I was very surprised
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to note that some of the people
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of the church weren't singing.
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Some of the people in
the church were not singing
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and so between their size
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and between their
yawns and their moans,
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and they just kind of
like stared into space.
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I didn't quite understand it.
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And three of the kids
that I had respected on campus
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were whispering to one another.
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What could they be talking
about in the house of God?
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And I looked,
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another one of
my friend was over
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and she was kind of
giggling and laughing.
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I just really didn't get it.
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I didn't expect
that, not in your church.
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Pastor's sermon, well, was good.
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It was interesting.
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And, you know, but I thought
I looked around at the choir
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behind the pastor,
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and the choir
didn't seem to think so.
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They look bored,
they look restless.
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And somebody in the
choir just kept smiling
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at someone else
there in the congregation.
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I like the message,
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the pastor spoke
about the reality of faith.
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And the message got to me.
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It began to work on my heart.
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And I made up my
mind right then and there.
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I need to speak to someone
about this after the service.
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But after the service,
oh, look what happened,
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there was utter chaos.
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As soon as the
closing prayer was said,
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people begin to mull around,
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they begin to
talk, they begin to joke,
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they begin to have
fun in the sanctuary
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and there was no
one for me to talk to.
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And I asked myself the question,
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what has happened to
reverence in the sanctuary,
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in the church?
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Where's reverence?
What's going on here?
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I even said, good morning
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since very few ever
said anything to me at all.
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I said good
morning to one couple,
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but they greeted me
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with somewhat
cold and indifferent.
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I look for some teens
with whom I could discuss,
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notice this,
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I could discuss the sermon with,
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but when I look for them
and want to talk with them,
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they were over in the corner,
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talking about
the newest fashions
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and the latest music
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and what are we
going to have for lunch?
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I would just say my
parents didn't go to church,
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they've never went to church.
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That's why I came alone.
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But I was hoping to
find a friendly congregation
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in which they would
feel not so out of place
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that they would
feel comfortable.
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But as I left, but as I left,
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I wasn't too
impressed with the sign
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outside the church door,
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which read the friendly church
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with the warm welcome.
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But I'm sorry, she
wrote, I won't be back.
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You know, that's
pretty heavy duty
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if you just really
think about this letter.
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I'm sorry, but I
just won't be back
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because we maybe
didn't handle ourselves
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the way we should
have as Christians.
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We weren't focused
in on the Word of God
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like we should have been.
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We did not set
the right example.
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And there may be a soul
that's lost for eternity.
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You might say, and if
you do so, say so what?
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Oh, shame.
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There's accountability.
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One man said this, "I fear God.
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And next to God,
I chiefly fear him,"
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notice this,
"who fears him not."
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Did you get that?
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I fear God and next to God,
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I chiefly fear
him who fears Him not.
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John Wesley said
this and I believe it
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and I think we
need a little this
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in our own
church, in our own home
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and in our own life.
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He said, "Give me 100 men,"
you remember ever reading it.
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Give me 100 men who
fear nothing but sin
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and you desire nothing but God,
and I will shake the world."
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We know the Holy Spirit will do
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the shaking of the world.
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But notice this,
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a full commitment
is what is needed,
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we know that.
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Who is suppressing the truth?
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As I mentioned before,
we long to see reformed,
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we know that, we want a change,
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we want a change in our life,
we want a change in our church.
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See, I think about it,
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I think about a
change every day of my life.
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Not well, things
are going good right now
00:16:23.35\00:16:25.21
and then your
relationship with God
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seems to be good
and so on right now,
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though, it can be better.
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It could be a whole lot better.
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We're not there yet.
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There's a road to travel
yet that you've not been down
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that I've not been down
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and we're going
to need extra help.
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But if we really desire to
see some changes take place
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and some reforms and others,
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we our self then must practice
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those same principles
instead of pointing and say,
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they need it.
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How about looking in the
mirror and say, we need it.
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You know, some
people, they could say a word
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and it's like it's polished.
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You know, I just say
words they just come out,
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but somebody
can polish the words
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but now I'm not
saying that's bad,
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but a polished word
will not have any power,
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if they're not
lived out in our life.
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Polish them all you want,
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unless they're lived
out they'll have no power.
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Bible said, 1 Timothy 4:16.
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1 Timothy 4:16.
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The Bible says here,
notice, "Take heed to thyself,
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and to the doctrine."
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Do what?
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Take heed unto thyself.
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Notice that means
kind of mind your business,
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can I say it like that?
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Take heed to yourself, do
some self-examination here.
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This is what it's all about.
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Examine self,
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set a good example here
with yourself and then you,
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you focus in on the doctrine
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or the teachings
of the Word of God.
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So we cannot,
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we just cannot excuse
sins or faults in ourselves
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and try to reprove others.
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You see it done all the time,
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it's not the right way to
go about as you will know.
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God is quiet,
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God's given us great
light on many subjects.
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So we are now
more responsible than,
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you know, to Him now
than may be other people are.
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I say that but lot
of time people say,
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"Well, they've got a good brain,
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they memorize so
many of these things."
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I say, "Well how
wonderful that is,
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but they're more
responsible to God,"
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aren't they?
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Along with that brain
power comes responsible,
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right, responsibility.
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And if we didn't neglect
this life that God gives us,
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and we refuse to
give it to others,
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there are consequences,
my, heavy duty consequences.
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Luke 12:48.
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Luke 12:48,
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now you jot them down
if you have to, whatever.
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Luke 12:48, says this,
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and the Bible backs
this up what we just said,
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"But he that knew not,
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and did not commit
things worthy of stripes,
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shall be beaten,"
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notice this, "with few stripes.
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For unto
whomsoever much is given,
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of him shall be much required."
00:19:02.14\00:19:06.47
My, that makes such
good sense, doesn't it?
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And the Bible talks about what,
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you know to him
that knoweth to do good
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and do it not,
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to certainly to him it is sin.
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Here we see that a
person will be beaten
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or much will be
required with many stripes
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if he neglects to do
the will of his master.
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Remember we're
looking at who is suppressing
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or who is
covering up or you know,
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maybe not
presenting what we should
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the truths for today.
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We're talking about
maybe present truth.
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Now I want you to
keep this quote in mind
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as we go over here
in just a moment here
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because
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you don't want to suppress
truth in any form or fashion.
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Even though most people would,
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I'm gonna say many
don't want to really hear it.
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I love this book,
Desire of Ages, page 441.
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Desire of Ages,
441 gives us quote,
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it says notice this,
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"For the evils that
we might have checked, "
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you've read it before,
00:20:02.06\00:20:03.40
"we are just as responsible
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as if we were
guilty of the what?
00:20:05.67\00:20:08.60
Of the acts ourselves
for the evils we what?
00:20:08.64\00:20:11.81
For the evils we
might have checked.
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You know, a lot of times we
see things that are going on
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maybe it's in the church
where it might be and we sit,
00:20:16.54\00:20:18.41
but we don't
want to deal with it.
00:20:18.45\00:20:19.78
We don't want to take sides.
00:20:19.81\00:20:21.15
We don't want to
do anything here.
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Notice if you had,
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if you could have checked it
00:20:23.92\00:20:25.25
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:20:25.29\00:20:26.76
and we did not do it
we become responsible,
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guilty of that very act.
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Think how many acts possibly,
00:20:31.33\00:20:33.06
or maybe evils that
you could have helped
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to prevent that you didn't do
00:20:35.33\00:20:36.97
that's
registered beside your name.
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That's heavy duty
when you think about it.
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I thought myself,
00:20:44.61\00:20:45.94
I don't need anybody else's sins
00:20:45.97\00:20:47.48
against my name.
00:20:47.51\00:20:49.48
I'm battling for eternal life.
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How about you?
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We're fighting the
good fight of faith.
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See, God's called His
people out of darkness,
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we've said many,
many times into what?
00:20:56.35\00:20:58.15
Good, into
marvelous light for a reason.
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You're God's special people,
you are His chosen generation.
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Now why?
00:21:06.73\00:21:08.06
Because you have the law,
God's given us the law of God.
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He's written it in our hearts,
00:21:10.67\00:21:12.00
and He's
written it in our minds.
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And it makes each one
of us His representative
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upon this earth.
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Therefore, think with me minute,
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any sin that
separates us or separate them,
00:21:20.78\00:21:24.31
whoever it might be from God,
00:21:24.35\00:21:26.11
in a manner dishonors His name.
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None of us want to
dishonor the name of God, do we?
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We must be very
careful here. Notice why?
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What happens here
00:21:34.52\00:21:35.86
when we
dishonor the name of God?
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We call ourselves a
Christian, we're in the church,
00:21:37.26\00:21:38.59
we're in good standing,
00:21:38.63\00:21:39.96
and we're out fiddling around
doing this and doing that.
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You know, what happens
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.06
when other people
see this going on?
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It gives the enemies of
Christ an occasion to bring a,
00:21:45.97\00:21:50.21
notice this, a
reproach against God.
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And we don't want to do that.
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Now let's answer at
least the first part.
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Maybe we'll get
into the second part
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of a question
we're going to ask here,
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who is suppressing
the truth, the first part.
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Second part would be,
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what truth or what
truths are being suppressed?
00:22:05.69\00:22:08.96
Or are there any, are
there any, some people say,
00:22:08.99\00:22:11.43
"No, no, we hear
all we need to hear."
00:22:11.46\00:22:15.53
I love Prophets and Kings,
00:22:15.56\00:22:16.90
it's a beautiful book, page 141.
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.40
I want you to read this with me,
00:22:19.43\00:22:20.77
this is very, very important
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.14
that we grasp
what's being said here.
00:22:22.17\00:22:24.87
The Lord's
messengers should not complain
00:22:24.91\00:22:28.34
that their efforts
are without fruit until,"
00:22:28.38\00:22:31.45
notice this,
00:22:31.48\00:22:32.81
"until they
repent of their own love
00:22:32.85\00:22:35.65
of approbation, "
00:22:35.68\00:22:37.02
or what is that as approval
00:22:37.05\00:22:39.35
"and their desire to please men,
00:22:39.39\00:22:42.26
which leads them to,"
notice this, sermon title,
00:22:42.29\00:22:45.29
"to suppress the truth."
00:22:45.33\00:22:47.03
Now notice who is
it talking about here?
00:22:47.06\00:22:48.60
The Lord's messenger,
00:22:48.63\00:22:49.96
if you feel like
00:22:50.00\00:22:51.33
maybe you're the
Lord's messenger,
00:22:51.37\00:22:52.70
and I'm the Lord's messenger,
00:22:52.73\00:22:54.07
whoever might be here,
00:22:54.10\00:22:55.44
notice this, we
shouldn't complain at all.
00:22:55.47\00:22:57.77
There's no fruit until we repent
00:22:57.81\00:23:00.58
of our love of approbation,
00:23:00.61\00:23:01.94
that means what?
00:23:01.98\00:23:03.31
We're listening to other people,
00:23:03.35\00:23:04.68
we don't want to
hurt their feelings.
00:23:04.71\00:23:06.05
We don't want to,
you know, say anything
00:23:06.08\00:23:07.42
that might get them
to get all upset with us
00:23:07.45\00:23:09.38
and write somebody
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.75
or we might
lose our job over it,
00:23:10.79\00:23:12.95
because we want to please
men rather than to please God.
00:23:12.99\00:23:16.62
And this causes them
to suppress the truth.
00:23:16.66\00:23:20.76
Oh, how sad.
00:23:20.80\00:23:22.86
We'd rather get
along with the world
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.23
and things in the world
00:23:24.27\00:23:25.60
or maybe our church members
00:23:25.63\00:23:26.97
all rather than
wait to please God.
00:23:27.00\00:23:29.70
Well, I wonder
maybe would we agree
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.24
maybe today just
food for thought today,
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.74
is there a need of,
now notice this word,
00:23:33.78\00:23:36.71
some people can't stand it,
00:23:36.75\00:23:38.08
but I'm going to say it
anyway, of stern rebuke.
00:23:38.11\00:23:41.72
Is there a demand?
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.08
Is there a need of
voice of stern rebuke
00:23:43.12\00:23:46.15
in the church?
00:23:46.19\00:23:48.22
Now people don't
like the word stern
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.06
because you know,
they're just, they're different.
00:23:50.09\00:23:52.13
They think
about their upbringing
00:23:52.16\00:23:54.56
and what happened in their home
00:23:54.60\00:23:55.93
and what happened you know,
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.30
some people stern
them is, is tell the child,
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.90
"Go stand in the
corner for 10 seconds."
00:23:59.93\00:24:03.17
Stern to them is, I
want to count to three.
00:24:03.20\00:24:05.17
And if you don't,
00:24:05.21\00:24:06.54
I think you get
what I'm talking about.
00:24:06.57\00:24:08.11
But stern rebuke is pretty...
00:24:08.14\00:24:10.38
I think you
would agree with this.
00:24:10.41\00:24:11.75
I'm going to read something Why?
00:24:11.78\00:24:13.11
Why do we need stern
rebuke in the church?
00:24:13.15\00:24:16.22
Certainly, because
there's grievous wrongs
00:24:16.25\00:24:18.22
that are being done that,
00:24:18.25\00:24:19.89
you know, that
separating us from God.
00:24:19.92\00:24:22.09
So that's the whole thing
00:24:22.12\00:24:23.46
is not trying to point this out,
00:24:23.49\00:24:24.83
or this is right and this wrong.
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.19
It these things are
separating us from God,
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.36
and they separate us from God,
00:24:28.40\00:24:29.73
we need to have
those things rebuked,
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.20
or at least the
truth needs to be
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.63
brought forward.
00:24:32.67\00:24:34.20
Many will say,
00:24:34.24\00:24:35.57
Well, again what need is
there to speak so plainly.
00:24:35.60\00:24:38.44
Couldn't you do
it in another way?
00:24:38.47\00:24:40.88
Couldn't you do it
more like Jesus would do it?
00:24:40.91\00:24:43.24
Or, oh, just let it go.
00:24:43.28\00:24:44.88
It'll work its way out.
00:24:44.91\00:24:48.68
Let me just ask you
a couple questions here
00:24:48.72\00:24:50.39
and think with me, if you will.
00:24:50.42\00:24:52.85
Why did John the Baptist
say to the Pharisees there
00:24:52.89\00:24:56.49
in Luke 3:7?
00:24:56.52\00:24:58.63
Now notice the question,
00:24:58.66\00:25:00.00
why did John the Baptist say
to the Pharisees in Luke 3:7.
00:25:00.03\00:25:04.37
Here's what he said.
00:25:04.40\00:25:05.73
He said, "O generation of vipers
00:25:05.77\00:25:09.04
who hath warned you to
flee from the wrath to come?"
00:25:09.07\00:25:13.17
Whoo, man, those
are strong words.
00:25:13.21\00:25:15.41
Are they not strong words?
00:25:15.44\00:25:16.78
He said, O you
generation of viper.
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.51
O you poisonous snakes.
00:25:18.55\00:25:21.12
Who would have the goal,
the audacity to use that today?
00:25:21.15\00:25:26.79
You poisonous like you vipers.
00:25:26.82\00:25:30.36
Who's warned you to
flee from the wrath to come?
00:25:30.39\00:25:32.99
And then think along with me.
00:25:33.03\00:25:34.36
How about John the Baptist?
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.00
Listen, John the
Baptist lost his life
00:25:36.03\00:25:39.73
by plain speaking.
00:25:39.77\00:25:43.27
How about Nathan?
00:25:43.30\00:25:45.24
When he spoke to
David, you remember,
00:25:45.27\00:25:47.64
he confronted him with his
sin there in 2 Samuel 12:7.
00:25:47.68\00:25:53.38
And just a couple of words
here all we need from that.
00:25:53.42\00:25:55.58
It said here,
00:25:55.62\00:25:56.95
he said when he
pointed David he said,
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.65
"Thou art the man."
00:25:59.69\00:26:02.72
Wow, that took a lot of courage,
00:26:02.76\00:26:04.49
a lot of love for
Jesus to point out sin
00:26:04.53\00:26:08.33
that was
separating David from his God.
00:26:08.36\00:26:13.40
Do we really love people
00:26:13.44\00:26:14.77
if we don't
bring these issues up?
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.84
Are we trying to cover
up or suppress the point
00:26:17.87\00:26:20.14
that the word?
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.98
Prophets and Kings
141 makes this statement
00:26:22.01\00:26:24.05
so see what you think about it.
00:26:24.08\00:26:26.28
It says, when, it
starts with a question.
00:26:26.31\00:26:28.55
"When will the voice
of the faithful rebuke
00:26:28.58\00:26:31.95
be heard once
more in the church."
00:26:31.99\00:26:34.16
Notice when will what?
00:26:34.19\00:26:35.52
The faithful rebuke
00:26:35.56\00:26:36.89
be heard once
more in the church.
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.26
It's hard to get a
faithful rebuke in the church
00:26:38.29\00:26:39.89
because of people
don't want to hear it
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.26
most generally.
00:26:41.30\00:26:42.63
The pastor gets
himself in trouble,
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.00
the elders get
themselves in trouble,
00:26:44.03\00:26:45.37
leadership gets
himself in trouble.
00:26:45.40\00:26:46.74
I'd rather be in
trouble with the church
00:26:46.77\00:26:48.70
as I had been in
trouble with God.
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.07
How about you?
00:26:50.11\00:26:51.67
Now remember, we
need this faithful rebuke
00:26:51.71\00:26:55.04
is to be heard in the church
00:26:55.08\00:26:57.95
and we don't need
to call as we say,
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.35
a special board
meeting to decide what sin is.
00:27:00.38\00:27:05.95
The Bible has
already told us what sin is.
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.89
What we need is a God meeting.
00:27:08.92\00:27:12.59
We need to meet with God
00:27:12.63\00:27:13.96
and what He has
said in His Word.
00:27:14.00\00:27:15.83
Now remember,
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.20
this is why this is needed
so much among us as a people.
00:27:17.23\00:27:19.40
Remember,
00:27:19.43\00:27:20.77
if you're fighting
this right now and saying,
00:27:20.80\00:27:22.14
well, we really don't
need, everything is well,
00:27:22.17\00:27:23.74
all is well.
00:27:23.77\00:27:25.11
Something's wrong.
00:27:25.14\00:27:26.47
Jesus has not come.
00:27:26.51\00:27:28.11
He could have
been here air long,
00:27:28.14\00:27:29.48
but we have not been what
people that we need to be.
00:27:29.51\00:27:32.48
Have done what
He'd asked us to do.
00:27:32.51\00:27:33.88
He's given grace and mercy now,
00:27:33.92\00:27:35.75
to give us an opportunity
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.12
to get this
message to the world,
00:27:37.15\00:27:38.49
change needs to take place.
00:27:38.52\00:27:40.76
When the people are
ready, He will come, right?
00:27:40.79\00:27:43.99
When His character is
fully reproduced in us,
00:27:44.03\00:27:46.56
He will come.
00:27:46.59\00:27:48.56
That might tell you something,
00:27:48.60\00:27:49.93
evidently His character is
not really reproduced in us
00:27:49.96\00:27:51.67
just yet,
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.54
because He's not come yet.
00:27:53.57\00:27:55.20
So notice this with me
again, Prophets and Kings, 141.
00:27:55.24\00:27:59.04
Here's what it says.
00:27:59.07\00:28:00.41
It's talking
about, remember the voice
00:28:00.44\00:28:02.31
of a faithful rebuke here.
00:28:02.34\00:28:04.58
It starts out this way,
00:28:04.61\00:28:06.11
"If they were not
so rare, " now what?
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.35
If they were not so
rare, these rebukes,
00:28:09.38\00:28:12.12
or when something's going wrong,
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.49
we need to, you
know, bring it forward
00:28:13.52\00:28:14.86
and get it changed.
00:28:14.89\00:28:16.26
Notice this,
00:28:16.29\00:28:17.63
"We should see
more of the power of God
00:28:17.66\00:28:20.20
revealed among men."
00:28:20.23\00:28:22.43
Man, how many of us,
00:28:22.46\00:28:23.80
we want to see the
power of God, do we not?
00:28:23.83\00:28:26.20
Man I want to
see the power of God
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.57
working in your
life and in my life,
00:28:27.60\00:28:29.24
and in the
church and the movement
00:28:29.27\00:28:30.71
around the world today.
00:28:30.74\00:28:32.14
But one of the reasons
00:28:32.17\00:28:34.08
that the power of
God is not let loose
00:28:34.11\00:28:35.81
on the church
00:28:35.84\00:28:37.18
is because we're not
getting faithful rebuke,
00:28:37.21\00:28:39.08
we're letting sin go unrebuked.
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.68
Man, that means
this is heavy duty stuff
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.28
when you look,
it's rare, power of God.
00:28:43.32\00:28:47.06
I've often thought about this,
00:28:47.09\00:28:48.42
you know, true love seeks first,
00:28:48.46\00:28:51.59
true love seeks first
00:28:51.63\00:28:53.43
the honor of God and
the salvation of souls.
00:28:53.46\00:28:58.57
Where have we,
00:28:58.60\00:28:59.93
maybe we've
missed something here,
00:28:59.97\00:29:01.30
I don't know.
00:29:01.34\00:29:02.74
I'm going to give you a
little book called mount,
00:29:02.77\00:29:05.34
you know, thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing,
00:29:05.37\00:29:06.71
page 91.
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.01
Mount of Blessing, page 91.
00:29:09.04\00:29:10.65
Here's what it says.
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.71
I mean, it's pretty
heavy duty, just a few words,
00:29:12.75\00:29:14.38
but it says, "Real piety,"
00:29:14.42\00:29:15.98
that means what?
00:29:16.02\00:29:17.35
Real devotion,
00:29:17.39\00:29:18.72
"begins when all
compromise with sin
00:29:18.75\00:29:21.42
is at an end."
00:29:21.46\00:29:22.79
Did you get that?
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.16
Listen, this says,
00:29:24.19\00:29:25.53
real piety is what
we have to have those,
00:29:25.56\00:29:27.16
a real devotion to God
and to His cause, and to the,
00:29:27.20\00:29:29.80
you know, the work
that we're doing for Him,
00:29:29.83\00:29:31.37
it's when we
quit compromising sin,
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.00
when it's at an end,
00:29:34.04\00:29:35.37
when we are
willing to go forward
00:29:35.40\00:29:36.84
and read the Word
of God in the church,
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.67
whether somebody is guilty
or whether somebody is not
00:29:38.71\00:29:40.98
just simply reading
what God said in His Word,
00:29:41.01\00:29:44.38
and being willing to act on it.
00:29:44.41\00:29:47.55
Please keep this in
mind as we go along here.
00:29:47.58\00:29:49.98
1 Selected Messages, 122.
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.55
Man, you've heard
this read so many times
00:29:52.59\00:29:54.66
and some people get
00:29:54.69\00:29:56.02
oh, you know, oh,
man, that's scary.
00:29:56.06\00:29:59.16
No, it's not. No, it's not.
00:29:59.19\00:30:00.90
In the Spirit of Prophecy,
hey, let's read it, right,
00:30:00.93\00:30:02.63
it's in the Bible,
hey, let's read it.
00:30:02.66\00:30:04.00
Let's enjoy these things
00:30:04.03\00:30:05.53
which helps us to
prepare for His coming.
00:30:05.57\00:30:07.67
1 Selected Messages, 122.
00:30:07.70\00:30:09.84
It says, "We have far
more to fear from," were?
00:30:09.87\00:30:12.67
Good,
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.04
"from within than from without."
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.95
Now that's usually all you hear.
00:30:16.98\00:30:18.31
I'm not, I'm gonna
give you some more.
00:30:18.35\00:30:20.22
Somebody's been suppressing
a little something here,
00:30:20.25\00:30:21.78
notice,
00:30:21.82\00:30:23.15
"We have far more to fear
from within than from without."
00:30:23.18\00:30:25.99
It goes on.
00:30:26.02\00:30:27.36
"The hindrance to
strength and success
00:30:27.39\00:30:31.96
are far greater
from the church itself
00:30:31.99\00:30:35.33
than from the world."
00:30:35.36\00:30:37.20
My, my, my.
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.47
Now most people
don't want to think,
00:30:40.50\00:30:41.84
you don't want to hear
that but why not open our ears,
00:30:41.87\00:30:43.94
eyes and our hearts and
our minds and say, look,
00:30:43.97\00:30:46.47
either this is
right or it's not right.
00:30:46.51\00:30:49.28
Remember, strength we
need and success of the church
00:30:49.31\00:30:52.58
in the movement of God.
00:30:52.61\00:30:54.52
It says here, the
hindrance of these things
00:30:54.55\00:30:57.49
is far greater from the church
than it is from the world.
00:30:57.52\00:31:01.86
Well, if something is wrong,
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.73
wouldn't it be
best to confess that
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.39
and change and just move on?
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.63
God will forgive us,
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.00
will He not rather
than try to cover it up
00:31:09.03\00:31:10.47
or to try to suppress it?
00:31:10.50\00:31:12.13
Not that anyone
is, but think about it,
00:31:12.17\00:31:13.90
something's not right here.
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.87
Because this is
exactly what you can expect
00:31:16.91\00:31:20.08
from anyone who is
suppressing the message
00:31:20.11\00:31:23.04
we are to give to the word
00:31:23.08\00:31:24.45
or the truths
that we are to give.
00:31:24.48\00:31:27.35
Now think about it,
00:31:27.38\00:31:28.75
what can we expect
00:31:28.78\00:31:30.32
from those who are
suppressing the message
00:31:30.35\00:31:32.85
we are to give
00:31:32.89\00:31:34.22
or the truths
that we are to give?
00:31:34.26\00:31:36.59
Now suppressing,
00:31:36.62\00:31:37.96
we realized when
we suppress the truth
00:31:37.99\00:31:39.33
and we covered up,
00:31:39.36\00:31:40.70
we're going to have to
deal with God, aren't we?
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.06
There's going to
be some issues there.
00:31:42.10\00:31:43.43
There's some responsibility,
00:31:43.47\00:31:44.80
there's some consequences
that will have to be paid.
00:31:44.83\00:31:47.64
But you know, when you are,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.64
are going out and
you're advocating reform
00:31:49.67\00:31:52.31
and you're
advocating reformation,
00:31:52.34\00:31:54.08
you're advocating revival
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.78
and you're wanting
things to be right in the church
00:31:55.81\00:31:58.18
and you look at
what the Bible says,
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.15
and that's what you do
on your board meetings.
00:32:00.18\00:32:01.85
You look at the Bible and say,
00:32:01.88\00:32:03.22
we don't know how
to deal with this,
00:32:03.25\00:32:04.59
brother and sister, we
don't know how to deal.
00:32:04.62\00:32:05.95
Look in the Word of God,
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.32
the Word of God
will tell you exactly
00:32:07.36\00:32:08.69
how to deal with the situation.
00:32:08.72\00:32:10.93
But notice,
00:32:10.96\00:32:12.29
how you might be
accounted a strange thing.
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.20
You may be asked to
maybe get off the board.
00:32:14.23\00:32:18.17
Never been fired from the board,
00:32:18.20\00:32:19.53
but may be.
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.70
2 Testimonies 377
says this, 3 Testimonies,
00:32:21.74\00:32:25.91
2 Testimonies 377 says this,
00:32:25.94\00:32:29.41
"All who leave the
common track of custom,
00:32:29.44\00:32:33.98
and advocate reform will be, "
00:32:34.02\00:32:36.55
notice the words,
they are going to be,
00:32:36.58\00:32:38.19
"opposed, accounted,"
oh-oh, "mad, insane," and what?
00:32:38.22\00:32:44.23
"Radical."
00:32:44.26\00:32:46.43
If you dare to be a Daniel,
if you dare to be different,
00:32:46.46\00:32:50.20
if you dare to stand up
00:32:50.23\00:32:53.07
and to be counted
in the cause of Christ,
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.37
you're going to be opposed.
00:32:55.40\00:32:58.21
You're going to get
yourself in trouble.
00:32:58.24\00:32:59.67
That's okay, notice
this, and it even gets worse.
00:32:59.71\00:33:02.14
You're going to begin,
while they're just mad,
00:33:02.18\00:33:03.98
while this is aggravating,
they're out of their mind.
00:33:04.01\00:33:06.08
They're insane,
that's the word here.
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.52
They're insane.
00:33:07.55\00:33:08.88
Well, these are radical people.
00:33:08.92\00:33:10.25
Why?
00:33:10.29\00:33:11.62
Because you want to
stand for what is truth
00:33:11.65\00:33:12.99
and what the Bible
said is truth and right.
00:33:13.02\00:33:17.06
Now let's move right on
to Desire of Ages, page 356.
00:33:17.09\00:33:20.40
Desire of Ages, 356
gives us this information.
00:33:20.43\00:33:26.50
Now, keep this in mind
if you are one of those
00:33:26.53\00:33:28.40
that God is
calling you to stand.
00:33:28.44\00:33:33.14
And when you know what
truth is to stand for that truth
00:33:33.17\00:33:35.54
and present that truth,
00:33:35.58\00:33:36.91
while the man
will change or not,
00:33:36.95\00:33:38.28
God still requires that of you.
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.65
Desire of Ages, 356 says,
00:33:39.68\00:33:41.45
notice, "No man can be true
00:33:41.48\00:33:44.65
to principle without
exciting opposition."
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.62
No man can what?
00:33:48.66\00:33:49.99
No, you can be true to principle
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.36
without exciting opposition.
00:33:51.39\00:33:52.76
So when you stand
for what is right,
00:33:52.79\00:33:54.40
you're going to have opposition.
00:33:54.43\00:33:55.76
Look what Jesus stood for.
00:33:55.80\00:33:57.37
He stood for what was
right, look at the opposition,
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.30
man, it cost Him
His life, He died.
00:33:59.33\00:34:01.90
Look at disciples,
00:34:01.94\00:34:03.41
look at
throughout the whole Bible,
00:34:03.44\00:34:04.77
through the Scripture
00:34:04.81\00:34:06.14
and you'll see
that when you stand
00:34:06.17\00:34:07.51
for what is right,
00:34:07.54\00:34:08.88
all of a sudden
people start getting excited,
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.25
there's opposition there.
00:34:10.28\00:34:11.61
No longer they
want you around anymore.
00:34:11.65\00:34:13.21
You're not going to be
singing in the choir as it were.
00:34:13.25\00:34:14.75
You're not going to
be on the board anymore
00:34:14.78\00:34:16.12
because you're
just causing trouble.
00:34:16.15\00:34:17.49
You're a troublemaker.
00:34:17.52\00:34:18.85
You know, these
last several quotes
00:34:21.99\00:34:24.36
that we read are,
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.43
you know, they boil down,
00:34:26.46\00:34:27.96
they just kind of boil
down to these familiar words,
00:34:28.00\00:34:31.03
found in 1 Testimony 181.
00:34:31.07\00:34:34.70
1 Testimony 181.
00:34:34.74\00:34:37.71
Again, you see,
these are powerful thing.
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.71
This is a gift that
God has given the church
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.68
and many of us
throw it out the window,
00:34:41.71\00:34:43.21
we throw it in the waste
can and I can't understand why.
00:34:43.24\00:34:46.61
This is prepared 144,000,
00:34:46.65\00:34:48.98
this is prepared people to stand
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.49
in the side of a
holy God without sin.
00:34:50.52\00:34:52.55
These are things that we need.
00:34:52.59\00:34:54.62
And somehow we
just don't want to,
00:34:54.66\00:34:55.99
we don't want to
be disturbed anymore.
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.73
And I'm asking God,
Lord, help me to disturb them.
00:34:57.76\00:35:00.10
Help them disturb myself.
00:35:00.13\00:35:01.83
Get me out of this old rut,
put me on some higher ground.
00:35:01.86\00:35:06.50
1T, 181 very
familiar to most Adventist,
00:35:06.53\00:35:09.54
anyway it says this,
00:35:09.57\00:35:10.91
"Some will not bear
the straight, " what?
00:35:10.94\00:35:12.94
"Some will not bear
the straight testimony,
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.58
they will rise up," what?
00:35:14.61\00:35:15.94
"They'll rise up against it,
00:35:15.98\00:35:17.65
this will cause a
shaking among God's people."
00:35:17.68\00:35:21.72
There's going to cause a shaking
00:35:21.75\00:35:23.08
among God's people.
00:35:23.12\00:35:24.45
I believe God's
people need to be
00:35:24.49\00:35:26.05
shook up.
00:35:26.09\00:35:27.46
There needs to
be something happens
00:35:27.49\00:35:28.82
that wake us up
out of our laziness.
00:35:28.86\00:35:31.59
Man, we realize
we're in the judgment hour,
00:35:31.63\00:35:32.96
do we not?
00:35:32.99\00:35:34.33
We've been there a long time.
00:35:34.36\00:35:36.63
We know there's just
a little bit of prophecy
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.23
that is left and
Jesus is soon to come.
00:35:38.27\00:35:40.74
And yet we're still asleep,
00:35:40.77\00:35:42.37
saying oh, we're
increased with goods,
00:35:42.40\00:35:44.27
we have need of nothing.
00:35:44.31\00:35:45.64
Oh, we're buying
miserable poor naked boy,
00:35:45.67\00:35:48.51
we need some help, God help us.
00:35:48.54\00:35:50.08
If we have, if we have this zeal
00:35:53.42\00:35:56.75
for the love of
God and for souls,
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.19
we will never ever hold
back giving this message
00:35:59.22\00:36:04.16
even though it cost
giving this straight message,
00:36:04.19\00:36:07.86
giving this present truth.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.23
Man, if we ever needed it,
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.73
if we ever needed
present truth it's right now.
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.47
Man, I need
present truth right now.
00:36:13.50\00:36:15.67
I love all the other truths
in there but present truth.
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.74
What is my duty
to God right now?
00:36:17.77\00:36:21.01
Present truth, we need to hear
00:36:21.04\00:36:22.38
and people don't
want to hear present truth
00:36:22.41\00:36:23.75
because it wakes
them out of their sleep.
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.11
They don't want to be disturbed.
00:36:25.15\00:36:26.48
We will present the truth
00:36:29.28\00:36:31.99
from the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.62
We're not going to hold
back to obtain favor of any man.
00:36:34.66\00:36:39.39
Oh, boy.
00:36:39.43\00:36:40.90
We've seen
people changing things
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.30
around a little bit
00:36:42.33\00:36:43.67
because we want to have
special favor of someone.
00:36:43.70\00:36:46.13
Come on now.
00:36:46.17\00:36:49.37
The song that we sang
00:36:49.40\00:36:51.01
maybe many times in your church,
00:36:51.04\00:36:53.11
I don't know if you did or not,
00:36:53.14\00:36:54.48
but you need to be
singing if you haven't is,
00:36:54.51\00:36:56.64
we'll hum it, lip
it, do something with it.
00:36:56.68\00:37:00.82
It says raise the standard.
00:37:00.85\00:37:03.99
Raise the
standard high for the Lord.
00:37:04.02\00:37:08.66
Gird your armor on,
stand firm everyone,
00:37:08.69\00:37:12.49
rest your cause
upon His Holy Word.
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.20
It likes to
make me want to rouse
00:37:15.23\00:37:16.87
the end soldiers,
00:37:16.90\00:37:18.23
rally around the banner
00:37:18.27\00:37:19.60
that makes my feet want to move.
00:37:19.63\00:37:20.97
I don't know about yours,
it may not but it does mine.
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.57
That made me want to
raise up and shout, right.
00:37:23.61\00:37:26.21
Raise the standard,
don't lower the standard.
00:37:26.24\00:37:28.74
Man, what a time we
need to raise the standard.
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.88
And when you raise the standard,
00:37:30.91\00:37:32.25
you make yourself an object.
00:37:32.28\00:37:34.82
Because you've
got that standard,
00:37:34.85\00:37:36.18
all of a sudden
00:37:36.22\00:37:37.55
people are
looking at the standard
00:37:37.59\00:37:38.92
you're going to make yourselves,
00:37:38.95\00:37:40.29
somebody's going
to be looking at you.
00:37:40.32\00:37:41.66
They're going to
be making comments.
00:37:41.69\00:37:44.19
Now, please keep this in mind.
00:37:44.23\00:37:46.80
Very simple,
00:37:46.83\00:37:48.16
but to
disregard lighten our duty
00:37:48.20\00:37:51.50
is simply to reject it.
00:37:51.53\00:37:54.14
It's simply to reject it.
00:37:54.17\00:37:55.70
What are some of these truths?
00:37:55.74\00:37:57.07
We don't have a
whole lot of time
00:37:57.11\00:37:58.44
but we've got enough,
00:37:58.47\00:37:59.81
we're gonna cover
some of these truths
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.18
that we should be proclaiming
more and more and more,
00:38:01.21\00:38:05.28
but we don't.
00:38:05.31\00:38:07.98
Well, it's almost like, well,
we do and it maybe a partial,
00:38:08.02\00:38:11.02
you know, in
partial way or whatever.
00:38:11.05\00:38:13.22
But we don't do it
because they're not popular.
00:38:13.25\00:38:16.36
Because many people will put,
00:38:16.39\00:38:17.73
you know, start
pushing against you
00:38:17.76\00:38:19.23
and saying, well,
let's not talk about this,
00:38:19.26\00:38:21.06
surely we can talk
about something else.
00:38:21.10\00:38:24.40
And so many pastors or leaders
fail to mention these things
00:38:24.43\00:38:27.77
that we should be talking
about more and more and more.
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.01
And when we skim
over them kind of lightly,
00:38:30.04\00:38:33.11
we suppress them.
00:38:33.14\00:38:35.88
We don't really
want to talk about
00:38:35.91\00:38:37.25
and we don't want to,
00:38:37.28\00:38:38.61
we don't really want to know
00:38:38.65\00:38:39.98
what our church
members are doing,
00:38:40.02\00:38:41.35
because we may have
to talk about it more.
00:38:41.38\00:38:42.72
And this is such a
simple one, but it's to me,
00:38:42.75\00:38:44.09
it's right top of the list
here is Sabbath observance.
00:38:44.12\00:38:47.66
Lord have mercy as a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:47.69\00:38:50.73
And some of you,
many of you are not,
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.39
but a Sabbath
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.20
Sabbath observance is something
that we need to have reformed.
00:38:54.23\00:38:57.07
It needs to be
some correction there.
00:38:57.10\00:38:59.00
Exodus 31:17.
00:38:59.03\00:39:01.24
It's just to
realize this part over here,
00:39:01.27\00:39:02.84
it says Exodus
31:17," It is a," what?
00:39:02.87\00:39:05.77
Good, "It is a sign between me
00:39:05.81\00:39:07.68
and the children
of Israel forever."
00:39:07.71\00:39:10.41
There's something
about these words right here,
00:39:10.45\00:39:12.31
"Six days, the Lord did," what?
00:39:12.35\00:39:14.12
"He made heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day, "
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.18
He did what?
00:39:16.22\00:39:17.55
Good, "He rested,
and he was refreshed."
00:39:17.59\00:39:20.82
Not just any day we'll do,
00:39:20.86\00:39:22.66
it's the seventh
day that God blessed,
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.49
sanctified and made holy.
00:39:24.53\00:39:26.09
Praise God for that,
but somehow think about it.
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.83
Well, we're Sabbath keepers.
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.20
No, maybe we're
Sabbath breakers.
00:39:30.23\00:39:32.10
You know what
you should be doing
00:39:32.13\00:39:33.47
on the Sabbath,
00:39:33.50\00:39:34.84
but you're doing other things.
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.20
We should not be out buying cars
00:39:36.24\00:39:37.57
on the Sabbath.
00:39:37.61\00:39:38.94
Is it okay for
me to go into this?
00:39:38.97\00:39:40.31
I don't know.
00:39:40.34\00:39:41.68
I think it is
because this is true.
00:39:41.71\00:39:43.04
We shouldn't be going out
eating lunch and buying things
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.41
and selling
things on the Sabbath.
00:39:44.45\00:39:46.38
Why?
00:39:46.41\00:39:47.75
Because the Word of God says
00:39:47.78\00:39:49.12
so that's exactly why
we'll read that passage
00:39:49.15\00:39:50.69
in just a moment.
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.19
There's a reform
that needs to be made.
00:39:52.22\00:39:54.56
You say, "Well, how do
you know there's a reform
00:39:54.59\00:39:55.92
that needs to be made?"
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.29
Well, we find this
in 6 Testimonies 353.
00:39:57.33\00:40:01.26
6 Testimonies
353 brings this up.
00:40:01.30\00:40:05.63
"He, God, calls for a," what?
00:40:05.67\00:40:08.97
"Reform in the
observance of," what?
00:40:09.00\00:40:12.04
"Of the Sabbath."
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.51
That means we
need to rethink it.
00:40:13.54\00:40:14.88
Isn't that right?
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.24
We need to see what how God said
00:40:16.28\00:40:17.61
we keep this Sabbath
00:40:17.65\00:40:18.98
because we're not
keeping it as He said,
00:40:19.01\00:40:20.35
then we're breaking it.
00:40:20.38\00:40:23.15
My, God calls for
the reform, why reform?
00:40:23.18\00:40:29.89
Remember, this
reform is directed
00:40:29.92\00:40:31.83
at those who have
not kept the Sabbath
00:40:31.86\00:40:35.06
according to the commandments.
00:40:35.10\00:40:39.07
In the letter or in
the spirit, think about it,
00:40:39.10\00:40:42.90
in the letter or in the spirit.
00:40:42.94\00:40:47.08
I've often thought about
this, you know, a man doesn't,
00:40:47.11\00:40:50.78
man does not love the law.
00:40:50.81\00:40:53.42
Man that doesn't love the
law doesn't love the gospel.
00:40:53.45\00:40:57.62
Man that doesn't love the
law doesn't love the gospel.
00:40:57.65\00:41:01.06
Both are what?
00:41:01.09\00:41:02.46
Both are mirrors,
00:41:02.49\00:41:03.83
reflecting the
true character of God.
00:41:03.86\00:41:08.20
Maybe you haven't
thought along that line,
00:41:08.23\00:41:09.56
but maybe it'd be good
00:41:09.60\00:41:10.93
that we begin to think that way.
00:41:10.97\00:41:12.83
The Sabbath hours are
to be dedicated to what?
00:41:12.87\00:41:15.90
To the Lord.
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.27
Sabbath hours should
be dedicated to the Lord
00:41:17.31\00:41:19.21
that belongs to Him.
00:41:19.24\00:41:20.84
I read this is so familiar,
00:41:20.88\00:41:22.21
but you know,
Isaiah 58:13 and 14,
00:41:22.24\00:41:24.91
people say all the
time, well, I don't know how.
00:41:24.95\00:41:26.68
Remember,
somebody is suppressing
00:41:26.72\00:41:28.05
the truth,
00:41:28.08\00:41:29.42
or we know what the truth is,
00:41:29.45\00:41:30.79
but we're not
observing those truths,
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.15
because we're
allowing it to take place.
00:41:32.19\00:41:33.52
And we know that,
00:41:33.56\00:41:34.89
well, sometime people
are doing in the church
00:41:34.92\00:41:36.29
and they're breaking it,
00:41:36.32\00:41:37.66
then that means the word
needs to be brought forward
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.19
from the pulpit.
00:41:39.23\00:41:41.60
Because remember,
00:41:41.63\00:41:42.96
the power of God is
suppressed in the church
00:41:43.00\00:41:45.30
if we would do not do that.
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.70
I want the blessing
and the power of God,
00:41:46.74\00:41:48.34
don't you?
00:41:48.37\00:41:49.94
This is what it's all about.
00:41:49.97\00:41:51.31
Holy Spirit is withdrawing
because we refuse to do that
00:41:51.34\00:41:53.58
which we know is right.
00:41:53.61\00:41:55.11
There's going to be a
day of accountability,
00:41:55.14\00:41:56.85
you know that and I know it.
00:41:56.88\00:41:59.81
So if you're ever
asked, what should I be doing?
00:41:59.85\00:42:03.08
This answers the
question very simply.
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.49
Isaiah 58:13 and 14.
00:42:05.52\00:42:07.56
The Bible says, I
love it, the Bible says,
00:42:07.59\00:42:10.73
"If thou turn thy
foot from the Sabbath,
00:42:10.76\00:42:14.00
from doing thy, " what?
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.90
Good, "Pleasure on my holy day."
00:42:15.93\00:42:18.43
Man, that just sums it
up right there, doesn't?
00:42:18.47\00:42:20.84
It's not
Seventh-day Adventist day,
00:42:20.87\00:42:22.44
it's not this guy's
day, it's not that guy day.
00:42:22.47\00:42:24.57
It's God's day on my holy day.
00:42:24.61\00:42:27.04
Don't do your pleasure, huh.
00:42:27.08\00:42:29.54
What can your pleasure be?
00:42:29.58\00:42:30.91
Some people say, "Hey,
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.28
we're going to go
fishing on Sabbath afternoon.
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.82
Oh, I know this is heavy duty.
00:42:33.85\00:42:35.18
I know it's a straight test
that nobody wants to hear it,
00:42:35.22\00:42:36.79
we go fishing."
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.15
That's your own
pleasure most of it.
00:42:38.19\00:42:39.52
We're going to go out socialize
00:42:42.26\00:42:43.59
and we're going
to go to Six Flags.
00:42:43.63\00:42:44.96
We're going to be...
00:42:44.99\00:42:48.60
doing your
pleasure on my holy day,
00:42:48.63\00:42:50.13
you call the Sabbath a what?
00:42:50.17\00:42:51.83
It's delight.
00:42:51.87\00:42:53.54
It's not a
burden. It's a delight.
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.50
It's holy of the Lord.
00:42:55.54\00:42:57.54
It's honorable the Bible says.
00:42:57.57\00:43:00.01
Yeah, we honor God.
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.68
And you shall, notice,
00:43:01.71\00:43:03.04
"And shall honor him
not doing dine own ways,
00:43:03.08\00:43:06.98
nor finding thine own pleasure,
00:43:07.02\00:43:09.28
nor speaking thine own," what?
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.95
"Words."
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.39
Notice this.
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.76
Now after that's
done then it says,
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.82
"Then shall thou
delight thyself in the Lord."
00:43:15.86\00:43:20.26
Did you get it?
00:43:20.30\00:43:21.63
Then shall thou delight
thyself in the world what?
00:43:21.66\00:43:24.80
When you're not
doing your own pleasure
00:43:24.83\00:43:26.17
on his holy day,
00:43:26.20\00:43:27.54
you call a Sabbath a
delight, it's honorable.
00:43:27.57\00:43:29.10
It honors Him by
keeping the seventh day Sabbath,
00:43:29.14\00:43:31.74
not finding
your own pleasure on,
00:43:31.77\00:43:33.31
speaking your own words.
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.21
Then thou shalt
delight thyself in the Lord.
00:43:35.24\00:43:40.05
I think this
passage really helps us.
00:43:40.08\00:43:41.58
I think you catch it to know,
00:43:41.62\00:43:43.95
what is acceptable
to God on His holy day.
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.49
Let's just boil it
down rather quickly.
00:43:47.52\00:43:48.86
We've talked about it,
but boil it down a little bit.
00:43:48.89\00:43:51.96
We should guard
our acts and our words.
00:43:51.99\00:43:56.20
Huh.
00:43:56.23\00:43:57.57
That means our ways,
00:43:57.60\00:43:58.93
our own
pleasures, those own things.
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.30
So if you're
doing something as mine,
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.70
oh, I love to go out
and do, da-da, da-da.
00:44:01.74\00:44:04.24
Remember, it's God's holy day,
00:44:04.27\00:44:05.67
only holy things should
be done on that day for Him.
00:44:05.71\00:44:09.38
You've got six days
to do all the other.
00:44:09.41\00:44:11.41
So two, we
should not do any work
00:44:11.45\00:44:14.58
for our livelihood on that day.
00:44:14.62\00:44:17.75
No works what the Bible says.
00:44:17.79\00:44:20.69
Or anything, number three,
00:44:20.72\00:44:22.06
or anything that
could have been done
00:44:22.09\00:44:23.96
on the other six working days,
00:44:23.99\00:44:26.39
not speaking your own words,
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.03
for our minds
must be disciplined
00:44:29.06\00:44:31.03
to dwell upon sacred things
00:44:31.07\00:44:33.03
because the natural
mind doesn't want to,
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.20
the converted mind wants to.
00:44:35.24\00:44:37.94
We don't want to dwell
on that fourth commandment,
00:44:37.97\00:44:40.11
but it can be,
notice, the fourth commandment
00:44:40.14\00:44:41.88
can be broken by
talking about worldly things.
00:44:41.91\00:44:47.05
Just talking in a
light and frivolous manner.
00:44:47.08\00:44:52.95
Or that simply means
things that are of little value,
00:44:52.99\00:44:56.22
to talk and to act jokingly.
00:44:56.26\00:44:59.49
Talking about
anything and everything
00:44:59.53\00:45:01.30
which comes to mind
would be speaking what?
00:45:01.33\00:45:04.33
Our own words.
00:45:04.37\00:45:07.04
Little food for thought,
if you like food for thought,
00:45:07.07\00:45:09.50
I do, certainly, hope you do.
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.97
If the mind, food for thought,
00:45:12.01\00:45:14.28
if the mind then is
thinking upon worldly matters,
00:45:14.31\00:45:18.81
the tongue will reveal it.
00:45:18.85\00:45:22.18
Does that make sense?
00:45:22.22\00:45:23.55
Sure, it does.
00:45:23.59\00:45:24.95
That's so says the
scripture in Matthew 12:34.
00:45:24.99\00:45:28.76
Matthew 12:34,
00:45:28.79\00:45:30.76
the Bible comes out
said, "For the abundant, "
00:45:30.79\00:45:32.73
notice "for out of the abundance
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.36
of the heart, "
00:45:34.40\00:45:35.73
what happens?
00:45:35.76\00:45:37.37
"The heart, the mouth speaketh."
00:45:37.40\00:45:41.37
See, God is
holding us accountable
00:45:41.40\00:45:42.80
for a lot of things,
00:45:42.84\00:45:44.17
but is it being
brought to light?
00:45:44.21\00:45:45.54
Is it being suppressed?
00:45:45.57\00:45:46.91
Is it being brought
00:45:46.94\00:45:48.28
before the people of God to say,
00:45:48.31\00:45:49.64
this is what's pleasing to
God, this is displeasing to God.
00:45:49.68\00:45:52.08
This is your test.
00:45:52.11\00:45:53.45
This is my test to be obedient
to what He's asked us to do.
00:45:53.48\00:45:57.35
Please remember,
00:45:57.39\00:45:58.72
if failure in
keeping the Sabbath
00:45:58.75\00:46:00.82
is one of the reasons
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.19
that the first generation
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.13
did not enter the Promised Land.
00:46:04.16\00:46:07.00
And this to me is a
warning to modern Israel today.
00:46:07.03\00:46:11.03
Other words, just
not keeping the Sabbath,
00:46:11.07\00:46:13.30
they're near the Promised Land.
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.54
If we don't keep it the
way God said to keep it,
00:46:15.57\00:46:16.91
we're not going
into the Promised Land
00:46:16.94\00:46:18.51
as it were is to heaven.
00:46:18.54\00:46:21.78
1 Samuel 2:30,
the Word of God says,
00:46:21.81\00:46:25.21
"Them that honor
Me, I will honor."
00:46:25.25\00:46:29.95
Them that honor
me, I will honor.
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.25
One way to honor God is by what?
00:46:32.29\00:46:33.92
Keeping His Sabbath holy.
00:46:33.96\00:46:36.26
Of course, that takes
the holy people, doesn't it?
00:46:36.29\00:46:38.29
And God help us to
be what we ought to be.
00:46:38.33\00:46:40.20
Another little truth is
being in the few minutes
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.76
we have here is
suppressed, we see like here,
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.93
we got quite a few of them,
00:46:43.97\00:46:45.30
we won't be able
to cover them all,
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.74
is we're talking about well,
00:46:46.77\00:46:48.20
what's happened to the reverence
00:46:48.24\00:46:49.57
in the sanctuary.
00:46:49.60\00:46:51.07
What's happened to it?
00:46:51.11\00:46:53.24
Sometime it's
almost like a circus.
00:46:53.27\00:46:55.74
Sometimes it's
like a social gathering.
00:46:55.78\00:46:58.55
Sometimes it's
like fun and games.
00:46:58.58\00:47:00.28
Can't wait to say
amen so we can continue on
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.75
where we left off.
00:47:02.78\00:47:05.22
Rather than a worship
hour, where we meet with God.
00:47:05.25\00:47:10.73
We must learn to
keep the sacred distinct
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.50
from the common.
00:47:13.53\00:47:17.03
If we will follow God's plan,
00:47:17.07\00:47:21.10
He's going to make
holy the place of fellowship
00:47:21.14\00:47:25.47
with His presence.
00:47:25.51\00:47:26.84
Well, I want His
presence, don't you?
00:47:26.88\00:47:28.81
Man, what would it be a service
without the presence of God,
00:47:28.84\00:47:31.01
without the Holy Spirit?
00:47:31.05\00:47:32.98
Notice within 5 Testimonies 492,
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.38
gives us more
instructions of the worship
00:47:35.42\00:47:38.19
that would be pleasing to God.
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.59
It's just a reminder,
00:47:39.62\00:47:40.96
some of you may be
forgotten or maybe you're not,
00:47:40.99\00:47:42.66
you know, been studying lately,
or maybe it's new to many,
00:47:42.69\00:47:45.29
but I think we
need to consider it.
00:47:45.33\00:47:47.90
5 Testimonies 492 gives
this, about our worship.
00:47:47.93\00:47:52.23
It says, "When the worshipers
enter the place of meeting, "
00:47:52.27\00:47:54.90
notice this,
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.27
"they should do so with decorum,
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.41
passing quietly
to their seats...
00:47:58.44\00:48:02.24
Common talking and
whispering and laughing
00:48:02.28\00:48:05.31
should not be
permitted in the house of God."
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.88
See, why are we
talking about these things?
00:48:07.92\00:48:09.38
Because we don't
want to drive away
00:48:09.42\00:48:10.95
the Spirit of God.
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.32
We need the Spirit of God.
00:48:12.35\00:48:14.02
And those things
that separate us from God,
00:48:14.06\00:48:15.49
we need to come right with.
00:48:15.52\00:48:16.86
No, we want to change.
00:48:16.89\00:48:18.43
Notice, joking,
whispering and laughing
00:48:22.06\00:48:24.67
not to be permitted
in the house of worship
00:48:24.70\00:48:27.74
before or after the service.
00:48:27.77\00:48:33.74
My brothers and sisters,
who's suppressing the truth?
00:48:33.78\00:48:36.54
They may be not talking
about a whole lot in the world
00:48:39.95\00:48:42.28
or other churches today
00:48:42.32\00:48:43.65
when they put a
title to a man's name
00:48:43.69\00:48:46.05
and they call him Reverend.
00:48:46.09\00:48:48.86
See, that may not mean anything,
00:48:48.89\00:48:50.33
do you think it's not?
00:48:50.36\00:48:52.09
But that the Bible
says differently about that,
00:48:52.13\00:48:54.33
the Bible is clear on
that, should we not follow it.
00:48:54.36\00:48:57.33
The title belongs to God only.
00:48:57.37\00:49:01.40
The title, what?
00:49:01.44\00:49:02.77
Reverend belongs to God only.
00:49:02.80\00:49:05.01
Any person who uses
that has stolen it from God.
00:49:05.04\00:49:10.05
Did you get it?
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.41
You don't want to be a thief,
you don't want to be a stealer,
00:49:11.45\00:49:13.52
but you stole it from God
00:49:13.55\00:49:14.98
because the Scripture
tells us in Psalms 111:9,
00:49:15.02\00:49:19.72
Psalms 111:9,
00:49:19.75\00:49:21.26
and the scripture says this
00:49:21.29\00:49:22.62
that "Holy and
reverend is His name."
00:49:22.66\00:49:27.53
What?
00:49:27.56\00:49:28.90
Holy and reverend is His name.
00:49:28.93\00:49:31.37
We dishonor God
by using that term.
00:49:31.40\00:49:36.37
Another
quickly, who suppressing,
00:49:36.40\00:49:39.31
who's covering up the
truth on health reform?
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.18
Now, if we had a lot more time,
00:49:42.21\00:49:43.55
we get in a lot of
health reform here.
00:49:43.58\00:49:45.31
Why is health
reform so important?
00:49:45.35\00:49:47.68
We realize health
is so important to us
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.28
because what?
00:49:49.32\00:49:50.65
We take into our bodies
what we become like, isn't it?
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.82
And God has called
His people to be healthy
00:49:53.86\00:49:55.62
and to take those
things in that will help them
00:49:55.66\00:49:58.19
but poor God's people
00:49:58.23\00:49:59.56
have been continually
backsliding in health reform.
00:49:59.59\00:50:03.30
And so if you
know that we have been,
00:50:03.33\00:50:05.53
the Spirit of Prophecy is clear
that we've been backsliding,
00:50:05.57\00:50:08.14
then we need to
say, God help us,
00:50:08.17\00:50:09.57
we've backslidden and
we want to make it right,
00:50:09.60\00:50:12.81
rather than to cover it up.
00:50:12.84\00:50:16.54
Councils on
Health, page 578 says this,
00:50:16.58\00:50:19.45
Councils on Health, page 578.
00:50:19.48\00:50:23.55
It says, "The
failure," notice this,
00:50:23.59\00:50:25.59
"to follow sound principles
00:50:25.62\00:50:27.69
has marred the
history of God's people.
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.93
There has been a
continual backsliding
00:50:30.96\00:50:33.40
in health reform,
00:50:33.43\00:50:34.76
and as a result," what's this?
00:50:34.80\00:50:36.30
"God is dishonored
00:50:36.33\00:50:37.67
by a great lack
of spirituality."
00:50:37.70\00:50:39.67
So it's our spiritual condition,
00:50:39.70\00:50:41.04
do we see that
00:50:41.07\00:50:42.40
and what we take into
our body makes a difference.
00:50:42.44\00:50:45.17
Continual backsliding.
00:50:45.21\00:50:48.31
And it's dishonor God,
00:50:48.34\00:50:49.78
so this is why we're
talking about it today.
00:50:49.81\00:50:51.88
Don't look at, oh,
this is the do's and don'ts.
00:50:51.91\00:50:56.08
There's a big
connection here we understand
00:50:56.12\00:50:58.22
between healthful diet
00:50:58.25\00:50:59.59
and the ability to
discern sacred truths,
00:50:59.62\00:51:01.32
you know, and really has to been
00:51:01.36\00:51:02.69
covered up.
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.06
And then we'll just
pass on to a couple more,
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.43
we won't have time to
really talk about them.
00:51:05.46\00:51:06.80
But you know, we
need some changes
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.16
in our dress reform.
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.60
We need to act and
dress like we are Christians.
00:51:10.63\00:51:14.54
And we're not doing
it, we're not doing it,
00:51:14.57\00:51:16.04
pointing to the counsel
00:51:16.07\00:51:17.41
that God has
given us in His Word.
00:51:17.44\00:51:18.94
Why is it that we
shun that counsel?
00:51:18.97\00:51:21.01
Maybe because we don't like it,
00:51:21.04\00:51:22.38
maybe because we
don't want to make
00:51:22.41\00:51:23.75
the changes,
00:51:23.78\00:51:25.11
maybe because we want
to dress a certain way
00:51:25.15\00:51:26.61
or look a certain way,
I mean, take right now,
00:51:26.65\00:51:28.95
dress and reformed
people are following that today.
00:51:28.98\00:51:33.02
The church in a great degree
00:51:33.05\00:51:34.39
is responsible for
the sins of our members.
00:51:34.42\00:51:37.73
There needs to be
some changes made.
00:51:37.76\00:51:40.06
We need to follow the counsel
00:51:40.10\00:51:41.43
that God has given in His Word.
00:51:41.46\00:51:43.43
We did not need to
come to church half dressed.
00:51:43.47\00:51:46.10
We did not need
to come to church
00:51:46.13\00:51:47.54
like we're getting ready
to go on a social picnic.
00:51:47.57\00:51:50.21
Is that okay to say that?
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.11
I believe that
with my whole heart.
00:51:52.14\00:51:53.48
Why?
00:51:53.51\00:51:54.84
Because there's a
lot written about it.
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.21
There's scriptures that
study the sanctuary message,
00:51:56.24\00:51:58.01
man, it'll change your
heart, change your life.
00:51:58.05\00:52:00.35
For God's going to be up on us,
00:52:00.38\00:52:03.39
if we don't make these changes
that He wants us to make.
00:52:03.42\00:52:06.96
Now I'm sure that
you want to do that.
00:52:06.99\00:52:08.32
I want to do that
by the grace of God.
00:52:08.36\00:52:11.53
And I know you're
making decisions right now.
00:52:11.56\00:52:13.70
I noticed a lot of things
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.06
that just went through my
mind with you rather quickly
00:52:15.10\00:52:16.46
but we're praying
the Holy Spirit now
00:52:16.50\00:52:17.83
will take possession of
your heart and your mind,
00:52:17.87\00:52:19.40
and you're going
to make some decision
00:52:19.43\00:52:20.77
because we're
going to be blessed
00:52:20.80\00:52:22.14
and while the
song is being sung,
00:52:22.17\00:52:23.91
"With all my
heart" by Brother Ryan Day
00:52:23.94\00:52:26.61
and accompanied by Tim Parton.
00:52:26.64\00:52:28.34
I want you
00:52:28.38\00:52:29.71
to make that
decision for Him right now.
00:52:29.74\00:52:32.11
In this quite place with you
00:52:44.69\00:52:49.96
I bow before your throne
00:52:50.00\00:52:54.84
I bear the deepest part of me
00:52:54.87\00:53:00.21
To you and you alone
00:53:00.24\00:53:04.48
I keep no secrets
00:53:04.51\00:53:07.15
For there is no thought
00:53:07.18\00:53:10.89
You have not known
00:53:10.92\00:53:15.06
I bring my best And all the rest
00:53:15.09\00:53:21.23
To you I lay them down
00:53:21.26\00:53:26.23
With all my heart
00:53:30.11\00:53:37.11
I want to love you Lord
00:53:37.15\00:53:41.52
And live my life
00:53:41.55\00:53:45.62
Each day to know you more
00:53:45.65\00:53:50.86
All that is in me
00:53:50.89\00:53:54.46
Is yours completely
00:53:54.50\00:53:59.27
I'll serve you only
00:53:59.30\00:54:05.11
With all my heart
00:54:05.14\00:54:09.11
Amen.
00:54:12.15\00:54:13.48
You faithfully supply my needs
00:54:20.72\00:54:25.56
According to your plans
00:54:25.59\00:54:29.26
So help me Lord
To seek your face
00:54:29.30\00:54:34.27
Before I seek your hand
00:54:34.30\00:54:37.91
And trust you know
What 's best for me
00:54:37.94\00:54:42.21
When I don't understand
00:54:42.24\00:54:49.18
Then follow in obedience
00:54:49.22\00:54:54.49
Or in every circumstances
00:54:54.52\00:54:59.49
With all my heart
00:55:03.06\00:55:09.24
I want to love you Lord
00:55:09.27\00:55:13.61
And live my life
00:55:13.64\00:55:17.61
Each day to know you more
00:55:17.65\00:55:22.15
All that is in me
00:55:22.18\00:55:25.99
Is yours completely
00:55:26.02\00:55:30.99
I'll serve you only
00:55:35.20\00:55:39.20
With all my heart.
00:55:45.41\00:55:52.41
Praise the Lord.
00:56:07.63\00:56:10.00
Awesome.
00:56:10.03\00:56:11.37
With all my heart,
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that's what it's
going to take, is it not?
00:56:12.77\00:56:15.04
Brother Tim, thank you,
00:56:15.07\00:56:16.47
you make that
piano just talk to us.
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Brother Ryan, awesome.
00:56:18.41\00:56:20.91
Want a closing prayer
what we really need today.
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With the little minute left,
00:56:24.28\00:56:25.61
I'm just going to say
it was two men that stood
00:56:25.65\00:56:27.62
on the steps of a
little church in Nebraska.
00:56:27.65\00:56:30.22
One said, he looked
out over the prairie
00:56:30.25\00:56:31.95
and he said, oh,
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.32
if you've ever
lived on the prairie,
00:56:33.36\00:56:34.69
you know, you can
see for miles around.
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He said, "I don't believe
there's a single unsaved man
00:56:37.59\00:56:41.03
left in any farmhouse in sight."
00:56:41.06\00:56:44.63
The other man's
standing close to him said,
00:56:44.67\00:56:48.70
"You know, when
did that all happen?
00:56:48.74\00:56:51.91
When did all these
changes take place?"
00:56:51.94\00:56:54.81
The other man said,
00:56:54.84\00:56:56.18
"You know, when
the Christian get right
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with each other and with God,
00:56:59.38\00:57:03.08
that's when it happens."
00:57:03.12\00:57:06.29
It's when my
brothers and my sisters,
00:57:06.32\00:57:09.42
that we serve Him
with all of our heart.
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May I just pray
with you just quickly,
00:57:11.89\00:57:13.53
for our time is up.
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Let's pray for those decisions.
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Loving Father in heaven,
00:57:16.30\00:57:17.67
we thank You for the decisions
that been made right now.
00:57:17.70\00:57:19.87
Thank You that
we want to serve You
00:57:19.90\00:57:21.24
with all of our
heart, our soul and our mind.
00:57:21.27\00:57:23.17
Thank You for
Your beautiful truths
00:57:23.20\00:57:24.54
that You have blessed
us now we pray to this end,
00:57:24.57\00:57:26.47
Lord keep us on, I say,
00:57:26.51\00:57:27.84
a narrow pathway
that leads to heaven.
00:57:27.88\00:57:29.54
We longed to
spend eternity with You,
00:57:29.58\00:57:31.01
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:57:31.05\00:57:34.02
God bless you and we
will see you next time.
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