Hello and a great big welcome.
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We're glad you
decided to join us
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today at 3ABN Worship Hour.
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I mean, this is
real study for today
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and you will
not want to miss it.
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I believe it's going to
draw us closer to Jesus Christ.
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Don't you?
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As we, we're gonna pray
about here in just a moment,
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but give you just a
little, maybe insight,
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what we're going to
be studying about today.
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God has always
wanted to be with His people
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and certainly He had a plan
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to be with His
people and He surely,
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He has a plan to
be with us, right?
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And certainly in
the New Jerusalem.
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So we're going to
look at that plan,
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see how we can be there
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and to realize, as
we look at the subject,
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He is here, holy, holy.
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This is holy ground
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because His
presence is here with us.
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I'm going to
kneel and have a prayer.
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And I want you to
pray along with me.
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And again, I'm very
grateful and thankful.
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We receive cards and letters.
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People say, when you kneel,
when they had the opportunity,
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they kneel and pray with us.
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Thank you for doing that.
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And if you can't,
you're going down the road,
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just in your mind,
pray with us, shall we?
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We thank Thee heavenly Father,
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for the privilege
we have of prayer.
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We thank You that we
can call You our Father.
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We come to Thee, because
we have need of a Savior.
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We come to Thee,
because we realized that today
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as we call upon Your
name and You are here.
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It becomes holy ground.
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Lord, help us to
remember that you're with us
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in and around and through
each and every day of our life,
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every moment.
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And that we need to
act like as Christians
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that we are on holy ground.
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Thank you for hearing.
Thank you for answering prayer.
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Open hearts, minds,
and lives of people today
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that we may be drawn
closer to You to realize
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that time is
short and you're coming,
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Again, if you're taking notes,
just to be sure and put down,
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He is here, holy, holy.
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And I like that song.
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And maybe we'll go over verses
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that a little bit
later on as we go.
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I'd like to start and
it's always good to start
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in the Word of God
in Exodus Chapter 25.
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Now you've heard this read
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I'm sure over and over and over.
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But I'm going to read it again.
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It never gets old to me
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and I pray it
doesn't get old to you
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because I see
God's plan in this.
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Exodus 25:8-9.
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Exodus 25:8-9.
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And this is what the Bible says.
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It says, "And let
them make me a sanctuary,
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that I may dwell among them.
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According to all
that I show thee,
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after the
pattern of the tabernacle
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and the pattern of all
the instruments thereof,
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even so shall ye make it."
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Aren't you glad
that God has a plan?
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Here He said, "Let
them make me a sanctuary."
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Why? What happened?
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Because God speaks
that sin had separated.
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And God said, "I still
want to be with My people,
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but because of
sin, until we get it,
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draws back together,
I'm going to have a plan
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that I can still
meet with My people."
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Now, the second
passage of scripture.
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And again, these are
just foundation scriptures
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found in the Book of
Hebrews, Hebrews 8:2.
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I believe it is, 1.
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Hebrews 8:1.
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And I always love
to say this again.
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This is what the Bible says.
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Hebrews 8:1.
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The Bible says,
notice what the Bible says.
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It says, "Now of these things
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which we have spoken is the sum:
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We have such an high priest
who is set on the right hand
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of the throne of
the Majesty in heavens.:
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Again, so powerful when we look
at these passage of scripture.
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Let's just do
one more, shall we?
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Because again, we're looking,
Christ is interceding for us.
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We have to realize
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that there's something
going on in the heavens.
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We believe that
we're in the judgment hour
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and that Jesus is,
certainly is coming.
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Now, let's go, shall we to
our next passage of scripture
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in the Hebrews 9:24.
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Hebrews 9:24.
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Let's read that verse, shall we?
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It says, "For Christ is not
entered into the holy places
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made with hands, which
was a figure of the true,
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but into heaven itself now
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to appear in the
presence of God for us."
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Boy, this is, I mean,
you talk about beautiful.
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When you look at the
passage of scripture,
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Christ is not entered
to the holy place what?
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Made with hands.
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He's not in the
earthly sanctuary,
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but He now He's in
heaven doing something.
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What is He doing?
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He's in heaven now appearing
in the presence of God for us.
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It's very, to me, it's very
sad that many people have no,
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they really don't have any idea
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that there's any
work going on in heaven.
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They've never studied
the earthly sanctuary.
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They have no idea of
what Christ is doing for us,
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but yet we sing songs.
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You know, He's ever interceding
and He's our high priest.
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So what is He doing in heaven?
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Oh, this is awesome
when you think about it.
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I want to read
the Great Controversy.
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This is a pretty
long paragraph here,
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but it's so, so important
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that we know why we're
taking time to study this.
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Great Controversy,
page 488 and 9, 488 and 9.
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Notice what it says.
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It says, "The
sanctuary in heaven
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is the very center of
Christ's work in behalf of men.
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It concerns every
soul living upon the earth.
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It opens the view
the plan of redemption,
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bringing us down to
the very close of time,
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revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest
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between righteousness and sin.
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Notice, it is of
the utmost importance
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that all should
thoroughly investigate
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this subject or the subjects."
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Notice. Here's the
key, notice, underline it.
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"The intercession of
Christ in man's behalf
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in the sanctuary above
is as essential to the plan
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of salvation as was
His death upon the cross."
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Wow!
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Think about that last
several lines right there.
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That is powerful.
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The
intercession of Christ, what?
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In man's behalf, is
He interceding for us?
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Yes, there's a
purpose and we talk about,
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He is here, holy, holy.
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We sing, we're
standing on holy ground.
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There's something to that
with intercession of Christ
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in man's behalf in the
sanctuary above, notice,
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is essential to
the plan of salvation
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as was the death upon the cross.
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That's pretty heavy duty
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when you think about
His death upon the cross.
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So there must be something
after the death on the cross.
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There must be
something as the interceding.
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We just read a couple
of passage of scripture
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that He's in heaven now, right?
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Interceding for us.
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I want to give you
another one, I think is just,
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to me it's just really powerful
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in the book of Evangelism.
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Some of you'd be familiar
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with these books
that I mentioned.
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If not, I encourage you
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to try to get some of
these books and read them.
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Many of you have access to them,
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but bless your hearts,
you're not reading them.
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And I would encourage
you really to do that.
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It'll just draw
you closer to Jesus.
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Evangelism 223 says this.
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"God's people are
now," notice this,
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"to have their
eyes fixed," where?
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Good.
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"On the heavenly sanctuary,
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where the final ministration
of our great High Priest
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is in the work of
judgment is going forward,"
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notice this, "where He is
interceding for His people."
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I hope you got that.
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Did you notice,
He's in his final, right?
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Ministration, final
stage as our High Priest,
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just before He comes
back to the earth here.
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The work of the judgment,
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which we've been giving
in Adventism since 1844,
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the judgment hour message.
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It's just not another message
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because you can't find
anything in the Word of God.
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It is a message, I'll tell you
that it's life and death issue.
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He's interceding,
He's working in our behalf.
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He's begun His final phase here.
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He's interceding for His people.
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Aren't you glad that
we have a high priest?
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Aren't you
thankful for Jesus Christ,
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who is interceding for you?
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He's interceding for
me, anyone who wants Him to.
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You just have to
give your life to Him,
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take Him as Lord and Savior.
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So as we just investigate
this subject for today,
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the earthly and
the heavenly sanctuary,
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we can see it real vividly.
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I can see it in my mind, a vivid
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presentation of the
different aspects of Christ work
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in behalf of fallen man.
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You can just see it
and you can follow that.
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Remember, how can
you follow someone
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if you don't
know where they're at?
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So we have to follow
Christ through the sanctuary.
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Thy God, thy way of God
is through the sanctuary.
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So we must be able to find Him.
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We have to know where He's at
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and what He's
doing in our behalf
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so that we may follow Him.
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Now, remember why we follow Him?
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Because what
He's doing is for us.
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What He's doing is for us.
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So we need to focus our
attention then on the whys
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and maybe the what's
that He's doing there.
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I think this is very important.
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Now Paul backs this up in
our next passage of scripture,
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and we notice in Hebrews 3:1.
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So what the Bible said.
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Hebrews 3:1.
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The Bible says, notice
this, "Wherefore, holy brethren,
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partakers of the
heavenly calling,
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consider the high, the
Apostle and High Priest
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of our
profession, Jesus Christ."
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That's pretty plain, is it not?
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But notice Paul
says this, holy brethren,
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be partakers of
the heavenly calling.
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Are you a partaker
of the heavenly calling?
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God is calling you today
to be ready for His coming.
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He says this,
notice the word consider.
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I think it's an
interesting word.
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Consider the
Apostle or High Priest.
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That means to observe Him
fully, get really get involved.
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Really know what
it's all about here.
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And notice it discover
Jesus in a very special way,
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our profession, which means
simply our acknowledgement.
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Do you acknowledge
Jesus as Lord and Savior
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and as your High Priest
and He's working in our behalf?
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Absolutely.
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So should we
consider our High Priest
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after what Paul has
said and what we've,
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couple of verses
we've read in Scripture?
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Absolutely.
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I'm going to read a quote here,
it's from Letter 97 in 1898.
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Notice this, Letter 97 in 1898.
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It says this, "As
the majesty of heaven,
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He was exalted,
notice, above the angels,
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and in His work of redemption,
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He carries with Him
all who have received Him,"
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notice this, "and
believed on His name."
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Isn't that awesome
when you think about this?
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The majesty of heaven,
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the work of
redemption that's going on.
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Oh, I want to go to
heaven. I want to go to hell.
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Sure, you want to go to heaven,
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but this is the work
that's going on in our behalf
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right now, I think is
so, so very important.
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But notice what it says here,
He carries, notice with Him,
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all who have received
and believed on His name.
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So have you received Him?
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Do you believe on His name?
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Then He's carrying you.
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You're not carrying yourself.
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We're not capable of
doing that as you well know,
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but He said, I'll carry you.
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Praise God for that.
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Now, what was the purpose
as we look at the earthly
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sanctuary and the
heavenly tabernacle?
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You look at the
earthly and the heavenly.
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What was really
the purpose of it?
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God had a plan, we noted that.
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We'll note it a
little more as we go on.
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But there was a reason
what did the, notice this,
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the earthly and the
heavenly tabernacle.
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What is it doing?
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Number one, it's
dealing with the sin issue.
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Sin issue?
Absolutely, the sin issue.
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It was set up to deal
with sin, which the Bible said,
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and I don't, you
know, 1 John 3:4.
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And what does it say?
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It says, "Sin is
the transgression" what?
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Yeah. "Of God's
law." You see it out there.
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Sin is simply the
transgression of God's law.
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So the issue that we're talking
about today, dealing with sin
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and we need to deal
with that issue today.
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There's no doubt about it.
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And so Christ then entered what?
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He entered into
His work as mediator.
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He's mediating for us.
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See the big issue
is some people say it
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finished at the cross.
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It's all over with,
but yet we read scripture
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and we find out that He
didn't finish at the cross.
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He continued on into heaven
as He went back into heaven
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because He began as mediator.
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And we realized
there's only one mediator.
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The Bible tells
us in our passage
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of Scripture
found in 1 Timothy 2:5.
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1Timothy 2:5.
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It just simply
talks about there's only
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one mediator, right?
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One God. And, of course,
there's only one mediator.
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And that's two in
one, man is Jesus Christ.
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So there's, you don't
go to the priest and start,
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well, I need a mediator.
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You don't go to the pastor
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or an elder or
any Mary or anyone.
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There's only one medium.
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So why is it we
have such a hard time
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understanding
something as simple as this?
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There's only one mediator.
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So how would you go, why
would you go anyplace else?
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The Bible said,
there's only one.
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And that is, praise
God, is Jesus Christ.
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Remember after His resurrection
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and He came up out of the grave
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and then he was here on
this earth how many days?
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Forty days, remember that,
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before He went back into heaven.
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You can find that in Acts 3:1-3.
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It's not, it
won't be on the screen,
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but just jot it down.
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I'll throw some
things out from time to time,
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just make sure you
jot them down and go,
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because you
want to prove, right?
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Whether it be true or not.
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Well, and you also can
read Desire of Ages, page 819.
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Okay. So God gave a
blueprint then to whom?
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Good. He gave the
blueprint to Moses.
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I liked that. So what
God said, make me what?
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We read it. Make me a sanctuary.
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Remember at that
time, what was Israel?
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Israel was nomadic tribe.
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Basically you would
say a group of people,
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they just wandered to and fro.
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They never had a
permanent home at that time.
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So they were wandering people.
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And the sanctuary
then would simply be a tent
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that would be able
to be, put it together
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and take it apart and travel.
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Put it together again, take
it apart and travel some more,
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now from place to place.
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So remember this tent
that God wanted to give them.
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This sanctuary
was a visible place
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of the worship of the true God.
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Think about that.
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God said all the
people need something what?
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Visible so that they
can see visible proof,
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that there's one true God.
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Very opposite of
the heathen nations.
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You know that
roundabout that had many gods.
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You remember that? Absolutely.
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So God was trying to bring
the attention of His people
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focused upon the one true God.
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And then you look at
the sanctuary, notice,
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it brought God
near to His people.
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It brought Him very near to His
people and made, notice this,
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so He became very real to them.
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I just wonder
today, is God real to you?
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Is He real to you?
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God said that it's a
visible thing for Israel.
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And it was aâ |
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something His
presence would be real
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and it can be in your life.
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If He's not real in your life,
it wouldn't be today His day.
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Wouldn't you think?
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Make Him real in your life.
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Let Him be God, let Him
be the ruler of your life.
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See God still today,
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you say, oh, this was
back in the Old Testament.
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God still today
wants to find a lodging,
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you know, with His people.
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He's still looking for a people.
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But first of all, He wants
to find out about the heart
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because that's
where He wants to dwell.
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1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
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These are familiar
passage of Scripture,
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but boy, are they good?
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Now, remember, you
want to be the temple,
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you want the holy, oh,
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I want the Holy Spirit
to dwell in me, I want to.
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If you do, listen to
this passage of scripture.
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Notice what it says.
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It says, know ye not.
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1 Corinthians 3:16-17,
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"Know ye not that you are the,
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notice this, the temple of God
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that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you?
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Verse 17, "If any man
defile the temple of God,
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him shall God destroy,
for the temple of God is,
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notice this, is
holy, which temple ye are."
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To me that's just so very clear.
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Know ye not that
you're the temple of God.
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Know what? God's
spirit wants to dwell in you.
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You ask yourself the question,
are you a temple today?
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Are you living the kind of
life that where the Holy Spirit
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can dwell inside you?
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Live in you and
show through you.
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Notice, I mean, it's so simpler,
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If you defile that temple.
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People say, well, it
doesn't make any difference
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what I take it into my
body, or if I drink and I smoke,
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come on, let's just get real.
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I take drugs and I go out
and I do this, and I do that.
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The Bible says, "If any
man defile the temple of God,"
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notice this,
"God shall destroy."
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Wow!
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For the temple of God is holy.
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Which temple you are?
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He's here, holy, holy.
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If we see,
corrections need to be made,
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by God's grace, let's
make those corrections.
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I like this little quote here.
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And it is found in Letter 139.
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Letter 139 in 1898.
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And this is just
powerful. Please listen.
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And it starts out like this.
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Letter 139, 1898.
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"What might not men and women,
men, and women have been,"
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think about it,
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"had they realized
the treatment of the body
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has everything
to do with the vigor
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and purity of mind and heart.
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His body is," and
I'm gonna put a must,
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"is a fit temple
for the Holy Spirit.
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God can commune with him,
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for soul and body
are in harmony with God."
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So it sounds to me as we
read these things that if,
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unless we're in harmony with God
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and we're taking
care of this temple,
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this body, the best we
know how to take care of it,
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putting on the right
things, in the right things
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and in the mind
and seeing and reading
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and so on and so forth.
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If we do that, then
God can commune with us
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and how desperately we
need communication from heaven.
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Oh, how desperately right now,
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because the world
seems to be off center.
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Everything's going
haywire as you look around
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and it needs to be brought
back to the center of God.
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But we are
entering the last days.
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Ever deceivable,
that's unrighteousness
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is going to be
unveiled as it were before.
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And that's among God's people
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and who's He working, especially
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among those who claim to
keep the commandments of God
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and the testimony of Jesus.
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There's no doubt about
it. And so He's working.
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We need to be very, very
careful by the grace of God,
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equipped with the Holy
Spirit of the living God.
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Review and Herald
article I'd like to read
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to you just a
couple of lines here.
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That's 11/24/1896.
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Little magazine
Review and Herald,
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notice 11/24/1896 says this.
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We just talked about the
mind, did we not? Notice this.
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"The more completely
the mind and the body
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are yielded to the Holy Spirit,
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greater will be the fragrance
of our offering to Him."
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To present,
right, a sweet savor,
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sweet smell as it were to God,
00:19:10.28\00:19:12.55
the more
completely our mind and body,
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it yielded to the Holy Spirit,
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the more
acceptable we are to God.
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I want to be
acceptable to God, don't you?
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Absolutely. I know that you do.
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But notice there's
a second point here
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that we'll try to bring out.
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He wants any and
that may be simple
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that he wants to
meet with any group.
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He wants to meet with any
company, any little group,
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handful of people
that will worship Him
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in spirit and in truth.
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Now that's true. This
won't be on your screen.
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Jot it down. I
believe that's in John 4:24.
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He wants us to worship
Him in spirit and in what?
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Good. In spirit and in truth.
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If we Worship Him
in spirit and in truth,
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if we're in this group or
that little group over here,
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He is there.
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He's here, holy, holy.
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He's present with us.
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Worship Him in spirit and truth.
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For He says this, we
understand this passage.
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You've read it many
times, in Matthew18:20.
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I love it, said,
oh, the Bible says.
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I say it over and
over because I love it.
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It's melody to my heart
and my mind because what?
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God has said.
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Matthew 18:20 says,
00:20:20.62\00:20:22.08
"Where two or three
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are gathered
together in my name,
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there I am," where?
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"There I am in
the midst of them."
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Can we possibly understand that?
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It's over my head.
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Understand by faith.
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God says, when you
come together in My name,
00:20:37.83\00:20:40.90
if you're there
wanting to learn,
00:20:40.94\00:20:42.57
if you've made a
commitment to Jesus Christ,
00:20:42.60\00:20:44.77
if you ask Him to come in
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and you've got a little
group meeting over here,
00:20:46.51\00:20:48.11
some people over here, He said,
00:20:48.14\00:20:49.64
there I am in the midst.
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That's God's church.
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My, that's very simple.
There I am in the midst.
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Jesus is not going
to be in the midst,
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the Holy Spirit is not
going to be in the midst.
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Why gathered together?
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I've often said
that in a message,
00:21:01.72\00:21:03.32
unless the Holy
Spirit takes that message
00:21:03.36\00:21:05.03
and does something
with it, it's useless
00:21:05.06\00:21:07.50
for man to get up,
the Bible talks about,
00:21:07.53\00:21:09.16
and almost say
uselessness of preaching.
00:21:09.20\00:21:12.13
Think about it.
00:21:12.17\00:21:13.77
Because many
times, man is speaking.
00:21:13.80\00:21:16.14
Man is trying to
make a show of things.
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Let the Holy Spirit of
the living God come in.
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Let the Spirit of God
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speak to the heart
and mind of people.
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And there will be
decisions that will be made.
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There's no doubt about it.
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When Jesus is present,
there it is, holy ground.
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Do you remember that the song
00:21:31.82\00:21:34.02
and every once in a while
I cut down on a line or two,
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and then I wish I had enough.
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So I'm just going
to try to read it.
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The song is He is here.
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Hallelujah.
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He is here.
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Amen.
00:21:47.84\00:21:49.30
He is here, holy, holy.
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I will bless His name again.
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He is here.
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Listen closely.
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Hear Him calling out your name.
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He is here. You can touch Him.
00:22:02.28\00:22:05.32
You will never
be the same again.
00:22:05.35\00:22:08.76
Think about He is here.
00:22:08.79\00:22:10.39
Reach out by faith
and touch Him right now.
00:22:10.43\00:22:12.53
He is here.
00:22:12.56\00:22:13.90
You'll never be the same again.
00:22:13.93\00:22:16.06
And those of you who
have experienced that,
00:22:16.10\00:22:18.00
you understand that well.
00:22:18.03\00:22:20.57
Today, you know, one of
the last lines of that song,
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.90
I love it
because it said, today,
00:22:22.94\00:22:25.54
I feast on the manna from above.
00:22:25.57\00:22:29.64
I pray you're
feasting from the manner
00:22:29.68\00:22:32.21
above instead of
eating that Dale stuff.
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Are you with me?
00:22:35.62\00:22:36.95
Sitting, eating that
stuff, that's you know,
00:22:36.99\00:22:38.85
rotten over here in the corner.
00:22:38.89\00:22:40.32
God has fresh manna for me.
00:22:40.36\00:22:42.32
And that means
heavenly things for you,
00:22:42.36\00:22:44.26
rather than going
over the same old thing,
00:22:44.29\00:22:46.39
doing the same old thing.
00:22:46.43\00:22:47.93
Behold, all things become new.
00:22:47.96\00:22:49.90
God wants it new, He wants it.
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.27
I'm feasting on
that manna from above.
00:22:51.30\00:22:54.37
That song says, I searched.
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.44
I searched for
peace among shadows
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.61
and the dark and the lonely.
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.14
In this world that
we're living in right now
00:23:02.18\00:23:04.61
where you see it, we
talked about going haywire.
00:23:04.65\00:23:06.68
Everything is
turned upside down.
00:23:06.72\00:23:08.52
Right's wrong, wrong is right.
00:23:08.55\00:23:09.88
We don't know anymore
except we have the Word of God.
00:23:09.92\00:23:13.32
I praise Him for that.
00:23:13.36\00:23:14.69
And this, we have to stick
with that because if you don't,
00:23:14.72\00:23:17.06
you, one on these days,
you're going to be so confused.
00:23:17.09\00:23:18.93
You won't know right from wrong.
00:23:18.96\00:23:20.96
We have the Word of
God, but he said, you know,
00:23:21.00\00:23:22.90
I'm wanting to
find something strong.
00:23:22.93\00:23:24.50
I'm wanting to
find something lasted.
00:23:24.53\00:23:26.43
And basically I've
tasted everything of this world.
00:23:26.47\00:23:29.57
But today I'm going to feast.
00:23:29.60\00:23:31.27
So I'm praying
that you're feasting
00:23:31.31\00:23:32.97
on the Word of God today
because He is here, holy, holy.
00:23:33.01\00:23:37.38
Now back to the plan
we talked about, the plan
00:23:37.41\00:23:40.28
was laid out for the building
of the earthly sanctuary.
00:23:40.32\00:23:43.02
And then I can just say
this underline, God's plan.
00:23:43.05\00:23:46.55
Oh, that was
Moses' plan, blah-blah.
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.32
God's plan.
00:23:48.36\00:23:49.69
There was a reason for the plan.
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.79
Remember on the
mount, I love this.
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.46
I tell you what, how awesome
00:23:53.50\00:23:54.83
that would be one of these days,
00:23:54.86\00:23:56.20
we'll be able to see
those heavenly things, you know,
00:23:56.23\00:23:59.50
by the grace of God,
one day, if we meet Him,
00:23:59.53\00:24:01.34
many of us will
meet Him face to face,
00:24:01.37\00:24:02.80
we're going to be able
to see things as Moses saw.
00:24:02.84\00:24:06.21
What an awesome thing
is, Moses saw in vision.
00:24:06.24\00:24:09.28
He saw what?
00:24:09.31\00:24:11.01
He saw a
miniature representation
00:24:11.05\00:24:13.75
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.88
He saw that,
Patriarchs and Prophets, 343,
00:24:15.92\00:24:19.22
I believe it is there.
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.72
He saw.
00:24:20.76\00:24:22.09
And I love it where it said,
00:24:22.12\00:24:23.46
John saw or Moses
saw, or Daniel saw.
00:24:23.49\00:24:25.96
You can see today by the
grace of God is by faith.
00:24:25.99\00:24:29.43
You can see the plan that
God has for you and your life
00:24:29.46\00:24:32.07
as well as I can see the plan.
00:24:32.10\00:24:33.84
Now my plan may
not be your plan.
00:24:33.87\00:24:35.64
your plan may not be my plan.
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.21
We need to be very careful,
00:24:37.24\00:24:38.57
not be critical
of someone else's
00:24:38.61\00:24:40.18
plan that God has given them,
00:24:40.21\00:24:41.74
long as it certainly
harmonizes with the Word of God.
00:24:41.78\00:24:44.75
Not only was we find that
in the Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:24:44.78\00:24:48.12
but in Acts 7:44.
00:24:48.15\00:24:50.45
Please follow me
there, Acts 7:44.
00:24:50.49\00:24:54.32
Notice how it reads.
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.79
And the reason
I want to use Acts
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.39
here because it
is very important,
00:24:57.43\00:24:58.76
because I've
studied with people before,
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.40
and one guy said to me,
I'll study the Bible with you,
00:25:00.43\00:25:02.80
but I'll only
use the Book of Acts.
00:25:02.83\00:25:06.27
I'll only use the Book of
Acts. I won't use another.
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.64
Well, my understanding there's,
00:25:08.67\00:25:10.24
isn't there 66
books in the Bible?
00:25:10.27\00:25:12.44
Well, he's missing 65. Okay.
00:25:12.47\00:25:14.34
Let me go on. Acts 7:44.
00:25:14.38\00:25:17.31
Here's what it says.
00:25:17.35\00:25:18.68
"Our fathers
had the tabernacle,"
00:25:18.71\00:25:20.05
notice this,
"in the wilderness."
00:25:20.08\00:25:21.82
That means the earthly, right?
00:25:21.85\00:25:24.15
"As he had appointed,"
00:25:24.19\00:25:25.65
notice, "speaking with
Moses that he should make it
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.86
according to the
fashion that he had seen."
00:25:27.89\00:25:31.56
So he said then, well,
00:25:31.59\00:25:32.93
make this after what
you've seen in vision.
00:25:32.96\00:25:35.23
This is what the work
that's going on in heaven.
00:25:35.26\00:25:38.03
Notice it, a
miniature representation
00:25:38.07\00:25:40.57
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:25:40.60\00:25:42.10
The work that's going on
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:25:42.14\00:25:44.31
Man, you can find out
exactly what's going on
00:25:44.34\00:25:46.21
by following the earthly.
00:25:46.24\00:25:48.58
It's exciting when
you see these things,
00:25:48.61\00:25:50.31
there's no doubt about it.
00:25:50.35\00:25:51.85
And make it
according to the fashion
00:25:51.88\00:25:53.21
that you see, notice that.
00:25:53.25\00:25:54.88
And, of course, Hebrews 8:2,
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.85
we just read
Hebrews while ago, 8:1.
00:25:57.89\00:26:01.12
This is verse 2, it
says this. Hebrews 8:2.
00:26:01.16\00:26:03.59
He said, he's "A
minister of the sanctuary,
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.23
and of the true tabernacle,
00:26:06.26\00:26:08.23
which the Lord pitched."
00:26:08.26\00:26:09.60
That means which the
Lord set up and not man.
00:26:09.63\00:26:12.93
Wow. The heavenly.
00:26:12.97\00:26:14.70
So the earthly then was what?
00:26:14.74\00:26:16.44
A pattern of the heavenly.
00:26:16.47\00:26:18.67
Hebrews 8:5 says this.
00:26:18.71\00:26:21.54
Hebrews 8:5 simply says,
00:26:21.58\00:26:24.71
"After all things,
according to the pattern
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.18
showed thee in the mount."
00:26:27.22\00:26:29.08
So if anyone has a problem,
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.45
just simply read a
couple of verses of scripture
00:26:30.49\00:26:32.29
and you'll see.
00:26:32.32\00:26:33.66
Make everything
according to that pattern
00:26:33.69\00:26:35.32
that I showed you on the mount.
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.86
Pattern,
something must have existed
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23
before to have a pattern,
isn't that right, a shadow?
00:26:39.26\00:26:41.36
Sure.
00:26:41.40\00:26:42.73
So I think we must consider.
00:26:42.76\00:26:44.57
And I want to
consider a little article
00:26:44.60\00:26:46.27
in the Signs of
the Times, 2/14/1900.
00:26:46.30\00:26:50.27
2/14/1900.
00:26:50.31\00:26:54.11
This is just try to put
a couple of things together
00:26:54.14\00:26:56.38
for food for thought.
00:26:56.41\00:26:57.75
Notice what it says here.
00:26:57.78\00:26:59.11
It says, the Jewish
tabernacle was a type.
00:26:59.15\00:27:02.42
Signs of the Times 2/14/1900.
00:27:02.45\00:27:05.89
Notice, "The Jewish tabernacle
00:27:05.92\00:27:07.92
was a type of the
Christian Church."
00:27:07.96\00:27:11.83
The church where?
00:27:11.86\00:27:13.19
The church on earth composed
of those who are faithful
00:27:13.23\00:27:17.47
and loyal to God,
is the true tabernacle
00:27:17.50\00:27:22.54
where of the
Redeemer is the minister.
00:27:22.57\00:27:25.34
God and not man
pitched the tabernacle
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.94
on a high and elevated platform.
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.35
So why is that sometime we want
00:27:30.38\00:27:31.71
to put it on a low platform?
00:27:31.75\00:27:33.48
We never want to
elevate those truths
00:27:33.52\00:27:35.05
that God has in His Word.
00:27:35.08\00:27:37.65
We pick out things that we
want to and we leave the others.
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.79
We can't do that
in the Word of God.
00:27:40.82\00:27:42.49
Notice this right here.
00:27:42.52\00:27:43.86
The church on
earth is, notice this,
00:27:43.89\00:27:46.29
composed of those who
are faithful and loyal.
00:27:46.33\00:27:50.27
God's Church is what?
00:27:50.30\00:27:51.73
Composed of those who
are, notice that are faithful
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.44
and loyal to God.
00:27:54.47\00:27:55.80
That's the true tabernacle.
00:27:55.84\00:27:57.41
Praise God.
00:27:57.44\00:28:00.04
Man, I tell you, there's stuff
in here that we need to rethink
00:28:00.08\00:28:02.41
some of maybe our stand.
00:28:02.44\00:28:03.78
Now, you say, I don't have,
I'm not quite clear on that.
00:28:03.81\00:28:07.08
Let me just use something else
in The Great Controversy, 414.
00:28:07.12\00:28:10.52
In the Great
Controversy, page 414.
00:28:10.55\00:28:13.56
This to me, I put a
little star by it in my note,
00:28:13.59\00:28:16.89
a little star,
Great Controversy,
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.86
414 makes this statement,
00:28:18.89\00:28:21.73
just in case we've
missed all the other stuff
00:28:21.76\00:28:23.47
we've been talking about here.
00:28:23.50\00:28:25.27
It says, "The
sanctuary in heaven
00:28:25.30\00:28:28.17
in which Jesus ministers
in our behalf is the" what?
00:28:28.20\00:28:32.64
Good.
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.01
"The great original
of which" notice this,
00:28:34.04\00:28:36.34
"of which the sanctuary
built by Moses was a copy."
00:28:36.38\00:28:40.88
Boy, that's just about as
clear as you can get, is it not?
00:28:40.92\00:28:45.19
Copy of the great
original in heaven
00:28:45.22\00:28:46.89
or the work that's going
on in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:28:46.92\00:28:49.86
So again, I like to say
in vision, what did John do?
00:28:49.89\00:28:54.20
He said, I saw.
00:28:54.23\00:28:56.00
That's enough to
get anybody excited.
00:28:56.03\00:28:57.80
John said, I saw.
00:28:57.83\00:28:59.37
Man, in the Book of
Revelation, John said, I saw,
00:28:59.40\00:29:01.90
and sometime we read that
it's like, John didn't see it.
00:29:01.94\00:29:04.97
And we deny it.
Well, John didn't see it.
00:29:05.01\00:29:06.54
The Bible says John did what?
00:29:06.57\00:29:08.34
He saw.
00:29:08.38\00:29:10.38
Man, we need to
pay attention to that.
00:29:10.41\00:29:11.78
Oh, it's so beautiful, John saw.
00:29:11.81\00:29:14.35
Shouldn't our eyes be open?
00:29:18.12\00:29:19.45
Shouldn't we not see
00:29:19.49\00:29:22.19
what God has in store for us?
00:29:22.22\00:29:26.46
John saw this
heavenly sanctuary.
00:29:26.49\00:29:29.30
You can see it
by faith right now.
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.57
In fact, he said, he pinned it
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.97
in Revelation 15:5,
passage of scripture.
00:29:34.00\00:29:37.34
Revelation 15:5.
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.07
Notice what it says.
00:29:39.11\00:29:40.68
And after that,
John said, I saw,
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.34
"After that I looked and," what?
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.18
And what did he do?
00:29:44.21\00:29:45.55
"He looked and behold
the temple of the tabernacle
00:29:45.58\00:29:48.28
of the testimony
in heaven was opened."
00:29:48.32\00:29:51.65
So either, may I be this bold,
00:29:51.69\00:29:53.96
either John was
telling the truth or he lied.
00:29:53.99\00:29:57.99
Did somebody get that?
00:29:58.03\00:30:00.30
Either he saw it in heaven
or he didn't see it in heaven.
00:30:00.33\00:30:03.43
And most people say,
well, it can't be going on.
00:30:03.47\00:30:05.23
The Bible just said that he saw.
00:30:05.27\00:30:07.47
And there it
was, heaven was open.
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.01
He saw it up there.
00:30:10.04\00:30:11.77
Most of you if you
ask any Christian today.
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.61
Well, you think John, you know,
prophet of God in Revelation.
00:30:13.64\00:30:17.01
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.55
Well then John said I
saw the testimony in heaven.
00:30:18.58\00:30:22.02
John saw the
testimony. And what?
00:30:22.05\00:30:24.05
Remember what John
saw was the testimony.
00:30:24.09\00:30:26.86
What John saw was the ark.
00:30:26.89\00:30:30.79
The ark with the
Ten Commandments in it
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.83
that most people trying
to deny that if it exists
00:30:32.86\00:30:35.06
or we need to worry about it.
00:30:35.10\00:30:36.43
That's what John saw in heaven.
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.10
Certainly if it's in heaven,
00:30:38.13\00:30:39.47
it's good enough
for us here, is it not?
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.30
Just think about that.
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.51
Revelation 11:19.
00:30:43.54\00:30:45.91
Revelation 11:19,
00:30:45.94\00:30:47.84
John said again, he said,
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.34
"And the temple
of God was," what?
00:30:49.38\00:30:51.95
"Temple of God
was opened in heaven,
00:30:51.98\00:30:53.75
there was seen
in his God's temple,
00:30:53.78\00:30:55.88
notice, the ark
of his testament."
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.29
Wow. What did John see?
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.32
He saw the ark of his testament.
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.99
So what did he see?
00:31:04.03\00:31:05.36
He really saw,
and we'll explain this
00:31:05.39\00:31:06.73
as we're going a
little more here.
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.10
He saw the Ten
Commandment law in the ark.
00:31:08.13\00:31:11.63
Something was going on in heaven
00:31:11.67\00:31:13.03
they're dealing with sin issue,
00:31:13.07\00:31:15.04
transgression of the
law and the mercy seat.
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.44
We'll look at
that in just a moment,
00:31:17.47\00:31:18.91
something's going on up
00:31:18.94\00:31:20.28
there that we
need to be a part of.
00:31:20.31\00:31:22.04
Letter 47 in 1902.
00:31:25.98\00:31:28.85
I know it's
awful lot of, you know,
00:31:28.88\00:31:30.72
things that we're
looking up here, but man,
00:31:30.75\00:31:32.09
just jot them down
and study to show yourself
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.06
approved unto God
when you have time.
00:31:34.09\00:31:35.59
Letter 47, 1902 says this,
00:31:35.62\00:31:38.33
"In the temple will be
seen the ark of the testament
00:31:38.36\00:31:41.96
in which was
placed the two tables
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.33
of stone on which
are written," what?
00:31:44.37\00:31:47.00
Good. "God's law."
00:31:47.04\00:31:48.84
Praise the Lord. Awesome.
00:31:48.87\00:31:50.84
What was that?
00:31:50.87\00:31:52.24
Two tables of stone,
which are written God's law.
00:31:52.27\00:31:55.88
And we must not forget as
we look at this right here.
00:31:55.91\00:31:59.48
I don't think this will be on
the screen, again jot it down.
00:31:59.51\00:32:01.92
I believe it's in
Exodus Chapter 25.
00:32:01.95\00:32:05.09
Moses called
God's law a testimony.
00:32:05.12\00:32:08.06
Moses said it was a
testimony. Notice that.
00:32:08.09\00:32:10.96
Oh, you say
that's not quite enough.
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.56
You need a little
more proof of that.
00:32:12.59\00:32:14.23
Okay.
00:32:14.26\00:32:15.60
Again, I just go right
back and say, and John saw.
00:32:15.63\00:32:18.77
John saw in the heaven.
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.14
He saw the altar of incense.
00:32:20.17\00:32:23.07
So we see what we looked
in the earthly sanctuary.
00:32:23.10\00:32:25.57
He said, I saw that work that
was going on in the heavenly.
00:32:25.61\00:32:30.48
In Revelation 8:3-5,
Revelation 8:3-5 says this,
00:32:30.51\00:32:34.58
"Another angel came
and stood by the altar."
00:32:34.62\00:32:37.62
This is all important work here,
00:32:37.65\00:32:39.22
"Having a golden censer,
00:32:39.25\00:32:41.02
and there was
given him much incense,
00:32:41.06\00:32:43.49
that he should
offer it with the prayers,
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.39
notice, of all
saints upon the golden altar
00:32:45.43\00:32:48.46
which was before the," what?
00:32:48.50\00:32:50.33
"Before the throne."
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.73
Think, keep these
things in your mind as we go.
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.90
So in the earthly,
the altar was what?
00:32:54.94\00:32:57.24
Before the throne room
of God, the most holy place.
00:32:57.27\00:33:03.18
To me that's just
awesome when you think about it.
00:33:03.21\00:33:06.61
Another important
point, at least to me here.
00:33:06.65\00:33:09.15
We hear a lot about, and man,
00:33:09.18\00:33:10.52
I loved it when I hear
it about Shekinah Glory.
00:33:10.55\00:33:13.96
I know when you hear,
he loves Shekinah Glory.
00:33:13.99\00:33:16.83
Think about what
is the Shekinah Glory.
00:33:16.86\00:33:19.23
And again this will
not be on the screen,
00:33:19.26\00:33:20.60
but jot it down if you
really want to read more
00:33:20.63\00:33:22.03
about Shekinah Glory.
00:33:22.06\00:33:23.40
Read in Exodus Chapter
40, you can read verses 34, 35
00:33:23.43\00:33:27.00
and you can see about
this Shekinah Glory of God.
00:33:27.04\00:33:30.14
But notice, Shekinah
was the glory of God,
00:33:30.17\00:33:33.84
notice this, that
shows that God's ark
00:33:33.88\00:33:37.65
is in heaven is
the throne of God.
00:33:37.68\00:33:42.65
The throne room of God.
00:33:42.68\00:33:44.05
Notice this, the
sinner of the work.
00:33:44.09\00:33:46.62
For this is where
the Shekinah Glory
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.39
was in the earthly sanctuary,
on the mercy seat, on the ark.
00:33:48.42\00:33:54.63
There must be
something very powerful
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.50
about this and that we
should know and understand,
00:33:56.53\00:33:59.67
because we're
looking at the very,
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.04
as it were throne room of God.
00:34:01.07\00:34:03.10
Where God is and
there's work just going on.
00:34:03.14\00:34:08.58
Patriarchs and Prophets, 349.
00:34:08.61\00:34:11.68
Patriarchs and Prophets,
349 says this, above, notice,
00:34:11.71\00:34:16.22
"Above the Mercy
Seat was Shekinah,
00:34:16.25\00:34:19.05
the manifestation
of Divine Presence."
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.52
So that's not hard
for us to understand.
00:34:22.56\00:34:24.93
You know, as we look at that,
00:34:24.96\00:34:26.70
we need a
manifestation of the power
00:34:26.73\00:34:29.73
and the presence of God.
00:34:29.76\00:34:31.40
Sometime we go to church
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.77
and you go
through all the service
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.14
in Sabbath
school and worship hour.
00:34:34.17\00:34:35.50
And you go out
drier than you came in.
00:34:35.54\00:34:37.51
Something's wrong.
00:34:37.54\00:34:39.77
You go out unhappy.
00:34:39.81\00:34:41.21
You're not filled.
00:34:41.24\00:34:42.64
That means the
Spirit of God is not there.
00:34:42.68\00:34:44.61
And you are not in
tuned because the Bible says,
00:34:44.65\00:34:46.88
if you come
hungry, you shall be what?
00:34:46.92\00:34:48.88
You shall be filled.
00:34:48.92\00:34:50.49
If you seek,
you're going to find it.
00:34:50.52\00:34:53.12
This is the time to get,
00:34:53.15\00:34:54.49
may I say hot in
the cause of Christ.
00:34:54.52\00:34:56.93
This is the time now
to put it down right now
00:34:56.96\00:34:59.06
and really let it out.
00:34:59.09\00:35:00.43
You know why?
00:35:00.46\00:35:01.80
Because listen, our
freedoms are being challenged.
00:35:01.83\00:35:03.90
Freedom of speech is
almost completely gone.
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.73
You can't say anything anymore
00:35:05.77\00:35:07.10
that's not
offensive to somebody.
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.60
And that's the devil's
plan so that we cannot give
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.74
the word the way that
we're supposed to give it.
00:35:11.77\00:35:15.31
Pretty soon, if
we're not careful
00:35:15.34\00:35:16.68
when you mentioned and
especially in Adventism
00:35:16.71\00:35:18.58
if you mentioned, we
believe a Sunday law is coming.
00:35:18.61\00:35:20.98
Some of you doubting
Thomas's, when that happens,
00:35:21.02\00:35:23.92
I'd like to be around myself,
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.32
but you'll see
it, there's no doubt.
00:35:26.35\00:35:29.66
That you've laughed at
and you snarled, oh no,
00:35:29.69\00:35:31.79
it's not going to happen.
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.26
You're going to
see it take place.
00:35:33.29\00:35:35.96
But you know what?
00:35:36.00\00:35:37.33
Before, too long, you won't
be able to say that possibly.
00:35:37.37\00:35:41.34
You may not be
able to talk too freely
00:35:41.37\00:35:42.74
about the Sunday
law that's coming.
00:35:42.77\00:35:44.67
You may not be able to
talk about the persecution
00:35:44.71\00:35:46.47
that's going to
follow for God's commandment
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.18
keeping people.
00:35:48.21\00:35:50.88
He's here, holy, holy.
00:35:50.91\00:35:54.22
It's a real message
to be given to the world
00:35:54.25\00:35:57.05
that's honey coated and
sweet stuff all the time.
00:35:57.09\00:36:00.26
Is it okay as a
preacher to say, I'm sick of it.
00:36:00.29\00:36:02.32
I'm sick of it.
00:36:05.93\00:36:07.73
Why? Because our souls at stake.
00:36:07.76\00:36:10.73
We don't have time to waste.
00:36:10.77\00:36:12.77
I tell my wife every day,
00:36:12.80\00:36:14.14
what have we accomplished
for the cause of Christ?
00:36:14.17\00:36:17.17
We can't let one day go by that
we don't do something positive.
00:36:17.21\00:36:19.94
It's not a works thing.
00:36:19.97\00:36:21.38
It's something inside
that wants to come out to say,
00:36:21.41\00:36:23.48
time is short, cry
loud and spare not.
00:36:23.51\00:36:27.48
And what do you do?
00:36:27.52\00:36:28.85
Not to his people.
00:36:28.88\00:36:30.22
Shekinah Glory, we need it.
00:36:31.32\00:36:32.92
I'm going to read Exodus 35.
00:36:32.95\00:36:34.69
It's not on the
screen, it won't be there.
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.22
So don't panic,
but I don't have time.
00:36:36.26\00:36:38.63
There's so many
things if we try to read all
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.03
of we'll never get to it,
00:36:40.06\00:36:41.40
but I'm just going to
pick out three or four words
00:36:41.43\00:36:43.23
of the verses Exodus 25:17-22.
00:36:43.26\00:36:47.14
So powerful that we understand
it today when God said.
00:36:47.17\00:36:51.31
Verse 17,
Exodus 25:17 says this,
00:36:51.34\00:36:54.58
"Make a mercy seat,
make it of pure gold."
00:36:54.61\00:36:56.88
That's all I'm
going to read on that one.
00:36:56.91\00:36:58.25
See, I don't have time
to read everything else,
00:36:58.28\00:36:59.75
but remember the mercy
seat make it of pure gold
00:36:59.78\00:37:02.58
because it represented divinity.
00:37:02.62\00:37:04.59
It was purely what?
00:37:04.62\00:37:06.05
God is all pure.
00:37:06.09\00:37:08.52
But in the earthly sanctuary,
when they made, you know,
00:37:08.56\00:37:10.53
articles of, they
had it made out of wood.
00:37:10.56\00:37:13.33
And then it was
overlaid with what?
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.00
Good.
00:37:15.03\00:37:16.36
Overlaid with gold,
representing the wood
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.13
with humanity and
divinity working together.
00:37:18.17\00:37:21.20
And we had to be covered
over the top and the bottom
00:37:21.24\00:37:23.30
and so on and so forth.
00:37:23.34\00:37:24.97
But the mercy seat here,
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.34
more of Shekinah
where God's right power,
00:37:26.37\00:37:28.88
where he was at, pure gold.
00:37:28.91\00:37:31.31
Verse 18, "Make
two cherubims of gold."
00:37:31.35\00:37:34.55
Verse 19, "One on each
end." Think about it with me.
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.65
Verse 20, "Wings
shall cover the mercy seat."
00:37:37.69\00:37:41.02
Now verse 21,
00:37:41.06\00:37:42.66
"Put on the mercy
seat, put the, notice this,
00:37:42.69\00:37:45.49
the ark, upon the ark."
00:37:45.53\00:37:50.60
Verse 22,
00:37:50.63\00:37:51.97
"I will meet and commune
00:37:52.00\00:37:53.44
with thee above the mercy seat."
00:37:53.47\00:37:56.30
God said I'm going to meet
and commune and He did there.
00:37:56.34\00:37:59.57
Where's God meeting you?
00:37:59.61\00:38:00.94
Where's God
meeting me right now?
00:38:00.98\00:38:03.55
Where's the time and
place we can get together
00:38:03.58\00:38:05.21
in the quiet of the evening,
of the day, of the morning
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.22
and spend some time with
God that He can commune with us.
00:38:07.25\00:38:11.39
Remember, the mercy
seat is a place over the top
00:38:11.42\00:38:15.42
of the Ark and over the law.
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.96
Mercy seat, right over
the top of the law of God.
00:38:18.99\00:38:21.80
Oh, boy, I'm
nervous, are you with me?
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.47
Read that.
00:38:23.50\00:38:24.83
You go back to Exodus 25
and 26 and read those chapters.
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.40
In other words, the mercy
seat, I'm going to hurry along,
00:38:28.44\00:38:30.47
time is almost gone.
00:38:30.51\00:38:31.84
Mercy of God is over what?
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.34
The mercy of
God is over the law,
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.85
which most people said
doesn't matter anymore.
00:38:36.88\00:38:39.51
The mercy seat is over the law.
00:38:39.55\00:38:42.32
Man, that's pretty heavy duty.
00:38:42.35\00:38:45.25
The golden angels one on
each end, you remember that?
00:38:45.29\00:38:48.26
Though, let me just throw some
things out real quick with you.
00:38:48.29\00:38:51.33
The one on the, notice
that, one on the right side,
00:38:51.36\00:38:55.30
the one on the right side,
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.03
I'm going to throw
this out and then maybe
00:38:57.07\00:38:58.40
we would have time to prove
it a little later, is Gabriel.
00:38:58.43\00:39:00.80
The one on the right
side represent Gabriel.
00:39:00.84\00:39:04.24
This is, now listen.
00:39:04.27\00:39:05.61
This is where Satan
stood before he fell.
00:39:05.64\00:39:10.45
Did you get it?
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.25
Before Satan fell, he was,
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.18
as we say fourth
power in the universe.
00:39:14.22\00:39:19.65
But after he fell,
Gabriel took his place.
00:39:19.69\00:39:22.62
It's not on the screen, but
you can read more about that,
00:39:22.66\00:39:24.26
Desire of Ages, 693,
if you want to do that.
00:39:24.29\00:39:27.13
We're talking about
here referring to Jesus
00:39:27.16\00:39:29.06
in the Garden of Gethsemane
when He was strengthened
00:39:29.10\00:39:33.03
and touched you
remember by an angel.
00:39:33.07\00:39:36.40
The mighty angel that
stands in the presence of God.
00:39:36.44\00:39:40.78
Occupying the
position, which Satan fell,
00:39:40.81\00:39:44.28
came to the side of Christ.
00:39:44.31\00:39:46.72
He was touched, Gabriel.
00:39:46.75\00:39:48.58
Desire of Ages, 324.
00:39:48.62\00:39:50.52
Notice with me, Desire
of Ages, page 234 says this.
00:39:50.55\00:39:54.72
Just kind of back up
some of this stuff quickly.
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.66
It was Gabriel, the angel
next in rank to the Son of God.
00:39:56.69\00:40:01.86
It was Gabriel, notice this,
who gave Daniel his message.
00:40:01.90\00:40:06.94
It was, notice
this, it was Gabriel
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.84
who came to John,
when John was saying,
00:40:08.87\00:40:10.57
I saw and wrote
the Book of Revelation.
00:40:10.61\00:40:13.58
It was Gabriel that was there
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.04
doing as God had
commissioned him.
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.35
It was Gabriel who
said in Revelation 1:3,
00:40:17.38\00:40:21.05
may come up there on
your screen, Revelation 1:3.
00:40:21.08\00:40:23.28
Talks about a blessing
is pronounced, you know,
00:40:23.32\00:40:25.42
upon those who read
and study the Word of God
00:40:25.45\00:40:29.22
and keep the words of prophecy.
00:40:29.26\00:40:32.03
Isn't that beautiful?
00:40:32.06\00:40:33.40
A blessing is
pronounced if you do,
00:40:33.43\00:40:35.53
and you have so
many pastors and teachers
00:40:35.56\00:40:37.17
and preachers today
say stay away from it.
00:40:37.20\00:40:39.27
No, don't stay away from it.
00:40:39.30\00:40:40.87
Get into it.
00:40:40.90\00:40:42.24
The blessing is pronounced
00:40:42.27\00:40:44.24
if we study and read the book.
00:40:44.27\00:40:46.88
Let me just say,
we talk about grace.
00:40:46.91\00:40:48.44
People say we're under grace,
we don't worry about the law.
00:40:48.48\00:40:50.55
Grace cannot be given on terms
00:40:53.28\00:40:58.69
which makes the law of God void.
00:40:58.72\00:41:02.66
With only grace,
we're all sinners.
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.89
But it just cannot be applied.
00:41:04.93\00:41:07.80
Romans 3:31 would, you know,
make void the law, it says.
00:41:07.83\00:41:12.50
Where sin is pardoned, the
law is claimed, notice this,
00:41:12.53\00:41:16.07
against the sinner
must also be satisfied.
00:41:16.10\00:41:20.04
Something about grace
here, but notice how they work.
00:41:20.08\00:41:22.88
Two angels looked at each other.
00:41:25.78\00:41:28.92
Another time the mercy seat
00:41:28.95\00:41:30.29
and the law
represents the reverence,
00:41:30.32\00:41:31.99
which we should
look at these things
00:41:32.02\00:41:35.46
regarding the law of God
and the plan of redemption.
00:41:35.49\00:41:38.06
Are we really thinking
the reverence of it today?
00:41:38.09\00:41:40.50
We go in the sanctuary
00:41:40.53\00:41:41.86
and we've got everything
in the world on our mind,
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.23
except meeting with Jesus,
meeting with the Holy Spirit.
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.43
These angels that
were there on there,
00:41:49.60\00:41:51.64
they represent, notice this.
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.61
They were used by God to
answer questions that Aaron,
00:41:53.64\00:41:56.64
the high priest had.
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.01
You remember?
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.38
The right one would do what?
00:41:59.41\00:42:00.75
There's the question
and there the right angel
00:42:00.78\00:42:02.75
would light up for yes.
00:42:02.78\00:42:04.12
And then on the left
angel will cloud up for no.
00:42:04.15\00:42:09.59
God said He would commune
there with them, Exodus 25.
00:42:09.62\00:42:12.66
You remember that?
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.03
And I just say in my question
is, do you need grace today?
00:42:14.06\00:42:16.67
Do I need grace today?
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.53
And to receive grace, the
Bible says in Hebrews 4:15-16.
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.90
Hebrews 4:15-16.
00:42:22.94\00:42:25.61
So let us come how?
00:42:25.64\00:42:26.98
Let us come boldly
to the throne of God.
00:42:27.01\00:42:29.94
How many of us
are creeping up there?
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.38
God said come
boldly to the throne of God
00:42:31.41\00:42:34.15
that we may obtain mercy
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.65
and find help in
our time of need.
00:42:35.68\00:42:37.52
If we ever needed
help and grace and mercy
00:42:37.55\00:42:39.39
it's now, where do we go?
00:42:39.42\00:42:40.92
Go to the mercy
seat what it says.
00:42:40.96\00:42:43.69
Things that are
impossible will become possible
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.69
through Jesus Christ.
00:42:45.73\00:42:47.70
Why?
00:42:47.73\00:42:49.06
Oh, my, Daniel 7.
00:42:49.10\00:42:50.43
I'm getting, time
is getting shorter.
00:42:50.47\00:42:51.80
I'm going to skip
through some things and go on.
00:42:51.83\00:42:53.17
I want to hit a
couple of points.
00:42:53.20\00:42:54.54
I think it's very,
very important to us.
00:42:54.57\00:42:56.71
In 1 Corinthians 6,
00:42:56.74\00:42:58.07
I'm going to skip
down 1 Corinthians 6:19-20,
00:42:58.11\00:43:00.78
talks about the body as
a temple of the Holy Ghost,
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.01
which is in you.
00:43:03.04\00:43:04.55
Then we are reminded, we know
we are bought, with a price,
00:43:04.58\00:43:08.12
glorify God, where?
00:43:08.15\00:43:09.48
In your, good,
glorify God in your body.
00:43:09.52\00:43:12.92
So you're not your own.
00:43:12.95\00:43:14.29
You're bought with a price.
00:43:14.32\00:43:15.66
And we glorify God where?
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.79
In our body.
00:43:17.83\00:43:19.16
We read 1
Corinthians already 3:16-17.
00:43:19.19\00:43:21.76
You're the temple of God.
00:43:21.80\00:43:23.13
And God wants us to
live and taking our body
00:43:23.16\00:43:25.87
and do what we need to
do to be the correct temple.
00:43:25.90\00:43:28.07
So the Holy Spirit can live.
00:43:28.10\00:43:31.34
These verses to me, at least
tells us this that His Spirit
00:43:31.37\00:43:34.38
wants to dwell in
this temple that He made.
00:43:34.41\00:43:38.71
But it has to be, notice,
the temple has to be made
00:43:38.75\00:43:41.68
after the heavenly pattern.
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.39
Is the temple?
00:43:44.42\00:43:45.75
Your temple, my temple,
is it made after the heavenly
00:43:45.79\00:43:47.89
pattern, Jesus Christ?
00:43:47.92\00:43:52.39
Before Christ can come
and live in this temple,
00:43:52.43\00:43:57.30
He gives each one of us a test
00:43:57.33\00:44:00.07
to see if we love Him supremely.
00:44:00.10\00:44:02.47
And we want Him to be
with us and live in us.
00:44:02.50\00:44:05.84
So God said, back then He
said, make them a sanctuary.
00:44:05.87\00:44:09.64
That means
00:44:09.68\00:44:11.01
there's going to be things that
we're going to have to give up.
00:44:11.05\00:44:12.38
You come to Jesus Christ.
00:44:12.41\00:44:13.75
You want to be a Christian,
there's things that may be
00:44:13.78\00:44:15.12
going to have to be given up.
00:44:15.15\00:44:17.72
Things had to be given up
when they built the tabernacle.
00:44:17.75\00:44:19.82
Do you remember
the Saint Temple?
00:44:19.85\00:44:22.29
To start bring this, right?
00:44:22.32\00:44:23.66
Bringing all
these different things
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.59
because they have to make
it after the heavenly pattern.
00:44:25.63\00:44:27.56
So it takes, heaven's
going to take giving up
00:44:29.60\00:44:31.67
some things in order
to be a Bible Christian.
00:44:31.70\00:44:36.14
Do you want to be the
real Christian, the real McCoy?
00:44:36.17\00:44:40.18
First, it takes a willing
heart and a willing mind.
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.04
2 Corinthians 8:12, "For
there first be a willing," what?
00:44:42.08\00:44:45.88
"Mind and acceptable to God,
00:44:45.91\00:44:47.48
to a man what he hath and
not according to he hath not.
00:44:47.52\00:44:52.15
"Very, very interesting.
00:44:52.19\00:44:53.96
God said in making
the earthly sanctuary,
00:44:53.99\00:44:55.52
what did He say in Exodus 25?
00:44:55.56\00:44:57.26
I don't have time to go
into all that right now.
00:44:57.29\00:44:58.86
But He said, all had
to be willing offerings
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.76
and bring me your gold and
your silver and your brass,
00:45:00.80\00:45:03.26
all the other
materials to build a sanctuary.
00:45:03.30\00:45:05.67
Even said in Exodus 38, I'm
not picking on a certain class
00:45:07.74\00:45:11.34
here or anything, but I
want you to notice with me.
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.31
Exodus 38:8 and
billing the laver,
00:45:13.34\00:45:16.31
for instance, out of brass.
00:45:16.34\00:45:18.38
God told the women, notice this,
00:45:18.41\00:45:19.98
He told the women to
bring the looking glasses
00:45:20.02\00:45:23.49
and the mirrors for that.
00:45:23.52\00:45:26.05
God asked them to
give up their mirrors
00:45:26.09\00:45:28.42
or their
self-adoration or there,
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.16
here it says self-righteousness.
00:45:31.19\00:45:32.86
You can't blame me, you just
have to look at here and say,
00:45:35.26\00:45:37.10
okay, let's look
at this thing here.
00:45:37.13\00:45:38.70
Exodus 38:8, God sent
for the women to bring this.
00:45:38.73\00:45:41.50
Exodus 35:22,
notice, the Bible says, "
00:45:41.54\00:45:44.07
And they came
both men and women,
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.77
as many as were willing hearted,
00:45:45.81\00:45:48.38
brought bracelets, and
their earrings, and their rings,
00:45:48.41\00:45:52.51
and their tablets."
00:45:52.55\00:45:53.88
Hebrew, that means
your jewels and golden beads
00:45:53.92\00:45:56.42
and all the jewels of gold.
00:45:56.45\00:45:58.72
"And every man
that offered an offering
00:45:58.75\00:46:01.12
of gold unto the Lord."
00:46:01.16\00:46:02.62
What did God say?
00:46:02.66\00:46:03.99
Make a sanctuary,
getting ready to meet with God.
00:46:04.03\00:46:06.29
He is here, holy, holy.
00:46:06.33\00:46:07.66
He said get off some of those
things that you're putting on.
00:46:07.70\00:46:09.96
And he told Him what to bring.
00:46:10.00\00:46:11.33
He said, get over the, you know,
00:46:11.37\00:46:12.70
the wristbands and
the rings and the earrings
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.54
and all this kind of business.
00:46:14.57\00:46:16.24
Even the animals that
were sacrificed were there.
00:46:16.27\00:46:18.94
You know, it had to
be when you gave those,
00:46:18.97\00:46:20.48
it had to be
with a willing heart.
00:46:20.51\00:46:22.58
In other words, Jesus
simply makes the statement here
00:46:22.61\00:46:25.08
that we need to rethink
about for just a moment here.
00:46:25.11\00:46:27.82
You know, who do
you love the most?
00:46:27.85\00:46:30.99
Is that maybe your
mirrors, come on now,
00:46:31.02\00:46:34.06
or your self-righteousness?
00:46:34.09\00:46:36.69
Or do you love
anything more than you love Me?
00:46:36.73\00:46:38.46
Matthew 6:33.
00:46:38.49\00:46:40.16
The Bible is very clear,
00:46:40.20\00:46:41.63
says, seek ye first the
kingdom of God and what?
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.87
His righteousness,
all these other things
00:46:43.90\00:46:45.33
will be added unto you.
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.67
If you love Me more than these,
00:46:47.70\00:46:50.04
will you not be
willing to give up some things?
00:46:50.07\00:46:53.88
But if you don't,
I can't dwell in you.
00:46:53.91\00:46:57.58
For each temple has to be built
after the heavenly pattern.
00:46:57.61\00:47:02.15
So God gives some
strong counsel to us today.
00:47:02.18\00:47:06.29
1 Peter 3:4, the Bible
said talking about, again,
00:47:06.32\00:47:10.36
it's not picking on the
ladies, but the Bible has said,
00:47:10.39\00:47:12.46
I'm just reading it.
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.23
Those, notice this,
00:47:14.26\00:47:15.60
whose adorning let
it not be the outward
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.27
adorning of the
plating of the hair.
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.44
That simply means you look
it up in the original language,
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.74
elaborate braiding of the hair.
00:47:23.77\00:47:26.41
Some people try to
say, yeah, putting gold in,
00:47:26.44\00:47:28.21
do all kinds of
different things in here.
00:47:28.24\00:47:29.91
That's not what the
Hebrew brings to our attention.
00:47:29.94\00:47:32.41
Somebody may try to
stick something else in there.
00:47:32.45\00:47:34.78
You can look up
Webster dictionary's
00:47:34.82\00:47:36.55
plating of the
hair is a, notice this,
00:47:36.58\00:47:39.12
is the braiding of the
hair, elaborate hairdos,
00:47:39.15\00:47:42.62
where it takes to 10
hours, 15 hours, 30 hours
00:47:42.66\00:47:46.73
to get some of
these things done.
00:47:46.76\00:47:48.66
There's no use to get
angry about and all upset.
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.40
These are things that
God want us to look at.
00:47:50.43\00:47:52.03
He said this is not
what it's all about.
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.67
Revelation 12, the pure woman,
Revelation 17, the harlot,
00:47:54.70\00:47:57.04
look how each one was dressed.
00:47:57.07\00:48:00.58
Review and Herald, 3/17/1899.
00:48:00.61\00:48:03.41
Notice this.
00:48:03.45\00:48:04.78
It says, "In dress and
in speech, in deportment,
00:48:04.81\00:48:07.48
we are to be a people distinct
and separate from the world."
00:48:07.52\00:48:10.92
Sometime we can't
tell the difference.
00:48:10.95\00:48:13.89
We can't tell the difference,
we're to be distinct.
00:48:13.92\00:48:16.02
Did you notice that,
we're to be separate?
00:48:16.06\00:48:18.49
No, we don't
want to be separate.
00:48:18.53\00:48:19.86
We don't want to be different,
then you don't have to be,
00:48:19.89\00:48:21.86
but God says His people will be.
00:48:21.90\00:48:23.97
God tells us He
does not want His temple
00:48:24.00\00:48:26.84
to be half gold and
silver as outside beauty.
00:48:26.87\00:48:31.27
But to have Christ is
what this Bible is telling us.
00:48:31.31\00:48:33.88
The hidden man of
the heart on the inside.
00:48:33.91\00:48:37.28
Remember the beauty
of the earthly sanctuary
00:48:37.31\00:48:39.68
was inside and not outside.
00:48:39.71\00:48:42.98
Paul expresses this quick.
00:48:43.02\00:48:44.35
The last couple of
minutes we have here,
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.42
concerning the attitude.
00:48:46.45\00:48:47.79
Notice this.
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.16
I hate to say it again,
but I'm going to say it anyway,
00:48:49.19\00:48:50.53
the conduct of
women in the church.
00:48:50.56\00:48:53.29
1 Timothy 2:9-10, let, notice
this, "In like manner also,
00:48:53.33\00:48:56.50
that women adorn themselves
put in order arrangement
00:48:56.53\00:48:59.43
themselves in modest apparel,
good taste, conservative,
00:48:59.47\00:49:02.74
with shamefacedness,"
that's what with what?
00:49:02.77\00:49:04.77
"You know
self-respect and sobriety."
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.94
That means a
little self-control,
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.54
"Not with broided
hair," again, notice
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.85
that, that's plating
again, that's elaborate braids.
00:49:10.88\00:49:13.08
It says, "No gold, no
pearls, no costly arrayed.
00:49:13.11\00:49:17.25
" Did you get that?
00:49:17.29\00:49:18.62
Verse 10, "But which becometh
woman professing godliness
00:49:18.65\00:49:22.22
which in good works."
00:49:22.26\00:49:23.96
So you can see,
00:49:23.99\00:49:25.33
this is a very
powerful passage of scripture.
00:49:25.36\00:49:27.93
In fact, the one
that even before that,
00:49:27.96\00:49:30.67
and it really, it
challenges us as God's people.
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.24
You know, if we go back
and we look, remember weâ |
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.71
Our body is the temple.
00:49:36.74\00:49:38.24
God wants to
dwell in the temple.
00:49:38.27\00:49:40.48
Remember the temple has
to be made after the what?
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.78
The pattern as it
were that it's in heaven.
00:49:42.81\00:49:45.28
So it may be different
than we've thought about
00:49:45.31\00:49:47.48
or maybe we've
never thought about
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.35
in the earthly sanctuary about
00:49:49.38\00:49:51.02
maybe what we put on our
bodies or into our bodies,
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.72
or the way that we
respond to the Word of God.
00:49:53.76\00:49:56.76
So I'm going to encourage you
00:49:56.79\00:49:58.13
as you look at this
passage of Scripture.
00:49:58.16\00:50:00.30
Again, we just read
in 1 Timothy 2:9-10.
00:50:00.33\00:50:03.00
It's very pointed.
00:50:03.03\00:50:05.50
And some people just get all
upset about it, but you know,
00:50:05.53\00:50:07.77
if it's in the Word
of God, why get upset?
00:50:07.80\00:50:09.77
Just read it.
00:50:09.80\00:50:11.14
And, you know, remember it says
women adorn themselves. Why?
00:50:11.17\00:50:14.44
Because it seems to be
pointing in that direction
00:50:14.48\00:50:16.78
as adorn themselves.
00:50:16.81\00:50:18.15
And we need to be what?
00:50:18.18\00:50:19.51
Adorn God, the Holy
Spirit of the living God
00:50:19.55\00:50:21.52
needs to be coming out.
00:50:21.55\00:50:22.88
And not anything that
would take the place of that.
00:50:22.92\00:50:25.22
As people would look sobriety,
self-control and their hair.
00:50:25.25\00:50:29.62
You know, I've thought
about this reverence toward God
00:50:29.66\00:50:33.80
and doing what God
would have us to do
00:50:33.83\00:50:36.97
to profess to
even be like Christ,
00:50:37.00\00:50:39.43
to be a Christian, and
yet even dress immodestly
00:50:39.47\00:50:43.91
is a form of a word we
don't want to hear, hypocrisy.
00:50:43.94\00:50:47.34
We profess to be Christians
00:50:47.38\00:50:49.14
in the way that
we dress sometime.
00:50:49.18\00:50:52.08
You know, really we're living
in hour of earth's history
00:50:52.11\00:50:54.58
where God said, I'm
coming back for the people
00:50:54.62\00:50:56.15
who dare to be different.
00:50:56.18\00:50:57.85
We cannot dress the
way the world dresses
00:50:57.89\00:51:01.39
and claim to be
followers of Christ.
00:51:01.42\00:51:03.56
Study the
earthly sanctuary again,
00:51:03.59\00:51:05.06
you'll see how God gave
right direction and everything
00:51:05.09\00:51:08.40
that the priests and those
who were officiating, what?
00:51:08.43\00:51:10.33
That they wore.
00:51:10.37\00:51:11.73
He wanted to make
sure it's not even
00:51:11.77\00:51:13.10
when they went up to
the altar of the sacrifice,
00:51:13.13\00:51:15.04
even their
ankles didn't even show.
00:51:15.07\00:51:17.14
So we need to be careful
from based upon the Word of God.
00:51:17.17\00:51:20.98
And again, you might
say at this point in time,
00:51:21.01\00:51:23.68
you might say,
well, you know, I agree.
00:51:23.71\00:51:26.72
I agree with most of
what's been said right here,
00:51:26.75\00:51:29.32
but you're going
to say, remember,
00:51:29.35\00:51:30.69
God asked to give up our gold
and our silver and you know,
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.82
our earrings and our bracelets.
00:51:33.86\00:51:35.46
And, you know, He covers it all.
00:51:35.49\00:51:37.16
And certainly that's, you know,
a lot more in Isaiah Chapter 3
00:51:37.19\00:51:39.63
that we get into, but we won't,
we don't have time to do that.
00:51:39.66\00:51:42.33
But as we look at it and
you say, well, I understand,
00:51:42.36\00:51:44.47
but I'd be willing to
give off and take off anything
00:51:44.50\00:51:47.97
that I need to, because
the Word of God says no gold.
00:51:48.00\00:51:51.51
So I don't know how
you're going to beat that one.
00:51:51.54\00:51:53.58
No gold and no silver.
00:51:53.61\00:51:55.94
But you're going
to say, well, I know,
00:51:55.98\00:51:57.61
but my wedding ring is
a little bit different.
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.45
It is. And I say,
well, yeah, it is.
00:51:59.48\00:52:01.92
And, but how many people
you think about the rings they,
00:52:01.95\00:52:05.39
you know, that's given to
commemorate a certain thing,
00:52:05.42\00:52:07.96
for instance, a super bowl
ring, or a graduation ring,
00:52:07.99\00:52:12.66
a retirement ring, a birthday
ring and engagement ring.
00:52:12.69\00:52:16.30
I mean, it, the list just goes
on and on and everybody thinks
00:52:16.33\00:52:19.03
that's the most important
thing, But is it really?
00:52:19.07\00:52:23.51
Everyone can say
it's special to me.
00:52:23.54\00:52:26.81
It tells the world
something about me.
00:52:26.84\00:52:29.61
Well, you know, I can
say, yeah, it does that.
00:52:29.64\00:52:33.18
But then I must go
back to the Word of God
00:52:33.21\00:52:34.98
and again not
trying to pick on anybody.
00:52:35.02\00:52:36.38
But the Word of God says this,
00:52:36.42\00:52:37.75
but you know how little
these passages of scripture
00:52:37.79\00:52:40.59
are touched upon
in the pulpit today
00:52:40.62\00:52:42.62
because it's
distasteful to some.
00:52:42.66\00:52:45.53
God never asked us.
00:52:45.56\00:52:46.90
He just said
present what I've given you.
00:52:46.93\00:52:48.53
And that's what we should do.
00:52:48.56\00:52:49.90
He said no gold, no matter
how small, no matter how little,
00:52:49.93\00:52:52.93
no matter if you
spent something on it,
00:52:52.97\00:52:54.30
you didn't spend anything on.
00:52:54.34\00:52:55.67
God said no gold and
silver, no pearls, et cetera.
00:52:55.70\00:52:57.97
Yeah.
00:52:58.01\00:52:59.34
This may be your test.
00:52:59.37\00:53:01.34
This may be, you
know, somebody close to you,
00:53:01.38\00:53:03.55
maybe a test for them.
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.28
But I would, you know,
just to Google, just something
00:53:05.31\00:53:07.82
worldly out there
and said, you know,
00:53:07.85\00:53:09.62
I want to know about
the wedding band and so on.
00:53:09.65\00:53:12.32
I mean, where did it come
from and so on and so forth.
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.92
And I went to, you know,
www.engagementringhistory.com.
00:53:14.96\00:53:20.26
So this is from
an outside source,
00:53:20.30\00:53:21.86
but notice even
they know, notice this,
00:53:21.90\00:53:24.10
it says this,
the wearing of ring,
00:53:24.13\00:53:27.00
is the wearing of rings pagan?
00:53:27.04\00:53:29.47
Here's what the answer.
00:53:31.77\00:53:33.11
The meaning of the wedding ring
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.74
as a symbol of
marital commitment
00:53:34.78\00:53:38.28
finds its origin in pagan
mythology and superstition.
00:53:38.31\00:53:42.58
The investment
of this pagan symbol
00:53:44.62\00:53:48.06
has completely
lost its pagan meaning.
00:53:48.09\00:53:51.53
And they go on to say, why?
00:53:51.56\00:53:53.19
Because so-called
Christianity has taken it
00:53:53.23\00:53:55.96
and changed the meaning of it.
00:53:56.00\00:53:58.40
We as Christians are,
should be very conscious
00:53:58.43\00:54:01.40
of where something originated.
00:54:01.44\00:54:03.14
Where did it come from?
00:54:03.17\00:54:04.74
We do that on
Sabbath and Sunday issue
00:54:04.77\00:54:06.44
and a lot of other different
things, as you well know.
00:54:06.47\00:54:10.18
So if we not realize it
come from pagan mythology
00:54:10.21\00:54:13.65
and superstition
and the Roman church
00:54:13.68\00:54:15.95
and then
baptized and we brought.
00:54:15.98\00:54:18.35
Why would we want to do it
00:54:18.39\00:54:19.72
when God says don't do it.
00:54:19.75\00:54:21.29
These are just some
things that we're challenged
00:54:21.32\00:54:22.96
with as we study
the earthly sanctuary,
00:54:22.99\00:54:25.36
as we looked at it.
00:54:25.39\00:54:26.73
Remember he said, hey, you
know, He is here, holy, holy.
00:54:26.76\00:54:30.33
We're the temple.
00:54:30.37\00:54:31.70
He wants to dwell in us.
00:54:31.73\00:54:33.07
The temple must be holy,
00:54:33.10\00:54:34.80
and shouldn't we
consider those things
00:54:34.84\00:54:36.64
that might be offensive to God.
00:54:36.67\00:54:38.47
Consider giving them up.
00:54:38.51\00:54:39.84
Is anything too big too
good to give up for God?
00:54:39.87\00:54:43.85
Moses made the
earthly sanctuary.
00:54:43.88\00:54:46.15
He made it according
00:54:46.18\00:54:47.52
to the fashion that He had seen.
00:54:47.55\00:54:49.98
Paul declares, the tabernacle
and the vessels of the ministry
00:54:50.02\00:54:54.36
were a pattern of
those things in the heavens.
00:54:54.39\00:54:57.76
John said, I saw a
sanctuary in heaven.
00:54:57.79\00:55:01.66
The sanctuary in which
Jesus ministers in our behalf,
00:55:01.70\00:55:05.13
the great
original, the sanctuary
00:55:05.17\00:55:08.00
built by Moses was a copy.
00:55:08.04\00:55:10.67
He is here, holy, holy.
00:55:10.71\00:55:14.44
Wouldn't you consider right now,
00:55:14.48\00:55:16.44
just there may be
decisions you need to make
00:55:16.48\00:55:18.35
about some of the
things that's been said,
00:55:18.38\00:55:20.18
that you make that
decision right now,
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.52
based on the Word of
God, not based on family,
00:55:22.55\00:55:24.72
not based upon what
somebody else might say.
00:55:24.75\00:55:26.96
Some church teaches, just
simply go to the Word of God.
00:55:26.99\00:55:30.66
And so, you know,
God's Word has said this.
00:55:30.69\00:55:32.29
I didn't know it before.
00:55:32.33\00:55:34.50
I've done all these things.
00:55:34.53\00:55:36.16
And I didn't realize
that my body is the temple
00:55:36.20\00:55:38.37
and it needs to be
acceptable to Jesus.
00:55:38.40\00:55:41.17
So He can come in and
dwell in me and purify me
00:55:41.20\00:55:43.87
and make me ready
for His soon coming.
00:55:43.91\00:55:46.47
Do you want to be ready
for the coming of Jesus?
00:55:46.51\00:55:49.14
I know I do.
00:55:49.18\00:55:50.51
And I know there's
things just got to be given up.
00:55:50.55\00:55:53.38
And so we'll present
those to Him on a daily basis.
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Say, God cake take
control of my life.
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I can't control it.
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Help my mind, I
can't seem to control it.
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He'll help you with that.
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I take this and I wear this.
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I do that, but I want to
be pleasing in your sight.
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He'll help you do that.
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Let Him come in, let Him
be the Lord of your life.
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I'm going to say a little
prayer for you in closing,
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because I know it's a challenge.
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It's something new. Maybe
you've never heard it before.
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And you just don't know what
to do with some of this stuff.
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But I just, I'm going to
encourage you to submit it
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before our heavenly
Father who will take control
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and He will help you.
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He will never ask
you to give up anything
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that's good for you.
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He only wants to give
you that, which is good
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so that we can be ready to
meet Him in the clouds of glory.
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Now I pray for you. You
pray for me too, will you?
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I'm going to
kneel and have prayer.
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Loving Father in
heaven we truly again,
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we thank You for Your Word.
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You said it's
like a two edged sword.
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So it rightly
divides and separates
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and it cuts some time.
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And we read these
things, we know what it says,
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but sometime we just
don't want to do it, Lord.
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Or sometime we're just
selfish and self-centered.
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We pray that the Holy Spirit
will now speak to our hearts
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and our lives.
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And simply come to you and say,
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Lord, I want to put You first
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and whatever needs to be
given up that I could be ready
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to meet You in
the clouds of glory.
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Let it take place.
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And I thank You in
advance for Holy Spirit,
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power and truth in' Jesus name.
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Amen.
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It's been good to
spend this time with you.
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We're going to
be praying for you.
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We want you to pray for us.
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We need to hear as
things go forward at 3ABN
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and then
ministries around the world
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that we love to
spend this time with you
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and study the Word of God.
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God bless you. We look
forward to seeing you next time.
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