Hello, and a great
big welcome to you,
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we're glad you
join us here today,
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3ABN Worship Hour.
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And that's just
exactly what it means,
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we're going to be
worshiping the Lord
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and we're going to
be reading scripture,
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we're going to be
praising His name.
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And we're going to
be by the grace of God
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answering maybe some
questions that you may have.
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You know, God is good,
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the Holy Spirit is
good about doing that.
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So I'm sure today,
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there's going to be questions
that you had in your mind
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that's going to be answered,
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because the Holy
Spirit is in charge.
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Again, we're
glad you've joined us.
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And we want you to get
a pen, a piece of paper,
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write down some of these things,
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I have the tendency sometime
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and I tell you right
up front to move quickly.
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As we move quickly
along, sometimes you know,
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you need to go back and
read before and read after
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because we want
things to be in context.
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We live in an hour
that Jesus is soon to come.
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We live in an hour that
probation is about to close.
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We live in an hour,
where we need to be ready
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for the coming of Jesus.
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So we want you to be
ready. We want to be ready here.
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Again, thank you for joining us.
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Well, our title for today.
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Interesting one
is Iceberg Meet It.
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What does that mean?
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Well, we're going to
see here in just a moment,
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but as usual, we
have to, we need to pray.
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And so I'm going to kneel down
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and have prayer
here in just a moment.
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And I'm going to invite
you please to pray with me.
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Thank you that many
of you write in and say
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we kneel or we
pray when you pray.
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So I'm grateful
and thankful for that.
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So let's just pray
together, shall we?
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Loving Father in
heaven as we come to You,
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we commit ourselves into
thy care and they keeping.
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Lord, we pray that we
would have clean hands,
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clean heart, clean mind
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that we would be a fit vessel
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to bring honor and glory
to You and to you alone today.
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May self be put
behind the cross of Calvary,
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may Jesus be seen.
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May we realize the awesomeness
of the hour that we live
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and maybe some changes
that need to take place
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and only can do it
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through the power
of thy Holy Spirit.
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Bless the crew here
today. Bless each one of us.
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We pray with the Holy
Spirit in such a fashion
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that will change our life
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not just for today, but forever.
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Thank you, Lord,
that You promised
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to take over we lack
and we lack in every area.
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So we just leave it in Your care
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and Your keeping in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Again, thanks for joining us,
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again, we're
looking at iceberg meet it.
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What does that mean?
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Now I'm getting
ready to just to relate
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something that happened.
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And it was a...
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to me it was a
scene that was presented
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that at a very crucial time
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in the history of this movement.
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Something was taking
place in the movement.
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And God was revealing
and He did through this.
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It wasn't a dream,
but it was just simply,
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I want to call it
something revealed.
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And so we're
going to look at this
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and some of you
read it many times.
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And it's found in the
First Selected Messages 205.
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First Selected
Messages 205 and 206.
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Remember, this was a
scene that was presented
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shortly before, here's the key,
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shortly before the testimonies
came out to the church.
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Testimonies are
very, very important.
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And I say sometimes
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reason we're in
the mess that we're in,
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because we're not getting,
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you know, following
everything that God has given us
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to be reading and studying
and following the counsel
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that God gives us to
prepare us for His soon coming.
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So what was it? What
were the testimonies?
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The testimonies were regarding
the efforts of the enemy
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to unbalance the
foundation of our faith.
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Now, that's what
he's always doing.
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He's trying to make us
unbalanced in our faith.
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Now getting what?
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He was going to try to prevent
or present a counterfeit.
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We call it a
dissemination or that spreading
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or that's a
scattering of seducing theories,
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that was an
interesting word here.
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And that something
that will lead you astray,
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something that
will lead me astray.
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See, the enemy
knows you pretty well,
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he knows me pretty well.
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And he's going to
present things to you and to me,
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that's going to
get our attention.
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It's going to get what?
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Get our attention to try
to lead us away from truth
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and here is
that iceberg meet it.
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She says here, I had an,
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notice this, I
read of an incident
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about a ship in a
fog meeting an iceberg.
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Now keep this in mind,
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we realize this is
kind of close to the time,
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you know, as we
look at another big ship,
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you know, that went down
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and hit an
iceberg so on so forth.
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But God was
revealing something here
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that we want to focus on
today more than the Titanic.
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Okay, so this is not Titanic.
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But notice the
similarities of it anyway,
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for several nights I
said I slept but little.
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I seem to be low
down or bowed down
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as a cart beneath sheets.
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Noticed this, one night a scene
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was clearly presented before me.
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Notice what, notice this scene.
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There was a
vessel upon the waters,
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now notice or listen,
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and the vessel in the
waters was a heavy what?
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Was a heavy fog, very good.
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Suddenly the
lookout in on the ship.
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So you had to look out
and look out as to what?
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If there's any kind of danger
that goes on you say what?
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They begin to
cry out and to warn.
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That's what we are in
there we're to cry and mourn
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what's taking place right now.
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But suddenly the
lookout, cried out,
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iceberg ahead.
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Now, they're above,
even above the ship.
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You can see that iceberg.
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It was gigantic. Huh.
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Towering above the ship
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that frightened
everybody that saw it.
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But then what happened?
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There's an authoritative voice,
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you know, there's some
people with authoritative voice
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and there are some
that not so authoritative.
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But this voice here,
authoritative voice cried out,
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meet it, meet it.
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Why would a ship want to
hit an iceberg like that,
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that gigantic in size.
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But there was
not a moment to lose,
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they couldn't hesitate.
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And it was time
for instant action.
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You know, today
God's talking to us people.
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It's time for instant
action not to be put off.
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The engineer put forth,
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when the captain said
meet it on, now notice this.
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It said, the
engineer put on full steam.
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And the man at the
wheel steered the ship,
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notice this,
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he steered at
straight into the iceberg
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with a crash struck the ice.
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There was a fearful shock.
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Please notice this,
it said a fearful shock.
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And the iceberg
did something what?
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It broke into many pieces,
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and some of it falling
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with a noise like
thunder to the deck.
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Notice about the
passengers with me.
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The passengers, notice
this, were violently shaken.
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Please don't get
carried away in the story here
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because we're looking at
this pertains to God's movement
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and what was taking place then
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and what's
taking place right now.
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Run over but the
passengers were violently shaken
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up by the force
of the collision,
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notice this, but
no lives were lost.
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The vessel was
injured, but not beyond repair.
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She rebounded from the contact
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and the trembling
from stem to stern
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like a living creature.
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Hmm.
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Then she move
forward on her way.
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Well think about that.
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The article goes on and says,
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I well knew the meaning of this.
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I had my orders.
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Well, I pray
today by God's grace
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that you have your orders.
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You have your orders
from the master teacher,
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and you know the voice
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and you're willing
to follow that voice.
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I knew she said,
talking about Ellen White.
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She said I knew I had my
orders that I was to meet it.
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I must obey the command.
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And then she goes on to say,
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I worked early and I worked late
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preparing, notice this,
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here's the key,
preparing our people,
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giving them instructions
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regarding, notice this,
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the err that
were and are coming,
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I use the word are
come, are in the church
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or among us now.
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So remember the testimonies
were getting ready to come out.
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The enemy didn't
want the testimonies
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because it reveals his
plan to hoodwink God's people.
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And so what, oh,
tried to sidetracked issues
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but God's saying here,
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he moved upon the prophet
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to write down to say,
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I need to hurry
up and get these out
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because there are
things that are coming up on us
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as a people that we
are not prepared to meet.
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There's an iceberg
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and we are prepared
not to go around it,
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not to wait till it melts.
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Not about this
climate change business.
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But what?
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To meet it head on.
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You meet err head on,
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you don't sidetrack,
you don't go around it,
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you don't wish
it never happened.
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You meet it head on.
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In 2 Timothy,
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I want you to turn
with me to your Bible.
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2 Timothy 4:2.
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2 Timothy 4:2.
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I want you to read
this with me if you will.
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Second Timothy 4:2.
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Now what's happening here?
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Paul begins a list of duties
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for Timothy to perform.
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Now some of you may do
that, some of you who are bosses
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or whatever, you know,
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you get ready to
leave on a week vacation.
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What do you do?
Well, what do you do?
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Well, naturally,
you leave a list.
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We want this done and that
done and this is what, you know.
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And so that's
exactly what Paul was doing
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to I want to call his
spiritual son Timothy.
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I love this,
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we could probably
spend the whole hour on this,
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you know, but we're
gonna move on with it,
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but I want to read it.
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And I pray that you are seasoned
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by the Spirit of God
to listen to the words.
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2 Timothy 4:2 says,
notice, preach, do what?
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Preach the
word, that just means,
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get it out, right?
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"Preach the word,
be," notice this, be what?
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"Instant in season
and out of season,"
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very interesting,
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"reprove and rebuke and exhort
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with all
longsuffering and doctrine."
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Now, what does that mean?
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If we just look
back quickly and go over
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because many people,
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you know, they
just read it and say,
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you know, what?
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These words, what do they mean?
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What did they mean then?
What do they mean to us now?
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Let's just take
a moment, shall we?
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And go over and
right now just look.
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Remember when he
says to this, carefully,
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we preach the word.
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That means herald,
that means get it out,
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and we're to go where?
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Oh, in all the world
and to preach the gospel.
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Get the Word of God out.
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And I'm
wondering if any of you're
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getting the Word
of God out right now,
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herald it.
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Notice, preach the
Word, that means the truth,
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preach the what?
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Preach the truth,
the revealed truth.
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Be instant, what does that mean?
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Instant means ready quickly.
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You know, we live
in a world of what?
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Everything's instant.
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We want it now.
We gotta have it now.
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Everything be instant.
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But in the
gospel, we're to be ready
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in season and out of season.
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I wonder how many of you
have ever thought about that.
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How can we be ready in
season and out of seasons?
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Well, it's not
always convenient,
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you see to preach the gospel
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or to give a Bible study
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or to witness to somebody.
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But notice, we
all know the gospel
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is always needed.
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The gospel, there's
always room for the gospel,
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it's always needed,
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if convenient or not.
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And notice what the gospel does?
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People say, oh, gospel,
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well, we're, it's about love
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and it's about
taking care of that.
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Oh, it's all of that.
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But listen carefully,
it uses the word reprove.
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That means to convict
that means when you convict,
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bring conviction
from the Word of God,
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you've got to get proof.
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Give proof is
what he's saying here
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and rebuke.
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That means, oh, no
one wants to be rebuked.
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No one wants to hear
about all we did or no,
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we need to make changes.
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But we're to rebuke censor.
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Sin has to be dealt with.
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The church's responsibility
is to deal with the sin issue.
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There's no doubt about that.
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It's our duty,
our Christian duty,
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the church's duty,
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exhort to encourage.
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How many of you
really encourages
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somebody with the Word of God?
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Sometime we hit him pretty hard,
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and we give them
this and give him that,
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but we've not really
been encouragement to them.
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We bang, bang, bang,
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but we not
encouraged him to say,
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"Come on, stay in
there, hang in there.
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Be faithful, God's
gonna be faithful to you."
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Encourage, exhort
with all longsuffering.
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And I'm sure I've
failed many times on this.
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And longsuffering
means with a lot of patience.
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Now, I don't remember,
you know, at least in my mind,
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I'm thinking, I need to be more,
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notice this, I need
to be more compassionate.
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How about you?
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I need to be more what?
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Compassionate.
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I need to be more patient,
longsuffering, and doctrine.
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Just keep this in mind.
Don't let this blow your mind.
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Some people you
mentioned doctrine,
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they go off the deep end.
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I don't want you
to do that today.
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Doctrine here is just,
doctrine is just teaching.
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That's, that's you
look at the word there
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just means a teaching.
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It means a good foundation.
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So I ask you today
and I ask myself as well,
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do we have a good foundation?
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How deep is your
foundation in the Word of God?
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If it's not deep
in the Word of God,
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then we realized
as the rain comes
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and the storms hit,
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something's going to happen.
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We're not going to endure.
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We need to be deep
again in the Word of God,
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that says your doctrine,
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doctrines, listen
carefully, please,
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doctrines reveal facts,
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reveals facts
about God and His plan.
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Make it this way,
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it reveals God and
His program for us,
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so it's very important
that we understand that.
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Now, I ask you the
question is why be concerned?
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Listen
carefully. Why be concerned?
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I believe that
will be on the screen,
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but in 2 Timothy 4,
we already read verse 2,
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but we're going to read
this line here of verse 3.
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Listen carefully.
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Why should I be
concerned about this?
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Because it says
there in verse 3,
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the time will come.
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Did you get it what?
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The time will come
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when these things that
we've just been talking about,
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they're needful right now.
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The time is going to
come and that's right now.
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May just read
something else from,
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this is found in
Three Testimonies.
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Three Testimonies, 327 and 328.
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Yes, it's
valuable to you and to me
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to read the whole thing.
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But notice 3T, 327 and 328.
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Now think about this.
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These are big words.
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And listen carefully.
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Never, notice the word,
how this start, will start out.
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Never was there a greater
need of faithful warnings
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and reproof,
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and close, straight dealings,
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than at this very time.
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You can go back
and people make excuse,
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oh, the time when that,
when that, was is it right now,
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it's more right now
valuable to God's last day
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people that may
be one of the day
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that it was written.
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Never was there a greater
need of faithful warnings.
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Who's given the warnings today?
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My, my, my,
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it's all peace and safety
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and everything's good and given,
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you're gonna go and come back,
everything's gonna work out.
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Everything's gonna work good.
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There has to be warnings
along with the good news
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of the gospel for sure.
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Never was there
faithful warnings
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and, notice this,
reproofs, the corrections,
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close straight
dealings at this very time.
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Some people say,
00:16:03.96\00:16:05.29
"Well, it's too close.
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I don't want that straight.
I don't want that close."
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But listen, this is
what we need right now.
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That's what I need.
That's what I need to do.
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I was talking about before
the, you know, the children
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before the
program is the children,
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you know, raising up,
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I needed somebody to
deal with me straight.
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I need somebody
tell it to me like it,
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like it really was.
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And then to
deal with the issues.
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And that's what
God's people need today
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instead of the sugar
coated, watered down mess
00:16:27.55\00:16:29.58
that sometime we hear.
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I talked to quite a few people.
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And I think it's kind
of a nice, interesting,
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and maybe you've heard it too.
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I hear a lukewarm.
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You know, God's
people are lukewarm.
00:16:40.66\00:16:43.47
And you know, how
interesting is it,
00:16:43.50\00:16:44.87
when somebody says that,
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I want to say to
them by the grace of God,
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I want to be God's,
one of God's people,
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one of God's little people.
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And so I take it to heart.
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Somebody say, you
folks are lukewarm.
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Instead of just rejecting
it, putting up a wall and say,
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Oh, it's not
true, man, we're on.
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We're doing
this, we're doing that.
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You're not saved by
works we understand.
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So let's get that squared away.
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But we need to look
at it very carefully
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what the Word of
God is saying about
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lukewarmness in the church?
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What does that really mean?
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What is the cause of it? Why?
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You could do all
kinds of sermons on that?
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What's the cause of
lukewarmness in the church?
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May I just condense it
down, at least in my mind,
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a couple of
things here real quick,
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two small points.
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Now notice the two small points
I think it's very interesting.
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The cause of our
lukewarmness and apostasy
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is the lack of number one, what?
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Study, the lack of
study, and notice this,
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lack of study to God's Word,
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and then our willingness
to be submissive to it.
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The first one probably
didn't upset you at all.
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The second one, oh,
we have to be submissive?
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Absolutely to the Word of God.
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If we were submissive,
00:17:58.17\00:17:59.51
if we would be
reading and studying
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and be submissive
to the Word of God,
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there would be no
lukewarmness in the church.
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Lukewarmness, God hates
lukewarmness in the church,
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I'm telling, that's the devil
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if I've ever
heard it and seen it.
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Also, I hear an awful
lot about uniting together.
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Oh, I think we should
and will be united people,
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you know, before Jesus comes.
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Jesus prayed that, did He not?
00:18:21.80\00:18:23.16
The father, we all be one.
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So I am a believer in unity.
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But very
interesting how the church
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or the world how they talk about
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what unifies us together.
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May I just give you a
little caution about it?
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Remember, I believe in unity,
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I believe we should
be working together.
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But, boy, I mean,
even in the same movement,
00:18:41.55\00:18:43.69
we have so many
different beliefs
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and so many different teachings.
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What's wrong?
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What's wrong?
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Surely the same Holy
Spirit is the same one that
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should be uniting us together
on the platform of truth.
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Well, I like this,
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this is found in
the Great Controversy,
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page 608 The Great Controversy,
page 608 points this out.
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Please listen to
every word if you can,
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if not, remember, you jot down.
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Great Controversy, 608,
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you just jot
down and then go back
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and read when you can.
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It talks about uniting together.
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"By uniting with all the world
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participating of its spirit,
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they've come to view matters
in nearly the same" what?
00:19:22.92\00:19:25.96
"The same light, and
when the test is brought,
00:19:25.99\00:19:29.23
they are prepared to
choose the easy popular side."
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Now, may I just
please remind you,
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and I'm gonna,
remind myself too,
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I'm not being above any of this.
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I learn a lesson every time
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that I'm preparing for a message
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and I'm sure you do the
same when you do your study.
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If I am uniting with the world,
00:19:52.79\00:19:54.72
if I have a close
connection with the world
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and things that are
going on in the world,
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I begin to view
things in the same light
00:19:58.93\00:20:01.60
as the world views them.
00:20:01.63\00:20:03.33
And I don't want
to be, some people,
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I don't want to be different.
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Oh, please,
dare to be different.
00:20:06.77\00:20:09.44
Dare to be a
Christian, dare to be a Daniel,
00:20:09.47\00:20:12.21
dare to do the right thing.
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.41
Don't do what
the world is doing,
00:20:14.44\00:20:15.88
and believing what the world is.
00:20:15.91\00:20:18.68
Because the test
is going to come,
00:20:18.71\00:20:20.18
there's no doubt,
00:20:20.22\00:20:21.55
there's no such
thing as if the test come,
00:20:21.58\00:20:23.05
the test will come.
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There's no doubt,
the test will come.
00:20:25.02\00:20:26.76
And when it comes,
00:20:26.79\00:20:28.29
if we have been
giving into the world, right?
00:20:28.32\00:20:30.89
We will choose the world's way.
00:20:30.93\00:20:36.10
So we have to be
by the grace of God
00:20:36.13\00:20:38.43
to stand up and say, I
dare to stand for Christ,
00:20:38.47\00:20:41.44
I want to stand for Christ.
00:20:41.47\00:20:43.20
I don't want the popular side,
00:20:43.24\00:20:44.71
I want to be on
the side of Christ.
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Now, I might mention
00:20:48.34\00:20:50.18
was maybe just a word
of thought here for you.
00:20:50.21\00:20:53.48
We must be careful,
for there are good and bad
00:20:53.52\00:20:58.95
in the world and in the church.
00:20:58.99\00:21:02.19
People just hate it
sometime when I say the church.
00:21:02.22\00:21:05.79
You've got to
talk about the church.
00:21:05.83\00:21:08.40
You've got to care
about God's people.
00:21:08.43\00:21:11.17
All those who are
professing to love Jesus,
00:21:11.20\00:21:14.74
and those who love Jesus.
00:21:14.77\00:21:17.41
Yeah, I love Jesus, I
want to hear what is truth.
00:21:17.44\00:21:20.34
People who don't love
Jesus really don't want to hear
00:21:20.38\00:21:23.21
what is truth.
00:21:23.24\00:21:24.58
But remember,
there's good in the world,
00:21:24.61\00:21:27.65
there's good.
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.68
We're not talking
about being saved here,
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.05
we're talking about good people.
00:21:31.09\00:21:33.25
And there's good
and bad in the church.
00:21:33.29\00:21:35.89
Now interesting, in 2 Timothy,
00:21:35.92\00:21:38.09
I want you to just jot that down
00:21:38.13\00:21:39.49
2 Timothy if you will.
00:21:39.53\00:21:41.06
In fact, we'll read it
here for you in just a moment.
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2 Timothy 2:20.
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2 Timothy 2:20.
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Here's what the Word
of God says about this,
00:21:47.10\00:21:49.80
notice.
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"But in a great house..."
00:21:51.41\00:21:54.18
Now notice when I
say the great house,
00:21:54.21\00:21:55.71
some people, oh, what?
00:21:55.74\00:21:57.25
The great house is the church.
00:21:57.28\00:22:00.02
Did you get it?
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The great house is the church.
00:22:01.42\00:22:03.92
"There are not only
vessels of gold and silver,
00:22:03.95\00:22:07.36
but also of wood and earth."
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.72
So you know the difference
in gold and silver, right?
00:22:09.76\00:22:11.96
And you know the difference
between the wood and the earth,
00:22:11.99\00:22:15.63
"some to honor
and some to dishonor."
00:22:15.66\00:22:19.40
Now, what does
that really mean to us?
00:22:19.43\00:22:22.90
Notice that some to
honor and some to dishonor.
00:22:22.94\00:22:26.34
Now, for instance,
let's say we have a net,
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we're going to go fishing.
00:22:29.14\00:22:30.48
Let's go fishing.
Come on, let's go fishing.
00:22:30.51\00:22:32.71
And there are some people
who don't want to just fit,
00:22:32.75\00:22:34.22
they want to
just cast in the net
00:22:34.25\00:22:35.58
and just bring in
anything that they can.
00:22:35.62\00:22:38.05
When you cast a net out
and you bring that net back in,
00:22:38.09\00:22:42.06
you're going to get good,
00:22:42.09\00:22:43.73
and you're
going to get some bad.
00:22:43.76\00:22:46.76
Interesting even in the church.
00:22:46.80\00:22:51.37
But God is only going to
work through the sanctified.
00:22:51.40\00:22:55.24
God is only going
to work with those
00:22:55.27\00:22:56.81
who have given their whole life
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.74
into His care and His keeping.
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He's going to use
those men and women
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who have a desire to win souls.
00:23:05.55\00:23:08.22
This is what it's all about.
00:23:08.25\00:23:09.58
But remember,
we're talking about
00:23:09.62\00:23:10.99
errs coming in,
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.49
the enemy is
trying to deceive us
00:23:12.52\00:23:14.06
so that we don't do
00:23:14.09\00:23:15.42
what God has
commissioned us to do.
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.93
And the sad part is,
00:23:17.96\00:23:19.73
a lot of time we are fooled
00:23:19.76\00:23:21.10
and say no, no,
we're on the right track,
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.37
when we're
totally off the track.
00:23:23.40\00:23:25.23
That's what the enemy wants.
00:23:25.27\00:23:27.34
We have to examine ourselves.
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.10
That's what the Bible says,
00:23:29.14\00:23:30.74
as you're going along,
doing what you're doing.
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Examine yourself.
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.08
Are you doing what God
has commissioned you to do?
00:23:34.11\00:23:37.05
Or is that track so close
00:23:37.08\00:23:39.31
that the enemy lays is so close
to the side track of truth?
00:23:39.35\00:23:42.58
We have to be very careful,
00:23:42.62\00:23:43.95
because he's gonna lay
side by side real close.
00:23:43.99\00:23:46.05
And he begins to veer
off just a little bit, little
00:23:46.09\00:23:48.66
and pretty soon you're
actually in the North 40.
00:23:48.69\00:23:51.83
Let's write,
let's examine ourselves.
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Are we really
interested in reaching others
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with the truth?
00:24:00.07\00:24:01.67
And can we do it this way?
Can we give them the gospel?
00:24:01.70\00:24:04.44
I'm talking about people.
00:24:04.47\00:24:05.81
So when you give the
gospel, it's just about love.
00:24:05.84\00:24:07.64
Oh, I believe it has
to be the foundation,
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.31
I believe that.
00:24:09.34\00:24:10.68
Absolutely.
00:24:10.71\00:24:12.05
But it still has to be firm.
00:24:12.08\00:24:14.18
It's got to be decided.
00:24:14.22\00:24:16.38
It's got to be
in a clear manner.
00:24:16.42\00:24:19.12
Absolutely, you know that.
00:24:19.15\00:24:20.49
Please notice,
00:24:20.52\00:24:21.86
Paul was pointing
out to Timothy here
00:24:21.89\00:24:24.56
knowing his time was short.
00:24:24.59\00:24:26.26
I want to say Paul's
Calvary was coming up.
00:24:26.29\00:24:31.03
His world was
coming to an end, his work.
00:24:31.07\00:24:34.00
And he warned Timothy,
00:24:34.04\00:24:35.37
so the warning
comes to me today,
00:24:35.40\00:24:36.74
it comes to you today
as well as all Christians.
00:24:36.77\00:24:40.81
And so we need to
listen to this warning.
00:24:40.84\00:24:42.81
And the warning
was, notice this,
00:24:42.84\00:24:44.21
why would Paul say, listen,
00:24:44.25\00:24:45.98
I'm gonna warn
you about the heresies
00:24:46.01\00:24:47.85
and the err and the...
00:24:47.88\00:24:49.52
Can I say junk?
00:24:49.55\00:24:50.89
I'm gonna say junk,
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.25
junk that's
coming into the church.
00:24:52.29\00:24:53.62
If it's not truth, it's junk.
00:24:53.66\00:24:54.99
It's err.
00:24:58.23\00:25:00.00
And Paul seen, he says
gonna be after my departing,
00:25:00.03\00:25:03.16
the wolves are
going to be coming in.
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.43
And there's a lot there's
just can't hardly wait to hear
00:25:05.47\00:25:07.54
what someone has to say,
00:25:07.57\00:25:08.90
so they might
follow another leader.
00:25:08.94\00:25:12.87
But what did
Paul say to Timothy?
00:25:12.91\00:25:14.78
He said,
Timothy, when you find out
00:25:14.81\00:25:16.14
what is truth and what is right,
00:25:16.18\00:25:17.51
he said, hold fast,
00:25:17.55\00:25:18.98
don't let go for
anything or anybody.
00:25:19.01\00:25:21.55
The devil is
going to do his best
00:25:21.58\00:25:22.98
to make sure that you let go.
00:25:23.02\00:25:25.55
Did your grip
loosen just a little bit?
00:25:25.59\00:25:28.39
Just a little bit of time?
00:25:28.42\00:25:29.76
I mean, let's go
ahead and do that.
00:25:29.79\00:25:31.13
It doesn't
really matter, does it?
00:25:31.16\00:25:32.49
Oh, yes.
00:25:32.53\00:25:33.86
Everything matters.
00:25:33.90\00:25:35.73
See, Paul was
encouraging Timothy.
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.03
So I'm encouraging you today,
00:25:38.07\00:25:39.40
please, I'm
encouraging you today.
00:25:39.43\00:25:41.44
Think about this with me
00:25:41.47\00:25:42.80
because there are
different temperaments.
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Come on, somebody.
00:25:45.81\00:25:47.14
There's different
temperaments in the gospel.
00:25:47.18\00:25:51.61
I don't know what
kind of temperament
00:25:51.65\00:25:52.98
that you may have.
00:25:53.01\00:25:54.35
I'm not about
talking anything ugly.
00:25:54.38\00:25:55.72
I'm just talking about
there are those like Timothy.
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.75
He was mild mannered.
00:25:58.79\00:26:00.99
There are those like
him, nothing wrong with that,
00:26:01.02\00:26:03.43
of a mild temperament.
00:26:03.46\00:26:06.39
You know, how about you today?
00:26:06.43\00:26:08.03
Remember, Timothy was
not as aggressive as Paul.
00:26:11.40\00:26:15.04
See some of us
sometime take a little bit.
00:26:15.07\00:26:17.81
Woo, be careful now,
a little verbal beating,
00:26:17.84\00:26:22.18
because we feel aggressive
in the cause of Christ.
00:26:22.21\00:26:26.65
That's not wrong
to be aggressive.
00:26:26.68\00:26:28.02
You don't want to
do it the wrong way,
00:26:28.05\00:26:29.38
but we need some aggression.
00:26:29.42\00:26:30.75
Paul was aggressive.
00:26:30.79\00:26:32.29
Timothy was more laid back,
but he was still doing the job.
00:26:32.32\00:26:36.22
And so Paul knew this.
00:26:36.26\00:26:37.59
So he was warning Timmy,
00:26:37.63\00:26:38.96
as he's warning the
New Testament Church,
00:26:38.99\00:26:40.96
was time for us
to be aggressive.
00:26:41.00\00:26:44.30
Not to back up, not to sit down,
00:26:44.33\00:26:46.10
not to be quiet,
00:26:46.13\00:26:47.57
but to sound an alarm.
00:26:47.60\00:26:49.04
And so he talked to him.
00:26:52.57\00:26:54.44
And the same today, many
of us in the Lord's work.
00:26:54.48\00:26:57.51
He talks to us today.
00:26:57.55\00:27:00.35
They might feel that
you're too aggressive.
00:27:00.38\00:27:03.45
And they're going to tell
you that you're too aggressive.
00:27:03.49\00:27:06.45
Well, you might
want to think about it
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.89
and pray about it and say
00:27:08.92\00:27:10.26
God, am I too aggressive
in the cause of Christ?
00:27:10.29\00:27:13.16
And there are some people
who are beyond aggressiveness,
00:27:13.19\00:27:15.86
they're in ugliness.
00:27:15.90\00:27:17.50
But to be aggressive,
00:27:20.57\00:27:21.94
it means you still
line up with Scripture.
00:27:21.97\00:27:25.74
And then there are
others that come along, say
00:27:25.77\00:27:27.11
you're not aggressive enough.
00:27:27.14\00:27:28.48
Why didn't you tell of it?
Why didn't you do it this way?
00:27:28.51\00:27:30.25
Why didn't you do?
00:27:30.28\00:27:33.62
I just say this, no
two people are alike.
00:27:33.65\00:27:38.02
No two people are
alike in the Lord's work.
00:27:38.05\00:27:41.69
We do not know. So be careful.
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.86
We don't know
what the Holy Spirit
00:27:43.89\00:27:45.49
has impressed them to do,
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.30
as long as it
lines up with Scripture.
00:27:47.33\00:27:51.13
None of us are to, you
know, tell someone what,
00:27:51.17\00:27:54.40
you shouldn't do it
this way, and it's the truth.
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.77
How do you know?
00:27:56.81\00:27:58.27
What if everybody
present the gospel
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.28
the way you presented?
00:28:00.31\00:28:02.31
Oh, be careful, Kenny,
00:28:02.34\00:28:03.88
you know, maybe the
Lord would never come.
00:28:03.91\00:28:07.48
Or maybe if we
presented the way you do,
00:28:07.52\00:28:09.48
I'm just saying you,
00:28:09.52\00:28:11.79
maybe the Lord would
already have been here.
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.82
But the main thing is
we harmonize with Scripture
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.99
and not be so,
00:28:17.03\00:28:18.36
you know, content of
looking at the speaker,
00:28:18.39\00:28:19.73
but listen to
what is being said.
00:28:19.76\00:28:22.80
And the heart is being wrenched
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.17
of what the Holy Spirit
has been pressing to give
00:28:24.20\00:28:26.97
or what you might have
waken up night after night
00:28:27.00\00:28:31.27
with on your
mind and your heart,
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.97
and you need to let it out.
00:28:33.01\00:28:36.38
The Scripture is our
standard of doctrine.
00:28:36.41\00:28:38.88
There's no doubt about it.
00:28:38.91\00:28:40.98
If we realize, and let me
pull some more things too,
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.49
if we realize the end is near.
00:28:43.52\00:28:46.45
Now think,
think with me, church.
00:28:46.49\00:28:48.72
If you realize
that the end is near,
00:28:48.76\00:28:54.10
how are you going to present
the gospel of Jesus Christ?
00:28:54.13\00:28:58.63
What should our message be?
00:28:58.67\00:29:02.10
Listen, did you, let this soak.
00:29:02.14\00:29:05.34
If we really believe
00:29:05.37\00:29:07.08
that the end is near
that Jesus is coming,
00:29:07.11\00:29:10.71
then what, how, how
should our conversation be?
00:29:10.75\00:29:13.55
What should our
conversation be about?
00:29:13.58\00:29:17.29
What should I have in our life?
00:29:17.32\00:29:18.95
What kind of life are we living?
00:29:18.99\00:29:21.92
Are we encouraging people
to, you know, follow Jesus?
00:29:21.96\00:29:25.09
How aggressive are we?
00:29:25.13\00:29:27.76
Oh my, how
aggressive are we in giving
00:29:27.80\00:29:30.73
the three angels' message?
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.30
Oh, some people
say, my lands of love.
00:29:32.33\00:29:34.84
Oh, don't give it like that.
00:29:34.87\00:29:36.20
Man, you're just
driving people away.
00:29:36.24\00:29:38.64
You're just driving away.
00:29:38.67\00:29:40.28
How do you know?
00:29:40.31\00:29:41.88
Is it okay to do that,
00:29:41.91\00:29:43.24
I'm fussing a
little bit with you.
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.21
How do you know?
00:29:45.25\00:29:46.92
Remember, your temperament
may be a little different
00:29:46.95\00:29:48.92
than the other guys over there.
00:29:48.95\00:29:50.49
What is the
message being preached?
00:29:50.52\00:29:52.82
And yes, it can be overdone.
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.19
There's no doubt about that.
00:29:54.22\00:29:57.49
What I'm saying is
we need to be careful
00:29:57.53\00:29:58.99
we don't turn people off
00:29:59.03\00:30:01.53
before we turn
them on to Christ.
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.97
We've to harmonize
again with Scripture.
00:30:05.00\00:30:07.17
We realize that Jesus is coming.
00:30:07.20\00:30:09.77
Shouldn't we with
the three angels' message
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.77
stir the people up,
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.41
stir the people up a little bit.
00:30:13.44\00:30:17.18
I'm the kind of person
who needs to be stirred.
00:30:17.21\00:30:20.25
Stir me up.
00:30:20.28\00:30:22.08
I need it.
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.29
And then by the grace of God,
we'll go to the Word of God,
00:30:24.32\00:30:26.65
see whether it be true or not?
00:30:26.69\00:30:29.72
Remember,
stirred up all you can,
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.43
the day is going to
come in where it's gonna be
00:30:31.46\00:30:32.96
almost impossible to stir it up
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.03
without causing an
awful lot of grieve?
00:30:35.06\00:30:39.47
Would it be all right
if I just mention that
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.90
there needs to be a
cleansing in the camp of Israel?
00:30:41.94\00:30:46.27
Oh, you know what
somebody will say?
00:30:46.31\00:30:47.64
I wish you'd find
something else to say.
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.74
No.
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.41
This is what I'm impressed with.
00:30:51.45\00:30:52.98
I believe this is what
God would have us to do.
00:30:53.01\00:30:55.88
The cleansing of
the camp of Israel
00:30:55.92\00:30:57.45
because we're not in heaven yet.
00:30:57.49\00:30:59.59
There's a lot of
things left out there
00:30:59.62\00:31:01.16
before us a lot
of tests and trials
00:31:01.19\00:31:02.56
that are coming our way.
00:31:02.59\00:31:03.93
There's a work
that needs to be done.
00:31:03.96\00:31:06.36
Where does it start?
00:31:06.39\00:31:09.46
Turn within your
Bible to 2 Timothy 2:21.
00:31:09.50\00:31:12.67
2 Timothy 2:21.
00:31:12.70\00:31:14.80
2 Timothy 2:21,
makes it really clear here.
00:31:14.84\00:31:19.97
It starts out, I like this.
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.34
If, "If a man therefore
purged himself from these,"
00:31:21.38\00:31:26.28
now I encourage
you to go back there
00:31:26.31\00:31:27.92
in verses 22 through 26.
00:31:27.95\00:31:31.69
And then you can
find about these things
00:31:31.72\00:31:34.49
that he's talking about here.
00:31:34.52\00:31:36.29
"He shall be a
vessel of honor unto God."
00:31:36.32\00:31:38.86
Are you praying that
you're a vessel of honor
00:31:38.89\00:31:40.50
that God sanctified?
00:31:40.53\00:31:41.86
"Meet for the master use,
00:31:41.90\00:31:44.00
prepared unto
the very good work."
00:31:44.03\00:31:46.80
See?
00:31:46.84\00:31:49.44
Now think about, man
is not to receive anything
00:31:49.47\00:31:53.34
that would lead
him away from God.
00:31:53.38\00:31:55.41
But sometime that's the
way the sure Word of God.
00:31:55.44\00:31:57.91
Why is it that we're so apt,
it seems like to receive that
00:31:57.95\00:32:01.28
which, you know,
which is not in God's Word?
00:32:01.32\00:32:03.65
It's not sure, it's not clear.
00:32:03.69\00:32:05.49
And yet we want to receive it.
00:32:05.52\00:32:06.99
We want answers that
God has not given to us.
00:32:07.02\00:32:10.49
Certainly, we pray
and search the scriptures.
00:32:10.53\00:32:14.56
And when you pray, and
when you search scripture,
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.60
I can guarantee you
this, you will not find man,
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.07
but you will find God.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.20
Too many people are doing
it over and over and over.
00:32:21.24\00:32:23.57
They're
searching, they're reading
00:32:23.61\00:32:24.94
and they're looking to man.
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.44
The man is not your author
and finisher of your faith.
00:32:26.47\00:32:29.41
It's God.
00:32:29.44\00:32:30.78
When you read the Bible, it
shouldn't remind you of man,
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.45
it should remind you of God.
00:32:32.48\00:32:34.92
And you know what?
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.28
It doesn't lead
to man around here,
00:32:36.32\00:32:37.65
but leads toward heaven.
00:32:37.69\00:32:39.02
That's where I'm wanting to go.
00:32:39.05\00:32:40.39
How about you?
00:32:40.42\00:32:41.76
There's a work of preparation
that's going on right now.
00:32:41.79\00:32:45.29
It's an individual work.
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.83
And may I say this,
no one can do it for you.
00:32:47.86\00:32:51.37
No one can do it for you.
00:32:51.40\00:32:52.73
Well, I'll let my husband do it.
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.10
Well, I'll let my wife do it.
00:32:54.14\00:32:55.47
No one can do this work for you.
00:32:55.50\00:32:58.31
But God's work
surely does encourage us
00:32:58.34\00:33:01.74
that if we walk
humbly, I like this,
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.98
if we walk humbly before God,
00:33:04.01\00:33:05.71
God's going to direct our path.
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.72
We're going to
receive the instructions
00:33:08.75\00:33:12.22
that God has
laid out in His Word.
00:33:12.25\00:33:14.52
In other words, you say, well,
I've been praying and praying
00:33:14.56\00:33:16.32
and praying and, you know,
00:33:16.36\00:33:17.93
I want to know what
God would have me to do.
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.20
If you are honest
and sincere in heart,
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.30
clean hands, clean heart,
you present everything to God,
00:33:22.33\00:33:25.07
He will instruct
you, He will lead you,
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.74
He will guide you,
there's no doubt about it.
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.74
He's going to do
it in those things
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.11
that are plainly
revealed in His Word.
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.68
Now, I want you
to be aware of all
00:33:35.71\00:33:39.68
you know, all the
warnings of Scripture.
00:33:39.71\00:33:42.22
Remember over and
over in Scripture,
00:33:42.25\00:33:43.79
I see warning, warning,
warning, blow the trumpet,
00:33:43.82\00:33:46.72
you know, it said,
the man on the wall,
00:33:46.76\00:33:48.62
you know,
somebody sound an alarm
00:33:48.66\00:33:50.03
my holy mountain
over and over and over.
00:33:50.06\00:33:51.89
But yet people
don't want to hear that,
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.26
they still want smooth things.
00:33:53.29\00:33:54.63
Even in God's last day remnant,
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.03
we want to hear
things that are smooth.
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.73
We don't want to hear
these things over and over.
00:33:58.77\00:34:01.77
But I tell you what?
00:34:01.80\00:34:03.14
If a tornado or
storm or whatever's coming
00:34:03.17\00:34:04.87
in Southern Illinois,
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.24
where we're at and it's on here,
00:34:06.27\00:34:07.61
that's what I
want to hear about.
00:34:07.64\00:34:10.11
I don't care
about what your dog did,
00:34:10.15\00:34:11.51
or your cat did.
00:34:11.55\00:34:12.88
I want to hear what the storm,
00:34:12.91\00:34:15.38
so that we may be prepared.
00:34:15.42\00:34:18.59
And certainly the
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:34:18.62\00:34:20.72
Let's look up Review and Herald
if you will please with me.
00:34:20.76\00:34:23.43
This is written in 2-5-1901.
00:34:23.46\00:34:27.43
1901 this is written,
00:34:27.46\00:34:28.80
see if it
doesn't pertain to today.
00:34:28.83\00:34:30.57
Review and Herald 2-5-1901,
00:34:30.60\00:34:33.94
you know this,
but it talks about,
00:34:33.97\00:34:35.90
"History has been
and will be repeated."
00:34:35.94\00:34:39.94
History what?
00:34:39.97\00:34:41.38
Good, has been
and will be repeated.
00:34:41.41\00:34:43.91
It seems like we would learn,
00:34:43.95\00:34:46.35
things that have
happened are going to happen,
00:34:46.38\00:34:48.22
will be happening again.
00:34:48.25\00:34:50.69
There will always be those
who, though apparently," what?
00:34:50.72\00:34:54.16
"Conscientious."
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.52
Other words,
people in the church,
00:34:55.56\00:34:56.89
somebody that you look up to,
00:34:56.93\00:34:58.26
somebody you think is
doing the right thing.
00:34:58.29\00:35:00.03
They're teetering off a
little bit here and there,
00:35:00.06\00:35:01.66
but it must be right
because they're doing it.
00:35:01.70\00:35:04.13
Don't be looking at them.
00:35:04.17\00:35:05.50
They're not your,
you know, Jesus is
00:35:05.53\00:35:07.20
what you want to be looking to.
00:35:07.24\00:35:08.60
Notice,
00:35:08.64\00:35:09.97
"Will grasp at the shadow,
00:35:10.01\00:35:11.57
preferring it
to this substance."
00:35:11.61\00:35:14.38
What does that mean?
00:35:14.41\00:35:15.74
Oh, think about it.
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.11
Many prefer the what?
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.48
The shadow to the substance.
00:35:18.51\00:35:19.98
Other words, they're
taking and drinking in err
00:35:20.02\00:35:23.18
in the place of truth.
00:35:23.22\00:35:25.25
And to say that, you know,
00:35:25.29\00:35:27.02
it can't happen
in this movement,
00:35:27.06\00:35:29.39
or in your
church or in my church,
00:35:29.42\00:35:31.86
you're daydreaming.
00:35:31.89\00:35:34.00
The enemy has designed it,
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.67
that he began
working in the church.
00:35:36.70\00:35:40.37
He's probably
considering himself a good,
00:35:40.40\00:35:42.40
oh, oh, church member.
00:35:42.44\00:35:45.31
He may be sitting
next to you in the pew.
00:35:45.34\00:35:48.61
You think
because you go to church,
00:35:48.64\00:35:49.98
everything is all
well, that's not true at all.
00:35:50.01\00:35:53.42
Remember, the enemy
has joined the church,
00:35:53.45\00:35:56.18
the synagogue of Satan.
00:35:56.22\00:35:59.35
Man, we need to
find out his plan,
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.49
we need to find out
where he's coming in at.
00:36:01.52\00:36:05.76
Apparently, those who
are, you know, conscientious,
00:36:05.79\00:36:08.46
and they're
doing the right thing,
00:36:08.50\00:36:09.83
but it doesn't quite
line up with Scripture
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.53
but evidently
they wouldn't do it,
00:36:11.57\00:36:13.20
the deacon, the
elder, the pastor surely.
00:36:13.23\00:36:15.24
Quit looking at them.
00:36:15.27\00:36:17.31
Look to the Word of God.
00:36:17.34\00:36:21.28
Now, I'm gonna
ask you a question.
00:36:21.31\00:36:22.94
What kind of vessel can God use?
00:36:22.98\00:36:24.38
I've heard it over
and over the years.
00:36:24.41\00:36:27.45
I want to be a
vessel of honor. Don't you?
00:36:27.48\00:36:30.89
I want to be a vessel of honor.
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.25
But what kind of
vessel can God use?
00:36:32.29\00:36:35.36
Well, you know the simple,
very simple answer with what?
00:36:35.39\00:36:40.16
An empty vessel.
00:36:40.20\00:36:42.03
Are we willing to
empty out everything?
00:36:42.06\00:36:44.20
Or are we still holding on
to just a few little things
00:36:44.23\00:36:47.00
that we kind of like
and nobody knows about it?
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.54
We think and God
does, certainly doesn't He?
00:36:50.57\00:36:54.34
But we're holding back.
00:36:54.38\00:36:55.71
And so we need to see,
00:36:55.74\00:36:57.08
you know, this little
thing called defilement of sin,
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.45
sin has to go,
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.02
has to be emptied from the soul.
00:37:01.05\00:37:04.45
And when sin,
00:37:04.49\00:37:05.82
notice, when sin is
empty from the soul,
00:37:05.85\00:37:09.12
then we are a vessel of
honor and usable for God.
00:37:09.16\00:37:13.06
Until then we are not usable.
00:37:13.09\00:37:16.46
We might say we are,
the devil is so happy,
00:37:16.50\00:37:19.53
go ahead and go to church.
00:37:19.57\00:37:21.10
I'll say Kenny, go
ahead and go to church.
00:37:21.14\00:37:23.27
It doesn't matter there? What?
00:37:23.30\00:37:24.91
Go ahead and
cling to this, okay,
00:37:24.94\00:37:26.44
you're not going to be used
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.01
until we've cleansed sin
from our life, from our soul.
00:37:28.04\00:37:33.48
So that God can really use
us the way He wants to use us.
00:37:33.52\00:37:37.05
Oh, the enemy allow
certain little good things
00:37:37.09\00:37:38.75
to come up here and there.
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.12
And we use that as
proof that we're all right.
00:37:40.16\00:37:41.92
Now you know,
00:37:41.96\00:37:43.39
if you know that it's sin,
if you know that it's wrong.
00:37:43.43\00:37:46.06
You know that
00:37:46.09\00:37:48.26
God wants you
to get rid of that.
00:37:48.30\00:37:51.03
Let me just ask some questions
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.40
if it's all
right, some questions.
00:37:52.43\00:37:54.24
Just I want you to ponder.
00:37:54.27\00:37:56.50
It's okay to ponder.
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.11
Just think about
them for a moment.
00:37:58.14\00:38:01.01
Are we lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God?
00:38:01.04\00:38:06.61
You know, are we?
00:38:06.65\00:38:09.38
What really gets us excited?
00:38:09.42\00:38:10.75
Is it going out to the lake
00:38:10.79\00:38:12.62
or going out
here, going out there?
00:38:12.65\00:38:14.16
Or going to church or
studying the Word of God?
00:38:14.19\00:38:16.73
Or, you know what I mean?
00:38:16.76\00:38:19.73
Are we searching for
God as for hidden treasure?
00:38:19.76\00:38:25.23
Diligently,
diligently seeking for Him.
00:38:25.27\00:38:29.60
See people say,
I'm searching for God.
00:38:29.64\00:38:31.91
Well, they search
for God and they find God
00:38:31.94\00:38:34.34
and they find what
God's Word has to say.
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.21
And then they don't want God.
00:38:36.24\00:38:37.95
What proof is it we
would be willing to obey?
00:38:37.98\00:38:41.15
Would we not?
00:38:41.18\00:38:44.32
Ask myself the question,
00:38:44.35\00:38:45.69
are you really
dead to the world?
00:38:45.72\00:38:49.32
Can I really say
the life that I live
00:38:49.36\00:38:51.29
is the life I
live by faith in God?
00:38:51.33\00:38:56.46
Is that the kind of life
that you're living right now?
00:38:56.50\00:38:59.47
It's not on the screen,
00:38:59.50\00:39:00.84
but read, I
think Galatians 2:20,
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.94
and you'll see.
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.71
Could I say?
00:39:04.74\00:39:06.07
Can I really say
my life, not bragging,
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.71
my life is hid in Christ.
00:39:08.74\00:39:11.55
Is it really?
00:39:11.58\00:39:12.91
Can I say when He comes
00:39:15.85\00:39:17.22
I believe by faith
and hope and my prayer is
00:39:17.25\00:39:20.32
I shall appear
with Him in glory.
00:39:20.36\00:39:23.43
Is that your goal,
that your objective in life?
00:39:23.46\00:39:26.59
Read more of Colossians 3:3,
00:39:26.63\00:39:27.96
you'll see what
he's talking about.
00:39:28.00\00:39:30.87
Here, have we
reached by the grace of God
00:39:30.90\00:39:34.20
a point where we can say
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.30
this is a passage of
scripture and jot it down there
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.27
if it comes in Psalms 42:1.
00:39:38.31\00:39:41.08
Psalms 42:1 reads like
this, just a line or two,
00:39:41.11\00:39:44.65
notice Psalms 42:1,
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.72
"So panteth my soul
00:39:46.75\00:39:50.15
after thee, O God."
00:39:50.19\00:39:52.95
Sounds pretty simple.
00:39:52.99\00:39:54.89
But is that,
that's what you live
00:39:54.92\00:39:56.52
and you move and
you have your being
00:39:56.56\00:39:57.89
and you realize that
He's your all in all in.
00:39:57.93\00:40:00.00
Everything that you
accomplish are good,
00:40:00.03\00:40:01.63
it's because of Him.
00:40:01.66\00:40:03.67
Have we given our
mind totally to God?
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.30
And the enemy can't get
and put in the bad thoughts
00:40:05.33\00:40:07.90
that he wants to put in there.
00:40:07.94\00:40:09.27
They're gone now.
00:40:09.30\00:40:10.64
Are we reaching out after him
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.01
like we've never reached
before reaching for what?
00:40:12.04\00:40:13.88
For pardon.
00:40:13.91\00:40:15.24
Reaching for
peace, reaching for grace,
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.15
reaching for righteousness,
reaching for true holiness.
00:40:17.18\00:40:20.82
See, are we really doing that?
00:40:20.85\00:40:22.18
If not, maybe
we're missing the mark.
00:40:22.22\00:40:23.55
God have mercy.
00:40:23.59\00:40:25.42
And we asked him the question,
has my soul been transformed?
00:40:25.45\00:40:28.76
In Romans 12, has
it been transformed
00:40:28.79\00:40:30.73
by the grace of God?
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.09
Am I really a new
creature in Jesus Christ?
00:40:32.13\00:40:34.33
Are those things that I
used to love I now hate.
00:40:34.36\00:40:37.97
If I come to there,
00:40:38.00\00:40:39.33
we realize that things
are coming into the church
00:40:39.37\00:40:40.70
unless we're of spiritual mind
00:40:40.74\00:40:42.07
that we're going to mess it all.
00:40:42.10\00:40:43.64
We're going to
go right on through,
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.01
going right until
the Lord comes and we die
00:40:45.04\00:40:46.71
and we think, oh,
we've got it made,
00:40:46.74\00:40:48.08
and we've missed the mark.
00:40:48.11\00:40:49.44
Why?
00:40:49.48\00:40:50.81
Because the preacher
don't want to preach about,
00:40:50.85\00:40:52.18
preacher don't
want to talk about it,
00:40:52.21\00:40:53.55
don't want to hear
what's going on in the church.
00:40:53.58\00:40:57.25
We need to be concerned.
00:40:57.29\00:41:00.09
Concerned about what?
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.19
Little things like concerned
about the growing church,
00:41:02.22\00:41:05.76
you may not like that word,
00:41:05.79\00:41:07.13
and you might
like it, the growing.
00:41:07.16\00:41:08.50
Yeah, we want
the church to grow,
00:41:08.53\00:41:09.86
absolutely.
00:41:09.90\00:41:11.23
Winning souls, how
to win souls to Christ,
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.64
absolutely.
00:41:13.67\00:41:15.00
Being true to our calling.
00:41:15.04\00:41:16.87
And yet, we
don't want to say oh,
00:41:16.91\00:41:19.94
but let me tell you this,
00:41:19.97\00:41:21.31
all of these
things can take place
00:41:21.34\00:41:23.01
without our following
00:41:23.04\00:41:24.85
after the world
or other churches.
00:41:24.88\00:41:27.78
We follow the Word of God,
and the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:41:27.82\00:41:30.55
we find ourselves
just falling after,
00:41:30.59\00:41:32.25
oh, this church here is,
00:41:32.29\00:41:33.62
look at the mega church
00:41:33.66\00:41:34.99
and all these people doing this,
00:41:35.02\00:41:36.36
that let's do it like this.
00:41:36.39\00:41:37.73
No, absolutely not.
00:41:37.76\00:41:39.09
If we do it, I
guarantee you this
00:41:41.10\00:41:43.23
based on the Word of God,
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.70
if we do this,
00:41:44.73\00:41:46.57
the result is going
to be lost and not gain.
00:41:46.60\00:41:51.31
The enemy is preparing
us to accept something here,
00:41:51.34\00:41:55.14
a different message,
a different lifestyle
00:41:55.18\00:41:59.18
than many of us were raised on.
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.95
Where did you cut your teeth on?
00:42:01.98\00:42:03.32
Man, I say, a lot of
cards and letters of people
00:42:03.35\00:42:05.59
all the time saying my,
00:42:05.62\00:42:06.96
you know, they're 50, 60 or 70.
00:42:06.99\00:42:09.12
Things are not the
same as they used to be.
00:42:09.16\00:42:12.19
Things are just not the same.
00:42:12.23\00:42:14.10
Why aren't they to say?
00:42:14.13\00:42:15.46
Listen, the Word
of God is the same,
00:42:15.50\00:42:16.83
it doesn't change.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.20
Then who's doing
the changing here?
00:42:18.23\00:42:21.67
By the grace of God,
I'm not going to change.
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.04
So you're not going to change,
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.41
you're going to
follow the Word of God.
00:42:26.44\00:42:29.08
How is it?
00:42:29.11\00:42:30.71
Let me just say something,
00:42:30.75\00:42:32.08
let's just get it off
the chest, I'll feel better
00:42:32.11\00:42:33.58
and I need to lose
a few pounds anyway.
00:42:33.62\00:42:37.25
How in the world
did this new theology
00:42:37.29\00:42:40.49
creep into the church?
00:42:40.52\00:42:42.52
Oh, many of you in
denial say, oh, it hasn't.
00:42:42.56\00:42:44.99
Oh, I wish you'd
be quiet about it.
00:42:45.03\00:42:46.46
No, it did.
00:42:46.49\00:42:47.83
And many years ago,
00:42:47.86\00:42:49.20
and it continues
to creep in right now.
00:42:49.23\00:42:51.23
It's still coming in.
00:42:51.27\00:42:54.14
And the question has to go back
00:42:54.17\00:42:55.97
and we have to
ask, how did it slip in?
00:42:56.00\00:43:00.51
It didn't come in just
boldly and oh, it's coming.
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.81
The enemy brings it in
just a little bit at a time.
00:43:03.85\00:43:06.21
And you got these, you
know, again the lukewarm
00:43:06.25\00:43:09.25
and spiritually,
they're not discerning anything.
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.65
And there's somebody
high maybe in the church.
00:43:11.69\00:43:14.26
And all they've
accepted this wonderful is
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.93
God's doing great things.
00:43:16.96\00:43:18.29
But it somehow goes a
little bit against Scripture.
00:43:18.33\00:43:20.33
But some say,
well, that's all right.
00:43:20.36\00:43:22.10
It's not all right.
00:43:22.13\00:43:24.73
How could these things slip past
00:43:24.77\00:43:29.00
the watchman on
the walls of Zion?
00:43:29.04\00:43:32.04
If you know the
Word of God, Pastor,
00:43:32.07\00:43:33.78
and I'm talking to you,
I'm talking to deacons, elders,
00:43:33.81\00:43:35.61
to every member of
the God's last day church,
00:43:35.64\00:43:39.28
church, period, you love
Jesus with all your heart.
00:43:39.31\00:43:42.22
You can't let this stuff come in
00:43:42.25\00:43:44.39
these liberal views
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.65
that's transforming us
00:43:46.69\00:43:48.02
that we don't need
transformed like the world.
00:43:48.06\00:43:51.83
Did these messages
slipped through the cracks?
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.93
Who let them slip
through the cracks?
00:43:54.96\00:43:57.47
Where did they?
Where did they come from?
00:43:57.50\00:44:00.50
Maybe just a
couple examples in here.
00:44:00.54\00:44:04.27
Example, notice this.
00:44:04.31\00:44:05.74
How did it?
00:44:05.77\00:44:08.14
I'm very well aware
you don't want to hear.
00:44:08.18\00:44:10.25
But I'm gonna talk
to you anyway about it.
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.31
How did the books of a
new order suddenly appear?
00:44:12.35\00:44:18.29
And that we were
encouraged to read them?
00:44:18.32\00:44:21.16
Somebody wasn't
standing on the walls of Zion.
00:44:24.49\00:44:29.46
This warning was given
00:44:29.50\00:44:30.83
found in the First
Selected Messages 204.
00:44:30.87\00:44:34.34
First Elected
Messages 204 say this.
00:44:34.37\00:44:37.61
Now listen, don't miss the word.
00:44:37.64\00:44:39.77
"The enemy of souls has
sought to bring in supposition
00:44:39.81\00:44:42.54
that a great
reformation was to take place."
00:44:42.58\00:44:45.95
Notice,
00:44:45.98\00:44:47.32
"And this
reformation would consist
00:44:47.35\00:44:48.72
in giving up the doctrines
00:44:48.75\00:44:50.45
which stand as
pillars of our faith,
00:44:50.49\00:44:52.62
engaging in a
process of reorganization."
00:44:52.65\00:44:55.62
Did you get all of that?
00:44:55.66\00:44:59.09
Who brought this in?
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.56
The enemy of
souls brought this in.
00:45:01.60\00:45:03.43
We think, oh, reformation,
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.07
wonderful big
things are happening.
00:45:06.10\00:45:07.50
Does not line up
with Scripture just quite,
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.37
but man, look at
somebody's coming in the church,
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.24
it's growing double up.
00:45:11.27\00:45:13.71
We have to realize
this is the enemy's plan.
00:45:13.74\00:45:15.98
He sought to bring
these thing suppositions,
00:45:16.01\00:45:19.31
these thoughts.
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.48
The real
reformation was taking place.
00:45:22.52\00:45:25.92
But notice, if a
reformation is taking place,
00:45:25.95\00:45:28.22
and we see it happening,
00:45:28.26\00:45:29.59
oh, it's good, peoples
coming into the church.
00:45:29.62\00:45:30.96
But it would be, we
would have to give up
00:45:30.99\00:45:32.36
some of our
doctrines, some of them,
00:45:32.39\00:45:34.90
listen, pillars of our faith.
00:45:34.93\00:45:36.67
So I know what this
article is talking about.
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.73
How about you?
00:45:38.77\00:45:40.10
I'm not willing to
give up by the grace of God,
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.00
the pillars of our faith.
00:45:43.04\00:45:44.74
I accepted them as
truth a long time ago.
00:45:44.77\00:45:48.34
And so when I see
them being abused today,
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.35
I want to lift my
voice by the grace of God.
00:45:50.38\00:45:52.58
You talk about,
here's the punch.
00:45:56.95\00:45:58.75
If this takes place,
00:46:03.12\00:46:04.46
in other words, we give
up the pillars of our faith.
00:46:04.49\00:46:08.00
If we give them up,
00:46:08.03\00:46:09.36
there's going
to be some results.
00:46:09.40\00:46:11.63
So maybe we've
given them up in the past,
00:46:11.67\00:46:13.50
and we're giving up
right now, let me just go,
00:46:13.54\00:46:15.70
oh, I know it's 10 or 12,
I'm gonna as fast as I can.
00:46:15.74\00:46:19.97
Notice, if they've taken
place or are taking place,
00:46:20.01\00:46:23.38
maybe you'll recognize them
00:46:23.41\00:46:24.85
as I just read
them quickly as I can.
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.28
The principles of
truth would be discarded.
00:46:29.28\00:46:33.29
Remember, the
principles of truth
00:46:33.32\00:46:34.79
would be discarded.
00:46:34.82\00:46:36.16
Man, I hear a lot of that now.
00:46:36.19\00:46:37.76
Two, our
religion would be changed.
00:46:37.79\00:46:41.10
Notice that,
00:46:41.13\00:46:42.46
three, the
fundamental principles
00:46:42.50\00:46:44.83
over the last 50 years
would be counted as err.
00:46:44.87\00:46:49.17
Hmm, that's
totally against Bible,
00:46:49.20\00:46:50.67
it's totally against
Spirit of prophecy, is it not?
00:46:50.71\00:46:53.38
A new organization
would be established
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.54
with different
than it used to be.
00:46:55.58\00:46:58.25
Books of a new
order would be written
00:46:58.28\00:47:01.48
and encouraged and put in places
00:47:01.52\00:47:03.18
where we can get
them and read them.
00:47:03.22\00:47:06.19
Six, a system of
intellectual philosophy
00:47:06.22\00:47:10.23
would be introduced.
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.89
I'm leaving this for
you now to think with me.
00:47:12.93\00:47:14.90
Let's read some more.
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.80
The founders of this
system would go into the cities,
00:47:16.83\00:47:20.60
listen carefully,
00:47:20.64\00:47:21.97
and say we're
doing a wonderful work.
00:47:22.00\00:47:24.54
We're following the world's plan
00:47:24.57\00:47:25.91
in another churches
and so on and so forth.
00:47:25.94\00:47:27.38
Man, we're doing
awful lot of good job,
00:47:27.41\00:47:29.34
job is that?
00:47:29.38\00:47:30.71
What's taking place
over has taken place, think.
00:47:30.75\00:47:34.15
The Sabbath would
be lightly regarded,
00:47:34.18\00:47:36.05
number eight, and
the God who created it.
00:47:36.08\00:47:39.25
All the sudden we don't
worry about buying and selling.
00:47:39.29\00:47:41.22
We don't worry
about all these things,
00:47:41.26\00:47:42.82
we should.
00:47:42.86\00:47:44.19
The Bible talks about it.
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.69
We don't have to, we
don't keep it anymore.
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.26
We can go on and do
like the world does,
00:47:47.30\00:47:48.63
see, these things I'm
talking about it's taking place.
00:47:48.66\00:47:51.43
Nothing would be
allowed to stand in the way.
00:47:51.47\00:47:54.40
If you stand in the way
and you lift your voice, hey,
00:47:54.44\00:47:56.50
there's a price to pay.
00:47:56.54\00:47:57.87
It's all right.
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.24
Ten, leaders of the
movement would make plan,
00:47:59.27\00:48:02.51
notice this, would
place their dependence
00:48:02.54\00:48:04.48
on human power,
00:48:04.51\00:48:06.31
which without God is worthless.
00:48:06.35\00:48:09.75
Number 11,
00:48:09.78\00:48:11.12
their foundation
will be built on sand.
00:48:11.15\00:48:14.32
Twelve, it would be swept away.
00:48:14.36\00:48:18.13
My, it'd be easy
for us to take and go
00:48:18.16\00:48:21.33
over some of these things
00:48:21.36\00:48:22.70
and give more
examples and illustrations.
00:48:22.73\00:48:24.53
Not going to do that right now.
00:48:24.57\00:48:28.10
We must be on the
lookout for the enemy,
00:48:28.14\00:48:32.51
because...
00:48:32.54\00:48:34.94
He's come into our territory.
00:48:34.98\00:48:37.25
And we need to send
him back out the door
00:48:37.28\00:48:38.91
by the grace of God.
00:48:38.95\00:48:40.72
Are we concerned about
those who have been educated?
00:48:40.75\00:48:43.95
We're getting more
questions, I think it's good.
00:48:43.99\00:48:45.55
Are we concerned about
those who've been educated
00:48:45.59\00:48:47.42
in our schools
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.33
or other schools?
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.76
They've
educated in other schools
00:48:51.79\00:48:53.13
and they bring
and they're thinking
00:48:53.16\00:48:54.86
what they've learned
and so on into our schools
00:48:54.90\00:48:57.20
and all of sudden
presenting it to our children.
00:48:57.23\00:49:03.00
Surely what they've learned
00:49:03.04\00:49:04.37
they'll be
teaching some of that stuff.
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.07
I'm just, I'm not
asking questions here.
00:49:06.11\00:49:09.34
Could it affect what
they've learned elsewhere?
00:49:09.38\00:49:11.05
Could it affect their thinking?
00:49:11.08\00:49:13.15
And it would be
brought out in some way?
00:49:13.18\00:49:17.12
Should we be concerned about
an effort to unify believers?
00:49:17.15\00:49:20.96
And again, I've told you before,
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.39
I'm for unity.
00:49:22.42\00:49:24.79
Now notice the word would be
00:49:24.83\00:49:27.90
solely on the principle
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.80
that other
churches will accept us.
00:49:29.83\00:49:32.47
Change our
doctrine, change our position
00:49:32.50\00:49:34.30
so other church would accept us.
00:49:34.34\00:49:35.67
So they're counted as oddball,
00:49:35.70\00:49:37.44
an odd thing, different.
00:49:37.47\00:49:41.74
Remember, God never has,
00:49:41.78\00:49:43.91
never will call for
unity on wrong principle.
00:49:43.95\00:49:47.88
Never.
00:49:47.92\00:49:50.02
Should we be concerned
if they're teaching us,
00:49:50.05\00:49:52.55
those teaching us have a
different view than we have,
00:49:52.59\00:49:55.69
then our belief, then
the pillars of our faith.
00:49:55.72\00:49:59.53
I think we should be.
00:49:59.56\00:50:00.93
Example, just a
simple, very simple one.
00:50:00.96\00:50:03.06
Let's take faith, some
people say faith, that's it.
00:50:03.10\00:50:05.07
Just faith is all alone.
00:50:05.10\00:50:06.94
But then someone's going to say,
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.30
no, we talk about faith as good.
00:50:08.34\00:50:11.41
But we need to be
obedient to the what?
00:50:11.44\00:50:13.27
The law of God.
00:50:13.31\00:50:14.64
They don't want to
hear about the obedience.
00:50:14.68\00:50:17.51
How about programs
based on real soul winning?
00:50:17.55\00:50:20.62
Man, I love that.
00:50:20.65\00:50:21.98
Well, it's real, so we.
00:50:22.02\00:50:24.72
That's what we want.
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.09
That's what this movement needs.
00:50:26.12\00:50:27.46
That's what we need to be doing.
00:50:27.49\00:50:29.16
Soul winning based upon
the truth of God's Word,
00:50:29.19\00:50:31.59
listen, not on music,
00:50:31.63\00:50:33.83
not on and I'm
not talking about,
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.30
you know, we're
talking about good stuff here.
00:50:35.33\00:50:37.13
Not based on the
wrong kind of music
00:50:37.17\00:50:39.27
or based on doughnuts.
00:50:39.30\00:50:42.30
Some churches serve
them, you know, in the hall
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.01
and they serve
their coffee and their,
00:50:44.04\00:50:46.24
you know, in play
time and donkey rides.
00:50:46.27\00:50:49.74
Can I just go
ahead and keep going?
00:50:49.78\00:50:52.01
Christian rock music,
they call it or only believe,
00:50:52.05\00:50:56.32
just love
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.72
or dress like
we're going to a picnic
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.39
rather than to meet with God.
00:51:01.42\00:51:03.46
Oh, nobody wants to hear that.
00:51:03.49\00:51:04.83
I understand that. We
want to be comfortable.
00:51:04.86\00:51:07.53
We don't care who
we're meeting with.
00:51:07.56\00:51:08.90
If You really
understand and know God,
00:51:08.93\00:51:10.27
you're going to be very careful.
00:51:10.30\00:51:12.30
But our religion
cannot be based upon,
00:51:12.33\00:51:14.40
oh, we have a
great big Sabbath school
00:51:14.44\00:51:17.07
or Sunday school
class or whatever.
00:51:17.11\00:51:18.57
And we're serving
dozens of doughnuts
00:51:18.61\00:51:20.58
and the kids are
coming for all those rides
00:51:20.61\00:51:22.24
and so on so forth.
00:51:22.28\00:51:23.61
Spiritual blindness is deadly.
00:51:23.65\00:51:27.62
I'm gonna say it again.
00:51:27.65\00:51:28.98
Spiritual blindness is what?
00:51:29.02\00:51:30.75
It's deadly. It'll kill you.
00:51:30.79\00:51:33.15
Spirit of Prophecy volume four.
00:51:33.19\00:51:34.79
Notice.
00:51:38.03\00:51:39.36
Notice what it says,
to me it's so important.
00:51:39.39\00:51:43.77
Pages 42 and 44, you
read them all when you can.
00:51:43.80\00:51:46.40
Satan therefore
laid his plan, notice,
00:51:46.43\00:51:48.40
if you don't get
anything else, get this.
00:51:48.44\00:51:50.41
Satan therefore laid his
plan to war more successfully
00:51:50.44\00:51:54.34
against the government of God.
00:51:54.38\00:51:56.21
So we are in a battle royale.
00:51:56.24\00:51:58.75
Now notice how he
plan to do it here.
00:51:58.78\00:52:00.72
It's exactly what I'm
talking about right now.
00:52:00.75\00:52:02.28
Don't be in denial.
00:52:02.32\00:52:03.89
By planning his banner
in the Christian church.
00:52:03.92\00:52:08.69
If the followers of
Christ could be deceived,
00:52:08.72\00:52:11.29
and led to displease God,
00:52:11.33\00:52:13.16
notice this, then their strength
00:52:13.19\00:52:14.83
and their
fortitude, and firmness
00:52:14.86\00:52:16.53
would be, would fail.
00:52:16.56\00:52:18.30
They would fall an easy prey.
00:52:18.33\00:52:20.50
Come on,
children, are we listening?
00:52:20.54\00:52:22.80
We realize a larger
portion of the Christian company
00:52:22.84\00:52:25.94
lowered the standard
and a union was formed,
00:52:25.97\00:52:29.54
the Christian
religion became corrupted,
00:52:29.58\00:52:32.11
and the church lost
her purity and her power.
00:52:32.15\00:52:35.58
Man, that's an awful
lot, I understand that.
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.39
But please keep
that in mind here.
00:52:37.42\00:52:39.32
If we are, if we want strength
and fortitude and firmness,
00:52:39.35\00:52:43.43
we have to uphold
the truths of God's Word.
00:52:43.46\00:52:45.66
If not, we're
going to lose our purity.
00:52:45.69\00:52:47.73
We're going to lose our power.
00:52:47.76\00:52:49.30
And somehow I'm wondering,
do we receive all the power
00:52:49.33\00:52:51.90
that we need in the
church in this movement,
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.27
in these last days?
00:52:53.30\00:52:54.64
If not, there
might be a reason for it,
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.40
should we not examine to see.
00:52:56.44\00:52:58.84
There are those who are
ripe, ripe for apostasy.
00:52:58.87\00:53:03.01
You know who those are,
00:53:03.04\00:53:04.38
you need to
notice in the church too.
00:53:04.41\00:53:05.75
And I'm going to try to be
nice as I can about it here,
00:53:05.78\00:53:07.78
those who are ripe for apostasy.
00:53:07.82\00:53:10.15
Please listen
carefully, are always, listen,
00:53:10.19\00:53:12.72
they're always looking
for something different.
00:53:12.75\00:53:14.59
They're never satisfied
00:53:14.62\00:53:15.96
with the
doctrines and the teachings
00:53:15.99\00:53:17.33
that's going on
00:53:17.36\00:53:18.69
that the church
that they want grasp
00:53:18.73\00:53:20.06
and once said we believe in.
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.43
They're looking
for something new,
00:53:21.46\00:53:22.80
they're looking for
something that's strange,
00:53:22.83\00:53:24.57
a different kind
of experience in,
00:53:24.60\00:53:26.80
oh, and many times
they're in a spiritual low
00:53:26.84\00:53:29.74
when they just need something
to come out of whatever there,
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.94
that there's
something's missing,
00:53:31.97\00:53:34.14
something different.
00:53:34.18\00:53:35.94
What's the cause
of their lukewarmness?
00:53:35.98\00:53:37.91
What's the cause if they're
still looking for something?
00:53:37.95\00:53:41.48
Even go so far
as apostasy again.
00:53:41.52\00:53:44.55
I mentioned in the
beginning of the program,
00:53:44.59\00:53:45.95
a lack of study
of the Word of God
00:53:45.99\00:53:47.86
and then submission to it.
00:53:47.89\00:53:50.09
We must be
submissive to the Word of God.
00:53:50.13\00:53:53.40
This should wake us up
in our last few minutes
00:53:53.43\00:53:55.33
that we have here today.
00:53:55.36\00:53:56.70
Six Testimony 14.
00:53:56.73\00:53:58.70
Six Testimony 14.
00:53:58.73\00:54:00.30
If this don't wake
you up, man, just go ahead
00:54:00.34\00:54:02.24
and hit the reset on the
alarm and just go back to sleep.
00:54:02.27\00:54:05.64
I don't want you to.
00:54:05.67\00:54:07.08
This is gonna...
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.34
Satan is working to the utmost.
00:54:09.38\00:54:11.41
Who's working?
00:54:11.45\00:54:12.78
Satan is working to the
utmost to make himself as what?
00:54:12.81\00:54:15.38
As God, this is
now on the screen.
00:54:15.42\00:54:17.12
Read Isaiah 14:14,
00:54:17.15\00:54:19.05
and to destroy all
who oppose his power.
00:54:19.09\00:54:22.36
He's going to do what?
00:54:22.39\00:54:23.73
He's going to try to
oppose all who oppose his power.
00:54:23.76\00:54:27.70
See, this is a
real battle royale.
00:54:27.73\00:54:29.63
John 10-10.
00:54:29.66\00:54:31.00
He's a thief, he comes
to kill, steal and destroy.
00:54:31.03\00:54:33.23
Today the world
is bowing before him.
00:54:33.27\00:54:36.67
Revelation 13:8,
00:54:36.71\00:54:38.04
the Bible is very clear on
that is talking about here,
00:54:38.07\00:54:40.28
all that dwell on the
earth to worship him, right?
00:54:40.31\00:54:44.08
Names are not written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:54:44.11\00:54:46.92
His powers received
as the power of God Why?
00:54:46.95\00:54:49.38
Because he transformed
himself into angel of light,
00:54:49.42\00:54:52.42
2 Corinthians 11:14.
00:54:52.45\00:54:56.32
Revelation 13:30,
he performs miracles
00:54:56.36\00:54:58.76
and people are
going for it, doesn't?
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.30
There's an iceberg.
00:55:00.33\00:55:02.06
Friends, there's
an iceberg out there,
00:55:02.10\00:55:03.97
we have to meet it.
00:55:04.00\00:55:05.83
We have to meet it.
00:55:05.87\00:55:07.90
God's people's
going to be distinguished
00:55:07.94\00:55:09.70
by their faith,
00:55:09.74\00:55:11.07
and by their action.
00:55:11.11\00:55:13.88
This is powerful, all of it.
00:55:13.91\00:55:15.34
I don't want you
to miss one thing,
00:55:15.38\00:55:16.71
Desire of Ages, 671 will
be the last one for today.
00:55:16.75\00:55:19.35
Desire of Ages, 671 says this.
00:55:19.38\00:55:22.55
"It is through false
theories and tradition,
00:55:22.58\00:55:25.59
that Satan gains his
power over the mind."
00:55:25.62\00:55:28.72
So what is he doing?
00:55:28.76\00:55:30.33
He's trying to
take control of what?
00:55:30.36\00:55:32.13
Of your mind and my mind
and how's he going to do it?
00:55:32.16\00:55:35.03
False theories and traditions
that Satan gains his power.
00:55:35.06\00:55:38.50
Most of the
stuff you have today,
00:55:38.53\00:55:39.87
you look at people say,
00:55:39.90\00:55:41.24
"Well, this is a tradition
00:55:41.27\00:55:42.60
that you value tradition
over thus saith the Lord."
00:55:42.64\00:55:44.17
We cannot do that.
00:55:44.21\00:55:45.61
It's not safe,
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we're going to
lose eternal life.
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Again, spiritual
blindness is what?
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It's deadly.
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Jesus attacked, and
I say it a nice way.
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The target of Jesus' attacks
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on the Jewish religious
system in His day was tradition.
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And I mean, He
attacked by the grace of God.
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He's handed down
from teacher to pupil
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from generation to generation
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of all these teachings that come
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and we accept them as truth.
00:56:15.34\00:56:16.67
Oh, please don't do that. What?
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There's an
iceberg, and it's out there.
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And the old ship, we'll
talk about that someday,
00:56:21.88\00:56:24.61
meet it head on.
00:56:24.65\00:56:26.55
You come across err by
the grace of God, say what?
00:56:26.58\00:56:29.28
Meet it head on.
00:56:29.32\00:56:30.92
Don't sidetrack for
anything or anybody.
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God's going to give you courage.
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It may hurt a little bit,
00:56:35.16\00:56:36.49
and it may be a
little discouragement.
00:56:36.52\00:56:37.86
But, you know, God's
people are going to go through,
00:56:37.89\00:56:39.59
we're going to be ready.
00:56:39.63\00:56:41.36
But there are
conditions to that.
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I want to pray for
you right now as we close,
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how about which is, I'm
just going to kneel up here
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and just have closing prayer.
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And I want you to
pray along with me,
00:56:48.24\00:56:49.57
because there's an iceberg.
00:56:49.60\00:56:50.97
It's going to hit
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and you're going to
do by the grace of God
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has to be willing and ready.
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Let's pray, shall we?
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Merciful heavenly Father,
we thank You for Your Word,
00:56:57.15\00:56:59.21
we thank You for Your love.
00:56:59.25\00:57:00.58
We thank You for the
warning that You've given.
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There is an
iceberg ahead, meet it.
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We can only do
that by the grace of God
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and by knowing what is truth.
00:57:07.36\00:57:08.96
We know the enemy's plan.
00:57:08.99\00:57:10.33
Bless us, we pray to
this, and thank you for those
00:57:10.36\00:57:11.86
who have made decisions now.
00:57:11.89\00:57:13.23
They're not
going to be hoodwinked
00:57:13.26\00:57:14.60
because they're going
to be studying and praying
00:57:14.63\00:57:15.96
and following Your
Word in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
00:57:17.83\00:57:19.90
It's been a real
joy and real pleasure
00:57:19.93\00:57:21.84
to be able to
come into your home,
00:57:21.87\00:57:23.20
be able to share the
Word of God together.
00:57:23.24\00:57:24.57
Yeah, we love you.
00:57:24.61\00:57:25.94
We look forward
to this every time
00:57:25.97\00:57:27.31
by the grace of God, we love you
00:57:27.34\00:57:28.68
and we look forward
to seeing you next time.
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