Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Worship Hour.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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And it's a privilege
and an honor to be with you.
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We are going to do a
study that has the title,
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Wake Up and Sound the Alarm.
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And I want to make
sure you understand that
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the title is Wake
Up and Sound the Alarm,
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and the title is not
Wake Up and Sound the Alarm.
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I encourage you to get
something to write with,
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or to copy this so that
you can continue this study
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because it is worthy of your
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continued
consideration and study.
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Before we begin, I
like to invite you to pray.
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I will kneel and
I encourage you to
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pray for me and
pray for everyone
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that will hear this
message Let us pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come to You in Jesus'
name to ask You for the blessing
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we need most urgently.
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Heavenly Father, You know
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how soon Jesus
Christ will come back.
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We do not know.
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We know that there is
very little time left.
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So we pray that You
will help us to understand
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that we need to hear Your words.
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Help us to understand
that it is time to become
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serious about following Jesus.
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Lord, I put myself aside
and I ask You to bless me
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with Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that every
word will come from
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Your throne of grace.
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And we pray
that Your Holy Spirit
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will help Your children
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understand the
message You have for them.
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I ask You for these
blessings in the holy
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and blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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We study now from the Bible.
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And we go first to
2 Timothy Chapter 3,
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and I will read till
verse 5, verses 1 through 5.
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The Bible says, "But know this,
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that in the last days
perilous times will come."
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That means dangerous times.
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"For men will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money,
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boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents,
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unthankful, unholy, unloving,
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unforgiving, slanderers,
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without self-control, brutal,
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despisers of good, traitors,
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headstrong, haughty,
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lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God,
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having a form of godliness
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but denying its power.
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And from such turn away!"
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This scripture,
these verses help us
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to understand that the
conditions of the world,
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Paul was saying
perilous times will come.
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I believe the
perilous times are here.
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All these things that
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we have read
are happening today.
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We are living in perilous times.
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And we need to understand that
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there is very little time left.
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Jesus Christ is coming soon.
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So it's time to wake
up and sound the alarm.
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We don't have time to talk about
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each and every one of
the aspects described here.
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But know this also,
that the verses we read
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also describe conditions
happening in the church.
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Yes, in the
church you have people
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that are lovers of pleasure
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more than lovers of God,
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unthankful, unholy, unforgiving.
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And we are living
in perilous times.
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It is time to be
as close to Jesus
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as you understand you can be,
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for Jesus Christ is coming soon.
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I pointed to a time
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when there were
also perilous times.
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I'm reading to you
from Matthew Chapter 3.
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And there we read
of a man sent by God
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with a special
mission, John the Baptist.
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Matthew 3:1-2, "In those days
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John the Baptist came preaching
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in the wilderness of Judea,
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and saying, 'Repent,
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for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand!'"
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Now John the
Baptist was preaching about
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that the kingdom of
grace was coming at hand,
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not the kingdom that
will become Christ's kingdom
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when all things
are said and done.
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He was talking about
the kingdom of grace.
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And I encourage
you to consider that
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the time has come to say,
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"Repent, for the
kingdom of God is at hand."
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Please understand that things
should not be as they are.
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We shouldn't have in the church,
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people that are
lovers of pleasure
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more than lovers of God,
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heady, high-minded
and headstrong, hardy.
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We need people
dedicated to the Lord,
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holy and
blameless and undefiled.
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And only as we come to Jesus,
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can this happen in our lives.
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I move you now to Luke 1:17.
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Luke 1:17.
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And it says, "And he will go on
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before the Lord in the
spirit and power of Elijah,
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to turn the
hearts of the parents
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to their children,
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and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the righteous,
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to make ready a people prepared
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for the Lord."
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This was the
mission of John the Baptist,
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the mission to turn
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the hearts of the
parents to the children,
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and the disobedient
to wisdom and righteous,
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and to make ready a
people prepared for the Lord.
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That was the
mission of John the Baptist.
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And it is the mission
of God's people today,
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to call people to repentance,
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to call people
to reconciliation,
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parents and children,
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and to prepare
for the soon return
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of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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So I encourage you,
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it's time to wake
up and sound the alarm.
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We are now turning
to Matthew Chapter 26.
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Going to read to from 39 to 41.
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Matthew 26:39-41.
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This is what the Bible tells us,
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concerning Jesus just
before He was crucified.
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It says, verse 39,
"He went a little farther
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and fell on His
face, and prayed, saying,
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'O My Father, if it is possible,
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let this cup pass
from Me, nevertheless,
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not as I will, but as You will.'
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Then He came to the disciples
and found them sleeping,
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and said to Peter, 'What!
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Could you not
watch with Me one hour?
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Watch and pray, lest
you enter into temptation.
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The spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak.'"
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Jesus had asked
the disciples to pray,
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watch with Him,
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in this crisis hour
watch and pray with me.
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He was about to
undergo the greatest test
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of His earthly life,
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and He needed the
prayer of His disciples.
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But He came to them,
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hoping to find them
praying earnestly for Jesus,
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but He found them sleeping
in the most critical hour.
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Now, I want to inform you that
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these disciples
represent the people of God
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living in the last days.
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I'm reading to you
from volume number two
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of Testimonies to
the Church, page 205.
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If you don't
have it in your home,
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you can find this
online very easily.
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Second
Testimonies to the Church,
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volume two, page 205,
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"The Son of God went away
the second time, and prayed,
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saying: 'O My Father,
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if this cup may
not pass away from Me,
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except I drink
it, Thy will be done.'
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And again, He
came to His disciples
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and found them sleeping.
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Their eyes were heavy.
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By these sleeping disciples is
represented a sleeping church,
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when the day of God's
visitation is nigh, it's near.
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It is a time of
clouds and thick darkness
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when to be found asleep
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is most perilous."
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That's right.
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We are living in a time
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when to be asleep spiritually
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is most
perilous, very dangerous.
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And please understand
that Satan is as a roaring lion
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seeking whom he may devour,
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and how easy it
is for him to destroy
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or capture a
prey that is asleep.
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So I encourage you to
wake up and sound the alarm.
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In the Book of Genesis Chapter 6
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we have a
scripture that describes
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the condition of the
world before the flood.
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And in this chapter
in this scripture that
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we're about to read, I tell you,
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it seems like a forecast
of what is happening today.
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Genesis 6:5,
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this is the
message we have there.
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"Then the Lord saw that
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the wickedness of man
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was great in the earth,
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and that every intent or
the thoughts of his heart
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was only evil continually."
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That's what the
condition was of the people
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before the flood.
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And this is why Noah was
sent on a special mission
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to call the
people to repentance,
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just like John the Baptist was
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called the people to repentance,
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because destruction was coming.
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And God had told
Noah to prepare the ark,
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you know the story,
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preached for 120 years,
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120 years.
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But the people did not repent.
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Why?
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Because they had come to
the place of forgetting God.
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They were lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God,
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and refused to repent.
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And because of this,
they had to be destroyed.
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We are heading
towards the same condition.
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There are people
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who are very near
to this condition.
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How do we know?
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Well, yes, Satan is working hard
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to lead people.
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So that every thought
and every intent of the heart
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is evil continually.
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It doesn't take much these
days to get people to go out
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and march in the
streets and cause riots.
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Doesn't seem to take much
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to get people to
shoot other people,
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harm other people,
because the love of people,
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it's waxing cold.
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And I encourage
you to understand that
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it is time to wake up
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and preach the
message to the world,
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because destruction is coming.
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And God's people
need to be awake,
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because the Holy Spirit will be
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poured out upon God's people.
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Which people?
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The people that are ready,
the people that are praying,
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like the disciples were on that,
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before the day
of Pentecost came,
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they were praying,
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they were out
confessing their sins,
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they were repenting.
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They were asking
God to cleanse them,
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cleanse them completely,
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so that they could be
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a fit vessel
for the Holy Spirit.
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We need to be doing
the same thing, praying,
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ask God to cleanse
us from all defilement,
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take away from us
the love of pleasure,
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the love of the things of
the world that corrupt us.
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We need to be ready
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for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit,
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so that we can wake
up and sound the alarm
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that needs to be
sounded in this day and time
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that we live in.
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I'm going to Isaiah Chapter 60.
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In Isaiah Chapter 60,
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I'm just going to read
the first part of the verse.
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And then we will look at
some comments concerning this.
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In Isaiah Chapter 60,
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I'm going to read verse 1.
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Isaiah 60:1...
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"Arise, shine,
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for your light has come!
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And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
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So I read the whole
verse, Chapter 1 of...
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Isaiah 60:1, "Arise and
shine, for your light has come!"
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See, the light of
God's Word is shining.
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But we need to
turn to God's Word.
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The Holy Spirit is
ready and willing to teach us
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wonderful things
that we do not know,
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to lead us in our study so that
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we may understand that
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we are living in perilous times,
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dangerous times,
and we need to be
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as close to the
Lord as possible.
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You see, in Isaiah 60:2,
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the Bible says,
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"For behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
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and deep darkness the people."
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This is what's going to happen.
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Deep darkness
will cover the earth.
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Darkness will
cover the whole earth
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and the hearts of people.
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But if you wake up and
ask the Lord Jesus Christ
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to shine through you,
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you can be part
of what happens next.
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It says in the
last part of verse 2,
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"But the Lord
will arise over you,
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and His glory
will be seen upon you."
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And verse 3 says,
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"And Gentiles
shall come to your light,
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and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
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God is looking for a people
00:15:41.90\00:15:44.67
that are willing
to cooperate with Him,
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to warn the world,
00:15:47.11\00:15:49.04
and to lead
people to repentance.
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God is not willing
that any should perish,
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but that all
should come to repentance.
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And by God's grace,
you and I need to identify
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with God's desire,
00:16:03.19\00:16:05.09
so that we don't
want anyone to perish,
00:16:05.13\00:16:09.96
but come to repentance,
and accept everlasting life.
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Question.
00:16:15.47\00:16:17.54
Are all your
family members Christians?
00:16:17.57\00:16:21.24
Are all your neighbors
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and your
friends following Jesus?
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If your answer is no.
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If your answer is
no, what should we do?
00:16:27.08\00:16:29.52
Call them to
repentance by the grace of God.
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Ask God to give you the words,
00:16:32.32\00:16:35.09
to give you the
way to reach them.
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Because, like I
said, great darkness,
00:16:38.19\00:16:43.60
and deep darkness
will cover the people
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and they will be lost.
00:16:46.74\00:16:48.97
So I encourage you to understand
00:16:49.00\00:16:53.98
that our time is
coming, when we must be awake.
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I read to you from
Great Controversy, page 464.
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Great Controversy, 464,
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"Before the final
visitation of God's judgments
00:17:05.15\00:17:09.86
upon the earth,
00:17:09.89\00:17:11.69
there will be among
the people of the Lord
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such a revival...
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Of primitive godliness,
00:17:20.84\00:17:23.07
as has not been witnessed
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since apostolic times.
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The Spirit and power of God
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will be poured out
upon His children."
00:17:32.25\00:17:36.18
Praise the Lord.
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This is before the final
visitation of God's judgments.
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God is going to bring
00:17:42.49\00:17:45.16
a revival of
primitive godliness.
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Are you ready to
be a part of that?
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Examine yourself to
see if you're in the truth.
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Question.
00:17:56.10\00:17:57.67
If you examine your
life the last seven days,
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are you heading
towards the Lord?
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Or are you heading
towards the devil and the world?
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Where are you heading?
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If you examine
the last seven days,
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where are you heading?
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My friend, if you see yourself
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as you examine
the last seven days
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heading towards the devil,
instead of towards the Lord,
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wake up and sound the alarm.
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You see, I ask
you, where are they?
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Where the Enochs of today?
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Where are they?
00:18:38.75\00:18:40.55
Where are the Moses of today?
00:18:40.58\00:18:43.28
Where are the Jeremiahs?
00:18:43.32\00:18:45.79
Where are the Ruths?
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Where are the Miriams of today?
00:18:48.46\00:18:51.03
It's time to wake
up and sound the alarm,
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for what is
coming upon the earth
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we must be ready.
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Please understand that
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
00:18:59.87\00:19:04.94
So I ask you, where are they?
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There's supposed to be a revival
00:19:08.18\00:19:10.65
of primitive godliness.
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The light of the Lord
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is supposed to
shine upon His people.
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But where are those people?
00:19:17.92\00:19:19.79
Where are the
Jeremiahs and the Isaiahs,
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the Daniel of
today, the Paul, the Peter?
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We need to wake up
and sound the alarm.
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God is calling through
this message to wake up
00:19:32.37\00:19:36.81
and sound the alarm.
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And you may be
one that God will use
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to bring many to repentance,
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but praise be to
God and not to yourself.
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I now turn to 1 Peter Chapter 2.
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In 1 Peter Chapter 2,
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there is a message
00:19:51.82\00:19:53.15
there for us
that we need to read.
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In 1 Peter Chapter 2, I
am going to read verse 9.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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"But you are a
chosen generation,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
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his own special people,
00:20:13.24\00:20:15.48
that you may
proclaim the praises of Him
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who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light."
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Notice how it
continues in verse 10,
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Who once were not a people
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but are now the people of God,
00:20:30.56\00:20:33.66
who had not obtained mercy
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but now have obtained mercy."
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Verse 11, "Beloved,
00:20:39.50\00:20:41.80
I beg you as
sojourners and pilgrims,
00:20:41.84\00:20:45.37
abstain from fleshly lusts
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which war against the soul."
00:20:49.11\00:20:51.75
So that's the appeal that
God is making to you today,
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you're chosen generation.
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He has called
you out of darkness
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into His marvelous light.
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So flee from fleshly
lust, abstain from the evil,
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the corruption that is
leading you towards the devil,
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instead of towards the Lord.
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It is high time to
awake out of sleep.
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And I am talking
now to those of you
00:21:18.64\00:21:20.64
that are Seventh-day Adventists.
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There's a message
that is very interesting
00:21:22.84\00:21:25.85
and powerful in the
book Evangelism, 119.
00:21:25.88\00:21:30.55
Notice this, this
is a call to everyone.
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"In a special sense,
Seventh-day Adventists
00:21:34.49\00:21:38.69
have been set in the world
as watchmen and light-bearers.
00:21:38.73\00:21:44.10
To them has been entrusted
00:21:44.13\00:21:46.53
the last warning
for a perishing world.
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On them is
shining wonderful light
00:21:50.44\00:21:53.31
from the Word of God.
00:21:53.34\00:21:54.74
They have been given a
work of the most solemn import,
00:21:54.78\00:21:59.98
the proclamation of the first,
00:22:00.02\00:22:02.65
second and third
angels' messages.
00:22:02.68\00:22:05.55
There is no other work
of so great importance.
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They are to allow nothing else
00:22:10.33\00:22:13.63
to absorb their attention."
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Wow! Wait a minute.
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This is a message for
Seventh-day Adventists,
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this part that I just heard.
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You have been given the blessing
00:22:23.64\00:22:27.38
and a special
work to call the world
00:22:27.41\00:22:32.38
to repentance
in this final hour,
00:22:32.41\00:22:34.65
and to everyone that joins
00:22:34.68\00:22:39.19
the three angels' messages.
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If you don't know
00:22:40.59\00:22:41.92
what the three angels' messages,
00:22:41.96\00:22:43.29
they are in the Book
of Revelation Chapter 14,
00:22:43.32\00:22:46.39
beginning in
verse 6 unto verse 12.
00:22:46.43\00:22:49.26
Study them, ask God to
help you understand them.
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Ask the Holy Spirit to
give you the understanding
00:22:53.10\00:22:56.34
you need of these messages
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.57
that must be given to the world.
00:22:59.61\00:23:01.84
Notice, I continue
in Evangelism, page 120.
00:23:01.88\00:23:06.28
"The most solemn truths
00:23:06.31\00:23:09.55
ever entrusted to mortals
00:23:09.58\00:23:12.29
have been given to us
to proclaim to the world.
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The proclamation of these truths
00:23:16.73\00:23:19.83
is to be our work.
00:23:19.86\00:23:22.16
The world is to be
warned, and God's people
00:23:22.20\00:23:25.90
are to be true to the
trust committed to them.
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Shall we wait
until God's judgments
00:23:29.97\00:23:33.91
fall upon the transgressor
00:23:33.94\00:23:36.21
before we tell
them how to avoid them?
00:23:36.24\00:23:39.78
Where is our faith
in the Word of God?
00:23:39.81\00:23:43.52
Must we see things
foretold come to pass
00:23:43.55\00:23:46.45
before we will
believe what He has said?
00:23:46.49\00:23:52.43
In clear, distinct
rays light has come to us,
00:23:52.46\00:23:58.13
showing us that
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.50
the great day of
the Lord is at hand.
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Yeah, the great day of
the Lord is near at hand,
00:24:03.20\00:24:05.87
even at the door."
00:24:05.91\00:24:09.14
And that's the message that
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.95
we need to understand,
needs to be given to the world.
00:24:10.98\00:24:14.78
What are you doing about this?
00:24:14.82\00:24:17.15
Are you studying the messages?
00:24:17.19\00:24:18.59
Are you getting ready for
what is to come upon the earth?
00:24:18.62\00:24:20.86
Are you awake?
00:24:20.89\00:24:22.69
Or do you need to be
awakened and sound the alarm?
00:24:22.72\00:24:28.30
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
00:24:28.33\00:24:31.17
And for some people,
00:24:31.20\00:24:32.53
perhaps it takes
longer or stronger things
00:24:32.57\00:24:36.91
have to happen to
them before they wake up.
00:24:36.94\00:24:40.48
I'm reminded of
something that happened to me
00:24:40.51\00:24:42.44
when I was in the army.
00:24:42.48\00:24:45.35
In the army, when
you're in basic training,
00:24:45.38\00:24:49.88
you're given half of a tent.
00:24:49.92\00:24:53.15
The idea is that you will join
00:24:53.19\00:24:54.69
your half of the tent
00:24:54.72\00:24:56.06
with somebody
else's half of the tent
00:24:56.09\00:24:57.76
and make one
tent for two people.
00:24:57.79\00:25:01.23
And we were out in
the field camping out.
00:25:01.26\00:25:04.87
And a roster was made for guards
00:25:04.90\00:25:08.64
that will be walking
around, watching all the tents.
00:25:08.67\00:25:14.11
And we, I and someone
else, I'll call him Jeffrey.
00:25:14.14\00:25:18.21
I don't remember quite his name.
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.05
We were given the
task of getting up
00:25:20.08\00:25:23.15
somewhere like a two
or three in the morning.
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.99
I think it was
two in the morning,
00:25:26.02\00:25:27.39
and we had to watch
guard for two hours.
00:25:27.42\00:25:30.93
And so it came,
the time came for us
00:25:30.96\00:25:34.26
to do our guard duty.
00:25:34.30\00:25:38.53
And how do we
know the time came?
00:25:38.57\00:25:40.24
Because the two people
before us came to the tent.
00:25:40.27\00:25:44.97
And they said, "Hey,
it's time to wake up.
00:25:45.01\00:25:47.51
It's your turn
to do guard duty."
00:25:47.54\00:25:51.25
And so, when they made
that call and praise the Lord,
00:25:51.28\00:25:55.65
I'm not a slight
sleeper as I was,
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.22
back then I was a light sleeper.
00:25:57.25\00:25:58.92
I woke up right away.
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.39
And so my partner
the other guy, Jeffrey,
00:26:01.42\00:26:06.73
he was sound asleep.
00:26:06.76\00:26:09.36
So I started getting
ready in that little tent.
00:26:09.40\00:26:12.47
And I said,
"Jeffery, it's time to go."
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.67
And he kept on...
00:26:14.70\00:26:18.21
sleeping.
00:26:18.24\00:26:19.77
And so I decided that
00:26:19.81\00:26:22.81
I need to shake this
guy so that he can wake up.
00:26:22.84\00:26:25.91
Jeffrey, Jeffrey, and
I started shaking him.
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.92
Do you know that I shook
this man for a long time.
00:26:28.95\00:26:33.29
"Jeffrey,
Jeffrey, it's guard duty,
00:26:33.32\00:26:34.99
wake up, wake up."
00:26:35.02\00:26:36.49
And sleeping
through that I could.
00:26:36.52\00:26:40.16
I said I can't believe
00:26:40.20\00:26:41.53
he's sleeping
through all this shaking.
00:26:41.56\00:26:44.23
And so I decided
to get a little louder
00:26:44.27\00:26:46.30
and shake him more hard,
00:26:46.33\00:26:47.84
shake harder, and Jeffrey,
Jeffrey, it's time to wake up.
00:26:47.87\00:26:51.87
It's guard duty. Ah-ah, what?
00:26:51.91\00:26:54.24
Okay, okay.
00:26:54.28\00:26:55.71
But finally, he woke up.
00:26:55.74\00:26:58.85
Now, I don't know
00:26:58.88\00:27:00.88
what it will
take to wake you up.
00:27:00.92\00:27:04.89
I don't know what
shaking has to be done
00:27:04.92\00:27:07.66
in your life to wake you up.
00:27:07.69\00:27:11.33
But God loves you so much,
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.86
that He may allow something
to come into your life,
00:27:13.90\00:27:17.10
some situation, some difficulty,
00:27:17.13\00:27:19.97
so that it will
turn you to prayer,
00:27:20.00\00:27:22.44
so that you can wake up
00:27:22.47\00:27:23.81
and understand
that God is calling you.
00:27:23.84\00:27:26.81
Please understand that
God's love for you is great.
00:27:26.84\00:27:32.31
More than you can imagine.
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.22
I'm reading to you
from 1 Peter Chapter 2,
00:27:34.25\00:27:36.82
I'm going to
read verse 11 and 12.
00:27:36.85\00:27:40.96
1 Peter 2:11-12.
00:27:40.99\00:27:44.59
We already read this,
00:27:44.63\00:27:46.73
but I want to focus on verse 11.
00:27:46.76\00:27:48.60
"Now, beloved, I beg you
as sojourners and pilgrims,
00:27:48.63\00:27:52.43
abstain from fleshly lusts
which war against the soul."
00:27:52.47\00:27:56.20
Now we are pilgrims, sojourners,
00:27:56.24\00:28:00.11
but some of God's people
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.74
seem to be taking
root in this world
00:28:02.78\00:28:05.61
as if this was all there is.
00:28:05.65\00:28:08.35
There is no afterlife,
00:28:08.38\00:28:10.52
there is no
Christ coming very soon.
00:28:10.55\00:28:14.22
We're living our lives
like Jesus is not coming soon.
00:28:14.26\00:28:19.09
He's not coming in my lifetime.
00:28:19.13\00:28:21.46
I just don't care.
00:28:21.50\00:28:23.57
So you see,
00:28:23.60\00:28:25.27
we need to understand that
we are supposed to be pilgrims.
00:28:25.30\00:28:27.97
This world is
not our final home.
00:28:28.00\00:28:32.44
Notice what is written in
00:28:32.47\00:28:34.28
Testimonies to
the Church, volume 9.
00:28:34.31\00:28:37.81
Testimonies to
the Church, volume 9,
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.25
verse, page 29,
volume 9, page 29.
00:28:39.28\00:28:43.72
"If every soldier of
Christ had done his duty,
00:28:46.79\00:28:51.66
if every watchmen
on the walls of Zion
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.63
had given the
trumpet a certain sound,
00:28:54.66\00:28:58.13
the world might ere this,
00:28:58.17\00:29:00.70
have heard the
message of warning,
00:29:00.74\00:29:02.60
but the work is years behind.
00:29:02.64\00:29:07.24
While men have slept,
00:29:07.28\00:29:09.01
Satan has stolen
a march upon us."
00:29:09.04\00:29:14.18
That's right.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.98
While the church
members have been sleeping,
00:29:16.02\00:29:19.19
Satan has
stolen a march upon us.
00:29:19.22\00:29:22.62
The work is years behind.
00:29:22.66\00:29:26.16
I praise the Lord that
00:29:26.19\00:29:27.53
we hear of
people becoming baptized
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.53
over there and over
there and over there,
00:29:29.56\00:29:32.67
but it seems
like on the horizon,
00:29:32.70\00:29:36.91
people are waking up.
00:29:36.94\00:29:38.71
We hear of large baptisms.
00:29:38.74\00:29:41.74
Praise the Lord.
00:29:41.78\00:29:43.35
Praise the Lord.
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.71
But more people
need to get involved.
00:29:44.75\00:29:47.08
This should be
happening all over the world,
00:29:47.12\00:29:50.29
all over the world.
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.92
I can tell you that
God's people need to wake up.
00:29:53.96\00:29:59.29
Satan is very good at
leading people to sleep.
00:29:59.33\00:30:04.47
I read to you
00:30:04.50\00:30:08.10
from a Manuscript, 172,
00:30:08.14\00:30:12.67
from the year 1904, 1904,
00:30:12.71\00:30:16.41
"Many are dying in their sins,
00:30:16.44\00:30:21.25
and the Lord looks
upon Seventh-day Adventists
00:30:21.28\00:30:24.99
as a people asleep,
00:30:25.02\00:30:28.66
a people in need of conversion.
00:30:28.69\00:30:32.46
If they would only get
00:30:32.49\00:30:34.86
the peace of
Christ in their hearts,
00:30:34.90\00:30:37.80
there would be
peace between them
00:30:37.83\00:30:40.64
and their brethren."
00:30:40.67\00:30:46.44
Did you hear that?
00:30:46.47\00:30:49.34
If you get the peace
of Christ in your hearts,
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.98
there will be peace between them
00:30:53.01\00:30:55.25
and their brethren.
00:30:55.28\00:30:56.69
In the churches,
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.12
many are
fighting back and forth.
00:30:58.15\00:31:00.69
Many seem to think that
00:31:00.72\00:31:03.26
their ministry is to find
fault among the other people.
00:31:03.29\00:31:07.20
Some people think that
00:31:07.23\00:31:08.56
they have been given a
talent to find a problem
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.53
with sister so and so,
00:31:11.57\00:31:13.07
and brother so
and so or the pastor.
00:31:13.10\00:31:15.20
Have you seen what,
00:31:15.24\00:31:16.57
how the pastor
lives or how he talks
00:31:16.60\00:31:18.94
or how he dresses?
00:31:18.97\00:31:20.38
This is not a ministry,
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.04
you're
cooperating with the devil.
00:31:23.08\00:31:25.28
It is time to give up
00:31:25.31\00:31:27.35
those type of
ministries of finding fault
00:31:27.38\00:31:30.65
and criticizing brothers
and sisters or creating war
00:31:30.69\00:31:33.92
between the brethren.
00:31:33.96\00:31:36.12
Let us come together and pray.
00:31:36.16\00:31:37.69
If you see a fault on a brother,
00:31:37.73\00:31:40.30
pray for that person.
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.76
And the Bible even says that
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.50
we should exhort
one another in love.
00:31:44.53\00:31:49.14
If the peace of Christ
would be in our hearts,
00:31:49.17\00:31:52.54
there will be peace between us
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.78
and our brothers and sisters.
00:31:54.81\00:31:56.44
It's time to wake up and
call people to repentance.
00:31:56.48\00:32:01.32
It's time to get ready for
what is coming upon the earth.
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.69
I'm turning to the
Book of Romans Chapter 12.
00:32:04.72\00:32:08.29
Romans Chapter 12.
00:32:08.32\00:32:10.06
And there is a message for us.
00:32:10.09\00:32:13.46
Soon as I begin reading,
00:32:13.50\00:32:15.06
some of you may be able to
say, "Oh, I know that verse."
00:32:15.10\00:32:20.20
But listen very carefully.
00:32:20.24\00:32:22.70
I'm going to read verse 1 and 2.
00:32:22.74\00:32:25.47
Romans 12:1-2,
00:32:25.51\00:32:26.94
"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
00:32:26.98\00:32:29.68
by the mercies of God,
00:32:29.71\00:32:32.25
that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
00:32:32.28\00:32:37.39
acceptable to God,
00:32:37.42\00:32:38.95
which is your
reasonable service."
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.92
How is your
eating? How is you...
00:32:41.96\00:32:45.33
Are you taking care of
the temple of the Lord?
00:32:45.36\00:32:50.37
Or are you preparing
yourself for destruction,
00:32:50.40\00:32:53.87
by the way you eat?
00:32:53.90\00:32:56.60
We are to be
examples to the world.
00:32:56.64\00:32:58.47
And it says in verse 2,
00:32:58.51\00:32:59.94
"And be, and do not be
00:32:59.97\00:33:02.31
conformed to this world,
00:33:02.34\00:33:05.01
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
00:33:05.05\00:33:09.42
that you may prove what is that
00:33:09.45\00:33:12.05
good and acceptable
and perfect will of God."
00:33:12.09\00:33:17.09
Marvelous.
00:33:17.13\00:33:18.69
This is what we
are being called to do,
00:33:18.73\00:33:21.53
not be conformed to the world.
00:33:21.56\00:33:23.80
Where's the world going?
00:33:23.83\00:33:25.17
They're going into
more and more corruption,
00:33:25.20\00:33:27.60
more and more
preparation to be destroyed.
00:33:27.64\00:33:30.77
We're not supposed to
be conformed to the world,
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.87
lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God.
00:33:32.91\00:33:36.38
We are to be transformed
by the renewing of your mind.
00:33:36.41\00:33:40.65
How do we become transformed
by the renewing of our minds?
00:33:40.68\00:33:46.62
I point you to God's Holy Word.
00:33:46.65\00:33:50.33
I point you to study the Bible
00:33:50.36\00:33:53.70
to show yourself
approved unto God,
00:33:53.73\00:33:58.03
so that you may be found
00:33:58.07\00:34:01.20
with Jesus Christ in your heart.
00:34:01.24\00:34:04.17
Study to show
yourself approved unto God.
00:34:04.21\00:34:07.58
Study the Bible.
00:34:07.61\00:34:09.58
It has light, it
has, it brings you hope.
00:34:09.61\00:34:13.68
It brings you encouragement.
00:34:13.72\00:34:15.35
It is a lamp to our feet.
00:34:15.38\00:34:17.79
Study God's Word is better than
00:34:17.82\00:34:21.39
whatever the world has to offer.
00:34:21.42\00:34:24.39
It's better than binge watching
hours and hours of shows.
00:34:24.43\00:34:29.00
Reading the scriptures
will strengthen your mind.
00:34:29.03\00:34:32.30
It will renew your
mind and prepare you,
00:34:32.33\00:34:37.01
so that when you go to church,
00:34:37.04\00:34:40.24
when you're there,
00:34:40.28\00:34:41.81
you can worship God
in spirit and truth.
00:34:41.84\00:34:45.15
You know that so many
people throughout the whole week
00:34:45.18\00:34:50.55
are spending
time with the world,
00:34:50.59\00:34:53.19
spending time
conforming to the world.
00:34:53.22\00:34:57.03
But when the
time comes to church,
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.23
for many people it is the time
00:35:00.26\00:35:03.06
when they open their Bible,
00:35:03.10\00:35:05.43
or they look for that Bible
app on their tablet or phone.
00:35:05.47\00:35:09.74
That's the first
time they do that.
00:35:09.77\00:35:12.61
Dangerous,
dangerous spiritual condition
00:35:12.64\00:35:16.28
that the devil
can take advantage of.
00:35:16.31\00:35:20.55
So now we go quickly
to Matthew Chapter 25.
00:35:20.58\00:35:25.12
Time is escaping from us.
00:35:25.15\00:35:26.96
We need to move quickly
through these scriptures.
00:35:26.99\00:35:30.73
Matthew Chapter 25,
00:35:30.76\00:35:32.83
and we're going to
begin reading in verse 1.
00:35:32.86\00:35:35.23
I'm going to Matthew 25:1,
00:35:35.26\00:35:38.33
and read until verse 5,
00:35:38.37\00:35:42.10
"Then the kingdom of heaven
00:35:42.14\00:35:44.41
shall be likened to ten virgins
00:35:44.44\00:35:46.88
who took their lamps
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.24
and went out to
meet the bridegroom.
00:35:48.28\00:35:50.65
Now five of them were
wise, and five were foolish.
00:35:50.68\00:35:54.65
Those who were
foolish took their lamps
00:35:54.68\00:35:57.72
and took no oil with them,
00:35:57.75\00:36:00.36
but the wise took
oil in their vessels
00:36:00.39\00:36:03.89
with their lamps.
00:36:03.93\00:36:05.59
But while the
bridegroom was delayed,
00:36:05.63\00:36:08.76
they all slumbered and slept."
00:36:08.80\00:36:13.23
Now when we read this scripture,
00:36:13.27\00:36:14.60
this parable that
Jesus was telling,
00:36:14.64\00:36:17.71
to help people understand that
00:36:17.74\00:36:19.41
we need to be prepared
00:36:19.44\00:36:20.78
for the coming of the bridegroom
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.14
because the
bridegroom Jesus Christ comes
00:36:22.18\00:36:24.98
when He's not expected.
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.45
But it says here, they
all slumbered and slept.
00:36:27.48\00:36:33.19
They all slumbered and slept.
00:36:33.22\00:36:35.56
Now it says there
that they are virgins.
00:36:35.59\00:36:39.03
This is in the sense,
00:36:39.06\00:36:40.40
a symbol to help us
00:36:40.43\00:36:42.16
understand that
these are Christians
00:36:42.20\00:36:45.13
that profess a pure faith.
00:36:45.17\00:36:48.60
But it says that the
wise took time to prepare,
00:36:48.64\00:36:52.27
took time to get extra
oil in case of an emergency.
00:36:52.31\00:36:58.21
They were
prepared for the delay.
00:36:58.25\00:37:02.08
The foolish, they
went to the same activity,
00:37:02.12\00:37:07.06
good intentions,
but no preparation.
00:37:07.09\00:37:11.66
They were wise
professing a pure faith...
00:37:11.69\00:37:13.83
They were virgins
professing a pure faith.
00:37:13.86\00:37:17.13
But the time when the sound
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.24
was given that the
bridegroom was coming through,
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.84
they found
themselves unprepared.
00:37:23.87\00:37:28.58
And they said, of course,
00:37:28.61\00:37:29.94
you know the story as
we continue in verse 6.
00:37:29.98\00:37:32.45
Matthew 25:6, "And at midnight,
00:37:32.48\00:37:34.38
a cry was heard, 'Behold,
00:37:34.42\00:37:36.85
the bridegroom is
coming, go out to meet Him.'
00:37:36.89\00:37:40.36
Then all those virgins
arose and trimmed their lamps.
00:37:40.39\00:37:44.03
And the foolish
said to the wise,
00:37:44.06\00:37:45.59
'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'
00:37:45.63\00:37:50.20
But the wise answered, saying,
00:37:50.23\00:37:51.73
'No, lest there should
not be enough for us and you,
00:37:51.77\00:37:57.17
but go rather to those who sell,
00:37:57.21\00:38:00.08
and buy for yourselves.'"
00:38:00.11\00:38:02.54
Question.
00:38:02.58\00:38:03.91
Did the foolish have
00:38:03.95\00:38:05.48
the same
opportunity as the wise?
00:38:05.51\00:38:08.48
Yes, they did.
00:38:08.52\00:38:09.85
All 10 virgins
could have prepared
00:38:09.88\00:38:13.79
and taken extra oil
to meet the bridegroom.
00:38:13.82\00:38:18.19
But five were foolish.
00:38:18.23\00:38:21.30
Are you among the foolish?
00:38:21.33\00:38:23.10
Or are you among the wise?
00:38:23.13\00:38:24.93
If you at this
present time examine yourself,
00:38:24.97\00:38:28.90
if you see yourself
conforming to the world,
00:38:28.94\00:38:32.04
not reading the scriptures,
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.11
perhaps not
even going to church.
00:38:34.14\00:38:36.34
And perhaps even in your church,
00:38:36.38\00:38:37.95
they announced we're
going to have a virtual meeting.
00:38:37.98\00:38:41.28
And you don't even
take the time to hoop,
00:38:41.32\00:38:44.32
to get on.
00:38:44.35\00:38:45.69
Or perhaps you turn it on
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.86
and go about your business
00:38:47.89\00:38:49.22
doing something
else not really focusing,
00:38:49.26\00:38:51.06
not really paying attention.
00:38:51.09\00:38:53.53
Brothers and sisters,
00:38:53.56\00:38:56.26
take every
opportunity to learn of Jesus,
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.90
take every opportunity
to get close to the Lord.
00:38:59.93\00:39:03.94
The foolish and the wise
had the same opportunity.
00:39:03.97\00:39:06.94
You and I today
00:39:06.98\00:39:08.31
have the same
opportunity to be awake
00:39:08.34\00:39:11.41
and to be ready for what
is coming upon the world.
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.58
If you're not ready
now, please get ready now.
00:39:14.62\00:39:17.09
I urge you in the name of Jesus,
00:39:17.12\00:39:19.75
be reconciled to God
00:39:19.79\00:39:21.99
and be
reconciled to your brethren,
00:39:22.02\00:39:24.89
for the time of
the Lord is coming.
00:39:24.93\00:39:27.83
The time to get
that heavenly oil
00:39:27.86\00:39:30.53
is now the Holy Spirit.
00:39:30.57\00:39:32.83
It is now the time to ask
the Lord for the Holy Spirit.
00:39:32.87\00:39:36.30
It is time to ask
the Lord to prepare you
00:39:36.34\00:39:39.87
for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:39.91\00:39:43.61
Are you ready?
00:39:43.65\00:39:46.45
Or will you be
like the foolish virgin?
00:39:46.48\00:39:49.32
That when things are
happening and it's too late,
00:39:49.35\00:39:52.02
you're going to
try to get prepared.
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.06
The time will come
when it will be too late.
00:39:54.09\00:39:58.29
The time that you
have available is now.
00:39:58.33\00:40:02.70
Are you asleep?
00:40:02.73\00:40:05.00
Or are you awake?
00:40:05.03\00:40:06.80
You can make a
choice today to be awake.
00:40:06.84\00:40:09.80
Notice what it says
in Matthew Chapter 25,
00:40:09.84\00:40:13.17
going to read from
verse 11 through 13.
00:40:13.21\00:40:16.01
The Bible says,
00:40:16.04\00:40:17.38
"Afterward the
other virgins came also,
00:40:17.41\00:40:21.65
saying, 'Lord,
Lord, open to us!'"
00:40:21.68\00:40:23.52
This is after
the door was closed.
00:40:23.55\00:40:27.89
"But he answered and
said, 'Assuredly, I say to you,
00:40:27.92\00:40:31.16
I do not know you.
00:40:31.19\00:40:33.53
Watch therefore, Jesus said.'"
00:40:33.56\00:40:35.76
For those listening to
Him, listening to the parable.
00:40:35.80\00:40:39.00
"Watch therefore,
for you do not know
00:40:39.03\00:40:41.24
neither the day nor the hour
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.97
in which the Son
of Man is coming."
00:40:43.00\00:40:46.68
And I say to you,
in the name of Jesus,
00:40:46.71\00:40:50.31
watch therefore, for
you do not know the day
00:40:50.35\00:40:54.45
when Jesus Christ is coming.
00:40:54.48\00:40:57.09
You do not know
00:40:57.12\00:40:58.45
when the door of
probation will close.
00:40:58.49\00:41:01.36
You and I do not know.
00:41:01.39\00:41:03.09
The best thing we
can do is be prepared
00:41:03.12\00:41:06.83
for the soon return
00:41:06.86\00:41:08.30
of our Lord and Savior,
00:41:08.33\00:41:10.07
Jesus Christ.
00:41:10.10\00:41:12.30
Now, I read to you
from my favorite book,
00:41:12.33\00:41:15.60
one of my favorite
books outside of the Bible,
00:41:15.64\00:41:17.21
one of my favorite
books outside of the Bible
00:41:17.24\00:41:18.84
is the book Desire of Ages.
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.94
If you have not read this book,
it talks to you about Jesus,
00:41:20.98\00:41:25.35
it draws you close to Jesus.
00:41:25.38\00:41:28.25
Yes, read the Bible, read
the Bible, read the Bible.
00:41:28.28\00:41:30.79
Yes.
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.29
I encourage you also to
consider reading this book.
00:41:32.32\00:41:34.82
It will draw
your close to Jesus,
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.86
and will help you understand
00:41:36.89\00:41:39.36
God's great love for you
and the plan of salvation,
00:41:39.39\00:41:41.36
and that you can have
00:41:41.40\00:41:42.73
the righteousness
of Christ upon you.
00:41:42.76\00:41:44.57
Desire of Ages,
page 636 has these words.
00:41:44.60\00:41:48.77
"The crisis is
stealing gradually upon us.
00:41:48.80\00:41:53.04
The sun shines in the heavens,
passing over its usual round,
00:41:53.07\00:41:57.51
and the heavens still
declare the glory of God.
00:41:57.55\00:42:00.72
Men are still
eating and drinking,
00:42:00.75\00:42:04.02
planting and building,
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.39
marrying and giving in marriage.
00:42:05.42\00:42:07.59
Merchants are
still buying and selling.
00:42:07.62\00:42:11.49
Men are jostling
one against another,
00:42:11.53\00:42:15.00
contending for
the highest place.
00:42:15.03\00:42:18.40
Pleasure lovers are
still crowding to theaters,
00:42:18.43\00:42:21.74
horse races, gambling halls,
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.74
and I'll add
dancing halls there.
00:42:23.77\00:42:26.24
The highest excitement prevails,
00:42:26.27\00:42:28.68
yet probation's hour
00:42:28.71\00:42:31.11
is fast closing,
00:42:31.15\00:42:34.98
and every case is about
to be eternally decided.
00:42:35.02\00:42:40.36
Satan sees that
his time is short.
00:42:40.39\00:42:43.22
He has set all
his agencies at work
00:42:43.26\00:42:46.66
that men may be deceived,
00:42:46.70\00:42:51.83
deluded, occupied and entranced,
00:42:51.87\00:42:56.10
until the day of
probation shall be ended,
00:42:56.14\00:43:00.28
and the door of mercy
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.75
be forever shut."
00:43:03.78\00:43:07.05
So you see, just as the
door of the marriage closed,
00:43:07.08\00:43:12.15
and the foolish
virgins cannot enter in,
00:43:12.19\00:43:15.89
just as the door
of the ark was closed,
00:43:15.92\00:43:19.13
there will be
people that want to knock
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.76
and ask to get in.
00:43:22.80\00:43:24.93
But it will be too late.
00:43:24.97\00:43:27.84
Now is the time to
awake out of asleep,
00:43:27.87\00:43:31.04
because evil days are coming.
00:43:31.07\00:43:34.11
Horrible things are
coming upon this world,
00:43:34.14\00:43:36.91
and we must be ready.
00:43:36.95\00:43:41.35
I was not going to
read this scripture,
00:43:41.38\00:43:42.72
but I think I will.
00:43:42.75\00:43:45.45
In Revelation
7:1, it says that...
00:43:45.49\00:43:50.59
Let me read it.
00:43:50.63\00:43:51.96
"After these
things I saw four angels
00:43:51.99\00:43:54.83
standing on the four
corners of the earth,
00:43:54.86\00:43:57.60
holding the four
winds of the earth,
00:43:57.63\00:44:00.24
that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
00:44:00.27\00:44:03.27
on the sea, or on any tree."
00:44:03.30\00:44:08.58
The four angels,
praise be to God,
00:44:08.61\00:44:12.48
are holding back the four winds,
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.98
so that they will
not blow on the earth,
00:44:16.02\00:44:18.55
this, when they
blow on the earth,
00:44:18.59\00:44:20.99
you wouldn't, you will
not want to be unprepared.
00:44:21.02\00:44:25.69
God in His mercy is
allowing those angels
00:44:25.73\00:44:30.17
to hold back the four winds,
00:44:30.20\00:44:32.23
so that God's
people can get ready.
00:44:32.27\00:44:34.37
Matthew 24:42-44.
00:44:34.40\00:44:39.07
This is what Jesus said.
00:44:39.11\00:44:41.81
But know this.
00:44:41.84\00:44:44.51
I'm sorry, verse 42.
00:44:44.55\00:44:46.45
"Watch therefore,
00:44:46.48\00:44:47.82
for you do not know what
hour your Lord is coming.
00:44:47.85\00:44:51.95
But know this, that if
the master of the house
00:44:51.99\00:44:56.02
had known what hour
the thief would come,
00:44:56.06\00:44:58.93
he would have watched
00:44:58.96\00:45:00.66
and not allowed his
house to be broken into.
00:45:00.70\00:45:03.80
Therefore you also be ready,
00:45:03.83\00:45:08.27
for the Son of Man
00:45:08.30\00:45:10.07
is coming at an
hour you do not expect."
00:45:10.11\00:45:15.61
The words of Jesus are
for you, and they are for me.
00:45:15.64\00:45:20.95
Watch therefore,
for you do not know
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.75
the hour when He is coming.
00:45:23.79\00:45:26.55
Unfortunately, we
heard recently of a pastor
00:45:26.59\00:45:31.66
and his wife that
were traveling on the road.
00:45:31.69\00:45:35.23
And as they were driving,
00:45:38.33\00:45:42.30
they were driving a
small car and a suburban,
00:45:42.34\00:45:46.27
a vehicle much larger
00:45:46.31\00:45:51.11
rammed into their car.
00:45:51.15\00:45:55.78
That pastor had no idea
that will be his last day
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.82
upon the earth, young pastor.
00:45:59.85\00:46:02.56
He had no idea that was
his last day upon the earth.
00:46:02.59\00:46:05.69
I'm not saying this to
scare people to repentance.
00:46:05.73\00:46:10.20
We don't know how long
we have upon this earth,
00:46:10.23\00:46:12.97
something could happen to us
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.04
that will change
our course of life.
00:46:15.07\00:46:18.54
So I encourage you to
consider, are you heading
00:46:18.57\00:46:21.81
towards the devil and
conforming to the world?
00:46:21.84\00:46:25.01
Are you heading to Christ?
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.78
I repeat this because
this is an urgent hour.
00:46:26.82\00:46:29.82
This is a time of great urgency,
00:46:29.85\00:46:32.45
and God's people
need to be prepared.
00:46:32.49\00:46:35.12
And I need to ask myself,
you need to ask yourself,
00:46:35.16\00:46:39.13
am I prepared for what
is coming upon the earth?
00:46:39.16\00:46:42.60
Am I prepared?
00:46:42.63\00:46:44.00
Are you prepared
for the latter rain?
00:46:44.03\00:46:48.47
If you don't know
what the latter rain is,
00:46:48.50\00:46:51.67
I encourage you to
keep watching 3ABN,
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.38
I encourage you to
read in the scriptures,
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.04
the latter rain.
00:46:55.08\00:46:56.91
For those that may not know
the latter rain is the blessing
00:46:56.95\00:47:02.28
that God will give to His people
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.35
at during the time of the
end, the time we're living.
00:47:04.39\00:47:08.42
Just as the early rain fell
00:47:08.46\00:47:10.46
upon the
disciples during Pentecost,
00:47:10.49\00:47:12.46
the Holy Spirit was poured out
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.23
upon those that were ready.
00:47:14.26\00:47:16.60
And they went out
00:47:16.63\00:47:17.97
with the power
of the Holy Spirit
00:47:18.00\00:47:19.67
to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:47:19.70\00:47:22.54
Miracles were performed.
00:47:22.57\00:47:24.24
The latter rain
will be more abundant.
00:47:24.27\00:47:27.48
And God will pour out
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.34
His Holy Spirit upon His people.
00:47:29.38\00:47:32.91
And they will preach
00:47:32.95\00:47:35.85
the everlasting
gospel with power,
00:47:35.88\00:47:38.32
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:38.35\00:47:40.12
Are you prepared,
00:47:40.16\00:47:41.52
am I prepared for the outpouring
00:47:41.56\00:47:45.23
of the Holy Spirit?
00:47:45.26\00:47:48.76
In Ephesians Chapter 5,
00:47:48.80\00:47:51.03
there's a message
for you and for me.
00:47:51.07\00:47:53.50
And I read to you
from beginning in verse 11,
00:47:53.54\00:47:56.57
Ephesians 5:11,
00:47:56.60\00:47:59.17
"And have no fellowship
00:47:59.21\00:48:01.61
with the
unfruitful works of darkness,
00:48:01.64\00:48:05.31
but rather expose them,
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.98
for it is shameful,
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.12
even to speak of those things
00:48:10.15\00:48:11.79
which are done
by them in secret.
00:48:11.82\00:48:15.56
But all things that are exposed
are made manifest by the light,
00:48:15.59\00:48:20.40
for whatever
makes manifest is light.
00:48:20.43\00:48:24.47
Therefore, he says, 'Awake,
00:48:24.50\00:48:27.67
you who sleep,
arise from the dead,
00:48:27.70\00:48:31.77
and Christ will give you light."
00:48:31.81\00:48:37.05
Jesus Christ is
calling you to awake.
00:48:37.08\00:48:41.68
I was calling this
person Jeffrey to awake,
00:48:41.72\00:48:45.35
I couldn't wake up for him.
00:48:45.39\00:48:48.26
He had to decide to wake up.
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.49
He had to decide to
give heed to the shaking.
00:48:50.53\00:48:54.30
Give heed to the
voice calling him,
00:48:54.33\00:48:58.03
and wake up and get
ready for what he had to do.
00:48:58.07\00:49:03.97
It's time for
you and I to wake up
00:49:04.01\00:49:06.21
and get ready
00:49:06.24\00:49:07.58
for what God
wants to do through you.
00:49:07.61\00:49:11.71
You have friends,
00:49:11.75\00:49:13.08
you have family that
need to hear about Jesus.
00:49:13.11\00:49:16.25
If you choose to wake up,
00:49:16.28\00:49:18.45
the scripture said,
00:49:18.49\00:49:20.02
"Christ will give you light.
00:49:20.06\00:49:24.66
We need that light.
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.13
We need the light of Christ.
00:49:27.16\00:49:28.86
And He's offering
us that light now.
00:49:28.90\00:49:32.77
I need to turn to the scripture
00:49:32.80\00:49:36.37
that was the
inspiration for this message.
00:49:36.40\00:49:40.24
It is found in the
Book of Joel Chapter 2.
00:49:40.28\00:49:44.11
In the Book of Joel Chapter 2,
00:49:44.15\00:49:47.08
the scriptures
give us the message.
00:49:47.12\00:49:51.09
I'm going to read
it in your hearing.
00:49:51.12\00:49:54.59
It says very clearly,
00:49:54.62\00:49:58.06
"Blow the trumpet in Zion,
00:49:58.09\00:50:01.96
and sound an alarm
in My holy mountain!
00:50:02.00\00:50:07.10
Let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble,
00:50:07.14\00:50:11.87
for the day of
the Lord is coming,
00:50:11.91\00:50:15.61
for it is at hand."
00:50:15.64\00:50:19.25
It's time to wake
up and sound the alarm,
00:50:19.28\00:50:23.18
because the day of
the Lord is coming,
00:50:23.22\00:50:25.69
and it is at hand.
00:50:25.72\00:50:27.76
Terrible things
are gonna happen.
00:50:27.79\00:50:29.79
And unless you are with Christ,
00:50:29.82\00:50:32.43
unless you're fully
surrendered to the Lord,
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.00
that wicked
devil can deceive you,
00:50:35.03\00:50:39.10
and lead you to destruction.
00:50:39.13\00:50:41.24
So what will you do?
00:50:41.27\00:50:43.10
Will you decide to repent
00:50:43.14\00:50:46.68
and give yourself to the Lord?
00:50:46.71\00:50:49.01
To wake up and say to
the Lord, here I am, Lord.
00:50:49.04\00:50:53.48
Take me just as I am.
00:50:53.52\00:50:55.52
Perhaps you're one
among us, that can say,
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.35
Lord, I don't feel like
I deserve Your forgiveness.
00:50:58.39\00:51:02.36
I have done so
many wicked things.
00:51:02.39\00:51:06.59
But I tell you, God is not
willing that any should perish,
00:51:06.63\00:51:10.53
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:51:10.57\00:51:12.37
Jesus is calling
us to repentance,
00:51:12.40\00:51:15.77
to not be
conformed to the world,
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.14
but to be transformed by
the renewing of our mind.
00:51:18.17\00:51:21.64
Jesus is making that appeal
to you and to me, right now.
00:51:21.68\00:51:26.65
What will you do?
00:51:26.68\00:51:28.18
I read to you
from Romans Chapter 13,
00:51:28.22\00:51:33.46
Romans 13,
00:51:33.49\00:51:34.82
beginning in verse 11.
00:51:34.86\00:51:36.26
And this is what the Bible says,
00:51:36.29\00:51:39.49
"And do this, knowing the time,
00:51:39.53\00:51:43.26
that now it is high time
00:51:43.30\00:51:46.00
to awake out of sleep,
00:51:46.03\00:51:48.67
for now our
salvation is nearer than
00:51:48.70\00:51:53.01
when we first believed.
00:51:53.04\00:51:55.58
The night is far
spent, the day is at hand.
00:51:55.61\00:52:00.28
Therefore let us cast
off the works of darkness,
00:52:00.32\00:52:05.39
and let us put on
the armor of light.
00:52:05.42\00:52:08.32
Let us walk
properly, as in the day,
00:52:08.36\00:52:11.09
not in revelry and drunkenness,
00:52:11.13\00:52:13.43
not in lewdness and
lust, not in strife and envy.
00:52:13.46\00:52:18.93
But put on the
Lord Jesus Christ,
00:52:18.97\00:52:21.50
and make no
provision for the flesh,
00:52:21.54\00:52:24.97
to fulfill its lusts."
00:52:25.01\00:52:29.78
Jesus Christ is calling us
00:52:29.81\00:52:33.88
to awake out of sleep.
00:52:33.92\00:52:36.22
It's time to wake
up and sound the alarm.
00:52:36.25\00:52:40.69
Will you accept
the call of Jesus?
00:52:40.72\00:52:43.59
Will you repent?
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.86
Will you allow Jesus to
forgive you for all your sins?
00:52:45.89\00:52:49.33
Will you put on
the Lord Jesus Christ?
00:52:49.36\00:52:52.83
I don't know
what is in your life
00:52:52.87\00:52:57.21
that you have to put aside.
00:52:57.24\00:52:59.37
But through the grace of Christ,
00:52:59.41\00:53:01.18
you can put it aside, cast off.
00:53:01.21\00:53:03.48
He says, cast off
the works of darkness.
00:53:03.51\00:53:06.58
Doesn't say lay off.
00:53:06.61\00:53:08.62
He says, cast off
the works of darkness
00:53:08.65\00:53:11.72
by the power of Jesus Christ.
00:53:11.75\00:53:14.82
I encourage you to
ask Jesus to give you
00:53:14.86\00:53:18.36
the power to cast
off the works of darkness
00:53:18.39\00:53:21.66
and put on the armor of light.
00:53:21.70\00:53:24.83
I invite you to
pray with me right now.
00:53:24.87\00:53:27.50
And ask the Lord to do the work
00:53:27.54\00:53:30.77
that only He can
do in your heart.
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.91
Let us pray together.
00:53:32.94\00:53:35.88
Our loving Heavenly Father,
00:53:35.91\00:53:39.11
how great and
wonderful is your love for us?
00:53:39.15\00:53:44.32
How marvelous,
miraculous your mercy.
00:53:44.35\00:53:48.49
We read in Psalms 103,
00:53:48.52\00:53:52.53
"That your mercy is as high
00:53:52.56\00:53:54.36
as the heaven
is from the earth."
00:53:54.40\00:53:56.83
Oh, Lord, we thank You.
00:53:56.87\00:53:58.93
We thank You that it
is because of Your mercy
00:53:58.97\00:54:02.10
that we are not consumed.
00:54:02.14\00:54:04.21
We thank You for
all of the opportunities
00:54:04.24\00:54:07.21
you have given
to us in the past.
00:54:07.24\00:54:09.61
But, Lord, help us by Your grace
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.21
and Your power to cast
off the works of darkness
00:54:12.25\00:54:15.98
and put on the armor of light.
00:54:16.02\00:54:19.42
Heavenly Father, I
pray now for anyone
00:54:19.45\00:54:22.52
that has joined
me in this prayer
00:54:22.56\00:54:24.66
and is confessing his
sin, her sins before you.
00:54:24.69\00:54:28.23
I pray, Lord, that Your promise
00:54:28.26\00:54:29.90
will be fulfilled in 1 John 1:9,
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.63
"That if we confess
our sins, You are faithful
00:54:32.67\00:54:36.17
and just to
forgive us for our sins,
00:54:36.20\00:54:39.47
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:54:39.51\00:54:43.75
We pray that it shall be done.
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.68
We ask You that the
blood of Jesus Christ
00:54:45.71\00:54:47.58
will cleanse us from all sin,
and from all unrighteousness.
00:54:47.62\00:54:51.32
We thank you that your blood
00:54:51.35\00:54:54.36
that the blood of Jesus
is power and efficacious
00:54:54.39\00:54:57.53
and can do a
thorough work in our lives.
00:54:57.56\00:55:00.16
And we ask You, Lord,
for this work to be done
00:55:00.20\00:55:02.16
and help us to
accept it and believe it,
00:55:02.20\00:55:05.50
and we ask You for these things
00:55:05.53\00:55:06.87
in the holy and
blessed name of Jesus.
00:55:06.90\00:55:09.60
Amen. Amen.
00:55:09.64\00:55:12.27
God is good and merciful
to each and every one of us.
00:55:12.31\00:55:15.74
And He's asking us to
wake up and sound the alarm.
00:55:15.78\00:55:19.25
It is time to do as we
have sung for so many years.
00:55:19.28\00:55:24.42
You know the song,
00:55:24.45\00:55:25.92
lift up the trumpet
and loud let it ring.
00:55:25.95\00:55:28.89
Jesus is coming again.
00:55:28.92\00:55:32.89
That's right.
00:55:32.93\00:55:34.26
And He is
coming very, very soon.
00:55:34.30\00:55:36.70
You know, the
last stanza of that,
00:55:36.73\00:55:39.33
that song says
nations are angry by this,
00:55:39.37\00:55:42.64
we do know
Jesus is coming again.
00:55:42.67\00:55:45.21
Knowledge increases,
00:55:45.24\00:55:46.57
men run to and fro,
Jesus is coming again.
00:55:46.61\00:55:50.58
And perhaps you
can take a look around
00:55:50.61\00:55:52.71
and see wickedness
and evil things happening
00:55:52.75\00:55:55.12
and calamities falling.
00:55:55.15\00:55:57.09
And I'm telling you,
calamities will continue,
00:55:57.12\00:56:00.39
continue to increase,
00:56:00.42\00:56:01.92
because Jesus is,
Christ is coming soon.
00:56:01.96\00:56:04.89
I close with Isaiah Chapter
60, beginning in verse 1,
00:56:04.93\00:56:09.30
"Arise, shine, for
your light has come!
00:56:09.33\00:56:13.23
And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you.
00:56:13.27\00:56:17.41
For behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
00:56:17.44\00:56:20.84
and deep darkness the people.
00:56:20.88\00:56:23.38
But the Lord will arise over you
00:56:23.41\00:56:26.58
and His glory
will be seen upon you."
00:56:26.61\00:56:31.15
This is the opportunity we have.
00:56:31.19\00:56:33.49
We have the opportunity
of cooperating with Jesus,
00:56:33.52\00:56:37.49
cooperating
with the holy angels,
00:56:37.53\00:56:39.49
cooperating
with the Holy Spirit,
00:56:39.53\00:56:41.63
so that the world,
the whole world will be
00:56:41.66\00:56:44.67
lightened with the glory of God.
00:56:44.70\00:56:47.54
It's time, brothers and sisters,
00:56:47.57\00:56:49.60
to wake up and sound the alarm.
00:56:49.64\00:56:51.87
It's time to allow
the work to do the work
00:56:51.91\00:56:54.64
that needs to be
done in our lives,
00:56:54.68\00:56:56.24
so that we will
not love the world.
00:56:56.28\00:56:58.48
We will love the Lord Jesus
00:56:58.51\00:57:00.88
above any earthly
desire, any earthly pleasure,
00:57:00.92\00:57:05.69
any earthly gain, any
position in the world.
00:57:05.72\00:57:08.89
It's time to arise
and shine for the Lord,
00:57:08.92\00:57:12.73
because Jesus
Christ is coming soon.
00:57:12.76\00:57:15.40
And the world needs to be warned
00:57:15.43\00:57:17.97
that there is a time coming
00:57:18.00\00:57:21.30
when the door of
mercy shall close.
00:57:21.34\00:57:23.67
And I hope you decide today
00:57:23.71\00:57:26.34
to wake up and sound the alarm.
00:57:26.37\00:57:29.51