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God has promised that if we draw
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to us. The Bible tells the story
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reunited with His wayward son.
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His son finally returns home.
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Let's draw near to God and He
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Good evening again everybody!
Welcome to this week of

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spiritual emphasis and revival.
Have you been blessed as you've

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come night after night to these
meetings? Amen!

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Have you sensed the Holy
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Have you been drawn closer to
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Cause that's the purpose of
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revival so that we can be drawn
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To those of you who are watching
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country and around the world we
would like to extend a very

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special welcome to you as well.
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And I trust that the Holly
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your heart and in your life as
we gather together to seek His

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presence.

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We would like to greet a group
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that's a church in Canada,
Ontario Canada, and I'm

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looking to see if we have a
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It's the Iron Bridge SDA Church
in Ontario Canada.

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Thank you for joining us!
Everybody say Hello, to the

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the group in Ontario Canada!
Hello! All right!

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Welcome!
I would also like to say hello

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to my three children tonight.
Justin, Jesse and Chandelle.

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They're watching from granny and
grandpa's house in California.

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I hope they are not giving to
granny and grandpa to many

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gray hairs, but I do wanted to
say Hi to them.

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Friends this weekend we have a
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Starting at 10:30 Saturday
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broadcasting our special Sabbath
morning service. So please be

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sure to be here on time for
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And then in the afternoon at
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musical program and then at
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this week of revival.

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Some of you have asked about
getting copies of this revival

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series. I've been told that
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price for those of you who would
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To order you can go to the
website - amaizingfacts.org

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and you can order that way.
Or you can call our resource

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number. And the number there
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That's 7384. And just mention
to them that you are looking for

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the resources for the DVD, or
VHS copy of this revival series.

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And those who are watching!
If you would like a copy and

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get the early discount you can
go ahead and contact us and we

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will be sure to get that out
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We have an exciting program
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And again we thank you for
joining us. Pastor Doug ceremony

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is entitled "The Pride Of Life".
And let's stand and sing our

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theme song "Revive us Lord".
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I hope you're joining and sing
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Amen!

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Tonight our prayer will be
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Kiltecher. We will like to
invite you to remain standing

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as we kneel on the platform to
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Gracious Father in Heaven.
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the fool sais in His heart or
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But you go on to say that You
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who will understand, who will
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We are those kinds of people
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Father, guide and direct us as
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obey.
Bless pastor Doug as he speaks,

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as he leads us. The opportunity
to be able to turn our lives

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over to You. Is the most
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Be with us Father! Thank you
for sending the Holy Spirit

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to be with each listener we
pray, in Jesus name, Amen!

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You may be sited!

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Good evening friends!

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Tonight we have a very important
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with you about the pride of
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encourage and bless and edifying
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I want to welcome in a special
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We're hearing that there are
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the internet from around the
world we've been getting your

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questions and mail. From Central
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welcome you as well as those
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Now we're going to go to our
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pastor John... You know! Pastor
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evangelism together for more
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And he use to always do the
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The problem was he always
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So tonight I'll resist the
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And then I'd have Karen do the
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help me too.  So, you all
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Well we have a number of
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glad that the Lord has an
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Our first question tonight it
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Pastor Doug you said you believe
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but you did not give any reasons
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most convincing signs that make
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"The gospel of this Kingdom will
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for a witness to all nations,
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And now because of the blessings
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media this message is bouncing
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Going via the internet. The
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cassette tapes will follow.

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So the message is going around
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Guinea where they're receiving
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Not to mention the threat of
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war, people's hearts failing
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That's tsunami made you wonder.
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what Luke said: And I think is
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waves roaring!"

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So the distress of nations with
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about another pandemic flew that
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I could go on and on and on.

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But there are many signs. And
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asleep and that's why we're
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wake up! Amen! Snoring is a
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Especially in church!
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Remember you wrote a book about
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Yeah! Very good book.
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a dead church.

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Another question?
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fiction books for a pleasure
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you ought to be wasting your
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soul reading Glues Lamoure's
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When you say fiction...If you're
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well, technically that's a fiction
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it's even recommended by the
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And so there are some things
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fiction, but they are pure and
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convey truth. So you need to
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in Philippians. We have so
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And there is so much nonsense
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if you're going to take time to
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will be a blessing, can be
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Otherwise you're living in an
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help you prepare for the real
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Well, the next question comes
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it says from Switzerland:
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very much. The other night we
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overcome sin? You didn't give
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You know part of the reason was
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I've actually done a whole camp
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overcomes and it's you know,
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Because it is one of the most
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Let me give you some simple
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What's the best way to get
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Introduce light.

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You don't have to use a snow
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Just turn the light on.

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The more you absorb the light
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the darkness.

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"Thy word I've heed in my
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So! The word of God is the
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overcomer against sin.

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Moody said: "Sin will keep you
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keep you from sin."

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I've been telling you all along.
Through prayer. Jesus said:

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"Pray that you enter not into
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you the victory and help you
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So the devotional life.
Sharing your faith actually

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strengthens your faith. As you
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stronger. Don't ask me to
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rule you can trust. So there
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We've got some books at the
Amazing Facts website you can

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download for free. One of them
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It is called: "Is it possible to
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Don't get scared by the title!
It's an encouraging book.

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On Wednesday the pastor said:
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floods, hurricanes, etc...
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heard other Adventist pastors
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calamities and not God."

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You know I saw that question and
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This is a quote from Review and
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"The day of test and
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Signs of a most startling
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hurricanes, in tornadoes, in
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land and by sea, that proclaim
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things.
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they call)? The judgments of
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that men may be awakened to the
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speedily."
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disasters happen people say:
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the devil? When the judgments
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It seems that the devil had the
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brought down the house his
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That brought fire down from
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But the devil had to go to God
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those judgments. So ultimately
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things to come. Whether the
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does have some power. Or God...
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it wasn't the devil that sent
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And so, Yes God does sometimes
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our attention.

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Like Sodom and Gomorrah wasn't
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Jerusalem wasn't.
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Next question. Pastor Loma
Kane...I mean pastor Doug!

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Pastor Novocain??!!!

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If God expects us to be honest
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driving the posted speed limit?

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You will answer that one John?

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How fast do you drive?

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Fast enough to keep up
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I thought a lot about this.
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"Obey the laws of the land!"

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No, I am not going to ask for
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of you are often tempted to
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limit, cause I might tempt you
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But for a while there I read
that scripture-obey the laws

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of the land and I was somebody
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My father drove idée cars.

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We raced in our family.

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And so it was a struggle.

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And you know what I noticed
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really tried to go to the speed
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Cars were coming up behind me
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squinting and zooming around
me and honking and...

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I said: Lord what am I supposed
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I am trying to obey the law of
the land and you know...

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People with Volkswagen bugs
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And I've got peace now. If the
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to always stay under whatever
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bless your soul I have no burden
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For me. I have realized that
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represent the spirit of the law.
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and not the letter.

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And even today I was going
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police sheriff going with the
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above the posted speed limit
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And so...Just keep in mind
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you need to be willing to pay
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Fortunately the penalty for the
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So... I don't know the
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Next question!

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Ok. Can you preach to us a
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Is all secular music bad?
What is good and bad music?

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A Christian rap? Can you show
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Well. let's start with Christian
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I feel the same way about
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Christian pornography.
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It is an oxymoron in my
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Now I know some people took
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But... I just did a two part
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Sacramento on music. Because
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controversial subject.
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for us to sing new songs to
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contemporary... When I say
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music it means music to this
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And there is a place for new
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hymnal at one point were new.
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But the principles for music is
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or old its weather the words in
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God. Sometimes the emphasis
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that have a very scentous nature
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put godly words to striper
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Dance music. And I'm not talking
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and Miriam did, I'm talking
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And so all you have to do is
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because I put Christian words
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And that's a real struggle.
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appetite in the young people
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So both the music and the words
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It's a deep study. I wished I
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Get the two sermons and listen
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Next question Doug. Came from
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Jessica. I think she has a nice
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it says: Hi, pastor Doug I have
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baptized to go to Heaven? And
besides the movie Final Events

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is really cool. I hope you'll
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Question: - Do you have to be
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Well obviously there's going to
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the Baptist that will be in the
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So the simple answer is NO!

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I mean you're hopping that
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world, wasn't he? Laughs...
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Enoch and Abraham and others
will be in the Kingdom, we trust

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they will and they were not
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of baptism. Maybe they means
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Of course you have a few
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cross who we believe he'll be in
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knowledge that he was
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But some would might be
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for me to be baptized if I'm
following Jesus. Is it something

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I have to do in connection with
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I'd say that it is obviously
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to obey. The great commission
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and baptize!" He that believes
and baptize will be save, he

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that believes not will be
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He that is born of the water
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Kingdom of heaven. You need
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of the water and the spirit.
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the public declaration of your
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Baptism is as important to a
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ceremony is to a marriage.

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So, why wouldn't someone who
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baptized?

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We have a book on that too.
You can be read it for free.

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It is called: "Is it baptism
necessary?"

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Just go to the Amazing Facts
website.

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Thank you!

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Thank you Doug!
Can you say Amen! -  Amen!

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Continue keeping those questions
coming our way.

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And tonight we have a special
offer for those of you who are

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watching even for our audience
is called:

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"ho will sing the song?"
Understanding the 144,000.

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If you would like a copy of
that. Offer number 172

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and you can call for that free
offer 866 905 Revive.

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Or 905 7384 or those of you
who are here could stop by

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our table or go to the Amazing
Facts website to receive a

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copy. The 144,000 has been quite
a controversial issue.

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Pastor Doug has done a wonderful
job on presenting that topic.

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And I think you would like that
free copy, free offer for that

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specific book "Who will sing the
song?" Understanding the 144,000

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Also we would like to thank you
for your offerings each night.

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Amen!

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These meetings are meetings
that costs quite a bit.

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As you can see this wonderful
auditorium, all the staff and

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the equipment, 3ABN and Amazing
Facts together has put this

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program together to cause
Revival.

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And if those of you who are
watching, would like to support

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you can go to the 3ABN website,
or amaizingfacts.org, or

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3ABN.org there and give your
offerings to support the

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continued presentations of these
meetings or support your local

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churches or your local sites
where these meetings are being

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held. But tonight I'd like
to invite our ushers to stand

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as we invite the Lord's presence
to encourage our hearts

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to support the meetings.
Because we do believe that we're

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living in the day and age where
revival is necessary because

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Jesus is soon to come.

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This evening as our offerings
is being collected, we'll be

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blessed by a good friend of
mine Jamie Jorge who's going

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to be playing "People need the
Lord" accompanied by Kelly

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Mower.

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Amen!

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Thank you!

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Thank you Jaime and Kelly.
People do need the Lord.

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And that's why we're having
these series. Amen!

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Again I want to take a moment
to welcome those who may have

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just joined us to drawing near.
05 Revive. We do want to get

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your questions. If you have
prayer requests. You could also

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post them. Hope we've been
mentioning that at the website.

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And remember the theme of this
series is very simply:

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"Draw near to God and He will
draw near to you."

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Now part of that verse that you
read in our, I should say it's

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our scripture that is sort of a
model for our series, our theme.

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If you turn in your Bibles to
the book of James Chapter 4.

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It begins by talking about...
"Therefore, verse 7..."

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"Therefore submit to God.
Resist the devil and he will

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flee from you.

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Someone was asking about victory
- submit to God. -

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"Draw near to God and He will
draw near to you. Cleanse your

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hands, you sinners; and purify
your hearts, you double-minded.

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Lament and mourn and weep! Let
your laughter be turned to

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mourning, your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the sight

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of the Lord, and He will
lift you up.

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You know? It doesn't say
anywhere in the Bible that

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we're to pray that God humbles
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It always sais:
"Humble yourself!"

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You can chose to humble
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And what's the fruit of that?
He will lift you up!

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The whole focus of these
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humble yourself and He will
lift you up!"

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That's what repentance is all
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We're going to talk a little bit
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Which is I think; one of the
most important and frequently

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neglected subjects.

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Our message tonight is dealing
with the Pride of Life.

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We've talked about those three
great areas where Jesus was

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tempted in the wilderness.
The lust of the flesh, the lust

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of the eyes and the pride of
life.

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Three great areas where God
promise us to give us victory.

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And so now as we again open
the word please pray with me!

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Lord, Almighty Father, we
would ask that the Holy Spirit

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will take possession of everybody
in this room.

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Those who are listening via the
television, radio, internet.

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And we pray that You will speak
to us Lord. Touch our hearts

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for the principles of truth.
And even more important;

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we ask that the seeds that are
sown will bear fruit, they'll

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be rooted in our hearts and
they'll be able to abide the

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storm.

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We thank You for hearing this,
cause we asked in the name of

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Your Son Jesus,
Amen!

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One of my favorite books
Daniel. Go with me please!

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Daniel chapter 4, Tells a story
about when king Nabucadnezar

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had a dream.

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He was sleeping one night.
Of course this is not the dream

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we were talking about in chapter
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dream.

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And he dreams something that
he knows is a message from God.

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Latter calls in the wise men, and
the astrologers and ask for the

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interpretation to his dream and
they can't help him.

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Latter Daniel is called.

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And his dream is about this
great tree.

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That both shades and feeds
the world.

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And the tree is cut down, but
the stump is left with a band

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of bronze and iron and
eventually is restored.

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And Daniel tells to Nebucadnezar:
You are the tree!

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And all nations have come to
look to you for leadership and

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Babylon has become the golden
empire. One of the greatest

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most magnificent, if not the
most magnificent empire of the

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ancient world.

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And the problem with success is
that power corrupts, and absolute

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power corrupts absolutely.

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And Daniel wormed that brilliant
king he said:

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"In spite of all your success
you're a great risk of being

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cut down!"

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So, my council to you is that
you humble yourself.

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Break up your sins by doing
righteousness it might be a

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lengthener of your
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Well, at first even the proud
monarch was convicted by this

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dream. He knew that God was
telling him something. And so

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evidently he tried to behave
himself and followed Daniel's

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council for a while, about a
year went by.

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And it says in verse 28 of
Daniel Chapter 4:

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"All this came upon the king
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At the end of twelve months
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the kingdom of Babylon."
Makes it sound like he's walking

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on the balcony. Maybe by the
hangings gardens there.

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Surveying the magnificence of
this kingdom that just was so

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opulent.

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Gold everywhere.

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The hanging gardens and the
river Euphrates and...

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All the leaders of the world
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And the King spoken said:

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"Is not this great Babylon, that
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the kingdom by the might of my
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my majesty?

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He was preoccupied with himself
wasn't he?

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While the word was in the
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from heaven, saying,
O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee

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it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thee.

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And they shall drive thee from
men, and thy dwelling shall be

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with the beasts of the field:
they shall make thee to eat

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grass as oxen, and seven times
shall pass over Thee, until thou

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know that the most High ruleth
in the kingdom of men, and

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gives it to whomsoever
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The same hour was the thing
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and he was driven from men,
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his body was wet with the dew,
evidently he is living outdoors

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the dew of heaven, till
his hairs were grown like

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eagles' feathers. That doesn't
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feathers, that was a term that
was used when your hair gets

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mad it in lumps.

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They got a kind of religious
sect that grows their hair that

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way today don't day?

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And his nails like birds' claws.
His fingernails run capt...

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he became an animal."

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Groubeling out there, eating
straw, here he thought he

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is a proud monarch. And he said:
I'm the one that conquer, I'm

460
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,910
the one that built, and this is
my power, my wisdom, my majesty.

461
00:32:34,910 --> 00:32:36,660
Me, me, me...

462
00:32:36,670 --> 00:32:40,800
And bingo! He became a raving
lunatic grueling around,

463
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,210
eating straw like an ox. One of
the lowest of creatures.

464
00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:48,780
You know that story! That
passage written by the wisest

465
00:32:48,780 --> 00:32:52,950
king: A hoty spirit goes before
a fall.

466
00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:55,740
Have you learned that?

467
00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:59,630
I don't know that I've learned
completely, but I had that

468
00:32:59,630 --> 00:33:02,910
lesson many times, probably
one I'll have o learn again.

469
00:33:02,910 --> 00:33:09,550
Under my left eye, on my left
hand and under my left foot,

470
00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:11,380
I've got scars.

471
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,640
All three times because I was
showing off.

472
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,880
Is just something between the
Lord and me. He is trying to

473
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,670
to tell me the eye, the hand,
the foot's got... Probably

474
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,610
some spiritual significance.
And all this happened before

475
00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:27,350
I was 17.

476
00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:32,320
I remember I was showing off,
on a bike, going over some jumps

477
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,650
I knew some girls were watching.
I really wanted to impress them.

478
00:33:34,650 --> 00:33:38,480
Well I flipped it. Bike lends it
on my face and cut me under

479
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,410
my eye. I'm very thankful I
can still see.

480
00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:45,220
I got a cut right here on my
hand. I had to stitch it up by

481
00:33:45,220 --> 00:33:48,090
myself. I was showing off for a
friend. Up in the cave. How I

482
00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:50,210
can spear fish and I was
sharpening the stick cutting

483
00:33:50,210 --> 00:33:52,750
towards myself. You're never
suppose to do that.

484
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,180
Cut right down to the bone.
All the nerves are dead here.

485
00:33:55,190 --> 00:33:58,900
Whenever I look at that I think
pride, Showing off.

486
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,870
Some people came to my cave,
when I was living up in the

487
00:34:01,870 --> 00:34:04,020
hills, I was going to show them
how I could drive off the rocks.

488
00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:08,810
High dive into shallow water.
Like someone at the circus.

489
00:34:08,810 --> 00:34:11,260
I didn't get hurt diving.

490
00:34:11,260 --> 00:34:14,650
Walking across the creek, which
I had done for years, I don't

491
00:34:14,650 --> 00:34:17,720
how it got there, there was a
little gabber baby food jar,

492
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:21,410
in the creek. I didn't eat baby
food I don't know how it got

493
00:34:21,410 --> 00:34:23,150
there way up in the mountains.

494
00:34:23,150 --> 00:34:27,000
And I stepped on it and broke
under my foot. Cut my foot

495
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,310
open. Had to sewed up
myself.

496
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:31,360
It hurt.

497
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:36,080
Got a big old "C" underneath
my foot. Pride. Hoty spirit

498
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:40,310
goes before a fall. Have you
had those experiences before?

499
00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:46,760
Whenever you wanting everybody
to notice you, better watch out!

500
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,380
And it is something I tried
to impress in my children

501
00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:52,110
when they are young. And you
know, kids like attention and a

502
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,430
certain amount is healthy.
You want to encourage

503
00:34:54,430 --> 00:34:58,060
but you don't want to foster
pride within them through

504
00:34:58,060 --> 00:34:59,580
flattering.

505
00:34:59,590 --> 00:35:04,330
I remember one time I was
renting, I travel a lot, I was

506
00:35:04,330 --> 00:35:07,160
renting a car and I happened
to get an upgrade.

507
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,180
And I was with this national car
that says: You pick anything in

508
00:35:10,180 --> 00:35:13,200
that row it is the executive
premiere. Whatever they call it.

509
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,030
And they had some fancy cars
up there.

510
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:18,770
And so I thought:
Well, you know!

511
00:35:18,770 --> 00:35:23,040
It is not going to cost me
any more or less than the

512
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,640
economy car. And I thought Doug,
you better not getting...

513
00:35:25,650 --> 00:35:29,320
There was one that was like a
sporty race high and no one it

514
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,360
was but this was really fancy.

515
00:35:31,370 --> 00:35:33,800
And I thought: What will people
think?

516
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,220
You don't want make anyone
stumble, be a bad witness and

517
00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:40,740
I thought: Well, when I get to
church, I'll just park far away.

518
00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:42,310
Laughs!!!

519
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,520
So I took it. And it was fun.
Gotten that sport car, powerful,

520
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,990
all the modern conveniences
and....

521
00:35:50,990 --> 00:35:53,230
And when I got to the church
I tried to discretely parking

522
00:35:53,230 --> 00:35:59,300
in the outer back 40, and
everybody was coming in and as

523
00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,180
I was getting out of the car,
I went to look it and instead I

524
00:36:02,190 --> 00:36:04,490
pressed the panic button.
Laughs!!!

525
00:36:04,490 --> 00:36:08,190
And so the car start going
**********

526
00:36:08,190 --> 00:36:11,670
and everybody turns and sees
pastor Doug there, by this

527
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:17,260
hot ride. I said:
Ok, Lord I won't do that again!

528
00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:19,890
I could go on and on. I can take
the rest of the service and tell

529
00:36:19,890 --> 00:36:22,810
you the little things that Lord
has done to try to get my

530
00:36:22,810 --> 00:36:25,980
attention. And you know, in
my position.

531
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:29,760
I hope you all pray for me. Don't
pray God will humiliate me.

532
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,930
But, you know whenever you're
up front there's risk. There is

533
00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:36,760
a danger, even in the Spirit
of Prophecy she said:

534
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,060
"One of her greatest fears was
pride." Because pride...You are

535
00:36:40,070 --> 00:36:43,040
never more like the devil than
when you're proud.

536
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,410
And you're never more like
Christ than when you're humble.

537
00:36:46,410 --> 00:36:49,030
You know when I first heard
that?

538
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,780
At the general conference
session in 2000 in Toronto.

539
00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:59,610
I went to the front desk...
The hotel was connected to this

540
00:36:59,610 --> 00:37:03,000
great, big auditorium where the
belugas play. It's a big

541
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,960
super dome or whatever it is.

542
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,340
And when I went in...It was
Karen's birthday. I got there

543
00:37:09,340 --> 00:37:11,090
before her, I wanted to
get a nice room.

544
00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:14,820
So I went to the front desk,
where we had the regular

545
00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:16,890
room book, it didn't look like
we have any hope to change it

546
00:37:16,890 --> 00:37:21,770
to something else. But while I
was there at the desk, someone

547
00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:24,240
came up to me and they said:
"Oh, we sure appreciate your TV

548
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:27,130
program!" And the ...?
was listening.

549
00:37:27,130 --> 00:37:30,300
And the ...? said:
You're on TV?

550
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:33,370
This is while he's looking for
another room.

551
00:37:33,380 --> 00:37:35,020
And I said:
Yes!

552
00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:36,390
Laughing!

553
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:40,260
Now, doesn't always work that
way!

554
00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:43,090
I've been going through lines
before and someone was checking

555
00:37:43,090 --> 00:37:45,380
out they're going:
You're on TV aren't you?

556
00:37:45,380 --> 00:37:47,170
And I said:
Yes!

557
00:37:47,170 --> 00:37:52,690
And they said: -You're that annoying
car sells man or something!

558
00:37:52,690 --> 00:37:56,840
I said: No! But so doesn't
always pen out the way you'd

559
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,440
hope!
So the clerk says look:

560
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,360
I got a nice room for you!

561
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,750
Says: I think you're like
it!

562
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:08,160
So he hands me the key, so I
go upstairs and in armored side

563
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,640
and it turns out there is one
room, that is a room, that the

564
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,880
owner of the team that is...
What is it? The Belugas whoever

565
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,070
has that? Yeah! Is his room when
there's games.

566
00:38:20,070 --> 00:38:21,910
Is like the people room.

567
00:38:21,910 --> 00:38:25,440
It had a big balcony. It didn't
cost me a penny more, but it

568
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,390
had a big balcony and that
overlooked the whole General

569
00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:32,280
Conference session. And we would
walk out on our balcony and I

570
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,810
always wanted to go like this
when I saw everybody during

571
00:38:34,810 --> 00:38:38,080
that... Because you just...
50,000 people I'll go out on the

572
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:39,850
on the balcony!

573
00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:44,750
Any of you went to the General
Conference Session in Toronto?

574
00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:49,020
That was Karen and I up there.

575
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:54,240
And so it was great. Well, the
context goes on here.

576
00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:57,230
At one point during the series
on Sabbath, they brought out

577
00:38:57,230 --> 00:39:02,350
all the net speakers, from
Net '95 to Net 2000 or...

578
00:39:02,350 --> 00:39:05,520
And Dwight Nelson, and Ken
Carson and Lonnie Milershin and

579
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,550
Alexander Bunion and myself,
Mark Finley. We're all standing

580
00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:11,820
there waiting to go out and say
something about the nets.

581
00:39:11,820 --> 00:39:13,590
Actually they didn't get to say
anything. They weren't going

582
00:39:13,590 --> 00:39:15,870
to let evangelists to have a
microphone.

583
00:39:15,870 --> 00:39:19,320
But, just before we went out,
I am thinking within myself:

584
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:23,390
Oaw! You came a long way from
the cave!

585
00:39:23,390 --> 00:39:27,000
Here you've got the people room,
and you're going get to go out

586
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,730
and wave at 50,000 people!
And while I'm about to do that

587
00:39:30,730 --> 00:39:32,810
"Dwight's back there rocking
back and forth and he said:

588
00:39:32,810 --> 00:39:35,140
Doug just remember! You're
never..." He doesn't know

589
00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:38,120
what I'm thinking! He says:
"You're never more like the

590
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:42,160
devil than when you're proud!"
Laughing!

591
00:39:42,170 --> 00:39:44,160
Just before I go up there!

592
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:44,750
Laughing!!!

593
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:52,150
So, I know the Lord has His
ways and then I pray that God

594
00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:54,270
will help me follow this
passages that say:

595
00:39:54,270 --> 00:39:57,760
"Humble yourself, because it
hurts a lot more when He does it!

596
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,120
Right?!!

597
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,960
You get two choices:
- You can humble yourself in the

598
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,210
sight of God and He will lift
you up!

599
00:40:04,210 --> 00:40:08,080
Or you can let Him humble you!

600
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,560
And that's what He did to
Nabuchadnetar.

601
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,950
Nebuchadnetar thought He was
really smart.

602
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,890
Wisdom is a gift from God.

603
00:40:15,890 --> 00:40:18,680
And when you start to take the
credit for yourself, God can

604
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,300
retract it. And you will be
nothing more than a raving

605
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:22,690
imbecile.

606
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:25,000
Which is what happened to
Nebuchadnetar. This brilliant

607
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,140
king.

608
00:40:26,140 --> 00:40:28,230
Everyone saw his council.

609
00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:31,180
Then all of a sudden, he is just
foaming at the mouth and

610
00:40:31,180 --> 00:40:34,130
graveling out in the ground
and...They didn't know what

611
00:40:34,130 --> 00:40:36,020
to do with him, I guess they
just sort of put him out in his

612
00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:40,070
hone grounds for a while and try
to tell everybody, the king is

613
00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:41,750
on extended vacation.
I don't know how they kept the

614
00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:44,150
kingdom together for seven
years.

615
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:46,110
Major cover up.

616
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:50,160
King lost his mind. What caused
it? Pride!

617
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,480
Proverbs 12:15
"The way of a fool is right in

618
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,140
his own eyes, But he who
heeds counsel is wise."

619
00:40:58,140 --> 00:41:00,840
Pride keeps people from
listening to others.

620
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,930
They think they know
everything.

621
00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:05,570
In the multitude of counselors
there is safety.

622
00:41:05,570 --> 00:41:07,540
As soon as you start thinking
you're really smart, you stop

623
00:41:07,540 --> 00:41:11,450
listening and then you make
foolish decisions.

624
00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:14,780
Proverbs 11:2
"When pride comes, then comes

625
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:21,930
shame-humiliation; But with the
humble is wisdom."

626
00:41:21,930 --> 00:41:24,520
What preserves intelligence?

627
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,450
Humility!

628
00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:32,110
You know! You're never too
little for God to use.

629
00:41:32,110 --> 00:41:35,610
But you can be too big for God
to use.

630
00:41:39,050 --> 00:41:41,660
Proverbs 15:33
"The fear of the LORD is the

631
00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:45,190
instruction of wisdom, And
before honor is humility."

632
00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:48,880
Proverbs 27:2
"Let another man praise you,

633
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,620
and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your

634
00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:53,570
own lips."

635
00:41:55,060 --> 00:41:58,000
And, you know, it's often a
temptation everybody

636
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,430
likes to someone squeeze in
something positive,

637
00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:04,230
that has been said about them.
And isn't it a true that we

638
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:07,000
always seem to remember a
compliment?

639
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,730
Something about our nature that
when someone says something

640
00:42:10,730 --> 00:42:15,560
nice or compliment us, that we
sort of basking that, and

641
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,230
embraced it. Is good to
encourage people, don't

642
00:42:18,230 --> 00:42:20,480
misunderstand, but flattering
is something different.

643
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,870
Many bee has drown in his own
honey.

644
00:42:23,870 --> 00:42:27,390
And you don't want to be blowing
your own trumpet.

645
00:42:27,390 --> 00:42:30,990
And when someone complements
you, you got to know how to take

646
00:42:30,990 --> 00:42:33,980
that and it is appropriate to
encourage and to compliment

647
00:42:33,980 --> 00:42:36,720
other people, but you don't
want to flatter people.

648
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:43,840
That's when it starts getting
sticky; and I remember when I

649
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,170
first starting preaching. I love
the Lord, I love His word,

650
00:42:47,170 --> 00:42:50,530
I love to share His word, but I
am human. I like to be liked.

651
00:42:50,530 --> 00:42:52,330
Don't you?

652
00:42:52,330 --> 00:42:54,980
Sure you do! You won't admitted
but you do!

653
00:42:54,980 --> 00:42:57,290
Everyone wants to be liked.

654
00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:00,190
I mean what's the converse?
You want to be hated?

655
00:43:00,190 --> 00:43:03,760
And you get up an you say
something, you get back to the

656
00:43:03,770 --> 00:43:06,290
door, people shake hands on
Sabbath and you're kind of

657
00:43:06,290 --> 00:43:08,990
hopping that you did a good job,
you're listening for

658
00:43:08,990 --> 00:43:14,570
encouragement. And I learned not
to take everything everybody

659
00:43:14,570 --> 00:43:16,690
said too seriously.

660
00:43:18,730 --> 00:43:22,210
Because it occur to me they
don't know what else to say.

661
00:43:22,210 --> 00:43:26,210
And just as soon as someone will
go by and say:

662
00:43:26,210 --> 00:43:30,600
"Great sermon pastor!" I
overhear someone else saying:

663
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,190
I didn't get anything out of
that!

664
00:43:34,970 --> 00:43:38,160
And then it occur to me;

665
00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:41,720
There are pastors, there's a few
pastors on the radio that I hear

666
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:43,960
from time to time and one of
them; I don't know how he

667
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,280
manages to stay on the radio,
but he's been there a long way,

668
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,010
I think he owns the station.

669
00:43:49,010 --> 00:43:51,250
And he answers Bible
questions.

670
00:43:51,250 --> 00:43:55,540
And his answers to me are the
most bizarre off the wall,

671
00:43:55,540 --> 00:43:58,350
indubitable things I've ever
heard.

672
00:43:58,350 --> 00:44:01,960
And I think, he can't possible
be reading the Bible.

673
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,440
But people are always calling
him and saying:

674
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,010
Brother we sure appreciate your
program!

675
00:44:07,010 --> 00:44:09,780
So whenever I am tempted to
think that I am something,

676
00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:13,590
then I remember there are also
people that like this guy.

677
00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:17,070
So you can't take it too
seriously.

678
00:44:17,070 --> 00:44:19,690
Someone said that the compliment
is like perfume.

679
00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:23,400
Sniff but don't swallow, it will
make you sick.

680
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,460
So, Nebuchadnezzar lost the
kingdom.

681
00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:31,750
After seven years his wots
returned and God revealed to him

682
00:44:31,750 --> 00:44:35,510
why he was up there grabbling,
then he praise the Lord and gave

683
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:39,120
God the credit for everything
and we hope to see Nebuchadnezzar

684
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:40,630
in the Kingdom.

685
00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:43,730
Because he finally realize, that
he really had nothing to be proud

686
00:44:43,730 --> 00:44:45,750
off. Who was it?
Spurgeon that said:

687
00:44:45,750 --> 00:44:51,990
We should never be proud of
race or place or face.

688
00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:57,300
Shouldn't be proud of our
position, our appearance,

689
00:44:57,300 --> 00:45:01,460
our possessions and yet we all
struggle with that.

690
00:45:01,460 --> 00:45:03,420
A lots of people are insecure.

691
00:45:03,420 --> 00:45:06,570
And that's sort of like another
manifestation of pride.

692
00:45:06,570 --> 00:45:09,690
We're so worried about, so
preoccupied with what others

693
00:45:09,690 --> 00:45:12,690
think of us that we're
constantly struggling with what

694
00:45:12,690 --> 00:45:14,440
you might call low self
esteem.

695
00:45:14,450 --> 00:45:16,830
What we should really be
preoccupied with is:

696
00:45:16,830 --> 00:45:19,330
What does God think of me?

697
00:45:19,340 --> 00:45:24,150
And remember this is what Jesus
focused on so much during His

698
00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:25,480
ministry.

699
00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:28,750
Some struggle with pride of
appearance.

700
00:45:28,750 --> 00:45:33,730
And we are so preoccupied with
how we look.

701
00:45:33,730 --> 00:45:38,030
And I believe that there is
still strong Biblical support

702
00:45:38,030 --> 00:45:42,130
in simplicity in dress. And
appearance Christians should

703
00:45:42,130 --> 00:45:44,940
not be flamboyant and
ostentatious.

704
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:49,960
People should not be attracted
or distracted by outward

705
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,030
appearance in what we wear.

706
00:45:52,030 --> 00:45:53,310
Amen!

707
00:45:53,310 --> 00:45:57,430
All the bubbles and beads and
ornamentation that people put

708
00:45:57,430 --> 00:46:00,500
on themselves as though they are
going to...through their

709
00:46:00,510 --> 00:46:04,370
expensive cloths and a tire,
increase their worth before God.

710
00:46:04,370 --> 00:46:07,590
Christians should be neat and
clean.

711
00:46:07,590 --> 00:46:10,400
I remember a story in the Bible.
Acts chapter 12:

712
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,530
King Herod gave a speech
arrayed in his royal apparel.

713
00:46:13,540 --> 00:46:16,800
He had a...? robes, probably
glittered in the sunlight.

714
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,150
And while he was giving the
speech the intoxicated crowd

715
00:46:19,150 --> 00:46:21,680
said:
Is the voice of a god and not

716
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,040
of a man! And he knew better.
He knew that was blasphemy.

717
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,020
And he should have stippled
that.

718
00:46:27,020 --> 00:46:28,700
But instead he drunk it.

719
00:46:28,700 --> 00:46:33,120
Yes, that's true. I am a god!

720
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,020
And the Bible sais - the
angel of the Lord, because he

721
00:46:35,020 --> 00:46:37,300
didn't gave God he glory, the
angel of the Lord smoke him.

722
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:40,000
Proud of his appearance.

723
00:46:40,010 --> 00:46:44,430
Smoke him with worms. He was
eaten from the inside out

724
00:46:44,430 --> 00:46:47,070
That will give you a little idea
about how God feels about

725
00:46:47,070 --> 00:46:50,120
pride. And by the way is the
great sin.

726
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:56,000
As C.S. Luis said in his book:
"Mirror Christianity"

727
00:46:56,010 --> 00:46:58,430
The sin of the devil principally
began with pride.

728
00:46:58,430 --> 00:47:00,270
How did sin enter in our
world?

729
00:47:00,270 --> 00:47:04,030
Pride! We shall be as God!

730
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:07,510
And have you read about what
the devil's ambition is?

731
00:47:07,510 --> 00:47:10,070
I will be like the Most
High!

732
00:47:10,070 --> 00:47:15,660
And really we're all attracted
by, we're all enticed by

733
00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:18,430
the idea that we can be little
gods.

734
00:47:18,430 --> 00:47:21,870
There even some religions that
say: You are gods!

735
00:47:21,870 --> 00:47:25,530
And people had not completed
gotten the victory over that

736
00:47:25,530 --> 00:47:26,990
delusion.

737
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,520
Herod took the glory that
belonged to God - proud of his

738
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:31,890
appearance.

739
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:38,420
Now, oh I better keep moving!"

740
00:47:38,420 --> 00:47:41,440
Proud of possessions.

741
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:45,590
Go with me please to Isaiah.
And this story is actually found

742
00:47:45,590 --> 00:47:48,350
three places in the Bible so
I think that God is trying to

743
00:47:48,350 --> 00:47:50,940
tell us and He doesn't want
us to miss the point.

744
00:47:50,940 --> 00:47:54,800
If you go to Isaiah
chapter 39:

745
00:47:54,800 --> 00:48:01,120
You remember Hezekiah was sick.
Hezekiah good king.

746
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:05,260
He prayed and you know God
deliver him from an army that

747
00:48:05,260 --> 00:48:06,840
was going to destroy the whole
nation.

748
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:10,790
And then through Isaiah, when
he was sick and he was healed

749
00:48:10,790 --> 00:48:14,460
the Lord made the sun dial
and go back. Ten degrees.

750
00:48:14,470 --> 00:48:16,290
You remember this story in the
Bible?

751
00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:18,160
I don't have time to read it
all.

752
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,260
And he was healed.

753
00:48:21,260 --> 00:48:25,040
Well he felt good. Problem was
he felt a little too good.

754
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,870
Start to feeling pretty good
about himself.

755
00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:29,130
You know, because I prayed,
God heard my prayer.

756
00:48:29,130 --> 00:48:32,190
Not only did he let me live
longer, he made the whole solar

757
00:48:32,190 --> 00:48:34,040
system readjust for me.

758
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:35,520
I mean Isaiah said:
What do you want?

759
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,490
The sun to go down 10 degrees,
or back 10 degrees?

760
00:48:37,490 --> 00:48:40,280
And I said: Go back 10 degrees!
And He did!

761
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,480
I am really something!

762
00:48:41,490 --> 00:48:44,630
And then ambassadors came from
Babylon.

763
00:48:44,630 --> 00:48:49,360
To find out about this God,
that Hezekiah worshiped.

764
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,790
He had an opportunity to talk
about God.

765
00:48:51,790 --> 00:48:56,450
But instead of talking about
God Hezekiah was pleased

766
00:48:56,450 --> 00:48:58,750
because you know, Babylon!
I mean it was a mighty empire.

767
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:02,330
All of the who's who of the
intelligent was in Babylon.

768
00:49:02,330 --> 00:49:04,350
The great scientists were in
Babylon.

769
00:49:04,350 --> 00:49:06,970
And the very fact that they
would send emissaries to him

770
00:49:06,970 --> 00:49:08,780
made him feel pretty
important.

771
00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:10,830
He wanted to impress them.
You know, because he felt a

772
00:49:10,830 --> 00:49:12,390
little insecure, because they
going to think, we're just a

773
00:49:12,390 --> 00:49:16,630
hockey nation. I want them to
know how powerful we really are.

774
00:49:16,630 --> 00:49:20,200
And so you read here in Isaiah
chapter 39:

775
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:25,150
"Hezekiah was pleased, verse 2,
with these ambassadors, that came

776
00:49:25,150 --> 00:49:28,430
and showed them the house
of his treasures.

777
00:49:28,430 --> 00:49:32,220
the silver and gold, the spices
and precious ointment, and all

778
00:49:32,230 --> 00:49:36,220
his armory - all that was found
among his treasures.

779
00:49:36,220 --> 00:49:38,900
There was nothing in his house
or in all his dominion that

780
00:49:38,900 --> 00:49:41,390
Hezekiah did not show them."

781
00:49:41,390 --> 00:49:43,980
How sad!

782
00:49:43,980 --> 00:49:46,510
Didn't show them the Lord!

783
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,420
They came to find out about
God!

784
00:49:48,420 --> 00:49:52,260
Now this was before Nabukanedzar
came and destroyed the temple.

785
00:49:55,310 --> 00:49:57,270
And then Isaiah the prophet
went to King Hezekiah, and said

786
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:01,000
to him, "What did these men say,
and from where did they come

787
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,710
to you?" So Hezekiah said,
"They came to me from a far

788
00:50:03,710 --> 00:50:05,320
country, from Babylon."

789
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,650
We talked about a far country
before didn't we?

790
00:50:07,650 --> 00:50:12,200
And he said, "What have they
seen in your house?"

791
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:15,590
What have they seen in your
house?

792
00:50:15,590 --> 00:50:20,460
One more time: What they have
seen in your house?

793
00:50:20,460 --> 00:50:21,940
I want that to sink in.

794
00:50:21,940 --> 00:50:24,170
God sends people to us.

795
00:50:24,170 --> 00:50:26,320
Your bodies are temples of the
Holy Spirit.

796
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,000
What are they seeing in your
house?

797
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,290
Maybe you invite people over.
What are they seeing in your

798
00:50:30,290 --> 00:50:31,830
house?

799
00:50:31,830 --> 00:50:34,250
If the pastor comes over do you
have to leave him at the door

800
00:50:34,250 --> 00:50:36,280
while you redecorate?!

801
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:39,740
What will they see in your
house?

802
00:50:39,740 --> 00:50:43,890
You act one way at church and
another way at home?

803
00:50:43,890 --> 00:50:46,220
What do your children see in
your house?

804
00:50:48,670 --> 00:50:51,450
Here he had an opportunity to
show them the Lord,

805
00:50:51,450 --> 00:50:56,170
and instead he showed them his
stuff.

806
00:50:56,170 --> 00:50:59,600
He wasn't proud so much of his
appearance, as he was of his

807
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,070
possessions.

808
00:51:01,070 --> 00:51:04,960
What is it that matters to God?

809
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:08,930
Is not what matters to the
world!

810
00:51:08,930 --> 00:51:11,830
The world spells success
differently.

811
00:51:11,830 --> 00:51:16,530
In the world people measure you
by what kind of car you drive.

812
00:51:19,590 --> 00:51:22,210
God isn't interested in what
kind of car the man drives,

813
00:51:22,210 --> 00:51:25,260
he is interested in what kind
of man drives the car.

814
00:51:25,260 --> 00:51:28,960
In the world people want to know
if you're living in the right

815
00:51:28,970 --> 00:51:31,900
neighborhood. Is what kind of
house does the family live in.

816
00:51:31,900 --> 00:51:34,320
God is at the least bit
impressed with what kind of

817
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,960
house you might live in, He's
interested in what kind of

818
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,160
family lives in the house.

819
00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:44,420
In the world, they have all of
the cameras pulled out during

820
00:51:44,420 --> 00:51:48,040
the academy awards to see what
kind of dress the woman wears.

821
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:51,030
God doesn't care what kind of
dress the woman wears, He wants

822
00:51:51,030 --> 00:51:52,930
to know what kind of woman wears
the dress.

823
00:51:52,930 --> 00:51:53,930
We have our priorities all mixed
up with our stuff.

824
00:51:53,930 --> 00:51:59,900
We get our value and our worth
by our stuff.

825
00:51:59,900 --> 00:52:02,240
We measure our success by
how much stuff we have.

826
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:05,870
And the fact is that it's all
going to melt one day. Amen!

827
00:52:05,870 --> 00:52:09,570
Nothing is going to Heaven.

828
00:52:09,570 --> 00:52:15,830
You don't ever see a horse
pulling the ...? do you?

829
00:52:19,330 --> 00:52:20,910
Nothing is going to heaven.

830
00:52:20,910 --> 00:52:25,080
The only thing that matters is
what's going to last, and the

831
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,290
only thing that's going to last
is people.

832
00:52:28,290 --> 00:52:29,720
Character.

833
00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:33,090
In the resurrection we'll have
our priorities straight.

834
00:52:33,090 --> 00:52:34,690
For many that will be
too late.

835
00:52:34,690 --> 00:52:37,530
And it will be the wrong
resurrection.

836
00:52:37,530 --> 00:52:41,940
The reason that we've got stuff
is we are stewards of God's

837
00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:46,050
value. And that value can be
converted into the currency of

838
00:52:46,050 --> 00:52:48,420
heaven. I know I've hammered on
this, because it is a big

839
00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:49,460
problem.

840
00:52:49,470 --> 00:52:52,420
It needs a lot of attention.

841
00:52:52,430 --> 00:52:55,510
Hezekiah showed them all this
stuff; and you know what?

842
00:52:55,510 --> 00:53:01,060
Later the Babylonians came, and
Isaiah said - this were happened

843
00:53:01,060 --> 00:53:02,780
and took all this stuff.

844
00:53:02,780 --> 00:53:06,520
They came to find out what his
treasure was and unfortunately

845
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,120
instead of his treasure being in
heaven, his treasure was on

846
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,080
earth. And they came back for
his treasure.

847
00:53:10,090 --> 00:53:12,950
Here is a law of life. Don't
ever forget this!

848
00:53:12,950 --> 00:53:15,280
People are going to want your
treasure.

849
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,080
People are going to want your
treasure.

850
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,480
That's ok if you are a
Christian, you can share it and

851
00:53:20,490 --> 00:53:22,090
you'll never run out.

852
00:53:22,090 --> 00:53:24,840
You want them to want your
treasure.

853
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,920
They can't take your treasure
from heaven!

854
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,830
But if your treasure is Christ,
there is plenty to go around.

855
00:53:31,830 --> 00:53:34,910
Jesus said: "Lay not up for
yourself treasure on earth

856
00:53:34,910 --> 00:53:38,500
where thieves brake through
and steal, moth and rust that

857
00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:41,400
corrupt. But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where

858
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,630
where thieves do not break
through in and steal."

859
00:53:43,630 --> 00:53:46,830
You don't have to worry about
weather is Government insured

860
00:53:46,830 --> 00:53:50,870
CD, its secure.

861
00:53:50,870 --> 00:53:53,280
Nothing can take it away.

862
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,300
Where is your treasure? People
are going to want you treasure.

863
00:53:56,300 --> 00:54:00,300
Your treasure is on earth?
People might applaud your

864
00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:02,510
success, but you know in their
hearts, because people are

865
00:54:02,510 --> 00:54:04,560
covetous creatures, and our
hearts are desperately wicked;

866
00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:07,480
In their innermost thoughts they
are thinking:

867
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,290
Wish I had it!

868
00:54:09,290 --> 00:54:11,700
They covet!

869
00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:13,870
Is just a part of the
unconverted heart.

870
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:17,060
You start highlighting and
bragging about your treasure

871
00:54:17,060 --> 00:54:18,950
unless your friends are really
converted.

872
00:54:18,950 --> 00:54:21,980
Instead of being happy for you,
they'd be smiling and going:

873
00:54:21,980 --> 00:54:23,940
Oau why couldn't this happen
to me?

874
00:54:23,940 --> 00:54:26,830
Why it had to happen to them?
Wish I had that!

875
00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:33,790
I think you got quite, because
of conviction.

876
00:54:36,450 --> 00:54:38,640
And the prophet Isaiah came to
Hezekiah.

877
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:40,690
Oh, I want to back up.
He said:

878
00:54:40,690 --> 00:54:41,970
"What have they seen in your
house?" He said:

879
00:54:41,970 --> 00:54:43,910
"I've shown them everything
in my house; there is nothing

880
00:54:43,910 --> 00:54:47,160
among my treasures that I
have not shown them."

881
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:49,070
And Isaiah said:
"Hear the word of the LORD!"

882
00:54:49,070 --> 00:54:53,230
"Behold, the days are coming
when all that is in your house,

883
00:54:53,230 --> 00:54:56,500
and what your father's have
accumulated until this day,

884
00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:58,800
shall be carried to Babylon;
nothing shall be left,

885
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,260
says the LORD."
They'll even takes away some of

886
00:55:01,260 --> 00:55:04,710
your sons and daughters, and
the sons will be made eunuchs

887
00:55:04,710 --> 00:55:07,070
in the palace of the king." And
that happened when Daniel was

888
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:09,580
one of those eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon.

889
00:55:09,580 --> 00:55:14,310
And that prophecy was fulfilled
exactly.

890
00:55:16,020 --> 00:55:19,360
You know one of the great\a ~ tragedy of history is:

891
00:55:20,890 --> 00:55:25,430
When Marco Polo and his father
Nicolo Polo and his uncle Mateo

892
00:55:25,430 --> 00:55:28,610
Polo, when they were with the
great Koublikan in China.

893
00:55:28,610 --> 00:55:34,240
Because Kublikan was a mango,
he didn't practice the closed

894
00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:37,390
empire of the Chinese, and he
allowed freedom of religion.

895
00:55:37,390 --> 00:55:39,780
And he was in tread with
Christianity.

896
00:55:39,790 --> 00:55:42,470
He even, the limited version of
Christianity that Marco Polo

897
00:55:42,470 --> 00:55:46,620
understood. He saw that was a
superior religion.

898
00:55:46,620 --> 00:55:49,320
And he said: Go to your great
priest!

899
00:55:49,330 --> 00:55:51,570
Kublikan said to Marco Polo when
he'd go back.

900
00:55:51,570 --> 00:55:54,810
Go to your great priest and send
me a hundred priests to

901
00:55:54,810 --> 00:55:57,880
teach everybody in my empire
your religion!

902
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:01,350
Well, when they did finally
get back, they went to the

903
00:56:01,350 --> 00:56:03,960
Pope several times and said:
You must send priests!

904
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:07,010
If you want to see the Christian
religion spread, you got to go

905
00:56:07,010 --> 00:56:09,850
China, there are millions of
people there and it's opened

906
00:56:09,850 --> 00:56:13,900
now. Go! Send them!
But at that time the Roman

907
00:56:13,900 --> 00:56:17,310
Church lost that opportunity.
Because they were arguing

908
00:56:17,310 --> 00:56:18,880
between two popes.

909
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,440
And they were just preoccupied
with political problems and...

910
00:56:22,450 --> 00:56:27,780
Finally at the persistence of the
Polo's they sent two priests.

911
00:56:27,780 --> 00:56:30,600
One died in route, the other
one got discouraged and turned

912
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:34,780
back. And historians have said:
The whole course of history

913
00:56:34,780 --> 00:56:38,300
would have been drastically
changed.

914
00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:40,650
If the church had listened at
that time and send priests to

915
00:56:40,650 --> 00:56:41,650
China.

916
00:56:41,650 --> 00:56:46,010
Instead of it being a Buddhist
country. It would be a catholic

917
00:56:46,010 --> 00:56:47,320
country.

918
00:56:47,330 --> 00:56:50,570
But they missed the opportunity
to tell them about God.

919
00:56:50,570 --> 00:56:52,920
It wasn't a priority.

920
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:57,310
What have they seeing in your
house?

921
00:56:57,310 --> 00:57:03,150
When people come over; are you
wanting them to Ooo and Ahh,

922
00:57:03,150 --> 00:57:04,920
over your decor?

923
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:07,900
Over your view?

924
00:57:07,900 --> 00:57:10,770
Your toys in the yard.

925
00:57:10,780 --> 00:57:13,730
Is that how you spell success?
Is not how God spells.

926
00:57:13,730 --> 00:57:19,700
This story in the Bible is
extremely convicting for me.

927
00:57:19,700 --> 00:57:22,060
I may tell you why!

928
00:57:22,070 --> 00:57:25,610
We have a cabin up in the
hills for which we're very

929
00:57:25,610 --> 00:57:28,390
thankful. We've had this land
for thirty years.

930
00:57:28,390 --> 00:57:32,090
Praise the Lord we bought it
back when it was real cheep.

931
00:57:32,090 --> 00:57:37,150
Build the house. But I tell you
is a beautiful view.

932
00:57:37,150 --> 00:57:41,240
And, John's been there before
up to our place in Colowel and

933
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:46,880
I designed it myself.
He said Humbly.

934
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,650
False humility is really pride.
It is one of the problems with

935
00:57:49,650 --> 00:57:51,870
the humility. As soon as you
think you've achieved it you've

936
00:57:51,870 --> 00:57:55,050
lost it. Then you're proud of
your humility.

937
00:57:55,050 --> 00:57:59,210
Right? Sort of an endless
cycle.

938
00:57:59,210 --> 00:58:02,200
Thank you Lord I am so
humble!

939
00:58:02,210 --> 00:58:08,670
And, I designed the house,
solar electric, southern

940
00:58:08,670 --> 00:58:14,470
exposure and whenever people
come to visit; gravity flow

941
00:58:14,470 --> 00:58:16,720
water, it's a nice cabin.

942
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:20,600
And when they're there for the
first time and they say: - nice

943
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,770
place - that's all I need.

944
00:58:22,770 --> 00:58:25,330
Come on guys you know what I'm
talking about. You got a truck

945
00:58:25,330 --> 00:58:27,300
with all the gizmos on and
someone says: - Nice truck.

946
00:58:27,300 --> 00:58:29,710
You start to walk him around and
say: Yeah, look at this engine

947
00:58:29,710 --> 00:58:32,920
10,000 Pounds, and we're all a
little bit that way.

948
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:36,700
They open the door and you walk
right through it.

949
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:42,570
And one day I was up at the
house by myself. Went home to

950
00:58:42,570 --> 00:58:45,130
take care of some stuff and
need it to get some propane

951
00:58:45,130 --> 00:58:49,390
delivery. We do use propane
for the refrigerator and the

952
00:58:49,390 --> 00:58:50,320
stove.

953
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:53,400
And propane truck came up the
road and this young strapping

954
00:58:53,410 --> 00:58:55,670
gentleman hops out and I looked
at him I thought:

955
00:58:55,670 --> 00:58:57,570
He looks familiar.

956
00:58:57,570 --> 00:59:01,560
And he said: How are you doing
Doug?

957
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:05,310
And I thought: I knew who he
is. I called him by his name.

958
00:59:05,310 --> 00:59:10,390
I use to teach him. I used to
teach juniors in Sabbath school.

959
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:14,260
And he was one of the young men
and women that I thought.

960
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:18,510
And as with many. As he got
older drifted away and had

961
00:59:18,510 --> 00:59:20,550
not been going to church.

962
00:59:20,550 --> 00:59:23,040
When I saw him there I thought
to myself:

963
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:27,900
Lord, You brought him up here
so I can say something to him.

964
00:59:27,900 --> 00:59:31,860
And as soon as that thought,
fleeing thought, came to my

965
00:59:31,860 --> 00:59:34,930
mind, he looked around and he
said:

966
00:59:34,930 --> 00:59:36,780
This is a really nice place
you've got here.

967
00:59:36,780 --> 00:59:40,100
Well, that's all I need
it.

968
00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:41,960
Laughing!

969
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:45,050
And I said: Yeah, you know it!
I designed it myself.

970
00:59:45,050 --> 00:59:48,810
And see, you saw the panels,
the house is solar electric, got

971
00:59:48,810 --> 00:59:51,890
all the power, we got all the
modern conveniences, because

972
00:59:51,890 --> 00:59:54,660
we've got the solar power, we
use the pomp wheel, and I was

973
00:59:54,670 --> 00:59:57,490
show him all the things and...
As I was giving him the tour

974
00:59:57,490 --> 01:00:02,640
and talking about how wonderful
place was... I could see he

975
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:04,790
looked at his watch and he
started to get restless and

976
01:00:04,790 --> 01:00:07,600
he... by this point had unloaded
the propane. He hopped in his

977
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:11,040
truck said hey! See you
next time!

978
01:00:11,050 --> 01:00:14,980
And, then as he was going down
the dirt road and I saw

979
01:00:14,980 --> 01:00:18,690
the cloud of ...? behind him
a little voice spoke to me and

980
01:00:18,690 --> 01:00:23,120
said:
Did you say anything about Me?

981
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:27,670
He was gone. I have never seen
him again!

982
01:00:27,670 --> 01:00:33,180
And I think. Oh. Lord I am
so proud!

983
01:00:33,180 --> 01:00:35,550
And all I could think about was
me, me, me...

984
01:00:35,550 --> 01:00:39,030
God sent me someone to talk
to him about the soul, and all

985
01:00:39,030 --> 01:00:42,080
I could think about was me, and
how smart I was, and...

986
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,780
Behold, the great Babylon that
I have made!

987
01:00:44,780 --> 01:00:47,370
We're all a little that way
right?

988
01:00:47,370 --> 01:00:49,290
So what Hezekiah did?

989
01:00:51,340 --> 01:00:55,350
And you know, God is telling you
and me to same thing he told

990
01:00:55,350 --> 01:00:58,340
Hezekiah! He said:
"Nothing that you have laid up

991
01:00:58,340 --> 01:01:02,030
in this kingdom is going to be
here. It's all going to Babylon!

992
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,260
And you know what the Bible
says it happened to the ancient

993
01:01:04,260 --> 01:01:07,110
Babylon?
Melt down!

994
01:01:07,110 --> 01:01:10,760
All of our stuff in this world,
it's not going to make it.

995
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:12,440
It's not going to last.

996
01:01:12,450 --> 01:01:15,780
The purpose for the things in
this world is somehow utilize

997
01:01:15,780 --> 01:01:19,230
them to sustain life and to
reach others.

998
01:01:19,230 --> 01:01:21,520
That's really the main purpose!
And I am thankful for the

999
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:25,120
conveniences and I know I've
got a lot more than I need.

1000
01:01:25,120 --> 01:01:28,880
I am constantly throwing stuff
out of the garage.

1001
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:32,150
Little while ago in the
Bachelor's home I told Karen:

1002
01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:34,720
Karen it's a collector.

1003
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:36,620
Sorry dear!

1004
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:44,860
It's valuable. She saves all
this stuff that is sentimental.

1005
01:01:44,860 --> 01:01:46,980
When we come back from a
convention, she'll save up from

1006
01:01:46,980 --> 01:01:50,490
the convention, little things,
and badges and...

1007
01:01:50,490 --> 01:01:54,680
to remember the experience.
Karen please, throw them out!

1008
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:58,290
Yes, but it helps me to remember
the trip and...

1009
01:01:58,290 --> 01:01:59,500
Sorry!

1010
01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:03,110
Pray for us!
Laughing!

1011
01:02:07,610 --> 01:02:10,900
So, I wanted to clean out.
And so, I told Karen I was going

1012
01:02:10,900 --> 01:02:13,810
to get, I was going to ramp one
of these dumpsters, and we

1013
01:02:13,810 --> 01:02:17,820
actually hired a company to
bring a Dumpster that was

1014
01:02:17,820 --> 01:02:23,680
20 feet long. A 4 or 5 feet high
and 8 feet across and drop it

1015
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:29,180
there in our front yard. We
spent a week and we filed it to

1016
01:02:29,180 --> 01:02:30,330
brim.

1017
01:02:30,330 --> 01:02:33,720
And they hold it off. I had to
pay 100 dollars to hold up.

1018
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:36,570
Now our grand did have some
brush and stuff, we cleared it

1019
01:02:36,570 --> 01:02:40,980
up. There's a whole lot of junk
in there and you know what?

1020
01:02:40,980 --> 01:02:43,710
When they pulled away, you
walk back in the house, you

1021
01:02:43,710 --> 01:02:47,070
can barely tell it that you got
rite of anything.

1022
01:02:47,070 --> 01:02:48,020
Laughing...

1023
01:02:48,030 --> 01:02:51,160
You're laughing because you
probably have some of the same

1024
01:02:51,160 --> 01:02:52,400
problems.

1025
01:02:55,490 --> 01:02:57,950
I think every now and then you
need to move just to find out

1026
01:02:57,950 --> 01:02:59,920
you really have!

1027
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:07,050
That will really help you strum
line a little bit if you have to

1028
01:03:07,050 --> 01:03:11,790
move every few years. All of it
it's going to be cared away.

1029
01:03:11,790 --> 01:03:15,140
Pride also of position.

1030
01:03:15,140 --> 01:03:19,920
Some people the big goal in
life is to get the name on the

1031
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,520
door.
President.

1032
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:23,770
Vice-president.

1033
01:03:23,770 --> 01:03:28,360
And it's amazing sometimes the
medial positions that they try

1034
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:30,070
to glorify by renaming them.

1035
01:03:30,070 --> 01:03:31,980
Sanitary engineer.

1036
01:03:31,980 --> 01:03:34,010
When I grew up that was
garbage man.

1037
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:39,240
Custodial engineer.

1038
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:43,480
Genitor!
But we try to in rise our value

1039
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:46,320
by rising the title, you know!

1040
01:03:46,330 --> 01:03:50,360
Doctor. P.H.D.

1041
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:55,300
And everybody wants... The title
is very important.

1042
01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:56,780
Bible tells a story about
another king.

1043
01:03:56,780 --> 01:03:59,770
You noticed I am going through
a few kings in our discussion.

1044
01:03:59,770 --> 01:04:03,550
Good king! I mean even
Nebuchadnezzar will be in heaven,

1045
01:04:03,550 --> 01:04:07,520
Hezekiah will be in Heaven.
King Uzziah the next one.

1046
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:09,360
I think he'll be in heaven,
good king.

1047
01:04:09,370 --> 01:04:11,690
But you know what?
One day he thought:

1048
01:04:11,690 --> 01:04:14,290
Why is it that only the priests
are allowed to go into the Holy

1049
01:04:14,290 --> 01:04:15,910
Place, I am the king!

1050
01:04:15,910 --> 01:04:19,070
And he grabbed the incense and
he did what only the priest

1051
01:04:19,070 --> 01:04:21,140
was supposed to do.

1052
01:04:21,140 --> 01:04:24,530
This is actually a picture of a
priest. But gives you the idea.

1053
01:04:24,530 --> 01:04:26,880
He went in to the Holy Place,
he took a sensor that has the

1054
01:04:26,890 --> 01:04:29,170
incense and went in, and the
priest saw him coming in to

1055
01:04:29,180 --> 01:04:33,930
burn incense and he said:
King Uzziah! That is forbidden!

1056
01:04:33,930 --> 01:04:36,770
It is only the priests, the sons
of Aaron that are allowed to

1057
01:04:36,770 --> 01:04:39,340
minister here in the Holy Place;
what you are doing God is not

1058
01:04:39,340 --> 01:04:42,250
going to bless. Well, what he
said it was absolutely true.

1059
01:04:42,250 --> 01:04:44,640
It was in the word, he knew what
is true, but it offended his

1060
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,010
pride. He felt:
I am the king!

1061
01:04:47,010 --> 01:04:49,090
Who do they think they are
telling me! I can do all I want

1062
01:04:49,090 --> 01:04:50,790
I am the king!

1063
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:55,560
And he began...He got furious.
You know sometimes when a

1064
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,490
person is offended is their
pride that is offended.

1065
01:04:58,490 --> 01:05:00,900
When people retaliate and get
angry, it's often because their

1066
01:05:00,900 --> 01:05:03,260
pride is offended.

1067
01:05:03,260 --> 01:05:07,100
Remember hearing a story one
time when Mohammad Ally was at

1068
01:05:07,100 --> 01:05:10,910
the top of his game and he said:
- I am the king of the world!

1069
01:05:10,910 --> 01:05:14,280
You all remember hearing that.

1070
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:17,720
He was on a jet airplane, the
flight attendant came through.

1071
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:22,250
There he was in first class and
reporters were even on the plane.

1072
01:05:22,250 --> 01:05:28,380
And she said: -Mister Ally you
will be to fasten the seatbelt.

1073
01:05:28,380 --> 01:05:30,280
And he said:
- Darling Superman don't need

1074
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,110
no seatbelt!

1075
01:05:32,110 --> 01:05:36,040
And she said: Yes, and Superman
don't need no airplane either!

1076
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:38,470
So you better fasten your
seat belt!

1077
01:05:38,470 --> 01:05:40,280
Laughing!!

1078
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:43,600
King Uzziah got mad.
I am the king!

1079
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:46,110
And they said:
What you are doing is against

1080
01:05:46,110 --> 01:05:49,480
what God said. And while he
had his ?...

1081
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:52,950
Leprosy broke out in his
forehead.

1082
01:05:52,950 --> 01:05:57,390
And he came down; he went out
of their presence a leper.

1083
01:05:57,390 --> 01:05:59,600
And he died a leper.

1084
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:02,800
He could never stand before
the people again.

1085
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:10,040
Now in contrast; just to balance
things.

1086
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:13,370
I like the story of Solomon when
he was younger.

1087
01:06:13,370 --> 01:06:17,770
Turn with me please to the first
book of Kings chapter 3.

1088
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,770
His attitude was so different.

1089
01:06:29,090 --> 01:06:33,560
Chapter 3, 1 Kings verse 3:
"And Solomon loved the LORD,

1090
01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:37,620
walking in the statutes of his
father David, except that he

1091
01:06:37,620 --> 01:06:40,450
sacrificed and burned incense
at the high places.

1092
01:06:40,450 --> 01:06:44,320
Now the king went to Gibeon to
sacrifice there, for that was

1093
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:48,400
the great high place:
Solomon offered a thousand burnt

1094
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:50,560
offerings on that altar.

1095
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:54,530
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to
Solomon in a dream by night;

1096
01:06:54,530 --> 01:06:58,900
and God said, "Ask! What
shall I give you?"

1097
01:06:58,900 --> 01:07:02,930
Now when God says - what do you
want? What you're going to ask

1098
01:07:02,930 --> 01:07:04,170
for?

1099
01:07:04,170 --> 01:07:08,040
God says: Plain check. What do
you want?

1100
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:09,880
What would you ask for?

1101
01:07:09,890 --> 01:07:13,300
Lord I really need a bigger
house! A better house!

1102
01:07:13,300 --> 01:07:14,390
Mansion!

1103
01:07:14,390 --> 01:07:16,750
I've got some enemies I'd like
to get even with!

1104
01:07:16,750 --> 01:07:19,350
I want to live a long time!

1105
01:07:19,350 --> 01:07:21,720
I want better clothes!

1106
01:07:21,720 --> 01:07:24,430
Now you're thinking: No, pastor
Doug we wouldn't ask God for

1107
01:07:24,430 --> 01:07:27,410
those things. Some of us pray
for those things every day.

1108
01:07:27,410 --> 01:07:32,210
And you know! A lot of pastors
are capitalizing on our carnal

1109
01:07:32,210 --> 01:07:34,030
natures. They call that
prosperity preaching!

1110
01:07:34,030 --> 01:07:36,100
They say: Accept Jesus and He's
going to make you healthy,

1111
01:07:36,100 --> 01:07:40,470
wealthy and wise! And it appeals
to the carnal pride in people's

1112
01:07:40,470 --> 01:07:43,570
hearts. It's not the
message of Jesus friends!

1113
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:47,230
What do you want
Solomon?

1114
01:07:47,230 --> 01:07:49,480
And listen, listen to this!
How different it is from

1115
01:07:49,480 --> 01:07:51,350
Hezekiah. I wanted to put these
two back to back.

1116
01:07:51,350 --> 01:07:55,250
Solomon said: "You have shown
great mercy to Your servant

1117
01:07:55,250 --> 01:07:57,920
(how is he identify himself)
Servant.

1118
01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:02,560
David my father, because he
walked before You in truth, in

1119
01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:05,110
righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with You;

1120
01:08:05,110 --> 01:08:07,430
You have continued this great
kindness for him, and You have

1121
01:08:07,430 --> 01:08:10,140
given him a son to sit on
his throne, as it is this day.

1122
01:08:10,140 --> 01:08:13,300
"Now, O LORD my God, You have
made Your servant king instead

1123
01:08:13,300 --> 01:08:17,960
of my father David, but I am
just a little child."

1124
01:08:17,970 --> 01:08:22,490
Listen to the humility that he
had as he came before the Lord

1125
01:08:22,490 --> 01:08:23,760
during this time.

1126
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:28,890
I am just a little child I don't
know how to go out or come in.

1127
01:08:28,890 --> 01:08:33,320
And Your servant is in the midst
of Your people whom You have

1128
01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:36,110
chosen, a great people, too
numerous to be numbered or

1129
01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:38,170
counted.

1130
01:08:38,170 --> 01:08:40,590
Before greatness comes
humility.

1131
01:08:40,590 --> 01:08:42,480
Solomon became the greatest
king.

1132
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:46,770
Why? Because greatness comes
humility!

1133
01:08:46,770 --> 01:08:49,060
How was that the David was like
the Lord?

1134
01:08:49,060 --> 01:08:52,270
You're thinking: David!? I mean
he was a violent king and I mean

1135
01:08:52,270 --> 01:08:54,750
after all what happened with the
Uriah and Bathsheba, why is it

1136
01:08:54,750 --> 01:08:57,140
say - David was a King after
God's own heart?!

1137
01:08:57,140 --> 01:09:00,030
David was humble!

1138
01:09:00,030 --> 01:09:01,820
And Solomon learned that from
his father.

1139
01:09:01,820 --> 01:09:05,150
You don't find David ever
manifesting pride.

1140
01:09:05,150 --> 01:09:08,200
When he was convicted about his
sin he fell on his face and

1141
01:09:08,200 --> 01:09:11,680
he repented.
When he fled from Absalom.

1142
01:09:11,680 --> 01:09:15,140
The Bible says: Someone came out
throwing stones and cursing.

1143
01:09:15,140 --> 01:09:18,220
And one of his guards said:
Let me go and cut off that dog's

1144
01:09:18,230 --> 01:09:19,590
head!

1145
01:09:19,590 --> 01:09:21,110
And David said:
No, let him curse I probably

1146
01:09:21,110 --> 01:09:22,340
disserve it!

1147
01:09:22,340 --> 01:09:26,790
Humility! How different from his
son Absalom.

1148
01:09:26,790 --> 01:09:32,840
Beautiful. No flaw. Movie star.
From the top of his head to the

1149
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:36,570
soul of his foot. Handsome.
No blemish.

1150
01:09:36,570 --> 01:09:38,300
And he self destructed.

1151
01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:41,260
Good looks can be a blessing,
and they can be a curse, right?

1152
01:09:41,260 --> 01:09:43,970
Most of us have reasons to
thank the Lord.

1153
01:09:51,620 --> 01:09:53,970
I don't know how to come out
or go in!

1154
01:09:53,970 --> 01:09:55,880
"And your servant", I am in
verse 8,

1155
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:59,500
s in the midst of Your people
whom You have chosen.

1156
01:09:59,500 --> 01:10:02,620
Not my people. It's not my
kingdom! You got it!

1157
01:10:02,620 --> 01:10:06,590
You hear his attitude? God could
bless him abundantly because

1158
01:10:06,590 --> 01:10:08,730
of his humility.

1159
01:10:08,730 --> 01:10:11,670
He could lift him up, because
he humbled himself.

1160
01:10:11,670 --> 01:10:13,680
Humble yourself and He will
lift you up.

1161
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:16,850
God is not going to humble you.
You must humble yourself

1162
01:10:16,850 --> 01:10:18,700
and it needs to be from the
heart.

1163
01:10:22,890 --> 01:10:26,250
"Therefore give to Your servant
an understanding heart..."

1164
01:10:26,250 --> 01:10:28,600
He never specifically says
wisdom.

1165
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:30,430
"...give your servant an
understanding heart,

1166
01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:33,560
to judge Your people, that I may
discern between good and evil.

1167
01:10:33,560 --> 01:10:36,710
For who is able to judge this
great people of Yours?"

1168
01:10:36,710 --> 01:10:39,170
What a contrast between
Hezekiah that says:

1169
01:10:39,170 --> 01:10:41,450
My, my, my, my,
my, my....

1170
01:10:41,450 --> 01:10:46,450
And Solomon that says:
Yours, Yours, Yours, Yours...

1171
01:10:46,450 --> 01:10:49,570
And you know this is really the
coax! There are two kingdoms

1172
01:10:49,580 --> 01:10:53,500
at war. There is the kingdom of
the world which is all about me.

1173
01:10:53,500 --> 01:10:58,370
It's pride. That is the centre
of the motives behind the devil

1174
01:10:58,370 --> 01:11:00,260
and all that follow him.
It's all about me.

1175
01:11:00,260 --> 01:11:04,590
And a lot of churches are being
built around that  is coordinate.

1176
01:11:04,420 --> 01:11:08,090
The worship service and
everything is about us.

1177
01:11:08,090 --> 01:11:09,310
What's in it for us!

1178
01:11:09,310 --> 01:11:11,790
And all of the songs. You
noticed a lot of the newer songs

1179
01:11:11,790 --> 01:11:13,890
some are good, don't
misunderstand, but all the

1180
01:11:13,890 --> 01:11:16,420
lyrics about: Lord, you do this
for me, You do that for me,

1181
01:11:16,420 --> 01:11:17,380
me, me, me.

1182
01:11:17,380 --> 01:11:20,980
And some of the old great hymns
and anthems were You, You, you.

1183
01:11:20,980 --> 01:11:23,250
Crown Him with many crowns!

1184
01:11:23,250 --> 01:11:27,430
There is a shift where it's all
about me now.

1185
01:11:27,430 --> 01:11:31,220
Solomon said:
Your Kingdom!

1186
01:11:31,220 --> 01:11:34,050
Nebukanedazar said:
My Kingdom!

1187
01:11:34,050 --> 01:11:36,920
But notice Nebuchadnezzar says:
My Babylon!

1188
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:38,960
Babylon is going to be
destroyed.

1189
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:44,320
You know what I think of when
I read this story about Solomon?

1190
01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:47,750
It says that this speech pleased
the LORD, and God said:

1191
01:11:47,750 --> 01:11:50,750
"Because you have asked this
thing, and have not asked long

1192
01:11:50,750 --> 01:11:54,550
life for yourself, nor have
asked riches for yourself, nor

1193
01:11:54,550 --> 01:11:58,640
have asked the life of your
enemies, but have asked for

1194
01:11:58,640 --> 01:12:02,230
yourself understanding, that
you could serve better and

1195
01:12:02,230 --> 01:12:05,230
wisdom. Because you have asked
this, I am going to give you all

1196
01:12:05,230 --> 01:12:08,550
the others. Cause I can't trust
you with it.

1197
01:12:08,550 --> 01:12:11,750
You won't squander my blessings
for your glory.

1198
01:12:11,750 --> 01:12:13,430
That's what is all about
friends.

1199
01:12:13,430 --> 01:12:15,600
That's the central issue.

1200
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:17,750
Who's glory are we
interested in?

1201
01:12:17,750 --> 01:12:19,990
God's or ours!

1202
01:12:19,990 --> 01:12:24,960
And once we understand this it's
very liberating.

1203
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:27,310
Any of you who know me.

1204
01:12:27,310 --> 01:12:29,730
And a lot of people come up and
say: Doug you don't know me,

1205
01:12:29,730 --> 01:12:31,890
but I know you because I've been
watching the programs for years

1206
01:12:31,890 --> 01:12:34,060
and this way you get to know
a person.

1207
01:12:34,060 --> 01:12:39,460
I have been embarrassed so many
times on camera.

1208
01:12:39,460 --> 01:12:44,580
I just get used to it. And I
think that's why the Lord

1209
01:12:44,580 --> 01:12:49,780
still let me stay. Is because I
made a fool of myself so many

1210
01:12:49,780 --> 01:12:52,310
times. You know how many letters
I have to write to apologize for

1211
01:12:52,310 --> 01:12:53,680
something I said?

1212
01:12:53,680 --> 01:12:56,740
And I pray to the Lord, never
let me go to a place where I

1213
01:12:56,740 --> 01:12:58,600
don't think I could be corrected
or counseled.

1214
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:00,740
Because then I know God can't
use me anymore.

1215
01:13:00,740 --> 01:13:02,760
And I think about what Solomon
said:

1216
01:13:02,770 --> 01:13:05,110
These are your people Lord,
and it terrifies me.

1217
01:13:05,110 --> 01:13:07,080
I am just a little child, I
don't know how to go out

1218
01:13:07,090 --> 01:13:09,070
or come in. I m not a great
theologian.

1219
01:13:09,070 --> 01:13:11,760
I am just doing my best like
one beggar tell another beggar

1220
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:13,970
where the bread is!

1221
01:13:13,970 --> 01:13:18,880
And I am hoping that if I can
maintain that balance that God

1222
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:22,130
can keep using me, because I
know with me, just like with

1223
01:13:22,130 --> 01:13:24,790
you as soon as I start thinking
I am something; I am nothing.

1224
01:13:24,790 --> 01:13:29,940
Martin Luther said:
God creates from nothing.

1225
01:13:29,940 --> 01:13:32,860
And so until we become nothing
he can make nothing of us.

1226
01:13:32,860 --> 01:13:36,260
Where is God began recreating
our hearts? When we realize

1227
01:13:36,260 --> 01:13:39,180
that we're nothing!
That's why in our theme song

1228
01:13:39,180 --> 01:13:43,410
says:
Shake us and break us!

1229
01:13:43,410 --> 01:13:46,700
Sometimes He just kind of
break us.

1230
01:13:46,700 --> 01:13:49,550
God uses broken things.

1231
01:13:50,620 --> 01:13:53,590
It's broken grain that makes
brad, it's broken clouds that

1232
01:13:53,590 --> 01:13:55,290
give rain.

1233
01:13:55,300 --> 01:13:58,610
It's Peter broken that comes
forth with power preaching.

1234
01:13:58,610 --> 01:14:01,930
Have you ever pray God will
brake you?

1235
01:14:01,930 --> 01:14:06,430
Have you ever prayed:
Lord, give me a humble heart!

1236
01:14:06,430 --> 01:14:08,380
I am always afraid of that
prayer you know, you're almost

1237
01:14:08,380 --> 01:14:12,580
asking God to, uh! Humiliate
you. Who wants that?

1238
01:14:12,580 --> 01:14:15,290
But if that's what it takes.

1239
01:14:15,290 --> 01:14:18,080
Lord do it!
I always expect lightning when I

1240
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:23,840
But that's what we want!
Otherwise you're never more

1241
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,680
like the devil than when you're
proud.

1242
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:29,920
And you're never more like
Christ than when your selfless

1243
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:31,870
and humble.

1244
01:14:31,870 --> 01:14:33,510
These are the two great issues.

1245
01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:36,620
And you know one of the worst
types of pride.

1246
01:14:36,620 --> 01:14:39,450
Is a religious pride.

1247
01:14:39,450 --> 01:14:43,450
You remember that story?
Luke chapter 18 verse 10.

1248
01:14:43,450 --> 01:14:45,500
Two men went up to the
temple to pray.

1249
01:14:45,500 --> 01:14:50,820
Publican and a Pharisee I'll
paraphrase.

1250
01:14:50,820 --> 01:14:53,900
The Pharisee stands.

1251
01:14:53,900 --> 01:14:55,950
Praised us with himself.

1252
01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:57,990
I like the irony in how Jesus
words that.

1253
01:14:57,990 --> 01:15:01,240
Lord I thank Thee that I am not
like other man.

1254
01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:04,150
The Bible says: "He that
compares him, those among

1255
01:15:04,150 --> 01:15:06,680
himself is not wise."
And a lot of us pride...

1256
01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:10,030
We look around in this nature
that we are better than others.

1257
01:15:10,030 --> 01:15:12,230
I thank Thee Lord that I'm not
like the other man.

1258
01:15:12,230 --> 01:15:15,300
I fast and I pay tithe of all
that I, and I am glad I am not

1259
01:15:15,300 --> 01:15:17,330
like that publican in the back
pew.

1260
01:15:17,330 --> 01:15:19,960
But the publican, the tax
collector would not so much has

1261
01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:22,390
lift up his eyes. Posture of
humility.

1262
01:15:22,390 --> 01:15:26,850
Smote upon his breast. Broken,
humbled himself.

1263
01:15:26,850 --> 01:15:30,390
Said: God have mercy on me,
a sinner!

1264
01:15:30,390 --> 01:15:34,980
And then Jesus closes by saying:
I tell you that the second man,

1265
01:15:34,980 --> 01:15:38,750
the publican, he went home
justified, rather than the very

1266
01:15:38,750 --> 01:15:41,480
religious proud Pharisee.

1267
01:15:41,480 --> 01:15:45,010
God could work with the humble.
What is the problem with

1268
01:15:45,010 --> 01:15:48,040
the Laodicea church?
Enhance this message:

1269
01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:51,360
What is the identifying
characteristics of the Laodicea

1270
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:53,960
church?
They think they are rich and

1271
01:15:53,960 --> 01:15:55,850
increase with goods and in need
of nothing.

1272
01:15:55,850 --> 01:15:57,840
What do you call that?
Pride!

1273
01:15:57,840 --> 01:15:59,540
The sin of the devil.

1274
01:15:59,540 --> 01:16:02,020
They don't know their need.

1275
01:16:02,030 --> 01:16:06,120
If they are going to receive the
gold and the eye salve and the

1276
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:09,840
garment that Christ is offering.
This is in Revelation chapter 3

1277
01:16:09,850 --> 01:16:13,790
verse 17. They need to humble
themselves.

1278
01:16:13,790 --> 01:16:16,240
He can then give them those
things.

1279
01:16:16,240 --> 01:16:18,240
And this is my appeal for the
church.

1280
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:19,430
We need to humble ourselves.

1281
01:16:19,430 --> 01:16:23,190
The Laodicea condition if it's
anything it's a proud condition.

1282
01:16:27,150 --> 01:16:30,300
We're more interested with
race and place and face...

1283
01:16:30,300 --> 01:16:33,910
Our possessions, and our
appearance, and our titles.

1284
01:16:33,910 --> 01:16:36,470
And that won't get you
to heaven.

1285
01:16:36,470 --> 01:16:39,610
In the economy of heaven that's
as is worthless.

1286
01:16:39,610 --> 01:16:42,750
God wants to know what's in
your heart.

1287
01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:44,290
Religious pride.

1288
01:16:44,290 --> 01:16:48,260
Pride is the devil's drag net
into which he catches the most

1289
01:16:48,260 --> 01:16:49,720
fish.

1290
01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:54,240
Mathew 6:1;
"Take heed that you do not do

1291
01:16:54,240 --> 01:16:58,490
your charitable deeds before
men, to be seen by them."

1292
01:16:58,490 --> 01:17:04,750
As I said: Jesus heed on the very
first thing he preached against

1293
01:17:04,750 --> 01:17:08,420
He said:
They fast to be seen, they pray

1294
01:17:08,420 --> 01:17:12,590
to be seen, they give to be
seen. And it was all about pride.

1295
01:17:12,590 --> 01:17:17,340
Which is really the opposite of
what Jesus was all about.

1296
01:17:17,340 --> 01:17:21,360
Mathew 23:5;
Speaking again of the religious

1297
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:25,020
leaders.
"But all their works they do to

1298
01:17:25,020 --> 01:17:30,120
be seen by men. They make their
phylacteries broad and enlarge

1299
01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:33,240
the borders of their garments.
They love the best places at

1300
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,400
feasts, the best seats in
the synagogues,

1301
01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:38,550
greetings in the marketplaces,
and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi.'

1302
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:41,950
Is the titles, is the appearance.
And it was all under the guise

1303
01:17:41,950 --> 01:17:43,920
of religion.

1304
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:48,330
You know! It's something you
need to constantly resist.

1305
01:17:48,330 --> 01:17:51,370
Because the devil is in the
world and this is a war;

1306
01:17:51,370 --> 01:17:54,190
I mean even with Christ. He
says: All these kingdoms I'll

1307
01:17:54,190 --> 01:17:57,500
give you if you just bow down
and worship. You'll be the king

1308
01:17:57,510 --> 01:17:59,410
of the world!

1309
01:17:59,410 --> 01:18:01,630
Jesus didn't come for this
world. He doesn't want Babylon,

1310
01:18:01,630 --> 01:18:03,570
He wants the kingdom of Heaven.

1311
01:18:03,570 --> 01:18:09,030
What was it the disciples were
arguing about the night before

1312
01:18:09,030 --> 01:18:11,150
Christ was crucified?

1313
01:18:12,370 --> 01:18:14,540
Which of them was the greatest?

1314
01:18:17,800 --> 01:18:21,340
So, if they have that problem do
we think we're immune?

1315
01:18:21,340 --> 01:18:23,030
Is it still a problem in the
church?

1316
01:18:23,030 --> 01:18:25,040
We're so concerned with what
others think of us.

1317
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:27,250
Which of us is better?
I'll tell you!

1318
01:18:27,250 --> 01:18:29,650
There are a few times when we're
valentine at the church.

1319
01:18:29,650 --> 01:18:31,010
I know pastor, I know!

1320
01:18:31,020 --> 01:18:33,760
The nominating committee time.
Laughs.

1321
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,330
Can I get an Amen!
Amen!

1322
01:18:36,330 --> 01:18:39,410
You know why? Cause
people get their positions.

1323
01:18:39,410 --> 01:18:41,760
And they're maybe a little
esteem.

1324
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:44,330
What do you mean? I've been
in charge of that decorating

1325
01:18:44,330 --> 01:18:47,230
committee for years. And I am not
even on the committee anymore?!

1326
01:18:47,230 --> 01:18:50,230
What!!!!
I own that committee!!!

1327
01:18:50,230 --> 01:18:53,140
That's my committee!!!

1328
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:57,690
Or, I am not a deacon, I am not
an elder what?!!

1329
01:18:57,690 --> 01:19:00,850
People's pride; its typically
the pride that's offended.

1330
01:19:00,850 --> 01:19:03,480
And I'll tell you I think the
Lord has a lot of churches

1331
01:19:03,480 --> 01:19:06,540
go through the nominating
committee and our church in

1332
01:19:06,540 --> 01:19:08,650
Sacramento we just sort of
ignoring it hope no one will

1333
01:19:08,660 --> 01:19:10,240
notices.

1334
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:12,370
We haven't had a nominating
committee in about three years.

1335
01:19:12,370 --> 01:19:14,890
We just kind of reappoint people
one at the time.

1336
01:19:14,890 --> 01:19:18,780
Probably it's against church
rules but its working.

1337
01:19:18,780 --> 01:19:21,310
We call it a dynamic committee.

1338
01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:26,310
And it's a lot healthier than
the blood on the walls

1339
01:19:26,310 --> 01:19:31,300
experience every year. Churches
go...Boy, I'll say to my

1340
01:19:31,310 --> 01:19:33,650
announcement time if you want
to know pastors how to do that.

1341
01:19:33,650 --> 01:19:36,340
Saves a lot of heartache.
Dynamic committee!

1342
01:19:36,340 --> 01:19:38,640
People are concerned with the
positions.

1343
01:19:38,650 --> 01:19:41,680
What did Jesus say; matters
in the economy of heaven.

1344
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:45,140
"He that is the greatest among
you will be your servant.

1345
01:19:45,140 --> 01:19:48,120
He who exalts himself will be
humbled and he who humbles

1346
01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:50,550
himself will be exalted.

1347
01:19:50,550 --> 01:19:54,300
Oh, but pastor you don't know
what my accomplishments are!

1348
01:19:54,300 --> 01:19:56,390
You can't do anything
without God!

1349
01:19:56,390 --> 01:19:59,650
Nebuchadnezzar thought that he
had accomplished a lot.

1350
01:19:59,650 --> 01:20:02,040
It was because of the wisdom
that God gave him.

1351
01:20:02,040 --> 01:20:04,450
Every good and perfect gift
comes from God.

1352
01:20:04,450 --> 01:20:07,050
And if you have any ability, if
you have any skills, if you have

1353
01:20:07,050 --> 01:20:09,580
any gifts, they are gifts of the
Holy Spirit to give God the

1354
01:20:09,590 --> 01:20:10,830
glory.

1355
01:20:10,830 --> 01:20:13,060
Thank Him for anything you do,
for anything you achieve.

1356
01:20:13,060 --> 01:20:16,300
The glory belongs to God.

1357
01:20:16,300 --> 01:20:19,810
Paul addresses this:
1 Corinthians 4:7;

1358
01:20:19,810 --> 01:20:24,630
"that none of you may be puffed
up on behalf of one against the

1359
01:20:24,630 --> 01:20:26,370
other.
For who makes you differ from

1360
01:20:26,370 --> 01:20:30,320
another? And what do you have
that you did not receive?

1361
01:20:30,330 --> 01:20:33,690
Now if you did indeed receive
it, why do you boast as if you

1362
01:20:33,690 --> 01:20:34,790
had not received it?

1363
01:20:34,790 --> 01:20:37,860
It's like the story of a
woodpecker that was pecking on a

1364
01:20:37,860 --> 01:20:40,440
tree one day, and a storm went
by and lightning hit the tree

1365
01:20:40,440 --> 01:20:43,190
and exploded and the woodpecker
flew off and said:

1366
01:20:43,190 --> 01:20:46,460
Look what I did, look what
I did!

1367
01:20:46,460 --> 01:20:50,310
That's how we are sometimes.
The power of God and we take

1368
01:20:50,310 --> 01:20:51,340
the credit.

1369
01:20:51,340 --> 01:20:53,800
And we must look foolish.

1370
01:20:54,980 --> 01:20:57,810
You know one reason this subject
is so important is I want to see

1371
01:20:57,810 --> 01:21:03,970
a revival. One of the fruits of
revival will be conversions.

1372
01:21:03,970 --> 01:21:05,800
What brings conversion?

1373
01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:10,910
"If we would humble ourselves
before God. This is Testimonies

1374
01:21:10,910 --> 01:21:14,460
vol. 9 page 189.
"If we would humble ourselves

1375
01:21:14,460 --> 01:21:17,550
before God, and courteous and
tenderhearted and pitiful,

1376
01:21:17,550 --> 01:21:22,020
there would be one hundred
conversions to the truth where

1377
01:21:22,020 --> 01:21:24,080
now there is only one."

1378
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:28,340
Thousand percent increase. If we
would humble ourselves.

1379
01:21:28,340 --> 01:21:31,610
The Laodicea church will cease
to be the Laodicea church, God

1380
01:21:31,610 --> 01:21:33,860
will fill us with His spirit,
and the message will go around

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the world. But we feel like we
don't need God's spirit.

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We're doing fine on our own.

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Rich and increase with goods.

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01:21:39,970 --> 01:21:42,110
We need to humble ourselves.

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All things are possible with God.
Without Him nothing is possible.

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Couple more quotes here.

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Christ Object Lessons page
154.

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"The evil that led to Peter's
fall and that shut out the

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Pharisee from communion with
God is proving the ruin of

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thousands today.
There is nothing so offensive

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to God or so dangerous to the
human soul as pride and

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self-sufficiency. Of all sins it
is the most hopeless, the most

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incurable.

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Is the closest to the
unpardonable sin.

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When we start to make ourselves
self-sufficient and proud.

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God have mercy on us!
Amen!

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I am nothing without Christ.
If we would humble ourselves

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and surrender all to Him.
Give Him the glory.

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Then He can lift us up.

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All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give.

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I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live

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I surrender all,

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01:23:26,420 --> 01:23:42,670
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all.

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01:23:42,670 --> 01:23:45,680
He who humbles himself will
be lifted up;

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01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:48,780
He who exalts himself will be
humbled.

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01:23:48,780 --> 01:23:51,830
You know, never is that
principle more true than in

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Jesus. The One who will
ultimately be the most exalted,

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01:23:55,940 --> 01:24:01,280
is Christ, because He humbled
himself, He surrender all that

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01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:02,770
you and I might be saved.

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01:24:02,770 --> 01:24:08,140
You know here, Satan is climbing
and claim for the throne of God

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01:24:08,140 --> 01:24:11,760
and Jesus willingly left it
behind that He might reach

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you and me.

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01:24:13,070 --> 01:24:18,810
There's a passage in Philippians:
"Let this mind be in you."

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Let it be in you.
"which was in Christ Jesus.

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01:24:22,970 --> 01:24:26,540
who, being in the form of God,
did not consider it robbery to

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be equal with God, but made
Himself of no reputation, taking

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01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:34,480
the form of a bondservant, and
coming in the likeness of men.

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01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:38,450
And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself

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01:24:38,450 --> 01:24:41,500
and became obedient to the
point of death, even the death

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of the cross.
Therefore God also has highly

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01:24:44,670 --> 01:24:48,320
exalted Him and given Him the
name which is above every name,

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01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:52,060
that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those in

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01:24:52,060 --> 01:24:54,110
heaven, and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth,

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01:24:54,110 --> 01:24:57,160
and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is

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Lord, to the glory of God."
To the glory of God!

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That is the purpose of life.

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01:25:01,340 --> 01:25:03,700
He humbled Himself.

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01:25:03,700 --> 01:25:08,440
Would you like to say tonight:
Lord, I am willing to surrender

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01:25:08,440 --> 01:25:11,270
all and to accept Jesus!

1430
01:25:11,270 --> 01:25:15,410
If that's your desire let's sing
the chorus together!

1431
01:25:15,410 --> 01:25:18,030
And will join John and Jaime.

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01:25:18,030 --> 01:25:33,920
I surrender all,

1433
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:49,780
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all.

1434
01:25:51,680 --> 01:25:57,350
Dear Father in Heaven, we need
Your Spirit. We are willing to

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01:25:57,350 --> 01:25:59,460
let the mid of Christ be in us.

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01:25:59,460 --> 01:26:02,680
We are choosing Lord, to humble
ourselves.

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01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:04,470
We know that without You we
are nothing.

1438
01:26:04,470 --> 01:26:08,010
We don't know how to go out,
or how to come in we can't do

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01:26:08,010 --> 01:26:11,250
anything without Jesus. And if
it wasn't for Your gifts and

1440
01:26:11,250 --> 01:26:14,340
Your Spirit we'll be grabbling
like Nebuchadnezzar out in the

1441
01:26:14,340 --> 01:26:15,490
field.

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01:26:15,490 --> 01:26:17,310
Thank you Lord for Your
gifts.

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01:26:17,310 --> 01:26:19,870
And now we pray that You will
give us the gift of the Holy

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01:26:19,870 --> 01:26:25,130
Spirit. Use us Lord to reach
others, help us like Christ our

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01:26:25,130 --> 01:26:29,630
master, to humble ourselves and
be willing to be servants

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01:26:29,630 --> 01:26:31,300
to save a fallen world.

1447
01:26:31,300 --> 01:26:35,360
I pray that You will heal us
from Laodicea condition,

1448
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:39,490
that You will anoint our eyes
with that salve and open them up

1449
01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:41,530
clothe us with your
righteousness, give us the gold

1450
01:26:41,530 --> 01:26:45,760
of genuine love and conversion.
Bless Your church and revive

1451
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:50,430
Your church. We prayed  in
Jesus name. Amen.

1452
01:26:50,430 --> 01:26:54,530
Thank you friends and please
remember:

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01:26:54,530 --> 01:26:57,800
When is our next meeting?
Tomorrow night.

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01:26:57,800 --> 01:27:01,740
We still have room here in Forth
Worth. Don't forget tomorrow

1455
01:27:01,740 --> 01:27:03,240
is Friday night, we're also
having a Sabbath morning

1456
01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:06,710
service that will be broadcast
as well as here in Texas.

1457
01:27:06,710 --> 01:27:09,360
We want to again thank you
for toning in. Don't forget

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01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:12,750
if you have prayer requests or
Bible questions go to the

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01:27:12,750 --> 01:27:18,010
05Revive.com website and there
also you'll find the free offer

1460
01:27:18,010 --> 01:27:21,220
for tonight on 144,000.
Just send for it.

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01:27:21,220 --> 01:27:24,290
God bless you friends.
Keep these meetings in prayer

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01:27:24,290 --> 01:27:25,810
and He will pour out His
Spirit. Amen!