Participants: James Rafferty
Series Code: 17SCM
Program Code: 17SCM000011A
00:14 Welcome to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting, 2017,
00:18 Exposing the Counterfeit. 00:24 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN 2017 Spring Camp Meeting 00:29 where we are exposing the counterfeit. 00:32 You know, I had somebody once tell me 00:34 that the way that they train bank tellers 00:36 to recognize counterfeit money 00:39 is they show them the genuine. 00:40 They get them so familiar with the genuine 00:43 that anything outside of that genuine dollar bill 00:48 is the counterfeit 00:50 and the same is true for the truth. 00:51 Anything that is not 100% truth is counterfeit. 00:56 And one of the great things 00:57 that's going on here at camp meeting is, 01:00 we are taking a look at the truth, 01:03 we are studying the truth, we are focusing on the truth, 01:06 and so you will be able to recognize the counterfeit 01:09 from a mile away. 01:11 Amen. Amen. 01:13 We are so glad that you are here with us, 01:15 and if this is your first time, 01:18 make sure you go on our website, www.3abn.tv 01:24 to find out how you can get any of the DVDs of the sermons 01:27 that you have missed. 01:29 We have a wonderful speaker today 01:33 who is Pastor James Rafferty. 01:36 Pastor Rafferty became a follower of Jesus Christ 01:38 at 21 01:40 and sensed early on 01:41 God's call to preach the good news 01:43 of a crucified and risen savior. 01:45 Since that initial urging, 01:48 the Holy Spirit has opened doors for him 01:50 to share God's incomparable love 01:53 in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, 01:57 Australia, and all over America. 02:02 In addition to his preaching ministry, 02:04 he also conducts seminars on the Books of Daniel 02:08 and Revelation for pastors and laity alike. 02:12 And he is the host of Salvation in Symbols and Signs. 02:15 How many of you have seen Salvation in Symbols and Signs? 02:18 Oh, amen. 02:20 Praise the Lord. 02:21 He's also featured as one of the pastors on table talk 02:25 along with the other pastors 02:27 from his Light Bearers ministry. 02:29 Pastor Rafferty is married to his wife of 27 years, Rise, 02:34 and has two children, Jeiel and Kierra. 02:39 They enjoy gardening 02:40 and love to spend hot days on the lake. 02:44 After special music by Celestine Barry, 02:46 the next voice you will hear 02:48 will be that of Pastor Rafferty. 02:50 Amen. Amen. 03:24 It's not Your fault 03:28 I won't blame You 03:33 Even though 03:35 You didn't make the mountain move 03:41 You must've known 03:45 That in time 03:50 I'd get so much closer to You 03:54 As I climb 03:59 Because You gave me strength 04:02 When I was weak 04:07 Because You never lost 04:10 Your faith in me 04:13 I love You more 04:17 Than I did before 04:21 'Cause when I needed You 04:25 You were there to pull me through 04:29 I love You still 04:32 Though I don't understand Your will 04:38 Because You've been so faithful to me, Lord 04:44 I love You more 04:53 Without some rain nothing would grow 05:00 Without some pain how would we ever know 05:07 That our tears break Your heart 05:11 And that's when You hurt the most 05:17 I'm finding every time You hold me close 05:24 I love You more than I did before 05:31 'Cause when I needed You 05:35 You were there to pull me through 05:40 I love You still 05:42 Though I don't understand Your will 05:48 Because You've been so faithful to me, Lord 05:54 I love You more 06:08 I love You more 06:12 Than I did before 06:16 'Cause when I needed You 06:20 You were there to pull me through 06:24 I love You still 06:27 Though I don't understand Your will 06:33 Because You've been so faithful to me, Lord 06:40 Because You've been so faithful to me 06:45 Lord 06:50 I love You more 07:19 Amen. Amen. 07:22 Good day, mates. 07:26 That's Australian. 07:29 It means hi. 07:36 Let's open our Bibles this morning. 07:38 I have two Bibles with me this morning. 07:41 I have my phone Bible, 07:44 you know, the newest technology, right? 07:47 And then I have this Bible, 07:49 I don't know if you guys remember these Bibles. 07:52 Yeah. 07:53 Now the phone Bibles are really, really cool 07:57 because I have a strong concordance built in, 08:00 and I can just press on the words 08:02 and I get all of the, you know, the Greek or the Hebrew 08:04 and I can do a lot of research. 08:06 But there are some benefits to my older Bible too. 08:11 It has removable pages. 08:15 Now in order to have removal pages 08:17 in an older Bible, 08:18 you have to really use it a lot, 08:20 you have to use it well. 08:21 And the page that's removable in my old Bible 08:25 just happens to be the verse 08:27 that we're going to be looking at, 08:28 it's in Revelation 13. 08:31 Revelation 13 is where we're going to go. 08:34 Now the reason why I'm speaking Australian 08:36 because I just returned from the Gold Coast 08:39 where we have our three month Arise Discipleship program. 08:43 And it was really a blessing. 08:46 I was there for two weeks. 08:48 And in one of those two weeks, 08:50 I covered the Book of Revelation. 08:52 And that's where we're going to start our study right now 08:54 on this subject of predestination 08:56 or predestined in Christ 08:58 in the Book of Revelation. 09:00 I was there for two weeks. 09:01 And by the way, it was really amazing. 09:03 There were two people in the class 09:05 for the last two weeks. 09:07 They weren't there for the whole school, 09:08 for the last two weeks. 09:09 One was a heroin addict, 09:11 and one was a physics professor, 09:12 an atheist physics professor 09:14 and both of them accepted Jesus Christ 09:17 and their lives were transformed. 09:18 It was amazing. It was amazing grace. 09:21 It was amazing grace. 09:22 So by the way, 09:24 our next Arise School is beginning in August, 09:27 August 22 right here in the United States. 09:29 It's not the Australia Arise, 09:31 it's the US Arise in Eugene, Oregon. 09:34 So August 22, it's a 13 week program 09:37 and your lives will never be the same again 09:40 if you attend that program 09:42 or you know someone who needs to attend that program, 09:44 it's a great discipleship program. 09:46 So here it is, Revelation 13:8. 09:48 It's just a short line of scripture. 09:51 Let's read it here, Revelation 13:8. 09:54 It says, "And all that dwell upon the earth 09:59 shall worship him 10:01 whose names are not written in the book of life 10:06 of the Lamb slain 10:08 from the foundation of the world." 10:11 Did you catch the thought? 10:13 It's not the one about the earth worshiping the beast. 10:18 It's not the one about the Lamb's book of life. 10:21 The thought that I'm referring to here is the phrase, 10:26 "The Lamb that was slain 10:28 from the foundation of the world." 10:31 That's the phrase. 10:33 Have you ever stopped to ponder just what that means? 10:36 I mean, have you ever considered 10:38 all that it implies. 10:39 Now we know that it doesn't mean 10:41 that Jesus was literally slain 10:45 at the foundation of the world. 10:48 The Bible is very clear 10:49 that Jesus came into this world 2000 years ago. 10:52 And it was at that time that He was slain 10:55 or He died for our sins. 10:58 We find that in 1 Peter 1:18-20, 11:03 let's just look at those verses also, 11:04 1 Peter 1:18-20 because this is going to really help us 11:08 to lay the foundation for our topic this morning. 11:11 And by the way, if you haven't figured it out yet, 11:13 I am not Steve Wohlberg, 11:15 and we are not talking about Peter and the Rock. 11:17 Now Steve and I have been friends for 25 years. 11:19 We were both trained together 11:21 in the WestPoint School Evangelism. 11:24 And Mark Finley, and Don Gray, and George Vandeman, 11:26 and Ken Cox, and many others in 1992, 11:31 and we've been friends ever since. 11:32 And Steve like myself, we have a lot of things in common. 11:35 He has one wife, I have one wife. 11:37 He has two kids, I have two kids. 11:39 He has a boy, I have a boy. 11:40 He has a girl, I have a girl. 11:43 And we both love the Lord very, very, much. 11:46 And he will be here, 11:47 he arrived last night at three in the morning, 11:49 asked if I could fill in for him 11:51 because he needed a little sleep 11:52 and I said, "Absolutely, 100% you bet." 11:56 So he will be here, praise God. 11:58 1 Timothy 1:18-20, "For as much..." 12:03 Excuse me, 1 Peter 1:18-20, just making sure you're awake, 12:07 I heard a few mumblings there, right. 12:10 I'm going to run you around on the Bible too much, 12:11 "For as much as you know that you were not redeemed 12:14 with corruptible things, 12:16 as silver and gold, 12:17 from your vain conversation 12:19 received by tradition from your fathers. 12:20 But with the precious blood of Christ, 12:23 as of a lamb without blemish and without spot 12:27 who verily was foreordained 12:30 before the foundation of the world, 12:32 but was manifest in these last times for you." 12:37 So here we see that Christ was foreordained 12:41 or ordained ahead of time to be our sacrifice, 12:45 the sacrifice for sins. 12:47 This means that as soon as there was sin, 12:49 there was a savior. 12:52 Amen. 12:54 Jesus was set apart to be our substitute, 12:57 and surety from the very beginning 13:00 of earth's creation. 13:02 In that sense, He was the Lamb slain 13:05 from the foundation of the world. 13:08 Titus 1:2 and 3 also says that, write that down in your notes. 13:11 We're going to be looking at a lot of Bible verses, 13:13 a lot of scripture 13:14 because we want our foundation to be in the Word of God, amen. 13:17 Amen. 13:18 So Christ was promised to us by God 13:22 before the world began 13:24 and manifest it in due time, 13:28 that is at the set time or the ordained time. 13:31 God foresaw the fall 13:33 and He saw sin entering our planet. 13:36 He did not want us to sin. 13:39 He didn't want mankind to fall under the power of evil 13:42 but He knew that we could. 13:44 And in love, He made provision for the possibility. 13:49 So Jesus, God's only begotten Son, 13:52 volunteered to step down from the throne of heaven 13:54 and to come to our rescue. 13:56 Praise God. 13:59 So in this way, 14:00 Christ was predestined to be our savior, 14:05 predestined. 14:06 Predestination is a pretty big word, isn't it? 14:09 Predestination, what does it mean? 14:11 Well, it simply means to decide ahead of time. 14:14 Predestination, to predetermine, 14:16 to decide ahead of time. 14:18 The Bible is quite clear 14:19 on the subject of predestination. 14:21 First, it teaches, 14:25 as it applies to our savior Jesus Christ, 14:27 that He was predestined to come to our rescue, 14:32 foreordained as the Lamb of God 14:34 slain from the foundation of the world. 14:38 This we have clearly seen in the verses we've looked at. 14:41 Second, God's word teaches predestination 14:45 as it applies to the subjects of this great love. 14:50 In other words, God has predestined us 14:54 to eternal salvation. 14:57 But who you may wonder, is the us. 15:01 And this will be the consideration 15:04 of the rest of our study. 15:06 So I heard my first sermon on predestination 15:09 while I was scanning my car radio 15:11 in a place known as the Bible Belt. 15:16 I was actually on my way to 3ABN camp meeting, 15:20 not this one. 15:22 I was in Southern Illinois. 15:24 And, you know, it's not hard to find a Christian station 15:26 in Southern Illinois, 15:28 not when you're in the Bible Belt. 15:29 So the issue that I had 15:31 was not finding a Christian station issue, 15:33 I had was, "Well, which one do I want to listen to?" 15:35 And as I was cruising through the different stations, 15:39 I came upon one that caught my interest. 15:42 Two men were speaking about the subject of predestination. 15:48 Now I had heard the ideas that they were proclaiming 15:53 with lots of enthusiasm. 15:55 I had heard about these ideas before, 15:57 but I had never actually heard someone preaching them. 16:02 The ideas that they were preaching was 16:03 that God has predetermined certain people to be saved 16:08 and God has predetermined certain people to be lost, 16:11 and there is nothing that can be done about that. 16:14 People are going to be saved, they gonna be saved, 16:16 people are going to be lost, they gonna be lost. 16:17 If you're predetermined to be saved, 16:19 you're not going to be lost. 16:20 And if you're predetermined to be lost, 16:21 you're not going to be saved. 16:23 And there's nothing that God, or Christ, or angels, 16:26 or preachers can do to change that, 16:28 it's predetermined. 16:31 I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 16:34 And I started thinking about the idea 16:36 that these men along with many other people 16:41 also believe the idea 16:44 that when you die, lost, 16:50 you go to a place 16:51 where you are going to burn for all eternity. 16:55 You're going to suffer in the flames of torment 16:59 for eternity. 17:01 And I thought in my mind, "Now wait a minute, 17:02 this is overwhelming!" 17:04 In fact, tears began, my eyes began to leak 17:09 as I thought about these two doctrines 17:12 and the ideas that they were presenting 17:13 because think about it if you will. 17:16 The idea is that God has predetermined 17:21 certain individuals to burn in eternity, 17:27 to burn in hell for all eternity 17:28 and there's nothing anyone can do about that, 17:31 that's just the way it is. 17:34 In my mind, I don't think it is possible to misrepresent 17:39 the character of God any more than that. 17:43 It is no wonder 17:46 that with ideas like this 17:47 floating around the Christian church, 17:49 atheists, and Buddhists, and Muslims, and Hindus, 17:52 and deists, and agnostics, 17:55 and any person with any sense 17:57 would not want anything to do with God in the Bible. 18:04 It's no surprise to me 18:06 that people don't want Christianity 18:09 when Christianity is formulating and proclaiming 18:12 those kinds of ideas. 18:14 And so I think it is important. 18:15 I think it's vital, you might think this morning, 18:17 "Well, you know, counterfeiting the counterfeit. 18:21 Is that what it is, counterfeiting the counterfeit, 18:23 what is it?" 18:24 Exposing the counterfeit, exposing the counterfeit. 18:27 You might think, "Well, yeah. 18:29 The Sabbath, that's really important. 18:30 We really need... 18:32 Oh, the sanctuary, 18:33 we really need to talk about that, you know." 18:35 And by the way, I got a list of all the topics early 18:37 and they said, "Choose whatever ones you want." 18:38 And I said, "I'll take predestination." 18:41 Well, why didn't you take the Sabbath. 18:42 I mean, you've got a whole study 18:44 you've done on Revelation 1:10. 18:48 Revelation is my favorite book in the Bible, 18:50 you know that, right? 18:51 Revelation 1:10, I've got six Bible versions, 18:54 new Bible versions, post 2000 Bible versions 18:57 that do not say, 18:58 "I was in the spirit on the Lord's day." 19:00 They say, "I was in the spirit on Sunday. 19:02 I was in the spirit on the first day of the week." 19:05 And if you don't think 19:07 Bible translations are important, 19:08 it's time to wake up. 19:10 There is a counterfeit that is developing right now 19:13 and it's coming in big time into our church. 19:17 We need to be aware of it. 19:18 So why didn't you choose that? 19:20 Why didn't you choose the sanctuary? 19:21 You love the sanctuary, 19:22 you love the symbolism of the sanctuary. 19:24 If you've been watching Salvation in Symbols and Signs 19:26 with Jason, and Yvonne, and Ivor, and myself, 19:29 you know that we were using the sanctuary 19:32 to move through the Book of Revelation, 19:33 showing how those symbols 19:34 bring us through the time frames, 19:37 a prophetic history, 19:39 why didn't' you choose that? 19:40 Because this subject, predestination, 19:43 is one that is dear to my heart in the sense 19:47 that it is so important for us to understand 19:52 how it misrepresents the character of God 19:54 if we don't get it right. 19:55 If we don't understand 19:57 what the Bible is actually teaching about the subject, 19:58 we are going to completely miss the truth of the gospel, 20:03 and completely misrepresent the character of God. 20:06 So let's look 20:07 at what the Bible has to say about predestination. 20:09 There are a couple of key verses, key areas, 20:12 Bible verses that people use to teach this doctrine 20:16 and these verses need to be understood. 20:18 The first one that we're going to look at, 20:19 the first series of verses we're going to look at 20:21 is in Ephesians 1:3-5. 20:25 So if you want to open your Bibles there, 20:27 whatever version, 20:29 whatever kind of Bible you have, 20:30 I shouldn't say whatever version you have, 20:32 whatever kind of Bible you have, 20:33 and by the way, I'm just going to put a plug in right here 20:34 for the good old King James Version 20:36 or the good old New King James Version. 20:38 Please, no matter what version you have, 20:40 I have tons of versions of the Bible, 20:42 I have every version I get my hands on 20:44 for study purposes. 20:46 But no matter what version you have, 20:47 please make sure you have a King James 20:48 or a New King James. 20:50 Please make sure you have a King James, 20:51 New King James is okay too. 20:54 We need to have this translation of the Bible 21:00 in our library for study purposes, 21:04 it's vital, it's going to be more vital 21:05 as we get closer to the end of time. 21:08 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21:10 who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings 21:13 in heavenly places in Christ. 21:15 According as He hath chosen us in Him 21:17 before the foundation of the world, 21:19 that we should be holy 21:21 and without blame before Him in love 21:22 having predestinated us 21:27 unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, 21:31 according to the good pleasure of His will." 21:36 Now here again, here again, 21:38 we have the main point of Revelation 13:8. 21:43 But this time, the focus is not on Christ, 21:46 it's on us. 21:50 Notice the phrase, 21:52 "Before the foundation of the world." 21:55 It's again repeated here, 21:57 "Before the foundation of the world." 21:59 But this time, 22:00 the subject of what happened is somewhat different. 22:03 "It is not that Christ was slain 22:06 before the foundation of the world 22:08 but rather that we were chosen to be holy. 22:11 And without blame before him in love, 22:13 we were predestined to be adopted 22:15 from the family of sin, Satan, 22:17 into the family of God by the sacrifice of Christ." 22:19 This is according to the pleasure of His will, 22:25 the good pleasure of His will. 22:26 Praise God. Praise God. 22:30 Now let me ask you the billion dollar question, 22:34 we used to say, "Let me ask you the million dollar question," 22:36 but that's insignificant anymore, isn't it? 22:38 Let me ask you the billion dollar question, 22:41 that's almost insignificant too. 22:43 Who was chosen according to these verses? 22:47 Who was chosen to be holy and without blame? 22:50 Who is chosen before the foundation of the world 22:52 to be redeemed from sin? 22:53 Who is predestined to be adopted 22:55 from the family of Satan 22:56 once we have fallen into the family of God? 22:58 Who did Jesus Christ die for? 23:01 Who should be eternally saved 23:02 according to His good will? 23:08 Who is the 'us'? 23:12 Now you're on track 23:15 but I want you to consider the Bible, 23:18 what the Bible says, Bible verses 23:21 because your opinion is good. 23:23 Your opinion is valid, it's significant 23:25 if it's based on the Word of God. 23:29 So consider these verses with me 23:31 that really nail down the answer 23:32 to this important question. 23:33 The first one is found in 2 Peter 3:9, 23:36 you know this verse. 23:37 This is the verse, this was my verse 23:38 when I became a Christian in 1984 23:40 when I gave my heart to the Lord. 23:42 And Jesus Christ transformed my life 23:45 and took me out of drugs and alcohol 23:47 and all of the things that I was in 23:48 including misunderstanding Him 23:51 in my form of Christianity till I came out of. 23:54 At that point, it was Catholicism. 23:57 This was my verse. 24:01 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promises." 24:05 Some men count slackness 24:07 but He is longsuffering toward us. 24:09 That's why I felt like He had been with me 24:11 long suffering towards us, 24:13 not willing that any should perish. 24:15 What is God's will? 24:17 Not that any should perish. 24:19 Remember, He's predestined us according to His Will. 24:22 What is His will? 24:23 He's not willing that any should perish 24:26 but that all would come to repentance. 24:30 The second verse I want you to look at is 1 Timothy 2:4. 24:33 It says that God and Jesus Christ 24:39 will have all men to be saved 24:42 and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 24:44 That's their will. 24:45 That's the word 24:47 that is used in these two verses. 24:48 God's will is that none to perish, 24:49 God will have all men to be saved. 24:51 Will all men be saved? 24:53 No, they will not 24:55 because even though that's God's will, 24:58 God has formed us to have our own will. 25:00 And God is not going to violate our will 25:03 with His will, 25:05 but He's gonna do everything He can to try to convince us, 25:08 to surrender our will to His will 25:09 and to be in harmony with His will. 25:10 He's going to ask us to give our wills into His hands 25:14 so He can purify them and cleanse them 25:15 and then He's going to give them back to us 25:17 so that when we are carrying out our will, 25:19 we're going to be in perfect harmony with His will. 25:21 That's the way we were created in His image, originally. 25:24 He wants to restore us 25:25 to that beautiful relationship with Him. 25:29 You see, friends, Jesus Christ died for all mankind, 25:34 not just a few pre-selected ones. 25:36 The Bible is so clear on this point 25:40 that none need to be confused or remain in darkness 25:44 concerning God's love for them. 25:48 Let's look at another Bible verse. 25:50 This one is very familiar to you, 25:51 I'm sure it is. 25:53 It's found in the Book of John 3 25:57 and verse.. 25:58 It is the most precious verse of the Bible. 26:01 You don't even have to go there, 26:04 you know it by heart. 26:06 Let me read you this version that I have. 26:08 I'll give you the reference here to it in a second. 26:11 I'll just say for now that it is the AV version. 26:17 You know what the AV version is? 26:19 Yeah, you think it is but let me just read it to you 26:21 and then you tell me what it is. 26:23 For God so loved Adventists 26:25 that He gave His only begotten Son. 26:28 Now you know what version that is? 26:30 That's the Adventist's version. 26:34 Let me read you another version. 26:37 This is the BV. 26:40 For God so loved Baptists 26:42 that He gave His only begotten Son. 26:45 Let me read you another version, 26:47 this is the GCV. 26:52 For God so loved Christians 26:54 that He gave His only begotten Son, 26:56 that's the general Christian version of the Bible. 26:58 And though these versions do not exist in print, 27:03 they definitely exist in the thinking, 27:05 in the minds and in the words 27:07 of many Christians and many Adventists. 27:10 We think that God loves us 27:14 who have responded to Him. 27:16 But the rest of the world, well, they're under His shadow. 27:20 They're under His frown. 27:24 But that's not what then Bible actually says. 27:27 None of these are true versions but you get the point, right? 27:31 You get the point. 27:32 While these paraphrased versions 27:35 will call them, speak loads about how much God loves 27:39 those who profess to love Him. 27:43 They do not give full credit to the text 27:47 as it is recorded in the Bible. 27:48 Now I want to read it, 27:50 King James, beginning at verse 14. 27:54 "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 27:58 even so must the Son of man be lifted up, 28:00 that whosoever..." 28:02 Did you catch that word? 28:04 "That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, 28:07 but have eternal life. 28:10 For God so loved the world 28:13 that He gave His only begotten Son 28:14 that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 28:17 but have everlasting life," sorry. 28:18 "Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 28:19 but have eternal life." 28:21 Okay, John 3:14-16, now isn't that better? 28:26 Doesn't that sound better? 28:28 For God so loved the world, and you say, 28:29 "Well, wait a minute, that sounds better." 28:32 See God's love is not restricted to believers, 28:36 it can't be 28:38 because a love that's restricted to believers 28:40 does not produce believers. 28:42 And see, His love has to produce believers. 28:45 "God so loved the world that whosoever believes..." 28:47 God's love has to be of such a nature 28:50 that it produces believers 28:52 and a love that's just for believers 28:53 doesn't produce believers 28:55 because they're already believers. 28:57 So His love has to go out beyond the borders of the 99 29:03 that are in the fold, right? 29:05 Yes. 29:06 It has to look for the lost coin. 29:08 It has to yearn for the prodigal 29:12 and the stay at home son. 29:17 For whom that parable was really spoken. 29:21 That's us. That's us. 29:25 God gave His Son for sinners, not saints. 29:29 Yes, Christ blood is only eternally advantageous. 29:35 For those who believe but it's for whosoever, 29:38 that's what the text says for whosoever who believe. 29:41 God does not buy into the translations of John 3:16 29:44 that restrict or limit 29:46 His saving grace to a chosen few. 29:49 The most precious verse does not read, 29:53 "For God so loved Adventists, or Baptists, or Christians." 29:57 It says, "God so loved the world." 29:59 Now you may hear the argument. 30:01 Well, God in His foreknowledge, 30:04 God in His foreknowledge, He knew. 30:07 He knew who would be saved and He knew who would be lost, 30:10 and that's why His blood only applies to those 30:12 He has decided to save. 30:15 Well, Christ knew that Judas would betray Him 30:19 but He still washed his feet. 30:22 Christ knew that only one leper would come back 30:27 and give Him glory 30:28 but He still cleansed ten. 30:32 Christ knew that most of the Jews in the Romans 30:35 who were crucifying Him would never accept Him 30:38 but He still said, "Father, forgive them 30:42 for they know not what they do." 30:43 Amen. 30:44 And that revelation of love is what wins us to Him. 30:50 If His love is restricted to a select few, 30:55 the creme de la creme, then who of us could be saved. 31:01 Only those who measure up. 31:04 But God's love beckons us in the dark corners, 31:10 in the recesses of our fallenness 31:12 and our brokenness to have hope, 31:16 to believe all things and hope all things, 31:18 and endure all things. 31:19 He calls us. 31:21 Even now, He's calling us 31:23 out of our mindlessness, 31:27 out of our abandonment, 31:30 out of the darkness and the gloom. 31:32 Even now, right now, He's calling us, 31:35 calling us home to His heart, 31:38 His heart of unrelenting love. 31:42 The Bible says that Jesus Christ died 31:43 for all mankind. 31:45 Hebrews 2:9 says, "But we see Jesus 31:49 who was made a little lower than the angels 31:51 for the suffering of death, 31:52 crowned with glory and honor that He by the grace of God, 31:55 might taste death for everyone, for all." 32:01 So Jesus was predestined to die for the sins 32:04 of every man, every woman, every child 32:07 that has ever lived or ever shall live. 32:10 The Bible says in Isaiah 53, 32:12 "The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all." 32:17 God gave His son for us all, 32:19 for the world, 32:21 for whosoever would believe. 32:24 It's a powerful thought really. 32:27 And what an appropriate place to put this thought, 32:30 right in the middle of Revelation 13. 32:35 Come on, right in the middle 32:37 of the mark of the beast chapter, 32:39 right in the middle of the final showdown, 32:41 you know, between the two powers. 32:44 And the reason why it's there 32:45 is because the principles of righteousness by faith, 32:52 of grace, 32:53 of the everlasting gospel are the only thing 32:56 that can bring down the stronghold of this beast, 32:59 of this power, 33:01 of this end time power that forces the world to worship 33:04 in a way that is out of harmony 33:05 with the gospel of Jesus Christ. 33:10 You're going to be put on a guilt trip 33:11 in the end of time, 33:13 pressure is going to come on you. 33:17 The world is going to say, "You need to conform. 33:19 Look at what's happening. 33:20 Look at the judgments that are coming. 33:21 You're responsible, you're guilty, 33:23 you're out of harmony, you're not complying." 33:26 And we're going to have to say, "No, no, no, no." 33:28 It has nothing to do with us or our works. 33:31 God does not relate to the human race 33:34 according to works, 33:35 He relates to the human race according to grace. 33:37 And His grace is sufficient for us 33:40 and because of His grace, 33:41 I can follow the Lamb wherever He goes 33:43 and He has led me 33:44 into the obedience of commandment keeping. 33:48 My faith, the faith of Jesus tells me 33:53 that I follow the Lamb, not the beast. 33:57 All right, let's summarize this biblical outline in Romans 8. 34:01 This is where we find a brief 34:07 but comprehensive understanding of predestination 34:10 and I think these verses are the most difficult. 34:14 Romans 8:29-32, they're the most difficult. 34:17 And the reason why they're so difficult 34:18 is because we do not read them 34:21 with gospel glasses. 34:27 We need to read them with our gospel glasses, 34:29 we really do. 34:30 I have these with me 34:32 just in case my eyes fail sooner than later. 34:35 What I mean by that is, 34:37 as the day wears on, my eyes get weaker. 34:41 It must be my age. 34:44 I'm all of 54.11. 34:53 So, as the day wears on, my eyes get weaker, 34:57 it's harder for me to read, they start getting more tired, 34:59 and so I have to have my glasses with me just in case. 35:02 So far so good, I could read without them. 35:05 But we need to put on the gospel glasses 35:07 when we read these verses, 35:08 lest we misunderstand what they're actually teaching. 35:11 Let's look at them together 35:13 and then let's just do a quick overview 35:15 of what they're teaching for whom, Romans 8:29, 35:21 "For whom he did foreknow, 35:23 he also did predestinate 35:24 to be conformed to the image of His son, 35:26 that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 35:28 Moreover, whom He did predestinate, 35:30 them, He also called. 35:32 And whom He called, them, He also justified. 35:35 And whom He justified, them, He also glorified." 35:40 What shall we say to these things? 35:42 If God be for us, who can be against us? 35:46 Amen. 35:48 "He that spared not His own son, 35:50 but delivered Him up for us all..." 35:52 Key point there. 35:54 "How shall He not with Him 35:56 also freely give us all things?" 35:58 These verses should be preached 36:00 to every human being on planet earth, 36:03 every human being on planet earth 36:04 needs to hear this. 36:08 "He spared not His own Son, 36:09 but delivered Him up for us all." 36:11 Who is God talking to here? 36:13 Just a certain select people? 36:15 Who did He give His son for? 36:17 Everyone. 36:18 Everyone needs to hear this, why? 36:19 Because everyone has been predestined, 36:21 everyone has been called, everyone has been justified, 36:23 everyone has been glorified in Christ, in Christ. 36:27 Christ has accomplished for every single... 36:29 Let's look at it. Let's look at it. 36:31 'Cause these got to be some of the most beautiful verses 36:33 in the Bible. 36:36 And we can see in these verses, 36:37 the progression of the plan of redemption, 36:40 so let's start first of all with whom He did foreknow. 36:44 Who has God foreknown? 36:46 Everyone. 36:48 There's nobody that's ever been born, 36:50 ever could have been born that God hasn't foreknown. 36:53 And so the people He foreknew, He predestined. 36:55 Well, if God has foreknown everyone, 36:57 then He's predestined everyone. 36:59 That's the logical conclusion of the sequence here. 37:03 Whom he did foreknow, them, He also predestined. 37:06 Now some would say, "Well, it's talking about 37:07 whom He foreknew would be saved." 37:09 It doesn't say that. 37:11 Doesn't say that in the verse, 37:12 that's Isa Jesus, not Exa Jesus. 37:17 Exa Jesus, whom He foreknown, then He predestinated. 37:20 God had foreknowledge of all 37:24 and likewise, He predestined to all 37:31 the fantastic wonderful privilege 37:33 to be returned to His image, 37:35 to the image of God, the image of the Father. 37:37 So God and Christ had made a commitment to us 37:40 before the foundation the world 37:42 that if mankind sinned, Christ would die, 37:45 not just for a few, but for all. 37:48 All right, second, them, those He foreknew 37:52 and predestined them, He also called. 37:55 Called, all right. 37:56 Now due to the fact 37:58 that Christ is the savior of all men, 37:59 we read that verse in 1 Timothy 4:10. 38:02 God calls all men everywhere to repent. 38:06 Now that's another verse, write it down. 38:08 That one is Acts 17:30. 38:09 God calls all men everywhere to repent. 38:12 That's what Paul is saying. 38:13 And when he says that, he's preaching 38:14 not to Christians, not to Jews, 38:17 he's preaching to the Greeks, 38:20 to the philosophers, 38:21 to the wise men, to the epicureans. 38:23 He's preaching to the world. 38:26 He says, "God calls all men everywhere to repent." 38:29 Now God simply could not call all men everywhere to repent 38:34 if all men everywhere were not predestined 38:38 to be saved through Christ. 38:41 He would simply call some men somewhere to repent, right. 38:45 Make sense, I hope it makes sense. 38:49 You know, the Bible we're told 38:51 was not written for the scholar alone, 38:52 you're not to be a scholar to figure this out. 38:55 In fact, contrariwise it was written 38:57 for the common person. 39:00 And the interpretation of the scriptures 39:02 when aided by the Holy Spirit, 39:04 the interpretation of the scripture 39:05 by the common person 39:07 accords best with the truth as it is in Jesus. 39:09 We're told that, look it up. 39:14 Because that statement has really encouraged me 39:18 to be a student of the Bible, first and foremost. 39:22 Not a student of a person, not following an opinion, 39:25 not following a book, 39:27 or learning, or teaching a doctrine, 39:28 but following what the Word of God actually teaches. 39:31 And the Word of God teaches 39:33 that God has called all men everywhere to repent. 39:34 That is why Christ could say, 39:36 "If I be lifted up, will draw all." 39:40 I mean just think about that. 39:43 John 12:32, doesn't that bring hope and joy, 39:48 and does not soothe your heart? 39:50 Just the Word of God is so powerful, isn't it? 39:53 Doesn't it just bring power? 39:55 I, if I be lifted up, will draw all. 39:57 Nobody's left out. 40:00 And therefore, you don't have to leave anyone out. 40:02 Amen. 40:03 And you're not left out. 40:06 And see, the problem is 40:07 when we start leaving other people out, guess what? 40:09 We're subconsciously leaving ourself out 40:11 because we're going to do, 40:12 we're going to be just as bad, just as fallen, 40:14 just as sinful as those people that we're judging. 40:17 We're going to end up there. 40:18 When we judge others, 40:20 we're going to end up doing the same thing. 40:21 That's what Romans 2 tells us, right? 40:23 Who are you are to judge another 40:24 and does the same thing. 40:26 So the drawing spoken off in John 12:32 40:30 and the call in spoken of here in Romans 8:30 40:34 are the same thing. 40:35 They're the same thing. 40:37 Okay, you with me so far? 40:38 Whom He foreknew, He predestined. 40:40 Whom He predestined, He called, applies to everyone, right? 40:44 You with me? 40:45 All right, let's go to the third point, 40:47 then he also justified. 40:50 Okay, while we're all predestined to be saved 40:54 and we're all called to be saved, 40:56 not everyone will actually be saved. 40:58 I have to say that first before I... 41:05 Unpack. Thank you. 41:07 Should know that word, 41:09 I'm always packing and unpacking, right. 41:11 Before we unpack this, 41:13 I had to say not everyone will be saved. 41:16 It is true though 41:17 that Christ has paid the penalty for our sins, 41:22 the sins of the entire world. 41:23 He has purchased our forgiveness. 41:25 He has signed the emancipation proclamation, 41:29 the emancipation papers of the entire race. 41:33 The fact that we're alive today, right, 41:36 shows how we have already been impacted 41:43 by Christ's forgiveness. 41:45 Take a breath. 41:51 Where did that breath come from? 41:55 From God and it comes to every single human being 41:57 and it is stamped with the cross of Calvary. 42:00 Not one human being takes a breath of air 42:03 but that that comes through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 42:05 Jesus Christ has already done something for the entire race. 42:10 He's already saved them 42:11 from the immediate consequence of sin. 42:13 In that sense, people have already been justified to life. 42:17 Not eternal life, temporal life. 42:21 If everyone on this planet who has temporal life 42:24 could understand this truth 42:26 that it was Calvary that gave you this life, 42:28 you didn't just get it. 42:30 God didn't just say, "Oh, you can have it." 42:32 No, a price was paid for you to have this life. 42:35 And guess what? 42:36 And here's our message, here's the gospel, guess what? 42:39 God purposes that this life 42:42 that you now have would never end. 42:46 It would just get better, and better, and better. 42:50 That's what He purposes. 42:52 That's why Jesus said to Martha, 42:54 "Whoever believes on Me will never die." 42:58 And they asked her the question, 43:00 "Do you believe that?" 43:03 And that's the question I would ask you today, 43:05 do you believe that? 43:07 Whoever believes on Jesus will never die. 43:10 They may sleep for a season but they will never die. 43:15 They will never die. 43:16 This temporal life purchased by Calvary 43:19 is a gift to every human being on planet earth. 43:21 And God purposes that this temporal life 43:24 that has been gifted through Calvary would never end. 43:27 Unfortunately, some people are not going to choose 43:31 to allow God to extend this temporal life 43:34 throughout all eternity, 43:36 and that's the problem. 43:40 If God had extended to us no forgiveness, 43:45 we would not even exist right now. 43:49 However, not all choose to keep that which God has given to us. 43:55 He has, in fact, given us 43:57 the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ. 44:02 The amazing problem that all heaven weeps to behold 44:05 is the fact that many people don't want it, 44:07 they turn away from Him. 44:10 Fourth, so in that sense, God has justified all. 44:14 Fourth, then He also glorified. 44:20 Now let's follow this carefully. 44:22 Even those who are lost 44:25 will finally see that Christ purchased 44:29 not only forgiveness but also glorification, 44:32 that is the redemption of their bodies, 44:37 and even the works of sanctification. 44:42 Do you know bad people do good things? 44:43 Amen. 44:45 It happens all the time. 44:49 A guy riding a Harley 44:51 with Hell's Angels jacket on his back 44:55 and mother tattooed on his arm 44:58 will stop at a cross walk 45:00 because a little girl and her grandma 45:02 is waiting to cross. 45:06 People we consider bad do good things. 45:09 But let me just clarify. 45:12 Nothing good that anyone ever does 45:16 comes from themselves, 45:18 all of it finds its source in God, all of it does. 45:22 So these good things that you see every single person do 45:25 every once in a while, even if they only do 45:26 one thing good in their entire life, 45:28 is an evidence that God has glorified, 45:30 that God has sanctified, 45:32 that God has worked through that person 45:35 and gifted them with an opportunity 45:39 to see how good it is to be like God once again. 45:44 It's so good to be like God, isn't it, 45:46 to be kind, to be honest, 45:50 to love unconditionally. 45:56 Not only has God given us forgiveness in Christ 45:58 but glorification. 45:59 That is the redemption of our bodies 46:01 from the curse of sin. 46:04 Romans 5:8-10 and Romans 8:23 tell us this, 46:08 Paul actually addresses this in his epistle 46:11 specifically to the Corinthians when he states. 46:13 Now notice this, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 46:17 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 46:20 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, 46:22 and become the first fruits of them that slept. 46:24 For since by man came death, 46:28 by man also came the resurrection of the dead. 46:31 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall..." 46:36 What's the next word? 46:37 "All be made alive." 46:41 Now you know that's true, right? 46:43 We know that the righteous, 46:47 the saved will be made alive in Christ, 46:49 and will be resurrected 46:50 but there's also a second resurrection, right? 46:53 There's a second resurrection. 46:55 And in that second resurrection, 46:57 we're going to see the lost raised to life. 47:02 By the way, Satan is going to tell 47:04 the lost to raise to life 47:05 that he resurrected them, did you know that? 47:07 That's what it says in Revelation 20. 47:09 He's going to go out to deceive the world, 47:10 and that's what he is going to tell them, 47:11 "I resurrected you." 47:13 But the only way that the bodies of the lost 47:15 can be raised to life, according to 1 Corinthians 15, 47:18 the only way they can be raised to life 47:20 from sin sting of death 47:22 is through the redemption of Jesus Christ, 47:25 that's the only way. 47:27 They're raised because of plan of redemption. 47:29 Yep, because the lost have fully rejected 47:32 the gift of salvation, 47:34 both their justification of life 47:37 and the redemption of their bodies are cut short. 47:42 Cut short, it's not eternal, it doesn't continue on. 47:45 They're resurrected and you think, 47:47 "Oh, we're going to be resurrected 47:48 to eternal glory, immortality. 47:50 They're going to be resurrected," 47:51 and what's going to happen? 47:53 They're going to face the second death. 47:55 They're going to die. 47:59 They're going to taste the death 48:00 that Christ tasted for them 48:02 because they refused to accept 48:04 His substitution in their behalf, 48:06 His gift of salvation. 48:08 So the justifying power of Christ 48:12 only allow them a short time, a probationary life. 48:15 The benefits of the plan of salvation put them, 48:19 here it is, in Him. 48:22 That's Act 17, in Him, 48:24 in Him, you live and move and have your being, in Him. 48:27 A lot of us think that 'in Him' only applies to believers, 48:30 it does in an eternal sense 48:32 but it also applies to unbelievers. 48:34 Otherwise, we'd be dead. 48:36 So God put us in Him 48:38 so that we can have life, and breath, 48:39 and all things, Act 17. 48:41 So that we can have probationary life. 48:43 And that 'in him', that temporal life 48:46 is what gives us an opportunity to respond to the gift 48:49 and say yes. 48:52 But it only put them in him for that short temporal time. 48:58 Likewise... 49:00 And by the way, the reference for that is Act 17:24-28. 49:04 Likewise, glorification which brings immortality, 49:08 redemption of the body to the righteous 49:10 brings the lost a resurrection from the first death 49:14 only to meet the second death. 49:17 According to Revelation 20:5, 6, and 14 49:21 and I think that is utterly tragic. 49:25 All the gifts of salvation, 49:26 all the gifts of redemption 49:28 have been freely extended to them 49:29 and they're lost. 49:33 We need to do something about that. 49:35 We need to do something about that. 49:38 We need to stop sitting around. 49:40 We need to do something because when that time comes, 49:44 we're going to wish we had done more. 49:47 "Oh, I can't go out and talk to people about Jesus, 49:51 I can't knock on doors, I can't..." 49:53 "Yes, you can." 49:55 All of our students that come to Arise, 49:57 they all say that. 49:58 The toughest thing when they fill out the form, 50:00 the toughest thing they say is, 50:01 because it's a door-to-door program, 50:02 our school is a training and a door-to-door program. 50:05 They say, "I'm not sure I can do the door-to-door." 50:06 "You're going to do the door-to-door." 50:08 And when they do the door-to-door, 50:09 oh, let me tell you. 50:11 They outshine those Jehovah Witnesses. 50:14 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 50:15 And you know why? 50:17 You know why? 50:18 Because they have something to witness about. 50:21 They're not going door-to-door 50:22 to put people in some kind of trap 50:24 to tell people about God 50:26 that's mean and honoree and mess. 50:28 They're going to share with people the gospel, good news. 50:32 "I've got some good news for you, folks, open the door." 50:35 I told you about that atheist ethics speaker. 50:42 He was from the Netherlands. 50:44 He came to Australia 50:46 to get away from a broken relationship. 50:49 He was going to tour Australia for a year. 50:51 So there he is in Australia, just going from place to place. 50:54 Wherever the door opens, that's where he goes. 50:56 So the Arise students, for the first year, 50:58 we've had five years of Arise school in Australia. 51:01 This year, we have 46 students, that's a huge class for us. 51:05 So the Arise students, they go to Big Camp, 51:07 that's the camp meeting in Australia. 51:09 For the first year, 51:10 this is the first time we're going to Big Camp. 51:11 So we go to Big Camp. 51:13 And at Big Camp, they're just, 51:15 you know, out there just talking and sharing. 51:17 And they're doing their classes too. 51:18 Well, there's an Adventist guy 51:21 that's hanging out and doing stuff in Australia 51:24 and this atheist physics lecturer, okay. 51:30 He somehow comes in contact with this ex-Adventist. 51:34 And the ex-Adventist guy invites him, 51:37 "Hey, yeah, I'm going over, come... 51:38 I'm going over to propose to my girlfriend. 51:40 You can come with me if you want." 51:41 "Yeah, okay, you know, I'm just doing whatever, 51:43 however the Lord, that's what I'm doing." 51:45 So he goes with him. 51:46 And as they're driving, the ex-Adventist says, 51:48 "Oh, there's the Big Camp, they're in Big Camp. 51:50 I got some friends in there. 51:52 Let's pop in and say, "Hi." He says, "What's a Big camp?" 51:53 "Oh, I'll tell you all about it." 51:55 So they go in to Big Camp. 51:57 So while the atheist is there at Big Camp, 52:03 some Arise students start talking to him. 52:06 What do you know? 52:08 They start talking. 52:10 They're not too embarrassed or too shy. 52:12 They start talking to this guy. 52:14 And before you know it, 52:15 this guy accepts Christ as his Savior. 52:19 And then, they invite him 52:22 without the permission of the administrator 52:24 to attend the last two weeks of the Arise school 52:27 which I'm going to be preaching at. 52:29 The first week of which 52:30 we're going to be doing the Book of Revelation. 52:32 I get there and I find out the whole story. 52:34 The Arise ministry said it was okay after all. 52:37 Here is this atheist sitting in my class 52:39 who just accepted Christ the week before. 52:41 He's sitting in my class. 52:43 He's come to Australia 52:44 to get away from a broken relationship. 52:46 He doesn't believe in God. 52:47 He's still struggling with creation, evolution, 52:49 he tells me that along with a lot of other things. 52:53 He's sitting in my Revelation class 52:55 and he's just... 52:57 So he's going out door-to-door with these students. 53:00 This is my point, this is why I'm telling you the story. 53:01 He's going out door-to-door with the students. 53:03 He's doing the preaching practice. 53:04 He preached one of the best sermons I've ever heard. 53:07 It was powerful. 53:08 I wish I give you the sermon right now 53:09 but it is 10 minutes 53:11 and I've only got 4:19 seconds left. 53:13 But here's the deal, 53:15 maybe I will give you that sermon, 53:16 I'm going to give you a synopsis of that sermon. 53:20 He goes out door-to-door 53:22 and one of the students that goes out with him tells me. 53:23 He said, "I was embarrassed 53:27 about my own Christian witness." 53:30 We went to a door, the guy was in the house. 53:32 We knocked on the door, 53:34 the guy wouldn't answer the door. 53:36 We saw the guy in there, but he wouldn't answer door. 53:38 So we left and then this atheist 53:42 who just accepted Christ went back 53:43 and he said, "I can't leave without trying again." 53:49 He needs to know. 53:51 He knocks on that door 53:53 as if he's going to break it down, you know. 53:56 And the guy still didn't answer. 53:59 He still didn't answer 54:01 but you get the point, don't you? 54:03 He wasn't going to give up. 54:05 He was going to let that guy know 54:07 that we came for you and we knocked on this door, 54:10 that was the atheist who just accepted Christ. 54:14 And the sermon that he gave was this. 54:16 And it's my appeal in a sense. 54:19 He said... 54:20 He was talking about the story of Abraham and Isaac, 54:24 the story of Abraham and Isaac. 54:26 And he went through the story where God came to Abraham 54:30 and God said, "Abraham, Abraham." 54:32 And Abraham said, "Here I am." 54:36 And he said, "Isn't that a strange response, here I am?" 54:41 When someone says, "Hey, How you doing?" 54:42 You say, "Here I am." 54:44 Some one say, "Hey, Joe." "Here I am." 54:46 Well, yeah, of course, you're there. 54:48 I know you're there." 54:49 "Here I am." 54:50 And then he goes on through the story and he says, 54:53 "Now Abraham is traveling with his son, Isaac. 54:55 And Isaac starts to ask some questions. 54:58 So Isaac says, "Father." 55:00 And Abraham says to his son, "Here I am." 55:04 What do you mean here I am? 55:06 Of course, you're there. I know you're there. 55:07 That's why I said father. 55:09 And then he gets to the end of the story 55:11 when Abraham has the knife raised in the air 55:13 and he's about to follow through with God's command 55:17 to sacrifice his son, 55:18 one of the most beautiful pictures 55:20 and probably the only picture of the father's heart 55:22 in all of scripture 55:23 and the sacrifice that He made to give His son for us. 55:28 And the voice arrests him. 55:29 You know what, the voice says, "Abraham, Abraham." 55:32 And Abraham says "What?" 55:34 "Here I am." 55:35 And he ties it back to Genesis. 55:38 He says, in Genesis after Adam and Eve fell 55:42 and God came looking for them, they were hiding from God. 55:47 They were afraid of God. 55:48 And when God said, "Adam, Adam." 55:50 Adam didn't say, "Here I am." 55:53 Because he was afraid. 55:55 And he said, "So God started something new with Abraham. 55:57 It was a new covenant, it was a new experience, 55:59 it was a new people. 56:01 It was a people that when God would call 56:04 he would say, "Here I am." 56:07 When people would call, he would say, "Here I am." 56:13 No matter what duty we're called to, 56:16 we would respond, "Here I am." 56:20 And then he closed with this appeal. 56:22 He said, "I don't want to ask you to stand up right now," 56:23 because all the students when they do preaching practice 56:25 have to close with an appeal." 56:27 He said, "I don't want to have you stand up right now. 56:29 I'm not going to give you an appeal right now. 56:30 Here is my appeal." 56:32 And here's my appeal to you this morning. 56:37 The next time that God calls you, 56:43 the next time that you hear His voice, 56:46 the next time the Holy Spirit speaks to you, 56:51 say, "Lord, here I am." 56:55 Let's pray together. 56:57 Father in heaven, thank You again so much 57:00 for guiding our minds and our hearts, 57:02 for doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves 57:04 for answering before we call. 57:09 That's what You said will come to pass 57:10 that before we call, you will answer. 57:12 And while we are yet speaking, You will hear. 57:14 And that You, as we call on to You, 57:16 You will show us great and mighty things 57:18 which we know not. 57:20 And, Father, Your word is alive 57:21 with those great and mighty things. 57:23 And part of those great and mighty things 57:25 today are the miracles that You work in hearts, 57:29 in the hearts of heroin addicts, 57:31 in the hearts of atheists. |
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