Participants: Ivor & Atonte Myers
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000056
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00:14 Welcome to Battles of Faith.
00:16 We are your host Ivor and Atonte Myers 00:19 and we are with Power of The Lamb Ministries. 00:22 In our last program we've learnt 00:24 about the Judgment of God. 00:27 And today we are going to learn 00:29 about the Mark of the Beast and how to avoid it. 00:33 That's right. The Book of Revelation 00:35 speaks about this dreaded mark and, 00:38 you know, when people read this 00:39 and read that, the time is coming where a person 00:44 will not be able to buy or sell. 00:47 You kind of think, well what kind of environment 00:49 could we be living in that brings about such a markism. 00:53 We will read more about the mark in a little while, 00:55 but we know that, you know, the way we look at 00:59 the things that are going in this world today 01:01 and people are beginning to see, you know what? 01:04 It doesn't, it wouldn't take much to create an atmosphere 01:09 where we could see something like this happen. 01:12 But we are gonna take a look at this scripture 01:13 and see what the scripture tells us 01:16 and come to some conclusions. 01:17 We will begin with Revelation Chapter 13. 01:19 We invite you to get your Bibles 01:21 as we have been doing, Revelation Chapter 13. 01:24 And we are gonna take a look at Verse 12 onward 01:29 and this is leading us up to the description of the Mark. 01:32 So let me read Chapter 13, verse 12. 01:36 Why don't you start in verse 11. 01:37 Okay, the Bible says 01:39 "And I beheld another beast coming up 01:40 "out of the earth, and he had two horns 01:42 "like a lamb, and spake as a dragon. 01:43 "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast 01:46 "before him, and causeth the earth 01:49 "and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, 01:51 whose deadly wound was healed." 01:53 Now this is the verse I want you to focus in on, 01:55 and, you know, your mind could be going 01:57 in many different places asking many different questions, 01:59 Beast, who, what? Just focus in on 02:01 this verse here, verse 13, 02:02 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire 02:07 "come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 02:10 "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth 02:13 "by the means of those miracles which he had power to do 02:17 "in the sight of the beast, saying to them 02:19 "that dwell on the earth, that they should make 02:21 "an image to the beast, which had 02:22 "the wound by a sword, and did live. 02:24 "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast 02:27 "that the image of the beast should both speak, 02:29 "and cause that as many as would not worship 02:31 "the image of the beast should be killed. 02:33 "And he causeth all, both small and great, 02:35 "rich and poor, free and bond, 02:37 "to receive a mark in their right hand, 02:39 "or in their foreheads, 02:41 "And that no man might buy or sell, 02:45 "save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, 02:47 or the number of his name." 02:49 So I just want you to notice here 02:51 that it was by miracle working power, 02:54 fire falling from the sky as it were 02:57 that leads the world, those that dwell upon the earth 03:01 to make an image to the beast and also to bring 03:04 about this mark of the beast. 03:07 So we've got to figure out, how is it that miracles work 03:11 in this nature to bring this kind of environment above. 03:15 Think about this, in the world you have, 03:18 you know, many different kinds of people, 03:19 you have skeptics, you have Christians, 03:22 you have people from different religions. 03:24 How in the world are all of these people 03:26 going to come together to receive this particular mark. 03:31 I have always wondered that, because it's like 03:34 you look at the world, you look at politics, 03:37 you look at religious different views 03:39 in different parts of the world and you are thinking, 03:41 there is no way all these people are gonna come together. Right. 03:44 Bible says that it's gonna happen. 03:46 That's right. Well, you know, 03:47 when we look at this concept of fire falling from the sky. 03:50 If you are familiar with the Old Testament, 03:52 you will know that this has happened before 03:55 in the Old Testament has happened in particular 03:58 with Elijah, the prophet. 04:01 And we find that when fire falls from the sky 04:05 even like with the story of Job, 04:06 let's take the story of the Job. 04:08 When fire fell from the sky in the story of Job, 04:10 that fire was equated with the wrath of God. 04:14 God must have been displeased 04:16 and this is why this is happening. 04:19 I believe that as you look out in society today 04:21 and you hear some of the things that believers are saying. 04:24 You know, God's wrath is upon on this nation, 04:27 because we've turned away from God as a nation. 04:30 You know, the reason why we have so much crime 04:32 and so many earthquakes and all these things 04:34 as this is the wrath of God trying to show us 04:37 that we must turn this nation or this world back to God. 04:42 And so on one hand, the wrath of God, 04:46 fire falling from the sky, natural disasters,, 04:49 and calamities and things of that nature are going 04:51 to be used by sincere, but misguided Christians 04:56 to try to show that unless, 04:58 for example America returns to its Christian roots 05:02 and enforces Christian values and laws. 05:05 Unless we do that, the wrath of God 05:08 is going to continue to fall upon us. 05:10 So that's what is gonna set the environment 05:12 for the Christian part of, you know, of the world. 05:16 But then what about the nonbeliever? 05:18 Well, remember in the story of Elijah, 05:20 when Elijah called fire down from heaven, 05:24 it was for the purpose of not only convincing Israel 05:27 that God was God, but also convincing the skeptic, 05:31 because remember there were skeptics there, 05:32 who didn't believe in the God of Israel. 05:35 So when fire fell from the sky, when this miracle took place 05:38 the skeptic, wow, God is God. 05:43 So when, when, when skeptics, and atheists, 05:45 and nonbelievers begin to see some of these miracles 05:48 that take place. In fact, the greatest miracle 05:50 that will occur is that Satan himself will descend 05:54 and come as an angel of light. 05:55 Now for the skeptic seeing is believing. 05:59 That's right, and when you cannot deny the miracles 06:01 that he sees taking place in front of him, 06:03 he is gonna be like, okay well I guess I have to go along. 06:06 Now it's important to understand that the mark of the beast 06:08 is received in the forehead, or in the hand. 06:12 Now, this is not a literal mark anymore than the seal of God, 06:15 received in the people of God is a literal seal. 06:17 It's good that you said that it's by literal mark. 06:19 That's right. 06:20 Because you have a mark right here on your forehead. 06:23 And you pointed to it. Yes, yeah, I do have a mark, 06:26 but that is not the mark of the beast, okay. 06:28 That's a whole another story. 06:29 That's right, whole another story. 06:31 Before you go back into that, I did want to say that, 06:33 you know, there might be some who are watching, 06:35 who are thinking for the Christians, 06:38 when you said for the Christians that this, 06:42 you know, America, this country, you know, 06:45 all these bad things are happening, because we've turned 06:47 so far from God and we need to now enforce 06:50 that our Christian roots, and beliefs, 06:53 and values come back. 06:55 And there were some people who'll say, 06:56 well, hey what's wrong with that, that sounds good. 06:58 You know, yeah, I would love for people to start studying 07:01 their Bibles and praying to God and following the principles 07:04 found in His word, but the problem is forcing them. 07:08 That's right, because God is not a God of force. 07:10 Through legislation, right, and the legal system 07:13 trying to enforce Christianity, that's right, 07:15 is against the principles of the Bible 07:18 and of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit never forces. 07:21 Right. It draws and it woos. 07:23 Okay, so misguided 07:25 concepts of what God wants is what's going to drive. 07:28 In fact, Jesus, said the time is coming 07:29 where they that killed you will think that 07:31 they are doing God a service, that's a scary thought. 07:35 So anyway we come back to this point 07:39 of fire being called down to convince the skeptic, 07:43 the nonbeliever, and when they see these miracles, 07:46 they are gonna go ahead with this. 07:48 Some people are gonna receive the mark in the forehead, 07:50 that means they were mentally agreed, 07:52 but others who receive it in the hand, 07:54 meaning they don't necessarily see it that way, 07:56 but they are gonna go ahead with it, 07:57 because if they don't do this, they won't be able to eat, 08:00 they are putting their, their preservation of self 08:02 above the word of God. 08:04 And that makes sense. 08:07 When people like I said earlier when you are wondering 08:09 how is all this gonna come together. 08:11 It's not that like you said, they are gonna all agree, 08:13 but when it comes to, how am I going to eat? 08:17 I can't go to the store and buy food, 08:19 if I don't go along with whatever this system is 08:22 saying that I need to do. 08:23 How I am gonna feed my children? 08:25 That's when people who may not agree will go ahead 08:29 and do this, receive it in their hand anyways, 08:33 because you know, they are not trusting God 08:36 enough to be able to provide for them. 08:38 They are thinking, I must go ahead 08:41 and bow down to this image, if you will. 08:42 That's right, now whatever the mark is, 08:44 it is something that will be enforced, 08:47 so that if you don't do this, you will be killed. 08:50 So the mark of the beast is not present yet. 08:52 It is only when there is this universal decree that says 08:57 if you do not do this, then you will be killed. 08:59 So you could be doing something today 09:01 that will closer to the mark of the beast in the future. 09:03 It's not that now, it's only when this particular thing 09:07 is enforced that it becomes the mark. 09:09 That's right, so having said that, let's go ahead now 09:12 and ask a question well, what is the mark? 09:14 Can we find any clues that will help us determine 09:17 what the mark is? So we are gonna go to 09:18 the Book of Revelation Chapter 14, 09:20 Revelation Chapter 14 and we are going to see 09:24 the third angels message which begins in verse nine, 09:26 the Bible says, "The third angel followed them, 09:29 "saying with a loud voice, If any man worship 09:31 "the beast and his image, and receive his mark 09:33 "in his forehead, or in his hand, 09:35 "the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 09:38 "which is poured out without mixture 09:39 "into the cup of his indignation, 09:41 "and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone 09:44 "in the presence of the holy angels, 09:46 "and in the presence of the Lamb, 09:48 "and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up 09:50 "forever and ever and they have no rest 09:52 "day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, 09:55 and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." 09:58 I want you to notice that, those who received 09:59 the mark have no rest, day or night. 10:03 No rest, it's very interesting. 10:05 We are gonna come back to that. 10:06 Notice how the next verse picks up. 10:09 Here is the patience of the saints, 10:10 now the saint is not going to receive the mark 10:12 and look at how it describes them, 10:14 "Here are they that keep the commandments of God, 10:17 and the faith of Jesus." 10:19 So here is one thing that we can know for sure. 10:22 Those who keep the commandments of God 10:24 will not receive the mark of the beast. 10:26 Those who fail to keep the commandments of God 10:29 will receive the mark of the beast, 10:31 which lets us know that the mark of the beast 10:33 must be something that is diametrically opposed 10:38 to the commandments or one of the commandments of God. 10:43 I hope that makes sense so far, okay. 10:46 There it is, the mark of the beast 10:47 and then it says talks right after that 10:49 about those who keep the commandments of God. 10:52 Now, I want you to notice again Revelation Chapter 15, 10:56 Revelation Chapter 15 beginning with Verse 5. 10:59 "The Bible says, after that I looked, 11:01 "and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle 11:03 of the testimony in heaven was opened," 11:05 Now we are gonna pause right here. 11:07 I want to put up our image on the screen, 11:08 so that you can see the blueprint, 11:10 we have been speaking about throughout this series. 11:13 The blueprint, God's plan of salvation, the sanctuary. 11:16 In that sanctuary, if you notice in the upper part 11:19 of your screen there, you will see what was called 11:23 "The Ark of the Covenant," its number 6 on that picture. 11:26 That was found in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary. 11:30 Inside that Ark was the testimony 11:32 that God had given Moses, or the law of God, 11:35 because God spoke it Himself. 11:37 Okay, so very good. When you see here 11:40 in Revelation Chapter 15 verse 5, 11:42 that the Temple of the Tabernacle of the testimony 11:45 in heaven was opened, it's actually pointing you 11:48 to the very Ark of the Covenant in which was the law of God. 11:53 And notice what happens, verse 6, 11:55 "And the seven angels came out of the temple, 11:57 "having the seven plagues, clothed in pure 12:00 "and white linen, and having their breasts 12:02 girded with golden girdles." 12:05 Verse if you jump down to Chapter 16 and verse 1, 12:09 "And I heard a great voice out of the temple 12:11 "saying to the seven angels, go your ways, 12:13 "and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 12:17 "And the first went, and poured out his vial 12:19 "upon the earth, and there fell a noisome 12:22 "and grievous sore upon the men which had 12:25 "the mark of the beast and upon them 12:27 which worshipped his image." 12:28 So notice this, the mark of the beast, 12:32 or rather the seven last plagues, 12:35 the first plague is poured out upon those 12:37 who have the mark of the beast. 12:40 Where are these angels seeing coming out of? 12:42 They are seen coming out of the Most Holy Place. 12:46 What's in the Most Holy Place? The law of God. 12:48 The law of God, remember what we just read. 12:50 Those who keep the law will not receive the mark. 12:54 Those who reject the law, will receive the mark. 12:58 The angels come out of the Most Holy Place 13:02 pouring the first plague upon those who had 13:05 obviously done what? Rejected the law of God. 13:09 Now, now that we know that the mark has something 13:12 to do with rejecting the law of God, 13:13 we just got to find out, is it rejecting the whole law, 13:16 or can it be just one point of the law? 13:18 Let's go to the Book of James Chapter 2. 13:21 James Chapter 2 and let's notice what James Chapter 2 tells us. 13:25 The Book of James Chapter 2 beginning with verse 10. 13:28 Atonte, if you get there before me, 13:30 you can go ahead and read, James Chapter 2-- 13:33 Two verse 10. Verse 10 to 12. 13:35 And it says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, 13:38 "and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 13:41 "For he that said, do not commit adultery, 13:45 "said also, do not kill. 13:46 "Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, 13:50 thou art become a transgressor of the law." 13:52 All right, so there we have it. 13:54 James tells us that all we need to do is to transgress 13:57 in one point and we become guilty of all. 14:00 And of course, God, is always there to, 14:02 you know, forgive us if we ask for forgiveness. 14:04 But if we persistently rebel against 14:07 one of God's commandments, we are setting ourselves 14:11 up to receive that mark. It's interesting that, 14:16 you know, when you consider this word "mark" 14:18 and is not a literal mark in the hand as we said, 14:21 but it takes us back to an Old Testament concept, 14:24 because when you read in Revelation Chapter 15 and 16 14:29 about those who receive the mark. 14:32 In verse 8 of Chapter 15, it says that no man 14:36 was able to enter the temple 14:38 until the seven plagues had been fulfilled. 14:40 If you go back to the Old Testament, 14:42 you will find that there was a mark that was received, 14:47 that anyone who had this mark was not allowed 14:51 to enter the camp or the temple, 14:53 it was the mark of leprosy, the mark of leprosy. 14:57 Now what's interesting about this is that 14:59 in the Book of Isaiah Chapter 1, I believe it is or Chapter 5, 15:04 Chapter 1 verse 5 and 6, the Bible takes this principle, 15:11 this concept of leprosy and applies it to rebellion. 15:14 In other words, leprosy is a symbol or a sign of rebellion. 15:20 So what that tells me, when you understand what leprosy is, 15:23 the way that leprosy begins, is it begins with a small mark. 15:30 It's not something big and grand, it's something small, 15:33 but it indicates a very large problem. 15:38 If you were to tell your--parents, 15:39 you are talking to your kids 15:40 and you have to run out for a moment, 15:42 you say to your son, I'm about to leave for 10 minutes, 15:45 please do not put the cat in the drier, 15:48 do not burn the house down, 15:52 you know, don't hit your brother, 15:54 or your sister and see that pen on the counter, 15:57 don't touch that pen. 15:58 Now your son may be able to reason, 16:00 or your daughter may be able to reason, 16:01 I can see why you said don't do this, 16:03 don't do this, don't do that, don't do that. 16:04 But why did you say don't touch that pen, 16:06 tat one doesn't make sense to me 16:08 and you step out of the house 16:09 and you are looking around the window, 16:11 you are watching your child, you see your child looking 16:13 at the pens staring intently and you see the child walk over 16:16 and they touch the pen, what have you just seen. 16:19 A sign of rebellion. 16:21 That your child has the spirit of rebellion. 16:23 It doesn't matter how big or small it is, 16:25 the point is that the spirit of rebellion is there. 16:29 It's the same thing with the law of God. 16:31 And I believe that God use this exact same test 16:34 in the Garden of Eden. 16:35 He took a very small thing, when we think about it, 16:39 because there were so many. 16:40 I mean this was the Garden of Eden, 16:41 there were so much fruit abundant, 16:43 so many different trees that they could have. 16:46 It wasn't like they were hungry or going into a drought, 16:49 or anything like that, and He was like, 16:50 look you can have of these trees eat freely, 16:52 but just of this one tree, I don't want you to eat of it, 16:56 and that's a really simple seems small, 17:01 a thing for a test, but that's what God uses. 17:04 That's right. He seems to say, 17:05 look the big things, I think it's obvious, 17:07 you get that, but the little things, 17:09 I want to know that you are going to be faithful 17:11 in the most smallest areas of your life. 17:13 That's right. Even, you know, 17:16 when Satan rebelled in heaven. What was he rebelling against? 17:19 He was rebelling against God's law. 17:21 He was a covering cherub, that means he covered 17:24 the Ark of the Covenant were in was the law of God 17:27 and the law of God represents 17:29 the foundation of God's throne. 17:31 So we know that Lucifer's role in heaven 17:33 was that he was to uphold the law of God. 17:37 But the Bible says he sinned, what his sin, 17:39 transgression of the law, 17:41 and as a result, he marked himself. 17:44 In fact, in Ezekiel 28, verse 17 17:47 when it says "O Lucifer thou hast corrupted thy wisdom" 17:49 that word corrupt means to mark, 17:52 Lucifer was marked 17:53 because of his rebellion against God's law. 17:56 Right. And he was cast out of heaven, 17:58 but before he was cast out that you see, 18:00 he took one-third of the angels with him 18:03 and his argument to them was "I can be like God," 18:06 Isaiah 14 verse 14, "I can be like God righteous 18:09 without God telling me how to do it." 18:12 It was the argument of self sanctification, 18:14 or self righteousness and its this very argument 18:19 that even Cain exercised back there 18:23 at the beginning of creation when God said, 18:25 I want you to bring me a sacrifice and Cain says, 18:30 "I am gonna give you a fruit. 18:31 "I am gonna give you something in the place 18:33 that you asked for." 18:36 Be happy that I am at least giving you something, 18:39 it was Cain's attitude. 18:41 And it was an argument again of self righteousness 18:44 at least I am giving you something. 18:47 So what we are gonna see is that 18:48 this mark basically encompasses that spirit. 18:52 It may seem like a small thing in the eyes of people, 18:55 but it indicates a much larger problem, 18:58 the problem of self righteousness, 18:59 I don't need to follow God's law in order to be like Him, 19:03 I can be holy already. 19:04 And for those who don't even believe in God, 19:06 well, I am just gonna do this anyway, 19:08 because I have to survive. Right. 19:11 I have to survive, okay. So what then, 19:14 what commandment would Satan attack? 19:17 We might say, you know what, 19:18 it's got to be a commandment that seems pretty insignificant. 19:23 One that may be seems to have no moral, 19:26 you know, real moral issue to it, 19:28 it means its not going to be like adultery, 19:30 or stealing, or killing, you know, 19:32 most good people you know, 19:33 honoring your parents, it's got to be something. 19:35 Bowing down to images. That's right. 19:37 It's got to be something that seems, 19:38 you know, ah, not so bad. 19:40 Well, we get our answer just by going back 19:43 to the Book of Revelation where the Bible says of Babylon. 19:49 Notice with me, Revelation 14 of verse 9, or verse 8, 19:54 it says, And there followed another angel, saying, 19:56 "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 19:59 "because she has made all nations drink of the wine 20:02 of the wrath of her fornication." 20:04 Babylon representing a fallen system is going to try to force 20:08 the world to drink of this wine. 20:11 We might ask a question, what is the wine? 20:13 Well, you remember that Jesus Himself gave 20:16 His disciples bread, and what? 20:20 Wine at the last supper. Now in that wine, 20:23 he said this is the blood of My covenant, 20:27 or the new covenant in My blood. 20:29 What is a covenant? 20:31 It's the law of God written on our hearts. 20:34 Christ blood is special blood. It has the DNA of life, 20:38 the code of life and the code of life is the new covenant, 20:41 the law of God. So He says, take this blood, 20:43 take this wine. Well, what the devil is offering 20:45 is the counterfeit wine, one that is fermented, 20:49 because what Christ gave was pure grape juice, 20:51 amen, representing a pure teaching, 20:53 a pure doctrine, pure blood. 20:55 What Babylon gives is fermented wine 20:58 that causes one to get drunk. 21:01 Now the Bible tells us why we should not drink 21:03 and here is why? Lets go 21:05 over to the Book of Proverbs, 21:07 Proverbs Chapter 31, Proverbs 31 21:14 and we are gonna notice verse is 5 I believe it is, 21:19 Proverbs 31 verse 4 and verse 5. 21:23 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel, 21:27 "it is not for kings to drink wine, 21:30 nor for princes strong drink, lest they drink, 21:32 and forget the law, and pervert the judgment 21:34 of any of the afflicted." 21:36 All right, so why shouldn't we drink. 21:38 We're told that we shouldn't drink, 21:39 because if we do so we will forget the law. 21:44 It's very interesting, Atonte, 21:45 that there is one commandment out of all 10 21:48 that begins with the word "remember" 21:51 and it is the Sabbath commandment 21:54 found in Exodus Chapter 20. Remember the Sabbath day. 21:58 The one commandment that God says to remember 22:01 is the very commandment that Babylon has altered 22:05 and said "No, Saturday is not the Sabbath, its Sunday" 22:08 and by the way no big deal 22:10 at least you are giving God a day, by the way. Right. 22:13 By the way. Where the Bible is very specific 22:15 to save it Seventh-day. That's right. 22:18 This Sabbath commandment in Exodus 20 verse 12, 22:21 God said that it was a sign that we may know 22:25 that God is the one that sanctifies us, 22:28 we can't sanctify ourselves. 22:31 Now that's amazing to me, because that Sabbath 22:34 is the sign of God sanctification. 22:38 So to avoid that Sabbath to turn away from it is to say, 22:41 I can sanctify myself, I can choose what's right and wrong. 22:44 I can know the difference between good and evil 22:46 for myself, I don't need a law telling me 22:48 how to know the difference between good and evil. 22:50 That's what being said. What's being said 22:52 is look I know you ask for Saturday, 22:54 but we as a church have chosen to give you Sunday instead. 22:58 Be happy, at least we're giving you something. 23:01 And really you are putting yourself in the place of God, 23:05 dictating to God what you are going to do 23:08 and it's really righteousness by works 23:11 versus the Sabbath where God is sanctifying 23:14 and that's righteousness by faith. 23:15 That's right. You see the Sabbath is all about rest 23:18 and the commandments that God gives are all about rest. 23:22 But the devil has flipped it to make it 23:24 look like commandments is about work. 23:27 No, commandments are not about work. 23:29 Commandments is about, you know, 23:31 when God says do not, He is saying cease, 23:34 rest from lying, rest from stealing, 23:37 rest from killing, rest from murder, 23:39 I mean rest from adultery. 23:41 He is saying stop. 23:42 It's like, you know, we get saved, 23:43 oh, God I thank you for saving me. 23:44 What shall I do now and it's like God says, 23:46 don't do anything, just rest, just relax, 23:49 just rest, don't steal, don't lie. 23:51 I want you to rest from the works of the flesh. 23:54 Right. That's why Christ has given us that rest. 23:57 So remember, there is one commandment that says rest, 24:00 but those who receive the mark have no what? 24:03 Rest, day or night. 24:06 Also there is one commandment in which we are called 24:10 to not do any buying or selling or any work. 24:13 It happens to be the Sabbath commandment. 24:16 What are the odds, 24:17 what are the odds of the mark of the beast 24:20 being specifically pointed to commerce? 24:23 You will not be able to buy or sell if you don't do this. 24:28 There is only one commandment that deals with 24:29 buying and selling, right, 24:30 and that is the Sabbath commandment. 24:32 On this day, I want you to rest from your labors. 24:36 What's also interesting, Atonte, 24:37 is that the law of God is written in the mind 24:41 and we are also to bind it upon our fingers. 24:44 The devil is counterfeiting this law. 24:46 He is giving a wine that says, yeah, 24:48 this is the new covenant, drink it. 24:50 And when people are drinking it, 24:51 they are getting drunk and they are beginning to say, 24:53 oh yeah, the law, oh, we are on the grace, 24:55 we don't need to keep the law. 24:56 They are forgetting the law. 24:57 They are forgetting, its drunkenness, 25:00 its drunken reasoning to say if you look at the blueprint 25:04 and you see where God is trying to lead us 25:06 and you see where Babylon is trying to lead us. 25:08 You begin to understand oh, this is what it is, listen. 25:12 Who would have ever thought, 25:13 because some people are saying right now Sunday? 25:16 You mean to tell me that God is going to destroy, 25:18 you know, for Sunday really? 25:20 Are you serious? Well, you know what? 25:21 Let's just, let's just substitute that. 25:24 A tree, Eve, do you really think 25:27 that God is going to punish you for eating from a tree. 25:30 Come on Eve, really are you serious? 25:33 I can hear the devil reasoning with Eve saying, 25:36 come on you are not going to die. 25:38 And it's the only commandment that you can think 25:41 to reason away that it's just not that 25:44 important or significant. 25:46 Not that significant. 25:47 And so what God is showing is, 25:49 God is revealing in this particular commandment 25:51 is look, who is willing to serve Me even in the thing 25:55 that appears to have no significance. 25:58 The test with Adam and Eve wasn't, don't kill, 26:00 if you kill, you will be put out of the garden. 26:02 It was a very simple test. 26:05 It was a simple test in the beginning. 26:07 It's going to be a simple test in the end. 26:09 Remember, the mark of leprosy is a mark 26:12 that kept people out of the camp of God. 26:17 In the same way, those who receive 26:19 the mark of the beast will be kept out of the camp of God. 26:23 The Bible says nothing that defiles 26:26 will enter into that temple. 26:28 And so we've got to realize, 26:30 God says, "Keep My commandments." 26:32 Daniel 7:25 says, "This little horn Babylon 26:35 would seek to change God's law." 26:37 So we can know any change in the blueprint, 26:41 any change in the map, any change that says 26:44 make a left here, there is a shortcut. 26:47 You say no, there is no shortcut. 26:49 I'd rather stand before God and explain to him 26:52 why I kept the Sabbath 26:53 and why I kept the commandments 26:54 than try to stand before Him 26:56 and explain to Him why I didn't. 26:58 And for those of you who are hearing this 27:01 for the very first time, there is in the Bible it says 27:06 that God winks at our ignorance. 27:08 That's right. So there is a time 27:10 where we are not knowledgeable. 27:11 We didn't know, or didn't understand this Bible truth, 27:14 but you know, you are a Christian, 27:16 or you didn't, you don't believe in God at all, 27:18 but now you are trying to believe in Him. 27:19 And so when you are learning this truth, 27:22 God doesn't counted against you if you have not, 27:26 then keeping the Sabbath, 27:27 or honoring this part of His life, 27:29 if you didn't know, but once you know 27:32 that's when God does at that point hold you 27:35 accountable which way you are going to go, 27:37 are you are going to follow the way of the world 27:39 and the way of the Babylon, 27:40 are you gonna follow the word of God. 27:42 That's right. The test of the true Christian 27:43 is not now much he knows, 27:45 but what he does with how much he knows. 27:48 Yes. And so this is the condemnation that light 27:51 has come and man loved darkness rather than light. 27:55 A true Christian is gonna walk in ever increasing light 27:59 and be willing to follow the lamp 28:00 with this wherever he goes. 28:02 That's right. We want to thank you for joining in us. 28:04 Until next time God bless. |
Revised 2014-12-17