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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:42 I want to thank you for joining us. 00:44 Today's message is entitled 00:46 "Out of Darkness Comes Light" 00:48 part two. 00:49 You know when we study the Bible, 00:50 we begin to discover many patterns, 00:52 many spiritual applications for literal events 00:56 that have taken place in history 00:58 and recorded in the scriptures. 00:59 Some have even discovered the plan of salvation 01:02 through interpretation of the names 01:04 that the scripture holds and so on. 01:07 What Pastor Kenny is leading us to understand 01:10 through this two part series Out Of Darkness Comes Light 01:14 is that there are similar circumstances 01:17 that were occurring at the time of Christ's first advent 01:21 that will be occurring 01:22 at the time of His second advent. 01:24 Circumstances that we truly believe 01:27 are currently occurring. 01:29 Again surrounding this COVID, racial, political financial, 01:34 climate change and union crisis 01:37 our world is facing together right now. 01:40 The enemy is blatantly showing his power 01:43 to control the masses of thousands of individuals 01:46 as our cities are crumbling under his anarchy. 01:50 Disasters by land, sea and air 01:52 are fueling the fires of human heartaches. 01:56 Is there any light 01:57 at the end of this wretched tunnel of darkness? 02:00 Continue with Pastor Kenny Shelton today, 02:02 as he shares again, 02:04 his conclusion of 02:06 "Out of Darkness Comes Light" 02:08 part two. 02:09 But before we join Pastor Kenny, 02:11 let's visit 3ABN 02:12 and truly be inspired and blessed 02:15 as we listen to Mary Grace's rendition 02:18 of the Lord's Prayer on the piano. 05:11 Hello and welcome once again to Behold the Lamb. 05:12 We appreciate you, 05:14 we thank you very much for tuning in. 05:15 I know what a blessed opportunity 05:17 to be able to share the Word of God. 05:19 You know, what an awesome thing 05:20 that is to think that we can share the Word of God 05:22 with people around the world. 05:24 And we're very grateful and thankful 05:25 that you are one of them, 05:27 I'm sure one of those consistent ones 05:28 that's tuning in, 05:30 and that you're learning 05:31 or maybe just being reminded of some beautiful old truths 05:33 that you love so dearly. 05:35 And then you get excited 05:36 and you want to go share 05:38 with your neighbor and your friends. 05:39 That's what it's all about here at Behold the Lamb. 05:41 Again, we appreciate your prayers, your support, 05:43 and you know, continue to pray with us 05:44 always before we begin the message 05:47 and open the Word of God we pray, don't we? 05:49 And many of you right to that that effect 05:52 and say we pray with you. 05:54 And I'm so thankful that you do. 05:55 I'm going to kneel right here 05:56 and just have another quick prayer. 05:58 Would you pray with me, please? 06:00 Merciful Father in heaven, 06:01 again, we thank You for the privilege of prayer. 06:02 Bless us now we pray with the power of Thy Holy Spirit. 06:05 Lord, just loosen up the angels of heaven, 06:08 loosen up the power of the Holy Spirit. 06:09 Holy Spirit, please come 06:11 and grace us with your presence, 06:12 open these ears that sometime are so deaf. 06:15 Eyes that sometime are so blind 06:17 and a mind that just doesn't work. 06:18 But, Lord, we pray 06:20 that You will touch all of these things today 06:21 that we may see here. 06:23 And that we may think about eternal things 06:25 and how close it is to Your coming. 06:27 How desperately we need You, Lord, 06:29 so blessed now we pray with Your children, 06:30 each one who is here, 06:32 and those who will hear 06:33 and will see around the world that they will be touched, 06:36 someone will be drawn close to you, 06:38 in Jesus' name, amen. 06:42 Our subject again is part two. 06:44 So if you miss part one, you may want to call us, 06:46 maybe get some information to that effect. 06:48 If not, we're going to do 06:50 go over maybe there's five things 06:52 I've jotted down that might be of interest 06:54 that will help you, 06:55 at least remind you what we talked about last time 06:57 we were together. 06:58 Because we're talking about out of darkness, 07:00 and, you know, comes light, out of darkness comes light. 07:03 And each one of us can, 07:05 I think testify to the point 07:07 that God has called us out of what? 07:09 He's called you out of darkness into marvelous light. 07:13 Praise God for that. 07:14 Remember, He's called you. 07:15 He's called you by name. 07:17 He knows who you are. 07:18 And He's calling us to give a special message here 07:21 in these last days of earth's history. 07:23 We covered several of these points. 07:24 And number one, when Christ comes, 07:27 there's going to be really a heavy spiritual darkness, 07:30 you know, in this earth's history, 07:32 in darkest hours of our history, 07:34 Jesus will come. 07:35 As fact His first appearing 07:37 the earth was dark, wasn't it? 07:38 And Jesus came in the darkest hours, 07:40 He's going to come again. Praise God for that. 07:43 And I like the part was, 07:44 "I will come again, " 07:45 that gives me encouragement. 07:47 Two, we talked about 07:48 all around us there's suffering, 07:50 there's pain, there's heartache, 07:52 there's loss of life and property. 07:55 There's joblessness, 07:57 I mean, people have lost their jobs by the millions. 08:00 There's a bad economy. 08:01 We're challenged with COVID-19. 08:04 And we're challenged with climate change 08:07 and the threat of that going green, 08:09 riots and protests galore. 08:13 That seems to be the order of the day, 08:15 just to name a few things that's going on, 08:17 maybe more things going on and more severe 08:20 than ever been in my lifetime. 08:22 And it just simply tells me that Jesus is coming. 08:24 Number three, we talked about those things. 08:26 We talked about that because of the condition of the world. 08:29 It's led to a widespread I wanna call it a distrust, 08:34 a depression, discontent, 08:37 indifference, greed, selfishness. 08:42 You know, with the dark shadow 08:43 I believe of Satan there's been cast 08:45 all over the world right now. 08:47 Because he's putting up, 08:48 I think, one of his last little fights 08:50 before Jesus comes. 08:52 We have error, we have apostasy, 08:55 not only in the world, but we have it in the church. 08:58 And God would have His men and women 09:00 those who stand for truth and love truth, 09:02 to proclaim our truthful message 09:04 that God gave us in the very beginning. 09:06 Stay with it, 09:08 because it is good, it has a good foundation, 09:10 which is Jesus Christ. 09:12 Four, we talked about the humanity 09:14 is totally out of control. 09:17 We won't go into all those things, 09:18 but humanity as a whole, we are out of control. 09:21 Things are happening that you say surely is not possible, 09:23 but they are. 09:25 Darkness is covering the earth. 09:26 And we figured out 09:28 in the last few moments 09:29 of the last time we met together, 09:31 darkness covering the earth is a misapprehension of what? 09:35 The character of God. 09:37 All of our message 09:39 that we should be giving to the world today. 09:41 You know, and I believe this, 09:44 this world, 09:45 and the church is doomed if we don't change our ways. 09:51 Think there have to be some changes. 09:54 If we do not put on the whole armor of God, 09:57 the enemy is going to attack you 09:58 where you leave off that list piece of armor, 10:00 as you well know. 10:02 And he's good at what he does. 10:04 We're not trying to brag on him, but he is. 10:05 He knows if you leave one piece off, 10:07 that's where he's going to throw, 10:08 we say the dart, 10:10 and he's a good dart thrower. 10:11 He knows exactly where to hit you, 10:13 where to hurt you, and to get you off track. 10:15 So we have to put on the whole armor of God, 10:17 we need to do that and take the sword of what? 10:20 The sword of the spirit that we need, 10:21 take the Word of God. 10:22 And stand on the Word of God today, 10:24 because I'm telling you very few, 10:26 it seems today want to stand on the complete, 10:29 clear Word of God. 10:30 They wanna manipulate, they wanna change it, 10:32 they want to say things have changed, 10:34 God has changed. 10:35 And none of those are true. God does not change. 10:37 His Word does not change. 10:39 You know, I mean, how can God... 10:40 We've talked about before, 10:42 how can God deliver any people 10:43 who will not listen to His message? 10:46 If we won't respond to the message 10:47 that He has given us today, 10:49 what will it really take? 10:51 How many, we're talking about 10:52 that we heed the signs of the times. 10:54 I mean, I've heard about this 10:55 since I was very small Signs of the Times. 10:58 They're everywhere. 10:59 They tell us that Jesus is coming. 11:01 It's true. 11:03 But sometimes we're not listening 11:04 to those things anymore. 11:06 You know, every day we hear them, 11:08 but what are we doing about them? 11:10 I think about the signs that were given. 11:13 You know, 11:14 when Moses went on Mount Sinai, 11:16 you remember and there was thundering 11:17 and what? 11:18 And there was lightning and fire. 11:20 And you know what? 11:21 Many of the people 11:23 they were kind of awed at the moment, 11:24 but weren't very long they forgot about it, 11:25 they, you know. 11:27 But what more could God do 11:29 to get the attention of the people 11:30 for what He was about to give them 11:32 was the Holy Ten Commandment law. 11:34 What more could He really do to get their attention? 11:37 Many at that time were like we are today. 11:39 And it's not saying anybody here 11:41 is but we say and my mother always said, 11:43 "If the shoe fits, wear it." 11:45 There's many spiritually death and many spiritually dumb, 11:49 and many spiritually blind, 11:51 I hope it's okay to say that. 11:53 Because they just refuse those clear things 11:55 that God put out there for us, 11:57 to remind us of His coming. 11:59 You know, it could be, 12:00 you think about the time of the flood. 12:02 What more could God do to get the people in the boat? 12:06 What more could He do? 12:08 Well, certainly right, 12:09 he raised up voices for 120 years, right? 12:12 And certainly inspired them of how to build this boat, 12:16 and how to, you know, 12:18 put provisions in it that would maintain 12:20 and would hold up 12:21 under what was soon to take place. 12:22 God could not do any more. 12:25 He couldn't do any more at the Mount Sinai, 12:27 He couldn't do any more at the time of the flood 12:29 to get people to go in 12:30 other than they went in by their own choice. 12:34 There was nothing else that God could do. 12:37 God is guiding 12:38 and God is protecting His people. 12:41 I believe that with all of my heart 12:43 with what's going on today, 12:44 we need that encouragement. 12:45 Don't you believe that? 12:47 Because out of darkness, there's coming light. 12:48 We're seeing it now, 12:50 we're seeing what's taking place, 12:51 if our eyes would just be open. 12:53 That reminds me and you know the story very well of Elisha. 12:57 That's in the 2 King 6:17, just a verse there. 13:01 It was really a time 13:03 that will encourage us right now where we are at. 13:06 It's a time that was really encouraging 13:09 in Elisha's time. 13:10 And it reads like this in 2 King 6:17. 13:13 And I like the way it starts out. 13:15 Do you know how it starts out? 13:16 "And Elisha prayed." 13:18 And Elisha prayed? 13:21 I don't think it says that twice. 13:22 But I'll say it again and say a third time either. 13:23 Elisha prayed again. 13:25 Elisha prayed what the Bible said. 13:28 That's what God's people ought to do. 13:30 We don't have to go to somebody else. 13:31 It's okay to do that. Get counsel. 13:33 First thing you do is you do what? 13:34 You pray. 13:36 Elisha was in a tough situation. 13:42 He could have been killed. 13:43 The angry army was surrounding him. 13:46 And there seemed to be no way out 13:48 just like the world is surrounding you today. 13:50 It seems like they're all against you. 13:52 Things are going on 13:53 and you like can't figure it all out. 13:55 But the first thing you read that verse and said, 13:57 ooh, Elisha prayed. 13:59 And he said, 14:00 "Lord, I pray thee." 14:02 Notice this, open his eyes. 14:05 What do you mean open his eyes? 14:07 Lord, open his eyes. 14:09 And the Lord opened the young man's eyes. 14:12 There was a young man 14:13 that was with Elisha, wasn't it? 14:15 And notice Elisha begin to pray. 14:16 Now let's, not say if I'd been there, 14:18 and I seen all this army around me 14:19 and I was getting ready to perish. 14:21 I'm gonna say, 14:22 "Lord, save me." 14:23 Now some of you. All right. 14:27 Elisha in the midst of this mess, 14:29 he said, 14:30 "Lord open this young man's eyes." 14:33 He knew by faith that the angels were there. 14:36 He knew that God was somehow going to take care of him. 14:39 But he was concerned about the young man. 14:42 Maybe a lack of experience. 14:43 Maybe just young didn't have it. 14:45 Elisha was going to help and he prayed, 14:46 "God open this young man's eyes." 14:48 And these eyes were 14:50 as it were spiritual eyes were open. 14:52 And what did this guy see? 14:54 Whoo, I'd like to see that today, 14:55 wouldn't you? 14:57 I want to see this today. 14:58 And I think by faith, we can. 15:00 I sense many times the angels of heaven 15:03 that are around God's people. 15:06 You sense it when you have a prayer circle sometime, 15:08 as it were, I like to say more of a square. 15:11 Some of you won't get that till later bit. 15:14 When we get together to pray, 15:16 or sometime when you're in the closet 15:18 as it were and you're praying, 15:19 you sense the power of the Holy Spirit. 15:22 You know, that God is there, 15:23 you know, the Spirit of God's there, 15:24 and He's talking to you and He's teaching you these 15:27 open up avenues of thought 15:29 that maybe you never had before. 15:31 And we need that time. 15:32 But notice, he prayed 15:34 when things get tough, we pray. 15:37 And he prayed. And notice what he saw. 15:39 The young man's eyes were opened and he beheld, 15:42 the Bible said, 15:43 "The mountain was full of horses." 15:45 Well, that may not be exciting to you, 15:46 but that's exciting to me. 15:47 It said, 15:49 "The mountain was full of," what? 15:50 "Of horses," 15:52 and notice, 15:53 "and chariots of fire. 15:55 Round about Elisha." 15:59 The young man saw this right here from heaven. 16:01 And even think about those chariots of fire. 16:05 It's some kind of a mode of transportation. 16:08 God was delivering, right, brimming coming to His people, 16:11 to let them know the what? 16:12 "I'm gonna take care of you." 16:14 We need this in this COVID-19. We need it with the economy. 16:19 We need it with the protests. 16:20 We need it with a devil's running around rampant 16:23 all over the place here. 16:24 With people with no conscience 16:28 saying and doing anything they want to say and to do 16:31 and sometimes most time 16:32 seems like getting away with it. 16:35 Maybe in this life, not the life to come. 16:38 But there seems times in my life, 16:39 I need to see and understand there are chariots of fire 16:43 all around God's people. 16:45 The enemy can't get in 16:47 if we're surrounded by the power of God. 16:48 Isn't that wonderful to know that? 16:50 When you're surrounded by God, the angels, 16:53 the evil angels just can't get in. 16:55 Remember about Job. 16:56 Well, Job will we say maybe was surrounded? 16:58 Was he not? 17:00 And what did the enemy say to him? 17:03 Oh, yeah, I can't even get to him. 17:05 You won't let me get to him. 17:07 You got a hedge around him. 17:09 Why can't we claim that today? 17:11 We have a hedge. 17:12 God has a hedge around His people. 17:14 You have to want it. 17:16 You have to be obedient to what God says in His Word. 17:18 And He said, 17:19 "I'll put that hedge around you 17:20 and the devil can't get to you." 17:23 The only one who can take that hedge down is yourself. 17:25 Man, I want that hedge. I need that hedge. 17:29 I need that chariot of fire round about us today. 17:32 See, that just reminds me. There's hostility elements. 17:37 There's elements going on 17:39 in the world today that's scary. 17:41 It's happening every day. 17:43 And the Bible calls them like principalities, and what? 17:47 And powers, you know, wicked spirits running around, 17:50 people in high places we see it. 17:53 And this is where the story of Elisha came in. 17:58 When they were surrounded, when they were seeming to be... 18:01 When you seem to be surrounded in life, 18:03 and you seem to be cut off 18:04 maybe from family or friends 18:06 or things that are going on. 18:08 And every opportunity of escape is just not there for you. 18:13 You do just like Elisha. 18:14 I need to do like Elisha, I begin to pray. 18:17 Begin to pray, 18:19 "Lord, open my eyes, 18:20 open their eyes that they might see." 18:24 This encouraged us to realize that heaven is there for us. 18:28 Desire of Ages, 18:29 I love the book, Desire of Ages, 18:31 is able to give one away 18:33 and The Great Controversy this week to a man 18:36 where we're working in a house. 18:38 He just happened to live, oh, really? 18:39 He just happened to live across. 18:41 Oh, boy, he just happened to be across the street. 18:44 He just happened to live across the street. 18:49 And he just happened to need a little bit of work. 18:52 And he did the work that we are doing 18:54 and remodeling the house and so on and so forth. 18:57 Just happened, right? 18:59 God's directing. 19:02 Just so happened 19:05 that he came over 19:06 and we begin to talk a little bit, 19:08 so he walked in and use a little extra help, 19:09 yes, da-da, da-da. 19:10 But soon as I saw him come over, 19:12 oh, I'm thinking it. 19:14 That's the person that Christ died for. 19:16 They'll have to know Him 19:17 but might may be under direction of God. 19:20 Let's see where it goes. 19:23 And it wasn't very long but he was captivated 19:25 just by talking and someone 19:26 Brother Terry come by and worked on one with him. 19:29 And pretty soon all of a sudden was this. 19:33 I've been tuning into 3ABN. 19:35 Oh, really, weren't very long, couple of... 19:38 Really I said, oh, how wonderful, 19:39 didn't press it, right. 19:40 Oh, wonderful, good people. 19:42 Well, I wanted to know 19:48 what you stand for. 19:50 He said another thing was very interesting. 19:53 Some reason my mother said, 19:54 "Now you need to be careful, " 19:55 you go across the grown man right a couple of times over. 20:02 Mom said to him, 20:03 "You need to be careful because you never know 20:05 because people cheat you out of stuff." 20:09 He said, 20:11 "No, I don't think so, 20:12 I don't think these people want to cheat me at all." 20:15 So she decided she might peek in. 20:17 Somebody need to stay with me. 20:21 She said, "Now who is this?" 20:22 The next day, she says, 20:23 "Now who is this just over there?" 20:25 He said, 20:26 "Well, that's Kenny Shelton." 20:28 Oh, he's all right. 20:32 God's working. We know. 20:34 I mean, he's all right, 20:36 you go ahead and work over there. 20:37 I mean, after all, he's about 60. 20:39 But you know, just go ahead. 20:44 See, God is there. God's doing great things. 20:47 And so he let me know that he was a reader 20:50 and she is a reader and so wonderful. 20:52 I just take Desire of Ages, said, get this to mama. 20:55 She's going to love to read about Jesus. 20:57 I said, 20:58 "You've been talking about meat of the word. 20:59 I'm going to give you something 21:01 you're going to chew on for a long time." 21:03 So just pray. 21:05 God's working. 21:07 Satan's doing some awful things out there today 21:10 to try to take our mind off of where we're at. 21:14 Now let read something 21:15 in The Desire of Ages 341 says this, 21:17 "Satan's influence," 21:18 does he has an influence in the world? 21:20 With every heart that's not 100% right to God, 21:23 he definitely has an influence. 21:25 Notice, 21:27 "Satan's influence is constantly exerted upon men 21:30 to distract the senses and control," 21:34 the what? 21:35 "The mind for evil," 21:37 notice this, 21:38 "and to incite to violence and crime." 21:40 Who is the one that's inciting to violence and crime 21:43 in the world today? 21:44 I don't care if they say they're protesting or not, 21:45 they get violence and crime, they've overdone it. 21:48 Is that okay to say that? 21:51 There's peaceful and then there's riot that of the enemy 21:54 and remember, the enemy is taking over the mind 21:56 so that he may what? 21:57 Excite violence and crime. 22:01 Filling the land like it was at the time of the flood, 22:04 isn't that right? 22:06 Violence and crime. 22:11 I read something else I thought was interesting 22:12 Testimonies to Ministers, 56, 22:14 just a few short words it says this, 22:16 "Satan's, notice this, 22:17 desires false teachers to have unbalanced minds." 22:26 Remember, the enemy wants you to be unbalanced. 22:29 That doesn't mean, did I say this tonight, 22:30 it doesn't mean to be out of your mind. 22:34 To not have a mind it just means unbalanced, 22:36 is that okay? 22:37 We're talking about this stuff, we can do this. 22:42 He doesn't want us to be balanced. 22:43 The only way my mind can be balanced 22:44 is with right here. 22:46 This right here is a mind balancer. 22:48 We have to know this a balance everything up, 22:50 if you don't we become unbalanced. 22:52 And then what? We go off the deep end. 22:54 We go, they say to the left, we go to the right. 22:58 But the enemy's just saying right now, 22:59 I want to have unbound, right. 23:00 And I say not just the teacher, 23:02 he's wanting all of us to be unbalanced. 23:06 Keep this in mind 23:08 when I ask you a couple of questions 23:09 and please don't let anybody answer. 23:14 This is a question thought, it is okay, can we get thought, 23:16 you can get thought questions, isn't that right? 23:17 Wanna you think about it first 23:19 and then maybe we can talk about a little bit later on. 23:24 How many here 23:27 and those who may watching and listening, 23:28 how many have been called by God 23:30 to join His family? 23:32 There's a reason for it. 23:33 Just think about, how many here 23:35 have really been called by God to join the family of God? 23:41 Some of you didn't listen. 23:45 Some didn't listen, 23:47 I said don't answer why everybody. 23:48 Well, you can hardly help but answer. 23:50 You yell, yeah! 23:52 Because it's exciting experience to say 23:54 God has called me 23:56 out of darkness to marvelous light. 23:57 Yes. 24:00 Now another question. 24:01 Don't need to really answer, just think about it. 24:03 Did you accept that very first invitation 24:06 that was given to you by God by the Holy Spirit? 24:10 Now maybe you might not accept it the first, 24:12 maybe you didn't accept it the second time. 24:15 Or maybe you didn't accept it the 50th time and it goes on. 24:19 There some who maybe's been called 24:20 hundreds or thousands of times, 24:23 but you realize there's something 24:25 we need to think about when we reject that call. 24:32 Would there be anything, you know, 24:36 the conscience that would happen 24:38 if we reject the call? 24:40 Is there anything that takes place 24:42 if we just reject the call? 24:44 Well, right quick, 24:45 we go to the end and the bottom line, 24:46 but I want you to think with me just a little bit here. 24:49 If we reject His invitation, 24:51 there's some serious consequences 24:53 every time we reject the Spirit of God 24:56 who is calling us. 24:59 See, some of us still sitting on the fence 25:01 and on the fence oh, you get a splinters. 25:04 There's no way, yeah, nobody like that splinter, 25:06 especially in other places, you just don't want it. 25:10 It's okay, 25:11 we talked about toilet paper and other stuff today, 25:13 is that right? 25:16 God never called us to sit on the fence. 25:20 It's one side or the other. 25:21 He said, 25:22 "I want you hot or I want you," what? 25:24 "Or you need to be cold?" 25:25 That's what He says here. 25:27 So there are some repercussions 25:29 if every time we refuse when God calls and we say, 25:32 "Well, not now maybe a little bit later. 25:33 Well, I need to but, well, 25:35 you know that this group won't be happy 25:37 if I do and some people won't understand." 25:40 You're not trying to make other people understand. 25:42 You want to be right with God and do what God asked us to do. 25:46 This is not a popularity contest. 25:47 If you want to be popular in this world, 25:49 I would say don't come to this church. 25:52 Did I say that? 25:55 Of course we want you to, you know, 25:56 I'm just simply saying 25:58 it's the message that God has given 25:59 His last day church is not popular. 26:03 It never will be. 26:05 And the proof is in right here, it did not. 26:08 Just read of those who were right true 26:10 to the calling of God, what happened to them? 26:12 Do you think it's going to be any better for you? 26:14 Do I think it's gonna be any better for me? 26:16 Oh, I'd like for it to be, but man. 26:20 What happen when you really stand? 26:23 And you do what's right? 26:25 But it's interesting every time He calls us 26:28 through the power of the Holy Spirit, 26:30 and we kind of reject or we say, 26:31 "Well, you know, maybe a little bit later on." 26:34 Desire of Ages 341 makes a statement 26:36 that made me just stop and think 26:38 you know, really think about it. 26:39 "Whenever men reject," 26:42 notice this, 26:43 "reject the Savior's invitation." 26:46 Oh, 26:47 "They are yielding themselves to Satan." 26:50 See, it's heavier than 26:52 what we might think it's not just, 26:54 you know, I just don't want to accept Him right now. 26:56 When we reject that invitation, then we do what? 26:58 We're subjecting ourselves to the enemy. 27:02 And we allow him then what? 27:03 If Christ is not within, 27:05 the enemy then wants to come in. 27:08 And so then I wonder, 27:09 could this rejection of this invitation 27:12 that Christ is giving to us? 27:17 We could join the side of Christ, 27:21 or we're gonna join this side of the enemy here. 27:25 Could that have anything to do with the violence and crime 27:29 and what's going on in the world right now? 27:31 Could it be that this is exactly the problem? 27:33 It's not all of this leadership 27:35 and everybody we're trying to blame about it, 27:37 it's mankind. 27:39 The heart needs to be touched, the life needs to be changed. 27:42 And all this foolishness wouldn't be going on. 27:47 Think about it, yeah. 27:48 Just think about these things here, 27:49 it just wouldn't be going on. 27:51 So there's something that puts together 27:54 that when we reject the call of Christ, 27:56 then we accept the call of the enemy 27:58 and then we're out doing the wrong thing. 28:01 Desire of Ages 341 says this, notice this, 28:04 "Multitudes, " 28:05 to me that could be hundreds of thousands and millions, 28:08 "in every department," 28:09 notice this, 28:10 "in life and in the home 28:13 three things and in the business, " 28:14 notice this, 28:16 "and even in the church." 28:17 Notice, 28:18 "In the church are doing this today." 28:21 What? Rejecting the call of Christ. 28:24 You're gonna think that 28:26 once you accepted Christ 40 years ago, 28:28 or 10 years ago, 28:29 whatever is going to stand the test, 28:31 even though you're not following Him, 28:32 being obedient to His Word, it will not. 28:36 It will not. 28:37 The Bible does not teach once saved, 28:39 always saved. 28:40 When I say that, you must not part of the message. 28:42 It is not once saved, always saved. 28:46 But some people think so I don't have to change. 28:48 I know who He is. 28:52 We'll see what kind of faith that is in just a moment 28:54 if we have time. 28:57 But notice, 28:59 "Because this is going on in the world, " 29:02 it goes on to say, Desire of Ages 341, 29:04 "That violence and crime have overspread the earth 29:08 and moral darkness, 29:11 isn't it like death," isn't it? 29:12 "Enshrouds the habitation of men." 29:14 So when we see these things going on in the world, 29:16 don't be shocked about what they're going on. 29:18 It's because what? 29:20 They've rejected the call of Christ in their life. 29:23 The worst possible thing that any of us could do 29:25 is to reject the call of salvation, 29:28 to come to Jesus Christ. 29:29 I'm thankful that He's willing to call 29:31 and He's willing to call 29:32 and He's willing to call 29:34 but one day will be the last call. 29:38 Because we see Satan, he does. 29:39 He starts with, 29:41 let say little things we call a minute sometime. 29:45 But then once you accept that 29:47 and you get off track a little bit, 29:48 it becomes worse and worse crimes and evil. 29:51 And the result simply is the ruination of the soul. 29:55 Remember, he doesn't lead you out there 29:57 and just kind of pacify you a little bit here. 29:59 He's leading you in a path 30:00 that makes sure you don't make it to heaven. 30:04 And he doesn't quit 30:06 unless you call in some help. 30:08 We need and how can we do it? 30:10 I mean, I think about this, how can we escape such a trap? 30:14 I want to call the devil a monster. 30:16 Can I do that? 30:17 The monster! 30:20 How can we escape this trap that he has laid for us? 30:23 It's a very simple answer, 30:25 but it will ring true every day, 30:27 every day in your life every day, 30:29 it will not change. 30:30 Again, Desire of Ages 341 says, 30:32 "The only safeguard..." 30:33 I like safeguards, 30:36 "The only safeguard against his power, " 30:38 that means the enemy's power is, 30:39 notice this, 30:41 "is found in the presence of Jesus." 30:45 It's nothing new. 30:46 But somehow we forget that evidently, 30:48 the only safeguard, 30:50 the only safeguard you have, 30:52 the only hedge it can be put around you 30:53 is if you are in the presence of Jesus. 30:56 And if you're in the presence of Jesus, 30:57 my brothers and sisters, 30:59 we have to think about what that demands. 31:04 Think about what that demands 31:07 to be in the presence of Christ. 31:11 We can be we say in the presence of Christ, 31:14 but we may not be in a saving relationship. 31:18 Is that true? 31:20 Illustration with Judas, isn't that right? 31:23 Judas betrayed Christ. 31:27 What did Christ? You know what Christ did? 31:29 He knew who Judas, He knew what Judas was doing. 31:31 He knew his life. 31:32 But you know what? He kept. 31:34 And sometime we do it, 31:35 somebody's not trying to toll the mark 31:37 like we think they ought to, 31:38 we wanna get rid of them. 31:39 Throw them out. 31:41 Jesus said, 31:42 "I'm gonna keep Judas close to Me. 31:46 Give him every opportunity and privilege 31:48 to see whether he'll, you know, do the right things." 31:52 And He kept him in there as long as He could. 31:55 But Judas ended up, you know, 31:56 choosing to do something different. 32:00 I liked that song. 32:01 And I don't even know all the words 32:02 and I don't have to know them all. 32:05 Because I'm not going to sing it. 32:07 You want to sing it. Part of it. 32:10 Some of you know, that says 32:11 "There's healing in the name of Jesus. 32:14 There's victory in the blood of the Lamb." 32:17 Somebody give me another line? 32:20 Well, I'll repeat them then. 32:26 "There's healing in the name of Jesus. 32:28 There's victory in the blood of the Lamb." 32:31 And the other part says what? 32:33 "My master and my Savior and my friend." 32:36 This is what we need to instill 32:37 in our hearts and our minds every day. 32:40 And we can talk about what's going on in the world 32:41 every day, every day, every day. 32:43 We need Jesus in our life. 32:44 There's healing in the name of Jesus, 32:46 have you been hurt? 32:48 Have you been torn apart by different, 32:50 by life circumstances? 32:51 Yes. 32:53 Everybody's going through it. 32:54 That's why our prayer requests lasted so long. 32:57 It's not bad, I'm just simply saying 32:59 that's just shows there's a lot of hurt. 33:01 And people need some answers, and they need some help. 33:04 I'm telling you, there's healing mentally, 33:06 physically, spiritually, financially, 33:08 in the name of Jesus. 33:10 There's victory in the blood of the Lamb 33:12 regardless of how low down you become, 33:14 what kind of a culprit you've been. 33:16 No matter what you've done, no matter what you've said, 33:18 there can be forgiveness at the foot of the cross. 33:21 This is what we need today. 33:22 We need to have that peace. 33:25 We need to have the power of the Holy Spirit. 33:29 I'm thankful He's left 33:31 some real illustrations in Scripture. 33:34 Because I need them right now because, you know, 33:36 the enemy's pointing us 33:37 in so many different directions. 33:39 It's hard to stay balanced. 33:42 If we don't stay close to Christ, 33:44 we will not be balanced. 33:47 To love Him with our whole heart, 33:48 our whole soul and our whole mind. 33:55 Who was the man 33:56 that had the daughter was about to die? 33:58 You remember that in Mark Chapter 5? 34:00 Is that Jairus? 34:05 Jairus, wasn't it? 34:08 I think about that, 34:09 and I read it this week in Mark Chapter 5. 34:13 And you had, you read like verses 21 and 23. 34:16 And notice, and then all of a sudden, 34:18 that story kind of ends. 34:20 And then there's quite a few verses in between. 34:25 Because Jesus, 34:26 it looks like He gets off track. 34:30 Because there's somebody else that needed some help, 34:32 you remember? Oh, yeah, we'll get to that. 34:36 Because we had a woman there 34:38 that wanted to touch the hem of His garment. 34:40 But first of all, here comes this man, you know, 34:43 the ruler of the synagogue. 34:45 He come running to Jesus 34:46 in Matthew 5:21-33 and then 35-43, 34:50 it picks back up and finishes off. 34:52 And he says something like this which would touch any heart. 34:54 He said, 34:56 "My little daughter, 34:58 my little daughter lieth at the point of death." 35:05 You think this would get Jesus' attention? 35:06 Let me take, 35:08 there's a lot of people lying at the point of death 35:09 right now that's dying, 35:10 by the thousands every day. 35:13 And many, we're talking spiritually, 35:15 we may sit in the pew, 35:16 but you may be dead in a mackerel, they say. 35:20 You may put up a good front, but you don't fool God. 35:26 The God can change all of that, how wonderful that is? 35:28 What encouragement that is? 35:30 But notice, this man had a problem. 35:32 And he went to who? 35:34 He went to Jesus. 35:35 He didn't wait for Jesus to come to him. 35:36 He went to Jesus. 35:38 And he said, 35:39 "I've got a problem, my little girl's dying." 35:41 And I'm sure he did it within, you know, 35:42 a little excitement maybe in his voice. 35:44 And maybe, I don't know, Brother Mark, 35:46 maybe he laid hands on him. 35:48 I don't know, it didn't say that. 35:49 But you would want to say, 35:51 "Listen, she's almost dead, please." 35:53 You've ever had or lost a child, 35:55 you might understand it better than some of us. 35:59 The agony that was in this man, 36:01 "Oh, please come." 36:04 And what he said, 36:05 "Just all you have to do basically come and lay hands, 36:08 lay hands on her, 36:10 that she may be healed and she shall live." 36:12 Man, what faith! 36:15 This was out of character for this man. 36:18 Because there was a need like there is today, 36:20 there's a need of the coming of Jesus 36:22 and need of lives being changed. 36:24 Not the same old, 36:25 same old every day has been going on for years 36:26 in your Christian experience or mind 36:28 that needs to change once and for all. 36:33 To realize 36:35 that Jesus lays hands on somebody, 36:38 they're healed. 36:40 Think about it. 36:42 See, we're all looking for a healing. 36:44 We're all looking for changes, 36:45 and we're looking for the power of God. 36:47 He just, the man said that if you just lay hands on her, 36:49 I know she's going to be healed. 36:51 And Jesus immediately, 36:52 "Well, let's head toward the house." 36:54 Let's go there? 36:56 Well, that's kind of where the narrative changes. 36:57 And you know, and skip some verses here 37:01 is to say they headed toward the house. 37:03 But you know what? 37:05 They weren't getting in there very fast. 37:07 Here we have somebody that's almost dead, 37:09 the little girl's dead. 37:11 And all sudden 37:13 Jesus is stopping along the way. 37:17 How would you act? Why? 37:19 He was stopping to help someone else. 37:23 And if you like, I might have been that time 37:25 I might get him by the arm and say, 37:26 "Lord, come back and get them later." 37:29 Somebody's not. 37:32 We have to be careful, we're not selfish. 37:33 How many times that maybe we prayed that and done that 37:36 not intending to, but just simply say, 37:38 "Lord know that right now I need some help right now." 37:41 We'll get them later. 37:43 But right now she's almost at the point of death. 37:44 So let's come back 37:45 and we'll take care of her first. 37:48 But Jesus went ahead 37:50 and I believe is by divine direction, 37:52 don't you? 37:54 That He just like it was Lazarus, right that? 37:58 What is it when He's four days late? 38:00 What's the song? He's still on time. 38:03 When He's four days late, what? 38:05 He's still on time, 38:06 because it was His time 38:08 because of lessons and so here, the same thing was playing out, 38:12 which I think is good for God's people 38:13 today, to say, 38:15 "I need those chariots of fire, I need that hedge around me. 38:18 I need to know that God is there 38:19 and He's going to take care of me 38:21 and take care of you." 38:22 When you're thinking about surgery, 38:24 you're thinking about COVID-19, 38:25 you're thinking about all these other things, 38:27 a loss of loved ones, and people are dying. 38:30 We need to know that Christ is there. 38:34 But while He was busy helping others, 38:36 a messenger came, did he not? 38:38 The messenger came and said, 38:39 "Don't hurry the master because she's dead." 38:43 Now what might, what might that have done to you or me 38:45 if we were in that shoes, it was our daughter? 38:48 We might have tried to lay hands a little bit and said, 38:50 "Look, if you had just listened to me, 38:53 she would be alive." 38:55 You'd have that tendency I think because of the hurt. 38:57 You just lost something precious. 39:01 Didn't say he did that at all. But you know what? 39:03 Jesus didn't really give it a chance 39:04 because I read, what? 39:06 I read that narrative. 39:07 It said, story said, Jesus heard that report. 39:11 As he was telling the father, she's dead. 39:14 Jesus heard it and immediately Jesus had an answer. 39:17 Immediately He said, 39:18 He comforted the father 39:20 and notice how He comforted him, 39:21 which you need today and I need today 39:23 it simply says what we've been talking about all day, 39:26 "fear not." 39:27 First words that Jesus said was, fear what? 39:30 "Fear not." 39:31 Man, you look at scripture, 39:33 and I just opened it up in the Strong's 39:34 and started looking at some fear nots. 39:36 Oh, you'd be all day long, fear not. 39:37 Fear not. 39:39 Come on call some not fear. 39:40 We should love that. 39:43 Fear not. 39:44 When every occasion everything is happening, 39:47 it seems like maybe there should be a little fear, 39:48 little concern. 39:50 'Cause we know concern is different than fear. 39:54 But Jesus simply said to the man, 39:55 "Fear not, " 39:57 and yet I'd look at Him and say, 39:58 "Fear not what? She's dead. 40:01 What do you mean I'm not to fear?" 40:02 I'm just saying we have to be careful now. 40:07 Believe only, notice, He said, 40:10 "Fear not believe only and she shall be, 40:12 she would live, she's gonna be made whole." 40:15 She's gonna be made whole. 40:17 What kind of faith will that take it? 40:18 How's she gonna be made whole, she's dead? 40:21 See unless you really believe, 40:23 unless you really have that kind of faith. 40:24 When you maybe you've lost your job 40:26 and you've lost your pension 40:27 and your house has been taken away 40:29 and your car's been taken away, you have no food in the pantry. 40:34 God says to you, He says to me, 40:35 "Kenny, fear not?" 40:37 Because I promised you that your bread and water is sure. 40:41 I promised you but you know 40:42 we need to be on the right terms with Him 40:44 if you want. Did you get it? 40:46 You can't be out there in north 40 somewhere saying well, 40:48 you said my bread and water. 40:49 No, there are conditions. 40:52 Always conditions. 40:54 There was conditions here. 41:00 And so Jesus said, 41:02 "She's gonna be made whole." 41:03 And so the Bible talks about, 41:04 I guess they hurried on to the house. 41:07 Jesus convinced His, you know, words are convincing. 41:11 If you speak them from the heart, 41:13 and you're speaking what God has said in His word, 41:15 they can convince a heart 41:18 that they might want to look into. 41:19 So this man was convinced 41:21 that something good could still yet happen, 41:22 even though she was dead. 41:24 And so they hurried on to the house. 41:25 But man, when you get to the house, 41:27 Lord have mercy. 41:30 The paid mourners 41:32 were already out there wailing and carrying on. 41:35 Last thing you want to hear is some wailers 41:38 that they got paid to cry and scream and carry on. 41:42 And the flutes, whatever flutes. 41:44 I don't know why flutes, 41:45 but musical instruments are being played. 41:47 You don't want to hear no flutes when somebody, 41:48 come on. 41:50 Not at that time, he's trying to figure it out. 41:52 But you see this right here. 41:54 After all the people were just doing their job. 41:55 That's what they were getting paid to do so. 41:57 But that said, then what? 41:59 She's dead. 42:01 It wouldn't be fluting as it were, 42:02 and they wouldn't be right 42:04 wailing at the top of their lungs. 42:07 Mourning as it were, unless she was dead. 42:12 But notice, interesting. 42:14 Master of the universe, creator of everything. 42:22 He said to the group, 42:27 "She's not dead, she's asleep." 42:32 And how sad? 42:34 This is like you have done in your life 42:36 and maybe I've done in my life. 42:38 And we have at time we laughed in his face. 42:41 The Bible said they laughed at Him. 42:43 They laughed in scorn. They laughed at Jesus. 42:48 They laughed at Him. 42:50 And He knew that unbelief would stop what was going on. 42:53 So He told everybody get out of the house. 42:56 I think they listened as when He was in the temple, 43:00 swung that whip around just a little bit. 43:03 They evacuated the premises. 43:08 They all got out of the house. 43:10 And Jesus said, you notice this, what He did. 43:12 He knew the faith would be there. 43:13 He said, "I want mom and dad." 43:16 And I'm going to take three disciples with me. 43:18 Everybody else needs to be out. 43:20 And they all left and they went in. 43:23 And Jesus went into, the Bible says, 43:25 "He went into there. 43:28 And he just said He went into where she's dead 43:32 there on her bed. 43:33 And He reached down He took up her hand, " 43:36 what a loving Savior. 43:39 "He reached down he took a little hand. 43:42 And he said these words. 43:43 He said, 43:45 'Damsel I say unto thee arise.'" 43:50 Man, we need to know that 43:52 He can raise you from the dead. 43:56 He is the life giver and the life sustainer. 44:00 And He cares. 44:02 It touched His heart. 44:05 And notice it was it in two weeks, 44:07 I'll come back and check it out. 44:09 Immediately when He said arise right there, 44:12 there was a shock that went through her system. 44:15 There was a trimmer in her body. 44:18 As life came back in, the heart began to beat. 44:21 And she raised up out of that bed 44:23 raised up and looked around 44:24 and Desire of Ages say, 44:26 "There was a smile on her face." 44:30 Mom and dad were going to pieces 44:31 you know with joy, no doubt about it. 44:34 But what? 44:35 She had joy, happiness on her face. 44:37 She looked around, she was smiling 44:38 and then she kind of thought wait, 44:39 "Now what are you doing in my bedroom?" 44:44 She didn't know she had died. 44:47 She didn't go anywhere. She was asleep. 44:50 Just like Jesus called death asleep many times 44:53 in John Chapter 11 talking about Lazarus. 44:56 Right? 44:58 He's sleepeth, 45:00 Oh, he's sleepeth, he doeth well. 45:02 Jesus said plainly, 45:04 "He's dead, Lazarus is dead." 45:06 So Jesus uses 45:07 this was an uncommon language for Him. 45:11 I say to thee, and He says to you, 45:13 and to me today arise, 45:17 and instantly electric past I want to say, 45:23 power of God passed through her body. 45:28 Mom and dad I know grabbed and embraced and weeped, 45:32 and shouted for something 45:34 that had to kind of explain to her. 45:37 Also quickly in Mark 5:25-34, I love this, 45:42 Jesus meets a woman who suffered for 12 years 45:45 with a disease that all the doctors said, 45:47 "No, you're never going to be healed. 45:50 It's incurable." 45:52 But she could believe this, 45:53 if she just could only get to Jesus. 45:56 This is what we need to think about in our own life 45:58 where everything is turning against it, 45:59 if I can only get to Jesus. 46:01 And you can do that through prayer of faith, 46:02 I know that. 46:04 We come boldly to the throne of God, 46:05 not because of who we are, 46:07 not because of anything that we've done, 46:08 not because we're in a ministry, 46:10 not because we're out here doing this or that, 46:11 has nothing to do with that. 46:13 It's because of Jesus. 46:14 This is what it's all about. 46:16 We come boldly to the throne 46:18 because of who He is and what He has done. 46:21 He said, I'll help you. 46:23 The lady said, 46:24 "If I could just see Him, 46:26 if I could talk to Him for a minute, 46:28 He'll heal me." 46:30 But she tried and she tried. 46:31 I'm encouraging with this. 46:33 Don't get discouraged. 46:34 If what you've been praying for has not happened, 46:36 keep praying and believing. 46:37 And if it's God's will, it will happen in your life. 46:40 You will be tested, you'll be tried to the utmost. 46:43 Because every child of God 46:44 who makes it to heaven will be tested, 46:46 and the flame of the fire 46:47 will be turned up seven times hotter 46:49 than it's ever been. 46:50 Purification is a process 46:53 that God is allowing to take place through trials 46:54 and tribulations in our life. 46:56 God help us when they come, 46:58 "Help me, Lord, to rejoice 46:59 when trials and tribulations come." 47:03 It's easy to complain and gripe and blame everybody else. 47:07 Lord, help me to rejoice 47:08 because those tests and trials are your little workman suit 47:11 to perfect my character that needs it. 47:14 She tried and tried with no success. 47:17 She started to give up. 47:21 She started like give up. There's no use. 47:22 Why should I continue to try but somehow it was interesting. 47:26 She couldn't get nowhere near Jesus before. 47:28 But all of a sudden, 47:29 she looked around and He was real close to her. 47:32 Oh, I guess sounds as an accident too. 47:35 You think Jesus did not know that she was there? 47:37 He's like, He didn't know that she was the one? 47:39 Absolutely. 47:40 So He got Himself. 47:41 She couldn't get to Him because of the crowd. 47:43 But He could get to her. 47:46 So if she could have got there 47:48 that I think that would have been required, 47:50 don't you now have been required. 47:51 She'd have to make the move. 47:53 She couldn't do it. She did her best. 47:55 And then all of a sudden she looked, 47:57 "Oh, I see His garment. There's Jesus. 48:01 Jesus is there." 48:03 Oh, man, she knew right then and there. 48:05 Here's my opportunity. 48:07 And I say today, here's your opportunity. 48:09 Here's your opportunity, because He is near. 48:12 The great physician is close by when you need to touch. 48:15 When you need some help He's there. 48:17 The great physician is present today. 48:19 But you know what? 48:20 Even though he was that close, there was a lot of confusion 48:23 that was going on the mob. 48:25 A lot of noise like there is today 48:26 where it's hard to hear what truth is 48:28 because this brother saying this 48:30 and that brother saying that, that sister saying this. 48:32 We believe this, we believe that 48:33 rather than going to the Word of God and find out 48:35 what the Word of God has to say. 48:38 But there was a confusion there 48:40 and she couldn't speak to Him at that time. 48:45 But she pressed forward, 48:46 she kept pressing forward saying to herself, 48:49 "If I could touch," 48:52 what? 48:53 "The hem of His garments, I shall be whole." 48:56 What faith that took if I could only touch? 49:02 But as Jesus passed by, He was close enough. 49:06 And He knew I know that He knew He was. 49:08 That she reached out 49:10 and touched the hem of His garment. 49:14 The border the Bible said, 49:15 "The border of his garment. 49:17 And in a moment she knew she was made whole." 49:20 That's all you have to reach out in faith 49:21 and touch the hem of His garment. 49:22 If it's God's will you'll be made whole right then 49:25 and right there. 49:27 She was made whole her faith, her faith, 49:31 all the faith that she had mustered up 49:33 I want to put this way and all of her life 49:35 was put on the line in this one touch. 49:38 She had no more faith and she gave everything. 49:41 I know if I just touch it, 49:42 I'll be healed and instantly she was in perfect health. 49:46 Jesus turned around quickly. 49:48 There's four minutes in case you're getting bored. 49:54 Jesus said, 49:56 "Who touched me? Who touched me?" 50:01 And you know the story. We don't have time to go. 50:04 In a big crowd like that we say who touch me. 50:06 You know, that's what we'd say. 50:08 That's interesting. 50:11 But what He asked. It's interesting. 50:13 He kept asking until He knew who it was, 50:16 I'm convinced to that, He knew exactly who it was. 50:18 He wanted her to come forward. 50:20 Because there was, listen, 50:21 there was another truth beyond this. 50:23 That would be that faith. 50:24 Remember what took place at the time of Christ, 50:27 there was saying there was a lot of things 50:29 that was going on, we're talking about demons, 50:31 and just beliefs, 50:34 that if you touch something, 50:36 the hem of the garment like then 50:38 he would be made whole. 50:39 Jesus wanted to realize 50:40 it was more than the touch of the garment. 50:44 And so He's gonna bring this truth, 50:46 He couldn't leave, 50:47 even though she was healed until He brought it home. 50:50 He said to her, 50:51 "Who did it?" 50:52 She cast herself at His feet and said, 50:54 Oh, Lord, just thinking Him for, 50:55 no doubt about it. 50:57 And He looked at her 50:58 and think about the Creator of this world, 51:01 I keep saying that of the universe 51:03 that I have no idea of what all is all about. 51:05 But I tried to imagine 51:07 that it would set down and He looked down at her 51:09 and He sat down, He called her daughter. 51:12 See, I'm excited about because He calls me son, 51:14 He calls you son, He calls you daughter, 51:16 He looked down. 51:17 Imagine the King of the universe 51:19 looks down and says, 51:20 "My daughter." 51:21 What an awesome touch my daughter, He said, be what? 51:24 "Thy faith, thy faith had made thee whole. 51:27 Go in peace. 51:29 Why did Jesus keep asking? 51:31 Remember, it was a superstition that many believe 51:36 that you could touch a garment and you could be healed 51:39 like there was something in that garment. 51:42 Jesus wanted her to know if you've never heard it, 51:44 you never thought about. 51:46 It was not through the outward, 51:48 even the outward contact with Jesus, 51:51 that she was healed. 51:53 It was not what? 51:54 It was not the garment. 51:56 It was not through outward contact 51:57 it was with Jesus. 51:59 But it was through faith 52:00 that she laid hold of His divine power. 52:03 That's how it always will work out. 52:05 And you talk about that in the Book of Acts. 52:07 Was it 19:12? 52:10 Well, now, Paul was, you know, 52:12 given this gift with a handkerchief, 52:13 you remember? 52:15 You know, God was doing something special there 52:16 because there was exorcism going on 52:18 at the church of Ephesus. 52:19 There was all kind of demon worship 52:21 and stuff that were happening right there. 52:22 And God was showing up. 52:24 But He'd always says this, 52:25 "Material things may bridge the gap." 52:28 That's all it does 52:30 bridge the gap between divine and the human faith. 52:33 But notice, 52:36 it's when we put our hand in faith, right? 52:39 In His hand, faith did the healing. 52:45 But you know what people today are still abusing that now, 52:47 they're sending, the ministry is calling 52:49 we'll give you a hanky. 52:52 Has nothing to do with the hanky. 52:54 Had nothing to do with the hem of His garment... 52:59 or even touching Him. 53:00 It was faith that 53:01 she exercise in the divinity what God could do for her. 53:05 It worked. 53:09 This woman believing that she would made whole, 53:13 feel that healing, 53:15 felt that healing virtue through her body. 53:16 That was a power, 53:18 that was a force Jesus felt that, 53:19 "Oh!" 53:21 How about spiritual things today? 53:23 We talk of religion in a casual way. 53:27 We pray without soul, 53:28 hunger and thirsting 53:31 and the living faith means nothing. 53:33 How about a nominal faith? 53:35 It's simply a nominal faith is one which people say, 53:39 "I believe in the Word of God. 53:41 You know, I believe in the Word of God, 53:43 that it can never heal the soul." 53:44 You can believe in God, 53:46 but your soul will never be healed. 53:47 A faith that is into salvation. 53:49 There's not just one that says I believe what is truth. 53:53 It's not enough to believe about Christ, 53:56 we must believe in Christ. 54:03 As we close and have prayer, our time has run out, 54:05 I just want to bring this point. 54:07 True faith. 54:08 True faith embraces Jesus as a personal Savior. 54:13 These two miracles that we just went over quickly 54:15 and your personal miracle today. 54:20 We must tell the world what God has done for us. 54:27 After all, this to me, this is heaven's plan. 54:30 It's heaven's agency, 54:32 for revealing Christ to the world. 54:35 I want to reveal Christ to the world 54:37 and I know you do too. 54:39 What He's done for you please tell others. 54:42 What you know He can do 54:44 and continues to do 54:45 the world needs to hear right now. 54:46 They're languishing right now. They're hurting right now. 54:50 They need to know there's a God that sits on the throne. 54:53 They need to understand 54:56 that we need not be so concerned about 54:57 who's elected our next president. 55:00 Because He sets them up and He takes them down. 55:04 God is in control. 55:05 Whoever is elected, 55:07 God has given permission for it. 55:08 That makes sense? Yes. 55:10 That way we don't have to worry and fuss and fight, 55:11 lose family and friends over it. 55:15 And they will bring about 55:17 what God has already written in His Word. 55:18 He knows what they're going to do, 55:20 don't He? 55:22 Let's leave it up to God. 55:24 Let's pray about it, shall we, 55:25 as we accept these miracles that God does for His people 55:29 that I wanna see 55:31 by the grace of God through faith, 55:32 chariots of fire, 55:34 round about a hedge around the God's people, 55:37 where I can feel confident, 55:39 regardless if it doesn't work out the way 55:40 I want it to work out, 55:41 that it's going to work out in His plan 55:43 the way He sees fit. 55:44 And God helped me then to be okay with that. 55:47 Let's pray, shall we? 55:48 Father in heaven, thank You for Your precious Word today. 55:51 We thank You 55:53 that this lightens up 55:55 inside there's darkness in the world, 55:57 but when You come in, You're the light of life, 55:59 Your power that we need, 56:01 that we may move forward 56:03 irrespective of what's taking place, 56:06 and who said what and who did what 56:08 and where makes no difference. 56:10 We look to Jesus 56:11 who's the author and the finisher of our faith. 56:13 He is our example in all things. 56:16 It's safe to follow Jesus. 56:18 It's safe to walk in His footsteps. 56:21 It's safe to trust Him with our very life. 56:24 And so, Father, today we do that, 56:25 we commit ourselves once again 56:27 at Thy care and Thy keeping, 56:28 each one who's listening 56:30 those who are making that decision now, 56:31 we thank you for it 56:32 and we're gonna give you praise, 56:34 honor and glory because you are our King. 56:36 In Jesus' name, amen. 56:40 Hello and welcome back. 56:42 Praise be to God for the hope of salvation 56:46 through the light of the world, which is Jesus Christ. 56:50 Although it may appear 56:51 that we're being swallowed up in spiritual 56:54 and physical darkness. 56:56 The light of truth, 56:57 the light of power will prevail. 57:01 "Out of Darkness Comes Light" 57:03 is a two part series 57:04 that we're making available to you 57:07 for a love gift of just $15 or more. 57:10 We look so forward to receiving your call 57:12 here in the United States 57:14 at (618)-942-5044, that's Central Time. 57:20 Or you may write 57:21 to Behold the Lamb at PO Box 2030, 57:23 Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:26 Email us at BeholdThe LambMinistries@yahoo.com 57:30 or you can always visit us on our website 57:32 at BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:35 And while I'm thinking about it, 57:36 I'd like to encourage you to visit 57:38 our Behold the Lamb Ministries YouTube channel, 57:41 and please join our Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:44 Facebook page. 57:46 Friends, we hope to see you again 57:48 here next time by God's grace. 57:51 But until then, 57:52 may our precious Lord 57:54 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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