Pillars of Faith

God Will Visit This Planet Again

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Participants: Kenny Shelton, Pastor

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00:26 Hello and welcome to Pillars of Faith.
00:29 I'm C A Murray
00:30 and I rejoice in the opportunity
00:31 to welcome you to this fourth sitting
00:35 as we have been listening to the powerful messages
00:38 as preached by Pastor Kenny Shelton,
00:41 he of Behold the Lamb Ministries.
00:43 And we're so thankful that God has enabled him
00:46 to come to be with us to preach the Word.
00:49 The first message was
00:50 "Holiness is not just a feeling,"
00:53 "Filled with the Spirit" was the second message,
00:57 "Shake off the dust" was the third message
01:00 and this message is entitled
01:02 "God will visit this planet again."
01:05 And as we muse on those words,
01:08 it is so wonderful to know the truth
01:11 that God will indeed visit this planet yet again.
01:15 This time for a very specific purpose
01:19 that Pastor Kenny will tell us about this day.
01:22 We asked you to pray for him as he preaches
01:24 and listen to him as he preaches
01:26 so that the Word of God
01:27 will sink itself deep into your heart
01:29 and you will be emboldened and strengthened
01:32 to take one more step along that road
01:35 that leads to glory.
01:37 We are thankful for the Word for it gives us strength,
01:40 it gives us courage and encouragement.
01:43 And I'm sure as we listen
01:45 to "God will visit this planet again,"
01:48 we will be refreshed and renewed
01:51 and given an understanding once again
01:53 that soon and very soon
01:55 we are in for a very special visit
01:59 by a very special visitor
02:02 and I do mean "Visitor" with a capital V,
02:05 one who's coming not only to stay
02:07 but to take us home with Him.
02:11 So we're looking forward to the Word of God
02:12 as preached by Pastor Kenny Shelton
02:14 this very day.
02:15 Going to ask you now to join me in a word of prayer
02:18 and then we will hear from the man of God
02:21 in this "Pillars of faith" series.
02:23 A Word for today in today's world.
02:26 Shall we pray?
02:27 Father God, we ask you now to attend us.
02:32 Be the honored guest and may what has been said
02:36 about your Word be true again
02:38 and that is that it will not go out and return void
02:42 but that it will do the work unto which it is sent
02:46 and accomplish the means intended for it.
02:50 Bless us now, Father, as we sit and listen
02:53 and in a very special way bless Pastor Kenny Shelton
02:57 as he lifts up your Word and your name
03:01 and tells us of those things
03:03 which are soon to come upon this earth.
03:06 Fill us with your spirit, be our honored guest,
03:09 accept us, we do pray this day and we thank you Father
03:12 for your promise to hear
03:14 and to answer the prayer of faith,
03:16 in Jesus name, Amen and amen.
03:21 And now Pastor Kenny Shelton.
03:25 Thank you, Pastor, I appreciate it.
03:27 Thank you.
03:31 Praise the Lord.
03:32 We're once again glad you could join us
03:34 for Pillars of faith.
03:35 I think it's a grand beautiful opportunity to be able to,
03:39 in this hour in which we live to lift our voices for Jesus.
03:43 I do believe we live in that hour.
03:45 I'm thankful for the prayer that was prayed.
03:48 I'm thankful for each of you
03:49 who're praying around the world
03:51 that this message can find a lodging in many hearts
03:54 and many lives to be prepared for the coming of Jesus.
03:58 Just before we have a prayer,
04:00 you notice what was said that, that God's...
04:02 He's gonna visit, right?
04:03 Gonna visit this planet again, what does that really mean?
04:06 That was not really a sermon on the second coming.
04:10 But to be encouraged why He's coming back?
04:13 He's coming back to take us home.
04:15 But before He comes back to take us home,
04:17 there's a lot of preparation.
04:20 I know the world doesn't teach that,
04:21 most churches don't teach it
04:22 but, you know, I find in the Word of God,
04:25 God teaches it, to be prepared for His coming,
04:27 in such an hour as you think, now the Son of Man cometh.
04:30 We don't wanna be fooled.
04:32 Once again I'm going to kneel and have a prayer
04:34 and I invite you to pray with me.
04:37 It's not because that the prayer before was not,
04:40 I would call it a good, blessed prayer.
04:42 It's because I feel and need in my own heart,
04:44 in my own soul to ask God's blessing once again.
04:48 I need His spirit.
04:49 I pray that you feel you need His spirit too.
04:51 So let's pray about that right now,
04:53 as He sends it upon us.
04:54 Shall we?
04:57 Once again, Heavenly Father,
04:58 we thank you for this privilege of prayer,
05:01 that something about prayer
05:03 I know by faith it moves the arm of God.
05:06 I promise as I've heard in that previous prayer that,
05:09 you know, we realize that you're coming soon,
05:12 that we'd need to be ready, we need to be living by faith
05:17 and your Word would not return void.
05:19 So I pray that your Holy Spirit now will consume
05:21 each and every one of us.
05:24 There may be those who need to be tuning in
05:26 and be watching and listening but something is come up,
05:29 there are somebody's, say
05:30 well, we need you here, we need you do this or that
05:32 but I pray that the Holy Spirit
05:34 would just compel each one to stop
05:36 and take a few moments.
05:37 Spend in the Word.
05:39 Open their hearts. Open their minds.
05:40 Let all preconceived ideas, thoughts, teachings,
05:44 just lay them down
05:45 and let God speak through the Holy Spirit.
05:47 Thank you for hearing.
05:48 Thank you for answering prayer. Praise you.
05:50 Anoint my mind and my heart that I may speak those words
05:54 that'll be pleasing in thy sight
05:55 that heaven can pronounce that it's good.
05:58 And I realize of myself I have nothing which good,
06:00 which to give but through the power of thy Holy Spirit,
06:02 conviction will come and preparation will be made
06:05 and I thank you in Jesus name.
06:07 Amen.
06:10 Always feel good after prayer. How about you?
06:13 Feel good because in faith
06:14 believing that God will honor the prayer of faith
06:17 and so I honestly believe that.
06:19 I'm thankful again, the promise that Jesus said,
06:21 "I'm going to come again."
06:24 And everything that's going on in the world today tells me
06:28 that He's coming.
06:30 Signs are every where.
06:32 It's clear, let's make this point,
06:34 it's clear that the judgments of God are falling in the land.
06:39 We're falling all over the place
06:41 and there must be a reason for that,
06:43 what is God trying get our attention,
06:44 is He getting our attention or...
06:46 What's going on with things that are happening?
06:48 God's warning this world.
06:50 He's warning us through these judgments
06:52 that are happening.
06:54 He says, "I'm going to visit the planet again."
06:58 Floods and fire and pestilence or say,
07:01 earthquakes and war and blood shed,
07:04 unhappiness on every hand, labor, battles, unrest,
07:08 nation ready to rise against nations.
07:11 What the Bible says,
07:13 it tells us that Jesus is coming.
07:16 Surely those who are just, open their eyes,
07:19 read the Word of God,
07:20 just look around of what's happening in the world today
07:22 said, this is not like it used to be five years ago,
07:25 10, 20, 30,
07:27 things are changing tremendously.
07:30 We've never seen things happen like this before.
07:33 The world is at unrest.
07:36 Men are warring against each other.
07:39 Things are happening that tell us something big
07:42 is on the horizon.
07:45 I can't help but think about Jesus
07:51 when the destruction of Jerusalem
07:52 was just very near,
07:54 talks about He over looked Jerusalem and He wept.
07:58 As a young person even now
08:00 that touches my heart.
08:01 He looked over that city
08:02 which He came to give the message,
08:05 to bring them to Him,
08:07 to get away from all the traditions of men
08:09 and all of the thinking of men and all of the wrong
08:11 and untruth to bring light to them
08:13 and they rejected and there said,
08:15 Jesus weeping.
08:18 The King of the universe weeping.
08:22 Soon I came to my own, my own receiveth me not
08:26 and I can say this, my brothers and sisters,
08:28 plan on that today.
08:30 If you are really a child of God
08:32 and you're doing what God would have to you to do,
08:35 most likely you're going to be rejected by the majority
08:39 and by your family and your friends,
08:42 they'll think you're not bold, they'll think you're strange.
08:46 Just expect it that by the Grace of God,
08:49 you shake the dust that we talked about last time
08:51 and we move on.
08:53 There's a lot to be accomplished
08:55 before Jesus come.
08:56 He's going to use you. He wants to use me.
08:57 But I think about in weeping over Jerusalem,
09:00 in Luke 19:44, a little statement Jesus makes here,
09:04 He says, "Because thou knowest not the time of visited."
09:07 Because you didn't know,
09:11 because you never bothered to study,
09:12 you never bother to find out what was going on.
09:16 He said that word, their visitation.
09:18 Listen carefully church, it means inspection.
09:23 You could have known when I'm coming,
09:24 careful to inspect.
09:28 Remember you're reading the Bible many times
09:30 that the angels came down to look,
09:33 to see what was going on, they visit before destruction.
09:36 Came Jesus said, "You should've known,
09:39 you should've known the time."
09:41 But you didn't. Is it that way today?
09:43 I believe that it is.
09:46 We need to remember these judgments
09:49 are a wake-up call.
09:50 I'll make a little statement here,
09:52 it may challenge some of you
09:53 and I hope that you've been studying for yourself.
09:55 That these judgments we say are a wake-up call for those,
09:59 listen carefully, who have no opportunity
10:02 to have learned what truth is.
10:04 Interesting, did you get that?
10:06 They've had no opportunity to learn what truth is.
10:12 God is merciful. We're all in agreement.
10:14 I'm sure church with that, God is merciful.
10:16 He's long suffering
10:17 and He's reaching out one more time
10:19 to warn the world, the people of this world
10:21 that He's coming back.
10:23 But notice while He's reaching out,
10:25 church, one more time
10:27 to get those who've not had the opportunities
10:29 and privileges that you had and I've had.
10:34 The door of probation closes for those who would not enter.
10:40 Probation closes,
10:42 seems scripture indicates for one group
10:46 before it closes for another
10:47 because you've had ample opportunity
10:49 and privileges.
10:52 You don't want that door to close.
10:53 You want to make sure that you're right with God.
10:58 It's very evident, at least to me in my study
11:00 that probation closes
11:02 for those who have an opportunity to come in,
11:04 to go in before others whom have not heard.
11:07 Did that make sense?
11:09 They've heard, you've heard it through angel's message.
11:12 You've been studying righteousness by faith.
11:15 You've been studying this most precious message.
11:19 Part of that third angel's message,
11:21 is it not?
11:24 That if we had accepted it, many years ago,
11:26 He would've already come.
11:28 That's a shocker to many.
11:31 We cannot reject the truths that God has for us.
11:34 And still be His people. Righteous by faith.
11:37 The Glory of God. Precious message.
11:41 It's sounding again,
11:43 God's gonna give another opportunity.
11:46 But I will say you this, many, many people
11:48 who believe and say, "I believe in present truth."
11:52 You know if anyone that talks
11:53 about present truth a lot, I do, I do, I believe in it.
11:55 There's a message,
11:56 God has specific message for every generation.
11:59 You've heard this many times. It's true.
12:02 For the time in which we all live,
12:04 God has a special message
12:05 always that is testing to the people of the world
12:08 to test to see if they really love Him or not.
12:15 Remember the ten virgins,
12:16 everybody said they're ready,
12:18 everybody's ready to go but what happened?
12:20 Five of them didn't have the oil.
12:22 Did they have the Holy Spirit?
12:23 They were just in looks. Their profession.
12:29 Many, who'd say, oh, present truth I believe in,
12:32 they're gonna fail because they do not understand
12:35 about the early rain and the latter rain
12:38 and what it is to accomplish.
12:40 The latter rain, what is it going to accomplish for us?
12:43 And since they don't understand it,
12:45 notice it, they fail to prepare.
12:49 If we don't understand the purpose,
12:52 we will fail in preparing for the coming of Jesus.
12:56 In our previous lesson,
12:59 we learned or talked may be just a little bit on it,
13:02 lot of more information, couldn't give everything
13:04 but I know you've been studying and we need to study.
13:07 We learned that the work of the Holy Spirit
13:10 is represented by what?
13:11 The early rain and the latter rain.
13:14 Praise God.
13:16 It's vital I believe to all Christians.
13:19 This subject is vital to all Christian,
13:22 we say individual, it's vital to the church.
13:26 Church is not above and beyond.
13:27 We need this outpouring of the Spirit of God.
13:30 Quickly let's just dissect just a little bit
13:32 for those who do not, let's have patience,
13:34 shall we church?
13:36 You say, "Well, we heard that before.
13:37 We heard it before."
13:39 There's many millions who have not.
13:40 They do not understand it.
13:42 And you say you've heard of it, do you understand it?
13:43 If you understand it,
13:45 are you living it by the grace of God.
13:46 Then, oh, you've doneth not, you've just been listening.
13:49 Has it changed you?
13:50 If it doesn't change you, you haven't heard it.
13:54 The early rain fell on the early Christians
13:56 or that we call New Testament church
13:58 on the day of Pentecost.
13:59 Praise God.
14:01 Man, what a time to be alive?
14:02 Wouldn't that be awesome to be there
14:04 and to participate in that?
14:07 Oh, yes, oh, I want to be, I want to be there.
14:09 I want to see what...
14:10 Oh, you can't be and even in greater abundance
14:12 here in these last days,
14:14 God says He's going to pour out that Spirit.
14:16 But that early rain,
14:18 it continued to fall even after Pentecost
14:21 if you understand this subject.
14:24 It's falling all through the history of this world
14:27 and it falls until probation closes,
14:30 isn't that interesting?
14:32 And then the latter falls at the end of time.
14:34 We're at the time of the harvest.
14:37 Wow!
14:39 So the latter rain,
14:40 now what does it do with the church?
14:43 See the Holy Spirit,
14:44 I believe now is being poured out on the remnant church.
14:49 The remnant church,
14:50 God's pouring something special upon this church
14:53 and it's going to be in great abundance
14:55 but it is at the close of His work.
14:58 I believe that we're nearing, toward the close of this work
15:01 and that God wants to pour it out.
15:03 It's vital that it's poured out.
15:05 It's vital that I understand it by faith
15:08 and I receive it by faith.
15:10 It would change me and make me a candidate for heaven.
15:16 People say, "Well, we're not sure
15:18 when it's going to be poured out."
15:19 At the close of the work,
15:22 the Holy Spirit latter rain is going to go
15:23 and I believe it's going to be, oh listen carefully,
15:25 some of you won't get this,
15:27 it's going to be after the National Sunday law.
15:30 Interesting thought, can't go into all that right now
15:32 but just good food for thought.
15:36 Then how does the early rain affect individuals.
15:39 Remember, the early rain was given in moderation
15:42 and then what?
15:43 Conversion. People gave their life.
15:46 It would lead them to, notice this,
15:48 it would lead them to overcome confess,
15:50 forsake, and to gain victory over all sin.
15:54 Wow!
15:55 That's pretty heavy duty, isn't it?
15:58 They were, we are to reflect Jesus fully.
16:05 Don't be alarmed.
16:06 Remember, if you're alarmed, you get all upset,
16:08 say I don't want to hear.
16:09 It's because you're looking once again in the mirror
16:11 at yourself and you see a defeated foe.
16:13 And you're by yourself
16:14 but with Christ certainly it's possible.
16:18 No one will argue I don't think the fact
16:20 that we are to represent,
16:22 we are to reflect Jesus to the world.
16:27 You can't represent Jesus to the world
16:29 if He's not in your heart, in your soul.
16:31 If you're not speaking, and acting,
16:32 and doing what Jesus would do and act,
16:33 and says, He's not living there.
16:36 Wow!
16:40 Early rain given, we reflect Jesus.
16:44 And it continues throughout the Christian experience.
16:49 Praise God for that rain, that early rain.
16:53 It's quite an experience and then later comes what,
16:57 they're into this world that the later rain and it,
17:01 that rain is given to mature us, to finish us,
17:06 that we may grow up in the full statue of Jesus.
17:10 That latter rain on individual,
17:12 that's talking about pouring out the Holy Spirit
17:15 in abundance.
17:16 Never seen anything like it what God wants to do
17:18 and will do to His church,
17:20 but we have to be ready for that.
17:21 He just can't poured out on just somebody said,
17:23 "I'd like to have it."
17:24 There are conditions to be met.
17:26 And we've said often to every program
17:29 that He cannot pour out that latter rain
17:32 until every sin is confessed and forsaken.
17:37 When His character is fully reproduced in us,
17:39 He will come.
17:41 Think about if we have sin that we've not confessed
17:43 and He puts his robe of righteousness over us,
17:47 then that sin stays there, doesn't it?
17:51 Wow!
17:53 So he can't do that and without that,
17:54 oh, without that robe of righteousness,
17:58 oh, that robe of righteousness is my ticket to heaven.
18:02 I can't get in the gate without the robe of righteousness on.
18:06 But He can't give it to you.
18:07 He can't put it on you as it were
18:09 while there's still sin.
18:11 That's why He said He's faithful
18:13 and just to forgive us.
18:15 That's why He's our high priest.
18:16 The Bible said, if we sin we...
18:17 Ooh, we have an advocate with the Father.
18:20 I can't tell you how it thrills my heart.
18:22 It just thrills my heart
18:23 if any man sin we've an advocate with the Father
18:25 but there coming a time when there will be a people
18:30 and the devil's got to counterfeit certainly for this.
18:34 That God's people will live in the side of Holy God
18:37 without a mediator.
18:39 Hope we have time to talk some more about that.
18:42 There won't be a mediator. Jesus is my mediator.
18:47 He's interceding between me and God.
18:49 Hallelujah.
18:53 The latter rain, great abundance.
18:57 I believe again following National Sunday law.
19:00 In powers God's people to give the final loud cry.
19:04 We talked about loud cry.
19:06 I'm talking about the final loud cry
19:08 to reach full maturity, victory over sin,
19:11 then ready for harvest.
19:13 Oh, I want to be ready for that harvest.
19:17 Question when, you know, we're talking about victory,
19:20 full victory, when is it to be accomplished?
19:23 When is it to be done?
19:24 There's all kind of debate and I wish there was no debate.
19:30 I pray for the power of the Holy Spirit
19:31 for all of us.
19:32 You know what,
19:34 where I need to change, I want to change.
19:38 I'm never going to make it to heaven believing in a lie,
19:42 only the truth.
19:44 John 17:17, you know it,
19:46 "Sanctify them through thy, truth thy word is truth."
19:50 Be prepared for heaven
19:51 is by knowing what truth changes an individual.
19:55 A lie doesn't change it turns to the image of the devil,
19:58 not Christ.
20:00 So we have to want to know and love what truth is,
20:02 but when is this work going to be accomplished in me?
20:05 How could it's going to be done?
20:08 People say, "I've heard this all over the world.
20:11 Well, when He comes,
20:13 there He's going to change us, really?
20:20 My Bible tells me in Book of Revelation,
20:21 He says when He comes,
20:23 He brings his reward with him
20:26 to give every man according as his work shall be.
20:29 That kind of puts a little bit of a hole in that,
20:31 doesn't it?
20:33 They only thing that we change Paul talks about
20:35 in 1 Corinthians 15
20:37 is this vile body is going to be changed
20:38 into a glorious body like Jesus,
20:39 says nothing about the character.
20:42 Why am I here? Why are you here?
20:43 Is it not to ask God to help us
20:46 to have the right kind of character
20:47 that's all we can take to heaven,
20:49 remember, nothing else.
20:51 You can't take anything with you, just your character.
20:53 Who you are?
20:57 So what's really going to change
21:00 'cause many are banking on this.
21:02 Oh, I lack all of these things but when He comes,
21:04 He'll make up all the different.
21:06 We realize as humanity and divinity working together
21:09 but notice when we, when we've done all to stand.
21:16 When we've done all to stand.
21:21 When I'm living up to every ray by the grace and power of God,
21:25 not legalistic at all I do
21:27 because I love Him with all my heart.
21:29 Look what He's done for me.
21:33 And I love Him with my whole heart,
21:34 my soul, my mind, that's what He says to do.
21:39 Then you see, He makes up the difference.
21:44 But I had to be living up
21:45 to every ray of light that I have.
21:52 Then He counts that perfection, does he not?
21:55 People say, "What you're talking about perfection
21:56 of character and being like Jesus, you know,
21:58 when He comes and that's the way.
22:01 You realize we're going to be growing on into perfection
22:04 through all eternity.
22:06 Being perfection, being like Jesus
22:08 is a growth for us.
22:10 And it continue to grows throughout all eternity.
22:14 But notice what this statement,
22:16 I don't want to confuse you but notice this statement.
22:18 When Jesus, 2T 355,
22:22 notice this, when He comes,
22:26 oh, He's coming back to visit this planet.
22:28 He's coming back to visit this planet.
22:30 Hallelujah.
22:31 I want to be ready, makes my feet tap just a little bit.
22:33 If you don't want to do, don't worry about it.
22:35 When He comes back, when Jesus comes, notice,
22:38 He's not to cleanse us of our sins.
22:42 When He comes back, what?
22:43 He's not going to cleanse us of our sins or to remove,
22:48 notice the defects of our character.
22:51 What does that mean?
22:52 When he comes and we can't what?
22:54 We can't have any sin in our life
22:55 and we can't any defects of character.
22:58 I think I understand more and more enough that we should.
23:01 But I understand more and more
23:02 why some people want to throw out
23:04 may be the spirit of prophecy.
23:07 The Bible says exactly what I'm talking about,
23:08 I'm not saying anything new the Spirit of Prophecy,
23:10 the Bible doesn't say.
23:12 Passage after passage,
23:13 dozens and dozens of scripture tells us the same thing.
23:16 I'm just trying to make it clear for you
23:18 and clear for me that we understand.
23:20 When He comes, He's not going to cleanse us of any sin,
23:23 probation will have closed.
23:26 Either it's righteous to be righteous still,
23:27 either be filthy be filthy still,
23:29 He's not going to remove us the defects of our characters.
23:33 Notice or cure us from any infirmities of our,
23:37 oh-oh, of our tempers and dispositions.
23:41 Amen. Don't hang on that bad temper.
23:43 Lord have mercy, I pray for mine,
23:44 oh, Lord of my patience.
23:49 Okay, rest of you saying, man, I don't have that problem.
23:51 But I tell you've got something.
23:53 You probably have a problem somewhere,
23:54 just list it out before Him.
23:56 Ask God, He will help you.
23:59 He's not going to cure us of those infirmity,
24:01 our evil tempers and our disposition.
24:03 Notice, if wrought for us at all,
24:09 if wrought for
24:11 or if we gain this victory through the power
24:13 and the blood of Jesus Christ,
24:15 the early rain and the latter rain,
24:17 outpouring of the spirit of the living God,
24:20 if it's to be accomplished,
24:21 notice it will be accomplished before that time,
24:25 before Jesus comes.
24:28 No work will then be done for them
24:30 to remove their defects
24:32 or to give them holy characters.
24:35 This is all done in the hour of what?
24:38 Come on church, hour of probation.
24:40 Wow!
24:43 It is now that the work is to be accomplished for us.
24:49 In my poor little mind I could just sit down
24:53 and say amen, I've got it.
24:55 Certainly we need help and continue on striving
24:58 but I'm thinking right here that's so simple,
25:00 that's so plain, that's so clear,
25:01 especially for Bible believing people,
25:03 especially for God's last day church,
25:05 especially for those who says we're remnant church,
25:06 especially those who claim Revelation 12:17
25:09 a dragon was wroth with the woman,
25:10 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed
25:12 who keep the commandments of God
25:13 and the testimony of Jesus.
25:17 That's simple, there's no debate.
25:19 It's now that this work is to be accomplished
25:22 so I'm here, I'm born in this world on probation.
25:28 I've often said if you happen to get in trouble
25:30 with police,
25:35 and you might be blessed enough just they give you probation.
25:40 You want to make sure during that time of probation
25:44 will you say something like this,
25:45 we keep our nose clean.
25:48 During that hour of probation,
25:49 we don't even want a parking ticket.
25:53 We don't even want Him to look at us twice.
25:58 Because we realize that probation
26:00 then everything will be cleared after that's over.
26:03 We are on probation to see
26:05 where heaven's going to be our home or not,
26:08 it depends on our faithfulness to Jesus Christ.
26:11 Letting him work.
26:15 Say, "Well, I've been preparing a little bit."
26:18 I love the book The Great Controversy.
26:19 Oh, I do.
26:21 I'm glad you're putting forth an effort.
26:24 These lessons that we're doing
26:25 and just going over some of these things
26:27 may be old hat for many
26:29 but oh, friend, are we really applying them?
26:31 Do we really believe it?
26:34 Or do we just think you know what,
26:35 heaven not going to be heaven unless I'm there.
26:37 So I'm sure he's going to take me.
26:38 God sure is going to take me regardless, no He won't.
26:41 He love you through all eternity
26:43 but unless we by His grace, His strength,
26:46 by the life of Jesus,
26:47 meet His requirement, heaven won't be our home.
26:51 Let's just get down to it, shall we?
26:53 Great Controversy 620 makes a statement,
26:55 please listen, those who delay preparation,
26:59 you know what, many, many in the world,
27:04 many who should know better,
27:06 you're delaying that preparation right now.
27:10 You're thinking, "I kind of know
27:11 what's going on in the world,
27:13 I've read the Bible, read Spirit of Prophecy,
27:15 I know the back of the book
27:16 and I know when I should shift gears."
27:18 I've often said that. You won't do it. You won't.
27:23 When it's time, well, I think it's time right now,
27:25 I'm going to shift gears, you won't
27:26 because the time will be a terrible time.
27:29 Now it's an easy time may I say really
27:31 to give your life to Jesus to live for Him.
27:33 The time has come. It's not going to be so easy.
27:37 That's what the Bible says.
27:39 Not build, buy or sale say you have the mark
27:41 unless you follow like the rest of the world.
27:43 God says it's going to be a different people.
27:45 There going to be holy people. They're going to be like me.
27:50 Because I in them, and them in me.
27:54 Great Controversy 620, those who are delaying
27:57 a preparation for the day of God
28:00 cannot obtain it in the time of trouble
28:04 or any subsequent time.
28:08 I wish I didn't have to read this last line, but I will.
28:15 The cause of all such is hopeless.
28:24 I have family and friends, people who I care about...
28:32 and it seems they're not putting Christ
28:35 may be in the position where He needs to be put.
28:40 I'm recognizing, I know I'm striving daily
28:41 by the grace of God but they're willfully ignoring
28:44 what they understand in all its truth.
28:48 And many say one of these days
28:49 after I retire I'll accept the message,
28:51 after I, this happens and that happens
28:54 and I will but if we're delaying that preparation,
28:57 you see during this hour of probationary time
29:00 is when we're being tested and tried to see
29:03 what kind of material that we are.
29:06 Do we really mean what we say?
29:07 Do we really believe it?
29:09 Are we living it by the grace of God?
29:11 Are we gaining victories day by day?
29:13 Isn't it interesting you see some people,
29:15 they seem to be strong in the Lord all the time.
29:18 And you'll say, "Oh, I wish,
29:19 oh, I wish I was strong like that person."
29:23 Surely all of us have certainly in the past,
29:25 you realize, you look at that as a Christian,
29:27 Bible believer.
29:29 They're getting stronger everyday
29:30 because they're tested and tried
29:31 and they're coming forth more than conquers
29:33 through Jesus Christ.
29:35 And they're gaining strength and more power every day.
29:38 And then others are being defeated day-in and day-out,
29:42 they're growing weak.
29:45 But if we are delaying,
29:46 this is the time that we need to gain that relationship
29:49 and that strength that we're told
29:51 that the experience that we need with Jesus
29:53 very few have it
29:56 that will see them through the time of trouble.
30:00 If we are refusing to get on the ball,
30:04 if we are refusing to do what God has ask us to do,
30:07 the cause of such is hopeless.
30:11 There's no hope.
30:14 Such sad words makes me stop
30:19 and try to think, oh, Lord.
30:22 We must seek the importance of preparation
30:27 to receive more than just,
30:28 you know, more than just praying,
30:31 I'm going to pray for the early rain,
30:34 I'm going to pray for the latter rain,
30:35 it's more than just hoping for, hope it happens.
30:38 I've heard somebody say,
30:40 "I hope I'm standing close to someone
30:41 that the latter rain falls on,
30:43 maybe I'll get a little bit of it."
30:44 No, you won't.
30:48 You say, I know people saying, "Oh, you're just too ugly,
30:50 oh, it's too much, oh, it's you.
30:52 You will not.
30:56 You can't receive that some, God,
30:57 the Holy Spirit gives to somebody else.
30:59 It doesn't just flow over on you.
31:01 You had to do more than hope.
31:03 You've to be more than praying for it.
31:05 Just believing it's going to happen,
31:07 there are conditions.
31:09 So how we're going to deal with these,
31:11 once again how we're going to deal
31:13 with this passage of scripture?
31:14 This is, you can say, "Kenny, that's your dilemma."
31:16 I have a dilemma because I've read scripture here.
31:19 And here what many of the leading people say
31:20 and lot of people have respect for, love for,
31:22 and they say blah, blah, blah.
31:23 Hey, what does the Bible say?
31:29 Colossians 4:12, the Bible says that,
31:31 "Ye may stand, what?
31:32 Good, perfect and complete in all the will of God."
31:36 Didn't say little bit here, little bit there,
31:37 we'll make up and just stand complete in him.
31:40 2 Timothy 3:17, the Bible says
31:44 that the Man of God may be perfect
31:46 and I know that's mature, I know that's growing up.
31:48 But I know there's a difference in maturity
31:50 and I know there's a difference
31:52 in getting complete victory over sin.
31:54 The Bible is clear.
31:56 Hebrews 6:1, it says, "Let us go on to perfection."
31:59 What do I do with this?
32:01 You say, "Well, you're reading some New Testament."
32:03 Yes, how about the Old Testament?
32:06 Moses in Bible even Moses, "Oh, yeah, we believe.
32:09 We like to read about Mo."
32:10 You know, Moses wrote in Deuteronomy 18:13,
32:15 Moses said, "Thou shall be perfect,"
32:18 big words.
32:21 Why?
32:23 Wow!
32:24 Did he, did he not have audience
32:26 with the King of the universe?
32:30 He understood a little bit about perfection
32:32 and what it's going to take to repopulate heaven.
32:37 Those precious, guardian angels of ours
32:40 and all the angels of glory, they want you to be there.
32:44 They want me to be there, but boy, I'm telling you,
32:46 if I were, be careful of this, Kenny,
32:48 if I were up there, and I'm looking down
32:52 and I'm seeing,
32:54 okay, I don't use anybody, I see myself and must say,
32:58 oh, Lord makes sure he's ready to come up here
33:00 'cause we don't, we don't need that mess up here.
33:05 Just like you in a sense want to preserve your peace
33:09 and your happiness here in your home,
33:10 and your family, you want to protect it.
33:15 God said, "I'm going to protect heaven,
33:16 sin will not rise up again the second time."
33:20 These are awesome thoughts.
33:23 Moses said, "Be perfect."
33:24 God said in Genesis 17:1, "Be thou perfect."
33:31 Jesus commanded, you remember in Matthew 5:48
33:34 that we'll spend a little time talking about.
33:37 I think it's lesson number two.
33:40 Be there for perfect
33:41 as a Father which art in heaven.
33:42 You remember that?
33:44 Paul wrote, Colossians 1:28 that we may present, notice,
33:48 every man perfect in Jesus Christ.
33:52 Wow!
33:54 Romans 6:6, what does that mean?
33:58 We should not serve sin. We should not serve sin.
34:02 We shouldn't be in slavery to sin.
34:05 It should not have a grip on us.
34:06 We need to be free over and over free from sin.
34:10 That doesn't mean attach to it occasionally,
34:12 once in a while, free.
34:16 In fact Romans 6:12 goes on, it makes it heavy, says,
34:18 "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies."
34:22 Don't let sin reign, sit up, live there,
34:27 in that your mortal body.
34:30 To couple of verses down Romans 6:14, the Bible said,
34:34 "For sin shall not have dominion over you."
34:38 What?
34:39 For sin shall not have dominion over you.
34:41 If Jesus is living in the heart,
34:43 the Holy Spirit is invited to come in.
34:46 You convey your will to Him.
34:49 You give yourself to Him, body, soul, and mind,
34:51 everything to Jesus Christ and tell him,
34:52 you're not capable.
34:56 I've told him sometime,
34:57 "Oh Lord, please take everything,
34:58 take me because if I don't,
35:00 the devil's going to work me over.
35:02 And he will work you over on your own.
35:04 You're not big enough but through Christ certainly.
35:09 He will help us.
35:12 James 1:4 that you may be perfect and entire,
35:15 wanting nothing, perfect perfection.
35:18 All that we've been studying this is going over,
35:20 just scratching a little bit the surface of dozens
35:22 and dozens of notes and pages I've written down
35:24 and talked about though how interesting this is.
35:27 At every time we talk about maturing, and perfecting,
35:31 and perfection,
35:32 we're talking about living a life without sinning.
35:36 That means we're up to every bit of light
35:38 that you have.
35:39 Probably safe to say, "Oh, God help us.
35:41 I'm not setting up some kind of a judge,
35:43 but I'm just wandering today,
35:44 should we not challenge our self.
35:48 Ask that question between you and God.
35:51 Am I living up to every ray of light
35:54 that I know is truth?
35:56 If not we're failing. We're backsliding.
36:00 I'm telling, by grace of God I understand that.
36:03 Can't do it on your own.
36:05 But most generally we'll find out,
36:07 well, I know this but I, well, I know I shouldn't.
36:13 We're not living up to every ray of light.
36:15 To live up to every ray of light,
36:17 even if you just came under, coming in to the faith.
36:20 Listen, the Bible says this,
36:22 "First the blade then the ear and then the full corn."
36:27 What stage is perfection in?
36:30 Oh, it's simple but that, first the blade
36:33 as soon as it pops out of the soil,
36:36 it's perfect where?
36:37 Good, in that stage.
36:39 First the blade then the ear is perfect in that stage,
36:42 it can be and then the full corn, perfection.
36:46 But in every stage of my walk,
36:48 we talk about climbing a ladder,
36:50 in my, I can be right with heaven.
36:54 I can be right with God because of Jesus Christ.
36:56 That's so beautiful.
36:59 Righteousness by faith, I believe it.
37:01 I can be right, it doesn't mean you know everything
37:04 and you got everything under control.
37:05 But listen, you're living up to every ray of light
37:08 you know that God does require that.
37:11 Live without sinning.
37:13 This statement is heavy duty
37:14 but why don't we just considered anyway.
37:16 Sometime I get it digging a hole and I just,
37:18 I get deeper and deeper, some people say
37:20 but I'm going to keep on digging
37:22 'cause I think it's right,
37:23 I think we need at least think about or pray about it.
37:26 I love the book,
37:27 one of the best books ever written
37:29 on life of Christ, outside the Word of God,
37:31 Desire of Ages.
37:33 Life of Christ, page 311, notice what it says, it says,
37:38 "The tempters agency is not to be accounted as an excuse.
37:44 I've heard people say, "Well, I did it
37:46 because I know I shouldn't have done it
37:48 but, I know, oh, I didn't mean to do,
37:51 I will but then they deserve it."
37:54 The tempters agency is not to be accounted
37:56 as an excuse for one wrong act.
38:02 You had to think about it or maybe you chose
38:04 or maybe that was you hadn't gain that and you just did,
38:06 and you know it was wrong but you did it anyway.
38:12 I don't...
38:13 hope I can say this in a right way.
38:15 I don't want the devil to be happy.
38:19 Did what?
38:21 I don't want the devil to be happy.
38:23 You know when he's happy?
38:25 When he's got you around the nap of the neck.
38:28 That's when he's happy.
38:29 This article goes on to said, notice this, Satan is jubilant.
38:33 I'm not sure if I understand all that is or not
38:35 but that may be jumping him down screaming,
38:36 yelling and say, "Oh, I've got him now."
38:39 Boy.
38:41 Just wants to be somebody
38:43 representing the character of Jesus Christ,
38:44 he's supposed to be somebody part of family of God.
38:46 Look, what a mess.
38:48 They're no better than we are.
38:50 He's jubilant when he hears
38:52 the professed followers of Christ
38:54 making excuses for their deformity of character.
38:57 How many times that may be we've done that?
39:01 Lord, forgive us.
39:03 He loves it, he gets excited.
39:06 The devil, all his evil angels of hell get jubilant.
39:11 They start laughing and say, oh, this why?
39:12 Because we're making excuses for our deformative character.
39:18 I was born in this way, well, get the victory.
39:23 I was born on the wrong side of tracks.
39:25 Well move on the other side.
39:27 This happened to me while I was growing up.
39:30 Old things have passed away, behold old things become new,
39:32 church, I'm talking to you.
39:34 I'm talking to myself.
39:37 Yeah, but I did that, had this done, and this done,
39:39 and this done, and this done.
39:40 Remember old things passed away,
39:42 behold old things become new in Jesus Christ.
39:44 He can create a new, a clean heart,
39:46 renew a right spirit within you.
39:49 The mind can change.
39:50 Praise God, isn't that wonderful?
39:53 Isn't that wonderful?
39:54 My mind can change all these things that happened,
39:58 the love of Christ in me.
39:59 I can have, find forgiveness in my own life.
40:01 I can find forgiveness for others
40:03 and I can move on by the grace of God.
40:07 To me that's so exciting. I cannot.
40:10 If we made excuses
40:14 for the defects of our character,
40:16 we need to say, "God, please forgive me."
40:19 Article goes on...
40:21 Oh, boy, there's a reason for all of this.
40:24 There's a reason for this, remember he's jubilant,
40:27 he's happy, he dancing around, carrying on,
40:33 look at the people of God.
40:35 Let me tell you.
40:37 The devil knows better than you.
40:39 Know better than I do.
40:41 The power of God almighty and what God can do.
40:44 God talks to the enemy,
40:45 He tells the enemy just like he did in the garden.
40:48 Be careful, let me paraphrase.
40:50 Get up in that tree and don't move.
40:54 You can go there and you can't go any further.
40:58 You can do this to Brother Kenny
40:59 but that's all you can do and don't go a bit.
41:02 Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
41:04 Because he's a defeated foe.
41:07 Don't think I'm making sport of this
41:08 but remember we serve a God that's God.
41:12 The enemy is defeated.
41:13 And he can only do and go where God allows him.
41:18 That's why He says,
41:19 "I'll not put more on you than you're able to bear
41:21 without providing a way of escape."
41:23 Oh, that's helped me so many times.
41:26 Pray that's helped you.
41:29 Notice this, we're talking about
41:32 when we make excuses as a Christian
41:34 because we did the wrong thing.
41:37 I wouldn't have done it but he got right in my face.
41:40 Man, have I heard that, talking to people,
41:44 marriage counsel, whatever it might be,
41:47 "Oh, I didn't want to do it but he had challenged me,
41:48 I know it wasn't right."
41:50 What if you know it wasn't right?
41:53 I'll say everybody hasn't done, I'm just...
41:55 We don't want do the right thing.
41:57 Here's why,
41:59 it is these excuses that leads to sin.
42:05 These excuses lead to sin.
42:08 And notice the next statement is big and powerful,
42:11 there is no excuse for sinning.
42:16 Wow!
42:19 I've made plenty in my time
42:24 that I know that I shouldn't do,
42:26 and I'm not going to do it by the grace of God.
42:28 It is what it is. There is no, what?
42:33 Excuse for sinning, why?
42:35 Because...
42:37 Oh, glory, have mercy on us.
42:39 Because all of heaven...
42:44 all of heaven will be emptied,
42:47 if that's what it takes to keep me
42:50 from doing the wrong thing.
42:51 Wow!
42:54 Did you know you were that important?
42:57 It blows my mind.
43:00 Before God would see one of his children
43:03 do the wrong thing, if we plead and ask,
43:07 he will empty all of heaven.
43:10 I like this song heaven came down
43:12 and glory filled my soul.
43:15 When at the cross, the savior made be whole.
43:20 There's no excuse because all of heaven is on your side,
43:24 child of God.
43:30 And then it goes on and gets a little more specific here,
43:32 it says, there's no excuse for sinning a holy temper,
43:37 notice a holy temper, a Christ like life
43:42 is accessible to every repenting,
43:46 believing child of God.
43:48 Wow!
43:50 The Son of Man, Oh, listen, the Son of Man,
43:53 Jesus Christ was perfect in His life.
43:56 So His followers are to be perfect in their life.
44:01 He was the blameless Son of God.
44:05 He was God in the flesh.
44:08 His...
44:09 His character is to be ours.
44:12 In a time we stop making excuses,
44:15 stop saying what the preacher teaches
44:17 or somebody else preaches and teaches
44:18 and somebody else believe.
44:20 What does the Word of God say?
44:24 What does the passage of scripture say?
44:25 I want you to see this because if we miss it,
44:28 if we think that it's not available to us,
44:30 that is just a...
44:32 something that can never happen,
44:34 you will never try,
44:35 you will never put forth an effort,
44:37 you will never pray,
44:38 you will never work toward this by the grace of God.
44:40 And we know it's all about heaven.
44:43 All I can do, I'm a lost cause. You're a lost cause.
44:50 All I can do in the plan of salvation
44:53 is to submit myself to Jesus.
44:58 It says work out your own merit.
45:00 Salvation with fear and trembling,
45:01 you say, not it's got to do with works.
45:03 No, but you will have, we understand that.
45:07 My part in the plan of salvation
45:09 is giving myself to Jesus.
45:12 That's all.
45:14 Just giving myself to Him fully and completely
45:17 and He says, "I'm going to work this out.
45:20 You must bear my character," Jesus says.
45:25 When you know the portals of glory
45:27 as it where Christ must be seen no longer I but Christ.
45:34 Wow!
45:36 So I'm just seeing more and more His character
45:39 is to be ours.
45:42 I'll put that on my note
45:44 and I put three check marks after
45:45 and I say, "Oh, exclamation mark,
45:49 oh, Lord, help me."
45:54 But I see more and more
45:55 when I think about the plan of redemption.
45:59 I think in lesson two I've mentioned this
46:02 and I'm going to mention again
46:03 because I have to consider in the whole,
46:05 the plan of redemption we must consider complete recovery
46:10 from what?
46:11 From the power of the enemy or sin.
46:14 That's what this whole controversy is all about.
46:18 There will be a people, say with me, church,
46:22 there will be a people
46:25 that will vindicate the character of God.
46:30 For the enemy started the lie in heaven says,
46:32 "It's not possible to be obedient to live without sin."
46:37 Jesus came down and proved him wrong.
46:39 Praise God.
46:41 And He said, "And furthermore there will be a people
46:43 in the last days that will live that victorious life."
46:49 That will live in the side of a holy God
46:51 without a mediator.
46:53 Wow! Without sin.
46:55 So when I look at salvation,
46:57 I see complete recovery from the enemy's power.
47:01 Complete means entire,
47:03 complete means it comes to an end.
47:05 Complete means it's finished. It's done with.
47:09 There's no parts that's lacking.
47:12 I have to consider that, please remember.
47:14 Book Testimonies to Ministers 506,
47:18 it says the latter rain,
47:19 notice it falls near the close of the season.
47:22 So we're getting this in our head,
47:23 it falls nears the close of the season.
47:25 It ripens the grain and prepares for the sickle.
47:31 This is what we need.
47:33 This is what we should be praying for.
47:35 But remember praying for the latter rain,
47:36 sin has to go.
47:38 The latter rain can't fall.
47:39 Without the latter rain
47:41 we can't go through the time of trouble.
47:42 Without the latter rain, equipping God's people
47:43 loud cry can't be heard.
47:45 We won't be sealed. We won't make it heaven.
47:46 Oh, come on church, listen...
47:53 You think when we reach the state of...
47:55 some people will say sinlessness,
47:57 that's going to be it.
47:58 No.
47:59 Book Education 106, notice this, it says,
48:02 even though a person, come on now,
48:04 even though a person reaches the state of sinlessness,
48:08 there is still a work of growth and development.
48:12 It continues under the latter rain
48:15 and after probation closes.
48:19 And individual, notice this,
48:21 as individuals by the work done for God's people.
48:25 This is what God's going to do individually for the people.
48:28 So that they can help them to live,
48:30 equip them to live during the time of Jacob's trouble.
48:34 Wow!
48:37 There was still growth.
48:39 I mean think of Jesus, it's that He continued,
48:43 He was perfect all throughout right,
48:45 but He said He continued to live and grow.
48:49 Wow!
48:52 Isn't that wonderful to know by the grace of God,
48:54 we're going to continue to grow in the grace
48:56 and knowledge of Lord Jesus Christ
48:57 in plan of salvation?
49:00 But let me just emphasize.
49:02 In our last several minutes here,
49:04 emphasize the fact that unless that early rain,
49:07 unless you invite him in, confess and forsake the sin,
49:11 bring Him in, conviction of the spirit.
49:13 I want Jesus to live and reign in my heart.
49:16 That early rain comes and unless it's done its job,
49:19 unless you make that choice and that decision,
49:21 the latter rain cannot bring that,
49:24 bring that seed to perfection.
49:27 As we quoted while ago,
49:28 we talked about it in Mark 4:28,
49:31 "First the blade, then the ear, then the full corn."
49:36 Our characters must reach full maturity
49:39 before probation closes.
49:42 It must.
49:44 There will be, we've read, we understand it.
49:47 There will be no character changes
49:49 when Christ comes.
49:52 Five Testimonies 466, notice this,
49:54 in case we're still doubting Thomas,
49:56 you're probably the remnant church,
49:57 you need to get with the program
49:59 and I do too.
50:02 466 says, "The coming of Christ
50:04 does not change our characters."
50:07 It only fixes them forever beyond all change.
50:12 Did you get it?
50:13 The coming of Christ does not change.
50:15 Is there something we want to debate about that?
50:17 I don't think so.
50:19 The coming of Christ does not change our character.
50:22 It only fixes them forever beyond all change.
50:28 That's why over and over we say,
50:29 "What do you take to heaven, kids?
50:31 What do you take to heaven?"
50:32 We can only take our characters.
50:34 Oh, character then have to be perfected character in it,
50:36 during the hours of probation, not when Jesus comes.
50:41 We must guard this thought pattern
50:44 because the devil's going to use,
50:45 try to use our minds, if we give it to him,
50:49 if we open up a door,
50:51 he's going to try to take your mind.
50:53 But remember this, the devil cannot touch,
50:55 the devil cannot come in,
50:57 the devil cannot have your mind,
50:58 he cannot read the mind unless you give it to him.
51:01 Give him a door of opportunity,
51:03 he will certainly come in and he will take control.
51:07 That's what we read before in 2 Corinthians 10:5, it said,
51:11 "We're to bring into captivity every thought."
51:15 Every thought to the obedience of Christ,
51:19 then to help us to really gather the...
51:23 in my mind the magnitude of this a little book
51:25 called Medical Ministry page 114,
51:29 Satan acts through the mind possessed by him.
51:34 What does he want to do?
51:36 He wants to possess your mind.
51:37 How does he do it?
51:39 We know today we talked about another lesson we have,
51:41 through intemperance, through things that we eat,
51:43 things we do, what's drugged, alcohol,
51:44 all these things that affect our thinking and our mind
51:46 and drugs we take in.
51:49 We're drug infested country.
51:52 But we look down and knows if everybody else,
51:54 you know whether they're taking this and this.
51:56 Everything has its effect. We need to be careful.
52:01 You know, when Jesus start dying on the cross
52:03 and they offer him a little some,
52:04 little vinegar and some, kind of help with the pain.
52:07 He was afraid that it would affect His thought.
52:10 He didn't want to take anything
52:12 that would affect the clear communication with heaven.
52:15 I don't need it. God help me.
52:18 Again Desire of Ages 310 says,
52:21 "He Jesus declares that by the, listen,
52:25 by the evil thoughts or lustful look
52:29 the law of God is transgressed."
52:31 So see the devil wants to take your eyes,
52:33 he wants to take your ears.
52:35 Well, I didn't do it.
52:37 I just thought it, that's still sin.
52:39 Isn't that interesting?
52:41 Because it exists first, sin exists first where?
52:44 Come on church, in the mind, good.
52:46 It exist in the mind and then if there's an opportunity,
52:50 we even judge to that point to say,
52:52 if you had opportunity, you would've done this
52:55 'cause God knows.
53:00 Jesus said there's a man think it in his heart.
53:02 He said in Matthew, what is it?
53:03 Five, 15:18, "If a man,
53:06 whosoever look up on woman to lust."
53:10 Didn't have to do anything just look eyes of lust,
53:14 that's sin.
53:16 The heart and the mind can't be right.
53:18 We had to pray God, take my eyes, take my ears,
53:20 take my brain, take everything,
53:21 take my whole body, soul, and mind,
53:23 'cause if I don't I get carried away,
53:25 we're doing the wrong things,
53:26 but with You there it will be okay.
53:29 Proverbs 23:7, "For as he thinketh, remember,
53:35 for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
53:40 You look around, judge everybody, oh, well,
53:42 they did this, they got caught, they did this and that.
53:45 As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
53:48 Desire of Ages 161, quickly,
53:51 "The temple of the heart is defiled,
53:54 the temple of the heart is defiled by sensual passions
53:59 and unholy thoughts."
54:02 Notice since your passions lustful.
54:07 And in the original language it says,
54:09 dealing with the body.
54:12 Sensual, the other word translated voluptuous.
54:15 Wow, thoughts.
54:19 The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 3:17,
54:22 "If any man defiled the temple of God,
54:25 and him shall God destroy."
54:27 For the temple of God is, come on church, it's holy,
54:31 which temple ye are.
54:33 You defile it.
54:34 The word means if you ruin it, if your corrupt it,
54:38 if you wither it away as it were.
54:42 You are the temple, if you destroy willfully,
54:45 you knowingly, we will be destroyed.
54:48 That's what the Bible said.
54:50 Satan will control the thoughts.
54:52 Just couple of minutes left, stay with me church.
54:55 How Satan controls the thoughts 4 Testimonies 560 says,
54:58 "But when they, us, we allow the mind
55:01 to be diverted from God, then Satan comes in
55:06 and controls the thoughts and perverts the judgment."
55:09 How is it that the devil can come in,
55:11 when the mind is diverted, when we become side tracked,
55:16 when we turn aside from God,
55:18 when we take our eyes off of Christ,
55:20 when we stop listening to the unction
55:21 and the pleadings of the Holy Spirit of God,
55:24 then Satan comes in.
55:26 He just doesn't come in, he comes in to control.
55:28 He comes in to take over.
55:30 He comes in to ruin you. He is going to be jubilant.
55:34 He gets you to fall, they laugh and they carry on and say,
55:37 "We've got them now."
55:41 Praise God for the cross of Calvary.
55:45 My Bible says as we close, 1 John 3:3,
55:49 "At every man that had this hope, I have the hope,
55:51 Jesus is going to come again."
55:54 He's going to return to this planet.
55:56 Every man that had this hope, notice,
55:58 purified himself even as he Christ is pure.
56:05 Does that mean that we can remove it?
56:06 Absolutely not.
56:08 But we can commit our self in to the care
56:10 and keeping of someone who really cares for us.
56:13 My friend, heaven won't be the same
56:15 if you're not there.
56:17 If there's one place that's missing,
56:19 Christ will always remember that,
56:21 He'll know that.
56:22 He's going to prepare a place for you,
56:24 he's going to come and receive you in his self.
56:27 He said where I'm there you may be also.
56:29 Oh, won't you make that decision today.
56:31 Most of church members you had this preconceived idea
56:33 about all the stuff here,
56:35 we just do it and all will be taken care of,
56:37 just simply turn your life over to Him everyday,
56:39 trust Him.
56:40 Trust His word. See what takes place.
56:43 I'm going to kneel and have prayer
56:44 for the decisions that are made right now
56:46 and decisions that I need to make
56:47 in my own personal life.
56:49 And I ask you to pray for me as I pray for you.
56:50 Shall we pray?
56:52 Loving Father in heaven,
56:53 again we thank you for your word.
56:55 We thank you, it's powerful, it's clear, it's strong.
56:57 Your Holy Spirit accompanies it.
56:59 And we thank you for the decisions
57:00 that have been made right now,
57:02 the people that are listening to your word,
57:03 your Holy Spirit convicts and converts.
57:05 We thank you for that in Jesus' name.
57:08 Amen.
57:09 Again we're very grateful and thankful,
57:10 you've joined us here for the Pillars.
57:13 Again I love when you say Pillars
57:15 because I know it's a foundation.
57:17 It has to be strong based upon Jesus Christ.
57:20 I know He's coming soon.
57:21 He's going to visit this planet soon.
57:22 We need to be ready. God bless you.
57:24 We love you. We'll see you next time.


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