Participants: Kenny Shelton
Series Code: 14SCM
Program Code: 14SCM000014S
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00:38 Hello and thank you for joining us here at our
00:40 Spring Camp Meeting here at 3ABN. 00:43 We have been blessed beyond measure the last few days 00:46 and we believe that we're going to continue to be blessed 00:49 till this Camp Meeting's over. Right? Amen! 00:52 And so we have a great crowd here... people from numerous 00:55 states all around the US 00:56 and numbers of countries are represented here. 01:00 And so it's wonderful to see so many brothers and sisters. 01:04 This kind of reminds us what heaven will be like 01:06 'cause 19 sermons and all the music and it's like 01:10 we can worship the Lord forever. 01:12 We're not going to have a time schedule. 01:14 We won't get tired and your feet won't hurt and all of that. 01:16 I went home last night - it was after midnight - 01:19 had on my shoes all day long and my feet were hurting 01:22 so bad I said: "I've got to get out of these shoes! " 01:25 Only to get up and put them back on this morning. 01:27 But praise the Lord I was able to get up and put them on, 01:29 right? Amen! That's the way it is when you start gettin' my age 01:32 and some of you are that age and maybe a little older... 01:35 A couple of you... I'm not looking at anybody in general. 01:38 None of the women. But no... absolutely not. 01:42 But you understand what I'm talking about. 01:44 Well when Jesus comes no more sickness, no more pain, 01:47 no more sorrow, no more death, right? 01:50 All things become new, so we need to look to this. 01:54 There's so much bad news around the world... 01:56 so much bad. Turn on any network you want 01:59 to - all of the major networks - and what are you going to find? 02:02 Bad news. Well you turn on 3ABN you're going to get good news. 02:05 Amen! So this is the news... it's the truth. 02:08 That's why we're here. Thank you all of you around the world 02:11 for your love and your prayers and financial support, 02:14 for allowing us to take this gospel of the kingdom 02:17 into all the world. Our speaker today it's a great privilege 02:21 to introduce my brother Kenny. 02:23 My older brother. I know he doesn't look like it 02:25 but he is. I have several brothers and a sister. 02:28 But brother Kenny, he was - growing up - the last thing that 02:32 he ever wanted to be was a preacher. 02:35 Now how'd you know? 02:36 The last thing, because he did not want to get up 02:39 in public. My mom would almost... Sorry, this was back 02:43 in... a lot of years ago so don't anybody get offended. 02:46 My mom would have to threaten to "whup" him 02:49 for him to sing in church. 02:50 So: "Kenny, if you don't get up there and sing I'm going to 02:53 whip the tar out of you" she'd say. "Now you get up there 02:56 and sing. " I started singing. I heard that, I said: 02:59 "I'm singing... I'm not going to... " 03:02 Me and pain don't get along very well. 03:05 So I said: "I'll sing. " 03:06 Kenny didn't like to sing. He didn't want his picture taken. 03:09 He didn't want any of that. 03:11 Got a little older... became talkative, but he still didn't. 03:14 More in business... didn't want to preach. 03:16 But the Lord just really reached down and said: 03:19 "Kenny, I want you to preach. " 03:20 And ever since that day he's been preaching 03:22 the last 26, 28 years. 03:24 And I praise God for his ministry, for what he's doing. 03:27 He was here in the beginning of 3ABN, but he's the founder 03:30 and director - along with his wife Chris - of Behold the Lamb 03:34 Ministries. So we're glad that he's here today. 03:37 And for those of you that aren't familiar with Kenny's 03:40 preaching, I told the group here already: "You'd better fasten 03:43 your seat belts 'cause you've got to stay with him 'cause he 03:45 is not one to let grass grow under his feet. " 03:48 So right... We're going to have Yvonne Lewis come out 03:52 first, and right after Yvonne the next voice you'll hear 03:55 will be Pastor Kenny Shelton. 03:57 Sr. Lewis, what are you going to sing for us today? 04:00 Were It Not For Grace. Were It Not For Grace. 04:02 Beautiful song, and I appreciate you 04:05 and your ministry and your love for Jesus. 04:07 And Yvonne, of course, is the manager of Dare to Dream 04:11 Network which is an incredible inner city network. 04:15 So please... How many will remember to pray for Sr. Yvonne 04:17 Lewis and the Dare to Dream team? There you go. 04:20 Thank you. 04:41 Time measured out my days. 04:47 Life carried me along. 04:55 In my soul I yearned 04:59 to follow God 05:03 but knew I'd never be so strong. 05:09 I looked hard at this world 05:13 to see how heaven could be gained 05:22 just to end where I began 05:27 where human effort 05:30 is all in vain. 05:35 It's all in vain. 05:38 Were it not for grace 05:45 I can tell you 05:48 where I'd be... 05:52 wandering down some pointless road 05:57 to nowhere 06:00 with my salvation 06:03 up to me. 06:06 I know how that would go... 06:12 the battles I 06:15 would face. 06:20 Forever running 06:24 but losing the race 06:27 were it not for grace. 06:37 So here is all my praise 06:43 expressed with all my heart 06:50 offered to the Friend 06:55 who took my place 06:58 and ran the course I couldn't start. 07:04 And when He saw in full 07:09 just how much His love would cost 07:17 He still ran the final mile 07:22 between earth and heaven 07:26 so I would not be lost. 07:33 Were it not 07:37 for grace 07:42 I can tell you where 07:46 I'd be... 07:49 I'd be wand'ring down 07:51 some pointless road to nowhere 07:56 with my salvation up to me. 08:02 I know how that would go... 08:09 the battles I would face: 08:16 forever running 08:21 but losing the race 08:24 were it not 08:26 for grace... 08:31 Forever running 08:35 but losing the race 08:40 were it not 08:43 for Your grace. 08:48 Your grace... 08:51 Jesus, Your grace. 09:01 Amen! 09:10 Praise the Lord! Good afternoon. 09:12 Good afternoon! Good to see everybody. 09:14 Oh, wasn't that beautiful? 09:16 Amen! Whoo... I could listen to that again. Amen! 09:18 You know... God's grace. Isn't it wonderful? 09:21 Thank God for that grace. 09:23 You know, it's good to be in the house of the Lord together 09:26 isn't it? To be able to study the Word. 09:28 We're going to be studying the Word. 09:29 I pray that you've brought your little swords with you. 09:31 We're going to be studying. I thank 3ABN for the opportunity 09:35 and privilege to be able to stand before God's people, 09:38 the world, to be able to lift up Jesus. 09:40 And that's what we plan on doing by the grace of God. 09:43 And this subject matter is just... I'm telling you, it's 09:46 phenomenal, isn't it, to talk about the coming of Jesus? 09:49 Are you excited as I am? Yes! Praise God! Wonderful! 09:53 And you know, custom is always that you have a lot of 09:56 prayer back there and here and everywhere. 09:58 But I'd sure like to go again if you don't mind 10:01 and just ask God's blessing. 10:03 You know, I think when we look at the human flesh 10:05 sometimes we realize that we just have nothing 10:08 which to offer God's people, but through His Holy Spirit 10:10 He's got a message for you and certainly one for me today. 10:14 I'm going to kneel up here. You may do as you choose, 10:16 but we want to pray together. I'm going to kneel. 10:21 Merciful Father in heaven, we thank you for the privilege 10:24 of prayer. We thank you for this opportunity 10:26 to be able to come before Your people. 10:28 Now Lord we ask for the enlightening of the Holy Spirit. 10:31 Lord, we need to leave all these things that so easily 10:35 beset us outside these walls. 10:37 We need to spend this time together in thoughtfulness 10:40 and in prayer and asking for the Holy Spirit to illuminate 10:43 these beautiful beautiful truths of Your coming 10:46 and necessary... what's necessary to be ready 10:49 for that coming. Lord, I ask that You would forgive me 10:52 of anything in my heart and life, any sin. 10:54 I want them covered by Your blood. 10:56 I ask it in faith, believing. 10:58 Thank you for the cross of Calvary. 10:59 And I pray that each of Your children here today and around 11:02 the world who are in unity and harmony 11:05 that we want to hear Your voice. 11:08 May we see and hear Jesus is my prayer in Jesus' name, Amen. 11:11 Amen. 11:14 I heard my brother when he was... I guess I might've 11:18 stopped my ears up a little bit - I'm not sure - when he was 11:20 talking about... You know how brothers will do, right? 11:26 Yeah. Praise the Lord. I think he probably gave 11:27 a pretty good account. 11:29 But he was talking about the times in which we live. 11:32 And... they're tough. 11:34 It reminds me... You may have heard just a little story 11:38 several years ago that a submarine had sunk. 11:42 And several days men were trying to get down 11:46 and wondering would there be any survivors? 11:49 And the divers were going down and going down 11:51 and just said: "Oh, I don't think there's anyone left. 11:54 We'll go down again... we'll try again. 11:57 I don't know if there's any hope but we'll try again. " 12:01 And when they went down for the last time they heard 12:03 they heard a little bit of clicking, ticking on the wall. 12:07 There was someone inside that sub 12:10 and they were doing a little Morse code. 12:13 It was interesting what they said and it pertains to us 12:17 today. They said inside that sub... almost ready to... 12:21 you know, they're going to die. And it's: "Is there any hope? " 12:28 If you were in that sub - and maybe you're not - 12:33 but today is there any hope? 12:39 And above everything else we can say: "Yes! " What? 12:42 "There is hope. " Praise God... there is hope! 12:46 Why? Because Jesus came, He lived, He died. 12:48 Lived a victorious life and then He passes that on to us. 12:52 He ascended into heaven... sits on the right hand of God. 12:56 And He said: "I WILL come again. " 13:00 That's encouraging to me. 13:03 Talked a little bit today about the time of His coming, 13:07 and I got to thinking about - you know - the timing... time 13:12 of His coming. And I said: "If you just had a few words 13:14 to encourage somebody with or maybe a warning that you 13:18 might want to give to someone I would say just a few very 13:22 short words... maybe five: "Set your house in order. " 13:26 That's now near it is to the coming of Jesus. 13:28 "Set your house in order. " 13:31 It's way past that time. 13:35 I had a good friend I went to school with, and 13:38 hadn't seen him for many, many years. But he remembered 13:40 and I'd had his father's funeral and so on and so forth. 13:43 And he found out just a few days actually - 30, 40 days 13:48 before he passed away - that he had cancer. 13:50 This was just a couple of months ago. 13:52 And so he had his wife to call: "I want Kenny Shelton to come 13:55 and do my funeral... he did my dad's. " 13:58 And so I talked to him just a little bit, and one of the 14:00 things that he said is: "I need to set my house in order. " 14:08 I thought: "Boy, that's good. " 14:11 But it's sad that we sometimes come to the end of our rope 14:14 and then we want to set our house in order. 14:17 But yet... these were his thoughts. 14:20 If we really want to know, 14:25 really want to know the answer about the time of the coming of 14:30 Jesus, I encourage you to be able to answer this question 14:35 we must follow Christ into the heavenly sanctuary. 14:39 You know, that's the center of the message of Adventism 14:42 is the sanctuary, and very seldom do we hear a lot of 14:45 good sanctuary messages. But we hear some, yes. Praise God! 14:50 The heart of the message: follow Him into the heavenly 14:53 sanctuary where we mentioned in prayer that He ministers at 14:57 the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:12 talks about that. 15:02 And a great help to those who maybe are still wondering 15:06 if He's going to come... and after all of these good messages 15:08 about the second coming of Christ. 15:11 You know and I know a couple of great books is the book of 15:13 Daniel and Revelation. Isn't that right? We go to those books 15:16 and we begin to study them 15:17 because they reveal the time of the coming of Jesus. 15:22 They really reveal that time. These two books 15:25 give us counsel... they give us instruction. 15:29 We need that instruction; we need that counsel today. 15:33 In fact, if you look at the book of Daniel, chapter 2 and onward, 15:36 it's kind of interesting... all the way to the end of the book 15:39 the prophecy deals with the setting up of God's kingdom. 15:44 Awesome! The coming of Jesus, the judgment, 15:48 and the resurrection of the righteous. 15:51 How wonderful that is! How exciting that is! 15:53 And if you go to the book of Revelation almost every chapter 15:57 deals with the coming of the King. 15:59 Almost every chapter... coming of the King! 16:03 And then it says: "Because... " What? "the end of all things 16:07 is here. " If you really believe today and I really believe that 16:11 the end of all things is really here 16:14 would we conduct ourself a little differently today? 16:16 It's easy to say: "Oh, the end is here. " 16:19 I hear people say that all the time: "The end is here. " 16:23 But you know, we go to these books in the Old Testament 16:26 and the New Testament gives clear light 16:29 in regard to the work which must be accomplished. 16:32 Listen carefully, please: must be accomplished 16:35 in the world and accomplished in the church 16:40 in the lives of all the people before Jesus comes. 16:45 I think it's been well estab- lished and beautifully done. 16:49 There's no question in my mind today, and I don't 16:52 know about you... There's no question that Jesus 16:54 is about to come. Amen! There's no question about it. 16:57 It's proven in scripture over and over and brought forth 16:59 beautifully in these messages. 17:02 But we need to focus more upon... We talk about: "Well 17:05 this is the time of His coming. " 17:06 How about the preparation? 17:08 What is the second coming if no one's ready? 17:11 And how to get ready. "Oh... that's confrontational" 17:14 some people say. Well... I want to know 17:19 what it's going to take - right? - by the grace of God 17:22 to spend eternity with Jesus. 17:24 And so we talk about heaven and wanting to be there, 17:28 and you know what some people will say? 17:30 "You've got that right. " 17:32 "You've got that right. " 17:34 But then many continue on just like they've been going on. 17:39 No changes. I'm convinced of this: 17:43 I believe we live in an hour that we have to 17:46 talk it. We've got to taste it. We've got to preach it. 17:50 We've got to declare it; we've got to print it. 17:53 We've got to sing it; we've got to live it, and we've got to 17:56 hang on to it - Amen! - because many are losing their grip on 18:00 the beautiful message that God has given this church. 18:02 We're losing the grip and I, by God's grace, refuse 18:06 to lose the grip - right? - in the hand of Jesus today. 18:10 The message that He has given to us as a people by God's grace. 18:13 Hang in there... hang on to it! 18:16 Please listen to this quote taken from Testimonies 18:19 to Ministers 118. Does anybody here believe in 18:21 the Spirit of Prophecy besides me? Amen! 18:24 Yeah, the rest of you need to get with it. 18:27 Are you still with me? Yes. Yeah! Say: "Believe in the 18:30 Spirit of Prophecy? " Every- body should come to their feet 18:32 and say: "Oh praise God! Yes I do! " 18:34 Whoa... what a blessing it is! 18:36 I am not ashamed of the gospel; neither am I ashamed of the 18:38 Spirit of Prophecy. I'm not ashamed of the truths in this 18:40 book; I'm not ashamed to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. 18:43 Amen! And you're not ashamed, right? 18:45 I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 18:48 Amen! But then I become concerned... I start to get 18:50 concerned because I read some things and you do, too. 18:54 Testimonies to Ministers says: "If our people... " 18:59 Are you included in that? Amen! 19:04 All right. That's more like it. 19:07 Yeah. "If our people... " Notice this: "were half awake. " 19:11 It's interesting: some people will get offended by that. 19:14 Are you one of those that's going to get offended? 19:18 Naw, you're not going to. But you know what? It bothers 19:20 some people. Listen: the Spirit of the Living God 19:24 spoke through Ellen White and said what? 19:27 "If our people were half awake" And I'm not too smart 19:30 but I said that: "Then they must be half asleep. " 19:34 Half awake... half asleep. 19:35 There's nothing more miserable to deal with somebody that's 19:38 half asleep. Now think about that spiritually. 19:43 "If our people were half awake, if they realized the nearness of 19:49 the coming of Jesus... " The events that are portrayed 19:53 in the book of Revelation. Are you still there? 19:55 Then it says "a reformation would be wrought in our 19:59 churches. Many more would believe this message. " 20:02 If we really believed it and we really taught it, 20:05 preached it, sang it, you know as we are talking about here, 20:07 then the churches would catch on fire rather than 20:10 humble and grumble and mumble and carry on about 20:13 everything else that doesn't amount to a hill of beans. 20:15 Isn't that right? We live in an hour where God's people 20:18 need to be... What? Being... What is it going to take 20:20 that I can spend eternity with Jesus? 20:22 What changes need to take place? 20:25 I hear some people say: "Well you don't have to make 20:26 no changes. Just sit back, it's all going to happen. " 20:28 I say "No! " The Bible doesn't teach that. 20:31 It never did, it never will! 20:32 Talking about some striving. We'll talk about that 20:35 in a moment. So I believe this with all my heart 20:38 that a great task - a great task - has been committed to 20:43 the people of God. Do you believe it? 20:45 See... some people don't like a task. 20:47 They don't like a job; they don't want anything to do. 20:51 We're lazy Christians sometimes. 20:53 I'm not sure that a person is a Christian if they're lazy 20:56 spiritually. Is that OK to? All right, the rest of you go on. 21:00 Look... notice this. This is a passage in Matthew 24:14 21:05 that every speaker probably has talked about so far 21:07 and will probably yet. And we should, so I'm not 21:10 going to spend much time on it, but you know how it reads. 21:12 It says: "And this gospel of... " What? "of the kingdom 21:16 shall be preached to all the world for... " What? 21:19 "a witness unto..." How many nations? 21:21 "all... " And notice this: "and then shall the end come. " 21:24 I thought: "how interesting. " The Bible says this gospel. 21:28 We realize in the beginning this gospel meant the good news, 21:33 right? The good news that the Messiah had come. 21:37 And then a little later we find out the good news 21:40 that is the gospel applied to Jesus Christ. 21:44 And interesting we find a little bit later on 21:48 we find that what? The gospel was put what? 21:51 In this precious book. The gospels preserved that we may 21:55 read them and gain strength and victory and guidance 21:58 and counsel. The Bible says that "this gospel of the kingdom 22:04 shall be preached to all the world. " 22:07 Interesting. Acts of the Apostles page 111 22:10 makes this comment: "Complete fulfillment of the 22:14 prediction is yet to be realized. " 22:19 Wow! The gospel is going to go to all the world, but 22:22 prediction just... God's going to and is doing 22:25 great things right now. We understand that. Praise God! 22:30 And so I like to take the Bible and - you know - read it, 22:32 and then I like to take the Spirit of Prophecy 22:34 and I like to start comparing back and forth 22:36 so I can learn a little bit more with it. 22:38 And according to this passage of scripture 22:41 in 6 Testimonies 24 says this. 22:43 And it's something you don't want to hear and I don't either. 22:45 It starts out there's a crisis. 22:47 No one wants to hear a crisis, right? 22:49 We don't want to hear things are going to get bad. 22:50 We don't want to hear things are going to get tough. 22:52 But: "A crisis is right upon us. 22:55 We must now by the Holy Spirit's power proclaim the great truths 23:00 for these last days. " If there was ever a time 23:02 to proclaim our message it is now. 23:05 Don't put somethin' over the top of it. 23:07 Don't shield it; let it out! 23:10 See, let it go right now. That's what God says. 23:12 The Holy Spirit. You proclaim it with what? 23:14 It says "power these last days. " 23:17 And then the article goes on and says that then if we do that 23:21 it will not be long. Aha! "It will not be long before 23:24 everyone has heard the warning. " Notice this: 23:27 they've heard the warning and then they've made a decision. 23:29 Ahh! "THEN shall the end come. " 23:33 Everyone will make a decision. 23:34 You say then: "Well I've not made a decision. " You just did! 23:37 Are you still with me? 23:39 No such thing as: "Well I'll not make a decision... " 23:40 No... you made one. There's no neutrality 23:43 in the cause of Christ. We think so sometimes. 23:46 Revelation chapter 22 verse 17 23:49 the Bible says: "The Spirit and the bride say come. " 23:53 The invitation: the Spirit and the bride say come. 23:57 I said the Spirit. The Holy Spirit. 24:00 Did you get that? The Holy Spirit that energizes us 24:03 as Christians. Some of you didn't get that. 24:08 The Holy Spirit that does what? Yeah, because you haven't 24:12 been energized maybe you don't know what I'm talking about. 24:15 When the Holy Spirit gets a hold of you, you will be energized. 24:18 You'll be electrified! Amen! 24:20 You'll do great things because of the Spirit that lives inside 24:23 of you because the Bible says so. 24:26 "The Spirit and the bride say... " What? "come. " 24:28 Praise God for that! 24:31 Holy Spirit gives us strength to gain victory in our lives. 24:34 The Holy Spirit gives us the victory we're gaining over the 24:37 old devil, the old enemy. 24:39 The Holy Spirit's going to be with God's last-day people 24:41 to see us through the time of trouble. We need that Spirit. 24:44 "The Spirit and the bride say come. " 24:47 And interesting it says: "Then let them that hears 24:50 say what? "Come. " Notice how in the context 24:55 of Revelation 22 you see that it's talking about 24:59 individual - not a group, not even a church. 25:04 You see? "Let him... " Did you get it? 25:08 "Let him come. And let him that is athirst... " 25:12 You say: "Well I'm thirsty! " 25:15 Are you thirsty for the things of God? There's the difference. 25:18 There's people who are thirsty for things of the world 25:20 but what are you thirsty for? 25:21 If you're thirsty, come. And then it really comes down 25:25 to the bottom line: "Whosoever will. " 25:27 Let everybody. Anybody that wants to. It's a universal call 25:31 because He died for all. Amen! 25:34 And He said: "I'm going to come back. " The time is right. 25:36 "I'm going to come again. " 25:39 When I read this I get excited because I see that there's a... 25:42 the power of God's love and His grace constrains me to come 25:46 When I read this I can't just hardly hold back. 25:49 and I don't think I want to. 25:51 And as I read it I realize man's relationship to God 25:54 and His message is a personal matter. 25:58 Personal matter. 26:01 4 Testimonies 580... I love it. It says: "For the love of Christ 26:06 reflected from the cross... " Is somebody still there? 26:10 "is pleading in behalf of the sinner. " 26:12 Now if you say today: "Well I'm not a sinner. I have no need 26:14 of a Savior, " you're in trouble. You're not going to see 26:16 that reflection. You're not going to see Jesus Christ. 26:19 You're not going to understand what I'm talking about. 26:21 "The love of Christ reflected from the cross 26:25 is pleading in behalf of the sinner 26:27 drawing him by cords of infinite love 26:32 to peace and happiness found only... " Where? 26:34 "in the Savior. " Very little peace and happiness 26:38 in the world today. This is why: 26:40 we're not seeing Jesus. Oh... 26:45 "Reflected from the cross. " 26:48 Thoughtful hour each day. 26:51 The time of His coming is now... even at the door. 26:57 We must realize, my brothers and sisters, 26:59 that a world-wide announcement is going forth now! 27:04 The means God is giving now for the gospel to go 27:08 into all the world. Jesus is coming! 27:12 This longed-for occasion.. longing for Jesus to come. 27:17 Behind me when it says in Revelation 1:7: "Behold He 27:21 cometh with clouds and every eye shall see Him. " 27:25 He's coming back to take His blood-bought children home! 27:30 Amen! Are you blood bought? Yes. 27:34 Yeah, we say: "Oh yea, we're blood bought. " 27:35 Oh, dear friends, we shall see! 27:39 We walk by faith believing we're blood bought. 27:42 And then He says: "I'm coming back, then I'm going to give you 27:45 the gift of God. " What is the gift of God? 27:49 Somebody say eternal life I'll get happy! 27:51 It's eternal life. Romans 6:23... right? 27:53 Eternal life, and it's through Jesus Christ our Lord. 27:57 I find several times in scripture God's made a call 28:02 to prepare to meet the Savior. 28:05 Now regardless of what many people might say 28:07 or what you might think and you don't like the word prepare 28:10 Oh bless your hearts... you're going to hear it today. 28:13 Is that all right? Yes! You can throw things if you want. 28:17 I'm pretty tough... I can stand... I can stand it. 28:19 Because every time... Listen, with the coming of Jesus 28:24 the word prepare is there. There's something there: 28:27 preparing to meet Jesus. It's not just: "Well when He 28:29 gets here all's going to be well. " 28:31 There's something that needs to be done 28:32 and many times we're leaving that out. 28:35 And we are not leave that out by the grace and power of God. 28:38 You remember the message of John the Baptist and Elijah. 28:41 Oh we realize in Malachi 4, 5, and 6. You remember that? 28:45 Says: "Behold I'll send you... " What? 28:48 "Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day 28:52 of the Lord. He's going to turn the hearts of... " What? 28:55 "the fathers to the children, the heart of the children 28:58 to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth" 29:00 the Bible says "with a curse. " 29:02 See John came in the spirit and the power of Elijah 29:06 to do the work that Elijah did. 29:08 What a work! Now notice: which was and which is now 29:12 right now that we're talking is repentance for sin 29:15 and making straight the way of God. 29:18 See, some people don't know how to make straight 29:20 the way of God. Remember in olden times when the roads were 29:24 not very good and there was some kind of a - you know - 29:27 king or somebody coming to visit a town or a village. 29:29 Roads were horrible, 29:32 and so they'd send a crew out to fill up the holes and the 29:35 cracks and the bumps. Straighten out the road a little bit. 29:39 God's calling a people today spiritually to straighten out 29:42 the road. Straighten out these false doctrines, these 29:45 false teachings, these things that are creeping 29:47 into the church. Filling up the holes as it were. 29:51 God said He's going to send a people that are going to 29:54 proclaim a message - we need repentance for sin - 29:56 making straight the way of the Lord. 29:58 "Prepare to meet thy God. " 30:01 See, Jesus makes it clear that John was giving the 30:04 Elijah message. And you know what? 30:07 It's made clear to me that God's last-day people 30:10 will be giving that same what? That same message. 30:15 A little article in a magazine The Southern Watchman 30:18 March 21, 1905. Notice these words. 30:23 Am I happy to read them? No! But I'm going to read them. 30:26 Notice what it says: "In the time of well-nigh 30:30 universal apostasy... " We live in a world of apostasy. 30:34 It's on the right; it's on the left. It's in front of us; 30:36 it's behind us... and sometimes we're not sure. 30:39 We're being led astray. We're not sure. 30:43 We're not going to the world. We're not asking for the 30:45 Holy Spirit. We take somebody's word because, you know, well 30:48 they're supposed to know. I'm not taking any man's word 30:51 for it. I'm going to go to the Word of God myself 30:54 because my eternal destiny is going to be decided 30:57 by the decision that I make. How 'bout you? Amen! 30:59 It's OK to have help; it's OK to have counsel. 31:01 It's good to hear the message is true. 31:03 But my salvation... Ah, I'm going to be studying to show 31:07 myself approved unto God. I know you do, too. 31:09 Universal... almost universal apostasy. 31:12 "God calls upon His messengers to proclaim... " Notice this: 31:17 "to proclaim His law. " 31:20 I hear people in Adventism 31:21 trying to say: "Well we talk about 31:23 the commandments too much. " Maybe you're in the wrong 31:24 church? I know, I know, it's hard to swallow 31:29 and you don't want to hear it. Somebody's liable to scold me 31:31 about it. But if you're complaining about talking about 31:33 talking about the Ten Commandments law of God 31:35 maybe you are. I know that you're not, 31:38 but you see what... Never say... God calls for His messengers 31:41 today to proclaim His law and we're talking about 31:44 the full what? Ten Commandments. Amen! 31:47 Wow! His law, and He says: "When you present this 31:50 present it in the spirit and the power of... " What? 31:53 "Elijah as John the Baptist was preparing 31:56 a people. " Spirit and power! 32:00 Do you realize the power of that word there? It means 32:03 miracle working. Miraculous things are going to take place 32:06 for the people of God who so give their life to Jesus Christ. 32:10 We don't see that in church. We're almost afraid to pray for 32:12 the sick because we lack faith. 32:15 We're afraid to move out in faith. We want to have 32:17 phones in hand before we do anything. 32:19 You know what I'm talking about. 32:21 We want everything. God says to move out right now 32:23 and He said: "I'm going to do might things in the power 32:26 of Elijah. " The abundance that God has for us. 32:30 As John the Baptist... preparing a people to what? 32:35 See Jesus in His first appearing. 32:38 And it's not... We say: "Yeah, that's good. " 32:40 But remember, what he did... He called the attention of the 32:43 people at the first appearing of Jesus also to the 32:46 Ten Commandments of God. Somebody stay with me. 32:49 And we are to give that uncertain sound. You get it? 32:53 Uncertain sound. That message... It's got to be right on target. 32:58 No uncertain sound today. 33:00 No out-of-tuners... and I tell you there's a lot of 33:02 out-of-tuners. Are you still with me? 33:05 You say that's not a word? Who said that? 33:11 Some of us need to tune it up. Isn't that right? Amen! 33:17 You hear us sing after while you'll say: "Oh, I wish he'd 33:19 tune it up. " Power of Elijah as John the Baptist. Notice that. 33:27 And then God said His last-day people - notice this - 33:30 will give the message of Revelation 14. 33:33 "Fear God and give glory to Him... " What? 33:35 "for the hour of His judgment is come. " 33:38 Think about that: the hour is here! 33:42 But it says we are to give this message, and it's so sad 33:44 that sometimes I feel like we're not. And I'm just talking 33:47 about myself, too, and I'm saying "God help me 33:49 to give it with real earnestness. " 33:52 Really you mean it from the bottom, the soles of your feet. 33:55 You know that it's right. 33:58 Said: "We need to give this message with the earnestness 34:01 that characterized Elijah the prophet and John the Baptist. " 34:05 "And we are to... " notice this word... Oh, you don't like it? 34:08 "strive to prepare the way for Christ's second advent. " 34:14 Remember... this is the time for the coming of Jesus. 34:18 Luke 13. It says: "Strive to enter. " 34:20 I can't erase that. You might want to, but it says 34:23 "Strive to enter. " Put up a fight. How about it? 34:26 By the grace of God, and we do that best on our knees 34:29 you know that? Luke chapter 1 verse 17 34:32 moving quickly here. It says: "To make ready a people 34:35 prepared for the Lord. " This is what the message 34:38 is about that God has given this last-day church. 34:40 The three angels' messages are to prepare a people to meet 34:43 Jesus when He comes. Now remember... prepared. 34:47 Are we really prepared? 34:49 Or we just think that maybe we're prepared? 34:51 Are you really working on it? 34:53 Kind of reminds me... Some of you have probably heard this 34:57 but it's interesting as I read it over. 34:59 Talk about really are we really ready, prepared... 35:01 You know, maybe like the rich man. You remember? 35:03 He went to sleep and he dreamed he went to heaven. 35:08 And when he got there... You know, the Bible says He prepared 35:11 mansions for us. Some of you are doubtful, aren't you? 35:14 Oh I see... yeah. Rich man... he died. 35:18 Hey, man, this is a good guy. He went to heaven. 35:20 You know what I'm talking about here. He dreamed he was there. 35:24 And when he got there his house was a whole lot smaller 35:27 than he thought it should be 35:30 because the lady that had been washing his shirts 35:33 her house was bigger than his! 35:36 He said: "Man, I want to tell you while I can. " And so he's 35:39 talking to the angel and he said: "Man, what is this? 35:42 I should have one of the biggest houses up here. " 35:45 The angel said: "We can only work with what you sent 35:48 up here. " Somebody's not with me. 35:52 What are you sending up there? You see what I'm saying? 35:54 What are you? "We can only work with... " 35:59 The Bible says in Matthew 11:14: "And if you receive it... " 36:04 That means the message. This is Elijah 36:06 which was for to come. 36:08 If we could only really realize why we're here 36:13 rather than you've got a one-way ticket. Come on. 36:18 Don't worry about no blood line here. Stop this business. 36:22 Or your name's written over here, written over... 36:24 Stop this business. 36:26 Where's your name? Is it written in the Lamb's Book of Life? 36:29 That's what the Bible says. I believe this... 36:32 "Four thousand years the church looked and waited for the advent 36:37 of our Lord. The destiny of the world depended 36:43 upon His coming to this earth. " 36:45 Did you get that? The destiny of the world 36:48 hung upon His willingness to come down here and pay the price 36:51 for sin or the transgression of the law. Are you still with me? 36:56 Over 2,000 years it's been since He's been here. 37:00 Those prophecies being fulfilled... the sure. 37:04 But our loving Savior said: "Sacrifice, an offering Thou 37:08 wouldst not but a body Thou has prepared for Me. " 37:11 Aren't you glad? The church is called to prepare 37:15 to meet the Lord when He returns the second time. 37:18 Amen! The church is called to do what? 37:20 Prepare! And I'm convinced that there's no event 37:26 that can equal the importance of the personal appearing of Jesus. 37:32 But a work of preparation is essential, vital! 37:37 When Jesus returns, listen to it carefully my brothers 37:40 and my sisters, listen: He's coming after a spotless, 37:44 faultless, sinless, sanctified, wholly without wrinkle, 37:48 without blemish, pure in heart people just like Himself. 37:53 OK... got a little beyond you? Go through that again? 37:56 Think about it... think about what He's coming after 38:00 and who's going to spend eternity. And the devil says... 38:02 You know what? The devil's trick up his sleeve? He has said 38:05 "Oh, it can't happen... 38:07 Man, nobody's going to be like that. " 38:09 Man, you swallow it and I swallow it. 38:12 Not by God's grace let me tell you. 38:15 Remember, all that will stand in the presence of God 38:19 are those who are pure and holy. 38:22 Because the Bible says He is as a consuming fire. 38:26 Is that not right? Hebrews chapter 12? Have you read that? 38:29 He's a consuming fire to the sinful. 38:34 There I believe it's necessary for a complete transformation 38:38 of character. Something to take place in our lives. 38:44 And I grimace a little bit sometimes when you quote 38:48 Christ Object Lessons page 69. You know it well. 38:53 "The second coming will occur... " Now notice this: 38:56 you say here: "Oh, we're talking about the 2nd coming of Jesus. 39:00 When is it going to happen? Is it time, perhaps? " Listen! 39:02 "The second coming of Jesus will occur when Christ's character 39:07 is perfectly reproduced in His people. " 39:09 Amen! Does that make sense? Amen! That's when He will come. 39:13 He's waiting on you... He's waiting on me. 39:16 Waiting on character development. 39:19 Preparation! 39:23 The time of His coming: if it's now, what is the preparation? 39:29 What is it? Remember, aren't we talking about Him coming back? 39:32 Are we not? So we can talk about all we want. 39:36 It's easy to agree but now this gets a little more personal. 39:39 This starts touching... this starts stepping on the toes. 39:43 But the Word of God is good. He knows how to step on my toes 39:46 I'm thankful. You don't know how to do it 39:48 but He does. Amen! Are you with me? 39:51 But the counsel is given to us and it's very, very clear today. 39:56 Nevertheless let's examine quickly. 39:59 I'm going to read a passage. Some of your ears will tingle 40:03 and so be it. 40:05 If they get a little red, I can probably see it from here. 40:07 So be it... 40:09 because we refuse the plain, straight Word of God. 40:14 And I'm going to read it because I've heard people: "Oh, 40:17 Kenny, be calm. " I've talked to myself here 40:20 because I've heard people read this right here and make 40:22 all kinds of excuses. They twist and they turn 40:25 and they mutilate this. Why? Maybe because they're having 40:29 problems in their own life. I don't know, but I read 40:31 the Bible, right? And by faith I say: "God has said it. " 40:34 And there's not a problem with Him... the problem's with me. 40:37 And you know which one it is because I've heard excuse 40:40 after excuse. Matthew 5:48. 40:42 It's quoted. Remember what it says? 40:44 "Be ye therefore perfect even as the Father which is 40:47 in heaven is perfect. " 40:49 And all of a sudden we get into big debates. 40:51 "Oh well, you know, it really doesn't mean that. " 40:56 Yeah, what does it mean if it doesn't? 40:58 So you know that. Praise God for the Spirit of Prophecy 41:01 that we can get into and help us to understand it. 41:04 Which goes along certainly with the Bible when He said: 41:06 "I'm coming after a church without spot or wrinkle 41:09 or any such thing. " That's very, very clear when 41:11 we read. Again, we're talking about the second coming 41:14 but there's got to be people that are ready. Amen! 41:18 Is this? Listen, this very fact: if anybody has a problem with 41:21 this just listen carefully. Talking about Matthew 5 41:27 verse 48... I've heard people butcher it. 41:34 Remember, perfect means complete mental and moral character. 41:41 And so now I look up Desire of Ages - you can do it, too - 41:45 pages 311 and 312 talking about Matthew 5:48. 41:50 So not only if we don't go along with this 41:52 we'll tear the page out of the Bible 41:54 but we can tear up the Spirit of Prophecy too. 41:56 Are you still with me? Here's what it says. 41:59 Just take it for what it says. 42:00 I say: "Oh God, I need some help. " 42:01 I'm not going to deny it. I say: "Oh Lord, I need some help. " 42:04 "I've got some character things that need to be dealt with. " 42:07 Yeah. Only those who are really striving for heaven 42:09 will say "Yeah, I do. " 42:14 Matthew 5:48 was quoted in Spirit of Prophecy, 42:16 Desire of Ages and it says... This statement is made: 42:19 "This command is a promise. The plan of redemption 42:23 contemplates our complete recovery from the power 42:28 of Satan. " How much? Complete. 42:31 Not just a little dab. Not 80% will do. 42:34 Not 90% will do. 42:37 But complete recovery from the enemy... power of Satan. 42:43 Notice: "He has made provision... " Praise God! 42:46 Thank you, Lord. "He has made provision that 42:49 that the Holy Spirit will be imparted to every 42:53 repentant soul to keep him from sinning. " 42:59 Hmmm... oooh. "As the Son of Man was perfect 43:04 in His life, so His followers 43:07 are to be perfect in their lives. " Amen! 43:10 You see, don't argue and say "God, I need some help. " 43:13 This is preparing. Don't fight it. "Oh, it's not possible. " 43:16 The Bible says it is; the Spirit of Prophecy says it is. 43:20 We want to be ready for His second coming. 43:22 This is what this is all about - Amen - isn't it? 43:24 "Be ye perfect as the Father... " 43:26 Perfect in this life! Amen! 43:28 And every time you look to yourself you're a failure. 43:31 I understand. I look in the mirror and say: "Oh Lord, I need 43:33 some help. " Amen. Is it time for the Lord to come? 43:36 Let's get a little more personal shall we? If you don't mind. 43:40 Desire of Ages 312 says: "Now by His divinity 43:43 He lays hold upon the throne of heaven... " Aren't you glad? 43:47 Whoo! "while by His humanity He reaches us. " 43:51 Ummm, a grip that never loosens. Right? When He's gottcha. 43:56 As long as you want to remain in His hand, no man can take you 43:58 out. Amen! This is the beauty of the scripture. 44:02 This is the power that's there for us today. 44:06 Notice that: "He bids us by faith... " 44:09 Does anybody want to live by faith? Oh yes. 44:11 "by faith in Him attain to the glory of the character of God. 44:16 Therefore... " Oooh! " are we to be perfect even as our Father 44:21 which is in heaven is perfect. " That's heavy-duty language! 44:24 It might be foreign to some, but that's good. I think we can 44:27 understand it. Question: are you a laborer... 44:32 a co-laborer with Jesus? If I ask the question 44:34 "Are you laboring with Christ? Are you a co-laborer with Him? " 44:37 I wonder how many would say "yes? " 44:39 Amen! Oh, no... no... I could just see it now. 44:44 "Oh yes I am. " I'm not trying to make sport of you 44:46 but I want you to know how easy it is to say "Yes I am" 44:49 but now I'm going to have you to prove it. 44:51 There's enough of this cheap talk. 44:55 I understand it's easy to say, but listen, here's what it says: 44:58 "Are you a laborer with Him or a co-worker? " 45:02 And we say: "Yes! " Desire of Ages page 313 says: 45:05 "And only those who live the life of Christ 45:10 are His co-workers. " Amen! 45:13 Now, some of you need to re-think it. 45:15 I might have to re-think it. 45:17 Only those who do what? 45:19 "live the life of Christ are His co-workers. " 45:22 Now you say: "Well ah... ah. " Listen: I'm not going to leave 45:25 you any wiggling room. You're not going to get out of this. 45:28 I don't want to; I know you don't either. 45:31 Listen to this. You say: "Wait a minute. " 45:33 The article goes on and says this: "If one sin 45:37 is cherished in the soul, one wrong practice 45:43 retained in the life, the whole being is contaminated 45:48 and the man becomes an instrument of unrighteousness. " 45:52 Now that's pretty heavy-duty, isn't it? 45:54 Yeah. No, we don't like it. Somebody's shaking their head 45:56 over there. It's all right... you shake all you want. 45:59 I've had to shake my head. 46:02 I've had to go back and had to look at it here. 46:04 But you see it? The Bible's pretty clear, isn't it? 46:07 Spirit of Prophecy's real clear, isn't it? 46:10 One sin is cherished. In other words, one that you won't 46:12 give up that you know what it is. 46:15 Yeah, cherished sin. One wrong practice retained. 46:21 We become contaminated. We are not material for heaven. 46:26 So I say: "God help me! " Amen! 46:30 Desire of Ages 309 says: "The Savior's life of obedience 46:34 maintains that the claims of the law 46:37 it proved that the law could be kept in humanity 46:41 showed the excellence of character that obedience 46:44 would develop. " That's why the world doesn't want to 46:47 hear about obedience: develops the character 46:50 to be like Jesus. That's how He developed His character. 46:52 That's how we develop ours... by being obedient. 46:55 5 Testimonies 216: "Now is the time to prepare. " 46:59 Now let's get personal. 47:02 I believe in the seal of the Living God, 47:04 and God's going to place a seal on us. 47:05 Listen: you won't go to heaven without the seal of God. 47:08 And that means if you get the seal He approves of you, 47:11 isn't that right? He's going to say: "Come on up... 47:13 come on up. " If you don't have that seal you're not going up. 47:18 No use to fool ourselves here. 47:23 This article says - 5T 216: "Now is the time to prepare. 47:28 The seal of God will never be placed 47:33 upon the forehead of an impure man or woman. " 47:39 The seal of God won't be placed upon an impure man or a woman. 47:42 Notice this: 47:44 "Will never be placed upon the forehead of an ambitious, 47:48 world-loving man or woman. 47:50 It will never be placed upon the forehead of a man or a woman 47:56 of false tongues or a deceitful heart. 47:59 All who receive the seal must be without spot before God 48:05 and candidates for heaven. " 48:07 This shouldn't discourage us at all. 48:09 It should drive us to the throne, right? "Oh God, 48:11 I need some more help here. " Don't get discouraged. 48:14 Get happy about it... Jesus is coming. 48:16 He's saying: "Now I am telling... " You know what? 48:18 Reminding some of us - it may be new, maybe it's not - 48:21 but still reminding us what it's going to take to be there. 48:23 We know we must be growing spiritually in order to be ready 48:26 for His coming, don't we? 48:28 Well, how much of this message should we be willing to digest? 48:32 The Bible is clear. Those who lived before us 48:35 had to accept the message the Lord gave them. 48:38 Is that right? Amen. Their salvation depended upon it here. 48:43 We must today believe and we must act on the message 48:46 that God has given us. 48:48 Doing His will, right? Always wanting to please God 48:52 more than please ourself. Isn't that right? 48:54 So what's our work? Somebody said to you: 48:55 "What is our work today? What is our work? What is our work? " 48:58 It's very simple. Everybody's going to go off here 49:00 and say: "Well my work is... " What is our work today? 49:03 8 Testimonies page 9 says: "The same as that 49:06 given to John the Baptist. " 49:08 That's the work! Again, don't miss it: 49:11 8 Testimonies 332 says: "In this age just prior 49:14 to the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven 49:17 such a work as that of John is to be done. 49:21 God calls for men who will prepare a people to stand 49:24 in the great day of the Lord. " 49:26 Jude 24- you've read it many times - says: 49:28 "Now unto Him that is... " What? "able to keep you from falling 49:32 and to present you... " How? "faultless... " How? 49:35 "faultless... " Praise God! "before the presence of His... " 49:40 What? "exceedingly joy, " right? 49:44 Glory. Exceedingly... wow! 49:46 And so I sense the message of Revelation 14:6-12. 49:52 Fourteen through sixteen. They're vital messages. 49:55 Anyone agree today? They're vital messages. 49:59 We can't overlook them. 50:01 Nothing is to occupy the mind but the giving of the three 50:04 angels' messages. Are you still there? 50:06 That's why this station was raised. 50:07 Have we forgotten? 50:10 Well that's kind of... Well bless your hearts. 50:13 Everybody has laryngitis? 50:16 That's why this station - right? - was raised. Right? 50:19 Proclaim this message to the world! They're vital messages. 50:23 They are designed to prepare a people for the return 50:27 of Jesus Christ. Is it time? Yes! Amen! 50:30 See, after the message is proclaimed... The Bible says 50:33 after this the next thing we will see, John says, is 50:36 the coming of Jesus. Wow! 50:41 There is but one second coming of Christ 50:45 set forth in the scripture. 50:48 In many instances it's referred to as His appearing. 50:51 I kind of get those spiritual goosebumps, don't you? 50:55 Titus chapter 2. You read that. His appearing. 50:57 John chapter 5 it's referred to as His coming. 51:00 In Luke it's referred to as He's going to return. 51:03 I Thessalonians it's going to be His presence. 51:06 How wonderful that is! Hebrews 9: it's going to be 51:08 the coming the second time. Coming again! 51:11 The return of Jesus Christ: this is our Blessed Hope. 51:14 Is somebody still here? This is our Blessed Hope. 51:17 This is our encouragement today. 51:19 And I will say this based upon the Word of God 51:21 when He comes it's going to be... it's going to be personal 51:24 when He comes. It's going to be visible when He comes. 51:27 It's going to be audible when He comes. 51:29 It's going to be bodily when He comes. 51:31 It's going to be glorious when He comes! 51:32 It's going to be pre-millennial when He comes 51:35 and He's going to make a completion of His redemption. 51:39 It's eminent... it's eminent! 51:43 The coming of Jesus is near... it's even at the door! 51:49 Great Controversy page 297, 299 says this: 51:53 "One of the most solemn and yet most glorious truths 51:58 revealed in the Bible is... " What? 52:01 "the coming of Christ... the second coming. " Amen! 52:05 Have we forgotten because we've heard so many messages on it? 52:09 The coming of the Savior. 52:12 Coming back after people He loves and He died for. 52:16 He can't wait to spend eternity with you. Amen! 52:19 Let's not get occupied in some things of this world. 52:22 Are you still there? Amen! 52:25 And so I say to each one of us today: 52:28 "It's time. Just a little bit longer... hold on! " 52:34 Amen! Hold on... don't give up. 52:37 Don't get discouraged. Don't try to look for another message. 52:41 Don't try to go find some other church to join 52:44 and we don't know what's going on. Don't just say: 52:45 I'm giving up on it. " This message is sure. Amen. 52:51 It's truthful. You can hang onto it. Amen! 52:54 What a foundation. 52:57 I love that firm foundation that God has given us. 53:01 It's settled, and yet there are people out there messing with 53:04 the pegs and the pins and they need to stop it. 53:07 Are you still with me? Amen. Got their little crowbars 53:10 and their little ratchets. You still with me? 53:13 Little axes. You know what I'm talking about. 53:16 You can hack all you want, beat all you want... 53:19 right? Explode it all you want, dynamite all you want. 53:23 It's going to be there when you're gone. 53:26 That's how sure that it is. 53:28 I say "Just a little bit longer. " 53:31 Don't give up. A little bit longer we shall see those angels 53:35 who excel in strength. Amen! Just a little bit longer 53:38 you'll see that guardian angel that's done so much. 53:41 That's been there for you all the time. 53:44 Worked miracle after miracle after miracle. Amen! 53:48 Just a little bit longer. 53:51 He's coming back to raise the righteous dead. Amen! 53:55 Oh, what a time that will be when my Jesus I shall see! 54:00 To be reunited with our loved ones. 54:03 I know you've heard it over and over. 54:04 It's exciting to think about it! Amen! 54:08 Those loved ones you haven't seen in a long time. 54:10 Oh, by the grace of God we've got to be there. 54:13 The time of His coming is now! In just a little while 54:19 He's going to change the living saints from glory to glory! 54:23 Amen! Oh, what a time that's going to be 54:26 when Jesus is comin' after me! 54:28 Amen! Just a little bit longer. 54:32 He will come to honor those who by His grace and strength 54:38 have kept the commandments of God. 54:40 And that includes them all 54:42 and that includes the seventh-day Sabbath. Amen! 54:46 Amen! Well done thou good and faithful servant. 54:51 He's coming back; He's going to honor them. 54:54 You've kept His commandments by His grace and strength 54:56 when others say it's impossible. The devil says it's impossible 55:00 to keep the law of God. Don't be a devil's helper. 55:05 You say God's not able? You say Christ is not able? 55:07 The Holy Spirit's not able to give you victory? Come on. 55:10 Just a little bit longer. 55:14 Yes! Families are going to be reunited. 55:18 Ummm... just a little bit longer. 55:22 He going to wipe away some of those... all those old tears 55:25 from our eyes. Been some real hurts. 55:30 You've been through an awful lot. I understand. 55:32 But when we see Jesus we won't remember that stuff 55:34 any more. Whooo! Just a little bit longer. 55:38 He's going to present you fault- less before the throne of God. 55:42 Isn't that wonderful? Faultless before the throne! 55:45 Just a little bit longer. No more death and sorrow 55:48 and all these diseases and sickness. No more parting. 55:51 Home at last! The older we get the more we long for it 55:55 I'm sure. Try to encourage the young people. It's like 55:58 you know: "Boom, it happens... 56:01 we get older. " 56:04 We need to be ready for His coming. 56:06 And I'm convinced of this: 56:08 when He comes He's not going to present 56:13 the great work that He has done to make sure we're there 56:16 but He's going to say: "Have you been faithful? " 56:21 I want to pray with you before we close - 56:23 got a minute left - because this is a work of 56:27 preparation. Only the Spirit of the Living God, 56:29 only the willing heart. Open your heart to Him right now 56:33 as we pray. If there's any- thing that you're holding back 56:35 why not give it to Him right now? Would you do that? 56:37 By the grace of... We MUST give it to Him right now! 56:39 Today's the day. Victory is yours, victory is mine 56:42 through Jesus Christ. I'm going to kneel. 56:43 Let's pray, shall we? Together. 56:45 Kind, loving heavenly Father, thank you for the privilege of 56:48 prayer. Thank you for Your precious Word. 56:50 Thank you for the power that's presented. And we may understand 56:53 and we may see that You are more. You said to us we'll be 56:56 more than conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord 56:58 and our Savior. Give us victory we pray. 57:00 Those who are submitting right now things that have been 57:02 holding them back... that one little thing that will prevent 57:05 them from receiving the seal of the Living God 57:07 we ask now to be covered in the blood of Jesus. 57:09 We thank you for His precious soul. 57:11 Thank you for Your work. Multiply it, Lord! 57:13 We give it to You. Take our hands off of it. 57:16 Do as Thou dost see fit. In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen. 57:19 Been good to spend some time with you. 57:21 God bless you, and I know there's much much more 57:23 to come and, you know, more blessings. 57:26 So be prepared for those blessings and you know 57:28 I hope to be able to see you one day and spend eternity 57:30 with you. God bless you! |
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