Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: 15HC
Program Code: 15HC000007A
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00:51 Hello! and welcome to 3ABN to our Fall Camp Meeting.
00:54 We've been having a wonderful time. 00:56 And some of you had a good time so far at Camp Meeting? Yes! 01:00 And we went last night pretty late, didn't we? 01:02 We had some music; we had Elder John Carter; 01:04 we had Reggie and Ladye Love Smith. 01:06 We had testimony time, and I felt the presence of the Lord 01:10 and I feel it here today. 01:12 And we're just thankful for all of you watching from around 01:15 the world. Thank you for your love and your prayers 01:17 and financial support of 3ABN 01:21 as we endeavor to take this great gospel of the kingdom 01:24 into all the world. What an exciting time to be alive 01:27 in earth's history, isn't it? Yes! I thank the Lord every day. 01:29 I can't say I've always done that, but I do now. 01:32 Every day is a gift. Every day is something new coming out. 01:36 Hey, the Pope's in D.C., right? 01:39 Isn't that exciting news? 01:41 The Pope is there... "all the world wondered... " 01:43 But you know what? We're watch- ing prophecy being fulfilled. 01:47 That's right! All around our eyes things are happening. 01:50 I said the other day: "We have a Seventh-day Adventist 01:53 running for president. We have the Pope in the country. 01:55 We've changed the laws in this country to re-define marriage. 01:58 This is an interesting time to see what God's going to do 02:02 next. " And He does a lot of it based on our decisions, 02:06 doesn't He? When we make bad decisions - 02:09 and we're doing that - hang on... get ready. 02:12 Jesus is coming soon. I don't know about you, but 02:15 I'm looking forward to it. Today it's a special program 02:19 for us. My brother Kenny Shelton is going to be preaching here 02:24 today bringing our sermon to us. 02:26 I praise the Lord for Kenny and Chris and his gift for 02:29 ministry, his love for people. 02:32 And Kenny is a little older. There's 4 boys and a girl 02:34 in my family so there's... Ronnie's above me and then 02:38 Kenny. I'm the baby boy and then came along the little girl Tammy 02:41 about 8 years later. So there's several of us 02:44 little Shelton gang running around. 02:46 And so I'm thankful for my sister Tammy and for her 02:49 musical abilities, her love for Jesus. 02:51 And she works here in the donations department 02:54 at 3ABN. But I wanted to give you a little bit of background 02:56 about Kenny. My brother Kenny... 02:59 You're coming out. You'll make sure my story's true? 03:02 OK. I'll correct you if it's not. 03:04 I wasn't going to talk about you. 03:06 That's right. Not while you're here, anyway. 03:10 My brother Kenny... Tammy can... Well, you were so much 03:13 younger than Kenny. He's about 12 years older than you. 03:15 But Kenny did not like to get up in public. 03:18 My mom and dad sang so all the boys were going to sing. 03:22 So at church: "OK boys, get up and sing. " 03:25 The rest of us get up. Kenny's like: "I don't want to sing. 03:27 I don't want to get up front. " 03:29 So he did not want to get up front. 03:31 All of his life growing up: "OK, will the Shelton's come up 03:35 and sing for us? " And "Mom, I don't want to sing. " 03:37 His voice was high. "Well we like your high tenor voice, 03:41 Kenny. " His voice changed, got lower. "We like your 03:43 lower voice, Kenny" my mom would say. 03:45 "We need it in here. " 03:46 Kenny didn't want to sing; he didn't want to be up front. 03:49 When he got out of high school ended up getting married 03:52 then he says: "I'm never gettin' up front again. 03:56 That is not my forte. I'm not a singer; 03:59 I'm not... " He'd say: "Now the rest of you play 04:01 and you sing, but that's just not my gift. 04:03 I don't have any gifts. " 04:04 So he's happy being a carpenter. 04:06 But the Lord changed all that many years ago, 04:09 so never say never, right? It seems like you get yourself 04:13 in trouble. In this case it all happened for the good 04:15 that Kenny was called many many years ago 04:19 into ministry. We together worked with 3ABN 04:23 in the very beginning days and literally on the building. 04:27 To begin with it was just he and I and sometimes 04:30 my brother Ronnie. But we got the property that was donated 04:33 to us. We didn't have a dozer but traded a guy some labor. 04:37 He let us use the dozer. Kenny knew how to run it 04:39 and I knew how to go to the gas station and fill up 04:42 the diesel can. So we'd do 5 gallons of diesel at a time 04:46 till that ran out, and somebody else would give a little money 04:48 to build the footings and the foundation. And so 04:51 we literally physically built the uplink. And my brother 04:54 Ronnie helped. And so for many many years 04:58 God has blessed Kenny in his efforts and now Kenny is 05:02 one of those that I think you couldn't keep him down 05:04 because he's excited about Jesus. 05:07 He loves to tell the world what Jesus has done for him 05:09 in his life and most of all what He wants to do for each 05:12 and every one of us... for the rest of us. 05:15 Our own... Our greatest asset, Ellen White says, is 05:18 our own personal testimony of what God has done for us. 05:22 Well, 8 years after me came my sister Tammy. 05:25 Tammy grew up, and from the time she was little we knew 05:28 she had a gift for singing. 05:30 And my family was really... My mom and dad, they were 05:33 thrilled to have a little girl. They had four boys. 05:35 Stair steps, right? 05:36 So we always say... I won't have time to get into this today, 05:39 Tammy, but we thought she was spoiled. 05:40 She saw it another direction. 05:43 But we all agreed on this one thing: that Tammy had a gift 05:46 for music. And I remember my dad always loved to hear her. 05:50 He would make little tapes of Tammy at home 05:52 and bring it to us... we were carpentering, Kenny and I, 05:55 and he'd say: "Boy, this girl's got it. " 05:57 He'd say "this girl" as if he wasn't prejudiced, right? 05:59 You know, your own dad. "Boy, I'm telling you 06:02 this girl has got it. " But you know what? 06:03 When we got a little older I had to say that, too: 06:05 "This girl's got it. She's got a gift for music. " 06:08 So thank you, Tammy, for singing today. 06:10 And right after Tammy the next voice you will hear 06:12 is Pastor Kenny Shelton. 06:14 Amen! 06:17 While we're being nice today I'll have to give my brother 06:20 some credit. He's been unfailing in his faith 06:25 beginning 3ABN and all through these years. 06:28 He has just put it in the Lord's hands and he's stepped 06:32 forward in faith... which is rare now. 06:35 I know sometimes I don't want to step forward... 06:38 especially if it's something financial. 06:40 You know, you're scared. You don't want to step forward 06:42 when you don't have the money. He always stepped forward. 06:45 He always put it in God's hands. 06:48 And God has blessed and here we are now 06:50 with 3ABN around the world. 06:52 And he's been a great leader... I want to say that. 06:56 I'm going to sing a happy song today. 07:00 Sometimes a lot of the songs we sing are slower songs, 07:04 and that's fine... there's a lot of pretty songs. 07:06 But sometimes we like something with just a little bit of kick 07:09 to it just to make us happy. 07:11 So this one's called Springs of Living Water. 07:25 I thirsted in the barren land of sin and shame; 07:29 nothing satisfying there I found; 07:33 But to the blessed cross of Christ one day I came, 07:38 Where springs of living water did abound. 07:42 Drinkin' at the springs of living water, 07:46 Happy now am I, 07:48 My soul they satisfy; 07:50 I'm drinkin' at the springs of living water, 07:55 What a wonderful and bountiful supply! 08:01 O, sinner, won't you come today to Calvary? 08:05 A fountain there is flowing deep and wide; 08:09 The Savior now invites you to the water free, 08:14 Where thirsty spirits can be satisfied. 08:18 Drinkin' at the springs of living water, 08:23 Happy now am I, 08:24 My soul they satisfy; 08:27 I'm drinkin' at the springs of living water, 08:31 What a wonderful and bountiful supply! 08:35 Drinkin' at the springs of living water, 08:40 Happy now am I, 08:41 My soul they satisfy; 08:44 I'm drinkin' at the springs of living water, 08:48 What a wonderful and bountiful supply! 08:52 Drinkin' at the springs of living water, 08:56 What a wonderful and bountiful supply... 09:01 What a wonderful and bountiful supply... 09:05 What a wonderful and bountiful supply! 09:14 Amen! Thank you. Amen! 09:17 Thank you, Tammy. Praise the Lord! Good to see everybody. 09:20 Praise the Lord! Are we happy in the Lord, are we? Yes! 09:23 Amen! Praise the Lord! Oh, it's good to be with you. 09:25 Want to just quickly say that it's good to be here. 09:28 Bro. Danny mentioned... Wow! It's been kind of a... 09:31 fast meetings and then trying to get here 09:34 and going to have to try to get back. 09:35 But we didn't want to miss, you know, the Camp Meeting. 09:39 We wanted to be here and to fellowship with you 09:41 and so it's quite a blessing. 09:43 We want to say certainly back in Cleveland, Ohio, 09:46 to where we're having... Present Truth SDA Church 09:49 having a whole month of meetings there. They're going well; 09:52 God is blessing and we're just thrilled at what's taking place. 09:56 So we want to send our greetings back there. 09:58 Pastor Eugene Anthony... and be praying. Would you pray? 10:02 Continue to pray. We have to go back and we've got 10:04 one more week and people being prepared to accept this message 10:07 and we praise God for that. 10:09 But we're glad we are here. We want to talk to you about... 10:11 I'm going to have prayer here first. I'm going to kneel. 10:13 And I know we've had it once but I feel like I need to pray 10:16 again if that's all right with you. 10:17 If it's possible for you, please kneel. If not, just pray along 10:20 with me. I'm going to kneel here. 10:23 Loving Father in heaven, we thank you for the privilege 10:25 of prayer. Now we ask that the windows of heaven 10:28 would be opened up. Pour out blessings there's not 10:31 room enough to receive. Lord, may every heart 10:33 here today... may we all be open. May we hear Your voice. 10:37 May we respond to that precious voice of Jesus. 10:40 May we know the difference of that of the enemy and the voice 10:43 of the great Shepherd. Bless us now we pray. 10:46 I ask that You forgive me of any sin and any thing in my heart 10:48 and life that needs not be there. Lord, 10:50 I need to hear Your voice. 10:51 Your children need to hear Your voice. 10:53 Bless us now we pray and may the Holy Spirit now 10:57 just take possession of everything that's said and done. 11:00 And we thank you in Jesus' name, Amen. 11:02 Amen! 11:03 How wonderful it is that we have the Word of God 11:05 that we can go to. We need the Word of God; 11:08 we need to be studying like never before. 11:11 If you have your Bibles you want to turn with me. 11:13 We're going to be talking about... You know, there's 11:15 a special group of people that's going to finish this work. 11:17 You can be among those, but they're going to have clear 11:20 discernment. God's going to give His last-day children 11:24 clear discernment. It's not going to be "I don't know; 11:27 I'm not sure. " He's going to give direction. 11:29 You're going to hear it and you're going to be able by His 11:31 grace and strength to follow that. 11:33 Turn with me if you will to Jeremiah. The book 11:36 of Jeremiah chapter 6. I'm going to go as quickly 11:38 as we can. Jeremiah chapter 6. 11:40 A lot of things to cover. 11:42 Remember, if there's anyone here that you think you know, 11:44 "Boy, we live in an hour... We've got to be careful 11:47 and get along with everybody else" this is not 11:49 the message you want to stay. You may want to go somewhere 11:51 else. God's given a message that will not be popular. 11:55 Most people don't want to hear it. 11:57 But you know what? God's given it to us and we need to be 12:00 faithful to the calling. I'm thankful 3ABN is faithful 12:03 to the calling and let messages go out that's the truth. 12:07 And Jeremiah chapter 6. I'm going to read verses... 12:09 start with verse 16 and we'll do through 19. 12:12 The Bible says: "Thus saith the Lord: 'Stand ye in the ways 12:16 and see and ask for... ' What? 'the old paths where is the 12:20 good way and walk therein 12:23 and ye shall find rest for your souls. ' 12:26 But they said: 'We will not walk therein. ' 12:29 Also I set watchmen over you saying: 'Hearken to the sound 12:32 of... ' What? 'the trumpet. ' But they said: 12:35 'We will not hearken. ' 12:37 Therefore, hear ye, O nations and know, O congregation 12:40 what is among them. Hear O earth: behold I will 12:44 bring evil upon this people... even the fruit... " 12:49 notice... "of their thoughts because they have not hearkened 12:52 unto My words nor My law but rejected it. " 12:56 Simple words but powerful 12:59 that God's people need to look at and say: 13:01 "That DOES pertain to us. " 13:02 That does pertain to us! 13:05 Thus saith the Lord, says: "STAND in the ways... " 13:08 "Stand in the ways of life... " the course of life is what that 13:11 means... the road that has been trodden before. 13:14 The path that leads to eternal life. 13:17 The mode of action is what the Bible is talking about here. 13:20 And then it says to ask for what? 13:23 "The old paths... " because we have forgotten where the 13:25 old paths are at. It's been buried underneath tradition. 13:29 See, the world has tried to bury it. The man of sin's tried to 13:32 bury it, but God said in the last days there'll be 13:34 people who will know their mission, they'll know the Word. 13:37 They know prophecy and they will proclaim it 13:40 in the midst of a crisis. 13:42 And I believe we're in the very midst of a crisis. 13:45 Amen! The old path... Remember, the old path 13:48 means the beaten path. 13:50 Have you ever noticed that? You have any animals around 13:53 or cows or dogs - whatever they are - 13:55 they seem to go from their... Somebody's not with me. 13:58 the dog pen or the barn... they go in the same, come on, 14:02 same what? The same path. It's a habit. They go in that 14:05 same path all the time and they just wear the grass out 14:08 or whatever, you know, is there. 14:10 God said He's looking for a people that will find those 14:12 old paths again. We need to do that. 14:15 They said... But notice the people said: "We won't do it. " 14:17 He said: "I set watchmen over you saying 14:20 'Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. ' " What'd they say? 14:23 "We're not gonna listen... we're not gonna listen. " 14:25 Notice: "Hear O earth, behold I will bring evil 14:29 upon the people. " Notice this: Great Controversy 14:32 page 478 says this pertaining to these passages of scripture: 14:35 "It is only as the law of God is restored 14:39 to its rightful position that there can be a revival 14:43 of primitive faith and godliness among the professed people of 14:48 God. " What needs to be elevated? 14:51 Somebody say the law of God. 14:52 I'm going to have you jump up and down and do some jumping 14:54 jacks here in a minute. Come on... 14:56 Dinner may have been too much. "It's only as the law of God is 14:58 restored to its rightful position. " 15:02 It's not been restored to its rightful position because 15:04 the man of sin is constantly beating it down 15:07 and the world is listening 15:09 to him rather than what the Word of God says. 15:12 "A revival of primitive godliness... " And we need it! 15:14 And you know that we need it here 15:17 among the professed people of God. 15:19 I believe we live in a crisis hour. 15:22 I believe that God wants to give His last-day people 15:25 clear what? Discernment. 15:27 Clear discernment is essential 15:29 both in the world and in the church. 15:33 Events have taken place in the last couple of months, 15:35 in the last couple of days, today if you will... 15:38 that are of a historic nature. 15:40 Amen! Historic nature! 15:42 And God's people will be awake and their ears will be open, 15:45 their minds will be open... not so much to concentrate 15:48 and go on and on about what the man of sin is doing 15:51 but what we need to be doing in this hour that we live in. 15:54 Praise God! You see, we have an opportunity 15:56 to reach the world with this gospel. This is the only gospel. 15:59 This is the last-day message going to the world. 16:01 Everyone is going to be tested and tried 16:04 with this message, so should we want to get it out? 16:07 Absolutely! Amen! There's open rebellion, bold rebellion 16:13 against God. And I tell you this: He's not going to let it 16:15 go unpunished. God's going to punish this world. 16:18 The United States of America is soon to suffer 16:21 like they've never seen it before because we're rebelling 16:24 against God's Word... we're rebelling against God's law. 16:27 We're allowing the Ten Commandment law to be 16:30 thrown down and people stamping on it and stomping on it 16:32 and saying it doesn't exist. 16:34 By the grace of God you know what? We need to look at it 16:36 carefully and say: "You know what? We'll never let 16:38 somebody say the law of God's done away with" 16:40 without us giving some kind of rebuttal based on the Word 16:42 of God. This is essential that we live in. 16:45 People say: "Well, I don't understand it. " 16:47 I'll tell you why you don't understand it 16:48 if you'll just allow me to go. I'm not a mind reader. 16:50 But I do believe this: the Bible says in I Corinthians 16:53 2:14... "Spiritual things are... " What? 16:57 "spiritually discerned. " 17:00 We lack spiritual power because we've not been seeking it. 17:04 We lack spiritual power because we've not been following 17:07 what we know is truth. That's right! 17:10 We've been going around the edges of it but God wants us 17:12 to get in deep right now. We need to get in deep 17:14 in the Word of God. What kind of people will God use 17:18 here in these last days? Again, we're talking clear 17:20 discernment. We're talking about special people in the last days. 17:23 Who are they? And what will they do? 17:25 We're going to just sit in the pews and do nothing? 17:27 THIS IS THE HOUR I am convinced as well as many many others. 17:31 What kind of people will God use to finish the work? 17:35 Number one I believe this: He's going to use those who will 17:39 cooperate with Him. Amen! Remember: not somebody that's 17:42 going to use the Holy Spirit but the Holy Spirit will use them 17:46 to do a work that God says to do. 17:48 And you'll know exactly when that takes place 17:51 in your own life. Those He will use to finish 17:54 are those who are active in the cause of Christ. 17:57 If you're not active in the cause of Christ, 17:59 I encourage you to get active. 18:01 Do something for the cause of Christ right now 18:03 while it's still day. Night's coming when no man can work. 18:07 We know these things but we still sit idly by 18:09 for years now, and we're not really getting off our backside 18:13 because we think we have more time left. 18:15 Things are happening today... yesterday... so 18:19 it tells you that it's not. 18:21 God's going to use in the last days those who are 18:23 quick to discern opportunities. 18:27 See, we have to have our mind singled to the glory of God 18:29 and when opportunity prevails itself He wants us to act 18:32 on it, claim it. Go ahead and get out there and get it 18:35 or the enemy's going to take it. 18:37 God's going to use here in the last days - 18:39 there's no doubt about it, there's no doubt about it - 18:41 those who can discern the signs of the times. 18:45 We need to discern what? The signs of the times. 18:48 We need to find a people who match this. We need to find 18:51 a people who are going to carry this work to completion 18:54 by the grace of God. 18:55 And then you know what? Then join them! 18:58 There's too many who sit and watch for years 3ABN 19:01 and they say: "Well this is truth! " 19:03 If you believe it's truth, then how about just gettin' 19:05 with the program and go find you a church? 19:07 How about becoming a part of that then? If it is the truth, 19:10 then you're required to follow what is truth. 19:12 Does that make sense? You're required; it's action! 19:15 It's not sitting by doing nothing saying: 19:17 "Well I believe. " The devil says "I believe" 19:19 as he trembles. He does nothing about it. 19:21 Turn with me in your Bibles to the book of Isaiah quickly. 19:24 Isaiah. You know this well; you have it committed to heart. 19:26 But you know what? It's good that we go over it again 19:29 'cause I'm looking and you're looking and I... Listen: I 19:32 want to be part of that people who are a restorer. 19:35 I want to be a part of that people who're building on that 19:38 foundation, you know that? A foundation. 19:41 I want to be part of that people that gives this last-day 19:44 message and I know you do too. 19:46 Isaiah chapter 58 verse 12. It says: 19:49 "And they that shall be of thee shall do... " What? 19:52 Shall build what? Isaiah 58. 19:55 If you don't have your Bible you still should know this 19:57 anyway. Are you with me? 19:59 They're going to build the old waste places 20:01 "Thou shalt raise up the foundation of... " What? 20:04 "many generations. Thou shalt be called the repairer... " 20:07 Notice: "of the breach, 20:08 the restorer of the paths to dwell in. " 20:11 I want to by the grace of God to be called what? A repairer 20:14 of the breach. By the grace of God a restorer 20:18 of the paths to dwell in. You remember what we just read 20:21 in Jeremiah? It said: "Ask for the old paths. " 20:24 Get back to the way it used to be 20:27 not the way somebody says: "Oh it is today. " 20:29 The Bible tells us exactly the way that it should be. 20:32 And then it says what? Our work: "As if thou turn... " 20:35 verse 13 Isaiah 58: "Thou turn away thy foot from... " What. 20:39 "the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day 20:42 and call the Sabbath a delight. " Notice this: "HOLY 20:45 of the Lord, honorable. Shall honor Him not doing thine own 20:49 ways nor finding thine own pleasure 20:51 not speaking thine own words. 20:53 Then... " verse 14... "shalt thou delight thyself 20:56 in the Lord. " And what is He going to do? 20:58 He's going to cause thee to do what? 21:00 "ride on the high places of the earth, 21:02 feed thee with the heritage of Jacob... " 21:04 Why? "thy Father for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. " 21:07 God said: "You'll ride on the high places. " 21:10 We've often said here: "We don't need to be the tail 21:12 when we can be the head. " 21:13 God... As His last-day people you can be the head. 21:16 He can give you power that we've never even dreamed of 21:19 or even thought of if we just come to Him and humble our 21:21 hearts, forsake our sins, turn our hearts and minds 21:24 toward Him. Watch what He can do 21:26 in your life and in my life and the church, the organization, 21:30 if we just simply read the Word and say: "This is what God has 21:33 said. " And not "we won't do it" but "we WILL do it 21:35 by the grace of God. " Amen! 21:37 There's too much of "Well I think" or "times have changed. " 21:39 Nothing has changed in the Word of God. 21:41 It's still God means what He says. 21:43 Amen! Yes! If we look at the words... 21:45 I'm excited about that because it says there's people, 21:48 people here in these last days that says they're going to bring 21:51 back the Sabbath truth. Interesting! 21:54 When we are guided by God, we are guided by the Holy Spirit 21:59 we will have clear discernment. 22:01 Did you get it? Too many cloudy minds! 22:04 The devil's out to cloud your mind by things you take into 22:06 your body and all these other things that are going on in the 22:08 world. We can't discern why we're even here 22:11 or what we should be doing and it should be so clear! 22:14 And we should never get sidetracked from it 22:15 but somehow we do by side issues and all the other stuff 22:19 rather than warning the world what the beast power is doing 22:22 and how the world is wandering after. 22:24 You see, we know those things are going to take place. 22:28 We know what's been taking place here. 22:29 Of what's Just around the corner... 22:31 just around the corner, dear friends. We need to be 22:34 relying upon the Holy Spirit. 22:36 Remember: if you are in tune, if I am in tune 22:39 with the Spirit of the living God, 22:41 if I have clear discernment... 22:42 Notice: I think it's something we need to re-think about 22:45 here. I'm not going to call righteousness unrighteousness. 22:48 If I have clear discernment, I'm not going to say... 22:50 What God has said is "Don't do this! " 22:52 I'm not going to be doing it. 22:55 We're in tune with the Spirit of God. 22:58 We're going to understand where the Lord is 23:00 and what He wants us to do. 23:02 Many of us can't figure out what we're even doing here. 23:05 We need to be praying because the time is short. 23:08 We need to be seeking the Lord. 23:10 A reformation: Isaiah chapter 58 23:13 gives the characteristics of those who will be a reformer. 23:17 Why not pray? Why not pray 23:18 "God, help me to be a reformer. I want to be a reformer. " 23:22 "I want to be a restorer. " 23:24 "I want to see those foundations of many generations raised up 23:27 again. " But they can't be until God's people are challenged 23:30 to say: "Now is the hour to do it. " 23:33 "Now is the time to do it. " 23:34 He's given us the tools of 3ABN to reach the world 23:37 with this message and somehow we're just kind of "Well, 23:40 well well well... " 23:42 Think about it! 23:44 Given the tools like no other tool to reach people 23:47 in the confines of their home to bring conviction on their heart 23:51 and then to step out in faith to join this movement. 23:54 We have to love our brothers and sisters. 23:56 Do we realize the time that we're talking about here 23:59 Isaiah talked about it in Isaiah. Just jot it down 24:02 because for time we're moving quickly. 24:03 Isaiah 13:9 the Bible says... 24:06 I believe Isaiah was a prophet of God, don't you? 24:08 And I believe when he spoke that we need to listen. 24:10 It's more for our day than maybe it was even for his day. 24:13 He says to us in verse 9: 24:15 "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh. " Notice: 24:17 "and to lay the land desolate. 24:21 He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. " 24:24 There's that sin issue... it's all over the place. 24:27 It's in every place. Every thing you see, everything you do. 24:29 But God says there's going to be a time of purification. 24:32 And it's for His church, too. 24:34 This church needs to be purified. 24:36 This church needs to follow what God says in His Word. 24:38 Amen! If we are His people, 24:41 we will follow what He says. 24:43 It will not be based upon a group of individuals. 24:45 It will not be based upon a board. 24:46 It will be based upon a "thus saith the Lord. " 24:50 That's God's people... That's His voice, 24:52 and the voice of God speaks as God would speak. 24:55 Isaiah says in chapter 13 verse 11 24:58 "I will punish the world... " Notice this... 25:00 Isaiah 13:11: "I will punish the world 25:03 for their evil and for the wickedness of their iniquity. 25:07 I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease 25:10 and lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. " 25:14 See, in view of these things that we're looking at right now 25:17 today we need to be looking at... Talk about Joel chapter 2. 25:21 It's very interesting. Might just turn there 25:23 and kind of keep... we'll go through it just a little bit. 25:25 In view of the fact of what day that we're living in, 25:28 what has transpired, what's taking place right now 25:30 we need to say... we need to blow a trumpet in Zion. 25:34 We need to do what? 25:36 Yeah, some of you are not going to do it. 25:38 Somebody needs to blow a trumpet. 25:40 When you blow a trumpet you're going to get somebody's 25:42 attention to do what needs to be done. 25:44 You're going to wake somebody up. 25:45 You're going to agitate some. I understand. 25:47 Some people are going to be agitated when you give them 25:49 the truth, but that's still your job... whether they hear 25:52 or whether they forbear. 25:54 This... this station here... your life, my life is 25:57 to give the message whether people will accept it 26:00 or whether they will not. 26:01 It's not: "Well, they're going to be mad at me" 26:03 or "this church, I want to get along with this group; 26:04 I want to get along with that group. " 26:06 I just want to get along with God... how about you? 26:09 I want to follow the Word as the Word tells us to do. 26:12 Don't always be looking around saying: "Well we need to be 26:14 like this group, we need to be like... " 26:16 He says: "Come apart and be separate, " doesn't He? 26:18 "And touch not the unclean thing. " 26:20 Be different! Get a different people. 26:22 Most of the time you can't tell an Adventist from somebody else 26:25 walking down the street. 26:27 You can't tell by their conversation. 26:28 You can't tell by the dress; you can't tell by what we eat. 26:31 The way that we conduct ourselves. 26:33 We can't tell the difference, but God's last-day people.. 26:35 you will be able to tell a difference in them 26:37 because Christ will be showing through. 26:39 No longer I. Willing to step behind the cross of Calvary 26:42 and let Him... let Jesus be seen. Amen! 26:45 This is the message God has given. It's an urgent message! 26:47 I feel it in my bones. I'm tell- ing you: I feel it in my bones. 26:50 And I know you do, too. The prophet of God says 26:53 we need to call a fast. Notice that in Joel 2:15-16. 26:58 Notice what it says quickly. It says we are to "sanctify 27:02 a fast. " Huh! "Call a solemn... " What? 27:05 "assembly. " First of all you blow the trumpet 27:08 in Zion. You know what that word blow is? 27:11 It says a blast. Somebody needs to be blasting on the trumpet! 27:14 I don't like somebody blasting on a trumpet 27:16 if they're not in tune. Somebody's not with me. 27:19 There's nothing worse than somebody making a big old noise 27:21 when it's just way out of sync with everything else. 27:23 If you're out of sync with the Word of God, 27:25 you're blowing the wrong note. 27:27 Somebody needs to sound the right note. 27:28 That's what the Bible says here. 27:30 Blast. Call. It says blast. Blow that trumpet there! 27:34 Now notice what it says. We are to "sanctify a fast. " 27:38 You know what that is? That's to keep holy. 27:41 That's to dedicate. That's talking about overcoming. 27:44 That's talking about consecration. 27:47 Dedication. Proclamation of this gospel. 27:52 All in those words "sanctify a fast; 27:55 call a solemn assembly. " 27:57 Call a meeting, somebody! Call a meeting! 27:59 And know what the Bible says here? "Call a meeting; 28:01 bring them together. Gather the people; 28:03 sanctify the congregation. " 28:05 You can't be sanctified while there's still sin in the life. 28:08 Sanctified congregation is what? Confessing our sin before God, 28:12 standing righteous before Him because of who He is, 28:15 not because of who you are or who I am. 28:17 It's because of the blood of what? Of Jesus Christ. 28:20 Does anybody believe that He's able to do that? 28:22 Is He able to take sin out of your life? 28:24 Are you able to live the victorious life? 28:26 Absolutely! It's because of who He is. 28:28 When you look at yourself, you are a failure. I am a failure. 28:31 But He doesn't see failures; He doesn't accept failures. 28:34 He only accepts those who will gain the victory through Him 28:37 to live His life. Let Him live through you. 28:40 What about it? Let people see that change will come. 28:43 "Gather the children. Let the priests and the ministers 28:45 weep. " How long has it been since the preachers have been 28:49 down on their knees weeping and crying? 28:50 You know what that weeping means? It means moaning 28:52 and groaning because of the hurt. 28:55 Some of the things I've heard and seen in the last few days 28:57 it's made me sick at my stomach. 28:59 It's absolutely made me sick! 29:01 I've had a hard time. I've been a little bit grouchy. 29:04 Somebody's not praying for me. 29:06 My wife said I'm a little bit grouchy. I'm a little bit on 29:08 edge because I'm saying: "Oh Lord, have mercy. 29:10 Can we see the world wondering after the beast? " 29:12 There are those whose names are not written in the Lamb's 29:14 Book of Life. The devil uses representatives. 29:18 You know, he's using a repre- sentative all of the time while 29:20 he's setting the stage for where he comes. 29:24 Somebody's not with me. The next thing we're going to know 29:27 he's going to be here. He uses representatives. 29:29 He's setting the stage up. This is our time to do it. 29:32 It's going to be cut short one of these days. 29:34 This is not always going to be like it is today. 29:37 That's why it's urgent - URGENT - that we do what God 29:39 asks us to do today. 29:42 "Weep between the ports at the vestibule. " 29:44 As soon as you start walking in the church doors 29:46 we should start weeping praying: "Oh God! " 29:48 You know what? People come through the doors they think 29:50 they're holy and they're righteous and they're good. 29:52 They don't really have a need of a change. 29:53 Oh, we need to re-think that. 29:55 We need to re-think that. You look at the life of Jesus 29:58 Christ you'll see yourself for what you are... 30:00 the way I see myself. 30:01 The more I behold Him the more filthy and dirty 30:03 I am, the more I have the need of a Savior. 30:05 Great Controversy says "the great work of reform was and is 30:09 to be accomplished. " A great work of what? 30:13 If we didn't need it, why was it printed? 30:15 If everything's A- OK the way it is? 30:18 How wonderful it is that God sees His professed people... 30:22 He sees we have great need of Him. 30:25 And sometimes we don't feel it. We have that lukewarm, 30:27 we have that "We're OK" business. 30:30 But God in His mercy and His grace sends us a message 30:33 to prepare us for His coming. 30:35 Isn't that wonderful? Great Controversy 609 says: 30:37 "The Lord gives a special truth 30:39 for the people in an emergency. " Friend, we're in 30:42 an emergency! I really feel like it's an emergency! 30:48 The Holy Spirit has to talk to you. I can't get to you. 30:51 But I know the Holy Spirit can. 30:53 I feel it in my own soul. I felt an uneasiness, an unrest, 31:00 of what's soon to take place. 31:01 And it's not going to continue on just "easy come, easy go" 31:04 like it is right now as a Christian. 31:05 You're going to be put on trial. 31:07 The hammer's going to be put down on you, and you know 31:10 what? The REAL Christian will stand. 31:12 The real cream will come to the top. 31:14 The real special people... the real movement will come 31:17 because the majority will leave. 31:19 We might as well get that through our heads. 31:20 That's why I want you to fasten to Jesus Christ right now. 31:23 Revelation 14- the three angels' message. 31:25 Praise God! This station talks about the three angels' message, 31:28 taking it to the world. Nothing is to occupy the mind 31:30 but the giving of the three angels' message. 31:32 Don't get sidetracked my brothers and sisters. 31:34 Please don't get sidetracked. 31:36 This is what it's all about today. 31:38 Think about what it says. First angel's message... 31:41 All the world, after these messages are presented, 31:44 immediately after that it says Jesus will come. 31:47 Jesus will... In Revelation 14:15 it says what? 31:50 "The harvest is ready. " Puts in a sickle, right? 31:53 And reaps. "The harvest is ready. " 31:55 Friend, we have to be ready. 31:57 We have to be ready. 31:59 God's first warning message. I want you to think and you've 32:02 thought about it many times, I'm sure. 32:03 The hour of God's judgment is here. 32:06 171 years. 32:10 171 years we've been in the last days. 32:13 We're talking about the judgment hour of 1844. 32:16 Think about it: where Jesus is at, what He's doing, 32:18 what He's pleading in our behalf. He's pleading His blood. 32:22 The judgment goes from the righteous dead unto what? 32:25 The living. When your name comes up 32:28 what's going to be pronounced? When it does come up 32:29 that's it. It's final... there'll be no more. 32:32 Brings tears to your eyes: 32:33 those who know the truth and they won't follow it. 32:35 That's heartbreaking. That's more heartbreaking for me 32:37 at this point than those who don't know because God 32:39 is just and He's good. 32:41 He's going to take care of those who understand what they 32:43 understand. But those of you who know what truth is, 32:46 bless your heart, you need to get back in and right now 32:48 while there's still time. 32:50 We need to get back. 32:52 That first angel's message gives the call to come back 32:55 and to worship the One who made heaven and earth 32:57 and the sea. We know that. And when you read that 32:59 you can't help but say: "Oh, He wants to bring us back 33:02 to creation. He wants to bring us back 33:03 to the seventh-day Sabbath. I don't accept any other 33:06 day of worship than the seventh day. 33:08 I'm not trying to be difficult about it, but you know what? 33:11 You have to do it because of what? The apostasy 33:13 and the power of darkness - the devil himself - is 33:15 saying: "The first day of the week. " 33:16 They're BOLD with the first day of the week. They're talking 33:19 about there's no other day; this is the way it has to be. 33:21 You're going to be fined; you're going to be imprisoned. 33:22 There'll end up being a death decree 33:24 because we didn't say anything. 33:25 Now we need to say the seventh day is the Sabbath 33:28 of the Lord thy God! That's what the Bible says. 33:30 That's what the three angels' messages are about: 33:32 to proclaim! Don't be ashamed of it. 33:35 I'm a Sabbath keeper. I keep the 7th-day Sabbath. 33:38 Amen! That's what the Bible says. 33:40 That's why this station is here: to give this message 33:42 to the world, bring us back. 33:45 Holy angels are directing the work. 33:50 Think about it! But the work of preaching this gospel 33:53 has been what? Been given to mankind to do. 33:56 God's going to work with us. 33:58 4 Testimonies 485, notice this: 34:01 "God will not make men and women channels of light 34:03 while they are in darkness, while they are content 34:06 to remain so making no special efforts 34:09 to connect with the Source of light. " 34:11 Says here... isn't it time that we got rid of the old 34:14 habits and customs? Lay them aside? 34:16 "The errors... let them be corrected. 34:19 Then we can receive the truth, " listen carefully, "and carry out 34:22 its principles by the grace of God. 34:24 This is the only way victory can be gained. " 34:27 Lay aside all those pre-conceived, right? 34:29 Look what the Word of God says and say: "By God's grace 34:32 I'm going to do it. " 34:34 Second angel's message simply... You know, we're 34:35 talking about Babylon is fallen. You understand it. 34:37 The world - religious world - is drunk with false doctrine 34:41 and teaching in the world today. 34:43 People say: "There's not... " Listen, when they say that 34:45 I'm going to rise up I'm telling you right now. 34:48 Somebody pray for me. 34:49 Somebody says: "Why you're no different than all these other 34:51 churches. Your message is about the same. 34:52 We go to this church over here... we go to this church. 34:54 Sounds like the same... just sounds like the same. " 34:56 You're not doing your job, pastor, 34:58 teachers, elders. You can't be doing your job. 35:00 It can't be the same! Can it? No! No. 35:03 The world... Most of the world you talk about here 35:06 is concerned. They don't know the difference in law and grace. 35:09 They don't know anything about the Sabbath, 35:10 the second coming, death, hell, the sanctuary message, 35:13 judgment. They don't know these beautiful truths. 35:16 They don't even know what the United States in Bible prophecy. 35:18 They don't know what the beast is; they don't know 35:20 what the image to the beast... 35:22 They don't know about Daniel 2; they don't know about Daniel 7 35:25 and Revelation 13 and 17 and 18. 35:28 They don't know Revelation 14. They JUST DON'T KNOW these 35:31 truths. They think that it ended when Christ died on Calvary. 35:35 Some of you think that today. You need to re-think the issue. 35:39 He must apply His blood in the Most Holy Place. 35:41 That's just as essential as His death upon the cross. 35:44 We need to be reading and studying 35:46 what all other people are thinking and believe is truth. 35:50 Babylon has disregarded the commandments of God. 35:53 There's no doubt about it. 35:54 The one that points to the true God. 35:57 We should rise up in opposition, don't you think, 35:59 when they try to bury the true God and put Him down. 36:02 Say: "NO! He's identified in that fourth commandment. " 36:05 That's why the devil's trying to pull it away. 36:07 That's why this station I know is dedicated to presenting 36:10 these truths, and it's not going to be easy. 36:14 The pressure's going to come... money situations. 36:16 People's going to be putting pressure on to not do it 36:18 but by God's grace I know it will go as long as God wants it 36:22 to go. God says: "Those who honor Me I will honor. " 36:27 And all you who present the truth: God will honor you. 36:29 It will last exactly as long as He wants it to. 36:31 It will accomplish the work that He wants it to do. 36:33 But you can't do it through compromise. 36:35 We've compromised enough; we've compromised the truth. 36:38 I don't want to compromise any more the truth of God's 36:40 Word. It means something to me; 36:42 I know it means something to you. Amen! 36:44 We have... This world, the Protestant world, has taken 36:47 the child of the papacy as the sacred day. 36:49 I'm not going to do that by the grace of God. 36:51 You know why? In the Word of God God says 36:54 that is fornication. 36:56 Are you? That's what the Bible says! 36:58 They say: "Oh well he's up there saying... " The Bible says 37:00 that's fornication. It's unpleasing to God. 37:04 God has a controversy with the churches of the world today 37:08 there's no doubt. They are fulfilling prophecy 37:10 just like John talked about. He said: "All nations have 37:13 drunk of the wine... the false doctrine. " 37:16 They've rejected a "thus saith the Lord. " 37:19 They've divorced themselves from God, and I tell you, many 37:22 of us are very close to that if we've not already done it. 37:25 Why? Because we refuse to have the seal. 37:28 Ezekiel 20:12. Sign and seal of His people in the 37:32 last days: seventh-day Sabbath. 37:34 People have trampled on it; we need to raise it back up. 37:36 Foundation of many generations. There'll be a group of people 37:39 that see that hole in the wall and they're going to restore it 37:41 by the grace of God. But it will cost you. 37:44 It will cost you. Not a day goes by in my life 37:47 I don't realize it's going to cost 37:48 and I'm sure in yours, too. I'm no different than anyone 37:51 else, but oh, it's going to cost one of the days. 37:52 Oh God, help me to be faithful. 37:54 Help me to be faithful. I can't do it on my own. 37:57 Oh God, help me to be faithful. 38:00 Seventh day... The prophet John... he saw the whole world. 38:05 The Bible says the whole world received the mark of the beast. 38:09 He says except for just a little small company 38:12 who refuse to worship the beast and his image. 38:16 But almost the whole world. 38:18 He identifies that little group in the book of Revelation 38:22 chapter 15 if you'll turn there quickly. Oh, time's going by. 38:25 Lord have mercy on us. 38:27 Revelation 15:2-3. 38:30 Let's just condense it down. Those of you who have it... 38:32 Here's what John said. He said he looked and I'm sure 38:35 it broke his heart. The whole world followed after 38:37 the beast. Their names are not written 38:38 in the Lamb's Book of Life. And then Revelation 15:2-3 38:41 he said: "I saw this group of people. I saw those who had 38:44 gotten the victory over the beast. I saw those who got 38:47 the victory over the image. 38:49 I saw those who had gotten the victory over the mark. 38:51 I saw those who had gotten the victory over the number 38:54 of his name and they stood on the sea of glass. " 38:57 Whoo! That's just exciting to say! 39:00 He saw the final race is run and it's finished. And he said: 39:05 "I saw that there was a small group of people. " 39:08 That was a remnant, right? But they had gotten the victory 39:10 over the image and the beast and the number of the beast. 39:12 Oh, will you be one of those? 39:15 Will I be one of those? 39:17 We have to realize what we're confronted with 39:19 right here. I thought about it as I was reading it today. 39:22 It brought tears to my eyes and I said: "Man, as I read 39:23 this right here I'm thinking about my church family. 39:26 I'm thinking about my children; 39:28 I'm thinking about my grandchildren. 39:29 I'm thinking about those in the world. 39:31 I'm thinking about myself. I say: "Oh God, 39:32 thank you that You have shown us that there will be 39:35 a people in the last days. " 39:36 There will be. 39:39 makes it very, very clear. 39:41 "Here's the patience of the saints. Here are they that 39:44 do... " what? "keep the commandments of God 39:47 and have the faith of Jesus. " 39:50 That's exciting to me to know that. 39:52 We have to realize... You're saying: "You know, this is 39:54 kind of like it's been goin' on, been goin' on, been goin' 39:57 on same old way, same old way. " 39:59 Can't you see it's changing? 40:02 It's been energized. 40:04 Let me tell you: the wrong has been energized. 40:07 The devil is energizing... making people think everything 40:10 is A-OK and it's going along good when you know better. 40:13 If you don't know the message, you don't know any better. 40:17 If you don't understand who God is, you don't know. 40:19 If you don't know there's s judgment going on you don't 40:21 realize what's goin' on. 40:22 That's why we have a job to do - each and every one of us - 40:24 wherever we're at. 40:26 We all have a work to do. 40:28 We're all valuable in the cause of Christ 40:29 because He said so. Yes! 40:31 Not because I do or somebody votes that you are. 40:34 Christ said that you are valuable 40:37 and He certainly proved that on Calvary, did He not? 40:39 Amen! We have to realize that the third angel's message... 40:42 Somebody listen. Third angel's message. 40:44 We say: "We've heard it so long. " 40:46 Remember, the importance of the third angel's message 40:49 increases as we near the end. 40:52 Did you get it? What? 40:54 Third angel's message: it increases in importance 40:56 as we near the end of time. 40:58 You say: "Why? " Listen: number one: this 41:01 message is of the utmost importance. 41:05 Absolutely. Think about it. 41:08 Inspiration says we need to search the scriptures; 41:12 learn how to guard against the mystery of iniquity. 41:17 How to guard against what? The mystery of iniquity. 41:19 The man of sin... the little horn power. 41:21 The one who thought to change times and law. 41:24 We know that's the papacy. We know that beyond 41:26 the shadow of a doubt. And some of you, you grimaced. 41:28 I think I saw a couple of you jump. 41:30 You know what? You need to jump. 41:33 This is the true message. You know what? Because that 41:35 power does not mind to get up and say: 41:37 "This is what you need to do. " Claiming to be God himself 41:40 and everything's changed and you need to follow what man says. 41:43 We need to follow what God has said in here. 41:45 We need to follow what God has said in HERE! 41:48 There is no compromise; there is no substitute. 41:51 He blessed, He sanctified the seventh day. 41:54 It's not the first, it's not the second, it's no other day. 41:56 God does not change... it will always be that way. 41:59 Remember, third angel's message begins to what? 42:01 Increase in importance as we near the end of time. 42:05 Why? 42:07 We're talking about a harvest time. Absolutely for sure! 42:11 But it plays such a large part in the closing scenes 42:16 of earth's history because of the man of sin. 42:21 Because we see him in activity 42:23 and then our message needs to speed up. 42:27 Our message needs to go. See, I'm not going to spend 42:31 any time in apologizing for those who don't understand 42:33 this. God knows what you do... what you do know and what 42:36 you don't. That's not my job. I don't convict; 42:38 I don't convert. The Holy Spirit does. 42:41 But we spend half the time apologizing "I'm a Sabbath 42:43 keeper. " I'm not going to apologize 42:44 to be a Sabbath keeper. I'm not going to apologize 42:47 because Daniel 7, Daniel 2, Revelation 13 say... 42:50 all identify the man of sin as the papacy. We know that. 42:52 Not trying to hurt... not trying to do it. That's not the issue. 42:55 The issue is that's what we have to warn the world 42:57 because the world is digging up the ground that 42:59 the Pope walks on and saying it's holy ground. 43:01 It is NOT holy ground. 43:03 Holy is where God is at... where the Spirit of God is at 43:05 makes something holy, isn't it? 43:07 So how can you say it's holy 43:08 when it's going against the Word of God? 43:10 We have the Word of God - praise God! - for that. 43:13 Third angel's message has been sent to warn the world 43:16 against receiving what? The mark of the beast. 43:20 But notice: churches don't want to say too much about it. 43:24 They're afraid they're going to upset... 43:26 Oh be careful, myself, now. Let me calm down a minute. 43:28 Take a breath. 43:34 We're afraid that we're not going to get along with our 43:36 neighbor church over here or somebody. 43:38 I can name some names... I don't need to do it. 43:39 You know what I'm talking about. 43:41 We don't want to upset anybody. 43:43 You know what? It's not somebody... We're to 43:45 give the truth. It's not whether they get mad 43:47 or whether they accept. It's we're commissioned to 43:50 give it and give it plain. 43:53 Remember, our message... You realize our message 43:55 must be sharper than it's ever been before? 43:58 Have a little quote I want to share with you here: 44:00 Letter 1F, 1890, says: 44:04 "As the end approaches the testimony of God's servant 44:07 will become more decided and more powerful 44:10 flashing the light of truth upon the system of error 44:13 and oppression that so long has had supremacy. 44:17 All who believe present truth must stand. " 44:23 "All who believe... " You know what? We'll hear that 44:27 and we'll just say: "Well yeah. Hey, yeah I know. Hey... " 44:30 We're not talking about just stand and say: "Hey, yeah. " 44:33 Stand. "What do you want me to do? " 44:35 "Where do I need to go? What needs to take place here? 44:38 I want to be used! " Standing means action. 44:41 Something's getting ready to take place. 44:42 You can't run while you're sitting in a chair! 44:44 You've got to get up and get your tennis shoes on. 44:46 If you don't have tennis shoes, go barefooted. 44:48 God will protect your little feet. 44:49 "All who believe present truth must stand. " Notice that. 44:54 Revelation 13, I'm telling you: "keep the commandments of God. " 44:59 Let me read something here quickly the last few minutes 45:02 that we have. This is so important 45:03 because we're talking about the first, second, third. 45:05 Just quickly, I'm buzzing through these things. 45:08 But it goes through my mind I know as it does yours 45:10 day and night because of the warning. 45:12 And "Lord, how could I reach more people for You? " 45:16 I realize as we get older our time is running out... 45:18 not only in this world but in this life. 45:20 And I know how much He's done for me, and I'm very grateful 45:23 and thankful and I just want to do more for Him. 45:24 It's not a means of salvation. Not trying to work my way 45:26 anywhere. Not trying to be justified by men or action. 45:29 By the blood of the Lamb. Amen! Be justified by the blood of 45:33 the Lamb. He washes us clean and white as snow, 45:36 and I'm so thankful for that. Gives us an opportunity 45:38 to be able to share the Word. This means so much to me 45:41 and means so much to you. 45:43 Third angel's message: that warning against receiving 45:46 the mark or the image. If we receive the mark and the 45:50 image it simply means this: that we come to the same conclusions 45:54 of the beast power. And if we're quiet, that means we still 45:57 agree. That means you sided with. This is no time. 46:01 It says: "Blow the trumpet. " That means do some exposing. 46:07 Did anybody get that? Yes! We MUST EXPOSE! 46:10 Not talking about individual people. We're talking about the 46:13 movement, the audacity the devil has to show himself 46:18 as his representative. 46:21 As I mentioned a while ago in preparation for himself 46:23 showing up. And I guarantee you: that makes me... Ooh! 46:27 Pray for me! 46:31 As I hear the newspeople so biased toward it 46:34 to say "the most holy father. " 46:36 There's no holy man on this planet! That's right! 46:39 There's none! And they say: "the most holy father. " 46:42 My heart goes out... it bleeds for them to say... 46:44 They don't know or they couldn't say this. 46:46 "Oh we praise him... he's over here... " 46:50 A billion people will come. The Word says they will wonder. 46:53 But you know what? We have to make sure we do our part. 46:55 That's not backing down, backing up. That means 46:57 going forward by the grace of God and just doing what He's 47:00 asked us to do. And remember: it's because you care. 47:04 Amen! And if there's an urgency as the Spirit is telling you 47:06 then you need to be doing it. 47:08 Anything less is treason against God at this point in time 47:10 of emergency. Notice this with me. 47:14 This is interesting. Now the first time I read this here 47:17 somebody's going to... Talks about the light of truth. 47:22 "The light of truth has been presented to you revealing 47:24 the Sabbath of the fourth commandment 47:27 showing there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday 47:31 keeping, and yet you still cling to the false Sabbath 47:34 refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls 47:37 My holy day. " Did you know it? 47:39 You receive the mark of the beast and you'll say: "Yeah but 47:42 no one has received... " We'll have to go back and say: 47:44 "I understand that" because after the law is passed, yes. 47:49 But many of you already know. So what else has to take place 47:52 for people to say: "I've studied it. I understand 47:54 it's binding. I'm not going to do it. " 47:55 You're already following after another power. 47:57 You've chosen another leader. 47:59 You've rejected the truth. 48:03 You stand underneath the leadership of someone else 48:05 that's the enemy... you know that. 48:07 It's not trying to be difficult. It's trying to get you to say 48:10 one way or the other. You can't have it both ways. 48:13 You can't just be in here and everything's going to be 48:14 hunky-dory and fluffy and wonderful and good. 48:16 It's not going to be that way. 48:18 Now notice the comment I made. Notice this: 48:21 when does this take place? 48:22 We're talking about the mark of the beast. 48:24 When the test comes. 48:26 And remember, when the test comes, the majority of us 48:28 will leave. Does that make me happy? No! 48:32 It makes me want to proclaim it more... get the attention 48:34 of people and say: "Look... please don't. " 48:36 "Please... you understand what it is. Please stand here; 48:37 get a hold of the hand of Jesus. " Let Him lead. 48:39 Let Him do what He needs to do in your life and my life 48:42 to make sure we're not shaken out. 48:45 "The decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday 48:48 and worship God... " That's talking about the Sunday law. 48:51 You know there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be 48:54 other than a common working day. 48:56 See, when you know that... when you accept that 49:01 child of the papacy rather than a "thus saith the Lord, " the 49:04 seventh-day Sabbath, yeah, you receive the mark of the beast. 49:06 That's what it is. 49:08 Letter 12, 1900. Quickly... time's running out. 49:10 Says: "When the test comes... " 49:12 See... we get a little quiet. We get a little bit nervous 49:15 when we start talking about these. I don't know why. 49:20 It either is what He said it is or it's not. 49:23 We either present it or we don't present it. 49:26 And you can say: "Oh, we needed a little bit more love. " 49:28 "We need somebody up here that's going to sugar it 49:30 a little bit. " That's not me... I can't help it. 49:33 Doesn't make me any better than anybody else. 49:35 I don't feel the sugar. 49:37 All right! The sweetness of it. We're talking life and death. 49:42 We're talking about heaven or hell is what we're talking about 49:44 here.. and people need to understand it as such. 49:47 It's not like: "Well, you do the best you can 49:48 and you're going to make it in the kingdom. " 49:49 HERE'S the message of the hour! 49:51 The three angels' message. This is the testing truth. 49:53 That's why this station is so important that people 49:55 support it... that you give to the cause of Christ. 49:58 If you're going to give, give now! 49:59 Do NOW so the gospel can go be- fore these doors are closed up. 50:04 They're gonna be closed up... you can see it right now 50:07 the laws that are being passed. You have no freedom of speech. 50:10 You have no freedom of conscience any more. 50:13 Laws are there... they're in place. 50:16 And if you go against the law of the land you'll be arrested 50:18 and thrown in jail. 50:21 You're faced with that... I'm faced with that. That's why 50:23 I'm saying we need a Savior. 50:25 We need a relationship that not too many of us maybe have. 50:27 But by God's grace say: "God, give me that. " 50:30 Inspiration say, Letter 12, "When the test comes 50:34 it will be shown clearly 50:37 what the mark of the beast is: that's the keeping of Sunday. 50:40 Those who after they've heard the truth 50:44 continue to regard the first day as holy 50:48 bear the signature of the man of sin 50:51 that thought - Daniel 7:25- to change times and laws. " 50:56 If you're part of this movement that's part of the stuff you 50:58 have to look at. That's part of the stuff I have to deal with 51:02 and you, too. It either is or isn't. 51:04 If it's not the truth, somebody challenge me. 51:07 I'll put you back to the Word of God. 51:09 God challenges you today. 51:11 He said: "This is what I've asked My last-day people, 51:14 My special people, those who are going to be restorers... " 51:17 Right? "Restorers of the path to dwell in. " 51:19 Right? "The repairers of the breach, the hole in the wall. 51:22 Raising up the foundation of many generations. " 51:26 Papacy had a big start on us. 51:28 You realize the papacy was in existence a thousand years 51:30 before there ever was a Protestant. 51:32 So don't tell me they didn't have a thousand years 51:33 to cover up all this business. I'm laying it out there. 51:37 Why? Because we need to wake up if we're thinking otherwise. 51:40 That we're just gonna get along and compromise 51:42 and everything. This is NOT politics. 51:46 This is not just talkin' about things that we can all agree 51:49 with and that have a different agenda and we're all going to 51:51 shake hands and come out. It just either is or it isn't. 51:54 God's calling His last-day people. 51:57 That's just around the corner that we're talking about. 52:01 And I say to you: the least departure 52:05 from right breaks down that barrier 52:10 that prepares the heart for greater injustice. 52:13 The least what? Departure from right. 52:17 We cannot afford by the grace of God to just have a little 52:20 small departure. We can't say it's just a little thing. 52:23 We can't say it really doesn't matter. 52:27 Remember that this message here - unless you can prove it - 52:29 is distasteful. Why? 52:35 As we mentioned while ago "Well, we should give it 52:38 a little different... " Listen: Jesus Christ Himself 52:40 left glory. He came down here. 52:43 No one could have presented any better than He did. 52:46 No one will ever even come close to it. 52:49 But they nailed Him on the cross. 52:51 They rejected Him. So you can say all the sweet 52:54 sugar and however you present it and the love you have 52:57 for your fellow man, you want them to be saved in the kingdom 53:02 and let the Holy Spirit do the convicting of the heart and 53:05 the mind. Amen. The church needs to be converted. 53:08 We need a reformation... we need to reform. 53:11 We need to change. And we say: "Yes, yes. " 53:14 But when will it come? 53:16 See, when will the change really come? 53:17 What's it going to be? When you get enough money 53:20 you can retire? You get all of your bills paid for? 53:22 Your house paid? You see what I'm talking about here? 53:25 When will it really be? Or will it be now? 53:28 Where does a real reformation start? 53:32 Four minutes. Somebody help me. Whoo! 53:33 I want to go a couple more hours. 53:36 I told my brother that, I think. 53:37 Whatever they say. We just go down till it says "zero" 53:39 on there and I'll be doing like this... 53:43 Stretch it. Get more time. 53:48 Where does revival? Reformation. Where does it really begin? 53:51 It begins with us. True reformation begins 53:54 with soul cleansing... the church is ready to cleanse 53:58 the soul by the grace of God. 54:00 His blood, everything, and willing to follow Him. 54:03 It's going to happen! 54:05 It's going to happen. 54:06 I want it to happen. Amen! 54:09 Those of you who study prophecy you see what's to take place 54:12 and say: "Oh God, I need some help. " 54:14 I need some help. You need some help today? 54:18 You believe in a people? I'll ask my wife to come out 54:20 if she's here somewhere. We're going to have closing prayer. 54:22 I can't hardly do anything without my right hand. 54:25 I don't know about you. I hope it's OK. 54:28 Amen! She's with me all the time and helps to have 54:30 closing prayer. She understands the stuff that we study 54:32 and we go through in our meetings that we're having. 54:35 My heart just aches for what's happening. Amen! 54:38 And really, we need to take this so serious. 54:41 Amen! You know, I know we'll stay at every meeting 54:44 and everybody that brings it: "Oh, yes. " 54:45 But what will we do and when will we do it? 54:48 Now! Now is the day. Now is the appropriate time. 54:52 And that means conversion. That means right now. 54:54 I want you to lift your heart to God as you have prayer for us 54:57 honey. We'll kneel up here and they can kneel if they want 54:58 or just be seated, close your eyes. 55:01 Think about things the Holy Spirit is impressing you with. 55:04 How we need to get involved. Remember, some of you can't 55:06 do some of the things but you can always give to the cause. 55:09 You can always help others who are out there on the line. 55:11 Pray about that. Let's pray about those who have made 55:13 decisions. Those of you at home, please: 55:15 you've listened to the truth for a long time 55:18 but you've not responded. I'm encouraging you, please 55:20 respond right now. Um-hmm. Find you a church 55:24 that keeps the commandments of God and has the faith of Jesus. 55:27 Yes! Find that church 55:29 and do something and attend before it's too late. 55:32 Let's pray, shall we? 55:37 Most gracious heavenly Father, Wow! What a message we 55:41 have heard today. Lord help us. 55:43 This third angel's message needs to get stronger; 55:47 it needs the power of the fourth 55:49 to accompany it. Yes! We are living in historic times 55:53 they are telling us. It is times that You've told us 55:56 about for many many years. 55:58 And God, as these people - Your chosen people - have 56:01 gathered together here in this sanctuary 56:04 around the television set may they feel as never before 56:09 that they need to open up the Word of God, 56:12 they need to write it in their hearts and their minds 56:14 before it is ever too late. Yes, Lord. 56:16 We need to be loving our neighbors, loving our children, 56:20 asking and praying and pleading for open doors to share the 56:24 truth. We need the truth... the truth that will set us free... 56:28 set us free from sin. Oh God, 56:31 help each and every one of us. Forgive us of our sins 56:35 here today. And I pray as every head is bowed 56:38 and those who are on their knees that they are crying out 56:41 saying: "God, help me! 56:43 God, give me a new start today. 56:45 Help my children, my grandchildren, Lord. " 56:48 Prepare us because that door of probation 56:52 it is closing and it's closing fast. 56:55 In Christ's name we pray and we thank you, Lord. 56:59 Amen; amen; amen; amen. 57:02 We have about 27 seconds. We want to encourage 57:06 the folks to continue to be tuning in to the Camp Meeting. 57:09 A lot of good speakers; a lot of good messages. 57:12 You won't want to miss any of them. I know those at home 57:15 if you can't be there, set your DVR, right? That's right! 57:18 Record these things and play them back because I tell you 57:20 God has a word in due season, God has a word for His church. 57:23 Yes He does! He's coming soon... now is the hour. 57:26 Let's prepare, shall we? Yes! 57:28 Be prepared. Jesus is coming. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 57:30 Amen! |
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