Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: 16SCM
Program Code: 16SCM000010S
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00:51 WELCOME TO 3ABN'S SPRING CAMP MEETING:
00:57 LIVE FROM THE 3ABN WORSHIP CENTER. 01:02 HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, 01:05 YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS CAMP MEETING 2016. WE ARE HERE IN 01:10 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BEING BLESSED. CAN WE ALL SAY AMEN TO THAT? 01:13 AMEN! WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED IMMENSELY BY THE THEME OF 01:18 CHRIST, CALVARY, AND THE SANCTUARY, AND WE'RE JUST 01:21 GETTING STARTED. AND THE SPEAKER FOR THIS HOUR 01:24 IS DR. CARLTON BYRD. HE IS THE SPEAKER/DIRECTOR 01:28 OF BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRY. ALSO THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE 01:31 OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY, AND I KNOW THAT GOD ALWAYS IGNITES 01:35 HIS MIND AND HIS LIFE. HE NEVER WHISPERS. HE ALWAYS 01:39 PREACHES... SO SOMEBODY SAY AMEN. AMEN! 01:41 HE'S A PREACHER... HE'S NOT A WHISPERER! 01:43 AND WHAT HE DOES IS HE IMPARTS, RIGHTLY DIVIDES THE WORD OF 01:47 TRUTH TO THE GLORY AND HONOR OF THE LORD. 01:50 IF YOU'RE IN DRIVING DISTANCE, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME 01:53 TO 3ABN. A FEW MORE DAYS REMAINING HERE IN CAMP MEETING. 01:56 AND WE KNOW THAT EACH MESSAGE BUILDS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL THEME 02:01 OF REFLECTING AND UPLIFTING JESUS CHRIST. 02:04 BEFORE WE GO TO THE MESSAGE, THOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME 02:07 BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TONIGHT. MUSIC HAS A WAY OF SOFTENING THE HEART 02:13 SO THAT THE SEEDS OF THE WORD CAN BE SOWN. AND I KNOW THAT 02:17 WE ARE GOING TO BE BLESSED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 02:20 CALVARY THIS SONG SO BEFITTINGLY DESCRIBES CALVARY: 02:24 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. I'VE HEARD THIS SONG 02:27 BEFORE, AND I KNOW AS I INVITE REGGIE AND LADYE LOVE SMITH 02:31 TO COME OUT, I KNOW... JUST HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS. 02:34 THIS SONG SO BEAUTIFULLY NOT ONLY ORCHESTRATES 02:37 THE MESSAGE OF THE BEAUTY OF THE CROSS, 02:39 THE IGNOMANIOUS NATURE OF THE CROSS, BUT THE BEAUTY OF THE 02:42 RESURRECTION. IT TAKES US BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH 02:44 AND HANGS US THERE AS THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS REVEALED. 02:48 AFTER REGGIE AND LADYE HAVE SUNG THE NEXT VOICE THAT YOU WILL 02:52 HEAR IS THAT OF DR. CARLTON BYRD AND THE MESSAGE 02:56 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 03:23 SUSPENDED ABOVE 03:27 THE WORLD THAT HE MADE 03:31 AND BELOW HIS HOME IN THE SKY 03:39 GOD IN FLESH CAME DOWN TO MAN 03:46 AND MAN RAISED HIM UP TO DIE 03:54 AND THERE ON A TREE 03:57 THE DESTINY 04:01 OF EVERY FALLEN MAN 04:09 WAS HELD BY THE NAILS 04:12 DRIVEN THROUGH 04:16 HIS SINLESS FEET AND HANDS 04:24 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 04:28 HEAVEN AND EARTH 04:31 STOOD A SYMBOL OF GRACE 04:34 NOT BASED ON OUR WORTH 04:38 IT WAS THERE HE ENDURED 04:42 WHAT WE DESERVED 04:47 FOR THE CROSS HELD THE HOPE OF THE WORLD 04:52 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 04:55 HEAVEN AND EARTH 05:01 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TIME 05:05 AND SPACE 05:08 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND GRACE 05:15 HE BECAME THE SIN 05:19 HE'D NEVER KNOWN 05:23 AND AS THE SKIES TURNED BLACK 05:27 HIS FATHER TURNED HIS BACK 05:31 AND FOR THAT MOMENT, HE WAS LEFT ALONE - 05:37 HE WAS LEFT ALONE 05:43 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 05:47 HEAVEN AND EARTH 05:50 STOOD A SYMBOL OF GRACE 05:53 NOT BASED ON OUR WORTH 05:58 IT WAS THERE HE ENDURED 06:01 WHAT WE DESERVED 06:06 FOR THE CROSS HELD THE HOPE 06:08 OF THE WORLD 06:12 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 06:15 HEAVEN AND EARTH 06:24 STOOD A SYMBOL OF GRACE 06:27 NOT BASED ON OUR WORTH 06:31 IT WAS THERE HE ENDURED 06:35 WHAT WE DESERVED 06:40 FOR THE CROSS HELD THE HOPE OF 06:43 THE WORLD - HOPE OF THE WORLD... 06:46 YES, THE CROSS HELD THE HOPE 06:50 OF THE WORLD... OH YES, 06:54 THE CROSS HELD THE HOPE 06:57 OF THE WORLD 07:02 SOMEWHERE... SOMEWHERE 07:05 BETWEEN 07:08 HEAVEN 07:13 AND EARTH 07:19 SUSPENDED ABOVE 07:22 THE WORLD THAT HE MADE 07:26 AND BELOW 07:29 HIS HOME 07:31 IN THE SKY 07:41 AMEN! AMEN! 07:52 LET'S GIVE BROTHER REGGIE AND SISTER LADYE LOVE ANOTHER HEARTY 07:56 AMEN. AMEN! BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 08:00 I'M BACK AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE YOU 08:03 ONCE AGAIN AS WE GO INTO THE WORD OF GOD THIS EVENING. 08:07 THIS SECOND ASSIGNMENT IS NOW ENTITLED 08:11 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 08:13 AND SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES AND TURN WITH 08:15 ME TO THE BOOK OF EXODUS. 08:17 WE'RE GOING BACK THERE, BUT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO 08:19 TO EXODUS CHAPTER 25 AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN READING 08:23 VERSE NUMBER 10. EXODUS CHAPTER 25 08:29 AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH VERSE NUMBER 10. 08:36 EXODUS 25 VERSE 10 AND WE'RE GOING TO READ ALL THE WAY 08:39 TO VERSE NUMBER 22. 08:42 EXODUS CHAPTER 25 08:46 VERSE NUMBER 10 ALL THE WAY TO VERSE 22. 08:48 IF YOU HAVE IT, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY AMEN. 08:50 AMEN! ALL RIGHT! THE WORD OF GOD SAYS: 08:52 "THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES SAYING: 08:55 'SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY BRING ME 08:58 AN OFFERING OF EVERY MAN THAT GIVETH IT WILLINGLY 09:02 WITH HIS HEART YE SHALL TAKE MY OFFERING. 09:04 THIS IS THE OFFERING WHICH YE SHALL TAKE OF THEM: 09:06 GOLD AND SILVER AND BRASS 09:10 AND BLUE AND PURPLE AND SCARLET AND FINE LINEN 09:16 AND GOAT'S HAIR AND RAM'S SKIN 09:19 DYED RED, BADGER'S SKIN AND SHITTIM WOOD. 09:23 OIL FOR THE LIGHTS; SPICES FOR ANOINTING OIL 09:26 AND FOR SWEET INCENSE. 09:28 ONYX STONES, STONES TO BE SET IN THE EPHOD 09:32 AND IN THE BREASTPLATE. 09:34 LET THEM MAKE ME A SANCTUARY 09:37 THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM ACCORDING TO ALL THAT I SHOW 09:40 THEE, AFTER THE PATTERN OF THE TABERNACLE 09:43 AND THE PATTERN OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS THEREOF 09:46 EVEN SO SHALL YE MAKE IT. ' " VERSE 10. 09:48 AND THEY SHALL MAKE AN ARK OF SHITTIM WOOD. 09:50 TWO CUBITS AND A HALF SHALL BE THE LENGTH THEREOF 09:53 AND A CUBIT AND A HALF THE BREADTH THEREOF AND A CUBIT 09:55 AND A HALF THE HEIGHT THEREOF. THOU SHALT OVERLAY IT WITH 09:58 PURE GOLD. WITHIN AND WITHOUT SHALT THOU OVERLAY IT 10:01 AND SHALT MAKE UPON IT A CROWN OF GOLD ROUND ABOUT. 10:05 THOU SHALT CAST FOUR RINGS OF GOLD FOR IT 10:08 AND PUT THEM IN THE FOUR CORNERS THEREOF. 10:10 TWO RINGS SHALL BE ON THE ONE SIDE OF IT AND TWO RINGS 10:12 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. AND THOU SHALT MAKE STAVES 10:15 OF SHITTIM WOOD AND OVERLAY THEM WITH GOLD. 10:17 AND THOU SHALL PUT THE STAVES INTO THE RINGS BY THE SIDES 10:20 OF THE ARK THAT THE ARK MAY BE BORNE WITH THEM. 10:22 THE STAVES SHALL BE IN THE RINGS OF THE ARK; 10:24 THEY SHALL NOT BE TAKEN FROM IT. 10:27 THOU SHALT PUT THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY 10:29 WHICH I SHALL GIVE THEE. " VERSE 17: 10:31 "THOU SHALT MAKE A MERCY SEAT OF PURE GOLD. 10:35 TWO CUBITS AND A HALF SHALL BE THE LENGTH THEREOF 10:38 AND A CUBIT AND A HALF THE BREADTH THEREOF. 10:39 AND THOU SHALT MAKE TWO CHERUBIMS OF GOLD, 10:42 OF BEATEN WORK SHALT THOU MAKE THEM 10:44 ON THE TWO ENDS OF THE MERCY SEAT. 10:46 AND MAKE ONE CHERUB ON THE ONE END AND THE OTHER CHERUB 10:49 ON THE OTHER END. EVEN ON THE MERCY SEAT 10:51 SHALL YE MAKE THE CHERUBIMS ON THE TWO ENDS THEREOF. 10:55 AND THE CHERUBIMS SHALL STRETCH FORTH THEIR WINGS ON HIGH 10:59 COVERING THE MERCY SEAT WITH THEIR WINGS AND THEIR FACES 11:02 TO LOOK ONE TO ANOTHER. 11:04 TOWARDS THE MERCY SEAT SHALL THE FACES OF THE CHERUBIMS BE. 11:07 AND THOU SHALL PUT THE MERCY SEAT ABOVE THE ARK. 11:10 AND IN THE ARK, THOU SHALL PUT THE TESTIMONY 11:13 THAT I SHALL GIVE THEE. " VERSE 22: 11:16 "AND I WILL MEET WITH THEE AND I WILL COMMUNE WITH THEE 11:21 FROM ABOVE THE MERCY SEAT FROM BETWEEN THE TWO CHERUBIMS 11:25 WHICH ARE UPON THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY 11:28 OF ALL THINGS WHICH I WILL GIVE THEE IN COMMANDMENT 11:31 UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. " 11:35 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 11:39 FATHER GOD NOW STAY WITH US, BREATHE ON US 11:43 AND MAY WE FEEL YOUR POWER AND SENSE YOUR PRESENCE. 11:49 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 11:53 THE STORY IS TOLD OF AN OLD COWBOY WHO ONE SABBATH MORNING 11:58 ENTERED A CHURCH JUST BEFORE WORSHIP SERVICES WERE TO BEGIN. 12:04 ALTHOUGH THE OLD MAN AND HIS CLOTHES WERE SPOTLESSLY 12:09 CLEAN... THEY WERE METICULOUSLY CLEAN... THE OLD COWBOY 12:14 WORE JEANS, WORE A DENIM SHIRT AND HE WORE BOOTS THAT WERE VERY 12:20 RAGGED AND WORN. IN HIS HAND HE CARRIED AN OLD 12:25 WORN-OUT HAT, AND AN EQUALLY WORN-OUT BIBLE. 12:30 NOW THE CHURCH HE ENTERED IN, WAS IN A VERY UPSCALE 12:35 AND EXCLUSIVE PART OF THAT CITY. IT WAS THE LARGEST, AND IT WAS 12:39 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CONGREGATION THAT THE OLD COWBOY HAD EVER 12:44 SEEN. THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WERE ALL DRESSED UP... 12:48 DRESSED TO A TEE. 12:50 SUITS ON, SHIRTS ON, DRESSES ON, BOW TIES ON. 12:54 THEY LOOKED GOOD. 12:57 THEY HAD EXPENSIVE CLOTHES ON AND ACCESSORIES TO MATCH. 13:01 AS THE COWBOY TOOK A SEAT IN THAT CHURCH, THE PEOPLE IN THE 13:06 CHURCH MOVED AWAY FROM THE COWBOY. 13:10 NO ONE GREETED HIM. NO ONE SPOKE TO HIM. 13:15 NO ONE WELCOMED HIM. THEY WERE ALL APPALLED. 13:20 THEY WERE ALL UPSET AT HIS APPEARANCE, AND THEY DIDN'T 13:24 ATTEMPT TO HIDE IT. THE PREACHER GAVE A LONG FILLED 13:29 SERMON THAT SABBATH AND HE PREACHED WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 13:33 AND A STERN LECTURE ON HOW MUCH MONEY THE CHURCH NEEDED 13:37 TO DO GOD'S WORK. 13:39 AS THE OLD COWBOY WAS LEAVING THE CHURCH THE PREACHER 13:41 APPROACHED HIM AND HE ASKED THE COWBOY: 13:43 "LISTEN. DO ME A FAVOR. " HE SAID "BEFORE YOU COME BACK 13:47 IN HERE IN THIS CHURCH AGAIN HAVE A TALK WITH GOD 13:51 AND ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE ATTIRE 13:55 FOR WORSHIP. " 13:57 THE OLD COWBOY ASSURED THE PREACHER THAT HE WOULD DO 14:03 JUST THAT. THE NEXT SABBATH, SURE ENOUGH, 14:06 THE OLD COWBOY CAME BACK TO THIS SAME CHURCH, AND HE CAME BACK 14:11 WEARING THE SAME RAGGED JEANS, THE SAME OLD DENIM SHIRT, 14:17 THE SAME BOOTS AND HAT. ONE MORE TIME, ONCE AGAIN, 14:22 HE WAS SHUNNED AND IGNORED BY THE CONGREGATION. 14:26 AFTER CHURCH, THE PREACHER APPROACHED THE MAN AGAIN AND 14:31 SAID "MR. COWBOY, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO SPEAK TO GOD 14:37 ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD WEAR BE- FORE YOU CAME BACK TO CHURCH. " 14:41 THE OLD COWBOY REPLIED "I DID." 14:45 THE PREACHER SAID "WELL IF YOU SPOKE TO GOD 14:48 WHAT DID GOD TELL YOU THE PROPER ATTIRE SHOULD BE 14:51 FOR WORSHIPPING HERE AT THIS CHURCH? "ASKED THE PREACHER. 14:54 "WELL, SIR" THE COWBOY SAID, "GOD TOLD ME THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE 15:00 A CLUE WHAT I SHOULD WEAR 15:02 BECAUSE HE SAID HE'D NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE. " 15:10 LET ME BE CLEAR TONIGHT: 15:13 IF GOD ISN'T HERE, IT ISN'T CHURCH. 15:18 IF GOD ISN'T HERE, WE'RE NOT WORSHIPPING. 15:23 IF GOD ISN'T HERE, WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME. 15:28 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN HAVE IN WORSHIP IS THAT GOD BE 15:33 IN OUR MIDST, DO I HAVE A WITNESS IN THIS PLACE? 15:36 GOD SAYS IN EXODUS 25 VERSE NUMBER 8 "AND LET THEM MAKE ME 15:41 A SANCTUARY THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM. " 15:45 AND ACCORDING TO EXODUS 26 VERSE NUMBER 1 15:48 THIS SANCTUARY WAS CALLED A TABERNACLE. 15:51 AND FOR GOD TO BE IN THE MIDST WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL 15:54 MESSAGES OF THE TABERNACLE. 15:56 THE TABERNACLE WAS PLACED DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 15:59 ISRAELITE ENCAMPMENT BECAUSE GOD WANTED HIS PEOPLE 16:02 TO CONTINUALY REALIZE THAT HE WAS IN THEIR MIDST. 16:05 THE TABERNACLE AS WE KNOW IT I SAID EARLIER HAD 3 SECTIONS. 16:10 THE COURTYARD, THE HOLY PLACE, THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 16:14 WE BEGAN THIS CAMP MEETING SERIES IN THE COURTYARD. 16:17 AND WE EXAMINED THE FENCED AREA AROUND THE TABERNACLE. 16:20 THEN WE WORKED OUR WAY TO THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE 16:23 WHERE THE SACRIFICES FOR SIN WOULD TAKE PLACE. 16:27 THEN ON TO THE BRAZEN LAVER WHERE THE PRIESTS WASHED 16:30 THEIR HANDS AND FEET BEFORE MAKING THE SACRIFICES AND AGAIN 16:34 BEFORE THEY ENTERED INTO THE TABERNACLE. 16:36 THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE DOOR INTO THE FIRST ROOM 16:39 CALLED THE HOLY PLACE. 16:40 THERE WE LOOKED UPON THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD, 16:43 THE SEVEN-BRANCH CANDLESTICK, THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE 16:48 THAT STOOD BEFORE THE VEIL THAT DIVIDED THE HOLY PLACE 16:51 TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 16:53 AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST AND FINAL SECTION 16:58 OF THE TABERNACLE... THE INNER SANCTUM, 17:01 THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 17:04 THE ROOM WHERE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS KEPT. 17:07 THIS WAS THE MOST HALLOWED PLACE AND HALLOWED GROUND 17:10 FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 17:12 THIS WAS WHERE GOD WAS IN THE MIDST. 17:15 THIS WAS WHERE GOD DWELT. 17:18 THIS WAS THE ROOM WHERE ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST COULD ENTER 17:21 AND HE COULD ONLY ENTER ONCE PER YEAR... 17:24 AND THAT WAS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. 17:26 ON THIS DAY THE ONLY PERSON ALLOWED IN THE TABERNACLE 17:29 WAS THE HIGH PRIEST. ON THIS DAY NO ONE ELSE COULD 17:34 OFFER ANY SACRIFICES. ON THIS DAY 17:37 ONLY THE PRIEST WOULD MAKE A SPECIAL SACRIFICE FOR THE SINS 17:41 OF THE PEOPLE. THERE WERE OTHER SACRIFICES MADE 17:44 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN FACT, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THEM. 17:47 THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF THEM. BUT IF THE HIGH PRIEST 17:51 FAILED TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THIS DAY 17:54 ALL THOSE OTHER SACRIFICES WOULD HAVE MEANT NOTHING. 17:57 THE WORK IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE SYMBOLIZED 18:01 THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF JESUS'S MINISTRY. 18:05 THE PURPOSE ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT WAS TO CLEANSE BOTH 18:08 THE SINNER AND THE SANCTUARY. 18:11 THIS CLEANSING WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MOST 18:14 HOLY PLACE. NOW THE MAJOR FURNISHING 18:20 IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 18:24 AND THAT'S MY ASSIGNMENT, PREACH ON THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 18:29 SO I'M NOT GOING TO DELVE INTO THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, 18:33 BUT IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT ALL OF THE CEREMONY ON THE DAY OF 18:36 ATONEMENT WAS CENTERED AROUND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 18:40 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE. 18:43 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS A WORK OF ART. 18:46 AND IF IT EXISTED ON EARTH TODAY, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED 18:50 BY MANY PRICELESS. COLLECTORS WOULD PAY MILLIONS OF 18:54 DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, TO TOUCH IT, AND TO OWN IT. 18:57 BUT NO ONE COULD GET CLOSE TO IT. 19:00 NO ONE COULD LOOK AT IT, OR THEY'D DIE. 19:03 IT WAS HIDDEN AWAY IN A ROOM SO THAT NO ONE BUT THE HIGH PRIEST 19:07 COULD ENTER. EVEN HE HAD TO CONCEAL ITS BEAUTY 19:12 BY THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE BURNED OR AS HE WAS WARNED 19:16 HE TOO WOULD DIE BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TOUCH IT 19:18 OR YOU'D DIE. THE ONLY WAY THE ARK OF THE COVENANT COULD 19:21 BE CARRIED WAS BY STAVES PLACED IN ITS RINGS. 19:25 AND AS IT WAS CARRIED ALONG IT WAS COVERED WITH SEVERAL 19:28 LAYERS OF SKINS AND SHEETS. 19:31 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. IT WAS THE CHIEF AND MOST SACRED 19:35 OF ALL OBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE TABERNACLE. 19:38 EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SUBORDINATE. 19:41 EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SECOND TO IT. 19:44 ITS PRE-EMINENCE IS FURTHER PRONOUNCED IN ITS BEING THE 19:47 FIRST THING CONNECTED WITH THE TABERNACLE THAT GOD 19:50 SPOKE TO MOSES ABOUT. 19:52 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT CONSIS- TED OF FOUR DISTINCT OBJECTS. 19:57 NUMBER ONE - THE ARK PROPER. 20:00 NUMBER TWO - THE MERCY SEAT. 20:03 NUMBER THREE - THE CHERUBIM. 20:07 AND NUMBER FOUR - THE SHEKINAH. 20:09 LET'S TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE OBJECTS. 20:12 FIRST THE ARK. THE ARK WAS A BOX OR A CHEST MADE AGAIN 20:18 OF ACACIA WOOD. IT WAS OVERLAYED WITHIN AND WITHOUT 20:21 WITH PURE GOLD AND HAVING A CROWN OF GOLD UPON THE TOP. 20:24 IT WAS TWO AND A HALF CUBITS LONG 20:26 AND ONE AND A HALF CUBICS HIGH AND BROAD. 20:29 INSIDE THE ARK WERE THE TABLES OF STONE 20:33 ON WHICH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN 20:35 WITH THE FINGER OF GOD. THIS IS WHY IT WAS CALLED 20:38 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, BECAUSE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE 20:42 THE BASIS FOR THE COVENANT MADE BETWEEN GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF 20:45 ISRAEL IN WHICH GOD PROMISED TO BE THEIR GOD 20:48 AND TO REGARD THEM WITH FAVOR ON THE CONDITION THAT 20:51 THEY HAD TO OBEY HIM. 20:52 IF OBEDIENT THE COMMANDMENTS WOULD BE A TESTIMONY IN THEIR 20:56 FAVOR. IF DISOBEDIENT THE COMMANDMENTS WOULD TESTIFY 21:00 AGAINST THEM. THIS IS WHY SOMETIMES 21:03 THE ARK WAS CALLED ALSO THE ARK OF TESTIMONY. 21:07 NUMBER 2, THE COVER OF THE ARK OR THE COVER OF THE SACRED CHEST 21:11 WAS CALLED THE MERCY SEAT. THE MERCY SEAT SIGNALED TO COVER 21:17 SIN IN THE SENSE OF FORGIVING SIN. 21:20 THE MERCY SEAT WAS THE PLACE WHERE GOD HIMSELF SHOWED HIMSELF 21:25 TO BE MERCIFUL IN FORGIVING THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 21:29 I MUST ADMIT I LIKE THIS PART WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MERCY 21:32 SEAT BECAUSE MERCY IS ONE OF GOD'S MOST PRECIOUS ATTRIBUTES. 21:36 MERCY IS GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR. 21:40 MERCY IS WHEN YOU GET WHAT YOU DON'T DESERVE. 21:44 MERCY IS WHAT WOKE YOU UP THIS MORNING. 21:47 MERCY LET ME EAT SOMETHING THIS MORNING. 21:50 MERCY KEPT MY HEART BEATING WHILE I WAS SLEEPING ALL NIGHT 21:53 LAST NIGHT. MERCY KEPT ME FROM GETTING IN A CAR WRECK 21:57 ON MY WAY TO 3ABN. TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE 22:01 TIME TALKING ABOUT GOD'S MERCY, BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING IN AN AGE, 22:05 WE'RE LIVING IN AN ERA, WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME 22:07 WHERE PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY DON'T NEED ANY MERCY, BUT YOU AND I 22:11 WE WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE MERCY OF GOD. 22:15 WE ARE DRESSED NICE, WE LOOK NICE, 22:18 SITTING UP LOOKING CUTE... WISE AND OTHERWISE. 22:22 BUT TONIGHT SOMEBODY OUGHT TO THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY. 22:25 BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE LORD IF I CAN THROW THIS IN 22:28 IT'S NOT JUST MERCY... BUT IT'S MERCIES. 22:33 JEREMIAH DIDN'T SPEAK IN THE SINGULAR WHEN IT CAME TO GOD'S 22:37 MERCY, BUT HE SPOKE IN THE PLURALITY OF GOD'S MERCIES. 22:41 HE SAID "THE MERCIES OF GOD 22:44 ARE NEW EVERY MORNING. " 22:46 PAUL ALSO SPOKE IN PLURALITY OF MERCIES. 22:49 HE DIDN'T REDUCE GOD TO ONE MERCY. HE MENTIONED 22:53 MERCIES IN PLURALITY. HE SAID "I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE 22:57 BRETHREN BY THE MERCIES OF GOD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR 23:01 BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE. " MERCIES, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT 23:05 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A SECOND CHANCE, BUT IT'S THE FACT 23:09 TONIGHT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU CHANCE AFTER CHANCE AFTER CHANCE 23:14 AFTER CHANCE. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET THIS IN A MINUTE. 23:17 IT'S MERCIES! 23:18 AND IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE HOLIEST IN THE ROOM 23:21 THAT NEED TO PRAISE GOD BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 23:23 DONE ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT NEED TO PRAISE GOD. 23:27 BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF GOD HAD DEALT WITH YOU ACCORDING 23:29 TO WHAT YOU DESERVE, IF GOD HAD DEALT WITH YOU 23:32 ACCORDING TO YOUR SIN, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE RIGHT HERE 23:35 RIGHT NOW. AND YOU OUGHT NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE 23:38 SAYS OR THINKS, BUT YOU OUGHT TO THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCIES. 23:42 SOMEBODY YOU GOT YOUR CAR THROUGH THE MERCIES OF GOD. 23:45 YOU GOT YOUR HOUSE THROUGH THE MERCIES OF GOD. 23:48 IN FACT, SOMEBODY SHOULD BE WALKING THE STREET CRAZY 23:51 RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, SOMEBODY COULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW 23:54 ASKING THE WARDEN CAN THEY WATCH 3ABN! 23:57 3ABN... BUT GOD GIVES YOU MERCY. 24:00 SO TONIGHT YOU'RE LIVING IN MERCY. 24:02 YOU'RE DRIVING IN MERCY. YOUR HOUSE? IT'S MERCY! 24:06 YOUR JOB IS MERCY; YOUR MARRIAGE IS MERCY. 24:09 YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR FAMILY 24:12 YOUR FRIENDS? IT'S MERCY... NOTHING BUT THE MERCIES OF GOD. 24:16 ANYONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH 24:19 SHOULD HAVE LOST IT BY NOW. 24:21 BUT WHEN YOUR MIND WAS FALLING APART, THANK YOU JESUS, 24:23 AND YOU WERE TALKING OUT OF YOUR HEAD, MERCY CAME 24:26 AND RESCUED YOU. YOU WENT TO BED WEEPING AT NIGHT 24:30 BUT MERCY WOKE YOU UP WITH JOY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE 24:33 MERCY ROCKED YOU TO SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 24:35 TONIGHT SOMEBODY OUGHT TO THANK GOD FOR MERCY. 24:39 BECAUSE MERCY GAVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE. 24:41 MERCY GAVE YOU HELP. 24:42 MERCY GAVE YOU STRENGTH; MERCY SPARED YOUR LIFE. 24:46 AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL 24:48 TIMES, AND HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH. 24:52 THERE IS MERCY OVER MY CHILDREN, MERCY OVER MY FAMILY, 24:55 MERCY OVER MY FINANCES, MERCY OVER MY BODY, 24:59 MERCY, MERCY, MERCY. I WILL PRAISE HIM, BECAUSE I'M 25:02 A MIRACLE OF MERCY. AMEN! 25:06 YOU ARE LOOKING AT A MIRACLE. 25:08 IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE 25:10 YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY I WALK ABOUT THE MERCIES OF GOD 25:12 LIKE I DO. THE ARK WAS THE DECLARATION 25:16 OF GOD'S HOLINESS AND PURITY. 25:19 AND BECAUSE OF THIS, MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THE ARK 25:22 OF THE COVENANT, HOWEVER, WITH JUDGMENT AND WRATH. 25:26 RIGHTLY SO, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S AN INTIMIDATING AND ALMOST 25:30 SCARY REMINDER OF GOD'S POWER AND OUR HELPLESSNESS. 25:33 BUT FRIENDS, THAT WASN'T THE ENTIRE MESSAGE GOD WANTED TO 25:36 COMMUNICATE TO US BECAUSE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ON THE ARK, 25:41 THERE IS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL YET UNAPPROACHABLE THRONE OF GOD 25:46 RIGHT THERE WAS THE MERCY SEAT. 25:50 THE PLACE WHERE THE BLOOD OF AN INNOCENT SACRIFICE 25:54 COULD COVER A MAN'S SIN. TONIGHT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS 25:59 WORLD WHO DON'T THINK THEY NEED SUCH A THING. 26:02 THERE ARE FOLKS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN COVER THEIR SINS BY 26:05 THEIR OWN GOOD DEEDS. THEY FEEL THEY CAN DO GOOD ENOUGH 26:09 TO OUTWEIGH THE BAD THAT THEY HAVE DONE. 26:12 BUT FRIENDS TONIGHT ALL OF US HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF 26:17 THE GLORY OF GOD. ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE 26:21 SIGHT OF GOD IS BUT AS FILTHY RAGS. 26:24 IF IT WERE NOT FOR GOD'S GRACE... IF IT WERE NOT 26:29 FOR GOD'S MERCY, IF IT WEREN'T FOR GOD'S BLOOD 26:33 TONIGHT WHERE WOULD WE BE? AMEN! 26:37 IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE, MERCY WAS PLACED OVER THE LAW, 26:42 BECAUSE MERCY TRANSCENDS JUSTICE. 26:45 THE ARK WITH ITS JUSTICE; THE MERCY SEAT WITH ITS MERCY 26:49 WERE BOTH NEEDED TO REVEAL THE FULL CHARACTER OF GOD'S 26:53 DEALING WITH MEN. 26:54 MERCY WITHOUT JUSTICE IS WEAK SLOPPINESS. 27:00 JUSTICE WITHOUT MERCY IS MORAL CRUELTY. 27:05 WE NEED JUSTICE AND MERCY. 27:09 WE NEED LAW AND GRACE. 27:12 WE NEED RELIGION AND RELATIONSHIP. 27:16 WE NEED COGNITION AND EMOTION. 27:20 WE NEED INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION. 27:23 WE NEED INTEGRITY AND INTENSITY. 27:27 WE NEED AMENS AND HALLELUJAHS. 27:31 WE NEED HOLY SCRIPTURES AND THE HOLY GHOST. 27:35 PRAISE GOD FOR JUSTICE, BUT PRAISE GOD ALSO FOR HIS MERCY. 27:41 THE BLOOD SPRINKLED ON THE MERCY SEAT WAS TYPICAL OF CHRIST'S 27:47 SHED BLOOD FOR OUR SINS. THAT GOD DISPENSES PARDON 27:52 AND ALL THE BLESSINGS OF SALVATION TO THOSE WHO SIMPLY 27:55 BELIEVE IN CHRIST - JUSTICE AND MERCY. 28:01 GOD IS NOW SEATED ON A THRONE OF MERCY. 28:06 AND THOUGH OUR SINS MAY BE AS SCARLET 28:09 WE MAY WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF A MINISTER, 28:13 WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF A PASTOR, APPROACH GOD 28:17 AND BE INVITED TO COME TO THE MERCY SEAT. 28:20 WITH THIS, I'M REMINDED OF THAT OLD HYMN 28:23 COME YE DISCONSOLATE 28:26 WHERE YE MAY LANGUISH 28:29 COME TO THE MERCY SEAT... FERVENTLY KNEEL. 28:33 HERE BRING YOUR WOUNDED HEARTS 28:35 HERE TELL YOUR ANGUISH 28:36 BECAUSE EARTH HAS NO SORROW 28:39 THAT HEAVEN CANNOT HEAL. 28:42 IN LETTERS OF BLOOD, IN HIS OWN PRECIOUS BLOOD, 28:47 JESUS, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST, 28:52 HAS WRITTEN ON THE MERCY SEAT IN HEAVEN THE CROWNING GOSPEL 28:55 INVITATION... "HE THAT COMETH UNTO ME 28:59 I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT. " 29:03 WHICH MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO APPROACH GOD 29:07 THROUGH ANOTHER MAN IN A WINDOW. 29:10 I DON'T HAVE TO GO CONFESS MY SINS TO ANOTHER MAN IN A WINDOW. 29:16 THAT'S RIGHT! I DON'T HAVE TO GO PRAY AND TELL ALL MY BUSINESS 29:21 TO ANOTHER MAN IN A WINDOW. 29:23 BUT TONIGHT I'M SO GLAD THAT I CAN GO BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF 29:28 GRACE, THAT I CAN GO BOLDLY AND DIRECTLY TO JESUS, 29:33 BECAUSE JESUS SAYS "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS 29:36 HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS 29:39 AND HE WILL CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. " 29:43 NUMBER THREE, THE CHERUBIM. 29:46 NOW THE MERCY SEAT WAS SUR- ROUNDED BY THE GOLDEN CHERUBIM, 29:51 ONE STANDING ON EACH END. 29:54 ONE WING OF EACH ANGEL WAS STRETCHED FORTH ON HIGH, 30:00 WHILE THE OTHER WING WAS FOLDED OVER THE BODY. 30:05 THESE WERE TOKENS OF REVERENCE AND HUMILITY. 30:09 ELLEN WHITE SAYS THAT THE POSITION OF THE CHERBIN 30:13 WITH THEIR FACES TURNED TOWARD EACH OTHER 30:17 LOOKING REVERENTLY DOWNWARD TOWARD THE ARK 30:20 REPRESENTED THE REVERENCE WITH WHICH THE HEAVENLY HOST 30:23 REGARDED THE LAW OF GOD AND THEIR INTEREST IN THE PLAN OF 30:27 REDEMPTION. NUMBER FOUR, THE SHEKINAH. 30:33 ABOVE THE MERCY SEAT WAS THE SHEKINAH... 30:36 THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S DIVINE PRESENCE. 30:40 AND FROM BETWEEN THE CHERUBIM GOD MADE KNOWN HIS WILL. 30:45 DIVINE MESSAGES WERE SOMETIMES COMMUNICATED 30:50 TO THE HIGH PRIEST BY A VOICE FROM THE CLOUD. 30:52 SOMETIMES A LIGHT FELL UPON THE ANGEL AT THE RIGHT TO SIGNIFY 30:58 APPROVAL OR ACCEPTANCE OR A SHADOW OR EVEN A CLOUD 31:02 RESTED UPON THE ANGEL AT THE LEFT TO REVEAL DISAPPROVAL 31:06 OR REJECTION. THE LAW OF GOD - GOD'S LAW - 31:12 ENSHRINED WITHIN THE ARK WAS THE GREAT RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 31:17 AND JUSTICE. 31:19 THIS LAW PRONOUNCED DEATH UPON THE TRANSGRESSOR 31:24 BUT ABOVE THE LAW WAS THE MERCY SEAT 31:28 UPON WHICH THE PRESENCE OF GOD WAS REVEALED 31:32 AND FROM WHICH BY VIRTUE OF THE ATONEMENT, PARDON 31:37 WAS GRANTED TO THE REPENTANT SINNER. 31:40 THUS IN THE WORK OF CHRIST FOR OUR REDEMPTION 31:43 SYMBOLIZED BY THE SANCTUARY SERVICE 31:47 MERCY AND TRUTH MET TOGETHER. 31:51 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE HAVE KISSED EACH OTHER. 31:56 THE TWO TABLES OF STONE WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 32:02 WRITTEN BY THE FINGER OF GOD 32:05 WERE THE PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS THE ARK CONTAINED. 32:09 THESE ARE THE TWO TWIN PILLARS 32:12 SUPPORTING THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD. 32:16 THEY REMIND US THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH ARE THE 32:20 FOUNDATION OF GOD'S THRONE... ATTRIBUTES WHICH FALLEN MAN 32:25 CAN LOOK FOR NOTHING BUT CONDEMNATION. 32:28 BUT TONIGHT PRAISE BE TO GOD - AMEN - 32:33 PRAISE BE TO GOD THAT THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY. 32:37 PRAISE BE TO GOD THAT THE MERCY SEAT IS SPRINKLED WITH BLOOD... 32:43 AND THAT SPEAKS OF GOD'S MERCY. 32:47 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH ARE VERY STILL AS THEY EVER SHALL BE 32:51 THE FOUNDATION OF GOD'S THRONE. 32:54 AND WE STILL HEAR THE WORDS "THE SOUL THAT SINNETH, 32:58 IT SHALL DIE. " 33:00 BUT THE WAGES OF SIN MIGHT BE DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD 33:05 IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 33:10 SO PRAISE TONIGHT BE TO GOD FOR THE BLOOD THAT'S SPRINKLED 33:15 ON THE MERCY SEAT, BECAUSE ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CAN ATONE 33:19 FOR OUR SINS. MY BLOOD CAN'T DO IT. 33:22 YOUR BLOOD CAN'T DO IT. OUR BLOOD CAN'T DO IT, 33:26 BUT ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CAN ATONE FOR OUR SINS. 33:30 ONLY CHRIST, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST, HAS ENTERED THE TRUE 33:35 HOLY OF HOLIES AND WITH HIS OWN PRECIOUS BLOOD 33:39 SPRINKLED ON THE MERCY SEAT. SO THAT MEANS THE GREATEST 33:42 TRANSGRESSOR, THE GREATEST SINNER, 33:46 THE CHIEF SINNER OF ALL 33:50 CAN NOW APPROACH HIS THRONE 33:53 WITHOUT DISMAY AND OBTAIN FORGIVENESS FOR ALL OF HIS SINS. 33:57 THERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD 34:01 DRAWN FROM IMMANUEL'S VEINS. 34:05 AND SINNERS PLUNGED BENEATH THAT FLOOD 34:09 LOSE ALL THEIR GUILTY STAINS. 34:12 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, THE MERCY SEAT. 34:17 WHEN THE ENEMY OF YOUR SOUL RISES UP AGAINST YOU 34:23 LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS 34:26 COVERS US LIKE A SHIELD, AND THAT ENEMY WHO WOULD DESTROY 34:31 OUR SOUL IS DESTROYED BECAUSE NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU 34:37 IS GOING TO PROSPER. IF GOD BE FOR US, 34:41 WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 34:46 THE STORY IS TOLD OF A FAMILY 34:48 THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT. 34:53 TIMMY, THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO BROTHERS INVOLVED, WAS BADLY 34:58 INJURED AND HE NEEDED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. 35:01 TIMMY'S BIG BROTHER WHO'S NAME WAS JOHNNY WAS ALMOST EIGHT. 35:06 HE WAS THE PERFECT MATCH. HE WAS THE PERFECT BLOOD TYPE 35:11 FOR HIS BROTHER. SO JOHNNY AND TIMMY'S FATHER 35:16 SAT DOWN WITH JOHNNY, AND HE EXPLAINED TO JOHNNY THAT HIS 35:20 LITTLE BROTHER TIMMY WAS GOING TO DIE, BUT IF JOHNNY WOULD GIVE 35:25 HIS LITTLE BROTHER SOME BLOOD THAT TIMMY WOULD LIVE 35:29 AND BE JUST FINE. JOHNNY SAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE. 35:34 HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE. AND THEN HE SAID "OKAY, DAD, 35:40 I'LL DO THIS FOR MY BROTHER. " 35:44 THEY TOOK JOHNNY INTO THE HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM. 35:47 THEY HOOKED UP A NEEDLE TO HIS ARM 35:50 AND THE BLOOD FROM HIS BODY BEGAN TO FLOW FROM HIS BODY 35:56 TO HIS LITTLE BROTHER TIMMY'S BODY. 35:58 EVERYTHING WENT WELL. 36:01 THE NURSE REMOVED THE NEEDLE FROM LITTLE JOHNNY'S ARM. 36:05 JOHNNY THEN LOOKED AT HIS DADDY 36:09 AND WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE HE SAID TO HIS FATHER 36:13 "WHEN DO I DIE? " 36:17 THE FATHER SUDDENLY REALIZED 36:20 THAT JOHNNY HAD MISUNDERSTOOD HIS EXPLANATION OF GIVING BLOOD. 36:25 JOHNNY THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING ALL OF HIS BLOOD 36:30 TO SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS LITTLE BROTHER. 36:34 HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD DIE AFTER THE TRANSFUSION WAS OVER 36:39 YET HE STILL HAD AGREED TO HELP HIS LITTLE BROTHER. 36:45 WHAT LOVE! WHAT SACRIFICE! 36:49 WHAT A GIFT OF LIFE! WHAT BLOOD! 36:56 2,000 YEARS AGO, MY BIG BROTHER, MY JESUS, 37:03 HE WENT TO A HILL CALLED CALVARY 37:05 AND HE GAVE HIS BLOOD 37:09 BUT HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE. 37:13 BLOOD MEANS LIFE. 37:16 SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BLOOD, WHEN LIFE FLOWS FROM THE ONE 37:21 WHO IS LIFE? WHEN THE LIFE GIVES OUT LIFE IN DEATH 37:27 DEATH IS TRANSFORMED TO LIFE. 37:31 BLOOD IS LIFE. LIFE IS BLOOD. 37:36 JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD. JESUS IS LIFE. 37:42 JESUS GAVE LIFE. JESUS GAVE LIFE IN DEATH. 37:49 AND BY GIVING LIFE IN DEATH, JESUS BROUGHT LIFE. 37:53 ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? YES! 37:55 YOU SEE FRIENDS, WHEN I THINK ABOUT CALVARY, 37:58 WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE BLOOD, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MERCY 38:01 SEAT AND HOW IT WAS SPRINKLED AND HOW WE RECEIVE FORGIVENESS 38:03 FROM SIN I'M REMINDED THAT THE ROMANS MADE ONE CRITICAL MISTAKE 38:09 WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS: 38:11 THEY SHED HIS BLOOD. THEY SHOULD HAVE HUNG HIM. 38:16 THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOCKED HIM OUT. 38:19 THEY SHOULD HAVE STONED HIM. THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE HIM DRINK 38:23 SOME POISON. BUT THEY MADE A MISTAKE 38:26 WHEN THEY SHED HIS BLOOD. BECAUSE HIS BLOOD FLOWED DOWN, 38:30 AND HIS BLOOD HAD A REVIVAL OVER DEATH, HELL, AND THE GRAVE. 38:36 NOWHERE IN SCRIPTURE DO YOU SEE JESUS'S BLOOD, WHICH IS LIFE, 38:41 ASSOCIATED WITH DEAD THINGS, AND THEN STILL LEAVE THEM DEAD. 38:46 EVERYTHING, EVERY PERSON JESUS MEETS DEAD, 38:51 HE LEAVES ALIVE. AMEN! 38:53 HE MET LAZARUS DEAD, BUT LAZARUS WAS ALIVE. 38:58 HE MET JAIRUS'S DAUGHTER DEAD 39:02 BUT THROUGH JESUS THE GIRL BECAME ALIVE. 39:05 THE WOMAN OF NAIN'S SON WAS DEAD, BUT JESUS CAME AND 39:10 THE BOY BECAME ALIVE. ONE OF THE DISCIPLES SAID 39:13 "CAN I GO AND BURY MY DADDY? " JESUS SAID "LET THE DEAD 39:16 BURY THE DEAD. YOU'RE WITH THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. " 39:20 THE RESURRECTION IS IN THE BLOOD. 39:25 LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 39:27 THE BLOOD CHANGES DEATH TO LIFE. 39:31 THE BLOOD FLOWS FROM THE HEAD. 39:34 JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. 39:37 THE CHURCH IS THE BODY. 39:39 IF JESUS IS THE HEAD, AND WE'RE THE BODY, IF THE CHURCH IS GOING 39:43 TO PERFORM AND NOT BE DEFORMED, THE BLOOD HAS TO FLOW WITHOUT US 39:47 CREATING A BLOOD CLOT. TOO MANY OF US ARE CREATING 39:52 BLOOD CLOTS. BUT TONIGHT LET'S LET THE BLOOD FLOW. 39:57 AMEN. TONIGHT LET'S GET RID OF OUR ISSUES. 40:01 LET THE BLOOD FLOW. TONIGHT GET RID OF OUR BAD HABITS 40:05 AND OUR ADDICTIONS AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW. 40:08 TONIGHT STOP WORRYING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR WHAT THEY MIGHT 40:12 THINK ABOUT YOU, AND JUST LET THE BLOOD FLOW. 40:16 LET GO OF YOUR PAST, AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW. 40:22 BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MISTAKES YOU HAVE MADE, AND THE 40:24 FACT YOU ARE STILL HERE, IT OUGHT TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS 40:28 POWER IN THE BLOOD. AMEN! 40:31 WOULD YOU BE FREE FROM THE BURDEN OF SIN? 40:35 THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 40:39 AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN 40:42 OR WHERE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN, THERE'S POWER 40:46 IN THE BLOOD. SO TONIGHT I PRAISE GOD 40:51 FOR THE COURTYARD. I PRAISE GOD FOR THE HOLY PLACE. 40:56 I PRAISE GOD FOR THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 41:00 I PRAISE GOD FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT THAT'S IN THE MOST 41:04 HOLY PLACE. I PRAISE GOD TONIGHT FOR THE MERCY SEAT 41:07 THAT COVERS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 41:11 AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THE MERCY SEAT BECAUSE IT'S THE BLOOD 41:15 THAT SPRINKLES ON THE MERCY SEAT! 41:18 THANK GOD FOR THE BLOOD TONIGHT. 41:21 PRAISE GOD FOR THE BLOOD TONIGHT. 41:24 THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY ALL THE TIME THEY DON'T LIKE 41:27 CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY IS A BLOODY 41:31 RELIGION. THEY WANT A DRY RELIGION. 41:37 THEY WANT ISRAEL. THEY WANT BUDDHISM. 41:40 THEY WANT HINDUISM. THEY WANT JUDAISM. 41:45 THEY WANT SIKHISM. BUT TONIGHT I WANT JESUS. 41:50 I DON'T WANT MUHAMMAD. I DON'T WANT BUDDHA. 41:56 I DON'T WANT BRAHMA. I DON'T WANT CONFUCIUS. 42:01 I DON'T WANT NANAK... I WANT JESUS! 42:06 I WANT THIS BLOODY RELIGION. 42:11 BECAUSE WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS? 42:14 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 42:16 WHAT CAN MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN? 42:19 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 42:21 THANK GOD FOR THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS. 42:25 WITHOUT THE BLOOD I WOULDN'T BE HERE. 42:27 WITHOUT THE BLOOD YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. 42:29 WITHOUT THE BLOOD WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. 42:31 WITHOUT THE BLOOD THERE WOULD BE NO REMISSION OF SINS. 42:33 WITHOUT THE BLOOD MY SINS WOULDN'T BE WASHED AWAY. 42:36 WITHOUT THE BLOOD I HAVE NO HOPE. 42:38 WITHOUT THE BLOOD THERE IS NO BLOOD ATONEMENT. AMEN! 42:43 SO TONIGHT GO WITH ME TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 42:50 SEE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 42:54 HEAR THE HIGH PRIEST. 42:58 HEAR THE HIGH PRIEST WHO REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE. 43:04 HEAR THE HIGH PRIEST. LET GOD FOR HIMSELF 43:10 AND FOR THE PEOPLE OBTAIN FORGIVENESS FROM SIN. 43:15 IT WAS ON ACCOUNT OF WHAT THE BLOOD PREFIGURES 43:18 THAT GOD AND SINFUL MEN COULD MEET BEFORE THE GOLDEN THRONE. 43:22 JESUS IS NOW THE TRUE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS. 43:29 AND HERE AND NOWHERE ELSE 43:33 CAN GOD AND SINNERS, CAN HEAVEN AND EARTH 43:39 NOW MEET. 43:42 IF WE SEEK GOD HERE, 43:45 IF WE SEEK GOD AT THE MERCY SEAT, 43:48 WE WILL FIND GOD. 43:50 AND WE WILL FIND HIM HERE - EVER READY TO HEAR AND ANSWER 43:53 OUR PETITIONS. WE WILL FIND HIM HERE AND READY TO 43:57 FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS. 43:58 WE WILL FIND HIM HERE AND READY TO DO EXCEEDING 44:02 ABUNDANTLY AND ABOVE ALL WE COULD EVER ASK FOR. 44:07 HAVE YOU EVER MET GOD HERE? 44:11 DO YOU COME DAILY, FRIENDS, TO THE MERCY SEAT? 44:15 DO YOU CRY FOR PARDON FOR YOUR SINS? 44:18 GRACE TO HELP YOU IN NEED? 44:21 AND LIGHT TO GUIDE YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO? 44:25 IF YOU DO, PLEASE CONTINUE. 44:30 IF YOU DON'T, PLEASE START. 44:34 AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND 44:39 THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME. 44:44 I ONCE WAS LOST, 44:46 BUT NOW I'M FOUND... 44:51 I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE. 44:57 GOD'S GRACE. GOD'S MERCY. 45:02 IT STILL AMAZES ME. IT STILL BLOWS MY MIND. 45:09 I'M STILL AMAZED. 45:11 I'M STILL AMAZED HOW A BROWN COW 45:18 CAN EAT GREEN GRASS AND GIVE OFF WHITE MILK. 45:27 JUST LIKE I'M AMAZED 45:30 HOW THIS BROWN SOUL 45:32 CAN BE DIPPED IN RED BLOOD AND COME OUT WHITE AS SNOW. 45:38 AMEN! 45:40 GOD'S GRACE, GOD'S MERCY IS STILL AMAZING. 45:46 THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T DESERVE IT. 45:49 YOU DON'T DESERVE IT. BUT WE PRAISE GOD FOR IT. 45:54 AMEN. AMEN. 45:56 AS WE CLOSE, LISTEN TO SR. YVONNE LEWIS 46:01 AS SHE COMES AND SHE SINGS FOR US 46:03 YOUR GRACE STILL AMAZES ME. 46:28 MY FAITHFUL FATHER 46:36 ENDURING FRIEND 46:41 YOUR TENDER MERCY'S 46:45 LIKE A RIVER 46:48 WITH NO END. 46:51 IT OVERWHELMS ME... 46:58 COVERS MY SIN. 47:04 EACH TIME I COME INTO 47:08 YOUR PRESENCE 47:12 I STAND IN WONDER 47:15 ONCE AGAIN. 47:20 YOUR GRACE 47:24 STILL AMAZES ME, 47:28 YOUR LOVE 47:31 IS STILL A MYSTERY. 47:35 EACH DAY 47:39 I FALL ON MY KNEES 47:45 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE 47:48 STILL AMAZES ME. 47:52 OH, YOUR GRACE 47:56 AMAZES ME! 48:13 OH, PATIENT SAVIOR... 48:21 YOU MAKE ME WHOLE. 48:26 YOU ARE THE AUTHOR 48:29 AND THE HEALER 48:33 OF MY SOUL. 48:36 WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU? 48:43 OH, WHAT CAN I SAY? 48:49 I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY 48:52 TO REPAY YOU 48:56 ONLY TO OFFER YOU 49:01 MY PRAISE! 49:06 YOUR GRACE 49:09 STILL AMAZES ME. 49:13 YOUR LOVE 49:16 IS SUCH A MYSTERY. 49:20 EACH DAY 49:24 I FALL ON MY KNEES 49:30 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE 49:32 STILL AMAZES ME. 49:37 LORD, YOUR GRACE 49:40 AMAZES ME. 49:43 IT'S DEEPER, 49:46 IT'S WIDER, 49:50 IT'S STRONGER 49:54 AND HIGHER. 49:58 IT'S DEEPER, 50:02 MUCH WIDER, 50:06 IT'S STRONGER 50:10 AND HIGHER 50:13 THAN ANYTHING 50:16 MY EYES CAN SEE. 50:20 YOUR GRACE 50:23 STILL AMAZES ME. 50:27 YOUR LOVE 50:31 IS STILL A MYSTERY. 50:35 EACH DAY 50:38 I FALL ON MY KNEES 50:44 'CAUSE YOUR GRACE 50:47 STILL AMAZES ME... 50:51 LORD, YOUR GRACE 50:54 AMAZES ME... 51:00 YOUR GRACE 51:03 STILL AMAZES 51:08 ME! 51:29 AMEN! AMEN! 51:34 WHEN WE LOOK BACK OVER OUR LIVES 51:38 WE MUST THANK AND PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE 51:41 AND HIS MERCY. 51:46 IT WAS IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE 51:49 THAT THE SINNER AND THE SANCTUARY WERE BOTH CLEANSED. 51:54 YES, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE THERE. 51:59 PRAISE GOD FOR JESUS' BLOOD, 52:03 SYMBOLIC OF HIS GRACE 52:06 AND HIS MERCY. 52:08 ALL THAT I AM OR EVER WILL BE 52:14 IS BY THE GRACE... THE GRACE OF GOD. 52:19 AMEN! TONIGHT IF YOU ACCEPT GOD'S GIFT 52:24 OF GRACE, IF YOU ACCEPT GOD'S GIFT OF MERCY, 52:30 HIS UNMERITED FAVOR, 52:33 I INVITE YOU NOW TO STAND WITH ME AS WE PRAY. 52:44 SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, FALL AFRESH ON US. 52:50 MAKE US, MOLD US, 52:54 FILL US, USE US. 52:59 SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, FALL AFRESH ON US TONIGHT. 53:05 FATHER, WE WANT YOUR GRACE AND WE NEED YOUR MERCY. 53:12 SO GIVE THEM BOTH TO US. 53:16 I PRAY FOR EVERY INDI- VIDUAL IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT... 53:20 FOR EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING THIS EVENING. 53:23 AS ONE LOUD VOICE FOR THE COLLECTIVE VOICE TONIGHT 53:27 WE SIMPLY SAY, THANK YOU. 53:31 LORD, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY 53:34 BECAUSE OF YOUR GRACE AND BECAUSE OF YOUR MERCY 53:38 THAT ONE DAY WE WILL GET WHAT WE DON'T DESERVE: 53:41 WE WILL GET HEAVEN. 53:43 WE WILL GET YOU. 53:46 AND SO WE PROMISE, OH GOD, 53:48 BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS 53:50 RECOGNIZING "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS 53:53 THAT LORD, THEY MAY HAVE A RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE 53:55 AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY. " 54:00 WE'RE CLEAR TONIGHT. 54:02 WE ARE NOT SAVED BECAUSE WE KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS 54:07 BUT WE'RE SAVED TONIGHT 54:09 BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. AMEN! 54:13 WE LOVE YOU; WE PRAISE YOU; WE WORSHIP YOU; 54:18 AND WE ADORE YOU. 54:21 IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 54:26 AMEN! YOU MAY BE SEATED. 54:33 WE THANK PASTOR BYRD SO VERY MUCH FOR 54:36 A POWERFUL MESSAGE. AND I KNOW YOU ARE LEARNING 54:40 A LOT ABOUT THE SANCTUARY... THE SANCTUARY SERVICE. 54:44 AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WHO WERE 54:47 PRETTY MUCH ILLITERATE WENT TO CHURCH, THEY WERE ALSO GOING 54:51 TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THE SIGNS, THE SYMBOLS, THE COLORS, 54:54 THE TEXTURES, THE TASTES, THE FLAVORS, THE SMELLS OF THE 54:58 SANCTUARY ALL HAD MEANING FOR THEM. 55:01 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I RAN INTO A WORD THAT FASCINATED ME. 55:05 THE WORD WAS PROPITIATION... 55:08 A BIG, LONG, $25 WORD... 55:11 THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT CHRIST WAS DOING FOR HIS PEOPLE. 55:17 AND I FOUND OUT YEARS LATER 55:19 THAT PROPITIATION SIMPLY MEANS A LEANING TOWARDS. 55:24 NOW THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 55:26 BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO GOD, 55:29 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE ON SABBATH MORNING, 55:32 GOD IS NOT STANDING BACK LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOME SORT OF DISEASE. 55:38 THE LORD IS ACTUALLY LEANING IN YOUR DIRECTION. 55:42 THAT'S WHAT THE PROPITIATION IS. CHRIST HAS MADE IT SO THAT 55:45 HEAVEN IS NOW LEANING TOWARDS YOU TO HEAR YOU, 55:50 TO HELP YOU, TO COMFORT YOU, TO BLESS YOU, TO SAVE YOU. 55:55 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEG GOD FOR MERCY. 55:58 HE'S LEANING IN YOUR DIRECTION TO GIVE YOU MERCY. 56:03 HE CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE YOU GRACE. 56:06 HE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR PRAYERS. 56:09 HE CAN'T WAIT TO BLESS YOU. 56:11 THE BIBLE SAYS AS AN EARTHLY FATHER IS WILLING TO GIVE GOOD 56:16 GIFTS TO HIS CHILDREN, SO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER 56:20 IS EVEN MORE WILLING TO GIVE TO THOSE WHO ASK. 56:26 ISN'T THAT A GREAT THING? 56:28 HE'S JUST WAITIN' TO GIVE YOU YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT. 56:30 JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO ASK. 56:33 AND IT IS READY FOR YOU. YOU CANNOT RUN TOO FAR. 56:36 YOU CANNOT RUN TOO FAST. YOU CANNOT OUTLAST HIM. 56:40 HE'S READY, WILLING, AND PRAISE GOD MORE THAN ABLE 56:46 TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST 56:49 THEM THAT COME TO HIM BY JESUS CHRIST. 56:52 DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU GLAD? AMEN! 56:54 DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY? 56:55 DOESN'T IT LIFT UP YOUR SPIRIT? 56:57 IT MAKES YOU, AS A PASTOR FRIEND OF MINE USED TO SAY, 56:59 HUMBLY PROUD... 57:01 HUMBLY PROUD TO BE A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. 57:06 AND WHEN YOU READ THAT LIST OF WORTHIES IN HEBREWS 11 57:10 AND YOU GET DOWN TO THE LAST COUPLE OF VERSES - 57:14 I THINK IT'S VERSE 40 WHERE THE BIBLE SAYS 57:15 GOD HAS PROVIDED SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU 57:18 THAT THEY WITHOUT US SHOULD NOT BE MADE PERFECT. 57:23 SO THAT MEANS WHEN ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 57:26 AND JACOB AND DAVID GET THEIRS, 57:29 THEY DON'T GET THEIRS ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU GET YOURS. |
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