Participants: Kenny Shelton
Series Code: 16SCM
Program Code: 16SCM000020S
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00:51 Welcome to 3ABN's Spring Camp Meeting:
00:56 Live from the 3ABN Worship Center. 01:01 Welcome to Spring Camp Meeting! 01:04 Have you had a blessed day? 01:06 Amen! Boy, I know we have, too. 01:09 We have another powerful message, don't we, from the 01:11 Word of God today. We welcome you at home 01:13 that have been viewing, watching maybe through the 01:15 television, Internet, listening on the radio. 01:18 It's a blessing, isn't it? Spring Camp Meeting. 01:20 I know that Jill and I are always blessed 01:21 being here, participating with all of you, 01:24 listening to the sermons, Sabbath School, the music. 01:26 It's always a blessing. And who do we have with us 01:28 today sharing the message from the Word of God? 01:30 We have Pastor Kenny Shelton. 01:32 And he is Danny's brother and was instrumental 01:36 in the beginning of 3ABN. 01:38 And he is president of Behold the Lamb Ministries. 01:41 He and his wife Chris are a precious couple 01:44 who love the Lord Jesus and love other people. 01:48 And I'm excited about the message that he's going to bring 01:51 today entitled Calvary Says Love. 01:54 But before he comes we're also blessed by special music. 01:58 And who has our special music? 01:59 Yes, Ladye Love Smith has the special music for today. 02:02 We always enjoy her music, don't we? 02:04 Amen! And Reggie. Yeah, she and Reggie, that's for sure, 02:07 are a real blessing. But she's bringing the music today 02:09 and the title of her song is Calvary Says Love. 02:12 The same as Pastor Kenny's sermon. Isn't that neat? 02:15 That's God ordained, isn't it? But before we begin, let's pray. 02:18 Father in heaven, we thank you for this day. 02:20 We thank you for the Sabbath day. 02:22 Father... a day that You have set aside... 02:24 a special blessing that we can receive from honoring it 02:26 and keeping it holy. Father, we pray again 02:29 that You would be with Pastor Kenny Shelton 02:31 as he brings Your message. Lord, he is a vessel for You. 02:34 And Father, I just pray that You will bless him and be with 02:36 Ladye Love as she brings us the music. 02:38 And In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Amen! 02:57 In compassion and love 03:01 He looked down to earth... 03:06 then He sent His Son, 03:11 born of a virgin birth. 03:17 He knew from creation 03:22 what was to be. 03:26 With great love for man 03:31 He planned Calvary. 03:39 Calvary says love 03:44 to me 03:48 like words 03:51 could never say. 03:58 His blood 04:01 He shed 04:03 was love written in red... 04:09 Calvary says love 04:13 to me. 04:25 Separated by sin 04:30 was the whole human race, 04:35 man was destined to die 04:40 were it not for grace. 04:45 A cross and three nails 04:50 never held Him there. 04:55 He willingly chose 05:00 the cross to bear. 05:08 Calvary says love 05:13 to me 05:17 like words 05:20 could never say. 05:27 The blood He shed 05:32 was love written in red... 05:37 Calvary says love 05:42 to me. 06:01 The blood He shed 06:06 was love written in red... 06:12 Calvary says love 06:17 to me... 06:21 The blood He shed 06:26 was love written in red... 06:34 Calvary says love 06:39 to me... 06:44 Calvary says love 06:52 to me. 07:15 Amen! Whoo! Glory hallelujah! 07:18 Mercy, that sounded good! Thank you! 07:20 You know, it just fits so well with the subject, doesn't it? 07:23 Was anybody blessed by that like I was? Amen! 07:26 I was back there with the spiritual goosebumps. 07:30 She would probably be offended but I was kind of humming along 07:32 and two or three of us were humming along. 07:35 Don't know if it was in the same key or not, 07:37 but we sure liked it! 07:39 Praise the Lord! Happy Sabbath afternoon! 07:42 That's good. I know that each one here has been having 07:45 a wonderful spiritual time. 07:47 You know, we're not just looking for a good time 07:48 we're looking for a good spiritual time that we've spent. 07:51 And that's exactly what Camp Meetings are for. 07:54 That's why God did what? He designed Camp Meetings, 07:56 right? So He could pour His Spirit out on His children. 07:59 So if the Spirit is not poured out, maybe we're just not ready 08:02 to receive it. But I believe that it's going to be poured out 08:04 if you open your heart, your mind, and you want it. 08:06 Well you're going to get double. You keep it up you're going to 08:09 get a double portion. All right! 08:11 I'll just be talking to you all afternoon. 08:13 That's right. Me and you can talk about it if you want to. 08:16 That's right. I'm not afraid to talk. 08:20 Whoo! Glory! You don't want to get me too excited to start with 08:23 here now... wow! 08:25 Before we have prayer... It's good; we're entitled. 08:28 Calvary means, it does, love to me. 08:31 It's a wonderful beautiful sub- ject, and that's what you have 08:34 heard. This is a Camp Meeting, isn't 'it? 08:36 Christ and Calvary and the Sanctuary. 08:39 What a message... a message I know that you 08:42 have heard that's blessed your heart. 08:43 And we just pray this: that it's not just going to... 08:46 you hear and then you leave it. 08:48 We want you to take these messages with you 08:50 in your heart. And if you can't remember them 08:52 that's why they sell these things out there. 08:54 I'll still mention it. You're not buying them on the Sabbath. 08:57 But I'll still mention it to you 'cause you need to take them 09:00 back to people who did not... didn't come. 09:02 OK? Bless your hearts... good. 09:04 There's a man one time before I have prayer... 09:06 I always say if I forget to have prayer 09:08 we're always praying, but... 09:10 It's always nice. Everybody walks by 09:12 they know I need help and they say: "Man, can I pray for you? " 09:15 "Yeah. " One got done and another one "come" by. 09:18 I said: "Yes. " My brother "come" by 09:19 and said: "I need to pray for you. " I said: "That's right. " 09:21 And he did. And I'm always thankful and grateful for that. 09:24 I love prayer and I'm thankful for prayer. 09:26 God answers prayer. But you know, there's a man 09:28 one time that... he prayed: "You know, some day... " 09:31 "Lord... " he said... "some day I want to be able to have those 09:35 scars that You carried. " 09:38 "I want to be able just to have those same kind of marks. " 09:40 And so he prayed about that. He said: "I want the marks 09:44 that You had. I want them in my hands 09:46 and I want them in my feet. 09:47 You know, I want them on my head; I want them in my side. " 09:50 And he thought about it day in and day out 09:53 and he prayed about it. And one night he had a... 09:54 kind of had this little bitty dream. And as he had this 09:57 dream he saw that... that there was something that was 10:01 revealed to him that nobody was really talking about. 10:04 Something that was revealed about his Lord. 10:07 There was something on marks 10:11 that were on His shoulder. 10:14 Interesting. You know, we talk about the others 10:17 but just think with me for a moment. 10:20 And he thought: "This is something I hadn't 10:23 realized before: there were marks on my Savior's shoulder. " 10:28 And then he began to figure this out, and maybe 10:31 you figured it out already. 10:33 That you know before... The only way that He could have these 10:35 marks... the only way that He could receive these other marks 10:40 that He had upon His shoulders, you see, 10:43 is if He first did what? What do you think? 10:47 Hmmm? Pick up the cross and follow Jesus. Amen! 10:52 And I can't help but think 10:54 He had a lot of marks on His shoulder. 10:56 That was such a heavy cross. 10:58 And I think this, too: we, too, must cry... 11:01 cry as we carry the cross of Jesus 11:05 and then rejoice. And when we carry that cross 11:08 it's going to leave it's marks in this world. Do you believe 11:10 that? If you carry a cross 11:12 in this life, there's going to be some scars, 11:14 there's going to be some marks. 11:17 But I believe this: there's no one that's going to 11:21 be a crown-wearer in heaven 11:24 UNLESS they're a cross-bearer here. 11:29 Amen! You have to be a what? 11:31 A cross-bearer here. That's why Jesus said 11:34 you know, "You need to take up the cross 11:36 and follow Me. " 11:38 "Whosoever... " notice that... "does not bear the cross 11:42 and come after Me... " He said... "cannot be 11:46 My disciple" in Luke 14:27. 11:50 Let's pray, shall we? I'm going to kneel up here. 11:53 You feel free if you want to or just bow your head as we pray 11:55 together. Loving Lord in heaven, 12:00 Father which art in heaven, we thank you for Jesus today. 12:03 We thank you for Calvary. 12:05 Calvary does say love to me. 12:08 And Lord, I'd be the first to admit - and You know it - 12:11 I don't understand all there is to know about Calvary 12:13 but I want to know more... 12:15 to know more about Calvary and what You went through, 12:18 what You gave up, what You endured for someone like me. 12:22 It's just... it's too much for my poor little mind, 12:25 but I love it. I thank you. It helps me to love You more. 12:28 And I pray today as we just go over some familiar 12:31 things that Your people here and around the world... 12:35 They're wanting a closer con- nection; they're wanting to know 12:38 Jesus better. They're wanting to sense that precious blood's 12:41 going to be applied to their heart and to their life 12:44 and they're going to be a new creature in You. 12:46 May Your power now consume each and every one of us. 12:49 May our hearts be in tune with You 12:54 to where the Holy Spirit of the Living God 12:57 can walk up and down these aisles. 13:00 May we bring honor and glory to You. 13:03 May we not say anything that would offend You, Lord. 13:07 Man may be offended - well, we'll get over that - 13:10 but we don't want to offend heaven. 13:11 We thank you for hearing and we thank you for answering 13:14 prayer. We thank you for the sweet Spirit now that's going to 13:16 speak to us. May we stand behind today 13:19 the cross of Calvary and may Jesus be seen. 13:22 In His precious name we pray and for His sake, Amen. Amen. 13:27 Always keep your sword close by. 13:29 We'll go through quite a few things, and as we go 13:31 through these we don't have time to read everything. 13:34 You'll jot them down, right? That's kind of my MO. 13:36 Move along quickly... a lot to carry; you've got a lot to do. 13:40 People say: "Oh, I can't find enough material. " 13:42 Maybe I'll find too much I don't know, but 13:44 there's a lot to go over. The Bible says in the book of 13:46 Matthew, so if you have your Bible just quickly Matthew 27. 13:51 Matthew chapter 27 verse 50. 13:54 Now we need to get our minds working together, don't we? 13:57 Right? The right frame of mind 'cause we're talking about 14:00 something here... we're talking about the cross 14:02 and what Calvary means to us 14:04 and the One that was hanging on the cross. 14:06 And you remember as Jesus hung upon the cross 14:08 in Matthew chapter 27 verse 50 14:11 notice what the Bible says. The Bible says: "And Jesus 14:14 when He had cried... " Did you notice? 14:17 "again with a loud voice... " What did He do? 14:20 It said: "He yielded up the ghost... " or life force, right? 14:24 He cried with a loud voice and He yielded up the ghost. 14:28 He died. Wow! 14:31 John records this same passage here 14:36 just a little bit different in the book John 19:30. 14:40 And he puts it this way, In John 19:30 He said: 14:44 "It is finished. " Do you remember reading the Bible? 14:46 When Jesus hung on the cross and He died He said what? 14:48 "It is finished. " And you know and I know 14:51 one of these days soon He's going to stand up - 14:53 right? - in the heavenly sanctuary. 14:55 He's our mediator. He's going to take off those priestly robes 14:58 and He's going to say once again what? 15:00 "It is finished. " And then when He says finished 15:02 He mans what? He means FINISHED! 15:06 He that is righteous will be what? 15:08 Right, yeah. Righteous. He says: "Holy, be holy; 15:10 righteous righteous; and filthy filthy. " 15:12 So we realize once He stands up and says it's over with 15:14 it's over with, and that time is I think quickly. 15:17 I think it's coming quickly. Amen! 15:19 You know, what does Calvary really say to you? 15:21 What does it really say? Love... what does it do 15:23 when you just mention Calvary or when you mention Jesus? 15:26 Does it do something special to you? I pray that it does today. 15:30 John... 30: He said: "It is finished" and He bowed 15:34 His head and He gave up the ghost or He died. 15:39 He died... King of the universe! 15:44 He died. Why did He die? 15:50 Why did He have to die? 15:54 We have no idea. People think we have an idea. 15:57 "Eye hasn't seen or ear heard... " Right? 15:59 We don't understand even His position in heaven. 16:04 All the glory and all the power! 16:07 How angels adored Him and they just couldn't wait 16:09 for Him to send them some place and do something. 16:12 Chief Commander and yet He was willing to lay all of that down. 16:17 Willing to come... 'cause He saw you, didn't He? 16:20 I love the song, right? When He was on the cross - 16:22 somebody help me - who? 16:25 You can be selfish in this instance if you want to. 16:28 I was on His mind. Amen! 16:30 And I'm thankful that I was 16:33 and I'm thankful that you were on His mind. 16:35 When He bowed His head - gave up the ghost - 16:38 when He died, notice what happened. 16:40 As He died, something happened. The Most Holy Place 16:43 was opened up. 16:46 The door had been shut for centuries! 16:50 The work was carried on in the first apartment 16:52 and when He died and gave up the ghost 16:54 that door was opened! 16:57 He went into the Most Holy Place. 17:01 Why? Because God was satisfied with the sacrifice. 17:05 How wonderful that the Father said: "I accept the sacrifice. " 17:10 We have justice and we have mercy blended together. 17:15 And I like it in the book of Psalms, I think it's chapter 85 17:18 verse 10: "Righteousness and peace 17:21 have... " What? "have kissed. " 17:24 He's just and He's good! 17:27 He's wonderful! 17:28 Justice and mercy blended 17:31 now because of the sacrifice of Jesus, because of Calvary... 17:34 because it says love to me. 17:37 Now God could do something. 17:39 He could justify sinners because of Jesus Christ. 17:45 Sinners couldn't be justified before Christ died, 17:48 really. You get it? By the blood, the new covenant. 17:51 When He died, gave His life, now God could say: "OK, now 17:54 we can justify. It's been cover- ed by the blood of the Lamb. " 17:59 All who believe on Jesus Christ... 18:02 God now can give the human race another chance. 18:08 I love second chances praise God. 18:11 I don't know how many you've had but I've had quite a few. 18:16 Yeah, the rest of you are like "I don't know what he's talking 18:18 about. " I know you do know. 18:22 See... that's what Calvary says. It makes my heart glad 18:26 because it's not you make a mistake and then you're out. 18:29 Maybe you make another or you will, you still 18:31 come to Him confessing and forsaking. 18:34 He says: "Come on back, child... " 18:36 and He restores you to part of the family of God. 18:39 I love that! Amen! 18:41 The human race now has another chance. 18:45 It has another trial coming. 18:47 My Bible says in Romans chapter 3 verse 24: 18:50 "We, being justified... " Notice this: "freely by His grace. " 18:56 Freely. We carry too heavy of a load. 19:00 Anybody here ever carried a load 19:02 you didn't really want? Things going on in the world 19:04 and they're heavy. And there's maybe the sin issue 19:07 or a lot of other things we carry that He doesn't want us 19:09 to carry those weights around. He said: "Why don't you put 'em 19:11 on Me? I can do it; you can't do it. " 19:13 "You can't take it... but I can! " 19:16 "Let Me take them; throw them at My feet. " 19:19 A lot of time we throw them at His feet then we scramble 19:22 to pick them back up again. 19:23 I want to by faith throw them at His feet 19:25 knowing my heavenly Father will take care of those issues 19:27 for me. I am thankful that the redemption 19:32 price was paid. Have you thought about the redemption price? 19:35 How much you're really worth? 19:37 How much are you worth? 19:39 I'm talking to you. 19:41 See how speechless? Oh... you're worth nothing? 19:45 Are you worth something? 19:48 You'd better believe you are. 19:50 See, when we say "What are you worth? " 19:52 some say: "Well I'm worthless... I'm no good. " 19:54 If you're a child of God, you're worth Jesus Christ's life! 19:58 Amen! That's right! You are valuable! 20:02 But this pity party: nobody cares, nobody loves... 20:06 All of heaven - isn't that right? was given for you 20:09 so you can spend eternity with Jesus. 20:11 Calvary means something. 20:13 A price was paid for each and every one of us. 20:17 And it's interesting. Just kind of compare this passage 20:20 just a little bit and think and pray on it 20:22 because I think when Christ died on the cross, 20:24 when He said: "It's finished! " and He gave up the ghost 20:27 it's kind of interesting. In Luke chapter 10 verse 18 20:31 I wonder if this can fit somehow. It can be said 20:34 that "Satan fell like lightning from heaven. " 20:38 Somebody still with me? 20:40 Oh, I know... It got really... yeah... 20:45 Wow! Interesting! Beautiful! 20:49 When Christ makes a pledge, He keeps it to the letter. 20:53 He keeps it to the letter: the pledge He made. 20:57 And I like the song that the young people were singing 21:00 because that just reminded me here that in Christ's death, 21:04 because of Calvary He was more than a conqueror. 21:08 And because He was we accept Him 21:10 WE are more than conquerors through Him! 21:13 Isn't that what the Book says? 21:15 Romans chapter 8 verse 37, can you think about it? 21:17 "We are more than conquerors. " I don't know... I just... 21:20 Conqueror sounds pretty good to me! 21:22 But you're even more than that. That simply means to me 21:25 that I don't understand the MORE. 21:27 How much more that we're more than a... somebody say more. 21:30 Help me out here. MORE than a conqueror through 21:33 Jesus Christ. I like to say: "Well, they won the victory 21:36 here... conquerors. " You're MORE than that 21:40 because of Jesus Christ! 21:43 Praise God for that! 21:45 Christ became, I like this, you know well: He became 21:48 our substitute. I needed somebody to substitute. 21:52 My wife for years was a teacher 21:55 and she substituted. 21:57 Many times she'd substitute. 22:00 That means that she took somebody else's place. 22:03 Does that make sense? 22:05 In school I always liked substitute teachers to come in. 22:14 I thought I could pull the wool. 22:18 Some of them were pretty sharp. 22:20 They did that to my wife 'cause she kind of short, 22:23 but as soon as she opened her mouth they went to their seat 22:25 and sat down and closed their mouth. 22:27 She let 'em know who was boss you see. 22:32 She took the place... Christ took our place. 22:35 He's our substitute... a substitute. I thought: "how 22:39 beautiful! " He's our substance. He's our what? Our all in? 22:45 All in all... is everything! 22:48 When you say He's our substitute He's my assurance! 22:52 You can bank on... You can't bank anything any more. 22:56 Money in the bank. You'd better be careful with 22:57 money in the bank nowadays. 22:59 I advise some of you to get your money out of the bank 23:00 and put it in 3ABN. You'll win some souls. Amen! 23:05 I hope no one heard that. 23:11 You'll wake up one of these days and you won't have it 23:13 and you'll wish that you had put it in the cause of Christ 23:16 where something could be... You know what I'm talking about. 23:18 He's our surety... you can count on Him! 23:21 Lay your treasures up He tells you right here. 23:23 He's my surety... Ooh! He's my bond! 23:28 Wow! He's my bond! 23:31 And you know what word really means when it says You're my 23:34 substitute? That means He's liable for my debt. 23:40 That's good news. Somebody didn't shout. 23:43 Oh, I love it. No... He's liable for my debt! 23:46 I'm in debt over my head! 23:50 Some of you started to look at your wallets right quick. 23:52 Look... think about it with me: we're in debt. 23:55 Right? We're under a death decree. You know, we've all 23:58 sinned and come short of the glory of God... 24:00 the debt that I cannot repay. 24:01 Can't earn it; you can't buy it; you can't act smooth. 24:06 I need a substitute. 24:09 I have to have a surety. 24:10 I have to have assurance; I have to be certain about this. 24:14 He's my bond. 24:17 I can count on that. 24:21 But you know what? If... If, per chance, 24:24 and I know none of you are going to go this direction... 24:26 but if per chance we might slip and fall 24:29 The Bible said: "If we, then... " 24:31 "we have an Advocate with the Father. " Amen! Whoo! 24:36 That's good news! 24:38 "If per chance you're overcome by the enemy... " 24:43 Not that you should be but just in case. 24:45 It's probably those who are watching; it's no one here 24:48 I know. But look... if we're overcome by the enemy, 24:51 we have an Advocate with the Father. " I John 2:1. 24:55 Jot it down and look it up. 24:58 Our Advocate is Jesus Christ. 25:01 I figured this out a long time ago, church. 25:03 I don't know about you. But Jesus wants me more in heaven 25:06 than I can even... I want myself. 25:08 I think I really want it more than anything. 25:09 You can feel it? Are me and you feeling this? 25:12 OK, good. He said he wants it more than anything in life. 25:15 That's the way we have to if it's going to be our home. 25:18 But He wants you there more than even you want to be there 25:20 'cause we just don't understand it. 25:22 That's what Calvary says. That's why we're to think about it 25:25 and we're to pray about it and we're to look at it 25:27 and we're to study it and have the assurance! 25:29 The surety. 25:32 See, the Son of God was given to die 25:36 before the foundation of the world. This is interesting. 25:39 Hebrews 9:26... just look it up when you can. 25:41 I'll go over it just as quick as I can. 25:43 "For then He must have often suffered 25:46 since the... " What? "the foundation of the world. " 25:49 Notice that.. oh! "But now once in the end... " 25:52 you've heard this read before here in these messages... 25:54 "hath He appeared to... " Notice this: He's appeared 25:58 for a reason and what is the reason? 26:00 Somebody say put away sin. 26:02 I need some help here! 26:04 Amen! You think it's after dinner and you're a little 26:06 sleepy? That's too bad. 26:10 I've often said I see somebody sleeping I will come out 26:12 and get you. 26:19 I need... Were you adjusting my tie this morning? 26:21 Who was that? See... the tie came out. 26:24 Don't you worry about it... all right. 26:28 Come on, keep our minds think- ing. Come on, keep our minds... 26:31 This is it: we have to listen because what? 26:33 Because God is speaking again and He's going over some of 26:36 these things that you've been going over, and now 26:38 it's being... it's a witness! 26:40 Amen! A witness of His goodness! 26:43 He's appeared! He came down here because we are sinners 26:47 in need of a Savior! 26:49 BEFORE the foundation of the world. 26:52 Isn't that what I Peter? What that says? 1:20? 26:55 Revelation 13:8 says "the Lamb slain from... " What? 26:59 "the foundation of the world. " 27:02 I don't know about this, and some of you... I'm sure 27:04 somebody'll say: "Well, that's not the way I... " 27:07 That's all right. 27:09 I'll pose the question or this little comment here. Listen: 27:15 The existence - to me - of sin 27:20 is unexplainable. 27:27 Somebody dig a little deeper 'cause some of you are not even 27:29 digging. You say: "Well, whew... " And it's gone. 27:31 No... no... it's unexplainable. 27:37 How could? Are you? How could it happen? 27:40 Someone who'd been in the presence of God 27:43 for no telling how long, isn't that right? 27:46 Seeing Him in action, and seeing the love and the goodness 27:49 and the mercy. How did it happen? 27:53 It's like it's unexplainable. And you say: "What? " 27:57 So I kind of ask this and just kind of listen to the words 28:00 a little bit: You know, you say: "What is God? 28:04 What? What is God? What's God? " 28:07 No one knows what God is! 28:10 There's a little exception going on here, so don't just 28:12 get blind with me. No one really knows what God is 28:18 until what? He sees himself in the light 28:23 that's reflected from Calvary and then he sees himself 28:27 as a sinner in need of a Savior. 28:29 Then he sees... through the Savior we see God. 28:32 As we see God, what do we see? 28:35 We see a sin- pardoning, right? Savior 28:37 and God. We see One that is gracious; 28:41 we see One that is compassion- ate; One that is longsuffering; 28:44 One that is forgiving. 28:46 Oh, isn't that wonderful? Amen! 28:49 See, I wouldn't understand what God is all about 28:51 because I hear all this stuff all the time... 28:53 except I look at Jesus 28:55 and then I know exactly who God is. 28:57 Isn't that right? At least what man can comprehend. 29:02 And so often we leave God out and it's a little bit different 29:04 picture. Christ had a purpose 29:09 for coming to this world, did He not? 29:12 He had a purpose for coming here. I Timothy 1:15 29:15 quickly says Jesus Christ came into this world for what? 29:19 Somebody say: "to save somebody. " 29:21 Save the righteous? Or save who? 29:23 The sinners! 29:25 He came to "seek and save that which was lost. " 29:29 And that was? Me! Oh boy! 29:32 We've got three lost ones in here. 29:34 Well, I heard three voices. I'm not trying to make fun of it 29:37 but I'm saying... To seek and to save what? 29:40 The lost. And that was? ME! 29:43 Way to go! That's it... because we're all lost 29:45 without Jesus, aren't we? A sinner saved by... 29:48 He came to seek and to save a sinner like me. 29:52 I'm thankful that I have a Mediator, 29:55 right? In the Most Holy Place. 29:57 I have a Savior that's pleading my case. 29:59 When my name comes up old Kenny doesn't have to be there. 30:03 I just by faith accept Jesus Christ, isn't that right? 30:06 Kenny Shelton next on the list. 30:08 Jesus stands up and He says: "He's my boy! " 30:10 Yes! Some of you won't get that. 30:17 "He's my brother. " Is He not our brother? Jesus Christ? 30:21 Amen! He's our elder brother. 30:26 Then He begins to show those scars. 30:31 God doesn't have to look at me I'm so thankful. 30:33 He looks at His Son and He believes His Son. 30:37 Amen! When His Son says and your name comes up 30:40 "He's My child. " God says: "Whoo! Glory! " 30:43 "My blood, Father... My blood. " 30:46 Oh how wonderful! I need that Mediator right now. 30:49 Do you understand the word? We call Him a Mediator here. 30:54 Mediator. He's' my... somebody say Intercessor. 30:57 Right? He's my Intercessor. 30:59 He's settling some differences! 31:02 I need somebody to settle some differences. 31:06 I can't do it on my own. 31:08 He's making a difference between sinful, right? and holy. 31:13 I need someone to settle the big question... 31:17 to help me settle: is it going to be heaven or hell? 31:19 What is it going to be? Amen! 31:22 You have to settle that between you and your Savior. 31:24 If you want heaven to be your home, nothing can stop it. 31:27 The devil... the demons of hell... can't stop it! 31:31 All the million, billions, trillions... whatever it is... 31:33 I don't care about numbers because my God's bigger! 31:36 Amen! Whatever the devil does God'll do double. 31:40 Do triple if He wanted... He can do what He wants. 31:43 See I have confidence to believe that because the Word says it. 31:46 And that's how we live, isn't it church? We live by what? 31:48 We live by faith, by every word that proceeds 31:50 out of the mouth of God. So when some Christian comes up 31:53 supposedly and says: "Well I'm not really worried about this 31:56 or about that. " You'd better get worried! 31:58 I need to get worried because every word that proceeds out 32:02 of the mouth of God is important. 32:03 Don't think that it's not... because the Bible said so. 32:06 Not because I did... the Bible said so. 32:08 I need that Mediator! 32:11 I need somebody to intervene for me! 32:15 He's the intervening agency. Isn't that wonderful? 32:19 He's all these things to us! 32:22 The Bible says that in I Timothy does it not? 32:24 When you think about Calvary says love, I want you to... 32:26 I want you to think about this. 32:28 In I Timothy 2:5-6 it talks about there's one God. 32:33 Help me church. "There's one God... " and there's one what? 32:36 "Mediator between God and man. " And who might that be? 32:40 "The Man Jesus Christ" is what the Bible said 32:43 "who gave Himself a ransom for all! " 32:47 A ransom! 32:49 A Mediator! Praise God for the Mediator! 32:52 And then I looked and I said: "The word ransom's in there! " 32:55 Huh... Ransom means He... 32:59 He redeemed the captives. 33:02 You're a captive. 33:04 The devil captured you and we need somebody to free us. 33:09 He's going to set the captives free. You remember reading that? 33:12 That's what it's talking about here. 33:14 A ransom... He came to redeem the captives... 33:19 take them out of the grasp of the devil. 33:21 And let me tell you: that's not an easy task, 33:23 I'll tell you that right now. 33:25 You notice it's not that God can't do it simple 33:27 but because you and I won't let Him 33:29 'cause we want to hang on just a little bit longer 33:32 to things that we might like. 33:34 And there's a battle royale that goes on sometimes 33:37 but it's us that's the problem... it's not God. 33:39 He came to set the captives free! 33:42 He made a payment for me. 33:44 And I'm glad He didn't say just a down payment 33:47 and He'd get back with me later. 33:49 He made a FULL payment. Amen! 33:51 Does that make sense? That means it was complete... 33:54 title signed over. 33:56 And you know what? He didn't mince around and say 34:00 "Well now will You take less for him? " 34:03 Some of you have done that, you know you have 34:05 when you stop and think. 34:07 Jesus didn't do that for you because you are valuable. 34:10 Amen! Just think a little bit with me. If the enemy says 34:14 "This is what it's going to take" He said "I'll pay it. " 34:18 "I'll pay the full price 'cause they're worth it. " Amen! 34:21 "They're special people; I'll pay it. " 34:24 Just exactly what it demanded because the wages of sin is 34:27 what? It's death... it demanded death. 34:29 He said: "I'll do it for them! " 34:31 "I'll pay it in full... they won't have to do it. 34:36 All they need to do is just submit. " 34:39 "Let Me lead in their lives; let Me guide in their lives; 34:42 let Me help them. " 34:45 I think on this in a theological sense. 34:50 This is what this word ransom we're talking about here 34:53 just simply to me means set free from sin. 34:56 Set free from the grasp of the dirty devil. 35:01 You say: "Well, I don't want to call the devil dirty. " 35:03 I think you'd better. Amen. 35:07 The Bible says he's a thief and a robber and he's dirty, 35:10 isn't that right? It's OK... he is. 35:13 But how can... how can we just be set free here from sin? 35:18 How? The Bible says in II Corinthians and jot it down 35:21 5:21 notice that Jesus, the Lamb of God, 35:25 what does Calvary mean to me? It says here that He was 35:28 made what? He made Him sin for us. 35:32 "For He hath made Him sin for us... " 35:37 Oh! "who knew no sin. " Jesus, right? He didn't know any sin. 35:42 "that we might be made the righteousness of... " What? 35:45 "God in Him. " That's just over our heads, 35:49 isn't it? A little bit? Think with me. 35:51 "I'll take their sins. Didn't know any sin, didn't do anything 35:56 that's wrong, but I'm going to have to take them. 35:58 I'm going to have to bear them. They can't do it on their own. 36:02 I'm willing to do it... they're worth it. " 36:04 Calvary says loves me. 36:07 And so I guess today you might say that somehow I get 36:09 overwhelmed at times when I think of how much that 36:13 Jesus loves all of us. 36:15 In that little song He loves "even me. " 36:18 Overwhelmed! And I encourage you, church, 36:23 to sit down, be quiet for a while. 36:25 Turn your phones off; turn the computer off. 36:27 Turn the noise boxes off! 36:29 Spend that thoughtful hour a day just you and Jesus. 36:33 Thank Him for what's going on in the world. 36:35 You would not be here if it was not for the protecting hand 36:38 of God. Amen! The devil will put you out. 36:42 He's looking for that opportunity every moment. 36:44 I mean this is reality of the thing. 36:47 You're here by the grace of God. You're here because 36:50 His hand is protecting you. Amen! 36:52 I mean... that's beautiful. Well, praise time at church. 36:57 Anybody have any praises, church? 37:02 You get the face look and everything else like "Man, 37:05 we're trying to pull teeth or some... " You know? 37:07 Everybody ought to jump up and start praising the Lord 37:10 and say: "Oh yeah, every breath we take belongs to Him! " 37:14 "We live and we move through Him... " 37:18 that's what the Bible says. 37:19 So even those who don't even believe in Him, you'd best 37:23 believe Him. You're taking His air, you're taking up His space. 37:26 You won't even give Him thanks for it. 37:28 You're eating His bread; you're eating His food! 37:30 Isn't that right? You're taking His money. 37:33 Most of us put it in our pocket and are a thief and robber 37:35 and He still... And some of you need to realize: 37:38 all you thieves and robbers in tithe. 37:40 There's no one here, I under- stand. Some of you out here... 37:42 Maybe one? I don't see anybody here right now, but 37:45 let me... You know, you are being blessed - 37:48 the thieves and the robbers and the liars out here - 37:51 because of the true saints of God. 37:53 God blesses the unbeliever and all the stuff that's going on 37:57 out there because there's some good people in the world. 38:00 They're receiving blessings because you're their neighbor. 38:04 Do you think that's right? Absolutely it is! 38:07 Whoo! The Bible says it rains "on the just and the unjust, " 38:11 isn't that right now? God is good! 38:16 Think about it. Did He really? Oh boy, time's going. 38:21 Did Jesus really know what He was getting into 38:26 before He came down to this mess? Yes! Oh, we say yes 38:29 but really think about it. Did He really know everything 38:32 that was going to happen? You know, when we get into 38:35 situations we'll say: "Now what's all going to 38:38 happen here? " Have you ever done that? 38:41 "What's all going to happen here? 38:42 I'd like to know everything. " 38:44 Usually I'll say: "Honey, give me the worst and the best. " 38:48 If I can live with the worst... You can... 38:52 He knew, did He not? He knew everything. 38:55 Remember, before He took on humanity 38:59 while He was in heaven He - step by step - every step 39:04 He took in this life in this world He knew everything 39:08 that was going to happen to Him. That's amazing to me. 39:11 He knew the road that He had to travel 39:14 in order to save you and to save me. How wonderful that is! 39:18 He saw every tear, He saw every heartache. 39:22 He saw the days you have depression 39:25 and you can't get out of bed. 39:32 He saw you, too. 39:34 He saw all of this mess and how He would be treated... 39:38 how He would be talked about and gossiped about. 39:43 He saw every insult... every smack and fist in the face. 39:48 Everything He went through at Calvary. 39:51 He understood rejection because He was fully human. 39:57 He understood it. 40:01 You know how our little feelings get hurt sometimes? 40:07 He knew... He knew how it felt for people to say things 40:11 and do things. His own family... His own brothers. 40:15 He knew all that... He saw it. 40:19 So before He came here from the manger to Calvary 40:23 He saw everything - Amen! and yet He came. 40:28 This sounds simple to you but, man, weigh it out. 40:33 How many of us, if you just looked at your own little life 40:36 and could see from the beginning to the end everything 40:39 that happened I wonder how many of us would want to live on. 40:45 And it won't have been a drop in the bucket of what He saw. 40:49 But that love that He had! Calvary... He knew it was there! 40:54 He saw... He knew everything. 40:56 Every breaking of the heart because of sin. 41:01 He saw the separation from His Father that broke His heart. 41:04 He saw it from eternity. 41:06 We don't have time to read it but you say: "Well now how do? " 41:09 Just read Luke chapter 18. 41:11 Jesus, talking about the disciples one time, verses 31-4. 41:15 Can't do it now 'cause time's almost gone already. 41:17 Sixteen minutes left... my, my, my. 41:23 He revealed... the scriptures revealed everything that He 41:26 would have to go through. He told the disciples... 41:28 I wish we had time to read it and really talk about it for 41:30 about two hours. He saw... He told the 41:36 disciples what would happen. How He would be taken; 41:39 How He'd be nailed to the cross; how He would die. 41:41 And the next scripture after that in Luke is talking about 41:43 here it says they didn't understand a word He said. 41:48 A little paraphrased but it's exactly what... 41:50 They couldn't understand a thing. 41:52 That's the way people today. They read the Word of God 41:54 and yet they can't understand a thing. 41:55 And I'm saying: "Why couldn't they understand it? " 41:58 It was simple language. 42:00 They couldn't! You know why? Because they didn't want to. 42:06 Somebody with me, church? Amen! 42:08 They didn't want to understand it. They didn't want 42:10 to think that's going to happen to Him. 42:12 They refused to accept it. 42:14 There's people in the world today that won't accept 42:15 the truth of the message here because they just don't want to. 42:18 They're not going to listen... they just don't want to! 42:20 It's clear and simple. 42:24 I remember my step-dad... After my father passed away 42:29 I had a step-dad come in. Just... Oh I don't mind talking 42:32 about it. God has good people everywhere. I think he was 42:34 Baptist. And... Now somebody's chuckling on me. 42:41 And it's the truth! So naturally you know Adventists 42:45 you get your Bible out and start doing some studying. 42:47 Amen! Isn't that right? 42:49 Well you should. If you're not doing it, you need to. 42:53 So my mother began to study with him, and you know, 42:56 a year passed and another year and another year 42:59 and another year. And I thought: "Hey, now wait a minute here... 43:02 what's going on? " Pretty smart man but it seemed like you know. 43:07 Finally he went to his pastor with some... 43:11 He said: "I'm going to get your mother this time. I'm going to 43:13 the pastor and I'll get some Bible passages and boy 43:15 we'll just... I'll shut your mom up. " 43:19 I really basically said: "If you do, you'll be the first. " 43:25 And certainly that was with scripture too. Mama was good! 43:29 So he went to his pastor and his pastor said: 43:31 "You know, I don't have anything to be honest. " 43:33 And you know what he said? 43:35 "Well good. I liked your honesty. I won't see you 43:37 any more here. I'm going to go join the Seventh-day Adventist 43:39 church. " That's right! 43:42 And so then I had the audacity to go by. His name was Earl. 43:44 I said: "Dad... " I called him Dad. I said: "Dad... " 43:47 You know, you have to be blessed if you happen to have 43:49 a step-parent or whatever and they're good to you. 43:51 Whatever. I feel like I had the blessing of two good dads. 43:57 Nobody's trying any competition with the other. 43:59 I had two good dads. He took care of my mother. 44:01 He gave her things that my dad could not do 44:04 and I was thankful for that. 44:06 He was a good provider; he's a good man. 44:07 And finally I said: "Oh Dad. " The man took seven years. 44:10 I said: "Dad, what took you so long? " 44:13 I said: "I know you had to see and understand 44:18 this. " He said: "Yeah, I did a long time ago. " 44:24 I said: "What happened? " He said "Well I'm one of those... " 44:27 What is it? Oh be careful, I'll get in trouble... 44:29 He said: "I'm one of those hard-shell Baptists. " 44:33 And then he said: "No, I meant hard-headed. " 44:36 He was talking about himself but you see what I mean. 44:38 He knew a long time ago, but the point: he didn't want 44:42 to accept it. He wasn't going to. 44:44 The proof was there. It was no different from the first year 44:46 as it was the seventh year. But what? He just did not want 44:48 it; he was not going to. And finally he opened his heart 44:51 to God and he said: "This is beautiful! 44:52 I wish I'd have done it before. " 44:54 Oh, a happier home. Oh, they could study together 44:57 in unity now. What a home! 44:59 Jesus knew it all, yet He said "Lo I come" in the volume 45:03 of what? In this book in the book of Psalms. 45:05 You notice? Seven and eight. "It's written of Me... " 45:09 Notice: "I delight to do Thy will, O God. 45:12 Yea, Thy law is written in my heart. " 45:15 Do you delight to do the will of God? 45:17 Or do you delight to do the will of the enemy? 45:20 You're going to be doing one or the other. 45:21 There's no middle ground here. 45:23 Once we get off of that bed... You always say, you know, 45:25 "You straddle the fence you're going to get splinters. " 45:27 So let's get off of it... let's go! 45:29 You know, I know it's impossible for us to understand 45:32 all about redemption. 45:34 But you know what? This we KNOW from the Word of God. 45:38 This we know for sure: by giving His life for men 45:43 He would win back this world from the devil 45:48 and give it to the rightful owner - which is God! 45:52 Jesus came to win the world back and give it to His Father. 45:55 That's who it belonged to. Now somebody stay with me. 45:57 Why? You know what? The cross before the crown. 46:02 The cross before what? The cross before the crown. 46:06 No one wants the cross, but I'll tell you in every day 46:09 of your life you're going to find a cross 46:11 in the middle of your pathway. You're going to find 46:13 a challenge in your pathway. 46:15 And you can't side step it and you can't hurdle it. 46:17 If you hurdle it, you know what? You'll look up and it's there 46:20 again. And you run around it He'll go ahead and put it back 46:22 again because you're going to be tested on that issue 46:25 that you need victory and I need victory 46:27 until we get that victory and we finally say: "No, I'm done. " 46:32 Thank God for that: that He loves you so much 46:34 He keeps putting it back there 'cause He knows you need it 46:37 and I need it. 46:39 And He saw it all before it happened. 46:42 He saw it all! 46:44 But you know, in the book of Hebrews He said: 46:46 "But for the joy... " What do you mean for the joy? 46:51 He saw everything that He would have to go through. 46:53 The Bible says: "For the joy that was set before Him. " 46:56 Hebrews 12:2. What did He do? 46:58 "He endured the cross despising" What? "the shame. " 47:03 And now He has sat down on the right hand of what? 47:05 Of the Father. You know, this is a powerful message 47:08 when you talk about Christ. 47:10 You lift Him up, dear friends, things happen. 47:12 If He's walking up and down through the Spirit, the Holy 47:15 Spirit, in the aisle today things are going to happen. 47:17 Lives are going to be changed. 47:19 You may not jump up and scream and carry on 47:21 but something's happening inside because you're lifting up Jesus. 47:24 You want to know more about that precious blood. 47:27 You're tired of carrying all of that weight that you've carried 47:29 for so long. I said before I'm a believer in the Spirit of 47:33 Prophecy and at this point and by God's grace 47:35 you're not going to discourage me. Nobody can. 47:39 You say: "Well let's don't be so high here. " 47:41 I said "by God's grace I'm a believer in it. " 47:45 I need it! Acts of the Apostles 209 says this... 47:47 Notice... And I think this is really some truth that we need, 47:50 especially when we talk about ministries and people working 47:52 for Jesus. "If those today who are teaching the Word 47:56 of God would uplift the cross of Christ... " 48:01 Notice: "higher and still higher 48:04 their ministry would still be more and more successful. " 48:08 We're not successful because we're not lifting up the cross 48:11 of Calvary... we're lifting up mankind. 48:13 You're looking for defeat when you do that. 48:15 You are! You lift up the cross... 48:19 There's nothing good happening in any work or any ministry 48:23 but God does it. Amen! 48:24 The Spirit does it. You and I can't do anything good. 48:28 It has to be Him inside of us. 48:30 I don't want you to see me... I want you to see Jesus. 48:34 Isn't that right? You see me you're not going to change 48:37 my brother. You see Jesus in me you're going to change. 48:42 You may not even say anything, you don't really have to do 48:44 anything but somebody's going to see it. 48:46 There's going to be something you walk down the street. 48:48 Jesus needs to be in our minds and in our hearts 48:51 and on our face. 48:54 I'd tell you some experiences that I have but you'd think I... 48:56 just say "Oh... " I'm not going to do it. 49:00 Who said that? 49:09 No, people always say: "Oh well, somebody's tooting their horn. " 49:13 I don't have a horn to toot. 49:16 You still with me? 49:19 I know... I know who runs this world. 49:23 I know...but it's nice to know that you're asking, inviting 49:28 the Spirit to come in 49:30 and somehow He comes out. 49:33 My wife and I have been in airports and just walking along 49:36 quickly and people... sometimes they walk by and look. 49:44 "Are you a preacher? " 49:46 Sitting down over there, maybe not even reading the Bible, 49:49 but they say: "Are you a preacher? You just" - check it - 49:53 "just look like one. " There's nothing good... 49:56 ain't nothing good here. They see this old ugly face 49:58 they ain't going to to get excited about anything. 50:00 I'm telling you right now: Jesus is what I'm trying to say. 50:02 Living inside. He HAS TO come out! 50:05 If He's not coming out, I guarantee you He's not in there. 50:07 Right? If He's in there, He's coming out! 50:10 Amen! This is what it's about. Let Him come in so 50:12 He can go out! Amen! That's going to change the world. 50:16 This is what we need in the work right now, the closing. 50:20 You know, Christ's death on Calvary proves that great love. 50:23 I've heard it said... Somebody said one time 50:25 "You remove the cross from the Christian would be like 50:28 blotting out the sun from the sky. " 50:31 I believe that with my whole heart. 50:33 How do the people get by who don't know Jesus? 50:37 How real was Jesus? We have just a few minutes. 50:40 There's so many questions. You know, how human was He? 50:45 When you think of Calvary, how human was He? 50:48 What nature did He take? 50:50 Was He subject to failure and defeat? 50:54 What does Calvary say to you? 50:55 Well, it certainly says love to me! 50:57 How real was Jesus? How human was Jesus? 51:01 The Bible says in Hebrews 2:14 51:03 "For as much then as children are partakers of... " What? 51:07 "flesh and... He also Himself likewise took part of the... " 51:12 How much? Somebody say "same. " 51:14 See, some of you will say He took part of the same 51:17 but there was a little... It doesn't read that way now. 51:21 You've gotta stop adding little things here and there. 51:27 I mean every once in a while I add a little something in there. 51:32 God says: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel. " 51:34 I was preaching one time, I said: "I read the Bible 51:37 and the Bible says go into all the world and preach the gospel, 51:40 Kenny. " A man stood up and said: "What kind of Bible 51:44 have you got there? " 51:46 Said: "I'm looking at my Bible and Kenny's not in there! " 51:50 I said: "You've got the wrong Bible 'cause you don't see your 51:53 name in there... something's wrong! " 51:55 Are you still with me, church? 51:56 When you read that your name should be there. 51:59 By faith you see it because God's Spirit is speaking to you. 52:03 I believe that! I see my name in there! 52:06 I read it! It's love letters to me. Amen! 52:09 It has to be real. 52:12 He didn't take the nature? 52:16 Talk about that. People say: "Oh... " Where's that brother 52:20 in here? I know there's some brother in here that... 52:22 Can't help but love him. We had a good talk, but 52:24 you know... Are you still here? 52:28 You know who you are. I'm talking about the nature. 52:30 He said: "Well you know, Jesus had a little different nature. " 52:35 He's trying to say that Jesus... Then you said "No. " 52:37 You're here; you hear me talking about you. 52:38 I know you'll jump me later... it's all right. 52:40 The Bible is true. 52:45 He said: "He was made a little lower than the... 52:49 angels. " You know, Hebrews 2. 52:50 He was made just a little lower so therefore we're a whole lot 52:53 lower so that means He had an edge. 52:56 Listen. Look at the translations of that. 52:58 Look at the original language of that. 53:00 It simply means for a little while. 53:06 For a little while. 53:07 Remember, He always maintained His divinity. 53:10 Amen! He kept it totally separate from His humanity 53:15 because He could not be my Savior. If He had an edge, 53:19 He couldn't do it. He said He took the seed of Abraham! 53:22 And He will - this is awesome to me - He will maintain that 53:26 humanity. You know this but it should break your heart. 53:29 Through the eons of time He will have flesh and bones. 53:33 He's not able to be everywhere at once. 53:36 He gave that up! That's why He said: "I want you 53:38 to have the Holy Spirit. " And don't say that's Jesus' 53:41 Spirit or God's Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third 53:42 person of the Godhead. Amen! 53:46 Don't you commit the unpardonable sin and try to 53:49 refuse the Holy Spirit of the Living God. 53:51 Amen! That's rejection of the Spirit. 53:53 That's the unpardonable sin. I realize things are going 53:55 around, stuff that... No use to send me any stuff, now. 53:58 If any of you's out here... I know somebody's going to 54:00 pull this stuff. Amen. 54:02 Don't you like when I get onto everybody before they do it 54:04 because I know what they're going to do? I've been around 54:05 a long time. Amen! 54:08 I'm convinced the Bible said there's three! Yes! 54:13 I'm convinced! The Spirit of Prophecy said there are three. 54:17 Somebody said they're going to have a trio up here. 54:19 Don't get up here with 2 people. I'm going to be looking for 54:21 that third one. Amen! I may be old but I can still count to 3. 54:26 I don't know about you. 54:29 You put your head down: can you still count to three? 54:34 I know... My point is simple: a, b, c. 54:39 Don't let the devil take it. I know some of you 54:41 have got your mouth hanging open it's almost on the ground. 54:43 But it doesn't matter. 54:45 I'm really not trying to be funny, but I'm telling you 54:47 right now: we're talking about the unpardonable sin. 54:50 That's when you reject the Spirit. 54:52 And you: "No, no... He existed... " No! 54:55 A separate entity. 54:59 I wished I had time... But we just came from Ohio 55:01 and they requested that we do three different services 55:05 on the Holy Spirit. And we were glad to go and do it. 55:09 And we lived through it and we'll do it again. 55:17 You still love me, right? Yes! All right. 55:23 You know as brothers and sisters in Christ we should be able to 55:25 talk about anything. Nobody needs to get tight. Amen! 55:28 The other brother here I was talking about: don't get tight. 55:31 We had a real good talk. That was a good brother. 55:33 He loves Jesus there's no doubt about it. 55:35 And we kind of just said: "OK, we'll just go our own way. " 55:37 Food for thought. 55:39 I don't throw anything out because somebody said: "Well, 55:41 this is a little different. " I listen to it first and I said: 55:43 "Whoo! Does that harmonize with everything else now? " 55:45 And if it doesn't, for that point in time I just let it go. 55:51 I'm going to read one more. I've 1 minute and 37 seconds. 55:54 I'll tell you what: The Youth Instructor 55:58 425, 1901, says this... I'll just say it: "The enemy 56:01 was overcome by Christ in His human nature 56:07 relying upon God for His power. " Amen! 56:10 Isn't that beautiful? Oh, through the ceaseless ages! 56:13 It took... I have to talk about humanity... only 56:17 humanity could reach humanity. 56:21 He lived the life of God in the flesh. 56:24 How beautiful that is! 56:26 He came as a helpless babe bearing humanity. 56:30 He met man as Man is what I read. 56:33 He didn't possess anything that we cannot have. 56:37 He's my perfect example. Praise God for that! 56:40 I'm going to pray for you and I want you to pray for me 56:41 while I'm praying for you. 56:48 People say I need to be a little more loving and a little more 56:50 kind. There's no one more loving than Jesus Christ 56:52 and they nailed Him on a cross. 56:55 We live in an hour when we need to be ready for Jesus' 56:57 coming. Calvary means love to me. 57:00 I pray it means love to you. I'm going to kneel right here 57:01 and have a quick prayer. If you'll pray with me please? 57:03 Merciful Father in heaven, we thank you for Your 57:06 precious Word. Lord, we just thought about Calvary today. 57:09 Oh, we think about those precious drops of blood! 57:12 I'm overwhelmed by the thought that You would die for someone 57:15 like me. I'm thankful; I accept it by faith. 57:17 And these, Your people... they love You. 57:19 They want that blood; they want that experience. 57:21 And may they right now say: "I accept Jesus as my Lord 57:24 and Savior. " In His name we pray and for His sake, 57:26 Amen. Thank you for joining us there around the world and here! 57:30 God bless you! You have the rest of a good Camp Meeting. |
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