Participants: John Bradshaw
Series Code: AOT
Program Code: AOT000063
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00:12 Welcome to Anchors Of Truth from the 3ABN Worship Center.
00:18 The Great Controversy with John Bradshaw. 00:22 Hello friends and welcome to 3ABN's worship center 00:25 here in Thompsonville, Illinois. 00:27 Located right down the street from 3ABN which is in 00:31 West Frankfort, Illinois. 00:32 And that may sound like it's very confusing and far apart, 00:35 but it's just a stones throw away. 00:38 But tonight, you're joining us here at our worship center 00:40 for the continuation of the meetings that have been held 00:44 by Pastor John Bradshaw on the topic of The Great Controversy. 00:49 Tonight's sermon title is, Help In A Time Of Crisis. 00:53 Now as you know, the world is in crisis in one way or the other. 00:57 We're even wondering how the season's have 01:00 become so warm so quickly. 01:02 And maybe on the heels of that blessing 01:04 there's another crisis coming. 01:05 We don't know. 01:06 But we always know that in every crisis there is an answer. 01:10 And that answer is Jesus. 01:13 So tonight, as Pastor Bradshaw brings the message, 01:15 take time to sit down. 01:17 The Sabbath has started here in the Midwest. 01:19 And wherever you're joining us from, we know the blessing of 01:22 the Lord is available to you. 01:23 We also have some messages on tomorrow. 01:26 We'd like to encourage you to join us on tomorrow morning, 01:28 Sabbath morning, for our 11 o'clock message. 01:31 And then Sabbath afternoon for our final presentation 01:34 on the five part series on The Great Controversy. 01:38 Pastor John Bradshaw is the speaker and director 01:40 of It Is Written. 01:42 He is an exuberant person, one that is on fire for the Lord. 01:45 Can you say amen to that? 01:47 And he has blessed us from night to night. 01:49 And we know that tonight is not going to be an exception. 01:52 We have some wonderful music also from one of our 01:54 very own, Jill Morikone. 01:56 We are blessed from Sabbath to Sabbath with her musical gift. 02:00 And tonight, she's going to bless us right after our prayer. 02:03 So bow your heads with us as we go to the Lord in prayer. 02:08 Let's pray together. 02:09 Our gracious Father in heaven, we thank You for Your goodness 02:12 and for Your mercy. 02:15 We thank You, Lord, that in this time of crisis 02:17 when the world is looking for an answer, whatever the 02:21 question may be, the answer is still Jesus. 02:24 Lord, we pray tonight that You will fill Your manservant again, 02:28 that You'll pour into him that he will be the vessel 02:31 through which You share the blessing with our audience; 02:34 whether by television or by radio or by computer, 02:37 whatever the medium may be. 02:38 May they sense the connection to Christ as 02:41 the Word of God is unfolded. 02:43 We also pray a blessing on our music tonight, Father. 02:45 What a wonderful song, His Eye Is On The Sparrow. 02:48 And tonight, as the sparrow continues to fly and You provide 02:52 his need, we pray that tonight, Father, in the midst of 02:55 this crisis we will know that You will continue 02:58 to provide our need. 03:00 So keep our hearts focused, Father, as You speak to us. 03:03 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 03:06 After our music tonight, the next voice that you'll hear 03:09 is Pastor John Bradshaw. 07:41 Well, I have been blessed already. 07:43 What about you? Can you say amen? 07:45 Good evening everyone and welcome to Anchors Of Truth. 07:48 We are studying about the great controversy, 07:51 which itself is one of the great anchors of truth. 07:54 One of the great anchors of truth. 07:55 You know, there is a book by that same name. 07:57 Are you aware of that? 07:59 I hope you know about that. 08:00 There is a book by the name, The Great Controversy. 08:03 We're not studying the book tonight. 08:04 The book is aptly titled because it deals with that 08:07 great controversy down through the eons of time 08:10 between Christ and Satan. 08:12 I have a soft spot for that book. 08:14 It was that book that changed my life. 08:17 Now truth be told, truth be told, 08:18 it's the Bible that changes a person's life. 08:20 But without the book called, The Great Controversy, 08:23 I may never had come to the place where I would have 08:25 picked up the Bible. 08:26 It spoke to my heart and helped me understand big issues and 08:30 large questions and significant things that were taking place. 08:34 It answered a lot of questions for me. 08:36 And I discovered the answer to those questions was Jesus. 08:41 And perhaps before we're done this weekend, 08:43 I might have a chance to share a little bit more with you about 08:45 what the book, The Great Controversy, did for me. 08:49 In the meantime, we'll study the great controversy theme. 08:53 The great central theme of the Bible, it has been called. 08:57 I concur. I believe that is true. 09:01 And I think that if you don't mind, we will pray and dive in. 09:04 And make the most of the time, 09:06 always limited time, that we have. 09:08 Let's pray. 09:09 Our Father in heaven, we thank You tonight that we can 09:12 come to you in the name of Jesus. 09:13 We gather here in this location, but we gather together 09:17 around the world, from sea to shining sea and beyond. 09:23 I pray that You would grab our attention and focus it 09:27 with laser beam intensity on the things of Scripture. 09:31 I pray that You would have our attention. 09:33 I pray that You would give this faulty vessel 09:38 freedom of expression and clarity of thought. 09:41 I pray that You would give everybody watching and 09:45 listening and meditating upon these things 09:48 clear minds and a willing heart and an openness to the 09:52 moving of Your Holy Spirit. 09:56 Guide and bless us please. 09:57 And I don't pray bless us for selfish reasons. 10:00 I pray please will You bless us for Your glory. 10:03 Undoubtedly, You would like to see something achieved 10:06 over these next few minutes. 10:07 Whatever that is, please Lord, do Your work. 10:11 This we pray in Jesus' name. 10:13 And we say it together, amen. 10:19 The year is 2154. 10:26 I'm not trying to tell you the year now is 2154. 10:28 It's still what it was when you arrived. 10:31 But in this little illustration, the year is 2154. 10:37 And a mining operation on a distant moon in this galaxy 10:45 has begun to threaten the existence of the native peoples 10:51 in that corner of the galaxy. 10:55 You see, the human beings doing the mining 10:58 have come up with a clever plan to convince the natives 11:02 to cooperate with them. 11:05 But it wouldn't be a Hollywood movie worth anything 11:08 if everything didn't turn to custard and if a good 11:11 war did not break out. 11:13 Both things happened. 11:15 The plan failed, war took place, the natives were angry, 11:19 the miners were upset. 11:20 Everybody was at each others throats, people died. 11:24 A human being fell in love with an alien. 11:29 And the movie, remarkably, based on my description 11:34 you'd think, "Well, that's ridiculous." 11:36 Evidently, the more ridiculous, the better. 11:40 Because that movie has gone on to gross just about as much 11:42 money, if not more, than any other movie 11:44 in the history of movie making. 11:47 Interplanetary travel, good versus evil, greed and lust, 11:53 and the existence of a planet jeopardized. 11:57 Does it sound familiar? 11:58 It ought to. 11:59 You don't have to see the movie to experience 12:03 a plot line like that. 12:05 Ladies and gentlemen, we are living it right now. 12:08 Interplanetary travel as beings, holy and unholy, travel from 12:13 here to there. 12:15 Many of them with mischief on their mind. 12:17 Some of them with good on their mind. 12:20 Good versus evil. That's easy. 12:23 Greed and lust. 12:25 Anyone who hasn't surrendered to God embodies those principles. 12:29 The existence of a planet jeopardized. 12:32 Our planet is in jeopardy. 12:37 We are in the middle of something big. 12:39 It is not science fiction. 12:41 It is more compelling than science fiction could ever be. 12:44 It's the real thing. 12:46 Too real. 12:48 And the stakes are much higher. 12:50 Much, much higher than anything Hollywood could ever dream up. 12:57 As we look at the Bible, it's important that we consider 13:01 the big picture. 13:03 Vital, as a matter of fact. 13:04 The Bible is more than just a collection of stories 13:08 and of thoughts. 13:09 If you pick up the Bible and start at the beginning, 13:13 you will read the creation story. 13:15 Shortly thereafter, you will read about the tragic fall and 13:19 descent of our original grandparents; 13:21 granddaddy Adam and grandmamma Eve. 13:26 You will then read about the history of the 13:28 patriarchs and of the prophets. 13:29 There's a lot of ink given in the book of Genesis to Abraham. 13:32 Even more, I believe, given to the story of Joseph. 13:35 Long story. 13:36 Takes up a lot of the back part of the book of Genesis. 13:39 And you wonder why. 13:40 You get into Exodus, they start wandering in the wilderness. 13:43 They eat bread from heaven and they drink water 13:45 that came from a rock. 13:47 And they complain and want to turn their backs on God 13:50 and wander back to Egypt from whence they came. 13:54 Then we come to Leviticus and the sacrificial system. 13:56 And there was blood flowing. 13:57 Man, there was blood of bulls and there was blood of goats. 14:00 And there were turtle doves being offered, 14:02 and there were lambs slain. 14:04 There were meat offerings and drink offerings, 14:07 and offerings of fine flour, and all of the rest. 14:10 What in the world? 14:13 And then we read on in Deuteronomy and the law, 14:16 and Numbers and the numbers. 14:21 And we say, "What is this? 14:24 What really is it all about? 14:27 Is the book of Numbers just a civics lesson? 14:29 There were so many of these folks and so many of those." 14:32 We go on and read the story of Job. 14:34 Poor man suffering. I mean suffering. 14:37 Why? 14:39 What's at the heart of what Job is going through? 14:43 Is that story just to tell us that some poor fellow 14:45 had a hard time? 14:46 Some man was sick and wanted to be well. 14:48 And he suffered and his friends came, and his wife said, 14:50 "Curse God and die." 14:52 What's that? 14:54 The wisdom of the Psalms. 14:55 Is it just wisdom? 14:57 The wisdom of the Proverbs, I'm sure I meant to say. 15:01 Is it just wisdom? 15:03 The Psalms, David's rather up and down journey through 15:08 his meditations. 15:09 He deals with God's faithfulness to him 15:11 and his struggle at the hands of his enemies. 15:14 He's running, he's fleeing. He is sinning. 15:16 He deals with the sin issues and the salvation issues. 15:19 David cries out to God. 15:20 What's that? 15:22 Is it more than just the struggles, the travails, 15:25 and the joys of a Middle Eastern king? 15:28 What is the framework that transforms the varied, 15:32 the disparate stories and facets of the Bible 15:36 into a cohesive narrative? 15:37 What is it? 15:38 What lines up the stories of the Bible, and the teachings 15:40 of the Bible, and the doctrines of the Bible, 15:42 in such a way as they're pointing in the same direction 15:45 as they are pieces that make up the one picture 15:49 presented by a puzzle, a beautiful thing? 15:52 Pieces put together presenting us the picture of the whole. 15:57 What is it that helps us make sense of, not just a story 16:01 in the Bible, not just a verse in the Bible, 16:03 not just a character in the Bible, but what is it that 16:07 helps us bring it all together and helps us see that the Bible 16:11 is as a whole pointing in a direction and illuminating 16:14 certain central truths? 16:15 What is that? What do we call it? 16:19 This framework, this cohesion, we call it the 16:21 great controversy theme. 16:24 And if you'll look in your Bible, you will discover that 16:26 this great controversy theme runs like a golden thread 16:29 from the creation and fall of man to the restoration of man. 16:33 From sin to salvation, from creation to redemption. 16:37 Or should I say more appropriately, 16:39 from creation to recreation. 16:42 The great controversy theme traces all of that. 16:46 It provides us with a clear understanding of 16:49 where this world is heading. 16:52 It helps us to see where we've been, where we are, 16:55 and why all that is taking place is taking place. 17:01 I'd like for you to keep something in mind 17:03 as we begin tonight. 17:05 Long ago, this world was a perfect place. 17:08 The heartbeat of the universe was one heartbeat. 17:15 There was no sin. 17:17 Only harmony. 17:19 Can you imagine that? 17:22 Can you imagine what your life would be like 17:25 if there was no sin in the world? 17:27 How much different would it be? 17:29 I remember when I was a little boy and our family was 17:31 getting ready to go away for the weekend. 17:33 And I said to my dad, "Dad, what are you doing?" 17:35 He was up on a ladder or standing on a chair, 17:38 or something, and he was messing around with the windows 17:42 in a room, like the living room. 17:45 And I said, "Dad, what are you doing?" 17:47 He said, "Son, I'm locking the windows before we go away." 17:53 I was shocked. 17:54 I said, "Dad, our windows have locks?" 17:58 I had no idea. 18:01 We had never locked the windows ever. 18:04 Dad had to get out the WD-40 just to get those 18:07 locks working again. 18:09 When we went on vacation, it was our practice to leave the 18:12 back door of the house open in case somebody wanted to get in. 18:17 Now when we go on vacation, we lock the back door 18:20 in case somebody wants to get in. 18:23 Life has changed. 18:25 It's almost impossible to imagine life without sin. 18:29 Without insurance and without doctors and without... 18:34 I mean, would you even need Kleenex? 18:38 I just wonder. 18:39 I don't know. 18:41 A fairly agricultural thing to be thinking, I suppose. 18:44 But how would life change? 18:46 Back then, there was no sin. 18:49 Nothing like that. 18:51 There were no arguments, there was no dissension. 18:53 There were no brows furrowed in frustration and anger. 18:58 None of that. 19:00 Only harmony. 19:02 And then sin entered. 19:06 Like a rock smashing a glass window, 19:10 the peace of heaven was shattered. 19:14 It was broken. 19:15 And there would be no going back for a time. 19:19 Lucifer chose, for reasons that we can never really 19:22 fully understand, to rebel, to harden his heart, 19:24 to choose to place himself, before himself, above God. 19:29 We've read in our Bible in this series on The Great Controversy 19:32 already that in Isaiah chapter 14, Lucifer said, 19:35 "I will be like..." Who? 19:39 "I will be like the Most High." That's right. 19:41 He wanted to sit in God's place. 19:44 He wanted ultimately to receive worship, 19:50 to receive worship. 19:52 "I will be like the Most High." 19:56 When Jesus was living on this earth, 19:59 Satan came to Him in the wilderness of temptation 20:02 with three temptations. 20:04 Jesus was out there just weeks after He had been baptized, 20:07 just weeks after He had heard His Father say, 20:10 "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well please." 20:15 And Lucifer turns up and the first thing he says to Him is, 20:18 "If You are the Son of God..." 20:19 Isn't that something? 20:21 Jesus just heard His Father say, "This is My beloved Son," 20:23 and Lucifer says, "Really? Really? Is that right? 20:26 Can You even trust Your Father?" 20:30 That's what Lucifer said to Adam and Eve down there by the 20:32 tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 20:33 "I know what God said, but did He really mean that? 20:35 Can you really trust that?" 20:38 And so he said to Jesus, "I know that You are hungry. 20:39 You haven't eaten in almost six weeks. 20:41 Why don't You just make these stones into bread?" 20:43 And I don't know if you've ever had a good look at the 20:45 wilderness there in Israel. 20:46 I've never been there. 20:48 But I've seen a lot of pictures and video of folks who have. 20:51 This place is rocky. 20:52 Man, there's rocks everywhere. 20:54 This is a real bona fide desert. 20:56 And Satan said, "If You're the Son of God, 20:59 just turn these stones into bread." 21:01 And then Jesus answered by saying, "It is written..." 21:03 And I'm partial to those verses in the Bible that 21:05 begin with the words, "It is written." 21:07 He said, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, 21:11 but by every word that proceeds from out of the mouth of God." 21:13 There, Satan was defeated. 21:16 But he wasn't done yet. 21:17 He said, "I know what the Bible says, so why don't You 21:19 throw Yourself off this high place. 21:21 The word of God says the angels are going to catch You up, 21:23 lest You dash Your foot against a stone." 21:26 And Jesus turned to him and He said again, "It is written." 21:29 I hope you're getting the picture. 21:30 I hope you're seeing the pattern. 21:31 When Satan comes to you with temptation, 21:33 you can afford to meet him with the Word of God. 21:36 If you can confront him with the claims and the power of 21:39 God's word, he will be defeated every time. 21:41 "It is written, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." 21:44 "Hmmm," he said. 21:45 "Now I'm going to play my ace card." 21:47 He said, "Now Jesus, I know that You know that 21:49 You're going to go die on a cross. 21:51 And I know that You're not very glad about that. 21:53 I was watching when You saw the lamb being slaughtered 21:55 back there in Jerusalem when You were 12 years old. 21:57 And the penny dropped and You understood why You were here. 22:01 And it's been 18 years. 22:04 And You're getting closer to the cross. 22:06 Listen Jesus, I can save You the trouble. 22:08 I own this world. 22:09 I am the prince of this world. 22:10 I stole it. 22:12 I got Adam and Eve and they came over to my side, 22:15 and virtually everybody since. 22:17 They're following me, so here's what I'll do. 22:19 I will give it to You. 22:21 You won't even have to go to the cross to buy it back. 22:23 I will give it to You if You'll just bow down and..." 22:27 Do what? 22:28 You see, what he's been after is worship. 22:31 In heaven he wanted worship. 22:32 Now he was somewhat successful. 22:34 One out of three angels went with him. 22:36 But he wasn't wholly successful, and heaven stood. 22:39 Heaven withstood his coup attempt. 22:43 He came down to the earth and he said to Jesus, 22:45 "Why don't You just bow down and worship me." 22:49 The audacity, the audacity. 22:53 Ultimately, the book of Revelation makes clear 22:55 that Satan has not abandoned his agenda 22:58 to gather for himself the worship of the world. 23:01 The Word of God says in Revelation chapter 13 verse 8, 23:04 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall..." Do what? 23:08 "...worship him, those whose names not written 23:10 in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the 23:12 foundation of the world." 23:14 Revelation chapter 13 and 14 talks about Satan using 23:17 the mark of the beast as a focal point, as a rallying point, 23:22 as a meeting place, as a mark of authority. 23:25 Of a sign that says, "Satan is in control. 23:29 Here, Satan owns my heart." 23:31 That's the sign, the mark of the beast. 23:33 God is letting sin run its course. 23:38 This is the great controversy that burns white hot. 23:45 Is there wisdom in that, I wonder? 23:47 God being God can do anything that He wanted to do 23:50 were He to allow Himself to do it. 23:52 He could have just wiped Lucifer out. 23:53 He could have just taken him with a thought. 23:57 He could have been gone. 23:59 Maybe with a thought, He could have adjusted the thinking 24:01 process of everybody else in the universe and they 24:03 would never have known. 24:04 I don't know. 24:07 If He's God. 24:09 But God is letting this thing called sin runs its course. 24:12 It's a great controversy. 24:14 Satan is seeking to receive the worship of the world, 24:17 to win the world, to steal the world, to gain the world, 24:20 to demonstrate that God is untrue. 24:24 God is letting this thing run its course. 24:26 He knows He has nothing to hide. 24:27 You know, I have had certain people, medical people even, 24:30 tell me that with some sicknesses it's better to just 24:33 let them run their course. 24:36 There are times you get a sniffle or a snuffle or a fever, 24:39 or a this or a that, and you run to the drug store 24:41 and you buy something and you take it 24:42 because you want to knock it out. 24:44 Now there might be times that's appropriate. 24:46 Sure, I'm not against that. 24:48 But there might be times that by buying something and 24:51 intervening medically or chemically that you are 24:52 causing a little more harm than good. 24:56 The good is, you recover quickly. 24:58 The harm is, maybe there are side effects. 24:59 The harm is, maybe you address the symptoms 25:02 without addressing the cause. 25:04 See? 25:05 So maybe there are times when intervening, 25:09 maybe there are time when refusing to let a sickness 25:12 run its course, might not be the best thing. 25:15 There are times, undoubtedly, it is the best thing. 25:17 But there might be times when intervening to cut a sickness 25:22 short might not be the very best thing. 25:26 I am told that if you want to, you can get your children 25:30 vaccinated against chicken pox. 25:33 Now when I was a child, of course there were no 25:35 vaccinations for chicken pox. 25:36 And good chance that when you were a child, there was no 25:39 vaccination against chicken pox. 25:40 You got it, you got over it, and you went right on. 25:42 But now you're offered a vaccine, and inoculation, 25:47 for your children against chicken pox. 25:48 Now that's one way to deal with it, I suppose. 25:50 But there is another way. 25:51 Several ways. 25:53 I've heard of parents, I have not done this, 25:55 I've heard of parents who, when they find out that 25:57 one of the kids in the group has chicken pox, 26:01 they call around and they say, "We're having a 26:03 chicken pox party. 26:06 Let's go." 26:07 And they crowd all the kids into the room with 26:09 the sick kid with chicken pox. 26:11 For the purpose of causing their children to become 26:16 contaminated with chicken pox so they get it, 26:19 they fight it, they get over it, and it's gone. 26:23 Now you will understand that I'm not recommending that, 26:26 nor am I speaking against it. 26:27 I'm simply reporting it. 26:30 You can intervene and prevent. 26:33 And there are some who say, "Well, by doing that 26:36 you might be doing more harm than good." 26:38 Or you can let it run its course and take the natural approach 26:42 and say, "Bring it on. 26:43 Let the antibodies build up. 26:45 Let the system throw it off. 26:47 And then we'll let the kids move on." 26:49 Again, understand, I'm not trying to position myself 26:51 as a physician or give you medical advice. 26:53 I'm simply saying there's more than one approach. 26:55 Sometimes you intervene, sometimes you let it 26:58 run its course. 26:59 God chose that He would run its course. 27:02 Now if you let it run its course, the kid 27:05 may end up itchy, may end up with bumps. 27:07 May end up with a couple of scars depending on the 27:09 severity of the chicken pox. 27:10 That's no fun. 27:13 It can be uncomfortable to let something run its course. 27:17 It might cause you some pain to let something run its course. 27:22 God is letting this sin thing run its course. 27:28 Could it mean a little pain for God? 27:33 God could have treated it, I'm sure, with a single shot. 27:35 Bam, Lucifer's gone. One shot, gone. 27:39 He could have. 27:40 But He knew that in this case, intervention would not have 27:45 been the smartest thing. 27:46 He knew that even though there would be 27:50 some pain to bear, the complications caused by 27:54 intervention would be too great. 27:57 You can just imagine how heaven would have been destabilized 28:00 when Lucifer started to question and then the angels got together 28:04 under the tree of life, or wherever it was they 28:06 congregated, and said, "Did you hear? 28:08 Lucifer asked the question. 28:10 Yes, God wiped him out; dead." 28:11 "What?" 28:13 You can imagine the trouble that would have caused. 28:15 You can imagine the questions that would 28:17 not have been answered. 28:18 Everybody would have said, "Maybe Lucifer was right." 28:22 There was just one way for God to demonstrate the 28:24 true nature of Lucifer and the true nature of Himself. 28:26 And that was to let sin run its course. 28:29 There'd be some pain. 28:33 But this way, our recovery from sin would be complete 28:37 and it would be total. 28:39 A price to pay? Yes. 28:41 A price even for us to pay if you want. 28:45 In Ephesians chapter 6, Paul said that we wrestle. 28:49 Now what he said was, "We do not wrestle with flesh and blood, 28:54 but we do wrestle with principalities and powers. 28:57 We wrestle with spiritual wickedness in high places." 29:01 We're involved in a fight down here. 29:04 We're involved in a titanic struggle down here. 29:08 And we'll come back and speak more about this later, 29:10 maybe tomorrow. 29:11 But it helps us to remember just what we are on this earth for. 29:15 We are here to glorify God. 29:18 And in the context of the everlasting gospel found 29:21 in the three angels messages, we discover God has a 29:25 very special purpose for His people. 29:27 A special purpose. 29:29 If we read in the book of Revelation, we see in 29:31 chapter 13 that there comes a time, I said before, 29:33 that all the world wonders after the beast. 29:36 Keep the big picture in mind of you would. 29:38 Long ago Satan lied about God, made accusations about God. 29:42 He charged things to God's account that were not 29:45 appropriate and were not valid. 29:46 God could have wiped out Satan, as I just said, 29:49 but the universe would have been destabilized. 29:51 So God said, "Let sin run its course. 29:53 Here's what We'll do. 29:54 If they want to know what I'm really like, 29:56 I will send My Son made in My image. 29:59 The One who will say, 'If you have seen Me, 30:01 you have seen the Father.' 30:02 I will send My Son to this earth. 30:04 And My Son will demonstrate to the universe 30:08 what heaven really is like. 30:10 And in so doing, it will be demonstrated to the universe 30:13 what Satan is really like." 30:16 God knew that one day He would have a group of people on 30:18 this earth who would vindicate Him before the universe. 30:21 Let's turn in our Bibles to Revelation chapter 14, 30:24 for there we read the message that produces 30:28 God's last day people. 30:32 Revelation chapter 14 verse 6 I shall read in your hearing. 30:36 "And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 30:39 having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell 30:42 on the earth; to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people." 30:46 I am glad God has a message that will ultimately go to 30:49 every last creature under the sun. 30:53 Verse 7, "The angel says with a loud voice, 30:56 'Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment 31:00 is come; and worship Him...'" 31:03 Do not worship the beast of Revelation 13 and Revelation 14. 31:06 "...worship Him who made heaven and earth, 31:09 and the sea and the fountains of waters. 31:11 Now there was another angel that said, 31:13 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen...'" 31:16 You see what's interesting. 31:17 Ultimately it is going to be proven that sin is a lie. 31:22 Ultimately it is going to be proven that injustice 31:25 and oppression and hatred cannot stand 31:29 before the presence of God. 31:30 It will be said, Babylon is what? 31:34 Fallen. 31:36 Sin may think it is having its day now, 31:40 but there is going to be payday someday; 31:42 as Babylon will be fallen. 31:46 "...that great city, because she made all nations drink of 31:49 the wine of the wrath of her fornication." 31:51 And now verse 9, "A third angel followed them saying with a 31:54 loud voice, 'If anyone worships the beast and his image, 31:57 and receives his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 32:03 the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 32:07 which is poured out without...'" 32:09 You know, this is some serious language, isn't it. 32:12 It's some serious language. 32:14 But it's good to know that this is a serious business. 32:17 And it's good to know seriously that God is seriously going to 32:20 triumph in this great controversy. 32:22 Satan cannot win. 32:23 We are on the right side. 32:25 "He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence 32:28 of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb." 32:30 We're going to jump verse 11 and get to verse 12. 32:32 Verse 12 says, "Here is the patience of the saints: 32:35 here are they that..." Do what? 32:38 "...that keep the commandments of God..." 32:40 Don't end. "...and..." What? 32:41 "...and the faith of Jesus." 32:42 In actual fact, if you look in Revelation chapter 7, 32:46 you discover that God is planning on putting the seal 32:51 of God into the foreheads, which is another way of saying 32:55 into the minds of His people, the 144,000. 33:01 The 144,000 are the saved people on earth ready to meet Jesus 33:06 when He comes again. 33:07 The living saints when Jesus returns. 33:10 Revelation 22 and verse 4 says, "And they shall see His face; 33:15 and His name shall be in their foreheads." 33:19 And it has been said, I'm not the first to say this, 33:22 that God's name represents His character. 33:25 You see, what we read here is that at the end of this 33:28 great controversy between Christ and Satan; 33:31 a battle over who rules the minds of the 33:36 people of this earth. 33:38 I mean where does it end up? 33:39 Everybody's got a mind. 33:40 In it, either the seal of God or the mark of the beast. 33:44 This great controversy is a battle for the mind of you, 33:50 as a matter of fact. 33:51 The mind of you. 33:53 The Word of God says, ultimately we will see His face. 33:56 And His name, His character, will be in our minds. 33:59 The image... 34:00 Now I want you to think about that, if you would. 34:04 The image of God is going to be restored in the minds 34:07 of the very people... 34:08 And by that I mean the very type of people. 34:10 ...who, just two millennia before, took the Messiah 34:13 and nailed His hands to a cross, like you might 34:16 nail two pieces of wood together. 34:20 I wonder if you would stop and think about that. 34:25 I met a fellow the other day, this was on an airplane. 34:27 He was traveling to the United States to pick up some dogs. 34:33 He was taking a dog with him to California. 34:37 And he was going to get... 34:39 I don't know, they had been breeding or something like that. 34:41 And he was going to bring his dog and three others home. 34:44 And he lived in the Netherlands. 34:47 I said, "What kind of dogs?" 34:49 I like dogs. 34:50 Man, I like Labradors. I like Golden Retrievers. 34:56 These little things that look like dogs if they grew up, 35:00 they're okay, but I like the big ones that go "woof," like that. 35:04 German Shepherds; I like them. 35:07 There are some other dogs I've seen; these Weimaraners 35:09 and Rhodesian Ridgebacks, oh lovely dogs. 35:14 I said, "What kind of a dog?" 35:16 He said, "Let me show you." 35:17 And he pulled out his phone, because that's how you show 35:20 people photographs these days. 35:22 He pulled out his phone. 35:24 I may be getting this wrong. 35:25 He said they're called Bully Pits, I think. 35:28 I should have looked that up. 35:29 I think he said they're called Bully Pits. 35:32 It was like a Pitbull, but if you had taken a 35:36 bicycle pump and pumped the Pitbull up. 35:39 It was like a Pitbull, but it's chest is this wide. 35:43 And his head is this big. 35:46 He said they grow up and they weigh... 35:49 Did he say they weight about 180 pounds when they're full grown? 35:54 Now you know, when he said Pitbull, I kind of did this... 35:58 Like that. 35:59 I didn't mean to. 36:01 I meant to look like this... 36:07 But Pitbulls. 36:09 Now I know that there is someone listening or watching 36:11 and they're saying, "Come on Bradshaw. 36:12 Don't say anything wrong with Pitbulls. 36:14 They're the nicest dogs that ever lived." 36:17 At the same time, there's someone saying, 36:18 "Please stop talking about Pitbulls. 36:20 My child was attacked by one." 36:21 You know. 36:23 You see, when this man talked about a Pitbull, 36:25 I said, "Oh, those things are killers, aren't they? 36:28 I've read the news reports. 36:31 Those things will eat you up one arm at a time. 36:34 Then your legs and then whatever is left. 36:36 They'll eat you up. 36:38 Chew on your bones." 36:40 You know what he said? 36:41 He said, "These dogs are just the nicest things 36:45 that you'll ever find. 36:47 Sweetest dog." 36:49 He could tell I was skeptical. 36:52 "Sweetest dog." 36:53 You know what was in my mind was this, 36:55 this was what was in my mind, 36:56 those dogs have got a lot of bad publicity. 36:58 I'm not calling them bad dogs. I'm not doing that. 37:01 I'm simply saying they've got a lot of bad publicity. 37:03 My question was, is it possible for one, 37:07 especially one that big... 37:09 It was like the incredible hulk of dogs. 37:12 Is it possible for them to be sweet? 37:16 And according to my Dutch friend, the answer was yes. 37:20 These great big things, he says, sweet as pie. 37:28 I thought, "That's almost hard to believe. 37:31 But I'll believe you." 37:32 Now here in the Bible, the Word of God says that 37:35 God is going to take His seal, put it in the foreheads 37:39 of a bunch of Pitbulls. 37:42 Yea? 37:43 Of a bunch of savage human beings 37:46 who took the Savior and opened up His back with 37:48 whips and plucked out His beard and nailed Him to a cross. 37:53 And then out of spite, took a sword and jammed it in His side 37:57 and caused all the blood to flow out, and then the water. 38:01 How can it be possible that God is going to take 38:04 these people and restore them so that you look at a 38:09 Pitbull human being and see a kitten? 38:13 How can that be possible? 38:15 The Word of God says it's going to happen. 38:18 But friend, if we're going to be honest, getting from 38:21 here to there, getting from lost to saved, getting from 38:25 a cesspool to paradise, getting from unconverted to converted, 38:29 the truth of the matter is, it's a battle in the march. 38:33 Now we might want to word that better in case you think 38:36 that I'm being just a little bit self reliant here. 38:38 It's a journey of faith that rests solely upon 38:40 the grace of God. 38:42 But how in the world in this great controversy 38:44 would God take a group of rebels and turn them into loyalists? 38:48 How would God take the offscouring of the earth 38:51 and turn them into exhibit A before the entire universe 38:53 of what God's grace is able to do? 38:56 How? 38:58 You read about Adam and Eve, and they're down there in the 39:00 Garden of Eden and they eat the tree... 39:01 No, they don't eat the tree. 39:03 They eat the fruit off the wrong tree. 39:05 And then you get to the end of the Bible 39:06 and now we're all gathered under the tree of life. 39:09 To me, this is almost, this would be unthinkable. 39:13 This would be the grand impossibility. 39:15 Except we read in the Bible that it's going to take place. 39:18 Adam and Eve fall into sin. 39:19 Adam blames Eve for all of his problems. 39:22 They are kicked out of the garden. 39:24 Cain kills Abel. 39:25 It doesn't get any better for thousands of years. 39:28 It fact, it isn't long and God destroys the world with a flood. 39:33 It even says in the Bible that God repented 39:36 that He had made man. 39:38 Satan harries God's people, he hounds God's people, 39:42 he hassles God's people, he tempts God's people. 39:48 He makes animals out of God's people. 39:52 And yet these are the same people God uses to demonstrate 39:55 to the universe that His side of the 39:59 great controversy story is true. 40:03 How in the world? 40:04 Revelation 12 and verse 17 says, "The dragon was angry with the 40:08 church and went to make war against the remnant of her seed; 40:12 those who keep the commandments of God 40:13 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 40:16 There's that warfare again. 40:17 That same idea Paul expressed to the Ephesians 40:20 in Ephesians chapter 6. 40:22 A thinking person would wonder, if a third of the angels fell, 40:26 angels, and if a third of them fell... 40:30 I don't know how long Adam and Eve had been alive on the earth 40:33 before Lucifer got them in his noose. 40:35 I don't know. It wasn't long. 40:39 A thinking person would be excused if they wondered 40:43 just how is that going to happen. 40:47 I want to assure you of something. 40:49 God has not left us without help in a time of crisis. 40:54 There are times you wonder why God bothers. 40:58 At the time of the golden calf apostasy, God said to Moses, 41:02 "Whoever has sinned against Me, I'm going to blot 41:04 that person out of My book." 41:07 They only survived due to the intercession of Moses. 41:11 Moses was a type of Jesus. 41:12 They survived because Moses interceded. 41:15 There's a message there for us, ladies and gentlemen. 41:19 David asked God a searching question, 41:20 "What is man that Thou art mindful of him?" 41:22 What? 41:24 He wrote later on in the Psalms that God knows our frame, 41:28 and He remembers that we are dust. 41:30 God knows all about us. 41:32 He knows that we are feeble and we are frail. 41:34 He knows that we are prone to wonder. 41:36 He knows that we are weak at best. 41:39 But God has promised you help in a time of crisis. 41:44 And friends, this is a time of crisis. 41:47 Can you say amen? 41:48 There's no question. 41:50 The enemy of souls has got us weak. 41:54 After 6000 years of sin, we are a sin addled, 41:59 sin addicted bunch. 42:02 Access to sin has never been easier. 42:04 There have been more ways to sin now than ever before. 42:09 I remember that somebody wrote over a hundred years ago 42:12 when the author said, daily the church is being 42:15 converted to the world. 42:16 My goodness, what about now? 42:19 History is littered with the failings of God's people. 42:25 They wanted to turn around and go back to slavery back there. 42:29 They killed the prophets, they crucified the Messiah. 42:33 They rejected truth and the purity of the early Christian 42:37 church gave away to the darkness of the medieval church. 42:40 Today, Christianity is a mess. It's confusion. 42:46 There is pluralism and postmodernism 42:49 and lackadaisicalism. 42:51 And I know I just invented that word. 42:52 And there's laodiceanism. 42:55 And yet, you know what I'm grateful for? 42:56 I'm glad that God didn't cut me off when I failed. 43:00 I am glad that where sin abounds, 43:03 grace does much more abound. 43:05 Instead, God promises us that even though the world is dark, 43:10 and even though the question might be asked, 43:12 "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith in the earth," 43:16 we can say, look into the Revelation. 43:20 "Here is the patience of the..." Who? 43:22 "...the saints. 43:24 They keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." 43:29 Friends, according to what we read in the Word of God, 43:32 God is going to get it done in our lives. 43:35 Thank the Lord. 43:37 Two men were in a car. 43:39 One of them was late for an appointment. 43:40 "Oh no," he said, "we are going to be late." 43:43 The driver said, "Don't you worry about a thing." 43:45 And when he put his foot down, this unassuming looking car 43:48 took off like a rocket. 43:49 The passenger looked at him with eyes wide open. 43:52 The driver said, "There is something under the hood 43:54 of this car that you don't know about." 43:57 I'm not going to tell you who those gentlemen were. 43:59 You see, there was a power there. 44:03 There was a power that was unseen to the passenger. 44:06 In fact, it was unseen to the driver. 44:07 But there was a power there that could turn mom's car 44:11 into the space shuttle. 44:14 We find ourselves in a spiritual battle. 44:16 We are up against a foe bigger than ourselves. 44:18 Bigger, much bigger. 44:19 But the good news is that God is able to transform us 44:22 from weakened failures into champions for truth, champions. 44:26 God said in Luke 11 verse 13, "If you then being evil 44:31 know how to give good gifts to your children, 44:32 how much more will your heavenly Father give the 44:35 Holy Spirit to them that ask." 44:37 God will give us this great gift. 44:39 Which in other words is simply the personal presence 44:43 of Jesus Christ in our lives. 44:45 God has called us to a high calling. 44:47 But higher than the highest human thought can think is 44:50 God's ideal for His children. 44:51 "He is able to do exceeding abundantly..." 44:53 What's the next word? "...exceeding abundantly..." 44:55 "...above.." Above what? 44:56 "...above all that we can ask or..." 44:59 When you can't think it, God can do it. 45:02 When you can't think it, God can do even 45:04 more than you can't think. 45:05 Wait. 45:06 That makes sense of you think about it. 45:09 When it seems way too big for you, it's nothing for God. 45:15 Because God is God and God is able. 45:18 God is going to take some of these Rottweilers, 45:22 some of these people with a nature that you think 45:24 can't be tamed, and he's going to take them and 45:26 use them to tell His side of the great controversy story. 45:30 I would have found more reliable witnesses. 45:34 But the grace of God can do more than we might even imagine. 45:38 In Philippians 2 and verse 13, it says, "It is God who works 45:42 in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." 45:46 Powerful things when God works in you. 45:49 God transforms. 45:51 That's what the gospel is all about. 45:53 Ladies and gentlemen, never sell it short. 45:54 The gospel is another word for transformation. 45:58 The gospel is another word for saying God can take the lost 46:01 and make them saved. 46:02 God can take the broken and make them whole. 46:05 God can take the ruined and make them pristine again. 46:10 God wants to take the grump and make the grump joyful. 46:13 You know what's interesting in our churches? 46:16 We talk about the big sins, man. 46:18 We talk about, you don't want to get smoking that and eating that 46:22 and you don't want to do that with your money. 46:25 We don't spend nearly enough time 46:26 talking about grumpy people. 46:32 Hmmm? 46:34 You mean it's a sin to break the Sabbath but it's 46:36 perfectly acceptable to be mean as sin? 46:40 I don't think so. 46:42 Folks ought to be happy. 46:45 But the good news is, God is able to take the grumpy person 46:49 and give that person something to smile about. 46:51 God is able to take the addict and dry him out. 46:54 God is able to take the drunk and sober her up. 46:57 God can take the crooked and make the crooked straight. 47:01 The crooked and the drunks and the liars, 47:03 and the grumps too for that matter, 47:06 are telling Satan's side of the story. 47:09 They're saying, "This is all we're capable of." 47:11 But when Jesus takes possession of a life, 47:15 that life changes dramatically. 47:19 In answer to the prayer of faith God will send the Comforter. 47:22 I like that name, the Comforter. 47:26 God will comfort you when you're broken. 47:28 He will lift you up when you're down. 47:29 He will put His arm around you and say, "It can be better." 47:32 God will sit down next to you when nobody else will 47:34 and say, "There's a better day coming if you'll lean on Me." 47:37 God sends the Comforter to bring Jesus to us. 47:40 You can't get more power than Jesus. 47:42 It is Jesus who said, "All power in heaven and earth 47:45 is given unto Me." 47:47 I read where somebody wrote... 47:49 Friend, I would like for you to develop some sanctified 47:53 impatience here. 47:55 Somebody said that the Holy Spirit awaits our 47:57 demand and reception. 47:59 When was the last time... 48:01 I mean, I'm not going to ask you this question, 48:03 but if I did, I might say, when was the last time 48:05 you went up to the teller at the bank or at Wal-Mart 48:08 and said, "I demand some service around here." 48:10 Now you would never do that. 48:12 But you can imagine somebody doing that. 48:14 When was the last time you turned up to the throne of God, 48:17 and I don't mean to be blasphemous, 48:19 but after a holy fashion pounded on the throne and said, 48:21 "I demand that You give me the Holy Spirit." 48:25 And why would we not? 48:27 We've been told the Holy Spirit awaits our demand and reception. 48:30 Now you might want to be careful about your 48:32 tone of voice and your manner. 48:33 But maybe in pray you can pray and say, 48:35 "God, You must. God, You have promised. 48:38 Now keep Your promise and pour Your Spirit out on my life." 48:42 And when He does, this power... 48:46 You know, it is insanity that we don't appeal to God 48:50 day in and day out that He baptize us in the Holy Spirit. 48:55 And when He does, we are complete in Him. 48:58 And you know, the Spirit of God isn't given to us 49:00 like a tank of gas. 49:01 You go and buy... 49:02 First, you mortgage your house. 49:03 Then you buy a tank of gas. 49:07 Your car is filled up with gas, or your truck or whatever it is. 49:10 And you go on your way and you watch the gauge. 49:12 And it starts at F for full and then it comes on down like this. 49:16 And when it's down about E, you go back and say, 49:19 "I need you to fill it up again." 49:21 That's not how we go with the Holy Spirit. 49:22 We come to God and we get connected. 49:24 The pump goes in wherever it goes and stays in. 49:29 It stays in. 49:30 It's like an IV. 49:32 It stays there for as long as you're in the hospital so that 49:35 the drip can keep on going right into your bloodstream. 49:38 The Holy Spirit wants to get connected to us in such a way 49:40 that there's no place, there's no time for unhooking the pump; 49:43 going your own way and coming back when 49:45 you see the tank getting low. 49:47 No, we stay connected. 49:48 When we are connected, God does amazing things. 49:54 You know what happens. 49:56 God's character will be seen in even you. 50:00 Paul wrote to the Thessalonians and he said, 50:02 "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it." 50:05 I like that. 50:06 He wrote those words after he was discussing the subject 50:10 of sanctification. 50:13 And after talking about sanctification... 50:14 Now, you know what? 50:15 There are some who have this idea that we are justified 50:17 by faith and sanctified by works. 50:18 No. 50:19 When it comes to sanctification, "faithful is He who calleth you, 50:22 who also will do it." 50:24 God's power will work sanctification in your life. 50:28 Who is up to such a thing? 50:30 Only God. 50:32 Which of us can say we are worthy? 50:34 None. 50:35 But if we will yield, if we will surrender, 50:38 the Holy Spirit will come and be the power, the help, 50:41 that we need in earth's final crisis. 50:43 "Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it." 50:46 That's the same as saying, "The life that I now live 50:48 in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God 50:51 who loved me and gave Himself for me." 50:54 It's like saying, "Here is the patience of the saints, 50:56 here are they that keep the commandments of God 50:58 and the faith of Jesus." 51:01 Controversy raging. 51:02 Satan has said, "This is my place." 51:04 Satan has said, "You can't trust God." 51:06 Satan has said, "God is a liar." 51:08 Satan has said, "This whole idea of obeying God and keeping 51:11 His commandments; unusual, unreasonable, unacceptable." 51:16 But God is going to have a people who don't believe the 51:19 publicity of Satan, who instead say, "Lord, here I am. 51:24 Give me Your Holy Spirit. 51:25 Let it be a regenerating agent." 51:28 Christ died, yes. 51:29 But without the Holy Spirit, what Jesus did will 51:32 not be made effectual in your life. 51:34 We must be filled up with the Holy Spirit of God. 51:37 We will be cleansed and be made partakers of the divine nature. 51:40 We can see ourselves in that group by faith, 51:44 that Revelation 14:12 group, when we are vessels to be filled 51:47 with the Holy Spirit of Almighty God. 51:49 The Holy Spirit is power. 51:52 A power against which all the powers of hell cannot prevail. 51:57 Jesus taught a parable. 51:58 He said the kingdom of heaven is like when a woman took some 52:01 leaven and put it in three measures of meal. 52:04 I think that's flour, isn't it? 52:06 And what happened was, the leaven worked. 52:08 And before long, that flour was transformed. 52:11 And instead of being a flat little pile of something, 52:14 it was a, it was a, well it grew. 52:17 It was leavened now. It rose now. 52:20 You couldn't see it working. 52:23 You can't tell exactly how it did it. 52:25 But you could see the results. 52:26 It's like when Jesus spoke to Nicodemus 52:28 talking about the wind, the wind blows where it will. 52:30 You don't know where it comes from, you don't know 52:31 where it's going, but you can see its results. 52:33 That's the Holy Spirit working in you like leaven 52:38 to change you from the inside out. 52:40 You don't know what you're capable of 52:42 until God gets hold of you. 52:45 When God gets hold of you and you are His completely, 52:49 there is no telling what God can do. 52:52 Ours is to cooperate. 52:54 Take heart, Christian. 52:55 Yes, you're involved in a great controversy. 52:57 Yes, day in and day out you might find yourself 53:01 flattened on the roadway of life 53:05 hit again by what the devil throws at you. 53:07 But take heart, Christian. 53:10 God can change your character into the image of Christ 53:15 if you'll let Him. 53:16 Ours is to yield, ours is to cooperate. 53:19 Ours is simply to learn to say "yes." 53:24 Yes to Jesus. 53:25 We come to another fork in life's road, 53:27 we say "yes" to Jesus. 53:29 Again, "yes" to Jesus. 53:31 And you know something? 53:32 If you get into the groove, you can find that saying 53:34 "yes" to Jesus become a joy. 53:36 "Yes" to Jesus can become a habit. 53:38 "Yes" to Jesus becomes transformation in your life 53:41 so that it's all God and it's none of you. 53:43 "He must increase and we must..." Do what? 53:46 "...decrease." As the prophet said. 53:49 You don't know what God can do in your life 53:51 until you let Him have you. 53:54 Recently, I was in Oxford England. 53:58 What a great place. 54:01 I stood on the spot, the very spot where some great men 54:05 of God gave their lives. 54:08 Gave their lives for the sake of the gospel. 54:12 In 1555, and that sounds like a long time ago because it was, 54:19 Nicholas Ridley, the Bishop of London, 54:22 and Hugh Latimer, who had been the Bishop of Worcester 54:26 and the chaplain to King Edward VI, 54:29 were burned at the stake. 54:32 You see, they supported the reformation. 54:34 The church in England at that stage didn't like it. 54:36 The Catholic church hadn't been turned 54:38 into the Church of England. 54:39 And it must be admitted that even when the 54:41 Church of England became the Church of England, 54:43 it didn't leave behind persecution. 54:45 They still knew how to do plenty of that. 54:48 But there were Latimer and Ridley taken to a spot. 54:53 And in Oxford right on Broad Street outside Balliol College, 54:58 where Wycliffe was educated, historic place, 55:01 there is a cross in the road made of stones. 55:03 It's in the roadway. 55:05 It's remarkable. 55:07 You go over there and buy tee shirts just right there. 55:09 You turn and there's a tee shirt shop. 55:11 You buy a tee shirt, "Oh that's where the men died. 55:13 They were martyred, oh yes. 55:14 Can I have another tee shirt please." 55:15 It just doesn't seem right. 55:16 It seems to me like this is a sacred place. 55:20 Students ride by on their bicycles. 55:22 Riding right over the top of it. 55:24 And I wonder, do they know where they're riding. 55:26 I just wonder. 55:30 What gave these men the guts to be able to stand for Jesus 55:40 even though their lives were on the line? 55:43 You know, it is said that Latimer said to Ridley 55:46 as they were about to be burned, "Be of good comfort. 55:49 We shall light this day such a candle, by God's grace, 55:53 in England, as I trust shall never be put out." 55:57 And the reformation began to take hold and it flourished. 56:00 A year later on the same spot, the Archbishop of Canterbury, 56:04 Thomas Cranmer, was, let's be honest, murdered. 56:10 Executed, but it was murder. 56:14 He had seen the other two burned. 56:18 It's never pretty. 56:21 And so he wrote a recantation. 56:26 And then when they put him on trial again, 56:29 he recanted of his recantation. 56:32 And when they took him out to that same spot 56:34 right on Broad Street, and burned him, 56:35 he did what he said he would do. 56:37 He took the hand that he wrote the recantation with and 56:39 thrust it into the flames. 56:43 He died a martyr's death. 56:45 You ought to see the Martyrs' Memorial on Magdalen Street 56:48 right by St. Mary's church where the trial, 56:50 the sham trials took place. 56:53 Magnificent memorial. 56:56 What can turn ordinary men into champions? 57:03 Only the Holy Spirit. 57:05 That same power that's going to turn 57:09 sinful human beings 57:13 into such creatures as they reflect 57:15 the image of Jesus Christ. 57:18 In this great controversy, God has promised you help 57:23 in a time of crisis. 57:25 And you can receive from God now the power of the Holy Spirit. |
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