Participants: Ivor & Atonte Myers
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000051
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00:15 Welcome to Battles of Faith.
00:16 We're your host, Ivor and Atonte Myers. 00:19 And we're with Power of the Lamb Ministries. 00:22 In our past programs, 00:23 we've learned that God has given us a GPS, 00:27 a blueprint, if you will. 00:29 A plan of salvation in the sanctuary, 00:32 that shows us how we are to obtain salvation. 00:36 And it has been so exciting to study this, 00:39 because we have seen so many different ways 00:41 that God has put the blueprint in scriptures 00:44 as early as well, the time, the fall of even Adam and Eve. 00:49 And then in the Exodus, 00:51 when the children of Israel had to leave Egypt, 00:54 and in so many different places He has put this plan, 00:57 so that we can clearly see it. 00:58 And I think it's so important for all of us 01:01 to understand this message 01:03 but especially for young people. 01:06 Young people out there that are listening, 01:09 who are Christians and still just don't quite understand 01:13 their real calling and their real purpose. 01:16 Well, by studying the blueprint, 01:18 you will understand how important your calling 01:21 and your purpose is in this life to help others 01:25 and guide them to the plan of salvation. 01:28 And once you understand this, 01:29 it takes on a whole new light puts you 01:33 just in a different place 01:34 where there is so much excitement about 01:36 what God is trying to do in you 01:38 and through you to help others. 01:39 That's right, we were just speaking 01:41 in an earlier program. 01:43 You know, talking about the fact that Jesus 01:45 at the age of 12, when He goes to the temple 01:47 and begins to see the services going on in the temple, 01:52 that's where He came into the realization 01:55 of His mission of His destiny who He was, 01:58 the Lamb of God. 01:59 And I believe that is a very powerful lesson 02:03 even for our young people today. 02:05 That as we study the sanctuary, 02:08 we can see God's plan and purpose for our lives. 02:12 So that's we're gonna do in this program, 02:14 we have been looking at the plan of salvation, 02:17 we call it God's GPS, 'The Gospel Plan of Salvation' 02:20 which is found in the blueprint or in the sanctuary. 02:24 Psalm 77:13 tells us 02:27 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary," 02:30 and that's where, you know, 02:32 that's with the reason God gave that sanctuary 02:35 to humanity was because we were lost, 02:37 didn't know where to go and how to get there. 02:40 And God tells Moses and the children of Israel 02:42 to built a sanctuary because it would be 02:44 an object lesson of the plan of salvation. 02:48 So we invite you to get your Bibles 02:50 because we're now going to take a look 02:52 at this sanctuary once again 02:54 and show it in its relation to us personally. 02:59 How does the sanctuary point out 03:01 my personal walk with Christ? 03:04 When I look at that in this particular program, 03:08 and for those of you who are just joining us 03:10 for the first time, we're gonna give you just 03:11 a little brief description of the sanctuary, 03:16 so you can be on board. 03:17 We want to encourage you to memorize 03:19 the picture you're about to see. 03:22 In the Old Testament, God had given 03:23 the children of Israel a temple, 03:25 a structure to build, and were you to be living 03:30 in that time you would see an incredible design 03:34 made by God himself. 03:35 We're gonna put this picture upon the screen 03:37 and I'm just gonna go through 03:38 the articles of furniture very quickly. 03:41 In the Outer Court of this temple in the wilderness, 03:45 were two articles of furniture, 03:47 you will see them they're listed as number one 03:49 and two on your screen. 03:50 Number one represented the Altar of Sacrifice, 03:53 that's where animals were sacrificed on a daily basis. 03:57 Number two was the Laver, that's where the priests 04:01 who would wash their hands and feet, 04:03 so that when they went into the temple, 04:05 they were free from all defilement, okay. 04:10 And then as you advanced further 04:13 into the sanctuary itself, a two compartment room 04:16 divided by a curtain, one compartment was called 04:19 the Holy Place, the other compartment 04:21 the Most Holy Place. 04:23 In the Holy Place compartment, 04:25 there were three articles of furniture, they were the-- 04:28 'Table of Showbread', 'the Altar of Incense' 04:30 and 'the Seven branched Candlestick.' 04:32 Exactly, those three articles of furniture were 04:34 found in the Holy Place. 04:36 And then if you would advance further, 04:38 there you found the Ark of the Covenant, 04:42 which rested underneath 04:44 or was underneath the Mercy Seat. 04:47 And you have two covering cherubs there 04:49 and between those Cherub was the very 04:51 presence of God, the Shekinah glory. 04:53 And so what you have here and just remember 04:55 that picture, don't forget it. 04:56 And if you, a good way to remember is see 04:58 the outline of the cross, because in every place 05:00 that an article of furniture is, 05:02 Christ was wounded in one of those places. 05:04 The sanctuary foreshadowed Christ dying 05:07 on the cross for our sins. 05:08 So remember that graph. 05:11 God had given this sanctuary as an illustration 05:15 of the plan of salvation. 05:17 And in a very personal sense this sanctuary shows me, 05:21 it shows you how we are to be saved. 05:26 So we're gonna go through that process in this program. 05:29 And we're gonna begin where the plan of salvation begins, 05:32 at that first article of furniture, 05:34 'The Altar of Sacrifice.' 05:36 Now someone is out there, 05:37 they're living a life of total, just sin, 05:40 and, you know, they know nothing about God 05:42 or have never committed their lives to Him. 05:45 And they're asking the question, 05:46 what must I do to be saved? 05:48 The things have happened in their lives 05:49 and they're wondering, what do I need to do 05:51 to grab a hold of salvation. 05:53 The Book of Romans Chapter 10 verse 9 05:56 tells us the first step to salvation. 05:58 Would you like to read that, Atonte? 05:59 Yes, it says "That if thou shalt confess 06:02 with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 06:04 and shall believe in thine heart 06:06 that God hath raised him from the dead, 06:08 thou shalt be saved." 06:10 All right, and a very powerful verse 06:12 because what it tells us is that 06:15 because of the sacrifice of Christ. 06:19 All we need to do to come to Jesus to begin 06:21 that journey is to confess Him with our mouths 06:25 and with our hearts, is to believe in Him, 06:27 to accept His sacrifice on our behalf. 06:31 And I think that's the powerful truth because it, 06:33 it lets us know the Christ was willing to die 06:36 in our place and He did do that. 06:38 He died in our place, so that we don't have to die. 06:42 And He says, if you accept my sacrifice in your place, 06:46 that's what they did in the Old Testament. 06:48 They would take a lamb and confess 06:51 their sins over the head of that animal. 06:53 The sins were transferred from the sinner 06:56 to the innocent lamb and that innocent lamb 06:58 was slain in the sinner's stead. 07:01 And so this is what Christ did for us on the cross, 07:05 the Bible says "If we confess and believe 07:08 we shall be saved." 07:10 It's so simple it's, you know, just like wow really? 07:14 That simple. 07:15 But I'll tell you, imagine if you will, 07:21 and we don't even need to imagine this, 07:22 we know that Satan is doing all in his power 07:25 to keep mankind from Jesus Christ. 07:28 That's right. The Bible says in John 12:32. 07:31 Jesus is speaking and He says 07:32 "I, if I be lifted up from the earth," 07:36 and He is talking about dying on the cross. 07:37 "If I be lifted up from the earth" will do what? 07:40 "Draw all men unto me." 07:43 So in our little diagram, 07:44 we had there the first article of furniture 07:46 which was the Altar of Sacrifice. 07:48 If you are unsaved right now, you're not even on that chart, 07:51 you're like somebody way down at the bottom, 07:53 you're in darkness. 07:54 But something happens and you say, 07:56 man, I want to give my life to Christ. 07:58 I would say let's say that they are ten demons 08:01 standing in between you and the Altar of Sacrifice. 08:05 Their job is to keep you from advancing to that Altar. 08:09 They don't want you to be moved by the Spirit, 08:13 who is always trying to woo us 08:15 and to convince us and convict us of sin. 08:18 That's right, Christ dies on a cross 08:19 and His purpose is to draw us. 08:22 But the devil and his demons 08:23 or his demons are standing in between 08:25 the cross and us, kind of linebackers, 08:27 if you will, trying to stop you from advancing 08:30 in the Path of Salvation. 08:32 So let's say by the grace of God that you're watching 08:34 this program and you say, you know what? 08:36 That's it, I want, I'm giving my life to Christ 08:39 right now as you speak. 08:41 Praise God, you have broken through 08:42 that line of demons, and the Bible says, 08:45 if you do this, if you genuinely do this, 08:48 you shall be saved. 08:50 Now is it, is that all that needs to be done? 08:57 No, not according to the Bible, but a lot of-- 09:00 And I'll say not according to the-- 09:02 Not according to the blueprint. Exactly. 09:04 Not according to the blueprint but those 09:06 who don't understand the blueprint, 09:08 do some people think and teach 09:10 that once you confess your sins, that's it. 09:13 Right, they'll say, hey, all you need to do 09:16 is confess with your mouth and believe 09:18 with your heart and that's it. 09:20 There is nothing else to be done. 09:22 But as you are studying the blueprint you can go, 09:24 wait a minute, the blueprint that my GPS tells me 09:28 that there is more to the plan of salvation 09:30 than just confessing Christ with my mouth. 09:34 Because if I genuinely confess Christ with my mouth, 09:37 then that's going to lead me to be baptized 09:41 and that's the second article of furniture, the Laver. 09:45 Because if you're truly converted 09:48 at the Altar of Sacrifice, then the next step 09:50 is to make that public declaration through baptism. 09:54 And that's really all baptism is, 09:55 it's saying to the world that I am forsaking 09:58 the old ways and the sins of the past. 10:01 And I'm gonna allow God to order my steps 10:03 and cleanse me of, all of the known sins 10:07 that I have in my life, 10:08 and it's just a public declaration. 10:11 Exactly, in fact if we look at 10:13 John Chapter 3 verses 3 through 6, 10:17 and by the way, we invite you at home 10:19 to get your Bibles, so you can open up 10:21 and follow along with us. 10:22 But in John 3, Jesus says this He says, 10:25 "Verily, verily, I say unto thee." 10:27 He is speaking to Nicodemus and Nicodemus is asking him 10:30 the question or is coming to Him seeking spiritual council, 10:35 that's what Nicodemus is really doing. 10:37 And Jesus says, "Verily, I say unto thee, 10:39 Except a man be born again, 10:42 he cannot see the kingdom. 10:45 Nicodemus saith unto him, 10:46 how can a man be born when he is old? 10:48 Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, 10:50 and be born?" Jesus answered, verily, verily, 10:53 I say unto thee, except a man be born of what? 10:56 Water and of the Spirit, 11:00 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 11:03 That which is born of the flesh is flesh 11:05 that which is born of the spirit is spirit." 11:07 So what do we see here? 11:09 It's not just enough to confess with your mouth 11:12 and believe with your heart. 11:13 You must be baptized. 11:16 Yes. Born of the water. 11:18 You know, I can think of some people may be thinking 11:20 about what about the thief on the cross. 11:22 Well, the thief on the cross didn't have 11:23 an opportunity to be baptized, that's right. 11:26 Had he would been able to come down 11:27 from the cross guaranteed he would have been baptized. 11:30 But God meets us where we are 11:33 but he doesn't plan to leave us there. 11:35 So, yes, some people may make it only to confess 11:38 in Christ with their mouths 11:39 and believe on him in their hearts. 11:42 And may never be able to get to that second step 11:44 because who knows they died or, 11:46 you know, something happens but the genuine Christian 11:49 who truly accepts Christ will, according to the blueprint, 11:54 move to the next step which is baptism. 11:56 So what I like to say is this, you know, 11:59 if there are ten demons trying to stop you 12:02 from getting to the Altar of Sacrifice, 12:04 and you broke through by the grace of God. 12:06 Then there are 20 demons trying to stop you 12:08 from being baptized. 12:10 Trying to stop you from making it public 12:13 that you are going to serve Jesus Christ. 12:16 So as your experience in following 12:19 the blueprint increases and goes deeper, 12:21 so do the demons, that's right. 12:24 Because he never wants you to progress to the next step. 12:26 That's right, he wants to stop you 12:28 because think about it, where is God ultimately 12:30 trying to lead us to? 12:31 He is trying to lead us back to his throne. 12:34 And into his presence. And into his presence. 12:36 And the devil will do whatever he can. 12:38 He even pat you on the back and say, 12:39 wow, you gave your life to Christ, great job. 12:42 That's all you need to do, don't even know 12:43 you need to be baptized. 12:44 I think baptism, why that works. 12:47 Don't listen, don't follow the devil's directions. 12:50 Don't ask devil for directions. Yeah. 12:52 And don't ask his friends for direction. 12:54 He will get you lost, he will get you lost, 12:55 you know, he'll tell you to make you left, 12:57 and you should make a right. 12:58 Whatever is the right way, 12:59 he is gonna tell you the opposite. 13:02 That's why God has given us this GPS, 13:04 so that we can know without a shadow of doubt, 13:06 we don't have to depend upon, upon the devil, 13:09 His angels or even misguided human beings. 13:12 God says, I've given you the blueprint 13:14 so that you can study it and see 13:16 for yourself what is the Path of Salvation. 13:19 So we've got to accept Christ with our mouth 13:23 and with our hearts, we got to believe in him. 13:25 But then we have to be baptized. 13:26 Now, now that I accepted Christ 13:28 and I'm baptized I can now say, 13:31 praise God, it was all finished at the cross, 13:34 the entire plan of salvation was finished at the cross. 13:37 Well-- No. No. 13:40 Not according to the blueprint. 13:41 Not according to the blueprint, 13:42 otherwise the blueprint would have stopped 13:44 right there at the Altar of Sacrifice, 13:46 that's all God would have needed to demonstrate 13:48 the plan of salvation. 13:49 But no, there's more. 13:51 Yes, there is more that God wants you to do 13:54 as a Christian and then there are more demons 13:57 because now you publicly declare to the world. 13:59 I'm following Jesus and I'm going to allow him 14:01 to order my steps. 14:03 It's now what does Satan want to do? 14:04 He wants to embarrass you in front of the world 14:07 so people can say, 'oh, yeah look, 14:09 that's what Christians do look, how they act, 14:10 look how the things that they do' try to get you 14:13 to fall in front of the world, exactly. 14:15 Now we're not going in any order now 14:17 because all these three because you know what's next. 14:19 A genuine Christian who's accepted Christ 14:22 and who has been baptized is going to do what? 14:26 Study the word of God. 14:29 Now again, we're not doing this 14:30 in any particular order as one, 14:32 as if one is more important than the other. 14:34 But let's go with the word of God first. 14:36 Because we find there in the Holy Place, 14:39 the Altar, I'm sorry, the Table of Showbread. 14:42 Yes. And Second Timothy. 14:45 Second Timothy Chapter 2 verse 15 says 14:47 "Study to show thyself approved unto God, 14:50 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. 14:52 Rightly dividing the word of truth." That's right. 14:55 So it's not just studying the Bible, 14:57 but it's being able to discern from truth and err, 15:00 to divide the word properly so you're not coming up 15:03 with things that are not really in the word of God. 15:07 And I think the blueprint helps with that as well. 15:10 That's right, it helps you stay 15:11 with in the right box, if you will. 15:14 Exactly. Not even outside of the Bible. 15:16 Exactly, I mean studying the word of God. 15:18 The reason why the word of God is so important 15:21 to study is because it is our, the Bible says, 15:26 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 15:28 and a light unto my path." 15:29 In other words, we need to understand 15:31 the word of God because when the devil comes 15:33 and begins to misquote scriptures 15:35 like he did with Jesus. 15:36 Yes, and to flip meanings and to do all 15:39 these kinds of things with the word of God. 15:41 You need to know the word of God so well that 15:44 you will not be deceived. 15:46 In fact, I believe that, you know, 15:47 none but those who have fortified their minds 15:50 with the truths of God's word will be able to stand 15:53 in the last great crisis. 15:56 And so we need to say, you know, 15:58 a genuine Christian is going to be found studying 16:02 the word of God on a daily basis, 16:04 wanting to eat that word 16:06 and make it a part of themselves. 16:08 I believe studying the word of God and hiding it 16:10 within our hearts the Bible talks about that, 16:12 memorizing the word of God. 16:14 Because Satan has been around longer than this, 16:18 these scriptures have while they were being written, 16:20 originally the first time he was there. 16:23 So He knows the scriptures better than anyone. 16:25 That's right. 16:26 So He can take things and just, you know, 16:29 mess it up just by a little bit 16:31 and so it's very important that we just really study 16:34 the word of God and hide it within our hearts. 16:36 That's right, that's right. 16:37 Another verse that comes to my mind and moving 16:39 on to the next article of furniture 16:41 which is the Altar of Incense. 16:43 I believe, I believe it's First Thessalonians 5:17. 16:47 The Bible says there, "Pray without ceasing." 16:51 Now listen if they were ten demons 16:54 before the Altar of Sacrifice trying to stop you there. 16:56 And they were 20 demons before the Altar of, 16:59 before the Laver, trying to stop you 17:00 from getting baptized, and by the grace of God, 17:02 you break through that line and you get 17:04 to the Table of Showbread. 17:06 And you're there studying the word of God. 17:08 I believe they're 30, 40 demons trying to stop you 17:14 from getting to that Altar of Incense that teaches us 17:20 the importance of prayer, of communing with God 17:24 or talking with Him. 17:25 Because if we're not communing with God, 17:27 if we're not daily getting to know Him better 17:33 in that conversational prayer that, 17:37 you know, speaking to God as though He were our friend. 17:40 You may know the Bible backwards and forwards. 17:43 But if you don't know the God of the Bible, 17:48 you're gonna fall, you're gonna fail. 17:50 That's right, a really good friend of ours put it this way 17:53 and I really like it, if you're just studying 17:56 the word of God, you're just going to have 17:58 a really big head because you're just so knowledge based 18:01 and you're intellectual and you're understanding it, 18:04 and then a very small heart, and you'll still die. 18:07 And then if you're just praying 18:09 and you're not really studying the word of God, 18:11 you'll have a very large hearts 18:13 and a very small head and you'll still die. 18:16 So the point is that it has to be equally balanced 18:19 and you're right, we still haven't covered 18:21 the last furniture in the section. 18:23 But they're all on the same level, 18:24 one is not above the other, 18:26 the Table of Showbread, and the prayer. 18:28 And now we're gonna go 18:29 to the seven-branched candlestick. 18:32 Yeah, but let me just mention something on this, 18:34 on this issue of prayer as well, 18:36 because I believe one of the ways that 18:37 the devil is doing everything in his power to stop you 18:40 from truly grabbing a hold of that Altar of Incense 18:43 is he is using entertainment and media, 18:46 and so many different things to get us 18:50 so caught up in, you know, 18:52 the rat race of life that we feel like 18:55 we don't have time to just be still 18:58 and know that God is God. 19:00 That's right, many times because we fill our minds 19:04 with so much entertainment either music 19:07 or television programs, movies, whatever it may be, 19:10 that when you go down to pray 19:12 this is what's going on in your mind, 19:13 it's like it's the last TV show or the last movie 19:16 or the latest, you know, a song that you heard 19:19 on the radio and it's hard to clear that out 19:22 and after you clear that out by the grace of God 19:24 and through his power then 19:26 you can commune with the Holy God. 19:28 That's right, that's right. 19:29 What we have one article of furniture left 19:31 in the Holy Place and that would be 19:34 the Seven-branched Candlestick. 19:36 And let's go ahead and look 19:37 at the Book of Matthew Chapter 5 verse 16, yep. 19:42 It says "Let your light so shine before men, 19:44 that they may see your good works, 19:46 and glorify your Father which is in heaven." 19:48 Yeah, and I like the verse right before that, 19:53 maybe two verses before that verse 14 it says, 19:56 "Ye are the light of the world. 19:59 A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 20:03 Neither do men light a," What? 20:06 "Candle, and put it under a bushel, 20:08 but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all 20:13 that are in the house." 20:14 And then it says "Let your light so shine before men, 20:17 that they may see your good works, and glorify God." 20:20 So God calls us as genuine Christians, 20:23 if we've truly accepted Christ, 20:25 if we've truly been baptized. 20:27 If we truly are reading the word of God and studying 20:29 the word of God, if we're truly praying we are, 20:31 it's going to be evident 20:33 because our light is going to shine. 20:36 It reminds me of the song that I learned in create 20:38 a role and we even sing with our little kids at home. 20:42 "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine." 20:45 That's right. Hide it under a bushel? No! 20:46 Don't let Satan blow it out. 20:48 And that's what he is trying to do. 20:49 Yes, he is trying to blow it-- He is trying to blow it out. 20:51 In fact, Satan is trying to lead many Christians 20:56 to believe that witnessing and showing your faith 21:00 is not a vital part of your salvation. Wow. 21:05 But if you don't realize that you are your brother's keeper, 21:09 then you have the same spirit of Cain. 21:12 Who said, "am I brother's keeper?" 21:13 You know, what's my, I don't have any, 21:16 you know, business with him. 21:17 God calls us not to hide our light but to let it shine. 21:22 And so if there were, you know, 21:25 40 demons trying to stop you from the Altar of Incense. 21:29 You know, I don't know there are 80 demons 21:31 trying to stop you from letting your light shine. 21:34 For sure. From, you know. 21:36 Taking all the things that God has done for you 21:39 and making it known to your friends, 21:42 to your family, to your neighbors. 21:44 It's critical this plan of salvation 21:46 that God has laid out, it is right there. 21:49 He shows you step by step 21:51 what he desires of His people. 21:53 And anyone who says yeah, take a detour. 21:55 Ah! You don't really need that, 21:56 you don't really need this, you can know that 21:58 they do not understand the blueprint unfortunately 22:02 or they are misguided themselves maybe 22:04 even honestly misguided. 22:06 But God has given you a blueprint 22:09 that you need not be lost. 22:10 And for a lot of Christians, sincere, even really 22:15 into the word of God and enjoy praying Christians. 22:19 Satan will send those demons to make you fearful 22:23 to go out and to witness to others. 22:25 And make you think that you're not, 22:27 you don't speak eloquently enough 22:28 or you don't have a gift of teaching 22:31 in all of these different things. 22:32 And if he can, if he, you know, 22:34 if you're at home studying and praying 22:36 but you're not going out to witness, 22:37 Satan is still okay with that, that's right. 22:39 Because he knows you're just becoming 22:41 a very overweight Christian if you will 22:44 and you need to share and exercise your faith 22:47 and share with others. 22:48 And he knows you're still being imbalanced. 22:50 In many of our churches, my husband is a pastor 22:53 and so we travel around and we see these things. 22:56 We see that really prayer meeting is probably 23:00 the least attendant meeting at church, at many churches. 23:03 And when you make a call to let's go out 23:05 and witness and share our faith 23:07 with the world on a afternoon, after church. 23:11 All of a sudden people have a lot of things 23:12 they have to do or they become very tired, 23:14 whatever the case maybe. 23:16 And so Satan will try to get, cause us to have 23:20 all the excuses in the world, 23:21 why we can't either study God's word deeply, 23:24 pray or go out and be a witness to the world. 23:26 That's right, it's not an option 23:28 according to the blueprint. 23:31 Final piece of our furniture 'The Ark of the Covenant.' 23:36 If you are genuinely studying the word of God, 23:40 and praying, and willing to let your light shine. 23:44 If you've done everything that God has asked you to do, 23:47 it will lead you to one inescapable conclusion. 23:51 It's found in John 14:15, Jesus says, 23:54 "If you love me, keep my commandments." Amen. 23:58 And we're gonna find in further studies that 24:00 this is the thing that the devil hates the most. 24:03 That's right. It is the commandments of God. 24:06 He doesn't want us to be subject to that law 24:09 and so He comes up with all kinds of distortions 24:11 like you're not under the law, you're under grace, 24:13 you don't need to keep the law. 24:15 And every, or the law has been changed or altered, 24:18 if he can get you to go against that law, 24:20 he gets you in essence to forfeit. 24:23 Because remember Adam and Eve were put 24:24 out of the garden because they sinned 24:27 or rebelled against God's word. 24:30 And Revelation 22:14 tells us 24:32 that the way back into the garden. 24:34 It says "Blessed are they that do His commandments, 24:36 that they may have right to the tree of life, 24:39 and may enter in through the gates into the city." 24:43 Like I want to enter into the city. 24:44 So God tells me, keep my commandments, 24:46 if you truly genuine you love me, 24:48 keep my commandments. 24:49 It's interesting that a person maybe willing to be baptized. 24:52 I mean, to accept Christ, and then be baptized and yeah, 24:56 I'll study, yeah, I'll pray, yeah, 24:57 I'll witness but when you bring them 24:59 into that Most Holy Place and show them the law of God. 25:01 Suddenly, no, we're under grace, 25:06 no, you don't know what you're talking about. 25:08 Beloved, the blueprint doesn't lie. 25:11 If you want to be able to stand 25:13 in the presence of God, you must, 25:16 you must be willing to be subject to the law of God. 25:22 And whatever the law of God says, 25:24 which are really promises to us 25:27 and are blessing in our lives, there is nothing that 25:29 God is asking us to do that 25:31 'A' He doesn't give us the power to do. 25:33 And 'B' that wouldn't be an extreme blessing in our life. 25:37 Yes, I'll just want to share one more thing, 25:39 I'm gonna do this so quickly. 25:41 Even in the sanctuary diagram, 25:43 the future of God's people are revealed. 25:46 At the Altar of Sacrifice, it causes to live 25:49 a life of sacrifice on a daily basis. 25:52 The Laver represents new birth, being born again. 25:56 The time is coming where we are going to literally 25:59 be born again, that is at the resurrection 26:02 the second coming, we're gonna have new bodies 26:04 cleanse the bodies, I can't wait for that day, 26:07 that's we're gonna be washed a new, 26:09 that's a literal being born again. 26:11 Then we're gonna, we're told, 26:12 we're going to enter the city of God. 26:14 That's that Seven-Branched Candlestick. 26:16 We're gonna enter into that city through the gates. 26:18 What do we gonna do there? 26:20 We're gonna sit at the welcome table with Abraham, 26:23 Isaac and Jacob, and with all the saints, 26:26 that's the Table of Showbread, amen. 26:28 We're then told that we're gonna spend 26:29 in the Book of Revelation and we'll get into 26:31 this a little bit further, 26:32 a little bit down in our further programs. 26:34 But we're gonna spend the thousand years 26:36 reviewing the records of Christ 26:38 and His intersession for the lost. 26:41 We're gonna see the Christ did everything 26:42 He could to save the lost and they rejected it. 26:45 We're gonna see that 26:46 and that will be at the Altar of Incense. 26:49 And finally the Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation 26:52 that the tabernacle, the throne of God will be 26:55 with men forever and ever, with no separating veil, 26:59 that's the Ark of the Covenant, 27:01 the Most Holy Place, the very throne room of God. 27:03 So again, the blueprint is all over the Bible, 27:07 and when we understand it, we understand the foundation 27:10 for the entire plan of salvation. 27:12 And so we want to encourage you to stick with us 27:15 because what we're going to learn in the upcoming programs 27:18 is going to be life changing. 27:20 I think one of the most exciting things 27:22 about the blueprint is how exciting it makes the Bible. 27:26 I mean, we should already be excited about 27:27 the Bible but for some it's just seen as a boring book. 27:30 But when you study it, I can see how deep it goes 27:34 and how God has just connected 27:35 so many different things together, 27:37 nothing is by a happens stands or by accident or, 27:41 you know, everything is in there 27:43 for a reason and a purpose, it's all planned by God, 27:47 the giver of life, the creator of this world. 27:49 And so, when we look at it like that, 27:51 there brings a whole new excitement 27:54 and freshness to the Bible. 27:56 And that's what God wants to do for each 27:59 and every one of us everyday if we would just 28:01 take that time and spend that time 28:03 with Him in His word and praying. 28:06 We thank you for joining us, 28:07 please join us next time, until then, God bless. |
Revised 2014-12-17