Participants: Ivor & Atonte Myers
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000054
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00:15 Welcome to "Battles of Faith."
00:16 We're your hosts, Ivor and Atonte Myers 00:19 and we're with Power of the Lamb Ministries. 00:22 In our last program, 00:23 we learned so many exciting things 00:26 but the main point was, 00:28 how protective God is of the blueprint. 00:32 God's Plan of Salvation, which we like to call His GPS. 00:36 In the Dark Ages, as Satan was trying to get rid of 00:41 each major point in the plan of salvation, 00:47 God immediately rouse up reformers to restore each-- 00:52 for a piece of furniture in the Sanctuary, 00:55 Bible study, prayer, being a light to the world, 00:59 dying to self, all of these things, 01:01 the law of God and he's all of these different reformers 01:05 and then finally, the Seventh Adventist Church in 1844. 01:09 And so we are just so excited about what God is doing 01:14 and what He has done and what He wants 01:16 to continue to do in each and everyone of us. 01:18 That's right. We've been looking at this blueprint 01:21 and how it laid out the plan of salvation. 01:24 And in particular, how Lucifer, 01:27 how Satan attacked this blueprint 01:29 during the Dark Ages, just as you said, 01:31 taking away these various truths 01:33 and how over a period of 500 years, 01:37 God began to raise up the reformers like Martin Luther, 01:40 and John Wesley, and Wycliffe and others that, 01:45 that one by one, century by century 01:48 restored a particular truth. 01:51 And so we're gonna pickup with that final truth 01:53 that was to be restored, which was found 01:56 in the Most Holy Place of the Sanctuary of God. 02:00 The blueprint of God and that dealt 02:02 with the Ark of Covenant or the law of God. 02:06 So we want to invite you to open your Bibles, 02:08 because we're gonna pickup our study 02:10 in Daniel Chapter 8 and we're going to move forward. 02:15 It's almost like we've being moving down the timeline, 02:17 from the very beginning of time down to the end of time. 02:20 And we're gonna pickup now at the, 02:24 what appears to be the closing of earth's history. 02:28 We would like to invite you to open 02:30 to the Book of Daniel and we're gonna pickup 02:33 with Daniel Chapter 8 and verse 13. 02:38 The Bible here is speaking in particular of this prophecy, 02:43 which we call the 2,300 Day Prophecy. 02:47 And Bible says in verse 13, 02:49 "Then I heard one saint speaking, 02:51 and another saint said unto that certain saint 02:53 which speak, how long shall be the vision 02:56 concerning the daily sacrifice, 02:58 and the transgression of desolation, 03:01 to give both the sanctuary 03:03 and the host to be trodden under foot?" 03:06 Let me rephrase this question. 03:08 Basically what's being asked here in this vision is, 03:11 how long would this little horn, 03:13 this power, this desolating power, 03:16 how long would it be able to practice 03:19 and prosper in its deception? 03:22 How long would it be able to keep these truths, 03:26 that the Sanctuary taught the truth about Salvation, 03:29 the truth about Christ's intersession 03:32 as our high priest, the truth about the law of God, 03:35 how long would it be able to withhold 03:37 these truths from humanity? 03:39 And the answer comes back in verse 14, 03:42 "He said unto me, unto two thousand 03:45 and three hundred days, 03:47 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 03:51 Some Bible's read, then shall the Sanctuary be restored. 03:55 Again what we've seen according 03:57 to Bible prophecy one day equals a year. 04:03 This is a 2,300 year prophecy. 04:07 The prophecy began in 457 BC and ends in 1844 AD. 04:15 And basically this is what we've seen is that 04:18 these truths that were cast down during the Dark Ages 04:21 were ultimately restored by that very year 1844. 04:26 That's the year that we might say 04:32 the nucleus of the Adventist Church began. 04:36 It's the year that a group of people from every, 04:40 almost every denomination that was present 04:44 at that time began studying this particular prophecy. 04:47 The prophecy of the 2,300 years 04:49 and they unanimously came to the conclusion 04:53 that something very special was going to happen in 1844, 04:57 Atonte, I think it's amazing. 05:00 You know, usually you have one person coming up 05:02 with a particular teaching 05:03 and then people begin to follow along. 05:05 What happened in 1844 and the years prior 05:09 was that people from different denominations. 05:11 From all around the world. 05:12 From all around the world 05:13 began studying this very prophecy and all came 05:17 to the conclusion that something 05:18 was gonna happen in that very year. 05:21 And so, we understand now that the sanctuary being cleansed 05:25 or restored was a prophecy pointing forward 05:28 to the fact that the truths that had been cast down 05:31 during the Dark Ages would be fully restored by 1844. 05:35 And this was the final truth that needed to be restored. 05:40 That's right, the truth that was found 05:41 in the Ark of Covenant, the law of God, 05:45 in particular the Sabbath commandment 05:47 had been changed from Saturday to Sunday. 05:51 This happened during the Dark Ages 05:53 and it was the final piece of truth to be restored. 05:56 And hence, you have the rising up 05:59 of the Seventh-day Adventist church 06:02 to push that particular truth 06:05 along with all the other truths 06:07 that had been taken away during the Dark Ages. 06:09 The truth of Christ's sacrifice being sufficient 06:12 for our forgiveness, the truth of baptism 06:15 by immersion which is signified by the Laver 06:20 which was part of the Sanctuary of the Old Testament 06:22 where priests would wash their hands and feet. 06:25 The word of God, the Table of Showbread 06:27 represented the word of God, 06:29 "that man shall not live by bread alone 06:30 but by every word that 06:32 proceeds out of the mouth of God." 06:34 It re-exalted, if you will, 06:37 the Bible over the traditions of man. 06:41 And personal study. That's right. 06:42 personal Bible study. The Altar of Incense, 06:45 representing prayer, Christ as our high priest, 06:48 letting your light shine. 06:49 All these things were fully restored by 1844. 06:54 But there's something else you wanna look at 06:56 in terms of the sanctuary being cleansed here. 06:58 You see, the cleansing of the sanctuary was synonymous, 07:03 in the Jewish mind it was synonymous 07:05 with the Day of Atonement, 07:07 which was actually a day of judgment. 07:11 A day of judgment. So this prophecy 07:13 not only points forward to the fact that, 07:17 that all the truths that had been cast down 07:19 during the Dark Ages would be finally restored by 1844, 07:23 but also in that very year judgment was to begin. 07:28 And this takes us to the Book of Revelation 07:31 where we find that this very message going forth 07:35 under what we call or what the Bible calls 07:38 the first angels' message. 07:40 So I wanna invite you to go with me 07:42 to the Book of Revelation, Chapter 14 07:46 and we're gonna read verses 6 to 8. 07:49 Atonte, would you read that for us please. 07:51 Yes, and it says, 07:52 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 07:55 having the everlasting gospel to preach 07:57 unto them that dwell on the earth, 07:59 and to every nation, and kindred, 08:01 and tongue, and people. 08:02 Saying with a loud voice, fear God, 08:04 and give glory to him, 08:06 for the hour of his judgment is come 08:07 and worship Him that made heaven, 08:09 and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 08:13 And there followed another angel saying, 08:15 Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 08:18 because she made all nations drink of the wine 08:21 of the wrath of her fornication." 08:23 Okay, powerful verses here. 08:26 Here's an angel seen flying in the midst of heaven 08:29 having the everlasting gospel. 08:32 I think that's significant. 08:33 Because you see prior to 1844 08:36 the gospel was still being restored. 08:39 It was not the full gospel because of all the damage 08:43 that had been done to it during the Dark Ages 08:46 by the church of the Dark Ages. 08:48 Teaching, you know, penance you know in order to be-- 08:51 in order to be forgiven you have to pay. 08:54 Infant sprinkling, traditions over the word of God. 08:59 Going to priests to ask for forgiveness 09:02 instead of going to Christ himself. 09:04 And so, and the law of God being altered. 09:08 All these truths having been altered, 09:10 the full gospel was not present. 09:13 But now, we have this message going forth 09:17 since the final restoration, the full restoration, 09:21 this message is going forth, 09:22 an angel is seen with the everlasting gospel 09:25 to take to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. 09:29 Well, what is that gospel, where is it found? 09:31 It is found once again in God's blueprint, 09:35 in God's sanctuary. Psalms 77:13 says, 09:39 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary." 09:43 Why do we need God's way? 09:45 Because humanity is lost, 09:48 and we're trying to find the way back to God. 09:51 This angel is symbolically seen flying through heaven 09:54 with the way if you will. 09:56 The gospel as it is found 09:58 and laid out in the sanctuary message. 10:02 You know what I love about this so much 10:03 is that each church or each reformer, 10:08 they represented a church 10:10 at that current time that they're following. 10:13 God impressed them, the Holy Spirit impressed them 10:16 that, you know, this truth had been lost and they, 10:19 you know, moved forward and restoring 10:21 and teaching this truth. 10:23 And as, you know, the Altar of Sacrifice 10:26 and then the Laver and then the Table of Showbread. 10:28 They didn't leave anything behind, 10:31 you know, they kept going and didn't say, 10:33 oh, this is the new truth for now 10:34 and so we're just gonna march with this. 10:35 But they-- Incorporated. 10:37 Incorporated everything and it just shows the unity of God 10:41 and just the direction of God 10:44 and the leading of each reformer. 10:45 That's right, well, verse 7 tells us that this angel, 10:49 the message this angel comes with is this, 10:52 it says, "Fear God and give glory to Him 10:55 for the hour of His judgment is come." 10:59 In other words, this is telling us 11:02 that the judgment has begun, 11:04 the judgment is going forward 11:06 and it only makes sense because before Christ 11:09 comes again there has to have been a judgment. 11:11 If He's coming to take His saints with Him, 11:13 judgment must have occurred previous to this. 11:16 So here is the message that's telling us, 11:21 it's pointing us back to God's Plan of Salvation 11:24 as it is found in the blueprint 11:26 and it's telling us that the judgment has began. 11:30 I think what we're seeing here is that 11:32 the blueprint has something to do with judgment 11:36 and if I wanna pass the judgment, 11:38 I think it would be wise for us, 11:40 wise for me to understand this blueprint 11:43 because it's very possible this blueprint is based off of 11:46 or the judgment is based off of this blueprint. 11:50 Right. So I wanna look at something, 11:52 because this term 'fear God' is rich with meaning. 11:58 If you'll go with me to the book of Proverbs, 12:00 invite you to turn there with me, Proverbs Chapter 1. 12:05 Proverbs Chapter 1 now, Proverbs 1 is an amazing book 12:10 and many people read Proverbs because they wanna get what? 12:13 Wise. Wise. They wanna get wisdom. 12:15 That's what the book is about, it's the book of wisdom. 12:17 Proverbs 1 verse 7 tells us this, 12:20 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge 12:25 but fools despise wisdom and instruction." 12:31 Very interesting verse, 12:32 you see Revelation Chapter 14 verse 7 tells us, 12:36 the angel tells us, "Fear God." 12:38 Well, what does it mean to fear God? 12:40 The book of Proverbs tells us, 12:42 "That the fear of the Lord 12:44 is the beginning of knowledge or wisdom." 12:48 Wisdom. We wanna be wise. Right. 12:53 And wisdom is the fear of God. 12:55 God says, "Be wise." He says don't be foolish, 12:58 now what does it means to be foolish? 13:01 To be not wise. To not be wise. 13:04 To do unwise things. It means to be confused, 13:08 it means, you know, to just not be thinking 13:15 the way that God wants us to think. 13:17 Now it's interesting because immediately 13:19 after this first angel's message 13:22 we found another angel coming and you read that earlier 13:26 and this angel's message is this, 13:28 that Babylon has fallen. 13:31 Now what does the word Babylon mean? 13:33 What Babylon means? Confusion. 13:35 Confusion, confusion. 13:37 Now, if you're looking for directions 13:39 you don't want to ask someone who is confused. 13:43 Right. That would be foolish to do that. 13:48 It's quite interesting here that in Proverbs 1 verse 7 13:51 there is a distinction between the wise and the foolish. 13:55 Just as in the Revelation Chapter 14, 13:58 fear God which means to be what? Wise. 14:03 And then the second angel's message is, 14:05 Babylon has fallen. 14:07 To go with Babylon means to be what? To be foolish. 14:12 So what we have here is a distinction, 14:14 the first and second angel's message is really calling us 14:18 to make a decision as to whether we want to be wise 14:22 or whether we want to be foolish. 14:24 Now, I want to be wise, 14:26 how about you? I see your hands. 14:28 Very good, we all want to be wise, 14:30 we don't want to be foolish 14:31 and if we want to be wise, I happen to think 14:34 that one of the best books in the Bible to read, 14:37 to get wisdom would be the Book of Proverbs. 14:41 That's right. The Book of Proverbs. 14:43 So we're gonna take a little time 14:44 to go through the Book of Proverbs and see, 14:47 is there any wisdom in Proverbs that we can use, 14:49 that we can look at that relates 14:51 to the first and second angels' message. 14:54 Okay, so, so let's see here Proverbs Chapter 1, 14:58 we're gonna take a look at 14:59 Proverbs Chapter 1 verse 8 and 9. 15:01 Same Chapter Proverbs 1 and look at the very next verses. 15:05 It says, "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, 15:08 and forsake not the law of thy mother, 15:11 for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, 15:14 and chains about thy neck." 15:16 Okay, very interesting, one of the first things 15:19 that the Book of Proverbs instructs us 15:22 in terms of wisdom is about law. 15:25 Keep the law because it'll be an ornament of grace 15:29 to your neck, and I find that quite interesting. 15:32 People seem to make this distinction 15:34 between law and grace. 15:37 But Proverbs says that the law 15:40 is an ornament of grace around our-- 15:44 Will be an ornament of grace around our neck. 15:46 Wisdom, be wise and keep the law, very interesting. 15:51 Let's jump down, if you will, to Chapter 2, Chapter 2 15:56 and let's read verses 1 through 5. 15:59 "My son, if thou will receive my words, 16:02 and hide my commandments with thee. 16:04 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, 16:07 and apply thine heart to understanding. 16:10 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, 16:12 and liftest up thy voice for understanding. 16:15 If thou seekest her as silver, 16:17 and searchest for her as for hid treasures. 16:20 Then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, 16:22 and find the knowledge of God." 16:24 Okay, so again Proverbs Chapter 2, 16:26 begins almost the very same way. 16:29 Be wise, keep the commandments. 16:33 Keep the commandments. Seems like Proverbs 16:35 is actually trying to tell us something here 16:37 like if you want to be wise 16:39 this is the book to read. Keep the commandments. 16:41 Wisdom is summed up in the law of God. 16:43 That's right, wisdom is summed up in that law. 16:45 It is a, it is a perfect law. 16:47 And remember, what's being restored, 16:50 what was the final truth to be restored. 16:53 It is the truth found in the Ark of the Covenant. 16:57 That the law of God does not change, 17:00 cannot be altered and cannot be done away with, right. 17:03 let's go to Proverbs Chapter 3. 17:05 Proverbs Chapter 3, let's see if you find anything in there 17:08 that might add to what we're looking at here. 17:10 Proverbs 3 verse 1 to 3. 17:15 "My son forget not my law, 17:18 but let thine heart keep my commandments. 17:20 For length of days, and long life 17:22 and peace shall they add to thee. 17:25 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee, 17:27 bind them about thy neck, 17:29 write them upon the table of thine heart." 17:32 Do you want to continue? 17:33 You could stop right there. Okay. 17:36 There seems to be this continuous theme 17:38 in the book of Proverbs about the fear of the Lord. 17:41 Now remember, what is the first angel's message? 17:44 Fear God. Proverbs tells us 17:46 that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom 17:50 and then it goes on to tell us 17:51 about keeping the commandments. 17:55 In the first three chapters that's what we see, 17:57 the first thing--you wanna know the wisdom of God, 18:00 you wanna have wisdom. 18:01 Keep his commandments, keep the commandments, 18:03 keep the commandments. How about Proverbs Chapter 4? 18:06 Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 1, and verse, from 1 to verse 4. 18:12 "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, 18:15 and attend to know understanding. 18:17 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law." 18:20 All right, pause right there and then we're gonna read on. 18:23 But would you say, you know, you sitting out there, 18:25 would you say that it will be wise to keep God's law? 18:28 Yes. Would you say it to be foolish to forsake his law? 18:31 Yes. Absolutely, all right, let's read on. 18:33 "For I was my Father's son, 18:36 tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 18:39 He taught me also, and said unto me, 18:42 Let thine heart retain my words, 18:44 keep My commandments and live. 18:46 Get wisdom, get understanding forget it not, 18:49 neither decline from the words of My mouth. 18:52 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee love her, 18:56 and she shall keep thee." 18:57 Okay, that's good right there. 18:58 So what we're seen here again, 19:00 the first four chapters of Proverbs 19:03 that are trying to instruct this in wisdom 19:05 are talking about the law of God. 19:09 How keeping that law will preserve you. 19:12 Now here's what's interesting, 19:14 because if you were to jump down, 19:16 Proverbs Chapter 4, just jump down to verse, 19:19 let's see here. In fact, let's do this, 19:22 just go over to Proverbs Chapter 7, 19:25 Proverbs Chapter 7 and this gets very interesting, 19:29 because Proverbs 7 verse 1 reads this, 19:31 " My son, keep My words, 19:33 and lay up My commandments with thee." 19:35 There we go again, it's almost like 19:37 the Book of Proverbs has this, 19:38 this continuous of theme of law of God, 19:42 "Keep My commandments, 19:43 lay up my commandments with thee, 19:45 keep my commandments and live 19:47 and my law as the apple of thine eye. 19:50 Bind them upon thy fingers, 19:52 write them upon the table of thine heart." 19:54 It's interesting that in the New Covenant is God 19:57 writing His law upon our hearts and in our minds. 20:01 But then notice verse 4, 20:04 "Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, 20:06 and call understanding thy kinswoman. 20:09 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, 20:14 from the stranger which flattereth with her words." 20:18 Now, some of you reading this may already be jumping 20:20 up and down going, oh, my goodness. 20:22 But, if you're not doing that, 20:24 let me show you why this text is so important. 20:27 You see, in the Book of Revelation, 20:29 Babylon is described as a woman, a harlot. 20:35 Proverbs is telling us, keep the commandments 20:37 because they will, they will keep you 20:39 from the harlot or the strange woman. 20:43 Could Proverbs be actually talking 20:47 or trying to give us wisdom 20:50 about this first angel's message 20:52 and the second angel's message, 20:53 about the fear of God, 20:54 keeping His commandments to keep us from the harlot, 20:57 from the strange woman. 20:58 I wanna jump over, jump with me very quickly 21:01 if you will to the Book of Proverbs 21:03 Chapter 31, Proverbs Chapter 31. 21:06 Now remember this, what is Babylon guilty of? 21:11 She's guilty of giving wine to the world. 21:15 Notice this, Proverbs 31, 21:18 beginning with verse 1 the Bible says, 21:20 "The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy," 21:22 and notice that word prophecy, 21:24 "the prophecy that his mother taught him. 21:26 What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? 21:29 And what, the son of my vows? 21:30 Give not thy strength unto women, 21:34 nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings." 21:39 "It is not for kings," now remember 21:41 God says that we are kings, 21:43 if we accept Christ we become kings. 21:46 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel, 21:48 it is not for kings to drink wine, 21:52 nor for princes' strong drink. 21:55 Lest they drink and forget the law, 21:59 and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted." 22:04 Wow, this prophecy is telling us 22:07 it is not wise for kings to drink lest they drink 22:09 and forget the law. 22:11 What is Babylon trying to do, this woman? 22:14 By the way a woman is symbolic of a church. 22:16 So we're talking about a counterfeit church 22:18 that is giving wine to the world 22:21 and that wine is leading them to drink 22:23 and forget what God said to remember. 22:28 And what commandment that God said to remember? 22:29 He said, remember the Sabbath day, 22:33 remember the Sabbath day. 22:34 Now here's what gets more interesting, 22:38 verse 6 says, "Give strong drink 22:40 unto him that is ready to perish." 22:43 Anybody out there that wanna to perish? 22:44 Okay, then don't drink if you wanna perish, right. 22:48 If you don't wanna perish. If you don't wanna perish. 22:49 Right. Jump down with me to verse 10, 22:53 right after it speaks about not being drunk 22:56 with the wine of strange women, 22:58 verse 10 goes on to say, 23:00 "Who can find a virtuous woman? 23:03 For her price is far above rubies." 23:06 This is absolutely mind blowing. 23:08 Because the Book of Revelation talks about a virtuous woman 23:12 and that is the true church of Jesus Christ. 23:16 The rest of Proverbs goes on to describe 23:18 this virtuous woman and how she's favored 23:21 than all these other woman. 23:23 The virtuous woman is the wise woman, 23:26 the one that keeps God's commandments. 23:30 And we always thought it was just about cooking 23:32 and cleaning and all of those things. 23:34 That's right, jump over with me 23:36 to the Book of Ecclesiastes. 23:37 Very next book, Ecclesiastes Chapter 12, 23:40 Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 13 and 14 tell us this, 23:44 "Let us hear the conclusion 23:45 of the whole matter Fear God," and what? 23:49 "Keep his commandments" 23:50 "For this is the whole duty of man. 23:54 For God shall bring every work into judgment, 23:58 with every secret thing, 24:00 whether it be good or whether it be evil." 24:04 It's amazing, it come right out and tells us, 24:08 fear God means to keep His commandments 24:10 and that's what the entire Book of Proverbs 24:12 seems to be trying to point us to. 24:14 Here's something else interesting, Atonte, 24:16 that we need to understand, this is what I say, 24:19 the first angel's message is nothing 24:21 more than the message Noah preached 24:26 just before the flood. 24:27 Noah's message was very simple, get in the Ark. 24:32 Get in the Ark. That's the message of the first angel, 24:36 get in the Ark. No, we're not talking about Noah's Ark, 24:38 we're talking about the Ark of the Covenant. 24:42 Get in the Ark, because that is the place of safety. 24:44 Remember, on our sanctuary. 24:46 That's what the law of God says. 24:47 That's right. Our sanctuary diagram 24:50 shows the pattern of salvation. 24:53 You've the Ark of the, I mean, you've the Altar of Sacrifice, 24:56 at the very bottom there you go the Altar of Sacrifice, 24:59 that's giving your life to Christ, 25:00 then you've got to be baptized at the Laver, 25:02 that's number two. Then you got to study 25:04 the word of God, that's number three, 25:05 the Table of Showbread. 25:06 Then there's prayer, that's the Altar of Incense 25:09 and then there is the Candlestick, 25:11 that's letting your light shine. 25:12 But ultimately God's trying to lead us up into that Ark, 25:16 because it is that Ark where safety is found. 25:19 In fact if you read Psalm 91, Psalm 91 tells us, 25:23 "that those that dwell in the secret place 25:27 of the Most High shall abide 25:28 under the shadow of the Almighty." 25:30 Read all that Psalm and you'll find in verse 10 that it says, 25:34 "those at in the secret place no plague 25:38 is gonna come near them." 25:39 Why is that so interesting? 25:41 Because if you were to look at 25:42 the Book of Revelation, Chapter 15, 25:45 "the plagues that the angel that comes out 25:48 with the plague at the end of time, 25:50 the seven last angels, they're seen coming out 25:53 of the Most Holy Place." 25:56 Could it be that those who receive the plagues 25:59 are those who neglected to get into that Ark. 26:04 The Ark of safety. I believe it is so. 26:07 God is saying be wise. Yes. 26:09 Don't be foolish when someone comes along 26:11 and tries to give you a counterfeit GPS saying, 26:14 I don't worry about it, just go this way or go that way. 26:17 Be wise, do not forsake His law, keep His Sabbath, 26:21 keep those commandments because that is wisdom. 26:26 And to truly be wise because it might be 26:29 the first time you're ever hearing anything like this, 26:32 then to be wise would to, to take the word of God 26:35 and ask the Holy Spirit 26:37 to give you wisdom as you're studying. 26:39 And to study these principles, these thoughts 26:43 these points out even further not to, 26:47 it would be foolish to just say, 26:49 oh, yeah, I don't, I think I've already heard that 26:52 before or, you know, I've always thought it 26:56 a different way my entire life. 26:57 To be wise would to take the Bible 27:00 and test the truths and allow the Holy Spirit 27:03 to continue you to lead you and guide you to the altar. 27:06 Daniel 12 verse 10 tells us, Atonte, 27:08 "Many shall be purified, and made white 27:10 and tried but the wicked shall do wickedly 27:13 and none of the wicked shall understand 27:16 but the wise shall understand." 27:19 The wise shall understand. 27:22 That is, we've got to keep His commandments. 27:25 I want to read one more verse, if we have time to do it. 27:27 It is Daniel 11, verse, let's see verse 32. 27:32 It says, "And such as do wickedly 27:34 against the covenant shall he corrupt 27:37 by flatteries but the people 27:38 that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." 27:43 The wicked work against God's Covenant, 27:46 that's His law. Don't be wicked, don't be foolish, 27:51 don't follow Babylon and her directions, 27:54 follow God and His directions. 27:56 That's right. Well, we thank you for joining us 27:59 for this program, until next time, God bless. |
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