Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000034
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00:41 Hello, and welcome to "Behold the Lamb Presents."
00:44 I'm Chris Shelton your host, 00:45 and I want to thank you for tuning in 00:47 to what is a third and final portion 00:51 of a three part series that we have entitled 00:54 "Slay Utterly Old and Young." 00:58 Our three part series has been inspired from 01:00 the study of the Book of Ezekiel Chapters 8 and 9. 01:04 We've been learning how this book so amply applies 01:08 to our time, the time that we're living in right now 01:12 during this time of great judgment. 01:14 You know, we often quote Proverbs 9 and verse 10 01:18 where we read, "The fear of the Lord 01:21 is the beginning of wisdom." 01:22 But seldom do we hear quoted Proverbs 8:13, 01:27 where we see that "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil." 01:31 Did you hear it? 01:32 "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil." 01:35 Ezekiel Chapters 8 and 9, let's us know the results 01:39 of those who are choosing evil over righteousness 01:43 and it's not the result that most of us 01:46 would conscientiously make. 01:48 However the enemy has so venomed us, 01:52 that what is truly right and what is truly wrong 01:56 that we're so confused that daily we're making 01:58 choices with little or no thought 02:01 of the resulting consequences. 02:04 And here it is, it's found in one, 02:07 just one place in the Book of Revelation 02:09 Chapter 20 and verse 10. 02:11 We read there, it says that, 02:13 "The devil who deceived them was cast 02:17 into the lake of fire and brimstone, 02:19 where the beast and the false prophet are, 02:22 and they shall be tormented 02:23 day and night for ever and ever." 02:27 Friends, friends, isn't it time that we wake up 02:30 out of our spiritual sleep and realize that there are 02:34 consequences to every choice that we make. 02:37 We pray that you will hear God's voice 02:40 speaking to your heart today. 02:42 And that you will choose to allow God to come in 02:45 and take full control of your heart. 02:47 But before Pastor Kenny Shelton presents 02:50 today's message, we are so blessed 02:52 to listen to Brother Ron Woolsey as he plays 02:56 "Cleanse Me and I Will Serve Thee" 02:58 from the 3ABN Worship Center. 03:03 [Music] 07:58 Thank you for joining us today, praise God. 08:00 I know you are blessed with that beautiful song 08:02 by Brother Ron, and what a talent God has given him, 08:05 he's using it for God's honor and for His glory. 08:09 And we're glad that you joined us today 08:11 and as always as we bring the word of God 08:13 into your home or wherever 08:15 it's at that you're receiving today. 08:17 I pray that you will be in the, 08:18 the attitude of prayer because this is 08:21 the third part, the last part of this series, 08:24 "Slay Utterly Old and Young." 08:27 Discussing Ezekiel Chapter 8, 9, 08:29 and how it pertains to God's last day people, 08:32 oh it's such an important message and I can't say 08:35 this is more important than the first or the 08:36 second but oh, don't miss this part. 08:40 We pray the Holy Spirit of God 08:42 will be in our hearts and in our minds. 08:43 Let's pray right now, shall we. 08:46 Always remember before you study the word of God, 08:48 get down on your knees and ask the Holy Spirit 08:50 to come, just like we're gonna do right now 08:52 and I know the Holy Spirit will honor that request. 08:54 Let's pray together. 08:57 Merciful Father in heaven, 08:58 we pray for the annoying of Thy Holy Spirit, 09:01 and pray for the forgiveness of sin, 09:03 we ask that You would cover us by the blood of Jesus. 09:05 May we hear from heaven, may we understand 09:07 the importance of this message 09:09 and how it pertains to us as God's last day people. 09:13 Lord, help us we pray in the name of Jesus, 09:16 as You bless each and everyone who hears, 09:18 who sees, has somehow access to this message, 09:22 that the Holy Spirit will just convince them 09:23 the time is near even at the door, in Jesus name, amen. 09:30 Again as always I say, keep your Bible, 09:32 pencil, and paper as we, we cover some 09:34 very, very important things now. 09:36 Again if you missed the second part, 09:38 you say well I've got the first and I missed 09:39 the second and, you know, 09:40 we're just now doing the third. 09:42 But remember we have these things available 09:44 so you're gonna have to give us a call, 09:45 you have comments or questions always do it. 09:47 There's a lot of people sending a lot of stuff in, 09:50 they're giving me so much information, 09:51 it's gonna take me months to try to go over. 09:53 So don't get discouraged if you send things 09:56 that takes a little while for the response to come back. 09:58 Please don't get discouraged 'cause, 10:00 you know, you're not the only one that's sending 10:01 and that's good, we want comments, 10:03 we want questions and we will be answering 10:05 those things by the word of God. 10:07 Now we're gonna go over part two 10:09 that we covered and I've got all about 10:11 I think eight points, I've jotted down here. 10:13 So in case you miss part two, here's kind of the, 10:15 what it is, the total package here. 10:17 Number one, a line is being drawn between 10:21 those who serve God and those who serve themselves. 10:24 Very simple, two classes of people. 10:26 Line is being drawn, you're gonna be serving God 10:28 or you're gonna be serving yourself. 10:30 Point number two, we made in our study, 10:32 the law of God right now is becoming more and more 10:35 disrespected and rejected than ever before 10:39 in the history of this world. 10:41 Number three, justice is going to strike, 10:44 you can count on it, for God has a hatred for sin. 10:48 It is intense, we found out, 10:50 and it's what, it's overwhelming. 10:52 Point number four, God's angels are at work, 10:56 His judgments are in the land 10:58 and they will continue to increase 11:00 until Jesus shall come. 11:02 So all the stuff that's going on in the world, 11:04 please use the mind that God has given you and say, 11:07 Oh, yes, these are signs that He's coming back, 11:10 He's trying to get our attention. 11:12 Point number five, inequity is found 11:16 among those who claim, listen, 11:19 inequity is found among those 11:21 who claim to have all of heaven's light. 11:24 This is part of the message of Ezekiel Chapter 9, 11:27 those who claim to know what truth is, 11:29 there is inequity that is found 11:31 and God is going to sort it out. 11:33 God's gonna say, dig deep and find out what's going on 11:36 and changes are going to have to be made. 11:39 Number six, things, 11:41 we found this out, people anything that is 11:44 dedicated to God becomes what? 11:46 Holy, we're going to be a holy people. 11:49 Things that you had, whether you know 11:50 in ministries whatever God has allowed you to have 11:53 is holy unto God and there is a difference between 11:56 that which is holy and that which is common, 11:59 please don't try to mix the two together 12:01 you're gonna have problems. 12:03 Remember we discussed Belshazzar, you remember, 12:06 sure you do, in the book of Daniel 12:07 and the judgments fell upon him. 12:09 Number seven, men, and just say, 12:13 just the human race right here, 12:14 is going to receive the condemnation of God, 12:18 notice these three things. 12:20 If they have neglected the opportunity 12:22 to know what truth is, you say well they did this, 12:25 they were out doing. 12:26 If you just neglect the opportunity 12:28 to know what truth is, we're going to be 12:30 condemned in the judgment. 12:32 Point number two, we learned. 12:33 Because we, we will be condemned because 12:35 we did not use what God placed around us 12:38 to help make us Christians, you know, 12:41 people touching people, literature, 12:44 invitations to accept Jesus, come to church. 12:47 And number three, we will be weighed in the balances 12:50 of the sanctuary and we will be found wanting if, 12:55 please listen to this very carefully. 12:56 We're going to be weighed in the balances, 12:58 we're going to be found 12:59 wanting if we are living in known sin. 13:06 Weighed in the balances, you know what happens 13:08 when we're weighed in the balances 13:10 and we're found wanting, 13:11 we found as we study Belshazzar. 13:14 Will you hear these words today? 13:16 Will you hear, will you understand 13:18 that we're going to be weighed, 13:19 everyone of us, whether we want to 13:22 or whether we don't, we're going to be weighed. 13:25 Please keep that in your, in your mind. 13:27 And will it be pronounced you're found wanting, 13:29 that means you're not gonna go to heaven. 13:33 Friend, there is really no reason for us to be found 13:35 wanting when Jesus wants to be on our side. 13:39 He wants us to be part of the family of God. 13:41 He's made preparations for us to go to heaven. 13:44 Now I want you to listen very, very carefully 13:45 this statement and again I, 13:47 I read this little book called Testimonies 13:49 to Ministers, you know, Spirit of Prophecy book, 13:51 some of you are not familiar with it, 13:52 with the terminology and different thing. 13:54 But listen, it is a beautiful book 13:56 and gives councils to ministers 13:58 or really anyone who wants to read it. 14:00 And I read this here and I thought, 14:01 man how it makes it, it's a warning 14:03 to not to be deceived, why? 14:05 Because we talked to people day in and day out 14:08 and they're always saying, Oh, I'm a Christian, 14:10 I love Jesus with all of my heart and boy, 14:12 I tell you, you know, whatever Jesus, 14:14 whatever He wants we're gonna do, 14:15 we're gonna about. 14:16 Except when you say, well how about 14:17 let's keep the commandments of God. 14:19 We need to be obedient to Him. 14:21 All of a sudden you hear all kind of things 14:23 come out of their mouth. 14:25 You know, Lord, help us here 14:27 and not just when we're out 14:29 on the street doing all kind of things. 14:30 But I want you to listen to these things 14:32 I'm getting ready to read. 14:34 It starts out like this, let no one deceive 14:37 His soul in this matter. 14:39 This, what we're getting ready to read, it says, 14:41 whether you are a child of God 14:43 or you're a child of the devil. 14:45 And I believe we need to get down to it. 14:46 Notice what it says, 14:48 "No one deceive his soul in this matter. 14:50 If you harbor pride." 14:53 If there is anyone that's harboring pride today, 14:55 if there is anyone was self-esteem. 14:58 You ever meet anybody like that. 15:00 "If you have a love even in your heart 15:02 for supremacy, you're gonna say now 15:04 you're thinking of running around adultery, 15:06 you're thinking about killing, and stealing 15:08 and you know drugging and but listen here, 15:11 all you have to have is you harbor pride in your heart. 15:14 Nobody else may know it, but you know God knows it. 15:17 Self-esteem, oh, you're just sustaining yourself 15:19 higher than everybody else. 15:21 If you have a love for supremacy, 15:23 you remember all these things we're talking about 15:24 the disciples had the problems Love for what? 15:28 Supremacy, vain glory, 15:30 had you thought about this vain glory. 15:32 Listen, listen, somebody listen carefully. 15:34 It, that means excessive, excessive vanity. 15:41 See sometime you can take 30 minutes to get dressed 15:43 and other times you can take three hours, 15:44 I think you're doing a little excessive vanity, no. 15:47 Lord, help me right out here about this one. 15:49 Unholy ambition, do you have unholy ambition, 15:53 where it's ambition that's not, you know, 15:55 really goes along with the word of God, 15:58 it's all about self, it's all, 16:00 it doesn't matter who you step on 16:01 and what you do in order to make a name for yourself. 16:04 If you're a murmur, think about this. 16:06 Have you murmured? 16:08 What happened to children of Israel? 16:10 They murmured against God, they murmured against 16:12 those who were in-charge and you know what? 16:14 They didn't go to the land of milk and honey. 16:16 God's telling us, if we're murmurs, if we're discontent. 16:20 If we have bitterness in our hearts, 16:23 are you bitter against someone? 16:25 Oh, they've done you wrong, 16:26 no doubt about it, but you can't be bitter. 16:28 We've got to have the forgiveness 16:30 and only Jesus can do that through us, 16:32 He can live in our hearts and He can make us 16:33 where we can, we can love that person. 16:36 How about evil speaking? 16:37 Now there's still on this article 16:38 I'm talking about here. 16:39 Testimonies to Ministers, 441, 16:42 evil, have you been evil speaking about someone. 16:45 Have you been lying, how about deception, 16:48 slandering, spreading what? 16:51 False thoughts, falsehoods, 16:53 hurting someone's reputation, that's what slandering is. 16:56 Listen if you have these things 16:58 that we've talked about here, article says notice, 17:00 and you have not Christ abiding in your heart. 17:04 And the evidence shows that you have the mind 17:08 and the character of Satan. 17:11 You have the mind and the character of Satan, 17:13 if you're lying and if you're deception, 17:15 you're slandering, vain glory, unholy ambition. 17:18 You got pride in your heart, 17:20 that's not the character of Jesus Christ. 17:22 So it's time for self examination, 17:24 if we had just one of these many things 17:27 that was mentioned here just quickly many, many more. 17:30 But if you had just one of those things, 17:31 it's not the mind of Christ, 17:32 you don't have the spirit of Christ, it say, 17:34 not Christ who was meek and lowly of heart. 17:38 You see we have, we either have 17:40 the enemy's character or we have what? 17:43 Good, Christ's character. 17:44 No, there is no in between, 17:46 we must have a Christian character that is 17:49 developed and that will stand the test. 17:53 Whatever test comes your way, 17:54 we've got to have that true character of Jesus Christ. 17:57 And I say this to you today and I say it to myself. 18:01 I say it to the movement. 18:03 There must be a thorough conversion 18:06 among each one who claims to believe the truth. 18:10 There's got to be some changes or they're going to, 18:13 they will fall in the day of God. Why? 18:17 Because we're going to be weighed in the balances, 18:19 we're going to have to have fire proof robes on. 18:23 The robe of His righteousness, 18:25 dear friends, or if we've got these material that's, 18:28 you know, a little bit of heat put on it 18:30 and it burst into flames, we're in trouble. 18:33 We've got to have a character, dear friends, 18:35 that when we're thrown into the furnace 18:37 of affliction, notice that, we're going to be consumed 18:41 if we do not have the robe of Christ righteousness on. 18:44 And so desperately do we need that. 18:47 We're going to be identified as a counterfeit Christian. 18:51 You may be fooling people today, 18:52 but you're not fooling God. 18:54 God says, you know, in the Book of Isaiah 48 verse 10, 18:57 He says, "I've chosen you, 18:59 I've chosen you through the furnace of affliction." 19:03 How does He chooses, 19:04 through the furnace of affliction, 19:05 we're going to have to go through those fires 19:08 and through those trials and through those tests? 19:11 You see as we look today the God's people, 19:14 God's people must reach a, a higher standard 19:17 than ever before, what does that really mean, 19:19 to reach a higher standard? 19:21 You know Jeremiah 51, the Bible says in verse 27, 19:25 "The council is to set up a standard," 19:29 think with me, "Set up standard in the land," 19:32 and then when you set the standard up, what do you do? 19:35 Bible says, "Blow a trumpet." 19:37 So there's to be a standard in the land. 19:39 What standard has to be God's law, you know that, 19:42 we're all gonna be judged by that 19:43 perfect law of liberty, we're to set it up 19:45 and then we're to call attention to it. 19:47 So God's people, they are challenged 19:50 to reach a higher standard than ever before. Why? 19:53 Because we are called to be a holy nation, 19:57 we are called to be holy people, 19:59 we're called to be a peculiar people, 20:03 a chosen generation, the Bible talks about. 20:06 A people who lift up the commandments of God 20:10 and that people who are zealous of good works. 20:14 As a child of God, you're not just anybody. 20:18 You're part of the family of God, 20:19 He's chosen you, you are a vessel to Him, 20:22 and you're holy unto the Lord. 20:24 And He requires that of us if heaven 20:26 is going to be our home. 20:28 Now have you noticed, have you noticed this? 20:30 It's pretty difficult, this isn't my opinion, 20:34 you throw it out if you want to, 20:36 this is my opinion, it's very difficult to, 20:39 to see the difference between those who serve God 20:42 and those who serve the world today. 20:44 Have you noticed that? 20:46 You can hardly really tell, a Christian walking down 20:48 the street and a worldly walking down the street, 20:50 they kind of dress alike, and they kind of look alike, 20:52 and they talk alike, and, oh, dear friends, why is that? 20:56 There must be a golf between the two, 21:00 such a separation between those who serve God 21:04 and the world today and there is not, you know, why? 21:07 Because the characters of each class are close to the same. 21:14 Listen, our characters have to be -- we just talked to, 21:17 my wife and I last night, to a man who was headed down 21:22 the wrong path, he said himself, 21:24 I'm going to hell, had no intention to serving God, 21:28 he had been in his back of his mind and he wanted to serve 21:30 and he wanted to do but he's just going down 21:32 the wrong path and boy, he was going fast. 21:34 And he was working for about Central Illinois 21:37 or northern part there, anyway he was, 21:38 I think a UPS man and delivering 21:40 a package to a door. 21:42 Had no intention to change in his life. 21:45 He goes, he knocks on the door. 21:47 And a lady comes and opens a door, 21:48 he looks to that lady and he said, 21:51 there was a glow on her face, there was something about, 21:54 never met her before, didn't know who she was, 21:56 she was a kind of a clean nice neat lady, 21:58 but there was something glowing out of her, her face. 22:02 And he said, I looked upon that and I said, 22:04 I want whatever she has. 22:08 There was something about the love of Jesus 22:10 that was coming through. 22:12 That changed that man's life forever many, many years ago. 22:17 Just testimony, a look, he went directly home 22:19 he told his wife, honey, 22:21 we're going to go to church next week, 22:23 she likely passed out. What? 22:26 We're going to go to church, I've seen something that 22:29 I want that's different. 22:32 Oh, do you see what I'm talking about here. 22:34 The world has to see something different in you and in me. 22:37 If not why, why would they want togo to church? 22:39 Why would they want to make a change? 22:42 Let Jesus come through and I tell you 22:43 it's gonna change your life. 22:45 I tell you know, there's a powerful 22:49 convincing evidence, let's just say this. 22:51 If you're, if you're weighing it out and you say 22:52 am I really a child of God and you know, 22:54 I need to weigh it out. 22:56 Here's some convincing evidence 22:58 that you are a child of God. 23:00 Now, I've called it this, and I need to move, 23:02 oh, there's so much material today. 23:03 But I've called it and listen, CCDL. 23:08 CCDL, where do you find that? 23:10 Well, conversation, 23:15 compassion, now think about desire, and love. 23:21 Think about just these four things. 23:23 Where is your conversation? 23:26 The Bible says it needs to be what? In heaven. 23:28 How is your compassion for others? 23:32 Do you have any compassion, 23:33 just thinking about yourself all the time. 23:36 What kind of desires do you have? 23:40 And what kind of love do you show to others. 23:44 See most people to be honest even as Christians 23:46 all you think about is yourself. 23:48 You don't have time to do anything for anybody else 23:50 because you're too busy doing it for yourself. 23:54 Also somebody said, oh, the pastor's rebuking us today. 23:57 Well, all right, take it that way 'cause I think I am. 24:00 But, you know, we dealt with love because what, 24:02 that's what this motivating factor is about. 24:04 What I'm talking about is not popular, never will be. 24:07 People's not gonna wanna hear it, 24:08 unless you are a converted person 24:11 and it will ring true in your ears and you'll say, 24:12 oh, thank you, Lord, for that. 24:15 talks about our, 24:17 our conversation must be in heaven. 24:20 So think about it. 24:22 Is the things that you talk about is it heavenly things, 24:25 is it desire of heavenly desires? 24:28 The compassion you have come straight 24:29 from the throne room of God, 24:30 that's you have for other people, 24:31 your love for evangelism, your love for souls. 24:37 That's such a contrast to that of the wicked 24:40 that we were talking about a while ago. 24:42 In fact Second Peter 2:17 makes this comment, 24:45 it just, you know, take time and look all these things up, 24:48 we can't go into detail on everything. 24:50 But it talks about here, 24:51 "The filthy conversation of the wicked." 24:54 So the conversation of what? A Christian should be holy. 24:59 It can be tapped into at anytime 25:01 and you won't be embarrassed, are you still with me? 25:03 You have somebody getting on your computer 25:05 and they're not gonna, oh, boy, yeah I'm meddling now. 25:09 And you're not going to be embarrassed 25:10 your conservation is godly. 25:14 But the Bible says, 25:15 "You have the filthy conversation of the wicked." 25:17 Now we come down to where I say the rubber meets the road, 25:20 I'm kind of guy when I get 25:21 into the car, I'm gonna take off. 25:23 There comes a time when you just 25:24 kind of spin in your tires, no. 25:26 I say, rubber needs to meet the road 25:27 we need to get down to it. 25:29 And that means comparing spiritual things 25:31 with the spiritual. 25:33 That's what we need to do, spiritual things with what? 25:36 Spiritual. In this vision we've been talking about, 25:39 this is our third part remember of Ezekiel 8 25:41 and basically focusing on 9. 25:44 Everyone is going to die, destroying angel 25:47 had the weapon in their hand, is that right? Sure. 25:50 And ready to destroy what? 25:52 Old and the young, everything except 25:56 one little group of people. 25:58 Well, you know what, this pertains to the day 26:01 in which we live just before Jesus comes and it does. 26:04 Primary application is what? 26:06 Sure, Babylon and so on, so forth. 26:08 The secondary application just fits right like a glove 26:11 to the people of God just before 26:13 He comes back to this earth. 26:15 So as God's people then, He's going through 26:17 and He's going to mark them and He's going to seal them 26:22 to go through the time of trouble. 26:24 And He's claiming who is His, you know, this is mine. 26:27 Well, lo and, then poor illustration if you will, 26:30 but you remember in the old Wild, Wild West, 26:32 if you had cattle and horses, what did you do? 26:36 Some of you are chuckling, I know, 26:37 they were brand, they were marked. 26:39 So that they would, so they would know 26:42 what belonged to them. 26:43 God is marking what belongs to Him. 26:46 He is marking his territory today. 26:48 And friend, I'm telling, we need to be on God's side. 26:51 This is what it's all about today. 26:55 We need Christ reigning in the heart as never, never before. 27:00 You know, except if we don't have that mark, 27:04 if we don't have the seal of God. 27:08 And you know somebody would say, 27:09 I don't know what it is, that's all right. 27:12 I don't know what the mark is, I don't know what the seal is, 27:14 what does all this stand for? 27:17 Friend, that's what we're discussing, 27:18 we want to finish it before this hour's up. 27:22 Now, remember Ezekiel Chapter 9, 27:23 we've established there was a man in what? 27:26 Clothed in linen. 27:28 He had a inkhorn, in other words he had a, 27:30 you know, some ink and so he was marking 27:32 certain things here. 27:34 He was from heaven, so allow me to do this, 27:36 said he had linen also, I'm saying what kind of linen 27:39 did he have on, was it colorful linen? 27:41 What does it represent? 27:43 And we looked if it's from heaven it must be pure, 27:45 it must be what? 27:46 It must be white linen, you say, 27:48 well, I don't know why? 27:50 Because white is the symbol of holiness, 27:54 Ecclesiastes 9:8 says this, 27:56 "Let thy garments be always white." 28:00 The robe of what, Christ's righteousness 28:02 and that word there in the Greek, 28:04 what is it talking about, or in the Hebrew, 28:06 it talks about here that is a, it's dazzling bright, 28:10 it has a sheen to it. 28:12 Is that the kind of garment that you have on today 28:14 or you have the world's garment on? 28:17 In Revelation 3 verse 4, 28:19 you're jotting these things down. 28:20 Jesus said, notice this, Jesus said, 28:22 "For they shall walk with me in white," 28:25 those who walk with Jesus through eternity 28:27 He is going to be walking what? In white. 28:30 Revelation 7:14, the Bible brings out. 28:34 He says this, please listen carefully, 28:36 He said that we, Brother Jim, 28:39 "we are made white in the blood of the Lamb." 28:44 You see, we need to put our own name in there, 28:47 you're made white by what? 28:48 By the Blood of the Lamb and so they gets clear 28:51 Revelation 19 verse 8 says, 28:53 "And there was granted that she should be arrayed," 28:56 God's people the church, in what? 28:58 "In fine linen, clean and white 29:01 the Bible says for the fine linen," is the what? 29:05 "The righteousness of the saints." 29:08 Wow! That's makes it pretty clear doesn't it? 29:12 So, this man in fine linen, he had a, 29:14 he had a marker indelibly put, an inkhorn on his side. 29:20 But notice he was commissioned to go 29:22 and to mark that which was God's by their sighing 29:26 and their crying for the abominations 29:28 that be done in the land, in the church. 29:32 You willing to stand up and call sin by its right name, 29:34 God requires it of you. 29:38 He's going to be marking those who are, 29:41 who'd gained victory over sin in their life by Jesus Christ. 29:46 Heaven can only be our home as we've gained victory. 29:48 Sin will not inherit, you know, 29:50 the Kingdom of God again. 29:52 And so he's gonna be marking those who've gained victory 29:54 through His power, through His strength and through His life. 29:58 And those who are willing to say, 30:00 this is wrong in the church, why? 30:02 Because God says so, not because 30:04 a committee says so, not because 30:06 so and so says so, because the word of God says it is. 30:10 Will people get angry, you better believe it, 30:12 you either have somebody angry with you, 30:13 a man down here or God? 30:14 You make a choice. 30:16 Now a book called Three Testimonies 266, 30:18 I want you notice this, "In the closing work 30:20 of the church we realize that the work is coming 30:23 to a close right now, in the sealing timev 30:26 or the markings time, stamping time, 30:28 are you putting it together of the 144,000 who will stand 30:33 without fault before the throne of God." 30:36 Notice this, "They will feel most deeply 30:39 the wrongs of God's professed people." 30:43 The 144,000, those who are living in the side of a God, 30:46 you said Holy God without a mediator, 30:48 they're going to be feeling the what? 30:50 Sins in the church, it's got to go, 30:52 it's insulting to God and we need that victory. 30:56 But I can tell you this, dear friends, 30:57 the ones who will not receive the mark of God, 30:59 remember if you don't have the mark of God, 31:01 you don't know what-- how you know, 31:02 how you're gonna go? 31:05 How are you gonna make it? 31:06 Ones who's not going to receive, 31:08 I can tell this dear friends, are the ones 31:10 who are excusing wrongs in the church today. 31:12 They're not going to receive the Seal of God, 31:14 God can't approve of that. 31:17 And, you know, ones who are not going 31:18 to be sealed of God are those who-- 31:19 I want you to just think about this 31:21 just for a moment with me. 31:23 Are the ones that try to hinder the ones that God 31:26 has called to rebuke wrong in the church? 31:29 There's people who try to stand in the way and stop it. 31:32 God's not gonna approve of that, why? 31:33 Because He's called them to do it, 31:35 they don't want to do it necessarily. 31:37 They know it's not popular, it's heavy on their heart 31:41 but God demands if they do it, 31:43 He's given His people a chance. 31:46 And I tell you some of us are not going to receive 31:47 the seal of the living God if you are a sympathizer 31:50 with those who commit wrongs and you know that they do, 31:53 and you're patting them on the heads say, 31:54 well, you know, God loves you 31:56 and God's gonna save, he's not gonna save us 31:57 in that mess and in sin. 31:59 We cannot sympathize, we can have pity for them 32:02 just like Jesus, dear friends, 32:03 but we need to encourage them to do the right thing. 32:07 This is heavy duty that we're talking about here, 32:10 and the statement in Ezekiel 9 just starts coming alive to me 32:14 as we see this man in the linen and we see the, 32:17 with these slaughtering weapons in their hand, 32:19 they're raising it up and it just like huh! 32:21 God wouldn't do that, he said 32:23 "Slay Utterly the Old and the Young and Children 32:26 and Everybody who doesn't have the mark on them." 32:30 You see Christ's blood as we studied for, 32:32 Christ's blood must be upon the door post of the heart, 32:37 you studied when it was put over the door post, 32:38 you know, of the homes, 32:40 destroying angel had to pass by. 32:41 The blood of Jesus Christ on the door post of our hearts, 32:45 dear friends, but these people were crying and what, sighing. 32:50 For the abominations that were done, why? 32:52 Because they have a love for purity, 32:54 God's last day people are gonna have a love for purity. 32:57 They're jealous for the sake of God, 33:00 they're not gonna stand for the cause of Christ 33:04 and they will be hated I can tell you in the world today, 33:06 look at Jesus, look at disciples, 33:07 look at, you know, the reformers, 33:09 look at what happened to the people that love Jesus--and, 33:12 not saying they're nice, is jealous a righteous jealous. 33:17 So we have a couple of groups as you well know, 33:18 just two groups. 33:20 Those who don't see the difference between 33:22 sin and righteousness, 33:25 they don't see the difference between sin and righteousness, 33:27 it's like they mingle all together 33:28 and they have no idea and they said, 33:30 oh that seems right, well this is not too bad, 33:32 you know, what do mean too bad? 33:33 Sin is sin, minute little detail, 33:37 if it's not right you don't say, 33:38 it's like a white lie, there's no such thing. 33:41 We deceive someone it's a lie, 33:42 the liar is gonna be outside the world, 33:43 we need to learn to start telling the truth. 33:47 People of God today, dear friend, 33:49 had to love purity, they have a clear understanding 33:52 of what the sinfulness of sin and what it's cost. 33:57 Oh, friend, when you realize what sin 33:59 had caused to this world, oh, every death disease all, 34:04 all this contributed to sin. 34:08 God understands it better than all of us, 34:10 but He wants His people to understand that 34:12 He nailed His son to the cross, why? 34:16 Because His law was unchangeable, 34:18 Calvary proves that because He had to go what? 34:21 And die because he couldn't change His laws. 34:25 Although people saying it's changed, that is not so. 34:28 Cross of Calvary is the best defense, 34:30 an argument that they could ever be put forward, 34:33 that God's word stands fast and sure. 34:38 Talks about receiving a mark and a seal. 34:41 Now remember, this is signifying 34:43 if you have the mark or the seal, 34:44 it's signifying approval of God and I tell you right now 34:47 I want the approval of God, how about you? 34:49 I need the approval of God, I desire that, 34:52 my conversation then has to be such, 34:54 my life has to be such, 34:57 it's not what you are around people, 34:58 who are you at home by yourself. 35:01 Who are you when no one knows you? 35:05 See Revelation Chapter 7, we have time to read all of that, 35:07 we can because there is a sealing, you remember? 35:10 God said, "Hold back the winds of strive." 35:12 Listen, until I have what? 35:14 "Until I have sealed my servants in their forehead." 35:17 That's gonna be ownership. 35:20 Can He put this seal, His approval on you right now 35:23 as He looks at you, if not, why not? 35:25 What is it that would stop God from putting His 35:27 hand of approval upon you right now or me? 35:31 You probably know what it is and it needs 35:33 to be changed if it's wrong, whatever it is. 35:37 But this mark, this seal, these words are, 35:41 are used interchangeably in scripture, 35:43 please remember that. 35:45 But it goes much deeper than what many, many people think. 35:49 They want to make, the devil wants to get us off 35:51 of this subject that I'm talking about, 35:52 approval for the kingdom of God for eternity 35:55 and other people want to say, well, oh, you know, 35:56 I understand about the sealing message, 35:58 they'll say something like this, 36:00 I'm sealed and I've been marked by the Holy Spirit. 36:04 Well, praise God, that's good but there is much more. 36:07 Much more than that, I'll just say a few words 36:10 about that, maybe it will help, hopefully that will. 36:13 The word seal here we're talking about there in 36:16 Ephesians 1 verse 13, where it says, 36:18 "Sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise." 36:20 Oh, that's good, oh, we need that. 36:22 But remember we've got to dig deep, 36:26 the devil get--carefully you understand that part of it, 36:28 he didn't want you to understand 36:29 what I'm getting ready talk about here. 36:31 So the word sealed here in the Greek 36:33 means to stamp a private mark, 36:37 stay with me, for security reasons, 36:43 for preservation, to protect, say that's good. 36:47 So we see then what the Holy Spirit is necessary 36:50 so that we might receive what? 36:52 Might receive of the truth in John 16:13, you remember, 36:56 "What is the function of the Holy Spirit?" 36:58 He said, I will lead and guide you what? 36:59 Into good, all truth, truth sanctifies, 37:04 truth sets your apart, truth changes your life. 37:07 Not an error, not a lie, you think the devil, 37:10 he's interested in the scripture 37:12 and he's trying to lead people away from the truth 37:13 that will change your heart and change you 37:15 into the image of Jesus Christ. 37:18 What is it talking about here in Ephesians 1:13 37:21 where people say this is what it means 37:23 and I'm not worried about the seal of the living God? 37:26 They think that it's the Holy Spirit, 37:27 which we desperately need. 37:29 It's talking about our salvation, 37:31 you read that in Romans 1 verse 16, 37:34 it talks about the truth of the gospel, 37:37 it's talking about our, is our salvation. 37:40 And Jesus is the way, the Bible says, 37:42 the truth and the live in John 14 verse 6, 37:46 you say, man, that's good we need it, 37:48 we need conversion, we need changes in our life. 37:52 You see it is the Spirit, the Holy Spirit that seals us, 37:56 who identifies those who are His. 38:00 Who, who, who identifies? 38:02 The Holy Spirit identifies if you are a child of God today. 38:06 The Holy Spirit knows if you are a child, 38:07 if you're not a child of God 38:09 and you want to be a child of God, 38:10 you've got to commit. 38:12 And that's a whole being, friend, it's not just part, 38:15 it's not part time, it's not just on, 38:17 you know, when I go to church and I want to be, 38:19 it's all the time, it's all or nothing. 38:21 God's calling His children, His people today. 38:25 You say, well, I don't-- the spirit does the sealing 38:27 so there is a sealing process 38:29 and it's more than just accepting Jesus, isn't it? 38:31 I'm going to point that out notice what is-- 38:33 Second Timothy 2:19 it says, listen, 38:35 the foundation of God standeth sure, the what? 38:40 Foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal. 38:46 Foundation of God standeth sure, 38:47 it has what this seal and it says, 38:50 the Lord, somebody is not with me, 38:53 "And the Lord knoweth who are his." 38:56 So if the Lord knows who's his by power of the Spirit, 38:58 the Spirit is sealing. 38:59 Notice this and it says, let everyone that nameth 39:03 the name of Christ depart, from what? From iniquity. 39:08 The ones who will be sealed are those who what? 39:10 By the grace and the power of God 39:12 had departed from what? 39:14 From iniquity, from sin, 39:16 they can't be sealed with it in their life, 39:18 I can't be sealed with it. 39:20 See the passage of Ephesians 1, 39:22 people say, well, sealed by the Holy Spirit 39:23 that's all there is to know. 39:24 This passage deals with the sealing of the Holy Spirit 39:28 in connection with conversion and baptism, 39:31 it's good, but that's not all there is you see. 39:34 The devil doesn't want us to dig deep. 39:37 You remember what he said to, remember what he said 39:39 to Ezekiel in vision, when he saw all of these 39:42 abominations are going on in the temple. 39:44 He said, dig deep and see, 39:48 we've got to dig deep in the word of God. 39:51 Good foundation, a good start here, but oh, friends, 39:54 you want to do some more study, parallel in the Bible, 39:57 study Revelation Chapter 7, Revelation Chapter 15, 40:01 Revelation Chapter 16 you'll see close parallels 40:04 to what I'm talking about it. 40:05 We can't go into all that today. 40:07 What is the seal? 40:08 What is the mark of God based upon? 40:12 Because we need the Holy Spirit inside, 40:14 we need to be sealed by Spirit of God. 40:15 But what is, what is the mark? 40:17 What would be the stamp that God puts upon that 40:20 which is His and He's stamping them for eternity? 40:25 Well, remember in Book of Revelation 40:27 and also in Ezekiel. 40:29 Listen, the seal of God, listen, 40:32 this will frighten some, you, you're not going to get it, 40:34 but I'm gonna say it again, again until we get it, 40:37 the seal, Revelation and Ezekiel, the seal 40:40 and the mark is based upon character qualifications, 40:46 who you are, is that make sense? 40:49 It's our characters, they must be like what? 40:52 Like Jesus before He comes. 40:55 He's not gonna take the sinful to heaven, 40:57 He can't do it, we have the mess up there, 40:58 we got, we have down here now. 41:00 And so victory is assured to us, so it deals with what? 41:04 Good, character qualifications, 41:06 that's clear in Ezekiel 9 verse 4, 41:08 that's clear in Second Timothy 2:19, 41:10 He knows who is His, as what the Bible says, why? 41:13 And those who are His, they depart from iniquity, 41:16 it's what the Bible says. 41:19 We need to quit this excuse business. 41:21 Well, I know, it says it but, there is no but. 41:25 Think about it, that's the devil, we'll do it, 41:28 but, those who follow Jesus, their lamb 41:32 and may hear his voice, they just, they follow. 41:35 So what is the seal? What is the mark based upon? 41:40 This mark can only be put upon those who, remember 41:42 who've through the power of the Holy Spirit 41:46 reflect the image of Christ. 41:49 Oh, Lord, I need some help, how do you feel about it? 41:53 Oh, need some help, that's the only way 41:56 it can be put on, heaven be our home. 41:58 And this mark, He puts on reflects what? 42:01 His ownership, His kingdom, His name, His address, 42:07 as in ancient times you remember the seal, 42:10 it was an object that testified to what? 42:12 To the ownership, the seal of the King, He owned it. 42:17 He told what He own, who He was? 42:20 So here we have God, He is the creator of what? 42:24 Of heaven and Earth, 42:25 oh friends, we're directed to go back 42:27 to the God of creation just before Jesus comes. 42:31 One of the messages of Revelation 14, 42:34 a few people will be giving before Jesus comes 42:36 go back and worship the one who made heaven and Earth 42:38 and the sea and the fountains and waters. 42:41 There are a group of people that are doing it now, 42:44 because they realize the urgency of the hour, 42:46 they realize their sin in the church, 42:47 realize sin in individual's life 42:49 and it's going to have to go. 42:52 A group of people give this warning 42:53 oh, if you haven't read, bless your heart, 42:55 Revelation 14, read just verse 6 and 7. 42:59 It said, "We're to fear God and give glory to him 43:01 for the hour of His judgment is come. 43:03 Worship him that made heaven and earth, 43:05 and the sea, and the fountains." 43:06 What? Go back to creation, 43:08 we go back to the God, who's the creator. 43:12 He's begging us, and he's apleading us to go back. 43:17 He said why, because we're in the hour of God's judgment, 43:21 the world doesn't know we're in the judgment hour, 43:24 they didn't know it at the time of the flood 43:26 that they have a certain amount of time 43:27 and that probation was gonna close 43:28 and that was it for the world, 43:30 it's gonna happen again, 43:31 oh, it's just so near even the door. 43:33 So we must conclude just quickly try to run over 43:35 some high points here of the seal, or the mark of God. 43:39 The one that the destroying angel must, 43:42 must not do anything to because they belong to God. 43:46 It's a mark, remember on the forehead 43:48 which only angels can see, not human eyes. 43:54 It is a mark of redemption, it's a remark 43:58 that have been covered by the blood of the Lamb. 44:00 Have you been covered by the Lamb, by His blood. 44:04 Number two, important part, 44:06 this mark can only be put upon, once again, 44:09 those who separate from what? 44:11 Sin and sinners, we're not willing in the world, 44:15 we've spend too much time in the world, 44:16 too much time with sin and sinners 44:18 and we become like them 44:19 and we can't tell a difference anymore. 44:21 God's saying don't do that. 44:24 "Come apart and be separate, and touch not the unclean," 44:26 is what the Bible says. 44:27 Oh, it's difficult I know it, 44:30 when you have family and people that you love. 44:31 But dear friends, if heavens are gonna be our home, 44:33 we have to make some choices and they're tough ones. 44:36 And only God can help us. 44:38 The seal of God, dear friend, 44:39 is a settling into the truth or a love for the truth, 44:43 that Second Thessalonians 2 verse 10 talks about. 44:47 Those who are going to be sanctified and go to heaven 44:49 or those who love the truth not just know the truth. 44:53 They're settling into the truth 44:54 that you cannot be moved, though the heavens fall. 44:58 It's an intellectual, it's a spiritual settling 45:01 into the truth that you will not be swayed 45:04 by every wind of doctrine that's blowing 45:06 everywhere today, Ephesians 4:14. 45:09 Are you one of those who come and you hear something, 45:10 oh, that's new, I'm gonna follow it, 45:12 oh that's new I'm gonna follow this over here, 45:13 you don't know what position you have. 45:17 Friend, you're gonna have to know the truth 45:18 and that truth will set you free. 45:23 The mark is not something visibly then, 45:26 because it's-- in the forehead, 45:28 frontal lobes, decision making part of the brain 45:30 you're gonna follow Jesus though the heavens fall, 45:32 you're gonna die for Him if that's what is necessary. 45:35 But there has to be some kind of a visible sign outside 45:38 so that people can know, so the world can know. 45:42 What might that be? Outward sign. 45:47 You say, well, I don't know, I don't know 45:49 what that might be you just, you remember the 10 virgins, 45:53 they all looked alike, they all carried their Bibles, 45:55 you remember all and you couldn't tell 45:56 who was and who wasn't until the test came, 45:59 and then the true ones you see would stand tall for Jesus. 46:04 And so God said, there will be an outward sign 46:06 of the seal of the living God that I will put on them. 46:09 So it's more than just saying I love Jesus like -- 46:12 you know, Christians say today. 46:14 It's more than just you know, the action and obedience, 46:17 it's faith and works, doing, but there is a visible sign 46:23 and you know what that sign is? 46:24 It's very simple it's the observance 46:26 of the true Sabbath of the Bible, why? 46:28 Because it tells, goes back to worship who? 46:30 God, the creator of heaven and earth. 46:33 Revelation 12:17, he was angry with the church, 46:36 who kept the commandments of God, 46:37 keep them and have the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. 46:41 Through the observance of the true Sabbath, 46:43 the seventh day of the week will be the mark, 46:46 I've noticed the mark of the true worshipers 46:49 of God in the last days, why? 46:50 Because the enemy has set up a spurious day. 46:53 Yeah, a lot of people squirm in their seat, 46:55 a lot of people say, I can't take this, dear friends, 46:57 prove it wrong, please prove it wrong if you can. 47:00 This is the great controversy, you either worship God 47:02 who is the creator or you don't 47:05 and you will worship the enemy. 47:08 Seventh day has always been God's appointed day 47:10 of rest and worship, it was established when? 47:13 At creation, but do you know, some of us 47:15 have the nerves to say, well, yeah but things have changed, 47:16 we're not in the old testament, who are you? 47:19 Who am I to say that I can tear out any portions, 47:22 that's right, I get a little excitement about it. 47:24 You think you can just pull it, tear it out, 47:25 part of the scripture and say, 47:26 well that don't pertain to us anymore. 47:28 But my Bible says all scripture is given by inspiration of God. 47:32 Well, it doesn't pertain to us, 47:33 now who said it doesn't pertain. 47:36 Friend, this is what we, the devil is trying 47:38 to blithe our mind when we can't see the simple truth. 47:41 God said that it's a perpetual obligation, 47:44 it's found in the heart of the moral law of God. 47:48 How can anybody say that we believe 47:50 in keeping the commandments of God 47:52 and then when they're questioned say, yeah, 47:53 but nine of them is all that we keep. 47:55 Who has the audacity to do that today, dear friends. 48:00 I do this with a urgency, not trying to judge 48:03 or condemn anybody, but my heart just says how can, 48:06 how can we do this. 48:08 How can we take God out of the commandments, 48:12 how can we take the Creator out, 48:15 and put in something that is false. 48:17 You see why this is only after the death of Christ, 48:20 after the death of the disciples 48:22 that a great apostasy come in, 48:24 I just have a few minutes now I'm gonna go fast. 48:27 That a great apostasy come in and took place. 48:30 And may I just be bold about all those information 48:32 I'll tell you that keep you for days and weeks. 48:36 But after disciples retired to the grave 48:38 and Jesus you know had passed away. 48:40 Of course He rose and went, praise God for that. 48:42 But listen, the old devil had a scheme. 48:46 The first day of the week was placed, right, right, 48:49 just took the place, they said 48:51 of the seventh-day Sabbath why? 48:53 Man substituted it not God, God's word tells 48:57 that there is a great work of importance here 48:59 in the last days there's gonna be a real revival 49:03 of true godliness among His people. 49:06 There's gonna be a great work, 49:08 the real seventh-day Sabbath is gonna be brought 49:10 to the forefront, the seventh day 49:12 of the week before Jesus comes. 49:14 You say, oh, I'm not really sure, 49:15 read Isaiah Chapter 58, 12 and 13 read Isaiah-- 49:18 Revelation Chapter 14 and read 6 through 12 if you will, 49:22 read Isaiah 56 verses 1, 2, 6 through 8. 49:26 Great Controversy page 451 and onward to 460. 49:30 Friend, I'm telling you this is the great point, 49:33 sticky point is going to come down 49:34 to who will we worship in the last days. 49:36 There is no doubt about it, seventh-day is the Sabbath 49:39 of the Lord thy God, first day of the week 49:41 the what, the enemy has a substitute. 49:43 God never blessed, He never sanctified, 49:45 He never set it apart. 49:49 Does God have good people, yeah, 49:50 absolutely, He does, but you know what? 49:52 He's calling in the Three Angels Message, 49:54 he's calling people out of Babylon, 49:56 and he said I'm calling what? 49:57 My people who hear my voice 49:59 and they will respond to that call. 50:01 And, dear friend, if you're hearing the voice 50:02 of God today, God saying through the word of the God 50:04 right now we need to come apart. 50:07 The enemy's going to exalt his day and may I just be bold. 50:11 It said, the false day, Sunday as the day of worship. 50:15 You say, well, I'm not sure. 50:16 Revelation Chapter 13, 50:18 Revelation Chapter 14:9 through 12, Daniel 7:25 50:22 when you study the book of Daniel 50:23 and the book of Revelation, you will see, 50:25 it's said that, you know, the little horn power 50:27 he would think to change times and laws, oh stay with me. 50:32 He would think to change times and law, 50:33 how successful will Satan be oh, he's gonna unite, it seems 50:37 he unite the whole world together in his movement. 50:40 And the center piece that he has is what? 50:43 The teaching of Sunday, exalting Sunday as God's day, 50:47 read Revelation 13 verse 8 it says, 50:49 "All the world wondered after the beast and they are those 50:51 whose names are not written in the Lamb's Book of Life." 50:54 Revelation 14 verse 8, Revelation 16 verse 14, 50:57 "Those who worship the beast and his image," 50:59 Revelation 18 verse 3 goes on and on and on. 51:02 This is going to divide the world into two groups, 51:06 those who love Jesus and those who are 51:08 true and faithful to the commandments of God 51:11 including the seventh-day Sabbath. 51:13 You cannot take one of the commandments out 51:17 and you cannot change them. 51:20 Do you think that you're God? Man. 51:23 Listen, God wrote them with His own finger 51:28 and we think that we can change it 51:31 because he say, well, he rose on Sunday. 51:33 Baptism is a memorial to his resurrection, 51:37 going down in the watery grave and coming back up again, 51:40 nothing to do with the change of the Sabbath. 51:43 You can't give one text, I'm just saying, 51:44 friends, if we can, what is our religion? 51:47 What is our foundation right here? 51:49 Number two, those who accept 51:51 the false Sabbath, a counterfeit. 51:53 Oh, this outward example, the seal of God is 51:57 they will be observing the seventh-day of the week 51:59 and it's still more than that, 52:00 it's character qualification, how is your character today? 52:03 Just have about three minutes left 52:05 and how's your character qualification today? 52:07 Do you love Jesus with all your heart, 52:09 your soul, and your mind? 52:11 Then why aren't we willing to obey him? Why? 52:14 Are you afraid to be different? 52:15 You're afraid of your pay check, 52:16 afraid of your job, what are you afraid of? 52:19 If you really loved Him with all your heart, 52:20 what are you, are you afraid of truth, why? 52:23 The truth will set you free, you'll have peace in the world 52:26 when there is no peace but He can give it to you. 52:30 And I understand many Sabbath keepers are going to abondon 52:33 their faith when the pressure is really applied. 52:38 But let me tell you when the pressure is really applied, 52:40 then you're gonna see the real truth, 52:42 the real genuine is going to remain 52:44 and they will stand and defend God's holy law. 52:48 Which all of us should do in the world today? 52:52 Many people are going to join all over the world 52:54 and different churches are going to come out 52:56 and they're gonna say, oh, yes, this is what 52:57 God wants to do, no one told me, we didn't know, 52:59 let me tell you God's raising a movement now 53:02 that's going to warn the world. 53:04 Judgment begins at the house of God and let me tell you, 53:07 those who've had great light, 53:08 I'm talking you pastors and evangelist, 53:10 and now you've had great light. 53:11 Oh, dear friend, you've stood as guardians of the truth, 53:14 the spiritual leaders of the truth 53:16 but you haven't given them the truth, why? 53:18 Because you wanted your job, I've had people 53:20 tell me that out of the pastors. 53:22 They want their retirement, 53:23 they don't want to create ways, 53:24 they just want to get through, oh, 53:25 you've got to be dedicated by the blood of the Lamb. 53:29 It wasn't popular for them? 53:31 They couldn't stand the pressure 53:32 with family and friends and pride. 53:35 They were spiritual cowards, unfaithful shepherds, 53:41 and they're gonna suffer, they're gonna suffer 10 times 53:42 the amount of a normal person who's lost, 53:46 oh, friend, today, the great controversy. 53:50 It's sinners around the worship of who, 53:53 the Creator or the worship of what? 53:56 Of man, what will it be for you? 54:00 Why not take an open position right now, 54:03 say I'm gonna follow God. 54:05 If you don't, you have to realize that a man in linen, 54:09 Ezekiel 9, he's standing there with a slaughter weapon 54:12 in his hand and you have to have 54:14 that seal of the living God, you've to, 54:16 there's based on what, sailing into the truth, yeah, 54:18 will you not be moved but also what? 54:20 Is there outward evidence of that, 54:22 you keep the commandments of God. 54:23 Blessed are they that do His commandments 54:25 that they may have a right to the tree of life 54:27 and enter in the gates of the city. 54:29 Friend, let's pray about it, I know so much more 54:31 but we need to pray right now. 54:32 Pray as the Holy Spirit's convicting you, 54:34 convicting me of what we need to do here in this last days, 54:37 God help us, have mercy on us 54:39 and let's pray together, shall we? 54:40 Merciful God in heaven, we thank you 54:42 for Your precious word today. 54:43 Oh, it maybe tough for many. 54:45 But I pray that it will somehow 54:46 awaken their senses, their spiritual senses. 54:49 And to be able to question of what's going on 54:51 in their spiritual life and if they're following 54:53 Jesus all the way, help us all to see what truth is, 54:56 thank you for hearing, answering prayer, 54:57 in Jesus name, amen. 55:00 The last few seconds we have, we encourage each one of you 55:03 to be studying your Bible each and everyday. 55:05 You know, don't forget to pray for us, 55:07 we need it desperately here. 55:08 And remember, the means of, he only means of support 55:11 that we have is the free will offerings of God's people, 55:13 we can continue to bring you these programs, 55:15 we love you, thank you for setting aside this time, 55:17 we'll see you next time. 55:21 Hello and we welcome back. 55:23 You know, in closing of what has been a very serious series 55:27 of messages from the book of Ezekiel Chapters 8 or 9, 55:30 I want to share this one encouraging in hopefully 55:34 hopeful statement found in another book 55:37 called The Desire of Ages, page 26 it reads. 55:41 "Our little world, under the curse of sin 55:44 the one dark blot in His glorious creation, 55:48 will be honored above all other worlds 55:50 in the universe of God. 55:52 Here where the Son of God tabernacled in humanity, 55:56 where the King of glory lived and suffered and died, 56:00 here when He shall make all things new." 56:04 Praise the Lord. 56:05 "The tabernacle of God shall be with men, 56:08 and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, 56:11 and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." 56:16 We have so very much, friends, to look forward to, 56:20 if we just hold on to God just a little bit longer. 56:24 And as always, friends, we are here to help you, 56:27 here at Behold the Lamb, we want to help you 56:29 in anyway possibly that we can. 56:33 This three part series is going to be available to you 56:36 for a love gift of just $23 or more. 56:39 Where can you better spend $23 and while 56:43 you're helping yourself and ordering this set, 56:45 please always keep in mind that you are also helping 56:48 Behold the Lamb Ministries, 56:50 to continue to bring these timely messages 56:52 into your home and around the world each and every week. 56:57 We also want to remind you that Pastor Kenny and I, 56:59 well we do travel to various churches 57:02 for weekend meetings or evangelistic crusades. 57:04 So if your congregation has a special event 57:08 and you'd like to have us there in person, 57:10 won't you contact us, the information 57:12 for all of these things is the same? 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