Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000043
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00:41 Hello, I'm Chris Shelton
00:43 and welcome to "Behold the Lamb Presents." 00:45 I believe that the message that we have for you today 00:48 is one that the whole world needs desperately to listen to. 00:52 It is entitled "Let the Redeemed Say So!" 00:56 When the Lord returns we will find that 00:58 there will only be two classes of people at that time, 01:02 the redeemed and the lost. 01:04 And this is only because we have a Savior, Jesus Christ 01:08 who first came to this earth as a baby. 01:12 And later gave His life on a cruel rugged cross 01:15 to pay our debt to sin. 01:18 He redeemed us from the enemy of souls. 01:20 He paid the price for sin that is ours to pay and not His. 01:25 But because He loved you so very, very much, 01:29 He is willing to pay the cost of transgressing God's law, 01:33 which is death. 01:34 The redeemed only exist because of Christ. 01:38 The redeemed may sing and praise the Father 01:40 only because of Christ. 01:43 We were bought with a heavy price, 01:45 the heavy price of His life. 01:48 When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior we become 01:52 His property, His redeemed to watch and care for. 01:55 What a precious and exciting news 01:58 this truly is for all of us. 02:00 But without this purchase, 02:03 we would remain lost in our sins. 02:05 We would remain the property of the enemy. 02:08 The choice is ours and one we are making on a daily basis, 02:12 whether or not we are even cognitively aware of it. 02:16 So it behooves every single person 02:19 we can get to listen to this message to do just that. 02:23 God is calling His people to get ready, 02:26 get ready and get ready for His soon return. 02:29 And we know that you want to be 02:31 a part of that number who is redeemed. 02:33 So sit back and listen to God's Spirit 02:36 speaking through His servant Pastor Kenny Shelton 02:40 as he brings us the message "Let the Redeemed Say So." 02:44 But first, let's listen to a song entitled 02:47 "Jesus Paid It All" 02:50 performed and sung by Clint McKoy. 03:04 I hear the Savior say 03:09 Thy strength indeed is small 03:14 Child of weakness, watch and pray 03:19 Find in Me thine all in all 03:28 Jesus paid it all 03:33 All to Him I owe 03:38 Sin had left a crimson stain 03:43 He washed it white as snow 03:51 Lord, now indeed I find 03:56 Thy power and Thine alone 04:01 Can change the leper's spots 04:06 And melt my heart of stone 04:15 Jesus paid it all 04:20 All to Him I owe 04:25 Sin had left a crimson stain 04:30 He washed it white as snow 04:42 And when before the throne 04:48 I stand in Him complete 04:53 I'll lay my trophies down 04:58 All down at Jesus' feet 05:06 'Cause Jesus paid it all 05:11 All to Him I owe 05:16 Sin had left a crimson stain 05:22 He washed it white as snow 05:27 Sin had left a crimson stain 05:32 He washed it white as snow 05:48 Thanks for joining us once again. 05:50 As you already heard in the introduction 05:52 our title is "Let the Redeemed Say So." 05:55 A very important message, 05:56 so I pray that you're taking a pencil and a paper, 05:59 Bible, getting things laid out there. 06:01 We have so many passages to go over, 06:03 a lot of material to cover that I know will be a blessing, 06:06 not only for those who have been with Christ for many, many years 06:10 but for those who are may be 06:11 trying to develop a relationship with Jesus. 06:14 These are things that will help you along your way 06:16 and help us as we continue on our path. 06:18 So again get everything ready. 06:20 We're gonna have prayers, we always do, 06:21 invite the Holy Spirit to come into our midst, 06:24 be able to lead and guide us into all truth. 06:27 So what you can, won't you pray with me? 06:29 Let's do that, shall we? 06:32 Merciful Father in heaven, 06:33 we thank you for the privilege of prayer. 06:35 We thank you for loving us. 06:36 We thank you for the promise where two or three 06:39 are gathered together you'll be in our midst. 06:40 Now, Lord, I ask you to forgive me of sin, 06:42 any things in my heart and life that needs not be there. 06:44 Lord, we need an open connection with You. 06:46 We need to understand Your Word. 06:48 We're living in the last minutes as it were in world's history. 06:52 So we pray as the message goes forwards today 06:54 it will be under Your direction. 06:56 May not a word be spoken 06:57 that would not be pleasing in your sight. 06:59 And we pray that Your Holy Spirit 07:01 will put power and conviction upon the hearts and lives 07:03 of those who listen and those who view. 07:05 We're gonna thank you in advance for that. 07:07 In Jesus' name, amen. 07:12 Interesting subject to me about the redeemed. 07:14 I heard people sometime they ask question, they say, 07:16 "Well, you know, redeemed-- 07:18 what's gonna happen with the redeemed? 07:19 What takes place?" 07:21 So I've just done some little quick research 07:23 and just put a few things down as we talk 07:25 about this fascinating subject about the redeemed. 07:28 They may challenge you just a little bit, 07:30 but you know what, that's all right. 07:32 Because if you have comments or questions, 07:34 you can always give us a call, you can always email, 07:36 you can always get a hold of us. 07:38 And we do appreciate that, praise God for that. 07:40 But I'm gonna say the redeemed will, 07:43 the redeemed will have all of their perplexities, 07:46 the things that they- the questions answered 07:48 that they would not have answered here on this life 07:51 will be answered by God Himself as we get to that new earth. 07:56 We're going to have-- 07:57 the redeemed is going to have glorious bodies like Jesus. 08:01 That's an awesome thing to think about. 08:03 There is a city that's built for the redeemed. 08:07 Now see you don't want to miss any of these things. 08:09 You want some things to be made plain that you couldn't write. 08:11 You want to know that you're gonna have a body like Jesus. 08:14 You're gonna last forever and ever and ever and ever. 08:16 You want to know that God has prepared a place 08:18 for them that love Him, a new city, the new Jerusalem. 08:22 The redeemed is going to have a new name. 08:24 The Bible says a new name and you know what it says, 08:26 written there-- is what written there is 08:28 "Holiness unto the Lord." 08:31 But you know we need to begin here holiness unto the Lord, 08:34 that new name and then holiness unto the Lord. 08:36 The redeemed will understand the ministry. 08:40 The redeemed will understand the ministry 08:42 that angel's have played in each of our hearts and our lives. 08:46 Sometimes we don't understand about that guardian angel. 08:48 The angel's been assigned to us 08:49 and we're just-- well, it didn't happen. 08:51 We were lucky. No, you're blessed. 08:53 But we're going to understand that ministry of angels, 08:55 the redeemed is going to. 08:58 Every provision has been made that can be made by God 09:03 for the happiness of the redeemed or the saints. 09:06 Every possible thing that could be God 09:08 has done that for you and for me. 09:12 Every sinful propensity, 09:14 every tendency is going to be removed. 09:17 Praise God for that. 09:19 Bible says, you know, sin will not rise up--what-- 09:21 again the second time. 09:23 Our face is the redeemed, 09:24 our face is going to reflect the image of Christ. 09:29 Shouldn't we begin with that right now? 09:30 Letting Him come in, others see, not us, but see Jesus? 09:35 You're going to attend-- 09:36 the redeemed will attend the greatest supper 09:38 that has ever, ever been prepared. 09:41 And Jesus is going to serve you. 09:43 Who are you? Who am I that He would serve me? 09:45 Praise God. 09:47 What a supper that's going to be. 09:50 The redeemed is going to spend much time 09:53 searching out the mysteries of redemption. 09:56 We think we can read Scripture and we can understand. 09:58 All through eternal ages, 10:00 we're gonna be searching out these mysteries of redemption. 10:02 Things that are so deep that mind just cannot comprehend, 10:05 but we will some day. 10:06 Praise God for that. 10:08 No tempter is going to be tempting the redeemed. 10:13 He's forever going to come to an end. 10:15 What a blessing that is in a thought. 10:18 All the treasures of the universe 10:21 is going to be open to the redeemed. 10:23 Nothing is going to be hid from you, you're faithful. 10:25 We're talking about things you're faithful, 10:27 you're going to be able to enjoy. 10:29 You're not some little something 10:30 floating around on a little cloud, nothing to do. 10:32 It's going to be an awesome thing 10:34 that Jesus has prepared for us, 10:36 an awesome world, awesome things for us to do and to be together. 10:41 That redeemed will be-- notice carefully--free from sin. 10:46 The redeemed will be free from sin 10:48 and all marks of the curse of sin. 10:51 People don't realize sin leaves its mark. 10:53 And boy, you can tell, 10:55 it catches you even in the world, even today. 10:56 See people we say, "Oh, they must have lived a hard life. 10:59 Taking things into their body, done different things." 11:01 There's marks that are left. 11:03 Doing wrong there's marks that are left. 11:05 They won't be in that New Jerusalem, that new city. 11:07 The redeemed will not have that. 11:10 And you know what? 11:11 The Bible says that the redeemed 11:12 will be clothed with immortality. 11:15 You want to live forever? 11:16 Everybody here on this earth wants to seem to live forever, 11:18 as long as they can, healthy and happy. 11:20 But, you know, it's not here in this world. 11:22 But there's promise to the redeemed, and not only that. 11:25 As you study the Bible you realize that 11:27 youth will be yours, beauty will be yours 11:30 because of Jesus Christ. 11:32 And just another thing, reminder. 11:34 We're talking about the redeemed here. 11:37 They are going to be eating from the tree of life. 11:40 You're going to have immortality forever with Jesus. 11:44 What a thought that is. Live with Him forever. 11:48 This is the key, the redeemed. 11:50 But how's that possible? 11:52 What does it mean to be redeemed? 11:54 You heard about the song in the opening, redeemed. 11:56 That's one of my favorites and always been, 11:58 even as a young person 12:00 is redeemed--how I love to proclaim that redeemed what? 12:03 You heard it here, by the blood of the Lamb. 12:06 You're redeemed. You're a purchased possession. 12:09 Book of Mathew 20:28 brings this clear. 12:14 I jot some down, we'll go through 12:15 several rather quickly here. 12:17 And it gives us the foundation. 12:18 So I hope what you've just heard about the redeemed will, 12:22 all of these things, many, many, many more things, 12:24 but I hope it excites you today. 12:25 And so, you know, I want to be a partaker of that. 12:28 If you remember Jesus-- Bible says in Mathew 20:28, 12:32 "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 12:37 but to minister." 12:39 Jesus came to be what? A servant. 12:41 "And to give His life a ransom for many." 12:46 Give Himself as a ransom, an exchange. 12:51 He came to be a servant. What? 12:53 For you and for me. Who are we? 12:56 1 Timothy 2:6, the Bible said, 12:58 "He gave Himself a ransom for all." 13:01 So you think maybe that, you know, well, 13:04 "I've lived such a bad life that, 13:06 you know, He's not going to accept me." 13:07 The Bible says that He came, 13:09 He gave His life for a ransom for all. 13:11 You just need to accept that today. 13:14 What a blessing that is when you think about it, 13:16 we have a chance for eternal life. 13:18 We're going to have to say Jesus, get Him on our side. 13:20 We need Him, don't we, desperately? 13:22 Book of Isaiah 51:10, 11, 13:26 there's a question here and it's kind of interesting, 13:28 too because it goes back to 13:30 where a lot of people talk about the crossing, 13:32 you know, the river, open the back up 13:34 and Israel escaping, you know, from Pharaoh. 13:36 Just, you know, little place you could ride through. 13:38 Listen to this passage, see how that, 13:40 that certainly tells us the truth. 13:42 It says, "Art thou not it which hath dried 13:45 the sea of waters of the great deep, 13:49 that hath made the depths of the sea 13:52 a way for the ransomed to pass over? 13:57 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return 14:00 and come singing into Zion." 14:03 These are powerful what God can do. 14:05 God's working miracles for His people. 14:07 He's redeemed us by His blood. 14:09 Friend, if you don't get there 14:10 because you don't want to get there. 14:12 There is a way, dear friend. It's simply what? 14:15 By the redemption, by the price it was paid for us. 14:19 Our subject, "Let the Redeemed Say So" 14:22 comes from Psalms 107:2. 14:25 It simply says, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." 14:29 Isn't it time for the redeemed to get up and say so, 14:32 instead of sit down and say nothing? 14:34 It's time why? 14:35 Because of the blessings, what He's prepared for us, 14:37 what He's done, what He's going to do, 14:39 how much He wants you there in heaven. 14:42 All the things He's promised for, 14:43 spend eternity with Him, universe learned. 14:45 Opened up avenues that we never even dreamed of 14:48 will be opened up to us. 14:50 He's offering to us. He paid the price for us. 14:53 It's time for the redeemed to say so. 14:55 In Isaiah 43:3, the Bible says, 14:58 "For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy one of Israel." 15:03 Do you know the Lord, God of Israel? 15:05 Do you know the Holy one of Israel? 15:07 If not, why not today? 15:09 If you know Him today, surely you would say 15:12 "Let the redeemed say so." 15:13 I know Him today. Praise God. 15:16 Instead of saying, "Well, I don't know if I do." 15:18 Oh, friend, you need to get to know Him today if you don't. 15:22 There's a beautiful illustration. 15:23 I like this illustration used in Scripture. 15:27 It was found in the laws that were given to Israel. 15:30 It shows the relationship that Jesus has with His people. 15:35 That's found in Leviticus 25:25. Listen carefully. 15:38 It's a beautiful, beautiful lesson for us to learn here. 15:41 It says, the Bible says, "If thy brother be waxen poor." 15:45 Most of us will stand up and say 15:46 "Woo, we fit in that class." 15:48 So if you've been waxen poor, if you're poor 15:50 and if you had to sell-- 15:52 "sold away some of his possessions, 15:55 and any of his kin come to redeem it, 15:59 then shall he redeem that which his brother sold." 16:02 Interesting, you were poor, had no money, 16:04 you had to sell your possessions. 16:06 The one responsible is the next of kin 16:09 to come and to redeem it or purchase it back. Wow. 16:13 Then it gets a little clear to us. 16:16 And also in Leviticus 25, 16:17 we'll read two verses here, 47 and 48. 16:20 It says, "If a sojourner or a stranger wax rich by thee, 16:25 they brother that dwelleth by him wax poor," and he's what? 16:30 "He has to sell himself unto the stranger or to the sojourne 16:35 by thee, or to the stock of a stranger or stranger's family." 16:40 Notice that, "After he is sold he may be redeemed again, 16:47 by one of his brethrens may redeem him." 16:51 So what is this all about? 16:54 We fall on hard times. Sell everything. 16:58 God said the nearest of kin then is going to come and do what? 17:01 Is to redeem it or to-- he'll give it back. 17:04 See here we see when a Hebrew had to sell his positions. 17:09 Listen, or had to sell himself as a servant. 17:12 And that happened many, many times. 17:15 The duty to redeem that individual or that possession 17:19 was to fall upon the nearest kin. 17:23 How about us today? We need to be redeemed. 17:26 You know, we're a purchased possession. 17:29 Let the redeemed say so, we're in trouble. 17:32 We sold out, and our nearest of kin says 17:37 "I'm going to come and I'm going to purchase you." 17:40 We're lost, what, through sin. We have nothing left. 17:44 But our nearest of kin will come and try to what? 17:46 Will buy us back. 17:48 Oh, friend, how exciting that is. 17:50 That's what--the nearest kin we have is what? 17:52 The redeemer of the world. Jesus is our nearest kin. 17:57 And He came to buy us back. 17:59 Jesus came down to this earth to redeem us. 18:04 He became our kinsman the Bible says. 18:09 That means what? 18:11 Closer than a mother, closer than a father, 18:12 than a brother, than a sister or a friend or any loved one. 18:16 He's our nearest kin. 18:19 In fact, Book of Isaiah 43:4 makes it very, very clear. 18:22 It says, "Since thou wast precious in My sight." 18:26 Can you--listen can you possibly imagine in your mind 18:30 that the God of heaven looks down at you 18:33 and looks down at me. 18:34 And He said, "You are precious in My sight." 18:38 Oh, you think about all the wrong things that maybe 18:40 you've done and all made you to go 18:41 in the wrong direction even right now. 18:43 But I'll tell you that God of heaven looks down upon you 18:46 through His Son Jesus Christ and He said 18:48 "You're precious in My sight." 18:50 "Because, you're precious in My sight, 18:52 thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee, 18:57 therefore will I give men for thee 19:00 and people for thy life." 19:03 Jesus said "I'm going to come to," what? 19:04 To redeem you. Praise God for that. Why? 19:07 Because he said "I love you. You're precious in My sight." 19:12 See we should praise God. 19:14 Every time we think about, be quick to recognize 19:16 that we have the claims of heaven 19:20 and that we belong to Jesus Christ. 19:23 We have a divine relationship with Him. 19:27 Quick to praise Him and give--God said, 19:29 why because, I am adopted. 19:31 Like where the Bible talks about adoption. 19:33 I've been adopted into the family of what? 19:36 The family of God. 19:38 And we'll talk more about that 19:39 and so I don't want you to miss that 19:41 in a few more moments here. 19:42 Talk about our kinsman. Jesus is our nearest kinsman. 19:46 In fact, Proverbs 18:24, the Bible says this, 19:50 "There is a friend that sticketh closer than a," what? 19:53 "Than a brother." 19:54 A friend that sticketh closer, who could that be? 19:57 It must be Jesus. 20:00 Mathew 12:50 says, 20:01 "For whosoever shall do the will of My Father 20:04 which is in heaven, the same 20:06 is My brother and My sister and My mother." 20:10 Jesus is making it clear. 20:11 Who's My mother? Who's My sister? 20:12 Who's My brother? Whoever does the will of God is. 20:16 He's our nearest kinsman. 20:18 1 Corinthians 15:45 just really 20:23 comes alive for us as a Christian. 20:25 When you open the pages of the Word of God 20:27 this word should be jumping out, grabbing a hold of you. 20:29 You feel something, 20:30 the spiritual goose bumps get all over you 20:32 to realize how close we are to God 20:35 and how He's so close to us wanting to help us 20:39 and to encourage us, to strengthen us 20:41 and give us victory in our life, 20:42 rather than be defeated and down all the time. 20:45 1 Corinthians 15:45, the Bible says, "The first man." 20:48 Who was the first man? It was Adam, right? 20:50 "Was made a living soul. 20:52 The last Adam was made a quickening spirit." 20:56 You see the church today needs some quickening spirit. 20:59 We need the spirit of the living God in us, 21:01 living lively stones. 21:03 Praise God for that second Adam that came 21:05 right to redeem us from what was lost by the first. 21:09 And I believe this, 21:10 it's almost time for the second coming of Jesus Christ 21:13 and some of you are waiting around, 21:15 some of you are debating whether I should accept Jesus, 21:17 some of your husband or wife 21:18 you're holding back the other one. 21:20 You know, you don't want to make a decision. 21:21 Jesus--maybe because you're, 21:23 ooh, your head may be a little bit hard. 21:24 And you don't want to really accept it, 21:26 but you know it's true. 21:27 Your wife has been showing you 21:29 or your husband has been showing you. 21:30 You know, don't put it off any longer. 21:31 Join in together. 21:33 Be part of the family, family of God. 21:34 Adopted into the family of God. Today is the day to do that. 21:39 See we have to realize that 21:41 it's time for the redemption of the purchase, 21:44 the possession to take place. 21:47 You are a precious possession to God. 21:51 Oh, listen the Bible says this. 21:53 In Psalms 37:29, it says, 21:56 "The righteous shall inherit," what? 21:58 "The righteous shall inherit the land, 22:00 and dwell therein for ever." 22:03 Everybody again wants to live forever. 22:05 You want to dwell somewhere forever. 22:06 Here's the opportunity for you. This is a sure thing. 22:09 The righteous, you've to do the right-- 22:11 doing right by the grace of God and His strength. 22:14 In Hebrews 2:11, it becomes very clear. 22:17 That Jesus when He looks at us, the Bible said 22:20 "He is not ashamed to call them brethren." 22:25 Can you possibly imagine in the life 22:27 that you have led or I have led and we look back and say 22:29 "Oh, Jesus is not ashamed to call us His brethren?" 22:34 Realize even in the human family how often we're ooh, 22:37 we're ashamed of maybe what a brother or a sister 22:40 or somebody has done in the family. 22:41 We're ashamed of them. We've done much worse. 22:44 Jesus looks down and He said, "I'm not ashamed of them. 22:47 I'm not ashamed to call them My brethren." 22:49 What a love that He has for us. 22:51 What a lesson for us to learn to glean from. 22:54 Let the redeemed say so. 22:57 See timed up, "Yes, thank you Lord for that." 23:00 You know, I've been redeemed, 23:02 the Bible said, by the blood of the Lamb. 23:05 Have you been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb? 23:07 Have you been bought--purchased? 23:10 Listen, good news for you. Good news for me. 23:12 Some of you've been in the grasp 23:14 of the enemy for a long time. 23:15 You've been a servent, you've been a slave. 23:17 You can't get away from the grasp that he has. 23:20 It's just simple here. 23:22 If the devil has you in his grasp right now, 23:25 remember this, he cannot hold any person. 23:28 No person who by faith receives Christ as His personal Savior. 23:33 All you have to do is receive Jesus as your personal Savior. 23:36 Make a commitment and the devil has to let go. 23:39 You tired of serving him? Oh, I think that you are. 23:41 It's time then to do what? 23:43 It's time to let Jesus rule 23:44 and reign in your heart and in your life. 23:46 That's what happiness is all about. 23:48 Read Colossians 1:13 and in fact the whole chapter 23:51 and boy, what a blessing will come your way. 23:53 You will not be able to put the Bible down. 23:55 You'll read that chapter. 23:56 And you'll say "Woo-we, I'm gonna read another chapter. 23:58 Woo-we, I'm gonna read another one." 24:00 You'll find you've been 2 or 3 hours in the Bible 24:01 and it went by like that. 24:04 This is important for us to know as Christians. 24:06 Don't put it off what needs to take place. 24:10 Don't put it off if you sense that you're weak today. 24:12 Don't put it off if you say I'm a sinner. 24:15 Well, we're all sinners saved by grace. 24:17 But I need a helping hand. 24:19 Right now today, this moment while you're watching, 24:22 this moment right now, 24:23 bring your weaknesses to Jesus Christ. 24:25 Bring those sinful propensities, those things in your life, 24:29 you know, the sins and the shortcomings, 24:31 the temper, the impatience, 24:33 all of these things bring them to God right now. 24:36 He is the only one, Jesus Christ, 24:38 the only one that can wash us clean. 24:40 That's what 1 John 1:9 tell us, isn't it? 24:43 He's gonna wash me whiter than snow. 24:45 I need to be washed today. You need to be washed today. 24:48 It's a simple thing to do, but by faith. 24:52 Why continue to live the life that you're living? 24:55 You're not happy with it anyway. You're not happy with yourself. 24:58 you're not happy with your companion, 24:59 You're not happy at the workplace. 25:01 You're not happy because you don't have Jesus. 25:04 That's the answer. 25:05 That's not just some little thing to be said. 25:07 That's awesome when Jesus comes into your life. 25:09 Bring those things to Him. 25:11 Now why will we bring our weakness and our, 25:13 you know, things that we do wrong to Jesus. 25:15 You know, why? 25:16 My Bible tells me as I read it there in Luke 19:10. 25:19 My Bible says that "Jesus, He came to seek," what? 25:23 "And save that which was lost." 25:26 I like that. He came to seek. 25:28 Do you realize that? 25:30 That means He came to search for me. 25:32 Wow. He came to search for me. 25:35 He came to inquire about me. 25:39 He came to seek often. 25:42 He never quits seeking you. You may turn from Him. 25:46 He's still seeking for you and to save that which was lost. 25:50 That's you. That's me. 25:51 You realize that what that word really means "save the lost?" 25:55 The lost simply means that 25:57 you are deserving of a punishment, 26:00 that you're going to be destroyed, the lost. 26:03 Did you get it? 26:04 You're going to die is what the Bible said 26:07 and to destroy fully. 26:09 So you have not a chance. 26:11 Because we're all sinners 26:12 we must accept Jesus our Lord and Savior. 26:14 We're not going anywhere. We're not going to heaven. 26:17 Wow. He came to seek and save. 26:20 And then 1 Timothy really adds more to this 26:22 to make you love Jesus even more and want to follow Him. 26:26 1 Timothy 1:15 and sad to say some of you think, 26:29 you say, "I don't have time for Him." 26:30 Well, you have time for everything else, don't you? 26:33 You have time for everything else, 26:34 but you have no time for Jesus. 26:36 Oh, friend, do you realize what you're-- 26:37 by your choices you're-- 26:38 oh, boy, you're signing your death decree for eternity. 26:42 You really are. 26:44 By your choices you're choosing destruction over living forever, 26:49 because "Well, I don't have time now." 26:51 Oh, yeah. You make time. 26:53 God will make sure all these other things 26:54 will be added unto you. 26:57 1 Timothy 1:15, the Bible says, 26:59 "He came into the world to save sinners." 27:03 Say so--you fit in that. I fit in that. 27:05 He came to the world do what? To save sinners. 27:08 To save--you know what that means? 27:10 That means to make whole. 27:11 He came to this world to make me whole 27:13 because I'm broken, because I'm a big mess. 27:16 And He wants to put me back together again. 27:18 He wants me to put-- bring me back together 27:20 like Him in His image. 27:23 He came to this world to save, but it says to deliver, 27:26 deliver me from the hand of the enemy, 27:29 which I am not capable of myself 27:31 to deliver myself from the enemy. 27:33 I hope you see that. 27:34 You are not capable on your own to do that. 27:36 I am not and no one is. 27:38 Only by the grace and strength of Jesus of Christ. 27:41 He came to save, He came to protect me. 27:44 He came to heal me. 27:45 The Bible says He came to preserve me. 27:48 That's you, too. You see this is all of us. 27:50 That's why He came down here. 27:52 There was no chance for humanity. 27:54 When sin came into the world, He was our only way out. 27:58 Hebrew 7:25, oh, I like this passage. 28:00 It said, also "He came to save to the uttermost." 28:04 People say, "I don't know"--uttermost. 28:06 He came into the world to do what? 28:09 To the uttermost. He came to entice. 28:12 He came to love. He came to encourage. 28:15 He's talking about here any and all. 28:19 To uttermost, any, all, who's willing to come to Him. 28:23 Bring to completion is what this word means. 28:26 He's willing, praise God for that. 28:28 Now when I read this thing 28:29 I need to think of the sermon title 28:31 "Let the Redeemed Say So." Get encouraged with it today. 28:35 We have a lot to be encouraged with. 28:38 Interesting, in Galatians 4:5, 7 and notice what it says. 28:43 It says, "When the fullness of time was come, 28:47 God sent forth His Son." When what? 28:49 "When the fullness of time has come, 28:51 He sent forth His Son." 28:52 Let me just make a quick comment here. 28:54 "He sent forth His son." 28:55 Do you realize this? 28:57 This implies the pre-existence of Jesus Christ 29:01 when people say He didn't exist until the world came in. 29:04 Not to study on it, but think about it. 29:07 Jesus came to the world, the Bible said, 29:09 "He was made of a woman." 29:10 He was made in what? 29:12 Humanity, He bore humanity. 29:14 "He was made under the law." 29:17 People start saying, "Oh, here--but no that means 29:19 He was subject to the law's requirements. What? 29:24 Just like you, just like me. 29:26 Verse 5 continues on, it says, 29:28 "He came to redeem them which were under the law 29:31 that we might receive," 29:32 I like this, "the adoptions of son." 29:35 The adoption of son. 29:37 Verse 7, "Wherefore thou art no more a servant." 29:40 I can tell you that. 29:41 Because you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior 29:43 you're no longer a servant as it were of the enemy. 29:46 You now, because you've accepted Him 29:48 you become a son, you become a daughter 29:51 and because of that you become heir of God through Christ. 29:56 Wow, an heir? 29:57 That means I'm gonna share in eternity. 30:00 With all that God has, the universe, 30:02 I have a share in it. 30:04 Unworthy, but I have a share 30:06 because it's promised to me here. 30:08 I'm an inheritor is what the Bible said. 30:10 I'm a possessor of it. 30:13 Patrimony, you heard that word? 30:15 You know what that means? 30:16 In a marriage He's talking about here, 30:18 that's property inherited from ones father. 30:22 I have inherited by faith some property of my father's. 30:25 How about you? 30:26 It's as sure as I'm talking about here today. 30:29 It's soon to come. 30:30 You're soon to see it. 30:32 We, just, will live by faith. 30:34 Let the redeemed say so, this is beautiful. 30:37 You think that God--I have heard people talk about this. 30:39 If God knew all this is going to happen why do you let-- 30:42 listen God knew everything. 30:44 He knows everything from the very beginning. 30:47 He knew that Adam would fall 30:49 through the deceptive powers of the old enemy. 30:54 And so we see the plan of salvation 30:55 then was designed to do something. 30:58 Listen, it was designed to redeem the fallen race. 31:03 To give us another-- we call it second chance, 31:06 to give us another trial because we fell so short. 31:10 God didn't have to do that. 31:12 But He loves you that much. He loves me that much. 31:14 He wants to give us another chance, 31:16 but we need to come to Him. 31:19 Friend, do you realize that 31:20 Christ was from the very beginning as we think back? 31:24 He was appointed the office of the mediator. 31:27 He's our mediator, one mediator between God and man. 31:30 That's Jesus Christ. 31:32 The wing of the Holy Spirit right to the foot of the cross. 31:36 He's our substitute, He's our surety. 31:39 You need not doubt it today. 31:41 Doubt is from the devil. 31:42 Oh, it's just sad to talk to people every day, 31:45 read the Bible passage and you say 31:46 "Oh, boy, I wish I could believe that." 31:48 The devil's got your mind. 31:50 You can believe it. 31:52 Jesus is our-- He's our substitute. 31:54 He's our surety that one day He would come to this world. 32:00 Divinity, humanity, working together. You know what? 32:04 As He came to this world 32:05 though His divinity would be enshrouded. 32:07 Do you get it? Enshrouded in humanity. 32:11 You say "Well, what's that?" 32:12 You remember in Hebrews 10:5 what it tells us? 32:16 It says here that "A body has thou prepared for me." 32:21 Jesus came down, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. What? 32:24 To redeem the human race. Let us say so. 32:27 And as He came down a body 32:28 was prepared for Him to inhabit, you see. 32:31 Fully divine, fully human. 32:34 Remember He did nothing that you and I can't have today. 32:36 Praise God for that. 32:37 This is exciting when you think about it. 32:39 So you see He didn't come in human form 32:42 until the fullness of time, 32:44 that passage says, had expired. 32:47 And then when He did what? 32:48 He came as a babe in Bethlehem, 32:51 fully human, once again, fully divine. 32:55 But by His obedience-- obedience to what? 32:59 Obedience to all the commandments of God. 33:01 Keep this in mind. 33:03 Jesus won the battle over the enemy, praise God. 33:07 He made it possible for us to have eternal life, 33:10 that all could be saved. 33:12 Don't you think that's kind of what it means 33:14 when we just read in Galatians 4:4 33:16 "When the fullness of time was come, 33:19 God sent forth His son, made of a woman, 33:22 made under the law?" 33:23 Did you get that? 33:25 Let's discuss this rather quickly. 33:27 When the fullness of time, 33:28 the Bible is talking about when the fullness of time is come-- 33:31 or at the appointed time, 33:33 the prophecies have said that Jesus would come. 33:35 You read Daniel 8:14, 2,300 days in the sanctuary be cleansed. 33:39 You begin it-- you see when Jesus come, 33:40 the Messiah, you see how long His ministry. 33:42 You see Him death on the cross. 33:44 So in the fullness of time Jesus came at the right time. 33:48 And what? We're talking about humanity. 33:51 But you know what? What did He accept? 33:53 What nature did He really accept? 33:56 Did He accept the nature about, 33:58 you know, the sinful nature of man? 34:01 No sin in Him. 34:02 What nature did He really accept? 34:04 Let me read a few things. 34:05 We have such a discussion along this issue sometime 34:08 and it's so sad. We shouldn't have. 34:10 It's so clear, so plain. 34:12 What nature did Christ take? 34:15 Remember, the redeemed have to say so. 34:18 It's important, dear friend. 34:20 He's my substitute and my surety. 34:23 Remember, when Jesus came to this earth, 34:27 He took Adam's place with the risk of failure 34:32 and loss, eternal loss. 34:35 He didn't come down here to make-believe. 34:37 He didn't come down here 34:38 and all He knew what was all going to work out. 34:41 He came down here with that if He had sinned, 34:43 He would have been lost for eternity 34:45 and the world would have been lost. 34:46 Oh, wow, what a price at the risk of failure. 34:53 Number two, He accepted human form 34:56 with all of this ills and its problems. 34:59 Now what do I mean by that? 35:01 He accepted human form with all of its liabilities. 35:05 He didn't have an edge on you 35:06 and He didn't have an edge on me. 35:08 If He did He could not be my Savior. 35:09 Many people are arguing that today 35:11 because they want to make an excuse for their sinful life, 35:13 not gaining victory over anything. 35:16 He accepted the liabilities. 35:18 I didn't say assets, I said the liabilities. 35:23 He took the infirmities of humanity 35:26 and He lived a sinless life. 35:28 Praise God for that. 35:29 That's good news. 35:32 He took upon His sinless nature man's sinful nature. Wow. 35:40 He took man's nature degraded and defiled by sin. 35:46 There should be no question. 35:47 The argument what nature did He take? 35:49 Adam's before the sin or Adam's after? Definitely after. 35:56 Degraded, devoured by sin. 35:59 He took man's nature in its deteriorated condition. 36:03 Very simply put. 36:05 He took man's nature in its fallen condition. 36:09 He defeated Satan in the same nature Adam had when he failed. 36:14 Not when he was without sin. 36:15 Did you get it? Fallen nature. 36:18 He won it. Praise God, He won the battle. 36:21 He took that nature after 4,000 years of digression. 36:25 He didn't take it at the time of Adam. 36:26 He took it where He came in after 4,000 years, 36:30 how the sin--human race was going down, down, down. 36:33 He took it right then, right there to be my substitute. 36:37 He had no way. Praise God for that. 36:39 It's clear. 36:41 Jesus defeated Satan on every point in our behalf. 36:49 And because Jesus defeated the enemy on every point, 36:53 let the redeemed say so, thank you Lord for that. 36:57 Why? Because we sinned. 36:58 We've come short of the glory of God. 36:59 In order to really realize once again the value of salvation, 37:03 we must understand what? 37:06 We must understand what it cost. 37:09 In John 3:16, what does the Bible say? 37:13 "God so loved the world." 37:15 "Three Testimonies," 88 says it like this, 37:18 "The soul is of infinite value. 37:21 Its worth can only be estimated by the price paid to ransom it." 37:27 And naturally what did it say? 37:28 "Calvary! Calvary! Calvary!" 37:31 That's the price that was paid. 37:33 Do you see how important you are? 37:35 The value of a soul. 37:37 Praise God for the provision 37:39 that's been made for the human race. 37:42 What a provision. We can be washed. 37:47 Now is the time the Bible says 37:49 we need to wash our robes. Where? 37:52 You know what that means, washing your robe? 37:54 It means washing your character. 37:56 Come on, somebody stay with me. 37:57 Washing your character and to make them white 38:00 in the blood of the Lamb. 38:01 The only way your robe can be made white, 38:03 your character could be what it needs to be to occupy 38:05 heaven is to washing in the blood of the Lamb. 38:08 That's what Revelation 7:14 tells us. 38:11 But there is a place that we can wash. 38:14 Praise God for that. 38:16 There's a fountain that has been prepared 38:19 by the flowing blood of Jesus Christ for me. 38:22 It's been prepared at an infinite cost 38:25 that we just can't understand. 38:27 We think we can we can understand. 38:30 It's expensive. But you know what? 38:34 The fountain is prepared, everything you need is prepared, 38:37 but Jesus will not wash them away. 38:40 You have to come to the fountain. 38:42 He just then removed the spots and the stains 38:44 and of sin without us doing anything on our part. 38:50 So what do you mean by that? 38:51 How's it accomplished? Simply, my friend, it's simple. 38:55 Listen, by faith, by faith we may hold the merits 38:59 and plead the blood of Jesus Christ. 39:03 And through His grace and through His power 39:05 we can overcome sins, imperfections of character. 39:10 Think about that. 39:11 Through the blood of Jesus Christ 39:13 we can become victorious, through the blood of the Lamb. 39:16 Friend, what He's offering to us today is awesome. 39:20 You're here just for a few short years of time 39:23 and life and it's soon to pass away. 39:25 And then what? It's heaven or hell. 39:28 Somebody live a long like you think you're gonna live forever. 39:31 You're not gonna live forever, not here. 39:33 In the time you made a decision to say 39:35 "I wanna be victorious. 39:37 I wanna be"-- and Romans 8:37 says, 39:39 "I want to be more than a conqueror 39:41 through Jesus Christ." 39:42 It's not just so you can conquer, 39:44 He said, Brother Jim, you can be more than a conqueror. 39:47 He says that to all the human race. What? 39:49 Through Him. Why? 39:50 Because He conquered everything. 39:51 He conquered the devil on everything 39:53 that He had to face Him with 39:54 and that was everything the devil could throw at Him. 39:57 Praise God He did it. 39:58 And He said I did it because Kenny needed it. 40:01 He had to have it. There's no other way out. 40:06 Through His blood, oh, precious brothers and sisters, 40:09 you can be washed whiter than the snow. 40:11 You know what the Bible says. 40:13 You've read Isaiah 1:18. 40:16 It says He will take our sins though our sins be as scarlet. 40:20 Oh, He'll make them white. 40:21 Oh, praise God. Let the redeemed say so. 40:25 Makes you love Him more, 40:26 you think about 1 Corinthians 7:23. 40:29 It says "You are bought with," what? Come on. 40:31 Good, I heard somebody. 40:32 All right what? By faith, I can hear him. 40:34 You said "You are bought with a price. 40:38 But "be," what? "Be not ye the servants of men." 40:41 Too many men pleasers today. 40:43 Jesus said "You are bought with a price." 40:45 You think you're your own today. 40:47 Everybody think, "Oh, I'm on my own. 40:48 I am on my own." 40:49 You're bought with a price, whether you accept it or not. 40:51 He's brought-- He's paid the price for you. 40:54 Oh, man, I think about that. 40:56 What does it mean? 40:57 You're bought with a price, so that tells me you're valuable. 41:01 Every soul is valuable. Why? 41:03 Because Jesus died. He gave His life for it. 41:05 It makes valuable, doesn't it? 41:06 To the highest degree, 41:09 that's what the price that was paid, 41:11 to the very highest that could be paid for anything, 41:13 but Jesus paid it all. 41:14 All to Him, the Bible says--what? 41:16 That song says "all to Him," what you owe. 41:20 Praise God. You're bought with a price. 41:23 It means you're purchased. 41:25 It's what the word means. 41:26 It means going to buy something. 41:28 It's talking about here to be-- to be--come on, redeemed. Yes. 41:33 To go to the market. Wow. 41:36 So you and I go to the market because what? 41:38 We live the life and we sin. 41:41 We're sinners. We're dead. 41:44 There's no hope for us. 41:45 You're hanging there as it were there's no hope for us. 41:49 And then Jesus comes by and said 41:50 "Oh, you're a peculiar treasure to Me. 41:53 You're precious in My sight. 41:54 I'm going to purchase you." 41:56 And then there's a bickering that goes on. 41:58 The devil says, "I want him." 41:59 Jesus says, "No, I want them." 42:02 The devil said "I'm gonna pay this." 42:03 Jesus said, "I am going to pay it all." 42:06 All of heaven would be empty. 42:09 Then Jesus says, comes right down to it, 42:11 "I will die for that one person, for the whole world." 42:16 What a possession. 42:19 We're sold to the highest bidder and that's Jesus Christ, 42:24 because He gave all, all to Him I owe. 42:29 Let the redeemed say so. 42:33 You realize this people are-- 42:34 conversions begin to come here in these last days. 42:38 Truth, you realize this truth is being presented. 42:41 You're going to excite the devil. 42:43 You're going to have him out 42:45 just like working, working, working, working. 42:47 Then people begin to-- hearts and life change 42:50 and they come to the knowledge of the truth 42:52 and it's going to happen here in these last days. 42:54 Hang on, saints. 42:56 They're gonna be flocking into the church, 42:58 but the church has to be ready to receive them. 43:00 It's going to surprise individuals. 43:01 It's gonna surprise the church. 43:04 They'll come in so quickly. 43:07 And then God's name and God's name alone 43:09 will be glorified. 43:11 It seemed when Paul was here on earth, 43:13 his work was targeted to the what? 43:15 To the Gentiles of giving the message of Jesus. 43:18 But you know what the message he always gave to them? 43:20 He led them to view 43:22 the beautiful truths of God's love. Wow. 43:27 How that goes along? 43:28 Jesus said "If I be lifted up will draw all men unto me." 43:32 And He went on to talk about in Romans 8:32. 43:35 He said "He spared not His own Son, 43:37 but delivered him up," wow, "for us, 43:41 how shall He not give us freely all things?" Wow. 43:48 The people, they said "Paul, what do you mean by this? 43:53 Why was there such an immense sacrifice required?" 43:59 I hear people talk about 44:01 "all this you're talking about the death of Jesus, 44:03 all He went through. Why was that required?" 44:06 Then Paul had an opportunity to go back just like you will 44:09 to the sanctuary service and the types and the shadows, 44:13 and he went to the Old Testament, 44:15 a Scripture and was revealing Jesus Christ. 44:18 So he had a chance to lead them through Scripture, 44:20 lead them to Jesus Christ and he revealed Jesus Christ, 44:24 notice this, that something they were fighting in the law. 44:29 And as they saw Jesus in the law, 44:32 many were converted to Christ, and notice this, and to the law. 44:39 We need to listen to that. 44:40 We need to approach it as such. 44:43 I'm very convinced as where truth is taught, 44:46 wherever around the world today. 44:50 Taught and lived by the people, conversions will come. 44:54 God's promised us that. 44:56 They'll come, that's good news. 44:59 But Peter says, he warns us as people begin to come in 45:03 or you see conversions taking place, 45:04 the devil is wide awake, 45:06 but he's gonna bring in some false ones. 45:07 You know the people of God, the redeemed need to say so. 45:10 The redeemed have to stand for what truth is. 45:13 Not sit back and say, "Well I'm not sure." 45:15 Why aren't you sure? 45:17 Maybe you haven't studied. Maybe you don't know. 45:19 Peter said it like this, 45:21 "There were false prophets also among the people, 45:25 even as there shall be false teachers among you. 45:30 You privately bring in them about what? Heresies. 45:36 He's talking here complete ruin. 45:38 They bring stuff into the churches that are lies. 45:41 They are heresies. 45:42 They bring destruction, loss and it destroys fully. 45:46 That's what the word means. Wow. 45:50 They bring doubt into the church. 45:54 Even the Bible goes on to say that the Lord 45:56 that brought them upon themselves swift destruction. 46:00 Now think about. 46:02 They bring in these false doctrines 46:04 and these false teachings and people accept them 46:08 and then by accepting them it brings in what? Destruction. 46:12 So there's something about the truth, isn't there? 46:15 There's something about knowing what truth is. 46:18 It does make a difference and I hear people say 46:20 "It doesn't matter what we believe." Yes it does. 46:24 Everybody has his own opinion. 46:26 That's your problem. That's mine. 46:28 And your opinion doesn't count, mine doesn't either. 46:29 It's the Word of God, weight of evidence and Scripture. 46:33 Isaiah 9:15 talks about these false prophets and the truth. 46:40 Now listen carefully. 46:41 "The ancient and the honorable." 46:42 Who are the ancient 46:44 or who is the ancient and the honorable? 46:45 "He is the head." 46:47 Christ is the head of the church, but notice this. 46:49 "The prophet that teaches lies he is the tail." 46:53 Ooh, lot of tails around there, aren't they? 46:55 Can I just be so plain with you? 46:58 Person that's teaching lies whether they know it or not, 47:00 dear friend, the Bible says that's the tail. 47:03 Haven't we been, ooh, the tail long enough 47:05 and at time we occupy the position 47:07 where God said we need to be? 47:10 You can be assured that the enemy of souls has shown up 47:13 and he's bringing some heirs with him 47:15 and these heirs are prepared to do this, 47:18 to deal the spiritual perceptions 47:22 of two classes of people. 47:23 Mention them a little bit later if we have more time, 47:25 but the two classes, number one-- 47:26 you may fit-- in fact, 47:28 you might fit in one or two of these or may be both. 47:31 Those who have little experience in the Word of God 47:36 and the workings of the Holy Spirit, 47:38 the enemy is focusing on you. 47:42 Two, those who are satisfied-- this is deadly. 47:46 Those who are satisfied 47:47 with a very limited spiritual knowledge. 47:51 See, you say, "Well, oh, I'm not." 47:53 Well, you're not studying, you're not reading, 47:54 you're not praying about so you must be satisfied 47:57 with that limited knowledge. 47:58 The devil is waiting for you. 48:00 He's waiting for me if that be the case. 48:04 Now let me make this statement, 48:06 because it talks specifically 48:08 about these two classes of people. 48:10 First of all, there is no Bible sanctification 48:14 for those who cast out a part of truth or leave it behind. 48:19 No Bible sanctification. 48:21 Without being sanctified, dear friends, 48:23 we will not make it to heaven. 48:26 Simply put, you cannot catch that one portion of truth, 48:28 you just can't do it, and be sanctified. 48:31 Look at Bible sanctification quickly. 48:34 The Bible teaches sanctification. 48:37 Remember, sanctification is what? Come on. 48:40 Good, the work of a lifetime. It's progressive. 48:46 In the earthly sanctuary-- quickly, justification where? 48:49 Outer court. 48:50 Sanctification, first department, right? 48:53 Perfection, holiness, victory in the most holy place. 48:57 Paul said this. Let's go-- true Bible sanctification. 49:00 Now remember we must by God's grace obtain this. 49:04 Paul said, 1 Thessalonians 4:3. 49:07 "This is the will of God, even your sanctification." 49:10 The will of God is what? 49:11 That we are sanctified. 49:13 So what does that mean? 49:14 Sanctification, sanctified means to be made holy, 49:19 to consecrate oneself, to purify. 49:22 Is God coming after a purified people 49:24 or people who are still wallowing around in their sins? 49:27 He's coming back after a people who are consecrated, 49:29 people who are made holy. 49:30 This is the will of God is what the Bible said. 49:32 1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, 49:35 "The very God of peace sanctify you wholly." 49:40 Not part way, there's no such thing. 49:42 Sanctify you what? Wholly. 49:44 Bible teaches that sanctification 49:47 is how and how it's obtained. 49:49 So I go to the Word of God, I can understand sanctification 49:52 and how it's to be obtained. 49:54 Jesus said this in John 17:17, what? 49:58 Good you know it. 49:59 "Sanctify them through Thy truth, Thy word is truth." 50:04 So we're sanctified, made holy, set apart, consecrated, 50:07 purified by knowing what? 50:09 What truth is. It's that simple. 50:11 The devil then is doing, what? 50:13 We talked about, to dim us spiritually 50:14 so we don't understand what truth is or we just don't care. 50:17 We're satisfied with our limited, right? 50:20 I've got to know enough, that's plenty. 50:22 I don't need to know. No. 50:25 The devil's waiting on them. 50:27 Sanctification, Romans 15:16 says-- 50:29 Paul teaches us this, listen, 50:31 that the believers are to be sanctified by, what? 50:35 By the Holy Ghost. By the Holy Spirit. 50:37 So sanctification by knowing the truth, 50:39 the Holy Spirit then working in us, right, through us. 50:42 We need the spirit of the living God in us. 50:45 So what is the word-- work of the Holy Spirit then? 50:50 Jesus told His disciples in John 16:13. 50:53 He said, "When he, the Spirit of truth is come 50:56 he will guide you into all truth." 50:58 Why are we throwing out these passages? 51:00 I don't understand it. 51:01 When the Spirit of truth-- 51:03 when the Holy Spirit is living in your heart 51:04 the evidence is you will know what truth is. 51:06 That's the Holy Spirit working. 51:09 Psalmist tells us, very quickly-- 51:11 he says, "Thy law is the truth." 51:13 Oh, how interesting it is. 51:15 So we have the word directed by the power of the Holy Spirit, 51:19 it gives us the principles of righteousness. 51:22 They are open to men so they can understand it. 51:25 Which are what? 51:27 Embodied in the Ten Commandment law of God. 51:30 There they are. Sanctify them through-- 51:32 I would not know what sin is had it not been for the law. 51:37 You say "Well, now wait now. 51:39 It's going a little too far." Really? 51:41 You know what the Bible talks about here in Roman 7:12? 51:43 Since the law is holy and it's just and it's good 51:47 and it is a transcript of divine perfection, it makes sense. 51:52 If you're thinking it through now, 51:53 you haven't put up that wall, it makes sense. 51:55 The character, listen, the character-- 51:57 only thing you can take with you to heaven is formed by obedience 52:00 to the law of God and then we become, what? 52:03 Holy through Him. Wow. 52:07 Christ is our example, is He not? 52:09 See if you're fighting this, Christ is our example. 52:11 Is He not? Yes, He is. 52:13 Perfect example. 52:15 Here's what He said in John 15:10, 52:17 Jesus said, "I have kept my Father's commandments." 52:20 Man, that's pretty simple. 52:21 Then He goes on to make it even clear. 52:22 John 8:29, Jesus tells us, 52:24 "I, Jesus do always those things that please Him." 52:29 Do you always do the things that please the God? 52:30 So Jesus said. 52:32 He said, "I kept my Father's commandments." 52:34 So who are we to say, "Well, we don't have to keep them?" 52:35 Well, you be careful with that kind of talk. 52:39 We're to be like Him. The Bible is clear. 52:41 By His grace through faith, 52:43 this is real Bible sanctification. 52:46 The devil is trying to throw it out, dim. 52:48 Let the redeemed say so in the time. 52:51 You can be sure of what day when this message is being taught. 52:55 Enemy soul is upset-- really upset with us. 52:59 I talked about today quickly, 53:01 and our time is short, false prophets. 53:04 We're talking about seducers, professed believers, 53:07 teachers, doctrines of devils, the deceivers. 53:10 These groups are more dangerous 53:12 than persecution to the Christians. 53:13 And, man, they're all around us. 53:15 And you are not going to be able to identify them 53:16 if you don't know what the Word said. 53:18 You're going to be like everybody else's. 53:19 Well, one reads this and it says this 53:21 and the other reads that and it says this right here. 53:22 You need to know what you have to believe. 53:24 Let the redeemed say so, let them stand. Why? 53:27 Because you're bought with a price. 53:29 You say "Well, I'm not sure that's more than persecution." 53:31 You know what Jesus said? 53:33 Remember, Mathew 24, the disciples said, 53:34 real quickly, they said to Jesus, you know, 53:36 "Tell us about the things, you know, the end of the world." 53:38 And first thing Jesus said, "Be careful of deceivers." 53:42 He warns us over 3 to 4 different times 53:44 in Mathew 24, deceivers. 53:47 These groups I'll tell you 53:49 what they're up to is two simple steps, 53:50 quickly, two simple steps. 53:51 They want to undermine, 53:53 these deceivers want to undermine 53:54 the confidence and truth of God's Word. 53:56 Number two, they want to make it impossible 53:59 to distinguish between truth and heir. 54:03 Well, I'm telling you, dear friend, 54:04 we have to realize that truth is so important. 54:08 We don't have time to finish all our study, 54:09 but I'm gonna encourage you with this. 54:11 Get into the Word of God. 54:12 You are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. 54:15 You are a purchased possession. 54:17 You are the redeemed and because you are, say so. 54:20 Tell the world about it, that Jesus is coming. 54:22 You want to be a part of it. I want to pray for you. 54:24 I know that some are making decisions right now. 54:27 You didn't realize how precious 54:28 that you are in the sight of Jesus Christ. 54:30 You've accepted Him as your Lord and Savior. 54:33 Why don't we pray together right now? 54:35 Why don't we-- the redeemed will say so. 54:36 All that's hearing the voice are gonna pray with me right now, 54:39 that there are those who've accepted Jesus 54:40 as their Lord and Savior right now, 54:42 and again not just for a few moments, not for a month, 54:44 but till Jesus comes and spend eternity with Him. 54:47 Let's pray and thank Him right now. Shall we? 54:48 Father in Heaven, we truly thank You for Your Word. 54:51 Thank You for reminding us that we need to be sanctified, 54:54 set apart, made holy 54:56 that we may occupy the portals of glory. 54:58 Lord, help us we pray. 55:00 Those now who've made that decision for Jesus, 55:01 they've sensed they're one of these outcast. 55:04 They sense that their life has been so miserable, 55:07 but now they see Jesus who came to seek and save 55:09 that which was lost, that was us. 55:11 And, Lord, today they make that decision. 55:13 I pray that You give them power of Thy Holy Spirit 55:15 to gain victory in their hearts and their life 55:16 and be ready for the coming of Jesus is my prayer. 55:19 I thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. 55:23 Don't forget as you thank about these sayings 55:24 from day to day be praying for these individuals. 55:26 You may not know them. 55:27 You may not have a name, but pray. 55:29 And then while you're praying, 55:30 would you pray for Behold the Lamb Ministries? 55:32 Oh, how we need your prayer. 55:33 Pray that God will help us to continue, 55:35 to be impressed with the message of the our present truth. 55:38 And realize as we bring these programs to you, 55:41 we realize there's a cost 55:43 and we don't talk a whole lot about it. 55:44 But, you know, pray what God would have you to do. 55:46 The only way we can get these to you 55:48 is by the free will offerings of God's people. 55:51 So why don't you pray about that? 55:53 Why don't you sit down and just think about it 55:54 and say, "God, what would you have me to do?" 55:57 This is the hour in which this message 55:58 must go forward with real power, only the Spirit can give it. 56:01 Help us to do that. 56:02 We love you, appreciate what you're doing 56:04 and continue to do it. We'll see you next time. 56:08 Welcome back. 56:10 Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it. 56:12 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. 56:15 Redeemed through His infinite mercies. 56:18 His child and forever I am. 56:21 This too may be your song to sing for eternity. 56:24 All you have to do is sincerely accept Christ 56:28 and His gift of redemption into your heart today, 56:31 at this very moment in fact. 56:34 Then begin to study His Word 56:36 and share what Christ has done and is doing for you. 56:40 And let us know about it as well. 56:41 We would love to hear from you. 56:44 You may also wish to obtain a copy of this message, 56:47 "Let the Redeemed Say So" to view again 56:49 or even several copies to share with family and friends 56:53 to remind them of God's great love. 56:56 An individual copy is being offered to you 56:59 for a love gift of just $8.00 or more 57:01 and will arrive in a beautiful jacket for you 57:04 to add to your DVD library. 57:06 We are offering a very special sharing price today 57:10 to better enable you to share this message 57:13 with your family and your friends. 57:15 You may order 10 copies of the very same message 57:18 to be sent to you in simple paper sleeves 57:21 for easy distribution for a love gift of just $35.00 or more. 57:27 All you need to do is call us here 57:28 in the United States at area code 618-942-5044, 57:34 Central Standard Time or write us 57:37 at the Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:38 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:43 You may email us at BeholdThe LambMinistries@yahoo.com. 57:48 And as always you can order on our website 57:50 at www.BeholdTheLamb Ministries.com. 57:54 My dear, dear friends, until next time 57:57 may our precious Lord continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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