Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000050
|
00:41 Hello and welcome to "Behold the Lamb Presents."
00:44 I'm Chris Shelton your host and I want to warmly welcome 00:47 and invite you to a very informative and needful study. 00:52 Today, we will be examining a movement 00:55 that has been sweeping through Christendom 00:57 beginning many years ago with the Roman Catholic Jesuits 01:01 then moving through the orthodox churches 01:04 and now finding a new home 01:06 with the new mixture of proponents in 01:08 and among mainstream protestant and evangelical churches. 01:13 This movement I'm referring to is called "Spiritual Formation." 01:18 In a web post I visited by Bill Cork 01:21 posted on July 5, 2010, entitled "Thought 01:25 on Spiritual Formation" I read this. 01:28 "The expression, 'Spiritual Formation,' 01:31 originated in Catholic seminaries 01:34 and religious communities. 01:36 For religious communities, including monasteries, 01:39 it is a period of introduction to that community's life, 01:43 traditions, and ways of prayer. 01:45 The person is immersed in this new way of living, 01:49 and taught what it means, and guided by experienced 01:53 brothers or sisters through the time of transition. 01:56 It is a period of probation, in which both the community 02:00 and the individual discern 02:02 whether this is the right place for them to be. 02:06 For Catholic seminaries, formation covers 02:08 all that is involved in developing 02:11 priestly spirituality developing the whole person, 02:15 nurturing spiritual life, honing the intellect, 02:19 and inculcating the pastoral heart." 02:22 "Spiritual Formation" sounds somewhat innocent 02:25 by this definition but as one becomes 02:28 more familiar with its evolvement 02:31 into the various mainstream churches of today, 02:34 we find that it has new proponents 02:36 such as this term contemplative prayer, 02:40 spiritual discipline and so on. 02:43 So ask yourself, is adopting spiritual formation 02:47 into our churches, into our personal lives 02:50 a blessing or is it possibly a curse? 02:54 A wolf as it were disguised in sheep's clothing. 02:58 I want you to stay tuned and listen to Pastor Kenny 03:02 as he opens up to us what the Lord has revealed to him 03:05 in the study of "Spiritual Formation" 03:08 that he has entitled 03:10 "Spiritual Formation" a blessing or a curse?" 03:14 It's a subject that you need to be aware of 03:18 but first we're blessed to visit the 3ABN worship center 03:21 and listen to a song entitled "Satisfied" 03:25 by Donna Shurley and Jack Crosby. 03:33 All my life long I had panted 03:38 For a drink from some cool spring 03:44 That I hoped would quench the burning 03:49 Of the thirst I felt within 03:54 Hallelujah I have found Him 03:59 Whom my soul so long has craved 04:05 Jesus satisfies my longings 04:10 Through His blood I now am saved 04:18 Feeding on the husk around me 04:23 Till my strength was almost gone 04:28 Longed my soul for something better 04:33 Only still to hunger on 04:39 Hallelujah I have found Him 04:44 Whom my soul so long has craved 04:49 Jesus satisfies my longings 04:54 Through His blood I now am saved 05:02 Poor I was and sought for riches 05:07 Something that would satisfy 05:13 But the dust I gathered round me 05:18 Only mocked my soul's sad cry 05:23 Hallelujah I have found Him 05:29 Whom my soul so long has craved 05:34 Jesus satisfies my longings 05:39 Through His blood I now am saved 05:47 Well of water ever springing 05:52 Bread of life so rich and free 05:58 Untold wealth that never faileth 06:03 My Redeemer is to me 06:08 Hallelujah I have found Him 06:14 Whom my soul so long has craved 06:19 Jesus satisfies my longings 06:24 Through His blood I now am saved 06:29 Hallelujah I have found Him 06:35 Whom my soul so long has craved 06:40 Jesus satisfies my longings 06:45 Through His blood I now am saved 06:51 Through His blood I now am saved 07:07 Thanks for joining us once again. 07:09 We praise the Lord for each and everyone of you 07:11 and as my wife had mentioned in the introduction, 07:14 this is an important study. 07:16 And we feel like that all the studies 07:18 that we do here at Behold the Lamb, 07:19 they are important because what? 07:20 They're based upon the word of God. 07:22 And we feel that power of the Holy Spirit 07:24 that is called "Present True." 07:27 warnings need to be given inside and outside the church. 07:30 So as God lays it on your heart 07:32 and my heart today about this study, 07:35 I want to read a couple of passages of scripture to you 07:37 before we go to God in prayer. 07:39 Found in the Book of Psalms Chapter 40 07:42 read verses about 1 through 4 and as we do, 07:44 I want you to meditate and think up on these things. 07:48 David said, "I waited patiently for the Lord. 07:51 He inclined unto me, and he heard my cry. 07:55 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, 07:59 out of a miry clay, He set my feet upon a rock, 08:03 and established my goings. 08:06 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, 08:09 even praise unto our God. 08:11 Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord." 08:17 Listen to verse 4. 08:18 "Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, 08:23 and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies." 08:29 Also in Psalms 43:3, the Bible says this, 08:34 "O send out thy light and thy truth, 08:37 let them lead me, 08:38 let them bring me unto thy holy hill, 08:41 and to thy tabernacle." 08:44 Oh, how desperately we need light 08:46 and how desperately we need truth today 08:48 that's going to lead us to the throne room of God. 08:52 We need to go to Him in prayer. 08:53 We study this fascinating subject of taking the world 08:57 and the Christian World maybe by surprise 09:00 as we're talking about "Spiritual Formation." 09:02 Is it good? Is it bad? 09:04 What does God's word say about it? 09:06 We need prayer. So why don't you-- 09:08 well, you can kneel with me, let's pray, those of you cannot, 09:10 you can just pray to the Lord and we need those prayer. 09:13 So please pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance. 09:17 Merciful God in Heaven, we thank You for Your love 09:20 and Your mercy and Your long suffering. 09:22 Bless us now we pray with the power of thy Holy Spirit, 09:24 give us understanding of Your word. 09:26 Forgive me of any sin, anything in my heart 09:29 and life that needs not be there. 09:30 How we need to hear from heaven today. 09:32 How the devil is angry. 09:33 He doesn't want this subject to go forth. 09:35 Doesn't want people to understand it. 09:37 He does not want to be unmasked. 09:38 So he is furiously mad but in the name of Jesus, 09:41 we give you praise, give you honor 09:43 and give you glory because it will go forward. 09:46 It will come across to the power of thy Holy Spirit. 09:49 Give us the people I pray understanding 09:51 and we pray to anoint my mouth and my mind and my tongue. 09:54 In Jesus name, we pray and for His sake. Amen. 10:01 You know as the passage of scripture that we read, 10:04 I want you to keep them as some foundation 10:05 and some building blocks as we go through the study. 10:08 When you talk about "Spiritual Formation," 10:10 some of you may not think that it's a heavy thing 10:13 and you say, "Well, we've been through, 10:14 and it's been going on for quite some time." 10:16 And yet, almost like undetected 10:18 not a whole lot being said about it 10:20 but, you know, I can really say this. 10:21 Now remember there's two parts to this, 10:24 so you don't want to miss this. 10:25 This is part number one. 10:27 But going through the study on several occasions, 10:30 I just had to stop and simply just cry out to God 10:33 for more understanding of it 10:35 and for renewed strength to continue to go on 10:39 and you say, but why? 10:41 Because at times, I was just overwhelmed 10:43 with all the information besides that. 10:45 And I'm crying out for not only myself but for God's people. 10:49 The way in which the enemy is attacking God's church, 10:52 God's last day people and it came into my mind 10:55 as a human thinking as just simply say, 10:58 "Oh, God, who will not be deceived? 11:01 Who will not be deceived?" 11:04 He's very tactful in what he does. 11:06 He's very knowledgeable in what he does. 11:08 So we might as well just face up to that right now to realize 11:11 that he has a plan to deceive you and to deceive me. 11:14 So we must be careful the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:2, 11:19 to handle the word of God, notice this, 11:23 the word of God not to handle the word of God deceitfully. 11:27 There are many that handle the word of God 11:28 and it's become deceitful. 11:30 It's misleading. 11:31 So the admonition is given to us when you handle the word of God, 11:34 be careful how you handle it. 11:38 This is no game. This is not a game at all. 11:41 In fact, you could say the stakes are very high 11:44 because it's eternal life here. 11:48 And I want you to see it that way. 11:49 I want you to sense the urgency 11:51 as the Spirit speaks to your heart 11:53 that these are things that are going on 11:54 and many people are turning deaf ear and they don't want to, 11:59 you know, get involved in it 12:00 because there is people in high positions that are involved. 12:03 There is people maybe that has more education 12:05 than you do or than I do. 12:06 And, well, we don't want to say anything but listen, 12:08 if that doesn't match up with the word of God, 12:10 we need to have a voice. 12:13 1 Timothy 6:2, the Bible says, lay hold on, what? 12:18 Eternal life. 12:19 It's a life and death issue 12:21 and we need to lay hold on eternal life. 12:25 It's very, very important 12:26 that we see this subject for what it is. 12:28 And I guess the thing that troubles me 12:30 and maybe you too as I'm talking to you right now, you know. 12:34 I'm sure you'll be answering back. 12:36 Is it so sad that few people realize 12:41 the hour in which we live 12:43 and few people realize the tactics of the devil? 12:47 He doesn't like to be exposed. 12:49 He doesn't want his plan to be out there 12:51 where everybody can see it. 12:52 He's afraid that there's just one person will accept 12:54 let alone many. 12:57 So may I encourage you with this? 12:59 Every point of truth, the enemy attacks. 13:03 He attacks it from every angle 13:05 that he possibly can to confuse the mind and yet, 13:08 we find that the truths of God's word are really 13:11 very clear and they're very simple. 13:14 There's really through the power of the Spirit 13:15 we can understand what God has put in His word. 13:19 But in the word, the plan of the enemy unfolds. 13:24 And so as he sees that it's unfold, 13:26 he's afraid that you'll be reading and studying about it. 13:30 And so we get a lot of counsel 13:32 and a lot of talk from different people 13:34 and we need to be careful. 13:35 Because, you know, the Bible talks about it in Proverbs 12:5. 13:39 It says, listen, "The counsel of the wicked is deceitful." 13:44 The counsel of what? The wicked is deceitful. 13:47 That means it's what? Misleading. 13:49 It means it's very subtle. It's very hard to pick up. 13:52 It's very difficult to discern which is right which is wrong. 13:55 And so sometimes we're just carried away with emotion 13:58 and a feeling rather than word of God. 14:01 Okay, let me make it plain here, listen up. 14:03 Any deviation-- there's a bottom line. 14:06 Any deviation from Bible truth is dangerous. Any what? 14:11 Any deviation at all going anywhere 14:13 from the word of God is dangerous. 14:17 And we have to realize this, 14:19 the Bible is clear on 2 Corinthians 2:11. 14:21 It says this. This is why we're doing this study. 14:23 There's gonna be some foundation that we're building. 14:25 Then we'll get deep into this as the Lord gives us time. 14:28 But it says, we are not to be ignorant 14:31 of the devices of the enemy. 14:35 So we're not to be what? Ignorant of his devices. 14:38 So we are to understand that. 14:40 It means is, we're not to be ignorant of his purposes. 14:43 We're not to be ignorant of his, what? 14:45 Devices, ignorant of his mind, ignorant of his disposition. 14:50 So we must understand that the plan 14:52 that the enemy has and what he's going, 14:54 how he's going to work it on you and on me. 14:57 And we still must realize in the closing word, 15:01 we're going to meet-- listen carefully, 15:03 we're going to meet with difficulties 15:06 that we just don't know how to deal with. 15:09 There's things that will come up that's new, 15:11 that's challenging and we say, "Oh, I don't know what to do." 15:15 But let me tell you, God has a purpose for His people. 15:18 God has a plan. He has a purpose. 15:21 And you know what? 15:22 He's going to reveal that to those 15:24 who serve Him in righteousness. 15:27 There's a book that I like that many people out be reading. 15:29 In fact, we all need to be reading and very few, 15:31 you know, "Well, we don't have time, we're busy." 15:33 "The Great Controversy" page 516 says this, 15:37 there is nothing that the great deceiver--did you get this? 15:40 Somebody listen, there is nothing 15:42 that the great deceiver fears so much 15:46 as that we should do, what? 15:47 Should become acquainted with his devices. 15:51 Now did we just not read in scripture in 2 Corinthians 2:11, 15:55 we are not to be ignorant of his, what? 15:57 Good, of his devices. 15:59 We go to the Spirit of Prophecy. 16:00 It says here, there's nothing more than the devil fears 16:04 that we should become acquainted with his devices. 16:09 Why? Because if we're warned and we understand 16:11 what's coming on, then we should, what? 16:13 We should take another path. 16:15 And again as we read Great Controversy page 608, 16:18 it says, "By uniting with the world--" 16:21 Here's our problem always, 16:22 "By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit," 16:27 Always world, world, world, in the world, 16:28 everything in the world, this is what we gauge our life on. 16:30 This is what we do. This is what we think. This is how we act. 16:33 We're worried about what Joe Blow says 16:34 down the road over here rather than the word of God. 16:37 We're partaking of the spirit of the world. 16:39 Listen, when we partake of the spirit of the world, 16:41 we begin to view matters as nearly the same light. 16:45 Does that make sense? Does that make sense? 16:48 Can't really hear you. Does that make sense? 16:51 If we're in the world and wrapped up in the world, 16:54 then we begin to view things just like the world views them. 16:58 We don't understand spiritual things at all. 17:01 And listen--and then, here's the key 17:03 and then when we're brought 17:05 into a time of test in our spiritual condition, 17:08 we are prepared to take the easy popular side. 17:13 Wow, why? 17:14 Because, well, we've been training 17:16 our brain the other way. 17:18 That's why we need to understand the situation. 17:21 You see I'm concerned about church growth. 17:24 I'm concerned about the winning of souls 17:26 into the kingdom of God and you are too. 17:28 I'm concerned about being true to our calling. 17:33 I'm concerned about being a watchman on the walls of Zion. 17:37 Now let me just throw out a few things for you here 17:40 because some of you will have an idea. 17:42 Rest of you say, "Boy, I don't know--" 17:45 Listen, when it comes to church growth, 17:47 everybody's talking about church growth. 17:49 Everybody wants their church to grow. 17:50 But when you're talking about church growth, 17:52 we need not follow the ways of the world 17:57 or other churches in order to get our church to grow. 18:00 This is a mistake when we do that. 18:03 And the result will be a loss, oh, friend, not gain. 18:07 Because we're going contrary to God's word. 18:11 Have you ever wondered at how the enemy, 18:13 how does he prepare us to receive 18:16 these many liberal views? 18:18 Lot of liberal views out there, different views 18:20 but how does he prepare me, you, to receive those liberal views? 18:23 And how does he prepare the hearts 18:25 of those in high positions to also receive, 18:27 I won't say air liberal views? 18:33 And then I think theology. 18:36 How does new theology slip past 18:40 the watchmen on the walls of Zion? 18:44 Evidently, it's slipping past because very little is said, 18:46 very few voices are heard. 18:48 We talk about new theologies like, 18:49 "Oh, we've heard it enough 18:51 that now we just kind of accept it 18:52 and we'll just be quiet." 18:54 It'll go away. It will not. It will increase. 18:56 Where are the watchmen on the walls of Zion? 19:02 We're talking about here this some subject 19:04 that we need to really look closely. 19:06 Let me ask you some more questions. 19:08 How does the books of the new order 19:10 seem to be appearing on our stands and all around us 19:13 and we're encouraged by others 19:14 to read these books that help us, 19:17 you know, to get a closer walk with Jesus. 19:20 We're encouraged to read these kind of books. 19:22 Should I be--come on, questions now, what you think, 19:26 should I be concerned about accreditation? 19:29 Should I be concerned about doctoral degrees 19:33 by those who must learn? 19:35 You see you must go to schools of a different order? 19:42 Will it affect my mind 19:44 if I'm going and hearing other things? 19:48 Sure it will affect our minds. 19:51 And then another question, should we be concerned 19:53 about any efforts to unify with other believers 20:00 so that we are more acceptable to them? 20:04 See, like our focus is not where it should be. 20:07 We're interested in getting along with 20:09 the other things of the world or other denominations. 20:11 There are people who believe differently 20:13 and they just--we want to get along with the churches. 20:17 Listen, unity is very important. 20:19 God's people will have it. 20:20 But let me just encourage you with this right here. 20:22 God does not call for unity on wrong practices. 20:27 Never unify on wrong practices. 20:30 You have to take a stand. 20:34 Now should we be concerned also and say that it's okay 20:39 for those who teach the Bible or teach classes in the Bible 20:42 to have a different view 20:46 than what we call our pillars of our faith 20:48 or the teachings of God's word? 20:51 We've come to grips as a movement. 20:53 This should be our teaching. 20:55 This should be--well, this is what the word of God says. 20:57 Should we allow those 20:59 in different position teaching other people to, 21:00 you know, go out and pastor different? 21:03 They can--they're allowed to have different views 21:05 and to teach those errors. Huh. 21:09 Wouldn't this open the door to many more errors? 21:13 Give you a quick one like, faith alone. 21:15 Somebody says, "Well, it's just faith alone." 21:18 It means faith alone that's wonderful. 21:20 Faith--but faith alone without obedience 21:22 to the law of God. Huh. 21:26 Wouldn't this spawn some kind of movements? 21:31 You see, like celebration, church planting, wow. 21:36 See if these were based upon scriptures, they would be good 21:41 but we can't base these upon-- 21:43 listen carefully, base upon music. 21:46 We cannot base these kind of movements upon-- 21:49 be careful, Kenny, coffee and donut time. 21:53 We can't base this kind of movement on 21:58 what we call Christian rock music 22:01 trying to get people to come in. 22:04 We can't have a movement going on that says just only believe, 22:07 everything else is gonna be all right, just love. Huh. 22:13 You see believing, going against the Bible 22:15 and the teachings of the Bible will spawn things like this. 22:18 You know, it'll spawn things like 22:21 when you dress to come into the house of God, 22:23 you dress like you're going to a picnic 22:25 rather than meeting with God. 22:28 God particularly you better believe He is. 22:31 And yet, no one wants to hear that. 22:33 We don't want to put forth no extra effort 22:36 you see to be pleasing in the side of God. 22:39 Spiritual blindness is deadly. 22:44 Spiritual Formation, this is background, 22:46 we're talking about here. 22:48 Every deviation from the word of God, what? Is dangerous. 22:52 Deadly, blindness is deadly. 22:55 I read the "Spirit of Prophecy" volume 4, page 42-45. 22:59 And I want to read that. 23:00 I realize there's several paragraphs here 23:02 but listen, listen to every word. 23:06 "Satan therefore laid his plan to war more successfully 23:10 against the government of God." 23:11 You think that devil is not against the government of God. 23:14 Yes, he was. He was against it in the heaven. 23:17 He fought against it. 23:19 And so the devil did what? 23:21 He was cast out here. 23:22 He planted his banner in the Christian church. 23:26 And if the followers of Christ notice this could be deceived 23:31 and lead to be displeasing to God, then he said what? 23:36 Then their strength, oh about the Christian, 23:38 if the devil is planting his banner 23:41 right in the midst of the Christian church, 23:42 it will cause us to lose our strength, 23:44 our fortitude, our firmness, we will fail. 23:48 And they would fall, notice this, easy prey. 23:54 Easy prey. 23:57 The larger portion of the Christian company 24:00 lower their standard. 24:02 Are we saying standards are lowered today 24:03 and yet we say nothing about it? 24:06 And then union was formed. 24:09 The Christian religion became corrupt. 24:12 The church lost her purity and her power, why? 24:15 Because the devil had come down as a roaring lion. 24:18 The devil planted his banner 24:20 in the midst of the Christian church. 24:21 He's done everything that he possibly can do by what? 24:25 Going--fighting against God's government 24:27 and that means fighting against you and fighting against me. 24:31 Have we lost our purity and our power 24:33 because we want to be like others in the world? 24:37 We must realize there's always been two classes, 24:41 people who profess to be followers of Jesus Christ. 24:44 Here's what one class, 24:46 one class studies the life of Jesus Christ. 24:50 They understand they come to see the defects of their character 24:54 and they want these gone. 24:55 They want the blood of Jesus to cleanse them. 24:56 They want to be more like Jesus Christ. 24:59 They plan, they pray, they study, 25:03 and say, "Lord, please correct these defects. 25:06 And I want to be conformed into the pattern of Jesus Christ." 25:09 That's one class. 25:10 Then you have this other class here. 25:12 There's all why, but they shun the plain, straight testimony. 25:18 They shun the practical truths of God's word 25:21 because these things expose their errors. 25:26 So they don't want to hear 25:27 and they're looking for different ways 25:29 you see to go around being obedient to God and His laws. 25:33 And they make it sound flowery and rosy 25:36 and it sounds good and they sound spiritual. 25:39 You think the devil cares 25:40 if a man gets up and he talks good, 25:41 he's talking spiritual but yet, 25:43 he's deviating from the word of God? 25:45 Lot of times we accept things because to be truthful, 25:48 it's over your head. It's over my head. 25:52 I've often said that an illustration 25:55 a man preached a sermon one time 25:56 and he got pretty deep 25:58 and he used a lot of big words and got done. 26:00 And while passing a man said to me,"Man." 26:03 I said, "Hey, was that a good sermon?" 26:06 "Oh, man, that was a wonderful sermon." 26:08 I said, "What did he say?" 26:10 "Well, I don't know. 26:12 I'm not sure what he said but, man, he was deep." 26:16 Well, a message has to be clear and straight 26:18 that a child can understand it. 26:22 We have this class that wants to 26:23 evade the truth of God's word. 26:27 Bible is very clear in history when the Christians, 26:30 you see, consented to unite with all this-- 26:33 I'm saying today, when you consent to unite 26:37 with half converted Christian, are you still there? 26:42 When you do, you're yearning upon a path 26:45 that goes farther and farther and farther from the truth. 26:49 You're yearning a path 26:51 that you may never be able to reverse your steps again 26:54 because you will become blinded and it's deadly. 26:59 But yet we hear many time, 27:00 "Well, we need to unite together." 27:04 There's principle involved, truth, air. 27:09 Lord, help us to see this. 27:12 So we have to express concerns 27:15 to those who are not aware, aware of what? 27:18 Aware of such things that have entered in 27:20 and we've become a part of and we say that is harmless but, 27:23 you know, you think of again we're talking 27:25 "Spiritual Formation" and we're leading to that big study 27:28 but we have to--newer linguistic training and teaching, 27:32 mind control, used to influence others. 27:36 Why would a pastor, why would someone go to take classes 27:38 in order to try to control your mind, Brother Jim? 27:42 That's not right. 27:44 No man is trying to control any other man's mind. 27:47 The Holy Spirit can do that. 27:49 Why these classes? Why encourage to go? 27:52 Oh, used to influence them without them knowing it. 27:59 It's real? 28:01 Why would we, why would we send, 28:05 why would we attend another church 28:08 or-- oh, let's be bold another denomination 28:12 we're talking about in order to learn how to win souls? 28:15 When we may do this by simply 28:18 studying the word of God and the Spirit of Prophecy. 28:21 These are tools for today. 28:23 We don't have to go to someone, 28:25 you see, who does not believe the way you do. 28:27 So out in the world and learned the techniques of the world 28:29 as it were or the denomination, how to win souls. 28:33 How sad can this get? 28:36 Say go somewhere else out there and win souls 28:38 and then come back and give them a different message. 28:40 You're not going, you don't give the same message 28:41 you learned where you were at. 28:45 Now we have to content with, 28:48 you know, it's been around for a while "Spiritual Formation," 28:52 something that--my wife mentioned in the opening that's 28:54 been borrowed from protestants and the Catholic churches. 29:01 And if people are saying, 29:02 "Well, I'm wanting a deeper experience with God. 29:04 Oh, Hallelujah. 29:06 I want a deeper meaningful experience." 29:08 And when we seek God and when we want spiritual help, 29:11 this is good but so how we approach it? 29:17 How should we approach it? 29:18 Should it be from the word of God 29:19 or should it be from some other man's book 29:21 that wrote books somewhere? 29:22 It came from here and forth. 29:24 We trace it down. It came from the rules of paganism. Huh. 29:27 The "Spiritual Formation" does just the opposite. 29:30 It will not give us that spiritual insight 29:32 and that spiritual high that maybe some are looking for. 29:38 Let me just say, you know, I might just point 29:40 and say I'm talking to you whoever that might be. 29:45 Let me just say here those who are, oh, boy, 29:49 ripe for the picking on the "Spiritual Formation," 29:53 let me just give you some maybe some food for thought. 29:56 I want to help you. 29:58 Those who are ripe for accepting 30:01 this falsehood of spiritual formation 30:04 in all of its roots and all of its-- 30:06 these are people who are looking for something, 30:10 listen, new and different. 30:13 They're always looking for something new 30:15 rather than be grounded and rooted deep in the truth of God. 30:20 They're looking for something new, 30:21 something that's little different, 30:23 maybe something that's little easy or something, 30:24 oh, with a little more feeling involved. 30:28 Hmm... These people-- 30:33 remember, I'm talking to you if you be one, 30:36 you set aside the Bible 30:39 and you set aside the Spirit of Prophecy. 30:43 You found yourself in a spiritual low. 30:45 You may have never been so low. 30:50 And so you are looking for something. 30:53 Listen, 30:57 if you're happily married, 31:01 you're in love with your wife or with your husband, 31:04 you're--ooh, you're not looking for something new and different. 31:09 You're content. 31:11 You're reading. You're studying, you know, spending time. 31:15 You know what I'm talking about here. 31:16 It's also there's a lack in their life somewhere, 31:20 something has happened. 31:21 So spiritually here, there's a spiritual low 31:24 that needs something to pick them up 31:26 because they know it's the right thing. 31:27 They know they're dying. 31:28 And they're looking for something 31:30 and so they're saying-- what is this, 31:31 "Oh, that sounds good, I'm gonna try it." 31:34 You realize something is missing 31:37 and you're looking for this something new 31:38 and something exciting, something different 31:40 and here the real cause of your lukewarmness, 31:44 the real cause of it. 31:46 The real cause of apostasy 31:49 is a lack of simple study of the word of God 31:52 and submitting to it. 31:54 Did you get that? 31:56 A lack of studying the word and then be submissive to the word. 32:01 Now you--something startled your mind just a little bit here? 32:04 Something I read, I just-- I want to share with you. 32:06 6 Testimonies 14, it says, 32:09 "Satan is working to the utmost to make himself as God." 32:16 Satan is doing what? 32:18 He's working to the utmost to make himself as God. 32:22 Now for you doubting Thomases, for those you say, 32:26 "Well, yeah, he's reading something 32:27 I don't really know of." 32:29 I'm gonna give you a couple of passage of scripture 32:31 and then you can read for yourself. 32:33 The enemy is working to make himself as God. 32:36 Have you ever 32:38 where he's gonna probably set in the place of God? 32:41 Okay, that makes a truthful statement, does it? 32:45 Reading on, they said he's going to make himself as God 32:47 so to destroy all who oppose his power. 32:52 He's gonna do what? 32:54 He's gonna try to get rid of those who oppose his power. 32:58 The Bible says in John 10:10 that what does he do? 33:01 He comes as to kill, steal, and to destroy. 33:04 Reading on, it says, "And today the world is roaring, 33:08 notice this, and bowing before him 33:11 and his power to be received as the power of God." 33:16 Friend, listen to this. 33:18 "And today the world is bowing before him." 33:23 Revelation 13, read that if you will, especially verse 8, 33:26 it says, "All the world that worship-- 33:28 that dwell upon the earth shall worship him." 33:32 And then there comes a time, 33:34 the Bible is clear that's what truth--truth is out there, 33:38 we won't realize what truth is. 33:40 We're so steeped in error 33:42 and things that are going on, we think, 33:44 oh, this is supernatural things are happening. 33:46 We say the enemy is working it 33:48 but we're saying it's a power of God. Huh. 33:53 You say, "Well, I don't know that." 33:54 2 Corinthians 11:14, he comes as a what? 33:57 As an angel of light. 33:58 Revelation 13:13. 34:00 Read these passage of scripture, the devil's plan unmasking him 34:04 and we see the spiritual formation taking shape. 34:08 3 Testimonies 327 and 328, 34:11 listen to this, this is what helps to prompt me 34:14 and I know it prompts you who are interested in truth. 34:17 You see, we are because we don't want you to be deceived. 34:21 I do not want to be deceived. 34:22 Are you praying daily that God will help you? 34:25 It's more a gain than emotion. 34:27 It's more than feelings. 34:30 It's something greater than that. 34:31 It's a connection with Jesus Christ 34:33 where you know that you know. 34:34 You study line upon line, precept upon precept. 34:38 In the history of this world, there never was a time 34:40 that we need truth like we need it right now. 34:44 3 Testimonies 327, 34:46 it says, "Never was there a greater need--" what? 34:50 "Never was there a greater need of faithful warnings 34:55 and reproofs," and listen, 34:58 "Close, straight dealing, than at this time." 35:04 Should that make the watchmen of the wall stand up and take note? 35:08 Are you still gonna get those wishy washy sermons in church? 35:12 Are you still gonna get that which doesn't matter? 35:15 You go out you're not changed. 35:17 You're not, you know, 35:18 convinced that you need to reexamine your life 35:20 or Lord, I need some changes. 35:23 This is the time for reproofs. 35:25 These are times for warnings, close straight dealings. 35:33 Yeah, because the devil is working in such a way 35:35 that he's fooling what? 35:36 Fooling the world. 35:38 And the world does not know it. 35:41 Again reading 3 Testimonies 327 and 328. 35:43 You need to notice this. This is very interesting. 35:46 "He Satan is flooding the world with pleasing fables." 35:52 We're talking about our subject here as pleasing fable. 35:57 Flooding the world with what? 35:58 Fables, you know what that is? 36:00 Fable is a manmade fiction, something that man has made up. 36:04 It's foolish stories. It's myths. It's legends. 36:09 That's what other translations say of this passage. 36:12 The devil is flooding the world. 36:14 You see, he doesn't care you're reading a scripture 36:16 but he'd rather you accept what? 36:17 Myths and legends and stories 36:19 and get away from the true word of God. 36:23 Why? The article goes on and says because--listen to this. 36:26 He didn't say the world. This is what concerns me. 36:30 It says, "The people of God 36:31 love to have smooth things spoken to them." 36:37 Wow. They love it. 36:40 Remember 2 Timothy 4:4 what the Bible says. 36:43 They're refusing to hear what? 36:45 They lack these fables, 36:46 so therefore they refuse to hear the truth. 36:50 The article goes on and says, 36:51 "Sin and iniquity are not abhorred." 36:55 That means we don't fear it. 36:57 That's what abhorred means here. 36:58 It's what was not disgusting in the way that ought to be. 37:02 It should be hated. Huh. 37:06 We must arouse from our lethargy, 37:08 that means our indifference, our laziness, our sleepiness, 37:13 or it will prove our, notice, destruction unless we resist it. 37:17 So what's coming in spiritual formation, 37:19 all these other things that we just talked about 37:21 quickly and touched on, we have to resist them 37:24 because they are the enemy. 37:26 You remember as you read James 4:7. 37:29 It says resist the devil and what? 37:31 Good, he will flee-- now I'm talking to you, 37:33 some of you not listening, James 4:7, 37:35 "Resist the devil," and he will do what? 37:37 "He will flee from you." 37:41 And this article goes on to say, listen, 37:43 "Satan has the same power 37:45 and same control over our minds now, 37:49 only it has increased a hundredfold 37:52 by exercise and experience. 37:55 Men and women today are deceived. 37:57 Men and women today are blinded by his insinuations, 38:01 by his--" We talked about it. 38:02 "His devices, his schemes and they know it not." 38:07 That's why the world needs to be warned. 38:09 That's why you need to be warned and I need to be warned today. 38:14 'Cause we think that's not harmful. 38:16 Well, this group here they're having prayer sessions 38:19 and oh, they do it different than what the word of God says 38:21 but they talk about it's good. 38:22 We all need to be involved in 38:24 and is it based on the word of God? 38:26 Let me just throw this in 38:28 as we're going on spiritual formation here. 38:30 Disciples had may said well, we gonna go to these classes 38:32 and we're gonna learn how to pray. 38:34 And we're gonna learn-- nothing wrong with that 38:36 if we follow the counsel of God's word. 38:39 Disciples said something like that. 38:40 Do you remember them saying something? 38:41 They said to Jesus, 38:43 they said teach us to pray. 38:46 He said our father which art in heaven, you know, let's do it. 38:51 No one could teach us to pray better than Jesus. 38:55 He didn't give a list of things that we're supposed to do 38:58 coming straight from the pits of hell, to do in order 39:02 to have a religious experience with Jesus Christ. 39:05 Might as well call it the way it is quite pampering it around 39:08 and powdering it up and putting perfume on it, still stinks. 39:12 May I say that? Well, I did. 39:16 I want you to notice this article with me, 39:17 5 Testimonies 210, bear with me once again on the close. 39:22 I'm reading here because I want you to grasp 39:25 what we're talking about as we go into depth 39:27 on some of these new terms that we hear floating around 39:31 and we're not sure whether to accept them, reject them. 39:33 We don't know what to do with them 39:34 because some of the people that are involved, 39:35 they sound so truthful and it's helping them 39:39 by saying it's a wonderful experience 39:40 and you need to get involved. 39:43 5 Testimonies 210 says, notice, 39:46 "In the time when His wrath shall go forth in judgment." 39:50 Don't you see it now on land and sea 39:52 and air the judgments of God are falling in the land? 39:55 Probation is going to close. 39:57 Jesus is going to come. 39:58 We live in that time right now. 40:00 People cannot see it. 40:03 It's like they turn a deaf ear to it. 40:04 Let me tell you, many of the Christians cannot see it 40:06 and some people of the world 40:08 are questioning what's gonna happen? 40:12 Things don't seem right to them. 40:16 Holy Spirit is working on these individuals 40:17 and you and I maybe we've turned a-- 40:19 have you turned a deaf ear 40:20 because you've heard it so often? 40:24 Here's what you should be doing 40:26 and I should be doing rather than to be indifferent. 40:30 "In the time when the wrath of God 40:32 shall go forth in judgment, these humble, 40:34 devoted followers of Christ..." 40:36 Are you a humble, devoted follower of Jesus Christ? 40:40 You know how you're gonna be distinguished, 40:42 you're gonna be marked, peoples don't understand it. 40:44 The article says, "You will be distinguished 40:46 from the rest of the world." 40:48 Why? "By your soul anguish." 40:52 Or you feel it in your heart and your mind day by day. 40:55 All can I say this right, "Lord help," 40:58 is that you feel frustrated and you feel helpless 41:01 because you can't turn the tide of error. 41:03 It's gonna seem as getting worse and worse and worse and worse 41:05 and you see your people that you love are folding up. 41:12 You know the end of the book how discouraging it would be. 41:15 You don't know the God of heaven 41:17 how discouraging it could be but you do. 41:20 You're gonna be distinguished. 41:22 If you're one of God's last day people, 41:24 you will be distinguished by your soul anguish. 41:27 You say soul anguish, what do you mean? 41:28 The article says is expressed in our lamentations 41:33 that means our lamenting, that means our soul. 41:37 We're sorrow if we see things happening 41:39 and we can't seem to change it. 41:41 You're praying about it. 41:42 You're trying to warn about it. 41:44 It says and you're weeping. 41:45 We're crying about these things that are happening among us 41:49 and around us and in our church. 41:51 We give reproofs and we give warnings. 41:55 Then you have the other group over here, always two groups. 41:58 And the group is throwing a cloak 42:00 over the existing evils excusing 42:03 the great wickedness everywhere prevalent. 42:07 But let me tell you those who have 42:09 a zeal for God in His honor, 42:11 those who notice this love soul-- 42:13 you have to love souls or not this is gonna work, dear friend. 42:16 You've to have the love of Jesus in your heart. 42:18 Listen, they will not hold their peace to obtain favor from any. 42:26 That means they cannot be threatened. 42:28 Well, you need not sit like this. 42:30 Well, you can't do it like this. 42:31 If you do, this and this is going to happen to you. 42:32 We must tell it the way that God impresses our hearts to do it. 42:39 As I mentioned a while ago, the article said here, 42:41 we sense, do you sense that you are powerless 42:44 to stop the torrent of iniquity, 42:48 hence they are filled with grief and alarm. 42:52 Friend, if you're not filled with grief and alarm today, 42:55 Lord, have mercy, what is it going to take? 43:00 I expect the things to blow up any day. 43:04 And when it changes, 43:06 it will never go back the way that it used to. 43:08 We always say, "Oh, well, it'll go back." 43:09 One of these days it's going to change. 43:10 That's going to be it. 43:15 Grief and alarm, I'm afraid, why? 43:18 Because so many are out of the ark of safety. 43:19 So many don't see. 43:21 Many of your loved ones are not in the ark. 43:22 They're not even looking for the ark of safety. 43:25 They seem to not care one whit 43:28 about being saved in God's kingdom. 43:30 They don't seem to care about their children 43:31 whether they're saved in God's kingdom or burnt in hell fire. 43:34 Friend, we've got to care. 43:40 This same individuals the article goes on and says, 43:43 "They mourn before God 43:45 because they see their religion is despised." 43:49 You see it in the land of United States, 43:50 the religion is basically despised even though 43:52 we're saying, "Oh, we'll give God the prayer." 43:54 Religion despised. We turned our back on God. 43:59 You're grieved because "in the very homes 44:01 who've had great light. 44:02 That light has went out." 44:05 And this group, they lament, 44:08 they afflict their souls because we see this, 44:11 and though don't say you don't see it. 44:13 You see pride, you see avarice, you see selfishness, 44:16 you see deception of every kind are-- 44:20 listen, are in the church. 44:24 And then we find the Spirit of God, 44:27 which prompts these reproofs and these warnings 44:31 that correcting is being trampled underfoot 44:36 and while it seems though, the article says here, 44:38 while the servants of Satan are triumphing, 44:41 God is dishonored and the truth made of none effect. 44:45 See the truth is supposed to do something in your heart. 44:47 It's supposed to do something in my heart and in my life 44:50 and you give these warnings and they'll say, 44:52 "Oh, we're tired of hearing all these warnings. 44:54 We don't want to hear it anymore." 44:57 Friend, we have to realize 44:59 through the history of this world, through-- 45:02 pagan, you can go back to pagan history, 45:04 Satan has used different methods of mind clearing. 45:10 Ways to clear your mind where the spirit comes in, 45:15 gives you a higher spiritual experience. 45:19 See, people are looking for a higher, 45:21 something different kind of experience but all through-- 45:24 listen, what am I saying, all through pagan history. 45:28 Satan has used all these different methods 45:30 of what, mind clearing. 45:32 The devil wants your mind cleared 45:35 that we should be fortified in here 45:36 against the wiles of the enemy. 45:38 He wants to clear it out that he may come in a fuller way. 45:41 Be careful of those who say we need to clear the mind here. 45:44 We need to get it away, be careful. 45:48 He wants us to empty our mind of all of our thoughts 45:51 and enter into, listen carefully, 45:53 a passive mental state. 45:57 That means you're open. You're receptive. 46:01 When this occurs, Satan takes control of the mind. 46:07 Anytime you give it up to someone else, 46:11 Satan takes control. 46:12 Child guidance page 93 said, Satan seeks to control, what? 46:15 The mind. Let me ask you a question. 46:18 How is it, that the devil gets to you? 46:21 How get to me anyone? 46:23 The only avenue-- listen carefully, 46:24 the only avenue that he has is through the mind. 46:28 The Holy Spirit's avenue to get to you 46:30 and to me is through the mind. 46:32 That's why there's a battle for what? For the mind. 46:37 And so the devil says if I can get that mind 46:39 and I can get it cleared out of the things 46:40 that they put in there to fortify 46:42 with the truth of God's word and get it out, 46:44 be in a passive state, be open to suggestion, 46:47 then I can come in and plant my banner there. 46:51 He's not foolish. 46:52 He understands the battle that is going on. 46:56 Testimonies vol. 4 page 542 says, the mind-- 46:59 Now those who said it's safe to empty the mind 47:02 and not worried about being fortified 47:03 with the truth of God's word 47:05 because oh, we've a close connection with God 47:07 and everything is all right, 47:10 the inspiration says this, 47:11 the mind is not safe from Satan 47:15 except it is connected with God. 47:20 Yet, in this we're talking here spiritual formation 47:23 and all of the movements and things about mind clearing 47:25 and, you know, they come in 47:27 and give you a higher spiritual experience 47:28 than you've ever had before. 47:30 It's saying really to disconnect from God. 47:35 If we disconnect from God, then who? 47:37 You're connected to the devil. 47:39 He's going to come and he's looking for that opportunity. 47:43 And if we do that we have no protection at all 47:47 from the enemy. 47:49 Interesting, I wonder 47:50 why in that what maybe David in Psalms 119:11, 47:54 in that what he said... 119:11, 47:58 he said "Thy word have I hid in my heart, 48:02 that I might not--" What? "Sin against thee." 48:05 When in this program and things that are around us 48:08 and going through and invited to fish the bait in, 48:11 you've got to clear your mind, you've got to say something, 48:14 you've got to do something, 48:15 you've got to cross your legs a certain way, 48:17 you've got to get up, you've got to breath a certain way. 48:19 When anybody gives you this, breathe a certain way, 48:22 sit a certain way, clear the mind a certain way, 48:24 you could be sure it's the devil. 48:27 I can't be any clearer than that. 48:33 We're talking about having experience. 48:35 We've experience upon our knees 48:36 talking to our Heavenly Father, 48:39 bringing all of our request to him 48:41 rather repeating a word over and over. 48:42 We're gonna get more deaf, lot more deaf. 48:47 Be warned how the enemy is coming in. 48:53 Many people and I see so many Christians, 48:57 they're looking-- Listen, 48:58 they're looking to try to find peace. 49:01 They're looking to try to find a better relationship with God. 49:06 They're wanting to find forgiveness with God 49:11 without giving up their will for sins. 49:14 So they're looking for something, 49:16 something I mean to say it feels good, 49:18 it's wonderful and so on, so forth 49:20 but they do not want to give up their will for sins. 49:23 They want no rules. They want no laws. 49:26 They want basically no God. 49:30 And yet they claim the opposite. 49:34 So it's the same time they say, 49:35 "Oh, we want a deeper spiritual relation--" 49:37 that's wonderful if that comes from a heart 49:39 that follows the counsel of God's word. 49:42 Say, "I want a deeper--" 49:43 I'd love for somebody comes and say, 49:45 "I'm looking for a deeper spiritual experience with God." 49:48 I'm looking for that every day. 49:49 But it has to be based upon God's word 49:52 not based upon some kind of pagan principles, 49:55 the work of the devil. 49:58 I tell you this right now, dear friends, 49:59 I can assure you the spiritual formation is not the way to go. 50:04 It's not in connection with the word of God. 50:07 It does not have God's stamp of approval upon it. 50:11 Use of spiritual formation exercises affects the mind. 50:17 Did you get that? Somebody didn't get that. 50:18 You're busy trying to get up and go do something. 50:20 You need to set back down 50:21 and we need to listen this, why? 50:23 Because it affects you and it's affecting me. 50:27 Use of spiritual formation exercises affect the mind. 50:32 We'll identify that more and correct it more in part two. 50:36 We're wanting to build-- 50:38 Listen, the exercises that you go through 50:41 on spiritual formation is though so very similar. 50:46 The path is so close together to hypnotism. 50:51 Ain't that interesting? 50:55 Something that you call, 50:56 listen to this word, centering prayer. 50:59 You heard this new terminology, "centering prayer," 51:04 which is basically a form of self hypnosis. 51:08 But you know can be bold enough to come out 51:10 and talk like that because we're looking for, what? 51:12 A deeper experience and peoples looking for, 51:14 you know, somebody, "Oh, they've got this wonderful program 51:17 and oh, I tell you, that's a wonderful thing 51:18 to be free from everything." 51:20 Oh, friend, listen... the call "centering prayer," 51:24 basically a form of self hypnosis. 51:27 It call-- Listen this, 51:28 it calls for people to go listen deep within themselves. 51:34 Already have some problems, deep within oneself. 51:39 Concentrate on just one thing, nothing else, 51:44 therefore the mind becomes free but the same time 51:48 it's free that mean remember 51:50 when you say your mind is free, you have no, what? 51:52 Defense against the enemy. 51:54 But you're also when you're free, 51:55 you say "I'm open to suggestions." 51:58 From whom? 52:03 Interesting "A message to young people," 52:04 little book, page 42, it says 52:08 the mind should never be left to drift. 52:13 Did you get that? 52:16 The mind should never be left to drift. 52:19 The enemy wants you to think 52:20 it's a spiritual experience 52:22 to let your mind drift and to be free. 52:24 It feels good to a lot of people 52:26 who are under a lot of stress and yet living, 52:28 that they shouldn't be living the way that they are. 52:32 And so they say-- but Spirit of Prophecy says 52:33 that we would not have this in the church. 52:36 We would not have it among us 52:38 if we would stay in the word of God 52:39 and the Spirit of Prophecy. 52:41 The mind should never be left to drift. 52:46 Acts the apostles 5:18, it says 52:48 the mind should never be left to wander. 52:52 Testimonies vol. 2 page 187, 52:54 it said the mind should never be left uncontrolled. 52:57 Did you get that? 52:59 Then we have to throw this paganism out, 53:02 never be left. 53:04 And so you say, "Yeah, but centering prayer. 53:08 Remember people say centered prayer, 53:11 centering prayer is to get closer to God. 53:14 We need to get closer to God. 53:17 It's used to open the heart and the mind to God. 53:23 How is this done? How is this done? 53:28 Just have a few moments left, 53:29 but listen, it said we pick a prayer word. 53:33 In centering prayer, you pick a prayer word 53:35 and you repeat that word over and over and over 53:39 but you don't do it out loud but it's inside yourself 53:42 that you pick this word and you go over and over. 53:47 Listen, and you don't think about what the word means. 53:49 Man, you're already in trouble. 53:52 Just let your mind become blank. 53:56 Let your mind become open and empty. 54:02 Who wants your mind to be open and empty but the devil? 54:06 The Holy word of God, dear friends, spirit of-- 54:09 The mind should be filled, right? 54:12 Filled with the word of God, 54:14 never emptied out, our only defense. 54:18 Well, the Holy Spirit works 54:19 upon our hearts and to our minds. 54:22 How dangerous to silence the voice of the Holy Spirit? 54:27 How dangerous to silence the conscience? 54:31 How dangerous to separate 54:33 ourselves from God and His teachings? 54:37 You realize this is almost-- before we close here, 54:40 is almost identical what I'm talking about 54:43 to eastern meditation such as yoga, Hinduism, 54:47 Zen, transcendental meditation but this is heavy duty. 54:54 You say, "I don't know what that is." 54:56 That's just to discover the nature of reality 55:00 by just investigating the process thought-- 55:04 process and the thoughts 55:06 rather than the opportunity of the sins of experience. 55:09 It's like search for reality through spiritual ignition. 55:15 Friend, come on now. This gets heavy duty here. 55:18 Are we interested in Hinduism and Zen? 55:21 No, friend, not at all. 55:22 We're gonna have to close with prayer right now. 55:23 The devil is working 55:25 but he's being accepted by multitudes today. 55:27 May God help us to see. Let's pray. 55:28 Shall we kneel together? 55:30 Father in heaven, we thank You for Your precious word. 55:32 We pray now that You'll encourage 55:33 those who've heard today not to get discouraged 55:36 by the faith, but get involved and lift up their head, 55:38 their redemption drawth thy eternal hearts, 55:40 our lives over to Jesus, 55:41 use the Bible the Spirit of Prophecy 55:43 is that which we are to build a platform upon of truth. 55:46 And I thank you for hearing 55:47 and for answering prayer in Jesus name, amen. 55:51 It's always good to be able to spend 55:52 a little bit time with you. 55:54 You know, our programs are on many different times. 55:57 So be sure and jot those things down and be sure to tune in. 55:59 You have comments and questions and things that want to, 56:02 you know, you'd like to know the answers too, 56:03 feel free to give us a call. 56:05 You know, we love you. 56:06 God bless you and continue remember, 56:08 well, we can't continue without your prayers and your support 56:11 so we'll see you next time. 56:15 Welcome back. 56:17 I know that this was a study of such vital information 56:20 that all of us need to retain in our hand. 56:23 For some of you, this may have been 56:25 your first introduction to "Spiritual Formation." 56:28 For others, we pray that the Holy Spirit 56:31 spoke to your heart to help you see that perhaps 56:34 what you were involved in is not exactly 56:37 what you thought that it was. 56:39 It's okay. Life is full of decisions. 56:42 We find ourselves confused about 56:44 or just simply wish we hadn't made. 56:47 But praise God with the true spiritual insight 56:50 as found in his living word to guide us 56:53 back to the straight and narrow path 56:56 that leads all of us to the kingdom of heaven. 56:59 For your continued study 57:01 and to enable you to share this information 57:04 with the a friend, a loved one, 57:06 or even perhaps your whole church, 57:08 we're making this two part series 57:11 entitled "Spiritual Formation, a blessing or a curse?" 57:15 parts one and two available to you 57:17 for a suggestive love gift of just $15 or more. 57:21 All you need to do is call us here in the United States 57:25 at area code 618-942-5044 central standard time 57:31 or write us at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:35 PO box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:40 As always, you may email us on the web 57:42 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:45 or you may order this set 57:47 at our website at www.BeholdTheLambMinistries.com 57:54 Friends, until next time may our precious Lord 57:58 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
Revised 2014-12-17