Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000064
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00:41 Hello, and welcome, to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:44 I'm Chris Shelton your host. 00:46 And I want to welcome and invite you 00:48 to join us in the second message of our four part series 00:52 that we have entitled Common and Sacred Fire. 00:57 During the first message we were reminded 00:59 of Aaron's two sons, Nadab and Abaihu 01:02 and after clouding their minds with alcohol 01:05 they used the wrong fire in their service to the Lord. 01:09 God had told them specifically that 01:11 they were to use the fire that He had kindled. 01:14 But instead they used fire that was kindled by man. 01:18 The big question for all of us to think about here is this. 01:22 Is it possible, is it possible 01:25 that over the centuries of the church 01:27 that our minds have become cloudy 01:29 when it comes to spiritual things of God 01:32 and is it also possible that we too may have been 01:36 well, you know, a bit drunk 01:38 with the commonness of this world 01:39 and allow this commonness to influence our worship 01:43 and may be even our parents before God. 01:47 Remember the song we used to sing when we were kids. 01:50 It was entitled Dare to be a Daniel. 01:53 The song was written about 01:54 Daniel's steadfast obedience to God 01:57 no matter the consequences 01:59 from the world of people around him. 02:02 And in Daniel's case that easily meant that 02:05 his life could be in jeopardy and it was more than once 02:09 for standing firm on God's principles. 02:12 Daniel knew that there was, there was absolutely no excuse 02:17 to dishonor God in any form or any fashion 02:20 even as a prisoner in a foreign country. 02:24 Yet, many who claim to be Christians today 02:26 don't give much thought to following 02:28 the precepts of God's word. 02:30 In fact, their excuse not to for the most part 02:35 is that they don't well, feel. 02:37 They don't feel 02:38 that what they're reading in the Bibles is meant for them. 02:40 They believe that somehow the "time" has changed things. 02:45 Yet, the Bible teaches us that God does not change. 02:49 He is the same friend, yesterday, today and forever. 02:53 You can read this if you like in Hebrews 13:8, 02:57 "Common and Sacred Fire." 02:59 How could this principle of thought is denoted 03:03 from the title applied to us write now, today. 03:07 I want you to stay tuned. 03:09 Stay tuned and listen as Pastor Kenny Shelton 03:13 opens up the Word of God on this subject 03:15 in our study time today. 03:17 But first we are so blessed to listen to a song 03:21 that is entitled my Jesus I Love Thee, 03:24 and sung by Annette Campbell from the 3ABN Worship Centre. 03:44 My Jesus I love Thee 03:51 I know Thou art mine 03:56 For Thee 03:59 all the follies of sin 04:05 I resign 04:08 My gracious Redeemer 04:15 My Savior art Thou 04:24 If ever I loved Thee 04:31 My Jesus, 'tis now 04:45 I love Thee 04:49 because Thou hast first loved me 04:57 And purchased my pardon 05:03 on Calvary's tree 05:09 I love Thee for wearing 05:16 the thorns on Thy brow 05:22 If ever I loved Thee 05:27 My Jesus, 'tis now 05:45 In mansions of glory 05:51 and endless delight 05:57 I'll ever adore Thee 06:03 in heaven so bright 06:08 I'll sing with the glittering crown 06:16 on my brow 06:23 If ever I loved Thee 06:31 My Jesus 06:37 'tis now 07:00 Praise the Lord, 07:01 it's good to spend sometime with you once again 07:03 as we examine another very important subject. 07:06 We are going to be talking about 07:08 the common and sacred fire. 07:10 Do we really know the difference? 07:13 You know it's sad to say of many people we talk to, 07:15 many people email they call 07:16 and they ask a lot of questions and it's good. 07:18 We can pray together, we can study scripture together. 07:21 But you know some are just really you know 07:23 they just say I'm not sure if this is, 07:25 is it right thing to do or we shouldn't be doing this 07:27 or if this belongs to God 07:29 and yet somebody else is using for common things. 07:31 You know, what is the difference, 07:32 what does really mean common and sacred. 07:35 So in our study, our four part series 07:37 this is the second part, 07:39 we're gonna be examining many things 07:42 that will help us to understand that 07:44 which belongs to God as sacred. 07:46 And then you have the common that's things out in world. 07:49 And we need to separate those things. 07:51 You know there need to be separation among us 07:53 as God's last day people. 07:55 So, you know, get your Bible ready, 07:56 pencil and paper and I might say 07:58 before we have our prayer 08:00 we're so thankful for each one of you 08:01 who are tuning in. 08:03 Some are setting your DVRs and others are you know 08:05 just make sure they verily set their alarms and they get up. 08:08 We're very grateful and thankful for that. 08:10 And there's many people who really love the, 08:13 you know, dilute truth. 08:14 They want the straight testimony. 08:16 Most people say they do but you know where are they? 08:19 Let's come to the surface what he says 08:20 and we believe in getting back to the principles of God's word 08:24 and by God's grace and strength 08:25 we're going to advocate those things. 08:27 So I'm thankful for you today. 08:29 I want you to pray for us as we go into this subject 08:32 and I might mention again that we are thankful that 08:34 you call and that you write and you're all in the DVDs 08:37 and score this ministry 08:38 so the message can continue to go out. 08:41 So let's have prayer, shall we? 08:42 And let's ask the Holy Spirit to be with us 08:45 and help us as we study His word one more time. 08:49 Our kind loving heavenly Father, 08:50 we thank You, for the privilege of prayer. 08:52 Now, we ask for Your Holy Spirit, 08:53 the anointing of the spirit of a living God in our hearts 08:57 and our minds that the things of this world 08:59 will grow strangely down. 09:01 Help us to hear Your voice, help us to heed Your voice, 09:03 help us to know and certainly 09:06 listen to Your voice for what is truth 09:08 and then apply to our hearts and to our lives. 09:10 Lord, we need you today bless us as we pray, 09:13 cleanse us covers with Your blood 09:14 in Jesus name we pray, amen. 09:19 Again as we you know dwell into this subject-- 09:23 much more you say well, I have heard before. 09:25 I want you to, this is remember four part 09:27 so its about four hours you are going to be spent 09:28 on the lot of different subject to still back 09:32 and clump together to help us to understand that 09:35 number one, that pleases God not man. 09:39 I spent so often talking to people that 09:43 its all about pleasing mankind or pleasing, you know, 09:47 certain church or that-- its about pleasing God isn't it. 09:50 So we have to look at it in the light as heaven right, 09:53 light of heaven that we'd be able to find out what truth is. 09:57 Now some of you it may shame on you, 09:59 you probably did not you know 10:00 say you're listen to that first part. 10:03 So if you allow me to go over several part 10:04 that we discussed and if they're interest 10:07 you won't want to miss that first part too 10:09 when you order the whole series. 10:11 In our first part we discovered number one, 10:14 that God would have a clear and definite ideas 10:18 preserved between the sacred and the common. 10:22 Did you noticed that clear, definite 10:25 that which is common and that which is sacred. 10:28 Two, it may be shocking to some 10:31 I have mentioned this several times before 10:33 but you know Satan has a church 10:35 the synagogue of the devil, of the enemy, Revelation 3:9. 10:39 No we realize his members you can identify his members. 10:43 I want you to think for a moment. 10:45 How can we identify-- it has to be right God's church 10:48 or it's the church of the enemy. 10:50 And I understand this some people will say oh, 10:53 it's just too difficult, its too hard oh, 10:54 we don't want to hear the same, bless your heart. 10:57 It either is you're for God or you're against him. 11:00 You're member of his church 11:02 or you're a member of the synagogue of Satan, 11:04 the Bible talks about. 11:06 How can we identify 11:07 those who are the members of the enemy's church? 11:10 Number one, naturally they are children 11:13 of disobedience that Bible talks about. 11:16 They're disobedient to the world. 11:17 They're disobedient that lot of things 11:19 that are being taught in the church 11:20 and they want to have their own opinion 11:22 and do their own thing. 11:23 So they're rebelling against the Word of God. 11:26 Number two, they chose to do the wrong thing. 11:30 And just make clear they chose to sin. 11:33 They understand many of the issues 11:35 but they chose to please themselves. 11:38 Number three, very powerful, please pay attention. 11:41 The synagogue of Satan, right, Satan's members of his church, 11:45 they try to mingle, truth and error. 11:49 This is what we are talking about 11:50 when we are talking about common and sacred. 11:51 They are trying to make mingle the truth and error together. 11:55 Make it little easier, no self denial, 11:58 no giving up anything in the cause of Christ. 12:01 Now again, how can we find out 12:03 what church that we belong to that we're member of? 12:07 Remember, I think this is so important, 12:09 Satan's church tries to make void the law of God. 12:15 And I'll just be, I'll just bold with you here 12:17 that anyone who is saying you know God's law, 12:19 you know we don't have to worry about keeping it anymore. 12:21 Friend, we belong to what. 12:24 The enemies church because that 12:26 he has started that in heaven you remember. 12:28 Oh, we can't be telling that you know 12:29 we can't do all these things of God says to do. 12:32 Same argument going on today. 12:35 So we need to realize that, you know, 12:37 God's law is here and it's certainly is binding. 12:40 Now, number three, I think it's very interesting. 12:43 Errors are being presented-- we discussed this in part one. 12:46 Errors are being presented as the truth. 12:50 We almost must realize to that the same sense 12:53 that the enemy use at the time just before the flood, 12:57 he will use again. 12:59 See, we can look back and we can go over these things 13:02 and we can say oh, well that was for them. 13:04 No, it's for us today. 13:05 Go back, recount, read, study these things 13:08 because he will use the same things again 13:11 because they were affected, how sad. 13:16 And we know it also that God's church 13:18 is accountable to Him and Him alone, bottom line. 13:25 God's church is what accountable to Him. 13:28 It's interesting actually Apostle Tim, 13:30 some rise up in opposition but, you know, 13:32 I love to read the Bible, 13:33 I love to read the Spirit of Prophecy. 13:35 And you know, if it's clear and simple 13:36 and clear that's just the way it is. 13:38 God helps to me to understand it and to follow it. 13:41 And so I can read something like this 13:43 and I will say thank you, Lord 13:44 because we're always talking about His church 13:46 and the faithful followers. 13:48 But actually Apostle Tim says, from the beginning 13:52 faithful souls have constituted the church on earth. 13:57 Interesting, what's constitute the church on earth? 14:00 The faithful soul. Are you a faithful soul? 14:03 Friends, if you're advocating the teachings 14:05 and doctrines of God's word right now 14:06 you're not a faithful soul. 14:07 If you know better and you're doing things 14:09 that you shouldn't be doing, 14:11 you really can't say that you're faithful soul. 14:13 Okay, by God grace good news is we all can. 14:16 You know, let's get self out of way 14:17 and let's look at God's word and say God, 14:19 I want, I want to reach that high standard 14:21 that You have, You have for your people. 14:23 And You'll help us to do that. We can't do it without You. 14:26 And number seven is the third angels message 14:28 as we look at here calls for us to worship the true God. 14:33 Make sense that we just spend little bit of time 14:35 on that in the first part. 14:36 God calls us third angel message to worship the true God 14:39 and understand that by God's grace 14:42 by God's power man can completely obey God's law. 14:47 Isn't that wonderful? 14:48 What by God's grace by His power and His strength 14:51 He will enable us just like 14:53 Jesus did while He was here on earth. 14:55 Last point, we're talking about the church is Satan 14:58 and we talk about Revelation 3:9. 15:00 It says this, it says that man can never obey God's laws. 15:06 Did you get that? 15:08 Satan is still advocating today 15:10 and you know what's they have say. 15:11 Majority of Christians today are saying the same thing. 15:13 May be it's because they don't understand it. 15:16 But you know what that's our job, isn't it? 15:17 To bring it to light. 15:19 And I thank God for that light and I'm praising for that light 15:22 and accept that light, embrace that light, 15:24 be excited about that light. 15:27 You know, we have to realize in this world that we live in 15:31 as we really pick up here on part two as we begin. 15:35 I want to go just a little deeper in some of the things 15:37 that we just discussed in a moment ago. 15:39 If we, if we go little bit deeper into 15:41 a Revelation Chapter 14, 15:43 we start talking about the second angel's message 15:45 please bear with me a minute. 15:47 The message is simply bad one it's fallen, it's fallen. 15:50 And then, you know, I believe that Satan 15:52 you remember once we hear this message, once we say boy, 15:55 I understand because it's all needed 15:57 come apart we need to separate, we need to accept the doctrines 15:59 and the teachings of God's word. 16:02 And so we need to take a bold stand for what is right. 16:06 But and once we say well, you know I see that may be 16:08 I need to do this I remember this is the thing really to do. 16:11 But, you know, if you refuse to do it 16:13 once it comes to light to your mind or to my mind, 16:16 let me just be bold with you. 16:18 Satan will take possession of your mind, 16:21 he is going to take possession of the churches 16:23 as the whole, as the body. 16:25 I'm not talking about every individual. 16:26 As a body for those who reject this message. 16:31 Now think about it. 16:32 So it seems to shocking because most Christians will say 16:35 something like this is a Christian church. 16:38 You know, this is where the Holy Spirit sat. 16:40 Oh, should be, yes. 16:42 But you know were conditions of the Holy Spirit 16:45 being poured out upon God's last day people. 16:47 Are you part of God's last day people? 16:49 I'm sure that you want to be. You're striving. 16:51 Aren't you about the grace of God? 16:52 I'm striving to be part of that remnant church, 16:56 that last day church 16:57 that keep the commandments of God, 16:58 have the testimony of Jesus. 17:00 Friend, don't be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 17:03 Don't be ashamed of three angel's message. 17:06 Friend, when we hear these things 17:07 and if we will not accept them as member individual, 17:10 as a body, as a church the enemy comes over 17:14 and he takes possessions as a whole of those churches 17:18 and as individual what, because we're rejecting light. 17:21 Somebody will say oh, 17:22 listen the devil is crowding his way. 17:24 He is pushing his way into the churches today 17:28 and little do we realize it. 17:30 My friend, why? 17:31 Why is it that we can't realize, why can't we see? Why? 17:34 Because, we're lowering the standards 17:35 and teachings of God's word and as we lower these standard, 17:38 bless your heart the enemy comes in. 17:40 It's him that's influencing 17:42 to lower the standards little bit 17:44 and make brother so and so happy or sister so and so happy 17:46 or the pastor happy whatever it might be. 17:48 Rather than say we need to elevate 17:50 the teachings of God's word, 17:53 elevate, as you elevate those 17:55 it will cause people to look at them closely. 17:57 And yes, they will make a decision 17:59 and yes some will be offended. 18:00 Jesus, said as they heard the truth. 18:02 He said, "by and by they where." 18:03 What? "Oh, good." 18:05 They were offended. 18:06 Now what happened when you offended? 18:07 Sometime we leave. 18:09 Now think about that the enemy then is chosen 18:12 to mingle the common with the sacred 18:16 and we'll realize that God will not bless. 18:19 He will not bless any kind of compromise of the truth. 18:24 So what are we doing? 18:26 What are many, what are many doing? 18:28 We know there's a not a teaching in God's word. 18:30 We might even admit 18:31 that it's not of teachings of God's word. 18:33 But you know bless our heart if it's not in the Word of God 18:36 why don't we lay it aside? 18:37 You know what, because self is so wrapped 18:39 you know we want to see it, we want to do it. 18:41 Oh, friend, let's pray for the anointing of the spirit 18:44 the God will break us down as 18:45 it were by the power of His Spirit 18:47 that we may be hearers of the word, 18:50 hearers not only but doers of the word. 18:52 Are you listening are you a doer 18:54 or let's ask God to help us to do that. 18:57 Now many will say well I understand 18:59 oh you're talking about the enemy 19:00 taking control of the church. 19:01 What do you think he is working 19:02 we've talked about it many times and we will continue 19:05 because of the hour in which we live. 19:07 The enemy has invaded the church, 19:09 everyone that he possibly can. 19:11 You know, how he invades it? 19:12 He invades through people may be like you or may be me. 19:15 And I don't want that and I know you don't either 19:17 but that's how he invades the church. 19:18 He calls its confusion and vision and separation 19:21 and fusses in the church and argument in church 19:23 and separation the church. 19:25 Oh, he is having a heyday 19:26 and we just don't detect that's him. 19:29 Friend, we need to really have some eyesight 19:31 to put on that God may help us. 19:33 Now no, shut it off please don't shut it off. 19:35 Don't say well, I don't close your ears 19:38 I think it's worth listening to today. 19:41 Do you realize the enemy has the plan? 19:43 And the plan is we just touched on the moment ago 19:46 as he has the plan to takeover all the churches. 19:51 You know, remember 19:52 he doesn't worry about the world. 19:53 Okay, how often you hear this, dear friends? 19:54 How often I hear and understand? 19:56 He has the plan to takeover every church. 20:00 He hates every child of God. 20:04 Now as the enemy has his plan to takeover the churches 20:07 let me just remind you this, 20:09 he has not forgotten the formulae that works. 20:14 Some of you are not with me. 20:15 You realize the enemy has a formulae 20:19 and he uses that formulae on you and me any body 20:23 who just leaves the cracked open just a little bit, 20:26 a little of wedge right there he is able to come in. 20:30 And once he comes in 20:31 and we begin to question scripture, 20:34 we begin to question the truth, 20:36 the church that may be we attain and we're gonna-- 20:38 it's okay to ask queries its okay to study. 20:41 But when we begin to doubt the Word of God 20:43 we're on dangerous ground. 20:45 Why, because that's the enemy. 20:46 He is the father of all doubts. 20:48 And he plans that in you and me. 20:49 But praise God right, He's given us eyes and ears 20:52 to hear the Word of God the Holy Spirit to lead 20:55 and guide us into all truth. 20:57 We have to realize regardless of how many times 21:01 we have read these scriptures 21:03 especially in First and Second Timothy. 21:04 1 Timothy 4:1 it talks about 21:07 there is going to be in the last days 21:09 seducing spirits and doctrine of death. 21:12 The devil is a seducer. 21:15 He is gonna kind of tell you what 21:16 you might want to hear. 21:17 He is going to try to say well, with it-- this is freedom over, 21:20 this is not the way that really is. 21:21 And many of us because we don't want to make 21:23 the changes with that what you know 21:25 that kind of mix little bit a sense to me. 21:28 Friend, anything outside the Word of God 21:30 just doesn't make sense to me. 21:31 Praise God, and I hope it doesn't makes sense to you. 21:33 Here is the Word of God it makes sense. 21:36 Now remember, the devil is going to try to influence you. 21:39 He is going to try to seduce you 21:42 but he is going to give you notice 21:44 doctrines of devil's. 21:46 So either is the doctrine of Christ 21:48 or it's the doctrines of devil. 21:50 Why is that we are so seemed like confused on 21:53 so many teachings of God's work? 21:54 Is possible that may be we have taken, is it possible 21:57 that we have taken the common or mans teaching 22:01 and we just intermingle with some truth a little bit 22:04 and we're trying to get something little more, 22:05 something we can chew on little bit better, 22:07 something that fits our lifestyle, a little bit better 22:09 or do you want to really be converted, 22:11 you really want to be changed into the image of Jesus Christ. 22:14 Oh, I'm sure that you do. 22:17 You know Paul understood this very well. 22:20 I'm sure much better may be than any of us. 22:22 But he explained it in 2 Timothy 1:13. 22:26 Here simply what he said bottom line and he says it to me 22:29 and I know he says to you, today. 22:31 He says "Hold fast to the form of sound words." 22:38 Something is sound, something is concrete in the Word of God. 22:41 You know that it is. He says, "Hold fast to that." 22:44 Why you're gonna hold fast? 22:46 As soon as you get a hold something that's 22:47 you know its truth and its right. 22:49 The old devil comes against this, 22:51 he starts beaten and banging and challenging you 22:53 and challenge your family, challenge your children, 22:55 everything is a challenge to see 22:57 whether you're gonna hang by faith are you. 23:00 This is what it's all about. 23:02 Or you're gonna try to mix a little common 23:04 and little bit you know, the far together 23:06 and you're gonna make it that where it's pleasing. 23:08 He said hold fast and what sound words. 23:11 You know what that means? That means healthy words. 23:14 That means-- that's called of free of error. 23:17 We're to hang on to things that are free of error. 23:20 2 Timothy 3:5, this is one everyone quotes 23:23 because we see it's so often. 23:25 I don't want to see it to my own life. 23:26 I'm sure I have seen it there before 23:28 and you know God forgiving and help to be made on fire 23:31 because you know people accept religion 23:32 they have a form of what, good. 23:35 Godliness, 2 Timothy 3:5 "But they're denying," 23:38 what good "the power there of for such turn away." 23:42 They hear the Word of God right, that has a form of it 23:45 but its not changing their heart and their life. 23:47 They can quote it, they can talk about it, 23:49 they can elaborate on it but 23:51 they do not let into their heart, 23:54 they do not let it into their minds, 23:57 they do not let it come into where it changes their character 24:00 into the very image of Jesus Christ. 24:02 Friends, that's what truth will do. 24:04 I'm interested in that. 24:06 I need these changes, don't you? 24:09 Do you desire these changes, do you? 24:11 Do you really want them? 24:12 Let's not have this for godliness 24:15 but denying that power that word is dynamite word 24:19 that power that's the force of the Holy Spirit as it were, 24:23 the strength of the Spirit of the living God, 24:25 the miracle working power of God, 24:27 the wonderful work of God we're denying it in our life. 24:31 And safe to say there will be millions today, 24:34 they don't know what it is 24:35 to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. 24:37 They don't know 24:38 whether they've been saved or not. 24:39 They've been getting these water down, sugar down, 24:42 these little old sermons 24:43 they are not got to the point of decision. 24:45 They're not going to brought to the point 24:47 to when you hear the straight testimony 24:48 you gonna have to make a decision. 24:50 You know, in the Bible you read it many times. 24:52 If you're on the Lord side get over here, 24:53 if you're on the enemy side get over there, 24:56 hot and cold. 24:57 But yet we found another way, 24:59 we think in the Christian world 25:01 that if we can mingle a little bit 25:02 compromise on this truth then we are gonna kind of be happy. 25:05 No, you will be discontent. 25:07 The only happiness that you can find, 25:09 the only happiness that I can have in my heart 25:11 and life a life is a total surrender to Jesus Christ, 25:15 heart, mind soul, body everything of man. 25:17 So I don't want a form of godliness. 25:21 I need to separate that, that right there. 25:23 I need that power. 25:25 It's interesting because we are talking 25:26 about the form of godliness means a formation of God. 25:30 Something that kind of formed up all the time, 25:32 that's what you do. 25:33 The appearance that is godly. 25:36 A formula, it's a fashion after what is religion? 25:40 That means that Bible carry, 25:42 that means a tithe payer, that means the church, 25:44 that's talking about you know, 25:46 enemy doesn't care about that. 25:48 Let me be just honest with you. 25:50 The enemy cares when you hear the truth 25:52 and you love the truth 25:53 and you're asking for the Spirit of God 25:55 that truth to come inside 25:57 and all of the sudden, the man that you wants 25:59 where you're not that way anymore. 26:00 The woman, that you were, the child, that you were 26:02 you're no longer the same anymore. 26:04 You don't have to go around and say 26:05 "oh, I'm not the same anymore. 26:06 Boy, I tell you I have got everything all together." 26:09 Friends, that's not what about, 26:10 your neighbors and your friends 26:11 and your mom and you're dad everybody is involved. 26:13 You are gonna say what happened? 26:16 Something has happened. 26:18 And they're going to say well, what how can they have peace 26:21 in a midst of a storm in living in this world 26:23 that we live in today 26:24 and the economy that we live in today. 26:26 Well, it just, it's just going to crumble any day. 26:29 All the laws are being passed like its just mind boggles. 26:33 I'm sure that Bible student 26:34 as you read the signs of the time 26:36 you need something to hang on. 26:38 You must have an experience 26:39 and most people do not have right now. 26:42 I want that experience. 26:43 If I do not have it, 26:45 I will not be able to endure. 26:47 I'm gonna take oh Lord, help us. 26:48 I'm gonna take the easy road out. 26:50 It's too many they call themselves Christian 26:52 and they want to take that easy road why, 26:54 because everybody is doing, everybody is going, 26:57 everybody is going here, 26:58 everybody is talking about this, everybody is-- 27:01 Friend, if everybody please, please, 27:03 we will talk about that little bit more, 27:04 just a little bit later. 27:05 But please that means what we need to be a separate people. 27:08 We need to come apart from the world 27:10 of don't touch those unclean things. 27:12 We'll read something Desire of Ages, page 172, 27:15 oh please bless you're heart. 27:16 Please pay attention. Please pay attention. 27:19 It said, "He who is trying." 27:21 And that-- I read this because there's many people 27:23 who think because of their church membership 27:26 or because they profess in keeping 27:29 the Ten Commandment law 27:30 that automatically everything is fine. 27:34 Going to make it the health. 27:35 Got a one way ticket 27:36 because this is where I go to church. 27:38 Friend, please don't fool yourself. 27:41 I find nothing in scripture that says that. 27:43 Is it not-- oh, somebody, somebody pray for me. 27:46 Is it not our personal relationship with Jesus Christ? 27:49 I believe it is. 27:50 I believe that's what it's all about. 27:51 I realized Christ is the head of His church 27:53 but He is calling you and He is calling me 27:55 to be like Him. 27:57 He is not calling us as in some have converted lukewarm 28:00 some kind of state or we just go to church. 28:03 And you know when I go to church 28:04 when we hear they are saying 28:05 through services I expect a blessing. 28:07 I come to receive a blessing. 28:09 When I leave I have got a blessing 28:11 I don't know about you. 28:12 That's what it is all about. 28:13 Or is it grudgingly that you go to church, 28:15 it's grudgingly that you pay your tithe. 28:17 Is it grudgingly that you just have to go 28:18 may be do something that in the church 28:20 and may be you really didn't want it? 28:21 Oh, friend, you're serving Jesus Christ 28:23 isn't it what it's all about. 28:25 Let's not be compromising the truth and the things 28:28 that we're talking about here. 28:29 Remember he who is trying to reach heaven, 28:32 oh I can just see the hands going up. 28:34 Oh, yes, yes, yes, it's me 28:37 I'm trying to reach heaven. 28:38 Oh, that's good I'm glad that you make that commitment. 28:40 But if you're trying to reach heaven 28:43 but by our own works in keeping the law 28:47 we are attempting an impossibility. 28:50 Did you get it? 28:51 He is who is trying to reach heaven 28:52 by his own what? 28:54 By his own works, by his own merits, 28:57 and by keeping the law is attempting an impossibility. 29:02 Notice how clear. 29:03 "There is no safety." Did you get it? 29:06 "There is no safety 29:08 for one who has merely a legal religions." 29:13 And that's called what? 29:14 "A form of godliness." 29:17 We're just talking about that scriptures didn't we. 29:20 Many times we don't realize that's what's all going on here. 29:25 And I also thought about this and jot it down. 29:27 It says in the Christian life, 29:30 there must be a death to self 29:33 and sin and a new life, all together. 29:37 Man that's really sums up. Doesn't it? 29:40 That sums up what it's all about here for us today. 29:44 A new life, did you get it. 29:46 Death to self, 29:49 a new life in Jesus Christ. 29:51 See I believe this all my heart that eyes must be open. 29:56 Why are we closing our eyes and our hearts 29:59 and our ears to this beautiful message 30:03 and as we close them we're deteriorating spiritually. 30:09 I will be safe to say there are those today who-- 30:13 Well, my mother said it 30:14 and I mentioned it several times before 30:16 when I do something oh, may be that 30:17 I shouldn't be doing. 30:18 She said, Kenny, Kenny, Kenny 30:20 you're cutting your nose off despites your face. 30:23 Now you know that an old saying. 30:25 You know, sometime I didn't really want to hear it. 30:28 But you know what, it's a true statement. 30:30 Sometime we just, cut your nose off 30:32 and it despites our own face. 30:34 You know what, people are simply what fighting themselves 30:38 and we are fighting what, truth. 30:40 Don't fight the truth. 30:41 You know, it's gonna hurt you, it's gonna come back. 30:44 Well, that when you fight the truth listen, 30:46 you're fighting against yourself. 30:48 Does you get it? 30:49 We know you're fighting its God 30:50 but there's a fight within in you there. 30:52 Paul says it something like this made it clear 30:54 in 2 Timothy 2:25, 26. 30:58 He said in meekness 31:00 instructing those who that oppose themselves. 31:04 Did you it? 31:05 There are people who oppose themselves-- 31:07 you're fighting against yourself, 31:08 it's says because you won't deny yourself. 31:11 "In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." 31:15 That means fight themselves. 31:16 "If God peradventure will give them repentance 31:20 to the acknowledging of the truth." 31:23 Verse 26 "And that they may recover themselves 31:27 out of the snare of the devil." 31:29 When you're finding yourself, 31:31 you say when you don't want to give up, 31:32 you deny yourself, you're fighting, 31:34 you see, you're in the "snare of the devil 31:37 who taken captive at his will." 31:41 Wow, that means you're easy prey. 31:42 We fight the truth, we're fighting all, 31:45 you know, what is right, we don't want to do it, 31:47 we're doing everything 31:48 that we can to stay away from those 31:50 who may be are advocating the truth. 31:53 We don't want to go at the meetings, 31:54 we don't want to talk to him, 31:55 we don't want to study the word with them. 31:57 We're fighting against the truth. 31:58 Surely, it's against the Holy Spirit, 32:00 certainly, it's against God. 32:02 But there is a fight and then fight is inside of you 32:05 and Paul's says boy, 32:06 and "that they may recover themselves." 32:09 Some of us need to be recovered. 32:11 Here I'll think that were there 32:12 when you're recovering from alcohol, recovering-- 32:14 how about recovering ourselves from the devil? 32:17 That can only be done by the Holy Spirit 32:19 by appointing your heart, your life, 32:20 your mind out to say God "Oh all I need some help." 32:24 And just falling into every snare that the enemy sets 32:26 and I need some help I can't it all my own. 32:28 God says you know what I'm gonna help you. 32:31 But you know what? 32:32 I really believe this, 32:33 we need to make sure that your soul, 32:36 that my soul is thoroughly converted. 32:39 Please listen to that word thoroughly converted. 32:42 Now I mean, truly converted. 32:44 If we're not careful, 32:46 we will lose that which we have gained. 32:50 Does that make sense? 32:51 If we are not thoroughly converted, right we're going on, 32:53 we've learned and we're doing and blah, blah, blah. 32:55 Make sure that soul is thoroughly converted, 32:58 rooted and grounded in the truth of God's word. 33:00 Friend, I'm telling you today if you're not, 33:02 and you're not staying there 33:03 you'll end up losing all that, 33:05 that's been gained by the power of the Holy Spirit. 33:07 Please don't lose what you've gained 33:09 to his power and to his Word. 33:12 See God is calling man today. 33:14 He is calling people, teachers. 33:17 He is calling them into his service. 33:18 Men, women filled with the spirit of the living God. 33:22 Giving them power, giving them ability, 33:25 giving them the grace. 33:27 Think about it, to preach the truth did you get it? 33:30 Knowledge, strength, power, 33:32 He is calling us to preach the truth. 33:33 You know what? 33:35 Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. 33:38 You know, when you think abouts 33:39 that power He wants to be strong, 33:42 He wants us to be decided, 33:43 He wants us to be clear. 33:47 What, because I just can't get away from it. 33:49 Thank you God, that the world must be warned 33:52 and then Jesus is going to come. 33:55 It must be warned 33:57 because the evil one is what we talked 33:59 about while ago he is seducing the world, 34:02 the miracle working power 34:03 and we see him going about defying whom he will. 34:08 He is working on the whole world. 34:11 He is planning on seducing you by the way. 34:15 He wants to get the job done, 34:17 he is working with everything is in him. 34:18 Oh, friend, may I plead with you today 34:21 are you pleading with God. 34:23 Everything that goes in you, they say from your toes 34:25 to top of your head for the Holy Spirit, 34:27 the living God to come in, to cleanse you, 34:30 to make you that new person that you need to be. 34:33 To find that contentment and that peace 34:35 that the world does not know. 34:37 It can only come by knowing Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 34:41 Are you pleading for that new mind? 34:43 Are you pleading for victory over sin? 34:46 Is God calling you? 34:48 Remember if He calls you He is going to equip you, 34:50 He is gonna give you ability and that strength. 34:52 He is gonna give you that mind, mind of Christ. 34:55 And if He calls you will you give by the grace of God 34:58 that strong undiluted testimony. 35:03 Friend, I apologize for the moment 35:04 because there's things through my mind right now 35:06 I'm say well help me to be able to good-- Holy Spirit 35:08 take it then work with the right way. 35:11 There's many people in the world today 35:13 in the moment today that hurling straight testimony. 35:17 We're talking about you know 35:18 let's give the straight testimony. 35:19 Let's give the real doctrine, 35:21 let's give the real truth and bless your heart. 35:24 Many are missing the mark. 35:25 Not saying I have everything all together 35:26 but where I'm studying to show myself appoved unto God 35:29 but many are missing the mark in the same time 35:31 saying we have got it, we have got it. 35:35 Friend, could that be somewhat a little bit of the common 35:37 and sacred coming together that we, 35:40 that we have it and its, its going to be kind of, 35:42 its going to be good enough, no. 35:45 Is it good enough for God 35:48 mingling of the common and sacred? 35:51 How about in the days of apostle 35:52 let's just take that for a moment. 35:55 Some of the most foolish teachings, 35:58 heresies were presented as the truth. 36:02 You remember reading the scripture? 36:04 Even some they belief the disciples had time 36:05 before, you know, that Jesus is really working 36:07 on their heart and life and bring them here. 36:09 There was all kind of heresies and doctrines of devils 36:12 that were being thrown around in there 36:14 and then you know history we find out will be repeated. 36:18 So we look back and say we are what some of those. 36:21 You know, talking about the soul or heaven and hell 36:23 and some of these things and Jesus Christ 36:25 and Him crucified on the Cross of Cavalry. 36:28 And so there was lot of err that was being in -- 36:30 it mingled in, in the place of truth. 36:33 And I find it, I find it sad to say 36:36 you know I just say it today, 36:37 but its true, its intermingled 36:40 and why not friend if you believe 36:43 that there's God's last day movement, 36:45 do you think have you buried your head so far in the sand 36:50 that you don't think that He is not going to be working 36:52 overtime on this movement, on you and on me? 36:56 I'm not trying blame any one specifically here. 36:59 But there is something wrong. 37:02 We take teachings today 37:03 that is not found it in the word of God 37:06 and then you'll find a group that will say 37:08 well that's not found in the Word of God, 37:09 the other group says well you know its close enough 37:11 we'll just accept then He will be good priesting 37:13 the rest of His law, doing this law 37:14 you're gonna be happy. 37:16 It's not found in the Word of God, I'm mean solid. 37:19 My friend, we don't need to participate with that. 37:22 We can't do it, its wrong. 37:24 And God help us to see how the enemy is doing, why. 37:28 I said well, history won't be repeated. 37:31 You know why and think about this, 37:33 you'll say what you're talking about, err? 37:36 Err is wearing some kind of new garment, 37:40 what does that mean. 37:42 You see err will come this way and then it will go that way 37:45 but please pay attention to this, 37:47 when err comes along it has new cloths 37:50 on sometime, it has a new face, 37:53 it has a new garment. 37:55 But I'll tell you this dear friends, 37:56 you unmask that err regardless 37:58 how good it looks on the outside 38:00 and you and unmask that err-- 38:02 that regard you take the garment of it and nothing appears. 38:07 Why because it was just what, something it was put over. 38:11 Take it off, there is nothing there. 38:15 Satan works today to attract attention 38:18 to man in the place of God, 38:20 I see it, I hear all the time. 38:22 He is doing what? 38:23 He is trying to get me and you 38:26 to be attracted to as it were to may 38:30 I say looking to some call the bishops 38:33 or look to the elders, look to the pastors, 38:36 or look at our professors of theology, 38:41 look at someone special. 38:43 And the enemy saying, "Look to these guys, 38:45 look to these guys, look to these guys. 38:49 Look to these guys as your guide 38:52 and they'll help you along to understand these things." 38:56 Friend, we are told in scripture to do what? 38:59 Put your eyes upon Jesus Christ 39:00 and we are told to search the scriptures for in them 39:04 you think you have eternal life. 39:06 I search the scriptures today to learn my duty, 39:10 I need not be told by some men. 39:12 Oh, people can counsel together 39:13 and get encouragement that's fine. 39:14 The Holy Spirit will teach you what your duty is. 39:18 So the moment common sacred 39:21 the man says look at this one, 39:23 follow what he is doing, 39:25 listen what he is doing, be careful with that. 39:28 Our attention is off of God 39:29 then right off the scripture and we're looking at this man. 39:32 I wonder if that makes sense to you, 39:35 if it makes sense to me, it does makes sense to me 39:37 because then the enemy will do what? 39:39 Doesn't mean that person is not a good person, 39:41 doesn't mean they don't love Jesus, 39:42 there's a lot of good professors, 39:44 there's a lot of good bishops, elders, teachers. 39:48 But the enemy then begins 39:49 to work many 2o folk, 30 folk on that leader. 39:53 And if he can get that leader to fall down 39:56 then he is taking a multitude of people with him. 40:00 Our words have influence. 40:02 Your words have influence, 40:03 you be careful how to use, 40:04 mine I have to be careful how I use them. 40:06 I would not for anything try 40:07 to influence you in the wrong way. 40:10 But when I believe that something is truth in God's word 40:12 oh I want to present it. 40:14 You know I want to Holy Spirit to take it 40:15 and present in your heart 40:16 and to your ears and to your life. 40:19 Friend, we are dealing with some big problems, 40:21 we are dealing with common, we are dealing with sacred 40:23 and we're gonna be naming some specific things, 40:26 don't get worrying while doing it, 40:28 we're establishing some facts, 40:30 but something will touch that I'd really rather not 40:34 but you know what Holy Spirit says 40:37 go ahead, present it, challenge my people, 40:40 test my people, remind them. 40:43 Oh, but there won't be anything new its there 40:44 but somehow we've forgotten. 40:46 Sometimes it's like we open the book 40:47 and the Bible we see it and then we put a cover over. 40:50 Please don't do that. 40:51 Take the blinders off, take the cover off 40:53 and say God, reveal 40:54 what You would have me to do in here 40:56 and you know He will do it. 40:57 So I say again we're dealing with a huge big problem here 41:02 and the problem is people are beginning to love the common 41:07 or error more than they are the truth. 41:10 They love listen, 41:11 they love the shadow over the substance. 41:16 Friend, you remember chasing a shadow 41:17 you'll never gonna catch it. 41:19 And when you do there's nothing there as it where if you could. 41:24 So what do you prefer today? 41:26 Do you prefer the shadow, oh it's closing there 41:29 for it seems like it or the real substance? 41:35 Could you, let me challenge God's people today. 41:38 Could you detect if error is being taught 41:42 in your church any kind of error. 41:45 Could you really detect it as a child of God? 41:49 I will just name a few things 41:50 and just see if you may be can detect error 41:53 it's happening in your church. 41:55 And just notice with me the several ways here. 41:58 Number one, would you be able to detect in your life-- 42:03 this is personal examination, 42:04 if you're losing your first love 42:06 or if you've lost your first love, 42:09 love for the truth. 42:11 Can you even see that about yourself? 42:13 You know what, probably safe to say, 42:15 you can probably look at somebody else 42:17 that they've lost their first love. 42:20 Well, they're not the same anymore. 42:22 Friend, look in the mirror, 42:24 see we have to be able to detect that 42:25 and if somehow we detect something 42:27 it's not only judgmental way 42:28 but we want to encourage that person 42:30 if we feel or sense by the Spirit of God 42:33 that they've lost that first love. 42:36 Friend, if you lost that first love 42:37 we're in trouble that experience 42:40 that you had with Jesus Christ. 42:42 Love, love that you have lost that love 42:45 and you begin to see, notice this, 42:48 and when we lose that first love, it's not just well, 42:50 I have lost it but when you lose that first love then worldliness 42:53 begins to creep and take its place 42:55 and it comes into the church. 42:58 I've hear lot of worldly ideas 43:00 and I have heard on the phone 43:01 and different things and people 43:02 and I've been around a long time 43:04 that is as people begin to lose their grip 43:06 from the hand of the Savior 43:08 they begin to grasp, the grasp the world 43:10 and they bring the world 43:11 in to try to make up for what they have lost. 43:16 Friend, don't lose your first love. 43:20 And would you be able to detect this? 43:21 Would you be able to the sometimes 43:24 we see there is much more we mentioned it 43:26 this little ago, a while ago, that the loyalty to man 43:30 more and more and more 43:31 its loyalty to man, look what man has done. 43:35 But remember when we give 43:36 and its good to be loyal in the right sense, 43:38 let-s, let's balance it a little bit here. 43:41 Love and respect our brother and working along with him. 43:43 But when we have more loyalty to a man 43:46 that we have a loyalty to God, something is wrong. 43:49 But can you detect that? 43:51 See common and sacred has been so intermingled 43:56 and that we can't really tell the difference 43:58 may we only by right, the great light right here 44:02 that God has given us and by the lesser light. 44:05 Peace should be easy for us to detect error, loyalty to God. 44:12 And then could you detect may be in the church 44:16 that very few may be in the congregation 44:21 are really able to detect truth from error. 44:28 How is that, that just can't right 44:31 it's because may be it's not preached 44:32 from the pulpit, may be it's not lived in the life. 44:37 So it's been absent for so long that we really don't know 44:41 and I'm shocked truly shocked 44:46 by the lack of knowledge of professing 44:49 people of God as supposed to know the Word of God. 44:52 Now again don't say oh, somebody will say oh, 44:54 we're talking about knowledge is gonna say. 44:56 You know better than that if you've watched this program, 44:58 knowledge is the wonderful thing 44:59 thank you God, for the Holy Spirit 45:01 and knowledge that He gives. 45:04 That's not what I'm talking about here. 45:06 Has it been so long 45:09 that may be you've forgotten the difference? 45:11 You don't really know truth 45:13 and error people get praying 45:14 and tell you something's 45:15 and let me just mention a few, 45:17 we have got a few minutes left 45:18 and let me tell you, hang on to your seat. 45:20 Yeah anybody have seatbelt? I have fastened if for you. 45:23 It may you know what some of you here 45:25 listen you just be offended by and by 45:27 and you don't want to hear it and say 45:28 "oh Lord, I don't want to hear 45:29 that anymore because you know, 45:30 I don't believe that anymore." 45:32 Really, was it a truth one time to you? 45:36 And now may be because the world 45:37 is taking over it no longer matters 45:39 or you don't see it this way anymore. 45:41 Oh, friend, oh how God is calling us to be loyal to Him. 45:46 I just wonder if, you know, 45:50 sometime in the church people think 45:53 that salvation depends upon belonging 45:57 rather than a hard conversation 46:00 because I belong that does not take place. 46:02 It's nice to belong to something 46:04 but, you know, its heart conversion 46:06 that God is looking for and that's what we need. 46:08 It's not because well, I belong here 46:09 therefore I have got it made. 46:13 Would you be able to tell if these beautiful truths 46:16 that God has given His last day church 46:19 was thrown into the trash heap? 46:21 Is somebody still with me? 46:23 Would you be able to know the difference? 46:26 Somebody changed up something 46:28 just a little bit would you really 46:29 be able to identify that? 46:31 Or even if you did if there is little quickening 46:33 of the spirit, you might say 46:36 well, there not picking on the professors 46:38 but the professor said that it was, 46:41 the pastor said that it was. 46:44 Friend, go the Word of God get your Bible find out 46:47 whether it is, is truth or its not. 46:49 So would you know if some of these beautiful truths 46:52 have been thrown into the trash heap? 46:54 I pray that you have. 46:56 You will say well, what? 47:00 Friend, I'm very concerned 47:01 and just let it-- if I have a concern 47:03 let me error it would you do that? 47:05 And I've seen it and I have studied it 47:07 and I have a problem with some of the teachings 47:09 about the nature of Christ. 47:14 Such division on that, it's so complex 47:17 but yet it's simple enough that we can all grasp 47:21 the basic principles of this truth. 47:23 Why can't we grasp this beauty of the nature of Christ? 47:28 Would you know in the church we'll be able to identify 47:31 we are talking about the nature of sin. 47:35 Do we understand the issues righteousness by faith? 47:40 Why are we hearing more about that, 47:42 again the nature of sin, the nature of Christ? 47:45 Many of these things we call that the pillars of the truth. 47:48 The list goes on, 47:50 but what about unity in the church? 47:52 God's promised that to the church, 47:54 what's wrong with the God help us? 47:56 Are we having problems in the church realizing 47:59 that God has promised us victory over sin? 48:02 He has promised us to us. 48:03 He is able to produce that. 48:05 He wants you to live that kind of life. 48:08 He is coming after a people 48:09 who have gained that victory through Him. 48:12 Would you be able to detect a preacher got up 48:15 and he was preaching a message 48:16 and he said "oh, praise God for Cavalry" 48:18 and you will say "oh glory hallelujah." 48:20 That's right. 48:21 Praise God for the Cavalry, 48:22 and you know what praise God it end at the Cavalry. 48:27 No, did not end at cavalry. 48:32 That's another doctrine, another teacher 48:33 and may teaching may I say of the enemy. 48:37 But I'm saying would you detect it 48:38 or would you say well, 48:40 I heard that it doesn't sound quite right 48:42 what I have been talked but they should know. 48:45 Yeah, they should know. 48:48 But can you detect that error? 48:50 And they have what is it, 48:51 the common man has come up with this 48:54 and sacred, put it together 48:56 and to make us acceptable to other faiths, 48:59 other denominations, other preachers, 49:02 teachers whatever it might be acceptable 49:04 but I want to be acceptable to God, don't you. 49:06 That's the most important thing right there. 49:08 You know, and then how about the three angels message. 49:12 Can you detect-- do you even understand what it is? 49:15 I know I'm limited on knowledge true, 49:16 but you know I strive to understand 49:18 at least the basic principles of this teaching. 49:21 What this church is built upon. 49:24 I hold Him in high esteem 49:25 because the God has put it in His word. 49:28 I cherish those taught and those words on there 49:31 and I feel convinced by the Holy Spirit power. 49:33 This is something we're to won the world with. 49:36 Not give that and water down version of it 49:39 and water down version means 49:41 you have taken the common teachings of man 49:42 and you have mingle it what, 49:44 with the sacred, the spirit of the living God. 49:46 Friends, you're not gonna come up with truth. 49:48 The world will not be converted like that as it were. 49:51 People of the world-- 49:52 oh, the world is gonna be as the whole as we know that. 49:54 But God has good people 49:55 they need to hear the truth not saying 49:57 I'm going to water down, sugar coded 49:59 so more people will accept it. 50:00 You won't have to converter to come in. 50:03 no, we want the truth of God's word, 50:05 we want it to hit hard. 50:09 so little about the gift of prophecy and the church? 50:12 Why is that we can't talk about the Spirit of Prophecy? 50:15 Oh, some of you can't. 50:16 When you're very limited about to identifying 50:18 mark of God's last day church what is wrong with that? 50:21 Why is it we here so water down in this life 50:23 well it's that well and denial many times, 50:25 please don't do that. 50:27 The Mark of Beast the Heavenly Sanctuary, 50:29 the things are not being taught the way they use to be. 50:32 I have a burden not telling about anything or anybody, 50:34 I'm just saying I hear differently. 50:37 And many people who should know better 50:39 because they've been mingling the common with the sacred. 50:43 Here very little about the diet anymore. 50:45 Things we take into our body, 50:46 we have very little that of things 50:48 that we put on our body anymore, put on our body. 50:50 Oh, we don't want to talk. 50:51 You know why, because it's not popular. 50:56 Most people are afraid to talk 50:57 about ordination, ordination of women. 51:00 That's where is elders and pastors 51:01 and so on, so forth. 51:03 Well, we're getting ready to do a series on that. 51:04 You know, it either is a biblical teaching 51:07 and if it is lets be supportive. 51:09 Everybody get it together as a worldwide work, 51:12 if it is not let's put an end to it. 51:15 Come on what do you say? It's a blessing or a curse. 51:17 You see this is what it boasts down to. 51:19 It's not that we're gonna make somebody happy over here. 51:21 What is God saying? 51:24 Surely, He will not have us confused on these issues. 51:26 Surely, He wants His people here in these last days to know. 51:31 You know bottom line, if you love the world 51:34 and you love the common things, 51:37 eventually you will hate the truth. 51:41 Oh, I don't want to say that. 51:43 Eventually, you will hate the truth 51:45 and not just hate the truth but you will turn on those 51:48 who may be have been teaching the truth. 51:50 If you don't love it, you will, because yes, it is testing, 51:53 yes, it is been trying sometime. 51:55 Yeah, its life changing thing 51:58 and it should be, that's what the truth 51:59 does in your heart and in your life. 52:01 Manuscript 33 and written in 1911 52:05 please listen to this course. 52:06 Our time has almost gone come on stay with me 52:08 please listen, this is important. 52:11 "People seemed to be growing cold to the gospel." 52:15 Its starts out this way 52:17 and how my heart related to that. 52:21 And how I believe that I would be growing 52:24 cold to the gospel if the Holy Spirit 52:26 when constantly impress me to be reading 52:29 and studying and praying and witnessing. 52:32 You'll understand what I talking you about. 52:34 I'll be growing cold too. 52:35 But I have noticed in the world 52:37 the world just seems like its not subject to God anymore. 52:42 They not really want-- they want to talk around Him 52:44 and over Him and to through Him a little bit 52:46 but not really get involved 52:47 with the personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 52:51 It's like that you know God where are they. 52:53 I can see in the Bible that God's professed class 52:55 it says is there anybody anymore. 52:57 Is there somebody that loves truth? 52:59 If you love the truth why don't you show up? 53:01 If you love the truth, why don't you, 53:03 won't you write us and tell us about your love the truth. 53:06 We need to understand of these things 53:07 are either affecting by the power of the Holy Spirit 53:09 or they're not affecting you. 53:13 And that you might-- do you love them? 53:14 I hope so. 53:16 So this article starts out here quickly. 53:19 It seems that people are growing cold to the gospel. 53:22 Notice this, so again why is there 53:24 so much resistance to the truth notice this. 53:28 "Those who resist the light and truth 53:31 will become more hardened 53:33 and unimpressible, more bitter 53:36 against those who love God and keep His commandments." 53:41 Friend, you thank your path is going to be easy. 53:46 I know you hear a lot but please keep in this mind. 53:49 There is test and trials that are waiting you. 53:52 You accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior 53:54 the enemy is gonna come against you to tear you down. 53:57 It's impossible if you keep your hand in the hand of God. 54:01 Friend, will you do that today? 54:02 There are some of you who are cold right now, 54:04 you're lifeless was right now. 54:05 You've been in the movement for so long, you've lost it. 54:07 Please why not right now, 54:08 why don't come back to Him? Why don't you? 54:11 You're sick of this common, 54:12 you're sick and you, you want the sacred, 54:15 you want that which is pleasing in the sight of God. 54:17 And all the cause that we get I'm telling my heart goes out 54:20 because it says we just don't hear it anymore, why not? 54:23 Why not, let's get back doing. 54:24 Why not let's get back to the word of God, 54:26 let Him rule and rain in your heart and your life. 54:28 This is time to make that decision. 54:30 It's very simple, just, you know, get on the knees. 54:32 If you're driving along and whatever 54:34 you're watching listening what it might be, 54:36 just say to Lord, you want, 54:37 I want back what I once had. I've lost it. 54:40 But I want it back please give it back to me. 54:43 Oh, how he longs to hears that-- that plea from you. 54:46 You know what, you will give it back to you. 54:47 And more abundantly 54:49 I want to pray with you right now as we close. 54:52 And remember you're gonna pray for us right. 54:54 You're going to be calling in and you're going to email 54:55 and you're going to writing in encouraging 54:56 and say these are the messages 54:58 that we need to hear in these last days to be ready. 55:00 So as I kneel here maybe where you can kneel 55:02 along with me, lets pray together. 55:05 Merciful Father in heaven, 55:06 once again we so thank You for Your precious word. 55:08 Thank You Lord, that You remind us 55:10 to come apart and be separate 55:11 from the world touch not the unclean. 55:13 You've forbidden us to join together 55:15 the common and the sacred 55:17 and oh how often in so many different ways 55:19 and we will be going into more of those. 55:21 How we see it happening today 55:22 not just in the world but in the church. 55:23 Lord, help us we pray bless those 55:25 who made that decision for you today in Jesus, amen. 55:29 Well, we thank you so very much for joining us. 55:32 And we know sometime it takes 55:33 I hear people say we set our alarm 55:34 we get up at 6 o'clock and we are here. 55:36 Whether it's Dare to Dream 55:37 or if it's, you know, on 3ABN or it's on the radio. 55:40 Listen, we thoroughly appreciate 55:41 that we realize that is a commitment 55:44 that you made to Jesus Christ 55:45 and because you want to hear these things 55:47 and would you help us 55:48 to continue to make these to get these things out. 55:51 Want Jesus is soon to come. 55:53 We're going to be accounted for time that we have. 55:54 We have no time to lose. 55:56 Lord, we just that pray 55:57 that Lord will be with you, be with your family, 55:59 and answer that prayer of faith that you pray to Him today. 56:02 You've asking to come back 56:04 to enrich you and I'm so thankful 56:05 that you did it today until next time 56:07 God bless you, we'll see you then. 56:11 Standing by a purpose true Heeding God's command 56:15 Honor them, the faithful few! 56:17 All hail to Daniel's band! 56:20 Dare to be a Daniel 56:21 Dare to stand alone! 56:23 Dare to have a purpose firm! 56:26 Dare to make it known 56:29 Friends, God has given us 56:30 a purpose true and absolute moral, 56:34 more realistic way of living 56:36 and He instructs us to make this known to other people. 56:40 Many are called but few are chosen. 56:43 What you decide, decide today right now, 56:46 where you are 56:47 to be a vital part of God's faith for few 56:50 this very moment 56:52 and to encourage you in this decision 56:54 as always we are so pleased to offer you 56:57 this four part series. 56:58 We'd love to send it to you. 57:00 It's entitled Common and Sacred Fire. 57:03 We are offering it to you today 57:05 for a love gift of just $29 or more. 57:08 And don't forget 57:09 every donation you make to Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:12 helps to encourage us, helps to enable us to continue 57:16 to bring these timely God inspired messages to you 57:20 and to others around the world. 57:22 All you have to do is contact us by calling our ministry, 57:26 here in the United States at area code 618-942-5044, 57:32 that's Central Standard Time or write us, 57:35 here at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:37 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois, 62948. 57:42 You're always welcome to send us an email. 57:45 Our email address is 57:46 beholdthelambministries @yahoo.com 57:49 or you may also order these messages 57:51 on our website at beholdthelambministries.com. 57:58 Until next time friends, 57:59 may our precious Lord continue to bless you and yours? |
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