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00:38 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton your host, 00:42 and I want to thank you for joining us. 00:45 As we study the Holy Writ, we begin to clearly see 00:48 that there is indeed a tremendous controversy 00:51 between good and evil in our world 00:53 that began from this world's very inception, 00:56 a great controversy between Christ and His angels, 01:00 and Satan and his angels. 01:03 It is a battle that began in heaven 01:05 and is now being fought on this earth 01:08 with our lives being the choice possession. 01:11 Satan is in this battle to win over God's created 01:14 and beloved children, us, as his very own, 01:18 his desire is to be as God, our Creator. 01:22 The enemy of souls longs for our worship 01:26 whether it be an open demonic form 01:28 or a spy simply not following the truths of God's Word 01:32 that will set us free from sin and eternal death. 01:35 It doesn't matter to him 01:37 just as long as we're not worshiping 01:40 in God's Spirit and in God's truth. 01:43 Therefore, as said, many worshippers 01:46 are worshipping in Satan's church 01:49 and following Satan's plan, 01:52 and perishing for a lack of knowledge. 01:55 We don't want this to be your experience. 01:58 Therefore, Satan's church, 02:00 and his plans are hereby exposed 02:02 so that you will not be ignorant of the truth. 02:05 But before we join Pastor Kenny Shelton, 02:08 for part one of 'Satan Has a Church and a Plan, ' 02:12 let's visit the 3ABN Worship Center 02:15 for a song that is entitled 02:17 'How Wonderful Heaven Will Be' by Steve Darmody. 02:51 As I see the marks of sin I feel a sadness 02:59 But there's a thought that always brings a sweet release 03:06 Soon our Savior will be here, 03:11 That day is drawing near 03:17 When tears, trials, and heartaches 03:22 All will cease 03:26 Oh, how wonderful heaven will be 03:34 To be with Jesus 03:38 Throughout eternity 03:42 No earthly thing can compare 03:49 To what is waiting for us 03:52 There 03:57 Oh, how wonderful 04:01 Heaven will be 04:19 Oh, just think 04:20 Of all the countless joys of heaven 04:26 A better land, a better life 04:30 Than we could know 04:34 We will be forever safe 04:39 Thru His forgiving grace 04:44 This gift is ours because 04:48 He loves us so 04:52 Oh, how wonderful 04:56 Heaven will be 05:01 To be with Jesus throughout eternity 05:09 No earthly thing can compare 05:15 To what is waiting for us 05:19 There 05:25 Oh, how wonderful 05:29 Heaven will be 05:33 Oh, how wonderful 05:39 Heaven will be 05:43 To be with Jesus 05:46 Throughout eternity 05:52 No earthly thing can compare 05:59 To what is waiting for us 06:03 There 06:11 Oh, how wonderful heaven 06:18 Will be 06:27 Oh, how wonderful 06:32 Heaven 06:35 will be 07:05 Thanks for joining us here, Behold the Lamb. 07:07 We appreciate you so very, very much. 07:09 We enjoy the special music always, 07:11 it just brings us real joy and excitement 07:13 before we get into the Word of God. 07:15 Again, we're thankful for those of you 07:16 who write letters, you have questions, 07:18 you know, feel free to give us a call, 07:19 you can write a letter, 07:21 and we'll do our very best to get back to you. 07:23 We thank you for your love then for your support. 07:25 And always before we get into the Word of God, 07:27 what do we always do? 07:29 We always pray. 07:30 And so once again we're going to pray together. 07:32 And I invite you all in your home 07:34 those who may just be listening or watching that if you can, 07:37 you can kneel with me and you can pray 07:38 'cause we need the power of the Holy Spirit, don't we? 07:40 Let's pray together, shall we? 07:45 Kind, loving, Heavenly Father, 07:46 again, we thank You for the privilege 07:48 that we have to open the pages of this beautiful book 07:50 called the Bible. 07:51 We pray in a very special way for the anointing 07:53 of thy Holy Spirit upon Your Word. 07:56 Lord, we can't understand the Word without You, 07:58 we can't understand what it means, 08:00 so we need to have the Holy Spirit 08:02 to come into our hearts and mind, 08:03 open our ears that we may hear that we may hear Your Word, 08:06 we may hear the admonition that You have for us today. 08:09 We thank You for those who are viewing, 08:11 those who are listening, 08:12 and we'll pray that You meet every need 08:13 of every heart and every live today 08:15 as we learn more about Jesus in the hour in which we live, 08:18 in Jesus' name we pray and for His sake, amen. 08:24 I always encourage those who are at home be sure 08:26 and even in the church to be sure and have your Bible, 08:28 have a pencil and paper 08:30 because it's so important to jot things down 08:32 because we have to move rather quickly 08:34 because we have only a certain amount of time. 08:36 We're going to be doing this study, 08:38 so it's going to be a two-part series. 08:39 So you want to make sure 08:41 we're going to set up 08:42 the foundation of this series in this first part, 08:45 it's very, very important. 08:47 The title of this message is "Satan has his church 08:53 and a plan." 08:54 Satan has his church and a plan. 08:59 That's very, very important 09:00 that we understand the plan that the enemy has 09:03 and how he's going to use that plan try to against us 09:06 so that heaven cannot be our home. 09:08 So, again, we're glad you joined us. 09:10 Let's study the Word of God together, shall we? 09:13 You have your Bible? 09:14 You have your pencil, pen, so you jot these things down. 09:17 I want you turn to me, I love the Book of Revelation, 09:19 how about you? 09:20 Book of Revelation is just the revelation of Jesus Christ. 09:23 It's revealing of Jesus 09:24 and how desperately we need 09:26 a fresh revelation of Jesus Christ. 09:29 Too many of us are living on day old 09:31 20-year-old experience. 09:33 And our experience has to be new and fresh 09:35 every day of our life. 09:37 And so as we turn to the Book of Revelation, 09:39 I want you to turn to Revelation Chapter 3. 09:42 Revelation Chapter 3 is very familiar 09:45 it's talking about the churches, you know? 09:48 And it's interesting the title as 09:49 "Satan has his church and he has a plan" 09:52 but notice, along with God says, 09:54 "I have a church," the devil says, 09:56 "I have a church, " ain't that interesting? 09:59 The enemy has a church. 10:01 Now you can either belong to God's church 10:04 or you can belong to the enemy church. 10:06 So we're going to be revealing as we study this plan, 10:09 the plan that the enemy has, how he's going to use it 10:11 against God's people to confuse our minds 10:14 so that we become a part of his church 10:18 rather than a part of God's church, 10:20 and then we don't even know the difference. 10:23 So in studying the God's Word, 10:24 it certainly reveals there is a big difference, 10:27 but the enemy is, remember, 10:29 he is working, how is he working? 10:30 So that he deceives the mind so that he makes us think 10:33 that we're on the right track 10:34 or it doesn't really make any difference 10:36 which it really does. 10:38 Revelation 3:7, 8, and 9. 10:42 Revelation, what? Good, Chapter 3. 10:44 You're jotting it down, you're going to go back, 10:45 and you're going to study it again. 10:47 I know that you are. 10:48 Revelation Chapter 3:7, 8, and 9. 10:50 Notice, again, we're going to indentify, 10:53 Jesus talking and telling us about this church, 10:56 Philadelphia is the seventh church in it. 10:58 In seven churches that's the last church, 11:01 that's the brotherly love, and so on, 11:03 you know, we talk about here the next the last. 11:05 A church of love... 11:07 Should the church have love in it? 11:10 Absolutely, the message that Jesus gives, 11:12 it's a love message, isn't it? 11:14 But notice what he says, 11:15 "And to the angel of Philadelphia write, 11:17 These things saith he is holy, he that is true, 11:20 he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, 11:24 and no man, " what? 11:25 "Shutteth and shutteth, and no man open." 11:29 But notice this. 11:31 "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee, " 11:33 what kind of a door? 11:35 "An open door, no man can shut it. 11:39 For thou hast a little strength, 11:41 and has kept my word, and hast not denied," what? 11:45 "My name." 11:46 Notice verse 9 is very important here. 11:49 "Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan..." 11:54 Some people don't even know that's in the Bible of what? 11:56 That there is synagogue of Satan, 11:58 it stands to reason that Jesus says, 12:00 "I have," the what? "A church, I have a people." 12:02 The devil says, "I have a church, 12:04 and I have a people." 12:05 You're going to belong to one or the other. 12:06 So, "behold, I make them of the synagogue," of what? 12:10 "Of Satan, which say they are Jews, which are not, 12:13 but do lie, behold, I will make them to come 12:16 and worship before thy feet, 12:18 and to know that I have loved thee." 12:21 Very interesting 12:22 'cause it's talking about a door that is open here. 12:25 Satan has a church. 12:27 He has a plan. 12:30 I'm thankful for these promises, 12:31 and I know that you are. 12:33 As you look at these, 12:34 you'll notice there are promises in there. 12:35 There is promises of the door that is opened. 12:38 Now you remember in 1844, 12:40 we understand what happened, right? 12:42 There is a door that was open, right, 12:44 1844 that we might by faith go into the most holy place, 12:49 the most holy place, God has opened that door, 12:51 He invites us to come in where He's at. 12:53 He's promised that He's going to do what? 12:55 Answer prayer, do it in a very, very special way. 12:59 So here's a door that we can thank God, 13:01 we can praise Him, 13:02 we can bring our petitions to Him boldly. 13:05 Telling us, we can come freely to that throne 13:08 because in the most holy place represents, what? 13:10 God's throne room, we come boldly, 13:12 there's not a curtain, 13:14 there's not a bale in between us anymore. 13:16 The Church of Philadelphia 13:18 realized might well as, is the sixth church, 13:20 I believe they're able to see it 13:22 as a seventh church. 13:23 But here God's talking about 13:24 there's a door that was open during this time 13:26 that we can send our petitions to Him and also, what? 13:29 That He can fight our battles for us. 13:32 Remember, if you had Jesus to fight a battle for you, 13:35 He's going to win that battle 13:36 if you really turn it over to Him. 13:38 There's no excuse for us today to say, 13:40 "I've turned this situation over to Him, 13:42 but I cannot seem to gain the battle, 13:45 I can't win the battle." 13:46 If you turn the battle if you turn the temptation, 13:49 if you to turn the issue really, really over to Him, 13:51 you let go of it, He wins every battle, 13:54 does He not? 13:55 Most of us, we'll never question that. 13:57 He always wins 13:59 if we really let go and let Him do the work 14:02 and quit holding on, 14:03 you know, to the situation whatever might be. 14:07 No power on earth can close this door 14:10 in Revelation that is opened up. 14:13 No one can close and cut off the communication 14:15 that you have with God, ain't that wonderful? 14:17 Man might pass a law, man might do this and that, 14:20 but no one can shut that door. 14:22 The only way that door can be shut the communication 14:25 between God and men is if we as Christians 14:28 choose to close that door. 14:30 Satan can't close the door, he love for us to, 14:32 the door to be closed 14:34 so that we would not spend time in prayer, 14:36 not spend time in study of the Word of God, 14:38 but this enemy cannot do that. 14:41 Well, you know how, what can close that door? 14:44 Is if we decide that we had rather live like the world, 14:47 we would rather be involved 14:48 in a sinful things of the world, 14:50 that's very interesting, 14:51 and we can do that even by rejecting 14:54 the light that God has shed upon us. 14:57 If you reject light that God gives you 15:00 and the God gives me, 15:01 that closes the door of our communication 15:04 between us and Him. 15:06 Think about or maybe it's by turning a deaf ear 15:09 to what we know is the truth. 15:12 Satan has his church, and I guarantee you 15:15 it's not based upon what is truth, 15:18 it'd be what is a lie, isn't it? 15:20 But the enemy is smarter than that as you well know. 15:23 He's not going to be just be outward about and say, 15:25 "Okay, this is here, my church is based upon a lie." 15:28 He's going to be deceiving because he deceives what? 15:30 The whole world. 15:32 So he does in such a way that you think 15:34 that it doesn't matter anymore. 15:37 Who might be some members of the enemy's church? 15:40 Now remember, we're setting up a plan, 15:42 we've got a platform here which we're building on 15:44 because we're going to see the plan 15:46 and the way the enemy things that he would choose to use 15:49 in the very last days that there in operation 15:52 and they've been in operation for a long time, a long time. 15:56 In fact, I don't know 20 years, 25 years ago, 15:59 I wrote a little booklet, it called "Celebration." 16:03 This is a very interesting thing. 16:05 We will get into that as we go along, 16:07 and we see many people going in that direction. 16:10 And we will see it is a direction 16:11 that the enemy has set in movement. 16:14 Be very careful with this, this will be proven 16:17 as we go along in our study. 16:18 We have to be very, very careful. 16:20 How about the members of the enemy's church? 16:22 We can say, "Well, we define the members of God's church 16:25 because they keep the commandments of God 16:27 and have the testimony of Jesus, 16:29 you know, identifying marks." 16:31 The enemy has, in his ranks, those who are half-converted. 16:36 Did you get that? 16:38 Those that are what? 16:39 They're half-converted. 16:41 The ones that are lukewarm that we're reading about. 16:45 You can read that in Revelation 3, 16:47 where in verse 16 talks about those who are lukewarm. 16:52 Interesting inspiration gives us this. 16:54 And I think the principle is very, very obvious here 16:58 that a lukewarm, half-converted Christian 17:01 is worse than an infidel. 17:03 "Oh, how could a half-converted 17:08 or a lukewarm Christian be worse than an infidel?" 17:12 What is in an infidel? 17:15 Well, an infidel according to, you know, you look in the... 17:18 Look up that words, you know, in encyclopedia 17:20 or you'd look at dictionaries 17:22 or, you know, you can go a lot of different ways 17:23 and you can find out about an infidel. 17:26 It's just not believing in any religion. 17:29 So you have a person who doesn't believe 17:30 in any kind of religion, 17:33 he's not interested in things of God, 17:37 a person who lacks faith, a person who lacks trust, 17:41 loyalty, unfaithful, 17:44 this is the one here you think about is an infidel. 17:47 Now let me read something from inspiration 17:49 from Letter 44 in 1903 because it addresses this. 17:54 The Bible will address the lukewarm 17:56 because we know what's going to happen 17:57 to a lukewarm Christian. 17:59 In Bible, Jesus said, "I'm gonna do," what? 18:01 "Spew you out," which means, I'm going to vomit you out, 18:04 it makes him sick. 18:06 And you know and I know it's very difficult for us 18:08 to drink lukewarm water sometime, isn't it, you know. 18:12 "The half-converted..." 18:14 Notice this, 18:15 "The half-converted Christians are worse than infidels, 18:18 for their deceptive words," notice this, 18:22 "and noncommittal position lead many astray." 18:26 So when you are half converted, notice this, 18:29 you might be identifying yourself today. 18:31 I'll be careful, I don't want to identify myself 18:33 with this group. 18:34 If you are, notice this, if you are non-committed 18:37 to the cause of Christ. 18:40 If you hear us, told in our story today, 18:41 the switch is on sometime, the switch is off, 18:45 we're non-committal here, we're worse than an infidel. 18:49 If our words are that different from what lines up 18:52 with the Word of God, 18:54 notice this here, even in this article, 18:56 it says the infidel shows his colors. 18:59 So an infidel, 19:01 you don't put a lot of stock in one who says, 19:03 "I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the Word." 19:05 Well, you're not going to listen 19:06 to what he has to say about the Word, are you? 19:07 Because you know he doesn't even know God, 19:10 so therefore he's not very dangerous 19:12 as it were in that sense to you in your spiritual walk 19:15 because you know, 19:16 you're hot or cold what Jesus said. 19:19 He shows his colors, notice this, 19:21 "The infidel..." 19:22 Interesting, "The infidel shows," 19:24 you know, "his colors. 19:26 The lukewarm Christian deceives both parties. 19:30 He is neither a good worldling nor a good Christian. 19:34 Satan uses him to do a work that no one else can do." 19:38 Satan uses what? 19:40 The half-hearted, half-converted Christian 19:43 to do a work that no one else can do, why? 19:47 Because this deception that seems like a person, 19:50 it seemed like a good Christian. 19:51 We go to church, we do all these other things 19:53 so therefore, we're being fooled. 19:56 Now you may want to know and maybe you don't, 19:59 and I'm sure you have a good idea 20:00 of what happens to the half-converted person. 20:04 You know, will heaven be their home, 20:05 is that enough to make it through? 20:08 What happens to the fate of the half-hearted, 20:11 half-converted ones? 20:13 In that same article Letter 44, written in 1903, it says this, 20:17 "There are those who, though professedly serving God, 20:22 are witnessing against Him." 20:24 Those who what? 20:26 Act like they're serving God, 20:27 they're really witnessing against him. 20:31 Christ cannot say of them, "Touch them not." 20:35 See, the good news is 20:36 when you are part of the family of God, 20:38 the enemy comes against you, Christ can say, what? 20:40 "Touch them not. 20:42 They're the apple of my eye. 20:43 You can't get to them because they belong to me." 20:46 But when we're half converted, 20:48 half, you know, Christian, if you want to call it, 20:51 if there's such a thing, 20:53 then the God can't stand up, Jesus can't stand up and say, 20:56 "Don't touch them." 20:59 Notice this, "He can't say it to them, 21:00 'Touch them not. 21:01 I have...' " 21:03 "He can't say, 'I have graven them 21:04 upon the palms of My hands.' 21:06 No, of these halfhearted ones." 21:09 Notice this who says. 21:11 What does, "He say, 21:12 'I will spew you out of My mouth. 21:16 They are offensive to me.' " 21:19 Revelation 3:16. 21:21 He's going to spew them out. 21:22 That's the fate of the half-converted. 21:25 That's the ones who are non-committed. 21:29 Moreover, we're studying as a Word, 21:30 we never come into a full knowledge of Scripture, 21:33 we're always going to make a decision, 21:34 but we don't make that, you know, that commitment. 21:38 We are saying things and words 21:40 and sometime our words give us a way 21:42 that we're not a Christian, 21:43 our deeds give away that we're not a Christian. 21:49 And so we had to be very careful with this 21:51 as we go along, 21:52 Jesus would say and I don't want to say, 21:54 you know, I have engrained them on the palms of my hand. 21:58 As a child of God, your name is on the palm of His hand 22:01 with this nail prints. 22:02 That's the good news, isn't it, 22:04 that we have to certainly be living for Him. 22:06 1 Timothy, the Bible says in 1 Timothy 3:15. 22:09 It tells us about God's church. 22:12 Notice, there's a way that we are to behave 22:15 in the house of God. 22:16 Do you remember that passage of scripture there 22:18 in 1 Timothy 3:15. 22:19 There's a way that we are to be... 22:21 You don't come and just behave anyway you want to. 22:23 We behave or conduct ourselves the way 22:26 that God says to conduct ourselves. 22:30 Notice what the Bible says, 22:31 "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know 22:34 how thou oughtest to behave thyself, " 22:37 in the house of what? 22:39 "In the house of God," 22:40 which the house of God now is the what? 22:43 Yeah, "which is the church of the living God 22:46 is the pillar and the ground of the truth." 22:49 So God's church here, the house of God, 22:52 the house of the living God, this church should a pillar, 22:56 did you notice that? 22:58 It should be something that's strong, 22:59 something that you can build upon which is Jesus Christ, 23:02 absolutely. 23:03 It's the ground of what? 23:05 Truth, so it's important that we understand truth. 23:09 What was Paul saying here? 23:11 He would start talking to Timothy, 23:12 he was talking to Timothy about the local church, 23:16 and he's saying to Timothy, "There's going to be things 23:18 that's going to be happening in the church, 23:20 you have to be very careful. 23:21 It's going to take you out, 23:23 it's going to take the church members out, 23:24 you're going to have test, 23:25 and you're going to have trials, 23:27 you're going to have things that's going to come your way 23:28 that you need to be strong in the Lord." 23:31 "Our job," Paul is telling to Timothy, 23:33 "is that we need to be engaged to restore in the image of man, 23:37 the image of man." 23:38 How? 23:40 It should be like Christ, not the image of man 23:43 but the image of Christ. 23:45 That's what we should be as we look at this. 23:47 That's our job. 23:49 The image of our maker. 23:51 God must be reflected in our lives. 23:55 So to me it's, you know, 23:58 you need to think 23:59 there's more than just saying, "I know." 24:00 How many people have you ever talked to that says, 24:02 "I know"? 24:03 I've talked to many people that say, 24:05 "Oh, well, I know that. 24:06 Well, I understand that." 24:08 But that's as far as it goes that's not far enough, 24:11 it's more than that. 24:14 How do we know how to behave 24:16 in the house of God? 24:17 So how do we really know how? 24:21 Christ Object Lesson, page 54, says this, 24:24 "Even the church, which should be the pillar 24:28 and the ground of the truth, 24:30 is found encouraging the selfish love pleasure..." 24:35 These are things that sometimes you don't want to talk about. 24:38 These are things that you'd rather 24:39 just kind of leave out. 24:41 The Christ Object Lesson tells us here the church 24:44 is the pillar should be, should be the ground of truth. 24:48 But sometimes the church 24:49 is found encouraging selfish love of what? 24:53 Of pleasure 24:55 and then an illustration is given in this article, 24:57 and I think it would be good that we run over this 24:59 as we set the foundation. 25:02 Things that we will probably be talking about 25:04 in the next lesson. 25:06 It says, "When money is to be raised 25:08 for religious purposes..." 25:10 Notice this, "When money is to be raised 25:13 for religious purposes, 25:14 to what means do many churches resort?" 25:18 Interesting thought. 25:19 They resort "To bazaars, suppers, fancy fairs, 25:25 even to lotteries, and like devices. 25:29 Often the place set apart for God's worship 25:32 is desecrated by feasting and by drinking, 25:36 by buying and by selling, and merrymaking." 25:41 The church is to be what? 25:43 The pillar and the ground of truth. 25:45 It should be the part of the Holy Spirit 25:46 it's welcomed to come in. 25:49 But sometime, we make it a place of social activity 25:52 to the point that we go beyond that, which we should. 25:55 We do those things which are not pleasing 25:57 in the sight of God. 25:58 This is what the enemy wants. 26:00 This is the kind of people 26:01 he will use to make up his church, 26:03 they're members in good standing 26:04 of the enemy's church. 26:06 Interesting thought. 26:08 Christ Object Lesson 54 also says, 55. 26:12 Simply says, "Cares, riches, and pleasures, " 26:15 you remember reading that in Scripture, 26:17 "all are used by Satan in playing the game of life 26:20 for the human soul." 26:22 It's a game for Satan. 26:25 He wants you to be his palm that he might move you around 26:27 where he wants to, why? 26:29 Because maybe we've not made a commitment to Christ. 26:31 Maybe we've said that we made a commitment to Christ, 26:33 but he knows by our actions, our words, 26:35 and our deeds that we really do not belong to Christ. 26:38 So he wants to use us however he wants to use us 26:41 in this game for the soul. 26:43 And he uses what? 26:45 Cares of this life. How many have cares? 26:48 We don't have to worry too much about riches maybe, 26:52 but lot of people dwell on that. 26:54 It's all they have on their mind, 26:55 it's how they might gain things of this world and pleasure. 27:01 The world spends billions of dollars 27:02 every year on pleasure, pleasure seeking. 27:06 It's nice to have time off, it's nice to have a vacation, 27:08 it's nice to, you know, get away from certain things, 27:10 but we have to be very careful that it's not overdone. 27:12 Do to all these things outweigh the time that we spend 27:15 in the cause of Christ. 27:17 The devil has his church, the enemy has his plan. 27:23 And he's out to deceive each of us here today. 27:26 Notice that, and he can do it by cares, 27:28 we're still wrapped up in the world 27:29 of what's going on in the world by riches and pleasure. 27:33 A beautiful little article, I thought very interesting 27:35 and informative in Review and Herald's, 27:38 article in 04/00, it's 1900. 27:43 It said, "Christ speaks of the church 27:44 over which Satan presides as the synagogue of Satan." 27:48 Did you get this? 27:49 What does it? 27:51 "Christ speaks of the church over which Satan 27:55 presides as the synagogue of Satan." 27:59 Interesting words, isn't it? 28:01 It should make us think a little bit, 28:02 do we belong to God's church 28:04 or is it the synagogue of Satan? 28:07 He has his members, 28:09 doesn't matter whether you profess or not, 28:11 are you in word and action and deed, 28:13 are you really a child of God, 28:15 have you really committed to Christ, 28:17 are you following the light that you have, 28:19 are you doing everything that you know 28:21 in the word of God by the grace and power of the Holy Spirit 28:24 to live that Christian life. 28:25 If not, we're fooling ourselves. 28:28 And we may belong to, 28:29 you know, the big member of another church, 28:30 we don't want to be a member off. 28:33 The article goes on, it says, 28:35 "Its members are children of disobedience." 28:39 The devil has members in his church 28:41 and, what are they? 28:42 They are disobedient. 28:44 As the disobedient will never inherit eternal life. 28:47 If I'm disobedient to the Word of God, 28:50 if I know what it means and yet I refuse to do it, 28:53 I'm disobedient to God. 28:55 The disobedient will never inherit eternal life. 28:58 I don't want to be disobedient, 29:00 I want to be obedient to God's Word. 29:02 Don't you see in it scripture? Do you see that in scripture? 29:05 From the very beginning in Genesis all way 29:07 to the end of Revelation, it has to do with being, what? 29:11 Obedient to God's Word. 29:14 God said over and over, remember children of Israel, 29:16 "If you listen, 29:19 if you'll listen, if you would do, 29:21 if you'll hark into the voice of the Lord, " 29:23 this is what I'll call, 29:24 this is what will happen in your life, 29:26 it's life that we choose to curse rather than a blessing 29:29 because we know we'll have blesses 29:30 if we do the right thing the best of our knowledge 29:33 and what the Holy Spirit can give us. 29:36 But what do we do sometimes? 29:38 I think we ask for that curse, 29:40 we ask for other problems in life. 29:41 Notice this, 29:44 "Children of disobedience. 29:45 They are those who choose to sin." 29:49 Children of disobedience, do what? 29:51 They choose because it's what? 29:53 Is it a choice? 29:55 It is a choice. Everything is a choice. 29:58 "Oh, he made me do it, she made me do it, 30:00 they made me do it, situation forced me, 30:03 circumstances forced me to go out 30:04 and do this stuff on Sabbath." 30:06 No, there are no exceptions in the Word of God, 30:10 this proves whether we are obedient to God 30:12 and belong to His church or obedient to the enemy. 30:15 Remember, he's going to work in close, right, 30:17 real close connection 30:19 with God's church how it's going, 30:20 and he's going alongside and then he keeps going 30:22 farther and farther away from what is true. 30:25 And it starts out maybe almost harmless. 30:28 It doesn't matter 30:29 whether we keep the Sabbath or not, 30:31 don't kid yourself. 30:32 The Bible's clear, 30:34 it's one the commandments of God, 30:36 be obedient to His Word. 30:38 Is it going to be a challenge? 30:39 You better believe we're challenged with it. 30:41 Can the Holy Spirit give us that strength and power 30:43 to be obedient? 30:44 Absolutely, Bible says we can be more than what? 30:47 More than conquers through Jesus Christ, 30:49 our Lord, and our Savior, 30:50 not just half conquerors, 30:52 not just, you know, sometime we win, sometime we lose, 30:54 we can be more, 30:56 we can be constantly on guard of the enemy, 30:58 we can know his plan, this is part 31:00 of what we're talking about here. 31:02 And we start talking about the movement 31:03 that we will hear in a moment. 31:05 Notice, it was, "Satan's work to mingle evil with good." 31:08 What's Satan's goal? 31:10 He's going to mingle what? 31:13 Yeah, 31:14 you know, when you're making loaf of bread, 31:15 you've got that dough and you're going ahead, 31:17 it's easy to put little something in there 31:18 mingle it, isn't it? 31:20 And then you can wrap it all up and... 31:21 Oh, it looks like a beautiful loaf of bread, 31:23 but there's poison in there. 31:25 We have to be very, very careful. 31:26 "Satan's work to mingle evil with good, and to remove, " 31:29 notice this, 31:30 "remove the distinction between good and evil." 31:33 Are we seeing it today? 31:35 This is prophecy being fulfilled 31:36 before our very eyes because we don't hardly know 31:38 the difference between good and evil anymore. 31:42 We don't know the difference evidently 31:44 because something that's so obvious 31:46 to maybe you as a Christian to say man, 31:48 this is not good, this is against God's Word, 31:50 somebody else standing next to you say, 31:52 "Well, I don't see anything wrong with that." 31:54 Better question would always be, 31:56 you know, or may a response would be 31:58 is what good is there in this. 32:00 Does this lead me to eternal life? 32:03 Is this changing my heart and my life 32:04 to be drawn closer to Jesus Christ? 32:07 So he's mingling err, right, evil and good. 32:12 He wants to remove the distinction 32:13 because there's a big distinction 32:15 between good and evil, isn't there? 32:17 It should be well aware, 32:18 but he's brought it into the world 32:20 where it's hard to understand anymore, 32:22 we need to have spiritual eyesight, don't we? 32:25 "Christ would have a church that labors," 32:28 notice, "to separate evil from the good, 32:31 those members will not willing to tolerate wrong-doing, 32:36 but will expel it from the heart and the life." 32:39 If I am a child of God, 32:41 I have to be willing as the Holy Spirit 32:43 works upon my heart and in my life 32:45 to expel those things that are not good. 32:48 Holy Spirit can expel those things, 32:49 can he not? 32:51 How sad it is that we might sit there 32:53 and think today that the Holy Spirit 32:55 is not powerful enough 32:56 to give me complete victory over any issue. 32:59 How sad that is. 33:01 We must not know Jesus, 33:03 we must not know the power of the Holy Spirit. 33:06 We must not realize what heaven is capable of doing 33:09 in and through us if we allow Him to do it. 33:13 What are all those promises about that 33:14 we read from time to time 33:17 and the encourages and strength us 33:18 but yet when it comes to us personally, 33:20 well, I just can't seem to get past this. 33:23 We have to be willing to expel those evil things 33:26 from our heart and from our lives. 33:30 If I say to you, I don't believe that 33:32 the enemy is playing games, would you agree? 33:35 The enemy is not playing games, is he? 33:38 No. It's life and death issue. 33:40 He knows what his fate is. 33:42 He knows his time is running short, 33:45 he's not playing games. 33:46 Please listen to this warning. 33:49 If you don't really listen to anything else, 33:50 please listen to this warning 33:52 because this is what's building up 33:53 to what we're going to talk about more and more here 33:55 as we go along because I see it in operation... 34:00 I see it in operation, 34:02 and it's been in operation for a long time, 34:04 it's infiltrated in 34:06 and I'm afraid it's in among us. 34:09 And now it's almost so accepted 34:11 that it's counted as this okay thing 34:13 and it's not. 34:15 Sin is sin, 34:16 and it does not change, does it? 34:19 No matter how long it's been around. 34:20 Notice this, 8 Testimonies, page 294. 34:24 How dirty the devil's going to get. 34:26 He's wanting his church to be built. 34:29 Wouldn't it be sad maybe today 34:30 to realize how many members he has in his church, 34:35 and then look at God's church and see how many members? 34:39 Just an interesting thought. 34:43 How many? 34:45 8 Testimonies, 294 says this, 34:48 "The hypnotic influence of Satan will rest upon those 34:54 who turn from the plain, 34:56 notice this, plain Word of God to pleasing fable. 35:01 "The hypnotic influence of Satan," will what, 35:05 did I say not, will rest, 35:08 "it will rest upon those 35:09 who turn from the plain Word of God 35:12 to pleasing fables." 35:13 What is that word that stood out there? 35:16 Hypnotic. 35:18 Do you believe that the enemy 35:20 has the capabilities of hypnotizing? 35:23 Yes, he did. 35:25 Did he or did he not had that ability 35:27 and did it not work even in the Garden of Eden? 35:30 Absolutely. 35:31 So how many of us think, "Oh, I'm beyond that. 35:34 I don't have to worry about that. 35:35 He can't hypnotize me." 35:37 You're a likely candidate when you say that. 35:40 So, you know, by the grace of God, 35:42 see, by the grace of God. 35:44 No. 35:45 But what is the enemy going to use in last days? 35:48 Hypnotic influences as it were so deceive the soul 35:52 that you're in a trance 35:53 that you no longer know good from evil. 35:57 Ain't that the way it began even in the garden? 35:59 Yeah. 36:03 Tree of knowledge of good and evil. 36:09 Hypnotic influence of Satan. 36:13 Now who does it rest upon? 36:14 Somebody help me. 36:16 Who does it rest upon? 36:18 His hypnotic influence rest upon those 36:21 who turn from a plain Word of God 36:25 to pleasing fables. 36:28 Those who what? Reject truth. 36:32 If you're rejecting the truth, 36:33 the enemy then is going to be able to work you over. 36:37 It's only by knowing Christ, only by knowing 36:39 what truth is that we're not going to be deceived. 36:42 See, that you say, well, the Spirit of Prophecy say, 36:45 take the scriptures, 36:46 testify exactly what I'm saying here, 36:48 2 Timothy 4:3 and 4. 36:52 2 Timothy 4:3 and 4. 36:55 You've read this many times, 36:57 but notice, how it's starting to build 36:59 and how it's going to come together here. 37:01 Bible says, "For the time will come 37:03 when they will not endure," what? 37:05 Sound doctrine. 37:06 "Sound doctrine." Good. 37:08 "But after their own lusts 37:09 shall they heap to themselves teachers, 37:12 having itching," what? 37:14 "Ears." Verse 4, 37:15 "And they shall turn away their ears from," what? 37:18 "The truth, and shall be turned into fables." 37:22 That's what the Bible say, isn't it? 37:26 I read in the Spirit of Prophecy, 37:27 you says, where what? 37:29 People is going to be more happy 37:30 with pleasing fables here in these last days 37:33 because the enemy knows how to do it 37:35 if we are not careful and stay close to Jesus Christ. 37:40 It's come to the point about one of these days, 37:42 it's right here, right now 37:44 that people do not want sound doctrine, 37:48 they want pleasing fables, they want it sugar coated, 37:52 they want it easy, 37:54 they don't want to make any changes. 37:59 Somebody needs to listen. 38:01 We need to really let it soak in what's being said here 38:04 what this warning is given to us. 38:06 They have turned their ears from the truth. 38:10 People don't want to hear, right? 38:11 So they're going to turn and lot of times 38:13 when things gets too heavy, they just don't come back, 38:15 they don't want to listen to it anymore, 38:17 they're happy where they're at 38:18 rather than what is God saying to me. 38:21 Is it the truth of God's Word? 38:22 Then I want to serve Him and Him only. 38:26 That same article, 38:28 8 Testimonies on page to 293 says this. 38:31 Notice it careful now, 38:32 "The experience of the past will be repeated." 38:38 Now this is where it's advantage for us. 38:42 It is advantage for God's people 38:44 because the experiences of the what? 38:47 Of the past will be repeated. 38:50 Good. 38:53 If we know and study what's happened in the past, 38:55 we can realize that is happening today. 38:58 And again, we had to deal with Catholicism here, 39:01 we have to deal with celebration here. 39:05 We have to deal with the ecumenical movement here, 39:07 and we will because it's imperative 39:10 because the Roman Church has a plan 39:12 to deceive the whole world. 39:16 Did you get it? Yes. 39:17 To do what? 39:19 To deceive the whole world. 39:20 And, evidently, the man of sin 39:23 pulls it off for a short period of time. 39:27 I'll read that passage in just a moment, 39:28 you don't think that's true, we need to rethink it. 39:32 Evidently, he pulls it off, 39:34 and you're made to look strange. 39:37 Can you really put up with that? 39:38 Can you put up somebody laughing as you are, 39:39 "You don't go to that old church, 39:41 that you don't belong to that or whatever." 39:42 Most, generally they don't know what they're talking about. 39:47 How many of them take the Word of God 39:48 and go from line upon line and precept upon precept, 39:50 here a little, there a little to explain what is truth? 39:54 No, they take one passage of the scripture and then, 39:57 what, blow it all out of proportion 39:59 and make it say what they wanted to say. 40:03 We want the Bible to as we read it to say, 40:05 "This is what God has said, 40:06 this is what we will do by the grace of God." 40:09 "The experiences of the," what? 40:11 "Past will be repeated." 40:13 Notice this. 40:14 In the future, we're there in the future, 40:18 and it's going to continue to get worse. 40:19 We're here right now in the future. 40:21 "Satan's superstitions will assume new forms." 40:26 He's going to, what? 40:28 Satan in control, past ages look what Satan did 40:31 to the Roman Church, 40:32 just all of the things that took place. 40:34 Well, he knows that's not popular in nowadays. 40:37 So he's going to whitewash, 40:40 try to transform the Roman Church. 40:43 Are you still with me? 40:45 To give it a new form, we're different now. 40:48 Somebody needs to listen because that's not true. 40:51 It's only outside surely for those who sitting in, 40:53 those who understand it well. 40:55 Notice this, "Errors will be presented in a pleasing, 41:00 flattering manner. 41:02 False theories, 41:05 clothed with garments of light, will be presented 41:08 to God's people." 41:09 Notice this, what? 41:10 False theories are going to be presented to God's people 41:13 in garments of light. 41:16 Get it? How did Satan come to Jesus? 41:18 A garment of light as it were as an angel of light. 41:20 He's not going to come say, "I'm the dirty old devil, 41:22 and I'm about to get, 41:24 I'll make sure you don't go to heaven." 41:25 He's not that stupid. 41:26 Is that all right if I say that, 41:29 because maybe he's 41:30 because he didn't make the right choice, did he? 41:34 How could he be so intelligent and yet still do what he did. 41:40 Some time we think we're intelligent, 41:42 but you know what decisions are we making. 41:46 So these pleasing fables 41:47 then, these things that tickle the ear, the things 41:50 that we don't have to worry about 41:51 getting our toes stepped on, we're going to go to church 41:53 and have a good time, 41:54 we'll hear a bunch of jokes up front, 41:55 we'll, you know, have a good time 41:57 and everything will be good, and we're leaving, 41:58 there will no conviction. 42:00 That's not what church is about. 42:01 I wouldn't give $0.02 for a pastor 42:02 who wouldn't sign and cry for the abominations 42:04 that would be done in the church. 42:07 As a dumb dog, the Bible talks about that doesn't bark. 42:11 What good is a leader, what good is a Christian 42:13 that we won't bark? 42:14 What good is a watch dog if he doesn't bark? 42:18 I get tired of barking sometime... 42:25 But they let you know that there's danger, 42:27 there's something there that's not usually there. 42:31 Now pastor needs to and the leaders 42:32 and Sabbath school teachers need to let the church 42:34 and the people know, 42:36 so you're not fooled that the enemy is there 42:38 and knocking at the door, 42:39 he's pretending to be Christ, "Open the door. Let me in." 42:43 You have to say no. 42:48 Experiences of the past. 42:51 And so this is where Satan will come to the point to where 42:54 he will deceive, if what? 42:56 If possible the very elect. 42:59 These are things that we study. 43:01 I don't feel like and I said, I don't feel like the elect. 43:06 But if it were possible, 43:08 it's not possible to deceive the elect of God. 43:12 Somebody say with me. 43:16 Those who have their minds stayed upon Christ, 43:18 those who stay in the word and learn what truth is 43:21 and know what truth is, 43:22 keep their hand in the hand of God, right, 43:24 Hand of Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, 43:27 you will not fall, 43:28 you will not be deceived 43:30 because you know what truth is, 43:31 and you come to love that truth. 43:35 There's a difference. 43:37 "I know what it is, and I go to church." 43:39 And I say, "No, those are my commitments." 43:42 So many times over and over and over 43:43 how happy we should be on Sabbath, 43:45 they will come in the presence of God 43:48 to worship like all of heaven is worshiping today. 43:53 Not on any other day. 43:55 Deceive if possible the very elect. 43:59 Listen, listen these last words of this paragraph. 44:02 "The most seducing influence will be exerted, 44:07 minds will be hypnotized." 44:13 Minds will be what? 44:15 Will be hypnotized. 44:17 See the problem is that when we're hypnotized 44:19 and we don't think that we are. 44:24 The enemy is seeking to fill up his church. 44:30 He's seeking to make sure 44:32 every seat is full in his church. 44:35 And, you know what? 44:36 He's working toward that, but God help us 44:38 that we're not seeking to fill up the empty seats. 44:42 I'm not saying anybody's not blaming anyone necessarily, 44:44 I'm just saying. 44:46 Are we working as hard as he's working? 44:51 Is he not working hard? 44:53 Yes, that's why you went through 44:55 what you went through this week. 44:57 That's why you got the little knocks 44:59 and veins on your head. 45:00 That's why things are happening, 45:01 people say things going on, we don't want to understand, 45:03 to discourage to dishearten us to say, "What's the use?" 45:10 He's seeking to fill up his church 45:13 with his people just like Him. 45:16 Remember, we know when the image of God, right, 45:20 is fully reproduced in man, He will what? 45:22 He will come back. 45:24 The devil says, "My people will have my image in me." 45:27 See he's just copy cat, everything for every truth. 45:29 I would say he always put it together that way, 45:31 and you can't go wrong. 45:33 So he says when their character, 45:35 when my character, 45:36 the enemy says it's fully reproduced in him 45:37 and say, "They're going to be mine. 45:40 They're going to do the bidding I want them to do. 45:42 I can't maybe go out and do all these things here, 45:44 but I can use, I can use Kenny to do this. 45:49 I can use John to do this. I can use Pete to do this." 45:52 You see? 45:53 "And I don't even want them to know that I'm using them." 45:59 But if we know what truth is, we'll understand it. 46:02 Same time when he's working, 46:03 God is working to the power of the Holy Spirit 46:06 to fill His church with people just like Him. 46:11 We have that choice to make. 46:13 How many of you heard of the celebration movement? 46:18 Anybody heard of the celebration movement? 46:20 See I've through that many, many years ago, 46:23 and I hope to find that little booklet 46:25 so we can offer that some time 46:26 and I don't want to get ahead of self here. 46:28 But this is a movement 46:30 that we're going to be looking at very closely. 46:34 How many of you have heard of Romans or Rome's Vatican II? 46:39 Anybody heard Rome's Vatican II? 46:43 Friends, because we don't understand celebration 46:45 because we don't understand what took place 46:47 at Rome's Vatican II, 46:49 we've missed out the plan 46:51 that the papacy has to ensnare you and me 46:55 in their form of worship. 46:58 Our form in Adventism of worship 47:00 has changed tremendously, 47:03 maybe not in the place that you're at 47:05 or at right here but around the world. 47:09 Because there was, the enemy had a plan, 47:12 we make sure we don't fall into that. 47:16 So if no one's really heard about Rome's Vatican II 47:20 what it is simply this and we'll talk more about it. 47:23 It's a strategy, notice this, it's a strategy of Rome, 47:28 I'll call it the papacy so we get squared away, 47:30 to bring all churches into her fold. 47:35 That makes sense? 47:37 Rome has what? 47:39 A plan, Satan has his church, he has a plan. 47:44 The plan under the Vatican II and documented 47:48 and written now is to bring all churches 47:51 back to the mother church. 47:55 We're talking about Protestants too. 47:58 And you think that's impossibility. 48:00 No, it's not, no it's not, 48:03 not if what we've read in the Word of God 48:05 that the enemy is going to change in Spirit of Prophecy 48:08 the way that he conducts himself, 48:11 and the way that people look at the church. 48:16 He's changing his method so it's more acceptable. 48:20 We've time to read a few of those things. 48:23 Now you say he can't bring all churches into her fold. 48:27 I'm going to read some of this quick as I can, 48:28 Revelation 17, jot it down, 48:30 and you can have the opportunity 48:33 to read it little bit later. 48:35 Revelation 17, 48:37 I'm going to read verses 12 and 13. 48:40 Here's how the enemy does his work. 48:42 Notice that, versus, what, 12 and 13, 48:44 Revelation 17. 48:45 Notice this, "And the 10 horns which thou sawest are 10 kings, 48:50 which have received no kingdom as yet," 48:53 notice, "but receive power 48:55 as kings one hour with the beast." 48:59 Did you get it? 49:00 Short period of time. 49:02 Notice this, verse 13, "These have one mind, 49:07 and shall give their power and strength unto the beast." 49:12 Of course, you went 14 on down. 49:13 "This power makes war," with what? 49:15 Notice the verse 14, "with the Lamb, 49:17 and the Lamb shall overcome them." 49:20 Notice it. 49:22 All the world as the war comes together, 49:23 we need to find out how in this world, 49:26 how in this world can the enemy do that 49:28 from Rome's power under, 49:30 you know, the strategy plan that they have 49:32 to bring all of us under 49:34 to the one little roof as it were, 49:35 and they can claim that we are all one with them. 49:38 Evidently, it says they all have one mind. 49:41 A short period of time, 49:42 it seems that they've come together. 49:45 Interesting. 49:47 So Vatican's plan 49:50 is put into action. 49:53 And when that plans put into action, 49:55 it has been for a long time, 49:57 it's going to remove all distinctions 49:59 between worship services of all churches 50:03 and established one universal service. 50:07 Very interesting. 50:08 You think that can't be done. 50:10 I'll show you how it can be done. 50:12 Don't have time but I'll show you. 50:14 What does Rome's plan on using to accomplish... 50:17 What is Rome's plan on using to accomplish this? 50:21 Two things quickly, 50:22 they're going to use the ecumenical movement 50:25 and number two celebration type services. 50:30 So the process things we come up with all the stuff. 50:32 No, it came from the papacy from Rome Church. 50:37 Popes are living up to their names 50:41 Pontifex Maximus, what is that simply mean? 50:45 It means supreme bridge builder, 50:50 they're living up to their names, 50:51 they want to build like what? 50:53 A bridge to the Protestant world 50:55 have us come over and be accepted by them. 50:58 Please notice that very interesting. 51:00 Rome's goal to make sure 51:02 that know, when they implement these things 51:04 and are and have been implementing them 51:06 that there's no one 51:07 that's going to protest her authority. 51:10 We're going to accept it. 51:12 Have you ever seen thing like that 51:13 in the last several years how Protestants 51:14 just grasping hands with the papacy 51:16 and shaking hands 51:18 with the big leaders of the Protestant movement 51:20 and everybody saying they're different now, 51:21 everything's going to work out real good. 51:23 We're going to accept their style of worship. 51:26 Absolutely. 51:28 So Rome's purpose, once again, is what? 51:30 To bring all mankind into the, notice this, the church's fold. 51:36 This is their goal, this is their... 51:37 They write it down themselves, surely to beat, 51:41 somebody help me. 51:43 That we need to know 51:45 this is been going on for years in little book on celebration, 51:47 so it had to be 25 years or more ago 51:50 wrote this little booklet about this. 51:53 It's going on, heavy duty at the time. 51:59 Anybody know Malachi Martin? 52:02 Yeah. 52:03 He's a Vatican expert in his book about The Jesuits. 52:08 Yes. 52:09 Notice what it says here, page 318, notice what he says, 52:13 he tells us this. 52:14 On January 25th, 1959, Pope John the 23rd 52:19 call for ecumenical council. 52:21 So what's he got, now three months after 52:23 the other pope died, he called and said, 52:24 "I want a council meeting, I want things changed up here, 52:27 things are not going the way we think they need to go." 52:29 His purpose was to present 52:30 the beliefs of the Roman Catholicism 52:34 as updated form 52:36 so that they would be more intelligible 52:38 than ever to modern man. 52:41 Did you get it? 52:42 All stuff the way were before 52:44 was, kind of, confusing thereabout, 52:45 said to modern man, 52:46 we're going to give this to the whole world, 52:48 they need to understand what we're saying here. 52:49 He also hope that we're such 52:52 and updating the contemporary world of men 52:54 would feel attracted to the Catholic faith, 52:58 especially, now that the Roman Catholic Church 53:01 was adopting a conciliatory stand. 53:05 The Catholic Church says, 53:07 "If we're not going to get along with the process, 53:08 they're not going to come back to us 53:10 unless we have a conciliatory stand, 53:11 which means a reconciling, which means, we need..." 53:15 Okay listen, "We need to make friends with, 53:20 we need to gain friends by being kind 53:24 instead of having the name that we used have." 53:28 All of a plan by examining the doctrines, 53:31 the teachings of Vatican II 53:33 which, you know, in imprint a change was coming, 53:37 the church worship format and ecumenical involvement. 53:42 Rome's plan according to the document, 53:45 quickly couple of minutes left, of Vatican II Volume I, 53:49 December 1963 says this. 53:52 This is their plan. 53:53 It was, "To foster whatever can promote union 53:56 among all who believe in Christ," 53:59 what? 54:00 Bridge the gap between all who believe in Jesus Christ. 54:04 "To strengthen whatever can help 54:05 to call all mankind into the churches full." 54:12 Catholic folk. 54:13 Did you get that? 54:17 And they said, particularly, according to... 54:20 It says particularly here. 54:21 We need... 54:22 There's reasons for undertaking this reform 54:24 and promotion for liturgy. 54:26 Think about that that's prescribed form of what? 54:29 Of ritual or public worship 54:30 in any of various Christian churches. 54:33 They want to change the form of what? 54:35 Of the way that we worship. 54:37 They want to do it in the way that they believe 54:39 that they can gain 54:41 and that we will all accept that. 54:42 This will be the main point, 54:44 main instrument for reclamation 54:47 as it we're bringing back to reclaiming of the churches. 54:51 We have the opportunity, friends, you must have known, 54:53 we have opportunity to know this plan 54:56 and to lay this plan out. 54:58 And in this plan, we will find that 55:00 it's incorporating spiritualism, 55:04 apostate Protestantism, and of course, Rome. 55:09 Rome has a plan. 55:13 The enemy has his church, and he has a plan. 55:19 It's been laid out 55:21 we can read exactly what their plans are. 55:24 They think Protestantism, I guess, 55:25 is so off the rocker that we don't understand 55:28 and can read what they put in print, 55:30 we what, 'cause many of us not reading 55:31 and because we don't know, 55:33 but we need to understand this plan 55:35 and then as we understand it, we're going to do what? 55:38 We're going to make sure we don't follow that plan. 55:41 We're going to talk much more about that in the second part. 55:43 Right now I have a quick word of prayer. 55:44 I've only got 20 seconds left, 55:46 I'm going to pray for you right now 55:47 for making decisions for Christ. 55:48 Father in heaven, 55:50 we thank You for Your precious word. 55:51 Lest we pray those who are making decisions 55:53 given us information now 55:54 that we're going to follow through, 55:55 we're going to understand, and we thank You, 55:57 and we love You in Jesus' name. 55:58 Amen. 56:00 I appreciate you joined us, 56:01 and we look forward to spend some time with you. 56:03 You know, stay in the Word of God, 56:04 stay close to Him. 56:06 God bless you. 56:07 Hello, and welcome back, friends. 56:09 God given knowledge, truly, is power 56:12 in the spiritual warfare that we find ourselves in. 56:15 In closing, allow me to read from one of my favorite books 56:18 that is entitled The Great Controversy, 56:20 page 518. 56:22 "When there is no special effort made 56:25 to resist his power, 56:27 when indifference prevails in the church and the world, 56:30 Satan is not concerned for he is in no danger 56:34 of losing those whom 56:35 he is leading captive at his will. 56:37 But when the attention is called to eternal things, 56:41 and the souls are inquiring, 'What must I do to be saved?' 56:46 He is on the ground, seeking to match his power 56:49 against the power of Christ 56:50 and to counteract the influence of the Holy Spirit." 56:54 Dear, friends, our very existence 56:57 depends upon our humble earnest desire 57:00 to learn what truth is, 57:01 accept Christ as our Lord and Savior and worship Him 57:06 in a church that is teaching as He teaches in Scripture. 57:10 And as always, 57:12 we're making this two-part series, 57:14 entitled 'Satan Has a Church and a Plan, ' 57:17 available to you for your personal study library 57:21 for a love gift of just $15 or more. 57:24 You may simply contact us here 57:26 Behold the Lamb Ministries by calling us 57:29 in the United States at (618) 942-5044. 57:34 That's Central Time, 57:35 or write to Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:38 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:43 You may also email your order 57:45 to BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:48 or visit us on our website, that's at, 57:53 www. 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