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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton 00:43 and I want to thank you for joining us. 00:45 "Poisonous Doctrines make up Babylon's Wine" 00:49 is today's message, 00:50 a message that I hope that you will stay tuned in 00:53 to listen to and study closely, 00:56 so as not to be deceived 00:58 by what is truly doctrines of devils. 01:02 Satan is out to kill, to steal and to destroy. 01:06 He uses any and all types of spiritual deceptions 01:10 mingled with miracles, listen, miracles, sorcery, 01:14 and just enough truth to totally confuse our minds. 01:19 If, and I say if our minds are not continually stayed upon 01:24 Christ and in His Word. 01:26 I'm so thankful for the Holy Spirit 01:28 inspired messages 01:30 that God has spoken to us through Pastor Kenny, 01:33 as well as many other men and women of God. 01:38 This helps each and every one of us 01:40 to recognize the enemy snares. 01:43 We need not be Satan's prey, 01:46 we must keep our hearts and minds fixed upon Christ 01:49 through the power of His Word. 01:51 So let's now join Pastor Kenny Shelton 01:54 for another powerful message from his study 01:57 and the Holy Spirit's inspiration again entitled 02:01 "Poisonous Doctrines make up Babylon's Wine" 02:05 right after we listen to his sister 02:07 Tammy Chance sing, 02:08 because of who you are from the studio of 3ABN. 02:21 You spoke the words 02:23 and all the worlds came into order 02:28 You raised your hands 02:30 and planets filled the empty skies 02:35 You placed a woman and a man inside the garden 02:42 And though they felt 02:44 they found compassion in your eyes 02:49 Oh, Lord, 02:51 I stand amazed at the wonder of it all 02:57 Yet a greater wonder brings me to my knees 03:03 Lord I praise You, 03:07 because of who You are 03:10 Not for all the mighty deeds 03:13 that You have done 03:17 Lord, I worship You, 03:21 because of who You are 03:24 It's all the reason that I need to voice my praise 03:30 Because of who You are 03:38 One holy night You sent Your promise 03:42 from a virgin 03:45 And promise grew till He revealed to us 03:50 Your heart 03:52 Enduring love displayed throughout 03:56 Your Crucifixion And through Your death, 04:01 You tore the darken grave apart 04:06 Oh, Lord, 04:08 I stand amazed at the wonder of it all 04:14 Yet a greater wonder brings me to my knees 04:20 Lord I praise You, 04:24 because of who You are 04:27 Not for all the mighty deeds that You have done 04:34 Lord, I worship You, 04:38 because of who You are 04:41 You're all the reason that I need to voice my praise 04:48 Lord I praise you, 04:51 because of who You are 04:54 Not for all the mighty deeds that You have done 05:01 Lord, I worship You, 05:05 because of who You are 05:08 You're all the reason that I need to voice my praise 05:14 Because of who You are 05:21 Because of who You are 05:28 Because of who You are 05:46 Thank you for joining us once again here 05:47 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 05:48 Again, it's always a delight, 05:50 always a privilege to be able to spend this time with you. 05:53 You may not realize it, but you are a blessing to us. 05:57 Thank you for your cards and your letters 05:58 and your support of the ministry, 06:00 because we feel like we need to be, 06:02 you know, that God's people in the last days 06:04 giving a message to the world. 06:05 And you give us that privilege and opportunity 06:07 and we value that and we praise God for that. 06:11 Again, fulfilling part of the gospel commission 06:14 going to all the world, 06:15 it actually, I got chill bumps right now, 06:16 it gives me chill bumps. 06:18 And I want to give you chill bumps 06:19 to say it's not just we sit here in a group 06:21 and we just stay here and the gospel dies 06:24 within these walls. 06:25 No, the gospel is going around the world. 06:28 You make it possible, 06:29 you make it possible that we can continue to do, 06:32 you know, bring this message, the gospel truth, 06:35 a warning message to the world for the mess that we live in. 06:38 And with this few of those things 06:39 being said right now I need to pray right now 06:41 because we're going to be talking about 06:43 poisonous doctrines make up Babylon's wine. 06:47 Poisonous, what? 06:49 Poison, danger. 06:51 We're gonna pray about it right now. 06:53 We need the power of the Holy Spirit. 06:54 Shall we pray together? 06:56 Loving Father in heaven, 06:57 again as we come before Thee 06:59 with grateful and thankful hearts. 07:00 Lord, I don't know what we would do that we can, 07:03 couldn't come to You and just say, 07:04 Lord, we need some help. 07:06 And every time I come before Your people, I say, 07:08 oh Lord, I need some help. 07:10 I have nothing with myself to give that's any good, 07:12 but I know You do. 07:14 I pray that You will use me in a special way today 07:16 by forgiving our sin, covering with Your blood. 07:19 We pray that my ears will be open, 07:20 my mind will be open, 07:21 Your children, each and every one here 07:23 those around the world, 07:24 ears, mind, hearts open that we may receive 07:26 what You have in store for us today. 07:28 Because I know You have something good in store. 07:32 Bless us now we pray to this end 07:33 and invite Thy spirit once again in Jesus' name. 07:36 Amen. Amen. 07:38 Again we're talking about 07:39 poisonous doctrines make up Babylon, 07:42 again, I say why? 07:44 Why talk about things like Babylon. 07:47 Some people say to me, 07:48 you know, we talk about Babylon, 07:49 they say, I don't care. 07:51 Well, you have that choice. 07:52 You can care, you can say I don't care. 07:54 Let me tell you, the day will come when you care, 07:56 you will care. 07:58 You will care and I will care. 08:00 Absolutely, because this is part 08:01 of what God is bringing to light right now 08:04 in the hour that we're living in. 08:05 And I said before is in Adventism especially, 08:09 we need to be wide awake. 08:11 I believe that with my whole heart, wide awake. 08:13 But when we say we're wide awake. 08:15 What are we doing? 08:16 It's more than words. 08:18 I hear words all the time. 08:19 In fact, I get tired of it sometimes, 08:21 is it okay to say that? 08:22 I get a little bit tired sometimes 08:23 of hearing just words. 08:25 The Bible talks about the blessings come by doers, 08:27 doers of the word not just hearers only. 08:29 So you have hearers, 08:31 and you have those who are making a racket 08:32 with their voice. 08:35 They're saying an awful lot of stuff. 08:36 But you know what? They never bring it to pass. 08:38 It never bears fruit. 08:40 And so the message that God has given us 08:42 will bear some fruit, 08:43 because there's people who are honest in heart, 08:45 but you know what? 08:47 Somebody has to say something. 08:49 Somebody has to say something that makes sense 08:52 based upon the Word of God, so that we want to change. 08:55 Now again, why talk about Babylon or the false doctrine 08:59 and teachings of Babylon, 09:00 drinking the wine and they say getting drunk. 09:03 Man, Revelation is highly symbolic. 09:04 So we've got to certainly do line upon line 09:07 and precept upon precept. 09:09 But I ran across, 09:10 this was just opened on my study desk, 09:13 and that I've been reading a lot of different books, 09:14 a lot of times I leave them open, 09:16 leave one open here and one there 09:17 and refer back and forth. 09:18 And this one stared me in the face this morning, 09:20 just staring at me. 09:21 And I said, you know what? 09:22 I'm going to jot it down on a piece of paper, 09:24 and I'm going to take it 09:25 and I'm going to read it to the people. 09:27 Why? 09:28 Why study this subject? 09:29 Notice what it says, Five Testimonies 295. 09:33 "By his deception," 09:34 so we talk about it all the time. 09:36 "He is seeking to allure souls from Christ," 09:39 by his what? 09:40 His deception. 09:42 Some of us could be deceived, who are here, 09:44 some within the sound of the voice 09:46 or somebody who's watching can be deceived. 09:48 You're saying that you are Christian 09:49 and you are not. 09:51 Now, no one else is trying to judge that 09:53 but you look at your own face in the mirror 09:55 and you might say, 09:56 "I'm really not, " 09:58 then it's time to change. 09:59 The devil is doing what? 10:00 He's trying to deceive you and me. 10:02 Notice this, "And those who are not established 10:05 upon the truth will surely be taken." 10:09 If we're not established on what? 10:11 On the truth. If we don't know the truth. 10:13 2 Peter verse 1, I think it's 1. 10:17 2 Peter 1:12, 10:18 it talks about we need to be established 10:20 in present, what? 10:22 In present truth. 10:23 We need to be established in the truth of God's Word. 10:26 Those who are not established in the truth of God's Word 10:29 will be deceived, 10:30 you will not make it to heaven 10:32 regardless of whatever you might profess. 10:35 Is that clear enough? 10:37 Yeah. 10:38 You know, again, 10:39 it's just a matter of sometimes acknowledge, 10:41 need acknowledging this, 10:42 we can go through all of the things 10:44 that we go through to go to church, and again, 10:46 we talk tithes and offering, we talk about music, 10:49 and we talk about preaching the Word 10:50 and all these other things, 10:52 they are all good children's story, bum, bum, bum. 10:54 But are we really, we really been born again? 10:57 Do we really know the truth of God's Word? 10:59 Do we really know the doctrine that makes up Babylon's wine? 11:04 And let me tell you, remember, 11:05 you are either and I am doesn't matter who we are, 11:08 you're either going to be drinking 11:09 one of the cup of Babylon, 11:11 or from the cup of the living God. 11:13 It's one or the other. 11:14 This is why we need to talk about it. 11:16 And the doctrines that are out there 11:18 that are being taught 11:20 by the majority of churches in the world today, 11:23 they're drinking Babylon's wine, 11:24 I'm going to prove that, 11:26 I'm going to prove that 11:27 and just a little bit we touch on it. 11:30 But, man, is it powerful. 11:32 So again, if the churches are teaching certain doctrines, 11:36 you can believe that the devil is in charge. 11:39 That is called Babylon. 11:41 That's confusion, that's a mess. 11:43 Also, you know, we talked about, 11:45 well, Babylon when did this begin, blah-blah. 11:46 You can go back and you say, the tower of Babel, 11:48 it goes back before then, 11:50 the devil set his church up when he sinned in heaven. 11:53 It started in heaven. 11:55 And it continues to come on down through here, 11:57 but it certainly means confusion. 11:59 I'm going to read, I have to read it again. 12:00 It was read nicely, 12:02 just while ago in our scripture, 12:03 but I want to read it, Revelation Chapter 17. 12:06 Revelation Chapter 17. 12:07 And again, because there's so much that said, 12:13 when I read this, or someone reads it, 12:15 and I'm listening to it, 12:17 I get, I talked about sometimes, 12:18 some, some, some, some, I got, it's like spiritual goosebumps. 12:24 Because there's so much that's taking place in here. 12:28 And the majority of people 12:29 I think, who read it of the world, 12:31 or maybe in a lot of churches, 12:33 they have no idea of what it's saying. 12:37 So how can we be ready 12:39 for what's coming on this world 12:40 if we don't know what he's talking about? 12:42 Revelation 17:1-5. 12:45 The Bible says, see if I get my glasses out, 12:47 I might be able to see better today 12:48 but I get them on, 12:50 sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. 12:52 And I'm going to put them on anyway. 12:53 Pray for me. 12:55 Revelation Chapter 17, beginning in verse 1. 12:57 "And there came one of the seven," what? 13:00 "Of the angels which had seven," what? 13:03 "Vials, talk with me saying, come hither, 13:05 I will shew thee the judgment of the great whore 13:08 that sitteth upon many waters." 13:10 There came seven angels, 13:12 had seven vials and what are those vials, 13:14 what was in the vials? 13:15 Somebody say seven last plagues. 13:18 Yeah, seven last plagues. 13:19 Notice it, getting ready to pour them out 13:20 upon this world. 13:22 Notice it, that means probation was getting ready to, 13:24 it's getting ready to close, notice that. 13:26 Verse 2, 13:27 "With whom the kings of the earth 13:29 have committed fornication, 13:30 the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk 13:33 with the wine of her fornication." 13:36 Who's been made drunk? 13:39 The world has made that out there, out there, 13:42 there's a message that's going and people are what? 13:44 Drinking of that. 13:46 Notice, 13:47 "So he carried me away 13:49 in the spirit into the wilderness. 13:50 I saw a woman sit up on scarlet colored beast, 13:53 full of the names of," what? 13:55 "Blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." 13:58 I'll mention this now 13:59 and I'll mention it later on as we go. 14:00 I hope my glass is not reflecting 14:02 a lot of stuff that I can see floating around through here. 14:04 If they're bothering somebody, 14:05 tell me, and I'll take them off. 14:07 But notice there, 14:08 when you're talking about in verse 3, 14:10 "He carried me away in the spirit, a spirit, 14:11 I saw a woman sit up on a scarlet colored beast." 14:14 We're just quickly, we realize God's true church, 14:17 right is Revelation chapter, what? 14:19 Somebody say 12. 14:20 I'll get halfway, one through five, 14:21 one through six describes God's pure church. 14:24 We're reading about the harlot in Revelation 17, 14:28 the counterfeit church. 14:30 Did you get it? 14:31 God looked, He identifies, here's My church. 14:35 And I encourage each one of you to listen carefully 14:37 and to do what? 14:39 In other words, you read the Scripture 14:40 is to God looks at this symbol of his church 14:43 and how she is dressed, 14:45 how she looks, what she has on, 14:48 what's in her heart and her mind. 14:50 And then he goes to the unfaithful church, 14:52 Babylon and said, here's the harlot. 14:54 And here's what the harlot looks like. 14:56 Here's what the harlot is going to be teaching 14:58 and you don't want to have anything to do with it 15:00 because I'm getting ready to destroy it. 15:02 Did you get it? 15:03 I'm getting ready to do, what? 15:05 I'm getting ready to destroy all the churches. 15:09 All the churches that is drinking of the wine, 15:12 because it talks about, we'll read some passage, 15:14 if we have time, it talks about here. 15:16 God's wrath is going to fall heavy on these churches. 15:19 Well, does anybody here 15:20 or maybe somebody who's listening 15:22 or watching have been, 15:23 what should we be doing right now? 15:25 Should we just keep silent? 15:27 Or should we be warning? 15:28 Oh, you say, well, I heard this last week, 15:30 I heard it got, so what? 15:33 This message has to be given over and over and over 15:36 until it catches on. 15:38 Somebody's got to catch on. 15:40 Somebody needs to get involved. 15:43 You talk about this message here, blasphemy, 15:45 having seven heads and ten horns. 15:46 Last verse 5 or is it 4? 15:48 It said, "And the woman was arrayed in," what? 15:50 "Purple and scarlet color, 15:52 and decked with gold 15:53 and precious stones and pearls," 15:55 notice this, "having" a what in her hand? 15:58 "Golden cup good in her hand full of," what? 16:00 "Abominations and filthiness of her fornication." 16:03 No one wants this. 16:05 No one wants to be drinking from that cup. 16:07 And God even tells us, listen, what's in that cup? 16:11 What's in the cup is very important. 16:12 Verse 5, "And upon the, 16:14 her forehead was a name written, " what? 16:17 "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots 16:20 and Abomination of the Earth." 16:21 We're talking about what? 16:23 Abomination of the earth. 16:25 You either fit 16:26 in the abomination of the earth, or you don't. 16:29 I either fit or I don't, 16:31 and the Bible will tell us 16:32 what class we are in 16:34 or where we are fitting right now. 16:36 So, and I believe this with all my heart. 16:38 We live in an hour and a time and I'll say over and over, 16:41 because we must right now, we have to make decisions. 16:44 And we can't ride the fence. 16:46 We can't be a part of this and a part of that 16:48 and part of the world and part of God's Church, 16:50 we have to come out right and be separate 16:53 and touch not the, what? 16:54 The unclean. 16:55 Our message is what? 16:57 Come out of what? 16:58 Her My people. 17:00 The object of this is not try to explain 17:01 verses 1 through 5 17:02 and go through all this going through here. 17:04 But just to look at and touch 17:05 on the Mother of Harlots is dangerous. 17:08 God is getting ready to move on this earth. 17:10 He's already moving right now. 17:13 And things are never going to be the same again. 17:16 Think about it, they're not going to, 17:18 though you dreamers, 17:20 there's some dreamers out there. 17:21 They're thinking that, well, 17:23 after this kind of this COVID-19 go away, 17:24 it's all gonna get revert back the way it were, 17:26 it will never. 17:30 And I think I said 17:31 based on the authority of God's Word, 17:32 it will never be the same. 17:34 It's being set up right now. 17:36 I mean, set up right now 17:38 to where we can see the Sunday law coming in very, 17:40 very quickly, if God so allows it to be. 17:43 If God allows it, it can be, make your head swim, how fast 17:47 and certainly the close of probation 17:49 will make your head swim. 17:50 And here what are we doing? 17:52 We're worried about things going on in the world. 17:53 We're worried about a ball game. 17:55 We're worried about this game over here. 17:57 We're worried about this social over here. 17:59 We're worried about this and that 18:00 when we should not have our mind, 18:02 you know, taken up with these kind of things. 18:05 Our mind should be, 18:07 we should be sober and solemn with the message of warning 18:10 that we have to give. 18:11 The Bible says that it's the Mother of Harlots. 18:14 Just to make a quick couple identifying we read there, 18:18 Pope Pius IV said this, the Bible has said, right, 18:21 that this church is it goes about 18:23 and drink of the wine and false doctrine 18:26 and teaching that the majority of the world 18:28 not only Catholic, 18:29 but Protestants will grasp 18:30 and begin to chew up as it were, 18:32 and become a part of them. 18:34 And again, the Catholic Church says, 18:36 we are the Mother Church, is that true? 18:39 She's the Mother Church 18:40 and the Protestants are the little harlots. 18:43 And what? 18:44 Mother Church is calling the Protestants 18:46 the little harlots back into her fold. 18:49 They're doing it right now. 18:50 She's been going on and on and on and on 18:52 and it's escalating 18:53 and calling us back into the fold. 18:55 You do not have to be a Catholic, 18:57 you do not have to join their church 18:58 to be a harlot. 19:00 A real one, did you get it? 19:02 You just go along with kind of anything 19:04 that they institute. 19:06 We'll see that as we go along right here. 19:08 Pope Pius IV said this, now he did this in the... 19:12 Boy, I don't know what it was, it was early. 19:15 I don't know if it's 15th century, 13th century. 19:17 Anyway, he made this statement. 19:18 He said, "I acknowledge the Catholic Church 19:21 as the mother and the mistress of all churches." 19:26 See, the Bible said a long time ago 19:27 and then comes along, what? 19:29 Man is fulfilling that to say, what? 19:32 The Catholic writes this about, the Pope said, I acknowledge. 19:35 I know right now, 19:37 I said that the Catholic Church 19:38 is the Mother Church. 19:40 That means she said, 19:41 we talk about the mother right Eve as the mother of all, 19:45 everything comes. 19:47 That's what the Catholics say, everything comes from us. 19:49 And all this false doctrine and teaching 19:51 is coming from the Roman Catholic Church too. 19:54 If you don't say 19:55 what you have on your heart right now, 19:56 if you don't believe 19:58 the message of Seventh-day Adventist 19:59 have to give to the world, 20:01 we need to do some more studying. 20:03 Because if you don't give it right now, 20:05 when will you give it? 20:08 Will there be any easier time to give it? 20:12 Right now, would have been easy, 20:13 will it be an easier time? 20:15 No, right now, is it, 20:16 because it's soon to be a crime 20:18 to be talking about what we're talking about here. 20:21 It's going to be considered a hate crime. 20:23 The devil is so closing it up 20:24 that you can't say another church. 20:27 And yet we are to expose Catholicism for what it is. 20:32 Bible says it's going to be uncovered 20:34 in the last days, is it not? 20:35 It's going to be revealed in the last days. 20:37 We're going to have to call the shots for what they are 20:40 because of what the church, 20:42 the Catholic Church has pushed out there 20:44 in doctrines and teachings 20:45 and the Protestant world has sucked them up 20:47 through a straw. 20:49 They've sucked them up. 20:50 And they're advocating them. 20:52 But notice, they're drinking, they're drunk. 20:55 They are drunk, we say drunk as a skunk. 21:01 That word drunk as a skunk, I never seen one drunk, 21:03 but, you know what I'm talking about. 21:06 Yeah, and I say that, but why? 21:08 Because, 21:09 because the world is so messed up 21:12 and so dark, so tangled up. 21:16 The enemy has the mind so confused 21:19 that you can see, 21:20 now listen carefully, you can see on the news, 21:23 and I'm not taking one side or the other, 21:25 I don't care about the political aspect, 21:26 God's in charge of that. 21:28 But I'm trying to figure out right and wrong. 21:30 When I'm looking right at this screen, 21:33 I'm seeing burning, 21:35 I'm seeing looting, I'm seeing physical abuse. 21:40 I'm seeing ambulance called in, people being shot, 21:43 people being killed. 21:45 And say, burning up throwing down stuff, 21:47 all these things that's going on. 21:49 And that's just touching a little bit. 21:50 But listen, listen to the point. 21:52 The point is simply, I see all this going on. 21:55 And one group says, man, this is horrible. 21:57 This has got to stop. 21:59 And we're saying yes, it's got to stop. 22:01 The next group looks at it 22:03 and says, oh, we shouldn't be against peaceful protest. 22:10 Somebody, okay, you didn't get it. 22:12 Yeah, we, 22:14 why are you folks against peaceful protest? 22:18 That's not peaceful. 22:22 You don't beat a man to the Pope, 22:24 and holler it's peaceful. 22:27 You don't set fire, ruin a man's business, 22:29 knock the windows out and knock him out 22:31 and say it's peaceful. 22:32 It is not. 22:34 My point, I'm not trying to take this side or that side. 22:36 I'm simply saying men's minds are taken over by the enemy 22:40 because they've been drinking 22:41 the wine of Babylon's doctrine and teachings. 22:46 The conscious has been seared, severed with a hot iron, 22:50 because you can't look at that. 22:54 Or you can't look at something like that 22:56 and turn around and say it was peaceful 22:57 unless I'm out of it. 23:01 Who's got the nerve to say I'm out of it? 23:04 You see what I'm saying? 23:06 It just, it doesn't, see the enemy has the mind. 23:09 Could it possibly be that 23:11 we've been drinking and nipping at it 23:13 and we're little confused 23:15 because we are Seventh-day Adventist 23:17 that we're going to make it. 23:18 Seventh-day Adventist would be the most fooled people 23:20 when Jesus comes. 23:21 Is it okay to say that? 23:25 I don't, I'm not happy. 23:26 I'm not happy about that statement. 23:29 But I know it's true. 23:31 And the majority is going to leave 23:33 when the Sunday law is passed. 23:34 I know that too. 23:36 Am I happy with that? No, I'm not. 23:37 And I'm saying is why are we not doing our job 23:40 from the pulpit or we're not doing our job 23:42 as members of this church. 23:44 Don't leave it up to the pastor, 23:46 my lands of love. 23:48 Do what God has impressed you to do, 23:50 be a part of this movement, 23:51 shoulder up, don't split off and go somewhere here 23:54 but come together and say we believe in this message. 23:57 We believe that we don't need to be drunk 23:59 with a wine of Babylon here. 24:01 The mother, the mistress of all churches. 24:05 You know, not that Pope Pius IV 24:08 is not the only one that made the statement. 24:09 There's many statements that are made. 24:11 John O'Brien was another, he's a Catholic priest. 24:15 He made this observance. 24:17 Here's what he said. 24:19 That observe, 24:20 and he started that observance 24:22 and that man's Sunday keeping, somebody stay with me. 24:25 Sunday keeping, right, 24:27 remains as a reminder of the Mother Church 24:31 for which the non-Catholic sect broke away. 24:35 Another one, see they come along? 24:36 What did they say right here? 24:39 Sunday, something about Sunday keeping, 24:41 the observance of Sunday keeping 24:43 reminds us is a reminder of the Mother Church. 24:47 We are the Mother Church 24:49 because we changed what God instituted. 24:53 He shall think to change times and law. 24:56 He didn't change nothing. 24:59 I keep wanting to say every time 25:00 the Pope puts his pants on the way 25:01 the rest of us do, but... 25:05 Tomorrow think about that one. 25:13 Pray kids. 25:16 Here's, remember what it says right here, 25:19 so Revelation 17, 25:20 then describes, notice this, 25:22 the Mother Church, Mother Babylon. 25:27 And it describes the beast 25:29 that she rides in on or the powers of the earth, 25:32 church and state combined together 25:35 that will institute and pass these laws like boom, 25:37 leaves nothing right quick. 25:40 And when people tell you 25:42 that this world can change drastically 25:44 within two or three months from now, 25:46 I'm telling if you don't listen, 25:48 you're going to be fooled. 25:49 I mean, you're going to be shocked. 25:50 Not that God will allow it. 25:52 Sometime we make too many predictions and say, 25:54 this is exactly where it's going to be. 25:58 Remember, when Jonah, 26:00 was he not commissioned by God to go say, 26:01 hey, going to be destroyed? 26:05 And he decided he's going to go 26:06 on a fishing trip or something? 26:10 Got swallowed, didn't he? 26:12 He didn't do what God asked him to do. 26:14 And I'm telling you if you did not do 26:15 and I do not do what God asked us to do, 26:17 you will be swallowed by a whale. 26:20 Think about it. 26:23 But remember, what happened? 26:26 Was the cities destroyed? 26:27 They prayed. 26:28 They prayed, they repented. 26:31 And so when I make these statements, 26:33 and anybody else makes a statement, 26:34 we leave it open to God to say, yes, it will or no, 26:38 it's not time yet. 26:39 Because there's, Sister Jean, 26:41 there's one more person out there. 26:43 There's one more out there hid behind the barrel somewhere. 26:46 There's somebody else in the den out here. 26:47 There's somebody in the house, 26:49 there's somebody in the mountains up in there. 26:50 We have people who call us one time and says, 26:52 I watched Behold the Lamb programming. 26:54 And all I've got is a little six inch little TV 26:57 with the rabbit ears. 26:58 And I have, I don't have power. 27:00 So I have a battery that makes sure it's charged. 27:02 And I hook it to the battery so I can watch. 27:05 There's people that serious. 27:06 How serious are we? 27:09 Well, it's a little too far for me to drive. 27:12 Well, I think it's gonna rain today. 27:14 There's 20% chance, 27:16 that means 80 that's not going to. 27:19 And who cares? 27:20 Isn't that right? 27:22 Jesus said, God said, I'll meet with you, 27:23 the power of the Holy Spirit come and be a part. 27:27 And sometime we're just not, something wrong. 27:29 The warning must be given now 27:32 because Babylon is about to fall completely. 27:35 We realize in Revelation 14, isn't that right? 27:37 It's the first call to come out of her, what? 27:40 Come out of my people. 27:42 Babylon had his existence as it were, 27:44 we talking about Babylon here 27:45 that the Protestant churches began in 1843, 1844. 27:50 Because they had the, what? 27:51 Three angels message, 27:53 the first two messages judgment, right, 27:55 Jesus is coming, that this points to judgment, 27:57 or points to the time that Christ will come. 28:00 You know, He died on the cross and so on and so forth 28:02 and giving of this message but what happened? 28:05 The message was Jesus is coming back to the world. 28:08 And the majority of the Protestant world 28:10 rejected that. 28:12 And from that point on the other Adventist as it were, 28:15 those believe in the Second Coming 28:17 said often Babylon, 28:18 they are Babylonians, 28:20 they're confused about the issue. 28:25 They begin, Adventist began to use that term as it were. 28:29 We're talking about those believed in the Second Coming 28:31 at this point in time. 28:34 And they carry that along with the term Babylon, 28:37 the fall of Babylon. 28:39 We know that the fall of Babylon 28:41 is not complete just yet. 28:43 The first call went, right, second call comes under what? 28:46 Revelation 18. Isn't that right? 28:48 The second right come, 28:49 but it's going to that and this right here depicts 28:52 what's going to happen to the churches 28:54 that don't come out of her, my people. 28:57 See, our message is urgent. 29:00 We have people that attend church, 29:01 they might 10 or 10, 15 years and so on, 29:03 still haven't made a decision. 29:05 I'm not trying to criticize or condemn anybody 29:06 that's done that, that's not the issue. 29:08 I don't think we have that much time to fool around. 29:11 We have to make a decision for Christ 29:13 once and for all right now. 29:16 So that we're not just in the, you know, drinking this wine. 29:18 And we're a little bit tipsy right now. 29:21 We can't think properly right now. 29:26 When the churches 29:27 we know Protestant churches rejected the message 29:30 of Christ soon coming. 29:33 We realize they begin to drink of that wine. 29:35 J N Andrews, anybody familiar with J N Andrews? 29:39 Yeah, I suggest that, we won't go into all that. 29:41 But, here's how he defined Babylon, 29:42 I thought it was rather nice. 29:45 He defined Babylon as this. 29:47 He says all corrupt religious bodies. 29:50 Babylon is what? 29:52 All, didn't say all bodies. 29:53 It said all, what? 29:55 All corrupt religious bodies that have, notice this, 29:59 that have or ever will have or ever exist. 30:04 Any of them that have, any of them that will what? 30:07 Exist. 30:08 Notice, he goes in detail. 30:09 And this he said includes the Jewish church. 30:13 I mean, how often you ever hear that. 30:14 We never hear that in sermons. 30:16 You never talk about that, 30:17 you don't talk about Jews crucifying Christ 30:18 and what they did. 30:20 I'm not talking about, he said, a corrupt church, 30:21 it is a corrupt church because they rejected what? 30:23 Jesus Christ. 30:24 They rejected the truth of the message, it is corrupt. 30:26 And then he goes on to say that corrupt papal church, 30:30 that corrupt Protestant churches 30:32 who imitate the Romanish Church. 30:36 And then he goes on and says, even the Greek Church. 30:40 All churches then right all and God is getting ready. 30:43 His wrath is getting ready to fall. 30:46 When did Romanism 30:47 and Protestantism become Babylon? 30:50 We've been talking about it, notice, when did they? 30:54 Yeah, when, well, yeah, when they set aside, right, 30:56 the Word of God, 30:58 when they certainly rejected Christ 31:00 and they settled for tradition. 31:03 You can find all kinds of information on that 31:05 I have some here, 31:06 but I don't have time to read all of that. 31:08 There's only 24 minutes left. 31:09 I haven't even got started, somebody reset the clock. 31:12 No, don't do that. I hear you. 31:16 Think, think, think. 31:19 Let's look at it a little bit different way 31:21 than we just talked about it here that remember, 31:23 when did Romanism 31:25 and Protestantism become Babylon? 31:27 When they set aside, what? 31:28 Keep it, when they set aside the Word of God, 31:31 and they settled for tradition, and human speculation. 31:36 When they did this, 31:37 they adopted the fundamental principles 31:40 of modern Babylon, 31:42 that we have today, what? 31:43 Many, many churches they call it, modern Babylon. 31:46 They've accepted the teaching and the lies 31:48 and the stuff that's been put out there 31:50 by the Roman Church for decades, years, 31:53 hundreds of years, thousands of years. 31:56 And yet, they don't realize it, they don't know. 31:59 And now because Protestantism has rejected 32:02 the truth of God's Word 32:04 to come out of her modern Babylon. 32:06 Now they can be regarded as the daughter of Babylon. 32:11 I don't want to be a daughter of Babylon. 32:15 We don't want to be a harlot. 32:20 Now, we know that many Protestants 32:22 have not really adopted the creed of Rome. 32:25 You would say, "Well, I've adopted the Rome 32:26 or I've done that." 32:27 They've not really done that, 32:29 yet they belong to the same class. 32:31 Now, why would I say that they belong to the same class? 32:35 Because they've rejected in many areas, 32:38 they've rejected the Word of God. 32:40 Protestantism, not only Roman Catholic, 32:42 but Protestants have rejected the Word of God, 32:44 and they set their own teachings 32:46 and own things, what? 32:47 Up, traditions of men. 32:49 Jesus said He didn't like the traditions of men. 32:52 Babylon includes then quickly all false, and all apostasy, 32:57 all false religion, and all apostasy. 33:01 So, we'll look at it, 33:02 we don't have time to, we will look, 33:04 many people call 33:06 the Seventh-day Adventist Church Babylon. 33:09 Now when somebody hears this, they always get tight. 33:12 And I've always said tight people can't make it to heaven. 33:18 They think you can't call 33:20 Seventh-day Adventist Church Babylon, 33:22 I'll tell you why I think so or why I don't think so 33:24 a little later on as we go. 33:26 But I'll tell you this. 33:28 I do believe that our church, 33:30 our movement that we love that we grew up with, 33:32 has some Babylonish things in it. 33:34 It has a lot of apostasy in it that no one wants to deal with. 33:39 And yet we believe 33:40 that God is going to come and take us all back. 33:44 We better think again. 33:47 No exceptions, no respecter of persons. 33:50 I know, he's not. 33:54 So Revelation then 33:56 why we're spending this time once again? 33:58 Is because it tells us of the destruction, 34:00 listen, of all the churches 34:03 who are drinking and who are drunk 34:06 with the wine and the false doctrines 34:09 and teachings of Babylon. 34:12 Okay, we've got that part, haven't we? Right quick. 34:14 Oh, false doctrine, false teaching, we got. 34:16 Did you get what I just said right here? 34:19 The destruction, 34:20 Revelation 17 gives 34:22 the destruction of all churches. 34:27 All churches who are drinking of this wine. 34:30 So if you're teaching things that are not true, 34:32 based on God's Word, 34:33 they're part of Babylon 34:35 and he's getting ready to destroy them all. 34:38 His cup's almost full, who he's talking to begin with? 34:40 The seven angels, 34:42 remember the seven vials getting ready to pour, what? 34:43 Pour out the seven last plagues, 34:45 we said before probation is closing. 34:48 It's right at the end of time. 34:49 We need to look at that closely right here. 34:52 But we can be assured 34:54 that as in the past, and so in the future, 34:59 those who refuse Rome's teaching, 35:02 we know that will be persecuted. 35:06 We can't even figure out on Sabbath 35:07 where we should go to church or not. 35:15 Think about it. 35:17 The slightest little thing, right? 35:19 Mama burns a toast, and everybody gets into it. 35:22 And nobody goes to church. 35:25 That's never happened in here, right? Okay. 35:29 The slightest little things 35:30 why I'm saying sometimes is all it takes, you know why? 35:32 Because we were looking for something. 35:35 We were looking for some reason why we shouldn't come. 35:38 And you know what? 35:39 That's exactly when you need to be here. 35:42 That's exactly when I need, when I need to pray. 35:45 I may not feel like praying, but that's when I need to pray. 35:48 I don't feel like studying all the time 35:50 but I know that I need to study 35:51 once I get to studying, I find Christ. 35:54 I find Jesus in the Word of God, 35:56 and I'm encouraged and strengthened by it. 36:00 What a time that we are living in, 36:03 persecution is just around the corner. 36:05 People are talking about the laws and regulations 36:08 and traditions of men. 36:09 And they said we need not talk too much about religion 36:11 and what the Bible says anymore. 36:13 We'll basically make our own rules up. 36:15 Man, we've been through that in history before 36:17 and look what happened. 36:21 The Bible said in Revelation 12:13, 36:24 the Bible says, Revelation, what? 36:26 12:13, notice this, 36:28 "And when the dragon saw he was cast unto the earth." 36:32 And when the, what? 36:34 When the dragon saw he had been, who is the dragon? 36:38 We know, how do we know it's the devil? 36:42 Good. Revelation 12. 36:43 I know I was going to hear it in a minute. 36:45 Revelation Chapter 12, verse, what is it, 9, 36:47 talks about that, 36:49 it talks about that the devil and the old serpent, 36:52 right, the enemy, we know that. 36:53 So we know for sure, 36:55 the Bible says and when the devil saw that 36:57 he was cast to the earth 36:59 that tells you what kind of a loser he is. 37:01 Can I say that, John? 37:03 Devil is a loser? 37:05 Yeah, I think so. Why? 37:08 Because it just said there was a battle 37:09 that went on in heaven, and he was cast out. 37:12 He lost. 37:13 But when he saw, 37:16 again, how long did it take him 37:18 to see that he was cast down to this earth? 37:21 Surely he's not like the rest of us. 37:22 Sometime we can't see off the end of our nose. 37:24 I mean, this thing, 37:26 but if you see off into your nose, good, 37:27 but there may be somebody 37:29 that's not seeing off the end of it. 37:31 But see how long they said, now notice what, 37:33 when he saw he was cast to the earth. 37:37 How long, Sister Jean, did it take for him? 37:39 I don't know to see that he was cast to this earth. 37:43 It seemed like he'd see pretty quickly, 37:45 been beat up and cast down to this earth. 37:47 Now what did he do then? 37:49 The Bible says here, 37:50 "He persecuted the," what? 37:53 He was cast down to this earth and he persecuted the woman. 37:56 So what is the woman? The church. 37:59 You say, "Oh, it was always to church." 38:00 Well, we know it's the church. 38:01 But look where we find it. 38:03 Jeremiah 6:2, the Bible says, what? 38:07 "I have likened," you know it now, 38:09 "the daughters of Zion to acomely and delicate woman." 38:14 Zion is God's people, right, God's church. 38:16 He said, I've likened it to acomely and delicate woman. 38:19 There's nothing in the world, good that's saved by, 38:22 Bible talks about that, 38:23 there's nothing better than a good woman. 38:26 And I go a little bit far 38:27 there's nothing worse than a bad one. 38:30 Can I say that? 38:31 Put my glasses on and see what your... 38:37 I went ahead and said it. 38:38 Right, it need to be said. 38:40 The Bible said there's nothing better than a good woman. 38:43 We're talking to even earthly moms 38:44 and those of you who are here. 38:47 But also, yeah, listen to it. 38:49 Bible said listen, probably, 38:50 it's better to flee to the wilderness 38:51 than live with a contentious woman. 38:53 I'm not gonna get on that one. Let's get back. 38:59 Yeah, get in trouble. 39:02 Men sometimes just get it over with real quick, right? 39:06 Women lot of time, it takes a while. 39:08 Okay, let's see, oh, boy. 39:10 When the dragon saw, 39:11 when the devil saw that he was cast to the earth 39:13 he persecuted, what? 39:15 The woman or the church, 39:17 which brought forth the man-child, 39:19 talking about Jesus, right? 39:21 So we have there I mentioned Revelation 12:1-6 39:25 gives a beautiful description of God's remnant church, 39:29 real pure church, dressed in white, nothing on. 39:35 Think about it. 39:36 Just that white garment. 39:37 Wow. 39:39 And so today, then we switch from the pure church. 39:42 We went to the harlot of Revelation Chapter 17, 39:45 the prostitute. 39:47 Notice Revelation 12, once again, 39:49 how she was dressed, 39:50 what happened there 39:52 and then God gives a distinct picture of the harlot, 39:54 or the untrue church, 39:56 the false church Babylon right there 39:57 of how she's dressed 39:59 and what she's riding on the beast the power, 40:00 right church and state coming together, 40:03 and how she even looks 40:04 and what she's dressed and arrayed in. 40:06 This is identifying mark, so we can't miss it. 40:12 Don't reject what you know is truth and right. 40:16 There seems to be, maybe I'm wrong. 40:18 There seems to be very little time left 40:24 to make a call come out of her, my people. 40:29 Oh, you get, please think, well, I mean, what, 40:32 if nobody's gonna listen, I'm wasting my breath, 40:34 I'm wasting my energy. 40:36 But I know there'll be somebody 40:38 because He said the word won't return void. 40:42 Remember what he's talking about here. 40:44 We have to, then oh, well, 40:46 I'm gonna make a call come out of Babylon. 40:48 Well, you got to tell what Babylon is all about. 40:51 You got to expose Babylon 40:52 for what it is with a false doctrine, 40:54 a false wine, false teaching. 40:55 The majority of the Protestant churches have accepted. 40:58 Almost every one of them have 41:00 and God said I'm coming back right there, 41:02 and I'm going to destroy all of those churches. 41:04 That's pretty heavy duty. 41:06 That's what Revelation 17 says, though, is it not? 41:08 Let me read 18, read it. 41:11 You're going to destroy, what? 41:12 The church as it were a Catholic Church, 41:13 Roman Church, Protestant churches, 41:15 all of them are who've been merchandising, 41:19 been selling their goods. 41:21 That's exactly what they've done over here. 41:22 They sold the goods to Protestants 41:24 and we bought it and we paid a high price. 41:32 Bible said the world will wax, 41:35 come on worse and worse and worse. 41:39 And that wax just simply means it's going to increase, 41:42 we know that's increasing right now. 41:43 It's something that's going to advance, 41:45 it's advancing right now. 41:46 It's getting worse and worse. 41:48 The word means wax going forward. 41:51 Going forward the evil, we see it right now. 41:55 Please listen to this warning quickly as we read it. 41:59 If anybody's getting tired, stand up and shout. 42:01 You know, and I'll shout back. 42:03 Notice, 2 Timothy 3:13. 42:05 That's where it says it would wax, 42:07 the earth is going to wax, what? 42:08 Worse and worse. 2 Timothy 3:13. 42:10 Letter 112, 1890. 42:13 Notice how this reads. 42:15 Notice how this reads, this is very important. 42:17 Remember, every word that comes out of the mouth of God 42:19 is important for us today. 42:21 Don't miss it. 42:22 Remember, if you miss it, 42:24 and we're drinking of these dark false doctrines 42:26 that we're going to go over just a few of them. 42:29 We're going to see what's going on, 42:30 we're going to be lost. 42:33 God's making a difference 42:35 between Babylon and His church 42:37 that keep the commandments of God 42:38 and have the testimony of Jesus. 42:43 Letter 112, 1890 says 42:44 "Every form of evil is to spring into, 42:48 you know, intense activity." 42:51 It seems a little bit intense right now, doesn't it? 42:54 Seem like some intent but it's not, 42:55 what is it at all what it's going to be, 42:58 every form of evil 43:00 because the devil knows his time is, come on, 43:03 he knows that it's short, 43:04 and he's going to put forth as it were 43:06 a superhuman we calling it for effort. 43:09 He's going for the last, 43:11 he's going for the juggler right now. 43:12 And most of us are sitting by, 43:13 just letting the devil put his hands on our throat 43:15 choking the spiritual life out of us. 43:17 And we're saying nothing, we're doing nothing. 43:19 We just want peace and quiet. 43:22 This is the time God never said 43:23 these last day people would be peace and quiet. 43:26 He said you sound alarm in My holy mountain, 43:27 isn't that right? 43:28 Call sin by its right name. 43:30 Blow the trumpet in Zion. 43:33 Somebody sound the alarm 43:34 regardless of how many times you've heard it every week 43:38 because we are closer than we were last week, 43:41 closer than a week before, 43:42 closer than even yesterday, 43:46 to the shutting off point in time. 43:48 Notice it says, what has happened. 43:50 "Evil angels unite their power with evil men." 43:53 You see men going around and they're acting like devils 43:55 is because the devil is in them. 43:59 Remember, the devil couldn't get into them, 44:01 they let the devil get in. 44:04 Devil just can't get into you because he wants to get in. 44:06 You have to open the door. 44:08 You got to crack something open there 44:09 and let him give him a chance to get in. 44:10 And then he's going to come in and he's going to take over. 44:15 Now remember what it says here, 44:16 it says, notice, evil man, 44:17 evil power and they have been in constant conflict 44:21 and attainted and experience 44:22 in the best modes of deception and battle. 44:26 For all these thousand years, right, 44:27 the devil that they're all planning 44:29 to make sure they get you, 44:31 make sure they get me. 44:34 They're not gonna let anybody escape. 44:37 They've got their eye on 44:39 and they're looking and trying to find your weaknesses 44:41 and trying to write put something out there, 44:44 last snare out there to entrap you. 44:48 This article says, 44:50 "They, the evil forces, listen, 44:51 have been strengthening for centuries." 44:56 Why? Why not God's people? 44:58 Why aren't we strengthening? 45:00 Why aren't we coming together like we should? 45:01 Why isn't there more unity there is now? 45:03 People can make a decision what they want to do 45:05 and how they want to do it anymore. 45:07 We got to get busy 45:08 and be where God would have us to be and pull together, 45:11 be an encouragement 45:13 to those who are waffling about and not sure, 45:15 those who hear the message 45:17 and the call has come out, come out. 45:18 But listen, if the church is not any better 45:20 than the come outs, 45:21 why would they come out? 45:23 Anybody get it? 45:26 If they're not seeing something different in this movement, 45:28 why would you want to come out 45:30 where you're comfortable with your family 45:31 or the church family, 45:33 where you love other people there and they're lovable, 45:34 and they're nice and where the preacher's good, 45:36 and we love him and blah-blah, whatever it might be. 45:40 But because we come out because the truth is more important. 45:44 It's life and death. 45:46 And we're called many times to leave our family 45:48 and leave our friends and leave those who are pulling us down 45:52 and make a stand for the cause of Christ. 45:53 You see, I mean, we may lose all of this, 45:55 and we will before it's over. 45:58 He's offering us now to make changes 46:00 that we need to make as he's leading, 46:02 guiding and directing and we know it 46:03 but we don't want to make those necessary changes. 46:06 Remember, the devil is fighting. 46:09 He's gone right now for the last context. 46:11 But notice, he's not going to give up 46:13 without a desperate struggle. 46:16 Now remember, he's willing to lay it all on the line, 46:18 how about you? 46:20 How about me? 46:21 Are we willing to lay it all on the line, 46:22 or we'd rather go out and, 46:25 you know what I'm talking about. 46:28 All the world is going to be on one side or the other. 46:32 But I mean, I'm looking at this, 46:33 I'm thinking of millions and millions 46:36 of our Catholic friends, 46:37 and we talk about them a lot, but we love them. 46:39 We want them in the kingdom and my Protestant friends. 46:42 But the enemy has millions and millions. 46:45 They're drinking a false doctrine. 46:47 They're drunk. 46:48 Can't say it enough, that constitute Babylon. 46:51 Babylonish things will not inherit 46:53 the kingdom of God, 46:54 there's no doubt about it. 46:56 You're going to be on one side or the other of the question, 46:58 what is it going to be? 47:00 What are you going to do? What am I going to do? 47:01 I say here, maybe here's our orders. 47:04 Here's some of our orders right now. 47:05 I love this, Jeremiah 6:16. Here's our orders. 47:10 I need orders. 47:13 Hello. 47:14 Yeah. 47:16 Coming from the Word of God, isn't it right? 47:17 People, sometimes it's kind of unbearable. 47:21 Because they don't know how to give them. 47:24 Sometime we don't know how to take them. 47:30 Here's our marching orders. 47:32 Jeremiah 6:16. 47:34 I love it where it says, stand. 47:36 He didn't say sit in the way. 47:38 He said, "Stand in the ways, 47:41 and see, and ask for the old," what? 47:44 "The old paths, where is the good way, 47:47 and walk therein." 47:49 Man, if people did that today, 47:50 what a different world, stand right in the pathways, 47:53 see and ask for the old path. 47:55 Lord, I don't know where the old paths at, 47:58 I'm looking for the old path. 47:59 I don't even know what the old path is. 48:01 But if you're saying God, 48:02 I want to know where that path is. 48:04 He'll have you turn on 3ABN, 48:05 He may have you turn on some radio, 48:07 He may have you turn over here, 48:08 somebody may knock at your door, 48:10 the phone may ring 48:11 because they wanted to know the old path 48:13 and what it means to go on the path. 48:15 That path that is worn by many people going over. 48:19 Like you can see it here 48:21 as the deer that goes through from here, 48:22 Behold the Lamb 48:24 and across the hard road over here, 48:25 you can see a path they continue to make. 48:28 Because they're going back, same path. 48:31 God says ask for those old paths, praise God. 48:34 That means those lasting paths, that means that always path, 48:38 that means that perpetual path. 48:41 And that actually means, 48:42 listen, from the beginning of the world. 48:46 Did you get it? 48:47 Ask for the old path 48:48 that began at the beginning of the world. 48:52 And if you ask for it, you shall receive it. 48:54 But see, we're not even asking. 48:57 We're more interested in houses and lands 48:59 and this and that and whatever it might be, 49:01 rather than in the cause of Christ. 49:03 We think we can just pick up Christ anytime we want to. 49:06 We can set Him on the corner anytime we want to, 49:08 you may be fooled. 49:11 It's maybe it for you. Maybe it for me. 49:15 Eight Testimonies 297, 49:17 time's going down quickly, notice this. 49:19 Now this is speaking, 49:20 remember what we're getting right to read 49:22 Eight Testimonies 297. 49:24 Speaking about the Adventist movement. 49:28 Speaking about, what? 49:30 The Adventist movement. 49:31 If you believe you found the right church. 49:35 You cannot doubt the doctrine 49:37 and the teachings of this church. 49:39 I'm not talking about every little thing they have, 49:41 sure it's expanding and is growing, 49:43 but I'm talking about our main pillars 49:44 and our doctrines. 49:48 And we realize prophecy, 49:50 there's a lot of things that can go a lot of different ways. 49:51 Because the scroll is what? It's unfolding, isn't it? 49:54 As it unfolds and unrolls, 49:56 we see more and there's more light 49:57 and so on so forth. 49:59 But we're talking about certain subjects, 50:01 what happen when you die, about the Seventh-day Sabbath. 50:04 These are things that God has given 50:05 this last day movement. 50:08 So speaking about the Adventist movement, 50:11 it says here, we have a sure foundation. 50:15 And she said, 50:16 "Upon these foundations 50:18 we have been building for the last," how many years? 50:21 Somebody say 50, I'll just get tickled, 50:23 I'll do a little dance. 50:24 Someone, somebody help me out here. 50:26 We need to be reading these things 50:27 I'm telling you right now. 50:30 Adventism, as it began, as God opened up, 50:34 you see, certainly from William Miller 50:35 on up in the 1830s 50:37 and in the 40s and coming Advent movement. 50:39 We realized we weren't a church denomination till what? 50:41 1863 around that, but still, yeah, all that transpired. 50:46 But then we realized that we have a sure foundation. 50:49 So all you have to do say, well, let's, let's take, 50:51 just rounded all 1844, 1845, 50:56 kind of where Adventism began to be right, 50:58 the big disappointment, so on so forth, 51:00 had a lot of different people involved in 51:01 a lot of different churches, about the coming in, right, 51:04 of Jesus and so on in 1844. 51:06 But something happened, 51:08 there was a lot of disappointment. 51:10 And He didn't come. 51:11 So there's something about setting times 51:13 about certain things. 51:14 That's one thing 51:15 we're going to get into that prompted this study, 51:17 because there's some people who are out there, 51:19 and we receive letters and phone calls 51:20 and different ones who are saying, 51:22 well, there's one word here that if we pray, 51:24 if we, if we translate it a little bit different, 51:26 or if this was not 51:28 on the original manuscript right here, 51:29 it changes the whole thing. 51:31 Well, then how do you change all this other stuff 51:33 that says otherwise? 51:35 With the possibility 51:37 or maybe the Holy Spirit 51:39 is not smart enough to know that. 51:41 And remember, when you begin to set a time. 51:44 I had a guy who wrote a letter not too long ago. 51:47 I think it was July 51:48 that is supposed to be July the 20th. 51:50 He said that Nashville would be destroyed on July, 51:54 I think it's 20th. 51:55 So he sent it out in advance several months, said, 51:58 God has impressed me this is what's going to happen. 52:00 And I have to give the warning to as many people as I can. 52:03 I've got to get it in print. 52:04 And I've got to get it out there. 52:06 How do we know, 52:07 we haven't heard a big thing about repentance 52:08 in Nashville that changed, 52:10 God didn't follow through with it. 52:11 But you know what? 52:12 The guy and the ministry looks bad. 52:15 Can I say? 52:17 Is that true? 52:19 Need to be very careful about that. 52:20 We certainly say God's impressed me 52:22 that this place is going to be destroyed. 52:24 Be careful with the date thing, because he set that date. 52:27 But you know what? 52:29 He looks foolish right now, you know what? 52:30 You can't find him. 52:33 Just like some of the 11th hour 52:34 people have written stuff over the years. 52:36 And they set in back in November 1999 52:39 that definitely probation would end, 52:41 Jesus would come. 52:42 They're not to be found anywhere right now. 52:44 But they sure tore a lot of people up. 52:48 So once you gonna set that, 52:49 and you get hopeful about these things, 52:51 and then it doesn't happen, people lose, they lose it. 52:55 That happened before, isn't that right? 52:57 1844, they just, they lose it. 53:00 They could just thought for sure He's going to come, 53:01 they walk off, they lose their faith, 53:03 they lose their love for Christ. 53:05 So it can cause a lot of damage here, 53:07 but I know we can know it's near even at the door. 53:10 But notice that if I get no farther than this, 53:12 praise God, it's good. 53:14 But you know what? 53:15 There's a lot of doctrinal issues 53:17 that I want to discuss 53:18 in another part that we will do, 53:20 and maybe a different name of it. 53:21 But we'll follow this on right here. 53:23 Because it's important, 53:24 I think it's important to get through 53:25 with some of the stuff we're getting through now, 53:27 setting a good foundation, 53:29 a foundation that cannot be moved, 53:31 because God has set this movement up, 53:34 He set it up, notice and feel for, 53:36 you take, we started 1845, 53:39 whatever it may, 53:40 and you just add another 50 years to that, 53:43 you know, so you get right up there. 53:45 All the doctrines, 53:46 all the teachings that came 53:48 through the Adventist Church, she said we can build on that. 53:52 Isn't that interesting? Listen carefully here. 53:55 We have a sure foundation, 53:56 "Upon the foundation, we have been building," 53:59 Eight Testimonies 297, 54:01 "for the last 50 years." 54:02 Listen carefully, 54:04 "Men may suppose that they have found a new way." 54:07 Many of them are out there. 54:09 "And they can lay a stronger foundation 54:12 than that which has been laid." 54:14 Oh, that people say, oh, this is a better way, 54:16 I've got a better way. 54:17 But notice, but she says, 54:19 "This is a great deception." 54:24 You remember 54:25 what 1 Corinthians 3:11 tells us, 54:28 it says, "Other foundations can," what? 54:31 "Can no man lay than that which has been laid." 54:36 You can dig out there all you want. 54:39 You can lay all the blocks you want, 54:40 build kind of foundation that you want to 54:42 but if it's in a new and it goes off 54:44 from that what you would establish 54:45 for those 50 years would say 1845, 54:48 whatever 1890s and whatever it was, 54:50 you know, just look at that. 54:52 Something has to be right. 54:54 If it isn't God's not leading, God's not the author of it, 54:57 then something's wrong here. 54:59 But when somebody tries to do another foundation, 55:02 no man can lead to that which has been laid. 55:04 We're to hold the beginning of our confidence 55:06 steadfast unto the very end. 55:08 I got 23 seconds to pray. 55:09 I'm gonna pray for you right now. 55:10 There's much more that we want to get into. 55:12 We're gonna look at really Babylon 55:13 and the stuff that's in that cup. 55:15 So we pray together. 55:16 Loving Father in heaven, 55:17 thank You for Your precious Word, 55:19 bless it with the Holy Spirit, 55:20 those who hear for the first time, 55:22 may they be encouraged and strengthened. 55:23 This is the day, this is the hour in Jesus name. 55:25 Amen. 55:26 Thank you for joining us today. 55:28 God bless you and we'll look forward 55:29 to seeing you next time. 55:31 Hello and welcome back. 55:32 I hope you realize that every day, 55:35 each of us must put on the whole armor of God, 55:39 His armor protection to keep us off 55:42 from drinking the wine of Babylon 55:44 through the enemy's deceptions. 55:46 Poisonous doctrines make up Babylon's wine 55:50 was our message for today. 55:52 And how very sad to know that 55:54 so many people are taken in by these doctrines. 55:58 People that we love 55:59 are taken in by these doctrines of devils, 56:02 and are not understanding the Word of God 56:05 better than they now do than they should. 56:08 These doctrines are poison and poisons kill. 56:12 But praise God, praise God, He still sits on the throne, 56:16 and He is willing and He is able to seek 56:18 and to save each of us 56:20 who is lost 56:22 and who are striving by His grace 56:24 and His strength to know 56:26 what truth is so that we are not deceived. 56:30 We hope that you like this message so much 56:32 that you'll want to call in, 56:34 call in and order this message for your very own, 56:37 poisonous doctrines make up Babylon's wine, 56:41 order it and share it with others. 56:43 Friends, there are signs 56:45 all around each and every one of us 56:47 that are foretelling that our time of laboring for souls. 56:51 Laboring for souls is very, very short. 56:55 We must pray, 56:57 we must share 56:58 and we need to love people into the truth 57:01 before it is everlastingly too late. 57:04 So won't you give us a call here 57:05 at Behold the Lamb Ministries in the United States 57:08 at 618-942-5044, 57:13 that's Central Time. 57:15 Or you may write 57:16 to Behold the Lamb Ministries at PO Box 2030, 57:21 Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:24 You may email your order 57:26 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @Yahoo.com 57:29 or feel free to donate 57:31 or order in support of this ministry 57:34 on our website at BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:38 We're offering this message to you 57:40 for a love gift of just $8 or more. 57:43 And you know, as always, 57:45 we hope to see you again here next time. 57:47 But until then, 57:48 may our precious and loving Lord 57:50 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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