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00:39 Hello, and welcome back to Behold the Lamb presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:42 I want to thank you for joining us. 00:44 Today's message is Satan Zeros In, part 2. 00:48 And I want you to just think back 00:50 to the Garden of Eden. 00:52 After the fall in the garden, God did something different. 00:55 He did something that maybe we didn't quite understand. 00:58 It says that God put enmity between Satan and His people, 01:03 God's people, His church. 01:05 Have you ever wondered what enmity was? 01:08 Enmity is a state 01:10 or being of actively opposing something or someone. 01:15 So it's a state of feeling 01:18 of actively opposing someone or something. 01:22 By this action, I want you to listen to this very closely. 01:26 By this action, God was actually protecting 01:30 the whole human race. 01:33 It may not be obvious unless you've gone back 01:36 and maybe read some of this in the great controversy, 01:39 but He was protecting you and He was protecting me 01:42 because if He hadn't done this, 01:43 the whole human race would have sided with Satan 01:47 and would have been against the God of heaven. 01:50 This act of placing enmity between the church and Satan 01:54 was part of the great plan of salvation. 01:57 I love that. 01:58 I felt like the Lord had given me that 01:59 thought early this morning 02:01 to draw all of our hearts and our minds 02:03 and God's children 02:04 into a saving relationship with Him, 02:08 a relationship that would allow men and women 02:11 to repopulate heaven. 02:13 And think about it. 02:15 You've often heard Pastor Kenny say 02:17 that he believes that we will be the ones 02:19 that will replace the third of those angels 02:22 that fell from heaven. 02:24 They fell from heaven because they were deceived 02:27 and the one that deceived them was Lucifer, 02:30 which we now call Satan. 02:32 This war of souls obviously began in heaven 02:36 and is still very active today. 02:39 And as we realizes, day by day continues on 02:43 that it is escalating in intensity 02:46 as we are now entering into the very last moments 02:49 of this world's history. 02:51 Satan realizes church, 02:53 Satan realizes those of you who at home, 02:56 that his time to even be alive is very, very short. 03:00 He realizes it even much more than we do, 03:03 and it is his goal to keep as many of us, 03:08 as many souls as he possibly can 03:11 from entering into those pearly gates 03:13 from which he was cast out. 03:16 Thus, Satan is zeroing in, 03:19 he is ramping up his tactics of deceit 03:23 and he's getting ready. 03:24 Listen, he's getting ready for his final deception, 03:28 his final push against God and against his church, 03:33 of which I hope all of you are a part of. 03:36 We invite you today to stay tuned 03:38 and listen to Pastor Kenny as he presents, 03:41 Satan is zeroing in part two, 03:43 but first we're going to take just a quick break 03:45 and we're going to visit 3ABN and listen to a song 03:48 that is entitled I will go as sung by Ashley Sabol. 04:20 Give me ears to hear Your Spirit 04:27 Give me feet to follow through 04:32 Give me hands to touch the hurting 04:38 And the faith to follow You 04:47 Give me grace to be a servant 04:54 Give me mercy for the lost 04:59 Give me passion for Your glory 05:05 Give me passion for the cross 05:11 And I will go where there are no easy roads 05:17 Leave the comforts that I know 05:23 I will go and let this journey be my home 05:29 I will go 05:33 I will go 05:51 I'll let go of my ambitions 05:58 Cut the roots that run too deep 06:03 I will learn to give away 06:09 What I cannot really keep 06:15 What I cannot 06:17 Really keep 06:22 Help me see 06:26 With eyes of faith 06:30 Give me strength 06:33 To run this race 06:37 And I will go where there are no easy roads 06:44 Leave the comforts that I know 06:50 I will go and let this journey be my home 06:56 I will go 06:59 I will go 07:02 And I will go Lord 07:05 Where Your glory is unknown 07:08 I will live for You alone 07:14 I will go because my life is not my own 07:21 I will go 07:25 I will go 07:29 I will go 07:49 Thanks for joining us once again here 07:51 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 07:52 Again, it's always... 07:54 I'd say it's a treat, it's a blessing 07:55 to be able to come into your home 07:57 wherever you might be 07:58 and to be able to study the Word of God together. 08:01 I always look forward to that, it's such a blessing, 08:03 at least to me as I prepare these messages 08:05 and you know spend time with Him. 08:07 And, first of all, 08:08 you know, I'm wanting to fit for me in my life 08:10 and I want to be a blessing for me. 08:11 And as I see, it's a blessing for me to study this message, 08:14 I pray by the grace of God 08:16 is going to be a real blessing to you. 08:17 Maybe an eye-opener to a few, 08:19 maybe just a reminder to others, 08:21 the coming of Jesus and God has a church, 08:24 He has a people with a specific message to give 08:27 and we need to be thankful. 08:29 If you realize that how happy 08:31 that each one of us should be to realize 08:34 that God has a church and it is identifiable, 08:37 based upon the Word of God. 08:38 We're going to be looking at our message today 08:40 Satan zeros in. 08:43 Did you get it? Satan zeroes in. 08:46 And he began as mentioned 08:48 because he realized his time is short. 08:51 He's wanting to take out as many as he can take out. 08:54 By God's grace, right, we're gonna hang in there 08:57 by the grace of God and do what God has asked us to do 08:59 but always before again, 09:01 we thank you for your cards, your letter, your support, 09:03 and sometimes even your differences of opinion. 09:05 You can feel free to do that. 09:08 Because most of you when you write in, 09:10 not most of it, some of that writes in and say, 09:12 you know, if you listen to what I have to say, 09:15 then you'll learn something. 09:17 So I'm thankful for those also, 09:20 you know, as we say it's all right, it's good 09:21 because I always want to look at those things. 09:24 God has light, and we always in regards 09:26 to where somebody comes from, 09:27 there may be something that God has in mind in store for us, 09:30 but doesn't take very long 09:32 as you get into some time what some had to say. 09:35 You can see it deviates from scripture, 09:37 and so forth there I just leave it there. 09:39 Man, we're glad you join us. 09:40 We're going to have prayers we always do. 09:42 I'm going to kneel up here. 09:44 Those of you at home watching, please kneel with me, 09:46 those of you who cannot maybe in a car, 09:48 just lift your hearts up to God right now 09:50 as we pray for power from on high. 09:53 Merciful God in heaven, 09:54 we thank You again for the privilege of prayer. 09:56 We thank You that we can call You our Father. 09:58 Lord, with great confidence we come before Thee 10:01 because not of man but what You said in Your Word. 10:04 You said we can come boldly to the throne of God, 10:06 to find grace and help in our time of need. 10:09 Lord, I need some help. 10:10 So I pray that Your Holy Spirit now 10:12 will take my mind, my heart, 10:14 I pray to you your blood will cover of any sin, 10:16 anything in my heart and life that needs not be there. 10:18 Oh Lord, I need to hear from You. 10:20 Your church, Your body, Your children 10:21 need to hear from you today 10:23 maybe that which someone may learn something 10:26 that will draw them closer to Jesus today. 10:28 Give us confidence in where we are at 10:30 in our walk with You 10:31 that we may continue on, 10:33 in Jesus' name we pray as we thank you. 10:34 Amen. 10:37 Again, if you have your Bible, 10:38 please turn to Revelation 12:17, 10:43 I can remember this text from umpteen, 10:46 can I say umpteen? 10:48 I'm not sure how many years that is. 10:49 Umpteen, that means many, doesn't it? 10:51 Umpteen, many, many years as a child. 10:54 I remember, Pastor reading this passage of Scripture 10:57 and it always meant something to me, 10:59 Revelation 12:17. 11:01 Now I'll tell you why it meant something to me 11:03 and it still does today 11:04 because this is a dynamite passage 11:07 of Scripture 11:08 that identifies God's last day church. 11:11 Now I know everybody out there 11:13 don't care what church you go to, 11:14 you're gonna say that's us but I say, 11:16 well, if you match the criteria based in the Word of God, 11:20 then you are, 11:21 if you don't match it, then you are not. 11:23 I think it's pretty simple, isn't it plain? 11:25 We can't just say, Well, God's listed five things, 11:28 here are three things here and we get one of those 11:30 or two of those that's close enough. 11:32 It's not. 11:33 As He gives us Ten Commandments, 11:35 nine won't do, nine and a half 11:37 if there's such a thing, it won't do. 11:39 It's all 10. It's all or nothing. 11:41 And that's the game of life that we're in right now. 11:44 It's all or nothing. Revelation 12:17, I love it. 11:47 It says here, and the woman was what... 11:49 Ooh, my. 11:50 What was I on? 11:52 I was in 17, I'm sorry. 11:53 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman 11:55 and went to make," what? 11:57 "War with a remnant of her seed, 11:59 which keep the commandments of God 12:01 and have the testimony of Jesus." 12:03 Now remember, this is a second part. 12:04 So we went and covered I think pretty well, 12:06 last time on this message here. 12:08 The dragon we found out 12:10 in Revelation 12 is the enemy, the devil. 12:13 So the devil then was angry with the woman 12:15 which is the church and went to make war 12:18 with the remnant of her seed, right? 12:19 The last little part of her seed, 12:21 her children, notice this, which, 12:23 now notice this, they keep what? 12:26 So this group, if you don't fit in this group, 12:30 then you're not one of them. 12:33 Well, I want to get heavy duty. 12:34 Somebody said heavy duty, 12:36 so I'm gonna say, okay, heavy duty. 12:39 This is heavy duty why? 12:41 Because the Bible says it. 12:42 Why aren't we all getting heavy-duty about it. 12:46 Read this passage of Scripture. 12:47 It says here, the devil is angry 12:51 and he's going to make war with you. 12:53 That means he's trying, 12:54 in war he's going to try to kill you. 12:56 He's going to try to get rid of you. 12:57 He's going to try to deceive you. 12:58 He's going to try to get rid of you. 13:00 He doesn't want you to speak out. 13:03 And so he went to make war, notice this, with the church. 13:06 There's a church here the people, right, 13:08 who keep the commandments of God. 13:11 So if your church teaches 13:12 that the law has been done away with the 10 command, 13:14 you can't be the remnant church. 13:16 Now, I'm just gonna put it out there. 13:18 So we don't have no questions to start, is that truth? 13:20 Can we do that? 13:22 Regardless how many good people God knows the hearts, 13:25 many people Jesus said, 13:27 "Many people have I not of this fold." 13:28 Isn't that right? 13:31 But he's doing what? 13:32 He says, "I'm not going to leave him there. 13:35 I'm calling them out in the three angels' message 13:38 to hear what's being taught here." 13:40 So there are two things you have to keep. 13:42 That means all ten and the reason 13:44 they can't say that 13:46 is because they throw the fourth one out, 13:47 which is remember the Sabbath day 13:49 to keep it holy. 13:51 So that can't be God's last day remnant church 13:55 must keep the seventh day Sabbath. 13:58 Did you get it? 14:00 Oh, it sounds like oh, yeah, here we go again. 14:01 That's right. 14:03 Here we go again 14:04 because that's what the Bible says. 14:05 The Bible keeps coming back to that. 14:07 God said I'm gonna make it so simple 14:09 that even Kenny can understand it. 14:11 Kenny can understand there's two points. 14:14 If you just match one of them, you are not the remnant church. 14:17 You can't be, why? 14:19 Not because we say but because God says. 14:22 That just makes sense to me, right? 14:25 And again, if you say, yeah, 14:27 we keep nine of them you still can't be. 14:30 It has to be all 10 or nothing. 14:32 We'll get that more as we go. 14:33 Because if you offend in one point, what are you? 14:35 James 2:10-12, 14:37 you're guilty of them all we know that. 14:39 We'll go again and again and again, 14:41 if we have to with it, 14:42 because listen, this is very powerful. 14:45 And notice this and this group, they claim it that all 10 14:49 which brings back the first angel's message 14:52 of Revelation 14, 14:53 right, the judgment hour, 14:55 and go back to the one who did what? 14:56 Created heaven and earth and the sea 14:58 and all them in the midst. 14:59 You go back to creation, 15:01 we can go back to the seventh day Sabbath, 15:02 which has been covered by a multitude of errors. 15:05 And, you know, people claiming to know what is truth. 15:08 And if they're not telling the truth, 15:10 they're just taking a shovel 15:11 and throwing stuff on the truth. 15:12 And God said, there'll be people in the last day, 15:14 I'm going to give a shovel to. 15:16 I'm going to give a shovel and they're going to get down, 15:18 they're gonna start taking this junk off 15:21 of what the truth, 15:22 and there's going to be exposed, 15:24 and the world well might be shocked, 15:26 they might be a little bit upset, 15:27 they might be mad at you, 15:29 and then they might want to try to get rid of you. 15:31 They want to close your mouth. 15:32 Man, we see that happening in the world today, 15:35 right, and whether it's politics, 15:37 or whether it's religion, 15:39 they want everybody to be happy and agree, 15:41 but yet they don't want to touch on doctrines 15:43 and different things in the Bible 15:45 where they disagree. 15:46 So they just don't talk about those things anymore. 15:48 We're going to talk about those 15:50 because God says we need to talk about them. 15:52 And this says, the second one 15:53 is the testimony of Jesus Christ. 15:56 We read that in Revelation 19:10 15:57 is the Spirit of Prophecy. 15:59 God's last day church will be guided by a prophet, 16:03 God's Bible comes first. 16:04 And then we have a lesser light 16:06 to lead us always to the greater light. 16:08 There's nothing wrong with that. 16:10 The Bible said, Ephesians, we read that last time, 16:12 we spent 15 or 20 minutes on this subject, 16:15 and I just bring it forth 16:17 because we always have new people who tune in. 16:19 And it's so difficult, at least for me, in my mind, 16:21 not to go over some of the same things. 16:23 When you do two parts, you just can't hardly do it. 16:26 But you know what? 16:27 You could always send for part number one 16:28 and watch it. 16:30 And then you get number two, and you watch it, 16:31 and we pray that it will fit together. 16:33 But remember, the Spirit of Prophecy, 16:34 God said that gift will be... 16:36 Isn't it interesting? 16:37 We need the gifts of the Spirit, 16:39 do we not in the church? 16:40 Every one of the gifts of the Spirit there 16:42 in 1 Corinthians 12, 16:43 Ephesians what is it, 3:4, 16:45 it talks about the gifts that are in the church. 16:48 And almost all churches say we need those gifts, 16:52 except prophets. 16:55 Why in this world would they say that? 16:59 Isn't that's something? 17:00 Just like they say we need to keep all the commandments 17:03 except the fourth one 17:04 which is remember the Sabbath day, 17:05 because they're not going to church on the seventh day. 17:07 So therefore they've got to have some reason 17:09 why they're not. 17:11 I think you follow what I'm saying? 17:12 Interesting throw that, 17:13 the first, keep all the commandments, 17:15 they throw it out, 17:16 because they wanna keep the nine working, right? 17:18 And then the other spirit... 17:20 Oh, let's not worry about prophecy. 17:21 We need that, we need help 17:22 and we need all this other stuff here 17:24 and well, we don't need prophets. 17:26 It will be in operation until Jesus shall come. 17:29 God will not leave His last day church 17:32 without a voice. 17:34 He will not do it. 17:36 He loves you too much. 17:38 And these are such blessings for me over the years 17:40 because my mind's not very good. 17:41 But praise God, 17:43 the Spirit of Prophecy helped me to understand 17:45 what the Bible has said, 17:48 what the Bible says. 17:49 And if you read all the Old Testament come up, 17:52 or you read one prophet after the other, 17:54 one prophet after the other, 17:55 message from God 17:57 in the New Testament prophet of God, why? 17:59 Why would it be thrown out now when we need it so desperately? 18:03 When the devil is going to work harder 18:04 than he ever has before? 18:06 If possible to deceive, right? 18:08 Very elect. 18:09 Satan zeroes in, I'm telling you. 18:13 How is it or what is it that Satan plans to zero in on? 18:19 He has something, he has a specific target 18:22 that he's always zeroing in on 18:25 and he continues to do it 18:27 and I think that's worth examining 18:29 just a little bit. 18:30 I mean, why and who is he really fighting, see? 18:35 Remember, he's fighting a certain group of people. 18:37 If you don't fit into that group, 18:39 while you may have ups and downs and blah-blah. 18:41 You know, what's embarrassing as it might be, 18:43 Satan is not really worried about you. 18:46 Can I say that? 18:47 No, he's really not 18:49 because God's given it two identifying marks, 18:50 if you don't have both of those, 18:52 devil's not worried because he says I... 18:54 Oh, boy. 18:55 Once I get started, I can't quit, Brother Herb. 18:58 You just got to zero in on it because, right? 19:01 He's not worried because he says he's got us. 19:04 According to the Word of God, 19:05 sin is the transgression of the law. 19:07 The penalty is death. 19:08 So the devil says, 19:10 you don't have to break them all, 19:11 just one and that was it, just one. 19:13 And so the world basically and maybe they don't know it. 19:16 God doesn't hold you accountable 19:17 for what you don't know, right? 19:19 God is merciful. I thank him for that. 19:21 He's had plenty of mercy with me and still does. 19:24 But, boy, when we look at this right here, 19:26 we're saying what is the Satan's plan? 19:27 He's zeroing in, he's looking at the bull's eye. 19:31 You know, I used to shoot a bow and arrow 19:33 every once in a while, 19:34 you know, and different things there. 19:35 Then I focused in on the bull's eye. 19:37 I didn't want to just hit the target. 19:39 I want to knock the eye out. 19:43 I guess I'm the only one. 19:45 Right? 19:46 Well, when you play darts or you do anything that's got, 19:48 I call it bull's eye. 19:50 What are you aiming for? 19:51 The bull's eye and the devil is aiming at your eyes. 19:56 Hey, did he not aim at the eyes of Samson, 20:01 but Samson still is the last thing work for God 20:04 and did something marvelous, even blinded, didn't he. 20:08 Who is he furious with is what we have to come? 20:11 Why is it that every time 20:13 those who match up to the Spirit of Prophecy 20:16 and the keeping all the commandments, 20:17 every time you tried to inch your way forward 20:20 in the fight that's going on every day 20:22 that the enemy is fighting you? 20:24 He's putting up all kinds of smoke screens and things 20:26 that you can't seem to get where you want to go 20:29 because he's fighting you because he said he's going to. 20:32 He said, "I've waged war against those 20:34 who keep the commandments of God." 20:36 Wow. 20:37 Remember the commandments of God 20:39 will prove that by the grace of God 20:40 if we have time to do it today 20:42 because what we say the law of God is a transcript. 20:45 The law is the transcript of God's what? 20:47 Character. 20:49 So God is on trial. 20:50 When I read that, again studying on it, 20:53 it just almost moved you to tears 20:56 to takes part of it I read 20:58 and you put part of the puzzle here 21:00 another part of the puzzle in front, 21:02 and it basically comes down to this. 21:04 God needs you. 21:08 I'm getting goosebumps. 21:10 God needs you. 21:12 When I first got that in my head I thought, 21:15 I need before what? 21:18 What does he need me and you for? 21:21 When He, right, He runs the universe? 21:25 He's looking for people 21:27 who will vindicate His character. 21:30 Why did He make this world? 21:32 Why did He have the enemy come and say 21:35 you can go to this right the earth, 21:38 but you can't, you basically you can't go anyplace. 21:40 I'm going to confine you to the earth here. 21:44 Remember, there was a battle royale 21:46 going on and it started what? 21:47 Between God and Lucifer, 21:50 Satan, okay, well, 21:51 that's where it began in heaven. 21:53 And then he was thrown out. 21:55 And God said, "You go down," 21:56 because the rest of the angels didn't quite understand. 21:58 I hope we get to that more as we go along. 22:01 You must, I must now hear the roar of the dragon. 22:06 The roar of the dragon is loud right now, 22:08 should be piercing our ears right now 22:11 because the devil is working. 22:12 I mean, he's loud, he's roaring. 22:15 Sometimes we know things are good in the world. 22:18 We love it the way it's going. 22:20 He is struggling right now 22:22 to cut off every earthly support. 22:26 He's trying to cut off earthly what? 22:29 Support. 22:31 What do you think he's firing people? 22:32 What do you think he's getting rid of people? 22:33 Why is he demanding 22:35 as it were I'm seeing behind the vaccination thing, 22:36 if I can say that. 22:38 Somebody will say, "No, you can't say it." 22:39 But I said it anyway. 22:41 He's using all kinds of things to bring about 22:44 where God's people will not be able to buy or sell. 22:47 He's going to try to put God's people out of business. 22:50 This is a time you need to go in business. 22:53 This is a time you need to start God's business 22:55 and rather than your own business. 22:56 Are you with me? 22:58 This is the time right now. This is it. 23:01 You may never have another opportunity. 23:03 I may never. 23:05 The enemy has us in his sight. 23:09 And he's waiting to say okay, now their mind because what? 23:12 Because they're breaking the commandments of God, 23:14 they're mine. 23:15 I can shoot them now as it were. 23:17 I can get rid of them. 23:20 Now, possibly while we are living, 23:23 and I throw this out and just think about it. 23:26 Possibly we are living in the world's last generation. 23:31 Is that true? 23:35 We could be living in the last generation. 23:38 This is the last moments of earth's history. 23:41 We find the same issue is still going on, 23:45 still exists from the very beginning. 23:49 So from the very beginning and then now to the end, 23:52 we still have the same what? 23:53 The same issue that's going on, 23:55 which should help you to understand 23:57 you are in the right place at the right time. 24:00 You need not be looking for another church, 24:02 you need not be looking for well, 24:04 I know, blah-blah, something that fits my lifestyle. 24:06 How about fitting God's lifestyle? 24:09 You see what I mean? 24:10 How about, you know, and people have, 24:12 we to talk to them. 24:13 They come here and they shop around, 24:15 they shop around, 24:17 they go looking and they say well, 24:18 this church down here just few miles away 24:20 and they do this and their lacks on this 24:22 and they don't talk about this. 24:23 We'll just go there. 24:25 We'll just check it out. 24:26 How about going to where God will approve of 24:28 and then every area here 24:30 as we're learning together by God's grace 24:33 we want to keep and to do those things 24:35 that He has said in His Word. 24:38 I want you to please be careful. 24:39 The great issue here in these last days, 24:43 remember is from the very beginning of time, 24:45 the last great battle will focus on it. 24:49 The last great deception will focus on it, 24:52 the deciding question for the world and the universe 24:55 and individually the great test. 24:58 The final test is going to come, 25:01 Satan zeroes in on the law of God. 25:05 Somebody stay with me. 25:06 He zeroes in on what? 25:08 The law of God. 25:09 And notice the question will be this, 25:10 whether or not God's law is eternal, 25:15 unchangeable, 25:17 binding upon the Christian who are under grace, 25:22 praise God, 25:23 whether or not it can be perfectly obeyed. 25:27 That was the big deal in heaven, was it not? 25:30 And interesting, it's a big deal right here, 25:33 right now, just before Jesus comes, 25:35 it has not changed. 25:38 Remember, the devil's what? 25:39 He zeroed in on this because he said, 25:41 I can destroy God's character 25:43 if I can get people that will go against it, 25:46 I can destroy God's character. 25:48 And certainly, the people will be lost. 25:51 And I still have a chance he thinks to rule this world. 25:55 He says you can't perfectly obey. 25:58 Let me make a statement. 25:59 I always say, I like to make a statement. 26:00 And it's always good. 26:02 If you don't like it, throw it out. 26:04 I always like to be challenged. 26:05 Somebody in pulpits or anybody can challenge 26:07 with anything like it makes you think. 26:09 Somebody said, I got something heavy, 26:11 I said put it on. 26:12 I may not be able to answer a thing, 26:13 but just put it on. 26:15 Let's hear it. 26:16 God's people cannot be delivered. 26:20 Now, I'm not going to stop there. 26:22 Stay with me as we move on. 26:23 God's people cannot be delivered 26:27 from this old world of sin. 26:29 I'm not going to leave it there. 26:32 Christ cannot come 26:36 until God's law is vindicated. 26:40 Did you get it? 26:41 Christ can't come until His law is vindicated, 26:44 because that's been the issue 26:47 from the beginning of time that caused this war, 26:49 caused this separation, 26:50 it caused sin in this world. 26:53 Because God said what? 26:54 There will be a people. 26:57 Again, that's why He created. 26:59 You know what's that? That's why He created us. 27:01 Remember, He created the world, 27:03 and He created man to put in the world 27:05 because there was going to be the great controversy. 27:07 Isn't that right? 27:08 The Great War was going to be played out right here. 27:11 And that's why God says, I need you. 27:14 Wow! 27:15 I need you. 27:16 And His law cannot be vindicated 27:19 until He has a people all over the world 27:24 who honor and keep it. 27:26 Did you get it? Three Angels' message, right? 27:28 Message goes into all the world. 27:30 So one hinges upon the other. 27:33 I want Jesus to come, you want Jesus to come. 27:36 Want Him to deal. 27:37 He's dealing with sin, we want to get rid of sin. 27:38 Isn't that right? 27:40 We want Christ to come 27:41 and a new world to live in, praise God. 27:45 But God's character has to be vindicated. 27:48 Now you think Satan knows this or not? 27:51 Absolutely. He knows it, good. 27:53 So he's constantly at work. 27:55 He's constantly sowing seeds of doubt, 27:58 and sowing seeds of rebellion, troubling the church. 28:03 We can't get along in the church, you see. 28:07 We're having disagreements and blah-blah. 28:11 If there ever was a time, 28:12 we don't need that kind of stuff, 28:15 it's right now. 28:16 We need to stand shoulder to shoulder to realize 28:19 that most of the stuff we say here, 28:20 the Bible says, you say, 28:22 "Well, why do you folk study the Bible? 28:23 Or you maybe come and join the church?" Why? 28:24 Because unless two agree, how can they walk together? 28:29 Or later on six months down the road, they'll say, 28:31 "Why didn't you tell you believe this way before we came 28:33 and became a part of your church." 28:35 You study for. 28:36 That's what the Bible says, 28:37 study to show yourself approved unto God, 28:39 study and then baptized. 28:41 Are you still there? Come on, let's think. 28:43 It's so important 28:45 that we stand shoulder to shoulder. 28:46 Who else do you have in the whole world 28:48 that you can stand shoulder to shoulder with, 28:50 except someone who believes 28:51 in the seventh day Sabbath? 28:53 Someone who believes in the Spirit of Prophecy? 28:55 You can't stand shoulder to shoulder 28:56 with anybody else who doesn't believe in it. 28:58 They're going to laugh you out of town, they'll try to. 29:01 But you know what? 29:02 I'm gonna laugh right back and say, 29:03 "Praise God, look what He's given to us." 29:06 He's given all this information. 29:09 So that will help us to find Him 29:11 and how much He loves us. 29:14 We know it doesn't mean, we shouldn't have to repeat it. 29:18 But there's always those who tuned in 29:20 who they never went to church in their life. 29:24 They don't know. 29:25 Some of the people say 29:27 I've never really heard about Jesus too much, 29:29 except people using foul language, 29:30 you know, I just... 29:32 So we have to keep that in mind as we go, as we study, 29:35 but there's only two classes of people 29:38 that will be recognized in the judgment, 29:40 Brother Terry, only two in the judgment only two, 29:44 those who obey His commandments, 29:46 and those what? 29:48 Yeah, those who are disobedient, 29:50 they don't want to obey. 29:52 That's just two classes. 29:53 So you can be in the obedient 29:55 or you can be in the disobedient 29:56 and you know what happens to disobedient, don't you? 29:59 I think about one side God calls you 30:01 as the creator to come over 30:03 and stand underneath His banner. 30:06 Wow, how awesome that is to stand 30:08 under the banner of the Creator of heaven and earth. 30:12 And everybody on this side over here has this signet on them, 30:16 or they have the seal of God. 30:18 Man, we need to have the seal of God if we ever did. 30:21 It's like the angel, you know, the blood over the doorposts. 30:24 Man, we need that blood over the doorpost. 30:26 So that destroying angel will pass by. 30:29 But how many of us are really putting that blood 30:31 as it were over the doorpost? 30:32 How many of us really making it known 30:34 to the universe or to the enemy, 30:36 that I love Jesus, my home loves Jesus, 30:38 my family loves Jesus, Jesus lives here, 30:41 the spirit of living God lives here, you see? 30:44 How many of us are really willing to do that 30:46 and step out, rather than just talk about it 30:48 or make a profession. 30:51 We're living it out in our lives like we should be. 30:53 The seal of living God, 30:54 that means they are obedient to the commandments of God. 30:57 You can't do it on your own. 30:59 I can't do it on my own 31:00 but by the grace of God, it can take place. 31:02 This is part of our message that God wants us to come up. 31:06 I think Martin Luther different one, 31:08 remember the righteous, 31:09 you know, live by faith, isn't that right? 31:12 The righteous. 31:14 It's not about works, 31:15 even though he's the one to blame you about that. 31:18 They gonna say, you're talking about works, works, works. 31:20 I'm not talking about works at all. 31:22 I'm talking about the power of God, 31:23 the Holy Spirit in the life 31:25 brings conviction and gives you power 31:27 to gain victory over sin in your life. 31:30 Remember, Adam and Eve, they went wrong in one area, 31:33 and what happened? 31:35 They were cast out. 31:37 Think about in your life 31:38 and think about in my life today, 31:40 might there be one thing 31:41 that needs a little bit of tweaking? 31:44 Maybe several things that need to be tweaked a little bit. 31:47 Remember, if they do, I'm just gonna say 31:51 heavens not going to be our home? 31:52 Why would God judge differently 31:54 and deal differently with people? 31:57 Look, Moses put up with I don't know how, 32:00 only by the grace of God, right? 32:02 He's a meek man but how he had to deal 32:04 with those millions of a disobedient, 32:06 ornery characters. 32:08 Right? 32:09 Every time God would show him something, 32:11 they'd last a day or two, 32:12 and then they'd go back to their old ways. 32:14 God said, "Speak to the rock and tell him." 32:17 and he struck it with it. 32:18 He said, "You can't go in the Promised Land." 32:20 You think God doesn't care about 32:22 obedience and disobedience? 32:23 Yes, He does. 32:25 Every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, 32:28 we need to get with the program. 32:29 We think about it. 32:31 I hear people talk about the judgment of the living. 32:34 You ever heard people talk about it. 32:35 I wonder when we're going to enter that time 32:37 of the judgment of the living. 32:39 Interesting thought, isn't it? 32:40 I mean, you can go deep with that, 32:42 but Six Testimonies 130 brings this out. 32:45 It says, "Now, when the great work of judging 32:49 the living is about to begin." 32:53 I could just leave it there, mark it, 32:56 because people read it 32:57 and then they just leave it alone. 32:58 Did you get it? 33:00 You know why people don't get it 33:01 is because they don't realize about the judgment hour. 33:04 They don't understand about the three angels' message 33:06 that we've been in the judgment hour 33:08 since 1844. 33:09 They don't believe it, right? 33:11 When they look at, in the Word of God 33:12 and says I begin what? 33:14 Judgment in my house, He begins with His people. 33:16 He begins with those 33:18 who have professed of a Christian, 33:21 and he goes through that. 33:22 The other people who are not professing Christian, 33:23 they're not even in this part of it. 33:26 Can we, when we talk? 33:28 1 Peter 4:17, the word of God is clear. 33:31 It says, "Judgment begins in the, come on, 33:34 the house of God." 33:36 Oh, wow, the house of God. 33:38 And that means it begins back with Adam and Eve 33:44 and then goes on. 33:46 I think it's Ezekiel 9. 33:47 Boy, there's a lot of prophecy in that and heavy-duty. 33:50 It says that the judgment of God begins in the sanctuary, 33:55 it begins with His people, His church 33:58 because they are supposed to know. 34:00 This church should know what they need to be to doing. 34:03 This church should know the message 34:05 and but most of us don't know it 34:08 because we won't get around it long enough to study, 34:11 to find out what our message 34:12 is to give to the world. 34:14 You think we will not be accountable to God? 34:16 You better believe we will. 34:18 He said, "I gave it to you, 34:20 I put it to you to say on a silver platter. 34:21 I couldn't do any more than I've done to give it to you 34:23 without making you do it. 34:25 I won't do that." 34:27 We need to know this message. 34:31 As we say they know the back of your hand. 34:34 The execution of the judgment 34:36 begins in the house of God first. 34:39 Ezekiel 9 as you read that, wow. 34:42 And it begins with those who have made, listen, 34:44 the highest profession. 34:46 That means some of our leaders, that mean some of our pastors 34:49 and our teachers and our high ups. 34:51 Oh, they're so holy, they're so righteous. 34:53 Bible said there's none good, no not one. 34:55 Get off of that part, you know? 34:57 We're all in need of a Savior. 34:59 Nice to have those positions. 35:00 Nice to have you know the love of God, 35:02 but we need help. 35:05 We need help. 35:06 And God said I'm going to help you. 35:09 Because the time that we're living 35:11 in of the judgment is a time, listen, 35:13 that God expects much 35:17 from His people. 35:19 He expects what? 35:21 Not little. 35:23 He expects much. 35:24 And so we can't have time out 35:25 fooling around with a bunch of stuff. 35:27 My Dad always said, didn't mount to hill of beans. 35:31 Did we get that? 35:32 Yeah. 35:37 I find some time that some of the holdup 35:40 to getting our job done is for the devil 35:42 to put you in contact with somebody 35:44 that takes 10 words to say 35:46 something they could have said in two. 35:49 Talk about Jeremiah, different ones, 35:50 you know, come down from the wall 35:52 and let's talk about it. 35:54 Let's have another meeting. 35:56 The last thing we might need is another meeting, 35:58 we need to meet and that meeting in the air 36:00 when Jesus comes 36:02 but before then we need to go to the highways 36:03 and byways and compel them to come in. 36:06 We have Bible study, 36:07 you know, the Bible study here on Wednesday. 36:09 Praise God for that. 36:10 We don't have a Wednesday night prayer meeting. 36:11 I encourage people to take that time 36:13 and go out to the highways and byways, 36:15 get some Bible studies going 36:16 and bring them in before it's too late. 36:18 If that's all the time that you have, 36:20 people are gonna do different things 36:22 but mine is evangelism, go out and do something. 36:24 We're in the hour of God's judgment. 36:26 It's time for us to work. 36:29 Little book Evangelism, page 226 says this. 36:34 Now you say, "Well, why are we talking about 36:35 this stuff again? 36:36 We know that." Really? 36:38 If you know, you're gonna be doing something about it. 36:40 "The light concerning the binding claims 36:42 of the law of God is to be presented everywhere." 36:46 What's our part of our job? 36:48 The light from what about the law of God 36:50 once we understand that it's binding, 36:52 claims all 10, 36:54 including the seventh day Sabbath, including... 36:56 Who in the world has the audacity to think 36:58 they're going to change something 36:59 that God wrote with his own finger 37:00 and just say, I'm gonna take this fourth one out? 37:03 And we just diddle around with like, 37:05 Oh, well, you know, but... 37:06 No! That's... 37:08 That person, that thing that whatever does that 37:10 must think they're bigger than God. 37:13 Is that right? 37:14 And those who follow after that, 37:16 was following after that power and not God. 37:19 Then that's heavy-duty. 37:20 God's side or the enemy's side, the enemy's doing this, 37:23 we know. 37:25 It's going to test the world. 37:29 The little book I read, I like it, 37:30 it's Call in High Places. 37:31 Some of you know that book and many of you will not. 37:34 Page 34 for says this. 37:35 It says, "We are rapidly approaching 37:38 the end of this world's history." 37:40 Anybody believe that? 37:42 Remember you're going to hear 37:45 from this pulpit on and on and on. 37:46 So if you're tired of it, now, bless your heart. 37:49 You've got to hear it again. 37:51 We are rapidly 37:53 coming to an end of this world's history. 37:56 Listen, obedience to the law of God 37:59 is the great issue. 38:01 Obedience to what? 38:03 Because Satan is zeroing in on the law of God. 38:09 If we could just see it 38:11 and believe it by the grace of God 38:13 what the Word says, 38:15 and many open the Scriptures and said, 38:17 "This is what the Bible says." 38:19 But people don't want to hear sometimes 38:20 what the Bible has to say. 38:22 They don't care about the last great issue. 38:25 And maybe we should care a little more about it. 38:28 Bible says 1 John 2:3-4, these are familiar passages, 38:32 and they should be. 38:34 It says, "And hereby we do know," what? 38:37 We know. 38:38 Hereby we know, notice this, we know this. 38:43 That we know Him. 38:45 "We know this, that if we know Him, 38:49 if we keep the commandments." 38:51 Oh, my! Did you get it? 38:54 If somebody says I know Him. 38:56 Now they may be ignorant to it, 38:58 that I'm saying in the nice way, 39:00 they may not understand it. 39:01 Once you understand the claim of what God is saying here. 39:04 This is proof that you know Him. 39:07 The proof is if you know Him, 39:09 you will keep the commandments of God, 39:11 which is saying if you don't, then you don't know him, 39:14 profess all you want. 39:17 It's time to look at it reality here. 39:21 If you don't, you don't know Him. 39:24 Verse 4, that's because is very familiar. 39:26 He that saith I know him 39:28 and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, 39:31 and the truth is not in him. 39:34 And somebody had the audacity as a Christian, 39:36 you wanna say, well, we don't believe 39:37 we have to keep the law of God. 39:40 The Bible says you are a liar and the truth is not in you. 39:43 Now again, you may not understand all but does what, 39:45 that's what the word said or is it not? 39:47 Or should I just sit down and be quiet? 39:51 I mean, you know what I'm talking about here 39:52 is we don't attack that we read these 39:54 and we just leave them. 39:55 The Bible says this. 39:56 I'm just reading what the Bible says. 39:59 He that saith, you say I know Him. 40:04 But if you don't keep His commandments, 40:07 it said you are a liar, 40:09 and the truth is not in him. 40:12 Whether he knows or not, 40:14 God knows the heart and everything, 40:15 let God deal with the issue. 40:17 But this is the thing 40:18 that he's talking about to profess. 40:20 We know God, we're Christian, 40:21 and we've been 50 years in the church, 40:22 and we know all this and we know all of that. 40:24 We don't keep the commandments of God, 40:26 we're a liar, and the truth is not in us. 40:28 The devil loves that stuff. 40:30 He loves you say, I've been here a long time, 40:32 or I've done this, blah-blah. 40:33 The Bible's clear. 40:36 Just, maybe just add a quick thought here as we go. 40:40 I believe that God has chosen mankind 40:44 from eternity to be holy. 40:48 Come on church. 40:50 I believe that God has chosen men to be holy. 40:52 The Bible is so clear in the passage after passage, 40:57 but we need a blueprint. 40:58 We can't get rid of the blueprint. 41:01 We've got to have a blueprint. 41:04 Years ago, we build a house for somebody 41:06 that gave us a blueprint 41:08 and they expected us to follow that blueprint. 41:11 I can tell you if you got just a little iota off 41:13 of that blueprint, they knew it. 41:14 Why? 41:16 Because they studied the blueprint. 41:17 Well, weren't they supposed to be like? 41:20 Why did you do it like that? 41:21 This says that's the Word of God. 41:24 We have a right to come back and say this is what it says, 41:26 I know you're thinking this way. 41:27 But this is what it says. 41:29 I mean, read Romans 3:24-28. 41:32 It makes it so clear, this is the will of God, 41:36 even your sanctification. 41:39 The will of God is what? 41:41 Sanctification or preparation for heaven. 41:44 Preparation for heaven being holy. 41:47 My, how's that really possible? 41:51 Because I can say this based upon the Word of God, 41:54 God's law tolerates no sin. 41:59 Hello now. 42:00 God's law tolerate, and listen, some of that, 42:03 almost said weaklings, 42:05 some of the spiritual weaklings in the church, 42:08 as always saying, well, we're gonna do the best we can. 42:10 And when God comes, 42:11 He's going to make up the difference. 42:13 No, He won't. 42:14 Remember in every stage that we are in, 42:16 that can be perfect. 42:17 First, the blade, then the ear, and then the full corn. 42:23 Where's perfection at? 42:24 Perfection is as soon as that little blade comes up, 42:27 that's the function of the blade. 42:28 The blade is perfect in that stage. 42:30 It's not complete yet, but in that stage, 42:33 we're still working like with sanctification. 42:35 Then the ear still not, but perfect in that stage, 42:40 then the full corn or perfection 42:42 or the most holy place, 42:43 this is what God's looking for people. 42:45 Because what? 42:47 He's wanting to make sure He can trust you and trust me 42:49 to make heaven our home. 42:51 It's not going to be unruly ever again. 42:54 God's gonna put an end to it. 42:56 And so he let the battle royale go 42:58 so that the angels could see. 43:01 The universe could see. 43:02 You realize how many other worlds, 43:03 there are millions and billions, 43:05 I'm convinced it's trillions of other worlds 43:06 that God has created. 43:08 There's people on them. 43:09 Oh, I know, it's too much for some of you. 43:12 You think God's going to limit. 43:13 God that He is to little old earth right here 43:16 and just a few people. 43:19 He created them for His glory, remember? 43:22 Man, he, there should be a lot of glory given to Him, 43:25 isn't that right? 43:26 Three angels' message, give glory to Him 43:28 for the hour of His judgment is come. 43:32 God's law, He demands perfect obedience. 43:36 Remember, the devil is angry with the remnant, 43:40 who do what? 43:41 Who keeps the commandments of God. 43:43 It's still the same argument. I love this. 43:46 The same argument is still there 43:48 that began in heaven. 43:49 Again, it's impossible to keep the law. 43:53 So again, the real issue 43:54 in the great controversy is not, 43:56 notice this, it's not an outward thing recognition 44:01 or even compliance with the law of God. 44:04 It's the inner state. 44:07 Inner state in the mind, 44:09 state of the mind, and the heart, 44:11 which is revealed by obedience or disobedience. 44:14 So what do you have inside of you? 44:16 You have obedience or you have disobedience, 44:19 you see. 44:20 Man, we need to be obedient to what God says. 44:22 So Satan, then again, 44:24 begins to attack the law of God. 44:27 He said is faulty, that no one can perfectly obey it. 44:32 Now, I might throw this out. 44:35 What he said, in my opinion, is partially true. 44:38 Now, if there wasn't something in there, 44:40 you wouldn't listen, would you? 44:42 You say, "Oh, no, that's all false." 44:46 He said, wow, 44:48 it's faulty and you can't keep it. 44:52 Well, okay. 44:54 No one can perfectly obey God's law 45:00 unless they truly love God. 45:06 I'm talking about a real love for God 45:10 and then exercise real faith in Him. 45:14 Unite with Him. 45:16 Divinity and humanity 45:18 coming together yoking up together. 45:21 Man, you can't beat that. 45:23 That's a winner when you yoke up with Christ, 45:27 you're more than a conqueror. 45:29 Isn't that right? 45:30 I mean, that's wonderful news. 45:32 Our problem is we don't yoke up. 45:34 We're not yoking up. 45:35 We're professing to yoke up, but we don't. 45:37 The same old thing goes on day after day in the home, 45:40 and maybe out in the workplace. 45:42 We living for the devil out there, 45:43 and we get around Christians, 45:44 we try to live a Christian life. 45:46 You're not going to heaven that way. 45:47 It's not going to happen that way. 45:50 We need to ask God for help, Lord have mercy. 45:55 Remember, an attack upon God's law, 45:58 listen, is really an attack upon God's what? 46:01 Good. Character and His authority. 46:05 The Bible is clear what's in the heart 46:09 is revealed by the outward life. 46:13 Bible said, "By their fruits, you shall know them." 46:15 See, a lot of time we say that, 46:17 you know, we need to make sure as Christians 46:19 that we dress and we act when we talk, 46:21 and we eat what? 46:23 Like a Christian should, what the Bible says. 46:26 It makes a difference because sometimes, 46:30 what's on the outside is an indication 46:32 of what's on the inside. 46:34 Is that not true? 46:37 It comes out on the outside 46:39 sometimes we see rebellion 46:40 and all kinds of stuff on the outside, 46:42 come from the inside. 46:45 God wants the inside. 46:47 The Jews were good 46:48 about cleansing the cup, were they not? 46:50 The outside while we're always looking good 46:53 but the inside was full. 46:55 Things that God said no, we need not do that. 46:58 God wants to clean us inside and outside 47:01 the central issue of the war 47:04 between Christ and Satan. 47:05 Come on, let's do it again. 47:06 Let's trace it fast as we can, it's simple. 47:09 You ask ourselves the question from the beginning. 47:11 Notice the question 47:13 when Lucifer first rebelled in heaven, 47:16 what was the issue about? 47:17 Think about it? 47:19 Over the law of God, 47:21 just what we've been saying, right? 47:22 So we're starting up in heaven right now. 47:24 And whether or not this law could be 47:28 if it was good, and if it was necessary, 47:31 and whether or not it could be obeyed. 47:33 That's where the rebellion began up there. 47:36 Interesting. 47:38 Great Controversy, page 582 says this, 47:41 "From the very beginning 47:43 of the great controversy in heaven, 47:45 it has been Satan's purpose to overthrow the law of God." 47:50 What was his purpose? 47:51 To overthrow, yeah, 47:52 the law of God and he was cast out. 47:55 Isn't that right? 47:56 He was cast out of heaven, 47:58 and he continued his warfare on this earth. 48:01 Now let's, let's follow these 48:03 and we'll get six or seven things here. 48:04 Notice, we'll follow it from heaven to the end of time, 48:08 and see what the issue has always been 48:11 and will continue to be until Jesus will come. 48:14 First of all, Lucifer rebelled where? 48:16 In heaven, the issue, 48:18 whether or not God's law could be obeyed. 48:20 Number two, there was war in the Garden of Eden. 48:25 Are you still there? 48:26 Before Adam and Eve sinned issue 48:29 was whether or not God's law could be obeyed? 48:33 Does that make sense? 48:35 Yes, the same issue, 48:36 whether or not the law of God could be obeyed. 48:39 After Adam sinned, 48:43 the issue was whether or not 48:45 God's law could be obeyed. 48:49 What would he say? 48:51 What has God said? 48:52 You'll surely die? 48:54 Oh, no, you see. 48:56 Even right then. 48:57 So we find that number four, in the Old Testament, 49:00 all through the Old Testament, let's take it there. 49:03 What happened? 49:05 What was the real issue in the Old Testament? 49:07 It remained the same whether or not 49:11 God's law could be obeyed. 49:13 Now we go to the New Testament, the time Jesus was here. 49:19 What was the central issue between God and Satan? 49:23 Whether or not, isn't that right, 49:26 God's law could be obeyed? 49:28 I've done the same thing. 49:29 It hasn't changed did you see it? 49:31 It hasn't changed from heaven when it came down here. 49:34 It didn't change in the garden before the fall. 49:37 It didn't change after the fall. 49:39 In the Old Testament, the issue was still the same 49:42 of whether you could be obedient to God or not. 49:44 The New Testament time 49:45 when Jesus said the same thing, six. 49:47 So let's take it from Christ time to our time. 49:52 It's the same issue. 49:53 It's unchanged. 49:55 Still yet whether or not the law of God can be obeyed. 49:59 You hear people tell you that, 50:01 that don't believe in keeping all the commandments. 50:02 "You can't keep God's law anyway, 50:04 doesn't matter, just to do that." 50:05 Really? 50:07 So God is not able, Christ is not able, 50:09 the Holy Spirit is not able to keep you from sinning 50:11 what the Bible says. 50:12 Yeah, that's not the problem with the word 50:15 just like it wasn't the problem with the Old Covenant. 50:18 Right? There's no problem there. 50:20 It's with the people, it's with me, 50:22 that may be with you and I look in the mirror, 50:24 I'm the problem, not God. 50:26 So we look and we say, okay, from Christ time to ours, 50:29 the same issue exists, 50:31 whether or not the law of God can be obeyed. 50:34 One more time, just think about here 50:35 in this last generation, 50:37 just before Jesus comes, what is the great issue? 50:42 Whether or not God's law can be obeyed perfectly 50:46 by the grace and strength of God? 50:48 The Holy Spirit, 50:49 Great Controversy 451 says this, 50:52 "The last great conflict is between truth and error." 50:56 The last great conflict is what? 50:59 It's between truth and error. 51:01 Desire of Ages, 763 says, "The law is changeless." 51:07 It cannot change. 51:08 It will not change 51:10 because it is the character of God. 51:12 Does that make sense? 51:16 Boy, when you look at all this, you say, well, this is... 51:19 What people are trying to do. 51:21 The Bible said, people come and say, oh, yeah, 51:23 we don't need all the law, most of us good. 51:26 We quoted James 2:10, you remember, 51:28 says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law 51:29 yet offend in," what? 51:31 "One point, he's guilty of all." 51:34 And you say, well, we don't know what law. 51:36 Yes, we do know what law. 51:37 You got to read beyond verses 11 and 12. 51:40 The Bible goes on to say, let's you know, 51:42 speaking of God's Ten Commandment law 51:44 because it says, "Do not commit adultery, 51:46 do not kill." 51:48 That's God's Ten Commandment law. 51:49 And it says, "So speak ye, 51:51 and so do as they that shall be judged 51:54 by the law of liberty." 51:56 Oh, I hear people say oh, 51:57 you poor for we feel so sorry for you. 52:00 Oh, you legalistic, I almost said outfits. 52:04 You can't say that, can you? You legalistic people. 52:06 Oh, I'm telling you, you know, there's no law of bondage. 52:10 Oh, you're in handcuffs. 52:11 No, no, no, that's not what the Bible says at all. 52:14 You're going to be judged by the perfect law of liberty. 52:17 It's the law of liberty when I lay my head down 52:19 at night knowing I have been willfully, 52:21 right, broken one of God's commandments. 52:23 Man, that's liberty. Man, that's freedom in Christ. 52:26 And here's an argument, 52:27 you can always use an argument against that 52:30 reasoning sometime people give you. 52:32 Adam and Eve before sin for however many years it was. 52:37 They were perfectly happy in the Garden of Eden, 52:41 in obedience to the law of God. 52:43 Were they obedient? 52:44 Yes, they were, don't know how many years 52:46 they were obedient to the law of God. 52:48 This fact we know that it was a fact 52:50 was a constant testimony against that claim 52:54 that sometimes people make 52:55 that Satan had urged in heaven entered, 52:58 that God's law was oppressive, 53:00 that God's law was opposed to the good of His creation. 53:05 Evidently, they didn't know it for a long time. 53:07 They did exactly what God want them to do, 53:09 in perfect obedience. 53:10 They were perfect like the angels of heaven 53:12 until she made a choice, 53:15 he made a choice. 53:16 How could this take place background? 53:19 How could this possibly take place? 53:20 Great Controversy, 495, 53:22 Lucifer was dearly beloved and reverenced 53:25 by the angels in heaven. 53:27 What was he? 53:29 They loved him. 53:31 He was fourth, right? 53:33 In power made like God, close as it could. 53:37 We can't understand that. 53:39 Try to get it in our head, it's like awesomeness. 53:44 The first being created by God was Lucifer, 53:48 made him nearly like Himself as He could. 53:53 And he was to occupy the position next to Christ. 53:58 Next to Christ, he was most honored by God. 54:02 Man, that's heavy. 54:04 But pride and jealousy and all this stuff came in, 54:06 doubts came in about God's character 54:08 and His government. 54:10 Now, remember, 54:12 the third of the angels were fooled. 54:14 You know the reason why, think about it, 54:16 the third of the angels were fooled. 54:18 Here's what we have to remember. 54:20 We have to remember that sin was a new thing. 54:24 How could angels without sin be fooled? 54:29 They didn't know sin. 54:31 They couldn't comprehend what sin was that little 54:33 nor tell how many years thousands 54:36 or millions of learning? 54:37 You know what I mean? 54:38 So they didn't understand 54:40 so something brand spanking new to them. 54:42 Evil didn't appear as evil. 54:49 The angels looked at amazement upon the devices 54:54 that Satan had against the Divine Law of God. 54:57 They couldn't believe it. 54:58 But they still couldn't quite figure it out. 55:02 The angels pled with Lucifer to get things right. 55:05 God pled with Lucifer to get right 55:07 before he was kicked out of heaven. 55:09 Jesus came to the enemy several times, 55:12 pleading with him to get it right 55:14 so he could come back in his original position, 55:16 he would not do it. 55:18 Great Controversy, 495 says, 55:21 "The Son of God presented before him the greatness, 55:24 and the goodness, and the justice of the Creator, 55:28 the unchanging nature of His law. 55:30 God Himself had established the order of heaven 55:33 and departing from it, 55:35 Lucifer would dishonor his Maker, 55:37 and bring ruin upon himself." 55:40 Why didn't God just go ahead and destroy 55:41 the old devil and the evil angels? 55:45 Listen quickly as time's running out, 55:46 Desire of Ages, 759 makes sense, 55:49 says in the council's of heaven, 55:51 listen, don't you come up, whatever you do? 55:55 Don't dare. 55:57 I'm not saying this in an ugly way. 55:58 Don't dare to go against the councils of heaven. 56:01 When it says the council of heaven 56:02 that means the rulers of the universe got together 56:04 and here's what they said the council of heaven, 56:07 and I still believe God and Jesus and Holy Spirit, 56:09 notice, "In the councils of heaven it was decided time 56:12 must be given to Satan to develop his principles 56:15 which were the foundation of his system of government." 56:17 Why? 56:19 Because they didn't understand, the universe didn't understand. 56:21 God said, now we got to give it time. 56:23 Until he exposes himself for what he's really up to. 56:25 We know it, but the rest of them don't. 56:27 It's all new to them. 56:29 It would be wrong for me to go ahead 56:30 because they'd all have questions 56:31 and sin would rise up and continue to rise up. 56:33 We've got to give it time, time was given like to us. 56:37 When we sinned and we rebelled, 56:38 he doesn't take our life immediately. 56:40 He gives us a little bit of time to get it right. 56:43 He wants us to know the real true character of sin. 56:45 He wants to know the penalty for sin. 56:48 Transgression is an ugly thing put on the whole world. 56:51 It's a death sentence on the world, 56:53 we need a Savior. 56:56 And I know right we needed a Savior, 56:58 I can hear the words in heaven. 56:59 You know, in heaven it was said, 57:01 I have found a ransom. 57:05 Heaven found a ransom for man and for this world, 57:07 which was Jesus Christ. 57:10 How many times have you heard it 57:11 said we can't go into, 57:12 we'll do it another time 57:14 that God's law is a transcript of His character. 57:16 Man, we could go through that so quick. 57:18 I'm not going to give you the passage of it 57:19 but in the board of God, it says this, 57:21 how's God's law transcript of His character? 57:23 Notice quickly. God is love, His law is love. 57:27 God is holy, His law is holy. 57:29 He's righteous, His law is righteous. 57:31 Man, isn't that beautiful when you look at it, 57:33 God is perfect, His law is perfect. 57:34 God is spiritual. 57:36 I can't give you all the passage. 57:37 His law is spiritual. 57:38 God is everlasting, His law is everlasting. 57:40 God is truth, His law is truth. 57:42 God is light, His law is light. 57:43 God is good, His law is good. 57:45 God is just, His law is just. 57:49 It's a transcript of His character, 57:50 that just gave the fruits of the Spirit of God 57:52 and His law gave the same thing. 57:55 So you can't separate the two. 57:58 May God help us to see the devil 58:00 to tell you that the enemy, 58:02 he's putting you in his sights. 58:04 He's getting ready to fire and by the grace of God, 58:06 we have to say no. 58:07 We stand on the side of right because what? 58:10 Those who keep the commandments God 58:11 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 58:13 Shall we pray together? 58:16 Loving Father in heaven, 58:18 we thank You for Your precious Word. 58:19 Thank You that You made it so clear. 58:21 You have people in these last days, 58:22 it can be anybody that wants to be part of it. 58:25 Just read the Scripture 58:27 and have the holy boldness to stand and say, 58:28 "You know what? 58:30 I may have been going a different route 58:31 for a lot of years 58:32 but I know you were still leading 58:34 and guiding in my heart, in my life 58:35 for a time just like this." 58:37 So, Lord, give us that courage 58:39 that we need to take our stand for You. 58:40 We thank You, Lord, for Your love. 58:42 We thank You for how just made it so clear 58:45 that You have a people that have a message 58:48 as part of a movement, 58:49 and we want to be a part of that. 58:51 Thank you for loving us. 58:52 Thank for decisions made right now in Jesus' name. 58:54 Amen. |
Revised 2021-12-30