Participants: John Lomacang, Pastor
Series Code: POF
Program Code: POF000006A
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00:26 Hello, and welcome once again to Pillars of Faith,
00:29 our word for today, in today's modern world. 00:33 My name is CA Murray, 00:35 and it is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you 00:37 to this very special five part series 00:40 where we examine the pillars of our faith. 00:43 Those foundations that we stand upon 00:46 and that we walk in, that we peach, 00:48 that we teach, that we live and that we love. 00:51 The pillars of our faith is a special opportunity 00:53 to spend some concentrated time in the Word of God 00:57 and to reestablish who we are, what we are, 01:00 where we have come from, and where we are going. 01:03 Our speaker for this particular series 01:06 is Pastor John Lomacang. 01:08 John is a friend of 3ABN, has a ministry. 01:10 He is the pastor 01:12 of the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 01:14 and ordained minister for many, many years 01:16 and has served the Lord with distinction in California, 01:20 in Missouri and now here in Southern Illinois at 3ABN. 01:24 We are very, very pleased to have him and his wife 01:27 as part of the 3ABN family, 01:29 and as part of the Seventh-day Adventist family. 01:31 He is in his thirteenth year I do believe at 3ABN 01:36 and has done such a fine job as singer, counselor, preacher, 01:41 teacher and friend to us all. 01:43 This series is exciting as I look at the titles 01:46 that I have here before me. 01:48 The theme of the series is, "The Anatomy of the Crisis," 01:52 The Anatomy of the Crisis. 01:55 Today, we're gonna hear the Crisis in Heaven. 01:58 Our next seating will be the Crisis in the Garden, 02:01 followed by the Crisis in the Family 02:04 and then the Crisis in the Heart 02:06 and then Solving the Church 02:09 and so we praise the Lord for these five messages, 02:13 and I am quite sure 02:15 that God will use our servant John Lomacang again 02:18 during this, this seating 02:20 as he has so many, many times in the past 02:23 and I am excited as I know you are 02:25 to hear what God has for us through him. 02:29 We're gonna draw together now in prayer 02:31 and then when I shall have finished, 02:33 the next voice that you will be hearing 02:35 will be that of our pastor, 02:37 our friend Pastor John Lomacang. 02:39 Shall we pray? 02:40 Father God, how we praise You and thank You, 02:44 for the man of God and for his wife Angela, 02:49 who have served you so faithfully. 02:51 We ask now from You for him an anointing 02:56 that his lips may be anointed 02:58 as he speaks Your words of truth. 03:01 And then Father, I pray for those around the world 03:05 who will sit and hear what he has to say. 03:08 Oh Father, bless them. 03:10 May these words enable us, embolden us 03:14 to take one more step along that road 03:17 that leads to glory, 03:19 for truly we know that Christ is coming soon. 03:23 And a crisis will steel upon the church 03:26 as men and women are sealed for eternity 03:29 as others let go of their faith and are lost for eternity. 03:33 How sad it will be Lord. 03:35 Oh, dear Father, bless those who sit 03:39 and consume what we have to offer this day. 03:42 May none turn their back, may none give up, 03:45 but maybe hold on to Your unchanging hand 03:48 until we see You face to face. 03:50 Bless our dear friend Pastor John Lomacang 03:54 and speak to him and through him 03:57 and we thank you dear Father in Jesus' name, amen and amen. 04:07 Thank you, Pastor. 04:10 So glad to have you join us for this wonderful series. 04:14 And we are asking the Lord to direct and bless our hearts 04:18 as we open His word together. 04:20 Thank you Pastor CA for the introduction. 04:24 If I were to give any focus to the message, 04:26 I would call it the, the crisis that confronts humanity 04:31 and the answer is in God's word to this crisis. 04:34 Now, I know that my dear pastor pray, 04:36 but I always like to pray before I open God's word 04:39 so, if you'd bow your heads with me, 04:41 I'll just offer a brief word of prayer 04:44 and ask the Lord to bless. 04:45 Heavenly Father, the opportunity is mine. 04:49 The blessing will come to me Lord, 04:51 as You open and pour upon me Your spirit 04:55 to communicate this message to Your people 04:58 in Jesus name I pray. 05:00 Amen. 05:03 If you have your Bibles with you, 05:04 turn with me to Revelation Chapter 12. 05:06 We're gonna begin with a message entitled, 05:09 ''Crisis in Heaven," The Crisis in Heaven. 05:13 You know when we look at the crises 05:14 that we face in our world today, 05:17 we come to the conclusion 05:18 that the crisis began somewhere. 05:20 And the Bible tells us in Revelation 12:7 to 10, 05:24 how the crisis unfolded and what we can learn 05:28 from the unfolding of this crisis in a perfect setting, 05:32 in a perfect environment, among perfect beings. 05:36 begins as follows. 05:39 And I'm reading from the New King James 05:41 from the King James Version that is, and the Bible reads, 05:44 "And there was war in heaven: 05:47 Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, 05:51 and the dragon fought and his angels, 05:55 And prevailed not, 05:57 neither was their place found any more in heaven. 06:02 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, 06:07 called the Devil, and Satan, 06:10 which deceiveth the whole world: 06:13 he was cast out into the earth, 06:16 and his angels were cast out with him. 06:20 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 06:24 Now is come salvation, and strength, 06:28 and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: 06:32 for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, 06:36 which accused them before our God day and night." 06:42 You know, friends, as I think about the message, 06:44 it seems like just yesterday, 06:46 but it's been more than 10 or 12 years now, 06:49 maybe even 15 years before this event 06:52 that forever shaped the world began to unfold. 06:56 I will never forget September 11th 2001. 07:01 My wife and I were guests in Grantham, England, 07:05 went there to sing and to share and to preach, 07:08 and because my wife is born in Derby England, 07:11 we had an opportunity to visit with her relatives. 07:15 And she chose September 11th 2001 07:19 as the day that we were gonna arrive home. 07:23 We woke that morning in London, England, about 6 AM. 07:27 And we departed London, Heathrow Airport about 9 AM. 07:33 It was only 1 AM in Boston 07:35 and 1 AM in New York, New Jersey. 07:38 In eight short hours, 07:41 the world would be forever changed. 07:45 That day, 266 passengers packed their bags 07:51 for the very last time. 07:53 According to the reports, 07:55 two women that day drove to the airport, 07:57 together they took different flights, 08:00 but they ended up in the midst of the same tragedy. 08:05 A young woman that day 08:06 arrived at World Trade Center building number one 08:09 arrived at 8AM. 08:11 As soon as she walked in according to the record, 08:14 she was approached by her supervisor. 08:17 She was fired on the spot, cleared her desk 08:21 said, goodbye to her coworkers, left the building 08:24 and all her former colleagues died that day. 08:27 And I guess out of this bad situation 08:30 something good came 08:32 because, she was glad that she got fired that day 08:35 not to minimize the loss of her coworkers 08:38 and those who sadly lost their lives on that day 08:41 but sometimes, in the midst of a bad situation, 08:44 something good can come out of it. 08:48 Five hours into our flight, 08:49 we were notified of the incident. 08:52 I was sitting in my seat on a United Airlines 777, 08:57 when the pilot came on 08:58 and began to make the announcement. 09:00 He said, he said, ''What I'm about to say 09:02 may sound like a fairytale 09:03 or something that could never happen 09:06 but the World Trade Centers in New York, 09:09 The Pentagon in Washington D.C. had been attacked." 09:13 and he mentioned American Airlines 09:16 and United Airlines. 09:17 Well, I don't have a difficulty hearing at all 09:20 as you can see, but my wife was sitting 09:22 listening to the in-flight entertainment 09:24 and they announced it again, and then I rose to my feet in, 09:28 in utter surprise and shock I believe 09:30 at the very same time. 09:32 And I noticed that other passengers 09:34 began to respond to that announcement. 09:37 A lady sitting in front of me began to cry 09:39 and the Lord moved on my heart to comfort her 09:42 as I discovered she had a son 09:44 that worked in the World Trade Center. 09:46 We were one of the first planes to be diverted to Edmonton, 09:49 Alberta, Canada. 09:50 We landed there in a very abandoned as it were airport 09:55 for the very first time in my life, 09:56 I saw an airport with no one at the check in counters, 10:01 no one at the baggage counters. 10:03 All the cars for the exception of one had been, 10:06 had been rented and my wife and I were fortunate 10:08 to get just one vehicle to get to our hotel. 10:12 For security reasons they disembarked 10:14 at the end of the runway as the crisis began to unfold, 10:17 we began to understand more about this tragedy 10:20 that began to impact the entire world, 10:22 not just the United States. 10:25 We disembarked, we left our luggage on the plane 10:27 and the next day, we finally received our luggage 10:30 but we had to stay in the clothing 10:32 that we had overnight. 10:35 For the next two days, we were inconvenienced 10:39 but even greater than that for the next years to come, 10:43 the world was forever changed by this one single event. 10:48 A new crisis was in the making, 10:50 one that lasts even to this very day. 10:54 In the book, Great Controversy, 10:56 page 510 paragraph 2 Ellen White says, 10:59 speaking about the days in which we live 11:01 she says the following. 11:03 "From the days of Adam to our own time, 11:05 our great enemy has been exercising his power 11:08 to oppress and to destroy." 11:12 And then she says, 11:13 "He is now preparing for his last campaign 11:17 against the church." 11:18 You see that attack on September 11th 11:20 was against America. 11:21 But the final attack is gonna be against God's people, 11:24 against God's Church. 11:26 And she goes on to say, 11:28 "All who seek to follow Jesus will be brought into conflict 11:33 with this relentless foe. 11:35 The more nearly the Christian imitates the divine pattern, 11:40 the more surely will he make himself a mark 11:44 for the attacks of Satan." 11:46 And then she ends, "All who are actively engaged 11:50 in the cause of God, 11:52 seeking to unveil the deceptions of the evil one 11:56 and to present Christ before the people, 11:58 will be able to join in the testimony of Paul, 12:03 in which he speaks of serving the Lord 12:05 with all humility of mind, 12:07 with many tears and with temptation." 12:11 You know, I've heard people say that, 12:13 you know when we are blessed, they say God is blessing us. 12:17 When things go wrong, they blame God. 12:19 But friends, make no mistake, 12:20 God does not use evil to accomplish His will, 12:24 God had no hand in the event that happened 12:27 on September 11, 2001, in New York, 12:30 in Washington D.C. and in Pennsylvania. 12:32 God does not partner with evil to reveal His love. 12:38 A very famous writer once wrote, 12:41 his name Emil Brenner said, 12:43 "Evil is not that which God expresses His will. 12:48 Evil is that which God does not use to express His will." 12:53 So the question is, since God is not the author of evil, 12:58 why does God allow such evil? 13:01 Notice in the book, the Bible Echo, 13:03 November 1, 1892, these words. 13:09 "Christ came to represent the character of His father." 13:13 To represent what? 13:14 The character of His father, 13:17 "To win man back to his allegiance to God, 13:21 to reconcile man to God, 13:24 he proposed to meet the foe and unmask his arts, 13:30 that man might be able to make a choice 13:34 between whom he would serve." 13:36 Now, there are three very important points 13:38 I'm gonna bring out in this message, 13:39 the very first one is, 13:41 "Every crisis is self-centered." 13:44 I'll say that one more time. 13:45 Every crisis that you will ever face 13:48 always it a seed of self-centeredness. 13:53 Notice how Isaiah the Prophet, makes this very clear, 13:57 Isaiah 14:12 to 14. 14:00 Amazing text, "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 14:05 son of the morning! 14:07 How you are cut down to the ground, 14:09 you who weakened the nations!" 14:11 In other words, the world is the way it is 14:13 because of the fall of Lucifer. 14:15 He is no longer called Lucifer. 14:17 He is now called Satan, the devil, the fallen angel. 14:22 Verse 13 says, 14:24 the self-centeredness comes in here. 14:26 "For you have said in your heart, 14:30 I will ascend into heaven, 14:33 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: 14:37 I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, 14:42 on the farthest sides of the north: 14:44 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 14:48 I will be like the Most High." 14:50 Notice, over and over again the phrase, ''I will, I will'' 14:56 continues to emphasize that this war, 14:59 this crisis that began in heaven 15:00 began when Lucifer, now the named Satan 15:06 began to be filled with a discontent 15:09 about where God had placed him? 15:11 What God had given to him 15:12 and he began to consider in himself 15:14 what could I have more than what I already have. 15:17 And so, he coveted the price 15:20 and the place that Christ alone had occupied 15:23 and then he focused on replacing 15:25 the only one that is exalted above him 15:28 and then he said, ''I will, I will, I will." 15:32 And so we begin to see 15:33 that the crisis that began in heaven 15:35 also affected everyone on planet earth. 15:39 As Adam and Eve knows, 15:41 the first intruder into the Adam family 15:43 was a fallen angel, now renamed Satan. 15:47 He entered the battle as Lucifer, 15:51 he exited the battle as Satan. 15:54 He not only lost his sight and his light, 15:57 but he lost his name. 15:59 And to continue the onslaught, 16:02 he picked up and aimed that two that God had created 16:06 in a garden where sin had not yet been known 16:10 till this particular point. 16:12 If you read in the Book of Genesis Chapter 3, 16:13 you discover the anomy of the fall, 16:17 the anatomy of the crisis. 16:18 Satan began in the way he began in the Garden of Eden, 16:21 he does to this very day. 16:23 He began by getting Eve to question the Word of God, 16:27 he said, ''Has God said." 16:30 Now let me also suggest one 16:31 we don't know what God has said, 16:33 it opens the door to the enemy to begin 16:36 to establish in our lives a crisis of, 16:40 of incalculable and inestimable portions. 16:45 When we don't study God's Word, 16:47 the door opens up 16:49 that Satan may begin a crisis in our lives. 16:51 And after he got Eve to question God's word, 16:54 he said, the reason why God does not want you 16:57 to experience the things that you desire. 17:00 He says in verse 5 of Genesis Chapter 3. 17:02 "For God knows, that in the day you eat of it, 17:07 that is of the fruit of the forbidden tree, 17:09 your eyes will be opened 17:12 and you will be like God knowing good and evil." 17:16 Now notice, notice something that we read earlier in Isaiah, 17:19 he said, "I will be like God" 17:21 Now, he says to Adam and Eve or Eve, "You will be like God." 17:24 You see, whenever we are placed in a position 17:28 where we are beginning to covet what God has, 17:30 Satan always suggest that by disobedience 17:34 we will be more exalted than we are in obedience. 17:38 And the reality of it is, friends, there are things 17:41 that God knows that God never intended for us to know, 17:45 God never intended for mankind to know evil. 17:48 God never intended for mankind to know pain. 17:51 God never intended for mankind to know death 17:54 and suffering and heartache and loss and depression, 17:58 but all these things found their way into the world, 18:02 because Satan suggested to Eve that there is something 18:05 that God does not want you to know. 18:07 And when you think about it, to some degree he was right, 18:11 because there are certain things 18:12 that God really never intended for us to know. 18:16 In other words, you don't need to know crime 18:19 to understand peace. 18:21 You don't need to experience drug abuse 18:24 to understand freedom. 18:25 You don't need to be an alcoholic 18:27 to experience being delivered from alcoholism. 18:30 There are certain things that we don't have to know 18:33 in order to know the peace of God. 18:35 But Satan said, "If you only know 18:39 what God is trying to withhold from you, 18:42 your life will be more exalted, 18:45 your life will be different, your life will be enhanced." 18:47 Well, nothing as you can see now is further from the truth, 18:51 for the crisis that began in heaven 18:53 that now has engulfed the world. 18:56 Nothing has been better 18:58 ever since the entrance of sin into this world. 19:02 The crisis that began in heaven extended to the garden, 19:05 and I'll talk about that tomorrow and then, 19:08 it extended to the entire then known world, 19:11 also known as the antediluvian world 19:13 and evil. 19:16 One from, one from one depth to the other, 19:18 evil began to become more intense as time went on. 19:24 Notice this Genesis 6:5, 19:26 these words that describes the condition of the world, 19:30 just because Satan said, "Things would get better." 19:34 Genesis 6:5 the Bible says, 19:37 "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man 19:40 was great in the earth--" 19:42 Was what? 19:43 "Great in the earth, 19:44 and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart 19:48 was only evil continually." 19:51 In other words, there was an unbroken streak of evil. 19:55 That's why today, I've said this before, 19:56 but I think it fits right here, 19:58 we have to decide what goes into our hearts, 20:01 what goes into our minds. 20:03 What we occupy our time with 20:05 because Satan knows that our mind is the seat, 20:08 the place where God communicates with us. 20:11 If he can pull us away from the Word of God. 20:13 If he can take us away from our allegiance to God 20:16 and lead us down a path that seems for the moment 20:19 to be more bright than the path of God, 20:21 then He knows it's just a matter of time 20:24 before our separation from God would lead us to the place 20:28 where our thoughts and intentions 20:31 are only evil continually. 20:34 In the book Testimonies, Volume 8, page 49 paragraph 3. 20:38 Listen to these words of inspiration. 20:42 "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be, 20:46 when the Son of Man shall be revealed." 20:48 In other words, the evil that could have taken place 20:53 and could have brought a cancer to heaven 20:55 that God did not allow. 20:57 Praise the Lord for that. 20:59 Found its way into the garden, then found its way 21:01 into the generation of Adam's descendants, 21:04 then found its way 21:05 into the hearts of the antediluvians. 21:07 And now it's found its way into the hearts of humanity 21:09 all over the world because the Bible says, 21:11 "All have sinned 21:12 and fallen short of the glory of God." 21:15 But Ellen White says, 21:17 "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be 21:21 when the Son of Man shall be revealed." 21:23 she's quoting Matthew 24. 21:26 She says, "The Lord is removing his restrictions 21:31 from the earth. 21:32 And soon there will be death and destruction, 21:36 increasing crime and cruel evil workings 21:39 against the rich, 21:41 who have exalted themselves against the poor." 21:43 That's already happening. She continues. 21:46 "Those who are without God's protection 21:50 will find no safety in any place 21:53 or in any position." 21:55 In other words, the fact of the matter is, 21:56 there is no place on this earth, 21:58 where death has been excluded. 22:01 There's no place on this earth and in this world, 22:04 where there are people that don't die. 22:06 And by the way, the death rate is 100 percent. 22:09 I know somebody just recently had a heart attack 22:12 and as I spoke to him. 22:14 He said, 'I'm all fixed up now 22:16 and I am, and he is not living for the Lord yet, 22:19 I've been talking to him and trying to encourage him 22:22 to give his life to the Lord, but he said, he said, 22:23 ''I feel good now, my heart is in good condition. 22:27 I'm all set for 60 more years.' 22:29 And he is already 60 plus years old, 22:32 and he said, ''I think I could live to 100." 22:34 And I said to him, ''You're focusing on 100 years, 22:37 I'm focusing on eternity." 22:40 You see, friends, it is not our focus of a temporary life, 22:43 because there is no place in this world 22:47 where there is safety. 22:48 No position, no rank, no status in life on this earth 22:53 where humanity is not affected 22:55 by the crisis that began in heaven. 22:58 She goes on to say in the same quotation, 23:01 "Human agents are being trained 23:04 and are using their inventive power 23:07 to put in operation the most powerful machinery 23:11 to wound and to kill." 23:13 And so, you look at the world today, 23:14 we are in a world now 23:16 that's, that's racked by terrorism, 23:18 by senseless violence. 23:21 People are being kidnapped, children are being abused, 23:26 senseless violence racks our world. 23:28 Sometimes, I look at the news and I wonder, 23:30 there are times I turn it off because the news is all bad. 23:33 They leave the good news to the very end 23:35 even on a good day, they say, instead of saying 23:38 a 90 percent chance of sunshine, 23:39 they say a 10 percent chance of rain. 23:41 Our world is a world wracked with bad news. 23:45 But the Lord knew that's the result of evil. 23:48 He knew that if Satan could find his way 23:51 into the hearts of humanity, it will only get worse, 23:54 and the Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:13. 23:57 Notice how it describes the intensity of the days 24:00 in which we live. 24:01 The Bible says, "But evil men--" 24:05 I'll say that again, "But evil men and imposters, 24:09 those claiming to be good hiding behind the cloak of good 24:13 but really are inwardly evil. 24:15 But evil men and imposters will grow worse and worse 24:20 deceiving and being deceived." 24:23 The point of the matter is, you cannot deceive someone 24:27 without being deceived yourself. 24:30 There are people that are saying, 24:31 they can set you free 24:32 when in fact they themselves are bound. 24:34 There are people that are offering you 24:36 an exalted lifestyle, 24:37 when they themselves are slaves to the same system. 24:41 Deceiving and being deceived. 24:44 But the Lord knew that these days would come, 24:46 it's no surprise to the King that we serve. 24:49 2 Timothy 3:1, in the King James Version 24:54 we read the following words, 24:56 "This know also that in the last days 24:59 perilous times shall come." 25:02 And whether you know it or not, 25:03 whether you're living in a countryside 25:05 or quiet community like here in Thompsonville 25:07 or in Southern Illinois. 25:09 All you've got to do is go to a major city, 25:12 go to a large metropolitan area 25:15 and you'll discover that perilous times have come. 25:19 This verse was looking forward shall come. 25:22 But if I could modify it I could say, 25:24 "In the last days 25:25 in which we live perilous times have come." 25:29 And the Bible talks about those kinds of times. 25:32 Why is there such a killing spree 25:35 in society today? 25:36 The Bible says without natural affection, 25:38 no thought of killing the innocent. 25:41 No thought of stealing from those who have worked hard 25:44 to provide for their own needs. 25:46 ''Fierce, the Bible says, 25:48 despisers of those that are good." 25:51 If you look at the world today, there is a hatred. 25:54 There is a hatred expressed on some talk shows 25:57 when Christians stand up to express their freedom, 26:00 their views. 26:01 You'll often discover that the crowd is against 26:03 those who name the name of Christ. 26:06 All you've got to do today to be odd is live a good life. 26:11 All you've got to do today to have the world 26:13 to turn their back on you is to simply say, 26:17 "you are a follower of Jesus." 26:20 For that's not the kind of world we live in. 26:22 They are exalting everything that is against God. 26:26 Fierce, despisers of those that are good. 26:30 In other words, there is a hatred 26:31 against those who embrace the things that are good. 26:36 But there is no surprise in this condition to God. 26:40 For you see, the actions of evil men 26:43 have more to do with heart condition 26:46 than with religious conviction. 26:48 Now let me make my point very clear. 26:51 There may be differences in denominations 26:53 and what one believes and what the other believes, 26:55 but, that's not really the greater foundation 26:58 of the reason why this evil exist. 27:00 The Bible makes it clear in Jeremiah 17:9, 27:03 "As to the seed of evil." 27:06 That's why when somebody once said to me, 27:08 I was speaking to a neighbor that was not a Christian, 27:11 and I was trying to share Jesus with him and he said, 27:14 ''I'm a good person. 27:15 I don't steal, I don't lie, I help in my community. 27:20 Whenever there is a blood drive, 27:21 I try to donate my blood. 27:24 I try to be a good neighbor and keep my yard clean 27:26 and try to do things 27:27 to keep the community in good condition." 27:30 But what he did not know, it was not what he has done, 27:34 but what he has inherited 27:36 that places him against the Lord. 27:38 That's why each one of us needs to be born again. 27:40 Look at Jeremiah 17:9, the Bible says, 27:44 "The heart is deceitful above all things, 27:47 and desperately wicked:" 27:50 Not, not kind of wicked who can know it. 27:53 That's why when people say to me, 27:54 you know, I'm a good guy. 27:56 I say, ''You have no idea. 27:58 You have no idea 28:00 of the depth of sin that you can sink into 28:04 unless you understand your own character." 28:07 In James 4:1, speaking about crises and wars. 28:10 He said everything about this earth 28:12 has to do with a contention. 28:14 There's a battle good against evil, 28:17 light against darkness, truth against error 28:19 and we contend amongst ourselves, 28:22 because of the crisis that began in heaven 28:24 extended to the earth, to the antediluvian world 28:27 and now the entire world is involved 28:30 in this final crisis. 28:32 James 4:1, 2, describes 28:34 some of the other elements of this crisis, 28:36 and notice what he says. 28:38 Remember the war began in heaven. 28:40 James says in verse 1 of Chapter 4. 28:43 "Where do wars and fighting come from among you?" 28:48 Where do they come from? How do they come? 28:50 Where do they spring up from? 28:52 He said, "Do they not come from your desire for pleasure 28:56 that war in your members. 28:58 You lust and do not have, 29:01 you murdered and covet and cannot obtain. 29:04 You fight in war, yet you do not have 29:08 because you do not ask." 29:11 You see the reason why many people fight in the war 29:13 and contend and covet and murder and lust 29:16 is because, they often know that these are things 29:19 that if they ask God for them, 29:21 God will not grant lust and murder and covetousness 29:26 and pleasure that leads us away from Him 29:29 so, so we contend for these things. 29:31 And I tell you today, 29:33 one of the reasons why we have to be careful 29:34 about our devices because oftentimes, 29:36 our devices leads us to other devices. 29:40 Somebody once said, 29:42 just recently I heard an article, 29:43 I read an article actually that said, 29:47 the reason why they call our devices, 29:49 the one that we carry around very frequently with us 29:52 cell phones is because, 29:53 young people today are becoming victims 29:56 to their own cell, their cell phones. 30:00 There are jail cells. 30:02 Their cell phones are becoming the very instrument 30:05 that captures their minds and their hearts, 30:08 and therefore the things of God are often not considered. 30:11 We've got to be smarter than our smart devices. 30:16 In the midst of this battle, 30:19 we've got to begin to pursue the things 30:21 that bring us closer to God 30:23 and run away from the things that lead us away from God. 30:27 What kind of condition should we have 30:30 in this kind of climate today? 30:31 What should we do to, to protect ourselves 30:36 in this climate of evil, 30:37 in this climate of a climbing battle? 30:40 Notice Ephesians 6:13 the Bible says, 30:44 "Therefore take up the whole armor of God--" 30:49 How much of God's armor? The whole armor of God. 30:53 "That you may be able to withstand in the evil day, 30:59 and having done all, to stand." 31:01 In other words, the shield of faith, 31:03 the helmet of salvation, 31:06 the breastplate of righteousness, 31:08 our feet shod with the gospel of peace. 31:11 We can have on the entire armor, 31:13 but if we don't have an offensive weapon, 31:16 the sort of God Spirit, we can be wonderfully clad 31:19 in all of the garments of Christianity, 31:21 but without the proper use and identity 31:24 and application of God's word, 31:26 the only offensive weapon in the Christian armor 31:29 we can be perfectly clad, 31:31 but not be prepared to go into battle. 31:34 That's why we've got to find more time for our Bibles. 31:37 We've got to make the best use of our Bibles. 31:39 We've got to get to the place 31:40 where our Bibles become closer to us than our devices. 31:44 My wife and I just decided recently 31:47 to move our phones further away from our bed head 31:51 and our Bibles closer to our bed head 31:54 because it's a very easy thing 31:55 when you wake up in the morning for the first thing 31:58 that we reach for is our cell phones 32:00 or our iPads or our androids 32:03 or whatever we might have our iPhones 32:04 or whatever kind of device you have. 32:06 It's so easy to reach for these electronic devices 32:11 and scan and, and sometimes, I say, 32:13 I'm only looking to find out what the temperature is 32:15 and before I know it. 32:17 Before I even know it, 32:19 I'm diving in deeper and deeper. 32:21 I find myself looking at the news 32:23 or checking the weather 32:25 or looking at someone's pictures 32:27 or looking at Instagram and I find myself 32:29 and the time goes by so quickly, 32:31 and I ask myself on some days, 32:34 and I'm confessing, on some days I ask myself, 32:37 my time would have better been spent 32:40 looking through the Word of God than looking through my device. 32:45 Put on the whole armor of God. 32:48 These are the days of dark valleys 32:50 and dark shadows. 32:51 We are living in the prevailing climate of evil. 32:55 But there is no more greater news, 32:57 no better security to know than to know 32:59 that in this prevailing climate of darkness and evil, 33:03 that God has not left us by ourselves. 33:06 Amen to that. Look at Psalms 23:4. 33:10 What should we do in the days of darkness, 33:14 the Psalmist David said, "Yea, though I walk 33:17 through the valleys of the shadows of death, 33:19 I fear no evil: for thou art with me, 33:23 thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." 33:27 In the midst of this battle, 33:30 the rod that keeps the enemy away, 33:32 the staff that keeps us from running away. 33:35 The Lord says, "We're living in a dark world, 33:38 a world of death and shadows." 33:40 But God has promised, He will never leave us, 33:43 and He will never forsake us. 33:45 That's why whenever we come to worship, 33:48 brothers and sisters, 33:50 whenever we get together to talk amongst ourselves, 33:52 whenever we get together to fellowship, 33:54 we've got to focus less on Satan's capability 33:58 and more on God's ability, 34:01 because sometimes we give the devil 34:03 so much press, so much notoriety, 34:07 we speak about all the bad things 34:09 more than we exalt the good things. 34:11 And we all have difficult weeks, 34:14 but if we can make it through the week, 34:15 we ought to find reason to give God the glory. 34:17 Amen. 34:19 Ought to find a reason to give God the praise, 34:21 to say to the Lord, I know how tough the week has been 34:25 but thank you Lord, that You are always faithful. 34:30 Isaiah 26:3. 34:33 It's all about where we focus our minds. 34:35 It's all about the focus of our minds, 34:38 the prophet says, 34:39 "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 34:42 whose mind is stayed upon thee: because he trusteth in thee." 34:47 Isaiah 26:3, if we trust in God, 34:50 it's not gonna be easy, but God will be with us in it. 34:54 He was with the Hebrews in the furnace, 34:55 Daniel in the den, Paul and Silas in prison. 34:59 He was with His people in battle, in turmoil, 35:02 in destruction and persecution during the Dark Ages. 35:06 And the God we serve, my friends, has never changed. 35:09 He was with them and He will be in us, 35:12 if we keep our minds stayed on Him. 35:17 In the SDA commentary about Isaiah 26:3, 35:21 a very interesting angle to this, listen to this. 35:24 Trouble and turmoil may surround us, 35:28 yet we enjoy a calmness and a peace of mind 35:33 which the world knows nothing. 35:37 This inward peace is reflected in a cheerful countenance." 35:42 If you're happy and you know it smile, 35:45 and on ruffled temper 35:48 and a vigorous glowing experience 35:51 that stimulates all with whom we come in contact." 35:55 Listen to how it ends. 35:57 "The peace of the Christian depends 35:59 not upon peaceful conditions in the world about him, 36:03 but upon the indwelling of the Spirit of God 36:07 in the heart. 36:08 You see friends, if I focus on the world, 36:10 I'll never be happy. 36:11 If I focus on the difficulty in the news, the elections, 36:15 the stock markets instability, 36:17 the devaluing of the dollar, the rising of the gas prices, 36:20 the loss of real estate, the increase of crime 36:23 and violence and I focus on those things, 36:25 I will never find reason to have peace. 36:28 But if my mind is stayed on God, 36:31 He promises to keep us not just in peace, 36:34 but in perfect peace. 36:37 Second point, every crisis reveals our vulnerabilities, 36:42 every crisis reveals our vulnerabilities. 36:46 Psalms 103:14, the Lord says in His word, 36:51 for He knows how we are formed, this is the NIV. 36:56 "He remembers that we are dust." 36:59 One of the things that keeps me humble before the Lord 37:02 is I know that on any given day, 37:04 if God doesn't give us the strength in the morning 37:06 to open our eyes, we don't wake up. 37:09 If God doesn't give us the strength to move, 37:12 we become dysfunctional. 37:14 Everyday in God we live and we move, 37:17 and we have our being, we've got to remember that, 37:19 because in reality, under this suit 37:22 and beyond all of the exteriors of our abilities, 37:25 we are simply dust in the sight of an immortal and eternal God. 37:31 Billy Graham once said 37:32 as we speak about New York City. 37:34 He commented 37:35 about the destruction of the World Trade Center 37:37 and this is very important, he said, 37:39 ''When the World Trade Center fell, 37:42 it was not because the foundation failed, 37:44 the foundation was still there when the buildings came down." 37:49 You see friend when men fail, 37:51 when we fall short of God's glory, 37:53 when we disappoint one another, 37:56 it's not that the foundation fails 37:59 because Jesus Christ is still there, 38:02 Isaiah 28:16, Listen to this, 38:05 "Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion, 38:10 a stone for a foundation." 38:12 God is not just a stone. He is a tried stone. 38:17 The prophet says, "He is a precious cornerstone, 38:20 a sure foundation. 38:23 Whoever believes in Him will not act hastily." 38:27 In other words, you don't have to be in a hurry. 38:29 You can be patient and peaceful and thoughtful. 38:32 When you stand on the stone, the strong foundation, 38:36 the precious stone, the sure foundation 38:39 and that's why Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:11 says, 38:42 "For no other foundation can anyone lay." 38:47 No president, no kings, no leaders, no governors, 38:51 or Republican or Democrat, 38:54 whether they are from the south or the north, 38:56 or east or the west, 38:58 no other foundation of security can anyone lay 39:03 than that which is laid which is Christ Jesus. 39:07 Amen. 39:08 And so, friends, when we think about that, 39:10 if you want security in an unsecured world, 39:12 if you want stability in a world 39:14 that's shaking for fear. 39:16 If you want to hope in a world where people are dying 39:19 as the clock ticks by the moment, 39:21 there's only one foundation you can find 39:23 and that foundation is Jesus. 39:27 You see, the good news is in all of this crises 39:30 is that it's not gonna be this way always. 39:33 In the book, Our High Calling, page 354, in paragraph 5, 39:38 we read the following words. 39:41 'The end of all things is that hand--" 39:43 And I say amen to that. 39:45 'The day of God is hastening on a pace, 39:48 the world is full of crime and anguish and sorrow. 39:52 There are calamities by land and by sea. 39:55 Storm and tempests make it unsafe for us 39:58 to be separated from God for one single moment. 40:02 Only those and I'll say that again, 40:04 only all those who live by faith 40:07 in this probationary life 40:10 will be able to stand in the day of the test. 40:14 When everything that can be shaken will be shaken 40:19 but they shall dwell in safety and be unmoved." 40:23 If we trust God in the storm, 40:26 God will bring us through the storm. 40:29 If we trust God before the clouds come, 40:32 God will be with us 40:33 when the clouds begin to gather. 40:35 If we trust God before the difficulty arrives, 40:38 we will know exactly to whom to turn 40:41 when the difficulty does arrive. 40:43 You see there are so many people 40:44 that wonder where God is. 40:46 I never forget the day 40:48 after the World Trade Center event in 2001, September 11th. 40:52 The very next day on the front of some of the newspapers 40:55 was this phrase or this question. 40:57 ''Where was God?' People ask, ''Where was God?" 41:01 How could God have been awake, 41:02 how could God have been at a station 41:04 if so many lives were taken in this single incident? 41:07 Well, I thought about it for a moment I said, 41:09 God was in the same place that He was on September 10th. 41:13 He did not move His address His throne was not removed, 41:16 God was not replaced, God was not dethroned, 41:20 He is the same God in the midst of difficulty 41:24 as He is in the midst of peace. 41:28 But the reason why people ask that question is this. 41:31 You see one you don't stay in touch with God 41:33 in times of peace. 41:35 You don't know where to find God in times of difficulty. 41:38 When you don't spend time in the Word of God 41:40 when things are going well, 41:41 it's hard to find meaning in God's word 41:43 when things are going bad. 41:45 Those who ask those kinds of questions 41:47 are people that don't have the kind of connection 41:50 and relationship with God to know 41:52 that no matter how bad the world gets, 41:55 God still loves us with an everlasting love. 42:01 In Testimonies, volume 9, page 11 in paragraph 2, 42:06 we read these words about the following climate 42:08 that's consolidating around, she says, 42:11 "The agencies of evil are combining their forces 42:15 and consolidating." 42:16 What does that mean? 42:18 That means all of the forces of darkness 42:20 whether it is crime, violence, immorality, drugs, 42:25 terrorism, theft, murder, 42:28 they're all consolidating together, 42:31 they are strengthening for the last great crises. 42:35 Great changes are soon to take place in our world, 42:38 and our final movements will be rapid ones." 42:44 And so don't be surprised 42:45 when you turn on the news tonight. 42:47 Don't be surprised when you hear of another bombing 42:50 in some place of the world. 42:51 Don't be surprised when you hear that another terrorist 42:53 carried out another atrocious attack, 42:55 maybe in an airport 42:57 or in a crowded restaurant or in a mall. 42:59 Don't be surprised because the agencies of evil 43:02 are gathering. 43:04 And as we see senseless crimes being carried out. 43:06 Satan is revealing to the world the kind of government 43:10 that he would carry forth, had God allowed him 43:14 to have complete control of this planet. 43:19 But there's another quotation that opens my mind 43:21 as I come to my final point. 43:24 In Prophets and Kings, page 537, paragraph 1. 43:28 ''We are told the present is a time 43:31 of overwhelming interest to all living." 43:36 Very important the content, listen carefully. 43:38 ''Rulers and statesman, 43:40 men who occupy positions of trust and authority. 43:43 Thinking men and women of all classes 43:46 have their attention 43:48 fixed upon the events taking place about us. 43:51 They are watching the restless relations 43:54 that exist among the nations. 43:56 They observe the intensity that is taking possession 44:00 of every earthly element, fires, floods, earthquakes, 44:04 disasters, hot temperatures when it should be cold, 44:08 cold temperatures when it should be hot. 44:10 And they recognize that something great 44:14 and decisive is about to take place 44:17 that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis." 44:22 Well, Revelation reveals who is behind that crisis. 44:25 The good news is God is with us in this unfolding final crisis. 44:32 But who is behind this? Revelation 12:17. 44:36 Now remember the war began in heaven. 44:38 The war continued in the Garden of Eden. 44:40 It continued in the days of the Antediluvians. 44:43 It continued during the time of the soldier 44:45 and the Israelites. 44:46 It continued through the life of Jesus and His ministry. 44:49 It continued through the Dark Ages. 44:52 It continued during the Protestant Reformation 44:55 during World War I, World War II 44:56 and World War III, and the Bible says, 44:59 "Now as we get down to the final stages. 45:02 Listen to the words of the inspired prophet John. 45:05 Revelation 12:17, "This dragon, no longer Lucifer 45:10 but a fallen angel, now the dragon, 45:12 and the dragon was wroth with the woman, 45:14 that is the church and went to make war 45:16 with the remnant of her seed that is the last days, 45:21 the people of God in the last days 45:24 which keep the commandments of God 45:26 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 45:30 Which now leads me to my final point 45:33 and this is good news, every war has an end. 45:36 Amen somebody? Every war has an end. 45:40 Praise the Lord for that. 45:42 Look at Revelation 12:11, 12, the Bible says, 45:46 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, 45:49 they overcame a dragon." 45:51 When have you ever heard a lamb victorious over a dragon? 45:55 Well, friends, I tell you, 45:57 only the Lamb of God can defeat the dragon on any day. 46:00 He may seem small and tender and helpless, 46:03 but he is a lamb of God 46:05 who has been slain from the foundation of the world 46:07 and he's never lost a battle, praise the Lord for that. 46:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, 46:13 by the blood of the Lamb 46:14 and by the word of their testimony 46:16 and they loved not their lives to the death." 46:19 But verse 12 as a Solomon, Revelation 12:12. 46:26 "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, 46:28 and ye that dwell in them. 46:31 But woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! 46:34 For the devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, 46:40 because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." 46:47 He knows he has a short time. 46:48 You see, friends, God saw the final movements 46:52 in earth's history. 46:53 God predicted the crumbling of the world's infrastructure. 46:57 God saw man's frailty but God's plan will prevail 47:03 above every fallen plan of humanity. 47:06 Listen to these words, Acts of the Apostles, 47:09 page 535 in paragraph 2, only two groups in the end. 47:14 ''As the end of all things earthly should approach 47:18 their would be faithful ones 47:20 able to discern the signs of the times, 47:23 while a large number of professing believers 47:27 would deny their faith by their works, 47:30 there would be a remnant who would endure unto the end.'' 47:35 Now the question might be, 47:36 how could we endure in the midst of violence? 47:38 How could we endure in the midst of death? 47:40 How can we endure 47:41 in the midst of violence and crime? 47:43 How could we endure in the midst of darkness? 47:44 Where can we find hope? 47:46 Well, friends, it's more important to preach a message 47:50 of hope and security and everlasting joy 47:52 than just to be focused only on prophecies, 47:56 only on doctrines. 47:58 I would say as Jesus says, 48:00 "If I be lifted up, I'll draw all men to myself." 48:05 You see as in these last days 48:07 that the message that will triumph 48:10 from its all this darkness 48:12 is the message of a crucified and risen 48:16 and coming again savior. 48:18 Listen to this, Revelation 19:11, 48:23 one day the war is gonna be over, 48:26 one day the King of kings is gonna come to rescue us. 48:29 One day every crime, every act of violence 48:33 will forever be suspended never to be reenacted again. 48:38 Revelation 19:11, 48:41 "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; 48:45 and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, 48:51 and in righteousness he judges and he make war." 48:53 You see Satan began the war, but Jesus is gonna end the war. 48:58 His eyes were like a flame of fire, 49:00 and on his head were many crowns. 49:04 He had a name written that no one knew except himself. 49:08 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood 49:11 and his name is called the Word of God, 49:14 and the armies in heaven 49:16 clothed in fine linen white and clean 49:19 followed him on white horses, 49:22 a representation of purity and righteousness." 49:25 And verse 15, "Now out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, 49:29 that with it he should strike the nations: 49:32 and he himself will rule them with a rod of iron: 49:36 he himself treads the winepress of the fierceness 49:41 and wrath of Almighty God. 49:44 And who is he? 49:46 And he had on his robe 49:48 and on his thigh a name written 49:51 King of kings and Lord of lords." 49:56 Friend, the good news is one day, 49:58 the crisis that began in heaven, 50:00 that continues in the earth 50:01 one day that crisis is going to be over. 50:06 I never forget as I close now, 50:08 what happened on that day, back in September 11th. 50:12 As we stayed in a hotel there in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 50:16 waiting for our time of departure to return home. 50:20 Finally, we got the news, all these passengers 50:22 that had been unfamiliar with each other, 50:25 we became familiar, we became a family, 50:27 we all had one desire to be home one destiny 50:30 to get back to our families. 50:32 One burning pulsating desire to be in atmosphere 50:36 and environment of safety and joy. 50:40 And so we were called to go to the airport in Canada. 50:44 And we stood in line for hours 50:46 waiting for our flight number to be called. 50:48 Finally, finally, we heard our flight number called, 50:53 United Airlines flight such and such. 50:56 We passed through intense security 50:59 because before we were allowed to get on the plane, 51:02 before we were allowed to begin our journey back to our home, 51:07 we all had to be cleared by security. 51:10 Friends, whether you know it or not 51:12 before we begin our, our journey to heaven 51:14 by God's grace and under God's judgment, 51:17 each one of us has to be cleared through security. 51:21 God wants to make sure that the crisis never begins again. 51:24 We can only get on board with Jesus 51:27 for this final journey, 51:29 if we have been cleared by security. 51:31 And I want to tell you, 51:33 when we finally got on that plane. 51:35 I saw the fight attended that just a few days before, 51:38 we had not really even known, we smiled and she said, 51:41 'There will be no in-flight service for security 51:44 everything has been locked down and secured. 51:48 But here is some food. 51:50 This should hold you until we get to America. 51:53 And then we sat in our seats and I want to tell you. 51:56 There was no feeling like the feeling 51:57 that we were on our way home. 52:01 I remember looking out the window 52:03 and I saw as it were, 52:05 looks like the trailing of the smoke 52:08 that comes from a plane 52:10 or and I asked the flight attendant I said, 52:12 ''Are we up here by ourselves." 52:15 And she says, ''Let me check with the pilot 52:17 and I'll get back to you." 52:18 And what we discovered is that for our own safety, 52:23 we were being escorted from Canada 52:25 to San Francisco, California by two fighter jets 52:29 that America had assigned just to our plane 52:33 to make sure there are no hurt, no harm, 52:35 or no danger came to any of us. 52:37 I want to tell you, I feel special, I felt good. 52:40 For the first time I felt like an American citizen. 52:43 I was proud of our country, because I knew 52:46 that our government had made a decision to, 52:50 to secure all of those that were on this flight 52:54 bound for our homeland. 52:57 And I want to tell you. 52:58 There was rejoicing on that United Airlines flight. 53:02 Well, when we arrived in the airport 53:05 in San Francisco, it was the-- 53:08 I have to say, it was one of the strangest feelings 53:10 to see no other planes active, no other planes landing, 53:13 a completely empty runway, 53:15 a completely almost as it were abandoned terminal, 53:19 but as our flight began to turn in 53:21 to where we disembark 53:23 and we saw the gangplank coming down 53:25 to, to connect to the plane. 53:27 We looked out our windows 53:28 and on the right side of the vehicle, 53:30 on the right side of the plane 53:32 and on the left side of the plane 53:34 there were, there were cars and trucks and airport vehicles 53:37 and baggage handler vehicles and they had signs 53:41 and they had, they were waving signs, 53:43 ''Welcome Home. Glad you're back. 53:45 Welcome back." 53:47 And I felt as though I had been in a war. 53:49 And then, they open the doors of the plane 53:52 and there they had it 53:53 as they were dressed in the regalia 53:55 and the uniforms of United Airlines representatives, 53:59 two or three people standing deep, 54:01 and as we each disembarked, they shook our hands 54:05 and they said to us and I never forget that, 54:07 they said, ''Welcome to America." 54:10 And I felt like I was in a battle somewhere. 54:12 I felt like I'd just come home from the battlefield 54:14 from a difficult, from a difficult trial 54:17 and I want to tell you, 54:19 it was hard to find a passenger without tears 54:21 coming from his or her eyes. 54:23 Because for the first time, 54:25 I understood what it's like to be home safely. 54:28 I understood what it was like to stand on the shores 54:30 of the country of my birth, the country of my citizenship 54:36 and I thought about that one day, 54:38 brothers and sisters, one day the doors are going to open 54:41 in the New Jerusalem, 54:43 and we're gonna hear those words, 54:45 "The King will say to those on his right hand, 54:47 'Come you blessed of my Father, 54:48 inherit the kingdom prepared for you 54:51 from the foundations of the world.'" 54:54 One day the crisis is gonna be over, no more bloodshed, 54:58 no more heartache, no more temptation, 55:01 no more violence, no more crime, 55:04 that's why this is a very crucial hour 55:07 for every one of us. 55:09 This is the hour to prepare for eternity. 55:12 This is the hour to make sure that we are cleared, 55:15 that we are secured by the blood of Jesus 55:17 that when the time comes and we listen for the call, 55:21 we will hear our name in the manifest. 55:24 We will be allowed to enter into that final journey, 55:28 seven day journey to the kingdom of heaven. 55:31 Oh, what a day of rejoicing that's gonna be. 55:33 But right now, the crisis still continues. 55:36 This very day, the crisis still goes on, 55:39 this very moment, 55:41 someone somewhere is hoping to find answers 55:45 in the midst of this darkness, 55:46 in the midst of this disappointment, 55:48 in the midst of their bereavement. 55:50 And I'm gonna tell you, 55:52 if you're watching this broadcast, 55:53 if you're listening to it. 55:54 Today, the only hope that we can find is in the person 55:57 of none other than Christ Jesus, our Lord. 56:02 Yes, our world is a world of crisis 56:05 but one day, if you hold on, 56:07 one day if you trust the Lord with your life, 56:10 one day if you give your heart to Jesus today, 56:13 in your home, in your living room, 56:15 in your car, as it may be, in your church. 56:18 Wherever you may be listening to this broadcast, 56:20 today is the day, this is the hour of salvation. 56:25 And so, friends, if you want to get on board with Jesus, 56:28 if you want to have the kind of relationship 56:30 that gives you lasting security in a world 56:32 where peace is absent. 56:34 This is the moment to make that decision 56:36 to turn your life and your heart over to Christ. 56:39 I want to pray with you that you can make that calling 56:41 and election sure, I want to pray with you 56:44 so that when the moment of decision comes 56:47 which is right now, you'll make your decision 56:50 on the side of the God 56:52 who alone can deliver us from this crisis. 56:55 Our Father in heaven, we thank You so much 56:58 for the goodness of Your Son Christ Jesus. 57:01 For His sacrifice, for the blood He shed, 57:05 for the victory that we find in Him alone. 57:09 We pray for those who are hurting, 57:10 those who have been disappointed 57:12 that they will make their decisions 57:14 even now in the midst of this world gone mad 57:18 that they will prepare for a world 57:21 where peace will rain forever more. 57:23 And we pray and thank You for this opportunity, 57:26 in Jesus' precious and holy name we pray. 57:30 Amen. |
Revised 2016-07-21