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Program Code: RAD170024A
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00:01 What does the future hold?
00:02 Where can we find certainty in a world of uncertainty? 00:05 The Book of Revelation provides hopeful answers for today, 00:09 tomorrow and forever. 00:11 Join Mark Finley, 00:12 author and world renowned speaker 00:14 on a journey into the future 00:16 with Revelation's Ancient Discoveries. 00:23 Welcome back. 00:24 We've been journeying 00:25 through the Book of Revelation together, 00:27 discovering God's end time truths. 00:30 Have you discovered some new insights in this series? 00:34 Remember, in our first presentation 00:36 in Revelation 1:1, 00:38 it says, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." 00:40 In verse 3, it says, 00:42 "Blessed are they who read, who hear, 00:46 and do the things therein." 00:48 As we've been reading 00:50 the prophecies of Revelation together, 00:51 as you've been hearing it and seeing it 00:53 through the imagery and graphics of the telecast, 00:55 God has led you, I'm sure, to make decisions for Him. 01:00 In our program today, we're going to look at 01:03 one of the most misunderstood topics, 01:05 one of the most misunderstood subjects 01:07 in all the Bible, 01:08 the subject of the true gift of prophecy 01:11 as compared to the false gift of prophecy. 01:13 So let's pray, 01:14 God will give us insight as we open His Word. 01:17 Father, in heaven, 01:18 thank You so much that You give us clear light 01:23 in Your Word as we come to Your Word 01:26 to study the gift of prophecy, 01:29 give us a sense of Your guidance and leading. 01:33 We pray in Christ's name. Amen. 01:37 My topic during this presentation is 01:39 "Revelation's Prophetic Movement at End-Time." 01:45 All around the world, people are seeking, 01:48 they are looking for varying kinds of spirituality. 01:52 Even unbelievers worship at the shrine of atheism, 01:57 worship at the shrine of materialism, 02:00 worship at the shrine of technology, 02:03 worship at the shrine of pleasure, 02:05 so all of us worship something. 02:07 Even unbelievers worship themselves. 02:10 Yet in this world, 02:12 because of the lack of genuine biblical faith, 02:16 because of the lack of heartfelt Christianity, 02:20 because of the lack of Jesus 02:22 being the dynamic power in the life, 02:25 many are turning to spiritualistic resources 02:30 for guidance in their spiritual lives. 02:34 There's really an explosion of interest 02:36 in psychic phenomena today. 02:40 Some have turned back to a prophet in America, 02:43 so-called prophet, Jeane Dixon. 02:45 It's interesting if you'll look at 02:46 Jeane Dixon's prophecies and over 90% of them 02:51 by objective analysis never came true. 02:54 You wonder was God wrong during that period of time? 02:56 Certainly not. 02:57 Some look to the sleeping prophet 02:59 Edgar Cayce, 03:01 but yet, do you look at some of his predictions, 03:04 maybe some faintly have come true, 03:05 but you look at most of them, of course, were utter failures. 03:09 And people looked at varying prophets. 03:13 Some time ago in the United States, 03:16 a eastern mystic Maharaja Ji rose up 03:21 and really fostered a lot of interest 03:25 in the whole idea of messiahship and prophecy, 03:30 but yet those who went to the stadiums 03:33 and heard Maharaja Ji ended up 03:36 really empty barren a few years past 03:39 and they recognized they were following a false messiah. 03:44 Jesus warns us very much against the counterfeit. 03:49 He fact in His sermon 03:51 on end events, Jesus said, 03:57 "False christs and false prophets 03:59 will rise show great signs and wonders to deceive." 04:03 Christ had been talking about famines and earthquakes, 04:07 wars and pestilences, rising crime and violence. 04:12 And in the context of his sermon on end events, 04:15 He says, "False christs and false prophets will arise." 04:21 And then he says in Matthew 7:15, 04:25 "Beware of false prophets, 04:28 who come to you in sheep's clothing, 04:30 but inwardly they are ravenous wolves." 04:33 So just before the coming of Christ, 04:35 there would be a rise of those movements 04:38 claiming to be guided by the gift of prophecy. 04:42 And as the result of that, many would turn from the Bible, 04:46 they would give their allegiance 04:48 to these false prophets and be ultimately, 04:51 totally deceived. 04:53 We see this happening all around us today. 04:57 In the United States, 04:58 there are about 3,000 05:00 different astrology columns that people refer to. 05:04 Almost in every city, 05:06 you'll see signs in front of homes saying, 05:09 "psychic reader here" or "tarot cards readings here" 05:14 or "your future here revealed." 05:17 In fact, many of these psychics are using modern technology, 05:22 and they are coming on to the internet, 05:25 and there are interviews on the internet, 05:27 and you can have psychic channeling 05:30 through the internet by paying a certain fee 05:33 on your credit card. 05:35 Interest in psychic phenomena is just exploding. 05:39 Over seven million in America are following 05:43 some kind of a cult leader and in addition to that 05:47 millions more are tuning in to psychic phenomena, 05:51 they are checking out of genuine Christianity. 05:56 Now what does the Bible teach 05:57 about the genuine gift of prophecy? 06:00 Will the gift of prophecy be manifest 06:04 in the last days of earth's history? 06:06 Is the gift of prophecy 06:07 one of the identifying marks of God's last day church? 06:11 In Ephesians 4:8, we read, 06:14 "Therefore He says: this is Jesus, 06:17 'When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive.'" 06:21 Jesus led death captive and as evidence of that, 06:25 you remember, 06:27 the Bible says that some graves were opened 06:29 and some of those 06:31 who had died came out of their graves 06:33 and they are sent to heaven with Christ. 06:35 Another translation here is He led captivity 06:38 or a host of captives. 06:39 He leads them back into heaven as trophies, 06:42 as honor guard of His resurrection power, 06:47 but He gives gifts to men. 06:50 What are those gifts? Jesus ascends to heaven. 06:54 He's no longer with His earthly church, 06:56 no longer here to guide it and give it direction. 06:59 The Father embraces Christ as He welcomes Him home. 07:04 And Jesus as the result of being inaugurated 07:09 as savior and inaugurated as high priest in heaven, 07:13 He begins to give earthly gifts to His church. 07:18 What are these gifts of the spirit 07:21 that come from Christ, the resurrected Christ, 07:25 the Christ who is our high priest, 07:28 the Christ that stands in our behalf in heaven? 07:30 What are these gifts? 07:31 The Bible tells us, Ephesians 4:11, 12, 07:34 "He gave himself some to be apostles, 07:38 some prophets, some evangelists, 07:41 some pastors and teachers." 07:43 Here are the gifts. 07:45 He gives apostles, what are they? 07:47 Divine administrators who guide God's church 07:50 with heavenly authority. 07:52 Prophets, those who see visions 07:55 and guide the church through its visions. 07:58 Evangelists, those who have the ability 08:01 to proclaim the Word of God to large audiences 08:03 and lead them to Christ and truth. 08:06 Pastors, those that shepherd God's flock. 08:09 Teachers, those that have unique ability 08:11 to teach God's Word. 08:13 Let me ask you this question. 08:16 Do we still need divine administrators 08:18 in the church today, do we? 08:20 Do we need evangelists in the church 08:22 who can preach God's Word powerfully 08:25 to large groups and lead them to Christ? 08:28 Do we need pastors in the church 08:30 to shepherd local congregations? 08:32 I thank God for faithful pastors 08:35 who shepherd congregations. 08:37 Do we need teachers in the church today 08:40 that are instructing? 08:42 They have the unusual ability to instruct 08:44 in the Word of God certainly. 08:47 Do we need the divine gift of prophecy? 08:48 Somebody who is pastor, 08:50 "I am kind of afraid at the gift of prophecy!" 08:52 If Jesus gives us a gift, I want that gift, don't you? 08:56 I don't want to say, "Jesus, I'm not going 08:58 to open Your gift. 08:59 Jesus, I'm too afraid of Your gift." 09:01 Why is the gift of prophecy given to the church? 09:04 Why are all these gifts given? 09:05 "For the equipping of the saints." 09:07 That is to equip the believers for the work of ministry, 09:13 so the function of all the gifts of the spirit 09:16 is to prepare God's people to do ministry 09:18 in the community and service in the world 09:21 and to proclaim the gospel. 09:23 "For the edifying of the body of Christ." 09:25 So the reason He gives apostles, 09:28 and pastors, and evangelists, and teachers, and prophets 09:31 is to build up His church, that's the function. 09:34 If God has given a gift to build up His church, 09:37 I don't want to turn away from that gift. Do you? 09:39 Jesus gave these gifts to the church to strengthen it, 09:43 to accomplish its mission in proclaiming 09:45 the gospel to the world. 09:46 Now here is a single truth that will help you avoid 09:52 a million errors about prophecy. 09:55 The Bible says that God gives the gifts 09:59 to the church. 10:00 1 Corinthians 12:28, 10:02 God says through the Apostle Paul 10:05 that He has put the gifts in the church, 10:08 like a diamond set within a diamond ring. 10:11 If you want to find the true gift of prophecy, 10:14 where do you look? 10:15 You don't look at some so-called prophet, 10:17 some so-called psychic that pops up here anywhere. 10:22 You have to find God's true church 10:24 to find the true gift of prophecy. 10:26 So the true gift of prophecy is placed 10:29 within the church to nurture it, 10:31 to guide it, to build it up. 10:33 Never to take the place of the Bible, 10:36 but it's given to minister to God's people, 10:40 to equip God's people for service. 10:44 Now how long would these gifts 10:45 remain in the church? 10:47 Would the gift of pastoring 10:49 be taken out of the church after the death of Christ 10:51 and the disciples when the New Testament 10:53 canon of scripture ended? 10:54 Would the gift of teachers or evangelists or apostles, 11:00 would that be removed from the church? 11:01 Not at all. 11:02 The church would need these gifts how long? 11:06 "Till we all come in the unity of the faith." 11:08 Has that happened yet? Not at all. 11:10 "And of the knowledge of the Son of God, 11:13 to a perfect man, 11:14 to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 11:18 that we should be no longer children tossed 11:21 to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine." 11:24 So all of the gifts of the spirit 11:26 were given by God to protect His church, 11:30 to build up His church, 11:31 to enable His church to have its function 11:35 of mission in the world and prepare world 11:39 for the soon coming of Jesus. 11:41 When Christ ascends to heaven, 11:43 He does warn about the false gift of prophecy, 11:47 but He does say that the genuine gift of prophecy 11:50 would be one of His gifts that He gave to His people. 11:54 Why did He give the gift of prophecy? 11:56 1 Corinthians 1:7, 11:58 "So that you come short in no gift, 12:01 eagerly waiting for the revelation 12:03 or the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 12:06 So the church, 12:08 waiting for the coming of Christ, 12:10 would have the fullness of the gifts 12:12 of the spirit operating within it. 12:15 The church anticipating the second coming 12:19 would be a Bible based church. 12:21 It would be a church based on the Word of God alone. 12:24 It would be a grace filled church, 12:27 a church that believed that salvation came owe to, 12:31 only, and totally by grace. 12:33 It would be a Christ centered church. 12:36 It would be a church that would love Jesus so much 12:39 that it would be a law abiding church, 12:41 it would keep His commandments including the Bible Sabbath. 12:44 It would be a Sabbath keeping church 12:46 and it would be a church. 12:48 Once you find a church that's an Adventist church, 12:51 once you find a Bible based, grace filled church, 12:54 once you find a church that upholds God's law 12:56 in a time of lawlessness, 12:58 once you find a Sabbath keeping church, 13:00 you should expect within that church 13:02 to find the genuine authentic gift of prophecy. 13:07 Jesus promised that the gift of prophecy 13:10 would be revived in the last days 13:13 of earth's history. 13:14 Now there are two great dangers. 13:16 Here's what they are. 13:18 One danger that the devil desires 13:21 to deceive people were this to get them 13:23 to accept the counterfeit. 13:25 So if the devil can get people to accept 13:27 a counterfeit gift of prophecy, 13:29 he can lock their minds in deception. 13:31 If he can get them to accept a counterfeit gift of prophecy, 13:35 he can lead them from the Bible and lead them to Christ. 13:38 But there's another deception 13:40 and that is to reject the genuine. 13:42 It is, if he can't get them to accept the counterfeit, 13:45 if he can get them 13:47 to reject the genuine gift of prophecy, 13:49 he will deny them the privilege and the joy 13:52 of having prophetic insight 13:54 to guide them and nurture their spiritual lives 13:56 in the last days of earth's history. 13:59 Now there are often those people 14:00 that says as I lecture on the gift of prophecy, 14:02 "Well, pastor, I've read this on the internet 14:04 about this prophet or this on the internet, 14:06 I've checked this out and..." 14:09 Do you let the internet be your guide? 14:12 Merely because you read something on the internet, 14:16 does that mean that the something you read 14:18 on the internet is genuine, authentic? 14:21 As a Christian, 14:23 I don't want to let the internet 14:24 be my guide, friend. 14:26 I would let the Bible be my guide, 14:27 what do you say? 14:28 Now how can we tell the difference 14:30 between the true and the false gift of prophecy? 14:31 If the devil wants us to accept the counterfeit, 14:34 I want to run a million miles from that, 14:36 don't you? 14:37 But if the devil wants us to reject the truth, 14:39 I want to run a million miles from that 14:41 because if Jesus is a gift for His last day church, 14:44 I want to accept that gift, don't you? 14:47 So let's go to the Bible 14:49 and try to discover the hallmarks, 14:51 try to discover the clear keys 14:55 to understanding the true gift of prophecy. 14:57 First Numbers 12:6, the Bible says this, 15:01 "If there is a prophet among you, 15:03 I, the Lord, 15:05 make Myself known to him in a vision." 15:06 Now notice clearly the phrase, 15:08 "If there is a prophet among you," 15:10 that's in ancient Israel, 15:12 that would be in the New Testament church, 15:14 so the prophet has to be among God's people. 15:18 The gift of prophecy is a gift given to the church. 15:21 Any but so-called prophet that springs up saying 15:25 I have this prophecy 15:26 or that prophecy about the world, 15:28 that's not the function of the gift of prophecy. 15:30 The function is to build up, 15:33 nurture and prepare God's church for mission. 15:36 "If there is a prophet among you, 15:37 I, the Lord, will make myself known to him in a vision, 15:40 or speak to him in a dream." 15:42 Now prophets receive messages from God in two basic ways. 15:49 First, an angel will bring them a vision or a dream. 15:53 You see this in the prophecies of Daniel. 15:56 You see this in the prophecies of John in Revelation. 16:00 The prophet receives a vision or dream from God. 16:05 Secondly, there are times that the Holy Spirit 16:08 impresses the prophet's mind 16:10 and the prophet is not necessarily in vision or dream 16:13 but in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit 16:15 the prophet impresses their mind 16:17 and they write down in the context 16:19 of their own language with their own background, 16:22 the very truth of God that 16:24 God through His Spirit has impressed upon their mind. 16:28 2 Timothy 3:16 says, 16:30 "All scripture is given by" what? 16:32 "Inspiration of God." 16:34 So the Bible given to us 16:36 by the true gift of prophecy 16:38 is written by the inspiration of God. 16:40 God inspires the prophet's mind. 16:44 2 Peter 1:21 says, 16:47 "For prophecy never came by the will of man, 16:51 but holy men of God spoke 16:52 as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." 16:55 So the gift of prophecy is given to us 16:58 by the Holy Spirit, 17:00 it is given to the church to guide, 17:03 direct, strengthen, and nurture the church. 17:06 Now not all of the Bible writers... 17:10 Not all of God's prophets are Bible writers. 17:13 I want to make sure that point is clear to you. 17:16 Throughout Scripture, there are genuine prophets 17:20 that never had written one book in the Bible. 17:24 Now what's the difference between Bible writers 17:27 and other true prophets? 17:29 The Bible writers' message is universal 17:32 in its application, that is, 17:34 it applies to everyone, everywhere 17:36 and it is eternal in time, 17:39 that means it still applies in every generation. 17:41 But there are prophets that God raised up 17:42 in the Bible whose prophecies 17:45 were not universal in application. 17:46 They applied to a particular place 17:48 at a particular time. 17:51 They might apply to a famine 17:52 that was going to take place right then 17:54 to warn God's people. 17:55 So their messages were not eternal in time, 17:58 they were local but they were genuine prophets 18:00 and they weren't universal in application, 18:02 they applied to a particular location. 18:05 You say, can you give me some examples of that? 18:07 Certainly. 18:09 There were many women prophets in the Bible. 18:11 Deborah was a judge 18:13 but also a prophetess in the Bible. 18:16 She has no books in the Bible that she has written, 18:19 but her prophecies particular 18:21 were for a given period of time. 18:24 Hulda is another good example or the daughters of Philip. 18:28 These are all the Bible says 18:29 genuine prophets or prophetesses 18:32 but yet, they prophesy 18:35 for a particular period of time. 18:37 So two kinds of prophets: 18:38 Biblical prophets, 18:40 their prophecies are eternal and universal. 18:43 Local prophets that are given to God's people 18:45 for a specific period of time. 18:48 What are the true tests of the gift of prophecy? 18:50 How can you know 18:52 whether the gift of prophecy is genuine or not? 18:55 The Bible gives us six tests of the gift of prophecy. 18:59 First, prophetic accuracy. 19:01 A genuine prophet is accurate 100% of the time. 19:06 Jeremiah 28:9 says, 19:08 "As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, 19:10 when the word of the prophet comes to pass, 19:13 the prophet will be known as 19:15 one whom the Lord has truly sent." 19:18 So when you read the prophecies 19:20 of some of these so-called prophets 19:21 in our world today that pop up here or there, 19:24 one, you know they are not true because they are not planted 19:27 within the church of the Christian community, 19:30 the people of God, 19:32 God's grace filled Bible believing 19:34 Sabbath keeping movement. 19:36 That's where God puts 19:37 the true gift of prophecy. 19:38 Today according to Scripture, He puts it in His church. 19:41 But many of these prophets, 19:43 so-called prophets, false prophets, 19:46 make prophecies that don't come to pass. 19:48 The Bible says, prophetic accuracy. 19:50 You know that the prophet is sent to the Lord 19:52 if their prophets truly come to pass. 19:55 Now you say, what about Jonah's prophecy 19:57 or other's prophecy? 19:59 In the Bible, there are conditional prophecies 20:02 and those conditional prophecies 20:03 depend on a response for the people, 20:06 so it'd be more accurate to say, 20:07 where prophecies are not conditional, 20:10 where they don't depend on a response 20:12 from the people, the prophet is 100% accurate. 20:15 God's true prophets are accurate 20:18 because God doesn't confuse the message. 20:21 So if you have all these prophets, 20:22 that so-called make predictions 20:24 and these predictions are erroneous, 20:26 does God confuse His message? 20:27 Did He get it wrong? Certainly not. 20:29 So that's the first characteristic 20:31 of a true prophet. 20:33 Second characteristic of a true prophet 20:34 is biblical faithfulness. 20:36 A genuine prophet of God, an authentic prophet of God 20:43 always is faithful to the Bible. 20:46 The genuine gift of prophecy leads us 20:48 back to the Bible, 20:50 it doesn't lead us away from the Bible. 20:52 Deuteronomy 13:1-4, 20:55 you see, there may be a prophecy 20:57 that comes to pass by a prophet, 20:59 but if the prophet leads you away from the Bible, 21:01 that's a false prophet. 21:03 You have to have all six of these characteristics. 21:05 "If there arises among you a prophet 21:08 or a dreamer of dreams, 21:10 and he gives you a sign or a wonder," 21:12 now watch this carefully, 21:14 "and the sign or the wonder comes to pass," 21:16 must be true, right? 21:18 He gave a prophecy and it came to pass. 21:20 Not so, "of which he spoke to you, 21:22 saying, 'Let us go after other gods 21:25 which you have not known and let us serve them,' 21:29 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet 21:32 or that dreamer of dreams." 21:34 So here is a prophet that rises 21:37 and a prophet who rises makes a prediction 21:41 that is true, 21:42 but that prediction leads you from biblical truth, 21:46 that prediction leads you from the Word of God, 21:50 that prediction leads you 21:53 from the teachings of the Bible. 21:56 What do you know? 21:58 You know that, that prophet is a false prophet. 22:02 So you have to have at least these first two 22:04 in all of the six. 22:06 "You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, 22:09 and keep His commandments and obey His voice." 22:14 So in other words, 22:15 merely because the prophecy comes true, 22:16 if it leads you away from the things of God, 22:19 the Scripture says, 22:20 "Walk after the Lord your God, fear His commandments, 22:23 obey His voice, you shall serve Him," 22:25 and I love this word, "hold fast to Him." 22:29 In other words, don't go eeping after, 22:31 wandering after, gazing after, following some false prophets. 22:35 If the so-called prophet is not leading a person 22:38 to the Word of God, to be faithful to Scripture, 22:41 they are blatantly false. 22:44 The genuine gift of prophecy leads back to Scripture. 22:48 Thirdly, the true gift of prophecy exalts Jesus. 22:54 You know, I love that old poem, 22:55 "Lord, make me a nail upon the wall, 22:58 a thing so humble and so small, 23:01 but can hold a picture of your lovely face." 23:04 That's what the true gift of prophecy is, 23:06 they exalt Jesus. 23:07 Remember John the Baptist, the true prophet, 23:09 that Jesus says who wasn't such a great prophet 23:11 though he was born of woman, and you remember he said, 23:15 "Behold! The Lamb of God." 23:17 He pointed men and women to Christ. 23:19 The Bible is plain, 1 John 4:1, 2, 23:23 "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, 23:25 but test the spirits, whether they are of God." 23:28 Do what everybody? 23:30 Test the spirits whether they are of God. 23:33 "By this you know the Spirit of God: 23:37 Every spirit that confesses that 23:38 Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God." 23:41 In other words, 23:42 when you have some so-called prophet say, 23:46 "Oh, Jesus is a good man but He's not divine." 23:48 If they don't believe that Christ, 23:50 the divine Son of God came in the flesh 23:53 and paid salvation's price for you and for me. 23:56 If they do not believe that 23:59 Christ is the Son of God incarnate in human flesh, 24:04 know immediately that individual is a false prophet. 24:06 What is their relationship to Jesus? 24:09 Do they believe in the divinity of Christ? 24:12 Do they believe in the supernatural miracle 24:15 working power of Christ? 24:17 Do they believe in the life, death, 24:19 and resurrection of Christ? 24:21 Do they believe that Jesus Christ is coming again? 24:24 If they do not believe in the essence of Christ, 24:30 in who Christ was, that He lived, 24:33 He died, He ascended to heaven, 24:34 He is our priest, He is coming again, 24:36 know that they are false prophets. 24:39 You see, Revelation 19:10 makes it very plain. 24:42 It says, "For the testimony of Jesus 24:44 is the Spirit of prophecy." 24:46 So the genuine gift of prophecy, 24:48 down through the ages, testifies of Jesus. 24:52 Moses testified of the Messiah that was to come. 24:56 Isaiah and Jeremiah testify of Jesus. 25:00 The Old Testament prophets testify of Jesus. 25:03 The New Testament disciples testify of Jesus. 25:06 So what is the gift of prophecy? 25:08 What is the testimony of Jesus? 25:10 The testimony of Jesus is Jesus witness through His prophet 25:15 in every generation to guide, direct, and strengthen, 25:19 and encourage His church. 25:22 The genuine manifestation of the gift of prophecy 25:24 always exalts, always uplifts Jesus Christ. 25:28 The fourth thing about the gift of prophecy 25:30 that we notice, 25:32 the true gift of prophecy has prophetic accuracy, 25:36 true gift of prophecy, biblical faithfulness, 25:39 true gift of prophecy exalts Jesus, 25:42 true gift of prophecy leads men and women 25:44 back to commandment keeping. 25:46 Isaiah 8:20, 25:49 "To the law and to the testimony! 25:51 If they..." 25:53 That is prophets. 25:55 That is, those proclaiming to be genuine, 25:58 authentic and true. 25:59 "If they do not speak according to this word..." 26:02 That's the teachings of Scripture, 26:03 the testimonial Scripture 26:04 and that is the Ten Commandment law. 26:07 "It is because there is no light in them." 26:09 Now notice it says, 26:10 to the law and to the testimony, 26:12 if they don't speak according to this word, 26:14 no light. 26:15 Doesn't say no truth, doesn't say no power, 26:18 it says no light. 26:20 Satan mingles truth and error. 26:23 Satan mingles right and wrong, good and evil but here, 26:29 notice it says, 26:30 "There is no light in them." 26:32 What is light? Light is what you follow. 26:36 See and what God is saying, 26:38 if they are not upholding My law, 26:40 not leading you back to obedience to My law, 26:43 and one of those commandments says, 26:44 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 26:47 Six days shalt thou labor, 26:49 and do all thy work but the seventh day 26:51 is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 26:53 If you have a so-called prophet that's not leading you back 26:56 through the grace of Christ, 26:58 exalting Jesus and exalting the one on the Sabbath, 27:01 you know that is not a genuine gift of prophecy. 27:06 There are also physical tests of a true prophet. 27:12 "When they were in vision, 27:14 they always went into vision with their eyes open" 27:16 according to Numbers 24:4 27:18 and "their eyes remain open through the vision." 27:21 "In that vision, 27:23 the prophets would have no physical strength." 27:26 You read that in Daniel 10:8, so those two characteristics, 27:32 physical characteristics 27:33 of the genuine gift of prophecy. 27:35 Genuine gift of prophecy, 27:37 they are in vision with their eyes open 27:40 and when they have these visions 27:42 they have no human strength. 27:44 Also these prophets in vision, according to Daniel 10:17, 27:49 "don't breathe." 27:50 Now you say that's kind of strange, 27:52 they don't breathe. 27:53 The Bible says, "All Scripture is inspired by God." 27:57 The Word inspired 27:58 in the original Greek language means 28:00 God-breathed so they have no breath. 28:03 These physical phenomena accompany prophets in vision. 28:08 Lastly, the prophets in vision have spiritual fruitage. 28:12 Now let me pause here for a moment. 28:15 Each one of these tests, if the prophet fails anyone, 28:20 you know it's a false prophet. 28:21 If the prophet isn't prophetically accurate, 28:23 when the prophecies aren't conditional. 28:25 If the prophet isn't faithful to the Bible, 28:28 if the prophet does not exalt Jesus 28:30 but they exalt themselves. 28:32 If the prophet does not lead men and women 28:34 back to commandment keeping, 28:36 but endorses disobedience to the commandments. 28:39 If the prophet doesn't manifest those physical tests 28:43 and all the genuine gift of prophecy 28:45 has spiritual fruitage. 28:46 Matthew 7:20 says, 28:49 "Therefore by their fruits you will know them." 28:54 So, you look at the life of the prophet. 28:57 What is the lifestyle of the prophet like? 28:59 Do they live in godly simplicity 29:02 and lead people to Christ? 29:03 Are they passionate about mission 29:06 and sharing God's message with this world? 29:09 What is the spiritual fruitage of the gift of prophecy? 29:13 The gift of prophecy 29:14 doesn't take the place of the Bible, 29:16 of course, it exalts it, 29:18 so the true gift of prophecy 29:20 always leading back to the Word. 29:22 Some people say, 29:23 "I don't want to have anything to do 29:25 with the gift of prophecy in modern days, 29:26 all I want is the Bible." 29:28 If all you want is the Bible, 29:29 you'd accept the gift of prophecy 29:31 because you'd accept the portion of the Bible 29:32 that speaks about the gift of prophecy 29:34 in the last days. 29:36 Would one want to reject a gift that Jesus gave? 29:39 Or would one want to rip out that portion of the Bible 29:42 that talks about the gift of prophecy? 29:45 Certainly, if we are Bible believing Christians, 29:47 we want to follow all of the scripture. 29:51 What does the Bible say about the gift of prophecy 29:52 in the last days? 29:54 Revelation 12:17, "The dragon" who's the dragon? 29:58 Satan, "was enraged or angry with the woman," 30:01 who's at the church, 30:02 "and he we went to make war 30:03 with the rest of her offspring," 30:05 that's his last church, 30:06 "who keep the commandments of God 30:08 and have the testimony of Jesus." 30:10 One of the characteristics of God's last day church 30:14 in addition to keeping the commandments of God is 30:19 that it has the gift of prophecy. 30:22 Shortly after the Middle Ages, from 538 to 1798, 30:27 that Dark Ages period, 30:29 God would raise up an end time movement. 30:33 And it would be identified by keeping His commandments 30:36 and having the testimony of Jesus, 30:38 which is the gift of prophecy. 30:40 Did you notice what Scripture says 30:43 in Revelation about the gift of prophecy? 30:44 What is that? 30:45 What is this testimony of Jesus? 30:47 Revelation 12:17 says that the dragon, 30:50 Satan, angry with the church, 30:53 went to make war with the remnant, 30:55 the last part of her seed, 30:56 that keep the commandments of God. 30:58 The devil is angry with God's church. 31:00 And what is one of the identifying characteristics? 31:02 It has the testimony of Jesus. And what is that? 31:05 Revelation 19:10, the testimony of Jesus, 31:08 the witness of Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy. 31:10 The same witness of Jesus 31:13 that beat in the breast of every prophet 31:15 down through the centuries, the same witness of Jesus, 31:19 the same testimony of Jesus would be manifest 31:22 in God's last day church as the gift of prophecy. 31:26 Now remember what the Scripture said, 31:28 "The dragon is angry with the woman," 31:30 the church. 31:32 What do you think the devil would do 31:33 with this last day church, 31:35 this Bible believing, Christ centered, 31:38 this Sabbath keeping church? 31:40 What do you think the devil would do? 31:41 He would try to discredit the gift of prophecy. 31:44 He would do everything he could, 31:47 on the internet and every other place 31:51 to discredit the Spirit of Prophecy. 31:53 He would do everything he could to cast away 31:56 the confidence in the gift that Christ has given 32:00 in the last days of earth's history. 32:02 Notice what the Bible says, 1 Corinthians 12:28. 32:06 "For God has appointed these in the church." 32:08 Where would God appoint the genuine gift of prophecy? 32:12 In His church in the last days. 32:13 First, apostles, secondarily, prophets. 32:17 If we believe we found God's church, 32:19 we must find the true gift of prophecy 32:23 within God's last day church today. 32:27 But that leads us to a question. 32:30 Does God's last day, 32:32 Sabbath keeping Adventist worldwide international body, 32:38 does it have the gift of prophecy? 32:41 Did God raise up the gift of prophecy 32:44 in the early days of the Advent movement, 32:47 not to take the place of Scripture, 32:51 not in any way to be higher, 32:54 a higher authority than the Bible, 32:56 but to guide this movement, 32:58 to guide this newly formed church 33:01 just like in the Book of Acts, 33:04 "When the Christian church was raised up, 33:06 God raised up again the gift of prophecy to guide 33:09 and direct the New Testament Christian church." 33:12 Would God do that again? 33:14 Has God blessed 33:16 the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 33:17 a Bible believing, Christ centered, 33:20 Sabbath keeping, end time movement, 33:23 has He blessed it with the gift of prophecy? 33:25 If you do not find the gift of prophecy 33:27 in the Adventist church, 33:29 then Revelation's prophecies have not been fulfilled. 33:33 The prophecy in Revelation 12:17, 33:36 talking about a commandment keeping body 33:39 with the gift of prophecy or the testimony of Jesus. 33:42 If you look back at the history of the early 33:45 Advent Movement in the 1800s, 33:48 did God raise up the gift of prophecy there? 33:52 Looking back we find that 33:54 God blessed the mind of a young woman, 33:57 a young woman in her teens with visions and dreams. 34:01 Her name was Ellen Harmon at the time, 34:02 later to become Ellen White. 34:05 During her prophetic ministry, 34:07 she received more than 34:09 2,000 prophetic visions and dreams. 34:12 She wrote over 50 original books 34:15 and many books in compilation. 34:18 She declared that Jesus Christ 34:23 was her only savior. 34:26 She declared that the Bible was her only guide. 34:29 And she opened her heart 34:31 to receive the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 34:35 and was guided by the gift of prophecy. 34:38 But before we dismiss Ellen White too quickly, 34:42 we need to raise some questions. 34:44 Before we go typing on the internet 34:45 and finding on the internet all this negative stuff, 34:48 we need to raise some questions. 34:49 One, did God actually promised to restore the gift of prophecy 34:54 in the last days? 34:56 We've seen from the Bible 34:57 in Ephesians 4, 1 Corinthians 12, He did. 35:00 Two, did God promised to put the gift of prophecy 35:04 in His end time church in the last days? 35:06 We've seen from Revelation 12:17, He did. 35:10 Did God promised that He would have a church 35:12 in the last days, 35:13 and should we look for the gift of prophecy in it? 35:16 Certainly. So then what must we ask? 35:20 Here's the only question we need to ask then. 35:22 Does Ellen White manifest in her life 35:26 and teachings the characteristics 35:29 of a true prophet? 35:30 Let's leave aside everything else 35:33 and just look at the six tests of the true gift of prophecy 35:37 that we saw in Scripture and ask yourself, 35:39 does Ellen White meet 35:41 the test of a genuine gift of prophecy? 35:44 She lectured to thousands on three continents. 35:48 And James George Wharton James, 35:51 at her death said this, 35:53 "This remarkable woman," 35:56 and he wrote this in the book "California the Beautiful," 35:59 it's a book on California. 36:01 And she lived in California for a number of her life, 36:06 certainly lived in Michigan, lived in California, 36:08 traveled throughout America, 36:10 but here's what James Wharton... 36:11 George Wharton James said. 36:12 "This remarkable woman, 36:14 though almost entirely self-educated, 36:17 has written and published more books 36:20 in more languages which circulate 36:22 to the greater extent 36:24 than any other woman in history." 36:26 Wouldn't you say if Ellen White has written more books 36:31 than any single woman in history, 36:34 and if indeed, 36:36 she claims to be guided by the gift of prophecy, 36:38 and if indeed, she has nurtured 36:41 and blessed God's people, God's church, 36:44 wouldn't you say it's worth at least, 36:46 at least to take the time, not to dismiss her lightly, 36:51 and go and look at the tests of the true gift of prophecy. 36:55 Seventh-day Adventist believe in the Bible, 36:58 in the Bible only as the source of every Bible doctrine. 37:03 Every teaching at the Adventist church 37:05 comes directly out of the Bible. 37:07 It does not come out of the writings of Ellen White. 37:10 But Adventist cannot honestly 37:13 deny the manifestation of the Holy Spirit 37:18 in the life and writings of Ellen White. 37:21 Now let's look at the biblical tests 37:23 of a true prophet. 37:24 Let's apply them to Ellen White. 37:26 First, prophetic accuracy. 37:28 Remember scripture says in Jeremiah 28, 37:31 "If what they predict comes to pass." 37:33 What are some of the predictions 37:35 that Ellen White made in her day 37:37 that seemed preposterous? 37:39 Well, she wrote a lot about health, 37:42 and she talked about a very high fat diet, 37:45 she talked about the danger of pork eating, 37:47 and she talked about the result of that diet 37:51 leading to premature disease and death. 37:55 She encouraged men and women 37:57 to get back to a more plant-based diet, 38:00 the diet of Genesis. 38:02 Today science is just catching up 38:05 with the writings of Ellen White 38:07 in the field of health. 38:09 Science is talking about a low cholesterol diet. 38:13 Science is talking about moving to a more plant-based diet. 38:16 Science is talking about eating more fruits, 38:19 grains, nuts, vegetables in your diet, 38:23 more seeds in your diet. 38:25 One nutritionist said, 38:26 "We need to eat beans, and seeds, 38:28 and greens in our diet." 38:30 Yes, her predictions, her discussions about diet, 38:35 why would God bring this to His church 38:38 and His people? 38:39 Because He does not want them to die prematurely. 38:42 He wants His people to have a life 38:44 and have energy. 38:45 Do Seventh-day Adventists believe 38:47 that vegetarianism is a tenet of their faith 38:50 in the sense that it is a matter of salvation? 38:54 Not at all. 38:56 But Adventists do believe 38:57 that a plant-based diet is part of the diet 39:02 that God gave in Genesis, 39:04 certainly God gave permission to eat meat 39:06 at the time of the flood, but based on the Bible, 39:09 we believe that the most ideal diet, 39:12 according to Scripture and science 39:15 is a plant-based diet. 39:17 Ellen White wrote about that far 39:19 before science ever mentioned it. 39:21 You know, in Ellen White's day, 39:23 she wrote in a book called Ministry of Healing, page 327. 39:27 "Tobacco is a slow, insidious, but most malignant poison." 39:33 Notice the word "malignant". 39:34 You know if you have a malignancy, what's that? 39:36 It's a cancer. 39:37 So she wrote back over a century ago, 39:41 well over a century ago 39:43 that there were cancer producing agencies 39:47 in tobacco smoke. 39:48 At that time many, many of the physicians 39:53 were predicting that tobacco was stating rather 39:57 that that tobacco smoke was good for you. 40:00 In fact, they said, 40:01 "If you have any lung condition," 40:02 you can read it 40:04 in the medical literature of the day." 40:05 They said, "If you have lung condition, 40:07 puff away out of cigar. 40:10 Take in the deep breath 40:11 and the smoke will cleanse your lungs today." 40:15 Sergeant General's report 1964, United States, it said, 40:20 "Tobacco smoking is related to lung cancer." 40:24 How did Ellen White know that ahead of time? 40:26 She wrote about prenatal influence 40:29 far ahead of time. 40:31 The attitude of the mother affects 40:32 the unborn child. 40:34 You look at the statements in health. 40:36 She wrote about spiritualism that would come. 40:40 She talked about the phenomena of spiritualism 40:43 at a time in the 1800s 40:46 where many were Bible believing Christians, 40:49 then you had the Hyde Sisters in the New York State 40:53 with the strange wrappings. 40:55 And Ellen White said, 40:56 "Spiritualism will grow and increase." 40:59 You read her prophetic accuracy 41:01 and you say she passes that test. 41:04 You go to biblical faithfulness, 41:06 what did she say about the Bible 41:08 and the Bible only. 41:09 Don't go to the internet and say, 41:11 "Oh, the internet says that Ellen..." 41:13 This is about Ellen White, what did she say to be fair, 41:16 to be honest, look at her own writings. 41:18 Here's what she says. 41:19 Great Controversy, page 204-205, she says, 41:23 "In our time there is a wide departure 41:27 from their doctrines and percepts," 41:28 that's the doctrines of the Bible, 41:30 "there is a need of a return 41:33 to the great Protestant principle, 41:36 the Bible, and the Bible only, as the rule of faith and duty." 41:39 She said, "My works are a lesser light 41:43 to point you to the greater light." 41:45 So Ellen White herself points men and woman 41:48 back to the Word of God, back to the Bible 41:51 as the only rule of faith and practice. 41:54 The true gift of prophecy exalts Jesus Christ. 41:59 It uplifts Jesus Christ. 42:01 What does Ellen White say about Jesus? 42:04 Gospel Workers, she is writing to pastors, 42:06 page 160, Ellen White says, 42:08 "Lift up Jesus, you that teach the people, 42:11 lift Him up in sermon, in song, and in prayer. 42:15 Let all your powers be directed to pointing souls, 42:18 confused, bewildered, lost to the 'the Lamb of God.'" 42:22 She uplifts Jesus Christ. 42:24 You read some of her books, Steps to Christ, 42:27 The Desire of Ages, 42:30 which is one of the most outstanding books 42:33 for spiritual depth, 42:34 spiritual insight on the life of Christ. 42:38 You read Desire of Ages, I challenge you, 42:41 if you have questions about the gift of prophecy. 42:44 Look at a book like Desire of Ages 42:46 and say to yourself, 42:47 "Does this lead me to Jesus Christ?" 42:50 Just simply, go to a library, 42:52 simply go on the internet and order Desire of Ages, 42:55 and say, "Does my heart warm when I read this book? 42:59 When I read the story of the cross, 43:02 the story of Christ's redemptive grace, 43:04 the story of His love, does this move me?" 43:09 Fourth test, commandment keeping. 43:11 What did Ellen White say about the Bible Sabbath? 43:15 The modern gift of prophecy 43:17 meets the test of accuracy and biblical faithfulness. 43:22 Ellen White said that the Sabbath, 43:25 just like it says in Genesis, just like it says in Exodus, 43:27 just like it says in Isaiah and Jeremiah, 43:30 just like it says in the New Testament, 43:33 just like Jesus kept the Sabbath, 43:34 the disciples did. 43:36 Ellen White says, 43:37 "There's going to be a drift from worshipping the Creator. 43:42 Men and women will be caught 43:43 in the grip of secularism, and atheism, 43:45 and turn to worship the creature 43:48 rather than the Creator. 43:50 And as they do, 43:52 the true Sabbath will be disregarded. 43:55 She calls us back to worship, 43:58 true worship in the controversy between good and evil. 44:01 She echoes Isaiah 8:20 44:03 to the law and to the testimony, 44:06 "If they speak not according to His word, 44:08 it's because there is no light in them." 44:10 She calls us back to commandment 44:11 keeping and the law. 44:13 What about these physical tests? 44:15 Did anybody test her while she was in vision? 44:18 There was a doctor called Dr. Drummond. 44:21 Dr. Drummond was a skeptic. 44:23 He said, "I could test her in vision. 44:25 I can see she does breathe." 44:27 Ellen White went into vision in his presence, 44:31 eyes open. 44:32 He came with a mirror, you can read the account, 44:34 Dr. Drummond's account, he came with a mirror, 44:37 tested her right before her face. 44:38 Said, I can test whether it's breathe, 44:41 I will see it on this mirror, 44:42 tried to test this prophetic vision. 44:46 And as he did, the skeptic said, 44:49 "She does not breathe." 44:51 Yeah, she looked at the physical eyes open, 44:53 no strength in vision, no breathing in vision. 44:56 Exactly like the biblical prophets. 44:59 What about spiritual fruitage? 45:01 Yeah, she passes the test to prophetic accuracy. 45:04 No, she does not lead people away from the Bible. 45:09 Yes, she leads people back to the Bible. 45:12 She exalts Jesus Christ. 45:14 She leads people back to the commandments of God. 45:17 She passes the physical test. What about spiritual fruitage? 45:21 The Seventh-day Adventist Church 45:23 was raised up by God as a fledgling movement 45:27 in the early and mid-1800s. 45:30 The Advent Movement came in the 1820s, 1830s, 45:34 and then after the great disappointment in 1844 45:38 when Jesus Christ did not come, and many Adventists, 45:42 and Baptists, Pentecostals, many of the Church of England, 45:47 many Congregationalists 45:48 particularly in Methodists thought Jesus was coming. 45:51 He did not come. They were disappointed. 45:54 Out of that bitter disappointment, 45:56 God raised up a Bible believing, 45:58 Christ centered, Sabbath keeping movement, 46:01 and He raised up the gift of prophecy 46:03 to guide that movement. 46:05 What is the spiritual fruitage? 46:07 Spiritual fruitage are schools around the world 46:11 educating young people to know Jesus Christ. 46:15 Seventh-day Adventist have the largest 46:17 protestant educational system in the world. 46:20 What is spiritual fruitage? 46:22 Over 13 million outpatients visit 46:25 785 Adventist hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, 46:29 dispensaries, children's facilities, 46:32 airplane and medical launches 46:33 operated by the church around the world. 46:35 Every year they are visited 46:37 by these millions of outpatients, 46:40 and millions of people are served 46:42 within the hospital system. 46:45 Where did all this come from? Ellen White's vision. 46:48 She had a vision that Adventists 46:49 should establish schools where young people 46:52 could be educated in the Bible 46:54 and not the theories of the worldly evolution, 46:56 and not the theories of atheism. 46:59 She had visions where Adventists should serve, 47:01 should bless their communities, 47:03 should establish hospitals around the world. 47:05 What is the fruitage? 47:07 The fruitage schools, fruitage hospitals, 47:09 fruitage, a health message to bless the communities 47:14 that where Adventist Church is served. 47:17 What is the fruitage? 47:18 Adventist churches who are committed to being 47:21 that open door for their communities 47:24 to reach out in their communities 47:26 to make a significant difference 47:28 in their communities. 47:30 What is the fruitage? 47:32 Books that lead men and women to Jesus Christ, 47:34 books like Steps to Christ on how to know Jesus, 47:38 books like Christ Object Lessons 47:39 on the parables, 47:41 books like the Desire of Ages on the life of Christ, 47:43 books on the Great Controversy 47:45 based on this great controversy between good and evil, 47:49 books like Prophets and Kings and Patriarchs and Prophets 47:52 that take you with deep insight through the Old Testament. 47:57 You say, "Does God still lead people today? 48:01 Does God still guide people today? 48:03 Is God still leading men and women, 48:06 and boys and girls to His final last day movement? 48:10 There are so many miracles taking place 48:11 that are so amazing. 48:12 Let me take you to Africa, 48:14 number of years ago in the country of Botswana, 48:16 there was a bushman. 48:18 Bushman named Sakuba. One night he went to sleep. 48:21 And in his sleep, he saw an angel like being. 48:26 In this being of dazzling brightness, 48:28 and this angel like being said, 48:30 "Sakuba, I want you to follow me. 48:32 I want you to be guided by me. I'm going to guide you. 48:36 And I'm going to guide you to the people of the book. 48:39 And the people of the book will instruct you. 48:43 The people of the book will teach you. 48:45 The people of the book will prepare you 48:47 to come back to your own people 48:48 and teach them about the book." 48:51 Sakuba didn't understand. 48:53 The being of dazzling brightness, 48:54 the angel, came to him the next night. 48:56 He said, "I want you to follow me 48:58 and I'm going to lead you to the people of the book." 49:01 Sakuba followed. 49:03 Every day he would walk 49:05 and then at night he would get instructions. 49:07 And as he got instructions, 49:09 he would follow these instructions of the being 49:12 of dazzling brightness. 49:13 He came to a little mission station 49:14 at the end of the jungle. 49:16 He said, "You are the people of the book." 49:17 They said, "We are." 49:18 He said, "Is there a Pastor Moi here. 49:20 The angel told me to find Pastor Moi." 49:21 No Pastor Moi here. 49:23 "Do you have the five books that are really nine?" 49:25 We don't know what that is. 49:27 "You must not be the people of the book 49:28 that I'm looking for." 49:30 He continued to follow the instructions 49:32 of the angel. 49:33 He came to the edge of the jungle. 49:36 He found a mission station, and he said, 49:38 "Are you the people of the book. 49:40 Is there a Pastor Moi here?" 49:42 Yes, yes, there is a Pastor Moi here. 49:44 Pastor Moi brought out his old worn Bible. 49:47 And he said, "That's the book I saw. 49:49 I must find people that base every teaching on the Bible. 49:52 I must find a people that know Jesus Christ." 49:55 But wait a minute, 49:57 do you have the five books that are really nine? 50:00 Ellen White wrote nine volumes of Testimonies 50:03 to guide God's church, to direct God's church, 50:06 but they were originally published in five volumes. 50:09 Pastor Moi went, he got those five volumes. 50:12 "Yes, yes, that's what the angel told me." 50:15 He stayed with Pastor Moi. 50:17 He was instructed, 50:18 went back to his tribe and shared the Christ 50:20 centered message 50:22 for the last days of earth's history. 50:24 And there, 50:26 his whole village became Bible believing, 50:29 Christ committed, 50:31 Sabbath keeping Adventist Christians. 50:34 God led Sakuba, 50:36 and God is leading you, my friend. 50:38 God is leading you through His grace, 50:43 God's leading you by His grace, 50:46 God's leading you because of His grace, 50:49 God is leading you to make that step to follow Him 50:55 and listen as Celestine sings. 51:09 If you could see what I once was 51:16 If you could go with me 51:22 Back to where I started from 51:29 Then I know you would see 51:36 A miracle of love that took me 51:43 In its sweet embrace 51:48 And made me 51:51 What I am today 51:56 An old sinner 51:59 Saved by grace 52:07 I'm just a sinner 52:14 Saved by grace 52:20 When I stood condemned to death 52:27 He took my place 52:34 Now I live 52:37 And breathe in freedom 52:41 With each breath of life I take 52:47 Loved and forgiven 52:54 Backed with the living 53:00 I'm just a sinner 53:05 Saved by grace 53:15 How could I boast of anything 53:22 I've ever seen or done? 53:28 How could I dare 53:32 To claim as mine 53:36 The victories God has won? 53:42 Where would I be 53:45 Had God not brought me 53:50 Safely to this place? 53:55 I'm here to say I'm nothing 54:01 But a sinner 54:05 Saved by grace 54:14 I'm just a sinner 54:20 Saved by grace 54:27 When I stood condemned to death 54:34 He took my place 54:41 Now I live 54:43 And breathe in freedom 54:48 With each breath of life I take 54:54 Loved and forgiven 55:01 Back with the living 55:07 I'm just a sinner 55:12 Saved by grace 55:20 Now I live 55:24 And breathe in freedom 55:29 With each breath of life I take 55:34 Loved and forgiven 55:41 Back with the living 55:48 I'm just a sinner 55:53 Saved 55:56 By 56:00 Grace 56:05 Saved by the grace! 56:17 Because God has saved you 56:22 by His grace, 56:24 because your heart has been opened to Christ, 56:28 because you have been a seeker, 56:30 because you have desired to follow His Word 56:34 and not the teachings of man and the deceptions of Satan. 56:38 He has brought you to this network, 56:40 to this station, to this program, 56:44 to take a step in your life to follow Him. 56:48 Jesus is reaching out to you right now. 56:52 Will you take His hand? 56:54 Will you say, "Jesus, 56:56 You've guided me and directed me, 56:59 I will follow You." 57:01 Let's pray, Father in heaven. 57:04 Often we go through a struggle in our lives, 57:06 but then you break through by Your Spirit. 57:09 This is decision night for somebody right now. 57:13 And I pray by the power of the living God 57:17 that you would touch them, and change them, 57:20 and lead them to You for that eternal decision 57:23 in Christ's name, amen. 57:25 Thank you for joining us 57:27 for Revelation's Ancient Discoveries. |
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