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00:43 PREVIOUSLY ON LAW AND LOVE AND LIBERTY.
00:46 >> WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF CHRIST, THERE IS NATURALLY 00:52 CONSEQUENCE. 01:10 LET THE LAW CONVICT YOU. PROPHECY WILL CLEAR BEFORE OUR 01:16 VERY EYES. REMEMBER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 01:20 NOT MURDER. YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 01:21 BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO AND WE ARE MURDERING PEOPLE IF 01:25 WE DON'T GIVE THEM WHAT GOD SAID TO GIVE THEM. 01:38 >> I WANT TO SAY TO THE REST OF US, I BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH 01:41 AND AS A PEOPLE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD 01:45 AND WE SEE GOD'S BLESSING, WE HAVE TO GET OFF POLITICS AND 01:49 GET INTO WHAT GOD HAS COMMISSIONED US TO DO. 01:52 TAKE AN UNDILUTED THREE ANGELS MESSAGE AND TO ALL THE WORLD. 02:00 >> H FRIENDS, WELCOME TO SPRING CAMP MEETING 2019 AT 02:06 3ABN. HAVE YOU HAD A BLESSING? 02:09 SAY AMEN. WE ARE CONTINUING TO RIDE UPON 02:11 THE WAVE OF THE POWER THE LORD HAS RELEASED IN THIS CAMP 02:14 MEETING. IT'S NOT A CLICHÉ. 02:16 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LAW OF LOVE AND LIBERTY, THE 02:20 TEN COMMANDMENTS. WE'LL CONTINUE ON THAT, PASS 02:24 TO KAMERON DeVASHER, DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN 02:27 CONFERENCE IS COVERING COMMANDMENT EIGHT, THOU SHALL 02:33 NOT STEAL. SIMPLE BUT PROSECUTE PROFOUND. 02:39 HE IS GOING TO DIVIDE THAT, RIGHTLY DWIGHTING WORD OF 02:44 TRUTH. WE'LL BE BELOWED. 02:47 PASTOR RYAN DAY WILL PREPARE OUR HEARTS WITH A WONDERFUL 02:50 LONG SIGHTED "WITH ALL MY HEART." 02:53 AFTER HE SINGS, THE NEXT VOLLEY YOU WILL HEAR IS THAT 02:56 OF PASTOR KAMERON DeVASHER. >> IN THIS QUIET PLACE WITH 03:17 YOU♪ ♪ I BOW BEFORE YOUR THRONE♪ 03:23 ♪ I BAIR THE DEEPEST PART OF ME TO YOU AND YOU ALONE♪ 03:30 ♪ I KEEP NO SECRETS FOR THERE IS♪ 03:35 ♪ NO THOUGHT YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN♪ 03:38 ♪ I BRING MY BEST AND ALL THE REST♪ 03:43 ♪ TO YOU AND LAY THEM DOWN♪ ♪ WITH ALL MY HEART♪ 04:00 ♪ I WANT TO LOVE YOU, LORD♪ ♪ AND LIVE MY LIFE EACH DAY TO 04:10 LOVE YOU MORE♪ ♪ ALL THAT IS IN ME IS YOURS 04:23 COMPLETELY. I'LL SRVE YOU ONLY♪ 04:25 ♪ WITH ALL MY HEART. YOU FAITHFULLY SUPPLY MY 04:50 NEEDS♪ ♪ ACCORDING TO YOUR PLANS♪ 04:54 ♪ SO HELP ME, LORD, TO SEEK YOUR FACE♪ 04:58 ♪ BEFORE I SEEK YOUR HAND♪ ♪ AND TRUST YOU KNOW WHAT'S 05:03 BEST FOR ME♪ ♪ WHEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND♪ 05:11 ♪ THEN FOLLOW IN OBEDIENCE♪ ♪ IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE♪ 05:29 ♪ WITH ALL MY HEART♪ ♪ I WANT TO LOVE YOU LORD♪ 05:38 ♪ AND LIVE MY LIFE♪ ♪ EACH DAY TO KNOW YOU MORE♪ 05:47 ♪ ALL THAT IS IN ME♪ ♪ IS YOURS COMPLETELY♪ 05:55 ♪ I'LL SERVE YOU ONLY♪ ♪ I'LL SERVE YOU ONLY♪ 06:13 ♪ WITH ALL MY HEART. [♪♪] 06:39 THANK YOU, JESUS. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR YOU. 06:51 ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAID? AMEN MUCH AMEN. 06:54 HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED TODAY ALREADY? 06:57 FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. 06:58 I BELIEVE THAT THE SABBATH DAY CONTINUES, DOES IT NOT? 07:01 AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE TO LEARN FROM GOD'S WORD. 07:05 WE'LL HAVE A STUDY FROM SCRIPTURE TODAY. 07:10 YOU SHALL NOT STEAL. AS IN THE NEW KING JAMES 07:18 VERSION, THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT IS THE SHORTEST AT 07:23 ONLY 16 CHARACTERS AND FOUR SMALL WORDS. 07:29 NOT THAT IT'S A COMPETITION BUT IN THE KING JAIME'S THE 07:34 PROHIBITED ACTION IS KILL INSTEAD OF "MURDER." 07:37 SO TECHNICALLY IN THE KING JAMES VERSION, THE SHORTEST 07:41 COMMANDMENT IS THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT BUT THE NEW KING 07:46 JAMES IS THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 07:48 THE POINT REMAINS, I'VE BEEN PREACHING NEARLY AN HOUR LONG 07:53 SERMON ON A FOUR-WORD COMMAND. FURTHERMORE, THIS 08:04 STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMAND EMPLOYS NO ELEMENT, NO POETRY 08:09 OR PROPHECY. THERE ARE NO SYMBOLS TO 08:12 DECODE. THERE ARE NO CHARACTERS TO 08:15 EXPLORE. NO NUANCED MEANINGS HIDDEN IN 08:19 THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY, DID YOU 08:21 KNOW IN HEBREW THE REAL -- IT MEANS STEAL THERE, TOO. 08:30 DESPITE ITS CON SIX, THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD'S 08:36 MORAL LAW SPEAKS TOP THE MOST CENTRAL ISSUE. 08:40 BEYOND THAT IT HAS INCREDIBLE TACTICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR 08:47 EVERYDAY LIVES. FINALLY, IT PREPARES US FOR 08:50 THE CLOSING THEMES. THERE IS A LOT IN THIS EIGHTH 08:54 COMMANDMENT. BEFORE WE GET OUR STUDY, BOW 08:58 OUR HEADS FOR A PRAYER. DEARP HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK 09:01 YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, FOR ANY DAY, REALLY, IT'S A GIFT 09:07 FROM YOU, BUT THE SABBATH DAY PARTICULARLY. 09:08 YOU SET APART FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR WORLD FOR 09:13 REST, FOR WORSHIP, FOR FELLOWSHIP, AND FOUR SERVICAL 09:18 NOW, LORD, AS WE COME TOGETHER TO STUDY YOUR WORD, WE WOULD 09:21 ASK AND EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD FULFILL THE PROMISE GIVEN, 09:25 THAT YOU WOULD LEAD US INTO ALL TRUTH BY THE SPIRIT OF THE 09:28 TRUTH. THAT WE ASK FOR THE HOLY 09:31 SPIRIT TO BE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO EACH OF US 09:34 INDIVIDUALLY, AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE NEED, I PRAY IT IN JESUS' 09:39 NAME. AMEN. 09:42 IF I WERE TO ASK YOU WHAT SINGLE GREAT PRINCIPLE IS GOD 09:50 BUILT UPON WHAT IS THE CENTRAL TRAIT OF CHARACTER THAT SUMS 09:53 UP IN ONE WORD WHO AND WHAT GOD IS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? 10:00 LOVE. FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 4, VERSUS 10:03 7. LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 10:05 FOR LOVE OF US GOD AND HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW 10:11 GOD, FR GOD IS LOVE. AS THE PASSAGE CONTINUES. 10:17 HE SAYS IN THIS THE LOVE OF GOD IS MANIFESTED. 10:22 I WAS MENTIONING ON THE SABBATH THIS MORNING THAT LOVE 10:24 IS NOT A FEELING. IT IS A PRINCIPLE. 10:29 IN SOME CASES A BEAUTIFUL THEORY. 10:31 BUT NOTICE HOW IT SHIFTS FROM THEORY. 10:35 IN THIS, THE LOVE OF GOD IS MANIFESTED AND GOD HAS SENT 10:40 HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD THAT HE MIGHT LIVE 10:43 THROUGH HIM. IN THIS IS LOVE. 10:45 NOT THAT WE LOVE GOD. HE LOVES US AND SENT HIS SON 10:49 FOR OUR SINS. IF GOD LOVES US, WE HAVE TO 10:56 LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THIS LOVE OF GOD IS 10:58 MANIFESTED. THAT MEANS SHOWN. 11:01 DEMONSTRATED. REVEALED. 11:03 WHEN GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WRLD. 11:07 THE THEORY OF GOD'S LOVE WAS PUT INTO PRACTICE WHEN HE GAVE 11:10 HIMSELF FOR US. AS WE NEED THROUGH SCRIPTURE 11:16 AND YOU LOOK AT THIS DEEPER EXAMINATION OF THIS LOVE OF 11:20 GOD, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS AN UNCANNY CONNECTION BETWEEN 11:24 LOVING AND GIVING. FOR EXAMPLE. 11:32 GALATIANS, CHAPTER 2. 11:34 IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE BUT CHRIST LIVES WITHIN ME. 11:38 I LIVE BY FAITH AND THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVES ME AND GAVE 11:43 HIMSELF FOR ME. LOVE. 11:47 GIVE. EPHESIANS CAPTAINER 5. 11:50 HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES. JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE 11:54 CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER. 11:57 LOVE. GIVE. 12:02 JOHN 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY 12:05 BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT 12:11 PERISH. THIS IS PAGE 21. 12:14 LOOKING UNTO JESUS, WE SEE THAT IT IS THE GLORY OF OUR 12:20 GOD TO GIVE. TO CONTINUE. 12:26 I SEEK NOT MINE ONLY GLORY, KWOAGHT CHRIST, BUFF THE GLORY 12:29 HIM THAT SENT ME IN THESE WORDS IS SET FORTH THESE GREAT 12:35 PRINCIPLES WHICH IS THE LAW OF LIFE FOR THE UNIVERSE. 12:40 THE GREAT PRINCIPLES THAT IS THE LAW LIFE FOR THE WHOLE 12:45 UNIVERSE. ALL THINGS CHRIST RECEIVES 12:49 FROM GOD, BUT HE TOOK TO GIVE. SO IN THE HEAVENLY COURT, IN 12:56 HIS MINISTRY THROUGH THE BELOVED SON, THE FATHER'S LIFE 13:00 FLOWS OUT THROUGH ALL. THROUGH THE SON IT RURCHES 13:03 FROM PRAISE AND JOWS SERVICE. THUS THROUGH CHRIST -- I LOVE 13:09 THIS PHRASE -- THE CIRCUIT OF BEN HE SENSE. 13:13 THAT IS THE DOING OF GOOD. THIS IS A CIRCUIT, ONE TAKES 13:18 TO GIVE. THE NEXT ONE RECEIVES TO GIVE 13:22 AGAIN. THE CIRCUIT IS COMPLETE 13:27 REPRESENTING THE CHARACTER OF THE GREAT CAPITAL G-GIVER. 13:33 THE LAW OF LIFE. THE SELFISH CHARACTER OF 13:42 SATAN. THE VERY NEXT WORD SAYS, IF 13:46 HEAVEN ITSELF THIS LAW -- THAT IS THE LAW OF SEVERLESS GIVING -- WAS BROKEN. 13:53 SIN ORIGINATED I SELF-SEEKING. 13:57 WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH ISAIAH LAMENTATION ABOUT THE FALL OF 14:01 LUCIFER, THAT HE FELL FROM HEAVEN SAYING I WILL ASCEND 14:06 INTO HEAVEN. I WILL EXALT MY THRONE. 14:09 I WILL SIT ON THE MOUND EVER THE CONGREGATION. 14:12 I WILL ASENDS ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CROWD. 14:15 I WILL BE LIFE, THE MOST HIGH. 1888, PAGE 1763. 14:28 ALL SIN IS SELFISHNESS. ALL SIN IS SELFISHNESS. 14:36 SATAN'S FIRST SIN WAS SELFISHNESS. 14:39 HE THOUGHT TO GRASP POWER, THAT IS TO TAKE IT. 14:44 TO EXALT SELF. ASPECIES OF INSANITY LED HIM 14:50 TO SEEK TO SUPERSEDE GOD. THE TEMPTATION WHICH LED ADAM 14:57 TO SIN WAS THE FALSE STATEMENT OF SATAN THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE 15:00 FOR HIM TO ATTAIN SOMETHING MORE THAN HE ALREADY ENJOYED. 15:05 TO TASTY, TO ATTAIN SOMETHING MORE THAN HE ALREADY ENJOYED. 15:11 POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE AS GOD HIMSELF. 15:15 THUS SEEDS OF SELFISHNESS WERE SEASON 15:20 SOWN IN THE HUMAN HEART. THINK ABOUT THIS. 15:23 DISSATISFIED. HE CALLS IT A SPECIES OF 15:27 INSANITY. NOT FOR MOMENT DO YOU SAY THE 15:31 SEASON SATAN REBELD -- TO EXPLAIN IT IS TO EXCUSE IT. 15:37 A SPECIES OF INSANITY MEANS HE'S NUTS. 15:40 CRAZY. HE WAS THE MOST HIGHLY 15:44 EXALTED CREATOR, YET HE BECAME DISSATISFIED WITH THE PLACE 15:48 ASSIGNED HIM IN HEAVEN AND HE THOUGHT TO ATTAIN OR TO TAKE 15:52 WHAT WAS NOT RIGHTFULLY HIS. NAMELY, THE POSITION AND POWER 15:58 OF GOD. IT WAS THIS DISCONTENT THAT 16:01 MANIFESTED IN OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD RESULTING IN HIS 16:07 EXPULSION FROM GOD'S KINGDOM. INTERESTINGLY, 4,000 YEARS 16:14 LATER, WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST, SOUGHT TO PREPARE GOD'S PEOPLE 16:19 FOR THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS, IT WAS A REFORMATION OF THIS 16:24 HEAVENLY PRINCIPLE OF CONTENTED LIVING AND SELFLESS 16:28 GIVING THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF HIS CALL TO 16:32 REPENT. GO TO LUKE CHAPTER 3. 16:36 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 7. 16:39 IF YOU LOOK AT THIS APPEAL THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST MAKES TO 16:43 THOSE COMING FOR BAPTISM AND CONVERSION, HE WANTED TO MAKE 16:47 SURE IT WAS SOME SUPERFICIAL POPULARITY. 16:56 THEN HE SAID TO THE MULTIPLE TUESDAY, A BROOD OF VIPER. 17:02 I LEAD THROUGH SCRIPTURE, I LOOK JOHN THE BAPTIST, I LOOK 17:08 AT JESUS, THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO GET BAPTIZED. 17:13 HE SAID, NO. I'M NOT ADVOCATING CALLING 17:18 NAMES. BUT HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS 17:20 SOMETHING MISSING IN THEIR EXPERIENCE. 17:23 IT WAS ALL THEORY THAT HADN'T BEEN PUT INTO PRACTICE. 17:28 BLOOD OF VIPERS -- THEREFORE BEAR FRUIT WORTHY OF 17:34 REPENTANCE. DON'T SAY, WE HAD ABRAHAM OF 17:37 OUR FATHER. I SAY GOD IS ABLE TO RAISE UP 17:39 CHILDREN FROM THESE STONES. EVEN NOW THE ACT, THE ROOT OF 17:44 THE TREE. HE SAID I WANT TO GET TO THE 17:46 BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A CUTTING MESSAGE. 17:51 THEREFORE, EVERY TREE WHICH DOES NOT BEAR GOOD FRUIT IS 17:54 CUT DOWN AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE. 17:56 NOTICE THE RESPONSE. THE PEOPLE ASK HIM, VERSE 10, 17:59 SAYING WHAT SHALL WE DO THEN? HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, 18:04 HE WHO HAS TWO STUDENT ICES, LET HIM GIVE TO HIM WHO HAS 18:11 NONE. HE WHO HAS FOOD, LET THEM DO 18:15 LIKEWISE. VERSE 12, TAX COLLECTORS 18:19 CONTAINMENT TO COME BAPTIZED. TEACHER WHAT SHALL WE DO? 18:22 HE SAID TO THEM, COLLECT NO MORE THAN WHAT IS APPOINTED TO 18:28 YOU. FIRST 14. 18:31 LIKE WISE THE SOLDIERS IS CAME TO HIM SAYING WHAT SHALL WE 18:34 DO. HE SAID TO THEM, DO NOT 18:36 INTIMIDATE ANYONE OR ACCUSE FALSELY AND BE CONTENT WITH 18:39 YOUR WAGES. SOLDIERS, BE HAPPY WITH YOUR 18:44 SALARY AND DON'T TAKE MORE THROUGH INTIMIDATION AND 18:47 FORCE. TAX COLLECTORS, ONLY COLLECT 18:49 WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO AND DON'T TAKE MORE THAN WHAT HAS 18:52 BEEN APPORTIONED TO YOU. IF YOU HAVE TWO THINGS, GIVE 18:56 TO THOSE. ALL THREE EXAMPLES GO BACK TO 19:00 THIS PRINCIPLE OF LOVE AND ITS HEAVENLY IDEALS. 19:07 SIMPLE CONTENTMENT WAS SOMETHING PAUL DEVELOPED. 19:10 HE SAYS IN FLIPPIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 11 AND 12. 19:14 HE TESTIFIED, I HAVE LEARNED IN WHATEVER STATE I AM TO BE 19:18 CONTENT. I KNOW HOW TO ABASE. 19:25 EVERYWHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I HAVE LEARNED TO BE FULL AND 19:29 HUNGRY, BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO IT SUFFER NEED. 19:32 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I DRAW GREAT COMFORT FROM THE FACT 19:38 THAT APPARENTLY EVEN THE ESTEEMED AAPOSTLE PAUL HAD TO 19:44 LEARN TO BE CONTENT IN WHATEVER STATE HE WAS IN. 19:50 GIVEN OUR SINFUL FALLEN NATES, WE ARE NOT NATURALLY ZAHN 19:53 TOWARD THE HEAVENLY IDEAL OF CONTENTED LIVING. 19:57 THIS IS WHY TIME AND AGAIN SOME OF THE MOST PRACTICAL 20:00 INSTRUCTIONS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING FOUND IN SCRIPTURE 20:04 REVOLVES AROUND THIS VERY THEME. 20:08 TIMOTHY, 6, STARTION VERSE 6. GODLINESS WITH CONTENTNESS IS 20:15 GREAT. FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO 20:18 THIS WORLD AND IT IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT. 20:20 HAVING FOOD AND CLOTHING WITH THESE WE SHALL BE INTENLTSDS. 20:24 FOR THOSE DESIRE TO BE RICH FALL INTO THE SNARE AND 20:28 FOOLISH AND HARMFUL LUST WHICH DROWN MEN IN PERDITION. 20:33 THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, WHICH SOME STRAY. 20:43 HEBREWS CHAPTER 13-RBGS 5 AND 6. 20:47 BE CONTENT WITH SUCH THINGS AS YOU HAVE. 20:50 FOR HE HIMSELF SAID SAYSLY NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FOR SAKE 20:54 YOU. THE LORD IS MY HELPER,LY WILL 20:57 NOT FEAR, WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME? 21:01 PSALM 37, VERSE 33 AND 34. TRUST IN THE LORD AND DO GOOD. 21:05 FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD 21:10 AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. 21:15 OKAY. CLEARLY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE 21:18 SATISFIED WITH THE THINGS WE HAVE AND NOT TAKE FROM OTHERS 21:22 WHAT IS NOT OURS. BY GOD'S GRACE WE SHARE LIKE 21:29 ALL TO BE CONTENT IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. 21:32 GOT IT. IF WE CLOSE THIS MESSAGE RIGHT 21:37 THERE, ALL WOULD BE WELL. EXCEPT WE STILL HAVE MORE 21:43 TIME. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEEPER 21:46 LESSON IN THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 21:50 DON'T STEAL STUFF YOU WANT, BUT DON'T NEED. 21:56 SURE. WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. 21:59 BUT WHAT ABOUT STEALING STUFF WE DO NEED? 22:03 IS THAT WRONG? I APPRECIATE YOUR GUESSES. 22:13 WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES. LET'S TEST IT OUT. 22:16 AT THIS POINT, I SHOULD TELL YOU, IT DOES MEAN WHEN MEDIUM 22:26 SAY, LET'S BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT IMPLIES EVERYTHING ELSE UP 22:29 TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN A SHAM. I DON'T SAY HONESTLY. 22:37 IT SHOULD BE IS HONESTLY. I WILL TELL YOU BY FAR THE 22:41 MOST CONTROVERSIAL SERMONS I HAVE MUCH PREACHED HAVE BEEN 22:44 ON THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. I PRESENT TOPICS LIKE GOD'S 22:50 IDEAL OF MALE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOME AND THE CHURCH. 22:53 THE NEED TO DISREGARD WEARING JEWELRY. 22:56 HOW WE'RE NOT TO DRINK CAFFEINE AND OTHER SUCH HOT 23:01 BUTTON ISSUES. NOTHING SERVE SEVENTH-DAY 23:04 ADVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS LIKE THE ASSERTION THAT GOD EXPECTS 23:07 US TO KEEP ALL 10 COMMANDMENTS ALTER THE TIME. 23:11 ALL THE TIME. FAITHFULNESS TO GOD'S LAW IS 23:15 ALWAYS DISCUSSED IN THEORY. BUT DEMONSTRATED IMPROPERLY. 23:21 IN THE ABSTRACT THERE IS MAYBE UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT, SURE WE 23:26 SHOULD NEVER STEAL. I LIKE YOU A LOT. 23:36 WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH -- WE NEED MORE TWO-WAY 23:41 PREACHING. LET ME ASK YOU THIS RHETORICAL 23:44 QUESTION. IS IT EVER OKAY OR NECESSARY 23:47 TO STEAL? COULD A SITUATION EVER ARISE 23:50 WHEN STEALING IS NOT ONLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT EVEN REQUIRED? 23:54 FOR EXAMPLE. IS IT OKAY OR NECESSARY TO 23:58 STEAL IN ORDER TO GET MONEY TO FEED YOUR FAMILY? 24:03 I'M NOT SAYING ROB A BANK. BUT JUST FUDGE YOUR TIME CARD 24:07 A LITTLE BIT. WITHHOLDING TITHES AND 24:12 OFFERINGS, WHICH BY THE WAY THE BIBLE CALLS ROBBERY 24:16 AGAINST GOD. WHAT IF YOU PAID A LOT OF 24:18 MONEY IN SCHOOL AND ON THAT BORDERLINE OF NEEDING JUST 24:22 ENOUGH GRADE TO PASS, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CLASS 24:25 AGAIN, IF YOU JUST TAKE THAT ANSWER FROM THE QUIZ NEXT TO 24:30 YOU. HOW ABOUT TO GET LIFE-SAVING 24:34 MEDICINE FOR A LOVED ONE? SURELY WHEN IT'S A LITERAL 24:39 MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT? 24:47 MERELY MENTIONING SOME OF THESE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS 24:50 REVEALS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE EIGHTH 24:54 COMMANDMENT AFTER ALL. WHILE IN THEORY WE MIGHT AGREE 24:57 STEALING IS ALWAYS WRONG. IN PRACTICE WE MIGHT BE 24:59 TEMPTED TO THINK THAT TAKING WHAT ISN'T OURS IS OKAY OR 25:03 EVEN NECESSARY IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. 25:06 INSTEAD OF HOLDING IT ALL AS BAD WE SUDDENLY ADHERE TO A 25:11 GRADUATED SCALE OF THEFT MORALITY. 25:14 I'M GUESSING MANY PEOPLE'S ETHICAL HIERARCHY IS A 25:20 THREE-TIERED STRUCTURE THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 25:22 SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE. SMALL. 25:24 YOU KNOW THAT STEALING WHEN NO ONE WILL PROBABLY EVER KNOW 25:27 AND NO ONE WILL CARE EVEN IF THEY DID KNOW. 25:32 WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MICRO STEPS AS PENCILS AND CANDY. 25:39 YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T, BUT, YOU KNOW. 25:44 STEP UP TO MEDIUM OFFENSES. STEALING THINGS THAT SOCIETY 25:49 DEEMS SIGNIFICANT AND MIGHT EVEN CARRY CIVIL PENALTIES IF 25:53 CAUGHT. THIS INCLUDES STEALING 25:55 SOMEONE'S PROPERTY LIKE A CAR OR CHEATING ON YOUR TAXES, 25:59 ETC. OF COURSE, OUR RESPONSE IS 26:02 ABSOLUTELY NOT. BAD CHRISTIAN. 26:06 BUT WE SAY IT IN A JESUS LOVES YOU KIND OF WAY. 26:09 STILL, THAT'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY. 26:12 BUT THEN THERE IS THE LARGE ISSUES OF LIFE. 26:16 STEALING WHEN SOMEONE'S LIFE IS AT STAKE. 26:18 AGAIN FOR THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED. 26:20 THE MEDICINE THAT'S NEEDED TO SAVE A LIFE. 26:25 I'M GUESSING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE A MORE FUZZY READING OF 26:31 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. 26:34 GO AHEAD, GOD WILL UNDERSTAND. AFTER ALL, IT'S BETTER TO GET 26:40 FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION. I'M LOOKING FOR THAT PASSAGE 26:43 IN SCRIPTURE. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT WRITTEN. 26:45 IN SUCH A CIRCUMSTANCE, DON'T I HAVE TO STEAL? 26:50 IT WOULD BE WRONG NOT TO STEAL, RIGHT? 26:52 WHEN SATAN HAS BOXED ME INTO A CORNER AND THERE IS REALLY NO 26:56 CHOICE LEFT. I WOULD CONTEND MOST PEOPLE IN 27:05 THE WORLD, PERHAPS EVERY SOME IN THE CHURCH MIGHT HAVE A 27:10 MORAL HIGH ARCHITECTURE, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN CLEAR COUNSEL 27:13 THAT GOD'S PEOPLE ARE NEVER TO BE -- I LOVE THIS PHRASE -- 27:16 THE SPORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. PAGE 240, ADD 70 AT HOME. 27:25 MANY WHO DO WELL UNDER FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM 27:29 TO UNDER GO A TRANSFORMATION OF CHARACTER UNDER ADVERSITY 27:33 AND TRIALS. THEY DETERIORATE INTO 27:37 PROPORTION TO THEIR TROUBLES. GOD NEVER DESIGNS THAT WE 27:41 SHOULD BE THE SPORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 27:47 PAGE 331. MEN CREATED A FREE MORAL 27:52 AGENT, LIKE THE INHABITS OF ALL OTHER WORLDS HE SHOULD BE 27:56 SUBJECTED TO THE TEST OF OBEDIENCE BUT HE IS NEVER 27:59 BROUGHT INTO A POSITION THAT YIELDING TO EVEN IS A MATTER 28:04 OF NECESSITY. NO TRIAL IS PRIME MINISTERED 28:06 TO COME TO HIM WHICH HE IS UNABLE TO RESIST. 28:10 GOD MADE SUCH AMPLE PROVISION THAT MAN NEED NEVER HAVE BEEN 28:15 DEFEATED FROM THE CONFLICT OF SATE ISEN. 28:18 100 PAGES LATER, 421, IT SAYS ALL W.H.O. PROFESS UNDER THE 28:24 MOST SACRED OBLIGATION AND TO EXERCISE SEVER-CONTROL UNDER 28:28 THE GREATEST PROVOCATION. GOD MADE AMPLE PROVISION FOR 28:32 HIS PEOPLE AND IF THEY RELY ON HIS STRENGTH THEY WILL NEVER 28:35 BECOME THE SPORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 28:37 THE STRONGEST TEMPTATION CANNOT EXCUSE SIN. 28:41 THE PRESSURE BROUGHT TO BEAR UPON THE SOUL. 28:45 TRANCE GRETION OUR OWN ACT. IT IS NOT IN THE POWER OF 28:48 EARTH OR HELL TO EXCEL COMPEL ANYONE TO DO EVENLY. 28:56 HOWEVER SEVERE GOD PROVIDED FOR IT AND IN HIS STRENGTH, WE 29:01 MAY CONQUER. THINK ABOUT THAT, FRIENDS. 29:07 THAT VERY LAST PHRASE THERE. THAT KEY TO VICTORY. 29:10 IN HIS SRENGTH, WE MAY CONQUER. 29:16 RECOGNIZING THAT INTENSE TEMPTATION, TRYING 29:19 CIRCUMSTANCES, AND EVEN LIFE- LIFE-THREATENING PERSECUTION 29:24 WOULD LEAD SOME TO STRAY. GOD NOT ONLY TOLD US WHAT TO 29:27 DO. PRAISE THE LORD. 29:29 HE SHOWED US WHAT TO DO. FRIENDS, YOU NEED TO LOOK UNTO 29:35 JESUS. NOT JUST FOR THEORY BUT FOR 29:38 PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF LIFE. 29:42 HEBREWS, 2, VERSE 14. HE HIMSELF LIKE WISE SHARED IN 29:47 THE SAME, BUT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY THE POWER OF 29:52 DEATH, THAT IS THE DEVIL AND RELEASE THOSE WHO THROUGH FEAR 29:55 OF DEATH ARE SUBJECT TO BONDAGE. 29:57 INDEED HE DOES NOT GIVE AID TO ANGELS BUT HE DOES GIVE AID TO 30:02 THE FEET OF ABRAHAM IN ALL THINGS HE HAD TO BE MADE LIKE 30:07 HIS BRETHREN THAT HE IS A FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS 30:11 CONTAINING TO GOD. FOR THAT HE HIMSELF AS 30:15 SUFFERED, HE IS ABLE TO AID THOSE WHO ARE TEMPTED. 30:19 ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT GOD IS NOT ONLY WAY UP ON THE THRONE 30:23 BUT HE CAME TO BE GOD WITH US, THAT HE CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH 30:27 OUR CIRCUMSTANCES. HE UNDERSTANDS THE TRIALS OF 30:32 DIFFICULTIES OF PERSECUTION, THE OPPOSITION THAT WE FACE. 30:35 HE KNOWS WHAT WE FEEL LIKE BUT HE IS GAME FOR VICTORY. 30:42 HEBREWS, CHAPTER 4, SEEING WITH HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST 30:46 IN JESUS THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD THAT OUR CONCESSION. 30:50 WE DO NOT THE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO CANNOT SYMPATHIZE 30:54 WITH OUR WEAKNESS BUT IS AS TEMPTED AS WE ARE, YET WITHOUT 30:58 SIN. LET US THEREFORE COME BODILY 31:02 TO THE THRONE THAT WE MAY OBTAIN GRACE IN THE TIME OF 31:08 NEED. KNOWING WE CAN RELY ON GOD'S 31:16 STRENGTH HELP DEMYSTIFY WHAT IS TOUGH MORAL DILEMMAS. 31:23 THE PROMISES OF THE BIBLE CAN BE CLAIMED MOST. 31:31 NON-TEMPITATION HAS OVERTAKEN UP SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN 31:35 BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL. HE WILL NOT -- BUT WITH THE 31:40 TEMPTATION ALSO CAN MAKE THE WAY OF ESCAPE THAT YOU WILL BE 31:44 ABLE TO BEAR. THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS THAT YOU 31:48 ARE GOING TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT TEMPTATION. 31:55 IT SAYS WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED. IT DOESN'T SAY IF. 31:58 IT SAYS WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED. IT NEVER SAYS "WHEN YOU SIN." 32:02 IT ONLY SAYS "IF YOU SIN." TEMPTATION IS A GUARANTEE. 32:08 FRIENDS, EVERY IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES, VICTORY IS 32:11 POSSIBLE IN THE STRENGTH OF CHRIST JESUS. 32:15 ENTHUSE WE IMMEDIATE IN EPHESIANS, FINALLY BRETDS REN 32:19 BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. 32:22 PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD THAT HE MAY STAND AGAINST THE 32:26 WILES OF THE DEVIL. WE DO NOT WRIFL AGAINST FLESH 32:31 AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES AGAINST 32:36 SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS. TAKE UP THE ARMOR OF GOD THAT 32:40 YOU MAY WITH STAND EVIL. SIMPLY PUT, I CAN DO ALL 32:50 THINGS THROUGH CITE CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME. 32:56 IT DOESN'T SAY I CAN DO LOTS OF THINGS, I CAN DO SEVERAL 33:00 THINGS, I CAN SOME THINGS. I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH 33:05 CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME. PAGE 71EN CHRIST TOOK UPON 33:11 HIMSELF, DIVINITY AND HUMAN TIM WERE COMBINED. 33:14 HE SHOWED THAT THE LAW SATAN DECLARED COULD NOT BE KEPT. 33:22 I'M TEMPTED TO PREACH ANOTHER CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW. 33:26 I'M NOTE GOING TO DO IT. LY SAY IT'S ASTONISHING TO ME, 33:32 EVEN INSIDE THE SATANIC IDEALS THAT GOD'S LAW CAN'T BE KEPT 33:36 IS BEING PREACHED WEEK TO WEEK. 33:45 FRIENDS, SCRIPTURE SAYS OTHERWISE. 33:47 I'LL TAKE GOD'S WORD FOR IT. HE SHOWED THAT THE LAW WHICH 33:52 SIN DECLARED COULD NOT BE KEPT, COULD BE KEPT. 33:56 CHRIST TOOK HUMANITY STAND HERE IN OUR WORLD TO SHOW THAT 34:00 SATAN HAD LIED. HE TOOK HUMANITY ON HIMSELF TO 34:05 DEMONSTRATE THAT WITH DIVINITY AND HUMANITY COMBINED, MAN 34:08 COULD KEEP THE LAW OF JEHOVAH. SEPARATE HUMANITY FROM 34:14 DIVINITY. CAN YOU WORK YOUR ONLY 34:17 RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM NOW UNTIL CHRIST COMES AND IT WILL BE 34:19 NOTHING BUT A FAILURE. THIS IS NOT A WORK OF 34:22 RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT IT IS A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WORKS. 34:27 IT WAS THIS FIRM GRIP ON THE HAND OF GOD THAT PROVIDED THE 34:32 POWER FOR OTHERS TO STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL, EVEN WHEN 34:35 THEIR VERY LIVES WERE AT STAKE. 34:39 JOB TESTIFIED, THOUGH HE SLAY ME YET WILL I. 34:44 THEN CHAPTER 6, ANSWERED THE KING, OUR GOD WHO WE SERVE HE 34:53 WILL DELIVER US FROM YOUR HAND, O KING. 34:57 BUT IF NOT, LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU, OH, KING, WE DO NOTE 35:03 SERVE YOUR GOT AND WE WILL NOT WORE SHIM THE GOLD IMAGE YOU 35:06 HAVE SET UP. PAUL GAVE HIS TESTIMONY TO 35:12 TIMOTHY AND 2 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4. 35:19 MY DEPARTURE IS AT HAND, I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. 35:22 I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE. I HAVE KEPT THE FATES. 35:29 FINALLY, LAID FOR ME THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 35:32 WILL GIVE MOO ME ON THAT DAY, CAPITAL D "DAY." 35:41 THE DAY TO WHICH PAUL REFERRED IN HIS CLOSING TESTIMONY WAS 35:44 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. THIS GREAT HOPE OF GOD'S 35:50 PEOPLE IS THE CULMINATION OF ALL BIBLE PROPHECIES AND THE 35:54 FOCUS OF THE LAST OF THE BIBLE. 35:57 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THT IN THE PROPHECIES OF REVELATION 36:01 COMMANDMENT KEEPING, NOT MERELY UNTIL DISCOMFORT, BUT, 36:06 QUOTE, EVEN UNTO DEATH, IS THE CONSISTENT IDENTIFIER OF THOSE 36:11 WHO ARE JESUS' TRUE FOLLOWERS. REVELATION CHAPTER 12. 36:17 VERSE 11 READS, AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF 36:20 THE LAMB AND THEM DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES TOO -- WHAT? 36:24 TO DEATH. IT GOES ON, VERSE 17. 36:28 HE WAS ENRAGED WTH TE WOMEN. HE MADE WAR WITH THE REST OF 36:34 THE OFFSPRING WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 36:37 NOTICE IS TIE BETWEEN KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS EVEN UNTO 36:42 DEATH. TWO CHAPTERS LATER, CHAPTER 36:46 14, HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS. 36:49 HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IN THE 36:53 FACE OF JESUS. THEN I HEARD A VOICE IN SAYING 36:57 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DIME IN THE LORD THAT THEY MAY REST IN 37:01 THEIR LABORS AND THEIR WORK FOLLOWS THEM. 37:03 RIGHT AFTER IT SAYS KEEP THE COMMANDMENT. 37:05 IT SAYS BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE FAITH TO THE VERY 37:10 END. REVERSALLATION, CHAPTER 22, 37:14 VERSES 14 AND 15. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DO HIS 37:16 COMMANDMENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF 37:19 LIFE AND ENTER THE GATES OF THE CITY. 37:27 TWO POINTS I'D LIKE TO DRAW. NO ONE IN THE BOOK OF 37:30 REVELATION DOES IT SAY BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KNOW THE 37:35 COMMANDMENTS. IT SAYS BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO 37:38 DO THE COMMANDMENTS. THOSE WHO KEEP THE 37:43 COMMANDMENTS. POINT NUMBER OE, IT'S MORE 37:45 THAN JUST THEORY. IT HAS TO BE PRACTICED. 37:48 POINT NUMBER TWO, IT DOESN'T JUST SAY HERE ARE THOSE WHO 37:56 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. WE RIGHTFULLY TALK ABOUT HOW 38:08 ONE PARTICULAR COMMANDMENT, THAT FOURTH COMMANDMENT IS THE 38:13 GREAT TEST IN THE LAST DAYS. AND THAT IS TRUE. 38:17 FRIENDS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF EUROPE LYING, STEALING, CHAI 38:23 CHEATING AND ALL OTHER THINGS. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 38:27 GOD WANTS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS POWER IN HIS PEOPLE THAT 38:30 SATAN'S CLAIMS THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS ARE 38:34 ABSOLUTELY FALSE. PLEASE NOTICE IN THIS PASSAGE 38:40 WE JUST READ THAT THE LIFE PROMISED TO THOSE WHO KEEP THE 38:46 COMMANDMENTS IS ETERNAL LIFE. THE POINT IS YOU MIGHT LOSE 38:52 YOUR LIFE HERE IF YOU REMAIN FAITHFUL TO GOD. 39:00 BUT SO WHAT? WOULDN'T YOU RATHER RISK 39:06 LOSING A FEW DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS OR YEARS HERE TO 39:12 GUARANTEE GAINING LITERALLY COUNTLESS YEARS, DECADES, 39:17 CENTURIES AND MILLENNIUM THERE? 39:22 I DON'T KNOW WHERE EXCEPT INTO OUR THINKING THAT THE HIGHEST 39:29 ALLEGIANCE IS LIFE ON THIS EARTH. 39:31 FRIENDS, THE BIBLE IS REPEATEDLY CONSISTENTLY 39:35 UBIQUITOUSLY CLEAR THE LIFE WE SHOULD BE SEEKING IS THE 39:39 ETERNAL LIFE. EVEN IF IT COSTS US TIME, 39:42 MONEY, RESOURCES OR EVEN OUR EXISTENCE HERE, IT'S WORTH IT. 39:46 HEAVEN IS CHEAP ENOUGH. MATTHEW CHAPTER 16. 39:51 FOR WHOEVER DESIRES TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT. 39:56 WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE WILL FIND IT. 40:01 THE MAN GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL. 40:05 WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL, FOR THE 40:09 SON OF MAN WILL COME IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS 40:12 ANGELS AND THEN HE WILL REWARD EACH ACCORDING HIS WORK. 40:18 AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WE REALIZE THE APEX OF THE LAST 40:21 DAYS WILL BE THE UNIVERSAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE MARK OF THE 40:24 BEAST. A DEMONSTRATION OF ALLEGIANCE 40:28 BUT THE KEEPING THE SUNDAY AS THE SABBATH DAY. 40:33 SCRIPTURE TELLS US THERE WILL BE CIVIL PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE 40:36 WHO REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD BEGINNING WITH ECONOMIC 40:38 PENALTIES AND ULTIMATELY MOVING TO A DEATH. 40:44 IN THAT FINAL TEST, IF SOMEONE WERE TO CAFÉ TO ECONOMICS, 40:52 SOCIETAL OR EVEN EXISTENTIAL THREAT. 40:57 THEIR STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING. 40:59 COULD WE EXTOL THEIR WISDOM AND COMPROMISING IN THAT. 41:04 OF COURSE, NOT. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE 41:09 TEST. THIS DEMONSTRATES TRUE 41:13 FIDELITY. THINK ABOUT IT. 41:15 IN WHAT ESTEEM WOULD WE HOLD SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEG 41:21 NEGATIVEOW IF THEY HELD WHEN THE KING UNVEILED THE FIERY 41:25 FURNACE? AS SOON AS THAT FIERY FURNACE 41:27 IS REVEALED, THEY HAD TO TIE THEIR SHOES. 41:35 WHAT REGARD WORE WE HAVE FOR DANIEL, HAD HE CEASED TO PRAY 41:39 FOR FEAR OF THE LIONS? WHAT KID WOULD WANT TO SING 41:46 DEATH TO BE FOR DANIEL UNTIL THE TIME OF THREATENING AND 41:50 THEN WE CAN'T YOUR FAITH. 41:59 NOBODY WANTS TO SING THAT SONG. 42:00 IT'S UNINSPIRING. FROM AN EARTHLY PERSPECTIVE, 42:03 STRATEGIC PLANNING. IF BUYS A LITTLE MORE TIME AND 42:09 IT MIGHT EXTEND YOUR -- YOU MIGHT EVEN GAIN A FEW MORE 42:13 YEARS, DECADES OF LIFE HERE. WE MISSED THE PURPOSES THAT WE 42:23 SHOULDN'T BE SATISFIED WITH HERE. 42:29 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, WITH THE LORD, A DAY IS LIKE WHAT? 42:35 A THOUSAND YEARS. THE LONGEST LIVED PERSON WHO 42:38 TASTED DEATH, METH USELA LIVED. 42:45 HE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO ONE FULL DAY. 42:52 WE LOOK AT 969 AND GO, I MEAN THIS IS 2018. 42:58 IF THEY WERE BORN ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS, THEY WOULD BE 43:01 BORN IN 1018. WE LOOK AT THAT AS SAYING IT'S 43:07 ALMOST MINDS BOGGLING LONG LIFE. 43:10 THE ANGELS LOOK UP AND SAY, HE WAS JUST A BABY. 43:17 SATAN WANTS TO FOCUS HERE WHEN GOD HAS PUT ETERNITY IN OUR 43:23 HEARTS ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE. THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS 43:28 SIMPLE. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, DON'T 43:31 STEAL. DON'T STEAL CANDY. 43:33 DON'T STEAL A PENCIL. DON'T STEAL A WALLET. 43:38 DON'T STEAL A CAR. DON'T STEAL MONEY. 43:41 DON'T STEAL MEDICINE. DON'T BE SWAYED BY SELFISH 43:46 DESIRES TO TAKE WHAT ISN'T YOURS. 43:48 DON'T BE BULLIED BY EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO TAKE WHAT YOU NEED 43:52 EVEN IF IT MIGHT REQUIRE THE LOSS OF LIFE. 43:56 DON'T STEAL. IT'S EASY TO SAY, JUST DON'T. 44:09 DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD HELPS US, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE 44:12 THIS NATURAL SELF PROPENSITY WITHIN US TO BREAK GOD'S LAW, 44:17 ESPECIALLY WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH? 44:20 AND THAT HE HAS IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM GIVEN US THE 44:29 BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL PRACTICE TO BUILD WITH HIM, THAT 44:33 CHARACTER OF BENEFICENCE THAT WOULD FIT INTO HEAVEN. 44:41 THAT POWERFUL SAFEGUARD AGAINST TAKING WHAT ISN'T 44:45 YOURS, THE CONSISTENT PRACTICE OF GIVING WHAT IS YOURS. 44:51 WE JUST MENTIONED IT EARLIER. PERHAPS THE MOST RAMP ANT AND 44:55 BRAZEN VIOLATION EVER THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT AMONG GOD'S 44:58 PEOPLE ISN'T CHEATING THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OR STEALING 45:01 FROM THOSE AROUND US. IT IS ROBBERY OF GOD. 45:08 MALACHI CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8. WILL A MAN ROBBED GOD, YET YOU 45:13 HAVE ROBBED ME. IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE ROBBED 45:17 YOU? YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. 45:19 IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS. YOU ARE CURSED WITH THE CURSE. 45:23 YOU HAVE ROBBED ME, EVEN THIS WHOLE NATION. 45:25 BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STORE HOUSE THAT THERE MAY BE 45:29 FOOD IN MY HOUSE, IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS 45:31 OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT FOR YOU SUCH BLESSINGS THAT THERE WILL 45:35 NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT. 45:39 JESUS SPOKE ABOUT THE HEAVEN FIRST. 45:45 MATTHEW CHAPTER 6. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 45:48 THEREFORE I SAY DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE, FOR YOU EAT, 45:52 FOR WHAT YOU WILL DRINK, NOR ABOUT YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL 45:56 PUT ON. IS NOT LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND 45:59 THE BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING. LOOK AT THE BIRDS EVER THE 46:03 AIR. THEY DO NOT GATHER INTO BARNS, 46:08 YET THEIR HEMPLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. 46:10 ARE YOU NOT OF MORE VALUE. WHICH OF YOU WOULD ADD MORE 46:15 CUBIT TO YOUR STATURE. CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE 46:21 FIELD. THEY NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN. 46:24 SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT ARAISED LIKE THESE. 46:28 IF GOD SO CLOSED THE FIELD WHICH IS TOMORROW THROWN INTO 46:33 THE OVEN, WILL HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU? 46:38 OH, YOU EVER LITTLE FAITH. DO NOT WORRY SAYING WHAT 46:43 SHALL WE EAT WHAT SHOULD WE DRINK OR WHAT SHALL WE WEAR? 46:48 THESE ARE THE THINGS THE GENTILES DO. 46:50 FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS YOU NEED ALL OF THESE THINGS. 46:55 BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 47:00 ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU. 47:06 THIS PRINCIPLE OF GIVING TO GOD BEFORE EVEN OUR OWN 47:12 PHYSICAL NEEDS ARE MET. IS ILLUSTRATED BY TWO STORIES 47:16 OF WIDOWS. ONE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND 47:19 ONE IN THE NEW. THIS IS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING. 47:22 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT FOOD, TALKING ABOUT DRINK. 47:25 HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THE DESIRES EVER THE THINGS THAT 47:28 YOU WANT OR YOU CAN'T AFFORD. HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS 47:31 THAT MAKE LIFE GO AT ALL. HE SAYS IF YOU PLACE THE 47:37 KINGDOM OF HELP AND THE PURSUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ABOVE 47:40 EVEN THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, YOU WILL HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED 47:43 AND LEARN TO BE CONTENT WITH WHAT IS PROVIDED. 47:49 WE SEEP, GO TO 1 KINGS CHAPTER 17. 47:53 FIRST STORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 47:57 THE WIDOW DOWN TO HER LITERALLY LAST PENNY, STARTING 48:07 WITH VERSE 8, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME SAYING ARISE AND 48:13 DWELL THERE. HE COMMAND THE WIDOW TO 48:15 PROVIDE FOR YOU. WHEN HE CAME TO THE GATE OF 48:20 THE CITY A WIDOW WAS THERE GATHERING STICKS. 48:23 HE SAID PLEASE BRING ME WATER IN A CUP THAT I MIGHT DRINK. 48:26 HE CALLED HER AND SAID BRING ME A MORE CELL OF BREAD IN 48:30 YOUR HAND. AS THE LORD YOUR GOD LIVES, I 48:33 DO NOT HAVE BREAD, ONLY A HANDFUL OF FLOUR AND SOME OIL 48:38 IN A JAR. I'M GATHERING STICKS TO 48:40 PREPARE FOR MILEY CYRUS AND MY SON THAT WEAPON MAY EAT IT AND 48:44 DIE. SHE LITERALLY HAD ONLY A 48:48 LITTLE BIT OF FOOD LEFT. VERSE CHILDREN. 48:58 ELIJAHIA SAID, DO NOT FEAR. MAKE ME A SMALL CAKE FROM IT 49:05 FIRST. AND BRING IT TO ME AND 49:08 AFTERWARD MAKE SOME FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR SON. 49:15 GOD SAID, TRY ME AND SEE IF I WON'T PROVIDE. 49:19 PUT ALL OF THIS FAITH TALK INTO PRACTICE. 49:23 THE PROPHET OF GOD COMES ALONG AND SAYS LET'S TEST THE 49:27 SINCERITY OF YOUR FAITH. BRING ME A CAKE FIRST. 49:33 THEN LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR YOURSELF. 49:37 WE KNOW HOW THIS ENDS. THE LADY LIVED. 49:41 AND SO DID HER KID GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. 49:46 MARK. CHAPTER 12. 49:57 VERSE 41. NOW JEEZ SAT OPPOSITE EVER THE 50:01 TREASURY AND SAW HOW PEOPLE NUT THE TREASURY. 50:06 THEN ONE POOR WIDOW CAME AND THROUGH INTO TWO MITES. 50:10 WE CALLED THE DISCIPLES AND SAID TO HIM ASSUREDLY I SAY TO 50:15 YOU THIS WIDOW HAS PUT MOTHER FOR THEY PUT IN OUT OF THEIR 50:21 ABUNDANCE, BUT SHE OUT OF HER POVERTY PUT IN ALL THAT SHE 50:25 HAD, HER WHOLE LIKELIHOOD. THOSE ARE HER LAST BITS OF 50:32 LIKELIHOOD AND SHE GAVE IT AS THE LORD EXPECTED. 50:41 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. IF YOU DON'T NOTICE IT IN THE 50:45 STORY. I'LL MAKE IT PLAIN. 50:49 VERSE 44, ALL OF THOSE PUT OUT OF THEIR ABUNDANCE. 50:52 THEY GAVE A LOT. I WOULD SAY THEY WERE 50:55 GENEROUS. BUT GOD IS NOT LOOKING FOR 50:58 GENEROSITY. HE IS LOOKING FOR SACRIFICE. 51:07 THE TEST DOESN'T COME WHEN YOU CAN GIVE. 51:11 THE TEST COMES WHEN IT SEEMS YOU CAN'T GIVE. 51:19 BOTH GROUPS IN THE STORY GAVE. THE TEST EXPOSED THE MOTIVE. 51:29 LISTEN TO THIS. MAY 16, 1893. 51:34 WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT WE ARE PLAISTLESSED ON TRIAL IN 51:37 THIS WORLD TO DETERMINE OUR FITNESS FOR THE FUTURE LIFE. 51:42 MEN CAN ENTER HEAVEN WHOSE CHARACTERS ARE DEFILED BY THE 51:47 FOUL BLOCK OF SELF ORBSNESS. THEREFORE GOD TESTS US HERE, 51:52 BY COMMITTING TO US TEMPORAL POSSESSIONS THAT WE SHOW 51:59 WHETHER WE CAN BE ENTRUSTED WITH ETERNAL RICHES. 52:02 HE CONTINUES. SHOULD ALL WHO CLAIM TO BE 52:05 SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD CONTENTIOUSLY MEET THEIR 52:08 OBLIGATIONS TO GOD AND THEIR FELLOW MEN AND TITHE AND 52:13 OFFERINGS AND ABUNDANCE FLOWS INTO THE TREASURY TO SUSTAIN 52:17 THE WORK OF GOD. AS THEY SHOULD IMPART -- 52:20 NOTICE THIS CAREFULLY. AS THEY SHOULD IMPART THE LORD 52:24 WOULD OPEN WAYS BY WAY THEY COULD CONTINUALLY INSTILL 52:29 BECAUSE THEY WERE CONTINUALLY RECEIVING. 52:34 THE CIRCUIT OF BENEFICENCE? WHEN THE LORD GIVES, HE WANTS 52:40 TO SEE IF WE WILL INTURN GIVE AGAIN. 52:47 OR WILL WE OUT OF DESIRE FOR MORE OR LACK OF TRUST THAT 52:51 MORE MIGHT BE COMING LATER MORE THAN WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. 52:57 WILL WE EXERCISE SAINT'S SELFISHNESS OR BY GOD'S GRACE 53:09 CHRIST SELFLESSNESS. TO CONTINUE. 53:15 AGAIN, THE LORD WILL OPEN WAYS WHEREBY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 53:19 C.E.O. BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE. 53:21 THERE WOULD THEN BE NO OCCASION TO MAKE APPEALS TO 53:25 SUSTAINABLE THE CAUSE. I DON'T KNOW HOW HEAVY THAT 53:27 HITS YOU. WOULDN'T IT BE FANTASTIC TO GO 53:30 TO CHURCH AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN OFFERING APPEAL? 53:35 MAKE IT GOOD AND STERN. MAKE A AN EMOTIONAL -- WHAT IF 53:40 THE APPEAL WERE A FLOP. WOULD YOU GIVE, TOO? 53:44 WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT, NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE UP THE OFFERING. 53:47 THAT'S IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TALKED 53:50 INTO IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 53:54 EMOTIONALLY PULLED OR HAVE STIRRING MUSIC. 53:55 YOU GIVE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU DO. 54:00 IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF GIVING TO THE LORD HIS OWN WERE 54:03 CARRIED OUT REGULARLY AND SYSTEMICALLY, IT WOULD BE 54:08 ACKNOWLEDGED BY GOD. IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD ME 54:13 PREACH YOU HEARD THE EXPLANATION THAT IT INVOLVES 54:16 MORE THAN GETTING UP INTO HEAVEN TM INCLUDES. 54:22 UP FOR THE SOCIETY OF HEAVEN. THE REASON WE KEEP THE 54:26 COMMANDMENTS ISN'T TO EARN INTO GOD'S KINGDOM BUT TO 54:29 DEVELOP A CHARACTER THAT WILL BE HAPPY ONCE WE GET THERE. 54:33 THE, 272, THE SPIRIT OF IS THE SPIRIT OF HEAVEN. 54:40 CHRIST SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE REVEALED ON THE CROSS THAT MAN 54:44 GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD AND THEN GAVE HIMSELF. 54:48 THE CROSS. FAMILIES THE BEN BENJAMIN 54:54 NETANYAHU HE LENS. THIS CARRIED OUT IN ACTUAL 55:00 BENEVOLENCE AND GOOD WORK IS THE TRUE FRUIT OF THE 55:02 CHRISTIAN LIFE. THE PRINCIPLE IS TO GIVE GIFTS 55:06 AND THUSLY EXPECT TO SECURE HAPPINESS. 55:10 BUT CARRIED OUT IN ALL IT'S BEARINGS, THE FRUIT IS MISERY 55:14 AND DEATH. I LOVE THIS ONE. 55:16 IN HEAVEN LIVE PLACES, IN HEAVEN, NONE WILL THINK OF 55:22 SELF, NOR SEEK THEIR OWN PLEASURE. 55:26 DOES THAT MEAN TA HEAVEN WILL BE UNHAPPY? 55:30 NO. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF 55:33 PLEASURES IN HEAVEN. IT'S JUST NOT VITO FINDS THEM 55:36 AND SEEK THEM FOR ME AND FIGHT FOR MY OWN. 55:41 NO. CONTINUE FROM PURE GENUINE 55:47 LOVE WILL SEEK THE HAPPINESS EVER THE HEAVENLY BEINGS 55:50 AROUND THEM. SHE ENDS WITH THIS RHETORICAL 55:54 STATEMENT. WE WISH TO ENJOY HEAVENLY 55:56 SOCIETY IN THE EARTH MADE NEW, WE MUST BE GOVERNED BY 56:01 HEAVENLY PRINCIPLES HERE. TAKING US TO HEAVEN IS NOTHING 56:08 FOR JESUS. IT'S MAKING IT FIT FOR HEAVEN 56:12 THAT'S THE PURPOSE. TO LOOK AT THOSE GREAT 56:15 PRINCIPLES, THE GREAT LAW OF LOVE AND LIBERTY AND SAME IS 56:19 THIS SOMETHING IS I EVEN WANT. AND IF IT IS, LORD, HOW CAN I 56:25 START HEMP RIGHT HERE? START HEAVEN RIGHT HERE IT 56:30 YOUR DESIRE FOR HEAVEN TO START EVEN NOW? 56:33 HOW MANY HERE TODAY WOULD BE WILLING TO COVENANT BY GOD'S 56:39 STRENGTH TO NOT STEAL WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING? 56:43 AMEN? HOW MANY WANT TO COVENANT TO 56:47 SAY I DON'T STEAL EVEN IF I NEED SOMETHING? 56:50 HOW MANY HERE WANT TO ACTIVELY BUILD UP OUR DEFENSES AGAINST 56:55 THE EVIL OF SELFISHNESS BY PLEDGING TO RETURN TO GOD A 56:59 FAITHFUL TITHE AND SACRIFICIAL OFFERING? 57:02 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WANT IMMUNITY FROM THE 57:06 TEMPTATION EVER THE WORLD AND THE PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT 57:09 WORLD. WE CAN START HERE TODAY. 57:11 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MCH FOR GIVING US NOT ONLY 57:16 THE OVER THE PRINCIPLES OF HEAVEN BUT SHOWING US IN THE 57:18 LIFE OF CHRIST AND WORD OF GOD THE PRACTICE AND APPLICATION 57:21 EVER THOSE PRINCIPLES EVEN MORE. 57:24 LORD, WE KNOW THERE IS A TEST COMING. 57:26 IT WILL BE GREAT BUT WE WANT TO BE TESTED IN THE SMALL 57:29 THINGS TO PREPARE FOR THE BIG THINGS AND SOME DAY WHEN JESUS 57:34 COMES, NOT ONLY WILL WE GO TO HEAVEN, BUT BE READY. |
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