Participants: Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: SLC
Program Code: SLC000002A
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00:09 The Book of Revelation 13:16, says that,
00:12 "He causes all, both small and great, 00:14 rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark 00:17 in their right hands or in their foreheads." 00:20 Are you ready for the mark of the beast? 00:22 The time to get ready is now. 00:25 A thousand years before there was a Protestant, 00:28 there were Sunday laws 00:29 that originated in pagan sun worship. 00:32 For centuries, the church ruled the world 00:34 until the protestant reformation. 00:36 Men like Martin Luther championed personal 00:38 and religious freedom. 00:40 Thousands fled to America to seek freedom 00:42 from religious tyranny. 00:43 Will Protestants and freedom loving Americans 00:46 fight to keep freedom alive? 00:47 Or will we descend into a modern dark age? 00:51 The Sunday Law Crisis: What You Need To Know. 00:55 Episode 2: Getting Ready Spiritually. 00:59 Welcome back to part two of The Sunday Law Crisis: 01:02 What You Need To Know. 01:03 In part one we talked about many headlines 01:06 that talk about Sunday observance 01:08 and how the issue of Sunday versus Sabbath 01:10 is being agitated right now, around the world. 01:13 Here's one article I read from The Associated Press. 01:16 July 6, 2014. 01:18 The title is called, Keeping stores open on Sunday 01:21 is not beneficial for society, says Pope Francis. 01:25 Pope Francis' opinion is becoming quite popular. 01:28 His visit to America and all of the media coverage 01:32 surrounding his encyclical that came out in June, 2015. 01:36 He is putting his weight in favor of enforcing Sunday. 01:40 The movement for Sunday legislation 01:43 is growing right now, around the world. 01:46 As we talked about 01:48 this in our last program, Part one. 01:50 I read a quotation that is very shocking 01:51 to many but it is a fact. 01:53 This came from the famous Cardinal Gibbons, 01:56 November 11, 1895, which says, 01:59 Of course the Catholic Church claims 02:01 that the change from the Bible's Sabbath 02:03 into Sunday was her act and the act 02:06 is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious matters. 02:12 Here's another statement I read in Part one 02:14 from The Lord's Day Alliance of the U.S. 02:17 that's promoting Sunday observance. 02:18 April, 2015, the title was called, 02:21 Sunday as a mark of Christian unity. 02:24 White Horse Media has a little pocketbook 02:26 called Decoding the mark of the beast. 02:28 That looks at history, looks at prophecy, 02:30 looks at the Sabbath-Sunday issue 02:31 and shows very clearly that the Bible teaches. 02:35 And here are the, here's one of the tables of stone. 02:39 The fourth commandment written by God himself says, 02:42 "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 02:44 And the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord." 02:47 The Bible is very clear that God wrote his law 02:50 with his own finger on stone. 02:52 And it's the seventh day and that Sunday 02:54 is the first day of the week which is purely 02:55 a tradition of men as a day of worship 02:59 that has replaced the Bible's Sabbath. 03:01 So we're here to continue talking about 03:02 these issues and about the Sunday Law Crisis. 03:06 And to help you to get ready 03:08 for what is coming upon the Earth. 03:11 Today, I am here with Dean Corridan. 03:14 Dean, thank you for being here 03:16 and I see you have a White Horse Media shirt. 03:18 But you are not actually employed by White Horse Media, 03:20 you are our guest. 03:22 And you are the president of the Iowa-Missouri Conference 03:25 of Seventh-day Adventists. 03:27 Sabbath keepers that believe in the Bible 03:30 and who believe in Jesus. 03:31 That's right. 03:32 And it's a blessing to have you. 03:34 And our focus today is the, the spiritual preparation 03:36 so that we can get ready. 03:38 So just talk to us 03:39 and we'll bounce off each other. 03:41 And trust that God will bless us. 03:44 Well, it's interesting, Steve, 03:46 that God gives us so much information 03:48 in Bible prophecy of things that are coming. 03:53 And that we can see it happen. 03:55 But it's also equally interesting to know 03:57 that God gives us a lot of information 03:59 of how to be ready 04:01 for the crisis that's ahead of us 04:03 or for the second coming of Jesus. 04:05 In fact, in Matthew 24,25, 04:09 when it is one of the great passages 04:11 of Scripture of here's the things 04:13 you should look for and here's the things that will happen. 04:16 And then you will know that my coming is near. 04:19 God says, "Therefore, you also." 04:23 In Verse 44 of Chapter 24. 04:26 "Therefore, you also be ready." That's right. 04:29 I've got that, um, circled right there in my Bible. 04:31 "Be ready." 04:33 So the concept of readiness is important to the Bible. 04:36 The concept of being ready 04:38 and getting ready is very important 04:40 to the teachings of The Lord Jesus Christ. 04:43 And in Matthew, Chapter end of 24, 25, 04:48 just before the second coming, 04:50 God gives three parables to believers 04:55 and to nonbelievers to prepare them 04:59 to be ready for the second coming. 05:01 That's right. And for the final crisis. 05:02 And for the final crisis. It's sad, it's sad. 05:05 We've talked about this in previous 05:06 White Horse Media programs 05:07 that there's a lot of Christians out there 05:09 that believe we're just going to be raptured out of here 05:10 before the trouble starts 05:12 and the mark of the beast comes. 05:13 And, and they're not getting ready for the final crisis 05:16 'cause they don't think they'll be here. 05:17 That's right. 05:18 We believe that's a massive misinterpretation of prophecy. 05:20 That Revelation 13, "The two beasts are here 05:23 and the mark of the beast is pending." 05:25 And God want's us to get ready 05:27 to stand during the final crisis. 05:29 That's exactly right. 05:31 The three parables, just quickly, 05:34 is the parable of the faithful 05:36 and the evil servant from Chapter 24: 45-51. 05:41 Then the beginning of the Chapter 25, 05:44 is the parable of the wise 05:46 and foolish virgins from 1-13, virgins. 05:49 And then from 14-30, is the parable of the talents. 05:54 These are three parables that Jesus gives us 05:57 to focus on the whole concept 06:00 of spiritual readiness for his coming. 06:03 It's important to know the facts and the events. 06:05 But we need more than that. 06:06 We have to know, we have to know God. 06:08 We have to know Jesus. 06:10 We have to get spiritually ready. 06:11 Yeah, and the way he even opens up 06:13 the first parable of the faithful servant 06:16 and the evil servant in Chapter 24:45. 06:19 It is, "Who then is a faithful and wise servant." 06:24 That is the question that should be asked today. 06:27 That's right. Faithful and wise servant. 06:28 When we see the things 06:30 that are being pointed out in prophecy, 06:32 the question that should come to everybody's mind then is, 06:36 who's gonna be ready? Who is the faithful servant? 06:39 What's the faithful servant look like? 06:41 Who is the evil servant? 06:43 That's the question Jesus asked. 06:44 Good point. 06:46 These parables then begin to deal with it. 06:48 So the first, the first point of who is the faithful servant, 06:51 He talks about a household, 06:53 He talks about a household where people are involved. 06:56 And He contrasts the good servant with the evil servant. 07:01 The evil servant in Verse 48 is identified, 07:05 "But if that evil servant says in his heart, 07:09 'My master is delaying his coming,' 07:12 and begins to beat his fellow servants, 07:14 and to eat and drink with the drunkards." 07:18 So the identification of the evil servant 07:20 is the person who does not live his life 07:24 in any consideration that Jesus is coming again. 07:27 He probably believes that Jesus is coming 07:29 at some point but it says, 07:30 "He, my Lord delays his coming." 07:32 That's right. 07:33 So he puts it far into the future. 07:34 And so he does not adjust his life. 07:37 He mistreats the people around him. 07:39 Right. 07:40 And when it says, "He eats and drinks with the drunkard." 07:43 That is a reference to investing his interests 07:47 with the interests of the world. 07:49 Yeah, I've also looked at that and thought, 07:51 drunkards, Revelation 14 talks about Babylon, 07:54 that makes the world drunk with it's wine. 07:56 And so those people that are also eating 07:58 and drinking with the drunkards, 07:59 they're drinking the wine of Babylon. 08:01 And they're not really 08:03 following Jesus and the Bible closely. 08:04 That's right. 08:06 So in this first parable, it would seem to me as men, 08:09 as believers and to everybody. 08:12 But since we're talking, as men and believers, 08:14 if we really believe these things 08:17 that we're talking about here, 08:18 it ought to make me a better husband, 08:21 it ought to make me a better father, 08:23 it ought to make me a better worker, 08:25 that I'm kind and considerate and respectful 08:28 of the people around me. 08:29 That's the mark of a faithful servant. 08:32 Somebody who lives life to make life better for others. 08:37 Yes. The first identification. 08:40 Well, let me just also quickly mention, 08:41 I've thought a lot about this too that 08:43 one of the characteristics of the faithful 08:45 and wise servant in Verse 45 08:47 is that he gives food to his household in due season. 08:50 They give the people what they need, 08:53 especially as we get ready for a crisis. 08:55 God wants his people to give others 08:57 what they really need. 08:58 That's why-- When they need it. 09:00 Yes, that's why this series is called 09:01 the Sunday Law Crisis: What You Need To Know. 09:04 We're trying to be faithful and wise servants, 09:06 giving the people what they need. 09:08 So it would seem like one of the great testimonies 09:10 of the Christian church in the world today, 09:14 if we believe the crisis is in front of us, 09:17 would be giving a demonstration to unbelievers, 09:20 of a peaceful life, of happy homes, 09:23 adjusted, well adjusted churches, 09:26 treating each other with courtesy and respect. 09:28 Wonderful. 09:30 The second parable, 09:31 which is a very familiar parable 09:32 is called the parable of wise and foolish virgins. 09:35 In this parable, God demonstrates, 09:38 Jesus demonstrates that the virgins 09:41 who represent the church, who represent believers, 09:45 are going to wedding feast. 09:47 There's a great excitement and a great joy. 09:51 But when they get to the wedding feast, 09:53 there seems to be a delay and all of them go to sleep. 09:58 They are unaware, but in the parable it says 10:01 that a word goes out, something arouses them, 10:04 they wake up and say, wow, this is all really happening. 10:09 The Bridegroom really is coming. 10:10 He is coming, the events are happening 10:12 just like we were told. 10:15 But the difference then is even though 10:17 they all went to sleep and they all woke up, 10:22 something happened in that timeframe 10:25 that begin to separate and divide them. 10:27 Because the Bible is very clear that, 10:30 when five of them woke up, they trimmed their lamps, 10:34 they had oil to light their lamp, 10:37 to be a witness, to be ready. 10:39 But five had woken up, their lamps had gone out, 10:42 they had no oil to trim and light. 10:44 That's right. 10:46 Isn't the oil a symbol in the Bible? 10:48 Of the Holy Spirit? 10:49 Symbol of the Holy Spirit. 10:50 The first great lesson we need to learn from that is this, 10:54 nobody can provide the Holy Spirit for anybody. 10:58 Only Jesus can gift the Holy Spirit. 11:01 That's right. 11:02 And the foolish virgins... 11:04 I've studied this a lot too. 11:05 They go through the motions, they believe in Jesus coming, 11:08 the bridegroom coming. 11:10 They've got their lamps, they believe in the Bible. 11:11 But the oil of the Holy Spirit is missing in their vessels 11:14 which represent their lives. 11:16 And then when the crisis hits, they all wake up. 11:18 And the foolish virgins realize that the oil isn't there, 11:22 they're not connecting with God like they, 11:24 they thought they could do. 11:26 And they're missing something. 11:29 So they go to wise, they say, 11:30 "Give us your oil, our lamps are going out." 11:32 And the wise say, "We can't, we can't, 11:34 because we can't give you the experience that we have." 11:37 That's right. 11:39 Isn't it interesting that there's so much teaching 11:41 in the world today of second chances 11:44 and other opportunities. 11:46 But in the parable that Jesus himself gave us, 11:50 when the call comes, there is no second chance, 11:53 we're either ready or we're not ready. 11:55 Yeah, that's what I've been impressed with too. 11:58 Verse 10 says that, "Those who were ready, 12:01 went in with him to the wedding and the door was shut." 12:05 So the bottom line is we need to have the Holy Spirit now, 12:07 we need to be wise virgins now. 12:09 So when they crisis hits, we can't think that 12:11 we can just get ready during that time. 12:13 I heard a preacher once say that 12:15 crisis does not develop character, it only reveals it. 12:19 Oh, very good. It reveals what's there. 12:21 So we need to have an experience 12:22 with Jesus now and get ready. 12:24 So that when the issues hit, then we are ready 12:27 to deal with them, to trust Jesus, 12:29 and he's gonna bring us through. 12:30 Sometimes when people read the parable of the wise 12:32 and foolish virgins, they will ask questions like, 12:35 "Well, how does a person get the Holy Spirit? 12:37 I mean, what do we have to do? 12:38 I mean, is there some great effort? 12:40 Or is there some great work? 12:41 Or is there something we need to earn? 12:43 But Jesus was very clear on this 12:45 when he was on the Earth. 12:47 And he talked very clearly 12:49 that if we need the Holy Spirit, 12:50 all we need to do is simply ask. 12:53 And he will give it to us as quickly as a father 12:57 would give food or water to a hungry or thirsty child. 13:00 Luke 13:11. I think that's the text. 13:02 So the defining mark between the wise virgin 13:06 and the foolish virgin is this, 13:09 even when it seems they're asleep, 13:12 five are asking of The Father, of Jesus 13:17 a gift of the Holy Spirit and five are not. 13:22 And the Holy Spirit, Jesus called him the spirit of truth 13:24 who guides us into truth and his word is truth. 13:27 And we need the Holy Spirit now to bring us into the truth-- 13:29 Everyday. 13:30 That's, our time is moving rapidly. 13:32 Quickly, the third parable... 13:34 The third parable is, quickly, is the parable of the talents. 13:39 And basically God gives talents 13:41 or gifts of ability to three of his servants 13:45 and tells them he's coming back. 13:46 He gives five talents to one, 13:48 two talents to another, one talent. 13:51 What becomes the defining feature 13:54 of Jesus saying well done? 13:57 It wasn't the amount of talents, 13:59 nor was it the amount of return. 14:02 It was that somebody 14:04 did something for Jesus in preparing. 14:08 Somebody did something. 14:09 Then two did something and God said, 14:12 "Well done, good and faithful servant." 14:15 One servant said, "Well, I'm not going to do anything, 14:20 I'm just going to bury my talent." 14:23 It is that servant that God said, 14:25 "You are a slothful servant, 14:27 you did nothing to help somebody else to get ready." 14:31 We need to be kind, first parable. 14:34 We need to be alert, asking heaven 14:37 for the gift of the Holy Spirit through truth 14:40 and the word of God, second parable. 14:42 Third parable, we need to be helping others, 14:46 we need to invest in others 14:48 to help them be ready for the second coming. 14:51 Use our gifts and talents to help spread the word 14:54 and help other people to know Jesus as well. 14:57 We need to be real practical Christians. 14:58 That's right. That's right. 15:00 Now let's, let's shift and let's go to Revelation 14. 15:03 'Cause I've looked at the third angel's message, 15:05 and the whole issue of the mark of the beast, 15:07 the beast, the image, the mark 15:08 described in Revelation 14: 9-12. 15:11 At the end of Verse 11, talks about those 15:13 who receive the mark of his name. 15:15 So there's the mark of the beast 15:16 mentioned in Revelation 14:11. 15:18 And then Verse 12 says, 15:20 "Here is the patience of the saints; 15:21 here are those who keep 15:24 the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." 15:28 These are the people 15:30 that are described in Revelation, 15:31 as being on the opposite side of the beast and the mark. 15:35 We've got the beast and the mark group. 15:37 And then we have the keepers of the Commandments of God 15:41 and the faith of Jesus group. 15:43 And it seems to me, the part of our, 15:45 or huge part of our spiritual preparation, 15:47 if not the sum total of our preparation 15:50 which then branches out in different areas 15:52 using our talents, etcetera, 15:54 is to become commandment keepers 15:56 and have the faith in Jesus. 15:58 And I've mentioned these before. 16:00 I carry these around sometimes when I go to seminars 16:03 and I hold up the two tables in front of audiences. 16:06 And I have been deeply convicted, 16:09 Elder Corridan that this is a time 16:13 that we're living in that the Holy Spirit 16:16 wants to show us each commandment 16:19 and go deep into our hearts and show us 16:22 where we are breaking God's law. 16:26 And he wants to bring us to the cross. 16:31 And it says the Commandments of God 16:33 and the faith of Jesus. 16:35 That Jesus is the only one that can cleanse us 16:39 from sin through his blood. 16:43 And save us by his grace. 16:45 And we want to make it very clear 16:46 as we've been talking about Protestant, Catholic issues, 16:48 that we are Protestants through and through. 16:50 And that we do not believe in salvation 16:54 by keeping the law, through the law. 16:57 We believe in salvation by the grace of Jesus, 17:00 who then writes the law 17:02 into our hearts through his power. 17:05 And then enables us as the fruit of our faith 17:08 in him to become commandment keepers, 17:11 to keep all 10 including the fourth. 17:13 Amen. 17:14 Steve, when you say that, 17:15 it just reminds me that in the book of Daniel 9:7, 17:18 when Daniel is praying for wisdom 17:20 and help from God, he says, 17:23 "Oh, Lord, all righteousness belongs to you." 17:26 That's right. 17:28 And what you just said reminded me 17:30 that we don't earn righteousness. 17:32 We don't earn readiness. Righteousness is a gift of God. 17:37 And he promises to give it to us. 17:39 Readiness is a gift of God. 17:42 And Jesus says that He has engraved us 17:47 on the palms of his hands. 17:49 And if we will rest in Him, He will never let us go. 17:53 He is well able to get every man, woman, and child 17:58 from this sinful into the new kingdom. 18:01 That's right. Praise his name. 18:03 As I look again at this text, 18:04 the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, 18:07 in history many have focused on the Commandments, 18:09 like the pharisees, but they neglected Jesus. 18:12 Other people focused on Jesus, 18:14 but they want nothing to do with the Commandments. 18:16 They say Jesus saves us and the law is gone. 18:19 But the third angel's message in Revelation 14:12, 18:24 that warns about the beast and the mark 18:26 and the crisis that we're heading into, 18:29 puts the Commandments of God 18:30 and the faith of Jesus together. 18:33 And as I mentioned in the last program, 18:35 I've pondered this a lot and I've concluded 18:37 that the finger that wrote the law was on the hand, 18:41 on the hands that were nailed to the cross. 18:45 Especially, the fourth commandment 18:46 that points to, to the creator. 18:48 The Sabbath, the seventh-day Sabbath 18:50 points to our creator. 18:51 And when you look at the New Testament, 18:52 Jesus is our creator. 18:54 John 1:3, says all things were made by Him. 18:58 John 1:10, says He was in the world, 19:01 the world was made by Him and the world didn't know Him. 19:04 And so when you put the pieces together, 19:06 the one that gave us the law 19:08 and gave us the Sabbath to point to Him as the creator. 19:11 He's the one that sacrificed Himself on, 19:14 in Gethsemane and on the cross for our sins. 19:17 And it's the Revelation of His grace and his love. 19:21 And the Creator's suffering and the forgiveness 19:24 that comes from Him alone. 19:26 And salvation from Him alone. 19:28 That He saves us from sin, changes our lives. 19:31 And because we love Him, 19:32 we then want to become commandment keepers. 19:35 Like Jesus said, "If you love me, 19:37 keep my Commandments." 19:39 And that's the kind of people 19:41 that the Lord is preparing spiritually. 19:45 Well, his preparation says not only did he write it 19:47 on a table of stone but Old Testament 19:49 and New Testament makes it clear 19:52 that He writes His law on our hearts. 19:55 That's right. He will do that for us. 19:58 So He will cause us to walk in His ways. 20:02 He will provide the righteousness. 20:04 He will provide obedience. 20:06 In our everyday life we can be ready. 20:09 That's right. 20:11 And as I, part of my, my personal preparation, 20:13 I've looked at the first commandment. 20:15 "No other God is before God." 20:16 And I've searched my heart 20:18 let the Holy Spirit search my heart. 20:19 And show me where I've violated that commandment. 20:22 And then Jesus cleanse me. Amen. 20:24 The second commandment, "No idols." 20:25 Have I had idols in my life? 20:27 And if I have, Lord, forgive me, cleanse me. 20:31 And the third commandment, 20:32 now "Don't take God's name in vain." 20:34 Have I don't that? Lord, forgive me, cleanse me. 20:37 Or I've broken the Sabbath, 20:39 or I haven't honored my father and my mother. 20:42 Number seven, where I've committed murder. 20:45 Although I haven't actually killed anybody, 20:46 but Jesus said, "If you hate someone 20:48 in your heart, it's murder." 20:51 And Lord, have I done that? And do I hate anybody? 20:54 Forgive me, Jesus, cleanse me. 20:56 Number seven, "Don't commit adultery." 20:58 That's a huge one. Dealing with sexual purity. 21:00 Not just-- Especially today. 21:02 Yeah, not just inside of marriage, but outside, 21:04 when people aren't married yet, wait till you get married. 21:06 Marriage is between a man and a woman, Biblically. 21:09 And men need to be careful of their minds 21:12 when we're clicking around on the internet. 21:14 God wants our minds to be pure and clean. 21:17 And if we've broken that law, now is the time for us to say, 21:20 "Lord, cleanse me, forgive me. Jesus, save me." 21:24 Number eight, "Don't steal." Number nine, "Don't lie. 21:27 Don't bear false witness." Number 10, "Don't covet." 21:29 And Jesus summarized that the big 10 in the big 2. 21:33 To love God with your whole heart, 21:35 soul, mind, and strength. 21:36 And your neighbor as yourself. 21:38 And, and I tell you, Dean, I'm totally convinced 21:41 that the Holy Spirit is moving to convict people 21:45 one by one of their breaking of all the Commandments. 21:49 To then point them to Jesus, and His forgiveness, 21:52 and His grace, and His power. 21:54 So Jesus can forgive us, change us, 21:57 write the law in our hearts, 21:59 by the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit 22:00 that the wise virgins have. 22:01 That same Holy Spirit in the book of Hebrew 22:03 that says, the Spirit says, 22:04 "I'll write my law in your heart." 22:06 And then we will become commandment keepers 22:08 because we love God 22:09 and that's the way to be ready for this crisis. 22:11 You have just described 22:13 every faithful person in all three parables. 22:16 Wow, so they go, they merge together. 22:18 They merge together. They merge together. 22:19 Yeah, one thing I've also been convicted about, 22:22 and I think it's safe to say this 22:24 that I think about the tragedy of Bill Cosby. 22:27 Hmm. 22:28 One of the most beloved American comedians of all time. 22:32 And the evidence I think is pretty overwhelming 22:35 that he had some huge skeletons in his closet 22:39 and that they came out. 22:41 And we need to pray for Bill. 22:42 Pray that he'll come clean and that God will-- 22:45 'Cause He still loves him, God loves us all. 22:47 But the point, and the reason why I say that 22:49 is because I've just been impressed 22:50 that we cannot afford to have any skeletons in our closet. 22:54 As we go into the final crisis, 22:56 those skeletons must be confessed 22:58 before the crisis hits and we got to let Jesus 23:01 take all the skeletons out 23:03 so we can go into the crisis clean and pure, 23:07 trusting Jesus as real commandment keepers 23:11 who are ready to give 23:12 the third angel's message with a loud voice. 23:16 He promises to wash us with His word. 23:20 He promises that if we yield to Him and obey Him, 23:24 we will be clean and ready when he comes. 23:29 Yeah, wow. 23:30 So God's preparing the people right now. 23:31 Isn't He? Right now. 23:33 He's getting us ready. 23:34 He's getting us ready spiritually. 23:36 And if a person feels like so much time is gone by, 23:38 it is not too late. 23:40 God can work in a moment for us. 23:42 We need to decide today, today is the day of salvation. 23:46 That's right. And we can't afford to wait. 23:47 Cannot wait. 23:49 I think a lot of people think, 23:50 well when the final crisis hits, then I'll get ready. 23:52 And it just doesn't happen that way. 23:54 We got to have, we got to have that preparation right now. 23:56 One thing also I want to share, 23:58 we got about three more minutes left. 23:59 I've been deeply convicted about 24:01 how the third angel's message talks about 24:03 those who get the mark of the beast 24:05 and those who get the mark 24:06 will drink the wine of the wrath of God, 24:09 which is poured out full strength 24:11 into the cup of his indignation. 24:13 And I've looked at the word, that cup, 24:15 and it's taken me back to the garden of Gethsemane. 24:17 Hmm. 24:19 Where Jesus wrestled with a cup and said, 24:21 "Father, if it's possible, take this cup from me. 24:24 But nevertheless, not my will, but your will be done." 24:27 And that in that cup 24:29 was the wine of the wrath of God, 24:31 unmixed with mercy. 24:32 And when we really understand 24:33 that Jesus took the wrath of God, 24:35 that's described in the third angel's message. 24:37 He took it before He gave the message. 24:39 And that the suffering 24:41 that He went through was for us. 24:43 He took our justice, so he could give us His mercy. 24:47 And I've just been so moved, I preach on this too. 24:50 I've been so moved by this 24:51 that if we really understand the sufferings 24:53 that Jesus went through to take our sins 24:57 of breaking the Ten Commandments, 25:00 that he suffered without a drop of mercy 25:03 falling upon him in the garden. 25:06 That that should move us, move us like nothing else can 25:11 to pray the same prayer that Jesus prayed. 25:14 To pray, not my will, but your will be done. 25:19 If ever there's a day to say yes to Jesus, it's today. 25:22 That's right. 25:24 And that is, that was a full surrender Jesus made. 25:27 Full surrender to His Father's will. 25:30 And I'm convinced that the only way 25:31 that we can truly be ready for Jesus coming, 25:35 is to make that full surrender to God, 25:38 to his love, to his word, and to his truth. 25:42 Now before the crisis comes. 25:44 Oh, well said, well said. 25:47 So that's where, that's where we are. 25:49 And God's getting people ready 25:50 and we certainly want to stress the fact that the information 25:56 that we're sharing in this series, 25:57 The Sunday Law Crisis: What You Need To Know, 26:00 this information is not human opinion. 26:02 The saddest words in the Scripture ever said is, 26:06 "The summer's ended, 26:07 the harvest is passed and we're not saved." 26:11 The happiest words in the scripture 26:13 are when Jesus says, 26:16 "Well done, good and faithful servant." 26:18 That's right. 26:20 And to be a good and faithful servant is to follow Scripture. 26:23 We don't want to follow the beast, 26:25 we don't want to follow the image of the beast. 26:27 The image of the beast as it's duplicated. 26:29 We don't want to get the mark of the beast 26:30 in our foreheads or in our hands, our actions. 26:34 We want to follow Jesus Christ all the way, 26:37 and be part of the people 26:39 that our described here in the Word of God. 26:43 Friend, this is the Word of God. 26:45 This is not man's opinion, 26:47 these are not human traditions that we're telling you. 26:50 We're telling you what God says 26:51 and what God wrote with His own finger on stone. 26:55 And the ultimate issue at the end of time is, 26:57 are we gonna follow the Bible? 26:59 Are we gonna follow Jesus? 27:01 Or are we gonna follow the beast and get the mark? 27:04 Those are the issues that are revealed 27:06 in the book of Revelation. 27:08 So we just appeal to you from our hearts 27:11 based on Scripture, 27:12 that you will choose to be among the people 27:16 described here in God's word. 27:18 "Here is the patience of the saints. 27:21 Here are the those who keep the Commandments of God 27:25 and the faith of Jesus." 27:28 Let's get ready now. 27:31 Today, we have a special offer 27:32 called the The Time is at Hand Information packet. 27:35 This offer is only $15 for 10 great Pocket books, 27:39 1 DVD titled Earth's final crisis, 27:41 and the classic Great Controversy. 27:43 Don't miss this opportunity to get these resources today. 27:47 To order your Information Packet, call 1.800.882.4253 27:52 or write to White Horse Media, P.O. 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