Sunday Law Crisis, The

Getting Ready Practically

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00:10 In Mathew 24:44,
00:13 Jesus said be ready for He is coming
00:16 at an hour when we do not expect Him.
00:19 What does it mean to be ready practically?
00:22 You're about to find out so don't move.
00:25 A thousand years before there was a Protestant
00:27 there were Sunday laws
00:29 that originated in pagan Sun worship.
00:31 For centuries the church ruled the world
00:33 until the Protestant Reformation.
00:35 Men like Martin Luther champion of personal
00:38 and religious freedom thousands fled to America
00:41 to seek freedom from religious tyranny.
00:43 Will Protestants and freedom-loving Americans
00:45 fight to keep freedom alive?
00:47 Or will we descend into a modern Dark Age.
00:50 The Sunday Law Crisis: What You Need To Know.
00:54 Episode 3, Getting Ready Practically.
00:58 Welcome to part 3 of The Sunday Law Crisis:
01:01 What You Need To Know.
01:03 I have in my hand a book called Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
01:06 It is a Christian Protestant classic
01:10 dealing with the sufferings of God's people in history.
01:13 Word protestant means protest.
01:16 On page 43 of this book it says,
01:19 "Disregarding the maxims and principles of the gospel,
01:23 the papal church arming herself
01:26 with the power of the sword persecuted the Church of God
01:29 and wasted it for several centuries.
01:32 A period most appropriately termed in history,
01:34 'The Dark Ages.'
01:36 The kings of the earth gave their power
01:39 and their strength to the beast."
01:41 It is a fact of history that for approximately 400 years
01:45 from the 1,500 to 1,800
01:47 the vast majority of Protestant scholars
01:50 and preachers and laity like Martin Luther
01:53 and John Calvin, Huss, Jerome, Wesley,
01:55 Charles Spurgeon and many others,
01:57 they believe that the beasts of the Book of Revelation
02:00 was a symbol of the Roman Church.
02:02 And we believe the same thing today.
02:05 I also have a copy of the large official catechism
02:10 of the Roman Church,
02:11 catechism of the Catholic Church.
02:13 On page 538-- 528 it's--
02:19 it talks about Sanctifying Sunday
02:22 and it says that "Public authorities
02:23 should ensure citizens a time intended for rest
02:27 and divine worship.
02:29 Christians should seek recognition of Sundays
02:32 as legal holidays."
02:34 So it's no secret that the Roman Church
02:37 strongly believes in Sunday
02:38 they believe that said he should be legislated by law
02:41 as we shared in the past, past programs,
02:43 the Roman Church also claims
02:45 that they changed the Bible Sabbath,
02:46 the seventh day Sabbath into Sunday
02:48 and that it is a mark of their authority.
02:51 And one of these days this mark of Rome's authority,
02:54 Sunday, is going to be legislated
02:57 in the United States and around the world.
02:59 That's what Bible prophecy predicts.
03:01 We have a little book also on this topical
03:03 called "Decoding the Mark of the Beast."
03:06 In the first program we talked about Revelation 13
03:09 and explain this in greater detail.
03:11 The second program was called Getting Ready Spiritually
03:15 and now it's time for the third program
03:17 called Getting Ready Practically.
03:19 And I'm here again with our Dean Coridan, Dean...
03:22 Good to see you, Steve. Good to have you here.
03:23 He is the conference president of the Iowa Missouri Conference
03:27 of Seventh-day Adventists and Dean is a spiritual man,
03:30 a godly man a student of the Bible.
03:32 And I thank you for being part of another program with me
03:37 we're gonna go real, just practical today.
03:40 We don't want to just believe in theory
03:42 and just go through history, but we want to talk about
03:44 what does this mean in my life
03:46 as I get ready for earth's final crisis.
03:49 Well, thanks for inviting me to be here.
03:51 You're welcome.
03:52 And I think we ought to use the Bible
03:54 as the basis for we use it for a basis
03:57 of spiritual preparation
03:59 and now we should use it for a basis of practical.
04:02 Definitely. Preparation.
04:04 I'm all for that.
04:05 We want to be people of the book.
04:07 That's right, so, Steve, let's just start
04:08 back in Matthew Chapter 24.
04:10 Okay.
04:12 And let's look at the starting with verse 36.
04:16 Now this is the chapter word Jesus tells the disciples,
04:20 things that they should look for
04:22 that would be indications of the end of the world
04:25 and the shortness of time.
04:27 So Jesus still speaking says "But of that day and hour
04:32 no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,
04:35 nor the Son, but My Father only."
04:37 Then get this verse "But as the days of Noah were,
04:42 so also will be-- so also will the coming
04:46 of the Son of Man be."
04:48 So Jesus himself refers to something in history
04:53 as a reminder to us at the end of the world,
04:58 of what a preparation would look like.
05:00 Then he refers to society.
05:03 He says "For as in the days before the flood,
05:06 they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage
05:10 until the day that Noah entered the ark,
05:13 and did not know until the flood came
05:15 and took them all away,
05:17 so also will be the coming of the Son of Man."
05:21 So there's a clear parallel between Noah's day
05:25 and the last days.
05:26 And these verses that you just read actually
05:28 are right before verse 44 that I read earlier
05:31 where Jesus said "Be ready."
05:33 That's right. So He says "Be ready."
05:35 And He talks then about previously about Noah
05:37 and we're gonna learn some practical lessons, aren't we?
05:40 We are. From Noah's life.
05:41 So I think the principle that we need to build on today
05:45 is that when we look at say--
05:47 where it says they were eating and drinking,
05:50 marrying and giving in marriage.
05:52 We shouldn't be interpreting that
05:54 that it was wrong to get married.
05:56 Okay, right.
05:57 I'm glad because I'm a happily married
05:59 and so were you.
06:00 The problem that's being indicated here is
06:03 that they were living their daily lives with no regard
06:08 that things were about change.
06:10 Right, for God and His warning. That's right.
06:13 So the practical what we're gonna build on
06:16 is living life today, that's reflective of belief
06:22 that Jesus is gonna come.
06:24 That's perfect, very good.
06:26 Now one of the places to go for that would be
06:28 Hebrews Chapter 11.
06:30 Hebrews Chapter 11 is Great by Faith Chapter in the Bible.
06:37 And I think one of the points that we have to keep in mind
06:40 when we talk about practical living,
06:43 it would be well to keep the words in front of it
06:47 "By Faith."
06:49 Whatever we're doing is by faith
06:52 but it's going to come out in a practical way.
06:54 That's a great, that's a great point here.
06:56 When you really look at the text says 'By faith--
06:59 By faith Noah, being divinely warned
07:02 of things not yet seen,"
07:05 which we've been warned about in the book of Revelation.
07:07 We've been studying Revelation 13.
07:08 We've been divinely warned about what is coming
07:10 and, and then it says "He-- He moved with godly fear,"
07:15 I have the New King James Bible
07:16 "And he prepared an ark
07:18 for the saving of his household."
07:22 So there's-- he's-- he is living by faith.
07:25 God warned him, he moved and he prepared.
07:28 So the principles we're going to build on then
07:30 and practical living is, Noah never seen a flood,
07:36 so he's preparing for something,
07:38 he has never seen before.
07:40 None of us have ever seen an end of a world.
07:42 That's right.
07:43 None of us have ever seen a Second coming.
07:46 But Noah believed that so much that he built an ark,
07:51 that's a physical activity that he did for 120 years.
07:56 Now there's practical application
07:58 that comes out of that.
08:00 I mean, if you actually build the ark,
08:02 I mean, that cost something.
08:04 That's right, I was thinking about that,
08:05 did Noah employ workers to help him build the boat
08:10 and if he did employ them, he would have to have paid them
08:12 did have some property that he had to sell
08:15 to get some extra money to pay his employees.
08:19 There's a whole host of things we really don't exactly know,
08:21 but I'm sure that that there were some real practical steps
08:24 that Noah made to put everything
08:25 on the altar to invest his time,
08:27 his money, his energy into building that boat,
08:30 which was doing God's work.
08:32 Now, you see, you just have to figure
08:33 how but Noah make a decision, how would Noah make a decision
08:37 of possessions or assets that I have today.
08:40 I think that Noah would have said,
08:43 "Look, the flood is coming,
08:45 I'm building this boat, this ark,
08:48 we're going to get on it
08:49 am I gonna be able to bring that on?"
08:52 And if the answer is no, then he would use that
08:55 to build the boat?
08:56 To build the ark. That would make sense to me.
08:59 In a practical sense that we begin to think
09:03 in a journey from here that according to the Bible
09:06 will pass through a crisis, a time of trouble,
09:11 the Bible says of such as never been seen before
09:15 that will end us in a New Kingdom.
09:18 And everlasting kingdom, that there will be a journey
09:22 that we will making an evaluation to say,
09:25 what is it that I will take into the New Kingdom?
09:28 The Bible indicates we're only gonna take yourself,
09:31 your own character and people around you.
09:34 There's no indication that the cars going
09:36 into the New Kingdom.
09:38 You know, or a house or a boat. House, boat, bank account...
09:41 Mutual funds.
09:43 No indication. Retirement accounts.
09:45 That's right, so that should begin to adjust the way I live.
09:49 Now there's a principles in the Bible
09:51 that could help us with that adjustment.
09:54 So for instance, the Bible cautions us about debt.
09:59 It cautions us not to go into debt.
10:02 Right.
10:03 In fact, it says if we're out if--
10:05 if we in debt, we should not rest
10:08 until were out of debt.
10:09 Right, here is the text Romans 13:8 says,
10:12 "Owe no one anything except to love one another,
10:15 for he who loves another has fulfilled the law."
10:17 Love is fulfilling the law and God wants us
10:20 out of debt as much as possible.
10:22 So practical then according to the Word of God
10:25 and the principal we're working on,
10:27 a practical way to approach a coming crisis
10:31 would be how am I gonna deal with my money?
10:33 What's gonna happen to my finances?
10:35 Well, number one, the Bible says
10:37 don't be in debt, don't owe anybody.
10:40 Another principle would be
10:42 that you and I were talking about this a while ago,
10:45 that we should be content with food
10:47 and raiment that we have.
10:49 There should be a spirit of contentedness in us.
10:52 Right and we've read that-- I read that 1 Timothy...
10:56 1 Timothy Chapter 6.
10:58 I just read that and that so practical,
11:00 practical it says "Godliness with contentment is great--
11:03 is great game, for we brought nothing into this world,
11:06 and it is certainly can carry nothing out
11:08 and having food and clothing, we should be content."
11:11 Now that's a huge principle
11:13 because right now we're living in a society
11:15 where nobody's content with anything.
11:17 Yeah, everyone wants to keep up
11:19 with the Proverbial Joneses.
11:20 That's right and even in the raising of our children,
11:22 we can see a spirit, no matter how much there is,
11:26 there still a discontentedness.
11:28 Good practical daily living would be to learn contentment,
11:33 to find contentment with what we have.
11:36 And a pass that along to our children.
11:38 The best way to do that for parents is service.
11:42 If we help our young people, our children today,
11:46 to find joy in doing things for others,
11:49 start with grandma and grandpa, start with family,
11:52 helping mom and dad, but neighbors.
11:55 Even to the people they don't know
11:56 involve them in projects,
11:59 to help other people find a sense of joy,
12:02 they will have a contentment with the things that they have.
12:04 People service. Yeah, I think too many--
12:06 I am fearful that too many, too many of us
12:08 and when, you know, kids grow up,
12:10 people say for college, send their kids in the college.
12:13 They come out with a big debt,
12:14 huge debt and the goal is to get a good job,
12:17 make money, have the American dream,
12:19 be content, have a nice car, have money in the bank,
12:22 the nest egg, and everything really,
12:24 it's so easy for that just to become a selfish pursuit.
12:28 And if we really believe as Noah believed
12:32 that prophecies are being fulfilled in front of us
12:35 and that time is running out.
12:36 And that the crisis is coming,
12:38 the mark of the beast is coming,
12:40 and then when that time comes
12:41 everybody will make their final decision,
12:43 the doors of heaven will close just like Noah's Ark, closed.
12:47 Just like there were seven days
12:48 after the closing of the door the ark
12:50 until the flood came, there will be seven plagues
12:52 in the Book of Revelation
12:53 that will come on those that get the mark.
12:55 The time of trouble and God is preparing us
12:57 to go through that time and at the end of that time
12:59 is the second coming of Jesus.
13:01 If we really leave that, then what should be our goal?
13:04 It's not just to have a big house and have a big car
13:06 and have a lot of money in the bank
13:08 so we could have a nest egg.
13:09 Our goal should be like Noah, moving and preparing,
13:14 so that our families and ourselves can be saved
13:17 as we live practically by faith.
13:19 Well, one of the principles that God gives us
13:22 in the Bible in the Word of God,
13:24 is the principle of timing.
13:26 And God gives that in Malachi to bring all the tithes
13:30 and offerings into a storehouse,
13:32 is it because somebody needs the money?
13:35 Well, they may God says bringing in
13:37 so that you will see, that I'm gonna bless you,
13:41 and care for you, and keep you.
13:44 So a practical way then our family
13:46 we have found to help even our children prepare
13:49 for the coming crisis,
13:50 is to teach the principle of tithing.
13:53 So our-- Ten percent.
13:54 Ten percent, so our kids understand
13:57 that God can work for them and move for them
14:00 and cause their money that's left
14:02 to be enough for them to cover what they need.
14:05 So I would encourage families
14:07 that are listening to us talk today,
14:09 to if there's ministries
14:11 that they would like to support or help
14:13 or if they're appreciating the ministry
14:15 that they're hearing right now, of the ministry you have,
14:18 is to consider donating and helping those ministries.
14:22 If they're attending a church,
14:23 then help the local church to be a strong local church
14:27 and I think you brought some literature
14:29 that you can show that could even be a witness.
14:31 Yes, that's right I've been convicted for a long time
14:34 that I need to be frugal with my money
14:36 and to get a hold of literature.
14:39 And I put money into literature,
14:41 I don't have a lot of money, but I buy tracts,
14:44 I get tracts whatever I can get them
14:46 and here's a little tract called The Signs of the Times,
14:48 a love letter from Jesus.
14:50 Here's a glow tracts When Freedom Dies,
14:52 I give this out regularly dealing with Revelation,
14:55 a little book called, Steps to Christ,
14:57 which I take in hotels airports hand these out.
15:01 We have flyers the ministry has White Horse Media
15:03 has flyers called the Time is at Hand,
15:05 which is a Bible study at Revelation 13.
15:08 Another one on the signs of the times called
15:10 There Shall Be Signs.
15:11 Just a few days ago I was at the Spokane Airport,
15:14 meeting for my big appointment
15:16 with the TSA government representative trying to--
15:21 I was fingerprinted and getting interviewed
15:24 and filling out my form
15:25 so I could be background checked,
15:26 to see if I can finally go through the pre-check line
15:29 all the time, 'cause I travel so much.
15:31 And I was thinking to myself,
15:33 I don't know if this person is open to a tract
15:36 or a little glow track or a little Steps to Christ
15:39 and so I thought about
15:40 and then we struck up a conversation,
15:42 the lady asked me what I did I told her I was a pastor
15:44 and she became very interested in my church
15:48 and so we just talked some more and I reach into my satchel
15:51 and handed her some literature
15:52 and she was very interested in reading it.
15:55 And I give out tracks on airplanes
15:57 and different places I imagine you too, you do too.
15:59 And so this is practical too. Practical living.
16:03 The Bible says in the Book of Proverbs
16:04 "He who wins souls is wise."
16:06 Daniel 12 verse-- I think its verse 3 says,
16:09 "Those who win many to righteousness,
16:13 will be like the stars, for ever and ever."
16:16 And so this is a practical thing
16:17 we can do is get a hold the tracts.
16:19 Give them away to people.
16:20 Talk to people when we can if we--
16:22 if we don't have the courage to go door-to-door
16:24 or to hand them out everywhere we go
16:27 we can certainly, when you get a phone bill
16:29 or an electric bill stick a tract in the bill.
16:33 And send it to someone but to me
16:35 this is a practical way that we can be serving God.
16:38 And as you mentioned ministries like White Horse Media,
16:41 we survive on contributions.
16:43 Now, I give my tithe to my local Church.
16:46 And I give offerings to different ministries
16:48 and people give offerings to us and this is how we--
16:51 this is how we continue to function.
16:52 And this is a time when we need to put our money
16:55 where our mouth is as they say.
16:57 And put our money into the Lord's work
17:00 because the time is coming
17:01 when that money will be worthless,
17:03 and we can't buy or sell unless we have the mark
17:07 we're not going to be able to even access most likely,
17:10 money that happens to be in our banks,
17:12 because if we don't go along with the mark,
17:14 we can't access this money.
17:15 So we need to be using this money
17:18 before that time comes
17:19 or it's just gonna be worthless.
17:21 Well, it's interesting to me
17:23 that we have the description of heaven,
17:28 found in Revelation 21 and 22.
17:31 And time is--
17:33 is Heaven's portrayed with the city
17:36 and all that it's there.
17:39 But it came to me a few weeks ago,
17:42 that in heaven there's a couple things
17:45 you're not going to be able to give.
17:48 I mean, you're not going to be able to give an offering.
17:51 We are walking on streets of gold.
17:54 So if ever a person is going to use their moneys
17:56 to advance the Kingdom of God,
17:58 it's going to be this side of heaven.
18:00 Something else that you're not going
18:02 to be able to give in heaven, is time.
18:05 There comes a point where the Bible says,
18:07 that Jesus says, time is no more.
18:09 I mean, If you're living forever,
18:11 what sacrifice of time are you gonna make?
18:14 If ever were gonna make a sacrifice of time
18:18 to do something of service, for Jesus, for somebody else,
18:21 we're going to do that this side of heaven.
18:24 So time, money, the Bible even indicate
18:28 when it goes to Hebrews 11 that Abraham, his belief,
18:33 it affected where he lived.
18:36 So with our belief in the coming crisis
18:39 or the kingdom of God affect the type of house
18:42 that I would choose to live in.
18:43 And where we live in.
18:45 Where I would live? That's right.
18:46 Our family moved out of California,
18:49 seven years ago out into North Idaho,
18:51 where we are now to have some land,
18:54 it's cheaper out here, less expensive,
18:56 and we especially want to get our children into the country.
19:00 We now have a little garden,
19:01 we try to grow as much food as we can.
19:04 And it's very valuable, it's great for the kids
19:07 to be in the country, a lot less temptations
19:09 and it's good for their spiritual lives,
19:11 it's good for my wife and I.
19:13 It's a lot calmer, a lot quieter
19:15 and we have good food,
19:17 that's organic, that we can grow.
19:19 Not that were saved by, by food
19:21 but it certainly is a blessing and being in the country
19:25 has helped me personally to get closer to Jesus.
19:29 So we certainly believe in country living
19:32 that this is this is a practical step
19:35 as we get ready for Jesus' coming.
19:36 We have another program at the end of this series
19:38 called When ahead at the-- When to Head to the Hills.
19:41 When the final time comes and the mark is enforced
19:43 and we actually have to leave and go into the mountains,
19:48 and trust that God's gonna take care of us
19:50 just like he took care of the Israelites
19:52 for 40 years in the wilderness and gave them food and water
19:55 so we're not quite at that point yet
19:57 but it's coming and we know it, and we're getting ready.
20:00 We're getting ready to give everything.
20:02 We are giving everything to God and we want to be ready.
20:04 When people are listening to us speak,
20:06 I know because I've been there, a person could begin to think,
20:10 now, wait a minute, you've talked about our money,
20:12 you've talked about where we live,
20:15 you talked about time, you talked--
20:17 you've talked about getting out of debt
20:18 and pretty soon a person can begin to feel like
20:21 maybe it's too late for me.
20:23 I'm so far in debt or-- or this is gone wrong
20:26 or that's gone wrong.
20:27 I wouldn't want to end talking about practical things
20:30 without the clear understanding,
20:33 that Noah's ark didn't save him, God saved them.
20:37 That's right, and Noah, didn't build it in a day.
20:40 He didn't build it in a day.
20:42 God has promised that if today
20:45 we make decisions for him, he'll redeem our past.
20:49 He'll help us overcome the things
20:51 that have gone wrong.
20:52 And if we purpose for instance, to get out of debt,
20:55 if we make it is subject to prayer,
20:58 if we go to God and ask him to help us
21:00 He's promised, He'll help us get out of it.
21:01 That's right and Dean, it's very--
21:03 it's a very important principle.
21:05 I heard a preacher wants to talk about this
21:06 that God has ten steps he wants us to take
21:09 the preacher said in your own step one.
21:11 He said what's the most important step
21:13 God wants you take
21:14 and the obvious answer is step two.
21:17 And then it's step three, and so the things
21:19 that we're talking about we're doing a TV Program,
21:21 we're covering a lot of-- a lot of ground,
21:23 but God doesn't expect every change to be taken place,
21:27 to take place overnight.
21:29 God leads His people step-by-step,
21:32 point-by-point to do different things.
21:33 But if we are truly followers of Jesus
21:37 and if we're like Noah and if we believe the warning
21:40 that their future is ahead of us and upon us,
21:43 and if we believe Bible prophecy,
21:45 it says, that Noah moved and he prepared the ark.
21:49 Hammer, blow by hammer blow, nailed by nail
21:53 and he made practical steps I'm sure
21:55 and God is trying to move us.
21:57 We talked about in the last program,
21:59 spiritual preparation but there's practical things
22:02 that we need to be doing.
22:03 Making things right with people that we've offended,
22:06 having family worship in our homes,
22:08 morning and evening worships.
22:10 That's what our family does. There's a whole host of things.
22:13 I used to be a disco dancing, marijuana smoking...
22:18 cocaine snorting lost Jew.
22:20 And God got a hold on me, 36 years ago
22:22 and changed my life.
22:23 And step-by-step He's been changing me.
22:25 I don't dress the way I used to dress on the dance floor,
22:28 there's a whole lot of things that I don't do.
22:30 I gave up my rock and roll, I had talked to a man
22:33 just the other day, named Gary, just a couple days ago,
22:35 he said, he said, I'm just about at the point
22:37 he was a preacher's kid,
22:39 and he said I'm just about at the point
22:40 where God is gonna get all of me.
22:43 And he said the last thing I'm doing right now
22:45 is that stopped watching my television programs
22:47 that I love watching.
22:49 And he said, you know, I don't miss it right now.
22:52 The Lord is moving on me, and He's getting me ready.
22:55 So there's all kinds of things
22:56 and God has to lead a step-- step by step
22:59 that we need to like Noah we need to move and prepare,
23:03 and God will help us.
23:05 You know, I think the most important point
23:07 to draw off of this, to put segment is...
23:12 That we can make a decision.
23:15 We can say, wow I just read in the Bible
23:18 that there's some things are going to happen
23:20 before Jesus comes
23:21 and I'm seeing those things happening.
23:23 And Jesus is coming soon.
23:25 And our hearts can just be on fire,
23:27 and we can believe that.
23:29 But I think if we don't back up our belief,
23:33 by a practical daily living, we won't long believe.
23:37 We'll fall back to sleep or will give up the belief,
23:41 but God gives us the gift of practical
23:44 everyday living to reinforce, what we believe.
23:49 That's right, there's a Bible verse
23:50 that says it's Proverbs, I think it's 4:18
23:52 that the "Path of the just is as the shining light,
23:55 like the shining Sun."
23:56 It comes up and slowly goes,
23:58 it comes up and then slowly goes down
24:01 and He says-- the scripture says,
24:03 "That the path of the just is like the shining sun,
24:05 that shines ever brighter, until the perfect day."
24:09 And so God leads us on step by step.
24:12 This morning I had a wonderful thing happen to me
24:14 my little boy, Seth just this morning,
24:17 he's 11 years old, he came over to me said, "Dad,"
24:19 he was talking about baptism,
24:21 about possibly getting baptized soon
24:24 and he said, "Dad," he said, "if Jesus would come up to me,
24:28 personally like he came up to the rich young ruler
24:31 and said, 'Sell everything you have
24:33 and give it to the poor and follow Me.'"
24:34 Seth said, "Dad, I would do it, I would do it,"
24:38 and I tell you, it just touch my--
24:40 touched me so much.
24:41 Because I pray for my son every day,
24:43 and I just have a strong conviction as you do,
24:45 that I need to live a practical Christian life
24:48 and God has a lot of work to do in us.
24:50 He's been working in me for a long time,
24:52 I heard another preacher say,
24:53 God's not gonna take us out of the oven half-baked.
24:56 He's going to finish his work as Paul says,
24:59 "He'll finish the-- He'll finished the work
25:01 he started in us."
25:02 But it takes time, if you want to move out,
25:05 out of the city into the country,
25:07 God has to open those doors and that takes time
25:10 and there it takes time to raise children,
25:11 it takes time to sell property, to sell boats or sell things,
25:16 it's a struggle to put everything on the altar.
25:19 But this is where God is leading His people
25:22 to get ready practically to make decisions
25:25 to show the world that we really believe
25:29 what the Bible says, and we want to live that way
25:33 as we get ready for a better land.
25:35 You know, if the Chapter of Hebrews
25:37 was being written today...
25:40 and it was saying "By Faith."
25:42 And I think of this if it said "by faith, Dean,
25:46 what would be the next sentence?
25:49 And I think every listener should say that
25:51 just go to Jesus and say, "By Faith, dear Jesus,
25:54 what do you want me to do tomorrow?"
25:57 That's right and that and that's really
25:58 the most important thing, is "What do you want me to do?"
26:02 It's the full surrender of the life,
26:04 not 50 percent, 80 percent,
26:07 95 percent, 99 percent, but totally.
26:10 I used to have a student
26:11 when I used to teach high school kids,
26:13 and we were talking about riding the fence.
26:14 And this young 18 year old kid said to me he said,
26:17 "Steve, you can't-- Pastor Steve,
26:18 you can't ride the fence."
26:20 He said, "because the devil owns the fence."
26:22 And I always, always remember that.
26:24 That we've got to get off the fence,
26:26 and get on God's side totally and that people will see,
26:30 that we are real Christians trusting in Jesus.
26:33 I like to finish with a verse
26:36 in The Book of Revelation Chapter 15: 2,
26:41 John said, "I saw something like a sea of glass,
26:44 mingled with fire and those that had gotten
26:47 the victory over the beast, over His image,
26:50 and over His mark, they were standing
26:53 on the sea of glass.
26:55 Then they had the harps of God,
26:57 and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God,
27:00 and the song of the lamb.
27:02 And they said 'Great and marvelous are your works,
27:05 Lord God Almighty!'"
27:07 Those that get the victory over the mark of the beast
27:09 during the final crisis,
27:10 they have a relationship with Jesus and with God.
27:13 They trust in God
27:14 and God does great things in their lives,
27:17 as He's getting them ready to stand
27:20 during the final crisis.
27:21 And that's our goal for you is to help you
27:24 to give your life to Jesus, to take all of this seriously
27:27 and to prepare for the coming of the Lord.
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