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00:26 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Worship Hour.
00:28 I'm Kenny Shelton. 00:30 We have an exciting subject for you today. 00:32 I know you're going to enjoy it by the grace of God. 00:35 The subject is, we're going to be talking about 00:37 out of the cities and now. 00:40 Out of the cities now. 00:41 So it's something that I think is on the mind 00:43 and hearts of people today. 00:44 I believe will answer some of your questions 00:46 by the grace of God, and by the Word of God. 00:48 But before we get into this wonderful study, 00:50 my brother Tim Parton is here with us today 00:53 and he's going to be singing and playing, 00:55 and speaking to us 00:56 and bringing us a great blessing. 00:58 Brother Tim. 00:59 Thank you, Kenny. 01:00 I received a letter this week, says, "Hi, Tim. 01:04 I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 01:07 But I don't go to church anymore. 01:10 I don't know anymore 01:11 what I believe or if I even believe. 01:14 I just want to let you know 01:16 that I have found YouTube videos 01:17 of you playing and singing hymns 01:19 and watching those videos 01:21 is perhaps the only spiritual thing left 01:23 in my life at the moment. 01:25 Thanks for that." 01:28 Wow! 01:29 You know, I think of people 01:32 who maybe like this young man, 01:37 you've lost your way, 01:40 your desire for the Lord 01:41 or maybe you just are so consumed 01:48 by the things that that the world has 01:51 or overwhelmed, you just, you don't know what to do. 01:55 I think of Matthew 11:28-30 02:01 that says, Jesus said, 02:03 "Come to Me, 02:04 all who labor and are heavy laden, 02:08 I will give you rest. 02:10 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, 02:13 for I am gentle and lowly in heart, 02:16 you will find rest for your souls. 02:17 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." 02:22 Eugene Peterson, translated it this way 02:25 in the message translation, says, "Are you tired, worn out, 02:30 burned out on religion? 02:32 Come to me. 02:34 Get away with me and you'll recover your life. 02:38 I'll show you how to take a real rest. 02:41 Walk with me. Work with me. 02:43 Watch how I do it. 02:45 Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. 02:48 I won't lay anything heavy or ill fitting on you. 02:52 Keep company with me 02:53 and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." 02:57 I encourage you to draw close to the Lord. 03:03 If you're thinking about walking away from Him, 03:07 draw closer to Him actually, that's the key. 03:09 That is the key. 03:10 And it reminds me of this song 03:14 that I have to make my prayer every day. 03:18 Like the woman at the well 03:21 I was seeking 03:25 For things That could not satisfy 03:32 And then I heard My Savior speaking 03:39 Draw from My well 03:42 That never shall run dry 03:48 Fill my cup, Lord 03:54 I lift it up, Lord 03:56 Come and quench 03:58 This thirsting of my soul 04:04 Bread of Heaven 04:08 Feed me till I want no more 04:13 Fill my cup 04:16 Fill it up and make me whole 04:23 There are millions In this world 04:27 Who are craving 04:30 The pleasures 04:32 That earthly things afford 04:37 But none can match The wondrous treasure 04:43 That I find 04:46 In Jesus Christ my Lord 04:51 Oh, fill my cup, Lord 04:54 I lift it up, Lord 04:58 Come and quench 05:00 This thirsting of my soul 05:05 Bread of Heaven feed me 05:11 And feed me some more Fill my cup 05:15 Fill it up and make me whole 05:20 So my children if the things 05:25 That this world gave you 05:29 Leave a hunger 05:31 That simply won't pass away 05:37 My blessed Lord 05:39 Will surely come and save you 05:43 If you will kneel to Him 05:46 And humbly pray, Lord 05:51 Fill my cup, Lord 05:54 I lift it up, Lord 05:58 Oh, come and quench 06:01 This thirsting of my soul 06:07 Bread of Heaven 06:10 Feed me 06:12 till I want no more 06:18 Here's my cup 06:22 Fill it up 06:24 And make me whole 06:43 Praise the Lord. 06:45 Thank you, Brother Tim, that was beautiful. 06:48 We're gonna pray right now 06:50 that the Lord will fill our cups. 06:52 So I invite you to pray along with me. 06:54 I'm gonna kneel up here and we'll pray together. 06:56 Shall we? 07:00 Kind loving Heavenly Father, 07:01 what a privilege it is to be able to pray. 07:04 We lift our hearts to You right now 07:06 because we realize our cup must be full. 07:08 We can only give that which runs over the top. 07:11 So, Lord, I pray today 07:13 our cups will run over the top 07:14 that be our soul will be filled with love and joy and peace. 07:17 Pray for Your Holy Spirit 07:19 to have Your will and Your way 07:20 in each of our hearts in our life today. 07:22 Open the word 07:23 that may speak words of life and encouragement. 07:25 May we be obedient to Your Word. 07:27 Thank You, Lord, for hearing, thank You for answering, 07:29 thank You for being a God that cares, 07:31 thank You for Calvary, in Jesus' name we pray 07:33 and for His sake, amen. 07:39 Praise the Lord. Once again, we welcome you. 07:41 We're glad that you're here. 07:42 Again our subject, 07:44 probably this still may be a little heavy duty for some, 07:46 but we pray that it's not 07:47 because it is the signs of the times. 07:50 We're going to be talking right now 07:51 out of the cities now. 07:53 Out of the cities now, what does that mean? 07:56 A lot of people have preconceived ideas 07:58 of when it's time to get out, 07:59 if they ever should get out 08:01 or things that are going on in the world today. 08:03 We're going to go over a few of those things 08:04 just as reminders 08:06 to see if God is really telling us 08:08 that we need to get out of the city. 08:10 So, again, we're glad you're there. 08:12 Have your Bible, pencil, and paper, 08:13 and jot down some of these things. 08:14 We move as quickly as we can through the Word of God. 08:18 The Bible says, "In the last days," 08:21 I like this, "In the last days," 08:22 he said, "perilous times will come." 08:24 What an interesting word, perilous times will come. 08:28 That means there's going to be troublesome times. 08:31 That means it's going to be some hard times, 08:33 that's going to be some oppression. 08:35 There's going to be some things that's going on, 08:37 when he said perilous times 08:38 and times the word here's translated, seasons. 08:41 There's going to be seasons 08:42 of times that are very difficult. 08:45 There's going to be periods in earth's history 08:47 that are very difficult for individuals to get by. 08:51 How do we do it without Jesus? 08:54 There's a beautiful song, I like it. 08:55 I just loved the one Tim sang, 08:57 but I like this one here too also. 09:00 It's a song about Jesus soon coming. 09:03 Jesus is soon to come. 09:04 He's coming soon. 09:05 This is a song with a message just listen to the words, 09:09 see how it applies to the day in which we are living in. 09:12 Notice it. 09:13 I may not get all the words just exactly right 09:15 'cause if I don't get them out I'll hum. 09:17 Then notice what it says. 09:18 Troublesome times are here, 09:21 filling men's hearts with fear. 09:24 Think about the words. 09:25 Think about what we're going through 09:26 in this country right now. 09:28 Troublesome times, yes. 09:30 Man's heart fears, yes. 09:32 Freedom we all hold dear now is at stake. 09:39 Humbling your heart to God, notice this, 09:41 saves from the chastening rod 09:44 or the punishment in order to correct. 09:48 God allows punishment to come to we, 09:49 so He can correct us. 09:51 How wonderful! 09:52 It says, seek the way pilgrims trod, 09:55 Christians awake. 09:58 If there's ever time in earth's history 09:59 to wake out of our sleep, 10:02 don't you think that it's now? 10:04 It's a period, 10:05 a season of perilous times are on us, 10:09 evil days, perilous times. 10:12 It's nothing new. 10:13 It's always been expected. 10:15 You know, it's age long course of evil. 10:17 And, but notice, the Bible says, 10:19 it's going to intensify 10:21 as we get closer to the end of time. 10:24 I sense an intensity, 10:26 you know, as I read the Word of God 10:28 about how close we are to the end of time. 10:31 Bible goes into, 10:33 we're not going to go through all of them, 10:34 just as last days, 10:36 there's going to be people who are disobedient, 10:38 though those who are going to be unthankful 10:39 and unholy, 10:41 notice that, simply said unholy. 10:43 It's talking about a people 10:44 that has thrown God out of their mind. 10:47 They don't want to listen to God anymore. 10:49 There's not in their thoughts and in their actions anymore. 10:52 Can you not see that today? 10:55 Absolutely. 10:56 People without self-control, they have corrupt minds. 11:02 And remember the mind 11:03 really determines the direction that you will go. 11:07 As we look at the world now, and it's time, 11:10 these perilous times, 11:12 don't you think 11:13 that maybe it's time to get right with God? 11:16 Oh, everybody says there was time to get, 11:18 you know, "It's time to get right with God." 11:20 Absolutely it is. Today's the day of salvation. 11:23 Out of the cities now, what does that possibly mean? 11:27 In the last several days, 11:28 we've seen quite an uproar going on, 11:31 not just in the United States, but around the world. 11:34 This is a sign of the time. 11:37 Put your head in the sand, 11:38 you know, in the sand we talked about if you want to. 11:41 But, you know, it's best to get our head out 11:43 and be able to think, 11:44 use the mind that God has given you. 11:46 And see, we see cities now that are battered by protest. 11:52 And again, I'll say protests several times. 11:53 I'm sure in this. 11:54 I believe that we should be able to protest. 11:56 We say we don't like. 11:57 Something we should be able to do that. 11:59 But it should be peaceful, don't you believe? 12:01 We see cities that are on the edge. 12:05 We see curfews put into effect. 12:08 We see the attack of police 12:10 and police attacking individuals. 12:13 In fact, they're targeted. 12:15 Maybe the police have been targeted by those, 12:17 you know, in the protest. 12:19 Officers have been wounded. They've been killed. 12:21 They've been in gun battle in St. Louis, 12:24 not too far from here, Las Vegas. 12:28 Some been run over by cars. 12:30 Now what kind of a world is that we're living in? 12:32 Is it time that we need to be in the city 12:34 and maybe out of the city? 12:35 Is this just the beginning of sorrows? 12:39 In New York, and, of course, the City of Buffalo, 12:43 you know, some officers I think they were fired 12:45 for trying to restore peace. 12:48 And there's others that probably should be fired 12:50 for not trying to bring peace. 12:53 So there's some things that going on 12:55 that's a taxing 12:56 I think our mind and our hearts, 12:59 but every time I see some of these things take place 13:01 and men's hearts doing what they're doing, 13:03 and the world going the direction is going, 13:05 I want to lift up my head 13:07 because I believe my redemption. 13:09 "Your redemption draweth nigh." 13:12 You know, much of these things that were going on, 13:16 you know, in the world, they were caught on camera. 13:18 You can hardly go anywhere anymore 13:20 without somebody videoing you, 13:23 you know, that's just the way it is nowadays. 13:26 And so some of these bad things were videoed, 13:29 just think about that, notice this, 13:31 the murder of George Floyd. 13:36 And this started the so called protest. 13:39 And I want to call it, protest gone wild. 13:42 Again, I believe that First Amendment rights 13:43 we should be able to protest. 13:45 This is gone wild. 13:46 And just as an example, in the City of Georgia, 13:50 there was six warrants that were issued, 13:53 or six police officers, 13:54 warrant for each one of them for bad conduct. 13:58 People no longer trust the police. 14:01 Now we're not trying to pick on this group or that group 14:03 or taking a positional stance on politics. 14:05 That's not my thing. 14:07 My thing is I'm saying all these things are happening 14:08 and there for a reason 14:10 that God is allowing things to take place 14:11 so that people can see the hour that we are in. 14:16 NewYorkTimes.com says this, 14:19 it says this, 14:20 "Minnesota is investigating 14:22 some of their police department." 14:26 Something's gone wrong, terribly wrong. 14:29 And, you know what they're investigating them 14:31 the issue on, notice, racial discrimination. 14:36 We have to realize that in the Bible, 14:38 Spirit of Prophecy, 14:40 we realize that racial issues will be more alive 14:44 maybe than they ever had before Jesus comes. 14:47 It's just a sign. 14:49 Just think with me for a moment. 14:51 And we'll prove that a little bit later on 14:52 as we get into the Word. 14:55 This goes much beyond, I said the United States, 14:58 but in Paris for instance, there was 15,000 people 15:01 that gathered together to protest. 15:03 They were angry over the killing, 15:05 you know, of George Floyd's, 15:07 you know, his death the way that it happened. 15:09 And you can't blame them. It was horrible sight. 15:13 But this rippling effect goes beyond, 15:16 again, the United States and maybe other countries 15:18 but too many cities of the world. 15:22 Crowds gather together. 15:25 There's police violence and racism. 15:30 The Paris police said this, on the demonstration, 15:32 they're talking about demonstrations here. 15:34 They talked about it here. 15:35 They said, "Demonstrations are forbidden here 15:38 during this country's," 15:39 notice, "public health emergency." 15:42 Isn't it interesting 15:44 during the last five, six, seven days? 15:45 I know it's kind of dating a little bit here 15:47 but we need to think. 15:48 If we look at it here, we say, 15:49 I already heard a word about this national emergency 15:53 that we are in a health emergency 15:55 about the Coronavirus. 15:59 This has taken the place in the news. 16:02 Sydney, Australia, peaceful march was held, 16:05 you know, what they were chanting? 16:06 Now listen carefully, 16:08 don't anybody get all up in arms 16:09 and get all excited which people do all the time. 16:11 They were chanting, "Enough is enough! 16:14 Enough is enough!" 16:15 And pretty soon people began to get 16:16 a little emotional about it. 16:19 And do you think maybe enough is enough? 16:22 We'd like to see the world 16:23 turn back the way that it was maybe. 16:26 But you know, 16:28 I don't believe it's ever going to return. 16:29 These changes that are taking place 16:31 are going to continue on. 16:34 You see, and we'll find ourselves 16:36 with less freedoms in this world. 16:38 Freedom after freedom is being taken away 16:40 and it will not be given back. 16:42 Let's just think about it so that we can make decisions. 16:46 There's one person in Rio de Janeiro 16:48 made just a little statement about that it was so powerful. 16:52 He said, "We need to do some soul searching." 16:55 Man, do we ever need to do some soul searching right now 16:58 with the things that are happening? 17:00 But here's what he said about it. 17:01 We need to do some soul searching 17:02 over local racial divisions. 17:06 Some of the things that we talked about, 17:08 the Word of God, Spirit of Prophecy 17:09 talks about it's going to be paramount 17:10 just before Jesus come, just before probation closes, 17:14 and racial issues will be one of them. 17:17 Man, is it fired up right now? 17:20 We're not trying to say it is or it isn't. 17:21 We're just saying it's fired up right now. 17:24 You know, you go all the way from California. 17:26 You go to New York, wherever it might be, 17:29 you know, Pennsylvania in between, 17:31 protesters every night have been returning 17:33 to the streets. 17:35 Many are angry. 17:36 In Washington DC, they got mad at the president 17:38 because he sent in some of the military, 17:41 you remember that, 17:42 to kind of patrol the streets 17:43 because they were getting out of hand. 17:45 There's looting and killing and brick throwing. 17:50 Like it was nothing 17:51 and we should let that continue on. 17:53 You decide. 17:56 President says, "I'm sending in the military 17:57 to crack down on this violence and this looting, " 18:00 which are signs of the last days 18:02 that we are living in. 18:04 Please keep that in your mind. 18:07 There's high tension right now everywhere. 18:10 And a nation or we talk about, nations are on edge, 18:15 ravaged by the Coronavirus pandemic 18:19 they call it, 18:20 sky high unemployment, bad economy. 18:25 And now to add to that we realize right now, 18:28 we're dealing with racism and police brutality. 18:34 Man, if this is not signs of the time, 18:36 that's labeled out in Scripture. 18:39 Oh, somebody said, 18:41 "Well, that's just taking place 18:42 in just a few cities of the world. 18:43 It's not really a big deal." 18:45 Really? 18:47 This is going on in over 140 cities. 18:52 What an uprising. 18:54 There's unrest and there's fear. 18:57 Even though the Bible talks about, you know, 18:58 perfect love casts out all fear. 19:01 We have nothing to fear but fear itself. 19:02 We have God that's on our side, 19:04 but something is happening with people 19:05 who are doing what they're doing. 19:07 Maybe they don't have God. 19:11 Maybe they've forgotten God. 19:14 What a real... 19:15 I'm just throwing this out to you. 19:16 What a real born again Christian 19:18 be ransacking and taking from other people 19:21 who've worked so hard 19:23 for certain things and stealing? 19:25 You know what I'm talking about? 19:28 Maybe the issue is much deeper than we ever thought. 19:32 With this national unrest, 19:35 these attacks on law enforcement, 19:38 injuries, 19:39 death that we've talked about here, 19:40 police, protesters looting, 19:44 causing destruction 19:46 by the millions and billions of dollars and violence! 19:49 Could we possibly say... 19:51 Could we possibly say that this might be 19:53 as it was in the days of Noah? 19:56 So was it in the days of Noah 19:58 so shall it be when the Son of man cometh. 20:00 Could we possibly say that 20:01 because violence is filling the whole land? 20:04 Wow! 20:05 Violence is what? 20:07 It's filling the whole land right now. 20:10 And you think it's not bad? 20:13 Interesting, the curfews that are out there, 20:17 California now have changed their curfew to 2 pm. 20:21 Shortly after lunch, 20:22 they're going to start closing down 20:23 because a lot of people don't want to close it down. 20:26 And you say, well, Hollywood, well, 20:28 let's take Hollywood for a minute. 20:30 Hollywood streets are just filled with shouting. 20:33 Now listen carefully, 20:35 now you're gonna stay with me here. 20:36 You know, I believe we get to the kingdom, 20:39 there's going to be different colored people. 20:41 Can I say that? 20:43 There's going to be people of different colors, 20:44 every race. 20:47 And so what we like right now we're looking at these things, 20:49 we're saying Hollywood, 20:51 their voices all they're shouting, 20:52 they're going down the street, they're shouting, 20:54 "Black lives matter." 20:56 And certainly they do. 20:58 But why can't we be a little more balance? 21:00 And this is just my opinion that all lives matter! 21:04 And let me tell you how I come up with that 21:05 because Jesus said it, because Calvary proves it. 21:09 Lives matter. Every life matters. 21:11 Black and white, pink, yellow, green, you understand it. 21:16 Louisville, Connecticut, Denver, Missouri, Oregon, 21:21 all protesting which I said before is okay. 21:24 But listen, anarchy is not, 21:26 the Bible talks about these things 21:27 taking place in the last day. 21:29 We need not be a part of that thing 21:31 which has gone haywire. 21:35 Interesting, just food for thought, 21:37 President Trump visited a couple of religious sites. 21:40 And one of them 21:42 was with his wife and by himself, 21:43 when he went to St. John's Church, 21:46 and that got, you know, some people angry. 21:48 And then they went to, him and his wife went 21:50 to Saint John Paul II National Shrine. 21:53 That's a Catholic site in North East Washington. 21:58 Interesting, now notice what one man said. 22:02 And he was talking about this the pandemic. 22:05 He's talking about the violence in the streets, 22:07 problems going on in the cities. 22:10 And everything seems to be out of sort. 22:13 People are acting like they've lost their minds. 22:17 He made this statement. 22:19 He said, "Who is going to emerge," 22:22 notice, "who's going to emerge 22:24 from this pandemic purgatory?" 22:27 Did you get it? 22:28 Pandemic, what? 22:30 Purgatory. 22:32 And who will not? 22:35 Man, can we make it a little bit clearer? 22:37 Who's going to emerge from this pandemic hell? 22:45 And who will not? 22:46 There's a lot that will not. 22:49 There's many. 22:50 So what's going on? 22:52 What's going on in the world right now? 22:55 I don't know everything that's going on, 22:57 but based on the Word of God right now, 22:59 right now, America is being reshaped. 23:02 The world is being forever changed 23:06 or we say until Jesus comes. 23:08 So the things that's happening now, 23:10 don't just look and say, 23:11 "Oh, it doesn't make any difference now." 23:12 The world is being changed before your very eyes. 23:15 There's something sinister behind what's going on. 23:18 We just see some things at surface. 23:19 You read the Word of God, you realize there's some, 23:21 the enemy is at work. 23:25 Theatlantic.com says this. 23:27 It says, 23:28 "US Commerce Department reported in March, 23:32 the spending collapse 23:34 by the largest number on record." 23:36 Did you get that? 23:38 Spending collapse 23:39 by the largest number on record. 23:42 The history of this world is collapsed. 23:44 Notice it, travel, 23:45 it's talking about the airlines. 23:46 We're talking about hotels. We're talking about cruises. 23:49 They are down 100%. 23:53 But let me say but over here, but, interesting, 23:57 their grocery stores, praise God, grocery stores, 24:01 but notice this and the liquor stores 24:04 had their best month on record. 24:07 Interesting. 24:10 Maybe our minds are just not balanced anymore, 24:12 maybe something's wrong, 24:14 maybe we're not in the Word of God. 24:15 We don't understand 24:16 may what God would have us to do here 24:18 in these last hours of earth's history. 24:22 Nevertheless ask a question, where is all of this leading? 24:26 It's got to lead somewhere. 24:27 We're just going 24:29 over some things that are happening 24:30 in case you've had your head in the sand 24:32 and just kind of go over them to say that 24:33 that's going to fit 24:34 when we read some things in just a moment. 24:38 I mean, we were having the climate change disaster, 24:40 we're having the, you know, the health emergency disaster. 24:44 And then we're having what? 24:45 Racial disasters 24:50 on every hand. 24:52 But you know, all of these things 24:54 have been prophesied in Scripture, 24:55 so that we can know them. 24:57 Is it possible time 24:59 that the cities have become so vile 25:02 that it's time to move out and move out now? 25:05 Some of you want to put down, 25:06 will step one, step two, step three, 25:08 look at where we're at. 25:10 Maybe you've missed some steps. 25:11 Maybe it's past time that you left. 25:14 But now we can start making preparations for sure 25:18 it's time 25:19 because it's not going to get any better. 25:22 Let me go to one quote 25:23 that's found in Letter 2 in 1903. 25:26 Letter 2, 1903, says this, 25:28 "God means that we shall not locate," 25:31 where? 25:33 Good! "Not locate in the," where? 25:36 "In the cities, 25:37 for these are very strong times before us." 25:42 So God's plan is what? 25:44 Now, you say, 25:45 "Well, now he's talking about the spirit problems, 25:47 he's talking about..." 25:48 All you have to do is read the Bible 25:50 through and through and you see 25:51 how God has always intended His people to be 25:53 and what they should be doing. 25:55 He's always called them out of the cities, 26:00 because of what was going on, the influence. 26:03 And I mean even today, can any of us really, 26:06 you know, with honest mind and honest heart, say, 26:08 "Yeah, we want to raise our family there. 26:11 We won't worry about the influence"? 26:13 Look in the Bible 26:14 of all the influences on people and what happened to them. 26:19 God means that His people shall not be in the cities. 26:22 Why? 26:23 Because there's some tough times ahead. 26:25 We have seen nothing yet. 26:27 And I'm not trying to discourage you. 26:28 I want to encourage you. God's still in control. 26:30 Don't worry about the election. God's still in control. 26:34 But yet these are difficult times 26:35 God's purifying 26:37 a people to be ready when He shall come. 26:39 Some to purify so we can spend eternity with Him. 26:42 Some people think, "I didn't make any difference. 26:44 I'm a pretty good old Joe. I'm gonna make it." 26:48 Think the Bible might say something 26:50 just a little bit different, don't you believe? 26:52 Absolutely. 26:53 God wants us to be, what? 26:55 Be His children, 26:56 be fruit for the kingdom of God. 26:59 Be like Jesus. 27:00 Gain the victories that we need in our life. 27:04 Another here, I want to look at Letter 26 in 1907. 27:07 This was written a long time ago. 27:09 You say, "How can these fit 27:10 when they're over 100 and some odd years on?" 27:11 Watch how they fit. Why? 27:13 Because they were what? 27:14 The Holy Spirit impressed the writing of this. 27:17 "The instruction is still being given, 27:21 move out of the cities 27:23 for wickedness and corruption 27:24 will increase to such a degree that the very," 27:28 notice, "the very atmosphere of cities 27:30 will seem to be polluted." 27:32 The very atmosphere, the very air of the cities, 27:35 the air that we breathe, was seen to be polluted. 27:38 It is polluted, is it not? 27:41 We realized, and we did move out 27:42 because wickedness and corruption will increase. 27:46 Crime is going to increase. 27:47 Do we see that happening right now? 27:48 Oh, absolutely. 27:50 Been going on for a long time. 27:54 I thought that was very interesting. 27:56 The instruction is still given. You know why? 27:58 Because you can get up here and you can sigh and cry, 28:00 "Oh, somebody help me." 28:02 You can sight and cry for all the abominations 28:03 that'd be done in the world 28:05 and all the abomination to be done in a church 28:06 and very few people will listen. 28:08 You can say the world's coming to an end. 28:10 Very few would have, what? 28:11 Because we like our car, we like our home. 28:13 We like this., we like that, our job, more than we love God. 28:17 But God doesn't say, "Well, they're not going to listen." 28:19 He says, "Give them the message, 28:20 you know, whether they will hear 28:21 or whether they will forbear." 28:23 Give the message, you need to come out. 28:26 He gives a call to come out of Babylon. 28:28 Ain't that not the second angels' message? 28:30 Don't be touching that thing, the unclean 28:32 'cause by touching the unclean, we become unclean. 28:35 By associating with unclean, we become unclean. 28:39 God continues to warn us. 28:42 Who's gonna listen? 28:44 I think this every once in a while, 28:45 you can forgive me. 28:46 I think I was wrong, why give it, 28:48 most people not gonna listen anyway. 28:51 But God says, "Give the message." 28:53 And this... 28:54 I almost got it, cut a couple little excuses out 28:56 from under your little feet right now 28:58 because I've talked to many people. 29:00 So, you know, we need to move out of city. 29:01 We realize how bad this getting, 29:03 how the crime and how, 29:04 you know, drive by shootings and murders and rapes 29:06 and everything you can think of is happening. 29:07 And you're afraid to get out. 29:09 You got bars on the windows. 29:10 Man, how can you live like that? 29:13 And you say we need to move... 29:14 Well, I can't right now. 29:16 And you give a bunch of reasons why you can't. 29:18 But God says, 29:20 "This is My messages to move out." 29:22 If God says to do it, 29:23 then God will provide a way, will He not? 29:25 Sure, He will, lay it up on the altar. 29:27 Say, "God, I know that I need to, 29:29 I don't have the finances. 29:30 I don't have the help. I'm tougher. 29:32 People say I'm way too old." 29:33 God's not too old to help you. 29:36 Now, people, God will send angels, 29:38 He was sending to help you. 29:40 We need never make an excuse 29:42 and say, "Well, I can't, " when God said you can. 29:47 God will provide a way for He has said 29:51 and this just the subject out of the cities. 29:55 Man, just, 29:56 I'm asking you to open your eyes. 29:58 Just open your eyes, open your ears 30:01 of what's taking place right now. 30:03 This is the city has no place to live. 30:06 The city has no place to raise a family. 30:08 It's no place to get your education. 30:10 The evil influences are all around. 30:13 You know, if you're around that, 30:15 you know, the Bible talks about 30:16 by beholding we become change, do we not? 30:19 Yeah, but that's what we look at, 30:20 what we listen to, what we do, you know? 30:22 And sometimes even all of us is, you know, 30:24 we call Christian, we're looking around it. 30:26 We forget that by beholding, 30:28 we forget that we're not taught to listen to certain thing, 30:30 we forget maybe. 30:32 Or maybe we just want to do it we know better. 30:38 We know what's taking place. 30:40 We are warned what's taking place. 30:42 Let me I read one, Prophets and Kings, 278. 30:45 Prophets and Kings, 278. 30:47 Well, I'm going slow. I'm gonna have to really hurry. 30:49 Some of you think I'm hurrying too much right now. 30:50 But, boy, "Prophets and Kings," 278. 30:53 It says, "The condition prevailing in society, 30:57 and especially 30:58 in the great cities of the nations 31:00 proclaim in thundering tones 31:04 that the hour of God's judgment," 31:06 Oh, boy, notice Revelation 14, 31:09 "That the end of all things earthly is at hand." 31:12 Now notice this, 31:14 "We are standing on the threshold 31:16 of the crisis of the ages. 31:18 In quick succession," notice this, 31:20 "the judgments of God will be follow one after the other." 31:25 The problem is you've heard it over and over and over. 31:27 And the problem is maybe you've closed your mind, 31:29 maybe you haven't. 31:30 I pray that you haven't. 31:32 This is another warning. This is not the only voice. 31:34 There's many voices out there in the world today. 31:36 There are many, maybe not even know God 31:38 are giving a message just like this. 31:39 Why? 31:41 Because many of us will give it. 31:42 We don't want to talk about racial problems. 31:44 We don't want to talk about black and white issues. 31:47 We don't want to talk about all the stuff 31:48 that's going on right in bloodshed. 31:50 But you know what? These are signs of the time. 31:52 God loves everyone. 31:54 He's wanting us to be saved in the kingdom. 31:57 Notice these, in the city, the society. 32:02 It's loud! 32:03 Trumpets are blowing everywhere 32:05 and it seems like we don't understand it. 32:10 The article goes on and says, you know, 32:12 how these things happen? 32:13 We know fire and flood and earthquake, wars, 32:17 and certainly blood, you know, bloodshed, there's pestilence. 32:22 All the things that... 32:24 Just you say some of these things 32:25 is not to worry about, really? 32:29 This COVID-19 you realize what happened? 32:31 The world basically 32:32 may I be bold enough to say 32:34 the world was shut down in two weeks. 32:36 You think it's going to go on and on and on... 32:38 Two weeks, basically, the world was shut down. 32:41 And it's still mostly shut down. 32:45 To the point where you have 35 or 40 million people, 32:48 United States, unemployed. 32:51 And many are staying, stay unemployed, 32:53 country cannot last very long that way 32:55 as you well know. 32:58 Decisions! Decisions! 33:00 Decisions! 33:02 Give you just a quick example you realize there, 33:04 we need to get out because things are so bad 33:07 because the judgments of God are being poured out on the, 33:09 especially, on the cities, we understand that, 33:11 many cities around the world, things are happening, 33:14 earthquake, tornado, we talked about fire, 33:16 you know, floods, everything you can think of. 33:19 You remember Lot 33:20 and most been a whole lot of time 33:22 I mentioned just a little bit later on possibly 33:23 as we go on here, but remember Lot. 33:26 The example what happened to him. 33:29 He was told to what? 33:30 To move out of the cities. 33:32 He didn't really want to move out, did he? 33:33 The wife didn't want to move out. 33:35 The kids didn't want to move out. 33:36 He didn't move when he was supposed to. 33:38 An angel come and help him a couple dollars to move out 33:40 and the wife turned into a pillar of salt. 33:42 You know what? 33:43 They didn't move out and remember, 33:44 he did not do the right thing. 33:46 Lot chose what? 33:47 City life! 33:49 And God wanted him where? 33:50 Yeah, out in the country. 33:53 And you know, bless his heart. 33:54 He lost everything. 33:56 My, my, my, my. 33:58 He lost everything. 34:00 He lost his wife. 34:02 He lost all of his children, his family. 34:04 He lost all of his possessions. 34:08 And I just want to encourage you, please, 34:09 I just want to encourage you right now, let's, oh boy, 34:13 let's not be a religious charlatan. 34:18 Now, what does a religious charlatan do? 34:22 They all they do is just talk about issues. 34:25 They don't do anything about it. 34:28 God's looking for men and women of action today. 34:31 There's no doubt about it. 34:32 Isaiah Chapter 26, the Bible is clear, verse 21. 34:36 Notice it says, now, Isaiah 26:21, 34:39 "Behold, the Lord cometh out of," where? 34:42 God is coming out of His place. 34:43 The Lord is coming out of His place. 34:45 Why is He coming out of His place? 34:47 The Bible said, He's coming out to punish 34:49 the inhabitants of the earth. 34:51 Yes, I get excited about it. 34:53 Yes, that's a solemn thought 34:55 that He's coming out of His place. 34:57 He's coming because He's going to, what? 34:59 He's going to punish the inhabitants of the earth. 35:02 And what are they're going to punish them for? 35:04 For their iniquity and their sin, 35:06 which is bound up especially in the cities, 35:09 all over the world we understand that. 35:11 And notice, 35:12 "The earth also shall disclose her blood, 35:16 and shall no more cover her slain." 35:19 What is it saying? 35:20 The earth is polluted with crime and bloodshed. 35:23 It's all going to be uncovered. 35:25 The cries, you remember that 35:27 the cries of was it Lot here we talked about here, Abel, 35:30 Cain killed Abel. 35:31 And he said, 35:32 your blood's crying out from where? 35:34 Crying out from the ground. 35:35 God said, "This is all going to be exposed." 35:37 You say, "Well, I don't believe it." 35:38 I encourage you. This is not... 35:39 Maybe it'll be on the screen. 35:41 But I encourage you to look up Micah 1:3-9. 35:45 Just read some things right there. 35:46 Read Revelation Chapter 19, Revelation Chapter 18, 35:49 Revelation Chapter 6, Genesis 4:10. 35:53 Read these things and you will see. 35:55 So what is the significance of these judgments? 36:00 Seven Testimonies, 83, says this, notice this, 36:04 out of the cities is my message, 36:08 "The large cities will be visited 36:10 by the judgments of God. 36:12 The ungodly cities of our world 36:15 are to be swept away by the besom of destruction." 36:19 That means the broom, besom means broom. 36:23 Why get out? 36:24 Because the cities are going soon to be what? 36:26 Destroyed. 36:27 You said, "Well, I can't believe it." 36:29 Do you see all the devastation is going on? 36:31 That has gone on, especially, in last several years? 36:34 Oh, my! 36:36 There's been towns, and villages, and little cities 36:38 completely wiped off of the face of the earth. 36:45 Because there's destruction that's coming 36:46 and God wants to save His people. 36:48 He's calling you to come out! 36:49 But you have to be more obedient. 36:51 Hopefully, we'll say 36:53 more about that a little later on. 36:55 This to me is just a little bit of a precursor 36:58 to what's coming upon this whole world. 37:00 Matthew Chapter 24, 37:02 the Bible talks about it in verses 32 and 33. 37:06 Matthew 24:32-33. 37:10 It says, "Now learn the parable of," what? 37:12 Good. "Parable of the fig tree. 37:13 When his branch is yet 37:15 tender and putteth forth leaves, 37:18 you know that," what? 37:19 "You know that summer is nigh, so likewise ye, 37:22 when ye shall see," 37:23 notice, "all of these things, 37:25 know that it is near," what? 37:27 The Coming of Jesus is near, "Even at the doors." 37:30 I wonder how many of us really believe that? 37:32 You may be a Christian all your life, 37:33 you may not have been, maybe you're a new Christian. 37:35 But how many really believe with their whole heart 37:37 that the coming of Jesus is really at the door? 37:39 If we believe that He was at the door, 37:41 would we not conduct ourselves a little bit differently? 37:43 Would our lives not be changing? 37:45 But we were not, you know, spending time in prayer 37:47 and Bible study and say, 37:48 "God, what would you have me be doing?" 37:50 What would you have to? 37:51 I want to do things I need to give up. 37:53 I don't even know about Lord, 37:54 make them paramount in my life 37:55 that I might turn them over to you 37:57 that I may gain the victory so heaven can be my home. 38:02 City life. 38:04 See, we know that men in the patriarchal age 38:08 help faster to God's principles of life. 38:10 Why? 38:12 Because it says they dwelt among the fields, 38:13 you remember that? 38:15 Oh, yes, but fields on the hills, 38:17 they tilled the soil. 38:19 They kept flocks and they kept purge. 38:22 And there was time for labor. 38:25 There was time for study. 38:26 There was time for meditation. 38:31 Now, here's the interesting question. 38:32 Well, where in the world 38:34 or how did city life really begin? 38:36 Let me just read something to you 38:38 that hopefully will answer may that question for you. 38:40 So how did city life began? 38:41 Notice, this, Education 33 and 34. 38:45 Education, page 33 and 34. 38:47 That's what we read. 38:49 "Those who departed," Uh-oh. 38:51 "Those who," what? 38:53 "Those who departed from God built for themselves cities." 38:58 See why God keeps saying, "Get out of the city." 39:00 Those who, notice, they've built the cities 39:03 and they congregated in them just like people do now, 39:06 which we've been warned an awful lot 39:07 about congregating too many in one spot. 39:10 And will we listen? No. 39:14 Just allow me to go on for a little bit, okay? 39:18 "Congregating in them," notice this, 39:20 "gloried in the splendor, and the luxury..." 39:24 You remember, Nebuchadnezzar, what he did? 39:25 Uh-huh. 39:27 "And the vise that made the cities 39:29 of today the world's pride," 39:31 notice this, 39:33 that the same time, "it's curse." 39:35 Cities are the curse, 39:36 too many people together in one spot. 39:41 They built and they congregated there. 39:44 But living in the country, then in small towns, 39:47 we can preserve our families from many evils. 39:53 Manuscript 94, 1903, says this, 39:56 "When iniquity, " 39:58 Manuscript 94, 1903, 40:00 "When iniquity abounds in a nation, 40:04 there is always to be heard some voice 40:06 giving warning and instruction, 40:08 as the voice of Lot," 40:10 we talked about, you remember, 40:12 "was heard in Sodom, " 40:14 you didn't notice this yet, 40:15 "Lot could have preserved his family from many evils 40:19 had he not made his home in this wicked, polluted city." 40:25 Sometimes we have a lot of bad things 40:27 going on in our family and things going on. 40:28 Why? 40:30 Because maybe we made the wrong decision. 40:31 And we made the wrong decision, 40:33 you know what, God can change that, 40:34 we can ask God to forgive us, 40:35 lead us out of this place, 40:37 that we might be where you would have us to be. 40:39 Remember, cities are full of sin, 40:41 full of moral corruption. 40:44 They're polluted. 40:45 So we have to simply make a choice. 40:47 We have to choose where we're going to be 40:49 if we've made the wrong choice. 40:51 I've made plenty of them. 40:53 And God has been merciful and good. 40:55 I'm sure to you as well as to me. 40:57 As we see the error of our way that we come to Him, 40:59 confessing that 41:00 and turning our life back to Him. 41:02 Seven Testimonies, 81, makes this statement, 41:04 notice this, "Places should be chosen," huh? 41:08 "Places should be chosen," where? 41:10 "Away from the dark clouds of sin 41:13 that hangs over the great cities." 41:16 God said we need to make choices, 41:18 we need to make decisions. 41:19 They need to be good decisions. 41:22 Why? 41:23 So that God can work with us? 41:25 You know how difficult for Him to work with us 41:27 in these cities that we're living in? 41:28 I'm just gonna read 41:30 three or four words of Malachi 4:2 41:33 because remember, 41:34 we need to move out where God can work for us, 41:37 notice because there, Malachi 4:2 says, 41:39 "With healing in his wings." 41:42 Man, I need some healing in my wings. 41:44 Now I know 41:45 you want that healing in your wings, 41:47 but we need to put ourselves in a place 41:48 where God can use us, where He can work with us, 41:51 and give us this healing, 41:54 mentally, physically, spiritually, 41:55 and maybe even financially. 41:59 So do we think that these demonstrations, 42:02 we're talking about protests, 42:04 this, the looting and the killing 42:06 and the thievery. 42:09 You say, "Well, nobody's catching." 42:10 People see you on, you know, television, 42:12 they see your face on there 42:14 and you're not really worried about it. 42:15 But let me tell you, there's a judgment coming. 42:17 The Bible says, you know, "Thou shall not," what? 42:20 Good. "Thou shall not steal." 42:21 You can read that in Exodus 20:15. 42:24 "Thou shall not," what? 42:26 "Thou shall not steal." 42:29 There's a day that's coming. 42:33 1 Corinthians 16, 42:34 and I don't have that on screen but just this came to my mind. 42:36 1 Corinthians 16 talks about is 42:39 that no thief will enter heaven. 42:43 We need to really think what's going on 42:45 and decisions we're making, 42:46 or are we just going along with the crowd? 42:50 But God knows. 42:53 Because Zachariah makes a comment, I'm not sure, 42:55 I think Chapter 5 says, 42:58 "Every everyone that stealeth will be cut off." 43:03 Lord have mercy! 43:07 Is there possibly an evil presence 43:11 that's taking and influencing men and women of today? 43:14 Is that possible? 43:15 I believe that the enemy has taken over the minds 43:17 of many people influencing them 43:20 to the point that they've lost their mind. 43:23 God is calling us back. 43:26 The enemy is trying to take over 43:30 and so that he can bring disaster 43:31 upon this earth. 43:33 That's his plan. 43:34 To get rid of you, get rid of me, 43:35 get rid of this world. 43:37 Rebellion is a sign of the last days. 43:42 Five Testimonies, 91, says this, notice this, 43:44 rebellion is, what? 43:45 It's a sign of the last days. 43:48 Five Testimonies, 91, says, 43:50 "That spirit of rebellion and defiance 43:54 which the apostle declares 43:56 is to be one of the signs," what? 43:59 "Of the last days." 44:00 The spirit of, what? 44:02 We're seeing it all over the place, 44:03 there's rebellion, rebellion, rebellion. 44:05 People don't even want to talk about obedience. 44:08 They want to talk about rebellion all the time 44:09 and defiance, which started in heaven, 44:12 it's down here on this earth right now. 44:14 And the enemy's got people doing rebelling, 44:16 going against law, going against order, 44:19 not wanting to do the right thing. 44:21 And the enemy is saying, this is good, 44:22 this is what I have planned for them. 44:25 I mean, what do you see 44:27 going on in our streets and in the world today? 44:31 What can it be contributed to? 44:33 I mean, there must be something that's going on 44:34 that we can say, 44:36 "Oh, I can see why the world is doing these things. 44:38 It must be contributed to something here." 44:41 Prophets and Kings, page 185, says this, 44:45 "There is a growing contempt for law and order, 44:49 directly traceable," 44:51 notice this, "to a violation of the plain," 44:54 notice this, "plain commands of Jehovah. 44:57 Violence and crime are the result 45:00 of turning aside from the path of obedience." 45:04 Wow! 45:06 That's heavy duty. Out of the cities! 45:07 Out of the cities now, 45:09 while there's still time, 45:11 we realize as the Sunday law approaches and is passed, 45:14 I won't say the last would be warning. 45:16 You've got to go 45:17 but wouldn't be nice to make preparations right now? 45:19 Because what? 45:20 The last movements will be rapid ones, 45:22 you may not have time. 45:23 You've got to do it now 45:25 as the Holy Spirit's impressing you 45:26 to make preparations. 45:27 Why? 45:29 Because things will only get worse. 45:30 2 Timothy 3:13. 45:32 2 Timothy 3:13, 45:33 just a part of it says, "It will wax," what? 45:35 Better and better? 45:37 No, it will wax worse and worse 45:39 to the coming of the Lord. 45:41 Isn't that right, 2 Timothy 3:13? 45:49 Think about, what will prevent the world 45:52 from become another second Sodom? 45:55 Is there something that can prevent us 45:57 from becoming another Sodom and Gomorrah? 46:00 The next few verses, I want to read from you, 46:02 if you've heard nothing else, please just listen. 46:06 It's like taking something 46:07 out of the daily paper right now. 46:10 Written this, you know, 150 years, 160 years ago, 46:13 it couldn't possibly lest it's inspired by God. 46:15 How could this go on? 46:16 Notice, Education, page 228, 46:21 just like the issues facing us today, 46:23 remember written many years ago. 46:26 There's every point, I'll try to take it slow. 46:28 It says, "At the same time 46:30 anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law." 46:33 Is there anarchy? Absolutely. 46:35 You hear it every day, you see it in the papers, 46:37 you hear the people on TV, and the news and so on. 46:39 Anarchy is sweeping away all law. 46:42 "Not only divine, but," what? 46:43 The human. 46:45 Notice this, 46:46 here do we see this in the world? 46:47 There is, "The centralizing of wealth and power, 46:52 the vast combination for the enriching of the few 46:56 at the expense of many." 46:58 Do we see that? Absolutely. 47:00 "Combinations of the poorer classes 47:03 for the defense of their interest and claims," 47:06 notice this, "the spirit of unrest, 47:09 and of riot and of bloodshed, 47:13 world-wide dissension," 47:14 no, "dissemination of the same teaching 47:17 that led to the French Revolution." 47:21 Same things that are going on today. 47:23 Do you notice, unrest, riot, bloodshed, wealth and power, 47:28 centralizing all this wealth, doing away with all the laws? 47:36 With all of life's problems, dangers, 47:41 I can say a simple, simple answer. 47:44 Our only safety for society and for nature, 47:49 and for a nation 47:51 is to simply do what God says to do. 47:54 That's pretty simple, isn't it? 47:56 God's given us instructions in His book 47:57 and if we follow that book, 47:59 all will be well, but if we don't, 48:01 judgments are falling 48:02 and they're falling in the land. 48:03 Psalms 19:8, quickly as we move along. 48:06 It says, "The statues of the Lord are," what? 48:08 Psalms 19:8, I'm just reading part of it, 48:10 "The statues of the Lord are right." 48:14 Didn't say they were wrong, 48:15 it didn't say we'll think it over and decide, 48:16 well, they are the statues, the rules, right, 48:18 the laws of God are right, 48:21 whose man with a bones 48:22 that he has to stand in the face of God said 48:24 that's not what it means. 48:26 Surely, you wouldn't do that. 48:27 Statues, the laws of God are right. 48:32 Psalms 15:5, the Bible says, 48:36 "He that doeth these things, " 48:38 Psalms 15:5, "shall never be moved." 48:42 If you do these things, you shall never be moved, 48:43 but remember people are moved around, 48:45 there by every wind of doctrine they tried, 48:46 'cause they're not studying with the Word of God. 48:48 They're not doing 48:50 what God has said to do in His Word. 48:51 When God says, 48:52 "This is what I'll cause you to write 48:54 on a high places of the earth," 48:55 that's exactly what He means. 48:57 Well, he says, "I'm going to provide for you 48:58 when there seemed like there's no way to get it with." 49:00 Your bread and water is going to be sure. 49:02 You can't make a house payment, you don't have a job. 49:04 God said, "I'm like that pain before you, 49:05 I got somebody in mind. 49:07 I'm going to take care of you." 49:08 You can count on that. 49:10 Don't get discouraged. 49:11 Luke 10:27, Bible plainly, it says, 49:14 "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with," what? 49:17 "With all thy heart," notice, get down, 49:19 "and thy neighbor as thyself." 49:21 Lots going on in the world today, 49:22 can we possibly say we love our neighbors? 49:25 Absolutely not. 49:26 And not do what's being done right now. 49:31 We have to love our neighbors, 49:32 love Jesus with our whole heart. 49:35 You know, let me read some that may be a little touchy. 49:38 Some of you may not be able to take it and others... 49:40 Well, you need to hear it anyway. 49:44 Nine Testimonies, 207-208, 49:45 now it's couple of pages pretty heavy duty right there. 49:47 I'm just gonna take a little quote out of this. 49:50 Do we believe that time is advancing? 49:52 Do we believe the coming of the Lord 49:54 is nearer than it was yesterday? 49:55 Sure, we do. 49:57 Then we have to be ready for that. 49:59 But see you here is another sign 50:00 so that you can know, 50:03 so that you can know beyond a shadow of a doubt. 50:05 Notice, "As time advances, 50:08 race prejudices will increase." What? 50:14 I thought we had it all ironed out, 50:17 been going on for, what, 150, 160 years, 50:19 you know, everything should all been worked out, 50:20 all the things should have been good. 50:22 But as we get closer to the coming of Jesus, 50:24 it's been prophesied that there will be a, peoples, 50:26 there'll be uprisings between black and white 50:30 and whatever color you want to throw in there. 50:36 Satan's working 50:38 to stir up problems between people. 50:41 And that means every color. 50:44 He's always stirring, he's always causing problems. 50:50 Notice this statement, Nine Testimonies, 208, 50:54 yeah, it gets a little stronger and it gets worse. 50:57 But you know what? 50:58 I've witnessed these things 50:59 I've heard these things take place. 51:01 It tells me that probation is about to close. 51:04 But there's going to be some brutal things 51:06 taking place just like right now. 51:11 Notice what it says. 51:13 It says, "White ministers and colored ministers 51:17 will make false statements, 51:20 arousing in the mind of the people 51:21 such a feeling of antagonism 51:24 that they will be ready to destroy and kill." 51:29 That's pretty heavy duty, is it not? 51:31 So you can throw it out if you want. 51:34 But is that not happening today? 51:36 You get somebody with a bullhorn on the streets 51:37 is going on right now. 51:38 And they get people all worked up, 51:40 pretty soon somebody is dead over there in the corner. 51:44 And everything's told them, the Pope is not true, 51:45 as you will know. 51:48 Keep your mind open, keep your minds open 51:50 so we can see false statements and what? 51:51 People get in 51:52 and they start talking about these things. 51:54 Pretty soon we become emotional! 51:55 And all of sudden we're torn up 51:57 and we're not getting a fair shake 51:58 and we're out to kill, will kill them, 52:01 will destroy them is what this article says. 52:04 It's been happening for years. 52:06 This is nothing new. Come on. 52:09 To be antagonistic simply means opposition, 52:13 active opposition. 52:16 It's that which is against, 52:18 it's that which is you could call hostility. 52:22 Should a Christian have hostility 52:23 against another brother or sister 52:26 and regardless of what they look like or what? 52:28 Absolutely not. 52:29 We're created equal. 52:31 God loves us. 52:33 He doesn't look at the color of the skin. 52:34 You and I shouldn't look at the color of the skin. 52:36 God said to look inside that individual. 52:40 But you know we've forgotten to do that, 52:43 but we need to. 52:45 May I read something else, still pretty heavy duty. 52:48 I only do these so we wake up and say, 52:50 "You know, this is the hour. This is the hour." 52:53 How much worse can it get? It will. 52:55 Nine Testimonies, 213, notice what it says. 52:59 Now do you believe this? 53:00 This is Satan's plan to call minds 53:02 to study of the colored line. 53:04 Now I always thought 53:05 white was a color and black is a color, 53:07 and brown is the color. 53:08 Come on stay with me. 53:09 See, some people get all tied about. 53:11 There's no use to do that. 53:12 We're talking about black and white issues. 53:14 Notice it, 53:15 the devil is going to call attention to, what? 53:17 Black and white issues, it's that simple. 53:20 To stir up problems, 53:22 though, you can't work together, 53:23 you can't church together, 53:26 if we let the enemy come in. 53:27 That's not God's plan. Notice. 53:30 Notice, "If his suggestions are heeded, 53:34 there will be diversity of opinions 53:37 and great confusions." 53:40 Oh my! Do we see that? 53:42 Absolutely, there is, almost everything. 53:44 Beside, one person that makes this statement, 53:45 the other makes exactly the opposite. 53:47 Sounds kind of political, doesn't it? 53:51 Let me read one more quote 53:52 as time is going right down almost here. 53:54 Nine Testimonies, 214 says this. 53:58 Ellen White wrote this. 54:00 It says, "The relation of the two races, 54:03 black and white, 54:04 had been a matter hard to deal with, 54:09 and I fear 54:10 that it will ever remain a most perplexing problem." 54:16 See, it doesn't have to be the heart is right with God. 54:19 It's because hearts are not right. 54:20 Are you still there? 54:22 It's because hearts are not right with God. 54:25 You can't be looting and killing 54:26 and throwing bricks at people 54:28 and carrying on like we're doing 54:29 to try to prove a point 54:30 that maybe at some point need to be. 54:32 But you know what I'm talking about here. 54:33 And then next week we're sitting 54:35 in the pews of the church, what's wrong? 54:37 Something said dreadfully wrong. 54:40 And you know, what are we really seeing? 54:42 What are we really seeing in our cities today? 54:45 Put my glasses on here, 54:47 I'm gonna read a couple things real quick here 54:48 before we wrap it up. 54:49 What are we seeing in our cities today? 54:51 Notice, Manuscript 50, 1903 says this. 54:55 What we've been talking about? 54:56 It says here, "The time has come, 54:59 when, as God opens the way, 55:02 families should move out of the cities." 55:05 Kind of interesting, is it not? 55:07 Time has come! 55:09 Family should move out of the cities. 55:10 And I realized, someone will say, 55:12 "Well it's when the Sunday law," 55:13 blah, blah, blah. 55:14 Time has come. 55:16 We see what's happening 55:17 and it's only going to get worse 55:19 'cause that's what the Bible said. 55:20 "Review and Herald," 9/27/1906. 55:24 Man, this is written in 1906, says this, 55:28 "More and more, as time advances, 55:30 our people will have to leave the cities." 55:34 What was that? 55:36 "More and more, as time advances 55:37 our people will have to leave the cities." 55:39 Are you prepared to do that? 55:40 Do you love Jesus with your whole heart, 55:42 your whole mind? 55:44 This is important. 55:45 I'll read one more quote, and will be done. 55:48 Five Testimonies, 464, says this. 55:51 And we know, "As the siege of Jerusalem 55:53 by the Roman Armies 55:54 was the signal to flight for the Judean Christians, 55:57 so the assumption of power on the part of our nation 56:01 in the decree enforcing the Papal Sabbath 56:03 or Sunday will be a warning to us. 56:06 It will then be time to leave the large cities." 56:09 Move out! 56:11 Move out under direction of God! 56:14 Bible, I think is just clear. 56:15 I know you understand this. 56:17 God's putting a call in. 56:19 He's sounding a trumpet warning. 56:23 Will you heed? 56:24 Will I heed? 56:26 Will I listen? 56:28 There's too much evidence. 56:30 There's too much evidence to say, 56:32 "Well, no, I don't see all these things happening." 56:34 Oh, yes, and much more. 56:37 Jesus is coming soon. 56:39 It may be morning, night, or noon. 56:43 Many will meet their doom. 56:45 Trumpets will sound. 56:47 Are you ready for the coming of Jesus? 56:49 Do you want to get ready for Jesus? 56:51 Signs of the time are here. 56:52 Give your life to Him today. 56:54 There's still hope. 56:55 There's still encouragement. 56:56 He's still in control. 56:58 I'd like to just pray, 56:59 would it be okay to pray with you, 57:01 just before we close in the last few seconds? 57:02 Pray with me. Let's pray. 57:05 Our kind loving Heavenly Father, 57:06 we thank You for Your love and Your mercy. 57:08 Thank You for Your Word, 57:09 may be a little difficult but we pray 57:11 that we'll all chew on that Word. 57:13 We pray for the power of thy Holy Spirit now, 57:15 convict, convert, and bring us to a point in time 57:17 that we're ready for Jesus to come. 57:19 And help us to be ready 57:20 for that great and wonderful day. 57:22 We thank You for hearing. 57:23 Thank You for answering, thank You for being our God. 57:25 Thank You for loving us, in Jesus' name, amen. |
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