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00:29 Hello, welcome to the 3ABN Worship Hour.
00:32 My name is John Dinzey. 00:34 It's a privilege and an honor to be with you 00:37 during this hour to study God's Word 00:39 because in God's Word we have life, 00:43 and they are life for you and me today. 00:48 I want to encourage you to get your Bible 00:51 or use some other device 00:53 that will help you follow along. 00:55 And also, you may want to 00:57 write down the scriptures to continue reading. 01:00 We have limited time together 01:02 and we cannot go deep into every aspect of 01:05 what we will be sharing, 01:07 but we want to make sure that 01:09 you have some tools to work with 01:11 as you continue to study this topic. 01:14 Before we begin, 01:15 we are going to go to the Lord in prayer. 01:18 I will kneel and I would ask you 01:19 to pray for me and pray for all those 01:21 that will be joining us around the world to listen 01:24 to God's message. 01:25 Let's pray together. 01:29 Our loving Heavenly Father, 01:31 we come before You in Jesus' name 01:35 and we approach Your throne of grace 01:37 to present to You our great need. 01:40 And, Lord, all around this world 01:43 there are people that need the Lord. 01:45 Still, there are those that don't even know You. 01:49 So we pray that this message will help them to see the spark 01:54 or to ignite a spark 01:56 that will help them to be interested 01:59 in knowing more about you. 02:02 We pray, Heavenly Father, for a blessing upon all. 02:04 I place myself in Your hands, 02:06 I pray that every word will come 02:09 from Your throne of grace. 02:10 I ask for Your Holy Spirit upon me 02:13 and those that will join 02:15 wherever they may be. 02:16 In Jesus' holy and blessed name, amen. 02:20 Amen. 02:23 In this world we have people that 02:28 don't even know the Lord and to a great degree, 02:33 Satan has deceived people in such a way that 02:37 the belief in people's mind is, 02:41 especially as they go through school, 02:42 they hear things such as the earth 02:46 is a product of an explosion, 02:50 millions and millions more than 02:52 20 million years ago 02:54 and somehow there was the spark of life. 02:58 And that is how they explain your existence. 03:04 But you know, the Bible has a message for us today. 03:08 When you look at the earth 03:09 and the perfect revolution 03:13 it makes around the sun, 03:16 it doesn't get too close 03:19 so that we don't burn up, 03:20 it doesn't go too far away 03:22 so that we don't freeze to death. 03:26 It is perfectly fine tuned. 03:29 You may have heard that before, 03:31 fine tuned for the benefit of humanity 03:35 and all the animals that live 03:37 in this world, fine tuned. 03:40 Everything is there for your benefit. 03:44 Marvelous it is that vegetation grows 03:48 and provides for us fruits and vegetables and grains 03:51 that allow us to be able to eat things that 03:54 allow us to keep living and living in good health. 03:58 Now, also the perfect place 04:03 for oxygen, 04:05 water to drink, 04:07 all has been provided for our benefit. 04:10 The probability 04:11 of all these things being in place 04:16 so that you could have life 04:17 and all that you need to keep living 04:21 for years and years and years 04:23 is astronomical. 04:25 But the Bible says in Genesis 1:1, 04:30 "In the beginning, 04:32 God created the heavens and the earth." 04:37 Everywhere you go in nature, 04:39 you will see design as if someone was involved 04:44 in the process of making things 04:48 just the way they need to be. 04:51 In fact, there is even beauty in nature that 04:54 you can behold that 04:56 tell you that somebody went 04:59 and designed each and every aspect of it. 05:02 And interestingly enough, I've had the opportunity, 05:05 perhaps you have also to look into microscopes 05:08 and even in the tiny things 05:10 that your eyes cannot see without aid, 05:13 you see design and you see a marvelous creation. 05:18 All praise to God Almighty. 05:21 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 05:26 And you see, nature 05:28 and the Bible tell of God's great love. 05:32 Really, in nature, you can see messages that say, 05:35 God is love and I want to encourage you 05:39 to consider that God loves you personally. 05:42 Let's go to Genesis Chapter 1, 05:45 and see the record of how you 05:50 and I had our beginning in the first man 05:54 and the first woman that were created. 05:56 The Bible says in Genesis 1:26, 05:59 and we're going to read to verse 27," 06:02 Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, 06:07 according to Our likeness, 06:08 let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, 06:12 and over the birds of the air, 06:13 and over the cattle, 06:15 and over all the earth 06:17 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 06:21 So God created man in His own image, 06:23 in the image of God, He created him. 06:27 Male and female, He created them. 06:32 Praise the Lord. 06:34 Marvelous. 06:35 That's the beginning of the human race. 06:38 And I want to encourage you to understand that 06:41 you are a marvelous creation of God. 06:45 Your system of digestion works perfectly 06:47 to get rid of waste and to extract the nutrients 06:53 that keep your blood flowing 06:55 and to keep you with the energy 06:57 you need to do the activities of the day. 06:59 Notice, Genesis 1:28, 07:03 that tells us that God 07:05 put a blessing for you and me. 07:07 And it says, "Then God blessed them, 07:09 and God said to them, 07:11 'Be fruitful and multiply, 07:13 fill the earth and subdue it. 07:16 Have dominion over the fish of the sea, 07:19 over the birds of the air and over every living thing 07:23 that moves on the earth." 07:26 Praise the Lord. 07:28 Everything adapted to our needs, 07:31 everything in perfect order and eventually, 07:36 as you continue reading, 07:38 you understand the sin entered into the world. 07:42 And originally, 07:44 the plants were not created with thorns, 07:48 there were not animals 07:49 that will chase you to hunt you down and eat you, 07:53 this was changed 07:54 because of sin entering into the world. 07:57 But focus on this marvelous message at this time 08:00 that I'm going to read to you 08:02 from the Book of Isaiah, 08:04 and we're going to 44:24. 08:08 This is what the Bible tells us, 08:10 notice, "Thus says the Lord, 08:13 your Redeemer, 08:14 and He who formed you from the womb: 08:18 I am the Lord, who makes all things, 08:21 who stretches out the heavens all alone." 08:26 So this... 08:28 And it says, "Who spreads abroad 08:30 the earth by Myself." 08:33 This is Isaiah 44:24. 08:37 So you see, God was the one 08:40 that formed you in the womb, 08:44 isn't that marvelous? 08:45 You are a creation of God. 08:49 And I want to tell you, 08:50 that you can stop and consider a little later on, 08:53 of course, I encourage you 08:54 to continue listening to the message and consider 08:56 how God has taken care of you throughout your life. 09:00 You may have thought, 09:01 "Oh, it's because I have worked 09:02 or because my father and mother work that 09:04 we have food upon our table." 09:06 God gave them health and strength 09:07 to be able to do those things. 09:09 We are now going to Psalm 145 09:13 and we're going to go to verse 15 and 16. 09:16 Psalm 145:16, and verse 15 and 16 09:22 has this message for us, 09:24 "The eyes of all look expectantly to you 09:29 and you give them their food in due season. 09:34 You open your hand 09:36 and satisfy the desire of every living thing." 09:41 Notice verse 17, "The Lord is righteous in all his works, 09:44 gracious in all his works." 09:47 Verse 18, "The Lord is near to all 09:51 who call upon Him, 09:52 to all who call upon Him in truth. 09:56 Blessed be the name of the Lord." 09:58 And so you see, 10:00 the Bible tells us that the Lord is gracious, 10:05 He is the one that feeds you. 10:08 You know, it's interesting that you look at the earth 10:12 and there are 10:13 the different seasons of the year 10:17 and they all have their particular beauty. 10:21 And every season you can expect that 10:25 eventually spring will come. 10:29 Sometimes it seems like it's going to delay 10:30 because of the snow, but eventually the spring comes 10:34 and the summer comes, 10:35 and the fall comes and the winter comes. 10:39 They have their seasons. 10:41 The Bible says that 10:43 He is the one that established the seasons 10:47 and so it's not that 10:49 the earth does whatever it wants to be. 10:52 You see, God created the heavens 10:53 and the earth and He is there sustaining. 10:58 He is there taking care of it 11:00 to make sure it works in perfect order. 11:03 Marvelous is the Lord. 11:06 But you see, I mentioned that eventually sin 11:11 came into the world, we don't have time to detail 11:14 all how Satan came to tempt Adam and Eve 11:17 and the process that took place, 11:19 how he tried to persuade Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit 11:24 and lie to her, but eventually they ate. 11:29 You see, Satan plans to do you harm. 11:32 You may have already noticed that. 11:34 You may have already suffered 11:36 because of some things he has done. 11:38 But Satan plans to do you harm. 11:41 And I'm going now to John Chapter 8 11:46 and we're going to read verses 42 through 44. 11:49 John 8:42-44, join me now. 11:53 And notice what the Bible says, 11:55 this is Jesus talking to the scribes 11:56 and the Pharisees 11:58 and He says something about them 11:59 because they were confused 12:02 and they were trying to trap him 12:04 to try to find something wrong with Him. 12:07 And here in verse 42, Jesus said to them, 12:10 "If God were your Father, you should love Me, 12:14 for I proceeded forth and came from God, 12:18 nor have I come of myself, but He sent me. 12:22 Why do you not understand my speech, 12:25 because you are not able to listen to my word? 12:29 You are of your father, 12:30 the devil and the desires 12:32 of your father you want to do. 12:35 He was a murderer from the beginning 12:38 and does not stand in the truth 12:40 because there is no truth in him. 12:42 When he speaks a lie, 12:45 he speaks from his own resources, 12:48 for he is a liar and the father of it." 12:53 Now this is Jesus talking about the devil 12:56 and he says that he is a murderer 12:58 and a liar and he has lied to 13:00 each and every one of us 13:02 and many of us have been deceived by his lies. 13:07 And it is time to realize that 13:09 we may be heading, 13:11 you may be heading down the wrong way 13:15 that's going to lead to destruction. 13:17 And I encourage you, 13:19 I invite you to leave that way 13:22 and go and follow Jesus 13:24 because in Jesus is life and He will deliver you 13:28 from the snares of the devil and the deception of the devil. 13:33 Satan plans to do you harm. 13:35 He may be giving you gifts, 13:38 he may be giving you a job, money, 13:41 or enticing you to follow some woman or some man, 13:46 but it's a person that Satan is using to deceive you 13:51 and lead you astray. 13:53 And I encourage you 13:55 to accept the invitation of Jesus 13:58 to be rescued from this horrible deceiver, 14:02 the devil. 14:03 Notice what it says in 1 Peter 5:8, 14:05 "Be sober, be vigilant 14:09 because your adversary, the devil walks about, 14:14 like a roaring lion seeking 14:16 whom he may devour." 14:19 A lion goes around seeking for prey to devour, 14:24 and tries to find weakness, 14:28 and tries to find the right moment to attack. 14:31 I have seen those nature programs 14:35 where the lion sneaks around, 14:37 finds the moment and rushes in 14:40 and attacks the victim 14:43 and the same way the devil does to us. 14:47 We can learn a lot from nature 14:49 about how God is and even about how the devil works. 14:53 And the Bible uses the word lion 14:55 to describe the actions of the devil. 14:59 But notice that it says, 15:00 be sober, be vigilant, God is willing to help us. 15:04 God wants to help us. 15:05 He wants to rescue us, 15:07 but we also must do our part and be sober and be vigilant. 15:12 Why? 15:13 Because your adversary, 15:15 the devil is trying to destroy you. 15:18 But Jesus came to seek and to save. 15:22 Jesus came to rescue and deliver and perhaps 15:28 I'm talking to people that have been delivered. 15:31 Just say amen and praise the Lord 15:33 if you are one of those. 15:35 Praise the Lord. 15:36 Let's go quickly to Genesis Chapter 3. 15:40 This is after Adam and Eve has sinned 15:43 and after they had sinned, they realized something. 15:48 They began to realize that 15:50 they have lost things 15:52 and they began to experience things 15:54 that were not favorable. 15:56 Notice in Genesis Chapter 3, beginning in verse 7. 16:00 The Bible says, "And they heard 16:02 the sound of the Lord God 16:04 walking in the garden in the cool of the day, 16:07 and Adam and his wife hid themselves 16:09 from the presence of the Lord God 16:13 among the trees of the garden. 16:16 Then the Lord called to Adam and said to him, 16:19 'Where are you?'" 16:23 The message that God had for Adam and Eve is, 16:26 where are you? 16:29 And you know, it's very interesting that 16:33 they began to experience something 16:36 that they had never experienced before. 16:38 Verse 10, says, "So he said, 16:42 'I heard your voice in the garden." 16:47 Question, did Adam know God? 16:50 Yes. He says, I heard your voice. 16:54 It's like saying, I know who you are. 16:56 I heard you. 16:58 And then it says, "And I was afraid, 17:02 because I was naked and I hid myself." 17:07 Never before had Adam been afraid, 17:09 never before had he hid from the Lord. 17:14 He heard the Lord walking in the past, 17:16 he will go out to meet Him 17:17 because as the Lord spoke to him, 17:20 I'm sure he heard words 17:23 that helped him to learn more about himself, 17:26 helped him to learn more about nature, 17:27 helped him to learn more about God and he, 17:30 I'm sure looked forward 17:32 to spending time with God. 17:33 But now, because of sin, he began to experience fear, 17:37 he began to realize that 17:40 he was not as before, now, he was naked. 17:46 And, of course, you know the story, 17:49 the Lord told Adam and Eve 17:52 not to eat of the forbidden tree 17:54 because when they ate of the forbidden tree, 17:57 then they were subject to death. 18:00 But Romans 6:16 has a message for us. 18:04 And I want to make sure that 18:06 you write this one down, Romans 6:16. 18:09 It says here, "Do you not know that 18:13 to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, 18:18 you are the one's slaves 18:19 whom you obey, 18:21 whether of sin leading to death, 18:24 or of obedience leading to righteousness? 18:27 Do you not know if you choose to obey sin, 18:33 obey the devil is going to lead you to death? 18:36 But if you choose to follow God, 18:39 if you choose to follow the Lord, 18:41 it's going to be to righteousness 18:45 and you will have through grace, 18:48 through the grace of Jesus, eternal life." 18:51 Today, millions of people, 18:53 millions upon millions of people 18:55 are following the devil. 18:59 They either ignore or don't know 19:03 that the devil plans 19:05 to hurt them and destroy them. 19:10 And those that know have greater responsibility 19:16 and they should awaken before it's too late. 19:21 And so I hope this is a message 19:23 that awakens some people 19:24 from the danger that they are in. 19:27 You see, God wants to save you, 19:30 but the devil wants to destroy you. 19:33 The first promise to Adam and Eve 19:36 is registered in Genesis 3:15, 19:40 there, the Lord is speaking directly to the devil, 19:45 but it's in the hearing of Adam and Eve. 19:47 And so in Genesis Chapter 15, God tells the devil, 19:51 speaking to the serpent, 19:53 "And I will put enmity between you 19:57 and the woman." 19:58 Why is he saying he will put enmity? 20:00 Because after Adam and Eve sinned, 20:04 there was enmity, you could say, 20:06 between God and man and woman. 20:10 But now God says, 20:12 "I will put enmity between you and the woman." 20:15 Before they sinned, they were not in harmony 20:17 with the devil, but after they sinned, 20:19 they were in harmony with the devil, 20:21 and the Lord is announcing to them, 20:23 I am bringing in a plan of salvation 20:25 to the degree that there will be enmity 20:28 or disagreement between you, the devil and the woman. 20:33 And notice how the Lord continues, 20:36 "And between your seed and her seed, 20:39 he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel." 20:43 Question, does the devil have seed? 20:44 Yes, those are the followers of the devil. 20:47 And the followers of the devil do the works of the devil 20:51 and they are used by the devil 20:53 to try to deceive God's children. 20:58 And so I want to tell you 21:00 that today's message is entitled, 21:02 God with us and God for us. 21:07 Yes. 21:08 You see, in John 10:10, 21:12 Jesus presents to us 21:14 the reality of the way things are. 21:16 Jesus says, "The thief," and that's including the devil, 21:20 "does not come except to steal 21:24 and to kill and to destroy. 21:28 I have come that they may have life 21:31 and that they may have it more abundantly." 21:34 Do you want to have life? 21:36 Do you want to have life more abundantly? 21:38 Jesus came to provide that. 21:42 Now, please remember that sin brought death into the world 21:46 and everyone that follows sin, every one that does sin 21:50 is subject to death. 21:51 Not just the regular death the average person will, 21:55 every person will die 21:57 if the Lord doesn't come before that time. 22:00 Every one of us will either die of sickness, 22:03 old age and weakness, 22:05 or because someone kills us. 22:08 But Jesus came that we may have life 22:13 and life more abundantly, that even though we may die 22:16 because of sickness, or some other way, 22:21 we will have eternal life through Jesus Christ. 22:23 He will bring us from the grave, renewed, 22:26 transformed with a new body to live forever. 22:31 Jesus came that you may have life. 22:34 You see, in Jeremiah Chapter 29, 22:38 there is a message revealed by the Lord. 22:41 And in Jeremiah Chapter 29, 22:43 I encourage you to consider this message 22:46 and even write it down somewhere so you can look 22:50 at it from time to time. 22:52 It says, "For I know," this is the Lord talking, 22:54 "I know the plans. 22:57 I know the thoughts that I think toward you," 22:59 says the Lord, "thoughts of peace 23:02 and not of evil, 23:04 to give you a future and a hope." 23:08 That's what God does. 23:10 He gives you a future and a hope. 23:13 Satan comes to destroy, kill and steal, 23:19 but the Lord Jesus came to give you life 23:23 and life more abundantly. 23:25 He has thoughts of peace, to give you a future, 23:29 eternal life and hope. 23:32 Please take heed to the words that God is speaking to you, 23:36 whether through me or someone else that says, 23:39 come out of there, stop doing that 23:44 and take a hold of Jesus, 23:47 and through Jesus 23:49 you can be rescued from this wickedness 23:53 that the devil wants to bring in your life. 23:55 He is seeking to destroy you. 23:57 Now, I want to go to a few places 23:59 in the scriptures where we have references 24:03 of the way God took care of His people. 24:06 In Genesis Chapter 28, 24:08 there is a revelation of something marvelous. 24:12 Jacob was running away from home because he had done 24:15 some evil back home and his life was in danger. 24:18 On the way to where his mother sent him, 24:21 he stopped because he was tired. 24:24 He couldn't keep traveling any longer. 24:26 He got drowsy and he fell asleep, 24:28 used a rock as a pillow and there he lay down to sleep. 24:33 And you see God's eyes were upon Jacob, 24:36 just like God's eyes are upon you. 24:39 And Jacob had a dream 24:41 that is described in the Book of Genesis Chapter 28 24:45 and it says there in verse 12 and 13, 24:50 the following, "Then he dreamed and behold, 24:53 a ladder was set up on the earth 24:56 and its top reached to heaven, 24:59 and there the angels of God were ascending 25:02 and descending on it. 25:04 And behold, the Lord stood above it 25:07 and said, 'I am the Lord God of Abraham, 25:10 your father and the God of Isaac, 25:13 the land on which you lie, 25:15 I will give to you and your descendants.'" 25:19 Praise the Lord. 25:21 What a marvelous message Jacob heard that night. 25:24 He was on his way somewhere 25:27 to where his mother was sending him 25:28 and the Lord told him that land 25:31 where you're lying down on, 25:32 I'm going to give that to you. 25:34 But you see, these promises come with conditions, 25:37 conditions of obedience, conditions of following Me. 25:40 God was not going to bless Jacob 25:42 if he continued doing evil. 25:46 You see, when we do evil, 25:47 we limit 25:49 what God wants to do for us. 25:54 We are the ones that put up the wall 25:56 so that God doesn't bless us. 25:59 Because when we live in obedience to the Lord, 26:01 we are opening the door for the Lord to bless us. 26:06 And so Jacob received that message from the Lord. 26:11 And it says in verse 15 of Genesis Chapter 28, 26:14 "Behold, I am with you." 26:18 Praise God. 26:20 And notice what it says, "And will keep you 26:22 wherever you go and will bring you back 26:25 to this land for I will not leave you 26:28 until I have done what I have spoken to you." 26:32 Praise the Lord. 26:33 If this is what you are here to listen to, praise the Lord. 26:38 Because the message that God gave to Jacob, 26:42 He can give to you, He's giving to you, 26:44 I am with you. 26:46 Notice, I am with you, 26:47 I will keep you wherever you go, 26:48 I will protect you wherever you go, 26:51 and I will bring you back to this land, 26:56 the land of promise. 26:57 God wants to bring you to the place 27:00 where you can enjoy the blessing of the land 27:04 that God has promised to His children. 27:06 This world is going to be destroyed, 27:09 but this world will be made anew. 27:11 There will be new heavens and your new earth 27:13 and this land God is willing to give to you. 27:17 And notice, it says, "For I will not leave you 27:20 until I have done what I have spoken to you. 27:23 I am going to be with you wherever you go." 27:25 Do you want the Lord to be with you wherever you go? 27:28 Choose to follow Him. 27:30 So this is one of the places where we see this ladder 27:33 that reached from heaven to earth. 27:37 You see, heaven and earth are connected. 27:41 Heaven and earth are connected. 27:44 And the way they are connected 27:45 is because of Jesus because Jesus is the way, 27:49 the truth and the life and because of Jesus, 27:54 communication between heaven and earth is possible. 27:58 Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. 28:02 Now, I want to point out another place 28:05 where the Bible tells us that the Lord... 28:09 How the Lord took care of His people. 28:11 Now, we're going to the Book of Exodus Chapter 13, 28:15 and we're going to read verses 21 and 22. 28:19 Exodus 13:21 and 22, 28:22 "And the Lord went before them by day and in a pillar 28:26 of cloud to lead the way, and by night, 28:29 in a pillar of fire to give them light, 28:33 so as to go by day and night." 28:36 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, 28:40 or the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. 28:44 This is showing the way 28:46 the Lord protected the people of Israel. 28:51 It says a pillar of cloud by day 28:54 to protect them from the scorching burning sun, 28:58 the pillar of cloud protected them. 29:02 And the Lord was with them as they traveled. 29:06 And it says that there was a pillar of fire by night. 29:10 Isn't that nice, marvelous thoughts to consider? 29:14 What happens at night when it gets colder, 29:16 but the pillar of fire was there to be with them. 29:21 That is God, the Lord was with them. 29:24 And this is a message from God to us. 29:27 What the Lord showed us in the past 29:30 as we read the scriptures are the things 29:33 He is willing to do today. 29:35 Well, you may not see a pillar of cloud 29:38 during the day or a pillar of fire by night, 29:41 but the Lord promises to be with you. 29:43 Jesus says, "I will be with you always, 29:47 even unto the end of the world." 29:50 This is the God that cares for us, 29:54 our Creator. 29:56 And so, as you continue in the Book of... 30:00 As you continue in the Book of Exodus, 30:03 you will find in Exodus Chapter 25, 30:06 another message of God's interest, 30:09 concern and love, 30:12 and trying to communicate something to God's people. 30:15 In Exodus 25:8, 30:17 "And let them make me a sanctuary, 30:23 that I may dwell among them." 30:24 And information is given in Exodus Chapter 25, 30:27 and onward about the sanctuary, 30:29 what was going to be inside, 30:31 and how God expected them to make it. 30:34 But notice that it says that I may dwell among them. 30:40 The pillar of cloud, the pillar of fire, 30:43 but now, God says, I am going to be there, 30:45 right there with you in the tabernacle, 30:48 in the Most Holy Place, 30:50 God's presence was there. 30:54 That is amazing to consider, 30:57 that I may dwell among them. 31:01 Would you invite Jesus to your home, 31:04 that He may dwell with you? 31:06 He is willing. He is willing. 31:08 So here again, we see God's manifestation, 31:12 that He is willing to dwell with His children. 31:16 And now, let's move quickly. 31:18 Deuteronomy 8:7-10. 31:20 Deuteronomy 8:7-10, "For the Lord your God 31:24 is bringing you into a good land, 31:27 a land with brooks, streams and deep springs 31:31 gushing out into the valleys and hills. 31:34 A land with wheat and barley, 31:37 vines and fig trees, 31:41 pomegranates, olive oil and honey. 31:44 A land where bread will not be scarce 31:47 and you will lack nothing. 31:50 A land where the rocks are iron 31:52 and you can dig copper out of the hills. 31:55 When you have eaten and are satisfied, 31:57 praise the Lord your God for the good land 32:01 He has given you." 32:02 Praise the Lord. 32:04 Here again, Israel is used to set example to show us 32:07 the way that God takes care of His children, 32:10 God provides for His children. 32:13 He is constantly providing for His children, constantly. 32:17 You may not notice, 32:19 you may go to the supermarket and see things there 32:22 and God has been involved in the process. 32:25 You see, if God were to say, "You know what? 32:27 I think for the next 30 days, 32:32 no sunshine, no rain. 32:37 I'm going to stop all the plants from growing, 32:39 30 days." 32:40 What kind of things you think will happen in the world? 32:42 If all over the world God said, no rain, no sunshine, 32:48 what would happen? 32:49 All the plants are going to stop growing for 30 days. 32:51 There would be chaos in this world. 32:54 It is because God daily takes care of us 32:58 by the things He makes happen throughout this earth, 33:01 that you and I can have the things that we need 33:04 to survive in this world. 33:05 In Psalms 34:7-10, the Bible says, 33:08 "The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear him 33:13 and delivers them. 33:14 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. 33:19 Blessed is the man who trust in Him! 33:22 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! 33:24 There is no want to those who fear Him. 33:27 The young lions lack and suffer hunger, 33:31 but those who seek the Lord 33:33 shall not want any good thing." 33:37 Marvelous is the Lord, 33:39 He takes care of His children 33:41 and I hope you have realized 33:43 you can consider that somehow, some way, 33:46 the Lord has taken care of you. 33:49 And perhaps there are some of you that can tell stories 33:52 of how God delivered you just in the right time. 33:57 You see, God is constantly taking care of His children. 34:02 And here, 34:04 in the Book of Psalm 34, 34:09 it says here in verse 18, 34:11 "The Lord is near 34:14 to those who have a broken heart 34:16 and save such as have a contrite spirit. 34:22 The young lions lack and suffer hunger, 34:26 but those that trust in the Lord will not lack 34:28 any good thing." 34:30 And I am speaking in the hearing 34:33 of many that can tell a story, you know what? 34:36 I am 30 years old, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 34:41 perhaps there are some 90 year olds that are listening 34:43 and if you are, we like to hear from you 34:46 and hear your testimony. 34:48 Has God taken care of you? 34:49 Can you look back and say, "You know, 34:50 I've always had food upon my table. 34:53 I've always been able to have at least something to eat." 34:56 It's because God has taken care of you. 34:59 You see, it is God with us and God for us. 35:03 If God was not with us and for us, 35:05 the devil would have destroyed us a long time ago 35:09 because he is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. 35:13 And it is because God keeps the devil away 35:18 that we are alive today. 35:20 The only things that get to us, 35:25 if we are following the Lord, 35:26 the only things that get to us are the things 35:28 the Lord has allowed to help us in some way to understand 35:32 that He cares us, 35:34 He cares about us to help us in some way understand 35:37 that we are straying from the way 35:40 that we should follow. 35:41 The things that happen to us that we consider a trial, 35:45 a difficulty, a problem, if we're following the Lord, 35:49 it is because the Lord has allowed that to happen, 35:52 to help us in some way. 35:56 So consider that whatever you're going through today, 35:59 it's because it may be 36:04 that you're not seeing the bigger picture. 36:08 Open your eyes and see that the eyes 36:11 of the Lord are upon the righteous 36:14 and His ears are open to their cry. 36:18 I just read to you from Psalms 34:15. 36:21 You see, God is constantly watching over His children. 36:26 I'm going to read the first part of Job 36:7. 36:30 Job 36:7, first part says, 36:33 "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous." 36:38 Praise the Lord. 36:40 Praise the Lord. 36:42 Praise the Lord that He does not withdraw 36:44 His eyes from the righteous. 36:46 Imagine if the Lord said, "I'll be back. 36:48 I'm going to take a little vacation. 36:50 I'll be back in about a month." 36:53 This world would be completely destroyed by the devil. 36:57 There will be such chaos in this world. 36:58 Yes, there are difficult things in this world, 37:01 but God is still in control. 37:02 The things the Lord allows to happen are things 37:05 that help us understand the danger that we are in 37:08 and help us to understand that we are living in the time 37:10 of the end and that Jesus Christ 37:12 is coming soon. 37:14 Praise the Lord for that. 37:17 I want to go back to Genesis 3:15, 37:21 and notice that it says, 37:22 "That God will put enmity between the devil 37:27 and the woman, 37:29 and between his seed and her Seed. 37:32 And He, that is Jesus, will bruise your head, 37:35 challenge to the devil, 37:37 and you shall bruise his heel." 37:40 And this part about bruising the heel, 37:45 the time came when that would happen, 37:47 when Jesus came to this world. 37:50 And I'm reading to you now 37:51 from Matthew 1:23, 37:56 and the Bible says 37:58 that the promise was fulfilled. 38:02 It says, "Behold the virgin shall be with child 38:06 and bear a Son 38:08 and they shall call His name Immanuel, 38:13 which is translated, 'God with us.'" 38:17 That is a name for Jesus, God with us. 38:23 And I tell you also, if God is with us, 38:26 He is for us, and He is protecting us, 38:30 and He is telling us 38:33 that today He is also with us. 38:36 I invite you to open your heart to the Lord Jesus 38:41 and ask Him to come in because just as He told 38:46 the people of Israel, 38:47 "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them." 38:51 You see, the Bible says that our body 38:54 is the temple of the Holy Spirit, 38:57 and God can be in us and dwell in us. 39:01 And if He is in us, He is for us, 39:04 that means He will fight for us. 39:05 That means He will stand on our behalf 39:09 no matter what happens. 39:11 And I praise the Lord for Immanuel, 39:14 God with us, God for us. 39:18 You see, when you read the Bible, 39:23 I hope you will see 39:26 that the messages there are for you. 39:30 They are for you, they are for me. 39:33 Several years ago, when I was reading, 39:36 I read something that helped me to understand, 39:39 you know, what I see in the Bible 39:42 is a message from God to me. 39:46 When it says, "I will take care of you My people," 39:49 and He's talking to the people of Israel, 39:51 that's a message for me. 39:52 We must take this personally. 39:55 You see, when the Bible says that God so loved the world, 39:59 He's talking to me. 40:00 God so loved John Dinzey, 40:02 that He gave His only begotten Son 40:04 and I don't know what your name is, 40:05 but you can put your name there and say, 40:07 yes, God is talking to you personally. 40:10 All of the promises are for you, 40:13 I will deliver you, I will take care of you, 40:15 I will feed you, 40:17 I will make a new world for you. 40:19 But also the warnings are there 40:22 to help us understand that we are in danger. 40:25 So when there are warnings in the Bible, take heed, 40:28 God is talking directly to you. 40:32 Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand. 40:36 He is talking to me, He is talking to you, 40:39 take it personal. 40:42 God so loved the world, yes, but He also loved you. 40:45 You see, when it says there that behold, 40:50 I come quickly to give to you 40:53 according to as your work shall be. 40:55 He is talking to each and every one of us personally. 40:59 Take God's message and make it personal. 41:04 And the Bible says in John, Chapter 1, 41:08 "In the beginning was the Word, 41:10 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 41:15 He was in the beginning with God. 41:18 All things were made by Him 41:20 and without Him nothing was made that was made." 41:26 This is the creator of the world 41:29 that came to dwell upon this earth. 41:34 He came to this world because He loves us. 41:37 You know, I remember a long time ago, 41:40 being in a meeting for young people in church 41:44 and they decided to do a skit 41:47 and it was a very impressive thought, 41:49 I never thought about this. 41:53 They came up with the story 41:55 of that some visitor came from another planet 42:00 that apparently didn't know anything about the human beings 42:02 and was just supposedly exploring. 42:04 And that just side issues about the story, 42:07 but this person came and asked, 42:10 "What is it that you have in this world? 42:12 What's good here? 42:15 What's impressive about this place?" 42:18 And they had this conversation in this story 42:21 they portrayed there and they decided 42:24 to talk about this. 42:26 And so he said, "Well, what do you have here?" 42:28 Well, we have the Grand Canyon, it's beautiful. 42:30 We have the Niagara Falls, 42:33 beautiful waters coming down 42:35 and the person from the other planet says, 42:36 "Oh, we have better things than that. 42:38 Well, what else do you have here?" 42:40 And the person kept mentioning things 42:42 that were created by God and things that were made 42:46 by man and they said, 42:47 "Oh no, we have much more impressive things than that. 42:51 I guess you really don't have anything here." 42:53 "But wait, wait," the person from the earth said, 42:55 "Hey, wait a minute. You know what? 42:58 In this world that you consider is not very important, 43:02 Jesus was here, God was here. 43:04 Jesus Christ came to this world." 43:06 And the person from the other world, 43:08 according to the story, 43:09 this is a made-up story they made, 43:11 he says, "You had Jesus Christ here, 43:14 the Son of God, 43:16 the creator of the universe, He was here? 43:19 What did you do? 43:20 Did you roll out the red carpet? 43:22 Did you sing mighty songs of joy and praise to Him? 43:26 What did you do to honor Him?" 43:29 And the person from the earth bowed his head down, 43:33 he says, "Well, no, no. 43:35 We didn't do any of those things." 43:37 "Well, what did you do?" 43:39 Well, and the person said, "Well, we killed Him. 43:45 We beat Him and we killed Him." 43:47 You see, what are you doing with Jesus? 43:51 What are you doing by the way you live your life? 43:55 Are you in essence just ignoring Him 44:00 and He came to this world to live a life 44:03 that would save you from death? 44:06 Are you ignoring Jesus 44:07 and the great plan of salvation? 44:10 Jesus came, was born a baby 44:13 and to me that is incredible to consider 44:17 that the God Almighty, 44:18 the creator of the world came to this world 44:21 and became a baby, 44:25 was born in Bethlehem 44:29 and there seemingly helpless, 44:31 unable to even feed Himself. 44:35 And what happens to a baby 44:37 if the baby doesn't get to eat? 44:39 The baby will die. 44:40 So Jesus, the creator of the world, 44:44 that could create the world into existence 44:47 was dependent on human beings to survive, 44:51 to be able to eat, 44:53 and Mary and Joseph had to feed Jesus. 44:57 That's incredible. 44:58 But you see, when He became a man, 45:02 He did not stop being God. 45:04 And that's why in Hebrews Chapter 1, it says about God, 45:09 when brought the only begotten into the world, 45:14 He said to the angels, 45:15 "Let all the angels worship Him." 45:19 As a baby He was worthy of worship 45:23 and He has always been worthy of worship. 45:28 In the book, Desire of Ages, one of my favorite books, 45:30 I hope you read it. 45:32 It says on page 24, 45:34 "Since Jesus came to dwell with us, 45:39 we know that God is acquainted with our trials 45:43 and sympathizes with our grieves. 45:45 Every son and daughter of Adam may understand 45:48 that our creator is the friend of sinners. 45:54 For in every doctrine of grace, every promise of joy, 45:57 every deed of love, 45:59 every divine attraction presented in the Savior's life 46:03 on earth, we see God with us." 46:09 God with us and God for us. 46:14 You see, the Bible says, that God so loved 46:18 the world that He gave His only begotten Son, 46:22 that whosoever believes in Him should not perish... 46:26 Yes, you can finish it with me. 46:28 Should not perish, but have everlasting life. 46:34 And what God promises, He delivers. 46:37 Everlasting life, 46:41 this is what is available through Jesus Christ. 46:45 Would you accept Jesus as your personal Savior? 46:49 Would you give Him your heart? 46:51 Would you tell Him, take me Lord just as I am, 46:54 weak, defiled by sin, full of corruption? 46:59 And when you come to Jesus with all of your sin, 47:02 all of your corruption, all of your weakness, 47:06 He takes you, embraces you, forgives you, 47:11 cleanses you and makes you His child. 47:16 Praise God. 47:17 Makes you a child of God 47:21 and He gives you the power to become a son, 47:25 a daughter of God. 47:26 Give your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ. 47:30 The Bible says in John 1:18, 47:33 "No one has seen God at any time. 47:37 The only begotten Son 47:41 who is in the bosom of the Father, 47:44 He has declared Him." 47:47 No one has seen God anytime, 47:48 so when you're reading the Old Testament about Abraham 47:54 and Moses talking to God face-to-face as it were, 47:59 they were talking to Jesus because the only begotten 48:03 of the Father, 48:04 He is the one that has declared Him or manifested Him. 48:08 And some people say, "You know that God of the Old Testament? 48:10 I don't really like Him that much, 48:12 He did some things that I don't think 48:16 I like to read about." 48:18 But you see, those things were done 48:22 because they had to be done, 48:23 there was a reason for those things. 48:25 And what God does, 48:26 He does because it has to be done 48:29 and it's the right thing to do. 48:35 You see, the Father Himself loves us. 48:38 In John 17:27, Jesus reveals this, 48:42 "For the Father Himself loves you." 48:46 Because you have loved me 48:48 and because you have believed that I came forth from God, 48:52 we are loved, you are loved. 48:56 And I want to encourage you to give your all to Jesus. 49:02 There's a great difference between the devil and Jesus. 49:06 In Isaiah Chapter 14, speaking of the devil, it says, 49:09 "For you have said in your heart: 49:11 'I will ascend into heaven, 49:13 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 49:16 I will also sit on the mount of the congregation 49:19 on the farthest sides of the north, 49:22 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 49:24 and I will be like the Most High." 49:26 That's the devil talking. 49:28 But know this about Jesus, worthy of all praise 49:31 and honor and glory. 49:33 It says in Philippians 2:5-8, 49:37 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, 49:41 who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery 49:45 to be equal with God, but made Himself 49:49 of no reputation, 49:50 taking the form of a bond servant 49:54 and coming in the likeness of man 49:56 and being found in appearance 49:59 as a man or in fashion as a man," 50:01 as it says in the King James, "He humbled Himself 50:05 and became obedient to the point of death, 50:07 even to the death of the cross." 50:12 I'm reading to you from the New King James version. 50:15 He came, humbled Himself as a servant 50:20 and was obedient even to death. 50:25 What a marvelous God. 50:26 What marvelous love 50:30 He has shown us that the creator of the world 50:34 came to die for us. 50:38 I'm reading to you from Desire of Ages once again, 50:41 and I'm going to read on page 22, it says, 50:46 "The plan for our redemption was not an after-thought, 50:52 a plan formulated after the fall of Adam, 50:55 it was a revelation of the mystery 50:57 which have been kept in silence 51:00 through times eternal." 51:01 Romans 16:25, 51:04 "It was an unfolding of the principles 51:07 that from eternal ages have been the foundation 51:10 of God's throne." 51:12 From the beginning, God and Christ knew 51:15 of the apostasy of Satan 51:18 and of the fall of man through the deceptive power 51:21 of the apostate. 51:23 God did not ordain that sin should exist, 51:26 but He foresaw its existence 51:28 and made provision to meet the terrible emergency. 51:33 So great was His love for the world 51:38 that He covenanted to give His only begotten Son, 51:42 that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, 51:47 but have everlasting life. 51:52 What great love. 51:55 And I want to invite you to consider the love of Jesus, 52:00 consider His mercy, 52:03 His grace 52:05 and how He has been merciful to you 52:07 and consider the invitation that He now offers you 52:13 to come into harmony with Him, to 52:16 leave a world of sin, to leave a life of sin 52:19 and to come to Jesus, 52:21 so that He can be God with you 52:24 and God for you. 52:27 I encourage you to give your heart completely to the Lord 52:31 and I encourage you to give all to Him, 52:36 He's inviting you. 52:38 The Bible says, "Behold, I stand at the door 52:40 and knock and if any man hears my voice 52:44 and opens the door, 52:46 I will come in to him and dwell with him 52:51 and he with Me." 52:54 Please, give your heart to Jesus before it is too late. 52:58 You see, the devil wants to destroy you, 53:02 but Jesus wants to save you. 53:05 And through the merits of the sacrifice 53:09 that Christ has made for you, 53:13 make it personal. 53:14 For you, 53:16 the sacrifice that Christ made for you, 53:19 make it personal. 53:20 You can have eternal life. 53:23 I invite you to pray at this moment. 53:25 Join me in prayer in giving your heart 53:28 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 53:31 Our loving heavenly Father, 53:34 we come before You once again in Jesus' name. 53:38 And heavenly Father, there are people 53:39 all over the world joining me in prayer, 53:43 I invite you to look into their hearts. 53:47 And for all those that at this moment are taking 53:49 the opportunity to confess their sins, 53:51 we pray that it will be fulfilled. 53:53 That marvelous promise in 1 John 1:9, 53:57 that if we confess our sins, 54:00 you are faithful and just to forgive us for our sins 54:04 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 54:07 And we pray, Lord, that it will be done, 54:10 that cleansing will take place, 54:13 that forgiveness will take place 54:16 and that we can be made anew in Jesus Christ. 54:20 And we pray, heavenly Father, for salvation full and free 54:25 to Jesus, to be made available to all that accept you 54:29 as their Savior. 54:31 And we ask you for this blessing in the holy 54:33 and blessed name of Jesus. 54:36 Amen and amen. 54:39 If you have made a decision to return to Jesus, 54:43 write to us, let us know of your decision. 54:46 Let us know that you have entered into a walk with Jesus 54:49 that leads to eternal life. 54:53 Let us know how we can help you. 54:57 3ABN has prayer partners that will pray for you, 55:01 so I encourage you to call us if you need to 55:06 and we have people that will pray with you. 55:10 In the Book of Revelation Chapter 21, 55:14 you see, the message is, 55:16 God with us and God for us. 55:20 Consider these marvelous words in Revelation 21, 55:24 it says, verse 1, 55:27 "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 55:31 for the first heaven 55:33 and the first earth had passed away. 55:36 Also there was no more sea. 55:38 Then I, John, saw the holy city, 55:41 New Jerusalem, 55:44 coming down out of heaven from God, 55:47 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 55:50 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 55:53 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men," 55:59 praise the Lord, "and He will dwell with them, 56:03 and they shall be His people. 56:05 God Himself will be with them and be their God. 56:10 And God will wipe away every tear 56:15 from their eyes, 56:17 there shall be no more death, 56:20 nor sorrow, nor crying. 56:24 There shall be no more pain, 56:27 for the former things have passed away." 56:31 And verse 5 concludes with these words, 56:36 "Then He who sat on the throne said, 56:39 'Behold, I make all things new.' 56:43 And He said to me, 'Write, for these words 56:47 are true and faithful.'" 56:51 I invite you to read these words, 56:53 study them and understand 56:57 that God has been giving. 57:00 Jesus Christ, God with us, 57:04 God for us, has given His life 57:07 so that this can happen for you. 57:10 It's a message from God to you. 57:13 God wants to wipe away every tear from your eye, 57:17 so that you can be a part 57:19 of those that do not have to suffer death, 57:21 nor pain, nor sorrow, nor death. 57:25 Accept this great offer 57:27 that God is making to you right now. |
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