Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000063
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00:41 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamp Presents.
00:43 I'm Chris Shelton your host 00:45 and as always we're so thankful to have this time 00:48 to spin with you today in the study of God's Word. 00:52 Today's message is the first in our four part series 00:55 that we have entitled "Common and Sacred Fire." 00:59 For many of us when we hear these words 01:01 common and sacred fire our minds immediately retreat back 01:05 to the story of Aaron's two sons Nadab and Abihu. 01:09 Let's read a bit of their story 01:11 as we're told in the book Temperance on page 43 01:15 "Aaron's sons took the common fire 01:18 which God did not accept, 01:20 and they offered insult to the infinite God 01:23 by presenting this strange fire before Him. 01:26 God consumed them by fire for their positive 01:31 disregard of His express directions. 01:34 All their works were as the offering of Cain. 01:37 There was no divine Savior represented. 01:41 Had these sons of Aaron been in full command 01:44 of their reasoning faculties they would have discerned 01:47 the difference between the common and sacred fire." 01:51 You see, friends, the priest would have burn incense 01:55 into the Lord from the fire of the Lord's kindling. 01:58 The Lord's fire was a sacred fire. 02:01 It represented the communication between God and man 02:05 they could only be opened through Jesus Christ alone. 02:09 And this fire was to never be extinguished. 02:12 And it was the only fire that was to be used 02:15 during the sacred services in the sanctuary. 02:19 Remember, God is an all knowing God. 02:23 He distinguishes the meaning of everything. 02:26 He is extremely particular as to who or what 02:30 is to rightly represent Him, the high and holy one. 02:34 So it behooves us to look into this subject and to see 02:39 if we as God's representatives 02:41 have compromised the common for the sacred 02:45 may be in our sanctuary services 02:48 or in any respect of our lives 02:50 where God is to be fully representative. 02:53 But before our study begins 02:55 we are so blessed to visit the 3ABN worship center 02:59 and listen to a song that is entitled "Hallelujah, Amen" 03:03 as sung and performed by Denise Barclay. 03:15 Holy, holy 03:23 Only You Lord 03:28 You're holy 03:32 Heavens and earth proclaim 03:41 Hallelujah to Your name 03:50 Hallelujah to Your name 03:59 Holy, holy only you Lord 04:11 You're holy 04:16 Heavens and earth proclaim 04:24 Hallelujah to Your name 04:32 Hallelujah to Your name 04:43 We sing hallelujah 04:49 Hallelujah, hallelujah 04:57 Amen 05:00 We sing hallelujah 05:06 Hallelujah 05:11 Hallelujah 05:14 Amen 05:18 Holy, holy 05:27 Only You Lord 05:31 You're holy 05:35 Heavens and earth proclaim 05:44 Hallelujah to Your name 05:52 Hallelujah to Your name 05:59 We sing hallelujah 06:05 Hallelujah, hallelujah 06:12 Amen 06:16 We sing hallelujah 06:22 Hallelujah 06:28 Hallelujah 06:31 Amen 06:36 Hallelujah, amen 06:45 Hallelujah, amen 06:54 Hallelujah 06:59 Hallelujah 07:04 Hallelujah 07:09 Hallelujah 07:14 Hallelujah 07:19 Hallelujah 07:24 Hallelujah 07:29 Praise the Lord 07:36 Hallelujah to Your name 07:56 Thanks for joining us here 07:57 once again at Behold Lambs Ministries. 07:59 We sure appreciate you tuning in. 08:02 You know, each and every time that we're on the air 08:04 and certainly we know that the Holy Spirit 08:06 is leading, guiding and directing 08:08 and we pray that we can be a blessing 08:10 to the power of the Spirit. 08:11 Today, as you've heard already 08:13 it's a very, very important subject, 08:15 you won't want to miss this. 08:16 Get things ready pencil and paper your Bible 08:18 because we're gonna be talking about the common and sacred. 08:21 This is one of the things that the enemy wants to use 08:24 and is using among God's last day people 08:28 to try to intermingle the two 08:30 so that we can't be what God wants us to be. 08:33 So we're gonna identify some of these things. 08:35 We're gonna have to see how the enemy is working. 08:37 We're gonna have to be able to detect 08:39 that which is common and that which is sacred 08:41 and holy unto God. 08:43 And that what you're sacred and holy 08:45 we need to be keeping, don't we? 08:46 Now, for that I want to say this. 08:48 We're grateful and thankful for those who call, 08:51 those who write, those who send emails 08:53 and you're love gifts to the ministry 08:55 that helps us continue to bring forth 08:57 these programs to you. 08:59 Without you, without God's people, 09:01 you know, it can't be done. 09:02 But with God's blessing and you working together with us 09:05 and helping us, so that we can continue 09:07 to get these I want to call them straight testimonies. 09:09 Now I pray and you've been watching 09:11 you'll say straight testimony called present truth 09:13 and God's people we need to get back to our roots. 09:17 Why don't we pray right now 09:18 ask the Holy Spirit to be with us 09:21 and because as we approach this subject 09:23 it is probably would be may be distasteful to some 09:27 but you know if you love the truth 09:28 and if want to lineup, square up with heaven, 09:31 we're going have to pay attention, 09:32 we're gonna read the words that God has left for us. 09:35 So let's pray together, 09:36 let's ask for the Holy Spirit power. 09:38 Where you can would you just kneel with me? 09:40 I know some of you can't but where you can, 09:42 why don't you kneel with me as we pray together. 09:45 Kind and loving heavenly Father, 09:47 we thank You for the privilege of prayer. 09:48 Now we ask for the power of thy Holy Spirit 09:50 to consume each and every one of Your children. 09:53 O Lord, we need to hear from heaven. 09:55 We need the power of thy Spirit. 09:57 We pray that our minds will be clean 09:59 and heart will be clean and our hands will be clean 10:01 as the Holy Spirit now speaks to each and every one of us 10:04 and we pray now that things will grow dame of the earth 10:08 and we won't have to worry about 10:09 what's going on you know around the world 10:11 and some other part but right here right now 10:14 we're going to have encounter with You. 10:16 We thank You for hearing, for answering prayer 10:18 and Lord, I ask You to cover me with Your blood 10:20 that anything in my life at least not be there 10:23 it can be covered by Your blood. 10:24 And I thank You in Jesus name, amen. 10:27 Again as mentioned already be sure 10:29 to have a pencil and paper, jot down. 10:31 I say this every time because, you know, I-- 10:33 there's too many people that take whatever said 10:36 from the pulpit or just face value 10:37 and that's just the truth that's the way it is. 10:39 But if you write these down and you pray 10:41 and ask the Holy Spirit to help you in your study 10:43 you can see well these things are important or not. 10:47 I feel right here at Behold the Lamb Ministry 10:49 we do not need to waste our time on just things 10:51 that really they don't make any difference. 10:53 We're focusing on things that would be pleasing 10:56 in the sight of heaven. 10:58 Focusing on preparing our hearts and our lives 11:00 so we can meet Jesus when He shall come. 11:02 That as when He comes He is gonna find His church. 11:05 The Bible talks about here 11:06 without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. 11:11 You have your Bible and again get your Bible and turn 11:13 so that way we can make sure 11:15 with this is what the truth is coming from here. 11:17 In the Old Testament in the Book of Ezekiel 11:19 Chapter 22, Ezekiel Chapter 22, 11:23 this is a fantastic study here in Ezekiel 11:26 but also you'll find once again God is correcting His people. 11:31 Why does God seem to always be correcting His people? 11:34 Simple answer, we need it. God help us. 11:36 You see, we need it and most of the time 11:39 we think everything is all right. 11:41 But as we look through the eyes 11:43 as it were of our Creator our Redeemer 11:45 and our Sustainer how He views you, 11:48 how He views me. 11:49 O Lord, have mercy. We need some help. 11:51 And so as He looks His children of Israel 11:53 He talks about some of the sins 11:56 the things that need to be corrected. 11:58 So just overall, quickly 11:59 we're gonna have to read about eight verses. 12:01 Hope you don't say "you know that's too much." 12:04 And so we read these verses 12:05 we will find this is our foundation 12:07 that we're going to building of or expanding 12:09 and growing to the Holy Spirit. 12:12 So if we look at this chapter we find 12:14 that it's a literally it lists some of the sins of Jerusalem. 12:20 It starts listing some of the sins. 12:22 What if some of your sins 12:23 where listed out there, some of mine. 12:25 Oh, so some of the sins will be listed 12:28 that need to corrected. 12:30 Two, again this is overall of chapter 22 12:33 that the general corruption that went on with the prophets 12:37 and with the priests and with the rulers 12:39 and the princess and the people. 12:42 God calls out all who're involved 12:44 and He is saying there are some things 12:45 that need to be changed. 12:47 And then third point is how God is going deal 12:51 with these issues and how He is going to correct it. 12:54 Listen carefully He's gonna correct it with fire. 12:57 That's in verse 31 of Ezekiel 22. 13:00 He's going to do some correcting here. 13:02 So let's just read these verses you have Ezekiel 22, 13:05 I like to start reading with the verse 23. 13:08 Now remember this is powerful, 13:10 keep focused with me as we read 13:12 because in this chapter we will see that God says 13:15 "You have despised My holy things." 13:20 God says "Here that you've profaned My holy things." 13:25 And then He says "You put no difference between 13:28 the holy and the profane." 13:30 So God has something here, he is speaking to us here. 13:33 It's a possible that may be 13:34 we might be doing some of that today. 13:37 Let's read these verses. Shall we together? 13:39 You have your Bible lets read together, 13:40 starting from verse 23. 13:42 I like the way it starts. 13:43 It says "And the word of the Lord 13:45 came saying, Son of man, say unto her, 13:50 that Thou the land that is not cleansed, 13:53 nor rained upon the day of indignation." 13:56 Now notice what happened 13:58 it says right now the word of the Lord came 14:00 and He started to saying unto her. 14:01 There's a land that's what? That's not cleansed. 14:04 There is some cleaning up that needs to take place here. 14:06 Verse 25 "There is a conspiracy." 14:09 Oh, if you're getting that. 14:10 "There is a conspiracy of her prophets." 14:14 Why is this the first thing that comes out 14:17 as it where mouth of God to prophet Ezekiel? 14:21 It says number one, there is some problems with prophets. 14:24 Why should there be problem? 14:25 Why are the problems with prophets here? 14:28 The difference in the true prophet 14:29 and a false prophet. 14:31 You remember a false prophet 14:33 is a continual hindrance to the work of the true prophet. 14:38 Did you get it? A false prophet continual, what? 14:41 He is working against the true prophet all of the time. 14:44 Why, what happens? The people become confused. 14:49 One voice will be saying one thing 14:51 and another voice will be saying another thing. 14:54 When we should be reading 14:55 the scriptures here and finding out. 14:57 Here and then what happens to the people? 14:59 One is saying this and another one saying that. 15:02 And now the people find, 15:04 we find excuses to be disobedient to God. 15:07 Many times it's sad to say 15:09 that people of God are looking for excuses not to serve God. 15:13 Friend, if you, if you want heaven 15:14 to be your home why would you look for? 15:16 Why would I look for an excuse 15:18 not to be obedient to God 15:20 or to say God is not particular, God doesn't care? 15:24 As we read these verses you'll see that God says 15:26 there is a difference in that which I have said holy 15:29 and that which is common. 15:31 And too much that common stuff has come in to the church 15:34 and we need to deal with this issue 15:36 and God is dealing with it here 15:37 as He did his last day people of the then 15:40 and His last day people today. 15:41 Verse 25, there is conspiracy what? 15:45 In her prophets, among her prophets. 15:47 See we need divine direction today 15:51 just like back then. 15:52 In fact, may be even more so. Christians are divided. 15:56 That many times the church is divided 15:58 on just a subject that we should be very clear, 16:00 we should have a clear understanding of it. 16:02 And you know what, the only anecdote 16:05 for all this confusion just going on 16:07 against the false prophets and in the true prophets 16:10 you know is simply a personal investigation 16:14 yourself of setting down with the power of Thy Spirit 16:17 and studying what is truth. 16:19 Remember, we can never ever 16:22 depend upon that somebody else's research, 16:25 somebody else's opinion, somebody else's wisdom, 16:29 somebody else's and you know education, 16:32 wisdom of any man. 16:33 No, we can't do that. 16:35 Let me just give you if don't mind 16:37 I want to just give you five real quick points. 16:39 Now this has to do with our subject 16:43 but remember laying a good foundation 16:45 is so, so, so very important. 16:48 If, I can give you five little points 16:49 and you will jot these things down 16:52 because they're again, we're trying to see 16:53 if the God makes it difference between 16:55 what the holy, right and, the common, 16:58 the sacred, okay, and the unholy. 17:00 Five, little things that you can do 17:02 in your own personal study right here. 17:04 Five rules, so important to distinguish between 17:07 the un-tempered mortar or the what? 17:11 We're talking about here the unholy 17:14 and that which is genuine or the holy. 17:17 This is what we're distinguishing here, 17:19 five little points. 17:20 Number one, they're very simple, 17:21 they're the ABCs that were 17:22 but sometime we certainly forget in the Word of God. 17:26 One, the Bible this is it, right of the game. 17:29 The Bible this is what we look. 17:30 The Bible study, must be studied in the attitude 17:34 or in the setting of prayer. 17:36 We must have that attitude of prayer 17:39 as we approach God, ask for the Holy Spirit 17:42 to give us proper understanding of the Word 17:44 rather than to say "this is my believe 17:46 and I'm gonna read something here 17:47 to try and make sure this is, 17:48 you know, that all comes together." 17:50 The setting of prayer, the setting of I want to know 17:53 what truth is. 17:54 We have to pray because what? 17:56 You cannot understand the Bible 17:59 without the power of the Holy Spirit. 18:00 We know that spiritual things are spiritual discerned. 18:03 Now I realize many of you are far advanced to that. 18:05 We realize many, many people 18:07 may be tuning for the first time. 18:09 May be, their ears are hearing things 18:10 for the first time. 18:11 So we had to be very as we are elementary 18:13 and then continue to build and continue to grow. 18:16 Some may be have never heard that, 18:17 that may shock some of you never heard 18:19 that before you open the pages right of the God's word 18:22 you pray for the power of the Holy Spirit. 18:24 That's it, remember of course we're trying to make 18:25 a difference between that which pleases God 18:27 that which displeases Him. 18:29 Number two, there must be a wilt of strength follow 18:34 all the revealed light. 18:36 Everything that God reveals to us 18:38 as we read the Word of God here 18:40 we must be willing to follow that light. 18:43 Or you can read more in John 7:17 18:45 when you have an opportunity do that. 18:47 Let me just say this to if any read it 18:50 and we say, oh boy, I see that. 18:52 But if we refuse to walk in that light 18:55 you know what happens? 18:57 It locks the door to any future understanding. 19:00 It may be you'd see, it may be I could see better 19:03 now than ever before if why many never advance. 19:07 Many were on the milk and they go and stay 19:08 on the milk they don't want anything else 19:10 they don't want to chew on the meat. 19:11 They don't want their fresh bread. 19:13 They just simply want to, 19:14 they're happy where they're at, 19:15 because they refute they come to a certain point of truth 19:19 in the Bible they'll read and say 19:20 "Oh, Boy, I-- you know, 19:22 I see that but I just, you know, 19:24 right now I don't I think I need to do that. 19:26 I can't read change my life right now." 19:28 Remember, you will not receive any more light. Why? 19:31 Because you simply refused what He gave you. 19:34 Hope that makes sense to you. 19:35 Point number three, the Bible must be, 19:37 keep this in mind, the Bible must be interpreted 19:41 according to analogy and according 19:43 to that the rest of scripture. 19:45 So that's all put to adhere. You get that. 19:48 The Bible does not contradict itself. 19:53 Many people who read it, who doesn't have spiritual 19:55 "oh the Bible contradict it says this word." 19:57 The Bible does not contradict itself. 20:00 It never has, it never will. 20:02 It's only what? 20:04 It's only us, it's only the people, right. 20:06 The Bible is true holy inspired word of God. 20:08 Number four, Bible must be interpreted 20:11 in the light of its context. 20:14 Now getting if we don't get these 20:16 we're not gonna find out what this is sacred this is common, 20:18 God accepts this. He doesn't accept that. 20:20 So as we study it has to be interpreted 20:22 in the light of the context and then, listen, 20:26 we have to limit the application to the bounds 20:30 set by the author of the book. 20:32 Is that makes sense? I hope it does too. 20:35 Remember, we limit the application. 20:37 Many times people do not limit the application 20:39 they try to draw in something else 20:41 make the scripture try to save 20:43 what is really not saying right here. 20:45 So we have to be very careful of that. 20:46 What the author is bringing out 20:48 inspired author is what we need as certainly 20:50 to learn and say thank your Lord. 20:52 Number five, the Bible. 20:54 Bible must be permitted to be what? 20:56 Good. Its only interpreter, it's just simple. 20:59 That simply means take all of the Bible right. 21:01 Bible has to stay on any kind of topic. 21:04 You want to know what truth. 21:06 Take what the Bible has to say, 21:07 all the Bible from the beginning to the end 21:09 on this subject before you draw a conclusion. 21:14 Hope that makes sense to you. 21:15 You know it may be elementary 21:17 and you will say why spent time on it 21:18 because people don't understand. 21:20 If we understood that, if you want to know 21:22 what a truth is what we're type, 21:23 what the Bible has to say from Genesis 21:25 to Revelation on that subject 21:28 before you draw conclusion. 21:30 If you go in there with the conclusion 21:31 already drawn friends, you will never, 21:33 never receive that knowledge that understanding 21:36 that the Holy Spirit wants to give you. 21:38 Have an open mind, open heart and say 21:40 "God I just--I want to know what You have for me." 21:43 Let's read shall we as do it in Ezekiel 22:23. 21:49 Remember it said and I would talk-- 21:50 we need to go over these things still we understand it. 21:52 "The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21:54 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is" what? 21:56 Good, "Not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 22:00 There is a conspiracy of her prophets." 22:03 In case you forgot we're covering the prophets. 22:05 "In the midst thereof, 22:06 like a roaring lion ravening the prey, 22:10 they have devoured souls, they have taken" Notice this. 22:14 "They have taken the treasure and precious things." 22:18 They have taken the treasure 22:19 and they've taken the precious things. 22:21 "They have made her many widows in the midst thereof." 22:25 Verse 26 begins to be real powerful, 22:27 please pay attention notice what it says. 22:29 "And HER priests have violated my law." 22:33 Very interesting, they defile God's law. 22:36 "They have profaned my holy things," notice that. 22:41 Thus "They have put no difference 22:43 between the holy and profane." 22:47 Did somebody get that? 22:49 Do you know what, he starts out saying what, 22:50 he's naming them. 22:52 They have violated My law, they profane My holy things 22:55 so there're things that God says what? 22:58 God says they're holy, they're holy unto me, 23:00 they belong to Me. 23:02 And then He says they had put no difference between 23:05 the holy and the profane. 23:07 "Neither have they shewed difference" 23:09 listen carefully "between the unclean" 23:14 the defile, the common "and the clean." 23:18 With holy, that which is pure. 23:20 "And have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, 23:23 and I am profaned among them." 23:27 Interesting. 23:29 God says I'm profane that means I'm defile. 23:31 Do you know what's that? 23:33 I'm broken, we treat it as common. 23:38 Wow, and He says that they have hit 23:40 their eyes in the Sabbath. 23:42 This is not just back then, this is today. 23:44 We're profane, right? 23:45 We have turned against, you know, the Sabbath. 23:49 We don't know how to even keep this thing like any more. 23:51 We call ourself we were Seventh-day keepers 23:53 but yet do we really keep the Sabbath 23:55 or we just professing that we're keeping it? 23:57 Professing that we-- are we professors 24:01 or are we looking to the word of God? 24:03 He says right here they profaned it. 24:05 And you'll say well yeah the Sabbath 24:07 that could be well, that's may be 24:08 the ceremonials and that's right. 24:09 Listen, you know, what this is talking about here 24:11 this word in original language. 24:12 It says Sabbath here that means a sees that means to keep. 24:17 That means the intermission about the Sabbath. 24:20 And it says the Sabbath, 24:22 not a Sabbath, not-- the Sabbath. 24:26 Every Sabbath. 24:28 God says there when you profane 24:29 you'd been keeping my Sabbath, every seventh day, wow. 24:35 Hey, I believe this all of my heart. 24:37 Book of Revelation Chapters 12, 13, 14 24:40 and we'll read on and on. 24:41 It talks here for, you know, we read to return, 24:44 we need to return back to proper Sabbath observance. 24:49 Up Sabbath observance. 24:51 You know, the true Sabbath. 24:53 People say well I'm keeping the Sabbath. 24:55 Well, you know Sunday is the Sabbath, 24:58 Sunday is not the Sabbath. 25:00 Seventh-day is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy God. 25:03 And people are closing their eyes today. 25:06 Friend, we need the scripture, we need to be reading them. 25:09 God says here in verse 27 "Her princes in the midst 25:12 thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, 25:15 to shed blood, and to destroy souls, 25:17 and to get dishonest gain. 25:19 Her prophets have daubed them with un-tempered." What? 25:23 "Un-tempered morter, seeing vanity, 25:26 and divining lies unto them, saying, 25:29 Thus saith the Lord." 25:30 Listen, "When the Lord hath not spoken. 25:34 And people of the land have" 25:36 notice this "have used oppression, exercised robbery, 25:40 they have vexed the poor and needy, yea, 25:41 they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully." 25:44 Verse 30 as far as we'll go, notice. "And I sought." 25:47 Here is the thing that bothering me as I read. 25:49 Oh, it just all of the stuff bothering me 25:51 but as I read this, I said, O Lord, have mercy. 25:54 The God of the universe searches out somebody 25:56 that will stand for what is truth. 25:58 He is searching for somebody here to say 26:00 will you talk to my people? 26:02 Will, you do it, will you be My mouthpiece? 26:04 Will you expose these wrongs? 26:06 And He said "And I sought for a man among them, 26:09 that should make up the hedge." 26:11 Do you know what's that? Isaiah 58 by the way. 26:14 Now notice, "Make up the hedge and stand in the gap 26:18 before me for the land, that I should not destroy it." 26:22 Will there be somebody, will there be man 26:25 that will stand in the gap. 26:27 You know what the sad answer is? 26:30 God of this universe says "But I found none." 26:37 How sad. 26:39 How sad that God of this universe 26:42 is looking for somebody 26:44 to stand in the gap for the land 26:46 doesn't have the right to be desolate. 26:48 God's were getting ready to burn with fire 26:51 and He said I looked around and there is, there is no man. 26:55 You think God, makes a difference between 26:59 the common and the sacred? 27:01 Please turn with me your Bible of 1 Timothy 3:15. 27:05 This is good instructions for us. 27:07 1 Timothy 3:15, Bible says "But if I tarry long, 27:13 that thou mayest know how thou oughtest 27:16 to behave thyself in the house of God." 27:20 Interesting what, there's a proper way 27:22 to behave yourself in the house of God 27:24 and there's an improper way. 27:26 There are things that are acceptable, 27:27 thing that are not acceptable. 27:29 How you ought to be behave yourself in the house of God, 27:33 "Which is the church of the living God, 27:36 the pillar and ground of the truth." 27:40 Interesting what this is saying here. 27:43 The pillar and the ground of truth 27:46 means that which is that which stays. 27:49 That which has a firm foundation 27:51 that the under girding of the truth. 27:55 Friend, do we see the importance of here 27:57 behave thyself in the house of God 27:59 which is the church of the living God. 28:03 Very interesting here, it might confuse a few people 28:05 and it really shouldn't do that because as you look up 28:08 and you look in the original language there 28:10 about when you see church in the Bible 28:12 you realize a church here just means a calling out, 28:15 the people called out. 28:16 It means it could be a meeting, 28:18 it can be an assembly, it's a religious congregation. 28:24 Very interesting because many times 28:26 when we say church we think for sure 28:27 that is talking about a building 28:29 or something you know to that affect. 28:31 Here God talking about His churches, 28:32 His peoples where they gather together. 28:34 So we find that people are together, 28:35 they gather in the name of Jesus Christ 28:37 there is His church. 28:38 But pretty heavy duty, very simple to understand 28:41 but how often we reject. 28:45 So if we talk about this church of that living God, 28:50 that it is the pillar, it is the ground of truth. 28:53 Please, keep this in mind. 28:54 Studied many, many times and must continue to say it 28:57 for every truth that God has what happened 29:00 the devil has a counterfeit, very good. 29:04 But I believe this, God is going to have a clear definite idea. 29:09 He is going to present it to us 29:10 between that which is sacred and that which is common. 29:14 So He is going to make it very clear, its not-- 29:17 a need for us to be confused about it. 29:19 But it is going to be so clear that we can understand it. 29:22 I get really tired, I'm guess I can say 29:24 they all are right about all these grey areas 29:26 that are really not grey at all. 29:28 It's our excuse for not doing for what we should be doing. 29:30 You know, you get grey. 29:32 You know how you get color grey? 29:34 You mix black and white together, truth in err. 29:36 Look at now. 29:37 Now the Bible tells us not only does God have a church 29:42 but do you realize this the devil has the church. 29:45 Yes, he does. 29:46 So you're gonna belong to one, 29:48 I'm going to belong to one or the other. 29:51 Its not there is others other out there. 29:52 Do you belong to God's church 29:53 or you'll belong to the enemies, enemy's church? 29:57 How do we know that? Because the Bible tells us so. 30:00 Revelation 3:9 it says here 30:03 "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan." 30:10 None of us would has profess Christians as Christians to say, 30:12 "well I belong to the Satan's church." 30:14 Now various people out in the world 30:15 I understand, saying yeah we. 30:17 But talking about those who say 30:18 well, we're Christians, we love Jesus, 30:19 we long for Him to come. 30:23 But you know what Satan members are, 30:25 here Satan's members, you all know his members. 30:27 I'm not gonna trying saying names, 30:29 you know, God can take care of that. 30:31 But the members of Satan's church are those 30:34 who are children of disobedience, yes. 30:37 They chose number one, they chose to sin. 30:40 They understand may be some differences 30:42 but they chose to sin. 30:44 Number two, they try to mingle 30:47 truth and error together. 30:49 Are you still with me? 30:51 These are the identifying marks of Satan's synagogue, 30:53 Satan's members of his church. Is that all right? 30:55 Number one, they're children of what? 30:57 Good, disobedience all right. They chose to sin. 31:00 Number two, they try to mingle truth and error together. 31:05 Three, listen to this one. 31:07 Here is what they worked together 31:09 to try to make void the law of God. 31:12 Many people in the world today are saying what? 31:14 Well, we don't worry about keeping God's law anymore. 31:16 We are not, you know, we are under grace, we're not. 31:18 Friend, we need to be careful here. 31:19 We need to-- the synagogue will Satan, 31:22 Satan says what? 31:23 God, we're going to make void the law of God. 31:25 We're going to do our best. 31:28 Are you in that group 31:29 that's trying to make void the law of God? 31:32 Someone is saying no, no, no I'm not. 31:35 We would never do that. 31:37 Then how about our actions? 31:38 How about our words, our thoughts, our deeds? 31:42 Truth and error, sacred and strange. 31:47 1 Timothy 1, you turn with me 3:15 31:50 you know what He is talking about there. 31:52 But, you know, God's people are conscience, 31:54 they're conscience of something's. 31:56 And I want you to know what their conscience of. 31:58 Number one, their conscience of that they, 32:01 they how they behave themselves 32:04 in the house of God. 32:06 How they behave, how they think, they remain, 32:10 that's another word in the original language. 32:12 They have, they've remained in the church, 32:14 their conversation in the church, 32:15 their life in the church. 32:18 So they're careful how they behave in the house of God. 32:23 They realize that their church is a living church. 32:27 That means a church that is alive, 32:29 a church that you know that is talking about here 32:31 that has, has a little life in it. 32:34 God's church does certainly. 32:36 Number three, the pillars and the foundation is its, 32:39 its grounded in the truth of God's word. 32:43 How is your church today? 32:46 Is it grounded and rooted right 32:47 in the truth of God's word and you're just holding 32:50 on to all of the truth that you know, 32:51 living up the every bit of there 32:53 and the truth that you understand is right? 32:55 Is that what the church is advocating 32:57 or somehow we have the common 32:58 and the sacred and we're trying to put them together, 33:00 see how close we could be to the world 33:02 and still make it to heaven? 33:04 Oh, friend, I say this is a word of caution. 33:08 We need to be on guard. Why? 33:12 Listen, carefully because the experiences 33:16 past will be repeated. 33:19 What was that? 33:20 Yes, the experiences of the past will be repeated. 33:25 You know the enemy is a rerun artist. 33:29 He just-- why would he want to come up 33:32 with anything new what he is being doing 33:34 basically works sad to say? 33:37 Don't have to come up with anything new. 33:38 So he just simply repeats because he sees 33:40 how easy his job is because of our nature 33:43 we want to do those things. 33:44 That's why it needs to be converted. 33:47 We find that Satan is going to use the power, 33:50 you see, of mans mind. 33:51 they will use the power of mans mind 33:53 to influence other minds. 33:56 So we find people in the church right working, 33:59 using their minds things that they think is right 34:01 on other influence of other peoples mind. 34:03 So simply carry out His plans. 34:06 He doesn't have to show up. 34:07 He doesn't say hey, I'm here I'm the enemy. 34:09 He is using other peoples minds to get what? 34:12 What he once said, to try to confuse us. 34:15 Its very, very simple. 34:16 Errors are being presented as what? 34:20 Ah, as truth. 34:22 We have error, we have false theories are presented 34:25 but they're presented in the garment of light. 34:29 Remember it's never, 34:30 this is an error, this is not true. 34:31 It's always, well this is lie, well this is present truth, 34:34 well this is what we. 34:35 Friend, how are you gonna know 34:36 if you don't know the scriptures, 34:38 if you're not studying the scriptures 34:39 to know for yourself? 34:41 How can we really tell the difference? 34:42 Well, we went through five steps already 34:45 but we need to understand this. 34:47 If we would understand 34:48 and I want to call it the magnitude, 34:50 the magnitude of this of the enemy's thrust 34:54 of what he is going to be doing. 34:56 We only need to go back and we need to study, 34:59 you know, further and see the same things 35:02 that he impressed the children of Israel owe to do 35:05 and to be involved with and he is gonna do 35:07 the very same things to us. 35:10 The same corruptions, the same sins, 35:12 that he inspired God's people before 35:15 he will be using again in the church. 35:17 Why? To take my mind captive. 35:19 To take your mind captive. 35:21 He is after, oh, my brothers and sisters 35:23 he is after your mind. 35:24 He is after your mind 35:27 that's why he is trying to destroy, 35:28 and all these things of the world 35:29 that we are taking in each and everyday. 35:33 If we turn from the truth, if we refuse the truth, 35:37 the plain Word of God 35:39 when it is made plain for us today, 35:41 are these truths will be turned into pleasing fables. 35:45 Do you remember reading that in 1 Timothy 4:14? 35:48 Do you remember that? 35:49 Do you realize when he take the truth 35:51 and then turn it into what? 35:52 Pleasing fables. 35:54 That's you know, that's the hypnotic influence 35:58 of the enemy of Satan. 36:01 You realize he has that power? 36:03 He can just throw it out there 36:05 and say okay, you're going to do. 36:06 We have to open the door somewhere to let him in. 36:09 We have to invite him in somehow, 36:11 someway and it doesn't take very much 36:13 to the enemy, he knows how to get in. 36:15 He is gonna try to hypnotize you. 36:16 He is gonna try to make you oh, 36:18 think that error is what its truth 36:20 and so on, and so for. 36:21 When you look the church of the living God today, 36:24 1 Timothy 3:15 that we already read. 36:27 The church of the living God 36:29 and the church of Satan are battling for souls. 36:34 If we could only realize that great battle 36:36 that is going on for your soul and mine 36:38 each and everyday of our life. 36:41 Let's not help the enemy out. What do you say? 36:44 Let's not help the enemy out. 36:45 Let's pray to Holy Spirit it will give us, you know, 36:47 encouragement and strength and victory over sin 36:49 and just you know move forward 36:51 in the name and the power of Jesus Christ. 36:53 We need not be defeated at every turn. 36:56 I talk to people sometime blessed their heart 36:58 and all they want to talk about is defeat. 37:02 You realize what Jesus Christ 37:03 there is no such thing as defeat. 37:07 He was never defeated while He was here on earth. 37:10 He has never been defeated 37:11 and so as we're His children right 37:13 we cannot be defeated by the grace and strength 37:16 and power of Jesus Christ. 37:17 We defeat ourselves, the enemy comes in 37:19 and we allow him right to come in 37:21 and all of the sudden we are defeated 37:23 we don't know what to do. 37:24 There is a battle going on 37:26 please, please keep in mind thank God, thank God, 37:29 thank you for Jesus, thank you for the sacrifice, 37:31 thank you that we have won that confide our battles for us. 37:34 I need that in my own life I know you do to. 37:38 The enemy is gonna use every dirty tactic 37:41 that he that he can to gain members into his church. 37:44 Do you know that? He is mixing a little tonic. 37:47 I just seen their laboratory 37:48 he is mixing his little tonic of drink 37:51 and in that you got two ingredients. 37:53 You have truth and error. 37:54 This is tonic that he wants, 37:56 God's people to start drinking, 37:57 truth and error or it really doesn't 37:59 make any difference or the times have changed and... 38:02 Oh, my look at where we are at. 38:03 And then we are here and errors history is here 38:05 and the God's not the same as He was yesterday. 38:07 And God doesn't, you know, operate with us the way 38:09 He used to operate with them. 38:10 And we make all kinds of excuses 38:11 for not doing what God has asked us to do. 38:14 It is the same God today as He was back then. 38:16 You see, God still as particular as He was then. 38:19 Dear friends, He is calling his people 38:21 not to drink of that little tonic 38:24 that the enemy is swiping up. 38:26 So the God's church will not, 38:28 will not operate the way the enemy operates. 38:31 Do you know that? 38:32 He doesn't operate the way that devil, 38:34 he forces his way in. 38:36 He tries to, you know, 38:37 he calls all kind of havoc wherever he can. 38:39 But you know God's church His people will operate 38:43 on the principle number one of what? 38:46 Love, love to God, right, 38:48 and love for our fellowmen on these two hand all. 38:50 So it's going to be some principle 38:52 that will be used here. 38:53 And a potter was going to be gauged upon 38:55 do we understand the worth of the soul. 38:58 Do we understand why we are here? 39:00 Do we understand the message 39:01 that we're supposed to be given? 39:02 Friends, we are so far away 39:03 from that right now God, help us. 39:06 We have got sidetracked and all these sides, 39:08 these issues all this and that 39:10 rather than focused on the Word of God 39:11 say this is what you're called to do. 39:13 This is what I'm called to do. 39:15 He did that to Israel right here. 39:17 And He said and we would say you profane my Sabbaths. 39:21 We professed to be Sabbath keepers 39:23 you know for breaking Sabbath we are Sabbath breakers. 39:27 Friend, we need to look at these things here 39:29 and say you know there is a lot things 39:32 that's coming in and around us 39:33 that's just it just pagan, that's heathen. 39:35 We're brining it in. 39:36 we're trying to baptize it 39:38 as it where and make, and make it holy. 39:40 And God says I don't accept that. 39:42 If you read that whole chapter verse 22 39:44 it is almost it preventing something inside 39:47 your stomach and almost makes you sick 39:49 because God said I'm gonna come into the midst of him 39:52 and I will gather my anger and fury 39:55 and I leave you there. 39:56 He said I'm gonna burn you. 39:59 That's the language, you know, we don't want to hear. 40:01 Well, that's bad. 40:03 Read verse 20, see what He is talking about there. 40:06 He is talking about the people bring their gold, and silver 40:08 and put fires step on. 40:09 He says that's what He is gonna do to His people, why? 40:11 Because we turned our back on Him 40:13 and we think that we're right there 40:14 just everything is going well. 40:18 Friend, we need to able to tell the difference between 40:20 the common and the sacred, 40:23 the church of the living God, church of Satan. 40:28 Who you're member of the day? Who you're member of? 40:32 You know, Book of Proverbs 15:19, 40:36 it says "The way of righteousness is made plain." 40:41 See, God's church, last day church 40:43 is going to be a church 40:44 that plain that presents the truth. 40:47 Its plain, it's going to be something 40:50 that's easy to understand 40:52 because the Holy Spirit is gonna help us 40:53 and lead us and guide us 40:54 and we're gonna be able to see it. 40:56 We're not gonna have to question that. 40:58 John 11:14, the Bible says 41:00 "Then Jesus said unto them plainly." 41:03 Jesus spoke plainly. 41:05 Our message will be plain message. 41:07 Friend, why have we made it so difficult? 41:10 Why is it that all controversy? 41:12 Why is it so much division and yet we call it 41:15 you know unity and diversity? 41:16 Come on, now. 41:20 The Bible is clear. 41:22 In fact, in Habakkuk 2:2 Bible says 41:26 "Write the vision and make it plain." 41:30 Write the vision and do what? Make it plain. 41:34 So the path to God's throne His truths are plain. 41:39 There is really not any reason for us 41:41 to not understand what is acceptable to God 41:44 and what is not acceptable to Him. 41:45 Our problem with that is because we want, we want. 41:50 Well, I know what God says but we want. 41:56 Bible says in Romans 14 "And so every one of us 41:58 must give an account of himself to God." 42:02 You're gonna have to give an account to God. 42:05 Well, I chose to, I know what He said but I chose-- 42:07 oh, friend, don't do that. 42:08 Say I chose to be on God's side. 42:11 I chose by the grace of God to do the right thing. 42:15 That's the thing you say 42:16 when you get up in the morning. 42:17 Right, before you get up as you have your prayer 42:19 I chose to be on the side of Christ. 42:21 I chose to give my will to Him. 42:23 I cannot control myself I need some help. 42:26 I do not trust myself but I trust Him. 42:29 My mind is not a good mind I need His mind. 42:31 You see what we are talking about here? 42:34 If you rely upon yourself you're already defeated. 42:37 Realizing your subject to the old enemy 42:40 and you need a higher power 42:42 one that's outside of you, one you need to invite in. 42:45 Everybody is gonna have to give an account 42:48 you see of those things that have done in the body. 42:51 So I say this and you check it out, 42:53 see if it's not true. 42:54 God's church is accountable to Him and Him alone. 42:59 Did somebody hear me? 43:01 God's church is accountable to Him and Him alone, 43:07 much principle and scripture in spirit of prophecy 43:09 we don't need to go in that. 43:11 That's it--oh yeah, but I hear this 43:13 oh yeah but we need-- 43:16 We're accountable to God and to God alone. 43:20 But you know what, if we do not follow His plans 43:24 we are going to be judged. 43:26 Judged by what you say? 43:28 We're going to be judged by the privileges 43:30 and by the advantages and the opportunities 43:32 that He has given us. 43:34 We're going to be judged by those-- 43:37 by those assignments that He has given to us 43:40 that we have refused because we were too busy. 43:44 We didn't have time. 43:45 But boy, did we have time for all the unholy 43:48 and the common and all the other stuff 43:50 in the world that we had no time for Him. 43:52 Friend, my point on this is if the shoes fits 43:54 then go ahead and wear it. 43:55 I have to do it. And you must do it too. 43:58 And it's together raveled say you know what I do have time. 44:02 One man told me one time 44:03 he said I just have a hard time reading the scriptures. 44:06 And I said well, 44:07 what is there problem within your eyes? 44:09 No, not there is not. Well, why is that you-- 44:12 Well I fall asleep. I said well, you do. 44:15 Well, is there is something that may be we can do about it. 44:17 Is it really important? 44:19 Well, you know but then he confessed he said, 44:21 you know, but I can take the newspaper 44:23 and I can read it from the beginning to the end 44:25 and I'll never fall asleep. 44:27 Is somebody not with me? 44:29 He didn't fall asleep, he could read the newspaper. 44:32 He had interest in what? 44:35 I almost used his name Wes, 44:36 I guess I'm not going to do that. 44:39 But I say Wes, friend, that-- where is your heart? 44:44 It's in the things of the world because that kept you awake. 44:48 But you couldn't spend a few minutes 44:50 with the Word of God because you fell asleep. 44:52 Help us to-- God help us to look 44:53 and to see where we spend our time 44:55 and spend our energy. 44:58 We're accountable for those the advantages 45:00 those privileges given to us and then what for the work 45:03 He assigned me to do that may be I haven't done. 45:05 The sentence listen, let me tell you this, 45:07 the sentence will be pronounced upon you 45:10 and it will be pronounced up on me if I don't do 45:14 what He is laid out for me to do its going to be just like 45:17 He did, you remember in Daniel 5:27, 45:21 He said He weighed in the balances 45:23 and found wanting. 45:26 Friend, please don't be when you're weighed 45:28 in the balances, don't be found wanting 45:30 but we will be if we are not working to works of Christ. 45:35 Found wanting how sad that's going 45:37 to be pronounced upon your name 45:39 or my name in the judgment. 45:41 He found in the morning because he had time to do 45:43 all these other things but he had no time for me, 45:46 God help us to see that. 45:48 What I have been talking about around right now 45:50 you can read lot of Desire of Ages page 414 45:52 and onward here. 45:54 This is plain in the word of God. 45:56 This is plain. The church is built upon Jesus Christ. 46:02 Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church 46:06 and it is to obey Him as the head. 46:10 You remember reading that in Ephesians 5:23 46:14 and 1 Corinthians 11:3. 46:18 His church does not depend upon any man 46:22 or it's not to be controlled by any man. 46:26 It's his church, its holy unto God. 46:30 It's not common. 46:31 Watch out man tries to come in and to takeover 46:36 God gives us the warning here He does in Proverbs 3:5. 46:39 He says to me I don't if He is saying to you 46:41 I want Him to say this to you. 46:43 "Lean not unto thine own understanding." 46:49 "Lean not unto thine own understanding." 46:52 Why because we're gonna be confused. 46:55 We think we understand that we need 46:56 the power of the Holy Spirit to help us. 47:00 May I say this we have to realize 47:01 the enemy is not playing games. 47:05 Realize the enemy is getting people 47:07 in the world today there everything is kind of sin 47:09 at around social activity and games and festivities 47:12 and lot of those stuff. 47:16 He is get us to think that this life 47:17 that we live is kind of, kind of a game 47:20 and that will go on and when the timing is right 47:23 we will get ourself right and friend, 47:25 that's not going to happen. 47:27 He wants to lure you into this trap of the world 47:30 and the things of this world. 47:31 And then when the time is right 47:32 he will pull that rug out from under you. 47:35 He will try to take your life 47:36 while you've turned your back upon God. 47:39 God's calling a holy people the people 47:43 who is willing to a stand and say this belongs 47:45 in the church and this does not belong in the church why, 47:48 because God had said so. 47:51 Is He playing games? No. 47:55 Did He play games in the days of Christ? 47:59 Before Christ after Christ? No, He is not. 48:02 Is he--we look at here and nations sin 48:05 and the nations ruin would do. 48:08 This is heavy some of you won't want to hear it. 48:11 The ear buds go on. 48:12 Fingers go in the ears but listen, 48:14 a nations and the nations ruin will do to religious leaders. 48:21 Oh, Desire of Ages 738 48:25 now we have to chew on that for just a little bit. 48:27 That mean every one is that way 48:29 but listen these are things 48:31 that many people prefer to leave out 48:33 because it's distasteful to some 48:36 rather than say lets have it all. 48:38 Let's chew on all of it right here 48:40 and let's ask God to help us. 48:43 Is that a true statement or is it not? 48:45 It absolutely is the truth among God's people and in the world. 48:50 Many a nation has come crumbling down. 48:53 God's people come crumbling down many, many times 48:55 because of the religious leaders and what, 48:58 because they did not want to do the right thing. 49:00 They couldn't separate that which is belongs to God 49:02 and that which is in the world. 49:04 And they try to combine them together. 49:05 Dear friend, we're going to sync that way. 49:08 May I accuse your leader? Who is your leader today? 49:12 Remember, we talked about earlier 49:13 there is how many churches? 49:15 Good, there's two churches. 49:18 Which one do you belong to? 49:19 It's the church of God or the church of Satan? 49:23 Which one do you belongs to? 49:26 I doubt if anyone who is listening to me, 49:28 said well, you know, I belong to Satan's church. 49:32 The enemy doesn't want it, he wants you to be fool 49:35 of thinking that you belong the other way 49:37 but you refuse His laws. 49:38 You refuse right to be obedient to Him. 49:41 That's gonna tell you what church you are. 49:42 You're saying God's commandments no longer binding. 49:45 You can be sure dear friends, 49:47 that you belong to the wrong church there. 49:50 So I believe this we're gonna have to 49:52 and in this study we've got 49:53 three more studies coming up here. 49:55 We're gonna have put a great distance 49:57 between us and the world. 50:00 The enemy, false worship, that man of sin 50:05 we're gonna have put great gulf 50:06 or great distance in between 50:09 and we must be striving daily by the grace of God. 50:13 If we are not dear friends, 50:14 we start to become a backsliding people 50:18 we can never ever just let go 50:20 and say well this time here 50:22 I'm gonna kind of let this right. 50:23 We can't do that. 50:24 Once we understand light, come on again and again 50:26 once we understand its right, 50:28 the thing to do is proven in scripture 50:30 we must stand by the grace of God for that. 50:33 Never make compromises. 50:35 You cannot compromise to truth. 50:38 People over and over say well, you know, 50:40 we've got to compromise, we got to do. 50:42 When you can compromise things of the world 50:44 you might be able to do. 50:45 But the things of God you can never compromise. 50:47 If not you'll compromise let there be war. 50:51 It's what inspiration says 50:53 before we compromise truth let there be war. 50:56 Your life depends upon and my life depends upon it. 51:00 I don't want to be a backsliding people. 51:02 Do you? I don't be backslidden state. 51:06 I'm sad to say so many people think 51:08 oh, there is nothing, nothing to worry about. 51:11 Every thing is good, every thing is going great. 51:15 I want to say if they realize 51:16 that we are commissioned by God 51:18 to give the third angels message 51:20 and it calls us to worship the true God. 51:24 It calls us to call attention to the fact 51:27 but God's power by His grace 51:30 by His authority that man can live 51:33 and perfectly obey the law of God 51:37 and how sad we hardly ever hear that. 51:40 And yet, we'll quote oh all things 51:42 are possible through Him. 51:43 You follow my point here. 51:45 Oh, yeah well, God can do anything 51:46 and then you'll say yeah but keep His-- 51:48 Oh, no well. Hey, I can't do that. 51:51 Why would He come and set the example for us 51:54 and win that victory and then say I'm going to what-- 51:56 everything I have I give to you. 51:59 Wow, to His grace and to His strengthen 52:03 and His power, we can completely obey the law of God. 52:07 How wonderful that is, 52:09 nothing in you it's all about Him. 52:11 But let me tell you as this is done, 52:13 as you purpose this in your heart 52:15 and in your life 52:18 you'll say this is what I want to do. 52:20 But let me tell you what the counterfeits 52:21 is going to be saying. 52:22 Here is what the counterfeit-- 52:23 hey, may be you fit in, 52:24 may be we're gonna expose you today. 52:27 Think about with me. 52:28 The counterfeit is gonna be proclaiming 52:31 men cannot obey God's law. 52:37 That's the counterfeit. 52:40 We have to realize that there are those 52:42 who say that man cannot keep the law of God. 52:48 And I'm gonna say that this is from an article 52:50 that I read in Signs of the Times, 52:51 three, page 264 I believe it is. 52:57 But let's notice how powerful please this is. 53:00 "We must realize that there are those who say 53:02 that men cannot keep the law of God. 53:05 These are under the control of Satan." 53:09 Wow, oh what he is using the same accusations 53:16 as what as he did in the heavenly court. 53:20 And now he is warning us to say 53:22 and majority of the world is saying that's right. 53:24 No we realize we can't work in our own selves 53:27 but we can through His power, He is sufficient. 53:30 He is all sufficient praise God for that. 53:33 Let me go just a little farther 53:34 a last few minutes we have right here. 53:36 In Revelation Chapter 14, Sacred Angels Message says 53:39 "Babylon is fallen come out. 53:42 If this message is rejected or the truth is rejected 53:46 then I think this the Satan 53:48 takes full possession of those churches as the body." 53:52 We must realize those evil angels are over the land 53:55 and they're crowding to the churches 53:59 if we do not follow the council of God. 54:01 Oh, friend, don't you want to follow? 54:03 Don't you want to know the difference between 54:04 the common and sacred the holy? 54:06 Things that God will accept and things He will not accept. 54:10 Remember the enemy is crowding inside the church. 54:14 No one think its going to help and protect us 54:15 as to know what the truth is. 54:19 God looks upon us there and He will speak to us 54:22 in a audible voice that we could hear today. 54:24 He might say some of these same things. 54:28 He might say something like 54:30 you know these are list of sins right here. 54:33 There is corruption in the church. 54:36 My people are not listening to my voice. 54:38 They're not following me as their shepherd. 54:42 They're not really spending their time 54:43 they need to be with Me that needs to be. 54:47 I just wonder today there may be some out there 54:49 just say you know I just don't know 54:52 I want to pray for you in the last few seconds 54:53 that we have that the Holy Spirit 54:55 will work upon your heart and upon your mind. 54:56 Let's pray right now. Shall we? 54:58 Merciful Father in heaven, 54:59 we pray for Your Holy Spirit power. 55:01 We pray for things that we have heard today. 55:03 We pray that will put them to the test of Your word 55:05 and to find out as we study the Word of God 55:07 that Your word is truth 55:09 and you've given us power to obey. 55:11 We thank You for hearing and answering 55:12 prayer in Jesus name, amen. 55:15 I want you to remember that the pray 55:18 for the Behold the Lamb, 55:20 pray for the ministry each and everyday. 55:22 And pray what you can do to help to continue 55:24 to support this ministry 55:26 so these messages continue to go out. 55:28 We live in the hour that they need to go out. 55:31 God's people need to hear what we just talk about today 55:34 refers to us today as much as it did back. 55:36 And then we love you. We see next week. 55:41 Hello, and welcome back. 55:43 This topic as all topics dealing with our preparation 55:46 for heaven is one of self examination. 55:49 And looking back again to the story of Nadab and Abaihu 55:54 their fall came when they chose to cloud 55:56 their judgment with alcohol. 55:59 Let's read Leviticus 10:9, 10 together. 56:03 "Do not drink wine nor strong drink, 56:06 thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go 56:08 into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die. 56:13 It should be a statute for ever throughout your generations. 56:17 And that ye may put difference between 56:20 holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean." 56:24 Friends, the Bible call us as God's children 56:27 to be a royal priesthood, a chosen generation. 56:32 You can look that verse up in 1 Peter 2:9. 56:36 It's a beautiful thought that God has called us 56:39 from the pits of this earth 56:40 to rightly represent Him and His character. 56:44 Today's message was just the first in this series of four 56:48 and we pray that it will be a series 56:50 that you'll want to order 56:51 and make a vital part of your study library. 56:54 Your orders don't forget they help us to continue 56:57 that forward momentum in bringing new program 57:01 to you as our Lord greets. 57:03 So if the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart today 57:06 would you please consider donation to this ministry 57:09 either for your own copy of these messages 57:12 or just as an encouragement 57:14 to continue this work for the Lord. 57:16 This series again is entitled Common and Sacred Fire. 57:21 We will gladly send it 57:24 to you for a love gift of just $29 or more. 57:28 All you have to do is contact us 57:30 by calling our ministry here in United States 57:33 at 618-942-5044 that's Central Standard Time 57:39 or you may write us 57:40 at the Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:42 PO Box 2030, Herrin in Illinois 62948. 57:47 You may also email us 57:49 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:53 or order on our website at www.BeholdTheLambMinistries.com 57:59 Friends, until next time may our precious Lord 58:02 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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