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Where Are All His Miracles?

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Participants: Pr. John Dinzey

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01:01 Hello, friends, and welcome
01:03 to the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church
01:05 and another meeting of "Where Are All His Miracles?"
01:08 My name is John Lomacang
01:10 and I would like you to join us now
01:11 on our theme song
01:13 that the words will appear on the screen.
01:15 The theme song for our entire series
01:18 "It Took A Miracle."
01:19 Here are the words and join us.
01:21 Let's all stand together as we sing our theme song.
01:25 My Father is omnipotent
01:29 And that you can't deny
01:33 A God of might and miracles
01:38 'Tis written in the sky
01:44 It took a miracle
01:49 To put the stars in place
01:54 It took a miracle
01:58 To hang the world in space
02:03 But when He saved my soul
02:09 Cleansed and made me whole
02:15 It took a miracle
02:19 Of love and grace!
02:25 Though here His glory has been shown
02:30 We still can't fully see
02:34 The wonders of His might
02:38 His throne 'twill take eternity
02:45 It took a miracle
02:50 To put the stars in place
02:55 It took a miracle
03:00 To hang the world in space
03:05 But when He saved my soul
03:10 Cleansed and made me whole
03:16 It took a miracle
03:20 Of love and grace!
03:28 The Bible tells us of His power
03:32 And wisdom all way through
03:37 And every little bird and flower
03:42 Are testimonies too
03:48 It took a miracle
03:53 To put the stars in place
03:58 It took a miracle
04:03 To hang the world in space
04:08 But when He saved my soul
04:14 Cleansed and made me whole
04:20 It took a miracle
04:25 Of love
04:27 And grace!
04:32 Can we say, amen?
04:33 Amen. You may be seated.
04:36 Once again, I like to welcome you
04:38 to these meetings.
04:39 You know, we talk about miracles as though
04:41 there are events that happen outside of our lives.
04:44 You will discover throughout our series
04:46 that we believe the greatest miracle
04:48 is what happens in our lives,
04:51 the transforming grace of Jesus Christ
04:53 and tonight we want to pray for that.
04:55 And so we invite you to bow your heads with us
04:57 as we beseech the Lord to once again continue
05:01 transforming our lives
05:02 through the miracle of His love and grace.
05:04 Let's bow.
05:05 Our gracious Father in heaven, what a blessing it is
05:08 to know that though we began as a pile of clay,
05:12 we are now sons and daughters of God.
05:14 One day to walk on streets of gold,
05:18 one day to tell redemptions story
05:21 throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
05:25 Tonight heavenly Father, we ask for your grace
05:27 to imbue us once again to open our minds
05:30 to heavenly themes
05:32 as the enemy seeks to distract.
05:34 We pray that Your holy angels will waft away any influence
05:38 that will cause our minds to wander.
05:40 But may You also bathe Your man servant tonight
05:44 with a knowledge of what You will have him say.
05:47 May You fill him with Your Holy Spirit to give power
05:51 to the words of life.
05:52 And may those listening and watching
05:54 and hearing Your voice,
05:56 come away with a stronger walk and a stronger dedication
05:59 to know You and to serve You.
06:01 And for these things we thank You,
06:03 that we will experience
06:05 that great miracle of Your heavenly touch.
06:08 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
06:12 You know, we have a wonderful line up of speakers
06:14 and we like to encourage you
06:15 to continue watching this series of, it--
06:18 we are all His miracles which is in fact,
06:21 "It Took A Miracle."
06:23 On our next series,
06:24 we are gonna have Pastor C.A. Murray
06:26 and then we are gonna have Shelley Quinn,
06:29 JD Quinn, Pastor Hal Steenson, Danny Shelton,
06:33 and then we are gonna have Pastor Jim Gilley,
06:35 all of which are part of the series
06:37 "Where Are All His Miracles?"
06:38 It was a thought that the Lord brought to my mind,
06:41 number of months ago, and I thought
06:42 how wonderful to share about the real miracles,
06:46 the transformed life.
06:47 Tonight we are gonna have our scripture reading by
06:50 participants of our program, a young man
06:52 that we hope you'll see even more often,
06:55 young man by the name of Samuel Dinzey.
06:58 His father is the pastor of our pastoral department.
07:02 He is the head of our pastoral department
07:03 at Three Angels' Broadcasting Network.
07:05 He is also the head of Latino,
07:07 for Three Angels' Broadcasting Network
07:09 and you will also hear from his wife
07:11 wife later on in the program
07:12 and she will be singing an appeal song.
07:14 So let's get our hearts ready as we invite
07:16 this young man to come and share
07:18 from the Word of God,
07:20 the Word of God.
07:23 Thank you.
07:24 Welcome to "Where Are His Miracles?"
07:27 I would like today for you to turn your Bibles
07:31 to Psalms 105:1-5,
07:36 Psalms 105:1-5.
07:48 Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
07:50 Call upon His name,
07:52 Make known His deeds among the peoples!
07:55 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him,
07:58 Talk of all His wondrous works!
08:01 Glory in His holy name,
08:03 Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
08:08 Seek the Lord and His strength,
08:10 Seek His face evermore!
08:13 ! Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
08:16 His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,"
08:18 May God bless the reading of His word.
08:42 I can do all things
08:47 Through Christ who gives me strength
08:53 But sometimes I wonder
08:55 What He can do through me
09:03 No great success to show
09:08 No glory on my own
09:13 In my weakness He is there
09:18 To let me know
09:23 His strength is perfect
09:27 When my strength is gone
09:33 And He'll carry us
09:37 When we can't carry on
09:45 Raised in His power,
09:48 The weak become strong
09:55 His strength is perfect
10:01 His strength is perfect
10:15 We can only know
10:20 The power that He holds
10:25 When we see how truly deep
10:30 Our weakness goes
10:36 His strength in us begins
10:42 When ours comes to an end
10:47 And He'll hear our humble cry
10:51 Then prove again
10:56 His strength is perfect
11:00 when my strength is gone
11:07 He'll carry us
11:10 when we can't
11:13 Carry on
11:18 Raised in His power,
11:21 the weak can become strong
11:28 His strength is perfect
11:33 His strength is perfect
11:38 When my strength...
11:40 ...Is gone
11:45 He'll carry us
11:47 When we can't
11:50 Carry on
11:56 Raised in His power,
11:59 the weak Will become strong
12:06 His strength is perfect,
12:11 His strength is perfect
12:17 Raised in His power,
12:21 the weak Can become...
12:25 ...Strong
12:34 His strength...
12:35 ...Is perfect
12:44 His strength...
12:46 ...Is perfect
13:05 God is good. Amen.
13:09 Today, we are going to study a message entitled
13:12 "The Greatest Miracle," "The Greatest Miracle."
13:16 And before this message is over
13:18 I would like to bring to you,
13:21 what is the greatest miracle?
13:24 Before we do that,
13:25 we would like to invite you to pray one more time.
13:28 I will like to invite you to pray that where you are
13:30 but I will kneel and ask the Lord
13:32 to bring us a message from heaven.
13:35 I will kneel, you may remain seated.
13:39 Let us pray together.
13:42 Our loving heavenly Father,
13:45 we come before You, Lord,
13:47 in Jesus name.
13:49 And in this moment we ask You to bless Your children,
13:53 those present and those all over the world.
13:56 We pray that they will receive the message
13:58 they need in this moment, in their lives.
14:02 And, Lord, I place myself in Your hands and I pray
14:06 that Your Holy Spirit will be poured out.
14:09 And that every word spoken
14:11 will come from Your throne of grace.
14:14 We ask it, Father, in Jesus name, amen.
14:19 His name Jesus,
14:22 he went about doing good from place to place,
14:25 healing the sick, giving sight to the blind,
14:29 and even those that came to find
14:31 a reason to accuse Him.
14:33 Spies were sent to find something
14:35 by which to catch Jesus.
14:38 And when they came back with the report,
14:40 they said, never a man spoke like this man.
14:46 And so this same Jesus--
14:48 we like to invite you to turn your Bible to Mark 9.
14:52 Mark 9, we are going to read verses 15 and onward.
14:57 Mark 9.
15:03 In Mark 9, we find
15:05 a very interesting thing that took place.
15:07 This was after Jesus was transfigured
15:10 before three of His disciples.
15:13 And His clothing was shining,
15:16 exceeding white as snow
15:18 and He was transfigured.
15:21 However, after this event, beginning in verse 15,
15:24 something interesting took place
15:26 and this is what the Bible tells us.
15:28 "And straightway all the people,
15:30 when they beheld him, were greatly amazed,
15:35 and beheld him,
15:39 and beheld him
15:40 and were greatly amazed running to him saluted him.
15:44 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
15:48 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master,
15:51 I have brought unto thee my son,
15:54 which hath a dumb spirit, And wheresoever he taketh him,
15:58 he teareth him, and he foameth,
16:00 and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away
16:03 and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out,
16:07 and they could not.
16:09 He answereth him, and said, O faithless generation,
16:13 how long shall I be with you?
16:15 how long shall I suffer you?
16:17 bring him unto me.
16:19 And they brought him unto him, and when he saw him,
16:22 straightway the spirit tare him,
16:25 and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
16:28 And he asked his father,
16:30 How long is it ago since this came unto him?
16:33 And he said, Of a child.
16:36 And of times it hath cast him into the fire,
16:39 and into the waters, to destroy him,
16:42 but if thou canst do any thing,
16:44 have compassion on us, and help us.
16:47 Jesus said unto him,
16:50 If thou canst believe,
16:52 all things are possible to him that believeth.
16:57 And straightway the father of the child cried out,
17:01 and said with tears, Lord, I believe,
17:03 help thou mine unbelief.
17:06 When Jesus saw that the people came running together,
17:09 he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him,
17:12 Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him,
17:16 and enter him no more into him.
17:20 And the spirit cried out, and rent him sore,
17:22 and came out of him, and he was as one dead,
17:26 insomuch that many said, He is dead.
17:29 But Jesus took him by the hand,
17:31 and lifted him up, and he arose."
17:35 And so it was that Jesus performed
17:37 this mighty miracle before the people.
17:40 The disciples for some strange reason could not cast them out
17:44 and they were confused.
17:47 But when Jesus came upon the scene,
17:49 by the time that Jesus came there,
17:51 the father had already began
17:54 to get weak in faith
17:57 and this is why he asked Jesus
18:00 "If You can do anything?"
18:04 And so Jesus came to him, if you can believe.
18:09 What were the next words?
18:11 All things are possible to them that believe.
18:15 And this is the clue,
18:16 the key for us, brothers and sisters,
18:19 if we believe,
18:21 all things are possible to those that believe.
18:26 There was a great battle
18:28 between the forces of good and the forces of evil.
18:30 The prince of darkness was there
18:33 but the prince of life was there,
18:35 Jesus Christ.
18:36 And when He came upon the scene,
18:39 the prince of darkness tried to manifest his power
18:42 and the child was thrown on the ground,
18:44 and he foamed, and cried out,
18:47 and the people were about ready to run away.
18:50 But Jesus stood there unafraid,
18:53 in full control,
18:55 complete control of the situation,
18:58 and He cast the demon out.
19:00 And not only that He cast him out,
19:02 He said, "Enter him no more."
19:05 So the child was completely set free.
19:08 So the question is, is God doing miracles today?
19:11 Oh, yes.
19:12 There are every where.
19:15 But in some places they seem to be missing
19:18 and part of the reason is because of unbelief,
19:22 because the people refuse to believe.
19:25 But with God all things are possible.
19:29 Is anybody here among those people that believe?
19:31 Amen. Amen. Amen.
19:34 I like to share with you some miracles.
19:36 Some may look as coincidence
19:39 but they are miracles.
19:41 One of the miracles took place this week.
19:44 Many of you know Sister Bonnie.
19:46 She came this week
19:47 to the pastoral department there at 3ABN.
19:50 And she was happy, she was beaming with joy.
19:54 And she said this, "Guess what?
19:57 Today somebody sent $100 for Tracey."
20:01 And as you remember, Tracey is in Bolivia,
20:04 taking care of children in an orphanage.
20:07 She said, "Somebody sent $100, for Tracey."
20:11 And a few moments later,
20:15 Tracey called and said
20:16 "Mom, I'm in great need over here.
20:19 Is there any way you can send $100?"
20:25 And she said, "Yes, I can.
20:27 Just not too long ago, $100 came in."
20:30 And you should have seen Bonnie,
20:32 she said, "God is good.
20:34 God is good. God is good." Amen.
20:37 God is good. Amen.
20:39 And God is doing great things for His people.
20:42 I like to share another story with you.
20:45 This man, I will call him William.
20:48 He was a Federal Meat Inspector.
20:52 His wife was a Seventh-day Adventist,
20:54 he was not.
20:55 In fact, he didn't really want to come to church.
20:58 And his wife would plead with him,
21:00 "Please, come to church."
21:01 "No, you go. I'm staying here."
21:05 I heard his testimony, incredible.
21:10 And he said this,
21:12 he became very sick.
21:16 He became so sick,
21:18 his wife was not there.
21:20 When the doctors reported to him
21:22 "There is nothing more we can do.
21:24 We will have to cut one of your legs off."
21:29 And he bowed his head,
21:31 "Well, if that's what you have to do."
21:36 Shortly after his wife came
21:39 and said, "Dear," he said to her "Dear,
21:42 the doctors came in
21:44 and I'm afraid I'm not gonna be much help to you.
21:48 They said,
21:50 they are gonna have to cut one of my legs off
21:52 and I don't know before how long it will take place
21:55 before they have to cut the other one off."
21:57 And she heard that
21:59 and she said "Give me three days."
22:04 He said "What?"
22:05 "Give me three days.
22:07 I'm going to ask my people to pray for you."
22:11 And he says, "But I want you to make me a promise."
22:14 "What is that?"
22:16 He said, "If you promise me
22:19 that if God heals you, you will tell my people
22:23 what you've seen as the Federal Meat Inspector
22:27 because some of them are still not hearing the message.
22:31 Would you promise that?"
22:33 He figured "What have I got to lose?
22:37 If God heals me, wonderful.
22:40 But if He doesn't, I'll lose my leg.
22:44 Okay, go ahead.
22:46 Ask your people to pray."
22:48 So she went to the church
22:51 and she said, "Brothers and sisters,
22:53 I'm gonna ask you to pray.
22:55 I believe God can heal my husband.
22:57 He's got much information to share with God's children.
23:01 Please pray.
23:03 I have got three days."
23:04 And they prayed and she fasted,
23:07 she fasted.
23:09 Three days later, shortly thereafter,
23:13 the doctors came just before
23:15 they were about to do the surgery,
23:17 did another test or scan, whatever it is they do.
23:21 And they said,
23:22 "We don't understand it,
23:25 there's been a change."
23:28 Praise the Lord.
23:29 "There's been a change, we can't understand this.
23:33 We are comparing the last one with this one
23:35 and there has been a change.
23:37 We do not have to cut your leg off."
23:40 He was overjoyed and he remembered his promise.
23:45 Praise the Lord,
23:47 his leg did not have to be cut off.
23:50 And William, that is not his actual name,
23:54 became a Seventh-day Adventist.
23:57 And then in the year 1993,
23:59 I heard him give his testimony
24:01 of this miracle that I shared with you.
24:04 And he was also telling the people
24:06 some of the horrible things he has seen
24:08 as a Federal Meat Inspector, at that time.
24:12 And if you were there,
24:14 it would have been the last time
24:15 you would eat hotdogs and burgers.
24:18 Because some of the things he shared
24:19 were just terrible to hear.
24:22 As a matter of fact, at that time,
24:25 he said, there was no inspection of seafood.
24:31 And he also revealed
24:32 that there are only so many meat inspectors,
24:36 and they cannot possibly examine every animal
24:39 that goes through, impossible.
24:42 So that you-- the seal that says they have inspected
24:45 is only every so many,
24:47 but this is not the topic for today.
24:49 God performed a miracle in his life
24:51 and he is a walking testimony of God's power.
24:54 Amen.
24:57 There is another miracle, locally.
25:00 I believe it's a miracle.
25:02 Pastor Barnhurst,
25:03 pastor of the Marion Church at that time.
25:05 He said, "John, could you come.
25:08 I wonder if you have time to come
25:10 to the hospital with me in Marion.
25:13 Pastor Simmons is sick
25:15 and there is not much hope for him."
25:18 So I accompanied Pastor Barnhurst
25:21 and there at the hospital was Pastor Simmons,
25:25 unconscious, sleeping,
25:28 his wife, and Pastor Barnhurst, and myself.
25:32 And it was told to us
25:36 that I forget whatever it was that he had
25:38 that they have to keep him sleeping
25:42 so that-- because if he was awake
25:44 it would worsen his condition.
25:47 So there was not much hope.
25:49 His wife spoke as if these were his last moments.
25:53 So we prayed for him.
25:58 And the Lord performed the miracle.
26:00 Because a few days later,
26:02 those of you that remember when the Thompsonville Church
26:04 was just a few miles down over there
26:07 and we used to have prayer meeting in the kitchen,
26:09 the phone rang
26:11 and I was the closest to the phone,
26:12 I answered the phone.
26:14 And the voice surprised me,
26:17 so that I could say, "Praise the Lord."
26:20 It was this voice, he said, "This is Pastor Simmons.
26:25 I'm just calling to let you know
26:27 that I'm alive.
26:29 Some people think I'm dead," he said.
26:32 "But I just wanted to le you know that I'm alive
26:36 and that's all I want to say," he said.
26:37 "Thank you so much,"
26:39 and he went on to call other people.
26:40 Because the report was Pastor Simmons was dead
26:44 but God brought him back from that condition
26:48 and he is a walking testimony of God's power.
26:50 Amen.
26:52 And so there are many miracles
26:54 and there are places in the Bible
26:56 where we have, for example,
26:58 in Matthew 13:58,
27:04 Jesus was there, he wanted to do more.
27:07 However
27:10 there are some sad words in Matthew 13:58.
27:13 It says, "And he did not many mighty works there
27:18 because of their unbelief."
27:21 And, brothers and sisters,
27:22 we have to get rid of this unbelief.
27:24 We have to allow the converting power of God
27:26 to come in our lives so that He can work miracles
27:30 for His children, more than we see now.
27:34 And the time will come,
27:36 that this movement, this work of God
27:40 because He said,
27:41 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached" where?
27:44 "In all the world, for a witness unto all nations,
27:46 and then the end shall come."
27:49 When the latter rain is poured out.
27:50 When the Holy Spirit comes in power upon God's children.
27:54 See the work is not going to finish
27:56 with less manifestation of power,
28:00 than it was in the beginning.
28:02 The same amount of power that you saw then
28:05 is gonna be available in the last days
28:07 and there will be great miracles
28:09 that will take place
28:11 that there will no mistake whatsoever
28:13 that God has done it.
28:16 And in these times of news and reports,
28:20 there will be no question, God has done a miracle.
28:24 Unfortunately, at that time,
28:26 Satan will try to take advantage of the situation.
28:29 And the Bible says in Matthew 24,
28:32 and Jesus warned a false... what?
28:35 Christ and false prophets that would come
28:39 in so much as possible to deceive the very elect.
28:43 So I like to invite you to turn in your Bibles to Matthew 24,
28:47 and let us look Matthew 24.
28:51 Let's begin in-- there are several places
28:53 where it-- this is mentioned,
28:55 but in verse 23, Matthew 24:23,
28:58 " Then if any man shall say unto you,
29:02 Lo, here is Christ, or there, believe it not.
29:06 For there shall arise false Christs,
29:08 and false prophets,
29:10 and shall shew great signs and wonders,
29:13 insomuch that, if it were possible,
29:15 they shall deceive the very elect.
29:17 Behold, I have told you before.
29:19 Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
29:21 Behold, he is in the desert,
29:23 go not forth
29:25 behold, he is in the secret chambers,
29:27 believe it not.
29:29 For as the lightning
29:30 cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west,
29:33 so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
29:39 Christ is trying to tell us and help us understand
29:43 how it is that we can avoid being deceived.
29:47 Because false Christs will appear over there
29:49 and over there and over there,
29:51 and it says here they will do what?
29:53 "Great signs and wonders,
29:57 insomuch that if it were possible,
29:59 they would deceive the very elect."
30:01 So we need to learn and understand
30:03 what God's word says,
30:06 otherwise we will be deceived by false miracles.
30:10 We need to study God's word, for the time will come
30:14 when it will be very difficult to determine,
30:16 to distinguish the true from the genuine,
30:21 and we have to be very close to the Lord.
30:24 One of the places where the Bible reveals
30:26 that the devil has done this before
30:28 is Job 1, Job 1.
30:32 In Job 1, something interesting takes place.
30:36 It says there that the sons of God
30:38 came to present themselves before Him.
30:42 And it says that Satan came in among them.
30:47 And God said to him,
30:48 "Where are you coming from?"
30:50 And he said, "I'm coming from the earth,
30:53 from going to and fro and from walking up and down."
30:57 And God said,
30:59 "Have you considered My servant Job,
31:03 a man that's perfect and upright and cheweth evil?
31:06 Have you considered him?"
31:07 Oh, Satan, knew about Job.
31:09 Satan, you know, he had tried.
31:12 And he said, he complained.
31:14 He says, "Well, You have set
31:15 a hedge of protection about him.
31:17 You're protecting him,
31:19 I can't get through," in other words.
31:22 Praise the Lord.
31:25 So this is what the Bible tells us
31:28 there in Job 1:10,
31:33 repeating the words of Satan there, he says,
31:35 "Hast thou not made an hedge about him,
31:37 about his house,
31:38 and about all that he hath on every side?
31:41 thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
31:43 and his substance is increased in the land."
31:46 And Satan challenges God and says,
31:48 "But put forth thine hand now,
31:50 and touch all that he hath,
31:52 and he will curse thee to thy face.
31:55 And the Lord said unto Satan,
31:57 Behold, all that he hath is in thy power,
32:01 only upon himself
32:04 put not forth thine hand.
32:06 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord."
32:09 And so, continuing on,
32:12 in verse 13,
32:17 "And there was a day
32:18 when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine
32:21 in their eldest brother's house.
32:23 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said,
32:25 "The oxen were plowing,
32:27 and the asses feeding beside them,
32:29 and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away,
32:32 yea, they have slain the servants
32:34 with the edge of the sword,
32:35 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
32:40 While he was yet speaking,
32:43 there came also another,
32:44 and said, The fire of" who?
32:48 "The fire of God is fallen from heaven,
32:51 and hath burned up the sheep,
32:52 and the servants, and consumed them,
32:54 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee."
33:00 Job went through a terrible experience.
33:02 I don't know how many would lift their hands to say,
33:04 "Well, I went something like what Job went through,
33:06 that sounds good to me."
33:08 Because you see some terrible calamity took place
33:11 and that person was not even finished talking,
33:13 and the other one comes in with another horrible message.
33:17 But what's interesting here is
33:19 as well is that, it says that the fire from where?
33:23 The fire from God.
33:25 Was that fire from God causing destruction upon Job?
33:29 No.
33:30 Satan went right to work.
33:33 And he didn't even give the guy a break.
33:35 While one guy was yet talking, another one came.
33:40 And it was not fire from God.
33:43 It was fire from the devil.
33:45 And so it will be in the last days
33:48 that Satan will work certain miracles
33:50 and people will think it is God
33:53 when it is not God.
33:54 Because false Christ will come
33:57 and they will do wonders and miracles
34:00 and we have to be close to the Lord
34:02 so that we will not be deceived.
34:06 Let us go to another familiar place
34:08 in Revelation 13.
34:12 There, in Revelation Chapter 13,
34:15 we are told,
34:16 beginning in verse 11,
34:22 unto verse 15.
34:25 Revelation 13:11-15,
34:28 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth,
34:31 and he had two horns like a lamb,
34:33 and he spake as a dragon.
34:35 And he exerciseth all the power
34:37 of the first beast before him,
34:40 and causeth the earth
34:41 and them which dwell there in to worship the first beast,
34:44 whose deadly wound was healed.
34:46 And he doeth great wonders,
34:48 so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
34:51 on the earth in the sight of men,
34:55 and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
34:57 by the means of those miracles
35:00 which he had power to do
35:01 in the sight of the beast,
35:03 saying to them that dwell on the earth,
35:05 that they should make an image to the beast,
35:08 which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
35:10 And he had power to give life
35:12 unto the image of the beast,
35:14 that the image of the beast should both speak,
35:17 and cause that as many as would not worship
35:20 the image of the beast should be killed."
35:23 And so we see in this passage
35:25 that the beast had power to do great wonders
35:29 even to do what?
35:31 Fire down from heaven.
35:33 And by the means of those miracles
35:36 was able to deceive.
35:40 We need God's help,
35:41 to be able to distinguish
35:44 the true from the genuine.
35:46 I mean, the true from the false,
35:48 because Satan will work with lying wonders.
35:51 And the Bible even goes as far as to say
35:53 that Satan can transform himself into
35:57 an angel of light, the Bible says.
36:01 So if you hear of miracles,
36:04 make sure
36:05 you test these miracles by the Bible.
36:09 We need to study our Bible
36:10 so when these false things begin to happen,
36:15 we will not be deceived.
36:19 Before our time is over,
36:20 we have to talk about the greatest miracle.
36:22 What is the greatest miracle?
36:26 The greatest miracle is God transforming people
36:30 from a life of evil
36:32 to completely blameless undefiled--
36:36 to a life of righteousness.
36:39 And these miracles are taking place
36:41 over and over again, day by day,
36:44 God is performing these miracles.
36:47 Lives transformed from evil to good.
36:51 Taken away from the hands of the devil
36:54 and set free, through Jesus Christ.
36:57 One such person is Walter, from Columbia.
36:59 You have heard about him before.
37:01 Walter, he was a gang leader.
37:05 And Walter would terrorize the community.
37:08 People, when they would see him
37:10 on the-- coming down the sidewalk,
37:12 would go across the street to avoid coming to him
37:14 because they didn't know
37:15 if he would beat them up, take whatever they had.
37:19 That's the kind of person he was.
37:20 People avoided him.
37:24 But there in Columbia,
37:27 thanks be to the Lord, was 3ABN Latino.
37:31 And one day in his home,
37:33 he finds 3ABN Latino and watches our youth program
37:36 called "The Youth of Today,"
37:38 which is an equivalent to team pathways.
37:41 And the youth were talking,
37:43 and he saw something in those young people
37:45 that he did not have.
37:47 It was the light and peace of Jesus Christ.
37:50 He said, "These people have something I don't have."
37:53 And he longed to have it.
37:55 And he gave his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ.
37:58 Amen. Amen.
38:00 And his life was transformed.
38:02 He started going to church.
38:05 And people still kept avoiding him
38:06 because they didn't know
38:09 that he was converted.
38:12 And after he was converted, some people even ran into him
38:16 somebody that he had formally beat up,
38:20 came with a boyfriend and said,
38:23 "This is your moment, you are gonna pay back."
38:25 And he said, "Wait, I'm a changed person.
38:28 I'm a Christian now."
38:30 They were surprised.
38:31 "You are a Christian?"
38:33 "Yes. Forgive me for what I've done.
38:34 Please forgive me.
38:36 I would not dare do that anymore
38:37 because I have Jesus in my heart now."
38:40 And they said,
38:42 "We're going to be watching you.
38:43 And if what you are saying is not true,
38:45 you will pay."
38:49 And the conference evangelist,
38:51 the conference president actually,
38:53 Pastor Caicedo,
38:54 was doing an evangelistic series.
38:57 And they said-- he said, "I need some help.
39:00 I need people to go preach in the neighborhoods."
39:02 And they say "We know somebody, Walter."
39:04 "Walter?"
39:06 "He was a gang member but now he is a Christian."
39:08 "Praise the Lord, put him to work."
39:10 And Walter was able to bring 20-- many people
39:13 but of the many that he brought,
39:15 28 people were baptized.
39:17 Amen.
39:18 God is still performing miracles.
39:21 The greatest miracle is lives transformed
39:24 by the power of Jesus Christ.
39:27 My wife Idalia took a call,
39:29 this was almost a year later.
39:31 Walter called and said, "This is Walter.
39:33 You guys have,
39:34 you guys have told my story on 3ABN,
39:36 but I have another part.
39:38 "I am now going to study to be a pastor."
39:41 And we said "Praise the Lord."
39:43 "Praise the Lord."
39:46 And God is bringing people back,
39:48 they have left the church.
39:51 One such young man
39:54 came from one of the Spanish countries
39:56 and lived in the New York area.
39:58 And when he came to America,
40:01 he said all the things of this, America,
40:05 caught his attention, and slowly he left the church
40:09 and was out for a few years.
40:11 And one day, he is coming from the subway train.
40:14 Pastor Lomacang remembers those subway trains.
40:17 And he sees this screen,
40:19 giant screen outside of a church
40:22 and he's somehow drawn to that.
40:24 And he hears the message for that night.
40:28 Pastor Alejandra Bujon,
40:29 one of the evangelists from South America
40:31 was preaching a powerful message,
40:34 and he was touched.
40:35 He said, "Wow, this was good, very good."
40:40 The next day he decided to leave work early
40:43 because when he got there
40:45 the program had already started.
40:46 So he figured, "I've got to leave work early
40:48 to catch the beginning of the program."
40:50 And so he did.
40:51 For the next several days, he kept coming early
40:54 and would catch the beginning of the program.
40:58 But on the next to the last night,
41:00 something happened.
41:02 Pastor Bujon was making an appeal
41:05 and he said, "I'm making an appeal now
41:09 for those that have left the church,
41:12 and Jesus Christ is calling you back.
41:15 And I want you to come forward.
41:17 If you are here in this auditorium,"
41:18 he said, "Come forward.
41:20 Give your heart to Jesus. He wants to give you peace.
41:23 He wants to transform your life.
41:24 He wants to forgive you for your sins."
41:27 And some of the people there, in the auditorium
41:30 where the live was taking place,
41:32 in Orlando, came forward.
41:35 But there in New York,
41:36 a church was down-linking the series
41:39 and that's where Walter was.
41:40 They had put the screen outside
41:42 but they had a screen on the inside.
41:44 And he said, "Those of you
41:45 that are in different parts of the world,
41:47 come forward to the screen,
41:49 and the pastors there will pray for you."
41:52 And suddenly through the back doors,
41:54 it opened, boom!
41:56 And there comes running this young man,
42:01 and he goes all the way to the front.
42:03 And with tears streaming down his face.
42:05 And he knelt down by the screen in the front.
42:09 And the people were wondering "Well, who is this person?"
42:14 And he gave his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ
42:18 and he told his story,
42:19 how he was away from the Lord
42:21 and that the message of that night brought him back.
42:26 The greatest miracle,
42:27 lives transformed through Jesus Christ.
42:33 There was an individual
42:35 that I met in California.
42:38 There we were at this event
42:40 with our booth there, with 3ABN.
42:42 I was there with Brother Matthew Andrew,
42:44 and a few tables from us were some Jewish Christians.
42:48 And I was attracted by what they were doing
42:50 and they were talking about their culture.
42:53 And there was a young man there,
42:55 a Jewish young man.
42:57 And I believe his name was Michael,
43:00 and I went to talk to him.
43:03 And I said, "So you are a Christian?
43:04 This is wonderful."
43:06 He says, "Oh, you have no idea what God has done."
43:09 I said, "Tell me about it."
43:11 He said, "Oh, I was a really strict devout Jew.
43:15 I was so into the Jewish religion," he said,
43:19 "It was like in the Bible, in the times of Jesus."
43:22 He said, "If I was walking down the sidewalk
43:24 and I saw a gentile coming."
43:27 I said, "I would walk across the other side
43:30 so that I wouldn't even pass by the gentile," he said.
43:34 "That's how much
43:36 I was into what I was doing.
43:39 Very devout," he said.
43:41 And I said, "Well, how did you become a Christian?"
43:44 He said, "Well, it all happened at work.
43:47 When I would go out for lunch,
43:49 I would sit outside with my food.
43:50 And there came this Christian man,
43:52 and there, and he would start talking to me.
43:55 And then he brought up that name
43:56 I didn't want to hear, Jesus."
44:00 And he said, "Wait a minute."
44:02 And Michael said, "Don't talk to me.
44:03 If you are gonna talk to me
44:04 don't mention that name Jesus to me."
44:07 But that Christian man could not help it.
44:11 He took it as a challenge,
44:13 and would come to lunch,
44:15 and there start talking to Michael.
44:18 And once in a while,
44:19 he would bring up that name again, Jesus.
44:23 You see, there is no other name under heaven
44:25 whereby men should be saved, the Bible says.
44:30 Eventually, Michael said,
44:34 "I was angry one day and I challenged Jesus Christ.
44:38 And this is what I said,
44:40 Jesus, if you're really the Messiah,
44:44 if you're really the Messiah that has already come,
44:47 I challenge you, I give you three weeks,
44:53 to convert my mother and my father,
44:55 very devout Jews."
44:58 And he said, "And my Rabbi."
45:02 And in Michael's mind, when he said, "My Rabbi,"
45:05 he said, "Impossible.
45:07 There is no way possible
45:09 that Jesus Christ can convert my Rabbi."
45:15 One week passed, and Michael's parents said,
45:18 "Michael, we want to talk to you.
45:24 We have taught you many things from the scriptures,
45:27 but we have been studying and we have found
45:31 that the Messiah is not coming as we think, among the Jews.
45:35 He's already come, and His name is Jesus."
45:40 Michael was surprised.
45:43 "They used the name Yeshua," he said, Michael was surprised.
45:46 "What, this can't be."
45:47 "Yes, my son, it is. Let us show you."
45:50 "No, no, no."
45:52 And Michael was surprised.
45:54 And that night he said,
45:56 "I can't just believe--
45:58 my parents have become Christians."
46:00 And he said, "Wait, I still got my Rabbi,
46:05 and I've got two weeks.
46:06 There is no way, no way."
46:09 And in the middle of that third week,
46:12 he said, his Rabbi said, "Michael, come here.
46:16 I want to talk to you privately.
46:18 You are one of my closest disciples,
46:21 one of my closest students.
46:23 And I want to share something with you.
46:26 Let's go through the scriptures."
46:27 And he began to go through the scriptures with him
46:29 and said, "Michael, it is not as we believe.
46:33 We were waiting for the first coming of Christ
46:36 but He's already come.
46:38 His name is Jesus Christ, Yeshua."
46:42 Michael was surprised.
46:44 He says, "This can't be."
46:46 And he remembered his promise.
46:48 He said, "If you can convert my mother and my father,
46:51 and my Rabbi, I will become a Christian."
46:55 And so Michael is a Christian today,
46:58 helping Jews come to the knowledge
47:01 of Jesus Christ.
47:04 The one name under heaven whereby men should be saved,
47:07 the greatest miracles are lives transformed,
47:11 and what a wonderful thing.
47:13 The Bible says, in the Book of John 1,
47:17 too sad but one sad verse and a verse that gets happy.
47:21 It says that, "He came unto his own,
47:25 and his own received him not."
47:27 The following verse is "But as many as received him,
47:31 to them gave he power to become the sons of God."
47:36 And even today, there in 1 John 3:1, it says,
47:40 " Behold, what manner of love God
47:42 has bestowed upon us,
47:44 that we should be called children of God," his sons.
47:49 Brothers and sisters,
47:51 let us follow Jesus with all our hearts.
47:54 Let's us study our Bibles to be prepared
47:57 for what is coming upon the earth.
48:00 Let us trust in the Lord
48:01 and love Him with all our hearts.
48:04 Study our Bible, so that we'll have the assurance
48:07 that no matter what happens, we know God loves me.
48:11 And may be He then answer that prayer
48:13 just as I thought He would, but I know He loves me.
48:18 That we may be able to say with Job,
48:20 "I know that my Redeemer liveth."
48:25 Praise the Lord.
48:27 Let us turn to some scriptures there.
48:32 In Ephesians 2,
48:34 notice these wonderful verses.
48:38 I'll began in verse 4, Ephesians 2:4,
48:42 "But God, who is rich in mercy,
48:44 for his great love wherewith he loved us,
48:48 even when we were dead in sins,
48:51 hath quickened us together with Christ,
48:53 by grace ye are saved.
48:56 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together
49:00 in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
49:03 that in the ages to come he might show
49:06 the exceeding riches of his grace
49:08 in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
49:14 For by grace are ye saved through faith,
49:18 and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God,
49:22 not of works, lest any man should boast.
49:25 For we are his workmanship,
49:27 created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
49:32 which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
49:38 Praise the Lord.
49:41 I would like to invite my wife Idalia to come forward
49:45 to sing a song.
49:48 And I would like you to consider the words
49:50 that she will sing.
49:51 And if you want to say to Jesus,
49:54 Lord, I want that living faith.
49:57 Lord, I don't want to be--
49:58 to have unbelief.
50:00 I remember that man that we started telling you
50:02 the story of, he said to Jesus,
50:04 "Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief."
50:08 And if you have had some type of unbelief,
50:12 it's time to give that up,
50:15 and time to trust in the Lord with all of your hearts.
50:19 I would like to read this verse
50:21 in Hebrews 12:1 and 2, these two verses.
50:25 Notice what it says, Hebrews 12:1, 2,
50:28 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
50:32 with so great a cloud of witnesses,
50:35 let us lay aside every weight,
50:37 and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
50:42 and let us run with patience
50:44 the race that is set before us,
50:46 looking unto Jesus
50:48 the author and finisher of our faith,
50:50 who for the joy that was set before him
50:52 endured the cross, despising the shame,
50:55 and is set down
50:57 at the right hand of the throne of God."
51:01 So if you consider your life
51:02 and you see that perhaps there is this one little thing
51:06 or may be more than one,
51:07 the sin that doth so easily beset you,
51:10 let's give that to Jesus.
51:12 Let's trust in the Lord, because in Him, there is power,
51:16 and He can transform us.
51:18 And we want that transformation.
51:19 And as Idalia sings,
51:21 I would like to invite you to stand.
51:23 And if you have room, come forward.
51:24 And let's have a prayer of consecration to the Lord,
51:27 asking the Lord to have--
51:29 to take us, and mould us, and shape us,
51:32 and that we may be fully surrendered to Him
51:35 100 percent.
51:37 And as she sings, if that is your desire,
51:39 we like to invite you to come forward.
51:53 I hear Thy welcome voice
52:00 That calls me, Lord, to Thee
52:06 For cleansing
52:09 in Thy precious blood
52:13 That flowed
52:15 On Calvary
52:20 I am coming, Lord
52:26 Coming now to Thee
52:32 Wash me, cleanse me in the blood
52:39 That flowed
52:41 On Calvary
52:55 Though coming weak and vile
53:01 Thou dost my strength assure
53:07 Thou dost my vileness
53:11 fully cleanse
53:15 Till spotless and pure
53:22 I am coming, Lord
53:27 Coming now to Thee
53:33 Wash me, cleanse me in the blood
53:40 That flowed
53:42 On Calvary
53:56 'Tis Jesus calls me on
54:02 To perfect faith and love
54:08 To perfect hope
54:12 And peace and trust
54:15 For earth
54:18 And heaven above
54:23 I am coming, Lord
54:29 Coming now to Thee
54:35 Wash me, cleanse me in the blood
54:42 That flowed
54:44 on Calvary
55:02 Amen. Amen.
55:05 That precious blood of Jesus Christ
55:09 that was shed for us on Calvary,
55:12 there's still power in the blood.
55:14 You could come forward, this way please.
55:18 Jesus Christ is still transforming lives today.
55:23 And praise the Lord, there are folks here
55:25 whose lives had been transformed.
55:28 And even those that want to give Jesus
55:30 100 percent.
55:32 They still see something
55:35 that Jesus Christ can change.
55:40 And I praise the Lord for your decision.
55:42 I also join you in giving 100 percent to Jesus.
55:47 For I want nothing, nothing to hinder me
55:51 from being 100 percent given to Christ.
55:54 If there's something in your life
55:57 that you feel still needs to be given to Christ,
56:00 give it to Him today.
56:03 There is no need to delay.
56:05 Delay only makes it worse.
56:10 Our faith can grow, in Christ,
56:13 as we actively do something for others.
56:17 Christ want's us all to be involved
56:19 in taking the precious message to the world.
56:24 And He invites us to let our light so shine
56:26 that they may see our good works,
56:29 and glorify our heavenly Father.
56:35 Praise the Lord for your decision
56:37 and there are some listening all over the world,
56:42 join us in giving your heart to Jesus Christ.
56:47 Don't wait a moment longer.
56:49 Don't wait a second longer.
56:52 Give your heart to Jesus and find peace in Him.
56:56 Let's go to the Lord, in prayer.
56:58 And if it's possible for you, let us kneel together
57:01 that we can receive that peace from heaven.


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