Participants: John Dinzey
Series Code: POF
Program Code: POF000016A
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00:24 Hello, and welcome once again to Pillars of our Faith.
00:27 We got a brand new series for you 00:29 and we are excited for the word of God, 00:31 what shall we preach today. 00:33 This is Pillars of our Faith, 00:35 a word for today in today's world, 00:38 and our speaker is Pastor John Dinzey, 00:41 who is the general manager of 3ABN Latino channel. 00:47 John has been here, we were just talking backstage, 00:49 for 27 years, he's been at 3ABN, 00:53 and done a very, very fine job. 00:54 He was the, dare I say if not thee, 00:57 certainly one of the leading and moving forces 01:00 in getting the Latino channel established. 01:04 It is growing and has been growing 01:06 over the past several years by leaps and bounds. 01:09 Excuse me. 01:10 And God has blessed it so very, very much 01:13 wherever we go, when I travel with my wife Irma 01:16 in the Caribbean Latino countries, 01:18 we see the fruit of the labor of the small, 01:22 but power packed Latino department. 01:25 John is ably assisted by his wife, Idalia. 01:28 And there's not a lot of people in that department 01:32 but God gets maximum effort and maximum results 01:36 from a relatively small amount of individuals 01:40 who are dedicated to the Lord, 01:41 and we see the fruit of their labors 01:43 and the growth of the Latino channel, 01:45 perhaps Johnny will mention, 01:47 how many cable stations around the globe 01:50 that 3ABN Latino is present on. 01:53 And so we're very, very pleased, 01:55 John is a student of the word, 01:57 a preacher and teacher of the word, 01:59 has a good handle on the word of God, 02:01 is a pleasant person to work with, 02:04 sometimes I go into his office and sit and talk, 02:06 or he comes to my office and we sit and talk, 02:08 and we have a good rapport together. 02:10 I call him El Jefe which means the chief, 02:15 and he affectionately calls me Distinguido 02:17 which means distinguished one, 02:19 so we don't even use names anymore, 02:20 we just call each other by these titles, 02:22 and we enjoy our times together. 02:24 But John is good speaker of the word, 02:27 and a good student of the word and we expect a informative, 02:30 inspirational message from him and we're looking forward 02:35 to the title of his sermon today, 02:37 which is the First Angel's Message part 1. 02:42 John's subject for these five presentations 02:45 will be the Three Angels' Messages, 02:48 and so the first two will deal specifically 02:50 with the First Angel's Message. 02:54 This message part 1, the next message part 2. 02:57 There is so much to be learned as we look at 02:59 and study the messages of the three angels, 03:02 and so we are please to invite Pastor John Dinzey 03:07 to the sacred desk to speak a word for the Lord. 03:09 I'm going to pray now and then we will ask the man of God 03:13 to come forward and to do what God has called him to do, 03:17 and that's preach with power. 03:18 Shall we pray, Father God, 03:21 we do praise you and thank you for your love for us 03:25 and for your goodness to us. 03:27 We thank you for the power of the word, 03:29 and we thank you for those who've dedicated time 03:32 and talent to the study of that word 03:34 that they may preach the word with power and authority. 03:38 Bless now your man servant. 03:41 Speak to him so that he will speak to us. 03:45 Bless him so that he will be a blessing to us. 03:48 And may Christ be seen and glorified 03:52 in all that happens in this place on this day 03:56 and we thank you dear Father in Jesus name, amen, and Amen. 04:02 And now, John Dinzey. 04:07 Thank you Pastor CA, I appreciate your kind words. 04:10 And yes, we are going to be studying God's words together, 04:15 a very important series, a very important topic. 04:19 One I believe that every individual 04:22 should be acquainted with, 04:24 for it talks about these last days 04:26 in which we live in. 04:28 And it helps us understand 04:30 that we are approaching the time 04:33 when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 04:36 will come in the clouds of heaven. 04:38 And we are very grateful for the word of God 04:41 that we have the liberty to read 04:43 and study and share with others in this country, 04:47 and it is the same in many countries around the world. 04:49 Really I believe the Lord is opening up the possibility 04:53 of preaching the gospel in the whole world. 04:56 Doors are opening all over the world, and yes, 05:00 3ABN Latino is one instrument in the hands of the Lord, 05:04 that is reaching millions of people for Jesus Christ. 05:07 We are on over 1100 cable companies 05:11 with 3ABN Latino alone, we're not counting 3ABN, 05:15 our flagship network, our parent network, 05:18 and we just praise the Lord for what God is doing 05:21 through Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 05:24 And this network is entitled, the title of the network 05:29 is Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 05:30 and yes, we will be studying the Three Angels' Messages 05:34 during these five topics, 05:35 I must say here in the beginning 05:38 that our five topics is not enough 05:41 to really cover these Three Angels' Messages, 05:46 we would need many, many more. 05:48 I might think I've seen one pastor spent 25 hours 05:53 talking about the Three Angels' Messages. 05:55 We have the limit of five sermons to deal with, 05:58 and so we're asking for the Lord to bless us. 06:01 I encourage you to pray for, for me. 06:03 And speaking of prayer, 06:05 I know that Pastor CA already prayed, 06:07 but before I go to the Lord to present his word, 06:12 before we go to present his word, 06:13 I like to go to the Lord again in prayer. 06:16 And I would like to, I'm going to kneel 06:19 and I'm gonna ask of course that you will also pray for me. 06:26 So let us go to the Lord in prayer at this moment. 06:32 Our loving heavenly Father, 06:35 we are grateful to you Lord for your goodness and mercy. 06:39 We thank you for the holy scriptures 06:41 that are able to make us wise unto salvation. 06:44 Lord, your time has come 06:46 to speak to your children once again. 06:48 And I place myself in your hands, 06:52 so that you'll speak. 06:53 We ask that every word will come directly 06:56 from your throne of grace. 06:58 Speak to your children for you only know 07:00 what they need to hear. 07:01 We ask you Father in Jesus' holy 07:04 and blessed name, amen. 07:09 As we look into Revelation 14, 07:13 we see that there are three angels 07:16 mentioned beginning in verse 6. 07:19 Revelation 14:6-12, 07:23 really through the end of chapter 14 07:26 brings us the Three Angels' Messages. 07:30 And so as you look at Revelation 14, 07:33 you'll notice that it's really a new group of angels, 07:36 because angels have been mentioned prior 07:39 to Revelation 14:6, 07:41 this is why when we look at verse 6, 07:44 it begins with the word I saw another angel. 07:47 However when you continue reading in Revelation 14, 07:51 you'll notice that it mentions in Revelation 14:9, 07:56 and it says, and the third angel. 07:59 In other words, 08:00 these three angels are a series of angels 08:03 that have a message for the world in the end time. 08:08 And it's really these three angels 08:09 are linked together in the message 08:12 and they compliment one another as it were, 08:16 and it is a continuing message for the people in the end time. 08:21 So I would like to encourage you 08:23 to open up the Holy Scriptures 08:25 and those of you joining us in different places 08:27 might open your phone application 08:30 to a Bible or tablet. 08:32 And so let's go to Revelation 14:6, 08:36 and begin our message for today. 08:39 In Revelation 14:6, we have the following words. 08:45 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 08:51 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them 08:54 that dwell on the earth, 08:56 and to every nation, and kindred, 09:00 and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, 09:04 Fear God, and give glory to him, 09:08 for the hour of his judgment is come and worship him 09:12 that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 09:16 and the fountains of waters." 09:19 Here in Revelation 14:6 and 7, 09:24 we have the first angel's message. 09:27 Let's look at this first angel's message 09:30 so that we can understand it a little more. 09:32 Again I say that even this first angel's message 09:35 will take at least 10 sermons to really understand it. 09:39 However we're going to, by God's grace 09:43 cover it in two messages. 09:45 So let's look at this message 09:46 and go back to the beginning of the message. 09:49 It says, I saw another angel, 09:53 so John the apostle is said to have seen an angel, 09:59 in other words the act that he sees the angel 10:02 is something that the world needs to take notice of. 10:07 However this angel is very interesting 10:11 because he has the everlasting gospel to preach. 10:17 Now notice that the word angel here 10:20 is a Greek word angelos which means angel 10:26 for the most part it is used as angel in the Bible, 10:29 in the New Testament. 10:31 But this word angel, the Greek word angelos 10:36 is also used for the word messenger. 10:41 For this reason, I would like to invite you 10:44 to look at least one example of how this Greek word is used. 10:49 And I invite you to turn in your Bibles to Luke 7, 10:53 and we're going to look at verses 27 and 28 for context. 10:57 Luke 7:27 and 28, notice the words of the Lord. 11:03 This is he, this was Jesus speaking, 11:05 "This is he, of whom it is written, 11:08 Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, 11:13 which shall prepare thy way before thee." 11:18 Right here in verse 27 11:19 the word messenger is the same Greek word 11:21 used in Revelation 14:6, 11:25 "I send my messenger, it would be, 11:27 I send my angel before thy face, 11:29 which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11:31 For I say unto you, 11:33 among those that are born of women 11:35 there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist 11:39 but he that is least in the kingdom of God 11:42 is greater than he." 11:44 So what is that, that we have here, 11:45 what we have here is that John the Baptist was called 11:51 the messenger of the Lord, 11:53 and as he is called the messenger of the Lord, 11:55 the same Greek word angelos is used, 11:58 that means he is a messenger of the Lord, 12:00 and here you know it is talking about John. 12:04 When the translators are looking in at the Greek words, 12:07 they say this, this says messenger. 12:10 We cannot put the word 'angel' here 12:12 because it's talking about John the Baptist, 12:14 therefore they put the word messenger incorrectly so. 12:18 But when we go to Revelation 14:6 12:22 and we look at the fact that it uses an angel, 12:26 helps us to understand that it's a heavenly message, 12:30 it's a message from heaven of... 12:33 the origin is heaven, the origin is God's throne, 12:36 and this angel that has the message, 12:39 has the everlasting gospel to preach to the world, 12:43 a very important message, 12:44 because that message is supposed to go to every nation, 12:47 kindred, and tongue, and people. 12:51 So at this stage we ask the following question 12:55 who is this angel, who is this messenger? 13:01 I say to you that if the message of the, 13:07 or the task of preaching the gospel 13:09 was committed to angels or to an angel, 13:12 that job would have been done a long time ago, 13:17 therefore we need to understand 13:20 that even though it is represented as an angel 13:23 flying in the midst of heaven, 13:25 this is a symbol used to represent God's people 13:29 that are going to take the everlasting gospel 13:31 to the world. 13:33 It is not a literal angel that is going to do this, 13:36 it is God's children, God's people. 13:39 The task has been committed to God's children 13:42 to preach the gospel to the world. 13:45 And it is supposed to be preached to every kindred, 13:49 tongue, and people. 13:51 No one is to be excluded. 13:53 Every nation is included, every language is included, 13:56 the everlasting gospel has to go to all the world. 13:59 Why is this? 14:00 Because God so loved the world 14:02 that He gave His only begotten Son 14:05 that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, 14:08 but have everlasting life. 14:12 Therefore this is a message 14:13 that needs to go to the whole world. 14:16 However, as you look at Revelation 14:6 and 7, 14:20 you will notice that it is like a preparation 14:23 for the second coming of Jesus Christ. 14:25 This angel, 14:27 the actual fact of preaching the gospel to all the world 14:29 is linked to the second coming of Jesus Christ. 14:33 How is it that we know that? 14:35 We will see that in a moment, 14:37 but first let's look at the fact 14:39 that the preaching of the gospel 14:40 has been committed to human beings 14:43 and not to angels. 14:45 Angels aid human beings in the process, 14:48 however it has been committed to you and to me 14:51 to preach the gospel. 14:52 I invite you to look in your Bible to Matthew 28. 14:58 In Matthew 28, we're going to look at verses, 15:03 actually verses 18-20. 15:05 Verses 18-20. 15:07 Matthew 28:18-20, 15:10 let us begin reading God's word at verse 18, 15:14 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 15:18 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 15:23 Go ye therefore, for this reason 15:25 because he has all power, 15:27 go ye therefore and teach all nations, 15:31 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 15:34 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 15:37 teaching them to observe all things 15:40 whatsoever I have commanded you and, lo, I am with you always 15:46 even unto the end of the world." 15:49 Before Jesus tells his disciples 15:52 to go and preach the gospel to every nation, 15:55 he assures them 15:57 that all power has been given to him in heaven, 16:00 and in earth and he says, go ye therefore 16:03 and preach the gospel to every nation. 16:06 The gospel is to be preached 16:08 and wherever you go to preach the gospel Jesus said, 16:12 I will be with you always 16:15 even until the end of the world. 16:17 So who, to whom has the task 16:21 of preaching the gospel been given to? 16:23 Non other than human beings that means you, 16:26 and that means I, and I tell you, 16:28 brothers and sisters, 16:30 and those listening wherever you are 16:32 that we need to get as they say on the ball 16:35 and get the job done. 16:37 It has been a long time 16:39 that this message needs to get to the whole world, 16:41 but the church seems to be asleep 16:47 instead of doing the task 16:49 that has been given to the church. 16:51 Yes, we see some people waking up 16:53 or there are wonderful reports of the gospel being preached 16:56 in different places, 16:57 but the people of God need to awaken 17:00 to preaching the gospel. 17:02 Literally when you look at the prophecies of Revelation, 17:05 you'll notice actually that this angel is said 17:08 to have a point in time, 17:10 there was a mighty movement of the preaching of the gospel 17:14 that began in the 1840s, 17:17 and I'm talking to you some people may understand this 17:20 as the Millerite movement or the Advent movement. 17:24 And prophetically or historically 17:28 it began in the 1840s to be preached, 17:30 but it's supposed to continue until Jesus Christ returns. 17:35 And so I say to you, like I said this is linked 17:40 to the second coming of Jesus Christ, 17:42 Hark Christ, how do we know this? 17:44 Let us go to Matthew 24:14. 17:49 Matthew 24:14, many people know by memory 17:52 and I will quote it by memory. 17:54 The Bible says, "And this gospel of the kingdom 17:59 should be preached in the whole world. 18:02 For a witness unto all nations, and then the end shall come. 18:09 And then the end shall come. 18:12 I have to say, I've been speaking Spanish 18:14 and only Spanish for the last six, seven days 18:17 and so I'm here trying to get back 18:19 in the gear of speaking English. 18:21 And so Matthew 24:14, 18:22 tells us that the preaching of the gospel 18:24 has to be go all over the world for witness unto all nations. 18:27 You see similar language in Revelation 14, 18:32 and so when this job is done, the second coming 18:36 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ takes place. 18:39 So therefore, brothers and sisters, 18:41 we need to get the job done, 18:44 and I make a call right now from 3ABN to the whole world, 18:49 brother and sister, 18:50 get yourselves, put yourself in the hands of the Lord, 18:54 that he may use you to bring the gospel to those around you, 18:58 and to the whole world if necessary 19:00 and I might say to you, I say to you, 19:03 you don't have to get in front of a pulpit 19:05 to preach the gospel. 19:06 You can preach the gospel in different ways, 19:08 there are different things you can use. 19:10 Nowadays there are so many varieties of ways 19:13 of preaching the gospel. 19:15 In fact you can preach the gospel 19:17 without even leaving your home. 19:19 My wife for a period of time, she used to grab the phonebook, 19:23 this is not so easily done nowadays. 19:25 She used to grab the phonebook 19:27 and just pick a name out of the phonebook, 19:29 and my wife Idalia would say, 19:30 pray about it and would call the person and say, 19:34 you don't know me 19:35 and I just picked your name out of the phonebook, 19:37 but I'm calling just to ask you, 19:40 do you need prayer about something 19:42 or anything in particular. 19:44 And people were surprised 19:46 that someone would call them out of the blue 19:48 as you would say, 19:49 just to ask them if they need a prayer, 19:52 and many were very happy to hear that, 19:55 and Idalia prayed with them. 19:57 As a matter of fact there are messages 19:59 you can send to people. 20:00 Some people are using Facebook to preach the gospel, 20:02 Twitter and there are other systems 20:06 or other applications that they use. 20:08 I can't think of them all in this moment. 20:11 In other words, you can use the internet 20:12 to preach the gospel, 20:14 some people have open up a page on the internet, 20:17 so that people can go there and read the scriptures 20:20 or listen to messages or read messages, 20:23 and I say to you, 20:24 use whatever means is available to you 20:27 to bring the gospel to other people. 20:29 Some people pass our pamphlets, 20:31 some people pass our booklets, some people pass our books, 20:34 some people get on radio stations, 20:35 and today, it is easier than ever. 20:38 Before to get on radio was a big process, 20:40 you have to go to a radio station 20:43 and record there or do it live. 20:45 Nowadays in the comfort and privacy of your home, 20:49 you can record a radio program, 20:51 send that electronically 20:52 or take it to the radio station. 20:54 There are so many ways you can get the job done. 20:57 And I say to you pray for God's Holy Spirit 21:00 to use you to bring the gospel to others, 21:03 and another way to preach the gospel. 21:07 I'm not gonna mention every single one of them. 21:08 I don't know every single one of them, 21:10 and the Lord will bless you with ideas to get it done. 21:12 I know there are people in their homes, 21:14 you cannot walk, you cannot do much, 21:19 but if you can speak, you can record something, 21:23 if you can speak, you can call someone, 21:26 if you can speak, you can tell somebody 21:29 that would visit you or comes to your door, 21:31 tell them about Jesus Christ. 21:32 If you can write, you can write to someone 21:35 and bring the gospel to them. 21:37 So I say to you place yourself in the hands of the Lord, 21:41 and the Lord will use you in a wonderful way 21:44 to bring the gospel to other people. 21:46 As a matter of fact, 3ABN for a while in the lobby, 21:49 we had a little sign, 21:52 and it was a very colorfully done. 21:55 And the sign said this, "Preach the gospel 22:00 and if necessary use words." 22:04 Wow, what a profound message that is. 22:07 The reality is that you can preach the gospel 22:10 by the way you live your life. 22:14 So therefore, brothers and sisters, 22:16 put yourself in the hands of the Lord 22:18 and as it says in Matthew 5, 22:21 "Let your light therefore so shine before men, 22:25 that they may see your good works, 22:27 and glorify your Father which is in heaven." 22:31 So I say to you awake, 22:33 if you're sleeping spiritually awake 22:35 and say to the Lord, here I'm Lord, send me, 22:39 here I'm Lord, use me, 22:41 here I'm Lord at your disposal to use as it is your will 22:45 to bring the message of salvation to others. 22:48 And I say to you, if you look at yourself, 22:51 and you say well, 22:53 I don't really have capabilities of talking, 22:55 I don't know what to say. 22:57 The Lord will give you words to say. 23:00 Jesus said, "Go, I have all power." 23:02 The Lord will give you the words to say. 23:05 And as a good friend of mine used to say, 23:07 now passed away, Pastor Ray Cordell, 23:10 he used to say that your testimony 23:13 is the most powerful way you can preach the gospel. 23:17 You can tell people what God has done for you, 23:21 and no one knows that story like you do. 23:25 And God has done many things for you. 23:29 You can bring the gospel to others 23:31 in many different ways and is, if you're listening to me, 23:35 and it has been a long time that you do absolutely nothing, 23:39 this day, this week, 23:42 put yourself in the hands of the Lord, 23:44 and do everything that the Lord shows you to do 23:47 to bring the gospel to others. 23:49 And in this way you will contribute 23:52 to bringing the everlasting gospel 23:55 to the whole world, 23:56 and I say praise be to the Lord's name. 24:00 Now the fact that this angel is flying 24:03 in the midst of heaven, 24:04 this act of flying into midst of heaven, 24:07 shows not only that he has to be seen, 24:11 he has to be heard, and the flying is an aspect, 24:15 in Bible prophecy, it talks about speed. 24:19 It has to be done quickly. 24:20 It has to be something that is not done in a slow, 24:25 as you can preach the gospel. 24:27 No, preach the gospel to every nation, kindred, 24:30 tongue, and people, and I say to you 24:33 that we have to get the job done 24:35 and by the Lord's grace it shall be done. 24:37 Jesus said it will be preached, it's not a possible, 24:42 possibly preached... 24:43 The gospel might possibly be preached in all the world. 24:46 Perhaps it might be preached, 24:48 it says and this gospel shall we preach in all the world 24:51 for a witness unto all nations and then the end shall come. 24:55 So be a part of it, grab, order some pamphlets, 25:00 order some booklets, order some books, 25:02 you can even mail them from your home to other people. 25:05 You can send books electronically nowadays, 25:07 in PDF forms, in word or some other type of form, 25:11 so that people can read books. 25:13 There are endless opportunities 25:16 for those that place themselves in the hands of the Lord. 25:20 Now, take a look at the fact that this angel 25:24 is said that he is saying with a loud voice. 25:29 When you say something with the loud voice, 25:31 it is because you want to be heard, 25:34 you want people to hear what you have to say, 25:36 and this angel is said to be speaking in a loud voice, 25:42 that means it's a message that has to be heard. 25:44 It's a message that has to reach 25:46 the ears of the people. 25:48 It's a message that people have to understand 25:51 and under the power of the Holy Spirit 25:53 we can do it by God's grace. 25:56 We have been called upon by Jesus himself 25:58 to get it done, so I urge you to get 26:01 and get yourself in the hands of the Lord, 26:04 so that it can be done. 26:07 Amen. 26:08 And so as we look at Revelation 14:6, 26:13 it says that this angel has the everlasting gospel, 26:19 is the gospel that has from the very beginning 26:24 been a message that God has to bring to the world. 26:28 We're talking about from the beginning of time, 26:30 when sin entered into the world, the message. 26:32 The everlasting gospel has to be preached. 26:35 The everlasting gospel is the message 26:37 that God has a plan of salvation 26:41 and everyone is supposed to be preached to the uttermost 26:45 and everyone has the opportunity to be saved, 26:48 everyone has the possibility of being saved, 26:53 and everyone has to make a decision. 26:56 You think of the words of John 3:16, 26:59 "For God so loved the world 27:01 that He gave His only begotten Son, 27:04 that whosoever, includes anyone, 27:06 believeth in Him shall not perish, 27:09 but have an everlasting life. 27:11 If you pursue a life of sin, 27:16 you are going to perish, 27:19 but if you believe in Jesus Christ, 27:21 accept His salvation, you can have everlasting life 27:27 and this is part of the everlasting gospel. 27:29 Part of the everlasting gospel is not that you, 27:32 not only that you can be forgiven for your sins, 27:35 and I say to you if you have any sin, 27:38 whatever amount of sins they are, 27:39 however horrible they may be, 27:42 God can forgive everyone of them, 27:44 because the precious blood of Jesus Christ 27:48 makes that possible. 27:51 So come to Jesus just as you are, 27:53 place yourself in his hands and say, Lord, 27:57 I have done wicked things. 27:59 I have seen wicked things, I have shared wicked things, 28:04 I have spoken wicked things, when I come to you 28:08 and I ask you for your forgiveness, 28:11 and I claim the blood of Jesus Christ 28:14 and I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior. 28:17 I choose to separate myself from all the evil 28:20 that I have done, and I say to you forgive me 28:24 and accept me and the beautiful thing is, 28:28 the Bible portrays it in different ways. 28:31 It portrays as if the shepherd is looking for a lost sheep. 28:35 It portrays as if a son is coming back to his father 28:39 after going out in the world, 28:41 and spending everything on wicked living, 28:44 that the father runs to meet the son. 28:48 And God will receive you with open arms. 28:51 And Jesus said in John 6:37, 28:54 "He that cometh unto me, I will in no ways cast out." 28:58 This is the everlasting gospel. 29:00 And the everlasting gospel 29:02 is also that God is not gonna leave you as you are. 29:06 You are to place yourself in his hands, 29:08 turn your back on sin, and walk with Jesus. 29:11 If any man will come after me, Jesus said, 29:14 let him take up his cross daily and follow me. 29:17 In other words you're following Jesus. 29:19 And if you follow Jesus, you would do as he did. 29:22 Jesus said in John 14:15, 29:25 "If you love me, keep my commandments." 29:27 In other words you're gonna choose to walk 29:30 and follow what Jesus did, 29:33 he kept all of his father's commandments. 29:35 In other words 29:36 you're separating yourself from the world, 29:38 from the evil of the world and following Jesus. 29:41 And Jesus is not gonna leave you as you are, 29:43 he's gonna transform you into his lightness. 29:47 This is the part of the everlasting gospel. 29:49 It's not just that you'll be forgiven, 29:51 is that you'll be transformed, changed into a new person, 29:55 a new creation, and old things are passed away, 29:58 all things become new 30:00 and as you continue following Jesus, 30:02 he will continue to transform you 30:04 into his likeness. 30:06 It is the everlasting gospel. 30:10 So we see that in John 14, 30:13 we have the message that the angel speaks. 30:18 Matthew 24:14, 30:20 we said that this is a message that has to go to the world, 30:23 and this message is a message for every kindred, 30:28 tongue, and people for every language, 30:30 for every nation we cannot leave a nation out, 30:34 everyone has to be included. 30:36 Now let's look at what the angel said, 30:39 remember the angel has the everlasting gospel. 30:45 So the messengers of God 30:46 are to have the everlasting gospel, 30:48 it's a pure gospel, 30:50 the fact that is an angel talks to you 30:52 about the purity of the message that should be sent 30:56 or given to the people. 30:58 It is not a message of human origin, 31:02 it's a message of divine origin, 31:04 so you need to be come familiar with God's word, 31:07 so you can preach the pure message of the gospel. 31:11 So one of the things that is interesting to consider 31:15 as we look at the first angel's message is, 31:18 that he has the everlasting gospel, 31:20 so therefore what he says 31:23 is part of the everlasting gospel. 31:26 So what is it that the angel says? 31:28 For this we need to turn to Revelation 14. 31:32 We have talked a little bit about Revelation 14:6. 31:36 Let us move now into Revelation 14:7, 31:41 because as I mention what the angels says 31:44 is part of the everlasting gospel. 31:47 What is it that he says? Let's read verse 7 once again. 31:51 "Saying with a loud voice, fear God, 31:54 and give glory to him, 31:55 for the hour of his judgment is come and worship him 31:59 that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 32:01 and the fountains of waters." 32:04 So the first thing that we have the angel saying is fear God, 32:10 so we have to ask a question, what does it mean to fear God? 32:15 That means to have reverence for God. 32:19 That means to be in awe of God. 32:21 Let's look at a few scriptures that help us understand 32:24 what it means to fear God. 32:30 The first one that we're gonna look at 32:33 is 1 Timothy 6:15 and 16. 32:38 1 Timothy 6:15 and 16, 32:43 and here we have the following words. 32:46 "Which in his times he will show, 32:50 who is the blessed and only Potentate, 32:53 the King of kings, and Lord of lords, 32:56 Who only hath immortality, 33:00 dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, 33:05 whom no man hath seen, nor can see: 33:08 to whom be honor and power everlasting. 33:13 Amen." 33:16 So we have to understand that God is holy 33:20 and dwells in a light which no man can approach unto, 33:24 so we should fear God for these reasons, 33:26 stand in awe and reverence him. 33:29 We're gonna talk in a moment 33:31 about how light people use God's name. 33:34 Before we do that, let's go to Psalm 24. 33:38 Psalm 24 and we're going to look at verses 3, 4 and 5. 33:44 Psalm 24:3, 4 and 5. 33:49 I have it already in my notes. 33:52 So I will read it from on there. 33:55 Matthew 24: 3-5. 33:58 "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? 34:01 Or who shall stand in his place? 34:04 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, 34:08 who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 34:11 nor sworn deceitfully. 34:13 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 34:16 and righteousness from the God of his salvation." 34:21 You have to have what? 34:22 It says here clean hands, those are the things you do, 34:26 and a pure heart, the things you think about. 34:30 And so in other words, 34:32 you have to put these things behind you. 34:34 Speaking bad things, thinking bad things, 34:37 doing bad things, 34:38 before you stand in the presence of the Lord. 34:41 Worry it not for the wonderful forgiveness 34:44 and cleansing that Jesus Christ does in us 34:49 through his precious holy blood, 34:52 we could not stand in the presence of an Almighty, 34:55 Holy God. 34:57 So I say to you, we are completely dependent 35:00 and Jesus cleansing us from all sin 35:03 before we could even present ourselves before the Lord. 35:08 And as you consider this, 35:10 please understand that to even use his name in vain, 35:14 in common conversation is a horrendous sin. 35:19 People lightly use God's name and even profanity. 35:24 This is horrible and they should stop 35:27 right at the moment the person understands 35:30 that he is doing something wrong 35:32 and so, praise the Lord for 3ABN 35:36 that is helping people to understand this. 35:38 And God's people should help other people understand 35:41 that to takes God's name in vain is even a sin 35:45 because it is written in one of the commandment. 35:49 So as we consider what it is to fear God, 35:53 let us go to Exodus 24:16 and 17. 35:57 Exodus 24:16 and 17. 36:01 "And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mount Sinai, 36:06 and the cloud covered it six days: 36:09 and the seventh day he called unto Moses 36:11 out of the midst of the cloud. 36:14 And the sight of the glory of the Lord 36:17 was like a devouring fire on the top of the mount 36:21 in the eyes of the children of Israel." 36:25 Oh, if you continue reading, 36:27 you'll notice that the people of Israel, 36:29 shook the mountain 36:32 when God manifested himself on the mountain, 36:35 the mountain was shaking, the ground was shaking, 36:37 and there were lightnings and fire 36:39 and they feared God 36:42 because of his power and holiness. 36:46 So at this moment if you're hearing my voice 36:49 and you have as a common practice 36:51 just to say God's name and common talk, 36:53 common language or even use God's name in profanity, 36:57 I urge you to ask the Lord to help you put that 37:01 to a complete stop 37:03 and live your life in a different manner. 37:07 Notice again as John, 37:12 the apostle saw what he saw in Revelation 1:17. 37:17 Revelation 1:17, we have the following words. 37:21 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. 37:27 And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 37:31 fear not, for I am the first and the last." 37:36 This is none other than Jesus Christ. 37:39 You may remember the glory of an angel 37:42 when Jesus was in the tomb 37:44 and the angel was sent to resurrect him. 37:47 The men or the Roman soldiers that were there by the tomb, 37:51 when they saw the angel, they were horrified 37:55 and they fell as dead men, that's the glory of an angel. 37:59 Imagine the glory of God 38:02 when he fully reveals his glory. 38:06 So I say to you fear God, 38:08 and don't take his name in vain. 38:11 We should reverence God's name 38:14 and that means to hold in deep respect 38:17 and admiration. 38:19 The commandment that tells us that we need to be careful 38:24 using God's name is found in Exodus 20:7. 38:28 Exodus 20:7, let's look at that verse. 38:32 "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, 38:37 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless 38:40 that takes his name in vain." 38:42 So I urge you to examine your speech, 38:46 and see if you're using God's name in vain 38:49 and I urge you to put it rest, to stop. 38:54 So this is something that needs to be done 38:58 and I urge you to do it. 39:00 We should speak of God with solemnity and reverence 39:05 instead of just common language 39:07 or using God's name in profanity or even jokes. 39:12 We should fear God, and give glory Him. 39:15 Speaking of what it is to fear God, 39:18 I like to invite you now to the Book of Proverbs. 39:21 And the Book Proverbs also helps us to understand 39:24 what it means to fear God. 39:27 Proverbs 8:13, 39:30 it's like a definition of how what it is to fear God. 39:34 Proverbs 8:13, 39:36 "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: 39:42 pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, 39:46 and the froward mouth, do I hate." 39:48 So what is it to fear God? 39:50 It's to hate evil, and pride and arrogance. 39:57 Human being such as you and I, 39:58 this idea of hating evil 40:03 is not something that we can do of ourselves. 40:07 It is only when Jesus Christ dwells in your heart 40:11 that you can learn to hate evil. 40:13 He is the only one that can help you hate evil, 40:17 so as Jesus said take up your cross daily 40:21 and follow him. 40:23 So what do you mean by taking up your cross daily? 40:24 What in the world does that mean? 40:26 That means that you choose to take your cross, 40:32 that means, that you're gonna put to death self, 40:37 that means that you're putting to death your way of living, 40:41 your way of speaking, your way of acting 40:44 and you're gonna follow Jesus, 40:45 and by his grace do as he would do, 40:48 speak as he would speak, and think as he would think. 40:52 This can only be done by allowing Jesus 40:55 to come into your heart, 40:56 and this is why Jesus is pictured in Revelation 3:20, 40:59 "Behold I stand at the door and knock, 41:03 if any man hears my voice and opens the door, 41:06 I will come into him and support him 41:09 and he with me." 41:11 We read in Proverbs 8:13, 41:14 "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: 41:17 pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, 41:19 and the froward mouth, do I hate. 41:21 Psalms 34:11 helps us further to understand what it is, 41:26 the fear of the Lord. 41:28 Psalms 34:11, 41:33 and in Psalms 34, 41:35 coming all the way to the Book of Job. 41:36 Let's go to the Book of Psalm 34:11, 41:40 here are the words of the Lord, 41:41 "Come, ye children, He hearken unto me: 41:45 I will teach you the fear of the Lord." 41:49 So when we read in Proverbs 8:13, 41:53 that to fear the Lord is to hate evil, 41:55 and in Psalms 34, it tells us come, 41:57 I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 42:01 So to fear the Lord, 42:03 we must come to the Lord to learn how to fear the Lord. 42:07 In Job 28:28, 42:10 Job 28:28, we have the following words. 42:13 "And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, 42:18 that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding." 42:23 To depart from evil is understanding. 42:25 In Ecclesiastes 12: 13, 42:28 I would just read this from my notes. 42:29 Ecclesiastes 12:13, 42:32 "Let us hear the conclusion about the whole matter, 42:36 fear God, and keep his commandments, 42:40 for this is the whole duty of man." 42:44 So what is the whole duty of man? 42:46 Fear God and hate evil. 42:50 Be in all of God, reverence him, 42:54 and keep his commandments, this is our whole duty. 42:58 The Bible says, and so I encourage you 43:02 to place yourself 43:03 in right relationship with the Lord, 43:07 that you may fear God hate evil and depart from all evil. 43:13 And by God's grace as we read in Psalms 34, 43:17 if we place ourselves in the hands of Lord, 43:19 He will teach us how to hate evil. 43:23 Psalms 34:11. 43:25 So let's go back to Revelation 14:7 43:30 and pick up the next part of the verse, 43:32 Revelation 14:7, 43:34 the angel said with the loud voice fear God 43:37 and give glory to him. 43:40 Let us deal with that aspect of the verse, 43:42 give glory to him. 43:44 God's glory is his character. God's glory is his character. 43:50 I like to invite you to quickly join me in Exodus 33:18. 43:55 Exodus 33:18, God's glory is his character. 43:58 Notice the conversation that takes place 44:01 here in Exodus 33:18, 44:03 Moses speaking to the Lord says, 44:05 "And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory." 44:12 Moses said show me thy glory. 44:14 Notice how God responds to Moses. 44:17 Exodus 33:19, "And he said, 44:20 I will make all my goodness pass before thee, 44:24 and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee, 44:28 and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, 44:30 and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy." 44:34 So he said he was gonna proclaim his goodness, 44:37 those are attributes of his character. 44:40 Furthermore, he said, 44:42 that he will proclaim his name before him. 44:46 In Exodus 34:1, for in order for Moses 44:52 to see His glory, to see God's glory, 44:56 God was gonna proclaim 44:58 the attributes of his character. 45:00 Notice what he told Moses to do. 45:03 Exodus 34:1, "And the Lord said unto Moses, 45:06 Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: 45:09 and I will write upon these tables the words 45:12 that were in the first tables, which thou brakest." 45:15 In other words, Moses broke the Ten Commandments 45:18 that God had given him, 45:20 and now they have to be replaced, 45:23 and part of that process was for God 45:27 to show Moses his glory. 45:30 And notice what God did, 45:33 when he was showing Moses his glory. 45:38 Exodus 34:5, 6 and 7. 45:41 "And the Lord descended in the cloud, 45:44 and stood with him there, 45:45 and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 45:48 Attributes of his character. 45:50 And the Lord passed by before him, 45:52 and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, 45:55 merciful and gracious, attributes of his character, 45:58 longsuffering, 45:59 and abundant in goodness and truth, 46:03 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity 46:06 and transgression and sin, 46:09 and that will by no means clear the guilty, 46:12 visiting the iniquity of the fathers 46:14 upon the children, 46:15 and upon the children's children, 46:16 unto the third and to the fourth generation." 46:20 So notice what he did. 46:22 Give me two tables of stone, prepare two tables of stone, 46:25 and God proclaimed attributes of his character. 46:29 Why are we saying these things? 46:31 To give glory to God is also to characterize him. 46:37 And so the Ten Commandments are virtually, 46:40 literally a transcript of God's character. 46:45 The first four commandments, 46:49 you'll notice speak about our relationship with the Lord. 46:53 And as we speak about our relationship with the Lord, 46:57 the first four commandments 47:00 that talks about our relationship with the Lord, 47:01 reminds us of what Jesus say, 47:03 this is the first and great commandment. 47:04 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, 47:06 with all your mind, with all your soul, 47:08 with all your strength. 47:09 This is the first and great commandment. 47:12 The second part of the Ten Commandments. 47:15 The second part of the Ten Commandments 47:17 deal with our relationship with our fellow man. 47:20 Thou should not kill, thou should not steal, 47:23 honor your father and your mother, 47:24 I'm not saying them in sequence, 47:26 and etcetera, etcetera. 47:28 And so these Ten Commandments 47:31 are a transcript of God's character, 47:34 and if you live by them, you will be following God, 47:40 you will be glorifying God, you will be characterizing God 47:43 because this is the way God is. 47:47 So in other words, to fear God, 47:50 that means to characterize him, 47:54 and so and give glory to him means to characterize him, 47:58 God's glory is his character. 48:01 Yes, we look at, when we look at God 48:03 and we see the light that is, we're not even able to bear 48:09 and shall we think of that's his glory. 48:11 But that's yes, that's his glory, 48:13 but also his character is his glory. 48:17 In fact I like to read to you from a book 48:19 called Christ Object Lessons, page 415 and 416, 48:24 Christ Object Lessons has a message 48:26 and it's explained in better words than I could. 48:28 So I would like to summarize we need to say in these words. 48:33 The last message of mercy to be given to the world 48:38 is a revelation of his character of love. 48:42 That's through you and me. 48:44 The children of God are to manifest his glory 48:48 in their own life and character they are to reveal 48:52 what the grace of God has done for them. 48:56 Praise be to God. 48:58 So to give glory to God is to characterize him, 49:02 that's the highest form of giving glory to God. 49:07 Yes, you can give glory to God by praising his name 49:11 and saying thank you Lord, and you're great and marvelous, 49:15 you're my creator, your words express 49:19 also that you're giving glory to God. 49:23 In Romans 13, Romans 13:10, the Bible tells us, 49:29 "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour, 49:33 therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." 49:36 Matthew 22:38, 39 and 40, speaking of the commandments. 49:43 "This is the first and great commandment, 49:45 Jesus said. 49:46 And the second is like unto it, 49:51 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 49:53 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." 49:58 I should read Matthew 22:37, we already quoted it 50:02 which is to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, 50:05 and with all your soul, and with all your mind." 50:07 This is the first and great commandment. 50:09 The second is love your neighbour as yourself. 50:12 So my brothers and sisters, 50:13 those that are listening to give glory to God is, 50:17 not only with words, 50:18 but also to characterize him and remember it says, 50:22 in the Bible in Matthew 5:13, 14, 50:27 it says, let your light, therefore so shine before men, 50:30 that they may see your good words 50:32 and glorify your father which is in heaven. 50:37 As we continue we like to invite you 50:39 to turn to Hebrews 1, Hebrews 1. 50:43 Notice the words of Hebrews 1:1, 2 and 3. 50:49 "God, who at sundry times 50:51 and in divers manners spake in time 50:53 past unto the fathers by the prophets, 50:56 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, 51:00 whom he hath appointed heir of all things, 51:03 by whom also he made the worlds, 51:05 Who being the brightness of his glory, 51:08 and the express image of his person, 51:11 and upholding all things by the word of his power, 51:14 when he had by himself purged our sins, 51:16 sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." 51:21 These words found in verse 3, 51:25 express image is the Hebrew word, 51:28 I mean the Greek word Charakter, 51:32 which means character. 51:34 So Jesus was the, 51:36 express image was the character of God. 51:39 He manifested the character of God 51:41 as he was on earth. 51:43 And for you and I too, give glory to God 51:47 the best way is to characterize him 51:50 by following him and obeying his commandments. 51:55 Notice in Luke 17:17 and 18, we need to give glory to God 52:01 by praising His name for the wonderful things 52:03 he does for us. 52:05 Luke 17:17 and 18, "And Jesus answering said, 52:10 We're not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 52:15 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, 52:18 save this stranger." 52:21 As I've read these two verses you'll recognize 52:23 that 10 lepers came to Jesus and said, have mercy on us, 52:27 have mercy on us, and he says go show yourself to the priest 52:30 and as they obeyed his voice 52:32 and started walking to show themselves 52:35 to the priest they were cleansed, 52:37 they were made whole, Jesus healed them. 52:42 And only one of them return to give thanks to Jesus 52:48 and praise God's name. 52:50 So the words of Jesus in verse 18 52:53 are there not found, 52:55 only one is here to give glory to God, 52:59 so the words of expressions of gratitude to God, 53:04 we give glory to him. 53:07 Remember Matthew 5:16, is not 14, Matthew 5:16, 53:11 I said Matthew 5:14 previously, it's, 53:14 "Let your light so shine before men, 53:16 that they may see your good works, 53:18 and glorify your Father which is in heaven." 53:22 So I say to you is there another way 53:24 we can give glory to God, 53:26 one way in which we can give glory to God 53:29 is found in 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20, 53:33 we're gonna have to hurry 53:35 because our time is almost over. 53:37 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20. "What? 53:41 Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost 53:45 which is in you, which ye have of God, 53:48 and ye are not your own? 53:50 For ye are bought with a price: 53:52 therefore glorify God in your body, 53:56 and in your spirit, which are God's." 54:00 So verse 20 tells us 54:02 that we are to glorify God in your body. 54:05 How do you glorify God in your body? 54:11 This is helping us to understand 54:14 that we cannot just put in our mouth, 54:16 just anything that pleases us, anything that taste good. 54:22 We have to be temperate, we have to be cautious 54:27 about what we put in our mouth to eat, 54:30 because it can cause us, it cause damage to our health, 54:34 and it could cause us to do damage to the temple 54:38 that God has given us. 54:39 Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 54:43 And as our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, 54:46 we should not do anything that will harm our body, 54:50 excess of eating, even lack of eating. 54:53 And so we have to be very careful 54:56 with what we put in our body, 54:57 because we are to glorify God in our body. 55:01 So this is what we could call the health message. 55:05 A message that we should be careful 55:08 about what we eat and drink, 55:10 so that our body could be in optimum condition 55:13 to glorify God. 55:14 We are to glorify God in our body. 55:16 There are many benefits 55:18 to following the health principles 55:21 found in the Bible 55:22 that help us to understand the diet 55:25 that will be of best benefit, for you and for me. 55:30 So I would like to encourage you 55:32 to look at your habits of eating, and drinking 55:34 and if they're not in line with the Bible, 55:36 you can look at Leviticus 11, they're not in line, 55:40 you can look in Genesis in the beginning 55:41 and see the original diet, and follow that and you'll know 55:45 that you can glorify God in your body. 55:48 And so a lot of people, 55:51 the majority of what they eat is a lot of sweet, 55:53 a lot of grease, 55:55 things that are going to harm you. 55:58 And some people use things 55:59 they're not even supposed to enter into your system, 56:01 cigarette smoking, drugs, alcohol, 56:05 and all these type of things damage your body, 56:09 therefore I urge you to leave them 56:11 as soon as you hear this message 56:14 as God to give you power over them. 56:17 And so as we fear God and give glory to him, 56:20 we understand that we are to glorify him 56:24 with the things we say, the things we do, 56:27 and what things we think about. 56:29 And we glorify God in our body. 56:31 We have talked about the first angel's message, 56:33 this is part one. 56:34 We're going to go into part two, 56:36 because there are other things the angel said 56:38 which are part of the everlasting gospel 56:41 that we need to consider. 56:42 We have to consider that the message 56:46 that the first angel has is a message 56:49 that the whole world needs to understand 56:51 to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. 56:54 I encourage you and invite you to be here with us 56:57 for part two of the first angel's message. 56:59 We'll see you next time. |
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