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00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:11 My name is John Lomacang. 01:13 Thank you for taking the time to tune in on a program 01:16 that I believe you're going to be blessed by... 01:17 We're talking about the time of the end. 01:20 The time of the end. 01:22 What can we look forward 01:24 to seeing at the time of the end 01:25 that we could not see at any other time 01:28 in scriptural or human history? 01:30 So stay tuned. 01:31 You may need a Bible if you'd like to follow 01:33 along the scripture, 01:34 but all you need is just pay attention 01:36 and hit the record button if you'd like 01:38 because I know this is a program 01:40 you want to share. 01:41 Let me introduce you to my family. 01:44 You know, we say guest but hey, 01:45 we've been in the trenches before 01:47 and I would really appreciate these two brothers 01:49 whenever we get together. 01:51 When the program ends, 01:52 we will say, "Man, we need more time," 01:54 because the Lord really ignites our hearts. 01:56 To my immediate right is Pastor Ryan Day. 01:58 Good to have you here, Ryan. Hey, I am good... 01:59 I'm glad to be here 02:01 and it's a blessing to always be a part of the program. 02:02 The heart of an evangelist... 02:03 Always. Always. Ready to go. 02:05 Pastor John Dinzey, head of 3ABN Latino. 02:07 Good to have you here. 02:08 It's a blessing for me as well to be here 02:10 and we're praying for the Holy Spirit to use us 02:13 mightily for God's glory. 02:14 That's right. 02:15 We not only share the same name, 02:17 but the same passion, 02:18 rightly dividing the word of truth. 02:19 And as I mentioned, 02:21 to those who are viewing the program, 02:22 if you're listening also, 02:24 you may want to turn that radio up 02:25 or whatever device you're listening through, 02:26 we surely do appreciate it. 02:28 Now we're going to be talking about as I mentioned, 02:29 the time of the end. 02:31 But before we even open the Word of God, 02:32 we always like to begin with prayer. 02:34 Pastor Dinzey, would you pray for us? 02:35 Sure. Let's go to the Lord in prayer. 02:38 Our loving Heavenly Father, we are grateful to You, Lord, 02:41 because You love us 02:43 and You have a place reserved for us in heaven. 02:48 Thank You, Lord, that Jesus went to prepare a place for us. 02:52 We pray, Lord, that as we study together, 02:55 Your Holy Spirit will illuminate our minds, 02:59 lead our thoughts. 03:00 And we pray that You will teach us 03:02 great and mighty things that we do not know. 03:05 We call upon You to use us, bless us, 03:07 and give us an understanding 03:09 of the things that we are going to look into. 03:12 We pray, Lord, that as we share, 03:14 Your children will be drawn close to You, 03:17 and be led to a better understanding 03:19 of the Holy Scriptures, and be certainly impacted 03:24 in such a way that 03:26 their lives will be transformed. 03:27 We ask You, Father, 03:28 for these blessings in the holy and blessed name of Jesus. 03:32 Amen. Amen. 03:33 Amen. Thank you. 03:34 Thank you so much. 03:37 You know, when we go to the Book of Daniel 12... 03:39 Let's start with Daniel Chapter 12. 03:41 If you have your Bibles, you can go there with me. 03:43 Daniel 12, we're going to look at verse 4. 03:46 Now, when we talk about signs of the end, 03:49 we are familiar to a great degree 03:52 with what Jesus talked about in Matthew Chapter 24. 03:55 And we're going to peek there also, 03:56 but I want to highlight something that 03:58 the Prophet Daniel was told in Daniel 12:4. 04:01 Ryan, could you read that for us? 04:03 Absolutely. 04:04 Daniel 12:4, says, "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, 04:07 and seal the book until the time of the end, 04:10 many shall run to and fro, 04:12 and knowledge shall increase." 04:13 Okay, what does that mean? What does that mean? 04:15 Tell me, Ryan? 04:16 Well, obviously, this is coming toward the end of Daniel. 04:19 So Daniel's little book was the majority of it, 04:22 the vast majority of it. 04:25 It's for the time of the end, 04:26 which is obviously not for Daniel's time. 04:28 And so much of the prophecies of Daniel, 04:30 I suppose Daniel didn't really understand 04:32 because it wasn't for him. 04:33 It wasn't for his time. But I love what it says here. 04:36 It says, "Shut up the words, 04:37 seal the book until the time of the end." 04:39 And, of course, many of us believe that that little book, 04:41 of course, seen in Revelation Chapter 10 04:45 there is none other than the Book of Daniel 04:47 because we see that that little book is opened 04:49 and they begin to feast on it. 04:50 But it says, "Many shall run to and fro, 04:53 knowledge shall increase." 04:55 And probably more than any other time in history, 04:58 more than any other age 05:00 or any other generation before us. 05:03 We're living in a time where knowledge has exploded. 05:06 People are running to and fro frantically. 05:09 This world is populating, populating, populating, 05:12 the economy is exploding. 05:14 We're living in interesting times. 05:16 And probably no other verse 05:18 in all the Bible really explains 05:20 or can be applied to our time 05:22 than verse 4 here in Daniel Chapter 12. 05:24 Knowledge increasing, Pastor Dinzey? 05:25 Absolutely. 05:27 I would like to add also in addition to that, 05:29 there's also the blessing that God is going to bring, 05:32 the knowledge of Him to His children that 05:34 as they search the scriptures, 05:36 they're going to see more about God 05:39 and discover wonderful things 05:40 about the Lord in such a way that 05:42 they will be drawn to Him. 05:43 While the world is being carried away with distractions 05:48 and corruption, 05:49 God's people should be looking into the scriptures 05:52 because God is ready and willing to reveal 05:55 marvelous things about the time we're living in. 05:57 That's right. 05:59 I like that you said, not only about 06:00 the time of the end, 06:01 because right now we're living in a day and age 06:03 where you could learn pretty much anything you want, 06:05 even if you just picked up the computer 06:07 and just typed in a search word in Google or Yahoo. 06:10 And you know, we have the phrase nowadays that, 06:12 it's so reminiscent of the end times, Google it. 06:16 You know, I tell young people not to, 06:18 "Hey, don't Google your homework, 06:20 read the textbook." 06:21 So many people are looking for answers, 06:23 and they want them quick. 06:24 So knowledge is increasing rapidly in our day and age, 06:27 but also something else you mentioned, 06:29 Pastor Dinzey, not only knowledge 06:30 of the signs of the end, 06:32 but there's a knowledge of Jesus 06:33 that wasn't available in Daniel's day. 06:36 And that's what the Bible says, "Grow in grace, 06:37 and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior 06:39 Jesus Christ." 06:41 But speaking about the time at the end, 06:42 let's go to the Book of Habakkuk. 06:44 It's a book very easily found, Habakkuk. 06:48 One of those favorite books people go to, 06:51 right after the Book of Micah, 06:52 another very important book that people find easily. 06:55 Habakkuk Chapter 2, and, Pastor Dinzey, 06:57 I want you to read verse 3 06:59 because this is very interesting. 07:01 And the reason why we're going to look at this verse is 07:03 because a lot of people say, 07:07 "I want it and I want it now." 07:11 I want it and I want it now. 07:13 But look at how the Lord speaks 07:15 to His children concerning the importance of waiting. 07:19 Verse 3. 07:21 Habakkuk 2:3. 07:22 Actually, verse 2, include that too, verse 2. 07:25 Okay, I have it here on my... 07:28 on my tablet just verse 2, 07:31 but I'm going to find that really quick for you here. 07:34 And so we have Habakkuk 2:2, 3. 07:39 So this is what the Bible says, 07:40 "And the Lord answered me and said, 07:43 'Write the vision and make it plain upon tables, 07:47 that he may run that reads it. 07:50 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, 07:53 but at the end it shall speak, 07:56 and not lie, though it tarry, wait for it, 07:59 because it will surely come, it will not tarry.'" 08:02 Okay. 08:03 So the Lord is saying like He did to Daniel, 08:06 like He says too many of us 08:08 and you think about how long ago 08:09 He said that to Daniel 08:11 and He said to Daniel, even to the disciples He said, 08:14 "Many things I have to say to you now, 08:16 but you can't handle them, you can't bear them." 08:19 But then He said, then later on, He says, 08:21 "These things I have spoken to you that 08:23 when it comes to pass, you will believe." 08:25 So there are a lot of things 08:26 that did not happen in their day. 08:28 And so the Apostle Timothy, when you talked about, 08:31 "This know also, that in the last days," 08:34 even on the day of Pentecost, 08:35 when the Holy Spirit was poured out, Peter said, 08:37 "This is what the Prophet Joel spoke about, 08:40 and it shall come to pass in the last days. 08:42 So I want to point out something very interesting. 08:45 And what I want to establish now 08:47 notice what we're saying here, 08:48 what the Bible is in essence saying is, 08:50 wait for it. 08:52 That word wait means, what does it mean? 08:55 Wait. It means wait. 08:58 You look into the Hebrew and the Greek, it means wait. 09:00 Exactly. 09:02 Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, it means wait. 09:04 Waiting takes time. 09:05 And sometimes even today, 09:06 when we look at the environment that 09:08 the world is in, you know, this whole COVID-19, 09:10 and everybody's waiting, 09:11 when is the curtains going to be lifted? 09:13 When are we going to go back to work? 09:14 When is the job's going to open? 09:15 When are we going to get back to normal? 09:17 Wait! 09:19 And it's no surprise to God, 09:21 because a day with the Lord is as 1,000 years 09:24 and 1,000 years is as a day. 09:26 So the Lord is saying, "Hey, 09:27 I've got all the time in the world. 09:29 Just wait." But let's go now to... 09:32 I like to say something about it... 09:34 Sure. 09:35 Because, you know, we have here that 09:37 is for an appointed time. 09:39 That's the key. 09:40 And we believe we're living in the time of the end. 09:44 And so I believe that it's just the same 09:47 as when the shepherds were abiding in the fields, 09:50 keeping their flock by night. 09:51 What were they doing there? 09:52 Well, they were talking about God, 09:54 they were talking about the prophecies. 09:56 And this is why they were visited by the angel, 09:58 and then angels, 10:01 because their hearts were in tune with God. 10:05 The same thing applies for us. 10:10 So if we are reading the scriptures, 10:14 if we are looking into the things of God, 10:18 God is going to visit us with more information, 10:20 more knowledge that He longs to give to His children. 10:24 Right. 10:25 And I just want to say something real quick to that 10:26 particular verse in Habakkuk or Habakkuk, 10:29 Calvary when I say it. 10:32 There's a text coming to my mind, 10:33 and it's found in Matthew 24, 10:34 which is where all those signs of the time is listed, 10:37 but more specifically, Matthew 24:32-33. 10:42 Notice what the Bible says here. 10:44 Obviously, this is the parable of the fig tree. 10:47 And so I love how Jesus explains that 10:48 He's just given this long list 10:50 of all these different signs and events 10:52 that should take place over a period of time. 10:55 And He says this in verse 32, 10:56 "Now learn this parable from the fig tree." 11:00 He says, "When its branch has already become tender 11:03 and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 11:08 So you also," this is verse 33, 11:11 "So you also when you see all these things, 11:14 know that it is near at the door." 11:17 It is referring to, of course, I asked the question, 11:20 why the signs? 11:21 Why does God give us signs? 11:23 Why does He specifically draw 11:24 our attention to the signs of the times? 11:27 Why does He say, as we just read in Habakkuk 11:30 that these signs are for a future time, 11:32 but you're going to have to wait and tarry, 11:34 but then they're going to happen 11:36 at the appointed time? 11:37 They're all pointing toward this main event, 11:39 this great climactic event 11:41 in which Christ is going to return. 11:43 And so why the signs? 11:45 God is giving us signs to prepare us to help us 11:47 see just how near, as He puts it here, 11:50 know that it is near, His second coming, 11:52 even at the door. 11:54 That's right. That's right. 11:55 He's making it very clear that if you pay attention 11:57 and like you asked the question, 11:59 why the signs. 12:00 Well, if you drive on a highway, 12:03 we're glad we have signs. 12:05 You know, Chicago this way, 12:07 St. Louis that way, we know that from 12:10 Mount Vernon all the way down 12:12 all the exits to six miles apart, 12:14 you count that. 12:15 So those of us who live here in Southern Illinois, 12:17 the biggest little city in the world, 12:19 we know that signs are vitally important, 12:21 when we tell people about signs when you get off, 12:23 look for the sign. 12:25 Signs are significant. 12:26 The Lord says, when you see these signs, 12:28 you know that it's near even at the door. 12:30 And one of the things 12:31 we've been told continually is don't set dates. 12:35 We don't set dates because when you set dates, 12:37 it tends to unsettle people's faith. 12:39 Because the reality of it is 12:41 how can we set a date for something 12:42 when the Bible says, 12:43 "No man knows the day nor the hour"? 12:46 But the Lord is saying but you can tell by the signs 12:50 that we're getting closer and closer to that point. 12:52 Pastor Dinzey? 12:54 Yes, I want to say something in relation to the time 12:57 we're living in as far as us as human beings. 13:00 Because if you turn the clock, let's say 1,000 years, 13:04 they did not have the privilege we have now. 13:07 See today, we can look at the scriptures, 13:09 look at the prophecies, and see, "Wow! 13:12 That was fulfilled, that was fulfilled, 13:14 that was fulfilled, that was fulfilled." 13:16 And so we have the opportunity to see 13:18 that our faith can be increased or built up and say, 13:24 "What the Bible says is true! 13:26 Look at all these things that the Bible said 13:28 were going to happen and they did!" 13:30 So we should take confidence 13:32 in God's Word in these last days 13:33 to know that God already knows 13:36 what's going to happen in the future. 13:37 So that we can look into the scriptures 13:40 and take confidence in knowing that 13:43 God's children are going to be delivered. 13:46 That's right. 13:47 And we are told that when you see these things, 13:50 as I mentioned a moment ago, 13:51 He told His disciples, Jesus said, 13:54 when all these things come to pass, 13:55 you know, you can be encouraged, 13:57 you know, the end is near, as you pointed out 13:59 in Matthew 24:32-33. 14:01 But I want to point out 14:02 one of the first signs Jesus gave. 14:05 Look at Matthew 24. 14:07 Matthew Chapter 24, and I'll read verse 3 and 4. 14:11 Now the disciples, it says, 14:13 "Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, 14:16 the disciples came to Him privately saying, 14:20 'Tell us, when will these things be? 14:23 And what will be the sign," that's a very important point. 14:26 He didn't say the signs, 14:28 "What will be the sign of Your coming, 14:30 and of the end of the age?'" 14:31 Now, this is something that sometimes 14:33 we may have missed it. 14:34 But before He got to the signs, they said, 14:37 "What is the sign of you're coming 14:40 and of the end of the age?" 14:41 And what did He say in verse 4? 14:43 And he says here, 14:44 "Jesus answered and said to them," 14:45 and this is fascinating to me, He opens this discourse, 14:48 this famous Olivet Discourse with, 14:50 'Take heed that no one deceives you.'" 14:53 You know, I think of, this is probably 14:55 I would consider this even though 14:57 it technically wasn't a formal sermon, 15:00 this was a mini sermon. 15:02 In many may even be a wrong way to put it. 15:05 But 'cause there's so much to it, I mean, 15:07 you talk about Matthew 24 and 25, 15:10 but it's interesting that Jesus begins His ministry, 15:16 of His very first recorded sermon, 15:18 sermon on the Mount, 15:19 warning us of false prophets that would come to deceive. 15:23 And then in His very last sermon, discourse, 15:27 as we're seeing here, He begins the sermon with, 15:32 "Take heed that no man deceive you," 15:33 or "that no one deceives you." 15:35 And that's interesting to me because, you know, 15:37 as ministers, we were preparing our sermon, 15:39 we're preparing a message, 15:41 we usually like to have a nice introduction to kind of 15:43 set the foundation to open up in such a way that 15:46 we're going to kind of set the foundation 15:48 or the basis of what we're going to unpack 15:51 and unfold and talk about in our sermon. 15:54 Jesus, He doesn't mess around here. 15:57 He gets right to it. 15:59 And verse 4, "Take heed that no one deceives you." 16:02 And now every bit of these things, 16:04 most of these things that He's about to talk about 16:06 in this great Olivet Discourse 16:08 is set on the thesis statement that people are going to come 16:12 and deceive you. 16:13 Be prepared for that. Thank you, Ryan. 16:16 The first sign He mentioned 16:17 about the end time is deception. 16:19 Look out, deception is going to be rampant, 16:21 But I want to also put a stop gap in here 16:23 what I would refer to as a wall of protection, 16:27 because He said, 16:29 now and look at the two groups He was talking to. 16:31 First of all, He was talking to a large group. 16:33 But then when the large group left, 16:35 He told His disciples privately. 16:38 He said, so I'm going to tell you 16:39 something to protect you 16:41 because you know what they don't know. 16:44 That's why verse 24 is important. 16:46 Read that for us, Pastor Dinzey, verse 24. 16:48 Matthew 24:24. Very well. 16:50 And Matthew 24:24, 16:52 notice what Jesus said is vitally important. 16:54 "For false christs and false prophets will rise 16:59 and show great signs and wonders to deceive, 17:02 if possible, even the elect." 17:04 Okay, so ask the question, can the elect be deceived? 17:08 Well, the true elect, those who are in the Word, 17:12 those who are ultimately going to be sealed 17:14 in Christ in the end, 17:15 they're not going to be deceived 17:17 because they're in Christ. 17:18 But I have to also just kind of slide in here, 17:21 the fact that He says, even if possible, 17:24 if possible, even the elect. 17:26 It is not possible to deceive someone who is in Christ, 17:29 who is in the Word. 17:31 I want to make that very clear. 17:32 But the fact that Jesus opens this 17:34 and He's speaking privately with His disciples, 17:38 I mean, you're talking about guys 17:39 who aren't even fully converted yet. 17:41 We're speaking of Peter. 17:42 Peter hasn't had his conversion yet. 17:43 But nonetheless, 17:45 you're talking about a group of people 17:46 here that Christ is meeting privately 17:48 and the fact that He opens with, 17:49 "Take heed that no one deceives you," 17:50 I think that that's a message to people 17:53 who believe they're saved, believe that they know God, 17:57 believe that they have a relationship with God, 17:59 but yet have deceived themselves into believing that 18:01 they know God when they really don't. 18:03 So the answer to your question very frankly, 18:05 no, the true, true genuine 18:08 elect of God cannot be deceived. 18:09 But are there people that believe 18:11 they are of the elect that will be deceived? 18:13 Absolutely. 18:14 Because He brought that out in Matthew Chapter 21. 18:16 You want to add to that? 18:17 You know, when we see the scripture, 18:20 and we, considering what already, 18:23 Pastor Ryan has said, to deceive if possible, 18:26 the very elect, and that Jesus began this as, 18:28 "Take heed that no man deceive you." 18:31 You know, the people of Israel took great pride 18:35 and Abraham is our father. 18:37 And so we have to be careful thinking, 18:39 "Oh, we are Seventh-day Adventist, 18:41 we are the people of the Lord." 18:43 Whatever term you may want to use 18:46 to think you are somehow protected 18:49 just because of your beliefs or who... 18:54 "Oh, I'm a minister's son or I'm minister." 18:57 Take heed that no man deceive you 18:58 is a message for each and every one of us, 19:01 because you have already deceptions in these days. 19:07 You know, you think of when you look at a television, 19:10 you have some people that claim to be prophets, 19:13 using the Bible, some people that 19:15 claim to do miracles, 19:17 and they say they're doing miracles, 19:18 but they are actually not doing miracles, 19:20 they are doing deceptions. 19:22 This is happening today, people are being deceived. 19:24 But this scripture is talking about a time 19:29 that the Bible clearly says, 19:32 "They shall show great signs and wonders." 19:36 And so you and I need to be deeply rooted in God's Word 19:41 so that we are not deceived by great signs and wonders. 19:47 And one of the things that helps us 19:48 is a scripture that says, by their fruits, 19:51 you shall know them. 19:53 That's why we need to know the scriptures. 19:54 This, you know, I just want to add to that 19:55 really quickly back to what I was saying, 19:57 and you unpacked it that beautifully, 19:59 just there, brother. 20:01 Earlier when I was talking about those 20:02 that are genuinely of the elect, you know, 20:05 the true save, those who are truly in Christ, 20:07 and those who believe they are but are not. 20:09 We know that that's possible because for instance, 20:12 take 1 Timothy 4:1, for example. 20:14 It says, notice, this is 1 Timothy 4:1, it says, 20:18 "Now the Spirit expressively says that in latter times," 20:22 we're in the latter times, 20:23 "some will depart from the faith." 20:26 Notice, you cannot depart from the faith 20:27 unless you were once in the faith, right? 20:30 So this is talking about those who, 20:32 they've come into the fold, they've been the Judases right? 20:36 You know, I hate to put it that way, 20:38 but it's true. 20:39 They have walked with Jesus, they've talked with Jesus, 20:41 they might have even 20:43 had somewhat of a relationship with Jesus, 20:45 but yet, there's a little bit of that 20:46 Judas' spirit within them, that they reach a point 20:51 in the relationship with the Lord 20:52 or in their experience within their faith. 20:54 And they eventually as the scripture says, 20:56 you depart from the faith, 20:57 and why did they depart from the faith 20:59 or what draws them 21:01 or brings them to depart from this faith? 21:02 They're giving heed to deceiving spirits. 21:05 And notice this, Pastor, doctrines of demons. 21:09 This also reminds me of 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2, 21:13 which we're going to get into in just a few moments. 21:15 But I just want to reference verse 3 here. 21:17 This is 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 21:19 which is probably one of the great prophetic 21:21 chapters of Paul's writings. 21:23 And before he launches into describing in detail, 21:27 this great Antichrist leadership 21:29 figure of the last days, who's going to exalt himself 21:31 above all that is called God or his worship, as you know, 21:34 so that he sets us God in the temple 21:36 of God's showing himself that he is God. 21:37 Before he makes those statements, 21:39 notice what he says here in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. 21:43 And notice this is paralleled with what we just read 21:46 in 1 Timothy Chapter 4. 21:48 It says, notice, tell me if this sounds familiar 21:50 of what we just read a few minutes ago. 21:51 He says, "Let no one deceive you 21:53 by any means." 21:54 Okay. 21:56 Again, yes, again, "Let no one deceive you." 21:57 "Let no one deceive you by any means." 21:59 But notice he said, notice this is going along 22:00 with what we've been talking about. 22:02 He says, "For that Day," which day? 22:04 The coming of the Lord. The coming of the Lord. 22:05 "For that Day will not come unless," 22:08 and then notice what he says here, 22:09 "the falling away comes first." 22:12 And in the original Greek here, the word for falling away 22:15 in the original Greek, tell me if it sounds familiar, 22:17 it's the Greek word apostasia. 22:19 Okay, wow... 22:21 Apostasia which in the Greek means 22:24 a defection from truth, 22:26 and it also can mean to divorce. 22:28 That's right. 22:30 Can you divorce yourself from someone 22:33 whom you did not have a prior favorable marriage too. 22:36 Impossible. Impossible. 22:37 So the point that I'm making here in the fact 22:39 that I love how you brought out the fact that the elect, 22:42 the true genuine elect cannot be deceived, 22:44 but there are and this is what we're talking about. 22:46 One of the great signs of the times is that 22:48 there will be people in God's Church, brothers, 22:51 who believe that they know God, 22:54 believe they are a part of that elect, 22:56 but they have deceived themselves 22:57 because they have been led away by the doctrines of demons 23:00 to the point to where this Great Apostasy occurs. 23:03 There's a great falling away, 23:04 which sets up the lateral events 23:06 of Bible prophecy. 23:07 So what we're saying here, 23:09 if you hear us is, we have to give heed, 23:14 to not be deceived. 23:17 Truly, no genuine Christian will be deceived, 23:22 like you said. 23:23 Their eyes on the Lord. 23:25 That's why we need to seek first the kingdom of God 23:27 and His glory because if you are following 23:31 the Lord with all of your heart, 23:33 you will not be deceived. 23:35 You will know 23:36 the Lord through His Holy Spirit 23:38 that the Holy Spirit is to guide us into all truth. 23:42 We need to stay united, 23:44 have that vital connection with the Lord 23:46 so that we are not deceived. 23:48 If you depart from this, you have great danger. 23:52 Question, was Eve deceived? 23:55 Yes. Why? 23:56 Because she departed from... 23:58 She desired something that the Lord 24:01 did not want her to have. 24:02 So if your eyes single to the glory of the Lord 24:05 and to follow the Lord, you will not be deceived. 24:07 And here's what actually happened, 24:09 one of the reasons that that deceptive door was open 24:11 is because she added to the statement that 24:15 God made what He never said. 24:18 That's why when Jesus faced the same temptation, 24:21 the devil came to Him on the same three levels, 24:23 you know, there are only three types of temptations, 24:24 three categories, 24:26 everything else is a subcategory. 24:28 When the devil came to Christ and said, 24:30 "I'll give you all this, 24:31 if you fall down and worship me." 24:33 Jesus did what we must do. 24:35 It is written. It is written. 24:37 It is written. 24:39 See the Word of God is sharper than any two edged sword. 24:41 Why? 24:43 Because it can cut away error, coming from any direction. 24:46 And so when you're standing on God's Word, 24:48 you won't fear being deceived, 24:50 because David said, "Thy word have I hid in 24:52 mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." 24:55 After his conversion, 24:56 he made it very clear this is what I didn't do in the past. 24:59 This is what I need do. 25:00 I need to have God's Word in me. 25:02 And the Word of God dwells in us richly 25:04 and it enriches those who stand on it. 25:07 And that's why you see in the beginning was the Word. 25:09 Jesus was the Word 25:11 who succeeded above the temptations of the enemy 25:13 by the Word. 25:14 And when He comes back 25:16 on his thighs is going to be written the Word of God. 25:17 So the Word of God is a powerful, 25:19 powerful tool to prevent deception 25:22 from coming in, 25:23 because we haven't seen anything yet. 25:26 And I want to add something here for those of you 25:28 who are members of the fellowship 25:30 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 25:32 We have to even be careful 25:34 when people come saying, setting dates, 25:38 because we've had people 25:39 that throughout the years have set dates. 25:41 We know when the probation is going to close, 25:43 we know when the seven trumpets is going to blow, 25:46 we know when Jesus is going to come, 25:48 we know how much time we have left before, 25:50 you know, the Sunday law is passed. 25:52 When somebody says they know, then you have to steer clear 25:56 that because the Bible says no one knows that. 25:58 We can tell these events are coming, 26:00 but no one knows any specific times and dates 26:03 that the Lord says, 26:04 "But of the times and the seasons, 26:06 brethren, you have no need that I should write to you." 26:09 And then when the disciples asked on the day of Pentecost, 26:12 "Will you at this time restore the kingdom?" 26:15 The Lord said, "It's not given to you 26:16 to know the time and the seasons." 26:18 So we don't have to lock down and start saying, "Well, 26:21 you know, we have four more months left. 26:22 So we better get righteous." 26:25 Or just saying, live each day, as one writer said, 26:27 "Live each day as if it is your last 26:30 because one day you'll be right," okay? 26:32 But let's go to it a second. 26:34 So these ideologies, 26:36 and I want to just accelerate here, Ryan, 26:38 because whilst we see things 26:40 happening in the religious world today 26:43 that didn't happen at any other time. 26:45 There's an atmosphere existing today that was developing. 26:48 I'll give you the foundation here. 26:50 In the days of Daniel, 26:51 Daniel talked about four great kingdoms. 26:53 The last one he mentioned was Rome. 26:56 John's day, John talked about seven churches. 26:59 The last one was Laodicea. 27:01 Bulletin, we're living in the time of Laodicea. 27:03 We're living in the time 27:04 of that fourth beast of Daniel Chapter 7. 27:07 We're living in the toes of the image 27:08 of Daniel Chapter 2. 27:09 We're right down near the end. 27:11 And this was not the case. 27:12 This was not the case, 27:14 when Daniel was given his vision. 27:16 So we're right down near the end. 27:17 What are some of the things we see happening 27:19 on the religious spectrum that indicates 27:21 how close we are to the time of the end, 27:23 or how close we are to things winding up here? 27:26 Okay, absolutely. 27:29 So, well, I don't want to hog all the time. 27:31 But I can get excited talking about these things. 27:34 You know, what we're seeing, 27:36 unlike any other time before us, 27:38 is a mixing and amalgamating of truth and error 27:43 within God's so called "church," okay? 27:46 And I want to say that loosely 27:47 because we know that God's true people, 27:49 His true church stands on truth and not error at all. 27:53 But yet, I think what we're seeing more than 27:55 any other time before us is we're seeing that 27:58 the devil has taken and before he attacked Christ, 28:01 and yes, he has always attacked to a certain extent the church. 28:05 But now he has changed his attack method in 28:08 which he directly persecuted the church in the Dark Ages. 28:11 Now he's decided, 28:13 "Well, persecution is not really going to work, 28:15 because the more I persecute, the more Christianity grows." 28:18 We've seen that. 28:19 So now he says, "Okay, I'm going to change my method. 28:21 I'm going to instead of attacking the church 28:23 in the form of persecution, 28:25 I'm going to attack the church by infiltrating it." 28:28 A diversion. A diversion. 28:31 Slithering myself inside and setting up camp, 28:37 planting tares, and causing confusion 28:40 within what people consider to be Christianity, 28:44 or the Church of Christ, or the followers of Jesus. 28:48 And so what we find today is we have people 28:51 who are called Christians, 28:54 they call themselves Christians, 28:55 but yet they're not followers of Christ. 28:57 They're more of a fan than they are a follower. 28:59 And so there is a vast confusion 29:02 out there today, 29:03 where we're living in a world today 29:05 where there's a... 29:06 I thought I saw an article recently 29:08 where there were more than 41,000 Christian denominations, 29:11 who all believe that 29:13 their church is the true church. 29:15 And when you have a new Christian 29:16 or anyone who's just seeking truth, 29:18 and they see all of these vast majority 29:20 of denominations out there, and they're trying to decide, 29:23 "Lord, where's Your church?" 29:25 And people, a lot of people are not trained to know that 29:27 you first go to the Bible and find the truth. 29:30 And then once you find the truth in the Bible, 29:32 that list becomes very, very small 29:34 as to which church is God's true remnant church. 29:38 But yet, it's right the opposite. 29:39 The devil is deceiving people into believing, 29:41 go look for the truth in churches, 29:43 and then whatever makes you feel good, 29:45 whichever one, you know, 29:47 makes you feel just right, you know, 29:48 that's what you believe, 29:49 instead of looking at the ingredients, 29:51 instead of looking at what the Bible actually says, 29:54 and comparing what truth 29:56 is to what error is being taught. 29:57 There's now a confusion, there's an amalgamation 30:00 of truth and error, and there's no longer. 30:02 Pastor, in my opinion, what we're seeing today, 30:04 more than any other time before us is it seems like 30:06 people's spiritual radar to be able to decipher 30:10 what is truth and what is error, 30:11 it's not functioning right. Not functioning. 30:13 It's not functioning right. But I'm going to add to that. 30:14 Pastor Dinzey, I'm going to give you a chance 30:16 to chime in here 30:17 as you're looking for a scripture. 30:19 But what we're seeing today is Christianity 30:20 has developed into in a large degree, 30:23 something that I look for the brand 30:25 that fits my lifestyle. 30:27 And you mentioned the word truth nowadays. 30:29 Truth has become I don't know how, 30:32 but in Christian circles, 30:34 truth has become a bio word, a bad word. 30:36 You know, we say, well, 30:38 what's the truth about that matter. 30:39 And it's almost like when Jesus was being 30:42 tried in the Pilate's judgment hall, 30:45 what is truth? 30:46 You know, what is truth? God's Word is truth. 30:48 "Sanctify them by thy truth, thy word is truth," John 17:17. 30:53 But here's another reason 30:54 for the deception being so great, 30:56 is so many denominational leaders have been told that 30:58 Revelation cannot be understood. 31:01 And Revelation is like the last part of the movie. 31:03 If you look at a movie, so you watch this whole, 31:06 you know, 65 chapters of a movie, 31:10 and you get to chapter 66, 31:12 and you turn the TV off and say, 31:13 "Well, let's all guess how it ends." 31:14 What the Lord doesn't, He says in 1 Thessalonians 5, 31:18 "Brethren, you are not in darkness, 31:20 so that this day should overtake you as a thief." 31:23 So what I'm suggesting strongly is, 31:25 as Ryan was saying, don't allow your Christianity 31:28 to be branded based on feeling emotion, 31:31 great programs, community outreach, 31:34 because all those things, 31:36 the Lord said in Matthew 21, 31:37 will be active in the among the Christian population. 31:41 But then He'll say, "I never knew you." 31:42 Right. 31:44 And you brought up the fact that truth, you know, 31:46 and I have to say this as well, truth in today's time versus 31:49 what it was during the days of the apostles, 31:52 Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." 31:55 As you just brought out, Jesus Himself prayed and said, 31:57 "Truth, you know, is the Word, the Word of God is truth." 32:00 But in today's time, 32:01 we live in a very philosophical, 32:04 opinionated era, which truth means 32:06 it's what we want it to be, right? 32:08 Truth is what I want it to be. 32:09 And truth is really what this is all about. 32:11 I'm thinking of 2 Thessalonians 2:10. 32:14 We just read from 2 Thessalonians 2 earlier 32:16 where Paul said, you know, he says, 32:18 "Let no one deceive you by any means, 32:20 for that Day will not come unless the falling away 32:21 comes first." 32:23 Notice what he says in verse 10, 32:25 of that same chapter. 32:27 This is 2 Thessalonians 2, he says, 32:28 "And with all unrighteous deception 32:30 among those who perish..." 32:32 And here's the key. 32:33 "Because they did not receive the love of the truth, 32:38 that they might be saved," okay? 32:41 Now, this is interesting, 32:43 because I have people ask me all the time, 32:45 "Why can't people see the truth? 32:48 Why is it that there's so many different denominations? 32:50 Why is it that so many people have different opinions?" 32:52 At the end of the day, 32:53 it comes down to this right here. 32:55 There's two groups in the last days, 32:56 Brother Dinzey. 32:57 There's those that love truth and those that don't. 33:01 And there can be people in the church that believe that 33:05 they love truth but in reality their hearts 33:08 do not love truth. 33:10 I'm going to 2 Timothy Chapter 3. 33:13 Okay. 33:14 And I mean, you look at Timothy and it's almost like, 33:19 it's like reading a newspaper today in this time. 33:22 Very much so. 33:24 We're beginning in verse 1, 33:25 but 2 Timothy 3:1, "But know this, 33:28 that in the last days," 33:30 that's what we're talking about, 33:32 "perilous times will come. 33:34 For men will be lovers of themselves, 33:36 lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 33:40 disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy." 33:44 And so you ask yourself, 33:45 is this talking about the people outside the church 33:48 or people inside the church? 33:51 This is happening inside the church as well. 33:53 They are, "Unloving, unforgiving, slanders, 33:55 without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 33:57 traitors, headstrong, 33:59 haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 34:02 having a form of godliness, but denying its power." 34:06 And it says here, "And from such turn away!" 34:09 And so this is happening within the church. 34:12 I mean, you think about, 34:13 if you want to mention some things 34:15 that are happening in the church 34:16 that is a departure from the word 34:20 or the things delivered to the saints, this thing, 34:24 the prosperity gospel. 34:26 What do you mean prosperity gospel? 34:30 Look at Jesus. Was He close to the Lord? 34:34 Yes! Did He have luxurious? 34:36 No. He lived a humble life. 34:39 All the disciples, what about Peter? 34:41 Oh, He was close to the Lord. 34:43 But he said, "Silver and gold have I none, 34:46 but such as I have given thee." 34:48 It doesn't mean that God doesn't bless His children 34:50 because you have faithful children of God, 34:53 Job, Abraham, faithful to the Lord, 34:56 but there I will single to the glory of the Lord. 34:59 So their object is seek the Lord, 35:03 while He may be found, 35:05 seek first the kingdom of heaven 35:06 and His righteousness. 35:07 So you have this idea of prosperity gospel 35:09 that if you're a Christian, 35:11 and you're really being faithful to the Lord, 35:13 you're supposed to have a couple of cars, 35:15 a swimming pool if you want to. 35:18 This is a departure 35:20 from the faith once delivered to the saints. 35:23 So this is a great error. 35:24 I like to mention 35:26 this one thing here really quick if I may. 35:27 Sure. Go for it. 35:29 In 2 Timothy 3:12, "Yes, 35:31 and all who desire to live godly in Christ 35:34 will suffer persecution." 35:37 Today's way of looking things, 35:41 or if you're suffering persecution, 35:42 you must be really a great sinner. 35:45 But something's wrong. Something is wrong. 35:47 There is a departure from, what does saith the Lord. 35:50 Right. Right. 35:51 And so many Christians today 35:53 that's the other part of the gospel. 35:54 I'm so glad you brought that up. 35:55 Because, you know, a lot of people like 35:57 Hebrews Chapter 11, the first part. 35:59 But the second part where it talked about many 36:01 who saw on Sunday were destitute in prison. 36:04 You know, they were going through persecution 36:06 to the highest degree 36:07 that is almost the invisible gospel. 36:09 And there's this gospel nowadays 36:11 and we see it, it's replete, 36:13 it's all over the internet, it's on, you know, 36:15 people are modeling it, your ship is coming in. 36:18 This weekend, God's going to bring your ship 36:20 and your wings are going to spread. 36:21 God's going to bring that investment to fruition. 36:24 When you look at those 36:26 who gave their lives to the gospel, 36:28 many of them didn't have a ship coming in. 36:31 Many of them didn't have their wings spread. 36:33 And that pot of gold was not at the end 36:35 of that proverbial rainbow. 36:36 They went out living. 36:37 They said, as Abraham said, "I'm looking for a city 36:40 which had foundations 36:42 whose builder and maker is God." 36:44 And there's another aspect. 36:45 I'd love to cover this maybe at a later program 36:47 because we have so much to talk about. 36:49 This is actually a program laying foundation 36:51 about the last days because the topics are numerous 36:54 that we can talk about, 36:55 and maybe at a later time we'll add some other topics 36:57 to break out of the foundation. 36:59 But what we're seeing nowadays is people are being focused on 37:02 the material side of Christianity, 37:05 rather than the righteous side of Christianity. 37:07 And what you talked about, 37:09 Ryan, a moment ago is people are comfortable. 37:11 But keep in mind, even the church that 37:12 Jesus purchased with His own blood, He said, 37:15 "They're going to be wheat and they're going to be tares. 37:17 They're going to be growing together." 37:19 So it's vitally important imperative that 37:22 we don't become comfortable and say, "I understand. 37:25 I want your name, 37:26 but I have my own way of living. 37:29 I have my own way of thinking, I have my own doctrines." 37:32 Isaiah 4:1, look what it says, "And in that day, 37:37 seven women shall take hold of one man," 37:41 and the context of this was the husbands were out to war. 37:44 Many of them are dying in war. 37:45 So the marriable men were losing, you know, ground. 37:50 But the context that the Lord use here says, 37:53 "We will,'" this is what they're going to say, 37:55 "We will eat our own bread 37:57 or food and wear our own apparel 37:58 or our own teachings. 38:00 Only let us be called by your name, 38:03 to take away our reproach." 38:04 So not everything that's named Christian 38:06 is Christian, right? 38:08 Just go to the internet. Just go to YouTube. 38:11 Just go to, yeah, iTunes, Christian rap, Christian rock, 38:16 Christian hip hop, Christian jazz, really? 38:20 And somehow there has been this amalgamation 38:22 between the holy and unholy, 38:24 the clean and the unclean, and the devil has slithered in 38:29 and found a way to corrupt 38:30 that which has been uncorrupted from its origin. 38:32 Right. 38:34 You know, I want to go back to what you just said earlier, 38:36 you read from 2 Timothy Chapter 3. 38:38 But the verse that always 38:40 catches my attention here is verse 5. 38:41 So we just list 38:43 all those horrible character defects, 38:45 you know, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 38:46 disobedient to parents, and so forth. 38:48 But notice verse 5, again, "Having a form of godliness, 38:51 but denying its power." 38:56 This is somewhat of a prophecy 38:58 here because Paul is simply saying, in fact, 39:02 we know this because he says in opening verse 39:03 but know this that 39:05 in the last days perilous times will come. 39:07 So he's speaking prophetically here, 39:09 of the character of certain people, 39:11 even as Brother Dinzey brought up very clearly 39:14 in the church having a form of godliness. 39:17 How many people have you met that 39:19 have a form of godliness, 39:20 but they don't seem to have that 39:22 anointing power of God within them? 39:24 And I just want to highlight that for a moment 39:26 because I think of the sanctuary service. 39:31 There's a connection here I'm going to make real quick. 39:35 We should have a courtyard experience. 39:37 That's where the experience 39:39 of salvation experience really begins at the gate, 39:41 but we should have a courtyard experience 39:43 but then we should advance at the proper time 39:46 into the holy place. 39:48 Now there's only one light source 39:49 in the holy place. 39:52 Seven branch candlestick. 39:54 That light has to burn continually. 39:56 In fact, in the word, in the original Hebrew, 39:59 it's the word tamid, which is actually 40:01 where in Daniel where he talks about the daily, 40:04 it's continual, it's perpetual, it's never ending. 40:07 This light had to burn always. 40:10 But how could it only burn always? 40:14 As long as the priests made sure that 40:16 there was always oil filled in those little vets that 40:20 hold that oil so that the fire could burn. 40:22 Now we know in the Bible, oil is a representation of... 40:25 The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit. 40:26 Let's go back and read that scripture again. 40:28 "Having a form of godliness but denying its power." 40:32 Acts 1:8, when you receive the Holy Spirit, 40:36 you shall receive power to be a witness. 40:39 My friends, what I'm saying here as I go back 40:41 also to Matthew 25, the 10 virgins. 40:43 What separated the five wised from the five foolish? 40:46 They both had their lamps. 40:48 They both had a form of godliness. 40:50 They both trusted and believed that 40:52 Jesus was coming back but what separated the wise 40:54 from the foolish is that the foolish 40:56 did not have the power of God in their life. 40:58 They did not have the oil of the Holy Spirit. 41:01 Now there's one more text I want to read before we go on 41:03 'cause I know there's so much to say. 41:05 But I'm thinking of 2 Timothy Chapter 4. 41:08 So one chapter over, 2 Timothy Chapter 4. 41:11 And, brother, you mentioned something 41:12 that also struck my attention here. 41:14 You talked about these different false prophets 41:17 or these preachers that teach this gospel. 41:20 What did you say the... Prosperity. 41:23 Prosperity gospel, that's what I was looking for. 41:25 Notice 2 Timothy Chapter 4, I want to start with verse 2. 41:28 Verse 2-4. It says, "Preach the word! 41:32 Be ready in season and out of season, 41:35 reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering," 41:37 and the King James Version says, "doctrine." 41:39 Doctrine. 41:41 New King James Version says, teaching, here. 41:42 But notice verse 3 and 4, "For the time will come 41:45 when they will not endure sound doctrine, 41:48 but according to their own desires," 41:50 notice this, there it is, again, 41:52 "Their own desires because they have itching ears, 41:54 they will heap up for themselves teachers, 41:56 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, 42:00 and be turned aside to fables." 42:03 I heard the minister once say, and I don't know, 42:07 there have to be some truth to it. 42:08 But I'm just going to say it 42:10 'cause it does sound profound to me. 42:11 But it's very simple. 42:12 He said, "The reason why so many people are deceived 42:15 by these false prophets," 42:18 and I have a list of them right here in my notes. 42:20 I'm not going to mention any names, 42:21 but we know what we're talking about here. 42:22 We're talking about 42:24 these prosperity teachers and preachers, 42:26 we're talking about these brothers and sisters 42:27 that preach smooth sermons and things like that, 42:30 because they want to tickle the ears of the people. 42:33 And the question is, why would people 42:35 want to sit under that? 42:37 Why are people being deceived by this? 42:39 And this minister said 42:40 something really struck my attention. 42:42 And I don't know if this is the absolute truth, 42:45 but it would not surprise me to a certain extent 42:47 once you really study God's Word, 42:48 and that is the fact that 42:49 these people can very much be a judgment upon 42:52 these people because, now here's the thing, 42:54 because they want what he wants. 42:57 Birds of a feather flock together. 42:59 If you got a brother up there preaching that saying, 43:01 "Look, you know, God wants you to be rich. 43:04 He wants you to be a millionaire. 43:05 He wants you to own a Ferrari. 43:07 And if you don't own a Ferrari, well, then you're not blessed." 43:09 There's got to be thousands of people in that crowd 43:11 because he wants a Ferrari, they want a Ferrari. 43:14 They want what he wants. 43:15 And when the preachers and the teachers 43:17 are tickling the ears and feeding the heart, 43:19 what the heart wants, 43:20 what does the Bible say about the heart? 43:22 You can't trust it. 43:23 It's deceitful above all things. 43:24 And so when we put all of these texts together, 43:26 it says one thing to me, 43:28 the only thing we can trust, Proverbs 3:5-6, 43:32 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, 43:35 lean not on your own understanding." 43:39 And trust, trust in Him because "In all thy ways, 43:41 He will direct your path." 43:43 Put your face in His book, not Facebook, 43:46 but your face in His book, and God will take care of it. 43:50 "And thy word is a lamp to my feet, 43:52 and light to my path." 43:54 It'll guide you. 43:55 Not only trusting the Lord with your heart, 43:57 but let His word be a lamp 43:58 and a light and it will guide your path. 44:00 Pastor Dinzey, and have two scriptures 44:01 I want to bring in. 44:02 Because now that we've laid the foundation, 44:04 we need to know what the answer is. 44:05 What do we do in light 44:07 of what's happening in the last days? 44:08 Yes, I want to, again, highlight this 2 Timothy 4:4. 44:13 And it says, and it talks about in verse 3 about having... 44:17 A form of godliness. A form of godliness. 44:20 Well, now let me read verse 3 again. 44:22 "For the time will come 44:23 when they will not endure sound doctrine, 44:25 but according to their own desires," 44:28 this is what you were talking about, 44:30 "because they have itching ears, 44:33 they will heap up for themselves teachers, 44:35 and they will turn their hearts away 44:37 from the truth and be turned aside to fables." 44:41 So that is going on now. 44:44 People want to hear good things, 44:46 move things, feel good things. 44:48 "I don't want to come to church and hear that. 44:50 Oh, I have to turn away from my wicked ways. 44:53 I don't want to come to church and hear that. 44:55 Oh, no, the time of the end is here 44:57 and Jesus Christ is coming soon." 45:00 The unfortunate thing that is happening is that 45:03 though instead of us preaching the gospel 45:06 so that the world can come into the church, 45:08 I'm talking about sinners that repent and come to the church, 45:13 the worldliness has come into the church 45:17 so that people are more like the world 45:19 than the Christian, than Christ. 45:23 Unfortunately, in the church, 45:25 we have this worldliness that has come in, 45:28 and people have turned away from sound doctrine. 45:31 They don't want to hear. What's the Ten Commandments? 45:33 You mean I can't commit adultery? 45:35 You mean I can't steal? You mean I can't... 45:37 And we live in a time that... Is popularized. 45:40 People can sit in their house, go on a computer, 45:43 and steal from bank, steal from people. 45:46 We're living in the last days. They steal people's identity. 45:50 What kind of time do we live in? 45:52 This is a perilous time unlike any other. 45:54 And so, for that reason, 45:56 I want to give our audience to answers to this time. 45:59 Let's first look Acts 26:18. 46:02 This is what the Lord encouraged 46:04 His disciples He will do. 46:05 And He reiterated their mission. 46:07 Because in their day, 46:09 this darkness that existed was beginning to take off. 46:12 Notice what the Lord said to His apostles, 46:15 because He said, I have a mission for you. 46:17 And He's talking to Saul now. 46:19 And He said, "This is what I want. 46:20 I know you persecuted the church. 46:21 But now I'm going to give you a different mission." 46:23 Verse 18, He says, I'll start with Verse 17, 46:26 "I will deliver you from the Jewish people, 46:30 as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you." 46:34 Why is He sending him? 46:36 "To open their eyes, in order to turn them 46:40 from darkness to light, 46:43 and from the power of Satan to God, 46:46 that they may receive forgiveness of sins 46:50 and an inheritance among those 46:52 who are sanctified by faith in Me." 46:54 He said the mission of the worker of God... 46:57 Ryan, go to Isaiah Chapter 60. 47:00 Pastor Dinzey, go to Revelation Chapter 14. 47:05 And I want you to look at verse 6 and 7. 47:07 What God is saying to His people? 47:08 Matter of fact, Revelation 18, sorry. 47:11 It's what I want you to go to. 47:12 Isaiah 60, this is what the Lord 47:14 wants those who know. 47:15 And here's the key for those who have received 47:18 the knowledge of God's Word, 47:20 it is an imperative responsibility. 47:22 So we don't have the option 47:24 and because we're watchmen on the wall. 47:26 We don't say, "Well, 47:27 I'm a watchman, but I'm off today." 47:29 No, the ministers, the watchman is never off. 47:32 He has to continue to see the sword coming. 47:34 If he sees a sword coming blow the trumpet, 47:36 the people are warned, and they get ready, 47:37 but if he doesn't... 47:39 So Isaiah 60: 1-2, I want you to see. 47:41 This is what in a time of darkness 47:43 the people of God are called to do. 47:45 Amen. Isaiah 60:1-2. Okay. 47:47 It says, "Arise, shine, for your light has come! 47:51 And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 47:53 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, 47:56 and deep darkness the people. 47:59 But the Lord will arise over you, 48:02 and His glory will be seen upon you. 48:04 And verse 3, just add that. 48:06 "The Gentile shall come to your light, 48:08 and kings to the brightness of your rising." 48:11 Notice what's being said, in a dark time, he's saying, 48:14 you lift up that light, you lift up the light, 48:17 you lift up the light so that those who are in darkness 48:20 will be turned from darkness to light. 48:22 They will come, He says, the Gentiles will come. 48:25 So we're saying in this day and age 48:26 where deception is rampant, 48:28 where prosperity gospel has diluted so many people 48:30 and left them high and dry, the Lord is saying 48:32 but now your responsibility, lift that light up. 48:35 And people that are looking 48:36 for that light are going to come 48:38 to the brightness of your rising. 48:40 Pastor Dinzey, Revelation 18:4. 48:45 Revelation 18:4. Revelation 18:4. 48:47 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 48:50 'Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, 48:55 and lest you receive of her plagues.'" 48:57 Now what is that saying to us? 48:59 It's saying God's people are everywhere. 49:02 But He's saying they are where I don't want them to be. 49:05 And John 10:16, Ryan. John Chapter 10. 49:09 God is saying My people are everywhere, 49:11 many of them are where I don't want them to be 49:13 but I'm not settling for that 49:15 because in this great controversy 49:16 between light and darkness, Christ and Satan, 49:19 Satan has diluted many Christians 49:21 but God is saying, light up the world 49:23 and they're going to come out. 49:24 Look at, here's the reason why. 49:26 John 10:16 says, and this is Jesus speaking, 49:28 He says, "And other sheep I have 49:29 which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, 49:32 and they will hear My voice 49:34 and there will be one flock and one shepherd." 49:37 Okay, so the question 49:38 is what fold is the devil angry with? 49:41 Pastor Dinzey, Revelation 12:17. 49:43 Revelation 12:17. What fold is He talking about? 49:47 You got to understand what is the... 49:49 See if the devil is upset, 49:51 you are where God wants you to be. 49:53 That's right. 49:54 If he's mad at you, you are, you know, 49:57 you're doing what God wants you to do. 49:58 This is not a point of bragging, 50:00 but a point of humility. 50:01 Notice where the devil is angry 50:03 and where God wants His people to be, what fold? 50:05 Revelation 12:17. 50:07 "And the dragon was enraged," in King James it says, 50:10 "wroth with the woman, 50:12 and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring 50:15 or the remnant, 50:17 who keep the commandments of God 50:19 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 50:21 That's right, the commandments of God 50:23 and the testimony of Jesus. 50:24 What is the testimony of Jesus according Revelation 19 here, 50:27 is the spirit of prophecy, the same Holy Spirit working 50:29 through Elijah, and Moses, and Jeremiah, and Isaiah, 50:34 that same spirit is saying to us, 50:36 let me take you behind the curtain. 50:38 Remember years ago, 50:40 if you've been around long enough, 50:41 you may have seen the Wizard of Oz growing up, 50:43 where there's this guy hiding behind the curtain. 50:45 And the Lord has taken us behind the curtain to let us 50:47 see the events of the last days 50:49 as a clergy of the Lord as those 50:51 who understand the truth. 50:53 God is saying, "Pastor Dinzey, hold up the light, Ryan, 50:55 hold up the light, John, hold up the light." 50:57 Few comments before we close. 50:59 Pastor Dinzey, I'll begin with you. 51:01 Romans 10:1, I identify with Paul, 51:03 "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God 51:06 for Israel is that they may be saved." 51:08 We are sharing these things 51:09 because we want you to be saved, 51:11 and get into God's Word. 51:13 That's right. 51:14 I think we all need to be a little bit more like Joseph. 51:16 Joseph, he lived in a time of plenty 51:19 and a time of famine. 51:20 During that time of plenty, 51:22 he gathered bread, he gathered green. 51:23 And we are told in Amos 8:11, "'Behold, the days are coming,' 51:27 says the Lord God, 51:28 'That I will send a famine on the land, 51:30 not a famine of bread, nor thirst of water, 51:32 but of hearing of the words of the Lord.'" 51:34 We must hide the Word in our hearts and minds now, 51:37 so that we might not sin against Him. 51:39 You know, it's amazing. 51:40 You say that because we're living in the day and age 51:42 where people are saying, 51:43 "Hey, I could have it my way, whatever fits me goes best." 51:47 And that's why we're encouraging our audience, 51:49 this is the time where we have to really 51:51 stay close to God's Word. 51:52 Stay in God's Word, 51:54 'cause there's no other foundation 51:56 of safety than saying, "It is written. 51:58 I know it's in God's Word." 52:00 Because if ever deception was existing, 52:03 we're living in the time of deception. 52:05 Thirty-one thousand, forty-one thousand, 52:07 different denominations never had that been God's plan. 52:11 But the devil has so diversified it. 52:13 But when you follow God's Word, and you see and understand 52:17 where God is leading His people to be the fold, 52:20 we will talk about that on the other side. 52:22 When you see where God is leading His people to be, 52:24 you'll know that you have that protection against deception. 52:28 We want you to know 52:29 we have a few more comments to make. 52:30 We're going to take a short news break 52:32 and on the other side, 52:33 we'll be back with some closing comments. |
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