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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW200004S
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 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 00:34 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, and welcome to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:11 We're so glad you joined us. We have an exciting study. 01:15 We say that every time 01:16 because it's exciting every time. 01:18 We're going to be talking about "Are you ready?" 01:20 This is part two. 01:22 There's like five questions and we thought 01:23 we'd get through it last time. 01:24 And I think we did one. 01:26 We don't feel like we should rush. 01:29 You know, we're studying the Word of God, 01:30 and we pray that 01:31 the Holy Spirit's leading, guiding, 01:33 and the answers that come forward 01:34 and the thoughts that the Holy Spirit gives 01:36 will be just exactly what you've been praying for. 01:39 And so we pray today, 01:40 it's going to be an answer to your prayer. 01:42 Are you ready? 01:43 And we're going to look at, 01:45 we looked at the Day of Salvation, 01:46 the first part, 01:47 and we come to conclusion, the Day of Salvation. 01:50 Today we're going to be looking at preparation, 01:52 in case you're deciding whether to turn the channel. 01:54 I know you're not going to do that. 01:55 We're going to be talking about preparation. 01:57 How can we be prepared for the coming of Jesus? 02:00 Third question would be talking about the beacon of light. 02:05 How can we be the beacon of truth and light in a world 02:07 that really sometimes doesn't seem to care 02:09 whether they have light or not? 02:10 And then how do you deal with your family, 02:12 your friends, those who keep the commandments, 02:14 those who decide not to keep them, 02:16 it's very, very important we look at that. 02:17 And then we're going to talk about basically righteousness 02:20 by faith, question four. 02:22 God's coming back after the people without spot 02:24 or wrinkle or any such thing. 02:25 And then question five, 02:27 I like it, Christ formed within, 02:30 and how is Christ formed within. 02:32 These are things may you've been over 02:33 many, many, many times and so on and so forth. 02:35 But you know, these things I think we can go over, 02:37 the Holy Spirit will help us and lead us 02:39 and guide us and direct us. 02:40 But you know, we've got some exciting things. 02:41 And I do believe this with the panel 02:43 that we have here and those who are helping us 02:45 and we're very grateful and thankful 02:47 that we have helpers. 02:48 We need helpers, thankful, right? 02:50 On the end right here, Brother Don Owen, 02:52 so glad you are with us today. 02:53 Thank you. Thank you for inviting me on. 02:55 It's been a blessing and yeah, it's very challenging, 02:57 you know, to study all of this 02:58 and find out so much meat is in this. 03:00 There is, isn't it? 03:02 It expounds, you know, the Bible just begins 03:03 to open up and explode in your mind. 03:04 So very thankful for this. Amen. 03:06 And you have beside you your... 03:07 Yes. My wife Janelle. 03:09 Yes, she is with us this time. Yes, yes. 03:12 We asked for quite frequently, 03:13 but she's busy doing a lot of different things. 03:15 We are very thankful that you've taken time out, 03:18 to come and to grace us with your presence 03:21 and the knowledge the Lord has given you 03:22 to share with us. 03:23 And my name is Kenny Shelton. 03:25 I'm so glad to have my wife Chris with me, right? 03:27 She's a spiritual backbone. 03:29 Praise the Lord, right? The balancer. 03:31 She helps balance me, 03:32 keep me balanced in relationship. 03:34 I don't mind I'm saying it publicly. 03:35 Yes, I don't mind that. Everybody knows that. 03:38 Because sometimes we get rambunctious, 03:40 we want to get things done. 03:41 So she says, "Honey, remember who you are." 03:43 So we have on your left always Brother Ryan Day. 03:47 Hey, I'm excited to be a part of this program again 03:49 and to study this exciting topic. 03:51 Well, we're always excited to have you 03:53 because you are excited about the Word of God. 03:55 I'm excited about the Word of God. 03:56 The coming to Jesus and you know, 03:57 singing and ministering and everything. 03:59 It's just such a blessing. Amen. 04:00 And on your left, who do you have? 04:02 We have Brother John Dinzey. John Dinzey, yes. 04:04 3ABN Latino General Manager. 04:06 Yes. Yes. 04:07 Always good to have you, Brother. 04:09 God is good. 04:10 And He's gonna show it again today. 04:11 Amen. 04:13 Yeah, but have you played some time, don't you? 04:14 Yes. Yes. Heavy play, spiritual play. 04:15 I mean there's so much to do, but yet I've noticed every time 04:19 someone makes a call to, can you help us, can you do? 04:22 You always respond. And that's the blessing. 04:26 That's what's in the heart and it comes out. 04:28 Praise God. Okay, we are going to... 04:30 And on the piano... 04:31 On the piano, our good friend, Brother Tim Parton. 04:37 Thank you. Amen. 04:38 He opened with a nice prayer. 04:40 We're very grateful and thankful for that 04:41 before we came on the air and so when... 04:43 And he's the same way. 04:45 When you just ask, I think kind of last minute man, 04:47 he just shows up and really puts everything he has into it. 04:50 And we thank God for that. That's awesome. 04:53 And we're gonna sing a song and, Brother Ryan, 04:55 I'm gonna turn it over to you 04:56 and you just tell us what we need to do. 04:58 What we have, we established this as our theme song. 05:00 Yes, we did. 05:01 I think for this particular study. 05:03 And it's a hymn that when I was with Amazing Facts, 05:06 at AFCO in my beginnings of ministry, 05:09 this was kind of one of our theme songs at AFCO 05:11 that we often sing, 05:13 and it's a "When shall I see Jesus." 05:15 And so let's sing it together. 05:21 O when shall I see Jesus 05:25 And reign with Him above 05:27 And shall hear the trumpet Sound in that morning? 05:32 And from the flowing fountain Drink everlasting love 05:37 And shall hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 05:42 O, shout, glory! 05:45 For I shall mount above the skies 05:48 When I hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 05:54 Gird on the gospel armor Of faith and hope and love 05:59 And you'll hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 06:04 And when the combat's ended He'll carry you above 06:09 And you'll hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 06:14 O, shout, glory! 06:17 For I shall mount above the skies 06:19 When I hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 06:25 Our ears shall hear with gladness 06:28 The host of heaven sing 06:31 And shall hear the trumpet Sound in that morning. 06:36 Our tongues shall speak the glories 06:39 Of our immortal King 06:41 And shall hear the trumpet Sound in that morning 06:46 O, shout, glory! 06:48 For I shall mount above the skies 06:51 When I hear the trumpet Sound 06:54 in that morning 06:59 Amen. Praise the Lord. 07:01 Looking forward to that shout 07:02 in the morning, isn't that right? 07:03 Amen. That's right. 07:05 We'll probably begin with Brother Ryan, 07:06 since you're good warmed up, 07:08 would you have prayer for us, please. 07:09 Absolutely. Let's do it. 07:10 Father in heaven, Lord, 07:12 we approach You with the humble meek spirit, Lord, 07:13 because we know that 07:15 we don't have to ask for You to be here with us 07:17 because You have promised us in Your Word 07:19 that where two or three 07:20 or more are gathered in Your name, 07:22 there You are in the midst. 07:23 And so, Lord, we ask that You don't just be around us, 07:26 but that You would be in us right now. 07:28 Give us the Holy Spirit to be able to rightly divide 07:31 your word of truth. 07:32 And may there be someone right now, Lord, 07:33 across this world watching right now. 07:35 And each and every one of us sitting here at this table, 07:37 may we be blessed. 07:38 May we be drawn to Jesus Christ, 07:40 may our eyes be open in these last days 07:43 that we have the spiritual eyesight of Jesus, 07:46 the spiritual mind of Christ. 07:47 We ask these things 07:49 and we pray in Jesus' holy name, amen. 07:51 Amen. Praise the Lord. 07:52 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 07:54 You know, again, we're going to be studying about 07:55 "Are you ready?" 07:57 Probably the most important question that we could, 07:59 you know, we can ask or ask others. 08:01 Are we ready, really ready for the coming of Jesus? 08:04 I don't know about you, 08:05 but you talked to a lot of people 08:07 and they say every time, "I'm ready." 08:09 I just want Jesus to come but you know, 08:10 really a lot of self examination. 08:13 I keep thinking, you know, "Am I like Jesus? 08:15 Am I material to repopulate heaven?" 08:18 And sad to say, most time, all the time 08:20 I come back with an answer, I need improvements. 08:23 And so, but, listen, don't get discouraged 08:26 if maybe you come to that conclusion too, 08:27 because come to that conclusion 08:29 simply draws me to the cross of Christ, 08:31 it draws me to Jesus and so to be prepared. 08:35 And He's so graciously and so kind, 08:38 shows us where we can improve. 08:41 You know, He doesn't do like some time friends 08:42 and relatives and different ones might do. 08:45 You know, but He does in such a sweet, wonderful way. 08:48 We're on question number two. 08:49 And again, we mentioned here sitting around this table. 08:52 If you don't speak up, you may not get a turn, so, you know. 08:55 That's a good question. 08:57 But it's okay to do that, because this is a study 08:59 but it's also a, you know, 09:01 collectively we've come together. 09:03 And we need the thoughts 09:05 that the Holy Spirit is given each one. 09:06 It may just be one word, 09:08 it may be only two or three minutes, whatever. 09:10 But still, it's going to be good. 09:11 So let's read. 09:13 Honey, how about you read the second one? 09:14 Or maybe you have a thought 09:15 and then let's just get started. 09:17 Let me say a thought on what you were saying, 09:18 It just reminded me when you said, 09:20 you still feel like you need to be prepared 09:22 that we're not quite there yet. 09:24 You know, Peter says that 09:26 even though the righteous shall scarcely be saved, 09:30 and so you know that's a very humbling thought. 09:33 And we've got a lot of preppers in this world. 09:35 We've got millionaires that have bought these 09:37 underground bunkers, and they've turned it into, 09:39 I mean, just like a hotel, living community underground, 09:42 because they feel like something's about to happen. 09:45 Something dramatic, 09:47 something traumatic is about to happen. 09:50 And, in fact, with the people talking about global warming, 09:54 they say that we have about nine viable years left. 09:57 And last evening, someone sent me a link 10:01 and I was looking and out in the Pacific Ocean, 10:04 the acidity is getting so high that the crustaceans, 10:08 their shells are not forming and many of our fish species 10:12 are dying away 10:14 which reminds me of the verse, 10:15 you know, that the Lord says, 10:17 "I will destroy those who destroy the earth." 10:19 Things are happening in our world. 10:22 And I just think that bears repeating, 10:26 "Are you, are we ready? 10:28 Are we ready?" 10:30 If we could go to heaven today, would we be ready? 10:33 Let's read number two. 10:34 So we're not trying to set times or anything like that. 10:36 But I think it's good that someone's throwing it out, 10:38 just people of the world is saying, 10:40 you know, scientifically, 10:42 they don't think it's going to last. 10:43 It's good food for thought for us 10:44 to go to the Word of God. 10:46 Absolutely. 10:47 Well, and you stop and think about it, 10:48 you know, we hear about plastics 10:50 all the time in our oceans, 10:52 and just recently we were at a church in the Bahamas, 10:55 and the water's so crystal clear. 10:57 I know you go like to South America 10:58 and different places and you get to see 11:00 that ocean maybe probably a lot more than we do, 11:02 Pastor John. 11:03 But I mean, just billowing up over, you could see the rocks. 11:06 You could see everything. 11:08 It looks so clear, you can drink it. 11:09 But you turn and look at the beach, shoes, 11:13 plastics, combs, 11:15 toothbrushes, hampers, everything. 11:18 It's incredible. 11:20 In fact, the scientists are saying now 11:22 that even sea salt is not safe 11:24 because it has bits of plastic that we're ingesting. 11:27 There are things happening in our world. 11:29 So let's look at question number two. 11:31 Okay, this is it. 11:32 How are we to make preparations 11:35 to become a child of our heavenly King, 11:38 for the judgment, to be at peace with God 11:41 and to be ready to meet our King? 11:44 It's a loaded question, my goodness. 11:46 Yes. It is a loaded question. 11:49 Yes. Go ahead. 11:51 I think that, you know, like what you're saying, 11:52 Chris, about, you know, what the people were doing 11:54 to build these bomb ready or whatever the cases, 12:00 you know, the world's way of being prepared 12:02 for something is totally different 12:03 than what we do as Christians. 12:06 And it's the physical. 12:08 And, of course, ours involves the physical, 12:10 but it also encompasses, you know, the spiritual. 12:14 And I think the first thing, 12:15 first most important thing is to choose God, 12:18 and to realize that we need Him. 12:21 And then we make those preparations 12:23 if He's important in our lives, because if we don't choose Him, 12:27 then our lives are not going to go in that direction. 12:30 It's interesting you mentioned that because we do a recovery, 12:32 the first step is, you know, you had to realize 12:34 that your life would become uncontrollable or unmanageable, 12:37 and you need somebody to come 12:39 and kind of strain out the mess. 12:40 So God is the only one. 12:42 I was in prison recently, and I had the opportunity 12:45 to talk to a bunch of men and I was sharing with them 12:47 that same fact, you know, God... 12:48 I think you were visiting in the prison? 12:50 Visiting. I was visiting. Yes, I always say visiting. 12:52 I always have that issue with my tongue 12:54 but ministering to the men in there and visiting, 12:58 and I was telling, you know, without God, 12:59 there's only repeated failures and there's no substitution, 13:01 so God has to be the center point of all of 13:04 because He created us. 13:05 I mean, He made us. I think that's really powerful. 13:08 Hebrews 12:1 and 2 is kind of what speaks to me, 13:10 I'll just in verse... 13:12 Hebrews 12:1 and 2 is really powerful. 13:16 It says something, now, we remember in Chapter 11 13:19 talks about those who died in the faith, 13:20 they didn't receive the promises, 13:22 but they saw him afar often. 13:23 So verse 1 says, "Wherefore seeing 13:25 we also are compassed about 13:26 with so great a cloud of witnesses," 13:28 here it is, 13:29 "let us lay aside every weight 13:31 and the sin which doth so easily beset us, 13:33 and let us run with patience 13:34 the race that is set before us." 13:36 And here's the key, "Looking unto Jesus the author 13:39 and finisher of our faith, 13:40 who for the joy that was set before him 13:41 endured the cross, despising the shame, 13:43 and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." 13:46 So that kind of gives me a stage, 13:48 I need to be looking at Jesus, you know, 13:50 and running towards Him, not running towards the things, 13:52 bunkers in the ground, 13:54 you can't run anywhere in bunker, you're stuck. 13:55 You're in the ground, you're stuck, 13:57 you're not going anywhere. 13:58 So you know, running to Jesus, and that's the only way 14:00 you're gonna get through this 14:01 the times ahead by trusting Him. 14:03 This can go at a lot of different direction, 14:05 hopefully we'll bring some of these up. 14:06 Heaven, now, we're talking about preparation for heaven, 14:09 we're talking about judgment. 14:11 Is there such a thing as the judgment? 14:13 We all have to face it or some will, some won't. 14:16 And then peace. 14:17 So somebody mentioned a loaded question here. 14:19 So let's just maybe see how far we go with it. 14:21 Yes. No, absolutely. 14:23 You know, when I read these questions, 14:25 you know, 14:26 there's like a three or four part sermon series, right? 14:30 Amen, that's right. 14:32 That's why, you know, it wouldn't surprise me 14:34 if we don't get to number three today, 14:35 we have the possibility but interestingly enough, 14:38 you know, when you ask just that first question, 14:39 how would you make preparations 14:41 to become a child of the heavenly King? 14:43 You know, when I read that question, 14:45 my mind went immediately to the sanctuary. 14:49 The sanctuary message 14:51 and I know we talk about that a lot, 14:52 and rightfully so, because God's gospel plan of salvation. 14:56 It's his GPS. Yes. 14:58 If you are lost, you need a map. 15:00 And these days, we don't use maps anymore 15:02 because we're blessed with technology, 15:03 we have GPS, Global Positioning Systems. 15:06 Well, God also has a GPS in His blueprint of salvation. 15:10 His gospel plan of salvation is found in the sanctuary. 15:14 And when I think of how to make preparation, 15:18 I look at that sanctuary model because it's a map. 15:21 It's a blueprint that tells me how I can make sure 15:25 that I go from the outer door of that courtyard 15:28 and I eventually end up in the presence of God, 15:31 which is the Most Holy Place. 15:33 So I think of, you know, 15:36 Jesus mentions, I think, in Matthew Chapter 10, 15:39 no, John Chapter 10. 15:40 John, Chapter 10. 15:42 He says, He talks about how, 15:43 you know, thieves and robbers try to enter other ways 15:46 other than through the door, okay. 15:49 That's a part of scripture 15:51 that you can fit into many aspects 15:53 of the Christian experience. 15:54 But I think of, you know, 15:56 many people try to take a leap or a giant jump, 16:00 I guess you could say, into the Most Holy Place 16:03 when they haven't had a courtyard experience 16:06 with the Lord. 16:07 When they haven't had a holy place experience with the Lord. 16:10 And so I think it's safe to say that salvation is a, 16:14 it's a progressive experience. 16:17 Sanctification is a progressive experience. 16:18 In fact, we were doing our devotional 16:20 this morning for pastoral, 16:22 and it just happened to be on sanctification, 16:24 and I loved that in that particular devotion. 16:26 We were reading from Ellen White's, 16:28 what was it... 16:30 What was the title of that? Reflecting Christ. 16:31 Reflecting Christ, 16:32 the devotional reflecting Christ. 16:34 And in February, right here, 16:35 during this particular time we were studying it, 16:38 it brought out the fact 16:39 that sanctification is a progressive concept. 16:42 So when you start in that courtyard, and you know, 16:45 you're there at the altar of sacrificing, 16:48 you're fully taking in, you know, 16:50 the events that transpired at Calvary 16:53 and you're taking in because 16:54 we know that that Altar of Sacrifice 16:56 represents the work. 16:57 It kind of foreshadows the work, 17:00 the ultimate accomplishment, 17:02 the atonement that Christ would, 17:04 would accomplish right there on the cross at Calvary. 17:08 We need to find ourselves at the foot of the cross. 17:10 We need to find ourselves accepting 17:13 and fully contemplating 17:14 and taking in what Christ has done for us 17:17 and taking the beating, 17:19 taking the punishment that we deserve. 17:24 Then you move on to the laver and it's like, okay, 17:26 we're being cleansed 17:27 because that's a symbol of baptism, right? 17:29 Christ is the living water. 17:30 And while He was buried in the tomb and resurrected, 17:34 we also are buried, our sins, our old man is buried, 17:37 we were resurrected a new person. 17:39 So that's just an example. 17:40 But a lot of people's experience stops right there. 17:43 They have a courtyard experience, 17:46 but then they don't go into the Most Holy Place. 17:48 And so how can we prepare 17:50 to be a child of the heavenly King? 17:52 How can I make sure that I'm ready 17:55 once you've had that courtyard experience 17:57 into the Most Holy Place? 17:59 Because He want you to eat of the bread daily, 18:01 the Word of God. 18:03 The word that you didn't use, 18:05 but what was coming to my mind 18:06 and what the Lord I felt like 18:08 brought to my mind this morning, 18:09 right before I came over here. 18:11 And it goes back to Hebrews that you were reading in 18:14 what you just said about that outer court experience 18:18 is we need to see the love of God. 18:20 Absolutely. 18:21 The love of God that gave that was so willing 18:25 to give each and every one of us His Son. 18:28 And then the love of the Son 18:30 that was willing to give His body 18:32 as a sacrifice, and the humility. 18:34 And when we begin to experience that love, 18:37 then that brings a word called repentance. 18:41 And it's not repentance because I got caught, there you see. 18:46 Yes. Korah, Balaam. 18:48 Or Balaam, that's right. 18:49 Pharoah. Yeah, pharaoh... 18:51 Esau. There's a difference. 18:52 A true repentance is, 18:55 well, I've even got the definition in here. 18:57 I looked it up this morning, but it is a turning away. 19:00 It's contrition of your past content, of your past sin. 19:05 And you don't want to go there. 19:07 And as you were talking, you know, Christ didn't come. 19:12 He didn't make that sacrifice so that we could sin less. 19:17 He made that sacrifice to cover all of our sins. 19:21 And so often we want to hold on to things 19:24 of this world and say, "Well, I've given 90% of that." 19:28 You know, but what I found out... 19:31 Let me give you this example. Okay. 19:33 I made some chili last week. 19:38 It was Thursday evening, it was for Sabbath. 19:42 And I made a huge pot. 19:43 So I mean, everything I had was in that pot. 19:45 But to begin with, I was putting a little garlic, 19:48 well, it took me a while 19:50 to get all the ingredients in there 19:51 and my garlic burned. 19:52 Oh, no. 19:54 And I knew right then that I should throw 19:56 that garlic out that I should deal with it. 19:59 And I thought, well, I've made it 20:00 before and it's been brown like that, it'd be all right. 20:03 I got that big pan full of chili and... 20:09 It had a peculiar taste. 20:10 It permeated the rest... 20:12 Pastor Kenny says that's not the best chili 20:14 you've ever made. 20:16 What are you gonna say 20:17 when somebody asks you that, you know? 20:19 It sounds good, honey. It's so good. 20:20 It's not the best. 20:22 Spitting out when I knew... 20:24 The reason I'm telling you this story 20:26 is because a lot of times, 20:28 we don't deal with the little sin. 20:31 And it doesn't matter 20:33 how small you think your sin is, 20:36 that sin would still require Christ's sacrifice 20:40 in order for us to go to the kingdom. 20:43 And because I left that sin, that burnt garlic in there, 20:46 it permeated through the whole pot. 20:48 Now I worked and I worked and I work so much harder 20:52 to get it to taste different and taste good. 20:56 You tried to cover it up and mask it, sin, but... 21:00 But... 21:02 But listen, you know, that's what happens with us. 21:05 If we would just not sin in the beginning, 21:08 it's so much easier. 21:09 But once we invite sin and we fall prey to sin, 21:13 it's so much more work to get it out of our heart... 21:17 What did you do with it? 21:18 And get it out of our lives. 21:20 Well, we try to do sometime 'cause it's good point, 21:21 is we try to mask it. 21:23 We try to cover up those things and not really make the change. 21:28 No, there's nothing wrong with the chili, 21:29 we're talking about sin. 21:30 I was looking at it a little different than masking over it. 21:32 Yeah, no, no, you were trying to make it 21:34 where it be presentable. 21:35 But if we're talking spiritual, Brother John, right? 21:37 We're talking spiritual. 21:38 What should we have done with the chili? 21:40 It's contaminated, right? 21:42 It's all messed up... Throw it out. 21:44 Well, it's like the churches 21:45 when we don't deal with open sin, 21:47 it permeates through the whole body. 21:49 It's our families 21:51 when we don't deal with open sin, 21:52 it permeates through our children, 21:54 you know, and... 21:56 Brother John, as chili's different than sin, right? 21:58 So how do we talking about sin issue, right? 22:01 You really can't mask it. 22:02 You really shouldn't cover it up, isn't that right? 22:04 That needs to be taken to the Lord in prayer... 22:05 Should have got rid of it in the beginning. 22:06 Well, you have the scripture that says a little leaven, 22:09 leaven up the whole lump, so one little sin... 22:13 In the book, Steps to Christ, it says, 22:15 let's see, if I remember the wording, 22:18 that one little sin can... 22:23 It's like it... 22:25 What's the word I'm looking for it? 22:27 Permeates. 22:28 Well, the essence is this. 22:29 Permeates and completely destroys the person 22:34 because if you cherish that, 22:37 you will love that more than you love God. 22:40 And this is a great hinder. 22:41 Yes, you refuse to let it go. 22:44 I don't know if it was in this. 22:46 Last time we talked about, 22:48 that there was a song that somebody, 22:50 you know, they were, I was watching TV 22:53 and they had some new music. 22:55 No, they had compiled a bunch of old songs 22:58 and one of the songs said, 22:59 if there's no beer in heaven, I don't want to go. 23:02 Now somebody's holding on to something like that, 23:07 we say, how in the world 23:08 do you think this temporary pleasure can... 23:13 It's worth so much to you 23:15 that you're willing to give up so much. 23:18 Because what God has for us, 23:21 it cannot be compared to anything 23:23 you have upon this earth, you cannot. 23:25 That's right. You just cannot. 23:27 And when you, you know, 23:28 you talked about the Altar of Sacrifice, 23:30 and you mentioned the love of Christ. 23:33 Now, there's a scripture in 2 Corinthians 5:14 23:35 that I looked up over here, and I'd like to read it. 23:39 "For the love of Christ compels us." 23:41 This is the New King James Version. 23:44 "Because we judged us that 23:45 if one died for all then all died." 23:48 In the King James Version, it says, 23:51 "The love of Christ constraineth us." 23:54 And looking at the Greek word, it's a word that says, 23:57 it's like two things, interesting. 23:59 Hold together, but also, 24:02 it says here compels, 24:04 but as it sets out, moves us forward. 24:08 So, the love of Christ, 24:10 if you keep before you that Christ died for you, 24:14 not only for you but for others, 24:16 this will motivate you, 24:17 this will lead you to share the good news with others. 24:22 And this love of God, 24:24 he says it's without measure. 24:28 And it's fresh, you consider it's fresh, 24:32 because of the fact that you realize 24:36 that God has done so much for you. 24:39 Not only at the cross but continues. 24:42 You think about the Christ in the Most Holy Place. 24:47 And He's there... 24:49 Upon His blood. Yes, yes. 24:52 It's amazing. 24:55 You go first and I'm going after you. 24:57 It just makes me think what you're saying is, 24:59 you know, how we, we have to allow Him 25:02 to transform our hearts. 25:03 Because if we don't, and we don't recognize 25:06 what He's trying to show us, and we just want to ignore it, 25:09 to hold on to that little thing, 25:11 whatever it is, we can't grow and we can't be prepared. 25:15 And it just, it stifles our growth 25:17 and we become like handicapped, you know, like Christians. 25:21 And you know, you see, a lot of the times you see 25:24 where a person will have like a really high experience 25:27 and they'll like, be really close to God 25:30 and they expect that journey to be like that all the time. 25:33 And then really disappointed 25:34 when they have to start on that harder journey of, 25:39 you know, facing ourselves and seeing 25:42 what's in really in our hearts and you know, 25:45 the things that God sees in us 25:48 that are not pleasing to Him or not, 25:51 like the world would say, Oh, that's not that bad. 25:54 Sugar is not that bad. 25:56 Whatever you want to say, you know, people you know, 25:59 the world says, "This is not that bad. 26:00 It's acceptable." 26:02 But if it's something that comes 26:03 between me and God, then it is bad. 26:05 There you go. Good. 26:06 You know, that's interesting. I'm sorry. 26:08 Go ahead. 26:10 It's interesting you say that because you've made me 26:12 think of the fact that as society continues, 26:18 as time continues, 26:19 things that once before people will go... 26:21 Oh, that's right. That's right. 26:24 Now becomes acceptable. 26:27 And you think of TV, there are certain words 26:31 that were not allowed to be said on TV. 26:34 You think of, I was reading something. 26:36 There was some TV show many, many years ago, 26:39 I think it was in the 60s. 26:41 And they said, "Well, we cannot have the lady 26:45 show her belly button 26:47 so they would cover her belly button. 26:48 In the show it was a... I Dream of Jeannie. 26:51 I Dream of Jeannie. I think it. 26:52 Today, they're not only showing you belly button, 26:55 I'm sure it's worse, it's just. 26:58 But it's become acceptable and the, you know, 27:03 we that work on television, 27:04 they keep adjusting what's acceptable. 27:07 They condition our perception. They condition our perception. 27:10 Where you condition your perception, 27:12 you can change the world. 27:13 So a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 27:17 Yeah, little burned garlic ruined my chili. 27:19 But you know what? 27:21 this is all part of what we're talking about here 27:24 because this is so prevalent what not only in society, 27:28 in the world but in the churches. 27:30 They'd say, you know, come as you are 27:32 and they focus on grace, 27:34 they focus on being happy and worship. 27:36 You know, God wants our praises, 27:38 He wants us to worship Him, 27:40 but we're to worship Him not only in spirit, 27:43 but in truth. 27:44 And we can only do that as we go through the sanctuary 27:47 and we began to protect the bread of life, 27:50 you know, and we begin to pray that candle of incense, 27:54 you know, we go, we continue, 27:56 we need to make a daily commitment. 27:58 Otherwise, we're not going to be, 28:01 we're not gonna be resentful, we're not going to turn away. 28:04 I think a lot of people, and to me, 28:06 this is probably the most foundational 28:09 aspect to this conversation that we're having. 28:12 Because when you're talking about 28:13 making preparations to become a child of the King, 28:16 of the heavenly King, and approaching 28:18 and preparing for judgment, right? 28:19 We're living in a judgment hour. 28:20 Come on. Yes. Right, right. 28:22 When you have a flawed or blurry 28:27 understanding of the gospel, a view of the gospel. 28:32 You're going to approach 28:34 the rest of that sanctuary experience. 28:36 And I know I keep going back to that as an example. 28:37 That is so true. 28:38 But you're going to approach it. 28:40 Here's my point. 28:41 If you do not have a genuine, heartfelt, 28:45 transformative experience at the Altar of Sacrifice, 28:49 the rest of that experience that you think 28:51 you're going to have that's genuine in the sanctuary 28:53 is not going to be genuine. 28:55 What do I mean by that? Let's consider the Passover. 28:58 The Passover was kind of a glimpse 29:00 unto the sacrifice of Christ. 29:03 If you go read Exodus Chapter 12, 29:05 this is powerful. 29:07 Go read Exodus Chapter 12. 29:09 And I think it's verses 3 through 6 there. 29:11 Moses is given specific instructions by God 29:14 on what to do with that lamb. 29:16 And so it's interesting, but get this, 29:18 this goes right along with what we're talking about. 29:20 So Exodus 12:3:6, I'm not going to take you there 29:23 because I'm gonna take you to another text 29:25 that's connected to it in just a moment. 29:27 It's interesting that He tells them, he says, 29:29 "Go out and get a lamb of the first year 29:33 on the 10th day of the month." 29:37 And that lamb of the first year 29:39 could not have any spot or any blemishes, 29:42 just like our characters. 29:44 We have to be perfect, you know, 29:45 perfect in Christ style, in character. 29:48 So they were to go out on the 10th day of the month 29:51 and take a little baby lamb or a lamb on the first year, 29:54 a lamb kid. 29:55 Okay. 29:57 Now notice, the Lord will then instruct them 29:59 and then on the 14th day at twilight, 30:03 the man of the house would take it out and kill it 30:05 on behalf of the family sins. 30:07 And now count that math there, technically, 30:10 if you were to count on the moment they went out 30:11 and got the lamb on the 10th day, 30:14 to the moment at twilight on the 14th day, 30:16 guess how many days that is? 30:17 Three and a half days. Oh, my God. 30:20 Just as Jesus' ministry was three and a half years, 30:22 the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. 30:24 And here's what's powerful about this. 30:26 When you consider that timeframe, 30:29 three and a half days, 30:31 three and a half years Christ ministry, 30:32 three and a half days that they would have 30:35 this lamb in their home, why? 30:39 Why would the Lord tell them, go out on this day, 30:43 the 10th day and go pick a lamb 30:45 and bring it in and then go kill it 30:47 three and a half days later. 30:49 Make a little tougher, wouldn't it? 30:50 Well, you know, because there has to be, 30:53 see the gospel experience makes more sense, 30:56 it becomes more personal 30:59 when you have had a personal relationship, 31:02 when there's been 31:03 some feeling established with that. 31:06 You could imagine in that little home, 31:07 the kids would play with that little lamb 31:08 for those three and a half days, 31:10 they would feed it, they would water it, 31:11 they would take care of it, 31:13 there was a bond that was created 31:14 as they would hold it, and I don't know 31:15 if you've ever seen a little baby lamb, 31:17 a lamb of the first year. 31:19 They're so precious. They're so meek and humble. 31:21 I mean, you can literally just pick them up 31:22 and they'll melt in your arms. 31:24 And that's exactly how Christ 31:25 is pictured in the Book of Revelation, 31:27 in the original Greek. 31:29 I think it's 27-28 times. 31:30 Every time you see lamb in the Book of Revelation, 31:33 it's not the original word 31:35 that is often used in the Greek for lamb, 31:37 which is ajmnov or amnos which is just lamb. 31:41 It's the word iarnion and iarnion 31:43 in the Greek means baby pet lamb. 31:46 So every time Jesus is depicted in the Book of Revelation, 31:50 He's seen as a baby pet lamb. 31:51 Now why would I make that point? 31:53 Go over to Zechariah Chapter 12 with me. 31:56 Zechariah Chapter 12. 31:57 This is powerful because we're talking about, 32:01 you know, people who are having kind of 32:04 a watered down experience 32:05 and doesn't seem like it's genuine, 32:07 it's that they're struggling with really connecting 32:10 with Christ on a daily basis. 32:12 They're struggling with preparing 32:13 for Christ's soon return. 32:15 Notice Chapter 12 of Zechariah. 32:18 And I'm going to start reading in verse 10 here. 32:20 This is in connection with what we just read, 32:21 we're talking about that, that Altar of Sacrifice. 32:24 That's the first step of the plan of salvation. 32:27 There's a reason why that's the first step 32:28 of the plan of salvation. 32:30 Notice this. 32:31 This is a messianic prophecy 32:32 pertaining to Christ in Jerusalem. 32:34 Bible believe that this principle 32:36 also applies to us as well. 32:37 It says, "And I will pour out on the house of David 32:40 and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 32:42 the spirit of grace and supplication," notice this, 32:44 "then they will look on Me whom they pierced. 32:49 Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, 32:53 and grief for Him 32:54 as one grieves for a first born." 32:59 So what's communicated there is that 33:01 when we behold the cross, 33:03 when we're standing before that Altar of Sacrifice, 33:06 and we don't realize that in connection 33:08 with the sanctuary message, 33:09 the person would have to bring their own lamb, 33:11 that little baby lamb, 33:13 and then they would take the knife 33:15 and they would take the life of that little lamb. 33:17 They will look upon Me whom they have pierced 33:19 and they will mourn. 33:20 There's a reason why Jesus said 33:22 and begins the beatitude with blessed are they, 33:25 blessed are the poor in the spirit. 33:27 Blessed are those who, 33:29 you know, the poor in the spirit. 33:30 Why? Because they've reached rock bottom. 33:33 They're brought to the cross, 33:35 and they look and behold the cross, 33:37 they look and behold Jesus there slain, 33:40 perfect baby Lamb who has committed no sin, 33:43 and their heart melts 33:45 because they realize my sins killed Him. 33:48 My sins killed the Savior. That's powerful. 33:52 And so in considering this gospel experience, 33:56 that sanctification process will not be genuine 34:00 until we have beheld the Lamb of God on the cross. 34:02 You know what you're talking about the lamb was interesting. 34:04 I had a... 34:05 I want to call a Bible study with an atheist. 34:08 He never went to church, didn't know anything about God. 34:10 And we were out building the house out on that 34:11 we called the North 40. 34:13 You know, you can be out North 40 34:14 and God can bring people to you. 34:16 He can bring people who want, 34:17 but he just didn't want anything to do with religion. 34:19 But he kept coming around day after day, 34:22 because he had a little house next door 34:24 and he stores stuff and he just kept coming around. 34:25 He kept watching this work on the house, 34:28 and he had talked to us a little bit. 34:29 And so one day he asked a question 34:32 and it was something about, you believe there's a Christ, 34:35 you know, and so anyhow, 34:37 the conversation come around to the lamb, 34:39 he's talking about a lamb. 34:41 So begins playing a little bit about the sanctuary, 34:43 so maybe he could understand a little bit better 34:44 and about the sacrifices made in lamb, 34:47 and how the sinner had to take and slit throat. 34:51 He sat there looking at me the whole time. 34:53 Looks now, he finally says, "That doesn't seem fair to me." 34:57 He's an atheist. 34:59 He said, that doesn't seem right to me 35:00 that didn't seem fair to me 35:01 because that lamb hadn't done a thing. 35:05 That lamb did do anything. 35:07 And I said, 35:09 "Now you're starting to get the picture." 35:10 He said, "So the lamb then represents, 35:12 I said it represents Jesus." 35:13 Why? 35:14 He didn't do anything because it were, you know, 35:16 but He willing to give His life for you, 35:19 you and me. 35:22 He just sat there and really looked, 35:23 so he was figuring it out. 35:25 Spirit helped me figure out, the lamb didn't do anything. 35:28 Why? Why kill the lamb? 35:31 And there's a lot of people 35:32 who are not having that genuine Christian experience, 35:36 because they have not had a genuine cross experience. 35:40 You know that really brought that home 35:42 because I've often thought about, 35:45 you know, loving that little lamb. 35:48 I think about a time where Danny, 35:50 his brother had left out of town 35:52 and left me four little feral baby kittens 35:55 and they came back like two weeks 35:57 and wanted two of them. 36:01 But by that time, I didn't want to let them go, 36:05 because I had already become attached 36:07 and fallen in love. 36:08 So that really brought that home 36:09 and I think that will help us to understand James 4:7, 36:14 that's what we're talking about. 36:16 It just keep in mind what these two men 36:19 just brought to our attention. 36:21 James 4:7-10. 36:24 James 4:7-10, 7 says, 36:27 "Submit yourselves, therefore to God, 36:30 resist the devil and he will flee from you." 36:32 Amen. 36:33 "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you, 36:36 cleanse your hands," we have a part to play. 36:38 You have to submit 36:40 "you sinners and purify your heart, 36:43 you double-minded." 36:45 Here it is verse 9, "Be afflicted, 36:50 and mourn and weep. 36:52 Let your laughter be turned to mourning 36:54 and your joy to heaviness." 36:56 You see, most churches, 36:58 I bet they hardly ever read that 37:00 because they want to dwell on the joy, the happiness... 37:03 The emotion. 37:05 But what does that mean to mourn, to weep 37:08 because of what our sins have done to the Lamb of God. 37:13 It's our sins that are crucifying that baby lamb. 37:18 It's ours sins the one that we have fallen in love with. 37:23 And then but God doesn't leave us there. 37:26 If we have that sanctification, repentive experience with Him, 37:32 then He says, "Humble yourselves 37:34 in the sight of the Lord. 37:36 And He shall lift us up." 37:40 Isaiah, what is it, 10? 37:43 Well, 40:10, "He will lift us up, 37:46 He will help us, He will strengthen us 37:48 with the right hand of His righteousness." 37:51 It is He. We're no longer... 37:54 Repentance is doing away with self. 37:57 That's right. 37:58 It's dying to self and allowing Him to live in 38:02 and through us and that's what we need. 38:04 Here we talked about the preppers. 38:06 No matter how much food we have, if we die ready, 38:10 we're gonna live in the kingdom forever. 38:13 But if we die full 38:15 because we prepared but not spiritually, 38:19 we lose our salvation. 38:20 Does that go along you're talking about 38:22 2 Corinthians 5:17, 38:23 anybody has it, if any man be what? 38:26 Pretty man be in Christ, 38:28 he is a new creature creation, right? 38:31 The old things are what? 38:32 All passed away, 38:34 behold all things right become new. 38:36 Just what you're talking about 38:38 because of the blood of the Lamb, 38:39 isn't that right? 38:41 Because of Jesus Christ. 38:42 See, we can't hold on to things and say years ago, 38:45 I mentioned many times this what happened to me, 38:48 I did this, this was, you know, 38:50 born on the wrong side of the tracks that is, 38:52 that you know, it was kind. 38:53 When we accept Jesus, right? That's right. 38:55 everything is supposed to change. 38:56 Our mindset, everything else 38:58 and we're to leave it back there. 38:59 We might never use it help someone else, 39:01 but we leave it back there. 39:03 Everything's becomes new in Christ Jesus. 39:04 That's right. 39:06 That's what I meant by the chili. 39:10 He's still working on me. It wasn't a covering up. 39:14 It was coming in and working to make it 39:17 what it was supposed to be. 39:19 That's what God does with us. 39:21 If we repent, He promises He's gonna come in 39:24 and he's gonna make us what we were supposed to do. 39:27 Explain the difference. 39:28 Somebody explain the difference. 39:29 So come on, help us out. 39:31 Explain the difference about she said I tried to go ahead 39:33 and put stuff and she did 39:35 and it turned out really nice to be honest. 39:36 But we sometimes try to do things, 39:39 we try to make the change, 39:41 it's total cover up and it's all said. 39:43 So where does it go? 39:45 Well, I was thinking, 39:46 this is in a different direction than 39:47 what you're saying there, Kenny. 39:49 But I was thinking 39:50 when you're talking about the little lamb 39:51 and having to live with the family 39:53 and things like that. 39:54 I was thinking of the word abiding, 39:55 having an abiding, instead of an experience. 40:01 More than what we think of as an experience now 40:03 because the abiding to me is more of like a trust 40:08 and a confidence and a constant, consistent. 40:13 I guess you could say experience with that, 40:16 but abiding in Him in that way we were prepared, 40:21 and not just, you know, having an experience 40:24 and relying on that experience as our faith, 40:27 but having that abiding, 40:29 and when He lives with us, and He's in us, 40:32 then we have that abiding, and we can be prepared, 40:35 and it's part of that preparation. 40:37 And it's, you know, carries us through 40:39 and having that trust and the faith. 40:41 I think too, piggyback on what you said, 40:42 you've kind of touched on earlier about that. 40:44 Therefore, if any man be in Christ, verse 21, 40:46 we have to read it. 40:47 It says, "For He hath made him to be sin for us 40:50 who knew no sin that we might be 40:52 made the righteousness of God in Him." 40:53 So that lamb was made to be sin for us. 40:56 That's hard to wrap your mind around that Christ 40:57 was actually made to be sin, who knew no sin. 41:00 That's right. 41:01 It's like a puzzling, you know, 41:02 always talking about doing prison ministry 41:04 and how we're in there talking these men 41:06 and as I kind of wrapped up a little bit, 41:08 and I shared about the second coming 41:09 of Jesus and things, 41:10 and the lady had kind of invited us, 41:12 she just kind of jumped up. 41:13 And she said, you know, 41:14 what he's actually saying is that 41:16 there's different ways to get to God, 41:17 you know, you can go through Buddha, 41:19 you can go through Allah and all these different things, 41:21 you know, and we're not here telling you, 41:22 you have to really, you know, focus on Jesus, 41:24 it's other things. 41:26 And you know that's... 41:27 We're talking about this watered down gospel. 41:29 And if you don't understand, I mean, as you mentioned, 41:31 going into the Holy Place, you're gonna have that, 41:33 while it's just always grace and I can do what I want, 41:37 and I'm safe because you know, 41:38 I'm saved by grace, while there's way more to that. 41:40 That's right. 41:41 It's not understanding the blueprint. 41:43 It's not understanding who the door is that 41:45 no man can open the door. 41:47 It's interesting that you know, you've read that, 41:50 those verses 7-10 in James Chapter 4. 41:54 I love that last verse, verse 10, 41:55 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord 41:57 and He will lift you up." 41:58 You know, that takes us right into the second part of 42:00 our question here for the judgment. 42:03 That's right. 42:05 What is the judgment based on it? 42:07 The type of that judgment was the Day of Atonement. 42:13 What did the people do on the Day of Atonement? 42:17 Leviticus Chapter, 42:19 I'm just going to reference it here. 42:20 Leviticus 16:29 and 30 tells us 42:23 what they did on the Day of Atonement. 42:25 They were to humble themselves in the sight of the Lord. 42:31 They would bring, then they would set, 42:33 they would cover themselves in sackcloth, 42:35 and they would sit and lay in ashes, 42:37 and many of them 42:39 would take their nose and they would, 42:40 they would bring it as low as to put their nose 42:42 and their face in those ashes, 42:44 because it symbolized that they're humbling themselves 42:47 in the presence of a God who is dealing with their sin 42:51 that they didn't have to deal with. 42:53 That's powerful, 42:55 because on the Day of Atonement, 42:56 there's that goat that was sacrificed 42:58 on behalf of the people at the beginning. 43:00 And that blood is now being taken 43:02 into the very presence of God. 43:05 Look at that, the blood 43:06 that goat symbolizing again Christ, 43:09 taking in the very presence of God 43:11 and so the people 43:12 are literally prostrate on their faces 43:15 in sackcloth and ashes. 43:16 Again, that's as low as, you know, 43:18 that's lowering yourself to the dirt. 43:20 And that's essentially 43:21 what it means to afflict your soul there 43:22 what Leviticus 16:49 says, "Afflict your soul." 43:26 It's lowering yourself. It's weakening yourself. 43:29 It's examining yourself. 43:31 You're bringing yourself so low as to say, 43:32 "God, I deserve to be in that goat's position. 43:37 I'm the one that deserved that death, not Him, not Jesus. 43:40 The goat and the lamb. Right. 43:42 And so it's interesting that on the Day of Atonement, 43:46 they were to allow, get this, and this is in verse 30, 43:49 the high priest to cleanse them from all their sins. 43:52 Yes, yes. 43:54 What did they know, John, think what? 43:57 These Israelites, they knew better than maybe 44:00 we knew that in Ecclesiastes what 12:14 that 44:03 God's going to bring every work into judgment. 44:06 They realized that. 44:08 There were some things in their life 44:09 they didn't want brought into the judgment, 44:10 just like in our own life. 44:12 When you get down on our face 44:13 as it were low as we get humble ourselves before God, 44:15 confess those things. 44:17 And the Bible says what? 44:19 He's faithful and just to forgive us, right? 44:21 Of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 44:23 You know, this... 44:25 We have to move in the experience. 44:28 Like you're talking about the Altar of Sacrifice, 44:30 and going into the Holy Place, and Most Holy Place. 44:33 Unfortunately, there are people in, 44:37 I'm gonna say in all denominations that are... 44:42 The habit is confess your sins, 44:44 which is good, but there's no 44:51 repentance, 44:52 the issue of repentance because people do it as a... 44:55 There's a whole denomination that says, 44:57 it's almost mechanical. 44:58 Oh, I gotta go confess my sins. 45:02 But the repentance aspect for you, 45:04 you know that you brought 45:05 about also on the Day of Atonement, 45:07 and we are living in the... 45:09 In a typical day. 45:11 Yes, the actual time of atonement 45:13 when Christ is in the Most Holy Place 45:15 and ministering for us, 45:17 and we have to go through the experience 45:20 that they did on the Day of Atonement 45:22 throughout our lives 45:24 in the sense of understanding that, yes, I did sin, 45:28 but the Holy Spirit, God and His goodness 45:30 leads me to repentance. 45:33 And we have to understand 45:34 just like you're talking about the little lamb, 45:36 that you love the little lamb 45:38 because you had a personal relationship, 45:39 we have to understand. 45:41 I did something horrible. I hurt God. 45:45 It's like Joseph said, "How can I do this? 45:47 How can I sin against God? How can I do this?" 45:50 He could not do it. 45:51 And so we have to, 45:53 by the grace of God, learn that, 45:56 "No, I don't want to do that." 45:58 We have to by God's grace learn to hate sin. 46:02 And that's the part 46:03 because and Jesus Christ is the only one that 46:06 can give us perfect hatred for sin. 46:08 So we need to be daily approaching the Lord. 46:11 And as we daily approach the Lord, 46:12 we will be prepared. 46:14 Amen. 46:15 When you comprehend that Christ died on the cross 46:17 for much more than just forgiveness. 46:19 That's right. 46:20 Because the majority of Christianity, 46:22 they approach the cross and they come away 46:24 from that cross message. 46:26 Okay, they haven't really had that experience. 46:27 But they come away 46:29 from that cross messages thinking, 46:30 "Oh, praise the Lord, that Christ died on the cross, 46:32 then I might have forgiveness." 46:34 But you got to realize, Christ died on the cross 46:36 for much more than just forgiveness. 46:37 Forgiveness was the avenue in which Christ, 46:42 He would lead you to the actual purpose 46:44 of the sacrifice of Jesus, 46:46 which is that you might have complete victory over sin. 46:49 Right. Amen. 46:50 I think that a lot of times what people miss too, 46:52 is the sufferings that He faced 46:56 and endured up to that point to before He did, you know, 46:59 complete down the cross is the suffering that 47:02 He went through is 47:03 so He can identify with us in our own, you know, 47:06 struggles and things that we're trying to overcome. 47:10 And when we look at the suffering Savior, 47:13 we see a personal Savior that 47:15 did all that for us that you know, 47:17 if He hadn't done that, then how would we know? 47:20 How would we have someone to relate to? 47:22 I had a lady that called in a few days ago 47:24 about prayer line and she was literally in, 47:28 I mean, how do you put it, it's like, 47:30 crying so immensely because she realized 47:32 she was being dishonest with people. 47:33 She was, "Oh my, this is so painful. 47:35 I can't believe I did this to people, I hurt people." 47:38 I mean, she's literally sobbing 47:39 and that's to me true repentance 47:42 when you realize that little thing, 47:44 a little dishonesty just hurts so many people, 47:47 of course, hurt God but just too powerful. 47:49 That is the sign of true repentance 47:51 and you're like, oh, my goodness, it hurts. 47:52 What would be that? That's a good point. 47:54 So what would be the telltale sign that 47:56 it really was to repentance? 47:58 Because tears sometime doesn't mean it. 47:59 No. 48:00 Get down and cry and carry on, doesn't do. 48:02 I mean, that's a good sign. 48:03 But what really is the sign 48:05 that a person really is repenting? 48:08 They don't want to do it again. Transformation. 48:10 Change of direction. That's it. 48:12 And going to that person that they hurt. 48:14 Restoration... Yes. 48:16 Restoration you can restore. They don't want to do it again. 48:20 John 5:14, as you guys were talking, it came. 48:24 I felt like this was a time to present this. 48:26 It says, "Afterward Jesus find him in the temple, 48:28 and said unto him, "Behold, thou art made whole, 48:32 sin no more, lest a worst thing come upon thee." 48:37 And some people think well, why would Jesus say that? 48:40 But as, I see what I feel 48:42 the Holy Spirit doing is showing us 48:45 what a loving God He is. 48:47 He's our loving parent, our loving Savior. 48:50 He doesn't want us to be physically 48:52 or spiritually sick. 48:55 And you know, when we ask ourselves, 48:57 well, just how important is repentance, 49:00 how important is it for us to turn away for us 49:03 to fall down on our face between the altar, 49:08 the porch and the altar and ask God, 49:10 "Is there anything in me that separates me from You? 49:14 Luke 13:5, it says, "I tell you," 49:17 this is Christ talking "Nay, but accept ye repent, 49:22 ye shall all likewise perish." 49:26 Mercy So God is calling for that true repentance, 49:29 not because we've gotten caught, 49:31 and we're embarrassed 49:33 because we stole something from a store 49:36 and we were arrested 49:37 and now the church family knows it. 49:39 Like Judas, he was caught, 49:43 and now his sins were in the open 49:45 so he repented of that, but it wasn't he didn't repent 49:49 because he hurt the Lamb of God. 49:53 He didn't repent because he turned 49:56 the Lamb of God and to be crucified. 50:00 And that's the difference. 50:01 We need to realize just how sinful our sins are. 50:05 GYC and this young man, we were doing popcorn prayers. 50:08 And he said, Yeah, I want to pray that 50:12 we can get away from sin but not crawl back to it. 50:15 He said "I'm trying to get away from, 50:16 I want to crawl right back to sin. 50:18 That's kind of what you're touching on. 50:19 He wanted, Judas wanted to crawl back to this, 50:21 and he didn't want to let it go. 50:22 He's like, oh, give me sin, you know, and that's the thing. 50:24 He wouldn't let it go. 50:25 And really, it just envelops all of our life. 50:28 We invited in many times. 50:30 Now I love 3ABN so I want you to have the TV, 50:33 I want you to have this station. 50:35 But there's so many other things 50:36 that as I've grown spiritually that the Lord has shown me, 50:40 you know, because I used to think, 50:41 well, there may be one or two 50:43 there it was, rated this, you know, 50:45 but it's all fiction, number one. 50:48 It's all a lie, number two. God hates lies. 50:51 We need to learn to bring those things 50:54 which are good and holy and uplifting 50:57 and will edify the Christ into our lives. 51:00 What are people trying to do sometime? 51:01 It's just question for us here. Where are the... 51:04 Like Mark Chapter 2, it talks about taking, 51:08 was it new wine and putting into... 51:11 Did you hear that one? Come on. 51:13 Okay, so we're talking about here. 51:14 Yeah. Why doesn't that work? 51:17 You've got the old cloth with the holes 51:19 that are whatever it is, right? 51:20 And then you put the new wine in 51:21 and sometimes something what happens? 51:23 Well, yeah, I mean, Matthew, 51:25 what you're referencing Matthew 9:14-17, 51:28 Jesus says, you know, 51:29 you can't take old wine and put it into new wine skins. 51:32 You know, what would happen is interesting 51:34 when you really see the visual of this. 51:36 Jesus was using a parable or an object lesson 51:40 to teach a moral lesson. 51:41 Because what these people would do is they would have 51:43 these old wine skins, okay, 51:45 and these would have been some type of animal skin that, 51:48 you know, what some type some type of enclosed pouch, 51:51 then and you would want 51:52 to put the old fermented wine against, 51:54 we don't drink this stuff. 51:55 You know, God forbids it. 51:57 But nonetheless, some people would take that 51:58 old fermented wine and put it into old wine skins, 52:01 because it's already been through 52:03 the fermenting process, right? 52:04 But what happens 52:05 when you take the new wine okay, 52:07 that a old wine skin, keep in mind. 52:09 Old wine skins come, it's wore out, you know, 52:11 it's kind of fragile. 52:12 It's, you know, at any moment it can tear and burst. 52:15 And so you take new wine, and you put into that old, 52:19 that old, you know, fragile wine skin. 52:22 And these guys are out there on their camels 52:23 and their horses bouncing around in the hot desert sun. 52:27 And what's happening to that new wine 52:29 in that hot desert heat. 52:31 It's fermenting and it starts producing gases, 52:34 and it swells, swells, and it bursts, right? 52:36 And so Jesus says, that's why you want to take 52:38 new wine and put it into new wine skins. 52:40 Old wine belongs in the old wine skins. 52:42 So the thing I take away from this, 52:45 it's a beautiful object lesson that you know, 52:47 you're not going to take someone on the street 52:48 who's just draped in, seem like drunken. 52:51 Think of this, someone's draped and still want to drape in sin, 52:53 a drunkard, think of this guy 52:55 standing on the street and he's drinking. 52:57 He's I don't know he's drinking 52:58 some horrible alcoholic beverage. 53:00 Just slayed on drunk, 53:03 and then you walk up to him and say, 53:04 "Hey, I have some good great juice here, 53:06 Welch's grape juice that I want you to try right?" 53:09 And you give it to them, they're going to taste it, 53:11 and they're not going to immediately like it. 53:15 That's why you read that particular text there. 53:18 In fact, let's just go there. 53:20 I feel led to just show you this in the actual text. 53:22 Luke Chapter 5, 53:24 we're going to go to Luke Chapter 5. 53:25 There's a particular word here 53:27 that I want to bring out in this study 53:29 that really amplifies and opens up 53:31 what it is that we're talking about, 53:32 this sanctification experience, 53:34 preparing for the coming of Jesus. 53:37 And so notice Luke Chapter 5, 53:38 Jesus is teaching an object lesson here, obviously. 53:41 And so notice we're going to tell, 53:42 we're going to start with verse 37. 53:44 Luke 5:37, and he says, 53:46 "And no one puts new wine into old wine skins, 53:49 or else the new one wine will burst the wine skins 53:51 and be spilled 53:52 and the wine skins will be ruined." 53:54 The point we were making earlier, and it says 53:56 "But new wine must be put into new wine skins 53:58 and both are preserved." 54:00 But notice verse 39 and no one, what's that word there? 54:03 And no one having drunk old wine immediately, 54:09 what's that word? 54:10 Immediately desires new for he says the old is better. 54:14 And so what we're bringing out here is the fact that again, 54:18 just like I made mentioned there, 54:19 someone's on the street, they're drunk, 54:21 and they're drunk on the old wine. 54:22 They've gotten used to it, 54:24 they've acquired a taste for it, 54:25 and you come along and you're like, 54:26 "Hey, try this fresh, beautiful, 54:28 sweet, grape juice, right?" 54:29 They're gonna taste it. 54:30 It's gonna be like, "You know, it's okay. 54:32 But I prefer this over here." 54:34 It doesn't, they don't immediately receive it. 54:37 But is it impossible for a person to change? 54:39 It's not impossible for a person to change? 54:41 It means the gospel experience is a process. 54:44 It doesn't happen in one big giant leap 54:47 or it doesn't happen overnight. 54:49 I think it's Ellen White in her writing, 54:50 she says, the sanctification is the work of a lifetime 54:53 that it's not one big giant leap. 54:55 And so that being said, we can have assurance 54:58 and know that as we're preparing 55:00 for the second coming of Jesus, 55:02 you know I just again praise God 55:04 that you know I'm not where I once was, 55:06 I praise God where He's brought into. 55:09 I'm also not where I need to be, right? 55:11 You know, I'm still working, 55:13 I'm still pressing forward in that direction 55:15 by the grace of God and looking to the cross. 55:19 Always focusing on the uplifting Savior. 55:21 When you talked about, you just made me think 55:22 of Hebrews 11 you know, 55:24 they didn't held His promises right then 55:25 but they saw Him afar off 55:26 and they kept between their soldiers and pilgrims. 55:28 So they're on that journey, 55:30 that kind of what you hit on, you know. 55:31 They're looking for a city whose builder and maker is God. 55:33 That's what we're all on that journey for, so. 55:34 Amen, absolutely. Yeah. 55:36 As we're talking in this whole program 55:38 about being ready, I think of Daniel 1:8, 55:42 where it says Daniel purposed in his heart that 55:44 he would not defile himself 55:46 with the proportion of the king's meat 55:47 and how we need to purpose in our heart 55:50 so that we can make those steps 55:53 that we need to make to grow closer to Him. 55:55 And you know, 55:57 as we're all on this journey of sanctification, 55:59 being patient with each other, and forgiving each other, 56:02 and merciful, and because we're all in a different place 56:05 in our journeys, 56:07 and so we need that mercy and grace. 56:10 I told those guys in prison I said, you know, 56:11 obviously you're confined, 56:13 there's gonna be a lot of gossip 56:14 and stuff flying around. 56:16 Guys are gonna judge you all they want. 56:17 I said, ultimately you're held accountable to God 56:18 and God only. 56:20 I said don't worry about how people see, 56:21 worry about how God see. 56:22 That's right. 56:24 Aren't you glad that we don't, 56:25 we're not the judge of each other. 56:26 But we have one that can see 56:28 our heart that knows our motives, 56:30 that is working to change. 56:31 Praise God for sanctification. Praise God for sanctification. 56:36 Brother John, you have something? 56:38 Yes, very briefly. God doesn't leave us alone. 56:41 Go ahead. You handle this. 56:43 No, he works with us. 56:44 Every step, He's working with us 56:45 through the Holy Spirit. 56:47 Amen. 56:48 What Jesus said was He started His ministry 56:52 in Matthew 4:17 and it says, 56:54 "From that time, 56:56 Jesus began to preach and to say, 56:58 'Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" 57:02 Brothers and sisters, 57:03 the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 57:04 We see prophecy being fulfilled each and every day. 57:07 But for each and every one of us, 57:09 today is the day of salvation. 57:11 We're not promised tomorrow. We may not be here tomorrow. 57:15 So we need to make those changes 57:17 in our lives today. 57:19 Amen. Today is the day of salvation. 57:20 Thank you for that. 57:22 Thank you each one, for the Holy Spirit, 57:24 you sure bring some good thoughts 57:25 that we will put in our heart and mind. 57:27 We might be ready to meet Jesus. 57:28 Thank you for joining us today. Praise God. 57:31 Again, you know, we want to come back, 57:33 we're gonna be doing part three of this. 57:35 Stay with us. |
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