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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 word 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 01:08 Hello, and welcome friends 01:10 to another edition of 3ABN Family Worship. 01:13 We worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. 01:17 We have an exciting study today, 01:19 a study that we've kind of already begun. 01:22 This is part two of a study 01:25 that we began already that is entitled 01:27 "A Call to Anguish." 01:29 And so, I guess this is "A Call to Anguish Part Two." 01:32 And we're going to dive deep into this 01:33 and get even deeper than what we got before 01:36 because we're talking about righteousness by faith, 01:38 we're talking about a great shaking 01:41 that is going to occur in these last days. 01:43 Again, we just want to say thank you for joining us, 01:45 taking time out of your busy day. 01:47 We ask you grab your friends, your family, your enemies, 01:51 and everyone that you possibly can, 01:52 gather them around right now, get your Bibles, 01:54 get your iPads, your paper, your pens 01:57 and anything to write with to take notes 01:59 because this is going to be a deep study 02:00 and I know 02:01 that it's gonna bless you abundantly. 02:03 Before we pray though and get right into our study, 02:05 I want to introduce our exciting panel here 02:08 are our family, family worship. 02:10 And I'm going to start to my right here, 02:12 we have Brother Kenny at the far end. 02:13 Brother, it's always a blessing to have you. 02:15 Love your wisdom, 02:16 love what the Lord lays on your heart. 02:18 It's good to have you. 02:19 What a blessing always we decide to study 02:21 the Word of God together. 02:22 So, and this to me, this study is exceptional too, 02:25 we're talking about here of getting a closer, 02:27 you know, insight into things 02:29 that how God would have His people 02:31 to be just before He comes. 02:32 And so, I'm excited about this. Amen. 02:35 And then, of course, to your left, 02:37 you would probably say your better half. 02:38 I would. 02:40 Sister Chris Shelton, such a blessing to have you. 02:42 You know, it's a blessing to be here. 02:43 And may I also say that I appreciate 02:46 his wisdom and godly insight. 02:49 You know, I can't tell you how many times I think 02:52 where would I be spiritually 02:55 had I not had his connection with heaven? 02:59 You know, there were sometimes I can remember once 03:01 when we were studying about puppetry 03:04 in the church and, you know, 03:06 I can find some things and he said, 03:09 he told this lady said, "Give me a week." 03:11 And he went upstairs and he came back down. 03:14 And he gave me this list of stuff to type out. 03:17 And I'm going through there and I'm like, 03:19 how did you find out that? 03:20 I mean, it doesn't say puppets or anything but the principles? 03:23 And it is just the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 03:26 Praise the Lord. 03:27 You know, and that's what we all need. 03:29 I pray that that's, I know I've experienced it, 03:31 but I definitely would witness it in him. 03:33 Amen. 03:34 Well, you guys are precious people. 03:36 We appreciate you being on here. 03:37 Praise God. 03:38 I know you're gonna have lots of good things to add 03:40 to today's study. 03:41 So, praise the Lord. 03:43 And, of course, to my left 03:44 is my little brother, Dakota Day, 03:47 but he's not so little anymore. 03:49 You're a young man in the Lord 03:50 and it's such a blessing to have you on here. 03:52 For those of you who may not know who Dakota is, 03:55 he is my brother. 03:57 We were both in ministry years ago, 03:59 went to evangelism school together 04:00 at Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism. 04:02 And then coming out of that 04:04 I went to Amazing Facts 04:05 for a few years as an evangelist 04:07 and then my brother now, 04:11 that I've transitioned to 3ABN he has been, 04:14 I think this is about your fourth year now 04:16 with Amazing Facts ministry. 04:17 So, it's a blessing to have you, man. 04:19 Man, I appreciate 04:20 all of your love and support, Ryan, 04:21 through the years 04:23 and just inviting me on the program. 04:24 It's a blessing, man. Thanks, man. 04:25 Amen. Praise the Lord. 04:27 Praise the Lord. 04:28 Well, why don't we have a prayer 04:30 and get right into this. 04:31 Brother Kenny, why don't you say 04:32 a prayer for us 04:34 and we're going to dive deep into the study. 04:35 Amen. 04:36 Loving Father in heaven, again as we truly thank You 04:38 for Your love, Your mercy, Your long suffering with us. 04:39 Lord, we come 04:41 and may we should ask first of all, 04:42 You forgive us of our sins, 04:43 anything in our heart and life indeed not be there. 04:46 We need open communion with heaven, 04:47 we just pray the Holy Spirit now 04:49 will be seen in great measure. 04:51 Open our hearts, open our ears, open our minds, we pray, 04:54 speak to us, Lord, we pray today. 04:56 We pray for our every viewer 04:57 whether they be listening or watching 04:59 we pray their hearts will be open, 05:01 crying out, Lord, what would You have me to do. 05:04 What is truth? 05:05 And we pray 05:06 these messages will get into the heart and the minds 05:08 and the life of each individual 05:09 that can make a decision for You. 05:12 It is an anguishing time that we're living in, 05:14 but it's a hopeful time that Jesus is coming 05:16 and you want to people prepare. 05:18 Thank You for every individual that is here, 05:20 every aspect 05:21 of getting a program out like this, 05:23 bless it we pray to this end 05:25 and we just ask Your blessing upon and once again 05:28 in Jesus' name, amen. 05:29 Amen. Amen, amen. 05:31 Praise the Lord. 05:32 A Call to Anguish Part Two. 05:36 If you joined us last time, 05:37 you know, we read a rather lengthy quote, 05:39 I'm gonna read that quote again. 05:41 It comes from the version I'm reading from 05:43 actually comes from 05:44 the First Volume of the Testimonies, 05:46 page 170- 181. 05:49 Now you can find this same message 05:52 just worded just a little differently 05:53 also over in Early Writings, page 269-270. 05:59 But I'm going to reading 06:00 from the First Volume of the Testimonies, 06:02 page 179-181. 06:03 And we've entitled this, 06:05 A Call to Anguish for a Purpose. 06:06 Some people may think, man, it's a negative title or man, 06:09 it just kind of communicates gloom and doom. 06:11 But I promise you 06:13 there's a purpose for this title 06:14 because as we're going to read through this again, 06:16 you're going to see that, you know, 06:18 God by the Spirit during this judgment hour, 06:21 during this antitypical day of atonement, 06:23 He wants us to agonize, to call out in anguish, 06:28 and plead for a working of the Holy Spirit 06:30 in our life for change. 06:31 And so, I'm going to read through this quote, 06:32 it's a rather lengthy quote, so bear with me, be patient, 06:35 but it's going to open up what again, 06:37 we're going to continue to study 06:38 of what we did last time. 06:40 So, this comes from November 20, 1857, 06:43 First Volume of the Testimonies, 06:45 page 179-181. 06:47 And this is what she says. 06:49 She says, I was shown the people of God 06:52 and I saw them mightily shaken, 06:55 some with strong faith in agonizing cries. 06:57 We're pleading with God. 06:59 Their countenances were pale and marked with deep anxiety, 07:04 expressive of their internal struggle. 07:07 Firmness and great earnestness 07:09 were expressed in their countenances, 07:11 while large drops of perspiration fell 07:14 from their foreheads. 07:16 Now and then their faces would light up 07:18 with the marks of God's approbation. 07:21 And again, the same solemn, earnest, 07:23 anxious look would settle upon them. 07:27 Evil angels crowded around them, 07:29 pressing their darkness upon them, 07:31 to shut out Jesus from their view, 07:33 that their eyes might be drawn to the darkness 07:36 that surrounded them. 07:37 And they did that 07:38 they might come to distress God, 07:40 and next murmur against him. 07:42 Their only safety 07:44 was in keeping their eyes directed upward. 07:48 Angels of God had charge over His people. 07:52 And as the poisonous atmosphere 07:54 from the evil angels 07:55 was pressed around these anxious ones, 07:57 the heavenly angels 07:58 were continually wafting their wings over them 08:01 to scatter the thick darkness. 08:04 Some I saw did not participate 08:07 in this work of agonizing and pleading. 08:09 They seemed indifferent and careless. 08:13 They were not resisting the darkness around them, 08:16 and it shut them in like a thick cloud. 08:18 The angels of God left these, 08:21 and I saw them hastening to the assistance 08:23 of those who were struggling with all their energies 08:26 to resist the evil angels, 08:27 and trying to help themselves 08:29 by calling upon God with perseverance. 08:32 But the angels left those who made no effort 08:35 to help themselves, and I lost sight of them. 08:38 As the praying ones continued their earnest cries, 08:41 a ray of light from Jesus 08:43 would at times come to them to encourage their hearts 08:46 and light up their countenance. 08:49 And this is what she says. 08:51 She says, I asked the meaning of the shaking 08:54 that I had seen. 08:55 She says, and I was shown 08:56 that it would be caused by the straight testimony 08:59 called forth by the counsel of the true witness 09:01 to the Laodiceans. 09:04 This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, 09:07 and will lead him to exalt the standard 09:09 and pour forth the straight truth. 09:12 Some will not bear this straight testimony, 09:15 they will rise up against it, 09:16 and this will cause a shaking among God's people." 09:20 I know that's a lengthy quote, 09:22 but my friends, we're going to talk about this, 09:23 probably in more parts than just two. 09:25 So, stay with us. 09:27 Last time we were here, just do a quick review, guys. 09:28 Last time we were here 09:30 as she said there in that last part 09:31 we just read. 09:33 We learned that this is a message 09:34 to the Laodiceans. 09:36 Yes. Okay. 09:37 And we went through that message 09:38 to Laodicea 09:40 but more specifically, 09:41 she says that the shaking would be brought 09:42 about by the council to Laodicea. 09:45 And so, we focused in on this council 09:47 and that council to Laodicea 09:49 is found in Revelation Chapter 3, 09:51 beginning with verse 18. 09:53 Dakota, why don't you read that for us? 09:54 Revelation Chapter 3, beginning with verse 18. 09:57 What does that say there? 09:58 Yes, it says, 10:00 "I counsel thee to buy of me gold 10:01 tried in the fire, 10:03 that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment, 10:05 that thou mayest be clothed, 10:07 and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, 10:10 and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, 10:12 that thou mayest see." 10:14 So in part one, 10:15 we spent quite a bit of time 10:17 talking about the first part of that council, 10:19 which is, of course, he says, 10:21 I counsel you to buy 10:23 from me gold refine in the fire. 10:24 We learned that in the Bible, 10:25 that's that pure gold like faith of Jesus. 10:28 Yes. Amen. 10:29 Patience of the saints 10:31 who keep the commandments of God 10:32 and have the faith of Jesus. 10:33 And we've got a little bit into part two 10:35 talking about the second part of that council, 10:38 which is those white garments 10:39 and that's where we want to begin today, 10:41 Brother Kenny, Sister Chris. 10:43 It says there in that, 10:44 in the second council there, it says, 10:47 and white garments that you may be clothed, 10:51 that the shame of your nakedness 10:53 may not be revealed. 10:55 So that's what we want to dissect now, 10:57 talk about these white garments and keep in mind, 11:00 she says this is the message 11:02 that's gonna bring about a shaking 11:03 in the last days. 11:04 And so, what about these white garments? 11:06 Let's talk about it. 11:08 Well, you know, I was thinking, we studied it, 11:10 I think many times and been over it, 11:12 but I'm still learning. 11:13 That's right. 11:15 Because in the robe of righteousness 11:16 and how valuable it is, 11:18 and how it's really to be put on, 11:20 there're conditions to my salvation. 11:22 I accept Christ and I go on. 11:25 And receiving that robe of righteousness 11:27 is again we have to, we have to be seeking for it. 11:30 I think one of the things was by of me. 11:32 Right? 11:33 It's nothing that we can attain on our own. 11:35 Right? 11:36 We have to seek Him and we have to buy 11:38 and I think you mentioned in that lesson 11:39 before talking about it, it cost. 11:42 And I don't know about you, but in your life, it costs 11:44 but you know, it's still small price to pay 11:47 for heaven to live eternally with Jesus. 11:50 We all go through things in this life. 11:52 We know that, we all go through things, 11:53 there's tests and there's trials, 11:55 realize there's God's little workman, 11:57 but again, we need to stay our self open before God, 11:59 confessing our sins. 12:01 That was the message of John the Baptist 12:03 as you all know. 12:04 That's right. 12:05 And that was the first coming of Jesus, 12:07 we're approaching the second coming of Jesus. 12:09 Our message still has to be the same. 12:11 Repent, you know, be baptized, right? 12:14 Get our life right. 12:16 How can we help others 12:18 when we're carrying around a lot of these burdens 12:19 and these heavy things in our own life, 12:22 and restfulness and peacefulness 12:24 is just laying everything at the feet of Jesus 12:26 and by faith getting up and leaving them there. 12:28 I've had the tendency a few times to go back 12:30 and pick him up because I wanted to help God. 12:33 He doesn't need my help, I made a mess of it. 12:36 And so, He brings us back to that, 12:37 but that robe of righteous, I praise God for it. 12:39 And again, 12:41 no one will enter the kingdom without it and buy of Him. 12:44 So, I think God, you know, for that promise 12:47 of helping us gain victory over sin 12:49 and moving on and then robe of righteousness 12:51 is Christ righteous in His life. 12:53 That's certainly where I failed. 12:55 He certainly had to gain victory. 12:56 Powerful. 12:57 You said something just then 12:59 that really sparked something in me, 13:00 at least brought up a question. 13:02 Oh. 13:03 And that is you said buy of me, buy of me. 13:07 Dakota, I have to go to you on this one. 13:09 Because in a previous study that we did, 13:11 you did a beautiful job of bringing out 13:13 and talking about 13:15 how we that the gospel comes at a price, right? 13:18 Now I want to cover the... 13:20 I want to make this very, very clear. 13:21 We know that salvation is free, it's a free gift, right? 13:26 So we're not saying 13:27 that it comes at a price in the sense that you know 13:28 you can purchase your way to heaven. 13:30 I said I was doing a study one time on the ten virgins. 13:33 And if you remember the council 13:35 that the five wise virgins 13:37 give to the five foolish virgins, 13:39 they say you know 13:40 because the five foolish say to the wise, 13:42 you know, hey, give us of your oil 13:43 because we don't have enough, right? 13:45 And then what are the five wise say to the five foolish? 13:47 You have to go buy your own. 13:48 You know, go buy from them that sell. 13:51 And then, you know, 13:53 I made that connection one time, 13:54 you know, over Revelation there's someone selling. 13:56 There's someone that's actually says 13:58 buy from Me and it's Jesus, right? 14:00 We know that Jesus says, buy from Me. 14:02 And I made the, 14:03 I made the comment one time in the Bible study I said, 14:05 you know, can you buy the Holy Spirit? 14:08 And, of course, the obvious answer is no. 14:09 Right? 14:11 And so, everyone around the room is 14:12 no, no, no, no, no, you can't buy the Holy Spirit. 14:14 Well, just to spark a little bit of conversation 14:17 and maybe throw a little bit of a wrench 14:19 in the pile there just to kind of spark thought. 14:21 I said, yes, you can. 14:23 You can buy the Holy Spirit. 14:25 And, of course, you know, 14:26 the attitude in the room changed really quickly, 14:28 and they said, what? 14:30 Well, you know, you can't buy it, 14:31 you know, it's apostasy to say something like that. 14:33 Well, obviously, we can't buy 14:35 the Holy Spirit with money, right? 14:37 It's not like we say, look, Jesus, I have, 14:38 you know, $100 million in my bank account. 14:40 Surely, You can give me your Holy Spirit. 14:42 Not like that. 14:43 But yet, you know, 14:45 think about the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. 14:47 And Mrs. White says in Christ's Object Lesson, 14:49 she says, "The salvation comes at a cost, 14:52 at a price." 14:53 Dakota, dissect that for us. 14:55 You did beautifully before, just kind of remind us. 14:57 How can we buy the Holy Spirit? 14:59 What did Jesus say when He's saying here, 15:01 I count you to buy from me gold, 15:03 buy that white garment. 15:04 What is He saying here? 15:06 Yeah, so we talked about the gold 15:07 in our last study 15:08 representing the faith of Jesus, right? 15:10 And we know that the white raiment 15:12 is also is what He's encouraging us 15:13 to buy, right? 15:15 And we know the white raiment represents 15:16 Christ's righteousness, Christ's right doing. 15:18 And the only way we can have the faith of Jesus 15:20 and the only way we can have Christ 15:22 right doing in our lives 15:23 is that we have to give up our sin. 15:26 So, the trade that we take here, 15:28 the purchase that we're making here 15:30 is that we are purchasing God's faith 15:33 and God's victory over sin power, 15:35 the power of the Holy Spirit 15:37 by giving up our sins to Jesus. 15:39 And then Jesus, 15:41 therefore returns will give us His spirit 15:42 and give us His sanctifying grace. 15:44 And I think that this is where a lot of people, 15:47 you know, tend to struggle with their walk with God 15:49 is that they don't, 15:50 they don't want to give up our sin 15:51 because it's not natural for us 15:53 to want to give up what we love. 15:55 And this is where, how do we get that? 15:57 How do we get to where we can give it up? 15:59 Well, this is why we have to look to Jesus. 16:01 The more we look to Jesus, 16:03 the more we will fall in love with Him. 16:05 And, you know, when I first met my wife, Anna, 16:08 Ryan, you know, Anna, 16:09 we spend a lot of time around her. 16:11 When I first met my wife, Anna, 16:12 I fell in love with her looks 16:14 but I didn't fall in love with her 16:16 because I had to spend time around her. 16:18 And the more time I spent with her, 16:19 and I'm sure you guys can say the same 16:21 and you and Stephanie can say the same. 16:22 The more time I spent around her, 16:23 the more I fell in love with her. 16:25 And so much that if she asked of me 16:27 anything to surrender, 16:29 because of my love for her, I would give it up gladly. 16:32 And so, I think it's the same with us in Jesus. 16:34 And if we're wanting to truly be changed 16:36 and molded and shaped into His likeness, 16:38 and to have His righteousness, 16:39 that white raiment, right? 16:41 Then we have to give up our sin. 16:43 Absolutely, absolutely. 16:44 I was thinking of, you know, 16:45 identifying kind of dialing in 16:47 what we're talking about 16:48 when it says this white garment. 16:50 Isaiah 61:10 comes to mind here, 16:53 which identifies 16:54 what this garment represents, right? 16:56 So, it says, 16:57 "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord. 16:59 My soul shall be joyful in my God. 17:03 For He has clothed me with garments of salvation." 17:06 There it is, but then he dials it in, 17:08 he says, 17:09 "He has covered me 17:11 with the robe of righteousness." 17:14 It's Isaiah 61:10, robes of righteousness, white, 17:19 white garments, white righteousness. 17:22 You know, let's talk a little bit about this, 17:23 a little bit about this garment 17:24 because doesn't Jesus tell us a parable in the gospels 17:27 about a man who showed up at an event, at a wedding? 17:32 And he didn't have the proper raiment on, 17:36 you know, what does that say about us today, you know, 17:38 preparing to have that white raiment 17:41 so that we may be clothed. 17:42 Amen. Amen. 17:44 Well, in my mind, 17:46 just to maybe start off a little bit here, 17:47 we realized that he came to the wedding, right? 17:51 And again, we're talking about heaven, 17:52 getting into heaven. 17:53 So just make it very simple in our minds. 17:55 And he came with his own, we call self-righteousness. 17:58 He came with his own thoughts 18:00 and so on and his same old character. 18:03 And he was cast out. 18:05 So, we have to have the robe of Christ's righteousness, 18:07 that was His life, right, 18:08 His victories where we've been defeated, 18:10 where we've all sinned 18:11 and come short of the glory of God, 18:13 there's none good, not one. 18:14 How in the world 18:16 we're going to repopulate heaven 18:17 when they said there's none good, no, not one. 18:19 There's not a chance for us on our own. 18:21 That's right. 18:22 No one will make it to the kingdom. 18:24 It's because of Jesus. 18:25 He said, where you fail, I gained the victory for you. 18:29 You've already failed. 18:31 You're under death penalty. 18:32 I'm the only one that can save you. 18:33 And sometime we're looking for other gods 18:35 in all different places. 18:36 There's only one that we can go to, 18:39 only one that can forgive our sins, 18:41 only one that's willing to put His robe, 18:43 His victory, victorious life over this mess of mine. 18:47 But I like what? 18:48 We have to surrender to Him first. 18:51 We have to gain victory over sin through His power, 18:54 not in ourselves. 18:55 You know, we, 18:57 I feel like we're defeated many times 18:58 is because 19:00 when we're trying to gain a victory over something 19:02 in our life, 19:03 I look in the mirror and I see myself. 19:06 And as soon as you see yourself 19:08 as total disaster like, I've tried, 19:09 it appears I've tried 1000 times, 19:11 a million times, I can't. 19:13 I said it's because we're looking 19:15 in the wrong place, 19:16 you see, we're looking at ourself, total defeat. 19:19 We know ourself, 19:20 we know there's no hope outside of Christ. 19:22 And so, we need to look to Him, that's what it says, 19:25 you know, if I be lifted up, would draw men unto me, 19:27 if I be lifted up, that said, draw all men to me. 19:29 This is the whole thing, I think, let's look at, 19:31 just put Jesus out there, continue to look to Him, 19:34 He'll give you great strength and faith and courage 19:36 that victory can be assured 19:37 and once we mentioned in another lesson, 19:39 it's be His life, His life, 19:41 living His life guarantees by the grace of God, 19:44 if I submit to Him, 19:45 I can too gain those victories over those things 19:49 that so easily beset me at times. 19:51 May I interject? 19:53 Yes, ma'am. Please do. 19:55 Yeah. 19:56 First of all, I have to praise God 19:58 for His mercy and His patience. 20:02 And you kids can look at us 20:04 until we're grandma and grandpa. 20:07 Thank you, honey. 20:08 But when I go through these things, 20:10 I think how is it 20:13 that there's going to be people come in at the last hour? 20:16 Yes. 20:17 And going to be able to learn what has taken us a life. 20:20 Oh, yes. 20:22 That true witness presents a straight testimony. 20:27 And when I hear 20:28 even what you read in the beginning, 20:30 it reminds me of my walk in this faith, 20:33 my walk with Jesus. 20:35 There was a time that 20:36 that straight testimony cut so deep 20:39 that there were certain books 20:41 I wouldn't look at for two or three years, 20:43 seriously 'cause it hurt. 20:47 You know, we are raised in a world 20:49 that Christianity is accepted. 20:52 Oh, it's good to be a Christian. 20:53 You're going to church. So, are you a Christian? 20:55 Have you accepted Christ? 20:56 All you have to do is believe and be saved. 20:59 But the true witness once you believe 21:03 and He takes you under His wing 21:05 and you begin to walk 21:06 into the shadow of the Most High God, 21:08 He begins to show you things, 21:10 He begins to show you the dross, 21:12 He begins to show us our characters. 21:14 And we don't like seeing hurt. 21:17 I mean, I'm a girl, okay? 21:19 I go out, I love to work out in the yard, 21:22 and I can get my fingers dirty, 21:24 I can get my face dirty and, and I can come in 21:27 but I want to wash after I come in. 21:29 I'm not satisfied staying dirty. 21:31 Thank you. 21:32 So, when God begins to point out 21:33 how dirty I am, 21:36 when I thought I was okay, it hurts. 21:39 Sure. 21:40 You know, so, it's only by His grace, 21:44 it's only by His tender mercy, He is the great physician, 21:47 He comes down, 21:49 He does surgery like nobody else. 21:50 If somebody else had been over me and said, 21:52 look, you're not gonna make it if you don't, 21:54 if you don't stop wearing this, I'm not bringing you, 21:56 He's not gonna accept you. 21:58 I would have said, oh, that's not anybody, 22:00 I want to serve, that's not the loving Jesus. 22:02 I thought you were leading me too. 22:04 Yeah. 22:05 But because of His tenderness, His mercy, 22:08 He tells us how much He loves us. 22:10 He shows how much He's given for each and every one of us. 22:14 And He gently, 22:16 I've called this for years progressive revelation. 22:19 Of course. 22:20 If He had given me everything at once, have mercy. 22:24 I mean, already, I thought, I couldn't take it, 22:26 you know, at times. 22:28 Oh, yes. 22:29 But if He gave you everything at once, 22:30 you would be overwhelmed. 22:33 You would give up 22:34 and that's what the enemy wants from you. 22:36 You're not good enough, you'll never be like that, 22:39 you can't be like Jesus, come on. 22:41 Did you remember what you dreamed last night? 22:44 See what I'm saying? 22:46 So, he's the accuser of the brethren, 22:47 he tries to bring in discord, 22:49 he tries to make us bring in discouragement 22:52 and give us a lack of faith. 22:55 Yes. 22:57 He takes away our gold that was tried in the fire. 22:59 That's right. 23:01 There you go. Amen. 23:02 But because Jesus comes in 23:03 and I've spent a lot of tearful, 23:06 quiet times with Him over the years. 23:09 And there's times that I've had to just shut down 23:11 for a while, 23:13 and I knew that tomorrow would be 23:14 a better day. 23:15 But as He speaks to my heart, and then in that new day, 23:21 the gold looked a little different. 23:24 It had a little more shine to it. 23:25 That's right. A little heavy sometimes. 23:27 And I accepted 23:30 a lot of the condemnation about myself. 23:34 And I accepted those changes, but I think as Christians, 23:38 as we read God's Word, 23:40 you know, it's not for the Word to line up with us. 23:43 We have churches over the last 10 years 23:45 that literally they have thrown the Bible out 23:48 because the Word of God no longer fits their lifestyle. 23:53 Right. Yeah. 23:55 But it's not 23:58 that the Word of God is to fit our lifestyle. 24:01 It's that we are to come in line 24:03 with the Word of God and with Christ Jesus. 24:06 So I want to praise Him for His mercy. 24:08 Yes. That is so powerful. 24:09 It's so true. It's so true. 24:10 You know, as you were speaking, 24:12 there may be someone watching right now that says, 24:14 you know what, Ryan, 24:16 Jesus accepts us just the way we are. 24:17 Right? 24:18 And so, you're talking about a garment change, 24:20 you're talking about a new garment, 24:21 but yet, you know, 24:23 some people think literally, and they think, 24:24 you know, I come to Jesus just as I am 24:25 and He accepts us just the way that we are. 24:27 And there is truth to that. 24:28 And we don't want to deny that one bit. 24:30 You know, God finds us in the mire, right? 24:33 He finds us in the dirt, 24:35 you know, Paul would use the word dung, 24:37 dung, big dung, right? 24:39 We're wallowing in that vomit, right? 24:41 And the Lord finds us just like that, 24:44 does He cast us aside 24:45 and say, no, you're too dirty 24:46 and I don't want to deal with that, right? 24:48 No, no, no, He does accept as just the way that we are. 24:51 But here's the beautiful truth. 24:54 He doesn't want to leave us the way we are. 24:55 Thank you, Lord. That's right. 24:58 He accepts us the way that we are, 25:00 He brings us in with the garments 25:02 that we're wearing, right? 25:04 But is He gonna leave us in those old ragged garments? 25:07 No. No, He's not. 25:09 He wants to put a new garment upon us. 25:11 And that's why He's telling, He's telling Laodicea here, 25:13 He's saying, hey, look, you think you're cold, 25:16 but you're naked, 25:18 you're miserable, you're poor. 25:19 And guess what? On top of it all, you're blind. 25:21 We're going to talk about the light side 25:22 in just a moment. 25:24 You're blight. 25:25 You can't even see your condition. 25:27 He says, so please come to me, 25:28 I counsel you buy from me this gold, 25:31 this faith of gold, faith of Jesus 25:33 and these white beautiful, righteous garments, 25:36 not of your own righteousness but what does the Bible say? 25:39 Your righteousness is like filthy rags, right? 25:42 So He takes you, accepts you in your filthy rags, 25:45 and then He doesn't leave you that way, 25:47 He wants to change your garment. 25:49 I was thinking of the, 25:50 you know, on the Day of Atonement, 25:53 the high priest, 25:54 if anyone in that entire camp who knows millions of people 25:59 and if anyone could point to the one person 26:02 in all the camp that you could say, 26:03 now that's a holy man. 26:05 That man was chose for a holy purpose. 26:07 It would be the high priest. 26:08 But even the high priest had to change his garment 26:13 before he went into the presence of God. 26:16 And you can go read about it there, 26:17 Leviticus Chapter 16 26:18 where God specifically tells Aaron, 26:20 now keep this in mind, 26:21 Aaron was anointed, Aaron was chosen. 26:24 He was God's chosen vessel to serve in that manner. 26:27 But before, 26:28 Aaron could just bust up through that veil 26:30 into the Most Holy Place, 26:31 just wearing and thinking 26:33 that he could just go in there as he was. 26:34 The Lord gave him 26:35 specific instructions that said, 26:37 look, brother, change your garments, 26:38 and when you have changed your garments 26:40 and put on clean ones. 26:43 Clean ones, then you can come into My presence. 26:45 He had to make an atonement, did he not? 26:47 Exactly. 26:48 Well, it might be for himself and for his family 26:50 before he dared go into the presence of God 26:52 and sometime we just go open the doors 26:54 just bust in as we are God. 26:56 No, we should not. Sorry, I was... 26:58 No, no, it's beautiful. 26:59 I love that and when we think about the spotless garments. 27:01 I want to add this here, 27:02 and then we can kind of dissect it further. 27:04 Well, you know, there's a quote that I read. 27:08 I'm gonna see if I can find this real quick, 27:09 a quote that I read. 27:11 And I think it's a powerful lesson 27:12 that we can learn here. 27:13 Talking about, 27:15 this is the Upward Look, page 303. 27:18 Notice what it says, it says, "Christ took humanity 27:20 and bore the hatred of the world 27:22 that He might continue 27:25 to allow us to live in sin, right? 27:27 Because we have this horrible nature 27:29 that we can't overcome, right? 27:30 That's what the false evangelical gospel teaches. 27:34 The false evangelical gospel says, you know what? 27:36 Jesus saved you in your sin, you can't help it, 27:38 you're going to continue to sin, 27:39 sin, sin, sin, sin, sin all the way 27:41 until the second coming of Jesus, 27:42 where He's going to change your vile body liken to His. 27:45 But notice what she says here, the Upward Look, page 303, 27:47 Christ took humanity 27:48 and bore the hatred of the world 27:50 that He might show men and women 27:51 that they could live, notice, without sin. 27:54 In other words, spotless, spotless character, 27:58 spotless garment. 27:59 Let's go to Exodus 12. 28:01 I want to show something here, Exodus 12. 28:02 This is powerful. 28:04 And I've got to share this 28:05 just because it's fresh on my mind. 28:07 And the Holy Spirit's leading me to share, 28:09 so I'm going to do that. 28:11 Exodus Chapter 12. 28:12 And you guys feel free to jump in any moment 28:14 and give your views on this. 28:16 Exodus 12. 28:17 And if you notice the record 28:18 that we're going to find in Exodus 12 here, 28:20 this is the record of the instructions 28:23 that God is giving to Moses 28:24 and the children of Israel for Passover. 28:27 This is the very first Passover. 28:29 They're still in Egypt, right? 28:30 And He's about to, 28:31 He's giving them the instructions 28:33 on what they are to do because you know, 28:35 the angels about to come, 28:36 and He's going to pass over those 28:38 who have the blood of the lambs. 28:40 But notice this here, I'm gonna start in verse 3, 28:42 he says, "Speak 28:43 to all the congregation of Israel, 28:44 saying, on the tenth day of this month, 28:46 man shall take for himself a lamb. 28:49 According to the house of His father, notice, 28:52 a lamb for a household. 28:54 And if the household is too small for the lamb, 28:57 let him and his neighbor next to his house, 28:59 take it according to the number of the persons, 29:01 according to each man's need, 29:04 you shall make your account for the lamb." 29:05 Now notice this, these next ones here. 29:08 It says, "Your lamb shall be without blemish," okay? 29:12 Now right here there's gonna be people say, well, Ryan, 29:14 obviously Jesus is the Lamb, 29:16 His character spotless but mine's not. 29:18 So, Jesus spotless character is applied to mine. 29:21 Now there's some truth to that. 29:23 But notice, 29:24 notice what it continues to say on, 29:25 I love this, a spotless lamb, and it says here, 29:29 I lost my spot. 29:31 Okay, verse 5, "You shall be without blemish, 29:33 a male of the first year, 29:34 you shall take it from the sheep 29:36 or from the goats. 29:37 Now you shall keep it 29:38 until the fourteenth day of the same month 29:40 and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel 29:43 shall kill it at twilight, 29:44 now notice, they brought it out on day 10. 29:47 And they would bring it into their house 29:50 for three and a half days. 29:52 Interesting. 29:53 How long was Jesus ministry? 29:55 Three and a half years. 29:56 Jesus is the lamp. 29:58 Now I make this connection because of this. 29:59 She says in this quote here, 30:01 Christ took humanity 30:02 and bore the hatred of the world 30:04 that He might show men and women 30:05 that they could live without sin. 30:06 Jesus was without sin, He was the spotlessly lamb. 30:09 Amen. 30:10 But now you get to the Book of Revelation. 30:12 Jesus is, you know, 30:14 He's already made the sacrifice. 30:15 And now He looks back to Laodicea. 30:17 And He says, wait a second. 30:19 I want you to also have spotless white garments. 30:24 I counsel you to buy that for me. 30:26 Right? 30:27 So, let's talk about this for a moment. 30:28 Let's kind of just dissect this 30:30 before we jump into the eyesalve part. 30:31 What is it mean? 30:33 And how can we make sure that our garments are spotless. 30:36 We know that it's not of our effort, 30:38 but it's of Christ. 30:39 Let's dissect that for a moment, 30:41 spotless white garments. 30:42 I know you guys are going probably deeper than me. 30:44 So, let me take first. Yeah, go ahead. 30:47 I think it's important to understand 30:49 because a lot of people are just like perfection. 30:51 How's that possible? That's impossible. 30:54 You know, but when you put that word 30:58 and apply it to the Word of God, 31:00 perfection is living up to the light. 31:03 The truth, light is truth. 31:05 Jesus is the Word, the Word of Truth, 31:08 living up to the light that we have. 31:10 Okay. 31:11 You know, as a teacher, 31:14 and I was very scholastic in my younger years, 31:18 and now that I'm getting older, 31:20 I get a little bit more forgetting, 31:21 and it bothers me that I can't retain, 31:23 I can't recall as well as I used to, 31:25 I can't memorize like I used to, 31:27 but I keep trying. 31:28 I keep trying by the grace of God. 31:31 So, it's not really how smart you are. 31:34 God never said, 31:36 well, only those that are really intelligent 31:37 are going to make it to the kingdom of heaven. 31:39 Only those that are really intelligent 31:41 are going to have that robe of righteousness. 31:42 I'll be in trouble otherwise. 31:44 And you look, you know, 31:45 you guys have come to visit Behold the Lamb you've seen, 31:47 we have a young lady there loves Jesus. 31:51 She has down syndrome. 31:53 It's living up to the light that we had. 31:56 That's right. Amen. That's perfection in Jesus. 31:59 And He will cover us with His robe of righteousness. 32:02 I like it. 32:04 It is a process of sanctification. 32:07 It is a process of the daily. 32:09 I would love, you guys need to look online 32:12 one of these days when it's on there, 32:13 he did a sermon on the daily. 32:15 It's wonderful, it applies to our relationship, 32:17 our study, our daily prayers every day, 32:21 because if we don't have that, 32:22 that experience, 32:24 we're not going to go into the Most Holy Place 32:25 and we certainly will not be able to receive 32:28 that robe of righteousness. 32:30 So, it's a daily walk, it's a daily progression 32:34 because as God's, it's the ladder, 32:37 it's Jacob's ladder. 32:38 As you, 32:40 as you get a clear vision of one rung 32:42 and God says, okay, they're ready to go on, 32:44 they're living up to that light. 32:47 Let's give them another rung 32:49 and let's give them another rung. 32:50 And remember, 32:51 you can't take your eyes off of what, 32:53 Dakota, you can't take your eyes off of Jesus 32:56 at the top 32:57 or where's it's just gonna fall back. 32:59 You know, you can stand still, 33:00 you either are going to get keep climbing 33:03 or you just go back. 33:05 You cannot stand still, you've got to keep. 33:07 And it's also, let me point out this 33:09 'cause I had a grandma, 33:11 I had a grandma that was illiterate. 33:13 And back in the day, 33:15 they just started coming out with a Bible on cassette. 33:18 And I said, "Grandma, let me get you those cassettes 33:21 because I was going to study, 33:22 it was called Southern Missionary College 33:24 at the time. 33:25 It's now Southern University. 33:26 I was going, I said, "Grandma, look, 33:28 if I spend this much money, I get a free cassette, 33:30 you know, they were giving them out." 33:33 I said, "I could get you those cassettes, grandma, 33:34 and you could listen to them." 33:36 No. she didn't want to know. 33:39 Because grandma would ask me questions once in a while. 33:42 And grandma didn't want to know 33:44 any more than she already knew. 33:46 Now then, we are so blessed for the Spirit of Prophecy. 33:51 She makes it very clear. 33:53 We will be judged by the knowledge we had 33:56 opportunity to learn 33:58 and we failed to do 34:00 as well as the knowledge we have. 34:02 So, we have to keep climbing, you can never be still, 34:05 you need to keep in that daily word, 34:06 you need to keep studying, so that God can cover us. 34:11 But the devil is going to attack you 34:13 when you do that. 34:14 You better believe it. You know that. 34:16 I had a dream one time about, you know, stairway to heaven. 34:19 You know, and so the Lord was showing me, 34:22 you know, stairway to heaven, 34:24 and I saw myself 34:25 on that stairway toward the ladder. 34:28 And so, but I wasn't walking up, 34:30 I was laying out prone, 34:32 I was laying out prone 34:34 trying to get to the next step or the rung 34:36 or whatever you want to call it. 34:37 And so, I knew 34:39 I needed to put forth an effort 34:41 even, you know, by the grace of God, 34:42 we realized that but we have to have an effort 34:44 or something we need to do is commit to do it. 34:46 And I knew where heaven was at and I wanted so to get there. 34:50 It seemed like every time I tried to get rung 34:52 a little bit higher, another step, 34:53 the devil was there. 34:55 So I would reach up 34:56 and I put my hand hard as I could, 34:58 and I get a hold and just barely get a hold. 35:00 By the time I got a hold with my hands, 35:02 my feet would slip off, 35:04 so the only thing was holding it was the hand 35:07 and then here come the enemy 35:09 and he began to chisel underneath my fingers there 35:12 so that I would, 35:14 he'd seen my feet wasn't steadfast 35:16 because something else was happening 35:18 shaking, shaking was going on. 35:19 Okay. All right. 35:20 And I then said, Lord, help me, I don't want to, 35:23 if I let go here, I'm gone. 35:24 I'm gonna go on down, you know, 35:26 and about the time my hands chisel out, 35:28 things of this world would chisel out. 35:30 See, and all of a sudden I thought, 35:31 oh, no, God, Lord, help me. 35:33 And all of a sudden, 35:34 my feet would find the platform. 35:37 And I thought, oh, okay, we've got it. 35:39 And I look around and there he is 35:40 down there with his little hammer 35:42 and chisel, just a dream. 35:43 He's chiseling away the feet, 35:45 say, I'm going to get you this time. 35:46 But every time on that rung to get a little bit higher, 35:50 there was the enemy, 35:51 just there to take away and so again I had a dream. 35:54 I said, Lord, show me, 35:56 show me where I'm at in my Christian experience. 35:59 Show me where I'm at 36:01 and what the people need in the church, 36:03 you know what we all need in the church. 36:05 And so, I dreamed 36:07 I was in the pulpit just preaching away, 36:09 you know, this storm just gonna, 36:11 and all sudden the people were gone. 36:14 Lord, where's the people? 36:15 You know, a preacher likes people. 36:19 So I said, you know where they are at. 36:20 And I thought, well, I'm just going to get down 36:21 as I say locomotion, but I'm not sure. 36:24 So, I got down, I said, show me, 36:25 where the people are at, 36:27 where I'm at so that we can, 36:28 you know, climb a little higher. 36:31 And so, I got down on the platform, 36:32 and I went and I looked in the first pew, 36:34 and all the members were in bassinets. 36:38 They were babies on sucking pacifiers. 36:40 Right. That sounds a little goofy. 36:42 I thought, what's going on here? 36:44 So, I went to the next row and I looked in everybody, 36:47 everybody in their little cradle, 36:48 just little babies with a little bonnets on 36:50 and I'm looking at that 36:51 I recognize the face but not the body, you know. 36:55 I thought, Lord, well you show me 36:56 where they're at. 36:58 And then I looked around at myself and lo and behold, 37:00 if I didn't have one of those little bonnets on, 37:01 a little pacifier, 37:03 and I was crawling along like a little baby myself. 37:06 So, Lord reveals things to us 37:08 and I realize right then where am I at. 37:10 I'm just a baby. 37:12 And I need help from the master. 37:14 Of course. 37:15 You know, that, to me, this is, this part of it. 37:17 And instead of depressing and getting discouraged, 37:21 I looked up and I said, oh, Lord, I need Your help. 37:23 Amen. 37:25 I don't want to stay like this forever, you know. 37:26 Beautiful thing about babies and kids and children 37:28 which Jesus said we should be like little children 37:30 or we will not inherit heaven. 37:31 And is that a kid and a baby 37:33 is 100% dependent upon their parents. 37:35 Yes. Yes. Yes. Hallelujah. 37:38 You know, we go to our parents for everything, for food, 37:41 for shelter, everything and they don't worry, 37:44 they don't fret because they know, 37:45 they have faith and know 37:47 that mom and dad is gonna take care of business. 37:49 They're gonna be there for him to provide. 37:51 Glory. Thank you. 37:52 I was listening to a message just recently 37:55 and this fits so well with what you just said 37:58 because we know that there's coming a time 38:00 and this anguish, this message that we're living, 38:03 this is so important for this time 38:05 that we're living in now, 38:07 and what's ahead of us 38:08 because we need to aguishly be in prayer with God for help. 38:12 But Spirit of Prophecy makes it very clear 38:15 that when our support is gone, 38:18 when we have no money in the bank, 38:20 you know, just think of the time 38:22 we just went through this year with COVID. 38:26 You know, and it's still happening, 38:27 how quickly things change. 38:29 We didn't know 38:30 if the banks were going to fall, 38:32 we're now in a confirmed recession. 38:35 You know, we realize 38:36 things can happen any moment at any time. 38:39 But she says when there's no money, 38:41 when everything is gone, 38:44 we are to come to that in a peaceful frame of mind 38:50 as Christ went to the cross. 38:52 Wow. Amen. 38:53 Powerful. 38:55 We cannot do that on our own. 38:56 No. Oh, absolutely. 38:58 But only as Christ is living within us. 39:00 That's right. Amen. 39:01 And He's sheltering us. 39:03 But you see babies, we need Him for everything. 39:06 We're going to need Him to know where to go. 39:09 There's going to be a time, 39:10 we know people should be moving out of the cities now. 39:14 I mean, we just had an experience 39:15 where if you wanted to leave the city, you could not. 39:18 We realize that prophecy tells us 39:20 that when the Sunday law is passed, 39:22 that's it, your house may not be sold, 39:25 you need to get out. 39:26 And then you know, you may be in a small town, 39:29 you may be in a country, 39:30 but there's gonna come a time of trouble. 39:33 You know, as things laws are passed, 39:35 and things begin to heighten and heaten 39:38 that we're going to have to leave 39:40 even for a more remote place. 39:44 We're babies again. 39:45 Oh, man. 39:46 We have to call out. 39:48 We have to learn to trust and have faith in God, 39:52 for our very food, for our health, for our life. 39:56 You know, I've often said, well, if God doesn't heal me, 40:00 how am I going to make it through, I'm asthmatic. 40:02 I praise, I praise God for His natural remedies. 40:06 I've been able to overcome a lot of things, 40:09 but not the asthma. 40:11 And not, you know, I have food allergies, 40:13 all these things. 40:14 But I also know there's healings 40:15 in the presence of God, I've seen that firsthand. 40:18 And I know that He can do that. 40:20 But a lot of people I believe are questioning these things. 40:23 How am I going to do it? 40:24 How am I going to do it? 40:25 It's that faith of a little child. 40:28 It's going back. That's right. 40:30 And Lord show me. 40:31 I mean, Mrs. White had a dream, 40:33 she had a dream where when it was really bad, 40:36 the angel came and took them to a remote place 40:39 and when she got there, 40:40 there were other Christians that had been led there. 40:43 So, we're on the winning side, don't ever, ever give up, 40:48 just plead for direction, 40:50 plead for the latter rain experience, 40:52 plead to be covered in the righteousness of Christ, 40:55 to have the mind of Christ. 40:56 You know, everything you're saying there. 40:58 I could hear someone saying, you know, Miss Chris, 41:00 I hear what you're saying but, 41:02 I can't necessarily see what you're seeing. 41:06 I don't see the things that you see 41:09 which is where 41:10 this third counsel comes in, right? 41:12 Is there's a third part of this council 41:14 where you got to see here, folks. 41:15 Notice here. 41:16 So, we've got the faith of gold. 41:18 We've got the garments of righteousness, right? 41:21 But then there's a third one here. 41:22 It says, Jesus says 41:23 and anoint your eyes with eyesalve 41:26 that you may see. 41:27 Now this is kind of ironic 41:29 that Jesus is saying this to Laodicea 41:30 because if you notice 41:31 or if you know anything about the literal history 41:34 of Laodicea then, you know, Laodicea was a real city. 41:37 And if you read the history of Laodicea, 41:40 you'll know that they were famously known, 41:41 they were notorious for their medical sciences 41:45 and their medical institutions. 41:46 And one of the things that they were famous for 41:48 was this special medical eyesalve 41:51 that they had produced 41:52 and made known around the regions. 41:53 People would travel all over the world 41:55 and come into their cities, 41:56 and that they would come specifically for this eyesalve 41:59 and it's amazing that Jesus is now telling them, 42:01 you need to put 42:02 some of that eyesalve on yourself. 42:04 That's right. That's right. 42:05 Because I need you to see, right? 42:07 And there's a few texts that come to my mind here. 42:09 Just notice John 3:3. 42:11 What does Jesus say to Nicodemus, 42:12 one of the spiritual leaders of Israel? 42:15 He says to him in John 3:3, 42:17 he says, "Most surely I say to you, 42:18 unless one is born again, 42:20 he cannot see the kingdom of God." 42:22 Yes. 42:24 There's something about us 42:25 that we need the spiritual vision, 42:27 anoint your eyes with eyesalve. 42:29 2 Kings 6:17, 42:31 is probably one of my favorite stories. 42:33 I love this because, 42:35 you know, this tells a story about how the, 42:38 I think it was the Syrian armies 42:39 were coming in Israel, 42:41 and but yet, Israel had a prophet. 42:43 It was Elisha. Yes. 42:44 And Elisha was given the king's tips and saying, 42:46 look, they're coming here, they're going there. 42:48 And it got back to the Syrian king 42:50 and he said, who is this guy and this man? 42:52 They say, there's a man of God out here 42:54 telling this battalion the king of Israel 42:56 all of our moves. 42:57 And so, the Syrian army, 42:59 you know, Syrian king says, 43:00 look, gather the armies and go out 43:01 and take this brother out. 43:03 Well, they basically surround, 43:06 they go out and they meet 43:07 and they surround the place of Elisha. 43:09 Elisha had a servant 43:11 and the servant goes and steps outside 43:12 and he looks and he sees all these army 43:14 surrounding and encamped about their house there, 43:17 he goes back in and tells Elisha, 43:18 hey, these army, 43:19 there's an army out here just for us, we're done, 43:22 we're doomed, right? 43:23 And Elisha, I could just imagine, 43:24 Elisha's like, man, look, 43:26 there may be a lot of them 43:28 but there's a whole lot more of us 43:30 than they are of them. 43:31 You could imagine this brother's confusion. 43:33 Yeah. 43:34 Because in that moment he's going, 43:37 there's me and then you, 43:41 and there's like a 2000 of them out there, right? 43:44 I'm just throwing out a number. 43:45 But seriously Elisha knew, Elisha have that faith of gold. 43:48 Amen. He had that white garment. 43:50 And he was using this moment to, 43:52 to witness to this brother. 43:53 Yes. 43:54 And this brother he is, Elisha praises, he says, 43:57 God, please open this brother's eyes. 43:59 But notice, what he says, verse 16 or it's verse 17. 44:02 2 Kings 6:17. 44:04 And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray, 44:06 open his eyes that he may see. 44:09 Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw. 44:12 We need that spiritual vision, don't we? 44:14 Amen. 44:15 Because we, you know, 44:16 there's a great controversy battle. 44:18 There's things going around us right now 44:19 that we don't really know about. 44:21 The forces of evil 44:23 that are coming against us at time 44:24 and we don't realize 44:26 that God is sending out legions of angels, 44:28 all around us, protecting us every single day of the year. 44:32 I think of the man and I'm gonna throw up, 44:33 I'm getting excited here. 44:35 I don't mean to talk a lot. 44:36 I'm gonna toss this to you 44:37 and let you give your piece in just a moment. 44:39 But John Chapter 9, I love this. 44:40 Because Jesus heals this blind man 44:41 and He tells him, look, don't go, 44:43 don't tell nobody just leave it alone. 44:45 Well, the blind man goes back to the temple, 44:47 he shows himself 44:48 and these people are just baffled, 44:50 even the priest. 44:51 What? 44:53 Is this the same guy that was blind from birth? 44:55 You know, and so they finally go 44:56 and interrogate the parents. 44:58 You know what, what's going on here? 44:59 The parents say, well, we don't know nothing at all. 45:01 All we, you need to talk to his brother. 45:02 They were afraid. 45:03 And I love his response 45:05 when they are interrogating him and it came down to the moment. 45:07 He says one thing I know. 45:09 That's right. That's right. That's right. 45:11 He didn't get so big in-depth account, 45:13 he's like one thing I know simplest witness in the world 45:17 was powerful. 45:18 He says one thing I know that though I was blind, 45:21 what's Laodicea's problem? 45:23 He says, you're miserable, wretched poor, 45:26 blind and naked. 45:27 He said, although I was blind, now I see. 45:32 When you have an encounter with Jesus, 45:34 your spiritual vision changes, 45:37 He gives you a spiritual vision. 45:39 He gives you a spiritual discernment 45:41 like no other. 45:42 And that reminds me of 1 Corinthians 2:14, it says, 45:45 but the natural man does not receive 45:48 the things of the Spirit of God, 45:50 for they are foolishness to Him. 45:53 And that brings me back to what you were just saying. 45:54 I said earlier, someone may be watching this 45:56 and I'm not meaning it 45:58 in a degrading negative type way 45:59 or critical way. 46:00 It all fit though. It all fits. Right. 46:02 Because it's the grace of God 46:03 and the grace of God is what gives us 46:04 that spirit of discernment. 46:06 So, it all fits. Right. 46:07 And so, someone may be watching and saying, 46:09 I don't get this. 46:10 I'm not understanding this. 46:11 I mean, they're talking about victory over sin 46:13 and growth and all this. 46:14 We know, to me, 46:15 I was raised in a gospel, even me, 46:17 I was raised in the gospel and said, 46:18 you know, just believe and be saved. 46:20 Now the gospel can be that simplistic. 46:21 For instance, the thief on the cross. 46:24 He believed and he's saved, right? 46:27 But sometimes we over, 46:29 we overextend or oversimplify the gospel. 46:32 I'm not trying to make it sound complicated, 46:33 but we dilute it down to a cheap grace, 46:37 you know, just believe, 46:38 you know, and then I'll be saved. 46:40 You know, the Bible says 46:41 the devil believes and trembles, right? 46:43 But notice what it says here, it says 46:44 that they are foolishness to Him, 46:46 nor can He know them 46:48 because they are spiritually discerned. 46:51 So, Dakota, give us your thoughts on this, 46:54 spiritual discernment, spiritual vision. 46:57 What about this eyesalve? What can we learn? 46:59 I think, you know, 47:01 when we know the great controversy 47:02 between Christ and Satan, from the very beginning, 47:04 from the war in heaven 47:05 that we read about in Revelation Chapter 12, 47:08 the war in heaven broke out between Michael and the dragon. 47:10 When we read about that, 47:12 you know, I think and understand what's that, 47:15 what that warfare is really about, 47:17 but about worship, 47:18 and about, you know, 47:21 the devil being so upset with Jesus 47:24 and he didn't want Jesus, 47:26 you know, he was looking to himself, 47:27 reading Isaiah 14 there 47:28 that he wanted to be like the Most High. 47:30 And when we see all of that, I think that our, you know, 47:34 I pray this all the time, I say, Lord, 47:35 help me to see this controversy, 47:37 this great cosmic dilemma between You and Satan, 47:39 help me to see this 47:41 more and more in my day to day life. 47:42 Because sometimes when we get mad 47:44 or we get angry, 47:45 we go about our day to day life. 47:47 We don't really see what the devil is doing. 47:50 We don't see how the evil angels 47:52 are also trying to really attack our life. 47:54 And it's because a lot of the times we forget, 47:58 that the story is that 47:59 we're in a spiritual warfare, right? 48:01 That's right. 48:02 And the reason why we tend to not see is 48:04 because we're not constantly in God's Word. 48:06 We're not constantly spending time with Jesus. 48:09 And so, we lose our spiritual eyesight 48:10 when we're not constantly spending time with the Lord. 48:13 And I just want to make a point here, 48:15 and I'm just kind of backtracking just a bit 48:17 on the white raiment 48:18 because there was a few things 48:20 I wanted to bring out from that. 48:21 And that is that, you know, a lot of people think 48:22 that we get the white raiment by what we do. 48:27 And we've made it clear 48:29 that that's not how we receive the white raiment. 48:30 I just want to make a few points here. 48:31 Jesus, so, Jesus, 48:34 He delivers the children of Israel first 48:36 and sets them free. 48:38 Then He gives them the Ten Commandments 48:39 and commands them on how to live their life. 48:42 So first you have the deliverance. 48:44 Now He expects obedience. 48:47 Amen. Right? 48:48 So, this is the path that we see in God's Word 48:51 all the way through. 48:52 And in Genesis, 48:53 I just want to bring out a few things. 48:55 This has to do with vision, 48:56 and this has to do with white raiment. 48:57 So, I'm going to use this as an example. 48:59 We know the story of the fall, Genesis Chapter 3. 49:02 We read about Adam and Eve. 49:05 And so, what happens here is that it says in Genesis 3:7, 49:09 you know, they ate of the tree, Satan deceived them. 49:12 And the eyes of them both were opened 49:14 and they knew that they were naked. 49:15 So now they have vision. 49:18 But see, it's spiritual vision. 49:19 Now they know something's happened. 49:21 Before all they knew that was good 49:25 but then Satan tempted them, 49:26 he says, you could be 49:28 like God's knowing good and evil. 49:29 Well, they knew what good was. 49:31 But they had no idea what evil was. 49:33 And so now, they ate, they disobeyed God 49:36 and immediately when they both partook 49:38 there was something there that changed 49:39 and they realized the guilt, 49:42 the changing of their own nature, 49:45 everything started to take place in change. 49:47 And it says their eyes of them both were open 49:49 and they knew that they were naked. 49:50 Now if you were stark naked right now in public, 49:53 like right now on this program, how would you feel? 49:56 Obviously ashamed and... 49:57 You would feel ashamed, right? 49:59 You would feel, oh, I need to cover up. 50:01 Absolutely. So, they felt naked. 50:02 And so, what did they do? 50:04 They tried covering up they sewed fig leaves together 50:06 and they made themselves aprons. 50:08 Too many times when we had that spiritual eyesight 50:10 and we know 50:11 there's something wrong with us. 50:13 In other words, Holy Spirit's convicting us. 50:14 What do we try to do? We try to fix it ourselves. 50:18 We try to white knuckle our way through live, right? 50:19 And cover it up. 50:21 We want to do it 50:22 and we start trying to cover up our own sins. 50:24 And this is what Adam Eve did, 50:26 they sewed fig leaves together said, 50:27 hey, guys, we're naked. 50:28 We got to, we got to fix this. 50:30 So, they grabbed fig leaves, they sew them together, 50:32 and they tried covering their nakedness. 50:33 But the problem was the fig leaves showed 50:35 too much cleavage. 50:37 Oh. 50:38 And so, 50:40 so God now is wanting to give them 50:41 better eyesight 50:43 that they may see 50:44 that this covering of their own, 50:46 this raiment that they have, it's not white and pure. 50:50 They need to change that raiment and they 50:51 and the only way they can do that 50:52 is to have vision. 50:54 That's right. 50:55 They get to see their condition. 50:57 They get to see their condition. 50:58 And so, what does he do? 50:59 It says that 51:01 and they heard the voice of the Lord God 51:02 walk in the garden at the cool of the day, 51:03 Adam and his wife hid themselves 51:05 from the presence of Lord God 51:06 amongst the trees of the garden. 51:08 Now, why did they hide? 51:09 Here's the point. 51:10 Listen, what does Satan do to us when we sin? 51:12 We doubt. Yeah. 51:13 What do we do? 51:15 We immediately feel bad about it, right? 51:16 We feel like so bad. 51:17 Oh, man, we feel so overwhelming guilt 51:20 and we start, get this, 51:21 we start to think 51:23 that the way that we think about ourselves 51:26 is the way that God thinks about us. 51:29 Did you get that? 51:30 Satan didn't quit messing with Adam and Eve 51:33 when they ate of the fruit. 51:34 It wasn't like, he's like, oh, my job's done. 51:36 That's right. 51:37 No, no, no, that was just the beginning. 51:38 He pressed the issue further. 51:40 Any he say hey, listen, 51:41 he's gonna be ashamed to see you this way. 51:43 Instead of running to Jesus, 51:44 he got them to hide from Jesus. 51:45 Right. 51:47 And this is where we're not, 51:48 you know, we do this 51:50 on our day to day lives, don't we? 51:51 We sin and we think I got to, I got to fix this myself 51:53 instead of running to Jesus. 51:54 And they try covering it up and so check this out. 51:57 So, what did God do 51:58 to ultimately solve this problem? 51:59 They got fig leaves on, God says, listen, 52:02 that's not gonna work, 52:03 showing too much cleavage, right? 52:05 So, He's like, okay, 52:06 let me give you a different garment. 52:07 And so, you go to Genesis 3:21. 52:10 It says unto Adam 52:11 also unto his wife to the Lord God make. 52:13 It's the only, listen, listen, this is powerful. 52:16 Check this out. 52:18 The first thing God made after creation was animal skin. 52:23 Yeah. Interesting. 52:26 Listen to this, the Lord God make, 52:29 He made coats of skins and clothed them. 52:31 Hold on a second. 52:33 What was He ultimately saying? 52:35 Is that your righteousness? It caused death. 52:37 What you've done 52:38 trying to cover up your sin is not good enough. 52:40 That's right. Only I can do it. 52:41 Now we know that He killed a lamb. 52:43 That's right. 52:44 Reason why Adam and Eve didn't die 52:46 is because a lamb died in their place 52:47 and that lamb represented the Lamb that was slain 52:49 from the foundation of the world. 52:50 Jesus Christ in Revelation 13 52:52 and they called the Lamb that was slain 52:53 from the foundation of the world. 52:54 Jesus stood in man's place to take the death. 52:57 But why did He clothed them 52:58 with the animal skin of a lamb? 53:01 So, the only way they could continue on living 53:06 is if they have 53:08 and the promise of righteousness 53:09 is that they have on the animal skin. 53:12 And this reminds me real quick, Jacob and Esau. 53:15 So good, man. Jacob and Esau. 53:17 How did Jacob, and it was a messed up story, 53:19 but there's some gospel there. 53:21 How did Jacob receive his Father's blessing? 53:25 He put on the skin. 53:26 He had to put on the skin. Right? 53:28 He had to smell like one who had been in the field. 53:32 He had to smell like a lamb. 53:36 Interesting. Yes. 53:37 So, we do as well. 53:39 I want to just inject this one point in that story 53:41 because you said they received spiritual eyesight, 53:45 I believe they lost it at that moment. 53:48 When she took that fruit and they did eat, 53:52 they lost their spiritual eyes. 53:54 They lost the Shekinah Glory, 53:55 they lost 53:57 what Christ is trying to give us 53:58 that robe of righteousness, right then it was gone. 54:01 That's when they were naked. Sure. 54:02 They lost the shield to see evil 54:04 because before they couldn't see evil, 54:06 but now they can. 54:07 But they, but were told 54:08 they had a light of spiritual cover... 54:10 Sure, the righteousness. 54:12 Which is the garment that God is wanting. 54:14 So, they traded it for their own 54:16 and their own was nakedness. 54:18 And so, God begins to replace that 54:22 with that animal skin, 54:24 so that I just wanted to inject that 54:26 because they lost that place 54:28 where He's trying to take us back to. 54:29 Absolutely. 54:31 They didn't know sin because sin didn't exist. 54:32 Right. Yeah. 54:34 So it starts very early. Well, it did exist. 54:35 Satan. 54:36 Well, yes, I mean, in their lives. 54:38 It didn't exist in their lives... 54:39 It starts real early in life. 54:40 You find out when you tell the children, 54:42 don't get in the cookie jar. 54:43 And there are two or three years old, 54:44 they get a cookie. 54:46 What do they do? Hey, Mom, look at me. 54:47 They go hide behind the couch to eat that cookie 54:50 because they know 54:51 they're not supposed to be eating that cookie. 54:53 And so, they go back and they hide back there 54:57 and they not even aware basically, it's inside. 55:00 That's right. 55:02 I honestly think that God has given His people 55:05 the spiritual eyesalve, 55:06 even the way 55:07 you just presented those passages. 55:10 I've never looked at it like that before. 55:12 I'm hearing things that I've never heard 55:14 in all my almost so many years before 55:17 because God is opening, 55:18 He's giving His people that spiritual eyesalve to see. 55:22 May I share a passage here? No, absolutely. Yeah, go ahead. 55:24 This is from Testimonies, Volume 3. 55:28 Oh, oh, we may not have time, I've just read a little bit. 55:31 It says, "I have been shown that the greatest reason 55:33 why the people of God are now found 55:35 in this spiritual blindness 55:37 is that they will not receive correction, 55:40 they will not receive correction. 55:41 Many have despised the reproves and reward 55:44 and warnings given to them. 55:45 The true witness condemns the lukewarm condition." 55:49 And I'll stop there because it is powerful. 55:51 It goes on, 55:53 but we don't want to receive correction, 55:54 we fight, 55:55 we don't want somebody to tell us what to do. 55:58 We know what to do on our own. 56:00 We're blind, we're naked. Lord, have mercy. 56:02 That's amazing. Yeah. 56:04 Any final thoughts, brother, before end? 56:05 Well, I'm just thinking about that eyesight. 56:06 I need that spiritual eyesight, 56:08 Lord, help my eyes to see all those things I need to see, 56:10 ears to hear only what I need to hear. 56:12 And the mind that receptive of spiritual thing, 56:14 I need that. 56:16 That hymn, hope in my eye that I may see... 56:19 Oh, I love this song. And it's so true. 56:21 Let's tie this together in the closing 56:22 because I have like a minute before we close out, 56:25 and I just want to tie this all together 56:26 because there's going to be a part three. 56:27 We're going to come back for this. 56:29 But notice this. 56:30 She says, what's going to bring about the shaking 56:32 is the council given to Laodicea. 56:34 What is that council? 56:35 Jesus says, you need to have the faith of gold, 56:37 the faith of Jesus. 56:39 You need to have 56:40 the white garments of righteousness. 56:42 Not your righteousness, His righteousness. 56:45 And then, you know what? 56:47 I want to dial in your spiritual vision. 56:49 I want to upgrade that spiritual vision, 56:50 so you can have the spiritual discernment 56:52 to be able to see the world as I see, 56:54 to see your brothers and sisters as I see, 56:56 to see the horribleness of sin as I see. 56:59 I want to give you the spiritual eyesight, 57:02 faith of gold, 57:04 beautiful righteous garments of righteousness, 57:06 of Jesus' righteous 57:07 and eyesalve that you may see. 57:09 You put all that together, 57:10 you know a message that is that Jesus said 57:11 that would bring about the shaking. 57:13 Righteousness by faith. 57:14 That's right. That's it. 57:16 Yes. Righteousness by faith. 57:17 My friends, look, 57:18 there's going to be a part three, 57:20 "A Call to Anguish Part Three." 57:21 We're going to go back, we're going to revisit this. 57:23 I just want to thank you so much for joining us today. 57:25 We've had such a good time here. 57:26 Hey, we hope to see you next time. 57:28 Stick, stick with us, 57:29 come back again and study again. 57:31 God bless you all, and have a blessed day. 57:33 Amen. Thank you. |
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