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Behold, The Day Cometh Part 2 - 8/2/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  >> Amen. That's only thing matters tonight.
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  And uh is your name in the lamb's book
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  of life?
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  >> And does he know your name? Amen.
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  >> And uh you can know his lot of people
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  that went to hell. Knowing his name,
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  knowing his name very well.
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  But you know what? One of these days, if
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  they hadn't stood before him already,
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  one of these days, they'll stand before
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  him and he'll say, "Depart from me, ye
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  that work iniquity, for I never knew
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  you." Amen. And I'm thankful tonight
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  that I know him,
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  >> but I'm a lot more thankful that he
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  knows me. Amen. I appreciate the Lord.
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  Take your Bible, take God's word, turn
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  with me to the book of Malachi again
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  this evening. Malachi chapter 4 and uh
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  been looking forward to the rest of the
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  message. And uh
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  this morning, I believe that's what the
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  Lord would have us to do. And uh
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  I told the men in prayer room, I said,
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  'I know the scripture says his word will
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  not return unto him void. And uh you
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  know, I think about the many services
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  that I've preached the gospel message
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  and just warned the sinner about hell.
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  And they've walked away from it. And no
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  doubt probably some in my lifetime I've
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  preached the gospel to have already died
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  and probably went there. And uh you
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  know, I've often thought to myself,
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  wonder how it didn't return void in
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  those situations. And I told those men
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  in prayer room tonight, I said, "The
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  only difference is is I did what he
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  asked me to do." And when he says it'll
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  not return void, it's going to it's
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  going to get him glory one way or
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  another.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Whether you reject it or you receive it
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  is your choice, but he's going to get
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  glory out of it whether you reject it or
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  you receive it. Amen. And I'm thankful
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  we have a God like that. I'm thankful.
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  So very thankful for his blessings.
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  Malachi chapter 4. You find your place
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  if you would stand again on reference to
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  the reading of God's word. We'll read
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  verses one down through verse number
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  three again this evening. Amen. Are you
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  glad you're saved tonight?
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  >> Amen. Are you glad you're on your way to
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  heaven?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. Are you happy?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. I tell you this, happiness will
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  come and go, but joy don't ever have to
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  leave. Amen. And I'm thankful for the
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  happy times, but I'm thankful that joy
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  never has to leave. And nobody can take
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  that from you. Amen. If only if you
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  allow them to. And we ought to be joyful
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  tonight. Let's look in the text Malachi
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  4 and verse number one. The Bible says,
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  "For behold, the day cometh that shall
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  burn as an oven, and all the proud,
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  yeah, all and all that do wickedly shall
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  be stubble, and the day that cometh
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  shall burn them up, sayeth the Lord of
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  hosts, that it shall leave them neither
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  root nor branch. But unto you, aren't
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  you thankful for that? But unto you that
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  fear my name, shall the son of
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  righteousness arise with healing in his
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  wings. Ye shall go forth and grow up as
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  calves of the stall, and ye shall tread
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  down the wicked, for they shall be ashes
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  under the souls of your feet in the day
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  that I shall do this, saith the Lord of
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  hosts. Father, I ask humbly again
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  tonight that you would help us, Lord. I
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  thank you for the service thus far. And
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  God, I pray that you would speak to us
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  and through us, Lord, know our minds in
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  a million different places. But God, I
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  ask you, Lord, that you would draw us
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  into the text tonight. And I pray, God,
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  that you would help us to uh open our
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  eyes. We might behold wondrous things in
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  thy law. God, I ask you, Lord, tonight,
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  Father, that we would be able to lift up
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  our hands in the sanctuary and bless the
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  Lord. God, I pray that uh Lord, you
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  allow us just to worship you and and
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  Lord, if it be your will to shout a
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  while, Lord, this text has encouraged me
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  in my study. And Lord, I pray that it'll
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  encourage others tonight. Uh Lord, to
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  know the privilege, Lord, the freedom
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  that we have in you tonight. God, I ask
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  humbly you would help us again save the
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  sinner nearest hell, reclaim the
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  backsliden, and Lord, for the child of
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  God, I pray that they'll rejoice and be
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  strengthened tonight, be encouraged by
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  the word of God. And Lord, I pray more
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  than anything that you would get glory
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  out of this service, out of this sermon
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  tonight. We'll thank you and praise you
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  for what you do because we ask it in
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  Jesus name. God's children said,
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  >> "Amen." You can be seated. Thank you for
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  standing. And tonight we will title the
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  message just the same way that we did
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  this morning there in verse number one.
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  The Bible says, "Behold, the day
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  cometh." And uh I we look this morning
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  at the negative side of this text. And
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  I'm so thankful that God in his dealings
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  with man, he is perfectly just and
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  perfectly righteous. And he deals in
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  judgment to those who receive and have
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  rejected his mercy. They've rejected his
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  grace. And he deals in judgment with
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  them that are to receive condemnation.
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  But aren't you thankful that out of that
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  very same hand proceeds that precedes
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  judgment, that same hand proceeds
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  blessing to the child of God. And
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  tonight we notice in the text verse
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  number two that shift in the text verse
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  number two he says but unto you that
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  fear my name shall the son of
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  righteousness arise with healing in his
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  wings and ye shall go forth and grow up
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  as caves of the stall. And so I want to
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  talk to to you tonight about that
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  thought. Part number two, behold the day
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  cometh. And now you SAY, "PREACHER, WHAT
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  IS THIS day that you're talking about?"
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  Well, I was going to elaborate on it
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  this morning, and so we'll do it
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  tonight. Notice what chapter number
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  three says, verse number one in the
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  text. The Bible says in verse number
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  one, "Behold, I will send my messenger,
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  and he shall prepare the way before me,
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  and the Lord whom you seek shall
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  suddenly come to his temple, even the
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  messenger of the covenant whom you
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  delight in. Behold, he shall come, saith
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  the Lord of hosts." Notice verse two.
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  "But who may abide the day of his
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  coming? And who shall stand when he
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  appearth? For he is like a refiner's
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  fire and like fooler soap. And so this
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  is the coming day of the Lord. And I
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  want you to notice three things by way
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  of introduction tonight here in chapter
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  number three about the day of the Lord.
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  And it's found all over scripture. But
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  I'll say this number one tonight. When
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  the day of the Lord comes, it will be
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  sudden. You say, "What do you mean?"
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  Well, notice it again in verse number
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  one. He said there, he said that he
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  shall send his messenger to prepare the
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  way before me. And the Lord whom you
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  seek, notice this, shall suddenly come
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  to his temple. And so the day of the
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  Lord that is to come is going to be a
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  day that is sudden. And you say, "What
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  is that?" Well, this is making reference
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  to the second advent of our Lord and
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  Savior Jesus Christ when he will descend
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  upon the Mount of Olives, and it will be
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  a sudden thing. Amen. He's going to
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  descend on there. And not only do you
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  see it's a sudden coming in the text,
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  but I'll say this, when he comes, he's
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  going to see it. Notice that in verse
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  number three. And he shall sit as
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  refiner and purifier of silver. And he
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  shall purify the sons of Levi and purge
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  them as gold and silver that they may
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  offer unto the Lord an offering in
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  righteousness. And so God is going to
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  establish Christ on this earth as king.
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  And finally, one more time, the
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  Israelites will offer a satis a
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  satisfactory sacrifice unto the Lord.
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  You see, all this time since Jesus came,
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  there's never been a sacrifice that's
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  pleased the Lord. But one of these days,
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  Jesus is going to come and sit on the
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  throne of his father David. Amen. And
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  they will once again make a sacrifice.
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  Boy, I feel good in my soul. Amen. They
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  will once again make a sacrifice before
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  him. And you say, "Preacher, I thought
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  he was the ultimate sacrifice." You see,
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  their sacrifice is not for sin. Their
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  sacrifice is for the savior. Amen. And
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  you say, "What is that?" Well, it's in
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  commemoration of what Jesus had done for
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  them. Amen. And that is what we're
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  called to do tonight. That's what the
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  book of Hebrews says. By him, therefore,
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  let us offer the sacrifice of praise
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  continually. That is the fruit of our
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  lips, giving thanks unto his name. And I
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  want to say this, when he sits, thank
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  God. We'll stand up with him. Amen.
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  Behind him and for him. Amen. We will be
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  there with him in the text. And so when
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  he comes, it'll be sudden. When he
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  comes, he will be sitting. But you
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  notice in this text also verse number
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  four. Then shall the offering of Judah
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  and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord
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  as in the days of old and as in former
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  years. Notice verse five. And I will
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  come near to you in judgment. Notice
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  this next phrase. And I will be a swift
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  witness against the sorcerers and
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  against the adulterers and against false
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  swears and against those that oppress
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  the hireling in in his wages, the widow
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  and the fatherless and that turn aside
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  the stranger from his wrath. and fear
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  not me, saith the Lord of hosts. And so
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  when he comes, it's going to be sudden.
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  When he comes, he's going to sit. But
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  let me say this. When he comes tonight,
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  he's going to bring swift judgment.
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  Amen. And I'm thankful there's coming a
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  day when every wrinkle is going to get
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  ironed out. Amen. Every criminal, Amen.
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  And every convict, everybody that stood
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  against Jesus and stood against his
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  people, amen, is going to be judged
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  before him. Amen. He's going to deal
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  with old slooh foot. SOMEBODY SAY
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  HALLELUJAH TONIGHT. HE'S GOING TO DEAL
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  WITH THE old serpent, Satan himself, and
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  put HIM AWAY FOREVER. AMEN. I'M SAYING,
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  FRIEND, THERE'S coming a day that when
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  he sits down, I'M SAYING JUDGMENT IS AND
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  WILL BE SWIFT. AMEN.
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  >> OH, FRIEND, aren't you thankful tonight
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  that when he judges, he judges, right?
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  Oh, but he ain't like our court system.
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  It don't take him years, amen, to get a
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  verdict done. I'm saying, friend, in
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  just a few moments, God will take care
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  of all the evil and all the wicked in
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  this world, and he's going to make
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  everything right. Aren't you looking
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  forward to that day when he comes? AMEN.
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  BUT I realize in this text tonight, the
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  fact that he's coming, you see, there's
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  something that's left for you and I. And
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  Malachi ends the text here in chapter
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  number four, this last prophecy given to
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  the Old Testament saints here. He is
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  speaking to them and he is warning them
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  of the coming of the Lord. And I want to
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  say this tonight, if I could say
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  anything to you, child of God, it is
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  that Jesus is coming back and that he is
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  coming back very soon. Amen. I want to
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  say tonight, we know he's going to come
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  in the rapture first, but just as soon
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  as the rapture takes place, we believe
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  that no longer than seven years later,
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  Jesus is going to come back, not in the
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  clouds, but he's going to come back to
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  the earth. And he's going to land in
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  Jerusalem. And he is going to establish
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  his millennial kingdom there in
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  Jerusalem. And that could be just seven
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  years away. Amen. We don't know how long
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  it's going to be before the Lord comes.
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  But I'll say this, FRIEND, WHEN HE
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  COMES, IT WILL BE SUDDEN. AMEN. and he
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  will see it. Hallelujah. HE'S GOING TO
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  ERASE THE ENEMIES THAT will stand
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  against him in swift judgment. But I
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  notice in this, he is mentioned there in
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  chapter number four and verse number
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  one, we talked about the judgment OF
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  GOD. BUT WE NOTICE IN THAT SAME
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  JUDGMENT, GOD IS GOING TO GIVE MERCY AND
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  GOD IS GOING TO GIVE GRACE UNTO THE
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  ISRAEL of God and those that are saved
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  by the grace of God during the
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  tribulation period. And I want you to
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  notice four things tonight in this
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  thought of the day cometh here. Behold,
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  the day cometh. Number one, I want you
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  to notice tonight that in that day there
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  will be a remembrance of the reverence
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  for the sovereign. Say, what do you
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  mean? Well, notice verse two. But unto
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  you that fear my name. And I like that
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  the Bible in the Old Testament always
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  talks about the fear of God. Now, we all
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  we often think in our carnal mind and
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  new age English that fear is something
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  that means we are afraid. BUT THAT'S NOT
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  REALLY THE Bible word. When we think of
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  the Bible word of fear, it doesn't
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  really mean TO BE AFRAID, BUT IT MEANS
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  to have a reverential awe. It means TO
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  BE AFFECTED BY SOMETHING AND SO MUCH
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  BACK THAT WE ARE TAKEN BACK. AMEN. In
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  his beauty and his glory and we
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  reverence him. Amen. We respect him. And
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  I NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT this in
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  chapter number three. Look what the
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  BIBLE SAYS. HE DEALT with these
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  Pharisees. They had forgotten the
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  ordinances of God in verse number seven.
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  I ain't got time to preach all this.
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  THEY HAD FORGOTTEN THE ORDINANCES IN
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  verse 7 of chapter 3. They had forsaken
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  the offerings of the temple in verses 8
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  and n of chapter number three. They have
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  falsified their opportunity to be right
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  with God. In verse number 14 of chapter
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  3, notice what they say. Ye have said,
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  it is VAIN TO SERVE GOD. AND WHAT PROFIT
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  IS it that we have kept his ordinance
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  and that we have walked mournfully
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  before the Lord of hosts? And I want TO
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  SAY THIS TONIGHT. IT'S NO SECRET THAT
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  THERE'S MUCH OF THE MODERN church world
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  that feels that way. It's vain to have
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  these standards. IT'S VAIN TO MAKE THESE
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  SACRIFICES. Why are we really serving
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  the Lord? Does he even notice what we're
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  doing? Serving the Lord's never gotten
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  me anything. Oh, friend, you better
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  realize and you better back up a LITTLE
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  BIT AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR REWARD'S
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  NOT ON EARTHLY SIDE. YOUR REWARDS on
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  eternity side. AMEN. AND GOD IS JUDGING
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  THEM. OH, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT THAT'S
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  NOT WHERE THE VERSE ENDS. Verse number
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  16, LOOK WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. THEN
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  notice that. Then they that what? Feared
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  the Lord. You say, "What is that?" Well,
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  I'm talking about the reverence for the
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  sovereign. You say, "What is the fear of
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  God?" Well, the fear of God is this. It
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  is a consideration that is inward. So,
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  what do you mean? Well, it's a inward
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  consideration of who and what he is.
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  >> You say, "What do you mean, preacher?"
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  Well, I'm saying his perfection. You
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  ought to consider that. It ought to be
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  something that we contemplate. There
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  ought to be musings on who he is. You
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  know what? We're off time thinking about
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  what he can do for us.
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  >> Let me ask you, when's the last time you
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  just stopped and thought about who he
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  is?
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  >> Some of you would have a lot more glory
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  and have a lot more grace in your life
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  if you just stopped thinking about what
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  you want him to do and just start
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  thinking about who he is.
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  >> Amen. I'm talking about the perfect,
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  holy, spotless God of heaven. Amen.
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  There is no fault in him, around him,
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  behind him, above him, BELOW HIM.
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  NOBODY'S EVER FOUND ANY FAULT IN HIM.
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  And those angels fly around him 24/7.
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  You say, friend, you say, "Preacher,
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  there's no time over there." Well,
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  that's the closest thing we CAN COMPARE
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  IT TO ON THIS SIDE. Every day of the
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  year, every year of the every year, the
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  calendar, amen, the angels have been
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  flying around him AND THEY CEASE NOT.
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  The Bible SAID THEY HAVE EYES WITHIN AND
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  EYES WITHOUT AND THEY BEHOLD THE LORD
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  front and behind and above and below and
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  BENEATH AND EVEN FROM WITHIN. AND NEVER
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  A SINGLE TIME IN HISTORY HAS THAT ANGEL
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  LOOKED UPON HIM AND SAID, "I'VE FOUND
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  FOG." NO, THEY CAN ONLY SAY, "HOLY,
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  HOLY, HOLY." I'M SAYING, FRIEND, WE NEED
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  TO GET BACK AND GET A REVIVAL OF
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  REVERENCE FOR THE SOVEREIGN. AMEN. I'M
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  SAYING, FRIEND, HE'S NOT CEASED TO BE
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  HOLY. BUT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HE
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  HAS NOT CEASED TO BE HOLY, THE CHURCH OF
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  GOD HAS CEASED TO PRAISE HIM.
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  >> He's not changed.
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  >> He literally says in chapter three, he
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  says, "I am the Lord. I change not."
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  Amen. THEREFORE, YOU SONS OF JACOB ARE
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  NOT CONSUMED. YOU KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED,
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  FRIEND? IT'S NOT HIM, IT'S US.
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  >> HEY, FRIEND, when's the last TIME YOU
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  SHOUTED? WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU
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  BLESSED THE NAME OF THE LORD? WHEN'S THE
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  LAST TIME YOU RAISED YOUR UNWORTHY HAND
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  TO HIM? I'M SAYING NOT JUST BECAUSE OF
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  WHAT HE'S DONE, BUT JUST BECAUSE WHO HE
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  IS. WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR PRAISE
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  AND YOUR WORSHIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
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  WHAT HE DOES, THAT HE'S JUST WORTHY OF
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  IT, WHETHER HE DOES ANYTHING, YOU'LL
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  REALLY START TO PRAISE HIM. AMEN.
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  >> OH, FRIEND, I'M TELLING YOU THIS
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  EVENING, THERE OUGHT TO BE A
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  CONSIDERATION OF THE REVERENCE. THERE
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  OUGHT TO BE A CONSIDERATION OF HIS
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  HOLINESS, OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN OUR
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  LIFE.
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  >> It ought to be daily. Proverbs 1 verse
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  number 7 says the fear of the Lord is
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  the beginning of knowledge.
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  >> You see the place where this thing
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  starts listen to me from the youngest
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  Christian to the oldest Christian where
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  it starts every day of our life ought to
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  be in honor and reverence to him. You
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  say how is that? Well, you remember how
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  Jesus told his disciples to pray? They
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  said our father WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
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  WHAT'S THAT first phrase? Hallowed.
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  AMEN. HOLY, REVERENT, RIGHTEOUS,
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  HALLOWED BE THY NAME. Thy kingdom come,
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  thy will be done on earth as it is in
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  heaven. Our first response to the God of
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  HEAVEN EVERY DAY OF the week. You say,
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  "What do you mean response?" I'm saying,
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  friend, he's met you before you ever
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  awakened. Amen. And you ought to JUST
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  RESPOND TO HIM EVERY DAY IN REVERENCE.
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  LORD, I worship you. LORD, YOU ARE HOLY.
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  LORD, YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS. YOU SAY,
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  "PREACHER, I RUN OUT OF THINGS TO SAY
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  PRETTY QUICK." WELL, YOU JUST KEEP
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  SAYING THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND
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  PRETTY QUICK YOU'LL FIND OUT THERE'LL BE
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  SOME OTHER THINGS TO SAY. AMEN. I'm
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  saying there OUGHT TO BE A CONSIDERATION
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  OF HIS HOLINESS. AMEN. And it's inward
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  this reverence for the sovereign them
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  they that fear the Lord. But unto you
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  that fear my name. I see not only in
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  this reverence for the sovereign there's
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  a consideration. But I see second of all
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  in this that there's a conversation. You
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  see that consideration is inward. But
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  that conversation is outward. You say,
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  "Preacher, what does that have to do
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  with reverence?" Well, notice verse 16
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  of chapter three. Then they that feared
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  the Lord did what? Spake often one to
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  another. You know why the reason we
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  don't have too many good things to say?
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  It's because we're not revering him.
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  >> It's because we're not in awe of him.
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  The reason why you can't have a
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  conversation with a brother or sister
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  about his blessings or even just about
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  who he is because you've lost the all of
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  him.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, I I I reverence him
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  in my prayer clause." Well, let me ask
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  you something. How much do you reverence
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  him in your conversation with others?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Why would your language be different?
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  Why would you pray the these and the
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  vows and all that King James language in
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  your prayer and then go out and talk the
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  filthy talk of the world?
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  You see, reverence is not just the
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  private place,
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  >> but reverence is the public place
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  because God's everywhere.
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  >> Proverbs 15, the eyes of the Lord are in
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  every place, beholding the evil and the
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  good. AIN'T THAT WHAT THE BOOK SAYS?
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  AMEN. I'M SAYING REVERENCE FOR THE
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  SOVEREIGN HAS TO DO WITH CONSIDERATION
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  THAT'S INWARD, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH A
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  CONVERSATION THAT IS OUTWARD. IT SAYS,
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  "THEN THEY THAT FEARED THE LORD SPAKE
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  OFTEN." NOTICE THAT, "OFTEN, one to
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  another." Let me ask you, how much do
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  you speak good of him?
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  You know what our conversations consist
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  of when they're about the Lord most
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  time, brother? Why ain't the Lord fix
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  this yet?
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  >> Why ain't God help me yet?
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  >> You see, that's where we're wrong.
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  >> We spend so much time wanting God to fix
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  something.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> When he's saying, "Look, you want me to
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  fix it? I'm telling you, I am the fix."
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  >> That's right. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You reverence him.
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  >> In our conversation, listen to this.
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  You remember I made the statement this
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  morning talking about the fact that
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  those children, it shall leave them
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  neither root nor branch. And I said,
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  what you are feeding on is inevitably
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  what your children's going to be feeding
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  on. Listen to what Deuteronomy 6 says.
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  This is some of my favorite scripture.
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  This scripture right here saved my life
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  as a young man. Say, "What do you mean?"
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  Well, my daddy took this scripture to
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  heart and it spared me. Deuteronomy
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  chapter 6, listen to this. Verse number
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  verse number five. Verse four. Here, O
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  Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
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  Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
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  all thine heart, with all thy soul, with
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  all thy mind. And these words which I
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  command thee this day shall be in thy
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  heart. Notice verse seven. And thou
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  shalt teach them diligently unto thy
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  children. Notice the next phrase. And
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  thou shalt talk of them when thou sitest
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  in thine house, when thou walstest by
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  the way, and when thou liest down, and
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  when thou riseest up, and thou shalt
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  bind them for a sign upon thine front
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  thine hand, and they shall be as
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  frontlets between thine eyes, and thou
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  shalt write them upon the post of thy
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  house and on thy gates. You know what
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  that is? That's embracing his holiness.
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  What did he say? He said, "You talk of
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  it when you're lying down, when you rise
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  us up, when you're on your journey, when
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  you're coming back. Let me ask you how
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  much your conversation is about him.
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  >> You see, it's not just that we respect
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  him. I respect him tonight. But you know
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  where I fail? My respect to him is not
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  measured by what I say about him. My
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  respect is measured by how much I talk
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  about him.
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  >> I can tell you how much of the how much
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  you love the Lord by how much you talk
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  about him.
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  >> Notice that again. Verse 16. They that
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  then they that fear the Lord spake often
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  one to another. Man, I can't get past
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  that. Often speak of his wonderful
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  works, but speak of the wonder of who he
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  is. Notice this revit for the sovereign.
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  I know I got to move. There's
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  consideration that's inward. There's a
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  conversation that's outward. But I want
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  to say this. There's a commemoration
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  that's in heaven. Say, what do you mean?
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  Well, notice verse 16 again. Then they
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  that feared the Lord spake often one to
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  another. Then what's the next phrase?
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  And the Lord hearkened and heard it and
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  a book of remembrance was written before
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  him for them that feared the Lord. And
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  notice this, and that thought upon his
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  name. Reverence is consideration that's
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  inward. Reverence is conversation that
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  is outward. They spoke often one to
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  another. But I want to say this,
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  reverence is commemorated by the Lord.
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  You say, "How is it commemorated?" He's
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  got a book
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  where he writes down when you talk about
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  him.
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  >> Do you see that? Notice it again.
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  Then that they that fear the Lord spake
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  often one to another. And the Lord
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  hearkened and heard it and a book of
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  remembrance was written before him for
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  them.
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  He's commemorated not for him. He
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  remembers it. Hallelujah. He remembers
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  it. Who did he write the book for?
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  Amen.
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  >> Notice it again. For them that feared
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  the Lord and that thought upon his name.
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  David said it this way. He said, "Let
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  the words of my mouth and the meditation
• 22:23
  of my heart be acceptable
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  in my sight, oh Lord, my redeemer." I'm
• 22:30
  saying, friend, our thoughts and our
• 22:31
  speech, EVERYTHING WE DO OUGHT TO BE
• 22:33
  ACCEPTABLE BEFORE HIS EYES. WHY? BECAUSE
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  GOD HAS GOT A BOOK. OH, HALLELUJAH. HE'S
• 22:39
  GOT A BOOK WHERE HE'S WRITING IT ALL
• 22:41
  DOWN. HE'S KEEPING IT ALL UP. WHY IS HE
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  DOING THAT? SO ONE OF THESE DAYS WHEN WE
• 22:45
  GET TO HEAVEN, WE CAN LOOK BACK AT ALL
• 22:47
  THE DAYS IN OUR LIFE WHEN WE JUST SAT
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  AROUND AND TALKED ABOUT THE LORD. OH,
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  FRIEND, HALLELUJAH. I'M ABOUT TO RUN A
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  LAP IN HERE. AMEN. I'M SAYING, FRIEND,
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  THERE'S COMING A DAY WHEN WE'LL STAND
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  BEFORE HIM. AND WHEN WE DO, THE BIBLE
• 22:59
  SAYS THAT THE BOOKS WILL BE OPEN. AND
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  YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS? PAUL TOLD
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  THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH, HE SAID, "WE'LL
• 23:05
  BE judged by the things that were done
• 23:06
  in our body, whether they be good or
• 23:09
  bad." That's the church. All right?
• 23:11
  That's the That's the beac. And so,
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  what's going to happen? God's going to
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  bring up that book of remembrance.
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  >> Remember that day when your heart was
• 23:19
  full, he's talking about you talking to
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  your wife about the Lord. Man, honey,
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  God's been so good to us. Amen,
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  >> man. Honey, God has just blessed us.
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  >> And you know what the thing is? If he'd
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  never done a thing for us, he's just
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  worthy.
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  >> And God says, "You remember when you
• 23:40
  said that?"
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  >> Y'all get in here with me. It's good on
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  this side. Amen. I'm saying, friend,
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  there's a book of remembrance. Oh, I'm
• 23:48
  talking about the reverence for the
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  sovereign. YOU SAY, "WHAT IS THAT?"
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  WELL, REMEMBER, BEHOLD, THE DAY COMETH.
• 23:53
  THIS IS GOING TO COME UP. Notice it
• 23:56
  again in the text. Verse two. But unto
• 23:58
  you that fear my name, verse 16, that
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  book of remembrance was written before
• 24:04
  him for them that feared the Lord and
• 24:06
  that thought upon his name.
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  It's written for you. Notice this. I got
• 24:11
  to move. There's reverence for the
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  sovereign. This book of remembrance. You
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  see, our reverence is recognized. God
• 24:17
  sees it. Our reverence isn't only
• 24:19
  recognized in the moment, but it's
• 24:20
  remembered for eternity. He's got it
• 24:23
  kept. Oh friend, aren't you thankful for
• 24:25
  that,
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  >> man? Nothing goes by his eyes. Oh,
• 24:29
  hallelujah. What you do, Amen. in the
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  privacy of your life, your private
• 24:33
  devotion to him. Hey, friend, nobody
• 24:35
  else may ever know. Nobody else may ever
• 24:37
  know the price you pay alone in private
• 24:39
  WITH GOD. OH, HE KNOWS. AMEN. AND HE
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  DOESN'T ONLY RECOGNIZE IT, BUT OH, HE
• 24:44
  REMEMBERS IT. AMEN.
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  >> And it will be rewarded. Hallelujah.
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  Bless his name. Our reverence is
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  recognized. It is remembered and it will
• 24:52
  be rewarded. Notice this. Second of all,
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  behold the day cometh for this
• 24:57
  reverence, the remembrance of the
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  reverence for the sovereign. Number two,
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  not only the reverence for the
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  sovereign, but there will be a
• 25:04
  revelation of the son. Verse two, but
• 25:07
  unto you that fear my name, notice this,
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  shall the son of righteousness arise
• 25:13
  with healing in his wings. You see,
• 25:15
  there's coming a day when he comes back
• 25:18
  again. You say, "What do you mean the
• 25:20
  revelation?" Well, I don't know about
• 25:22
  you, but I ain't never seen it.
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  >> I'm wanting to.
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  >> Amen. There's coming a day when I will.
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  >> Amen. John said it this way in his
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  epistle. He says, uh, he said, "Beloved,
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  it does not appear what we shall be, but
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  we know that when he shall appear."
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  Amen. He said, "Now are we the sons of
• 25:42
  God. It does not appear what we shall
• 25:43
  be, but we know that when he shall
• 25:45
  appear, we shall be like him, for we
• 25:47
  shall see him as he is.
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  >> And when he appears, notice it in the
• 25:52
  text, when the son of righteousness
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  shall the son of righteousness arise
• 25:57
  with healing in his wings. This is
• 25:59
  reference, first of all, the revelation
• 26:01
  of the son is referenced to our heavenly
• 26:03
  lord. Psalm 84 verse number 11. I want
• 26:05
  to read this. We get on with the message
• 26:07
  tonight. Psalm 84 verse number 11.
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  Listen to what your Bible says. The
• 26:11
  Bible says verse 10 or verse number 11,
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  for the Lord God is a son and a shield.
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  The Lord will give grace and glory. No
• 26:17
  good thing will he withhold from them
• 26:19
  that walk uprightly. Our Lord, our
• 26:22
  heavenly Lord, he is the Lord. There
• 26:24
  David said, "The Lord said unto my Lord,
• 26:26
  sit on my right hand until I make thy
• 26:28
  enemies thy foottool." Amen. One of
• 26:31
  these days, the Lord himself is going to
• 26:32
  reveal himself to you and I, and we will
• 26:34
  see him as he is. But I will say this,
• 26:37
  in this moment, this is tribulation. And
• 26:39
  so there's coming a day when Israel
• 26:42
  after all those seven years of
• 26:43
  tribulation, Jesus is going to come and
• 26:47
  the Bible says they'll look on him whom
• 26:49
  they've pierced and they'll see the nail
• 26:52
  prints in his hand. The Bible says that
• 26:54
  he'll be he'll come back. Amen. We know
• 26:56
  in the book of Revelation, he was
• 26:57
  clothed in a vesture dipped in blood. I
• 26:59
  can't help but believe when he comes
• 27:00
  back to this earth, he's still going to
• 27:02
  have the blood stains. Oh, hallelujah.
• 27:04
  >> He's still going to have the blood
• 27:05
  stains. And we'll see him. The Jews will
• 27:08
  see him in that moment. Thank God we'll
• 27:09
  have seen him for seven years.
• 27:10
  Hallelujah for that. Amen. But the Jews,
• 27:13
  they'll lay their eyes on him. All of
• 27:15
  that reverence, they'll know who it was
• 27:17
  really for.
• 27:19
  >> All them sacrifices, all that service,
• 27:21
  they'll finally realize that the Jesus
• 27:23
  that come the first time was THE ACTUAL
• 27:25
  JESUS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. AMEN.
• 27:29
  >> The heavenly Lord will be revealed. I'll
• 27:32
  say this. Not only our heavenly Lord
• 27:34
  will be revealed, but a holy light will
• 27:35
  be seen. Notice it again. shall the son
• 27:40
  of righteousness. He is the son. What
• 27:43
  does the Bible say? Jesus said this.
• 27:44
  John chapter 8 verse number 12. He said,
• 27:46
  "I am the light of the world. He that
• 27:49
  followeth me shall never walk in
• 27:50
  darkness,
• 27:52
  >> but shall have the light of life." You
• 27:55
  know what? One day we'll we'll dwell in
• 27:57
  his light.
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  >> Hey friend, we walk in the light of that
• 28:00
  word right now. And I'm thankful that
• 28:02
  the love of God is shed abroad in our
• 28:03
  hearts by the Holy Ghost that's given
• 28:05
  unto us. Romans 5 tells us that. But I'm
• 28:07
  thankful there's coming a day when it
• 28:09
  won't just be on the inside, but it's
• 28:10
  going to be on the inside, outside, and
• 28:12
  all around. Somebody say, "Amen."
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  >> We'll be in the light of the lamb. You
• 28:19
  see, we have our heavenly Lord. We have
• 28:21
  his holy light. And let me just plug
• 28:23
  this while we're there. You realize that
• 28:26
  God created light long before he ever
• 28:27
  made the sun. Amen. That first day, he
• 28:31
  made the light. Amen. And when he made
• 28:33
  the light, it was a few days later
• 28:36
  before he ever created the sun, moon,
• 28:37
  and stars. You know who was shining? It
• 28:39
  was Jesus.
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  >> And I like what brother Don said. He
• 28:43
  said, "He will sh outshine them all."
• 28:45
  Amen.
• 28:46
  >> There's a heavenly Lord. There's a holy
• 28:48
  light. But I see a healing love in this
• 28:50
  verse. But unto you that fear my name
• 28:52
  shall the son of righteousness arise
• 28:54
  with what? With healing in his wings.
• 28:59
  You see, when Jesus comes back this
• 29:01
  time, you see he's going to iron out all
• 29:05
  the trouble. You say, "What do you
• 29:07
  mean?" Well, for the Israel, Israel is
• 29:09
  going to be in a place of fear.
• 29:12
  Bible says they're going to come out of
• 29:13
  those rocks. Amen. Dens of the
• 29:15
  mountains, and they'll look up there to
• 29:16
  the Mount of Olives, and they'll see
• 29:18
  Jesus there, and they'll be bloody and
• 29:20
  battered and torn because of the
• 29:23
  judgment of God. But you know what? The
• 29:25
  Bible says he's coming with healing.
• 29:28
  and his wings.
• 29:30
  >> You know what Jesus said when he looked
• 29:32
  on Jerusalem? He said, "Oh Jerusalem, oh
• 29:34
  Jerusalem, how often would I've gathered
• 29:37
  thee as a hen gather through chicks, but
• 29:39
  you would not." He longed to draw them
• 29:42
  under himself. But there's coming a day
• 29:43
  when them wings is going to spread out
• 29:45
  again.
• 29:46
  >> They're going to spread out again. And
• 29:48
  that nation that rejected him the first
• 29:50
  time, he's going to bring them under
• 29:51
  himself.
• 29:52
  >> They're going to be reunited.
• 29:54
  Hallelujah. There will be a healing
• 29:57
  love. You say, "Preacher, what does that
• 29:58
  have for me?" I want to say this, you
• 30:01
  already know it's healing on this side.
• 30:04
  But for many, I know it's a heal, a
• 30:06
  spiritual healing, but for many on this
• 30:08
  side, we'll never know physical healing.
• 30:10
  Many people will leave this world and
• 30:12
  their physical ailments will cause them
• 30:14
  to leave this world. But aren't you
• 30:16
  thankful on the other side that bomb in
• 30:18
  Gilead's going to take care of all the
• 30:20
  suffering?
• 30:20
  >> That's right.
• 30:21
  >> Of all the hurts and sorrow and all the
• 30:23
  pain. You say, "What is that?" that well
• 30:25
  in the book of Revelation chapter 22 the
• 30:27
  Bible said John said I saw that tree of
• 30:29
  life on either side of the river and you
• 30:32
  remember what he said he said the leaves
• 30:33
  of the tree were for what the healing of
• 30:36
  the nations
• 30:38
  >> what that is that's eternal life
• 30:40
  >> you see that tree of life gave Adam and
• 30:42
  Eve eternal life but that one day that
• 30:44
  tree of life is going to give you and I
• 30:45
  eternal life
• 30:46
  >> and we will dwell in the lights of that
• 30:48
  city I'm saying his healing love will
• 30:51
  wipe away all our tears it's going to do
• 30:54
  away with all our struggles Well, is
• 30:55
  this helping you tonight? I don't know,
• 30:56
  but it's helping me. Amen. I'm saying
• 30:58
  the revelation of the sun will be our
• 31:00
  heavenly Lord. It will be a holy light.
• 31:02
  It is a healing love. YOU SAY,
• 31:03
  "PREACHER, WHAT IS THAT GOT TO DO WITH
• 31:05
  ME?" WELL, I WANT TO SAY THIS REVELATION
• 31:07
  of the sun's personal. Notice verse two
• 31:10
  again. What's the first three words? But
• 31:12
  unto you,
• 31:14
  that ain't just national. Amen. He can't
• 31:16
  It can be national, but I'll say it's
• 31:18
  personal. Unto you. Amen. Unto you is
• 31:20
  born this day in the city of David a
• 31:22
  savior. Amen. which is Christ the Lord.
• 31:25
  It's personal. It's pure. Shall the son
• 31:27
  of righteousness arise. There's no
• 31:29
  blemish in him. You know what? You can
• 31:30
  be thankful Jesus don't have no ulterior
• 31:32
  motive.
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  >> If that don't help you, I don't know
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  what will.
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  >> In the day where everybody has an
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  ulterior motive,
• 31:43
  >> preachers are preaching for money.
• 31:46
  >> Come on.
• 31:46
  >> Doing all types of things. Amen. Behind
• 31:48
  the scenes because all they want is
• 31:49
  their pocket filled. You know what?
• 31:51
  Jesus ain't never done nothing like
• 31:52
  that.
• 31:53
  >> Hallelujah. I'm saying it's personal,
• 31:56
  but it's pure, but it will be
• 31:58
  preservation for us. He said, "The son
• 32:01
  of righteousness shall arise with
• 32:03
  healing in his wings." There is
• 32:04
  reverence for the sovereign. There is
• 32:06
  the revelation of the son. You said,
• 32:08
  "Preacher, I thought you said in your
• 32:10
  prayer you wanted us to shout." Well,
• 32:11
  we're getting there. Okay, I about lost
• 32:13
  it on that first point, but we really
• 32:14
  going to get it now. All right, notice
• 32:15
  verse two. But unto you that fear my
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  name shall the son of righteousness
• 32:20
  arise with healing in his wings. Notice
• 32:22
  this. And you shall go forth and grow up
• 32:25
  as calves of the stall. Now on face
• 32:28
  value that last phrase might not mean
• 32:29
  much to you. Okay? And uh it means a lot
• 32:33
  to me because I know what it says but
• 32:34
  also means a lot to me because I know
• 32:36
  from my whole life since I was a little
• 32:38
  boy we had over 200 herd of 200 head of
• 32:42
  cattle. And I remember growing up as a
• 32:45
  young man, I used to go and sit for
• 32:47
  hours in the middle of that pasture. And
• 32:49
  I would watch those little babies, about
• 32:52
  5, 10, 20 of them. They'd get to running
• 32:55
  across those fields. Their bellies were
• 32:58
  full. All their needs was supplied. Is
• 33:01
  anybody in the building?
• 33:03
  >> Their bellies were full. All their needs
• 33:05
  were supplied. And you know what? In
• 33:06
  that pasture, they could go as far as
• 33:08
  they wanted to go and run as hard as
• 33:09
  they wanted to run. And they will never
• 33:11
  get out of reach of mom.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "What does that mean?" Well,
• 33:17
  notice it again in the text. Ye shall go
• 33:20
  forth and grow up as as calves of the
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  stall. You see, there's there will be
• 33:24
  reverence for the sovereign. There'll be
• 33:25
  the revelation of the son, but there
• 33:27
  will be thoroughly the rejoicing of the
• 33:29
  saints. You say, "How is that?" Well,
• 33:31
  first of all, you'll see that there's a
• 33:33
  loosing in verse number two. And ye
• 33:36
  shall what? Go forth.
• 33:38
  You see, what we've been bound to for so
• 33:40
  long will no longer limit us.
• 33:43
  >> Go forth. There'll be an entrance. But
• 33:46
  you know what an entrance implies? It
• 33:47
  implies that there's an exit.
• 33:50
  You're going to have to leave one place
• 33:52
  to get to another. He said you'll go
• 33:54
  forth. You know what's going to happen
• 33:56
  one of these days? And this ain't
• 33:58
  directly in the text, but it's it's it's
• 34:00
  as good as there. When we leave this
• 34:03
  world, the Bible says in a moment, in
• 34:04
  the twinkling of an eye,
• 34:06
  >> at the last trump, we shall be changed.
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  >> Loosed.
• 34:15
  >> You say, "What does that represent?"
• 34:16
  Well, out of that loosing, there comes
• 34:18
  liberty.
• 34:21
  >> Look what he says. Ye shall go forth.
• 34:23
  You shall go forth. And that word grow
• 34:26
  up has that phrase grow up has a dual
• 34:28
  meaning. that that grow up. It it can
• 34:30
  mean to to jump to spring. I don't know
• 34:33
  if you've ever watched a a little calf
• 34:35
  or a little lamb or something run across
• 34:37
  the field and you know it looks like
• 34:38
  they got springs on their feet and are
• 34:41
  just bouncing. They're just springing.
• 34:43
  They they'll go forth and they'll grow
• 34:45
  up. IT JUST IT JUST IDENTIFIES what that
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  liberty
• 34:50
  >> that we'll have when we get over there.
• 34:52
  You know what? We won't be hindered by
• 34:54
  our emotions over here.
• 34:56
  >> We won't be hindered by our feelings. We
• 34:58
  won't be hindered by our ideas. You know
• 35:00
  what? We'll have perfect theology over
• 35:01
  there.
• 35:02
  >> Right.
• 35:04
  >> I think we miss out a whole lot of times
• 35:06
  because of our isms and schisms in our
• 35:07
  mind
• 35:08
  >> that it's got to be this way. Now, we
• 35:11
  know standards are standards, but the
• 35:12
  truth is tonight there's a lot of things
• 35:14
  that we hold back on just because it
• 35:17
  don't suit our fancy.
• 35:19
  >> But there won't be none of that over
• 35:20
  there.
• 35:22
  There's an open pasture
• 35:26
  as far as the eye can see. I believe
• 35:28
  John said it was a thousand miles wide
• 35:30
  and a thousand miles high and a thousand
• 35:32
  miles long. The city of God coming down
• 35:35
  from heaven as a bride adorned for a
• 35:38
  husband. That's the land. That's that
• 35:40
  pasture. That heavenly pasture land will
• 35:42
  dwell in. There'll be life or there'll
• 35:44
  be loose and there'll be liberty and
• 35:46
  they'll be live. You shall go forth and
• 35:49
  grow up as calves of the stall. Now, I
• 35:52
  like in this text that, you know, one
• 35:54
  writer said, well, he could have said
• 35:55
  butterflies and, you know, it's good to
• 35:57
  be free. You know, free as a a bird or
• 35:59
  something like that, but you know, a
• 36:01
  calf, they're they're useful, aren't
• 36:02
  they?
• 36:04
  >> Something that's productive. When we get
• 36:06
  to heaven, we're not just going to go
• 36:07
  out to pasture and just be useless. You
• 36:10
  know what we'll be doing? We'll be
• 36:12
  forever praising him
• 36:14
  >> because you know what? will have life.
• 36:17
  We don't really understand what life is.
• 36:19
  You know that
• 36:20
  >> we really don't know what real life is.
• 36:22
  I I know what life is on the inside. I'm
• 36:24
  saved by the grace of God. But I'm
• 36:26
  saying when the life that's on the
• 36:27
  inside yolks up with the life that's
• 36:28
  going to be on the outside over there,
• 36:31
  >> you'll find me somewhere shouting across
• 36:33
  the hills of glory. Amen. I'm saying we
• 36:35
  will have life. You say, "What does that
• 36:37
  look like?" That looks like rejoicing
• 36:40
  >> is what that looks like. That looks like
• 36:42
  freedom.
• 36:44
  I don't know about you. him. I want some
• 36:45
  freedom.
• 36:46
  >> Amen.
• 36:47
  >> Free to worship. Free to praise him.
• 36:51
  >> The reason some of you ain't run a lap
• 36:53
  already is because you so dignified.
• 36:55
  Free from dignity. Amen.
• 36:59
  >> There'll be rejoicing.
• 37:02
  >> Not just for a moment, but for eternity.
• 37:06
  >> Notice this, and I'm done. You say,
• 37:09
  "Preacher, END IT ON A GOOD NOTE." WELL,
• 37:10
  I wish I could.
• 37:12
  I tell you, it is a good note for us who
• 37:14
  are saved. But notice verse three. And
• 37:17
  ye shall tread down the wicked, for they
• 37:19
  shall be ashes under the souls of your
• 37:21
  feet in the day that I shall do this,
• 37:23
  sayeth the Lord of hosts. The imagery
• 37:26
  here in this text is this. You see God
• 37:30
  when Jesus comes back for behold the day
• 37:32
  cometh. Those Jews are going to run for
• 37:34
  freedom. You think about that. Well,
• 37:36
  picture that in your mind. The beaten
• 37:38
  battered scars that they have from
• 37:40
  enduring those seven years of
• 37:41
  tribulation. And when they see the Lord
• 37:43
  Jesus Christ, they're immediately going
• 37:45
  to take the running. Why? Because they
• 37:47
  know where he's headed. And they're
• 37:48
  going where he is. They're going to that
• 37:50
  city, that new Jerusalem there, where
• 37:53
  he's going to establish his throne on
• 37:54
  this earth. And they're going to run in
• 37:56
  there and they're going to rejoice with
• 37:57
  him. But you know what they're going to
• 37:59
  be stepping on as they get there?
• 38:01
  They're going to be stepping all the on
• 38:03
  all the enemies that when Jesus
• 38:05
  descended and that sword went out of his
• 38:07
  mouth, all those enemies that fell. You
• 38:11
  know what they're going to be doing?
• 38:12
  They're going to be walking on them
• 38:16
  as they get to Jesus. You say,
• 38:18
  "Preacher, that's a gruesome image." No,
• 38:20
  it's a scriptural image.
• 38:21
  >> That's right.
• 38:22
  >> You see, really, there's one of these
• 38:23
  day. It's one of these days. Bible says
• 38:24
  that the smoke of the wicked will
• 38:26
  descend out of the pit or will ascend
• 38:28
  out of the pit and the righteous will
• 38:31
  rejoice at the judgment of the wicked.
• 38:34
  >> I can't fathom that. But I will tell you
• 38:37
  this, there's coming a day. You say,
• 38:39
  "Preacher, you got any scripture for
• 38:40
  that?" Turn with me to the book of
• 38:42
  Revelation, chapter 3, and I'm done. The
• 38:44
  recompense of sinners. Fourthly,
• 38:46
  behold, the day cometh for the
• 38:48
  recompense of sinners. There's a
• 38:50
  purpose, destruction. Ye shall tread
• 38:52
  down the wicked. There is a perpetual
• 38:53
  damnation. For they shall be ashes under
• 38:55
  the souls of your feet in the day that I
• 38:57
  shall do this, sayith the Lord of hosts.
• 38:59
  Notice Revelation three, and I'm done
• 39:01
  this evening.
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  YOU SAY, "PREACHER, HOW COULD I rejoice
• 39:07
  trotting on those who are wicked?"
• 39:11
  You see, when you love what God loves.
• 39:14
  >> Amen.
• 39:14
  >> And when you get to a place when you
• 39:16
  become what God is,
• 39:18
  >> I didn't say you become God, but you
• 39:20
  become what he is.
• 39:21
  >> Perfect.
• 39:23
  >> Notice Revelation 3 verse number eight.
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  This is the church of Philadelphia. This
• 39:28
  is the church Jesus had no rebuke for.
• 39:30
  Revelation 3:8. I know thy works.
• 39:32
  Behold, I've set before thee an open
• 39:34
  door, and no man can shut it. For thou
• 39:37
  hast a little strength, and hast kept my
• 39:39
  word, and hast not denied my name. Verse
• 39:42
  n, behold, I will make them of the
• 39:44
  synagogue of Satan, which say they are
• 39:47
  Jews, and are not, but do lie. Behold, I
• 39:50
  will make them to come and worship
• 39:52
  before thy feet, and to know that I have
• 39:57
  loved thee. Because thou has kept the
• 39:59
  word of my patience, I also will keep
• 40:02
  thee from the hour of temptation, which
• 40:05
  shall come upon all the world to try
• 40:07
  them that dwell upon the earth. You see,
• 40:11
  Jesus tells the church of Philadelphia,
• 40:13
  he says, "I'm going to make your enemies
• 40:14
  come bow your feet."
• 40:17
  You say, "Preacher, I thought it wasn't
• 40:18
  for our worship." No, that's not what
• 40:20
  it's for. It's not for our worship. It's
• 40:23
  for his glory. And you see, you say,
• 40:25
  "Preacher, what does that represent?"
• 40:27
  Well, let me let me borrow you mine for
• 40:29
  just a minute. All right. You see,
• 40:31
  there's coming a day when we come back
• 40:33
  with the Lord Jesus on this earth after
• 40:35
  that seven years of tribulation. We'll
• 40:37
  come back to this earth and we'll come
• 40:40
  back with him. Bible said we'll be
• 40:41
  riding on white horses and we'll stand
• 40:44
  behind him as he as the sword goes forth
• 40:46
  out of his mouth smites the antichrist
• 40:48
  and the enemies of God and he deals with
• 40:50
  them. But do you realize that at the end
• 40:54
  of all time, after the thousand years,
• 40:57
  the battle of Gog and Magog, Satan is
• 40:59
  loose for a little season, God destroys
• 41:01
  him, cast him into the pit, and after
• 41:03
  that, the great white throne. I've had
• 41:06
  people ask me, "Preacher, WHERE WHERE
• 41:08
  WILL I be at the great white throne?"
• 41:11
  Well, you see, that great white throne
• 41:12
  is a symbol of purity. It's great for
• 41:15
  its size. It's white for its cleanness,
• 41:19
  for its color.
• 41:21
  He said it's a throne. It's a throne
• 41:23
  where God reigns. But you see where
• 41:25
  we'll be, we'll be in that throne. Said,
• 41:28
  "Preacher, you don't have any scripture
• 41:29
  with that." Well, you don't have any
• 41:31
  scripture against it.
• 41:33
  We got to be somewhere. And what does
• 41:35
  the Bible say? That we are in Christ.
• 41:38
  >> And the Bible says that when John looked
• 41:40
  on him, he said, "I saw a man." He said,
• 41:42
  he said, "I saw him." He said, "Whose fa
• 41:43
  from whose face the earth and heaven
• 41:45
  fled away? There was found no place for
• 41:47
  them." We'll be in Christ at that
• 41:49
  judgment. You say, "What does that look
• 41:51
  like?" God's going to judge them, and
• 41:52
  we're going to sit back and watch.
• 41:54
  >> That's right.
• 41:56
  >> You say, "Preacher, how will we not weep
• 41:58
  there?" Well, all tears will be wiped
• 42:00
  away for us.
• 42:05
  >> You say, "Preacher, will we not cry
• 42:07
  tears for those that go away?" Well, you
• 42:10
  see, that great white throne of
• 42:11
  judgment. There's a lot lot I could say
• 42:12
  about this, but I want you to get this
• 42:15
  more than anything. You see, it's the
• 42:18
  judgment of the of the wicked that's
• 42:20
  going to bring pleasure to the Lord. And
• 42:22
  when I say pleasure, it's righteous
• 42:24
  pleasure. And when he sees the judgment
• 42:27
  of wicked, the wicked, and is satisfied,
• 42:29
  you know what we will be? We will be
• 42:31
  satisfied as well. Because you know what
• 42:34
  God got? What he what he deserved and
• 42:36
  what was rightfully due to him? That
• 42:38
  justice was served. And I don't know
• 42:40
  about you, but of all of those things
• 42:43
  that my reverence will be remembered.
• 42:46
  that the revelation of the Savior will
• 42:47
  be visible to my eyes, that I will have
• 42:49
  an opportunity to rejoice myself before
• 42:52
  his presence. But the recompense of
• 42:54
  sinners as we walk across them, you see,
• 42:57
  preacher, I can't imagine that. Well,
• 42:58
  they're not going to be the focus.
• 43:00
  >> That's right.
• 43:02
  >> You ain't going to be thinking about
• 43:03
  them.
• 43:03
  >> No.
• 43:04
  >> When them Jews go running, they ain't
• 43:06
  going to be looking around,
• 43:08
  >> right,
• 43:08
  >> at what's on the ground.
• 43:11
  >> They're not going to be looking around
• 43:12
  to see them. They going to be looking at
• 43:14
  the one
• 43:15
  >> that's sitting on the throne.
• 43:18
  >> Behold the day cometh. Let me ask you
• 43:20
  tonight, every head bowed and every eye
• 43:21
  closed.
• 43:24
  Child of God, if I was you tonight, and
• 43:26
  what I'm going to do here in just a
• 43:27
  minute, I'm going to find me a place and
• 43:29
  say, "Thank you, Lord.
• 43:31
  Thank you, Lord." Because this is going
• 43:33
  to be reality. And it could be a very
• 43:35
  short way away. I want to say this.
• 43:38
  You're hearing your loss tonight. You
• 43:40
  say, "Preacher, I can't imagine how a
• 43:42
  God that is literally described as a God
• 43:44
  of love could allow the wicked to be
• 43:47
  trampled over." Here's here's the thing
• 43:48
  about that. Here's what you need to
• 43:50
  understand. God didn't allow them to be.
• 43:53
  They chose to be.
• 43:55
  Now, let me tell you what God has
• 43:57
  allowed. God allowed his son to suffer,
• 44:00
  bleed, and die so that you could be
• 44:03
  saved. And if you go to hell, it ain't
• 44:05
  because he allowed you to. It's because
• 44:07
  he chose you. He He It's because you
• 44:09
  chose to.
• 44:09
  >> That's right. That's right.
• 44:13
  >> Why would you miss being a part of the
• 44:16
  greatest celebration
• 44:18
  that will ever be in history? And when
• 44:22
  it comes, it will never end,
• 44:25
  perpetual rejoicing, life, liberty being
• 44:29
  loosed from the pains of death and the
• 44:32
  flesh.
• 44:34
  You see, Israel is going to experience
• 44:36
  that in that moment, that day that
• 44:38
  Malachi was talking about. But for you
• 44:41
  and I, that day is coming much sooner
• 44:43
  because we'll see him in the clouds and
• 44:46
  he'll say, "Come up hither and we'll
• 44:48
  meet our loved ones in the air that's
• 44:49
  trusted Christ by faith and we'll be
• 44:52
  together forever and never more to
• 44:53
  part." The Bible says, "So shall we ever
• 44:56
  be with the Lord." I got to ask you
• 44:59
  tonight, she's going to play in just a
• 45:01
  second.
• 45:03
  Do you know the Lord? Are you saved
• 45:06
  tonight? You say, "Preacher, I don't
• 45:07
  know if I died right now that I'd go to
• 45:08
  heaven. Would you pray for me? Just slip
• 45:10
  your hand up tonight. I'll pray for
• 45:12
  you." Preacher, I'm not saved. Would you
• 45:14
  pray for me?
• 45:16
  Anybody all over the house? I'm looking
• 45:18
  around. Slip your hand up. Raise it
• 45:19
  high. Raise it high.
• 45:22
  Let me ask you this, child of God.
• 45:26
  When's the last time you had a
• 45:28
  conversation with somebody about him
• 45:32
  about how good he is?
• 45:37
  How much do you reverence him?
• 45:41
  Every one of us should a whole lot more
• 45:42
  than we do.
• 45:46
  How many of you want to gather on an
• 45:47
  altar tonight and just say thank you?
• 45:51
  Just say thank you. Thank you, Lord
• 45:52
  Jesus, that I have a future.
• 45:56
  That I have a hope that's beyond this
• 45:58
  life.
• 46:00
  Let me say this. He's worthy of your
• 46:01
  thanks.
• 46:03
  He is worthy of your praise.
• 46:06
  And one of these days, behold, the day
• 46:09
  cometh when we will stand before his
• 46:12
  throne, and that book of remembrance
• 46:15
  will be open, and he'll see it. He'll
• 46:16
  see this moment tonight,
• 46:19
  church. He'll see this moment tonight.
• 46:20
  It'll be written in that book.
• 46:23
  When you came and just thanked him for
• 46:25
  who he is. When you came and just
• 46:28
  praised him for who he is,
• 46:32
  he'll remember that.
• 46:35
  Cuz when you praise him for who he is,
• 46:38
  you don't have any ulterior motive in
• 46:39
  mind.
• 46:41
  He is worthy of your thanks. Father,
• 46:45
  we give you praise tonight.
• 46:48
  Lord, you've done so much for us, God.
• 46:51
  You've done more for us than we could
• 46:53
  ever repay, God. An eternity of
• 46:55
  eternities will never repay, God. What
• 46:57
  you have done for us tonight as your
• 47:00
  children.
• 47:01
  But God, I rejoice in the fact tonight
• 47:03
  that
• 47:05
  Lord, I can do my best to say thank you.
• 47:09
  Lord, thank you for what you've done,
• 47:10
  but Lord, more than anything, thank you
• 47:12
  for who you are. God, thank you that you
• 47:15
  did not compromise your holiness to come
• 47:18
  to us. Because Lord, if you'd done that,
• 47:20
  you couldn't have saved us. But God,
• 47:22
  thank you that you in your in your love,
• 47:25
  your holy love for us. God, you knew you
• 47:27
  could not compromise your righteousness.
• 47:29
  But Lord, you sent your son to be made
• 47:32
  sin for us who knew no sin. Lord, that
• 47:36
  we might be made the righteousness of
• 47:37
  God in him.
• 47:40
  And Lord, we love you because you first
• 47:42
  loved us
• 47:44
  long before we ever knew
• 47:48
  who you were.
• 47:51
  Lord, you knew us and who we would be.
• 47:55
  And God, I praise you. I exalt you.
• 47:59
  You're worthy of all glory and honor.
• 48:04
  And I stand in awe of all that you are.
• 48:08
  Lord, there's nothing in this life
• 48:09
  that's perfect,
• 48:11
  God. At best, every item, every person,
• 48:13
  Lord, we all have a blemish,
• 48:16
  God, the most perfect individual still,
• 48:18
  Lord, in their heart of hearts, God
• 48:21
  would have a blemish.
• 48:23
  But Lord, there's never been any fault
• 48:24
  found in you.
• 48:26
  And God, we praise you tonight.
• 48:29
  You're worthy.
• 48:32
  You're worthy of all praise.
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  We exalt you.
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  And Lord, we say thank you for all that
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  you've done for us. If you never do
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  another thing, Lord, we give you praise,
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  God. If you never touch us again, if you
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  never bless us again, God, if it's a
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  long journey from here until you come,
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  Lord, and we don't see, God, the the
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  things we desire, Lord, we we know, God,
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  that your way is best. And we thank you,
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  God, that you've brought us here to for.
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  And Lord, we can say as Samuel said when
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  he gathered is around that either
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  Ebenezer stone, hitherto hath the Lord
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  helped us. And God, I thank you tonight
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  that you've helped us thus far. And
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  Lord, I know since we've made it safely
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  thus far, we'll make it safely to
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  heaven's fair shore. And God, I praise
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  you tonight. I give you glory. I thank
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  you for these precious people. Lord, I
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  pray for that sinner tonight that's here
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  and lost without God. I pray they
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  wouldn't leave this place, God, in that
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  same shape. I pray Lord for those
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  tonight maybe still not right with you.
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  Maybe they're in sin. God, I don't know.
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  You know, Lord, I pray God tonight you
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  would deal with their heart and draw
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  them to a place of repentance. And God,
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  I pray, Father, you would help us to
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  live a life of worship and reverence
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  unto you. Lord, I love you. I thank you
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  for your blessings. And we ask it all in
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  Jesus name. For his sake we pray. Amen.
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  Amen.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988
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  Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.