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 Let's turn again for a little to the chapter we read in Revelation chapter 11.

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! I'm reading in verse 12.

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 Revelation 11, verse 12.

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 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,

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! Come up here!

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 And they went up to heaven in a cloud,

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 and their enemies watched them.

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 As we know, Revelation is a book of great mysteries,

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 and James McKeewith this morning was preaching from it,

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 and he highlighted just that very thing,

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 that some of it is very, very hard for us to understand,

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 and it's very easy to get bogged down in it,

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 and begin to speculate, and begin to tie ourselves in knots.

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 But tonight I want us just very simply to look at these two witnesses

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 that we have here, the reaction of the people to them,

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 and of what God did with them,

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 and the impact that it made upon all who watched

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 and all who saw what was happening.

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 And so in this chapter we read of the ministry of these two witnesses,

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 and it's quite interesting when we see in verse 4 where it says,

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 these are the two olive trees and the two lampstands

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 before the Lord of the earth.

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 And whenever you read that, it takes your mind to Zacharias' prophecy,

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 because we have the very same kind of imagery there.

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 And Zacharias, in his prophecy,

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 was prophesying of how God was going to restore Israel from captivity,

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 and that two men, Zerubbabel and Joshua,

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 who would be the two instruments in God's hand,

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 in bringing the people back and rebuilding and restoring the temple and such like.

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 So there is definitely some link to that here.

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 But here we have these two witnesses,

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 two men in this revelation that John's been given,

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 and they are given 1,260 days to witness.

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 Roughly, about three and a half years,

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 or a wee bit more, I'm not sure of the maths of that,

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 but between three and four years they're able to witness.

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 And in that period they are untouchable.

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 For three and a half plus years they're going to preach.

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 They had an appointed time,

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 and when their ministry was over,

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 they were going to face martyrdom

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 because of their love and their faith to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we know in this world

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 that the very earth is red with the blood

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 of those who love the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Year after year after year throughout this world,

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 thousands have been killed for no other reason

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 than that they love the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 There's that ongoing hatred to Christ,

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 to his people, to his followers.

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 Now it's interesting how the Lord often has his witnesses in twos.

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 And we find himself, the Lord,

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 remember when he sent out the disciples on mission,

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 he sent them out in twos.

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 And we often read in the New Testament

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 of how in the early church they were in twos.

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 We find Peter and John.

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 We find Paul and Silas.

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 We find Paul and Barnabas.

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 And the two is, I believe, very important.

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 One is there to encourage the other,

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 and I'm sure the other is there to compensate

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 for what one gives,

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 because different personalities,

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 different styles, different ways.

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 So there's a lot of method in that.

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 Now, you'll notice that when the time of the witnesses comes to an end

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 and the persecution against them is so severe

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 that two particular nations are mentioned.

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 It talks about their death,

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 and verse 8, it tells us,

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 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city

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 that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt.

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 And interestingly,

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 these two names straight away will take to your own mind

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 Sodom was a city of gross immorality.

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 Egypt was a nation for its severe persecution of God's people,

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 but also we know that at the time of the end of Genesis and into Exodus

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 that Egypt was one of the foremost countries.

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 It was a country of great wealth and of education,

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 a country of materialism and paganism and worldliness.

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 So in a sense, Sodom and Egypt stand for everything that this world is

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 in its opposition to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 of all the immorality, the materialism, and all the power,

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 and everything that is opposed to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And as we know, it's still the very same thing today.

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 So here's this world that is fired up in enmity

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 and opposition to the witnesses.

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 That are sent by God and enabled by God to proclaim the truth.

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 Now, verses 8 and 9 are very interesting

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 because you'll know that the witnesses,

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 it tells us here about these witnesses.

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 That tells us, verse 7,

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 and when they'd finished their testimony,

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 that is, when the time that the Lord had appointed,

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 the beast that rises from the bottomless pit

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 will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.

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 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of that great city.

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 So they weren't even given the decency of a burial.

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 They were just left their bodies to rot where they lay.

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 That's what the people thought of them.

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 They looked on them as just dirt, as refuse,

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 as something to be, just leave them where they are.

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 But what's fascinating is verse 9.

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 Now, people reading this at the time when John wrote it

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 would say, how on earth is that possible?

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 How can people from all the different languages in the world

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 and all the different nations in the world

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 and all the different tribes in the world,

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 how can they all look for three and a half days

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 on the bodies of these two witnesses?

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 Well, back then, it would be impossible.

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 But you and I know today it is not impossible

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 because we live in this world of satellite communication

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 and internet and everything that happens

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 from Japan to New York, from the Antarctic to the Arctic.

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 Everything is shown to everybody all over the world.

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 There is this instant display of communication worldwide

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 with all the technology that's available today.

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 So, no difficulty for us to understand

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 how we wouldn't be able to witness their bodies

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 because there would be so many would be photographing

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 and filming and showing what has happened.

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 So, all around the world,

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 people would be seeing exactly what is happening.

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 But tragically, we see here that there's actually

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 rejoicing at the death of the witnesses.

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 There's this time of celebration

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 because it tells us in verse 10,

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 and those who dwell on the earth

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 will rejoice over them and make merry.

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 Isn't that incredible?

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 And yet, that kind of opposition

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 that these witnesses faced

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 is the very same as happens today.

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 There are so many people

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 and people in places of influence

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 and power, and their main aim

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 is to eradicate the Christian faith.

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 We find it in the media,

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 we find it in the political world,

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 we find it in education,

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 in all the places of influence.

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 There are those, and they're determined

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 to silence the voice of Christ.

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 To eradicate Christian influence

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 out of the public place.

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 There's this idea,

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 have your Christianity,

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 but have it at home.

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 Have it privately.

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 Don't dare bring it into the public arena.

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 And so there's this determined push

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 from so many.

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 And it's just the very thing

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 that we find here.

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 See, the Lord is telling us

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 exactly how it's going to be.

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 And you know this,

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 if violence could be used

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 against the church

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 in our land today,

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 most certainly it would.

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 Thankfully, just now,

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 we're protected.

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 But there might come a day

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 when violence

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 will become part and partial

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 of what the church

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 in our land

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 will experience.

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 But we find that the people

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 are so happy

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 and so full of joy

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 that those witnesses are dead

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 that we find

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 it's quite extraordinary.

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 That tells us in verse 10,

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 and those who dwell on the earth

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 will rejoice over them

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 and make merry

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 and exchange presents

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 because these two prophets

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 who have been a torment to them.

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 Isn't that extraordinary?

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 Somebody labeled this

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 a satanic Christmas.

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 They're so happy

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 to see the witness of Christ

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 done away with

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 that they're exchanging presents

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 and celebration.

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 That's how awful

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 the situation is.

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 But you know,

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 it changes in a second.

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 In a moment,

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 it all changes.

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 And what happens next

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 reminds me to a certain extent

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 of when you go to Daniel

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 in chapter 5

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 with Belshazzar.

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 Remember Belshazzar,

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 the king?

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 And he threw this massive party

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 for a thousand of the lords.

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 And it was a drunken orgy.

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 And to add insult to injury,

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 he had taken the golden vessels

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 that had been brought

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 from the capture of Jerusalem

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 and they were using them

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 to drink

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 and call on the pagan gods.

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 And at the height

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 of that drunken orgy,

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 all of a sudden,

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 do you remember what happened?

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 A man's hand appeared

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 and began to write on the wall.

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 And instantly,

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 there was total silence

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 in that hall.

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 And it tells us

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 that Belshazzar,

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 he was so shaken

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 that his body

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 began to quake.

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 His whole body

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 began to shake

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 with what he was seeing.

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 Well, here's

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 a similar moment.

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 At the height

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 of the party,

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 at the height

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 of the celebrations,

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 at the height

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 of rejoicing

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 at the death

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 of the witnesses,

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 we find something

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 extraordinary happening.

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 that the two corpses

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 that had been lying

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 on the ground there

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 for 84 hours,

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 we could say,

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 for three and a half days,

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 all of a sudden

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 come to life.

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 They stand up.

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 And if you and I

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 had been there,

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 we couldn't believe,

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 talk of not being able

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 to believe what you're seeing.

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 But this is exactly

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 what is happening.

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 that God has brought

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 these witnesses

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 back to life.

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 And it tells us

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 great fear

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 fell

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 on them all.

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 Great fear,

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 no wonder.

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 And you know,

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 evil,

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 although there are times

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 it appears to triumph.

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 And you say

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 there's no end to it.

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 It's just getting worse

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 and it's getting worse.

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 Its days are numbered already.

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 evil will never

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 ultimately triumph.

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 There's always

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 going to be an end to it.

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 It's always ultimately

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 of a temporary nature.

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 And then we hear

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 this voice of command

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 to the witnesses,

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 come up here.

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 And they went up

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 to heaven

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 in a cloud.

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 Come up here.

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 You know,

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 that's a voice,

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 we'll come back to that

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 in a moment.

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 That's a voice

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 that every Christian

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 soul hears

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 at the moment

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 of their death.

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 Come up here.

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 Come up here.

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 That's what happens.

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 Every person

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 who loves

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 at the moment

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 of death,

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 their soul

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 is summoned

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 into the presence

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 of the Lord.

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 And the wonderful thing

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 is that when God

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 speaks a word,

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 he gives power

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 accompanying the word.

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 See,

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 that's a big difference

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 between you

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 and me

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 and God.

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 At the very beginning

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 when God said

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 the creation,

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 it tells us,

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 God said,

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 let there be light.

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 And there was light.

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 Now,

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 if you and I

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 went into a room

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 in a total blackout,

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 and we said,

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 let there be light,

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 we could will it

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 and wish it

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 and exercise

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 all the positive

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 thinking in the world,

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 but we couldn't

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 produce one spark.

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 It would just

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 remain black.

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 But when God

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 says a word,

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 accompanying the word

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 is the power

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 to do exactly

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 what he has said.

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 And that's

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 the word,

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 you see,

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 for instance,

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 when Peter walked

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 on the water.

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 Remember what Peter

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 said on the boat,

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 Lord,

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 if it is you,

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 bid me come to you.

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 And Jesus

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 just said,

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 come.

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 And accompanying

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 that word,

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 come,

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 was the power

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 to do what is

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 humanly impossible

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 to do.

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 And you know,

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 in a sense,

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 it's the same

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 with every soul

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 that is saved.

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 When you became

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 a Christian,

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 although

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 theologically

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 and such like,

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 we might not

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 be able to,

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 but in a sense,

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 it's what God

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 says to every person

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 when they come

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 to faith,

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 is come up here.

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 it's when

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 the word of God

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 comes in power

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 into your heart,

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 into your life,

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 and is able to do

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 what has never been

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 able to be done before,

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.519
 bring you

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 from darkness

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 into light,

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 from death

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 to life.

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 You can't

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 save yourself.

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 An elder

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 can't save you.

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 A minister

00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:00.860
 can't save you.

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 A member

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.159
 of the family

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.919
 can't save you.

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 You can't

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 save yourself.

00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:07.000
 Or the ministers

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.580
 and elders

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:08.679
 and family members

00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.679
 and they pray

00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.099
 for you,

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 witness to you,

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 but they can't

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:11.979
 save you.

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 God alone

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 is able to save.

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 And we must

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 always remember

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 that,

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 that it's God

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 who saves.

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 You see,

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 we've got to be

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 absolutely

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 convinced of this

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 because sometimes

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 we think,

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 oh,

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 it's just a matter

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 that I know

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 that I've got

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 to believe.

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 And some people

00:15:35.719 --> 00:15:36.979
 think it's an area

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.360
 of just,

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 what we might

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 say,

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 positive thinking

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 and being able

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.279
 to say in our

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 heart,

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.100
 I believe.

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 Salvation is

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.879
 a gift.

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 God is the

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 giver.

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 And we go

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 to God

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 and say to him,

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:50.940
 Lord,

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.740
 I need to be

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.120
 saved.

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 I want to be

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 saved.

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 But I can't

00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:58.000
 get from here

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.879
 to there

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 unless you

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.899
 will save me.

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 That's what

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.440
 we need to do.

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 we need to be

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 absolutely,

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 we do the

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 asking.

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 That's imperative.

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 Seek and you

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.600
 will find.

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 Our seeking is

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.500
 saying,

00:16:14.640 --> 00:16:15.100
 Lord,

00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:16.680
 save me.

00:16:17.260 --> 00:16:18.200
 Reach down.

00:16:19.520 --> 00:16:20.220
 Pull me to

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.660
 yourself.

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 Come up here.

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 May I hear

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 these words.

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 May these words

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.880
 of life come

00:16:24.880 --> 00:16:25.940
 into my soul.

00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:28.380
 And help me to

00:16:28.380 --> 00:16:29.100
 know that I've

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.640
 passed from

00:16:29.640 --> 00:16:30.540
 death to life.

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 And he will,

00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.600
 guaranteed.

00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.820
 We've got to

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.759
 remember that we

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.639
 can't save our

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.100
 selves.

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.360
 It's God who

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.779
 saves.

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.200
 But as we

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.820
 said earlier,

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.899
 this voice come

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:44.440
 up here is the

00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.580
 voice that takes

00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.460
 place at the

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.399
 moment of death.

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:49.519
 You see,

00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:51.240
 our soul,

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.340
 when we die,

00:16:52.540 --> 00:16:53.120
 couldn't be

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.139
 transported on

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.740
 its own to

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.080
 glory.

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.279
 That's an

00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.080
 impossibility.

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.620
 At death,

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.259
 God is

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.860
 enabling.

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:03.860
 God is

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.619
 controlling.

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.619
 God is

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.200
 over the

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.180
 whole situation.

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.359
 As we were

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.299
 originally made,

00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.559
 death, as we

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.599
 know, wasn't

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.240
 part of the

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.700
 equation.

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.920
 When God

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.539
 said in the

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:16.920
 garden,

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:19.160
 over everything,

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.420
 it is good.

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.799
 Death was

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.420
 not there.

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.759
 There was no

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.119
 death.

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.179
 death.

00:17:26.679 --> 00:17:27.039
 And it

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.059
 wasn't until

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:29.039
 Adam and

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.919
 Eve ate of

00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:30.479
 the forbidden

00:17:30.479 --> 00:17:30.879
 fruit.

00:17:30.979 --> 00:17:31.459
 Remember what

00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:31.919
 God said,

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.219
 in the day

00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:34.579
 you eat of

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.279
 this fruit,

00:17:35.459 --> 00:17:36.099
 you shall

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.459
 surely die.

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.600
 death.

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.460
 And the

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.900
 day they

00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.960
 ate, the

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.840
 sentence of

00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:43.360
 death began.

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.200
 And death

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.039
 has followed

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:47.059
 ever since.

00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.600
 It is the

00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.180
 great enemy,

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.680
 the great

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.440
 intrusion,

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.720
 the great

00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.420
 thing that

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.940
 we hate,

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.700
 we recoil

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.279
 from.

00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:57.920
 And it's a

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.779
 portal that we

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.380
 all have to

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.000
 pass through

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.620
 unless Christ

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:02.620
 returns first.

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.319
 And who

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.740
 knows?

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.840
 He may

00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:05.660
 return before

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.120
 some of

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.160
 us pass.

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.600
 We don't

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:07.880
 know.

00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:09.500
 It's the

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.880
 enemy that

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:10.240
 we all

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.980
 recoil from.

00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:11.420
 The greatest

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.160
 instinct we

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.860
 have is

00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.960
 self-preservation.

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.120
 But there's

00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:16.500
 going to come

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:18.420
 a day when

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.040
 we have to

00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.480
 give way.

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.820
 And many

00:18:21.820 --> 00:18:22.360
 Christians,

00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.660
 as we

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.279
 know, some

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.960
 Christians have

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.300
 the most

00:18:25.300 --> 00:18:27.200
 amazing deaths

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:28.320
 and the

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:29.080
 most wonderful

00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:29.740
 peace, but

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.240
 not every

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.640
 Christian.

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.000
 Some

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.820
 Christians have

00:18:31.820 --> 00:18:32.240
 suffered,

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.460
 maybe through

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.100
 the illness,

00:18:34.300 --> 00:18:34.960
 through different

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.460
 things.

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.500
 And they've

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.240
 suffered terribly

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.640
 as they've

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.080
 gone down

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.820
 into death's

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.380
 dark veil.

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.900
 And many

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.320
 a living

00:18:41.320 --> 00:18:42.040
 hand has

00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:42.640
 tended to

00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:42.980
 them, and

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.480
 many a

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.080
 living arm

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.740
 has supported

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.019
 them.

00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:45.940
 But we've

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.180
 got to

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.720
 remember that

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.320
 underneath,

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:48.820
 there's a

00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.500
 more powerful

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.640
 hand and

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:50.940
 a more

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:52.040
 powerful arm,

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.320
 because the

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.060
 Lord is with

00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:54.860
 his people at

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.200
 death.

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.340
 And as

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:58.180
 death approaches,

00:18:58.360 --> 00:19:00.080
 I believe that

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.840
 the ministering

00:19:00.840 --> 00:19:01.519
 spirits of

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.960
 God, the

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.480
 angels, are

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.000
 present.

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.160
 remember what

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.059
 Jesus said in

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.779
 the story of

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.440
 the rich man

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.220
 and Lazarus,

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.500
 that when

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:11.599
 Lazarus died,

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.400
 that his soul

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.299
 was carried by

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:15.059
 the angels

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.460
 into glory.

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.799
 I believe that

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.700
 that's what

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.559
 will happen,

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.039
 because the

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.660
 Lord is going

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.299
 to give this

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.180
 command, come

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:26.380
 up here, and

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:27.839
 the soul will

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.660
 be transported

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.660
 to glory.

00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:31.400
 a voice that

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.960
 no person

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.380
 around the

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:33.019
 bed, or no

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.480
 person in

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.220
 the room, or

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.720
 no person

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 anywhere is

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 conscious of,

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 but that

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 voice of

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 command, with

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 the power and

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 the authority,

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 will carry that

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.080
 soul into

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.820
 glory, into

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 the presence of

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 the Lord.

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 And Jesus, of

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.600
 course, is

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.519
 longing for that

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 moment.

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 We've always

00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.680
 got to remember

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.340
 part of the

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.980
 high priestly

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 prayer was,

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 Father, I

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.320
 will, that

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 they also

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.920
 whom you

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.540
 have given

00:19:57.540 --> 00:19:58.380
 me, be

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.000
 with me

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.680
 where I am,

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 that they

00:20:00.020 --> 00:20:00.620
 may behold

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.400
 my glory.

00:20:01.780 --> 00:20:02.360
 Jesus is

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.920
 longing for

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.640
 the day when

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.900
 every single

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:06.080
 Christian is

00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:06.440
 going to

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.280
 arrive into

00:20:07.280 --> 00:20:07.740
 glory.

00:20:09.260 --> 00:20:09.840
 So the

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.680
 arrival of a

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.460
 Christian into

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.180
 glory is a

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.900
 wonderful thing

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.420
 in glory.

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 Jesus is

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 involved.

00:20:18.060 --> 00:20:18.620
 Remember the

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.180
 picture that's

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 given to us

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 when Stephen

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.480
 was being

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.960
 stoned.

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 And as he

00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:24.340
 was about to

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 be martyred,

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 he says,

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 Behold, I

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.120
 see the

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.840
 heavens opened

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 and the

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.520
 Son of Man

00:20:29.520 --> 00:20:30.480
 standing on

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 the right

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.560
 hand of

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 God.

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 And some

00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:32.780
 people have

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 suggested that

00:20:34.260 --> 00:20:34.960
 Jesus was

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:36.460
 standing in

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.980
 order to

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.220
 welcome Stephen

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.620
 home.

00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:39.560
 That's a

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 suggestion.

00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:41.960
 But we know

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.480
 that there will

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.200
 be a real

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.680
 welcome.

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 Enter into

00:20:44.780 --> 00:20:46.100
 the joy of

00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:46.600
 the Lord.

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 So what a

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.580
 transformation

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.720
 will take place

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.400
 in the twinkling

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.040
 of an eye.

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 All the

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.299
 suffering,

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.159
 all the

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:54.639
 pain,

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.399
 all the

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.059
 discomfort,

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.579
 all that

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.779
 this person

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.220
 is going

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.799
 through will

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.500
 change in a

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.899
 moment.

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.240
 In the

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.799
 twinkling of

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.220
 an eye,

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.500
 taken out

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.839
 of this

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.559
 world and

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.700
 transported

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.779
 straight into

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.819
 all the

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.799
 glory and

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.299
 the wonder

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.740
 and the

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.299
 joy and

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.779
 the beauty,

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.859
 the everlasting

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:15.420
 domain of

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.039
 the redeemed.

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 And of

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.420
 course we

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.839
 here on

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.579
 earth mourn,

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:21.419
 those who

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.879
 have passed

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.439
 from us.

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.960
 We all

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.339
 know the

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.079
 stillness of

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.359
 death,

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:26.279
 the quietness,

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.279
 how we

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.159
 miss those

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:29.339
 who are

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.839
 near and

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.259
 dear to

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.539
 us.

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.500
 And it

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.799
 can be

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.240
 even a

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.740
 test to

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.119
 faith.

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.279
 I remember

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.939
 reading Robert

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.599
 Finlayson who

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:37.980
 had been a

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.299
 minister,

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.619
 he was

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.000
 certainly a

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.460
 minister in

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.799
 Lochs and

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.159
 I think he

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.379
 was a

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.879
 minister in

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:44.259
 Point way,

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:44.919
 way back.

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:47.060
 and he

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.440
 lost,

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.759
 when he

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.100
 was in

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.460
 Lochs,

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.800
 he lost

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.640
 two sons

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.060
 in a

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.360
 drowning

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.980
 tragedy.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.200
 And somebody

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.840
 said to him,

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.320
 oh minister,

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.340
 this is hard

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:57.779
 for you,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.880
 it's hard on

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.519
 flesh and

00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.840
 blood.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.560
 Oh yes,

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:01.940
 he said,

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.300
 and it's

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:02.880
 hard on

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.860
 grace itself.

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.380
 And that's

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.700
 true.

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.380
 Not only is

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.000
 it hard on

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.320
 the very

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:08.840
 flesh and

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.060
 blood,

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.100
 but in

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.779
 all the

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.420
 grace that

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.100
 God gives

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.440
 in a

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.240
 situation like

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.420
 that,

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.039
 it's still

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.519
 hard.

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.039
 And so

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.240
 it's

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.720
 inevitable

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.200
 that on

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.820
 this side

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:19.660
 we miss.

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.840
 But if we

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.180
 could see

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.820
 the glory

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.840
 that our

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.320
 Christian

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.100
 loved ones

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.580
 have entered

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.039
 into,

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.039
 it would

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.800
 so temper

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.880
 our mourning.

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.400
 And you

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.620
 know,

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.420
 all this

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.060
 that happens

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.460
 here,

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.019
 the picture

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.420
 that we're

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.960
 given of

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.100
 the celebration

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.800
 of the

00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.120
 wicked

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.539
 turning into

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.360
 their hearts,

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.080
 turning to

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:39.420
 ice,

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:41.300
 at this

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:42.100
 picture of

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.140
 God's people

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.279
 rising up

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.700
 into the

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:44.920
 air,

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.779
 is a

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.000
 picture of

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.420
 what's going

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.920
 to happen

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.259
 at the

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.680
 end of

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.180
 the return

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.819
 of Christ.

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.759
 Because it

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.359
 tells us in

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.399
 1 Thessalonians

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.160
 chapter 4,

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.859
 we have a

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.720
 wonderful picture

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.339
 there given

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.180
 to us of

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.720
 the return

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.299
 of Jesus.

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.419
 Jesus.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.099
 And it

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.639
 tells us

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.119
 there as

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.559
 Christ

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.240
 descends

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.859
 from heaven

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.000
 that the

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.659
 Lord will

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.079
 give a

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.480
 mighty

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.960
 shout.

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.579
 There will

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:06.940
 be the

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.440
 voice of

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.180
 the archangel

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.079
 and the

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.720
 trumpet of

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.119
 God.

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.680
 And with

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.000
 this shout

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.019
 an extraordinary

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.759
 thing will

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.200
 occur.

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.039
 The

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.639
 graves

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.399
 will open

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:21.099
 and the

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.099
 graves

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.359
 will give

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.159
 up all

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.660
 their dead.

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.080
 And their

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.900
 bodies will

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:28.160
 be reunited

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.900
 with their

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.140
 soul.

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.620
 You know,

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.040
 interesting,

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.920
 it tells us

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.700
 that the

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.100
 redeemed,

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.580
 those who

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.980
 have gone,

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:34.580
 will be with

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.060
 the Lord

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.740
 in the air.

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.019
 Our souls

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.220
 will be at

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.920
 that moment

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.460
 joining.

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.779
 It's an

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.259
 extraordinary

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.800
 picture.

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.160
 That the

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.800
 redeemed are

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.740
 returning with

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.160
 the Lord.

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:50.000
 and the

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.660
 bodies at

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.400
 that moment

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.900
 of shout

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.300
 when the

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:53.080
 graves will

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.860
 open and

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.320
 the dead

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:54.980
 bodies will

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.560
 rise up,

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.460
 that we'll

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.360
 be reunited

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.660
 with the

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.019
 Lord,

00:23:59.560 --> 00:23:59.980
 with our

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.980
 bodies in

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.560
 the air to

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:01.900
 be with

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.240
 the Lord

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.640
 forever.

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.640
 And after

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.500
 that occurs

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.220
 then those

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.560
 who are

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.360
 still alive

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.680
 of the

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.000
 Lord.

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.000
 If you're

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.660
 still alive

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.220
 when the

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.980
 Lord comes

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.380
 as a

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.740
 believer,

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.060
 you will

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.540
 then be

00:24:13.540 --> 00:24:14.220
 caught up.

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:15.920
 You won't

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.220
 go through

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.580
 death,

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.519
 but you

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.860
 will be

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.480
 caught up

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.839
 at that

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.000
 irresistible

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.079
 voice and

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.519
 power,

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.099
 come up

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.380
 here.

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:26.940
 And we

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.339
 see that

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.480
 it tells

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.960
 us here,

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.860
 then they

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.319
 heard a

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.839
 loud voice

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.240
 from heaven

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.519
 saying,

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:31.980
 come up

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.160
 here,

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.400
 and they

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.740
 went up

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.120
 to heaven

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.519
 in a

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.839
 cloud.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.160
 There's

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.599
 always a

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:34.960
 cloud.

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.380
 A cloud

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.299
 is symbolizing

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.920
 the presence

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.519
 and glory

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.079
 of God.

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.599
 You'll

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.339
 read of

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.519
 the

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.579
 manifestations

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.519
 of God's

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.099
 presence

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.880
 so often

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.140
 in the

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.400
 Bible,

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.019
 always a

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.339
 cloud.

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.759
 Well,

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.200
 here they

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.380
 go,

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.059
 they go up

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.879
 in the

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.339
 cloud.

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 But for

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.200
 those who

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.799
 don't love

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.359
 the Lord,

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.899
 this is

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.720
 the most

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.519
 frightening

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.319
 moment.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.799
 You know

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.039
 this,

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.259
 I hate

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.799
 to think

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.000
 of how

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.559
 it'll be,

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.240
 the

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.259
 realization

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.119
 that everything

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.519
 that they

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.000
 held to

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.599
 was wrong,

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.839
 that they

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.139
 got it

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:11.240
 all wrong,

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.899
 and now

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.440
 it's too

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.000
 late to

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.799
 do anything

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.960
 about it.

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.740
 but that's

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.019
 how it's

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.299
 going to

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.680
 be for

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:18.920
 some

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.299
 people.

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 It tells

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.759
 us that

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.420
 very clearly

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.700
 in the

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.000
 word.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.740
 Discovering

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.120
 that the

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.059
 gospel

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.200
 that you

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.860
 mocked

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.860
 is real,

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.259
 that the

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.039
 return of

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.759
 Christ that

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.440
 you ignored

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.759
 is real,

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.259
 that the

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.840
 hell that

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.120
 you might

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.640
 have laughed

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.660
 at is

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.200
 real,

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.860
 and now

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.319
 it's too

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.579
 late to

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.079
 do anything

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.779
 about it,

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.139
 because the

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.700
 path that

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:44.960
 you have

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.519
 chosen is

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.559
 finally set.

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.059
 It's a

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 solemn,

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:50.980
 solemn

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.500
 thought.

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 But you

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.139
 know,

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.960
 tonight the

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.700
 wonderful thing

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:56.000
 is that

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.519
 we are still

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.099
 on mercy's

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.420
 ground,

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.579
 and the

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.379
 invitation of

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.899
 the gospel

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.519
 is still

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.899
 here.

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.259
 The voice

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.839
 of Jesus

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.440
 is saying,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.019
 come up

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.420
 here in

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.859
 the sense

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.200
 that he's

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.579
 calling each

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.079
 and everyone

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.740
 who is still

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.819
 outside Christ.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.779
 Tonight,

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.539
 tonight,

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.359
 if you

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.119
 hear my

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.660
 voice,

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.079
 do not

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.000
 harden your

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.519
 heart.

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.539
 That's what

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.079
 it says.

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.220
 And you

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.359
 know,

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.619
 if you

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.119
 come to

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.899
 faith and

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.740
 rest your

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.440
 soul in

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.819
 Jesus,

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.579
 the words

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.279
 of Scripture

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.019
 will be so

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.599
 true for

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.599
 you that

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:28.980
 it will be

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.940
 better on

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.539
 the day of

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.160
 your death

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.099
 than it

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.339
 will be on

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.119
 the day of

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.680
 your birth.

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.740
 Let's pray.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.319
 Lord our

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.579
 God,

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.980
 we thank

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.279
 you for

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.819
 your word,

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.240
 for the

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.019
 reality of

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.159
 it,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.079
 the solemnity

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.539
 of it,

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.319
 the glory

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.859
 of it.

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.059
 And we

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.639
 pray that

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.099
 your word

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.419
 will go

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.000
 down deep

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.559
 into our

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.039
 souls,

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.439
 transforming

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.819
 them.

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.000
 Nothing else

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.299
 will.

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.319
 It's by

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.819
 your word

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.480
 we're saved.

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.899
 It's by

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.720
 your word

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:57.980
 we're

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.599
 sanctified.

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.579
 Everything

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.059
 is through

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.599
 your word.

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.819
 And so

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.319
 we pray

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.379
 that your

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.980
 word will

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.679
 have the

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.399
 main place

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.720
 in our

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.059
 life,

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.019
 that we

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.399
 will live

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.720
 on it

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.619
 and die

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.919
 in it.

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:09.879
 We pray

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.319
 to bless

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.699
 us then

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.219
 and part

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:11.739
 us tonight

00:27:11.739 --> 00:27:12.139
 with your

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.539
 blessing.

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.119
 Grant us

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.679
 your grace

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.219
 and do

00:27:14.219 --> 00:27:14.699
 us good

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.879
 and cleanse

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.099
 us,

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.639
 we pray,

00:27:16.739 --> 00:27:17.119
 from our

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.899
 every sin.

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.559
 In Jesus'

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.099
 name we

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.599
 ask it.

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.179
 Amen.

00:27:22.979 --> 00:27:23.599
 We're going

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.000
 to conclude

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.579
 our service

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.279
 singing in

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.139
 Psalm number

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.899
 16.

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:27.779
 This is

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.339
 from Sing

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.919
 Psalms,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.219
 Psalm number

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:30.899
 16.

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.859
 And we're

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.199
 going to sing

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.599
 the last

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.719
 four stanzas,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.759
 verses 8 to

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.259
 the end,

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:38.379
 Psalm 16.

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:42.519
 from verse

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.019
 8,

00:27:43.219 --> 00:27:43.559
 which is

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.099
 on page

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.879
 17.

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.179
 Before me

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:49.819
 constantly

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.979
 I set

00:27:50.979 --> 00:27:51.619
 the Lord

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.039
 alone.

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.459
 Because he

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:54.039
 is at my

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.739
 right hand,

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.579
 I'll not

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.619
 be overthrown.

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.799
 Therefore

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.459
 my heart

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.059
 is glad,

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.819
 my tongue

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.599
 with joy

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.339
 will sing,

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:02.599
 my body

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.219
 too will

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:04.359
 rest secure

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.979
 in hope

00:28:04.979 --> 00:28:06.059
 unwavering.

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.319
 for you

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.779
 will not

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 allow my

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.039
 soul and

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.559
 death to

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.960
 stay,

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.179
 nor will

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.559
 you leave

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.119
 your holy

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.480
 one to

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.879
 see the

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.839
 tombs decay.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.259
 You have

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.859
 made known

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.319
 to me

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.079
 the path

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.639
 of life

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.259
 divine.

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.259
 Bliss

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.700
 shall I

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.059
 know at

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.519
 your right

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.960
 hand,

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.440
 joy from

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.079
 your face

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.960
 will shine.

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.000
 verses 8

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.259
 to the

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.460
 end,

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.400
 Psalm 16.

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.640
 Before me

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.259
 constantly

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.740
 I set

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.120
 the Lord

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.480
 alone.

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.480
 Amen.

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.940
 Amen.

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:30.940


00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:30.940


00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.960
 to the

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.960
 heart

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.960
 and

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:56.960


00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.960
 be

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.960
 overthrown.

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:58.960


00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.960
 heart

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.960
 is glad,

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.960
 my tongue

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.960
 with joy

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.960
 will sing,

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.960
 my heart

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.960
 is glad,

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.960
 my tongue

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.960
 with joy

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.960
 will sing,

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.960
 my heart

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.960
 will

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.960
 be

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.960
 done.

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.960
 My

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.960
 heart

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.960
 will

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:18.960


00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.960
 done.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.960
 My

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.960
 heart

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.960
 body

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.960
 too

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.960
 will

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:26.960
 rest

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.960
 secure

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.960
 in

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.960
 hope

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.960
 and

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.960
 living

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.960
 for

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:37.960
 you

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.960
 will

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.960
 not

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:42.960
 allow

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.960
 my

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.960
 soul

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.960
 in

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.960
 captivity.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.960
 to

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.960
 stay

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.960
 down

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.960
 where

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.960
 you

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.960
 need

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.960
 your

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.960
 holy

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.960
 one

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.960
 to

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.960
 see

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.960
 the

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.960
 tom

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.960
 decay

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:08.960
 you

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.960
 have

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.960
 made

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.960
 known

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.960
 to

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.960
 me

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.960
 the

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.960
 path

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.960
 of

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.960
 life

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.960
 divine

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.960
 will

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.960
 shine

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.960
 you

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.960
 and

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.960
 you

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.960
 will

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.960
 shine

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:27.960


00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.960
 and

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.960
 you

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.960
 will

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:30.960


00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.960
 you

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.960
 and

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.960
 you

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.960
 will

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:34.960


00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.960
 you

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.960
 and

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.960
 you

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.960
 will

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.960
 shine

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.960
 you

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 may

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