1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,160 Heavenly Father, thank you so very much again for this opportunity. Thank you for 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,360 constantly teaching me and guiding me in the ways in which I should walk to draw 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,520 closer to you. Father, I ask that you please fill me with the indwelling of 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:20,000 the Holy Spirit today, right now, that as I speak, Father, they do not hear Shelby, 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,480 but they hear the Lord God Almighty. Father, that they don't see the young 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,880 girl, but they see the Creator of the universe standing here, speaking to their 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,680 hearts today. May we have a wonderful time being able to learn about you and 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:43,760 praise you today, Father. This is my wish. This is my desire. In Christ's name, amen. 9 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:51,360 Alrighty, so there's a lot of people here that weren't here the first Sabbath of 10 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,840 the month, right? That's when I was here last. So my name is Shelby Clark. I am a 11 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:01,160 theology major at Southern Adventist University. Wonderful school, beautiful 12 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,540 school. I highly recommend it, even though it's pricey. Still a great 13 00:01:06,540 --> 00:01:12,400 university nonetheless. So a little fun fact about me is that I worked for It Is 14 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,600 Written in 2020. I was a Bible worker for them out in Indiana for the Ignite 15 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,960 Indiana campaign. My dad and I were able to work side by side. We went door to 16 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:26,800 door and we reached countless people before COVID hit. And even after COVID 17 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:33,360 hit, we transitioned from Ignite Indiana to another mission. We made it online. I 18 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,240 don't remember the name of it though. Is the Sarah remember? Where's Sarah at? 19 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:43,640 Elder Sarah. I don't see her. Do you remember? Was it Hope Awakens? That 20 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,760 sounds right. Amen. The elders in the house know what's going on. So yeah, we 21 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,840 transitioned to Hope Awakens and it was a wonderful time. We reached countless 22 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,000 people, even more so because we were able to go online. We even reached people 23 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,640 internationally. I do not remember the amount of baptisms that happened locally 24 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:08,800 for the state of Indiana. I believe we had around 10. Wish we could have gotten 25 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,200 more, but sadly COVID caused a lot of fear where people stayed home and 26 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:21,040 wouldn't receive even the things that were online. But now moving forward, I'm 27 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,520 just I'm so happy to be here with all of you today. It's such an honor to be able 28 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,720 to be invited back. That means a lot to me. That means what I spoke last time 29 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:36,640 was not wrong. I can't think of the other word because I lack intelligence in the 30 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:42,320 English department even though it's my one and only language. Well, soon and very 31 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:48,000 soon Hebrew will be my second language, but that's gonna take some time. 32 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,680 Alrighty, so now I wanted to share a little fun fact with all of you. Did you 33 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:58,200 know that the Bible is the only book in the entire world that cross-references 34 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:04,720 itself more than any other book out there? Did you know that? Some of you? 35 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:10,520 Anybody? Did you know that? Okay, some of you know that. Awesome. Okay, another fun 36 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:16,320 fact about me, I love being able to hear from the crowd back. I love to get the 37 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,040 church members involved because I believe that's what Christ did. We see 38 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:25,560 that biblically. So today in the house of the Lord, if we're here in Christ, then I 39 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,120 believe that we too should be able to, that are comfortable, speak back and 40 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,360 answer questions. Don't be afraid. This is what God intended for us to do. 41 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:40,120 Alrighty, so I actually am able to tell you the exact amount of times that the 42 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:47,320 Bible cross-references itself. Do you want that number? It's over 63,000 times. 43 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:57,600 The exact number in 2018 was 63,779 times. The Bible quotes itself over and 44 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:04,840 over and over again. It seems as if it never ends. And another study this year 45 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:10,680 in 2023, we have found out now that the Bible is continually cross-referencing 46 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:17,420 itself to where it's broke over 65,000 times. This is the only book in the 47 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:23,960 entire world that is able to reference itself to this degree. That must mean 48 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,880 that there's something important in there, huh? It keeps repeating itself over 49 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:35,800 and over again. And soon, and very soon, in fact any moment now, I'm gonna be able 50 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:41,480 to show you the map that a gentleman, a group of gentlemen put together to show 51 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,220 you how many times the Bible cross-references itself. It's beautiful, it's 52 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:53,800 amazing, it's immaculate. It blew my mind. There we go. Can you, oh I don't know if 53 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:59,920 you can see that map, but it's not as bright as I had hoped. Okay, can you see 54 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:07,000 it a little bit better? So it it's kind of like if you cut a cake in half and 55 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,480 you have that half of the oval that's right there, and it's filled with all 56 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,800 different colors. Anyone that's interested, you can come up and talk to me 57 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:21,840 after and I can show you the exact picture on my slide so that you can 58 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:27,720 better see what it is that I'm seeing. So the reason why this is just baffled me 59 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,200 and I had to share this with all of you is because if one truth was taken away, 60 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,280 one truth, one fundamental truth, this whole entire thing would collapse upon 61 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:39,880 itself. If you remove the state of the dead, cross-references disappear. If you 62 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,600 remove mercy and grace, the cross-references disappear. And that makes 63 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,360 me think of the human body. What happens if the big toes were to be removed from 64 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:58,320 the feet of a person? Does anyone want to? What would happen? Yes, it would be very 65 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:03,080 difficult to walk in balance. In fact, you'd probably end up falling. Now, what 66 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,000 if we didn't have feet all together? Wouldn't that be pretty difficult too? 67 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Now, what if we were to take away something extremely fundamental to the 68 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:23,320 body, like the spine? Then what? Someone said you would die. Probably. Really, your 69 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:28,680 life would be absolutely miserable. Imagine if we removed grace from the 70 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:34,060 spectrum from the Bible. If we removed every element of grace, there would be 71 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:38,400 nothing for us. There would be no hope. All of the fundamental truths would stand 72 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:44,640 on nothing. Nothing. There would be no foundation, only mere words that meant 73 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:52,800 nothing. The deists would be right. Do any of you know what deism is? What is it, Elder? 74 00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:01,800 So, it's more of a hands-off approach that God would say to the Creator, set things in motion and said, I'll be over here. 75 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:09,880 It's a hands-off approach that God made the world, made you, maybe made you special, and then left you and 76 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:16,320 abandoned you, abandoned the entire planet to do as it pleases. But they're 77 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,680 wrong because grace and mercy is all throughout the scriptures. God is indeed 78 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:27,600 personal. We have the little big toes to prove it. God cared about you being able 79 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,200 to walk straight and walk properly. Sadly, sin does cause issues sometimes and we 80 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,720 suffer the effects of it, but God also gave you something essential. He gave you 81 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,960 a heart so that you could live. He gave you lungs so that you could breathe and 82 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:47,460 again live. God is indeed personal and we see it throughout the 65,000 cross 83 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:54,240 references in the Bible. Now, I wanted to be able to show you guys a cross 84 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,680 reference and it's found in Daniel chapter 9. We're gonna go ahead and we're 85 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,600 gonna start jumping around in the Bible and I want to show you a cross reference 86 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,760 that's mentioned. And by the way, the sermon title did change. It was 87 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,800 supposed to be about eternal fire, but now it is the reconciled. The Lord brought 88 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,960 this to me last night and said it needed to change, so we're dealing with a brand 89 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:23,720 new creature, the reconciled. So, turn to Daniel chapter 9, please. And let's see 90 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:36,800 here. Verse 24. What verse? Verse 24. I'm gonna be reading it from the New American 91 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:42,560 Standard Bible. It's one of my favorites, so it might not match exactly with some 92 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:47,640 of y'all's translations, but that's okay. The same point is there nonetheless. 93 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:58,880 Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24. And it reads, actually, are we there? Do we need 94 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:06,880 more time? If we're there, just give me an amen. Oh, okay, we're there. So, in 95 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:12,440 Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24, it reads, 70 weeks have been have been decreed for 96 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,920 your people and your holy city, and to finish the transgression and to make an 97 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,840 end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring an everlasting 98 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,320 righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. 99 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:33,760 Now, we're gonna look at the 70 weeks here. 70 weeks have been decreed for who? 100 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:39,520 For God's people. Amen. And we know this is dealing specifically with Daniel and 101 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,600 the people of his time. We also know that this is all the way until the time of 102 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:49,040 Christ because of the time prophecy that's given here. So, we just read the 103 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,960 70 weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the 104 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:02,320 transgression. We've established that it is indeed talking about God's people, but 105 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,720 specifically it's talking about Daniel and the Jews. It's not talking about 106 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:12,640 Christianity at the time. It's talking about them. Now, who is the one that is 107 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:21,560 desiring to make reconciliation for those who are in iniquity? Any guesses? I 108 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:32,640 promise the verse tells you who. Not Daniel. Daniel can't forgive sins. Oh, I'm 109 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:38,160 hearing Jesus being whispered throughout the crowd. Jesus? Jesus. Amen. The most 110 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:44,000 holy, the anointed, Christ the righteous. This is who this vision is speaking 111 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,840 about in Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. He is the only one that can reconcile 112 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:53,680 sinners onto God. He is the only one that can take sinners and make them 113 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:58,920 righteous. Christ is the only one that can do this amazing deed and this 114 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:05,160 amazing job. Oh good, can you see the little lamb? Isn't it cute? It's so cute. 115 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,360 That's why I chose it. So, now that we know that we're talking about Jesus as 116 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,760 the most holy, as the anointed, let's read the first part again. The 70 weeks. Who 117 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:26,680 are they determined for again? For the Jews, for Daniel's people. Amen. All the 118 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,920 way until Christ's time as well. Now it's interesting because we're talking about 119 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:36,320 how the Bible cross-references itself. It repeats itself over and over again. So 120 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:41,560 before we we dive straight into the next cross-reference, I'm gonna help set up 121 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:45,120 something here. It says the Bible, the Bible gives us a day for a year 122 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,760 principle. How many of you, a Seventh-day Adventist, believe that to be true? Do 123 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,760 any of you know where that's located in the Bible though? Where we get that 124 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:59,160 principle? I'm seeing some head nods. I'll give you a hint. It's in the book of 125 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:06,440 Ezekiel. Does anyone know the chapter? It's okay if you don't know the chapter. 126 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,440 Oh, somebody knows the chapter. What chapter? Chapter four. Amen. We have a 127 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:18,360 scholar in the house today. Ezekiel chapter four and verse six. It gives us 128 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,760 the day for a year principle when dealing with prophecy and we can read 129 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:30,440 this if any of you would be comfortable turning to Ezekiel. Ezekiel chapter four 130 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:41,000 and verse six. And it reads, when you have completed these you shall lie down 131 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 a second time but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. 132 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I have assigned it to you for 40 days, a day for each year. If you read the full 133 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,360 context of this chapter I promise you'll see that there is a prophecy going on. 134 00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:00,240 And so now if we continue with this a day for a year principle and we do a 135 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:05,240 little bit of math, which I'm not a fan of math guys. I'm not a fan of math. I've 136 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:11,080 never done good in it. But this math is really simple. God is speaking to his 137 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,840 prophet about prophecy and God gives him the equation to prophetic time. So 138 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:23,360 instead of 70 literal weeks it would be 70 times 7. Because we have seven days 139 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:30,840 throughout the week. So the 70 weeks times 7 and that gives us how many years? 140 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:40,800 What was that? 490. So 490 years is what Daniel chapter 9 verse 24 is speaking 141 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:45,560 about. Now isn't that interesting the 70 times 7. This is where we start 142 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:52,520 connecting the dots. Where else in the Bible is 70 times 7 mentioned? For 143 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:59,200 forgiveness. Amen. Peter asks a question to Jesus and that question is found in 144 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:07,400 Matthew chapter 18 and verse 21. Let's go ahead and turn there. Matthew chapter 145 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:20,480 18 and verse 21. 22. Give me an amen when you're there and mercy if you need some 146 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:26,760 more time. Sounds like we need a little bit of mercy but nobody asked so I will 147 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:34,120 not grant it. Matthew chapter 18 verses 21 through 22 starting in verse 21. Then 148 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:39,560 Peter came and said to him, Lord how often shall my brother sin against me 149 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:46,040 and I forgive him? Up to seven times? I want to stop right there in verse 21. 150 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:53,080 Peter was being what I call a smarty pants because he took what was true but 151 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:59,120 he was being aggressive about it. Why would Peter say up to seven times? What 152 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:06,760 was significant to the Jews about the number seven? Little bit louder. 153 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,280 Perfection. Okay we have perfection. We had the Sabbath so seven was something 154 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:19,600 very significant. It was essential. It was huge to the culture. Seven was perfect. 155 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:27,000 So Peter being a little smarty pants as I call it said what up to seven times 156 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Jesus? But Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times but up to 157 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:42,320 seventy times seven. Isn't that interesting? The Bible is cross 158 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,760 referencing itself. It's building up things here and what's interesting is 159 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:58,200 that Peter asked this question to Jesus who is the God of reconciliation. Isn't 160 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:04,240 this amazing? Peter asked Jesus about reconciliation and then Jesus points to 161 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:10,400 him to himself the God of reconciliation in the Old Testament 162 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:16,440 specifically from Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24. You know the most holy the 163 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:22,600 anointed one? Peter. That's me. Even though he didn't say specifically to 164 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,840 Peter in that moment that that's him he gave him a Bible study pointing him to 165 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:32,440 the God of reconciliation. You mess up and God doesn't close the doors after 166 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:37,560 your seventh failure. Instead Christ dealing with continues to deal with you 167 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:42,920 and work with you until the day you draw your last breath. God is the God of 168 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:47,800 reconciliation. Now if we continue to look at Daniel we see that it isn't just 169 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,520 determined for the people but it said it was also for the city. Now what do you 170 00:16:52,520 --> 00:17:02,440 need to have in order to be able to build a city? What do we need? We building 171 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,400 materials that's true but before we can build we need a place to build it on 172 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:15,440 right? So we need land amen. We need land in order to build a city. So isn't this 173 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:20,200 crazy? The Bible talks about how we're supposed to treat the land. Did you know 174 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,440 this? You might not have known this because I didn't know this. This is found 175 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:33,840 in Leviticus chapter 25 and verse 4. Again Leviticus what chapter? Chapter 25 176 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:40,520 and verse 4 and it tells us how we're supposed to treat the land. What's 177 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,640 interesting is how we're supposed to treat the land is also connected with 178 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:53,440 the Sabbath. Leviticus chapter 25 in verse 4 and I'm gonna go ahead and start 179 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:58,620 reading here and it says but during the seventh year the land shall have a 180 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:05,920 Sabbath rest. A Sabbath to the Lord you shall not sow your field nor prune your 181 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:13,200 vineyard. Isn't that interesting? When the Jews were being rebellious, rebelling 182 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,000 against God saying I know better you don't have to provide for me I can 183 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,440 provide for myself. We saw that type of attitude in the book of Exodus before 184 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:27,640 they even received land to become a city but as they were being rebellious 185 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,680 against God they kept breaking the law of God. They weren't keeping it as they 186 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:40,120 were commanded to. Many nations would then begin to attack Israel for at least 187 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:47,600 490 years. We had the siege of the Babylonians, the Medes and the Persians, 188 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:53,800 the Greeks and then the Romans. If the land was supposed to receive a Sabbath 189 00:18:53,800 --> 00:19:01,040 every seventh year and the Jews can't work the land for around 490 years then 190 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:09,440 how many Sabbaths would the land receive? Oh I think I heard the answer. How'd you 191 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:19,520 get there? I did say it earlier. So if you take 490 and now you divide it by 7 192 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:30,560 you get 70. Isn't this interesting? The cross references, the connections, some of 193 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,720 you might not be seeing it that's okay but I'm beyond excited. I'm getting 194 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,400 filled up with joy right now because God isn't just reconciling people unto 195 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:44,600 himself he's trying to recover the land that the enemy had been damaging and 196 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,440 destroying. God doesn't just care about you he cares about the animals he cares 197 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,800 about the very land that we have been destroying for so long. God is coming to 198 00:19:54,800 --> 00:20:03,320 bring reconciliation. God came to bring rest not only to us but to his land and 199 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:08,160 now continuing on the route of reconciliation turn with me to 2nd 200 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:13,040 Corinthians please. 2nd Corinthians this is Paul's writings. 2nd Corinthians 201 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:28,280 chapter 5 verses 18 through 20. 2nd Corinthians what chapter? 5 amen and 202 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:37,960 verses 18 through 20. Give me some amens if you're there please. Oh wonderful okay 203 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,000 let's go ahead and read this. Well I guess we won't read it all together. 204 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:46,560 Follow along. Now all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself 205 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:53,080 through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. So where did Paul just 206 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:58,760 get this verse from? He got this from the Old Testament we've been reading it. 207 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:07,280 Where did he get this from? Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. The most holy the 208 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,920 anointed one would come to bring reconciliation and Paul through his 209 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:17,600 studies realized Jesus Christ was the anointed the most holy. He came and he 210 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:22,520 brought reconciliation through himself. Not only that but he gave us the 211 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:29,000 ministry of reconciliation. It is a gift namely that God was in Christ reconciling 212 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:34,180 the world to himself not counting their trespasses against them and he has 213 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:40,560 committed to us the word the word of reconciliation. Therefore we are 214 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:46,940 ambassadors for Christ as though God were making an appeal through us. We 215 00:21:46,940 --> 00:21:53,680 beg you on behalf of Christ be reconciled to God. Isn't this absolutely 216 00:21:53,680 --> 00:22:01,320 amazing? God is a God of reconciliation. He wants to make things right again. God 217 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,800 wasn't just trying to reconcile his people to himself. He was working to 218 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:11,720 reconcile all things to him once again. That's what Daniel chapter 9 is all 219 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:17,640 about. He came and took dominion back from the prince of this world to give us 220 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:24,000 the freedom to choose. To choose reconciliation or damnation. To choose 221 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:31,160 life everlasting or misery and torment. We know Christ did indeed accomplish 222 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:38,480 this goal of reconciliation because the father allowed his son to live again. 223 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:45,360 Jesus rose from that grave. He overcame the devil and now has given us the right 224 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:52,840 to be heirs of salvation. To come boldly to the throne of God. Proudly now we can 225 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:58,000 proclaim because of the sacrifice of Christ that we are heirs of salvation. 226 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:04,280 Not because of ourselves but because of the suffering Savior's sacrifice for it 227 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:10,640 was sufficient. Isaiah chapter 53 it tells us how we can be partakers of the 228 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:16,080 reconciliation. Titus tells us through whose power we are able to receive the 229 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:23,360 reconciliation. Christ has done this for all of us but now we have been called to 230 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:31,160 reconcile to one another. Acts chapter 7 and verse 26 I'm gonna summarize it to 231 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:38,440 you. It tells us to stop wronging each other. To reconcile with one another. If 232 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:44,040 you are lying to your brother and your sister stop lying to them. If you are 233 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:50,360 doing wrong unto the brotherhood stop doing wrong. Seek what is good. Seek what 234 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:57,400 is right. Seek reconciliation. Speak to them. While Jesus says in Matthew chapter 235 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:03,880 5 verse 24 reconcile with your brother and then you yourself go and bring a 236 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:10,920 gift to the one. To your brother. Isn't that interesting? So that means even if 237 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,800 you weren't the one that did the wrong your brother did wrong to you and you go 238 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:20,240 and you seek them out and you're saying hey we're divided. This isn't of God let 239 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,480 us work it out. Let's communicate. Let's make things right. Let's reconcile like 240 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:31,240 God has commanded us to do. Let us work it out. After you've then reconciled even 241 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,640 if you were the one in the right and didn't do the wrong go and humble 242 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:40,440 yourself and bring them a gift. Isn't that interesting? Jesus Christ came down 243 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:47,520 from heaven and said father let me reconcile mankind unto myself. They have 244 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,640 done what is wrong and what is evil and what is wicked. They have been deceived 245 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,760 by the enemy and believe that we are evil and wicked and that we don't care 246 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:01,520 about them but let me show them. Let me show them that the enemy was wrong. Let 247 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:07,240 me reconcile them unto ourselves that they may live with a life they can't 248 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:13,740 even begin to imagine. And then after Christ reconciled us onto himself he 249 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:20,520 gave us something something profound. He gave us eternal life. He gave us a gift 250 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:27,320 that none of us deserve. Eternal life with God forevermore. It's ours to have 251 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:36,040 if we would just learn to reconcile with God and with fellow man. Now how many of 252 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:42,560 you today want to take a pledge before God? Today how many of you want to pledge 253 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:48,000 that you'll strive to learn what it means to be reconciled in Christ? I want 254 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,480 that. Does anyone else want that today? Amen. I'm so glad that that is the 255 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:59,880 desire of our hearts today. So with that with that desire let us pray. Heavenly 256 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:04,880 Father thank you so very much for today. Thank you for your Sabbath. Thank you for 257 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,320 your Holy Spirit. Now Father we just ask that you send your Holy Spirit to dwell 258 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,960 on our hearts today. Teach us of the heavenly reconciliation. Teach us to 259 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:19,920 abide at the feet of Jesus that we may learn to overcome the flesh and have 260 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:39,600 victory over the darkness. Give us the Holy Spirit we pray in Jesus name amen.