WEBVTT 00:00:01.309 --> 00:00:04.549 Welcome to the Word of the Lord, the weekly television 00:00:04.549 --> 00:00:07.870 broadcast of Living Word Christian Church, proclaiming 00:00:07.870 --> 00:00:09.990 the good news of the gospel of the Lord Jesus 00:00:09.990 --> 00:00:13.330 Christ. Pastor Mark Clements, in -depth, relevant 00:00:13.330 --> 00:00:15.669 biblical teachings will help you in life and 00:00:15.669 --> 00:00:19.109 living in today's world. Now, let's join Pastor 00:00:19.109 --> 00:00:20.829 Clements in the service already in progress. 00:00:24.469 --> 00:00:28.329 These are our 12 guiding principles as a church, 00:00:28.429 --> 00:00:31.780 and we had them engraved. rather than just printed 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:34.659 where they could fade. And our 12 guiding principles 00:00:34.659 --> 00:00:39.259 are, number one, number one. Can you see it? 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.340 Number one. We'll have these for you next week. 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:44.119 We might have them up on the screen today. I 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:45.859 just didn't ask them to dig for it. But number 00:00:45.859 --> 00:00:50.159 one, God's word is truth. Not true. God's word 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:54.119 is truth. It is to be proclaimed through preaching 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.880 and teaching, received and believed by all who 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.710 hear. and applied to and practiced in each of 00:00:59.710 --> 00:01:02.890 our daily lives. Our second guiding principle 00:01:02.890 --> 00:01:05.870 is worship, that we're all created as worshipers. 00:01:05.909 --> 00:01:08.150 Number three, leadership. Number four, excellence. 00:01:08.569 --> 00:01:12.469 Number five, faith. Number six, discipleship. 00:01:12.469 --> 00:01:15.030 These are guiding principles for this church. 00:01:15.189 --> 00:01:18.409 Number seven, unity. Number eight, participation. 00:01:19.049 --> 00:01:23.150 Number nine, fellowship. Number 10, prayer. Number 00:01:23.150 --> 00:01:29.689 11, stewardship. And number 12. Those are our 00:01:29.689 --> 00:01:31.989 12. Thank you. Now you can put them up and try 00:01:31.989 --> 00:01:35.409 and get them straight. Give them a hand. Come 00:01:35.409 --> 00:01:37.349 on. They did a great job. Jumped right up there. 00:01:40.469 --> 00:01:43.129 Some of you doubted them. Needed a little encouragement. 00:01:44.290 --> 00:01:47.430 Praise God. Thank you, man. We're going to... 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:50.659 Once we're done with our statement of faith, 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:53.099 what we believe, then we'll take a week or maybe 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:56.000 two weeks and we'll take our 12 guiding principles 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.239 and just share those with you as well. Why do 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.959 we do what we do as a church? First, it's why 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.519 do we believe what we believe? And we're going 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.980 to start where I believe we should start based 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:10.819 on that 12 guiding principles as well, and that 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:14.080 is God's Word. Because if I take the foundation 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:18.419 out, if I take the foundation of God's Word being 00:02:18.419 --> 00:02:23.500 anointed, and God's Word being eternal, and God's 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:26.259 Word being His voice speaking to me, and God's 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:29.379 Word being inerrant, and God's Word being practical, 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:33.300 and God's Word being relevant, and God's Word 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:38.180 being for me today. See, if I listen to the church 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:41.289 teaching where I grew up, One of the churches 00:02:41.289 --> 00:02:43.210 that I grew up in, we moved around a lot. My 00:02:43.210 --> 00:02:45.530 dad was in traveling sales. We moved all over. 00:02:45.569 --> 00:02:47.289 In ninth grade, I entered my ninth different 00:02:47.289 --> 00:02:50.069 school. And he was not in the military. We just 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:52.770 moved a lot. And everywhere we went, we landed 00:02:52.770 --> 00:02:55.050 at a church and always had a church to attend 00:02:55.050 --> 00:02:58.289 and always a church we were a part of. And in 00:02:58.289 --> 00:03:01.150 more than one of those churches, I was told, 00:03:01.310 --> 00:03:05.750 well, that was just for the early church. That 00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:08.389 was just for back then. It's not for us today. 00:03:09.389 --> 00:03:11.229 When I got old enough to read through my Bible, 00:03:11.270 --> 00:03:14.090 I looked for that verse. I looked all the way 00:03:14.090 --> 00:03:16.669 through it to find where it said, and this will 00:03:16.669 --> 00:03:20.150 not be for you today. I couldn't find it. I still 00:03:20.150 --> 00:03:22.969 can't find it today. If you read through the 00:03:22.969 --> 00:03:25.370 Bible, you go ahead and look for it all your 00:03:25.370 --> 00:03:27.349 way through. You'll never see it. There's not 00:03:27.349 --> 00:03:29.870 a verse in there that says this is not practical, 00:03:30.050 --> 00:03:32.430 this is not applicable, this is not relevant 00:03:32.430 --> 00:03:35.189 for you. This was only for the early church or 00:03:35.189 --> 00:03:36.969 the early days. You'll never find that in there. 00:03:37.659 --> 00:03:39.719 I found out that God never changes, that God 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.259 is always the same, and his word is identical 00:03:42.259 --> 00:03:46.560 to his character and his nature. Hebrews 13, 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:49.659 8 says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:55.460 and forever. James chapter 1 and verse 17 says 00:03:55.460 --> 00:03:57.400 there's not even a shadow of turning in God. 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.560 Not a turn, his shadow don't even move. And not 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.259 even a shadow of turning. Malachi 3 and verse 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:08.039 6 says, I am the Lord, I change not. I change 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:10.039 not. He doesn't just change his mind. He never 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:12.580 changes his mind. He's perfect in all of his 00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:17.579 ways. And so, again, we're taking this up as 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:19.860 number one. I realize in that statement of faith 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:22.319 I just gave you, it's number 11, 12, and 13. 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.920 11, 12, and 13. But we're just going to really 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:27.680 quickly, if you're taking notes, you're going 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.199 to have to really write fast. I'm not doing the 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.100 whiteboard today for that very reason. I don't 00:04:32.100 --> 00:04:34.680 want to wait. I've got too much to cover in too 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.379 little time. We're going to just talk just for 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:40.579 this few minutes we have in this service about 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:43.879 what we believe and more importantly, why we 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.959 believe it. Because there's no way to cover everything 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.560 that we believe as believers and as Christians. 00:04:49.779 --> 00:04:52.639 There's no way to just take everything you believe 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.980 as a Christian wife and a Christian mother, or 00:04:54.980 --> 00:04:57.040 a Christian husband and a Christian father, or 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.519 a Christian business owner, or a Christian employee, 00:04:59.860 --> 00:05:02.459 or a Christian in the school system, or a Christian 00:05:02.459 --> 00:05:06.740 in the college system, the university system, 00:05:06.939 --> 00:05:09.759 or a Christian in whatever profession you're 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:12.639 in, or whatever family that you came from and 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.319 are a part of. There's no way to take in a service 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.420 and say, here's everything that we believe. But 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:22.660 I can give you a base and tell you why we believe 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:26.259 it. Why we believe it is always the same answer. 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:30.160 It's not because it worked for me. It's not because 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.899 I had a dream or a vision. I may have, but that's 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:35.740 not why I embrace or believe anything that I 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:40.279 believe. It's because God's word is truth. God's 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.779 Word is truth. Those words came from the lips 00:05:44.779 --> 00:05:49.459 of the Immaculate Son of God. Those words. John 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:53.439 17, 17. He's praying, and he says, Father, sanctify 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:58.639 them through truth. Your Word is truth. Your 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:02.160 word is truth. If I embrace my Bible as anything 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.860 less than that, I place myself in disagreement 00:06:04.860 --> 00:06:08.439 with the master, with the Lord of lords and the 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.680 king of all kings, with the Lord of eternity 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.240 and the king of glory, with the son of God who 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.699 lived a perfect sinless life and died on a cross 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:19.100 on Calvary's hill for you and for me. He said 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:22.620 God's word is truth. Number two, number two. 00:06:23.209 --> 00:06:28.410 2 Timothy chapter 3, 16 and 17. 2 Timothy 3, 00:06:28.490 --> 00:06:32.680 16 and 17 says, All Scripture. Not half Scripture. 00:06:32.939 --> 00:06:35.339 Not some Scripture. Not Old Testament Scripture. 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:38.079 Not New Testament Scripture. Not major prophet 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.819 Scripture. Not minor prophet Scripture. Not gospel 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:43.879 Scripture. Not epistle Scripture. All Scripture 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:47.480 is given by inspiration of God. The Word of God, 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:51.480 the Bible, is inspired in its entirety. All Scripture. 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:55.660 Now, it may not all be written to you. Did anybody 00:06:55.660 --> 00:06:58.860 bring your lamb? Or goat? Or two turtle doves? 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.730 Or drag your... oxen with a rope around his neck 00:07:01.730 --> 00:07:04.250 into the parking lot this morning to bring him 00:07:04.250 --> 00:07:06.490 up here and hand him over to me so I could cut 00:07:06.490 --> 00:07:09.470 his throat and offer a blood sacrifice. Of course 00:07:09.470 --> 00:07:11.529 we didn't because those verses aren't written 00:07:11.529 --> 00:07:14.050 to us. They're written for us. They're written 00:07:14.050 --> 00:07:16.329 for our admonition, it says in 1 Corinthians 00:07:16.329 --> 00:07:19.930 chapter 10. Twice in that same chapter, it says 00:07:19.930 --> 00:07:22.089 it was given for our instruction and for our 00:07:22.089 --> 00:07:26.129 admonition as an example to us. Those blood sacrifices 00:07:26.129 --> 00:07:29.009 pointed to a sacrifice that would come in there. 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:32.740 future and has been already provided in our past. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.379 And that's the blood that was shed on Calvary's 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:37.879 cross by the Lamb of God who was slain from the 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.740 foundation of the earth. The Lord Jesus Christ 00:07:41.740 --> 00:07:44.300 supplied that blood. We don't have to do that 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:48.319 anymore. And the Bible's very clear about that. 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:51.220 Very clear about what we have to and what we 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:55.000 don't have to any longer do. All Scripture is 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.680 given by inspiration of God and is profitable 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:04.350 and is beneficial. and is helpful, and is productive. 00:08:04.589 --> 00:08:07.509 All Scripture is given, number one, by inspiration 00:08:07.509 --> 00:08:11.870 of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 00:08:11.870 --> 00:08:15.050 for correction, and for instruction in right 00:08:15.050 --> 00:08:18.129 living. Instruction in righteousness, so that 00:08:18.129 --> 00:08:21.170 the man of God, so that the woman of God, so 00:08:21.170 --> 00:08:23.930 that the people of God, the young people of God, 00:08:23.990 --> 00:08:26.449 and the old people of God, so the rich people 00:08:26.449 --> 00:08:29.350 of God, and the poor people of God, so the educated 00:08:29.350 --> 00:08:31.750 people of God, and the uneducated people of God, 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.360 educated people of God. This is for Christians. 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.539 This is for the people of God. Doesn't matter 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:38.480 what race you're from. Doesn't matter what color 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.659 you are. Doesn't matter what age group you're 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:42.820 a part of. Doesn't matter what socioeconomic 00:08:42.820 --> 00:08:45.299 class. Doesn't matter what your education level, 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.740 praise God. You're part of the people of God. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.480 And we're all the same. This is given that the 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:53.659 people of God may be perfect, mature, complete, 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:56.820 thoroughly furnished, and fully equipped unto 00:08:56.820 --> 00:09:00.909 every good work. That's your Bible. All Scripture 00:09:00.909 --> 00:09:04.429 is given. Not all tradition is given by inspiration 00:09:04.429 --> 00:09:09.049 of God. Not all experiences are given by inspiration 00:09:09.049 --> 00:09:12.549 of God. But all Scripture is given by inspiration 00:09:12.549 --> 00:09:17.370 of God. And is profitable. The Bible is inspired, 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:20.809 bless God, in its entirety. Hebrews 4 and verse 00:09:20.809 --> 00:09:24.169 12 says that the Word of God is alive. It's a 00:09:24.169 --> 00:09:28.019 living document. It's inspired by the breath 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:31.779 of God Himself. And to this day, not one word 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:34.460 He's spoken has ever dribbled out onto the desert 00:09:34.460 --> 00:09:38.679 floor or fallen to the ground unfulfilled. The 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.759 Word of God is living and is powerful. It says 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:47.000 over in 1 Thessalonians 2 and verse 13, one of 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.299 my absolute all -time favorite verses, and it 00:09:50.299 --> 00:09:53.799 says, For this cause we thank God without ceasing 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:57.299 for you, my brethren. We thank God. Because when 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:59.919 you received the Word of God, which you heard 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:02.120 from us... See, Paul had preached there. His 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.200 traveling companions had preached there. And 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:07.259 he said, when you received the Word of God, which 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:11.879 you heard from us, you didn't receive it as the 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.820 words of a mere man. Now see, when I talk as 00:10:14.820 --> 00:10:18.960 a mere man, I ought to tell you that. I ought 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.029 to tell you that. I would just stop and say, 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:24.830 now this isn't the word of God, but my favorite 00:10:24.830 --> 00:10:27.129 ice cream in the world, what I think is best, 00:10:27.210 --> 00:10:30.549 is turtle dove from Culver's. Now you think what 00:10:30.549 --> 00:10:33.529 you want. You can be wrong. It's okay. I don't 00:10:33.529 --> 00:10:35.710 mind. I don't mind. Listen, that is not given 00:10:35.710 --> 00:10:38.090 by inspiration of God. That's given by inspiration 00:10:38.090 --> 00:10:43.730 of Mark. Paula bought me my own little tub. Emphasis 00:10:43.730 --> 00:10:47.190 on little. But it's a tub. She bought it for 00:10:47.190 --> 00:10:50.419 me for Christmas. Boy, I sat down the other night, 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:52.659 and I just sat there up there in my jogging suit 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:57.419 and my socks, and I just ate rice right out of 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:59.139 there. I didn't even put it in a bowl. I just 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:03.820 ate rice with a spoon, and I said, glory to God. 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:09.899 Hallelujah. He said, eat the fat and drink the 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:13.539 sweet. So I did both right there. See, that's 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:16.639 not inspired of God. You don't have to eat that. 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:18.179 You don't have to go try it out. That's not an 00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:21.120 instruction. I've got no business putting my 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.480 opinions or likes or beliefs unless they come 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:26.919 out of God's word. God's word, he said, when 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.000 you spoke, you didn't take what I, when I shared 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:31.799 the word of God with you, you didn't take it 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:35.519 as the words of a mere man. But as it is in truth, 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:40.940 the Word of God, which effectually worketh, that 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:44.240 means is full of divine power to produce results. 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:47.639 See, God's Word is living and powerful. My opinions 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.620 are not. Anybody else, any other preacher, any 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:52.299 other woman preacher, any other man preacher, 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:54.220 any evangelist, any apostle, any prophet, any 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:59.299 teacher, any pastor, no, no, no, no, no. But 00:11:59.299 --> 00:12:02.490 God's Word is full of... divine power to produce 00:12:02.490 --> 00:12:05.490 results in your life that believe it, that embrace 00:12:05.490 --> 00:12:09.509 it, that live it, and that adhere to it. Number 00:12:09.509 --> 00:12:13.149 three, God's Word is eternal. Matthew 24, 35 00:12:13.149 --> 00:12:19.929 says, forever, O Lord. Not till 2021, 2022, not 00:12:19.929 --> 00:12:23.850 till COVID, not till 2025, not till the 21st 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:28.100 century. No, forever, O Lord. Forever, oh Lord. 00:12:28.299 --> 00:12:30.620 So many people made excuses for me when I was 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:32.480 growing up and said, well, that's not for us 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:34.240 today. That's not for us today. That was only 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.039 for the early church. That was till the last 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:38.799 apostle died. All of those things. You can't 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:41.440 find any of that in the Bible. Nowhere. What 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.100 you'll find in the Bible is heaven and earth 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:45.360 will pass away, but my word will never pass away. 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.659 What you'll find in your Bible in Psalm 119 verse 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:52.899 89 is forever, oh Lord, your word is settled 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:57.559 in heaven. Forever, oh Lord. Your word is settled 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:02.000 in heaven. And then 1 Peter chapter 1, 23 through 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.500 25, and right down to the end of that section, 00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:08.440 it says the grass will wither and the flower 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:12.340 thereof will fade away, but the word of God will 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:16.200 endure forever. The word of God will endure forever. 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.120 24, flesh is as grass, the glory of man is the 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:20.639 flower of grass, the grass withers and the flower 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.720 falls off, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 00:13:25.359 --> 00:13:27.899 I like the simplicity of the Bible. Even I can 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:33.320 understand it. Forever means forever. You can't 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.639 misunderstand that word. Forever, O Lord, your 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.659 word is settled in heaven. The word of the Lord 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:42.000 endures forever. Heaven and earth will pass away, 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:45.639 but your word will never, never pass away. The 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.820 word of God's inspired, the word of God's anointed, 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:51.179 the word of God's eternal. We find something 00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:53.879 about God's Word in Jeremiah 1 .12. He watches 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:56.679 over His Word to perform it. He doesn't watch 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:59.600 over my Word to perform it. He watches over His 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:04.480 own Word to perform it. Isaiah 46 and verse 11, 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.600 right at the end of that verse, it says, I've 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.200 spoken it and I will bring it to pass. Yep, I 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.639 spoke it and I'll bring it to pass. I said it 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.320 and it's going to be so. Isaiah 55, 8 through 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.960 11, specifically just verse 11. And it says, 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:27.000 so shall my word be that goes forth out of my 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:29.360 mouth. It shall accomplish what I send it to 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:31.559 do and prosper in the thing that I send it to. 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:34.159 See, God said my word is going to do what I want 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.159 it to, and I'm sending it. If I send it, I'm 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:38.740 going to bring it to pass. And God said, I watch 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:41.679 over my word to perform it. And Mark 16, verse 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.139 20 says he confirms his word with signs following. 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:47.799 And so God watches over it, and God confirms 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:51.220 it, and God performs his word. Here's a couple 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:54.580 of wonderful verses. Psalm 19 and verse 8. Psalm 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:59.029 19 and verse 8. Psalm 19 and verse 8. And then 00:14:59.029 --> 00:15:01.789 we'll go to Psalm 33. Let's see. The statutes 00:15:01.789 --> 00:15:06.950 of the Lord are right. Huh. All right, enough 00:15:06.950 --> 00:15:10.129 said. The Bible is right. Well, yeah, but modern 00:15:10.129 --> 00:15:12.370 day studies have shown, listen, modern day studies 00:15:12.370 --> 00:15:16.970 will change. Yeah, modern day studies will change. 00:15:18.529 --> 00:15:24.389 Lo and behold. Poor, out of step, out of sync, 00:15:24.570 --> 00:15:28.389 out of date, Pastor Clements. in his dogmatic 00:15:28.389 --> 00:15:33.110 stance on alcohol, was just proven to be right. 00:15:34.450 --> 00:15:37.029 Because yesterday, the day before yesterday, 00:15:37.429 --> 00:15:39.669 the day before yesterday, they said, we've been 00:15:39.669 --> 00:15:41.950 studying this since the 80s, and we've been telling 00:15:41.950 --> 00:15:44.129 people that just one drink a day can't hurt you, 00:15:44.190 --> 00:15:46.470 and it might even do you good, and now we have 00:15:46.470 --> 00:15:49.029 to put a new label on every alcoholic beverage 00:15:49.029 --> 00:15:52.230 starting this year that says these elements cause 00:15:52.230 --> 00:16:01.659 cancer, even one drink. Well, I'm not so smart. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:04.279 I just read my Bible. It said, wine is a mocker 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:07.360 and strong drink is raging and a fool it is that's 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.559 deceived thereby. I just, okay, I'm not preaching 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:14.000 on that today. But I'm going to give you the 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.559 Bible. The statutes of the Lord are right. I 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:20.940 said the statutes of the Lord are right. Are 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:25.720 right. Psalm 33 and verse 4. Psalm 33 and verse 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.990 4. The word of the Lord is right. That's not 00:16:29.990 --> 00:16:32.610 hard to understand. The Word of the Lord. Not 00:16:32.610 --> 00:16:36.610 sometimes right. Not could be right. Not if everybody 00:16:36.610 --> 00:16:39.769 agrees and all the voters line up. The Word of 00:16:39.769 --> 00:16:42.669 the Lord is right. The Word of the Lord is right. 00:16:42.789 --> 00:16:46.929 And His works are done in truth. Psalm 119, verse 00:16:46.929 --> 00:16:49.889 128. Right down to where the rubber meets the 00:16:49.889 --> 00:16:55.190 road. We esteem all of your precepts concerning 00:16:55.190 --> 00:17:02.470 all things to be right. And hate every false 00:17:02.470 --> 00:17:08.069 way. And if Psalm 19 in verse 8 that says God's 00:17:08.069 --> 00:17:09.930 word is right, is that not enough for you? If 00:17:09.930 --> 00:17:12.470 Psalm 33 verse 4 says the word of the Lord is 00:17:12.470 --> 00:17:14.349 right, if that's not good enough for you, if 00:17:14.349 --> 00:17:17.670 Psalm 119 verse 128 says all of your precepts 00:17:17.670 --> 00:17:19.690 concerning all things are right, if that's not 00:17:19.690 --> 00:17:21.750 good enough for you, then I got a good verse 00:17:21.750 --> 00:17:26.329 for you. It's Psalm 19 in verse 7. Psalm 19 in 00:17:26.329 --> 00:17:30.339 verse 7. The law of the Lord is perfect. There. 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:34.539 So if I can't embrace that the Bible's right, 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:39.279 then the Bible's perfect. You can't fix perfect. 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:43.980 It's already perfect. Doesn't need any adjustment. 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.920 Praise the Lord. I'm having fun. How about you? 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:52.470 All right. Now here are some almost... See, if 00:17:52.470 --> 00:17:55.309 you're a preacher, if you're a teacher, if you're 00:17:55.309 --> 00:17:57.789 a ladies Bible study leader, if you're a men's 00:17:57.789 --> 00:17:59.910 Bible study leader, Pastor Robinson, just before 00:17:59.910 --> 00:18:03.289 you retired, pastored for how many years, Debbie? 00:18:04.089 --> 00:18:06.210 He might not know, but you know every one of 00:18:06.210 --> 00:18:11.690 them. 50 years he pastored. 50. 50 years. And 00:18:11.690 --> 00:18:14.529 you know, go ahead and clap. That's praiseworthy. 00:18:15.049 --> 00:18:19.069 Retired and now comes to church. Man. I would 00:18:19.069 --> 00:18:20.690 think, you know what I'd think? I'd think if 00:18:20.690 --> 00:18:23.109 I pastored 50 years on Sunday morning, you know 00:18:23.109 --> 00:18:25.710 where I'd be? I'd be up in my den in my sweatsuit 00:18:25.710 --> 00:18:29.150 and my slippers on reclining. He's in church. 00:18:30.049 --> 00:18:32.970 Why? Because of what the Bible says. Because 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.470 of what the Bible says. I'm telling you, for 00:18:35.470 --> 00:18:38.269 preachers and for ministers, these along with 00:18:38.269 --> 00:18:42.029 the book of James, it says do not seek to be 00:18:42.029 --> 00:18:46.670 Bible instructors. You will be judged more harshly. 00:18:49.930 --> 00:18:52.170 Very first pastor's conference I ever went to, 00:18:52.230 --> 00:18:56.609 March of 1985. And Dr. Frederick K .C. Price, 00:18:56.869 --> 00:19:01.609 out in Los Angeles, California, just did an absolutely 00:19:01.609 --> 00:19:05.789 tremendous job. Life -changing, life -adjusting, 00:19:05.789 --> 00:19:09.349 five days straight. And the very last day, he 00:19:09.349 --> 00:19:12.069 had every pastor stand up, come down. He stood 00:19:12.069 --> 00:19:15.150 there. He just, I mean, glared, not stared. I 00:19:15.150 --> 00:19:18.160 mean, he was piercing your soul. Dr. Price, the 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:20.119 apostle of faith, one of the greatest ministers 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:23.000 in our generations, in our lifetime. And Dr. 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:25.839 Price walked right up there and he looked and 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:28.640 he said, I'm leaving you. I'm leaving you with 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.440 this. You're leaving this conference and I'm 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.759 telling you this. You better study that word 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:36.039 of God. You better study your Bible to show yourself 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:39.480 approved unto God. You better rightly divide 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.920 that Bible, the word of truth, because somebody 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:44.079 is going to listen to you and somebody is going 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:47.579 to believe you and their eternity. is your responsibility. 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:57.259 And you better get it right. I didn't know if 00:19:57.259 --> 00:20:01.980 I wanted to pastor anymore or not. See, the Bible 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:04.940 is very straightforward about this. And you don't 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:07.279 find this about any other book, any other publication, 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:11.200 even about preaching and teaching. But you do 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.720 have it about the Bible. You want to see how 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.690 important God takes His Word? Deuteronomy 4 and 00:20:15.690 --> 00:20:22.549 verse 2. Deuteronomy 4 and verse 2. You shall 00:20:22.549 --> 00:20:26.289 not add to the word which I command you, neither 00:20:26.289 --> 00:20:29.630 shall you diminish anything from it, that you 00:20:29.630 --> 00:20:31.670 may keep the commandments of the Lord your God. 00:20:31.769 --> 00:20:34.230 That is a commandment. You don't add anything 00:20:34.230 --> 00:20:36.589 to the Bible, and you don't take anything away 00:20:36.589 --> 00:20:41.130 from the Bible. It is perfect. It's perfect. 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:49.220 Proverbs 30, verses 5 and 6. Proverbs 30, verses 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:54.480 5 and 6. Every word of God is pure. He's a shield 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.119 to them that put their trust in Him. Verse 6. 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:04.440 And you shall not unto His words, add thou not 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:08.880 to His words, lest He reprove you, and you be 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:13.470 found a liar. Oh yeah. Don't go adding something 00:21:13.470 --> 00:21:15.369 to the Bible because you like it, because you 00:21:15.369 --> 00:21:17.309 think so, because you think it ought to be a 00:21:17.309 --> 00:21:19.730 command, because you don't think it's right for 00:21:19.730 --> 00:21:23.849 the 21st century. Add nothing to the Bible. Add 00:21:23.849 --> 00:21:26.549 nothing to the Bible. And if that wasn't enough, 00:21:26.750 --> 00:21:31.589 Revelation 21 and verse 5. Revelation 21 and 00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:33.710 verse 5. If you missed the first two, don't miss 00:21:33.710 --> 00:21:37.170 this one. And he that sat upon the throne said, 00:21:37.289 --> 00:21:40.490 Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write 00:21:40.490 --> 00:21:58.529 these words. I'm not sure why I had verse 5 on 00:21:58.529 --> 00:22:00.769 there, but it's a good verse anyway. Chapter 00:22:00.769 --> 00:22:15.190 22, verse 18 and verse 19. Ready? Revelation 00:22:15.190 --> 00:22:23.039 22, 18 and 19. And lastly. Unto every man that 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:25.059 hears the words of the prophecy of this book, 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:29.700 if any man shall add to these things, God shall 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.779 add to him the plagues that are written in this 00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:37.220 book. Next verse. And if any man shall take away 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:39.559 from the words of the book of this prophecy, 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:42.460 God shall take away his part out of the book 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:46.240 of life and out of the holy city and from the 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.299 things that are written in this book. You don't 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:51.910 mess with the Bible. You don't mess with the 00:22:51.910 --> 00:22:55.470 Bible. I shudder to think about some of the modern 00:22:55.470 --> 00:22:59.069 translations, while most of them are really helpful 00:22:59.069 --> 00:23:07.109 in assisting in understanding God's Word. Some 00:23:07.109 --> 00:23:11.109 of them downright delete particular verses. Matter 00:23:11.109 --> 00:23:16.809 of fact, one very, very well -renowned and utilized... 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.359 translation of the Bible. I find it great in 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:26.140 other chapters and in other verses. But right 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:30.420 there in the book of Acts, when the man jumps 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:35.359 into the prison cell with Paul and says, what 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:39.460 must I do to be saved? And Paul gives the answer, 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:42.400 believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:46.170 be saved in your house. And one modern translation 00:23:46.170 --> 00:23:48.089 deletes that whole verse, just doesn't even have 00:23:48.089 --> 00:23:50.950 it in there. Found it to be too controversial. 00:23:53.589 --> 00:23:56.490 I say let it be controversial. I want my name 00:23:56.490 --> 00:23:59.470 left in the book of life. I don't want to be 00:23:59.470 --> 00:24:03.349 found a liar by adding something or taking something 00:24:03.349 --> 00:24:07.549 away out of that book. I remember right now a 00:24:07.549 --> 00:24:14.329 time when Paul and I... we had a visitor come 00:24:14.329 --> 00:24:19.230 to our house. And she had embraced a particular 00:24:19.230 --> 00:24:25.250 religion that didn't believe the Bible was enough. 00:24:26.210 --> 00:24:31.509 That the leader of their particular sect, the 00:24:31.509 --> 00:24:37.210 leader of their particular group, the leader 00:24:37.210 --> 00:24:41.660 of what they embraced and believed, had a special 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:45.700 revelation and received an addition to the Bible. 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:53.039 And a being appeared to him and told him where 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:56.720 to find a golden tablet with some additional 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.160 things to add to the Bible to bring it into completeness. 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:04.039 And so she came over to our house to try and 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:08.200 enlighten us. And when that didn't work, then 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:12.009 she got confrontational. and she said, what makes 00:25:12.009 --> 00:25:13.670 you think that there can't be more than just 00:25:13.670 --> 00:25:17.089 a Bible? I said, well, I'm going to just give 00:25:17.089 --> 00:25:20.930 you one verse, maybe two. I'll just maybe give 00:25:20.930 --> 00:25:24.009 you two verses, and then you answer those, and 00:25:24.009 --> 00:25:27.470 then I'll answer your question. And so we opened 00:25:27.470 --> 00:25:31.470 our Bible, her and I together, to 2 Timothy chapter 00:25:31.470 --> 00:25:38.329 3, verses 16 and 17, in which I read to her, 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:41.099 The same verse I've already read to you this 00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:44.740 morning. It says, what's that first word? What's 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:47.660 the second word? Okay, this was written before 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:50.000 your golden tablets were found in the dust underneath 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:58.500 the pinyon tree. All scripture is given by inspiration 00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.440 of God. She said, fine, no problem. I don't have 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.140 any problem with that. I said, keep reading. 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:06.630 And is profitable. Okay, yep, yep, the Bible 00:26:06.630 --> 00:26:08.809 will help you. Yep, and for doctrine? Yes. For 00:26:08.809 --> 00:26:15.670 reproof? Yes. For correction? Okay. For instruction 00:26:15.670 --> 00:26:22.069 in right living? No problem. Next verse. So that 00:26:22.069 --> 00:26:33.789 the people of God may be perfect, complete, entire, 00:26:36.750 --> 00:26:41.289 fully furnished, and completely equipped unto 00:26:41.289 --> 00:26:49.150 all good works. Ma 'am, if the Bible as I hold 00:26:49.150 --> 00:26:53.970 it is enough to make you perfect, complete, mature, 00:26:54.450 --> 00:26:59.670 entire, fully equipped, and completely, thoroughly 00:26:59.670 --> 00:27:07.730 furnished, why do I need something else? If the 00:27:07.730 --> 00:27:14.250 Bible is enough to mature you, disciple you, 00:27:14.390 --> 00:27:18.970 equip you, complete you, and mature you, and 00:27:18.970 --> 00:27:22.670 perfect you, and it's enough to thoroughly furnish 00:27:22.670 --> 00:27:25.049 and fully equip you, why do you need anything 00:27:25.049 --> 00:27:29.349 else? She folded her stuff up. She put her books 00:27:29.349 --> 00:27:31.769 back in her bag. She went out the door. She turned 00:27:31.769 --> 00:27:33.569 around and looked right at me and said, you're 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.589 right, and left. I don't care about being right. 00:27:36.990 --> 00:27:39.769 I want to help people. I wouldn't know to this 00:27:39.769 --> 00:27:44.390 day whether or not I helped you. When you take 00:27:44.390 --> 00:27:47.789 additions to your Bible, you're in dangerous 00:27:47.789 --> 00:27:51.009 ground. Because it's only the Bible that claims 00:27:51.009 --> 00:27:53.089 divine inspiration. It's only the Bible that 00:27:53.089 --> 00:27:55.650 declares eternal nature. There's only the Bible 00:27:55.650 --> 00:27:59.710 that declares inerrancy. Yeah, only the Bible. 00:27:59.849 --> 00:28:04.210 The Word of God. And so let's briefly, and then 00:28:04.210 --> 00:28:08.109 we'll wrap up. Let's briefly, let's again look 00:28:08.109 --> 00:28:09.970 at this list. We mentioned it a couple weeks 00:28:09.970 --> 00:28:13.990 ago. 1 Peter 1, verse 23. It's the Word of God 00:28:13.990 --> 00:28:18.309 that we're born again by. Proverbs 4. 22, it's 00:28:18.309 --> 00:28:21.329 life to us who find it and health to all of our 00:28:21.329 --> 00:28:26.049 flesh. Matthew 4 .4 and Luke 4 .4 both say that 00:28:26.049 --> 00:28:29.009 the Word of God is the bread that we live by. 00:28:29.329 --> 00:28:32.789 Romans 12 and verse 2, the Word of God renews 00:28:32.789 --> 00:28:36.609 our mind. James 1 .21, it's the saving of our 00:28:36.609 --> 00:28:40.509 soul. Psalm 107 verse... 20, He sent His Word 00:28:40.509 --> 00:28:43.190 and healed them. It's what brings healing to 00:28:43.190 --> 00:28:46.710 us. Ephesians 6, 17, it's the sword of the Spirit 00:28:46.710 --> 00:28:50.029 that we are victorious in battle with. Romans 00:28:50.029 --> 00:28:54.250 10, 17, it's the source of our faith. Faith comes 00:28:54.250 --> 00:28:57.750 by hearing and hearing, by the Word of God. John 00:28:57.750 --> 00:29:01.450 17, 17, the Word of God is what sanctifies us. 00:29:01.809 --> 00:29:06.970 Psalm 119, verse 130, it's light to us and... 00:29:07.470 --> 00:29:10.089 Brings understanding to the simple. The entrance 00:29:10.089 --> 00:29:12.509 of Your Word brings light and is understanding 00:29:12.509 --> 00:29:16.690 to the simple. Psalm 119, verse 105. It's a lamp 00:29:16.690 --> 00:29:21.059 to our feet and a light to our path. Psalm 119, 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:24.839 verse 165. Great peace have they which love your 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.599 word. It's a source of great peace. Luke 11, 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:31.720 28 and James 1, 25 say it's the source of blessing. 00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:35.779 And James 1, that verse states that they'll be 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:39.299 blessed in all of their deed. In Joshua 1, 8. 00:29:39.890 --> 00:29:42.269 Meditation on and acting on the Word of God, 00:29:42.349 --> 00:29:44.329 you'll make your way prosperous and you'll have 00:29:44.329 --> 00:29:46.430 good success, which means you'll deal wisely 00:29:46.430 --> 00:29:49.450 in all the affairs of life. And then Psalm 1, 00:29:49.509 --> 00:29:53.250 1 through 3, says that meditation on God's Word 00:29:53.250 --> 00:29:56.690 will cause you to prosper in everything you set 00:29:56.690 --> 00:29:59.490 your hand unto. The Word of God is the source 00:29:59.490 --> 00:30:01.630 of your blessing, the source of your sanctification, 00:30:01.950 --> 00:30:04.130 the source of your great peace, the source of 00:30:04.130 --> 00:30:06.609 faith. It's the sword you fight by. It's healing 00:30:06.609 --> 00:30:09.029 for your body. It renews your mind and saves 00:30:09.029 --> 00:30:10.789 you. your soul, it's the bread that we live by, 00:30:10.890 --> 00:30:13.609 it's life to us who find it, and we're born again 00:30:13.609 --> 00:30:17.710 through the Word of God. It is God's voice, Hebrews 00:30:17.710 --> 00:30:20.309 chapter 3 and chapter 4, three different times, 00:30:20.410 --> 00:30:24.849 it is God's voice speaking to us, after which, 00:30:24.990 --> 00:30:29.230 after hearing it, we are commanded to not harden 00:30:29.230 --> 00:30:32.700 our hearts. That's the Word of God. Now, one 00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:36.460 more portion of Scripture, 2 Peter chapter 1. 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:39.119 I want you to turn there with me. I realize I've 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:41.279 gone through a number of these verses and Scriptures, 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:45.619 all to declare here in this church this morning 00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:48.559 that there is one reason that we believe, and 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:51.210 that is it's written in the Word of God. Whatever 00:30:51.210 --> 00:30:53.769 we believe, we ought to be able to support it 00:30:53.769 --> 00:30:57.029 with a chapter and a verse. And not just one 00:30:57.029 --> 00:30:59.269 chapter and one verse, but in the mouth of two 00:30:59.269 --> 00:31:01.470 or three witnesses, let every word be established. 00:31:01.750 --> 00:31:04.390 It ought to be a consistent doctrine throughout 00:31:04.390 --> 00:31:07.369 the scriptures. Not just even just one place 00:31:07.369 --> 00:31:09.410 that we just pull out of its context. Well, the 00:31:09.410 --> 00:31:12.269 Bible says, well, what does the rest of the Bible 00:31:12.269 --> 00:31:14.789 say? You ought to write that down. That is one 00:31:14.789 --> 00:31:17.730 of the primary rules of Bible interpretation. 00:31:18.029 --> 00:31:20.700 What does the rest of the Bible say? as well. 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:24.019 Not just pulling one out and say, I found a new 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:26.319 doctrine. What does the rest of the Bible say 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.920 about that? That's the best way to understand 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:30.980 Scripture is to see what the rest of Scripture 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:35.019 says. Is that a consistent flowing doctrine all 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:37.579 through the pages? Or do I need to study it a 00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:40.740 little more? Do I need to do a little more study 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:44.500 on it? Now, did you find 2 Peter chapter 1? All 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:48.880 right, 2 Peter chapter 1, 16 through 21. And 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:51.380 this is where Peter is, he's about, he's come 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.579 right down to the end of his life, and the Lord 00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:55.539 showed him he's going to have to put that tabernacle, 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.140 that's his earthly body, he's going to have to 00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:59.680 put that off. And he says, after my decease, 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.400 I want you to have these things in your remembrance. 00:32:03.150 --> 00:32:04.829 What things? The things he's preached to them 00:32:04.829 --> 00:32:07.369 in five chapters in his first letter, 1 Peter. 00:32:07.609 --> 00:32:09.789 The things he's already spoken here in this first 00:32:09.789 --> 00:32:12.410 chapter. And he didn't say, I want you to have 00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:14.910 my jokes in remembrance. He didn't say, I want 00:32:14.910 --> 00:32:18.109 you to have the suits that I wore, my ties in 00:32:18.109 --> 00:32:19.730 remembrance. He said, I want you to have these 00:32:19.730 --> 00:32:23.490 things in remembrance. These things. 4, verse 00:32:23.490 --> 00:32:27.990 16. We have not followed cunningly devised fables, 00:32:28.089 --> 00:32:34.819 cleverly designed myths and stories. When we 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:37.599 made known to you the power and coming of our 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:40.599 Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:43.299 his majesty. And so he said, I'm not just giving 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:47.819 you secondhand someone else's testimony and some 00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:50.180 secondhand story. He said, I saw it for my own 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:55.019 eyes. I saw everything Jesus did. I watched his 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:57.200 miracles. I watched him open blind eyes and cleanse 00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:00.079 lepers. I was up on the mountaintop when he was 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:03.140 changed right before us. And he was transfigured 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:06.500 right before us. That's Matthew chapter 17. He 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:09.980 said in verse 17, For he received from God the 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:13.099 Father honor and glory. When there came such 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:16.099 a voice to him from the excellent glory, this 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:18.859 is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:23.440 And that voice which came from heaven, we heard 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:25.839 it when we were with him on the holy mountain. 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:28.900 And so on your time, go back and look at Matthew 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:32.079 17 again, and you'll see that Jesus said, I'm 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.480 going to take Peter, James, and John. We're going 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:36.539 up to the mountaintop. And while he was there, 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.539 he stood there, and he was transfigured before 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:41.710 then. He became glistening. brilliant and glowing, 00:33:41.809 --> 00:33:44.730 just as he will when he comes to the clouds at 00:33:44.730 --> 00:33:48.289 the second coming. And they all fell on their 00:33:48.289 --> 00:33:51.869 faces. This bright, glistening, brighter than 00:33:51.869 --> 00:33:54.549 the sun was shining, and they were on their faces, 00:33:54.609 --> 00:33:58.130 and they heard a voice say, This is my beloved 00:33:58.130 --> 00:34:00.710 Son. Hear ye Him. And he said right there, that 00:34:00.710 --> 00:34:02.509 voice came from heaven. It didn't come from a 00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:04.170 loudspeaker down in the valley. It came from 00:34:04.170 --> 00:34:07.849 heaven. They saw the resurrected Christ. They 00:34:07.849 --> 00:34:12.949 saw, short of Saul of Tarsus, Paul on the road 00:34:12.949 --> 00:34:16.110 to Damascus, they saw Him in His resurrected 00:34:16.110 --> 00:34:21.769 form. They saw Him right there while He was standing 00:34:21.769 --> 00:34:25.039 there. become as He would when He'll return. 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:28.139 And they heard the voice of God. They heard the 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:31.900 voice of God speak. Now that's a vision. I said 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:35.519 that is a vision. And then they heard God's voice 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:38.000 with their own ears, and He says right there 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:41.579 in verse 19, and we have a more sure word of 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:45.940 prophecy. We have a more sure word of prophecy 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:49.769 right here in this book, the Bible. Right here 00:34:49.769 --> 00:34:52.309 in this book, the Bible. And so He said, I'm 00:34:52.309 --> 00:34:55.090 an eyewitness of His majesty. I saw Him with 00:34:55.090 --> 00:34:57.929 my very own eyes. I saw the Lord Jesus Christ 00:34:57.929 --> 00:35:00.929 resurrected high and lifted up. I heard the voice 00:35:00.929 --> 00:35:03.809 of God Almighty from heaven come tumbling down 00:35:03.809 --> 00:35:06.690 and I heard it to say, this is my beloved Son 00:35:06.690 --> 00:35:09.449 in whom I'm well pleased. But we have a more 00:35:09.449 --> 00:35:12.590 sure word. That word in the Greek means more 00:35:12.590 --> 00:35:20.820 reliable, more certain, more immutable. More 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:23.559 reliable. More dependable. Think about that. 00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.599 I heard the voice of God Himself. How many human 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:28.940 beings can say that? I saw the resurrected Christ 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:32.199 with my very own eyes. But we have a more certain, 00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:35.280 more stable, more immutable, more dependable, 00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:39.440 and more reliable Word. And you'd do well if 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:42.550 you take heed to it. As a light that shines in 00:35:42.550 --> 00:35:44.550 a dark place, a day dawn, a day star rise in 00:35:44.550 --> 00:35:46.829 your heart, knowing this verse, no prophecy of 00:35:46.829 --> 00:35:50.650 the Scripture is of any private interpretation, 00:35:50.710 --> 00:35:54.130 for this prophecy came not in old time by the 00:35:54.130 --> 00:35:58.130 will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they 00:35:58.130 --> 00:36:02.920 were moved by the Holy Ghost. This Word is inspired 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:06.079 in its entirety. And we don't believe something. 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:09.239 We don't believe because somebody had a vision. 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:11.920 We don't believe because somebody had a dream. 00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:14.900 We don't believe because I prayed and it worked 00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:17.579 for me. We don't believe because we saw a finger 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:21.980 in fire right across the sky. We believe in the 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:25.539 creation of all things. And we don't believe 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:27.340 that because we can prove it scientifically. 00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:29.980 We don't believe that because we didn't find 00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:32.199 a monkey with a face that looked like a man. 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:34.619 We don't believe it because we can understand 00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:38.019 how a God could create all the fowls of the air 00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:42.760 and all the fish and marine creatures all in 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:45.800 one day. And once we can wrap our brain around 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.980 it, then we'll believe it. No, we don't believe 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.940 it because of that. We believe it because the 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:53.280 Bible says it. We believe it because the Bible 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:56.510 says so. That's why we believe in creation. We 00:36:56.510 --> 00:36:58.809 believe in the virgin birth of Christ. Never 00:36:58.809 --> 00:37:01.550 happened before. Will never happen again. But 00:37:01.550 --> 00:37:04.789 it happened that day. And there are others that 00:37:04.789 --> 00:37:08.269 want to come up with their ideas and their explanations. 00:37:08.530 --> 00:37:10.489 I don't believe it because somebody can't explain 00:37:10.489 --> 00:37:13.269 it. I believe it because the Bible says it. That's 00:37:13.269 --> 00:37:15.389 why we believe what we believe. Because it's 00:37:15.389 --> 00:37:18.630 in God's Word. We believe that the Red Sea parted. 00:37:18.630 --> 00:37:20.889 Not because the water was shallow or because 00:37:20.889 --> 00:37:23.780 the wind blew really strong. We believe that 00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:26.659 because the Bible says it. We don't believe it 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.719 because they found a couple of chariot wheels 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:31.400 down in 300 foot deep of water. We believe it 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.940 because the Bible says it. We believe that Jonah 00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:36.820 spent three days and three nights in a dark, 00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:39.980 smelly belly of a very big fish or a whale, whatever. 00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:42.420 Not because we found the fish that could actually 00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:45.059 swallow a human being. Hey, you can believe the 00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:47.699 Bible now because we found this fish and it actually 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:50.469 could happen. No, we believe it because the Bible 00:37:50.469 --> 00:37:52.989 says it did happen. We believe in a paradise 00:37:52.989 --> 00:37:55.590 called heaven, a place where all believers will 00:37:55.590 --> 00:37:58.449 go and spend eternity in the glory of God. And 00:37:58.449 --> 00:38:00.889 we believe in a horrible, detestable place of 00:38:00.889 --> 00:38:04.260 torment called hell. Not because it's popular. 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:06.780 Not because the majority of Americans want to 00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.920 believe in hell. But because the Bible teaches 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:12.280 it. The Bible reveals heaven. And the Bible reveals 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:14.820 hell. We believe in Noah's Ark not because they 00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:18.039 found a few splinters up on a mountain in Armenia. 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:21.199 We believe in the Ark because the Bible says 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:25.900 it. The Word of God teaches it. We believe that 00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:29.199 Saul of Tarsus... traveling to Damascus, Syria, 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.360 met the resurrected Christ on that road, and 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.699 had a conversation, and his life was changed. 00:38:35.210 --> 00:38:38.010 in the twinkling of an eye. We believe that a 00:38:38.010 --> 00:38:41.289 young boy named David took one stone and slung 00:38:41.289 --> 00:38:43.369 it through the air and killed the greatest warrior 00:38:43.369 --> 00:38:46.070 on the planet whose name was Goliath. We believe 00:38:46.070 --> 00:38:48.630 that manna rained out of heaven for 40 years, 00:38:48.789 --> 00:38:52.250 six days a week, 52 weeks a year for 40 years 00:38:52.250 --> 00:38:54.949 because the Bible says so. We believe that a 00:38:54.949 --> 00:38:58.329 rock followed them around and poured out enough 00:38:58.329 --> 00:39:01.070 water to support 2 million people. Oh, pastor, 00:39:01.170 --> 00:39:02.849 you can't really believe that. Of course I believe 00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:04.929 it. Why? Because you tell me it's... It's impossible. 00:39:04.989 --> 00:39:08.289 It's in the Bible. I believe it. It's settled 00:39:08.289 --> 00:39:11.409 forever. That settles it for me. We believe that 00:39:11.409 --> 00:39:14.110 three Hebrew boys were cast by a heathen king 00:39:14.110 --> 00:39:18.829 into an extermination pot, a fire that he was 00:39:18.829 --> 00:39:21.429 so angry that he kindled seven times greater 00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:24.650 and threw them in so hot that the executioners 00:39:24.650 --> 00:39:27.309 died when they cast him in there and that those 00:39:27.309 --> 00:39:29.110 boys walked around right in the midst of that 00:39:29.110 --> 00:39:31.889 flame and the fourth came to walk amongst them. 00:39:31.949 --> 00:39:35.219 It was the Son of God. We don't believe that 00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:38.099 because it makes sense, because it's a great 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:40.900 bedtime story. We believe it because it's in 00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:44.159 God's Word. We believe that the bones of Elisha, 00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:46.920 after the prophet of God died and was buried, 00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:49.679 and all the flesh rotted off his bones, that 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:52.039 they threw a dead man into his grave one day, 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:55.019 and that dead man stood up and was revived back 00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:57.539 to life. You can't possibly believe it. I can 00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.980 possibly believe it because it's in the Bible. 00:40:00.750 --> 00:40:02.710 I don't believe it because it's ever been done 00:40:02.710 --> 00:40:05.369 or because you believe it could be done. I believe 00:40:05.369 --> 00:40:07.469 it and you ought to believe it because it's in 00:40:07.469 --> 00:40:11.150 God's Word. I believe that Jesus died, that Jesus 00:40:11.150 --> 00:40:14.369 was buried, that on the third day Jesus was raised 00:40:14.369 --> 00:40:17.610 from the grave, that He ascended up into heaven 00:40:17.610 --> 00:40:20.929 and that Jesus will return because the Bible 00:40:20.929 --> 00:40:25.050 tells me that. I believe that Jesus loves me. 00:40:25.110 --> 00:40:31.239 This I know for the Bible tells me so. I believe 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:35.079 in a hill called Calvary on a cross, an old rugged 00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.360 cross. I believe in a grave whose stone was not 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:41.300 heavy enough to hold my Savior. I believe in 00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:43.900 the upper room on the day of Pentecost. And I 00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:46.300 believe Jesus is going to come to the clouds 00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:50.300 when the last trumpet blows. Because the Bible 00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:57.079 tells me so. Because the Bible tells me so. Stand 00:40:57.079 --> 00:41:10.550 to your feet. The Apostles' Creed may not be 00:41:10.550 --> 00:41:14.769 perfect, but it may very well be the best that 00:41:14.769 --> 00:41:27.150 the church has. Ready? I believe God the Father 00:41:27.150 --> 00:41:30.789 Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus 00:41:30.789 --> 00:41:34.110 Christ His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived 00:41:34.110 --> 00:41:37.070 by the Holy Spirit. born of the Virgin Mary, 00:41:37.309 --> 00:41:40.050 suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, 00:41:40.230 --> 00:41:43.369 dead, and buried. He descended into hell and 00:41:43.369 --> 00:41:46.230 on the third day rose again from the dead. He 00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:49.110 ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand 00:41:49.110 --> 00:41:52.110 of God. From there, He shall come to judge the 00:41:52.110 --> 00:41:54.809 living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit. 00:41:55.030 --> 00:41:57.949 I believe in the holy Christian church, the communion 00:41:57.949 --> 00:42:01.190 of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection 00:42:01.190 --> 00:42:08.150 of the body, and in life everlasting. Amen. Amen. 00:42:09.849 --> 00:42:16.190 And amen. I don't believe it because somebody 00:42:16.190 --> 00:42:20.909 prophesied it. So they got one right. They might 00:42:20.909 --> 00:42:23.230 have got a thousand wrong, but everybody makes 00:42:23.230 --> 00:42:24.809 a big deal out of it and they got one right. 00:42:25.929 --> 00:42:28.130 I don't believe it because somebody had a prophecy. 00:42:28.309 --> 00:42:29.869 I don't believe it because somebody had a vision. 00:42:30.389 --> 00:42:32.110 I don't believe it because somebody had a dream 00:42:32.110 --> 00:42:34.599 and that somebody might be me. I don't believe 00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:37.219 it because the Pope said it or the bishop said 00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:39.320 it. I don't believe it because Pastor Clement 00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:42.599 said it. I believe it because the Bible said 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:47.320 it. Let the Bible be your firm foundation. Let 00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:51.059 the Bible be your source. Let the Bible be what 00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:54.360 you go to first and what seals and settles it 00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:57.219 for you for eternity. Let it be where you gain 00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.679 your instructions, your marching orders, your 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:03.980 directions, your corrections. Your instructions. 00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:09.219 Let God speak to your life, and let this Word 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:14.340 be settled in you forever as the Word of God. 00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:18.260 You'll never be sorry. You'll never, ever, ever 00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:21.300 be disappointed. The Word of the Lord is pure, 00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:24.960 and we consider all of His precepts concerning 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:29.539 all things to be right. To be right. It's inspired, 00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:34.039 it's inerrant, and it is eternal. Inspired, inerrant, 00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:39.139 and eternal. Now, I'd like to ask you to be seated, 00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:43.159 but I'm not. Because that's my introduction. 00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:53.619 That's the introduction. Point number one. Introduction. 00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:58.960 Point number one. Matthew 9, 27. There has been 00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:02.769 an eternal, redemptive sacrifice. Made for you 00:44:02.769 --> 00:44:07.150 and I. Made for every human being. Every human 00:44:07.150 --> 00:44:12.250 being. Number one is Jesus. And he made an eternal 00:44:12.250 --> 00:44:17.889 redemptive sacrifice for us. Eternal redemptive 00:44:17.889 --> 00:44:24.550 sacrifice. And I'm going to get the 12. Hebrews 00:44:24.550 --> 00:44:31.639 9 -12. We'll go back to Matthew a different day. 00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:35.579 Hebrews 9, 12. Neither by the blood of bulls 00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:39.059 and goats, but by his own blood, he entered once 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:41.659 into the holy place, having obtained eternal 00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:49.840 redemption for us. We'll start with Jesus and 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:56.000 his plan to redeem all of us. And if you're here 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:58.500 today or if you're watching this broadcast or 00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:02.039 if you're even viewing it later, right now it's 00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:11.019 Sunday morning, the 5th of January, 2025. Shortly 00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:13.699 before 11 o 'clock here central time in Wisconsin, 00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:18.019 no matter when you're watching this, that eternal 00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:22.599 redemptive sacrifice was made for you, made for 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:25.940 every member of the human race. Everyone. Everywhere. 00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:34.280 You can't go too far. You haven't done too much. 00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:40.360 And there is no such thing as hopeless with our 00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:43.940 God. You can be born again and you can accept 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:50.000 that redemptive sacrifice today. And make the 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:51.820 greatest decision of your life and your life 00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:55.340 can change. Your hopelessness can become hope 00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:59.639 -filled. You're decimated. You heard the email 00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:04.139 earlier. My life was a wreck, but look what the 00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:10.059 Lord has done. But as a Christian, we have to 00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:13.599 have one thing stable. We have to have one thing 00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:16.800 straight. We have to have one thing that we are 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:20.260 immovable on, and that is that this book is God's 00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:25.340 Word. And it speaks to us, and we willingly accept 00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:33.820 and receive it and obey it. And obey it. I'm 00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:39.139 not the best on earth with a compass. I can get 00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:47.699 by. I'm not near as qualified and as experienced 00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:53.500 an expert. as a number of other people are. But 00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:57.179 I can get by. Know why I can get by? Because 00:46:57.179 --> 00:47:01.519 I know there's one unchangeable on that compass. 00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:06.980 I know there's one thing that is absolute principle 00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:12.039 that never changes. And that's that arrow points 00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:15.940 north. That's solidified. I don't have to pick 00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:18.340 it up every day and just wonder, well, I wonder 00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:21.840 what direction it's going to point today. I wonder 00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:23.780 if I turn this way, which direction it's going 00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:27.880 to point. It's always identically the same. Therefore, 00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:31.559 it can be trusted. I've been out in fog so thick, 00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:33.139 I couldn't have seen these people in the front 00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:37.420 row. I got lost in the fog one day with my dad, 00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:40.039 and it was getting dark. And we were on a lake 00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:44.800 with no development. None. Not one light. anywhere 00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:46.079 on the bank and unsure. Wouldn't have done any 00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:47.920 good when the fog came in because we couldn't 00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:49.639 have seen it anyway. I couldn't see him sitting 00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:52.940 in the front of a 16 -foot boat. I couldn't see 00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:55.400 him. It was that thick and it was getting dark 00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:58.639 and we were lost. And I remembered in my tackle 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:06.019 box I had a compass. And I knew beyond a doubt 00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:10.639 that I was going straight east across that lake. 00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:14.079 And that compass said I was going northwest. 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:17.280 And I took it and I shook it. I should have shook 00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:22.539 me. The compass doesn't change. I said, listen, 00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.820 the compass doesn't change. The compass doesn't 00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:28.619 ever change. But I have to trust the compass. 00:48:29.219 --> 00:48:31.699 And I said to my dad, this goes against everything 00:48:31.699 --> 00:48:36.019 I sense. It goes against everything I feel. It 00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:39.280 goes against everything I believe right now. 00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:41.980 Because I thoroughly, totally believe I left 00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:44.820 the west side of this lake, and I kept that thing 00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:48.260 straight, and I know I'm going east. But I'm 00:48:48.260 --> 00:48:52.539 going to believe the compass. Now, a different 00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:54.260 time I was out in my boat. You might think I 00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:56.099 spend a lot of time in my boat. Just know this. 00:48:56.199 --> 00:49:03.260 I don't spend near enough. And we were up in 00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:07.239 Canada. And, again, no development. A million 00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:11.210 ways to break your motor. And islands and rocks 00:49:11.210 --> 00:49:16.010 and reefs and just, and you have to go all, and 00:49:16.010 --> 00:49:21.349 we had a couple that were lost. And I said, I'll 00:49:21.349 --> 00:49:23.269 take you up to as far as the bridge, you can 00:49:23.269 --> 00:49:26.329 get to your cabin then. And I took them all through 00:49:26.329 --> 00:49:28.650 those islands and all through. And by the time 00:49:28.650 --> 00:49:33.050 we got there, it was pitch black. And I had asked 00:49:33.050 --> 00:49:36.409 him, do you have a light? They said, oh yeah, 00:49:36.449 --> 00:49:38.630 we have a light. I said, well, keep it shined 00:49:38.630 --> 00:49:41.469 on my boat and just follow me because I know 00:49:41.469 --> 00:49:46.610 the way. And I turned around and I see these 00:49:46.610 --> 00:49:50.469 people in this boat like this. That's the only 00:49:50.469 --> 00:49:54.670 light they had. You're in a million acre lake, 00:49:54.809 --> 00:49:57.150 man. And they're out there with a little cell 00:49:57.150 --> 00:50:00.170 phone light. So I gave them my big spotlight 00:50:00.170 --> 00:50:03.110 and then I went up and by the time I got back, 00:50:03.289 --> 00:50:06.639 it was pitch black. And my spotlight went out. 00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:14.780 But I've got this locator with GPS on it. And 00:50:14.780 --> 00:50:21.380 I've got a track on it. And I turned it on, and 00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:25.539 I kept my face just like this. Just like this. 00:50:26.619 --> 00:50:29.059 And it got so bad, I wanted to look around to 00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:32.960 see if I could see an island. And so finally, 00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:37.039 I pulled my hood up over my head and put it right 00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:40.239 over top of the locator. And I was driving down 00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:43.579 the lake like this, swerving to miss Big Rock, 00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:46.599 swerving to miss islands, swerving. And I never 00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:49.360 took my eyes off that track on that GPS because 00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:53.559 I knew that was unchangeable. And I could trust 00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:56.119 that track. And then when I got back, I pulled 00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:58.300 my hood up, and I was back, and there was the 00:50:58.300 --> 00:51:02.780 landing right there. If I can do that with a 00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:06.619 compass and if I can do that with a GPS, neither 00:51:06.619 --> 00:51:10.980 of them are eternal. Neither of them are divinely 00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:16.900 inspired. This is. This is. Make it what you 00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:19.940 trust. Keep your eyes glued to it. Keep it in 00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:23.739 the midst of your heart. Thank you for watching 00:51:23.739 --> 00:51:27.019 The Word of the Lord, a weekly television broadcast 00:51:27.019 --> 00:51:29.760 of Living Word Christian Church. 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