1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,900 A text for today we find in Daniel, 2 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:17,840 chapter 5, verse 27. 3 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,900 You have been weighed in the scales and 4 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:28,900 found wanting. 5 00:00:31,020 --> 00:00:32,360 I want to speak about that. 6 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,640 You have been weighed in the scales and 7 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:48,820 found wanting. 8 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,400 I 9 00:00:53,400 --> 00:01:03,959 want 10 00:01:03,959 --> 00:01:08,780 to 11 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:17,600 speak about that. 12 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,280 Now the son of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, had called 13 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,400 a great feast, not only his wives, but 14 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,780 his concubines, and all the important people in 15 00:01:28,780 --> 00:01:29,240 the kingdom. 16 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:38,560 He even then requested, then 17 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:48,440 using the 18 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,780 special vessels, the gold and silver vessels, he, 19 00:01:52,460 --> 00:02:01,080 while it was happening, And while they were 20 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,360 all happy because of their wine, a hand 21 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,100 wrote on the wall, just a finger saying, 22 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:07,740 you have been weighed in the scales. 23 00:02:09,699 --> 00:02:14,020 And you have been found waiting, wanting. 24 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:36,720 His joy, His 25 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,660 happiness came to an abrupt end. 26 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,020 He went pale, his knees knocked together with 27 00:02:43,020 --> 00:02:43,260 fear. 28 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:59,100 What the Bible says that your laughter will 29 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:00,860 be turned into tears. 30 00:03:00,940 --> 00:03:01,680 You don't know. 31 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,700 Maybe you are very happy and flippant, but 32 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:06,380 you don't know. 33 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,040 It might be sooner than later. 34 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,700 And then all the wise men and the 35 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:25,740 occult people were called to try and interpret 36 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:26,880 this in Daniel. 37 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:33,320 But Daniel said to them, you have been 38 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,220 weighed in the scales. 39 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:42,080 You have been weighed in the scales. 40 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:45,900 You have 41 00:03:45,900 --> 00:04:05,940 been 42 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:11,360 weighed in the scales. 43 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:11,620 You have been weighed in the scales. 44 00:04:11,940 --> 00:04:12,060 You have been weighed in the scales. 45 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:30,740 You have been weighed in the scales. 46 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,020 You have been weighed in the scales. 47 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,460 You have been weighed in the scales. 48 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:42,040 You have been weighed in the scales. 49 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,400 You have been weighed in the scales. 50 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:46,020 You 51 00:04:46,020 --> 00:05:02,220 have 52 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:04,580 been weighed in the scales. 53 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,280 You have been weighed in the scales. 54 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,940 You have been weighed in the scales. 55 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,900 It came at the very peak. 56 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:52,720 At the very height of his success. 57 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:56,020 It changed suddenly when he had all his 58 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:59,160 parliament and all of the leaders of the 59 00:05:59,160 --> 00:05:59,780 earth with him. 60 00:05:59,780 --> 00:06:02,840 He was the greatest kingdom ever. 61 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:05,160 But all of that changed. 62 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:07,180 For God said, even though the statue might 63 00:06:07,180 --> 00:06:12,020 be so powerful, looking so successful, but the 64 00:06:12,020 --> 00:06:14,120 feet are of clay and iron, it will 65 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:14,880 become nothing. 66 00:06:14,980 --> 00:06:17,500 What are the kingdoms of this world but 67 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:17,880 nothing? 68 00:06:36,140 --> 00:06:39,420 And we hear this astonishing meaning. 69 00:06:39,780 --> 00:06:43,460 You have been weighed in the scales, but 70 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:45,720 you have been found to be light. 71 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,060 You have been weighed in the scales. 72 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:48,160 You have been weighed in the scales. 73 00:06:48,660 --> 00:06:49,380 You have been weighed in the scales. 74 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:50,060 You have been weighed in the scales. 75 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,060 There are Christians who, if you ask them 76 00:06:59,060 --> 00:07:00,620 how you are, they will always say, I'm 77 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:01,040 fine. 78 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:07,380 And they always seem to be happy about 79 00:07:07,380 --> 00:07:08,100 their condition. 80 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:10,940 Everything is alright. 81 00:07:13,380 --> 00:07:19,200 They feel that they are good and that 82 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,100 they are alive. 83 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,140 That they are well. 84 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,240 Like the churches in Revelations where Jesus in 85 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,200 heaven writes a letter to each of the 86 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,120 seven churches. 87 00:08:22,380 --> 00:08:25,560 Where they said, we are fine, everything is 88 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,300 going well, we are a successful church. 89 00:08:27,380 --> 00:08:31,200 Jesus said, no, you are blind, naked, to 90 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:31,919 be pitied. 91 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:34,059 Maybe there are some in our midst as 92 00:08:34,059 --> 00:08:36,640 well who are in that condition where they 93 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,700 think everything is going fine, but they are 94 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:39,220 condemned. 95 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:55,620 They said, we have need of nothing. 96 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,140 But they didn't know that they were condemned. 97 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:08,000 Where you are weighed in the very scales 98 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,260 of God. 99 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:16,500 God's scales are here in this Bible. 100 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,520 Maybe you have your Bible with you. 101 00:09:27,420 --> 00:09:30,060 God's word is the measurement. 102 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,320 God's word is the scale. 103 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,400 Many Christians are in their comfort zone. 104 00:09:53,020 --> 00:09:54,960 They are not going forward, but they are 105 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:55,700 going backwards. 106 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,980 And then they fall headlong into sin. 107 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,320 Even if you start well, if you end 108 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,600 badly, woe to you. 109 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:26,140 I was visited these days by some old 110 00:10:26,140 --> 00:10:27,960 ladies and old men from Durban. 111 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,520 And we sat here. 112 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,000 And I closed with the word of the 113 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,220 Lord. 114 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,060 And I read this to them. 115 00:10:41,820 --> 00:10:43,460 I said to them, on Sunday I want 116 00:10:43,460 --> 00:10:44,620 to preach about this matter. 117 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:34,780 Now, scales are considered important. 118 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:38,640 And some people weigh themselves once or even 119 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,940 twice a day to see whether they are 120 00:11:40,940 --> 00:11:43,640 not becoming too fat. 121 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,280 And being overweight is bad for you. 122 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:48,500 It affects your BP. 123 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,180 Also being underweight, being weightless. 124 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,420 Some regularly weigh themselves, especially ladies. 125 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:20,000 However, as slightly helpful as it is to 126 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,600 use your scales, there is nothing compared. 127 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,360 There is nothing that can be compared to 128 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,920 the scales of God that is found in 129 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:45,420 the Scriptures. 130 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:48,000 If you do that daily, you will find 131 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,240 it will keep you from sin. 132 00:12:49,620 --> 00:12:51,220 It will protect you from hell. 133 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,540 If others are so keen to weigh themselves 134 00:13:12,540 --> 00:13:14,580 two times a day on their scales, well, 135 00:13:14,820 --> 00:13:17,000 you do it three times with the Scriptures. 136 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:21,280 I have spoken about the fathers. 137 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:30,140 You children, are you honoring your father and 138 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:34,240 mother, as the Bible says, that your days 139 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:40,280 may be long, that it may be good 140 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:40,920 to you? 141 00:13:47,820 --> 00:13:49,500 Put yourself on the scales. 142 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,920 Do you honor your father and mother? 143 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,700 Put yourself on that scale. 144 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:20,600 The Bible says that the child that 145 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,040 does not honor father and mother, is under 146 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:24,920 a curse. 147 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:26,760 Even if you are sitting here, you fall 148 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,160 under God's curse. 149 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,280 All your efforts are in vain. 150 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,820 Even joining different churches and being there, I 151 00:14:51,820 --> 00:14:54,300 feel sorry for them because they have received 152 00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:56,060 a rotten potato amendment. 153 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:05,140 They too will not be blessed or revived 154 00:15:05,140 --> 00:15:11,980 because here is this curse in their midst. 155 00:15:26,060 --> 00:15:28,580 If your father is a drunkard, show honor 156 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:29,040 to him. 157 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,620 Of course, it does mean that you must 158 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:33,120 be part of his sin, but do good 159 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:33,660 to him. 160 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,100 I remember once when I was young and 161 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,400 I'd newly given my life to the Lord 162 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,140 and my father lost his temper with me 163 00:15:58,140 --> 00:15:59,600 and I thought, how unfair. 164 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,840 I haven't done anything wrong. 165 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,880 It was as if though he didn't want 166 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,140 to see me. 167 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:13,060 I went out of the room and I 168 00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:32,160 asked the Lord, I 169 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:58,060 asked the Lord, I 170 00:16:58,060 --> 00:17:02,760 remember how I walked out to our orchards. 171 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,599 It was full of fruit trees at the 172 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:08,000 time, oranges, plums, peaches, and then I spotted 173 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,839 one beautiful looking fruit. 174 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:11,800 I picked it carefully 175 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:21,200 and 176 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:29,900 I brought that fruit to my father and 177 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:32,780 he said, and he was so blessed by 178 00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:32,960 it. 179 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,700 And for the rest of the day, we 180 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,020 could be cheerful together. 181 00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:37,820 I conquered evil with good. 182 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,180 Your wife, can you be a blessing to 183 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:22,660 your husband? 184 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:25,760 Are you one who's able to be a 185 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,260 help to him or are you one who 186 00:18:27,260 --> 00:18:28,280 just preaches at him? 187 00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:30,020 No, you're not going to help your husband 188 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:30,720 through preaching. 189 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:46,820 Now that's one scale you can measure yourself 190 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:47,060 in. 191 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,060 Do you pay evil or repay evil with 192 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:52,280 evil or do you conquer evil with good? 193 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,460 Measure yourself now in that scale. 194 00:19:16,540 --> 00:19:19,520 As an employer, how do you treat your 195 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,100 employees? 196 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:21,740 Are you underpaying them? 197 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:23,020 You're not giving a fair wage? 198 00:19:23,020 --> 00:19:25,960 Remember that the unpaid wage cries out to 199 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:26,700 God in heaven. 200 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,740 Take yourself in the scales every day. 201 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,580 Ask yourself in the scale, am I the 202 00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:46,040 right weight according to heaven, according to the 203 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:46,400 word? 204 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:09,580 Your school child, do you know what it 205 00:20:09,580 --> 00:20:12,280 is to respect your teacher or is it 206 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:12,980 that you mock? 207 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:16,220 Perhaps in a roundabout way where even with 208 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:19,660 your eyes you are showing disrespect. 209 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,220 Many are the scales in the Bible and 210 00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:31,240 I'm only touching upon a few here and 211 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:31,780 there. 212 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:42,960 In the whole world, David is infamous for 213 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,180 his sin with Bathsheba. 214 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:57,860 If people just mention David, they immediately start 215 00:20:57,860 --> 00:20:59,500 thinking of his immorality. 216 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:02,380 Or if immorality is mentioned, they say, well 217 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:04,480 David was like that as well, promiscuous. 218 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,560 Well take the Bible, read about David. 219 00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:20,280 When he realized his sin, he saw how 220 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,720 great a sinner he was. 221 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,560 How deep was his remorse when he cried 222 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,080 out, oh God, I've sinned against you. 223 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,700 He locked himself in the room. 224 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,080 He just pleaded with God for forgiveness. 225 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:44,060 He had no peace. 226 00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:47,280 No rest. 227 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,320 Read Psalm 51 for yourself and see the 228 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,740 deepest pain and remorse that he experienced because 229 00:22:10,740 --> 00:22:12,940 of his sin and his repentance. 230 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:21,600 One day he said, well, he felt like 231 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:22,120 he was dying. 232 00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:29,560 He went out the room, spoke to the 233 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:39,500 prophet of God and confessed his sin. 234 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:42,080 Nathan, servant of the Lord, I've sinned before 235 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,080 God and you. 236 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:49,620 Nathan said, the Lord has forgiven you. 237 00:22:51,180 --> 00:22:53,160 How could Nathan say that? 238 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:06,080 Do you know that Jesus gave his disciples 239 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,120 the authority for forgiveness of sins? 240 00:23:12,540 --> 00:23:18,940 He said, those who you forgive are forgiven. 241 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,900 Those who you do not forgive are not 242 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,120 forgiven. 243 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,420 No wonder Nathan could say, the Lord has 244 00:23:26,420 --> 00:23:27,300 forgiven you. 245 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:36,080 His remorse is deep repentance. 246 00:23:53,660 --> 00:23:56,920 It wouldn't have helped for Nathan to say, 247 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:57,900 the Lord has forgiven you. 248 00:23:57,980 --> 00:24:00,440 If the Lord hadn't forgiven David, you need 249 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,220 to speak what God has said. 250 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:02,320 If 251 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:16,860 the 252 00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:20,580 Lord 253 00:24:20,580 --> 00:24:29,740 hadn't 254 00:24:29,740 --> 00:24:32,200 forgiven David, you need to speak what God 255 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:32,300 has said. 256 00:24:39,540 --> 00:24:42,280 Is there anybody in our midst who is 257 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:42,920 like that? 258 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:47,020 In that you boast about David's sin, but 259 00:24:47,020 --> 00:24:49,440 you have not identified with his repentance. 260 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,100 You've never felt his remorse, even if you 261 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,880 didn't sleep with somebody else's wife. 262 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:57,520 But you've never felt the anguish of sin. 263 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:25,220 If you read what the Lord Jesus said 264 00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:26,700 in Matthew 5, 6 and 7. 265 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,620 What he said about adultery, even if you 266 00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:32,240 look at a woman lustfully, you have already 267 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,840 committed adultery, like David. 268 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,340 You might say he killed. 269 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:56,980 You might say, others are guilty of murder. 270 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,000 I've never done that. 271 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,740 Well, Jesus says, if you're angry with your 272 00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:03,780 brother, calling him bad names, you are already 273 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:04,800 guilty of murder. 274 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:12,620 If you're angry with your brother, calling him 275 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:20,120 bad names, you are already guilty 276 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:28,880 of 277 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:34,780 murder. 278 00:26:36,820 --> 00:26:39,460 Jesus also said, if you come to the 279 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:42,540 altar, bringing a gift at the altar, and 280 00:26:42,540 --> 00:26:45,020 you remember that your brother has got something 281 00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:47,280 against you, has a grudge against you, leave 282 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,780 that gift, that sacrifice. 283 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 It's not acceptable to me, the Lord said, 284 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,600 go and be reconciled with your brother first. 285 00:26:56,300 --> 00:27:00,080 Otherwise, God has got no interest in you 286 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,560 and your gifts. 287 00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:08,100 And if you don't repent and go and 288 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:11,300 make peace, you can go to hell. 289 00:27:12,180 --> 00:27:13,240 He won't accept you. 290 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,300 If you don't repent and go to hell, 291 00:27:16,420 --> 00:27:18,380 he won't accept you. 292 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,160 Take that psalm, read it verse by verse, 293 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,040 after one verse, ponder upon it, meditate upon 294 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,660 it, as we say, so that you are 295 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:10,780 measured in God's scales according to his word, 296 00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:11,600 then repent. 297 00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:23,880 Romans 7, trouble by sin, 298 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,080 trying to leave it, couldn't. 299 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:40,680 Till he cried out, woe unto me, I 300 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,640 am undone, who will release me from this 301 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,540 body of sin? 302 00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:47,120 The old English says, I am a wretched 303 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:47,680 man. 304 00:28:48,140 --> 00:28:50,040 Have you ever prayed that prayer? 305 00:28:50,620 --> 00:28:53,060 If not, have you ever been there? 306 00:28:53,260 --> 00:28:55,880 If not, I doubt your Christianity. 307 00:28:56,260 --> 00:28:59,380 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 308 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:00,160 You are a modern 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00:29:58,880 --> 00:29:58,980 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 350 00:29:58,980 --> 00:29:59,080 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 351 00:29:59,080 --> 00:29:59,180 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 352 00:29:59,180 --> 00:29:59,280 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 353 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:24,380 You are a 354 00:30:24,380 --> 00:30:25,020 modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 355 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:27,120 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 356 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:27,920 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 357 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:28,460 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 358 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:28,560 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 359 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:28,660 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 360 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:28,760 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 361 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:28,860 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 362 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:28,960 You are a modern Pharisee and 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00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:42,720 are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 377 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:48,220 You are a modern Pharisee and hypocrite. 378 00:30:51,800 --> 00:31:01,800 You are a modern Pharisee would 379 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:08,460 be taken and the corpse and the murderer 380 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:14,840 would be stripped naked, then the corpse would 381 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:15,760 be tied. 382 00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:33,420 Would be bound to the murderer, feet to 383 00:31:33,420 --> 00:31:36,660 feet, hands to hands, mouth to mouth, he 384 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,860 was bound to that death. 385 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,880 The dead hand would work with the dead 386 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:44,980 corpse. 387 00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:51,760 If you try and move, the dead hand 388 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:52,720 would move with them. 389 00:32:21,020 --> 00:32:24,860 The terrible smell of death was ever present. 390 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,380 I remember what it was like once when 391 00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:29,560 a grave had to be opened and that 392 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,120 person had been a while in the grave, 393 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:35,260 how terrible, pungent the odour was. 394 00:32:35,260 --> 00:32:40,040 His flesh was like porridge, having been three, 395 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,000 four, five days in the grave. 396 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,120 The dead hand would work with the dead 397 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:42,220 corpse. 398 00:32:43,860 --> 00:32:50,680 If you try and move, the dead hand 399 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,620 would move with them. 400 00:32:54,620 --> 00:32:57,620 The dead hand would work with the dead 401 00:32:57,620 --> 00:32:59,260 corpse. 402 00:33:00,620 --> 00:33:06,800 If you try and move, the dead hand 403 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:06,960 would 404 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:19,220 move 405 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:20,860 with them. 406 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,680 That murderer was bound to that corpse. 407 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,860 The person he had killed, the maggots that 408 00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:34,940 would come out of that person, he was 409 00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:35,680 bound to it. 410 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:36,940 It would go into him and he could 411 00:33:36,940 --> 00:33:38,540 do nothing about it. 412 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,560 And he would walk around crying, who will 413 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,180 release me from this body of death? 414 00:33:58,340 --> 00:34:00,780 In his home, in the yard, in the 415 00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:01,120 street. 416 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:15,580 Because under the law at the time, it 417 00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:19,120 was said, if you kill somebody, then you 418 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,000 must die too. 419 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,719 Just imagine what would happen in South Africa 420 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,280 if murderers would be bound to the corpses. 421 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:43,580 What would happen? 422 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,639 They would probably, it would cause people to 423 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:47,159 think first before they killed. 424 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,460 And Romans 7, it says there, I am 425 00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:10,060 bound by this body of death. 426 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,020 I believe that this sin is ever present 427 00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:14,560 with me. 428 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:15,660 Bound to sin. 429 00:35:28,380 --> 00:35:30,960 Take the Bible, it is your mirror. 430 00:35:31,140 --> 00:35:34,340 Take it for it is your scale and 431 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:36,800 see whether you identify with that. 432 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,660 The Bible says, let the greatest be the 433 00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:47,600 smallest, the first be the last. 434 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:52,100 Is that true of you? 435 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,640 Some people cannot repent because of their pride. 436 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,760 They can't humble themselves. 437 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:15,260 They will rather defend themselves and excuse themselves 438 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:18,700 and justify themselves. 439 00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:22,620 They can't bow and say, God forgive me. 440 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,480 I have sinned. 441 00:36:23,540 --> 00:36:25,440 I wasn't a blessing to my brother. 442 00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:45,700 You treat others with anger. 443 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,880 Now it says in the Bible, there was 444 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,300 no one as meek as Moses was. 445 00:38:32,380 --> 00:38:35,400 Jesus says he will come and be the 446 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,720 judge of even our thoughts. 447 00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:47,580 I'd be glad if you'd all be like 448 00:38:47,580 --> 00:38:48,040 the English. 449 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,060 You are not what you think you are. 450 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,380 You are what you think. 451 00:38:53,380 --> 00:38:55,780 That's your true picture. 452 00:38:56,740 --> 00:39:00,680 If that doesn't humble you, you must be 453 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,320 a child of the devil. 454 00:39:17,460 --> 00:39:19,880 Read the Bible. 455 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:21,880 Test yourself. 456 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:22,740 Test yourself. 457 00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:50,900 Test yourself in the scales of God. 458 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:54,080 And don't exclude yourself and say I'm from 459 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:54,740 another church. 460 00:39:54,860 --> 00:39:57,820 Whoever you are, whatever church you're from, are 461 00:39:57,820 --> 00:40:00,320 you found wanting in the scales of God? 462 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,820 Then you won't go astray. 463 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,620 Whether you're in the city, whether you live 464 00:40:18,620 --> 00:40:21,660 in Sodom and Gomorrah itself, you will be 465 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:24,320 found being way... 466 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,860 I remember when I was 13, 14, 15 467 00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:36,320 years of age, I didn't know what I 468 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:36,940 know today. 469 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,460 I had little understanding. 470 00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:52,120 But if I felt that I wasn't burning 471 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,620 for the Lord as I should be, you 472 00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:57,900 know what I did? 473 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:07,520 I got to... 474 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:32,660 I got to the point where I didn't 475 00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:33,620 know what to do. 476 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:36,360 I got to the point where I didn't 477 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,480 know what to do. 478 00:41:39,140 --> 00:41:41,840 I would go to a graveyard at the 479 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,360 Lutheran church and on each of those graves 480 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,220 was a tombstone, date of birth, date of 481 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:48,680 death. 482 00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:53,020 I was just 13 or so, 15. 483 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:01,920 I found some who had died before my 484 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,180 age, children who had died. 485 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:12,020 I tell myself, Erlo, if you go into 486 00:42:12,020 --> 00:42:18,140 the grave, meet with God, how will it 487 00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:18,440 be? 488 00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:25,380 And you stand before the judge of judges. 489 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:33,080 I would preach to myself and say to 490 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,880 myself, Erlo, you don't know when you're going 491 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:36,440 to die. 492 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:45,680 You don't know 493 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:51,040 when 494 00:42:51,040 --> 00:43:03,980 you're 495 00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:06,180 going to die. 496 00:43:06,180 --> 00:43:10,820 I would go two or three kilometers. 497 00:43:11,540 --> 00:43:12,940 I would look at those graves. 498 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,080 I would kneel, cry to the Lord, saying, 499 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:15,960 Lord, help me. 500 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:18,180 I am a sinner before you. 501 00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:43,860 In Moses' prayer he said, Lord, teach me 502 00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:46,460 to number my days that I may gain 503 00:43:46,460 --> 00:43:47,980 a heart of wisdom. 504 00:43:49,420 --> 00:43:50,560 Count your days. 505 00:43:51,260 --> 00:43:54,480 In German it says, remind yourself that you 506 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:55,100 are dying. 507 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:58,340 Remember the day of death so that you'll 508 00:43:58,340 --> 00:43:59,240 become wise. 509 00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,120 I grew up like that, crying to the 510 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,580 Lord. 511 00:44:27,860 --> 00:44:31,140 I remember boys of our age group coming 512 00:44:31,140 --> 00:44:34,960 from school, boasting about their girlfriends having slept 513 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:35,420 with ghosts. 514 00:44:35,420 --> 00:44:37,660 I said, look, I don't want anything to 515 00:44:37,660 --> 00:44:38,500 do with that. 516 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,120 I said, look, I don't want anything to 517 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:05,220 do with that. 518 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:12,140 Even to a good friend I said, that's 519 00:46:12,140 --> 00:46:13,920 the end of our friendship, though I like 520 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,080 you, but I cannot go this way. 521 00:46:16,180 --> 00:46:19,440 I cannot go this way of filth. 522 00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:22,120 That helped me. 523 00:46:33,420 --> 00:46:35,000 Some of them are dead. 524 00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:36,780 Some are still wallowing in sin. 525 00:46:37,220 --> 00:46:38,340 Some are seriously ill. 526 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,380 But I'm thankful that God has kept me 527 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:41,820 and that I've been able to preach the 528 00:46:41,820 --> 00:46:43,020 gospel till today. 529 00:46:46,660 --> 00:46:48,880 Now as I draw towards the close, I've 530 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:49,500 spoken enough. 531 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,240 I'm just scratching the surface, point by point. 532 00:47:12,220 --> 00:47:14,860 You'll find that that first church in Jerusalem 533 00:47:14,860 --> 00:47:16,580 were of one heart. 534 00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:19,580 They burned for the Lord and were burning 535 00:47:19,580 --> 00:47:21,000 love for each other too. 536 00:50:11,860 --> 00:50:13,920 The Bible says if your brother has sinned, 537 00:50:14,180 --> 00:50:16,080 go to him and help him. 538 00:50:20,020 --> 00:50:24,980 If you haven't done that, but instead you 539 00:50:24,980 --> 00:50:29,800 go and you gossip about him to somebody 540 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,380 else, well that person might be destroyed but 541 00:50:32,380 --> 00:50:33,820 you too with him. 542 00:53:55,700 --> 00:54:01,360 But if you want the truth to bring 543 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:17,420 forth fruit of repentance, you 544 00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:20,280 must humble yourself about your sin. 545 00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,600 And call upon the Lord to forgive you, 546 00:54:22,980 --> 00:54:25,260 that you say, Lord, I thought others were 547 00:54:25,260 --> 00:54:28,140 the sinners, but I am the greatest of 548 00:54:28,140 --> 00:54:28,600 sinners. 549 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:38,260 You have been weighed and found wanting. 550 00:54:41,460 --> 00:54:43,180 If you can stand, you can stand. 551 00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:44,420 We're going to close in prayer. 552 00:55:29,050 --> 00:55:31,550 Lord, your seed of the word has been 553 00:55:31,550 --> 00:55:32,030 sown. 554 00:55:32,030 --> 00:55:39,290 Lord, your 555 00:55:39,290 --> 00:55:52,730 seed 556 00:55:52,730 --> 00:56:01,870 of the word has been sown. 557 00:56:14,770 --> 00:56:18,430 Grant that hearts would soften, bow to you, 558 00:56:18,630 --> 00:56:21,330 be receptive to you, that your word would 559 00:56:21,330 --> 00:56:24,210 come in and bear much fruit and not 560 00:56:24,210 --> 00:56:26,010 be eaten by the birds and the rats. 561 00:56:26,010 --> 00:56:28,210 But today, there would be those who can 562 00:56:28,210 --> 00:56:30,350 say, Lord, you have set me free from 563 00:56:30,350 --> 00:56:31,690 this body of death. 564 00:56:36,650 --> 00:56:39,270 Grant, Lord, that your word wouldn't be in 565 00:56:39,270 --> 00:56:46,130 vain to us, that your love wouldn't be 566 00:56:46,130 --> 00:56:55,550 in vain to us, and that we wouldn't 567 00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:59,030 trample underfoot the speaking of your Holy Spirit, 568 00:57:02,950 --> 00:57:05,970 but that we'd rather obey and do. 569 00:57:06,350 --> 00:57:06,510 Amen.