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Ezekiel Chapter 8, please, if you'll turn there.

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Old Testament, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, then Ezekiel.

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Ezekiel Chapter 8.

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My message title is The Glory of God

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and the Image of Jealousy.

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The Glory of God and the Image of

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Jealousy.

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Let's pray together.

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Jesus, I thank you for the abiding anointing

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of the Holy Spirit.

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I thank you, Lord, for your strength and

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your power.

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I thank you, God, for the incredible grace

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that you give me to speak this message,

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the incredible grace you give us as a

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church to hear it.

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I pray, God, always that you keep me

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in the balance where I do not justify

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the wicked nor condemn the righteous.

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I pray that the impassioned heart of Jesus

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Christ be heard in every word.

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I ask you, Holy Spirit, to overshadow me,

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all strengths and all weaknesses.

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Overshadow me and give me the grace to

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disappear.

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Lord, this is not an hour to hear

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from man.

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This is an hour to hear from you.

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I'm asking you, Holy Spirit, to animate me.

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I'm asking you, God, that everything that is

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said, accentuated, even in the manner in which

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it is said, come from your heart.

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Lord, speak to us.

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Speak to us.

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God, the hour is very late, and I'm

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asking for that kind of an anointing, a

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quickening.

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Not only to speak, but a quickening to

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hear.

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Every heart, every life.

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God, help us to understand that this is

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incredible grace speaking to us.

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Lord, it's grace that you would even condescend

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to become a man and take our sins

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upon you.

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Lord, it's grace that you'd even speak to

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us.

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In spite of our numerous failings, you love

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us.

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God, help us now.

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God, help us to hear this word in

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the light of that love.

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And I thank you for it from the

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depths of my heart.

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In Jesus' mighty name.

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Ezekiel chapter 8.

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Please, if you would.

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Ezekiel chapter 8, beginning at verse 1.

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I came to pass in the sixth year,

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in the sixth month, in the fifth day

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of the month, as I sat in my

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house.

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And the elders of Judah sat before me,

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that the hand of the Lord God fell

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there upon me.

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And then I beheld a likeness as the

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appearance of fire, from the appearance of his

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loins even downward fire, and from his loins

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even upward as the appearance of brightness, as

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the color of amber.

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hand and took me by a lock of

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my head.

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And the Spirit lifted me up between the

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earth and the heaven, and brought me in

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the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the

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door of the inner gate that looketh towards

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the north, where was the seat of the

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image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

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And behold, verse 4, the glory of the

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Lord God of Israel was there, according to

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the vision that I saw in the plain.

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Then said he unto me, Son of man,

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lift up thine eyes now the way towards

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the north.

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So I lift up mine eyes the way

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towards the north, and behold northward at the

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gate of the altar this image of jealousy

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in the entry.

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Now beloved, last week the Holy Spirit called

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us to fast.

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And the reason and the example he set

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before us was Esther, who was willing to

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be identified with her people and to obey

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God for the sake of others, even at

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her own personal risk of loss, and of

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course in her case even the risk of

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death.

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But she made a choice to be identified

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with God's people in a very darkened hour,

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when there was great need for the testimony

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and the intervention of God in the lives

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of people who are destined to be slaughtered.

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We also spoke last week of separation from

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all that offends the person of the Holy

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Spirit and the work of God in us.

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2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 16, Paul

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said, What agreement has the temple of God

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with idols?

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You are the temple of the living God,

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and God has said, I will dwell in

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them and walk in them, and I will

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be their God and they shall be my

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people.

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Verse 17, the Holy Spirit through Paul then

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says, Wherefore come out from among them and

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be you separate, says the Lord, and touch

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not the unclean thing, and I will receive

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you.

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Now remember from last week, the context of

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touch not means handling an object to the

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point where it begins to exert a modifying

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influence upon your behavior and your character.

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We use the illustration perhaps of sporting events,

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because last week or the week before was

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the end of the year football game.

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to watch a sporting game, but it is

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wrong when you handle it to the point

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where it begins to exert an influence on

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your person.

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It's wrong when it comes to the point

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where the choice comes between going to the

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house of God to worship the living Christ,

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who's invited us into fellowship, and watching a

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football game.

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There's something wrong in America when half the

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churches in the south are closed down, because

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nobody would come on the football final night.

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There's something wrong with the culture when this

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type of thing begins to get a hold

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of people.

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out, you have to make a separation, don't

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touch these things to the point where they

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begin to exert an influence upon your character,

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and they begin to change you into an

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image other than which God has destined for

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your life.

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We are left here on this earth after

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we come to Christ to be a testimony

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of the power and the grace of God.

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There's no other reason.

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We're not here to have a good time.

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We're here to glorify God, and yes, it

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is a good time to glorify God.

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There is no other life, there is no

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other pathway that brings more peace and contentment

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into the soul than to know that you

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are in the divine will of God, in

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the absolute hand of God, that you have

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the power of God literally being manifested in

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and through your life.

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There's no greater life.

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There's no possibility of higher attainment in our

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human experience than to be gripped and led

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and fashioned by the Spirit of Almighty God

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into the very image of our Savior Christ.

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No higher calling.

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No higher glory.

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There's no greater revelation than to know the

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heart of God for fallen man and to

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begin to be moved, not by compulsion, but

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by compassion, because the heart of God is

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now in you.

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The heart of God is in me, and

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it casts out that fear that the humans,

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as it is in this life, want to

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impose on everyone and cause the church of

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Jesus Christ to tower down before it and

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to lose its testimony.

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No greater strength than to have that compassion

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of God that literally compels us to stand

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in the presence of whatever authority and say,

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you've given me a choice to obey God,

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and man, there is no choice.

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I must obey God.

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He is the only one that I will

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serve.

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He said, if you come out from under

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this exerting influence of the culture as it

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is around you, I will be a father

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to you.

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And the word in father, we studied last

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week, means I will be revealed to you.

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The word is pater in the Greek, and

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it means I'll be revealed to you as

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one that you can have faith in.

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The moment you come out, the moment you

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make the choice to be, as we heard

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this morning, a counterculture to what's going on

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in the world around us today, God Almighty

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says, I will reveal myself to you as

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one that you can trust in.

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There will be an explosion of understanding in

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your inner man.

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I will begin to take you from image

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to image and glory to glory.

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There will be no walls too high that

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by the power of the Holy Ghost you

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can't leap over them.

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There will be no challenge too great, for

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if God has spoken it, it will happen.

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The one who created the universe guides us

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now, and when he speaks something, there is

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no power of hell that can stand against

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For what comes out of the mouth of

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God is true.

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It is infinite.

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It cannot be changed.

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It is all powerful.

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He said, if you come out, I'll receive

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you to myself.

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I'll bring you into intimate communion.

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I'll reveal myself to you as one that

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you can have faith in.

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And he says, you shall be my sons

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and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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And the word, Lord Almighty, translated in the

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Greek text, means an all-ruling, absolute and

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universal sovereign.

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I revealed myself to you, says the Lord.

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I'll reveal myself to you as a father

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that you can trust in.

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I'll bring you into intimate communion with me.

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And I will show you that I am

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in absolute control.

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Your heart will become founded in a trust

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that's not found in anything in this world.

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There will be an abiding trust come into

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your heart.

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I thank God for that trust in my

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heart with everything that's in me.

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I thank God that the Lord has enabled

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me to build my theology from heaven backwards.

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I'm already seated at the right hand of

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God in Christ Jesus.

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I'm already more than a conqueror before I

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even go into the battle.

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I'm not limited by the frailties of this

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human body.

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I am in Christ and Christ is in

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me.

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He sits at the right hand of all

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authority.

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All power is given to Him.

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He is the head.

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We are His body.

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This is a glorious church.

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This is a glorious state to be in.

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Hallelujah.

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I thank God for that understanding.

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I thank God for the knowledge that before

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I even go into the battle, I'm already

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on the other side.

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Oh, it may be fierce, and I may

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come through with a scar or two, but

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that is nothing.

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Paul says that temporary sufferings of this present

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time are not worthy to be even compared

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with the glory that shall be revealed in

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us.

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Oh, I see through a glass darkly.

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James says, but one day I'm going to

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know even as I am known.

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One day there's going to be an explosion

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of glory in my mind.

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I'm going to appear in the presence of

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Almighty God, and there will be an ever

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-increasing revelation of knowledge.

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Until that day, He begins to speak, He

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begins to lead, He begins to prod.

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The literal God of the universe comes and

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takes up residence within me.

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I think if the church of Jesus Christ

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could just get a hold of that fact

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alone, that could be revolutionary.

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The Holy Spirit is not a fuzzy feeling.

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The Holy Spirit is not some cosmic dust

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that comes down when we hit the right

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note in our worship times.

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The Holy Spirit is God.

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Almighty Himself who created the universe with His

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spoken word, who lives inside of me now.

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His residence is in me.

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I am the temple of the Holy Ghost.

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Hallelujah.

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This is just a building.

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It's a nice building, but it's just a

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building.

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When we go, God goes with us, because

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He no longer dwells in temples made with

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human hands.

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We have now become the temple of the

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Holy Ghost.

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Now, some of the concepts that I've been

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speaking about were emphasized clearly throughout scriptural history.

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And the children of Israel were very familiar

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with them.

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But something had gone terribly wrong.

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Because in Ezekiel chapter 8, here are a

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people already in captivity, looking now for a

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word from God.

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Remember, Ezekiel was a prophet as it is,

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who went with the second deportation from Babylon.

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Israel was captured, or Judah was captured by

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Babylon in three stages, three successive stages.

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The first stage, Daniel and his friends went.

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And the second stage, there were numerous others.

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And among them was Ezekiel.

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He was in Babylon when God gave him

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his call, his prophetic call.

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On the other side, awaiting the third deportation

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is Jeremiah and the people that are left.

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And Jeremiah is warning the people about the

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coming judgment.

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But their hearts are so hard now.

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They've heard so much gospel.

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They have so resisted the word of God.

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And even now, in Ezekiel's house, the elders

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of Judah have come.

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And they're standing before him, or sitting actually

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in his living room.

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And they're saying, give us a word from

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the Lord.

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And if you really study the commentaries on

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this, nobody is quite sure what kind of

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a word they're looking for.

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Because both in Jerusalem and in Babylon were

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a myriad of false prophets.

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And whenever judgment is coming to a nation,

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you will always see the rise of false

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prophets.

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The good time Charlies of the Christian kingdom.

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That it's nothing but wonderful prosperity and health

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and happiness for many, many, many years to

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come.

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But there will still be a Jeremiah and

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an Ezekiel in the midst of it.

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And these men came and were sitting before

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Ezekiel.

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And it is possible they're looking for a

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confirmation of the false prophets that are in

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Babylon, who are telling the people this is

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only temporary.

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This is just a minor defeat.

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We're only going to be here for a

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little while.

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And that we're going to go back home

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again.

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And no, Jeremiah is telling them, the Lord

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through Jeremiah, no, this is going to be

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a lengthy stay.

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This is going to be 70 years.

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And God has decreed a time of chastising

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because of the rebellion of the people of

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God.

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And they're sitting now before Ezekiel.

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And people who are in captivity.

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And now they're looking for the word of

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God.

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And isn't that tragic?

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That they're so resistant to God.

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There was no shortage of God's word when

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they were on the other side.

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Beloved, you don't have to wait until you're

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in captivity to hear from God.

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And God forbid that that should be the

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case of anybody here today.

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That the enemy has to overpower you.

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And you have to be brought low and

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in a place of captivity.

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Before you might even, whether or not it's

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even in truth, turn and say, Is there

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anybody out there who's hearing from God?

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Does God have another word for me?

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And now the Lord begins to answer this

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inquest.

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And Ezekiel chapter 8, as we go on,

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there is a vision that Ezekiel has of

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a man.

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And the Bible is clear about this.

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This is a theophany.

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This is a pre-incarnate Christ as it

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is appearance of God in bodily form.

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He comes down and reveals himself in a

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way that mankind can see him.

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You see, if there is no revelation of

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God, we have nothing to compare, for example,

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the temple with.

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We have nothing to compare our state with

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unless we know who God is.

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The best thing that any preacher in this

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church can do for you, is every time

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you come into this house is to open

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this book and reveal the character of God.

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Whether you like it or not.

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But to give a clear revelation of Jesus

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Christ.

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Because if there is no clear revelation, we

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have absolutely nothing to compare ourselves to.

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And as Paul says to some of the

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Corinthians, you begin comparing ourselves among ourselves.

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And there's no wisdom in that.

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It just leads to depravity and foolishness.

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And so first God comes in a manner

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that exhibits his glory.

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And Ezekiel says later on, this is the

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same glory that I saw in the plain

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when God called me.

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This is the same glory I witnessed when

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I was commissioned.

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And when God began to speak deeply into

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my heart.

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Then he takes Ezekiel, not physically, but he

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takes him spiritually.

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I'm sure the elders of Judah are sitting

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there watching this.

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Ezekiel is lost now in the presence of

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God and the spirit of God, as it

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is transports him back into Jerusalem.

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Takes him right to the temple.

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And says, I'm going to show you now

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why my glory is leaving my people.

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I want to show you why my glory

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is leaving my temple.

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And he goes into the temple in verse

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4.

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He sees two things.

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He says, and behold, the glory of the

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Lord of Israel was there.

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As the spirit of God himself transports in

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the spirit Ezekiel into the temple.

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Ezekiel sees the same glory.

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The same glory that he's familiar with.

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The same presence of God.

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This manifestation of God is in the temple.

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He sees it and he recognizes it.

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And he said, it's according to the vision

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that I saw in the plain.

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But he sees something else.

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In verse 5, he said to me, son

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of man, lift up thine eyes now the

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way towards the north.

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So I lift up mine eyes the way

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towards the north.

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And behold, northward at the gate of the

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altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.

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So he sees both the glory and that

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which conforms to the Christ.

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Really, it is Christ.

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I mean, because you cannot separate God from

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himself.

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He's three persons.

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Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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So it's correct, in effect, to say this

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is Christ that's standing before him.

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And he takes him in.

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He sees this glory.

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But he sees another image of jealousy.

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There are two things in the temple now.

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There used to be just one.

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Remember, in Solomon's day, when the temple was

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dedicated, there was just an image of glory.

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God's glory came.

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Nobody could stand to minister.

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They sang, God is good and his mercy

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endures forever.

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The promises of God were clear.

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Heaven seemed open.

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The people were encouraged.

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Josiah, only 30 years before, had tried to

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bring the temple back to this former glory.

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He had taken out the idols and the

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images, and he had burned them and stamped

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them to straw, and thrown them in the

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brook.

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But now we're down to 30 years later,

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and Ezekiel is taken by the Spirit into

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the temple, and this image of jealousy is

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now there, sharing this temple with the glory

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of God.

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The Hebrew calls it that outrageous statue of

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jealousy.

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It's an image which has been made that

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is contrary to the very laws of God.

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Now, in Exodus chapter 20, let me just

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read it to you, verses 3 and 4.

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To paraphrase his mind, the Lord said to

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his people, You will not make an image

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and bow down to it, for I am

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a jealous God.

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You will not make an image.

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You will not bow down to anything other

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than me.

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Isaiah 42.8, the Lord says, I am

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the Lord, and that is my name, and

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my glory will I not give to another,

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and neither my praise to graven images.

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Now the Lord says, I've got to take

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you, Ezekiel, on a tour, and I have

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to show you some things that are going

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on in my temple, and for this reason

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my glory is about to depart from my

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people.

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In Ezekiel chapter 8, verse 7, he said,

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He brought me to the door of the

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court, and when I looked, behold, a hole

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in the wall.

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Now, this court is an inner room in

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the temple, and this is an inner room

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that was once used for storage, but apparently

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by this time it has become a living

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quarters for many of the ancients of Israel,

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which are not necessarily the priests, but there

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are people who should have a knowledge of

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God and should be leading the people in

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ways of righteousness.

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And he goes in and he says, I

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want to show you there's something hidden in

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the temple.

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You see, when God comes to a people,

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He will always go to the hidden things

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in the temple.

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You and I are the temple of the

548
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Holy Ghost.

549
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,080
If we're sitting in the presence of God,

550
00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:10,080
you can be sure, because of the depth

551
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,240
of His love for you, that He will

552
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,580
go to the things that are hidden in

553
00:19:13,580 --> 00:19:14,000
the temple.

554
00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:18,180
Little rooms, little places, blocked off, where nobody

555
00:19:18,180 --> 00:19:20,780
who's walking in can see them, but God

556
00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:21,360
sees them.

557
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,540
We all have these little areas in our

558
00:19:23,540 --> 00:19:23,800
life.

559
00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,080
We try to hide them, perhaps, from time

560
00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,480
to time throughout our Christian life, and nobody,

561
00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:29,700
we think, sees them.

562
00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,960
But we forget that we're under the eye

563
00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,860
of the all-seeing God 24 hours a

564
00:19:34,860 --> 00:19:35,020
day.

565
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:35,880
It never changes.

566
00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:39,120
He takes him in, and there was a

567
00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:40,000
little hole in the wall.

568
00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:41,120
And He said to me, Son of man,

569
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,100
dig in the wall now.

570
00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:43,580
And when I had digged in the wall,

571
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:44,380
behold the door.

572
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:46,600
He said to me, go in and behold

573
00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,020
the abomination, the wicked abominations that they do

574
00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:49,220
here.

575
00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,420
So I went in and saw, and behold,

576
00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:54,740
every form of creeping thing and abominable beasts

577
00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:56,780
and all the idols of the house of

578
00:19:56,780 --> 00:19:59,900
Israel portrayed on the wall round about.

579
00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,860
And there stood before them 70 men of

580
00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:04,880
the ancients of the house of Israel.

581
00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:07,320
And in the midst of them stood Jezaniah

582
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,080
of the son of Shaphan.

583
00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:11,240
And every man is censured in his hand,

584
00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:14,000
and a thick cloud of incense went up.

585
00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:15,520
And he said to me, Son of man,

586
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:16,900
have you seen what the ancients of the

587
00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:18,340
house of Israel do in the dark?

588
00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:20,960
Every man in the chambers of his imagery,

589
00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,140
or that means his imagination.

590
00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:24,700
For they say the Lord seeth us not.

591
00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:26,540
The Lord has forsaken the earth.

592
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,600
So he takes them into the secret place

593
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,660
as it is deep within the temple.

594
00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:33,980
And in this place there are images.

595
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:38,200
And these images really are idols.

596
00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:41,380
They are visions of the mind as it

597
00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,420
is that are in these people's minds.

598
00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:45,240
And they are worshiping them.

599
00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:46,820
But they're doing it in secret.

600
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,260
I'm sure they would come out of this

601
00:20:49,260 --> 00:20:51,660
little room and join everybody at the altar

602
00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:53,900
of sacrifice and come out for the day

603
00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:55,880
of atonement and put on a big celebration

604
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,000
of being the children of Jehovah God.

605
00:20:58,480 --> 00:20:59,700
But then they would go back into these

606
00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:02,980
little rooms and they would stand, these leaders

607
00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:06,280
of God's people, and they would be worshiping

608
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:06,880
these images.

609
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,480
And it's amazing when we begin to understand

610
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,900
that these images can represent a lot of

611
00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:13,240
things.

612
00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:14,760
They can be success.

613
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,300
Perhaps one man's impression of success does not

614
00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,260
correspond to God.

615
00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,840
So he creates an image of what he

616
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,960
sees himself being as a successful man of

617
00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,940
God, or perhaps just a successful man.

618
00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,360
Another is maybe an image of ambition, unsurrendered

619
00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:30,780
ambition.

620
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,220
This is what I'm going to be.

621
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:33,420
This is what I'm going to do.

622
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,020
Oh, I know that the gospel calls me

623
00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:39,960
to deny myself, but nevertheless I have this

624
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,260
little range of ambition that's before me.

625
00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:44,800
And they're offering up incense to it.

626
00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:47,740
They're offering up prayer to these unsurrendered images

627
00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:48,440
in the heart.

628
00:21:49,020 --> 00:21:51,060
Another man or woman could be an image

629
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:51,580
of lust.

630
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:56,740
Perhaps I'm thinking of all the Christians that

631
00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,240
the Holy Spirit comes to, and late at

632
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,500
night they're locked away in some little room

633
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:04,420
thinking nobody sees it, and clicking on to

634
00:22:04,420 --> 00:22:06,440
these things with their fingers and looking at

635
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,260
these images before them, and offering up incense

636
00:22:09,260 --> 00:22:10,960
of worship and devotion.

637
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,380
You see, whatever you give your time to,

638
00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:14,940
whatever is forming your character is becoming an

639
00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:15,760
idol in your life.

640
00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:18,920
And I just see so many people of

641
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,360
God in our generation are absolutely captivated.

642
00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:24,960
They're playing the hypocritical game in the house

643
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:26,880
of God, and they've got these little secret

644
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:27,380
rooms.

645
00:22:27,820 --> 00:22:29,860
The glory is departing and they don't know

646
00:22:29,860 --> 00:22:30,080
it.

647
00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:31,940
The glory is leaving.

648
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,100
God's Word is standing against them, and here

649
00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,400
they go about their daily activity.

650
00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:39,200
They still come to the house of God.

651
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,460
They still have a semblance as it is

652
00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:43,840
of being some form of a leader with

653
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,160
a vision or knowledge, but they have this

654
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,400
little room, and because of this little room,

655
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,300
the glory of God is departing from them.

656
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:54,660
And Christ Himself is weeping over them, as

657
00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:56,100
when He stood in the Mount of Olives

658
00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:57,680
and said, Oh Jerusalem, if you had known

659
00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,560
what kind of a visitation had come your

660
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,400
way, if you had known what could have

661
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,000
been yours.

662
00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:04,800
I think of this little image of vengeance

663
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,560
that some stand before, these ones who are

664
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,880
forgiven a great deal, but they build this

665
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,060
little image of this, my day is coming,

666
00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:14,060
my vengeance is coming, where those who have

667
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,080
harmed me are going to pay, and others,

668
00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:19,280
all types of self-images of the person

669
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,800
that I am, the person that I will

670
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,380
be someday.

671
00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:23,820
And this is what the ancients are doing.

672
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,740
And they had a statement going on in

673
00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:27,160
their heart.

674
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,800
They said, The Lord seeth us not, for

675
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,240
the Lord has forsaken the earth.

676
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,620
Now, I've heard it said, and I've preached

677
00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:37,620
it myself, that because they were full of

678
00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:40,120
unbelief, that they had begun to worship these

679
00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:40,480
images.

680
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,500
But I think it's the other way around.

681
00:23:42,580 --> 00:23:43,880
If I read it in the right order,

682
00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:46,460
in Scripture, I feel the Holy Spirit showing

683
00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,460
me, No, it's the images that produce the

684
00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:48,940
unbelief.

685
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,840
It's these images that they were worshipping that

686
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,520
took the faith of God right out of

687
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:55,100
their hearts.

688
00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:57,760
And they began to have this impression that

689
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,020
God didn't see them in what they were

690
00:24:00,020 --> 00:24:03,320
doing, and that God was powerless, unconcerned.

691
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,220
He had forsaken the earth.

692
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,880
And this was the deep abiding testimony in

693
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:08,280
their heart.

694
00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,000
Yet, they were going through the motions.

695
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,220
Now, listen to me.

696
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,680
There are people here today.

697
00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:15,540
You're going through the motions.

698
00:24:16,140 --> 00:24:17,000
You've clapped your hands.

699
00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:18,580
You've stood when the youth choir sings.

700
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,620
You get excited by the things of God.

701
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,160
But deep inside of you, you feel, God,

702
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,640
you don't even know where I am.

703
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:26,800
You don't know who I am.

704
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:27,960
You've forsaken me.

705
00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,240
You see, this isn't happenstance.

706
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,720
It quite often comes because you're spending the

707
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,300
rest of your week before some other God.

708
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,760
You're worshipping something other than the Lord Jesus

709
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:40,320
Christ.

710
00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:42,960
You don't spend quality time with God.

711
00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:44,760
You're not an active seeker of God.

712
00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:46,520
You're not in His Word.

713
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,020
You're not imploring the Holy Spirit to open

714
00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,340
this Word and illuminate it to your mind

715
00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:52,620
and your heart and your understanding.

716
00:24:52,780 --> 00:24:55,120
You're not asking God to take up His

717
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,240
residence and become your all in all.

718
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,400
You're not saying, Lord God, form me into

719
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,400
the image of Christ.

720
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,180
And then coming into the house of God,

721
00:25:03,660 --> 00:25:06,460
full of unbelief, singing the songs of Zion,

722
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:07,820
but the glory is departing.

723
00:25:09,220 --> 00:25:11,220
Chapter 8, verse 14, he said, He brought

724
00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:11,700
me now.

725
00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:13,880
He said, I'll show you even greater things.

726
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:15,600
He brought me to the door of the

727
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,100
gate of the Lord's house, which was towards

728
00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:17,600
the north.

729
00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:21,800
And behold, there were women sat there weeping

730
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:22,480
for Tammuz.

731
00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:26,300
Now, Tammuz was a god of vegetation.

732
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,500
In the heat of the summer or in

733
00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:32,500
the late fall, when vegetation died, Tammuz died.

734
00:25:33,420 --> 00:25:36,060
And everybody would weep and wail for poor

735
00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:37,580
old Tammuz who died once again.

736
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,280
And then when the rains came and the

737
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,100
weather got favorable, then vegetation would rise out

738
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:44,720
of the earth and Tammuz would live again.

739
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,180
And there'd be this time of great rejoicing.

740
00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:50,060
And he was also a god of fertility.

741
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,940
So it's this fertility god who just ever

742
00:25:52,940 --> 00:25:54,600
lives and dies and lives and dies.

743
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,800
And here are these women on this roller

744
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,600
coaster of false and vain hope.

745
00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:02,340
Beloved, I want you to listen very carefully.

746
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,780
I'm not trying to be funny, so there's

747
00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:04,540
no need to laugh.

748
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,280
But it is no coincidence that soap operas

749
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,600
are designed for women in the afternoons.

750
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,800
And these things are this idol of Tammuz.

751
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,280
This vegetation as it is.

752
00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:18,880
These romances that live and then they die

753
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:19,700
and live and die.

754
00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:22,120
And women sit there and weep and live

755
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,860
their lives through these idols.

756
00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:26,040
Live their lives through this death.

757
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,880
And I wonder how many sitting here today

758
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,040
when the Holy Spirit has visited you and

759
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,160
as a matter of fact, if you're a

760
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,720
Christian, He lives in you and has had

761
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,640
to watch you sitting in front of Tammuz

762
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,060
weeping.

763
00:26:36,540 --> 00:26:37,760
Weeping at foolishness.

764
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:38,640
Weeping at lies.

765
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,060
Weeping at adultery and fornication.

766
00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:42,000
And all types of evil.

767
00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:46,220
Led on this roller coaster of vain emotion.

768
00:26:46,860 --> 00:26:49,660
Trying to find some kind of solace because

769
00:26:49,660 --> 00:26:51,740
you're in a loveless marriage or a hopeless

770
00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:55,520
relationship or you have a pitied self-image.

771
00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,300
And so you sit in front of this

772
00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:00,440
thing and you watch, you listen to this

773
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,620
idiocy of these relationships that live and then

774
00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:04,100
they die.

775
00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:05,820
And you cry when they die.

776
00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:07,520
And then you rejoice when they live and

777
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:08,580
you cry when they die.

778
00:27:08,780 --> 00:27:10,720
You even phone each other and talk about

779
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:11,180
Tammuz.

780
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,360
What's the state of Tammuz?

781
00:27:15,790 --> 00:27:18,430
The Holy Spirit said, the glory is departing

782
00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:19,090
for these things.

783
00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:21,930
How long do we hear truth and not

784
00:27:21,930 --> 00:27:22,750
respond to it?

785
00:27:23,290 --> 00:27:24,090
How long?

786
00:27:24,490 --> 00:27:26,770
You see, there comes a time when you

787
00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:28,570
end up on the other side of truth.

788
00:27:29,090 --> 00:27:30,170
You're on the other side.

789
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:32,090
You're in captivity and looking back.

790
00:27:32,710 --> 00:27:34,930
And God comes to you and pleads.

791
00:27:35,010 --> 00:27:36,890
That's what the role of Jeremiah was and

792
00:27:36,890 --> 00:27:39,270
Isaiah and others who God raised up.

793
00:27:39,350 --> 00:27:40,750
And it's a pleading with the people of

794
00:27:40,750 --> 00:27:40,970
God.

795
00:27:41,070 --> 00:27:42,470
The glory is going to depart.

796
00:27:42,770 --> 00:27:44,130
You're going to end up in captivity.

797
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:46,390
When difficulty comes, you're not going to be

798
00:27:46,390 --> 00:27:48,710
able to stand, turn from these things, and

799
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:49,830
turn to the living God.

800
00:27:51,330 --> 00:27:53,130
He took him further and he said, he

801
00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:54,570
brought me into the inner court.

802
00:27:55,410 --> 00:27:57,610
Verse 16, of the Lord's house.

803
00:27:57,730 --> 00:27:59,030
And behold, at the door of the temple

804
00:27:59,030 --> 00:28:00,490
of the Lord, between the porch and the

805
00:28:00,490 --> 00:28:03,510
altar, were about five and twenty men with

806
00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:05,230
their backs towards the temple of the Lord

807
00:28:05,230 --> 00:28:07,210
and their faces towards the east.

808
00:28:07,550 --> 00:28:10,350
And they worshiped the sun towards the east.

809
00:28:10,430 --> 00:28:12,090
Now these are the priests of the temple

810
00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:14,050
as the commentators described them.

811
00:28:14,850 --> 00:28:16,530
And they have their backs to the altar

812
00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:17,010
of God.

813
00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:19,690
They're looking away now from the Creator.

814
00:28:19,690 --> 00:28:22,390
And they're looking to creation to satisfy their

815
00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:22,690
need.

816
00:28:23,090 --> 00:28:24,910
They're moving in the opposite direction.

817
00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:27,810
Everything in their theology is now about health

818
00:28:27,810 --> 00:28:29,790
and wealth and success and prosperity.

819
00:28:30,310 --> 00:28:31,130
They're looking away.

820
00:28:31,190 --> 00:28:32,610
The cross is behind them now.

821
00:28:33,230 --> 00:28:35,730
We sing that song, you know, the cross

822
00:28:35,730 --> 00:28:37,330
before me, the world behind me.

823
00:28:37,390 --> 00:28:38,570
That's the proper perspective.

824
00:28:38,910 --> 00:28:40,550
In other words, I'm going on to find

825
00:28:40,550 --> 00:28:41,170
the will of God.

826
00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:43,470
And even if it causes pain, I'm going

827
00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:44,110
to embrace it.

828
00:28:44,410 --> 00:28:45,830
But the theology is now reversed.

829
00:28:45,950 --> 00:28:47,770
The cross is behind and the world is

830
00:28:47,770 --> 00:28:49,130
very clearly before them.

831
00:28:49,130 --> 00:28:52,350
And they're worshiping ease and they're worshiping comfort.

832
00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:54,430
And they're worshiping success.

833
00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:57,390
And they're worshiping everything that the creation has

834
00:28:57,390 --> 00:28:58,190
to offer them.

835
00:28:58,650 --> 00:29:00,310
And we're living at that time right now,

836
00:29:00,370 --> 00:29:00,550
beloved.

837
00:29:00,670 --> 00:29:02,170
We're living at that time in America.

838
00:29:02,450 --> 00:29:05,150
You don't believe me, God forbid that you

839
00:29:05,150 --> 00:29:06,390
should have to ever do it, but just

840
00:29:06,390 --> 00:29:08,530
look at Christian television for half a day

841
00:29:08,530 --> 00:29:09,810
and you're going to see it.

842
00:29:09,870 --> 00:29:11,570
You're going to see the sun worshipers.

843
00:29:11,870 --> 00:29:13,610
You're going to see them very, very clear.

844
00:29:13,930 --> 00:29:16,410
There's no cross, no blood, no offense, no

845
00:29:16,410 --> 00:29:18,550
gospel, no call to self-denial.

846
00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:21,710
Nothing but success and prosperity and health and

847
00:29:21,710 --> 00:29:22,470
wealth and happiness.

848
00:29:22,770 --> 00:29:24,310
And of course, it all comes by giving

849
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:25,170
your money to me.

850
00:29:25,770 --> 00:29:27,230
That's the gospel they preach.

851
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:31,760
Verse 17.

852
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,240
The Lord says to Ezekiel, Have you seen

853
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,600
this, O son of man?

854
00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:39,800
And is it a light thing to the

855
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,760
house of Judah that they commit the abominations

856
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:42,580
which they commit here?

857
00:29:42,620 --> 00:29:44,200
For they've filled the land with violence.

858
00:29:44,980 --> 00:29:46,540
They've filled the land with violence.

859
00:29:46,540 --> 00:29:50,140
The Bible says in Proverbs 29, 18, where

860
00:29:50,140 --> 00:29:52,080
there is no vision, the people perish.

861
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,180
And what that means in the Hebrew context

862
00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:58,560
is where there is no real sight of

863
00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,320
the divine presence.

864
00:29:59,460 --> 00:30:01,720
That's actually more the original translation.

865
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,920
Where there is no real sight of the

866
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,580
divine presence, the people become unruly, lawless, and

867
00:30:07,580 --> 00:30:08,540
begin to run wild.

868
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,900
In other words, where there is no manifestation

869
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:15,160
of Christ in His church and among His

870
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,660
people, in the New Testament, the Bible says

871
00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:19,600
the Holy Spirit is the restrainer.

872
00:30:20,460 --> 00:30:22,420
He is the one that keeps this world

873
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:25,660
from breaking into an unspeakable lawlessness.

874
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,920
But it's not just an ambiguous restraint that

875
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,400
sort of trails itself on the wind.

876
00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:33,860
The restraint, the Holy Spirit is in His

877
00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:34,220
church.

878
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,080
He's in the church of Jesus Christ.

879
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,380
The restraint that God manifests to the evils

880
00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:42,420
of society around me are in me, they're

881
00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:42,860
in you.

882
00:30:42,860 --> 00:30:46,460
And if there is no real sight of

883
00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:49,720
God through His church, the people around become

884
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,860
unruly, lawless, and begin to run wild.

885
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,920
And God's glory must depart from this type

886
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,480
of religion.

887
00:30:57,220 --> 00:30:58,960
It departs gradually.

888
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,360
He departs reluctantly.

889
00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,340
You'll see if you took the time to

890
00:31:03,340 --> 00:31:05,780
see His departure was in three, actually four

891
00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:06,260
stages.

892
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,980
He leaves the Holy of Holies and then

893
00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:09,840
goes to the door.

894
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,340
Then mounts the chariot of the cherubim.

895
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,900
And then leaves gradually and heads over to

896
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:16,580
the Mount of Olives.

897
00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:18,380
He does not leave quickly.

898
00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:19,620
He does not leave hastily.

899
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,420
Because it's God's desire to have a people.

900
00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:26,740
Now in 1 Corinthians 3.16, Paul says,

901
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:27,780
Do you not know that you are the

902
00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:29,680
temple of God and that the Spirit of

903
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:30,560
God dwells in you?

904
00:31:31,060 --> 00:31:33,560
And if any man defiles the temple of

905
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,040
God, him shall God destroy.

906
00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:38,260
For the temple of God is holy, which

907
00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:39,260
temple you are.

908
00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:43,980
I believe that the book of Romans tells

909
00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:47,020
us very, very clearly the form that this

910
00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:48,000
departure takes.

911
00:31:48,620 --> 00:31:50,060
Let me just read it to you for

912
00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:50,700
time's sake.

913
00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:54,220
Romans 1.28 And even as they did

914
00:31:54,220 --> 00:31:56,460
not like to retain God in their knowledge,

915
00:31:57,260 --> 00:32:00,340
there are people like this who will sit

916
00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:01,760
under the word of God, but they don't

917
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,380
want God to be part of their daily

918
00:32:03,380 --> 00:32:04,040
experience.

919
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:05,920
We heard this morning they have a form

920
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,200
of godliness, but their life totally lacks the

921
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,980
manifestation of God's life and power.

922
00:32:11,780 --> 00:32:14,240
God gave them over to a reprobate mind

923
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,140
to do those things which are not convenient.

924
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,540
A reprobation.

925
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,900
Here's the evidence of the departure of the

926
00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:21,240
glory.

927
00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:23,620
It's a crooked thinking about God.

928
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,880
It's a crooked thinking about holiness.

929
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,040
A crooked thinking about life in general as

930
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:29,760
God sees it.

931
00:32:30,420 --> 00:32:34,500
Being filled with unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,

932
00:32:34,980 --> 00:32:35,640
maliciousness.

933
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,880
In other words, they will reach out and

934
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:38,520
become greedy.

935
00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:43,260
They will bear grudges and come under no

936
00:32:43,260 --> 00:32:43,740
conviction.

937
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,120
Full of envy.

938
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,280
They'll see somebody in the church body that

939
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,260
is getting a better position than them and

940
00:32:50,260 --> 00:32:52,540
they will be eaten up with envy at

941
00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:54,300
what God is doing in somebody else's life.

942
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:55,560
Murder.

943
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,480
Bible says anyone hates his brother, he's a

944
00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:58,740
murderer.

945
00:32:59,440 --> 00:32:59,920
Debate.

946
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,520
You ever run into doctrinal debaters who ruin

947
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:03,980
every prayer meeting you've ever attended?

948
00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:06,900
That may be evidence of a reprobate mind.

949
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:09,340
That's a mind that doesn't really want truth

950
00:33:09,340 --> 00:33:11,520
because the end of truth is a peaceableness.

951
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:12,800
There's a joy.

952
00:33:12,940 --> 00:33:14,580
There's a deep abiding presence of God.

953
00:33:15,020 --> 00:33:17,020
Something comes into your spirit that says I

954
00:33:17,020 --> 00:33:18,220
don't have to win every argument.

955
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,740
I just simply have to know who Christ

956
00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:20,100
is.

957
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,000
Deceit is a reprobation.

958
00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:26,840
That means coming in and pretending to be

959
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,560
one thing but really being another.

960
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:30,000
Whisperers.

961
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,320
Whisperers are reprobate.

962
00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:33,540
Oh, yes.

963
00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:36,100
We all from time to time may fall

964
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:37,800
prey to some of these things.

965
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,360
But the difference is if the Holy Spirit

966
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,700
is in you and the glory of God

967
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:43,580
is still with you, the Holy Spirit will

968
00:33:43,580 --> 00:33:45,720
convince and convict that this falls short of

969
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,740
the glory of God and there will be

970
00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:48,420
a deep inner grieving in your heart.

971
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,320
But you see, the reprobate is not grieved

972
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,100
because there's no longer a convicting of the

973
00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:54,560
Holy Spirit.

974
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:55,560
The glory is gone.

975
00:33:56,420 --> 00:33:56,820
Backbiters.

976
00:33:56,940 --> 00:33:57,660
Haters of God.

977
00:33:58,460 --> 00:33:59,780
Despiteful, proud boasters.

978
00:34:00,260 --> 00:34:01,380
Inventors of evil things.

979
00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:03,560
Disobedient to parents without understanding.

980
00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:04,720
Covenant breakers.

981
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,960
In other words, they'll make promises with no

982
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,139
intent of ever keeping them.

983
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:09,920
Without natural affection.

984
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,020
That means family affection.

985
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:14,120
A reprobate in the church of Jesus Christ

986
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,480
can make any kind of vow he wants

987
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,100
before God and walk away when it's no

988
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:17,760
longer convenient.

989
00:34:20,340 --> 00:34:20,780
Implacable.

990
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,280
That means unconsolable.

991
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,360
I know, Pastor Neil, you've run across this.

992
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,940
People just cannot be consoled.

993
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,420
It's strong evidence sometimes that they are reprobate.

994
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,120
That the comforter is gone.

995
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,219
There is no chance that they can be

996
00:34:32,219 --> 00:34:32,940
consoled.

997
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:33,739
Unmerciful.

998
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:35,940
Knowing the judgment of God that they which

999
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:37,940
commit such things are worthy of death not

1000
00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:40,120
only do them, but have pleasure in them

1001
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:40,719
that do them.

1002
00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:43,159
Not only do these things, but have no

1003
00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:43,639
conviction.

1004
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:46,139
Can go home, turn on television, watch it

1005
00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:46,600
all week.

1006
00:34:47,179 --> 00:34:49,080
And the very things that are listed here

1007
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,580
are being acted out before them.

1008
00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:52,380
They don't only do them, but they have

1009
00:34:52,380 --> 00:34:54,060
pleasure in those that do them.

1010
00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:56,340
And the Bible clearly says they did not

1011
00:34:56,340 --> 00:34:57,980
want to retain God in their knowledge.

1012
00:34:57,980 --> 00:35:00,220
I only warn you because I love you.

1013
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,960
I only warn you because I sense the

1014
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,560
love of God for this church, for every

1015
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,840
soul that ever comes through the doors.

1016
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,220
God forbid that I should ever condemn you

1017
00:35:08,220 --> 00:35:10,020
if you are righteous, but ever make you

1018
00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:11,180
comfortable if you are wicked.

1019
00:35:14,510 --> 00:35:19,930
Now, before the glory departs, the Lord told

1020
00:35:19,930 --> 00:35:23,150
Ezekiel, He said, Send a man.

1021
00:35:24,210 --> 00:35:25,450
He said, I'm going to send a man

1022
00:35:25,450 --> 00:35:27,050
throughout the camp as it is of Israel,

1023
00:35:27,170 --> 00:35:28,670
and I'm going to set a mark.

1024
00:35:28,670 --> 00:35:30,650
In chapter 9, verse 4, it says, The

1025
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:31,890
Lord said to him, Go through the midst

1026
00:35:31,890 --> 00:35:34,110
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,

1027
00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:36,910
and set a mark upon the foreheads of

1028
00:35:36,910 --> 00:35:39,270
the men that sigh and cry for all

1029
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:41,770
the abominations that be done in the midst.

1030
00:35:41,830 --> 00:35:44,550
Now, the mark, He said, Before I judge

1031
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:48,830
the city, before I judge Jerusalem, and the

1032
00:35:48,830 --> 00:35:51,830
whole nation as it is, I'm sending somebody

1033
00:35:51,830 --> 00:35:52,210
down.

1034
00:35:52,290 --> 00:35:55,050
He's going to set a mark on everyone

1035
00:35:55,050 --> 00:35:57,450
who sighs and cries for all the abominations

1036
00:35:57,450 --> 00:35:58,290
that are done here.

1037
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,370
Now, the mark is the Hebrew.

1038
00:36:02,370 --> 00:36:03,610
It's the Hebrew Taw.

1039
00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:05,350
It's a letter, Taw, T-A-W.

1040
00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:07,510
And it's the form of a cross.

1041
00:36:08,350 --> 00:36:09,070
It's amazing.

1042
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:11,790
When you begin to see the similarity where

1043
00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:13,530
the Lord says, I'm going to go down,

1044
00:36:14,030 --> 00:36:15,250
and those that are mine are going to

1045
00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:16,690
have the mark of the cross on them.

1046
00:36:17,330 --> 00:36:18,590
There's a mark on them.

1047
00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,390
I want to tell you, beloved, if you

1048
00:36:20,390 --> 00:36:22,490
have a heart for truth, you bear in

1049
00:36:22,490 --> 00:36:23,890
you the mark of the Son of God.

1050
00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:25,790
The Bible says He was a man of

1051
00:36:25,790 --> 00:36:27,370
sorrows and acquainted with grief.

1052
00:36:28,090 --> 00:36:29,270
You bear in you a grief.

1053
00:36:29,410 --> 00:36:30,950
There's a grief for the sins of the

1054
00:36:30,950 --> 00:36:31,270
nation.

1055
00:36:31,730 --> 00:36:33,510
There's a grief for a backslidden church.

1056
00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:35,730
If you truly have the mark of God,

1057
00:36:35,970 --> 00:36:37,850
there's also an abiding grief.

1058
00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:40,310
Whenever we are grieving the Spirit of God,

1059
00:36:40,450 --> 00:36:41,150
there's a grief.

1060
00:36:41,250 --> 00:36:42,810
It's not a condemnation.

1061
00:36:43,190 --> 00:36:45,210
It is a conviction because we are children

1062
00:36:45,210 --> 00:36:45,710
of God.

1063
00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:47,730
We have that part of us that cries,

1064
00:36:47,850 --> 00:36:48,350
Abba, Father.

1065
00:36:48,610 --> 00:36:50,650
But we have the other part, that office

1066
00:36:50,650 --> 00:36:53,110
of the Holy Spirit that comes and moves

1067
00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,770
upon us when what we are doing and

1068
00:36:54,770 --> 00:36:56,490
what we are thinking falls short of the

1069
00:36:56,490 --> 00:36:57,070
glory of God.

1070
00:36:57,210 --> 00:36:58,950
I don't know about you, but when I

1071
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:00,670
start to fall short of the glory that

1072
00:37:00,670 --> 00:37:03,110
Christ has for me, a grieving quite often

1073
00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:04,130
comes into my heart.

1074
00:37:04,650 --> 00:37:07,030
A deep abiding grief that says, Oh God,

1075
00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:08,690
I don't want to be like this.

1076
00:37:08,830 --> 00:37:10,210
I don't want to talk like this.

1077
00:37:10,370 --> 00:37:11,630
I don't want to act like this.

1078
00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:12,990
I don't want to think like this.

1079
00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:15,170
God, I don't want this to mar the

1080
00:37:15,170 --> 00:37:17,710
testimony of Your glory through my life.

1081
00:37:17,930 --> 00:37:19,110
Oh God, I repent.

1082
00:37:19,590 --> 00:37:21,110
I don't want this in my life.

1083
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:22,630
And now I call out to You, Holy

1084
00:37:22,630 --> 00:37:23,010
Spirit.

1085
00:37:23,010 --> 00:37:25,030
I call out to You, Jesus, as I

1086
00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:25,750
look upon You.

1087
00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:28,170
Yours promised to me is that I gaze

1088
00:37:28,170 --> 00:37:30,370
upon You as You reveal Yourself to me.

1089
00:37:30,430 --> 00:37:32,110
I will be changed into Your image from

1090
00:37:32,110 --> 00:37:32,910
glory to glory.

1091
00:37:33,130 --> 00:37:34,830
So now I call out to You for

1092
00:37:34,830 --> 00:37:35,990
this area of my life.

1093
00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:37,630
And oh God, change me.

1094
00:37:38,190 --> 00:37:39,990
And You come in not long after that

1095
00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:42,190
and there is a glory in Your soul

1096
00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:44,770
that is unspeakable and full of glory.

1097
00:37:45,490 --> 00:37:47,130
You don't have to be convinced that God

1098
00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:47,770
is alive.

1099
00:37:48,210 --> 00:37:50,450
You're not going home and sitting in front

1100
00:37:50,450 --> 00:37:51,570
of some foolish image.

1101
00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:53,910
You're coming into the house of God and

1102
00:37:53,910 --> 00:37:55,050
saying, I know He lives.

1103
00:37:58,730 --> 00:38:00,950
Because the glory is in the temple.

1104
00:38:01,890 --> 00:38:02,650
The glory.

1105
00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:04,670
You don't find it when you come here.

1106
00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:05,730
You bring it with you.

1107
00:38:05,970 --> 00:38:07,970
The glory of God comes in here with

1108
00:38:07,970 --> 00:38:08,290
you.

1109
00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:13,690
Thanks be to God.

1110
00:38:13,830 --> 00:38:14,770
Thanks be to God.

1111
00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:18,850
The unspeakable glory of Jesus Christ.

1112
00:38:19,670 --> 00:38:21,630
There is this mark of God.

1113
00:38:22,250 --> 00:38:23,710
This mark that says, prove me.

1114
00:38:23,990 --> 00:38:24,590
Search me.

1115
00:38:24,810 --> 00:38:26,490
No, don't misunderstand me.

1116
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:29,150
I'm not talking about the whip me, beat

1117
00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:31,550
me circuit that you sometimes find in the

1118
00:38:31,550 --> 00:38:31,850
church.

1119
00:38:31,990 --> 00:38:32,770
Oh, I'm so unworthy.

1120
00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:33,370
I'm so rotten.

1121
00:38:33,450 --> 00:38:34,770
Just kill me, beat me, hit me.

1122
00:38:35,110 --> 00:38:37,890
No, the motivation is a deep abiding love

1123
00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:41,350
for God that says, Lord, if I'm grieving,

1124
00:38:41,450 --> 00:38:42,150
You show me.

1125
00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:43,270
Show me.

1126
00:38:43,350 --> 00:38:44,710
Show me where You love me, yes.

1127
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:46,630
And show me where You've strengthened me.

1128
00:38:46,630 --> 00:38:48,790
I need to be aware of these things.

1129
00:38:48,890 --> 00:38:50,510
Otherwise, I'm always going to be living in

1130
00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:52,990
regret and eventually under condemnation.

1131
00:38:53,150 --> 00:38:55,510
But God, wherever I'm failing, You show me.

1132
00:38:55,790 --> 00:38:56,410
Show me.

1133
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:58,250
And the mark of the true man or

1134
00:38:58,250 --> 00:39:00,050
woman of God is that when you're shown,

1135
00:39:00,170 --> 00:39:01,230
you hit these altars.

1136
00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:03,130
Man, you hit the decks running and say,

1137
00:39:03,190 --> 00:39:04,690
God, I want that rot out of my

1138
00:39:04,690 --> 00:39:04,930
life.

1139
00:39:05,130 --> 00:39:06,450
I want that filth out of my life.

1140
00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:08,750
I want this thing that is blocking the

1141
00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:10,110
glory of God.

1142
00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:12,250
I want this image of jealousy gone.

1143
00:39:12,330 --> 00:39:13,610
This thing that causes you grief.

1144
00:39:13,630 --> 00:39:14,330
I want it gone.

1145
00:39:14,670 --> 00:39:15,790
I want it out of the temple.

1146
00:39:15,790 --> 00:39:18,130
I don't want this thing having any part

1147
00:39:18,130 --> 00:39:18,870
in my life.

1148
00:39:19,610 --> 00:39:22,230
Look at 2 Corinthians very quickly with me.

1149
00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:23,010
Chapter 4.

1150
00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:32,510
2 Corinthians 4 where the Apostle Paul talks

1151
00:39:32,510 --> 00:39:34,550
about this ministry.

1152
00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:37,790
Chapter 4, verse 1.

1153
00:39:37,930 --> 00:39:41,130
He says, Therefore, seeing we have this ministry,

1154
00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:44,130
and as we have received mercy, we faint

1155
00:39:44,130 --> 00:39:44,450
not.

1156
00:39:44,450 --> 00:39:47,290
Yes, we have a call to bear the

1157
00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:47,990
image of God.

1158
00:39:48,550 --> 00:39:51,290
And we are going to bear it through

1159
00:39:51,290 --> 00:39:51,710
mercy.

1160
00:39:52,110 --> 00:39:52,550
Hallelujah.

1161
00:39:52,810 --> 00:39:53,650
Not human effort.

1162
00:39:54,550 --> 00:39:55,870
He promises we believe.

1163
00:39:56,390 --> 00:39:58,490
And that's where the contract begins to be

1164
00:39:58,490 --> 00:39:58,830
enacted.

1165
00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:00,930
And we faint not.

1166
00:40:01,590 --> 00:40:02,570
But here's the key.

1167
00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:04,370
Verse 2 says, We have renounced, but have

1168
00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:06,230
renounced the hidden things of dishonesty.

1169
00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:07,930
This is the mark of the man of

1170
00:40:07,930 --> 00:40:08,970
God, the woman of God.

1171
00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:10,330
We've renounced them.

1172
00:40:10,550 --> 00:40:12,130
Not walking in craftiness.

1173
00:40:12,130 --> 00:40:14,350
Not walking in a crookedness.

1174
00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:18,350
Not trying to make truth a lie.

1175
00:40:19,010 --> 00:40:19,670
And a lie truth.

1176
00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:21,950
Not trying to twist the things of God.

1177
00:40:22,210 --> 00:40:24,150
Nor handling the word of God deceitfully.

1178
00:40:24,730 --> 00:40:28,610
But by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves

1179
00:40:28,610 --> 00:40:30,670
to every man's conscience in the sight of

1180
00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:30,890
God.

1181
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:32,110
Do you see that in your Bible?

1182
00:40:32,750 --> 00:40:35,190
But by the manifestation of the truth.

1183
00:40:35,770 --> 00:40:38,670
Changing into the image of God.

1184
00:40:38,990 --> 00:40:40,530
This image that Ezekiel saw.

1185
00:40:40,530 --> 00:40:43,010
This is the image that we're supposed to

1186
00:40:43,010 --> 00:40:44,130
bear within this temple.

1187
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:46,650
There's not supposed to be anything in us

1188
00:40:46,650 --> 00:40:48,130
willfully that causes jealousy.

1189
00:40:48,410 --> 00:40:50,030
We're not supposed to be formed by another

1190
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:50,450
image.

1191
00:40:51,430 --> 00:40:55,270
But Paul says, If we are dealing honestly

1192
00:40:55,270 --> 00:40:58,150
with God, The word of God, the truth

1193
00:40:58,150 --> 00:41:00,430
of God is manifesting in us the life

1194
00:41:00,430 --> 00:41:01,110
of Christ.

1195
00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:05,290
And that manifestation causes us to stand before

1196
00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:06,710
every man's conscience.

1197
00:41:07,230 --> 00:41:08,590
In the sight of God.

1198
00:41:09,370 --> 00:41:11,050
In other words, we become a Bible.

1199
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,000
They may curse at us.

1200
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,580
They may threaten us.

1201
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:20,940
But they can't ignore us.

1202
00:41:23,090 --> 00:41:24,830
Because we are the epistle of God.

1203
00:41:26,030 --> 00:41:27,850
God's finger has written His law now in

1204
00:41:27,850 --> 00:41:28,370
our hearts.

1205
00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:30,010
He's written His law in our minds.

1206
00:41:30,690 --> 00:41:31,930
He's given us a new spirit.

1207
00:41:32,530 --> 00:41:34,430
He's taken away this stony heart of unbelief

1208
00:41:34,430 --> 00:41:35,790
and given us a heart of flesh to

1209
00:41:35,790 --> 00:41:36,290
believe Him.

1210
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:38,510
We are changing from image to image and

1211
00:41:38,510 --> 00:41:39,470
glory to glory.

1212
00:41:41,770 --> 00:41:44,230
The very presence of God in us becomes

1213
00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:45,070
the restrainer.

1214
00:41:48,140 --> 00:41:50,480
That's always been the answer to the ills

1215
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,260
of any generation, any nation.

1216
00:41:53,140 --> 00:41:54,860
It's a man, it's a woman, it's a

1217
00:41:54,860 --> 00:41:57,640
people somewhere that get a hold of God.

1218
00:41:58,700 --> 00:42:00,900
And say, Jesus be formed in me.

1219
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,360
God's answer to a backslidden England is always

1220
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:07,840
a Wesley.

1221
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:18,580
If our gospel is hidden, Paul goes on

1222
00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:19,940
to say it's hidden from those that are

1223
00:42:19,940 --> 00:42:20,320
lost.

1224
00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:23,360
In whom the God of this world has

1225
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,080
blinded the minds of them which believe not,

1226
00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:26,760
lest the light of the glorious gospel of

1227
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,680
Christ, who is the image of God, should

1228
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:29,520
shine unto them.

1229
00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:32,640
Verse 6 says, For God who commanded the

1230
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,440
light to shine out of darkness has shined

1231
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,480
in our hearts to give the light of

1232
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:37,960
the knowledge of the glory of God in

1233
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,500
the face of Jesus Christ.

1234
00:42:40,180 --> 00:42:41,360
He's shined in us.

1235
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,980
And the image, that image of God that

1236
00:42:43,980 --> 00:42:45,620
was in the face of Jesus Christ is

1237
00:42:45,620 --> 00:42:46,300
now ours.

1238
00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:48,320
We are to be His body.

1239
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,440
We are His representatives on this side of

1240
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:50,900
eternity.

1241
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,700
I believe we can say like John, We

1242
00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:55,560
beheld His glory as the only begotten of

1243
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,500
the Father, full of grace and truth.

1244
00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:00,300
And like Paul, who says, As we beheld

1245
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:02,040
Him, we were changed into the same image

1246
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,160
from glory to glory, even as by the

1247
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:05,940
Spirit of the Lord.

1248
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:12,160
Now the Lord says to Ezekiel, There are

1249
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:13,720
hard times coming for everybody.

1250
00:43:16,690 --> 00:43:18,150
I want you to set the mark.

1251
00:43:19,810 --> 00:43:22,530
This mark will identify those that are mine.

1252
00:43:23,630 --> 00:43:24,610
This mark of the cross.

1253
00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:33,090
In chapter 11 verse 16, He said, Although

1254
00:43:33,090 --> 00:43:34,950
I have cast them off far among the

1255
00:43:34,950 --> 00:43:38,070
heathen, and although I have scattered them among

1256
00:43:38,070 --> 00:43:39,570
the countries, yet I'll be to them like

1257
00:43:39,570 --> 00:43:42,650
a little sanctuary in the countries where they

1258
00:43:42,650 --> 00:43:43,230
shall come.

1259
00:43:44,270 --> 00:43:46,210
God says, No matter where you find yourself

1260
00:43:46,210 --> 00:43:47,850
in the coming days, those that are mine,

1261
00:43:50,020 --> 00:43:54,600
Yes, the glory that America knew is lifting

1262
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:55,960
and is almost gone.

1263
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,440
A lot of churches have already lost the

1264
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:00,660
glory.

1265
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:01,640
They are not even aware of it.

1266
00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:02,900
The glory is gone.

1267
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,620
There is no manifested presence of Jesus Christ

1268
00:44:05,620 --> 00:44:06,340
in them anymore.

1269
00:44:08,450 --> 00:44:10,130
A lot of Christians have lost the glory

1270
00:44:10,130 --> 00:44:10,530
of God.

1271
00:44:11,630 --> 00:44:13,570
Because they played with the holy things.

1272
00:44:15,510 --> 00:44:16,470
Remember Belshazzar.

1273
00:44:16,470 --> 00:44:19,490
There is one sin that God will bring

1274
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:21,210
instant judgment to, when they took the holy

1275
00:44:21,210 --> 00:44:24,630
things out from the temple and began to

1276
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:25,370
party with them.

1277
00:44:26,810 --> 00:44:28,430
And drink and commit harlotry.

1278
00:44:29,850 --> 00:44:31,330
Then the writing came on the wall.

1279
00:44:32,270 --> 00:44:33,450
It said, Your kingdom is finished.

1280
00:44:33,590 --> 00:44:33,930
It's over.

1281
00:44:35,130 --> 00:44:37,690
Time and again throughout history, there have been

1282
00:44:37,690 --> 00:44:38,870
people who have heard the word of God,

1283
00:44:38,930 --> 00:44:40,070
but they've played with God.

1284
00:44:40,990 --> 00:44:42,310
They've toyed with His goodness.

1285
00:44:43,410 --> 00:44:45,570
They've taken His covenant and done despite.

1286
00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:47,870
To the grace that He's given them.

1287
00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:49,710
And the glory lifts.

1288
00:44:49,850 --> 00:44:51,030
I have known reprobates.

1289
00:44:51,170 --> 00:44:52,470
There are reprobates in this church.

1290
00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:53,130
I love it.

1291
00:44:55,420 --> 00:44:56,280
There are reprobates.

1292
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:57,280
You cannot talk to them.

1293
00:44:57,460 --> 00:44:58,040
They're evil.

1294
00:44:59,340 --> 00:45:00,780
I say that very reluctantly.

1295
00:45:00,940 --> 00:45:02,640
We have people who write letters, even while

1296
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:03,100
I'm preaching.

1297
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,500
I'll get scathing letters about this message.

1298
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:07,120
Evil.

1299
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:08,060
Venomous.

1300
00:45:08,380 --> 00:45:09,660
There are some names in this church where

1301
00:45:09,660 --> 00:45:10,740
your letter goes right into the garbage.

1302
00:45:10,860 --> 00:45:11,680
We don't even open it.

1303
00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:13,680
You've been writing so long, you don't know

1304
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:14,480
what you are anymore.

1305
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,640
And I'm not preaching this for your sake.

1306
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,780
This is just a sidebar to what the

1307
00:45:18,780 --> 00:45:20,180
Holy Spirit has given me to speak.

1308
00:45:23,390 --> 00:45:24,910
He said, but to those who choose to

1309
00:45:24,910 --> 00:45:27,650
walk in truth, I'm going to be a

1310
00:45:27,650 --> 00:45:28,710
little sanctuary to you.

1311
00:45:29,770 --> 00:45:30,130
Hallelujah.

1312
00:45:32,810 --> 00:45:34,070
I'm just going to be a little sanctuary.

1313
00:45:34,250 --> 00:45:35,530
I don't know what's going to happen to

1314
00:45:35,530 --> 00:45:36,050
New York City.

1315
00:45:36,730 --> 00:45:37,670
I don't know what's going to happen to

1316
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:37,950
America.

1317
00:45:38,050 --> 00:45:38,950
It's not going to be good though.

1318
00:45:39,890 --> 00:45:41,630
But God says, for those who have my

1319
00:45:41,630 --> 00:45:46,450
mark on them, who want the glory, I'm

1320
00:45:46,450 --> 00:45:47,570
going to be a little sanctuary.

1321
00:45:49,290 --> 00:45:51,110
Now you, in fact, and I are the

1322
00:45:51,110 --> 00:45:51,770
little sanctuary.

1323
00:45:52,230 --> 00:45:53,310
And God's just saying, I'm going to be

1324
00:45:53,310 --> 00:45:55,010
in you and around you and on you.

1325
00:45:55,510 --> 00:45:57,010
I'm going to keep your mind in perfect

1326
00:45:57,010 --> 00:45:57,510
peace.

1327
00:45:57,990 --> 00:45:59,710
When all hell breaks out, you're going to

1328
00:45:59,710 --> 00:46:02,050
be looking up because your redemption draws nigh.

1329
00:46:03,110 --> 00:46:06,070
Everyone else is running to caves and mountains

1330
00:46:06,070 --> 00:46:08,250
and looking to hide for the fear that's

1331
00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:08,970
coming on them.

1332
00:46:09,710 --> 00:46:11,750
But you are waiting for that trumpet blast.

1333
00:46:11,890 --> 00:46:13,210
You are waiting to go home.

1334
00:46:13,770 --> 00:46:17,030
In the interim, you are a standing expression

1335
00:46:17,030 --> 00:46:18,030
of the power of God.

1336
00:46:18,350 --> 00:46:19,970
You will not bow down to the golden

1337
00:46:19,970 --> 00:46:20,410
image.

1338
00:46:20,910 --> 00:46:22,550
You will not give in to the evil

1339
00:46:22,550 --> 00:46:23,990
of this culture all around us.

1340
00:46:24,270 --> 00:46:25,130
You've made a choice.

1341
00:46:25,570 --> 00:46:27,370
You said, I'm coming out from among them.

1342
00:46:27,450 --> 00:46:29,610
I'm not letting the things of this society

1343
00:46:29,610 --> 00:46:31,010
begin to mold me any longer.

1344
00:46:31,290 --> 00:46:32,230
I've had enough of it.

1345
00:46:32,570 --> 00:46:34,510
And when God looks at me, I don't

1346
00:46:34,510 --> 00:46:36,410
want there to be a competition between the

1347
00:46:36,410 --> 00:46:38,210
glory of Christ and an image of jealousy.

1348
00:46:38,610 --> 00:46:40,110
I don't want Him to come to me

1349
00:46:40,110 --> 00:46:42,530
and see these two things cohabitating in the

1350
00:46:42,530 --> 00:46:42,810
temple.

1351
00:46:42,810 --> 00:46:44,870
Because He said, I will not give my

1352
00:46:44,870 --> 00:46:46,050
glory to another image.

1353
00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:47,430
I will adore.

1354
00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:48,810
I will plead.

1355
00:46:49,070 --> 00:46:50,050
I will come to you.

1356
00:46:50,350 --> 00:46:53,110
I will manifest my name to you, my

1357
00:46:53,110 --> 00:46:53,550
grace to you.

1358
00:46:53,570 --> 00:46:57,150
But I will not forever compete with this

1359
00:46:57,150 --> 00:46:57,490
image.

1360
00:46:58,170 --> 00:47:00,570
Beloved, we are recipients of great grace.

1361
00:47:01,010 --> 00:47:02,790
And the covenant is marvelous, but it is

1362
00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:04,510
not a license to play games with God.

1363
00:47:04,690 --> 00:47:06,670
And Acts chapter 5 is living proof of

1364
00:47:06,670 --> 00:47:06,930
that.

1365
00:47:07,250 --> 00:47:09,330
Two people who simply pretended to be what

1366
00:47:09,330 --> 00:47:09,850
they were not.

1367
00:47:09,850 --> 00:47:11,390
And God said, let me set the record

1368
00:47:11,390 --> 00:47:12,910
straight for the New Testament.

1369
00:47:13,310 --> 00:47:15,390
Let me just kill them beforehand to help

1370
00:47:15,390 --> 00:47:17,170
you to understand that I am still a

1371
00:47:17,170 --> 00:47:17,750
holy God.

1372
00:47:18,390 --> 00:47:20,730
I still require the loyalty of my people.

1373
00:47:20,970 --> 00:47:22,470
I have bought them with a price and

1374
00:47:22,470 --> 00:47:22,990
they are mine.

1375
00:47:23,250 --> 00:47:24,150
I am their husband.

1376
00:47:24,290 --> 00:47:25,850
They are my bride for all of eternity.

1377
00:47:26,110 --> 00:47:28,410
I will not share intimacy with another.

1378
00:47:28,670 --> 00:47:30,290
I will not share my bride with other

1379
00:47:30,290 --> 00:47:30,670
loves.

1380
00:47:34,310 --> 00:47:36,750
And Ezekiel concludes, and he said, they shall

1381
00:47:36,750 --> 00:47:38,370
come hither, in verse 18, and they shall

1382
00:47:38,370 --> 00:47:41,650
take away the detestable things and all the

1383
00:47:41,650 --> 00:47:43,450
abominations from there.

1384
00:47:43,870 --> 00:47:45,950
And I will give them one heart and

1385
00:47:45,950 --> 00:47:47,450
a new spirit within you.

1386
00:47:47,470 --> 00:47:48,750
And I will take the stony heart out

1387
00:47:48,750 --> 00:47:50,310
of their flesh and will give them a

1388
00:47:50,310 --> 00:47:50,950
heart of flesh.

1389
00:47:51,250 --> 00:47:53,090
They will walk in my statutes and keep

1390
00:47:53,090 --> 00:47:54,510
my ordinances and do them.

1391
00:47:54,890 --> 00:47:57,250
And they shall be my people and I

1392
00:47:57,250 --> 00:47:59,230
will be their God.

1393
00:48:02,710 --> 00:48:04,230
The choice, I guess, is very clear.

1394
00:48:07,510 --> 00:48:09,310
When God looks at me and looks at

1395
00:48:09,310 --> 00:48:11,530
you, what does He see?

1396
00:48:12,430 --> 00:48:14,390
When He visits us, what is He watching?

1397
00:48:15,310 --> 00:48:16,950
Is there a competing image?

1398
00:48:17,410 --> 00:48:24,510
Is something else other than Christ competing for

1399
00:48:24,510 --> 00:48:28,410
the formation of my thinking, the formation of

1400
00:48:28,410 --> 00:48:30,770
my heart, the very evidence of God in

1401
00:48:30,770 --> 00:48:31,170
my life?

1402
00:48:31,230 --> 00:48:33,150
Is there competition in this temple of the

1403
00:48:33,150 --> 00:48:33,710
Holy Spirit?

1404
00:48:35,210 --> 00:48:37,810
And if so, if you have and I

1405
00:48:37,810 --> 00:48:41,930
have one ounce of spiritual wisdom, there will

1406
00:48:41,930 --> 00:48:44,690
be a cry that comes into our heart.

1407
00:48:45,550 --> 00:48:47,570
We say, God, get this thing out of

1408
00:48:47,570 --> 00:48:47,770
me.

1409
00:48:49,030 --> 00:48:50,050
Get rid of this.

1410
00:48:51,210 --> 00:48:52,130
I want the glory.

1411
00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:54,110
I want the glory.

1412
00:48:54,670 --> 00:48:56,110
No matter what it costs me, I want

1413
00:48:56,110 --> 00:48:56,630
the glory.

1414
00:48:57,770 --> 00:48:58,850
I want the glory.

1415
00:48:59,290 --> 00:49:01,450
In spite of what people say, in spite

1416
00:49:01,450 --> 00:49:03,310
of what my family say, in spite of

1417
00:49:03,310 --> 00:49:05,070
what my bosses say, in spite of what

1418
00:49:05,070 --> 00:49:06,650
my community says, I want the glory.

1419
00:49:06,790 --> 00:49:08,150
Because this is about eternity.

1420
00:49:08,450 --> 00:49:09,750
This is about Almighty God.

1421
00:49:10,530 --> 00:49:11,490
I want the glory.

1422
00:49:12,090 --> 00:49:13,690
I think there's some here today, you've got

1423
00:49:13,690 --> 00:49:15,450
to ask the Holy Spirit to go into

1424
00:49:15,450 --> 00:49:17,330
that little inner room in the temple and

1425
00:49:17,330 --> 00:49:20,830
just literally scrap and burn all these images,

1426
00:49:21,310 --> 00:49:23,650
these self-images that don't correspond with the

1427
00:49:23,650 --> 00:49:25,110
will of God for your life.

1428
00:49:25,190 --> 00:49:27,590
These self-ambitions, self-plans, all of these

1429
00:49:27,590 --> 00:49:29,570
things have got to go so that the

1430
00:49:29,570 --> 00:49:31,290
strength of God may come into your life.

1431
00:49:32,190 --> 00:49:33,810
All the women are sitting in front of

1432
00:49:33,810 --> 00:49:34,670
tamas and weeping.

1433
00:49:34,730 --> 00:49:37,090
It is time to put this thing away.

1434
00:49:37,530 --> 00:49:39,950
It is time to start looking to your

1435
00:49:39,950 --> 00:49:42,630
husband, your true husband, your eternal husband.

1436
00:49:43,030 --> 00:49:44,390
Oh, you may have a husband here and

1437
00:49:44,390 --> 00:49:45,910
now, but that's only temporary.

1438
00:49:46,770 --> 00:49:48,870
Because one day, we are all going to

1439
00:49:48,870 --> 00:49:50,710
be betrothed to one husband eternally.

1440
00:49:51,270 --> 00:49:52,830
It's time to get to know Him.

1441
00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:55,710
It's time to put away the vegetation, God,

1442
00:49:56,290 --> 00:49:57,370
and get to know Him.

1443
00:50:01,780 --> 00:50:03,200
And for those that are looking to the

1444
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,060
Son, I'm talking about the S-U-N.

1445
00:50:09,380 --> 00:50:12,260
You're looking for Christ to make you wealthy

1446
00:50:12,260 --> 00:50:13,820
and healthy and happy and prosperous.

1447
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:19,100
It's time to turn around and face the

1448
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:23,080
cross and say, Lord, not my will but

1449
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:23,360
Thine.

1450
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:29,480
Your will be done.

1451
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:35,460
God says, the glory will come.

1452
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:39,660
Hallelujah.

1453
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:42,940
I want to just read one passage of

1454
00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:44,920
Scripture to you, and I'm going to give

1455
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:45,480
an altar call.

1456
00:50:50,490 --> 00:50:53,670
For those who make the choice, I've made

1457
00:50:53,670 --> 00:50:54,330
it in my heart.

1458
00:50:58,580 --> 00:51:00,780
He said these words, Arise, shine, for your

1459
00:51:00,780 --> 00:51:01,440
light has come.

1460
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:04,140
The glory of the Lord has risen upon

1461
00:51:04,140 --> 00:51:04,440
you.

1462
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:06,560
Now remember, the glory of the Lord is

1463
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:08,100
seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

1464
00:51:08,940 --> 00:51:10,280
Christ is the glory of God.

1465
00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:13,580
For behold, darkness will cover the earth.

1466
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:17,040
This is the day we're now very quickly

1467
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:17,680
moving into.

1468
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:20,120
And gross darkness, the people.

1469
00:51:21,140 --> 00:51:26,180
An immorality, and a grossness of unprecedented proportion

1470
00:51:26,180 --> 00:51:27,800
is coming on the whole world like a

1471
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:28,920
baptism of filth.

1472
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:33,860
But the Lord shall arise upon thee, and

1473
00:51:33,860 --> 00:51:35,900
His glory shall be seen on thee.

1474
00:51:36,340 --> 00:51:36,720
Hallelujah.

1475
00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:39,680
And kings shall come to thy light, and

1476
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,360
gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings

1477
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:43,700
to the brightness of thy rising.

1478
00:51:44,020 --> 00:51:45,520
Lift up your eyes round about and see.

1479
00:51:45,620 --> 00:51:46,940
They all gather themselves together.

1480
00:51:47,060 --> 00:51:47,780
They come to you.

1481
00:51:48,220 --> 00:51:49,900
Your sons shall come from far, and your

1482
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:51,480
daughters shall be nursed at your side.

1483
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,700
Then you will see and flow together.

1484
00:51:55,220 --> 00:51:56,920
That means you and God will flow together.

1485
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,060
And thine heart shall fear and be enlarged,

1486
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,740
because the abundance of the sea shall be

1487
00:52:01,740 --> 00:52:03,980
converted to thee, and the forces of the

1488
00:52:03,980 --> 00:52:05,160
gentiles shall come to thee.

1489
00:52:05,780 --> 00:52:07,820
God says in this last darkened hour, I

1490
00:52:07,820 --> 00:52:09,120
am going to have a people.

1491
00:52:10,540 --> 00:52:13,480
I believe when we go to Washington in

1492
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,020
the summertime, we're going to see something phenomenal

1493
00:52:16,020 --> 00:52:16,560
happen.

1494
00:52:17,240 --> 00:52:20,200
As the Spirit of God begins to grip

1495
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:22,240
young people, when they see, they have to

1496
00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:23,160
see the glory.

1497
00:52:23,820 --> 00:52:24,560
They have to see it.

1498
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,100
It's not enough just to speak about it.

1499
00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:27,700
Without you, they have to see it, the

1500
00:52:27,700 --> 00:52:28,100
glory.

1501
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,400
When they see the glory of God on

1502
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,900
a surrendered group of young people, that's why

1503
00:52:32,900 --> 00:52:34,540
it's not enough just to sing songs.

1504
00:52:35,340 --> 00:52:36,840
I trust that you understand what the Holy

1505
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:37,840
Spirit is speaking today.

1506
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,720
Anybody can sing songs.

1507
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,140
They have to see the glory.

1508
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,500
And the glory is something that God gives

1509
00:52:43,500 --> 00:52:45,040
you when you and I are walking in

1510
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:45,800
right relationship.

1511
00:52:45,980 --> 00:52:47,020
You cannot earn it.

1512
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:47,900
You don't deserve it.

1513
00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:50,200
It's His presence, His countenance.

1514
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:52,600
It's a stamp of His approval, a mark,

1515
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:54,260
in a sense, of God that He puts

1516
00:52:54,260 --> 00:52:54,900
on your life.

1517
00:52:55,300 --> 00:52:56,780
And they see the glory.

1518
00:52:57,420 --> 00:52:58,320
They see the glory.

1519
00:52:58,860 --> 00:53:00,560
I see an army of young people rising

1520
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:01,260
up to their feet.

1521
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:02,600
I see young people who say, we've been

1522
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:03,480
lied to long enough.

1523
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:04,700
This is right.

1524
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:05,300
This is wrong.

1525
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:05,940
This is God.

1526
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:07,120
This is evil.

1527
00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:09,380
I see in the midst of all of

1528
00:53:09,380 --> 00:53:10,300
the calamity, hope.

1529
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:14,740
Because there are people who've chosen to do

1530
00:53:14,740 --> 00:53:15,440
it God's way.

1531
00:53:16,700 --> 00:53:18,280
He said, you're going to see and you're

1532
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:19,160
going to flow together.

1533
00:53:19,460 --> 00:53:20,940
And I take that as being with God.

1534
00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:24,220
Your heart will fear and be enlarged.

1535
00:53:24,220 --> 00:53:26,860
And you'll be just saying, Oh God, You

1536
00:53:26,860 --> 00:53:27,500
are awesome.

1537
00:53:28,380 --> 00:53:30,080
There's no limit to Your power.

1538
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:32,600
There's no limit to what You can do.

1539
00:53:32,740 --> 00:53:33,800
Hell has to part.

1540
00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:36,180
The waters have to part when You are

1541
00:53:36,180 --> 00:53:36,320
there.

1542
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,420
When Your name is spoken through surrendered vessels

1543
00:53:39,420 --> 00:53:42,240
or sung about through surrendered vessels, all hell

1544
00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:43,260
comes crashing down.

1545
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:44,660
The walls of Jericho fall.

1546
00:53:44,740 --> 00:53:46,400
The seas of impossibilities part.

1547
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:48,700
It's just as it was in the days

1548
00:53:48,700 --> 00:53:49,080
of old.

1549
00:53:49,220 --> 00:53:51,320
Although we're seeing it now with spiritual eyes

1550
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:52,980
in the New Testament kingdom.

1551
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,800
The abundance of the sea will be converted.

1552
00:53:57,180 --> 00:53:59,360
And the forces, that means the power of

1553
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:00,800
the Gentiles, will come to you.

1554
00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:01,860
Hallelujah.

1555
00:54:02,820 --> 00:54:03,320
Hallelujah.

1556
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:06,740
God's going to give you the power to

1557
00:54:06,740 --> 00:54:08,240
resist that evil boss.

1558
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:12,840
And one day, he or she will come

1559
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,000
and say, tell me, where do you get

1560
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:20,260
the strength that I have seen in your

1561
00:54:20,260 --> 00:54:20,580
eyes?

1562
00:54:27,460 --> 00:54:28,260
Oh Jesus.

1563
00:54:29,340 --> 00:54:30,500
Lord, You're calling us.

1564
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:31,060
I hear You.

1565
00:54:31,180 --> 00:54:32,000
God, I hear You.

1566
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:33,420
God, I hear You.

1567
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:34,740
And all I can say is I come.

1568
00:54:35,460 --> 00:54:37,420
The Spirit and the Bride say come.

1569
00:54:38,380 --> 00:54:40,320
Oh Lord, You're calling us to come.

1570
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,600
And I say to You, I'm coming, Lord.

1571
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:43,500
I'm coming, God.

1572
00:54:43,580 --> 00:54:45,100
Wherever You want me, whatever You want me

1573
00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:46,560
to do, I'm coming, oh God.

1574
00:54:47,740 --> 00:54:48,540
Oh Jesus.

1575
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,180
I pray for this church.

1576
00:54:50,180 --> 00:54:52,100
I ask You, God, Lord, that we would

1577
00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:54,720
have the courage to hear truth on this

1578
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:56,820
side, oh God, and respond to You when

1579
00:54:56,820 --> 00:54:57,500
You call us.

1580
00:54:57,820 --> 00:54:59,780
Lord, You're calling us to something, oh God,

1581
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:01,660
so marvelous of Yourself.

1582
00:55:01,740 --> 00:55:03,080
Give us the grace to hear it and

1583
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:04,520
the grace to respond to it.

1584
00:55:05,060 --> 00:55:06,380
Father, I thank You, God.

1585
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:07,100
I thank You.

1586
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,800
Now, beloved, I know the Holy Spirit has

1587
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:10,920
spoken to many here today.

1588
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,300
I don't have to repeat the issues that

1589
00:55:13,300 --> 00:55:14,840
He's brought out in this message.

1590
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:16,560
But what I can say, if the Holy

1591
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:18,780
Spirit is talking to you, and you've got

1592
00:55:18,780 --> 00:55:19,760
to get right with God.

1593
00:55:20,540 --> 00:55:22,460
If you're backslidden, you're one of these people

1594
00:55:22,460 --> 00:55:24,180
that's been spoken about in this message.

1595
00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:26,780
And I'm going to ask you, just unashamedly,

1596
00:55:26,820 --> 00:55:27,820
to get up out of your seat.

1597
00:55:28,420 --> 00:55:30,120
The education annex, you can come here too.

1598
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:30,980
We'll wait for you.

1599
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:32,640
Balcony, downstairs.

1600
00:55:32,860 --> 00:55:33,680
Make your way to the altar.

1601
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:34,640
Would you do that right now?

1602
00:55:34,980 --> 00:55:36,080
And then we're going to pray together.

1603
00:55:36,540 --> 00:55:38,220
We're going to expect God to do the

1604
00:55:38,220 --> 00:55:39,160
miraculous in our lives.

1605
00:55:39,220 --> 00:55:40,180
Let's all stand together.

1606
00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:41,940
And as we do, if the Holy Spirit

1607
00:55:41,940 --> 00:55:44,180
is drawing you, please make your way to

1608
00:55:44,180 --> 00:55:44,640
this altar.

1609
00:55:45,780 --> 00:55:46,700
Make your way here.

1610
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:48,400
Downstairs.

1611
00:55:48,620 --> 00:55:49,460
And annex as well.

1612
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:50,420
You can make your way here.

1613
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:51,280
We'll wait for you.

1614
00:55:52,420 --> 00:55:53,700
And we're going to pray together.

1615
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:55,560
Lord, I come.

1616
00:55:56,260 --> 00:55:56,960
Lord, I come.

1617
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,240
All these images out of the temple.

1618
00:56:00,340 --> 00:56:02,860
These things that cause you jealousy out of

1619
00:56:02,860 --> 00:56:03,360
my life.

1620
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:06,500
All the immorality gone.

1621
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:09,140
By Your grace, God, I'm not putting up

1622
00:56:09,140 --> 00:56:09,460
with this.

1623
00:56:09,540 --> 00:56:10,960
I'm not living like this willfully.

1624
00:56:11,500 --> 00:56:13,300
I'm trusting You for the power, for the

1625
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:13,600
victory.

1626
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,960
Would you come?

1627
00:56:17,140 --> 00:56:17,780
Would you come?

1628
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:20,620
He's going to put His glory on you.

1629
00:56:21,660 --> 00:56:22,900
We're going to be fasting.

1630
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:24,340
And the end result of this fast is

1631
00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:26,220
going to be a glory like you've never

1632
00:56:26,220 --> 00:56:27,420
known in your soul before.

1633
00:56:36,740 --> 00:56:37,780
Oh, Jesus.

1634
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:41,700
Let Your glory.

1635
00:56:41,700 --> 00:56:44,640
Let Your glory fill this place, oh God.

1636
00:56:47,710 --> 00:56:49,670
Lord, we ask that there be always an

1637
00:56:49,670 --> 00:56:50,890
abiding glory here.

1638
00:56:52,030 --> 00:56:54,310
Because You gather the people who truly love

1639
00:56:54,310 --> 00:56:54,470
You.

1640
00:56:55,230 --> 00:56:56,850
In spirit and in truth.

1641
00:56:57,570 --> 00:56:58,070
They come.

1642
00:56:58,190 --> 00:57:00,030
We come to worship You week after week.

1643
00:57:00,910 --> 00:57:01,970
You have been here.

1644
00:57:02,050 --> 00:57:03,490
You have graced us with Your presence.

1645
00:57:04,350 --> 00:57:06,230
And Lord, we cherish Your presence.

1646
00:57:06,970 --> 00:57:08,250
Holy Spirit, we love You.

1647
00:57:08,970 --> 00:57:10,010
We worship You.

1648
00:57:10,010 --> 00:57:12,730
We worship You, Spirit of the living God.

1649
00:57:14,010 --> 00:57:15,250
Pray with me.

1650
00:57:15,710 --> 00:57:21,950
Lord Jesus, forgive me for the areas of

1651
00:57:21,950 --> 00:57:28,390
my life where I have been molded willfully

1652
00:57:29,010 --> 00:57:34,530
by things which provoke Your jealousy.

1653
00:57:36,010 --> 00:57:40,870
I am called to love You and You

1654
00:57:40,870 --> 00:57:42,250
alone.

1655
00:57:42,850 --> 00:57:49,630
Today, I renounce the hidden things of dishonesty.

1656
00:57:51,090 --> 00:57:56,170
I renounce that which grieves Your heart.

1657
00:57:57,270 --> 00:58:04,450
I renounce all association with evil and evil

1658
00:58:04,450 --> 00:58:10,290
practice and evil deeds and things that grieve

1659
00:58:10,290 --> 00:58:10,530
You.

1660
00:58:12,150 --> 00:58:15,290
I thank You that You have placed on

1661
00:58:15,290 --> 00:58:18,090
me the mark of Christ.

1662
00:58:19,070 --> 00:58:24,310
Because I have a tender heart and I

1663
00:58:24,310 --> 00:58:25,330
can hear Your voice.

1664
00:58:26,870 --> 00:58:31,210
And it tells me that Your glory is

1665
00:58:31,210 --> 00:58:32,130
resting on me.

1666
00:58:33,070 --> 00:58:36,510
And You want all of my heart and

1667
00:58:36,510 --> 00:58:39,150
my mind and my soul.

1668
00:58:40,410 --> 00:58:47,030
Mighty God, faithful Father, I ask You to

1669
00:58:47,030 --> 00:58:51,950
abide in me and manifest through me the

1670
00:58:51,950 --> 00:58:57,730
glory of Jesus Christ, my Savior, the Son

1671
00:58:57,730 --> 00:58:58,290
of God.

1672
00:58:59,510 --> 00:59:04,270
Make my life a living Bible that can

1673
00:59:04,270 --> 00:59:07,670
be read by people who don't know God

1674
00:59:09,250 --> 00:59:10,670
all around me.

1675
00:59:11,810 --> 00:59:14,410
Let my heart love truth.

1676
00:59:15,550 --> 00:59:19,810
Let my heart love people as You love

1677
00:59:19,810 --> 00:59:20,150
them.

1678
00:59:21,130 --> 00:59:24,210
Cast away from me the fear of man.

1679
00:59:25,310 --> 00:59:29,870
And may the love of Christ forever be

1680
00:59:29,870 --> 00:59:34,510
the deepest treasure of my heart and my

1681
00:59:34,510 --> 00:59:34,950
life.

1682
00:59:36,130 --> 00:59:41,910
O God, touch me, mold me, make me

1683
00:59:42,550 --> 00:59:45,910
into the image of Jesus Christ.

1684
00:59:46,910 --> 00:59:51,930
Let this temple be filled with the glory

1685
00:59:51,930 --> 00:59:52,510
of God.

1686
01:00:07,310 --> 01:00:10,530
If you're sincere, you will have what you

1687
01:00:10,530 --> 01:00:10,930
ask for.

1688
01:00:11,850 --> 01:00:14,370
It's as simple and straightforward as that.

1689
01:00:15,130 --> 01:00:16,030
You will have it.

1690
01:00:17,150 --> 01:00:19,090
This is the conclusion of the message.