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Hallelujah.

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My message, a greater than Solomon is here.

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A greater than Solomon is here.

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I want you to go with me please

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to Matthew 12, chapter, verse 42.

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One verse, Matthew.

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Welcome to all our visitors here tonight.

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We ask the Holy Spirit to touch you

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in a very special way tonight.

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Chapter 12, verse 42.

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The Queen of the South shall rise up

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into judgment with this generation and shall condemn

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it.

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For she, as the Queen of the South,

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Queen of Sheba, for she came from the

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uttermost parts of the earth to hear the

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wisdom of Solomon and behold, what?

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A greater than Solomon is here.

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Join me in prayer please.

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Now Father, we come to you and ask

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that you bring forth the anointing of the

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Holy Spirit, that you touch me as I

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deliver the word, and that you open our

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ears to hear what the Spirit has to

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say.

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Lord Jesus, we depend on your word.

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It's our very life.

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And we acknowledge our need.

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We're asking you to give us hearing ears,

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Lord, and eyes to see that we may

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hear and know and be changed by the

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truth that truly sets men free.

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I give you my heart.

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I give you everything that I am and

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have and ask you, Lord, to use it

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for your honor and glory.

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In Jesus' name, Amen.

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Now according to these words of Jesus in

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Matthew 12, 42, on Judgment Day, the Arabian

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Queen, Sheba, is going to rise up and

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condemn the last day's generation.

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The last days begin with the birth of

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Christ, and we are in the last of

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the last days now.

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The Bible makes it very clear that on

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Judgment Day, she's going to take a witness

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stand, and she is going to condemn this

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generation.

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Jesus said because she came from the uttermost

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part of the world to hear the wisdom

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of Solomon.

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She's going to tell the story about what

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she went through, the agony and the effort

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to get to Solomon and find truth that

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would set her free.

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She's going to condemn this gospel-satiated generation

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that has heard more gospel than all generations

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in past society, and especially the last five

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or six decades.

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And having heard such a gospel, having heard

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so many appeals and had such revelation, the

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Bible says because we have not listened to

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Him who is greater than Solomon, she will

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rise up and condemn this generation.

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Now what is her story?

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Why is she so important?

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Why does the Lord say she's going to

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be the witness on Judgment Day?

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She came from, it's 1,500 miles, they

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estimated, from Jerusalem, and what would now, it's

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southern Arabia, which would now be Yemen.

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And a trip that would take 75 days

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by caravan, 150 days both ways.

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Now you can imagine, she's heard about this

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man, no doubt from the trading caravans, maybe

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from the ships of Tarsus that have come

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up through the Indian side, up the channels.

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She has heard from traders, she's heard from

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sailors, she has heard from other government leaders

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about a Lord, a God in Israel who

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has endowed a man with wisdom, with such

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wisdom he can answer anyone's questions.

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The hardest questions that you pose to him,

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he has an answer.

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He's been given wisdom by God, a wisdom

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beyond anyone on the face of the earth.

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And she's a troubled woman.

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She has issues of the heart.

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She has hard questions.

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Now the Arabians at that time, and even

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today, delve into riddles.

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They love to be taught by riddles.

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And these riddles just pose questions.

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They don't have answers.

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And they're to think upon these and try

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to come to an answer.

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And you find that Samson playing those riddles

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with the brothers of his wife-to-be.

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And they cast out these riddles.

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This woman was full of riddles.

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She's full of these confusing thoughts.

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She has no answers.

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They weren't only the riddles of the time,

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probably psychology, nature, how to govern and all

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of these things, but there's something in her

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heart.

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She would not go this distance.

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She would not go through a broiling desert

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day after day, cold nights.

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And she's a queen.

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And what a caravan that must have been.

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She would have not taken that effort unless

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she had deep heart issues.

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She had questions that no man can answer.

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Her God didn't speak.

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He didn't hear.

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So she hears of this man Solomon, and

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she says, whatever the cost, whatever it takes,

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I've got to get to this man.

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I have to have my heart issues settled.

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Someone has to tell me what's going on.

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I can't live like this, and I won't.

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And can you imagine, the Bible calls it

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a great train.

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That means of camels.

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She goes with this.

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I can only imagine how many camels and

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how many soldiers that she took with her.

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Of course, there had to be government officials.

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There had to be interpreters.

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There had to be water commissary, food commissary.

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There had to be all of these, you

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know, traveling in such royalty.

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And she goes for 75 days in that

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broiling sun, 1,500 miles to see this

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man Solomon.

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What a great caravan that must have been.

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She heard of the famous Solomon concerning the

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name of the Lord.

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She said, there's a God in Jerusalem.

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There's a God in Judah.

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This man is able to answer the hardest

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questions that can be asked by any human

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being.

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She came to him with hard questions, questions

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that no one else could answer.

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She came to prove him, the Bible said,

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with hard questions.

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And when she came to Solomon, can you

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imagine that train arriving in Jerusalem?

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I'm sure that guards and those that were

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posted on the outskirts of Judah had come

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rushing in by horseback with this story of

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this huge caravan coming in through the desert.

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And can you imagine her coming through the

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streets of Jerusalem, being led by protocol officers

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from Solomon's court?

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Can you imagine them exchanging protocol courtesies?

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And she says, Solomon.

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It's probably the only word she knew in

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Hebrew, Solomon.

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And she doesn't want to go to the

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baths of Solomon and she doesn't want to

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refresh herself.

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This woman says, I've come 1,500 miles

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through interpreters.

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I've been 75 days and I haven't bathed

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in 75 days.

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I have not had all of those luxuries.

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And I put up with hardships because I

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want to see this man.

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I have questions.

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I want to see, where is Solomon?

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And without hesitation, I'm sure she refreshed herself.

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She comes loaded down with camels full of

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gold and silver and precious stones.

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She said, I don't care what it costs.

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I don't care if all the riches of

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my kingdom.

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I've got hard issues and I want them

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settled.

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I want to hear from somebody that knows

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what God thinks.

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I want answers to my problems.

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And the Bible says, when she came to

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Solomon, she communed with him of all that

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was in her heart.

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Every question she ever had.

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I'm sure that there were emissaries and I'm

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sure that there were officials and interpreters and

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all that around.

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But this woman is communing now with Solomon.

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And the Scripture says, Solomon answered all her

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questions.

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There was not anything hid from the king

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which he told her not.

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Every question, he had an answer.

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Every heart issue, he solved.

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I can't explain.

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I'd like to imagine even what it was

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like for this woman, how her face lit

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up.

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And she said, so that's how it is.

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I didn't know that.

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Can you imagine joy after joy and peace

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after peace flooding her soul when her questions

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are being answered?

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I'm sure they had to do about government.

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And she looks after her questions have all

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been answered.

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She emptied her soul.

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Everything, everything.

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I don't know if she had a love

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interest.

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I'm sure she was confused about government.

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She's a princess, there's no doubt, even just

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now coming to power.

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And she's heard about this kingdom.

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She looks around and she says, such divine

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order everywhere she goes.

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She sees how he goes up to the

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temple, the awe and respect that he and

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all of his people have.

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She sees how they sit every day at

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his table and they listen to his wisdom.

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And he said, your people are so happy.

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You see, that's the judgment that I see

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on judgment day, how she will arise and

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say, this was a man who was given

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wisdom by an almighty God.

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I saw his people happy.

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I saw how they went up with such

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awe and respect to God's house.

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Let's see how flippant your generation is.

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And I see you under one greater than

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Solomon.

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You don't have the awe and respect for

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this holy God who is wisdom and righteousness

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and holiness?

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She said, what I heard of you and

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your wisdom and wealth was true.

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I could not have believed it.

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I couldn't have believed a king could solve

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all my doubts, but the half was not

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told me.

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She said, I heard about this, people told

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me, but I only got half the truth.

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And the Bible said she was breathless, it

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took her breath away.

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When is the last time that you've been

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so in love with Jesus and so enthralled

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with the majesty of a holy God?

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It took your breath?

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That you're shut alone with him?

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I've known that and I want more of

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it when you just get alone and you

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begin to think of his majesty and you

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allow the Holy Ghost to speak to you

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and answer the heart issues and you begin

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to just shut yourself in with him and

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suddenly you're overwhelmed.

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This is only half of what I have

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experienced before.

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I've never known it like this.

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Oh, master, touch me and he takes away

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your natural breath even.

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What's the last time you've come into the

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house of God with such awe and respect?

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And you say, I've come to this house

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not to hear a sermon.

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I've come to this place not to hear

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a man.

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I've come because I want to know the

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heart of God.

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I have to have answers to my problems

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in life.

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I have to have answers.

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And whatever it takes, whatever it costs.

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Of course, she gave to Solomon of her

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gold and silver.

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Now, Solomon didn't need the gold.

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He had the gold of Ophir.

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He had the best gold in the world.

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And the Bible said so much they couldn't

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account of it.

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But she gave him gold and silver and

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these precious stones.

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And then the Bible said before she left,

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Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she

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desired.

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Whichever she asked, he gave out of his

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riches.

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That says something the Bible says about Christ

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and the riches of God in Christ Jesus.

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All that she asked.

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Amazing.

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Jesus warns this same queen of Sheba will

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rise up in the judgment with this generation,

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so condemn it.

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He's speaking to scribes and Pharisees who for

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years had taught this in the synagogue.

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They had this story.

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They knew every jot and tittle about the

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queen of Sheba.

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They knew about her sacrifice.

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They knew about Solomon, his wisdom.

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And they hear Jesus say, and greater than

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Solomon is here.

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The queen of Sheba came from the Edomos

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park, and the Lord is talking about all

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the sacrifice and the pursuing of the heart

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of Solomon because she was so desperate to

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get answers to her problems and questions.

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Said this same queen shall rise up in

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the judgment day because she came from the

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furthest parts of the earth to hear the

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words of Solomon.

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And behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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She'll rise on the judgment day and say

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to that generation, and say to all those

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who've heard the gospel and rejected it here

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in this present age, she will rise up

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and say, how blind could you be?

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How deaf could anybody be?

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Here you are.

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I had one day with this man.

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I had one session, and he answered all

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that is in my heart.

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He solved every problem.

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I couldn't stand it, but he met the

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need of my heart.

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And you had in your midst the one

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who gave him his wisdom.

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You had creator God.

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You had God in flesh.

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You had a greater than Solomon in your

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midst.

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And you wouldn't hear him.

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You wouldn't listen to him because you wouldn't

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give up the sin in your heart.

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You love darkness more than light.

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And because you love darkness more than light,

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he judicially shut your ears and your eyes

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so you couldn't see and hear, even though

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a greater than Solomon was in your midst.

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The queen is going to accuse he who

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was wisdom, who pleaded to you to come

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with him and hear his heart.

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He who died for you and loved you,

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you rejected him.

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You rejected a greater than Solomon.

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And what would she have to say to

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the church today?

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What would she have to say to us?

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What would she have to say to me?

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I'm thinking of that.

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I'm not even thinking of you and the

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church and the body of Christ.

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I'm thinking of me right now and how

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I would never want to hear this kind

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of rebuke.

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That she could point me out on the

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judgment and say to me, how is it

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possible, how could it have been possible that

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you could have not heard nor pursued or

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gone after the revelation of who he is,

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this greater than Solomon.

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How could you have ever been satisfied with

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a truth that's not been anointed and opened?

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How could you have been satisfied to live

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your life with questions all your life when

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the answers were there in your midst all

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the time?

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I was relieved of all my fears by

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this man.

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And you lived in fear most of your

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Christian life with doubts and fears and questions.

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When he was there all the time to

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meet every need and answer every question by

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his spirit imbued into you.

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And he didn't want your silver and your

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gold.

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All he asked of you was to bring

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your burdens and cares.

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And that sacrifice that he asked was no

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more than praise.

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And all he wanted from you all along,

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the king of kings, creator God, the one

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who gave Solomon his wisdom, all he wanted

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of you, all he asked of you was

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your confidence and trust that he could speak

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to you and be faithful.

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When I was in Solomon's, she would say,

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when I was in Solomon's great house, I

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saw his servants happy, how they listened intently

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to Solomon's every word of wisdom.

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I saw how they approached the house of

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God with such awe and such holy fear.

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And it took my breath away.

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And she would ask, why were you not

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happy?

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Why was there such despair so often, so

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frequent?

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What was missing?

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You had him in your midst.

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Now, there's a question we're all going to

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have to answer, all of us who are

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professed believers.

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If there's a greater than Solomon with us,

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would he not answer our questions?

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If there's a greater than Solomon with us,

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would he leave us in confusion?

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I'm asking it honestly.

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We do not allow this truth to register.

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We hear that God is at our right

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hand, that he's very present, helping the time

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of need.

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We preach it from this pulpit.

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But it does not register with most of

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us, because the next crisis we're in, we

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forget everything God has ever done for us

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before and say, oh, we're going down this

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time.

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Will he be less willing to answer every

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hard question?

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Would he be less willing to give us

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guidance and lead us?

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When she unburnt her heart and every question

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was answered, will God not do even better?

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The truth is, God does speak today.

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God speaks as clearly today as he did

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in the Old Testament.

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He speaks as clearly today as he spoke

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to all the prophets.

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He speaks as clearly today as he did

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to the apostles, as to Paul and all

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of the apostles, to the early church.

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Jesus Christ, by his Spirit, speaks just as

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plenty, just as detailed as he did to

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Paul the apostle.

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You cannot tell me that in these last

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days, when we need a word, a fresh

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word, a living word, a detailed, counseling word,

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that God in the last days, when we

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most needed it, would abandon us and leave

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us to our own devices without hearing the

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word of God plainly and knowing his voice.

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In Mark 4, Jesus is teaching a multitude

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by parables.

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He taught, mostly he's teaching the unteachable parables

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is what he's saying.

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And he's giving the parable of the sower.

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A man went out to sow.

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Do you remember the story of how some

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falls on hard ground and some on thorny

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soil and on good soil?

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He doesn't explain the parable.

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He just puts it out.

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It's God's word.

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There's a great revelation here.

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There's a truth that can change any man's

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life.

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But he just puts it out to the

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multitudes.

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There it is.

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That's the word of God.

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And he doesn't answer it.

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He doesn't open it up.

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He just stops and says, he that hath

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ears to hear, let him hear.

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And so they look at each other and

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say, who's the sower?

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What is this about fowls of the air

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and good soil, thorny soil?

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And what's the seed?

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They don't know.

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And Jesus said, he that hath ears to

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hear, let him hear.

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And he said, in other words, I'm going

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to give it to everybody, but only those

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who pursue me.

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Only those who have ears to hear are

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going to get the revelation.

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The rest of you are going to leave

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confused.

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They go home to the synagogues.

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They go home to their friends from that

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great teaching session and that conference.

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And everybody in the family, friends and relatives,

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everybody says, what did he say?

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What did he say?

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What is the revelation of God through his

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son?

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And they're going to repeat a specific godly

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word, word for word, from the lips of

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Jesus.

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And it'll have no impact.

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It has no power.

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It's a dead word.

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It's not revealed.

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And that's what we hear from pulpits all

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over the world today.

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Word for word from the Bible.

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Red letter preaching.

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But the man has not pursued the heart

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of God.

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He's never gone after the revelation.

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So he stands and gives a dead word.

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Nobody is moved.

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The Bible says, and when he was alone,

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you see, the multitude is dispersed.

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And they go home preaching a precise word,

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repeating every word Jesus said.

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And they say, what does that mean?

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I don't know.

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But the Bible says, and when he was

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alone, they that were about him with the

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twelve, a holy remnant, ask of him the

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meaning of the parable.

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Ears to hear.

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And Jesus is saying, if you want to

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know, if you want the Holy Spirit to

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reveal this, pursue me.

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Give me time.

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Come alone with me.

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I'll give you your heart's desire.

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I'll show you the word.

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I'll reveal the truth that nobody else sees.

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This is the truth.

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The Holy Ghost can anoint because I will

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open it to you.

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How do you expect God to open the

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truth when you come and hear a sermon?

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We can preach word for word from this

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Bible, even the anointed.

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But you don't have ears to hear because

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you're sitting in front of a television, filling

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your mind with the filth of this world.

550
00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:54,460
How do you expect the revelation of the

551
00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:55,980
Holy Spirit to take root in your heart?

552
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,620
And I say that lovingly, even though loudly.

553
00:26:08,690 --> 00:26:12,860
How does Christ respond to this pursuing of

554
00:26:12,860 --> 00:26:13,520
the parable?

555
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,020
He said, unto them, unto you is given

556
00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:20,300
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of

557
00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:20,800
God.

558
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,720
But unto them that are without, all these

559
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,680
things are done to them in parables.

560
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:27,940
Riddles.

561
00:26:29,980 --> 00:26:30,980
Unopened riddles.

562
00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:33,780
Truth hidden in them.

563
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,940
Life-changing truth.

564
00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:38,200
He said, those without.

565
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:39,600
Who are these without?

566
00:26:40,540 --> 00:26:42,660
Those who are satisfied just to come and

567
00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:44,460
sit in His presence and see miracles and

568
00:26:44,460 --> 00:26:45,260
be fed.

569
00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:48,640
Naturally, there are human needs being met.

570
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,060
But no desire to know the deepness of

571
00:26:52,060 --> 00:26:54,400
the heart of God, the glory of His

572
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,760
nature, and the glory of the awesomeness of

573
00:26:58,760 --> 00:26:59,600
our holy God.

574
00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,040
And really looking to man for answers rather

575
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:03,900
than to God.

576
00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,600
Not really interested in knowing the voice of

577
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,570
God and the miracles of God.

578
00:27:13,330 --> 00:27:16,050
The word for mystery here means hidden secrets.

579
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,540
Now, I believe in these last days our

580
00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:24,000
battle is against our faith.

581
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,320
Can I say it against the battle?

582
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,120
Let me put it this way.

583
00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,360
The battle of a true man of God

584
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:32,700
or woman of God who really set their

585
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:34,140
heart in God is not pornography.

586
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,760
It's not Internet filth.

587
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,840
It's not adultery, fornication.

588
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,800
It's not these things at all.

589
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,460
It's a battle for your faith.

590
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,580
The devil is after your faith to get

591
00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:53,420
you to disbelieve the faithfulness of God and

592
00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:56,260
ultimately to believe the very existence of God.

593
00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:00,680
And in our travels in this past year

594
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,540
especially and in our mail, hundreds of thousands

595
00:28:05,540 --> 00:28:07,620
on our mailing list in the mail now.

596
00:28:08,060 --> 00:28:10,980
There are people that are saying, I've had

597
00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:13,540
so many problems and so much discouragement and

598
00:28:13,540 --> 00:28:15,440
so many things going on, I can't believe

599
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,320
in God anymore.

600
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,440
And we hear the most horrifying stories even

601
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,780
from pastors who say, Look, I'm struggling.

602
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,620
And I'm saying, you're struggling with thinking about

603
00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:31,760
God not answering your prayer.

604
00:28:31,860 --> 00:28:32,200
Is that it?

605
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:33,520
No, no, no, Pastor Dave.

606
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,280
I'm struggling with battles in my mind like

607
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,020
I've never known.

608
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,460
I'm struggling with battles about the very existence

609
00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:39,980
of God.

610
00:28:42,690 --> 00:28:44,430
I get a letter this past week.

611
00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:45,810
My wife and I were reading letters.

612
00:28:46,490 --> 00:28:48,110
Here's an 81-year-old.

613
00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:51,270
Your sister's been on my mailing list for

614
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,690
years and years and years.

615
00:28:53,270 --> 00:28:55,510
And she said, My husband's 84 and he's

616
00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:56,690
dying of bone cancer.

617
00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:59,050
His bones are just being eaten up.

618
00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:00,810
And she said, I am.

619
00:29:02,790 --> 00:29:05,590
She's really talking about dying from diabetes.

620
00:29:05,770 --> 00:29:07,650
She was explaining what she was going through.

621
00:29:08,010 --> 00:29:09,490
And her son is dying of AIDS.

622
00:29:12,220 --> 00:29:14,580
And my first thought in my flesh is,

623
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,980
Lord, sure you're going to cut her some

624
00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:16,360
slack.

625
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,960
You don't expect her to maintain joy.

626
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,940
You don't expect her to have amazing faith

627
00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:27,100
and things like this.

628
00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:29,200
And then I read the last two paragraphs

629
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:29,960
or so.

630
00:29:30,740 --> 00:29:33,220
And she said, Oh, but Pastor Dave, God

631
00:29:33,220 --> 00:29:35,900
has never once failed in any word he's

632
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:37,200
ever promised us.

633
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,800
We've given our son over into the hands

634
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:40,420
of the Lord.

635
00:29:40,660 --> 00:29:42,440
And she said, No, we're just waiting to

636
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,160
see Jesus face to face.

637
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:46,840
It's faith.

638
00:29:48,060 --> 00:29:50,940
That's what the battle is.

639
00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:52,640
That's what the issue is.

640
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,560
It's all about our faith.

641
00:29:56,740 --> 00:30:01,220
In Luke 8, Jesus is just fed 4

642
00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:03,040
,000 with seven loaves and a few fishes.

643
00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:06,660
I want you to go to Mark 8

644
00:30:06,660 --> 00:30:07,460
and I want to show you.

645
00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:09,520
The Lord doesn't cut us any slack.

646
00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:12,660
I don't care what you're going through.

647
00:30:14,140 --> 00:30:16,160
I don't care if you're at death's door.

648
00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:20,220
I'm saying this lovely, but I'll show you

649
00:30:20,220 --> 00:30:20,860
something here.

650
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,120
How real.

651
00:30:23,420 --> 00:30:25,200
The only thing that has power is this

652
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:25,460
word.

653
00:30:25,580 --> 00:30:26,420
And I have to show it to you

654
00:30:26,420 --> 00:30:26,900
in the word.

655
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:31,020
And I want to show you the 8th

656
00:30:31,020 --> 00:30:31,680
chapter of Mark.

657
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,340
Mark 8, starting in verse 15.

658
00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:37,940
Now, of course, you know, they're going to

659
00:30:37,940 --> 00:30:39,660
the other side and they forgot bread.

660
00:30:40,260 --> 00:30:42,020
The disciples had forgotten to take bread.

661
00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:42,760
Verse 14.

662
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,940
Neither had they in the ship with them

663
00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:46,340
more than one loaf.

664
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,900
And he charged them, saying, Take heed.

665
00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:50,600
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and

666
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:51,360
the leaven of Herod.

667
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,040
They reasoned among themselves, saying, It's because we

668
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:54,740
have no bread.

669
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:57,080
When Jesus knew it, he said unto them,

670
00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:59,580
Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?

671
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,820
Receive, perceive ye not, neither understand.

672
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,520
Have ye your heart yet hardened, having eyes

673
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,300
ye see not, and having ears hear ye

674
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:08,560
not?

675
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,040
And do ye not remember when I broke

676
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,240
the 5,000 loaves?

677
00:31:12,580 --> 00:31:14,760
I broke the 5 loaves among 5,000.

678
00:31:14,820 --> 00:31:16,760
How many baskets full of fragments did ye

679
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:17,220
take up?

680
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:18,280
Twelve.

681
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,320
And when the seven among 4,000, how

682
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,760
many baskets, fragments?

683
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:24,440
Seven.

684
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,300
And he said to them, How is it

685
00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,360
that you don't understand?

686
00:31:30,580 --> 00:31:31,360
How is it?

687
00:31:31,860 --> 00:31:32,640
Look at me, folks.

688
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,060
He said, I've told you that I'm greater

689
00:31:38,060 --> 00:31:40,180
than Solomon.

690
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,160
You've confessed that I'm the Son of the

691
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,640
living God, Christ the Son of the living

692
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:46,980
God.

693
00:31:48,220 --> 00:31:49,440
Didn't it register?

694
00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:53,180
Don't you see it?

695
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,840
Are you going now to forget all the

696
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,720
miracles, those I've raised from the dead?

697
00:31:59,060 --> 00:32:00,540
Do you remember everything I've done for you

698
00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:01,040
in the past?

699
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,560
And now you're in this present crisis because

700
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:05,620
you have no bread.

701
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,060
Can you imagine?

702
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,760
They have just seen him take these little

703
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,860
loaves and feed 5,000.

704
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,060
They're looking at this one loaf.

705
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:16,640
Surely somebody would have thought he can feed

706
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,760
5,000 with a few loaves.

707
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,420
He can feed 12 of us with this.

708
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,220
Just do your arithmetic.

709
00:32:27,580 --> 00:32:30,480
Now, you can think, well, how blind they

710
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:30,700
are.

711
00:32:30,780 --> 00:32:31,820
That's how blind we are.

712
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,900
And how it grieved the heart of God.

713
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,220
He said, when will you ever believe?

714
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,120
When will it dawn on you?

715
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,860
Don't you understand I'm God and I'm with

716
00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:41,160
you?

717
00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:52,390
When will you ever understand how it grieves

718
00:32:52,390 --> 00:32:55,530
God that he has delivered us?

719
00:32:55,770 --> 00:32:58,810
What has God delivered you from in the

720
00:32:58,810 --> 00:32:59,250
past?

721
00:32:59,670 --> 00:33:02,370
How many times has he brought you out

722
00:33:02,370 --> 00:33:03,010
of trouble?

723
00:33:03,450 --> 00:33:05,910
How many times has he performed miracle after

724
00:33:05,910 --> 00:33:06,350
miracle?

725
00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:09,690
But now you're in another crisis and you

726
00:33:09,690 --> 00:33:10,730
forget those miracles.

727
00:33:10,730 --> 00:33:12,290
He says, how it grieves the heart of

728
00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:17,290
the Lord that you don't maintain faith in

729
00:33:17,290 --> 00:33:19,810
a present trial after all that he's said

730
00:33:19,810 --> 00:33:20,350
and done.

731
00:33:21,410 --> 00:33:22,830
You have eyes, don't you see?

732
00:33:22,970 --> 00:33:24,350
You have ears, don't you hear?

733
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,240
He was warning about leaven.

734
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,300
The Pharisees, it says, of Herod, but that

735
00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:34,080
means Sadducees.

736
00:33:34,220 --> 00:33:35,820
Herod was one of the Sadducees and part

737
00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:37,060
of the Sadducee movement.

738
00:33:37,780 --> 00:33:41,590
And he says, beware.

739
00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:43,730
He said, don't you come to me.

740
00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:45,930
And he sang it lovely, but don't you

741
00:33:45,930 --> 00:33:48,190
come to me with this kind of leaven

742
00:33:48,190 --> 00:33:48,950
in your heart.

743
00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:51,490
Don't you come to me like they did

744
00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:54,290
with hard questions, but their heart was not

745
00:33:54,290 --> 00:33:54,710
right.

746
00:33:55,530 --> 00:33:57,850
Don't come to me with your unbelief, this

747
00:33:57,850 --> 00:34:00,070
leaven of unbelief that the Pharisees had.

748
00:34:00,170 --> 00:34:01,830
They came with trick questions, they came with

749
00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:03,730
hard questions, but they didn't want answers.

750
00:34:04,590 --> 00:34:06,150
They didn't want to leave their sins, they

751
00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:07,730
didn't want to give up their power, they

752
00:34:07,730 --> 00:34:09,389
didn't want to give up their false authority.

753
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,230
If you're going to come to me, come

754
00:34:12,230 --> 00:34:12,850
in faith.

755
00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:16,050
Remembering what I've done in the past.

756
00:34:18,330 --> 00:34:19,389
He said, beware.

757
00:34:19,670 --> 00:34:21,550
Don't come to me with that kind of

758
00:34:21,550 --> 00:34:22,250
a heart.

759
00:34:23,030 --> 00:34:25,010
Because I'm not going to answer that kind

760
00:34:25,010 --> 00:34:25,469
of prayer.

761
00:34:27,429 --> 00:34:30,530
I'm not going to solve those Queen of

762
00:34:30,530 --> 00:34:33,230
Sheba type questions.

763
00:34:33,710 --> 00:34:35,730
You're not going to get your answers unless

764
00:34:35,730 --> 00:34:37,130
you come to me in faith.

765
00:34:37,130 --> 00:34:40,090
Unless you pursue me as she pursued me.

766
00:34:42,739 --> 00:34:45,120
Mark 4, there's another occasion when Jesus and

767
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,040
his disciples were in a boat going to

768
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:47,860
the other side.

769
00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:51,840
And there arose a great storm of wind.

770
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:54,980
The waves beat into the ship so that

771
00:34:54,980 --> 00:34:55,940
it was now full.

772
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,860
They cried, we are going down.

773
00:35:01,180 --> 00:35:03,700
Jesus was asleep in the backside of the

774
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:04,560
ship on a pillow.

775
00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:10,740
Bible said, they said he's asleep.

776
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:11,680
Now get the picture.

777
00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:16,360
A great storm, howling winds, waves so high

778
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,340
they're beating over the side of the ship,

779
00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:20,500
and the ship is full of water and

780
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,340
beginning to sink.

781
00:35:23,650 --> 00:35:26,070
A frightening moment.

782
00:35:26,490 --> 00:35:29,510
And experienced fishermen say, we're going down.

783
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:30,650
You're going down.

784
00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:42,110
In my flesh.

785
00:35:43,170 --> 00:35:44,370
Now they wake him up.

786
00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:46,970
And my flesh tells me, when in the

787
00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:51,490
flesh I'm thinking, now Lord, surely when you

788
00:35:51,490 --> 00:35:55,010
wake up, my flesh wants to hear this.

789
00:35:55,470 --> 00:35:57,490
My, oh my, it's a good thing you

790
00:35:57,490 --> 00:35:58,130
woke me up.

791
00:35:58,530 --> 00:35:59,290
This is serious.

792
00:36:04,170 --> 00:36:05,890
Good thing you got my attention.

793
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,220
You poor brothers, I'm so sorry I let

794
00:36:10,220 --> 00:36:11,640
you endure such anxiety.

795
00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:14,580
I'm sorry I didn't act a little sooner.

796
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,320
Forgive me for appearing to you so unconcerned.

797
00:36:19,340 --> 00:36:20,560
I feel so sorry.

798
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,880
That's what my flesh wants to hear him

799
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,860
tell me in my storm.

800
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,880
You know what the Scripture said.

801
00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:36,100
Jesus rebukes them.

802
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:38,760
Now get this picture.

803
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,820
Jesus is probably sleeping on a wet pillow.

804
00:36:44,940 --> 00:36:46,300
His body is half underwater.

805
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,300
They're water up to waist.

806
00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:52,280
And they're saying, now come on.

807
00:36:53,620 --> 00:36:57,100
Surely he doesn't expect us to be at

808
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:57,500
peace.

809
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,360
Surely he doesn't expect us to be just

810
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,800
sitting here calmly saying, all is well with

811
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,700
my soul.

812
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,900
Surely he doesn't expect us, especially while he's

813
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:12,940
asleep, to have faith.

814
00:37:15,490 --> 00:37:16,630
Yes, he does.

815
00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:19,170
Yes, he does.

816
00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:25,570
But what if the boat sinks?

817
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:28,290
Paul's boat sank.

818
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,460
You see, all you can lose.

819
00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:38,060
You see, by the way, God doesn't sleep.

820
00:37:38,140 --> 00:37:39,340
And this was God in the flesh.

821
00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:42,420
The Bible said he never slumbers, he never

822
00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:42,740
sleeps.

823
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:43,660
So he wasn't asleep.

824
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,420
Jesus had his eyes closed, his body was

825
00:37:46,420 --> 00:37:46,900
dozy.

826
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,580
But in the Spirit of God he was

827
00:37:49,580 --> 00:37:50,660
wide awake.

828
00:37:56,410 --> 00:37:58,430
God was testing their hearts.

829
00:37:59,450 --> 00:38:00,690
Let's see how.

830
00:38:02,290 --> 00:38:04,670
Can I finally find some men who will

831
00:38:04,670 --> 00:38:07,050
trust me in the face of death, in

832
00:38:07,050 --> 00:38:10,650
the face of every power of hell, to

833
00:38:10,650 --> 00:38:12,730
hold on and say, I believe in God.

834
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:15,070
If I go down, all we lose is

835
00:38:15,070 --> 00:38:15,630
the boat.

836
00:38:18,110 --> 00:38:20,330
All you can lose is something material.

837
00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:23,370
And God said, I've got a bigger, better

838
00:38:23,370 --> 00:38:23,790
boat.

839
00:38:31,570 --> 00:38:33,730
If you have to swim, I'll give you

840
00:38:33,730 --> 00:38:36,630
the strength to swim to shore, just like

841
00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:37,790
Paul the Apostle.

842
00:38:38,290 --> 00:38:40,590
And Paul the Apostle said, the boat's going

843
00:38:40,590 --> 00:38:44,290
down, but I have every promise from God

844
00:38:44,290 --> 00:38:46,430
that nobody dies.

845
00:38:47,970 --> 00:38:49,790
Everybody's going to be saved.

846
00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:52,610
And when they get there, God sends a

847
00:38:52,610 --> 00:38:53,090
revival.

848
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,460
Oh, I might lose my job.

849
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,160
You think that's the only job God can

850
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:03,660
get you?

851
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,920
You think that's the...

852
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,940
Jesus said, why are you so fearful?

853
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,520
How is it you have no faith?

854
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,600
How is it that at this time in

855
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,660
your Christian experience, he said, I'm about to

856
00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:36,160
go.

857
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,360
Will there ever be a time you ever

858
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,140
trust me?

859
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:45,000
Why is it you have...

860
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:45,940
he didn't even talk about no faith.

861
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:46,880
He said, why is it you don't even

862
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:47,140
have...

863
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:48,160
you have no faith.

864
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,400
That hurt me when I read that.

865
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:52,560
I said, God, that's not fair.

866
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,920
And I read letters and I said, God,

867
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,220
please, you don't expect these people that are

868
00:40:00,220 --> 00:40:04,860
going through this, losing everything, losing their businesses,

869
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:10,090
losing their jobs and losing their homes, because

870
00:40:10,090 --> 00:40:11,730
that's happening all over the world.

871
00:40:12,230 --> 00:40:13,730
And I've seen such poverty.

872
00:40:14,010 --> 00:40:16,410
Lord, surely you don't expect them.

873
00:40:16,410 --> 00:40:18,650
But, folks, I've met some of the greatest

874
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,750
faith I've ever witnessed in some of the

875
00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:22,830
slums in these nations we go to.

876
00:40:23,190 --> 00:40:24,690
And you watch them go into their tin

877
00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:28,110
sacks and dirt floor, and you see abounding

878
00:40:28,110 --> 00:40:31,610
faith in the faithfulness of God.

879
00:40:33,860 --> 00:40:35,620
Most of them, if they maintain their faith,

880
00:40:35,660 --> 00:40:39,580
are brought out into greener pastures and greater

881
00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:40,120
blessings.

882
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,780
But all the faith that I've seen...

883
00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:48,160
Now, there's going to be, according to Scripture,

884
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,880
a great falling away from faith.

885
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,260
Let no man deceive you, Jesus said, for

886
00:40:53,260 --> 00:40:55,840
that day means it's coming.

887
00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:58,400
It shall not come except there come a

888
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,560
falling away first.

889
00:40:59,980 --> 00:41:01,180
These are the words of Paul.

890
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,360
Now, before I close, I'm going to go

891
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:05,980
to the Old Testament.

892
00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:09,380
And I want to show you what happens

893
00:41:09,380 --> 00:41:14,280
to a man who loses his faith.

894
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,400
And it's a warning to me, it's a

895
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,020
warning to all of you.

896
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,040
Would you go to 2 Chronicles 14 before

897
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:19,600
I close?

898
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,280
2 Chronicles 14.

899
00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:32,010
I'm sorry, it's chapter 16.

900
00:41:34,450 --> 00:41:36,510
This is about King Asa, a man of

901
00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:37,170
great faith.

902
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:40,660
Now, leave that open.

903
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,020
I'm coming into a closing right now.

904
00:41:45,060 --> 00:41:48,060
But chapter 16, starting at verse 7.

905
00:41:48,060 --> 00:41:50,860
But let me set the background, please.

906
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,040
God has just given victory, previous to this,

907
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:58,440
to a million man army.

908
00:41:58,740 --> 00:42:00,300
The Ethiopians came against Asa.

909
00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:04,420
Asa believed God, relied on the Lord, full

910
00:42:04,420 --> 00:42:05,880
faith, and God gave him a victory.

911
00:42:09,150 --> 00:42:12,050
Don't turn there, but in chapter 14, verse

912
00:42:12,050 --> 00:42:14,750
11, it says, Asa cried out to the

913
00:42:14,750 --> 00:42:17,510
Lord his God saying, It is nothing with

914
00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:20,550
you to help, whether with many or with

915
00:42:20,550 --> 00:42:21,670
them that have no power.

916
00:42:22,270 --> 00:42:24,410
O Lord, we rest on you, and in

917
00:42:24,410 --> 00:42:26,530
your name we go against this multitude.

918
00:42:26,670 --> 00:42:28,790
That was the million man Ethiopian army.

919
00:42:29,310 --> 00:42:30,570
For you are our God.

920
00:42:31,030 --> 00:42:32,570
Verse 12, chapter 14.

921
00:42:32,770 --> 00:42:36,010
And so the Lord smote the Ethiopians before

922
00:42:36,010 --> 00:42:36,510
Asa.

923
00:42:37,550 --> 00:42:38,690
Look this way, please.

924
00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:43,990
The Bible says that the next 35 years

925
00:42:43,990 --> 00:42:48,590
after that great victory, verse 19 of chapter

926
00:42:48,590 --> 00:42:52,650
14, there was no more war till the

927
00:42:52,650 --> 00:42:54,990
35th year of Asa's reign.

928
00:42:56,330 --> 00:42:57,150
Look this way, please.

929
00:42:57,770 --> 00:43:00,230
For 35 years, this man trusted God.

930
00:43:00,990 --> 00:43:02,530
He lives in the favor of God.

931
00:43:02,950 --> 00:43:04,590
They came from nations around.

932
00:43:04,590 --> 00:43:06,810
They came from everywhere, especially from Israel and

933
00:43:06,810 --> 00:43:08,610
flooded in because they said, God's with this

934
00:43:08,610 --> 00:43:08,950
man.

935
00:43:09,890 --> 00:43:11,710
God is with Judah.

936
00:43:12,270 --> 00:43:13,370
And they came from where there was a

937
00:43:13,370 --> 00:43:15,450
great moving of God, the favor and the

938
00:43:15,450 --> 00:43:16,390
blessing of God.

939
00:43:16,670 --> 00:43:18,250
Faith just opened the doors.

940
00:43:18,390 --> 00:43:19,970
This man relied on the Lord.

941
00:43:20,450 --> 00:43:21,670
The 36th year.

942
00:43:21,790 --> 00:43:25,190
The 36th year begins in chapters 16, verse

943
00:43:25,190 --> 00:43:25,550
7.

944
00:43:25,710 --> 00:43:28,430
At that time, you see, at this time

945
00:43:28,430 --> 00:43:32,030
now, the Syrians had come down.

946
00:43:32,030 --> 00:43:34,170
They'd taken Ramah, and they'd cut off the

947
00:43:34,170 --> 00:43:37,030
trade routes that were coming to Judah and

948
00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:37,430
Jerusalem.

949
00:43:37,810 --> 00:43:39,090
So there was no trade.

950
00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:40,990
And they were going to try to starve

951
00:43:40,990 --> 00:43:43,210
Judah, this great trade.

952
00:43:44,050 --> 00:43:45,670
A lot of this came from the Orient.

953
00:43:46,050 --> 00:43:47,870
And they blocked off.

954
00:43:48,730 --> 00:43:53,210
Instead of relying on the Lord, Asa strips

955
00:43:53,210 --> 00:43:55,530
the temple of all of its gold and

956
00:43:55,530 --> 00:43:59,710
silver and all of the precious stones that

957
00:43:59,710 --> 00:44:02,270
he could find and goes to Ben-Hadad,

958
00:44:02,630 --> 00:44:05,230
the Syria, and buys himself an army.

959
00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:09,730
And that army came and rescued and delivered

960
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:10,070
them.

961
00:44:10,450 --> 00:44:12,130
And he goes to Ramah and takes down

962
00:44:12,130 --> 00:44:13,230
the stones and breaks it.

963
00:44:13,470 --> 00:44:15,590
And a prophet comes to him and gives

964
00:44:15,590 --> 00:44:16,190
him this warning.

965
00:44:16,550 --> 00:44:18,630
And it's in verse 7, chapter 16.

966
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:21,810
At that time, Hanani, the seer, came to

967
00:44:21,810 --> 00:44:23,430
Asa, king of Judah, and said unto him,

968
00:44:23,430 --> 00:44:25,710
Because thou hast relied on the king of

969
00:44:25,710 --> 00:44:27,710
Syria and not relied on the Lord thy

970
00:44:27,710 --> 00:44:29,970
God, therefore has the host of the king

971
00:44:29,970 --> 00:44:31,570
of Syria escaped out of your hand.

972
00:44:32,030 --> 00:44:34,430
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a

973
00:44:34,430 --> 00:44:36,910
huge host with very many chariots and horsemen?

974
00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:39,990
Yet because you did rely on the Lord,

975
00:44:40,190 --> 00:44:41,790
he delivered them into your hand.

976
00:44:42,390 --> 00:44:43,830
For the eyes of the Lord run to

977
00:44:43,830 --> 00:44:46,250
and fro throughout the whole earth to show

978
00:44:46,250 --> 00:44:48,230
himself strong in the half of them whose

979
00:44:48,230 --> 00:44:49,570
heart is perfect toward him.

980
00:44:50,410 --> 00:44:52,330
Herein thou hast done foolishly.

981
00:44:52,990 --> 00:44:57,370
Therefore, from henceforth thou shall have wars.

982
00:44:57,670 --> 00:44:58,690
Look at me, please.

983
00:44:58,770 --> 00:45:00,010
We'll stop right there.

984
00:45:01,170 --> 00:45:06,810
God said through this prophet Hanani, Tell him

985
00:45:06,810 --> 00:45:10,290
that he's had peace for 35 years because

986
00:45:10,290 --> 00:45:13,050
he simply trusted me and my word.

987
00:45:13,510 --> 00:45:14,450
I gave him direction.

988
00:45:14,570 --> 00:45:15,230
I gave him counsel.

989
00:45:15,830 --> 00:45:17,650
I gave him favor and I gave him

990
00:45:17,650 --> 00:45:18,010
blessing.

991
00:45:18,010 --> 00:45:22,170
But now in his panic, after all those

992
00:45:22,170 --> 00:45:24,790
years of miracles and blessing, now in a

993
00:45:24,790 --> 00:45:27,570
present crisis, and this wraps up and ties

994
00:45:27,570 --> 00:45:28,490
in everything I'm saying.

995
00:45:29,050 --> 00:45:32,810
Now, because he didn't trust God, and he

996
00:45:32,810 --> 00:45:34,990
goes to man, and he does it in

997
00:45:34,990 --> 00:45:36,810
his own energy and his own strength.

998
00:45:37,890 --> 00:45:41,070
Because, God says, because you didn't trust me

999
00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:44,490
and you relied on man, you're going to

1000
00:45:44,490 --> 00:45:46,990
have war the rest of your life.

1001
00:45:47,870 --> 00:45:50,130
And he goes into eternity, he dies.

1002
00:45:51,330 --> 00:45:54,090
In an inner and outer, there were wars

1003
00:45:54,090 --> 00:45:55,990
around and there was war in his soul.

1004
00:45:56,790 --> 00:45:59,470
He trusted, the Bible says, highly in doctors

1005
00:45:59,470 --> 00:46:00,850
and not in the Lord even for his

1006
00:46:00,850 --> 00:46:01,210
health.

1007
00:46:02,550 --> 00:46:04,530
His trust, nothing wrong with doctors, but putting

1008
00:46:04,530 --> 00:46:06,710
trust in it rather than in God, that's

1009
00:46:06,710 --> 00:46:07,190
the issue.

1010
00:46:07,190 --> 00:46:12,530
Why are so many Christians who walk with

1011
00:46:12,530 --> 00:46:16,570
God for years, suddenly in such inner turmoil,

1012
00:46:17,510 --> 00:46:22,390
despair, fightings within and without, trouble everywhere you

1013
00:46:22,390 --> 00:46:22,710
look.

1014
00:46:23,370 --> 00:46:25,870
I listen to the way some Christians talk

1015
00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:27,730
and I said, is there no God in

1016
00:46:27,730 --> 00:46:28,710
their life at all now?

1017
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:30,830
Where is their confidence?

1018
00:46:31,630 --> 00:46:32,990
You see them pick up the phone and

1019
00:46:32,990 --> 00:46:33,850
call everybody.

1020
00:46:33,850 --> 00:46:35,490
I mean, they call everywhere.

1021
00:46:35,690 --> 00:46:37,570
They go to meetings to get a word

1022
00:46:37,570 --> 00:46:38,670
from some prophet.

1023
00:46:38,830 --> 00:46:41,390
They're running everywhere, trouble, trouble, trouble.

1024
00:46:41,590 --> 00:46:41,890
Why?

1025
00:46:42,110 --> 00:46:44,570
He said, you're going to have war because

1026
00:46:44,570 --> 00:46:45,610
you didn't rely on me.

1027
00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:47,350
You don't trust me.

1028
00:46:47,790 --> 00:46:49,510
You don't believe I can speak to you.

1029
00:46:50,570 --> 00:46:52,650
Folks, I don't want to preach anymore if

1030
00:46:52,650 --> 00:46:54,450
I can't stand up here and know that

1031
00:46:54,450 --> 00:46:57,730
what I gave you, or wherever I go

1032
00:46:57,730 --> 00:46:59,690
to pastor anything else, I want to know

1033
00:46:59,690 --> 00:47:02,250
that what I'm giving is not a parable,

1034
00:47:02,370 --> 00:47:04,490
it's not a riddle, it's something God has

1035
00:47:04,490 --> 00:47:06,630
opened my heart because I pursued Him, and

1036
00:47:06,630 --> 00:47:08,390
because I trusted He'd speak to me.

1037
00:47:09,270 --> 00:47:12,470
And that's not just for preachers, that's for

1038
00:47:12,470 --> 00:47:13,370
every one of us.

1039
00:47:13,650 --> 00:47:15,470
There has to be a pursuit of God's

1040
00:47:15,470 --> 00:47:15,790
heart.

1041
00:47:16,150 --> 00:47:17,350
And you're not going to get it in

1042
00:47:17,350 --> 00:47:19,990
just a half hour a day and then

1043
00:47:19,990 --> 00:47:21,550
say, well, I've meditated.

1044
00:47:21,690 --> 00:47:21,830
No.

1045
00:47:22,210 --> 00:47:24,670
You get something in here and it sticks.

1046
00:47:24,770 --> 00:47:26,010
You don't understand it.

1047
00:47:26,430 --> 00:47:28,330
There's a parable it doesn't open to you.

1048
00:47:28,490 --> 00:47:29,350
Stay with it.

1049
00:47:29,650 --> 00:47:30,770
Stay on your knees.

1050
00:47:30,770 --> 00:47:32,170
Keep asking God.

1051
00:47:32,490 --> 00:47:33,610
I can't get it from the past.

1052
00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:35,830
I want to go to church knowing that

1053
00:47:35,830 --> 00:47:37,230
you revealed it to me.

1054
00:47:37,490 --> 00:47:38,490
He wants to reveal it.

1055
00:47:38,590 --> 00:47:40,530
If you'll stay in this book and get

1056
00:47:40,530 --> 00:47:42,710
past the parables and get into the epistle,

1057
00:47:42,870 --> 00:47:44,110
what does it mean to me?

1058
00:47:44,530 --> 00:47:46,890
And go to Him with all your questions.

1059
00:47:47,550 --> 00:47:49,950
After you've given Him quality time, you come

1060
00:47:49,950 --> 00:47:51,790
and pursue His heart and faith, and I

1061
00:47:51,790 --> 00:47:54,050
guarantee you God will answer every question you

1062
00:47:54,050 --> 00:47:54,330
have.

1063
00:47:54,470 --> 00:47:56,290
You will not live in confusion or doubt.

1064
00:47:56,530 --> 00:47:57,430
There'll be no wars.

1065
00:47:57,510 --> 00:47:58,230
They'll all be settled.

1066
00:47:58,230 --> 00:48:00,790
My Bible said He's a God who causes

1067
00:48:00,790 --> 00:48:02,730
every war to cease.

1068
00:48:03,210 --> 00:48:04,110
Stand, please.

1069
00:48:15,430 --> 00:48:15,870
Hallelujah.

1070
00:48:22,970 --> 00:48:25,850
Could you, that God is so good, God

1071
00:48:25,850 --> 00:48:26,290
is so good.

1072
00:48:26,350 --> 00:48:28,650
Could you do that for us, Greg, while

1073
00:48:28,650 --> 00:48:29,830
I meditate a moment?

1074
00:48:31,990 --> 00:48:33,130
Would you sing that with us?

1075
00:48:33,390 --> 00:48:34,250
God is so good.

1076
00:48:34,490 --> 00:48:35,410
Please don't leave yet.

1077
00:48:36,090 --> 00:48:36,950
God's not finished.

1078
00:48:37,350 --> 00:48:39,310
You might miss something very special from the

1079
00:48:39,310 --> 00:48:39,790
Holy Spirit.

1080
00:48:40,430 --> 00:48:41,510
Just stay put for a moment.

1081
00:48:42,510 --> 00:48:44,550
Catch the next subway or bus.

1082
00:48:45,350 --> 00:48:47,490
God will bless you and He'll get you

1083
00:48:47,490 --> 00:48:49,010
home with a blessing.

1084
00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:51,850
Sing it.

1085
00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:10,630
He's so good to me.

1086
00:49:25,750 --> 00:49:29,030
He's so good to me.

1087
00:49:29,030 --> 00:49:30,310
God answers prayer.

1088
00:49:30,550 --> 00:49:30,850
Sing it.

1089
00:49:45,670 --> 00:49:49,430
He's so good to me.

1090
00:49:49,430 --> 00:49:50,250
One more time.

1091
00:49:50,870 --> 00:49:51,690
He's so good.

1092
00:49:51,970 --> 00:49:54,890
God is so good.

1093
00:49:55,670 --> 00:49:56,230
Hallelujah.

1094
00:49:57,050 --> 00:50:00,110
God is so good.

1095
00:50:01,110 --> 00:50:04,890
Oh, God is so good.

1096
00:50:05,410 --> 00:50:10,070
He's so good to me.

1097
00:50:10,850 --> 00:50:14,430
You're here tonight, balcony, here in the annex.

1098
00:50:15,590 --> 00:50:18,390
I'm going to give a bold invitation because

1099
00:50:18,390 --> 00:50:19,930
it's so important.

1100
00:50:20,130 --> 00:50:22,130
It's so...

1101
00:50:22,130 --> 00:50:23,790
You see, you're not going to have your

1102
00:50:23,790 --> 00:50:24,370
prayers answered.

1103
00:50:24,370 --> 00:50:27,030
That war is never going to cease until

1104
00:50:27,030 --> 00:50:28,290
you come to Him with faith.

1105
00:50:29,590 --> 00:50:32,490
You come to Him and say, I want

1106
00:50:32,490 --> 00:50:35,530
this doubt to be plucked out of my

1107
00:50:35,530 --> 00:50:35,790
heart.

1108
00:50:35,990 --> 00:50:38,710
If you're here tonight and you're battling with

1109
00:50:38,710 --> 00:50:44,490
unbelief, you've not been able to truly trust

1110
00:50:44,490 --> 00:50:46,510
the Lord in your present situation.

1111
00:50:46,650 --> 00:50:48,130
I don't care what it may be.

1112
00:50:48,850 --> 00:50:49,410
Up in the balcony.

1113
00:50:49,750 --> 00:50:51,190
And if you've been backstabbing, if you don't

1114
00:50:51,190 --> 00:50:52,890
know Christ, you can come with these.

1115
00:50:52,890 --> 00:50:54,970
But I'm just asking boldly for you to

1116
00:50:54,970 --> 00:50:57,130
come here publicly.

1117
00:50:58,950 --> 00:51:03,130
Before the Lord privately confess, Lord, I have

1118
00:51:03,130 --> 00:51:04,330
not trusted you.

1119
00:51:05,930 --> 00:51:09,490
I have actually believed that I'm going down

1120
00:51:09,490 --> 00:51:13,530
and I've just been discouraged about it.

1121
00:51:14,070 --> 00:51:15,350
But, Lord, I want to believe you.

1122
00:51:15,410 --> 00:51:16,310
I want to trust you.

1123
00:51:17,150 --> 00:51:18,670
I want you to come while we're singing

1124
00:51:18,670 --> 00:51:19,430
again in the annex.

1125
00:51:19,430 --> 00:51:20,630
I'll actually just go to the lobby to

1126
00:51:20,630 --> 00:51:22,350
show you how to get into this building

1127
00:51:22,350 --> 00:51:23,390
and down the aisle here.

1128
00:51:24,350 --> 00:51:26,650
God's good and He wants to meet your

1129
00:51:26,650 --> 00:51:26,910
heart.

1130
00:51:27,010 --> 00:51:29,030
He wants to instill His faith in your

1131
00:51:29,030 --> 00:51:31,110
heart, the faith of Christ Himself.

1132
00:51:32,450 --> 00:51:35,290
He's not mad at you, but He will

1133
00:51:35,290 --> 00:51:36,350
not catch you slack.

1134
00:51:37,550 --> 00:51:40,110
He'll say to you, why don't you have

1135
00:51:40,110 --> 00:51:40,590
faith?

1136
00:51:41,470 --> 00:51:42,110
Come now.

1137
00:51:42,770 --> 00:51:44,170
Confess it before the Lord and say, Lord,

1138
00:51:44,230 --> 00:51:46,690
I'm not leaving this house tonight with unbelief

1139
00:51:46,690 --> 00:51:47,350
in my heart.

1140
00:51:47,350 --> 00:51:49,050
I want to go out here saying, God,

1141
00:51:49,110 --> 00:51:50,070
I'm going to trust you.

1142
00:51:50,790 --> 00:51:52,510
I'm going to trust you no matter what

1143
00:51:52,510 --> 00:51:53,050
happens.

1144
00:51:53,690 --> 00:51:54,450
Sing it again.

1145
00:52:11,570 --> 00:52:15,910
He's so good to me.

1146
00:52:17,610 --> 00:52:20,990
God is so good.

1147
00:52:21,990 --> 00:52:25,810
God is so good.

1148
00:52:26,030 --> 00:52:30,650
Oh, God is so good.

1149
00:52:30,930 --> 00:52:34,610
He's so good to me.

1150
00:52:50,030 --> 00:52:53,930
He's so good to me.

1151
00:52:56,370 --> 00:52:57,870
I hope that when you go home you

1152
00:52:57,870 --> 00:52:58,590
remember this.

1153
00:53:00,350 --> 00:53:01,530
Nothing in my heart.

1154
00:53:02,590 --> 00:53:04,250
The devil can't touch anything in my heart.

1155
00:53:05,990 --> 00:53:08,950
He may be able to affect my job.

1156
00:53:09,390 --> 00:53:10,810
He may be able to affect material things

1157
00:53:10,810 --> 00:53:11,810
in my life, but he cannot.

1158
00:53:12,330 --> 00:53:13,430
It's all he can take.

1159
00:53:15,190 --> 00:53:16,670
God said he's a restorer.

1160
00:53:17,210 --> 00:53:20,430
He can restore to you everything the devil

1161
00:53:20,430 --> 00:53:21,650
tries to eat and consume.

1162
00:53:22,670 --> 00:53:24,770
All the canker worms he can restore.

1163
00:53:25,190 --> 00:53:26,310
He did it for Job.

1164
00:53:26,430 --> 00:53:27,950
If he did it for Job, he can

1165
00:53:27,950 --> 00:53:29,230
do it for any righteous man.

1166
00:53:30,350 --> 00:53:31,370
He can restore.

1167
00:53:33,790 --> 00:53:35,550
So, what the Lord's honest in saying, you

1168
00:53:35,550 --> 00:53:36,430
don't have anything to fear.

1169
00:53:38,130 --> 00:53:39,490
If you've got fear of sin, I didn't

1170
00:53:39,490 --> 00:53:40,070
give it to you.

1171
00:53:40,730 --> 00:53:42,630
He said, I've given you a spirit of

1172
00:53:42,630 --> 00:53:44,230
love and power and a sound mind.

1173
00:53:45,250 --> 00:53:47,170
I've given that to you by faith.

1174
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,260
Now, I know most of you up here,

1175
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,980
your issue is not lust or anything like

1176
00:53:58,980 --> 00:53:59,220
that.

1177
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,600
Your issue is this one all-consuming thing

1178
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:03,420
in the eyes of God.

1179
00:54:03,580 --> 00:54:06,140
All important to him is you come to

1180
00:54:06,140 --> 00:54:08,400
him, child, and trust him that he can

1181
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:08,960
speak to you.

1182
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:10,960
I know you expect the pastors to hear

1183
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:11,400
from God.

1184
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:15,280
But every one of you, everyone in this

1185
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,340
house that loves the Lord, you're to hear

1186
00:54:18,340 --> 00:54:19,020
his voice.

1187
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:20,900
You're to hear it.

1188
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:22,440
And I'll tell you what he'll do.

1189
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,940
The safeguard is every time, if you give

1190
00:54:25,940 --> 00:54:27,360
him enough time, and if you're into this

1191
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:31,360
book, pursuing the heart of God, he will

1192
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,980
always bring a scripture to either conflict with

1193
00:54:34,980 --> 00:54:38,740
that voice, so you know it's flesh, or

1194
00:54:38,740 --> 00:54:40,960
he'll just give you peace.

1195
00:54:41,460 --> 00:54:44,480
And you open the Bible, and you're studying

1196
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:44,600
it.

1197
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,700
Just don't go like this saying, God, do

1198
00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:46,800
it.

1199
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:47,780
No, no, no, no.

1200
00:54:48,780 --> 00:54:50,200
You study his word.

1201
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:51,280
You hide it in your heart.

1202
00:54:51,500 --> 00:54:53,500
That hidden word in your heart, he will

1203
00:54:53,500 --> 00:54:56,040
always confirm, or he will always put up

1204
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:57,420
a red flag, and you'll know.

1205
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:58,960
He said, my sheep know my voice.

1206
00:54:59,220 --> 00:55:00,640
He'll not deceive you.

1207
00:55:02,580 --> 00:55:03,340
He answers.

1208
00:55:03,340 --> 00:55:06,020
You say, but does he answer all your

1209
00:55:06,020 --> 00:55:06,540
questions?

1210
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:07,220
Yes.

1211
00:55:07,740 --> 00:55:09,080
Too often with a no.

1212
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:14,080
To my satisfaction, but I know that that's

1213
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:14,520
of God.

1214
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:15,620
He's faithful.

1215
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:20,040
And he has so enthralled my heart since

1216
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,880
I have set out to believe that with

1217
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:27,000
all my heart that he is near me.

1218
00:55:28,540 --> 00:55:31,120
I have quoted and re-quoted to you

1219
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:31,860
Psalm 34.

1220
00:55:33,420 --> 00:55:34,600
It says it all.

1221
00:55:35,220 --> 00:55:36,120
The Lord is nigh.

1222
00:55:36,260 --> 00:55:39,320
He's near to those that trust him.

1223
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:42,680
And the Lord knoweth them that trust him.

1224
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:44,460
Say this with me, Lord Jesus.

1225
00:55:45,140 --> 00:55:46,680
Forgive my unbelief.

1226
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:49,060
I want to trust you.

1227
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:51,820
I know you're greater than Solomon.

1228
00:55:53,700 --> 00:55:54,580
You're God.

1229
00:55:54,580 --> 00:55:56,720
Be God to me.

1230
00:55:57,380 --> 00:55:59,060
Let me trust you as God.

1231
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:03,900
I lay all my burdens and all my

1232
00:56:03,900 --> 00:56:06,500
cares upon you now.

1233
00:56:07,820 --> 00:56:12,240
Lord Jesus, give me ears to hear and

1234
00:56:12,240 --> 00:56:13,180
eyes to see.

1235
00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:17,360
And that means a heart to come after

1236
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:19,900
you, to seek you.

1237
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:22,620
Now let me pray for you.

1238
00:56:22,860 --> 00:56:26,040
Father, I feel your great love for this

1239
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:26,840
people tonight.

1240
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,760
And I sense your great love for me

1241
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,220
as one of your servants.

1242
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:34,120
Lord, you're not mad at your people how

1243
00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:35,400
you rejoice over us.

1244
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:41,400
But Lord, even the disciples, how strong, how

1245
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:42,720
clear you made it.

1246
00:56:43,380 --> 00:56:46,100
No, you can't come that way.

1247
00:56:47,420 --> 00:56:50,600
Let not that man who wavers think he'll

1248
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:51,840
receive anything from God.

1249
00:56:52,740 --> 00:56:53,740
Not anything.

1250
00:56:54,780 --> 00:56:59,210
But come in faith and pray to the

1251
00:56:59,210 --> 00:56:59,670
Father.

1252
00:57:01,090 --> 00:57:04,290
And the Father will give you what you

1253
00:57:04,290 --> 00:57:05,470
ask in my name.

1254
00:57:06,430 --> 00:57:10,310
Lord, we ask for a heart that's softened.

1255
00:57:10,590 --> 00:57:12,950
We ask for ears that are open and

1256
00:57:12,950 --> 00:57:14,030
eyes that can see.

1257
00:57:15,370 --> 00:57:16,590
We love you, Jesus.

1258
00:57:16,590 --> 00:57:21,210
Are you thrilled with Jesus?

1259
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,820
If we were really thrilled, your heart would

1260
00:57:38,820 --> 00:57:41,760
just be open to him right now before

1261
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:42,440
you leave here.

1262
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:46,220
Greg, do you have an appropriate song of

1263
00:57:46,220 --> 00:57:47,380
Holy Spirit to lay on your heart at

1264
00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:47,780
this time?

1265
00:57:48,020 --> 00:57:50,080
We should leave here tonight with such all

1266
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:51,180
respect more than that, though.

1267
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:54,020
But to be so thrilled with Christ that

1268
00:57:54,020 --> 00:58:00,140
he just so desires to speak to you.

1269
00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:02,580
He so desires one to just say, you

1270
00:58:02,580 --> 00:58:04,000
don't have to carry this anymore.

1271
00:58:04,140 --> 00:58:05,340
I have what you need.

1272
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,040
And this time, do it.

1273
00:58:08,180 --> 00:58:10,700
This time, believe me, I'm going to see

1274
00:58:10,700 --> 00:58:11,160
you through.

1275
00:58:11,820 --> 00:58:12,160
Hallelujah.

1276
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:16,100
This is the conclusion of the message.