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Psalm 20:1-9

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  1. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Psalms Bible study.

  2. Rachel and I was on a hiatus for a while.

  3. So much going on at work, so much going on

  4. at home, so much going on in the ministry that

  5. we took a break. So, boy, it's such a breath

  6. of fresh air to get back to Psalms. And specifically

  7. this particular Psalm, it's full of encouraging words for the

  8. birth pangs. when we enter our time of persecution. So

  9. it's only nine verses long. It's pretty short. It's pretty sweet.

  10. You know, it's very apropos that we do this in

  11. light of everything that's been going on. Like I said, work, home,

  12. and ministry has just kind of been tumultuous here lately. Mm-hmm, yep. Yes.

  13. But the Lord is faithful. Yes.

  14. Amen.

  15. He is.

  16. He makes us stronger in these times.

  17. Yes.

  18. We have been told that we must carry our own cross.

  19. We must. That is part of it. So we will

  20. go through some of the suffering that Jesus went through.

  21. Or maybe all of it. I don't know. But you

  22. realize this is the greatest prophecy ever. You realize he

  23. repeatedly told his disciples before he was crucified, he was

  24. going to be crucified and they didn't listen to him.

  25. He specifically told them, you have to pick up your

  26. cross and follow me. So they had, imagine the ringing

  27. in their ears as they're standing there seeing him on

  28. the cross. They had no idea what he was talking about.

  29. And there's so many things in this life that we,

  30. at the time, we're just like they're happening or somebody

  31. saying something and it's just going right over our head,

  32. but it's not, it's in our subconscious. And sometimes it

  33. confuses like, why did they say that? But then years

  34. later you think back at the conversation and you're like,

  35. Oh my, that's what they were saying. That's what they meant.

  36. And they were, the person, if it was a person

  37. telling you something, they were probably just so frustrated with

  38. you that you were thinking you weren't listening or whatever.

  39. Now that we have kids of our own, we're experiencing

  40. that happening ourselves. And it's just that we didn't have

  41. the right kind of context to put what they were

  42. saying into our memory, into our thoughts, I mean.

  43. Right. You have to process what's going on before you

  44. understand what it is.

  45. You have to go through a certain set of things

  46. but there are certain things that are better if we

  47. know them in advance even though we don't understand them.

  48. Just like what Jesus said about carrying our own cross.

  49. And so when we're going through things I know it

  50. feels like everything's falling apart. It just wasn't the way

  51. that We thought it would be. We didn't think it

  52. would happen in this way we had. And so it

  53. makes it very difficult. But when we can look back

  54. on what he said and his words and realize that

  55. it's going to be okay. And he has good plans

  56. for us.

  57. Yes. So let me catch my breath here. Let me

  58. change the topic before I start bawling on air. Okay.

  59. Oops.

  60. We just talked about this. You have to be able

  61. to take information and process it just when I was

  62. trudging outside. You said something to me. You called me

  63. over and asked me a particular question. And I gave

  64. you a direct answer. I gave you a very direct

  65. answer to the difference between between jealousy and envy and

  66. then you took that and processed it and responded to

  67. me and instead of saying anything further you said what

  68. you said and I said what you said and I

  69. had to process what you said and you had to

  70. process what I said so That's very important that we're able, well,

  71. that's why we're doing what we're doing today, right? You

  72. need the information before you can properly process what it's saying.

  73. And before you've processed it, herein lies the massive danger

  74. of deception. This is when the devil enters in. When

  75. you take in what the word says, and before you

  76. have a chance to process it the devil distorts it

  77. and turns it into deception and.

  78. A lot of times this will come out in our

  79. intention is to do what God wants but in our

  80. sin that's where we get tripped up and we must

  81. be careful that we don't take what we think is

  82. going to happen and then let that cause.

  83. Us to sin.

  84. God would never be wanting that. Just because we think

  85. something should happen, just because we're fearful that this is

  86. going to happen, we need to trust what God's doing

  87. and remember the commands He gave us, whether it makes

  88. sense to us or not.

  89. Whether it makes sense to us or not.

  90. Because there are certain things that we know that God's

  91. commanded us. So we have to hold fast to truth

  92. and mercy.

  93. Right.

  94. And when we hold fast to truth and mercy, whenever

  95. there's anything going on in any kind of relationship, we

  96. need to let our minds go back to that.

  97. Yep.

  98. You know, what do we know? Not what we think

  99. we know. Not what we were like, well, you know,

  100. in a relationship, we're thinking, you know, this person is

  101. doing this because of this. You know, maybe they sinned

  102. against us. Maybe they did a couple of things against us.

  103. But then in our minds, we stray from the truth

  104. and we're not merciful. So.

  105. And boy, ain't that easy. Oh, yeah. Man, that is

  106. easy to not be merciful. That's not funny. That's not funny.

  107. That's not funny. All right. So we might as well

  108. just go ahead and jump into this. So I don't

  109. know if you want to read all nine verses, but

  110. once you read to the spirit moves and stops, you

  111. give us.

  112. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble.

  113. May the name of the God of Jacob defend you.

  114. May he send you help from the sanctuary and strengthen

  115. you out of Zion. May he remember all your offerings

  116. and accept your burnt sacrifice.

  117. Selah. Selah. So here's a Selah moment. First off, you

  118. realize that, I mean, I got to talk a lot

  119. about Bible prophecy here. I don't have a choice. So

  120. we're told in the prophecy of Daniel 70th week that

  121. in the middle of Jesus Christ ministry, he would be

  122. crucified and become the Passover sacrifice. Okay. This is exactly

  123. what happened. And after that, God is very clear. What

  124. we owe him is sacrifices of praise. Yes. We put

  125. our own will and our own desire on this burnt

  126. offering sacrifice. The Bible is redundant. It is replete. And

  127. the Spirit is moving, so I'm sorry, Rachel. I just

  128. have to go. Once again, I don't know why the

  129. Spirit keeps having me do this, but Hebrews chapter 10,

    Hebrews 10 chapter mention

  130. starting in verse 26 says, The word tells you the

  131. difference between churchgoers and those who have been born again.

  132. It says it very succinctly, so I need to make

  133. sure that they understand what sacrifice he's talking about, okay? So,

  134. three very simple verses. For if we sin willfully after

  135. we have received knowledge of the truth, there no longer...

  136. remains a sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful expectation

  137. of judgment and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries

  138. anyone is rejected Moses law dies without mercy on the

  139. testimony of two or three witnesses of how much worse

  140. punishment do you suppose he be thought worthy who has

  141. trampled the son of God underfoot and counted the blood

  142. of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common

  143. thing and insulted the spirit of grace so this is

  144. what this means Once you've been water baptized into the church,

  145. if you continue sinning willfully, your baptism will take a

  146. dead end right there. If you continue to willfully practicing

  147. sin while the Holy Spirit is waiting to make you

  148. reborn after a certain period of time, and we don't

  149. know what that time frame is, no more than we

  150. know the time frame for the age of accountability. But

  151. there's a time by which you cross the threshold in

  152. your willful sinning because you can't sin in Jesus' name.

  153. That's what it just said. If you claim the name

  154. of Christ and continue to willfully sin, you are trampling him.

  155. And it says very, very clear, counted the blood of

  156. the covenant. What's the blood of the covenant? Matthew chapter 26,

    Matthew 26:26

  157. verse 26. We say that every time at communion, right?

  158. His blood is the blood of the new covenant. If

  159. we do that for too long, the spirit of grace

  160. will not baptize us. So know and understand, do not

  161. be misled. I have given you the information from Psalm 20.

  162. Don't let the devil come in before you have a

  163. chance to process it. What he's talking about, write it, please, please,

  164. I'm begging you, write this down. Write down Hebrews chapter

    Hebrews 10:26–29

  165. 10 verses 26 through 29. Don't let the devil deceive

  166. you into this sin-based salvation. Jesus Christ does not save

  167. you in your sin. He saves you from your sin

  168. because he is your ransom. He's your ransom. He's not

  169. your substitution. The word never says that. So I know

  170. that was kind of lengthy. Rachel, I'm sorry, but I

  171. had to. The spirit was moving. I cannot obstruct the

  172. spirit of grace.

  173. I can't.

  174. So this is why this was a Salah moment. You're

  175. supposed to understand what the prophecy of Daniel's 70th week means.

  176. You're supposed to understand it. And I'm sorry, Rachel, the

  177. spirit is moving again. Okay, we're going to go to

  178. the prophecy of Daniel's 70th week because the Spirit is

  179. just telling me that many of you are confused. I'm

  180. sure the Spirit is not referencing members of Maranatha Ministries.

  181. I'm sure this is somebody, and I hope it's many people,

  182. that are watching or listening to this in the archives.

  183. I hope that's who the Spirit is referencing here. But

  184. we're going to talk about Daniel's 70th week. It's just

  185. some very simple verses, verses 24 through 27. And here,

  186. this is what it says. It says the Lord Jesus

  187. Christ was going to make a covenant with many for

  188. Daniel's 70th week. And it says in the middle of

  189. that week, he's crucified. And when he's crucified, he becomes

  190. the final sacrifice. Okay? Matthew chapter 26, verse 26. Look

    Matthew 26:26

  191. that up real quick, honey. Matthew 26, 26. What is

  192. Jesus Christ's blood? When he sacrificed himself, what did it become?

  193. There's no such thing as dispensational theology. Okay? There's only

  194. covenant theology. Read for us starting in 26, 26.

  195. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it,

  196. and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat,

  197. this is my body. Then he took the cup and

  198. gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, Drink from

  199. all of you, for this is my blood of the

  200. new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission

  201. of sins.

  202. Amen. Amen. This is true. Now during your processing of

  203. this information, you can't be deceived. That's what it means.

  204. It doesn't mean anything else. So in the middle, how

  205. do we know this? John clearly gives us one, two,

  206. three Passovers. You know beyond any shadow of a doubt.

  207. This is his ministry. All academics will tell you this.

  208. Jesus Christ's ministry lasted for three and a half years,

  209. and that's why. So that's what it's going to say.

  210. Then it's going to say, when the abomination of desolation

  211. is set up, the final half of Daniel's 70th week

  212. will be fulfilled. That's what it's getting ready to say, okay?

  213. Okay.

  214. So now you can't be deceived by confusion entering in

  215. before you have understanding. Seventy weeks are determined for your

  216. people and your holy city to finish transgression, to make

  217. end of sin, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring

  218. in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and

  219. to anoint the most holy. Know therefore and understand that

  220. from the going forth to restore and build Jerusalem until

  221. Messiah the prince, thou shalt be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.

  222. The street shall be built again in the wall, even

  223. in troublesome times. And after sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be

  224. cut off, but not for himself. And the people of

  225. the prince who is to come shall destroy the city

  226. and the sanctuary, and the end of it shall be

  227. with a flood. Until the end of the war, desolations

  228. are determined. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many

  229. for one week. But in the middle of the week.

  230. He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And

  231. on the wing of abomination. Shall be one who makes desolate.

  232. Even unto the consummation which is determined. Is poured out

  233. on the desolate. So he. Authoritatively told you. There was

  234. the final 70th week. Which would be the ministry of

  235. the Lord Jesus Christ. Halfway into it. he would be crucified.

  236. A bunch of time would go by. The latter part

  237. of verse 26 tells you of the destruction of Jerusalem

  238. in 70 AD. Then verse 27 says a great big

  239. bunch of time is going to go past. And the

  240. final half of the week would not start until the

  241. abomination of desolation. These things are true. They're true. Okay,

  242. so with this in mind, Getting back to Psalm 20,

  243. you need to understand all of these things, okay, before

  244. we go to the next verse, verse 4. That's why

  245. this Salah moment was incorporated, it was impregnated into God's

  246. Word right here, this Salah. Okay, it's very beautiful that

  247. you understand exactly what he means. And when he says

  248. that he's going to send help from out of his sanctuary,

  249. And Mount Zion, Hebrews chapter 12, verse 22. You cannot

    Hebrews 12:22

  250. lie about the word. The word states that Zion is

  251. God's throne room in heaven. Zion is not in creation.

  252. It's in heaven. Okay, I'm sorry. The spirit's moving again.

  253. I got to provide the proof word. This is the

  254. word of God unadulterated. This is exactly what he says.

  255. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the

  256. city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem with innumerable

  257. company of angels. Period. Mount Zion is not on planet Earth.

  258. It's not on Mars or Mercury. It's not in the

  259. Andromeda galaxy. Heaven is the other dimension. There's only two dimensions.

  260. Heaven's the other one. Thus saith the Lord from the

  261. very beginning. I'm sorry, Rachel, just one more, I promise. Okay,

  262. this is true. Read for me. Genesis 1, verse 1,

    Genesis 1:1

  263. it says God creates two dimensions. He says he creates

  264. the spiritual dimension first and then the physical dimension. Read it.

  265. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

  266. Praise God. Praise God. So, now you further or elaborate

  267. on this. This is why the New Testament says that

  268. there's families in heaven and on earth. Okay. I'm not

  269. going to elaborate on that because I've already... I'm already...

  270. probably making you uncomfortable because I've given so much commentary

  271. so far it's very important that people understand once you

  272. digest the information from the word before you reach an

  273. understanding it's this period in which the devil steps in

  274. and deceives you before you have a chance to process

  275. it how do you process it cross references Did I

  276. mention any theologians' names? No. Did I mention any commentaries? No.

  277. Understanding comes from cross-referencing what God's word has said other places.

  278. Is this not the only thing I've done? This is

  279. how you're able to process the information with cross-references. I'm sorry, Rachel.

  280. Can I add, because I think you're forgetting also the

  281. power of the Holy Spirit.

  282. Amen.

  283. And sometimes it's a timing thing. And you're just going

  284. to have to wait.

  285. But in the waiting.

  286. You've got to wait for Christmas to open your presents.

  287. And you've got to wait for God's timing to understand

  288. some things. And you have to be patient in the

  289. Holy Spirit. Yes.

  290. And You cannot hearken to anyone else's voice during this time.

  291. I'm going to be very clear. I don't care what

  292. the theologian's name is or the pastor's name or the

  293. preacher's name or the priest's name or the bishop's name.

  294. Those are all lies. You have to be patient and

  295. only hearken to his voice. I just told you how

  296. it's going to happen. The Holy Spirit's going to lead

  297. you to other verses in the Bible that will explain himself.

  298. He don't need a commentator.

  299. And the other thing I want to say is don't

  300. stop reading just because you're not understanding things.

  301. That's what a lot of.

  302. People do because it's very hard. You get to a

  303. section in scripture that you're just not getting it. God

  304. will lead you to another part of the scripture to

  305. read that you can understand, that you are ready for.

  306. But don't. Don't just stop because you're just like, oh,

  307. this is so much brain work. Because one thing God

  308. has taught me in these past few weeks is that...

  309. Why did I just lose it? But God just... Why

  310. did I just lose what I was going to say?

  311. Spirit said no.

  312. I guess not.

  313. Spirit said no. Amen. Verse 4. That's enough. Verse 4.

  314. Okay. Verse 4. May he grant you according to your

  315. heart's desire.

  316. Amen.

  317. And fulfill all your purpose. We will rejoice in your salvation.

  318. And in the name of our God, we'll set up

  319. our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. And

  320. this is talking about Jesus. So this is Jesus's heart's desire.

  321. Jesus's purpose. Jesus's salvation. For us.

  322. Amen. Amen. Amen. Can I answer that? Okay. I wasn't

  323. going to say it, but I'm sorry. I have to

  324. go all the way back to the first verse. It

  325. says day of trouble. I know that. That direct phrase says,

  326. Is also in Psalm 50. The Psalm of Asaph. Praise God.

  327. In verse 15. Call upon me. What? In the day

  328. of trouble. I will deliver you. And shall glorify me.

  329. Praise God. Listen. He's emphatically telling you. I read to

  330. you straight from Daniel chapter 9. He's saying that he's

    Daniel 9 chapter mention

  331. going to fulfill his covenant. Praise God. By gathering us together.

  332. And when we're there, we're going to have what says banners.

  333. That's not the only time that's in the Bible. It's

  334. all over the place. And God is telling you that

  335. in between is going to be a.

  336. I'm giving too much. Praise God. This will be fulfilled

  337. according to the word of death. Now listen. Jesus Christ

  338. told you, I'm sorry. I won't go on and on.

  339. I promise I won't. I must quote from God the Son.

  340. Praise God. Praise God. Let me quote him. I will

  341. direct quote you so that you can't be deceived. Look

  342. at this in Greek. Look at it in Greek. This

  343. is Jesus Christ. Now, when you see the abomination spoken

  344. of by Daniel, the prophet standing in the holy place,

  345. what's that say?

  346. Whoever reads this, let him understand.

  347. Praise God. I'm not going to elaborate no more. I

  348. don't have to. You need to understand this is true.

  349. These things are true. The covenant that he makes with

  350. many for Daniel's 70th week is going to come true

  351. in the three and a half year tribulation. And you

  352. need to know, those of you that's been born again,

  353. there's coming a flood of many waters that's called the

  354. birth pangs. You know that intimately, right? Having six children,

  355. you know you're getting ready to give birth when your

  356. water breaks. Now, This does not take a rocket scientist degree. Okay.

  357. God is expecting, okay, mothers to be reading his word.

  358. He's expecting, you know, look, everybody. Is there anyone on

  359. this planet? Because even children know when their mother's waters break.

  360. And because how many nieces and nephews do I got?

  361. Let's not go there. I got to observe scores of

  362. them that, especially when they were five or six and

  363. their mother's water would break, they got terrified. Like, what's

  364. wrong with mommy? What's wrong with mommy? And they'd have

  365. to rush her to the hospital.

  366. This is because what you say, God's word is also polysemic.

  367. Amen. Praise God.

  368. Yes. And so also the flood of many waters could

  369. be likened unto when we are baptized and we go under.

  370. And it's loud. If you remember your baptism, when you

  371. were under the water, it was loud. Like, what are

  372. you hearing?

  373. It sounded like... It roars. It kind of sounded.

  374. Like what sounds like in a big crowd of people.

  375. And then you come out, and it's silence.

  376. Praise God.

  377. And.

  378. And the water's still in your ear, and it's plugged up,

  379. and the water slowly drains out, and you're able to hear.

  380. Praise God. Do you know that... And so.

  381. So that's another example of coming out from many waters.

  382. When we are baptized, we're coming up out of those

  383. many waters of the world. And all of these voices

  384. that are happening, you know, AI telling you, chat, GBT, billboards, TV, radio,

  385. walking into a store, there's some stupid song going on.

  386. That just doesn't mean anything or something really horrible or

  387. something like that. These are the many waters. And when

  388. we are baptized, we are coming up out of those waters.

  389. We are coming out of those waters into the peace

  390. of Christ in our hearts.

  391. The water is still around us. Whatever bathtub or.

  392. Or lake or wherever you got baptized, it's still there.

  393. You can still look at it, but you're up out

  394. of it. And that's what we are when we're in

  395. the world. We're looking onto it, but we're not in it.

  396. Our head isn't under the water anymore. And that's what

  397. this is when we come up out of many waters too. Also,

  398. also giving birth, also water breaking. But, you know, like

  399. you said, if for people that have never given birth,

  400. this is, um, they might never be able to understand that,

  401. but they can understand being baptized and going under the

  402. water and then coming out.

  403. I'm only going to say one thing.

  404. Okay.

  405. No, I'm not. You are. Okay. Look. Read for me

  406. verse 1 again, please.

  407. Okay, you need to understand what that means.

  408. Hebrew word is let me switch it over to Greek

  409. to Hebrew see how this is really complicated in Hebrew

  410. okay see this word right here means trouble okay what

  411. does trouble also mean now limit what you say you

  412. cannot talk about what we talked about for breakfast What

  413. does trouble also mean? A female rival. The spirit says,

  414. come and see.

  415. Carol has a comment.

  416. What are you, psychic? How do you know that?

  417. It comes up on the screen.

  418. Carol comments, would the woman coming out of many waters

  419. be like the Israelites going through the Red Sea into

  420. the wilderness? Thank you and blessings. That's exactly what it is.

  421. The word actually uses that for reference. And I'm sorry, Carol,

  422. I'm going to have to give you more information than

  423. you wanted. For some reason, this is twice the Holy

  424. Spirit's done this to me. I don't want to say it,

  425. but he's forcing me to. There's all kinds of conspiracy

  426. theories about 1 Peter 3, but you need to know verses...

  427. 20 and 21, what it's talking about, Carol, is the

  428. bad people that's going to make a martyr out of you,

  429. they've only been water baptized. And Jesus Christ uses that

  430. in 1 Peter 3, verses 20 and 21, so that

    1 Peter 3:20

  431. you know people that's only been water baptized are going

  432. to destroy you. I can't say any more. I don't

  433. want to say any more.

  434. Get back.

  435. What verse was you reading? We've got to get off

  436. that quickly. No, you're on number six.

  437. Verse six.

  438. Praise God.

  439. All right.

  440. Give it to me. Give it to me. Both barrels

  441. in the chest. Point blank range. Amen. Let me say

  442. amen before you even read it. Amen. Go ahead. Now

  443. I know. I know. I don't think I know. I know.

  444. Go ahead, baby. Sorry, I won't interrupt you.

  445. Now I know. that the Lord saves his anointed. He

  446. will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving

  447. strength of his right hand. Amen.

  448. Amen. Amen. Amen. I ain't going to preach about that

  449. because I could sit here and preach for five hours straight.

  450. Praise God. I could close my laptop, close that Bible,

  451. and I don't need, I know what it says. I

  452. could just It's amazing when you hear me do this privately, right?

  453. I can just rattle them off, right? I don't need

  454. any commentator or any commentary. Just give me the word, baby.

  455. Give me the word. So is there anything you want

  456. to talk about verse 6?

  457. It pretty much speaks for itself. I don't know if

  458. I should be adding to God's word at all. I

  459. don't know.

  460. Well, hush my mouth. You have spoken wisely. Verse 7 then.

  461. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we

  462. will remember the name of the Lord our God. They

  463. have bowed down and fallen, but we have risen and

  464. stand upright.

  465. Amen. Amen. Let me preach it for you, okay? This

  466. is what Revelation chapter 7 verses 9 through 17 state.

    Revelation 7:9–17

  467. That's when this will be fulfilled. Matter of fact, the

  468. Spirit's moving. The reason why this happens is because of

  469. Hosea chapter 6 verse 2. So I'm going to have

    Hosea 6:2

  470. Rachel read it. Let me jump over there real quick. Okay.

  471. So what this says, you know, that a day is

  472. like a thousand years and a thousand years is like

  473. a day to the Lord, right? So he says after 2,000 years,

  474. this is what he's going to do. Read verse 2

  475. for me.

  476. After two days, he will revive us. On the third day,

  477. he will raise us up that we may live in

  478. his sight.

  479. Amen. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God. In order to

  480. prepare for this, read verse 3.

  481. Let us know. Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.

  482. Amen.

  483. His going forth is established as the morning.

  484. As the morning.

  485. He will come to us like the rain, like the

  486. latter and the former rain to the earth.

  487. Amen. To the earth. You're not going to heaven. Oh, no,

  488. you're not. No. He was, wow, he was crystal clear.

  489. And what blows my mind is, if you look at

  490. this in Hebrew or if you look at this in Greek,

  491. or you look at the equations and the alphanumerics, just

  492. in those three different ways, it's so perfect and intricate,

  493. it will blow your mind. I mean, you'll be lost

  494. here for weeks trying to figure out everything he's trying

  495. to say.

  496. I just remembered what I was getting ready to say earlier.

  497. So I realized that there are many times when we

  498. think that we're doing something for God. We're... We're doing

  499. something for God when he's actually doing something for us.

  500. And for some reason, we flip the tables. And when

  501. we read the Bible, we think, oh, I'm going to

  502. do something for God today. I'm going to read my Bible.

  503. I'm going to read my Bible. I'm going to do

  504. this for God.

  505. But in reality, he's doing this for us. Do you

  506. realize how many thousands of years people didn't have a Bible?

  507. He has... He's done this for us so we can know.

  508. And I know it's.

  509. Hard, but when we're able to read the Bible, it's

  510. not something that we're doing for him. No. It's something

  511. he's doing for us. Us being able to pray, being

  512. able to talk directly to him. We're not doing that

  513. for him. He's doing it for us. And it had

  514. to finally click with me when somebody did something to

  515. me recently that I was doing them a favor. And

  516. they thought that they took it as that they were

  517. doing me a favor by letting me do the favor.

  518. And it just it had to happen. It hurts like crazy,

  519. but it had to happen so God could teach me

  520. this and show me this. Reading the Bible is not

  521. a favor that we're doing for God. Praying to him

  522. and praising him is not something that we're doing for him.

  523. He's doing it for us by allowing us the opportunity

  524. to connect with him. When we praise him, he didn't

  525. have to allow us the opportunity to be able to

  526. lift our voices to him to where he could hear us.

  527. He can snatch your tongue right out of your head.

  528. Praise God.

  529. He didn't have to do that.

  530. But he did.

  531. And I hadn't realized that I had it all backwards.

  532. And so when things happen that are upsetting and hurtful

  533. that other people do to us, we have to be thankful.

  534. We have to be thankful. And I have to be

  535. thankful that that happened. Even though it hurt. I have

  536. to be thankful that that happened. Because it happened. I

  537. was able to understand what God was doing for me.

  538. So of course I would forgive this person.

  539. Why would I not?

  540. Because God showed me something.

  541. So So with that in mind, read for me. There's

  542. only one reason why they're going to make a martyr

  543. out of you, and it's for what she just said.

  544. When you saturate your psyche with Scripture, you're not doing

  545. God a favor. Read verse 9, please.

  546. When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the

  547. altar the souls of those who had been slain for

  548. the word of God and for the testimony which they held.

  549. Do not hearken to commentaries or commentators. You must only

  550. hearken to the Word. To the Word, praise God. Now look,

  551. God goes ahead and tells you how it is they're

  552. going to corrupt God's Word and turning into something that's

  553. not God's Word. Read 18 and 19 for us.

  554. For I testify to everyone who hears the words of

  555. the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to these things...

  556. god will add hit to him the plagues that are

  557. written in this book 19 and if anyone takes away

  558. from the words of the book of this prophecy, God

  559. shall take away his part from the book of life,

  560. from the holy city, and from the things which are

  561. written in this book.

  562. Forever and always, amen. Forever and always, amen.

  563. And that's not a punishment. That's not a punishment. He already...

  564. We should be thankful that we even have the chance

  565. that we had a part. Like, that is the gift.

  566. Right. He's saying.

  567. If you're going to do this, you're going to take... Okay, well,

  568. then you're not getting the gift.

  569. He is saying those that have only gone through water

  570. baptism are going to be taken away. We who are

  571. alive and remain are those that have been reborn. Now

  572. hearken to the voice of the Lord. John chapter 3,

    John 3 chapter mention

  573. write that down. And 1 Peter chapter 3, inscribe that somewhere.

    1 Peter 3 chapter mention

  574. Go to your front door and dig it in there

  575. with a knife. So every time you go out into

  576. the world, you know you must be reborn. Praise God.

  577. Anything else? That's a pretty good one. I know this.

  578. I have to limit myself. I could just get on

  579. a roll, baby. Remember the old insult to anybody who

  580. was born again? They called them holy rollers. They hate us.

  581. They call us do-gooders.

  582. Right? Well, it is part and parcel because of some

  583. people who think, who are part of this, the checklisters.

  584. That's a new one, the checklisters. I just dealt with

  585. a checklister this morning.

  586. Yeah, so there's these checklisters that think that if they're

  587. helping at the food pantry on Thursdays, that that's enough.

  588. They can say insulting things to the people who are

  589. coming and getting food, but they're helping give out the food,

  590. so they've done their good deed.

  591. Yeah, they think that now God the Father is forced

  592. to let them into the kingdom of heaven. They, they

  593. really do think that. And I mean, they'll go psychotic

  594. on you.

  595. And so, and so, and so we have to be

  596. careful about, about people who use those terms because they

  597. have been hurt by people who claimed the blood, blood

  598. of Christ, but trampled on it.

  599. Oh my goodness.

  600. So, so we have to be careful about those people

  601. who use those terms because they have been a lot

  602. of times been hurt. So they're, So we just have

  603. to use discernment through the Holy Spirit to know which

  604. is which. Because we can't just know by saying, the

  605. people that call us this are this way. Because they're

  606. not all that way.

  607. Yes. Amen. I cannot add, nor will I retract. Alright,

  608. so has anybody got any questions or comments? And, yes,

  609. we can talk about anything. We don't particularly have to

  610. talk about Psalm 20.

  611. But if you want to talk privately and not have

  612. it be recorded, when the recording's over, you can talk.

  613. Then, too. Yes. Amen. Amen.

  614. So....

  615. Boy, I'm just.

  616. God is telling me, no, I'm not allowed to. And

  617. in other times today, I have to. Wow. Incredible. So

  618. is there anything anybody wants to talk about? Questions or

  619. comments before we get off here and get into the

  620. private conversation? Going once. Going twice.

  621. Okay. Okay.

  622. Going three times. Till next time, ladies and gentlemen, God bless. Godspeed.