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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.58,0:00:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one comes from Matthew.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.64,0:00:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Denominations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.18,0:00:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's lots of them today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.61,0:00:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's frustrating finding the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.18,0:00:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is everyone wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.62,0:00:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only one truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.84,0:00:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One interpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.24,0:00:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One right answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.45,0:00:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How on earth do you find it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.78,0:00:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think that's a good question?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.33,0:00:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing I would say to Matthew,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.27,0:00:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Matthew, for one, I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.22,0:00:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't find it in denominations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.98,0:00:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't find it in men.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.15,0:00:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.67,0:00:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the source of truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.40,0:00:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ says, "Sanctify them...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.07,0:00:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Your truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.66,0:00:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your Word is truth."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.10,0:01:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where we have to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.92,0:01:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 8:31, "Jesus said\Nto the Jews who had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.29,0:01:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believed in Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'If you abide in My Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are truly My disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.53,0:01:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will know the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.34,0:01:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the truth will set you free.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.70,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does anybody come \Nto know the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you don't \Nknow what the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.19,0:01:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you come to know it?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.48,0:01:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.16,0:01:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.74,0:01:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to Acts 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who was noble?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.95,0:01:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I would have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.28,0:01:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connie put on the calendar?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.95,0:01:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That this is called the \NBerean Bible Study.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.38,0:01:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why I wanted\Nit to be called that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.94,0:01:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically people that searched\Nthe Word of God;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.21,0:01:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were noble and they\Nsearched the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.56,0:01:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if these things were true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.96,0:01:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we're going\Nto find truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.73,0:01:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.70,0:02:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality is that you can come across
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.93,0:02:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Methodists, Lutherans,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.32,0:02:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can come across Presbyterians,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.59,0:02:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can come across Brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.22,0:02:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can come across Congregationalists,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.71,0:02:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EV Free people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.88,0:02:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can come across a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.38,0:02:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Baptists who don't\Nhave much truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.96,0:02:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we can get all\Nhung up with denominations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.83,0:02:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, the Catholic church
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likes to say, "Well, they\Nall broke away from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.61,0:02:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why there's \Nso many of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.35,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were the true church\Nin the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's all this multiplicity\Nof denominations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.26,0:02:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're only one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.44,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have all \Nthese denominations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.46,0:02:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they broke off from us."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.22,0:02:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.29,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically what \Nall the denominations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prove to us, is that you've got
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of different people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.04,0:02:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interpreting a lot of different things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Bible, in a whole lot\Nof different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.11,0:02:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, how am I supposed to know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.85,0:02:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got these \Npeople over here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.63,0:02:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that interpret it that way;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.99,0:03:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these people over here,\Nthat interpret it that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.32,0:03:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people over here, \Ninterpret it that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.65,0:03:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I can tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.78,0:03:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some basic essentials
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.26,0:03:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Gospel that if you believe,\Nyou'll be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.12,0:03:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you're off on other parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.76,0:03:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, wouldn't we agree,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.23,0:03:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are Presbyterians in heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.88,0:03:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got it wrong on baptism.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.89,0:03:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.48,0:03:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congregationalists.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.70,0:03:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might say there that \Nthey got it wrong over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.27,0:03:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are those that\Ngot it right enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.93,0:03:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, I'm reading right now
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.46,0:03:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about some Lutherans that \Nhad a whole lot right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.03,0:03:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've read before about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.49,0:03:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some Methodists that have\Na whole lot right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.48,0:03:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And bottom line,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.22,0:03:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we determine right and wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.94,0:03:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not by the denominational label
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.86,0:03:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that somebody holds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.77,0:03:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It certainly isn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.73,0:03:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you drive down the road \Nand you see a sign
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.76,0:03:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says "Baptist" \Nand you can say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.58,0:03:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, well, they've \Ngot the truth."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.27,0:03:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.54,0:03:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Apostle John said this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.86,0:03:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says "test the spirits."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.94,0:04:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How in the world do you test the spirits?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.37,0:04:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul speaking to the Thessalonians\Nsaid the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.01,0:04:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Test everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.05,0:04:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hold fast to what's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.80,0:04:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, hold fast to what's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.27,0:04:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.63,0:04:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know \Nwhat to hold fast to?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.47,0:04:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to be like the Bereans.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.52,0:04:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.26,0:04:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it that the Bereans did?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.45,0:04:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They searched the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what did they search the \NScriptures to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.67,0:04:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What in the world even possessed\Nthem to search the Scriptures?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.47,0:04:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they had heard teaching, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.52,0:04:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sat under teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.24,0:04:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'd heard somebody preach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.96,0:04:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they went \Nto the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.75,0:04:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if it was true.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.26,0:04:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.39,0:04:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call this Berean Bible Study,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.71,0:04:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I hope that you folks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.34,0:04:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be folks that\Nare going to know the Bible much.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.18,0:04:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.31,0:04:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You will know the truth, and\Nthe truth will set you free."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.83,0:04:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do people know the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.37,0:04:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know the truth when \Nthey're taught of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.46,0:04:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know the truth when \NGod opens their eyes to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.30,0:05:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that certain things are true.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.43,0:05:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect that God gave us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.26,0:05:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough difference
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.73,0:05:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to test our love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To test our graciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.01,0:05:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Jesus Christ said?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.62,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, some of the disciples\Ncame to Him one day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.83,0:05:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Lord, we told these people\Nover there to stop."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.48,0:05:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.49,0:05:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they weren't with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.37,0:05:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, another denomination.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.57,0:05:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.34,0:05:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.41,0:05:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went, Lord, they weren't with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.72,0:05:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're the in group.\NWe're the in crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.47,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, we tend to think that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.18,0:05:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.77,0:05:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.12,0:05:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very few others do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.14,0:05:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did Jesus say?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.93,0:06:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said look, if they're not against Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.48,0:06:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then what?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.30,0:06:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they're not against us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.57,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a sad fact
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.79,0:06:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those who do bear witness to the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now that's not to say there's a whole lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.93,0:06:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's interesting how we\Nwrite certain things up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.34,0:06:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I tell you something?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.75,0:06:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When George Whitefield preached,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.49,0:06:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody know what denomination
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.05,0:06:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was affiliated with?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.48,0:06:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitefield never sought to start
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.06,0:06:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a denomination.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.83,0:06:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pretty much pledged himself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.40,0:06:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Anglican movement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.69,0:06:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitefield and Wesley
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.98,0:06:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came out of Anglicanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.89,0:06:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Wesley made definitely
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.84,0:06:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of a concerted effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.81,0:06:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know we have \Nthe Wesleyan Methodists,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.08,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Arminian Methodists that came
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.42,0:06:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more out of Wesley's efforts;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.36,0:07:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then more of the Calvinistic
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.88,0:07:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Methodist movement came out of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.63,0:07:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those that God raised up in Wales,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.54,0:07:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Daniel Roland's,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.03,0:07:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Howell Harris's.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.81,0:07:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then also the George Whitefield's.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.49,0:07:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Anglicans. Anglicans!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.28,0:07:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that the Baptists
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.03,0:07:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would discipline their members
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.30,0:07:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they went to hear Whitefield preach?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.85,0:07:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a man that I highly respect
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.94,0:07:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me he would not allow
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.38,0:07:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Whitefield in his pulpit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.25,0:07:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.92,0:07:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.30,0:07:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I tell you something?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.80,0:07:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the first and second \NGreat Awakenings,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.56,0:07:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Calvinistic Baptists were
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.90,0:08:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largely passed over.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.09,0:08:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's historical.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.27,0:08:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can read about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.80,0:08:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.55,0:08:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that very reason right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.64,0:08:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would discipline their members
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.47,0:08:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they'd go listen to Whitefield preach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.06,0:08:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God rested upon Whitefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.18,0:08:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Multitudes were being converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.18,0:08:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God rested upon John Wesley,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.23,0:08:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as a lot of Calvinists \Ndon't want to admit it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.90,0:08:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Baptist churches \Nwere disciplining
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.79,0:08:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members if they'd go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.20,0:08:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By and large,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.32,0:08:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first and second Great Awakenings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.60,0:08:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God passed \Nover the Baptists.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.83,0:08:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that shameful?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.45,0:08:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's likely to\Nhappen today?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.75,0:08:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If revival breaks out in this land,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.11,0:08:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to say it might not happen
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.13,0:08:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among Calvinistic Bapists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.70,0:08:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what if it broke out among Lutherans?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.94,0:08:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if it broke out with Methodists?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.82,0:08:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would we even know?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.85,0:08:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if true revival broke out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.38,0:08:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among the charismatics?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.68,0:08:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would we even know?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.52,0:09:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just watched a video -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.38,0:09:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a little part of it last night,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.47,0:09:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the first five minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.10,0:09:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some guy did a message on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.10,0:09:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charismatic Calvinists.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.41,0:09:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just bitter and hateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.66,0:09:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.83,0:09:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the most popular videos
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.35,0:09:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on sermonaudio.com right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.65,0:09:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.56,0:09:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If revival broke out among charismatics,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.70,0:09:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you that guy \Npreaching that message
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.13,0:09:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't even know.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.66,0:09:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, bottom line,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.13,0:09:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we see something that seems to be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.30,0:09:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a move of God;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.17,0:09:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see something preached out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.79,0:09:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to test the spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.16,0:09:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not by the denominational label,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.87,0:09:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by "thus sayeth the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.40,0:09:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.92,0:09:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what, if they love Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.40,0:10:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we should be stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.88,0:10:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we should be willing \Nto spill our blood for
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.41,0:10:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our convictions regarding baptism
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.30,0:10:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Lord's Supper.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.56,0:10:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ought to be willing \Nto die for our convictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.94,0:10:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.34,0:10:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd have to admit,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.74,0:10:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people have \Nhad different ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.47,0:10:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Lord's Supper
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.66,0:10:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about baptism
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.82,0:10:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are in heaven now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.63,0:10:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there \Nare some Baptists
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.35,0:10:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't like to admit that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.20,0:10:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, look, there are a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.93,0:10:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different ideas out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.73,0:10:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.05,0:10:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's the pillar and ground of truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.97,0:10:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.08,0:10:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.12,0:10:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though there's \Na lot of differences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.91,0:10:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are good churches out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.73,0:10:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are \Nfew and far between,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.36,0:10:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I've told people lately
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.83,0:10:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've counseled to,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.35,0:10:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people over the Internet and by phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.44,0:10:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I think behind \Nany decisions you make
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.16,0:10:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about receiving Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.32,0:11:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think next to choosing \Nthe right spouse in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.72,0:11:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the third most important decision
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.35,0:11:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can make in life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.76,0:11:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with what church you go to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.75,0:11:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that you should choose
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.91,0:11:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you live, where you work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.07,0:11:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on what church \Nyou're going to go to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.15,0:11:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you're going \Nto raise your children,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.29,0:11:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on where a good church is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.58,0:11:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.68,0:11:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will have a lot to do with your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.69,0:11:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will have a lot to do \Nwith your fruitfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.69,0:11:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to be testing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.13,0:11:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.40,0:11:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know this - Revelation 2:2
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.11,0:11:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said this of the Ephesian church,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.22,0:11:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know your works; your toil,\Nyour patient endurance;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.88,0:11:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you cannot bear with those\Nwho are evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.04,0:11:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have tested..."\NLook at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.75,0:11:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...but have tested those who\Ncall themselves apostles
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.91,0:11:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are not, and found them\Nto be false."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.02,0:11:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you test?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.41,0:12:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you test somebody and\Nfind them to be false?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.92,0:12:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what Jesus said
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.38,0:12:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about false prophets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.47,0:12:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got false churches;\Nyou've got bad doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.42,0:12:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.53,0:12:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Beware of false prophets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.85,0:12:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come in sheep's clothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.39,0:12:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.96,0:12:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did He say we'll recognize them?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.42,0:12:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By their fruits.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.96,0:12:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.21,0:12:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you find unholy living,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.98,0:12:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got bad doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.44,0:12:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guarantee you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.07,0:12:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to know what's\Nmost important?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.98,0:12:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the doctrines that\Nare really essential?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.60,0:12:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just throw some off the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.77,0:12:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, the devil attacks \Nprimarily in two places:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.56,0:12:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.97,0:12:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the work of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.01,0:12:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guarantee it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.97,0:12:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's Christ. \NHe is always the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.46,0:12:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you want to look for good doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.28,0:12:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to look for good church.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.58,0:13:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't care what the denomination is.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.77,0:13:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're looking for a church that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.30,0:13:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really a pillar, a ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.94,0:13:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a buttress of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.24,0:13:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to go in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.68,0:13:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to look at\Nthese two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.86,0:13:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they do with Christ?\NHis person?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.30,0:13:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they do with Christ - His work?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.30,0:13:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guarantee - the devil \Nattacks in both places.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.78,0:13:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got false doctrine?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.24,0:13:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.96,0:13:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oneness doctrine:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.02,0:13:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Father is the Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.06,0:13:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rejection of the deity - the JW's.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.84,0:13:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.09,0:13:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be some rejection\Nin His person.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.18,0:13:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The devil always goes after\Nthe glory of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.48,0:13:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to chop it down somehow.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.76,0:13:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.10,0:13:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about the work?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.83,0:13:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anywhere where there's works?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.37,0:13:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Run for your life!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.81,0:13:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's damnable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.99,0:13:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the only Gospel that saves,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.73,0:13:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the Gospel that is 100%
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.81,0:14:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the merits of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.71,0:14:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doctrine of justification \Nis essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.66,0:14:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are justified by faith
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.36,0:14:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aside from any works of the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.99,0:14:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And anytime people want to add to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.02,0:14:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's - you've got to be baptized;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.12,0:14:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to speak in tongues;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.89,0:14:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they add anything whatsover,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.97,0:14:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how pretty it might sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.80,0:14:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're adding anything
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.49,0:14:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the merits of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.00,0:14:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,run from it like the plague.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.73,0:14:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.100,0:14:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they make much of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.42,0:14:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much of the work of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.100,0:14:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though they may go \Nwrong in many things;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.63,0:14:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.47,0:14:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're with us, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.89,0:14:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Christ is the sole basis
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.70,0:14:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our acceptance with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.73,0:14:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Christ is made much of,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.32,0:14:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He's exalted,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.87,0:14:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where what's said of Him \Nin the Scriptures
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.92,0:14:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is said of Him by that church
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.89,0:14:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or by that preacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.68,0:15:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they may go wrong in things like baptism;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.02,0:15:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they may go wrong in things like\Nthe Lord's Supper;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.56,0:15:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they may go wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.96,0:15:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their ecclesiology may be off
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.35,0:15:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they may have problems
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.63,0:15:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regards to their cessationist views
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.43,0:15:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or non-cessationist or various\Nworks of the Spirit...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.38,0:15:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Test the spirits, brethren.