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This is Living Waters of Grace, 
the teaching ministry of Clark 

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Waffer, senior pastor of Calvary
Chapel of Westmoreland, County 

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of Greensburg, PA. 
Now here's Pastor Clark as he 

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continues teaching through God's
Word. 

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The good news is, is that when 
you think about the heartache 

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and the despair and the 
deception in the world today, 

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you can get hopeless. 
You can become overwhelmed and 

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discouraged and say, what in the
world can I do? 

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Well, you and I can't do 
anything, but Christ can do a 

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lot through you and me. 
Simple people. 

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Just take that gospel and give 
it to people. 

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When God gives you an 
opportunity, pray for your kids,

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pray for your loved ones. 
Don't give up, don't get 

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discouraged. 
Your prayers carry more weight 

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than anything you can imagine. 
Boy, I'll tell you, when you 

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look around at the world, 
there's a lot of wickedness that

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goes on. 
It seems like people's hearts 

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are hardened and evil prevails. 
Shootings, bombing, senseless 

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murders, all kinds of flagrant 
sexuality just thrown in our 

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faces daily. 
In today's message, Pastor Clark

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encourages you to not lose 
heart. 

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God is still on the throne and 
the gospel is still the power of

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God unto salvation for all who 
believe. 

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Keep sharing Jesus with people. 
Keep praying for your loved ones

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who are lost now. 
Here's Pastor Clark in 

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Revelation chapter 14 with 
today's edition of Living Waters

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of Grace. 
Now the Bible describes us as 

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fornication in verse 8. 
This idea of fornication, we all

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know what it means literally in 
in in the fallen state of our 

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our humanity. 
Unfortunately, some of us were 

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involved in those things at what
the one time. 

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But the good news is I love what
Paul says, but such for some of 

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you. 
But you were washed, you're 

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sanctified, you're justified. 
I mean, the blood cleanses us 

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from all of our sin. 
And so we don't carry the guilt.

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Nonetheless, we don't point the 
fingers at others who are stuck 

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in those sins thinking we're 
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We show forth the love of Christ
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But the apostles referring to a 
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And it's the idea of worshipping
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worshipping Buddha and Allah, 
Muhammad, Krishna, all these 

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false ideologies today that are 
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wrapped up in. 
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connection with something that 
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And so the judgement upon these 
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worshipping these things, the 
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judgement in verse 9 through 11.
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tormented with fire and 
brimstone in the presence of the

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holy angels in the presence of 
the Lamb. 

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It says in verse 11, the smoke 
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and ever and they have no rest 
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Who worship the beast in his 
image and whoever receives the 

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mark of his name. 
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like thinking about this stuff, 
the horror of hell for people 

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that we walk by every day that 
we know that maybe we haven't 

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had the courage yet to tell them
about what Jesus has done for 

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us. 
We haven't given him Full 

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disclosure about, hey, you know,
I'm not telling you this because

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I'm perfect and I'm better than 
you, but I'm telling you this 

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because Christ died for me and 
saved me and has forgiven me of 

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my sins that you need a savior 
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And if you don't have a savior, 
the consequences that are going 

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to fall upon you in your life 
one day are going to be without 

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end torment forever and ever and
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I'll tell you, I don't think our
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morning are are broken enough. 
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walking around in South class 
and ash type attitudes, but it's

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just like we have this 
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our hearts that we want 
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That's really what we should be 
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We should have this great desire
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them come to know the Lord that 
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But the judgement upon these 
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And as the result of their 
deception, it's going to be, 

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it's going to be a lot of 
pressure on the earth at this 

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time because we have to do 
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People still have to buy and 
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People still have to make 
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And it's going to come a type of
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it very, very difficult, 
impossible really for us who are

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believers. 
Of course, I don't believe we'll

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be here. 
We'll be raptured out prior to a

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lot of this stuff coming into 
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But nonetheless, those who are 
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Christ at this time will have to
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accept the mark of the beast. 
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to be martyred. 
They're going to be put in 

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internment camps, concentration 
camps, much like the Jews had to

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go through during the Holocaust.
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in this world anymore because 
the Antichrist will have full 

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control. 
It was almost like what happened

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in the early days of the church 
where the people were commanded 

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by Caesar to take a pinch of 
incense and throw it at the idol

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of the person of Caesar, 
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And those who pledge allegiance 
to the Antichrist, as it says in

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verse 10, are forced to drink of
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the cup of wrath. 
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forced to drink this. 
This is expressed many times in 

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in the Scriptures Psalm 75, 
eight it says, for in the hand 

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of the Lord there is a cup and 
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It is fully mixed and he pours 
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Surely it's dregs show all the 
wicked of the earth drain and 

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drink down Jeremiah 2515. 
For thus says the Lord God of 

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Israel to me, take the wine cup 
of fury from my hand, and cause 

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all the nations to whom I send 
you to drink it again. 

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The fulfillment of these very 
things that were written 

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thousands of years before by the
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Jeremiah talking about things 
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couldn't really grasp and put 
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And now the apostle John is 
clearly defining to us what will

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come to pass. 
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Matthew 2639, he says, if it is 
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me. 
He had to drink that cup of 

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God's wrath for you and me. 
He had to take upon himself the 

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anger and the wrath of his 
Father for the sins of you and 

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me. 
And Jesus willingly took the cup

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of God's wrath that you and I 
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In verse 10 here we see the 
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They, they have a choice, but 
basically they have no choice 

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because they're going to be 
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It's going to be forced upon 
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And this anger comes from a God 
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You know, sometimes they think 
of God, what's his, what's his 

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temperament like? 
Is he really happy one day and 

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joyful and blissful and loving 
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mad and angry, you know, is he 
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we are so often does he does his
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of seasons or the opinions of 
people Know this comes from a 

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settled disposition of this 
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And I couldn't even begin to 
explain to you the magnificence 

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of God's character, the 
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But there's a couple Greek words
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indignation of this anger that 
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The first word is orge, and it's
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anger in the New Testament, used
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But this particular word here in
this rendering in the in the 

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Book of Revelation comes from 
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It means it's a passionate anger
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10 times it's used in the Book 
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So the the anger of God is just,
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it's in the background. 
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holy and without holiness. 
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between vindication and justice,
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And anger. 
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of God as he is completely in 
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And the clear teachings here is 
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especially in these last days. 
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there's a hell. 
You know, a lot of churches, 

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unfortunately, are moving away 
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Hell isn't a good thing to talk 
about, they say in churches on 

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Sunday because it offends 
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Who makes them uncomfortable? 
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You know, it's just like, what 
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Like RIP out pages of the Bible 
and say, well, this is 

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acceptable because this will 
make people happy, but this 

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won't. 
And, you know, now, if you're 

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saved, you don't have anything 
to worry about. 

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You're not going there. 
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you're lost, you would have some
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I would hope today that you 
don't want to end up in this 

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place where there's this eternal
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Those who love sin and hate God,
they're tormented with fire and 

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brimstone. 
The scriptures declare here, 

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tormenting them forever and 
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The word brimstone is actually 
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They talk about these people 
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street corners. 
They would call them fanatics 

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because they were telling people
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What's real? 
It's true, and it awaits those 

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who don't have a Savior in the 
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This is all being seen in the 
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will not be absent from hell. 
Some people describe hell. 

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Yes, the fire. 
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That this burns everything away 
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And the only way we'll be able 
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holiness is because of the 
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He's our protection. 
He's our shield. 

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But if you're without a savior, 
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that fire of God's holiness will
burn your soul forever and ever 

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and ever. 
You, you can't hide from it. 

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You can't cover your eyes, you 
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all exceeding and it just goes 
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the, of the human heart. 
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run, no place to hide in this 
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Now it says men love darkness 
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deeds are evil right now. 
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from the light, but one day they
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light. 
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torment will send forever and 
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And so why do we preach the 
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Why is it so important to preach
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Second, Peter 29 says the Lord 
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promise, as some count 
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We're slackers, aren't we? 
We all are. 

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We don't want to be slackers, 
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But you know, we say God work on
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and that I actually am 
interested in telling some 

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people about what you've 
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That's like how you get away 
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You begin to do what he would do
if he was walking here today 

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still, but this is the Lord. 
He's long-suffering toward us 

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means he's so patient and so 
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He's not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come

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to repentance. 
He doesn't want anybody to have 

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to suffer this torment. 
He loves the whole world. 

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That's why he gave his only 
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He doesn't want anybody to have 
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John chapter 317, the gospel 
John says for God did not send 

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his Son into the world to 
condemn the world, right, but 

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that the world through him might
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What a God, a God of love who 
doesn't condemn us, but there 

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will be that day when it's too 
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And that's why we preach the 
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And it says in verse 12 and 13 
regarding those who stood for 

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the Lord and suffered martyrdom 
and suffering because they 

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wouldn't receive the mark of the
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It says, he hears a voice from 
heaven saying to me, blessed are

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the dead who die in the Lord 
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The Spirit says that they may 
rest from their laborers and 

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their works follow them. 
These people endured patiently 

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and faithfully. 
They stood the test regardless 

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of the consequences and what 
encouragement that should be for

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all of us. 
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maybe sense this kind of 
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At least I pray we don't. 
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great grandkids. 
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soon. 
I really do. 

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That's the only answer. 
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life to be faithful, when people
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ridicule you, when they laugh at
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out the way you were praying and
they say, where's your God? 

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listening for a while and, and, 
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you're offended because of how 
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they rejected you. 
The Lord encourages us in First 

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Corinthians 1558 for you and me 
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Be steadfast, immovable, always 
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Lord. 
Don't give up, don't get weary 

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and well doing, always abounding
in your work for the Lord, for 

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as much as you know your labour 
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That's my life verse, my 
favorite verse, as a matter what

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I see in my life, in my 
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what doesn't happen happen, and 
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All I want to do is just keep 
being faithful to what I believe

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God called me to do. 
I want you guys to be faithful 

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to what God's called you to do. 
Don't worry about the results. 

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Don't worry about the success. 
Don't worry about what you see 

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being answered or the prayers 
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that you never see answered. 
Just keep your nose focused, as 

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Paul said, toward Christ, 
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Be steadfast and movable, always
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Lord. 
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For as much as you know, your 
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Lord, If you have a spouse who's
struggling, don't get 

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discouraged. 
Just keep praying. 

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Pray for their soul. 
Pray for your kids. 

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Pray for your neighbors and your
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members. 
Don't give up. 

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Just keep praying and keep 
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being steadfast and movable. 
Your work, your labor is not in 

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vain in the Lord. 
Regardless of what happens, God 

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will credit these things to your
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14 through 16. 
It talks about the reaping and I

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read the verses from Matthew 
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wheat. 
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will bring in the harvest. 
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He's the one that sits on the 
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having on his head a golden 
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sickle. 
He's going to come out and begin

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to reap for it says a harvest of
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he's ready to come and deal with
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professions and those who claim 
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because he, he knows everything 
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come and he'll reap and he's 
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He's waited how many years now 
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existence over 6000, right? 
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I'm not a a scientist, so I, I, 
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carbon data readings and all 
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is not super old and yet God 
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So regardless of how old the 
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the 20,000 years, that's 20 
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harvesting the evil. 
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burning up the tares as he 
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the return of his son on the 
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He talks about the winepress in 
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comes out and it's interesting. 
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temple and in heaven there will 
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It gives very descriptive. 
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the latter chapters, what it's 
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be this place of worship, God's 
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God does his bidding and he 
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finish and complete the job 
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This one Angel comes out who had
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He crows with a loud cry to him 
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saying, Thrust in your sharp 
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of the vines of the earth, for 
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And the Angel thrusts the sickle
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vine of the earth and throws it 
into the great wine press for 

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the wrath of God. 
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last day beneath the omnipotent 
hand and power of God will be 

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like no other war or conflict 
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The battle of Armageddon, prior 
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his second coming, will be 
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And the blood will be so spread 
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up upon the horse's bridal. 
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graphic. 
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up to the horse's bridles for 
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We see this area within the city
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mile radius, the valley of 
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conflict will take place. 
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time together of this final 
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coming and chapter 14 clearly 
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God is a triumphant 1 all 
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God, the Messiah, God watching 
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his church continually 
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So as we look at these 
horrendous things that are going

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to come upon the earth. 
What do you what do you think 

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about when you when you hear 
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I mean, it's just like not 
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Sunday. 
I I believe every time we go 

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through the scriptures and, and 
when God has us here personally,

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there's this accountability that
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things that we're responsible 
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All of us. 
The Bible declares that to him 

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is given much light. 
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And the benefit of going through
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none of us are in the darkness. 
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and that's a good thing. 
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life, someone somewhere that God
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saving knowledge of his, of his 
Son, Jesus Christ. 

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And then those who are in 
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been there. 
We've all been there at times 

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when we haven't been as zealous 
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out of the Word, we stop 
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other things, right? 
And all of a sudden we find that

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we're not really connecting with
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Have you ever prayed in a time 
of need and you feel like God's 

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1,000,000 miles away and you're 
like, Lord, I just want to hang 

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out with you and what you do. 
I haven't heard from you for 

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like 3 years, you know? 
You know, all of a sudden you 

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want to like have this close 
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Yeah, Lord, I really do. 
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I mean, to us, he doesn't make 
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If he truly sees our repentant 
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prodigal, right? 
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But the good news is, is that 
when you think about the 

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heartache and the despair and 
the deception in the world 

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today, you can get hopeless. 
You can become overwhelmed and 

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discouraged and say, what in the
world can I do? 

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Well, you and I can't do 
anything but Christ. 

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Can do a lot through you and me.
Simple people. 

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Just take that gospel and give 
it to people when God gives you 

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an opportunity. 
Pray for your kids, pray for 

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your loved ones. 
Don't give up, don't get 

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discouraged. 
Your prayers carry more weight 

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than anything you can imagine. 
If you could see what was 

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happening in the throne room of 
God when your prayers are being 

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sent up to him as a sweet 
smelling savor, an aroma to his 

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nostrils, he immediately listens
and responds and takes it in and

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he's active. 
He's active even before we begin

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to pray because he knows what's 
upon our hearts, whether it's 

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situations of family and 
marriage and kids and and health

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issues or every area God is 
involved in. 

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And one of the things he spoke 
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Cindy and I were away in this 
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Sometimes I think, boy, it's 
great. 

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Get away, brain drain, not think
anything. 

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God doesn't let that happen with
me. 

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He says, Clark, we got some 
business to do here. 

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I said what? 
I want to show you some things 

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in your heart. 
Oh, God, you're kidding me. 

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I don't. 
I don't know. 

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Well, you're going to see it, 
Clark. 

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OK, Lord. 
And Cindy and I just had a time 

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of praying and and being open 
before the Lord and with each 

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other. 
And he was showing me things on 

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my heart. 
He was showing me how easy it is

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to be discontent. 
The horrible sin of 

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discontentment is a horrible 
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Paul said to be content in 
whatever state you find yourself

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in. 
And you know, when you're 

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discontent, you're aggravated. 
You're disappointed because 

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things aren't working out the 
way you'd like them to work out,

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right? 
And so you're despondent and 

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you're despairing and you're 
unbelieving and you're hopeless 

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and you're faithless. 
And the devil loves to fish in 

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that water. 
He did. 

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Hey, man, that's such a right 
where I want that guy. 

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I'm going to really take him 
down the drain here. 

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We got to just right away say, 
Lord, it's wrong. 

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I'm to be rejoicing in the Lord 
in all things, give thanks in 

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all things, Amen, for this is 
the will of God in Christ Jesus 

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concerning you. 
Paul said godliness with 

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contentment is great gain. 
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Clark, start making a list of 
things that you can know for 

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sure that I have done that you 
can be thankful for. 

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Focus on my mercies that are new
day by day. 

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And he's given me more mercies 
than I deserve. 

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I don't deserve one mercy. 
I don't know about you, but he's

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given me a boatload of mercies 
and I need to focus on the 

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goodness of the Lord, Amen, and 
the land of the living. 

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So that was one thing he really 
clarified to me. 

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And he also told me that 
whenever I'm discontent, that's 

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what breeds fear and anxiety. 
What if this happens? 

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What if that happened? 
What do I do about this? 

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What? 
I. 

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And your whole mind is like, 
totally messed up, right? 

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Anybody ever been there? 
Yeah. 

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Maybe some of you are here 
today. 

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I don't know. 
But you know, we just come and 

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say, Lord, I I see this clearly 
as you are showing it to me. 

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And you don't want me to walk 
around like this. 

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Sorry. 
I repent about. 

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I give it to you. 
I lay it at your feet and I want

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to rejoice in the Lord. 
I want to rejoice in the Lord 

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forevermore. 
I'd like to tell you that that's

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a done deal for me and no more 
problems. 

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It's not that way. 
This is something you said 

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you'll be working on till the 
day you meet me in the Kingdom. 

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But I'll remind you when it's 
surfacing again, when you're not

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content, when you're living in 
anxiety and fear and 

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hopelessness and desperation. 
I'm going to remind you to come 

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back to me and trust in the Lord
with all your heart, right? 

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Not leaning into your own 
understanding and all your ways 

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acknowledge Him. 
He's not a liar, is he? 

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And all your ways acknowledge 
Him, and He shall direct our 

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path. 
In the Book of Revelation, 

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Pastor Clark is taking us 
through all kinds of events and 

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happenings that are predicted 
for the future. 

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But for those who believe and 
follow Jesus, there's much to 

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look forward to in heaven with 
Jesus. 

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However, for those who are here 
on earth during the Tribulation,

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there's all kinds of chaos that 
will unfold. 

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The Bible talks about an 
Antichrist, a false prophet, and

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of course, that evil enemy, 
Satan. 

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Do you see how there are such 
clever attempts for the enemy to

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disguise himself as God and even
the Trinity? 

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The true Savior of the world is 
God and how he comes to rescue 

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through his triune nature God 
the Father, Jesus the Son, and 

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God the Holy Spirit. 
Just like Satan tried to take 

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over for God in heaven and was 
cast out, Satan will try to 

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convince people on earth that he
is the Triune God to be 

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worshipped instead of the 
legitimate God in heaven. 

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It's an attempt, and although he
will capture plenty in his 

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schemes, he will not win. 
The true God wins, and 

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Revelation unpacks how that will
all happen in detail. 

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Be encouraged because there's a 
way out for all of this madness 

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that will ensue on this earth. 
But you don't want to wait 

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indefinitely to make that 
decision about Jesus. 

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We don't know when the church 
will be raptured, and you want 

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to be ready to be with Jesus. 
To learn more about this, head 

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over to calvarychapelonline.com.
We're so glad you've been with 

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us today. 
And if you'd like to connect 

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further with this ministry, find
us on Facebook or YouTube. 

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You can also download our mobile
app at calvarychapelonline.com. 

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Be sure to join us for weekly 
services at 400 E Pittsburgh St.

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Ste. 6B in Greensburg, PA 15601.
This has been living waters of 

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grace.