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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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I remember Clark, man, he used 
to get drunk all the time. 

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He was fun. 
He used to get stoned. 

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It was so cool being around him.
We had a good day. 

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I can't stand being around him 
now because he doesn't do it 

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anymore. 
Why doesn't he do it? 

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They think it's strange that I 
don't run in the same 

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dissipation of the way I used to
live with them. 

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And I'm sure that's the case 
with many of you. 

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But it says they will give an 
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judge the living and the dead. 
It's important to be an 

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influencing factor in this day 
that you live. 

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What Pastor Clark just shared 
might come as a surprise to you.

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Having heard all the wonderful 
Bible teaching from Pastor 

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Clark, it's sort of hard to 
imagine him drunk or doing 

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drugs. 
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has some sort of past before 
they came to Christ. 

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Pastor Clark reminds you today 
that your past can be used to 

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minister to others. 
In fact, that's the reason that 

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God allowed you to go through 
what you went through. 

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Again, our lives on earth are 
for the sake of others. 

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Your story can and will bring 
God glory if you choose to let 

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Him now. 
Here's Pastor Clark in 

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Revelation Chapter 6 with 
today's edition of Living Waters

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of Grace. 
This book, this chapter today is

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a difficult chapter. 
I probably struggled more with 

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preparing this message than most
messages I've worked on down 

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through the years and different 
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Because number one, what this 
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that you don't want anybody to 
have to deal with, that you 

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love, that would be left behind 
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imagery in this chapter that 
would cause perhaps some 

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difficulty and understanding, or
people would have different 

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positions about how these things
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And it's important to realize 
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there's never anything in the 
end times that we argue about 

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because these are all futuristic
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And we will know these things 
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pass. 
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Now, some things are very, very 
clearly revealed and we can 

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grasp and comprehend. 
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we read them and they, they 
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So what does that really mean? 
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out? 
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little bit of foundation so that
as we study this book going 

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forward, you'll understand more 
about the great tribulation that

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is soon to come upon this world.
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chapter 6. 
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little bit of background first 
before we get into the actual 

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text of the Scripture. 
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prophecy is given for the 
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into the days ahead. 
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desires that we would prophecy 
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that's just not this ability to 
communicate something that 

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hasn't occurred yet, but in the 
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It's the ability to edify, 
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So today I trust that when we 
study this, that you will be 

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built up in your faith with the 
Lord Jesus, that you'll be also 

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worn in regard to perhaps some 
things that maybe are in your 

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life today that need to be 
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and repentance. 
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you think about loved ones who 
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Christ, you have the hope, as 
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as those who have no hope. 
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of prophecy are to be revealed 
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But the events of the end time 
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church, which is the next major 
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evangelical Christians that are 
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we will be removed from this 
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his wrath upon the earth. 
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for that. 
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my mom was going through this 
message that, you know, I have 

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children, I have grandchildren. 
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life that I put them through a 
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knew they wouldn't be able to 
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me. 
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me. 
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and said all kind of mean things
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down deep inside love me. 
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are like that too. 
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and a father, would never 
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them into a circumstance that 
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And God, our Father, is the same
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He would never do that to any of
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He loves us and we're his 
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called the period of 
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there's been discussions as to 
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Some people for years thought it
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Russia and Germany. 
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shifted a lot of us in our 
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understood the influence and the
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alone what a Muslim was or who 
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I, I knew nothing about that. 
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apart from Christian 
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most dynamic force upon the face
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It's the fastest growing 
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know it or not. 
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are being inundated with the 
growth of Islamic people and our

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country, our nation, a wonderful
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We invite everybody in and this 
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people groups, and we don't want
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upon anybody, any group of 
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is to destroy the infidels, 
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So if there was ever a movement 
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was designed by the Evil 1 to 
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empire of Islam. 
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history, some of the most 
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occurred on Christian people was
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form this political alliance in 
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is where everything's happening.
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about this Islamic Arab nation 
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raise up and be a ruler. 
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believe will be involved in that
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Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Iran, 
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dominated by Islamic rule, so 
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Christian in these countries and
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your faith, you have the 
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and being martyred. 
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our brothers and sisters in 
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being martyred and they are in 
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of outside the realm of where we
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horrendous events of being under
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But this leader is going to 
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confederacy, and he's going to 
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You can check that out on your 
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have the power to enter into a 
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form of peace. 
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has been in office has worked to
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between the Arab nations and the
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No one succeeded. 
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couple months, maybe six months,
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But this particular individual 
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so much intellectual promise 
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this covenant. 
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actually look like it's working 
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The world at that time, they're 
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mesmerized by this leader. 
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this is finally someone that'll 
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that kind of stuff. 
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eventually bring rest to the 
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their Arab enemies. 
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intellectual genius. 
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He will work to destroy the 
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He'll be very shrewd in how he 
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He'll let the nations rest in a 
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those first 3 1/2 years, and 
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He'll magnify himself above 
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doesn't matter what religion, 
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He'll set himself up in the 
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rebuilt, and he'll declare 
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called the abomination of 
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He'll be able to control all the
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be worshipped as God and he will
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nations at that time because of 
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As I said, for half of this 
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treaty will be in place and 
it'll look like it's working at 

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the midpoint of this 7 1/2 year 
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The treaty will be broken about 
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will then rise up and he'll 
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of the entire world and then 
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The final 3 1/2 years will end 
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comes and the second coming. 
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bring this horrendous 
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conclusion. 
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Great War prior to Christ's 
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Armageddon. 
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Revelation 6 through 18, this 
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this period that is called the 
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And more specifically as we 
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clearly the last 3 1/2 years 
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to roll and reign for the 
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of the earth. 
So let's pick it up in verse 9 

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There's groups that believe that
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tribulation or part of the 
tribulation amid tribulation 

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people or post tribulation 
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We don't believe that's an 
accurate assumption of what's 

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going to happen in verse 9 of 
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This is a scene in heaven prior 
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In chapter 6, the beginning of 
the tribulation, it says, and 

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they sang a new song saying, you
are worthy to take the scroll 

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and to open its seals. 
For you were slain and have 

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redeemed us. 
And you might want to underline 

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us in your Bible to God by your 
blood out of every tribe and 

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tongue and people of a nation. 
And it made us kings and priests

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to our God. 
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So this is spoken of prior to 
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millennial Kingdom, the thousand
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earth. 
So we're not going to be in the 

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scene in chapter 6. 
So that is a very, very 

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important verse to be reminding 
yourself of because you know, 

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when things start to unravel and
and they're on the verge of 

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unraveling any day now, no one 
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The Bible says only the Father 
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But we don't want our faith to 
be shaken because of some 

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adversity that comes upon us 
wondering, was God true to His 

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word or is he going to be 
faithful to what He promised? 

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If you were living in Sudan 
today and you're a believer, you

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would have a hard time thinking 
you weren't in the tribulation 

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right now because of what you're
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But believe me, as bad as things
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other places, the world, it 
doesn't come close to what it's 

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going to be like during this 
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So the tribulation doesn't 
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these seals are broken in 
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And so as I said, the throngs 
that we just read about in 

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Revelation 59, that's us. 
We're not going to be there with

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what's going to begin to happen 
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So let's start in chapter 6, 
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Now I saw when the Lord opened 
one of the seals, and I heard 

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one of the four living creatures
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Thunder, come and see. 
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Horse, he who sat on it had a 
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and he went out conquering and 
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this is Jesus. 
He's he's coming back and he's 

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going to, you know, establish 
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rule and reign. 
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This is truly not Christ the 
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because when he comes, he 
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There's no sword in the hand of 
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In this White Horse. 
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arrow. 
The crown he has isn't the crown

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that's defined in the Greek 
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When Christ comes, he will have 
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him as the King of Kings and 
Lord of Lords. 

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So this person on this horse 
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false Messiah. 
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conquer the earth, to begin to 
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circumstances of of the human 
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He's going to set up his 
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this power, and his emergence as
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beginning of this first seal 
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realize that what's going to 
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preventing it from happening 
right now is the church, the 

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body of Christ. 
We're still on earth, we're 

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still having influence, we're 
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influencing ungodly people. 
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Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 
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hinder until it is taken out of 
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perdition will be revealed. 
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the Scriptures as a preserving 
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And if you flip over to Matthew 
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about the the ability of salt. 
He says in verse 13, You are the

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salt of the earth. 
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flavor, how shall it be 
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It is then good for nothing but 
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under foot by men. 
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used as a preservative to keep 
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bacteria. 
It kept it edible for people to 

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It kept it from rotting. 

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And what what's happening here 
right now, today is that you and

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I are the influence in the 
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And I, I pray you grasp that 
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I need to grasp that more that 
your word and your testimony and

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your walk and your faithfulness 
to Christ is having a pushback 

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influence on an unbelieving 
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You don't think sometimes, well,
what does my little life do or 

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how does it affect anybody? 
People are watching you. 

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They are many times going to go 
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something or say something. 
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uncomfortable. 
So they're not inclined to maybe

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tell the filthy stories or do 
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Your influence is, is preserving
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sense to keep them aware of 
pressing into things that are 

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evil. 
That's why the Bible tells us 

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that we're not to forsake the 
assembling of ourselves 

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together. 
The most important thing for you

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and me as Christians is to be 
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track. 
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not in the body and you're not 
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you're not worshipping God and 
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God influence you and affect 
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You will drift and you will 
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others. 
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yourself doing the very things 
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are doing. 
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I know what it means to drift. 
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potentially capable of any sin, 
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Of any crime? 
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power of the Holy Spirit, that 
keeps us in the place that we 

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need to be as pure instruments 
of salt. 

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But when the salt has been 
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we are taken out of this world, 
the unbelieving world's going to

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party. 
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Basically. 
Literally all hell will break 

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loose. 
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going to be like. 
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going wow. 
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excited that goody 2 shoes isn't
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That that prude or that the 
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longer here to challenge me 
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me about the wrath of God to 
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If you flip over to 2nd 
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moment. 
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guys, isn't this a teach 
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That can be interesting, but it 
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The importance of these truths 
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cause you and me to in a 
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differently. 
I, I trust when you hear these 

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things that you're thinking, I 
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become more influenced by the 
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influenced by the things of this
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what we're studying, guys, this 
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day. 
Our minds are working, creating,

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you know, building, developing, 
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having fun. 
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allow us to have fun, obviously,
but it's so easy to get outside 

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the realm of what Christ is 
wanting to fulfill in these last

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days, isn't it? 
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teaching this and I trust for 
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energizes your mind again to 
think about as Jesus said, look 

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up your redemption draws an eye.
And so as we look in 2nd 

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Corinthians 214, this is what's 
happening when you're out there 

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in the world every day. 
It says thanks be to God who 

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always leads us to triumph in 
Christ and through US diffuses 

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the fragrance of his knowledge 
to every place I pray in my life

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today is diffusing the fragrance
of the Kingdom of God and the 

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Lord Jesus Christ into your 
lives today and you to me for we

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are to God the fragrance of 
Christ among those who are being

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saved. 
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It's good to be. 
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isn't it? 
It's good to dwell with brothers

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and sisters who dwell together 
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It's a smell that is unlike the 
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into the world every day, 
because the world doesn't care 

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about what we're talking about 
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They're not interested. 
They're ignorant of it, and 

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they, quite frankly, most of the
time don't want to even talk 

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about it. 
But I can come here and you guys

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can come here with a group of 
people that actually are 

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anticipating the return of the 
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That's rare, it's precious and 
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And so we should smell that 
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lives. 
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know we're part of the same 
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are perishing, it's a different 
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The aroma of death leading to 
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of life leading to life. 
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your influence of being salt, 
you remind people of their 

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mortality. 
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impending judgment and that one 
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account of themselves to God 
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them that. 
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there's that person again that's
making me feel guilty or they're

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making me feel uncomfortable. 
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We're just like being who we 
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We're in a sense no better, but 
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We have the light of Christ in 
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We have the Holy Spirit dealing 
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cleansing us and that we're 
filled with God's Spirit. 

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So when we're around people, we 
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We're, we should be radically 
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when we're around each other. 
Like last night we had the 

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worship night. 
It was awesome just sitting here

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worshiping the Lord and 
listening to different people's 

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skills and talent. 
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you didn't know Christ, you'd 
sit here and say, these people 

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are nuts. 
You know, what are they doing? 

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You know, what's this mean? 
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love for Christ. 
We were worshiping him and those

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of us who were here, we're 
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We were feeding off that in each
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It was just a blessed time. 
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one. 
Therefore, since Christ suffered

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for us in the flesh, arm 
yourselves also with the same 

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mind. 
For he who suffered in the flesh

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has ceased from sin, that he no 
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his time in the flesh for the 
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God. 
It's time for all of us guys no 

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longer to live after the lust of
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will of God. 
For we spent enough of our past 

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lifetime, Amen. 
We spent enough of our life 

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wasting it and doing the will of
the gentiles or the lost when we

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walked in, lewdness and lust and
drunkenness and reverently 

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drinking parties and a bomb on 
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In regard to these, they think 
it's strange that you don't run 

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with them in the same flood of 
dissipation, speaking evil of 

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you. 
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Again, salt. 
I remember Clark, man, he used 

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to get drunk all the time. 
He was fun. 

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He used to get stoned. 
It was so cool being around and 

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we had a good time. 
I can't stand being around him 

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now because he doesn't do it 
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Why doesn't he do it? 
They think it's strange that I 

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don't run in the same 
dissipation of the way I used to

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live with them, and I'm sure 
that's the case with many of 

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you. 
But it says they will give an 

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account to him who is ready to 
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It's important to be an 
influencing factor in this day 

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that you live. 
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 
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However, for those who are here 
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there's all kinds of chaos that 
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The Bible talks about an 
Antichrist, a false prophet, and

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of course, that evil enemy, 
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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
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worshipped instead of the 
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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. 
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Grace.