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[no audio] [?] My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to smite his fellow servant,

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and to eat and drink with the drunken. The Lord of that servant shall come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder,

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and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Before the choir sings, I shall present the preacher. Most of the Sundays I bring the message.

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This morning I happened to be on the other end of the phone and someone was calling up and Sister Maxwell outside answers They said is Reverend Griffin speaking today. Is he preaching today? He says no someone else is speaking Reverend Smith And a lot of times I don't announce who's going to speak

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But the real truth of the matter is is that Christ is the preacher That's true if if preaching happens at all Christ does the preaching. He preaches through me and through someone else. So we really gather here to worship God. Every preacher that stands here who is

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called of God is delivering the word that God has given him to bring to the people. If we really understood that, our worship would be different. The people wouldn't stay at home when they hear that the pastor's not gonna preach. Now we've got two fine young men here today and each one of them has recently come

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to our church. Brother Kenneth Miller brought the message this morning and the One who's to bring the message now was with us several years ago And he was an intern here very splendid intern he

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was a College student at that time at Howard Payne. He was on the football team and since that time he has Taken unto himself a wife. I think that same year he married and as I told you last Sunday, is it five children? Four children. I'm giving him a little too many.

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Four children. He has to count them himself. But a very splendid young man and he served for a while with Southern Baptists I think also in another capacity out in Wichita Falls. He after finishing Howard Payne served for a time in Canada in the professional football league there.

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but most of all he has been called of God as a gospel preacher and Let's hear him gladly following the singing of the choir in magnify him David Smith the Reverend David Smith as he brings to us God's Word [MUSIC]

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As God's Holy Spirit directs this morning, let us question ourselves and say what can we do for his cause and can we say for me to live is Christ and if I die even more so to gain. [ Music ]

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Magnify the Lord, magnify His holy name. ♪ According to my earnest expectation ♪ ♪ And my hope that in nothing ♪ ♪ I shall be ashamed ♪

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But with all boldness, as always, oh, for I am in a straight bit ♪ To extoo ♪ ♪ Having a desire ♪ ♪ To depart ♪

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♪ And to be with Christ ♪ ♪ Which is for better ♪ ♪ So now also Christ shall be ♪ ♪ Magnified ♪

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♪ Magnified ♪ ♪ Magnified ♪ ♪ Magnified ♪ ♪ Magnified ♪

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♪ Magnified along with me ♪ ♪ Magnified ♪ ♪ For me to live ♪ ♪ For me to live ♪

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♪ For me to live is Christ ♪ ♪ For me to live is Christ ♪ ♪ For me to live is Christ ♪ ♪ And to die is death ♪

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Let's magnify his name. Magnify. Christ shall be magnified. Magnified.

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Magnified. Magnified. Magnified. Magnified.

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For me to live. For me to live. For me to live. For me to live.

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Yes, Christ. For me to live. ♪ For me is Christ ♪ ♪ For me to live ♪

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♪ For me is Christ ♪ ♪ And to die is given ♪ ♪ According to my earnest expectation ♪ and my hope that that in nothing, oh, for I shall be ashamed,

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that in my boldness, as always, for I stand right now, I stand in a straight betwixt two, having a desire to depart. And although I be with Christ, which is for the better. So now, also Christ shall be.

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Magnified! Christ shall be magnified. Magnified! For magnified the Lord!

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Magnified! Magnified! Magnified! Magnified!

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For me to live. For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ.

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Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down. But for me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. When I'm troubled, I know there's Christ.

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For me to live, for me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. ♪ For me to live is to rise ♪

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♪ For me to live is to rise ♪ ♪ For me to live is to rise ♪ ♪ And to die in heaven ♪ Let us say amen again.

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Because truly to live is Christ Jesus. Let me see the hands of those that love Jesus today. If you love Jesus, give Jesus a big hand clap. I'd like to first of all I'd like to thank Pastor Griffin and I'd like to

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thank the Ebeneezer family for giving me a chance to speak this morning and I thank God for each of the visitors and everyone that's on the roster this morning and I thank God above all that Jesus is here this morning and I thank God that he's not a live God he's not a dead God but he's a live God and I thank

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him that he can supply all of our needs according to his riches and glory. You know if we would just turn to the old Bible way of believing the Word of God then Jesus can do so many things for us. But this morning as we bow our heads in the word of prayer we want to come to Jesus this morning. Let's all just

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meditate on him this morning. Let us all bow our heads with a word of prayer. Dear Father we thank you this morning. Dear God for the choir we thank you for songs that they have sung. And Lord we thank you dear God because you are Lord and above you there is no other. And dear God we thank you this morning dear God

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that we can lean and depend on you. That in time of trouble that you would deliver us and with long life will you satisfy us and show us your salvation. Lord there's someone here this morning that's been going through the whole week and the devil has been giving them a rough time. There's someone here

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this morning, dear God, this family, marriage is on the brinks, and dear God, there's someone here this morning that just need a little touch. Lord, we're asking you, God, as we bind together in one accord this morning, Lord, I ask you God to touch everyone, God. I ask you, dear God, to let the words of my mouth and the

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meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Lord, we praise you right now, we give you the glory, let's all say thank you Jesus, amen. This morning my topic is Jesus makes the difference in our lives. In the program this morning it says something else but we know this

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morning that Jesus makes the difference in our lives. I'm reading from 1st Thessalonians beginning at the 13th verse. 1st Thessalonians the fourth chapter beginning at the 13th verse and it reads like this, "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,

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even as others which have no hope. But if we believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again, even so them also which are asleep in Christ, in Jesus, will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we might all that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not

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prevent them which are asleep. And I want to read the 18th verse, the 17th verse. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we even be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. As you look at me this morning you

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can see today that we are in rough situations. Our world right now is like a a paddock here we have fighting we have wars and rumors of wars like the Bible speaks of we have we were having famine in the land we have a weather changes and all these things men are going to the moon and the Bible says Jesus says

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over the 24th chapter of Matthews he said when you see all these things approaching he said look up for your redemption draw it near I'm here to tell you this morning that Jesus makes the difference in our lives. You know in the old days, in the old days, in the beginning the Bible said God created the

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heavens and the earth and I just can't see today how evolution can prove that that there is no God. I can't see today how how Madeleine O'Hara can say, or atheist can say there is no God. I'm here to tell you today that Jesus is God. The Bible said in the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and the Word was

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with God. The Bible says in the beginning though in Genesis and God and the Bible said in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I want to let you know today God made the whole earth today. God created this whole thing and And it does make a difference who we serve today.

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It does make a difference whose side we're on today. Isn't that right? I just thank God today that Jesus makes the difference in our lives.

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Amen. It was a great day when God created the world and all that is in it. It was a sad day when men went down into sin

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and brought the whole human race down with them. It was a great day when the flood came to cover the whole earth. It was a great day when David became Israel's greatest king. It was a great day when Paul was saved.

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It was a great day when America was discovered. But the greatest day of all was when Jesus Christ came into the world to die for our sins and to bring salvation to each and every man. Yes, that's the greatest event of the past and the greatest of the future will be his coming

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The greatest in the future praise God the first thing that we ought to be glad that Jesus died on Calvary's cross And you know, that's a wonderful thing to think about how Jesus died and about how he loves You so much the Bible said for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whomsoever believeth in him, whomsoever means anybody. You can be white,

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you can be black, you can be brown, you could be polka dot, you can be blue, you can be a rich man, you can be a businessman, you can be anybody, whomsoever means anybody. Isn't that wonderful? And Jesus does make a difference in our life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten

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Son that whomsoever believeth in him shall not perish, shall not perish, shall not perish, but have everlasting life, but have everlasting life. You know the devil wants to paint these pictures of the world, he makes the pictures of the world look so beautiful. He wants us to get our eyes off of Jesus. I like that

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illustration this morning that Doc Griffin gave to the young people. The devil wants to put us in a spiritual sleep. And Paul is saying here this morning, "Brethren, I have you not to be ignorant that Satan will come with all his lusts and all his enticements and everything to try to get you away from

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Jesus Christ, but I want you to know this morning, Reverend Smith stopped by to tell you that Jesus does make the difference in your life. The Bible said the wedges of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. You see, young people, Satan is coming with what? Sin. The wedges of sin is death.

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Sin is what brought destruction in the days of Noah. The Bible said they were eating and drinking and giving in marriage. They was doing everything. They wasn't even thinking about the Lord. They weren't even thinking about God. They didn't have time to get on their knees and pray. They didn't have time to get

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wrapped up and let God's Word abide in them and they abide in Him. But I want to your notes, I want to let you know from the book of the Old Testament all the way down, all of it's the same. Jesus said I'm the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. He said I'm the same. It does make a difference if you have Christ in

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your life. It does make a difference. Sinner, you can be saved. You can. I don't care what state that you're in, Christ makes the difference in your life. I don't care how many degrees you got by your name, Jesus can save you. I want to let you know Jesus went to Nicodemus by night and I want to let you know

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Nicodemus knew who he was. Nicodemus knew that there was a difference about Jesus Christ. He said, he said, "Master," he said, "Rabbi," he said, "Master," he said, "I want to just ask you one question." He said, "How do you do these things? We know that there's something different about your life." You see, there's something different

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about Jesus because he had raised the dead and set the captives free. He took five barley loaves and two fish and he fed five thousand praise God and I want to let you know today there's something different about that same Jesus today the world is knowing that Jesus is coming back again look at our world

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today look at our world today we're gonna have to go back to the old Bible principles you know they used to they used to in the old days they used to have the flag and they put it in the schoolroom and before they would salute that flag, everybody would get up and they'd salute that flag. And you know as

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they begin to salute that flag, you know the first thing they would do, they would pray. They would pray. But you see now we've gotten so sophisticated, Miss Madeline O'Hara with all her atheism and no Christianity, no Christ-likeness, you see that's what people is looking for. People are tired

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of somebody talking, they want to see some good works. Isn't that right? You want to see somebody live something, isn't that right? But Miss O'Hara got together and she decides she want to take prayer out of schools. The Bible said the wedges of sin is death, and I want to let you know, ever since that lady got together and

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bonded together and began to take prayer out of schools, now we have some of the biggest drunkards in school? Isn't that right? Because of what? Because of sin. Because Jesus, Jesus makes the difference. Jesus said, "I come that you might have life and have it," what? "More abundantly." You see, when prayer was in school,

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everybody seemed like everybody was so together, seemed like everybody was so happy, seemed like families was together, and seemed like families had pride about themselves, seemed like our country was just on the upswing, isn't that right? But you know, the moment they began to take prayer out of schools, you see

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God, Jesus said in his word, "I wish that you pray." He said, "Man must always pray and not think." It's time for us to pray about our situations. Christians, it's time for us to quit worrying about the situation, and it's time for us to pray about it, to pray about it, give it to Jesus. You know, prayer is just like the

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rails to the train. Without prayer, without the rails, the train can't go anywhere. And without prayer, you can't go anywhere in your Christian walk with Christ Jesus. Jesus makes the difference in your life. You know, and you know as they begin to take prayer out of schools, now we got some of the biggest

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homosexuals in schools. We got some of the biggest drunkards. We got, I read in the paper, where a 12 year old boy had been sent up for pushing dope, marijuana. I want to let you know all kind of bad things begin to happen, plagues begin to hit our schools and everything. Why? Because Jesus makes the

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difference. Everybody is beginning to see that Jesus makes the difference in our life. I want to let you know the Bible said that that Jesus came down from heaven and when he came down from heaven the angels in heaven begin to sing the song and we shall call his name Emmanuel and he shall take away the

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sins of his people. Only Jesus Christ can take away the sins of the world. The Bible said though your sin be as scarlet, Jesus can wash them as white as snow. You have an advocate with God that if you are faithful and just to ask for forgiveness, he is faithful and just to forgive. You can come, you know the

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songwriter that wrote the song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, flowing from Immanuel's vein, and where sinners plunge beneath that flood, lose all their guilt and shame." You can lose all, you can, the blood of Jesus is powerful. The Bible said there's no other name whereby man must be saved. The Bible said demons tremble

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at the name of Jesus Christ. You see, and when you put on Jesus Christ, when you put on this, this is the reason why Paul says, "Greater is he that's in you than he that is in the world." It's time for us to come on back to Jesus in our prayer lives. It's time for us to forsake not to assemble ourselves together in the

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house of God. It's time for us to get ready to go to Sunday school. It's time for us to come make up in our minds that Jesus makes the difference in our lives, in the way we talk, in the way we act, in the way we we go about our daily lives. It's time for us to not to be ashamed of Jesus Christ. It's time for us to stand

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tall because greater is he that's in us than he that's in the world. It's time for us to stand up and tell a dying world that Jesus Christ is the same today, yesterday, and forevermore. It's time for us to be witnesses for Jesus Christ. The Bible says, Paul says present your body. Paul says present your body, a living

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sacrifice. You see we ought to be living sacrifices. You know the only life that people are looking at is your life. The only life that people are watching every day, the Bible that they're reading every day is your life. How do you walk with Jesus Christ? How do you stand with Jesus this morning? Is Christ a part of

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your family? Do you pray daily? The Bible says pick up your cross daily, every day. The cross is the Word of God. Do you pick up your cross? Do you pick up your cross in the morning? Do you read the Word of God daily in your house? How many times have you got along with Jesus? You see the Bible said, Jesus said over there in

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the fifth chapter of Matthew, "If you would pray me secretly, I will reward you openly." You see, if you come to Jesus in secret, He said, "Ask anything." He didn't even put a limit on it. He said, "Ask anything in my name and I will do it." I will do it. I'm here to tell you today, Ebenezer, that God, Jesus Christ, makes the difference in our lives.

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Paul says, "You become a new creature in Christ Jesus." Old things are passed away. Behold, all things become new. You see you have a new way of walking you have a new way of talking you'll have a life That's free from seeing you see sin is what you don't want to get into because sin is a backstabber

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Sin is a killer sin will put you in darkness But Jesus come the Bible said for this purpose the Son of God was manifested That he might destroy the works of the devil The works of the devil is destroyed

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Jesus has destroyed the works of the devil when he went to the cross and when he went to that cross the Bible said he took He took all those whippings and beatings, but and and as he began to take those beatings no doubt I can I can just Imagine Jesus on the cross and as he was on the cross

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He was trying to get some he was trying to get get some comfort But you know you can you can no doubt just feel those those spikes as they were driven through his hands and those spikes as They were driven through his feet and and he was on the cross And he just took all those things and he said nevertheless not my will but let thou will be done

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It was it was his will to die for you And I it was his will to put the devil to shame for you And I and the Bible said that the Son of God shine

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The Sun as the Son of God began to shine and as Jesus was lifted up The Bible says that that the dead in Jerusalem got up and they began to walk all over Jerusalem the dead that was in Christ Got up read your Bible the dead that was in Christ got up and walked all around

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Jerusalem and you know what the people begin to say Surely this must be the Son of God. I'm here to tell you today, Jesus is real. He's the same yesterday, today, and forevermore.

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The woman that had the issue of blood, she had been suffering for so many years, and she didn't know who to turn to. She went to doctors, she went, no doubt,

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went to all kind of people, but she came to her last conclusion, and that last conclusion was Jesus Christ. You see, because Jesus makes the difference.

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And as she was pressing her way to the crowd, and as she was thinking, you know what? Jesus looks beyond our fault. No matter what kind of condition we're in,

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Christ makes the difference in our life. No matter how the winds of life wave and seem like it come in like a flood, but the Bible said God will hold up a standard over us.

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He said, "I will not let anything overtake thee." He said, "When the enemies come before you one way," he said, "you will see them flee seven ways." You'll see the enemy flee seven ways.

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Jesus makes the difference. And as that woman with the issue of blood, as she began to press her way to Jesus, she didn't care, she didn't care who was out there,

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she didn't care how she smelled, she just went right on to Jesus. She just kept right on looking to Jesus. And you know, Ebenezer, this is what I want to let you know.

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No matter what you go through in life, don't look at the stinky moments. Don't look at the moments that make you want to murmur and grumble and complain,

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because murmuring and grumbling don't get you nowhere. But looking to Jesus gets you everywhere. David said, "I'll look to the hills "from which cometh my help,

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"and I know that my help comes from the Lord." And I want to let you know that we got to know in these last days, We got to know that our help comes from the Lord

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because there are real satanic powers out here in our world and we got to deal with them, isn't that right? We got to know what's the difference. We got to know what's chosen and what's frozen.

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Isn't that right? We got to know that Jesus makes the difference in our life. We got to know that when that devil try to come on us, we can just call on Jesus, we can run to Jesus.

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the Bible said the Lord is a strong tower and they that run to him is safe. And when you call on the name of the Lord, the devil has to pack his grip and take a trip. He can't stay with that name of Jesus Christ, he can't stay when you're praying. No wonder, you know when I used to hear my grandmother, my grandmother

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used to just go in the kitchen and she'd be making that cornbread and she'd be making all of those cabbages and it'd just be smelling so good and I'd just be ready to eat, but you know she would just say, she would just be humming that song, she'd just, "Oh there's a cross for everyone and there's a

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cross for me, the consecrated cross I bear, 'til death shall set me free." No, there's a cross for everyone, and she just hummed that thing and I said, "Grandma, hum on over here and give me something to eat now, I'm ready to eat." But she was humming about Jesus. She was so wrapped up and so tangled up in Jesus Christ

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until she wasn't even worried about her son, wasn't even worried about getting him something to eat. But I want to let you know this morning that Jesus makes the difference in our lives. Jesus makes the difference in our life. Sin, like I'm saying today, and I want to take my time and say this, sin is on the rampage. The

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Bible said the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. Sin is a Bible said the thief has come to rob, kill, and to steal. You know what sin will do? Sin will rob from you. Sin is a thief. When you when you deal with sin, sin will rob from you, it'll steal from you, and it'll kill you. Isn't that

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right? Isn't that right? And it does make a difference because Jesus said I'm coming back after what? A church without spot nor wrinkle. And David said if my word abiding you and you abiding me, you shall ask what you will and it shall come to pass. Over in 1st John, the 15th chapter, he said you will cleanse through

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the word. Jesus said you will cleanse through the word which I have spoken unto you. Saints of God, it's time for us to pick up our word, it's time for us to take up our cross, it's time for us to look to the hills from which cometh our help and know that our help comes from the Lord. And we got to look at knowing

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that Jesus is all power. A lot of people, a lot of people think God is dead, but I believe anything dead ought to be buried. We ought to bury that which is dead, praise God. We ought to keep God in our life. The Bible said the joy of the Lord is our strength. And you see that's the reason why those old slaves, they

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could get together, they could praise God. I used to wonder, I said, now how in the world could they take all those beatings? How could they take all that disappointment? But you know why? Because they sung spiritual songs, because they made melody in their heart, they worship God with everything they had, you see? And

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that's the reason why God took them out of slavery into peace now. We don't walk in the back door no more, we go through the front door. It was their prayers that brought us this far. It's time for us to start this same revolution over again. It's time for us as Christians to make it let us know every time that devil try to get on your trail

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You say greatest heat is in me Then heat is in the world You tell that devil the Lord the Lord the Bible said the Lord is a strong tower and they that run to him is safe You stay in the Word of God come to the house of God

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I'm gonna let you know if you get out from around the fire You see the house of God is where the fire is and if you get out around the fire you get cold You get cold You want to stay around the fire so you can stay warm so you can stay in the word

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You want to come to Sunday school? You want to put make ties and offering your first thing on the book on the books when you get paid you want to pray? With your children you want to put prayer in your home put prayer on your job pray your situation Pray about the situation that you're in. You want to commend your pastor. You want

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to raise your hand, raise his hands up and raise the Sunday school teachers hands up, everybody's hands up. Encourage one another because Jesus is coming back again. We're just not here just going through the motions. Jesus is coming, the Bible said, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. As fast as you can bat your

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eyes. Sometimes you can't, you don't even know how fast you bat your eye. Sometimes you're not even aware that you have bat your eye. But I want to let you know Jesus is coming in a moment in a twinkling of an eye. Jesus is coming back to receive us. And we got to be caught like the five that was wise. They had all

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in their vessels. They had already been prayed up and ready for the coming of the Lord. Are you prayed up? Are you ready? Are you ready to meet the King when he comes? Are you ready right now? Are you in sin right now? And if you are in sin right now, Jesus is your way out. Jesus is your way out. You can come to the altar

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as we as we sing today, you can come to the altar and give your life to Jesus Christ. You can say, "Christ Jesus, I want to make a new life." He'll make you a new creature, he'll give you a new way of walking, he will give you a new way of talking. Jesus has all power over death, hell, and the grave in his hand. But I

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thank God that Jesus didn't only just stay on the cross, he went to the grave, and as he went to the grave they thought they had him. Oh Satan thought he had him, He thought he had him whooped, but as they went to the grave, Jesus rose. He rose from that grave and when they came around to look, the stone had been rolled

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away. Jesus lived. Jesus lives. He lives today and he can mend up every broken heart. He can put back everything just like it was. If you're here this morning and you want to come to Jesus Christ because Jesus makes the difference in your life. If you want somebody to wash your sin as white as snow, Jesus makes

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the difference in your life. If you're here this morning and you say, "Brother Smith, I've been wrestling with my marriage and man I've been going through, but I'm here to tell you." Have you tried Jesus? Have you tried to touch and agree have you tried to pray like the Bible say the Word of God says pray

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for those the Bible said is any sickly among you call for the elders of the church pray the prayer of faith and the prayer of faith shall save the sick and if it be any sin it shall be forgiven and the Lord shall raise them up Jesus is your help right now

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[ Music ] Blessing and surest, Jesus is mine, O'er the fortress of glory divine, Care and salvation, purchase of God,

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For a new spirit, for a new God. This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior, all the Lord. This is my story, this is my song,

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♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ Earthly submission, earthly delight ♪ ♪ Visions of virtue, of grace, of good sight ♪ ♪ Angels we sing thee, ring down above ♪

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♪ Echoes of mercy ♪ ♪ Whispers of love ♪ ♪ This is my story ♪ ♪ This is my song ♪

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♪ Praising my Savior ♪ ♪ Holy Lord ♪ ♪ This is my story ♪ ♪ This is my song ♪

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Praising my Savior all the day long, Perfect on mission, always at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest. Watching and waiting, looking above,

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♪ He'll bring His goodness, lost in His love ♪ ♪ This is my story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, this is my song ♪

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Praising my Savior all day long. This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all day long. This is my story, this is my song,

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♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ - Amen, let's all say amen. And we wanna thank you, Reverend Smith, for being the channel through whom God has spoken to us

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this day in bringing to us this word from the Lord. Who has believed the report? There has been response the word has been heard and the response has been made Let us listen now to the report from our church clerk sister Val Verde a C Phillips

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We have sister Marie Richardson She is from Augusta, Georgia Bueller Grove Baptist Church Reverend Tate pastor our church on the basis of her Christian experience from Augusta, Georgia.

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Would you stand, Sister Richards? And what is your pleasure? All who are in favor of accepting her as a member of this church based on her Christian experience, would you say aye?

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We are happy to welcome you. We're glad you made this decision to unite with the family of God here at Ebenezer, and we trust that together we will be found faithful, carrying out his will. May God bless you and strengthen you as we seek to do his will.

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Let's all say amen. Amen. Amen. Now, we want that you will meet us at 3 o'clock at Rising Star Baptist Church on 20th Street.

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There is a fellowship period. We want the deacons, officers, members of Ebenezer who just don't have to go right now to go and join us at the fellowship hour which will be held in the fellowship hall immediately following the benediction.

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May we bow our heads. Gracious God our Father we thank you for the abiding assurance given us in your word and proclaimed by this your preacher that Jesus is coming again help each one of us to be ready for that hour grace mercy peace be with you from God our Father

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and Jesus Christ our Lord amen [ Music ] [MUSIC] [MUSIC]

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♪ Let His praise shine upon you ♪ ♪ And be gracious unto you ♪ ♪ And be gracious ♪ ♪ O Lord be gracious ♪

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♪ Gracious unto you ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪

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♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪

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