Dudley Rutherford - Behold a White Horse (Part 2)

April 21, 2026 | 27:29

Pastor Dudley Rutherford seeks to "lift up the name of Jesus across the country and the world through uncompromising biblical teaching."

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| Dudley Rutherford - Behold a White Horse (Part 2) | April 21, 2026

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Male announcer: from the beginning of creation
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To the fall of man, through it all, the hope of a savior.
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Coming up next on "lift up jesus,"
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"a journey of a lifetime."
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Pastor dudley rutherford: and then they came down
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To verse 6, and verse 6 reads,
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"then i heard what sounded like a great multitude,
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Like the roar of the rushing waters
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And the loud peals of thunder, shouting, 'hallelujah!
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For our lord god almighty reigns.'"
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[congregation applauding]
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Kayla francis: hello.
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I'm kayla francis, and thank you for joining me
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On "lift of jesus" with pastor dudley rutherford.
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Do you know what really takes your christian life
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To the next level?
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It's not just reading the bible
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Or listening to christian teaching;
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It's doing it on a regular basis.
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That's why being here every week
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And hearing these messages is so important,
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And today my father, pastor dudley rutherford,
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Has a teaching that will give you
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New insight on god's word.
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So take a quick moment and grab your bible, a pen,
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And your notes, and let's begin our lesson.
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Pastor dudley: the bible says, "he treads the winepress
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Of the fury of the wrath of god almighty."
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And verse 16 reads, "on his robe and on his thigh
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He has another name written down:
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The king of kings and the lord of lords."
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Now, each of those points would be a sermon in itself.
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I wanna go back and just touch on them briefly;
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The first, the fact that he's faithful and true.
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I look around at our world.
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I don't know if you've noticed: it's hard to know
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What's true and what's not true.
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There was so much misinformation.
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That's why i continue just to cling to this book
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'cause this is the only thing i know that's true right here.
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And when he returns, he is faithful and true.
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We live in a world that calls
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Things that are pure evil that we--
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The world calls those things are good;
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And things that are good, the world says
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Those things are evil.
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So then you have the media, you have the press.
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You have two sides.
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It's crazy. it's confusing.
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Now we have this thing called ai,
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And with ai, i'm telling you, i reached them.
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I don't know if it's true or if it's ai.
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I don't know--everything.
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I don't know.
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How many of you know what i'm talking about?
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But listen, when jesus appears,
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All lies will be exposed.
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All lies will be totally exposed when he comes.
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The bible says his eyes are like blazing fire.
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That means that they're penetrating.
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They are purifying. there is nothing hidden.
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That's why he alone can be judge because he sees everything.
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You ever heard that phrase?
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Ladies, you know what i'm talking about?
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Mama's got eyes in the back of her head?
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What does that mean?
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What does that mean that mama's got eyes
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In the back of her head?
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What does that mean?
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That means that mama can see the mess in your room
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Without even going in there.
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Ladies, can i get an amen? mama can see everything.
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But what this means is that god can see
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The mess in your heart.
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God can see--god sees and knows everything
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That's going on in our lives.
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There's a--the bible says on his head are not one crown.
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The bible says there are many crowns.
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What does that mean?
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That means that he's the king of every nation,
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That he's the king of every universe,
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That he's the king of every throne,
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That he's the king of every power,
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That every authority that has ever mattered
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Now bows down to the one wearing every crown.
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[congregation applauding]
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History crowned jesus with the crown of thorns,
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But when he returns, heaven will crown him
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With the crown of triumph.
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The bible says he has a name written on him
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That no one knows except he himself.
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What does that mean?
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Well, that means that he is so unique,
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That he is so powerful, that he is so intimate,
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That he is so vast, that he is so eternal,
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That he is so limitless that you might think
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That you know him, but you cannot exhaust him.
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This speaks to the unsearchable depths of his divineness.
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Then the bible says that he wears a robe
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That has been dipped in blood.
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What does that mean?
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That means-- you need to understand this.
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That blood that's on his robe is not the blood of his enemies,
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That blood on his robe comes from the--his--
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The sacrifice, when he laid down his life
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And shed his blood willingly.
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His victory comes from his sacrifice
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On that cross.
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The bible says his name is the word of god.
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We know what john 1:1 says.
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We know that he is the written expression of god.
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Then the bible says that armies will be following him.
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They're not out in front of him. they're actually following him.
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He's leading the way.
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Who is this army up in the heavens?
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It's the redeemed.
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It's those of us who are saved, for the battle is already over.
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The battle has already been won.
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And then the bible says he will rule all the nations,
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And of course that means that every knee will bow
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And every tongue will confess.
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The first time that jesus came,
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The world barely noticed, but the second time jesus comes
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The world will not be able to ignore him.
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And he has a moniker that he's the king of all kings
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And the lord of all lords,
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Which means that he cannot be impeached,
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He cannot be replaced, he cannot be defeated,
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That christ will stand where all others have fallen.
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And when you look at all this, when you look at all this,
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This white horse riding in,
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A robe dipped in blood, that's not a threat.
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That's our hope. that's our salvation.
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That's our victory.
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You shouldn't be scared if you're a christian.
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You should be excited for when jesus christ returns.
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[congregation applauding]
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The fourth thing that i have to mention--
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And i really did all that to get into this fourth point.
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I want you to see the contrasting imagery,
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And of course, this is the second coming
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Because jesus christ, by the time you get to revelation,
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He's already come once.
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This is all talking about when--
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The fact when jesus christ comes the second time.
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But you have to understand or you'll never really under--
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Appreciate all this, the contrasting imagery.
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If you juxtapose what you see jesus writing,
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What he's writing in revelation 19
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With what he's writing back in matthew 21, it--
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The difference is astounding.
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I want you to keep your hand right there
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In revelation chapter 19--
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Maybe this little thing right here.
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Put a card in there, your bulletin in there.
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But i want you to turn back to matthew 21--
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The first time that jesus christ came.
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We've already looked at matthew, mark, luke, and john
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That records the life of jesus.
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Of course, at the end of his life,
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He dies upon a cross, and then after the resurrection,
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He eventually ascends and goes back to heaven.
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But when you turn to matthew chapter 21,
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This is a week before he goes to the cross, okay?
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Just a few days.
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This is called palm sunday.
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How many of you have heard of it?
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Now, this is the first coming, okay?
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We went--revelation 19 is the second.
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We're looking at the first coming.
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It says in matthew 21, verse 1, "as they approached jerusalem,
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They came to bethpage on the mount of olives
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And jesus sent two of his disciples
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And said to them,
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'hey, fellas, i want you to go up to the village
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Up there ahead of us, and at once when you get there,
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You're gonna find a donkey.
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I want you to go up the road, get into that next village,
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And you'll come to a donkey.'"
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And he says, "i want you--" this is interesting.
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He says, "just untie it and bring it to me."
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And they're thinking, "well, what are we--
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How are we gonna-- what are we gonna pay for it?
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Why--we just can't take it."
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He says in verse 3, "if anyone says anything to you,
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Just tell him the lord needs it, and they'll just go."
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Okay, i like that.
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But notice verse 4: "this took place
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To fulfill what was spoken through the prophet."
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Hundreds of years earlier a prophet prophesied
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That when the messiah comes,
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"say to the daughter of zion, 'see, your king comes to you,
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Gentle and riding on a donkey.'"
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Eeyore.
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So verse 6, the disciples, they went and did
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As jesus had instructed him.
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"they brought the donkey and the colt.
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They placed their cloaks on them, and jesus sat on them,"
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Fulfilling the scripture that had prophesied this event.
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And the bible says that a very large crowd
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Spread their cloaks on the road,
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While others took out those palm branches
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From the trees.
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They spread them on the road.
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And the crowds that went ahead of them
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And those who follow shouted, "hosanna to the son of david!
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord!
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Hosanna to the highest!"
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Everybody say, "hosanna."
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Say it again. say it again.
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Say it one more time.
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That's what they were shouting
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As jesus comes riding into town on a donkey.
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Now, there are funny verses in the bible,
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And the next verse is a funny verse, to me.
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This is all going on, and verse 10 says,
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"when jesus entered jerusalem, the whole city was stirred,"
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And people were asking, "who is this?"
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This is like right here in l.a. when you see the paparazzi
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And they're following and someone's walking.
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There's a big commotion, and you kind of look
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And there's--you go, "who is it?"
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And you look and you don't know who it is,
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And you're going, "who is this guy
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That all these people are following?"
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Now, i want you to go back to revelation chapter 19.
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First time he comes, he comes riding in on donkey.
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I'll say this.
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He comes--you can write this down.
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He comes on a lowly donkey.
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But the next time he appears,
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It's not gonna be on a lowly donkey.
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He's coming in on a majestic war horse.
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The first time that jesus comes,
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He comes gently, gently, gently on a lowly donkey.
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A donkey is a symbol of peace.
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It's a symbol of humility.
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But the second time, he appears on that white horse.
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This is a symbol of victory.
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It's a symbol of authority.
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It's a symbol of judgment.
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It's a symbol of divine conquest.
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[congregation applauding]
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First time jesus comes riding in on this lowly donkey
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In humility, he's coming to die.
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He's coming to die.
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But the next time jesus comes, he's not coming to die.
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He's coming to reign and to rule for all of eternity.
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The first time he came, he came to be crucified,
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But the second time he comes, he's coming to be crowned.
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First time he came, he came as a suffering servant,
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But the next time he returns,
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He'll return as a conquering king.
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The first time he came, he was surrounded by palm leaves.
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The second time he comes, he'll be surrounded
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By the armies of heaven.
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The first time he came, he wore no crowns,
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But the second-- the next time he comes,
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He'll wear all the crowns.
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The first time he came, he came in peace,
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But the second time he comes, he's going to come in power.
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First time he came, he came to be rejected.
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The second time he comes, he will come to rule.
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The first time he comes, he comes, he comes as a lamb,
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But the second time he comes, he's going to come as a lion.
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The first time, the first time he comes,
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He's riding on a donkey and he's coming in,
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He's coming in slowly.
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Second time he coming, he coming in hot.
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He's gonna storm into battle.
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And the only thing that's left for us
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To decide here today is are you ready for his return?
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Are you ready?
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There should be a sense of urgency,
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Not complacency.
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There should be a sense of readiness,
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Not a sense of apathy.
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There should be a sense of holiness,
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Not a sense of worldliness.
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I want you to write this down.
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Grace is offered to you right now, right now.
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If you keep reading, you turn the pages,
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You're in revelation chapter 19 and you just read
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The next couple--just--there's only, like, two chapters--
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Two or three chapters left.
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You read those, he be-- actually begins to explain
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What heaven is like,
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And as he explains what heaven's gonna be like,
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And then he says these words.
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He just says, "come."
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There's an invitation to come.
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And see, here's what i want you to understand--
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That you have all these old testament scriptures
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That prophesied that, one day, a messiah would appear
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And when he appears, he's gonna be on a lowly donkey,
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And he's gonna come gently,
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And exactly how all that scripture prophesied
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That's exactly what happened.
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The king, the king jesus came, born in a manger,
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In a stable 2,000 years ago--
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A humble, very gentle, meek scene.
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He rides on that donkey and eventually dies on the--
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It all comes true-- all that prophecy
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About the first time he was coming.
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But as you continue to read the bible,
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You have all this prophecy that jesus is gonna come back
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A second time, and the second time he comes,
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It's not gonna be like that first time.
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When jesus christ returns the second time,
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He's coming to judge the world.
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Now, stay with me.
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If you're saved, it's no big deal
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'cause you're living under the grace.
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There's a lot of grace preachers out there,
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And i love grace.
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Don't you love grace?
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But they never clarify the grace is for those of you
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That have surrendered your life to jesus
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And living under the blood of jesus christ.
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For a person who's lost, for a person who's unsaved,
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There is coming a day of judgment.
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There is a heaven, and there is a hell.
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We're not all going to heaven.
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The people that are under grace get to go to heaven.
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But i tell you this again to say this:
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That, right now, you have an opportunity to come.
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By the grace of almighty god,
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You live in today's world, where you have
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A church that cares about you
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And god has provided for you a bible, his word,
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Written in a language that you can understand,
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And you've heard a message today
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And you've gone through a study through the entire bible there--
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Where you cannot claim ignorance
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To what's going to happen at the end of time,
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And the grace of god is that you live here today,
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In this moment, and you have an opportunity.
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You just come down here and run through these doors over here.
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We'll have counselors over here,
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And you can be baptized today into his name.
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That's all grace. that's all grace.
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But if you say no today and you go, "you know what?
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I'm just gonna-- i don't need any of this.
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I'm just gonna go in my car and i'm gonna open a few gifts
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And go on with the rest of my life.
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I don't need god. i don't need the church.
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I don't need the bible. i don't need all this stuff.
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There's really--listen, i don't need any of this."
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You go your way.
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But there's coming a day where those heavens
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Are gonna split open and jesus is gonna return,
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And it's not gonna be like the first time.
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I wanna take you back about 300 years ago,
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Exactly 284 years ago.
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The year was 1741.
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England was at war with spain, soon to be at war with france.
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There was disease and smallpox and influenza.
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Influenza was rampant throughout the country.
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In that year there was a man named george,
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And george was 56 years of age and george was in debt.
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His best years were behind him.
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He was facing bankruptcy.
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And a friend of his who was also struggling with depression,
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The two of them got together
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And they started to read sections of the bible
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And one of the places where they read
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Was revelation chapter 19.
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And i wanna show you what they read.
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We skipped over the first ten verses,
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But if you look, here's what they read
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In verse 1: "after this i heard what sounded
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Like the roar of a great multitude in heaven,
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And they were shouting, 'hallelujah!
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Salvation and glory and power belong to our god.'"
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Then they came to verse 3, and verse 3 says,
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"and again they shouted: 'hallelujah!'"
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And then they came down to verse 4:
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"the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures
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Fell down and they worshiped god,
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Who was seated on the throne.
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And they all cried: 'amen, hallelujah!'"
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And then they came down to verse 6,
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And verse 6 reads, "then i heard what sounded
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Like a great multitude,
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Like the roar of the rushing waters
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And the loud peals of thunder, shouting, 'hallelujah!
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For our lord god almighty reigns."'
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[congregation applauding]
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And in 24 days, locked in a room,
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That guy named george wrote the "hallelujah chorus."
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"hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
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Our god reigns."
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I can't give you any better message of hope
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Than to tell you our god reigns.
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Kayla: as i said at the beginning,
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It's listening to the preaching and teaching from god's word
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On a regular basis that makes such a powerful difference
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In your life.
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So plan to be here next week same place, same time.
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And please call or text a loved one
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And invite them to join us.
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I believe you both will be blessed and encouraged
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By the message.
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And remember, if you're in the southern california area,
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We'd love to meet you on a sunday morning
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Here at shepherd church.
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It's an amazing community that will have
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A powerful and positive impact on your life.
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And don't forget, your monthly financial support
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Makes such a difference as we buy television airtime
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So that millions of people around the world
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Will be transformed by this message of god's grace.
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Would you help us?
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Just reach out and let us know that you believe in this message
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And you wanna help us make a difference.
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I'll see you next week.
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And in the meantime,
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Wherever you're going and whatever you're doing,
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Don't forget to always lift up jesus.
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Pastor dudley: as you know,
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The name of our television broadcast and radio broadcast
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Is to lift up jesus, and our logo--
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Many people don't realize this,
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But our logo is very intentional.
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You'll notice that there's an s,
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Which represents the savior, and it's a path
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Because jesus said that he's the only way.
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He's the way, the truth, and the life.
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"and no one can come to the father
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Except through me."
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And so that s represents that jesus is the only way
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To salvation.
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And then you notice the four colors,
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And we actually have this where you can download this
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If you go to our website, liftupjesus.com.
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And you'll notice first of all the red color,
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Which the bible says that we've all sinned
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And that the wages of sin is death,
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But the bible also says that jesus christ died
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On that cross in our place.
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That red stands for the blood of christ--
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That when he shed that blood, it was an atonement
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For our sins.
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The blue stands for your baptism.
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Now, some people don't understand this,
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But the bible clearly teaches
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That every single believer in jesus
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Is supposed to be baptized,
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And we're to be baptized into his name,
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Not the name of a church,
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Not the name of an organization
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But in the name of jesus.
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And when you're baptized into his name,
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It's a commitment that you are serving him.
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You're going to--you're going-- you're willing to die
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And to live for him for the rest of your life.
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And the bible says that if you have repented
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And if you have confessed him as your lord,
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That you are to be baptized into his name.
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And, of course, the green stands for
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After you come up out of that water,
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After you become a christian,
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That every believer is supposed to continue to grow
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And to mature and become more like jesus
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Each and every day.
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The bible says, "that he who began a good work in you
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Will carry it on to completion."
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Philippians 1:6.
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And, of course, the yellow stands for heaven,
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And the bible tells us that one day
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That every believer from every tribe and every tongue
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From every nation,
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That one day we will gather together
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Around the throne of god
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And we will worship the lamb of god.
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God bless you, and thank you for listening to this.
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Share it with as many people as you possibly can,
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And remember, whatever you're doing
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And wherever you're going, to always lift up jesus.
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Female announcer: we live in the most distracted culture
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In the history of the world.
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We see about 10,000 messages every day.
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We even touch our phones about 2,000 times a day.
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We're literally being overwhelmed with information.
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That's why there's no better time than right now
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For dudley rutherford's remarkable new book,
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"one thing."
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Rediscover a simpler faith in our complicated world.
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In this timely book, pastor dudley invites you
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To open your bible and look closely
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At seven key passages of scripture, where you'll find
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The beautifully uncomplicated phrase: "one thing."
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These scriptures will quiet all the noise
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That you're hearing
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And call you back to a simpler faith.
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Dudley rutherford has discovered
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The secret of how to focus our lives
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On the one thing that matters.
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What if you could find that simplicity?
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It's waiting out there,
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And this is your road map to freedom.
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Contact "lift up jesus" today
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And get your copy of "one thing,"
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The book that could finally change everything.
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Michael north: research proves that it's the regular hearing
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And teaching of the word of god
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That takes our christian life to a new level.
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That's why we invite you to meet dudley rutherford every week
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On this station for another powerful message
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Straight from the bible.
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You can also visit liftupjesus.com to sign up
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For a monthly email devotional, discover pastor dudley's books
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And other resources, and see our national tv
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And radio schedule.
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And don't hesitate to reach out on the phone or online.
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Pastor dudley has a passion and vision to reach more people
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With the message of hope.
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And if you'd like to partner with us to touch the world,
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We'd love to hear from you.
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Your financial gift will do so much to help us impact
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The nations for christ.
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And if you're ever in the southern california area,
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We invite you to visit us at shepherd church
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Here in los angeles.
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It's an amazing experience you'll never forget.
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Until next time, remember to always lift up jesus.
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♪♪♪
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Dudley Rutherford - Behold a White Horse (Part 2)

April 21, 2026 | 27:29

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